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VOL. XLVIII NO. 41 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
In The
Day's
News
By FRANK JENKINS
AGAIN there is no big, out
standing development to point
out for us clearly the direction
the war is to take next. So we
have to draw our own conclu
sions from the driftwood that
floats by in the stream of news.
THE British loose on industrial
Dortmund what is described
as the "greatest air attack in his
tory." Two thousand tons of
bombs were dropped. Thirty-eight
bombers were lost.
The number participating Isn't
released by the censor, but the
dispatches tell us it took two
hours for the procession of bomb
ers to pass over the English
9 coast on its way to Germany.
(Dortmund is a city of a half
million, roughly the size of San
Francisco without the surround
ing bay communities.)
w
I these attacks on nazl Europe.
Then recall Churchill's recent
statement that knocking Ger
many out by AIR attack "is well
worth trying and MIGHT work
at least there's no harm in
finding out."
FOR days our African-based
planes have been hammering
the little rocky volcanic Italian
island of Pantelleria, just off
Tunisia. Following each raid im
Jmense destruction is reported.
Still, the Italians and Germans
based there seem to hang on in
spite of the destruction wrought.
Remember Malta.
also lhat Kiska is a rocky
mountain hump similar to Pan
telleria and Malta. There are sup
posed to be 10,000 Japs there and
they've had a year to fortify, gar
rison and supply it.
T
HE Berlin radio announces
there are Germans on Italian
Sardinia, indicating two things:
1. The Germans don't trust their
.Italian allies to defend even one
'of their own principal island bas
tions, 2. Sardinia will be harder
to take.
THE Japs raid Attu Sunday
night with 16 twin-engined
bombers. They made a similar
raid Saturday night with 15
planes of the same type.
' They're supposed to have come
from Paramushiro,.in the Kuriles,
but may have been launched
from the deck of a carrier as
were Doolittle's twin-engined
Tokyo raiders.
If they flew clear from Para
mushiro, it's a game two can play
nt and we can raid their Installa
tions in the Kuriles as easily as
(Continued on page 2)
Churchill Asks Italians to Disown
Their Leaders, Bids Indirectly For
Soviet Cooperation in War on Japs
WASHINGTON, May 26 (AD
Kalians got an informal invita
tion from Prime Minister Chur
chill today to disown their leaders
and get out of the war, while
Russia received an Indirect hid
for eventual cooperation In de
stroying Japanese might.
So far as another fighting front
in Europe is concerned, the
prime minister appeared to pro
ject action into a somewhat in
krefUite future, for he said at a
"l-ress conference yesterday that
ro sIcds had been taken to select
nn allied commander for such a
stupendous prY-rct.
But Italians, he said, would be
very well advised to throw them
selves on the justice of those
whom they so grievously have of
fended. It is a matter for them
to settle among themselves;
Churchill asserted, and all we can
Pay Boost for 15 Rail Unions Recommended
Panel Favors
Increase of 8
Cents an Hour
Workers Asked Lift of
20 Cents; Demands of 5
Other Unions Pending
WASHINGTON, May 26 (AP)
An emergency board of the Na
tional Railway Labor panel rec
ommended today a general in
crease of 8 cents an hour for
more than a million of the na
tion's railroad employes.
Tne 15 so-called non-operating
ur.ioi.s Involved had asked an in
crease of 20 cents an hour with
a minimum wage of 70 cents an
hour, and the union shop. The
board declined to recommend
these proposals.
The recommendations are not
based on the "little steel" formula
of the War Labor board, but the
emergency board said "we cer
tify" that the increases are with
in the national stabilization pro
gram. The increases, said the report,
are "the minimum, non-inflationary
adjustments necessary to cor
rect gross Inequities and to aid
In the effective prosecution of
the war."
The WLB, In addition to its lit
tle steel formula, rqay justify
further increases under the same
language.
: The . emergency board's report
Is not subject to action by the
War Labor board. Only Stabiliza
tion Director Jas. F. Byrnes, a:l
ing for the president, may modify
it.
An executive order provides
that unless the stabilization direc
tor otherwise directs, the recom
mendations shall become effec
tive 30 days after they are file, I
with the president.
Rate Boosts Unjustified
The report estimated the in
creases would add about $204,000,
000 to the carriers' annual pay
rates." "It is the considered judgment
of the board that the recom
mended wage increases do not,
under prevailing circumstances,
provide a basis for increases in
(Continued on page 6.)
Potato Retail Price
Slashed 7 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, May 26 (AP)
Price Administrator Brown yes
terday ordered a seven per cent
cut in the retail price of pota
toes, but authorized a 30 cents
per hundred pounds increase in
payments to farmers. He explain
ed that this was made possible
by cutting in half the mark ups
that may be made by whole
salers. While the order came at a time
when potatoes are rare in many
communities, particularly in the
cast, officials expressed hope that
It may bring potatoes to market.
One official said he understood
that many farmers had been hold
ing back potatoes in anticipation
ol higher prices. Today's order
applies to the 1943 crop.
do is apply physical stimuli.
The conference yielded no
clue as to when his war talks
with President Roosevelt would
result in adding new land and
sea offensives to the stimuli of
continued aerial poundings.
Pointing to the manner In
which Russia had been holding
onck the weight of 218 enemy di
visions, the prime minis;"" said
ne ceitalnly r..,d not felt that he
should request his governm.rl to
isk more '. the soviet usdon.
Then he added:
"Their strength may grow as
time goes on and they must know
that Japan has watched them
with a purely opportunist eye."
Britain's war leader was speak
ing In answer to a question
whether he thought it would be
to Russia's self-interest to fight
Jipan after the conflict in Eu
rope is won.
Ellsworth Cites
Forest Value in
Maiden Speech
WASHINGTON,' May 26.-1
(AP)-Rep. Harris Ellsworth
(R., Ore.), in his maiden speech
in the house, urged that the na
tion utilize its forest products to
meet shortages in food needs and
warned the forests must be pro
tected against fire, insects and
enemies.
The Oregonian asserted the
country's most plentiful natural
resource was timber and said
protein yeast could be made in
expensively and easily from wood
waste that could be used for cat
tle feed and to produce alcohol
for the rubber program.
He said Germany collapsed in
1918 because she did not have the
solution to providing protein food
for cattle, hogs and poultry. He
said he was Informed this na
tion now had In sight less than
half the protein feed It would re
quire in the next twelve months
and declared the situation here
was similar to that of Germany
2b years ago.
Rep. Ellsworth requested
the senate appropriations com
mittee today to approve amend
ments to the agriculture appro
priation bill which would add $7,
S29.490 to the measure for emer
gency forest fire control and
about $1,500,000 for cooperation
with states in forest, fire protec
tion. The amendments were intro
duced by Senator Holman (R.-
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"If our enemies would ever
'seek to make a landing on our
mainland, the attempt will most
likely be made on our Pacific
ocean coastline," Ellsworth said.
"If such attempt is ever made,
it will be preceded by a whole
sale dropping of incendiary
bombs upon the western forests."
Ellsworth was notified yester
day of appointment to the house
committee on mines and mining.
He is already on the public lands
committee.
His appointment fills a vacancy
created by the death of itep.
Englcbright of California.
51,000 Now Idle
In Rubber Strike;
Parley Arranged -
AKRON, O., May 26. (AP)
The executive board of the CIO
United Rubber Workers was call
ed into special session today to
consider a back-to-work plea of
the War Labor board as a union
work stoppage that halted pro
duction in three of this rubber
capital's major companies spread
to a fourth concern. .
Sherman H. Dalrymple, the
UMW's international president,
summoned the union leaders af
ter conferring in Washington
with WLB officials and obtaining
a promise of a rehearing on a
wage decision.
The number of Idle workers
protesting the decision rose to
more than 51,000 as employes of
the General Tire & Rublier com
pany rejoined the stoppage. Gen
eral's workers left their jobs Sat
urday but returned a day later.
They have a separate case pend
ing before the WLB.
Union officials said 12,000
workers were involved in the new
walkout while the company an
nounced operations had been sus
pended. Previously closed by the stop
page were the B. F. Goodrich Co.,
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,
and the Firestone Tire & Rubber
Co. About 18,500 were idle at
Goodvear, 17,000 at Firestone and
14,000 at Goodrich.
Industrial sources estimated the
work stoppage to date has caused
a $14,0000.000 to $15,000,000 loss
In war materials.
Seals, Sea Lions Slow
Salmon Run in Rogue
COLD BEACH, Ore., May 26
(AP) Fishermen of this region
blamed a slackening in the sal
mon run In the Rogue river to
day to the presence of hordes of
seals ajid sea lions at the bar entrance.
ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY.
Compromise
Reached On
New Tax Bill
Plan Waives 75 Perct.
Of Year's Total, Sets
Pay-as-You-Go Levy
WASHINGTON, May 26-(AP)
House and senate conferees who
finally struggled to a compromise
on pay-as-you-go income tax col
lection raced against the legis
lative clock today to put into ef
fect by July 1, only five weeks
away. ,
Prospects look good for speedy
senate and house approval, lead
ers among the conference group
declared.
Designed to put the nation's
44,000,000 taxpayers on a current
basis without the compulsion ot
paying two year's taxes in one,
here, stripped of detail, Is what
the bill would do:
Cancel a whole year's Income
tax liability for persons owing
the government $50 tax or less.
Cancel 75 per cent of a year's
liability for all others, with the
remainder to be paid half in 1941
and half in 1945.
Impose a 20 per cent withhold
ing levy against the taxable por
tion of wages and salaries, to be
applied against income and victo
ry tax liabilities.
.Require quarterly payments of
the current year's tax by persons
with income from sources other
than wages or salaries, and from
persons in .ipper salary brackets,
Passage Predicted
Chairman Doughton of the
house ways and means commit
tee, who headed the house con
ference delegation, said he hoped
the bill would be accepted by
both houses this week and ap
proved by the president.
Senator Vandenberg, ranking
republican member of the fi
nance committee, told a reporter
he did not think there would be
any serious controversy about the
measure now that the conferees
have ended 'a five-day deadlock.
"It is perfectly obvious that It
is the best compromise availa
ble," he said, "and it is equally
obvious that there must be a bill
passed."
Whether the legislation would
eliminate any necessity for high
er income tax rates this year re
mained to be determined. Presi
dent Roosevelt has asked for an
additional $16,000,000,000 in taxes
and savings.
Rep. Knutson, who helped
work out the compromise and
predicted "it will pass," said
there was a general impression
that the existing rates would be
frozen. Vandenberg pointed out
(Continued on page 6.)
Russians Expect
Heavy Nazi Onset
MOSCOW, May 26 (API
Land action moved today from
the south to the north central
sector of the soviet front, where
the Russians reported they had
captured four settlements, but on
the whole an uneasy calm con
tinued to prevail over the long
battle lines.
The great air battles of the
current softeningup campaign
were unabated however, with
red airmen hammering again and
again at German communications
and supplies particularly rail
way stations, supply dumps and
truck columns.
Col. Nikolai Aklmov, reviewing
the military situation, said: "The
Germans evidently have been un
able to recover fully from the
blows Inflicted on them at Stalin
grad, the middle Don and north
ern Caucasus."
"It would be a mistake, how
ever, to think the military might
of the Germans has already been
smashed and that they will maki:
no attempt to resume active ope
rations on a broad scale," he add
ed. "On the contrary, there ore a
number of signs Indicating that
the Germans are prepaim in
tensively for the summer cam
paign of 1943 on the soviet Ger
man front."
MAY 26, 1 943.
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A War department release, this photo- diagram showt the method of attack by U. S. forces
on Attu island In the Aleutians. Starting with a landing by scouts at Blind cove, American sol
diers have pushed Nip defenders across the isle until their backs are against the sea. The
above view is of the northern side of Attu, Including the area containing a partially completed
Jap plane landing strip, the beach held by U, S. units and the territory within which Jap forces
are not trapped. (Official U. S. Army Signal corps photo.)
Edsel Ford, Head
Of Ford Motor Co.,
Claimed by Death
DETROIT, May 26 (AP) Ed
sel Bryant Ford, president of the
F'ord Motor company, died today.
Death came lo the 49-year-old
president of the world's greatest
family-owned manufacturing en
terprise at his home in suburban
Grosse Pointe Shores, afler an
Illness of many months standing.
Wllh him at his bedside were his
wife, file former Eleanor Lothian
Clay, and three of their four chil
dren. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Ford, were not present, but
hurried to the home immediate
ly upon being advised of their
son's death.
A statement issued by a mem
ber of the Henry Ford Hospital
staff said:
"Death was duo to a condition
which developed from a former
stomach malady for which an op
eration was performed 16 months
ago. ; Undulant fever was also
present."
Edsel Ford was the only son of
the founder of the Ford company
that grew from an Initial paid-in
investment of $28,000 lo a world
wide organization for which Hen
ry Ford once was reported to
have refused $2,000,000,000.
At the time of Edscl's birth in
Detroit, his father was employed
at $30 a week in the engine room
ol the Detroit Edison plant and
had just completed in his oft
hours, his first gasoline-driven
"horseless carriage." After
finishing grade school at 14, Ed
sel completed a course in Detroit
University school. Instead of go
ing to college, however, he be
gan training in his father's auto
motive plant.
Changes Await Decision
What If any changes are to be
made In the executive manage
ment of the company probably
will not be decided for several
days. For the time being, it was
assumed In sources close to the
company, direct management
will be undertaken once again by
Henry Ford himself, who will be
HO years old next July 30. In this
undertaking he would have the
aid of Charles E. Sorenson, long
time associate and production
genius of the company.
Sorenson is the outstanding re
maining key man with the Ford
organization. He joined F'ord in
l'lO").
Fuel Oil to Be Granted
On Basis of 1942 Data
WASHINGTON, May 26-(AP)
- Owners of small homes, the
OPA said yesterday, will get in
creases In their fuel oil rations
(or the next season automati
cally. When householders return their
mail application blanks next
month, their ration boards will
dig up the figures on floor space
and other data from last year's
application, apply a new formu
la and grant Increases according
ly, without any red tape for the
householder.
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Industrial Plants
Face Peril From
Rampaging Rivers
(By the Associated Press)
Two huge industrial plants In
southern Illinois, as well as sev
eral small communities In that
region and In eastern Missouri,
remained imperilled today as the
rampaging Mississippi river.
choked with flood waters from
sources of tributaries, showed no
material drop in the lower
reaches.
Although conditions upstream
on the Mississippi and the Illi
nois rivers were reported Im
proved with drops recorded, .the
two swollen streams continued
relentlessly along their jth of
destruction over a wide section In
the danger zones of the flooded
area.
At Wolf Lake, 125 miles south
of St. Louis, six inches of water
covered the town and fear was
expressed by officials that the At
las Powder plant, covering 2,000
acres of low land, was endanger
ed by the spreading Mississippi
waters. The plant, which man
ufactures Industrial explosives, Is
about three miles east of the
Mississippi, which already has
spilled water over thousands of
acres of land In the vicinity after
levees broke at Preston and Al
dridge. Power Plant Periled,
About 25 miles north of Wolf
Lake, at Grand Tower (111.) the
Illinois central public service gen
erating plant, a $9,000,000 pro
ject, was menaced by the ever
rising Mississippi waters and the
situation was termed "critical" by
coast guardsmen at the scene.
The plant, which supplies power
for Illinois south of Tuscola, in
cluding many coal mines, also
covers 2,000 acres and it was ring
ed with sandbags. The plant's
Intake for the generator cooling
system Is located on the normal
bank of the Mississippi.
Mayor C. D. Gardiner, who re
ported that water covered 80 pr
cent of the town, urged the Imme
diate evacuation ot 50 per cent of
the 800 inhabitants and the 400
refugees.
At Beardslown (111.) the Illi
nois river continued to rise and
indications were that it would
reach the 30-foot crest today or
tomorrow. Army officials term
ed the situation "potentially seri
ous." About 5,500 of the river
town's 6.500 residents have been
evacuated.
New Ships Outrocing
Subs' Toll, Land Says
PORTLAND, May 26 (API
Admiral Emory S. Land thinks
shipbuilders have outdone the
submarine.
Launchings will stay ahead of
sinkings from now on, the marl
time commission chairman told
reporters here, adding, "it may
be a dangerous thing to say, but
I lielleve it."
Land also told reporters ship
production now was on a schedule
of 2,000,000 tons annually, and
said the North African victory
meant a gain of 2,000,000 or 3,
000,000 tons of shipping for the
United Nations.
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Japanese Erased
From One Defense
Position on Attu
WASHINGTON, May 26.-
(AP) United States troops have
wiped out the Japanese oositlon
in Chlcagot valley, one of three
major areas held by the enemy on
Attu island, the navy announced
today, and were reported follow
ing up with a drive against a see-
onn main position around Chlca
got harbor.
Army bombers supported the
continuing assault, a navy com
munique said. The planes bomb-
ea anu sirated enemy positions in
the. Chicagof area and started
fires.
Although there was no report
oi enemy casualties, It was as
sumed here that the dwindling
Japanese units on the bleak north
Pacific isle had again lost heavily
and that those which survived the
attack fell back upon Chicagof
namor tor a tinal stand with
their comrades In the ridge over
looking the narrow coastal plain.
SEATTLE, May 26. (AP) A
member of the staff of the Seat
tle air wing command just back
from a 12-day observation trip
Into the Aleutian war zone yes
terday described the island of At
tu as the "most God-forsaken,
desolate, grim and utterly unlove
ly place I have ever seen.
The observer was Lieut. Col. H.
D. Neely who said he now under
stands fully a navy chaplain's de
scription of the Island as a spot
that "looked like the Lord had
run out of material when he
made it."
Of the enemy defenses on the
Island, the colonel remarked:
"From the number of gun em
placements on Attu, It Is appar
ent the Japs intended to stay. The
island was well defended.
Motorists Ignore Plea
On Unessential Driving
PORTLAND, May 26-IAP)
Numerous Oregon motorists are
ignoring the plea to slop unessen
tial driving.
That's what I he Office of War
Information reported after a
weekend investigation by OPA
agents.
The agenls found 150 Portland-
era, many of them with B and C
cards, fishing on the Deschutes
river near Maupln, and found
others on outings at Multnomah
Falls and at the beach, the OWI
said.
Irregularities In use of rations
and windshield stickers were re
ported lo ration boards. Other
Investigations will follow In com
ing weeks, the OWI said.
"Nice Man" Ties Lady
To Tree, Takes Her Coin
SEATTLE, May 26. (AP)
"Ho seemed like a nice person,"
when she met him In a cafe last
night, Mrs. Hazel Greenaa, 36,
told police today, but on an au
tomobile ride, he tied her to a
tree with his necktie, ripped off
part of her raiment, emptied her
purse of $2 and fled, iwo pas
sersby rescued her.
Blow Belief
Daily Air Strafing of
Enemy Also Includes
Italy's Outer Defenses
LONDON, May 26 (AP) An
armada of RAF bombers, prob
ably ls strong as the force which
unloaded more than 2,000 tons of
explosives on Dortmund Sunday'
night, blasted Duesseldort last
night in a continuing offensive
apparently aimed at obliterating
Germany's arms centers one by
one.
Observers estimated that per
haps 500 bombers at least three
quarters of them giant-four-motored
craft capable of carrying
tremendous weight of high explo
sivesparticipated In the assault.
One informed source said "It -would
not be surprising to hear
that the weight of bombs drop
ped" approached or equalled the
tonnage dropped on Dortmund.
Reports on the full extent of
uui:iage Infllctoi, however, were
delayed because of heavy clouds
which made observation over the
target difficult.
The air ministry communique
said the raid on Duesseldort was
carried out "in - very ' - great
strength," the same phrase used
to describe the attack on Dort
mund. It also said that 27 bomb
ers are missing.
The offensive continued today
and shortly after noon a strong
force of allied planes sped across
the channel toward Calais to re-
held continent.
The communique of the Ger
man high command today said
the raid caused "losses among the
population as well as damage to
buildings."
German planes raided indus
trial establishments in Britain
yesterday and dropped bombs on
Brighton harbor.
Fresh reinforcements for the
Canadian army overseas have ar
rived in Britain to take their
places beside dominion troops al-
European front, it was disclosed
today. .
DESTRUCTION DEALT
TO ITALIAN 191 ANOS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, May 26 (AP)
Allied aircraft, Including large
forces of Flying Fortresses and
(Continued from page 1.)
Committee Vote Hits
Finance Powers of F. R.
WASHINGTON, May 26 (AP)
The senate appropriations com
mittee voted today to strip Presi
dent Roosevelt ot authority to
use war emergency funds to
finance operations of federal
agencies denied specific appropri
ations by congress.
The committee wrote this re
striction Into a $143,639,591 de
ficiency appropriation bill. It
broadened a provision in the
house-approved bill which sought
to prevent transfer of presiden
tial funds for use of the National
Resources Planning board or the
x 1 .v. r. Ou'nnre 1 nan mrnnration.
The committee removed a
house provision to bar payment
of salaries to Goodwin B. Watson
and William E. Dodd, Jr., em
ployes of the Federal Communi
cations commission, and Robert
Lovctt, secretary of the Virgin Is
lands government.
From Headlines in
Today's War News '
(By the Associated Press)
ITALY Washington diplo
matic sources predict quick col
lapse of resistance of Italy If al
lies Invade and Gerrnans desert
her.
GERMANY Purge ot nazl
parly hinted.
FINLAND Finnish radio says
allied invasion of continent cer
tain and Russian front will be
come secondary.
BALKANS The greatest Ger
man pressure was reported being
exerted on Rumania dispatches
from Turkey said, to send another
large army for a summer camr
palgn.
"East side, west id, all around
the town,
"Now Yorktrs tot their bun
dles, 'causo the OPA's crack
ed down;
"Boys and girls together, back
to the eld toot-work;
"Short is the go, long is the
trek on the sidewalks of New
York."
Levity pact Rant
By L. r. llelxinittia ' .