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m 13)' 0 LQ) IMS WHS 4 Major Stepping-S tone to Italy Under Assault Wer Surrender of Third Isfaift Allied Air Armada Continues Devastating Raids on JSermany, With Bremen, Kiel and Bochum Receiving Hardest Blows; Americans Win Record Combat (By (he Associated Press) While Sicilians watched from their headlands for the com ing of the massed air fleets of the northwest African forces, which already had smashed into submission all the lesser islands of Italy's guardian ring, American Liberators dumped tons of Jjombs on airbases of the threatened axis stronghold, allied dis patches said today. Escorted by Spitfire fighters from Malta, a strong force of the bombers raided Gerbin! and Catania airbases at the eastern end of Sicily yesterday, blanketing the Gerbini base where about 25 planes were seen in the target area, and leaving smoke clouds mushrooming from the hangars at Catania from the explosions of about 250,000 pounds of bombs. The RAF, continuing the offensive on Germany, again Struck at the Rhineland last night but the British air ministry did not name the specific targets. The German radio asserted no bombs were dropped. In lhe ? feDay's.; By FRANK JENKINS PANTELLERIA surrenders before a SINGLE ALLIED SOLDIER had set foot on its soil. '.It was an exclusive AIR vic tory. i . THERE are suggestions in th? news that Pantelleria was an "experiment. 'I Twice we called on its garrison jo. surrender, t here was no re- 1 Kl : W3Y KNews O I 'jponsc. So we turned loose our '. ' 1,1 ...I,. IY11I Ull U3i Spearheaded by Flying Fortres ses "in greater numbers than ever used before," our planes darken U'd the sky, flying practically Oiose to tail. So close together were our bomber waves that fre- quently a following formation had to CIRCLE AND WAIT while the preceding formation got out of the way. Nothing like it had ever been seen before since the world be gan. Blankets of smoke and flame lay over the whole island. AS at Tunis, when our planes Wasted a path through Rom mel's defending lines, flesh and blood could stand it only so long. A white flag fluttered out from a hilltop 2000 yards from the shore, ft It was ALL OVER. For the first time in history air power, alone, (without even parachute troops) had compelled the surrender of ground forces and TERRITORY. IT has often been said that it can't be done. It WAS DONE at Pantelleria. WE were evidently taking no chances. A little way out from shore, our ground forces were wailing in landing barges. When the white flag of surrender floated out from the enemy's hilltop command post (but NOT before) the signal was given for them to Jand. Twenty minutes after the giving of the signal, the barges grated on the beach. Twenty-two minutes later, Pan telleria was in our hands. THE facl that the landing barges weren't turned loose until AFTER the surrender flag was flown suggests that we were testing out the all-air assault to see if it would work but were all set with landing forces if it didn't. BEFORE drawing too-hasty con clusions about the invincibility of completely organized air pow er, let us examine the situation arefully. Two important factors appear: 1. Pantelleria is small (only 32 square miles in area) making overwhelming concentration rela tively easy. 2. We had complete supremacy in the air (some of our bomber pilots never even saw an enemy (Continued on page 2). The foray served to keep the new western aerial offensive be gun last Friday night and con tinued yesterday when two large raiding forces of American bomb ers smashed effectively at two prime German targets, the naval centers of Bremen and Kiel, and suffered their greatest loss of the war 26 bombers. The British said they lost one bomber In last night's attacks on the reich, indicating that the raids were on a comparatively small scale. Two enemy supply ships were torpedoed off the Dutch coast in a side operation. The let-up followed the biggest raid of the war by bombers Fri day night when Duesselelorf and Muenster were hit, and a second large-scale assault against the coal, steel and chemical center of Bochum in the Ruhr on Satur day night when the British lost 24 bombers. During the peak of the latter attack, two-ton block busters were falling at a rate of five a minute. Photographs yes terday showed fires still burning at Duesseldorf and Muenster from the Friday night blows. Price Not Too High Although the Americans suf fered the greatest loss of the war in attacking Bremen and Kiel on Sunday, Brig. Gen. Frederick L. Anderson, who commanded one wing of the operations, declared, "the price was not too high for the results achieved." Flying into the biggest opposi tion they had yet encountered, the Americans of the European theater found themselves involv ed in their greatest air battle of the war and they shot down large numbers of enemy fighters. But the total was not announced by the U. S. air force. In turn, the Germans dropped heavy showers of incendiaries on one northeast coastal town in England last night and caused an (Continued on page 4) Nazi Aide of Japs At Pearl Harbor Gets Fifty Years WASHINGTON, June 14. (API The Office of War Infor mation reported today that Ger man espionage agents helped the Japanese prepare their attack on Pearl Harbor and at least one of them was sentenced to death, but the sentence later was commuted. The report said Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn, a nazi agent, was tried before a military commis sion in Honolulu on charges of betraying the United States fleet in Pearl Harbor to the Japanese five days before the December 7, 1941, attack. He was convicted on February 21, 1912, and sen tenced to be shot. On October 2G, 1942. the sentence was commuted to 50 years at hard labor. The ba sis for the commutation was not given. Members of Kuehn's family have been interned for the dura tion, either in Hawaii or in this country. The OWI report, based on In formation from the federal bu reau of investigation, said Kuehn went to Honolulu in 1935 for the ostensible purpose of studying Ja panese, and in three years bank ed more than $70,000. Picked up on December 8, 1941, Kuehn and his wife at first de nied they ever had any negotia tions with the Japanese govern ment, OWI said, adding: "But increasing evidence from the F. B. I. contradicted their as sertions and on December 30, 1941, Kuehn signed a statement admitting he had prepared the system of signals for the Japan ese consul general which the lat ter had dispatched to Tokyo in his message of December 3." The signals, OWI explained, were for use in reporting the movements of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. VOL. XLVIII NO. 56 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW U. S. Flag Salute Not Compulsory, Subsidies to Slash Prices -Urged by F.R. President Cites Success Of Plan in Britain and Canada; M'Nary Opposes WASHINGTON, June 14 (AP) President Roosevelt was reported to have urged congres sional leaders at a conference to day to provide between $1,500, 000,000 and $2,000,000,000 in sub sidies to roll back the prices of agricultural commodities to con sumers. While the president was said to have received support for this position from democrats who at tended, he was reported to have encountered sharp opposition to the proposal from republicans, particularly Senate Minority Leader McNary of Oregon. Mr. Roosevelt was said to have dwelt on the operation of food subsidies in Great Britain and Canada, observing that the sys tem worked efficiently there. Re publicans were reported as assert ing that conditions are not the same in England, which imports about 6 per cent of its food un der a system by which the gov ernment has ownership and can control prices more readily. War Mobilization D i r e c tor James F. Byrnes was said to have agreed that the application of subsidies for rollbacks on pric es would be much more difficult In this country. Anti-Strike Bill Passed Meanwhile today congress awaited the president's action on legislation passed last Saturday to outlaw strikes in government operated war industries and to curb walkouts in privately-controlled plants. The senate vote on the meas ure was 55 to 22. The house's previous vote of approval was 219 to 129. The bill authorizes government seizure o fstrike-threatencd war plants and prescribes delaying (Continued on page 4) Japanese Not To Be Released From Camps, Assertion LOS ANGELES, June 14. (AP) The Dies subcommittee, whose chairman, Rep. John M. Costcllo, (D., Calif.) has given as surance that Japanese will be barred from the Pacific coast for the duration, will reconvene its hearing here tomorrow for fur ther testimony concerning opera tion of relocation centers. Costello, in San Diego yester day with other committee mem bers for conferences with cham ber of commerce officials, declar ed that testimony already given in the hearing here is the basis for his statement that Japanese will not be permitted to return to this coast during the war. This testimony, he said, indi cates administration of the cen ters has been lacking in efficien cy, a condition for which he held the War Relocation authority, and not employes of the centers, to he responsible. Representative Karl Mundt (R., S. D.) a committee member, said yesterday he is convinced, from testimony he has heard, that the army should operate relocation camps. About 1.000 Japanese, said Chairman Costello, were being re leased weekly from centers on a temporary basis, but this number has been reduced since the com mittee's hearings began. Louis Pleuard Injured Seriously in Car Wreck Louis Pleuard, 29, Sutherlin, was critically injured Sunday evening when his automobile was wrecked on the highway imme diately south of Sutherlin. Brought to Mercy hospital by ambulance, he was found to be suffering from chest and head injuries and was reported today to be in a very critical condition. Bombing Of Japs Harder In All Areas Major Base at Rabaul Heavily Blasted; Havoc Dealt in China Spots ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, June 14. (API Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers, continuing the pounding of Japanese airplane concentra tions, dropped nearly 30 tons of bombs on Vunakanau airdromes at Rabaul yesterday. Numerous largo fires, which were visible at a distance of 50 miles, were started at the air drome where reconnaissance photographs the day before had revealed 96 planes. Sunday's raid was the third strong attack in four days against the big Japanese base at the northeastern tip of New Britain island. Last Thursday the bombers scattered 40 tons of bombs among Vunakanau, Lakunia and Rapnpo airdromes, all in the Rabaul area, and followed up with 19 tons more Friday. None of the allied planes was lost. Mitchell bombers raided Dili and Koepang, in Dutch Timor. Three fires were started at Koe pang, where photographs show ed a total of 50 buildings were de stroyed in two raids last week. A small formation of Boslon planes bombed and machine gunned Japanese tracks and trails in the Komialum area near Sala maua, New Guinea, making 38 strafing passes on scatferod en emy holdings. The Japanese made two night time raids, one with three planes against Gona, the other with four planes against Port Moresby. There was no damage from either attack. JAPANESE GET FRESH HAMMERINGS IN CHINA CHUNGKING, June 14. (AP) American planes carried out heavy bombing and strafing raids against Japanese strongholds in northern Kiangsl province yes terday, U. S. air force headquar ters said today. More than a hundred homhs were dumped onto the big airfield at Nanchang, the Japanese-occu pied province of the capital, where direct hits were scored on the runways and on gasoline dumps. Nanchang airfield prob ably is the most important Ja panese air base between Shang hai and Hankow. All the American bombers which struck the blow returned safely to their base. Front line dispatches, mean- (Continued on page 4) Old Age Pension Fund Safe Despite Liquor Ration Cut SALEM, Ore., June 14 (AP) It won't be necessary to hold a special legislative session to pro vide old age pension funds, he- cause enough funds will be on hand despile the state liquor commission's pint aweek ration ing system, Governor Snell said today. The governor said his pension program, which calls for an in crease of the average pension to S38 a month within a year, will be fulfilled. The maximum pen sion permitted by law is $-10 a month, and many pensioners are getting that now. The average now is 527.59, compared with S24.50 four months ago, and $23. 01 a year ago. 'If the llqur supply drops more, the state can issue rertifl cr.tes of Indebtedness and finance the program that way," the gov ernor said. "Also, the new pin ball tax revenues will be of great help In maintaining the pension program." The states share of pension costs Is financed exclusively by liquor profits and the pmbal! tax. Governor Snell said that a re duction of 70 per cent in Income taxes will be possible. ROSEBURS, OREGON, Old Glory, 166 Years Old, Waves Over Another milestone was reached today by Old Glory, proud emblem of the U. S. A. On June 14, 1777, the first Stars and Stripes, made by M rs. Betsy Ross In Philadelphia, was adopted by the Continental congress. It first floated over an Old World fortress at Derne, Tripoli, on April 27, 1805. "This year the Stars and Stripes is a battle emblem flying In the deserts and Jungles and over Arctic snows. It flies with our men In Africa, Australia, New Zealand, China, Burma and the Aleutians and In the vastness of the world so remote that the American flag has never been there before." Franklin D. Roosevelt. Father Drafting Soon Will Start WASHINGTON, June 11-(AP)-Testimony made public today In connect ion with the manpower commission program gave scant comfort to draft-age fathers, indicating that a major ity of the physically fit will be In service by the end of this year. Inductions from that class arc expected to start in August and run through the end of 1943. At the end of the year inductions, now running about 300,000 per month, will be cut about GO per crnt, under plans revealed in the testimony, and be limited largely to youths newly reaching draft age. Fathers not in uni form by then, it was indicated, stand an excellent chance of nev er going to war. Administrator McNutt estimat ed that a net increase of 1,200, OHO must be made by July 1, 1944, in I he labor force and arm ed manpower of the nation. He arrived at the figure by adding 1.100,000 needed by war indus tries to 2.400,000 to be inducted, and subl lading 2.500,000 to he p leased from civilian Industries. He said "a large share nf the new woikers will be 'home' mak ers, without young children, who live in war production centers." Boy Kills Brother in Marble Game Quarrel OREGON CITY, Ore., June 11 - (API - Deputy Sheriff Joe Shobe said today that a children's quarrel over a marble game re sulted In the death yesterday of Franklin G. Baird, 8. Shobe said a younger brother, Tommy Baird, 5, picked up what he thought was an unloaded.22 caliber rifle after the quarrel, pointed it at Franklin and pull ed the trigger. The gun was loaded, and the bullet struck Franklin in the neck. Shobe said the death was list ed as accidental, and there would be no prosecution. The shooting occurred at the home, of the boys' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baird, in Ihe Dodge area. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1943. Umatilla Mishaps Kill Two Persons PENDLETON, Ore., June 14-(AI')--Two people were dead today and one man is not expect ed to live as the result of acci dents In Umatilla county over the weekend. Owen Carnes, elderly Pilot Rock rancher, was fatally injur ed Saturday afternoon on the main avenue of that community when he fell beneath the wheels of a tractor which he and a son-in-law, Wayne McGowan, were using to cut weeds along the Pi lot Rock streets. Mrs. George Isitt of Boardman died at a hospital here this morn ing and her husband is in a crit ical condition as the result of a collision between their car and a C. V. Davidson Construction company truck six miles west of Hermlston late Saturday after noon. Isitt has not regained con sciousness since the accident. The three Isitt children receiv ed minor injuries, as did Harry Jordan, driver of Ihe truck. The crash occurred at an Intersection ol U. S. ,'10 and the road leading to Ihe new town of Ordnance. Warning on Duplicate Ration Books Issued PORTLAND, Ore., June 1. I AIM - If you mailed a faulty ap plication for ration book 3. then followed it with a correct one? u may gel two ration books, Hit you'd better send one hack, the OP A advised in Portland, warning that investigation and prosecution would be launched soon. Deserted Husband Found Dead of Gas Fumes SEATTLE. June ll-(AP) A 32-year-old shipyard worker, Howard Harvey Schritt who came here from Medford, Ore., was found dead in his apartment yesterday, a letter from his wife, Esther Indicating she had left him, crumpled under the body. Deputy coroners said the body was found when neighbors smell ed gas fumes. VOL. XXXII NO. Many Lands Eight Car Thefts Charged to 3 Boys The three San Francisco youths who escaped pursuit at Sutherlin last week are under arrest at Portland and are to be prosecut ed in Ihe state of Washington for automobile theft, Sergeant Paul Morgan of the state police re ported today. State and county officers participated last week In an effort to capture the youths, who abandoned a stolen car at Sutherlin and, after eluding offi cers in a chase through the brush, fled in a stolen truck, which later was found at Comstoek. Sergeant Morgan said he was In formed the youths had stolen at least eight motor vehicles, includ ing two in California, four in Oregon and two in Washington. They were reportedly driving a car stolen in Washington at the lime they were taken into cus tody at Portland. All are Juve niles. The state police were not given the names of Ihe three prisoners. Liquor Ration Faces No Further Slash Now PORTLAND, June 14 -(AP) -Administrator Kay Conway of the Oregon Liquor Control com mission asserted today there is no Immediate prospect of a cut in Oregon's plnl a week liquor ration. Conway, just returned from a trip to the east, said he had Ix'en "fairly successful" in buying li quor for Ihe state. lie warned, however, that the liquor shortage Is bound to get worse unless the war ends soon or the government releases more alcohol from Industrial use. Methodists Ask Loyal Japanese Be Released STOCKTON, Calif., June 14 ( AP) Loyal Japanese - Ameri cans should he released from government relocation camps, the northern California-Nevada conference of the Methodist church declared in a resolution passed last night. Other resolutions asked that Hie manufacture, sale and adver tising of liquor he slopped dur ing wartime. 37 OF THE EVENING NEWS Ruling High Court Reverses Its 1940 Decision Jehovahites of School District Win Appeal on "Religious Scruples" WASHINGTON, June 14 (AP) The supreme court overruled ' today a decision it delivered in 19-10 and held that school chil dren, can not constitutionally he required to salute the American flag If they had religious scruples against such action. i Justice Jackson delivered the decision, involving a challenge by members of "Jehovah's Wit nesses" of a flag-salute require ment by the West Virginia board of education. Justices Roberts, Reed and Frankfurter dissented. "We think the action- of the local authorities in compelling . the flag salute and pledge" Jack son asserted, "transcends consti tutional limitations on their pow er and invades the sphere of in tellect and spirit which it is the purpose of the first amendment to our constitution to reserve from all official control." In its June 3, 1940, decision, the court sustained the constitution alily of a flag-salute regulation by the Minersville (Pennsylva nia) school district. It also was; challenged by "Jehovah! Wit nesses," who contended that sa luting a flag constituted idolatry.' Three Reverse Selves Chief Justice Stone was the lone dissenter at the time. But, since then, Justices Black, Doug las and Murphy, who had parti cipated in the majority decision, expressed the view that the case had been "wrongly decided." Justice Frankfurter wrote the 1040 majority opinion. Both Jus tices Rutledge and Jackson, who were not members of the court in 1940, Joined in the majority opinion. The West Virginia regulation provided that the right hand be placed upon the breast and the following pledge be repeated in unison: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Slates of America and to the republic for which It stands; one nation, In- (Continued on page 4) Man Hit by Officer Dies Natural Death Sergeant Paul Morgan, who is In charge of state police fictivi lies in Douglas county, spent the ' weekend at Marshfield, where an autopsy was made into the death of Joel Melton, a resident of Ash creek, near Loon lake. Melton allegedly jerked a gun from n state policeman's holster at Recdsport Saturday night, Mor gan slated. The act occurred in a dark spot and the officer struck Melton with a sap as the man stood with the gun raised. Melton died a few hours later and an autopsy was performed to determine whether death resulted from the blow. The post mortem revealed, Morgan said, that Mel ton's death occurred from natural causes, specifically a heart ail ment coupled with incipient pneu monia. Suggestions for mental re laxation from war worry and the daily dozen with your ra tioning points: Figure out your 1943 taxes. Offer a solution for the Giroud-DeGaulle feud. Estimate your canning sugar need on the basis of how much fruit or what have you? Forecast the effect on tha union labor-democratic party companionate marriage by tha anti-strike bill. Decide which interned Jap anese are loyal to the U. S. and which are not. Calculate your victory gar den crop after the neighbors' dogs art done using it for a romping spot. Levity pact Rant By L, T. Rilnnittla - 1 K