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Mum m m mm in ba ire i IV, VOL. XLVIII NO. 71 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ! , In The ;L Day's T .News By FRANK JENKINS LATEST reports from the Bat tle of Washington: Vice-President Wallace, In his capacity as chairman of the Board of .Economic Warfare, jumps Jesse Jones, in his capa city as head of the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation (the Washington boys have more titles than a Balkan princess), accusing him of delaying the war effort all along the line from rub ber to quinine. One gathers that Jones hasn't been tossing the public's money ) around as freely as Wallace thinks he should have been. IF all these Washington big shots" could be transferred to the front and would fight the Japs as hard as they fight each other, the war would soon be over. IT is disclosed that P-38 fighters are being used to bomb the Japs on Kiska. They dive down through the fog with blinding speed, drop their bombs on Jap gun positions jnd zoom away if they're lucky. The Idea is to flash in and out so fast that the Jap at the gun can't hit you. TS 5 pity the temperamental . piilllU UUIlIlclS Ul LI1L' VVUM1HIK ) ton front can't make JUST ONE hurtling dive down through the overcast in one of these mechani cal thunderbolts, with death in a dozen gruesome forms lying in wait at the bottom and only skill of hand backed by a stout heart 1o ward it off. It would give thorn a now and wholesome outlook on war. WASHINGTON observers, in cidentally, think the mount ing fury of allied air blows in the Pacific may signal the open ing phase of a new campaign. The Tokyo radio, quoting Jap military observers, says Japan J (Continued on page 2.) ) Farm Machinery Quotas to Exceed Peace Era Normal WASHINGTON, July 1 (AP) 'Congressional farm leaders said Uoday that new agricultural ma chinery quotas for 1944, soon to ' be announced by the War Produc- ' tion board, would range up to I 150 per cent of peacetime normal. Some typos of implements, I however, will be limited to lesser f quantities. Down to 45 per cent 1 lor certain types of cultivators. The overall allowance will be f r.bout SO per cent of Ihe 1!M041 J production and purchases. : Cotton pickers and soybean, j beet and green pea harvoslers 'jj. iiiew uie uiggcsi increase, per V cent above normal, legislators' i said. ) On other equipment, these al lotments were reported: Wagon , and truck boxes, 77 per cent of I ' normal; sleighs, 150 per cent; i buggies and spring wagons. 55 per cent ; horizontal type power ; ' pumps, 55 per cent; hand and s . windmill pumps, 85 per cent ; lev elers and scrapers, 45 per cent; milking machines, GO per cent; horse shoes, 107 per cent; trac tors, 41 to 82 per cent, depending on horsepower. While more than double the 1943 alloment. the 1914 tractor quota oi 149,729 of all types was clescribed as being 24,729 below estimated minimum requirements.' of county boards and 133.000 be- j low 1940-41 production and sales. I Quotas for the current crop ' ) year were about 40 per cent of j ' roimal and only part of the al- j y.otmrnt was avauame wnen tnei - mting season started. Farm (. ipokesmen in congress claim ac- j fual needs for this year and next i ' are 129 per cent of the 1940-11 base. PALERfy. Fires Engulf Targets Of Allied Bombs Many Axis Airplanes Destroyed or Damaged In New Series of Raids ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 1 (AP) United States bombers of the Northwest African air force blasted Palermo and four axis fields on Sicily yesterday, virtu ally without opposition from enemy-fighters, it was announced today. (The Italian high command communique, broadcast from Rome and recorded by the Asso ciated Press, reported "great dam age and many casualties" at Pa lermo, a port of Northwest Sicily. Sardinian targets also were at tacked, the communique said. Fires were reported started and several buildings destroyed In Cagliari. (Submarine pressure upon axis supply lines continued. The Lon don admirally announced that British submarines had destroy ed four vessels and-probably had sunk a fifth ship in Italian wa ters, boosting to more than 20 I lie number of enemy craft sunk or damaged in the Mediterranean during the last week). The attacks by U. S. bombers came afler RAF Wellingtons, in a predawn attack, smashed again at Hie ferry terminus and freight yards of Messina and also at the road south of San Giovan ni and San Marco, on the nearby Italian mainland. Fires Engulf Targets One two-ton bomb was among the explosives seen to burst in the Messina yards and many fires were observed. A large fire also developed soulh of San Giovanni. The American raids on Sicilian targets yesterday left fires blaz ing at air fields and many enemy planes were destroyed or damag ed in dispersal areas. At Palermo seven direct hits (Continued on page (!) Nazis Admit Drop In U-Boats' Toll (By the Associated Press) The Berlin radio testified to day a marked reduction in the efficacy of German submarine warfare last month, broadcasting a DNB dispatch which listed the I'-boat toll of allied shipping in June at 20 ships totalling 107,000 tons, but implied this was only a temporary1 setback. The enemy claim represented less than one-seventh of the re ported sinkings In March 14!) ships. It was presented 24 hours after Prime Minister Churchill told the house ol commons that; as a re sult of the massacre of U-boats in May, "we have had in June the best month we have ever known in the whole 4(i months of the war." The tonnage claimed for June was less than one-third of Ihe May figure, which was the low est previous tolal this year. DNB said that, in addition to 20 merchantmen sunk in June, one British cruiser, one destroy er, and three sailing vessels were sint to the bottom. Lowell's Store Gets Temporary Quarters L. II. Rhoden, owner-manager of Lowell's store, announced to day that temporary quarters have been secured In the Lillie Moore siore building, adjoining Wild er's, and that preparations are being made to conduct a fire sale next week. A considerable quan iity of merchandise has been sal vaged from the quarters destroy ed by fire last week, Rhoden slates. He also had goods en loute from wholesalers. He plans to place the new and damaged stock on sale to close out all goods on hand, after which he proposes to cloe business activ ities temporarily with a view of reopening in the spring, when seasonable merchandise will be available. the"douglRs:county DAILY ' ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY I, 1 943. FOUR SICILIAN AIR FIELDS h Price Ceilings Upped luJregon Areas to Meet Higher Production Costs PORTLAND, Ore., July 1 (AP) To offset increased pro duction costs, the regional OPA office today increased milk price ceilings in many sections of Ore gon and in five southwest Wash ington counties 'under the Port land district. In some cases the price to the producer was increased but the retail price held at its present lev el. These instances, including the Portland market, were where OPA received evidence that while producers were being pinched, distributors were receiving a mar gin greater than necessary. Explaining the increase, Blair Stewart, district OPA officer, said that "we were under an inhibi tion by the department of agri culture not to set fluid milk pric es so high that they would at tract milk away from the manu factured milk industries. The manufacture of dried and process ed milk for export to the armed iorces must be increased . . . and the War Food administration insists that the consumption of fluid milk must not be increased. It has already reached a higher per capita rate than at any time in our history." He said that in many instances the new prices were to correct inequalities. The Willamette area outside of Portland and Sa lem were put under a generally uniform price. The area along the east side of the Cascades likewise was given' a1 'uniform price. Portland's retail price remain ed the highest in the state at 14 cents a quart, unchanged. The Feud End Asked Of French Chiefs LONDON, July 1 (API Prime Minister Churchill disclos ed to the house of commons to day that both the American and British governments had asked Generals De Gaulle and Giraud June 19 for assurances that there would be no important change in the French command in North Alrica at present. The prime minister also de clared that the two French lead ers had been asked to satisfy Gen. Eisenhower, allied commander-in-chief in North Africa, that the present French military com mander in that area, Gen. Gi raud, had effective control of the French forces there. The assurance was requested, Churchill added, "in view of the prolonged discussions between the French leaders In Algiers on questions involving the character and control of the French armed forces and the serious effect which this might have on the furtherance of the war effort and the safety of allied forces.' DeValera Reelected as Eire's Prime Minister DUBLIN, July 1. (AP) Ea mon De Valera was reelected prime minister of Eire today by a vote of 7 to 37 in the first meet ing of the dail since the general election of June 22. His opponent was William Cos grave, leader of the opposition Fine Gael party. The vote was taken after De Valera had opposed a suggestion to suspend the party system un til after the emergency and to replace it in the interim with a national government. Gas Ratioh Books Stolen After Owner Is Killed VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 1. (API-Clark County Sheriff R. E. Brady today nominated for the "meanest man" the thief who took the A and C gasoline ration books from Henry Walmer's auto mobile a few minutes after an ac cident in which Walmer was kill ed. The widow today reported theft of the books from the car's glove compartment. She pre sumes they were removed during the confusion immediately after the accident. price to producers was increased from 87 to 95 cents a pound but ter fat. Pirating Banned In most parts of Oregon prices were set at 85 cents per pound butterfat to the producer with the wholesale price at 11.75 cents and the retail price at 13.5 cents per quart. Stewart said an "antipirating" clause was inserted to prevent distributors from going into low er price areas and draining them of supplies. Under this section the prices are set by counties or cities and those prices are the highest at which milk may be bought or sold regardless of the price in another area where it might be marketed. Prices fixed by the OPA for Southern Oregon counties includ ed in the 85 cents, 11.75 and 13.5 cents nrices were for Douglas ex coot that portion west of the coast rang. . Douglas west o the coast range 80 cents, 11 and 13. Idle Coal Miners Reduced to 104,000 PITTSBURGH. July 1. (AP) More thousands of hard coal miners returned to the pits today In eastern Pennsylvania and a couple thousand- -more soft coal miners returned in Alabama, re ducing the number of idle in the nation's mines to roughly around 104,000. Last night Secretary Ickes, fuel administrator, in charge of the mines now under government control, appealed to coal miners everywhere not to stay away from their jobs "on the eve of the greatest military campaign in his tory-" In Western Pennsylvania's soft coal fields, the return of scattered United Mine Workers locals was offset by a drive to close all mines in the upper Monongahela river valley, heart of the sleel in dustry's metallurgical coal fields, and the refusal of 5,200 Central Pennsylvania miners to work last night despite the solid fuels ad ministrator's warning that "the complaints of no man or group of men" could bo placed above the nation's military goal. Oregon Fireworks Ban Continued by Snell SALEM, Ore., July 1. (AP) Governor Snell issued a procla mation today continuing the ban on the manufacture, distribution, sale and use of fireworks. The ban also was in effect last year. General John L. DeWitt, com manding the western defense command, asked for the ban in all states of the western defense area. Sicily's Fsrry Port f W W f&lP Situated on the eastern tip of Sicily, acrost the 7-mile strait separating it from the southern tip of Italy, whose hills are seen In the background, the city of Messina, pictured above, has been repeatedly bombed by allied airmen until it Is no longer useful to Italy as a ferry port for war supplies, or as an axis base for resisting expected Invasion of the Italian mainland. VOL. XXXII NO. Money Bills Left in Jam By Congress Emergency Fund Lack Leaves War Agencies Operating on Cuff WASHINGTON, July 1 (AP) A log jam of money bills in congress left President Roosevelt without a nickel of emergency funds today for the first time in three years and forced many war agencies to operate temporarily on the cuff. . Although both senate and house were agreed that the ex ecutive should start off the new fiscal year with at least $89,000, 000 for emergency purposes, a deadlock over withholding sal aries of three federal workers blocked passage of a bill making the sum available. The measure was one of half a dozen major bills left stranded when con gress adjourned overnight after a futile attempt to shove them through before the 1942-43 fiscal year ended at midnight. The only big bill cleared was a $71,500,000,-' 000 winthewar army supply measure. Tied up in the other legislation were 1944 funds for the Depart ments of Agriculture and Interi or, the Federal Security agency and a group of other departments Including the urtice ol fricc Ad ministration, the Office of War Information and the War Puo Motion -board. ..",..., '' Except for the urgent deficien cy bill carrying the president's money, all the other measures have provisions validating any obligation incurred after June 30 provided the obligation was in ac cordance with limitations 1 n each bill. Trusting Uncle Sam Chairman Clarence Cannon (D Mo.) of the house appropriations committee contended, however, that, legally, none of the agen cies depending on presidential (Continued on page G) Farmers Asked to List Weekend Labor Needs Farmers in need of helpers ov er the Fourth of July week end were requested today by James Moss, president of the Umpqua Valley chamber of commerce, to make their needs known immedi ately. At the same time Mess urged Roseburg residants to spend their week ends on farms In or der to aid with the task of mak ing food available for the forth coming fall and winter months. Growers are asked to notify the chamber of commerce, county ag ricultural agent or U. S. employ ment office of their labor needs. They are requested to report the kinds of crops on which work is needed, the number of helpers required, and the hours during which extra labor can be used. Bombed Into Uselessness I f wmmmm um,iiw ii j,.imilM ii nil. .-; - ;-.:, -"- 52 OF THE EVENING NEWS BLASTED Martinique Would Join Allied Camp Robert Asks for Envoy From U. S. to Help In Change of French Rule NEW YORK, July 1. (AP) Martinique's high commissioner, Admiral Robert, was reported to day to have invited the United States to name an envoy "to fix terms for a change of French au thority" on the island, a step which may align it at last with the allies. Robert, who served by appoint ment from Vichy and declined to side with either General De- Gaulle or General Giraud, mained silent when the French Committee for National Libera tion was established in north Af rica. The Martinique radio announc ed last night, however, in a broadcast recorded by the Federal Communications commission, that the commissioner had addressed a "communique to the population" telling them that "to avoid blood shed" he had dispatched a request to the United States for "terms. The request was conditioned. the French-language broadcast de clared, on a renewal of "the guar antee to maintain French sover eignty in these islands, and of the , non-intervention of Ameri can'forcrs' ""-The other Island In his domain is Guadeloupe. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, a spokesman for the 10th naval dis trict which has been handling United Slates relations with Mar tinique, disclaimed knowledge of any Robert message and said the broadcast had not been heard there. Clashes between pro-allied sym pathizers and Vichy regime ad herents have been reported from Martinique, and in Washington the reference to avoiding blood shed was seized on as an indica tion Admiral RobeiH was ready to step out rather than fight a popular uprising. The stale department withheld comment last night. Fighting French headquarters said the stories of fighting in northern Martinique indicated there was evidence of some anti Robert sentiment In the army, but not so much In the navy. The state department, which cut diplomatic relations with the island April 30, has taken the at titude it would not deal with any French official subservient to the axis-dominated Vichy govern ment. And it was not considered likely In Washington that the ad miral's request for an envoy would be granted if, by the double conditions he Imposed, he insisted on bargaining in his old capacity of "ultimate French au- (Continued on page G) TV Nippons Lose 65 Planes, U. Si Forces 17 and Transport Ship Near Enemy's Solomons Base WASHINGTON, July I. (API American Invaders of thai central Solomons have captured Viru harbor, near Japan's Mun da airbase, the navy announced today, after a fierce sea and air battle off Rendova island in which at least 65 enemy aircraft, 17 United States planes and one United States ship were lost. Viru, a port village, had been used by the Japanese as an outpost for Munda, which lies about 30 nautical miles to the northwest on New Georgia island, and had also been employed as a place for landing supplies. Its loss by the enemy marks the first specific American territorial triumph in the currently de veloping offensive of which the drive in the Central Solomons is only one part. Quake Interrupts Tokyo Celebration (By the Associated Press) The Tokyo radio reported that a sharp earthquake shook the Japanese capital and adjacent areas today, but damage was de clared to be slight.?., The broadcast, said the epicen ter was located near Shimotsuma, approximately 50 miles northeast of Tokyo. A DNB dispatch broadcast from Berlin reported high build ings in the "lower town" section of Tokyo swayed and trembled for one minute without causing serious damage. In some areas bricks were said to have been loosened, collapsing walls. The Berlin broadcast pointed out that the earthquake coincided with a celebration observing cre ation of the "greater Tokyo" mu nicipal area. It was the second earthquake reported from Japan In three weeks. The Japanese news agen cy Domel reported In a broadcast June 15 that the Island of Hon shu, on which Tokyo is situated, and Hokkaido to the north, had been shaken without serious dam age. Record Parachute Drop Of 40,200 Feet Made WASHINGTON, July T (AP) -Lieut. Col. William Randolph Lovelace, 2nd, described yester day how he parachuted from an army bomber near Ephrata, Wash., at an altitude of 40,200 feet. The jump is the highest on rec ord in this country and Lovelace said he made it to convince him self that the emergency oxygen equipment furnished to army air men is all that laboratory tests indicated. Lovelace's only injury was the freezing of his left hand. The jerk of his opening 'chute Hipped off his heavy glove in 50 degree below weather. It took him 23 minutes and 51 seconds to float down, he said, adding with a grin that this time "was almost exactly what labo ratory calculations said it would be." Pacific Coast Faces Tighter Gasoline Curb WASHINGTON, July 1 (AP) Secretary Ickes said today the Midwest was closer to tighter gas oline consumption curbs than ever and declared the Pacific coast probubly would be restrict ed more severely, too, before the end of the year. Ickes said that opening of the "big Inch" pipeline's eastward ex tension wllhin the next two weeks would bring the Midwest still nearer to sharper restrictions without easing the drastic curbs now on eastern motorists. He added that declining crude oil production in California, plus heavy military demands on that state's output, will almost cer tainly lead to a deficiency of oil on the west coast before the end of Ihe year that "could, and prob ably would, mean more severe rationing them." Fort Lewis Soldier Killed by Farmer TACOMA, July 1 (AP)-Pvt. Earl It. Taylor, stationed at Fort Lewis, died today after having been shot at the home of P. E. Whilmore. 7(i. farmer living near the Roy lurnofl from the moun tain highway. Whitmore Is being held by the police for investiga tion. According to deputy sheriffs, Taylor and Whitmore had boon drinking at a nearby tavern. About midnight Whitmore re turned home. Taylor apparently followed him, and tried to enter the front door of Whltmorc's house. After Whitmore ordered him away, Taylor went to the back door and was trying to pull off the screen when Whitmore shot through the door, the offi cers said. The other part is being con ducted by General MacArthur's forces striking northward In the New Guinea area toward the great Japanese base of Rabaul, toward which the offensive In the Solomons also is pointed. Secretary of War Stimson said today that the operations were progressing satisfactorily accord ing to plan under the general, di rection of MacArthur but added that strong enemy reaction was expected. Torpedo planes of the Japanese squadrons caught the 7,712-ton transport McCalley, formerly the Grace line's Santa Barbara, and disabled her. after she had put her troops-ashore at-Vlrln. Sub-. sequently the crippled vessel was assaulted and sunk by a Japanese submarine. 'Reports indicate that all pcfA sonnel were removed before the vessel sank and that there was no loss of life," the communique said. On Wednesday morning bomb ers, attacked Japanese defensive positions and the camp area at Munda itself and the communi que said "a large fire was start ed." There was no mention of at tacks on Japanese ships or ship ping. WASHINGTON, July 1. (AP) The launching of a vast allied offensive aimed at the heart of Japan's southwest Pacific bas tions was viewed in informed . quarters here today as the spark that may touch off another mo mentous and possibly decisive naval engagement. ''-.' Observers expressed belief that Tokyo's warlords cannot much longer avoid another open test of sea power if they hope to stem the coordinated land, naval and air drive that began with an nouncement that American forces had landed on Rendova island and was followed quickly by a series of trip-hammer assaults on key points of the New Guinea area. That Gen. MacArthur personal ly Is directing the whole action underscored the full dress nature of the campaign now under way. As allied forces moved into posi tion from Nassau bay on the north coast of New Guinea to Rendova and New Georgia islands in the central Solomons fighting in some places and unopposed In others it appeared that a gigan tic pincers movement was being' aimed at the strategic and heavily fortified enemy base at Rabaul on New Britain. Rabaul is gener ally regarded as the center of the whole Japanese structure in tho south and southwest Pacific areas. Japan's Hand Forced. It was believed here that the enemy now may be compelled to throw battleships and aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and submarines into a major counter- (Continued on page 6) Incidents Planned for Roseburg Defense Drill Four incidents have been ar ranged for tho civilian defense practice Friday night, according' to Richard Maddox, commander of the Roseburg defense, utilities, The fire department, utilities, rescue and demolition squads will not be used in the Friday rehear s il, but all other units are ex pected to be on duty, Maddox states. Particular stress will be placed on the use of the messen ger service. In the last test many messengers failed to report to their air raid wardens, Maddox said, and It is urged that in tho iorthcoming test all messengers Like their assigned positions promptly. The drill will start at 8 p. m., and will be concluded by 9 o'clock. Levity pact Jant By L. r. lUlzaotMa Duty ef the Joneses is to keep up with Unclt Sam's faml ' ty in wartime needs. It b hop! Marvin Jones, new food czar, will ktp up with dietary da mands better than Jess Jones, in his dollar-pinching as RFC head, kept apace with the need ef essential materials. 0 V-,; V