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other enemy warships by guns
battle which began last night.
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losses may be even greater when
still was In progress, it was indicated, at the time preliminary, re
ports were received today by
H
alsey.
. By FRANK JENKINS
AMONG the lesser horrors of
the war on the home front is
the new pennys, which can be,
and with great frequency is, mis
taken for a dime especially
when it is fresh from the mint
and deceptively shiny.
It would take its place among
the major destroyers of morale
but for the fortunate fact that
one gets a dime Instead of a
penny about as often as he gets
a penny instead of a dime.
Whenever that happens, It
lightens the gloom.
THE morale-destroying qualities
of the new penny are pecu
liarly aparent in California
(where these words are written),
because here one's change al
most invariably includes pennies.
You board a street car. You
are promptly subjected to the
same process that is applied to
a sardine when it enters a can.
That is to say, you are squeezed
in until your shape Is elongated
by about two inches and reach
ing yur pocket becomes a major
maneuver. When you get your
change you are in no position at
all to get out your spectacles and
your magnifying glass and make
the careful and exacting tests
that are necessary to determine
which are pennies and which are
dimes.
So you dump it into your pock
et and rely on the working out of
the averages to keep your books
in balance.
WHAT really matters is the fact
that we- have a government
that is so utterly unfamiliar with
the fundamental problems of
business that it coins pennies that
can't be told from dimes without
the aid of experts.
YOU'LL recall, of course, the
the recent zoot-suit episode in
Los Angeles which the press as
sociations insisted on handling in
the light, frivolous manner
known professionally as "fea
ture" writing, which effectively
concealed whatever facts may
have been involved.
This seems to be the story, at
least in rough outline:
FOR some time there have ex
isted in the Southern Califor
nia metropolis organizations of
Mexican youngsters that appear
to be a sort of mixture of the Ital
ian Mafia, the Apaches of the
old Paris Latin quarter and
American high school fraterni
ties. Among the requirements for
admission into these organiza
tions is having been convicted
of or at least charged with some
minor crime. Their male mem
bers adopted the zoot suit as a
sort of uniform, and their "gun
molls" affected among other
things the wearing of a knife at
the belt.
The story goes that the zoot
suiters molested a sailor's girl,
and the ensuing ruckuses de
veloped out of the reprisals of
the sailor's buddies who were
promptly joined by soldiers and
marines.
The favorite form of reprisal
(as you have read in the papers!
was to stand zoot suiters on their
heads and strip them of their
absurd pants. Fortunately these
near riots dida't reach the point
of blood-letting.
They died down when the army
(Continued on page 2.)
; y In The .
Day's
News
IN THE SOUTHWfc. ,9
of the United States naV)',
. O
probably were sunk and enem 1
all reports are In. The battle
Gen. MacArthur from Admiral
But already Japan has expend
ed between 13 and 17 cruisers and
destroyers in two battles in the
Central Solomons while trying to
hold apart tl jaws of a mantrap
which American jungle fighters
are clamping on the enemy air
base of Munda, on New Georgia
island.
Both battles In the Kula gulf
which is 15 miles long and eight
miles across at its widest part,
occurred as units of the Japanese
navy, moving down from the
Northern Solomons, encountered
United States war vessels block
ading New Georgia's coastline
along the gulf. In the first battle
July 5-6, loss of the cruiser U. S.
S. Helena was acknowledged.
Available reports on the second
battle mentioned no United
States losses.
Munda Isolated.
Today's action-packed account
from General MacArthur showed
Japan everywhere losing the
fight for Munda on New Geor
gia, in the air above it and in
the seas offshore.
ten miles northeast of it, a
Japanese ground force of consid
erable strength was trapped at
knogai inlet and wiped out. Mun
da has been cut off from its sup
ply port on the Kula gulf by a
barricade bristling with guns
thrown across the connecting
jungif. track. Kst of it, Ameri
can jungle fighters are less than
two miles away.
SAYS AIR BLOWS WON'T
OUST JAPS FROM KISKA
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12-(AP)-Brig.
Gen. William E.
Lynd, new commander of the
Fourth air force said yesterday
that "air force alone cannot
drive" the Japanese out of the
Aleutian islands area.
"We've been bombing Klska
for the past year, and the Japs
still haven't left," he pointed out.
tie placed under "opinion nol
worth much" any comment on
(Continued on page G)
F. J. Lonergan
Chosen National
Elks Lodge Head
Frank J. Lonergan
BOSTON, JULY 13. API-
Frank J. Lonergan of Portland,
Ore., was unanimously elected
grand exalted ruler of the Be
nevolent and Protective Order of
Elks today at the opening of the
Elks war conference and 7!lth
grand lodge sessions here.
Lonergan, a practicing attorney
and a member of the Elks for
27 years, has held numerous of
fices in the order. He served as
exalted ruler of the Portland
lodge, No. 142. in 1927-28, and
again in 1938-39. He was district
deputy grand exaulted ruler in
1928-29, 1929-30, and 1939-40; a
member of the grand forum in
1934. and chief justice in 1935.
He also is a past president of
the Oregon State Elks associa
tion. The full support of the 550.000
Elks of the country to a continu
ance of the order's wartime pro
gram of cooperation with the
government in its all-out prosecu
tion of the war was pledged by
Lonergan in his speech of ac
ceptance. Calling for full production
without interruption. Lonergan
said that the Elks "should not
and will not approve or condone
any acts of unwarranted work
stoppage or mob violence."
Lonergan also railed attention
to the juvenile delinquency prob
lem of the nation.
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VOL. XLVIII NO. 80 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
"'.LIES CAPTURE AUGUSTA
Reds Force
Nazis Out Of
Orel Sector
Von Kluge Shifts Major
Drive Back to Belgorod,
Trying to Expand Wedge
MOSCOW, July 13-AP)
Marshal Von Kluge threw the
entire weight of his armored col
urns into a furious attack today
against the southern end of the
200-mile Orel-Kursk-B e 1 g o r o d
front in an action designed to en
large the Belgorod wedge and
blast a major breach in ihe Rus
sian lines.
Dropping all efforts to break
through on the northern end of
the salient, Von Kluge fell back
on the old nazi power-house play,
but the thick Red defenses re
mained impenetrable, although
fighting became so violent that
even tank crews of the opposing
lorces broke into hand-to-hand
f:ghting on one occasion.
(A German communique broad
cast by the Berlin radio and re
corded by the Associated Press
claimed that the nazi armored
foi'ces, with the support of the
German air force, had gained
further ground in the area just
north of Belgorod and had smash
ed strong enemy counterattacks
on other sectors of the front. The
Russians suffered "heaviest loss
es" the German communique said,
including a total of 400 tanks and
123 aircraft.) ' '
Reds Exact Heavy Toll
The tremendous success of the
Red armies was indicated by an
announcement today that the
Germans have "despaired" of
breaking through on the Orel
Kursk sector, after suffering im
mense losses in one of the most
determined attacks they have
launched since the nine-day of
fensive started. Today, the Rus
sians said, German forces on this
sector have been considerably re
duced in size and are being used
merely to consolidate their pres
ent positions.
But while the Russian mid
night communique reported that
German attacks were somewhat
weaker in the northern area
round Orel, the soviet army
newspaper Red Star said the
struggle around Belgorod was
daily becoming "more acute,"
with the nazis hurling wave after
wave of 60-ton Tiger tanks into
the fray in an attempt to widen
a wedge they drove into the de
fenses last week.
The Russian midnight commu-
(Continued on page 6)
Last of Twenty
Supply Bills Gets
F. Rs Signature
WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP)
President Roosevelt has signed
the last of 20 supply bills total
ling approximately $115,000,000,
000 passed by congress before it
started ils summer recess last
week.
Largest of the six final measur
es approved yesterday was the
$2,911,697,224 bill carrying funds
for 18 war agencies for the fiscal
year that started July 1.
Others signed were the $848,
295,883 agriculture bill; the $104,
608,921 Interior department meas
ure, the Sl.137,167,010 labor-federal
security bill, a $253,256,179
deficiency measure and the con
troversial $143,430,591 urgent de
ficiency bill providing for the dis
missal on three federal workers
held by the house appropriations
committee to he unfit for public
office.
The latter measure, carrying ov
ertime and regular pay of thous
ands of federal workers, had been
held up for weeks over refusal
of the senate to accept the house
requirement for dismissal of the
three government employes, Dr.
Robert Morss Lovett, govern
ment secretary of the Virgin is
lands, and Goodwin Watson and
William E. Dodd, Jr., Federal
Communications commission em
ployes. A compromise provided
for their dismissal by November
15 if they have not been nomi
nated by the president and con
firmed by the senate by that date.
Sicilian Cities Fall
At top Palermo, capital of Sicily and key harbor on the northern coast, was reduced to ruins
by multiple allied bombing raids that preceded invasion of the island. Lower photo Is a view of
Syracuse, western Sicilian port and one of the cities captured in the allied land drive. Often torn
by war in its 2,000 years of existence, Syracuse is expected to be the principal springboard for the
allied invasion of the Italian mainland.
Fraud Charge Hits
Shipbuilding Firm
WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP)
Indictment of the Sullivan Dry
Dock & Repair corporation of
Brooklyn and five officers and
employes on charges of fraud
and submitting false claims In
the building and repairing of
ships for the navy and maritime
commission was announced today
by Attorney General Biddle.
Biddle said the indictment, in
five counts, was returned by a
federal grand jury at Brooklyn
after an investigation by the FBI.
Along with the return of the
indictment, Biddle said, United
Stales Attorney Harold M. Ken
nedy filed a civil suit to recover
penalties and double the amount
of overcharges alleged in the in
dictment. The company has been build-
ing PC boats (sub chasers) for
the navy and has been altering,
converting and repairing ships
for the army, navy and maritime I
commission under both the cost
plus system and negotiated con
tracts.
Roseburg Forger Denied
Sentence Reduction
Raymond O. Demaurez. serv
ing a 15-year term at Mc Neil
Island, will remain in confine
ment, according to Federal Judge
James A. Fee, who denied in
Portland yesterday Demaurez'
motion for a reduction of sen
tence. He was sentenced in the
federal court in March, 1937, on
conviction of forgery after pass
ing a civil service retirement
check In the sum of $124 alleged
Iv stolen from Whltefield Levi
Ruhl of Roseburg. Demaurez
made his home in Roseburg for
several years.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1943.
Before Allied War
OMUL, u . S
American Soldiers in
Africa List Desires
KANSAS CITY, July 13.
(AP) These things, in this
nrder, are what soldiers in Af
rica desire above all else, Lieut.
H. A. Fraser, Jr., writes his
mother:
(1) A sight of the United
States; (2) mall from home;
13) an American meal; (4) ice
cream and soft drinks; (5)
whisky; and (6) a modern
bathroom, complete with hot
water.
Fugitives From Boys'
Training School Caught
Three youths, 14 and 15 years
of age, who escaped Saturilay
night from the state training
school for boys at Woodburn,
were taken Into custody here ear
ly this morning. The three youths
were located about 10 o'clock
last night by a state policeman
who found them driving a car
reported stolen Sunday at Hub
bard, Oregon, Sergeant Paul Mor
gan of the state police reported.
The boys fled into the brush near
the Richfield Beacon station
when the olficer started in pur
suit, and state police and coun
ty officer searched until 2 a. m.
today before the trio was round
ed up and confined in the coun
ty Jail.
U. S. Postage Stamp
To Honor Luxembourg
Washington, July 13 (AP)
A new 5-cent postage stamp
honoring Luxembourg will be
placed on sale here August 10.
Postmaster General Walker
said the stamp, one of a series
honoring countries overrun by
the axis, would be sold in other
cities later.
i ' al. i am. 'nrmixjZ"
IN SWEEP
Blows
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- "?TW v
Youth Arrested Here
Faces Seattle Charge
Harmes Wesley Peery, 19, re
cently arrested here and held for
Seattle authorities, was on his
way back to Washington state
today to face charges of car theft
and burglary, Sergeant Paul Mor
gan of the state police reported.
Peery had admitted auto thefts
and four burglaries at Seatlle,
where he stole electric motors for
transportation to California, Mor
gan said. Seattle police lold lo
cal authorities, Morgan said, that
more than 12 counts have been
brought against the youth in
Washington.
Wreck Near Sutherlin
Laid to Excess Speed
The derailment of a Southern
Pacific passenger train near Su
therlin last May 8 resulted from
excessive speed on a sharp curve,
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion ri'ported today after review
ing findings made by investiga
tors. The accident resulted in the
death of Engineer Corbet t and
minor injuries to 15 passengers
and three employes.
Magnesium Plant Hit
By $500,000 Blaze
MARYSVILLE, Mich., July 13
(AP) Fire that flared out of
control In a unit of the Dow Mag
nesium corporation's new $20,
000,000 plant here this morning
caused damage estimated at $500,-
000.
Spread of the flames to oilier
units was averted, firemen said.
VOL. XXXII NO.
UP SICILY COAST
Fall of Catania.
Cities Impends; Americans
Smash Axis Counterattacks
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 13.
(API Allied Invasion forces swept up the east coast of Sicily
at a breathtaking pace today, capturing the port of Augusta, 19 .
miles north of Syracuse, and piling ashore on the beaches near
Catania, major city nearly halfway up the coastline to Messina.
British and Canadian troops fought their way into the two
strategic communications centers of Ragusa and Palaizola in the
Southeastern corner of the embattled island, forming a junction .
with the American troops of Lieut. Gen. Patton at Ragusa as the
latter pushed steadily northward and eastward from their original
landing points. Floridia, eight miles west of Syracuse, was also
taken.
Again the vetoran American troops repelled a fierce coun
terattack by axis forces, destroying a number of enemy tanks and
taking prisoners, a headquarters bulletin announced.
Roseburg Housing
Facilities Under
Federal Survey
Plans for Accommodation
Of Essential War Workers
Will be Formulated
A survey of Roseburg housing
facilities was being made today
by representatives of the Na
tlonal Housing agency and War
Manpower commission, with a
view of securing accommodations
for'osesntlnl war workers;" . 1
Frederick A. Cuthbert, senior
housing representative of the
NHA, accompanied by D. T. Yo
der, representative of the same
agency, and Mrs. Rose Bush
housing liaison officer of the War
Manpower commission, conducted
a public meeting last night, at
which they met heads of various
industries to determine existing
needs and discussed estimates of
probable future demands.
Following a thorough study of
existing facilities and the antici
pated Increase in the number of
essential workers during coming
months, a program will be recom
mended to the Washington head
quarters, Mr. Cuthbert reported.
A decision Is anticipated within
three weeks.
Private Capital Available.
It is quite probable, he reports,
that a considerable amount of
private capital can be secured for
housing construction in and near
Roseburg If projects are authoriz
ed. There also is In evidence, he
states, a method of greatly in
creasing housing facilities
through conversion of existing
buildings.
Through the public conversion
program, he reports, it is possible
to convert for housing purposes
unused portions of office build
ings, private homes capable of
remodelling Into upartments, etc.
A number of store and office
buildings, he states, could be
brought under this program. In
such cases the properly Is leased
by the federal government for a
period of seven years. The neces
sary alterations ore made and
the improvement cost amortized
to be paid as a part of the rent
over tlie seven-year period. Dur
ing Ihe seven years, the owner Is
given an assured rental on the
property, even though (lie rooms
or apartments are not occupied.
At the end of the war, or at Ihe
expiration of the seven-year con
tract, together with the Improve
ments, reverts to the original
owner.
Streamliner, Freight
Train Crash; Man Hurt
CARP, Nev., July 13 - (AP)
A fireman was Injured and pas
sengers were shaken early today
when the Union Pacific's stream
liner City of Los Angeles and a
freight train collided on a curve
lure, railroad officials announc
ed. A Union Pacific spokesman said
the Chicago-bound streamliner
was pulling out of Carp when the
westbound freight appeared
around a curve. The head-on col
lision seriously damaged the
streamliner's first power unit and
the freight engine, he reported.
The fireman on the freight
suffered n broken leg.
61 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Two Other
raiazzoia is mnes west 01
Syracuse and its capture marked
the farthest point of advance In
land by the Invading forces. Ra
gusa is 12 miles southwest or
Palazzola. Both are prizes of
great strategic value, being junc
tions for virtually all the main
and secondary highways in south
eastern Sicily.
Loss of the two cities will de
prive defending axis forces of
much of their mobility In their
desperate efforts to head off the
many-pronged allied offensive.
Ragusa is In the mountains and
gives the forces in possession
clear control of the surrounding
countryside.
The capture of Augusta was
preceded by a heavy bombard,
merit from ullied" warships', which
stood oft and lobbed high explo
sives into the town. Minesweepers
cleared sea approaches to it.
Details of the new landless
near Catania were not given im
mediately, but it was assumed
they were made by units of the
veteran British Eighth army
which originally attacked that
side of the island.
Allied losses In the capture of
Augusta were officially described
as slight. Port and harbor in
stallations were said to have been
undamaged.
Italian General Captured.
General Davet, commander of
(Continued on page 6)
Turin Blasted In
Air Raid on Italy
LONDON, July 13 (AP)
Home-based bombers of the RAF
struck a heavy blow at Turin in
northern Italy last night in opera
tions coordinated with the allied
invasion of Sicily, the British an
nounced today.
The raiders encountered bad
weather both on the outward and
return trips, the announcement
said, but the sky was clear over
the target area and they unload
ed the "usual heavy concentra
tion of bombs" on their objec
tives. Taking a different route going
and coming the big bombers flew
a round trip of approximately 2,
000 miles.
A communique, describing the
attack as "heavy and conccntral
eu," said 13 bombers of Hie
"strong force" were lost.
Fighters and fighter-boinlK-rs
attacked railway and oilier
ground targets In France, Hol
land and Belgium while the Tur
in raiders were engaged in the
lung-range operation.
An Italian communique broad
cast by Ihe Rome radio, reported
that 101 persons had been killed
and 203 injured in the raid on
Turin and acknowledged consid
erable damage.
HERN, Switzerland. July 13
(AP) Two British bombers of
approximately 100 that passed
over Switzerland on their way to
Italy crashed on Swiss mountain
sides early vuiay. The bodies ot
i.t aviators were recovered.
Musolinl radioes Italians In
Sicily that he is with them "in
spirit." It's a good bet, how
ever, that the islanders prefer
the allies who will be with them
with food supplies.
Levity pact Jant
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