i
MET .IMit IIS STE MR LIS flMBUES
Private Cars
Take Workers
To War Jobs
Trucks, Trailers Also
Give Service; Halt Due
To Wage Boost Denial
; LOS ANGELES, July 22 f AP)
5 A million Angelenos got to
work today somehow despite a
. work stoppage that halted cars
and buses o the Los Angeles
O Railway Co. at 3 a. m.
Thousands or motorists, forti
fied with new gasoline ration A
; coupons that became good today,
; backed their ears from garages
i and filled them with Job-bound
; war plant workers.
J Downtown thoroughfares soon
I took on the semblance of Rose
' Bowl New Year's day traffic as
1 , automobiles thronged the streets
t that were strangely quiet in the
i absence of clanging street car
gongs and (he rumble of steel
4 wheels.
. War plants sent out trucks and
trailers equipped wilh makeshift
seats. Chartered buses hauled
workers to some airplane plants
,i as usual. Pacific Electric Rail
way interurban cars and bus
lines oilier than the Los Angeles
! Motor Coach Co., affiliated wilh
; the strike-bound street ear sys
tem, operated as usual.
Wage Boost at Issue
D. D. McClurg, local president
f the Af'L union of drivers and
motormen, said the transporta
tion tieup would continue for only
) 21 hours. The 3,000 workers vol
od the work stoppage in protest
of a War Labor board's refusal
i to approve a 10-eent an hour in
:' crease over present wages of 80
to 90 cents an hour.
I Possibility of army interference
in the work stoppage was dispel
; ltd with a statement by Brig.
Gen. R. E. McQuillen, second in
command of the southern Cali
fornia sector of the western de
fense command.
"Only the president can declare
martial law," he said. "It is ab
solutely untrue that the army
ivill lake over transportation.
That would require a directive
from the president."
Sprawling Los Angeles' two
transportation systems are the
ALos Angeles Railway company,
.iperating the "yellow" trolleys
and buses, and the Pacific Elec
tric Railway company, operating
(Continued on page 6)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
TODAY'S most exciting news at
the moment is a report (NOT
official) that battered German
and Italian troops are fleeing in
a general retreat toward Mes
sina, hoping to get across the
two-mile strait to Italy before it
is too late.
That, if true, would mean that
the END is BEGINNING in
Sicily.
ATTON'S 7th American army
is pushing across the body of
he island, and as these words
are written is only about 60 miles
from Palermo, on the NORTH
side.
The Americans, the dispatches
report, are cutting a wide swath
through the enemy line and are
encountering "almost total lack
of resistance from the Italians."
Hundreds of Italians are re
ported to be surrendering.
AN official communique from
Eisenhower's headquarters in
Africa says there are many in
dications of mutinies by Italian
troops commanded by German
officevs.
Unofficial reports add that
some Italian unils have killed
their German commanders who
tried to prevent surrender.
E'RE still moving northward
up the Catanian plain from
its southern edge, bridging and
crossing the rivers as we come to
them. (Three principal streams
cross the plain from,west to east.)
Montgomery's 8th army Is
within two or three miles of the
outskirts of Catania, and is con
tinuing to beat off continued
German tank attacks. Across the
plain from Catania, in the hills
at its western rim, the Canadians
are crowding the communications
center of Enna, and may by this
time have taken it.
The British 8th army's pause
before Catania is believed to be
for the purpose of GATHERING
'STRENGT:- for one of Mont
gomery's characteristic swift and
teiTible blows, and there are
hints in the dispatches that he
may be expected to boom on to
Messina with little loss of time
(Continued on page 2)
WiEfwIetewielii HI
I THE DOUGlSSj "COUNTY DAILY . 5 1
f- , ,
VOL. XLVt. (fyjs F "OSEBURG REVIEW
Ames
Russian Smash Nazi Counter Attacks
In Farther Advance on Orel
Hitler Orders
Key City Held
At All Costs
Reds Overrun 90 More
Villages; New Battle
Near Leningrad Opens
LONDON, July 22. (AP)
Russians have launched a
strong attack near Leningrad
and heavy fighting has been
raging since dawn. The Ger
man radio said today in a
broadcast recorded by the As
sociated Press.
MOSCOW, July 52 (API-
German reinforcements, rushed
into the Orel breaches by forced
marches, counterattacked vicious
ly in desperate efforts to halt the
Russian onslaught yesterday but
were smashed back as the soviet
offensive rolled on to within nine
miles of the German stronghold,
the Russians announced officially
today.
In a battle of increasing vio
lence which raged 200 miles south
ol Moscow, the Russians said
they beat through masses of en
emy tanks and infantry for gains
of four to nine miles and overran
90 villages.
(The London radio said that
Hitler had ordered Orel, hinge
of the entire nazi south-central
defense line, held "at all costs.")
(The Berlin radio, explaining
the nazi retreats as part of the
high command's plan "to force
the enemy to the greatest use and
abuse of his forces" in battles
of attrition "where the goal is not
to gain ground," said 45,172 Rus
sians had been taken prisoner
and 4,827 tanks and 2,344 planes
had been destroyed or captured
since July 5.
(The German communique to
day said the Russians were at
tacking along the entire 450 miles
(Continued on page 6)
Army Grabs Black
Market Poultry to
Feed Fighting Men
WASHINGTON, July 22 (AP)
The army, seeking poultry
which it has been unable to buy
at price ceilings, and the OPA,
striving to break up black mar
ket operations in the Delmarva
area, the east's largest producer,
watched the highways today,
ready to requisition any supplies
that showed up.
Tlie first requisition was made
yesterday near Dover, Del., where
slate police, accompanied by OPA
inspectors, stopped poultry
trucks. The army, which made
the actual requisition, received
its authority from the War Food
administration, acting under the
second war powers act.
Requisitioning followed a six
months investigation by OPA in-spocioi-s
in the Delmarva area,
which includes parts of Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia, and
which resulted in 40 indictments
alleging black market operations.
OPA estimated weekly ship
ments of poultry from the Del
marva area at 4,000,000 pounds,
but said the army had been able
to obtain only a fraction of its
weekly requirements of 1.000.000
pounds at the ceiling price, 281
cents a pound at the farm.
The army is paying 29i cents
for requisitioned poultry. The
higher price results from 1 cent
allowed for sales to the govern
ment, plus 3 cent for shrinkage
and trucking
Price Administrator Brown
said OPA moved Into the Delmar
va area "because we are deter
mined to put an end to black
market operations effecting im
portant consuming centers such
as New York City, and we are
going to see that the army, buy
ing at ceiling prices, obtains food
our fighting men need."
jans Capture Castelvetrano, Prize Air Base
New Ruler Of
French Islands
Aide of Allies
New administrator of the
French Antiies Martinique
and Guadaloupe is anti-axis
Henri Hoppenot, above, who
succeeded pro-Vichy Admiral
Robert, under supervision of
the U, S. navy. The Change
in government gives the al
lies the aid of several French
warships that were based at
Martinique, and the Antilles
regime gets the use of 300
million dollars of French goid
sent there from France ahead
of the nazi invasion.
Roseburg Cannery
Operation Begins
About August 15
The Roseburg cannery, being
installed here by Pauius Bros.,
Salem, will be reaoy for operation
by August 15, E. E. Hill, general
superintendent, reported today.
Mr. Hill visited the local plant to
determine the progress of remod
elling and machinery installation.
Much of the equipment, he said,
is being manufactured in the can
nery company's machine shop at
Salem and will be shipped here
for installation in the near future.
Claude Martin, who has been
employed with the company for
12 years, has been appointed as
superintendent of the Roseburg
plant, Hill announced. Martin has
been assistant superintendent at
Salem for the past five years.
Des O'Brien, also an employee
at Salem, is being transferred to
Roseburg as wok room foreman.
The major portion of the crew,
Hill stated, will be recruited lo
cally.
The task of remodelling the
building, recently purchased from
the Douglas County Prune Grow
ers association, is in charge of
Granville Perkins, an assistant
superintendent from Salem.
Douglas County Lagging
In July War Bond Quota
Douglas county has cleared
only 56 per cent of Its July quota
of war bond sales, H. O. Parge
ter, chairman of the county war
savings staff, announced today,
lie was advised that sales clear
ed through the Federal Reserve
bank at San Francisco to date to
tal S72.831 as compared with the
July quota of S130.000.
Mr. Pargeter is urging an ex
tra effort during the few remain
ing days of the month to bring
the total up to the quota mark,
lie is particularly urging those
who have partially filled defense
stamp books, to endeavor to com
plete the books immediately and
exchangp them for bonds, as only
bond sales are counted in the quota.
iS I ! MR
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 22,
Record Raid
Blasts Munda
Supply Base
32 Tens of Bombs Lash
Baireko Japs; Counter
Land Onset Shattered
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC, July 22.
(AP) United States bombers
shattered Japanese position at
Bairoko harbor, above Munda on
the north shore of New Georgia
island, yesterday in the heaviest
air attack ever made in the
Southwest Pacific.
More than 150 bombers, operat
ing under a strong fighter cover,
pounded the area in a day-long
series of raids.
"One hundred thirty-three tons
of bombs were dropped and the
area was extensively strafed,"
daiiy report from General MaeAr
thur's headquarters said.
A spokesman added that it also
surpassed anything the Japanese
ever had done.
The communique said the raid
wast made "in support of our
ground forces." This might indi
cate American troops were ad
vancing from Enogai Inlet, two
miles northeast, where last week
they destroyed the entire Japan
ese garrison.
Bairoko is the supply base for
Munda, key Japanese defense
point in the Central Solomons,
but allied forces blocked traffic
between the two points last week.
(Continued on page 6)
51 Cases of Illegal
Liquor Seized at Heme
PORTLAND, July 22 (AP)
Administrator Ray Conway of
the Oregon liquor control com
mission disclosed yesterday that
51 cases of liquors were seized
by commission enforcement offi-cei-s
here Saturday at the home
of Hubert Witzel.
Most of the liquor had been
brought from California, Con
way said. Witzel was arrested
on a charge of unlawfully pos
sessing liquor not procured
through the commission and re
leased on S250 bond.
Body of Clark Leedy, KHIed in Crash
Of Bomber in Aleutians Area, Found;
Entire Crew Perishes in Tragedy
The body of Lieutenant Clark
Leedy of the naval air force, re
ported missing on combat patrol
May 18, has been recovered, ac
cording to word received today
by the Rev. William OoughliH
from Mrs. Paul Jenkins, mother
of Mrs. Leedy, the former Mere
dilh Jenkins.
The navy bomber, piloted bv
Lieutenant Leedy, apparently
crasluvl shortly after leaving on
patrol from an Aleutian base.
Evidence indicated that Leedy
was circling the ship to gain alti
tude through fog when the piane
was caught in one of the sudden
down drafts which make flying
in that area so perilous, render
ing the pilot helpless to control
the aircraft. The bomb load was
exploded by the force of the im
pact, hurling wreckage for more
than a half mile from the scene.
Bodies of the bomber crew were
thrown clear of the wreckage.
Indications were that all of the
men were instantly killed.
Lifeboat Offers Clue
Seven weeks after the accident,
the wreckage was spotted by one
of Lieutenant Lcedy's closest
friends, who was attracted by the
yellow lifeboat visible upon the
snow by which the mountain was
covered. The lifeboat had been
thrown clear of the plane and
had automatically inflated it
self.
I.ecdvs friend led a searching
Bastion
:4-
Goal of Third
War Loan To
BelSBillion
Drive for Record Fund
To Start Sept. 9j Banks
Will Not Participate
WASHINGTON, July 22 (API
Digging deeper than ever into
the pockets of the average cit
l;.en, Uncle Sam will set out In
September to break his own
world's record for financing war.
Starting September 9, the na
tion's third war ioan drive will
seek to raise $15,000,000,000 and
if previous records are any cri
terion, the response will go far
beyond that goal.
All of it is to come from non
banking sources, which is an in
novation here in the business of
buying the tools of war.
The first drive last December
was aimed at a 59,000,000,000
goal, but actually raised nearly
$13,000,000,000. Jn April, the trea
sury department shot for $13,000,
000,000 and got $18,500,000,000.
However, in both eases, banking
sources brought in about $5,000,-
tMU,ouu or each total, which adds
about that much to the quota of
the individuals, corporations, in
surance companies and other non-
liankmg sources at this time.
in each case, the financing
program represented the largest,
to date, in world history.
On Volunteer Sasts
Details of the program were
announced yesterday by Tcasury
Secretary Morgenthau, who said
the job of raising the money will
be handled by war finance com
mit tees of each state. Volunteer
(Continued on page 6)
Coast-Banned Man Sues
To Free iank Account
PORTLAND, July 22 (APS
Wilhelm G. Gruijer, who was ban
ned from the coast last fall by
the western defense command,
tiled suit in federal district court
yesterday to have his bank ac
count released. It was frozen by
the Federal Reserve bank. Gru-foi-r,
a former German national
who was naturalized in 3937, has
b-en staying at Lewiston, Idaho.
party which climbed for two days
to reach the scene. All of the
bodies were identified and per
sonal effects recovered.
It was imjKJSsiule to return the
1 Kites to the base and they were
buried in a grass-covered valley
a short distance from the scene
of the crash.
Former Roseburg Resident
Lieutenant Ix'oly was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Leedy, form
er residents of Roseburg. Mr.
Leedy was employed here for a
number of years as county agri
cultural agent and Lieutenant
I-ceiy attended school here, prior
t o entering Annapolis naval
academy. He was stationed for
considerable time in the Hawai
ian inlands, where he was mar
ried to .Miss Jenkins in 19-11. They
returned to the stales early in
the war following approval of his
application for transfer to tiie
naval air force. Following train
ing at Pcnsncuia, Fla., he was
transferred to Seattle and assign
id to the Aleutian combat zone,
where he flew patrol for several
months prior to his death.
His parents visited the wife at
Seattle following the receipt of
word of the recovery of the body,
but returned this week to their
home at Brooks, Oregon. Mrs.
Paul Jenkins is visiting with her
daughter at Seattle, where she
lias been since word was re
ceived that the lieutenant had
been reported missing.
1943.
Scene of Impending
TUNIS'
Map shows relative positions of vital points in the Mediter
ranean war theater, with the allies about to complete the con
quest of Sicily, stepping stone to the Italian mainland. Only re
maining formidable opposition is at the seaport city of Catania,
where German armored units are trying to keep open the "es
cape" route to Messina, 50 miles to the north and separate from
the tip of the Italian boot by a two-mile wide strait.
Oregon Registers
2 Deaths by Fire,
3 By Drowning
(By the Associated Press)
Two deaths by fire and three
by drowning were reported In
Oregon Wednesday.
A trailer fire in Portland took
the lives of four-year-old Elberta
Hardy and her brother, Oren, 17
months, and critically burned
William Hardy, 2. Auto camp at
tendants found them on a blazing
bed. Investigators said they ap
parently had been playing with
matches. The mother, Mrs. Wil
liam Hardy, was In another sec
tion of (he camp. Expecting to
give birth to a child soon, she was
taken to a hospital for treatment
for prostration.
Three - year - old Raymond L.
Simpson drowned in a slough
near his trailer camp home in
Portland. His shoes were found
on the bank, indicating he had
gone wading. The parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John P. Simpson, re
cently moved to Portland from
Rogue River.
Caught by a changing tide
while fishing near Gladstone,
Kaipn Manning, 23, Oregon City,
drowned in the Clackamas river.
Two companions threw him a
rope and had almost dragged
him to the bank when he lost his
hold and was swept away. His
body was recovered 300 yards
downstream.
The camp Adair public rela
tions on lee announced the drown
ing of lt. Clifford Lewis, 21,
Newport, Tenn.. in the Wil
lamette river late Tuesday when
a boa! capsized during maneu
vers. U. S. Sub Triton
Presumed Lost
WASHINGTON, July 22-APi
-The navy announced today the
American submarine Triton, bold
raider of Japanese shipping,
"must be presumed to be lost" on
a war patrol.
The Trilon, which had destroy
ed more than a doen eneniv
warships and merchantmen!, was
commanded by Lieutenant Com
mander George Kenneth Mac
kenzie, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The vessel carried a normal
complement of about SO men.
It was the tenth United States
undersea boat to he lost In this
war, including eight lost as a re
suit of combat in the Pacific and
two as a result of non-combat In
cidents in the Atlantic.
On the other hand, United
Steies subs have accounted for
283 Japanese shim sunlt or dam-
aged, including a total of 200;
-nk.
VOU XXXH NO.
Axis Debacle
Aliens Quit Jobs
At Cannery Over
Ban on Roaming
DAYTON, Wash., July 22.-
(AP) An order by city officials
restricting the movements of
Mexican and Japanese-American
workers was blamed by their
leaders today for a work stop
page at the Blue Mountain Can
neries, Inc, plant.
Representatives of federal
agencies and the cannery confer
red in efforts to get the men back
on the job.
The original order prahibited
any movement by Mexican or Ja-panese-Americans
in life residen
tial districts and restricted them
to this farming town's main
street. It was issued by Mavor
Gas Hansen, Police Chief Pete
Anderson and Sheriff E. E. War
wick. Last night they announced
the ruling had been modified to
forbid the wandering of any per
son in the residential districts
without legitimate excuse.
The first order was issued af
ter a Dayton woman reported to
the sheriffs office that a man
of short stature and dark com
piexien criminally assaulted her
after awakening her and threat
ening her with a knife Saturday
night while her husband was
away. The sheriff's office said
the attacker had not been ap-
prenended.
Representatives of federal
agencies and the cannery confer
red last night on the sitnalion.
Gigantic Log Tracked to
Satherifn From Restort
A Douglas fir log 8't inches In
diameter at the butt and (i8 inch
es at the tip, containing approx
imately 5,000 board feet, was
trucked through Roseburg today.
The huge log, cut hy Seiyert fv
erson, lagging contractor at Res
Ion, was delivered lo the Schelkc-i-'isher
mil! at Smhcriln for
transshipment to the Springield
Plywood comiany. Iverson re
ports that a still larger log is
now being made ready in the
Heston district for njmoval.
Leo Dunning Survives
Cruiser Helena Sinking
Leo Dunning, son of Mrs. Har
ry Patrick of Roseburg, a mem
ber of I he crew of the cruiser
Helena sunk in the naval engage
ment with the Japanese in Kula
gulf, survived the battle and the
destruction of his ship, according
to word received by his mother.
Mrs. Patrick last night received
a cablegram from her son an-1
nouncing that he was safe and
weli,"
69 OF THE EVENING HEWS
Conquest Of
Sicily Hears
Final Phase
Naits Stiff Baffling at
Cofanio to Keep Open
Last Saute of Escape
(By the Associated Press)
Conquest of Sicily rushed for
ward at a dizzy pace today as
American troops, advancing west
more lhan 60 rniies in three days,
captured the prize air ease at
Castelvetrano and at least six
other towns or airports and allied
forces crowded the enemy into a
new "coffin corner" trap In the
northeast.
Striking in a pre-dawn charge
dreaded by the Italians, U. S. in
fantrymen surged into Castel
vetrano (pop. 25,000) while other
American columns drove within
30 miles of the Sicilian eapHaV
Palernm
At sea, British warships holdly
challenging the shore-bound Ital
ian fleet, bombarded Ihe Italian
mainland at Crotone opposite the
big fascist naval base at Tarama
and still there was no sign of
Italian men o' war steaming forth
to battle.
Formerly one of the enemy's
major air bases, Castelvetrano Is
50 miles est of the American In
vasion beachhead at Porto Em-
pedoete and near the western tip
of the Island.
Italian Sjsirit Crushed.
"Over 40,080 prisoners havs
ben captured isj-date,; a seismu
nique said.
Every spark of fighting spirit
appeared to have been stamped
out in the ranks of an apathetic
and disintegrating Italian army.
New batches of prisoners com
plained that their officers were
deserting them, wearing civilian
clothing In an effort to escape.
It was disclosed that the often
resuscitated 10th Bersagiier! regi
ment for the third rime bad been
pul out of action. It surrendered
at Agrigento without firing a
shot.
On the east coast, before Ca
tania, the allied communique said
the Germans were resorting to
heavy demolitions of roads and
bridges and defense minefields to
delay the Eighth army's advance.
Fierce fighting was taking
(Continued on page 8
Speed Needed to
Meet War Output
Goals for 1943
WASHINGTON, July 22 AP
Unless the nation's war produc
tion snaps out of it in the next
six months and hits the home
stretch with a startling burst o
speed, 1943 goals probably will
not be realized.
That was the prediction yester
day of War Production beard of
ficials who disclosed that June
war production was slightly bet
ter than May's, but still far short
of the rale needed to hit the
year's quotas.
In aircraft, a gain of fewer
than 50 planes over May was
noted, and while this did not re
flect the true progress due to
the increased emphasis on heav
ier models still the doiiar vol
ume caupul of planes and related
munitions was said to be under
the previous month's five pej
cent gain.
Officials tended to blame what
they termed a psychological let
down, brought on by recent mili
tary successes and hopes for an,
early victory, and Increased by
a tendency to ease up production
in the tear of cutbacks in govern
ment contracts.
Th protest I th vnerQftl
Vatican against th bombing of
Rome has its merits, but it is not
recalled that the Vatican over
protested to the fotcitt q&vtaf'
menf eqemsr the esrafetishmettF
of axis war plants hi efos proi
tmity to its waits.