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VOL. XLVIII NO. 83 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
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By FRANK JENKINS
A FEW outlines of probable
fact are beginning to emerge
from the fogs that have shroud
ed the Italian situation in the
past week and a half.
THE Germans seem to have
handled a bad situation rather
well.
They've gained the time they
so critically needed to organize
strong defensive positions in the
valleys of the Po and the Adige
Italy's most important indus
trial and strategic areas.
They've plugged what might
have been a nasty gap at Fiume,
at the eastern tip of the Istrian
"peninsula," which is the finger
of Italian soil that curves around
the upper end of the Adriatic
sea. Through this gap, if it had
n't been walled ub, we might
have been able to move. LATER
from Jugoslavia into the rear "of
the German positions in northern
Italy.
In the face of possible disaster,
they've moved swiftly and bold
ly, with no signs of panic.
FOR an accurate and realistic
estimate of Badoglio and his
little partner Victor Emanuel, we
.diall have to wait possibly for
the verdict of history.
But we know already that
Badoglio is no superman, to be
, included in the list of the great
patriots of history.
If he had been, he would have
known that Hitler is the enemy
of the Italian people and would
have taken advantage of the con
fusion following Mussolini's
downfall to STRIKE HARD AT
GERMANY
Instead he temporized and
fiddled and gave the Germans
precious time.
IT may be, of course, that WE
didn't strike boldly enough
when the iron of Italian up
heaval was hot. But there
were limiting military factors,
such as lack of sufficient forces
for an enterprise of such magni
tude. We were probably compell
ed in the sudden emergency to
lean upon Badoglio, who has
proved to be a weak reed.
YOU must understand that these
are pure guesses, based upon
the flimsiest kind of evidence..
We outsiders are a mere au
dience sitting before a stage with
the curtain down and . speculat
ing from obscure noises, blurred
shadows and such-like undepend
able testimony as to what is go
ing on behind the curtain.
Our opinions can't count for
much.
AT any rate, we're emerging
from rosy dreams and getting
back to the hard realities of war.
We're going after Sicily for
blood. Patton's 7th American
army is pounding its way east
ward along the northern coast
toward Messina. The Canadians
(Continued on page 2)
Bill Championed by
Aid Oregon in Post
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7-(AP)
'- When Oregon starts spending
lis $849,827 from federal highway
funds for engineering and eco
nomic investigations of road prot
ects for future construction it
may give Rep. James- Mutt, re
publican from the state's first
district, much of the credit.
Mott was one of the men who
pushed through congress a bill
which permitted the states to re
tain and spend funds which oth
erwise would ha'0 reverted to
the treasury July 1.
The bill championed by Molt.
s"cond ranking republican mem
ber of the house roads commit
tee, would require that federal
,eid road funds apportioned to
the states and not spent before
June 30 instead of being return
ed to the treasury tor realloca
Germans Evacuate Smolensk
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Civilians Are Moved,
Indicating Nazi Plans to
Abandon Important Base
MOSCOW. Aug. 7. (AP) In
formation received from Russian
guerrillas behind the German
lines today said the nazis were
carrying out a general civilian
evacuation of the Smolensk re
gion. Smolensk, 220 miles west of
Moscow and probably the most
important German base in all
Russia, would be endangered by
complete deflation of the Orel sa
lient to the southeast as the Rus
sians already hold positions less
than 50 miles to the northeast
between Yartscvo and Vyazma.
The information from the par
tisans said the Germans were
moving the population to the
west and also taking away all
metal and other potential war ma
terials, even the tin roofs of
houses.
Two Russian army groups
which outflanked Kharkov from
the north in a swift drive through
Belgorod, were threatening the
rear of the perman positions
around that third largest city in
the soviet union, front line dis
patches said.
Flank Attack Reported.
Descending the valley by way
of the ,Uby river, the Russians
raced through Zolochev, a little
more tHan'25 miles northwest of
Kharkov in a flank attack similar
to the action farther north which
drove the Germans from Orel and
opened the way for a simultan
eons push toward Bryansk.
Both Kharkov and Bryansk, 275
miles to the northwest, were
threatened by the broad advance.
Russian troops battering their
way westward beyond Belgorod
have already advanaed 37 miles
to cut the Kharkov-Bryansk rail
road at Zolochev, 25 miles to the
northwest of Kharkov, the Rus
sians reported.
(The German radio said in a
broadcast recorded in London
that another Russian column was
poised at Chuguyev, 24 miles
southeast of Kharkov, which gave
rise to the belief that the Russian
high command was preparing an-
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Salem Flier Shot Down
By Captured U. S. Plane
PORTLAND, Aug. 7. (AP)
First Lt. Harold C. Lentz, who
shot down three Messerschmitts
over Sicily last June, was back
in Oregon today to tell of being
shot down by a German-piloted
American plane. '
It was a P-38 that had been
captured by the nazis, he explain
ed. The ship dived on his own
P-38, shot away his gas tank and
forced him to a crash landing in
North Africa, Lentz said.
Unaware of what hit him, he
waved from the ground to the
circling P-38. Later military in
telligence uncovered the German
ruse, Lentz said.
The Salem pilot was on 50 com
bat missions, won the distinguish
ed flying cross and two oak leaf
clusters.
Rep. Mot Will
War Road Plans
tion among the states, shall re
main available for obligation by
the states during the war emer
gency. The measure, now public law
136, was pushed through con
gress in the last davs before the
summer recess so that the mon
ey would not have to be reallo
cated. The measure provides that the
commissioner of public roads
shall cooperate with the states'
highway departments in plannin?
for the postwar construction and
the spending of each state's share
in the SIOOTO.OOO apportioned un
der the federal aid formula. Rep
resentative Wolcott R.Mich.)
put into the congressional rec
ord the apportionment he said
was available under the bill for
post war work and planning.
Baby Kidnapped
Mrs. Martha Gurney, former
resident of Looklngglass whose
two-day-old baby daughter was
kidnapped from an Albany, Ore.,
hospital is shown with her other
child, Marlene, 8, as they were
photographed recently. Authori
ties appealed for return of the
child, whose mother Is n critical
condition since disappearance of
the baby.
Mother Believes
Child Be Returned
Condition of Mrs. Gurney
Improving Following Radio
Appeal by Her Husband
ALBANY, Ors., Aug. 7 (AP)
Grief-worn Mrs. W. B. Gurney
clung to the belief today that her
baby, who disappeared from a
hospital crib four days ago, would
be returned safely.
Police meanwhile said they had
exhausted all clues without a
trace of the child or a kidnaper.
Dr. E. Lew Hurd said Mrs.
Gurney, who had been In a pre
carious condition, improved no
ticeably after her husband, a la
bor union official, pleaded over
a radio hookup for the child's
safe return. .
With her hopes rising, she
spent her first quiet night since
the tot's disappearance, the doc
tor said.
Victims of Food
Poison Improving
EUGENE, Aug. 7. (AP) The
food poisoning outbreak in the
Cottage Grove-Eugene area sub
sided today with approximately
75 persons recovering from the
effects of eating tainted pie.
With most patients well on the
road to recovery, only one death
had been reported, that of a two-year-old
boy Thursday.
Dr. C. R. Llndgren, Lane coun
ty health officer, said improper
refrigeration probably was to
blame for contamination of
cream pies.
Vancouver Normal After
Excitement of Rioting
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 7.
(AP) Riot excitement died
down and Vancouver w as hack to
normal today. .
.Shipyard workers, who march
ed on the city police station In a
mob 1000 strong Tiiursday night,
were conspicuous by ihelr mild
ness last night Police patrolled
the citv In normal numbers with
out tncldent.
Mayor John Hogg dropped a
demand that beer taverns close at
8 p. m. nightly, announcing that
tavern operators had agreed to
cooperate with police in maintain
ing order.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY,
Publication of
The Chieftain
Is Suspended
War Conditions Blamed
For Failure; News-Review
Buys Printing Equipment
The Roseburg Chieftain, a
weekly newspaper published in
Roseburg since 1931, suspended
publication today, a victim, ac
cording to Harlan B. Carter, edi
tor and publisher of the final is
sue, of wartime conditions. The
paper has had five changes of
ownership during the past three
years. "
Mr. Carter purchased the pa
per this week from A. L. Linbeck
of Salem, owner of the plant, and,
in turn, following the final edi
tion, printed Friday, sold the cir
culation and good will of the bus
iness to the Port Umpqua Cour
ier, edited at Reedsport by M. F.
Wright, and the machinery, stock
and equipment to the News-Review.
The equipment is to be com
bined with that of the News-Review
commercial printing depart
ment to provide increased capac
ity. The department will be con
tinued under the management of
Mr. Carter, who has been asso
ciated with the News-Review
company for the past eight years.
Anticipating a large Increase
in commercial printing, t h e
Mews-Review is enlarging its fa
cilities and plans, as quickly as
possible to install additional ma
chinery increasing capacity for
large-scale production.
Announcing the fact that The
Chieftain has suspended publica
tion, Carter called attention to
the great number of weekly pa
pers which have succumbed to
wartime conditions. Thousands
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Tests for Postmaster
At Myrtle Creek Dated
Civil service examinations to
fill the position of postmaster at
Myrtle Creek have been an
nounced and applications will be
accepted until the close of busi
ness on the date of Friday, Aug.
13, C. B. Calkins, local secretary
for the civil service commission.
nnounced today.
The examination will be held
in Roseburg, probably within
about 30 days from the time ap
plications are closed.
The-office carries a salary of
S1.900 per year, plus a temporary
increase of $300 per year.
Applicants must be 21 or more
years of age and must have been
residents of Myrtle Creek for six
months or more,
Application forms may be ob-lod
tained from any post office.
Nine Die in Washington Train Wreck
Here's how cars of a Chicago,
scoped Into one another when
allort and injuring 12 others.
tailors examine the wreckage.
AUGUST 7, 1943.
isinq Crisis
Seen in Huddle
Nazi Warlords
' Possibility Hitler May
'' Be Ousted; State of
Panic in Berlin Rumored
LONDON, Aug. 7 (AP) The
German International Informa
tion bureau, a propaganda agen
cy, said in a broadcast today that
It was "understood in Berlin that
number of important discus
sions of a military and political
nature nave taken place In the
fuehrer's headquarters the last
few days."
'This indication from German
sources of a rising crisis came
as reports filtered to London tell
ing of fears in Berlin approach
ing a "slate of panic" over the
possibility of massed air raids on
t h e German capital, serious
strikes and German peace dem
onstrations. .
Die broadcast, also made by
DNB, official news agency, said
German newspapers had publish
ed photographs of such top nazis
as Iieichmarshal Hermann Geor-
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U.S. Bombers Hit
At Japanese Bases
Supply Barges Blasted to
Cut Communications Leading
To Garrison at Salamaua ?.'
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Aug. 7 (AP) Vulnerable spots
where the next blows against the
Japanese may fall now that Mun
dn Is ours, felt the. fiery impact
of America's growing air might
111 the Pacific during raids re
ported In today's communique
from Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Our fighters whipped a numer
ically superior enemy in an air
battle off southern Bougainville.
Bombers blasted Rekata bay,
float plane base, with 65 tons
of explosives. It is on Santa Isa
bel Island, northeast of New Geor
gia, flanking the line of advance
and supply from Guadalcanal to
Mundli.
Other bombers 750 miles to the
west ranged along the New Guin
ea coast, wrecking the supply
barges Japan is utilizing to main
tain the garrison at Salamaua,
"New Guinea.
On Munda, our jungle troops
fanned out from the newly won
4,000-foot airstrip into nearby
mangrove swamps tracking down
fleeing stragglers of the crushed
Japanese garrison. More than 1,
600 enemy dead have been count-
and there likely
are- many
more.
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Capture by the Red army of Orel and Belgorod threatens
the entire right flank of the German line, anchored on the Sea of
Azov. Success in the Kharkov campaign probably would force
the German right flank to fall back to defense lines behind the
Dnieper river to escape envelopment. Strength of the Russian
reserves, military experts predict, will determine the success of
the operation. ' (
Two Klamath Falls Men
Named in Casualty List
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (AP)
Two Klamath Falls, Ore., "men
are included in a navy depart
ment announcement of casualties
released yesterday. They are:
Joe Richard Driskell, a marine,
reported wounded; husband of
Mrs. Joe R. Driskell, 418 Main
street. He also was reported
wounded December 11, 1942, In
Indiana. Lieut. (J. G.)) George
W. Stephenson, son of Mrs. Laura
B. Stephenson, 830 Market street,
was reported dead.
Petition Seeks Liquor
Sales in Private Stores
SALEM, Aug. 7. (AP) An
Initiative petition proposing to
transfer the sale of liquor from
state-owned to private stores was
on file today. The initiative would
set up a new state liquor commis
sion, which would license private
stores for sales. The petition
needs 15,052 signatures to go on
the next ballot. It Is sponsored
by Mel P. Brown, Portland, who
sponsored a similar measure, vot
ed down, in 1940.
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102 OF THE EVENING NEWS
City Schools Sign
12 New Teachers
Record Number of Changes Is
Announced; Three Vavancles
Remaining to be Filled
Twelve teachers, new to the
Roseburg school system, have
signed contracts to teach In Rose
burg for the coming school year,
according to W. M. Campbell, city
school superintendent, who re
ports that four positions remain
to be filled. The change in teach
ing staff is the largest for any
school term In recent years.
New teachers are announced as
follows:
Senior high: May Murphy,
home economics; Anna Blom,
English and library.
Junior high: Ruth Froman,
mathematics; Nina Weaver, Eng
lish; Ruth Rodgers, social sci
ence and speech; Esther Brown,
English and library; Alice Hanes,
mathematics and business train
ing. Rose school: Marlon Roe, sec
ond grade; Dorothy Bennett,
third grade; Mildred Hensen,
fifth grade.
Benson school: Doris Coad,
fourth and fifth grades.
Fullerlon school: Dora Ritz
man, fifth grade.
Teachers who will continue to
serve the Roseburg district are:
Senior high: C. It. Beani,
Amanda Anderson, H. W. Grow,
Phoebe Hawthorne, Ixroy Hiatt,
Ruth Hodson, Alva Laws, B. A.
Mollis, Delmar Ramsdell, Leon
ard Riley, Ruth Roberts, H. H.
Turner, Alice Upland.
Junior high: R. R. Brand, Dora
Braughlon, W. E. Buell, Margar
et Carr.
Benson school: Verlie Tracy,
Hazel Dixon, Ina Farnsworth, El
nor Sherk, Florence Snedaker,
Alvia Welherell.
Fulleiton school: Ruth Swin
nev, Floy Cooikt, Bonlla Skill
Ing. Rose school: E. S. Hall, Verna
Carol hers, Vera Fredrickson.
The position In the girls' physi
cal education department for senior-Junior
high has not been fill
ed. The vacancy was created by
the resignation of Marlon Mur
phy, who resigned her teaching
position to Join the WAVEs. The
other three vacancies are in Jun
ior high: (1) English and music,
(2) geography, history and pen
manship, (3) mathematics and
history.
Most Savage Fighting of
War Marks Victory; Bag
Of Prisoners Now 125.000
(By the Associated Press)
Field dispatches reported today
that hard-fighting American
troops had captured the ancient,
towered city of Trolna after, the;
heaviest artillery barrage of the
Sicilian campaign, thereby crack
ing German keystone defenses on.
the western flank of Mt. Etna.
Allied headquarters announced
that the total of axis prisoners
was now 125,000.
, Trolna lies 25 miles below the
enemy's northern coastal anchor
at San Agata and marked tho .
center of ' the dwindling axis
bridgehead perimeter ln nor)n.
east Sicily.
Batteries of more than a hun
dred American 105mm. and
155mm. field guns laid down a N
series of drum-fire barrages on
the ridge town before U. S. troops
surged forward to capture It.
An American officer described
the battle for Trolna as the "most
savage", pf the campaign as en
trenched Germon troops fought
bitterly to save axis forces in the
southeast from entrapment.
Island Outpost Taken
Simultaneously, Gen. Dwlght
D. Eisenhower's headquarters an
nounced that American naval
and. military forces had occupied
the Italian prison Island of Usti
ca, 40 miles north of fallen Pa
lermo, Sicily's capital, and cap
tured about 100 Italian soldiers
and sailors.
Many of the tiny volcanic is
land's population of 1,100 were
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Assignments Made
To Military Duty
Inductions resulting from tho
second call of selectees were an
nounced today by. the Douglas
County Selective Service board.
Thp men named were called for
examination- and all have - been,
uccepted and assigned to various
branches of the military services
as follows: -V
Army Ernest Jerry Whipple,
Drain; Earl Moses Manley, Med
ford, Robert Sidney Shoemaker, ,
Roseburg, Joseph Thomas Met
calf, Grants Pass, Donal'd Em
mitt Hardcastle, Eugene, Phillip
Gardner Blayney, Glide, 'John
Robert Shaffer, Canyonville, Lo
renzo Andrew Cooper Jr., Suther
Un, Wallce Leroy Thorp, Yoncal
la, Lyle Raymond Spore, Days
Creek, Ellis Estel Prowell, Green,
Norlan Daniel Wilson, Myrtle
Creek, Oral Lester Jones, Myrtle
Creek, Glen Raymond Briody,
Cushman, Hat-old Floyd Couey,
Roseburg, Leon E. Paull, Gardi
ner, James Buford King, Drain,
William Leroy Olson, Siltcoos,
Merle James Moyer, Canyonville,
Harry Leslie Smith, Drain, Don
old Chandler Hays, Eugene, Lau
rie Gordon Coffel, Roseburg, Ray
Loren Smith, Myrtle Creek, Low
ell McAfee Campbell, Roseburg,
Harold Rodney Pitcher, Gardiner,
James Henry Cunningham, Oak
land, Elmer Allen Taylor, Rose
burg, Raymond Lester Grant,
Azalea, Ernest Wayne Newport,
Roseburg.
Navy Walter Thompson
Wright, Eugene, Douglas Dean
Eusted, Creswell, Thomas Mich
ael Carlson, Reedsport, Loreh
Howard Bartle, Glendale, James
Edward Young, Azalea, James
Samuel Young, Oakland, Milo
Wesley Haynes, Drain, Willard
Melvin Timm, Roseburg, Lewis
Harrison Fostccr, R e e dsport, .
George Simon Crocker, Rose
burg, William Lewis Burton, Yon-
calla. .
Murines Millard William Man
ning, Roseburg, Dewett Clinton
Carey, Jr. Lookingglass. -, :
State's Juke Box Law
Outlawed by Decision
PORTLAND, Aug. 7. (AP)
Oregon's $10 yearly Juke box tax
was outlawed today as unconsti
tutional. The tax, passed by the last
legislature, was discriminatory,
since It applied to Juke boxes an
not phonographs or coin vending
machines, said a decision, by Cir
cuit Judges Alfred P. Dobson.
Ashby C. Dickson and Earl C.
Latourette.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. ReiMoiMm
Is It possible that the short
age of beer may be due to a
prior need for "hop" to spark
the bureaucratic theorist! (be-)
heading home front moralot .