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fri 0 i 0. Ul r 1 II u uvu 0 WES c inn r. i iv i h i in I iii n-k i uu u u uuuu VOL. XLVIII NO. 84 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW U.S. TASK FORCE Four Jap Ships Sunk in Raid On Vella Gulf American Vessels Escape Undamaged; Scene Lighted by Blazing Craft By ART BURGESS ABOARD THE FLAGSHIP OF A NAVAL TASK FORCE, Aug. , 7 (delayed) (AP) A light American naval force of "Jack the Giant Killers" sank at least four Japanese warships today in one of the most daring attacks of the war. The United States ships steam ed right into the enemy's strong hold in Vella gulf in the Solo mons and destroyed one cruiser and three destroyers. I was the only war correspondent aboard the flagship of the American task . force. (General Douglas MacArthur's communique of Aug. 8 said one cruiser and two destroyers were definitely sunk and the fourth vessel "probably so," in a battle which started shortly before mid night of Aug. G. And, it add ed, we sustained no losses.) From the bridge dock and the direction platform above, 1 had an unopposed view of the entire battle in the narrow gulf between ctrong Japanese bases on Kol nmbangara and Vella Lavella Is lands. Cruiser Explodes I saw the Nipponese cruiser, h three stacker with an airplane hoist, explode soon alter it was hit by torpedoes and shells from our ships In the waters north west of famed Munda airfield on Mew Georgia Island which is now in American hands. The cruiser,, standing broad side to us, first caught fire in her bow from torpedoes, and when our gun batteries opened upon her in a masterful naval tactical maneuver, I saw addi tional fire break out followed by a terrifying explosion. The blast sent flames thou sands of feet in the air, enab ling me to take down notes as if under a hundred watt lamp. The fire in sheets of yellow, orange and red-spread over the water, lighting up the channel from (Continued on page 6) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS RUMORS of German jitters fill the air. A SWISS newspaper, quoting a traveler just returned from Germany, says the most PERSIS TENT rumor is thafa military dictatorship will be set up in September. formation bureau (a nazi propa ganda outfit) says in a broad cast: It is understood in Berlin that a number of important dis cussions of a military and politi cal nature have taken place in the fuehrer's headquarters In the past few days." These discussions, it is added, were participated in by Keitol, head of the German army, Doe nitz, head of the German navy, and (among others) the JAPA NESE AMBASSADOR. IMOTE, please, that these fj rumors follow the downfall of fascism in Italy and the sett ing up of what appears to be a military dictatorship. Ideas, you know, DO SPREAD.) THIS returned Swiss traveler thinks possible replacement of Hitler may be more wishful thinking than the truth, but adds: "There is CERTAINLY much speculation among the peo ple as to the possibility of end ing the devastating battles and returning to peace, in which hu .man wisdom would again have the upper hand." fOU'D be silly to believe these rumors impllcity. But DON'T (Continued on page 2) rrM O'rV V&fr - K npeals (Pit. A leleiihulo) B. W. Gurney, center, holding the hand of his daughter, Marlene, 8, is shown In Albany, ore., as lie Broadcast a nationwide appeal to kidnap ers ol his UrUay-oid UaDy girl, who disappeared Horn an Albany hospital. - Kauio unnuuncer is at left. Russian Drive Cuts Two Railroad Lines MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (AP) Rus- s.an tank forces crashing back toward (he gales of Kharkov from the north have encounter ed stubborn resistance from the north have encountered stub born resistance from fresh Ger man reserves rushed Into the bat tles raging near Dolzhik, 15 miles northwest of that big industrial center of the Ukraine, front line dispatches said today. The red army, In its largest advances announced in a special communique lasl night, cut (he second of two railroads linking Kharkov with Byransk, 2o0 miles lo the northwest, by capturing Bogodukhov, 35 miles to the northwest of Kharkov. The Russians had looped a steel column almost directly west of the city, while thrusting a broad wedge within 20 miles of Sumi, approximately midway of the 200-mile front. Their greatest progress was being made at the northern end of the front, along the Orel-Bryansk railway, however, where they captured 130 tons and vil lages. Including one place 17 miles west of Orel. The German retreat apparent ly was being carried out with a loss of men and material com parable to that suffered by the nazis in the earlier stages of the Russian offensive. The commun ique said that the Germans lost 7Y tanks and 125 planes in com bat, and that the red army cap- lured IS German tanks, Includ ing 15 Tigers, in working order. A large number of Germans were n poiied killed. New Clues Sought in Baby Kidnapping Case ALBANY, Aug. 0 (AP State Police Sergeant Earl Houston said today ho would continue to press for new clues in the mys terious disappearance of two-day-old Judith Gurney although no substantial leads had been de veloped in the six days since the baby disappeared from a hospi tal crib here. A nurse from the hospital was questioned at length yesterday bv District Attorney Harlow Weinrick and state police, but Houston said no additional infor mation was gained. Meanwhile the mother, Mrs. B. W. Gurney, wife of a labor union official, continued to show Improvement after nearing col lapse when her child's disappear ance was disclosed last Tuesday. Mrs. Gurney was released from the hospital Saturday. s ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1943. WINS NIGHT to Kidnapers . Industrial Towns Of Italy Bombed LONDON, AUG. 9 ( AP) Large areas of Milan, Turin and Genoa cities that contain two thirds of Italy's war industry were reported in ruins today un der the hammer blows of British based Lancasters of the RAF, which blasted all three Saturday night. The triple attack was the heav iest since Italy was warned more than a week ago by Gen. Dwight Elsenhower that the allied air assault would be resumed and in tensified because of Premier Pie tro Badoglio's resistance to peace moves. The weather was good and the air ministry said "well concen trated" attacks were carried out on war factories at Milan and Turin and on shipping facilities and yards at Genoa. The Italian high command said in a Rome broadcast that "damage was considerable, main ly in the central quarters" of Mi lan and Turin. The Fiat airplane and engine works and the Italian Royal arsenal are located at Tu rin. BOUGAINVILLE 1 SHORTLAND'VScABallalo Faisi TREASURY IS.9 VELLA LAVELLA' I JUNE 30 Battle for Munda begins at Americans grab Rcndova, Vangunu and invade New Georgia to take Jop airfield. Foe loses worships in Kula ond Velio Gulf battles Vol J KohiliA' H Islands occupied by U. S ...US Base fc iop Base Miles 50 American force are headed for Aug. 7, 1942. Thl map tells the NAVAL; Bomber Crash Derails Train; Flier is Killed Damage to Tracks Caused By Falling Plane Forces Fast Freight Off Rails WENDOVER, Utah, Aug. 9-i (AP) An army bomber crash landed on the Western Pacific tracks seven miles east of here last night, and ten minutes later n freight train was derailed by the breach in the tracks. Second Lt. Richard L. Blue of Rantoul, 111., was injured fatally in the bomber crash. Ten other fliers were injured, some critically- The train crew escaped Injury. Public relations officars at the Wendovcr air base said the bomb er, flying south, attempted rt crash landing near U. S. high way 40-50, which parallels the rail line. The bomber struck the salt flats between the highway and tracks, scattered wreckage over a wide area? and slid on its belly across the rails, which run east and west. The bomber, badly damaged, came to a rest on the south side of the tracks. It did hot burn. Train Hits Wreckage The freight, thundering through the night, was derailed as the last trucks of a double die sel locomotive passed over wreck age left by the bomber. Twenty-six freight - cars piled up In a huge mass of twisted wood and steel. Three others were derailed but remained in tact. Two hundred feet of rail was torn up and the line's traffic was stopped. Officials estimated the rails would be replaced some time tonight. Railmen at the scene said dam age might run as high as $200, 000. Engineer of the freight was Otto Kelly of Salt Lake City. He said the train crew was unaware (Continued on page 6) President Takes Short Vacation in Canada WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (AP) The White House announced today that President Roosevelt had returned to the capltol "from a short vacation in Canada" on the north shore of Lake Huron. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early told reporters that Mr. Roosevelt "did not see- anybody to my knowledge" on his vaca tion trip. An official statement drafted by the president said the vacation was spent near McGregor and Whitefish bays on Lake Huron. JAP BASES in northern Solomoni bomhid and shdltd by U. S. forces in preparation for new ottochi VANCUNO aneeei ( 7 FEB.. 1 943 Russell 'X lCHO iseul 1 ew xv v SANTA UI ,sA,ELa7 r a r.i& ncnaerwn rieia GUADALCANAL) I FEB., 1943 Jop Iresistonce ends on Guodolconol 1 K OCT. 1 1 -1 2 Jops lose 6 worships in Battle of Cope Esperanca; NOV 13-15 Holsey saves Guodolconol in sea clash costing foe 28 worships; NOV. 30 DEC. U. 5 wins night Bottle of Lungo Point new victories as they mark the tlrst anniversary of the initial attack on Guadalcanal In the Salomon Islands chronological story of our year of fighting in the Bolomona up to the fall of Muuda on Aug. 6 ol this year and spots the Jap bases now under attack by U. 8. bombers. VOL. XXXII NO. BATTLE Roseburg Boys In New Guinea On Hero List Hayes, Boyer, Trozelle Named in Dispatches for Deeds in Jungle Battles By VERN HAUGLAND SOMEWHERE IN NEW CUINEA, Aug. 7 (delayed) (AP) Trickling back from the front lines opposing the Japa nese in the Mount Tambu area overlooking. Salamaua come tales of quiet heroism of Australian and American soldiers, fighting side by side. There is the one about Corp Fred Hayes, of Roseburg, Ore., who was fifth in line in an Amer ican patro; climbing a steep jun gle trail. The Japanese shot and killed the first three and wound ed the fourth. Hayes bravely pushed on, killed one Japanese and wounded another. If there were any more they fled. Sgt. Alfred Boyer, also of Rose burg, heard that a pul of his had been wounded. He went Into the battle zone and was. told his friend had been killed. Return ing to the rear, he began worry ing for fear his friend merely had been wounded. To make sure, he stayed around the fighting scene and carried in five serious ly wounded men. In particularly tough fighting on Mount Tambu, Sgt. John Tro- (Continued on page 6) MacArthur Says Victory Certain In Pacific Area ' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 9 (AP) General Douglas MacArthur said today Japan had used her fullest resource of con centrated attack oh the Pacific fronts, "has failed, and is now on a defensive." "The margin was close but II was conclusive," the commander-in-chief of all allied forces in the south and southwest Pacific said in a statement expressing su preme confidence In final vic tory. "Although for many reasons our victories may have lacked in glamorous focus, they have been decisive of the final result in the Pacific," he said. "I make no pre dictions as to time or detail, but Japan, on the Pacific fronts, has exhausted the fullest resource of concentrated attack of which she was capable, has failed, and is now on a defensive which will yield just in proportion as we gather force and definition. When that will be I do not know, but it is certain." AUG. 7-9 Marine land on Guadalcanal, Tulagi; Alliei lote 4 cruiteri In Bottle of Soro liland STEWART ISLANDS AFLOPIDA to SEPT. f. . - OCT. 25 (IN CRISTOBAL I ft V wfo. ,"e V Ir - - Woodtlrt) ( Y, 171 MAIAITA C3 El 4- -V Sri 103 OF THE EVENING NEWS Goering is Said Be New Head Man Germany Hitler Stripped of Power At Meeting of Leaders, , Spain Dispatches Report MADRID.'Aug. 9 (AP) Press dispatches reaching Spain from Berlin yesterday said that "pow ers of great magnitude" have been given to Riechsmarshal Her mann - Wilhelm Goering After a meeting of nazi party chiefs and army leaders. News or the meeting at Adolf Hitler's headquarters, announced by Berlin over the weekend, lent color to various reports current in Spain that the army Is taking over conduct of German affairs In preparation for a long defen sive war. Although, these reports say, Adolf Hitler remains as a figure head leader, the real rulers of Germany are Goering, Field Mar shal General Wilhelm Keltel, chief of the high command, and Grand Admiral Karl Doenltz, com mander in chief of the navy. Nazi Posts Retained. German reports reaching Spain Indicate the German army con siders it necessary to retain the nazi party as a facade behind which it can operate without caus ing an upheaval within the coun try. . . This view, it was said, was prompted by recent disorders in Italy, which jettisoned the fas cist party when the military dic tatorship of Marshal Ptetro Ba- doglio took over. German lead ers are reported to believe that if Italy withdraws from the war it will be the result of admlnis- j trative ehnos as much as a-public clamor for peace. It was understood that Goering Was chosen as the nazi represcn tative in the new set-up because he has long been aware of the army s views and holds the con fidence of the military leaders. If German reports here are ac curate, the army's power now ex tends to press, production, civil rationing, foreign affairs and transport. It was said that the army has long been convinced that it would have to take full control of Germany if sjie nation (Continued on page 6) Standley Pays Visit To Russian Industries MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (AP) Ad miral William H. Standley, U. S. Ambassador, returned to Moscow today from a four-day aerial vis it to soviet defense industries in the Urals. His aides expressed his satis faction and pleasure at the trip which marked one of the few wartime occasions on which the Ural stronghold was, open to a foreigner. Sverdlovsk was among the cit ies visited. Fifurel Show Statute Mile, rr-lNVUlf Pacilic 50i Ocean So. C4, C.orgil fNty CUDAICNL AUG. 23-25 Jap ships blasted in Battle of eastern Solomons; 15 U.S. carrier Wasp lost - 26 U. S. worships thwart Jop flanking thrust In Bottle of Sonta Cm Is. 0. S. corrier Homet sunk Americans Land in Rear of Defending Forces to Drive Back Enemy Reinforcements Surprise Movement Is Unopposed and Results In Capture of 300 Prisoners; Bombs and Leaflets Are Rained on Italian Factories By Associated Press Two coastal columns of Americans and British, smashing ahead steadily toward the northeast tip of Sicily, have cap- ' tured San Agata, San fratello and Acireale in a double-flanking movement which threatens to enfold German defense forces huddled behind Mt. Etna at Randano, allied headquarters dis patches announced today. The American seventh army of Lieut. Sen. George S. Patton. Jr., smashed through the north coastal anchor at San Fratello and went on to take San Agata, 50 miles west of Messina, tht window through which Sicilians look across only two miles of water to Italy. Springfield Man Dies Food Poison EUGENE, Aug. 9 (AP) William Klest, 75-year-old Spring field resident died in the Sacred Heart hospital here last night two hours after being admitted. Kiest's death was the second fatality in the Lane county food-poisoning case which is still baffling local medicos. Dale Mitchell, 2, of Lorane, died last week. Approximately 40 persons re mained hospitalized here. Five were released from the Eugene hospital over the week-end but two returned today for further treatment. Three were released from Sacred Heart, but five ne,w cases were admitted over the week-end. At least a half dozen of the ;ases remained In n serious con dition. County's War Bond Record Unbroken "It whs a close squeak, but we maoe it," ti. v. Mirgeier, cnair man of the Douglas County War Savings staff, declared today in reporting the county had over subscribed its quota of war bond purchases for the 15th successive month. , . Purchases for the month total led $131,047 as compared with the quota of $130,000, or 101 per cent. "The oversubscription of $1,047 was the lowest margin by which the county has surpassed its goal so far in the campaign," Parge ter said. The August quota is $110,000. Douglas county's sustained rec ord is recognized In a bulletin sent from the stale headquarters to all counties. Ralph Terrell, Former Roseburg Resident, Dies Ralph W. Terrell, 67, for many years a resident of Roseburg, died suddenly Saturday at his home in Medford from a heart ailment. Born in Salem In 1875, he made his home In Roseburg from 1901 until 1915, being employed with the Wollenberg department store and later with the I. Abraham store. After moving from Rose burg to Medford, he was a fre quent visitor here as a travelling salesman. He was the son of the late Judge and Mrs. Grover P. Ter rell, pioneer residents of Marion county. He served In the Spanish-American war. He was mar ried In Roseburg In 1901 to Sil via Stearns. Surviving are the widow; a son, Irvine, of Fresno, Calif.; a sister, LI hi Dolphin, Mllwaukie, Ore., and one granddaughter. The body is to be brought to Roseburg and funeral services will be held at the Roseburg Un dertaking company chapel at 2 p. m. Tuesday. Interment will follow In the Masonic cemetery. Youth Confesses Killing Neighbor Who Owed $1 LOCK HAVEN, Pa., Aug. 9 (AP) A 14-year old boy con fessed that he killed a 77-year old neighbor, saying he was "mad" because the neighbor owed him a year-old $1 debt lor picking berries, district attorney Uurrltt L. Haag said today. The boy was held without charge for Investigation, Haag said. The neighbor, Frederick, R. Buckingham, of nearby Cas tenca township, was shot through the head with a shotgun Satur day night while sitting oh a bench on his front lawn. Plunging along the narrow coastal shelf between Mt. Etna and. the sea on the east coast, tha British Eighth army of Gen. Sir Barnard L. Montgomery captured Acireale, nine miles north of Ca tania and 42 airline miles from Messina. With their wings bent back, the Germans In the center at Randazzo appeared to be faced! with the necessity of making a double-quick retirement toward! ' the narrowing tip of the Island op accept entrapment. . Surprise Attack Staged. Surprising the enemy from tho . seaward flank, the U. S. Seventhi army in Sicily made an unoppos ed landing behind the enemy lines, drove back enemy reinforce ments and captured 300, said tha allied communique. As a result of this coup, San Fratello, which had been a strong ly defended mountain point, ami San Agata fell j'esterday and tho Americans were reported "push ing forward to join the landing force." t -,' Hastily fulling back In the cen ter, the Germans gave up Cesaro, 12 miles west of Randezzo and sis miles east of Trolna which was captured by the Americans after? the fiercest battle of the cam. paign. I Moving around the westward road circling Mt. Etna, the British also had captured Bronte and! Biancavilla, placing them within five miles of the Cesard-Randazzit : road and in position to cut off tho Germans still opposing the Ameri cans. San Maria de Llcodla, high up on the south side of Mt. Etna, alsn was captured and nearly half thn mountain Itself was In alliecl hands. - . Italian Town Bombed. Milan, Turin and Genoa, cities which harbor two-thirds of Italy's war Industry, came In for one oC the burning, scarring and searlnt air attacks which have madi Germany writhe. Hundreds ot RAF planes from Britain dump ed tons of explosives In an across the-Alps blow Saturday night. . , Dispatches from Bern, quoting travelers from Italy, said scenes of "indescribable panic" resulted from the allied bombing In north ern Italy, with passengers hurl ing themselves from trains to seek shelter. Virtually all parts of Milan were hit, this dispatch said, and , the railroad stations at both Mi lan and Genoa were battered. Fires were visible in Chiasso, Switzerland, 30 miles from Milan. Along with the bombs, tho planes dropped leaflets contain ing a picture of Premier Marshal (Continued on page 6) Espionage Charged To Federal Worker WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -(AP)' Bond of $50,000 was set today for Roberto Lanas Vallecula, 35-year-old foreign language trans lator In the office of the coordin ator of inler-American. affairs, ' charged with espionage. The federal bureau of Investi gation said the suspect, a nativn of Colombia, admitted he hail written three letters in secret In): lo transmit war production in formation to the enemy. The FBI said Lanas former ly worked with the International labor organization, a league o! nations affiliate. In Geneva and later agreed to serve as a secret nazi agent. He was trained by German experts In espionage work, the FBI added, before com ing to New York three years ago. He Joined the staff of the lnter Amerlcan coordinator's office In February, 1942. Levity Pact flint Footprints on Hie sands of Hmt may ntvw be noticed as long as tha impression of lofty Grablt's logs in concrtte ro mains visible to the naktd tyt, Si' IS? mm V-.'.;. ''" VsH-;--rf