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VOL. XLVIII NO. 88 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943.
VOL. XXXII NO. 107 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Cape Orlando Falls to u
Seventh Army
An Advance of
By FRANK JENKINS
HURCHILL, with a large
V staff of his experts, arrives
in Canada, where he is confcrr
ing with Prime Minister King.
Later, he expects to meet FDR.
There's much for them to talk
over and plan for, and you may
he quite sure that what to do
nbout Italy will be Included
among the subjects they'll dis
cuss. You must have noted that
we're proceeding very cautiously
there, with the censorship cloak
ing all the moves.
There's a lot in connection
with the Italian situation that
doesn't meet the outside eye, but
of course is known to our lead
ers. ONLY harm could come of
lipping off to the enemy what
our diplomats are doing. Any
"inkling of what is in the wind
would help the Germans in or
ganizing diplomatic counter
moves or bringing military pres
sures to bear on the Italians.
THE Russians ' will not be re
presented at the Churchill
FDR conference, although FDR
says he'd be "awfully glad" to
have them in on it.
The fact that Stalin hasn't
been represented at any of the
British-American war . confer
ences doesn't mean necessarily
that he disagrees with us as to
present conduct of the war.
It's more likely to mean that
he's playing a strictly lone hand
in Europe, so as to have no com
mitments when the war ends.
IN Sicily, we're still fighting
hard to circle Mount Etna,
thus cutting the defending Ger
mans south of the mountain and
along the north coast of the
island in two. The struggle cen
ters on Randazzo, an important
communications point due north
of Etna.
The British have pushed up the
coast to Guardia, only 40 miles
south of Messina. The retiring
Germans are sowing mines and
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5 . In The
Day's -o
News -
Republicans Need Strong Program
To Win in 1944, WiElkie Declares
RUSHVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 13
(AP) Wendell L. Willkie says
the republican party "should and
can win" the 1944 elections with
"a constructive, liberal domestic
program of expanding economy"
and "a realistic foreign policy."
The 19-10 GOP presidential
nominee declared "no party was
ever presented with such an ex
citing challenge as is offered to
the republican party today nor
with such an opportunity." His
remarks were contained in a
statement Issued as he talked
with republican leaders of the
eighth Indiana congressional dis
trict yesterday.
' He said he disagreed with re
cent suggestions that if the wnr
continued beyond next years the
Roosevelt administration "will
Inevitably be returned to power,''
and added:
"As a matter of fact, for the
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Eight Miles
Evacuation of Sicily
Proceeding; Resistance
Believed Near an End
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 13. (AP)
Allied authorities announced to
day that the U. S. seventh army
had captured Cape Orlando, the
German coastal stronghold which
was outflanked by an American
landing from the sea Wednesday.
The fall of the cape, little more
than 40 miles west of Messina,
came after American troops to
the easf and west had establish
ed a junction and overrun the ad
jacent towns of Naso and Brolo.
Axis prisoners now exceed
130.000, it was announced.
Among the captives was a Gen
eral Fiumara, second in command
of the Italian Napoli (Naples) di
vision, who was reported captur
ed yesterday "with donkey." It
was not stated whether Fiumara
was riding the beast.
Advance Eight Miles.
The Americans under Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton, Jr., sprang for
ward eight miles along the north
ern coast through Cape Orlando
while the British Eighth army
advanced four miles on the east
coast, threatening Taormina.
Both allied wings were within
35 miles of Messina, whose
beaches were the scene of an In
creasing enemy evacuation move
ment to Italy.
Randazzo, the central anchor of
the Germans' rear guard line, was
menaced from the flank as Ameri
can infantrymen surged forward
over the northern ring of moun
tains. The occupation of Ran
dazzo was in sight.
U. S. units fought with the Ger
mans on the outskirts of that
mountain-top town, which was lit
tered and broken by repeated
aerial bombardments and steady
shelling from artillery batteries.
Evacuation Speeded.
The enemy's evacuatoln to the
Italian mainland quickened its
pace yesterday afternoon, when
from 35 to 50 vessels of various
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West Fork Voting
Precinct Eliminated
The Douglas county court an
nounced today the annexation
of West Fork voting precinct to
Glendale precinct, reducing from
oO to 49 the number of polling
places. West Fork has only sev
en registered voters and ordinar
ily only three or four are within
the boundaries of the precinct at
election time. It has been diffi
cult to find the legal number of
persons required for an election
board, County Clerk Roy Agee
reports. At the last election, only
three votes were cast at West
Fork, which is located 14 miles
from Glendale.
successful conclusion of the war.
the necessary rehabilitation of
the cnuntrv after the war is over.
and the enlightened conduct of
cur foreign policy, the republi
can party should and can win the
next presidential and congress
ional elections.
"But, in order to win, we re
publicans must present to the
people a constructive, liberal do
mestic program of expanding
economy, develoed primarily
through the forces of private in
itiative with an unequitable dis
tribution of the profits and social
benefits among laoor, agricul
ture and industry."
Willkie said that the GOP must
forsake "the tempting notion
tl'at It can win by the amalgama
tion of the dissident groups in
America" the "narrow nation
alists." the "economically self
ish." and those unwilling to sac
rifice in time of war.
Jill Jailer
Even jail can have its attrac
tions, if the keeper is a pretty
redhead like Mrs. Myra Westray,
who has taken over her soldier
husband's job as sheriff of De
. Witt County, 111.
Torture Killing
Motive Sought
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.,
Aug. 13 (AP) In a search for
clues in the torture slaying of a
sheepherder,- Undersheriff Wil
liam MacFarlane said today one
possibility was that the elderly
victim was bound and left to die
by sheep thieves.
The body of Bert Purdy, 65,
was found in his camp wagon
yesterday in a remote gulley
about IS miles south of Haydcn,
Colo. His arms and legs had been
drawn back and tied at the small
of his back. He had died, author
ities said, of exposure, shock, or
heart attack He had been dead
about two days.
MacFarlane said Purdy was
bound by an expert. The harder
he struggled to become free, the
tighter he drew the cords. The
rope was a . quarter-inch cotton
twist not often found in the
sheep country.
The sheepherder had been rob
bed. His pockets were empty, and
the wagon had been stripped or
supplies brought to him last Sun
day and of two high powered
rifles. Authorities, however, dis
counted robbery as the slaying
motive.
MacFarlane said it was not
known if any of Howell's sheep
were stolen. "They are scattered
so far we may never know," he
added.
Gasoline Black Market
Operations Reported
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 13
(API Federal officers today
sought the higher-ups in what
they termed a widespread bla-j
market dealing in gasoline mile
age ration stamps after a young
Oakland woman was arrested and
charged with the illegal posses
sion of 90,000 "A" coupons good
for 384,000 gallons.
The woman. Barbara Ross, 23,
jailed In lieu of S2.500 bail, plead
ed innocent, saying the stamps
belonged to an unidentified
friend.
Woman Held in Charge
Of Killinq Children
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 13
(API Frail, 37-year-old Mrs.
Mildred Davidson was held in
tall on 'hre charges of murder
tndnv after Police Inspector M. A.
Hinds said she confessed killing
her three children with an axe.
Shp was arrested yesterday af
ter the hacked bodies of the vic
tims were found in their beds by
the father, Ro!ert Davidson.
Kili'Ji
Churchill-Roosevelt Conference to
Put Emphasis on Allied War Plans
No Invitation
Russia Offers
Hint of Topics
Rapid Turn of Events in
War Arena Believed Make
Political Talks Necessary
QUEBEC, Aug. 13 -(API A
Moscow announcement that Rus
sia was not invited to sit in on
the councils which President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill will open here soon
suggested today the conferences
would emphasize military rather
than political aspects of allied
war plans.
There has been no definite an
nouncements of the subjects with
which the conference will deal
nor when the talks will begin.
Churchill, now absent from Que
bec, visited Niagara Falls yes
terday and then left for an un
announced destination.
The Russian announcement, re
corded in London by the soviet
Monitor, was broadcast by the
official soviet news agency Tass,
wihich said it had been authorl?
ed to slate that "the soviet gov
ernment did not receive an in
vitation to be present at the meet
ing."
"And because of the nature of
the conference," the announce
ment added, "the participation
of any one representative of the
soviet government at the meet
ing in Quebec was not and is not
envisaged."
Another Front Desired
Russian desires for another
front recently have been under
scored, and the question of an in
vasion of the foe's European
stronghold continues the most
provocative topic likely tc appear
on the Quebec agenda.
The rapid turn of events in all
war theaters since the two met
last In May, events which In some
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Three Men Charged With
Counterfeiting Money
SEATTLE, Aug. 13 (API-
Three men, Marion J. Williams,
Joel L. Parson and Harold K.
Ashby, today face charges of pos
sessing counterfeit money. Capt.
William R. Jarrell of the secret
service, said Williams was sus
pected as the actual printer of
the cleverly faked S10 and $20
bills. He reported the seizure of
elaborate printing equipment in
the basement of a Bremerton
home where Williams had living
quarters. He said the other two
men were held as alleged passers
of I he bogus currency.
Last Act for This Japanese Destroyer
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the U. S. Army Air Forces of
chells scored 14 direct hits, then
helpless destroyer showing Japs
from a B-25, is seen indicated by
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Arrows on map indicate where Red land and air forces pulverize
enemy defenses in pincer movement drives against Bryansk and
Kharkov, following capture of Orel and Belgorod, key cities on
central Russo-Germun front.
Mrs. McNary to Christen
Liberty Ship at Portland
PORTLAND, Aug. 13. (API
Oregon .Shipbuilding corpora
tion's 235lh Liberty ship will be
christened tomorrow by Mrs.
Charles L. McNary, wife of Ore
gon's senior senator, yard offi
cials announced today. Mrs. Wil
lard C. Marshall, Salem, will be
one of Mrs. McNary's attendants.
Five Killed in Crash
Of Bomber in Florida
TAMPA, Fla Aug. 13. (API
Four officers and two enlisted
men were killed and one enlisted
man was seriously injured last
night when a medium bomber
from MacDill field crashed near
Gillett, Fla. The MacDill public
relations office announced today.
Listed among the dead was
Lieut. John L. McKean, Seattle.
sinking of a largo
largo Jan destroyer
pr. New Britain, in
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in
returned the next day and sank her. Here is a closeup of the
on the deck and damage from the attack. A bomb, Just released
arrow, about to strike. Oflical Army Air Forces photo.
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.MOSCOW
Japs Said to Be Set for
New Offensive in China
CHUNGKING, Aug. 13. (AP)
A Chinese army spokesman de
clared today that the Japanese
were preparing for a new offen
sive in China and had been
strengthening their air forces and
storing up gasoline for the at
tack. Only minor engagements oc
curred during the past week, he
said, but considered it was "only
tne lull before the storm.
American Bombers Raid
Jap Targets in Burma
NEW DELHI, Aug. 13.- ( AP -
Aino-iran Mitchell bombers of the
tenth nlr force concentrated on
river Uw rport an l bridges in
'jenlral Burma yester lay sinking
one river boat and damaging
others, a U. S. army air force
communique said today. One
bomber is missing.
(NEA Tehphoio)
by a group of B-25 bombers of
the Southwest Parlflr. Thr Mil.
the Southwest Pacific.
Soviet Troops
Press Closer
About Kharkov
Germans Put Fresh Forces
Into Line Indicating
Fight to the Finish
LONDON, Aug. 13 (API
Russian troops tightened their
bold around Kharkov today by
smashing inward from a point
less than five miles away while
to the north a drive against Bry
ansk was stepped up In strength.
In strong fighting for Bryansk,
the Moscow midnight communi
que said, the red forces have en
gulfed' the important German
stronghold of Dmitrovsk-Orlov-sky
and 110 populated places
south and east of Karachev,
which straddles the rail line be
tween captured Orel and Bry
ansk. Soviet forces to the south have
taken the town of Chuguev, 22
miles distant. The Moscow an
nouncement, recoi'ded here by
f the soviet Monitor!' said the.nazis
were in headlong retreat In that
area. The nearest approach to
Kharkov was to the northeast.
In the Bryansk sector, the
communique said the soviet at
tackers pushed to a point six
miles east of Karachev and 23
miles southeast of Bryansk it
self. Moscow claimed 1,800 Ger
mans were annihilated In that
sector.
Gains also were reported west
and southwest of Kroml, between
(Continued on page 6)
Japan Warned of
Coming Air Raids
Japan, fearful that a second U.
S. attack on her Kurlle island
chain presaged raids on the Jap
anese mainland itself, has been
warned by an American air com
mander that even greater aerial
blows are to come in the Pacific.
Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining,
commander of air activities in
the Solomons, asserted that there
would be no letup, and that the
Pacific offensive has reached "the
second quarter of the game with
our forces possessing the ball and
with an impressive score behind
them."
Japan's Kurlle Islands, 1,200
miles northeast of Tokyo, were
I aided yesterday (far Pacific
time) by big Liberator bombers
which shot down five of 40 en
emy defenders.
Two Liberators were reported
missing. Tokyo broadcasts warn
ed the Japanese people that the
United States was apparently pre
paring to "raid our mainland,
Japan, from the north."
Bad weather ground airplanes
as I). S. troops fought In the
lungles to wiie out the last Jap
anese holdings at Bairoko harbor
on New Georgia island, anil a
communique reported only that
our ground advance continues.
Kiwanis O. K. on Demand
For Surrender Sought
SPOKANE, Aug. 13 (AP)
The Pacific Northwest conven
tion of Kiwanis club meeting in
Chehalis Aug. 10 and 17 will be
asked to approve a resolution
urging "nothing less than uncon
ditional surrender" of the axis.
The Spokane club yesterday
drafted the resolution which It
hopes eventually will reach Ki
wanis international.
The resolution cited a "trend In
public sentiment to forget
Pearl Harbor and Lidice, to ne
gotiate an early peace, to 'bring
the boys back home' prematurely."
Night Attack
On Axis Cities
Berlin Stung by British 1
Mosquitos; Assault en
Italy Heaviest of War
An Amtricon air armada of
possibly 500 planes swarmed
over Rome shortly before noon
today, smashing the San Lor
enzo . and Littorio railroad
yards, key hubs of Hie Axis
communications system In
Italy.
' The attach followed day and
night assaults aqainst key axis
citadels in which American
and RAF bombers pounded
Rome and Belin, while raids
were made on Milan and Turin
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in Tnw nravmr airatH vvvi;
made on northern Italy.
Following raids by Britain
based night bombers on the Ital
ian industrial cities, while swift
Mosquitos stabbed at Berlin, Fly
ing Fortresses from Doolittle'3'
command roared over tne aan.
Lorenzo yards a little after 11 a.
m while lighter Mitchells and
Marauders were coming In at;
low level over the Littorio yards,
bombing and pouring tracers in
to the already burning targeE
area. ' '.
Heavy Force Used j.,
The number of bombers parti
cipating in the mass, attack wa-i
said to equal those that raided
the Italian capital July' 19, when
500 heavy American bombers
and 200 fighters took part. A tbi
tal of 1,100 tons of explosives
were loosed then.
The attacks today brought
home to the Italian people recenc
warnings that the mass attacks
were about to be resumed. . ;
The American and British com
manders of the strategic north
west Africa air force threw ev
ery type of heavy and medium
bomber in their arsenal at Rome.
The huge fleet was escorted by
Lightning fighters, .
While it was not officially;
stated, it was believed the at.
tacking force probably encoum
tered heavier fighter opposition
,knn In Ihn tM.r.,lmiD fair u.liar
few axis interceptors and almost
negligible anti aircraft fire were
lound over the target.
Most Violent of War
ON THE SWISS - ITALIAN
FRONTIER, Aug. 13 (AP)-,
The British air attack on indus
trial Milan early this momini;
was described by that city's news
papers as "the most violent o"
this war, with destruction sown
in all parts of the city.'
The alarm sounded shortly aft
er midnight and the all clear was
not given until 2 a. m. Bombers
swept over the city in waves ana
were met by the most intensive
anti-aircraft fire yet put up by
(Continued on page 6)
Independence of
rninppines won
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13
(AP) The Philippines won their
right to Independence by the
fight the natives put up on Ba
taan, says President Roosevelt.
Furthermore, the islands will
"soon be redeemed from the Jap
anese yoke."
In these words, Mr. Roosevelt
spoke last night to the Filipino
people on the 45th anniversary.
of American occupation of the
far Pacific territory. v
The moment the Japanese are
ousted, said the president, the
Philippines will have their own
republican government. By their
battle aguinst the Japanese in.
December, 1941 and for weeks
thereafter, they "gave final proof
that here was a nation fit to be!
respected," he declared.
The Philippine government will,
have a voice In the peace, Mr.
Roosevelt added.
Home at Idleyld Is
Destroyed by Fire '
The North Umpqua home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Helms, Idle
yld, was completely destroyed by
fire Tuesday, resulting in the to
tal loss of the building and its
furnishings. Included in the loss
was SIM currency. Origin of the
blaze was not known. Women ot
Glide met Thursday to make
quilts for the family's use and
also assisted In providing cloth
ing for the Helms children.
Levity pact Rant
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Bringing Kipling up to dote:
"The colonel's lady and Judy
O'Grady are sisters under" tHe
same leg make-up.