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VOL. XLVIII NO. 125 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
AdditionaMousing Units
Douglas o:inty Cities to
Roseburg, Myrtle Creek and
Reedsport Aided by Action to
Erase War Industry Handicap
Approval of a total of 325 housing units in Douglas
county to relieve the acute housing shortage was received from
Washington, D. C., today, in addition to 60 units recently
authorized at Sutherlin and 50 units granted the Youngs Bay
Lumber company, engaged in the construction of a million dol
lar defense plant here.
" The approval received today provides 150 units at Rose
burg, 70 at Reedsport and 105 at Myrtle Creek. Fifty trailer
units at Roseburg and 25 at Myrtle Creek are included to meet
immediate needs.
In The
Day's
News
, By FRANK JENKINS
THE Pacific warpbobs into, the
news again in a, rather In
teresting way. . 1
THE Japs broadcast the news
that WE are bombing and
shelling Marcus island, due west
of Hawaii and about 1200 miles
southeast of Tokyo.
Instead of remaining silent, as
it normally does, our navy IM
MEDIATELY says (in effect:
"Yes, WE ARE with a task
force that should have arrived at
Marcus on September 1, and pre
sumably did, although we've re
ceived no direct report of It be
cause of the military necessity
for radio silence."
THE navy's attitude indicates
confidence that our task force
Qis powerful enough to handle
anything the Japs may be able
to throw against it maybe it is
even sweeping the seas west of
Hawaii and DARING the Jap
navy to come out and fight.
The DniiGnM nntiirp ' nf nnr
prompt admission that we're do
ing just what the Japs say we
are suggests that something out
of the ordinary is In the wind.
I TO avoid becoming confused
I I by the time element, you
must remember that when it's
today here it's TOMORROW west
of the international date line.)
DUR Assistant Secretary of War
Patterson, who is touring the
South Sens, adds his two bits
worth to the situation (whatever
kit is wjth these words: "There
Juill be MORE surprises for Japan
before very long."
Remember in this connection
the build up given to the Pacific
war by Churchill and FDR. It's
getting about time for something
to happen.
Maybe it is STARTING.
ON the other side of the world,
Berlin is raided again appar
ently by another LARGE force.
The British air minstry soys that
"fleets" of RAF bombers struck
"in massive weight."
Losses were 48 bombers.
T
HE air ministry adds:
"The enemy put up VERY
'large FIGHTER forces over the
capital and its APPROACHES
in an UNSUCCESSFUL attempt
to prevent the launching of the
concentrated attack and large
numbers of his fighters were de-
(Contlnued on page 2)
Harry Pinniger, secretary of
the Umpqua Valley chamber of
commerce, telephoned news of
the order from Portland, where
he conferred yesterday with
housing authorities concerning
the acute situation existing in
Douglas county. Inability of pros
pective workmen to obtain living
quarters Is reported to be serious
ly handicapping production in
the lumber industry and in oth
er essential industries now in op
eration. The Roseburg project, Pinni
ger reports, provides for CO units
by- private (construction, 30 pub-
lie conversions, 10 private con
versions and 50 trailers.
The Myrtle Creek project in
cludes 35 pTtvme construction, 5
private conversions, 40 public
conversions and 25 trailers.
The breakdown of the 70 units
for Reedsport was not reported.
Procedure Outlined
Under the private construction
regulations, any person may
make application for priorities to
construct residences to be leased
or rented to workers in essential
industry.
Under the public conversion
program, the tederal government
will lease largo residences or
(Continued on page 6)
Congressmen Talk
About Candidates,
Bureaucratic Rule
PORTLAND, Sept. 3 (AP)
Wendell Willkie's chances as a
possible presidential candidate
and other domestic issues bub
bled today as visiting represent
atives of the democratic and re
publican parties rekindled fires
under the political pot.
Ralph L. Carr, former gover
nor of Colorado, said he believes
Willkie has no chance of being
nominated by the republicans.
"I don't think that the republi
can party will accept him as its
representative because I don't
think that Willkie himself be
lieves that he is a republican,"
Carr said in an interview.
He suggested Thomas Dewey,
New York governor, and Sen
Robert Taft ol Ohio as good pos
sibilitics for the nomination.
Carr said, however, he supported
Willkie in the 1910 campaign and
would again if he should be the
party's choice.
Rep. Michael J. Klrwan (D
Ohio), declaring in another Inter
view that he is a new dealer and
proud or it. said. "I am a firm
believer in the bureaucracies we
have in Washington and they'll
be most useful to this country aft
er the war as they were during
the depression."
None of the states have enough
money to take up the employ
ment slack tiiat will come with
peace, Klrwan said, and the bu
reaus in the national capital will
give them aid. All government de
partments are drawing up. post
war plans, he said.
Rep. Ben Franklin Jensen (R.-
lowa) in still another interview
lashed out at bureaucracy.
"The people of Iowa arc off bu
reaucrats." he fald. "We are close
to the soil and we are very na
tural because we have to be prac
tical. So you can see that the
theories of the bureaucrats in
Washington don't appeal to us.'
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1 943
Schools Here
Will Open on
September 13
Preceding Registration
Dates Listed; Teaching
Staff Still Two Short
September 13 has been, set as
the opening date of Roseburg's
public schools, with registration
in the junior high and senior
high scheduled for Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday, September
7 to 9. At the senior high, 12th
grade students will register on
Tuesday, 11th grade on Wednes
day and 10th grade on Thursday.
At the junior high, the 9th grade
registration will be held on Tues
day, the 8th grade on Wednes
day and the 7th grade on Thurs
day. Registration hours will be
from 9 a. m. to 12, and 1 to S p.
m. All students are urged to reg
ister on the days assigned In or-
Teacher, Son Plead for
Place Here to Live
A school teacher needs help.
A woman employed $o teach
in the Roseburg schdols tills
year has combed the city in a
vain attempt to find living
quarters for herself and son.
I appeal to .you f,oi'.help,".shc
writes. "I will be in Roseburg
Saturday and hope you can
ive me a news item that will
bring someone to my rescue."
Anyone having a place for a
schoolteacher and her son is
invited to notify the News-Review
office, and the applicant
will be given the information
when she calls.
Jcr that all individual class sched
ules may be complete by the
cpening dav of school.
Elementary school students
will register at their respective
buildings at 0 a. m., Monday, the
13th. District boundaries at Rose,
Benson and Fullerton will be the
jame as last year, with the ex
ception of the section between
Washington street and Deer
Creek. Children in this section
vest of Stephens street will at
tend Fullerton school instead of
Benson; children in this section
?ast of Stephens street and west
of Claire street will attend Rose
school instead of Benson. Any
child near any boundary line
may be transferred to another
building after the opening of the
school term, if such transfer will
help equalize the enrollment of
the several grades.
Students should not purchase
my books or supplies until after
(Continued on page G)
U. S. Agencies Superior
To State Courts, Ruling
AKRON, O.. Sept. 3 ( AP)
The ninth district court of ap-
Teals held today that state courts
have no jurisdiction over federal
agencies created by wartime con
ditions. The decision was given by the
three-judge court in reviewing an
lupeal by the City of Akron Irom
dismissal In common pleas court
of an injunction suit seeking to
restrain the Akron 'transporta
tion Co. from carrying out Office
of Defense 'lransportation orders
to reduce service on 10 city bus
routes.
Rodeos Planned by
County Mounted Police
Several members of the Doug
las Counted Mounted police will
so to Eugene Sunday to uttend a
rodeo being sponsored by the
Lane county mounted posse, Sher-
ilf Bud Carter announced today.
The Douelas county police unit
Is planning to sponsor exhibitions
and rodeos as soon as suitable
grounds can be obtained and will
attend the Lane county show
with a view to studying the pro
cedure, Carter said.'
U.S. Sea, Air
Units Soon to
Blast Japan
Marcus Isle Raid Hint
Of Knockout to Come,
Naval Executive States
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (AP)
A promise of devastating naval
and aerial blows on the Japan
ese homeland indicated today that
that United States fleet, with its
growing armada of carrier-borne
planes, is preparing swiftly to
join in a four-pronged offensive
in Asia and the Pacific this fall.
The September 1 raid on Mar
cus island, only 1,200 miles from
Tokyo, hinted at mighty opera
tions to come, and this portent
has now been translated into
plain words by Vice Admiral
John S. McCain, deputy chief of
naval operations for air.
"The attack on Mnrcus Is only
a token," he said In a radio
broadcast last night. "Such blows
will increase in tempo, in power
and fury until finally for Japan
in continuous attack we lay
waste in blood and ashes the
home islands of this treacherous,
brutatfand savage people.
McCain reported that aircraft
carrier plane strength is now
double what it was at the .start
of- the war, which- would pur: 16 at
about 1,100 planes.'and "is rapid
ly growing." He added that sea
and air forces are being coordi
nated in strength so great "that
we eventually will sink the ma
jor part of Japan's fleet."
"We are going to knock every
fighting and bombing plane she
has out of the air," he said. "Our
attacks on Japan herself will
spearhead our ground forces ad
vance on Tokyo and the heart of
the Nipponese empire.
The final go-ahead signal for
the vast new offensive doubtless
was given at the Quebec confer
ence last week, although Presi
dent Roosevelt and Prime Min
ister Churchill, in their continu
ing meetings here may further
review the general strategy de
signed to carry the war directly
to japan.
Four Springboards Suggested.
McCain's emphasis on the im
portance of the Marcus raid, de
tails of which had not yet been
released by the navy, was but the
latest of a number of official dis
closures which began with an
nouncements at Quebec and
which, taken together, suggest
campaigns against the Japanese
irom lour directions:
1. North Pacific, by American
and Canadian forces based in the
(Continued on page 6)
Third of Japan's
Cargo Shipping
Destroyed-Knox
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-(AP)
Secretary Knox announced to
day that one-third of Japan's to
tal merchant shipping, approxi
mately 2,500,000 tons, has been
dest royed.
The navy chief declared this
destruction of one of Japan's
most vital war resources was
chiefly accomplished by Ameri
can submarine, although all Unit
ed Nations ca and air forces
have participated in the sinkings.
Knox agreed with a questioner
at his press conference that the
enemy's loss of cargo tonnage
was impairing the ability of the
Japanese to exploit profitably
their rich territories In tho south
west Pacific.
Whether this loss of tonnage
was responsible for the with
drawal from Kiska island In the
north Pacific, and from Islands
In the central Solomons in the
southwest Pacific, Knox said he
did not know. But he added that
those withdrawals certainly had
been brought about by overseas
communication difficulties.
VOL. XXXII NO.
Paris Region
Assaulted by
.S. Bombers
Other Areas in France
lso Raided; Airfields,
Freight Yards Blasted
T-LONDON, Sept. 3--(API-
While allied invasion forces
stormed onto the Italian main
land, great fleets of United States
bombers laid down a strong ear
ly morning bomb barrage on
nprthern France today, It was an
nounced. The preliminary American an
nouncement oj this morning's
qpids did not specify the targets,
but a Rome broadcast earlier said
Paris bad been bombed.
j In sun-darkening swarmu, Fly
ing Fortresses and swift Marau
ders swept neross the channel un
der cover of swift-striking Thun
derbolts. '
he Paris radio said in a
broadcast that an attack was
made on the Purls region, adding
that the main target was the left
bank of tho Seine. t
I Tho daylight attacks followed
night blows by the RAF against
ijfis airfields and other targets
in northern France and the low
countries. An air ministry com
munique said other aircraft laid
mines in enemy waters during
the night. '";
Operating with the largest
fighter cover used so far In 1943,
American and Biitish bombers
struck yesterday at flying fields,
a power statlor. and frelght.yards
in a 110-mile long area In France.
U. S. Flying Fortresses bombed
airfields at Mardyck and Denain,
with squadrons of Thunderbolts
accompanying them. Marauders
and RAF Bostons, Mitchells and
Venturas meanwhile bombed tar
gets In Pas cl? Calais; marauders
attacked the Mazingarbc power
station and Bostons hit the Ser
queux freight yards.
A joint U. S. and British com
munique said four enemy air
craft were destroyed while two
bombers and two of the allied
fighters failed to return.
Boost Meat Prices for
N. Y. City, LaGuardia Says
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 3 (API
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia stood
before 1,500 western cattlemen
yesterday and endorsed higher
legal meat prices for his 7,000,000
New York corstituents.
He seconded the proposal of
Harry Coffee, president of the
Omaha stockyards, that the re
cent OPA rollback of meat prices
be rolled back up at a cost of six
cents a pound to tho consumer.
"If we thought we could get
our meat within six cents of the
authorized rolled back price,"
LaGuardia told the meeting call
ed to consider problems of meat
and feed producers, "I'd sign up
right now lor you for all the
meat our 7'X),000 people could
eat."
Authorized
Ease
Don't Park Auto Within Block of
Jackson-Cass Street Intersection
During Incident Test, is Request
A request that no automobiles
be parked on Cass and Jackson
streets within a block of the In
tersection of those two thorough
fares between the hours of 7 and
3 o'clock tonight was made to
day by Richard Maddox, civilian
defense commander. Cars In that
area would be a hazard to civil
Ian defense forces engaged in an
incident test, and vehicles might
be damaged by fire department
and other equipment, he stated.
The test tonight is to be in the
form of a public demonsl ration,
and all Interested persons are In
vited to be present.
A meeting of unit heads was
held last night, at which time de
tails of tonight's test were ar
ranged. It will not be necessary, Mad
106 OF THE EVENING NEWS
for
Shortages
Nazis Still
Reeling From
Soviet Blows
Beaten Invaders Trying
To Reach 2nd Defense
Wall on Dnieper River
(Bv the "Associated Press)
Striking more . than half-way
along the comeback trail from
Stalingrad to the Polish frontier,
five soviet armies dealt stagger
ing new blows to the Germans to
day and counted a, two-day bag
of more than 550 villages recap
tured and 16,000 nazls killed.
Field dispatches said the speed
of the Russian advance, which
already has cracked the enemy s
1941 Invasion lines, indicated that
the Germans were retreating
along the entire 600-mile south
ern front from Smolensk to the
Sea of Azov In an attempt to get
behind heir "second wall" of for
tifications on the Dnieper river.
Red army headquarters an
nounced these latest gains:
1. A six-mile smash into the de
fense perimeter of Smolensk,
nazi keystone citadel 230 miles
west at Moscow.
2. Capture of Budenovka. only
20 miles from the long-hold Ger
man stronghold at Mariupol, by
soviet columns driving westward
along the Sea of Azov.
13. Capture of , Krovolets, 25
miles north of the key rail hub
at Konotop, thus putting the red
army within 150 miles of the
Ukraine capital at Kiev. Yampol,
32 miles northeast of Krovolets,
also fell to the advancing Soviets,
Nazi Rail Link Cut
The red army's seizure of Kro
volets and Yampol cut the enmy's
main rail link between the cen
tral and southern sectors in two
places. Tho towns lie on the
Bryansk-Kiev railway.
Soviet headquarters previously
had announced the capture of
Sumy, 90 miles northwest of
Kharkov, along with three Do
nets basin cities1, and the victory
guns of Moscow scarcely .could
keep up with the swiftly length
ening list of triumphs.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (AP)
Andrei A. Gromyko, soviet am-
(Continued on page 6)
Hoff, Ex-Pole Vault
Champion, Found Slain
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 3- (AD
Charles Hoff, one-time holder
of the world pole vault record
and for the past three years di
rector of the Quisling sport move
ment in Norway, was found mur
dered near Oslo, the Swedish
press reported today.
Hoff was regarded here as one
of Vidkun Quisling's closest col
laborators. Forty-one years old, Hoff set
his pole vault record in 1922. He
also was an outstanding 400 and
800-meter runner. After a tour
of the United Stales he returned
Id" Norway as a sports writer.
dox stated, for the control staff
to report to the control center,
and unit members will not be re
quired to report back to head
quarters after the conclusion of
the incident drill.
Warning was given again that
the air raid alarm system will be
tested at 7 p. m. Residents are
asked to familiarize themselves
with the signul so that it may be
easily recognized In the case of
actual use. The alarm signal will
be of three minutes duration, fol
lowed by a one-minute all-clear
signal.
Civilian defense workers are
requested to report to their re
spective headquarters following
the soundlni? of the signal. The
Incident drill will start at 7:30 p.
ni.
ALLIES GAIN TOO
CITIES IN BATTLE
WITH AXIS UNITS
British-Canadian Force Swarms Across Messina - '
Strait From Sicily Under Cover of Fire From -Warships,
Planes; American Army Held in Reserve
(By the Associated Press)
British 8th army troops stormed into Italy from Sicily to- -day,'
opening the long-awaited invasion of Hitler's European '
fortress, and a German broadcast indicated that the allies had
occupied both Scilla and Reggio Calabria on the toe of the
Italian boot. - !.",;;- ,
The two cities are on the Italian west coast,' directly across
the strait from Messina. . , , w '
The nazi radio said the invasion forces had penetrated?
as far as Scilla on the coast road, and another tank-led col- -umn
had thrust eastward from Reggio Calabria. - '':''
Dispatches said that British and Canadians swarmed across
Messina straits in a series of pre-dawn landings to become lock
ed in fierce battle with the enemy.
An Algiers broadcast said the allies "have established a
bridgehead on the Calabrian coast," but dispatches from allied
Headquarters spoke several times of "the landings" indicating
the invaders had struck at more than one point.
. The assault was the first of several expected invasions of
the continent.
Rail Line From
Brenner Pass to
Italy Shattered
ALLIED HEADQUART
TERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
Sept. 3. -(AP) U. 8. Flying
Fortresses knocked out the
vital railroad line from the
Brenner Pass Into Italy the
German highway for defense
of the peninsula yesterday
In their deepest ( blow Into
Italy from North Africa. -
They blasted Bolzano,
, Trento and Bologna, and an
official headquarters an
nouncement today declared
-photographic reconnaissance
showed "this main artery of
German reinforcements
which have been pouring Into
Italy Is now cluttered with
wreckage at least tempo
rarily." Most of tho railway line 'was
severed when bombs destroyed
the railway bridge at Bolzano, 35
miles south of Brenner pass. The
railroad at Trento, 30 miles far
ther south was cut by four di
rect hits.
Freight yards at Bologna, 170
miles below the pass were torn
by great fires and explosions.
Bologna is an Important rail and
highway junction near the cen
ter of the northern neck of the
Italian peninsula.
American Mitchells blasted the
railroads near Cancello northeast
of Naples, and the official report
asserted that "when the bombing
was over, all lines to Naples,
Salerno, Torre Annunzlata, Ca
pua and Benevcnto had been
blocked. Five sheds and 50 rail
way cars were destroyed In the
yards and nine sheds were de
stroyed in the warehouse area."
German fighters threw up
strong resistance, and 34 enemy
planes were destroyed during all
the widespread operations,
against loss of 15 allied aircraft.
Sales Swap Evidences
Retention of Ability
Before the war, in days when
automobiles weie plentiful, Dick
Baker, now a Douglas county
deputy sheriff, and Fail Wiley,
who heads tire Wiley Real Estate
agency, were employed as sales
men by the Hansen Chevrolet
company. That both still retain
their salesmanship ability was
demonstrated when Wiley at
tempted to interest Baker in pur
chasing a house the real estate
agency had listed for sale.
Instead of buying the house.
Baker sold Wiley a horse and sad
dle. But Wiley's salesmanship was
not wasted. Baker spent the night
reviewing the sales talk and
bought the house the next. day.
Bomber Crashes Near
Geiger Field; ,3 Men Dia
GEIGER FIELD, Wash., Sept.
3 ( AP) A four-cnglned bomb
er crashed and burned two miles
south of Geiger field last night,
killing the three men aboard, Lt.
R E. Reed, public relations offi
cer at the field, announced.
Names of the victims, only men
aboard, were temporarily with
held.
Dispatches said an armada o
"many hundreds" of troop jam
med ships and barges made up
tho attacking force. As they sped
across the narrow Messina
straits, allied long-range guns on
the Sicilian coast lara down a ter
rific barrage on axis defenses.
Warships bombarded the beaches,
blowing up oarbed-wire entangle
ments and machine-gun posts,
and a great swarm of American:
and RAF warplanes formed a;
protective cover overhead.
In London, Gen. Flnlayson de
clared "we can be quite sure that
the 7th U. S. army"; which, was
not Involved in the original at
tack "Is destined by General E1-:
senhower-'to land-somewhere In
Italy very soon.
"The 7th army will have been
assigned a very important task."
Berlin said "heavy fighting is
In progress" and predicted swift
follow-up blows by the Ameri
cans. Coast Defenses Smashed
An Algiers broadcast said Brit
ish troops swept ashore past
knocked-out pillboxes, coastal bat
teries and road blocks, and wen?
advancing through lemon and
olive groves and minefields to
ward a 6,000-foot range of moun
tains. An lofficlul allied spokesman
said Gen. Montgomery's veterans
were engaged in "heavy fight-.
Ing."
There was no report of any In
vasion spearhead having been
thrown back after the first land-,
Ings, which came at 4:30 a. m.
British and Canadian troops led
the assault, while Lieut.-Gen. Pat
ton's American 7th army, co-victors
In the 3S-day conquest of Si
cily, was held in reserve .
The attack came on the fourth
anniversary of Britalns declara
tion of war on Hitler's Germany.
Not Second Front -
It was emphasized that the new
assault was not to be regarded as
a "second front," but as a contin
uation of a campaign begun In
North Africa and moving into
Europe step by step Tunisia, -
(Continued on page 6)
Pope's Messenger
En Route to U. S.
LONDON, Sept. 3. (AP)
' Enrico Galeazil, governor of
Vatican City, left Lisbon by"
clipper Wednesday for the
United States, a Reuters dis
patch reported today. The
purpose of his visit was not
disclosed, Reuters said, but
there was speculation here on .
the possibility that if was
connected with negotiations
to make Rome an open city.
A Swiss telegraphlo agen
cy dispatch from Vatican
City said the possibility was
not excluded that Galeazil
was the bearer of a personal
message from Pope Pius XII ,
to President Roosevelt.
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