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By FRANK JENKINS
THE Russians take Sumy their
fourth triumph in almost as
many days. rj .. .
Sumy is about two-thirds of the
way from Kharkov to the Bryansk-Kiev
mainline railroad.
(Railroads, especially main lines,
are always supremely important
in Russian fighting.)
THE Russians say that Tagan
rog was the worst nazi dis
aster since Stalingrad.
Some S'S.OOO Germans were
killed there, according to Mos
cow reports, 5,000 were captured
and eight German divisions,
totaling 120,000 men, were rout
ed. '
The Germans, you'll remember,
tried to give the impression that
they evacuated Taganrog volun
tarily. THE Russians are on the move
over the whole 600-mile front
from Smolensk to the Sea of
Azov, and the Germans are re
tiring, camouflaging their retreat
. (for'home front effect) wilh
the odd statement that they're
withdrawing troops from the
Russian front to meet an expect
ed attack from the WEST. .
Russian reports scout the idea
that the Germans are REMOV
ING troops from the eastern
frontasserting that the nazis
are pouring iff NEW RESERVES
and flinging them Into battle
without even a rest pause.
THE plain fact is that the Ger
mans are retiring to a new line
in Russia (probably the Dnieper
river) BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
HOLD THE OLD ONE.
Back in gloomy 1940, the Brit
ish and the French were doing
the same thing In France. Every
few days we'd get the reassur
ing statement that they were
retiring in good order to a new
line, and we'd hope that this
time the Germans were going
to be caught in a trap and thrown
back decisively.
This British and French re
tirement ENDED with Dunker
que and the fall of Paris.
It's the Germans who are on
the retreating end now.
THERE'S a new development in
the war of nerves. The Rus
sians are beginning to PUT THE
HEAT ON TURKEY.
The Soviet magazine, "War
and the Working Class", says in
Its latest issue, just out, that the
final defeat of Germany could
be accelerated if Turkey "would
abandon her neutrality and throw
in her lot with the allies." The
(Continued on page 2)
Youth Quizzed in
Burchf ield Death
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 4
(AP) Robert Peterson was ques
tioned by Tacoma police today in
connection wilh the slaying of
Herbert E. Burchfield, 73-year-old
Tacoma tavern operator, who
was shot during a holdun of his
establishments August 26.
Capt. William Farrar of Ta
coma police said that the youth
was arrested in Portland and that
Portland police said he had con
fessed to robbery of the Vance
hotel in which $110 was obtained
by a gunman three hours before
the Burchfield slaying. Other
holdups, which Farrar said the
youth allegedly admitted, were
the Hotel Gowman, from which
S65 was taken; the Benjamin
Franklin hotel, which lost S65
to the robber, and the Claremont
hotel holdup in which nothing
was obtained. All the hotels are
in Seattle.
A young woman, whose name
was not revenled, but who Is un
rier Investigation for complicity
in the robberies, was arrested
with Peterson in Portland and
was returned here with him.
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New Destruction Rained on
Great Havoc
Admitted by
Nazi Agency
Swoop Costs British 22
Bombers; French Drome
Afire From U. S. Attack
BERN, Switzerland, Sept.
4. (AP) A German frontier
dispatch to the Gazette de
Lausanne said today that the
nazi government had decid
ed to evacuate Vienna.
The entire population is
preparing to quit the city for
the southern part of the coun
try, the newspaper said. It
expressed a belief that the
decision was a result of the
allied landings in Italy and
pointed out that should
Naples fall to the allies, Vi
enna wouTd be a target within
closer range than Berlin
from London.
LONDON, Sept. 4 (AP) A
great bombardment fleet of Lan
caster smashed Berlin last night
from a clear sky, casting down
1,000 tons of fire bombs and
hewllng steel in 20 minutes of at
tack officially described by the
British air ministry as "highly
concentrated."
A scant 12 hours later allied
bombers roared across the chan
nel again to 'continue round-the-clock
assaulls on the nazis.
Observers along the English
phnnnel. renrtrlpri hie pxnlosinns
fromthraireSnoh of Calais 'ahdT
Dunkerque. ,
From a night of far-ranging
opera! ions other British" airman
rode the skies above the Rhine
land and beat at enemy flying
fields in France and sowed min
es in enemy waters the British
lost 22 bombers.
The Berlin raid was the third
within 11 days but was not on
the terrible scale of destructive
ncss of the two that went imme
riately before it.
But it struck the city already
scarred and smoking from attacks
that have olready thrown upon it
more tons of bombs than fell on
London in all the long months
ol Rcichmarshal Goering's at
tacks, and thus had a cumulative
effect far beyond the weight of
explosives let loose.'
The loss of Britsh planes an
anounced by the air ministry are
less than half those of the two
(Continued on page 6)
I Drain Soldiers
Killed in Action,
Third Wounded
DRAIN, Sept. 4 Two Drain
men were killed and one wound
ed in war action, according to of
ficial notifications received here
this week.
Staff Sergeant Clifford Swear
ingen and Donald Robertson were
killed in North African opera
tions, and Kay Levens was re
ported wouii'ieii.
Sergeant Swearingen's death
occurred July 11. No details were
given. He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Swearinpen. His
mother died when he was four
years of ago and he was reared
at Drain in the home of his un
cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Gotcher.
The news of the death of Don
ald Robertson was received
Thursday by his sister, Mrs. Ce
cil Patchen. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Robertson,
now residing at Bandon. The
family, however, formerly resid
ed at Drain, where Donald at
tended schoo!. Mrs. Patchen and
her sisters, Dorothy and Grace
Robertson, went to Bandon to
join their parents following the
receipt of the communication
from the war department.
Roy Levens, wounded in the
North African theater, Is a son
of Mrs. Lizzie Levens and a resi
dent of Drain. No details of his
Injuries were given.
The engagements in which the
Drain men met death and Injury
were listed as being In the North
African area, but are believed to
have been during the Sicilian
campaign.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1 943.
Roseburg Man Wins War Medal
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Technical Sergeant Leslie Miller, of Roseburg Is shown above
receiving the air medal for "meritorious achievement In bomber
combat missions over occupied Europe." Making the award Is Lt.
Col., William A. Hatcher, Jr., of Detroit.
Miller, aerial engineer on a U. S. army Eighth air force Flying
Fortress, was announced recently "Somewhere in England." His
citation was for "courage, coolness and skill' displayed In bomber
combat missions over enemy occupied continental Europe.
Sgt. Miller, 25 years old, is the son of James Miller of 831 N.
Jackson St.f Roseburg. Before entering the service he was head
of the furniture department of Montgomery Ward and Co.
Political Mess
Covers Race for
)l. Y. Judgeship
NEW YORK, Sept.i 4 ( AP)
With the-nomination; by demo
crats of Matthew M. Levy "for
the supreme court bench in the
tirst judicial district, the battle
lor the post appeared resolved
today into a three-cornered fight
after a major political crisis in
the city.
Levy, who already had been
nominated by the American la
bor party, was given the nod last
night at the re-convoked judicial
convention of the- democratic
committee. His opponents are the
republican s u p p o r t ed George
Frankenthaler, a lawyer, and
Magistrate Thomas A. Aurelio.
Aurelio was nominated by the
democrats and accepted by re
publicans at their first conven
tions, but each withdrew its sup
port after District Attorney
Frank S. Hogan said Aurelio's
nomination was influenced by
Frank Costcllo, whom Hogan de
scribed as a gambler. Aurelio an
nounced since he would remain
in the race.
Frankenthaler was nominated
Wednesday at the re-convoked
convention of the republicans,
who repudiat3d Aurelio.
There has been some question
cf the legality of the re-convoked
conventions and an election board
ruling is expected. In the event
it Is ruled that Aurelio's name
appear oh voting machines un
der democratic and republican
banners, both parties plan to run
their new candidates on Inde
pendent tickets.
Maximum Prices Set
For Standing Timber
SEATTLE, Sept. 4-(API
Srtling of maximum prices foi
sales of all standing limber in 12
western slates, including both
public and privately owned tim
ber, has been announced by
Wytze Goiter, district price of
ficer of the (JrA.
"The primary purposo is to
prevent unwarranted advances in
the prices of standing timber
which will in turn exert undue
pressure on existing log and lum
ber ceilings," Gorter explained.
"The new regulation does not
contemplate any general roll-back
of appraisal values of timber
from present values.
Medford Soldier Among
9 Deed in Bomber Crash
DALHART. Tex., Sept. 4
(APi Sgt. Lloyd A. McClana
han, Medford, Ore., was listed
emong nine prmy air men who
died In a crash of a bomber near
Taos, N. M., probably Tuesday,
the public relations office at the
Dalhart army air base announc
ed last night.
Cigarette Prices
Boosted by OPA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (AP)
Low-priced cigarettes will cost
more after today. Price increases
fipm 1 to 1 cent per pack for the
so-called "economy" brands were'
authorized by the OPA.
The new schedule permits a
maximum retail price of 13 cents
in single-pack sales, or 12S cents
in sales of two ir more packs,
At the same time, OPA de
nied the petition of manufactur
ers for price increases for the
standard brands. Manufacturers,
because of increased volume, have
been able to absorb the increas
ed costs of tobacco, and will show
a greater net profit, in dollars,
for 1943 than in the base period
reflecting normal conditions In
the Industry, OPA explained.
The survey disclosed, however,
that manufacturers of economy
brands would be faced with a net
loss through inability to absorb
increased leaf tobacco costs, un
less price relief was authorized.
Price Boost Granted On
Red Cedar Shingles
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 fAP)
Mills have been authorized by
the OPA to add 10 per cent to the
ceiling price of red cedar shin
gles sold direct to consumers. The
order does not apply to shingles
sold by mills to retailers or dis
tribulors for resale.
Third War Loan Campaign Plans Receive
Enthusiastic Start at Roseburg Meeting
.Organization of Douglas coun
ty's Third War Loan campaign
was started n.t an enthusiastic
meeting held last night at the
circuit court loom of the court
house In Roseburg. With H. O.
Pargeler and E. S. McClain, co
chairmen of the county War Fi
nance corrmiiitee presiding, se
lected workers from all parts of
the county heard a thorough ex
planation of plans and procedure
for the forthcoming drive.
Principal speakrs were W. C.
Christensen, Hillsboro banker,
and D. L. Davis, manager of the
Federal Reserve bank at Port
land.
Pointing out that an Oregon
man, Ted Gamble of Portland, is
the national chairman' of the
coming war loan drive, Mr. Chris
tensen declared it would be a
calamity if Oregon should fail to
reach its quota.
He stated that advertising, pro
motion and publicity are to be
outstanding features of the cam
paign within the state and
throughout the nation. More than
100,000,000 lines of advertising
will be donated by the nation's
business films, he reported
There will lie more than 10,000
hours of radio time and one-third
of all billboards in Oregon will
carry posters, while 16,000 mo
VOL. XXXII NO.
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WewakRaid
Other Allied Blows Hit
Foe's Ships in Various
South Pacific Regions
5 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Sept. 4 (AP! Blasting apart a
seven-ship supply convoy at We
wak, New Guinea, allied bombers
have added 21,000 tons of mer
chant shipping to the 2,500,000
tons which Navy Secretary Knox
yesterday said, In Washington,
the Japanese have lost to planes
and submarines since the war
opened.
Detailing one of the most stag
gering blows ever dealt sea car
go tonnage from the air in such
a short period, today's communi
que from Gen. MacArthur also
reported damage of 20,500 addi
tional tons in far-ranging opera
tions. ' . ,
Three freighter transports,
each of 7,000 tons, were sent to
the bottom of Wewak's harbor
Thursday, morning by mast-skimming
Mitchell bombers which
braved a balloon barrage, anti
aircraft fire and enemy fighter
planes to drop 1,000 pound bombs.
An enemy destroyer was left
.in flames, and the stern was
blown off a 1,000-ton cargo ship.
That left only one cargo ship and
a destroyer unreported as hit in
Ube furious assault. v-
Four hundred miles west of
Darwin, Australia, a 7,000-ton en
emy cargo ship was damaged in
a raid by allied bombers on the
harbor of Walngapoe, Soemba island.-
., ,
' Another 7,000-ton supply ship
was damaged off Cape St. George
(Continued on page 6)
Labor Day Holiday to
Be Observed in Roseburg
Monday, Labor day, will be
observed as a general holiday
in Roseburg with the closing
Of all public offices and nearly
all places of business. There
will be no issue of the News
Review Monday. Radio Sta
tion KRNR will carry all im
portant news of the day. Holi
day service also will be pro
vided at the post office, where
mails will be collected and
dispatched as usual, but only
locked boxes will be served by
deliveries. There will be no
carrier delivery of mall and
no service on rural routes.
However, all four star routes
will receive mail deliveries.
tion picture (heaters will coop
crate. Victory Council Praised
Both speakers expressed com
mendation for the Roseburg Vic
tory council, an organization of
business and professional men
sponsoring war-aid advertising,
and were particularly pleased by
the "Back Your Boy With Bonds"
campaign to which the Victory
council's advertising support is
to be given. They reported their
Intention of proposing the Doug
las county committee's program
to other counties of the state,
as they attend similar meetings
elsewhere.
Mr. Davis outlined the plan of
the Federal Reserve bank to pro
vide more rapid accounting for
bond sales than in the past In or
der that counties may know
promptly where they stand with
respect to their quotas.
Tax Payinq Eased
Horace Berg, county vice-chairman
and head of the payroll de
duction deportment, called atten
tion to the handicap to bond sales
resulting from the withholding
tax.
"People ure failing to realize
that the tax rate has not been
materially increased," he declar
ed. "When the end of the year
rolls around, they will find that
their Income tax has been paid
107 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Berlin
Red Tide Goes
Forward On
South Front
Clean Sweep of Nazis in
Donets Basin Impends;
400 Villages Retaken
LONDON, Sept.. 4 (API
Russian armies, gaining momen
tum ill thpil ciimmni ifTnni.li.n
were rocking the Germans back
un ineir neeis an along a OUU
mile front today to threaten
three nf Dip Tinvlc' mnci Imnnn.
tant remaining positions east of
i lie vnieper river.
A broadcast from Moscow an
nounced thrit thp roti nytnv linrl
recaptured !00 villages which
nave oeen in uerman nanus since
the parlv (lave nf lhA Piii.-cl.ir
campaign in fall of 1941. Russian
troops were reported closing in
on Stalino, German headquarters
for thp Dnnpts nrpn in tUn cii(h
Konotop, vital junction point of
me EH-ytinsK-mev railway; anu
Smolensk, hlnirp nf thp nnrth.ppn.
tral area and junmplng-off point
ior me Germans unsuccesstui
drive on Moscow.
A fourth offensive aimed at
Bryansk apparently had slowed
down but had not boon stopped,
and only in the Kharkov area did
the Russians admit that stubborn
German resistance in the shape
of frequent counter attacks had
lialted the red army without ap
preciable gains.
A German communique assort-,,
ed that "strong" Russian attacks
ill the southern and central sec
tors of the front yesterday were
repulsed "after desperate fight
ing." The n.-izl war bulletin,
broadcast by Berlin, said the Ger
mans destroyed 160 Russian
tanks in yesterday's fighting.
Stalino Being Encircled
The Russian drive reached its
height in the Donets area, where
the red army advanced nine to
12 miles on the approaches to
Stalino, twelfth largest city in
Russia and headquarters for Hit
ler's southern forces. The city
fell to the nazl invaders Oct. 2i,
1941, and has been developed In-
(Continued on page 6)
Beavers Halt War Plants,
Electricity at Homes
ST. HELENS, Ore., Sept. 4
(AP) Dam-building beavers In
the woods seven miles north of
here stopped production at sever
al war plants in this area and
left thousands of homes without
electricity this week.
Linemen, after a long trek,
found the animals had toppled
a nine-inch tree on a 60,000-volt
high line.
and they will not have to scram
ble to find money for Income tax
payments."
He is urging that all persons
who are buying bonds through
payroll deductions, double the
amount of their deductions for
the month of September, the pe
riod of the Third War Loan.
Chairman McClain elaborated
further on the subject, stating
that the average person In nor
mal times thought nothing of a
monthly payment of $40 for a
new automobile, but now, even
though wages are higher and
fewer things are to be bought,
they use the withholding tax as
an excuse to reduce bond pur
chases. Drive Aid Cited
Fred Goff explained the pro
grams of the Grange, both state
and national, and the I. O. O. F.
lodge In cooperating In the bond
drive. It also was announced that
the American Legion would con
duct a special bond drive.
In addition to the several talks,
considerable time was given to
outlining the method of organiza
tion. Each community of the
county will he thoroughly organ
ized and solicitors will be given
names of persons to contact in
order that no prospective sales
will be overlooked.
Native Troops Surrender in
Droves, Civilians Welcome
Invaders in Happy Manner
(By the Associated Press)
General Elsenhower's headquarters announced today that
a second wave of allied troops had swept across the strait of
Messina, reinforcing the British 8th army's original landings,
and reported "good progress" in the day-old invasion of south-.
fern Italy.
At least three cities on the toe of the Italian boot Reggio
Calabria, San Giovanni and Melito were reported to have
been captured
"The advance is continuing,", an allied war bulletin said.
Allied headquarters announced that Gen. Montgomery's
8th army veterans had clamped a firm hold on a 10-mile
bridgehead between Reggio and Calabria and San Giovanni
and were now plunging inland.
Eye-witness accounts said the Italian troops were surrerw
dering in droves, as in Sicily, and even rowed across the straits
in small boats to surrender before the invasion' began. Italian
civilians greeted British-Canadian forces with hand-waves and,
smiles. ' "' ''''.?':'''-)??
Compromise on
Opposing Views
In G. 0. P. Sought
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich.,
Seut. 4 (AP) In search of a
peace-preservation formula for
use in framing their 1944 plat
form, national republican leaders
talked of a compromise today
which would satisfy the extreme,
internatlonaliy-minded, the middle-road
collaborationists, and the
so-called "reservationlsts."
All factions appeared agreed
that a foreign policy declaration
by the party's post-war advisory
council at the two-day meeting
beginning Monday would reaf
firm, with possibly some new
phraseology, the r e p u b lican
stand against Isolationism voic
ed consistently in and out of con
gress since Pearl Harbor. .
In the midst of this compromise
discussion was an unannounced
"added starter" who, while not an
olfical member of the council,
was 'Invited by Chalrmanv Harri
son E. Spangler of the republi
can national committee, to at
tend as a special adviser.
He was 75-year-old' Rep.
CharlesA. Eaton of New Jersey,
ranking republican on the house
foreign affairs committee.
Eaton, a former preacher now
serving his tenth house term, was
passed over when the council was
formed in midsummer.
The Ignoring of Eaton led to
undcr-cover criticism that the
council's personnel was too heav
ily "nationalistic."
Bolh Eaton and Sentor Van
denberg of Michigan, a leading
"reservatlonist" on the council,
as well as Spangler, . ex-offielo
chairman of the gathering, pre
dicted a proposal on international
post-war collaboration would be
forthcoming.
Marine League Raps
Liquor Restrictions
NE W YORK, Sept. 4 (AP)
The marine Corps League of
America adopted at its annual
convention today a resolution
condemning wartime liquor re
strictions as an entering wedge
for return of prohibition.
The resolution denounced what
It called "the present practice ot
government bureaus, whereby
they have Issued orders or di
rectives limiting or prohibiting
sales of liquor, as being n subtle
move to bring back the evils of
the bootleg and prohibition era."
Car Guard Paroled
From Prison Sentence
PORTLAND, Sept. 4. (API
John E. Maycock, armored car
guard who admitted abstracting
$12,000 of dimes from Portland
Traction company's fare boxes,
today was under parole to the
state parole and probation board.
Attorney for Maycock testified
that he had already returned ap
proximately $10,000 of the embez
zled funds. Circuit Judge Toozc
sentenced him yesterday to five
years, with an Immediate parole.
Dressed Turkey Price
Ceilings Upped by OPA
. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (AP)
- Dressed turkey price ceilings
were hiked today by OPA to in
sure army procurement of 10,
000,000 pounds for army holiday
dinner's abroad.
The army authorized by OPA
to pay up to a maximum of 8 'A
cents per pound over the estab
lished live bird ceiling price for
dressed turkeys.
A German communique " said
without confirmation that allied
attempts to land behind advanc
ed axis lines had been defeated.
At least one airfield, south of
Reggio Calabria, had already fal-"
len to the swift-moving invaders.
Italy's high command said Brit-,
ish and Canadian troops, attack
ing with naval support and "ov
erwhelming superiority in the"
air," had succeeded in establish-'
ing several bridgeheads on the?
extreme southern tip of the Cal.
abrlan peninsula, which liei -across
the two-mile-wide strait ot,
Messina from conquered Sicily.
An Algiers broadcast said thero
was still no sign of the long-hidden
Italian fleet venturing forth,
to battle.
Nazis Use Old Tactics
The lone mention of German.,
troops in action came In a Ber-!
lin report that British tanks wero
engaging German armor north,
of Reggio Calabria, and this sug
gested that once again the nazis
were leaving the hapless Italians
to bear the brunt of rearguard
protection as they did in Egypt.
Libya, Tripolltania,. Tunisia anl
Sicily. ,
While Italian headquarters
spoke of ., embittered . fighting.
Gen, Elsenhower's command saici
8th army spearheads met "rela
tively weak oppositions." British
and Canadian troops sent back
word they had secured the beach
es within two and one-half hours
after the Initial landings. ", "
The communique added that
demolitions b" the retreating en.
emy were largely ineffective. '
Still no word was forthcoming
on Lleut.-Gen Patton's American
7th army, but German garrisons
were reported keeping nervous
vigil along the Mediterranean
shores of southern France for a
possible thrust in that direction.
The grand offensive rolled
deeper into Italian soil with ar
madas of allied planes blasting1
enemy positions over the toe and
(Continued on page 6)
Increased Sale of
Milk Faces Ban
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (AP)'
Fearful the butter shortage;
may reach the danger point the
government Is setting up ma
chinery to hold milk sales at theie
current levels, without point ra
tioning. .
The new restrictions on milk
the only major dairy product not
now under distribution control
were promised by the War Food
administration last night with
this warning:
"Should fluid milk consumption
expand still further, production
of cheese, butter, evaporated milk)
and other dairy foods would de
cline below the amounts neces
sary to meet essential civilian rei
quirements."
A formal order limiting mlllC
dealers to their current allot
ments was reported in process ot
preparation.
The plan, the WFA made clear,
"does not Involve point rationing",
and does not contemplate "cur
tailment of milk consumption be
low recent levels." ; .
The number of dairy cows on!
farms has Increased but produe.
tion per cow is lower than last
year.
evity pactflant
By L. F. Relzensteln
The allied ed to Jo Stalin
(with apaloajct to rh compos
r of "Old Black Jo"):
We're coming, wer 'coming, .
Though our pac is rather slow
W hear your gentle vole ew
callln'
Comeskl qulckovich to Old
Rod Jo."
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