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of the Pennsylvania railroad's
seven more bodies to rescue workers at noon-time today, bring
ing to 65 the number known to have perished when the train
piled up heading into a curve in northeast Philadelphia last
night.
At least 123 among the Labor day crowd of 541 passen
gers were injured as the 16-car, Washington-to-New York ex
press developed a "hot box"
. in over-crowded hospitals were
' The newly-discovered
were taken to the city morgue,
tives, some hysterical, filed
make identifications.
Eight cars of the express
night in one of the nation's worst rail disasters. The electric
powered train was heading into
in northeast Philadelphia, when
p. m.
By FRANK JENKINS
THE fighting in Italy (as re
fleeted in the dispatches) Is
faintly tinged with mystery.
i JONTGOMERY'S 8th armv got
ashore apparently without
much difficulty. The beaches are
reported to have been "secured"
(evidently meaning made secure
for us) in about two and a half
hours after the landing was af
fected. The present beachhead is said
to- be about-10 miles wide wide
enough, that is, to guard against
) being pinched off by enemy
flank attacks. One airfield is in
our hands.
THERE isn't much mention of
fighting by German troops.
There are SUGGESTIONS that
they're leaving Italians behind as
rear guards, as in Africa and
Sicily.
These rear guard Italians are
reported by eyewitnesses to be
surrendering in droves, as they
did in Sicily. Some Italian troops
even rowed across the Messina
strait in small boats to surrender
IN ADVANCE.
The Italian civilians are greet
ing the invaders with smiles and
hand-waving.
THERE'S no word of Patton's
American 7th army. The Ger
Jmans are reported to be keeping
a nervous vigil all along the
Mediterranean shores of France.
They, too, are expecting Patton's
army to land SOMEWHERE
ELSE than at the toe of the Itali
an boot.
NEWSMEN scanning the dis
patches on this- side sense a
change In their tone.
We went into Africa and again
into Sicily w'th brass bands. The
news sent out was limited only
by the capacity of the cables and
the wireless transmitters. The
dispatches now are reserved in
tone and obviously heavily cen
sored. EVERYBODY, apparently,
looks on the Italian invasion as
only a curtain-raiser for the big
fcShow.
f IJO one who reads the news
In carefully has expected the
Germans to make much of a
stand In southern or central Italy.
Their defense lines are in the In
dustrial Po valley in the north.)
A "GREAT bombardment fleet"
of 'our-motored British Lan
casters hits Berlin again with
1.000 long tons of explosive and
incendiary bombs. It was smaller
than the other two raids this
week, but highly concentrated,
the dispatches say. Other British
bombers attacked the Rhine val
ley and airfields In France,
k In all these operations, 22
'bombers were lost.
ONE purpose of these bomhlne
is to keep the German fighters
too busy at home to be spared in
- In The
Day's
0 News
(Continued on page 2).
7. (Ar"J Iwisted wreckage
Congressional limited gave up
and crashed with a roar. Many
reported near death.
bodies and remnants of bodies
where crowds of sorrowing rela
past long rows in an attempt to
wrenched loose and piled up last
a curve at Frankford Junction,
the accident occurred at 6.12
A waste-packed Journal box
"ran hot," railroad officials said,
on the front of the seventh car
of the 16-car train, burning the
wheel loose from the axle.
The coach, hurtled into a steel
nole supporting; overhead power
lines, was -cut In two vertically
as thoueh by a giant axe. The
coach behind jammed accordion
like against It. Six other cars be
hind them were thrown from
the rails, but all the dead and
most of the in lured were in the
seventh and eighth coaches.
Passengers were buried under
the debris from which many of
the living were not released until
hours later. Some were thrown
through windows: gallev work
ers In the diner were scalded.
Notable Escape Injury
Roy Howard, president of the
New York World-Telegram, and
his wife, and Lin Yutang, the
Chinese author, were on the tarin
but escaped Injury.
Also among the passengers
were Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, wife
of the former secretary of war,
now a brigadier general, and
Mrs. Myron C. Taylor, wife of
the former president of the U. S.
Steel corporation and President
Roosevelt's personal, ambassador
to the Vatican.
Army guards with fixed bayon
ets and submachine guns head
ed a crowd awav from the wreck
age. Stretcher bearers had diffi
culty getting the dead and injur
ed through the thousands who
earlier had gathered at the scene,
which is in a crowded business
and Industrial section, three miles
east of the North Philadelphia
station.
All available ambulances went
to the scene, and hundreds of air
raid wardens were mobilized to
help police, firemen, soldiers and
sailors in rescue work. Hospitals
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Locomotive Blast
Kills 3 Crewmen
CANASTOTA, N. Y., Sept 7.
(AP The eastbound 20th Cen
tury limited, Now York Central
Chicago-New York train was
wrecked today when the locomo
tive's boiler exploded, killing the
three crewmen in the cab.
At least seven others were in
jured when the flyer left the
track at 4:34 a. m. two miles east
of Canastota.
The dead are George Pierce of
Syracuse, engineer; J. Christian
Larsen of Syracuse, fireman, and
Clarence Wriker of Albany, trav
eling fireman.
The locomotive, coal car, mail
car and nine of the 15 passenger
cars were derailed. The first four
cars plunged down an embank
ment. Others were strewn on the
tracks, all of which were rippefl
up and twisted into weird sha)es.
Most of the passengers, return
ing home after the Labor day
holiday, were asleep when the
accident occurred.
U. S. Forces Bag 29 Axis
U-Boats in 3 Months
WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 (AP)
The naw disclosed today that
nf the more than P0 enemy U
twits s'ink during Mav, June and
Jul v. 2!) were destroyed by
American forces alone.
Twentv-four of the submarines
were sent to the bottom bv
American naval forces, the naw
wH and five were sunk by Unit
ed States army aircraft.
The naw's disclosure came
shortly after Secretary Knox told
newsman that although the sub
marine menace may nonpar to be
toss s'rlons than a few months
ago, the lnek of enemy activitv
mnv he because Germany has
withdrawn many U-boats to bases
for reoairs and refitting with ad
ditional antiaircraft weapons be
fore launching new attacks.
-Vol. XLVIII NO. 127 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
A uto- Truck Crash Near Oakland Kills Two
E. M. Rambo,
Z. L Smith
Lose Lives
Smith's Sister Gravely
Injured; Illegal Driving
By Rambo Is Reported
An automobile accident
near Oakland Sunday after
noon resulted in the death of
Edwin Merriott Rambo, 62,
Anlauf, Ore., and Zoyd L.
Smith, 24, Monmouth, and
critical injuries to Smith's
sister, Freda Pearl Smith, 22,
who Is in Mercy hospital at
Roseburg.
Smith was killed Instantly
when the car driven by Ram
bo was involved in a head-on
collision with a Los Angeles
Seattle freight truck, driven
by George Tice, Los Angeles,
about two miles north of
Oakland. Rambo died from
a skull fracture early Mon
day morning. Miss Smith,
who was unconscious when
removed from the wreckage,
had only partially regained
consciousness today.
Slate police officers had con
siderable difficulty in establishing
the identity of the brother and
sister, due to the fact that Smith
was dressed in a sailor's uniform.
It later was learned he had been
rooming at Salem with an alleg
ed navy deserter, who stole
Smith's clothing, leaving him the
unuorm.
Iltnnal Drlulnn f.hamArT
a-. w...iUt.w.
'"''Smith" uha'his sister were hitch-
hlk ne to Ouklanri. Calif nnrl
were believed to have been pick
ed up by Rambo, who, according
to a report bv Sherman Morris.
state policeman, was said to have
been drinking' earlier in the riav.
KamDo, Morris said, was convict
ed of drunken driving In June,
1941. and his license, revnkeri at
tnnt time, had not been rein
stated.
The .accident, occurred on a
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Pair Nabbed With
Stolen Cash and
Gasoline Coupons
SPOKANE. Wash.. Sent. 7
(AP) A woman arrested as a
gasoline black market operator
at Grants Pass, Ore., and identi-
tied as Labeoe (Ricky) Enslow,
was traveling under a name ac
quired with ,a stolen purse and
ine real aifs. Knslow is employ
ed at Gelger field here, the OPA
reported today.
Stephen B. Derringer, chief in
vestigator for the district OPA
said he was informed by Mrs.
tnslow that her purse, contain
ing United States treasury checks
and S61 in cash, was stolen Aug.
zi while she was shopping in a
downtown market.
The woman and a man identi
fied by Derringer as Joseph Har
ry Simon were charged at Grants
Pass with possession of stolen
property, said by the OPA in
vestigator to Include gasoline ra
tioning coupons good for 200,000
gallons of the motor fuel.
He added he was advised today
that a federal warrant for the
pair was issued in Portland and
a federal marshal had gone to
Grants Pass to take custody. Si
mon, he said, had served time in
McNeil isiand federal prison for
violation of naval regulations.
"This gang Is unravelling it
self Into all sorts of activities,"
Derringer continued. Two men
arrested here previously and ac
cused of possessing stolen ration
coupons he linked with the pair
taken in Oregon.
Negro Soldiers Held in
Auto Investigation
Three soldiers, all negroes,
Sgt. Ed Coopedge, 23, Sgt. Louis
Holland, 23, and Lawrence Rose,
22, all of Camp Abbott. Ore., were
In custody here today and are
being held for Investigation,
State Policeman Sherman Mor
ris reports. The three were riding
in an automobile reported stolen
Saturday out of Portland. The
car is registered to R. W. Cellow,
Tillamook, Officer oMrris stated.
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Reds Clear
Nazis Out Of
Donets Basin
Retreating Foe Leaves
Towns in Ruins; Battle
For Stalino Is Raging
MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (AP) The
red army in the Donets basin
has practically completed the re
capture of the rich mining area
while Russian forces advancing
in the general direction of Kiev,
capital city of the Ukraine, jump
ed forward after capturing the
rail junction of Konotop and are
now threatening Bakhmach.
The soviet air force, softening
the way for the advancing
ground troops, pounded the en
emy front line and near rear
bases where the retreating Ger
mans were concentrating their
forces in order to stem the ad
vance of the Russian troops.
Heavy rains, miles of mine
fields, demolished bridges and
roads and river crossing in addi
tion to the German tanks, plan
es and infantry were unable to
curb the red army's Donets ba
sin avalanche, which is now
pounding at the last two exits
from the industrial district, bne
of which is. Staling, .sixtlj J.a.rges.t
city in Russia.
(A Reuters dispatch from Mos
cow said Stalino was under the
fire of Russian guns and that sov
iet advance units were only two
miles away from the city and
were closing in for. the kill.)
Havoc Left By Nazis
Red Star reported that the re
treating Germans were not only
demolishing and plundering the
mining towns of the Donets ba-
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Captain Maddox Steps up in Rank
News-Kcvlew engraving
Major E. W. Maddox
CAMP CHAFFEE, Ark., Sept. 6 (Special Capt, Edward W.
Maddox, chief of the quartermaster section at Camp Chaffee, son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Maddox of Roseburg, Ore., was named sup
ply and service officer and promoted to the rank of major by
Col. Charles J. Deahl, Jr., camp commander, according to the
public relations branch.
As supply and service officer, Major Maddox was appointed
to the camp commander's staff and Is responsible for clothing,
feeding, housing and equipping all troops station at Camp Coffee.
When a student at the University of Oregon, Major Maddox
joined the army during the last world war as an enlisted man.
He has had 23 years continuous service in the army and was
commissioned as a second lieutenant In March, 1942. He, his
wife and two children now live at Fort Smith, Ark., which is near
Camp Chaffee.
ROSEBURG, OREGON,
Allied Surge
through Italy
Is Unchecked
Only Scant Opposition
Met in Northward Push
Along Coastal Routes
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 7 (AP)
The British Eighth army drove
steadily ahead on the Calabrlan
coastal road today, Extending the
Invasion arc around Italy's south
ernmost tip to about 60 miles,
and smashed another 10 miles in
land in the Sonta Stcfano sector
to Dcllanuova.
On the west coast British and
Canadian columns had pushed
ahead at least as far as Palml,
while on the south their gains ex
tended some distance east of Me
lito. The capture of Palml and
Delianuova was announced by al
lied headquarters today.
With the coastal arc held by
Gen. Montgomery's fighters now
approximately 60 miles In length,
the wedge driven Inland from the
original beachhead consists of a
triangle running about 15 miles
enst-northeast from Reggio Ca
labria and then to the coast ut
SJrnl . ... . .
(An indication that the allies
already were speeding farther
northward on the coastal road
came from the German high com
mand, whose Tuesday communi
que said "a British attack north
of Palmi was repelled."
Opposition Scant
Front dispatches reported that
scant opposition was encountered
by the British and Canadian
troops, but that extensive demo-
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1943.
20,000 Japanese Trapped
In Salamaua-Lae Area as .
Allies Sever Supply Line
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC, Sept. 7. (AP) American paratroops cut off all
possible land supply lines of some 20,000 Japanese troops in
the Lae and Salamaua area of New Guinea with the capture of
an enemy airfield in the Markham valley, allied headquarters
announced today.
The airstrip was seized Sunday when hundreds of air
borne American soldiers and an Australian artillery unit landed
near the field.
An Australian force, flown into an allied advanced base,
marched overland five days to rendezvous near the occupied
airfield with the American paratroopers, who had landed Sun
day while General MacArthur looked on from a Flying Fortress.
The enemy airfield had not been used by the Japanese for
months and was overgrown with grass four to six feet high.
The field, flat and level, easily can be placed into operating
condition.
Capture of the airfield effectively helped close the trap on
the defenders of Lae and Salamaua.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 ( AP)
The Tokyo radio, In broadcasts
reported to the office of war In
formation, told the people of Ja
pan today that the "development
of the war situation hereafter
warrants absolutely no optim
ism." ' One Tokyo domestic broadcast,
the OWI said, admitted that the
Japanese had suffered "costly"
losses in the operations around
Lae, New Guinea, and cautioned
that the allies would "continue
such persistent movements." The
commentator insisted, however,
that the Japanese had struck "an
nihilating blows" at those allied
forces which had landed near
Lae.
A Japanese naval war corres
pondent who recently returned to
Tokyo from the South Pacific
broadcast an Impressive picture
Labor Day Death
Toll At High Mark
(By the Associated Press)
The nation's Labor day week
end death toll swelled by one of
the worst disasters in American
railroad history and a hotel fire
today appeared to have ap
proached, if not surpassed, last
year's total of 350 fatalities.
Although traffic, drowning and
miscellaneous deaths and the
hotel fire accounted for only 286
lives over the three-day holiday, a
complete list of those killed in the
wreck of the Congressional limit
ed at Philadelphia may bring the
total above the 1942 figure.
The National Safety council
has predicted between 300 and
500 violent deaths this holiday.
In 1941 there were 614 killed, and
the year before, 514.
Of the deaths' so far recorded,
excluding the two railroad
wrecks and the hotel fire, 137
were traffic victims and 113 mis
cellaneous, including 25 drown
ings. California had the highest
total. 26 traffic futallties and 18
miscellaneous deaths, two of
which were drownings. Oregon
counted 10 deaths.
Roseburg Hotel Annex
Damaged by Flames
A fire, which started apparent
ly from spontaneous combustion
in an attic storeroom, last night
caused considerable damage to
the roof and damaged the top
floor of the two htory structure.
Only the lower floor of the wood
en annex was used for living
quarters.
The blaze burned between a
false celling and the roof, making
It difficult to reach, and the fire
department was finally forced to
scale the structure with exten
sion ladders in order to open up
the roof to make it possible to
get water on the fire.
The loss is reported to be cov
ered by insurance.
VOL. XXXII NO. 108
of American strength in that war
theater, the OWI added.
"The battles of the South Paci
fic area mount in fury with each
passing moment," he was quoted
as saying. "Recent offensive
moves by enemy forces in the
Rendova, New Georgia and New
Guinea areas are a preparatory
step with the objective of taking
control of strategical bases on
our New Guinea island."
American production power, he
added, has enabled the allies to
send out aircraft in day and night
raids in forces of "from 100 to 200
planes, proof enough of the fe
rocity of the battles."
"The enemy is steadily pour
ing mechanized equipment Into
the South Pacific," the corres
pondent said. "We cannot afford
to slacken even for a split sec
ond." Marshall to Head
Europe Invasion
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (AP)
President Roosevelt and prime
Minister Churchill renewed their
war discussion today amid multi
plying signs they are awaiting
some momentous development
perhaps a definite peace bid from
Italy.
Indirect peace pleas have been
emantlng from radio Rome for
some time, and Enrico Galazzl, an
official of the Vatican, which
might be an agency through
which formal overtures would be
made, is on the way to Washing
ton. Evidence that the allied lead
ers had completed their planning
task for months ahead was noted
In reports that General George C.
Marshall, U. S. chief of staff, has
been chosen to lead the Invasion
of Europe from the British Isles.
On the highest authority It was
learned that Masrhall is to be
commander-in-chief of the united
nations In the European theater,
an illustration that preparations
for a possible drive across the
channel are rather well advanc
ed. Rancher, Trapped by
Grass Fire, Near Death
PASCO, Wash., Sept. 7 (AP)
J. A, Rogers, 69, pioneer wheat
grower, was acritically burned
yesterday when he became trap
ped in a gully by a grass fire
which raced out of control. Sev
eral others fighting the fire es
caped with slight Injuries.
Attendants at Lourdes hospital
said Rogers' condition was grave.
The fire, first serious one In
the current dry spell, burned over
a thousand acres of pasture and
stubble land.
Rogers homcsteaded In the
Snake river district 40 years ago
and has been one of the largest
wheat growers In this area.
OF THE EVENINQ NEW?"
RAF Deals 1
Munich New
Bomb Havoc '
U. S. Fortresses Leave 1
Stuttgart In Ruins, Hit !
Belgian, French Regions I
LONDON, Sept. 7 ( AP) j
American bombers, carrying the
allied aerial offensive against
western Europe Into Its sixth
straight day, blasted at targets
in Belgium and France this morn
ing after a heavy RAF night at
tack on Munich, birthplace of the
nazi party and seat of important
ui-iiuaji war UlUUSILlieH.
Large formations of Flying
Fortresses and Marauders spear,
headed the daylight assaults,
which were launched only a few
hours after the RAF night raid
ers returned to their bases.
In addition to being the site of
Important Industries, Munich la
a vital communications center
through which flows lines lead
ing Into Italy via the Brenner
pass.
The British air ministry said IS
bombers were lost In the night's
operations.
It reported the attack on Mu
nich was concentrated and effec
tive, although clouds prevented
full observation of results. --'
Other aerial activities last
night, the air ministry said, in
cluded intruder patrols over air
"fields In France. Naval aircraft
also blasted light nazi naval craft
near the French channel coast. :
It was the first attack on Mu-1
nich since the night of July 16,
when swift Mosquito bombers
stabbed at the city while the
RAF"s heavy bombers were blast
ing northern Italy.
The last heavy raid on Munich
was carried out March 9, when
great areas of the city were re
ported laid waste by the RAF"s
four-engined bombers.
Stuttgart Shattered
The raid maintained the tempo
of a great allied aerial offensive
which reached new heights yes
terday when Flying Fortresses
hammered Stuttgart and British
and American bombers pounded
targets In France.
The Fortresses left Stuttgart In
ruins in their first attack on that
city, knocking down 70 German
planes. U. S. bombers and RAF
planes struck the docks at Bou
logne, rail targets at Rouen, and
eight German airfields, adding
12 more nazi planes to the day's
toll. U. S. losses were 35 planes,
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Texas Hotel Fire
Claims 49 LiVes '
HOUSTON. Texas. Sent. 7.
(AP) Forty-nine men, war
workers, transients and old-age
pensioners, died today in a fire
that ravaged the Gulf hotel at
Preston and Louisiana streets,
an ancient brick and frame
structure. '
Others of the 133 men listed
on the hotel's register last
night were in critical condition-Eye-witnesses
said many
men jumped from the windows
and a fire escape. Men fought
and crawled to get through
one unblocked exit.
Remember that old chamber
of commerce slogan) Ttte end
sf the homesMker't trait?" The
last word may be cbcmqtd to
"wail" now that urqemiy need
id housing units have bee
authorised by the federal go,
irnment, , . .
evity pact flant
By L. F. Rtizsnsttln