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MB DESTROYING MAPLES AS II S. ma 0 Fire, Slaughter, Disease Rack Italian Seaport as Germans Prepare to Flee Northward THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY VOL. XLVIII NO. 139 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW DISASTER THREATENING HITLER'S LEGIONS If Gateway To 0 Dnieper Taken . In Red Sweep Fall of Smolensk, Kiev Impends; Spain Warned To Withdraw Division (By the Associated Press) Dispatches from the. Russian front today said Adolph Hitler's once invincible legions were cracking under the terrific pun ishment meted out by the red ar mies as soviet troops captured another 1,000 odd towns, killed 7, 000 Germans and swept through Chernigov, gateway to the Die per river 20 miles away. Chernigov is more than GOO 0 miles west of Stalingrad, the scene of Germany's great defeat last winter. Chernigov is the gateway to the Dnieper, 20 miles away. An open road lo the Dnieper was ahead of the red army as it smashed forward from Cherni gov. As the Russians grabbed that Important communications cen ter on the western bank of the Desna, they shut off Gobel's last lailways to the south and seized ji series of highways leading into white Russia. Red army headquarters said the nazis were crumbling along the whole 750-mile 'southern front and threatened with disaster on both flanks. In the north, Russian shock troops stormed within 18 miles of tlie great German keystone base at Smolensk, 230 miles west of Moscow, while in the south Qlhe red armies shelled the city of Melitopol, the lone railway av enue of escape for German garri sons in the Crimea. Big soviet guns were shelling Melitopol from a distance of only three miles. Other Russian forces cut the Crimea railway a fesv miles south of the Dnieper between Melito pol and Nniepropetrovsk. The Gilt church of domes of (Continued on page 6) In the Day's News By FRANK JEN'KCNS WITH the battle of Salerno won, we're moving now on Naples. WE'VE taken the high ground along the entire backbone of the cape of Sorrento, which thrusts a long, thin finger out from the Italian mainland into the Tyrrhenian sea between the gulf of Salerno and the bay of Naples, with the song-famous Isle of Capri just off the finger's end. From this high ground on the Sorrento cape, our long-range artillery air hombard Naples it self. We can also reach Naples with our long-range guns from the island of Procida, 12 miles away to the northwest. The Sorrento capo is about 12 miles away to tiie south. THE Germans are retreating FULL SCALE from the Sal erno battlefield, under terrible pounding from our planes which Qnow are operating from nearby fields. " NOTE that as soon as we 'ake Salerno, we GO AFTER Na ples. When we take Naples we'll go sf ..v the Germans somewhere else. And so on. Don't make the mistake of thinking after every big battle that we've won the war. The battle we're lending up to is the LAST BATTLE. It's the last battle that wins wars. BADOGLIO broadcasts to Ital ians from the new Radio Itallana (iocated, presumably, in Sicily!. He says: "It's the absolute DUTY of Italians to figh'. ON THE SIDE OF the Britirh and Americans and AGAINST the Germans and the few senseless Italians who (Continued on page 2) Hitler PloAJ o If Peace on Russia WereV LONDON, Sept. 22 (M'j The full story of Rudolf Hess' flight to Britain disclosed today that more than two years ago. when Britain still was near its lowest depths in this war, the second in command of the nazis declared Adolph Hitler wanted lo call off the light without mak ing any "oppressive demands" on Britain. The story of the No. 2 nazi's fantastic flight "on a mission of humanity" to Scotland was told in an official government state ment after two years of silence, during which Hitler was allow ed to worry over what his dep uty might be telling the British. The official account, made available to commons today by Foreign Secretary Eden, reveal ed very few facts that had not leaked out at least in outline to the public. It did, however, contain a spe cific list of six peace terms, one ot which stipulated Hitler's re fusal to negotiate with Prime Minister Churchill, who was ac cused of planning the war since l3(i. What Germany wanted from Britain, Hess said, was a free hand in Europe and especially with Russia, but the forebodings of a long war, for which Ger Demands for Milk Price Boost Gain Favor in Congress WASHINGTON, Sept. 22-(AP) Demands ot dairy state con gressmen for a milk price in crease to help financially dis tressed producers and avert a threatened milk shortage appear ed to be gaining ground today. Senator Pepper (D.-FIa.) an nounced a senate group had ar ranged a meeting with Fred M. Vinson, director ot economic sta bilization, to "urge favorable and prompt action lo correct the in equities of price ceilings under which the dairy industry throughout tin? country is now operating." Vinson war, invited to Capitol Hill to talk milk prices after War Food Administrator Marvin Jones told much the same con gressional group last week that' he had no authority to take a hand in adjusting OPA milk price ceilings. Jones offered three federal subsidiary proposals as alterna tives in an appearance before the senate banking and currency committee, hut members describ ed themselves as cool to them and insisted instead on a price rise which they estimated would average one cent a quart in re tall prices throughout the coun try. Funeral Services Set For Lt. Ronald Faulkner Funeral services will be con ducted at the Roseburg Under taking company parlors at 2 p. m. Saturday for Lieutenant Ron ald Faulkner, son of Mrs. Ella Harris of Roseburg, killed last week in an airplane crash while in training with the army air forces in Georgia. The body is to arrive with mili tary escort early Saturday morn ing. The services will be conducted by the Rev. H. P. Sconce and military honors will be accorded by Umpqua post of the Ameri can Legion. Interment will be In the Masonic cemetery. Brine Cherry Prices for 1943 Up to Washington PORTLAND Sept. 22 (API The final decision on prices for 1941 brine cherries In Oregon and Washington will be made in the national capital. So said OPA representatives following a conference with northwest cherry packers yes terday. Packers asked a price higher than allowed under March, 1912, ceilings. ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, Destroy Britain f Free Hand in Jed, Hess Says many was ill-prepared, were seen in Hess' statement. Upon his arrival in Scotland i:i May, 1941, Hess told the Duke of Hamilton that "the fuehrer does not want to defeat England and wants to stop fighting." He said he mad? the flight without the knowledge of Hitler, a fact that had been suggested by the confusion of German propagan dists in deaiing with the situa tion when Hess' arrival was an nounced by the British. The official statement said nothing about Hess' present where abouts or his state of health, but it concluded: "Hess has been dealt with as a prisoner of war since his arri val in this country and will so continue to be treated until the end of the war." If the peace terms offered by Germany were rejected, Hess told officials. Hitler expected to destroy Britain utterly and keep the country in a state of perma nent subjection. He later restated the terms in writing, adding a provision for a simultaneous peace with Italy. Throughout the conversations with Hess, tiie government said, il was made clear to him that there was no question whatso ever of any negotiations with Hitler or his government. County Bond Sales Half Way to Goal Douglas county's war bond quota in the Third War Loan drive is about one-half complete, E. S. McClain and H. O. Parge ter, co-chairmen of the county war finance committee, announc ed today. Definite figures have not been obtained covering sales for the first part of this week, but it is believed the total sales have about readied the half-way mark, they stated. Organized sales promotion will get under way throughout the county this week, starting with door-to-door solicitation in five sections of the city ot Roseburg tomorrow. Other parts of the county also are organizing for solicitation campaigns and it is expected that every resident of the county will be personally contacted durng the closing week of the drive in an effort to surpass the established goal. Kate Smith Garners Millions for War Bonds NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (AP) Radio songstress Kate Smith completed a 17-hour, one-woman bond selling spree by radio to day and counted a total of $30, 407,51)0 in war bond pledges. Here's Next Ration a Here's a preview of War Ration Book No. 4, with its smaller size numbered stamps and coupons labeled with specific commodities like sugar. It contains enough coupons to last two years. The book will be issued at a nationwide schoolhouse registration the last ten days In October. Japs Mauled Incessantly In New Guinea Koiapit Added to Allied Seizures; Retreat Route, Dromes, Trucks Bombed ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sept. 22 (API Only two days after the fall of Lae, New Gui nea, airborne troops of Gen. Mac- Arthur seized a village GO miles to the northwest while waves of American bombers wrecked air dromes, bridges, trucks and roads along a path of future conquest for 350 miles north. The seizure of Kaiapit by transport-flown Australians last Sat urday night, following quickly the overrunning of Lae the pre vious Thursday, was disclosed in a comunique today. This new stroke, which the Japanese futilely tried to erase hy counterattacks, and the latest air strikes Willi 97 tons of bombs and 120,000 rounds of ammuni tion all the way from south of Madang up to Wewak, clearly indicated the determination of Mat-Arthur that his victories at Lae and Salamaua shall yield quick dividends. The Japanese airforce, obvi ously concerned by the? upsurge ol Mat-Arthur on the New Gui nea ground front and the ham mering dealt by Admiral Hal sey's growing air might in the Solomons, struck back . on both arms of the 750-mile battle arc. Captured Kaiapit is inland on the Huon peninsula behind the Markham valley postions which airborne troops seized Sept. 5 to set in motion a pincers move ment which swallowed up Lae in less than two weeks. It is not far from Bena Bona, which some time ago was raided repeatedly hy Japanese planes. These raids never have been explained but indicated the presence of allied forces at Bena Bena. Japs Given No Respite The Australians who were landed at Kaiapit Saturday night and Sunday now have driven Japanese out of that immediate area. On Monday, more than 50 Mitchells anil Flying Fortresses without a loss strew 5-1 tons of bombs and 120,000 rounds of strafing bullets among the com munication areas around As trolabe bay, some 70 miles above Kaiapit. Four important bridges on Japan's coastal supply road were blown to bits. On the same day, fighters escorted Libera tors in a 43-ton bombing of air dromes at Wewak, more than 300 miles above Lae. More than 400 Japanese planes have been wiped out since mid August at Wewak, the last large (Continued on page 6) Book You'll Get From OPA BBBjT UNITED STATES OT AMERICA Office or Price Administration WAR RATION BOOK FOUR 1 943. VOL. XXXII NO. 4. F. L. Chief Raps "Slurs" On Workers Labor's War Job Good As Soldiers', Legion Is Told by William Green l OMAHA, Jopt. 22 (AP) As serting "our workers have done just as good a job as our sol diers." President William Green of! the American Federation of Labor told members of the Amer ican Legion today that Legion spokesmen at times "have been guilty of rash and unreasonable statements" toward organized la-bo-. In a speech before the annual convention of the Legion, Green declared that "speaking for more than six million hard-working and thoroughly patriotic mem bers of the American Federation of Labor, I can truthfully say that they bitterly resent the slurs and denunciations that have been heaped upon the organized workers of America by people who ought to know better." "Even spokesmen for the American Legion have at times been guilty of rash and unrea sonable statements." Traitor Label Re-Applied National Commander Roane Waring, in delivering his annual report yesterday, repeated what he said before the American Fed eration of Labor's national con vention in Toronto Oct. 1, 1942, Hj.t "any group ot men who by Vtnke action or slowdowns stop ped war materiel from going to the front, those men were sabo teurs and traitors and should be treated as such." Labor is ready to work and to fight harder and to provide the soldiers with all the things they need to defeat the enemy. All the force, all the power, all the resources ot the American Feder ation of Labor will be used to pre vent a single moment's interrup tion in our production task." Waring, following Green, de clared "I know I am speaking for the American Legion when I say that in our opinion the ov- (Continued on page 6) Lodge Hall Destroyed To Hide Money Theft MEDFORD, Ore., Sept. 22 (AP) Roy Elliott, fire chief, :ald today the blaze which de stroyed the Eagles lodge hall Monday night apparently was set to cover up theft of an un determined amount of money from the club strongbox, which had been broken open. No lodge members had been in the clubrooms since Sunday, he said. Two stores on the first floor were damaged In the fire. Owners of the building estimated loss at $30,000. 121 OF THE EVENING NEWS RUSSIA Juggling Of Prices Draws Roseburg Rap Al Bashford Excoriates OPA for Chaos in Feed And Milk Situations Senator' Charles L. McNary has made Inquiry Into conditions of turkey marketing, according to news dispatches from Wash ington, following receipt of a let ter from Al Bashford, manager of the Douglas County Flour mills in Roseburg. Turkey grow ers, as well as milk producers and distributors, are being injur ed by failure of the OPA to reg ulate feeds, while, at the same time, celling prices are set on the products on which feed costs for the principal production expense, Bashford said in his letter to Sen ator McNary and Congressman Harris Ellsworth. "If the OPA does not permit an advance in the price on turkeys I can definitely assure you that not a man in the industry will get even a working margin for his labor and investment and, In addition, there will most cer tainly be no turkeys or pultryof any kind produced another year," Bashford stated. The letter set forth the OPA's announcement that celling pric es on turkeys for the 1943 mar ket would be the same as pre vailed in 1942. Price Juggling Listed "In my opinion,". Bashford said, "the OPA Is the most jin gled, asinine mess that has ever come out of Washington, D. C. "Last year," he informed the members of the Oregon delega tion, "we retailed to the turkey producers thousands of tons of barley at $27 per ton. This year we are forced to pay $46.20 bulk (Continued on page 6) New Tax Program Offered F. D. R. By Treasury Head WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (AP) A tax program that would take at least another dime out of ev ery dollar of taxable individual income but refund alxiut 13 cents after the war has been presented by the treasury to President Roosevelt for his opin ion. To keep lower bracket taxpay ers on a pay-as-they-earn basis under such a program, the 20 per cent withholding levy would have to be hiked to at least 30 per cent. The treasury's plan calls for individual income taxes to yield at least $8,000,000,000 of the $12, 000,000,000 In new 1944 revenue demanded hy Mr. Roosevelt. The remainder would be accounted for from equal increases in cor poration anil excise levies. The income tax phase entails Increases In oil brackets hut most notably a 100 per cent .lump In the present 13 per cent first bracket surtax. However, the present three per cent (net) vic tory tax would be Integrated in that levy, together with provi sion for a 50 per cent postwar refund. Thus the basic rate now 6 per cent normal, plus 13 per cent first bracket surtax, plus 3 per cent net victory tax, a total of 22 per cent would be 6 per cent plus 2G per cent, a total of 32 per cent. Of that amount, however, 13 per cent would be paid back after the war. Alternative Suggested Should Mr. Roosevelt reject the urogram, Treasury Secretary Morgenthau probably will offer an alternative proposal calling for stiff increases in social se curity taxes. These now are one per cent for both employer and employee but are scheduled to double January 1 unless congress acts as It has before to postpone the Increase. Although opposed to a broad compulsory savings plan, the sec retary Is renorted to favor the idea of a refundable tax because lt would ease any Inflationary threat and at the same time pro vide a backlog of postwar buying power. Bombing of Leghorn Cuts Off Escape of 12,000 Nails .' In Corsica; Naming of Gen. Marshall as Supreme , Commander Presages Rapid Approach' of 2nd Front ' ' (By the Associated Press) i American 5th army troops expanded their Salerno bridge head lo a depth of more than 20 miles today and seized three mountain towns amid reports that the Germans were burning and pillaging Italy's great port of Naples (pop. 925,000). . Nazi evacuation of the city appeared to be in progress. Eyewitnesses at the front said the sky over Naples wa black with smoke, and Italian refugees declared the German were looting and destroying the city and shooting thousands of Neapolitans. Epidemics of typhus and typhoid in the waterless, hun gry city heightened the reign of horror. Frontline dispatches said the Germans were fleeing north' ward from the Salerno sector, 20 airline miles below Naples, and making for the mountain ridge dividing the Sele plain from the doomed city. British 8th army troops striking into the heart of the peninsula seized the town of Potenza, key road hub 50 miles due east of Salerno and midway between Italy's east and west coasts. Potenza is more than 50 miles north of the gulf of Taranto. Idaho's Former Governor Passes Barzllla W. Clark. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Sept. 22. ( AP) Barzllla W. Clark, til, governor of Idaho In 1937 and 1938, died last night. He had been suffering from a goiter for some time although his attending physician said death resulted from "complications and pneumonia." Born at Hadloy, Inu., uiarK came to Idaho with his parents at the age of four and except for the time he spent at high school and college at Terre Haute, Ind., he had since lived in this state. Clark, like his father, was a civil engineer and was active In reclamation and power develop ments In eastern and southern Idaho. He served as mayor of Idaho Falls for five terms. Clark was an uncle of United States Senator D. Worth Clark ID., Idaho) and a brother of an other former Idaho governor, Chase A. Chirk, who now is Unit ed States district Judge for Idaho. Coquille Flier Bails Out in Fatal Collision YUMA Ariz., Sept. 22-(AP) One Pacific northwest man was killed and another escaped with out injury In an army training plane collision which claimed three lives 13 miles southeast of the Yuma army air base yester day. The dead Included Second Lieut. Jack F. Smith, Lewlston, Idaho, whose wife lives at Yuma. Aviation Cadet It. T. Hanley of Coquille, Ore., parachuted lo safi-ty. Two training planes, each man lied by a cadet and an officer col lided on a training flight, air base officers said. Liquor to Get Scarce, Oregon Chief Predicts PORTLAND. Sept. 22 (API Ray Conway, Oregon liquor ad ministrator, said today that li quor will become more scarce. Back from a trip east, Con way said delegates at the con vention of the National Alcohol ic Beverage Control association In Columbus, O., held little hope distilleries would be allowed to replenish stocks. Package goods are more eas ily obtainable In Oregon than In two-thirds of the rest of the 48 states, he said. In the skies, U. S. bombers rained destruction on Leghorn, escape harbor for German troops fleeing from Corsica, and bomb ed the Corsican port of Bastla. Troop-jammed ships In both har bors were left in flames. Nazi forces In Corsica, estimat ed at 12,000, were reported In desperate straits as French army troops aided by revolting Corsi can patriots rapidly closed In on Bonifacio and Porto Vecchlo on the southeast and south coasts. More than half the big island had already fallen to the French, with the Germans driven Into ! the eastern coastal area. The French high command said American "commandos" usually known as rangers were helping French forces drive the nazis Into the northeast corner of Corsica, and reported that more than 1,000 Germans had already been killed. Conquest of the Island, a vital ' stepping stone to the French. ' mainland appeared near. In the eastern Mediterranean, RAF warplanes attacked Ger-' man airdromes near Athens In Greece and bombed the nazi-held Islands of Crete and Rhodes. Nazi Manpower Short On the Italian front, the Ger mans were apparently leaving only rearguards to combat the double-barreled allied advance while their main forces fell back Into the Naples region. A Berlin broadcast said reinforcements had brought the allied strength up to 10 divisions roughly 100, 000 to . 150,000 troops with the arrival of three new divisions. These Included the 82nd air borne division and the U. S. 3rd Infantry division. Many prisoners taken In at tacks which already have wiped out the last vc3tlges of German lines to the east of the original beachhead were found to be non German even though from enemy combat units. Ordinarily In the past, even in Tunisia, Poles, Czechs and other non-German Europeans who had been impressed Into Hitler's armies were relegated to non-combat roles nnd the military spokesman (Continued on page 6) New Aid Raid on Nazi Bases Begun LONDON, Sept. 22 (API Two big formations of allied planes roared out over the Strnlt of Dover this morning to attack objectives on the continent In a continuation of the daylight air offensive. German air raiders scattered a few bombs over East Anglla and southeast England last night, causing some damage and cas ualties, the ministry of home se curity announced, but the raids were not on a large scale. Slight enemy activity also was reported over northeastern and eastern England, but no bomb!) fell In those areas. Two enemy planes were do troyed over Britain during the night, it was announced. When the life-risking soldier boys come marching horn. Hi loudest cheers may coma from tiie owners or those idle dol lars deposited In banks and which should be invested In tr bonds. On bond "E" now ' is worth a million "Yip-EE s" when It's all over. J evity pact flant By L. r. Rsuwnstsla ft h