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YANK DRIVE MB F m TOWARD M 1. k VOL. XLVIII NO. 147 OF ROSEBURG REVi. f ' DAIRYMEN GET c JSSIDIES TO OFFSET Effort Made To Maintain Milk Supply Government Also Fixes Quotas to Hold Down Prices, Avoid Rationing WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (AP) Cash subsidies to 3,000,000 dairymen and restrictions on re tail consumption of dairy prod ucts in 13 heavily-populated areas were ordered today by the gov ernment in an effort to hold down prices and avoid rationing. Producer spokesmen declared however their belief that the sub sidy program, now in effect, would fail . materially to boost dwindling supplies of milk and dairy products. The subsidy plan contemplates the payment of federal benefits ranging from 25 to 50 cents per hundred pounds of whole milk to offset higher dairy feed costs. The War Food administration es timated the subsidy would cost between $00,000,000 and $70,000, 000 during the next three months. Representatives of major co operatives told a senate agricul ture subcommittee yesterday they belived that milk supplies would continue to drop and that general rationing might be nec essary unless the administration allowed OPA retail price ceilings to go up about-j cent per quart. Robert PrioiH!lanager of the ' dairy products commission of the State of Washington, said local rationing by dealers already had been inaugurated in his state and he told the committee rationing would spread unless prices were allowed to rise. Delivery Quotas Ordered The WFA meantimes ordered that, starting Monday, distribu tion of dairy products be limited through a system of dealer quo tas based upon deliveries , made (Continued on page 6) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS NAPLES takes the spotlight. Clark breaks down out of the mountains onto the surrounding plain, and the Germans evacuate the city. The dispatches tell us that our air assault on the nazis RETREATING from Naples is hampered by bad weather. That indicates that they're re tiring nonhward out of the city. CORRESPONDENT DON WHITEHEAD, who is with the U. S. navy in the gulf of Salerno, contributes an illu minating sidelight on the Naples evacuation. Quoting terrified refugees who escaped from the city in fishing boats, he says: "Desperate German troops ruling the tortured city by ter rorism are spreading destruc tion, machine-gunning women and children and forcing soldiers and civilians alike into slave labor battalions with death for those who refuse." He adds that the apparent aim of the Germans is to take ven geance on the Italians for sur rendering to us and to destroy Naples so completely that noth ing of value will be left there. IT isn't a pleasant picture, but it does help to explain why the Italians, with the brutal nazi fingers at their throat, hesitated so long before making the break with their hated (and feared) ally. VERY significant indeed, the dispatches tell of the repairs we're making to the airfields at Foggla in preparation for bomb er assaults on northern Italy, Southern Germany and the Bal kans. To understand the importance of Foggia, get out your map, lay (Continued on page 2). J- Douglas County s War Loan Quota Believed Surpassed; Oregon as Whole Gains Goal Saturday's Bond Sales Still to go Into Grand Total Although official figures are lacking, it is believed Douglas county has surpassed its Third War Loan quota of 51,270,700, E. S. McCIain and H. O. Par geter, co-chairmen of the county war finance committee, announc ed today. E bond sales were with in about $20,000 of the assigned quota of $521,000, with reports from some outlying communities outstanding. Estimates have been made on bond sales through pay roll deductions this week and other factors included. Sales made today and Satur day are to be included in the Third War Loan quota, it was stated, and an effort will be made to secure investment of Satur day's pay receipts by workmen throughout the county to insure a safe margin. Estimates made Thursday showed a shortage of about $50, 000 In E bond sales, but the mer chandise auction sale conducted in Roscburg last night under sponsorship of the Elks lodge netted approximately $38,000 in bond sales, maturity value. A large crowd attended the sale, but bidding was confined to a comparatively small number. Deer Promised If The local committee reported today that a hunter, who is spending the opening day of the season in the woods, has prom ised if he is successful in killing a deer, it will be preented to the committe for sale to the per son buying the greatest amount of bonds tonight or Saturday. "We have every reason to be lieve we have reached our quo ta," Co-chairman Pargcter said today, "but I hope we can toss a few more thousands of dollars into the pot just to be on the safe side. We won't know exactly where we stand until we get clearances through the Federal (Continued on page 6) Youths Arrested On Theft Charges Two Arizona youths, Carl E. Jameson and Charles M. Har rington, each 17 years of age, were in custody here today fol lowing their arrest last night by the state police on charges of automobile theft and burglary, it was reported by Sergeant Paul Morgan. The two youths are reported by Morgan to have admitted to breaking into Henninger's Mart No. 2 on South Stephens St., where they obtained a small amount of change, and also have admitted theft of automobiles at Yoncalla and Roseburg. A car reported stolen from Elton Gross of Yoncalla was found abandoned in Laurelwood, and a car stolen from Andrew Henigan of Roseburg was recov ered when the two youths were arrested at Coos Junction. Two boys, Darrell James Mil ler, 16, of North Dakota, and Robert J. Ness, 15, Minnesota, who were arrested here Wednes day, were taken today to Eugene by Sergeant Morgan to be deliv ered to authorities in Lane coun ty, where they are accused of burglary and auto theft. Astoria Wife Slayer Guilty of Manslaughter ASTORIA, Oct. 1 (AP Ray mond L. Farrls, 35, Portland, was convicted yesterday by a circuit court Jury of involuntary man slaughter. He was accused of fatally In luring his wife by knocking her down on an Astoria street. Her head struck a sidewalk. THE"D0UGLAS:COUNTY daily ROSEBURG, OREGON, Hari-Kari Pistol For Jap Soldiers '4 i Pistol-packing Japs in the South Pacific are supplied with singie-snot "suicide guns" to prevent capture alive. Pvt. R. W. Nyman displays one of the pistols and a Jap marine cap, taken from the enerny at Bai roko, north of Munda in the Solomons. Liquor Users Begin Rush To Validate Permits PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (API- State liquor stores prepared to day for a rush of consumers seek ing validation for liquor permits. Paul L. Crook, member of the state liquor commission, said only 78,000 have been validated. He predicted the total would reach 400,000 before the end of the year. Consumers must present ra tion book 3 to get permits vali dated. Under this system, design ed to prevent anyone from using more than one permit, consum ers will be entitled to purchase a full month's ration at any time. This includes a quart of whiskey, plus a quart of gin, brandy or Fatal Plane Crash Mars War Games in Oregon ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, CENTRAL OREGON, Oct. 1 (AP) One man was killed In the crash of an army bomber west of Burns Wednesday, it was an nounced today. Officers did not disclose his name nor whether others in the plane escaped injury. The ship was participating m tne central Oregon war games. Butter Yours if You'll Pay More, Civilians Told; Liberty, not Subsidy, Wanted by Farmer, Assn. Head Says SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 (AP) Butter producers gained a measure of freedom today. They no longer have to "set aside" a portion of their make for the government. It meant a little more butter for civilians. But experts said it would be "very little more." Sam Greene, manager of the Calilornia Dairy council, estimat ed production would give each consumer about one-half pound a month for the rest of this year. Civilian stocks are next to non existent. The last re'port he had, Greene said, showed 213,000,000 pounds in storage virtually all owned by the government. Dr. George Hart of the Univer sity of California College of Ag riculture remarked the govern ment "has enough butter to feed all the men in uniform for a year without buying another ounce." Greene said there was a simple solution for the civilian shortage FRIDAY, OCTOBER I, 1943. Trying Ordeal for 7 On Raft Ended; Sherman 221 Pet. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 1 (AP) Oregon has filled its quo ta in the Third War Loan cam paign and the state's seven men on a raft earned the reward to day of a square meal about an inch square. Doctors denied them anything more substantial, warning that their stomachs had shrunk in the 13 grueling days aboard a navy raft in Portland s harbor. Pledged to stick it out until the slate filled its quota, they were lifted from the river last night as Oregon reached its $104,000, 000 war bond goal. Bearded and weak, they wob bled ashore with cries of "Oh, boy, we cat again." Doctors announced they would sip only fruit juices, but finally compromised with the men's vio-' lent reaction to this statement and granted them a tiny bit of fish and crackers. Today they get a slightly larg er portion. i The seven, all war workers picked for hardiness, began the affair light heartedly, expecting to be "rescued" within six days. Rations dwindled rapidly. To ward the end they had only a small piece of pemmlcan and two milk tablets daily. Each estimated he had lost at least 10 pounds, and one claimed ho had lost 50. Then each head ed for a bed and the first com plete night of sleep in two weeks. Top Honor to Sherman Bond officials announced that the state went at least $2,751,310 over the goal, with returns not completed from the bond rally held in downtown Portland last (Continued on page 6) Deer Hunters Invade Oregon Forest Regions PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (API Hundreds of hunters entered Oregon forests today for the op ening of the deer season. State game officials estimated more than 145,000 would parti cipate before the scson ends Nov. 3. Final figures on hunting licen ses have not been reported yet. Hunters were warned by for est officials of the fire danger, and several sections remained closed These included a 50,000 acre area in the Fremont Nation al forest in Wheeler county and sections of state forests in Klam ath, Lake, Jackson, Coos, Doug las and Josephine counties. without taking any of the government butter. "Pay for it," was his solution. "Raising the points-price will not get you any more butter," the veteran association manager commented, "but raising the money-price will. Pay a few cents more and pro ducers will sell more of their milk to creameries instead of to the condenseries for making milk powder." "How many cents more?" "About five cents. Knock out the subsidy of five cents. The farmer doesn't want It he wants to be a free man. When he takes a subsidy he has to to what the subsidyman tells him to do. "Then let the subsidy-free price rise to about 53 cents wholesale. That would be about 00 to 65 cents at stores. The extra five cents Is Just about what the farm ers need to induce them to feed high-priced protein concentratei instead of hay. That would In crease production." VOL. XXXII NO. FEED COST BOOST Ration of Gas For B,C Card Holders Cut Order Applying East of Rockies Aimed to Give More Fuel to A Class , WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP) A broad revision of rationing described as necessary to spread the. gasoline supply more equi tably today gave A card motor ists in the east more fuel by cut ting down the amounts allowed drivers with the supplemental B and C cards. The shakcup in ration card val ues effective last midnight ap plies everywhere east of the Rocky mountains. : The OPA increased the ration of east coast A card holders from 11 to 2 gallons weekly. B and C coupons were reduced to 2 gallons everywhere except in the Rockies and on the Pacific coast. OPA said last night the B and C reductions would accomplish "virtual equalization of ration through an area where supplies are short," and simultaneously align gasoline consumption with amounts available. Won't Prevent Probe Chairman Lea of the house in terstate committee, indicated that the new setup would have no effect on a proposed investi gation of gasoline rationing and distribution. 'Our chief aim,"' he said, "wilt be a clarify the supply situation, learn whether existing restric tions are justified and see what is being done to increase produc tion of fuel." Hearings at which government officials and industry represen tatives will testify start in about two weeks, Lea said. The B and C value changes, which OPA said were made to provide the increase for east (Continued on page 6) Nazi Sub Sinks Canada Destroyer; 146 Men Perish OTTAWA. Oct. 1 (AP) The Canadian destroyer St. Croix has been torpedoed and sunk on con voy duty with a loss of 146 men, Navy Minister MacDonald an nounced today in a statement driving home the fact that Ger man submarines again are prey ing on the north Atlantic supply routes. MacDonald's statement gave no details concerning the loss of the St. Croix one of 50 U. S. de stroyers turned over to Great Britain before Pearl Harbor in exchange for naval bases but it recalled Prime Minister Church ill's disclosure in his house of commons war review Sept. 9 that an Atlantic convoy was at that moment under attack. Up to that time, Churchill add ed, not a single allied ship had been sunk in the North Atlantic for four months an assertion the Germans themselves admit ted was true. Only one member of the St. Croix's crew was rescued, Mac Donald said. She was the fourth Canadian destroyer lost since the beginning of the war and the first of seven former U. S. ves sels allotted to Canada to go down. In the absence of detailed In formation it was believed possi ble that the St. Croix might have been sunk in the action in which five Liberator bombers of the Royal Canadian air force were reported to have engaged six submarines in two days recently. The lull In submarine warfare In the Atlantic has been attrib uted to the tremendous battering given the German U-boat fleet under an improved convoy es cort system, which has involved extensive use of carrier-based aircraft. Renewal of the submarine campaign suggests the possibility that the nazis may have develop ed new tactics with which they hope to counter improved allied defenses. 129 OF THE EVENING NEWS Four Cities in Nazi Defense Line Periled Reds Lunging on From Captured Krichev: Fate Of Kiev Still Undecided MOSCOW, Oct. 1 (AP) Rus sian forces driving deeper into While Russia hourly are gravely threatening the German defense line extending from Gomelnorth- ward to Vitebsk, but there was no fresh news today of the bitter struggles raging along the Dnie per river. Four cities or the uerman northern line Immediately threa Hitler, at Red Front, Says "Here I Will Stay" STOCKHOLM, Oct. 1. (AP) Broadcasts of the so called German "freedom" sta tion Atlantic, as heard in Swe den, reported today that Adolf Hitler had established head quarters on the Russian front and told his generals that "not another foot of ground" beyond the Dnieper must be yielded. "From now on the Dnieper will be the natural front to separate both armies," the fuehrer was quoted as saying. "This front will stand. The wintbr positions have been ready a long time and are well built and can be regarded as impossible to take. He was said to have de manded that his generals im mediately eliminate "the Sta lingrad psychosis," adding: "Here I stand and here I will stay." toned by soviet forces were Go mel, Mogilev, Orsha and Vitebsk. After taking Krichev on the Roslav-Mogliev railway yester day, the red army pushed west war along the. rail line, drowing to within 50 miles of that objec tive. At Gomel, Russian forces draw ing in on that Dnieper fortifica tion, have thrown an arc within 12 miles of the city's outskirts. Forces moving in toward that goal widened the area for ma- (Continued on page 6) War Heads Hiding News From Public, Committee Says WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP) The newspaper advisory com mittee of the Office of War In formation says high naval and military authorities are not get ting the war news to the Amer ican people. "The public Is not being ade quately Informed," said the com mittee, and' added: "If there Is any complacency or letdown In the war effort on the part of the American people, it is not due to any lack of pa triotism or desire for easy vic tory, but rather to the absence of full necessary understanding. The fault, it asserted, could be attributed to "the disinclination on the part of some high naval and military authorities to eval uate what is information to which the public is entitled." The committee, which Includes executives of a dozen newspa pers, Issued Its criticism last night after a day-long confer ence. It praised the work of American war correspondents but pointed out that news that had not been released to the Ameri can people through the domestic channels was first brought to them by Prime Minister Church ill In a house of commons speech. "We believe that American newspapers themselves have the greatest responsibility In seeing that the public is fully informed of the progress of the war, al ways consistent with consider tlons of national security," the committees statement said, add ing: "Given the necessary coopera tion, this Job will be performed." Allies Acquire Great Port a Through Which to Pour Huge ; Army for Future Operations ; ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA", Ocf. 1. (AP) Lt. Gen. Clark' American Fifth army today captured Naples, Italy's third greatest city, and threw the Ger. man defenders back upon the defenses of Rome, which is 120 airline miles to the north. The American and British forces which clattered into Naples found the city of 925,000 empty of Germans, who for a week had engaged in an orgy of destruction and terrorism designed to burn and tear down every installation that would be of benefit to allied forces and to hamper Italian coopera tion with the liberating armies. The entry into Naples the greatest victory yet won by the allies in their 1943 offensive to smash Hitler's European fortress was accomplished by smashing along the rim of Vesuvius against grim resistance of German rearguards who paid a high price to gain a few extra hours for their comman ders to make arrangements for a line of defense further north. Australians Fight Their Way Nearer Finischhafen Goal ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct. 1 (AP) New Guinea frontline reports today placed one spearhead of Australians a half mile from the well-protecr.-cd harbor of Finschhafen. The Japanese, ejected bloodily from all high ground before the onetime German settlement, now oppose the encircling assault troops from outskirt positions separated by only a few yards from those of the Australians. Kakagog spur, the last high ground position In enemy hands, fell Tuesdny after a pocket of re sistance before lt was crushed, with 50 Japanese killed and the survivors scattered. Up the Mnrkham valley, 74 miles northwest of Lae, another ground menace to Japanese hold ings In New Guinea slowly de veloped. Australians seized the valley settlement qf Wankon, 60 odd jungle and mountain miles Inland and south of their objee tive, Madang, a coastal base. In the Solomons, a navy spokes man said 200 American planes participated Monday and Tues day in raids on the Japanese bas es of Kahili on Bougainville is land and Vila on Kolombangara. Monday, more than 60 Libera tors and fighters dropped 750 bombs in neat patterns on Bi vouac areas at Kahili. The Lib erators shot down five and the escorting Corsairs bagged seven out of a force of 35 Inerceptors. One Corsair was lost. Tuesday 90 torpedo and dive- bombers, escorted by 50 fighters, dropped 1,200 bombs, . varying from 100 to oOO-pounders, on bivouac areas at Vila, WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP) A single American plane, en gaging five Japanese zeros over enemy-held Nauru island, re troyed one enemy ship and prob ably shot down another, the na vy reported today. The communique gave no In formation on the reconnaissance plane itself, but it was assumed that It returned safely to its base from the mission over Nauru September 27. Labor Lack Denied in Aluminum Plant Delay WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP) Construction of a much-needed plant in the northwest to provide material for production of alum inum is being held up by an al leged, but actually nonexistent, manpower shortage, Rep. An gell (R.-Ore.) told members of the house yesterday. Rep. M.ignuson (D.-Wash.) and Angell agreed there actually is a surplus of unemployed con struction workers in both Ore gon and Washington areas adja cent to the clay deposits to be de ve loped. Flying Fortress Shot Down by Swiss Fire BERN, Oct. 1 (AP) Swiss anti-aircraft fire definitely down ed one American Flying Fort ress when a group of Fortresses fought a battle with .Gr(jnan fighter planes over Swiss terri tory at midday today, a Swiss army communique announced. The communique said bombs were dropped In various parts of eastern Switzerland. "Crashes also took place In these areas as the result of an aerial battle between American Fortresses and German fighter planes," the communique said. "Reports so far show only ma tcrial damage was caused by the bombs. Although German convoys' were reported streaming back toward Rome, the Volturno riv er, some 20 miles north of Na ples, still was considered the most likely line of the next ma jor fighting. . But even before the Volturno Is reached, a military spokesman pointed out, the Fifth army is llkelv to run into the same Wna of difficulty it encountered north of Salerno when strongly defend ed mountain passes had to be cleared foot by foot. ,, Major Prize For Allies The possession of Naples was a great prize for the allies, how ever, who may now pour in through the port a great army with Its supplies for the task opening ahead. In pre-war days wapies ranic cd as Italy's greatest port next to Genoa, as well as a great man ufacturing city. Its extensive docks and water front presumably will be a great Rid to Gen. Eisenhower's quar termasters as soon as divers and engineers have cleared the clog ged harbor channel and ship berths, straightened out the tan gled communication lines and moved the debris from the streets. Naples was the primary objec tive of Gen. Elsenhower when : the Fifth army was landed on the beaches of Salerno Sept. 9, be cause lt was necessary to obtain a large port from which to di rect future operations. It took just 23 days to win the prize. A little less than a month aft er Gen. Montgomery's Eighth ar my landed on the Italian toe Sept. 3 the allies thus were in possession of nearly a third of the Italian boot from which to press their growing offensive. Gen. Eisenhowers dally com munique again lapsed into al most virtual silence concerning the operations of Gen. Montgom ery's Eighth army driving up along the Adriatic. The communique said this "ad vance continues according to plan." . Havoc at Foggia Revealed Yesterday wound up a record month for the North African air force. More than 15,000 tons of bombs were unloaded on objectives in Italy during September, it was announced. . Great quantities of equipment. including hundreds of packed parachutes and dozens of plane engines, as well as the wreck- age of scores of planes were left (Continued on page 6) Major Wallace Cloake Missing in War Action Mr. and Mrs. Elvln Cloake have received word their son, Major Wallace Cloake of the U. S. marines, has been reported missing in action in the South west Pacific. A graduate of Roseburg high school and Oregon state college, he enlisted in the marines prior to Pearl Harbor. He received flight training and was assigned to duty as a fighter pilot, winning rapid promotion and only recent ly being advanced from the rank of Captain to Major. He also was recently credited with two more air victories, adding to an al ready impressive string of ene my aircraft downed in aerial en gagements. At Henderson field, he was serving as executive officer of the fighter squadron. His wife and baby are residing here with his parents. Probably tht Third War Loan would hava moved raster toward Its goal if some persons had thought as much of buying a bond as they did "bottled in bond. Levity pact flant By L. F. lUlzsnstala to