M M US. AT RAM HASHED BV AIR ABM
Surprise Daytime Assault
Blasts Nip Warships, 177
Planes, Fires Installations
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC, Oct. 14 (AP)
bomber and fighter plane he
Tuesday at Japan's key sea -
Britain, and the resultant devastation prompted the conserva
five general to say, "I think we have broken its back."
The raid by the biggest
area 'marks the turning point
declared the airforce commander, Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney.
The far-reaching results
( of the whole perimeter of defenses anchored to Rabaul were:
Destruction or severe damage of 177 enemy planes, an
estimated 60 per cent of the airforce on Rabaul's airdromes,
Sinking of at least 17,600
destroyers and three merchant ships, as well as 43 small sea
going cargo vessels and 70 harbor craft.
Severe damaging of a submarine, its 5,000-ton tender,
a 6,800-ton destroyer tender and a 7,000-ton cargo ship.
Wrecking and firing of wharves and waterfront installa
tions at Simpson harbor, one of the finest in the world.
; In The
Day's
"; News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE really big news news that
Is heavy with portents and pos
sibilitiescontinues to come from
Russia, where the German line
ot the Dnieper appears to have
been definitely forced.
THE Dnieper hot spot is at Kiev,
where the Russians have cross
ed the river IN FORCE both
north and south of the city.
As pictured by the dispatches,
I hoy have a finger on one side
of the German throat at Kiev and
a thumb on the other.
Soon they'll be ready to
SQUEEZE.
THE Russians first established
three bridgeheads across the
river (either pontoon bridges or
ferry services). They then had
lo make these bridgeheads secure
against German counterattack.
After that, they had to get troops,
guns and supplies across in suf
ficient force to make headway
against the defending Germans.
All this, of course, took time,
which explains the lack of smash
ing accomplishments since the
crossing was first made. The
Russians seem now to be about
ready to start operations on a
fairly big scale WEST of the
river.
THE reason these operations
are heavy with possibilities is
that back of them is ALL THE
VAST MIGHT of Russia. How
much that Is wc don't know, but
there are growing indications
that it is PLENTY.
ON the western side of the
German fortress .of Europe,
American heavy hombers escort
ed, by fighters, have been pound
ing nazi cities for three days. In
these three days, they have
mocked down 32 German planes.
British heavy bombers have been
busy at the same time in the
same area.
We are told that in ALL air
operations against Germany
(British and American combin
ed) in eight days 539 German
planes have been destroyed as
against 2-11 of ours.
That's a ratio of better than
two to one in our favor, and our
side Is BUILDING llORE
PLANES than Germany can.
GENERAL Eaker, commanding
U. S. air forces in Britain,
says: "These and other raids to
follow are In preparation for an
allied INVASION across the
English Channel and the North
Sea. The task of the 8th air
force (U. S.) and the RAF (Brit
ish) is to destroy the factories
and the transport and the wea
pons of. the Germans so that our
Invasion casualties will be cut
Jown.
Then he adds: "This is our
stern assignment THIS WINTER
(thus, you see, leaving indefinite
the time of the land invasion).
AS a minor but glorious achieve
ment, British midget submar
ines steal through German mine-
(Continued on page 2).
General MacArthur threw every
could risk in a gigantic smash
air bastion of Rabaul on New
air armada ever amassed in this
in the war in the south Pacific,"
they may speed the unhinging
tons of ships, including three
These accomplishments cost
the allies five planes out of the
participating hundreds, the bulk
of which were Americans. The
raiders expended 350 tons of
bombs, 25 tons more than the
bomb load dropped last week on
Wake island, and more than 250,
000 rounds of ammunition.
Escorted over Rabaul for the
first time in the war by fighters,
the Liberators and Mitchells
struck by daylight at a base so
bristling with defenses that here
tofore attacks were made under
cover of darkness. But that was
before MacArthur acquired for
ward air bases on islands north
of New Guinea.
Japs Taken by Surprise.
The sharp scaling down of Ra
baul's striking power followed a
series of heavy raids since mid-
August which have destroyed ap
proximately 500 enemy planes at
Wcwak, New Guinea.
The Japanese were so com
pletely surprised at Rabaul that
they got only 40 fighters in the
air, of which 26 were downed.
One immediate result of the
raid, General MacArthur said,
is to give Hhe allies mastery-of
the air over the Solomons seas
and adjacent waters.
Today's communique announc
ed the crushing of all organized
enemy resistance on Vella La
vella, with 200 Japanese slain in
final operations. Bougainville
underwent new allied attacks in
which 21 Japanese planes were
shot down at a cost of three
American raiders.
Alabama Strike
Closes 17 Mines
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 14
(AP) At least 17 Alabama
coal mines, employing more than
6.500 men and including several
of the stale's largest industrial
fuel producers, were shut down
today in a work stoppage which
both union ?.r,d operator spokes
men said resulted from govern
ment release of the mines to
their owners.
A survey indicated that 12
mines, including the state's larg
est, joined those idle on the
morning shift. Five were shut
down yesterday. Approximately
25.000 men are employed in all
the state's mines.
The closed mines produce ap
proximately 50 per cent of the
coal used In the steel and iron
plants of the Birmingham dis
trict. Industrial fuel supplies are
low.
ATLANTA, Oct. 14 (AP)
Nearly all of the 8.500 striking
truck drivers in six southern
states returned to their jobs to-
dav, but the vote to go back, a
Memphis union spokesman said,
was coupled with a notice to
strike if the War Labor board
does not take action on their
wage raise request in 30 days.
Stamp 29 in Book 4 Good
For Sugar Buying Nov. 1
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14 (API
Stamp No. 29 In the new ration
book No. 4 will be used for buy
ing sugar beginning Nov. 1, the
OPA announced today.
The new book will be distri
buted In a school house registra
tion the last two weeks of this
month.
Continuing the present con
sumer ration for another two
and one-half months, stamp 29
will be good for five pounds of
supar through January 15. 1914.
Stamp 14 in ration hook one,
good for five pounds since All
pust 10. expires the first day of
November, when stamps 15 and
16 which have been used for
home canning sugar, expire on
the last day of October.
tmtmt
VOL. XLVIII NO. 158 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
Fifth Army Cracks Nazi Line
Battles Raging for 4
Kiev Combat
Bloodiest of
Fall Drive
Nazi Escape Route From
Crimea Periled as Reds
Lunge Into Melitopol
MOSCOW, Oct. 14. (AP)
The Red army, now inside or
on the threshold of four of Rus
sia's large cities Kiev, Gomel,
Zaporozhe and Melitopol ap
peared on the way today to win
ning some of its greatest vie
tories.
Surging across the mud flats
of the lower Dnieper river, the
Soviets fought their way into
Melitopol, a city of 76,000 inhabi
tants, after breaking the German
hold on the Molochna river line.
On the middle Dnieper river,
Red army forces within two miles
of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev
hastened their efforts to take
the city before the nazis could
complete demolitions.
Capture of Kiev would be a
prize of the first order for the
Red army. At the time of its
capture by the Germans in Sep
tember, 1941, its population num
bered 850,000.
Gomel, at the northern end ot
the active front, became) a battle
ground as .soviet forces which
crossed the Sozh river came to
that White Russian center.
The Red army of the south ap
peared battling for a substantial
prize the bottling up in the
Crimea of the German 17th
army. Front line dispatches said
no withdrawal appeared under
way. They added that the Ger
mans' main railway communica
tion with the Crimea was already
cut at Melitopol, leaving the Ger
mans only the single-track line,
(Continued on page 6)
2 U. S. Destroyers
Lost, Navy Reports
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (AP)
Loss of two American destroy
ers in the Mediterranean was re
ported today by the navy in a
communique which also told of
an unsuccessful Japanese bomb
ing raid on Attu island In the
Aletians.
The destroyers ,the Buck and
Bristol, both sank as a result of
underwater explosions, the navy
said.
The Buck, an 1.500-ton ship,
went down oft Salerno October
9 and the Bristol, a 1,700-ton ves
sel, was sunk yesterday.
Die navy said casualty details
had not been received.
The bombing raid on Attu,
taken from the Japanese late in
May, was the first carried out
since American occupation of
that little Island on the tip of the
Aleutians chain.
Ten Japanese bombers flew
high over Massacre bay at n
great height, the navy reported.
Their bombs wen? dropped with
out causing damage.
American fighting pilots flew
up to intercept the bombers and
they were driven off. No planes
were shot down in the engage
ment.
Loss of the two dost rovers,
each of which carried approxi
mately 2M officers and men.
brought to 122 the number of
naval craft lost since the war
started.
Bill Lists $99,000 For
Umpqua River Harbor
Allotments for improvements
and general maintenance of
I'mpqua harbor facilities are in
cluded In the appropriations pro
posed in the rivers and harbors
bill now before congress. The
bill carries S55.000 for harbor
and channel work and S10.000
tor extension of the turning ba
sin, together with $31,000 for
channel dredging and mooring
dock construction at Winchester
Bay. The bill has been approved
by the rivers and harbors com
mittee.
Former Douglas
Teacher Steps up
In Wacs Service
if
J I , St
News-llni'leir engraving.
Gladys I. Maupin.
FORT DES MOINES, la., Oct.
14. Pvt. Gladys I. Maupin of
Oakland, Ore., who taught school
in Douglas county, Ore., for sev
en years before she joined the
WACs in June, 1943, has been
promoted to the grade of techni
cian 5th grade (corporal). She
Is a clerk and typist In the of
fice of the Bakers and Cooks
school at First Wac Training
Center, Fort Des Moines, la.
The sister of Mrs. Zene Mc
Nabb of Oakland, Corporal Mau
pin was assigned to the office of
the Bakers and Cooks school at
the completion ot basic training.
She was formerly principal of
the elementary school at Yon
calla. Ore. She also has taught
at schools in Pleasant Valley and
Gunter, Ore. She is a member
of the Oregon State Teachers as
sociation and the Parent-Teacher
association.
A graduate of Oakland high
school. Corporal Maupin also is
a graduate of S. Oregon Normal
school at Ashland.
She has a nephew, Pvt. Clyde
Maupin of Elkton, Ore., who is
with the marines in the Pacific
war zone.
Western Douglas
To Have Unit Of
Mounted Police
Organization of a western
Douglas county unit of the
Mounted Police is under way at
Reedsport, it was announced to
day by Sheriff Bud Carter, who.
with Captain Al Bashford, com
manding officer of the Mounted
Police, and W. H. (Doc) Carter,
went to Reedsport last night to
assist with the work of forming
the unit. Sixteen members al
ready have been signed, it is re
ported, and others are expected
to volunteer for service. Olficers
are to be named at a future meet
ing. The western Douglas unit. It
was stated, will he an important
factor ill the campaign to pre
vent livestock thefts. The Mount
ed Police maintain patrols in ru
ral areas and have materially
reduced livestock ami poultry
loses in the central part of the
county. Thefts, however, have
been on the increase in tile coast
area.
Deadline Set for Canning
Sugar Applications
The local War Price and Ra
tioning board announced today
that no canning sugar applica
tions will be ecci'pted at the
board office after October 20, un
til further notice. Any consum
ers who have not received their
allotments of canning sugar and
will need it for that puixjse
must have their applications In
the office before that date. The
book four registration will take
place shortly after that date and
the clerks will not be able to
process the applications.
THEDOUG&SXOUNTY DAILY
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, I943.
Peace Bond
Resolution
Gains Backing
Postwar Collaboration
Favored by Majority of
Senate Committee
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (AP)
A majority of the senate for
eign relations committee swung
Its. support today behind a reso
lution pledging American parti
cipation in postwar collaboration
to maintain peace. Indications
were that the measure would be
sent to the senate floor without
substantial changes.
An Associated Press poll dis
closed that seven democrats and
five republicans a majority of
the 23 committee memliors
find the resolution acceptable in
its present form.
Three members oppose any ac
tion now, seven others are not
yet ready to commit themselves,
and one, Senator Glass (D.-Va.)
was not reached.
The resolution, approved 7 to
1 by a subcommittee headed by
Chairman Connally (D.-Tex.) of
the full committee, will be laid
before the latter group next
Tuesday in this form:
"Resolved by the senate ot the
United States: 1
"That the war against all our
enemies be waged until com
plete victory is achieved;
"That the United States co-operate
with its comrades-Inarms
in securing a just and honorable
peace;
"That the United States, acting
through its constitutional pro
cesses, join with free and sover
eign nations in the establishment
and maintenance of international
authority with power to prevent
aggression and to preserve the
peace ot the world." ,
How Senators Split
A canvass showed this lineup
on the full committee:
For the resolution (12) Demo-
( Continued on page 6)
Jolt Given 2 Who
Thought Selves
Outside Draft
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 14 (AP)
Men 38 years old or older can be
diafted Into the army, Col. El
mer V. Wooton, state selective
service director, said today in
telling of the sad experience of
a Portland shipyard worker.
This man, on reaching his 38th
birthday, quit his job, telling
his employer and friends that
lie couldn't be diafted because
of age.
He left his wife and children,
got himself a lady friend, and
began making the rounds of the
Portland night spots and had a
nice vacation at the coast.
The United States employment
service pleaded with him to get
back into an essential industry,
but he told them he wouldn't, as
serting that bemuse he was 38,
he couldn't be drafted, so why
get into an essential Industry?
The man's draft board became
concerned about it. and asked
stale selective service? headquar
ters to do something about him.
So state headquarters obtained
permission lo draft the man.
The man reports for induction
in a few days. His wife and chil
dren will gel dependency allow
ances, probably more money than
they ever had for support. And
the lady friend must find a new
hoy friend.
Colonel Wooton also told of a
Iflyearold pool hall worker in
Portland. This man was advised
that his job was nondeferrable,
-,nd he was asked to get Into es-
I i ntlal Industry. He replied that
; lie wouldn't leave his pool hall
I lob, and defied the army to draft
him, pointing out he was over 38
veal's old.
State headquarters got a wai
ver of age for him, too, and he'll
go into the army soon.
Large
Plenty of Pheasants Await
Hunters in Douglas; Quail,
Grouse Also
Despite the shortage of am
munition, bird hunters are break
ing out their few remaining
shells in preparation for the
opening of the season this week
end.
The season on waterfowl opens
half an hour before sunrise Fri
day, while tho season on phea
sants and other upland birds bo-
gins at the same time Saturday.
Due to light hunting last year,
pheasants are reported very nu
merous throughout Douglas
county this year and hunters are
anticipating enjoyable and suc
cessful sport.
The Douglas county season on
pheasants is from October 16 to
Nov. 7, inclusive. The bag limit
is four pheasants In any one day
but not more than eight birds in
any seven consecutive days or in
possession at any one time; pro
vided, that not more than one
hen may be held in possession
at any one time.
Quail, Grouse Also Open
California or valley quail may
be killed in Douglas county dur
ing tile period from Oct. 16 to
Nov. 7, with a bag limit of 10
birds In uny one day or In pos
session at any one time.
Sooty or blue grouse and rut-
Subsidy Rates on
Milk in Oregon
Areas Announced
CORVALLIS, Ore., Oct. 14
The stale AAA office today an
nounced milk subsidy rates for
Oregon farmers, which are ex
pected to increase the stale's milk
production in the last three
months of the year.
In western Oregon, including
Hood River county, the rate will
bo 45 cents a hundredweight on
whole milk, 5 cents a pound on
bulterfat.
In all other counties it will be
35 and 4 cents.
For butter it will be 80 per
cent of the bulterfat figure and
for cream, 20 per cent of the but-
lerfat rate.
AAA officials explained that
dairymen who deliver whole
milk will be paid at the whole
milk rate even though It is mar
keted on the basis ot bulterfat
content. The butterfat rate will
pply only for those delivering
separated cream for manufactur
ing. Payments will bo made for the
entire month of October although
county AAA committees are not
entirely ready yet to handle the
program.
Dairymen were advised to as
semble all October sales records
and hold them until application
forms are made available local
ly. County committees will make
the payments for the commodity
credit corporation.
The subsidy payments were
determined nationally on three
factors the increase of milk
prices over the 1940 average,
price advances in dairy feed since
September, 1942, and the aver
age proportion of dairy feed pur
chased In different areas.
Highway Board Works
On Postwar Program
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 14 -(AP)
The state highway commission
began work today on its post
war highway program, estimat
ing It would take at least six
months to draft even a tentative
program.
Under a bill before congress,
Oregon would have $19,000,000 a
year to spend for three years on
postwar roads. The commission
this week completed conferences
with all 36 Oregon county courts,
and will coordinate the county
plans with state plans.
VOL. XXXII NO.
on Volturno;
Russian Cities
Legal Targets
fed grouse may be hunted in
Douglas county, west of the Pa
cific highway, from Oct. 16 to
Oct. 31, inclusive, with a bag lim
it of two in the aggregate of both
kinds in any one day and not
more than six In the aggregate
ot both kinds during the entire
open season.
Water Fowl Limits Cited
Bag limit on ducks, geese,
brant und coot from Oct. 15 to
Dec. 23, is ten ducks in the aggre
gate for all kinds In uny one day,
of which not more than three of
any one, nor more than three
in the aggregate may be red
heads or buffleheads and of
which not more than one may be
a wood duck. Not more than 20
ducks of all kinds may be in pos
session at any one time and not
more than six ot any one or
more than six In the aggregate
may bo redheads or buffleheads,
and of which not more than one
may be a wood duck. Geese and
brant are limited to two In the
aggregate of all kinds in any one
day and not more than four in
the aggregate of all kinds in pos
session at any one time. Coot are
limited to 25 In any one day and
not more than 25,111 possession
at any one time.
Deanna Durbin's
Romance Ended
In Divorce Court
HOLLYWOOD, CVt. 14.- (AP)
A romance which Hollywood
thought was a cinch to endure,
and In which the blase town took
an interest almost affection
ale, has ended in the divorce
courts.
The film town, which takes
marriages and separations In
stride with a shrug of the should
ers, was actually surprised yes
terday when Deanna Durbin, she
of the lilting voice and demure
manner, fiied suit for divorce
from young Vaughn Paul, who
had been her friend since she
was a mere kid. Miss Durbin is
only 20 now ,and Paul, a naval
lieutenant (jg) and former as
sociate film producer, is 28.
Miss Durbin denied herself to
Interviewers, but a statement Is
sued through her attorney hint
ed at the struggle they had wag
ed to make their marriage a suc
cess, and at her sorrow that she
felt compelled to end it.
"Our marriage was embarked
upon with all the sincerity and
hopes that should go with marri
age," she said. "But circum
stances that neither of us have
been able to solve now make it
imperative to part, to assure our
individual welfare and happi
ness." She made the conventional
charge of mental cruelty. There
had been no rumor of a rift, and
they parted only last Monday,
her complaint said.
Crack Olympian Train
Wrecked; 12 Persons Hurt
SEATTLE, Oct. 14 (AP)
The Olympian, crack Seattle-Chicago
passenger train, was derail
ed 12 miles west of Miles City,
Mont., today and 12 passengers
were injured, N. A. Meyer, su
perintendent of transportation
here of the Milwaukee railroad,
announced.
The passengers, none of whom
were believed seriously injured,
were taken to a Miles City hos
pital. The coach section of the train
left the tracks, apparently be
cause of a broken rail, and all
the other cars were derailed,
Meyer said. The locomotive pass
ed over the piece of track and
did not leave the rails.
The wreck was near Sheffield.
,
140 OF THE EVENING NEWS
River Bridged
After Fierce
Night Attack
Seven German Divisions
Used in Futile Effort to
Check Allied Advance
LONDON, Oct. 14 (AP)'
A German news agency "
broadcast from Berlin said
British troops landed at the
mouth of the Volturno river '.'
tonight In a flanking attack ,
on German positions In Italy. '
ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS,
Algiers, Oct. 14 (AP) British
and American troops of Lt. Gen,
Clark's Fifth army cracked the
strong German lines along the
Volturno river in a fierce night
attack early yesterday and have
established several armor-reinforced
bridgeheads across that
most formidable obstacle in the
path to Rome, allied headquar
ters announced today.
Gen. Clark struck at a time to
take advantage of favorable
weather when dry ground allow
ed deployment of his forces and
after a terrific artillery barrage
had softened the enemy's de
fense positions on the north
bank.
,- Engineers bridged the Voltiuv
no to get American tanks across
the stream, which for days had
been virtually impassable be
cause of high water.
But the Germans had rushed
fresh contingents south from the
Rome area in recent days to
meet an expected attack, and as
the British and Americans claw
ed their way up the steep banks
rierce fighting raged up and
down the north side of the
stream.
Seven German divisions were
in lino across Italy to oppose the
allied advance.
This advance was along the
line.
Hard Combat Won
After a heavy fight troops
northwest of Bencvento captured
(lie town on Guardia, four miles
north of the Calore river and
only nine miles east of the Vol
turno. This ndvancc threatened
the left flank of tho Germans
righting behind the Volturno de
fenses. The British and Canadians in
the center of the line drove for
ward five miles. They pursued
the enemy and occupied Gildone,
less than a mile southeast of
Campobasso, and made other
gains to swing the east end o
(Continued on page 6)
U. S. Bombers Hit
Central Germany
LONDON, Oct. 14-1(AP) U.
S. bombers, supported by Thun
lerbolts, attacked targets in cen
tral Germany today.
It was the first daylight raid
for the American bombers, since
they hit Mucnstrr and Coesfeld
Sunday.
The targets were not specified
in the first announcement from
U. S. army headquarters, but the
use of the description "central
Germany" suggested the possi
bility of a fairly deep penetra
tion. The attack marked the resump
tion of major operations which,
in addition to the Muenster and.
Coesfeld raids, Included a rec
ord, long-distance flight to east
ern Germany, Poland and east
Prussia last Saturday.
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