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A- SIX ROSFfiURG NPWS-RF.VIFW, ROSFRURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1943. Thrift Campaign Set for Douglas School Children School children throughout Douglas counly will bo enrolled In a thrift campaign this year us part of a schools at war program conducted by the Oregon war fi nance committee. To help win the war, children should be thrifty and the war stamp savings program Is do signed to fix this Idea firmly In youngster's minds during the war. ' The schools at war program Is unuer the direction of Rex Put nam, superintendent of public In slruction, and Mrs. F. W. Blum, member of the Oregon war fi nance committee. Mrs. Blum Is also president of the state Par ent-Teacher association. . David W. Eccles, executive manager of the Oregon war fi nance committee. Issued a state ment saying that all schools did outstanding work In last year's campaign, and stated that the credit is due to wonderful coop oration of Individual teachers and school superintendents. Butchery of Italians Mark Germans' Retreat (Continued from page 1) Germans' last hope of making a stand anywhere south of the Mondragono-Venafro line. The Germans sowed their path 01 reireat wnn many mines, and fought occasional artillery, mor tar, and machine-gun actions .to cover their withdrawal. Thev-ip beared to be makinit their re treat in the same well-organized tasiilon as In Slciiv and sou'Iiti Haly, leaving few prisoners and litlie equipment In allied hands. . With the enemv driven far back from the Volturno river banks, the Fifth army was free to pour reinforcements and sun plies across at all points, and IX- uen. Clark sent up a steady stream of troops, runs, and tanks to pursue the withdrawing Ger mans. Eighth Also Gains Attacking heavllv along the Adriatic coast In the face of in creasing resistance bv reinforced naJ troops, the Rritish Eighth army captured Petacclalo nine miles west of Termoll. Gen Mont gomery's Infantry made; a suc cessful attack on the village, con verted bv the Germans into a heavily fortified zone, with the support of British tanks and ar tillery. South of the Adriatic coast, olhev Eighth army units beat back a heavy enemy counterat tack on Montecilfone, occupied Monday. Sharp clashes occurred In the area of Baranello, three miles northwest of Montecilfone, where the enemy massed large rein forcements to hold the mountain heights controlling the main lat eral road west and northwest from Vlnchlaturo. - "The Geimans are offering much stronger resistance all along the Eighth armv front, and obviously they brought up fresh troops to aid the tired troops In the line, some of whom were bad ly knocked about In Africa and Sicily," a headquarters officer said. The British lines were advanc ed as much as seven mill's in their latest attacks. Bombers Harry Nazis Allied planes tortured the Or amns a short way behind their lines. Farther behind the lines, the bombers knocked out dozens of grounded enemy planes on air fields at Viterbo, north of Rome, and at Taruulna. Kilty vehicles were bombed near the west coast between Formla and Minturo. No illied plane was lost and only one of the six Germans encountered was destroyed. German attempts to land troops on the Dalmatian coast and on Iwo islands were declared smash ed by Yugoslav partisans of Tito, who claimed the capture of two towns. More Soap to be Made; No Reason To Hoard Stock For Fine Matresses JUDO FURNITURE CO. Homo of the Sealy Tuftless Rosoburq, Oregon Boy Scout Plans For Winter Laid At Meeting Here Extensive nlans for the locnl Bov Scout movement wore ImM 'it the mentini' Tuesday of the i nutrias District Scout commit 'oo under B. C. Elliott, chairman. "Special omohasis during the winter will ho placed unon the I that purpose in 1940-41. The ex organization of new units and j Ira fats and oils now being made unon training courses for the vol-1 available will Increase the quan untoor leaders of scouting and I lily to 90 nor cent in household cuhlilnf." said Elliott. Rev. Lon packaged soaps and all typos of B. Flshbark Is chairman of the i bar and liquid soap. This will -oi" organization committee. His I mean a Jump in this type of soap ' " eoiari'eu nurin" trom mo present 17 nounr s tier A 20 per cent Increase in all soaps produced for civilian use will result from a recent War Food administration order, an nounces Lois A. Lutz, extension specialist in home management. More fats and oils are being al located for this purpose, though manufacturers are being requir ed lo use prescribed percentages of non-fat materials as substi tutes for fats. A temporary shortage of a few lypes of soap on retail shelves I lias been caused by consumer boarding, according to national officials. Actually, soap stocks in 1M2 were the largest on record and some of that heavy supply was on the market until the mid dle of J'M.'J. Soap production has dropped somewhat this year, but the increase just authorized will allow for .slightly more soap per capita than in pre-war years. There is no basis for "scare buy ing", the War Food administra tion assures housewives. Miss Lutz explains that in July, 1D43, an order was issued allow ing for soap-making only 80 per cent of the fats and oils used for vntfomhw and will then launch nlnn for t'-o or-'anlzalion of ""er.ii pow units In the district. " A Wells cmil executive from """no, pointed out lo the com- "'no tlmt there are at oni hi-..nn lrioillfins n Die district 'nniHfPnff Rncebur". whore there m arorife bovs for further do vinnm""! of 1h scoutin" n-n-! Social emphasis will be "t-.po.i ,,nnn now units in Rose- Sttt-'r Incliiilln" eiihlilniT crnlifimr i'1 senior scouting. "Wo nln five tvpes of Irninlri" "nnrttos dm-in" the winter." said Tl'loM. "On December 4lh and 5th n weekend course will he conducted for the commissioners of the Douclas district alnrw with (Lose from Cooullle anil Marsh fl"ld This course will be conduct- od at or near Goiiullle. On Do- comb"r lllh and 12th a weekend training course for scoutmasters and assistants will be hold In or ir Ifosoburg. Men will attend 'his course from Glondalo. M""--Mo Creek. Rosobur", Camas Val- 'ev. Sulberiin. Yonralla, and Drain. The fundamentals or ba sic course for troop committee men will bo made available to "verv sponsoring Institution in the district. Dales for this course have already been set for the American Legion troop and the Christian church troop of Rose- lung and for the troop at Camas Valley. A special course for den mothers in the cubbing program will open In Roscburg on Novem ber fllh, and one for den chiefs will follow." A final report on camping ac tivities Ihrouehoul the council was presented bv Wells showing an increase of 8.7'.'; '.n scout weeks ill camp over l!M2 and an Increase of WMi'.'f- In the number of different hoys In camp. The local camo committee for Boy Scouts will commence next month on the development of long range plans lor Camp Wolf located on Little River and used by the Boy Scouts of this area. person to 22 pounds. Even so, soap supplies will not be excessive, so careful conser vation is still necessary. Miss Lulz cautions. Supplies will bo in creased, but so will demands. Military and Industrial needs are greater, and large supplies soon wjll be needed in Ihe manufac ture of svnthetic rubber. I no new soap program was discussed al a recent meeting of the War Food administration's soap and glycerine industry ad visory committee, which expect ed increased production to got lo the shelves of retail stores bv November. Yanks Bag 60 More Jap Planes at Rabaul Base (Continued from page 1) Archaeologists exploring tombs of Egypt found grains of wheat believed lo date back (i.000 years. FOR SALE 100 New Hampshire Pu'lets 50 New Hampshire Cockerels These cockerels are sorted for size and color Can be seen Saturday, October 23 between 10 and 12 a, m, at UMPQUA PRODUCE CO. next to Doughs Flour Mill field on I he western lip. Japs Gain Some Ground Across narrow Dampior strait from Cape Gloucester, Japanese troops achieved "some progress," an allied spokesman said, in a drive southeastward from Saltel berg lownrd : jFinschhafcn, 15 miles away. Finsclihafen was cap lured by Australians Oct. 2. Sun day the Japanese also tried lo land from three barges near Fin sclihafen but two of the barges were sunk and today headquar ters said the troops which suc ceeded ill landing had been wiped out. The Mitchells flew alone in bad weather Monday but they sur prised the Japanese Willi the same troclop and mast height tactics they employed in the Oct. 12 attack In which they were es corted. The approximately lit) Zeros I which opposed thetii managed at- iaeKs only alter the Mitchells had dropped their bombs and were departing. In the resultant sky battles. 24 Japanese planes were shot down and three Mitchells were lost. The oilier 3ti enemy planes were destroyed on the round at the Ilapopo and To bora airfields during Ihe two-hour assault. A destroyer and gunboat were Ihe warships sunk. A (l.OOOton cargo boat also went down and another of similar size and a cor vette were damaged severely. A Liberator patrolling eff Kavieng. New Ireland, sank an H.ooo.ton transport crowded with troops. New Industry Here to Aid Various Projects (Continued from page 1) I, NOTICE Effective November 1st. We are conforming with O. D. T.'s order of two deliveries and two pickups each week. Mondays and Fridays UMPQUA CLEANERS Phone 472 231 North Main .'.'i'l'U-. point where construction Is in progress. The freshly mixed con crete is Poured dh-CCtU- fretv. ft,.. j dump truck. Cranes are available 1 Tor lifting purposes on large 'ohs. Mf!S Smaller Needs The service, it was staled, is designed to meet needs from sni"ll patching Jobs throueh side walks, driveways, foundations, etc.. to the largest type of con crete construction work Kmerv Frcadman of Rosohur; has been employed as concrete foreman. Lowe and Bell have been on -aged hi contracts in the Rose burg district for the past two voars, having graded and sufaeod the local airport, as well as con structing several logging roads Thev now have eouipmcnt em Ployed in construction work for the Young's Bay LuiiiIk-i- com-nam- on the road to its timber holdings In the Little River area. Ouii Barrage Strikes Willkie in Washington (Continued from page 1) ington as already running for the t!4 1 nomination, the Iloosier New Yorker spent a rather un usual day and evening here- all offtherecord. First, he had breakfast with Senator McNarv of Oregon, his running mate In 1910. He appeared ut the closed session of the "78 club," the first term bouse members In the earlv evening. Then, for two hours run ning past midnight ho talked with newspapermen - still off the rec ord. Qciz Ordeal Faced Voices that rose to crescendo pitch filtered through the door as the 59 first-term members and their congressmen guests piled Willkie with questions as to his political intentions and sought to amplify remarks in his recent SI. Louis speech, which manv repub licans believed was Willkie's opening shot for the nomination. As at St. Louis, Willkie was re ported to have said that he would support for the republican nomin ation only a man who felt as he did on the need for strong inter national cooperation afler the war. Further, his position on the forthcoming campaign was de scribed as calling for straight forward altitudes on both foreign and domestic questions, and af firmative programs rather than wholesale criticism. He let it be known that should politics be adopted which he favors, he na turally would like to be the nom inee to help bring them into be ing. fine congressman said Willkie was asked whether he would sur render any part of American sovereignty in dealing with other nations. "He answered that one a long lime," the congressman added, "but I'm not sure what the an swer was." The only democrat who took notice of Willkies presence in the capital was veteran Rep. John Rankin of Mississippi. He told his colleagues in the house that Will kie wus the "secret weapon" of Ihe democrats "with which we are now breaking up republican formations behind the lines." Russian Smashes Put Nazis Nearer Collapse (Continued from page 1) ized nazl units striving to prevent encirclement of the great strong hold, the communique said. South of Gomel, southern an chor of the German defense lines in White Russia, the Russians swept more Germans from the Dnieper-Sozh triangle and fur ther extended their bridgeheads on the west bank of the Dnieper below Rochitsa on the road to Poland. More than 2,800 German officers and men were slain in yesterday's battles. Kiev Civilians Slain Henry C. Cassidy, Associated Press war correspondent In Mos- c 0 w. said advices from t h e Ukraine Indicated the Germans had started huge demolitions in Kiev. Tremendous explosions could he heard far cast of the Dnieper, he said. Forcible evacuation of Kiev's war-time nonolnlinn i of ISOnm was also reported by Cassidy. Ac cording lo the Russians, he said, civilians are being driven west I along the road to Zhltomar in two groups, destined for slave labor camps in Germany. Weaklings unable to walk are being shot without mercy, the Russians declared, adding that between 12,000,000 and 15,000,000 residents of the Ukraine were likely to lie exterminated by the Germans before the end of Ihe war. NAZI CHIEFS COGNIZANT OF IMPENDING DEBACLE STOCKHOLM, Oct. 20 (API The past 21 hours, In which the red army cracked the German eastern front delenses In a major break, were the blackest of the svar for Germany, Swedish cor respondents reported today from Berlin. The Berlin correspondent of Attonbladet said that i; soviet troops can follow up their smash ing breakthrough the "Germans realize it can't mean anything but a catastrophe that would put Stalingrad in a shadow." "As a whole, the war reports since yesterday have given Ger many its blackest day since the war started, even counting Stal ingrad," said the Aftonbladet dis patch which passed German cen sorship. "It is obvious to every Ger man that the Russians, not the Germans, have the initiative, and red army force, instead of grow ing weaker, grows stronger, pil ing up great troubles for the German army. Even the most optimistic German hesitates now In viewing what Is going to hap pen." Nazi Anxiety Evident Swedish correspondents Indi cated that there had not been so much anxiety In Berlin since Bcr liners began to prepare for aerial warfare against the reich capital after the devastation of Hum burg In early August. There was considerable specula tion here that there is more be hind the latest conference be tween Adolf Hitler and nazi lead ers than announced through of ficial German agencies. Berlin dispatches said Major Sommerfeldt, official representa tive of the German high com mand, announced the breach In the German lines to a press con ference with the solemn words: "I am sorry I have to announce a Russian breakthrough on the German front." Stockholms Tldningen said Sommerfeidt had not used such a solemn tone or similar words since the fall of Stalingrad. He made no effort to hide the fact that the German situation on the eastern front was critical, the correspondent added, and no longer insisted that the breach could be repaired. FARMSTEAD WIRING Ten thousand pounds of cop per wire will be available during the next three months to put electric power to work producing food on Oregon fai-ms. The wire will be distributed by county war boards on allotment certificates to farmers who show need for electricity to operate production equipment. Bomber, Rescue Plane Crash; 13 Men Killed EDMONTON, Alta., Oct. 20 (CP) Eleven officers and men were killed in a crash of an American bomber Saturday 'In the Yukon territory, and two more died when a rescue plane was lost Sunday near the scene of the first crash, it was an nounced here today by United States army air force officials. Names of the dead were with held pending notification of rel atives. Details and causes of the acci dents were under investigation, army officials said. ROSE THEATRE COMING SUNDAY OCTOBER 24th 'MY FRIEND FLICKA" with roddy Mcdowell and PRESTON FOSTER j & Wood engraving by H. MlCormick after oil painting by Jame Ctmpin ! -N n n Ai n S-iV i LUCHV OTIK leans pie Jobacco .4