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VOL. XLVIII NO. 164 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
Trap- Threatened Nazis Begin Crimea Evacuation
Reserves Fail
To Check Red
Juggernaut
Last Escape Rail Route
Of Germans Also Goal
Of Advancing Russians
LONDON, Oct. 21 (AP)
A broadcast of International
Information bureau, German
propaganda agency, said to
day that eight Russian rifle
divisions and several hun
dred tanks had made a three
mile break through in the
front northwest of Cherni
gov. The location of the break
through indicated the Rus
sians were attacking at the
eastern edge of the Pinsk
marshes south of the conflu
ence of .the Sozh and Dnieper
rivers between Kiev and
Gomel.
LONDON, Oct. 21 (API The
Gi'rman armies in the Crimea
have begun a mass withdrawal
from the peninsula via the Pere-
);op land bridge, Moscow advices
indicated today, to escape en
trapment by a powerful Russian
advance threatening their line
of retreat.
Battling furiously to stem the
steady progress of the red army
troops pouring through the Krem
enchug bridgehead west of the
Dnieper river, the German com
mand was said t,o be throwing all
available ' reserves into the
bieach. But the soviet drive,
hourly increasing in momentum,
smashed further to tile west
through the Ukrainian steppe
country to overlap the Crimea on
Hie north, a Russian communi
que disclosed.
A second red army column was
lacing south toward Krivoi Rog,
Important rail junction and cen-
(Continucd on page 6)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE Russians now hold four
main bridgeheads on the Dnie
pertwo above-and two below
Kiev. They're reported within 15
mill's, ol the main line railroad
connecting Kiev and Dnepropet
rovskimmensely important to
the defending Germans for shut
tling supplies and reinforcements
hack and forth along the fighting
front.
I'ravda, Moscow newspaper,
says the Russians are now in
position to launch an all-out of
fensive from COMPLETELY
EQUIPPED bases on the WEST
bank.
IT is disclosed that the original
crossings of the Dnieper were
made by the advancing front
line troops of the Russian armies
without wailing for reserves, sup
ply bases or engineering equip
ment to bo brought up.
This is interesting as indicat
ing their COMPLETE CONFI
DENCE in their own superior
sinking lKiwer.
THE Berlin communique an
nounces a "big detaching
movement" on the Dnieper front.
German communiques are nor
mally intended to confuse, rather
than to inform, so we can only
guess as to the meaning of this
term.
Maybe it means they're "de
taching" themselves from the
Dnieper line and starting another
retreat.
THE fighting in Italy is just
hard slugging, with the Ger
mans fighting desperately for
delay. It will be likely to continue
that way to and well beyond
Rome.
5V hard air fighting Friday and
Saturday In New Guinea, our
indomitable air men shoot down
101 Jap planes sure and 43 more
maybe. The dispatches are slight
ly confused in regard to our loss-
(Continued on page 2).
Hawaiian-Born Japanese
Soldiers Prove Mettle in
Battling Germans in Italy
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AP)
American soldiers of Japanese
ancestry led the Italian main
land attack of a famous Ameri
can division which had distin
guished Itself In Tunisia.
Reporting this today, Secretary
ol War Stimson said the Japanese-Americans
had passed the
test of nazi fire with flying col
ors, and now are "fighting in the
battle lines along the road to
Rome."
They form the 100th infantry
battalion. The division was not
identified. All were born in Ha.
waii of Japanese parents. The
secretary told a press conference
that reports from Italy describ
ed them as typical American
"doughboys."
Capt. Taro Suzuki of Honolulu,
a reserve officer for 16 years
three years on active duty led
the first company to see action.
The fight began at 5:30 a. m.
along the historic Appian way
and by afternoon the outfit still
was pushing ahead.
"It was our own fight," Suzuki
reported to the War department.
"The company had to sink or
swim by itself. We had walked
by blown-out bridges that slopped
heavy artillery from being
brought up behind us and then
worked our way down a winding
road. The bends cut us off from
Connally World
Peace Plan Given
Okay by Senators
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (AP)
The Senate foreign relations
commiltee approved w 1 1 hout
change today the Connally reso
lution pledging the United States
to join with free and sovereign
nations in the maintenance of
world peace.
Senator Shlpstead (R.-Mlnn.),
who came out of a closed meet
ing, said the resolution was
adopted after proposals by a
group of senators to "strengthen
and clarify" its wording had
been, rejected.
As previously approved by a
subcommittee, the resolution
reads as follows:
"Resolved by the senate of the
United States:
"That the war against all our
enemies be waged until complete
victory is achieved;
"That the United States coop
erate with its comrades-in-arms
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 of the world."
Senator Clark (D.-Mo.) said
the resolution was approved by
a 20 to 2 vote, after an amend
ment by Senator Pepper ID.
Fla.l in behalf of those seeking
stronger commitments, was de
feated, 16 to 5. Another similar
amendment offered by Senator
Wagner ID.-N. Y.) also was re
jected. Majority Leader Barkley an
nounced immediately that the
senate would begin debate on the
historic resolution Monday.
Gasoline Cut Rumor On
Pacific Coast Spiked
SEATTLE, Oct. 21 (AP)
I'nexplainable rumors which
swept over the Pacific coast dur
ing the last two days to the ef
fect that gasoline ration coupons
would be cut another gallon In
the immediate future were spik
ed last night by OPA officials.
Arthur J. Krauss. district ra
tioning officer, said he had no
word that such a cut was even
under contemplation.
The San Francisco office and
the Washington OPA headquar
ters both announced no addition
al cuts were in contemplation.
i-
view of our own supporting in
fantry. Nazis are Out-Gunned
"Our leading scouts rounded a
bend and three German machine
guns opened up. There was noth
ing to do but go to work on them
alone because nobody to the rear
could see to fire the heavy stuff.
The Germans broke everything
loose on us machine guns, mor
tars, rifles and heavy artillery.
"You know what stopped all
that nazi wrath? Our little 60mm
mortars. We got them on (here
and they went right in. Boy, it
felt good to see them dropping.
The machine gunners pulled out
afteV the big guns quit and our
riflemen started making rapid
headway on them."
Lieut. Ernest Tanaka, of Wai
lua, Oahu, reported that he saw
Private George E. Zaklmi, of Ha
kalau, administer first air treat
ment to two wounded men before
treating his own wounds. Tana
ka ordered him to the rear for
treatment, but Zakimi was back
again fighting in an hour.
Sergeant Yutaka Nezu, of Wai
manalo, Oahu, took a squad into
a deserted town and brought out
22 American paratroopers who
had been cut off behind the Ger
man lines for 16 days.
All of the enlisted men and
some of the officers of the battal
ion are Hawaiian Americans of
Japanese ancestry. '
; r . ' t 7.
Visitors Will Eye
Possibilities for
N. Umpqua Parks
The Portland chamber of com
merce is sponsoring an inspec
tion trip Saturday of the recrea
tional resources of the North
Umpqua river between Idelyld
park and the boundary of the
Umpqua National forest, accord
ing to a letter received by the lo
cal chamber of commerce today.
The party which will arrive here
Friday evening will include Al
fred A. Loeb, chairman of the
recreational resources commit
tee; W. H. Horning, O. and C.
grant lands administrator; S. H.
Boardman, state superintendent
of parks; Art Kirkham, manager
of Radio Station KOIN, H. E.
Waterbury and O. C. Roehr. Lo
cal chamber of commerce offi
cials and members of the county
court will accompany the party.
Mr. Boardman, who has made
two previous trips to the area,
is endeavoring to secure congres
sional action which would add the
private lands bordering the riv
er to existing forest service and
O. and C. holdings, thus preserv
ing the scenic and recreational
resources for public use.
Alabama Coal Miners
Decide to End Strike
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 21.
(AP) A United Mine Workers
spokesman predicted today a
quick expansion of a back-to-work
movement by thousands of
idle Alabama coal miners.
"We expect a rapid improve
ment in the general picture im
mediately," said James H. Terry,
UMW international representa.
tive, following a mass meeting of
several hundred local union
leaders.
Terry said he to)d the dele
gates that a continuation of the
Alabama miners' walkout might
Jeopardize chances of getting
war labor board approval of the
pending Illinois contract, and
likewise chances of obtaining
early and favorable action on a
contract in this district.
Vatican Refuses to Hand
Over Refugees to Nazis
BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 21.
(AP) A border dispatch to the
newspaper LaSulsse of Geneva
said today the Vatican refused
to deliver over to the Germans
antifascist and anti-nazl refu
fees who sought sanctuary with
in Its walls, and "Germany bow
ed to this decision."
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THE"D0UGiASTCOUNTY DAILY
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY,
Allied Forces
In Italy Make
Slight Gains
Foe Still Offers Bitter
Resistance: U. S. Planes
Blast Yugo Rail Yards
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.
Algiers, Oct. 21. (AP) The
Fifth army has made slight gains
in the area nortli of the Vol
turno river, it was announced
today, and advanced elements
are probing the region to deter
mine exactly where the Germans
are setting up their new defenses
based on Massleo ridge.
The ditches and irrigation can
als of this fertile, but now de
vastated, agricultural terrain
slowed un the progress of Lt.
Gen. Clark's troops.
On the Eighth army front,
Gen. Montgomery's troops storm
ed the high ground dominating
the road running northwest from
Vinchiaturo, occupied Busso, a
mountain village about four miles
due west of Campobasso, and
swept into Oralino a few miles
to the north.
Yugo R. R. Yards Blasted.
Stabbing deeper Into the Bal
kans than on any previous flights,
American bombers from the
Northwest African forces wreck
ed the roundhouse and locomo
tives at Nis, Yugoslavia, to lend
assistance to the guerilla forces
fighting the Germans thre.
Nis lies between Belgrade and
Sofia and is an important junc
tion through which the Orient
Express passes. From 3Jis the
line branches to the south to Sa
lonika through Skoplje, which re
cently was raided by the North
west African air force.
Railway objectives at Nis were
left a mass of flaming wreck
age by the American Marauders,
escorted by P-38 Lightnings.
Nazi Flank Threatened.
Occupation of the high ground
west of Campobasso given up
by the Germans with great re
luctance was essential for move
ment of Gen. Montgomery's
forces along the Important road
northwest ward from Vinchiaturo
toward the road and railway
(Continued on page 6)
2nd Front Still
Top Question at
Moscow Parley
MOSCOW, Oct. 21 (AP)
The tripartite conference dug in
to its agenda in a harmonious
session yesterday, and the pres
ence of American and British
military advisers suggested that
a land attack on western Europe
might have been a topic.
Although all official represen
tatives stuck to the rule lhat
nothing about the actual conver
sations can be made public un
til the windup of the conference,
they relaxed sufficiently to say
that a cordial atmosphere pie
vailed throughout the second for
mal get-together.
The soviet press insisted he
fore the conference opened that
closer military cooperation must
precede any improvement In po
litical and economic coordination
of the three great powers the
United States, Russia and Great
Britain.
In an editorial entitled "chief
task of the moment," the Moscow
news, an English language news
paper, yesterday declared that "if
(ho Hitlerite army has not yet
been defeated It is only because
there is not yet a second front in
the west
Paralysis Epidemic in
Chicago Area Mounting
CHICAGO, Oct. 21 (API-Infantile
paralysis cases in Chica
go and Cook county totaled 1.170
today, almost three times the
state total of 417 in 1942 and ex
ceeded the 1,100 cases in Illinois
in the 1917 epidemic. There have
been 102 death In the current ep
idemic, which started last August.
OCTOBER 21, I943.
Aussies, Japs
Wage Bloody
Jungle Fight
Nippons Gain in Initial
Drive Near Finschhafen
At Cost of 200 Men
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Oct. 21 (AP) -Several thousand
Japanese and Australian troops
waged a bloody battle today in
the jungle a short distance north
of Finschhafen, New Guinea,
with the enemy on the offensive.
From Strongly-held positions
at Satlelberg, 15 miles Inland, the
Japanese achieved some success
in a drive to join another force
on the coast and thus form a
solid line along the Song river.
The river mouth, toward which
the enemy !s on the move, is five
miles north of Finschhafen.
This counter-offensive cost the
Japanese more than 200 men
Tuesday in fierce action against
elements of Australia's famed
Ninth division, which captured
Finschhafen Oct. 2 and before
lhat had gained battle glory at
El Alnmein in Egypt against the
Germans.
The enemy took the Initiative
for the first time since General
MacArlhur, in a swift series of
paratroop and amphibious pincer
thrusts, began enveloping Now
Guinea bases from which lt
would be possible for him to in
vade Now Britain.
"It also was the first time in
months lhat the opposing forces
had come to grips on such a
large scale, Indicating Japanese
determination not to continue
further the withdrawals they
made from Salamaua Sept. 12,
Lae Sept. IS and Finschhafen.
Aussies Gain Elsewhere
But inland from this battle
scene, other Australians moved
slowly up the Ramu valley less
than 40 miles from Madang, the
next important coastal base
northwest of Finschhafen. Latest
advices were that these Austra
lians had slain 72 more Japanese
in extending their postlons while
Mitchell bombers pounded the
junction of Isernia.
This is the main north-south
highway of central Italy in this
part of the peninsula. At Iser
nia it joins with the lateral road
leading southwest to Venafro,
picked by the Germans as the
(Continued on page 6)
McHary Opposes
Tax Boost Until
Waste is Halted
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (AP)
Senate Minority Leader Me
Nary of Oregon voiced opposi
tion today to an Increase in in
dividual or corporation Income
taxes "until afler congress stops
the administration's profligate
waste of public funds."
McNary told a reporter ho did
not believe there will be any new
tax bill this year, adding that
some economies in expenditures
should be made to cut the gap
between the government's outgo
arid income.
Similarly, Senior Vandenberg
Ht. Mich. I, a member of the fi
nance committee, said he thought
it much more Important at this
time to preserve the national
economy than to saddle an addi
tional tax burden on citizens.
"I think we probably can In
crease taxes about S-'i,000,0()0,0()0
or $4,000,000,000, above pres
ent levels," Vandenberg said.
"We could do more if we had not
already provided a 121 per cent
increase for both l!lll and Hll.V
Chairman Doughton of the
house ways and means commit
lee said today he had been giv
en assurances that the adminis
tration "will make eveiy effort
to locate and eradicate all unnec
essary expenditures" In the gov
ernment. The statement was interpreted
at the capitol as a move to save
proposed new tax legislation
from defeat.
Rep. Robertson (D.-Va.) a com
mittee member, said the propos
al for a 10 per cent federal re
tail sales tax "Is pretty sick, but
it's still alive."
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VOL. XXXII NO.
Masonic Grand
Master to Visit
Roseburg Lodge
Kenneth M. Robb, above.
Masonic grand master for Ore
gon, will pay an official visit
to the Roseburg lodge Satur
day, It was announced today
by W. F. Harris, secretary.
Members of all Masonic lodges
of Douglas county are being
invited to attend. The meet
ing will start at 8 p. m.
Chinese Exclusion
Law's Repeal is
Voted by House
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AP)
The house voted today to re
peal the (ilyear-old Chinese ex
clusion act and permit immigra
tion of 105 Chinese annually on
a quota basis.
The legislation, introduced by
Rep. Magnuson (D.-Wash.) also
amends naturalization laws to
permit Chinese to become Amer
ican citizens.
The bill now goes to the sen
ate. Earlier the house defeated on
a standing vote on an amend
ment which would have eliminat
ed that part of Ihe bill extending
an immigration quota to the Chi
nese. The house also ruled that
amendments offered which would
have cut or eliminated all immi
gration quotas were not germane
to the bill and could not be act
ed on.
Author of one such amend
ment was Rep. Allen (D.-La),
who said he believed all immi
gration should be stopped until
the postwar reconstruction pe
riod had assured employment to
Americans. Allen said his amend
ment followed a resolution
adopted by the American Legion
at its recent Omaha convention.
Butter Piling Up
In Portland Market
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 21
(API Butter has started to pile
up on the' Portland market In
the wake of a government order
increasing its ration value to 10
points a pound, the Journal said
today.
The newspaper's survey show
ed the buttei shortage has been
eliminated within the past few
days and surplus stocks are- ac
cumulating In the hands of deal
ers, manufacturing retailers and
retailers despite a slight decrease
in the total amount of butter
manufactured.
The butter surplus was expect
ed to jump within a few days be
cause fall rains have set In. Pas
tures will show steady Improve
ment and production will in
crease. Former Baseball Star
Drowns on Fishing Trip
EUREKA, Calif., Oct. 21
(API Oscar Merle Bowers, 45,
one-time top-notch pitcher for the
Seattle baseball club, drowned
yesterday while on a fishing trip
in eastern Humboldt county, cor
oner W. L. Wallace reported to
day. Bowers lived at Orlnda, near
Oakland, and operated two res
taurants in Oakland, after his re
tirement from baseball.
The accident occurred on Mill
Creek. Bowers, crossing the
stream, lost his balance and slip
ped Into a deep pool.
146 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Aluminum
Plant Battle
Finally Won
War Board Authorixes
Project in Northwest;
Oregon Seeking Site
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (AP)
The production executive com
mittee of the War Production
board has decided to approve con
struction of an alumlnumfrom
clay plant In the Pacific North
west, Representative Angell (R.
Ore.) said today.
The action came after members
of congress from the northwest
states protested action of the
WPB in ordering discontinuance
of all aluminumfrom-clay pro
jects in the country. They pre
sented data to show that the na
tion would be without material to
produce aluminum In three years
unless the plant was approved.
Angell said the action meant
that the plant, to be constructed
by the Columbia Metals Corpora
tion, would be permitted to go
ahead subject to the usual higher
priorities for critical material
and manpower issued to other
projects.
"The action of the committee
assures the future of the alum
inum Industry for the Pacific
North went as local clays will be
used to produce alumina," said
Angell.
"Such production Svill relieve
.us of having to depend on South.
America for our supplies and do
away with the heavy transporta
tion charges of shipping baux
ite Into this country and trans
porting It across the nation."
Prior to the rejection of con
struction of the pilot plant by the
WPB, several sites in Washing
ton and Oregon and northern Id
aho were considered as locations
(Continued on page 6)
P. M. Brown
Resigns as
OPA Chief
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.
(AP) President Roosevelt
accepted today the resigna
tion of Prentiss M. Brown as
price administrator.
Brown turned In his resig
nation In a letter dated last
Tuesday, in which he said he
thought the price control pro
gram was well defined In
laws and in presidential or
ders and the main task now Is
one of admlnitration.
The president is expected to
send to the senate soon the nomi
nation of Chester Bowles, gen
eral manager of OPA, to succeed
Brown.
Bowles prior to becoming gen
eral manager of OPA was the
agency s director for Connecti
cut. Brown, former senator from
Michigan who was defeated for
reelection, took over the reins of
OPA from Leon Henderson less
than a year ago.
In his letter to Mr. Roosevelt
he said the OPA organization had
been greatly Improved and he be
lieved it was in competent hands.
He said he thought price control
was not only successful but also
appreciated by the country.
Fleet Admiral Pound
Of Great Britain Dies
LONDON, Oct. 21 (AP) Ad
miral of the Fleet Sir Dudley
Pound, who resigend early this
month as first British sea lord
because of ill health, died today
in London at the age of M.
Sir Dudley directed the British
fleet through four of its most
critical war years and Is credit
ed with shaping more than any
other man the course of Britain's
modern naval policy.
Like Prime Minister Churchill,
Sir Dudley was half American.
His mother was Miss Elizabeth
Plckman Rogers, of Boston, who
married Alfred John Pound, an
English lawyer.
Raiders Also
Blast Other
Reich Regions
RAF Swoop Preceded
By Fortresses' Attack
On Air Base In Holland
LONDON, Oct. 21 (AP) A
great fleet of RAF bombers, out
for the eighth time this month,
smashed at the Germans' second
line of industrial defense last
night, hitting the big city ot
Leipzig, where many of the
Rutin's bombed-out Industries
have moved. In companion raids.
Mosquito bombers roared over
Berlin, the German capital, for
the third time this week whiles
other bombers ranged over wide
spread areas of the Reich.
The RAF lost 17 bombers, the
same number as In the last big
raid on Hannover Monday. Eight
bombers were lost in yesterday a
raid by Flying Fortresses on the
metal plants at Dueren. These
losses indicated the nazi destruc
tion of 60 Fortresses over
Schwenfurt a week ago may
have been only a break of luck
for the German defenders.
The big attack on Leipzig, un-
bombed since Its sixth raid ot
the war Nov. 23, 1940, came while
the Germans, In sharp contrast,
stmt a tiny force of bombers over
England to give London Its fifth,
successive night alert and kill
12, persons with a handful ot
scattered bombs.
City Vital to Nazis
Leipzig, Germany's sixth In
dustrial city, Is situated In tho
middle of the country, 100 mile
southwest of Berlin and almost
on the Czechoslovak border. It
has one of the world's largest '
railroad terminals on lines link
ing It with other Important In
dustrial centers like Berlin, Re-
gensburg and Kassel, also re
cently blasted by BNtain-uasea
allied bombers.
It was the first big attack o
the war on the city and repre
sented a round-trip flight ot
more than 1,000 miles for the
raiders.
With a population of more
than 700,000, the city manufac
tures airplanes, munitions, chem
icals, textiles, rubber produclsr
and machinery.
Leipzig's big railroad yard Is
one of the prime Junctions for
traffic to the nazl's dire-pressed
Russian front.
Its airplane plants include en
gine and assembly factories for
the Junkers-88, which Is believed
to be one of the chief types en
gaged In recent London night
bombing, and Mosserschmltt
109's which, with the Focke
Wulfs, have constituted the Fort
resses' main opposition.
Yankees Also Score
The American daylight assault
on Dueren and the collateral
bombing of Gllze-Rijen airbase in
Holland which led the Leipslz at
tack yesterday In a round-the-clock
double blow at Germany,
brought out tho largest escort ot
American fighters ever put up
and was supplemented by RAF
Spitfires.
The powerful guard took the
(Continued on page 6)
War Fund Drive
In Douglas Makes
Good Progress
The canvass on behalf of the
National War fund Is making
good progress In all parts of the
county, Thomas Parkinson, coun
ty chairman, reported today. Sev
eral communities have sent in to
headquarters for additional sup
plies, Parkinson reported.
Solicitors are busy this week
In the Roseburg residential and
Industrial areas and are collect
ing contributions Irom firms and
employees. The solicitation is
being directed by D. E. Carr and
James Mess.
The city's residential districts
will be contacted next week by
workers organized by the Rose
burg Ministerial union.
The National War Fund cam
paign is being conducted through
out the entire nation to raise
funds for 17 national agencies,
while In Oregon funds also are
being collected for six state char
itable Institutions.
Giving precedence to the wat
fund solicitation, the treasury de
partment set no quota for war
bond sales during the month.
A lot of the boys on tho Euro
peon battle fronts art missing
out on the current duck season
at home, but they're sure gunn.
Ing a sizable horde of j"se
steppers.
Levity pact flanf
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