WHnlliifIiiinifliiiil On iatllt wh dm of wf war. UeVt itl totku Buy More Wk Ul D I. Sii iiui ounas For Fratdom' Soke THtTDOUGL&SXOUIMTY DAL? m- jwm Jm v.ic-, f-r. m m a i a i l m ar l . a a . a a. , a a m n i r ti - y rjr mr vr w uv tfOL. XLVIII NO. 171 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW In The Day's News I By FRANK JENKINS DNEPROPETROVSK falls, and (he Germans are retreating along a 200-mile front from Kre menchug to the Sea of Azov, abandoning immense quantities of supplies as they retire. Their Dnieper line has been smashed, and they're retreating to a new defense line at the Bug, less than 100 miles from the Ru manian border. AN official Russian communique describes the retreat as DIS ORDERED. If true, that is tremendously important. So far ,1he Germans have generally fought coolly and skilfully, even in the face of ap palling disaster as at Stalin grad. If widespread disorder accom panies their Ukraine retreat, it marks a turning point. LONDON thinks that maybe a million Germans are involved in the retreat to the Eng. They are being pursued by four Rus sian armies. THE latest rumor thriller: The Polish telegraph agency in London, quoting, underground sources, says thu Germans have already MINED Lwow, 100 miles west of the former Polish-Russian border and 300 miles from the nearest fighting at Kiev. (The purpose in mining a city is to be ready to destroy it if it has to be evacuated.) You'd better keep your fingers crossed on that one. Its implica tions are a bit too sensational to be true. THE Russian air force is report ed completely DOMINANT in the Ukrainian skies indicating that the nazis have had to pull a large part of their fighter force home to defend Germany against our bombing. CLARK'S and Montgomery's ad vance on Rome is proceeding slowly but apparently inexorably. The Germans appear to be retir ing to a new defense line a liltle farther north. WE'RE still bombing German positions In the Balkans from our new bases In Italy. There's no further news of the civil war between Tito's Partisans and Mi- (Continued on page 2) Moscow Huddle Success, Roosevelt Says; Agreements Will be Made Public Later WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (AP) President Roosevelt said today that the Moscow conference has been a great success and he in dicated it was in its final phases where formal documents of agreement are being drafted. Mr. Roosevelt told a press-radio conference also that he was very much in favor of a senate declaration that, to avoid war in the future, this country will co operate with others. But ho did not care to say that the Connal ly resolution under discussion in the senate was adequate. The chief executive asserted that the net results of the meet ing of Russians, British and American foreign ministers make it a tremendous success not only from the point of view of def inite items of agreement, but also from the standpoint of the spirit or it. The overall objective, of course, he said, is peace in the world and the end of aggression. That is far and away the most important thing before the con ferees. Mr. Roosevelt said. Confidence In Russia A reporter remarked that the president seemed "confident of Russia's willingness to cooperate in maintaining peace." and Mr. Roosevelt said emphatically that Bloody Fall of Vital City to Reds Held Certain Enormous Booty Gained By Russians Driving Germans Into Crimea LONDON, Oct. 29 (AP) A mighty Russian tank force crush ing down on Krivoi Rog, strate gic Dnieper loop city, from the north, began its second day of battle today with last-ditch Ger man armor In a fierce struggle lor possession of the iron mine and rail center. The battle is "still in full prog ress," the Gerjnan high command communique saiu. The nazis as serted they had destroyed 115 Russian tanks. South of Dnieper loop, red ar my troops were plunging through the wide steppes of the southern Ukraine less than 60 miles from Perekop, last door of escape open to the nazl Crimean garrisons, Moscow said. The Russians, advancing at a rate of from 12 to 18 miles a day, would reach the gates of Perekop within a week if that pace is maintained. Capture of the village of Ni- zhne-Saragozhy, highway junc tion in the heart of the steppe country 40 miles west of Melito pol and only 44 miles from the Dnieper river town of Kakhovka, cleared the 'way for the rapid westward sijige. More than 3,000 Germans were killed In the bat tle for Nizhne-Saragozhy. The Russians found 250 freight cars left behind when the enemy fled the town. Krivoi Rog's Fall Near At Krivoi Rog, a strengthened German garrison was stubborn ly resisting massed Russian as saults from three sides, but cap ture of the city appeared inevi table as the Russian pressure in creased. Other red army forces surged 35 miles to the northwest of the besieged city to capture Marianovka, cutting the Snamen- ka-Nikolaev railway leading to . (Continued on page G.) Klamath Falls-Lakeview Naval Air Base Planned WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (AP) Representative Stockman of Oregon said yesterday the navy planned to start construction in a few days on a naval air base at Klamath Falls and Lakcvlew, Or. Stockman said he was told the navy would erect its own hous ing at the base. The main air port, he said, would be at Klam ath Falls and the site at Lake- view would be used for the tar get practice, overnight stops and for gassing planes. he had always had such confi dence. To a question whether he thought the Moscow parley had "confirmed and strengthened" this confidence, the chief execu tive replied in the affirmative. He said he did not know any thing more than he had two weeks ago about the possibility that the discussions would lead to another tripartite talk In which he, Prime Minister Church ill and Premier Stalin would be the principals. Cynics Discredited Mr. Roosevelt said a lot of cyn ics had felt when the Moscow deliberations began that all the participants would agree to dis agree, that there would be a lot of suspicion and that they would not get anywhere. But the spirit of the whole conference, he said, has been amazingly good. He gave equal credit for this to Sec retary of State Hull and to the Russians and British. What specific documents and agreements have been reached, Mr. Roosevelt did not disclose. j At the proper time, the president said, they will he revealed, prob ably from Moscow. Mr. Roosevelt said the confer ees had been talking things over ' quietly and that relations indi ROSEBU. ' .cGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1 KrivoiRog Battle Rages in 2nd Day Searchers Still Without Trace Of C. W. Andrus Searching parties engaged in the hunt for C. W. Andrus, 76- year old Roseburg elk hunter, wno nas been missing from a camp in the Williams creek dis trict of the coast range west of Roseburg since Monday night. are today widening the area of their search but will probably DC torced to abandon their ef forts soon, Sheriff Bud Cartel reported today. The base camp from which searchers were operating was moved back toward the Baugh man settlement today to prevent men and equipment from being marooned by expected snow. Search Thursday by 38 men, accompanied by 15 dogs, failed to reveal any trace of the missing hunter. Experienced woodsmen today are following out ridges and creeks, while one party, working westward from the foot hills, will climb to the camp lev el, searching all trails, water ways, etc. Hope of finding Andrus alive lias been abandoned, Carter said, as it was not believed he could survive the wet and cold for such a long period of time. Heavy un dergrowth and deep ferns make it doubtful if the body of the el derly man would be found ex cept by chance, the sheriff re ported. Only 6th of Dads Will Be Drafted, Hershey Thinks BOSTON, Oct. 29-(AP) Ma jor General Hershey believes that not more than 1,000,000 of the 6, 000,000 available fathers between W and 38 will be drafted. "Deferments for industry and the high rate of medical rejec tions will probably result in only one out of six reaching service." the national selective service di rector said last night. Hershey added that by July 1. 1D44, "we will have completed the draft of fathers and then we will either reexamine the 4-F's or induct men over 38. I person ally like the 4-F's." He said that before this year is over "wo will be pretty well into our supply of fathers." Oil Firms Seek Leases On Columbia County Land ST. HELENS, Ore., Oct. 29. (AP) Two oil companies were reported today seeking leases to approximately 4,500 acres of land owned by Columbia county be tween St. Helens and Vernonia. County officials declined to dis close the names of the firms but indicated both were more inter ested in natural gas than oil. One company was reported to have sunk a test well 800 feet and tapped a gas supply. No action has been taken by Hie county court. vidually had been what he term ed about 100 per cent. They are attempting, he said, to work toward the objective of unanimity, not only on the progress of the war but also in the transition period afterward. The conference, he said, has been engaged in big things rather than in crossing t's and dotting i's. Commitment Avoided Regarding the senate's foreign policy proposal, Mr. Roosevelt said he thought some general language would emerge and he remarked that too specific terms might have to be changed at some later time. He was asked whether, if the senate adopts the pending reso lution, he would feel bound by it. That is hard to say, he re plied, adding that he might not like it. But he expressed the view that some declaration of general sentiment would be fine. A reporter said there had been some feeling that the resolution, if adopted, would relieve him of the responsibility of submitting any international agreement on collaboration against war to the senate for ratification. That, said thp president, is a new one to him. Treasury Isle Attack Routs Jap Garrison Seizure Opens Way for Allied Mop-up of Foe's Last Bases in Solomons ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct. 29. (API Warships, planes and troops of Admiral Halsey have stormed the 't reasury is lands, 30 miles south of Bougain ville, as the entering wedge to prv the Japanese loose from their last Solomons bases and fling open the door to Rabaul. The operation, disclosed today In war reports, was executed brilliantly. Beginning last f noay, American bombers completely knocked out nearby enemy air fields with 500 tons of explosives. In the darkness before dawn Wednesday, naval guns of a task force commanded by Rear Adm. Theodore S. Wilkinson poured shells on Mono and Stirling, tiny coral reefs comprising the Treas ury group. Just as daylight appeared, American and New Zealand troops moved off big ships to landing barges and headed for the beaches. Overhead, swarms of planes roamed unchallenged. Warships laid down a smoke screen. Rain squalls added a na tural curtain. Mortar fire greeted first ar rivals. These weapons were sil enced quickly. Then the Japanese broke and (led into the hills. "It was a splendid Navy day show," Admiral Wilkinson told all hands. Jap Claim Unconfirmed Once mopping up is completed, heavily-wooded Mono and the tiny plantation isle of Stirling provide Admiral Halsey with positions close to the Sliortlands, potential stepping stones for an invasion of Bougainville. The enemy's airfields on Southern Bougainville already have been cratercd into present uselessness. The operations unfolded pre cisely as planned, a spokesman for Admiral Halsey said, and al lied casualties were light. Radio Tokyo, in making the first announcement of the Mono landing, said Japanese planes sank an allied warship- but the (Continued on page G.) Meat Points Cut, Margarine, Farm Butter Increased WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (AP) A reduction of one and two points in the ration cost of 42 types of veal, lamb, mutton and pork cuts was announced Thurs day night by the OPA for Novem ber. Creamery butter was left unchanged at 16 points a pound. Other main listings in the No vember ration chart: Farm butter is increased from 10 Mints a pound to 12 and pro cessed butter from 4 to 6 points. Margarine is raised from 4 points to G. Shortening, as well as salad and cooking oils, is increased from 4 to 5 points. Cream cheese, creamed cottage cheese, neufchatel and creamed spreads are raised from 3 to 5 points. OPA said that while the 16 point value for creamery butter has reduced consumption near producing areas as intended, there Is small possibility of civil ian butter supplies increasing greatly In the near future. "Father of Blues" Songs Suffers Skull Fracture NEW YORK, Oct. 29-(AP) William C. Handy, 69, composer of the "St. Louis Blues," was on the serious list at Harlem hospi tal today where he was taken yesterday after he suffered a pos- ble skull fracture in a fall from a subway platform. The partially blind Negro mu sician has written more than 60 blues songs during the past 20 years, earning the name "the fa ther of the blues." 943. U. S. National-Douglas National Bank Merger Effective November 1; Business to Operate Under One Roof A joint announcement issued today by J. H. Booth, president ot the Douglas 'National bank, and Paul S. Dick, president of the United States National bank, slated that plans had been com pleted for the merging of the two banks to become effective Monday, November 1st. The mer ger brings together the facilities and services of the Douglas Na tional and the Roseburg branch of the United States National bunk under one roof and man agement. Banking quarters to be used will be those of the Doug las National, with additional space provided by the taking over of the Parrott building on the north, recently purchased by Mr. Boolh from Umpqua post of the American Legion. The bank will operate as the Roseburg branch of the United States Na tional bank. The combined resources of the two banks will make a total in excess of 400 million dollars, providing Roseburg with a breadth of service and lending capacity equal to any city in Ore gon. The Douglas National bank was established in 1883 and occu pied a postion of foremost prom inence among banks in this state. The United States National bank established lis branch in Rose burg in 1936 by purchase of the former Roseburg National bank. It has long occupied the position of the largest banking institution in Oregon. It also has the envla-MA-record of being- the '37th largest bank in the United Slates. At the time of the recent bank call by the the comptroller of currency, as of October 18, total deposits of I he two banks stood at $103,637,512.84. Wider Benefits Foreseen In commenting upon the mer ger of the two banks, Mr. Booth expressed the opinion that the customers of both banks would benefit by the consolidation of facilities and resources. First larger banking quarters will be Lonergan Admits Slaying His Wife NEW YORK, Oct. 29. (AP) Bleary-eyed and weary, Wayne Lonergan stumbled up the plat form steps at the police lineup to day ancf meekly answered ques tions preliminary to his arraign ment later In homicide court on a charge of slaying his pretty heiress wife, Patricia, in her, la vish Beekman hill apartment. "Wayne, did you make a state ment to the district attorney re garding this case?" asked Acting Captain Edward Dillion. "Yes I did," answered the strapping 25-year-old Royal Cana dian air force cadet. ATter his brief appearance in police headquarters Lonergan was hurried to District Attorney Frank S. Hogan's office, where Ilogan announced late yesterday that the one time playboy had confessed killing bis wire by striking her with two heavy brass candlesticks and strangling her Sunday. Ilogan said Lonergan gave as his reason for the crime his wife's refusal to let him see their 18-months old son, Wayne Wil liam Lonergan, who lay asleep in another room in the Lonergan apartment. When he was booked last night he tersely commented "I'm sorry for the whole thing." Actor O'Brien's Son Hurt In Dash Against Auto SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 29. (API Film Actor Pat O'Brien's son. 7,was injured with a playmate, Thomas Rasselto, al so 7, when, police said they ran into an automobile yesterday in front of St. Monica's parish school where they are pupils. Young O'Brien suffered shock and bruises and his companion a possible brain concussion. Offi cers reported the car was driven by Cecil J. I lerbcrtson, Denver, Colo. VOL. XXXII NO. provided by taking over the building adjoining the present Douglas National bank building and utilizing these expanded quarters now being remodeled preparatory to occupancy; sec ond, the capacity for service to this community In further .devel opment will be almost without limitation; third, the statewide contacts which the United States National bank affords through its 26 units or branches in Ore gon will be valuable in keeping up with the progress of the state at large. Paul S. Dick expressed the gratification of the United States National bank's executives in the merger by pointing out that this should assist in Intensifying growth of the community agri culturally, Industrially and com mercially. He cited the lumber industry as one specific activity destined to increase the prosper ity of this community. "The cen ter of the lumber industry is def initely moving southward in Ore gon," said Mr. Dick, "and Doug las county seems to be the future, pivolal point of production. Not only are we joining the facilities of the two banks for a broader service, but we are also uniting our desire, ability and willing ness to advance the interests of this community as largely and rapidly as possible." Mr. Booth, who has been pres ident of the Douglas National since January 11, 1909, will con tinue his banking service by be coming1 vice president of . the United Slates National bank and manager of the Roseburg branch. Other executive duties will be handled by E. S. McClaln, who has been manager of the United Stales National's Rose burg branch, and II. W. Booth, who has been vice president and cashier of the Douglas National. They will serve as assistant vice presidents. The operating force will be drawn from the working statfs of the two banks at the time of the merger. jap Diet Member Commits Suicide CHUNGKING, Oct. 29. (AP) A Japanese Domei news agency broadcast from Tokyo reported the death by suicide of Seigo Ma kano, ultra-fascist member of the Japanese diet, after a speech by Premier Tojo before the diet Wed nesday night, Chinese monitors said today. Chinese newspapers attributed Makano's reported suicide to his conviction that Japan faced ulti mate defeat In the present war. Nakano, characterized as per haps the most ardent advocate ot aggression against the United States and Great Britain, was be-li-vcd here to have taken his life after something he heard during Wednesday's session of the diet convinced him Japan was doom ed. On returning home early Thurs day morning, the Domei dispatch said, Nakano was alleged to have written a three-page letter con tinuing the phrase: "I gaze at Japan and die, but I have no re grels." Nakano was reported to have taken his life by severing his Jugular vein, and not by the tra ditional Japanese method of hcri klki. The Chinese press regard his action as a symptom of po litical unrest in Japan and be lieve It would profoundly affect the Japanese people. 1,200.000 Nail Civilians Slain in Aerial Raids LONDON, Oct. 29. (AP) A total of 1,200,080 German civil ians have been killed, or report ed missing and believed killed, in air raids from the beginning of the war to Oct. 1, Swiss dispatch es, quoting official German gov ernment statistics, said today. The Zurich dispatches to Lon don newspapers said also that 6, 953.000 Germans have been bombed out and evacuated. Civilian air raid casualties In the British Isles totalled 48.282 killed, or reported missing and believed killed, up to Sept. 30. 153 OF THE EVENING NEWS Warships Hit Rear of Nazi Defense Line Land Forces Meanwhile Score Gains in Italy Against Artillery Fire ALLIED HE A D QUARTERS, Algiers, Oct. 29 (AP) An American cruiser and destroyers, pouring broadsides Into Marshal Rommel's line of communications along the ancient Applan way, pounded the Minturno area to the rear of his Mt. Massico posi tions, allied headquarters an nounced today, as the allied Fifth and Eighth armies punched out short advances In the face of massed artillery. Fighting through a driving rain, the Americans of Lt. Gen. Clark smashed through rivulets and up bristling mountainsides for a gain of three miles in the Sparanlso area. They threatened the town of Teano, where four roads join to the east of Mt. Mas sico, the lofty anchor of the Rom mel line defending Rome. Teano is 94 miles southeast of the Ital ian capital. The Fifth army's coastal flank still faced the Regia canal, only four miles north of the Vollurno, In Its frontal advance on Mt. Mas sico and Mondragone, with Brit ish elements for the most part not yet over the barrier. Farther to the northeast, in the Ravlscanina region, the Fifth ar my consolidated lis gains in im portant high ground dominating the valley roads leading north along the upper Vollurno toward Venafro, another key point in the Rommel line. (The German communique said nazl forces had been obliged to withdraw to. new mountain posi tions on both sides of Iho Vollur no In the face of powerful allied assaults.) Bitter Resistance Met On the Eighth army front Gen. Montgomery's veterans clashed bitterly with the enemy on the Adriatic coast road near San Salvo, two miles north . of the Trlgno river and three miles in land, where the Germans were making every effort to prevent enlargement of the shallow al lied brideghead north of the stream. Fifleen miles inland, where Montgomery's warriors have not (Continued on page 6.) Estranged Husband Kills Daughter, Wounds Self, Son PASCO, Oct. 29 (AP)- Frank lin County Sheriff Grover Rus sell said today that E. L. Dale of Pasco was under custody in a hospital after fatally shooting his two-year-old daughter, Llla I,ce, and wounding himself and his four-year-old son, KM wood, short ly alter midnight. The attending physician, Dr. George Volava, said botli the father and the son had a "fair chance of recovery." The shooting occurred in the bedroom of Dale's brother-in-law, VV. F. Young, where the chil dren and Mrs. Dale were staying. They returned to Pasco recently from Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, where Mrs. Dale had taken the children to live with her moth er, Mrs. R. C. Young, after sep arating from her husband. Sheriff Russell said Mrs. Dale told him her husband threatened her life Monday when she refus ed to return to him. At that time, she said, site telegraphed her mother, asking her to come for the children. When Mrs. Young arrived In Pasco at midnight last night she was met by Dale, who accompa nied her to her son's home. The sheriff said she told him she did not know of her daughter's sep aration. At the Young home, Dale again asked for a reconciliation and when refused, requested to see the children. Entering the bedroom, he pulled a gun and fired at the two sleeping children and then turned the gun on him self, Russell said. 77,000 Miners i In 11 States Remain Idle . Government Setiure of ' Mines, Army-Directed ' Operation Are Probable WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (APT . The number of idle mine work ers neared 77,000 In 11 states to day while President Roosevelt withheld any hint of his plans to meet the new coal crisis the fourth In six months. Replying to news conference questions, Mr .Roosevelt said the War Labor board's report on coal was in the top of his basket of papers, but nothing had been done with it yet. The CIO members of the WLB issued a brief statement register ing their dissent from the majori ty decisions in the Illinois bltu minious coal case, saying: . "We dissent on the majority de cision of the board due to the fact that we deeply feel that the joint wage contract should have been approved." It was signed by Van A. Blttner and John Brophy, both former officials of the Unit ed Mine Workers. The critical labor situation was highlighted by tense develop ments: 1. The number of idle mine workers exceeded 76,000 early to day and the figure was expected to grow hourly. 2. The War Labor board refer red the strikes to the president, making government seizure of the idle mines virtually impera tive under the war labor disputes act. Such seizure would immedi ately make any person who en couraged Interruption of produc tion subject to criminal prosecu tion. If the president orders the seizure before Monday, it will give tremendous import to the meeting of United Mine Workers policy committee on that day 3. The WLB announced its de-' cislon In the Pennslyvania an thracite miners' wage dispute, awarding an increase of 32.2 cents a day under the "little steel" formula, free tools and equipment estimated to be worth 20 to 25 cents a day, and an in crease in - the Annual- -vacation -payment from $20' to $50. The an thracite miners had asked an in crease of $2 a day and portpl-to. portal pay, and nn unfavorable reaction to the decision was seen immediately. Effects Already Felt The most serious impact of the strike was reported from Ala bama whore the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad company said a shutdown of its vast Ensley steel works was Imminent because of a fuel shortage. The anthracite industry was feeling the effects of the miners : dissatisfaction even before the WLB's decision was announced. Some local unions voted not to work today, regarding Oct. 29 as a traditional holiday in honor of John Mitchell, a predecessor of (Continued on page 6) Oregon May Buy Liquor Jointly With Washington PORTLAND. Oct. 29 (API- Oregon will join Washington in purchasing 70,000 cases of whis key if State Treasurer Scott ap proves the voucher for the sale. the Oregonlan said today In a dispatch rrom Olympla, Wash. Washington liquor commission ers have been negotiating there tor purcnase ot two Kentucky distilleries and their liquor stocks which would total about 1,000,000 cases of 90 proof Bourbon whis key. Lvro Beckett, chairman of the Washington state liquor control board, was quoted as saying Gov ernor Snell, Secretary of State Farrell and two members of the Oregon liqour commission ap proved of Oregon joining in the purchase. Berkheimer Plant in '"""! Tacoma Erased by Fire TACOMA, Oct. 29. (AP) The ' plant of the J. E. Berkheimer Manufacturing company was vir tually wiped out by fire which raged through the plant through out last night. Jesse E. Berk heimer, the owner, estimated the loss at "at least $250,000." Only few charred walls remain standing. Rebellious Yuqolslavs, sup posedly united under General Mihaliovitch again the natis. are now split Into opposite fac tions, according to report. making it difficult tor tr.o ailie to tell yitch is yitch. .j vity pact jant By U r. lUUenitaia m Mr " I