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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.
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