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RAF 11 i mm A Berlin Also Given Fresh Hammering Previous Raid on Reich, France Costs Allies 25 Planes, Germans 95 Invasion Costs More Money UpYourPayroll Savings today THED0UGLA5:COUN.TY DAILY VOL, XLVIII NO. 227 OF ROSE8URG REVIEW Wazis Brace For New Defense Line pso Built in pPripef Bogs i One Russian Army Takes ; Berdichev, Then Heads " For Rumanian Border MOSCOW, Jan. 6. (AP) The German armv of Marshal von Mannstcln has retreated Into the Pripet marshes and reformed for another stand along the pre-war Polish frontier west and south of Olevsk, a customs station which the soviels captured Monday. This stiffened resistance on the main route from Kiev to Warsaw developed as the massive drive of Gen. Vatutin's Ukraine army swept southward toward the Dniester river, the pre-war Ru manian border, at an accelerated pace following the capture of Ber dichev, a pivotal rail center 25 miles south of Zhitomir. Advices from the front said that von Mannstein had taken up positions favorable for defense with his left flank protected by i the marshes and was making a 'determined stand west of Olevsk J along the railway leading to Kow iel, a city 130 miles Inside the "former Polish border, and also In ithe region southward between iGorodnltz and Novorogod-Volyn-jskl. Capture of the latter town, j less than 20 miles from the pre- war border, was announced Tues- iday. i Nazis Destroy Bridges, t After his own forces had re- (rented across to their present po sitions, the nazi commander had an opportunity to destroy the .'bridges over two tricky water barriers In this area the Ubort Hver which flows Just west of plevsk and the Sluch river which swings In a northwesterly direc tion from Novogorod-Volynski. A dispatch to the Moscow News, '( 'Continued on page 6 In the Day's News 1 By FRANK JENKINS f HIS is Interesting: A Planes from a U. S. CAR RIER TASK FORCE tackle Jap ships in or near the harbor of Kavieng, at the north end of JNew Ireland, sink or beach two cruisers and bomb and strafe two destroyers, probably sinking one Sand damaging the other, j In a similar attack on Christ Jmas day in somewhat the same ';area, we sank a Jap destroyer ?and two cargo ships. I 7 HIS is the point: Up to VERY RECENTLY the Japs had OWNED the Bismarck sea, where these sinkings occur red, and our surface navy forces didn't dure to enter It. Now an American carrier task force) J-anges these former Jap waters fend Its planes shoot precious Jap ships to the bottom. i Though we can spare from the task of .licking Hitler only enough strength to nibble at the tdges of the Jap island empire, tve're making progress. I THERE'S no change In Europe as this Is written. One Russian column is moving westward Into old Poland, and another Is pushing to the south west to cut the Odessa railroad now (ess than 35 miles away, f Watch this situation. It carries GREAT possibilities, s ON the Dalmatian coast of the Adrlrtlc (across from Italy) Our airmen bomb the ports of Sibenic and Split. i Watch this spot also. From Sibenic and Split, railroads lead back into the Interior of Yugo slavia TOWARD TITO'S guer rilla forces which we'd want to Join uo with If we should make a landing In Yugoslavia, 'vi rl'RE bombing continuously the French coast around Ca lais sometimes referred to as : 'Continued on page 2) U. S. Surprise Landing Thrusts Japs Into Pincers wvioaong. vo i 0nQ li v-.v-v-. :::-.:--.. Shaaai Rtdae "V. Ia. mTkVSi ''if.- ''Vi -"v .ae o 160 Thousands of Japanese face death or surrender in Jungles of Northeastern New Guinea after a surprise invasion by General MacArthur's forces pinned the enemy in the Jaws of an Australian American pincers and opened the way for a full-scale American naval thrust Into the Bismarck sea. Striking unexpectedly, veteran U. S. Sixth army troops swarmed ashore early Sunday at Saidor, 55 miles below Madang and 115 miles northvest of Finschhafen, and seized the harbor and airfield without loss. Allied Air Fleet Destroys 17 Japanese Planes, 2 Freighters, New Series of Forays ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, New Guinea, Jan. 6. The destruction of 17 Japanese planes and two freighters, and a direct hit on an enemy cruiser re warded allied aerial assaults rang ing from Dutch Timor to New Ireland, a Southwest Pacific command communique reported today. The allies lost four air craft. United States marines on the eastern flank of Jhelr expanded Invasion holdings at Cape Glou cester, New Britain, took the ini tiative against Japanese in the Borgen bay area, using tanks and artillery with aerial support to drive the enemy farther east. The marines there had fre quently withstood Japanese at tacks while other leatherneck units which participated in the December 26 landing on the northwestern tip of the Island had driven ahead to capture the airdrome. The airdrome captors have ex tended their operations to make contact at Sag Sag, seven miles southwest of Cape Gloucester, with another marine invasion force which had landed south west of the cape. Gen. MacArthur's communique said a direct bomb hit on a Japan ese cruiser off New Hanover, north of the enemy base at Ka vieng, New Ireland, was scored by a bomber. It was In this quar ter that two Japanese cruisers and one destroyer were set afire by South Pacific carrier-based planes New Year's day. Dutch-manned Mitchell bomb ers and RAAF Beauforts blew up Sen. McNary Recovering From Tumor Operation WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. (AP) Senator McNary of Oregon who was operated on Nov. 15 for a brain tumor, Is making sat isfactory recovery at Fort Laud erdale, Fla., his office reported last night. The minority senate leader was operated on at naval hospital here and on advice of navy phy sicians will remain another month or two In the south. His wife and daughter, Charlotte, are with him. Food Program Meeting Scheduled in Roseburg A series of meetings pertaining to the details of Oregon's 1944 food production program have been scheduled for this month, according to a report from Ore gon State college. The meeting for Douelas county will be held In Roseburg January 14. State AAA and Oregon State college extension officials will conduct the meetings at county seats. Surprise landings and capture of Saidor harbor and airfield by American tr oops form pincers on Madang, together with . 1 Australian overland 'thrust horn south 1 ' Bismarck Sea ? ( C. Gloucester ... .MA.V ARAWE FinKhhaftn NuonGu" Sola mo uo Damages Cruiser in in South Pacific t ' two enemy cargo ships of 2,000 and 4,000 tons and shot down a bomber In a raid on Koepang, on the coas,t of Timor Island north west of Australia. One allied plane failed to return. Foe's Supplies Set Afire. Catalinas manned by Royal Australian air force fliers bomb ed Kavieng airdromes' . supply areas Monday night, starting many fires, and the next day American Liberator bombers blasted shipping In the harbor there and shot down three of 19 Japanese Interceptors which tried to interfere with the Liberators' chores. Six enemy fighting planes were shot down over Rabaul, Japanese plane base on northeastern New Britain, Monday by South Pa cific allied warblrds. Five other of the 20 Japanese fighters which attempted to prevent the strafing of Rapopo airdrome probably were destroyed. Two of the raid ing planes were lost. Troops of the American Sixth army are patrolling extensively inland and along the coast from the Invasion point established Sunday at Saidor, on the north coast of New Guinea. Japanese aerial interference cost the en emy two bombers and there fight ers. The allies lost one plan?. An enemy fighter and a recon naissance plane were destroyed by an American fighter patrol over Wewak, enemy coastal air and supply base northwest of Saidor. LONDON, Jan. 6. (AP) A Tokyo broadcast heard today by Reuters said "our forces In New Britain now are Inferior to enemy forces which have landed on the Island." American troops are steadily pushing Inland after winning two bridgeheads on the western end of this island. At the opposite end is the Important Japanese base of Rabaul. Air Raids Force Berlin To Abolish Famous Zoo LONDON, Jan. 6. (AP) The German-controlled Vichy radio said today that all the animals re maining In the once-famous Ber lin zoo had been removed after the last heavy raid on the Ger man capital the night of January 2. Most of the animals were sent to Barcelona, Spain, said the broadcast. Previous renorts from Berlin through neutral sources said that many of the animals had escaped from the zoo during the heavy bombing and that they had been hunted down by soldiers armed with tommyguns. ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, Stand Roboul NEW BRITAIN Go"to Strategic inations ot Soidor, Copt Gloucester, and Long Itlend cut Jap supply lints from northern New Guinea to Rabaul, tokt control Of Vitioi Str., to gie U. S. arjhip entry into Bismarck sea, hit'.trto controlled by the Jop jnese navy N. Y. City Enters Field For G. O. P. Convention WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (AP) A test of strength between pros pective presidential candidates appeared developing today on two Issues the republican national committee Is expected to settle at Its Chicago meeting next week the site of the party's nominating convention and control of Its Im portant arrangements committee. New York City's belated entry into the bidding gave elements of the party favorable to Wendell L. Wlllkle, the 1940 presidential nominee, a talking point to force the convention away from Chica go, where so-called Isolation sen timent has been strong In the past. There were Indications, too, that controversy may arise be tween the different presidential camps over the complexion of the arrangements committee, which traditionally picks the conven tion's keynote speaker and han dles other details. Including dis tribution of tickets to the gal leries. Slaying, Robbery Seen In War Veteran's Death UNION, Wash., Jan. 6(AP) Roy Beebe, 50, of Union was found dead last evening near Dewatto, east side of Hood Canal, his floating body tethered to a rowboat, Coroner Charles T. Wright announced today. Wright said he believed Beehe was slain yesterday afternoon dur ing a robbery, as the World war Veteran had cashed a $50 pen sion check, but no money was frund In his clothing. Beebe, a widower, was active In the American legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. nrw I IRELAND I Boyineton Downs 26th Japanese Plane; Courage, Skill NEW YORK, Jan. 6. ( AP) Major Gregory "Pappy" Boying ton of Oakanogan, Wash., has his 26th Japanese plane and that puts him all even with Major Joe Foss, another marine and the war's ace of aces to date. "Pappy" has been after that 26th plane and he got It In a raid over Rabaul, New Britain, three days ago for some time. He is at the advanced age for a fighter pilot of 30, and is about ready for a staff Job on the ground. Hl rank and seniority also make him aware his fighting days may be numbered. His record, released here with pride by marine headquarters, In cludes six Japanese planes knock ed down when he was with Chen nault's Flying Tigers and 19 with the marines. Other members of his "black sheep" squadron have expressed belief that Boylngton destroyed 40 Zeros In all. However, only JANUARY 6, 1944. Along Polish Frontier Battle Roges Hend-to-Hand Americans Win Half Of Italian City, Converted Into Maze of Pillboxes ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Alciers, Jan. 6. ( AP) Mud-caked .American troops, opening a long-awaited Fifth army offen sive with British troops on a 10 mile front in driving sleet and raih, have smashed and battered their way inside the pillbox maze of 'San Vlttore where they arc fighting the Germans handto Hand for possession of the re maining half of the town, allied headquartei-s announced today. The American and British ground forces, supported by wave upon wave of American invader dive-bombers which twisted through low hanging clouds to lay salvos of bombs on the enemy's gun positions, advanced an average of a mile In the first day of their offensive on the 10 mile froit, allied headquarters said. The advance was on a front five miles wide on either side of the. Via Casillna, the main road to Casslno and Rome. The British surged fonvard In the five-mile southern half of the sector from a point west of Roc cat while the Americans swept down from the 'heights' around San Vlttore on the north side of the road west of Vennfro. Entire Town Fortress i San Vittore, six miles from Cassino, had been converted Into a fortress with every house a pill box and with the Germans dug into wine cellars where the ter rific battering of allied artillery could not reach them. The en tire town was a system of forti fications and tank traps. But by noon Wednesday the Americans had driven through the outer defenses and taken half the town. Violent hand-to-hand conflict was taking place for the other half. Dispatches from the front said the Germans opened up the fiercest artillery and mortar fire in many weeks as the British and Americans rose from their positions and began their offen sive. "The Germans are fighting (Continued on page 6) More Snow, Cold Are Forecast for Oregon (By the Associated Press) The second general snowfall within a week loomed as a possi bility for Oregon today follow ing a night In which the mer cury plummeted to a low of 5 degrees al Klamath Falls and 8 at Baker. A general mercury drop throughout the state was predict ed for tonight by the weather bu reau, with clear weather to be succeeded by gathering clouds. Win Over Odds in Combat those seen to crash, explode or burn have been listed on his con firmed score. Scorns Odds In Battle The first time ho led his ma rine squadron into action, he shot down five Zeros In a single fight. Another time, while leading a flight of six fighter planes over Bougainville, he ran Into 50 Ja panese planes. Boylngton's half dozen took on the 50 and, In the ensuing dogfight, Pappy knock ed down three by himself in 60 seconds! As a result of this foray, Boy Ington returned several days later with a dozen planes, circled mockingly over the Kahili air drome until 20 Japanese planes came up to fight. Twelve were shot down; Boylngton's share again was three. Once, forced down when his motor cut out after a strafing mission, Boylngton landed at an emergency base and the squad VOL. XXXII NO. Dean of Women Writers Passes Ida M. Tarbell. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Jan. 6. (AP) Miss Ida Minerva Tar bell, dean of American women writers, died today at Bridgeport hospital of pneumonia at the age of 86. Miss Tarbell gained a top-notch place among American writers with her books on Abraham Lin coln. She first gained wide prom inence early in the century with a series of critical articles on John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and the old Standard OH company. Sea-Air Power of U.S. Leads World, Naval Aide Reports NEW YORK, Jan. 6. (AP) American shipyards, working at high speed and doubling the size of the navy in a year, built 65 aircraft carriers of all types In 1943. James Forrestal, undersecre tary of the navy, disclosed this record figure on carrier produc tion today. "The United States navy," For restal said, "now has in being forces which constitute the great est sea and air striking power in history No other nation on -earth could have come within a fraction of last year's accom plishments In terms of time, quan tity and quality. "What shall we do with this power when the war is over?" he asked. "Shall we destroy It as we did a quarter of our combat ant tonnage in 1922 and go back to bed for another 20 years?": . Quoting the statement of Prime Minister Smuts of South Africa that "peace without power re mains an empty dream," For restal asserted Smuts said "In substance, that peace was ob tainable only If guaranteed by the power of nations who want peace." "Naturally, he Included the United States as one of those na tions," he said. "And I would like to add to his remarks my own conviction that far into the future our own nntlonal security must have as Its first foundation the maintenance of the great sea and air power which the United States navy is now In the process of building." ron proceeded , without h 1 m. When his plane was fixed, he characteristically made a beeline for Kahili and, only 40 feet above the amazed Japanese on the land ing strip, strafed a pair of bomb ers In their revetments. Before finishing the run home, he at tacked an enemy destroyer and emptied his guns in a barge fill ed with Jap troops. Began As A Stunt Filer Boylngton got the urge to fly after a hop with Clyde Pangborn, the round-the-world flier, when he came to the little town of St. Maries, Idaho, In 1928. The youngster tossed handbills over the side of the plane for Pang- born. Boylngton Joined the marines as an aviation cadet on May 15, 1935, a year after he received a B. S. In aeronautical engineering at the University of Washington. After flight training, Boylng- (Continued on page 6) i- , v ia-?i m 209 OF THE EVENING NEWS Lend-lease Flow Ebbing, F. R. Reports U. S. Aid Enables Allies To Repel Axis; Decisive Blows in '44 Forecast WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (AP) President Roosevelt, In a re port placing total lend-lease aid to America's allies at $18,608,000,000 through November 30, declared today that 1944 "will be a year of decisive actions In the war." He declared the United Nations had Increased their powers to de feat the axis and had "beaten back our enemies on every front." At allied war councils at Te heran and Cairo a few weeks ago, the president said, plans were made for major offensives which will speed victory. "With the closer unity there achieved," he asserted, "we shall be able to strike ever Increas ing blows until the unconditional surrender of the nazls and Ja panese." He credited lend-lease with In creasing the power of allied offen sives, emphasizing tremendous In creases In shipments of muni tions. It was his thirteenth report on lend-lease since the program be gan In March, 1941. Flow Is Lessening. ' Up to the end of November, the program", which was described as "an essential element of Unit ed Nations strategy," took 13.5 cents out of every dollar of Ameri can war expenditures. Although the first eleven months of 1943 accounted for $10, 356,000,000 of the total of lend- (Contlnued on page 6) Chemical, Arms Makers Faced By Anti-Trust Suit WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (AP) A civil suit charging E. I. du Pont de Nemours, the Remington Arms company, and Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., giants of the United States and British chemicals and arms industries, with maintaining an International cartel agreement In violation of the Sherman anti-trust act, was filed In New York today by the Justice department. Attorney General Blddle said the complaint alleged restraint of trade In the manufacture of chemical products, fire arms, and ammunition. The complaint described du Pont as the largest manufacturer of chemical products In this coun try with total assets of about one billion dollars, Including the own ership of approximately 23 per cent of the stock of General Mo tors corporation; Remington as the largest manufacturer of sport ing arms and ammunition In the United States, and since 1933 con trolled by du Pont; and Imperial Chemical Industries as having a virtual monopoly of the chemical Industry In Great Britain. World Marts Divided. It was alleged that sometime prior to 1920 du Pont and ICI reached an understanding with each other for the elimination of competition In the sale of explo sives In all parts of the world, and that by this understanding, du Pont was nllocated the United States and Central America as Its exclusive sales territory and ICI was allocated the rest of the world with the exception of Canada, Newfoundland and South Ameri ca. "Both companies were to re frain from manufacture In or ex port to each other's exclusive markets while Canada, Newfound land and South America were to be shared by both companies on a non competitive basis," the com plaint stated. "It was further agreed that pro fits from the sale of commercial explosives In South America were to be divided equally; and In Can ada the firm of Canadian Indus tries, Ltd., Jointly owned by both, would be utilized to eliminate competition between them." LONDON, Jan. 6. (AP) Stet tin, Germany's biggest port on , the Baltic, was blasted by the RAF's town wreckers last night and Berlin was bombed by Mos quito raiders in a double-edged assault calculated to disrupt the emergency supply system of the battered capital and shatter an Important maritime lifeline to the Russian front. The air ministry, In announc ing the Stettin attack, said the assault was carried out in bright moonlight on a heavy scale with the storm of bombs well concen trated on the objectives. Besides hitting Berlin lor the second night In a row, thus al lowing the bomb-pitted capital but one night's surcease since Sunday, the Mosquitos directed other blows at targets In western Germany and northern France. Fifteen aircraft were lost In the assorted attacks which in cluded the 1,300-mile round trip raid on Stettin. The latter port, a city of 260, 000 which is 75 miles northwest of Berlin, was last hit on April 20 when 90 buildings of a mam moth chemical factory were de stroyed and severe damage done to edible oil factories, barracks, and ammunition stores. Vital Traffic Disrupted Besides being an Important ( marine and railroad terminal for supply of Germany's Baltic Iront in Russia, Stettin Is a key peg in Hitler's industrial structure where many submarines and small ships are turned out. With extensive damage In the last few weeks to communica tions into Berlin and the disrup tion of the commercial center of Leipzig to the south recently, it was likely, too, that such emer gency truffle including the ship, ment of bread into Berlin had been diverted to routes through . Stettin. J. -A--. - 1 c The bdnlbln t ot the port city may therefore have been another blow In the battle of Berlin. . Reports from Switzerland yes terday said the German capital was now half destroyed and that another 25 per cent of the city was badly damaged. The RAF's thundering night fleet took off early in the eve ning for the long Journey and did not get back until dawn. But the losses were appreciably less than last April when Stettin and Ros tock were raided and 31 bomb ers were lost In the Joint attack. Danish broadcasts said Copen hagen anti-aircraft batteries open ed fire as the planes passed over head. Score Favors Allies Meanwhile, the Stockholm Aft ontidningen reported that the ar senal and the Important Deutsche Werke naval shipyard at Kiel were almost completely destroy ed in yesterday's bomber raid in which airfields at Bordeaux and Tours In France and other In dustrial targets in western Ger many were hard hit. The ship yard built the pocket battleship Luetzow, the battleship Gneisen au and the aircraft carrier Grat Zeppelin. The U. S. bombers and escort ing fighters which participated In the sweeping raids on Ger many and France yesterday were credited officially with shooting down 95 nazi planes the biggest score hung up since the Dec. 21 attack on Kmden, when 138 enemy fighters were destroyed. Yesterday's raids, which ex tended over a record 800-mile front, cost a total of 25 bombers and 12 fighters. The attack on Kiel was the second assault on that vital Ger many shipbuilding center by American heavy bombers In as many days. The Berlin radio said that the (Continued on page 6) Orlando Hollis Named Acting U. of O. Prexy PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (AP) The state board of higher eduoation today named Orlan do J. Hollis acting president of the University of Oregon, succeeding Dr. Donald M. Erb, who died last month. Hollis has been aotlng dean of the University law school. LWty pact fnf y L, r. fUlMnsUla Suggestion for a New Year's resolution: That you'll quit of fering alibis for trying to pass a stsel (or steal) penny off for a dime.
