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US. WHAT in in rem m mm 201 Japanese Planes, 19 Ships Destroyed in Two-Day Attack On Naval Base, Nimitz Reports Americans Lose Only 19 Aircraft, One Ship Damaged; Chiefs of Jap Army, Navy Staffs Ous t Result of Reverse, Premier Tojo Taking Over Mii pNnmand. ' U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Peahf ceb. 21. (AP) Nineteen Japanese ships sunk, at least V oy ' destroyed and terrific damage to land installations, score today in the United States Pacific fleet raid on Ttuk, enemy's primary naval base in the central Pacific. ' Admiral Nimitz, commander of the fleet, told the story of the destruction wrought by carrier planes in the raid Wednesday and Thursday,, and called it a "partial settlement" of the debt owed Japan for the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Nimiti made no mention of troop landings at Truk, as the Tokyo radio had announced, but he said his airmen sank the following ships:' ; Two light cruisers, three destroyers, one ammunition ship, one seaplane tender, two oilers, two gunboats and eight cargo ships. . One cruiser or large destrover, two oilers and four cargo ships were listed as probably sunk. American fliers shot down 127 enemy aircraft in combat and destroyed 74 more on the ground. More than 50 additional Ja panese planes were damaoed before thev could take to the air. The attackers paid for this with only 17 planes lost and "moderate damage" to one surface ship, which Nimitz did not identify. By FRANK JENKINS AN appropriation of 230-odd millions to finance the state, commerce . and Justice depart ments of the federal govcrnrneTil at Washington has just been ap proved by congress. The hearings on the bill were highlighted by testimony by Cordell Hull, secre tary of state. Hull's statements to the com mittee were so sane, so sound, so truly expressive of the kind of . thinking that has made the Unit ed States of America the great business nation it is as to be little short of astounding In these head-in-the-rosy-clouds days. PERHAPS some thought to that effect flashed across Hull's mind as he spoke. At any rate, he said to the members of the com mittee (almost as If In apology): "It Is too late In life for me to join the bureaucrats." REFERRING to the vast prob lems of world diplomacy that must be dealt with by his depart ment, Secretary Hull said : "The final goal of this war should be a durable, just and STABLE world order." He continued: "A SOUND COMMERCIAL POLICY Is one of the corner stones of such an order." He then added: ; "We should not strive to get one-sided agreements at the ex pense of some other country. Such a policy will react disas trously on anv nation following It. and In the end everybody will suf fer." IVERY business man who has L ever made a ONESIDED deal, giving him all the benefits and the other follow none, will agree with him. Such deals may SOUND smart, but It is the uni versal experience of good busi ness men that they seldom work out satisfactorily. tOV may question that state f ment. It Is certainly believed bv manv (mostly not too well In formed) people that business is a skin game in which the primary object Is to outwit the other fel low and take his shirt. Really. It ISN'T true. It Is the experience of most capable business men that when thpv nut over a slick deal that plves them the long end of the h"eflt pnt the other follow Vr-py FEW benefits. It usually turns oift to he unprofitable in the lnnir run. Somewnv the other follow al ways seems to find a way to get 'Continued on page 2) v In The Day's -News (The Tokvn radio acknowledged todnv that Jnnan hud suffered h""vv lows in the American at took on Truk and announced si multaneously that both the chiefs of the JaDanese armv and navv poneral staffs had been relieved of their posts. (Premier Tolo. a broadcast said, has personally assumed the role of chief of the army gener al staff In a sweeping shakeuo that sepmed to be a direct result of 'he American assault. (In a broadcast to the United Slates, the Tokvo radio quoted an Imperial headauarters communl oue as acknowledging the attack on Truk had cost the Japanese two cruisers, throe destroyers, 13 transports and 120 planes. (Another) broadcast quoted an annpuncerrjentof lha navy minis try as saying that Fleet Admiral Naeano, chief of the Japanese na w's general staff, had been "re lieved of his post." The announce ment added that Emneror Hlro hito had named Admiral Shl mada, naw minister, to serve concurrently as chief of the na val general staff. (The Tokyo radio said the Jap anese war ministry announced that Field Marshal Suglyama had been relieved of his post as chief of the army general staff and that Premier Tojo had taken over the job.) Shore Facilities Blasted There was no air opposition the second day of the attack on Truk, Nimitz said. This testified to the great strength and accur acy of the first day attack which eliminated the enemy's air force from action. It also hinted at the great dam age that must have been done to the drydock and ship repair yards, air strips, gun positions, supply dumps and other installa tions of the big base under blows delivered without anv enemy plane in the sky to dispute the attack. . "Shore facilities on the princi pal Islands. Including airdrome runways and installations, were thoroughly bombed and strafed," the communique said. Pearl Harbor Loss Recounted The admiral's statement that the attack was only partial set tlement for the Pearl Harbor (Continued on page 6.) Los Angeles Raked By Hail and Ram LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 (AP) "Look, now!" cried astounded Angelenos yesterday as hall thickly carpeted much of the city during a thundering storm that loft an estimated 65,000 homos without electricity. Lashing rain stalled automobil es and streetcars and inundated parked vehicles, and wind toppled trees. Lightning disrupted power lines. The weather man said the white blanket, which foil for 10 minutes starting at 4:30 p. m., was made up of "soft hail" or "snow pellets." Small formations like Icebergs floated down streets In the run off of rain from the foothills, and streetcars wore canopies of white By midnight the rainstorm to tal was 3.39 inches, bringing the season total to 12.31. Normal to date Is 10.09, and last year 10. 3S had fallen. Virtually all mountain roads In southern California were closed by snow. VOL. XLVIII NO.266 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW EIGHT NAZI AIRCRAFT CENTERS BLASTED BY BOMBERS; ALLIESiOtJ OFFENSIVE IN ANZIO BEACHHEAD STRUGGLE Nazis Hurled Back After Peak Assault Slaughter of Germans Very Heavy; Battle at Cassino Inconclusive ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, Feb. 21. (AP) Ameri can and British forces have stop ped a supreme effort by densely packed German troops to wipe out the Anzio bridgehead and have thrown the enemy back two miles toward Carroceto, .allied headquarters announced today. The nazi steamroller advance, aimed down the Anviate highway last Wednesday toward Anzio, the core of the allied beachhead, was halted only after all elements of allied power were called into play during 48 hours of the most in tense period of the fighting. "Our effort was very greatly assisted by magnificent support given by allied naval units, allied air formations and both British and American artillery," the com munique said. , . The German offensive reached its peak before dawn Saturday. Then American tanks and infan try, under the cover of a heavy artillery barrage, began smash ing forward and was still rolling ahead yesterday, . . -. 'Th'e intensity of the fcriemy ef forts was demonstrated by the appearance of elements of five regiments, within one 1,000-yard area. Six enemy divisions threw their entire strength into the as sault. Three others were held in reserve. Nazi Casualties Heavy. An allied spokesman announc ed the Germans steadily swell ing their armies in Italy, now have 18 divisions involved In the Italian actions. Nine of these are facing the beachhead. The bulk of the remaining di visions stand on the main Fifth army front behind the Cassino defenses. Throwing everything they could muster Into a mighty southward stab to split the allied beachhead forces, the Germans had managed to punch some 4,000 yards below Carroceto before their advance was hurled back. Their casualties were heavy, the dead piling up In great num- (Continued on page 6) Russians Aided by Frozen Ground in Drive for Pskov LONDON, Feb. 21 (AP) The Russians continued to roll over frozen ground toward the Baltic gateway of Pskov today while far to the south, a Berlin broadcast said, the red army had thrown 100,000 more men Into a power ful new push toward Minsk In White Russia. A soviet communique announc ed that 114 villages were captur ed in the drive for Pskov yester day, with more than 2,200 Ger mans killed in advances of two to 12 miles through swirling snowstorms. A Berlin broadcast also assert ed that Russian forces In the Ukraine had launched a furious assault toward Krlvoi Rog, last big ore city held by the Germans in the Dnieper bend. Berlin broadcasts still maintain ed that nazi troops which were encircled at Korsun, 25 miles below the middle Dnieper river, had escaped the death trap through the aid of Gorman ar mor and infantry attacking east ol Zashkov, 55 miles west of Kor sun. The Russians have announc ed the erasure of the trap, with 73.200 Germans declared killed or captured. The Finnish peace maker, Ju hu Paaslklvi, was reported plan ning to return shortly to Helsin ki from Stockholm where he had been talking with Russian em bassy officials. Willkie Manager Mrs. Frank Reynolds, above, of Cambridge City, Ind., will head the women's division of the Willkie-for-Presldcnt cam paign. Mrs. Reynolds, former Indiana treasurer, is a republi can national commltteewoman. Douglas E Bond' Purchases Still Short by $40,000 Douglas county's E bond sales still are about $40,000 short of the quota, H. p Pargcter, chairman Ol me L-oumy wm iiimm-r u-uiii mlttee, reported today. The ag gregate total has been achieved and, In fact, has been surpassed by a considerable amount, but the surplus is from sales to corpora tions and the individual quota has not been reached. The Fourth War Loan com mittee, headed by Dr. Ed Boring, is striving to put the county over the top In every department and cooperation of all individuals is urged. ' . "We are so near the mark it would be shameful to fall now," Pargcter declared. It Is particularly urged that purchases from payroll deduc tions scheduled for this week be made early In the week, If pos sible, thus enabling the county to reach Us E bond goal. All pur chases, It was stated, should be made before Friday, Feb. 25, In order to permit time for credit prior to the expiration of the campaign which will end Tues day, Feb. 29. Sales are not credit-, ed until cleared through the Fed eral Reserve bank, which requires about three days, necessitating sales' not later than Friday in order to assure credit. Doctors Forbid McNary From Returning to Work WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AP) Senator Charles McNary of Oregon longs to return to work but his physicians probably will not permit him to leave Fort Lau derdale, Fla., for another month or two. For years he was one of the hardest working members of the senate. His staff says he Is be coming Increasingly dissatisfied with his enforced rest which fol lowed a brain operation last No vember. He is In dally touch with his office by telephone and tele gram and insists work be sent to him. Friends report he Is sun-tanned and recovering his health. Cache of Thieves Yields $30,000 Worth of Loot PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (AP) Nearly $30000 of loot, ranging from war bonds to boxes of pen nies and 3.000 rounds of ammu ntlon, has been recovered from hiding places since the arrest of two brothers on burglary charg es last week, Detective Chief J. J. Keegin said today. Detectives said thev spent three days searclnng the house whore the brothers, Wayne M. Anderson, 26, and Blon Anderson, 38, lived. The last cache 100 watches, 1120 quarters, and a dia mond ring was in a flour bin. thetdougUcounty daily ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1944. Tax Bill Veto Slated. House Chief States Rayburn Conveys News After Talk With F. R.; Skim Milk Tilt Opens ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AP) Speaker Rayburn said today President Roosevelt would send to congress tomorrow a message ve toing the $2,315,000,000 new tax bill. The veto will be sustained, Rayburn asserted. - The speaker expressed what he called his opinion to newspaper men after a conference at the White House attended by congres sional democratic leaders.' Some of the leaders urged the president not to veto the tax bill. "However, Mr. Roosevelt has termed the new revenue measure "unrealistic." It provides for about one-fifth the $10,500,000,000 asked by the administration. Congressional action on the an ticipated veto will be put off un til Wednesday. The White House attitude to ward the tax bill was echoed as the house opened Its session to day. Rep. Gore (D.-Tenn) declar ed the measure "is not worthy of this congress," that It "opens loopholes for wartime profiteer Ink - "4:.r -.--W Rep. Knutson (R.-MInn),' rank ing minority member of the tax framing ways and means commit tee, declaring that Rep. Gore showed "abysmal Ignorance of our whole tax structure" when he described the tax bill as "puny." Gore retorted that Knutson should Inform himself of the costs of waging war. Knutson told newspapermen later he disagreed with Rayburn, believing that congress will over ride the tax veto. Ways and means Chairman Doughton, after a special commit tee meeting to discuss the veto, said no definite stand was reach ed and that action probably would depend upon the contents of the message. Skim Milk at Issue Still a little hoarse from recent shouting over taxes, service vot ing and subsidies, the senate got around to the skim milk issue to day. Senator Overton (D.-La.) led the forces opposing a house-approved bill to amend the pure food and drug regulations so that "powdered skim milk" or "skim milk powder" might be labeled "non-fat dry milk solids" or "de fatted milk solids." Overton said he had tried out the proposed new terms on some of his colleagues, and "they didn't know what I was talking about." He sought the floor on behalf of the status quo. Senator Clark (D.-Mo.), speaking up for a dairying sec tion, demanded a change. "Skim milk," ho assorted, Is a "bad name," and Its "compulsory appli cation to a good product is Inac curate, unfair, and retards the (Continued on page 3.) Maddox Grocery Has New Owners Sale of the Maddox grovery, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Maddox and their son, Richard Maddox, to A. G. and Alice Utne, was announced today. The new owners are taking Immediate pos session. The store will continue operation on the same general policies established by the retir ing owners, it was stated. The food store has been main tained In Roseburg by the elder Mr, Maddox for more than 20 years, following his retirement from service as a conductor with the Southern Pacific railroad company. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Maddox plan to retire from business ac tivity, but Richard Maddox will continue to be employed in the store under the new management. First Over Truk t!S LA lelephoto) Major James R. Chrlstensen, above, Salt Lake City, leader of the daring marine flight over Truk, piloted the first plane. Transfer of 0-C Lands Opposed by Forest Executive WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-(AP) Lee Knelpp, assistant chief of the United States forest service, opposed today before the house public lands committee a bill to transfer from jurisdiction of the service to the Interior depart ment 462,000 acres of Oregon and California railroad Indemnity lands. Knelpp contended the land had never been patented and had never passed out of the jurisdic tion of the government. He said that before the revestmcnt act was enacted In 1916 the lands had been placed under jurisdiction of the forest service through crea tion of national forests and had remained there since 1907. Ho told the committee the pro posed change was not In public interest and said the land contain ed 23,500,000,000 feet of saw tim ber worth millions of dollars. Guy Cordon, of Roseburg, coun sel for 18 Oregon counties In which the land lies, testified the law and court decisions Included the land In the revested area and urged It should be placed under jurisdiction of the Interior de partment. The Oregon counties asked the timber be placed under the In terior department because they would receive more money In lieu of taxes than they do from the forest service. The land In controversy was granted the O. and C. railroad In lieu of lands In an original land grant and was later revested by the government when the rail road violated conditions of the grant. Oregon GOP Leaders Line Up for Willkie PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (AP) E. P. Dodd of Hcrmlston, Robert O. Welch of Portland and George M. Roberts of Medford have join ed former Governor Charles A. Sprague In lining up behind Wen dell Willkie, says the Oregonian. All except Roberts, one-time classmate of the 1940 republican presidential nominee, will seek election as delegates at large to the republican national conven tion, the paper says. Wool in Curry County Brings Record Price GOLD BEACH, Ore., Feb. 21 (AP) Sale of 21,000 pounds of wool at a record high of 45.6.3 cents a pound was reported here today bv D. W. Moore, Gold Beach The shipment Included lambs wool and a variety of othei grad- . VOL. XXXII NO. Stuttgart, Leipzig in List of ; v Reich Cities Left in Flames; im London Again Strafed by Eoei LONDON, Feb. 21. (AP) A fourth of German fighter production was knocked out in Sunday's 2,000-plane attack , by ' American airforces, Gen. H. H. Arnold declared, and a count today showed 126 enemy planes shot down in the greatest day light air operation in history. , r . i ! RAF night bombers followed up the crippling blow with an, . assault on industrial Stuttgart in southwest Germany last night and there were indications that allied armadas were, hitting at,'.. Europe again today. - ! , .;:!! The tremendous American fleets, including 1,000 or more Flying Fortresses and Liberators plus fighter support, hit at seven . .' German aircraft center cities, and struck also at military installs- : tions in Rostock, on Germany's Baltic coast in a deep westward ' plunge. . ' Sixty-five nazi fighters were downed by gunners aboard the bombers,, and 61 fell to escorting fighters, A U. S. head quarters communique declared today. American losses were 21 bombers and three fighters, two under the first announced casualties of 22 bombers and four escorts, the bulletin added. Youth Who Beat, Robbed Motorist Draws 15 Years Harrell Lee Delcore, 19, Green ville, Texas, recently extradited from Texas on a Douglas county warrant charging armed assault, was sentenced In circuit court here today to 15 years In the Ore gon penitentiary. Delcore plead ed guilty to assaulting and rob bing E. A. Byers, travelling sales man from Tacoma, after he had hitch-hiked a ride from the sales man at Yoncalla last Nov. 19. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlmber ly In Imposing sentence stated his regret at being forced to Impose such a severe sentence upon a youth of only 19 years, but that an assault upon one who had per formed a kindness left no room for lenience. Delcore, District Attorney J. V. Long told the court, admitted two terms In Texas reformatories on burglary charges and a six weeks' term In Long Beach, Calif, for automobile theft. A plea of guilty to a charge of larceny In a dwelling was enter ed by Rolland Orville Johnson, 18, of Reedsport, who was said by District Attorney J. V. Long to have taken property, from a home from which the tenants were temporarily absent. John son served a term In a reforma tory In Nebraska prior to taking up residence In Reedsport three months ago, Long stated. Judge Wlmborly postponed lm postlon of sentence pending fur ther investigation of Johnson's past record. Synthetic Tires to Be Exhibited In Roseburg " PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (AP) Two demonstration cars, louring the country to show the durability of synthetic tires and recaps, will arrive here February 29, the Ore gon State Motor association an nounced today. Tour personnel will speak on war traffic's effect on the nation al highway system at a meeting here, and then appear at Salem, Eugene, and Roseburg en route to California. Roseburg Will Observe Washington's Birthday Washington's birthday will be celebrated as a legal holiday In Roseburg Tuesday. Banks and public offices will be closed throughout the day. Postmaster L. L. Wlmborly reports that hol iday hours will be observed at the post office. There will be no city ZU?rZl locked boxes will be served. No,' they or fighting a rural routes will be carried ex- nation comprised predominate, cept Lnokvngglass and Melrose. I ly of renegade Germans. 278 OF THE EVENING NEWS The Hllversum radio In Hol land went off the air today, Indl- eating a daylight renewal of tho air offensive. The American bombers also were reported, to have hit Posen In Poland, site of a Focke-Wul( 190: parts plant, In the Sunday offensive, but .U. S. headquarters t declined comment. A blow at Po sen (would represent a 1,500-mila roundtrlp, , An air ministry communique said the attack on Stuttgart was "In great strength" and that "In tense fires" were left burning among factories of the city to ward the end of the raid when clouds lifted and left a clear tar get for thousands of tons of ex plosives hurtling out of the bel lies of the big bombers. The main RAF force's attack on Stuttgart, last attacked on November 26, was masked by a Mosquito feint at the nazi party shrine of Munich 100 miles to the southeast, and the British loss In the night's stabs, includ ing operations against other ob jectives in occupied territory and . extensive mine laying, was limit ed to 10 aircraft. Leipzig Devastated. ' This loss was In marked con- , trast to the Saturday night blow at Leipzig, when 79 of the heavy British bombers failed to come back as a result of enemy action and Icing conditions. These manifold assaults lifted the war against invasion-threatened Germany to a new pitch In a week-end highlighted by the devastating, widespread and many-pronged American blow, yesterday described officially as "the largest, most Important and most hazardous operation" yet undertaken by the U. S. strategic air forces. The Americans' greatest air op- -eratlon of the war hit a repeat ' blow at Leipzig and at Gotha, Bernburg, Brunswick, Halber stadt, Tutow and Oschersleben. Leipzig alone was hit by 2,300 tons of explosives in the RAF Sat urday night raid just before tho Americans swept in to lay waste greater portions of the city. The attack on Stuttgart, one of. the nazl's biggest manufacturing centers with a population of half a million, continued the series of triphammer strokes against Ger man aircraft production a step- (Continued on page 6) L?i!lyFs!R?l By L. F. lUtamateia With Generals Elsenhower and Spaatx heading U. S. forces In Europe, Generals Krueger and Schmidt commanding U. S. forces In the South Pacific and Henry Kaiser being boomed for n, el nl am lk knm m I.mhI am t.hnoman.ac, prob- J .if,:.,
