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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
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t.hnoman.ac, prob-
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