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mm wmm Invasion Costs More Money UpYouiPayroll Savings today mn 'l , ! VOL. XLVIII NO. 284 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW In The Day's News 4M By FRANK JENKINS AS these words are written, this writer is stranded in Wash ington, with no train space yet available and the hotel limit rapidly approaching. Persistent effort has so tar produced no rail road reservations. . It should be added that this is no uncommon situation. It seems to be more nearly the rule than the exception. Travel, in these war times, is no picnic. THE railroads are doing their their best, and what they are accomplishing is little short of " amazing. But the volume of traf fic to be moved is mountainous. The passenger trains all run full, and back here they run frequent ly every hour or so on the big main lines but no matter how much is moved more is waiting to be moved. There is, of course, a certain i mount of needless travel mean ing by that travel that isn't direct ly connected with the war effort but ordinary observation leads one to believe that it isn't stag gering. It takes a lot of transportation Jo run a war. ACK here on the east coast, there Is one situation that is causing considerable- cy n l eal amusement. When the winter winds began to howl last fall, a lot of people climbed into their cars and headed for Florida. How they got the gasoline can be guessed but not proved. Apparently they relied on the Florida ration boards to provide them with gas to get back, but the Florida boards threw them down. Now they're stuck. Their eagerness to get back north is said to be producing a lot of boot- Continued nn paee 2) Charge of Lying Hurled by Dies at Commentators WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (AP) Charging that "fully 60 per cent of the statements" of some radio commentators can be "prov ed to be utterly false," Chairman Pies said today the house com mittee on un-American activities may soon "investigate this matter on the ground that it is distinct ly un-American." Dies currently Is engaged In a controversy with Walter Win shell, commentator and colum nist, whom he assailed in a house speech last week and who declar ed In a broadcast last night that efforts were being maflu In un identified Washington circles to impugn his integrity. Dies said in an interview his committee may subpoena the scripts of certain radio commen tators over a period of several years to take each statement "and establish its truth or fals ity." The Texan said he proposed to find out whether broadcasting companies which permit the dis semination of falsehoods would be willing "to afford maligned persons an opportunity to an swer false charges over the same facilities and to the same audi ence." In his speech last week, Dies told the house that the Blue net work had rejected his request that he be allowed to use part of Winchell's radio time to answer charges he said Winchell had made against him. Without mentioning any Indi viduals, Dies said some radio com mentators "have become adept In taking advantage of the loop holes In the libel laws." "The technique of smear by in nuendo is being used more and more by certain commentators to get around libel laws," he assert ed. "It Is not so much what is (aid as the way It is said that does the damage." North Ireland - Allies Plan Full Barrier To Axis Spies Travel to Ireland From Britain Restricted at Eisenhower's Request LONDON, March 13. (AP) The outright closing of Northern Iceland's border with Eire to give full effect to the suspension of travel between the islands of Britain and Ireland was a near prosnect today. All renorls from Belfast, North ern Ireland, snid this step which the British government could or dr ws regaded as inevitable as the allies moved with hard real ism to end the alleged use of neu tral Eire as an axis spy base. Certain other steps, of a nature not now to be disclosed, may also be taken. All travel except in cases of greatest urgency was suspended between Britain and Ireland, whether Northern Ireland or E're, by a British home office or der last night two days after Eire's Prime Minister do Valera had announced his refusal to ac cede to a United States request that German and Japanese diplo matic offices in the country be closed. Tiie order resulted from an urgent request by Gen. Eisen hower, allied Invasion command er, who was said to have informa tion that afis representatives in Eire constituted a serious menace to military security. The Irish mall train to Holy head where it connects with the boat to Kingston near Dublin left London this morning two thirds empty. Irishmen on the train mainly laborers were strongly against de Valera. "What does he want to keep the Germans In Dublin for?" ask ed Michael Leneham of Carrock-on-Suir. "Germany never gave anything to Ireland and never will." Issue Demands Caution. There was nothing to Indicate that allied moves were likely to go as far as the application of economic sanctions against Eire. The British were going slowly, leaving the initiative largely to the United States because of the (Continued on page 6.) Spare Rome, Pope Asks War Nations LONDON, Mar. 13 (AP) Pope Pius XII, speaking to a great throng massed in St. Pe ter's square and to radio listeners around the world, appealed .to al lied and Gorman leaders yester day to spare Rome and to strive for a "peace of lllieratlon." How could we believe that anyone might dare to turn Rome, this almighty city which belongs to all fronts and to all places and to which the Chris tian and civilized world is look ing for light, Into a theater of war, thus perpetuating an act militarily Inglorious and abom inable In the eyes of God and of a humanity conscious of the highest spiritual and moral val ues?" the pope asked. He urged rather that leaders of the belligerent nations work for a peace "which will free man kind from all internal and exter nal violence so that they may be remembered in benediction and not in malediction for centuries on the face of the earth." The pope described the plight of Rome, which is now occupied by the Germans and toward which the battle lines have been cieeping, as "especially grave," and he appealed to "all those who have means to help, either with material contributions, or with the help of active work, not to deny their efficacious support and assistance." He said that towns were strick en "In nearly every continent by an aerial war which does not rec ognize any law or retraint, al ready a terrible Indictment against the cruelty of such meth ods " X. Organization of Air Patrol Unit in Roseburg Planned at Meet Tuesday Organization of a civil air pa trol unit In Roseburg is expected to result from the visit here to morrow of Major Leo G. Dcvan ey( Oregon wing commander, and Capt. C. T. Haas, wing adjutant The two officers will be at the Chamber of Commerce offices at H o'clock in the evening to ex plain the duties of the patrol, out line the training routine and as sist in the organization of a lo cal unit. Local business men will lid in the project and LeRoy Hi- att of the high school faculty will aid in selecting prospective en rollees from upper classmen. The work of the civil air pa trol, It Is stated, will prove valu able to young men who are ap proaching draft age in that it will give then an opportunity to enter the service better trained and In ms-ny instances qualified for ratings. Information available at the present time indicates that train ing will be given In such sub jects as pie-flight, flight, ground service, Infantry drill, firearms, leadership and command, courts martial reviews and inspections and olher subjects similar to reg ular air corps training. Years ago, previous to becom Gasoline Ration on A Card May be Cut To Two Gallons WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (AP) The possibility that basis "A" gasoline rations In the mid-west and west may be trimmed from three to two gallons a week, to match the eastern seaboard ra tion, was acknowledged today by Colonel Byron Houston, deputy administrator of the OPA. Colonel Houston said (he plan was advocated by the Petroleum Administration for War as a means of equalizing supplies over the country. OPA's decision may be an nounced tomorrow, he said, If the civilian allocation of gasoline for the second quarter of the year, starting April 1, is trans mitted by PAW to OPA tonight as expected. If the mid-western and far western curtailment is ordered, it probably will be plac ed In effect by extending each series of A coupons to last three months instead of the present two months, officials said. It was ac knowledged that only a small ssavlng in gasoline would be ac complished. PAW Administrator Ickes long has cherished the Idea of putting rations on an equal basis over the nation. Douglas County LL'ed In Game Survey Program PORTLAND, Mar. 12 (AP) The state fish and game commis sion has approved tentatively a $572,000 postwar program Includ ing $280,000 for a six-year fish way and screen program, $149, 000 for a three-year stream and lake survey and $142,450 for new hatcheries. The plan also calls for exten sion of the upland big game sur vey throughout the state, begin ning with the Tillamook burn area, Coos, Douglas and Clatsop counties. The commission reelected E. E. Wilson, Corvallis, chairman. Commissioners Kenneth Mar tin, Grants Pass, and Theodore R. Conn, Lakeview, announced they are awaiting Induction Into the navy as apprentice seamen. British Coal Strike Partially Broken Up LONDON, Mar. 13 (AP) The week-old strike of 100,000 miners which is estimated to have cost Britain 300,000 tons of coal began slowly breaking up to day with early reports Indicating possibly a third of the men back at work. . The situation as a whole, how ever, was confused. Some miners v. ho voted yesterday to return to their jobs turned around and went home this morning after meetings at the pitheads. The shutdown still was complete In some areas. SBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, Eire Border May be ing an aviator, Major Devaney operated one of the first garages in Roseburg, In partnership with Gordon Burnett. He is a surviv- Major Leo G. Oevaney ing son of the late Michael Dev aney, well remembered here as a Southern Pacific locomotive en gineer. Compromise Seen As Only Chance For War Ballot - WASHINGTON; Mar. - 13. (AP) Senator Connally (D. Tex.) urged the senate today to accept the compromise service vote hill worked out by house and senate conferees, declaring that If the proposal Is rejected ho could see no hope for passage of other voting legislation. "According to my views, the conference report presents the best possible bill that can be secured," he said. "It Is my earnest belief that more soldiers and sailors will be enabled to vote under the pend ing bill than under any measure proposed or possible of adoption." On one thing both sides agreed: It'll be this bill or nothing so far as service vote legislation Is con cerned this session. Said Senator Lucas (D.-Ill.), co sponsor of the original federal ballot plan: "Congress has dilly-dallied so long now it's doubtful if anything else can get through. But the sol diers would be better off with no law than this.". The compromise grew out of three weeks of negotiations be tween federal ballot advocates in the senate and "states' rlghters" from the house who wanted the federal government to be kept, completely out of service voting. The compromise: a short-form ballot available to servicemen and women overseas only if they can't get a state absentee ballot and if the federal ballot is au thorized by state election laws. Service voters within the United States whose home states have no absentee voting law could get a federal ballot If state laws per mit Its use. Two Enginemen Hurt As Train Hits Caboose SPOKANE, Mar. 13. (API Two enginemen were injured to day when an east-bound passen ger train pulled by two engines crashed Into n caboose attached to a string of freight cars on the Northern Pacific's main line In Spokane. The lead engine was derailed, but soon was removed and the passenger train resumed its journey. Fireman C. L. Myers said he and Engineer C. C. Bayless, both of Pasco, Jumped when Bayless sighted the caboose and shouted a warning as the train rounded a curve. Bayless' back was hurt and Myers slightly Injured. Herbert T. Sutherland, a wit ness, said he saw soldiers on the train "pitched Into aisles and over seats" when the crash oc curred, but Myers said none were hurt. The demolished caboose was believed unoccupied. i t t i MARCH 13, 1944 Japs' Wewak Base Smashed To Fiery Ruins U. S. Airmen Also Down 26 Nippon Planes; Gains Made In Whole Theater (By the Associated Press) ' Twentv-six . Japanese planes, remnants of the enemy's once powerful air force In the South west Pacific, were destroyed by U. S. Fifth air force airmen dur ing a 120-ton strike at Wewak, main Japanese base on New Gui nea. Gen. MacArthur communl qued today. The raid on Wewak, one of the heaviest in weeks, left gun po sitions smashed, fuel and supply areas burning. In addition to the 26' planes shot down, Japanese probably lost six others and sev eral parked planes were destroy ed, MacArthur said. Two Ameri can planes failed to return. In the Central Pacific, marines landed without opposition on Wotho atoll, 67 miles northwest of Kwajalein In the Marshall islands, giving the allies a straight string of islands extend ing from Majuro In the Eastern Marshalls through Kwajalein and Wotho to Enlwetok in the west. The line points straight toward Tokyo. Other marines, fighting on Wlllaumcz peninsula' in New Britain, have consolidated their position around captured Talasea and Its emergency landing field, while allied forces on Bougain ville to the east have driven Ja panese back from minor gains won during a violent eruption of heavy fighting on the Empress Augusta bay battlefront. Wide-ranging air and sea craft accounted for 23 Japanese barges, patrol boats and small coastal ships along the rim of the Bis marck sea. At least two of the barges were filled with troops. Rabaul, New Britain, was hit with 91 tons of explosives, other planes supported ground opera tions on Los Negros island, In the Admiralties, and in the Central Pacific American planes raided four atolls In the Eastern Mar shalls Friday. Japs In Burma Smashed. On the Arakan front In Burma, British troops captured Buthe daung, Japanese defense base 55 miles north of Akyab, while American and Chinese troops smashed two miles farther down the Hukawng valley to within 11 miles of its southern end. Lt. Gen. Stllwell, directing the Hukawng valley drive, said "al though I have often been wrong, I am willing to hazard the guess (Continued on page 6.) Cordon Sworn in As U.S. Senator WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (AP) Guy Cordon, republican, of Roseburg, Ore., was sworn In to day as senator from Oregon In succession to the late Charles L. McNary, who for ten years had been minority leader of the sen ate. The oath was administered by Vice President Wallace after Cor don was presented by Senator Holman (R.-Ore.). The 54-year-old tax expert, ap pointed bv Governor Snell, took a seat next to that of Senator Vandonberg of Michigan In the second row on the republican side. He will serve until the next general election when a senator will be chosen to fill McNary's term expiring In 1949. Cordon has said he Is undecided whether to seek the remainder of the term. After Cordon took his seat sen ators and Oregon members of the house crowded around to con gratulate him. Then the senate approved a resolution authoriz ing payment of the expenses of the congressional dele gallon which went to Salem, Ore., for McNary's funeral. Cordon plans to return to his Oregon home to wind up his bus iness affairs and bring his fam ily to Washington. He expects to depart later this week. VOL. XXXII NO. Reds Press on Toward Nazis' Kherson Base Railway Into Balkans Severed: Tarnopol Torn , By Desperate Battle LONDON, Mar. 13 (AP) The red army battled today to within 22 miles of the big nazl base of Kherson on the lower Dnieper river, Moscow announced, after slaying 5,000 Germans yesterday to bring to more than 60.000 the number declared killed In eight days of the massive southern of fensive. The Russians swept up 210 more communities yesterday, slashing a railway leading Into Rumania and Hungary and storming Into Galvoron on the middle Bug river, 50 miles from Rumania and slosc to one of the few intact railways left to the Germans In Southern Russia, a soviet communique said. Tass, soviet news agency, re ported earlier that the Russians were dislodging the Germans In Tarnopol house by house, with the nazls clinging to every ditch and gutter in the city, where street fighting has been raging since last Thursday. A field dispatch to the army newspaper Red Star said the Germans were fighting fiercely for every hilltop, sream and road In the Tarnopol sector and anoth er Russian report, indicating the German strength, said a single Russian plane had spotted 400 na zl tanks coming up to the battle. Nazi Morale Sinking The newspaper Pravda said the number of prisoners was increas ing hourly and that Germans in some cases were surrendering in groups. One captive was quoted as saying morale was extremely low, ammunition short and ranks becoming more disorganized. Pravda carried a similar report from the Second Ukrainian front whee the Russians were pushing from Uman Into Odessa province. (Continued on page 6) 4 Douglas County Officials File for Party Nominations County Judge D. N. Buscnbark, Commissioner H. B. Roadman, Clerk Roy Agee and Treasurer Oliver H. Johnson have filed dec larations of candidacy at the pri mary election. Busenbark, Road man and Johnson seek the repub lican nomination and Agee the democratic endorsement. Sheriff O. T. Carter and Cor oner H. C. Stearns, also seeking reelection, filed last week for the republican nominations. The office of county school su perintendent is to be filled at elec tion this year and the Incumbent, Mrs. Lula C. Gorrell, is expected to be a candidate, but has not yet filed for the nomination. Candidate filings must be made by April 4. Tho offices of Justice of the peace at Drain and Recdsport are to be filled, together with elec tion of constables In each Justice court district. Doenirz Subs for Hitler In Annual "Hooey" Talk LONDON. Mar. 13. (AP) Substituting for -Adolf Hitler at the microphone, Admiral Karl Doenltz told the German people in a memorial day address yester day that a "pitiless struggle Is be ing waged for the existence of annihilation of our nation." In his address, the first time since the start of the war that Hitler has failed to broadcast as part of Germany's annual tribute to her war dead, Doenltz, su preme commander of the Ger man navy, declared: "Everybody knows we are la the midst of a merciless struggle of great harshness and serious ness. Events of this war and the brutal alms of our enemies which they have publicly proclaimed demonstrate to us what Is at stake." 298 OF THE EVENING NEWS Closed Traps Japanese In Burma Drive hi A . Maj.-Gen. Frank Merrill, above, of Woodstock, N. H., heads the tough volunteer In fantry outfit known as "Mer rill's Raiders" which, with other American units and Lieut. Gen. Stllwell'a American trained Chinese troops, have pinned 2000 Japs In a triangu lar trap In northern Burma. Ex-Gov. West Not Senator Aspirant; Others Mentioned PORTLAND, Mar. 13 fAP) Former Governor Oswald" West ended political speculation today uy miuuuncing ne win not run ior U. S. senator in the democratic primary but two other possible candidates emerged. Edgar W. Smith, member of the state board of higher educa tion, was expected by some ob servers to come out as a demo cratic candidate for the seat now held by Sen. Rufus C. Holman, republican. Rav Gill, former master of tho Oregon State grange, said friends were urging him to run for the seat left vacant by the late sen ator McNary. Only former Gov. Charles A. Sprague has announced his can didacy to succeed MeNnrv hnf republican leaders predicted Guy v.oraon or Kosenurg will file for the G. O. P. primary upon his re turn to Oregon from Washington, D. C, after tjelng sworn In as in terim senator. Holman'a onlv nnnnsltfnn in date is Wayne L. Morse, Eugene republican, former University of Oregon law school dean and ex- memner or tne National War la bord board. Action on Timber Bills Urged by Ellsworth WASHINGTON, D. C, Mur. 13 (AP) Abandoned towns and cut-over lax delinquent lands will result unless the late Senator Mc Nary's bill to provide for sus- tanled yield management of for ests is passed, Representative Ellsworth (R.-Ore.) has warned the house. , A companion measure to per mlt government agencies to co operate with private owners in establishing sustained yield for est units has been Introduced In the house by Representative Stockman (R.-Ore.). Ellsworth also urged enact ment of another McNary bill which would Increase federal ap propriations for forest fire pro tection from $2,500,000 to $9,000,- ooo annually within four years. Pistol Accident Kills Marine at Tillamook SEATTLE, Mar. 13. (API- Marine Pvt. John J. Murphy of Spokane, who was wounded In an accident Friday at the Tilla mook, Ore., naval air station, died yesterday, district naval head' quarters reported. Murphy suffer ed a chest wound In the acciden tal discharge of a pistol which another marine was cleaning. Foe Fails to Put Aircraft Into Defense Invasion Coast Maor Attack Target; Italian -Front Action in Lull London, March 13. (AP) A small formation of American Flying Fortresses bombed mili tary targets In Northern France today and although no opposition from enemy aircraft was en- couniereu, iwo ut ine uuiiiui'ia were lost. The Fortresses were escorted bv Thunderbolt fighters, the the Eighth air force announce, ment said. British Mosquito bombers at tacked unspecified targets In' western Germany without loss. Depending only on their own . guess for safety a formation of -American Liberators hit enemy -m!litarv Installations In tho Pas-de-Calals region of France yester-'' day In the first U. S. heavy bomb er operation In months without fighter escort. Mil lilt; uik uni:ittii 1 (?iui Jit--u - home from the foray, their sec- . ond In as manv days without loss. ; KntMnA V.J n1-n. 41.. lH,,n . ' . Ml. , j 1 . sion coast, i ne aiiiuiupiisiimmii. underscored the allies growing air superiority. Throughout yesterday's round trio flight of approximately 400 miles, the Germans offered no fighter opposition. The Liberator mission followed the Eighth night blow of the month by RAF Mosqultos. The wooden bombers hit the bomb wrecked port of Hamburg Satur day night for the first time since January 1. One plane failed to return from this and a coordinat ed attack on unspecified objec tives In western Germany. Nazi Retaliation Weak. German raiders over England last night set off London's warn ing svstem for the first time since last Wednesday, but there was no Immediate report of any damage or loss of life. A weak enemy raid Saturday night demolished two houses and killed several persons In a southeastern coast town. ju air muiisuy uiiiiuuiic-uiiil-iil Inst night said that Augsburg's 150-acre M. A. N. 7-boat engine works Germany's largest were extensively damaged by Ameri can and British attacks late In February. Hardly a factory es caned damage, the report said. The Liberator attack on the Pas-do-Cnlals area yesterdy was supplemented by a daylight foray by RCAF Mosqultos which pene trated to Clermont Ferrand, 30 miles southwest of Vichy and shot up a German bomber and a transport plane on a nearby air drome. On the three land fronts In Italy, patrols clashed with small enemy groups at several points but bad weather prevented any large-scale action. Allied airmen sent 36 German (Continued on page 6) Ghastly Deeds Of 'Bluebeard' Bared LONDON, Mar. 13 (AP) Four charred bodies were discov ered by police In a "red hot fur nace" of a Paris villa, the Ger man news agency DNB has an nounced, and subsequent Investi gation uncovered a "Bluebeard" mystery thriller In which eight to 25 women were butchered. """ . "Vile smelling smoke still was rising from the chimney" when the police broke In, the broadcast asserted, and heads, arms, legs and other organs of the women were found scattered around the furnace room. The courtyard dump also was said to have con tained a dozen human limbs. -' A "Dr. Plot" Is a suspect In the case, the broadcast said, adding that the killer apparently lured the victims Into the rented villa, killed them, cut them to pieces and burned the torsos. The mvstery was reminiscent of the "Bluebeard" Landru case. Landru's slaylngs, Including 10 women, sent him to the guillo tine In 1921. levity pcn.nj T U T Rahmitala Chronology of an amateur Vic tory gardener: Scant seed catalogue Inspira tion. ' , Plants seeds Anticipation. Slugs, Insects, dags, etc. Ex asperation. Quality of crop Consterna tlon. Sequel, with market basket Peregrination.
