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Newspaper Page TextU A 2 KM U.S. Subs Bag 15,British7 In Sea Raids Convoy Blasting Sends 1,500 Japanese to Death; Warships Pound Atoll (By the Associated Press) The sinking of nt least 27 Ja panese ships was announced to day by allied headquarters 22 of them by submarines as Indica tions mounted that one of Ja Dan's by-passed fortresses in the Marshalls Islands was about ready for the final assault. American submarines account ed for 15 ships in Pacific and Far East waters, the navy announced, bringing to 642 the number of Ja panese vessels sunk, probably sunk or damaged by undersea craft. Included in the American sub marines' toll were two transports, two tankers, and 11 freighters. Seven ships were sunk and three damaged by submarines off Islands In the Dutch East Indies, the British Admiralty said. A large river steamer, a smaller vessel of undesignated type and a supply ship were the only vic tims specified. A five-ship convoy, including two transports and three cor vettes, got within sight of Ja pan's bomb-battered base at We wk, New Guinea, before It was obliterated by more than 100 Fifth airforce planes In a furi ous four-day battle. Japs Being Out-Smarted. In announcing the bag of 15 ships, Secretary of the Navy Knox at Washington, referred to sinkings of American submarines bv the Japanese and said It "inevitable that practice makes them more perfect in combatting submarines." American subma rine losses since the war started now total 22,. all but three of which have been lost in Pacific waters. The skill of American subma rine men is Increasing at such a rate that they are outdistancing Ihe improved techniques of the Japanese In anti-submarines ae- uvii(--s, ill; lumiuuiu.. "This mode of attack by sub marines," Knox said, "by and large is one of the most Impor tant of all Pacific operations, con stantly wearing down Japanese lines of communication and mak ing It more and more difficult to maintain supplies." Battleships Get Aotlon, In the Central Pacific, Admiral Nimitz bruoght in his mighty bat tleship guns to assist carrier based planes soften up Mill atoll, once one of Japan's strongest Continued on page 6.) By FRANK JENKINS IS nearly as one can Judge H from the talk he hears, Will kie sentiment, quite strong on the Pacific coast, declines steadi ly as one goes eastward. It seems almost to follow some sort of mathematical formula, dropping so many degrees for each mile traveled. STILL, there is the Vermont primary the other day, In which Wlllkie came out with a nice edge. The point, this writer would say offhand, is that the election next November isn't going to be decided by the kind of people who air their views in trains, hotel lobbies, at luncheon tables, etc. It Is a virtual certainty that a lot of people who aren't doing much talking In public are doing a lot of serious thinking In pri vate. One senses that the voting that will grow out of this quiet thinking will decide the 1944 election. THAT brings us back to a point that seems to this writer to be of the utmost Importance the plain fact that the republicans aren't giving the people of this country (as yet) much to THINK about. They are saying nothing much more than: "If you don't like Roosevelt and the New Deal, vote for our side." They are waging a purely NEGATIVE campaign Maybe it will work. It will cer In the Day's News tainly work if anti-New Deal sentiment Is as strong through out the nation as the republican professionals hope It Is. One of the soundest rules of politics is that once a landslide starts NOTHING can stop it. But every salesman knows that Continued on page 2) VOL. XLVIII NO. 291 OF ROSEBURG REVIEVV Well Equipped by His Father For Carving Enemy IA t, ' TT- 1 k'hl J .1' v,' 'A Oscar C. Phipps, who resides on the Coos Bay highway near Roseburg, decided when his son, Oscar C. Phipps, Jr., joined the armv paratroopers that the younsoHlcr -should" be well armed. The father put his hobby to use and equipped the boy with hand - made knives. Private Phipps, pictured above with two Df the deadly weapons manufac tured by the father, one a throw ing knife and the other having a stabbing blade, has two spares for emergency use. At Camp McCall, North Caro lina, where the paratrooper Is In training, the knives created such a stir that requests poured in. Mr. Phipps already has furnished 10 and is at work on six more, all to be free to the soldiers. The blades are made from saw steel, obtained from broken saws discarded by mills. Handles are made from aluminum and fibre washers. All knives are equipped with leather scabbards also pro vided by Mr. Phipps. Private Phipps was graduated from Camas Valley high school with the class of 1942 and was 3 student, at Oregon State college when he entered military service March 7, 1943. arm Production tttU! WASHINGTON, Mar. 21 (AP) A review of the entire farm production picture, particularly rovernment labor, price and ma chinery policies, appeared likely today as the agriculture depart ment Issued a melancholy report on prospective food plantings. The report, based on a March 1 survey of representative farm ers, Indicated that plantings of "such crops as sovbeans, peanuts, flaxseed, dry beans and peas, su par beets, potatoes, and sweet notatoes will be considerably short of eoals set by the War Food administration. Prospects for livestock feed, on 'he other hand, appear relatively favorable. Mmintine fnrmer concern over jhnrtaues of labor and farm ma chinery was snld bv the depart ment to he holdine down ctod ex pansion. Uncertainties over draft status of deferred farm workers were said to be particularly dls urbine. The final nlantlng fig 'ires mav be even below those In dicated, officials said, because of recent selective service action In itennlnir up requirements for de ferment. "There seems to be n general fear." the report said, "that there '-ill be an Inadequate supply of labor needed during short periods for harvesting certain crops which are dependent on seasonal labor." . r THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY . i Obedience to Parking Rules Determined on Council Also Sets Clear Spot for Firemen; Lodge Given Shelters Permit The nnnunl declaration of war on overtime and double parking automobile drivers, an event which comes regularly with the spring season, was made by the Roseburg city council at Its reg ular meeting last night. The po lice committee was instructed by Mayor W. F. Harris to meet with thd police officers and to require enforcement of parking regula tions. Authorization also was given he street department to mark off a no-parking area on Main si root, immediately opposite the city hall, to provide for freer movement of fire apparatus. The council also authorized ore paration of an ordinance which would repeal the measure idopted a few months ago re quiring vehicles to stop at rail road crossings within the city 'Imits. Councilman Walter S. Fislicr rrported that the committee on "lectric lights had investigated the need of more illumination or. Winchester and Jackson streets where those thorough "ares are crossed by the North Roseburg railroad spur. The Cal- Vw, dV ' has been requested, he told the council, to applv for priorities for materials with which to in. stall the lights. Shelters for Service Men Permission was granted the Eagles-lodge "to'lrSirall service men's shelters along the high way in the north and south sec tions of town. Everett Partin, representing a committee from the lodge, stated that plans have been made to build shelters where service men may rest while wait ing for rides with passing motor ists. The lodge also submitted a res olution to the council urging that a section of the South Umpqua (Continued on page 6i Northwest Not Free of Lumber Strike Threat PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 21 (AP) Possibility of a strike still threatened the Pacific Northwest lumber Industry today. A strike vote may be asked if the West Coast lumber commis sion again refuses wage increase demands at a rehearing opening here tomorrow, said Doyle Pear son, assistant secretary of the re gional executive committee of the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Work ers' union. He said a statement he made previously to the effect the un ion's 65,000 workers i the north west would keep faith with their no-strike pledge of December 8, 1941, "was Intended to mean that strike action was not con templated at the present time." "We intend to use all govern ment facilities to correct the sit uation," he said, "but failure by the commission to reach a satis factory decision will leave the door wide open.' First Picture of Argentina's Mysterious JT Here It the first picture of lait July 15th. Left to right: the picture which wai radioed took place. Nazis Resist Stubbornly in Cassino Hills i Reinforcements, Rough Terrain Enable Enemy To Prolong Struggle WITH THE FIFTH ARMY AT CASSINO, March 21. (AP) German troops fought their way back into the wrecked continental hotel to day. Enemy defenses In the southwestern part of Cassino and In the hills behind stif fened as Lt.-Gen. Richard Heldrlch. commander of the First German parachute troop division, tried to make good his' boast that he would throw the allies out of Cassino. New Zealanders Immediately went back to their old task of trying to knock the Germans out of the Continental. German troops apparently mov ed back into the . hotel in the darkness of early morning, and brought in more reinforcements to block the passage through the southwestern corner of the town The Garmans also seemed to be filtering troops from the Monas tery atop Mt. Cassino down into the hill positions which they were defending so stubbornly. ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, Naples, Mar. 21 (AP) New Zealand troops of the Fifth army , Z , l,,T gaining German fortiflca Ions on ' fno wpsrprn fnpf ill 1.1 ks iki lull the nazis have been reinforced and. a grim struggle continues. aflie,d headquarters announced tp- nay. Many more German prisoners were laken. Although two tanks which the Germans had placed in the lobby of the Continental hotel were knocked out and 180 prisoners taken there, the Germans still were holding out in that area The Germans also seemed to be ly to positions on the slopes of Monte Cassino overlooking the town, Including the strategic point they, regained in a counter attack Sunday, it was announced, and are laying a heavy artillery (Continued on page 6) Stassen Would Accept Presidential Nomination WASHINGTON, Mar. 21 (AP) Lieutenant Commander Harold E. Stassen, former republican governor of Minnesota, advised Secretary of the Navy Knox to day that he will not seek the re publican presidential nomination hut will accept it if offered The former governor now is flag secretary on the staff of Ad miral William F. Haisey, Jr., commander of the South Pacific forces. A convention delegate slate pledged to Stassen has been en tered in the April 4 Wisconsin primary, and his name will go before Nebraska voters In a pref erential primary a week' later. He was Indorsed last November by the Minnesota republican stale central committee as a "favorite sen" candidate for president. r v & Hi J. Mf .mam. mms.- t . Argentina's myitery quintuplets, reported born to Mr. and Mrs. Franco Diligentl, well-to-do rancher, Carloa Alberto, Maria Esther, Maria Fernanda, Marl Christina and Franco. The father, who released from Buenot Aires, refutes to let newamen tee the qulnta, alio refuaea to aay where birth registration ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 2 1, 1 944. HITLERjSEIZES HUNGARY, CHIEFS OF GOVERNMENT WHEN REFUSED MORE AID AS RUSSIAN JUGGERNAUT NEARS Reds Within Fifty Miles Of Rumania Drive in Old Poland Also Extended; 1 1 Nazi Ships In Crimean Ports Sunk MOSCOW, Mar. 21 (AP) The red army had driven to within 50 miles of the Rumanian border after capturing the highway1 lead ing westward from Soroki in Bessarabia and smashing two Ru manian divisions hurled into the gap In the nazi defenses, front dispatches said today. ( Moscow considers the Prut riv er the current Rumanian border. The Russians In 1940 took over Bessarabian areas which previ ously had been part of Rumania.) Red Star said German planes were attacking the Dniester cross ings, but indicated the nazis had no hope of halting the soviet ad vance because of the large num ber of bridges thrown across the stream. Far to the north of these oper ations, the First Ukrainian army was reported surging on toward fliwowv big German rail hub- -fn Old Poland. North of Odessa, the Russians overwhelmed two Rumanian trench lines and quoted prisoners as saying the Germans had shot at least 170 Rumanians for fall ing to hold. A communique said 11 German ships, Including a transport, were sunk by Russian airmen in Cri mean ports, indicating that the nazis perhaps were trying to evacuate the peninsula which has been walled off by the Russians for months. Only a small number of Ger mans escaped from Vinnitsa, which w.-y taken in a thrust (Continued on page 6.) Cordon Urges More Aid For Returning War Vets PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 21 (AP) Guy Cordon, interim U. S. senator, today urged greatly Increased aid for returning ser vicemen. ' "It is not enough to provide an allotment for these heroes," he said in a speech at Portland American legion post. "It Is not enough to provide hospitalization for those who need It. We must give back to them, as far as we are able, the things that were taken from them when they left their prl vate lives to fight for their coun try. We must provide the mechan- ics and the opportunity for them, whether it be in further cduca I tion or Immediate employmenl he said. Diligent! Quintuplets , rfl Ik ' - J ' O "."5 U. S. Liberators Bomb 'Rocket Coast' Of France, Following Fortress Raid On Frankfurt, Reich Industrial City LONDON, March 21.i-(AP) Gritain-based American Libera tors heavily bombarded the Pas-de-Calais "rocket coast" area across the channel today. It was the second heavy attack on that sector In three days. The Liberator force took ad vantage of a solid overcast to thwart anti-aircraft opposition that had been heavy last Satur day, and the first bombers back today reported little ground fire and no nazi fighters. RAF bombers in small force struck the Angouleme explosive works in Southern France last night in a continuing noctural campaign against specialized en emy factories, while mosquito planes bombed western Germany for the eleventh straight night. German resistance was negligi ble and not a plane was lost. An- Sustained Yield Forest Bill Passed by House WASHINGTON, Mar. 21 (AP) Legislation to authorize gov ernment agencies, to cooperate with private interests to set up "sustained yield forest units" to perpetuate the nation's forests was passed today by the house. The bill (S 250) was returned to the senate for concurrence in clarifying amendments. The measure, Introduced by the late Senator McNary of Ore gon, authorizes the Agriculture and Interior departments to es tablish, in cooperation with pri vate owners, sustained yield units under which forest land would bo subjected to coordinated man agement as to rate, manner and time of cuting. The measure was called up out of order and passed at the re quest of Rep. Ellsworth (R.-Ore.) Blizzard Hits Rockies, Paralyzes Traffic DENVER, Mar. 21 (AP) A spring blizzard struck the Rock ies today with a fury unequalled this year, tangling wartime trans portation and leaving from eight Inches to two feets of snow over a wide area. The storm, the second within four days, extended over Colora do, Wyoming, northern Kansas and western Nebraska. Winds up to 30 miles an hour piled up drifts which closed roads In cen tral Wyoming and slowed traf fic to a crawl in most parts of Colorado. Transcontinental planes were grounded In Denver. Schools were closed In some parts of Colora do. 4m' yd (NF.A Radio Trier holo) VOL. XXXII NO. gouleme Is GO miles northeast of Bordeaux. Frankfurt Also Blasted. American Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked military targets in the Frankfurt area of Germany yesterday as the high light of a day that saw between 1,600 and 2,100 allied planes cross the channel. A U. S. communique last night said six American bombers and eight escorting Fighters failed to return from the 400-mllo round trip to the Cerman industrial city. Few enemy aircraft were encountered, but the fighters brought down four. (The OWI said the Stockholm newspaper Morgon Tidnlngen had printed an article even be fore yesterday's American at tack calling Frankfurt the "worsf bombed" city In Germany, rank ing It ahead of Hamburg In that respect and declaring Its popula tion wduld be evacuated.) U. 8. DELIVERS 38 CARRIER ESCORTS TO BRITAIN WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. (AP) Secretary of the Navy Knox announced today that 38 es cort aircraft carriers built In fhe United Stales have been deliver ed to Great Britain under the lend-lease program. "This fleet of 38 carriers will be a part of the anti-submarine fleet of the allied nations" Knox said at a news conference. The escort carriers, of approxi mately 10,000 tons enticement each, have been one of the most potent weapons against the Ger man submarines in the Atlantic. Knox pointed out that with the gift of 38 of the deadly little craft to Ihe British, 50 remain in opera tion with the Unlled States fleet. Like all other lend leased ships, he said, title to the carriers re mains with the United States and "if we want to exercise options," they can be reclaimed after the war. Lava Of Vesuvius Engulfs 2 Towns; Allies Aid Refugees NAPLES, Mar. 21 (AP) A great stream of hot lava poured out of the crater of Mount Vesu vius at a speed of 40 miles an hour at noon today without signs of subsiding, and the molten riv er licked at a third village on the northwest slopes after destroy ing two. After burying most of Sun So bastiano and Massa dl Somma, the lava stream, 30 feet high and 200 yards wide, swept on toward Cercola, below San Sebastlano. Its pace slowed as it wound down the mountain. The 5,000 inhabitants of Cer cola were hurriedly evacuated as ihe white-rock flowed to within 150 feet of Its town hall. U. S, army trucks completed evacua lion of the 7,000 Inhabitants of the other two villages (luring the night. No casualties were report ed. The d upllon, the worst since 1872, caused great property loss, not only from the burial of the towns but also from destruction of orchards and vineyards on the slopes. A food dump for refugees was set up In the village of Foliena by the allied administrative chief for the city of Naples. From this center, bread and soup were dis tributed to various villages where the refugees found shelter. Medi cal supplies were mado ready for delivery to any spot on short notice. On katllt lyM does f win q war, Wt got Imghm times ahead. Buy More II Ul UUIIU3 fo, 303 OF THE EVENING NEWS Nazi Troops Poured Into Balkan Nation Hungarians' Resistance Scattered, Ineffective; Quisling Taking Reins . LONDON, Mar. 21. (AP) Up wards of 100,000 German and Ru manian troops were reported o cupying Hungary today against the growing threat of Russian armies a bare 100 miles from tha bordors of the expanded Balkan kingdom. Some scattered fighting sprung from the occupation but there was nothing to suggest any seri ous difficulties for Hitler. Ton-, flight Hungarian leaders Includ ing the regent, Admiral Nicholas -Horthy, and Foreign Ministers and possibly Premier Kallay were believed virtually kidnaped In Germany, whence they had been summoned to receive peremptory ' demands for all-out military a , slstance. Bela Imredl, ' former premlet and foreign minister and a Bul garian nazl,. waa. reported . estab lishing' a government. He was said to have convoked parliament for tomorrow" at which time he was expected to assume Horthy'a powers. Nazi Demands Refuted. Hungary the kingdom without a king, ruled by an admiral with out a navy was reported to have rejected these German de mands: to fill gaps in the Ger man anmy caused by Russian of fensives; to mobilize totally for war; to send workers to Ger many; and to help occupy Yugo slavia. Regent Horthy, the Hungarian foreign minister and army chief of staff had been summoned to Hitler's headquarters and while there, the German was said to have ordered his troops to march in from Rumania and Austria. -Tito May Aid Hungarians. Stockholm dispatches said there were some indications that the Hungarian satellite gateway king dom to nazi communications In (Continued on page 6) Bus Plunge Death Toll Believed 21 PASSIAC, N. J., Mar. 21 (AP) A fourteenth body was recover ed and a tentative list of seven missing persons was established today as Police and Red Cross " workers sought to learn the death, toll In the plunge of a bus Into the Passale river. Police grappled In the 18-foot barge channel below the Market street bridge between Passaic and Walllngton. It was from the Icy surface of this span that the bus plunged into the water yesterday. Six passengers, the only sur vivors of tlie bus, and two rescue workers were reported In good condition In hospitals today. Divers who looked over the vehicle at the river bottom late yesterday had estimated there were about 25 bodies inside. Those saved either swam or were swept out of the rear door of the bus, which was Jarred open. 7 L. f. Ralaanataia Hungary and Rumania ara putting the "Balk" in Balkans,' but having made their bed with Hitler, they'll have to endure the clutch of nasi parasites un til Joe Stalin's juggernaut rolls In with the necessary IntectU clde.