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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.