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Newspaper Page Textm mmm m mm. VOL. XLIX NO. 311 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEA- REGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1 3, 1 944. VOL. XXXIII NO., 11 OF THE EVENING NEWS Ml a g It. O OUGLSS COUNTY DAILY Panic Strikes Axis Troops In Full Rout Romanians Abandoned by Nazis, Report; Skala Trap Tightened by Russians MOSCOW, April 13 (AP) Cossack cavalry, light tanks and columns of motorized artillery vanguards of Gen. Tolbukhin's Fourth Ukrainian army racing down through the Crimea were within sight of the tall buildings oi Simferopol, capital of the for mer Crimean republic, today and only 35 miles north of the great Black sea naval base of Sevas topol. A correspondent of the Moscow newspaper Pravda attached to Tolbukhin's army reported that panic was spreading among the retreating axis troops, especially the Romanians, who were said to have been denied motorized transport by the Germans. "One entire Romanian division ivas reported to have fled know ng It would be abandoned by the truck columns who were taking only Germans aboard," the cor respondent said. Other dispatches asserted that German officers were abandon ing their own men as the Russian forces pressed forward.... . Driving in from the liquidated Kerch peninsula to the east, Gen. Yeremenko's army drove other German and Romanian troops down the Black Sea coastal road (Continued on page 6) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE Russians are booming down into the Crimea the big peninsula (almost an island) that juts out into the Black' sea from Russia. In their great drive to the west that now has practically cleared the soil of south Russia of nazis, they "sealed off" the Crimea as they passed by and left it for later consideration. They are taking care of it now. THERE are supposed to be about 100,000 Germans and Roman ians left in the Crimea, Their only escape is by water across the western arm of the Black sea to Romania. They appear to be slipping out every night by boat. The Germans are reported to have rushed a fleet of pocket sub marines to Constanta, on the Romanian coast, to protect their Crimean "Dunkerque" fleet. It appears from the dispatches that a few Germans are still es caping by sea from the desolate marshes below Odessa. NOTE the new spelling mt ROmanla. RUmania has had the edge up to, now, but the three principal American news services (AP, UP and INS) have got to gether and agreed on ROmanla. In theory, ROmanla flatters the Romanians, as it suggests their descent from the ancient Romans. UP to the north, the Russians have pushed clear to the Carpathians, thus splitting the German armies in the south off from those in the north. There are vague reports of Russian units beginning to push into some of the narrow Carpathian passes. Their main drive is southward along the Carpathian foothills to ward the Ploesti oil fields. If you will look at your map, you will guess, as do most other guessers, that the big battle will come In the narrow valley be tween the Danube, where it turns sharply eastward toward the Black sea at Galatl, and the r mountains. Tha valley here is 'Continued on page 2) S SIMS Son of Tiller Woman Missing in War, 3 Others of Family Carry on ,- ox 1 4 i k,s 1 ,- ., lr.:.V;XuvArl After four months of combat service First Lieutenant Horace S. Corbett, Jr., (at top), son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace S. Corbett of Tiller, has been reported miss ing in action. Two brothers, Richard Corbett (left) now a torpedoman with the U. S. navy, and Tom Corbett, with the infan try at Camp Shelby, Miss., In low er photo, are left to carry on the fight, while a sister, Louise Cor bett Hall, (not pictured) is also doing her part by serving as a post exchange accountant at Camp White, Medford. Lieutenant Corbett was report "Secret Weapon' Claim of Germans Evokes Derision LONDON, April 12. (AP) The Germans came up today with a new story about the "secret weapon" they are saving for use against the allies. This time it is a projectile containing a chemical which freezes everything with a radius of 500 yards by a tempera ture of 332 degrees below zero fahrenheit. "Radio national," the German station purporting to operate from Britain, said the effect of the projectile is to "kill every living creature within range and make steel and concrete struc tures so brittle they collapse at a touch." . , The broadcast declares that the British had been mystified recent ly by the sudden appearance of large icebergs in the channel and North sea between the Thames estuary and the Dutch coast, and said they had been created by the new "weapon." This assertion brought a de risive chuckle from British naval officials, one of whom asserted: "There hasn't been an iceberg seen In the channel or that part of the North sea since the Ice age." 11110 ed missing during a raid over Southeastern Austria. He was flying a P-38 on an escort mission from Italy. The - flight encoun tered enemy opposition and the lieutenant radioed members of the squadron that his plane had sustained damage and that he would be forced to land. His squadron members belleVe he succeeded in making a forced landing and are of the opinion he is now held as a prisoner of war. His wife, Elizabeth Corbett, Is an instructor at Acaunes high school in California. Torpedoing of Tanker Revealed; 44 Men Lost SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 (AP) The torpedoing and sink ing of the Standard OH tanker H. D. Collier In the Arabian sea a month ago with the loss of 44 officers and men was announced yesterday by the 12th naval dis trict and the Standard Oil com pany. . Ten officers and men of the tanker and 16 members of the navy armed guard were rescued. I Reported missing were 33 offi cers and men of the tanker's per sonnel and 11 members of the armed guard. . 2,500 Japs to Aid Utah, Oregon, Idaho Farmers PORTLAND, April 13 (AP) Twenty-five - hundred Japanese from relocation camps will help farmers in eastern Oregon, Ida ho and Utah this summer, the War Food administration office cf labor here said today. ' Some have been sent to Walla Walla, Wash., and 200 to 300 will go to Malheur county, Oregon, for sugarbeet work. Internees from the Tulelake camp for dis loyal Japanese are excluded from the program. Japs Extend Siege Lines Allied Base in India Now Menaced at New Point; Hill Wrested From Foe NEW DELHI, April 13 (AP) The Japanese have edged around to the northwest of Im nhal, supplementing their posi tions to the southwest of that partly-surrounded base in the Manipur plain of eastern India, a communique of Admiral Mount batten's southeast Asia headquar ters disclosed today. The announcement said British and Indian forces had captured a hill position In that area in hand-to-hand fighting. (A Domci broadcast from Tok yo declared Japanese formations were launching thrusts near an airfield only 21 miles north of Imphal.) j v V To the north, the British were making progress in easing their situation by cleaning up some of the Manipur road blocks with squeezing tactics near Kohlma on the route to Dimapur and the Bengal-Assam railway lifeline. . Americans Sabre Gain ; American infantry raiders un der Brig1. Gen. Merrill meanwhile 4..iM..J..t ...111. -Unt r.llwitlMi nt UUlllJllUCU Willi LilL-11 UUJI-I.IITC LI I completing a link with China be fore the monsoon by taking Nhpum Ga, in the rugged hills east of the Mogaung valley of North Burma. Nphum Ga is only 34 miles from the Myltkyina Mandalay railway and 16 miles northeast of Kamalng, next lm- (Continued on page 6) . New Pay Schedule Set For Portland Teachers PORTLAND, April 13. (AP) The Portland school board last night approved a new salary sche dule for all educational employees of the system. The schedule sets a maximum of $3050 annuollay for classroom teachers with a roasters' degree and 16 years experience. Super intendent Wlllard B. Spalding said the new schedule would cost not more than $122,700, and prob ably much less. Maximum in crease wuold be $100 a year. MacArthur Sounds Warning Anent Boom For Presidency; Dewey Strength Mounts WASHINGTON, April 13 (AP) Gen. Douglas MacArthur has replied to a congressman's re quest that he hold himself avail able for the republican presiden tial nomination with an assertion that the United Stales "must not Inadvertently slip into the same condition Internally as the one which we fight externally." In an exchange of correspon dence with Rep. A. L. Miller (R. Neb.), the Southwest Pacific commander wrote that he did not anticipate In any way the fulfill ment of "flattering predictions" the house member had made that MacArthur could win the nomin ation and as Miller put it, "carry everv state In the nation." Miller, who said he had met the general only once, is active in the draft-MacArthur campaign which has netted the Southwest Pacific commander three conven tion delegates and has seen him win the Illinois preferential pri mary against a political un known.' tn a letter datpd February 11, MacArthur wrote Miller that he nporeclated verv much the "scholarly letter" the house mem ber had addressed to him Janu ary 27, In which Miller said "more thnn a political revolu tion" agalnnt the centralization of power In the federal govern ment, was under way and added: 'If this system of loft wingers and new deallsm is continued an other four years, I am certain that this monarchy whln'h Is being established In America, will Ickes Scores Hate Clamor Against Japs WR A Won't Be Driven Into Bestial Treatment Of Evacuees, Declaration SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 (AP) Secretary of the Interior Iekes said today the War Reloca tion! authority "will not be stam peded into undemocratic, bestial, inhuman action" In handling Jap anese Americans evacuated from the west coast. Ickes said he believed the WRA program "has, in general, handled with discretion, human ity pnd wisdom" the problem of caring for the evacuees sent away from west coast points by army orders. Tii a statement .here outlining his lews, Ickes said the eventual-status of the Japanese Amer Icanjs who have been Investigated and proved loyal Is to a large ex tenti"a local problem." "i; hope that the clamor of thosp few- among you who are screaming ' that this situation should be resolved on the basis of prejudice and hate will soon be overwhelmed by the stern remon strances of those among you an overwhelming majority who be lieve fn fair "play arid" decency; Christianity, in the principles of America, in the constitution of the United States." "It is intolerable to think that these people will be excluded from a normal life In this coum try for long" Ickes said. Evaeuees "Blameless" Following disorders In the re location center . at Tule Lake, Calif., which led to widespread criticism, President Roosevelt some weeks ago transferred the War Relocation authority to the (Continued on page 6) Trucker Saves Bride From Crash That Kills Him EUGENE, Ore., April 13. (AP) John H. Tlnsley, 28, was killed yesterday when his logging truck went out of control and crashed on a side road off the McKenzle highway near here. Just before the truck crashed, hp pushed his bride of a month to safety. destroy the rights of the common people." Has Faith In People To this, MacArthur replied: "I appreciate very much your scholarly letter cf January 27. Your descriptions of conditions In the United States Is a sobering one indeed and is calculated to arouse the thoughtful considera tion of every true patriot. "We must not Inadvertently slip Into the same condition In ternally as the one which we fight externally. Like Abraham Lincoln, I am a firm believer In the people and If given the truth they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring before them the real facts. ' "Out here we are doing what we can with what we have. I will be glad, however, when more substantial forces are placed at my disposition." The latter apparently was a reference to a declaration by Miller that the people are con vinced that the "allocation of war supplies Is not above critical ex amination" and an expression of hope that "some decisions soon will be to send more supplies to the Pacific area where they can be used against the Japs." Publication of the letters came at a time when there were re ports that some of MacArthur's lupporters wanted to slow down hit campaign because of the growth of a bandwngon move ment toward Gov. Thomas E. Bombs Lash Nazi Plants in Reich, Hungary Budapest, Schweinfurt Main Targets; Raids Hit France, Belgium Also (By the Associated Press) Striking from both Britain and Italy, American bombers by the hundreds pounded aircraft and ball bearing factories In four Ger man cities and plunged more ex plosives into Hungary after the British by night had jarred its capital of Budapest with' two-ton blockbusters. . German targets were the bear ings works of Schweinfurt, aer ial installations at Lechfeld and aircraft plants at Augsburg and Oberpfoffenhoffen. Seventy miles northwest of Budapest, U. S.' bombers from Italy attacked factories at Gyor producing Messerschmltts, rail cars and machine works. The Tokol airdrome assembly plant 11 miles southwest of the capital and the Vesccs airdrome ten miles southeast also were torn up. - -J The: bombers front Italy also tangled the rail yards of Brod in Yugoslavia, midway between Bel grade and JZagreb. All these oper ations In. the Balkans indirectly supported the Russian armies ad vancing through Romania and Into the Carpathian mountain barrier. ; ' . .'.' Lesser U. S. planes during the earlier hours of Thursday pound ed the Germans in Belgium at Namur and at an air ) base at Chlevros. Others hit the French (Continued on page1 61 Death Claims Earl Who Once Whipped Sullivan j LONDON, April 13 (AP) Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale, prominent sports man Who once fought John ' L. Sullivan five rounds under an as sumed name and won, died to day at Oakham, Rutland. He was 87. Lord Lonsdale was fond of pro claiming himself the discoverer of the Klondike, and told how in December, 1888, he set out from Winnipeg. Dewey of New York. Dewey's Rivals Worried. The demonstrated ability of New York's Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to attract convention del egates while maintaining his pub lic position that he is not a can didate caused some worry among the leaders of campaigns being conducted for Gov. John W. Brlcker of Ohio, Lieut. Comdr. Harold E. Stnssen and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Despite the strong showings made by MacArthur in the Illi nois preferential primary and Slassen in Nebraska, there are signs of a division of opinion among their backers as to the ad visability of continuing the race. There are no such signs of a cleavage in the Brlcker camp but there have been reports that the Ohio governor, who is the only candidate openly campaigning foi himself, might be satisfied with a vice-presidential nomina tion. Thus far, Brlcker has no pledg ed or claimed delegates, although he doubtless will get the support of almost all, if not all, of Ohio's 50 delegates to be chosen May 9. Dewey Far In Lead As compared with this pros pect, Dewey already has annexed 148 pledged and claimed votes, with present signs that he will share heavily when the unln structed delegations from such states as Kansas, with 19, Iowa (Continued on page 6) Rye Other Passengers, Badly InjuredTaken to Hospitals; Slippery Pavement Blamed Death Victims Are Mrs. Gertrude Simon, Eugene, Mrs. S. M. Deurloo, Steamboat Springs, Colorado; Driver's Quick Action Prevents Flaming Horror A southbound Greyhound bus overturned last night on the Pacific highway about a mile and a half north of Azelea, bring ing death to two passengers, sending five to hospitals and caus ing minor injuries to other of tha 18 occupants. ' Tha Dead:1 Mrs. Gertrude Simon, 53, Eugene. Mrs. Sadie Margaret Deurloo, 42, Stemboat Springs, Colo. Seriously lnurd: ' Hugh Bert Robinson, Los Angeles, possible skull fracture. " Lois Katherine Prevo, Ashland, shock, exposure, gasoline burns. : Mrs.' Charles (Juanita) McKoe, Rogue River, Ore., shock, exposure and gasoline burns. Steve Tomlanovtch, Klamath Falls, back injuries . Mrs. Jennie Moss, Grants Pass, shock and back Injuries. Slightly Injured: James P. Sullivan, Chicago. Mrs. L. G. Clark and small son, Jerry Lee, Grants Pass. Mrs. Marshall Pruitt and two-year-old daughter, Granger, Wash.. ' -: .' Mrs. V. E. Ray and nine-month-old daughter, Shirley, Cor- valhs, Ore.' js Passengers c4m at Wreck, Rescuer Reports Passengers' of the Greyhound bus, which was wrecked late yes terday near Azalea, resulting In death of two passengers and In juries to others, conducted them selves very calmly, according to Bill West, manager of West's Firestone storo, Roseburg. West, returning from a business trip to the south part.of the county, was one of the first arrivals at the scene. He crawled into the smashed In terior of the wrecked Vehicle and succeeded ln freeing three of the passengers, who had suffered only minor injuries, but who were trapped between seats and the crushed top. - k Little panic or hysteria was dis played by any of the wreck vic tims, West said. ' After assisting In clearing all of- the passengers who could be rescued without the use of heavy equipment, West sped on Into Canyonville, where he summon' ed wreckers, ambulances and no tified the state police at Rose burg. He suffered the loss of about $20 worth of tools and equip ment, taken from his truck to be used In clearing dehris, had a pair of shoes cut Into shreds by broken glass, and wrecked a freshly pressed suit of clothes. Mistake of Pharmacist Fatal to Three Babies NEW LONDON, Conn., April 13 .AP Administrator Richard F. Hancock of the Lawrence me morial hospital resorted today that an error by an employee of the hospitals pharmacy depart ment had resulted In the deaths of 3 Infants. Seven others were seriously 111, he said, and two more under close observation. Because of the error, the ad ministrator said, boric acid pow der Instead of dextrose powder was used in preparing a formu la fed to the 20 babies. Coroner Edward G. McKay of Norwich began an investigation Hospital officials Bald there was no known antidote for the boric acid poisoning, and added that adults probably would have been made only mildly 111 by the preparation which affected the Infants. Eight Inmates Perish In Home for Indigents LAWRENCE, Kas., April 13 (AP) Eight Inmates perished In a fire which destroyed the Doug las county home for Indigents to day. Twenty-nine others escaped without Injury. Caretaker George Hosklnson said the fire started In the boiler room of the two-story, 50-room structure from unknown cause. Alaska, Hawaii Take Top Honors in War Bond Buys WASHINGTON, April V Alaska and Hawaii led the nation In fu) lllment of bond quotas in the Fourth war loan drive, Dole gace Dlmoii'l has Informed the house. . : I Dimond said Alaska had sub scribed ;!02 per cent and Hawaii 175 per cent of their quotas. T Mr. Robinson, Miss Prevo and Mrs. McKee were brought to Mercy hospital at Roseburg, where It was reported today nil were expected to recover. Mr. Tomlanovlch and Mrs. Moss were removed to the hospital at Grants Pass. Other passengers, suffering from bruises, cuts and gasoline burns, were treated at Azalea and the Grants Pass hospital. Among passengers who escap ed uninlurod were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dolbcrpr, Piedmont, Calif.; Steve Rkoka, Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs. Phil Payne, Toledo, Ore.; Corporal Harold Phillips, PFC. Gerald Johnson and Private Par ker Williamson, all of Camp White, Ore. Sllopery Pavement Blamed. Gordon L. Brown, 957 Park street, Eugene, an experienced drlvcf;' who - was operating the' bus, told state police that the Vehicle struck slippery pavement In descending : the grade on a: sharp left-hand turn.- The rear end of the bus skidded out of control and went off the shoul der on the right side of the road, sliding down a steep embank ment, with the cab still resting on the pavement. The bus came to rest on Its top. The body of the bus was par tially collapsed, pinning a num ber of the passengsrs riding near the center of the car In or under their seats. Fire Horror Prevented. Passengers gave high praise to Driver Brown, who, they report ed saved many lives by his prompt action In extinguishing a fire which started in the motor. Brown, they told police, smashed his way through glass and used his own and passengers' coats to smother the flamea. Gasoline from the fuel tanks drenched the Interior of the wrecked car, caus ing scalding burns to several of the passengers, particularly those who were pinned In the wreck age. The driver, assisted by tha three soldiers, kicked out win dows and removed Injured and (Continued on page 6) Bus Wreck Victim Wife Of Funeral Director Mrs. Gertrude Simon, 53, who died In the crash of the Grey hound bus near Azalea last night, was the wife of Clarence V. Simon, funeral director at Eu gene. She was born February 8, 1891, at Halsey, Oregon, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Shop hard, pioneer settlers In the Wil lamette valley. Surviving are her husband; her mother, Mrs. Elsie Pierce, Eu gene, and two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Matchette, Spokane, and Mrs. E. K. Miller, Grants Pass. Mrs. Simon was en route to Grants Pass for a visit with her sister when the accident occur red. The body Is being forwarded to Eugene by the Douglas Funeral home. Lv1ty Pitt flint ti L. r. RrfMottata A de-tlnnlng plant qot 24 carloads of old tin can from Oregon during the first quarter of 1944. Now for a do-glnnlng, plant that will take the old tunics from the wheals of , Oroqoct outomobllos.