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VOL. XLIX NO. 311 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEA- REGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1 3, 1 944.
VOL. XXXIII NO., 11 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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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
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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.