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Newspaper Page Textniti raw IMI M V) L UK V J J M fr,(lWfo)(S M WAR BONDS VOL. L NO. 7 OF ROSEBURG JAPS' NEW CHINA Supply Lines Goal of Army Near 60,000 Creation of Famine Also Seen as Plan; Kohima's Siege Lifted by British , (By tho Associated Press) ' The first large-scale fighting In China since the "rice bowl" bat tle last fall has flared up in northern Honan province, where powerful Japanese forces are at ' tempting to drive Chinese troops ; from their stranglehold on a 150 mile segment of the important Felping-Hankow railroad. Chinese sources today estimat ed between 50,000 and 60,000 Nip ponese troops, some of them brought in from Manchuria, are being hurled into the fray. Anoth er enemy column has fought its , way to within six miles of China's east-west Lunghai rail way also in northern Honan province. The new Japanese offensive in China, possibly to revitalize home-front morale, comes when the Nipponese invasion into In dia threatens to reach a stale mate. Kohlma Siege Llfeted With only a few weeks remain ing before the torrential mon soon season sets In, the Japanese drive has been dulled to such an . exiem mm cillisn iruopa nave t relieved the besieged base of Ko- htmn.. fnrthpQt nenntrntinn nf the Indian offensive according to al lied reports, and have Initiated a strong eounter-offenslye around Imphal, 60 miles to the south. The enemy was reported by al lied commanders to bo sending reinforcements Into the Kohlma sector In a pre-monsoon attempt to cut the Bengal-Assam railroad 35 miles to the north and there by choke off supplies reaching al lied forces attmpeting to carve a new land supply route to China. Famine Threat Envisaged The new Japanese offensive launched in Honan province also carries the possibility o a man made famine affecting twenty million civilians and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Aside from seizure of commun ications, the Japanese were be lieved bent upon securing the rich wheat crop now ripening in Honan. This crop Is the hope of mil lions of Chinese who in 1943 suf- (Continued on page 6) Slays Nazis Using Him for Shield "They're maklnn too much of It," said Capt. Maurice Brltt of Ft. Smith, Ark., after receiv ing the Congressional Medal of Honor. Near Mignano, Italy, last November, Brltt and eight companions, seized by Ger mans, were used nc a shield for the advance of abc.it 100 of the enemy on the U. S. lines. Brltt killed five Germart. sav ed his eight p.-Ht, was shot in the tide, had grenade wounrts In his chest and lost an ari-. The former Arkansas unlver. tlty and Detroit Lions football star It pictured above, wit: Mrt. Brltt, at Lawton hotpltal, Atlanta, Ga. REVIEW Lt Comdr. Stassen of Navy, Possibility for Presidency, Saved in Small Boat at Sea MADISON, Wis., April 21 (AP) "We may have rescued the next president," a Wisconsin sail or wrote his parents in a letter describing the rescue at sea of an officer he Identified as Lt. Comdr. Harold E. Stassen, for mer Minnesota governor and re publican presidential possibility. At south St Paul, Minn., Mrs. Stassen, wife of the 37-year-old flag officer in Admiral Halsey's South Pacific fleet, said she had I heard something about it.". "I lust had a letter from Har old a few davs ago and he didn't tell me anvthing about the res cue." Mrs. Stassen said. She add ed that she believed he did not mention the rescue for fear it would cause her to worry. William Bormett, a former un iversity of Wisconsin athlete, who is a sound man aboard a subchas er, mentioned the Incident in three letters. In a letter to his parents, he said in part: "Just a few weeks ago we were patrolling in front of one of these Islands when somebody saw a small boat ahead, having engine troublle. We took the passengers aboard and one of them was Stas sen. I've read where he's being wanted as a candidate for presi dent, ' well maybe we saved the next one." Describing the 6-feet-plus, 200- State Convention Of Endeavorers Attended by 400 Worship, Addresses, Forums Mark Program In Rostburg; Public Parade Scheduled More than 400 local and visit ing delegates were in attendance at the opening session of the Ore gon Christian Endeavor Union convention last night. The state meeting was officially opened at 7:30 p. m. with dedicatory pray er by Rev. James Allen Smith, Salem; song service directed by Ivan Correll,- Albany; address of welcome by Dr. C. A. Edwards, special music, and an address by Rev. Mark Koehler, Spokane, chief convention speaker. The convention session today opened with quiet hour services at the Presbyterian and Christian churches at 8:45 a. m. Following the opening worship periods, the convention delegates scattred to the various churches of the city for conference forums. Confer ence leaders were' Mrs. Emmet Rickard, Scio; Mrs. Bessie Lakie, Drain; Dorothy Howes, state president, Forest Grove; Vernon Fishback, Roseburg, student at N o r t hwest Christian college; Rev. James Aiken Smith, Salem; Rev. Phil Barett, Sacramento; Rev. Howard C. Cole, St Johns; Rev. Walter Myers, Beaverton; Ivan Correll, Albany; Oma Lou Myers, Salem; Marjory Boon, Portland. Addresses Heard The group reconvened at 11:25 at the convention auditorium In the First Christian church for an address by Mrs. Fred J. Tooze, Portland, state W. C. T. U., pres ident, speaking on the subject, "Keeping Fit for Victory." An address by Rev. Jl. Wilbur Simmons, Corvallis, "Postwar Conditions and Planning," was scheduled as the feature of the afternoon session, starting at 2 p. m. Tonight's program, starting at 7:30 o'clock will feature music hy the Northwest Christian col lege quartette and an address, "What Faith Can Do f or you," by Rev. Mark Koehler. The convention delegates and visitors win be seen in a public pnrade to be held Saturday at 3: 15 p. m. The parade will be led by the Roseburg Girls drum corps, and will traverse the bus iness district. The morning convention ses sions Saturday will follow the pattern of today's meeting. De- (Continued on page 6) V R0SEBURS' OREGON. - FRIDAY. ArRIL 21. 1944. DEti;" POSES 2-WAV pound Stassen, he wrote: "Boy he sure is a big man." Stassen resigned as governor of Minnesota in April, 1943, four months after starting his third term, to enter the navy. Although Lt. Comdr. H. E. Stassen Stassen has announced he -does not seek the republican presiden tial nomination he has indicated he would accept It if endorsed by the party at its national conven tion. In the recent Wisconsin pri mary he won four of the 24 del egates to the G. O. P. national convention here, placing second to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. i Poultry Ceiling " Prices Increased WASHINGTON, April 21 (AP) The OPA today Increased the celling price of poultry at all sales levels by 1.8 cents a pound, effective Immediately and contin uing through the month of April. The new revisions approved by Stabilization Director Vinson, al so provide a program of increas es for. May and June and for January through June of 1945. OPA said the over-all changes would boost the price of poultry to the public an average of two thirds of a cent a pound over the period of one year. . The increase In May of this year will be 2.2 cents a pound over present levels and In June one cent over present levels. Ceil ing prices that have been In ef fect up to now will be reestablish ed In July and will continue in effect through December, 1944. In January of 1945, Ihe revis ed schedule goes Into effect again, with an increase of one half cent a pound that month, one cent In February, and 1.4 cents in March. In April, May and June of 1945 the increases will be the same as in those months of this year. Diving Suit Co.wboys Ride "Human" Torpedoes i , , ' ' - , . r-z '"-,. , "J Broadside view of the tandem crew torpedo uted by allies In the Medlterrean with deadly effeot on axil shipping. The two men wear tpeolal diving tultt, wrap their lege around the ilim, explotvle projectile and ride it under water until It reache t the target. Then they attach Its explosive charge with a time fute to the target and ride the pro pultlve part of the torpedo to safety. JMf '. ' : .' ; -t .c. THrD0EGLAS:COUNTY DAILY Need of Cheap Power Told j By Dr. Raver Resources of Douglas to Attract World's Notice. Bonneville Head Says. An abundance of electric pow er at low rates is essential to in dustrial growth. Dr. Paul J. Ra ver, administrator of the Bonne ville Power Administration, told a large audience last night at a chamber of commerce forum din ner at the Umpqua hotel. Point ing out that interest centers in the development of the potential resources of the Pacific North west, he declared that private capital would not undertake enormous power development un til profitable markets were avail able. On the other hand, markets can be created only if there is an abundance of power. Consequent ly, he declared, it requires the Impact of public power to break the vicious circle. The Pacific Northwest, Dr. Ra ver asserted, has existed on a col onial economy. Raw materials have been shipped to the eastern Industrial centers for manufac ture and the finished products re turned to the Northwest, with the consumer paying freight costs both ways. Cheap Power Essential Such economic waste can be averted by locating manufactur ing Industries In the Northwest 'and industry cdiT 6nlyT)e attract ed by an abundance of' cheap power, the speaker said. "We are In a competitive fight," Dr. Raver said. "There are forces that do not want basic in dustries out here. As long as con trol of certain Industrial process es remain in the East, we will continue to pay the freight." The Pacific Northwest, he as serted, can support a population ol ten million people as compar-l ed with the present three mil lion. ' Specifically the Northwest needs chemical Industries. Of 16 nitrogen fixation plants In the United States, not one Is located In the West. Five aluminum plants are producing aluminum pigs, but there is only one rolling (Continued on page 6). Premier Badoglio Forms New Italian Government NAPLES, , April 21. f AP) Marshal Pietro Badoglio today an nounced the formation of a new Italian war government with himself as premier and foreign minister. The men who held the war navy and air ministries in the old cabinet remained at their posts In the new government, as did the technician whom Badoglio had chosen to head the finance ministry. The other posts were divided among Italy's six politi cal' parties of the liberation Junta and some independents. ! i : THREAT Reds Repulse Nazi Assaults In Narva Area fjoe's Counter Blow in Carpathians Also Fails; , Sevastopol Holding Out .) j-IOSCOW, ' April 21 (API Powerful German tank and In fantry attacks have been "beaten back by the red army near the Estonian border town of Narva and at the foot of the Carpa th(ans more than 800 miles to the south, a soviet communiqe an nounced today. The German blows on the Bal-' tld front, which had been quiet for six weeks, were directed against the1 Russian bridgehead on the west bank of the Narova river southwest of Narva and were preceded by a heavy artil lery barrage, the announcement declared. More than 2.000 Germans were officially reported left dead on the battlefield and many more slain in repeated attacks. The German-Hungarian counter-offensive at the foot of the Carpathians, first announced by the Russians two days ago, spread yesterday from the cast of Stanislawow to the south, where the red army was credited with hurling back furious at tacks. ( At least 2,300 axis troops were JIUe.d, the communique said, "vlo- loitt ; engagements wen t "on throughout the day." Sevastopol Not yet Taken Battles were reported continu ing at the outskirts of besieged Sevastopol, meanwhile, and front dispatches said that thousands of Germans and Romanians drown ed in the Black sea as soviet bombers and torpedo planes kept up hourly attacks against con (Continued on page 6) Union Label Appears on News-Review Masthead A union label, Roseburg No. 1, appears on the masthead of today's News-Review, the first time in the history of the pub lishing Industry in Roseburg that a newspaper has been privileged to use the symbol of organized labor. Roseburg local No. 785, International Typographical union, completed negotiations this week with the Roseburg News-Review and the Mid Oregon Printing company. Working agreements have been signed and uniform wage scales Jointly approved. The wage scale, however, cannot be made operative until endors ed by the War Labor board. The Roseburg union Is head ed by Harlan B. Carter, pres ident; M. O. Ream, vice presi dent, and L. H. Gau, secretary treasurer. A t VOL. XXXIII NO. 18 British' Empire sFuture Queen Comesof Ruling Age Amid Chaos of World War 9 v -i I H, B. i LONDON, April 21. (AP) Blonde, blue-eyed Princess Eliza beth, next in line to rule the vast British empire, came of reigning agetoday as she celebrated her i8tlf,bithdy.'L";",:,l'-A'w':::;-1' Gretlngs from the far-flung outposts of the empire she ex pects some day to rule poured in on the young princess who, though still legally a minor for the next three years, became a counsellor of state empowered with others to act for her father, King George VI, in his absence. However, If at any time during the next three years she were to succeed to the throne, she would do so as queen regent with royal powers and no question of the necessity for a regency. The young princess' 18 years 1 New Local Store Of Auto Supply Co. To Open Monday The Western Auto Supply com pany's store In Roseburg will open Monday In Its new location in the Newland building at Ste phens and Cass streets. The new store Is reported the most modern to be established by the organiza tion In cither Oregon or Wash ington. The new location affords more than three times the floor space available at the site being vacat ed. The quarters have been com pletely rempdellcd and fitted with entirely new fixtures, attractive lighting equipment and floor coverings. Jack C. Davis, manager, re ports that the store will offer many new lines of merchandise In Its new headquarters. Includ ed in the new lines will be a furniture department, household goods, and various other items, to gether with an extended stock In each of the departments previous ly maintained, particularly auto motive parts and accessories. The features to be Introduced in the new store will require a much larger sales force than ever before, Manager Davis reports. He Is to be assisted by Mrs. Al ta Arthur, saleslady; Mrs. Blanche Elliott, bookkeeper; Ful ler Johnson, salesman; Mrs. Vio let Burgess, saleslady; Dottlce Fenley, Charles Cartrr and Er nest Hodson, stock room atten dants. Tax Delinquency Drops Heavily in Nine Years SALEM, Ore., April 21 (AP) Property tax delinquency In Oregon totals $20,222,919, com pared with $"16,510,000 nine years apo, the state tax commission said today. The commission said It expect ed the delinquency would be re duced further this year. 1 -Sfef -tt-mtn r-fj tt i 4if?5iiiLii. OF THE EVENINGQ NEWS v H. Prinoest Elizabeth , , , have been crowded with history. Within a year after the death of her grandtather, King George V, the abdication of her uncle, Ed ward VIII. brouerht Iher into the limelight asr?'the ' llkely-futurc- ruler of the British empire. She has watched the rise of Hitler and the plunging pf the world Into war, with her homo Islands and her empire shaken by the terrible conflict. A8 she en tors' her 19th year with the allied nations getting set for an Inva' sion of Europe, she can recall the dark hours of Dunkerque and the battle of Britain in the skies. Her training has been directed carefully toward fitting her for the queenshlp and the role she will play in the future of the British empire. Butter Points Due For Slash; Lamb is Reduced in Value WASHINGTON, April 21 (AP) The ration value of but ter may be reduced four points next week. Informed sources assert that the OPA will announce a reduc tion from 16 points to 12, and that sufficient supplies are now available to permit the cut with out causing a scarcity In areas remote from producing centers. Tho prediction was made as the OPA announced an average 50 per cent slash In the ration point value of lamb, to be effective Sunday, April 30. The lamb ra tion value reduction Is prompted, said an OPA spokesman, by drought conditions In many parts of the country which threaten large part of the spring lamb flock. Used Fats Still Needed Used household fats will con tlnue to bring two ration points and four cents a pound at meat markets, despite the establish ment of zero point values for lard, shortening and salad and cooking oils, the OPA said today. "These waBto fats still are ur gently needed In the war pro gram for Industrial needs," said Col. Bryan Houston, OPA ration ing chief,. Sutherlin Residents Hurt In Automobile Wreck Mr. and Mrs. John Herstlne, residents of Sutherlln, were brought to Mercy hospital In Roseburg today for treatment of iniurles suffered In an automo bile wreck about 10 miles north of Drain. Both suffered severe cuts and bruises and Mrs. Her stlne has a broken arm. Their car skidded out of control and rolled over the bank. Fresh Havoc Dealt Along Invasion Path Cologne Left in Flames By RAF; Foe's Plane Plants, Airfields Hit LONDON, April 21. (AP) The German radio tald "ma jor U. 8. A. bomber forma tions" were over southeast ern Europe at noon today, In dicating that the 15th air foroe was striking from Italy to carry forward the offen- -live. The broadoatt tald bombs were dropped at several plaoet In 8erbla and South ern Romania. LONDON, April 21. (AP The RAF threw the crushing weight of 1,100 aircraft Into an attack on Cologne, a German anti-Invasion transport hub, and three other rail targets In France and Belgium last night with a massive bombload of perhaps 4, 480 short tons. Only 16 bombers were lost In the tremendous night operations, Including a Mosquito raid on Ber lin, which quickly followed yes- , tcrday'8 dusk uttack on Adolf Hitler's Atlantic wall by a fleet of 750 to 1,000 Flying Fortresses. An air ministry communique said a great weight of bombs was dropped in the four-ply as sault, sugesting that it ; might have exceeded the 4,480 tons de posited on French rail targets by a 1,000-bomber fleet on Tues day night, when the RAF marked up a record up to that time in bomb tonnage. Making Path For Invasion In less than 72 hours allied air invasion forces in Britain had sent over 9,000 planes roaring , against the European fortress with close to 15,000 mixed tons of explosives on rail junctions which tie the Invasion coast with the rclch, defending airfields, plane factories and coastal de fense Installations In an unpre cedented pattern of destruction ; obviously designed to flatten a . path for Gen. Elsonhowcr's troops. '' This pattern was continued to dffy as bomber foTmat1osrtfft;-', lng American Marauders, skipped . across the channel, continental radio stations closed down, and Spitfires harassed the military objectives In northern France that were hit by 2,500 tons of ex- : plosives by the Americans yes terday. In aditlon to Cologne, rail tar gets hit in the RAF assault last night were Ottlgnles, 15 miles southeast of Brussels, Lens In the Pas-De-Calais area of France, and LaChapclle on the outskirts of Paris, where a ring of rail Junc tions had been atacked In recent raids. In addition to these strikes, Beauflghtcrs made a foray against shipping off the Dutch coast, hitting one large escort vessel with a torpedo and dam aging two smaller ones. Fires Engulf Cologne Cologne was riddled by Brit ain's first 1,000-bomber assault on May 30, 1942, but the city still Is Germany's third largest and the air ministry explained that Its railways, now largely repaired, were still vital to the German ' war effort. , Its Industries have been reduc ed to comparative Impotence, however. The attack on Cologne was de- (Continued on page 6) Invasion Forces Massing, Nazis Say LONDON, April 21. (AP)- The Berlin radio said today the American and " British navies ; wore massing "the greatest con- ; centratlon since Dunkerque" in '. British home waters for the west- ' ern Invasion. "Troops are leaving London, which Is becoming more and more deserted by British, American and : colonial troops," the broadcast i said. "Every day now troop trains are leaving London stations, tak ing men to channel ports and to ' ports on the south and east coasts." i - The Vichy radio, also broadcast ing Invasion rumors, declared the main Invasion blow from the west would be timed with new allied assaults In Italy and the Bal- ' kans. f L. F. RatMnstala A lot of unromantic, hartlu folks who road about tho bom bardmont of Sumatra probably lamented that tho nam of tho target was not Sinatra.