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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-
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.