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' two im4 toaiir m HiiXar by th NrwaHTtew vmrar. lae. Member f the AaaoclMe Preaa Til Aaaoolated Rreaa la ezcluilv. IT Dtltled to the use for republica tion of all newe dlipatonea credited to It or not otherwise credited In thle pint and to all local newt pnbltibed herein. All rlgtaa et re- Eubllcatlon of epeolal dlepatohaa, ereln are lao reaerved. CHA& 7. STANTON. .v.-.-KDWIN 1 fcNAPP...... ,.. .Editor .Manager ntered aa aeeond alaaa matter fT 17. 1810. at tbe Doatomc at flnanhiirar. OrHAL uadar aot of March J, 1171. Kowreetateo) ky Htm York t7l Madlaon Ave. ClcRffi 860 N. Michigan Ave. aa Praarlaea2l Uarket Street fja Ajele 438 8. Spring Street Btt!r 60S Stowart Street Portland S20 S. W. Hllth Street t. Uol 411 N. Tenth Htreet. MmS PlILISnitBySillTIOI Subscription Rites Dallv. dot year by malU bally, 6 month! by matL uaiiy, a monuis uy man The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Offloe, Ttoseburg, Oregon. Forecast for RoaetHtrfl and vi cinity: Light rain tonight and Friday; colder Friday. Highest temp, for any April... .96 Highest temp, yesterday ..........62 Lowest temp, for any April 25 Lowest temp, last night 45 Precipitation 'yesterday .06 Prjclp. since April 1 3.89 Excess from April 1 1.63 Deficit from Sept. 1, 1943 .747 Editorials on New (Coattsu4 from p 1) guns moving toward Kohima. The tnnks are out 'ahead, providing a protective screen lor the 'follow ing infantry. Our dive bombers are harrying the RETREATING Japs. One guesses that we're getting in reinforcements on a large scale and that the Saps are suffering Xrom LACK of reinforcements. ALLIED headquarters in Ceylon estimates that in the neighbor hood of 10,000 Japs have been hilled in the Imphal-Kdhima fighting Indicating that -what lias happened there bas been Con siderably more than a skirmish.1 IN Europe, the air war domln ales everything, else. Even the Russians are doing comparatively little hard fighting at the mo ment. . ' . The Germans claim to be all set for the Invasion, -with all their preparations made. They're talking of their UNDERGROUND factories, which they seem to be depending on to keep up their supply of 'fighter planes. We're busy smashing airplane factories and shooting 'German ilanes out df the air. Tt appears that In one day we sent 3,000 American planes from England and Italy and destroyed at least 181 German fighters. Our losses were 69 planes, of which 38 were heavy bombers. In the same period of time '(according to the dispatches) the. British lost SO planes. AS nearly 9s one can compare the figures', (hat runs up to -9!) planes lost by our side as com pared with 181 lost by the Ger mansa ratio off abdut two to one in dur favor. Our losses run heavily to bombers; the Germans more to the Smaller and more quickly built fighters. THERE'S an interesting side light in the news lo the ef fect that the Hussluns lire now getting in on the shooting down of 'German planes. On EACH of the last five days, Rtisslim re ports have told of the destruction of more (him 50 German fighter waft. If thai means what it SEEMS to mean, the Russians have knocked down 250 German planes In five days which would be quite a contribution. OUR . news, as always, Is 'uni formly optimistic. Reading the censored dispatches, we get (as we have almost from the begin ning) the Impression that every thing ts safely under control, with nothing to worry about. We 'arc Jivl constantly toward the conclu sion that the Germans are doom ed and that Ihcmd is only a mat ter of waiting for the right mo ment to finish It off. The action of the small coun tries of Euiojk' provide n DIF FERENT and less optimistic slant. Finland turns (town (he this slan peace offers and decides to siring along with (he Germans. The Swedes, pressed by us to quit shipping ball bearings to THE MORNING'S MAIL By Charles NOTHING brings up the -short hairs on a newspaper re porter's .'neck like having someone say," here's some thing; to help you fill tip your paper." Of course, we Welcome very item of local news. We deeply appreciate help 1n gathering that news, but if we had no greater worries than filling the available space, we would have lot longer life expectancy. , In these days when we can't find enough linotype opera tors and printers to . produce even a limited newspaper Without long overtime hours, and are plagued with news print shortages,' in the face of rising demands for adver tising space and increased circulation, we have no problem in filling the paper. The big job is to find space in which to print the volume of "must" tion capacity to convert the copy into type, without work ing -our mechanical crews into early graves. We realize the help-fill-'er-up guy is really trying to be helpful and is well-intentioned and is, in reality, an excel lent friend, or he 'wouldn't right to bristle at his well-meaning remark. We are, in deed, thankful and apreciative 'of his interest. ' But the bristly feeling we paper" remark is nothing compared with the overwhelming desire to go into a tantrum morning's mail. When you know -the crying need of the country for paper, when every radio program broadcasts an appeal for saving waste paper, when newsprint is so short yon must carefully gnard your dwindling stock,, you feel cause for a case of the galloping heebie-jeebies when you take a look at the bureaucratic propaganda releases, the chiselling copy and the 'outright drivel that tome to an editor's desk. Just for fun this morning, torial mail -on the postal scales. two nd -quarter pounds. THREE letters in the pile Hiat had some Value; the rest went in the waste paper basket. beven -envelopes wore 'stuffed With propaganda from six federal 'departments. Not one Was deserving of publication. There were 12 letters, foldors and packets from various; manufacturing and business "concerns trying to chisel free advertising. They had disguised their "releases" in the form of news items, but the tamouflage was very poor. mere were items concerning the railroad and rubber industries, manpower shortages (as if we didn't have our own), progress reports, a gay offering us soil tester to sell our readers, dope on Victory gardens liberally "salt-' ed" with the manufacturer's advertising summaries from articles in popular magaziires, piugs, and, finally, an appeal Towels" week. And then we had a half from the various branches of little kindlier feeling toward the public relations outfits. They have been sending us some mighty fine coverage on our own hoys. Most of the public relations work is well done, but, astde from that which has local bearing, we are forced to discard the bulk of it. , Election mail is on the upgrade. Each post brings let ters, pamphlets and folders from the political parties, com mittees and candidates, all seeking to get some free pub licity which may drag in Votes. We've already had enough to fill a good sized wheelbarrow and the worst is yet to come. Oh yes, there were nine such letters in this morn ing's mail. And then' there are the societies. Societies for this and societies for that, all running over with good fellowship and good will, just knowing that we will be delighted to give them a helping hand. Sure, we'll give them a helping hand right into the waste basket. Ain't it hpek to have a disposition like that? May be it's something we eU DIAlflPlOG By SUSAN Be sure to listen tonight to Mu sic You Remember at 6:30 An nalorls Is going to sing "I Love You" and there's a dedication there although she may lack the moral courage to tell you about It. Didn't you notioe the little ex tra lilt In her voice when she sang "People Will Say We're In Love" Inst Tuesday night? There's a mighty good reason for It -witness the flash on the ring finger of the left hand. Ooh. An nie The 'Cisco Kid at 7:30 Is al ways sure-fire romance, too, but this week be also has a bullet In Ills leg. Here's a little utory about Jack son Beck, who plays the Cisco Germany, REFUSE FLATLY. Turkey stops shipments of chrome to Germany, but bocb on with a long list -of other com merce. Romania 11 nd Hungary re obviously scared of the Rus sians but are WORSE SCARED of the. Germans. T HESE little countries of En voi, neutrals and German satellites alike, are CLOSE TO THE SCENE. Propaganda or no proiiaganda, they KNOW THE SCORE. t'mil they liegln lo display a lit tle less willingness to siring along with Germany and a little more eagerness to come to our side, It won't be safe for us to assume that the Germans are licked. V. Stantos news and to secure produc he cooperating. W have no have over the "fill tip your every time we look at our we tossed the incoming edi It balanced at a hair over item in the whole kiboodle . a handful of radio program to sponsor a ,Te Kind to dozen public rotations releases military rid, that amused uk: It seems that Beck -was born fn the city and has never even so much as been on a horse. Now his great est -nightmare is the advent of television, when he'll have to learn to ride, or move out and let someone else tiave the role of The Cisco Kid. If and when tele vision becomes common, there's going to be a lot of changes made Just as the movies threw so many of the old stars In the discard when they became vocal. Pick Pat have something a little different for you this week OcGec Dames, comedian now appearing on Broadway, will join forces with them at 8 o'clock. The appearance of Miss James marks an innovation for the black-face i comedians, as they have never ' before used a woman in one -of ! their skits. Mary Small sings "Oklahoma". Bruce Hayes offeiii "Long Ago and Far Away" and Senor Lopez' orchestra gives forth with "18th Century Draw ing Room". We've Just received a lot of material from the network with stories about the men who bring you the newscasts, maps and all sort of material, so we'll he all prepared to Rive you accurate In formation when the Invasion be gins more about this later. Yoncafta High Principal Accepts Pest at Amity Reginald Menegat. principal of Yoncalla high school, has de clined reelection and has accept ed a position as principal of the union high school at Amity, Ore gon. Mr. Menogut came lo Yon calla twp years ago. having taught In the coutily -three years prior to his elect Ion to the Yon calla school. Ho will assume his duties at Amity next September. No, No Monkey Business Survival of War Labor Board May Hinge On Outcome of Government's Struggle With Defiant Montgomery Ward & Co. WASHINGTON, April 27. (AP) The War Labor board, veteran of many crises, risked Its prestige once wore today 'in the seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company. The survival 'or -dissolution of the board in its present form may hinge on this attempt to make its order stick.- The WLB has found In.Sewcll Avery (directing influence of Montgomery Ward, U. S- Gyp sum, and Hummer Manufactur ing) an opponent to be' reckoned with. ' ' j Other lawsuits and cases Of de-j layed compliance have backed up behind Avery's defiance and until the Montgomery Ward case is disposed of the log Jam is ex pected to grow. The Chicago mail order hottsi seizure may be the beginning o test that will go to a supreme court dcoision but, If m, that is not the government's choice. It is seeking a decision in one fall, not protracted litigation. Avery Stubbbrn Foe j Tc . WLB has operated largely on a basis of voluntary compli ance. Out of .more than 6,000 dis putes, It has referred 17 to the president for enforcement of de cisions. Seven of these were em ployer defiance, and Montgomery Ward accounts for two of the seven. The board operated for more than a year and a half without having to go into court Avery set a fashion when he sued in be half of U. S. Gypsum company (Warren, O.) lasl September, and subsequently in five others. The total court actions now pending against the board Is 16. Avery's KRNR Mutual Broadoastlng System, 1490 Kllocyole. BEST BETS FOR TODAY THURSDAY 6:30 Music You Remember. 7:30 Cisco Kid. 8:00 Pick and Pat Tlmo. 9:30 Fulton L-ewis, Jr. FRIDAY 10:16 Jack Berch. 10:45 Junior High School. 1:30 Muslo for Remem brance. 3:15 Dusty Records. 6:30 Double or Nothing. 7:00 Dale Carnegie. 8:00 Eye Witness News. 8:30 Name That Song. 9:00 JNowspapor of the Air. REMAINING HOURS TODAY '4:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr., Plough Chemioal Co. l:15Caro and Feeding of Husbands. 4:30 --Lullaby In Rhythm. 4:-15-Music Off the Record. 5:00 -Junior Jamboree. 5:15 Superman, KcMogg's Pep. 5:.'tn- Musical Cocktail. 5:45 Gordon Burk News, Stu- dobakcr. G:O0 Gabriel H-jttcr, Forhan's Toothpaste. (i:15-'l'he Adventures of Nick Carter. 6:30 Music You Remember, Douglas Supply Co. 6:45 The Malo Quartet, G. W. Young A Son. 7:00 - Henry Gladstone. 7:15 State and Local News, Keel Motor Co. 7:l'(t Musical Interlude. 7:;t0-Clsco Kid. 8:00-Plek and Pat Time. ' 8:30 Stardust Serenade. See no Wear no Tell no invasion '. invasion . invasion , ACTIVITIES ...'.....TALK SECRETS " " ; six cases include four Montgom ery Ward actions covering six cities. His last defiance is the Hummer Manufacturing c o m ipany, a. Montgomery Ward divi sion which makes gun .parts. Court Jurisdiction At -Issue The government, through the Department of Justice, has resist ed a court test for fhe same rea sons that the board opposed a iprovision for court review in ;the War. Labor disputes act. In -the VI S. Gypsum oase, the -government's legal position is that the :ourt has no Jurisdiction or au thority to enjoin the War Labor board because its decisions are merely -declarations bf equities and are not enforced by the board itself. The government thus takes recourse in the virtual improb ability that the- courts- -will 'rat tempt to enjoin the president. In addition, the government ar gues that the legislative history of the War Labor disputes act shows that congress considered court review to the extent of writing 1t Into the bill and then withdrawing it. The theory behind creation of the Wur. Labor board is that it was Intended to be a wartime substitute, for strikes and lock outs. The government's position is that the board and the authori ty under which it operates is as temporary as the emergency, and that it has no permanent statute to police, like that of the Nation al Labor relations board. Test cases under the Wagner act averaged about 11 month. It is contended that if the WLB must submit to tests of that duration its effectiveness as an arbiter of emergency dispute would be nul lified. 8:45 Garden Time, Miller Products Co. :-'.- 9:00 Alka Seltzer News. . j 9:15 Rex Miller, Wlldroot. 9:30 Fulton Lewis, Jr., Hunt Bros. Packing Co. 9:45 Music for the Night 10:00-Sign Off. TRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944 6:45 Rise and Shine. 7:00 News, J. A. Folger Co. 7:15 Stuff and Nonsense. 7:30 State and Local News, Boring Optical. 7:35 Judd Furniture Store. 7:40 'Rhapsody In Wax. 8:00 Dr. Louis Talbot, Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 8:30 Happy Joe and Ralph. 8:45 Shoppers Guide. 0:00 Boake Carter. om where Silas Clay I.? complaining thai his wife's hew hat cost more than a bull calf. "And I wouldn't nilnrl t,1f it was a hat." he rays, "but all it Is, Is a small bow and a piece of feather." "It Isn't the size of thr lint that roanls," Miy Hlron K;irp, rppronrtifnlly. "Well, what Is it that counts?" atiks Si, exasperated. "I'll tell you what it is that counts." says Doc. "It's Uic lift Hint new hat gives U any wx'inan. It sort of picks up their spirits . . . boosts morale. Little A 64 cfa isriet VCm jj 9:15 Man About Town. . 9:30 392nd Army Band. 10:00 Alka Seltzer News.; . 10:15 Jack Berch, Kellogg's All Bran. . 10:30 Luncheon With Lopez, ; ' Van Camps, Inc. - m 10:45 Junior High School on the Air. ' I 11:00 Wheel of Fortune. 11:45 Around the Town, Kel logg's Cornflakes. 12:00 Musical Interlude. 12:10 Sports Review, Dunham Transfer. 12:15 Treasury Song for Today. 1 12:20 Parkinson's Information , Exchange. 12:25 Rhythm at Random. 12:40 State News, Hansen Mo tors. 12:45 News-Review of the Air. 12:55 Terminal Market Re - ports, Sig Fett. 1:00 Gardener Nursery' Co. 1:05 Musical Interlude. 1:15 Farm Frolics, Fisher's Feeds. 1:25 What's Wrong, Fisher's Blend. -1:30 Music for Remembrance. ..2:00 Air. WAC Serenado. . .. .. 2:15 Musical Hi-Jinks. . 2:45 Radio Tour. 3:00 Griffin Reporting. 3:15 Dusty Reoerds, Hennin- ocrs -Marts. 3:45 Johnson Family. ..4:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr., Plough Chemical Co. 4:15 Care and Feeding of Hus bands. 4:30 Lullaby In Rhythm. 4:45 Music off the Record. 5:00 Bible Adventures, Pres byterian Church. 5:15 Superman, Kellogg's Pep. 5:30 Musical Cocktail. 5:45 Gordon Burke News, Stu debaker. 6:00 'Gabriel Heatter, Kreml. 6:15 The Adventures of Nick Cflrtnr 6:30 Double or Nothing, Feena-1 .mint. I 7:00 Dale Carnegie. 7:15 State and Local News, Keel Motor Co. 7:20 Musical Interlude. 7:30 Lone Ranger. , v 8:00 Eye-Witness News, Copco 8:15 Here Comes the Band. Douglas Supply Co. 8:30 Name That Song, 42 Hair Oil Products. 9:00 Alka Seltzer News. 9:15 HI Neighbor, Carstens Furniture Store. . 9:30 Fulton Lewis, Jr. 9:45 Music for the Nieht. 10:00-Sign Off. Union Encampment Will Put On Degree Work Union Encampment, No. 9, I. O. O. F., will hold its regular monthly meeting at 8 p. m. Fri day. Degree work Is scheduled. Refreshments will be served fol lowing the lodge session. I sit ... ly Joe Marsh Silas Clay Gets Mad at Women's Hats things can do that. Like the, flower in your buttonhole," he e;i,vs to Silas, "or that glass of beer that you're enjoying." From where 1 lt, Hoc has given us a mighty good defini tion of morale. Important llttlw things. A flower In your button hole . . a kind word from a Mrniigcr ... it mellow glass of beer with friends. Utile things especially Important in these dis of strain. UyinjV, 151, Crmiog'ttiiatry CciuuktiM Major Battle ForKohima Taking Shape Reinforcements Reach Allied Garrison as Japs Entrench on Nearby Hills SOUTHEAST-- ASIA . HEAD QUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, April .27. tAPJ.-rrA major battle appeared imminent today as al lied reinforcements, streamed in to Kohima, the gateway hill town guarding the valley entrance in to the plains of Assam. The garrison of Kohima could be seen below Jy Japanese scat tered in the nearby hills, and the reinforcements rolled forward from Manipur under the eyes of the enemy perched in hilltop for tifications. One of the enemy's strongest points was Kohima village, about a mile west of the main town. Into this the British poured ar tillery tire. Kohima, 60 miles north of Im phal, the military storehouse -of the Manipur valley, and two thirds the distance between that town and Dimapur, the important operating center on the Bengal Assam supply line, promised to be an incredible battlefield, with the men fighting both on the dense jungle valley floor and 6,000 feet above sea level, with the snowcapped Himalayas in the distance. The Kohima garrison recently received tanks to help expand its AVOID GRAY HAIR TAYLOR ANTI-GRAY HAIR VITAMINS Sold at FULLERTON'S REXALL STORE CARL'S TAVERN GRILL 120 North Jackson will.be closed tihiil May 1st. REMODELLING EKaNE'TTES FOR POULTRY BROODING AND , PEAT MOSS FOR LITTER. POULTRY FEEDERS, WATERERS AND OTHER SUPPLIES. "Buy Where You Own the Profits" DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON ( GEE perimeter, and these circled the town's outskirts, battering at Ja-; panose bunkers With their heavy guns and shooting snipers from the chimneys of houses. Stilwell Scores. 8uccess . In north Burma, IX. Gen. Stll well's Chinese scored a spectacu lar success in the advance down the Mogaung valley wirh the cap ture of the village of Manpln, 10' miles north of Kamatng, south east Asia headquarters announc ed. . ,. The sudden success seemed to Inchoate that Stilwell's men had broken the back of Japanese re sistance which had delayed his offensive the first part of tills month. (A delayed dispatch Irom As sociated Press War Correspond ent William Boni, written April 20 at a U. S. base in northern In-. dla, said that British and Ameri can staff officers in that area had drawn an optimistic picture in wliich. the Japanese were por trayed as facing the danger of a -major defeat in Burma and eastern India. (Boni quoted these officers as saying that the Japanese had committed more than one-third of their entire known strength in Burma to the Indian invasion and had suffered sufficient casualties to chew up the better part of two divisions while Gen. Stilwell's American and Chinese forces in northern Burma have been -cutting steadily into a third division. (The Invasion of northern In dia, the officers added, has caus ed no interruption of the flow of essential supplies either to China or to Stilwell's forces.) (3D 00
