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Allied Bombers Rip French;
Louvain Hard
Hit in Foray
Of Air Fleet
' i k 5 , .; . '
U. S. Airmen Down 1 50
' German Planes in Raid
On Five Oil Refineries
LONDON, May 13. (AP)
Up to 750 American heavy
' bombers struck deep into
Germany again today, pound
ing an aircraft, assembly
plant at Tutow and railway
yards at Osnabruck as the
ceaseless allied round-the-clock
pre-lnvaslon air assault
moved Into the fifth straight
week. -
Tutow lies 109 miles north
of Berlin.'" Inland from the
Baltic sea. Osnabruck is 40
miles east of the Dutch bor
der, on the main rail line
from. Berlin to Amsterdam.
Other targets In Germany
also were hit.
LONDON, May 13 (AP)
Gorman broadcasts said strong
American bomber formations
thrust as deep as the Berlin area
amid heavy air battles this after
noon In the 29th day of non-stop
aerial olfensive.
Waves of aircraft began the
new day's assaults behind the
Atlantic wall in precision attacks
at French rail centers the same
taVeets against- which the RAF
V threw up to 750 bombers last
way cities of Louvain and Has
nelt antt other objectives in
France and northwest Germany.
Although It cost Hitler 150 of
Ms frontline fighters trying to
keep the Eighth air force off his
synthetic oil factories in Ger
many yesterday, RAF crews said
the Germans put up more night
fighters last night than they had
leen in some time.
Fourteen of the possibly 750
British bombers dispatched last
night failed to return about the
same loss suffered by forces of
similar strength Wednesday and
Thursday nights.
Five Refineries Raided
The huge American sky-fleet
yesterday smashed Its way
through great swarms of Ger
man fighters in one of the war's
fiercest aerial battles to strike at
four oil refineries in the Leip
zig area and a fifth in Czechoslo
vakia. In addition to the strategic suc
cess against the oil plants, the
bombers and fighters dealt the I
weary German air force its heavi
est blow since March G, when 176
nazi planes were shot down in an
assault on Berlin.
A communique today said pho
tographs showed severe damage
to all five of the German oil
(Continued on page 6)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
SEVASTOPOL falls releasing
two Russian armies for the
MAIN eastern front.
It has taken the rods just 31
days to clear the entire Crimea.
Around 100,000 Germans and Ro
manians are believed to have
boon killed or captured, Including
the 25,000 supposed to have been
trapped in Sevastopol.
THESE approximate seven divi
sions would come In handy to
the Germans in the mighty east
ern front battle now momentari
ly impending Letting thorn get
trapped in the Crimea impresses
us as not too smart.
That is interesting, as In the
past not many disastrous mis
takes have been made by the Ger
man high command.
1IIS learn via the European un
if derground that Hitler has
named a new air general on the.
western front, giving to him the
job of keeping together an air
force with which to strike back
at invasion no.maiter what dam
age the German homeland suffers
In the meantime.
He Is said to have divided his
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REVIEW
Captures 17 Japanese With Jeep
Herschel "Pee Wee" Wilson of Los Angeles poses smilingly at
the wheel of the Jeep he used to single-handedly bring In 17 Jap
prisoners dulng Hollandia action. He marched them ahead of his
Ljeep.-liJto .headquarters holding
with the other. Note cluster of
Dies' Retirement
Seen as Doom of
Un-American Quiz
WASHINGTON, May 13-MAP)
Martin Dies' announcement of
his decision to give up his seat
in congress was interpreted gen
erally today on capltol hill as the
swan song of his house commit
tee on un-American activities.
The Texas, democrat's an
nouncement that a throat ill
ness Would preclude his making
a strenuous campaign to hold
the house place he has occupied
for 13 years and which his fath
er once held, left only one of
the seven original Dies commit
the members in the running for
reelection.
Regardless of which political
party controls the next house of
representatives, the fate of the
Dies committee apparently was
sealed by the decision of its
chairman.
Created In 1938 and continued
six times since then, with total
appropriations of approximately
3625,000, the committee probably
will cease to exist when the pres
ent session of congress ends. Not
once have as many as 100 votes
been cast against Its continuance,
but Dies himself hinted strongly
recently that its work was near
lng an end.
Associates of Dies said they
were convinced that his decision
to leave congress was prompted
solely by Illness, despite the fact
he faced a strenuous fight for
reelection.
Delegates to the CIO United
Steelowrkers of America conven
tion in Cleveland cheered an
nouncement of Dies' withdrawal
and President Phillip Murray ob
served: "I think it Is the greatest sin
(Tie contribution he has made to
the welfare of the country since
he entered public life."
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Wayne Morse Schedules
Address in Roseburg
Wavne Morse, candidate for
republican nomination for U. S.
senator, opposing Senator Rufus
Holman, will be in Roseburg
Monday and address a public
mass meeting at the circuit court
room at the courthouse In Rose
burg at 8:15 p. m., his state head
quarters reported today.
Morse is conducting a whirl
wind campaign through western
Oregon during the final period
prior to election.
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a gun n one hand and peering
hand grenades tied to winasnieia.
Packard Factory
Closed by Strike
DETROIT. May 13 (AP) One
big war factory Packard, mak
ers of Rolls-Royce aircraft en
gines and PT-boat engines stood
idle today as the strike of 3,300
Detroit war plant foremen began
to have more serious consequenc
es. The Packard Motor Car Co.
plant was closed by the manage
ment last night virtually at 'the
very hour the War Labor board
declined to go on record with as
surance to strikers that they
would be protected from any
management reprisals if they re
turned to work.
The Foreman's Association of
America had demanded such as
surance from WLB before resum
ing work, and Board Chairman
William H. Davis limited himself
to a promise that the board would
inquire to determine the manage
ment attitude.
Davis said flatly that the board
would accept no conUi: ons from
the union to ending the strike.
WLB earlier had ordered the
strike to cease before it would
attempt to negotiate the dispute.
George T. Christopher, Pack
ard president and general mana
ger, said the company was forced
to cease production because the
army air forces had refused to
accept Packard products in the
absence of "Inspection supervi
sion to guarantee quality."
Dry Docks Strike in
Bay Region Called Off
WASHINGTON, May 13 (AP)
-The War Labor board announc
ed, today that u work stoppage in
the drydocks at the Moore and
Bethlehem yards at Oakland and
San Francisco has been called off
and the strikers will return to
work Monday.
The strike has been over a
wage controversy, the workers
demanding a repair rate of $1.34
an hour Instead of a construction
rate of $1.20 an hour on ships
that have taken a tost run and
been returned to the drydocks
for repairs.
Six Killed, Five Hurt in
Crash of Army Bomber
MILES CITY, Mont., May 13
( AP)--Coroner Ralph Bray re
ported today six men were killed
when an army bombing plane
crashed near the airport during a
take-off at about 2 a. m. today.
Five others were hospitalized.
SATURDAY, MAY
Huge Chinese
Army Facing
Trap Threat
Lunghai Railway Cut by
Japanese; U. S. Airmen
Hit Nearer Philippines
CHUNGKING, May 13 (AP)
Barring the main retreat line
for several hundred thousand
Chinese troops, the Japanese driv
ing down from Shansi have cut
the Lunghai railway at least at
two points more than 40 miles
west of beleaguered Loyang, It
was disclosed today. .
Field dispatches reported heavy
fighting on the outskirts of Lo
yang and the Japanese were said
to be using 200 tanks in an at
tempt to storm the city.
The Chinese acknowledged the
loss of Micnchlh on the Lunghai
railway 42 miles west of Loyang
to a Japanese column which had
struck southward across the Yel
low river from Shansi province.
The loss of Mienchih apprecia
bly lessoned the chance of Chin
ese troops In Honan province to
fight their way out along the
Lunghai railway, their main es
cape route.
Another Japanese column from
the north was eported striking
in the direction of the railway
town of Kuanyintang, whose loss
would place the invaders only 75
miles from Tungkwan, gateway
to China's great northwest.
I The-oourse of the.batlle was be
ing viewed with increasing alarm
in Chungking as it was realized
a Japanese drive on Tungkwan
would be fraught with grave im
plications. ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, May
13. (AP) Movnlg the air war
nearer the Philippines, Gen. Mac-
(Continued on page 6)
Plywood Used to Make
Lighter, Better Boxcar
SEATTLE, May 13 (AP) A
new and stronger box car weigh
lng two tons less than a standard
car has been constructed from
northwest plywood by the Great
Northern rallday, the Post-Intelligencer
was informed today by
the rail line's president, Frank J.
Gavin.
"Pacific northwest plywood has
been combined with steel ,ln the I
construction of these 50-ton cars,
he said, "and we believe they are
the last word in freight car con
struction. The outside and inside
sheathings are of plywood S-Inch
thick, and the combination of ma
terials results in a freight car
which Is two tons lighter than
the average box car."
Jap-American Sisters Face Treason Charge
if. ' I i- n
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(tit A ltltohuto)
The three American-born Japanese sitters, pictured above, are under federal Indictment at
Denver, Colo., on charges of treason in aiding two nazi war prisoners to escape from a camp at
Trinidad, where the Jap girls and prisoners secretly met at an alleged "love neat." The glrlt, It
is alleged, obtained an automobile and transported the nazit to a place In New Mexico, where they
were captured two days later. A picture found on one of the prisoners showed the glrla embracing
and kitting the men. The glrlt, aget, 31, 33 and 34, formerly lived at Inglewood, Calif.
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COUNTY DAILY
13, 1944.
Belgian Rail Centers
Alcohol Plant
Project Given
Federal 0. K.
WPB Reverses Itself
' On Processing Wood :
Waste at Springfield
Reversing its previous deci
sion, the War Production board
has given approval for the con
struction of the proposed plant at
Springfield, Oregon, to produce
alcohol from wood waste, accord
ing to word received here today,
from Washington, D. C.
The project, originated by Con
gressman Harris Ellsworth of
Roseburg, has been pending for
several months.
U. S. Senator Guy Cordon join
ed with Ellsworth in further ef
forts to secure approval of the
project after it was originally re
jected by the WPB because of
claimed manpower shortages, to
gether with a question on the
part of the board as to whether
the process proposed to be used
had been proven or was experi
mental. Congressman Ellsworth and
Senator Cordon conferred with
navy department officials April
21 -to obtain further support for
the program, and resumed con
ferences with WPB officials.
Due to their joint efforts,
Springfield has now been finally
designated to start the first plant
in ithe United States to produce
alcohol from wood waste.
' The two members of Oregon
delegation are working on plans
which would enlarge the pro
gram to include from five to
eight similar plants in Oregon,
with at least one to be construct
ed In the vicinity of Roseburg.
Plane Crash in Eastern
Oregon Fatal to Pilot
PORTLAND, May 13 (AP)
Fortland army air base author!
tics sought today the cause of a
fighter plane crash on the Warm
Spring Indian reservation yester
day that killed Flight Officer
Vernon D. Grund, 28, Pitt, Minn,
Lt. Col. Alfred R. Kelley, base
executive officer, said the ship
dropped out of formation and
burned after hitting the ground,
SEATTLE, May 13 (API-
Identification of the naval avia
tor killed In a crash near The
Dalles, Ore., Wednesday as Ens.
Albert W. Johnson of Potomac
Mills, Va., was made by the 13th
naval district last night.
John Grosh. aviation ordnance-
man, first class, of Perth Amboy,
IN. j., receiveo a iraciuruu icg-
VOL. XXXIII NO.
Fr. Orlemaniski Deprived
Of Priestly Privileges as
Result of Visit to Stalin -
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May. 13
(AP) All priestly privileges
for Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski
were taken away from him today
by his Immediate superior, Bishop
Thomas H. O'Leary, a few hours
after the Polish-American clergy
man returned from a visit to Mar
shal Josef Stalin In Moscow.
Rev. George J. Shea, chancellor
of the Springfield diocese, who
made the announcement, said Bis
hon O'Learv had imposed canoni
cal penalties on Fr. Orlemanski
which would pronioit mm irom
celebrating mass or performing
anv divine office for an indefin
ite period. He will not be permit
ted to administer any or tne
sacraments of the church, Fr.
Shead added, nor will he bo al
lowed to remain in his parish or
make any public appearances.
Shortly before the suspension
notice was served on him, Fr. Or
lemanskl said he wont to Mos
cow to tell Marshal Stalin that
he wanted the establishment of
an American system in Poland.
Fr. Orlemanski can accept the
ruling by going Into retirement
or he can appeal to the Holy see.
Fr. Shea declined to disclose
the specific reason for the sus
pension other than to say it was
for violation of the canons of the
church.
Freedom Pledge Obtained
Referring previously to his trip
to Moscow. Fr. Orlemanski said:
. 'TTindcrtook 'this voyage -to-do
something good. I belong to no
party no clique. I'm working for
the Polish people. -"I
went as a private citizen.
Roseburg Parade
Draws Big Throng
Roseburg was crowded with
visitors today as starting time
neared for the Community and
Pet parade, scheduled to step off
at 2 p. m. Groups of participants
were on hand from nearly all
sections of the county.
The parade Is being sponsored
by the Douglas County Mounted
Police as a publicity stunt con
nected with the county fair
grounds proposal appearing on
the election ballot Friday, May
19.
More than $100 in cash prizes
will be awarded winners in re
spective divisions of the parade,
the money for the event having
been raised through personal con-
trlbutions by the Mounted Police
iiitriiiucisiup,
37 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Nevertheless I think my govern
ment is fully entitled to have a
report from me cn what I was
doing in Moscow."
The 54-year-old pastor declared
NEA Telephotot .,
Rev. Fr. Orlemanski
Stalin advocated "freedom of
conscince -and'- worslllp;'.',, con lWt
lng recognition of the Catholic
religion for the priest's native
Poland after freedom from nazi
rule.
Hotel Fire Kills Three,
More Feared in Ruins
OROVILLE, Calif., May 13-
( APSnldiers. do lee ano lire-
men probed the ruins of the Un
ion hotel again today to deter
mine if more bodies lie beneath
the ashes and charred wreckage.
Three prsons are Known iu
have perished In the fire which
i.rnUe nut before dawn yesterday.
Three others who were register
ed still were unaccounted for this
morning, and the sheriff said lt
was possible that some soldiers
who had not registered at the
hotel were victims of the blaze.
There were more than 100 per
sons in the 70-room hotel.
New Draft Rules Not
Yet in Force In Oregon
PORTLAND, May 13 (API
Selective service draft boards
throughout Oregon continued to
day under old regulations pend
ing receipt of the new order de
ferring most men over 26.
Lt. Col. Carlton E. Spencer, as
sistant Oregon selective service
director, said yesterday he ex
pected to receive the new draft
policy from Washington, D. C,
It. two or throe days. The ruling
will make little change In this
state, where only a small percen
tage of last month's Inductees
were oyer 20, he said.
Grants Pass Boy Kills
Uncle by Accidental Shot
GRANTS PASS, Ore., May 13
(AP) Ralph Thompson, 32, of
San Jose, Calif., died here today
shortly after being accidentally
shot In the back by his nephew,
10-year-old Arnold Thompson
with a .22 rifle he thought was
linlnadod. according to coroner
Virgil Hull.
Thompson and his wife, for
mormor Grants Pass residents,
had come here on a vacation to
visit tholr family and friends.
Thoy wore to have returned to
San Jose tonight.
Reedsport Flier Missing
In Action Over France
REEDSPORT, Ore., May 13
(API Lt. John William Dye,
Reedsport, has been reported
missing In action while on a
bomber mission over France, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dye,
were Informed by the War de
partment today.
HTnvL1 v'-- '1
Allies Score
Gains Up To
Three Miles
200 Prisoners Taken In
First Hours; Nazi Fleet
Routed in Channel Fight
(By the Associated Press)
The full-scale allied push
against southern Europe swooped
up three towns ana numerous
mountain strongholds In Italy, lt
was disclosed today.
The offensive In Italy was tho
first of the grand assaults by
ground forces from all sides
against Hitler's Europe.
Sea and air power supported
tlie new offensive which concen
trated unprecedented fire power
along a 25-milo front from Cas
slno to the Tyrrhenian sea be
low Rome. Front reports said as
sault forces of the Fifth and
Eighth armies broke Into Ger
man defenses to a depth of two
to three miles at some points.
Headquarters in Naples an
nounced that In support of the .
offensive in Italy, a British orals
er escorted by U. S. destroyers -shelled
the Appian way In the
Terracina area and bombarded
German guns In the Gaeta area. ;
Freneh Troops Score
Airdromes, roads and commu
nications throughout Italy were
hammered yesterday throughout
the first day of the offensive by
allied warplanes. Eighteen plan
es failed to return. !
The capture of Ventosa by
Fifth army troops attacking
through the upper Garlgllano dis
closed that tho Americans had
driven ahead at least one and a
half miles In that area. The Fifth
army's French troops stormed
the 2,550-foot crest of Monte)
Faito in close-quarter combat.
British Eighth arhiy veterans
won a bridgehead over the Ra
pldo river and advanced In the
Casslno area against determined
resistance. Germans In Cassino
Itself were left unmolested as
grim struggles progressed north
and south of the rubbled strong
hold. A Berlin broadcast that tha
,luttwaffethad. attacked airfields, ;
on allied-held Corsica reflected
German concern over fresh as
saults against Europe's southern
defenses. k
Approximately 200 German
prisoners were taken by the Fifth
army alone in the first 15 hours
of the offensive.
The Anzio beachhead and the
Adriatic sector demained quet.
Battle Staged In Channel
A strong force of German E
boats concentrated In the Eng
lish channel about 25 miles Bouth-
(Contlnued on page 6)
Mott Asks Ouster
Of Alien Nippons
WASHINGTON, May 13 (AP)
-American-born Japanese who
have been proven disloyal would
be deported along with all Japa
nese aliens If Representative
Mott (R.-Ore.) has his way.
Mott has Introduced a bill in
the house providing that all alien
Japanese be declared undesirable
aliens and subject to deportation.
That phrasing, he said, will make
their deportation possible. The at
torney general will have to pre
pare warrants for their deporta
tion within 30 days If the bill
passer.
Deporting American-born Japa
nese who are disloyal raises a
constitutional question, Mott said,
hut he Intends to prepare the nec
essary legislation.
"Oregon has 57,000 men In the
army and most of them are In
the South Pacific, where some
are being killed by the Japa
nese," Mott said. "We Oregon
lans don't like it."
Sheepherder Dragged
To Death by His Horse
HEPPNER, Ore., May 13
(AP) Bert Furlong, 60, Hepp
nor, sheepherder, was dragged to
his death by his horse at a ranch
near here yesterday.
Neighboring ranchers said Fur
long was apparently sitting under
a tree reading with a lasso rope
linked around his hand. His
horse, suddenly frightened, gal
loped off, dragging Furlong be
hind him.
At least there's no harm In
wishing that urgtntly nded
women for farm erop-dlggen,
to free men for the war front,
cannot be recruited from the
horde of night-life gold-diggers
freeing suckers from their coin.
levity Flhnl