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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBUKS, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1944
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The Weather
U. 8. Weather Bureau Office,
Roseburg, Oregon.
Forecast for Roseburg and vi
cinity: Showers tonight and,
Wednesday.
Highest tamp, for any May 102
Highest temp, yesterday 62
Lowest temp, last night 39
Lowest temp, for any May 30
Precipitation yesterday 08
Precipitation, since May 1 94
Deficiency from May 1 ...14
Dofloit from Sept. 1j 1943....7.81
Editorials on New
(CosLtfaued from pas L),
announcement says the drive Is.
directed, at the Vardar and Ibar
valleys- which would be the Ger
mans ESCAPE route from
Greece.
It sounds Interesting, but you'd
better keep, your fingers crossed,
tt may be Just unother device to
tool the Germans.
. You'll ho reasonably safc U you
believe NOTHING MUCH you
read or hear In the next low
weeks.
40SCQW reports that the Ger
mans are uttaeklng. In what.
lit described, us a, "tierce struggle",
the Russian bridgehead over the,
Dncsti:. If so, they're striking to
prevent the Russians, (torn get
ting mora troops Into Romania
for their Impending attack at the
Gnlntl gap east of Bucharest.
The Russians say that In two
days they have "knocked, out"
4,000 Germans and 100 tanks.
A Moscow dispatch, Incidentally,
reports that the most popular
pastime there Is LAYING BETS
on the exact hour at which allied
forces will land on the western
shores of Hitler's Europe. (Some
what as Alaskans bet on the ex
act hour .at which the Yukon Ice
will break up in the spring.)
Thai's a new slant on the Rus
sians, Wo ought to be able to get
along with a people like that.
OUR planes have attacked five
German synthetic gasoline
plants. The German fighters
CAME OUT IN FORCE. ( It's ob.
vious Hitler can't afford to lose
uny gasoline.)
' We lost 42 bombers and ten
fighters, but knocked down 150
German fighters.
FRIDAY night a French destroy
er ran Into a STRONG FORCE
of German Kboats only 23 miles
southeast of the Isle of Wight
and waded Into them, hitting two.
The rest escaped in a smoke
screen.
The Isle ot Wight lies just off
England's southern coast which
means that the Nazi E bonis were
fai; over into OUR TERRITORY,
trying to find, out something
about our invasion plans.
THE. gi.avlly of the news from
China Increases by l he day.
The JapR mo now reported
only 75 miles from Tungkwnn,
which is the gateway to the
mountain passes leading to
Chungking. They, are using in
creasing numbers of tanks and
armored cars against the Chinese
who have nothing heavier than
rifles to fight back with.
IN northern Burma, Stillwell's
Chinese font's (well-armed -ami
Jully equipped by us) have o'
ed what seems lo be u MAJOR
DRIVE on, Miigauna and M.v
itkylna, the .lap bases guarding
the central Burma road that are
our objectives In this Burma
fighting.
Stllwell is said to be launching
his attack on a two-mile front
Willi tank, dive bomber and ar
tillery support. Two miles would
n't bo much, of a, front in Russiii
but in the narrow, preclolliuu
BREAKING THE STRANGLEHOLD
' By Charles V. Stanto .
Announcement that Congressman Harris Ellsworth, with
the assistance of his good friend, J. S. Senator Guy
Cordon, has at lust won the fight to introduce production
of commercial alcohol from woodi waste is most welcome
news to all of Oregon.
The first plant is to be built at Springfield, and is ex
pected to be followed by a greatly increased program, which
will, provide five to eight similar, plants, at least one and
probably more, being projected for .Douglas county.
'The delay in getting the project unden iway is already
the subject for inquiry by the Department of Justice,, which
is seeking to determine whether pressure groups are re
sponsible for failure to inaugurate needed, alcohol produc
tion from waste materials at an earlier date.
Initiation of the new process is alleged to have been
opposed politically because of probable competition after
the war for existing methods of producing alcohol from
grain, molasses and synthetics.
Congressman Ellsworth introduced his program shortly
after he was elected to Congress two years ago, A somewhat
siniilaj;- plan has been proposed for extracting alcohol from
inedible sweet potatoes in southern states.
Although the demand for industrial alcohol has been
pyramiding, because of use in manufacture of synthetic
rubber and other vital war products, federal agencies have
long delayed action which would provide for utilization of
wood waste in. producing the quantities of alcohol needed.
Iri .the meantime the nation's stockpile, which previously
stbod, at 140,000,000 gallons, has dwindled to, approxi
mately 55,000,000 gallons, according to a report from the
Washington, bureau of the Chicago Journal of Commerce.
Much time has been wasted in launching the nroiect.
which the reduction, in reserve stocks indicates was of vital i
importance to the nation. The Department of Justice isj
now reported, to, be investigating the possible cartel char
acter of the situation, while investigations in both the Sen
ate and the House have been suggested to determine respon
sibility for the delays.
In the event such inquiries arc made, we may expect
them, to. reveal that strong pressure was brought to bear
by distilling interests and petroleum industries, having
large investments which might bo impaired in the event
large-scale production of alcohol, sugar, protein yeusts and
feeds from wood waste is realized.
During the period of- delay, millions of bushels of cer
eals, which could have been used to feed starving popula
tions, nave gone into alcohol production. Petroleum, which
could, have been used to ease existing shortages for both
military and civilian needs, has been converted into alcohol.
Furthermore, there has been a tremendous waste of money,
for production from wood waste i possible at a much less
cost than by existing methods.
The far .western and southern states are to be Jtept iu
it sy-ealjed 'colonial economy if the industrial East has its
way. In other words, we will produce the raw materials
while the fcnnt.will do all the manufacturing, the dunart-
ment in. which there is the greater profit. The West and '
boutli have resources fully equal to those of the East, but '
the fight which has been necessary to secure a start in,'
commercial alcohol production, w an indication of what will
ne laceel when we further attempt to break the industrial
stranglehold clamped upon us for so. many years.
Roseburg Boy In
Crew of Bomber
Captured by Japs .
A description of the capture.
of a, U. S. bomber crew which
included, Walter R. Erskine, son
of- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Erskine,
909, Cobb St., Roseburg, recently
was broadcast from the, Tokyo
radip. The broadcast concerned
the plane on which Lieut. Rob
ert Martlndale of Brownsville,
Texas, was co-pilot, and the mes
sage was recordedi by W. , K,
Meadows of Grand Canyon, Ari
zona, who forwarded the copy to
Mrs. H. w. Meier ot Brownsville.
!The, account was printed in the
'Brownsville Heraldi and, was for
warded to the Erskine, family.
,PFC Walter Erskine, reported
missing in action since Jan, 20,
was engineer on the plane.
The broadcast from Tokyo. was
recorded, as follows;
"This is a little story about
Robert Martlndale of Browns
ville, Tertas. After Robert com
pleted his training- he went to
San Francisco. He left San Fran
cisco, andi, flew eight thousand
miles to an island in the Pacific.
He was flying over the Owen
Stanley mountains when his
plane was attacked by Japanese
fliers.
"Robert's plane was disabled
and. he could not reach-his base.
He was forced to attempt a
landing. He looked, for a, level
place to put his plane down, but
everywhere there was nothing
but jungles. He managed to head
his plane out towards the sea
and landed 1n the water. One of
his companions sank immediate
ly and was lost. The others got
to their life raft and got it in
flated, and started to row to.
wards the island of New Guinea.
But there was a very strong wind
and current which made rowing
difficult and they could not reach
the island. They drifted, further
out to sea, and finally reached
another little Island. Hero, they
were able to get a canoe and
make their way back to New
Guinea. -
"The boys started through the
jungles, trying , to make their
way to their lines and 'reach
their buddies, but on the way
they ran into a Japanese patrol
and they were taken prisoners,
and are now in the Japanese
camp at Tokyo."
KRNR
Mutual Broadcasting System,
1490 Kllooyoles. ,.
9:45-JIusic for the Night.
10:00-SifcTJ Q.t
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1?, 1944
&:43.RevIUe: Rqund-Up,
7:00 News, J. A. Folger CO.
7:15 4-H Club Program.
7:30 State News, Boring Op
tical. 7:35 Judd Furniture Store.
7:40r-Rhapspdy in Wax.
8:00 Dr. Louis, Talbot, Bible
Institute of. Los Angeles,
8:30V Morning Melodies.
8:49 Shoppers' Guide.
9:00 Boake Carter.
9:1)5 Man About Town.
9:30 Midland, USA.
9:45 Melodic Varieties.
10:00 Alka Seltzer Mews.
10:15 Jack Ber.cji,. Kellogg'
All-Bran.
10:30 Luncheon, With. Lopez,
Van Camps Ino.
10:45 Musical Market Basket...
11:00 Wheel; of Fortune.
11:45 Around the Town, Kelr
logg.'s, Cornflakes.
12:00 Musical; Interlude.
12:10 Sports Review, Dunham
Transfer.
12:15 Treasury Song for Today.
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 Walter Compton.
1:15 Open House.
l.:30 Your Army , Service
Forces.
2:00 The Spirit of the Vik
ings Norkegian National
Day, May 17.
2:15 Musical, Hi-Jinks.
2:30 Western Serenade. -2:45r-Radio
Tour.
3:00 Griffin Reporting.
3:15 Dusty. Records, Hennin-
gers Marts.
3: 45t Johnson Family.
4:00 Fulton. Lewis, Jr., Plough
Chemical Co.
4:15 Care & Feeding of Hds-
bands, Kerr Glass Co.
4:30 Lullaby in Rhythm.
4:45 Music Off the Record.
5:00 Moods in Music.
5:15 Superman; Kellogg's Pep.
5:30 Musical Cocktail.
5:45 Gordon Burks News, Stu-
debaker.
6:00 Gabriel Heater, Kreml.
6:15-The Adventures of Nick
Carter.
5:30 First Nlghter, Campana
Sales Corp.
DIALlpiQG
By SUSAN
Tuesday night and Music- You
Remember at 6:30 and, by the
way, this is the only broadcast
,Gu!ll get this week on Annalori?'
program since Aonaloris and bee
sponsor; stopped, aside mpst grar
oiously so you could, hear Sena
tor Cordon's broadcast from
Washington, D. C, at 6:30 on
Thursday night. Tonight is San
Quentln on, the Air at 7:30. The
Glee dub is going to sing "Oh
Mighty. Land, and we hear tfw
Johnny White' new series. Is
fine, For tomorrow aiternooo it s
v ... A-m7, Qortfint Forres at 1 '
' t J. -, - - - -,-
30. First Lfc Margaret Nelsoh) an
('.I Illy 1 1 111 nuu " - - ----
Anzlo beachhead- for three-
months and who previously, saw
service In Tunisia, will give a pic
ture of life through- a woman's
eyes at the front. Wednesday at
6:30 Is rlrst JNlgnier, we. ncaru
there was a change oil program,
ming and; tha.t "Tail Like a
Queen", wjilch, was originally
scheduled: for production last
WHjejtj. will, bft heard; this, Wttdne.
day- instead! However, we would
n't care aoout placing any mon
ey on- tt we're- wrong- too often.
A new show is starting at 8
o'clock- tomorrow- night we'll,
tell you more about it tomorrow,
but be sue to, listen because tt's,
a good halt-hour's, entertainment.
7:00 News, Keel Motor Co.
7:05 Sprague, for Senator.
7:10, Musicali Interlude.
7:15 Lowoll Thomas, Standard,
Oil Co.
7:30 Lone Rangef.
8:00 Main, Line, Southern, Pa
cific. '8:30 Buldog Drummond.
9:00 Alka Seltzer News.
9:15 Servjoe Salute, E. G
Hlgh, 9:30 Fulton Lewis, Jr.
9:45 Cordon For Senator, Dr.
Edwards. j
HEAR
PR. CHARLES A.
EDWARDS
speak over
KRNR
Wednesday, May 17th
9:45 p. m.
on behalf of
Guy Cordon
candidate for re-election
U. S. Senator.
Let's keep Cordon
on the Job!
Pri. Adv.
BETHE'S
BEAUTY
SALON
Now Open, for Appointments
Telephone 507.
Battle OHivant, manager.
BETTIE'S BEAUTY SALON
150 East Washington Tetepkone. 5.7.
canyons of northern Burma it's
another affair entirely.
The British appear to, lie still
beating the attacking Japs back
from imphal and Kohima.
Degenerate Father Gets
Life Term In prison '
PORTLAND.Mny 181 API
Circuit Judge Redding ot Port
land yesterday sentenced Roy L.
Bateman, 3!, a Gresiuim me
chanic and father Of foilr chil
dren, to life imprisonment In
the stale penitentiary on two
charges of rape.
New Attorney Named i
For OPA Enforcement !
PORTLAND, Ore., May 15-'
(AP) Flan. E. Wagner Is new!
enforcement attorney for the dis-l
ti-ll TWA i-1th liii-lc,llr.ll.,n nirnr
t-'ii vit-'Kuii i-Aci-pi. mainour euuii
ty and over five southwestern
Washington counties.
Wagner, a Portland lawyer,
University of Oregon graduate
and a member of (he OPA legal
staff since Januaiy, 19-13, was ap
pointed to suewd MeDannell
Bron. now district director.
BEST BETS FOR TODAY
TUESDAY
5:30 Muslo You Remem
ber. :
7:00 State & Local News..
7:15 Lowell Thomas. ',
7:30 San Qucntin On the!
Air. f
8:00 Eye Witness News.
8:30 Freedom of Opportu
nity. WEDNESDAY
9:00 Boake Cartor. '
10:15 Jack Berch. '
1:30 Your Army Service,'
Forces.
3:15 Dusty Records.
5:45 Gordon Burke News. '
6:30 First Nlghter.
7:15 Lowell Thomas. i
8:00 Main Line: -
8:30 Bulldog Drummond.
9:00 Newspaper of the Air.
l"Je bring in a new oil well every day
Standard of: California it drifting oil, weds at f,
one a day . . . and that doesn't count "dry holes." Every
24 hours, somewhere a, crew of Standard drUlmcft ktf &.
rumble of oil rising through thousands of ftct of sand and
stone. Every 24 houlcs. they, tap a, ne,w source, of. oil tp gumn
life into the nation's weapons.
. We have one regret. Standard wishes- this increased:
supply could, be sufficient, for both the homefront and
the warfront. But military requiremisat alone far, out
stripped production gains. .
We'll keep trying. We're, determined, to top pur own.
record... with the hope that it will help relieve present
shortages, with the convicuon that it will hslp- bringj 4
speedier resumption of peacetime driving pleasure.
AnwM-rr
Prrvlmu llnle
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1 Male
2 Exclamation
of pity
3 International
lnniruaKo
4 Lock opener '
5 Transpose I
(abbr.)
8 Stayed for
7 Atmosphere
8 Notion
9 Nnva Scotia
(abbr.)
10 Excitement
11 Dove's call
12 Five and live
HORIZONTAL
1, 5 Pictured
humorist
10 Perform
13 East Indian
tree
14 Incursions
15 Femolo dear
16 Sodium
(symbol)
17 Biblical ;
pronoun ; '
19 Anger '
20 Shortly
2t Therefore
23 Entangle
24Likoly ,
26 Sleeping
furniture
28 He was ., :
1. famous as a ,
' writer of
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da unciaa j
38 Upon
SB Paid notice
40 Afllrmntlve
41 Lyric poem
44 Like .
47 Woep
411 Penny T""
52 Hcnd covering
54 Skill v
SflBeholdt eJ
57 To ,R
60 Possesses . t(
m indinn army
(bbr.)
64 Bold face
(abbr.)
66 Golf device
67 More mature
69 Story
71 Greek letter
72 Ingress
73 JVVaody. Rljn' ,
SJS AnwM-rr in
Isirob ma(w fm
cloth
51 Aristocratic
52 Exclamation
53 Skinny
5,1 Pnlm lily
SI Indian
58 Seine
I 30 Mineral rock
:il Set again
32 Toward
34 Tantalum
(symbol)
37 Negative
t 39 District ut-
J tovney (abbr.) 59 Beverage
I 42 District ot 01 Likely
. Columbia 63 Attorney
IB Print measure (iibpr.l (noor.)
20 Part of ticket 43 Eradk-otor 65 Charge
23 Jewish monthl45 South Carolina(i7 Of the thing
23 Phenyl, (abbr.) 08R.iilwoy
(abbr.) 48 Father (nbbr.)
27 Aoeomolish iS 48 Year (abbr.) 70 Measure ot
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REMAINING HOURS TO PAY
4:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr., Plough
Chemical Co.
4:15 Care 4 Feeding of Hus
bands, Malt-O-Meal.
1:30 -Lullaby In Rhythm. i
l:4T Music Off the Record. ;
5:00 Good News Program, As-
acmbly of God Church. ,
5:15, Superman, Kellogg's Pep.
5:30 Musical Cocktail. ,:
5:45 Gordon Burke News. Stu-
dsbakcr.
6:00 Gabriel Hoater, Forhan's
Toothpaste. ,
0:1.1 The Adventures of Nick
Caller.
6:30 Music You Remember,
Douglas Supply Co.
6:45 Tho Male Quartot, G. W.
Young 4 Son. !
7:00 State News. Keel Motor
Company.
7:0.") Musical l.ilerlude.
7:15 Lowell T'vomas, Standard
Oil Co.
7.:i0- San Que tin on the Aiv. :
8:00 Eye-WiMcss News, Cop
co, 8:15 Morse for Senator.
8:30 Freedom of Opportunity,
Mutual Benefit Ins. Co.
9:00 Alka Selticr News.
9:15 Re Miller. Wlldroot. ;
9:30 Fulton Lewis, Jr., Hunt
Bros. Packing Co.
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