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E . - . f ES MS r f .' . (TO HEM Ell Ml Ml I hi iil m it f s-.i n ii i a ii a jt Vol. l no. 59 of roseburg review m um off warn mm m American, Japanese Fleets In Combat, Tokyo Radio Says; Island of Saipan Major Stake I By the Associated Press) ' Japan's wary battle fleet, lured out of hiding by the American invasion of Saipan, today moved into position seem ingly intent on engaging U. S. naval forces in what may develop into history's greatest sea action. The preliminaries may have started. The elements for such a struggle were present: The Fifth U. S. fleet, "with enough muscle the enemy has; a strong Japanese force, possibly its whole fleet, and over a million square miles of empty ocean to maneuver in. Adm. Nimitz announced the enemy fleef was operating between the Marianas islands and the Philippines, 1,500 miles apart. Axis broadcasters, declaring most of the U. S. Pacific fleet was concentrated off Saipan in the Marianas, said the antagonists would fight bitterly for possession of the island, which is too close to Tokyo for Japanese comfort. B-29's could hit Japan easily from Saipan. . (London picked up a Tokyo broadcast saying a fierce naval engagement was raging today off the Marianas. There was no confirmation from Pearl Harbor and no indication when Adm. Nimitz might have more to say about the operations.) i ne saipan invasion went won. Nimitz announced "our troops now hold the entire southern por tion of the island" including the western shore of Maglclenne bay jMid Asllto airdrome, fust, being A In operating shape. Vast stores of oil, '"rtiunttioris nnd stores were uncovered on the Island, proving Saipan was the main stronghold of the enemy in (Continued on page 6) In the Day's Mews By FRANK JENKINS OVER the weekend, our Ameri cans cut off the tip of the Cherbourg peninsula, Isolating some 25,000 to 30,000 Germans in the city and Its near vicinity. Our Job now is to "liquidate" these nazis and take over the port. WE need It very much. Hitler seems to be in league with the weather. Fickle and un friendly from the start, It worsen ed seriously Monday. Rising In mid-morning, a 60-mile gale be pan to blow in the channel com ing from the northeast, which is J the worst possible direction, as It piles big waves directly onto our beachhead, with all the force of the wind behind them. You can Imagine what unload ing men and heavy equipment In such a sea is like. need a port, where we can W u. unload men and supplies in all kinds of weather. The Ger mans know our need, and know what obtaining It will mean to us and TO THEM. We can look for Cherbourg to be defended to the last German, for TIME is Im portant and every hour the ene my can delay us there is helpful to him. IT speaks volumes for the ex cellence of our command, the practical functioning of our land ing equipment and the grim cour age of our men that In the face of weather that has steadily fa vored our enemy we have been able to get ashore and establish what seems to be a secure beach head and in addition slice off and isolate an important port. WE can expect the Germans to hold Cherbourg to the last possible hour, meanwhile destroy ing its facilities as nearly as pos sible as they did at Naples. At Cherbourg, however, nature seems to favor us a little. The naval dorks there are hewn out of SOLID ROCK, which Is hard to destroy. Once we get possession of the city, our engineers ought to be able to make even better speed (Continued on page 2) to take care of anything" Naval Chief King Confident of U. S. Victory Over laps WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP) Admiral Ernest J. King, navy commander-in-chief, expressing appreciation for the "long ex pected cooperation" of the Jap anese navy In apparently moving Into battle position, exposed confidence today in the outcome of a prospective naval engage ment In the western Pacific. "The sooner the Japanese fleet fights, the better we'll be satis fid," King said. " He made his statement after Navy Secretary Forrestal had re ported that despite strict radio silence from the Pacific there have been some Indications that American forces "may have cuc- ceeded in catching up with all or a part of the Japanese fleet yes terday." Forrestal added that there is, nowever, "no definite informa- tlon" as to the prospective en gagement. Forrestal reported that the Japanese fleet has been sighted at "various times during the past few days, milling around from 500 to 800 miles to the westward of Saipan island" in the Marl anas east of the Philippines. King said, that in any major operation, . losses must be ex pected, in fact, are allowed for in preparation and plans for the action. But, King continued, the losses to date in the Marianas, "have been less than allowed for." He said he referred to all types of action In the air, on the sea and among troops fighting on land. King also disclosed that plans long under consideration had been reviewed again for close cooperation of the British with American forces In the war against Japan when it is possible to swing strength to the Pacific and away from Europe. Pro-Fascist Singer Barred From Allied Bill ROME, June 21. (AP) Benla mlno Gigll, former Metropolitan opera tenor, has been forbidden to sing at a concert for allied soldiers. MaJ. Gen. Henry H. Johnson, military governor of Rome, Issu ed the order. Gigll was scheduled to appear with other artists in a musical program at the Rome opera house tomorrow night. He was removed from tho con cert, it was reported, because he was closely associated with both the faclsts and nazis and sang in Germany under nazl auspices earlier in the war. Thc DODGLASCOUNTY DAILY , ROSEBURG, OREGON, t ' ' ' ' i i n i.i.i in .in .1 1 1 1 1 1 ii ii I. i I. Reds Take Viipuriy Berlin Area Hammered in Shuttle Raid Hannover, Brunswick Also Bombed on Flight From Britain to Russia STOCKHOLM, June 21. (AP) "I'm reeling," the newspaper Aftonbladet's Ber lin correspondent telephoned today after the raid by 1,000 American bombers on the German capital. Great masses of high ex plosives and incendiaries hurled on the battered city caused "severe damage" and started many fires, he said. LONDON, June 21 (AP) More than 1.000 American Fly ing Fortresses and Liberators blasted Berlin and the capital's outsorts today and the German rariin Indlratprl that at least some of the planes flew on eastward possibly in the first snuttie raia from Britain to new American bases in Russia. f Tho hnmhor fleet had are escort of around 1,000 fighters, making a total force of some 2,000 planes vuhlfh onrrlprl the aerial war once more to the heart of the German homeland. Basdorf. on Berlin's outskirts, also was blasted. German broadcasts admitted damage, and casualties and tttt-acitnriaH in retaliate with "big ger and more powerful explos ives" than those usea in me cur rent rocket bomb offensive. First Liberator fliers back at (Continued on page 6) Caskey Elected Commander of Legion Post Here At a meeting last night by jUmpqua post of the American Le gion, George uaskey was eieciea to serve as commandr for the en suing year. Caskey, who operates a garage on Winchester street with his brother, is a charter member of Umpqua post, and has long been active in Legion work. Other officers elected last night included Herbert Sullivan, 1st vice-commander, C. B. Calkins, 2nd vice-commander; Tommy At kins adjutant, Ted Post finance officer. Named as members of the executive commltee were Sig Fett, Jimmie Osborne, Jr., and Jack Weaver. Delegates to the Department of Oregon conven tion were Fred Wenger, George Caskey, Erwin Short, Slg Fett and George Trapolis, while Rudy Ritzman, Art Midland, Clint Gor thy, Jack Crafton and Herbert Sullivan were named as alter nates. In a report by departmental commander, V. G. Mlcelll, ft was pointed out that the Legion mem bershlp in the state of Oregon this year has reached an all-time high, having surpassed the mem bership figures of the year 1919. Mlcelll reported also that the pro gram of the Legion for rehabil itation for members of the vari ous branches of service being re turned to civilian life is steadily going forward. Very definite plans for the enlargement of this part of the l-eglon program have been formulated, and will be put into play with the advent of the new Legion year. Guests introduced Included Coleman O'Laughlin of Klamath Falls, district American Legion commander; LeRoy Girard, com mander of the Oakland-Sutherlln post, and E. D. Lewis of Reeds port. Herbert H. Smith and Ray mond S. Divers were admitted to membership. 1 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, Industrial Opportunity Must Pay Debt To Disabled War Vets, State Convention In Roseburg Reminded by Dow V. Walker Responsibility for absorbing disabled veterans of the present war Into normal peacetime life will fall principally upon big in dustry, Dow V. Walker, Newport, Ore., told delegates to the Oregon State Department of the Disabled American Veterans at the open ing session of the state meeting in Roseburg today. Mr. Walker, chairman of the National Fi nance committee of the D. A. V., appeared as a representative of National Commander James L. Monahan, Minneapolis, who had been scheduled to appear before the convention today, but who was unable to secure travel ac commodations to permit his at tendance at the state meeting. "The evidence is clear that many of our fighting'mcn dream of returning to the homes and lives they left behind them, but most of them, whether or not they realize It, can never make a complete readjustment back Into their old lives," Walker said. They will be different men, un able, even where they choose to do so, to, completely fit back ex actly info the grooves of living they once occupied. Radical Changes Loom "But I warn you," the speaker said," that these returning men are not the only ones to be re adjusted to the postwar living conditions. We also have the problem of changing our views and our ways of living to be able to weld these returning men Into our civilian life. We, as individ uals and as families, will play a major part in determining wheth er these men, maimed or whole, make the readjustment that will get their feet straight on the path to a full life. "The readjustment problem of these men will be complicated by needs for training, for new homes and new environment. Pensions, bonuses and other fi nancial aid are not the answer to full lives for these veterans. We, as a nation and as individ uals, must do everything we can to remove the disabilities of these veterans, but we must be careful not to make assets of their dis abilities. The debt of of disability! Fifth Continues Advance in Italy ROME, June 21 (AP) Eighth army veterans have hurled the last stubborn nazl defenders out of ancient Perguia, communica tions hubs 85 miles north of Rome, and advanced some four miles north of the city, allied headquarters said today. The allied drive still was In steady motion although the Ger mans had thrown the elements of seven divisions against the right flank of the Fifth army's front In an effort to slow Its pace. But the Fifth fought through four more villages, making what headquarters termed "minor tac tical gains." It was disclosed that the Fifth army has taken prisoners from the 19th luftwaffe division, which left Belgium June 10, four days after the invasion of France be gan. This was the second German division to be diverted from the western front since the allies' spectacular advance in Italy lie gan, the 20th luftwaffe division having arrived here previously from Denmark. Prisoners also have beeh taken In the same gen eral area from the 16th SS di vision which was brought here from the Balkans. Mediterranean air force head-! quarters announced thunderbolts I of the first tactical air force se verely damaged an enemy air craft carried In Genoa harbor believed to be an Italian ship be ing refitted. 1944. vol. xxxiii no. Head For Helsinki must; be paid In the currency of opportunity." Memorials Sought The Disabled American Veter ans, jas an organization, has sponsored the introduction of a Addresses DAV Convention Here Dow V. Walker, above, chair man of the national finance committee of the Disabled Amerloan Veterans, represent ed National Commander James L. Monahan at the Oregon state convention of the D. A. V. which opened in Roseburg today. Commander Monahan was unable to secure travel accommodations in time to reaoh the Oregon convention. Mr. Walker appeared before the convention today with the principal address at the open ing session as the representa tive of the national commander. bill In congress for a national memorial, Mr. Walker told the convention, and the D. A. V. rec ommends that memorials be bull'. "Continued on page 6) Nazi Prisoners at Tule Lake May Do Farm Work TULE LAKE, Calif., June 21. (AP) German prisoners of war have replaced 250 Italian prison ers in camp No. 1 west of here and will be placed at the disposal of farmers for any type of work, Lieut. J. Mason, commanding of ficer of their guard, has announc ed. The camp formerly was used by the civilian conservation corps. Diplomas were -given here to day to 125 young Japanese, the first to graduate from the Tule Lake segregation center high school operated by the War Relo cation authority. Although all are American citizens, most of their parents have expressed a wish to return to Japan. Ann's Fountain Lunch Far Over Its Bond Quota Employes at Ann's Fountain Lunch have far exceeded their war bond sales quota, making purchases amounting to $1,275 as compared with a quota of $225, It was announced today by H. C. Berg, chairman of tho payroll deduction committee of the coun ty war finance staff. The bonds, averaging' more than $150 per employee, were purchased through Olive lies, the News-Review - KRNR treasury representative who, to date, has established a sales record of $14,725, with pledges on hand to bring her total to well over $15,000. l fx 70 of the evening news Finns' Desire To Quit Faces Nazi Barrier Germans Threaten to Seize Control of Ports . If Ally Sues for Peace LONDON, June 21 (AP) Victorious Russian troops who oc cupied Finland's fortress seaport of Vllpurl yesterday drove on to day toward the capital city of Helsinki, where the Germans were reported exerting pressure to keep their small ally from suing for peace with Premier Stalin. The Finnish radio, which told of the Russian advance, urged all persons whose presence was not essential to evacuate Helsinki, which lies approximately 135 air line miles west of Vllpurl. Twenty salvos from 224 guns boomed In Moscow last night fol lowing Stalin's order of the day announcing the fall of that city to Marshal Govorov's Leningrad army after a smashing 11 day of fensive. . The Stockholm, newspaper Da gens Nyheter said that the Ger mans were endeavoring to block formation of a Finnish "peace cabinet" which Finns asserted would be formed "very soon" as a result of the Russian successes. Forts Fall to Stp Reds A Finnish Informant In Stock holm said loss of the key Kare lian fortifications "left us help less because our whole scheme of defense was built on the expecta tion wo would be able to hold there." "Our over-extended armies In eastern Karelia are now endan gered," he added. "To carry on would mean falling back Into the lake and forest region and fight ing guerrilla warfare." The Moscow radio said Finland was on "tho brink of defeat." What steps the Germans would take to try to keep Finland In the war were uncertain. A Stockholm report said the Germans were threatening occupation of three Finnish ports along a 70-mlle stretch at the head of the gulf of Bothnia and the Aland Islands In (Continued on page 6) Labor Unions Put In Elections Quiz WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP) The house today set up machin ciy for Investigating any suspect ed election fraud this presidential campaign year and lor the first time wrote labor unions Into the scope of the Investigation. Heretofore biennial Investiga tion of congressional campulgns has been confined to contribu tions that may have been made illegally by corporations or other business associations. The house rewrote the resolu tion to make susceptible to Inves tigation the contributions of In dividuals, partnerships, corpora tions, committees or labor un ions. In addition, attention Is to be paid to "the amounts raised, con Iributed and expended by any la bor organization, trade or busi ness association and any other egency." Speaker Rayburn will appoint a committee of seven house mem bers to conduct the investigation. 12 More Yankee Bombers Land on Swedish Soil STOCKHOLM, June 21 (AP) Twelve American bombers came down In Sweden today, boosting to 33 the number reach ing Sweden In two days. Two bombers crashed In landing to day and it was not known imme diately whether the crews were saved. Trapped Germans Attempt To Demolish Installations As Capture of Port Impends By WES GALLAGHER SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, June 21. (API American troops smashed within 1,500 yards less than mile of Cherbourg's waterfront today, driving between two fortress bastions under cover of air and artillery bombardment. ' The fall of the great supply port seemed only a matter of hours tonight. ' The piledriver offensive crashed through the suburbs along the inland road between Fort Du Route and Fort Octevilla, nazt strong-points, shuddering under bombs as well as leaflets calling on the trapped nazis, estimated at 50,000, to surrender. Nazi demolition .squads worked feverishly to cripple the port through which the allies could pour a flood of men and supplies into Normandy. ' Another force rolling the trapped Germans back on the left flank seized Acqueville, at the base of Cape De La Hague, the land finger Jutting northwest of Cherbourg and possibly offering a chance of escape by sea. Heavy fighting was reported In the Tilly-Sur-Seulles area near the center of the front, and an American spearhead to the west had pushed within two miles of St. Lo, communications hub of Normandy. "-"ft m Sentences Meted Two Here Leonard Eugene Browning, 43, Yoncalla resident, was sentenced In circuit court today to ten years In the state penitentiary following his plea of guilty to a charge of rape. William A. Bltzer, Roseburg, recently returned from California to answer to a charge of burglary In a dwelling, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlmberly to a term of three years in the penitentiary. He was alleged to have stolen money and personal property from a hotel room. Thomas W. Bright, recently arrested at Medford on a charge of stealing a jacket, was, sentenc ed to three months In the peni tentiary but was granted a pa role, after pleading guilty to a formal charge of larceny In -a dwelling. James N. Perdue, who pleaded guilty to a charge of lewd co habitation, was granted a parole from a term of six months In the county jail. Marines Excluded From War Duty Pay Boost WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP) Extra pay for Infantrymen and glider-borne troops was voted to day by the house military com mittee. The committee approved legis lation to give "expert Infantry men" engaged In combat duty a pay boost of $10 monthly, those not In combat an additional $5 and members of glider units the same fifty per cent pay Increase now given paratroopers. Col. J. W. Knighton, represent ing the marine corps, said In a statement filed with the commit tee that the bill singles out one arm of tho service, the Infantry, to the detriment of other arms engaged in equally hazardous Jobs. To apply It to the leather necks, he added, would "tend to destroy a sense of unity which Is a valuable military asset to the corps." Municipal Swim Pool Postwar Project Here Tentative plans for construc tion of a municipal swimming pool as a postwar project featur ed the regular meeting of the Roseburg chamber of commerce board of directors last night. The directors are unanimous in their desire to secure construction of the pool at the earliest possible date. A plan Is under consideration for the creation of a non-profit corporation, to handle all contri butions to the swimming pool project. This corporation, if formed, will be empowered to ac cept cash donations to be held un til such time as construction Is arranged. Canodian Prisoners Executed by Germans LONDON, June 21 (AP) The London Daily Mirror's war rorresnnndent said In a dispatch from France today that 13 Can adian prisoners had been lined up and shot by tho Germans In a French village now In allied hands. The correspondent, George Ml Carthy. said the men had died with the photographs of "their loved ones their wives, sweet hearts or children" clinched In their hands and that It was clear the Canadians had "been lined up to die." German defenses have stiffen ed and there are indications the nazl high command has ordered a house-to-house fight by some 23.000 to 50,000 Germans now left with virtually no chance of es cape. Allied broadcasts last night urged the trapped .garrison to surrender. Although the three main roads to Cherbourg from the south run Into one main highway bottle neck lust outside the city, the American troops apparently were closing in from three sides south, west, and east. The suburban and city anea which now has become a battle field has an estimated population of 60,000. Despite German reports, the su preme allied command said it has no knowledge that allied war ships were . shelling Cherbourg, from the sea and declared such an attack was unlikely. The port Is protected by seven coijstiil forts whioh should, be much" simpfct' to take by land as-" sault than from the sea. Fighting Elsewhere Lags ' Only patrol activity was report-' ed elsewhere on the Normandy beachhead except in the Tilly-Sur-Seullcs area. The British announced capture of Onchy, three and a half miles southwest of Tilly. At the same time the Germans launched three heavy counter-attacks on the newly tnken British strongpolnt of Hottot, two miles south of Tilly. The attacks were reported held, but the situation in the vil lage Itself was obscure. The Caen area even farther to the east was quiet. A gale continued to blow in the channel. Six-foot waves whip ped over the Invasion beaches, making unloading of supplies Im possible for the time being. Bad weather hampered ' air craft over the battle area, but fighter-bombers blasted Cher bourg guns and forts. Nazi Panzer Power Slashed. A glaring shortage of infantry (Continued on page 6) Bigger Collection Of Paper Sought Roderick Finney, executive sec retary of the state salvage com mittee, Is in Roseburg for a few days attempting to organize a salvage committee to increase collection of wastepaper from Douglas county. Douglas county's per capita turn-In of wastepaper Ir exceedingly low In comparison with other counties of the state, Finney reports, and is due, he states, to lack of organized col lections and lack of transporta tion facilities. He Is working with the committee from the Eagles lodge in preparation for the curb collection to be made In Rose burg July 7 nnd 8 and Is endeav oring to organize a committee to assuie continued collections on a county-wide scale. The paper shortage is steadily grow!ng( more acute, Finney states, and the cooperation of all residents In the matter of saving waste paper and turning It in for salvage Is of the greatest impor tance. evtty pact ant By L. F. Relzaniteln Prime Minister Churchill pre dicts the allies may knock Ger many out of tho war this sum mer. From an Oregon stand point, that seems like an awfully long time to wait.
