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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
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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,
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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.
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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.