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Newspaper Page Text-JUT J -I 100 Iba. Of Wait raper will mikl DO contatnera for blood pUttiDa. 80 aUrt aavlnc now. It will help aav fcoy'a Ufel BUY MORE THAN BEFORE THt'DODGLSSCOUNIY DAILY i ROSEBURS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1944. VOL, L NO. 77 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XXXIII NO. 88 OF THE EVENING NEW3 m fp)w in1, ti I'll i i.. wo. re T MM OUT f rap 'q ' .. s 111 1 " 1 ! ! i I A' In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS . THERE is grim news In the paper today. Our casualty list on Saipr.n was 15,053, of which 2359 were killed. Our wounded ..totaled 11,481 and there were 12i3 miss ing. ("Missing" are those who fall to answer roll call and are rot known to be killed or wounded.) lyHE Pacific war is REAL WAR. I A few more casually lists such as that and even the East, whose eyes are fixed on Hitler to the exclusion of everything else, will realize that we have a war on our hands on this side of the world. THERE will be more, Saipans. Hitherto we have been mere ly nibbling at the edges of the Japs' stolen empire. We're be ginning now to get in toward the heart of it. The nearer we get to the heart, the harder the Japs will fight. THE Japs had from 20,000 to 30,000 men on Saipan. That is roughly two divisions. They are supposed to have belter than 100 divisions. Nearly all the Saipan Japs were killed. But there are many MORE Japs to be killed. THE Russians, racing toward Germany so fast that they covered 19 miles yesterday, are reported today to be only 30 miles from the borders of East Prussia ancestral home of the Junkers, the German profession al war chiefs. .-. . --.-j . .. Either Russian strength is ov erwhelmingly great simply too much to be resisted or the Ger mans are pulling back to a new md shorter line and fighting jnly rear guard actions. Probably a little of both. THE Germans are fighting bit terly and stubbornly on the Normandy front. There are clear and definite signs that they are getting short of man power. One suspects that they are pull ing back on the eastern front in order to shorten their lines and to be able to spare more men for the fighting on the western front. DON'T entirely overlook, the Italian front. Nothing very spectacular has been happening there lately, but it CAN get Im portant. The Italian front is CLOSER (Continued on page G) No Slackening of Demand for Lumber After War Expected SEATTLE, July 13 (Af) Little prospect in the slackening of the production goals for the lumber Industry after the war was seen by the west coast lum f berman's association in a report released last night disclosing that approximately half the lumber purchased by the government central procuring agency this year had been from west coast mills. "The lumber industry is now so deep Inwar requirements that it has little time or thought for post-war prospects but demands are already taking shape over seas Indicating that the end of the war will mean very little change in calls on west coast pro duction," the report said. Average weekly production in Jup was 163,734,000 board feet, or 103.6 per cent' of the 1940-43 average. Weekly June orders av eraged 163,623,000 board feet and shipments 162,143,000. Eugene Dishwasher Held as Kidnaper RENO, Nev., July 13 (API Paul Kenneth Norman, 43, of Eu gene, Ore., a dishwasher at a lake Tahce resort, was charged yes terday with kidnaping and con fined to the county jail in lieu of $1,000 ball. Norman was ar rested Mondav for allegedly forc ing an unidentified woman to ac company him from lake Tahoe across the California-Nevada boundary. The woman's hands showed knife wounds, police said. "COLLABORATOR" HAIRCUT This is the way the French treat their women who are suspected of being too friendly with the Germans. The top picture shows two patroits applying the hair cut to a girl. In the bottom picture she shows her distaste for the coiffure. New Drug Store Open to Public Kamfer's Sav-More drug store, located in the Marsters block, re cently reconstructed following the business district fire of a year ago, was opened to the public today. New merchandise is ar riving daily, Russell Moffitt, man ager, reports, and a formal grand opening is planned in the near fu ture when all departments will be completely supplied. The store is new throughout, the quarters having been built especially to accommodate the business. Attractive, modernistic fixtures have been installed to display the large general drug line. Loyal Scott is serving at as sistant manager, while the foun tain lunch department is in charge of Bob Simmons. The modernistic new front has been built to include Bubar's Op tical office and Lowell's store, ad joining the new drug business. Scid Doubles Quota SCIO, Mai'lon County, July 13 (AP) The Scio area subscrib ed 213 per cent ' of its $60,000 Fifth war loan qudta." Son-in-Law Lookingglass Couple Staff Chief of New Bomber Force Brigadier General Haywood shepherd Hanself :Jr son-in-law it Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Rogers, Lookingglass, is now' chief of -taff of the 20th air force, the icwly created air arm, which is Mattering Japan with Its B-29 fortresses. General Hanscll, Is an -.fficer who refused an opportun--y to attend West Point, spoke "Thlnese before ho learned Eng Msh, and was a journeyman boil Mmaker before he became a -,unt flier and distinguished him self as a .master air strategist, vho planned much of the bomb 'ng which cavcel in the roof of 'ortress . Europe. Born Sept. 28, 1903, at Fortress Monroe,, Va., the son' of an army surgeon,' General Hansell is a fifth-generation army officer. He was less than a year old when his father was transferred to China, and from his Chinese imah he learned the Chinese language before he mastered his native tongue. He wasi educated in Sewanee Military academy and Georgia Tech, following a bollermaklng ind engineering career In Cali fornia and Texas. . ' Becoming interested in avia tion, he trained as a itudent pilot, and entered the army air forces in 1928. At MaxweU Held, Ala, he Public Reception For " Beard Family Scheduled The public has been invited to attend a reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Beard and chil dren, Marilyn and Donald, Friday evening, July 14, at 8 o'clock on the fireplace lawn back of the Baptist Sunday school annex. The Beard family will soon move to McMinnville where Mr. Beard will be connected with Linfleld college. The program will in clude words of appreciation from ! several friends of the Beards, , special music, refreshments and a brief address by Dr. John Bun- yan Smith. ' Sgt. Trozelle Reports Wounds Not Serious Technical Sergeant John Tro zelle. son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Trozelle, Roseburg, is making satisfactory recovery rrom his wounds suffered on Blak island, according to a letter received by his parents today. Trozelle wrote he had suffered bullet wounds in both legs, but was not seriously Lhurt and expected to be back in active service within eight weens. His wounds were suffered June 15. He stated he was receiving the I best of care in the army hospital. met Captain Claire Chennault, now commanding general of the 14th air force, the Flying Tigers, in China. Chennault, Col. Luke Williams, and Hansell formed an aerial acrobatic team, their stunt flying being credited for devel oping many of the fundamentals of fighter plane tactics in use to day. In 1938, Hansell, then a lieuten ant, was sent to army command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth, then to the war de partment's public relations of fice, in charge of. the air intelli gence section. His success in air intelligence work led to his as signment, in 1941 to observe Roy al Air Force methods In England, and upon his return from Lon don he was assigned to the U. S. air war plans division. He had analyzed the German economic structure and when General Dwight Eisenhower became com mander in the European theater, in August, 1942, Hensell was made a brigadier general and as signed as air plans officer. He commanded and led the first American bombing missions over Europe. He wears the silver star, 'distinguished flying cross, air medal and legion of merit. Last April, he was made deputy (Continued on page 6) Reds Are Only 30 Miles From East Prussia U. S. Doughboys in Normandy Storm St. Lo In Third Dawn Assault By D WIGHT PITKIN (Associated Press War Editor) The red army raced towards Germany today in a 19-mlle ad vance that smashed toJa point within 30 miles of East Prussia as three other allied offensives inflicted telling blows on the Ger-, mans. .. . ' . ', In their third dawn assault, U. S. doughboys stormed around the ruins of St. Lo on the western front. Countering; with, strong mortar and machine-gun 'fire, the Germans were attempting to. make the fortress city another Cassino. The Americans pushed, armored tentacles around Lessay, another key bastion in Norman dy. The Americans also advanced on the Italian front. On the ser ial front, the German homeland was heavily bombarded. ' ' Dispatches from Europe gave, this picture: Fire Power Great Western front: With over whelming fire power Americans drove toward and around St. Lo in a semicircle from the Vire riv er to the south of the Bayeux-St. Lo road. A front dispatch said advanced American elements probed within a mile and a half of the communications hub. Oth er forces were about two miles from the road junction of Lessay. In the past 24 hours Lt. Gen. Omar!s N. Bradley's forces freed three towns and won the largest ground gains in two weeks. New Russ Offensive Eastern front: A new Russian offensive towards Latvia broke through German defenses seizing more than 1,000 villages. Front dispatches said the breakthrough was 100 miles wide and 25 miles deep with Russians within 18 miles of , the Latvian border on the Velikie Luki-Riga railway. 1 Gen. Andrei I. Yeremenko, fresh from his victories in the Crimea, moved to within 18 miles of the border of the Latvian so viet republic on the main Veli kie Luki-Riga railway. A Moscow communique said more than 7,000 Germans were killed and about 1,500 taken pris oner In a single day's fighting (Continued, on page 6) 15 Allied Ships Lost In Normandy Landings LONDON, July 13 (AP) Six American and British destroyers were lost in landing operations in France, the U. S. navy depart ment and the British admiralty announced tonight. Total naval losses announced were 15 vessels, seven American and eight British. Several thou sand ships were involved in the landings. The former Grace liner Santa Clara, renamed the transport Su san B. Anthony, also was lost by American naval forces along with the minesweeper Tide, the de stroyer escort Rich and the fleet tug Partridge. The American destroyers were the Corry and Glennon, built In the 1940-41 program, and the Meredith. Three British destroy ers announced lost by the admir alty were the Boadicea, Swift and Svenner. The British also an nounced the loss of the frigates Mourne, Blackwood and Law ford, the trawler Lord Eustln and the auxiliary Minister. French Approve FDR's OK Given to De Gaulle ALGIERS, July 13-(AP) French newspapers editorially ap proved President Roosevelt's an nouncement of July 11 accepting the French national committee as the working authority for civil administration of metropolitan France. The newspapers printed also the president's remarks on the committee's power to issue cur rency, but omitted Mr. Roose velt's definition of Gen. Elsen hower's authority as well as the president's reference that the United States was not recogniz ing the committee as the provi- sional government of France. i $-v ' Jt fl ' J,''' "v v. ii:Ltaa!uhi" AFTERMATH OF WAR This bea,ch head hospital, snapped by a photographer on the Normandy coast, shows how the wounded are handled after a great battle. They are collected by medical corpsmen, assembled at this field hospital for emergency treatment, and then evacuated by air and sea to base hospitals. Weapons Production In U. S. $400,000,000 Behind Schedule WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP) The production of army equip ment' and weapons was $400,000, 000 behind schedule In the second quarter of this year, Acting Sec retary of War Patterson report ed today. The acting secretary told a news conference he had seen pub lished statements that current production schedules were being met, and added "that statement is not true." - ' ' . The - dollar volume lag repre sented eight per cent of the sched ules set on April 1 for the sec ond quarter, Patterson said, and "those schedules at the time were deemed to be feasible and achiev able." Among the Items behind sched ule he said, were "the long Tom" 155mm. field gun, medium tanks, tank destroyers, bulldozers, heavy duty trucks, and field wire. OSC Dormitories Open To Girls This Fall CORVALLIS, July 13 (AP) Women's dormitories released by the army w!t!i the reduction of the A. S. T. program will be ready for normal occupancy by coeds this fall, Oregon State college of ficials said today. Although the soldier i students were crowded into the halls to nearly twice the normal capacity wear and tear on buildings and furniture was no more than would have been expected: with an equal number of civilians, Me lissa Hunter, director of dormi tories, reported. 14 Areas in Jackson and Deschutes Closed MEDFORD, July 12(AP-Four-teen areas in the Deschutes na tion forest and in state forest areas of Jackson county were closed today as the onset of hot weather increased fire hazards. In Jackson county closures af fected the Med ford corporation logging area; lower north fork of the Rogue in the Union Creek area; Deadwood area in south cast Jackson county, and the Ash land Canyon-MacDonald Creek area near Ashland. Berlin Radio Says "Terror Grips German People; Fight for Life On" LONDON, Juiy 13-(AP) One! spill over. our holy German land of the gravest broadcasts ever to come from nazl Germany de- ,,. , . . . , , clared tonight that "terror grips the hearts of many of our peo- pie" and that "Germany's fight for life and death Is on." The broadcast, as heard by the London Evening News, warned: Before the peril can reach the heart of our beloved country, we will turn this continent into a maelstrom of destruction where only one cry is heard the cry for D'd." . The utterances from the ene - my's military radio said further: , till our hour strikes. Let our ene "All now Is at stake. Tho Rus-!mies not think that, now that slan flood Is surging against our they stand before our frontiers, eastern frontier and threatens to the task will be easier tor them." Douglas Seen as Wallace's Chief Nomination Foe By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL. WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP Supporters of Henry A. Wal lace named Supreme Court Jus tice William O. Douglas today as the vice president's chief rival for second place on the 1944 dem ocratic ticket. They are also keeping an eye on Senate Majority Leader BarK. ley. Speaker Sam Rayburn, Sen ator Truman (D-Mo) and War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes. . Organized campaigns are not yet in evidence for any of them. None is likely pending an ex- peeled word from President Roosevelt that he wouldn't mind having Wallace for a running mate again but that somebody else might do. The Wallace camp has heard rumors that back of Douglas are Secretary of the Interior Ickes, Joseph P. Kennedy, former am bassador to England, and Thomas Corcoran, former Roosevelt "brain truster." Private checks show, however, that the vice president probably will receive his heaviest support for renomlnation in the west and northwest, where Douglas, a Washingtdnlan, would be expect ed to have his greatest strength. ' Senator Chavez (D-NM) an nounced yesterday he favors Wal lace's renomlnation, declaring: "If the President is entitled to renomlnation, then common, or dinary American decency and fair play should demand that Vice President Wallace be renomina ted. This would be only his second term." British Also Fear Leaders "Too Easy" LONDON, July 13 (AP) Emanuel Shinwell, back bench luborlte, asked assurance in com mons today that Lord Beaver brook would not "give too much away" In the forthcoming inter national oil discussion in Wash ington. Foreign Secretary Anthony Ed en promised that any arrange ments would be submitted to the house for approval. "No wonder terror grips the he!? of, manV f our people. We I soldiers know this terror for we naV(! cxpcrlcnced ,t a thousand nights. But we are determined to keep It from our loved ones at home. "This holy war must now be come a really total war. Every one capable, of drawing breath for forging or using a weapon I I must now be In It. We must have I the very last man." Then came the threat to destroy Europe, the broadcast mndtirleH- l "We will stand and hold fast U. S. Army has 50.000 Planes of all Types . General Arnold Reveals BUFFALO, N. Y., July 13 (AP) "The United States now has air superiority," says Gen. Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, reveal ing that we have approximately 50,000 army planes, ' Including combat, training and transporta tion types. "' ' " . ' ' Arnold, commanding general of U. S. army air forqes, Inspecting the Buffalo airport plant of Cur: tiss-Wright and the Niagara Falls plant of Bell airccraft, said, during a press conference yester day, "six months ago' we went aft er the German plane plants and airdromes. The enemy Is now on the defensive Japan too. Instead of coming in the hundreds, they come in the tens. . The air chief stressed that plane requirements have chang ed. As soon as we went Into -the offensive, we had to have great er range, Long range and firing power are the two things we are most interested in now," he de clared. Nazis Using Thermite ; Candy Booby Traps Report to U. S. Army Says WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP) The army said today it had re ceived a report that the Germans were using a new and diabolical booby trap candy with a piece of termite Implanted in Its center. When eaten, the candy melts away and the termite flames up in the throat and mouth. ' Two experts in booby trap de tection told of the device during a demonstration of weapons and mines at Acting Secretary of War Patterson s news conference. The Germans also are using the Yankee desire for cleanliness In devising other traps, the ex perts reported. A liquid soap dis penser is filled with sulphuric acid, or similar material, to burn the hands when tipped up. Anoth er badget Is an innocent looking cake of soap which can be used for some time and then, when the outer coating Is worn away, detonates an explosive to bolw off the hands. Destroyer of 30 Nazi Planes Is Missing WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP) Malor James A. Goodson, 23- vear-old commander of a P-51 Mustang squadron who Is credited with the destruction of 30 Ger man planes, Is missing In ncilon In the European theater. The war department reported Goodson. whose home Is in To ronto, Canada, failed to return from a mission over Germany June 20. Berlin Radio Says Jap Admiral Killed LONDON, Julv 13 (AP Vice I Admiral Klichl Hasegawa of the Jananese navy has been killed In action, the Berlin radio said today In a dispatch from the Japanese naval station ot Yokosuka. Enemy Forces In New Guinea Fighting Hard Escape Sought for Forces By-Passed by MacArthur At Wewak ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS; New Guinea, July 13 (AP) Ending two months of ' smoldering quiet, Japan's trap ped, by-passed 18th army has sud denly and vicously , attacked Americans entrenched near Ait-; ape, British New Guinea. . Headquarters announced today that the Japanese, faced with, starvation or eventual erasure be tween advancing Australian and American troops, had massed a heavy force, apparently In the hope of blasting an escape route for 45,000 men westward through Aitape into Dutch New Guinea. "Opening skirmishes with our outguard and reconnaissanc groups now are taking place," the communique reported. .-..; The Japanese, after massing for several days, attacked Mon day night along the Drlnlumop river 21 miles east of American- occupied Aitape. The Americans, veterans of tho New Guinea campaigns at Buna, and Saldor, dug in and held. The Japanese renewed their as saults Tuesday. Results of that action have not been disclosed. Allied planes raked the 130 miles of enemy-held coast east to the Australian-held Seplk river. A headquarters spokesman, asked why the Japs were trying to break out of the :rap, said "They lose If they sit because they'll starve to death." Jcips in South China Now Only 160 Miles Apart By SPENCER MOOSA. CHUNGKING. July 13 CAP) Japanese forces batterine at Hengyang and troops driving up from Canton are only 160 miles apart in their campaign to close the Canton-Hankow railway and , spilt China In half, the Chinese high command Indicated tonight. most oi the gains seemed to come from the south, where tha left wing of the enemy force pressed to within 12 miles ot . Yingtak, stategic town 70 miles north of Canton. The Chinese said the JaDanese were thrown back here in an at tempt to cross the Lein river. which bars the way to a further advance northward. The Chinese blocklne the south. ward advance held out In batter ed Hengyang through thi-oa nights of bombing that wrecked numerous buildings, and beat off renewed assaults by land. oenerany, the high command pictured the fighting In Hunan ' province as favorable to the Chi nese, one Chinese forro mi striking In the vicinity of Yeng yang, 25 miles northeast of Hem. yang, in an attempt to cut ene my communications on tho xnra river, which supply the enemy around Hengyang. New Photo Studio To Open In Roseburg Soon The Bishop Photo Studios wilt open in Roseburg July 29, at 218 N. Jackson St., it was announced toduy by the company, which op erates branches at Marshfleld, aaiem, i-ortiand ana Vancouver. The quarters to be occupied by the studios are now being re modelled preparatory to occu pancy. Portrait work, copying and enlarging, and oil coloring will be featured. Bean Labor Scarce SALEM, ' July 13 (AP) The farm labor shortage In the Salem area will become acute when the btan harvest begins In about two weeks, the farm labor office said today. Berry farmers have not suffered from labor troubles be- , cause of the short crip. Twins Born to Actress HOLLYWOOD, July 13 (AP) Film Actress Nancy Coleman became the mother of twin daughters last night. She Is the wife of Whitney Bolton, Colum- bia Studios publicity director.