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G m MVAEO BY 11H Ml FIK a - " . i i 1 St George's Church Here To Attain Parish Statute Bishop B.' D. Dagwell St. George's church will be con secrated and the rector instituted Sunday at impressive ceremonies, marking the establishment of the first official Episcopal parish in Roseburg. The ceremonies will be conducted by the Right Rev erend Benjamin B, Dagwell, Portland, bishop of the Oregon diocese, and the Venerable H. R. White, Eugene, archdeacon of the Oregon diocese. The church at Roseburg, since its founding, has been operated as a mission, the status of an Episcopal church not entirely self-supporting. Only a church free from debt can be consecrated under church procedure. The Roseburg church, Father W. L. Blaker reports, has been freed of debt, and the ceremon- Douglas County Recreation District Committee Organizes, Program Drawn; Enabling Act to be Given Legislature The Douglas County Recreation flistrlct eommiltee, recently ap pointed by the county court, was organized last night at a meet ing held at the office of the Rose i burg chamber of, commerce. For of the program, was elected chairman; County Judge D. N. Busenbark, vice-chairman; Ver non M. Orr, secretary-treasurer, and Harold J. Hickerson, corres ponding secretary. Judge Busenbark announced appointment of State Representa tive Carl C. Hill, Days Creek, and Paul Applegate, Elkton, as addi-. tlonal members of the commit tee, which, in addition to those previously named, includes Clar ence Elliott, Reedsport; Jack Cul ver, Sutherlin; Roy Sullivan, Charles V. Stanton, Dr. C. H. Bailey, Roseburg; Henry Shirt cliff, Myrtle Creek, and Attorney J. V. Long, Roseburg, legal ad viser. The committee was appointed to formulate details of a district plan to be placed before the leg islature In the form of an enab ling act which would permit the levying of a tax of one and one half mills annually ,if voted by the people of the county, to pro vide funds for recreational pur- Ship Explosion Is Barely Missed By Don Partin Don Partin, gunner's mate third class, son of W. T. Partin, Myrtle Creek, "missed the boat" and is exceedingly glad he did. Partin, a resident of Klamath Falls, was scheduled to stand watch on one of the ammuntlon hips which exploded at Port Chi cago, Calif., last Monday night. However. Partln's wife had been visiting him and he secured leave to accompany her to the bus sta tion after his friend, C. R. He landsworth, seaman "first class, had volunteered to stand Par tin's watch. Partin had instruc tions to Join the ship at San Pablo point, but upon arrival was in formed by the shore patrol to proceed to Port Chicago, where the ship was anchored. He was half way between Oakland and Port Chicago when the explo sion occurred. French Saboteurs Hit Germans Hardest Blow LONDON, July 21 (AP) In the biggest stroke of sabotage since D-day, French patriots at Crugey blew up munition dumps supplying all German air force bases in eastern France between June 19 and 22, authoritative French informants in London said last night Approximately 10,000 tons of munitions In more than 7,000 rail cars were reported destroyed. Father W. L. Blaker ies attendant upon the new status will feature services Sunday morning. ' Archdeacon and Mrs. White are expected to nrrive in Roseburg Saturday, and will be dinner guesis of Father and Mrs. Blak er at ire rectory. The usual i a. m. servco will be held Sunday and will be fol lowed by the consecration of the church building and t:.c institu tion of the rector at 11 t. m. f uiing the noon hou-, lunch - er'i will be servea at me parisr. house for all parishoiu-r.-.. and :!;. ceremony of burnin? t!ie mortgage will be observvJ. ;is!iop DasjJvell and Fatliei 31ni;i r will go to Ridd3 to con duct services at 8 p. m. poses. The district would be man aged by an elected board of trus tees. Program Outlined At last night's meeting, the committee adopted a 10-point program to cover the purposes for which the district would be organized as follows: 1. Acquisition of land By pur- , chase, lease, gift or trade for the ' protection and preservation of j recreational facilities. 2. Propagation and conserva- I lion of fish and wild life. 3. Development of pack trails to wilderness, scenic and recrea tional areas. j 4. Encourage development of i commercial facilities to provide I suitable accomodations for vaca- tionists. 5. Encourage reforestation and ' restoration of resources affecting recreation, fish and wild life. fees charged for services render ed vacationists. 7. Promote and advertise Doug las county recreational resources. 8. Develop and promote organ ized recreational trips, cruises and tours. 9. Cooperate with existing state i or federal agencies engaged in ! fish and game propagation and conservation, and agencies engag-' ed in forest protection or devel-1 opment of recreational facilities. 10. Cooperate with municipal-1 ilies in development of recrea tional resources. Shotgun Mishap Sends Victim to Hospital GRESHAM, Ore., July 21 (AP) Paul Dudley loaded a shot gun to kill a skunk that was raid- ing a poultry house, but the j ,ne county get3 credit for reach breech jammed and he pounded j jng its quota, the committee is It wtih a rock to dose it. pieading that everyone who can The gun went off unexpectedly, huy one or more E bonds do so seriously Injuring his employee, immediately. Sales of $31,000 will H. M. West. Hospital officials laid last night that Wast was in critical condition. Taxpayers League to Sean Douglas Budget The Douglas County Taxpayers League will meet Monday, July 24, at 10 a. m. In the courthouse at Roseburg, C. E. Moyer, presi dent, announced today. The meet ing is being ca'Ied to conform to the public hearing on the tenta tive county budget for the com ing year. Following the budget hearing, the league will conduct its business session and election of directors, Moyer stated. Ouster Shuts Logging Plant VALSETZ, Ore., July 21 (AP) Walkout of 180 men closed the Western Logging Co. plant here yesterday. Ed Moriey, superinten- dent; said the men quit in pro- test of the dismissal of a girl em- ployee for an infraction of com- pany rules. '0 r-4 of roseburg BLOOD PURGE TRAILS EFFORT TO KILL HITLER Ex-Staff Head Among Those Dealt Death Himmler Appointed Top Executioner as Spirit Of Revolt Shakes Reich (By the Associated Press) ' The reich that Hitler built creaked today like a house in a thunder storm, haunted by the ghosts of a new blood purge. Berlin announced the execution of a group of conspirators includ ing a former chief of the Ger man general staff and the colo nel who was alleged to have planted a bomb which was said to have exploded near the feuh- j rer and his military aides yester- 'day. As military setbacks piled up, ; Hitler made his top executioner, ; Heinrich Himmler, commander in chief inside Germany with life and death power to combat de featism. A battlefront dispatch from Caen said that newly cap tured German prisoners in Nor-; mandy said that defeatism was ; rife among nazi gun crews. Some persons in London sug gested that the attempt on Hit ler's life, as reported by Berlin, might be a frame-up to give the nazis an excuse for a purge of German officers considered unre liable. A German broadcast today said "certain precautionary measures" were taken last night in the cen ter of Berlin. Nazi Troops In Revolt A German traveler who left Berlin yesterday was quoted as declaring that two German divi sions revolted Wednesday in East Prussia. Moscow radio reported "uprisings and a serious panic" (Continued on page 8.) Douglas Urged to Meet E Bond Goal; Only $31000 Short "Tojo has quit! Assassins try to get Hitler! But Ore gon Is lagging In E bond sales. We must fight harder than ever." Such was the message receiv ed today by H. O. Pargeter, chair man of the Douglas County War Finance staff, from state bond headquarters. Simultaneously, the Douglas county chairman has been in formed that Douglas county E I bond sales so far cleared through I the federal reserve bank do not I equal the assigned quota. Records at county headquarters show sales by issuing agencies amount ing to approximately $544,000, I but the Federal Reserve bank at San ;Francisco has the county credited with only $498,000. The quota is $529,000. Sales Clearing Urged Pargeter is urging today that every issuing agency immediate ly clear all sales previously un rpnnrtprf Tn nrripr tn make Rlire put the county over the top and will assure the total even though the discrepancy in figures Is not ; cleared before the deadline July ,31. Companies operating on pay roll deduction programs are ask ed to advance money for any bond purchases scheduled during the month of July and to buy bonds prior to July 25, In order to give time for clearance through San Francisco. 6th War Loan Quota to Be Less, Gamble Thinks PORTLAND, July 21 (API Ted R. Gamb'e. national director 0( the War Finance division, pre- dieted here today that the quota ot the Sixth war loan drive would be slightly less than the $16,000,- 000 of the just-completed Fifth war loan campaign. He said the next drive would begin around mid-November and close about December 7th. review .. ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, Wallace Struggle Big-City Delegates Swing to Support Of Vice President- CHICAGO STADIUM, July 21 AP) Henry A. Wallace broke into the strongholds of the big city vote today by capturing the support of about 20 of New York's 96 votes in a furious bat tle In which the bulk of the Em pire state's, votes were proposed to Sena tor! Harry S. Truman of Missouri for the democratic vice presidential nomination. With delegates elbowing their The democratic national plat form and other stories relating to the pahty's convention appear on page 5. way into this stadium for the climactic, and possibly last, ses sion of a meeting in which they nominated President Roosevelt last night and heard him accept by radio, the vice president show ed unexpected strength in a cau cus of the New York group. At that conference, the forces of Edward J. Flynn, national committeeman who is backing Truman, delivered the support of about 76 of the delegates to the Missourian. They were unable, however, to make it unanimous as they had hoped. At the same time, a Massachu setts caucus gave 12 votes each to Wallace and Truman, pledg ing 5i to Senate Majority Leader Barkley of Kentucky. The re mainder of the state's 36 were (Continued on page 8 Fire-Damaged Mill to Resume Operations - The Umpqua Lumer company mill at Myrtle Creek, closed down since July 12 when lire damaged the boiler room and destroyed the Cyclone conveyor from the planer shed to the fuel bins, will resume operation Saturday, it was announced today by E. W. Picco, Owner-manager. The fire burned the roof off the boiler room but caused only minor dam age to the power plant. Death Claims W. C. Harding, Former Roseburg C. of C. Secretary, Prime Mover to Put Vets' Facility Here W. C. Harding, 81, formerly secretary of the Roseburg cham ber of commerce for 13 years, died at Mercy hospital early this morning following a brief Illness. In ill health for the past three years, Mr. Harding suffered a slight paralytic stroke a few days ago and was removed to the hos pital. Born in Indiana, Nov. 9, 1862 he was graduated from Wabash college in 1887 and became prin cipal of schools at Cambridge, Illinois, where he was married, Dec. 25. 1889, to Miss Ada Grant. Mrs. Harding died July 6, 1943. After engagaing for several years in the teaching profession, he became Interested in the in vestment and securities business In Detroit, Michigan, moving lat er to Aberdeen, Wash., where he engaged In real estate. He arrived In Roseburg in April 1908, and followed the real estate and land development bus iness until 1921, when he retired from active work, although main taining supervision over farm properties. Aided To Get Facility When, In 1929, the Roseburg chamber of commerce was in se rious financial circumstances, Mr. Harding volunteered his serv ices as secretary-manager at a token salary. Shortly after his appointment, he became interest ed In the proposal to secure & fed eral home at Roseburg and plan ned an extensive compaign which proved successful and resulted in land, and three nieces in eastern construction f f the veterans fa- states. cility now located near the city, Funeral services will be held He remained In the office of sec- at 7 p. m. Sunday at the Rote-rctary-manager of the chamber j burg Undertaking company chap until the spring of 1941, bringing i el and the body will be taken to about a substantial growth in the I Portland for cremation. ??3WZ', Mil 111117 II' IIMII II. IIIIU is ii ii iir i "t i m-r jm- xar Trltf DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY Stretches Lead in for Renomination "Rump" Session Possible From Texans' Revolt CHICAGO, July 21 (AP) lexas democrats wno wumeu om do the national convention In huft over repeated rebuffs called a meeting of dissident ?, 7 y " first shot in quest of a fourth in their revolt against the New,lterm( M ..objilauon" he said he Deal, Third party talk circulated and It appeared the southernrs' meet ing might take on the nature of a "rump" session. A committee named by the bolting Texans issued a formal statement charging that "the bu reaucrats, the C. I. O. political action committee, and a liberal sprinkling of communists joined lurws io ien lexas aemucrais Just where they sand in national politics." The convention, on recommen dation of the credentials commit tee, yesterday seated both the delegations selected by the "reg ular" Texas democratic conven tion and the delegation chosen by a pro-fourth term group. Each delegation was given one-half of Teaxs 48 votes. I Nettled by defeats In two of their major fights yesterday and split by dissension in their own ranks, Dixie delegates directed their Ire at Vice President Henry A. Wallac and headed for the convention hall determined to block his renomination. Their opinion of Wallace, never too high, fell to the zero point yesterday when the vice presi dent, seconding the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt, declared "the poll tax must go." Almost 90 southern votes were'ular sontIment . . or wher cast against President Roosevelt .yesterday. They went to Virgin- la's Senator Harry F. Byrd. Buii Butts Man to Death EUGENE, Ore., July 21 AP) George E. James of Pleasant Hill died at a local hospital last night of Injuries suffered Wed nesday when he was butted by a bull on a neighbor's farm in that district. organization and restoring Its fi nancial standing. He was a member, active work er and officer In the Presbyterian church, a member of nearly all branches of Masonry, past, com mander of the Roseburg eom mondery, and a member ot the Roseburg Kiwanls club. Survivors include Harding Knapp, Garden Valley, a nephew; 0 Jm Everett, Seattle, a niece of Mrs. Harding, who has been tn Roseburg for the past year, mak ing her home with Mr. Harding; ! a niece, Esther McKinley, Port- ' . ; I W. C. Harding 1944. VOU. XXX1H NO. U.S. Should Keep Experienced Men, Roosevelt Asserts r,mr,APn Tutu 21 (AP)-i alP - atrfrf oL.J, chose the Hramn .,i K-tn- souther-iwartIme ava, sbase ,Q flre h felt in- order to bring about his plans for battle triumph, postwar prosperity and surety against an other global explosion. From a Pacific coast base his voice came by radio In acceptance of the nomination to the Jam packed Chicago stadium last night. Mr. Roosevelt blueprinted Ms case, although he Insisted he will not campaign "in the usual sense' because he doesn't think it is ap propriate and moreover, ha said, he doesn't have the time. As In 1940, Mr. Koosevelt said hn would like to retire to private life; again as in 1040 he said new hands would take over when this four years ends. His decision this time he said is based solely on a sense of obligation to serve" if the people so decide in Novem ber. Experience Emphasized Between himself and Republi can Thomas E. Dewey to whom e did not refer personally) the President said the Issue this time 'J simply: '.. , . , Whether the nation will "turn over this-1944 Job This world wide job to inexperienced and Immature hands, to those who op posed lend-lease and International cooperation against the forces of aggression and tyranny until fhnv mnl1 pnnl ihn n,.lln nf .nn. they wish to leave it to those who (Continued on page 8.) Normandy Battle Slowed by Rains SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 21 (AP) Torren tial rains and deep mud bogging the battlefields of Normandy slowed allied offensives today, but Canadian troops slogging forward a miie captured St. Mar tin De Fontenay, five miles due south of Caen. British units earlier had pushed eight miles east of Caen toward Paris, in the deepest spearhead plunged through nazl defenses. The British to the west gained 1,000 yards on a two-mile front below the Caumont-Tilly road and Americans pinched off a longer portion of the road from St. Lo to Periers, supreme headquarters said, but virtually continuous rains for 36 hours "interfered with ground operations." Search On for Missing Riverside Girl, Aged 10 State, county and city police authorities wore Joining today In a search for Vera Mae Hail, 10 year old daughter of Mrs. Vera Hall, Riverside, who has been missing from her home since 1 p. m. Thursday. Officers were notified when the child failed to return homo yesterday evening and radio apiKMils were made for general assistance In the search. The child had' not been located at noon todny. She is dark complexioned wllh grey eyes, and brown hair cut in a short bob. When last seen she was wearing a grey Jumper type skirt, dark green silk blouse with red buttons and white slippers. Fire Damage Slight Very minor damage resulted Thursday afternoon from a fire at the Pacific Poultry Producers egg packing plant at Short and Sykes street A cigarette careless ly tossed on oil soaked ground between the loading platform and railroad siding was believed to have started the blaze, which burned baseboards at one corner of the building. - 95 OF THE EVENING NEWS Killed In Action On Biak Island 5 - -if- W t s Staff Sergeant Ell A. (Bob) Dumont, above, resident of Glide, was killed In action June 20 oh Blak Island, ac cording to official notification received by his mother, Mrs. John LeBonte, who resides at Glide. He had been in service Ince Sept., 1941, having volun teered with the Oregon Nation al guard when it was catted in to active service. Surviving are his mother; six sitters, Mrs. E. 3. Schlappio, Portland; Mrs. D. Lomboy, Gresham; Mrs. G. N. 8chlap pie and Rosetta La Bonte, Port land; Ester and Betty, and two younger brothers, Lester and Floyd, all of Glide.1, , ;, , j.: Reds Grip Baltic Front; Garrison At Lwow Doomed MOSCOW, July 21 (AP The Red army seized a deadly stran-; glchold on the German's Baltic front deep inside Lithuania to-; day, hurled a massive blow to-l wards Poland's martyred capital of Warsaw and sealed the fate' of the nazi stronghold of Lwow.: Pouring across the trans-Li-, thuanlan railway, Soviet forces captured the Junction of Sko pishki 50 miles west of Daug-, avplls (Dvlnsk), 85 miles south east of the Latvian port of Riga and 1G5 miles east of Memel. Warsaw, a little more than 100 miles from the Red army van guard, was the objetive of con certed attacks west of the nazl's broken Bug river line defenses. The nazi garrison at Lwow was doomed, with the Russian only five miles away. It faced the same kind of disaster that over took more than four German di visions encircled earlier In the week at Brody, 55 miles north east, where they are now being annihilated. Acutely endangered by the Soviet advances were the Ger man tortrsses ot Brest Lltovsk and Lublin, on the eastward ap proaches to Warsaw. Nazi rear guards In the railroad town of Korbee Kobryn, 27 miles north east og Brest Lltovsk, have been liquidated, and at other points the Red army troops are about 10 miles away, front dispatches said. (Soviet radio broadcasts heard in London asserted "uprisings and a serious panic" had devel oped in East Prussia.) 2nd Lieut. Bernard Koiier Missing in War Action The War department today gave formal notification that Second Lieutenant Bernard Rol ler of Roseburg is missing in ac tion. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Roller, 826 S. Pine St., Roseburg. He was serving In the European theater. Ruling on Nurse Exam Fee SALEM, Ore., July 21 (AP) The state nurses examing board does not have authority to charge ! an additional $10 fee for a sec- end examination in case an appli cant fails to paw the first state board examination, Attorney General Neuner ruled today. O A O Bitter Battle With Nippons Is Expected Landing on Vital Island Follows 17-Day Assault By Naval, Air Armadas V. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, July 21 (AP) United States marineg and Infantry are pouring ashore on Guam, first AmerUan terri tory seized by the Japanese,' and fighting their way inland unde cover of a pulverizing aerial a nil warship bombardment; Adm. Nimitz announced tJday. The landings, a quick follow Ui to the great vl"b.y on Saipan, ttarted yesterday morning, anil "are contimt.ng against modi-rote ground upoosltiuj," 'Nhfi-'z er.xmunlque nai'l. ' ' - . i:i.;ted State3 mST'..es and m my assault trj--M established beachheads on Guam island or July 2P ' (w.i?t longitude U. S. time) with tfei sv5pot of caiTie alrcrc-ft and surface crmbat units of the Fifth flco:." the ea.iv tnorrng comtr.uniqu- continued. 1 "Enemy' Jerensea are beiu? heavily bombed and shelled a? close range." - .. New Menace To Tskys Guam is the southernmost anil largest of tha Marianas group ot Islands. Its capture would strengthen Salpan's position as a base from which Japan enn be cortally assaulted. Guam Is ISO miles southwest of Saipan anj both islands are within easy Su perfortress range of Tokyo and the whoie of japan. The Philippines, lyinc; some 1, 500 miles west of Guam and Sal pan, likewise are yilnerabie ta the mighty jces Nlmiiz la hurl InR across th.3 Pacific. The Guam landings came after 17 c&ys of the most terrific wai-ship-plane blasting given any in vac.'cd Pacific island, with battlr-th'-Fs adding their iwitvy shells to the torrent of explosives pour ed from cruisers, ! destroyers and planes. Bitter Resistance Ahead Guam, seized Dec 10, 1941 two days after Pearl Harbor tDec. 8) presumably will offer the same bitter, bloody resistance , the marines and army troops en countered on Saipan in 25 days (Continued on page 8.) 2-Way Air Raids Lash Nazi Centers LONDON, July 21 (AP) Around 2,509 American planes bombed the heart of Germany to day, with 2,000 flying above a howling channel storm for at tacks on Regensberg and Schwelnfurt and another 500 from Italy penetrating within 125 miles of Berlin. . It was the fourth consecutive day of massive, coordinated American attacks on Germany from the west and south. Targets of the . Italy-based bombers were at Brux in Sude tenland, the mountainous border province which Germany stole from Czechoslovakia in the Mu nich conference which prefaced the war. During the squally night, a force of around 1,500 bombers pummeled objectives in Germany, France and Belgium, losing 31 planes. Th major Tail yards of Courtrai bot'deneektag three trunk lines leading to the Nor mandy battlefields were targets, along with German oil plants at Homberg and Bottrop-Welhelm In the Ruhr, the port of Ham burg, robot bomb platforms in northern France and rAad con voys north and south of Paris. Italy-based planes struck around the river Po and in Yugoslavia. Brig. Gen. Nelson Walker Killed in Normandy Pittsfleld, Mass., July 21 AP) A letter from their soldier son to his mother last night disclosed the death of Brig. Gen. Nelson M. Walker in Normandy. In the first word Mrs. Doris Wyke Walker had received of the general's death, First Lt. Perrin Walker wrote that his father, attached to the army's general staff corps, was killed in action. Levify fact fjant The bomb that fatted to smash to smithereens the anato my of tyrannical, sadistic Adolf Hitler reminds that - "Of alt sad words of tongue or pea, . "The saddest are these, It might have been."