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V mm (Ml ll w I: mm. - V i Keep On Buying The 5th war loan Is over but the war Isn't.. Don't wait for the 6th drive. Steady, continuous buying of bonds means less on the national quota when the next call comes. VOL. L NO. 104 OF ROSEBURG DODGES JAPS 31 MONTHS Chief Radioman George R. Tweed, 42, who was rescued after more than 31 months of dodging Japanese in the hills of Guam since the island fell Dec. II, 1941, enjoys a bit of watermelon with his aunt, Mrs. Harry M. Minard, in her Portland, Ore., home. Tweed's wife and two children live at San Diego, Calif.; his mother lives at Beveraton,, Ore., and his father, whom he has not seen for 20 years, is a resident of Ada, western Lane county, Oregon. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE B-29s are at it again. One group, flying from the already known base in China, hits Nagasaki, In the Jap home land. Another coming apparent . ly from a .NEW base that is shrouded (necessarily) in the mists of censorship smacks Palembang, in Dutch East Indies Sumatra. ' Palembang is Japan's GREAT EST source of oil. IN these raids incendiary bombs were used for the first time against the Japs. Great fires were started. Three of the big ships are so far unaccounted for and one descended in friendly territory (presumably China). MAC ARTHUR begins night bombing of the Philippines, hitting Davao, in the southern most Philippine island of Min danao. If the standard MacArthur pat tern is followed, day attacks by fighter-escorted bombers will fol low as we gain nearer bases and then (in the fulness of time) the landing barges will head for the shore. OUR theory, as hinted at in re cent dispatches, is that it will be cheaper to hit the Japs HARD NOW than to string it out over a longer time. WHAT is happening in France is still hidden by censorship. This is our most definite news as these words are written: "Sup ported by tank-busting planes, American forces battling on the approaches to Fans are Kb PORTED to have cut due north toward the Seine, apparently in a GRAND-SCALE sweep aimed at trapping large German forces in Normandy." GET out your map and turn your Imagination loose. You'll come to the conclusion that we're probably striking to GET BE HIND the Germans who have (Continued on page 2) Knifing Sends 2 Seattle Ball Players to Hospital LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (AP) Two Seat.le baseball players were taken to a hospital with knife wounds early today after reporting to police that they were cut by two assailants on a down town street corner. Officers rrrarted that William Derflinger, 'M, center fielder, and Gene Holt, 23, southpaw Ditcher, said two neeroes approached them as they were laughing and talking. The ball players said the neeroes marie some remark about "obiecting to ridicule," then slash ed tnem wttn Knives ana nea. Holt was treated for a fout Inch laceration of his left arm and Derflinger for a similar wound of his left arm. They re ceived other rrnall cuts and Der flinger Incuired a leg wound. c REVIEW 2. jjj Impending Victory In Normandy Not Enough for Peace By MERRILL MUELLER (Representing the combined American Networks) GEN. EISENHOWER'S AD VANCED COMMAND POST, Aug. 14 (AP) The destruction of the German 7th army is about to take place in tne present Dat tle of France. Gen. Eisenhower, supreme al lied invasion commander, pre dicts this coming week will be one of the most momentous in the history of this war a fruit ful week for us and a fateful week for the enemy. Peace cannot come with the major victory we are about to accomplish, because three Ger man armies remaining in France are not engaged. Only a political collapse with in Germanv another attempt on Hitler to succeed could possibly deliver this war to an armistice within the next week. There is a slight chance that a political collapse may show its first mani festations on either the Russian or the allied battle fronts with the German army s effort to rid itself by revolt of its now nai commanders. But even so, our terms still are unconditional sur render and clear roads to Berlin. P. C. Crum Elected Head Of Oregon Legionnaires PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 14 Penn C. Crum, Hood River, chair man of World war II liaison com mittee, was unanimously elected commander af the American Le gion, department of Oregon, at the closing session of the 2bth annual convention here Saturdaj. When voting began, there were, two candidates, Crum and Victor. Mlcelli of Roseburg, but when a fourth of the 370 votes had been cast. Micclli asked to withdraw and requested that the ballot be cast unanimously for Crum. Neil Mofflt, Astoria, defeated Earl R. Goodwon. Portland, for vice commander. Tne convention renamed Tiiomas D. Stoughton, Portland, as finance officer with out a record vote. Lt. Col. Georges Monballiu Bailey, Pen dleton, was named chairman. Bob Hope, Troupe Unhurt in Clipper's Crash Landing SYDNEY. Australia. Aug. 14- (AP) Comedian Bob Hope and his troupe of soldier-entertainers escaped Injury today In the crash landing of a Catalina fly ing boat near Lauriston, New South Wales, Australia. The plane, also carrying Fran ces Langford, the singer, devel oped engine trouble as it came from Guadalcanal and landed on a sand spit near the fishing ham let. Dor. Helliwell Named District Chief of Lions Don Helliwell, Roseburg, has been appointed deputy district governor of Lions clubs, accord ing to announcement made by Robert M. Fischer. Jr., Eugene, recently named ui&ini:i kuvci nor. The new district officers are now active, having taken over their duties following the Inter national convention In Chicago last week. ROSEBURG, AIR BOMBING OF PHILIPPINES, OTHER ISLES SPEEDS WAR CLOSER TO JAPAN Scythe-Like Sweep Made By Americans Final Victory May Not Not Require Invasion of Japan, Nimitz Declares II. R. PACfFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Aug. 14 (AFi me tourtn oomDing of the Philippines in five days and new air blows north and south of Japan were portents to day of a war moving west so fast that Adm. Nimitz may have tu advance his headquarters to catch up with It. Underscoring this tempo of of fensive, Nimitz told a press con ference the war may he won without Invading Japan al though occupation "would be nec essary to insure a winning peace" and mentioned the possi bility of American warships bom barding Nippon. Fighting was carried again to the Philippines Saturday, Gen. MacArthur announced today, by New Guinea-based Liberators which sank a 3,000-ton freighter in. Davao gulf. It was carried within 600 miles of Tokyo Friday by Marianas based Liberators which bombed the airfield and a cargo ship at Chichi Jima in the Boning, south of Japan. Striking within less than 500 miles of northern Japan, Aleu-tions-based Liberators sank a pa trol vessel and damaged another near Paramushiro in the Kuriles Thursday. The aerial arm swung like a giant scythe along more than 3, 500 miles of Japan's inner de fense wall of islands, adding a 3.000-ton ship, a 1,000-ton freight er and a coastal vessel to the ship ping disaster befalling the enemy in the Halmahera-Tulaud defense zone for the Philippines. Guam Natives Loyal to U. S. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of (Continued on page 4) 8th Army Takes 2 More Italian Towns ROME, Aug. 14 (API Eighth army troops have captur ed Frontone, 27 miles inland from the Adriatic coast in the Appennines, in the only major advance along the Italian front, headquarters announced today. Sniping died down in Flor ence, enabling allied military government officials to supply the stricken city with food, water and other necessities. Emplol, the Arno river city west of Florence, fell to the Eighth army without a fight yes terday. Mediterranean allied air forc es, hammering at German defens es in southern France, struck at Rhone river bridges and coastal installations yesterday. Objec tives in north Italy also were hit. Gen. Alexander's headquarters said a pamphlet issued by naj Marshal Ktssclring threatened stringent retaliation against Ital ian civilians for attacks which jeopardized naj supply and com munication lines behind the front. Five Persons Flee From Oregon Institutions SALEM, Ore., Aug. 14 (AP) Five persons who escaped late Sunday from the state training school at Woodburn. the state prison, and the state home for feeble-minded persons were still at large today. Donald Lyons, 11, Portland, and Walter Smith, 18, address unknown, escaped from the feeble-minded institution. Robert W. McCaren, 50, state prison trusty, walked away from the prison. He entered the prison in 1937, to serve 20 years for ar son, in Klamath county. Richard Kauffman, 14, Eu gene, and Alvin Dahl, 15, St. Hel ens, escaped from the training school. Real Estate Agency Is Opened by A. P.Allen The Vallev Real Estate agency was opened in Roseburg today bv A. P. Allen, who for the past six months has been associated with the Dlmmick agency. Mr. I Allen has established his office in the lobby of the Grand hotel. A resident of Douglas county for the past six years, Mr. Allen was engaged In farming npar Yoncal la, prior to moving to Roseburg six months ago. THt DOUGLCODWY DAILY OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1 944 Word of Japan Can't be Trusted, U, 5. Must Control North Pacific Circle, Roosevelt Says After Tour BREMERTON, Wash., Aug. li (AP) President Roosevelt gave his solemn assurance here Saturday that never again would the Japanese empire be given the leeway to start another Pacific war. '.' The president spoke after a destroyer had brought him from Alaska on the last leg of a Pacif ic tour of inspection that had ta ken him from California to the Hawaiian islands, up to the Aleu tians, throueh the frinne of what 'Mnfc" n, hi down ?olclasslfy Japan as a member of ?,.'? llX.JI'LJJl " I the society of nations which seek where he made his report to the people. Through the radio, the world could hear hitn when he de clared: "The word and honor af Japan cannot be trusted." Throughout the speech ran the thread of determination that the defenses of the United States and of all the Americas must be so strong in the future that no would-be aggressor dare attempt to disturb the peace of the con nent from the Antarctic to the me ruf;i;i auuiiu navy juiu Arctic circle, Thp President outlined the struggle for the Aleutians, invad- ed early in the war by the Japs, and the building of the bases there, adjacent to the shortest (Great eirciej route irum rusn cnnnri tn thp orient. "It is an unfortunate fact that Mystery General Of France Fights Alongside Yankees SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 14 (AP) The sec ond French armored division, commanded hv the mysterious Gen. Jacques Le Clerc of African fame, is fighting In France along side American forces, supreme headquarters announced today. This was the first disclosure of the recent whereabouts of the mysterious general, one of the first to rally to Gen. Charles do Gaulle. At the time France fell he was governor of the French Cama roons and a year later h3 had or ganized a small force and waj fighting the Italians In Libya. The following year he was the organizer of a daring 2,000-milc march from his base at Lake Chad in which fighting French forces made harassing raids on axis forces in Libya. Once more his forces appeared in the climactic battle of North Africa in 1943, appearing as a menace to Marshal Rommel's south flank when Gen. Montgom ery began his drive. Gen. Le Clerc's forces joined the Eighth army in the battle that ran the Germans from Tri poli, then participated in the showdown struggle for Tunisia. The general assumed the name of Le Clerc, and his true namo has been hidden from the Ger mans to prevent reprisals on friends or relatives In France. Dewey Silent on Dates, Subjects of Speeches ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 14 (AP) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, republican presidential nominee, arrived In Albany today with the preliminary drafts of several speeches. The subjects, places and dates of his campaign talks were not disclosed. He will make a west ern swing sometime during the campaign. The campaign has been kept carefully under wraps all sum mer to permit state and national leaders to devote most of their time to organizing, getting voters registered and arranging to trans port them to the polls. Republicans make no secret of the fact they are counting heavi ly on organizations in 26 states where there are republican gov ernors. Caps lllahee Soldier Prisoner of Germans Corporal Donald Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wright, Caps lllahee, who was reported miss ing In action following the Nor mandy invasion, Is a prisoner of war, according to word received by his parents. Official notifica tion has been received by the parents that Corporal Wright is alive and unhurt in a German prison camp. He was serving a; an army paratrooper. other nations can not trust Jap an, it is an unfortunate fact that years must pass before we can trust japan and Delore we can permanent pence and whose word we can take." The President assured his hearers that "the war is well In hand In this vast (Pacific) area." "But," he added; "I can not tell you, if I knew, when the war will be over either in Europe or in the far east or the war aguinst Japan. "It will be over sooner If the people of this country will main tain the making of the necessnry supplies and ships and planes." The President digressed from nis prepared address to pay iit i. woo., .b. dlo of Ame,.joai which kept the socret ot his Pnclfic tour untn it was en(ipd tnougn the pres3 ass0. clatlons and many newspapers nad known of the triD from Its start. A modern miracle" he termed the fact so many groups and or ganizations would work so close ly under a purely voluntary cen- sorsnip code. . - Squirrels Face Ouster for Dropping Nuts on Babies BOISE. Idaho, Aug. 14 (AP) -Mrs. Catherine Stewart com plained to the state fish and game department that squirrels annov ed babies which she tended In her day nursery by dropping nuts on them as they slept in buegies in her yard. So the game department set c. trap, baitin it with peanut but ter. The first squirrel has been caught and the trap is re-set. The soulrrels are going to Coeur D' Aiene. northern Idaho city which said it would be glad to provide a home for them. Chinese Try to Regain Hengyang From Japanese (By the Associated Press.) Japanese forces today still held Hengyang against assaults of Chinese trving to recapture the vital junction of the Hankow Canton railway. Tokyo broadcast that Japanese units there "now are preparing the next stage of operations." In Yunnan to the southwest Chinese gathered for assaults on lengenung and Lungling, enemy held bases on the Burma road. The British met only light oppo sition in their chase of the jap- Japanese fleeing from India. Fire Kills Aged Woman CLATSKANIE, Ore., Aug. 14 (AP)f Fire killed Mrs. Marian C. Hughes, 87, and leveled her home here early yesterday. It also virtually destroyed an ad joining plumbing shop and dam aged a tailor shop. Striking Truckers Return to Work As Government Takes Over Lines; Other Disputes Keep 16,000 Idle I By the Associated Press) Truck shipments of vital war goods began flowing across the midwest today, as 25,000 drivers for 10.') companies paralyzed by strikes since Aug. 4 returned to their Jobs. Termination of the walkout, to gether with the ending of several other strikes throughout the coun try, lowered the nation's total of idle workers from 61,000 to ap proximately 16,500. The government seized the truck lines Saturday after opera lors contended they were unable to pay a wage Increase of ap proximately 7 cents an hour rec ommended by the War Labor board. A work stoppage at the Worth Steel company, Claymont, Del., which Involved 950 employes, ended today. In Montreal, streetcars and buses resumed service with the Montreal Tramways company un der temporary government con trol which sent hack to work 4, 000 operators who had been out 11 days. VOL. XXXIII NO. Reds Mass For Big Smash at East Prussia MOSCOW. Anrr 14 f AP) The zero hour hour for an all-out Soviet assault on East Prussia appeared to be approaching rap idly touay as Kussian armies massed in a great threatening arc before the borders of that German province. Russian units to the south were 15 to 17 miles from the East Prussia frontier, while to the east other Soviet forces were seven to 10 miles away and to the n,l. I-- On . ,lln. iiui in iiuiii au iu ti.j iiiutra. Great tank battles continued west of the Vistula In the Kielce region about 100 miles south of Warsaw and within 35 miles of Krakow, the last great Polish bastion guarding Industrial cen ters of German Silesia 75 miles from advanced Russian elements. The Germans were counter-at tacking vainly. Virtually no news came from the siege of Warsaw Itself where the Kussans were planted lust outside the Polish capital on the eastern side of the broad and swift Vistula. Marshal Rokossov sky still was bringing up tanks, supplies and reserves and build ing communications. Red Gains Continue Since Friday the Russians be tween Warsaw and East Prussia have bitten deep Into German lines, capturing 530 settlements and forcing three rivers. Pro gress here was one of the major strategic victories of the summer campaign, for the Germans had (Continued on page 4) New Oregon Refuge To Be Opened to Hunters PORTLAND. Auer. 14 (API- Ten thousand acres of a hunting preserve at Summer lake will be opened to the public as a result of action bv the state game commission. The commission said the waterfowl refuge will be opened to hunters lor a special $1 fee. The commission also opposed construction of dams or other structures which would impede migration of game fish up tne Rogue river or its tributaries. Botulinus Blamed For Death of 2 Vacationists YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 14 (API Boutlinus poisoning it; be lieved to have caused the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Snoddy, middle-aged Hanfoid couple stricken Sunday while on a week end outing in Naches. Investiga tion Is being hade by Dr. W. II. Banks, coroner, who expressed the opinion death was due to botulism. California Officers Come Here For Prisoner Deputy Sheriffs Joseph A. Jones and H. H. Hampton arriv ed In Roseburg today from Sacra mento to take into custody Cecil Brooks Swain, recently arrested here on a bad cheek charge. Swain was arrested by the state police upon a warrant from Sac ramento and has been held In the Doui.'las county Jail awaiting ex tradition. Other malnr settlements were at Detroit, where 7.000 returned to their shifts at General Motors Chevrolet gear and axle division and 3.300 employes of the Briggs manufacturing company report ed for work; and at Muncle, Ind., where 3,000 Borg Warner work ers were on the job again. The largest remaining dispute kept 4.000 workers idle at the Philadelphia & Reading Co. mines at Shenandoah, Pa. Elsewhere, 1,650 workers were out at International Harvester, Canton, 111.; 1,400 In three wood working plants at Dubuque, Iowa, and 1,200 at the St. Louis Car company, St. Louis. Twenty other labor disputes In volving about 8,200 workers re mained unsettled. 115 OF THE EVENING NEWS NAVY'S AIR ACE Just return ed to this country it Lt. Alex ander Vraciu, Jr., above, after a solid year of Pacific combat, during which he downed 19 Jap planes, destroyed 18 on the ground and sank a 7000-ton enemy transport to become the navy'i leading fighter pilot. The 25-year-old flyer, from East Chicago, Ind., returned with the famed Air Group 16, credited with downing 135 enemy air craft. Amusement Park Razed in Series Of Costly Fires FORT LEE, N. J Aug. 14 (AP) Most of Palisades amuse ment park was a smoldering ruin today after a fire in which 150 or more persons were Injured or affected bv smoke and a Sunday afternoon crowd estimated at 25,000 was sent stampeding. Several spectacular rescues were effected as flames swept the popular resort atop the Pal isades opposite 125th street, New York. Irving Rosenthal, the proprie tor, estimated damage to the park at $1,500,000 and said It would be closed for the remain der of the season. Witnesses said the fire started In the Virginia Reel, a circular ride which was loaded with chil dren. A short circuit under the ride was blamed. Meanwhile, three volunteer firefighters were listed as miss ing in the pier and ship explos ions and 'fire which broke out Friday night In Hoboken an the Hudson river front south of here and continued to smolder today. Two other mnlor weekend fires In the Now York City-New Jersey area destroyed a block of buildings along the boardwalk at Wlldwood, N. J., with a loss esti mated at $250,000 and Injured ten persons early Saturday, and de stroyed part of Luna Park at Coney Island, New York, Satur day afternoon, with a loss esti mated between $250,000 and $500,000. Annual Highway Program For Northwest Outlined PORTLAND, Aug. 14 (AP) Five northwest governors have outlined plans for a $68,000,000 annual highway program In their states, and will press congress for appropriations to pay for the work. Reports at the week-end meet ing here Indicated the total cost of completing all the planned highways In the five states will he S720.000.000. The governors decided to bring nresstire on rnnm-(ss tn enact IT. R. 4915, which calls for annual state- , federal exnenrlltures for three venrs after the war ends for hlchwav construction and main tenance. Viiif" Car Pooling Necessary To Get Extra Gasoline Due tn difficulties I" the heavv tire nrofam end thrt limited mnnn of a.-"olipe nvaHahlr. the local OPA offlrr. hns received In cfri'tions to rlgidlv enforce car nnollnf? wherever possible. Suo nlementnl pasollne on a 30-dav nerlod will he allotted on condl Hon. thnt nools be formed dnrlnc the nrobatlonarv period. If proof Is elven of formntlon of a car "onl. sunnlemnptal rnMons will then be printed for the normal three-month period. Doqs, Coyotes Take Toll HEND. Aug. 14 (AP) Wild dogs are taklnp a heavy toll of deer In the upper Deschutes basin and coyotes are making costly Inroads on domestic fowl and livestock In Central Oregon, Sam Shaver, government trap per, reports. Nazi Army of 100,000 Faces Annihilation Opportunity for Major Allied Victory at Hand, Eisenhower Tells Men SUPREME HEADQUAR TERS ALLIED EXPEDI TIONARY FORCE, Aug. 14 (AP) Gen. Charles De Gaulle's French Committee of National Liberation issued a call tonight for a national uprising in France. "In the field, In the fac tory, In the workshop, in the office, In the street whether he be under arrest, deported or a prisoner of war each Frenchman can harm the enemy or prepare that which harm him," a statement said. (By the Associated Press) American, British and Cana dian closed in with annihilating blows today on a bloody Norman, dv pocket where upwards of lOO.t 000 Germans had fought and then tried to run a gantlet of bombs mid steel. The major design of destruction of a great portion oC the German Seventh army ap peared within Gen. Eisenhower's grasp. An American Canadian pincers had closed to IB miles the nazi es cape hatch, flailed by bombs and artillery shells, south of Falaise. The U. S. First army in a lung ing offensive at the western end LONDON, Aug. 14. (AP) The German radio, asserting that large allied convoys were stream ing through the strait of Gibral tar Into the Mediterranean, specu lated tonlctht that landings In the south of Europe were Imminent. of the bulce had crashed forward seven to 12 miles by noon today. Canadians menacing Falalp.) struck ahead two miles. The Brit ish Second army on the Canadian right flank bit deeper. U. S. col umns which had swept wide at surprising speed In an outflank ing drive had come 55 miles un from Le Mans, and surrounded Argcntan, only 13 miles below Falaise. Nazis Try to Flee Trap Between these Jaws Marshal van Kluge's men and armor still raced for safety, torn viciously hw allied air fleets, before the trap snrang shut. A dozen Ger man divisions were retreating. still In generally orderly fashion, leaving rear guards for suicide ! stands. Americans who reached Le (Continued on page 4) U.S. Seizes Five Machine Plants WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (APV President Roosevelt directed Navy Secretary Forrestal today to take over nominal control or. five machine shops In San Fran cisco where an AFL machinists unit has defied War labor board orders for several months. The union leadership had re fused to lift a ban on overtime and Sunday work. WLB officials have termed this a "limited strike" because the work week was limited by the union to 48 hours. Government seizure automati cally places In operation the crim inal nrovlslon nf the War lnhor disputes act. This will permit the government to prosecute criminal ly any individual believed to be: encouraging the Interruption ot war production. The plants ordered seized in clude the Federal Mogul corpor ation, where a complete work slonnage developed recently. The others are the Pacific Gear and Tool works, the Link-Belt comnanv (Pacific division), tho U. S. Pine and manufacturing company and the Enterprise En gine and Foundry company. Alleged Draft Evader Arrested at Reedsport REEDSPORT, Ore., Aug. 14 Arrested at his Darents' homo near Florence, by FBI operatives. Jack Meddefird rests In the city Inll here awaiting examination as to his status as an alleged draft evader. Mcddeford, whose homrt is at Elv, Nevada, was released bv his draft board for work lit the Nevada mines but several months ago he left without giv ing notice ani was traced to thU section by the FBI. R. V. Morelock Faces Drunk Driving Charge Ronald Vern Morelock. 40, was fit lilertv today under $500 cash bail, following his arrest Satur day on a charge of drunken driv ing, State Police Sergeant Paul Morgan reported today. The charge against Morelock was fil ed in the Suihnrlln iustlee court before Judge Ward C. Watson. vity pact ant IgrLt, lUtnnfUta Adolf Hitler doesn't believe In changing the "Horst Wessel" (nails' national anthem) while crossing a stream. 1