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0. IPKI Keep On Buying Hi ' II JBB!S2SASi A' IV C The 5th war loan Is over but I J jfsJfrf I LV WflVf ll?5?a1 Vrty Jk VrtlTTV ' the war isn't. Don't wait for the r Yj 1 llVvl I II I I I II IM I I CX I kl I I Mil U'lT' JlV I I Mil I 11 I II national quota when the next call ' v''' A' X V I JSm1 1 k "V 0mes' e THr'DCT&COUNTY DAILY VOL. L NO. 110 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW TOULON ENCIRCLED BY FRENCH WHILE YANKS LUNGE TOtiiRD RHONE VALLEY Bayonne Area Bombarded Allied Craft Prisoner Take Passes 14,000, Including Nazi General, Entire Staff ROME, Aug. 21 (AP) Hard driving French troops virtually encircled Toulon, breaking through to within three miles of the naval base while American infantry, within 15 airline miles of Marseille, fanned out today through the Durance valley and headed for the Rhone against dis organized enemy resistance. Ear!!er three allied cruisers shelled almost nonexistent Ger man defenses in the Bayonne area of southern Fiance before dawn The cruisers, which first patrol led the coast south of Bordeaux, evidently were feeling out Ger man defenses, but drew only an occasional reply from two or three coastal batteries near Bay onne. After the warships ceased fire and disappeared, heavy explo sions from the Bayonne region continued as the last remaining Germans apparently went on with a systematic destruction of their lortilications. South of Bayonne Hitler's At lantic wall no longer exists, for the Germans pulled out last night, leaving their defense (Continued on page 6) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS f AR interest as this is written centers in Normandy. Some thing BIG is happening there, but its detail is hidden from us by necessary censorship. (Neces sary because we know more than the enemy, and mustn't tip him off to anything.) THE Germans south of the Seine are reported in GEN ERAL retreat in the direction of Rouen. They are said to be con centrating hundreds of barges for an attempt to ferry their broken and defeated forces over the brldgeless great river. The skies swarm with allied planes, intent on exacting ven geance for Dunkerque. They swoop through the overcast with their guns spitting death on the nazis dodging from hedgerow to hedgerow in disorganized flight. "The best shooting we ever had" one returning pilot reports as If returning from a duck hunt. THE British had planes enough to cover the tragic Dunkerque beaches. It remains to be seen whether the Germans will be able to spare eiough from their precious last-emergency hoard to cover the Seine. GERMAN retirement toward ROUEN is probably signifi cant. It is to be expected that they will fight for their precious robot coast to the last drop of blood. THE German radio acknowledges the loss of the battle of Nor mandy. Reports from the German fron tier, heard in London, say Hit ler's highest military advisers are (Continued on page 2) Extra Fifth of Whiskey Allowed Oregon Buyers PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (AP) By Purchasing two bottles of non rationed Imported rum, brandv or gin permit holders will be al lowed to buy an extra fifth of whisky the remainder of this month. This was announced by Chair man Hugh Kirkpatrlck Of the Oregon liquor control commission to clear shelves of the imnorted liquors to make room for domes tir whiskies expected from the WPB order permitting distiller ies lo make beverage alcohol this month. The extra fifth does not In clude Scotch or bonded whisky. 3 I 3 ' Representati of Big 3 Begin WorkX Peace Plan Based on Muary Force WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. (AP) Representatives of the United States, Great Britain and Russia today began planning a world security organization which all agreed must be based on the "sovereign quality" of large and small nations alike, and must be backed by military forces available promptly and In strength. Kimmel Assails Roberts Report on Pearl Harbor Raid WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (AP) Rread Admiral Husband E. Kimmel told Senator Truman (D.-Mo.) today that the Roberts ! report "does not contain the ba- sic truths of the Pearl Harbor catastrophe" and added that a magazine article by Truman deal ing with the Hawaiian disaster contained ' "false ' statements." Protesting that the article was based on the report prepared by Associate Justice Owen J. Rob erts of the supreme court, the for mer naval commander at Pearl Harbor asked in a letter to Tru man that "you refrain from re peating charges based on evi dence that has never met with the test of public scrutiny." Kimmel and Mai. Gen. Walter C. Short, army commander of Hawaii at the time of the Japa nese attack, both await court martial oh charges of derelection of duty, i In his letter Kimmel said of Truman's article in the August 26 issue of Collier's: "Your Innuendo that Genpral Short and I were not on speaking u i ins is not true, lour statements alleging failure to cooperate and coordinate our efforts are equal ly false." The retired naval officer add ed that "I ask for nothing more than an end to untruths and half truths about this matter, until the entire story is given to our peo ple, who, I am convinced, will be amazed by the truth." First German Woman Soldier Found' Slain ON THE BRITISH FRONT, Normandy, Aug. 21 (AP) The first German "Amazon" dpfinito. ly identified as fighting with the wehrmacht, apparently as a mem ber of a tank crew, was found dead during the battle of the Nor mandy bulge. A British stretcher bearer re ported today: A woman soldier was dlscov- ered when British burial squads i were going over the scene of the Diner Dattle in the Vire sector. "She was in full German uni form and wore trousers, field boots and a small pack in battle order. On her jacket was a sil ver star, a type of badge not oft en seen on Germans, and the epaulets of her tunic had the Ijraid of a corporal." The stretcher bearer said he searched her clothes without find ing any hint of her name or iden tity. Churchill Lauds Negro, Jap Troops in U. S. Army Rome, Aug. 21 (AP Prime Minister Churchill praised the American Fifth army today as one of the great stricking forces of the allied nations and paid a special compliment to fj. S. troops of Japanese and negro an cestry after witnessing a parade of the famed 34th .infantry divi sion. "The 34th was the first, or among the first, of all United States troops to leave the new world and carry by their sacrific es and valor the precious blessing of freedom and justice to lands enslaved," the prime minister said. Cop Just Misses Thief As He Returns Home PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (API Police Patrolman Will D. Hebert has a little lob on his hands for Idle moments. After a shift spent helping to keep law and order In the city, he went home. A smouldering match was on the living room floor. He heard the back door close, but he was unable to over take the Intruder. Two watchea and some change was stolen. ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST Secretary of State Hull opened the initial session of the historic conference at Dumbarton Oaks and called for strong commit ments to use force when neces sary, saying it "must be avail able promptly, in adequate meas ure, and with certainty." Ambassador Andrei G. Gromy- Ko, cmet Russian delegate, re sponding to Hull, likewise em phasized the need for force capable of preventing a recur rence of. world war. While he stressed the responsibility for world security to be borne by the great powers because of their strength, he said, the foundation of a world organization must be "the principle of the sovereign equality of all freedom loving countries." Swift Action Urged. Gromyko expressed the convic tion that the war-created unity among the United States, Britain and Russia guarantees that the (Continued on page 6) F. R. Sending Hurley and Nelson on China Mission WASHINGTON, Aug.'21 (AP) Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production board, and Mai. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, trav eling diplomat for-Preside nt Roosevelt, prepared today to leave for China to discuss mili tary and economic problems with Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek. Mr. Roosevelt, In announcing the new assignment for Nelson and Hurley, said the mission would take "several months." The president designated Charles E. Wilson, WPB executive vice chairman, to take over Nelson's duties on the home front. Hurley, former secretary of war, has handled several diplomatic-military tasks in the Paci fic since the start of the war. Truck Fire Destroys Family Possessions MYRTLE CREEK Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wright lost all of their family possessions last Thursday, when the truck in which they were moving their goods was destroyed by fire about three miles north of Creswell. They had recently sold out at Myrtle Creek and had purchased a hme in Eugene-. All household goods were loaded in their truck Thursday and the family was en route to tneir new location. Mr. Wright was driving the truck while Mrs. Wright and her brother, James McDonald, and the three small Wright children were in a following car. Fortunately no one was injur ed in the fire. Three Oregon Firms Pay Overcharge Damages PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (AP- F. E. Wagner, district OPA en forcement attorney, announced today the following settlements of treble damage claims for over charges: Alaska Junk and Machinery company, Eugene, $103.25, over charges on steel drums; Walter Nehring, Eugene, $32.02, over charge on used truck; Wood Ma chinery company, McMinnville, $160.50, overcharge on power unit for planing mill. Twelfth Trusty Escapes From Oregon Prison SALEM. Ore., Aug. 21 (API- Authorities continued a search today for Noble Clayton Smith, 39-year-old trusty, who escaped from the state prison annex yes terday. Smith was convicted in Mult nomah county in 1935 of assault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. He was serv ing a 20-year sentence. Twelve state prison trusties now are at large. Two Drown In Columbia ST. HELENS, Ore., Aug. 21 (AP) The Columbia river claim ed the lives of two swimmers, Ian K. Forsythe, 33. and his half brother, Amos Bond, here yester day. Witnesses said Forsythe died In attempting to rescue Bond. Dewey Sends Dulles to Get Willkie Ideas ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 21. (AP) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey left to John Foster Dulles, his foreign affairs deputy, today the task of attempting to reach a meeting of minds with Wendell L. Willkie on international security problems while he turned his attention to the vote-collecting aspects of the presidential campaign. With Dulles scheduled to talk with Willkie in New York citv during the day, the G. O. P. nomi nee arranged to confer here with Horace A. Hlldreth, renublican candidate for governor of Maine, The meeting between Willkie, the party's 1940 presidential nomi nee, who has not said whether he will support Dewey, and Dulles, who may be the next secretary of state, far overshadowed in pub lic interest even Dewey's advoca cy of postwar internationalization of the rich Ruhr valley, the throb bing industrial heart of Germany. Dulles said before he left Al bany last night he hoped there could be a joint statement of views after the conversations. He will go to Washington the follow ing day to give Secretary ol State Hull a first hand account of Dew ey's foreign policy beliefs Wed- nesaay. Willkie Not Optimistic. In a telephone conversation with A reporter, Willkie seemed less 'optimistic or concrete re sults, said he would not know until ne neard Dulles fully wheth er tnere would De a oasis lor a joint pronouncement. In an exchange of telegrams with Dewey. Willkie said that while he would be glad to confer (Continued on page 6) Naval History Set in Launching of 3 Ships PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21 (AP) Naval launching history was made at the Philadelphia na vy yards yesterday when the An tietam, 27,000-ton aircraft carrier and the Los Angeles and the Chi cago 13,000-ton cruisers, slid down the ways. Ralph A. Bard, undersecretary of the navy, said it was "the larg est launching at one time and one place in all naval history." Woman Leaps to Death In Panic From Fire SEATTLE, Aug. 21. (API Mrs. Arthur Woods, 36, was fa tally injured last night when she jumped in panic from a window of her burning apartment and struck a concrete landing 50 feet below. Firemen said a fire es cape was available in an adjoin ing room. Oregon Tops E Bond Buyers PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (AP) Oregon's per capita purchases of series E bonds in the Fifth war loan drive was $3.19 ahead of its nearest competitor, northern California, the state war finance committee reported today. 1 P,. if aw LIBERATED FRENCH CHEER YANKS Cheering French civilians, holding up their hands in a V sign and displaying French and American fla gs, greet American tankmen passing through their liberated southern France village toward Toulo n, qiant French naval base. Sianal corps radio- telephoto from Italy. 21, 1944 M-British and Cana4 , ' ' ' " t V ntish and Cana dians hold fast in Caen area "pivot" of German line as U.S. 1st and 3rd Armies start turning movement , ! WM Gen. Hodge's 1st and Gen. Patron s 3rd Armies turn German left wing to eventual main defense line running, roughly, from Caen to Belfort I.ML. SPAIN YoOs 7 "ARmol&f n 1 1111 i i limkM' J -T J BATTLE FOR FRANCE SHAPING UP Map above shows the broad strategic set-up in France as the second phase, the allied invasion of the Mediterranean coast, opens up. Main allied strategy is to turn the Overmans tlank, torce the enemy back into a line roughly paralleling the toerman frontier. Possible German action, in a desperate effort to prevent invasion of the reich itself, would be to hold the Caen-Belfort line and attempt counter-attacks to break up the allied sweep. Superfortresses Swat Jap Homeland in Double Swoop; Battle Cruiser of Foe Sunk Warsaw Being Razed by Germans, Poles Report LONDON, Aug. 21 (AP) The Germans are laying waste large sections of Warsaw with artillery and planes, trying to smash un derground forces battling na.i troops within the city, Polish quarters here said today. Much of the old city has been virtually wiped out and the fa mous lath century cat neural has been almost pulverized, the In formants said. The Polish telegraph agency said the Germans have seized 70, 000 Poles in Warsaw in the last few days and herded them Into a concentration camp in an ef fort to break the revolt. TwoJDouglas Men in Latest List of Wounded Donald Potter, pharmacist mate second class, and Victor I.. Roberts, U. S. marine corps were included by the navy department today in a list of Oregon navy personnel recently wounded in action. Potter is a son of Mrs. Maud Wrenn, Reedsport, and Roberts is the son of Ray R. Rob erts, Douglas hotel, Roseburg. VOL. XXXIII NO. .MM', A '.' f Vv iij'f" , . ' '"' u- 1 E3-AH ied drive up Rhone counters German strategy; threatens to hit enemy rear from the flank; completes turning movement (By the Associated Press) Superfortresses Jolted the home islands of Japan with a double punch Sunday, a Liberator sank a 14,200-ton Japanese cruiser and Gen. MacArthur's persistent airmen finished off enemy aerial de fenses guarding the southern Philippines. t These wounds, Inflicted in a weekend series of assaults from Jap-Americans Still Barred From U. S. Navy NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (AP) The U. S. navy will continue to bar Japanese-American citizens from all branches of Its service, says Acting Secretary of the Na vy Ralph A. Bard. Their admission would create "racial problems which cannot be handled adequately under war conditions," he said in a letter made public yesterday by the American, Civil Liberties union, which had protested against the navy's position. Postwar Program Set MEDFORD. Ore., Aug. 21 (AP) Jackson county has pre pared a $3,000,000 postwar high way program that will give 150 men employment for five years, County Engineer Paul B. Ryn ning reported today. The county has $285,000 In a sinking fund for the projects. 121 OF THE EVENING NEWS v tjj German play is to stop Allies northeastward drive, force them back south to Alps ' and Mediterranean Sea MJgermany '1 9. Japan Itself to her empire's outer reacnes, proved tne oriental an tagonist was entangled in an air war potentially as devastating as Europe has endured. The Japanese also were suffer ing telling blows at sea. The U. S. navy reported today that submarines, taking heavy toll of Nippon sea power for many months, recently have sunk 19 additional ships In the Pacific far east waters. Vicitms Included a light cruiser and an escort ves. isel. This ran the total kills ol the underseas fighters to 706, Targets Seen In Flames In the first daylight operation against Japan proper since the 1942 Doollttle raid, the Super forts of the 20th air force got "good" results In a strike at the industrial area or Yawata on Kyushu. Apparently It was the heaviest raid yet against Japan. Tokyo said 80 planes were in volved. The army said four B 29s were lost. Enemy fighters strongly resisted and anti-aircraft fire was moderate to Intense. A quick follow-up raid sent a smaller force of B-29s over the same northern Japan area Sun night. The two raids cost the Japanese 12 planes destroyed, 12 probably destroyed and ten dam aged. Tokyo admitted some dam age. Crews of the B-28s on the .night mission reporteed that they (Continued on page 6) Stored Army Foods to Be Removed for Pear Crops PORTLAND, Aug. 21 (AP) Twenty-one carloads of frozen perishable foods will bo moved by the army from Salem cold stor age plants to make room for the area's 1944 pear crop. The announcement was receiv ed here in a telegram from Sen. Guy Cordon. The Salem cham ber of commerce had Informed him that growers face heavy loss unless storage space Is provided. War Scribe Killed as Tank Runs Over Jee- NEW YORK, Aug. 21 Tom Treanor, war corre. nt for the Los Angeles Tim .ias been killed on the road to raris. Advices to supreme headquarters In London said It was reported one other American correspond ent had been killed and three wounded. The jeep In which Treanor was riding was run over by an Amer ican tank. War's End in Sight" Avers Montgomery Fires, Revolt Turn Paris Into Inferno as Germans Use Machine Guns, Torch' German ti'ooos in western France have suffered a "definite, complete and decisive defeat. Gen. Montgomery told his troops today as Americans, British and Canadians cut to nieces remnants of Marshal von Kluge's Seventh army. At the same time Lt. Gen Pat ton's armored forces threatened a great outflanking movement against Paris, where defiant pa triots already were reported de fying the Germans by raising al lied flags in the city. German losses In the Norman dy trap at Falaise probably will top 36,000, headquarters announc ed. Another announcement said Patton's Third army had Inflict ed 109,575 casualties on the Ger mans since Aug. 1 In the dash across Brittany and northern France. "The end of the war Is In sight," Montgomery told his men. "Let us finish ofX the business in record time." Patton Repels Attacks Patton now has a firmly es tablished bridgehead on the east bank of the Seine river near Nantes, 25 miles northwest a Paris, where his forces threw back a number of German counter-attacks, and a road thus was blasted open in the direction of the robot bomb coast, some 90 miles away. At the same time his right wing raced to the Seine southeast of Paris along a broad front, threat ening a wide encirclement which could sweep behind the enslaved capital to the historic World war I battle fronts of the Marne, Sols sons and Reims. While the Germans made wild efforts to break out of the origi nal pocket, now reduced to an area about six by 10 miles, Brit ish and Americans were cutting lt to pieces. Supreme headnuarters official ly announced the capture of Ar gentan, on the southern edge of tne now-closed escape gap oi tne original Nor.mandy pocket. Paris In Throes of Revolt Paris seethed with revolt. The patriots who defied machlneguns and raised allied flags could hear Patton's armored column rumbl-' ing forward. This colmun has been reported officially as oper ating in the vicinity of Versail les, scene of the World war I peace treaty. 10 miles from the j heart of the enslaved capital. Ahead of the advancing allied steamroller on all fronts, parti san forces have been armed with thousands of tons of supplies dropped by U. S. Eighth air force and RAF bombers, headquarters announced. Berlin said allied reconnals salnce forces already were oper ating In the Paris suburbs. The city itself seethed with revolt. German machine guns were turn ed on students and patriots who rose up against the occupation forces, and as huge fires were re- (Continud on page 6) School Rulings Given by Neuner SALEM, Ore., Aug. 21. (AP) The county school board is not justified In continuing to assign to a district a teacher whom the local school committee of the district has rejected 30 days prior to the opening of school, Attor ney General Neuner has notified the state department of educa tion. The ruling holds, he said, even In cases where the district has become large enough to come un der the teacher tenure statute. In such a case, the teacher involved retains contractural relations with the district and may be moved to another school, Neuner advised. A school district or union high . school district may not legally expend district funds, even though authorized so to do by the voters, for construction of a teacherage, Neuner declared in another opinion, also directed to the stale department of educa--tion. Drunken Driving Costs Virgil L. Gill $100 Fine A fine of $100 was paid In the Roseburg Justice court today by Virgil L. Gill, who pleaded guilty, Judge Thomas Hartflcl reported, lo a charge of drunken driving. A 30-day jail sentence was sus pended. His license to operate a motor vehicle was revoked for a period of one year. Other fines reported paid Included Thomes F. MeCann, $25, drunk on highway; John D. Garrett, $15, no tail light. LvftyFcRni r L f. IMntwiaim ' Representatives of U. S.,. Britain and Russia (China par ticipating later) today began the task of drafting a preg'am for lasting world peace. Skep tics and they are a legion will wonder If they leave "la" in lasting. i
