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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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