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Sees Most Crushing Aerial
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U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS. Pearl Harbo i O.
15. (API American assault forces converging on the ?r
pines from the south and east landed on the fortress-like i Q
Islands and Morotai today on the heels of the most crushing at
bombardment the Island archipelago ever received.
Marines and army forces from Adm. Nimiti central Paclfi
command landed on unnamed Islands of the Palau group, 600
miles east of Mindanao island in the Philippines, while Sen. Mac
Arthur's troops made a surprise landing on Morotti, 300 miles
south of Mindanao. '
(Tokyo radio said the Palau landing was on Peleliu island,
southernmost of the group within the qreat barrier reef and the
most accessible to small landing craft. The broadcast claimed
the "enemy was repulsed" after 2,500 Americans were killed in
the first two and a half hours of fiohtlng.l
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
f IN .these days, there is too little
to cat and too many people
wanting to eat it. There are too
few places to sleep and too many
' people wanting to sleep in them.
There are too few trains and
planes and too many people want
ing to ride on them.
So, you see, it is inevitable that
there should be annoyances.
r
written in
Chicago, and at the moment
this writer has no place to sleep
tonight. The, moment is mid-afternoon,
and the prospect is that
there will BE NO place in this
great citv to sleep tonight.
No hotel room, that is.
There is a davenport in the of
fice where this is written. It has
fairly deep, soft cushions. It is
possible to obtain special per
mission from the building super
intendent to remain in the build
ing overnight. So that eliminates
the street or a park bench as a
choice which is well, for it is
taining.
There Is one other alternative.
i"he fact has been established that
lhere is ONE hotel room avail
able in Jolict, and it has been
duly nailed down by confirmed
reservation. There is still the
chance that a west-bound Pull
man'"berth that Is dated for to
morrow night might at the last
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Finnish Island Under
Assault by Germans
STOCKHOLM, Sent. 15 fAPl
The Finns announced todav
(hat the Germans, their former
partners in arms on the esatern
front, attacked the Finnish islar.d
of Hogland durinp the night af
t"r a surrender ultimatum was
flalv rpiected.
A Finnish, communinue said
the assaults were repelled "ex
cent at one noint, where the mop.
nim mi of the weak German
bridgehead is continuing this
m"rninp "
The German attack was the
the first outbreak of hostilities
b"tween t" na'is and Finns
slnrp the Finns broke diplomatic
relations with Germanv Sept. 8
and ordered the Germans to quit
all Finland hv SeDt. 15.
The Garrisoned island, also
known as Suursaari. is in the
Finnish gulf, and is important as
a control point for German at
(emnts to blockade the Russian
Baltic fleet.
Fire Slightly Damages
Home of Maizie Moore
M'nor damage re"lted todav
e the homo or Miss Mal7ie
Mnrr-p, 298 S. Flint street. whn
pnnrks set fire to the root. Tile
bin was kort confined to a
small area. The hou.?e was not
y,nsurc(i.
Fiohtsnq Camoaign Not to Interfere
With War Effort, Says Dewev, Who
Receives Rousina Montana Welcome
BILLINGS, Mont. Sept. 15. (AP) A fightin campaign which
he declared would not interfere with the war effort in the slight
est degree was outlined today by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as he con
ferred here with Montana's Gov. Sam Ford and other political leaders.
OM fashioned torchlights burn
ed for the first time in his cross
country camoaign tour last nl"ht.
when a crowd estimated bv police
at 7 000 persons greeted the re
nuhlican nominoe on Ms arrival
he" from Sheridan. Wvt.
Standing on. tho sta'ion nlat
fori n the plarin whito Iiht
of the torches, the Nw Ynk pov
ernor promised the cheering
throne- that "we will have a first
class fight from now until elec
tion." "I am confident hofore we fin
ish this campaign," his voice roll
ed out n'-or the loud snoqkers.
"tho amnriran peoolp will be con
vinced thorp is no indispensable
man out of our 130 million Amer
icans "
Snnakini for aHoi't 15 minutes
'n the unschedulnd nnpearanre
Dewov renewed nmvious attacks
on what he called the new deal's
"creening collectivism."
Confident of Victory
"I am entirely confident." he
declared, "that we will change
Kb.
mow commanders, now operat
ing their forces as a coordinated
team squeezing Janan's prize con
quest of the Pacific war, an
nounced the Invasions a few hours
after thev were accomplished, In
dicating initial success and confi
dence in the outcome.
jauail 3 auimy lu strnu mime-
(luue uiu lu nit; iiivuut-u isiuiius
was knocked out bv the crush
ing aerial battle of the Phllin
pincs which in four days of U. S.
carried plane attacks wiped out
501 Nipponese planes and 173
surface craft.
Seaborne aircraft had scarcely
returned to their flattops when
Adm. Halsev's third fleet opened
up a terrific barrage on Palau
with everything in the book, in
cluding rockets and the big guns
of America's newest and most
heavily armed battleships.
Fo" "Defenses Battered.
"Enemy defenses are being
heavily bombed and shelled at
close range," Admiral Nimitz an
nounced nine hours after assault
forces splashed ashore against
tne strongly aeiendea, reel-en'
circled islands.
"L a n d In g s are continuing
against stiff ground opposition,
he said, indicating that beach-
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U.i Seizes. 1.9.
More Coal Mines
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13
(AP) President Roosevelt to
dav ordered the seizure of 19
strike-hamnered soft coal mines
in West. Virginia and Kentucky,
bringing to .64 the toal of bitum
inous mines! taken over by the
government since August 31.
The President directed Secre
tary of the Interior Ickes to take
possession of the mines because
"there are - interruptions of the
operations'" and the "effective
prosecution of the war will be
undiuv Impeded or delayed by
such interruptions."
Labor disputes among super
visory employes forced the mines
into- idleness. The National War
labor hoard directed termination
of strikes in the mines several
Havs ago but in a letter to the
President, Lloyd K. Garrison,
nubile member of the WLB. said
there has been "no compliance
with these orders."
The mines involved In today's
seizure have been producing
ahnut 35.000 tons of bituminous
coal a day. About 300 supervisory
emnloves are "engaged in the
work stoppages, which are affect-
in? approximately 7,300 produe-j
Tion emmoyes. wno nave oeen
unable to work without super
visory personnel," Garrison said.
Loq Shortage May Cut
Winter Lumber Output
srATJ TK Rent. 15 (API AJ,
nr.noh military demand; for lnm.
po. ?ppm to have reached their
nnsik and fallen off, the West
Coast Lumbermen's association
,-nnoviod toHav that the industry
faces Its stiffest ornhlem In met
ln the demand this winter be
cause of Ihe shortage of Ios.
Scarcity of heavy duty tires al-
-o is taking manv trucks off the
In" hai'ls of Washington and Ore-
gon.
administrations and fifllt the war
mot-e effectively because we did
so"
Rnnoatlnt a theme he first used
a Athanv vhen he was wplonnv
(irwo After h's return from
PMpnon r-minUnan. oonvon
tlon TV"'oi' caM taf hv h.old'n
an olopHnn a.t this tlmp tho AmPr
Ipan Tvmnln WPro dornnnsratin'
in maiK a most emphatic way
tp-,t frop mn can wage a war.
TT'-'-llpr "-hpn h's train stonnPd
u-ipfiv at Wardin. Mont., last night
rw,v td r ptatjon cro'd of
-hnnt 900 net nns that T was
-,-tw so si'p that T ivas rlht in
irt. tifn a T am in tti's camnaign.
"ftp- 1Mb war" hn declared.
",,-p t'l!l hairo 'on m'llion won
pornlncf home Thov are entitled
tn rn-nth.ln, hpttpr than thp ne1"
doa.1 dole. With vour nolo ivp will
be dvln it to them on Jan. 20
net vpa.r."
"We hone so." several persons
in the crowd shouted.
Bo stbwi He wrJkvi e w
Established 1873
ANCY, MAASTRICHT SEIZED BY AMERICAN
RUSSIAN GUNS
Attack Marks
Start of New
Drive to Reich
15 (API
troops were
, T?,,ot.iarl anrt TVilich
believed storming Into Warsaw
proper todav across the broad
and swift Vistula from the cap
tured industrial suburb of Praga.
(The German communique re
ported yet another great Russian
offensive with 40 divisions of up
to 600,000 men in "the northern
sector of the eastern front" pos
sibly In Finland. Today was the
Hpartlino fnr the withdrawal of
poyen German divisions in north I
Finland. The Germans did not
further identify the locale of the
offensive, which might be below
East Prussia or in the Baltic
slates around Riga, rather than
Finland.)
Another Russian force 30 miles
to the south was across the Vis
tula in the Warka region threat
ening to outflank scorched ruins
of the capital city of 1,265.700.
(The Germans asserted all the
hridees had been blown up and
that Russian attemps to interfere
with the German "disengage
ment" were repelled. 1
The climactic battle for War
saw, besieged from without since
summer and from wilhin bv Po
lish partisans, was directed bv
Marshal Rokossovsky, himself
Polish-horn.
Rcirh Ultimate Goal
The Warsaw zone, reportedly
proclaimed bv Hitler as the "in
terior defense line of Germanv."
was the ohiective of an all out
offensive aimed at reaching the
relh itself.
The assault on Warsaw sur
passed In human drama all the
oilier successes on the eastern
front, although these Included:
1. Capture of a third to a half
of the 16.642 souare miles of
Transvlvania which Hitler as
signed to Hungary. The provin
cial capital of Clui, whose 100.
000 population make it the larg
est Romanian-claimed citv still
In enemy hands, was outflanked
and within artillery range of
Russians 13 miles to the south.
2. A thrust across the Narew
river from captured Novogrod,
(Continued on page 61
Injuries Fatal
To Alton Dulley,
Lumber Employee
Inturies received last Tuesday
ov Alton Dulley. 42. while emnlov
ed In logging woods east of Suth
erlin, resulted in his death Thurs
day at Mercv hospital. Dulley
was employed by the Roseburg
i.umoer company, and suffered a
fractured skull when struck by a
iiyng cnoKer.
Born in Sumner, Oregon. Jan
nary 18, 1902, he had been a life
long resident of Oregon. He had
lived at Sutherlin for onlv
few months. He resided for sev
eral years at Glendale.
Surviving are the widow, Ethel
L. (Bartle) Dullev, to whom he
was married at Roseburg, July 31,
1933: a daughter, Glnena; his
father, Charles B. Dulley, and a
brother, Clyde Dulley, both of
Lowell, ure.
He was a member of Azalea
lodge, A. b . & A. M., Glendale.
Funeral services will be held
In the Presbyterian church at
Glendale, Sunday, at 2:30 p. m.,
ponauciea Dy tne Kev. Mr. Burns.
Interment will follow in the Ma
sonic cemetery, where the lodge
will be in charge of closing ser
vices. Arrangements are in
charge of the Eberle-Stearns
mortuary.
2nd Blast in Six Months
Rips Ordnance Depot
HASTINGS, Nebr., Sent. 15
'AP) The second exnloslon with
in six months at the Hastings
naval ordnance depot rocked
Hastings and surrounding com
munities this morning.
An enormous cloud of smoke
billowed up from the ordnance
nlant area about nine miles from
Hastings.
Windows all along Hastings'
main street were knocked out by
the blast.
Ambulances and fire depart
ment and police squads . from
Hastings went to the scene im
mediately. The last explosion. Anrll 6, left
eight dead and Injured 34.
LONDON, Sent. 15. (API A
mysterious explosion in a secret
shell-filling plant In northwest
England killed possibly 20 men
and women today,
Hurricane Kills 16 Persons,
Leaves Millions in Damage
Wage Boosts Above "Little Steel"
Level Pose Question for Roosevelt
As Unions Cite Living Costs Rise
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. (APl-PresIdent Roosevelt may be
called upon before election day to decide whether to abandon the
administration's rein on wartime Wages and open the way for a
general pay hike for the nation's workers.
Whatever he decides even should he put off a decision until
Canning Exhibit
By 4-H Slated in
Roseburg Saturday
Countv 4-H canning club mem
bers will have their achievement
day tomorrow In the former Unit
ed States bank building on the
corner of Cass and Jackson Sts.,
Roseburg. All exhibits will be in
bv 10 o'clock Saturday morning
and are to be Judged bv Miss
Mary Olive Snarr, 4-H club agent
al large. The exhibits will be
judged for division awards. First
place winners In all divisions will
have their exhibits entered in
the state contest at Portland,
October 9. In addition to the di
vision award, the exhibits will be
judged by Miss Snarr for awards
in the Roseburg Lions club.foods
production contest. First prize
will be a $25 war bond. Nine oth
er awards iiv-war-stamps will al
so be given.
Club members with clothing,
cookery, woodworking and other
proiects who did not exhibit at
spring achjevement days have
been invited to exhibit this Sat
urday. This will be the last op
portunity for exhibiting projects
for awards this year. All cluo
members are requested by Keo-
neth Minnlck, county club agent,
to bring in exhibits. Exhibits will
he on display all day Saturday.
The public Is invited to come in
and look over the 4-H club work.
Wholesalers to Absorb
Salmon Price Increase
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (AP)
Producers prices on Pacific
coast salmon were increased
from one-half to three and one
half cents per pound today, but
the OPA said the change would
not effect the housewife's pocket
book. The increases, which will be
absorbed by wholesalers, include:
Chinook or king salmon pro
duced in the coastal streams of
Oregon and California (other
than the Sacramento river) from
12 cents to 13J cents a pound, un
til Dec. 31.
Fall or chum salmon produced
in coastal streams of Washington
and Oregon, from 41 to 5 cents,
same period.
Chinook salmon produced' In
Puget Sound and coastal waters
of Washington, 10 to 131 cents,
same period.
Chinook salmon produced In
the Columbia river, 8 to 101 cents
Sept. only.
"R" Gas Coupons Again
Acceptable Sept. 22
SEATTLE, Sept. 15. API
Under prohibition Rlnce last
April 1, off-highway "R" gasoline
couonns mav be accepted by all
gasoline filling stations again
starting September 22, the OPA
announced here today. The pro
hibition was designed to limit
the channels of transfer of these
coupons, to reduce their illegal
use.
Arthur Strange, Pioneer
Oregon Educator, Dies
PORTLAND. Sept. 15 (API
Arthur C. Strange, pioneer Ore
gon educator, died Wednesday.
Born near Wilbur in 1873. he
organized the first countv high
school In Oregon, and later served
as superintendent of schools In
The Dalles, Baker and Astoria.
He was president of thp Oregon
State Teachers association two
terms.
Canyonville Soldier '
Wounded in France
T5 Peter E. Tesch, son of Mrs.
Maude M. Tesch, Canvonvllle, Is
Included In an official list of
Oregon soldiers wounded in ac
tion. The announcement was
made by the War department.
Tesch was serving In France.
ROSEBURG, OREGON,
BOMBARD WARSAW FROM
after Nov. 7 the question of
wage earners pay seems certain
to 'become an election issue.
The CIO steelworkers' year
long drive to force a 17-cent hour
ly raise up through the "Little
Steel" wage ceiling was laid be
fore the War Labor board last
night in a fact-finding report. In
it the maiority held that the Bu
reau of Labor statistics figures
do not show the real increase in
living costs and that the presi
dent has the power to modify
wage stabilization if he sees fit.
Another report was filed simul
taneously by a three-man panel
on the demand of the American
Federation of Labor for a Little
Steel modification. It summarized
AFL's arguments that the cost
of living has gone up more than
15 per cent and that wages should
be hiked "if the nation is to ful
fill its pledge to its workers and
its fighting men," but made no
recommendations.
Up To Roosevelt
- A few hours later WLB an
nounced that the week of Oct. 9
would..be set aside . lor. executive.
session consideration of general
wage stabilization. It will decide
then whether to recommend that
Mr. Roosevelt break the Little
Steel formula limiting general
wage increases to 15 per cent
above the level of January, 1941.
A board members said the wage
issue probably will reach the
president's desk by mid-October.
The steel case report drafted
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Democrat Leads in Race
For Alaska Delegate
JUNEAU, Alaska. Sept. 15
(AP) With 53 of 198 precincts
reported, E. L. Bartlett, Juneau
democrat, has a lead of more than
1800 votes over John Manders,
Anchorage republican, in the race
tor Alaska s congressional dele
gate to succeed Anthony Dlmond.
Bartlett has received 4,876
votes, Manders 3,036.
The election was held Wednes
day. Warehouse Fire at Elgin
Deals Loss of $500,000
I.A GRANDE, Ore., Sept. 15
(AP) Loss from a fire In an
elevator and warehouse at Elgin
yesterday was estimated at $500,
000 today by Henry Weather
spoon, a director of the Union
County Grain Growers associa
tion. The warehouse was filled with
wheat and peas. Whether the loss
was Insured had not been deter-j
mlnpd
Burying of German Militarism,
Eradication of Cartels Become
Main Topics at Quebec Meetinq
QUEBEC. Sent. 15. (AP) The Job of burying German mili
tarism and the Industrial network that feeds Its aggressions became
a paramount topic for discussion todav as British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden Joined the Roosevelt-Churchill war talks.
The fact that allied troops are fighting on German soil can be
')orfed as a. governing reason
for the 3 700.rr,p r trn thnt
brought Fden hurrvlng here last
nl?ht. His nres"nce annears cpp
tpred on the German political
Mppn-out once the nazl armies
hr"-e bon crushed.
In nacked hrlf case Kden Is
ronorted to have Included fresh
n'nposnls on thp European advi
sory commission's recommenda
Hons for military occupation of
("Tnrmany hv Anglo-American-Sn"'ety
troops.
The Soviet-Polish clash pro.
vldo another likely pocket but
It Is ratct second to a hard-
boiled handling of naziland.
interpreted In the liPht of Mr.
Roosevelt's rpoent public sta'e
""mts United Nations termB for
Gormanv will Include eradication
of German trade cartels which
nourished the nazl war machine.
Next would be a specific program
for eliminating all International
combines.
Retrospectively, there is a
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, I944.
Northeastern
Coast States
Gales' Target
(By the Associated Press)
The great Atlantic hurricane
blew out to sea off Maine today
and headed toward St. John, New
Brunswick, leaving in Its wake
death and widespread damage
throughout the northeastern
states.
Sixteen deaths were attribut
ed to the storm and damage was
estimated to be in the millions.
Long Branch, N. J., alone report
ed more than $2,000,000 destruc
tion. Gales of 80 to 100 miles an hour
whipped heavy rains, ri"nod
buildings, snapped power and tel
ephone lines, uprooted trees and
disrupted transportation services.
The American Telephone and
Telegraph company reported 300,-
000 telephones out of order from
Pennsylvania to Maine.
Weather observers predicted
ihe storm would probably hit St.
John today, continue through
New Brunswick into the Gulf of
St. Lawrence.
The storm on Long Island and
in New England was exceeded In
violence onlv by the devastating
hurrican of Sept. 21, 1938, which
battered the same area, taking
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Cigarets for "Ike" Are
Addressed to Berlin
SPOKANE, Wash.. Sept. 15.-
(AP) Snokane's athletic round
table today dispatched 1.100.000
cigarets to General Elsenhower
"In Berlin" for distribution to
doughboys "who we know will be
there when the cigarets arrive.
The shipment brings to 9,000.000
cigarets the number sent over
seas bv the gag-loving club which
tickled the national funny-bone
witn "Bundles for congress."
The cigarets usually have been
sent to spots just ahead of the
rampaging U. I.'s to Naples,
Rome. Ilaris, Bougainville and
the Marianas.
"Tokyo next," said round table
board members.
Tokyo Business Firms
Moving Away for Safety
NEW YORK. Sent. 15. (AP)
The Japanese Domel agency said
today that the equipment of
"several thousand" business con
cerns would be moved from Tokyo
to other areas "in the verv near
future" as part of a continuing
program to decentralize the Ja
paneze capital as a precaution
against air raids.
Another Dome! dispatch report
ed today said that wooden air
craft "surpassing the fnmpd Mos-
nulto bombers of the British air
force" would be placed In mass
production In Japan In the near
fiitm-p
ohnsm between British and Ameri
can governmental opinion on this
subject, for cartels were broad
ly condoned In Europe before
the war.
The stress here had been on the
battle of the Pacific hoforc the
announcement that .Eden was
coming, but now It appears that
the maior military decisions cen
tering around startegy for ham
mering Japan Into submission are
complete.
At a press conference, Stephen
Earlv, Mr. Roosevelt's press sec
retary, officially confirmed that
ouestlons of a new or a super
command fnr the Pacific war
theater are not "and won't be"
Involved In the current Roose.
vclt.Churrh.lll conference. Earlv
said the Pacific command matter
was settled n advance of One.
bee, but would not answer fur-
riTo0" '!lepllme ?f H
asion, the place or character. 1
V
HEADS NEW ARMY Lt. Gen.
William H. Simpson, above, who
heads new U. S. Ninth army, re
vealed to have landed some
where in France to join a million
or more men already wheeling
into line for the grand assault
on Germany.
Mine Workers Rap
Roosevelt do Not
Endorse Dewey
CINCINNATI, Sept. 15 (AP)
The United Mine Workers' con
vention- adopted -today- a resolu
tions' committee report "which
condemned President Roosevelt
and pralsod Governor Thomas E.
Dewey of New York after scarce
ly a half hour's debate. The res
olution did not in so many words
endorse the republican presiden
tial nominee.
President John L. Lewis sug
gested termination of debate aft
er seven delegates had discussed
t ho resolution, five in praise of
President Roosevelt and two op
posing him.
The adopted resolution said
that only once In UMW history
had a convention endorsed a pros-
ineniiai candidate ana tnnt was
President Roosevelt in 1936.
. "Subsequent' events," the reso
lution added, "have demonstrated
that the confidence thus express
ed was ill-bestowed."
The resolution listed a series
of what It assorted were offenses
to organized labor by the Roose
velt administration. It said "the
administration's aim was to de
stroy the UMW by subtly attack
ing its leadership, which is again
evidenced by the fact-that only
mine workers have been prose
cuted for engaging in strikes un
der the Smith-Connelly-Harness
act, despite all tho other strikes
by tmckdrivers, teamsters and
workers In auto, aircraft and kin
dred Industries."
Progress Againsf
Gothic Line Made
By Clark's Army
ROME. Sent. IS (API Fifth
army troons battering against the
main fortifications of the Ger
man Gothic line In Italy seized,
Monte Catlno and Ponte Dl Mo-!
rlano. both some four miles north
of Lucca In an aren 15 miles from
the west coast, allied headauar-
ters announced todav.
This pdvanee. the deepest
northward penetration In the
most coast sector, carried T,t. Gen.
Clnrk's troops some It miles ho-
vonfi tie Arno river, from
where thpw tumped off In the
nrospnf offensive.
On the Adriatic spp'or Canadian
troons enssed the Marano river!
dth tanks and Infantry nttor ,
hart flphflnar and SrllcV vlthin 1
tnllo of thn Rlmlnl airfield. I
Tho Flphth armv also rlpnred
tho PoHano-San Savlno rtrtw and
smashpd naz( tank-supported
cn'mtpr-atack.
Sot-oi-p losses ww lnfllep on
thp npwiw on the whole Flphth
armv front n ppav" fighting
Spnf. jf n-nq announced.
TTpadoiiarfprfl said nlr reeon-
nalsnnop showed ptoartv that tho
rpT-T-ar,3 ,pv itln' tnp nmitnt
iblio of San Marino In pastern
rtaiv for winniips, gun areas and
mnor frannort.
"nun within the repnhlle pre
holnp pnnmrM hv pin air force
LV .m-. ! .... "
nf -fro"1'" the announcement I
said. 1
!
Keep On Buying
The 5th war loan Is over but
Ihe war Isn't. Don't wait tor the
6th drive. Steady, continuous
buying of bonds means less on tha
national quota when the next call
comes.
No. 44-131
ARMIES:
SUBURB
Outer Section
Of Siegfried
Wall Pierced
Fall of Fire-Enveloped
Brest Nears, With Nazis
Making Suicide Stand
rra., 4V,p Acanolatpil PrPSSV
Lt. Gen. Patton's U. S. Third
army captured today the strong
hold of Nancy (pop. 121,000) In
northeastern France below tne
Moselle river on tne Marne can
al which leads directly to the
Rhine 60 miles to the east.
The German high command
meanwhile acknowledged a with
drawal from the Netherlands
city of Maastricht (pop. 67,000),
isn miles to the north of the Mo-
selle valley battle theater. Maas
tricht, guarding the Meuse canal
where the Germans crossed Into
Belgium four years ago, fell dur
ing smnsnes into uerman uuiena
cs north of besieged Aachen.
fatton s iniantry occupuu nan
cy without opposition except a
few shots from snipers. The
TVench nnnnlntion lovfullv greet
ed an American general who rode
the first 1eep through the center
of the city, .
Slenfrled Line Opened
Allied headquarters announced
that American forces had "pierc
ed an outer section of the Sieg
fried defenses on a six-mile
front." In a power drive apparent
ly aimed at the' German strong
hold of Coblenz at the confluence
of the Rhine and Moselle rivers.
This wedee was cut across the
Belgian border east of St. Vith
'toward "the 'German road "Junc
tion of Prum. Two other Ameri
can snearheads were aimed to
ward the Rhine between Coblenz
and Cologne one in the Aachen
area and the other from Luxem
burg down the Moselle.
Gen. Elsenhower's communloue
said allied troons were "meeting
increasing resistance from pre
nared enemv positions." The cap
ture of several German villages
In the Rotgen area was confirm
ed. Aachen ftector Blasted
Front dlsnatches said tho Amer
ican First armv of Lt. Gen. Hodg
es was exnloltlng a tremendous;
advantage In firepower In a full
scale assault on the partly ringed
Siegfried line stronghold of Aach-
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U Blood Donors
leave for Portland'
Twenty-two persons left Rose
burg this morninir for the blood
donor's center in Portland where
they will donate blood and return
Sunday. The bus left Roseburg
at 8:30 a. m and Is scheduled to
leave Portland Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock and reach Roseburg
that afternoon at about 5 o'clock.
Mrs. Violet C. Hannon, execu
tive secretary- of the Douglas
countv chapter of the American
Red Cross, stated Thursday that
the list up to that date Included:
Mrs. Bettv Baldacchino, Mrs. Lyla
CHenoweth, Mrs. Cora i Clayton,
Mrs. Marlon Clayton. Mrs. Louise
Cramer, Mrs. Mildred Fisher, Mrs.
Dorothy Haines, Mrs. Shirley
Haines, Mrs. Jennie Hllv, Mrs.
Isabella Holm. Mrs. Helen Jus
tice, Mrs. Parkhurst. Miss Park
hurst, Mrs. Dorothy Russell, Mrs.
Anna Smith, Mrs. Helen Wlm
berly, Mrs. Lillian Wendland,
Miss Thelma Young, Mrs. Rose
Wahl, Mrs. Jack Macdonald,
George Mclvin, Jr., and Mrs. Flo
rence Miller.
Honor System Launched '
On Disease Warnings '
SEATTLE, Sept, 15.--(AP)-.
An "honor system" under which
parents will post warnlnft sluns
when children have measles,
mumps, chicken pox, whooping
eoueh or septic sore throat will
be started here Monday because
of the shortage of phvslcians and
nurses. The signs will be mailed
to parents bv the city health de
partment, which said the experi
mcnt was first of Its kind in tho
nation.
From tha manner in which'
battered German soldiers are
staggering around In a daie. It
wouia seem appropriate to re.
fer to them no longer as "super
men," but as "sfupormen."
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