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Keep On Buying
The 5th war loan la over but
the war Isn't Don't wait (or the
6th drive. Steady, continuous
buying of bonds means less on the
national quota when the next call
comes.
Established 1873
Three Palau Isles Wrested
From Japs, Fall of 4th Near
(Mindanao Base
Of Davao Gets
New Pounding
Japs Recapture Lungling,
Surge Nearer to Vital
Sector of China Coast
(By the Associated Press.)
At least three of the Japanese
mandated Palau Islands are se
curely held by American Invasion
forces today.
Capture of a fourth, Pelcliu,
was Imminent. Soldiers and mu
rines have taken Angaur, south
ernmost of the Palau group;
Ngarmoked, south of Pelellu, and
an unnamed island off Peleliu's
northern coast.
"The enemy resistance is bitter,
hut slow progress is being made"
in the sixth dav of fighting on
Peleliu. Adm. Nlmitz announced !
yesterday. Marines had killed !
7.645 Jananese.
or three-fourths !
of the defending garrison.
(Reporting action on the sev
enth day, Webley Edwards said
(CnnttniipA on pagr fil
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
ALLIED airborne troops are
ACROSS THE RHINE in Hol
land. If they can STAY across
.and are followed up and joined
B$y powerful land forces, the Ger
man Westwall defenses will
have been OUTFLANKED on the
north.
This is the point to walch in the
next few days.
YOUR map will show you that
Holland is crossed by some
of the world's greatest rivers.
These are buttressed by flooded
canal systems. The Germans had
been relying on these water lines
to HOLD us.
Instead of trying to batter our
way bloodily across them in the
face of German guns, we seem to
have JUMPED them.
IF our airborne (glider and para
chute) troops stay across and
are joined by our powerful land
forces that are following them,
Berlin will lie ahead of us behind
the level Hannover plain.
At the same time, we will cut
off and take from the rear the
great ports of Rotterdam and
Amsterdam through which we
can pour the forces that will be
needed for the march on Berlin.
These fascinating "ifs" will be
confirmed or denied by the events
of the next few days.
RUSSIAN effort Just now seems
to he confined to finishing off
the 200,000-odd Germans left in
( (Continued on page 2)
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9 J T-t
FULL HORROR OF GUZZBOMB MENACE REVEALED Now that the terror of robot bomb raid
has almost passed, British censors released this dramatic photo showing torn victims of a flying
bomb in a south England street. Allied seizure of "rocket coast" has eliminated most of the men
ace, nazi raids now being confined to "piggyback bombs" bomb-laden obsolete bombers at
tached to German raiding planes which are released near the target area.
G. O. P. Victory Needed to
Assure Housecleaning at
Washington, Dewey Says
EN ROUTE WITH DEWEY TO SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.
(AP) A federal government housecleaning that would put "people
who have lived close to the people" In administrative posts was pro
posed today by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as his campaign train headed
toward San Francisco and a third
Russians Sweep
Toward Tallin,
Nazi Escape Port
MOSCOW. Sent. 21 (API-
Marshal Goyorov's Red army,
having destroyed the northern
anchorage of the German Baltic
nne m a massive sweep across
,lo,,v,i.i. i,i
em v esrane nort of Tallinn
Moscow's guns thundered a sa-
lute to Govorov for his four days'
gains ranging from 37 to 44 miles,
wiping out formidable German
defenses between Lake Peipus
and the Finnish Gulf.
Meanwhile on the approaches
to the Latvian port of Riga Gen.
Bagramian's columns captured an
additional 100 settlements from a
fanatically resisting foe, and
again hurled back tank and In
fantry attacks aimed at his com
munications base of Jelgava.
Between Bagramian's and Gov
orov's forces' the two armies of
Generals Yefemenko and Mas
lennikov surged forward In an
attempt to slice the German front
in half in the vicinity of the com
mon border of Estonia and Lat
via. Marshal Rokossovsky was
known to be mounting a series of
fierce attacks against the west
bank of the Vistula close to the
southern limits of Warsaw but
officially Moscow was silent.
Nurserymen Would
Keep Quarantine Laws
PORTLAND, Sept. 21) (AP)
Maintenance of quarantine laws
of 1912 and 1937 in the imme
diate postwar period will be urg
ed by the American Association
of Nurserymen, Dick White, sec
retary, of Washington, D. C, said
here yesterday.
Many nurserymen expect an
effort on the part of business and
financial interests to have the
quarantine barriers broken down
.on the ground it would aid reha
bilitation of war ravaged Euro
pean countries, he said. Those
countries shipped many horticul
tural products here in the past,
he explained.
Bricker Scheduled in
Washington and Oregon
SEATTLE, Sept. 21 (API
Appearances in four Washington
cities in two days Oct. 10 and 11
are included in a tentative
schedule for Gov. John W. Brick
er of Ohio, republican vice presi
dential candidate, on his western States to assume leadership In es- Tacoma PnBneer. Barnle Sch-I Mrs. Truman served as chair- who will speak particularly to I lfrea in coun on a aismct at
camnaitm tour. He will then Dousini? the world-wide right of ,.,. Too man yesterday of a county group business men, will discuss the , torney s Information and trial of
leave for Oregon,
""a 1,
-
major west coast speech tonight.
Wlth a stop planned In Oak
land for a reception with Cali
fornia's Governor Earl Warren
and mayors of bay cities, the re
publican presidential nominee
scheduled a round of conferences
with organization leaders before
he speaks at 8 p. m. Pacific war
time, at San Frandscoi
The New York governor has
announced that he will "discuss
a whole new approach to the re-
lationshlp between the govern-
MILK SUBSIDY MONEY
DONATED TO BEAT DEMOS
BOISE, Idaho. Sept. 21
(APP) Letter from Harold
J. Lucke of Gooding to state
republican headquarters:
"Enclosed find sight draft
drawn In my favor in amount
of $9.10, being amount of my
milk subsidy from the demo
cratic administration. I have
never before drawn on the
milk subsidy or any of the
money to which I was en
titled under the trlple-A pro
gram, but from now on, I
intend to endorse them over
to the republican party, to
, be used as a boomerang on
- the. .democrats. Make vgood.'
use of it."
ment of the United States and its
people." He supplemented this
during a train, stop at Eugene,
Ore., yesterday,, by calling for
"the biggest, the finest and the
most complete housecleaning In
history" in Washington.
Then, he said, it would be the
purpose of a new renublican ad
ministration to install in federal
posts "people who have lived
close ot the people and who know
(Continued on page 6)
T. C. Burke, Ex-Collector
Of Customs, Dies at 87
PORTLAND, Sent. 21. (AP)
Thomas Carrick Burke, former
collector of customs at Portland
and associate editor of the Ore-
gon Democrat, died here yester-
dav at the aep of 87.
Burke, who came to Oregon
r . 4Ann l tui
irom Lies MOines in 1IJUU, miliar
en a movement wnicn maae
Baker the first city In the stale
. J , .!, mlol f f
government. He was engaged occurred Monday night at Castle 'til last June, and previously com
in mining operations in the Baker Rock, when a Great Northern imnnded the 10th air force In Java,
area in the early 1900s.
A son, daughter, and three
grandchildren survive him.
Senate Approves Bill for
Free News Interchange
WASHINGTON. SeDt. 21-OAP)
The senate adopted unanimous-
I.. u hn.,r.n i
reSnKVwntheUnTted
a free Interchange of news.
: fc',. ,
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY,
Situation in
ChiT Causes
Allied Worry
WASHNGTON. Sept 21-(AP)
China's future role In the war
against Japan is a subject of in
creasing concern for military and
diplomatic otticiais nere.
The big question is whether the
American drive across the central
Pacific even though it is months
ahead of old shedules can open
a supply route to Free China
while it is still free and still or
ganized for effective resistances
to Japan.
For this reason Pacific strate
gists are paying closest attention
to the speed of the allied drives
into Germany. A long-delayed
victory in Europe, which would
set back the day of full concentra
tion against Japan, could gravely
jeopardize China's continued ex
istence as one of the "big four"
united nations.
This is of primary Interest to
the American government and Its
army-navy leaders because they
want out of China:
1. Mannower resources to crusn
the Japanese armies in Asia es
pecially provided Russia does not
enter the war.
2. A government capable ol
nreventing Japanese war-mong.
ers and agitators from going un
derground In China to spring up
during the years of peace.
3. A nation tnat in me imme
diate postwar years will become
a dominant power In East Asia, i
National Contacts Lost
A ;t ..IWatlnn nftfco.o
aims is threatened I by the most
comnlicated set of military and
"iTu1 V5rr.d?St'M,A
Hned bv high-ranking povern
ment advisors on China policy the
(Continued on page fi)
Third Washinafon
Wreck Kills
Twn. Iniures Seven
OLYMPTA. Sent. 21 (AP)u-
Western Washington's third train
wrpek within 48 hours yesterday
claimed the l'"Ps of twn train
mpn, C. V. fiwanson, Taeoma,
fireman, and Donald L. Sweeney,
ICentralia. hrakeman.
Seven others were injured as
J 1VT .Al Y- 11.. ..tl..
freight
iwo i-MuiiMt?rN raunc ucihui
ram cumura uuum 13 nuii-s
south of here.
riref of , Mn nf urroMro
.freight sideswlped a Northern
Pacific freight pulling out of a
siding. One man was killed and
three injured.
Tuesday morning Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey's presidential campaign
tpaln rvwvr-Unil Infn AnM nf art.
nw ro'i ,.,hioh .un t I
th ,r, nf ihQ r0oti0 p.fc
wrp(,i. Fifty werp Inlured
. ' , J . . ,J . i .
TJ" EST
wenter. Tacoma,
J. A. McMillan, Tacoma, brake-
man.
Others hurt were Fred Reltcr,
engineer. Archie Rhea, fireman,
Joe Wallace, conductor, and Mer
na L. Warner, all of Tacoma.
C. W. Hall, Northern Pacific
operator here, said the accident
occurred on "almost a blind
curve" three miles north of Little
Rock. It Is on a branch line be
tween here and Grays Harbor.
Hall said both locomotives were
hurled from the tracks and were
"total losses."
TONGVTEW. Wash.. Sept. 21
(AP) Lorin Alvin Cosner. 31.
i sailor. Toulomne, Calif., lniured
Tuesday when the passenger
train on which he was traveling
was sirticK nv tne Lrovernor i)ew-
ey sneclal train near Castle Rock, I
died last night In a local hosnltal
Jpan Dnlan. 23. Omaha, Nek.
lniured In the same' accident, still
is In the hospital but her condi
tion is not serious.
Dry Ticket to Appear
On Oregon's Ballot
PORTLAND. Sent. 21 (API
Haude A. Watson of Los Anceles.
the prohibition party's candidate
for preMont. nnd his mnnlnir view concerning a resolution In
mate. Andrew Johnson of Will- troduced earllpr this week by
mom. Kv.. wpre approved for the i Pen. Harness (R-Tnd), pronoslng
Oreeon ballot at a nominating -creation of a snednl committee to
asoomblv here last night. (determine who, If onvone, was
V'nfon said he Is "the only , negligent at Pearl Harbor. Har
candidate vou can vote for with-; ness says he wants It shown
nut placing government In the,
hands nf the New York nolltt-l
cians.
SEPTEMBER 2 1, 1 944.
MILES jMjsaffl
0 50 1
PILb; Ghent r v?"5t,'-&
Comb,;. - JOiS&
AIR-BORNE TROOPS REINFORCE ALLIES Allied air-borne troops, completing their juncture
with the British Second army, captured the Netherlands industrial center of Eindhoven, sweep
northward in a fast-breaking drive to turn a corner of the Siegfried line and strike across the
Ruhr for Berlin, 315 miles distant. Other American spearheads slash eastward despite heavy op
position which slowed up the advance. The Hannover area in the upper right spot of the above
photo offers a level route to Berlin, once the allies gain possession of it.
Plane Crash Near
Redmond Kills 5
Army Officers
REDMOND. Ore.. Sent 2t
(AP-Flve army officers were
K "eQ wne" H"-'lr ""y "auspuit
e crashed nPar nere J
The dead: Col. Earl L. Naiden,
of Monroe. La
cer of the 317th Wing, 4th air- said a slug Douncea on tne Kiicn
fmw T.t rni wininm T MondvJ en table and hit the floor and
Glenville, N. C: Maj. Frederick
A. Zambonl, Wallace, Idaho;
Chief Warrant Officer Clair K.
Benser, San Bernardino, Calif.;
Lt. Col. Ernest C. Young, Still
water, Okla.
Sgt. James F. Barton, of Winston-Salem,
N. C, crew chief, suf
fered a broken ankle when he
was hurled through the side of
the fuselage. He was reported In
good condition at a local hospi
tal. pHne when It crashed shortly ,f.
Lt. Col. Young was piloting the
mi Tinm y miner mrmnr nnm
a iitrnier Kruup in
Nnrth Africa hpH 12 dnrnratlnnq
Norm Africa, ne .a z fccorMions.
of Naiden's staff. Naiden, a vet-
ui ttiin.-iis siciii. duiul-ii, a vcv-
emu ui iwu wms, whs unci ui
.staff of the 13th air force In the
Smith Pacific frnm .Tnltr 1P.4M nn.
India, and Burma,
Truman's Mother, 92,
Active in Campaign Role
KANSAS CITY. Sent. 21 (AP)
Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 92-
year-old mother of the democrat-
'lc viee-presifientiai nominee, isn t
tnn 1,1 4n An llUln fa mnn 1 crn.
In- "
meeting for women party work-
ers and was the first to pledge
that she would assist in the regis-
tration campaign by telephoning .election. The Roseburg Town
her neighors and war workers send club, snonsorlng the meet
who have moved Into the com- lne, invites the general public to
munlty. attend.
Demands for Conaressional Probe
Of Pearl Harbor Disaster Branded
As "Political Bunk" by Reo. Sabath
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (AP) Assailing republican demands
for a congressional Investigation
"pure political bunk," Chairman
no Intention of calling the rules
resolutions demanding an Inquiry.
Rbath ,,,,,.,0,, hls Btnn(1
rh!llrman Mav of thp honse m11.
itarv committee turned a deaf ear
to a request for a Joint military-
naval committee Investigation)
the Jan sneak attack continued to
echo through the halls of con
greis. Congress, Mav exnlalned, al
ready has directed the war and
navv departments to Investigate.
it's pontics, pure political
hunk," Sahnth said In an Inter-
whether persons "In high places
wen nepliffpnt.
The resolution was referred to
RetfeW
Husband in Army, But
Wife First Under Fire
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept.
2tt (API Won't Mrs. Dorothy
Winter's army husband be sur
prised, she remarks, when, he
hears that she was the first mem.
ber of the family to be under fire.
. She wni one of two housewives
who notified police yesterday that
bullets ripped into tneir nome as
planes roared overhead. Mrs.
Winters, whose husband Is sta
tloned at b t. iewis, wasningion
that she was hit by bits of ceil-
Plaster.
Police forwarded the reports to
army and naw authorities, who
nad no immeuiate comment.
Danish Strike Ended
With Gestapo in Control
STOCKHOLM, Sent. 21 (AP)
The eeneral strike In Den
mark, called as a protest to the
German dissolution of the Danish
, t. , . ,
lne r rLe yitxa miivii.
. . th t th nazls WPre ron.
wj ,12d "?.rc5 ?S
pans1
.u. Inlllnl rnnn im Mnnilnv frnm
. ,'2'V ,!S ra ortldtS
WHICH 1.7UU men Were aeportea 10
Germany.
The gestapo manned Copenha
gen stations last night.
Townsend Lecturer Will
Discuss Annuity Bill
Glen Wilson. Townsend lec
turer from Texas, will be In Rose-
nurg Tuesday, sept. zo, to Ha -
rirneo a nithlfp mopflnor nr thfl
eouShonse at 8 pVmVM?. Wilsonday on J250 cash bail. He ap-
state annuity bill, the "Little
Townsend Bill" which will be on
the state hnllot at the November
of the Pearl Harbor disaster as
Sabath (D.-Ill.) said today he has
committee together to consider
the rules committee, and unless
Sabath Is overruled by his group,
lt will gather dust there until for-
IJ''
"They knew there wasn't time
to consider It before the recess
we expect to start this week,"
Sabath declared. "They're lust
making a gesture for political
reasons."
They're trying fo make the
neonle believe that Mr. Roosevelt
Is resnonslhle for the war. This i
Isn'f a Roosevelt warr It's a re
publican war, caused by republi
can politics."
"The same republicans who
now ask for a Pearl Harbor In
vestigation were the first ones
who shouted Var monger' when
I the president wanted us to be
nninanvl " ha Britfarl
prepared," he added,
No. 44-136
Three Shot s From
Machinegun Bag
German ME-109
WITH AMERICAN TROOPS
IN BELGIUM, Septi 20,(Delay-
eac-ian a sginat construction
worker turned in. some of the
best shooting- In the war by
knocking down a German ME-109
fighter with throe shots from a
machinegun.
When he was warned of ap
proaching German planes, Tech.
Sgt. Wade W. Donaldson of Port
land. Ore., Jumped on a two and
one-half ton truclc and grabbed
a 50-callbre machinegun. Sud
denly a nazl ME-109 swooped over
and Donaldson opened up. The
gun was set for single fire, but
he managed to pump bullets as
the plane passed overhead.
Smoke began to trail from the
plane and lt crashed In a nearby
field. Engineer troops captured
the pilot, who tried to escape. In
vestigation showed that of the
three shots fired by Donaldson,
two hit the cooling system of the
plane's motor, and American
First army headauarters offici
ally credited him with shooting
it aown.
Anti-aircraft officers said Don
aldson's feat was one of the
most remarkable on record.
Bad Check Charge Denied
By Clarence Ponselle
Pleadlntr innocent In drcult
court to a charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses, by
issuance of worthless checks,
Clarence A. Ponselle, 36, was rc-
i""'
leusea irum CUSIOUV line weujies-
his case was ordered bv Circuit
Judge Carl E. Wimberly for the
November form of court The
complaint was filed from Reeds
port, where Ponselle was alleged
to nave passed tne cnecK wnicn
resulted In his arrest.
U. S, War Casualties
Now Exceed 400,000
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21-TAP)
War casualties of the United
States armed forces now exceed
400.000.
Army casualties; together with
figures for the previous week, fol
low: killed M4fl9 and R2.357;
wounded 177935 and 172.042;
nrlsoneri 4R.72S nnd 48,181; miss
In" 47.315 and 45,03fl.
Naw casualties: Wiled 25,152
nnd 24,450: wounded 23.8(57 end
23.004: missing 9.532 and 9.529;
prisoners 4.4R6, unchanged from
previous week.
Chinese General Who
Fled Pavs With His Life
CTTTrMdKtNT?. Frtdev) Sent.
22 (AP) On. Chen Mu-Nung,
commander of the flTrd Chinese
nrmv. has been ewuMt for fall
lire "to earrv out his Instructions
to defend Chnnn'isfn'V" strong
hold on the wav to Kweflln, the
Chinese central new agency said
today.
General Chen "fleit nt the ap
proach of the enemy," according
to the dispatch.
Hitler Uses "
Best Units in
Stop Effort
A III AC MItlfM Ujtllfiiirf .
Bridge tn Lunge to Aid '
Trapped Air-Borne Unit
(By the Associated Press)
Lt. Gen. Patton's American
Third army has destroyed 103
German Tiger tanks In a great
three-day battle of armored
giants through the Moselle valley
of eastern France, a front dis
patch from Alsace- Lorraine said
today.
In eastern Holland, allied forces
rushing to the relief of alr-borna
troops encircled by strong Ger
man units, seized a vital brldga
over the lower Rhine.
Hitler was reported to have
committed his best armor In the
flaming Moselle battle In the
heaviest strength since the fight
ing in Normandy, even bringing?
some tanks from the Russian
front and sending his latest types
direct from the factory to the
battlefront.
Associated Press War Corres
pondent Wes Gallagher reported
that the losses of one unit of
young American tankmen In yes
terday's flghtin" were among the
highest the unit had suffered In
a single day since it came to
France, "but they nowhere ap
proached the German losses."
Allied headquarters announced
today that reinforced air-borne
units have linked up with ground
forces in the hotly contested area
of Nllmegen In eastern Holland
as other ground troops crossed
the German border in southern
Holland.
The British radio reported that
allied troops captured intact the
strategic NHmegen bridge over
the lower Rhine, and were mov
ing to the rescue of an Isolated
force of allied air-borne troops
in the Arnhelm area, ten miles
to the north. The mile and one
half long span over the Waal
Rhine was the key to the British
Second army's attempt to rescue
the pocketed air-borne troops.
At the southern end of the 500
mile western front, the American
Seventh army won new positions
along the entire section north
west of Belfort.
The Germans were resisting
strongly, however, In the Mo
selle valley of eastern France and
(Continued on page 6)
Prairie Clfy Bank
PENDLETON, Ore., Sept 21
(AP) State police and Grant
county officers were searching
the tlmbereed country 15 miles
east of Seneca today for the
bandit who stole $1,000 from the
Prairie City bank early yester
day afternoon, Sgt W. H. Roach,
Pendleton state patrolman, re
ported this morning. "
Discovery of the daring rob
ber's car in that vicinity about 7
o'clock last night Indicates that
he may have taken to the hills,
hnnlnrr hlHa nut- until tha hunt
dies down, Roach said. The car,
stolen In Vancouver, Wash., was
found abandoned in sparsely set
tled mountain country toward
which the bandit was reported
heading after the holdup.
Seneca is on the main highway
almost mid-way between Canyon
City and Burns In the middle ot
eastern Oregon.
The thief and another man
were reported seen by a forest
ranger In the heavily timbered
Logan valley south of Prairie
City a few hours after the crime.
Sgt. Rex Jones, Freed by
Romania, Returns to Duty
Sgt. James R. (Rex) Jones, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Jones
of 926 Hamilton street, Roseburg,
has recently been returned to
duty with the 15th air force In
Italy, according to official word
received from the War depart
ment by the sergeant's parents.
Sgt. Jones was recently awarded
the Air Medal after havlnc been
reported missing from a raid over
Romania. He is serving as a tall
gunner on a Liberator bomber.
Further details are not known,
but lt is assumed Sgt. Jones waa
among the American flyers re
leased from Romanian prison
camps when that country declar
ed war on Germany. Several let
ters have been received from Sgt.
Jones since his return to duty,
but he has given no details of his
release.
General Wharton Killed
PARIS. Sept. 21 (API Brli.
Gen. James E. Wharton was kill
ed by a German sniper at the
front Aug. 12. the army disclosed
today.
evity pact fanf
By L. r. lUUenstela
Oregon is to rece've 4,009
tons of corn from Argentina
early In October for livestock
and poultry feed. Now If our
good neighbor" would follow
up with cargoes of 4,000 rounds
of high-power ammunition for
gam hunters, 4,000 bales of
cigarettes and 4,000 tons of
bananas for everybody, Old
Man Oregon might forget about
Imported corned beef and weal.