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nnnj (Ml mm ll UXJUtt mm 4WWEDGE 7 u mi I" ' T ' lie IV Keep On Buying The 5th war loan Is over but the wr Isn't Don't wait for the j. Wn drive. Steady, continuous buying ot bonds means less on the ' national quota when the next call cornea. Established 1873 Russians Tighten Balkans Trap on 200,000 Germans Dents Made In Foe's Line In Yugoslavia Fall of Riga Reported Imminent, but Warsaw Situation Is Critical MOSCOW, Oct. 2. (AP) Russian fighter bombers swarm ed over Yogoslavla In round-the-clock raids on German forces as Russian ground troops pained steadily todav along a curving, mountainous front 70 to 100 miles southeast of Belgrade In a drive that Is bottling up an estimated 200.000 nazl troops in the lower Balkans. The Germans were fiercely de fending their Balkan life line southeast of the Yugoslav capital, but yesterday red armv troops, with Marshal Tito's Dartisans art. Inp as advance scouts, dented nazi defenses another 23 miles to with in 43 miles of the Belgrade-Nis t Continue on naee fi) In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS HE war news Is still too tightly censored on all fronts to tell Us much. One SENSES, however, that behind this curtain of sil t. !,... 1 -, rl 1 TAILRE to establish and hold f- the bridgehead over the north ', .cm channel of the Rhine at Am f hem depressed us all, and our propagandists took prompt ad ' vantage of it to scare the home jfront out of its growing (and pos- iiibly daneerous) belief that the 5 j-md of the European war was j immediately at hand. Careful study of the map, in i Vwnectlon with such sketchy dis 5, losures as we have In the tight- censored dispatches, DOES'NT J tlicate that Arnhem was a ma il j disaster. ' $ appears instead ton the face 4 nauich information as is avail bit) to have been merely one i rear's inevitable tragedies, f fid i UfE (the allies) still hold the if corridor through which we reached and CROSSED (over the (Continued on page 2) Self-Slashed Man Faces Charge of Bad Conduct PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2 (AP) Leon F. Sermon, former na-tionallv-known acrobat who dis aopeared six days ago from a blood stained room leaving a note asking that his war bonds be sent his son, faced a disorderly con duct charge today. . The 47-vear-old shiovard work L rv was found yesterday lying In ji room with unlighted gas lets on full blast. Officer W. F. Smith said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of slashes across both wrists and in his chest. The note lpft in the room from which he disappeared Tuesday said he had cut himself acciden tally with a razor. Dewey Schedules Next Address as Reply to Roosevelt; G. O. P. Talks Also Dated by Bricker and Warren ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 2. (AP)-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's trip to Charleston, W. Va., for a campaign speech Saturday will be what his aides described today as a "one shot affair," the ammunition to depend on President Roosevelt. His schedule for the rest of the month, expected to take him inrougn tne middle west, along the eastern seaboard and into New England, still is being con sidered by Dewey's campaign ad visers. Asked what the governor would talk about at Charleston, James C. Hagerty, his executive assist ant, said: "That is likely to depend very much on what President Roose velt says In his speech Thursday night." Mr. Roosevelt is scheduled, in his second professedly political address of the campaign, to ad dress a series of democratic ral lies. Meanwhile, other republican orators set out this week in be half of the national ticket. U4 No Coffee Rationing, Lots In Reserve, More Coming WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. (AP) Coffee drinkers have re ceived assurance from War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes that there will be no resumption of coffee rationing now. Byrnes said there is a 31 months supply of coffee on hand or en route and that Brazil has given assurance that 1,000,000 bags will be supplied monthly. American importers had reported that growers in coffee pro ducing countries had been staying out of the market in order to obtain a price increase, causing the U. S. stockpile to drop. Byrnes issued his statement yesterday after reports had spread that coffee rationing was imminent and housewives in several communities had started to stock up. The OPA acknowledged that a resumption of rationing had been considered and that a tentative rationing plan had been distributed to field offices. State '43 Mineral Output Exceeds $12 Million Value WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.(AP) Oreeon's mineral production for 1943 is valued at 812,310,000 Dy tne Dureau or mines. Its production of mercury, anti mony ore, chromite and diato mite, the bureau reports, was "near the top" among all states. Oregon was second in mercury and dlatomlte Droduction, third In antimony and chromite. Diato- mite is a chalk-like material used in filters, insulators, abrasives. The state's output of metallic minerals for the year was valu ed at S1.34fi.000. the non-metal- ncs at ifiu.aeq.uou. Public Welcome Planned Here For . Cordon, Ellsworth The Douglas countv republican central committee will sponsor a mass meeting Thursday, Oct. 5. to celebrate the homecoming of U. S. Senator Guy Cordon and Congressman Harris - Ellsworth, H. O. Pargeter. county chairman, announced todav. The place at which the meeting will be held has not yet been definitely deter mined. Senator Cordon will be present ed in a 30-minute radio broad cast which will be released over all Oregon stations, being fed through the transmission facili ties of Roseburg station KRNR. The program will start at 7:30 p. m. and will include musical features and Introduction of guests prior to the broadcast, which will begin promptly at 8 p. m. It has not yet been learned whether Consi"e.sman Ellsworth will be able to reach Roseburg in nme ior tne meeting, but ne is being urged to attend, if possi ble. A section of seats will be re served for all countv committee men ana women, the seats to be held until 7:30. after which anv unoccupied will be opened to the general public. Brassiere Makers to Get Material Priority WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. (AP) A special program for the manufacture of low-Dricerl ma. ternity supports and brassieres was announced today bv the War Production board. Makers of such items last year will be given priority on materials during the Period Novemhcr 1 31. ' Governors John W. Bricker of Ohio, the vice presidential nom inee, and Earl Warren of Calif nia lead off with speeches this afternoon and tonight respective ly. Bricker sets out on a 9,250 mile four-week tour that will take htm from Bowling Green, Ky to Duluth, Minn. This week and then on through the midwest and far west, where he will attemnt to consolidate, a trail already blazed bv Gov. Dewey. The California governor Is due to sneak for the national ticket In Minneapolis tonight, at Rock ford, 111., tomorrow, and at Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday. Yakima Closure Planned to Save Ripening Apples YAKIMA, Oct. 2. (AP) Hun dreds of tons of pears have been dumped at the Yakima city dump in tne course of recent weeks and hundreds of tons of other pears, which might have been canned had labor been available, have been used as stock feed. The value of the spoiled fruit mounts into many thousand dollars. Today and tomorrow Yakima business men are considering the request of fruit operators for a complete closing of pool halls and theatres until 5 o'clock dally and of stores untl 1 o'clock so that employes and loungers might be enticed into harvesting work. This will be too late to do anything for the pear harvest, practically all completed, but may eliminate loss in handling apples. School directors are be ing asked to close high schools. Estimate Saturday was that 2000 workers would be needed on fruit row if the harvest Is to proceed at tne required pace. Mexicans, Indians, Pupils Start Potato Harvest REDMOND. Ore.. Oct. 2 (AP) Central Oregon was set today to oegin aigging us si.suu.UOU po tato crop, with the aid of Mex icans, Indians from the Warm Springs reservation, and students. Some 180 Mexican imnortees are expected the middle Of this week, and will be headquartered In the grange hall here. Redmond Union high will close school for two weeks to send youngsters in to the fields; and Indians have bemin arriving at the fields. wfA wage ceilings In this area are six cents a 60-pound sack, with no additional bonuses for pickers. Harvest workers not engaged in actual picking may re ceive a maximum of SI an hour. Plane Crash in Columbia River Kills Two Men ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 2. (AP) Two men died in the crash of a U. S. navy plane into the Colum bia river during training on a bombing practice range east of here yesterday, the navy an nounced todav. The dead: Ens. G. F. Glenn, pi lot, and F. Macina, aviation ra dioman third class, both of Chi cago. Oregon Soldier Killed In Machine Gun Mishap KINGMAN. Ariz., Oct. 2-MAP) An accidental burst of ma chine gun fire on the Kingman army airfield gunnery range has oroved fatal to Pvt. Herman L. Steffanson, Sandy, Ore. The Oregon man died In a hos pital here Saturday. The Friday accident killed one man almost Instantly and injured another. Women Hurt by Army Car Given U. S. Compensation WASHINGTON. Get. 2 (AP) President Roosevelt has signed a measure to pay two Portland, Ore., .women for Injuries receiv ed when their automobile was in a collision with an army car. Tressie Soring will receive S6,- ?(13.7S and Mrs. Hazel Stutte, $1,- 012 50. The accident occurred at Board man, Ore., July 4, 1942. Two Boy Scou'tt Drown PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2 (AP)Two Portland Boy Scouts, Fred Luce, 13, and Roland Mar tin, 14, drowned in the Columbia river while on a sailing party yes terday. ROSEBURS, OREGON, MONDAY, Month's Toll Of Jap Craft Put at 1,220 V (Bv the Associated Press) At least 1,220 Japanese surface craft were destroyed or damaged last month, including 303 ocean shins definitely sunk, a recapitu lation of allied communiques dis closed today. ... No other month has approach' ed It for sheer numbers August had an overall total of some 800 Including about 175 ships unques tionably sunk although some mav have surpassed it in ton nage. Two thirds of the Septenv her total consisted of barges, lug gers, samnans, river craft and other small boats. The losses that really hurt Ja nan were the 303 transports, freighters, tankers, coastal ves sels and warshins sent to the bot tom. Of these 201 were sunk bv nlanes and warships of Adm. W. Nimitz and Gen. MacArthur commands, mostly in and around the Phllipnines. The remaining 102 were divided almost equally hptwepn American submarines. British subs, and China-based planes. 4th China Base Lost American air forces in China lost their fourth advanced base when Japanese armies trying to solit the country in two overran Tanchuk In southeast China. Mai Gen. Chennault's 14th air force had already destroyed their own base at Tanchuk as thev did their airdromes at Kwoilln, threatened (Continued on page 6) Susnected Oregon Bank Bandit Slain In Utah Gun Fight LEEDS, Utah, Oct. 2 (AP) An unidentified gunman hunted throughout the west since the robberv of a bank at Prairie City, Ore., Sent. 20. was killed in a gun battle with officers in the south western Utah hinterland yester day. FBI Agent Jay C. Newman of Salt Lake City said today. Newman said the man was kill ed by one shot through the head when he fired at Deputv Sheriff Carl Caldwell and two FBI of fl eers who surprised him in Pine Vallev, eight miles west of this village. The gunman carried about $2. 000. two revolvers, burglar's tools and food, and had been tracked throueh the timberland for sev eral davs. Search for the robber was cen tered in this area after a motor ist stonoed for speeding, shot at State Patrolman Loren Squire and the following day an auto mobile stolen at John Day, Ore., was found abandoned. Officers surprised the man as he climbed out of a wash. Order ed to surrender, the gunman fir ed two wild shots before going down from the officers' bullets. Oakland Man Hurt When Auto Skids Into Ditch Virgil Wridge, Oakland, was being treated at Mercy hospital today for cuts, bruises and shock suffered Sunday when his auto mobile skidded out of control on wet pavement north of Oakland. The automobile was badly dam aged when it went into the ditch and rolled over. Other occupants of the car escaped unhurt. Trucker Uninjured When Vehicle Rolls Off Road Don Owen, driver of an Oregon-California-Nevada freight truck, escaped unhurt Sunday when his truck rolled off the highway grade at the Myrtle Creek bridge. The semi trailer coupling broke as the machine approached the bridge, swerving the tractor Into the bridge ratling and causing it to roll off the high way. Length Limit on Bobby Pins, Hairpins Removed WASHNGTON, Oct. 2 (AP) The ban on manufacture of met al hairpins and bobby pins more than 2 inches long was dropped by the War Production board to dav. The action, however, was not expected to Increase the number of hairpins made, since steel al lotments to the Industry remain unchanged. mm OCTOBER 2, I944 DEVASTATION IN GERMANY gap area end reported new gains, some idea of the severity of the fighting going on inside nazilend is shown in this picture taken in Stolb erg, Germany. Shelled and bombed buildings resulted from the battle that took place between American and German troops in that town. Signal corps photo. Retention of Oregon's Industrial Development Urged by E. W. Smith, Senatorial Candidate, in Talk Here Edgar W. Smith, democratic candidate for United States senator, Is seeking clectiqn because, "I want to see my native state hold and strengthen the great Industrial development to which Its record In war production entitles It," the candidate told a large audience at a no-host nopn luncheon program at the Umpqua hotel In Roseburg Indians Ask- Right to Handle Own Liquor Tasks - T,A CONNER. Oct., 2 (AP)- Non-drinking members of north west Indian tribes, statini? that "nrohlbltion failed in the United States," asked a congressional subcommittee yesterday for the right to handle the liquor prob lem on our own reservations. Victor Johnson, spokesman for the- Lummf tribe, told the com mittee of Reps. Henrv Jackson and Hal Holmes of Washington. Compton White of Idaho and John Murdock of Arizona, that we have watched the drinking tribesmen bring in gallons upon gallons of liquor of inferior aual ity, obtained at bootlei- b.ioes, much to the detriment of our community." We believe we are capable of handling the problem and prefer to take care of individuals our selves." Lack of Funds Ends Work Of Council of Education PORTLAND, Oct. 2 (AP) A council which has soent the last seven years studying Pacific northwest resources and possible industrial development has dis solved for lack of funds. Dr. A. L. Strand. Oregon State college president, disbanded the nortnwest regional council or ed ucation, nlanning and public ad ministration after businessmen failed to donate money to support it. The council, of which Strand was chairman, was founded by the Rockefeller institute on $132. 000 grants with the understand ing northwest business would take over the financing. N. P. Engineer Retires After 55 Years on Job SEATTLE. Oct. 2 (AP) K. G. Chapman. No. 1 in seniority rating among northern Pacific railway emdneers, retired here Saturday after 55 years of serv ice. The 71-vear-old veteran who has "nulled" special trains for four presidents, said he was proudest of "never having had a wreck." Chanman, born near Rooknne, went to work for the N. P. at Ta coma when he was 15. Seventh' Park Acquired By Josephine County r-RANTS PASS. Ore.. Oct. 2 (AP) Josenhlnn county has ac- nulred a new 35-acre nark on the Aonlepate river, elvlng the coun ty seven parks. Rogue river lnnd, formorly nart of Camo White, will be taken over for a state nark If nlans of the Jackson coun tv chamber of commerce are car ried out. Too Much Liquor Chief Cause of Divorce Cases VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct. 2 (AP) Clark county officials fig ured out todnv the prnlHp.il caurc of divorce: Too much liquor. Chief comnlalnt In the matorltv of divorces here In the last two and a half years was that the other spouse drank too much. BeWeur As allied forces switch their drives from Holland to the Belfort today, Declaring that a coordinated study for industrial development of the entire Columbia basin Is essential, the democratic nominee assorted that "further develop ment ot our enormous power, uti gallon and navigation possibili ties will help industry, enlarge our shipping and commerce, and naturally increaes employment." Outlining his experience ns a farmer, he pointed out the im )or In nee of the so-called "farm prob lem." Warno of Market Glut "Over one half of the popula tion of our nation Is comprised of farmers and those directly In terested in agricultural enter prise," he said. "So recently as in 1932 the 25 per cent of the coun try's population actually on the l.-.nd received only 5.2 per cent of the national income. Today the nation's agriculture Is in high gear. No great imagination is re quired to envisage the glut rf farm products that will surge over us when the countries of Eu rope are again in production, And since Industry needs the farm (Continued on page 6) Aged Women Do Their Bit in Field of Labor THE DALLES. Oct. 2 (API Mrs. George Krauss, 84, Is doing very well despite the scarcity of farm labor. With no assistance, she keeps up a house, greenhouse, and six acre farm and has just finished outline- and shocking three acres of alfalfa. HLENDORA. Calif., Oct. 2 (AP) Mrs. Alice Cooper, who took her first knitting- lesson at el"hty-flve, has completed her ISOth pair of socks and twelfth wcater for men In this war. She's 93. Boys Unhurt When Auto Rolls Down 50-Fr. Bank OREGON CITY. Oct. 2 (AP) Morris Kent and Robert Short. Oregon Cltv bovs, were unlnlured todav despite the crash of their car down a 50-foot embankment into a stream. The car, hlttine loose ernvel near Estacadn yesterday, skidded from the road and turned over twice before crashing Into the stream. The bovs, unhurt, climb ed from a window and walked back to Estacada. Fatal Stabbing Occurs Near The Dalles Cardroom THE DALLES. Ore., Oct. 2 (AP) Stntp police were question lnpr a card room emnlovee todav In connection with the fatal stab bing of Willie Jones, 30, out side the cardroom Saturday nleht. Jones. Identified as a section hand from Wlshram. Wash., was stabbed under the heart with a slasptype pocket knife. Tumble Kills Child REND Ore.. Oct. 2 (AP) Ju dith Gnle MavflPld. IS months old, tumbled to her death from a truck yesterday as she waved at her father, working In the family yard near Bend. No. 44-145 One State Health Board Proposed PORTLAND, Oct. 2 (AP) A revised health program for Oregon which would eliminate the post of state health officer and the state sanitary authority was proposed by a legislative inter im committee today. The plan, submitted to Gover nor Snell, would place n seven man board over all health, work In the state". The board, appointed by the governor, would Include four physicians, two laymen, and the director of aglicullurf.as Jin cxofflcio member. ' The board . would supervise three departments: 1. Administration, headed by a public health director with duties somewhat similar to those of the present state health officer. 2. Communicable' disease, head ed by a licensed epidemiologist. 3. Sanitation, headed by a san itary engineer. The1 legislative committee also proposed laws penalizing restau rants for failure to sterilize uten sils, and permitting confinement ot persons who refuse to submit to treatment of venereal diseas es. , . Equipment Received for Guard Unit in Roseburg Equipment for 70 men, thfi present authorized enlisted strength, has been received by Company A, 17th battalion, Ore gon State. Guard, of Roseburg, Captain J. L. Saunders, com manding officer, announced to day, ine men recently were measured for uniforms which will be received In the near fu ture, it is expected. Equipment so far received In cludes rifles, ammunition, packs, shelter halves, helmets, mess equipment, etc. Captain Saunders announced the appointment of Lieutenant Harlan Melton to serve as prop erly oriicer. Meeting of Chamber Directorate Postponed The regular meetlne of dlrec tors of the Roseburg chamber of commerce, scheduled for tomor row night, will be postponed un til Tuesday, Oct. 10, President Earl Wiley announced today. The postponement was requested bv directors desiring to attend the meeting to be held for Wayne Morse, republican candidate for U. S. senator, who will broadcast an address from Rndlo Station KRNR at 8 p. m. Tuesday. Beware Raised $1 Bills, Warning to Public PORTLAND, Oct. 2 (AP) The ancient query of "what pres ident appears on a five-dollar bill" Is going to be more Impor tant than a parlor quiz-game. People who don't know, warn ed a secret service agent, may be bilked. A new racket In this area Is handing out one-dollar bills with higher numbers pasted over the "one dollar" flgure. Gas Stove Blast Sends Woman to Hospital PORTLAND. Oct. 2 (API- Mrs. Ern"st Bnrher. B7. was In the hospital todav with second dcree burns suffered when a butane gas stove exploded In her trn'lcr last nlpht. The explosion reverberated thrhugh a largo area of northeast Portland, and larred a coffeepot off a stove eight blocks away. Terrific Air Attack Paves Way for Army Canadians The Calais; Nazis Begin Retreat at Coast to Escape Trap LONDON, Oct. 2. (AP) Tho U. S. First armv, striking one ot the greatest offensive blows of the war in an effort to break a new hole In the Siegrfied line, drove a steel wedge two miles deep on a six-mile front north : of Aachen today. Lt. Gen. Hodges' Infantry and tanks . rushed forward toward Gellenklrchen In Germany and solashed across the Little Wurm river coursing near the Dutch-- ' German border In the first 43' minutes of the attack. The assault, made across wood ed and pasture land pitted with thousands of foxholes and mine shafts which had been converted Into strongholds, was aimed at driving a fourth hole In Adolf: Hitler's west wall. The Americans already held three breaches In the line near Aachen. The attack still was going for ward tonight In the face of heavy resistance from enemy pillboxes, and fire from artillery and six barrelled mortars. Headed For Rhine Surging Into the rubble of Ger man defenses almost before tho y debris had stopped flying from ' one of the greatest aerial and -land bombardments, the An erl cans were reported nouj tng throueh a lane of ruin pointed at the Rhine between Cologne and ', Dusseldorf. side door to the Ruhr . and main highway to Berlin. "I doubt If they will ston now until thev have reached the Rhine." said one front line cor resoondent. For davs, many of the dough hovs had been living as close as 50 vnrls to the nazi lines. While bombers got In close for nlnpolnt attacks on the enemy's line. Fortresses and Liberators, 1,200 strong, pounded rail choke- (Continued on page 6) Charge of Hiftinq is I Pleading Innocent to a ohargo of nscaitlt and bntterv. Al Donev. 192. Riddle, nested 100 hnll nend. ri tjt i it n i... j....,.t mi: hum in rill- I'ljrii.iMi'U pustiui: court Oct. 5, Judge Thomas C. Hartflel renorted; Donev, tho , tudgo said, was accused of strik-; Ing Mrs. Virginia Dutfon during en argument. Mrs. Dutton being the eomplnintng witness. Fines tota'lln" $120 were naid by William M. Hanks. 49, of Can vonvlllo, Judie Hartflel reported, , S100 beinor paid on a plea of guil ty to a charge of drunken driv ing, and S10 each for operating , a car without a driver's license and failure to ston at a through: highway. A 30-day jail sentence was suspended. A fine of S10 was renorted paid bv Herschel N. Wavmnn, axle overload, and $15 by Raymond R. Solnecka, concealed license. Checks Indicate Missing Acrobat Still Living PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 30 (AP) Loon "F. Sermon, former ' circus and vaudeville acrobat who disappeared from a bloodstained hotel room laRt Tuesday, was be lieved safe today. Police, searching for him after finding a note saying ho had cut himself accidentally and asking that his war bonds be sent to his son, were notified that checks had been cashed in his name in Heard, Ore. The checks, drawn on his Portland account, were in his handwriting, bank officials said: and the description of the man who cashed them corresponded . to Sermon's. Teetotaler Finds Beer In and Near His Auto PORTLAND, Oct. 2. (AP)--Alvin Hoover wishes he had some use for the packaged goods he found in the back end of his car. When he wont to the garaga at his home todav, he noted two boxes In the automobile. They were two cases of beer. Neat; the car he found two quart bot tles of the beverage. He doesn't drink, he said. Youth in Hospital Here With Gunshot Wound Delbert Moore, 15. of Davs Crock was in Mercy hospital to day suffering from a gunshot wound In the leg. The youth re portedly was wounded by a .22 calibre bullet when a rifle in the hands of a younger comDanion. Johnny Perdue, 13, was acciden tally discharged. Tho wound was not believed to he sor-toti. ' - Hy U T, lUlwnitelB With Its urqent need of wast fat, It's a pity the government could not have collected the superabundance of adiposity shed by perspiring consumers and grocery staffs In the rush for coffee last Friday and Saturday.