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Hungarian-Nazi Resist 0ice
Collapsing Before Red Push
Invaders 90
Miles From
udapest Goal
Romanian Capital of
Belgrade Under Siege;
Austria Slated Next
MOSCOW, Oct. 7. (AP)- Red
army infantry waves, surging
across the Romanian frontier in
to Hungary on a 75-mile front,
moved steadily toward the Tisza
and Koros rivers, last big natural
obstacles before Budapest today.
Indications were that the back
bone of German-Hungarian re
sistance had been broken and
that the Soviets had an excellent
chance of carrying the fight to
the area of the Hungarian capital
within four or five days at the
present rale of advance. Buda
pest was about 90 miles away this
morning.
Kuban Cossacks were reported
spreading "death and panic" in the
rear of Hungarian troops unable
to disengaee themselves on the
shattered front in southeastern
Hungary.
Already 1.1 miles inside Hun
gary the red army has seized
three important railways and
highways leading into Btidapcst.
While soviet pianos dropped
leaflets exhorting the Hungarians
lo quit the axis before it is too
late, other Russian troons men
need Hungarv from the Yugoslav
frontier on the south.
Bclqrade Faces Sieae
In Yugoslavia, Belgrade was ;
virtually besieged.
(The Algiers tadlnr said 1ho
Germans were evacuating troops
from Belgrade with the use of
big transport planes.)
The new offensive in southeast
Hungary was announced as oinet
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Allied Hands; Next
Goal is Corinth
ROME, Oct. 7. (AP) The
Peloponnesus was virtually clear
ed of the Germans today and a
minister of the Greek government-in-exile
took over adminis
tration of the peninsula as Brit
ish forces pushed eastward to
ward the Isthmus of Corinth.
(A dispatch from Cairo said
the Germans had blocked the Cor
inth ship canal, which cuts across
the narrow isthmus, by demolish
ing two bridges and sinking a
blockshin. Greeks In London said
thev had heard that the Germans
blockaded all roads to Athens
and that fighting was in prog
ress at the heart of the capital.)
It was assumed here that as
the Germans shrank the outer
perimeter of the Greek defenses,
they also abandoned islands along
the Turkish coast and in the
southern Aegean with the excep
tion of Crete. Even the Crete
garrison has been considerably re
duced, with most of the troops re
ported swarming to the western
end of the island in the hone nf
escaping thrnueh the allied air
and sea blockade.
(A dispatch from Cairo said
British naval and air arms
"have sealed the fate nf German
garrisons left in the Dodecanese
and other islands.")
British ships bombardcl the
Greek island of I evitha on Octo
ber 5 and then landing parties
raptured the eastern half of the
island. The German commander
on the island surrendered at dusk
after a further bombardment.
Relocation of Rosehurg-Reck Creek
Stretch of North Umpqua Highway
Begun Preparatory to Rebuilding
Preparatory to reconstruction of the North Umpqua road be
tween Roseburg and Rock Creek, the Douglas county court, with
the cooperation of A. K. Wilson, logging operator, is engaged in
an extensive relocation program.
The road between Roseburg and Dixonville is being relocated
to eliminate mnv sharp curves.
w!nHar-rWV SPCti0. arf Mn Rock Creek section of the North
ed as ?arls CHr.er '"g P Umtua road ,0 earry . logging
en as far as Glide. traffic. Work is expected to start
Countv Judge D. N. Busenbark ; n the near future. The proiect,
reports that the court has had ex-; however, provides for no reloca
cehent cooperation from prop- inn nr prariini Rv establishing
erty owners, nearly all of whomt
have donated land needed for
rights of way. Mr. Wilson has
aided the countv by furnishing a
bulldozer and driver to grade the
road.
Authorization recently wag
Riven a project calling for ex
penditure of approximately $125,
000 in surfacing the Roseburg-
Sam W. St armer, Labor Foreman at
Vets Facility, Ex-Sheriff, Former
Railroader, Announces Retirement
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Sam W. Starmer, employed
man at the Veterans administration
sheriff of Douglas county, has
his work wilh the Veterans administration the first of th
Born at Knoxville, Tenn., Mr.
Grandma, 61, Decides to
Finish High School Course
CARMI. 111., Oct. 7. (AP) Ef
fie Elizabeth Owen, 61-year-old
grandmother and high school
freshman, joins her classmates in
extra-curricula activities. '
Mrs. Owen, returning to her
studies after an absence of 47
years, went with her young class
mates when freshmen were in
tiated and walked through a
cemetery at night while upper
classmen hovered about in sheets.
Mrs. Owen said she had decided
to go to high school because she
had "leisure time on my hands.
I never have been satisfied with
out having a high school educa
tion." U. S. Fifth Gains 2 Miles
In Lunge Toward Bologna
ROME, Oct. 7. (API Fifth
army troops have shoved ahead
another two miles to within 12
miles of the Po valley communi
cations center of Bologna as the
nazis were reported working
frantically to evacuate strategic
war materials from northern
Italy to the reich.
Eight German divisions were
reported resisting the Fifth army
attacks with increasing intensity
for every yard gained.
One report said the Germans
were ripping ui railway lines In
northern Italy and shipping them
to the reich.
the new grades and locations.
widening turns and making other
improvements prior to the start
of the surfacing project, the coun
tv will enjoy the advantage of
having the new surface laid on
a much more satisfactory road,
thus eliminating the necessity of
important changes at a later
date.
ROSEBURG,
STARMER
for the past 11 years as V
facility in Roseburg
announced his retiremeu
Starmer came to Of
age ot 14 years.
14. years. I
Hugh and Elizabe
settled at Roseburg
number of years
tract now used as Rc
port.
Mr. Starmer ser
Spanish-American wa
ber of Company B, Si
gon volunteers, seeing
the Philippines.
Following his dischat
military service, he ente
employ of the Southern 1
railroad company, in 190
served until 1921, when he '
elected sheriff of Douglas cc.
tv. He served in that office un
1927, when he resigned to become
commandent of the Oregon fatate
Soldiers home, succeeding the
late Judge George Riddle.
When the state soldiers home
was absorbed by the Veterans ad
ministration in 1933, Mr. Starmer
was made labor foreman, in
which department he continued
to serve until the first of the cur
rent month.
Mr. Starmer was married at
Myrtle Point Dec. 25, 1904, to
Clara T. Hermann. They are the
parents of two sons, Samuel Ken
neth Starmer, now in military
training in Florida, and Donald
H. Starmer, with the U. S. army
in France, and a daughter. Mrs.
W. D. Bell, residing in Marsh
field. Dewey To Answer
Roosevelt in Talk
Over Air Tonight
EN ROUTE WITH DEWEY
TO CHARLESTON, W. Va. Oct.
7 (AP) Gov Thomas E. Dewey
planned todav to link an attack
on some of the groups which arc
hacking a fourth term for Presi
dent Roosevelt with new criti
cism of what he has called the
administration's lack of prepara
tions for postwar reconversion of
industry to civilian pursuits.
As the republican presidential
nominee's special train rolled to
ward Charleston, an assistant
told reporters that a major cam
paign speech there at 6:45 p. m.
PWT, tonight would deal in part
with the problem of changing
warplants over to peacetime pro
duction. At Charleston, Dewey was to
be welcomed by a group headed
bv Mayor Boone Dawson, repub
lican candidate for governor. He
scheduled conferences with lead
ers of labor, miners, rail brother
hood Negro, farm, business and
veterans organizations.
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OREGON. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1 944
Chinese Port
Of Foochow
Taken by Japs
(By the Associated Press) :
The Japanese today claimed
the capture of Foochow, Impor
tant port objective In their drive
to seal off southeastern China be
fore an allied thrust.
A Tokyo communique said Jap
anese forces three days ago took
Foochow, capital of Fuklen prov
ince and the last major Chinese
held port on the east coast.
The fall of Foochow was anti
cipated when well-equipped Jap
anese columns began their ad
vance. The port, lying across a
narrow strait from Formosa, was
captured by the Nipponese In
April, 1939, and retaken five
months later by the Chinese who
have held It since.
Advance Japanese units were
only 25 miles from Kweilln, cap
ital of Kwangsi province and
main goal of a comprehensive
Japanese olfensive. Embattled
Paoching, 135 miles northward In
Hunan province, appeared to be
doomed, after a Chinese admis
sion that contact had been lost
with the defenders. The city
threatened the Japanese right
Hank.
The Chinese also acknowledged
Jauanese occupation of Chang
ning, a covered postion on the
Nipponese left flank 36 miles
south of the Hengyang railroad
junction.
The Chinese communique said
defenders, operating behind Jap
anese lines, had retaken Szewui,
important town 47 mile snorth
east of Canton in Kwangtung
province.
Chinese Ask Second Front
The nf uent a C
newspaper, Ta,
cd lo the
aln fc
di.
binal;
The
ernor Thoi
republican aides
tion to the production nau utvii
voiced by the Massachusetts wom
en's political club but the club's
request to city officials and the
management of Symphony Hall
brought negative action.
Several club members, led by
Miss Florence Birmingham, pres
ident, picketed the hall but there
were no disorders.
Boston was the first of 20 cities
where the revue was scheduled.
Henry Tatro Succeeds
Redell on Police Force
R. A. Redell, who recently re
signed as a member of the city
police force, has accepted a posi
tion as steward at the Elks club
and is entering upon his new
duties immediately. Chief of Po
lice Erwin Short announces the
appointment of Harry Tatro, re
cent arrival from Reedsport, as
a member of the police force, suc
ceeding Redell. Tatro has served
as a city officer and deputy sher
iff at Reedsport for several years.
He and Mrs. Tatro recently mov
ed to Roseburg, the latter being
employed in the J. C. Penney
company store.
Willkie Treated With
Penicilin, Said Better
NEW YORK. Oct. 7 (API
Wendell L. Willkie, suffering
from a streptococcic throat In
fection, has been treated with
penicilin and is "very much bet
ter" today, his physician, Dr.
Heniamtn Salzer. announced.
Dr. Salzer's office reported that
the 1940 republican presidential
nominee spent a comfortabl?
t.:cht at the hospital, which he
entered Sept. 6 for a rest and
physical checkup and "is not on
the critical list."
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BOMBARDMENT WRECKS DUTCH CITY The impact of war on a once-peaceful Dutch city it
graphically shown in this panoramic view of the city of Nijmegen, Holland, and the Nljmegen
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of the bitteest fighting of the war. The city was completely destroyed by ceaseless German and
allied bombardment and shelling. Signal corps photo. N
New Tractor Plant in Roseburg Will .
Open for Business Monday; Field of
Service Will Embrace Three Counties
The Interstate Tractor and Equipment company, engaged for
the past few months in construction of a new plant at Jackson
street and E. Second Ave. N., In Roseburg, will open In Its now
location Monday, Oct. 9, It was announced today by Ray Bruch,
store manager.
and
irrell.
ilurrell-
le? The
lies' around
troperty Loss by
Fire in Oregon Cited
SALEM. Ore.. Oct. 7. (AP)
A total of 93 Oregon residents
lost their lives bv fire, and the
property loss from the same
cause was particularly disadvan
tageous in 1943. In view nf the
war effect and war conditions,
Governor Snell said todav as he
asked Oregonians to observe Fire
Prevention week, October 8-14.
Work of Oregon municipal fire
departments and cooperating
civic clubs was praised by the
governor who said emphasis of
(lie week would be given to
elementary precautions which
should be observed constantly to
prevent fires In homes and pro
duction enternrlses.
rionornl in Hitler Kill
Plot Gets Hiah Funeral
TWnON. Oct. 7(AP) Gen.
Piirtolf Rchmnndt. chief edliitant
of the German armv. died nf
v minds suffered in the .Tnlv 20
.Ttement to kill Hlt'cr and was
"iven a statn funeral at Tannen
herff veterdav. a Orman news
agnnev broadcast ntrl torlav.
A hroadcasl said the 48-vear-old
Pchmundt was the third to die
amnn the men wounded by the
explosion.
Few Drivers Hold Speed
To 35 m. p. h., Report Says
RALEVT. Ore.. Oct. 7. (AP)
riphtv five per cent of the
motorists uslne thp Pacific high
way during August traveled at
sneeds up to 4 ml'"! an hour.
Peeretarv of State Farrell. sMd
today. Onlv 15 Per cent of the
di-lver held their speeds under
35 rtillPs an hour, the wartime
Bneed limit, compared with 17
per cent during July, Farrell said.
The company, which has Its
headquarters in Portland and
maintains stores at The Dalles,
Salem, McMlnnville, and Eugene,
with a marine branch at Astoria,
is agent for "Caterpillar" trac
tors, Skagit yarders, Young
blocks'- and rigging and other
logging machinery.
The Roseburg store will bo
headquarters for all of Douglas,
Coos and Curry counties.
The building, on which final
work Is still In progress, will
ouse otllces, parts department
id shop. At a later date it is
inneci to utilize ail oi tne pros-
structure, which is ku ty lo
in size, for repair and service
k and to erect a second build
to house the business office,
i agency and parts depart
t. The additional structure,
ver, will not be erected un
the end of the war makes
isslble.
air Work Major Plan '
no company's principal ef
ts In the district served by the
seburg plant will be confined
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Return of Japs Opposed
By Farm Area Residents
AUBURN, Wash., Oct. 7 (AP)
A suggestion that the Remem
ber Pearl Harbor league work for
an amendment to the United
States constitution which would
revoke the American citizenship
of all Japanese was made at a
mass meeting of Puyallup and
White river valley residents last
night.
The league was formed this
week to combat return of Japa
nese and Jappnese-Amcicans to
the two valle-'s where they con
ducted expansive farming areas
prior to th" war.
G. Nifty Garrett, Sumner news
paperman and a league hoard
member, termed I he scheduled
return of any cvacu" a "menaco"
and add"d:
"We can s'op thinking the war
with Japan is far away because
with ib" Jim comlm back. II
will center in these valleys right
away."
Komn Ross Kent farmer, toid
the audli nee llrd Bremerton resi
dents h.-v shown a desire to
form a similar league.
Draft Evadinq "Conehie"
Draws Three-Year Term
MFDi-ORD Oct. 7-.fAP
Pn Wilbur Zetiko. Talent, ves
terrlnv was sentncH tr thvc
'"ars In prison b" f"deral .Tii'te
Fee. for violating the selective
service law.
mkf told the eou't he ""is
"elad of the nrivllecre o' going
to prison for his religion."
Caccs of Rav Marvin Ow-'n"-or.
Klamath Fails, and Clifford
FVnnk Wooster. Douglas count v.
both convicted of draft violation,
were referred to the probation of
ficer for pre-sentence Investiga
tion. Institute Dated Hflre
EUGENE. Oct. 7 (AP) Inter
American nroeramo. with Dr.
Hermanoi Tavares De Sa. Mraril
Inn phvsielnn. as principal speak
er, were planned todav bv the
'tafc svstem of hleher aducatlnn.
Meetings scheduled Include one at
Roseburg, Nov. 21. ,
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Convictions in
Polygamy Cases
Increased by 31
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. T
(AP) Prosecutors marked up 31
more convictions today in their
efforts to stamp out plural mar
riage practices In the west, In
creasing to 39 the number of In
dividuals adjudged guilty.
r niy iive convictionB nave oeen
obtained but several persons have
been tried on more than one
charge. . - i - , .
Twenty men and ll women;
wore convicted by a dlstrict'court
Jury yesterday of conspiring to
preach and practice polygamy.
Some of them already had been
found guilty of other state or
icaerai charges and were includ
ed among nine persons convicted
of federal Mann act or kidnap
ping law violations and 15 con
victed of unlawful cohabitation.
All defendants are members of
the "fundamentalist" cult headed
py 7U-year-old John Yates Barlow,
one of the 31 defendants in the
conspiracy trial and previously
convicted of living unlawfully
with four women.
Previous convictions have been
followed by appeals to higher
courts ana aetense attorneys said
they also would appeal the con
spiracy convictions, "to the Unit
ed btatcs supreme court If neces
sary." All defendants are free and un
der bond. Penalty for the con
spiracy conviction is a maximum
of one-year Jail sentence or not
to exceed $1,000 fine.
"Fundamentalists" claim they
are following the original doc
trine of the Latter-Day Saints
(Mormon) church and refuse to
accept as authentic the 1890
church manifesto which banned
plural marriages.
Says Portland Potential ,
Tindcrbox for Race Riot
PORTLAND, Oct. 7 (API
Portland was described today as
a potential tindcrbox for race ri
oting.
E. B. MacNaughton, Portland
bank president, urged immediate
attention to racial problems In
the city .whose negro populace
has increased from 120 to 15,000
since the war began.
"Federal rcpreseutnllves who
have visited Portland consider
tills a danger spol," he told a bus
inessmen's club, "which Is as po
tent for trouble as Detroit. Phila
delphia, and other cities where
race riots have occurred.
6th War Loon Set; 7th
To Be Needed, U. S. Told
ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 7-(AP)
-On the "most optimistic as
st. mpiion." a seventh war loan
will be required after the sixth
which will begin Nov. 20, Treas
ury Secret.-.iy Morgcnthau said
today.
In a speech at a war bond ral
ly, he told bond sales volunteers
that "you cannot rest on your
laurels." and said the toughest
part of their Job lies ahead.
Costs of warfare in the Pacific
across vast distances will be
"very high." he said, "higher
even than Ihey were in Euro!e."
Roosevelt Will Address
Foreiqn Policy Assn.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (AP)
President Rnosevelt todav ac
cepted an Invitation to address
The Foreign Policy association
New York Saturday, Oct. 21.
The association is an endowed
private research organization
which studies and prepares re
ports on matters ot foreign pol
icy, i
Lunge Made '
Through Tank
Traps, Mines
Patton's Army Battles
Nazis for Sixth Day to .
Capture Fort Driant
LONDON, Oct. 7. (AP) Aft
er two temporary reverses yes
terday, the Americans today
launched an attack on a new sec-
tor of the Siegfried line, Infantry
Jumping off in the forest 25
miles south of Aachen and driv
ing through the first of the Ger
man dragons teeth anti-tank
traps, mines and concrete ob
stacles. -
The attack on the Siegfried do- ,
fenscs, already breached In their
main lines at Aachen and north
of Aachen, broadened to about 40
miles as fierce fighting raged
from Gellenkirchen to the area
of the new assault.
Above Aachen the U. S. First
army drove on, wishing back Ger
man stop-gap tanks and Infantry
hnlf a mile north of Beggendort
and to a point a mile and a half
southeast of Ubach.
It also pounded nearly a mile
through the Hurtgen forest, 10
miles Inside Germany and a third
of the way to Cologne In the cen
tral Aachen sector.
Ft. Driant Battle In 6th Day
To the south, meanwhile, Lt.
Gen. Patton's Third army men
gained 100 yards In savage fight
ing In the six-day old battle for
Fort Driant, five miles southwest
of Metz on the JVfoselle.
The Americans here had taken
everything the Germans could
throw nt them both from the In- :
side and the outside while hold
ing on to their northwest and
southwest corners of the fort.
Thev then began their assault
on the enemy holed up In the un
derground honeycomb of the for
tifications. On the south flank French and
American soldiers of the Seventh
army beat their way eastward
five to seven miles to positions on
three sides of the copper mine,
town of Le Thlllot, 18 miles north
of Belfort and onlv six miles
from the 2,398-foot Bussang pass
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Heroic Action of
ReeispsrtSsMier...
BIAK ISLAND, Dutch New
Guinea, Oct. 7 (AP) Like the
fabulous Dutch boy with hia
thumb In the dam, Staff Sgl'.
Calvin E. McAlister of Reedsport,
Ore., Is credited with having
prevented, by his own Initiative
and perseverance, a possibly dis
astrous break-through.
)ne night in the climactical :
phase of the Blak campaign, Mc
Alister established a post forward
of the American front lines from
which he might direct mortar
fire against the enemy. The ser
geant had no choice but to set up
his telephone in an exposed posi
tion. The Jagged coral rock of
the locality thwarted his every
effort to Intrench himself.
All night long McAlister's post
was under constant fire, and nt
one period the enemy crawled
within 20 feet of where he was
lying. Not once, however, did he
suspend his telephone conversa
tions with the mortar crews at
the rear even though the sound
of his voice might have spotted
him for the Japanese.
At dawn McAlister discovered
the enemy had closed around him.
He hilled two ana drove tne rest
away with rifle fire and gren
ades. The main body of Japaness
had been held back throughout
the night by the American mor
tar barrage, a barrage which
could not have been accurate and
might have been totally ineffec
tive if the sergeant at any tlma
had withdrawn from his post. ,
Slaying Halts Bear
Attack on Compassman
The pelt of n large black bear
Was brought out to Roseburg t
day by J. J. Holmes, county tim?
Iht cruiser, who has been work
ing in the Smith River district.
The bear was trapped on th
Doug Dafley place, but escaped
from the trap and made a lunge,
at Walt Waggoner, compassman,
after breaking through the bay
ing dogs. The animal was shot
ar.d killed by Dailcy, however, be
fore It could reach Waggoner. -.
Bandits Get $1800 in
Portland Store Holdup
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7--(API
Three masked and armed
rnen held up the manager anil
five patrons In a cigar store hera
loday and escaped with S1800.
Two of the men held pistols on
the manager and the patrons
while the third took the money
from behind the counter.
Police said lh men resemble!
the trio who held up a tavern
here several weeks am.
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which sid your bread is buttor
d. The guess is when there'll be
any more for oirher side,
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