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Newspaper Page TextDIE 1 (ML conn m WORST Known Death Toll 70, With 163 Missing Inferno Develops From -' Gas Plant Explosion; 3,600 Persons Homeless CLEVELAND, Oct. 21 (API The death toll climbed hourly today In the worst conflagration in Cleveland's history, an explosion-punctuated blaze that devastated an east side area one-half mile square. The list of known dead mount ed to 70 as scores of emergency Keep Oa Buying - The 5th war loan U ever but the war Isn't Don't wait for th 6th drive. Steady, continuous buying of bonds means Jess on the national quota when the next call comes. lew ROSEBURS, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, l?44. Established 1873 No. 44-t62 EI l . crews searched the gaunt rem nants of hundreds of homes for victims trapped after a series of blasts destroyed the East Ohio Gas company's $6,000,000 liquid qas storage plant at the foot of East 62nd St. The latest official figure on missing per sons was 168. Chairman Stanley Orr of the Cleveland Red Cross unit, in a message to Washington Red Cross headquarters, expressed the fear that, fatalities might reach 200. Coroner S. R. Berger said it was "virtually impossi ble" to estimate the number of persons not accounted for. A survey showed at least 235 persons hospitalized with fire in juries. Witnesses said the1 fire still flared in isolated spots over a 50-block district at II a. m. but was under control. 3,600 Made Homeless An estimated 3,600 persons were made homeless by flames (Continue!) on oner? fi In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS A S this Is written, we are invad ing the Philippines. HE Invasion point In the tiny I island of Suluan, which com mands the, entrance to the Leyte pulf, some 400 miles southeast of Manila. It Is rpughly.Jn the center of the Philippine archi pelago and is a low flat, sandy island capable of being made In to an airfield from which OTHER islands can be attacked. Its choice as the invasion point would thus be characteristic of MacArthur strategy so far. NE guesses that MacArthur ' has again hit the Japs where they weren't. I His first step will be to get landing fields. From these he will establish air control of the entire Philippines, knocking out the Jap air force, stopping Jap reinforce ments, pocketing and by passing Jap forces here and there, etc. It will be more or less New Guinea over, with vastly larger forces Involved. THE Japs say Mitscher's carrier task force 58 is NOT partici pating in the invasion. Probably not. Its job will be to keep the Jap fleet and the Jap air force AWAY from the invasion beaches and Its fighting, one presumes, will be done around Formosa and (Continued on page 2) Medford Doctor Found Guilty of "Dope" Sales MEDFORD, Ore., Oct. 21. (AP) Dr. R. V. Clancy, Med ford physician accused of dis pensing drugs to addicts, await ed sentence here today. A federal court Jury convicted him on four counts of an 11-count Indictment charging violation of tins Harrison narcotics act News-Review's Commercial Printing Department Sold to Harlan B. Carter To Ease Business Expansion Problem The management of the Roseburg News-Review today announc ed the sale of Its commercial printing department to Harlan B. Carter, who has served as manager of the News-Review's Job print ing department for the past 10 years. Mr. Carter will operate the busnless under the name of the Roseburg Printing company. The sale Is retroactive to the date of October 1. Mr. Carter is planning to move the Drintine plant from the News Review of! fee to a new location at the earliest nossible opportuni ty but, until suitable quarters are obtainable elsewhere, will re main temnorarily In the News Review building. Due to the very raDid expan sion of the newspaper business and the ereatlv Increased volume of commercial printing, it no longer is practical to continue operation of two such growing concerns under one management, E. L. Knapp, News-Review busi ness manager, states. To Enlarge Newspaper Plant The News-Review, anticipating the need for enlarged newspaper Secret Report on Pearl Harbor Attack Allies Battle To Obtain Use Of Antwerp LONDON, Oct. 21. (AP Eight hundred German troops, the last defenders of wasted Aachen, surrendered today and all resistance end ed Inside and in the suburbs of the first big German city to fail to American arms. Two thousand prisoners al ready had been taken by first army men who captured the medieval city 40 milos from Cologne. Despite Hitler's orders to resist to death, the 800 ene my troops surrendered when Lt.-Gen Hodges' doughboys pressed them into' hopeless traps at the fringe after tak ing the cenfcsr of the city. LONDON, Oct. 21. (AP) The Canadian army, slugging methodically through rain-soaked fields and thickets north of Antwerp, pushed its three-prong ed offensive four miles nearer Roosendaal and Breda today, while American troops hunted down remnants of the German garrison In the outskirts of cap tured Aachen. This offensive was the second phase of the battle to win use of Antwerp port as a supply base. The . first phase was drawing to an enn west or Antwerp, wim Canadians steadily closing In on the German pocket around Dres kens below the Schelde estuary. In eastern Holland, U. S. forces pushed within 4,000 yards of a German communications (Continued on page 6) Coast Ban on Private Flying to Be Abolished PORTLAND, Oct. 21 (AP) A Civil Aeronautics administra tion official was quoted today as predicting an end to tht ban which prohibits private planes in a 150-mile strip down the Pacific coast. The Oregonian said it was told by Paul Marris, regional CAA manager, that the western de fense command probably would permit student flying and certain essential civilian flying in the re stricted area. Both the CAA and the interde partmental air traffic control board approve the plan, Morris was quoted as saying. Captured Jap Bicycle Fulfills Boy's Dream PORTLAND, Oct. 21 (AP) Nine-year-old - Matthew Dutton, whose dream of a bicycle was blocked by priorities, finally had a bike today. Lt. Cmdr, Warren E. Page, Matthews navy doctor uncle, was attending a wounded marine on Guam when a bicycling Japanese shot the doctor's aide. Page grab bed a rifle, shot the Japanese, then took the bicycle. "It's a swell bike," said Mat thew, fingering a bullet hole In the left handlebar. "But I guess I'll probably wash it good before I ride it." facilities in the postwar period, has on order or is preparing to purchase, as soon as available, much additional machinery and equipment, which will occupy the sDace to be vacated by the Job nrintlng plant. In order to give the best possible service to Its newspaper advertisers and read ers, the News-Review, Mr. Knapp reports, has adopted a policy of concentrating entirely upon the newspaper, rather than dividing its Interests with the commercial printing field. By sale of its commercial print ing equipment to Mr. Carter, the News-Review assures conttnua- IContlnued. on page 6). Woman Freed From Two Husbands by Court Here In Record Five Minutes Dorris F. Hendrick, Roseburg, was freed from two husbands within the space of five minutes In the circuit court here Friday. At 2:10 p. m. she was granted an annulment of her marriage to Henry J. Hendrick and at 2:15 p. m. was divorced from Richard Anthonv Brockman. setting a new record, at least locally, for the shortest space oi time tor a girl to free herself from two husbands. Mrs. Hendrick told the -court that she was married at Vancou- ver. Wash.. Aueust 16. 1938. to Richard Anthony Brockman, who deserted her in liy. A lew months following his departure she received news of his death, she testified, and on November 4, 1940, was married at Vancou ver to Henry J. Hendrick. She stated that she recently learned Brockman was stm uvtng. t nus, finding herself with two hus bands, she appealed to the court for annulment and divorce, her request being granted by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberiy. Douglas County Fugitive Caught Marshall J. Corbin, 4G, who es- caoed while serving a sentence in the Douglas county jail last April, is to be returned Irom Hood River, where he recently was arrested by city police, Sher iff Btta carter reported toaay. Corbin was fined $100 and sen tenced to 30 days in Jail on a charge of drunken driving filed in the Roseburg justice court. A fine of $10 also was imposed on a charge of driving a motor ve hicle without an operator's li cense. A complaint charging driving an automobile after li cense was revoked, is pending. Sentence was imposed last April 1. Corbin was sent to the county hospital on a work order. Sher iff Carter said, and walked away April 27. Me has since neen sought by the officers. A hold warrant has been wired to Hood River and the sheriff is arrang ing to return the prisoner to Roseburg. Roy Rhule, Log Scaler, Killed at Coquille Rov Rhule. 32. log scaler em ployed by the Smith Wood Prod ucts company at Coquille, was killed Thursday when a truck load of logs broke loose at the log dump. A companion worker, Charles Johnston, suffered frac ture of both legs. Roy Rhule was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rhule, Roseburg, a brother of John, Albert and Bud Rhule. all of Sutherlin, the lat ter two being in ti:3 armed forces. A sister also restdes at sutherun. Funeral services are to be held Monday at 2 p. m. at Myrtle Point where he had made his home in recent years. New Deal Losing Hold On Negroes, Ex-Jurist Says PORTLAND. Oct. 21 (AP) The new deal is losing Its hold on American negroes, William H. Harrison, Chicago Negro attor ney declared here. The Negroes have begun to re alize that "new deal philosophy followed to its final conclusion jeads away from our form of gov ernment," the former Oklahoma superior court judge told a group of Negro voters. Discharge of Trucker Causes Logging Strike SEASIDE. Ore., Oct. 21 (AP) A strike of 65 employes of the Crown-Zellerbach logging com nanv is awaiting the return of C. E. Nichols, superintendent, for a settlement conference. Truck drivers, faliers. riggers and buckers quit over what they considered the "unjust" discharge of a truck driver. Lauqh'l On Demo. DENVER, Oct. 21. (AP) Mrs. Helen Grant handled party calls at state democratic head ouarters telephone switchboard for four weeks. Then Gene Cervl. democratic state chairman, hired a new operator. Explained Cervl: "We found out Mrs. Grant is a republican," i Roosevelt, Challenged by Dewey to Offer Program, Slated for Speech Tonight EN ROUTE WITH DEWEY TO ALBANY, Oct. 21 (AP) Presi dent Roosevelt, speaking tonight on foreign policy In New York City, was challenged today to present "evrt the pretense of a program for the future" by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, who declared that the New Deal is "a bankrupt organization living only to extend Reds How Aim For Capital Of Hungary MOSCOW. Oct. 21. (AP- Marshal Tito's partisans, freed for new actions by the capture of their capital, Belgrade, joined with the Red army today in drives toward the Croatian dud- pet seat of Zagreb and Buda pest, the strife-torn Hungarian canttat. Zagreb lies 225 miles northwest of Belgrade in the Sava river vallev. Budapest is on the Dan ube lau miles nortn or tseigraae. East and southeast of Buda pest, other Russian forces, sup plemented by Romanian units. rumbled up three main high-wavs-Jeadlng to the . Hungarian capital, but they encountered stiff resistance from large Ger man tank and anti-tank forces bevond the Tisza river. The number of German cap- continued on page 6) Roosevelt Tours Hew York City 'n Drizzling Rain NEW YORK, Oct. 21. f AP) President Roosevelt traveling in the twin role of commander-in-chief and candidate for office brought tne fourth term cam paign into New York city today ior a round or military inspec tions and political appearances. He visited the Brooklyn navy yard and other war installations but he was dressed for eam- peigning, an old felt hat and his favorite navy cape, and the first Dubiic word he spoke was a po litical endorsement for Senator Robert F. Wagner (D N. Y.) in a rally at Ebbets field. The president said his "old friend Bob Wagner" deserves well of mankind, and should be returned to the senate for an other term. Mrs. Roosevelt sat with him in his car in Ebbets field as he made the brief talk. Mayor F. H. LaGuardia esti mated 16,000 persons braved a drizzle to attend the rally and commented "if must be affec tion to come out in this weather." The seating capacity of the park is 32,000. A chant "we want Roosevelt" swelled from the crowd as his car moved up the ramp to speak. The president is scheduled for a major address before the for eign policy association at 6:30 p. m. PWT (NBC and Blue. Early Action to Rest ere Channel of Umpqua Rive? Harbor Prof ecf ed Depth Promised by U. S. Engineers Immediate steps to improve the Umpqua river harbor have been promised by the army engineers, according to V. S. Senator Guy Cordon, who has been cooperating with the lower Umpqua interests In urging the project. "I am advised by General Robins that he has reported affirma tive action on the Umpqua har-, V yi'Zly;n Te?0"eJS jetties, coupled with a reasonable chan1eMoro?-t depth far moun "reging, does not pro f. H ?L,J$Si .1, " ,as tar,duce channel dimensons. neees Shti5m . IeJhiS,hflSCal ,yeari try consideration will then be Rehabilitation of the seaward , mntnirHnn nf imxillnrv end of the south Jettv and re-! construc"on 01 a""inary pairs to the landward portion to: opntraf Robini Likes the post prevent a sea break-through also L?ti5n tbT CSl is authorized.' Arguments raised hy the Port of Umpqua commission that re storation of the existing Jetties will not solve the probl?m of Keeping me oar deepened oecause oi euuies set up witnm tne river mouth, will be given thorough study. Cordon reports. Test Needed First In the event the combined ac- mm its powers over the dally lives of our people." The republican preside nlial nominee told cheering crowds In Pittsburgh last night that Mr. Roosevelt had directed the Amer ican working people to "do as they are told and ask no ques tions." "That Is the end result under one-man government always," the New York governor cried. "lt is time to face the fact," hp declared, "that the new deal is a bankrupt organization, living only to extend its powers over the daily lives of our people. It did some good things in its youth, but now it seeks to live on its past. No Proaram Offered ;"In this great national cam paign." he continued, "mv oppo nent has not offered to the peo ple of this country even the pre tense of a program for the fu ture. He tells the working men and women of America to trust him, to do as they are told, and to ask no questions." , jxt- i -the-'-inevitttb'Ie-end of h philosophy which sees no future for America," he continued. "It is the result of a viewpoint that can see nothing ahead but a rep etition of Its own peacetime fail ures a return after the war to unemployment, with leaf raking and doles." Returning to Albany for a weekend rest before he starts west Monday morning for major campaign addresses in Menneao olis Oct. 24 and Chicago Oct, 25, Dewey was expected to listen to the radio broadcast or f resident Roosevelt's foreign policy talk In New York City tonight. G. O. P. Gains Support Addressing himself primarily to labor problems, Dewey told his Pittsburgh audience that many (Continued on page 6V Civil Service Plan Loses in Vote of Legislators PORTLAND, Oct. 21 (AP) A legislative committee appointed to studv a proposed civil service system for Oregon turned thumbs down on the plan by a vote. the chairman said today. Ren. Leo Smith, Portland, said the majority opinion held that es tablishment ot civil service at tne next legislative session might op erate against men now in service, and would deprive stale depart ment heads ot the privilege oi choosing their own employes. The opinion was written by Sen. J. N. Jones.. Jimtura: Sen. Lew Wallace, Portland, and Rep. W. W. Chndwick, Ritcm. Smith, who with Rep. Earl Hill, Cushman, wrote minority opin ion, asserted that civil service would end appointment ot state employes through political or per sona! prejerenco, tsuin opinions will be submitted to Gov. Earl Snell by Nov. 1. svstem has been placed In a prop er state pf repair, dependable ob servations upon wnicn to deter mine the best type of auxiliary r works cannot be obtained mo gen-pr slates. "He assures me that the depart ment appreciates the desire of local Interests for maintenance of .Continued on pttge 6) Assailed Counsel For Kimmel Asks For Publicity WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (AP Announcement that a completed "secret" rermrt on the naw's in- vestlcatton of the Part Harbor attack Is being reviewed prior to any publication today brmiRht a protest from Rear Admiral Hus- ban E. KImmers lawyer that tne procedure is "a specious pretext" to withhold the findings until aft er the presidential election. Counsel for Kimmel, who com manded navy forces In Hawaii when the Japanese struck there, stated: "He (Kimmel) is entitled to hear the verdict of the court promptly." Navy Secretary Forrestol yes terday turned the report over to Admiral Ernest J. King, navy commander in chief, for a deter mination of Its effects on mili tary security. ' , And in Boston, Charles B. RugB. chief counsel for Kimmel, asserted that "secretary Forres tnl's suggested procedure is a specious nvefext to keen the truth of Pearl Harbor hidden from Dec. 7. 1941, unUl Nov. 7, 1944." (Date of the national election). "The navy court has done its work," Rugg's statement contln- (pontlnued on page 6) riBaWeships Get Revenge For Pearl Harbor Raid ABOARD VICE ADMIRAL KINKAID'S COMMAND SHIP OFF LEYTE, Oct. 20 (Delayed) (AP) Proud old battleships came oacK irom their feari Har bor graves to lead the nowerful units of the United States naw In the blistering pre-Ianding bom bardment of eastern Leyte island m tne central Hiutppmes. For three days, big battle- wagons which once were mis tresses of the sea ehowed thev are still dowager oueens. Their 14 and le-tncn rifles, supported oy cruisers and destroyers, pour ed 800 tons of exploding steel upon enemy positions from Tac- ioban to Abuyog, some 34 miles to the south. Perhaps the proudest ship, of an was the west Virginia. Left a burninp tangled wreck at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, she was refloated and rebuilt into a modern fighting machine. She tired her first great salvoes of the war in the pre-bombardment off Iyte. Her venganee was mai?ntfient to behold. Further to the south another navy veteran, the California, once flagship of the fleet, loosed her big guns on Catmon hill, trouble point for the southern attack force. The California, too, was gravely damaged by Peart Har bor. Other battleships which were severely damaged at Fearl Har bor also participated in the bom bardment. Navy Bay Observance Urged by Governor Snell SALEM. Ore., Oct. 21 (API- Observance of Oct. 27 as Navy day In celebration of the tri umphs ot the fighting American fleet and in particular tribute to the men from Oregon in the navy was urged today by Gover nor Snell. 'Navy day this year will cele brate spectacula rachtevements in the Pacific and the Atlantic," Snell said. "The day, as well, will emphasize the growing conviction that a strong navy is one of the most dependable guarantees In the protection of freedom," he said. Ponselle Paroled From Bad Check Sentence Parole from a sentence of one year in the state penitentiary was rranted m circuit court today in the case of Clarence A. Ponselle. recently brought from Reedsport lo ansewer to a charge of obtain ing money by falsa pretenses through issuance of worthless ehpeks. He had previously entered a plea of Innocent, but appeared in court today to change his plea to guilty. m Two-Pronged Drive Aimed At Bomber Field; Counterattack Effort of Japanese Smashed GENERAL MAC ARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Phiiippines. Oct. 21. iAP! The fail of fwo Japanese- airfields appeared imminent- today M weft supplied troops of Genera! MacArthur, backed by overwhelming naval end air might, drove inland en ait sectors at Leyte in the centra! Philippines on the second day of invasion. , The 6,000-foot bomber fieid at Tacfoban on the northeast was approached by one force. To the south, another force was ott the South' China. Sea UOAG, JANfMAN00 CAMf JOHN H At fOKT STOYSfNSURG i I!!!!!!!!! IP ii LUzOn "Tfflpff&ASUK. I iWTAjtLAC. , . titUAic rtrt-D iTARtAC. . CLARK FIELD II A ' CAVrrt NAVAL ... LU6AKG mm V - . ...-JxOTAATOf7 'itf MAC ARTHUR RETURNS TO PHILIPPINES Location of tho Leyte gulf, where the American amphibious farce landed this week In Iti Invasion of the central Philippines, la designated by the' heavy black arrow on the right side of the above map. Three beachhead and an air base were wen in the initial stages of the assault. The location gives the Americans the from two directions. outskirts of an airfieid near Dulag. Japan 1 6th division, remembered for its torture of the Americans and Filipinos who surrendered at Bataan, had succeed ed nowhere in mustering a largo scaie counterattack. rending the seizure and utilization of land air bases, Ameri can pianes from escort carriers swooped as flvina art iiiery on the estimated 20,000 defenders of spewing death among motor convoys. - Water Supply Severed, Reedsport Totes Buckets REEDSPORT, Ore., Oct 21, (AP Reedsport expected to have water again today as repairs progressed on a ruptured main pipe line that forced the shut down of two lumber mills, three gackmg plants and many small usinesn firms. Water for household use was being operated by a stream of men, women and children toting buckets up hillside paths to fill them at springs. The line was aamased when a logging company felled some trees across the pipe near the head of the city's water supply at Clear lake Thursday. Grid Squad Chases Bandit Into Clutches of Law CHICAGO, Oct. 21. (AP A gunman m flight after an at tempted rotmery ran tnrougn a lot where Orr vocation school boys were practicing football. As their coach blew his whistle. and shouted: "Let's get him," the srtuad started m pursuit. But before they could get close enough to tackle the man he ducked into a storeand Into the arms of a city fireman who held him for poiice. British Fleet Getting Ready to Hit Japanese nrtOMLY, England. Oct. 21. (API Britain hopes "to place in tho Pacitic a fleet capable in Itself of flphtlna a general ac tion with the Japanese navy," First Lord of the Admiralty A. V". Alexander declared today. The movement of at least a part of that vast fleet and Its michty attendant train is already under way," he said. mm PHILIPPINE r: ISLANDS t ,: 2089 MV' Mtzr. j 4) Paciiieecaft opportunity to strike the Japs Leytef blowing up pillboxes and l he enemy air farce, operatuisf from the few fields in the Phil ippines which would be momen tarily repaired between carrier plane attacks, managed two scat tered niRht raids against small untls ot the 600-ship convoy which carried the tl. S. Sxitti ar my and Central Pacific units to the invasion. . A communique today acknowl edged a torpedo hit on one ves sel of undesignated size. The ground forces, under im mediate command of Lt. Gen Walter Krucgcr, apparently en countered their most tenaelou.4 (Continued on page 6 Pvt. Eddie Maybera O? Diiiard Killed In France Word has been received by Mrs. M. Mayborn of Diiiard that her grandson. Private Eddie Mayborn 19, was killed In action, Sept. 16. in Fiance. Pvt Mayborn had been In the service about a year and in France approximately a week. He attended school at Dlllartl. Eddie Mayborn is survived by his father, Eugene Mayborn of Diiiard; his grandmother. Mrs. Mayborn, Texas, and Lloyd May. M. Mayborn; two brothers, Geo. born of Roseburg; two sisters, Evelyn Mavbarn, twin of the de ceased, of Diiiard and Lura May born of Roseburg. He is the repfi ew of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blfjk;r of Rosetuiri', "Vote For" so-and-so is the familiar advertising top-line greeting the public eye these days. But for ail-stifficiwt brevU !y, the democrats rted on!y ?o publicise their presidential as pirant thus: "Vf Four."