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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
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6th drive. Steady, continuous
buying of bonds means Jess on the
national quota when the next call
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."