ft w nnarxn lo1 Buy 'Em, Hold "Em War bonds for victory now, for security in the future. Shell out for a knockout. Lay 'cm away for a rainy day. Established 1873 China Recall Kai-Shek Held Responsible For Situation Chinese Leader Fails to Effect Reform Needed To Stem Jap Invaders WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (AP) China has been plunked head long into a new military and po litical crisis by the recall of Gen eral Joseph W. Stilwell to Wash ington. Information reaching here in dicates that decisions which must be made in Chungking in the next three to four weeks may well de termine the fate of the Chinese war effort from now on. Among American officials there is hope, but little real confidence, that Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek will be able to put his mili tary and political affairs in order without further delay. High strategy of the war against Japan hangs on the out come. But this crisis has been months in the making, with a virtual breakdown in China al ways possible. The campaigns ahead closer (Continued on page fi) In the Day's News . By FRANK JENKINS THESE aire generally conceded to be the underlying sources of the strength of the Fourth Term: , The solid, politically frozen South. The incumbent vote (federal office-holders and their voting de pendents). N The personal - interest (it's money in MY pocket)' vote. f MERE is a disturbing thought: 111 These will be the underly ing sources of the strength of a possible fifth, term, a sixth term, and so on. Except perhaps in the case of the South, these forces will GROW in strength as time passes.) THESE issues (solid South, in cumbency, personal interest) are DOMESTIC issues. It is prob able that the minds of most of those who are influenced by them are MADE UP, and will NOT be changed. It is quite likely that the minds of ALL VOTERS who will be influenced by domestic issues are so fully made up that there will be little change from here on out. If there remains in America any considerable body of inde pendent voters who can still be (Continued on page 2) Revision of Text of Dewey's Talk on Fair Employment Practices Board Produces "Hot Potato" in Campaign (By the Associated Press) A revision in the original text of republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey's Seattle speech, In which he mentioned the Fair Employment Practices committee, became a topic in the political campaign today. Speaking in Chicago yesterday, Vice President Wallace charged Dewev with "double talk" on the question. He said that full texts of Dewey's speech, as printed in the Menihis. 'lenn., rressscimi tnr and in the St. Petersbure, Fla.. Times, showed that Dewev had listed the FEPC as one bu reau which had "smothered our labor relations." Both newspapers said that their front page news stories of Dew ev's speech carried the gover nor's statement urging perma nent establishment of the FEPC. Wallace said the speech, as printed In Chicaeo, New York and St. Louis, ouoted Dewey as savin" "we shall establish the Fair Employment Practices com mlttee as a permanent function authorized by law." Reaponsibility Disclaimed Paul Loekwood, secretary 1" Dewev. replied in Albanv that "Mr. Wallace is a little balmier than usual." wnat uovernor Dewev said on the radio was: We shall estab Pluvial into Crisis tiy of U. SPECIAL NOTICE Special de livery mail rates go up Nov. I from 10 to 13 cents on letters and first-class mail weighing not more than two pounds. The fee on other than first-class matter weighing from two to 10 pounds goes up from 15 to 17 cents so don't get caught with your postage down. led Bombers Lash Reich Cities LONPON, Oct 30 - (AP) More tlian 800 U. S. bombers at tacked Hamm, Munster and the twin port cities of Hamburg-Har- Dur today. Germany's largest freight yards are at Hamm ana the tnira larg est serving the western front are at Munster. Hamburg area targets were oil refineries and processing plants. The Fortresses and Liberators were out-numbered by 950 escort ing fighters, many of which veer ed off on transport-hunting mis sions of their own. The three-pronged daylight at tack followed another sharp at tack on Berlin by RAF Mosqui tos last night. The fast little Mosquitos also roamed far and wide over Ger many, shooting up trains and road targets. Sweeping the areas from Peenemunde to Dresden and Stuttgart to Frankfurt,, they knocked out at least 14 trains and left several others burning. From more than a dozen oper ations by American and British planes over the weekend, begin ning with a double attack on Ber lin, fewer than 15 bombers and fighters are missing. Ex-Oregon Legislator Dies on His Birthday PORTLAND, Oct. 30 (AP) Charles C. Bradley, Multnomah county commissioner and former member of the Oregon state leg islature, died yesterday, his 66th birthday. He was proprietor of a Portland hat store. lish the FEPC as a permanent function authorized by law,' " Loekwood said. "This is exactly what the republican platform pledges, while the democratic party platform did not dare to mention the subject. Mr. Wallace can hardly hold any republican responsible for what is prir.'.ed in Florida newspapers." Reporters who accompanied Dewey recalled that the original text issued by James C. Hagerty, the governor's execulive assist ant, included the FEPC among criticized agencies. Later, Hager tv asked that the text be correct ed to eliminate the FEPC from the list and Insert the statement urging permanent establishment of the agency. G. O. P. "Trick" Charqed The St. Petersburg Times com mented today that the "FEPC is a political hot potato. Negroes and foreign-born voters In north- (Continued on page 6J, , lO CENTS I MO IT'S Wft SPECIAL J 3 CENTS PEUVfBY BEGINNING 3 , jgd? TOPAY,T1US 3u Jm REGULAR ROSEBURG. WGemeirat Stilwell Holland Nazis Slashed Into Reeling Units LONDON, Oct. 30. (AP) Allied troops entered Roosen daal, last link In the German stronghold below the Maas, tonight. LONDON, Oct. 30. (AP) The German stand in the southwest ern lowlands had been cut into four dwindling pockets today and German forces below the Maas river were disintegrating under a concentrated air attack and the drive of allied armies racing to the Moerdijk escape bridge only six miles away. The four pockets were below the Maas where the chief resist ance center of Breda had been taken; on Beveland island; on flooded Walcheren island, vir tually cut off by a Canadian drive to within 3,000 yards of the cause way connecting with Beveland; and a tiny six-mile long, four mile wide corner of Belgium south of the Schelde. The drive across flooded low lands, laced by canals and dikes, in the campaign to clear the Schelde approaches to the allied harbor of Antwerp, was gaining momentum and approaching a conclusion after some of the most (Continued on page fi) Nazi Escape Route In Hungary Sealed LONDON, Oct. 30 (AP) The last rail escape route for Ger mans in northeastern Hungary was blocked by the Russians to day with capture of Csap (Cop) on the uope'r Tisza river, while to the north Berlin reported further Russian gains in the liquidation of an estimated 100.000 nazis pin ned against the Baltic sea. Csap. junction of four rail lines at the southwestern edge of lib erated Ruthenia, was occupied yesterdav by Russian troops who fought their way 50 miles across mountainous eastern Czechoslo vakia, Moscow announced. A midnight bulletin said the Russians seized the town afler a day of street fighting during which hundreds of Germans were killed. A Berlin announcement said so viet troops in western Latvia had captured Auce, communications center 70 miles east of Leipaja, a Baltic port. The Moscow communique did not confirm the Berlin reports on the Latvia offensive, nor did it mention the East Prussian front, where heavy fighting has been raging alon the Kaunas Konigsberg highway. Nearly $3 Million Oregon Revenues Distributed SALEM. Ore. Oct. 30 (AP) The state department distributed S2.979.975 last week to counties, cities and to state units. Secre tary of State Farroll said todav. Counties received $2,780,329, cities $61,645, and $138,000 went into the state public assistance fund. The funds came from these sources: Income taxes for school support, $2,500,000; amusement tax, 3B3U,UUJ; liquor revenues $55,619: liquor permit tees. $29.- 456 racing funds, $104,899. Liquor Sale Hours for Servicemen Extended PORTLAND. Oct. 30 (API- Oregon's liquor stores will sell to servicemen from 12 noon to 8 p. m. under a liquor control commis sion nib extending the previous open hours. The commission also ruled that servicemen not on duty may pur phase beer from 10 a. m. until midnight, and consume liquor on licensed premises between 4 p. m. and midnight. The changes were made afler clarification of army and navy rulings, extending hr.urs when personnel may buy liquor.'- Former OSC Athlete Is Killed in France HILLKBORO, Ore.. Oct. 30 (AP) The parents of Staff Ser geant Robert Nell Sutherland, former Oregon State college foot ball and basketball player, have bcn notified of his death. Sgt. Sutherland was killed In France, Sept, 16. OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1 944 One Prune Grower Bags,! Bear, Another Sprints 500 Yards for Gun, Downs Deer By the Associated Press) "' -The weekend uncovered the usual quota of hunting anecdotes. At LaGrande, Archie McNeil found his prunes rapidly disap pearing from the trees, set a trap. Next morning he collected a brown bear that dressed out 350 pounds. Hunters at Dallas moved out into the mountains, came back empty handed. Then one of them, Oscar Loewen, was circling through his prune orchard on the hunt lor pneasant wnen tie soot ted a deer. He dropped his shot1 gun, sprinted 500 yards to his house lor a legal rme, ana arop ned the three-point buck. Down in the Coos bav area, duck hunters complain bitterly of the worst snooting tney ve- seen for seasons. Reason? The weath er's been too good lack of rain so depleted the sand hills lakes that the ducks Just went right by. Big Farms May Be Cut up For Vets PORTLAND, Oet. 30 (AP) A possibility that America's large land-holdings would be broken up to provide farms for war veter ans was mentioned here by the associate administrator of the farm security administration. R. W. Hudgens told interview ers that the west's shrunken fron tiers would leave some 250,000 agricultural - minded servicemen without available farms. ,- , " "Th3 slogan 'go , west young man' was alright a generation ago," he said. "But migrations of pioneers, dust bowi .refugees and war workers have used up the good land of this section "We are getting 50 letters a day from veterans wanting land. .There simply isn't going .to be enough to go around." , The Washington, D. C, man Cit ed large ranches as the only re maining source. "It is possible," he said, "that the strong demand among veterans might tend to operate toward eventual dividing of large holdings into family-size farms." . , 3 Jap Prisoners Killed In Mutiny at Denver . DENVER. Oct. 30 (API- Three Japanese naval prisoners, who more than two months ago failed in a hari-Kiri attempt, were shot and killed at Fitzsimmons general hospital last night when they rushed the guards in a mu tiny. A guard is being held in tech nical detention for investigation. The three Japanese were cap tured in the South Pacific. Two slashed themeslves last August across the abdomen and the third inflicted a cut on his head, but the suicide attempt failed when guards found 'them in time and they were treated by physicians. All three were tuberculosis pa tients. Portland Pastor Named Foursquare Church Head PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 30 (AP) Pastor of the church of the Foursquare gospel here for 16 years, Dr. Harold Wesley Jef fries has announced his succes sion to the late Aimee Semple McPherson as pastor of Angelus temple in Los Angeles. Appointed by. Rolf McPherson, son of the famous evangelist and president of the Foursquare cor poration, Dr. Jeffries will assume the pastorate Dec. 1. , Oregon Voter Registration Shows Democratic Loss Since 1940 Much Heavier Than That of Republicans SALEM, Ore., Oct. 30. (AP) A total of 602,013 persons will be eh'glble to vote in the November general election, Including 302, 805 republicans and 284,816 democrats, the State department an nounced today in disclosing official registration figures. The total registration Is 11.415 less than the record total of 613,- 428 In the 1940 presidential elec tion. Since then, the democrats have lost 14,707, while" the repub licans nave lost only 2469. The totals, however, do not In clude some members of the arm prt foroM. as several countv clerks did not Include the soldiers' ballot applications in their figures. A total of 41,000 soldiers' ballot have been reauestod. nlus 2500 federal war ballots which have been received. Republicans made gMn In Clat sop, Crook, Lone. Multnomah, UroalUla and Washington coun ... 4 -A. ' ," .A . .. . . Overturning Tractor Kills Child, Aged 8 Loren Calvin Parry, 8, was in stantly killed Saturday afternoon when. a tractor driven by his grandfather, John Parry, over turned in a drainage ditch at the Parry farm in the Melrose dis trict. Other members ol a group of six riding the tractor and cul tivator sullered minor injuries. 5 The machines were being taken tp the back section of the farm to be used in constructing a fire stop. Included in the group were Mr. Perry and his three grand sons, Dale, 13, Loren, 8, and Ron ald, 5, together with a neighbor, Milford L. Jones and the latter's son, Lavern, 17. Loose Soli Causes Upset As the tractor was approaching a drainage ditch, it struck loose soil, causing the bank to cave in, overturning the machine. Mr. Parry and Loren were pinned un eo the tractor, the child being crushed to death. Mr. Parry es caped with bruises, while others of the party were-only slightly hurt. '.An investigation was conducted by Coroner H. C. Stearns assisted by Sheriff Bud Carter. Loren was the son of John Lcs- ( Continued on page 6) Boy Strangled to Death Playing at Commandos LNEW YORK, Oct.-30 (AP) Deputy Chief Inspector- John J. O'Connor said today that a too realistic game of commandos led to the strangulation death of four-year-old William Drach yes terday. The boy was found by his fa ther, John Drach, a Bronx apEVt ment house superintendent bound and gagged in the dumb-waiter shaft of the building. Inspector u COnnor said an older brother, Robert, eight, tied William with a clothesline about the neck, secured his hands be hind his back, tied his feet and roped arms and legs together. Two handkerchiefs were wrapped around Williams' face. Cigarette Rationing To Soldiers Tightened PORTLAND, Oct. 30 (AP) One of the first examples of cig arette rationing among soldiers was disclosed here today. , The post exchange at Portland port of embarkation has cut sales to two packs a day per soldier and warns that the ration would be scantier except that some per sonnel can reach the PX only a few days a week. Reasons? To extend a limited supply, and to keep soldiers from stocking up and reselling to cigarette-less civilians. The PX allows one exception: Men about to embark for over seas duty can buy a carton. Turkey Processing Cost target of Complaint PORTLAND, Oct. 30 (AP) The OPA has been asked to change turkey regulations which Rep. Homer D. Angell claims will put cull birds on the market at prime prices. In a telegram to the agency, the Oregon republican charged that marketing rules were forc ing growers to pay up to $1 per bird for processing, In place of the customary 35 cents. ties. The democrats gained In Clatsop, Columbia, Crook, Mult nomah and Washington counties. Registration for other parties includes: Independents 2786, so cialists 420, prohibitionists 482, and miscellaneous 10,704. The miscellaneous figure Includes sol diers whose party affiliations arc not known. Only 11 of the 36 counties have democratic majorities. They are Baker, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson, iflamath. Union and Wallowa. Mk ..? t. V ; jr NEMESIS OF JAPS RESCUED Major lliff D. Richardson (left), 26, of Maywood, Calif., former PT boat officer, who missed the last plane for Australia by three days, led guerrillas in the Philip pines for 2 years, harrassing the Japs and helping to kill or wound 800 of them. Tearfully glad to hear of his rescue by U. S. invasion forces is his mother, Mrs. Velma Richardson (right), holding the message informing her of his safety. F. D R. Dates Filial Talk At Boston; Dewey Slates Swing Into NeW England (By the Associated Press) ' Optimism In the fourth term camp was voiced by the White House today with a hint that President Roosevelt will make only one more major campaign Bpeech-rr-at Boston, probably Saturday ' night. , - ' Presidential Secretary Stephen Early reported.. Mr.,. Roosevelt "feeling fine" after, his 2,000-mile; Access Road Job Three suits for condemnation of property required for the ex tension of Second Avenue South as a part of the Roseburg-Rock Creek access road project, were filed In circuit court today by the state highway commisslori. De fendants are Leona Creason Koff, Gertrude Rast and other mem bers of the Rast estate, and Mr. and Mrs. L. V, Hammock. ' Two other tracts, one belong ing to the Schloeman estate and the other to A. J. Young, former mayor ot tiosenurg, are involved, but settlements are expected without court action, It was re ported. The Rast property can not . be acquired without going through court, because of the fact that Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Kidder, two of the defendants, are civil ian prisoners of war In Manila. The suits are being filed by the state highway commission at tne request of the city of Rose burg as the state law permits the state to enter upon property for construction work as soon as the suits are entered in court, while final action by the courts would oe required in the event the liti gation was conducted by the city. The city of Roseburg has con tracted with the state to pay set tlements, damages and court costs. Azalea Resident Faces Theft, Assault Charges . James Clarence Brown, 54, res ident of Azalea, was in custody today while officers investigated charges filed by Mrs. .Sarah Nei derheiser alleging automobile theft, threat to commit a felony and assault and bettery. The woman told officers, Sergeant Paul Morgan of the state police reported, that Brown, following an argument, became abusive and took an automobile by force. New Hybrid Cantaloupe Born of Five-Year Job MONMOUTH, Ore., Oct. 30. (AP) A new hybrid cantaloupe, which averages three pounds from dry soil and six pounds from Irrigat ed land, has been developed hens after five years' work. The melon, grown by Aaron Pike, Is a combination of Spear and Hearts of Gold types, and has tweet, very thick, firm flesh. Turkey Crop Halved HOOD RIVER, Ore., Oct. 30 (AP) The Wasco county agent predicted a 12,000 to 15,000 tur key crop of half of normal and blamed the drop partly on diffi culty in obtaining feed. No. 44-169 trip through seven states, jiojicltfik ed yesterday. Governor Dewey has three full- fledged speaking engagements on his calendar for the final week of the campaign.'the first at Buf falo, N. Y., tomorrow night at 6 p. m. PWT over NBC. He is to speak In Boston Wednesday night, reserving his own last-Saturday night before the - elec tion spot for Madison Square gar den in New York. 1 Traveling from Buffalo to Bos ton, Dewey will make stops at ruisiieia, opringneia ana Wor cester, Mass. He may spend WASHINGTON, O, C, Oct. 30. (AP) State officials estimate that more than. 44,000,000 persons will vote In the election a week from tomorrow. The total vote estimate of 44,000,000 plus, which Inoludes 3,392,000 service men and women, was compiled by the Associated Press from state officers, who did their figuring on the basis of in- oompl'jte registrations and esti mates of otherwise qualified vot ers. It compares with the actual total of 49,815,312 In 1940. ' Thursday In Connecticut and Fri day In New Jersey. President Chides Foes . In a three-day spurt of elec tioneering President Roosevelt visited seven states and delivered two major speeches to huge. shouting out-door audiences in Philadelphia and Chicago. He appeared in Delaware. New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, (Continued on page 6) Game Law Violators Pay Fines of $200 Fines of $200 each were paid into the Roseburg Justice court today by Deibert Oden and Frank uuver, tne lormer or Myrtle Creek and the latter of Roseburg, who pleaded guilty, Judge Thom as C. Hartflel reported, la killing a spike buck. The two men, the Judge stated, previously had kill ed the one buck deer allowed them by law and the deer found In their possession at the time of their arrest was not only under the forked horn minimum of the slate law but also was in viola tion of the bag limit. The court also ordered confiscation of their guns. 3-Way Collision Kills 1 Woman, Hurts Second VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 30 (AP) A triple collision of a car and two buses killed Mrs. Gerald Lamb, 30, Vancouver, and left Mrs. Darrell Evans, Vancou ver, in a critical condition today. uotn women were passengers In a car driven bv Gerald Lamb. The collision occurred yesterday. 'Hoppen' Toll Costly LAGRANDE. Ore., Oct. 30 (AP) Union countv farmers and ranchers lost $136,250 during the past year through grasshopper litfcstaUon ol 157,000 acres. Naval Battle Toll Raised to 58 Jap Ships 1,500,000 Filipinos Thus Far Liberated by Forces Of General MaeArthur . (By the Associated Press) Fresh from sinking or dam aging 58 Japanese warships in the createst naval vlctorv of tha Pacific war, American task forces are hurling hundreds of can-inn planes across Luzon island ut Manila from waters scarcely 100 miles away, Tokyo radio reported) todav. The U. S. carriers were said to) be operating several hundred! miles northwest of Leyte and Samar Islands where Gen. Mac Arthur has liberated 1,500,000 Filipinos In a land-consuming ad vance that outstripped Japanese gains in China.. The box score on the second naval battle of the Philippines announced by Adm. Nimltz show cd 24 Jaoaneso warships sunk, Including four carriers, two bat. tleshios and nine cruisers; 13 probably sunk, and 21 'damaged U. S. Lost Six Warships This unprecedented victory, scored in last week's three prong ed naval battle, cost the U. S. Third and Seventh fleets six war ships, including "considerable casualties" on five that went down In the battle of Surlgao strait off the southern end of Levte. In the air the Japanese lost 171 planes. Ten U. S. aircraft were shot down, carrying with them 18 airmen. Possibly only two Japanese ships escaped undamaged by the merciless fire of American war' ships, planes and submarines. Nippon's losses, totaling 500,000 tons, exceeded the combined war-, ship toll taken in the four great est previous naval battles of the . Pacific war. No modern fleet has been so badly mauled In a single engagement. How Japs Were Trapped American submarines spotted and attacked 28 or 29 warships headed toward the Philippines from Singapore. Carrier and land based planes bombed and strafed them as they split into two flo tillas and threaded through nar row Philippines straits and into . n double, trap in the eastern. Philippines. '" . . .. :, Another force, nearlv as large, soeodiho; .down from Japan: was dotectiwv -bv. ,; h scouting plane. tummjsi - carrier iorces, raced" north to Intercept, caught (Continued on page fi) Bong, Top Air Ace, Runs String of Jap Planes to 33 LEYTE AIRFIELD. Philippines. Oct. 29 (delayed) (AP) A'Jap- anese plane destroyed Itself while trying to escnpe the deadly guns of Richard I. Bong, helping Amer- lca s top ranking lignter ace to run his string of victories to 33 the last trio bagged during his first 22 hours in the Philippines. The Poplar, Wis., pilot shot down his 31st less than throe hours after he landed. He pot his 32nd this mornlnff without firing a shot and his 33rd a lew minutes later. Bong roared down Leyte field and Into the air Just as three Jap anese fighter-bombers swept to ward this airbase. He threw his Lightning Into a steep climb and went after the last Japanese plane, which hadn't yet dropped its bomb. Jockeying to get out of the way of Bong's guns, the Japanese pi lot pulled into a climb and at the same time Jettisoned his bomb to gain more speed. The bomb struck the tall of the Nipponese plane, and tore it off without ex ploding. The tailless plane crashed Into the water. Turning to one of the othef two, Bong picked It up after an other Lightning pilot had missed a pass. After a vicious dogfight Bong sent the Jap plane aflama into the sea onlv after one of thrt two engines on his own Lightning nnd. neen snot out, forcing mm. to come In on one engine for thu first time in many combat mis sions. : Cigarette Machine Pays $3,260 for Overcharges PORTLAND. Oct. 30 (AP). A cigarette vending machine at Klamath Falls which sold 54.320 packages at 20 cents each result-' ed In the payment of $3260 to the U. . treasury, the OPA said to day. The money settled OPA treb- le damage claim for overcharges. entered ugalnst the Klamath Vending company, Klamath FnlN. Lvly pact Rant Bj t, f. KMirasuta The sollt hfttwaen finnAvnl Stilwell and Chiang Kai-Shek, resultina In recall nf hn to Washington, Isn't quit clear ro rne average American, but it may have been caused by ri fusal of Chlana to dellvar Stll. well's, laundry without a ticket.