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Ml GA rancrirzi Fill i fie Wedges Near Bastion City Also Widened Nazis Said Evacuating Metz; Yankees Penetrate Thionville, Foe States Buy 'Em, Hold 'Em War bonds for victory now, for lecurlty In the future. Shell out for a knockout. Lay 'em away for a rainy day. , - Established 1873 Yanks Closing (Dn Japs at Oirmmoc j Heights Taken I Give Artillery 2-Vay Sweep I Three-Dav Blastina of m J Convoys Stops Efforts Of Foe to Reinforce (By the Associated Press) American infantrymen closing In (ram three directions on flam ing Ormoc inched through treach rrous ravines and mountain heights of Leyte island today against well-equipped Japanese as enemy planes renewed strong attacks on U. S. shipping in the Philippines. No further attempt to rein force the estimated 45,000 Nip ponese soldiers on western Leyte were reported after 13 destroyers, seven transports. 29 planes and an estimated 10,000 men were lost in three successive days aft er convoys in Ormoc bav. Persistently attacking Japanese rircraft scored direct hits on two American ships in San Pedro bav on the other side of the island. Tokyo claimed two transports were sunk and seven damaged by suicide pilots. One broadcast as- (Continued nn page 4) In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS ' T HERE are hints from Hie western front as this is writ ten that the long-expected "some thing big" may be getting under way. GENERAL PATTON'S Third J army, which smashed the Ger man defense ring In Normandy and raced through France at record speed, Is up to something around Metz. He has been hitting there for three days, and the correspondents are beginning to refer to his operations as a "full blown offensive." He is attacking both north and south of the great fortress city that guards this central gate to western Germany. He has made considerable progress In spite of determined German counter at tacks. FOR several days our planes in great numbers have been smashing at the German lines and at ra'l and road centers in the rear. They are reported to have "virtually sealed off" the front from its rear communica tions. That is the usual prclimln- i Continued on page 2) Hubert Zemke, "Fiqhtinqest" Ycnk Pita CennrsrtciRder in By Nazis, Missing in Action, Report A UNITED STATES FIGHTER BASE, England, Nov. 13 (AP) Col. Hubert Zemke of Missoula, Mont., known as the "fightingest" American fighter pilot commander in Europe, is missing in action, it was announced today. 5 The boyish-looking 31-year-old colonel, who turned down desk jr.bs and possible promotion to general to keep on flying, was shot down inside Germany Oct. u while leading lus Lightning Mustang lighter group on a bomber escort mission. Zer.ikc was leading American fighter pilots over here at that time. With 28 planes destroyed 22 in the air and six on the grounJ. Three days later Maj. George E. Preddv, Greensboro, N. C. ran his total to 29i 23 in the aiv and six on the ground. Zomke's men inherited the col end's fighting spirit. At one time there were 30 aces in a Thunder bolt group he commanded a p.roup the Germans admittedly feared even when their air force v.as toughest. Nazi broadcasts de nounced the group of "Zemke's murderers." One of Zemke's top proteges was Lt. Col. Francis S. Gabeski of Oil City. Pa., who was shot down after baeging 31 German planes. CiS in the air) and is now a prisoner of war in Germany. Others were Capt. Bob Johnson of Lawton, Okla., who was the leading American ace In Europe when he relumed to the United States, and Maj. Walker Mahur- iaMiiiitiitiiiniiiiiirfii-iifiiiii'iii i ii i Mfm- mnfi nlft ii mini ;r I , BONG GREETS HIS BOSS Maj. Richard Bong (left), Poplar, Wis'.,' P-38 fighter pilot and America's outstanding ace, is greet ed by Gen. Douglas ,MaeArthur after1. he brought hi' fighter squadron to the Philippines.' Shortly after this photo was taken, Bong got two more Japs one without tiring a shot to boost his total to 33. Photo by Frank Prist, Jr., NEA-Acme photographer for War Picture pool. Discarded Timber Land Turned Into Revenue ' EUGENE. Ore.. Nov. 13 (AP) Two Lane county lumbermen are developing a good business from the odds and ends of timber on land that everyone else consid ers used up. Nels Ohrling and Darrell Brown sent out a five-man portable mill and a two-man logging crew into 1800 logged-over acres. All timber discarded by previous operators as too small goes tnrougn tno traveling mill. Throughout the season, the mill has averaged 15,000 board feet dailv, and occasionally comes up to 18,000 feet. Three Die in Crash Of Canadian Flying Boat VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 13 --CP Three airmen were kill ed and five seriously injured when a Royal Canadian air force flying boat crashed last night while landing at a Patricia bay air station near Victcria, B. C, western air command announced today. Eurone. Feared. in Fort Wayne, Ind., first Ameri can fighter pilot to get 20 plan es, who was forced to bail out over German-occupied France be fore the invasion but who es caped. Fighting Was His Passion For' Zemke, one of the first American aces in the European theater, being shot down was the only way to keep him on the ground. Flying and fighting were his passion. He was a member of the American army air corps in peacetime. And he loved a good scrap ever since he was a gold en gloves champion at the Uni versity of Montana. In the air. he often said, "To let a hun get away is a criminal offense: It's a worse blunder than petting shot up yourself. The only way to shoot down German plan es is to -get in close and shoot them down." Before the United States went to war Zemke was sent to Russia in 1941 to teach red army pilots how to fly Tomahawks. The Rus sians made such an Impression on him he called his plane "Moy To varich." (My comrade). - - - 3, Q Kippf Boy Rescued After Imprisonment for 8 Days in Trailer LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 13 (AP) A nine-year-old boy was recuperating in a hospital today after his release yesterday from a 12-inch-wide tool compartment of an abandoned automobile trail er in which he had been impris oned eight days. The boy, David Bourbannais, was suffering from exposure, hunger and shock and his weight had been reduced from 70 pounds to approximately 35 pounds. How ever a navy-physician reported that considering the experience his condition was surprisingly good. A. B. Pearson, a juvenile offi cer, said David related that a "big boy," whose name the vic tim did not know, slammed the dcor of the tool compartment shut on him last Nov. 5. David said he had climbed inside to re trieve a jacket which he said the other boy had thrown in after an argument. "I slept most of the time," Da vid, who had been the object of a city-wide search, told officers. "And when I'd hear someone walking by, I'd pound and kick the door, hoping they'd hear me. None of them did until that man found me this morning (Sun day)." The younster's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bourbonnais, reported their son missing seven days ago. They live in a navy housing proj ect which is only a few blocks from the U. S. navy drydock trail er camp where the boy was found. The elder Bourbonnais is a cox swain third class In the navy, and a veteran of Tarawa. Bomber With 1 1 Aboard Lost in Canadian Area VANCOUVER, B. C. Nov. 13 (CP) Western air command an nounced today that an aerial search is continuing along the in ternational border In southwest ern British Columbia for a Liber ator bomber missing since early rrlday from its base at Abbots ford. B. C. The bomber carried an 11-man crew, all members of the Royal air force. Junior Class Wins First Place in Paper Gather The junior class was reported today to have won first place In the waste paper salvage drive Frldav, having collections total ling 38.000 pounds. The senior class was in second place with 32,000 pounds. The losers will be required to sponsor an assembly program. SEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1 3, 1 944 New Seizures Tighten Ring On Budapest LONDON, Nov. 13 (AP) The red armv. already In the south ern outskirts of Budapest, Increas ed its pressure on tne besiegeg Danube river capital today with the capture of Monor, 14 miles to the southeast, and the seizure of enemy positions within 30 miles to the east. The fall of. Monor, sweDt the Germans from nearly all of the 50-mile Budapest-SznoV nok trunk railway. ; . Dlsnntehes from Moscow said todnv that furious countomttaekjt bv German and Hungarian troops failed to dislodge soviet spear heads from their positions in the southern suburbs of Budapest. Mcamvhile a communique from Marshal Tito's headquarters said his trooos were storming Skoo lie. a cltv of 65,000 In southern Yugoslavia on the Belgrade- Athens railway, and an important German position protecting the southern corridor through which some of the 100,000 enemv troops threatened with entrapment have heen fleeing from the southern Balkans. To Block Nazi Retreat ' Both Berlin broadcasts and the Tito bulletin asserted that large numbers of Russian trooos were surging across the Danube river near Apatin in nonncn Jugo slavia, moving westward o flank the Hungarian capital and aI-o to head off the German retreat from the south. 1 The Russians announced that thev killed 800 enemv troops and seized Mczokovesd, 65 miles north east of Budapest. With its cap ture the red army gained firm control of a 25-mlle section of that main axis artery connecting (Continued on page 4) Eugene Osteopath Pays $200 Fine on Charge of Assault A fine of S200 was paid Into the circuit court today bv. Edwin D. Rathbone, Eugene osteopatn, who nleaded guilty before Judge Carl E. Wimberly, to a charge of as sault while armed with a danger ous weapon. Rthbone pleaded to an indict ment returned by the grand 1ury, which. District Attorney H. A. Canady told the court, was advis ed that the Eugene doctor and a party of friends appeared at the George W. Williams service sta tion at Yoncalla at closing time and requested that he repair a damaged automobile lire. When he refused to do the job after reg ular hours, Rathbone was alleged to have drawn a gun from the car and to have threatened Wil liams unless he made the repairs at once. Mrs. Williams, the dis trict attorney said, crept up be hind Rathbone and struck down the gun, which was exploded, fir ing a shot through the service station roof. Rathbone told the court that the party had just returned from a deer hunting trip and that they had a few drinks of beer prior to the incident. He said he was un able to explain his action, which he deeply regretted. Wagoner Given More Time Walter L. Wagoner, indicted on a charge of contributing to the de linquency of a minor, was ar raigned but requested and was granted additional time In which to enter his plea. The regular November term of court was convened today by Judge Wimberly, but call for the jury was postponed until Wednes day as the two civil cases set for Monday and Tuesday were set tled. Two cases remain on the docket for trial at this term, but there was a possibility, It was stated, they would be settled, in which case the Jury will not be called to serve. Injuries Kill 2 Grid Players, 3rd Badly Hurt NEW YORK. Nov. 13 (API Two football players died of In juries and a third still is in se rious condition following the sport's most tragic weekend since the rules were revised In the ln trest of player-safety a decade and a half ago. Allen Shafcr, 17-year-old Uni versity of Wisconsin quarterback, died an hour after suffering In ternal Infuries in the last half of the Badger-Iowa game at Madi son, Wis. Lloyd Motes, 17-year-old senior at Landier high of Macon, Ga., died Sunday of a fractured ver tebrae in his neck, suffered when throwing a block In a game Fri day night.. I Bob Hcllinghausen, 20-year-old center on the Tulsa university team, underwent an operation for the removal of a lacerate J spleen j'.- teif cy.- He was inur : In the iMTie with Southwestern of Tex ?,i Saturday. Home Folk Not Giving linough Blood for Gl's, : Army Newspaper States PARIS, Nov. 13 (AP) The prmy newspaper Stars and Strip es In an editorial today declared "there just Isn't enough blood being given by the fclks back home" for the bloodbank In the European theater of operations. 1 Under the editorial headline "it takes blood to win a war," appear ed a picture of British girls do nating blood with the caption: ''Slack this against what medical headquarters reports about blood shipments from the United States to the ETO." I The editorial went on to say (hat medics have a quota of five points of blood for every GI in combat and thus far they have been able to store up only two pints for every man in action, i "For the lack of that blood some suffering GI many suffer ing Gl's will die," the editorial slated. I "Strangely enough blood do nations in the states rise when the war news is bad and fall when it gets good," lt continued. "But when the war news is good is when the blood is needed, be cause it takes blood lots of blood to make It good." The editorial concluded "all honor to these patriotic British girls," adding "American patriots please copy." Nazi Battleship Tirpitz Destroyed LONDON, Nov. 13 (AP) - -It was officially announced j tonight that the 41,000-ton ' German battleship Tirpitz f had been- sunk after being i bombed Sunday for the sec- - ond time In two weeks by British planes. -: The superdreadnaught, bad ly damaged from the previ ous attack, was finally sent to the - bottom by 12,000 pound bombs in Tromso .yford, off the northern, coast;", of Norway. ' ' ' ' Its destruction' - Removed . the most serious irrtanape jib the allies northern supply route -,, . I . , ., , . ' .T--T 4 :) i I Auto Bandits Take Even , Shoes of Their Victim PORTLAND, Nov.' 13-UaP) Floyd R. McQuinn, I.ueene, told city police here Suturday night that he had been slugged and l obbed by two men In soldiers un iforms who stole his car, his watch. $85 and his shoes. Walking barefooted into the po lice station, McQuinn said he was driving from Eucene to Salem when he picked up the pair. In Portland, he reported, they put him out of the car at S. E. Grand avenue and Morrison street. New Polio Cases Appear PORTLAND, Nov. 13 (API Six new cases of infantile paraly sis were reported here last week, bringing the year's total to 91, the city health bureau said. Nineteen deaths this year were due to polio, compared with five for the same 1943 period. Hitler Reported Under Care of Four Doctors as Gestapo Jackal Mouths Phony Proclamation to Herrenvolk LONDON, Nov. 13. (AP) A report was received in London today from a person whose information usually is reliable that Hitler 'was under the care of four doctors last week and that his strange proclamation of yesterday commemorating the Munich beer cellar putsch may have been written by somebody else. Among the doctors named was Professor Sauerbruch, one of Germany's most prominent sur geons. Sauerbruch operated on Hitler fibout eight years ago for what he called a non-malignant growth In the fuehrer's throat. A person close to German affairs said Sau erbruch at one time, and possibly even today, was known amoni; his Intimates as strongly antl nazl. He expressed surprise that the surgeon had been called in. Old Stuff Detected The same source said he had snotted six passages In Hitler's "fight to the death" proclamation yesterday that had been taken from the fuehrer's book, Meln Kampf, and others that clearly came from some of his old speeches. He expressed belief that the proclamation had been writ ten bv someone other than the man who gave the excuse that he was "too busy" to come to the microphone. The proclamation yesterday was read bv Heinrich Himmler, gestnno chief. Official British sources, howev er, which have alwavs been cau tious about commenting on Hitler rumors In the past, averted flat ly that the proclamation had a "phony ring." The most widely accepted be lief here was that the proclama tion, which carried the solemn overtones of a last ditch appeal, was-a ghost-written effort bv Himmler and Dr. Paul Joseph Security Tax Fight Shaping In Congress WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (AP) The eve of the convening of the final session of the 78th congress found a sharp fight shaping up today over "freezing" of, social security taxes. Unless congress intervenes, the payroll tux on both employes and employers automatically Increas es from one per cent to two per cent on Jan. 1. Legislation to retain the tax at its present level, as was done last year, is pending before the house ways and means committee, and is being pushed also in the senate by Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.) Because of administration op position, the legislation, as such, has llltlo chunce of becoming law unless tacked onto some other bill in the form of a rider. A pres idential veto would be less prob able If the "froze" were effected in legislation otherwise desired by the administration. It might be added to a pending appropriation bill, or to legisla tion extending miscellaneous war powers of the president which ex pire on Dec. 31. The social security tax proposal is the standout item on the dock et facing the legislators when they convene at noon tomorrow for a session expected to last un til mid-December. Highway Bill Included Other mutters awaiting con gressional action include: A postwar highway construc tion program Involving the ex peiHlilure of $1,475,230,000 of fed eral funds. Renewal of the federal crop In surance program, to which both major politlca Iparties committed themselves in their platforms. A flood control and rivers and harbors improvement bill, which may - be sidetracked, because Di disagrdomenls in the- Kenate. Extension of the state; of llml- till ions applicable to prosecutions or courts-martial resulting Irom (Continued on page 4) Snow Shuts All Roads Entering Crater Lake MEDFORD, Nov. 13. (AP) All roads entering Crater Lake national park are closed for the winter today In the wake of a heavy snowstorm throughout the area. E. P. Leavltt, park superintend ent, reported 30 Inches of snow at park headquarters and about four feet on higher levels. Lieut. Robt. W. Dishman Awarded Flying Cross The first oak leaf cluster to the Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to First Lieutenant Robert W. Dishman, Roseburg, according to an announcement at Washington by the War depart ment. Lt. Dishman Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dishman, 457 Pltzer St., Roseburg. Goebbels to curb rumors within Germany of Hitler's serious ill ness or death. Dark Situation Admitted Employing the use of the first nerson, the Hitler manifesto re iterated the nazl bugbears on the menace of "international Jewry" and "Bolshevist barbarisms," and declared: "If In these time T spenk sel dom or little to the German peo ple, this Is due to trv being at work In order to fulfill the tasks entrusted to me. and which must be fulfilled In order to turn our fortunes." Those fortunes, the proclama tion tacitly admitted, had not heen going well for the Germans "since the Russian armicR broke throueh the Romanian front on the Don In Nov. 1942. since the subsequent disintegration of the Italian and Hungarian forma tions, with all the severe conse ouepces Involved for our strategy- ' " The proclamation appealed stronclv for fanatic nazl lovalty to Hitler, and while promising that Germany would triumph de snlte every obstacle declared: "We must bp willing to sacrifice life In order to preserve life." C.oebbels, In a speech to the VolksRturm. said the home guard was nrepared to send "up to 20" divisions to the front, If necessary ana that liermany would be de fended "house to house and street to .street." No. 44-180 '4 COMMANDS WESTERN SEA Adm. Royal E. Ingersoll, com mander in chief of the Atlantic fleet, has been appointed com mander of the western sea fron tier with headquarters in San Francisco. ; . : Donations Faulty Roseburg high school students failed to reach their goal of 100,- 000 pounds in their waste paper salvage drive- Friday, but loaded out more than 70.000 pounds,, Outer. J., Monger, ) Senior high school principal, reported -toduy. Several hundred pounds of paper, insecurely tied, or which was turned in lqose or in weak car tons, remained unshipped. It being stored in a warehouse and will he bundled prior to the next collection. The school, Monger states, has received cans xrom several rest donees from which collections were not made, but In nearly ev ery case it was learned that pa per was not put out for collection until alter tne 9 a, m. deadline, As facilities were lacking to re trace collection routes, lt was im possible to return to those places where contributions were set out at a later hour. Mr. Monger urg es that this paper be stored tem porarily, as it is quite probable another collection will bo under taken within a few weeks. He al so urged that residents endeavor to secure strong cartons and that loose papers be packed tightly into strong boxes. A great deal of difficulty was encountered by the students in nandiing paper pacK cd loosely Into weak boxes which collapsed when handled. Proceeds from the sale of Fri day's collection expected to nmount to from $450 to $500, will bo used to purchase uniforms for the school band. Portland Motorcycle Cop Killed by Auto Blow PORTLAND, Nov. 13 (AP) Police patrolman Keith Coakley, 30, was killed Saturday night when his motorcycle collided with a car operated by Harry J. Woods 20. Portland. Police said the car driven by Woods, who was not charged wilh Improper driving, made a left turn and was struck on the side by the motorcycle. The patrolman's father, Ray Coakley, Lebanon, survives. Pearl Harbour Name of New Wac; 6 of Kin Serve LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (AP) Pearl Harbour Is the name of a new Wac. Mrs. Pearl O. Harbour of North Hollywood, Calif., has joined up and Is the seventh member of her family to eptor the service of her country, the army has announced. Her son, Sgt. Ronald Harbour, Jr., fought on Saipnn and Is now In a rest camp. All five of her brothers are now In eombut areas. Roseburg Man Cited In Portland Auto Mishap PORTLAND. Nov. 13-(AP) Clarence O. Tlnslev, 31, Rose burg, was cited by Tinffic Patrol man R. T. Tennant on a charge of reckless driving after an auto mobile accident here yesterday that slightly Injured two persons. Iva Meyer and Mabel Amonil, both Portland, were hurt when their car was struck by that op erated by Tlnslcy, th patrolman said. (By the Associated Press) The first fort in the chain sys tem guarding Metz Fort Verny. 51 miles south of the French city fell to U. S. Third army troops today, along with four towns. The fort was taken by troops pushing northward toward Metz. while their comrades afoot and in armored vehicles broadened the wedges southeast of the city. Above Metz a new Moselle bridge head was expanded south of Thi onville, and Berlin said dough boys had penetrated into Thion ville. The last usable railroad from Metz to the Saar was threatened bv U. S. columns narrowing the corridor east of the city to as lit tle as 11 miles. Some German troops and equipment were re ported pulling out of Metz. From nine to 22 major forts, with many .smaller forts, ring Metz in the surrounding hills with mutually supporting fire. Verny apparently Is not one of , these major forts, although It is near Fort L'Aisne, one of the nine biggest In the chain. Foit Verny and the four captured towns are almost directly east of Fort Driant, one of the nine main fortifications on the west bank of the Moselle vhich the Ameri cans failed to take a month ago. One Reverse suffered The Americans farther .south punched through the forest of Bride and Koecking, - north of Dieuze, but the Germans, throw, ing In their strongest attack In this area since the start of the offensive, sent Lt. Gen. Patton's men back a mile. Here an American wedge by passed Dieuze and threatened the encirclement of Morhange. Farther south, allied forces thrust on within ?. mile of St. Die, and 33 miles from the Rhine. Supreme headquarters was silent on operations. In the Aachen sec tor of Germany, unci other front areas. In Italy, British Eighth army patrols crossed a canul and edg ed into a forest four miles below the Adriatic coastal city of Ra venna. Allied headquarters report ed some progress northwest of. i-orii, Dur no cni.nge in uinnr pu sltions along the front so stub bornly defended. , '. Yanks Raze Base ma Forced Out CHUNGKING, Nov. 13 (AP) The United Stutes air base at Lluchow has been destroyed and evacuated, Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wcdemeyer's headquarters an nounced today. The U. S. 14th air force struck on all fronts over the weekend, destroying a Japanese navy tend er 13 river steamers, 14 locomo tives and three rail bridges in French Indo China, an American communique said. Three radar sta tions were disabled at Yochow. The Japanese in Kwangsl prov ince, however, appeared on the verge of meeting from north and east to provide a continuous land route from Canton to Manchur ia. Chinese reports on the Japa nese drive In Kwangsi were grave. A Chinese communique said yesterday that the northerly en emy column had captured Liu clieng, 19 miles northwest of Liu chow on the railway leading to Kweichow province. At the same time another Jap anese force was reported to have seized Laipln, 45 miles south of Lluchow, and driven on 20 miles to the north. Still a third enemy column reached the outskirts ot Chienklang, 55 miles southwest o Lluchow on the highway leadin g to the old provincial capital o Yungnlng (Nanking). Kweilln capital of Kwangsl province and also a former U. S. air base site 95 miles north of Lluchow appeared lost. The Chi nese high command acknowledg ed that lt had not been in contact with the garrison by radio since Friday the day the Japanese re ported capture of the city. New Ceiling Ordered On Price of Fertilizer WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (AP) Fertilizer price changes an nounced by the OPA yesterday set an Oregon-Washington ceil ing for materials sold to manu facturers at $38 a ton In 100 pound bags, inclusive of a $7.21 freight charge for shipping from Utah production points. The OPA has just announced an incrt-ase in the calling prica en fertilizer. This Is probably due to a scarcity occasioned by a too-lavish use of the material during the recent election campaign. fty L, r. RjUrMteta
