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Bastion City
Also Widened
Nazis Said Evacuating
Metz; Yankees Penetrate
Thionville, Foe States
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for a knockout. Lay 'em away
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Yanks Closing
(Dn Japs at Oirmmoc
j Heights Taken
I Give Artillery
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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-
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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).
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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 . , ., , . '
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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
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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.
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