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BStHA Ml IN 9m 11 nam 91 Buy 'Em, Hold 'Em War bonds for victory now, for security In the future. Shell out for a knockout. Lay 'em away for a rainy day. Established 1673 vst&s. v r -'"J 4 v I a? i i 1 i vLSfr &immsLiL 'r'- hi in in um i ROSEBURG FLIER DECORATED FOR VALOR Captain Robert R. Bonebrake, of Roseburg, P-47 Thunderbolt ffghter pilot, is pictured above having the coveted Distinguished Flying Cross pinned on his blouse by Brigadier General Murray C. Woodbury of Burlington, Vermont, commanding geenral of an Eighth air force fighter wing base in England. The flier is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bonebrake of Melrose. Capt. Bonebrake is credited with the destruction of three German aircraft while strafing enemy airdromes. He was previously awarded the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. Churchill Alters Prediction on End Of War Against Nazis; King George Promises More Power Against Japan LONDON, Nov. 29. (AP) Prime Minister Churchill warned today that the war against Germany might last longer than he had thought. He said his recent prediction of a possible end by "early fummer" might be revised by dropping the word "early." Churchill addressed parliament InlheDaysNews By FRANK JENKINS ANOTHER "sizable" force of B 29s takes off from Saipan and hits Tokyo. Vern Haugland, AP witness correspondent, says they provid ed display of POWER when they left, taking off from the mile-and-a-half-long runway at precise one minute intervals and roaring away toward Japan. His dispatch speaks of impressive resources in. STILL UNUSED B-29s. THE display of power that will impress and worry the Japs is the demonstrated fact that we can DO IT AGAIN IN FOUR DAYS. AT the same time, China-based B-29s hit Bangkok, in Thai land (Siam to you, unless your studies of geography have been quite recent). Bangkok is a big port on the Gulf of Siam (leading put of the South China sea). It is an important center on the long rail line that with one break (which the Japs are busy filling in) leads from Shanghai clear to Burma. The Japs say that B-29s also hit Hanoi, in French Indo-China another center on this railroad. (Continued on page 2) Myers' Majority Over Senator Davis 22,942 PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 29 (AP) Ren. Francis J. Myers, Philadelphia democrat, held a combined civilian and soldier vote maioritv of 22,942 over Senator James J. Davis, republican, today In the race for Davis' senate seat. Canada's Prime Minister Slated for Confidence Vote on Draft Question, But Troops Still in Mutinous Mood OTTAWA, Nov. 29. (AP) Canada's explosive conscription problem moved toward solution In Its purely parliamentary phases today but drafted troops In Pacific coast camps still were protesting against the government's new policy of sending some of them overseas. . . ... In parliament, after a week of one of the gravest crises in Cana da's modern history revolvinp around the traditional racial con flirt over conscription of troops for overseas dutv. Prime Ministpr King appeared to have won suf ficient supnort to give him a com fortable maioritv on a vote of confidence to be taken in the next few days. At Terrace, a town of onlv a few hundred civilian population 450 miles north of Vancouver, a French-speaklne draftee reiH ment armed with rifles and Bren " ri after King George, opening the I session of parliament, said that Britain in nded to "reinforce as rapidly ; Kingdom possible the United orces", now fighting japan. The prime minister announced for the first time that the port of Antwerp had finally been opened "and is now receiving large convoys of ocean going ships, thus making an incompar able sea base available for the nourishment of the northern group of British armies and the various groups of American armies also deployed in these operations." Allied Armies Praised Churchill praised the progress of the allied armies on the west ern front. "The enemy everywhere has been thrust back," he said. "Any large and effective breakthrough in the German front in the region of Cologne would have the high est strategic consequences." But, Churchill added, "we must (Continued nn napp fi Russians Extend Push in Slovakia LONDON, Nov. 28 (API Fording flooded streams pouring down from the Carpathians, the Red army has surged westward along the full breadth of eastern Slovakia, Moscow reported tocray. In northern Hungary the Rus sians cleared the enemy from the right bank of the Tisza river. The advances measured ud to 14 miles on two closely linked fronts that total more than 110 miles. Elsewhere along the 1.500 mile eastern front winding from the Baltics to the Balkans there was tenseness as the Germans awaited the first blows in Premier Stalin's promised winter offensive. Todav the front is anchored In the Latvian capital and port of Riga. Pressed back Into the Cour land peninsula In this sector were an estimated 30 German divisions !-all that remains of the northern armv corps. Memel is still under siege. tuns and wearing steel helmets marched yesterday to camps of UNION JACK BURNED ST. PASCAL. Quebec, Nov. 29. 'AP) About 100 youths protest Inq conscription for overseas ser vice tore a Union Jack from Its staff at the St. Pascal postoffice and burned It In a demonstration Monday niqht. two English-speaking draftee regiments also quartered In the (.Continued on page 61 ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1 944. fi-. Sqmfters : Maiding Hot Rece; ion Given, Nippon Radio Reports Japs Retreating From Burma but Their Threat To China Is Increased (By the Associated Press) Radio Tokyo said today that American bombers were again over the Japanese capi tal. The broadcast came at 8:30 a. m. PWT. today. The broadcast said: "A minor formation of enemy planes penetrated the Tokyo area a little before 12 o'clock November 29. In Intercept ing the Japanese are now giving hot reception to the enmy raiders." The Tokyo radio said bombs started fires at two places, but claimed they were immediately controlled after doinq "practically no dam age." Later it was learned from the broadcast that the raid occurred just before mid night, the first night attack , on Tokyo. (Bv the Associated Press) Japanese forces were reported In general retreat in Burma to day and making desperate efforts (Continued on page 6) 5 Nazis to Die for Each Sniper Victim, Decree WITH THE U. S. SEVENTH ARMY IN ALSACE, Nov. 29. (AP) Five German hostages will be shot for-every. Frefioh- soldier killed by snipers In fatrasoourg under a proclamation by Maj. Gen. Jacques Le Clerc. His order, which reduced snip ing to only a small bother, de clared: First, for every French soldier killed in the city, five German hostages will be shot. Second, all snipers will immediately be shot. Third, any person who gives shelter to snipers or helps them In any way will be shot. Fourth, persons carrying weapons with out permits will be arrested and courtmartialed. Civilian Aid in Saving Crashed Fliers Mapped PORTLAND, Nov. 29. (AP) The commander of the Portland army air base appealed to civil ians today to cooperate in a quick rescue program for downed fliers. Col. S. B. Knowles, Jr., said a program has been worked out with police to notify the nearest army or navy airbase with crash equipment upon receipt of news of a plane crash. He asked witnesses of a plane crash to telephone the nearest law-enforcing office city or state police, sheriff, or FBI im mediately. Previously some pilots have been lost because civilians notified the wrong agency, de laying rescue crews, he said. Bond Wagon Spurs War Loan Sales in Roseburg A "Bond Wagon," sponsored by the women s division or tne sixtn War Loan drive, made its first appearance in Roseburg this week and will appear on the streets here and in surrounding suburbs during the next 10 days to sell bonds, according to an announce ment made this morning by the county chairman, Mrs. L u. wira berlv. The bond wagon is a mobile unit with drivers furnished by the Roseburg Motor corps and its bond salesmomen represent tne various momen's organizations in Roseburg . . Bad Luck Dogs Parents Of Nine Children NEHALEM, Ore., Nov. 29. (AP) The nine children of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Luurs are having a hard time. Their mother finally returned from a hospital after a long ill ness. She was barely installed at the farm when father Luurs was struck by a tree he was felling, end taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Children Earn $90,000 Aiding to Save Crops OREGON CITY. Ore., Nov. 29 (AP) A 51,000,000 crop of ber ries, beans, potatoes, fruits and nuts was saved because Clacka mas countv school children helped In the harvest, the farm labor of fice said today. The youngsters, who steered off a threatened labor shortage, earn ed about $90,000, Local Financing, Control Of Postwa r Wo rk Advised At Cities League Meeting Oregon municipalities were urged by W. M. Bartlett, consultant engineer for the committee on postwar readjustment and develop ment, to plan local financing of postwar projects. Speaking at a meeting of city officials with officers of the League of Oregon Cities at the Umpqua hotel in Roseburg, Tuesday night, Bartlett Bids Opened For Eugene-to-Drain Bonneville Link Tice Electric company. Port land, submitted low bid Tuesday for construction of the REA trans mission line to be built between Eugene and Roseburg. Four pro posals were opened at the Rose burg office of the Douglas Elec tric co-operative, the Portland firm bidding $121,416,07, covering all labor and materials in con constructing 43 miles of 35,000 KVA lines to carry Bonneville power to the REA system in Douglas county. The bid was ac cepted, subject to approval ol tne km at wasnington ana Bonne ville administration. The contrac tor will have 90 days in which to complete the work after author ization is given to start construc tion. Other bids were as follows Del Monte Electric Co.. Oak land, Calif., $130,928.80; City Elec tric Co., Boise, Idaho., $137,250.45; Hagan-McClintic Co., Boise, Ida., Boy, Bicyclist Hurt by . BlovV From Automobile Ervin Welker, 12-year" old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Welker, 1151 Harvard Ave., is in Mercy hospital receiving treatment for inluries suffered when struck bv an automobile driven bv Otis Helman, Looknigglass Star route. Erwln Short, city police chief, reported he was informed by Hel man that his automobile struck the youth while the latter was riding a bicycle across the Oak street bridge. The accident oc curred in the early morning Tuesday while the boy was re turning home after carrying a paper route. Welker suffered a deep cut across the back, and suffered severe shock and bruises but was not believed to be critically In jured. Practice Torpedo Goes Wild, Sinks Naval Boat SEATTLE. Nov. 29.1 (AP) An uncharged, practice torpedo "went crazy'' in Saratoga passage off Camano island yesterday and sank a small 13th naval district patrol boat, district headquarters announced, The torpedo, dronned hv a plane, was supposed to sink ripen enough to clear the patrol craft, but made a surface run and punched a hole Into the craft. ine crew was taKen oil wltn- out injuries to personnel. V V I! I..ll'm FRENCH TANKS ENTER STRASBOURG Flying the Tricolor, a tank of Brig. Gan. La Clerc'i French Second tank division rumbles down a ttraet in the heart of Strasbourg, Alsae capital city now firmly in allied hands. French armored forces end American ground troops, fighting shoulder to shoulder, finally took the nezi stronghold. Photo by Sherman Montrose. NEA-Acma photographer for war picturepool. AAVT Sr pointed out that federal or state aid In any construction project means supervision by the con tributing agency. Local control should govern postwar projects, he declared, and local control can be maintained only by local financing. He urged all muni cipalities to engage In immedi ate planning for the postwar period and to complete detailed engineering In advance. Last night's meeting was well attended by officers of Douglas county municipalities, the great er portion of the evening being given over to discussions of pro posed legislation and municipal financing. W. F. Harris, mavor of the city of Roseburg, presided. Speakers irom tne league included rea j. Inkster, Oswego, president; George P. Stadelman. The Dalles. second vice president; O. L. Wood, uoqunie, director, and Herman Kehrli, Eugene, executive secre tary. President Inkster gave a re port on league membership and activities, stating that the organ ization now represents all except two cities in Oregon of more than 500 population. Liquor Control Discussed ' Mayor Stadelman, who, In ad- tlon to serving as second vice- president of the league, is a mem ber of the state liquor control commission, anno'inced that the commission and a committee from the League of Oregon cities (Continued nn page 6) Oregon Milk Producers Seek Sanitation Laws PORTLAND. Nov. 29 (AP) The joint legislative committee of tne Oregon Dairymens associa tion and the Oregon Dairy Manu facturer's association will present to the state legislature measures directed against unduiant fever and other milk-borne diseases. The bills call for compulsory pasteurization of all dairy pro ducts offered for sale In Oregon, and for regular testing of all Ore gon cattle for Bang's disease. ii passed tne bills would be come effective when necessary eauloment is available, nrohahlv within six months after the end of the war. The committee urged thn inrtnetrv fn maintain hioh standards of sanitation before the meausres could take effect. California Tops Nation In Motor Vehicle Deaths WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (AP) -iNeany one in elgnt of the 23'826 deaths from motor vehicle accidents last vear occurred in vuiuui-ma, me census oureau re- ported today. That state had 2,746 deaths, New York was second with 1,774, Pennsylvania 1,468, Ohio 1,388, Illinois i.zaa, and Texas Vermont had the fewest 43. M Retfetir Challenge on Bond Sales is Accepted Here Offered the opportunity to de termine the rules in a 6th War Loan Bond sales contest, the Douglas County War Finance committee has accepted Coos county's challenge on a catch-as-catch-can basis, witli no holds bar red, H. O. Pargcter, chairman, announced today. A formal challenge was Issued by Clarence Coe, Coos county chairman, who stated "We in Coos county fully expect to be one of the leading counties In the state in the amount of war bonds purchased during this drive. We understand that you in Douglas county have also made comprehensive plans to surpass your excellent record of the 5th War Loan. , "We hope our goals will be achieved, for only by the out standing performance of every county can Oregon expect to con tinue leading the entire- nation in per c:r.ita bond sales. "The Coos committee feels that it has thr finest organization It (Continued on page 3) Bomb Depot Explosion Dead May Exceed 160 RlfRTON-ON-TRENT. Eng.. Nov. 29 (AP) A physician who had been working steadily for more than 36 hours at tne scene oi Monday's bomb depot disaster said today rescue work might have to be abandoned as the tasK of reaching burled men appeared nopeicss. ' "The men punea in tne oump. he said;1 "are covered by thous ands of tons of earth. It would take weeks to reach some of the galleries. uniy relatively lew oooics were recovered in allnieht labors. It still is feared the number of dead might exceeed 160. The blast heaved up soil, ouiia- ings and livestock over a wide radius and made craters 250 yards across. The subterranean storage dump was filled with many million dollars worth ot bombs, sufficient for hundreds of major attacks on Germany, Canteen to Be Opened for Members of Armed Units PORTLAND, Nov. 29 (API- aponsorea py nignt ciuo ownera here, Portland's "stage door can- teen" for service people will open next Sunday. Members of the. armed forces wl 156 Slven Iree food and enter- talned by acts from the night club shows. The canteen will be open every Sunday. Newcomers Purchase Grand Hotel in Roseburg Sale of the Grand hotel In Rose- burg to C. D. Albright and Paul K. Ryan, recent arrivals in Rose burg from Portland, was an nounced today. The new owners are taking immediate possession from Mr. and Mrs. A. Baldigan. The sale covers all furnishings I and fixtures in both the hotel and coffee shop. No. 44-193 Tokyo Actress Faye Emerson Will Be Third Wife of Col. Elliott Roosevelt - BEVERLY HILLS. Calif.. Nov. 29 (AP) Faye Emerson, blonde movie actress, said today that she and Col. Elliott Koosevelt, son oi the president, will . be married within a week. Miss Emerson Is 27 and has been previously married. She has a son four or five years old. It will be Col. Roosevelt's third marrlaee. Five davs after Eliza beth Bonner Roosevelt obtained a divorce in Minden, Nev., in 19AJ, on her cross-complaint charging cruelty, he married riutn uog gins. She divorced him at Ft. Worth, Tex., last April 18 after testifying that he had ceased to care for her and asked her to bring suit. She obtained .Custody of their three children. . Miss Emerson, born In Eliza beth, La., has been in pictures since 1941. She and Roosevelt met in a New York night club several months ago, irieneds say. Roosevelt was commissioned a captain In the army air forces In 1940 and was made a full colonel in April of last year. He served In Africa and Sicily as comamnder ot tne allied pnotograpnic service. He now is on leave. Senators Probe Biddle's Try To Oust Defiant Aide WASHINGTON. Nov. 29 (AP) The Justice department row over the attempted firing of As sistant Attorney General Norman Llttell of Seattle was carried for ward today in a LluoU memoran. dum ascribing to Attorney Gener- eral Blddle "conduct contrary, to basic principles oi good gov- prnmpnt '' This memorandum, sent to the senate war Investigating commit tee, was described as having said among other things that Biddle in tervened in a department case in behalf of Thomas G. Corcoran, an early member of the new deal brain trust now 'in private law practice. The attorney general asked last week for Llttell s resignation on grounds of personal incompati bility. jf But Llttell, who has refused to quit, took the position in his note to the senate group, It Is under stood, that their differences stem med from "my refusal to cooper ate' with conduct of the attorney general which wa contrary to basic principles of good govern ment." Other Rifts Listed The assistant attorney general said he had incurred Biddle's dis pleasure by his testimony before tne senate committee on: (1) The Elk Hills oil case in which Littell's analysis of the navy-Standard Oil contract for operation of the Elk Hills petrole um reserve - was followed by a presidential order that can celled the contract, (2) The surplus property hear ing at which Littell said men working under William L. Clay ton in disposal of surplus eovern- ment lands were closely connected wan national realty interests. Moscow Cuts Link With Exiled Polish Regime MOSCOW, Nov. 29 (API Russia served notice through the columns of Pravda today that the Polish government In exile had become a hostile political force with which any future negotia tions were obviously impossible. Accusing Polish reactionaries of a scheme to split tha allies and foster a new war, Pravda said It looked upon the withdrawal of Mlkolajczyk as premier as de stroying the last hopes of rap proachment with the exiled re gime. Pravda described Jan Kwapln ski, who was named premier-designate after Mikolajczyk's resig nation, as anti-soviet and said his connections with the socialist par ty were "camouflage." Oregon Bond Sales Now 17 Per Cent of Quota PORTLAND, Nov. 29 (A) Bond sales of $4,848,178 yester day, the biggest day so far In the Sixth War Loan drive brought Oregon's cumulative up to $18,372,693 today, rnore than 17 per cent of the quota. Sales of $793,313 In E bonds slso set a one-dav record and sent the total to $7,345,587 of the $34,- 000,000 goal. A 39-man troop rrom ort nen nlng, Ga., will stare a war loan show here Dee. 4-5, featuring a make-believe attack using flame throwers and demolition charges on a Japanese pillbox, Yankees Open Gateway to sV . - Cologne Goal Patron's Army Forcing Showdown for Saar and Siegfried Defense Lines (By the Associated Press) U. S. tanks and infantry In raging battles drove the Ger mans from four towns today oi the crumbling Roer river line, driving open the gateway to Cologne, 23 miles away. Below them on the central sector American Third army forces gained up to ten miles In side the rich German Saar, with in eight-mile artillery range of the Saar capita of Saarbrucken, Thev reached In nlares the touch outer crust of the Siegfried line. Veteran First army tankmen and foot soldiers captured the ruins of the forest battleground of Hurtgen, 271 miles from Co logne; Jungersdorf, four miles from Duren, and Kleinhau, a mila . northeast of Hurtgen. Organized resistance was bro ken by the Ninth army at Koslar, less than two miles from Jullch. Duren and Jullch are fortress towns on the Roer river line. Rail, Oil Centers Raided ' More than 1,000 bombers and 1,000 U. S. fichters atacked rail and oil targets In northwestern Germany, following up British bomber attacks on rail lines at Essen and Neuss in the Ruhr.' During the night RAF Mosqultos had dropped blockbusters on Nurnberg In southwest Germany. The huge natural oil refinery at Misburg and the rallyards at Hamm were the prime objectives of the Fortresses and Liberators, escorted by Mustangs, Thunder bolts and Lightnings of the U. S. Eighth and Ninth air forces. Edging steadily Into the Ger man homeland, as the Berlin radio spoke dolefully of "pain ful" retreats, Lt Gen. Patton's men also have brought Saarlau tern and Merzig, two other5 prin cipal Saar basin cities, within the range of big guns. Fighting; into the French coal town of Saare Union, 21 miles below Saar brucken, the Third army also was within a few miles of Saar- lautern. A front dispatch said Patton's Third army was on the verge of a full-scale battle for the Saar and the Siegfried line defenses along or near lt as the Germans) pulled back to new positions. s French Trap Nazis . "In the- south" the French First army closed an eight-mile gap In (Continued on page 6) Fine of $100 Paid By Drunken Driver A fine of $100 was paid In the Roseburg justice court today by Frank A. Smith, Sutherlin, who pleaded guilty, Judge Thomas C. Hartfleld reported, to a charge of drunken driving. A 30- day iail sentence was suspended upon payment of the fine. Smith's license to operate an automobile was suspended for a period of one year. James E. B. DeVylder, arrested with a group of Juveniles who, State Police Sergeant Paul Mor gan reported were accused of thefts from automobiles, was ar raigned in Justice court today on a charge of receiving stolen oroperty, Judge Hartfiel report ed. He waived preliminary ex imlnatlon and was ordered held for the grand jury, being com mitted to jail in lieu of $500 ball, PFC Donald Frear Gets Arm Injury in Belgium ; PFC Donald Frear, Roseburg, is in an army hospital in Eng land suffering from an Injury to his right arm, according to word received by his parents, County Engineer and Mrs. Floyd Frear. He was wounded October 26, while serving with anti-tank forces In Belgium. A letter, which he said he was compelled to write with his left hand, because of injuries to his right arm, informed the parents that he is In an army hospital in England and is receiving excel lent care. Lt. Althea LaRaut Badly Hurt In Bike Accident Lieutenant Althea LaRaut, serving as an army dietician in England, recently was critically Injured, according to word receiv ed by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon LaRaut. Wilbur. Lieut LaRaut Is reported to have suf fered a fractured skull, broken jaw, and dislocated elbow, in an accident which occurred while she was riding a bicycle. Further details were not received. Latest information was that she had been removed to a hospital under the care of a bone srwcinllst. Canada Is wonderlnq what to do with Quebec French soldiers defying, conscription for over seas service. Since tha threat of shooting far mutiny has had no affect, why not Invoke tha sit prama penalty? -deprtva them of clgarets. . t. .