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. 4 in wx ff fMl J In TO EM 1 '. Patton'sMen Knife Through Saarlautern American Ninth Drives Enemy Across Roer In IT' kjuy 'Em, Hold 'Em War bonds for victory now, for ecurlty In the future. Shell out for a knockout. Lay 'em away for a rainy day. Established 1873 JJap9 itoeTO Second Enemy Destroyer is Believed Hit Operations of Japan's Aircraft Factory Not Halted by B-29 Raids (By the Associated Press) American commanders report ed soberly today that the first sea battle fought in inland Phil ippine waters ended in a virtual draw and Superforts have not been able to knock out the air craft factory which has been their main target in four raids on Tokyo. A Japanese and an American destroyer were sunk in a night time engagement fought in Nipponese-mined waters off Ormoc on western Leyte between a small U. S. squadron and three enemy ships. The U. S. ship was blown apart bv an aerial torpedo or a mine. She sank in less than a minute, her guns still firing. Most of her crew was saved, largely bv the daring rescue of Catalina flying boats, which dragged the sailors from the water in full view of the heavily-garrisoned coast. A second enemy destroyer was believed to have been hit in the engagement. Elsewhere in the Philippines and Borneo waters, five small Japanese transports, ( Continued on page 6 In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS (THROUGHOUT the world in " -Europe and In' Asia alike - Armageddon grinds on. If at the moment the Battle of Europe grips our interest more complete ly, it Is only because there the HOUR OF DECISION is nearing. IT is useless to try to describe the fighting along Germany's western border in terms of ma neuver and terrain. These are now relatively unimportant mere matters of tactical detail. Ground gained or lost amounts merely to moves on the checker board. The fighting there has reached the grim KNOCKOUT stage. ALONG the Rhine the nazis, the dispatches tells us, are losing 3,000 men a day in prisoners alone. In dead and disabled, they are sacrificing more than that. Our side's losses in this mighty offensive that is now in its fourth week have not been disclosed, (Continued on page 2) Road Bill Allots Oregon $45 Million Annually SALEM, Ore., Dec. 5. (AP) Oregon would have $45,000,000 a vear to spend during the first three postwar years under the terms of the postwar highway bill passed by the U. S. house of representatives, State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock said to day. The senate version of the bill would give Oregon $42,000,000. The bill now is in conference, where a compromise is being worked out. Rocket Ammunition Outlay by Navy, For Spraying Death on Japs, Will Exceed Total for All Other Types WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (AP) The navy shortly will be spend ing $100,000,000 monthly on rocket ammunition alone. Rockets have been found increasingly useful, among other things, for spraying death upon Japanese machine gunners as a cover for landing operations. The $100,000,000 outlay, to be attained within four months, is "as much a3 is now being spent per month for all types of naval ammunition," said the Office of War Information in a report to day on the U. S. use and develop ment of rockets. The army is down for about S12000.000 monthly throughout 1945 for rocket ammunition, over and above the amount spent on the protectors themselves tank piercing bazookas and other rock et launchers. Indication that America mav have some rocket surprises In store for the axis was given in this OWI comment: "Newest American rocket developments. CJty Park Fund Contribution Procedure Changed to Meet Provision of Income Tax Law The Roseburg city council, acting under the terms of its-newly adopted ordinance setting up a city park commission, last night re turned to the commission the sum of approximately $620; which had been surrendered from the playground and recreation fund following adoption of -; an amendment placing control of all Plywood Crew at Wolf Creek Buying In 6th War Loan Response of the crew of the Eu gene Plywood company's woods camp at Wolf Creek to the 6th War Loan campaign has been very satisfactory, and the 100 per cent mark is expected to be reach ed witnin tne next lew aays, Hor ace Berg, chairman of the pay roll division of the county war finance staff, reported today. Accompanied by F. C. Barker, office manager of the camp, Berg visited tne woods camp last night to assist in setting up the payroll purchase plan. He reports that A. H. Oscarson, superintendent, has been very ac tive in the war finance program. Mr. Berg was greatly impress ed, ho reports, with the Wolf Creek camp. "It Includes," he states, club rooms for the men, first class din ing room with modern refrigera tion and all conveniences to facil itate the preparation and service of food. In the early spring, the company plans to landscape the grounds. rne tiugene fiywooa com pany's camp, with its white build ings and home-like interiors, is in startling contrast to the old- style buiikhouses and mess shacks oi earner day logging camps, Berg said. - : Child Murder Charge Is Faced by Girl Fugitive YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 5. (AP) A state-wide search for a 19-year-old Topnenish waitress, Virginia Ivey, was given added impetus today with filing of an Information in Yakima court charging the girl with first de gree murder. The information was filed by Prosecutor Lloyd L. Wlehl. The girl has been sought since Nov. 25 when the body of five-year-old Thomas William Owen, known as "Butch" Langley, was found in her Toppenish apart ment. Dr. W. H. Banks, coroner, said the chilld was beaten to death. The boy had been left in Miss Ivey's care by his foster mother, Mrs. Grace Langley, who was living in Mullan, Idaho. Infantry Show Boosts Oregon War Bond Sales PORTLAND, Dec. 5 (AP) "Here's Your Infantry" show, staged in connection with the sixth war loan drive, drew 3, 500 spectators to Multnomah sta dium last night to watch crack Yankee troops assault and wipe out a simulated Japanese pill box. The infantry team used ma chine guns, rifles, a bazooka and a flame thrower in attacking the strong-point. Movie Comedian Andy Devine and Starlet Ann Gwynne reached here yesterday to help Oregon's war bond sale now at $50,688, 26847.4 per cent of quota. including design details and the range and speed attained by the projectiles, as well as protection figures, have not been made pub lic by the military authorities." Noting that ordinance experts have not officially reported any giant, long-range projectile like the German V-2 rocket bomb, OWI said: "American ordnance experts have concentrated on de veloping artillery type rockets, with emphasis on correcting the present relative inaccuracy of rocket fire." Characterizing the rocket as "one of the principal weapon in novations of this war," OWI said it is now used on seven types of American warplanes. AROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1 944 monev for parks,- playgrounds. recreation and special purposes under the jurisdiction of the council. Attorney A. N. Orcutt ex plained that the recently adopt ed amendment makes possible acceptance of gifts which may be listed by donors as contri butions within the terms of the federal income tax law. As originally adopted, he pointed out, the ordinance per mitted the park commission to accept gifts and contributions, but, as the commission is not recognized in federal law as a municipal body, it was necessary to amend the ordinance placing all such gifts, contributions, ap propriations and other receipts under the jurisdiction of the council. Gifts to municipalities may be listed, he said, with de ductible items in income fax re ports. Following adoption of the amendment at a previous council meeting, the commission surren- (Continued on page 6) Ike Warns Nazis Allies Will Give No Food, Clothing ,-v (By the Associated Press) General Eisenhower bluntly informed-the German-people today that they "cannot count "upon food, fuel' or clothing from the military government," and must relv upon their own resources. The "scorched earth policy" of the retreating nazi. army will serve only to multiply the suffer ing and hardships of the German people, he said in a proclamation read over allied transmitters in Europe. "The allied armed forces will import the bulk of their require ments," the proclamation said. "If they should be in a postion to give help to the pooulation of Eu rope, this help will primarily go to the population of the countries which have been ravaged and plundered by the German armies. The German people will have to rely on its own resources. It is ot highest Importance that these re sources should not be destroyed by the nazis' scorched earth pol icy." "Food supplies, seeds, fertiliz ers and agricultural machines must be salvaged above all," Ei senhower said, "if hunger is not to follow the defeat. German farmers must by all possible means prevent the nazis from driving away their power to keep their farms in order and to achieve peak production." Eisenhower warned the people of the Reich that "the hopes of the German people to avoid eco nomic collapse after the defeat are largely dependent upon the extent of German oppostion to nazi plans to destroy German property and German natural re sources before the occupation by allied troops." Mining Laws Applied To O. & C. Revested Lands WASHINGTON, Dec; 5 (AP) Mining laws were made appli cable to the Oregon-California re vested grant lands under an amendment added by Represent ative White (D.-Idaho) to the O. & C. authority bill. The public lands committee ap proved White's amendment to the bill adding a mining provi sion similar to that contained in the Taylor grazing act. The bill itself would transfer the administration of revested forest lands, now handled by the forest service, to the O. & C. ad ministration1. It has been placed on the house calendar with favor able committee recommendation. Farm Bureau Co-Op Buys $25,000 of War Bonds Investment of $25,000 In cor poration bonds, as a part of the 6th War Loan, by the Farm Bu reau Cooperative exchange was reported today by H. O. Pargeter, chairman of the county war fi nance staff. The county is now nearing Its qupta on corporation bonds, Pargeter states. Bond headquarters In the cham ber of commerce office announc ed a report from Mrs. A. Door ner, community chairman in the Cleveland district, of sales amounting to $506.25 Greek Chaos May End In Coalition Try ATHENS, Dec. 5. (API Pre mier Papandreou said today he had offered his resipnation as head of the crisis-torn Greek gov ernment and had suggested for mation of a coalition cabinet in cluding center and right wing groups. - ,, Such a cabinet might be led by Themistokles Sophoulis. 82 year old liberal leader, he said. A general strike persisted in Athens, but disorders were re ported diminishing. Elas troops the militia of the leftist EAM (national liberation front) surrendered a number of police headquarters they had seized. Since the Elas technically are under command of British Mai. Gen. R. M. Scobie as part of the armed forces of Greece, they now are charged with direct mutiny. In the British view, seizure of police precinct headquarters com prised a direct assault against the legal government. British troops will use force if necessary to maintain the legal (Continued on page 61 Oregon Murderer Calm As Execution Nears SALEM, Ore., Dec. 5. (AP) Richard H. Layton, former Mon mouth police officer scheduled to die in the state prison gas cham ber at 8:30 a. m. Friday, is not the least, bit nervous, Prison Warden Alexander said today. - Governor Snell has given no in dication that he might commute Lay ton's . sentence to life im prisonment, although Layton-has appealed to him. Layton was convicted of the rape-slaying of Ruth Hildebrand, 17, Dallas, whose battered, nude body was found floating in the Willamette river 15 miles south of here a few days after her death in June, 1943. British Capture Ravenna,' Nazis Adriatic Bastion ROME, Dec. 5 (AP) British Eighth army troops have captur ed Ravenna, German stronghold on the Adriatic, the allied high command announced today. Ravenna (pop. 81,000), is 16 miles northeast of Forli. Previously allied headquarters had announced the capture of Russi and Godo, towns on the Ravenna-Bologna railway, and mid way between Ravenna and Faen za, besieged nazi stronghold on the Bologna-Rimini lateral high way. Students Harvest Spuds REDMOND, Ore., Dec. 5 (AP) Redmond Union high school students harvested 112,238 sacks of potatoes filling 377 railroad cars this fall, M. E. Larvie, school superintendent, reported. He said the students earned a total of $11,113.85, or an average of $48.17 each. HEAVY MORTARS TO BE SEEN y?!lii-j!l( i I J fY:.V. demonstrate and fire heavy mortars as a part of the 6th War Loan show, "Here's Your Infantry," coming to Roseburg Thursday, Dec. 14. An all-d ay display of infantry weapons will be maintained at the Roseburg armory. Mortars will be ttripp ed, reassembled and explained by soldiers who have actually used this basic weapon in comba t overseas against Germans and Japt. The mortar also will be seen in the 30-minute mimic assault one Japanese pillbox. Bazookas, flame throwers, machine guns, rifles and other weapons will be demonstrated In the spectacular night show. Ozone Due to Sizzle From Verbal Duel Over Radios , In Bond Sales Contest t ; A heated verbal duel is In pros pect tonight as the 6th War Loan committees of Coos and Douglas counties join in a long-range bragfest. It will not be a private squabble and anyone with a ra dio receiving set can have a ring side seat, as the meet will be broadcast, insult-by-insult, over stations KRNR, Roseburg, and KOOS, Coos Bay. . ' 1 The radio hook-up was arrang ed following Coos county's chal lenge to Douglas county, ahd the latter's acceptance, for a contest o(i Individual war. bond sales. . n ,1n4. ivtv.ltA (1,111 V( UUIA SI WlliMlLH--tT "111 et in its first hot licks, starting promptly at s o'ciock. Alter sev en and one-half minutes, the Douglas county committee will have its turn; then controls will shift back to Coos Bay, with the Douglas county committee get ting the last word. r Russians Now Only Sixty Miles From Border of Austria LONDON, Dec. 5 (AP) Red army forces surging through western Hungary in a drive out flanking besieged Budapest were massed today along the south shores of Lake Balaton, only 60 miles from the Austrian frontier. A Moscow bulletin said a col umn driving north along the west bank of the Danube was 37 miles south of Budapest and still ad vancing toward the capital's back door. East of the river, which di vides the city, . other Russian troops have been hammering the southeastern and eastern suburbs for days and on the northeast en emy communications have been cut. "The Germans are abandoning their- military technique, their arms and military equipment," the. Moscow communique said of the fighting in one sector. Reports still Incomplete declar ed the Russians killed 2,000 ene my soldiers in yesterday's fight ing. The communique said 3,000 prisoners were taken in three days of fighting ending Sunday. West of Pecs in the area of the Drava river border of Hungary and Yugoslavia tne Russians were hurling back the enemy on tne approaches to the rail junction town of S.igetvar, 80 miles north east of Zagreb. SUPERLATIVE CREDIT 80MEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (AP) As a native in the Dutch East In dies watched an amphibian bri gade engineer push down trees with a bulldozer, he was asked to compare Jungle fighting of the allies to that of the Japanese. "Aussie, him good jungle fight er," he answered. "Jap, him good Jungle fighter. "American oome, Jungle go." IN ACTION Combat infantrymen from the infantry school w Veto Looms If Security Tax Frozen WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (AP) The house heard the threat of a presidential veto today as it took up legsilation to freeze so cial security levies at one per cent. . . . It came from Representative Dlngell (D Mich.), one of seven wavs and means committee mom bers who opposed a recommenda tion that congress block the scheduled January 1 doubling of the present rates. "I think he will," Dlngell told the house after expressing the hope President Roosevelt would veto the measure if and when it reaches him. i ... Disrupting the contention of Dlngell and others that freezing the rate would jeopardize the stability of the social security fund, Chairmen Doughton of the ways and means committee said he was "fully convinced" that the Increase is not Justified be cause the fund now is . almost double original estimates. Approved by a divided ways and means committee, the legis lation at hand seeks to retain at one per cent the social security tax slated to rise to two per cent on January 1. Three times pre viously congress has blocked a scheduled one per cent increase and apparently is determined to try it again despite threats of a veto. Pension BUI Passed.- House action today sent to President Roosevelt legislation providing pensions up to a maxi mum of $74 a month for widows and orphans of World warlvofe erans. i ;. The Chamber -aocepttd- senate amendments increasing sums pro vided in a bill previously passed by the house. ..' It would provide $35 monthly for childless widows, $45 monthly (Continued on page 6) Man Slain Because He -Asked for Cigaret NEW YORK, Dec. 5. (AP) An unidentified man whipped out a gun on the lower Bowery to day and fatally shot another man who had asked him for a cigar ette, police reported. Officers said Michael Condon, curity card, had berated the man identified through a social se who fled after firing three shots, one of which pierced Condon's heart. New Fire Truck Exceeds Length of Station 1 CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 5. (AP) Centralla's "ettlng a new fire truck for Christmas, but it's going to have to sit out in the rain. Firemen were notified the $18, 000 vehicle is 41 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 8 feet high. It won't go through the fire station doors; and even if doors are torn down, it won't fit inside the station. MTV""1-. 4 1 - 'I in Mo. 44-198 HWOC TO AID STETTINIUS In a sweeping reorganization of top personnel in the Mate depart me"nt , yesterday, President Roosevelt nominated Joseph C. Grew, above, former ambassa dor to 'Japan, to be under secretary of state, succeeding Edward J. Stettinius, who suc ceeds Corded Hull in the top post of the department. Nom ination of Grew was given a favorable report today by a senate committee. Yank Planes Blast Berlin, LONDON, Dec. 5 (API American bombers blasted Berlin with almost 2,000 tons of bombs today. Their fighter escort shot down 80 German planes over the nazf capital. ; It was the first daylight raid by bombers on Berlin in two months. The- bulk of the fleet of more than 550 heavies and 800 fighters from bases in Britain smashed munitions and tank faetorics in side Berlin and Tegel, a suburb. Others hit the rail center of Mun ster. The luftwaffe made one of its rare appearances in strength but the nazi fighters apparently fail ed to reach the big bomber for mations. Clinging together In packs of 100 or more, the nazi Messer schmitts and Focke-Wulfs con centrated on small groups of the bombers but the American fight ers wouldn't let them in. The fighters today had the add ed advantage of friendly bases In Belgium and France close to- the (Continued on page 6) Indians Ask Abolition of Common Law Marriages WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (AP) A request by tribesmen of the Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskln groups of Snake Indians on Ore gon's Klamath reservation that congress put an end to common law marriages brought a pat on the back from lawmakers yes terday. During house consideration of the measure, the Indian Affairs committee commented: "The committee regards this request as representing a commendable effort on their part to Improve the social Institutions of marriage on this reservation." The measure specifies that any common law marriages now in existence would remain recog nized. Former Patient Loses Action Against Hospital SALEM, Dec. 5. (AP) The state sunreme court held today that P. M. Gregory, former night watchman at the state canitol, is not entitled to damages from the Salem General hospital be cause the hospital is a charitable Institution. Gregory, charging that a nurse burned him with a hot water bot tle, sued for $36,000. Escapees Thumb Ride; Get It From State Cops MTSSOULA. Mont., Dec. 5 (AP) Two of three prisoners who escaped from Fort Missoula. Mont, Siindny, hitchhiked their wav back Into custody. The two escapees thumbed a ride 11 miles south of Missoula. hut ended up back at the military detention center. Their bpnefactors: Montana highway patrolmen, Battle on Cologne Plain (By the Associated Press) Lt. Gen. Patton's infantry drova completely through Saarlautern, second city of tne uerman aaar, . toduv, and hammered deep into Siegfried line defenses as tanks) and troops were hurled into tha expanding bridgehead across the oaur liver. . - Patton's forces On the central . sector of the western front exe cuted a classic wheeling move ment on a 21-mile front, with Saarlautern as its pivot. His ar tillery shelled Saarbrucken, in dustrial caDital of the Saar. with eight-inch guns, scarcely six miles away. ...-. The Third armv now held tha , entire west bank of the Saar from the Merzlg area to Saarlautern, inside of which opposition still was being encountered. -v,,', Nazis Flee Maas Area : On the northern end of tha western front the British Second army cleared all Germans from the entire area west of the Maas . river in Holland. The enemy fled , to strong positions across the rlvi er, their backs to the homeland. In the mighty battle of attrl- tlon of the Cologne plain, Amerl- ' can Ninth army troops drove tho Germans across the Roer river at Julich, collapsing opposition west of the stream. First army troops scored limited gains on the Aach. en-Calogne superhighway, advanc ing to witnin ouu yaras oi uuren, ; bastion on the Roer. and 22 air miles of Cologne. It was believed the Germans had massed a greater part o , tneir tanks ana a tnira or tneir Infantry along the northern front to protect the menaced Ruhr val- ; Icy, which, with the invaded Saar, provides the heartbeat oi uer man war industry. Strasbur() Snipers Erased In the south, U. S. seventh ar my troops eastof Sarre union , edged to -within seven miles o the German palatinate, agricul tural and industrial region east of the Saar. Enemy snipers in Strasbourg were eliminated. The Seventh was clearing tha Karlsruhe corner of France and moving within eight miles of Col- -mar in Alsace below Strasbourg; ' The French traffic centers of Haguenau and Selestat were be- sieged. - - -! For 200 or more miles from op - posite Kieve to west of Saarbruck.. en, Gen. Eisenhower s armies (Continued on page 6) Two Nominees fo State Dept. Posts Face Opposition WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (AP) The senate foreign relations committee today approved four state department nominations, in cluding that of Joseph C. Grew to be undersecretary of state. Senator Clark (D.-Mo.) said that while Grew's appointment was approved unanimously, some members reserved the right to oppose other nominations on tha senate floor. - Clark reported that four mem bers voted against the nomina tion of Archibald MacLclsh, head of the library of congress, who was named as an assistant secre tory. Clark said he would oppose confirmation of MasLcish on the floor. The Mlssourian added that Sen ator Murray (D.-Mont.) voted against w. L. Clayton, retiring surplus property director, who also was named as an assistant secretary. . Apparently tnere was no out spoken opposition to the fourth nominee. Nelson A. Rockefeller. also named as assistant secretary. Liquor-by-Drink Plan Of New Gov. Wallgren ; SEATTLE. Dec. 5 (AP) Gov Elect Mon C. Wallgren declared over tho telephone from Wash ington, D. C, today, the Seattle Times said, that liquor by the drink in licensed premises in ho tels ana restaurants win aetinite ly be proposed to tho state legis lature next month. The state s next governor, In an interview, characterized the present liquor control system as "provincial" and retarding Wash, ington's development as a tour 1st state, the Times said. Cigaret Auction Slated BAKER, Ore., Dec. 5 (AP)- Four thousand cigarettes will bo sold to the highest bidders at Halfway near Baker Friday in a war bond auction under the au spices of the Pine Valley grange. Of all sod words of tongue er pen, That Inflict the pangs of keen regret, Saddest are these from the re tail men: "Sorry, but we have no ctgarets." to Felted t, L, F. it-si J-