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HAT if il A mm Message to Congress Also Implies Prediction of Var's Termination in Present Year Admitted Diplomatic Rifts Declared Inevitable With Allies Conscious of Nearness of Triumph Over Enemies (By the Associated Press) r WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. ( AP ) President Rooseye'j'g ed anew today for national service legislation during 3f and universal military training afterward. 3-' j in a messaqe problems lie' ahead, "this newvear of 1945 can be the' P year of achievement in human Making the nearest thing war which he has thus far essayed, the president said ' '" )ar "can see the final ending of the nazi-fascist reign of o : ' in Europe," as well as the closing in of the forces of fe"frrvion about the center of the malignant power of imperialistic Japan." Most important of all, he added, 1945 can and must see the substantial beginning of the organization of world peace." F. R. Voices Full Confidence in 'Ike' WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (AP) President Roosevelt told con gress today that General Dwight U. Elsenhower "has my complete confidence." In his first formal comment on the Gorman breakthrough the American lines in Belgium a break which brought criticism of the allied command both here and In Britain Mr. Roosevelt said : "The. speed with which we re covered from this savage attack was largely possible because we have one supreme commander in complete control of all the allied armies in France. "General Eisenhower has faced this period of trial with admir able calm and resolution and with steadily increasing success. He has my corplete confidence." President Roosevelt today also credited Admiral William F Hal sey, Jr., wilh initiating the last minute change of Philippine in vasion plans which boldly sent American forces into Leyte is land, catching the Japanese off yuard. Plaque to Honor Dillard School for Bond Sales A plaque bearing the name of the Dillard school will soon be on the war front, according to word received by the scfiool from the Schools at War chairman. The announcement was received in a letter acknowledging the school's participation in the Gth War Loan, when students pur chased sufficient bonds to cover the cost of a jeep. A cony of the inscription to be placed on the vehicle was furnished the student body. The Dillard school is hop ing to win the privilege of flying the Schools at War flag during January. Ninety per cent of the school enrollment buying war bonds or slamns during the month will entitle the school to display the Hag. Leonard Bales Killed In Action in Germany Leonard C. Bales, employed at the Rose hotel in Roseburg prior to entering military service two years ago, was killed in action in Germany Dec. 9. according to word received here bv his sister-in-law, Mrs. Victor Smith. Bales, serving with a coast ar tillery anti-aircraft battery, had been overseas for 16 months and was in the Luxembourg area pri or to crossing into Germany. His wife end their two-year-old daughter are now residing in Portland with Mrs. Bales' mother, Mrs. Addie Adams. Mrs. Bales and Mrs. Smith are sisters. I. Order Egg Cases Now, Urae. ' PORTLAND, Jan. 6.--(AP) A warning to egg producers and distributors to order egg cases immediately to handle an expect ed record production was issued today by the War Food adminis tration. The WFA predicted 40.000,000 rases will be needed for the spring egg output and said most of them are not yet manufactured. Roseburg Postal Receipts Soar to All-Time Record in 28 Perct. Gam During 1944 Receipts of the Roseburg postoffice soared to an all-time high of $78,393.61 during the year 1941, Postmaster L. L. WlmbeTly re ports. This is an increase of $17,149.41 or 28 per cent over the re ceipts of 1943. Postal saving deposits during 1944 also chalked up a new record total. At the close of the year the total was $356,691, against the sum of 8220,214 for 1943. Further illustrating the ap preciable growth in that type of saving, the latter figure of itself was an increase of 553,926 over the total in 1942. . Equally as-steady "has been the growth of postal- reeeipts.-The total of $61,244.20 for the year 1943 represented a gain of more than $5,000 over that of 1942. Ten years ago, in 1934, -the re ceipts were $40,058.23, and five years later they had cilmted to $46,279.48. Comparison of figures . shows that the 28 per cent gain to congress which bespoke a confide " 6 a, the chief executive declared that wh: it history." to a prediction on the e n was a message on tne state of the union looking back over the course of the whole war and particularly over the past year, which Mr. Roosevelt said had been marked on the whole by substantial progress toward vie tory. It looked toward the lu ture. too, and rang with notes of confidence. The message, which Mr. Roose velt plans to summarize on the radio tonight for the nation and the world, was read to congress after the counting of the electoral vote that gave him a fourth term in the White House. Allied Unity Unshaken "In the field of foreign policy," the chief executive told the legis lators, "we propose to stand to gether with the united nations, not for the war alone but for the victory for which the war is fought. "It is not only a common dan eer which unites us but a com mon hope. Our's Is an association not of governments but of peo ples and the peoples' hope is peace." He renewed a demand for "un conditional surrender," but ap plied it only to "the armies of our enemies." .That, he said, Is the first, but only the first step toward the peace we long for. Power Politics Assailed The chief executive accorded recognition to differences which have arisen to plague the allies, and he pleaded for understand ing. . -. : The. .nearer we come to van quishing the enemies, he said, the more we inevitably become con- (Continued on Page 6) Montgomery Assignment Said Only Temporary WASHINGTON, Jan. G. CAP) Belief that regrouping of the northern armies in western Eu rope under British Marshal Mont gomery is a temporary arrange ment was expressed here today by informed military students. They agreed, however, that it was possible the operation might prove sufficiently satisfactory to be made permanent. Their view was that Mont gomery was first given the com mand because the allied leaders, at that time, feared the Germans would slash to the channel and split our forces. Bus Drivers' Strike Hits Vancouver Island VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 6. (CP) All routes operated by the Vancouver Island Coach Lines Limited, were idle today as 63 drivers began a. strike in protest against the refusal of the Re gional War Labor Board to give them requested wage increases. The coach lines drivers' union is not part of the Street Railway men's Union (AFL) which threat ened to call strikes Tuesday in volving 2,700 street car and bus operators In Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster in protest against failure to obtain request ed wage increases. Grocer Wins Prize. PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (AP) The Willamette Street market, Eugene, won a $25 war bond as first prize in grocer-consumer anti-inflation contest conducted bv the Oregon Food Merchants association, judges announced to day. made during 1944 was the great est of all, reflecting unusually heavy growths in Industrial life and population of the city and its environs. The postmaster's report also shows two material increases in other departments of his office. Cancellations during 1944 totaled 1.882.000 lettersras against 1,630, 000 nieces during 1943, a gain of 252,000. Truck-delivered parcels the past year totaled 55.000, an in crease of 11,000 over the number during 1943., ...... Established 1873 American Invasion Allies Battling Stiffen Nazi Befenm Both Armies Gain, Lose in Fluid Combat WITH AMERICAN . FORCES IN BELGIUM, Jan. 6 (API Marshal von Rundstedt suddenly stiffened his stand at the western point of his Belgian wedge today and threw allied troops back as much as 1,000 yards at points. At the same time, however, southward stabbing elements of the U. S. First army managed to gain as much as 2,000 yards at softer points- farther east, possi bly indicating that the German commander was shifting armored units from sector to sector to com bat each new threat. (By the Associated. Press) The U. S. seventh army has blunted the second big German counteroffensive, this one aiming at the vital Saverne gap in east ern France. In the north Marshal Montgomery sent British and Americans under his command into a concerted drive today ulong a 21-mile front against the northern flank of Marshal von Rundsteilt's Belgian bulge. The German push in the south, which carried 15 miles through the northern Vosges in five days south of Bitche, maglnot fortress city, ran into stiff resistance at the deepest point of its penetra tion, 12 miles from Saverne and the Saverne gap. But the Ger mans sent troops across the Rhine in battle strength . nine miles north of Strasbourg, pos ing a threat to ' that Important French Rhine city. Bad Weather Slows First Montgomery's forces in the Ar dennes sector gained 24 miles against von Rundstedt's northern flank, but U. S. First army forces driving south from the Grandme nil area toward Bastogne were slowed by bad weather and in creasing German resistance. The U. S. Third army fighting on the southern flank in the Bas togne sector yielded two miles in the Michamps area northeast of the city under pressure of at least 21 counterattacks In two days. Another mile was given up around Wardin, three miles southeast of Bastogne. The with drawals were described as order ly line-shortening operations on the narrow waist of the salient. Big Air Battle Stage Despite the weather, RAF planes hit enemy troop and ar mor concentrations in and around Hauffalize, road hub ten miles northeast of Bastogne, during the night. This is the area which front dispatches have described as a likely area for the great bat tle of the west. A great fleet of U. S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators assault ed western Germany today, fol lowing up a battering of more (Continued on Page 6) Committee Posts Very Satisfying To Cordon, Morse WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (AP) Oregon's senators are very well satisfied with their new commit tee assignments. Senator Cordon got the agricif ture-forestry committee which he requested, together with public lands and surveys. Cordon's first choice was appropriations but the available places were claimed by members with greater seniority. To take the agriculture post, Cordon had to give up Indian af fairs and post offices and post roads but Senator Morse was giv en a Place on the roads commit tee. Cordon retained three of his old committees, commerce, recla mation, both of which he consid ered of especial value to the state, and library. Morse was highly gratified with his assignment to the edu ationlabor committee which had been his first choice because of his experience as a member of the labor board and his earlier onnection with the Oregon uni versity faculty. He also was pleased with the Dlace on public roads and regarded the claims committee, normally a heaw iob of work, as particularly desirable because of the number of war connected claims erpectable. He also - has mines and mining. which concerns an Oregon indus try, and. public buildings and grounds, which is expected to face a considerable amount of studv during the next two years in outlining nostwar development of the swollen federal plant. . BUS DRIVER SLAIN Miss Win nifred Cecil, 25-year-old navy bus driver, who was found shot to death and criminally assault ed in her Mare Island navy yard bus at San Francisco in the early morning of Jan. 4. The killer ap parently hid himself in the bus overnight. Roommate Robbery Charge is Faced Augustine Pacheco was bound over to the Douglas county grand jury today and continued In cus tody in lieu of $1,000 bail fol lowing arrest on a charge of theft of a pocketbook containing $166 belonging to his roommate, Fred Fuch, State Police Sergeant Paul Morgan reported. Fuch told police, Morgan stat ed, that he returned to his room at 439 Fowler street, Roseburg, and found that the billfold he had left on the bed had disappear ed. He notified the city police, who, in turn, called the state police. Pacheco, after being question ed, admittiicl dropping the billfold out of the window into a clump of shrubbery, Morgan reported. The officers recovered the bill fold and money. Douglas Fir Mills Place Huge Batch of Orders. PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 6 (AP) Douglas Fir mills in ore- gon and Washington placed 110 minion board ieet ol new orders at this year's first military auction the largest amount at one sale since a year ago, Major Raleigh Chinn reported today. Chinn, head of the central pro curing agency, thanked the in dustry "for concretely Indicating its will to meet heavy war de mands." About 60 million feet ot the or ders represent water cargo, the remainder rail. Siberian Volcano On Rampage Nearly Month MOSCOW, Jan. 6 (AP) Klu chevskaya, one of the world's largest volcanoes, locrted on the Kamchatka peninsula in eastern Siberia, has been in eruption since Dec. 11, It was learned to day. The last time it erupted was in 1937, when the flow of lava reached 10 miles in length. (The Kamchatka peninsula is northeast of Japan. Kluchevska- ya, with an altitude of 16,130 feet Is the highest peak In Siberia and the highest active volcano in the old world. Bert C. Parker Admits Accusation of Robbery A plea of guilty to' a charge of robbery by force was entered in circuit court today bv Bert Clar ence Parker, . recently arrested at Portland and rethrned to Douglas county Parker was ac cused of the theft of $5 from Wal ter Elder on December 2 District Attorney H. A. Canaday told the court. Imposition of sentence was oostponed bv Judge Carl E. Wlm herly. pending further Investiga tion into Parker's past record. Vincent Reappointed SALFM.t Ore- Jon. 6 (AP) Frank Vincent. Portland, was re appointed today by Governor Snell to a four-year term on the state wage and hour commis sion. . ROSEBURG, OREGON, Struggle For Budapest In Seesaw Stage MOSCOW,' Jan. 6. (AP) Tank, artillery and air battles vir tually as fierce as any fought since Germany attacked Russia raged northwest of BudaDest to day as the Germans made a su preme bid to break through to their isolated garrison In the bat tered Hungarian capital. iThe fighting has reached such a pitch that neither side has giv en any clear indication of how far the German penetration has irone toward the city from the Komarom area. At last report the Russians held a zone possibly 30 miles deeo, but dispatches said the whole sector south of the Danube bend now Is most fluid and places are changing hands several times daily. A Russian communique said the Germans threw 300 tanks Into the battle yesterday. The Germans were said to have brought up lmmerous King Tigers from the Vienna area. These met a strong foe In the Red army's new T-34 tanks. The Germans also poured great num bers of other mobile weapons into the area in the past two days. Strong forces of German air craftin greater number than have' been seen on the eastern front for months are providing steady support for the enemy ground attack. -Gferrlson Still Trapped.- ' ' r'--Although the Russians are tight lipped about the way the fighting is going northwest of Pudanest, dispatches said one thing Is certain no units of the Budapest garrison have been able to break through toward their would-be rescuers. The Germans hold several Im portant heights in northwest Budapest and are firing with tell ing effect, but the Russians have kept them from two important escape highways one to the west and another leading direct- continued on Page 6) Record Number of Bills in Prospect For Legislators SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 6. (AP) An unusually large number of bills probably will be presented to the 43rd legislative assembly which meets here Monday, legis lators arriving here today said. Several senators, scoffing at predictions ot a short session, said thev have heard reports from fellow legislators that a new record for Introduction Of bills might be set. "Many legislators seem to have large batches of bills In their pockets," one senator said. The attorney general's office said 11 has been swamped by state departments and legisla tors asking assistance In drafting bills. Many of these requests were made at the last minute. Governor Sneil put the finish ing touches on his legislative message, which he will deliver about 2 p. m. in the house cham ber. Jobless Payments in Oregon at All-Time Low SALEM. Ore., Jan. 6 (API Only 2,131 persons drew unem ployment comoensation benefits totallni? $157.8-13 in Oregon dur ing 1944, the state unemployment compensation commission said to do v. The totals were at an all-time low. The avprage weekly payment was $13.60. with onlv 399 work ers drawing the maximum of $15 a week. The commission collected $17, 268.140 In taxes from emoloyers last year, or $300,000 less than In I previous year I ne Prevlous ear- Gasoline Doctored With Red Ink, OPA Alleges LOS ANGELES. Jan. 6. (AP) A new use for red Ink has been reported by the OPA which filed Inlunction suits here seeking to prevent 10 service station opera tors from "doctoring gasoline and sellimr It as high octane fuel." A few drons of red Ink. said the OPA, gave the fuel a deeper rol or, and the dealers assertedlv charged two cents more per gal lon. . SATURDAY. JANUARY 6, of Luzon Poised; 5 yMk If HITLER EXAMINES WAR RUINS A sad-faced Adolf Hitler,. hat in hand, surveys ravages of war with upldentifed naii leaders in an undesignated German city. This' picture was captured by U. S. army signal corps on western front but date it vVas taken' is unknown. : '. Issuance of Order Drafting 18-38 Age Men Who Desert Jobs Slated Now, Assertion WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (AP) Capitol sources predicted today selective service headquarters would direct local draft boards within the next 24 hours to induct men without board approval. Sources close to the house military committee said they were In Reclassification Of Deferred Men Slated in Oregon SALEM, Ore., Jan. 6. (AP) Col. Elmer V. Wooton, Oregon selective service director, an nounced today that draft boards would reclassify all men who voluntarily leave jobs for which they are deferred, and that the 1500 men under the age of 26 who have farm deferments would be given physical examinations dur ing January. Colonel Wooton also announced that five per cent of all Oregon men who have occupational de ferments would be reclassified. The colonel said: "Calls on all states have been increased because of the urgent need for more fighting men, and the pool of men under the age of 26 is virtually exhausted. The only major source from which additional men can be obtained is from men over 26." He said it Is "neither advisable nor desirable to undertake whole sale reclassifications of men oc cupationally deferred, but rather, to make reclassifications as calls for men for the armed forces are received." Colonel Woton said that orders from national selective service headquarters provide for the re classification of men who change jobs without advising local boards. He added that when men make . such requests to local boards, they will receive prompt answers. The fact that deferred farm workers under 26 are being ex amined does not mean they will be drafted. He said those physi cally fit will have their cases re viewed, while the unfit will stay where they are. He gald he has heard of sev eral cases where men have been deferred to join the merchant marine, and then left their 1obs. Unless such registrants go back to sea Immediately, they will be classified Into 1-A. Meanest Thief. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 6. (AP) Sad news for smokers In LaGrande police reported that seven cases of cigarettes consign ed to that city were stolen from a truck terminal in Portland. 1 945. 5 between 18 and 38 who change jobs formed of the new order by spokesmen for selective service. These sources also said the army has agreed to lower its physical standards to accept for work units men sent to it by aratt boards under "work-or-fight" regulations. . The new regulations would ap ply to men now holding defer ments of any kind, either occupa tional or physical, but would' be aimed primarily at the physically fit group. Its purpose is to pre vent labor turnover through shift ing of jobs without draft board approval. While men under 26 have In the past faced Immediate Induc tion if they shifted from jobs for which they had been deferred that policy had not applied gener ally to men of the older age groups 'pr to s, spokesmen ex- piaineo. Frequently, they added, men ordered inducted for shifting jobs were lound physlcall" disquali fied. In the future, with the low. erlng of army acceptance stand ards, these men will be assigned to labor units. The new selective service or der virtually puts into effect bv regulation provisions ot a bin Introduced today by Chairman May of the house military com mittee. However, It was pointed out, the legislation is necessary to provide that men Inducted In to the work Units shall not be eligible for normal veterans benefits and to remove misun derstanding about the use of the men in industry. Christian Scientists Observe Anniversary BOSTON, Jar 6. fAP Christian Scientists today observ ed th" 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ Sci entist, and a half century of re ligious accomplishment. The original edifice of gray granite, seating about 1,200 per sons, was dedicated January 6, ; into, nv tne rounder ot t hns tl.tn Science, Marv Bnker Eddy. It Is now dwarfed by the "annex" built only ten years later to seat 5,000 persons. Predatory Angler. PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. B. ( AP) Portland's "fish pole" prowler is at work again, uslntr a pole and line to take two purses from A home and getting only S2. No. 45-5 Landing May ; HaveStarted, Tokyo States China-Based Superforts ' , Bomb Nippon Homeland; Aircraft Plant Target (By the Associated Press) American assault forces are ' -closing In and "may have - landed on Luzon," most lm- portant Island In the Philip- " pines, Tokyo radio reported today as coordinated U. 8. V, land, sea and air forces In- vaded, shelled or bombed v strategic Japanese-held Is- ' lands spread over mora than ' 1.000 miles. The quickening tempo of the Pacific war brought these devel opments: 1. Tokyo radio reported three now allied convoys on the move in Philippines waters, Including a heavily guarded invasion flo tilla west of Luzon on which Ma nila is situated. 2. Gen. MacArthur announced the unopposed invasion of capture- of Marinduque island, 12 ' miles south of Luzon and less than 100 miles from Manila. It was the seventh island to be retaken In the Philippines. - d. Aam. wimitz announced last U. S. carrier forces destroyed 111 Japanese planes and 27 ships In their two-day raid on Formosa and the Okinawa islands, linking Japan and the Philippines, sixty eight other ships were damaged. " China Coast Combed. ; ' t 4. For the first time' sea-borne: U. S. planes reached the China coast. They searched 500 miles of the coastline from Foochow to Hongkong and reported they could have flown on to U. S. air bases in the interior. 5. Another U. S. task force shelled major harbors on Haha JIma and cmcht Jima in the Bonln Islands. 650 miles south of Tokyo and 1,300 miles west of Formosa. 6. About 70 or 80 China-based Superforts bombed western Kyu shu in the Japanese homeland, apparently hitting for the sixth time at the Important ,Omura aircraft factory. Tokyo sald12 other B-29s bombed Nanking. v' 7. Japanese troops In southwest China recaptured Wanting, Burma-road fortress town tiear the (Continued on Page 6) Robert C. Barrett Wins : D. S. Bar for War Valor Robert C. Barrett, Roseburg, serving as a chief cook in the maritime service, has oeen awarded the merchant marine Distinguished Service bar lor bravery in action on the high seas. When Barrett's ship was at tacked by enemv planes Barrctte and Fireman James B. Gordon took over operation of the fan tall gun after the navy gunner was hit. They exhausted their ammunition and braved enemy fire to carry up more shells and continue the anti-aircraft fire whirh chased off the attacking planes. ' Tractor Crushes Out Life of Operator ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. 6. (AP) The death of Phillip Sheri dan Mnnsclman, 35, yesterday when a tractor lurched forward and pinned him underneath at a ranch near seaside, was reported here today. Arranges to Pay Fine, J. A. Woodworth, charged with intoxication, was fined $10 after pleading guilty before tho Roseburg city court, A. J. God des, city recorder, stated today. Woodworth was released on ar rangement to pay. Generous Landlord PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (AP) A' generous landlord gave the OPA this description ol his rental fa cilities: "I allow my tenant the tern- porary use of 21 chickens." American civilians would be less concerned ever the state ments that a "long war Has ahead" if seme heads of the war did not He. - levity Fact Rant 7 U F. IMsanfUla .ju.--.ar .r. ( :