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German Populace Fleeing in ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 22. 1945. No. 43-18 iff , ; f'fir-j) -:tabll.hed 1873 J," A fir r ' i, I. ;., x , k STARTING THE MILE OF DIMES H. C. Darby, special tax col lector for Douglas county, is pictured above as he placed his dimes on the sidewalk last Saturday in Roseburg's "Mile of Dimes" campaign. Darby dedicated each of his' ten dimes to a relative in military service, including a son and daughter in the Pacific area. More than $400 in currency and silver made up the unbroken line which extended for almost a block on Jackson street. 'Mile of Dimes" Rings up $427 For Infantile Paralysis Fund A good start was made Saturday on Roseburg's "Mile of Dimes," as pedestrians Jaid $427.28 "on the line" along Jackson street be tween Cass and Oak streets from 10:30 a. m. until 3 p. m. The re teipts pushed the Douglas county infantile paralysis campaign fund tn estimated 251.3 feet, or nearly a block further along toward the In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS S these words are written, the Roosevelt dog incident, now days old, is still going strong. Mostly it is stirring amusement. But there is an undercurrent of resentment. IT is improbable that FDR or Eleanor, or even Colonel Elliott himself, had anything whatever to do with the high priority the airborne mastiff carried. It is much more likely that some White House flunkey, anxi ous to curry favor for himself, ar ranged it all on his own account. Thereafter the air forces person nel, clear down to the major who (seenig the awesome White House label on the mutt and its crate) commandeered a jeep and made a delivery boy of himself, carried through with the idea that such was the way to gain credit and standing with the brass hats above. That is tho way these palace affairs usually work. THE 'king of England is by all accounts a personable fellow. His wife, the queen, appears to have a charm that wins all who meet her in an informal way. The general testimony is that they are Just a pleasant couple whose de sire is to win friends and influ ence people as they go along. But suppose that by inadvert ence a dog came out of Bucking ham palace, duly crated, bearing (Continued on page 2) First Survivor from Bataan "Death March" Joins Yanks After Dodging Japs Three Years By SPENCER DAVIS U. S. BOMBER WING HEADQUARTERS, Northern Luzon, Jan. 22. (AP) Haggard, footsore and hungry for American chow, the first survivor from the Bataan "death march" to Join his invading fellow cuntrymen on Luzon rested here today after hiding from Japanese and living on rice for nearly three years. He was Corp. Gerald G. Wadr of Lewiston, Idaho, an army all corns mechanic. He was chalky faced from mal nutrition. He looked 15 years old er than his 25 years but he war hanny and hungry. Wade , told how be and other prisoners who were surrendered to the Japanese at Bataan. -on southern Luzon. April 9, 1942. were mistreated and made to march 85 miles north to a prison camo. "They laughed and Jeered at us," he said. "Some of them bashed us on the heads with poles as thev drove bv In trucks." . .(An official account of. the I'M goal of an actual "mile of dimes," or a goal oi m. , - . - Mayer W. F. Harris started the event by laying the first dime on the sidewalk and talking briefly into the microphone as Station KRNR "covered" the special event with an impromptu pro gram. A. C. Fries, Jr., director in charge of the Roseburg area, was assisted by Cub Scout pack, No. 3t4. Mickey Coen was in charge of the Cub Scouts and worked his large group of assistants in re lays. Scouts' Work Praised The work of the boys was highly praised by Mr. Fries, who declared: "Thev were very en thusiastic workers. They took the initiative by suggesting to pedes trians that they lay their money on the line. When coins failed to come fast enough, some of tho boys found boxes and roamed the business district, asking shoppers in stores to help make the line longer. It was a most pleasant situation for me as chairman of the drive, for they needed no pep (Contiued on page 6) Two Escape Jail By Sawing Through Bars VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 22. (CP) Two men sawed their way through inch-thick steel bars and escaped from the Vancouver po lice station late Sunday night. Police said the men, Ronald J. West, 20, of Vancouver, and James P. Carleton, 27, a United State citizen, cut through the bars, lowered themselves 10 feet with-a blanket, dropped another JU feet to a light well and then climbed down a telephone pole some time alter a p. m. West was arrested last Thurs day at the .City Coal company wnere ne allegedly was attempt ing to break into a safe. Carle- ton was being held for Arizona police and for falling to procure Canadian national registration cam. "death march,", based on reports if survivors who escaped and made their way to the United States, was given In a Joint armv naw statement issued Jan. 27, 1944. It 6aid: "The march of death' began when thousands of prisoners were herded together at Mariveles air field on Bataan at davllght on April 10. 1942 in groups of 300 to 1,000 men, the prisoners were marched along the national road of Bataan to ward San' Fernando. In Pampan ga province The Japanese (Contiued on page 6)..-u-ri TarlBurned ByJese AsThevYse. Americans Gi ' ' by Charred Ruins; , Q .osa Again Under Air Attack GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Jan. 22 (AP) Tarlac, with its two airfields only 65 air miles from Manila, fell to the swiftly-advancing Americans, Gen. MacAr thur announced today. The once proud city, most prosperous in the central Luzon plains, was re duced largely to smoking rubble by the fleeing Japanese only a few hours before the Yanks ar rived. Seizure of the important rail nnd highway junction put the Americans nearly half way to Ma nila from their Lingayen gulf beachhead and within 22 miles of Clark airfield, largest of tho Phil ippines. Adlacent to Clark field is Fort Stotsenburg, major mili tary post. Tarlac, a city of 55.000 includ ing its populous suburbs, was dev astated bv the Japanese, who evi dently sprayed every building with gasoline and applied torch es as the Americans approached down two converging highways. Only bewildered, homeless Fili pinos met their liberators. The enemy left considerable stocks of ammunition and mili tary sunplies. Yanks Dominate Skies Seizure of two airfields at Tar lac brought to five the American bases on Luzon for further devas tating air blows at Japanese troops and supplies. The largest is at Llnsayen. Yank airmen have dominated the Luzon skies since invasion day. U. S. doughboys, pressing east ward toward another good -high way to Manila this one follow ing a circuitous foothill route steering clear of rivers and swampland captured Victoria and La Paz east of Taslao. At Moncada, 20 miles north, of Tarlac, the Japanese counter-attacked at night but were turned back with heavy losses. Headquarters Issued a recapi tulation of dead on bloody Leyte island, showing 68.S3!) Japanese have been killed and 692 captur ed a ratio of 25 Japanese for one American. A total of 610 Jap anese were killed on Friday in the continued moo-up of the 2,000 to 3.000 still believed hiding in the hills. Formosa Again Raided United States carrier-based air craft, which Japanese reports said were again striking at For mosa and the Ryukyus, shot down (Continued on Page 6) Open Shop Proviso Inserted in Bill To Work or Fight WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (AP) The house military committee wrote an antl-closoa-shop amend ment into manpower legislation today and refused to specify agri culture as a critical industry. The amendment, which mem bers said was approved 14 to 10 in a closed session, stipulated that no man taking an industrial job at the request or direction of his draft board shall be required to join a union as a condition of em ployment. The committee turned down an amendment by Representative Stewart (D.-Okla.) to write into the work-or-be-lailed legislation a directive to selective service to "consider agriculture as a critical war industry" and to issue at once a directive to local draft boards ordering them to follow the letter of the Tydings amend ment. This portion of the selec tive service law spells out condi tions under which farm workers may be deferred from induction. Roosevelt Names New Navy Aide, REA Chief . WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (AP) H. Struve Hensel of New Jersey was nominated today bv Presi dent Roosevelt to be assistant sec retary of the navy. Hensel who has been servln the navy department in a legal eanacity on contracts for some three years, will move into th ryjsitlon vacated when Ralph Bard became undersecretary. Other nominations submitted to the senate included: . Aubrey W. Williams of Ala bama, former head of the Nation al Youth artministratirm. to ho Ru Mt Electrification Administrator, He would succeed Harry Slattery, who resigned recently under pro test. lanes' Ouster, Naming of Wallace as Secretary of Commerce Stirs Protest WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (AP) Henry A. Wallace called for "full and efficient employment" throughout the nation today as opposition to his appointment as secretary of commerce spread on Capitol hill. , Even before his nomination to take over the Job of the protest ing Jesse Jones reached the sen ate, the former vice president Is sued a statement saying: "I am happy that the president has named mo to a position pro viding for continuous activity in the public welfare. "In the highly geared world of today and tomorrow, there must be full and efficient employment throughout the nation." ' - The senate received Wallace's formal nomination from the White House after it convened ttt noon. In whp.t appeared to be a hid for southern democratic support when his nomination comes up for confirmation, Wallace sum med up his new job as one de signed to promote "a maximum of national .employment by pri vate business. The Iowan added that "govern ment must accept the duty of see ing that all men in health have jobs," that "full employment m the United States is fundamental to an enduring peace." Wallace laid down a four-point program in which he declared that "opportunity for free enter prise among business men must be expanded, particularly among small business men." Criticism Outspoken s . Opposition to the president's appointment of Wallace to the multi-billion dollar lending post held by Jones was voiced bv re publican senators, and southern members were hardly more guarded in expressing their criti cism of the move. -,. The, gist of their disagreement was that congress had given the loan administrator extraordinary authority simply on the under- (Contlnued on Page 6) Meat Spoilage Assertion Denied PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 22 (AP) McDannell Brown, district OPA administrator here, today flatly denied charges that meat is spoiling in Portland shops bo cause of tightened ration values. An OPA survey of more than 50 stores here last week disclos ed neither spoiled meat nor "any meat that seemed in danger of spoiling," he declared. Some dealers did report "an oversup ply of hind quarters" however, Brown said. Every change in ration values results in light buying until housewives familiarized them selves with stretching points as far as they will go, he said, ex plaining that this would account for "somewhat" slower meat sal- John O. Ferris, OPA' meat ra tioning representative, attributed part of the oversupply to some dealers who overbought point- free meats before they were re stored to the ration list. Brown's statement followed an Associated Press dispatch from San Francisco comparing the lack of meat in the bay area with "large oversupnlies" and "the pos sibility of spoilage" in the Paci fic northwest. Japan Would Repatriate Tule Lake Group, U. S. Told WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (AP) The Japanese government has advised Washington .that It ex pects to be able to carry out an exchange of Interned citizens of the two countries some time this year. The state department today made public a note sent from Tokyo late last year through Spanish diplomatic channels giv ing the enemy's official rcactlor. to insistent American proposals that a third exchange be arrang ed as soon as possible. The Japanese said th.-.f they are particularly Interested In ie patriat'ng nationals held at the Tule Lake, Calif., segregation center. Champion Calf Roper Killed in Rodeo Mishap DENVER, Jan. 22 (AP) Clyde (Sagev) Burk, 31, world's champion calf rooer from Co manche, Okla., died early today in a hospital of Injuries suffered yesterday when a horse fell on him at the National Western Slock show rodeo. Bulk, not entered In the hull dogeing eve nt that brought death to him, was hazing st"ers o:i horseback for other bulldogers. Onlv Inst Wednesday the Rodeo Association of America named Burk the champion -calf roper and one of the 10 leading cow boys of 1944. He also held the roping title In 1943.; , - Henry A. Wallace l, Km Jesse H. Jones Oil Refinery in Germany Blasted LONDON, Jan. 22. (API Two hundred Flying Fortresses bombarded a synthetic oil refin ery at Sterkrade in the Ruhr to day despite howling wintry gales over the continent. The bombers were escorted by 100 Mustang fighters from bases in Britain on the short trip across the Rhine in northwestern Ger many. Allied air forces In Italy pound ed German communications and supply depots. The Mediterranean allied air force said the opera tions were Intended "to so de plete German fuel, ammunition and supply stores in Italy that the 28 enemy divisions will be unable to attack allied ground forces in Italy." Other Italian-based allied planes attacked the Brenner pass and Travisio rail lines. Disregarded Smoke Turns Into $45,000 Fire FAIRVIEW, Ore., Jan. 22. (AP) Failure to Investigate smoke slowly filtering into the Blue Lake chateau dance hall late last night resulted two hours later in $45,000 fire damage. Charles S. Taylor, operator, told firemen he believed the smoke was from clgarets in the crowd of Vancouver shipyard machinists and friends. Ho later discovered a second floor bed room in flames. Pension Hike Sought for Washington Teachers OLVMPIA, Wash. Jan. 22. (AP) A pension hike from $40 to $100 Is sought for Washington teachers In a bill introduced to day in the legislature by Sen. Gerald G. Dixon (D.-Pierce) on behalf of the Washington State Federation of Teachers. The retirement age would con tinue at GO yenrs and 30 years of service would stand as the eligibility requirement for full pension, the bill stipulates. Disability payments up to SGO are another feature of tho pro posed legislation. Mother, Daughter Die In Tntck-Auto Crash HILLSBOF.O, Ore., Jan. 22. (AP) Gertrude Mav Hora, 34, and daughter. Maxlne Gray, 12, were killed today when a ear In which they were passengers col lided with a truck here. Two other daughters and Gol dier Beyer, 28, aire in a hospital. Bill Offered To Strip Wallace Of Loan Authority WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (AP) A move to strip Hen ry A. Wallace of control over federal loan and financing agencies as commerce secre tary was started In the sen ate today by Finance Commit tee Chairman George (D. Go.) Evidencing the opposition to Wallace's nomination among southern democrats and republicans, George of fered legislation to reestab lish the federal loan agency as a sparate and independent dent arm of government. He acted shortly after the sen ate received President Roose velt's formal nomination of Wal lace to succeed Jesse Jones, a post for which Jones said the former vice president Is un suited. George's bill would set aside President Roosevelt's executive order of 1942 transferring the Federal Loan agency, the Recon struction Finance corporation and Its subsidiary agencies to the jurisdiction of the commerro de partment. The bill calls for the appoint ment bv the president of a S12.- 000 administrator to head tho re established agency. Liquor Deal's Inquiry Board Is SALEM. Jan. 22 (AP) Or ganization of a legislative Hounf investigation committee of fodr republicans and one democrat was completed todav when soeak er of the house, Eugene E.. Marsh, named the three house memoers. He appointed Harvev Wells, republican. Portland Insurance man: Ralph T. Moore, republican, Bandon lumber manufacturer; and Honrv Semon, democrat, Klamath Falls potatoe grower and also chairman of the house ways and means committee. They will serve with two sen at republicans, Angus Gibson, Junction City automotive dealer, and Paul L. Patterson, Hlllsboro attorney. Both houses must confirm the committee appointments. Marsh nnd senate president, Howard C. Belton, promised a thorough investigation of the 1943 Waterflll and Frazier liquor nurchnses, although some senate democrats had chareed the com mittee would "whitewash" the state liquor commission's pur chase of tho liquor. The Investiga tion was requested by Governor Snell. Committee members did not give an indication whether they would cooperate with a similar committee of the Washington leg islature. The Washington and Oreeon liquor commissions enter ed the deal iolntlv. Pav Boost Defeated The senate defeated 26 to 4 an amendment bv Sen. Wallace. Portland democrat, to pav elec tion fudges In Multnomah S8 a rlav. The amendment "xas to bill Increaslne; It throughout the state from S3 to S5 a dav. Ren. Harvey. Portland, Intro duced a bill to prevent use of blinds or serens in places where Intoxicating liquor Is sold, and Sen. Lamport, Salem, sponsored a measure to require fireprooflng of circus tents. Furniture Call Issued For Crowded Hospitals PORTLAND. .Tan. 22. (AP1- Mllltarv hospitals in this area are so crowded with convalescent pa tients that manv wards are with out radios or a slnele niece of comfortable furniture. Mrs. La mar Too7i. Red Cross official hero, said today. She said the Red Cross was aopealln to Oreron residents for small radios, davenports, easy chairs nnd card tables for de livery to camos and hospitals. 1 5 Loriounces Spoken By Sinnle Group of Wacs FT. LPTHOwpR, Ga.. Jan. y (AP) Th ftrvf rnnMnent of Hawaiian Wnen W n' them have arrived here for basin train In" rf f!heee. Chlnee-Hiwafan P'tinlno. .Tinanese-Hawnllan and TrUh.Wnwall.in anpetrv. t h e v entlectlvely speak 15 different Appointed languages. Panic as Berlin Appeals For All-Out Defense of Border ' ; (By the Associated Prest) ' The red army's mammoth drive across Poland has battered to within 182 miles of Berlin, and 55 of strategic Poznan (Posenl.. last bastion city before the reich frontier in the Polish bulge into Germany, Premier Stalin announced today. . ' ' Marshal Zhukov's tremendous push toppled Inowroclaw, big highway center, and pushed on to Labiszyn.for the closest approach to Berlin. Berlin summoned all Germans who can han dle weapons. t . ... Triple invasion armies meanwhile were spearinq deeper into East Prussia above this wedge, and into German Silesia on the south. ... - : Fall of, Insterburg, East Prussia's second city, was announced by Stalin in an initial ordor of the day. Berlin said another red . army had approached within 45 miles of the Baltic in a drive to cut off the Junkers province, and that Russians in German Silesia wore but 28 miles from the capital city, Breslau. : Air Assault Yrecks 3,000 Nazi Vehicles PARIS, Jan. 22.(AP) Allied warplanes caught 3 000 German vehicles, the bulk of transport of an entire army, in an attempted snenkaway from the Ardennes salient through the Siegfried lino to the Rhine, and tore them to pieces today In a ruinous daylong attack. There was every Indication that the ruin would be the great est since the wounded wehrmacht fled from the Seine through the Falaise gap. The destruction of equipment promised virtually to Immobilize at least one of Mar shal von Rundstedt's two mobile reserve armies. Allied air power Intervened ns the American Third army fought Into the streets of Wlltz, south ern anchor of German defenses In Luxembourg, and as the U. S. First army stormed into the open from the forest belt brotectlng St. Vlth. 21 miles away. British on the north closed within three miles of the Roer river, near Its confluence with the Maas (Meuse) at the Ger man stronghold of Roermond In Holland. The French First army striking up from Mulhouse ap parently was Blowed'down In deep snow -after--, gaining m to six miles In two' days. German at tacks north of Strasbourg appar ently were being held. .-. . . hi-.-.:- n,,itMM dii. The last few miles oil the Ger man bulee before the ' Siegfried line was flattening out quickly. The Germans were making an outrieht withdrawal. They aban doned village after village, some witnout a iignt. : North of the Ardennes, British Tommies were reported running into stiffened resistance and counterattacks: A shift of wehr macht reserves to that area be tween tho Maas and Roer reflect- (Contiued on page 6) Unction Issued In Loaning Case Temporary Inlunction was Is sued In the circuit court today by Judge Cnrl E. Wlmberly, upon pe tition of the North Umpqua Tim- oer company, Young s Bay Lum ber company and A. K. Wilson Timber company, plaintiffs, In an action filed against the Thun der Mountain Logging company. The complaint alleges that the Thunder Mountain lagging com pany has padlocked the gale on a road used in getting out logs for the Young's Bay Lumber com pany, and that stoppage of work In the logging camp -and mill will result If the roadway Is not made available during pendency of the suit for permanent Injunc tion. Bond In tho sum ef $1,000 was posted bv the plaintiffs as dam ages to be forfeited If the claim for usage of the right of way is not upncia oy tne court. Pvt. D. Nelderhelser Missing in War Action Mrs. Sarah Nelderhelser, Aza lea, has been officially Informed by the War department that her son, Private Daniel Nelderhelser, is missing In action. Private Nei- derneiser, tne motner was in formed, has been unreported since Inst Christmas day. lie was in the European theater. A graduate of Mvrtle Creek high school. Private Nelderhelser entered Military service Feb. 2d, 1944, and went overseas last No vember. Prior to entering mili tary service, he was employed with the Douglas Forest Protec tive association for two fire sea- Convict Breaks Out, Gets Booty, Re-Enters Prtson ATLANTA. Jan. 22 (AP) Mal. William E. Soenee. chief of the Georgia bureau of Investiga tion, gave this account of It: Charlie Hill, 40, picked the lock at the WHkes county convict camp at night, burglarized homes and stores nnd then re-entered the orison and stored his loot In his locker nnd under his bunk. He apparently was selling the goods to other convicts. Hill Is serving a 15-ycar term tot burglary, . siaun proclaimed the ran oi in- sterburg, rail hub 50 miles from tne capital or Konlgsberg. to the . Third White Russian army. Ber lin said anotner great army driv ing into East Prussia from the south was onlv 80 miles awav from the Baltic. Tannenberg, Gen- man military snnne city, na.t been swept up by this southern push. , .. .4 There were indications the Germans had pulled back their main forces from tho ; swiftly overrun areas of Poland, and that a decisive battle of this war was imminent. Moscow said the Russians were within 14 miles of severing the main railway from Berlin to the rich cluster of Industrial cities, . Beuthen, Gleiwltz and Hinden burg. Their combined population ; totals nearly asu.uou. .. .v Berlin Shrieks for Men A call went out over the Ger man armed forces radio todav for everyone in the nation to loin this "holy battle for liberty" as Russian forces sweeping into Si lesia drove to a point approxi mately six hours by fast express from Berlin. .. . , : Damned he our enemies. This soulless, bestial, - overwhelming mass onslaught must be held at an costs," the announcer shouted. He demanded that "every man who can carry any kind of weap on, In fact anybody who can shoot," Join In defense of the reich. : The nazis themselves In home broadcasts did not try to conceal that "the hour of greatest peril to " the fatherland has struck," and Kfor the-ftrst. time admitted that Berlin Itself Is threatened by the" Russian offensive. - , ,- "If the Russians' capture Pot- , nan (In western Poland) then the threat to Berlin enters the acute stage." said a Berlin dispatch to the Stockholm Aftonbladet passed by nazi censorship. Appealing for clothes in a "peo ple's sacrifice" campaign, the an nouncer said contributors "wilt be rewarded by a picture of Himmler, personally autograph ed." ' . Declaring that a "golden .book of honor" is being kept, the an- (Continued on Pago 6) $300 Million to be ; Hunaary Indemnity WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. Hun gary, the last of Germany's satel lites to surrender to the allies, nereed In armistice terms pub lished Sunday to return to her 1W7 frontiers and to pay $300, 000.000 in reprrntlons to the soviet union. Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia In six years. She also turned over her land, sea and air forces to the allies for use against Germany and anreed to provide "not less than eight Infantry divisions with corps troops. v Navy to Spend $225,000 to Improve Camp Adair WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (AP) The navy is preparing to spend $225,000 to Improve Camp Adair, near Corvallls, Ore., Represent ative Mott said today. The navy, which has taken over the former armv post, has allot ted funds for a laundry, five new buildings for officers' quarters, a cold storage plant, and outside facilities, he reported. Mott said the navy also has earmarked $44,000 for additional water facilities at Klamath Falls, Ore., naval air station. Richard D. Williams Sues S. P. for $35,000 Damages Suit eskln"? damages In the sum of $35,000 for nlleeed perma nent Iniuries was filed In the cir cuit court here today by Richard D. Williams, veteran S. P. brake man, against the Southern Pa cific company. Williams alleges In his complaint that he suffered a fall August 11. 1944. while en gaged In his regular duties, as a result of the brepklng of a grab Iron on a gondila car. Injury to te Snlne Is altered. LtyltyFctRant By L. F. RalxMuUla Commerce Secrntary Jesse Jones teems to resent the dis criminatory view of the presi dent that the term "Indispensa ble" applies only to the presi dent Hiot to a cablntt officer.