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Smashes Draw Foe's Troops , -From
Western Front Under
Murderous Allied Air Blows
(By the Associated Press)
A Sixth Russian army hat scored a fresh breakthrough on the
eastern front .this one In Czechoslovakia by the Second Ukraine
army of Marshal Malinovskv Marshal Stalin announced todav in'
Buy 'Em, Hold 'Em ,
War bonds for victory now, for
teourity In ths future. - Shell out
for knockout. Lay 'em away
for a rainy day.
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Established .1873
Manila-Bound Ami,
rosins,
Air Base at Clark Field
Advance on
Luzon Yields
Superforts Continue to
Raid Iwo Jima, Formosa,
Again Strike at Nagoya
(By the Associated Press)
U. S. 14th corps spearheads
driving on Manila today, cau
toiusly neared Clark field, one of
the greatest military prizes in the
Philippines, after recapturing
Camp O'Donnell which the Japa
nese turned into a concentration
camp and mass cemetery for the
heroes of Bataan.
Associated Press field dispatch
es reported Yank' patrols were
nearing Clark field while the
main force moved slowly toward
i the smoking ruins of Bamban,
harassed bv Japanese artillery.
Clark field, with its maze of
shops and 13 runways, is six miles
beyond Bamban and between lies
the Bamban river, a natural bar
rier along which the Nipponese
are expected to make a strong
stand.
Advances ranging up to nine
miles were reported on other
Luzon sectors. Large stores of
enemy materie), including 2,000
tons of ammunition, were cap
lured in the northeastern zone.
.Horror Casualtlee Heavy
A Filipino colonel who survived
the horrors of Camp O'Donnell
eslimuted that half of 'the 80,000"
Filipinos and Americans origin
ally imprisoned there had died
of disease, starvation and mis
treatment. Russell Brines, Associated Press
war correspondent returning to
Luzon island where he was in-
(Continued on Page 6)
Lt. Gen. Lear Of
"Yoohoo" Incident
Given New Duties
PARIS, Jan. 24. (AP) Lt.
Gen. Ben Lear has been appoint
ed deputy commander in the Eu
ropean theater charged with ad
ministrative matters of the Unit
ed States troops, supreme head
quarters announced today.
Lear's new assignment per-i
tains purely to American admin
istration and Is not connected
with the direction of the cam
paign, which is on an allied basis.
He had been in command of
U. S. army ground forces.
Known as a stern disciplinar
ian, Lear received considerable
publicity in 1941 for his punish
ment of American soldiers who
called "Yoohoo" af some shorts
clad girls on a Memphis golf
course they were passing In mo
tor trucks. ' Lear compelled the
soldiers to make a long march to
atone for what he regarded as
unsoldlerly conduct.
Among his duties will be con
trol of American manpower in
the European theater. This will
include the direction of the pres
ent reclassification program
which is expected to bring many
rear area soldiers to the front
lines. '
Lear was horn In Hamilton,
Canada, in 1879. He is one of
the oldest active generals and
one of the few veterans of the
Spanish war participating In the
present connict.
Margarine Points to Advance
To Three Per Pound Cuts of
Fat P.orlc Slated for Ration
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (AP) The red point cost of mar
garine is going up from 2 to 3 points a pound, beginning Sunday,
and previously point-free fat pork cuts will require a point a pound.
Otherwise, the OPA announced today, red point values will re
main unchanged in February, and there will be no change in pres
ent blue point values for pro
cessed foods.
The agency said the 3-point
value for margarine one point
above lard, shortening; and salad
and cooking oils, recently re
turned to rationing - is intended
to continue its availability for
bread spreads and, in effect, dis
courage its use for cooking.
Plate and Jowl bacon, pork fat
backs and clear plates. Jowls, jowl
butts or square, aftd regular
plates are the fat pork items
which will require a point a
pound. .
Points are being restored for
m on jaoant
NISEI'S HOUSE SET AFIRE Summio Doi, one of the first Japanese-Americans
to return to the west coast, points to the charred
side of his Newcastle, Calif., home which unidentified persons
attempted to set afire. Attempts were also made to dynamite the
building and to intimidate him and his family with gunshots, the
county-theriff announced hirinterttion bf giving, Doi all possible
protection in accordance with his constitutional rights.
China, Yugoslavia Requesfed
By United Sfafes fo Settle
Their Domestic Problems
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (AP) To both Yugoslavia and China
went this thought from the United States today: We wish you would
get your domestic troubles settled.
These troubles have become major allied worries. They are high
on the list of political problems facing President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier
Stalin.
Joseph C. Grew, acting secre
tary of state, in two statements
issued yesterhay called on rival
factions in China and Yugoslavia
to reach agreements.
China however, was reminded
of the United States' willingness
to help Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek's government reach a
settlement with communists in
the North. Grew said the govern
ment "Has not participated" in
Yugoslav discussions for a unifi
ed administration.
Repetition of the "Good
Offices" offer to China, "when re
quested by the Cninese," carried
the force of an insistent appeal to
(Contlued on page 6)
Year's Clamp on Newberg
Store Sought by OPA
PORTLAND, Jan. 24. (AP)
The district OPA sought today to
ban a Newberg store from deal
ing in ceiling-priced articles for
an entire year.
In a suit filed in Yamhill coun
ty circuit court, the OPA charged
that Abraham Wolfman, proprie
tor of the Newberg Trading Post,
had sold two articles above ceil
in" prices and failed repeatedly
to keep pricing and posting rec
ords. these pork Items, OPA said, be
cause the wholesale cuts from
which thev are made are also
used In the production of lard,
nrfw back on the ration list.
Butter at 24 points a pound tops
the unchanged red point list..
Less Meat InSight.
Supplies of meats to be avail
able to civilinns in the five-week
February ration period will be
smaller than In January on an av
erage, weekly bans, It was est!
, (Continued on Page 6) ,
ROSEBURG, OREGON,
Q
Walter C. Lewis,
Retired Publisher,
Dies in Roseburg
Walter Claude Lewis, 77, re
tired newspaperman, former edi
tor of the Eastern Oregon Repub
lican, Union, Ore., and The Bulle
tin, Kalama, Wash., died today
at his home in Roseburg follow
ing a long illness. Mr. Lewis had
been retired from newspaper
work since 1938 and came to
Roseburg from Salem, Ore., in
1943, his wife, Mrs. Violet Lewis,
being employed as linotype op
erator with the Roseburg News
Review. Entering the printing business
at Oakland, Calif., In 1895, Mr.
Lewis started the Walnut Creek
Sentinel in California and later
edited newspapers at Pittsburg,
St. Helena, Selma, Turlock, Mon
terey, Salinas, Yreka and Watson
ville, all In California, and at
Gold field, Nev., prior to coming
to Oregon in 1930.
Surviving are his widow, three
daughters by a previous marri
age, and residents of California,
a brother, Percy W. Lewis, Port-
fContiued on page 6)
18 "Anglo-Americans"
Executed as "Saboteurs"
LONDON, Jan. 24. (AP) The
Germans announced today the
execution of 18 "Anglo-American"
agents charged with being sent
into Slovakia to carry out sabo
tage.
Transocean. nazi news agency,
said in a Berlin broadcast that
the men were captured in the
Tear of the German front.
"They were sentenced to death
bv a military tribunal and -exe
cuted by shooting," the broad
cast said. -
Stolen "Fags" Recovered,
Another Batch Disappears
PORTLAND. Ore..-Jan. 24.
(AP) Police have arrested two
Portland men on chsrges of pos
sessing stolen property alter re
covering 16 to 44 cases of ciga
rets taken from a freight line
warehouse January 14.
A similiar case now confronts
the police. A thief, robbed a golf
course restaurant In Portland -of
21 cartons of cigarets.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
Solons Juggle
Snell's Plan
For Tax Probe
' SALEM, Ore., Jan. 24. TAP)
The Oregon senate, after vot
ing 14 to 12 to table Governor
Snell's requested tax investiga
tion, changed its mind today and
voted to send the measure back
to its tax committee.
The governor recommended In
his opening message that a firm
of tax experts be hired to in
vestigate the state's tax struc
ture. Today's resolution called
for a 15-man committee which
would be authorized to hire ex
perts. . . .
The senate instructed the com
mittee today to remove any men
tion of the experts.
The senate first voted 20 to 8
against accepting the tax commit
tee's 4 to 3 recommendation that
the resolution be passed.
Then it passed 14 to 12 a mo
tion by Senator Thomas Mahon.
ey, Portland democrat, to table
the resolution.
The senate, on motion by Me
Kbnna, then voted 23 to 5 to take
the measure off the table.
Mahoney, making a new at
tempt to kill the resolution, mov
ed to postpone it indefinitely, but
the motion was defeated 21 to 7.
Then lt was sent back to com
mittee. ilahoney told the senate he be
lieved a firm- of tax experts
wouldn't do any good.
Draft Memorial Fouflht.
Organized labor's fight against
limited national service was car
ried todav to the house floor af
ter the .house resolutions' com
mittee refused to make a recom
mendation on a memorial by Rep,
Erwin, Portland democrat, ask
ing congress to approve Presi
dent Roosevelt's demand for na
tional service. -'
The committee Is against the
memorial, but it did not file an
adverse-report so tnat,j?;rwini, a
members of the committee, would
not have to be a one-man minor-
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FBI Nabs Seven in
Black Marketing
Meat Attempt
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.
(AP) The FBI announced today
seven arrests were made during
the night in a move to halt di
version of choice, government
oWned meat, into black market
channels.
Nat Pieper, FBI agent In
charge, said "more than 25,000
pounds of government-owned
choice meats, worth $16,000, In
cluding steaks and roasts, Intend
ed for use of the armed forces
overseas, was recovered by FBI
agents before it had been divert
ed into the black market."
Pieper said those arrested and
charged with conspiracy to com
mit iraud against the govern
ment, included a San Francisco
restaurant owner, two meat mar
ket operators, two ship stewards,
and two other persons.
The point value of the meat re
covered, the FBI stated, ran into
more than 255,000 red points.
Charge of $5 Robbery
By Violence Admitted
John Elmer Davis pleaded
guilty to a charge of robbery by
force and violence, without a dan
gerous weapon, when he appear
ed before Judge Carl E. Wimberly
In the circuit court Tuesday. He
was arrested for having taken $5
from Walter' Elder at Canyon
ville. Sentence was postponed
until his record could be Investi
gated. -
Max C. Schneeman
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WATCH FOR THESE THREE NAZI SPIES Director J. Edqar Hoover of the FBI. hat ailced the
public to be on ths lookout for
the U. S. and engage in espionage and sabotage. Schneemann it 5 feet II Inchet tall, weight
about 160 pounds, hat a handclasp tattooed on hit right forearm. Zuehltdorff, 25, it 6 feet tall,
weight about 140 poundt hat two tears on hit right torahaad. Wilmt, 37, 5 feet 7 Inches tall,
weighing. 127 pounds,: speaks English with only a slight accent. -
24, 1945.
Roosevelt Turns Down
Resignation of Labor
Secy. Frances Perkins
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.
(API President Roosevelt
has redesignated Frances Per
kins at seoretary of labor In
hit fourth term cabinet, after '
, declining to accept her retlg-
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (AP)
1 he resignation of Frances
Perkins has been turned down bv
'President Roosevelt and she will
continue as secretary of labor.
1 It was learned authoritatively
todav Miss Perkins had intended
her resignation submtitod as a
formality to "stick" and that
she had been preparing to leave
Washington after the inaugura
tion. '
Mr. Roosevelt rejected the res
ignation orally last Saturday in
auguration day qnd . followed
through with a letter.
? Miss Perkins, who served as
New York state labor commis
sioner for 13 years before her
appointment to the cabinet in
1933, has been under fire through
out much of her stay, in Wash
ington. ' Difficulty of selecting a can
didate from the ranks of labor
who would be acceptable to both
the AFL and CIO has been gen
erally given as the reason for
her long tenure In the face of an
often-expressed desire to quit.
Secret War Report
Seen as Boost for
National Draft
1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (AP)
Heads of the armed forces
made a secret war report to con
gress today, and backers prompt
ly claimed a big boost for nation
al service-legislation.
The meeting was attended bv
most members who heard talks
by Gen. George C. Marshal, Ad
miral Ernest J. King. War Secre-
tsey Stimson and Navy Secretary
forrestai.
Speaker Rayburn told report
ers after the session the meet
ing was bound to have a "consid
erable psychological effect" on
the current drive for "work-flght-
or-jail legislation.
According to those attending
none of the speakers mentioned
the legislation. But Representa
tive Wadsworth (R.-N. Y.), one
of 'the leading advocates of na
tional service proposals, said "it
didn't hurt."
. Wadsworth and others said the
talks dealt primarily with the
progress of the war and stressing
the need for all-out effort.
"They discussed with us frank
ly and candidlv the situations in
every theater," Rayburn said.
Chairman May (D.-Ky.) of the
house military committee earlier
had predicted much opposition to
the limited national service pro
nosals would disappear after the
meeting. ,
Legion Post Postpones
Decision on Jap Issue
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Jan. 24.
(AP) The Hood River Ameri
can Legion post will decide Feb
ruary 5 whether to restore to Its
honor roll the erased nr.mes of 15
Japanese-American sonIcemen.
The post deferred action last
night at a special meeting called
to consider the restoration re
quest made by the legion's
national commander.
Larceny Charge Takes
Roseburg Man to Colfax
George Skinner, Roseburg, was
taken to Colfax. Wash., this morn
ing by Deputy Sheriffs C. S. Da
vis and Dean Hickman, to answer
to the charge of grand larceny,
He was arrested In Roseburg
Monday on Information furnish
ed by Slierif f Parnell of Colfax.
Hant R. Zuehltdortf
thete three German agents believed to be under ordort to enter
No. 45-20
16 Senators
BackF.D.R.
Oh Peace Plan
. iir A c.tTTTVTn'TnV .Inn. 94 fAP)
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Sixteen new members of the Unit
ed States senate advised Presi
dent Roosevelt today that they
will back formation of a unitoa
Nations organization to preserve
world peace. ' '
The 10 new democratic ana six
new republican members' got to-
nntUnr. n tVtnlt rtUUM Initiative and
sent their assurance in a letter
to the White House.
Wishing Mr. Roosevelt success
in conferences with Marshal Sta
lin and Prime 'Minister Church
Ill, the freshmen senators said:
"We believe this government
should use all reasonable means
the other
nations of the world that we in
tend to share In the direction of
and the responsibility for the set
tlement or tnis war ana uie main
tenance of peace."
They suggested further that
"an agreement among the major
allies be concluded as soon as
nnDUtKia tn ,inmllltnH7j Oormanv
and to keep it demilitarized." ',
"We believe," tney saia, "inai
this government should, as soon
as possible, arrange to partlcl-
fiMmntlAli, In nil rind.
sions affecting the establishment
of law ana oraer in me huuiuluu
or enemy countries." .... . ;
Morse Included.
Fulbright (D., Ark.) and Smith
(R., N. J.) were leaoers in iur
mulating the letter to, the White
House.. In the last congress Ful-
i r . " v. v. n mnmHn,. nf the
Ul 114111, ii"Ji a "
house, sponsored a resolution fav-
- ., li.MHn,lAHal
oring creauun ui micnmuuimi
machinery with ' the power .to
maintain 'lasting peace." -
Other signers were among the
democrats Brlggs of Missouri,
uM.r nf 1tr,iin rnrnlinn . MpTUfl.
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Washington, - Myevs- of . PennsyV.
vania ana uayior 01 limnu. - -Republican
signers It) adltlpn,
to Smith were Capehart or In
diana, Donnell of Missouri, Hick-
(Contiued on page 6)'
Navy Establishes
Ordnance Station
In Mojave Desert
INYOKERN, Cnlif., Jan. 24.
(AP) The navy, in its relentless
search for new and more effec
tive weapons, is establishing a
$35,000,000 ordnance test station
here in the spacious Mojave
desert for large-scale develop
ment of rockets and other instru
ments of war.
Capt. Sherman E. Burroughs,
Jr., commanding officer, an
nounced that the new Inyokern
station, located on 656,000 acres
of government land, will carry
on research "on such a scale that
America never atrnln will be sur
prised, technologically, by an-
oiner war.
The station, to be completed In
18 months, will be a permanent
navy shore establishment.
Rockets which may be used
against Japan are first on the
station s order list. .
Cargo of Garbage Cans
Solves City's Shortage
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan 24,
(AP) Vancouver has solved Its
vexing shortage not cigarettes,
but garbage cans.
The war nrdiiction hoard has
released 1200 of the metal con.
taincrs sought by the city for
several months. They arc so badly
needed they will be Eold today
directly from n railroad- car
through cooperation . of four
hardware dealers.
Owar M. Wilms
an order of the day. , 0
Rbzsnyo, 33 miles southwest of captured Kassa (Kosice),
was taken in the newly announced drive as Malinovsky's troops
on a 25-mile front advanced 16 miles through mountainous ter;
rain. The push, from the center of the southern Czeehoslovakian
border, appeared aimed northwest toward the juncture pt -the
Polish, German and Moravian frontiers. ' i ' ' v; T ;
.Soviet troops have' broken into the ttreets' of . tha key
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ON ROAD TO BERLIN Map shows location of five great Russian
armies intent on the conquest of
are closing a pincers pit East Prussia, where 30 nazl divisions are
threatened with entrapment. Center of the map indicates where the
other red forces are smashing along the Oder river, last natural
barrier to Berlin, ... ; . . ; ; :
Silesian cities of Oppeln and Gleiwitz, Berlin said today. Assault
trobps of Marshal Konev's First Ukraine army massed along near j
ly BO miles of the Oder river for. what Moscow taid would be an
early crossing of tjiat formidable water barrier. " .:, i
" T : XJne report said RutsianVafready' hacT crossed"aT"an' uncfi-.,
closed point. : ' . - .,...,,. i. ,...;, -si
Fire Razes Boat
Building Plant
At East Gardiner
3"ho boat, building plant belong
ing to O: H. Hinsdale and the
Umpqua River Navigation com
pany located In East Gardiner
was destroyed by fire early this
morning, two fishing boats, two
pleasure craft' and a large quan
tity of tools being lost In the
blaze. - v. . ,
S. E. Albin; commercial fisher
man, of Newport, who was sleep
ing in the building while his sea-
going Doat, "Sea rem" valued at
510,000, was being overhauled,
barely escaped with his life.
when he was awakened by the
flames and was forced to flee for
safety, managing to save onlv a
part of his clothing. He carried
no insurance on the boat, whiqh
was a complete loss.
.The boat building plant was
valued at $,wu but was partial'
lv insured. '
A river fishing boat, belonging
to E. B. Brlggs, Reedsport, and
two runabouts, owned by Hins
dale and R. J. Hubbard, each valu
ed at $500, were consumed by the
flames.
Ed Steen, Stanley Spooner and
Algy Dewar, boatmakcrs employ
ed at the plant, lost tools valued
at si.uuu.
The fire Btartod from Undeter
mined origin at about 3 a. m.
West Facts Great Boon
In Reclamation Plans
CHICAGO. Jan. 24. (AP)
The post war program of the
bureau of reclamat on will Cost
more than three billion dollars
and will make available more
than 500.000 new lobs, William
E. Warne, assistant commissioner
of the bureau, declared today.
The ! program Involves 15
studies of resources of a river
basin In the west, Warne said In
an address to the' Associated
Emilnment distributors.
Warne said the bureau of rec
lamat on studies Indicated pur
chasing power of the west would
ne increased 10 si.zou.uuu.uuu an
nually. Irrigated land to be
brought under control of the pro
gram would provide for more
than 2U0.UUU additional jarms.
Marital Puzzle Posed
For Parenrs-in-Law
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan . 24
(AP) Dr. and Mrs. Herbert S.
Nichols have a m?w daughter-in-law,
But. they don't know her
name or where nhe's from.
A printed ord. the first word
their geologist ion, John, hnd
been able to send from r.n intern
ment camo In (he Philippines.
bore this brief personal message
at the foot:
"I was married May 2 and we
are living as comfortable as pos-
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Germany. The two northernmost
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The Germans permitted Stock
holm correspondents to report
that every able-bodied German
male had been ordered to remain
at his post to fiht the red army
advance. Streams of refugees
were said to be moving westward
through Berlin.
The naziS reported street bat.
tics in Oppeln (nop. 44.000). .
southern Silesian capital on the .
Oder's east bank, 51 miles south
east of Breslau, and in industrial
Glenwitz (pop. 111,000), another
u miles to me soutnoast. jne
German high command said the
points wore under frontal as
saults.
Berlin Defense Planned
The German communique also
told of bitter fighting near Poz
nan, 137 miles from Berlin, and
lt was here Moscow said the Ger
mans had apparently staked dtit
the defense of Berlin, 46 miles
from the border. A big battle was
said to be in prospect. v
In the south, another soviet
drive below captured Krakow
was reported by the German com
munique to have battered to
within 40 miles of Jablunka pass,
natural gateway to the reich in
the northwestern corner of the
old Moravian frontier. In the
north, the Russians in East Prus
sia were driving close to the last
German escape railway to the ;
homeland.
Troop movements deep Inside
Germany toward the Russian
(Contlued on page 6)
Prison Sentence Meted
For Larceny at Drain
Sentences of two years each on
two seperate charges, the prison
terms to run consecutively for a
total of four years, were Imposed
in circuit court Tuesday upon Joe
Pankowskl, recently returned
from Portland, to answer to
charges of larceny of personal
firoperty and larceny In a dwell
ng. Pankowskl was charged with
the larceny from the dwelling of
J. H. Redlngton, Drain, and also
was accused of taking Reding
ton's automobile. Ho pleaded
guilty to both charges.
Home Service Class
Opened by Red Cross
Miss Estelle Jamiesbn, of the
California area' of (ice of the
American Red Cross, has arrived
in Roseburg to Instruct a class of
12 women In home service. The
class opened yesterday, January
23. and will continue through
January 31. Only the 12 women
already registered in the class
will be allowed to take the
course.
levity Fig Rant
r U r. fUltansMlB
The Germans are quite buy
these days with manpower addi
tions and divisions, but the Rus
sians have a big edge In multi
plication and subtraction.
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