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San Fernando
Captured in
Luzon urive
Japanese Casualties on
Island 25,000, Against
Yankees' Loss of 4,254
(By the Associated Press)
An unhampered American
Sixth army column, within 30
miles of Manila, rolled between
the great Luzon island swamps
today toward Calumpit and the
only narrow corridor in their
inree weeks - old triumphant
march on the Philippines capital.
Planking patrols swung off
from captured San Fernando to
ward the Bataan peninsula where
American and Filipino soldiers
made their valiant stand against
me uupunese invaaers tnree years
ago.
On the northern' front, where
fierce tank-led Japanese attacks
were annihilated to raise enemv
casualties to more than 25,000
Yanks fought slowly toward the
Burner capital oi uaguio and
strong Nipponese, forces isolated
on nortnern Luzon.
U. 3. Casualties 4,254
' The invasion was progressing
RO well Gen. MacArthur himself
Monday Jeeped to within 37 miles
ei manna.
He reported American casual
liesfor the invasion were 4,254
(Contiued on page 6)
In the Day's News
By FRANK' JENKINS '""
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 The
early morning editions of the
afternoon papers had a good
headline today. In flaring type,
it announced: "Nazis Flee from
Siegfried Positions."
The papers sold like cigarets.
WE country folk in the city soon
learn that we can't bet too
heavily on the headlines in the
early morning editions of the
afternoon papers or those of the
late evening editions of the morn
ing papers. Their primary ob
jective, as the military men put
It, is to sell papers. The over-all
objective (which is informing the
public) is reserved for the more
conservative later editions that
are distributed to subscribers.
', These street edition headlines
don't misinform. They merely
titillate. Their purpose is to stim
ulate curiosity to the point where
It is worht a nickel to find out.
This one served that purpose
admirably. At some news stands,
there were lines faintly resem
bling those at tobacco and food
stores.
THE interest aroused by this
masterpiece headline is sig
nificant. Its implications were twofold:
1. That the Germans are so
Continued on page 2)
Leaflets Explain to Germans
'Unconditional Surrender on
Eve of Big Three Conference
PARIS, Jan. 30. (AP) On the eve of the widely-heralded Big
Three conference, the allies have begun showering' Ge'-man lines
with leaflets explaining the "unconditional surrender" goal announc
ed at Casablanca, it was disclosed today. .
: Unconditional surrender, the pamphlets declare, "would not mean
that Germans who surrender
would be at the mercy of the vic
torious side. On the contrary,
they would "be under the pro
tection of the Geneva convention
and would be treated with fair
ness." The pamphlets, one of the first
direct attempts by allied propa
gandists in recent months to
drive a wedge between the Ger
man people and their rulers, al
so say:
It Is the wish of the allies to
give the German people the pos
sibility for normal peaceful de
velopment as members of the
European family of nations."
The announcement said " In
dividual Germans who had noth
ing to do with the crimes com
mitted by war criminals will not
be taken to account for those
crimes."
That allied airmen have been
scattering the leaflets in Ger
NEW REA HEAD Aubrey. Wil
liams, above. 54-year-old Ala
baman who formerly headed
the defunct National Youth ad
ministration has been nominated
by President Roosevelt as head
of the Rural Electrifcatoni ad
ministration.
Copco Announces
Rate Reductions
MEDFORD, Ore., Jan. 30.
(AP) Rate reductions averaging
11 per cent in homes and 14 per
cent in commercial establish
ments were announced todav bv
A. S. Cummins, president of Cali
fornia Oregon Power company.
ine cut, wnicn cummins at
tributed partly to refunding of
the company's bonds last year,
will go into effect Feb. 1 in the
southern Oregon and northern
California area served by. the
company.
The mnany's' territory runs
north to Oakland, Ore., and south
to Dunsmulr, Calif. Lakevlew,
Ore., is the easternmost town
served.
The firm acquired the Alturas,
Calif., and Lakevlew.
Ore., dis.
tributing systems early
V t
this year
: Service
from California Public
company. Purchase of a distri
buting system and diesel gener
ating plant at Crescent City.
from the Public Utilities Califor
nia corporation is awaiting ap
proval of California and Oregon
public utilities commissions.
cummins sam tne company al
so Dlans a sudpIv line from
Grants Pass along the Redwood
hiphway to Crescent City.
Institutions Benefit in
Bequests of Mrs. Bishop
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 30. (AP)
The will of the late Mrs. Fan
nie Kay Bishop, admitted to pro
bate here yesterday, names as
beneficiaries the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, Chil
dren's Farm Home at Corvallis,
the First Presbyterian church of
Salem, and members of the fami
ly. The members of the family in
clude six grandsons, two sons, a
granddaughter, and daughter-in-law.
The will was dated June 28,
1943. and is valued in excess of
$10,000.
Quick Thievery
DALLAS. Tex., Jan. 30. (AP)
Frank West, driving a truck
loaded with cigarets, stopped for
a traffic light in the downtown
section. Before the light changed,
50 cartons were stolen.
many was announced shortly
after the disclosure that Harry
L. Hopkins had visited London
and Paris and gone on to Rome
on a fact-finding mission for
President .Roosevelt preparatory
to the Big Three conference.
Use of the leaflets bolstered a
belief In some quarters that the
president. Prime Minister Chur
chill and Premier Marshal Sta
lin might produce a joint Im
mediate surrender call to Ger
many at their meeting.
German and Swiss broadcasts
today said a meeting of the Big
Three was already under way or
just about to begin.
With only mass speculation for
a basis It seemed that a meeting
of the Big Three might be held
somewhere In the east. Most
quarters still favored somewhere
In Russia as the site although
some believed u might be in Italy.
ROSEBURG, OREGON,
. ' -
Bni Proposes
Manager Plan
For Counties
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 30 (AP)
The house received one of its
most controversial Issues of the
23-day-old legislative session to
day when Rep. French, Moro re
publican, introduced a bill to let
counties completely alter their
form of government under the
county manager constitutional
amendment approved at the No
vember election.
Voters in each county, after 10
per cent of them asked for it,
would decide at an election
whether to have the system. Each
county adopting the system would
have a board of 3 to 7 members,
and the board would name a man
ager for an indefinite period.
All county offices except school
superintendent would .be abolsh-ed.-
and departments of finance,
public works and public welfare
would be created. All iudicial
functions would rest with the
circuit court. ,
Insurance Bill Ready
The three-wav industrial acci
dent insurance bill was ready to
day for introduction. It would
provide compulsory accident in
surance, but would let employers
carrv it either through the state,
by insurance companies, or by
self-insurance. It would affect
only employers in hazardous in
dustries. ReD. Bull. La Grande democrat.
introduced bills to give osteopaths
a code ot etmcs similar to that oi
the medical profession, and to
give jurors in all counties outside
Multnomah county So -ai day. In
stead- of the $3 "they now get,' -
Kep. Bain, Miiwaukle demo
crat, SDonsored a . measure to
make It Illegal for persons under
21 years old to buy or accept al
coholic liquor, and making their
(Contiued on page 6)
Clerks Exonerate
Ickes of Charge
Of Tax Dodging
CHICAGO, Jan. 30 (AP) A
woman clerk in the board of tax
appeals office, and not Secretary
of Interior Icfes wrote in the dis
puted rental figures on Icke s af
fidavit filed for tax reduction on
a loop building, says Gordon
Nash, assistant Cook county
state's attorney.
In an investigation by the
state's attorney's office of a
charge by John S. Clark, Cook
county (Chicago) assessor, that
Ickes obtained an $8,550 tax re
duction for 1943 and 1944, Nash
yesterday questioned two employ
es of the board.
Olive Flannagan, the clerk,
said the figures were given her
by Mrs. Mabel Relncke, former
collector of internal revenue,
when the document lacked suffi
cient information. Nash said Mrs.
Flannagan told liim she added
in pencil to the complaint signed
bv Ickes the figures given her by
Mrs. Reinecke.
Arthur Rex, a denuty clerk in
the appeal hoard office, told Nash
also the added material was pen
ciled in on information furnished
by Mrs. Reinecke, who assisted In
making the anneal.
In Hamilton, Mont., Mrs. Rein
ecke said "the charge is ridicu
lous." "The property referred to was
greatly over-assessed and had
been for many years. I do not re
call the figures, but Mr. Ickes did
not obtain an Illegal reduction.
Every one knew what the value
of the property was at the time
a hearing was held," she declar
ed. Springfield Youth Held
In Hit-and-Run Death
EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 30 (AP)
Harrv Balrd, 18 year old
Springfield youth, was being held
In the Lane county jail here un
der $10,000 bail in connection
with the hit-and-run death of
Mrs. Flora Claus. 55, Vanport,
who died Saturday after being
struck by a car on the McKenzie
highway a mile and a half from
Springfield.
Husband Faces Trial en
Wife Murder Count
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 30
(AP) James Burts, 30, who
last week pleaded innocent to a
first degree murder charge In the
strangling of his wife Jewell, will
be brought to trial May 7.
Sheriff Bobv Brady said Burts
told him he returned to his Bag
ley Downs home New Year's day
to find his wife In bed, strangled.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30,
-
Wallace
Business Chiefs,
F. D. R. Nation Needs Him
Nominee Says He
Could do Best Job
With RFC Power
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. (AP)
Henry A. Wallace, his political
future challenged bv a senate
threat to den" him confirmation
as secretary of commerce, carried
an endorsement by President
Roosevelt today as a leader need
ed by the nation "now more than
ever before."
This personal expression of
confidence was contained in a
message from the president,
which was read last night at a
testimonial dinner to Wallace
given by the Union for Demo
cratic Action and the New Re
public magazine.
A galaxy of business executives
who had rallied to Wallace's
cause heard the president's mes
sage, which declared that Ameri
ca, its people and its government
need Henry Wallace now more
than ever before." .
Wallace, who spoke at the din
ner did not mention the message.
In an address which touched on
the proposal that the Reconstruc
tion finance corporation ana
other: lending agencies be re
moved from the control of the
secretary of -commerce, Wallace
said he) would prefer not to have
the cabinet post "if there were
serious danger of a 'too little'
and 'too late' man being appoint-
; (Contiued on page 6)
Wallace's Confirmation
Is Urged by Truman
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30
(AP) Confirmation of the nomi
nation of Henry A. Wallace as
secretary of commerce was urged
here last night by his successor
to the vice presidency, Harry S.
Truman.
Truman said that Wallace is "a
very capable man and the best
secretary of agriculture we ever
had."
In his speech at a dinner, the
vice president asked Americans
to "stop sniping at our allies"
and to concentrate on winning
the war.
"A few newspapers and destruc
tive critics should look to Dr.
Goebbcls for compensation," he
said. "Their prooaganda value to
the enemy is priceless."
Frank Sinatra Called
Back to Draft Board
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 30 (AP)
Frank Sinatra, who is now 4-F
but has been ordered by his Jer
sey City, N. J., draft board to re
port for a new physical examina
tion and possible induction into
the armed forces, said today that
he would leave Hollywood in
time to report there Feb. 7.
"I don't feel that a statement
from me is warranted anymore
than from several hundred thou
sand other boys," said the croon
er through a publicity represent
ative. "I'm. no different from Joe
Doakes next door."
Sinatra was last examined Doc.
9, 1943, at which time a punctured
earurum put mm in tne 4-r
group. He is 26 and has a wife
and two children.
Col. Elliott Roosevelt's
Boost Gets First O. K.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 (AP)
The promotion of Col. Elliott
Roosevelt to brigadier general
was -approved unanimously today
by the senate military commit
tee. The nomination next eoes to
the senate floor, nrobahlv Thurs
day, for a vote on confirmation.
Chairman Thomas sa d the com
mittee received only two written
protests to the nomination, and
that one of those was unsigned.
Also approved at the same ses
sion were the anrjolntments of 77
others nominated to be brigadier
generals, tnree to be lieutenant
generals and 22 to be maior gen
erals.
Livestock Meet Off
CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 30.
(AP) The meeting of the West
ern Oregon Livestock Growers
association in Coqullle February
1617 has been cancelled because
of federal government refusal to
permit the session. -
The national convention ban is
effective February 1.
1945.
Given Boost by
Morse Upholds President's
Power in Ward Store Issue
Pending High Court Decision
mm ,.::.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP) Legislators adopted a wary
approach today to the task of plugging the legal gap in enforce
ment of War Labor board orders, exposed by the Montgomery Ward
decision. . . ...
Typical of the attitude in congress was the succinct statement
of Senator JoJseph H. Ball (R.- -
jvnnn.):
"We're discussing it, but I want
to wait to see what their lawyers
are going to do."
He referred to counsel for the
War Labor board and Justice de
partment, who plan to appeal the
decision to the United States
supreme court.
Judge Philip L. Sullivan, In fed
eral district court in Chicago
Saturday, held the seizure of the
Ward properties In seven cities.
including the Chicago headquar-
, was illegal, as to its eiiect
on, wartime labor disputes, the
jurist said congress1 would have
to. remedy me omission ot en
forcement teeth.
Ward Chairman Sewell L.
Avery had failed to comply with
WLB directives, mainly relating
to , maintenance of membership
prjvisipns granted unions..-'. ;
Senator Morse Comments
In his first malor comment on
labor problems since becoming
a senator, former War Labor
board member Wayne L. Morse
of Oregon indicated in an inter
view that the supreme court
should first decide on the presi
dent's constitutional powers dur
ing wartime. It was on this that
the seizure by the army was par-
(Conliued on page 6)
William A. Burr
Dies in California
William A. Burr, former Rose-
burg businessman for many years
and of late engaged in ranching
at Riversdale, died this morning
at the home of his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. rind Mrs. J. W.
Smith, Jr., at San Gubriel, Calif.,
where he had gone with his wife
to spend the winler. Death result
ed from a heart attack, following
an extended period of poor
health.
Coming to Roseburg from Ok
lahoma, Mr. Burr first engaged
in the music store business and
afterward operated the Ford au
tomobile agency for several
years.
Besides the widow and Mrs.
Smith, surviving Mr. Burr are
three sons, T. R. Burr of Rose
burg, who is leaving tonight for
San Gabriel to attend the funer
al: Harry Burr, Boise, Idaho, and
Bill Burr. Glemlale, Calif. Anoth
er son. Earl, died a few years
ago In Hollywood, Calif.
Shovel Saves Man Buried
2 Hours Under Coal Pile
DENVER, Jan. 30. (API
John Rupp, 60-year-old coal yard
worker, underwent a two-hour
blackout beneath 20 tons of coal.
Rupp fell into a loading pit, un
noticed by other workmen. When
time came to load, thev called for
him but thought he might have
left the yard.
"I tried to yell," Rupp said
later, "but my mouth got full of
coal dust. So I just waited."
Finally the big power shovel
scooped up a load and exposed
Rupp's head. Rupp said that from
then on. It was easy.
Nazi Propaganda Again
Doled to Allies in Italy
ROME, Jan. 30. (AP) The
Germans resumed a loudspeaker
and leaflet propaganda on both
the Fifth and Eighth army fronts
last night and the German air
force dropped bombs on scattered
points.
Bright moonlight over the
snow crusted mountains limited
allied patrolling.
Coal Haul Rats Cut
COOS BAY, Ore., Jan. 30.
(AP) Freight rates on coal ship
ped from Coos Bay to Eugene
and Salem have been reduced 50
cents per ton. T. O. Toon, presi
dent of the Coast Fuel corpora
tion, said today.
Toon had applied to the South
ern Pacific company for the reduction.
No. 45-25
Told by
UPHOLDS WARDS Federal
District Judge Philip L." Sullivan
(above) who declared, in far
reaching Chicago court deci
sion, that President Roosevelt
was. without authority to take
possession of the plants and
facilities of Montgomery Ward
& Co.
Travel Time Wages at
Issue in Logging Suit
PORTLAND, Ore., Jnn. 30
(AP) A test case to force pay
ment of travel time in the log
ging industry long a point of
contention between management
and labor was on file in feder
al court here today.
In a civil suit against Smith
Wood Products Co., Coqullle, Ore.
the department of labor asked
that the company s loggers be
paid for time spent going to and
from the Job site.
L. Metcalf Walling, national
administrator of the wage and
hour and public contracts division
of the Department of Labor, or
dered Dec. 4 that travel time
should be paid; but employers
nave contended that tne supreme
court decision on which Walllpg'S
ruling was basod Is not applica
ble to the lumber industry.
Advisor of Roosevelt
Confers With Pope Pius
ROME. Jan. 30 (AP) Harry
Hopkins, personal advisor to
President Koosovelt, r.ad an au
dience with Pope Plus today.
Hopkins arrived in Rome yes
terday for conferences with mili
tary, political and diplomatic
leaders in which ho intended to
gather. information for Roosevelt
prior to tne president's Big Three
meeting with Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stalin. .
He ventured the onnlon.thnt
tho Big Three meeting would be
brief largely because Stalin Is
busy witn active iMrectlon of Rus
sian armies and the Russians be
lieve they con finish the war In a
hurry.
Rich Californian Fifth'
Mate of Gloria Swanson '
UNION CITY, N. J Jan. 30
(AP) Gloria Swanson, stage and
screen star whose third finger,
left hand, has worn four wedding
rings, now has made It five.
William M. Davev. 52-venr-old
wealthy Californian, became her
imn nusoand yesterday in n cer-
emoney at the Municipal building
here. Miss Swanson save her acre
as 45. . ,
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Three-Pronged Drive Scores
New Gains; Konigsberg Burnsj
Civilians Fleeing in Blizzard
LONDON, Jan. 30. (AP) Soviet armored spearhead
fighting forward In a bllzard drove today to within 85 to 90 milos
of Berlin In a huge, three-pronged red arms assault toward the
reich capital, Moscow dispatches reported.
'., A Gorman broadcait declared the Russians had launched a
heAvy, armored offensive on a 42-mile front inside the border of
eai tern Germany on a bee-line for Berlin, and that "tho first on
slaught gained appreciable ground." '
A direof Moscow dispatch said Russian columns punched
fiv.- to eight miles inside Brandenburg province due east of Ber
lin, and . 3 to 20 mile! inside Pomerania In a push striking north
east of the Gorman heart city. ' i ."' I
Third Pierces
VestVallin
2 New Places
PARIS. Jan. 30 (API Troons
of the Third armv drove nearly
a mile Into Germany todav. cap
turing Wecltenhnusen and widen
ing its new enow-drl'tcd Invasion
bridgehead over the OUR river to
two miles.
Elements Of a who'n division
were thrown into thn fresh Inva
sion, n little mn'-e than a dozen
miles from the Siegfried pivot of
Prnm. .
Well to thn north, the Germans
were executing s fresh withdraw
al from Hol'tnd townrd the Rus
sian front. Berlin said the Cana
dian army was henvi'" shelllnc
their lines east of the Hollandwh
Dien, which courses 14 mllcR
south of tho groat Dutch port of
Rotterdam.
(Berlin said the Br tlsh Sec
ond army ws trvlng to force the
Hoer river 27 miles soutnwesr or
Duiseldorf with malor attacks.)
Twin attacks hv tho American
Third and First t-rmles drew tip
close to or into the fringes of the
Siegfried line, along 40 miles of
the Ardennes front, where the
Wehrmncht wns snpnod danger
ously thin to bolster its smashed
epRtern front. At two ulaccs. the
Third army Invaded Germany
anew.
Bombers Deal Ruin
Allied air forces swooped-over
lines -of 'withdrawal and Inflicted
heavy damage on the railway
centers nf Munster,'1 Padprbom,
ijotmuna,. Hamm ana cologne.
, : (Continued on Page 6)
Passenger Car Tires to
Be Fewer in February
WASHINGTON.' Jan. 30 "(AP)
Tires will be even harder to get
next month.
Tho OPA announced a new
drop in allotments of passenger
car casings, granting only 1,600,
000 for February, the lowest re
lease since last October.
The allotment compares with
2.000.000 In December and 1,800,
000 this month. Blaming the sit
uation on military demands, OPA
said civilians would liavo to re
sort more than ever to prompt
recapping and tire repairs.
Truck and bus tire quotas will
be generally unchanged.
Assault, Robbery Draw
Two-Year Prison Term
John Elmer Davis, 29, was en
route to the Oregon state peni
tentiary today, in custody of Dep
uty Sheriff William Kissinger, to
serve two years In the state pen
itentiary on a charge of armed
assault and robbery. Davis was
charged jointly With Bert Clar
ence Parker, who also was given
a two-year sentence, but was re
leased to naval authorities to an
swer desertion charges. Davis
previously had plealed guilty but
sentence had been postponed. Ho
and Parker were accused of as
saulting and robbing Walter El
der, Canyonvllla resident.
Bronze Star Awarded to
Capt. Win, H. Buckley
The bronze star has been
awarded Captain William H.
Buckley, husband of the former
Mary carol Leigh of Roseburg,
for bravery In action In the Eu
ropean war theater, according to
wora receiver! nere. Airs, uuck
ley. whose baby son. William H.
Buckley, Jr.i-was the first baby
born in tho new year In Rose
burg at Mercy hospital, is mak
ing her home in Roseburg for
tne auration.
March of Dimes Fund In
Douglas Reaches $2,587
1 Reported collections In Doug
las county's infantile paralysis
drive were reported today to have
reached $2,587.55. Maurice New
land, treasurer, states that re
ports so far arc incomplete and
do not cover many schools and
some communities outside of
Roseburg. The campaign, which
made a late start, probably will
be continued during thq early
part of February.
Oregon Methodists 5th
To Meet Crusade Quota
PORTLAND, .Tan. 30 (API
Oregon methodlits, rontrlbutlnfj
$166,000 toward a $138,000 quota,
were fifth to go over the ton
among 114 conferences In the cru
sade for Christ, a $25,000,000 post
war fund, Bishop Bruce R. Baxter
(aia.
Konigsberg Suburbs Afire.
l he suburbs of besieged Konigs-
berg, capital of East Prussia, are
In flames and the civilian popu
lation Is fleeing through blbzardfi
to port Pillau at the tin of the
Samland peninsula, 25 miles- west
of thn cltv, the German radio re
ported todav. , ,i
'Tens of thousands of women,
children and disabled sick pepDle
fled to Samland peninsula In icy
winds and snowstorms," the
broadcast said. " "Babies and the
scantiest of their belongings were
draged behind them on sleds. The
refugees no' are fleeing together
with East Prussian peasants on
horse-drawn sled's, wngons and
tractors toward PIHiau."
A Rerlln bulletin on the East
Prussian situation said the Ger
mans fighting westward trvlng
to break out from n Russian Dock
et reached the Elblng bridgehead
after a 19-mile gain. German
nnval forces were thrown Into
th defense of Konlesberg, and
helnpd stem soviet attacks, tho
Berlin communique said.
Morcow dispatches said tho
Hprmnns were counterattacking
furiously trying to cover an evac
uation from Elhing. Soviet forces
Rank three German transports '
vesterdav. , : ,
Plnnors Threat Grows.
Other Russian armv groups
wer strlMnc westward from
hrldeehends flung over the Oder
river in Silesia.
The Pomeranian and Sileslan
offensives threatened a great
(Continued on Page 6)
Food Riots, Deaf h :;:
FroiTCoMStirHi
German Capital ; I
BERN, Jan. 30. (AP) A Ber
lin press dispatch said today that
police in the German capital fired
into a throng of famished wo
men who overturned a truckload
of potatoes yesterday and wound
ed 37 of them.
The newspaper's story said a
foreign worker was killed by po
lice bullets.
Hunger and severe cold are
causing suffering and misery
among thousands of refugees
driven to the capital by the Rus
sian advance, the story added.
The account said 28 refugees,
including five children, were
found frozen to death, and that
all day long refugees were burn
ing park benches In an effort to
warm themselves. They over
turned trams and set fire to them
while the police looked on with
out Interfering, the story added-
The food riot that led to the
shooting occurred after a long
line of refugees and residents
stood for .three hours In the cold
before a store, awaiting the ar
rival of the potatoes.
The truck finally arrived, but
it was overturned by the women
who smashed the store windows
and pillaged the Interior.
In many quarters of Berlin It
was Impossible to obtain bread,
the story said.
Sub-Zero Wave Sweeps -Over
Most of Country ;
(By the Associated Press)
Cold winds of moderate Inten
sity swept over a wide expanse of
the nation today bringing sub
zero temperatures to the . great
plains states and snowfall to the
Great Lakes, Ohio River valley,
and northeastern areas. '
The Chicago weather bureau
reported minimum temperatures
ranged from 17 below zero- In
northeast Montana, 10 below in
North Dakota, to 2 to 5 below In
Nehrfska, Minnesota, and west
ern Wisconsin. Denver's reading
of 3 below as the winter's low In
that city. ... , .
Staee Laurance, Jr.,! :
Wounded In War Action
Stan? Laurance, Jr., Roseburg,
has been wounded in action
while serving with the U. S. forc
es In Germany, according to a tel
egram received by his wife here.
Mrs. Laurance Is making her
home in Roseburg for the dura
tion. LvltyFaetRant
kjr U f. (UluniUln
Mr. Rotfsevelt tells Mr. Wal-
lac that the nation needs the
ex-vie president "new mere
than ever before." The infer,
enee is Inescapable that this
nation simply cannot survive
unless Henry, the "Indispensa
ble," is glued to the government
payroll.