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fi m r n rt n r-n r-v ri i a .1 m V" Established 1873 Battle Collapse Of Oder Line Has Nazis Panicky Red Army Now 30 Miles From Capital of Reich; Gateway Cities Pierced LONDON, Feb. 8. (AP) A Finnish broadcast record ed by the British Broadcast ing corporation said today that "Russian tanks have orobed to the outskirts of Berlin." ' LONDON, Feb. 8. (AP) The Moscow radio said today the "Odor line has been pierced and Berlin in panic is witnessing the crumbling of the last obstacle in its forefield." A prior broadcast by an American chain commentator said Moscow was hourly expect ing an official announcement that the First While Russian army had smashed across the river in force, "signifying the complete breakdown of the Oder line." Berlin accounts said the Rus sians had hammered out seven bridgeheads on the Berlin front, one of them 30 miles northeast it the capital, and a dozen others (Continued on page 3) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS JANILA is ours, all but the final moDDine up. How long the moppnig up will take and tvhat it will cost in lives can t oe predicted . with - any confidence from the dispatches as this is written. We seem to have the bulk of the city EXCEPT the water front. There are suggestions that the Jap force is small but Is fight ing in the usual suicide, last-stand manner. THIS question still intrigues us: IF the Japs had large forces on Luzon, where arc they? The nearest approach to an answer we can gleam from the dis patches is that some of them have retired into the Bataan peninsula and others Into the mountainous northeast corner of the island. THERE are some curious angles. Bilibid prison, with its captives, was ABANDONED. At Santo Tomas, Japs BARGAINED FOR THEIR LIVES. That is some thing new. JACARTHUR says the fall of Manila ends one phase of the Pacific war and sets the stage for another. Our motto for the next phase, he says, is "On to Tokyo." He adds: "We are ready In this i Continued on page 2) Terrific Wind, Rain Storms Lash Northwest; Highways Blocked , Power Lines Ripped (By the Associated Press) Flood danger was uppermost today, particularly In the Puget sound area o'.' Washington and British Columbia, in the wake of heavy wind and rain storms throughout the Pacific northwest Heaviest winds yesterday were concentrated in the Aberdeen Hoquiam area south to Astoria, Ore. Power and communications lines were torn out and logging mills and camps were forced to close down. The Columbia river bar, death trap for ships in heavy weather, was closed to shipping. A navy weather observer at As toria reported winds up to 80 miles an hour. At Hoquiam the pale touched 70 miles an hour, blocking highways with fallen trees and smashing store win dows. The side of a small church wai blown In. Property damage was exten sive, but only one fatality was reported. Jess tloovcr of Ray mond was killed when a tree fell on his car 11 miles south of Ab erdeen. Farther north winds dropped late last night enough to preclude , I ...I I mil Nearii& Outsklftstot B Uses Shatter Death Sentence on Anti-War GI Changed to Life Penalty; Wife Keeps up Fight for Him CAMP ROBERTS, Calif., Feb. S.-(AP) Pvt. Henry Weber was out of the shadow of the gallows today, his death sentence changed to life Imprisonment, his wife continuing her fight for him. The 27-year-old soldier, a shipyard foreman at Vancouver, Wash., before being drafted, was sentenced by court-martial to hang for refusing to drill, his case attract ed nationwide attention. Yesterday, by direction of the commanding general of the camp, the court-martial recon vened, revoked the death sen tence, sentenced Weber to life imprisonment at hard labor, gave him a dishonorable discharge, and ordered his Day forfeited. In Portland, Oregon, his wife conferred with an American Civil Liberties official. She declared life imprisonment for her hus band is "still outrageous." "I am more determined than ever," she said, "in fighting for WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. ( AP) Senator Wheeler (D Mont.) today Introduced a resolution directing the sen ate military committee to in vestigate into the court-martial of Pvt. Henry P. Weber at Camp Roberts, Calif. Wheeler said he was "not opposed to disciplining sol diers who violate the rules of the army" but he express ed the opinion the sentence was too harsh. , justice for my husband." She said her understanding oi , conscien-imt- nhinolnr 1c that it ran refer in "omv, nnrenn wlmif flon npr- sonal convictions, either religious Ol puilllUtU, lie uppusiru lu lad ing human life. "Other patriotic Americans are still in uniform and not bearing arms. Henry has insisted all along that he would not kill any one." i Refused to Drill Members of congress and (Contiued on page 6) Girl Collapses During Trial on Murder Count VJVIMl Wiich Fph 8 fAPV Frequent fits of sobbing and a collapse necessitating a court re cess yesterday marked the second degree murder trial of Virginia Ivev, 19, charged with the death of five-year-old Virgil Langley at Toppenish Nov. 22. The deefndant sobbed loudly as Deputy Sheriff Bud Burleson Identified -blood stained bedding and pillows as having been found at Miss Ivey's apartment where the boy's body was discovered. Sheriff's officers said the girl has eaten virtually nothing in the past two days. Lt. William O. Goodlow Missing in War Action Lt. William O. Goodlow, son of Mrs. Florence Goodlow of Rose burg, is reported missing in ac tion since January 8 in the Philip pine war area, according to word received here. Lt. Goodlow's wife is the former Lucia Britton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Britton of Corvallis, former resi dents of Roseburg. much property damage but rain continued. Farms, Schools Awash Early today the Canadian press at Vancouver, B. C, reported that the worst flood .conditions in 10 years had submerged 23.000 acres of farmland in the Cloverdale district, 25 miles southeast of Vancouver. Heavy damage from wind and rain was reported throughout the lower mainland. Farmlands were covered to n depth of from 18 Inches to thr. feet and many farmers left their houses In boats. School children in some sections of the Clover dale area were taken to safety by (Continued' on Page 6) t.Cr occri ipc noccriM .,i i SAVED FROM NOOSE Sen tenced originally at Camp Rob erts, Calif., by a court-martial for refusal to drill, Pvt. Henry Weber, above, objector to war, now faces the changed penalty of life imprisonment. His wife, at Vancouver, Wash., is con tinuing her fight for his free dom. Austin's Florists Will Operate At Cass St. Location The Fern Florists, henceforth to be known as Austin's Fern Florists, in business for 23 years on Jackson street and 11 years in its present location, 222 N. Jackson, will be opened Saturday in new quarters at 111 W. Cass street. The business is moving to the location whs-re it was first started more than 40 years ago by Mrs. F. D. Owens, from whom it was purchased by the late Wm. Austin. The building on Cass street re cently was purchased from W. E. Oerding by Mr. and Mrs. Merle Austin, proprietors. Complete modernization has been in prog ress for the past few weeks and has been completed in prepara tion for Saturday's opening. The quarters have been given a new, modern glass brick front, with interior remodeling to pro vide an attractive sales and dis play room, glassed-in refrigera tion room, and spacious work room and business office. Plane Crash Kills Aides On Way to Big 3 Huddle LONDON, Feb. 8 (AP) Six members of the British foreign office were among 10 passengers killed when a plane carrying aides of Prime Minister Churchill crashed while en route to the "Big Three" conference. Five passengers were listed as missing and five others were in jured. It was not revealed where the crash occurred. Pvt. D. N. Coble Awarded Purple Heart, He Writes Private First Class D. N. Co ble writes to his mother, Mrs. Lewin G. Parker, Dixonville road, that he was recently wound ed by the Japanese In the Phil ippine war area md suffered In lurles to his head and hand, but that he was recovering. He has not as yet returned to duty. He was recently awarded the purple heart Aj L- 1 4. " I ( 1 ; t -j TWIICCPIAV CERDIIADYft : Westwalf BastSomss Truck Limit Issue Faced In legislature SALEM, Ore., Feb. 8. TAP)- -While the senate prepared to de bate tomorrow whether to extend temporarily increased length and weight limits for trucks for two or four years, the state high way commission said in its, bi ennial report to the legislature today that the increased limits have caused no damage and no undue hazards. The legal limits are 50 feet' and 54,000 pounds, but the temporary limits now in effect are 60 feet and 71,250 pounds. Tomorrow's debate will be on a divided report of the senate roads and highways committee, a majority recommending the temporary limits be extended for two years, and a minority favoring four-years. No member of the nine-man committee favored the J highway commission's recommendation that the higher limits be made permanent. 2-Year Outlay Reported..' The higher limits are in effect only on a select group of high ways, but the commission said it would cost little to widen and straighten the other roads to make them safe for big trucks. The commission also reported It nlans to snend S15.8S7.000 in 1945 nd 821,636,000. in 1946. This- includes $4,824,000 for 1945 led- (Contiued on page 6) Tito's Yugoslavia Rule Boosted at U. S. Rally NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (API Senators James E. Murray (D. Mont.) and Warren G. Magnu son (D.-Wasli.) called last night for support of the liberation gov ernment of Marshal Tito of Yu goslavia at a meeting at which contributions of over $500,000 to Yugoslavia relief were announc ed. Mayor F. H. La Guardia offi cially .toasted Tito at the "trib ute to Yugoslavia" meeting, at tended by about 1,000 persons. i.ouis Auamic, author, read a message in which Tito hailed the unity of the United States, Great Britain and soviet Russia as "the best guarantee to the peoples of the world that nazi horrors will never again be repeated." He said that "every tenth Yu goslav" had perished in this war, and told the great need for relief shipments sent from American friends to Yugoslavia. Trusties Flee Oregon Prison; One Captured SALEM, Ore., Feb. 8 (API Robert R. Mix, 29, received from Portland four years ago today to serve 15 years for assault with In tent to kill, escaped from the pris on last night. A trusty, Mix and Eugene P. Shank, another trusty, left the prison annex in a penitentiary truck. Officers s'.opped them on the Pacific highway at Hubbard, 20 miles north jf here. They took Shank into custody, but Mix headed for the brush. The officers who stopped the truck had not known of the es cape. Mix was still at large today. Man Shot in Fight With Officers Succumbs PORTLAND, Feb. 8 (API Percy E. Minor, 40, shot In a gun battle with sheriff's deputies at a shipyard dormitory Monday, ' died yesterday In a hospital. Deputy Sheriff I.ee Perkins i said Minor opened fire when of-j ficers came to Investigate a re-; port that a man in the dormitory was beating his wife. V-Missiles Deal New Blows in South England j LONDON, Feb. 8 ( AP) Ger man V-weapon attacks on south-! ern England caused additional! casualties and damage during the i 24 hours ending at dawn this morning, the air ministry an-1 nounced today. I Fired With Enthusiasm DENVER. 7eb. 8 (AP) A probation member of the volun teer fire department in a Denver suburb was too enthusiastic about his work, Sheriff Chick Foster reports. The probationer admitted start ing eight fires lust for the fun of putting them out. lOAK I 3 ;'-ri NEMESIS OF NAZIS Lovely, but lethal, is Roza Shanina, above, senior sergeant in the red army. Despite. her demur looks, she has been decorated frl her prowess as a sniper, be- .i:j!i.J ' 'in 'I.MI- rj ing creaiTea wirn Killing- st Germans. Farm District Posters Tell Japs to Stay Out YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 8 (AP) A movement is under way to prevent the return of Japanese residents to the Wapato valley, Sam Drury, lower Yakima valley farmer and spokesman for a group of neighbors, revealed last night. A number of "no Jap" stickers have been posted on farms in the Wapato district, he said. Meanwhile Murray S. Stebbins, district relocation director, told the Wapato chamber of com merce that citizens of Japanese extraction are free to settle where they please and asserted some Yakima valley farmers had called him, seeking a contract with possible Japanese tenant farmers. Larceny of Bus Depot Funds Charged to Woman SALEM, Ore., Feb. 8 (AP) Salem police were advised today that Neni McFarlane, former ticket sales woman ut the Grey hound stage depot here, is under arrest at Des Moines, Iowa, on a charge of larceny of $3,446 from the Chadwick Hotel com pany, which operates the denot. Mrs. McFarlane was indicted by the Marion county grand jury five months ago. She joined the women's armv corps and was sent to Des Moines for training, The army has released her to civilian authorises. '1 - 5S Plans of Big Three Give U. 5. Role in Settling Affairs of Europe, Marking New Policy By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (AP) Big three plans for joint politi cal action in Europe are expected here within the week. Calling for active American participation in European settle ments, they will mark the beginning of a new period 'in' United States foreign policy. ' ' ' The plans are being worked out by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin at an historic conference now believed to be at least half finished some where In the Black sea area. The meeting is on Russian soil in order to allow Stnlln to con tinue his close supervision of the red army Invasion of Germany. A joint announcement late yes terday, evidently direct Ifom the conference, was released in Lon don and Moscow as well as at ;he White House. This finally nut the open secret of the meet ing officially on (he record and confirmed the f.iet that political problems of Europe are a -prime concern of the meeting. War Unity Reaffirmed Actually the discussions have fallen Into two larts, the mili tary and diplomatic developing No. 45-33 etlm a 7 Rhine and Ruhr Areas, Dams On Roer Goals PARIS, Feb. 8 (AP) The American First army drove clear through the last barriers of the double Siegfried line 15 miles southeast of Aachen today, cap tured bloody Schmidt and neared the Roer river -dams and reser voirs which had been a major taclor in checkmating the west ern front offensive last Novem ber. . ... (The German "communique said "preparations for the big' allied attack continue along the Roer. The enemy said a nn lor -of fens! ve was imminent wllh Cologne, the Rhine and industrial Ruhr as ob jectives. American ti-oopn outside Ducren are. 20 miles from Col ogne. Capture of the dams might prove the starting signal for the onslaught.) , .....,-., Rhine Cities Are Goal ' i ' ' Farther south In the 7ml!e ac tive front, the Third army pour ed through n seven-mile breach In the Siegfried line to within a mile and a quarter of the fprtress and communications hub of Pru em, 53 miles southwest of the large Rhine city of Coblenz, The attacks at Schmidt and (Continued on Page 6) Medical Society Urges Pasteurization of Milk - PORTLAND. Feb. 8AP) The stare legislature was urged to pass laws immediately requir ing the proper pasteurisation of all milk in Oregon, in a resolu tion unanimously endorsed by the Multnomah County Medical society last night. ' ' : The doctors asked that, pend ing dairy and meat legislation be rcierred for study to committees on medicine, dentistry, and phar macy. The society demanded that legislators also place "the legal ly constituted health authorities of Oregon" in control of health aspects of the meat and dairy in dustries. ; . : Weather Aids Nazis to Stall U. S. 5th in Italy ROME. Feb. 8 (AP)-i-The lim ited offensive of American Fifth army troops in the mountains southwest of Bologna was stalled today against strongly fortified and heavily defended enemy po sitions, the allied high command announced. The doughboys were halted aft er forcing their way forward up to 600 yards In two days of bitter fighting In weather conditions made difficult by a sudden thaw in the Apennines mountains. ' .Extra for the "Extras" OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 8 (AP) If T. W. Bockes, general counsel of the Union Pacific railroad, ap pears tired and prc-occunlcd these days, blame it on his "oth er" job. When his 11-year-old son, Tom, became 111 recently, the railroad executive took over the boy's du tiescarrying a paper route. along these lines: 1. The military talks led off the meeting and resulted in com' plete agreement" for Joint An gle-Soviet-Amcrlcan army opera tions in tne linn pnase ot tne war against naJ Germany." The large military staffs which ac companied the three leaders to the Black hea are now work' ing out detailed plans. 2. As soon ns the talk of fight ing was completed. Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill took up "problems Involved In establish ing a secure pence." Under these tnev listed pinns lor the oocuoa tlon and control of Germany, the political and economic problems of liberated Europe and proposals for the earliest possible establish ment of a world organization to (Contiued on page 6) Japs Cling to Southern Part Of City After Razing Bridges; Bataan Jungle Torn by Battle . (By the Associated Press) Artillery duels roared over the explosion-torn streets of Manila today as American armor and foot soldiers strove to wipe out Japanese who transformed the Nothing but fire-scorched rubble and blackened steel and concrete shells remained of five of Manila's leading theaters,' two bid hotels, tivm banks and tha eitv's laraet department store. This is only a partial census of the three-day demolitions by Japanese who still dominate the southern section of Manila. - Surviving Chinese poked through the charred remains of Chinatown, one of the most densely populated sections of the city, hunting for traces of missing friends and relatives. No ' official source has yet estimated the possible death toll in this ' and other burned out residential sections. A f M M I wwuiuy a ivcvcnutr num Forest Sources Shown Douglas county has received the sum of $53,324.81 from for est rentals and timber sales. O. L. Johnson, county treasurrer, re ported tonay. ui tne money re ceived, $39,993.01 has been dis tributed to the general road fund and $13,331.20 to county schools. Douglas county receives iorest revenues principally from the Umpqua National forest, but ob tains money also from the Ro gue, Siskiyou, Siusluw and Wil lamette forests, as parts of these reserves aro within the county. Indicating the affect of the rapid growth of the lumber Industry Is the fact that timber salo receipts this year wore more than double the sum of, $23,401.53 received last year. The county receives 25 per cent of all forest revenue.; Farmer Draft -Stirs Demand iry WASHINGTON. Feb. S (AP) Two senators today proposed a congressional inquiry "to aeter mlne who Is responsible lor the wholesale induction of essential farmers and farm workers where no replacements ane available." While the senate military com mittee was hearing Additional de mands lor wprK-or-jnu imtnoovr- er legislation, senators tyaings and Roed introduced a measure reaffirming the policy of the Tyd- lngs amendment to tne anut act and calling for the inquiry. The Tydlngs amendment speci fies that essential agricultural employes shall nst be drafted un less replaceemnts-for them are found. :' :. Tvdings told the senate that se lective service has- attempted to "brush aside" the:amendment. He said Selective S?rvice Director Lewis B. Hershey in effect told local draft boards to "go to It" if they desired to take larm work ers for whom there are no re placements. : Labor LaoK stressed WPB Chairman J. A. Krugsaid voluntary manppwer . placement "worked amazingly weir in me carlv stages of the war but is not sufficient now; ; "Under existing conditions war nroductlon already Is suffering badly from lack of labor," Krug (Continued on Page 6) Rayonier Buys Timber On Olympic Peninsula NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (AP) Rayonier, Inc.,- manufacturers of dissolving pulps from wood, an nounced today it had arranged to buy timber holdings and logging equipment of the Bloedel Dono van Lumber mills located on the Olympic peninsula In Washing ton. . Edward Bartseh; president of Rayonier, did not disclose terms but his announcement said the transaction would Involve sever al million dollars. The company said the purchase would permit early reopening of Rayonler's Shelton, Wash., mill which closed In August, 1943, be cause of a shortage of logs. Salem Land Bought for State Building Project SALEM, Ore., Feb. 7 (AP) The state board of control an nounced today It has completed the deal to purchase lor $19,660 the property of K. T. Barnes, on the corner of Capitol and Che meketa streets. The property eventually will be used for con struction of a state building. Drafting of Nurses Is Favored by Oregon Assn. PORTLAND, Feb. 8 (AP) A draft for nurses ns a forerunner toward selective Bervice for all women has been endoised by the Oreeon State Nurses' association. Secretary Llnnie Laird reported today. She released letters from Port land nurses now overseas In a re newed appeal for nurnes to join the services. Not Double Talk CHARLOTTE, N. C, Feb. 8 (AP) The son ot Chester O. En sign. Sr.. WPB construction ana- lvst, has been commissioned at Pensacola, Fla. Now when Chester, Jr., la ad dressed it s Ensign Ensign." city Into a battleground. I The destructive Japaneso-igirv III IVJtlllilc. UJllLl ,I31L7J BI1U1 yiy Willi Tokyo's description oi Manila as an unimportant phase oi tne bat tle of Luzon which "Is fought for. very high stakes." , . .blerco jungle Battles were un der way on Bataan peninsula and at the gateway to northeastern Luzon, to which Tokyo said the. puppet government of Jose Lau rel had fled. ... , A record bomb load dumped on . Corregldor indicated U. S. forces were preparing next to KnocK , out this fortress guarding the en trance to Manila bay. ' ( ' Jap Casualties Heavy ; ' . I " Tokyo belittled the military im portance of Manila, : but. GenY MacArthur said the Japanese : have suffered 48.000 casualties so. far In their defense pf Luzon is-, land, on which the capital stands. American casualties were placed at 7,076, Including 1,609 killed, 5,276 wounded and 191 missing. Jungle-trained Yank rifle squads, unfamiliar with street lighting, combed the northern - section of Manila for Japanese : snipers. This area is officially cleared." River Bridges Blown Up Nipponese guns firing ' from ! south of the Paslg river endan- ' gered 3.700 released internees on : Santo Tomas campus four days ;. after they thought the war had ended for them. Dynamited bridges temporarily ; kept American infantrymen from , crossing from the north while de- termlned resistance ; from en-i (Continued on Page 6) Japs Can't Afford Philippines loss; Tokyo Agency Says ' (By the Associated Press) i Japan cannot afford to lose the battle of the Philippines and survive as a nation, Domei newp agency said in a broadcast today. , me L,uzon Battle is iougnt ; for very high stakes," lt said. "If ; Japan is to survive and play 'a ; leading role In world affairs, she must snatch victory in this war. "Gen. Yamashlta can depend on the navy to protect his flanks and keep him in operational con tact with Japanese-held islands to the south, if he plans to retire to the southern part of Luzon is land, Domei continued. "It is sheer nonsense, ton Americans to talk of having won the battle for the Philippines, or for (Gen. Douglas) MacArthur to be talking of Tokyo as his next goal." Tokyo radio said today that more than 250 Influential mem bers of the house of representa tives, concerned over "the critical . war situation," have demanded that Premier Koiso convene a special session of the diet to cre ate "a production army." Girls Harvesting Coin From Fake Sob Stories PORTLAND. Feb. 8 (AP) . Fake sob stories from lovely young girls, such as, "I'm trying to get enough money to buy a ticket to visit my husband in the serlvce," have given racketeering a new twist here, the Better Bus iness bureau said today. Tne bureau reported as much as $40 a day had been obtained from servicemen Dy gins employ ing the oid "working-my-way- through-college" and other rou tines. Posters and literature warning against the pretty schemers will bo sent to ali military installa- t'ons in I his area, said General Manager 1 ylb I. . Janz. War Casualties of U. S. Reach Total of 764,584 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (AP) American combat casualties since the beginning of the war have reacnea 7b4,3m, tne army ana navy disclosed today. Secretary of War stlmson plac ed the army's losses at 676,796 while the navy listed Its total as 87,788. This represented an over all increase of 27,242 since last week's report. The secretary said 865,000 Ger mans have been taken prisoner on the western front since the Invaqlnn lt June, evity pact Rant ' By L. F. Relzenstein The "Horst Wessel" and "Die Wacht am Rhine" may soon be supplanted by a Kraut version of "Don't Fence Me In."