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J "''.2 1; mi f ; 5135 KPS8UK tiWUffl&wV!Q$mi&j3PB50R, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY J, 1 9"45. n Awards Made At Douglas District Court of Honor ".The Douglas District Court of fionor was held Monday evening, February 12, in the Christian church basement, under the di rection of W. H. Gerretsen, chair. man of the District Advancement committee, with the assistance of Bruce Elliott, Erwin Short and nev. uen a. rJshbaek. ' The following awards were tnade: Tenderfoot rank, Richard Hoskins, troop 4, Roseburg; sec ond class, Larry Hemiinger, Rich ard John and Norman Smith, 1 roop 4, Roseburg; Ronald Strlck ling, Troop 7, Roseburg; Donald Bowman and Jerry Kent, Troop 78, Drain; and Victor Monger, Lone Scout from Lookingglass. Merit badpps Jerry Brown, Troop 4, "Scholar ship"; Dick Primrose, Troop 7, swimming," Donald McLain, Troop 7, "Music," and Daniel Ol son, Troop 78, Drain, "Public jwaiin, Aeronautics, and Civics." Star Scout, Jerry Brown, Troop 4 and Gold Palm, Elliott Mot schenbacher, Troop 7. Out of town guests included the delegation from Drain and Scout Master Lewis of Reedsport, who oisu ine logging superintendent of t. K. Kood Lumber company. Another Advancement Court will be held in two months. A cam poree was also announced for the month of May. Community Tax Changes Get Senate Approval (Continued from Page 1) of the motor vehicle financial re sponslbllty law. ' - The bill now goes to the gov ernor. , The, senate passed end sent to the house a bill forbidding tran- oi property wnne divorce pro ceedings are under way. 6a!ary Boosts Voted The senate began work today on salary increase proposals alt er house approval of the last of a series of five measures to grant raises to top slate officials of from SMO to $1500 a vear. The house voted 45 to 8 to raise the governor from $7500 to $9000 a year, the secretary of state and state treasurer from $5400 to $600, end the attorney general from $5000 to $5750. This action was taken after a 41 to 14 vote for increases for the seven supreme court Justices from $7500 to S8000. . Several davs njo, the house passed three bills to raise the la bor commissioner lrom $4uoU 10 $5000, the superintendent of pub lic Instruction from sinnn in s-. 400, and the deputy secretory of Japanese Shrapnel Wounds Send Former Roseburg Coy to Hospital "I got 13 shrapnel holes In my left aim, shoulder and legs from Jap anti-aircraft fire, but believe It or not, X never felt any pain, though I remained conscious." Merlon Cole, aviation radioman second class USNR, Portland, said In describing his experience when his carrier-based Gruinan Avenger was making torpedo runs on Jap ships near Leyte. The pilot was able to bring the damaged plane iu u sale lanaing. Covered bv a nlaster east on his arm and shoulder, but looking comfortable, Cole was assigned to uie iieei nospitai, 113, San Francisco, upon his return to the United States a short time ago. He was just recently transfer red to the Seattle naval hosoital and as the train stopped in Port land tnree nours en route north, he was allowed to visit his pa rents, Mr. ana Mrs. fcmerv cole. and his sister. Miss Carmen Cole, before going to Seattle to enier the Hospital, where he undei-wcnt an operation on his wrist and arm a couple of days ago. Cole was graduated from Rose burg high school In June, 1942, and then went to Portland to be a welder in the Oregon ship yards, where he worked until September, 1942, when he joined tile navy. He had been on dutv nt air stations in the United States before seeing action in the Philippines. He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Eastlini, who reside on East Lane street In Roseburg. His parents made their home here until the war, wnen iney moved to Portland, where Mr. Cole entered war de fense work. Cole received the purple heart and citation at the Flight hos pital on New Caledonia, folfow Tornadoes Rip Two States; 42 Dead, 200 Hurt (Continued from Page 1) WOUNDED BY JAPS Morton Cole, above, aviation radioman, second class USNR, 601 N. E. San Rafael, Portland, formerly of Roseburg, now convalescing from shrapnel wounds inflicted during the invasion of Leyte. at the Seattle naval hospital in ward 21. two sides, before luring eastward into Alabama. The dead in the Meridian area were placed unof. flclally at seven. More than fifty persons were injured mere. Between 30 and 40 houses were destroyed In the. Meridian area and torrential rains hampered search for the Injured and the dead. Troops Ordered Out After a tour of the Montgom ery area. Gov. cnauncey spark! of Alabama ordered three com panies of the state guard into ac tion to prevent looting. Montgomery hospitals, jam med witn tne injured, were nan dicapped by a lack of lighting, The entire capital city was with out electricity for several hours and telephone service was (lis- ruDtcd. A babv was born at one hosnl- tal only a few minutes before the lights came back on. One of the Montgomry dead was Mrs. Edgar Brown, a resi dent of Chisholm community, whose husband had lust arrived home on furlough from the army, Maxwell Held at Montgomery escaped damage but was plung ed into darkness for several hours. Fifteen of the Montgomery dead were Negroes, state patrol men removed the bodies of six Negroes from one house. Six of the nine dead at Livingston wore also Negroes. ing his removal there from the war area. Canyonviile Men Reunited (Jrem oftie ISP rap. L V'. x,fmo hokum, fl .,, .ir"4" "hiim M School Board Acts to To Ease Jam of Jupils (Continue'l from Page 1) construction and other mutual Droblems. Full cooperation In the Rose burg recreational program was pledged, following a report of ac tivities to date, approval of the program being expressed by the directors. Parents Aporovo Dances A report was received concern ing a recent survey among par ents of Junior High school stu dents concerning a project for su pervised school dances, lhe sur vey showed a high percentage of the parents favoring the project, It was stated, more than one- half of the parents making fa vorable replies volunteered to as sist in the work of sponsoring and supervising. L Plans and specifications for the proposed new building at the Riverside site were reviewed. In structions were given to proceed as rapidly as possible with all preliminary work. Application is being made for l federal grant to aid in construction costs. Monthly bills, nmounting to $2, 399.70 were autlited and ordered paid. A meeting to consider the 1945- 46 salary schedule and reelection of teachers will be held at a later date, the board announced. Allies Capture Pruem, Lunge Toward Rhine Ared (Continued from page 1 1 . Captain James 'C. Manley, left, Lieutenant Marden W. Shaw, Lieutenant Glenn Gllmore, pictured above, all residents of Canyon villc, were reunited at Portland recently for the first time in three years. They met, while on leave, at the Portland home or Mrs. Alice Manley, mother of Captain Manley. All were members of the 41st division In 1939, Manley serving with the Eugene company of the Oregon national guard, while Shaw and Gilmoro were with the Roseburg company. Manley was transferred to the air forces and was recently returned home from the China-India-Burma theater. Shaw and Gllmore were vlth the 41st division-In the south Pacific and were recently returned home from New Guinea. All wear the presidential unit citation for particularly meritorious service. tAuuicti6 Aau uftfm . . . Wttfh 7 uiarn 'I t Blonded Whiskey, 86 proof, 65 grain neutral spirits GOODERHAM & WORTS LTD. , V Peoria, Illinois state from $4200 to $1800. Liquor Buy Profitable The legislative liquor investiga tion committee heard State Li quor Commissioners Paul Crooks and Hugh Kirkpatrick testify that the commis-ilon's 19-13 pur chases of two distilleries would net the state a profit of about $4,500,000. They said they didn't know the the profit of Harry Collin, Tole do, Ohio, who nromoted the deal. They pointed out that the deal was approved bv the state board oi control, attorney general, OPA nu me Bureau or Internal Rev enue. A movement was growing in the senate to transfer enforce ment of Honor liiws from the li quor commission') enforcement division to (he itate police, pro ponents arguing that stricter en forcement would be the- result. Two Term Limit Asked A memorial asking congress to pass a proposed constitutional amendment limiting the presi dent of the United States to two terms was Introduced In the sen ate by President Belton, Otnhv; and Sens. Cornell, Klamath Fall", and Booth, Lebanon. All are re publicans. Big Three Plans Doom Of Naxi War Machine (Continued from Pnge 1) Canadians took Gennep on the Maas, and to the east drove across the Niors river to Kessel, four miles from Goch. Patton's forces have gained con trol of a highway network east of their 10-mile breach in the Siegfried line, but heavy enemy fire east of the Pruem liver in dicated the enemy planned stiff resistance. On the German-Luxembourg frontier, lighting contin ued in the border town of Vlan den. Armored forces crossed the Our and Sure at several points. RAF Mosquito bombers attack ed the vital rail center of Stutt gart and other western German targets (luring the night. Berlin Faces Flanking Threat in Red Maneuvers (Continued from Page 1) Japanese In Manila -Being Slowly Erased (Continued from Page 1) AWARDED WINGS Leland K. WImberly, above, son of Circuit Judge and Mrs. Carl E. Wim- berly, 621 E. Lane St., Roseburg, was awarded his wings recently at Harlingen, Tex., army air field. He has completed his course as an aerial gunner. PFC Wimberly is a former star athlete at Roseburg high school. He attended University of Ore gon prior to entering military service. army men today "completed the rquting" of the encircled enemy, and . that more than 110.000 de fenders headed bv the German commander, Col. Gen. Peter Wil denbruch and his staff, were cap tured, along with large stores of arms and booty. Russia "Winner" of Big 3 Confab, Japan Declares LONDON. Feb. 13 (API A Tokyo radio commentator today asserted Russia was the "winner" of the Big Three conference and declared "well-informed Tokyo quarters" saw "humiliation" for both the United States and Eng land In the Crimean communi que. , "We can Indeed pity Great Britain, who is heading toward tragic end." the comentator concluded. ; Silverton Dates Tax Vote for School Funds SILVERTON. Ore.. Feb. 13 API I he Silverton school dis trict will hold n snecial election March 3 to add $19,976 in taxes outside the six -jct cent limitation. The crowded 2radcischool needs three more leacners, and the board also wants to Increase sal aries of present teachers, explain ed Chairman W. R. Tomison. Yoncalla YONCALLA Mrs. Bessie Record of Riverside, Calif., is vis iting at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Earl Davis. Mr. and Mrs. sanford Parsons and two children and Miss Jean Parsons of Vancouver, -Wash.. spent the weekend here visiting at the parental Parsons home. Mrs. lorn Wallace left Tues day for a two-weeks visit with er daughters in wniamina and Portland. Canyonville Visitor A. F. Gib bons was a Canyonville business visitor in Roseburg Monday. through the Russian encirclement which it said had crackel "the deepest ring." Budapest will have cost the Germans 100.000 Dris- nr.. oners ana mousanos oi ueaa anu " ' " ' . . . I wounded when the toll Is tabu u p' alEO Ior inflated, lt has ten estimated, growth of trance as a fourth Konev's troops have all but en great power In Europe and rcc- circled Breslau. A 15-mile escape ognizes, through the agreement on jjumnarton Daks, the poten tial power of China In the Or ient. The plans for Joint military ac tion to "shorten the war" against Germany also are unrcvealed and route remained open but the Ger mans were expected to put up a last-ditch stand Inside the City. Meanwhile, the Germans said Knoev had developed a new threat to Berlin In the Naumburg dis trict, 40 miles northwest of Bunz- slder these problems as thev arise Ilritlsh, Russian and Amer ican foreiitn .iecietaries are to meet every three or four months, beginning after the San Francis co conference. France, China Recognized The Crimean agreement pledg es the greatest alliance of mili tary and political power In his tory to support the Ideal of a peace based on the Atlantic char ter, which thereby appears to there Is no mention whatever of -lau and 76 from the capital. This the war against Japan, which leaves unchallenged the mount ing predictions that after the European war Russia will be come an ally in the closing phas es of the Pacific struggle. San Francisco Well Suited, would put the Russians onlv 27 miles from Marshal Zhukov's First White Russian army on the north bank of the Oder. Forcing of the Bober and the Nelsse rivers from the Naumburo reeion would place the Russians around the San Francisco Is psnerliillv mn. southern flank of massed Ger- venlent to Russian delegates, who mn"s retarding Zhukov due east can fly across Russia all the : of Berlin. ! way to the Pacific, traverse the1, In Czechoslovakia, the Fourth allied-protected northern Pacific, Ukraine army has oeared within and whip down the coast via-20 mil(s of Moravska Ostrava, the Alaska and Seattle. .country's third city. The Germans Lenders from Australia, New lts"12HphnCiJ? Sn" IIT" Zealand and parts of South "C,k, America can also get to the Cali fornia port more easllv than they could to an eastern city. Opinion on the west coast Is strong for a chain of permanent American bases across the Pa cific to balk any future wars. Any doubtful Europeans minht take heart at this determination to keen America prepared to maintain peace tn the west. This. It Is felt, would help con siderably to bolster national unity in this country beyond a plan for organized peace with front-line American participation. Visits In Salem Mrs. Flossie Virden of Roseburg spent Mon day visiting and attending to business matters. She attended a session of the state lcBislntur and, as a guest of Senator Thomas Parkinson, witnessed the impressive Lincoln day program, to the north.. In the Polish mrrl dor far to the north, the Russians pushed ahead on Danzig on a 45 mlle front. In Pomerania the Ger-' mnns said the Russians were 15 miles from Stettin. Fall of Budapest (pop. 1.217, 000) freed the Second and Third Ukrainian armies for drives on Vienna and Prague in concert with the First Urainlan army In Silesia sweeping toward centra! Germany and along the Czecho slovak border. Stalin declared that the red SPECIAL OFFER ON 8 Vitamins ... 9 Minerals Only one VIK1.S djy ivt. you lhe i,,n nvrumum daily trgmrrim-nt ol Ml eifi.t v.ia. 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MaeArlhur's commu nique reporting that American planes sank 35 barges, loaded with 2,500 enemy troops, off Ba taan on Sunday. - MacArthur said every care was being taken to keep American casualties at a minimum and preserve city property. For that reason, the Ifanks were not using costly assault methods but rath er the slower but safer processes of mine-sweeping, envelopment and Infiltration. . Japs Making Conquest Costly Associated Press Correspond ent C. Yates McDaniel reported the Japanese deienders "have never had any hope of escaping from their self-laid trap." He wrote: "Their's is not a ' last-minute fight of desperation, but appar ently a carefully-calculated plan to set the price of the capture of Manila as high in lives and property as their destructive in genuity can raise it" The trapped Japanese have turned buildings with the thick est walls into fortresses and have strewn the path of the oncoming Americans with almost every known type of mine and explo sive trap. A large enemy gun even fired a few rounds from the tower of the city hall before it was knocked out. Rockets, some eight to 10 inch es in caliber, are the latest mis siles hurled from the enemy pock et, which is chiefly In the ancient Intramuros (walled city) near the Pasig river mouth. The Japanese still poured artillery shells on the vital pontoon bridges, used by ine Americans in moving tanks and guns across the Paslg, and tried to wreck Manila s big wa ter supply reservoir. Key antl-arcraft Dositions and four coastal guns on Corregidor were knocked out in tne 2uo-ton bombing. All the Island fortress' gun batteries have been silent for more than a week, testifying to the effectiveness of sustained American raids. Japs Worry Over Formosa Tokyo radio, reversing Its re cent stand, admitted "the battle for the Philippines is a strategical cumax in ine present ureater East Asia war" and an apparent preliminary to an invasion of For mosa. And Tokyo added "we absolute ly cannot permit the advance of the enemy to "Formosa central strong point for the defense of the greater east Asia sphere" and stepping stone to Japan. An unconfirmed Tokyo broad cast claimed Japanese had sneak ed reinforcements into American held Morotai island south of the Philippines. Japanese industrialists were re ported dismantling their largest airrraft plants, either dispersng them or moving thefn to the mainland. It's the result of B-29 raids which a 20th air force spokesman said had cost the Jap anese between 2,200 and 4,300 airplane engines in raids on two plants alone. - Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, return ing from China, said Japan was apparently trying to withdraw troops from "Burma, Thailand all other conquests in the south" but was hampered by lack of transport. British troops converging on Mandalay in central Burma cap tured Singue, 40 miles north, and a village 40 miles to the west, both after stubborn battles. Other Troubles 'or Japan Simultaneously enemy broad casts indicated the Japanese were having supply and economic troubles the length of her con quered empire. An "economy reg ulation" committee was created for Indo-China. Sentences of death and life imprisonment were imposed in Nanking , and Stianghai to enforce a new price cortmodity decree of the puppet Chiiiese government. The south Martchurian railway, which con trols Japanese exploitation of Manchuria, increased its 1945 target for war purposes and or dered increased production . of coal, oil and potatoes the latter lor manufacturing alcohol. An unconfirmed Japanese news report claimed two allied subma rines were sunk Monday, one in Japanese home waters and the other in tne central pacific. Allotment Racket of Much-Married Girl Halted (Continued from Page 1) vy baker 1 c, who died a year ago from gas asphyxiation in Oakland, Calif. The - amount of money she received from Siner was not listed by the FBI. Walter Louis Isakson, a civil- ian navy efnfeloyee,. who contrib uted $300 to her for the opening of a physio-therapy clinic In Oak land, Calif., find subsequently sent her from Pearl Harbor a $30 check weekly for more than a -year. , William Robert Cavender, a carpenter's mate, 3e, whom she married Feb. 4, 1941, at Fairfield, Calif., and who made her the ben-eficlai-y of his 810,000 navy life insurance policy. Harold Eugene Wlnninger, a navy cook, whom she married July 29, 1942, at Gardnerville, Nev., and who contributed $70 a month from Jan. 1943, to June, 1943. Lawrence Gus Smith, a chief machinist's mate, whom she mar ried Nov. 6, 1942, in Reno, Nev. Van Pelt said Smith had $3,000 at the time of the marriage and spent $2,850 on a four weeks hon eymdon. Subsequently Smith al lotted Vllma $75 a month and the allotment is stiil running. In addi tion, Smith sent her two checks for $100. A ninth marriage Is under in vestigation, Van Pelt said. 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