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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
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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
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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
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School Board Acts to
To Ease Jam of Jupils
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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.
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, 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
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Japanese In Manila -Being
Slowly Erased
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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
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lery, machinegun fire and mined
streets in their drive to finish off
the enemy garrison now confined
to less than five square miles.
The hazard of any Japanese
flight across the bay was reflect
ed in Gen. 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
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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.
Vllma told the FBI she was
born March 4, 1919, at Jones
Prairie, a small settlement- in
east Texas, and graduated from
the Humble, Texas, high school.
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