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Newspaper Page Texton3 irfi If il DB9ED U1E i M A merican First Wins 1 - : : Established 1873 New Jap Reverses in Philippines and Foe Retreats i mil uudiiuii On Mindanao ' Chinese Regain Former U. S. Airbase; Fires Still Blaze in Bombed Nagoya 21st BOMBER COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Wed nesday, March 14 (AP) American Superfortresses, bent upon destruction of Osaka's "hidden factories," put the torch to Japan's second largest city early today. Osaka is one of the most im portant industrial and shipbuild ing centers in the empire. Its Industries Include electrical equipment companies, ship building yards, iron and steel works and oil refineries. (By The Associated Press) Japanese retreated before" ad- . vancing allied troops on three Philippines and two China Fronts today, abandoning two airfields and eight towns. Forty-first division infantry men on Mindanao in the southern Philippines and two China fronts four villages north of that ancient fortress and nearby San Roque airdrome from which bombers ran raid oil-rich Borneo. Japanese , noandoned the strongest fortifl- cations yet encountered in the southern or central Philippines, and retreated toward the hills. Eleventh airborne division troops captured Los Banos, for- (Continued on Page 6) In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS UASHINGTON. Last night was ff the first Saturday night of the midnight curfew. It went off quite peacefully and happily here. As a matter of fact, it amounted to no more than the moving up of the clock when "war" time hit us several years ago. People mere ly started earlier and quit earlier. Washington hasn't done much complaining about the curfew. The squawks come from New York, where painting the town. red is a leading Industry. HERE on the Potomac, it was all quiet and orderly as such things go. The so-called night spots meaning all places where food and drink and entertainment are provided had previously posted notices around asking their patrons to begin leaving as near 11:45 p. m. as is consistent with the great American institution of - IllUlll-bUULUIfg, illlU 111 IUC 11ICUI1 the response was good. By the witching hour of 12, the streets were filled with crowds that were somewhat less . noisy that the average New Year's eve. Maybe they went home. The fed eral authorities aren't YET tak- ing people home and putting them to bed and setting it down In the books when they got there and In what condition. So we 'Continued on page 2) Roseburg School District's Population in 1944 Highest In Ten Years, Census Reveals Population of Roseburg school district No. 4 Increased from 6790 in 1943 to 7479 In 1944 according to compilation based on the school census report, Paul S. Elliott, city superintendent of schools. The school census recently was taken by H. B. Church and has been compiled by the school authorities. The current roll shows 1887 children of school age, of which number 956 are boys and 931 girls. The school census is calculated by the U. S. Census Bureau to be 25.23 per cent of total population. The figures are given only for the school district and do not include other immediately adja cent areas, such as Edenbower, Superintendent Elliott points out. A ten -year comparison of school census and population figures is given by Mr. Elliott as ROSEBURG, Rev. Burns Jenkins, Noted Liberal Clergyman-Editor, Summoned by EL CENTRO, Calif., March 13. Kansas City minister and writer, aged 75. 1 He was best known for his pastor of the Linwood Boulevard he introduced church dinners on prayer meeting nights and Sun day evening dances for youth of his congregation, For two years, rrom laia to 1 1922. he combined his pastoral dutlps with those of editor and publisher of the Kansas City Post and was widely known also as a : lecturer and author. When the Linwood Boulevard church was dedicated in 1909, a Catholic priest, Jewish rabbi and ministers of various Protestant denominations joined in the serv-1 ice. He conducted a psychiatric clinic In connection with thp Lin wood church, placed William Gibbs McAdoo In nomination at the 1920 democratic national con vention at San Francisco and served by annointment of the governor of Missouri upon the stae athletic commission, which had control of professional boxing in the state. Previous to accepting a nastorate in Kansas Citv, Dr. Jen kins served successively as presi dent of University of Indianapo lis and president of University of Kentucky. He eliminated restric tions concerned with bantism for membershipiin his church, accept ing .all. who would sign the- roll upon expressions of faith only. He is survived by his widow Meeting Slated to Ask Ban on Nisei's Return GRESHAM, Ore., March 13 - (AP) A public meeting to seek congressional action rescinding the order permitting Japanese to return to their coastal nomes De- fore the .end of the war will be held in Gresham tonight. Oregon Property Owners Pro tective league, the sponsors, an nounced that speakers will In clude George Crandell, Seattle at torney, and state representative Warren Erwln, Portland. Erwln is co-author of a legislative mem orial to congress opposing return of the Japanese. Dale Bergh, Damascus farmer and chairman of the league, also will speak. He has appealed a cir cuit court ruling that the farm he had leased should be returned to Its Japanese-American owner. Drowned Man Brother Of Roseburg Resident Oscar R. . Farrls, who was drowned yesterday in the Coquille river, was a brother of Mrs. Paul Dusseau of Roseburg. The body has not yet been recovered but when It is, Mr. and Mrs. Dusseau plan to go to Coquille. Mr. Farris was drowned while trying to re cover a boat which became freed from Its moorage. Marquee Saves Man In Fall of Seven Stories SEATTLE, March 13. (AP) An iron marquee broke his fall and saved the life of Eric Mackcy, merchant seaman, who plunged trom nis seventn floor hotel room window earlv today. He suffered shock and head and back hurts. Police reported they found a bjoody razor in his room. follows: Year Schools Total 1935 1,716 6.801 1936 1,816 7,198 1937 1.676 6.643 1938 1.696.. 6.722 1939 . 1,702 6.746 1940 1,712 .6,785 1941 1,690 6.P98 1942 1,573 6.235 1943 1,713 6,790 1944 1,887 7,479 ORESOk. o?AY, MARCH 13, 1945 Death at 75 (AP) Dr. Burris A. Jenkins, died at his winter home here today, . advocacy of liberal religion while church in Kansas City, Mo., where I : Burris A. Jenkins and three sons, Burris Jenkins, Jr., newspaper cartoonist; Paul Andrew Jenkins, publisher of a newspaper here, ; andi Logan Hocker Jenkins,- lieutenant com mander in the United Mates navy.; - Roosevelt Asks Billions for Navy WASHINGTON.' March 13, (AP) President Roosevelt asked congress today to appropriate $23,719,153,050 for the navy for the fiscal year l45-4b. He requested additional con tract authorizations of $3,088,012,- 624, of which 1,513.012.624 repre sent new authorizations and &l,- 575,000,000 Is continued available from tbe current fiscal- year. Of the new budget, about four and one-half billion is to pay for contracts previously authorized. A $259,10J,7Uii iour-agency sup nlv bill more than half of it for tht rapidly expanding state de pnrtment and a Juvenile-ci ime worried justice department -received house i-npropriatlons com mittee approval today. Its overall total was $23,226,008 more than the same departments received for the current year. 2nd Lieut. W. O. Goodlow Killed in Luzon Combat Second Lieutenant William O. Goodlow. son of Mrs. Florence Goodlow. 444 Ella St.. Roseburg, previously reported missing in action, was killed Jan. 8 while in combat in Luzon, according to an official message received by the mother today. His wile, the ior- mer Lucia Britton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Britton. form erly of Roseburg and now located at Corvallis, is serving as a corp oral in the Women's reserve, U. S. marine corps, stationed at ban Diego. Two-Year Extension of CCC Voted by House WASHINGTON. March 13 (AP) The house voted Monday to extend the life of the Com modity Credit coporatlon for two years beyond June 30, and to Increase itr borrowing power from $3,000,000,000 to $5,000,000, 000. The action came after the ad ministration assured congress of prompt punishment for any CCC employes found to have given confidential tips to market specu lators. The legislation now goes to a senate-nouse conference. Fish Tax Bill Passed By Senate of Alaska JUNEAU, Alaska, March 13 (AP) The senate yesterday pass ed a fish tax bill. It sets a tax of 8 cents per 48-can case on sock eye, red and king salmon and 4 cents per case on other varieties. It also raises the tax on hand driven fish trans from $50 to $75 and on pile traps from $200 to $300, and ups the tax on fish tak en over 100,000 from $2 to $4 for every additional 1,000 fish. If'-' BeaK China Tax Proposals For Voters Go To Senators SALEM, Ore., March 13 (AP) The Oregon legislature's big gest piece of business the four bills to call a special election June 22 to provide revenues lor schools andnew buildings for higher ed ucation . and state institutions was near final approval today, when the senate wavs and means and taxation committee sent the house-approved bills to the sen ate floor with a favorable report. The committees, however, rec ommended that only those bills be on the ballot, while the house had voted to put on the special ballot all measures referred by the legislature to the people. The bills would levy a 2-ceht per pack tax on cigarets to give schools an additional $2,000,000 a year, levy a property tax of-5 mills for two years to raise jau, 000,000 for the new buildings, and increase the annual amount of income tax surpluses given to schools from $5,000,000 to $a,uuu, 000. This latter bill will not be on the ballot, and the property tax would be conceled by income tax surpluses Fish Board Item Prunea The 1oint ways and means com mittee voted to introduce a bill to increase the state's share of pari-mutuel racing receipts from 3 to 41 per cent,, and thus give the state a revenue from this source of $356,480 a biermium. give the fish commission, for ex nonaea for the next two years, $356,000, compared witih the $560,- 000 the commission asKeu. . The committee still nas- tne hills to create civil service lor state emploves and retlrment for public employes, the firemen's pension bill, and the bill to reor ganize the- state board of health. he nouse sent 10 ine kuvcihu. bills providing that the gift tax shall not apply to persons who came under the 1943 community property law, which has been re pealed by this legislature; and in- (Continued on Page 6) Fugitive From Reedsport Nabbed Cecil Madison Myers, 35, who recently escaped from the Reeds port Justice court, has been re turned to Roseburg from Port land, where he was recently ar rested, Sheriff O. T. Carter re ported today. Mvers was arrested at Reeds port on a charge of having stolen property in nis possession, me sheriff reported. During arraign ment In the justice court he was granted permission to go to the lavatory and made his escape through a window and over eoi adjoining roof. Circulars were is sued by Douglas county author ities and he was picked up In Portland by the sheriffs office there. Sheriff Carter announced that in addition to the charge of pos sessing stolen property, Myers also will face a charge of Jail- breaking. He was indicted bv the recent grand lury, the indict ment being hel secret pending apprehension of the fugitive. Fine of $100 Paid for Attempting to Gaff Fish Changing his plea from" in nocent to guilty, Cecil R. Harris recently arrested on a charge of pursuing and attempting to take food fish bv means of gaff," paid a fine of $100 in the Roseburg nistice court. Judge Thomas Hart- fiel reported today. Harris re portedly was arrested while fish ing illegally on Little river. Traffic fines paid into the Rose burg court were reported by judge Hartiiel to Include Flovd Beck, $15, trailer overload; Roy v. Long, $10, overload: Clell L. Alford, $20, overload, and W. A. Sahr, $15. overload. - , Fala of First Family Daddy of Twin Daughters RHINFv BECK, N. Y., March 13. (AP) Fala Is the father of twins. Dr. Thomas Sheldon, veter inary, announced today that two daughters were born March 9 at the Sheldon ca nine hoioltal to President Roosevelt's famed cottle and Buttons, owned by Miss Mar Baret Buckley pf Hyde Park. 45-59 Vf 1 ON FISH BOARD Rep. Earl Hil, above, merchant of Cush man, Lane county, and veteran Oregon legislator, who has been appointed by Governor Snell to he state fish commission, suc ceeding the late L. A. Cutlip of North Bend. One Day's Wage Standard Set for Red Cross Giving A standard of one day's pay for all employed persons has been set as the suggested contribution to the American Ked ctoss war fund drive, Tommy Atkins, county chairman, reported today. . "Before the war the Red Cross solicited memberships on the basis of $1 per -person." . Atkins said.' "In those days the Red Cross requirements were far less than in these times, wnen acti vities are being carried on throu ghout the entire world and war services are of vital importance everywhere. . "The Red Cross is asking for $200,000,000, more than 10 times its budget in peacetime days," Atkins said. "Consequently our contributions should be in pro portion. The equivalent of one day's earnings for every employ ed person Is a national suggestion end, if observed, would raise the amount needed by the Red Cross to continue its activities." The Douglas county goal, At kins states, has been placed at $30,000. West Coast Fruit Price Ceilings Discussed SAN FRANCISCO, March 13 (AP) Fruit growers of Cali fornia, Oregon and Washington today conferred with government agencies to determine an equit able price celling for their perish able 1945 crops. The growers yesterday began discussions with OPA, War Food administration and National Ad visory committee members to set the minimums and maximums on pears, apricots, plums, prunes, sweet cherries and table and wine grapes. The sessions were closed to the press but findings will be forwar ded, to Washington lor final cell Ing fixing determination. War Bonds Bind Culprit OGDEN. UTAH. March 13 (AP) A 16-year-old youth was fined $50 on a charge of stealing government property. The judge allowed him to pay the fine on the Installment plan but only after he posted three war Donas as security. Von RundstedtWounded , Out Of Command, Report; Chaos Said Prevalent in Germany BERN, Switzerland, March 13. (AP) Frontier reports said today that von Rundstedt no longer was in command of the Germans on the western front, and one unconfirmed account said the nazl general had been wounded. Advices from across the border reflected growing tension In the German homeland, particularly in Munich, where the nazl gauleitcr was said to have warned all party officers to avoid circulating in worker sections of the city be cause the police no longer were strong enough to guarantee safe ty. However, rumors of outright revolt In Munich were not con firmed. Weil Informed observers here speculated that Hitler might stage aome new surprise, such as the use of gas, or some other new weapon, to stem the allied tide, but agreed that whatever the fuehrer decides, lt must be done quickly. Throughout Germany, reports hero state, there Is confusion, re sentment and outright resistance galnst new reductions In food. travel and cooking privileges as nazl leaders seek to slow allied advances in the east and west. Heights in mtBattie, Reds Capture Kuestrin Oder Crossed, Trap on Baltic Cities Closing LONDON. March 13. (AP)- Soviet troops are attacking power fully north of Frankfurt in an at tempt to expand their bridge heads over the Oder river, the German high command said to day after Moscow announced cap ture of the east Dank fortress of Kuestrin. The nazl command said the Russian assaults were held, and declared Germans still were fight ing in the soutnern fringes of Kuestrin, 38 miles east of Berlin. 16 miles north of Frankfurt and one of the three biggest fortresses guarding the uerman capital. Moscow still had not officially reported any crossings of the Oder, but dispatches said three red army groups apparently were being disposed for an assault on the German capital. Kuestrin, churned to rubble, fell after five days of hand-to-hand battle, the Russians said. Field dispatches make it plain that the Germans have assem bled a great concentration of flghtlne reserves west of the Oder. Minefields stretch for miles no and down the river on the Beriin side. The big highway and railway bridges at Kuestrin have been wrecked. The German communique t Jld of local breaches by red nrmy troops beating toward Stettin (Confined on page 6) Sergeant Jack E. Trew Killed in Italy Action Staff Sergeant Jack Edward Trew, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Trew, 931 Fairfax, Birmingham, Michigan, and a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ritchie, Roseburg, was killed in action In Italy, Feb. oi, according to word received here. He jwas a member "of the 86th mountain infantry, wljich trained at' Camp Hale, Cfcio. He was well known in Rose burg and vicinity, having Bpent his summer vacations for several years on the Ritchie farm near Roseburg. He attended Oregon State college, where he was a member of Beta Theda PI frater nity. His parents visited in Rosebunr with Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie during February. Mrs. Trew and Mrs. Kitcnie are sisters. Handley Named District, Attorney of Multnomah SALEM, Ore., March 13 (AP) Thomas B. Handlev. appointed by governor Snell as Multnomah county district attorney to suc ceed James R. Bain, was sworn in by Secretary of state Farrell yes terday. Handley has served for many years as chief criminal deputy in tne district attorney's office. Bain yesterday became circuit judge, succeeding judge Frank lin C. Howell. Tot Again Gives Year's Savings to Red Cross REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., March 13 (AP) Mary Jo Zltmann's contribution to the Red Cross was her year's savings. Mary Jo, who Is six, counted up the pennies and nickels and dimes she had saved In a year and turned In $7.10. The Red Cross got her tavingt of $2.63 a year ago, too. Banditry and partisan activity were aeciarea increasing. Slave Workers on Loose A private report from Berlin stated that at least 100.000 for eign workers had left their Jobs recently, and that some got through to meet the advancing allies, utners were reported wan dering about Germany. Travelers were beginning to tell of trains being derailed by these foreign ers, who robbed the freight cars. Workers committees against the nazi regime were reported operating in Fssen, Muehlhclm, Duesseidorf and Dortmund, and reliable Information indicated that the Infamous prison camp at Dachau has become a center of resistance. More than 50 political prison ers were said to have escaped iContiued on page 61 Bombers Destroy Dortmund, East Gateway to Ruhr LONDON, March 13. (AP) Another German city In the path of the allied armies on the west ern front was written off as dead today after a shattering attack on Dortmund by more than 1,100 British bombers which dropped about 5,000 tons of explosives on mat eastern gateway to the Ruhr in 29 minutes yesterday. It was the biggest davllght at tack ever staged by the RAF, which also kept the allied aerial offensive rolling through the night by sending its Mosquito bombers against Berlin for the 21st successive night. uortmund is tne second largest city in the industrial Ruhr valley. and while previous bombings had just about knocked it out as a manuiacturing center it was still Rervine as a maior trnnsnortatlnn hub. Nearly all troops and sup plies bound for the western front passed through the city. Five bombers failed to retlirn. Up to 1,000 bombers of the U. s. isth air force Joined in the at tack yesterday, drouolnu 1.650 tons of bombs on nazl oil Installa tions in the Vienna area. Other Ilaly-based bombers attacked Ger man ran communications in Aus tria, Yugoslavia and . northern iiaiy. une fortress was lost. Dimes Comprise Reedsport Sign A 16-foot board, bearing the words, "Reedsport, Oregon," In letters one foot in height, each letter being composed of dimes, was received in Roseburg Mon day by Roy Sunderland, county chairman of the infantile paraly sis fund campaign, from E. G. Dunn, March of Dimes chairman at Reedsport. The board contains 1,370 dimes, each placed Heads up on the board which was de signed and donated bv Frank T.. Taylor, Rpcdspbrt haidware mer chant. The tinarH is hfnged in the center to facilitate shipment ; Representing 22 hours of labor In laying out the sign, pasting on the dimes, etc, the board is being prepared by Chairman Sunder land for shipment to President Roosevelt. -. . , The Reedstiort community rais ed a total of $835 in the infantile paralysis campaign. Professorial Peons Put On 'Varsity' Auction Block BLOOMTNGTON. 111.. March 13 lAf) some of the faculty members at Millikin university were put on the auction block at a "Slave" sale to raise money for the building fund campaign. Miss Elizabeth Travis,- piano professor, was "sold" for $8 to a sorority and must give a 15-mln-ute concert; assistant Dean E. P. fioenges'has to press four skirts in the home economics room, and Dr. C. A. Godcharles has to bake a cake for a sorority. Unfavorable Report on REA Nominee Turned In WASHINGTON, March 13 Senator Thomas, democrat. Okla. home, Monday filed with the sen ate an unfavorable report on the nomination oi Aunrey Williams to be rural electrification admin istrator. The agriculture commit tee, of which Thomas is chair man, recommended his rejection. This action paved the wav for debate on the nomination begin ning louay. City Manager Succession Repeated at Silverton SlTVERiON. Oe.. March 13 - f.P' Th; "liv CO', icil has asked Robert E. Borland, 44, to accoot city managership of Silverton, re placing Harry u. Mcurea, who will become Coos Bay's first city manager next week. Borland succeeded McCrea once before as city manager of Blals ville. Pa. The now mannper l expected to arrive about April 1. Cordell Mull Improves; May Attend Peace Meet WASHINGTON, March 13 (AP) Cordell Hull's physical condition has greatly Improved in the last few weeks: he now definitely hopes to attend the San Francisco united nations confer ence. Whether he actually makes the trip, however, will depend on con tlnued improvement during the next month, . Penicillin Supply For All Northwest Received PORTLAND, March 13. (AP) Enough penicillin to treat 2,000 cases has arrived hero for clistrl butlon to physicians, hospitals and pharmacies in the northw est. The wonder drug ls now being produced In sufficient quantity to provide for civilians as well as military personnel. Rhine Bridge Survives Hits By Nazi Guns Patron's Third Narrows Enemy-Held Eifels Gap, Enters Coblenz Suburbs (By the Associated Press) Lt. Gen. Hodges' First army tanks and Infantry pushed north, east and south today from their , Rhine bridgehead, with one force less than two miles from the six lane superhighway linking the Industrial Ruhr with Frankfurt on the Main. The bridgehead, at least 11, miles long, has been widened to nenrly six miles. The German high command, acknowledging loss of heights east of the Rhine, said the bitterest fighting of the whole western front raged in the bridgehead area. The German communique spoke of operations by Marshal von Model, von Rundstedt's sub ordinate In the north, and appar ently now his successor. Brirtqe Survives Hits The Germans estimated that from 60.000 to 70000 U. S. First armv troops wore in the critical bridgehead are 30.000 more than their estimate yesterday. Swarms of rocltet-firlng planes were reported aiding the attack ing American infantry. A continuing news dlmout ob scured battle action menacinsr the Ruhr. East of the Rhine bridge head Increasing resistance was being met, but enemy artillery fire at the Ludendorff bridge slackened. This fire had scored hits on the bridge but had failed to put It out of operation. Hodges' first big attack east of the Rhine opened yesterday, gain- ed 25 miles and brought the num ber of towns captured since the : (Continued on Page 6) 5th' Repels Nazi Attacks On Captured Mountain : . ROME, March 13 (AP) ' Fifth army troops have blasted the Germans from 5,900-foct Mon te Spigollno, In the forbidding mountain country 14 miles north west of Pistoia, and repulsed en emy counterattacks upon the peak, allied headquarters announ ced today. The Germans farther west and along the coast sent artillery sal vos into allied forward positions, and allied patrols made contact with the enemy in the coastal region. A navy communique announced that PT boats operating in the gulf of Genoa engaged a convoy of eight lighters, sank two with torpedoes and hit a third. Wallace Plans to Fly To Learn Aviation Needs WASHINGTON. March 13 (AP) Secretary of Commerce Wallace told senators today he Intends to learn how to fly "to find out what the private air plane business will amount to." ine former vice president. making his first appearance on Capitol IIII1 since he was sworn in as a cabinet member, told the senate commerce committee the aviation industry ought to pro duce annual revenues of $1,700, 000,000 and a "possible 400,000 workers eight to ten years after V-J day." He urged a federal aid program for building airports. . Boy Suffocates to Death Playing With Matches PORTLAND. March 13 (AP) A three-year-old boy, one of 15 brothers and sisters, sufiocateu to death yesterday In a fire he set by playing with matcnes. The other nine children at home at the time ran to safety; but small Dennis Collopy hid un der a bed. His body was found there Inter. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Collopy, were not in the house, firemen reported. Worker Falls to Death From Crooked River Cliff REDMOND. March 13. (AP) John Byrd, 50, Bend, tumbled 80 feet to his death from a cliff along Crooked river north of here yesterday. Byrd was working on a flume, being built across Crooked river as a part of the north unit rec lamation project. Ievity pact flant By L. T. RtlztmUln Fortunate will be those for eign nations whose major trou bles will be settled by the forth coming world peace conference at San Francisco. Uncle Sam will still be left with John L. Lewis and James Petrillo en his hands.