Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948, March 21, 1945, Image 6

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    ROSESURS NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBUftS, OREGOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, l?4g
Waste Paper Gather
Slated for Roseburg
(Continued from Pape 1)
collectors lost many hours be
cause bundles became broken and
papers were seatlered. This sit
uation also resulted in consider
able litter which required time to
clean up.
"We feel that the importance of
participation In community ser
vice justifies Riving our students
time on H orn the school program
to loin in tne salvage ttrive.
Principal Monger said, "hut w:
do not feel that time should be
taken by the students to do the
work that could Just as well be
done in the respective homes of
the city. We do not believe it is
asking too much to request that
all bundles and cartons he pre
pared so that thev can withstand
handling by student collectors.
Bundles of paper must be loaded
Into trucks from which they must
be unloaded onto docks and then
handled again when packed into
freight cars. Much time is lost if
a bundle lulls apart. Therefore,
wo request general public coop
cration In gathering up all waste
paper in preparation for the
forthcoming collection and in as
certaining that every bundle or
carton prepared for collection he
adequately tied with stout cord.
Price Ceilings on Movies,
Barber Shops Suggested
WASHINGTON, March 21.
(API Price ceiiintiH on movie
tickets and barber and beauty
shop services were urged bv Price
Administrator Bowles today for
their "psychological effect.''
"The neighborhood merchant,"
Bowles said, "resents what seems
to him the unfairness of seeing
his prices controlled while the
neighborhood movie, barber shop
and beauty parlor are free to
raise their prices at will. .
"Tills resentment Is too often
used as a kind of self-Justification
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1 17 Japanese Warships
Crippled by U. S. Fleet
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Official U. S. Nnvy Photo.
GIVEN COMMENDATION Merl Edwin Mulkey. 23, of Oakland,
Ore., at right, above, is shown receiving the Commendation Rib
bon from Commodore L. T. Hundt, USN, commander of the naval
air training bases at rensacola, Florida. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Mulkey, the aviation machinist's mate, first class, was
cited by Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, USN, for "Meritorious service
in the accomplishment of hazardous duties while serving aboard
a U. S. Atlantic fleet escort carrier during the intensive operations
against enemy submarines from May, 1943, to August, 1944
Called upon to handle planes under all conditions of
weather and sea, Mulkey's continuously alert performance of
duty resulted in minimizing of aircraft casualties on the small
and frequently unsteady landing deck and in the' expeditious
launching of patrols, killer groups or relief planes." Also deco
rated and pictured above with Mulkey were Charles John
Sheridan, New York City, loft, and Charles Albion Leannarda.
Washington, D. C, center.
SeaBees Make a Mine-Spanker
To make possible better; more
complete service for you I That's
the reason Gilmore Dealers have
teamed upwith Mobilgns Dealers.
This happy, progressive and vol
untary affiliation means, to for
mer Gilmore dealers and their
customers (1) Greater conveni
ence in buying, (S) Greater avail
ability of products, (3) Improved
research resources behind each
product. Buy America's favorite
petroleum products at the Sign of
the Flying Red Horse.
(Navy photo from NEA)
The spidcr-llkc attachment on the U. S. Murine tank above, is the
Kcnllec-s' answer to the peril of encmy-sown mines. Tubular hubs,
from which chain-tipped (lolls hang, revolve rapidly, whirling the
flails so they lush the ground, detonating contact mines which may
be tn the tank's path. They nlso set up nn electrical field which
explodes magnetic mines.
for chiseling. It Is especially hard
to explain to the small service
establishments the shoe-repair
shop, the cleaner, the laundry
whv they are treated differently
from the barber shop next door
or the beauty parlor across the
street."
A special synthetic rubber
coated llosoilal sheetinnF has hoen
1 develoed to prevent explosions
which might occur In hospital op
erating rooms when static elec
tricity touches off u mixture of
ether In the air.
In Fez, Morocco, the general
dampness makes the town un
healthy and gives the inhabitants
pallid faces, but this is considered
a mark of distinction and is jeal
ously guarded.
NOTICE
To veternns of the Civil war. Mexi
can w-r and Indian wars and widows
remaining unmarried thereof veterans
of the Spanlsh-Ameriean war and
World war 1. who arc disabled to the
extent of 40 per cent or more: and
widows remaining o-marrled of Span-Isn-Amerlrnn
and W.irld war I vet-ei-anft:
Notice is hereby given that all
clalm-t lor lax exemption must be on
file In this olfice on or before April
NFD DIXON.
'Adv t pnllKlns County Assessor.
fend them, told Paron their
bombs and rockets smashed Into:
A battleship of the Vatnato
class tlh!' 45 000-ton Masashi was
sunk last October in the battle of
Leylo gulf in the Philippines and
her sister ship, the Yamuto, was
damaged. They were Japan's two
biggest battleships.
A battleship converted Into a
I big aircraft carrier, three large
I aircraft carriers, four small, es
i tort type carriers, a heavv cruis
I er, a light cruiser, four destroy
ers, a destroyer escort and a sub
marine. '
I In addition, six small surface
craft, including one oiler, were
sunk. Seven others, including two
oilers and four large cargo ships,
, probably were sunk.
' En'my ShlDS Flee
! The carrier planes cratered air
fields, attacked airplane factories,
destroyed plane hangars, arsen
als, oil stores and workshops.
The Janancs" warshins. identi
fied bv Adm. Nimitz as "the prin
cipal units of the Japanese fleet,"
scurried for shelter as the raid
ers bored in.
I Mitscher did lust what blunt-
spoken Adm. Halsoy said would
have to bo done to the Japanese
fleet. He went in after it.
His planes scored the first tell
ing blow on Nippon's navv since?
the enemy was routed off Leyte
puir nnct in adjacent waters ol
the Philippines with 24 warshins
stink, 13 probably sunk and 21
damaged.
The Sundnv and Monday toll of
more than 575 enemy planes do
stroved or damaged in action ex
tending from Kvushu to Honshu
made a total of 1,400 accounted
for over Japan bv carrier attacks
Mitscher's carrier air arm knock
ed out 882 during two raids In
the Tokvo area last February.
The Monday toll of 30 ships
sunk or damaged was added to
the 77 battered in the February
assaults.
Jan Bastions Struck
The Mitseher planes had con
centrated Sunday on knocking
out enemy air bases barring d-
nroach to the heavily fortified In
land sea. bounded bv the islands
of Kvushu. Shlkoku and the west
ern end of Honshu.
Then he moved his task force
northeast and turned his planes
loose against the very heart of
Janan s dwindling naval power.
Tokvo said 1.400 American planes
participated from 15 aircraft carriers.
Thev swarmed over a maze of
Jananese stronoholds such as
Kobe, Japan's No. 1 shipbuilding
center and leading port, and
Kure. malor naval base. .
InHustrial Huhs Menaced
The Incomplete reports of (he
navv specified few targets. But
the planes were within attacking
range of such points as Ynwntn.
home of the huge imperial iron
and steel works, one of the front-
est centers of industry outside of
western r.urone and America.
Within reach of their bombs
and rockets were cities with dry
docks, ship repair yards, harho'-s,
arsenals, chemical plants, facto
ries making parts for planes and
tanks, plants making explosives,
coal ports and one place, Kurume,
which Is a railroad huh and rub
ber maniifacturlnt' citv.
Returning pilots told corre
spondent Faron that what planes
were tost were nrottgnt clown
Inrcelv bv anti-aircraft (ire. Some
said the flak was "heavv enough
to walk on." Strong fighter op
position was encountered in
places but one squadron reported
It virtually was unopposed.
U. S. 3rd and 7th Armies
Close Trap in Saarland
(Continued from Page 1)
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
'Adding another War Bond to your
collection, ch, Judge?"
"Yes, Josh, I've, always looked upon
buying Bonds as one of the best ways older
fo!k9 like me here nt homo can help our
fighting men overseas. For the jwst couple
of years I've put every extra cent I had
into them . . . not only during the War
Bond drives... but on a regular basis. Of
course, when there's a drive on I always
try to buy an extra one or two."
"We've done the same in our family, too,'
Judge. We figure the mora wo buy . . . the
better we equip our men . . . the quicker
they'll finish their big job and come march
ing home again."
"That'sthcspirit.Josh.Andlet'sbcsurcof
one more thing. Let's be sure that they come
back to the same kind of place they left. While
they arc away and can't express their opinions,
let's not make any decisions on things that
are going to concern them in years to come."
Tkti tditrlitmnt ipowiti if Cmftrtntt oj Alcckclit Btftrat ImhaMn, Tne.
lashed from the air.
Inrlustrinl Hubs Fall
S a a rbruccken, Kalserlautern,
Voelklngen, Worms, Zweibrueck
en. all great industrial centers,
and scores oi smaller towns, have
fallen to the offensive of the re
joined U. S. Third and Seventh
armies. The Seventh, bursting
through the Wissembourg gap to
the ualantinate was obliterating
the last nazi wedpe west of the
Rhine. French units with the
Seventh were only seven miles
from Karlsruhr, and Frankfurt
on the Main was 18 miles ahead
of the Americans.
The allies now hold all the mid
dle Rhine's west bank and 24
miles of the east bank, where the
Oormnns without success had
thrown In their best troops
against the First army's Roma
gen bridgehead.
With three allied armies await
In" the signal for a push across
the lower Rhine, part of a fleet
of 1.300 IT. S. bombers and 700
fighters bottered airfields In
northwest Oormanv. Others of
the fleet aided the Russians bv
attacking n tank plant at Plauen.
10 miles from the Oeehoslnvnk
frontier. Still more Planes. RAF
neivies, raided a large oil plant
at firemen, and American heavies
were over Austria in another day
of "victory weather."
A powerful force of RAF
heavies Masted svnthetic oil
plants at Borden and Hemming
stadt and other targets during
the night. Berlin was given Its
29th straight raid.
"Ike" Warns Ruhr Civilians
On the northern wing of the
western front Marshal Montgom-
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Dr. C. J. DEAN CLINIC
Physician omf Suraor,
ft, t. Cor. E. Burnsld. and Grand At:
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el'V c lienli ilinrtev: l-nnm-lnrl ulnnn.
ous cross-Rhine nuliolling by
ootn suies. t.cn. lysennower has
warned German civilians to flee
the Ruhr, indicating a new of
fensive across the lower Rhine
was imminent.
Lt. -Gen. Hodges' First armv
extended its Remageti bridgehead
to a length of at least 24 miles by
yesterday and held -a nine-mile
stretch of the superhighway to
the Ruhr, much of it demolished
by the Germans.
Germany has lost her third
largest industrial sector and her
last important territory west of
the Rhine. Some American divi
sions stubbed forward in the Saar
and palatinate more than 15 miles
a day and destruction of the Ger
man defenders was so complete
it was doubtful thev could rally
for a stand in strength east of the
Rhnie.
British troops in Italy made
local advances northwest of Ra
venna, but most of the Italian
front was confined to patrolling.
Russians Guns Now Ring
Baltic Port of Stettin
. (Continued from Page 1)
taken over fhe Third White Rus.
sian army front after the battle
death of Gen. Cherniakhovskv
was made In Marshal Stalin's
order of the day yesterday salut
ing the capture of Braunsberg,
one of two German bastions In
the pocket.
Vasilevsky's seizure of Brauns-
nerg gatherer 4.000 prisoners into
the bag. That figure is expected
to be more than duplicated when
the nest of resistance in nearby
Heiligenbeil is crushed.
Zhukov took Altdamm with one
fierce lunge after a series of hard
actions had reached this suburb,
less than five miles from Stettin
proper. Front dispatches said an
aviation engine factory with
more than 1,000 new engines in
tact, an airplane assembly plant
and a torpedo factory were
among the Booty.
Backward Germans Hanged
As in Kolborg last week, Rus-
sian slorm unlls found German
dead hanging from makeshift
Fallows In Altdammn. An Izvestia
dispatch said an order from Hit
ler had been found, saying that
troops leaving positions volun
tarily should be shot on the spot.
On bodies in army uniform were
signs reading "Hanged Because I
Fought Badly." The corpses of
executed civilians had a sign say
ing "I Was Hanged Because I
evacuated."
(Berlin said Marshal Tolbukhln
had hurled 200,000 of his Third
Ukraine army troops and support
ing armor into an offensive
through northwestern Hungary,
with advance forces already
plunging beyond Tata,. 10 miles
southeast of the big Danube river
stronghold of Komarom. tnts is
the direct route toward Vienna.
Curfew Defi in N. Y. Hit
By War Dept. Directive
(Continued from Page 1)
partmer.t announced that all ser
vice commands had been instruct
ed to live up to the "letter and
spirit" of Byrnes' request.
Although the order was issued
to all service commands, it ob
viously was aimed at New York
City, where LaGuardia has au
thorized the 1 a. m. closing. Of
ficials at naval shore patrol head
quarters here said no similar or-
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Reparaciones de calzados
enviar par correo
C. Olufsen
Myrtle Creek
WANTED
DEAD OR ALIVE
Your dead cows and horses
picked up free of charge.
Phone 786 between 8 and 12:30
der had been issued by the navy.
President Roosevelt indicated
yesterday in Washington that he
favored continuation of the mid
night curfew but he said he had
n't considered taking any steps to
bring New York City back in line.
What could 1 do? he asked re
porters. Meanwhile the verbal lacing
being administered to LaGuardia
by various of his colleagues con
tinued unabated. In the citv coun
cil yesterday he was called a dic
tator, a law v:oiator and u man
who "has put the city of New
York to shame and ridicule."
Bar Assn. Names Group
To Guard Nisei's Rights
PORTLAND. March 21 (AP)
A committeb to protect the con
stitutional rights of Japanese and
others affected by war emotions
bad been named today by the
president of the Multnomah Bar
association.
President Oscar Furuset named
Verne Dusenbery, chairman; R.
R. Bullivant,' Mark M. Matthles
sen, Clarence D. Phillips and
Samuel B. Weinstein. The asso
ciation recently approved Dusen
bery's suggestion of the committee.
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6, Trup ideos used by retreating t. . Slfcr J f" " "TT! Il J
l'' Japs and Germans. A fountuin -'If SrZZ' 11 ' f """n i" J-i '4 )fr ipmmmm
ttfin-r"- pen offering the idea of writing a,l l"i?ZIZmm- ' -v-y StTTr
ft letter home is left lying invit- ?MPnhkfa 'mmWKmmmmuammeMmwd iCr
ingly on a table. But our boys .if ? ,k ftp lllxl
have learned to beware, (or it " lw,l 3 - WOTPh 1 1 lit 1
might explode in their hand. :-Stt&aaif f TU?7" mLuII UUI! J
"'MiMmji fj ipjJ' Here at home . . . right maBmmami&Ji
ta " potentially dangerous lx'"HRBBIWK
V.Tf Booby Traps, too. For MteJ y
i ' jvi-4" instance, diink what might happen Hr si"J
i' 4l ' ,0 you yur family if K?f .vj f's
tf'iiiWi' neglected part in the vital front Ki't J
wheel suspension should fail at a Ikfi'V J
critical moment 1 That's whv vour Sligiir"
entire car should have Shcjlubri
cation protection regularly.
PLAY SAFE! Get a
Safety Shellubrication Today!
Until you can get a new car and
that day is not in sightr your
present car must last. And you
must realize that it can't stand
up under continued neglect
So watch out! Wartime Stop-and-Go
driving is taking a ter
rific toll. You need Shellubrica
tion Service to help hold-off the
inevitable junkyard finish for
your car as long as possible. The
special Shellubrication system
of car maintenance, evolved by
Shell engineers, has no counter
part in any mere "grease job."
It not only protects all vital parts
with proper grades of proper lu
bricants, but checks and reports
on many hidden places where
possible Booby Traps lurk. Thus '
your Shellubrication receipt not
only shows what has been done,
but what more should be done.
That's a .big protection to you.
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