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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, ORSON, - SATURDAY, APRIL2I, 1945
LUBRICATION PAINTING I
Shell Service Station.
217 S. Stephens. 1'hone G81.
Pickup and delivery service.
" RADIC SERVICING
Lund Radio service. Phone 34.
Radio Doctors. 30G N. Stephens. :
SAW FILING AND GUMMING
Tlny's Saw snon. Phono 8G7-J.
313 N. Jackson, f romot service.
Lawnmowers sliarpened.
LEONARD SAW SHOP Timber
saws, Circle and hand saws, all
types small saws sharpened.
Next door to Page Lumber C.n.
Combs & Wallace Saw Shop
521 N. Jackson Phone 833-J.
WtUSH or spray painting, in
terior or exteii.)!-. Plume 88S J.
P. O. Hox 288.
INSURANCE
Slate rarm Insurance Companies
Auto Life Fire
301 Pacllie IJldjJ-. Ph. W. S. M.
WANTED
DEAD OR ALIVE
Your dead cows and horses
picked up free of charge.
Phone 786 between 8 and 12:30
PLUMBING
Coen Lumber Co. Phone 121
PIANO TUNING
Arundel. Repairs, Demoth 189-L.
COMM'CL REFRIGERATION
Chet Hamm. Phone 715.
PUBLIC ADDRESS EQUIPMENT
Lund Radio Service Phone 31.
Sound equipment for all uses.
MILES FURNITURE REPAIR
Prices reasonable.
Furniture made to order
when material available.
430 N. Stephens. Phone 405 J
RUSSELL'S
Typewriter Servict
Office Machine Service
and Supplies
335 N. Jackson Phone 320
Dr. Geo. L. Nicholas
Veterinarian
Dairy and Herd Inspector
444 Beacon 8t., Roseburg .
On Highway 99
Phone No. 118
Road Grading, Ditch Digging,
Basement Excavation,
Land Leveling,
Salem Sand & Gravel
Company
225 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 338
TRUCKS FOR RENT
You Drive Move Yourself
Save 1 Long or Short
Trips
NICHOLSON'S SERVICE
STATION
740 8. Stephens Phone 687
RJLS. Sprinters
Enter State Relays
Lv RODNEY BARROWS
I Me,h school Roporti.T
Today Hie RH.S track team
(ravels to the University of Ore
gon at Kut;ene to enter the Hay
ward relays. They will have rotii'
men in the 4-lu-vard dash; four
men In the sprint medley; 'two
runnine; -111) yards two ruiinin;;
220; and three runners will enter
tile distance medley, one inking
220 yards, another, 440 yards and
the third ssu yarns.
Baseball practice pot under way
at full speed April 10, with a to
tal of 15 players, Coach Mel In
gram reprts. Ihe coach, disap
oointed bv the turnout states that
he will go back to coaching track
and let baseball drop unless more
, boys turn out.
I To create an interest in sports.
! especially track, the coach is hav-
1 ing a two-weeks track meet be
tween his physical education
I classes. All events will be run and
everyone must enter each one.
DAILY DEVOTIONS
DR. CHARLES A. EDWARDS'
KEEL MOTOR CO.
Your Studebaker Dealer
Top cash price for all makes
of used cars and trucks.
443 N. Jackson St.
TRUCK REPAIRS
Mack Truck Service
Motor Rebuilding
Authorized Sales A Service
Timkln Axles,'
Prest o Lite Batteries,
Auto-Lite, Delco-Remy,
Westlnghouse Air Brakes.
TRUCK EQUIPMENT CO.
Hi. 99 N. Garden Valley Rd.
Phone 140 Roseburg, Ore.
Myrtle Creek Lumber
Company Mill Burns
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BECKWITH
RADIO SERVICE
Since 1922
510 N. Jackson
LAOS IRON WORKS
General Machine Shop Service
Acetylene 4. Electric Welding
Special Equip. Built to Order
All Work Guaranteed
99 Hywy. N. Phone 25
STEECK AND SMITH
Electric Motor
Repair
119 N. Stephens
Repair and rewind large Indus
trial motors and fractional II.
P. Quick service. Guaranteed
work Pick up service.
Phone 3S3 Roseburg, Oregon
Ball!
AUTHORIZED
Servlc,
ERGH'S
APPLIANCE SERVICE
630 Wlnchaater Street ,
Servicing All Makes Washen
Phone 805 Roseburg, Oregon
Todd Building Co.
General Contractors
E. 2d Av. South Phone 302
Specialists in
Construction, Mainte
nance and Repair
of All
ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT
ELECTRIC SERVICE
SHOP
Sutherlln, Oregon
Phone Oakland 295
ill
LOANS
Personal it Automobile
UMPQUA FINANCE
335 North Jackson
Phone 320
t-trenttr in and M-3?4
Cebu Conquest Eends With
Slaying of 5,000 Nippons
i Continued from Page lJ
ot, taking considerable hlxh
ground from entrenched Nippon
ese. In the central Luzon sector, the
4.'ii(l division took hill positions
4.r00 yards northeast of IJosoboso
against organized resistance.
Three additional members of
the Philippine cabinet and a num
ber of other prominent members
of Hie collaborationist govern
ment were captured near Bagnio.
A ttl-ie collaborationist, .lose
It.' l.auivl, who headed the Phil
ippine puppet government, and
two other prominent members es
caped to Formosa in a plane by
night. Previous reports from liag
ulo refugees said that Laurel had
gone to Japan.
llomhers continued their pun
Ising raids on Formosa and the
China coast, sinking or damaging
11 freighters, a schooner and
smaller craft. Oilier forces wal
loped Fast Indies airdionu's, oil
Installations and destroyed two
freighters and three coastal ves
sels. South Okinawa Battle
Continues in Deadlock
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the 40 by 150-foot building and
saw the charred skeletons, more
than 25 ul each door. They had
burned into a mingled mass of
bones.
Two miles away young German
mothers were trundling babies
peacefully along American pa
trolled streets.
INSPECTION OF HORROR
CAMPS ASKED BY "IKE"
LONlXiN, April 2Y- (API
First hand reports to the San
Francisco conference by British
an.l American legislative delega
tions on the horror of na.i con
centration camps appeared in
prospect today.
Gen. Flsenbower Issued an In
vitation last night for 12 congress
men to visit the scenes. A British
parliamentary delegation set out
from London yesterday.
Diplomatic quarters contended
that a joint report to the confer
ence would provide n powerful
argument for a strong peace.
Gen. Kiscnhower also asked
that 12 American editors come to
Kuroie for personal Inspection of
the camps.
The Dully Mirror reported that
throughout Britain movie goers,
unable to look at pictures of the
camps, had walked out of theaters.
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5 NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
ment placed all of its equipment
in service and called upon Rose
burg for help. A pumper was Im
mediately dispatched from Rose
burg, but by the time it reached
the scene the mill was so far gone
that the equipment was diverU'd
lo saving power installations. 1 lie
Intense heat set fire to the shed
housing transformers' furnishing
electric power lo the mill, causing
much damage to equipment, bev-
eral poles suonortini' the power
line were burned down anu power
; service In the area was tern
norarily disrupted.
The flames comoletely destroy
ed the main "ortion of the mill,
i located on tho Pacific highwav in
i the. southern part of the town of
Myrtle Creek, wrecking the green
chain and the power plant. Lum
ber carriers were empioveu in
removing lumber from the docks
and succeeded in saving nearly
all of the material already cut.
The mill was Insured, Mr. Dent
reports, and it is the plan of the
company to rebuild as quickly as
possible.
Mill Reccntlv Bought
The mill was purchased the
first ot Anril by the newly or
ganized Myrtle Creek lumber
company, composed of J. H. Gon
vea. Tacoma, president; F. K.
Dent, Seattle, vice-president; A.
Q. Morgan, Port Angeles, secretary-treasurer.
Formerly known
as the Umpqua Lumber company
mill, the plant prior to the recent
sale was operated by Ed Picco
and the White Star Lumber com-nnnv.
The new owners at the time
of the purchase announced plans
to Install facilities for the manu
facture of ulvwood and utilization
of byproducts. The fire, Munager
Dent states, win noi cnangc me
cimoany's plans, but will result
in delay until tho mill can be re
constructed. Days Creek Program Set
To Buy Athletic Suits
A penny supper at the Days
A Prayer for the World Se
curity Conference, San
Francisco
"I exhort, therefore, that
first of all supplications, pray
ers, intercessional and giving
of thanks be made for all men;
fur kings and for all that are
in authority, that we may lead
a quiet and peaceable life in
all Godlines and honesty. For
this is good nnd acceptable In
the sight of God our haviour,
who will have all men to be
saved and to come unto the
knowledge of the truth." 1,
Tim. 2:1-4.
Almighty God, we pray that
Thy grace may rest upon the
worm security uouncu soon to
gather at San Francisco. In
Thy Light may they see light,
unite their divergent aims in
one strong and enlightened
purpose to seek the welfare of
all peoples of the world. En
able them to plan In Thee for
a warless future and a social
order more akin to Thy King
dom. Deliver them from all
prejudises, ignorance, selfish
motives and narrow views;
keep them from the pitfalls of
pride and vain ambitions.
Grant that each representative
may contribute his portion to
the cumulative counsel of the
whole. Guide them Into de
cisions of lasting good for all
nations. These petitions we
present to Thee, the Saviour of
Mankind, who hast made peace
for us through the blood of
the cross, even Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Recreational Ideas Are
Offered at Reedsport
(Continued, from Page 1)
others edged on Emden and Wil
helmshaven and fought in flooded
Holland. . , ...
On the southern end of the
western front. Stuttgart was ail
but surrounded hj French, who
entered Aich, ten miles to the
south, and Americans whose ar
mor plunged 25 miles to a point
12 miles northeast of Alch.
nreslilent of the Reedsport Lions
club: Charles V. Stanton, editor
of thn Rnsehure News-Review;
Feed M. Wright, Justice of the
neaee at ReedsDort: Art Sanders,
secretary of the' Oregon Coast
Highway association; County
D. N. Busenbark, commissioners
H. B. Roadman and J. Ross
Hutchinson; S. K. Jarvey, dis
trict ranger Siuslaw National
forest; Frank L. Taylor, Reeds
port, chairman of the county rec
reation committee; H. O. Par
aninr. chairman of the county
war savlnes staff, and Archie
Friese, 7th War Loan chairman.
Among others attending from
niKohiinj wr-re J. A. Harding,
Alva Laws. Sheriff O. T. Carter,
and Deputy Sheriff Al Smith.
tu nvrtomm followed a sea
food banauet served by men of
the Reedsport chamber.
Concluding the entertainment,
two reels of motion pictures, one
pertaining to the fin war uuan
and the other dealing wnn tne
use of wood in tne war eumi,
were shown by the War Bond
committee.
The Public Is Cordially Invltad to Attend a
RECITAL
Given By
ANNALORIS WARD. SOPRANO
Pupil of Mrs. Charles Brand
and
GEORGENE SHANKLIN. PIANIST
Pupil of Gladys H. Strcng
Monday, April 23
First Baptist Church
8 p.m.
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Flaming Berlin Under
Assault by Russians
(Continued from Page 1)
Leaves for Portland Mrs. H.
L. McHenrv. daughter of Mr
George Kohlhagen, Sr., of Rose
burg, left today for her home in
Portland after spending several
days visiting in Roseburg.
Fine Is Paid A fine of $10
was paid In the Roseburg jus
tice court today by Raymond F.
Arthur, charged with tallure to
register certificate of title to a
motor vehicle, Judge Thomas
Hartfiel reported.
Phone 128
SAWDUST
SLAB WOOD 16 IN.
Prompt Delivery Now.
DENN-GERRETSEH CO.
402 West Oak St.
ican nil-force uttacked an island
north of Okinawa.
(J. 8. Sea Losses Revealed
Aclm. Nimitz' communique yes
terday said 15 American ships of
an lypcs were lost during Oki
nawa operations between March
IS and April 18. The Japanese
lost 100 vessels, among them (lie
prized 'iri.OUlMon battleship Ya
mato. Added to this total In sea
land-air warfare were 2,Stii)
blasted Japanese planes.
American losses included five
destroyers, a destroyer-transport
two minecrntt, a gunboat, lour
landing craft and two ammuni
tion vessels.
Battleships, cruisers and do
stroyers continued today to blast
enemy positions, while land-based
and earner planes launched
bomb, rocket and strafing at
tacks. Previously, Nimitz announced
American casualties in the area
up to April IS were 7.SH5, of
whom 1.4(i7 were killed. Naval
casualties were more than half
of these 4,700, of whom !S!) were
killed. Counted enemy dead on
Okinawa totaled H.IOS through
April 13.
Corp. Howard G. Kaiser, form
erly of Roseburg, is serving over,
seas with a signal company of a
troop carrier service wing, under
command of Col. Franklin S.
Henley. The signal company, with 'Creek school house, sponsored by
which Corp. Kaiser is a message the P.-T. A., will be held Friday,
center courier, has just received April 27. The supper will be from
the meritorious award and ser- f, until 7:30 p. m. Proceeds are to
vice nlnnue for sunerior nerfor- l,,.l luiv now haskethall and vol
mance of duty in the execution of uyhnll suits for the High school
exceptionally difficult tasks dur- povs and girls,
ing the period of the lnital In- Following tho supper at 8:15,
vasion of the continent. Corporal' H three-act play, "The Unexpected
Kaiser is the son of Charles II. Guest", will be presented by the
Kaiser of Roseburg. Kaiser has paVs Creek High school student
been serving overseas since laic ooay.
in I'.mj. .
Townsend Plan Backers
Will Visit Roseburg
Dr. Francis Townsend and Dr.
Pendleton wil lbe in Eugene,
Monday, April 23, and stated that
thev would like to meet with all
those who are Interested in the
state annuity program. Dr. Pen-
leton, pastor of Trinity church
in San Francisco, the largest
church in that city, states that he
is ereatlv interested I" ' t"
Townsend plan. This meeting is
for the benefit of the daily paper, i
The News of tho World, that
will soon be published. I
"Some folks feel they are quite
wise only to find the knowledge
quite limiled In many things or
respects, it is smart to oe wise
and wise to get an understand
ing of tho bills that pre of great
benefit to our county," Mrs. C.
R. Graves of Roseburg, vho an
nounced the coming meeting,
stated todav. The meeting is to
be held at West 8th street. Town
send headquarters, at 8 p. m.
Charred Bodies of Nazi
Victims Are Discovered
(Continued trom Page 1
for some reason the guards decid
ed to wait until the next day.
During the night 30 men manag
ed to climb over the fence. Must
of them hid in holes and corners
of the factory.
"To get them out of hiding the
guards went around the next ilnv,
caiTvin? big steaming cans of po
tato' soup and shouting that nil
who came out would be fed. Most
of thosr hiding were so hungry
they fell for this trap."
I walked over to the ruins of
Praise Promise Stays
Massacre of Prisoners
PARIS, April 20 (AP) ---Frenchmen
liberated from the
horror camp at Huchenwald said
today that prisoners themselves
prevented a massacre of 20,000
survivors of the rigors of the
camp. They gave Ibis account:
As American armored forces
approached the camp, the com
mander there received an order
to put all the remainiii" inmates
to death.
The general was preparing to
carry out Ihe order when he re
ceived a note from a group of the
mlsoners which stated: "If you
snare the lives of the prisoners of
Huchenwald we will testily that
you have been a model camp
director.
The general flushed with pleas
ure, slipped the note Into his
pocket and called off the plans
for the massacre.
Truman Names Aide
WASHINGTON April 20
(API President Tinman an
nounced today the appointment
of Charles G. Ross. Sil year-old
Washington correspondent, as his
mess secretary.
Nearlv ten million acres of
American forest Is now tree
larms, dedicated to continuing
forest crops.
Corpor.-.l Itov Connine is now
In service on Okinawa, according
to word received by his wife.
Overseas 22 months, he is with
the army engineers ot the 7th
division. He is a graduate of Glide
High school.
LOCAL NEWS
Vital Statistics
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISAKSON STEWART Don
ald Gilbert Isakson, Roseburg,
and Elsie Hope Stewart, Aber
deen. S. D.
bridgehead, where Americans
were building uo strength for the
kill, and a Moscow dispatch said
a massive wall of tanks perhaps
unequalled in modern warfare
umm nrnnehinrr toward the nai
capital, blazing from six nft(
night attacks.
Gen. Eisenhower, who pro
claimed after a conference with
Marshal Montgomery that the
Germans in the west "are now
tnttorlncr on the threshhold of de
feat," wheeled three of his armies
south toward Hitler's Bavarian
redoubt, massed forces along the
Elbe and the Mulde rivers 45 to
58 miles from Berlin, and pre
dicted the lineup with the Rus
sians would come In a few days.
Third Captured Asch
Lt. Gen. Patton's Third army
captured Asch, Czechoslovakia
Stronghold 60 miles from the
nazis' last big arsenal at Pilsen.
Other Third army forces were
only 58 miles from that site of the
Skoda munitions works.
Lt. Gen. Patch's Seventh army,
after capturing Nuernberg, wheel
ed south with elements of the
Third and with the French First
armv. and advance units were
within 30 miles of Lake Cons
tance at the western edge of the
nazi Alpine hideout.
Six waves of Mosquitos hit Ber
lin during the night following a
rinv-lnner assault on German rail
ways by more than 3,000 allied
planes on the ninth straight day.
Another 112 German planes were
destroyed, 84 on the ground.
British forces in north Ger
many were a mile from Ham
burg. Armor drove into Zevin's
outskirts, 20 miles northeast of
Bremen, and other tanks tartner
south cut the Hamburg-Bremen
superhighway.
Canadians were circling the
Bremen area from the west as
ROSEBURG'S MOST COMPLETE MUSIC SHOP
gi Bob's Music Shop
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.of
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WHAT YOU WANT
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Valley Hotel Bldg.
Across from Star Theatre
INSLEYFELT George R.
Insley and Dorothy Jean Felt,
both of Roseburg.
Myrtle Creek Hi Beats'
Drain Baseball Team
Recently Moved Capt. and
Mrs Leo F. Young have recently
moved from Washington, D. C.,
to (i Parkwood drive, Greenville,
S. C.
To Attend Funeral Mrs. Al
vla Wetheroll and daughter, Mrs.
Helen Saar, of Roseburg have
The Mvrtle Creek High school gone to Ashland to 'attend tne iu
baseball team, playing its first , "eral ot Mrs. Wctherell s uncle.
game of the season, defeated j
Drain, 10 to G, on the Mvrtle !
Creek diamond Thursday after
noon. The winners collected nine
hits off Cool, the Drain pitcher,
while Gordon, pitching his first
High school game lor Myrtle
Creek, gave up five hits and
marked up seven strikeouts.
Tln game was quite ragged,
showing lack of practice by both
teams.
Mvrtle Creek will be host to
Roseburg High school team April Cox
21.
Coach Tom Ireland reports that
he has almost a complete team
eligible fur American Legion
baseball, should the Legion post
plan to participate in baseball
this season, lie is particularly
pleased over the showing of Earl
Towne, shortstop, who, according -
to Ireland, is one of the best ..
High school prospects he has ?!
seen. I ""
On Furlough Fred Carpen
ter of the armv engineers, son
of Mrs. Arthur Midland of Rose
burg, is in Roseburg on a fur
lough after being overseas in the
F.uroix'im theater of war for 18
months.
Leaves today Mrs. J. B. Cox
of Medfnrd left today for her
home after visiting her brother-
in-law and sister. Mr. and Airs.
C. P. Snoddy, in Roseburg. M
recently accompanied
son, gt. uoren rs. cos, to tne nus
pital In Vancouver, and also vis
ited hi Portland before coming to
Roseburg.
ALLEN-SCH1MPF Melvin
Theodore Allen and Nellie Alice
SchimDf. both of Cottage Grove:
married at office of Justice of
the Peace Thomas Hartfiel.
PUBLIC DANCE FOLKS
Every Saturday Night
Modern lively Entertaining in Keeping With .
the Times
DANCE TO
SCOTTY'S SWIHGTIME BAND
AT THE
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Dancing 8:30 till 11:45 p. m.
We Invite You to Attend
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'fW GIVEN ALL
BUT LIFE ITSELF!
DIVORCE DECREES
GIBSON Albert R., from
Gertrude Gibson;- married at
Montesano, Wash., June 21, 1940;
desertion.
WASHINGTON Vera M. from
Sam li. Washington: married at
Virginia City, Nov., May 10, 1341;
cruelly.
DIVORCE COMPLAINTS
BLANCHARD Mildred D. vs.
Charles A. Blanchard; married
at Grants Pass, Jan. 13, 19-10;
cruelty.
ECKLES Margaret vs. Hobert
Eckles; married at Mott, N. D.,
May 17, 191ti; cruelty.
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Since moderu notions
came to stay we're
better off in every wav
prompt repair service
Complete stock of fixtures and
fittings, including sinks, toilets,
lavatories, tubs, showers, range
boilers, gas and electric water
heaters, steel and concrete sep
tic tanks, shallow and deep
well pumps.
Over the ravaged ground of war-torn Europe,
trudge 125 million men, women, and children who
have given all but life itself toward the same per
manent peace we all are striving for.
Their need for clothing is as great ns that for
food in some areas deaths from exposure equal
those from starvation.
These people need something you don't They
need your spare doming.
150 million pounds must be collected tins month.
Will you give your share?
What YOU Can Do!
1. Get together all the servlceahle used lummtf and
winter clothlnft you can spare. This Includes: Met1,
women', chthlren's, mnd infants' wear, and shoes.
Overcoats, topcoats, suits, dresses, shirts, jackets,
pants, skirts, work clothes, ftlores, underwear, sleep
ing garments, robes, aweatsrs, shawls, and all knit
ftoods. Also blankets, bedclothes.
2. Take your contribution to your local COLLEC
TION DEPOT now or arrange to hare your LOCAL
COMMITTEE collect It before April 30th.
3. Support your Local Committee not only with your
clothing contribution but also With your tlms,
effort, and energy.
UNITED NATIONAL CLOTHING COLLECTION
for Overseas War Relief HENRY J. KAISER. National Chairman
APRIL 1 TO 30
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