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Newspaper Page Textrvn rvn ML U.S. Prepares To Strike Japs Mighty Blow Truman Gives Warning While Awarding Medal To Outstanding Fighter WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) President Truman told congress today that American forces were preparing to strike the Japanese with "overwhelming" power. tipeaKiiiR at ceremonies at which he awarded the congres sional medal of honor to Tech. Sgt. Jake M. Lindsey of Lucedale, Miss., the president asserted: "This is a proud and moving oc casion for every American. It fol lows the complete victory of the allied forces over a powerful en emy in Europe. It finds us strik ing devastating blows in 'the Pa cific. We are preparing to strike them later in overwhelming loree. "Before the battle against Ja par is won, we shall have other men to honor men whose deeds, like those we celebrate today, will have brought closer our inevita ble victory." Yankee Valor Praised Lindsey is the 100th infantry man to receive the nation'shigh est award for valor in battle and the president, in making the pre sentation personally before a joint session of congress set a prece dent for such ceremonies. "Through him (Lindsey) we pay a grateful nation's tribute to the courage of all our fighting men," the president said. "The history of this war is fill ed with countless acts of valor by our soldiers and sailors and ma rines under tire." The president pointed out that no officer ordered Lindsey, when (Continued on Page 6) In the Day's News By. FRANK JENKINS TUNNELED Sugar Loaf. Hill (150 feet high) which shares with moated Shurl castle the guardianship of the Shuri line, is the Mt. Surabachl of Okinawa. Nine times in seven days the marines of the 6th division scaled it. Eight times they .were .thrown, back. But on the ninth try their casualty-thinned - lines HELD FIRM, and as these words are written they are in possession of the SUMMIT and the north slope. The Japs are still dug in on the south slope. THERE are signs that the end may be nearing. Nimitz confines his communi que to descriptions of small ac tions, such as one American com pany (army) that stood off an hour-long, close quarter, grenade throwing enemy counter attack led by a Jap officer dressed to the last formal detail, even to white gloves and polished dress toots. The veteran marine 1st division reports killing several Jap of ficers in ceremonial white uni forms, which seem to be official MOURNING dress. (Apparently the little yellow men have a yen to go to the happy hunting grounds in full spit and polish.) IEANWHILE our B-29s, fight ing the war our way, roam the Jap islands by the hundreds. General Lemay, heading our 21st bomber command, says that so far 11.3 square miles (about a fifth) of Nagoya have been de- i Continued on pace 2) Eisenhower Double Used in Alleged Assassination Plot, Faked to Boost Nazis' Morale PARIS, May 21. (AP) A Chicago lieutenant colonel was used as a double for Gen. Eisenhower last December after the Germans voiced threats against the supreme commander's life, it was an nounced today. Supreme headquarters said, however, that the plot was a hoax a story the Germans spread to heighten their armies' morale. The double, Lt. Col. Baldwin B Smith of Chicago, was placed in Eisenhower's four-star automo bile on Journeys between St. Ger mains and Versailles. Smith volunteered for the role of decoy when the army clamped an iron-tight curfew on the Paris area and set up the most elabor ate machinery of the war to pre vent possible destruction of su preme headquarters and assas sination of the commanding gen eral. The similarity in appearances of Eisenhower and Smith is so striking that thev frequently are mistaken for each other. Lt. Col. Otto Skorzenv. aide to Gestapo Chief Heinrich'Himmler and reported to be leader of the picked assassins directed to kill . Eisenhower, was captured bv the j. o. oeventn army last inurs dav. The story went that Skorzcny Established 187; ICC o I Uniform Bill Demanded for Entire Nation Eastern Rail Charges to Be on Par With Those in Effect in South, West By J. FRANK TRAGLE WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) The nation's railroad freight bill is being refigured. In a move widely significant to the south and west, the inter-state commerce commission: 1. Ordered basic freight rates of those sections except for the far west equalized with eastern rail charges. 2. Directed that the nation's carriers simplify rate-making by setting up a uniform system of freight classification for. the en tire nation. The long-awaited order, univer sally conceded to be the most im portant in the commission's 58 year history, was released late Saturday without an advance hint; As a result it caught railroad representatives completely by surprise. They withheld comment pending a thorough study. The ruling covered these gener al categories. 1. A nationwide uniform classi fication of rates. At present an article such as a radio might be shipped under one classification in the south and under a differ ent, lower-rate classification in the east. Henceforth, said ice, a particular article must move na- (Continued on page 6) Mortgage Burning Scheduled by Elks The Roseburg Elks lodge will hold a mortgage burning ceremo nial at tlje lodge hall Saturday, May 26, celebrating freedom from debt for the first time in its history. The lodge incurred in debtedness in construction of its building, but in recent months has enjoyed record growth in membership and has not only re tired its bonds but has accumu lated a substantial cash reserve. Saturday's celebration will start with a banquet at 6:30 p. in., with a program starting at 8:30 o'clock. Visitors from lodges throughout the state are expected to be pres ent and special guests will include Governor Earl Snell, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell and Frank Lonergan, Portland, immediate past grand exalted ruler. The banquet and program will be open to members only. Portland Tavern Bandit Draws Eight-Year Rap PORTLAND, May 2t (API- James Arthur Spence, 39, was sentenced to eight years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to a $4000 holdup of Kelly's Olympian tavern March 2. The self-tagged "Domino Kid was sentenced Saturday in circuit court. He was extradited from Great Falls, Mont. organized a party of highly train ed saboteurs to Infiltrate allied lines in the early stages of Mar shal von Rundstedt's break through and they were toJd that the kidnaper of Mussolini would lead them in the assassination of Eisenhower and other high rank ing allied officers. Plot Faked to Fool Germans Col. H. G. Sheen, chief of counter-intelligence at SHAEF declared of the story today: "But we know how this was only a story and never at any time did SKorzeny or any oi nis people plan to carry out such an orjeratlon." Sheen said Skorzeny himself did not accompany his party when it dropped behind allied lines to commit sabotage. He asserted that evidence had been .(Continued on Page 6) mum Orders North Umpqua Timber Traded In 3-Way Deal The Douglas county court today officially authorized exchange of a county-owned timber tract near Gardiner, for a tract of equal value bordering the North Ump qua river between Idleyld park and the boundary of the Umpqua Nitional forest. , The court's action followed a formal hearing after publication of its notice to make the trans fer. No remonstiance was raised at the hearing, but a delegation was present to commend the court for its aetion. Included in the delegation were Harold Hick erson, Roseburg chamber of com merce j Leroy Sullivan, president of the Roseburg Rod and Gun club: Kenneth Ford, member of the Roseburg Park and Recrea tion commission: Charles Y- Stan ton, member of the Douglas Coun ty Recreational committee, and Vernon M. Orr, director in the Oregon Wildlife federation. The transfer is the outcome of a three-way deal in which the E. K. Wood company, which oper ates plants at Recdsport and Rose burg, purchased the iNortn Limp qua timber from The California Oregon Power company, and, in turn, traded the tract to Douglas county for timber near Gardiner. The- North Umpqua lands will be dedicated to public use, thus permitting public access at all times to the river. Suicide Attempt Of Elderly Man Balked by Sheriff 'Sheriff O. T. (Bid)" Carter proved today that an officer,at least on one occasion, could be on hand when needed. The sheriff was informed early this morning that an elderly man had attempted suicide by slash ing his wrists, but failing to cut deep enough to inflict a serious wound, had told neighbors he was going after a revolver to complete the job. The neighbor who informed the sheriff had 1-pfllQpri tho Innn nf nio aim anri stated that the man had taken a taxi 10 town to Duy a weapon. The sheriff immediately hur ried tn the oahin u-hnm tha man lived alone and was waiting when ne reiuinea in me laxicao. see ing the officer, the man, who Waft lint IHnnflflnri fan intn thn cabin and attempted to shut the uwi, aim, lauuig io lOCK me sheriff out, hurriedly tried to sliD a elin nf shells intn tha nnin. matic pistol. When Carter seized ine gun, ine eiaeny man put up a sti-eniinne flaht. Knt aftaf Knf.. subduel agreed to go to a hospital iui ii trmuieru. He told the officer that he had been quite ill and suffered much pain. Humphrey Bogarr, Film Star, Takes Fourth Bride MANSFIELD. O.. Mav 21 f API In the hallway of novelist Louis Bromfield's 20-room home at nearby Malabar farm, film- lanas Lauren Betty (The look) Bacall and Humphrey (The leer) Bogart-were married shortly af ter noon today. The fourth wedding for the 45-year-old "Hard guy" of the screen, and the first for his 20- year-old bride, was a simple one. The ceremony lasted only three minutes. Only the immediate families and a few friends were present. Nevada 6-Week Divorce Invalid, High Court Says WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) The supreme court today up held a North Carolina supreme court finding that a Nevada six week divorce was Invalid because a bona-fide residence was not es tablished there. Justice Frankfurter delivered the court's 6-3 opinion. Justice Black wrote a dissent in which justices Douglas and Rutledge concurred. The court in a 1942 decision held that Nevada's six-week di vorces are valid and must be rec ognized by other states. Bills Would Reimburse Store Hit by Navy Plane WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) Congress has been asked to pay for a grocery store at Coqull le. Ore., Destroyed by a naval air plane. Senator Morse and Rep. Ells worth have Introduced Identical bills to authorize reimbursement of Edward P. Stanley, store owner. J . ROSEBURG, OREGON. IF res ght Mate Equality Age for Army Discharge Cut To Forty Years WASHINGTON, Mav 21-(AP) The army today fixed at 40 years the age at which enlisted men may apply for discharge. The army only last month had lowered the discharge age to 42 years. An estimated 30,000 enlist ed men in the army are in the 40 and 41 year age groups. ' - At the same time, the War de partment announced that Wacs 40 years of age or over who havo served the required period on ac tive duty will be eligible for dis charge. It estimated that 8,000 en listed Wacs will be eligible under this provision. The new order provided that in the case of men 40 or 41 years of age, commanders will be permit ted to retain for not more than 90 days any man for whom a re placement is not available at the time he requests discharge. The War department said that "when the military situation per mits" a further reduction in the age limit will be made. . Parenthood Has Advantage The department contended that further reduction could not be made at present "without jeopar dizing military operations or slowing down the release of com bat veterans who have earned the right to discharge under the point system on the basis of long and arduous service." Through the use of a heavily weighted factor for parenthood, the point system provides indi rect consideration for age, the de partment said, adding that the average age of fathers Is several years -above :the average-for -sdi-diers without children. . , No Pay Cut Involved Release of men from the army under the point system probably won't cause any reduction In to tal payments to soldiers during 1945, the Treasury said today. The reason: "The last payday is the biggest." Each man gets a $300 mustering out payment in (Continued on Page fi) Court Dismisses Suit to Invalidate Local Budget Law SALEM, Ore., May 21 (AP) The suit by Oregon Business and Tax Research, Inc., to Invalidate the 1945 legislature's local budg et law was dismissed today by Circuit Judge Duncan. The firm, which has headquar ters in Portland. Is expected to appeal to the state supreme court. it naa asxea lor an injunction against Secretary of State Far rell to restrain him from Includ ing the measure, known as house bill 043, in the published session laws. Tne firm charged that the bill, as finally signed by the governor, did not Include amendments which had been passed by the legislature. But Judge Duncan, citing a well-established rule of law to the effect that the official legislative journals are the only records on winch courts mav rely, said the official Journals show the bill was properly enacted. The bill would permit tax levy ing bodies to set up a cash work ing account for use between the time taxes are authorized and un til they are collected. Tne suit was filed only last Thursday, and argued In court the following day. Conscience-Hit Thief Returns Relief Duds Grants Pass police authorities report receipt of a bundle of clothing from Roseburg with an accompanying "consicence" note. The clothing, the note stated, had been taken from a downtown box, but the thief decided it had been meant for the United Na tions clothing drive and had be come troubled by his conscience while travelling from Grants Pass to Roseburg and, upon reaching Roseburg, mailed the bundle back to the Grants Pass police. Executive Dies in Auto On Return From Outing PORTLAND, Ore., May 21. (AP) Charles Dant. 67, presi dent of Dant and Russell, Inc., lumber exporters, and the States Steamship company, Vancouver, Wash., died suddenly here today. He had just returned from a fishing trip in central Oregon and was In the car with his chauffeur when he collapsed. t1 $ MONDAY, MAY 21, 1945 u Jar f .v? ,i.Hr5 iWwJC " ; YANKS BATTLE JAPS' "LITTLE Okinawa cave as they await the escape. These bitterly contested tne capital city or Nana. Marine Vexing Issues Presage Early Meet of Big Three Writer of Note on edyKinof W. Virginia Woman CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Mnv 21 (AP) A note In an old medicine bottle picked up in the sands near Reedsport, Ore., may have provided Mrs. Elbert S. Cox of Logan W. Va.. with her first clue of the disappearance of her long-missing nan-brother. The message, In an old fash ioned oval bottle, was found In the drift last week bv Stanford S. Sparks of Roseburg, Oregon, a deputy state weighmaster. It read: November Seventh, 1907. on a raft: at sea, all most dead and dy ing" for water. If not picked up be fore night I will die before mor ning. If anybody finds this, please put in the paper so my people can see what has become of me." The signature was that of T. B. Snow. Louisa. Kv.. and on the re verse side of the paper was writ ten: "Spokane, Washington lodge BRT 307, 233S Howard street Mrs. Cox read the story as It appeared in the Charlston Daily Mall last Saturday and today wrote to the editor, saying: "I had a half brother to disap pear about that time, or a little later, as well as I can remember. His full name was Temple Brown Snow. All his people uvea at Louisa, Ky., at that time." Mrs. Cox's letter ended with a request for further information. Night Club Spots Face Ration Juggling Counts PORTLAND, Ore., May 21. (AP) Night spots here will have to explain charges of errors In food accounts. OPA Enforcement Attorney Franz E. Wagner said todav. Wagne said four clubs, Clover cluh. Club New Yorker. Gold Room and the Village, would ap pear for hearings today before Marvin K. lk?wis, regional neur- ings commissioner, ban Fran cisco. Wagner said tho dubs and other businesses accused of food and shoe rationing violations may be deprived or rationed com modities. 4 Sailors Arrested in Assaults on Woman SEATTLE, May 21.-(AP) Four navy sailores, Implicated in the brutal beating and criminal assaults upon a 24-year-old woman in the Denny Regrade district early today, were held by police. ine victim, unconscious irom a head injury, also suffered multi ple facial brulr.es and severe lacerations. Her condition was serious. One of the sailors was captured while assaulting the young woman. A second was ovei'tnken half a block away, his uniform disarrayed and covered with mud. Their stories resulted In the ar rests of two more. Police found the identification bracelet of a fifth at the assault scene. .3.- . : f - 4i SIEGFRIED LINE "Marines train result of an explosive charge to cave positions formed the Japs' corps photo. Tito's Yugoslavs Refuse to Yield Port of Trieste, Russians Grumble Over Delay in Punishing Top Nazis r (By the Assqclatcd Press) ,.' - Europe's vexing problems of rea new aemanas today for an early meeting of tho Big Three, -f The British press warned that Some of the Issues already were beginning to assume proportions of "international crises" as tension heightened in the dispute over the Moscow commentators Increased their demands for swift trial bf captured nazi big shots held by the Americans and British and asked why other Hitlerite leaders had not been captured. .' Apparently no nearer settlement was the Polish government question and there were signs of Russian disagreement with 'Anglo American methods of treating the Doenltz administration. ' Draft of Ship Job Workers Deferred WASHINGTON. Mav 21- (AP) Selective service headquarters today authorized state directors of California. Orecon and Wash. Ington to postpone the induction of skilled workers In Pacific coast ship repair yards. Selective service described the repair of damaged naval vessels of the west coast as of "utmost urgency." . The local boards In the three states also will be Instructed to consider the urgency in ruling on all requests of skilled workers In other industries for permission to leave their present employment lor snip repair worn. Skilled workers affected are electricians, machinists, Instru ment repairmen, sheet metal workers, coppersmiths, pioefit- ters, bollermakers, ordnanccmen and riggers. Selective service said all pos sible efforts are being made to recruit skilled workers over 30 years of age or those who are not qualified for military service. Snell Names Personnel Of Civil Service Board SALEM, Ore., May 21 (AP) Governor Snell today appointed the three-member tate civil serv ice commission, which will set up the civil service system for stute employes. The committee must choose a director by July 1. The recent leg islature provided lor civil service for state employes. Members of the commission are A. C. Cammack, Portland; Mrs. Effie Turneaure, Hood River, le gal secretary of the League of Women voters, and J. N. Cham bers, Salem. Hitler's "Mugger" Voices Double Peeve in Captivity ROSENHEIM, Germany, May 21 (AP) Heinrlch Hoffman, Hitler's personal photographer, was captured by the Seventh army a week ago. He registered a double complaint from his prison cell today (1) he had had no champagne for a week, and (2) all his negatives were des troyed In the bombings of Berlin, 45-118 their rifles en an entrance to an pick off any Japs who attempt Little Siegfried line" defending frontiers, and war criminals spiir- Adriatic-port of Trieste. - Hunger began to make It90lf felt in Trieste. Associated Press Correspondent Lynn Helnzcrling said Yugoslav military authori ties were reported to have made overtures to allied authorities for shipment of food from Italy but the Italians were confronted with the problem of feeding thousands of displaced persons of their own. The allied military govern ment, which apparently would be In position to alleviate the food shortages, remained outside Tri este and there was little prospect It would act as long as Marshal Tito's troons continued to control the port. The Yugoslavs gave no sign of evacuating the city. Slavs Quitting Austria Publishing the text of Marshal Alexander's warning to his allied Mediterranean command about the gravity of the Trieste situa tion, the Yugoslav-controlled Tri este newspaper, II Nostra Awe niro, adopted a conciliatory tone. It assorted Yugoslavia was willing to leave ultimate dlspostion of the port and surraundlng territory to a peace conference. Tito's troops which also had moved Into the Austrian provinc es of Carlnthia and Styria began withdrawing In force today in trucks provided by tho British Eighth army and were expected to be back insldo Yugoslavia by nightfall. Hold out Nazi Captured While the discussion of how to proceed against war criminals continud, occupation troops rounded up another German lead er, Marshal Ferdinand Sclioer- (Continued on page 6) Bodies of Drowned Men Taken From Deschutes BEND, Ore., May 21 (API Waters roughened by sudden wind were blamed todav for death of two fishermen In Wicki up reservoir on upper Deschutes river first los of life in tho hUTo man-made lake. Bodies of Georgo M. Erirkson, 75. and Albin Peterson, 68, drown ed when their boat unset, were recovered Saturday after work ers noticed the overturned boat. Donald Thorp, Yoncalla Gl, Killed on Luzon Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thorp of Yoncalla have received word from the War department that their son, Donald, was killed In action In Luzon, April 21. Donald had been overseas since December. Death Blow To Jap Empire Will Follow Tokyo Reports U. S. Naval Force Headed For Japan; Lone Plane Sinks Convoy ' (By The Associated Press) Two significant now China of fensives reclaimed three cities as signs Indicated today the inva sion of Japan is not far off. Four yank divisions closed In on key Shuri fortress to speed tho end of the campaign for Okl. nawa, from which the V. S. 10th army commander said "the death blow can be dealt the Japanese, empire. .. .r i The navy urged shipbuilders to speed completion of 12 aircraft carriers because they were need ed "soon" to "insure success of future operations In the Pacific' Simultaneously the Office of Wai Information called for 1,600 war dogs before . August to be Used against the Nipponese.' Jad Students Mobilized. Twenty million Japanese stu dents were mobilized to "actively participate in defense of their homeland" under an Imperial or der signed bv Emperor Hirohito as Tokvo radio reDortcd an allied naval force steaming toward Jap an. Nipponese broadcasts reported 20 superforts laid mines today in Kanmon strait, most common entrance to the Inland sea for surviving Japanese shipping. Fifteen enemy vessels were sunk and 15 damaged by U. S. planes. Five of these. Including a loaded transport, were sunk by a solitary navy patrol plane in a 75-mInute attack off Formosa in one of the most remarkable exploits of the sea-air war. -China Scores Successes. A surprise South China offen sive carried generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces into Hochih,' advance enemv bastion. Hochih Is a rail and highway Junction 93 miles from Lluchow. Former U. S. air base and key transporta tion center from which Chinese) troons could wheel southward to ward Indo-China or north toward (Continued on Page fi) Seven Held Here : On VarteCoiints : Two 16-yenr-old 1 youth, An drew Lelarid Dennv, Seattle, and Delbert L, Downing, Reno, Nev., are being held at Roseburg today for Lane county authorities after admitting house burglaries at Onkridire and Creswell, Sergeant Paul Morgan of the state police renorted. Police also were holding Jnck son McClure Helton. 25, arrested at the request of Salem, Ore., po lice, who advised local officers, Morgan said, that Helton is want ed for alleged service station theft of gasoline counons and money. Four soldier hitchhikers riding with Helton were released following investigation. Held for Alameda, Calif., are Ima Grace Montgomery. 22, Ken nedy, Texas; Maxine Helen Mc Mullen, 22, San An'.onio, Texas; Clol Stanley Rucker, 18, and No ble Leslie Ray, 17, both of Alame da Calif., arrested in an automo bile reportedly stolen out of Ala meda, Morgan said. California authorities have wired a hold warrant for the group. Fire Protection District Tax Voted by. Gardiner REEDSPORT. The citizens of Gardiner. "The White Citv", recently held an election at which they voted a 10-mill tax for fire protection under the now fire dis trict recently established by tho county court in that unincorpo rated town. It is the intention of the directors of the present ru ral fire protection district to pro ceed with plans to Improve their fire fighting equipment by the purchase of a motorized combina tion fire fighting truck and the installation of fire hydrants and other necessary equipment. ' ' At present thev havo a contract with the city of Reedsport for use or tne lire department equipment under call from hero. Bridge Replacement Closes Road Stretch Closing of the North Umpqua road between Big Camas ranger station and Diamond lake until Thursday of this week, was an nounced from headquarters of the Umpqua National forest today. The temporary closing, it was re. ported, is necessitated during the replacement of a bridge. The east approach to Diamond lake Is now open to travel, but the Union creek road has not yet been cleared of snow. LtvlTy Fact Rant jr L W. tUUsnstala Currant allied disputes over territory in Italy and Austria, tha future government of Po land, trial of war criminals, etc., paraphrase an ages-old princi ple to read thus: I To the victors belong the I broils."