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Newspaper Page TextBe a Life Saver The quicker the victory over Japan the less costly in American lives. Your dollars in war bonds will speed the knockout. Loosen ing your purse strings will tighten the noose on the Nippons. Established 1873 ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1 3, 1 945 45-162 21 Warships Damaged By Blow June 5 Bow Ripped Off Cruiser Pittsburgh; Nearly All Vessels Back In Action . GUAM, July" . 13 (AP) A typhoon lashed Adm. (Bull) Hal sey's Third fleet with 138-mile-an-hour winds last June 5, tore the bow oft the cruiser Pittsburgh and damaged at least 20 other warships, Adm. Nimitz an nounced today after virtually every damaged ship was back In action. At least four of the damaged ships the battleships Massachu setts and Indiana, the carrier San Jacinto, and the destroyer John Rodgers participated In last Tuesday's 1,000-plane carrier strike at Tokyo. The typhoon damaged more ships than the Japanese navy has been able to do in action in any single battle. But Nimitz made no mention of anyone being killed or seriously injured. He said no ships were sunk. He listed 20 damaged ships as repaired and back in action, in cluding three fast new battle ships and two Essex class car riers. The cruiser Pittsburgh, which miraculously stayed afloat, is be ing refitted for action. Presum ably some additional ships, not identified, were damaged and have not returned to sea. Pittsburgh Has Close Call Many of the ships were badly hurt by towering 100-foot-high seas. None was more heavily hit than the Pittsburph, which was caucht near the center of the storm off the Ryukyu Islands. A thunderous sea ripped off 104 feet of her prow "and tossed it aside as though it were a match box to wallow in the storm off the shlps's port side," reported Asso ciated Press Correspondent Robin Coons. Capt. John E. Gingrich ordered the enelns reversed and swung the 665-foot ship precariously (Continued on Paee fit Change in Regime Spain's Sole Hope Removal of Pro-Nazi Franco Held Solution of Problem Facing Allies By DeWITT MACKENZIE - AP Foreign Affairs Analyst) One of the critical and delcate tases likely to be considered at he coming meeting of Truman, Stalin and Churchill is that of Spain, the problem being what measures are necessary to purge this proud and important country of the axis plague. .The way things stand now, it looks very much as though the cure of Spain's ills lies in a change of government. Support for that idea is seen in the action of a commission at the San Fran cisco security conference the commission having voted that the Franco regime, because it had axis support in coming to power, should never be admitted to mem bership. That's a broad hint, to say the least. A lot of folk are asking why the United Nations should be considerate In the case of Spain when we have Just fought the bloodiest war of history to exter minate nazism and fascism. Why not use the big stick? Franco Not Real "Spain" I'm afraid the answer Isn't quite so easy as that. After all, sovereignty is the mightiest item among the many nations, great and small, which came so close to slavery at the hands of the axis. The Big Three undoubtedly would prefer that Spain cure her self. That attitude has been pur- (Continued on page 6) Waste Paper Collection in Douglas, Under Shrme Club Sponsorship, Being Arranged Cooperating In the state-wide paper salvage campaign for the benefit of the Shrine hospital at Portland, the Douglas county Shrine club will sponsor collection and loading at Rosebrug Sunday, July 22, It was announced today. Central stations wjll be designated In each community where bundles of paper may be left and from which paper will be trans ported for loading at Roseburg. Clyde Fullerton has accepted chairmanship of the Douglas county committee and is urging cooperation of all residents of the county In the campaign. Binding, Important It is requested that particular attention be given to the method of binding bundles. Each 3tack should be from 12 to 18 inches In height and tied securely with strong cord. The greatest diffi culty encountered In past cam paigns has resulted from in securely tied bundles, which caused much extra work. A very great Improvement was observed in the last campaign, when the majority of bundles were found well tied. Mr. Fullerton is aranglng col lecting stations in each town along the highway, and has made arrangements for the northern part of the county. He Is making similar arrangements for locali ties south of Roseburg and will announce receiving centers as j : . House Downs Effort to Cut Fund For OW! Morse Defeats Attempt In Senate to Halve Sum Designated for FEPC WASHINGTON. July 13. (AP) Congress dispatched a $769,364,850 war agencies ap propriation bill to the White House today after six weeks of controversy revolv I n g about funds for OWI and FEPC. Legislative action was com- -pleted when the senate ap proved a compromise fixing the amount for the Office of War Information at $35,000, 000. The house had aoproved it earlier after a futile effort, spear headed by republicans, to scale it down. The senate accepted a house stipulation that no funds of the War Labor board should be ex pended in connection with dis putes involving agricultural work ers. WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP) The Office of War Information won a financial fight in the-house today as a move to hold its cur rent year funds to $18,000,000 (Continued on page 6) Price Control Lift Under OPA Study . WASHINGTON, July-13 (AP) An OPA blueprint for the first step toward lifting price controls is being studied today by Stabili zation Director William H. Davis. In preparation several months, the plan sets up standards which would permit immediate elimina tion of ceilings on a number of commodities. Others would be freed as certain conditions were met. Officials familiar with the pro posal, which requires Davis.' ap proval before it can be put into effect, said it provides for re moval or suspension of price con trols on these gounds: 1. Where a commodity is in sufficient supply to eliminate dan ger of Inflationary prices. In gen eral this would cover items sell ing substantially under the ceil ing. 2. If an article is of small Im portance to the civilian economy, or the maintenance of ceilings is an administrative job out of pro portion to the effect a higher price would have on the cost of living. Officials emphasized that the proposed plan does not deal with removal of controls on major con sumer and industrial commodities expected to remain in short sup ply for some time. Clothing, for example, and consumer products being made again for the first time since Pearl Harbor, are slated to stay under ceilings for many months, they said. soon as they are established. Stations Designated Residents qf Drain are re quested to leave their paper at the old livery barn at the junc tion of highways 38 and 99. The Yoncalla Feed store will receive paper from the Yoncsiia district. At Oakland, bundles may be left at the Douglas County Flour Mills branch. At Sutherlln, paper will be re ceived at the Boy Scout building adjoining the Community hall. Persons residing outside the Roseburg city limits are requested to bring their paper to the Cen tral garage building, located on Rose street, opposite the citv library, where it will be stored until the date set for loading. The only door-to-door collection will be made in the city of Rose- ( Continued on Page 6). Peace Charter Ratification Advocated by Chiefs of Four Different Political Factions WASHINGTON, July lS.-AP) Four .leaders of different political views declared today that the senate ought to ratify the United Nations charter speedily to establish American responsibility in international peace-keeping. 1 . President William Green of the American Federation of Labor; John Foster Dulles, foreign affairs advisor to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in the 1944 presidential campaign; Norman Thomas, former socialist candidate for president, and Philip Murray, president of the CIO, all indorsed the charter. mm J.'T?! il t . ... --.' , tr'X I i. -MS. TWICE WOUNDED PFC Har vard P. Lewis, son of, Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Lewis, Glendale, it now in general hospital at Tlnian in the Marianas suffer ing from his scond combat wound. A member of the marine corps, with 21 months in the Pacific area, Lewis was hit by shrapnel Sept. 30, 1944, while fighting with the First division on Pelelieu. Following recovery, he returned to active duty and joined the invasion of Okinawa, Easter Sunday. He suffered a bullet wound May 14 from an enemy sniper. A brother, Lt. Robert E. Lewis, is a pilot in structor in the army air forces, stationed at Douglas, Arizona. Farms, Acreage of Douglas Upped in Report of Census Douglas county has added 465 farms and 52,790 acres to its agri cultural industry since 1940, ac cording to the findings of the farm enumeration, recently com pleted by the Bureau of Census. The number of farms has in creased since 1940 from 2,734 to 3,199, the report states, while acreage devoted to farming pur poses has increased during the same period from 625,632 to 678, 422. Preliminary ' figures for the state of Oregon show a gain of 2,439 farms and 1,838,384 acres. The number of farms In the 36 Oregon counties increased by 3.9 per cent from 61,829 in 1940 to 64,268 in 1945. Farm acreage In creased by 10.2 per cent from 17, 988,307 acres in 1940 to 19,826,691 acres In 1945, and average size of farms increased by 6 per cent, from 290.9 acres in 1940 to 308.5 acres in 1945. Greatest Increase In number of farms, 897, or 20.1 per cent, was shown by Lane county, but Its farm acreage increased only .8 per cent. Greatest increase In farm acreage, 614,817 acres, or 79.5 per cent, was shown by Kla math county, although it lost 86 or 7.8 ner cent, cf the 1,52a farms It had in 1940. Laundries Anni fnr Price Ceiling Boosts PENDLETON, July 13 (AP) Although one laundry still serves hotels, all other laundry service here has been halted pen ding the outcome of requests to the OPA and WLB. Laundry officials, complaining they have lost 530,000 in the last three years of wartime rcgula alons, have appealed to the San Francisco OPA office for higher price ceilings. A wage Increase request has gone to the WLB. J U L They appeared as witnesses In the senate foreign relations com mittee's final day of hearings on the 50nation agreement signed at San Francisco. Green, first on the stand, told committee members the charter will make possible "collective bargaining" between the nations that ought to go a long way to ward preventine war. "The document itself is eviden ce of the will to peace dominat ing so many nations," he declar ed. "No one nation would draft the charter as it now stands, but all In the spirit of tolerance are willing to accept a document which represents the high point of mutual agreement." U. 8. at Parting of Ways Dulles, who served as chief ad visor to the American delegation at San Francisco, said that "the United States is at the parting of the ways." "Either we must act to continue the association of the United Na tions or we must let that associa tion lapse and go it alone," he declared in urging approval of the charter. Thomas said he thought the senate should ratify the charter "not because I believe it an ad equate basis for lasting peace, but because I believe that tire United States will be In a bettor position to lead in the establish ment of such a basis if it should ratify the charter and In good faith use it's constructive pro visions for an increase in world cooperation." CIO President Murray, called for "the early and overwhelming (Continued on Page 6) Northwest Forest Fires are Halted PORTLAND, Ore., July 13. (AP) Fires which blackened 4600 acres of Oregon and Wash ington land were being held in check today by crews of 800 men, but a new blaze was reported on the Wenatchee national forest. The fire broke out on the great Northern right of way west of Leavenworth, Wash., and spread ud hill slopes away from the rail road, the U. S. forest service said. A 200-man crew, fighting the blaze on grass, brush, and scat tered timber, did not immediately report the acreage involved. A blaze on the Mount Baker National forest was bought under control during the night after eating over 600 acres of snags and green timber near the Skagit river. In Oregon, where the forests of three northwest counties were closed In the face of 4000-acre blazes, crews were completing trails around the flaming areas. The Northwest Oregon Forest Protective association reported both burning sections 3000 acres near the Salmonberry river and 100 acres in the old Tillamook burn being held well in check. The fires are still confined to burned over and logged off land. Alia Nazimova, Famous Russian Actress, Dies LOS ANGELES, July 13.-(AP) Alia Nazimova. 66-vear-old Rus sian-born actress, died today In a hospital. The famous dramatic actress, once the toast of world capitals for her performances in Ihsen and O'Neil pi?"- has been in Hollywood the past few years, appearing in such pictures as "The Bridge ot San l,uis Key," !Tn Our Time," and "Since You Went Away." Price Violation Charged To Berry Seller, User PORTLAND, July 13 (AP) Ed Draneln, Route 2, Lebanon, has been accused of selling straw berries above ceiling prices by the OPA, which seeks $1,496 in triple damages. The OPA also has charged the General Ice Cream corporation, Portland, and Earl B. Strubel, -gent, with paying too much on berries for processing. A perma nent injunction is sought Death or Exile Awaits German General Staff FRANKFURT, July 1.1 (AP) Gen. Eisenhower and Marshal Montgomery are expected to de cide soon on what to do with., the German general staff. ; Informal discussions thus' far touched on the possibility ! of breaking up the German general staff and condeming its members to exile in British crown colonies throughout the world, but the talks were regarded as no more tlian ground clearing expeditions assembling data to be presented to Eisenhower and Montgomery. Some Will Be Shot. . lot ihe caotured German mili tary hierarchy one SHAEF of ficer said: ("Some of them ought to be saot as criminals and undoubted ly will be. Others must be re garded purely as military figures who carried out military orders. "The greatest emphasis, how ever, is placed on the members of the General staff. The general staff in Germany Is a special clique, almost hereditary. Never To Function Again. "Its members are Identified bv the red stripes on their trousers and they are all powerful. They make the decisions. They are the (Continued on page 6) Job-Jumper Draft Order is Relaxed WASHINGTON, July 13 (AP) Men 26 or over who do not meet the army's regular 'physical standards are free- to day to change jobs without draft board permission. At the request of the army, selective service last night re laxed its regulations to exclude these men from possibility of in duction as job-jumpers. Heretofore these registrants who switched employment with out approval of their board could be drafted for limited army ser vice. The Job-jumper penalities, In voked six months ago to nip a trend awav from war work, re main in effect for all physically fit men. as well as for registrants under 26 who fall shy of regular requirements. Men In the latter group who fall to clear job changes will con tinue to be inducted under re laxed physical standards. While registrants who do not meet physical requirements no longer have to clear job changes with draft boards, thev still -jtp subject to anv War Manpower commission hiring controls in ef fect In the area where they live. These include hiring through the U. S. employment service and employment ceitinirs to channel longer have to cciear Job changes Vacant House Stolen During Owner's Absence OAKLAND, Calif., July 13 (A P) Mrs. Julia Klingen-Smith wanted to avoid the ucute bay area housing shortage so she kept her five-room hilltop cottage here untenanted. Today she arrived from her other home in southern Calif., for a visit and found the roof gone, the walls missing, in fact, nothing was left but a floor and basement. Representatives of Three States Named Advisors in Columbia River Fisheries WASHINGTON, July 13. (AP) A group of state representa tives to act as consultants In fisheries matters In the Columbia river basin has been approved by the Interior department, Senator Mitchell (D.-Wash.) has been advised. The men, representing commercial and sports fishing nnd state regulative bodies, were nominated by the governors of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Their services will be employed in working out with the federal fish and wildlife service fisheries problems In the area and those which may arise from the exten sive river developments being planned for postwar years. The commercial salmon Indus try on the river Is estimated, a Mitchell aide said, at $220,000,000, capitalized at 4 per cent over a 25-year period. Members of the consultant group are: Washington state: Mllo Moore, state director of fisheries; A. L. Gile of Chinook, representing the cannerymen; Joe Jurich, presi QUADRUPLE AMPUTEE TO RAISE CHICKENS MSgt. Fred erick Hensel, first soldier battle of all four limbs, is shown with his Mich., hospital. Hensel lost both legs above the knees, his left arm above the elbow, and right hand. The injuries occurred when he stepped on an anti-tank mine in Okinawa. He and his wife plan to operate a chicken ranch. Despondent Jap Leaps To Death From Viaduct , SEATTLE, .July 13 (AP) A 58-year-old Seattle Japanese despondent over America's heavy bombing raids on the Island of Kyushu, where he sent his wife and four children just before the war, ended his life by leaping from the Dearborn street viaduct this morning. Acting coroner C. L. Harris said passersby first saw the man Kichigl Osako, Jump in front of passing automobiles on the via duct, apparently hoping to be struck. Failing In this, he sud denly ran to the railing and plunged over. Osako had returned here from a relocation center only a month ago. He lost a foster son In Italy, where he was fighting with American troops. Another foster son still is with the yanks In Italy. Tot Accidentally Eats Medicinal Tablets, Dies KLAMATH FALLS, .Ore., July 13 (AP) The death of two-year old Mary Jane Piper was caused by medicinal tablets which she ate accidentally, Coroner Adler reported today. The tablets were prescribed for her mother, Mrs. Luther Pip er, Adler said. Killed As He Cleans Gun OREGON CITY, Ore., July 13 (AP) A rifle cleaning job which was fatal to Lawrence Svend Skou, 37, Portland, was re ported today by coroner Rilancc. Rilance said the shipyard work er's body was found at the county rock quarry, with a rifto and cleaning equipment at his side. The bullet had entered his neck. dent of the International Fisher men and Allied Workers of America, and -Claude C. Snyder, chairman of the state game com mission. Oregon: Hugh Mitchell, mem ber of the state fish and game commission; William Puustlnen of Astoria, ropresentlr- the com mercial fishermen; T. F. Sandoz, for the packers, and E. W. Wilson, game commission chairman, rep resenting the sports fishermen. Idaho: C. J. Wescott, state fish and game commission; Theodore H. Wagner, president Idaho Wild life association. m 1 1 ;;J' 4 Til, ' '' n casualty in this war to lose parts wife, Jewell, in a Battle Creek, Successes Scored In China, Borneo - (By the Associated Press) Chinese troops captured two cities in their drive to recapture the sixth former base of the U. S. 14th air force which operates In China. They are eleven miles from their latest objective, Kanh sien In Kiangsi nrovlnce. Chinese units were reported Intercepting Nipponese Invasion troops on the coast south of Amov. Australian troops leapfrogged up the northwest coast of Borneo and advanced ten miles overland to come within 30 road miles of the port of Jesselton. Tanks and flamethrowers blazed a two-mile advance for Aussies and Dutch troops pushing through steaming bogs and jungles north ot Ballk panan In southeast Borneo. Decreased activity was re ported by trapped Nipponese in Burma. Anticipating an Invasion of Singapore, naval base lying mid way between Borneo and Burma, the enemy - controlled Batavia radio told of creation of a new agency "to look after the welfare of evacuees from Slngpore." Whirling Swing Hurls Rider Into Box Office PORTLAND, July 13 (API Mrs. Sue C. Aroncn, 30, Portland, who crashed 15 feet Into a nearby box office from a "Merry mix-up" at Blue Lake park last night, Is in a hospital with possible serious injuries. Deputy Sheriff Tarry Riggs said officials had not discovered whether Mrs. Aronen fell or slip ped from the big whirling Bwlng, equipped with safety bar. She broke the box office wall slightly Injuring Jean A. Reed, 17-year-old cashier. Children Play With Matches; Two Homes Burn PORTLAND, Ore., July 13 (A P) A $5,500 blaze which destroy ed two homes last night was star ted because three children played with matches In a garage where fuel was stored. Deputy Sheriff George Larson said today. Six-year-old Donald Lovegrin and two playmates stamped on a small fire, Larson reported, but it flared up again after they had gone. The homes of Mrs. Stanley C. Lovegrin and Joseph Akerman were leveled by the blaze, fed by 100 gallons of oil. Climb Mount Thlelsen Lavern Mars tors and Glenn Eoyer, both of Roseburg, accom panied by Jack Llnstrom, Myrtle Creek, composed the first party to scale Mt. Thlelsen this year. They are employed with the Dia mond Lake district of the Umn- qua National forest. They climbed to tne top oi tne peaK, an eleva tlonof 9,173 feet, and reported that little snow Is left on the summit. Naval Air Base' Factories, Rail Lines Bombed Absence of Opposition .. Indicates Foe Hoarding Planes to Meet Invasion GUAM, July 13 (AP) Virtu- , ally unonposed air blows by around 700 B-29s, bombers, fight ers and lontr range search planes across a 770-mile arc of Japan, extending north and south of To kyo, were announceu xoaay. Promptly a U. S. air general on Okinawa declared "the Japs, in my opinion, don't Intend to en gage us in the air." As enemy homeland factories and railroads were wrecked and even the smallest shipping sunk offshore, Brig. Gen. David F. Hutchison of the far East air force told Associated Press Cor respondent Richard Cushing at Okinawa that Japan obviously was hoarding planes to use In suicide tactics when yank Infan trymen storm Nippon's invasion beaches. Rear Adm. D. C. Ramsey, new chief of staff ot the fifth fleet, estimated Japan might have 0, 000 planes available and probab ly could throw about 4,000 Into the battle over Japan, Five Centers Blasted Only weak fighter opposition was encountered over Tokyo bay and a city to the north as Super forts dumped 3,000 tons of fire and demolition bombs on five homeland centers before dawn today, returning pilots reported. ; No enemy fighters could be found aloft yesterday as more than 120 bombers and escorting , (Continued on Page fl British Warships ; Bombard Hicobars CALCUTTA, July 13 (AP) British fleet units have bombarded the stra tegic Nicobar Islands while carrier planes attacked air fields In northwest Sumatra, southeast Asia command headquarters announced to night. British minesweepers swept the approaches to Malacca strait, which lies between Sumatra and the great naval base of Singa pore, from July 5 to 10 without sighting a Japanese vessel. While fleet units attacked the Nieobars, planes also laid their cxDlosives on the islands. The Nieobars lie 280 miles northwest of Sumatra, rich Dutch oil pro ducing island, and about 900 miles oft Singapore. They are 400 miles west of the Kra peninsula of Malaya, linking Singapore to tne mainland ot Asia. Sheep-Killing Dog Harboring Charge Fails Charges of harboring a sheep kllllne dog. brought against W. H. Finley. were dismissed In the Roseburg justice court, following a trial neici inursnav Deiore Judge Thomas C. Hatfiel. The. complaining witness was L. B. Atterburv, who claimed loss ot sheep. Finley submitted evidence tnat ms aog nad not been loose at the time of the alleged killing. Fines imposed were reported by Judge Hartfiel to Include tioyu ana David c irantz, 55 each on charges of being lnotxi- cateu on a public highway, and Earlo J. Topping, 815, speeding. Lions Club Enjoys Meat, Then Leam It's Cougar COOS BAY, Ore., July 13 (AP)The Lions olub was amazed to find real chops on their usually meatless plates at the weekly luncheon meet ing. All 40 ate fervently. But when, at the close. It was announced the meat came with the compliments of Vern Gray, all 40 groaned with equal fervency. They knew member Gray had just shot a record-size cougar. Fevity pact fant By L. F. Relzensteln Today's air raids on Japan boar out advance suspicions that something dreadful would happen to the Son of Heaven's domain on Friday, 13th.