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VOLUME XLVIII Number 29
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1946
Polling Places
For UO Voters
To Open Today
Registered Oregon students and
faculty will go to the polls today,
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., in the first
Bost-war general election for na
tional and local offices. All states
vote today except Maine which vot
ed September 9.
Those who registered in the Uni
versity Co-op will not necessarily
vote in the three campus precincts,
but will cast their ballots in the
areas in which they reside. The poll
ing places of interest to most Uni
versity students are located in the
Congregational church, Thirteenth
and Ferry; University high school
assembly room, Sixteenth and Al
der; and Condon school, north base
ment, 1550 Moss.
Ellsworth, Snell Challenged
Incumbent Harris Ellsworth, re
publican, will be challenged in the
fourth district by Louis A. Wood,
University professor of Economics,
democrat.
Carl C. Donaugh, democratic
nominee, will oppose Gov. Earl Snell
for the governorship.
Incumbents, Oppents Listed
The state senator from the fourth
Senatorial district, Angus Gibson,
will run against Linn county’s Fred
E.^Iarrison, the democratic candi
date. The third senatorial district
offers a choice between Truman A.
Chase, republican, and Ralph P.
Laird, democrat.
Secretary of State Robert S. Far
rell, Jr., republican, will be opposed
by Democrat David C. Epps, Linn
county.
Many Measures Balloted
Measures to go before the voters
are the state old age and disability
fund measure placed on the ballot
by initiative petition, a provision
for the creation of a basic school
support fund through an annual tax
levy, and the proposal of a constitu
tional amendment providing for the
succession of the president of the
state senate to the governor’s chair.
Several other issues will also be de
cided at the polls tomorrow.
Crash Takes Life
Of Student Driver
Francis Fay Davis, 21-year-old
freshman, was killed Sunday morn
ing in an auto accident seven miles
santh of Eugene on Highway 99.
Five others are also dead in what
has been recorded as the most dis
astrous accident in Lane county
history.
The wreck occurred when Davis,
driving a car with six other occu
pants, attempted to pass a gasoline
truck and collided with a heavy
truck-trailer coming from the op
posite direction.
Others killed were Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Lee Shelton, Springfield,
aunt and uncle of Davis, and three
sons of the Sheltons. Another son
is in the Sacred Heart hospital in a
serious condition.
See additional story and picture
page three.
Fuzz Subject of Meet
A short meetting of the sopho
more class will be held today in
room 3 of Fenton hall at 4 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to
introduce the class officers and
the Whiskerino committee chair
men to the class and to outline
the general plan for the celebra
tion. - - — .
“A SHADY PLACE . .
The Eugene City council’s decision
to purchase (he historic, millrace as
sured future Ducks at least the
eventual return of the time-honored
millrace traditions and the annual
Junior Weekend canoe fete. (Cut
courtesy Oregonian.)
Today Is Deadline
For Vets' Report
Today is the deadline for veter
ans to report monthly earnings to
the Veterans Administration. If a
veteran neglects to do this, further
subsistence checks will be suspend
ed.
Oregon VA officials are seriously
concerned over the possibility that
many hundreds of students will neg
lect this important requirement,
Earl E.JBoushey, acting chief of the
V. A. Guidance center here, point
ed out. Reports should cover any
part of August, September and
October during which the veteran
has been enrolled.
Model Report Given
As a precautionary measure
Boushey suggests that the veteran
who has not already filed a report
to send a letter immediately to:
The Veterans Administration,
1019 SW 10th street, Portland
(5), following the model suggest
ed below.
Trainees report of earnings. I
certify that the following
amounts represent the full in
come I have received as wages,
salary, o rothe remuneration from
employment regardless of wheth
er such employment is related to
my course or training. In Septem
ber, 1946 $ , in October,
1946 $ . Signature of veter
an, C number, and complete pres
ent address.
Two Reports Needed
Statements of earnings are now
necessary because of the $175 and
$200 limitations set by congress
where any subsistence can be added
to a student’s own income. After
November 5, no subsistence can be
paid unless the VA has the student’s
report that he is earning less than
$175 if single or $200 if he has de
pendents.
Two reports are reequired of the
veteran. The first should be made
out on a small blank entitled
“Trainee’s Report of Earnings,’1
which the Treasury department has
(Please turn to page three)
RACE ROUTE . . .
Map shows the course of the niillrace from the retaining wall, which was washed out in the flood last Janu«
ary, to its mouth farther down the Willamette. (Cut courtesy Oregonian.
Concert Artist Views Conditions
Of Native Country In Interview
Country Still Beautiful,
Prima Donna Declares
Radiating the glamour and poise
attributed her in publicity releases,
Miss Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslo
vakian soprano, presents a vivid
picture of conditions in her native
land.
“The country is still beautiful,”
Miss Novotna believes, “but of
course many of the historical build
ings were destroyed deliberately by
the Germans during the war.
“Thanks to UNRRA my people
were able to survive last winter,”
Miss Novotna emphasized, “but ev
erything is still rationed. The most
scarce article is cigarettes, for
which the people will give any
thing”’ she said.
Housewife in Private
Miss Novotna, who is in private
life the wife of George Daubek, ar
rived in the United States for the
first time in March 15, 1939, which
coincided with Hitler’s march into
Prague, “I was horrified when I
heard the news concerning Hitler,”
the prima donna said, "and I began
to worry about my husband and two
children who were still in Czecho
slovakia.”
After forming plans, Miss Novot
na returned to Holland in June
1939, with the express purpose of
getting her family out of Czecho
slovakia. Soon after her arrival, she
received permission from the Ger
mans for her children to come to
the seashore ‘‘for a rest.” Three
weeks later her husband was per
mitted to visit his family in Hol
land “for the weekend.”
Nazis Tricked
“They never returned to Czecho
slovakia,” Miss Novotna said, “be
cause we boarded a ship that came
directly to the United States.” In
December 1945 Daubek returned to
Prague, where he is managr of the
International Business Machine
company for the middle European
section. .
In July Miss Novotna returned to
Czechoslovakia. There she gav<>
concerts for the benefit of wa re
lief. September 25 the Met star
came back to the states and set
forth on her current concert tour.
Madame Novotna refers to Tos
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Dean Onthank Off
To Personnel Meet
Karl W. Onthank, dean of person
nel administration, left the campus
Monday for a two-week business
trip to California during which he
will attend the annual meeting of
the Western Personnel Service at
Pasadena, November 8.
Serving this year as chairman of
the academic council at the Pasa
dena conference, Dean Onthank
willy meet with personnel men from,
other western universities and col
leges, and with representatives of
business and industry. The meeting
will meet with personnel men from
trends and employment opportuni
ties for college graduates.
During the trip, Dean Onthank
plans to spend equal amounts of
time in the San Francisco and Los
Angeles areas, visiting and inter
viewing business executives, Uni
versity alumni, and other friends
who are in business and can help jQ
finding opportunities for Univer
sity graduates.
Dean Onthank reports that Ore
gon alumni holding strategic posi
tions in California enterprises have
always been willing to cooperate
with him in placing University;
graduates.