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Ersatz Rubber
Delay Charged
Grange's Committee
Says Process Ready
For Alcohol Use
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tires, or seven recaps or 3.2 gal
- Ions of alcohol.'
4. That tnis process would
produce synthetic rubber at less
than 10 cents a - pound, or . "one
half the cost of slave labor rub
' ber." - ." r :'a- -, .
S. -That production from ag-'
rlcultaral i products eoald be :
started ta one-third the . tune
It would take the petroleum
process to be tin function, and
t one-half the cast and one
half the critical materials.
6. That the California Win
ery association had offered its
Idle plants and machinery, with
an annual capacity of 100,000,000
gallons of alcohol, to a non-profit
organization to bring about
production of synthetic rubber.
7. That a new organization, the
' Tri-State Industrial and Synthetic
Rubber association, was ready to
start production if the government
would give it the green light
The organization, he said, was
made up of all granges in four
western states, farm bureaus, farm
unions, chambers of commerce,
. certain railroads, the Northwest
Millers association, Washington
State college, Universities of Ore
gon. Washington and Idaho and
Oregon State college.
' 8. That the organization was
to sucDort any other group
the federal government desired to
let use the idle California wine
ttlants for making industrial alco
hol from which to get synthetic
' rubber.
Taylor, from Coeur D'Alene,
Ida., and master of the Idaho
state ganre. said the new. secret
rubber process was "Just abont
i- as simple as drooping some po
tato, wheat or beans In a ket
tle, dropping In some gelatine,
. . . A
COOKing: I WBiw uw mtc -
- tine on your new tires and driv
Ine away."
The secret process, he said, had
been offered to the war produc
tion board and "would eliminate
even the necessity of making al
cohol in the process, but so far
we have had no encouragement.
Bv this new process, almost
miraculous in speed and eff icien
cy. rubber can bejnade from
wheat, corn, potatoes, beans, cull
fruits, wood wastes, sugar beet
molasses, and sulphite waste h
auors.
"Yet there are people making
our national decisions today, who
are in control of our synthetic
rubber program, who are so op
posed to . .. any alcohol-rubber
development, and its- subsequent
fomnotitinn in oost - war Tears.
that they would just as soon see
a million American boys die to
get back the Malay rubber plan
. tation, Taylor declared.
lie assailed the petroleum
rubber Interests, who, he
charged, spent a congressional
appropriation of $650,0,M0
since Pearl Harbor! and "yet
have to progress further than
the pilot plant stage." 1
"In I this appropriation there
j wasn't a . dollar earmarked or
turned over for research or de
velopment of rubber from raw
products.
"We have figures to prove that
fkAttor nikttfr ran he made from
alcohol and for less cost by half
than from petroleum ! products."
Taylor said the California offer
was made with no strings attach-
ed. .
"You can grow more wheat or
more apples or more potatoes but
you can't get more oil out of the
ground after, it has been used up
once.
He said Canada "had a 20-year
- suDDlv of. wheat on hand and the
United States and several other
nations '; a normal export -supply
of three years.
That basher of wheat, cost
tag a dollar, which ",. wCI make
two tires, also, will prodnee 24
pounds of high protein alne
food staffs, i tans ntaking the
cost of the alcohol 22 cents or
1ms than It eenta & riJlajL.
"In addition, the .residue food
- stuff s, which .has proved out to
be 72 per cent protein, would be
valuable food for! cattle and
other farm animals."!,
What we have learned from
this war. if nothing else, should
be to be self sufficient.
Extent for committee meetings
and sectional sessions, nationalof-
ffrwr of the srancefwere busy
during ' the - day "and night con
ferring the fraternity's . highest
degree the seventh on var
ious members.' .
The degree - was T-coWerred ; by.
Charles M. Gardnerr-Springfield,
mass., high priest f the grange's
assembly of Demeter.)
EarUer in the day, at a closed
the aranee unanimously
: adopted and I sent to President
.Roosevelt a message pledging to
, .AmmanHpr In fhif and the
:;American' people pfour unlimit-
-ed effort , toward acmeving , vic
tory", , - . - ' ;
" . i We know our farmers
'will work to. the limit of human
endurance so that 'there may be
food for America' and her allies
. ' -l , the message stated.
v - ' T aUvo nef' M 4S art Al ftf
J-OUi3 dUVl UHiM;M
"the National Grange,, jsaid there
'were only two - groups making
. Sacrifices in this war: '"The moth-
...v r,iftv oH 'that unni
xniht Jive; and the sons, who are
cc En to sacrifice all i that wS
m:-ht live." - . : --"v! -;v
mtirh ratience with
Floating Tractors Reinforce Guadalcanal
i
Their runs manned and ready, amphibian tractors from the United
groond bring marine reinforcements to Guadalcanal to Join m the defense of that that strategic Solo
mons base. (AP Telemat from US Marine Corps). . j j
Russians Beat
Off Germans,
Stalingrad
(Continued from Page 1)
ter-attacked in an effort to re
capture the community. But the
Russians held, and then made new
attacks to improve their positions,
the Tass correspondent said.
.' In the regions of Nalchik and
Tuapse the Germans attempted
thrusts into the deep Rvf ian de
fenses, but were repulsed with
heavy losses, the midnight com
munique said.
; While the fighting was intense
in localized regions Russian re
ports emphasized that the Ger
man drives were on a greatly re
duced scale. The communique
spoke of engagements involving
hundreds, in comparison with the
tens of thousands participating in
the combat in recent weeks.
Cold was becoming more in
tense. Behind the consolidated,
Russian positions the Volga was
clogged with ice.
j In a factory area of Stalingrad
150 Germans were killed in one
futile rush Saturday, the com
munique stated. A group of 12
men repulsed three assaults by
a company of Germans.
Subs Losing
To Builders
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (JP
Admiral William D. Leahy, Pres
ident Roosevelt's personal chief
of staff, declared Friday night
America's shipyards are keeping
pace with axis submarines, and
asserted "the barbarians have
passed their peak" and are being
assisted to oblivion by United
States shipbuilding genius.
Leahy addressed the Society of
Naval Architects and Marine En
gineers. "In spite of disastrous subma
rine sinkings," Leahy said in a
prepared address, "The outstand
ing performance of the American
merchant marine builders, added
to the contribution from Canada
and Great Britain, has maintained
our available tonnage afloat at a
figure not too far below that of
last January.
"With sinkings now coming
under better control, the hope is
warranted that 1943, with the ex
pecter production of 16,000,000
or more deadweight tons, will
give us the badly needed increas
ed margin to meet the vast needs
of, a war fought thousands of
miles away from our own shores.'
Eleanor Back
From Ireland
! LONDON, Nov. 13-JP)- -Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt visited
King George. VI and Queen Eliz
abeth in Buckingham Palace Fri
day afternoon on her-return from
a "whirlwind tour of England,
Scotland and. Ireland.
She arrived in London early
Friday morning on the night train
from Edinburgh. The few people
who recognized the president's
wife gave her a cheer.
Mrs. Roosevelt is spending all
her scheduled time in Britain.
When she arrived it was said she
would stay two to three weeks.
Friday was her 22nd day.
French Fleet Head
Following Petain
LONDON, Nov. i 14 r The
German-controlled : Paris radio
said Saturday the commander-in-chiefs
of the French . fleet immo
bilized at j Alexandria had ' an
nounced , he would-:-take ' orders
only from .Marshal Petain, chief
of state 4a the": Vichy 'government
(There was no immediate con
firmation of this report from any
other sources.). .,
those who . .talk about - big:, sacri
fices because their taxes are heav
ier.. Tabor 'said. . . : -
Arthur Cox, Washington state
director .of agriculture, - told a
grange - session that deferment of
farm labor had reversed the trend
of dairying during - the past two
weeks and averted a disaster in
the dairying industry.
Th)
Chautemps Offers r
Aid to Giraud
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 ()
(iP) A former premier of France,
now presiding here, has offered
his services as an army private to
Gen. Henri Giraud, commander of
an ti-Vichy French farces in
North Africa.
Camille Chautemps, who was
vice premier in the Reynaud cab
inet before France's fall in 1940,
cabled his offer to Giraud.
King George
Visits Yank
Air Forces
WITH THE EIGHTH US
BOMBER COMMAND IN- ENG
LAND, Saturday, Nov. 14 -King
George VI paid his first visit
Friday to the American air forces
in Britain, inspecting stations of
the Eighth bomber command.
Later he returned to London
and had tea with Mrs. Roosevelt
The king's visit was a surprise
to the men. Told to expect a dis
tinguished visitor, they thought
Mrs. Roosevelt would call. :
The monarch wore the uniform
of a marshal of the RAF, and was
accompanied by Ma. Gen. Carl
Spaatz, commander in chief of the
US army air forces in the Euro
pean theatre, and Maj. Gen. Ira
C. Eaker, head of the US bomber
command.
The king showed a lively in
terest in the planes and the fliers,
many of whom had bombed Lille,
St. Nazaire, BresV Rouen and oth
er places in occupied France. He
shook hands with members of
crew and ground forces and
climbed into Flying Fortresses
and Liberators to look over the
spacious bombers.
He rode from one field to an
other in a jeep driven by Sgt
Joseph Barktvich of Detroit
King George ate a luncheon of
corned beef hash at the officers'
mess at a station commanded by
Col. E. J. Timberlake of San An
tonio, Texas. He talked mostly
about jeeps at mealtime.
Treason Trial
Goes to Jury
CHICAGO,. Nov. 13 ( The
trial of six German-Americans on
treason charges first case of its
kind in Illinois history will go
to a federal court jury Saturday,
That became certain Friday
after the government completed
presentation of evidence, the1 de
fense rested abruptly without
putting a witness on the stand,
and Judge William J. Campbell
instructed both lawyers to make
their closing arguments Saturday.
The jurorseight women and
four men then will retire to de
termine the guilt or innocence of
the defendants. In the event of
convictions, the punishment must
be determined by the 39-year-old
Judge The penalties range from
a 110,000 fine and five years in
prison to death.
Engraving Zinc j ;
Use Increased ! t
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 ()
Newspapers, photo-engraving and
others using zinc, plates in print
ing were granted an increased: use
of zinc by the war ; production
board Friday for the three-months
period beginning November 15. .
The action increased the per
mitted zinc consumption from 50
per cent of the amount used in the
corresponding months in 1941 to
t5 per cenU After February 15,
the usage again will be cut to 50
per cent,. WPB said. f
7'The amendment it was explain
ed,, was made to allow newspapers
and., other, users ; additional time
to adjust their, usage downward.
Strtra. Overseas
xHOUOTOOD," Nov. 12
Two .grbiips of film players, .the
Hollywood Victory committee ! re
ported Friday,, have arrived over
seas' to entertain troops. ! -
Carole - Landis, .Martha Raye,
Kay Francis and Mitzt Payfair
are in England: Far McKenzie.
Dest Arnaz, Billy Gilbert and his
wile. It was said, are at San Juan.
Puerto Rico. - ji w.
OnEGOIf STATESMAN, ! Sdna
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Continue
On PEP
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. lS-iff)-
The question of whether the Bon
neville power administration is
promoting public ownership of
utilities in the northwest came in
to the open at Friday's hearing
before the securities and exchange
commission on a proposed plan
for dissolution of Portland Elec
trie Power company.
Dr. William A. Dittmer, chief
of the rates and marketing di
vision of Bonneville, was on the
stand throughout the day, called
primarily to testify on the value
of Portland General Electric com
pany, principal subsidiary of Pep-
eo. !
He placed a value of $50,000,'
000 on PGE's electric properties
only, not including current as
sets.
The public ownership question
arose during examination of Dr,
Dittmer on Bonneville's contract
negotiations with PGE, now buy
ing power on a day-to-day basis.
Dr. Dittmer said his valuation
of PGE had been disputed by the
company, and that this was a fac
tor in delaying negotiation of a
long-term contract He said Bon
neville and PGE had agreed to
insert a valuation in the contract
in the event that "some public
body" should, in the future, de
sire to buy the electric proper
ties.
Dr. Dittmer said also that a
short-term contract hadP" been
"discussed" and that this contract
included provision for sale of
PGE's Clark county, Wash., and
Woodburn, Ore., properties to
public bodies already established
in those areas.
In the event that no contract
is negotiated, Dr. Dittmer said
under questioning, Bonneville has
"considered placing PGE on a
different rate schedule ; which
would increase its costs from
$300,000 to $400,000 a year.
H. B. Beckett of Portland, rep
resenting preferred stockholders
of Pepco, questioned Dr. Dittmer
on. the latter phase.
"Assuming that Bonneville has
power available for sale that is
not being utilized by essential war
industries, and which Portland
General Electric wishes to pur
chase, what possible justification
would there be for even thinking
about imposing that additional
cost?" he asked.
Dr. Dittmer replied, "k don't
think any decision has been made
to do it There has ben a hypo
thetical discussion. The company
wishes to buy under one; set of
terms. The administrator is will
ing to sell under another set of
terms. I dont think it is the right
of : Portland General Electric to
obtain power on its own terms
indefinitely;' . .:. ,! I '-
Beckett then asked, "Suppose
two companies are similarly sit
uated. Both want power. Do you
think you can sell to one company
on one basis and refuse to tell to
the other company on that basis?
Dr. DirtmerTeplied, "If all con
ditions were alike, I assume the
administrator, would sell on the
same basis. ." The trouble is, of
course, conditions seldom are
alike." . - -
"Is it your interpretation of the
Bonneville act" Beckett continu
ed, "that it is the duty of the
Bonneville administration jto de
velop public ownership - proper
ties?' -. v --i4--
That -question should be- put
to the administrator," Dri Ditt
mer answered. '
District Meets Set !
CORVAULJS, Nov. lJ-ijp)-The
usual all-state agricultural and
home economic conference for
OSC extension and experiment
station workers has been replaced
by --'-district 'conferences ; here, In
Klamath Falls, PortlaRd and. La
Grande,' -to a vb 1 d unnecessary
travel, W. A. Schoenfeld, agricul
ture dean, said Friday, f ? ...
EVERT SATURDAY
Rowland's Band -
.- - 2 Miles CNorth on J .
River Road ,
Hearing
Oregon, Saturday Morning IToTn!r !l ISU
Stalin .Likes
Africa Drive
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AFb Cassidy Queries
Answered; Russia
To Fulfill Task
(Continued from Page 1)
in the western front being effec
ted with such mastery.
Two: How effective has this
campaign been In relieving pres
sure on the soviet union and what
further aid does the soviet un
ion await?
"Answer? It is yet too soon to
say to what an extent this cam
paign has been effective in re
lieving immediate pressure on the
soviet union. But it may be con
fidently said that the effect wfll
not y be a small - one and that a
certain relief in pressure on the
soviet union will result in the
nearest future..
"But that is not the only thing
that matters. What matters first
of all is that since the campaign
in Africa means that the initia
tive has passed Into the hands of
our allies, the campaign changes
radically the political and war sit
uation in Europe in favor of the
Anglo-Soviet-American coalition;
that thaf campaign undermines
the prestige of Hitlerite Germany
as a leading force in the system
of axis powers and demoralizes
Hitler's allies in Europe; that the
campaign released France from
her lethargy, mobilizes anti-Hitler
forces of France and provides
a basis for building up an, anti
Hitler French army.
"That the campaign creates
conditions for putting Italy eat
f commission and for Isolating
Hitlerite Germany; finally, thai
the campaign creates the pre
requisites for establishment of
a second front la Europe near
er to Germany's vital centers
which will be of decisive im
portance for organising victory
ever Hitllerite tyranny.
"Three: What possibility is
there of soviet offensive power in
the east joining the allies in the
west to hasten the final victory?
"Answer: There need be no
doubt that the red army will ful
fill its task with honor as it has
been fulfilling it throughout the
war. f""
"With respect
(signed) J. Stalin."
Africa Convoy'
Loses No One
CHICAGO, Nov. llHJPHSecre
tary of the Navy Frank Knox
said Friday that troop convoys
to north Africa . under the com
mand of Rear Adm. H, K. Hewitt
"reached their destination with
out tnV lo of.a singlo coon e j
route."
The navy secretary also dis
closed plans for increasing naval
personnel to 2,000,000 men by
mid-1944, when he told a gradu
ating class of naval aviation tech
nicians at navy pier: -
"Today there are 1,000,000 men
who have taken the same oath. A
year and a half h price thri will
be 2,000,000 men like you."
CIO Offers
AFL Equality
BOSTON, Nov. 13-(iip)-The CIO
offered unity on the basis of
equality to the AFL Friday and
presented a united front in the
unanimous reelection of all offi
cers and three additional vice
presidents.
Philip Murray was chosen with
a noisy, prolonged acclaim for a
third term after a nominating
speech by Sidney Hillman, of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
at the final session of. the fifth
annual convention.
. Hillman and. Murray earlier
presented s o me what divergent
views on the-prospects of achiev
ing organic labor unity, though
there was no disagreement on the
desirability of achieving a Just
peace with the parent movement
Coast Warnings Out
. SEATTLE, Nor. 13-(5)-The US
weather bureau-issued - tor m
warnings effective at 6 a. m. Fri
day and continuing 24 hours for
the Strait of Juan; de Fuca and the
coast from Tatooah to North Head.
Small craft - warnings were or
dered from North Head to Marsh
field, Ore., and on inland waters
of Washington.
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News, Cartoon and Last
SUIIDAY-IIOimillTIEllY
" Their desura for
Gvilian Defense Drills Slated
In Oregon Cities December 7
A Series I of civilian defense drills throughout Oregon on
December 7, in commemoration oft he Pearl Harbor attack, was
announced here Friday by Gov. Charles A. Sprague,' state director
of civilian defense, "
Defense i councils in all commu
nities are ibeing urged to arrange
for, a complete test of defense
corps personnel and equipment.
Men and wojtoen .who have gradf
uated jfromi jthe war ; department
civilian protection school in Seat
tle will be requested to serve as
official; 'observers.- l,:':. - -.
The jfoUowtng day, December 8,
has betn designated as Mobiliza
tion day in Oregon when' all citi
zens not now enrolled in civilian
defense! will !be asked to register
at volunteer! ; offices of defense
councils forndtuty either in the pro
tective orj war service divisions
of civilian defense. , ,
"The! incident tests on Decem
ber 7,iJerroTjd Owens, state civil
ian defense coordinator, declared,
"will not j only recall the attack
on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese,
but wiU enable defense councils
to locate weaknesses in the citi
zens defense jcorps which develop
only when all units of the corps
are called lout simultaneously. :
. Owen said, "mobilization day
should j bring! about a large in
crease iin i registration of volun
teers.'" : x , -; i f'-L .
"Every individual can play his
or her I part In civilian defense,"
Owen said.:-!
Enemy Force
Grbwi, Tunis
(Continued from Page 1)
precision ininutes after - the air
dromes werej taken. t
The tremendous speed and in
tricate jtiming of the drive east
ward was shown in the fact that
the RAT and American ground
crews, with j. heavy equipment,
landed j right behind - the assault
teams on jthe beaches and were
on the-j airdromes minutes after
they werej taken.
In. advance posts sach as Al
giers Where RAF fighters and
anti-aircraft gmns shot down It
axis planes en the second day
of the fixating, the RAF report
ed that the pilots "rrooad
crews worked 19 hoars a day
and snatched sleep wtthoat
blankets jander the wings of
the planes.
Vice jAdnv Jean Darlan pre
sumably still is in Algiers con
ferring j with US Lt Gen. Mark
W. Clark, but no word on the
negotiations has been received,
Farm iWages
Top Dropped
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3-(JP-
Stabuization Director James F.
Byrnes Friday announced a "vig
orous program'' to simplify and
standardize civilian goods and at
the same time remove farm wage
ceilings! to . I keep much-needed
workerf on the land. - J
In still another step, Byrnes
asked the budget bureau to re
view ail price subsidies to deter
mine whether they can be elim
inated or reduced. Aides said he
had in! mind subsidies on such
commodities las wheat, coal, pe
troleum and! milk which have
been approved by federal agen
cies in j the past an a national or
regional scale. Soil conservation
payments (to! formers were not
involved. It was said.
In general it was explained,
the subsidies, referred to by
Byrnes j were 1 granted to enable
producers j to i stay below price
ceilings! despite Increased cost of
production
Liquor Sale
Is liiimted
PQRTLand, Ore, Nov. 13-()
Oregon jliqtior 'stores Friday halt
ed sale! of case lots of liquor In
an action that Administrator L. T.
Allen "said was designed to stop
Washington residents from stock'
ing up heris.-- .'- i-fyf1 ;'''
One quart a week rationing: is
in effect in Washington, no limit
was set in Oregon until today, r.
. Allen said some Washington
residents had bought as, many as
20 cases in Oregon stores. '
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To Help Youths; .
Colleges Used
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their service in . the armed ser-1
vices has come to an end." " . 1
"Some useful action! along this
line was improvised at the end
of the : last war," the president
said. "This time we are, planning
in advance. f ----- :
"Finally,' we are announcing in
the near future a plan for pro
viding for the utilization during
the war of the facilities Of cer
tain colleges and universities for
the training of a limited number
of men of the armedl forces for
highly specialized duties. These
men will be selected solely on the
basis of their ability and without
regard to whether or not they are
now! In college or whether they
could otherwise afford ' to go!! to
college..- ... -. jx
The drafting of the new age
group, it has been j estimated,
might supply more than 2,000,000
of the 4,500,000 additional men
needed in all -the .armed. forces
by January 1, 1844. 1
' Inductions from the lt-lf-y
ear-old groap were ! expected
to begin within 19 or 49 days.
This, however,' will ! vary te
some extent, depending npen
--: preparations made ' by ' local
beards te meet draft call with
older men mad also on how rao
, Idly the boards can 'classify the
new groap for service.
Scheduled for classification first
are an estimated 800,000 to 900,000
physically fit youths among some
1,200,000 to 1,500,000 left over af
ter enlistments and j inductions
from the 2,400,000 youths who
registered last June SO for induc
tion at 20 years. ' '
Another pool of 1,755,000 will
exist at the end of 1943 from
those who have reached 18 since
the June 30 registration or who
will reach that age during 1943,
but this group expected to yield
a net of some 1,275,000 physically
fit can not be classified imme
diately. - ;' -
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ceive substantial reductions In
lire insurance rates on municipal
property and, in addition, rebates
on premiums back to July 1, 1941,
Virgil Langtree, League consult
ant, reported to the group. He
said a League survey naa ais
closed that only 7 per cent f fire
insurance ; premiums being paid
by citizens . were being returned
ia we tuna vi.cuuiik;iimuuu lur
losses. The Oregon insjorance rat
ing bureau later conducted its own
survey, on which the irate reduc
tions are Deing nasea. rtaxes 'wai
on the average drop from 20 to
63 per: cent,' varying according to
the type of municipally-owned
structure involved, Langtree said.
Math Classes Double
EUGENE, ; Nov.- 1S-CV .The
mathematics ; classes at the uni
versity have an enrollment now
of 1200, the registrar said, Fri
day, about 700 more than the av
erage. The teaching staff has been
increased to ; 18.
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