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LANE COUNTYS HOME NEWSPAPER.
EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1939
ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 5c
NO. 141
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Young Masters
'Militant Treason'
Is Disclosed By
Are Announced
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annual Lane county pet parade Saturday
? "Wmiii toil , lo ,his Prospector from Route 1, Creswell,
i, Uilh ,Son,nlele with slouch hat. beard, and burri,
xiou, in. , f s,r"'1- 811 Sf,l t"k l" ,c llllis- ln 1110
J tn ,.,Ttutor. blond WllJiam Franklin Roberts, rets out
tnS 15 Willi, Kni ,ni thp I""1 comlr? down the street. At
lel uhi i kerborker- ''""I "kid" in the parade and
U3:s wan his "pel" bike.
Prizes (appy Kids
In Dr?Vvown Parade
It o .ded like a zoo it
loo' .f" .ke a circus at the end
of ? amette street Saturday
n iff, but the noise and
and excitement and
coii.motion were products of
the seventh annual pet par
ade, sponsored by The Eu
gene Register Guard cooper
ating with the leading city
merchants.
Hundreds of children entered
the contest and before the parade
began, it seemed that never could
the colorful surging crowd become
organized. But promptly at 10 a.
m., the parade began, led by the
Creswell band, snappily dressed in
red and white uniforms.
Contrast
Prancing behind the band came
horses all kinds, from Shetland
ponies to gleaming saddle horses.
One brown horse with a flowing
golden mane, stamped proudly be
side a naive little Shetland draw
ing a huge basket in which two
children sat.
Along with the horses came a
willing burro, trailed faithfully
by a tiny white lamb and two chil
dren dressed as pioneers, looking
very much as if they were all
starting for a lengthy trip across
the plains. And trailing behind
them all came a strange looking
animal a burlap horse, looking
suspiciously as if two children
were masquerading.
Fowls followed the horses all
manner of them including two
blinking baby hoot owls, who look
ed very bored at the whole pro
cedure. The fame of Oregon's bas
ketball team has not waned, it
seems, judging from a cage of
ducklings, labeled "UO Champs,
and including the names of the
SEE WINNERS STORY
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D: A. V. State Meet
Set For Eugene
Vncmno will ht hnst tn thp IRth
annual rfnartmpnl. pnnvpnt.inn of
the Disabled American Veterans
of the World War ana tne eignui
annual convention of the auxiliary
In liat ni-nnn on .Time 1 1 to 14. it
is announced by Henry Quam,
commander 01 tne local cnapier,
and Mrs. M. B. Huntley, president
of the Eugene auxiliary.
The D. A. V. is composed en
tirely of men who suffered in
juries in tne worm war or con
tracted disease directly attribut
ki. 4V,.;i c.rvirA Rpn F. Dorris
auic w .in-. - -
has been named general conven
tion chairman by Commander
ill beein Sunday
evening, June 11 with a memorial
service at one 01 me iochi
huri-ho the rjlace to be an
n,in4 lnt.i. Thp business ses-
tinne itlill (VITIVPIIP flt 10 3. IT1.
Monday, in a oim session 10 db
held at the Eagles hall. There-oft.-.
i,a n A V. sessions will be
held at the main auditorium at the
armory, and the auxiliary sessions
at the veterans' room bv me m
mory. Monday evening, the life
membership club will hold its an
nual dinner.
The parade will ne neia at i.ou
p. m. Tuesday lonoweo oy iu
. .ninn rfance at the Winter
n.,w4.n n whirl-, the nublic is in'
annual banquet will be held at the
Moose hall, various rornis ui en
tertainment will be given the vis
itors, including an open ihmk
"Dugout" each evening, at which
.u nnia-43inmnnt will be fur
nished by the visiting cnapier-.
and teas for the ladies.
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n,ent ripnartment senior
IS tne 1 j i 1 i'
vice commander, ana 15 in imc
for election as department com
mander.
200 Swift, Efficient
Bombing Planes Ordered
By U. S. Government
WASHINGTON, May 20 UR
The war department tonight step
ped up its air armament program
with contracts for approximately
200 new light bombing-attack
planes considered by army en
n.n ih factpst and most effic
ient planes of their type in the
Johnson declined to divulge top
speeds shown Dy me new pianes,
...utnu r.pntlv nartirinated in a
design competition at Wright field.
O., but reliable reports indicated
(hpv would do upwards of 400
miles per hour.
M'.BONS TARGET
PRAGUE. May 20. U.B An
.vnincinn wrecked a house which
was headquarters for four Ma
sonic lodges.
semi-annual
evening of this week, May 24,
to right, top row: John Stark Evans,
violin soloist. Lower row, left to
and Ralph Patterson, tenor soloist.
Gleemen Will Sing 'Hit
Parade' of Popular Songs
In Wednesday
A "Gleemen Hit Parade" it
sents its annual spring home
ing in McArthur court, the program consisting ot selections
voted most popular by a poll of. the Gleemen associate mem
bers taken recently. The concert is planned for 8:15 p. m.,
John Stark Evans conducting.
Recovery By r40
New Deal Chant
Appeasement Program
Outlined in 4 Points
WASHINGTON, May 20. (UP.)
Administration leaders tonight
revived business appeasement in
modified form in an effort to pro
duce substantial recovery by 1940.
The program appeared to shape
up along these lines:
1. Speedy enactment of a new
tax law.
2. Aid to little business through
more liberal credit extension,
probably taking the form of gov
ernment - guaranteed commercial
bank loans.
3. Expanded research facilities
to develop new markets and im
proved distribution methods.
4. Creation of a bureau of in
dustrial economics in the com
merce department to serve as a
clearing house for settlement of
differences between government
and industry.
Canada Fetes King
With Birthday Dinner
OTTAWA, May 20. (U.R Otta
wa formally celebrated King
George VI's Canadian "birthday"
tonight with a brilliant parliamen
tary dinner at historic Chateau
Laurier.
Besides the Invited guests, there
were more than 50,000 persons
waiting outside the chateau for a
glimpse of the king and Queen
Elizabeth.
The dinner was the final event
of a crowded day, but despite the
ceremonies their majesties found
time to slip away by themselves
for a brief automobile ride through
the countryside. It was the first
time they had turned aside from
the pomp and splendor of cere
monies in their honor since start
ing their Canadian tour last Tues
day. 6,000 PICKERS NEEDED
PORTLAND. May 20. P Six
thousand pickers are needed to
:ave Oregon' million-dollar straw
berry crop, Karl R. Lovell, man
ager of the Portland office, state
employment service, said today,
home concert of (lie Eugene Gleemen will be presented Wednesday
at McArthur court. Principals for
conductor: Cora Moore Frey, accompanist: Dclbcrt Moore, Corvallis,
right: Rollln Calkin, baritone soloist; llalfred Young, tenor soloist)
Appearance
will be when the chorus pre
concert next Wednesday even
Featured soloists for the evening
will be Dclbcrt Moore, Corvallis,
violinist; Unified Young, tenor;
Ralph Patterson, tenor; and Mollin
Calkin, baritone. Cora Moore Frey
is accompanist.
Complete program for the con-
SEE GLEEMEN STORY
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Strawberries Now
Popular In Pies
The luscious strawberries com
ing on the markets now should
give you many ideas for pie mak
ing. Then there is rhubarb, not
to mention raspberries coming
on soon, lemons, pineapple, oran
ges, etc., all to be used in making
pies.
Topic fos this week's contest Is
"Recipes for Cream Fruit Pics."
This topic also includes the chif
fon pies.
Deadline for entries Is 6 p. m.,
Wednesday, all recipes to reach
the Register-Guard by that hour.
Tne usual five prizes are offered,
an one-dollar certificate, good in
trade at any of tne grocery stores
advertising in the Registcr.Guard,
to go to the winner of each of the
five best recipes selected.
Harlan County Coal
Settlement Imminent
HARLAN, Ky., May 20. (UK
Prospects for peaceful settlement,
possibly Monday, of the Harlan
county coal strike increased to
night despite tension over plans of
the united mine workers union to
hold a huge mass meeting tomor
row.
Federal and slate conciliators
seeking to bring agrement between
the Harlan county mine operators
assoication and the mine union be
lieved settlement may follow i
conference Monday. The Harlan
deadlock has resulted from union
demand for a union shop which
operators declined to grant
Wall Street Business
Cheerful, Slow
NEW YORK, May 20. (U.B
Stocks, bonds and commodities de
clined this week, but buslnesr.
made a better than anticipated
showing and Wall street sentiment
a', the close of the period was more
cheerful than at the start.
Although the stock list put to.
gether two consecutive rallies at
the close of the week, leading
shares were dowi. fractions to
more than 2 points from last Sat
urday.
the event are those above: Left
'Big 3' Days
Offer Bargains
City's Merchants
Plan Special Sales
Next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday will be the "Big 3" dHys,
it was announced Saturday aftor-
noon by Roy Morse, chniimnn of
the chamber of commerce mer
chants committee. '
Sacrifice bargains will be put on
sale in stores all over town, Mr.
Morse . indicated. The city-wide
sale is being sponsored by the Eu
gene chamber ot commerce in an
effort to show the people of Eu
gene and the surrounding terri
tory what the local merchants can
do for them.
"The idea back of this," . Mr.
Morse pointed out, "is that the
merchants make a sacrifice in
prices of many articles which di
rectly benefits the consumer; but
more than this it especially calls
attention to the fact that Eugene
is a rapidly growing shopping cen
ter where people may obtain any.
thing they desire at competitive
prices which often cannot be dup
licated elsewhere."
The chamber of commerce mer
chants' committee has been work
ing on the 3-day bargain sale for
several weeks. All Eugene mer
chants have been invited to par
ticipate. "Nearly every store in town will
join in offering special values,"
according to Chairman Morse, "so
outstanding as to attract attention
of all those living within a radius
of 100 miles."
Window cards, supplied by the
chamber of commerce, will be
given to all merchants participat
ing. Stores carrying these cards
will feature special values during
the sale.
All store managers arc request
ed by Mr. Morse to get their dis
play cards from the chamber of
commerce offices In the Eugene
hotel before Wednesday evening
of next week.
The merchants' committee of
which Mr. Morse. Is chairman In
cludes Ford Hand, Harry Holt,
W. W. Waters, Earl Byrom, and
Ben Perlich. A special publicity
committee Including Ken Mnxon,
chairman, Karl Thuneman, E. L.
Barth, R. D. Dickinson, and staff
members of both daily newspap.
crs, has also been working.
Possibility that similar events
may be scheduled during the lat
ter part of the year, was Intim
ated by Chairman Morse, in re
porting upon the enthusiasm dis
played by Eugene merchants this
time.
GOODWILL TOLR
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.
(U.Ri The Douglas DC-4, largest
commercial land plane in the
world, will take off for Salt Lane
City Ht 8:30 a.m. (PST) tomor
row on a transcontinental test and
exhibition tour, United Airlines
announced today.
Dies Committee
Evidence Disclosed Revealing Plan
To Fight An 'American-Jewish War'
Rains Finally
Wash Eugene
Lightning, Thunder
Pace Saturday Storm
The rains came to Eugene Sat
urday. It wasn't a deluge, nor was
it a Hood, but it was a good
shower. More rain fell from 4:30
to 8:30 p. m. Suturdny than had
fallen in all the previous 19 days
of May.
The weather bureau at the air
port recorded .36 of un inch pre
cipitation for four hours Saturday
evening, and .41 of an inch for the
12-hour period ending at 8:30 p.
m. Total precipitation for the
first 19 days of May, according to
figures at the river bureau, was
28 of an inch. April showers reg
istered even less rainfall: .9 for
the month.
Thunder and a little lightning
marked the shower, and down
town lights flickered three or four
times is the lines were struck by
lighting, but Eugene Water board
maintenance men were reassur
ing, and said that no serious dam
age had been done.
Farmers with thirsty crops were
pleased by Jupiter Pluvius offer
ing but saw no reason to get ex
cited over a half-inch of rain
fall. Local Eugeneans, with only a
front lawn in cultivation, were
glad that the rain came early in
the morning and late in the after
noon, not hampering the yel fa
rade and the high school track
meet.
Sunday's weather forecast Is sad
news for those going on picnics
but Rood word for agrarians,
showers expected with snow over
the mountain area.
July Adjournment
Sought By Congress
WASHINGTON, May 20 U,R
Bi-partisan efforts to gel congress
out of Washington by July 1 were
underway tonight.
It was learned that Influential
members of Republican and Dem
ocratic sides of the senate were at
tempting to work out a program
that would permit adjournment
before the dog days arrive.
Chief obstacle lo the get-con-gress-out-of-town
drive continued
to be the tax revision nettle. Here
the advocates of substantial revis
ion to aid business, headed by Sen.
Pat Harrison. D., Miss., collide
head-on with President Roosevelt's
insistence on retention of the stub
of the undistributed profits tax
or an equivalent
There were some Indications,
however; that a compromise might
be arrived at on the tux front. Sen
ate Minority Leader Charles L.
McNary was known to be active in
seeking to discover a tax program
agreeable to both sides of the con
troversy. Fat Lamb Show
On Next Saturday
JUNCTION CITY, May 20
(Special) The big event for this
community next week-end will b"
the annual fat lamb show, put 1 1
by the local Lions club in coopera
tion with the local merchants and
the county court, Saturday, May
27. There arc divisions for 4-H
clubs, F. F. A., and open classes.
Judging will start at 0 a. m., and
a full day s entertainment is ar
ranged.
Among buyers signifying thci
Intention to be on hand to bid on
quality lambs are: J. R. Clark of
Clark, Taylor, and Hoard, Port
land; Joe Haslelt, Bodlne and
Clark, Portland; Jess Rogers, AI
bnny; Arch Wassom, Harrisburg;
Kyle Brothers, Monroe.
This show has been put on for
the past six years and this time is
open to all entrants from Lane,
Linn, and Benton counties. Many
cash prizes will be awarded, as
well as trophies and ribbons.
Eugene Boatmen End
John Day 'Run'
THE DALLES. Ore., May 20
'U.Pi Four Eugene boatmen today
completed what was believed to be
the first "run" of the dangerous
Tumwater falls in the John Day
river.
The four George If. Godfrey,
Oscar Bussell, Prince Helfrich and
Veltie Pruitt arrived at The Dal
les after a 100-mile trip dewn the
twisting nver,
BY FRANK McNAUGHTON
(United Presi Correspondent!
WASHINGTON, May 20.
(UP) The Dies committee
investigating unamerican ac
tivities tonight made public
the record of a secret hearing
at which testimony was heard
concerning a "treasonable"
plan to form a nation-wide
"militant fighting force" in
order to prevent the outbreak
of a purported leftist revolu
tion.
The plan was outlined In a let
ter by George Deatherage, St. Al
bans, W. Va., head of the Knights
of the White Camellias. Deather
age proposed Gen. George von
Horn Moseley, retired, assume
leadership of the proposed organ
ization. The letter was written under
date of Dec. 14, 1938 to James
Erwin Campbell, retired captain of
army engineers. Campbell told
the committee the letter was filled
with "treasonable utterances" and
had caused him to break off con
nections with Deatherage.
Testifying Coming
The committee has subpoenaed
Moseley und Deatherage for ques
tioning concerning the affair.
Deatherage probably will testify
before the committee Monday and
Moseley later in the week.
Purpose of the proposed "fight
ing force" was described by
Deatherage as to fight the "American-Jewish
war." "
Witnesses testified extensively
concerning purported information
they had received regarding the
supposed Imminence of a revolu
tion, They alleged they had word
of a. plot to overthrow the govern
mont either through embroiling
the United States ln a foreign war,
by a leftist uprising "as ln Spain"
or by bringing on a national eco
nomie breakdown.
Rhododendron Day
Comes May 28
FLORENCE, May 20 (Special
Western Lane county is all set
lo welcome hundreds of visitors
for the annual "Rhododendron
Day" festival next Sunday, May
28. The rhododendrons are out
in profusion and are at their best
now. This festival lias been held
by the coast communities for many
years.
Program events for this year's
festival include: Bathing beauty
contest, 11 a. m.; clam chowder
feed, served free to crowd, 12 o'
clock in the new city park at
Florence; pet parade at 1:30 p. in ;
boat race between Yaquina Bay
Coast Guard und Siuslaw Coast
Guard, 2 p. m. Stunts will be put
on by the local Beechnuts during
the day. Dancing will be featured
in the evening at the Rainbow
ballroom. The Junction City high
school bund is to play during the
day.
British Columbia Drapes
Flags, Bunting
For Royalty's Visit
VANCOUVER, D. C, May 20.
P) Decorations are being put in
place on downtown buildings,
und store windows everywhere
sport pictures of King George and
yueen Elizabeth, as British Col
umbians prepare to welcome the
sovereigns when they reach the
coast on their present trans-Can.
uda tour.
It will be more than a week
May 29 to be exalt before their
majesties reach Vancouver. But
the royal visit is on the tip of
every Ioiiruc, and already the
city is taking on a holiday air.
Weather News
Cloudy skies and a little much
needed rain fell on Eugene Sat
urday. The forecast follows:
OREGON: Showers Sunday and
Monday; snow over mountains;
slightly cooler with higher hu
midity in interior; moderate
southerly wind off coast.
AIRPORT BUREAU RECORD:
Maximum temperature for 24
hour period ending 4:30 p. m. Sat
urday, 65 degrees; minimum tem
perature, same period, 46.3 de
grees; wind southwesterly; pre
cipitation, 0.5 inch.
RIVER BUREAU RECORD:
Stage of Willamette river, at 7
p, m., minus .2 inch, '