Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, December 21, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textleather: Cloudy Home Edition . TWO SECTIONS 16 PAGES ' Reo Bombs S LANE COUNTVS HOME NEWSPAPER. EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939 ON STREETS Sc;NEWS STANDS 5c NO. 174 Us Won't pair Fishing, ficials Hold Lnt Charges Scouted s Project Men et County People in Drove the construc- M tie seven dams in the Wil- river ana us auuite . will not impair euner commercial fishing, R. H. . Portland, secretary oi me irt commission, met with is official chamber of com c advisory committee Wed iaf night. , inwer to a recent charge katiiij Irom the office of the . iih commission aeoanr.g 'upper Willamette dams will ' thf uropagation of salmon, -ii stressed that all salmon are t Kins removed tor sucn pur- low any or tne tnree aams. statements minimizing the .tat of flood damage along the lunette waterway were also mthout foundation. Statement Made S Willamette valley project rattee, represented by Douglas :Kay, state senator from Salem, the Willamette mver Dasin aission, headed by O. D. Eby, tfs City, has released a state- fciman attempt to explain tnat rjlrtion of the project, for .i $62,000,000 has already been spriated, will not work to the irantage of fishing interests. Tie statement traces the 50 i of work of valley farmers to , v hwerecS omi Trains, Hospitals its WILLAMETTE STORY PAGE 1 flzs Drop mbrella for hmberlain BUS, Dec. 21 W DNB, al German news agency, said uerman fliers crossed the 'A front during his visit to lines last week and dropped rorclla to him with the note: German air force regrets Mr. Chamberlain was forced iround in such bad weather cat an umbrella, and dedi' to him this useful instru protection." prvoir Testing completed; iiitors Are Invited JAMES A. RODMAN, new president of the Eueenc Real ty board. $8,41 7 Is Spent To Oppose PUD Grange Committee's Expenses At $136 The sum of $8,417.73 was spent by seven different firms and or ganizations in the campaign against the formation of the Lane county people's utilities power district prior to the election Dec. 8, it is revealed by statements of cam paign expenses, filed in the office of the county clerk. The Lane county Pomona power committee, which promoted the plan to form the district, spent $136.25, its statement filed with the clerk says. C. A. Schooling and F. D. Pctzold, who were candidates- for election as directors of the district, filed i affidavits stating they spent noth ing in 11.? Campaign. The ImS of expenditures of the opponents of the measure, thus far filed, follows: Lane County-: Farm and Home Owners' Protec tive association, $678.25; Asociated Taxpayers of Cottage Grove, $355.37: Oregon Tax Fax, Inc., $2,107.42; Junction City Times, $146.86, contributed by J. H. Chambers, Fisher Lumber com pany, J. S. Magladry and the Wil lamette Valley Lumbermen's as sociation; Mountain States Power company, $4,781.93; Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association, $91.35; L. T. Harris and E. R. Bry son of the law firm of Harris and Bryson, $256.65. stinj of the water board's ' 15.000,000-gallon reservoir on 'ft hill h:is been completed, ! announced Thursday by McArthur, superintendent a structure built by the contracting comDanv of Ta- F 'as completed without liable leaks, the sunerinten- aid. Water is now being Pd from the two basins. a reservoir will be onen for ftepection of Eugeneans all 'nday. Liffhts are heinff r msitle to give visitors a idea Of thrt nlqM ...horn wter will be stored. toria Finns Dispatch To Homeland FORIA. Doc. 21 OP) G. A. Astoria Finnish relief director, said today $4,--J been cabled direct to Hel 'mland. money was contributed by jVtona area residents of whom 5'000 are Finnish. ,.. ASSISTANT .;ASHI.CTON. Dec. 21. OP) B. Hill of Gainesville. Tex., 'SWmted hy President Roose--v 10 be assistant secre : J 8ncu;;ure In place of Har Vi '"' who recmtly resign- a position with the EXTRA CASH As NEAR AS YOUR TELEPHONE 3 Subm3r', Wars! "'.fait For Nazi Craff German Freighter's Florida Refuge Being Watched By Enemy FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dee. 21. (UP.i Three submarines and at least four warships were re ported clustered today In the At lantic near Port Everglades, where a German freighter sought refuge escaping a British cruiser Tuesday. The three submarines were vis ible from shore. M. J. Kennedy, Amherst college swimming coach, and a group of other observers. sighted the underseas craft from the tower of the municipal bath ing casino. Nationality of the sub marines could not be determined Kennedy and the others esti mated the submarines were about three or four miles from shore. Some British Earlier, Ted Thompson report ed after a flight over the gulf stream that he saw two cruisers he thought were British and two destroyers about 10 miles off shore. One of the destroyers was be lieved to be the Philip, from the U. S. naval base at Key West and one of the cruisers was thought to be the Orion, which fired a shot across the bow of the Ger man freighter Arauca but was outrun by the Nazi merchantman. Thompson also reported seeing a submarine on the surface about 25 miles out. Customs . officials meanwhile had the 4353-ton German freight er, which raced into Port Ever glades Tuesday after the Orion fired a warning shot across her bow, moved into a slip where vessels that are laid up for long periods usually arc docked. Customs and U. S. treasury de partment officials appeared to be still investigating the incident, al though the Arauca formally was I granted entry nere as an unarmed merchantman. Prk -i - " - f Pay My Taxes? Aw Nuts! OGLETHORPE. Ga.. Dec. 21 (ffi) Farmer Alva B. Robinson never worries about paying taxes. Hp inst Dicks some nuts. His back-yard pecan tree, 50 years old and "still going strong" has paid his taxes for 25 years. One year, its yield was worth $146.- 4 Minor Car Scrapes Occur On Streets v.j u 'rungs of every buy- ha-,-, "h for' 5h the Want Ad? you thht vou'd Phone a Want KEGISTER-GUARD AJfT AD DEPT." to"1.! ..d Headqu.rter. "iiumette Ph. 1200 Finland Is Seeking $50,000,000 Loan From United States WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. MV- Finland was reported reliably to day to be seeking a sau.uuu.uuu Ia.t, from the United States gov ernment to buy war materials for use against invading nussian armies. . , Representatives of the rinnisn government were said to nave tounded out congressional leaders on the proposal after they were un-iuccessftil in obtaining Wall Stoeet financing for such a sum. Four minor accident were re ported by Eugene police officers Thursday. A. E. Anderson, Kan kakee, Illinois, and Ethel G. Rose land, Roseburg. were involved in a crash at Twelfth and High. At Tenth and Lincoln, cars driven by Mclvin E. Lord, 645 Olive, and W. D. Thomas, Salem, collided. J. Q. Berger, 39 Ash street, driving a gasoline truck, crashed into a car driven by Mil dred E. Sederlin, Rt. 1, Eugene. At Sixth and Washington, cars driven by Dr. Amos B. Soward, 1456 Willamette, and Roy E. Spaugh, Corvallis, collided. Dr. Soward was given a ticket for driving without lights. None of the collisions were ser ious. No injuries were reported and damages to the cars were re stricted to bumped fenders, smash ed In radiators, and damaged run ning boards. Winter Sports Theme Set For Luncheon Winter sports will be the theme I nf the Eueene chamber of com- ; merce luncheon Friday at the Osburn hotel. Members of the outdoor associations have been in vited to attend the meeting and a number of speakers are sche- jduled to talk on the opportunities !for winter recreation in Lane i county. J W. McArthur, utility su perintendent, will also talk brief ly on the completion of the water .' board's new 5250.000 reservoir on rii. nil. cnamoer mciiw iwiU be invited to Inspect , .. ator lhe meeting. SUULtUIC a... .. i Mrs. Merle Stuart, census m-, rector for this area, will also, 'speak briefly on the plans for, i census-taking. Fate Of Columbus Crew Being Studied NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Behind closed doors in a building on Ellis island six inspectors today began questioning survivors of the scuttled German liner Columbus to determine their status under the immigration laws. The examination of the seamen was expected to require at least two days. Byron H. Uhl, New York district director of Immigra tion, said the task was rendered more difficult because the usual crew list was not available, it pre sumably having gone down with the Columbus. Agents of the federal bureau of investigation were sitting in on the inquiry to determine whether any of the survivors were members of the German naval or military in telligence service. SHOTS ACROSS TIIK BOW from British guns stopped the flight of tho Nazi luxury liner, Columbus, off tho eastern const of Virginia. That wns the signal for the captain to send his crew through the proud ship to open the pet cocks and light fires to destroy the ship. Survivors were tiiken to New York on the U. S. S. Tuscaloosa. Western World Plans Prolesf Americas Bothered By European Conflict WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 lr The American republics prepared a strong statement to Europe's belligerents today, to tell them in effect that further violations of the neutrality belt will bring a stronger reaction than wordy dip lomatic protests. The statement, which may be issued tomorrow, is to be a gen eral declaration of the 21 nations, including the United States, which laid down the zone at the Pan American conference in Panama last summer. Among the events occurring within the zone antr thus disturb-1 ing neutral nations which want to keep the war off their doorsteps arc: The German-British naval bat tic off Uruguay, the pursuit of the German freighter Arauca by a British warship into Port Ever glades, the scuttling of the Ger man liner Columbus within gun shot of a British destroyer, and the halting of the American liner Santa Rosa by the French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc. In London, it was said the Brit ish navy felt free to fight any where on the high seas but be lieved at the same time that if aims of the zone could be made to work It would be to the advant age of the allies. The American republics intend to consult after Christmas on how to determine and enforce a com mon policy in handling belligerent warships which come into their harbors. This point was emphasized in the case of the Graf Spee, scuttled on the order of Adolf Hitler after Uruguay ordered the German ship to leave Montevideo or be in terned. Brazil has proposed that war ships fleeing to Pan American ports be automatically interned. Laddie Gale Applies For 'Mail Order1 Permission To Marry VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 21. (ji A "mail-order" marriage li cense application was received here yesterday from Lauren H. (Laddie) Gale, 23, and Hallie M. Dudrey, 23, both of Eugene. A note accompanying the application said the couple would pick up the li cense here Saturday. Gale was the high scoring for ward on last season's University of Oregon basketball team. Miss Du drey is a school teacher at Thurs ton, Ore. the Eugenean Arrested On Federal Charge M Oliver of Eugene was ar rested here Thursday by Sheriff C. A. Swarts on a charge of using the mails to defraud and he was turned over to Deputy U. S Mar shals L. A. Meiklc and George Vranigan of Portland. He will appear in the United States court either in Portland or Spokane. Local officers said they knew nothing of the nature of the al leged offense. Dean Morse Hearing Of Longview Trouble LONGVIEW, Wash., Dec. 21 tPi Arguments from both sides on claims of the Longview Long shoremen's union local that the watrfront employers of Portland should pay one-half the wages of the union hiring hall dispauher, for the four-year period preceding November, 1938, lay before Coast Arbitrator Wayne L. Morse today. The sum of approximately S3, 500 is involved. In rulings dining the day, Dean Webb Miller Remains Midst Fierce Fighting on Cold Finnish Karelian Front By WEBB MILLER WITH THE FINNISH ARMY ON THE MANNERHEIM LINE, Dec, 21. (UP) Russian troops attacked heavily on the Mannerheim line of Finland for the 15th day today, in bright sunshine, on glittering snow and at a sub-zero temper ature. The Finns have held their lines firmly at all points and during last night and the early hours of this morning, smashed eight more Russian tanks. Their total for two clays was 20, according to official tally. For the third day the sun dawned bright, unusual in this sub-Arctic climate, and portending intense air activity. Shortly after daybreak the Russians commenced bombing and reconnaissance flights. Tho Finns are acclimated to the bitter cold and are warm ly clad and housed. Russian prisoners, most of them from cen tral and southern Russia, say they are unaccustomed to such 'rather. The Finns hope for more of it. As we started for the front this morning the bitter, pierc ing, dry cold brought tears to the eyes and made the fingers and feet sting. As the battle of the Manner heim defense line draws Into Its third week, the Finns believe that the Russians attach the greatest importance to this front and re gard the battle as a crucial one. Finns siiy that the Russians throw their men and machines Into tho fight in hope of tiring out Fin land's smaller army and then reap ing the effect of tho almost Inex haustible Russian reservoir. I spent the entire day yester day just back of the thick of the fighting, the 16-milc stretch be tween Lakes Muola and Kauk. I saw yesterday afternoon the most spectacular aerial dog fight I have seen in any war. It went on for half an hour just above our hends. Six Finnish planes engaged II Soviet planes, most of them bomb ers. Wild It was a wild melee of planes diving, zooming, side-slipping and sputtering machine-guns. In zero-weather, exhaust from planes leaves white, comet-like streamers of smoke lying behind them, sometimes as far as 10 or 15 miles. These streamers crossed and criss-crossed against the sky. Often we though one had been shot down us it plunged toward the earth ahead of a streamer of! smoke. Anti-aircraft gunners did not dare fire Into the whirring mass, fearful of hitting their own planes. Gradually, the planes paired off for duels. Now and then a plane would quit the fight, either having been damaged or out of fuel, and streak for home. This continued until they were all gone. The battle convinced me that the Finns have some extraordin arily fast pursuit planes and skill- Internment Draws Protest Argentina Receives Message From Berlin BERLIN, Dec. 21. Wl Ger many protested today to the Ar Renline government against In ternment nf officers and crew of the scuttled pocket battleship Ad miral Graf Spee. A communique by DNB, official German news agency, said Ger many called Argentina's attention to the fact shipwrecked crews of belligerent states customarily arc released after reaching neutral ports. THEY STUDIED HARD BUENOS AIRES. Argentina Dec. 21. At Foreign office at taches said today that Argentina "naturally would receive and carefully study any protest of the German government over Intern ment of officers and men of the scuttled pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spec. They indicated, however, an ex haustive research of international law practices had been made be fore the internment decree was signed. Britain Would Buy U. S. Lumber If U. Ships Available WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 'Pi Great Britain, official quarters disclosed today, has offered to buy between $15,000,000 and 30,000, 000 worth of lumber in the United States if she can at the same time purchase American ships in which to transport it. McKenzie Highway Remains Open As Foot Of Snow Falls Nazi Captain's Secrets Kept Contents Of Letter Not To Be Divulged Bv HAROLD K. MILKS BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 21. W The secrets of Capt. Hans Langs dorff's thoughts in the hours of darkness before he died by his own hand will go with him to the grave today. The commander, who obeyed orders of Adolf Hitler Ip destroy ing the German raider Admiral Graf Spee Sunday rather- than r' new a battle with British cruisers outride Montevideo, wrote a fare well letter to the German embassy Just before committing suicide Tuesday night. An Argentine TinVHl commliwinn Investigating his death recom mended the letter lie Impounded and withheld from the public. It said Its report would show LangS' dorff shot himself In his room at the naval arsenal hero as reported by the embassy. The slight body of Uie 45-year. old commander lay In slate at the arsenal today in a cubicle no larger than his cabin aboard the Admiral Graf Spee, which the British chased Into Montevideo after a 14-hour battle Dee. 13. A burial plot was selected on the "German" cemetery, separated from British graves by fence erected during the World war. Three hundred of the Admiral Graf Spec's crew were assigned to participate in funeral services this evening. Olto Langmnnn, the German minister to Uruguay, who had con ducted fruitless negotiations for extending the warship's rcluge in Montevideo, was coming here with other diplomatic officials to pay tribute to the man to whom honor meant more than life. The German admiralty issued statement in Berlin, saying Lungs- dorff "did not wish to live past the sinking of his ship," und "ufler bringing his crew to sufcty, he viewed his work as finished and followed hii ship. It said (lie admiralty "under stands and honors this step." Finns Holding Grounds On 3 Land Fronts SEE WK111I Mil, I. Kit 8TOR Y PA OK Z BEND. Dec. 21. The high McKenzie river pass, short route between Eugene and central Ore gon, remained open today with about a foot of snow along the Morse placed the burden of proof lava bed divide. on the union, the plaintiff, and re- The road is normally under deep fused to order the union's books I snow by mid-December. and meeting minutes introduced in The highway department said evidence, as requested by employ- the pass would close as soon as ers. Continuation of the hearing I push plows were unable to break was tentatively scheduled for to- j through No rotarics will be moved day. to the summit. Charles W. Ellis, Ontario Judge, Dead ONTARIO, Dec. 21. (Cir cuit Judge Onirics W. Ellis, 59, died last night. The ninth circuit Jurist was stricken while dining at a restau rant with Mrs. Ellis. He died a short time later at Holy Rosary hospital. Judge Ellis, a native of Illinois, was appointed to Uie bench In De cember, 1034, by the late Gover nor Julius Meier. He was elected for a six-year term In 1938. Pl.P.A SF.NT PORTLAND, Ore , Dec. 21. 01 P) President Roosevelt today had a telegram from the Portland union industrial council, CIO, urging his personal intervention Into San Francisco's waterfront strike impasse. Canada Will Send 6,000 Warriors OTTAWA, Dec. 21 IiVi Canada Intends to send overseas a com plete air squadron and between 6,000 and 7,000 Uoops of tho tech nical services to support the first division In the field. Defense Minister Norman Rogers announced lust night that artil lery, engineers, signalers, ordnance and hospital units, along with cer tain buse troops, would join the first division In France. The land ing of the division in Great Britain for a period of training was an nounced Monday. The 110th army cooperation squadron of Toronto, senior unit of the auxiliary air force, will be sent over as a royal Canadian air force squadron. The minister, in outlining the Increased strength of Canada's de fense forces since the outbreak of war, said OS, 000 men had been enlisted in the Canadian active service force. Nazi Sub Takes Huge Toll Of Shipping BERLIN. Dec. 21. UP) DNB, the official news agency, announc ed tonight a German submarine commanded by Lieut. -Commander Herbert Schultze, which has Just returned from its third trip into enemy waters, has sunk a total of 80,380 tons of enemy ships. Clear Skies Favor Operation Of Airplanes On Stalin's Birthday HELSINKI, Finland, Dec. 21. (UP) Soviet airplanes roaring in three waves along the south coast of Finland to day, machine gunned two trains, Finnish officials said, and bombed principal Fin nish cities, including the Hel sinki hospital district. As the Red air force oper ated a bright blue sky, the Finnish armies reported that they had marked the birthday of Russia's Josef V. Stalin by repulsing powerful new Red army attacks on the Karelian isthmus, pressing a counter offensive on the eastern front and regaining some lost ground on the far northern front. More than 30 bombs fell within the city limits of Helsinki, an of ficial announcement said. Some of them damnged an emergency Red Cross station, a nurses' dormi tory, a hospital building contain ing a children's playroom and op. crating room and several other structures in the hospital zone, most of which previously had been evacuated. Officials larked Information re garding reports that one or two Soviet planes had been shot down, but said only two persons were wounded In the capital. Three persons were reported killed else where. Village Illl Five bombs fell In one small village near the capital, six more In another. During the last of four alarms a plane was heard over Uie capital railroad station. All trains stop ped but no bombs were dropped. One bomb falling In Helsinki pierced thrco floors of a five story dwelling but failed to ex plode. The bomb appeared to be of the torpedo type, built to pierce building before exploding. About 15 houses were set afire at Aabo, (Turku) and two at Tammcrfors, both on the south coast, Tammerfnrs Is a factory town, known as the "Finnish Man chester." Most of the bombs fell on the workers district there. Nine houses were demolished at Aabo by the blasts and 10 bombs were dropped at Hunko (Mango) but caused little damage. It wns fear ed casualties would be high at Aabo and Tammcrfors. Nome On Hills Twelve bombs were dropped on the hills or in the river around Provo and 12 at Lappvik, near Hunko, Among tho cities raided during the day were: Aabo (Turku) where 15 build ings were reported burning and where one Russian bomber was reported shot down. Vllpuri (Viborg), where there were three separate raids. Tammcrfors, where there were several fires and one known dead. Three or four different raids were made on each city as the Russian planes roared over the sou (hern coast. The sky was clear and bright, with unlimited visibility and the fire of Finnish anti-aircraft bat teries was such that the damage and casualties appeared to be comparatively light. At the same time, messages from the front reported that probably the greatest attack of the war on the Karelian isthmus coinciding with Stalin's birthday celebration SEE FINV STOKY PAGE 2 Weather News The ruin let up Thursday morn ing, but clouds indicated there might be more. Comparatively cool temperutures continued. The fore cast follows: OREGON: Fair tonight and Fri day, but fogs and Increasing cloud iness west portion Friday; little change In temperature; light nor therly wind off coast. AIRPORT BUREAU RECORD: Minimum temperature, Thursday, 36 9 degrees; maximum tempera ture, Wednesday, 52.2 degrees; precipitation to 4:30 a. m. Thurs day, .17 of an Inch; wind, at noon, Thursday, south. KIVKR BUREAU RECORD: Stage of Willamette river in Eu gene at 7 a. m. Thursday, 1.8 feet. PrMar "'TK 9:00 a. m. I0:IA p. m. Low 1.49 a. m. t:01 p. m.