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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.