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Veather: Fair Home Edition LANE COUNTrs HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1940. ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STASDS So MO. 12. Lost1 Sonm USSDQO Fliers b Swedish Town r n-l:i:l M $ KOimwi chine Joins iiiinDeafh Liana Reform Widate Wins Loff Primary Election U ORLEANS, Feb. 21.-0J.R) Kiisiana today shattered the Kits! kingdom established by P'-1- . r, T itrhan re late Huey r. -- -,m vpsterday's democratic r.n,imarv showed that rural L Save Sam Houston Jones, Last newcomer, the guberna Ci nomination. fc defeated the assassinated fcv's brother, Gov. Earl K. Long, Kinglish. Democratic iwuu- ton in Louisiana is cvi""--h o( election. fc tight little dictatorship that Erf Louisiana for 12 years fol- -l Huevs election as guvei in 1928 on a promise to Mf-our-wealth" was a house did in the run-oit primary ttrday a house shaken by rials which have rocked the e since the resignation last te of Gov. Richard W. Leche. taofficial returns from 1.519 703 precincts gave Jones Z61, Long, 240,897. Mural voters who gave Huey triumph over the cities turn- asainst the brother who once tused the Kingfish of bribery (ore a senatorial investigating bnittee, but pleaded in the p of Huey's magic name for the fcernational nomination. h'oe Aids Jones femes A. Noe, famous governor state senator, was the bal-. he of power for Jones. Noe, e-iime pal of the Louisiana LiSfish, broke with the heirs to Long machine after complet his three-months term as gov- for following the death of Gov. IK. Allen in 1930, m wealthy Monroe oil man ran trd in the first primary, in which a of the five candidates re- sed a majority, and then de- sa his organization to Jones the run-off. He stumped the it in a whirlwind campaign, roancmg the scandal-ridden ichine and organizing a "Jaek a brigade" to watch the polls on stion day. per Exdianae Pari pkoma Approval "ACOMA, Wash., Feb. 21. ). .5ihMi;cf: ... . L -liuli ul ail parlies, Tamma city council today vot I unanimously to authorize sign- the. Tacoma-Bonneville r,- ,. - "icunange agreement. contract was to be signed todav fni . , "iimvuiaie iorwara- t,L Paul J-Raver' Bonne- Koma city and chamber offi i hailprt th . .- agi t-emcni as oi ,or irnnnrin m fctrt.i i " lacoma ln ptnal development and the K industrial leaders pre- IThe R industries. it. j re administration understood, plans to start Trk on tending fcirrw m'sslnn llnes t0 I"'6 mi'CS cast of K"- P Iam 1. ,' beattle- f-t in it, "'":"""neviue agree- its major sense is purely L "nen one nr - .. Weit,hrous!lme7ail- rl W 11 Syf,em- UP t 50. I kilowatt hours mav th, SiTV? be;ore ther party KS i" . t ,hat amomt of S""' Toma or tiM ' c"ge for the iiE,u,,tasniiib pet to Tim e Machi ne ir- , " 0 mnths. 3o riJ.10 v:ceks- weeks J aid days into 1.12L :'.I:'ine. with S.'" 01 tSht. with 5 .Je aaVVhi5r'ers ov Hr and 'trough the a. M V. 2 th? Pted h ' humbI? want iM n"e. T'"se Machine rran !REic voice of a Cnd muitiPli it j. ' Ad Deportment Paul Dutsch matin Photograuh. Wiltshire EneravSns . FRITZ NEUMANN, CZECHOSLOVAKIA VIOLINIST, helps junior symphonists to put finishing touches on their playing of Dvorak's "New World Symphony," to be present ed Sunday, February 25, at the University of Oregon music school auditorium. Mill Pickets Are Withdrawn State Commissioner Aids In Ending Strike AFL lumber and savmill union pickets on the strike-bound G. E. Forcia mill at Walton were with drawn Wednesday morning after C H.-Gram,. state labor commis sioner, Intervened and persuaded both sides to agree to settlement by a federal conciliator. The 53 employes of the mil! have been on strike since Feb. 6 when the operator refused to dis cuss the demotion of a worker. The union claimed violation of contract and went on strike. One of the three men named by Gram, and accepted bv the union and Uie employer, will conduct a hearing on the casa within the next 30 days. The labor commis sioner named Dean Wayne L. Morse, Eugene; Ernie Marsh, Ev erett, Wash.; and W. E. Kimsey, Salem. C. P. Richards, secretary of the Willamette valley district council of lumber and sawmill workers, said that men had already return ed to work on repairing the mill. The full crew should be back at work within a few days. The conciliation proceedings will take up the merits of the original dispute in which a work er was demoted by Mr. Forcia. The union held that the demotion should have been discussed at a meeting of a six-man committee, three appointed by the union and three by the employer. When the operator considered the matter closed the men went on strike. There had been no contact between the union and the employer since the strike. Labor Commissioner Gram con ferred separately with both parties Tuesday evening, finally ending the deadlock with the conciliation proposal. Catholics Plan New Structure School Unit To Rise During Early Summer Construction of the first unit for a new structure housing St. Mary's Catholic parochial school will be gin as soon as the present term is out, the contract to be let around the first of May. The new unit, extending 90 by 35 feet, will be on the vacant lot at Eleventh and Lincoln, Just south of the present school. The unit will have three large -class rooms, measuring 24 by 30 feet each. The building will be an one-story one with a cafeteria and work shop in the basement. The plans eventually are to tear down the present school building and the gymnasium, which is on West Eleventh, and replace with additional units, but the present program is to build the first per manent unit this summer, the others to come gradually in later years. The project to build the new unit probably will be under way around the first of June, reports Rev. Francis P. Leipzig, pastor of the church. The school has had a very rapid growth the past few years, and plans to enlarge fa cilities have been discussed for some time, Portland Eyes Measure To Get Dam Industries PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21 ()! City officials considered the loss of a second major industry to Vancouver, Wash., today and decided to try to make Portland more attractive to factories. Mayor Joseph K. Carson asked the city council to re-submit to voters a 1-mill special tax to pur chase factory sites. The Sierra Iron company and the Aluminum Corporation of America selected Vancouver sites for factories operated with Bonne ville power. Portland voters rejected the 1 mill proposal in 1038 but Carson believes, in view of the possible influx of Industries into territory near Bonneville, that they might approve it now. It would raise about $300,000 annually. The port of Vancouver owns many acres adjacent to the city which are tax free and can be leased , at nominal sums to in dustries. The leasing firm would be exempt from taxation on the site but would pay taxes on we plant, Carson said. The Portland commission of public docks, Carson said, owns a limited amount ot properly avail able for Industrial sites but city owned property cannot be leased under present restrictions for more than five years. "The people should be remind ed," Carton continued, "that pow er from Bonneville will be de livered at Pugel Sound at the same rate It is delivered in this area. They should further be in formed that in most respects the financial condition of this state and of this city is such as to at tract industry insofar as most phases of the matter are con cerned but they likewise should be informed fully that their city council has no means at present of meeting the competition that is offered by other localities." Carson declared Washington's 40-milI tax limitation is not the most important factor because tax ation on Industrial sites ousidc the city limits of Portland Is only 39 mills and Oregon has fewer ad ditional taxes lha Washington. Red Divisions Thrown Back On Isthmus Front Horrible Screams of Dying Circus Animals Caught In Fire Heard Above Flames ROCHESTER, Ind., Feb. 21 (UP) Pressed against the still red hot bars of their cages, circus men found today the tortured bodies of six lions, two tigers, two black leopards, two zebras, 100 monkeys, 15 antelopes, two llamas, and a sacred cow. They had died horrible deaths in the fire -which swept the winter quarters of Cole brothers and Robbins circus last night. Thnee hundred horses, 12 cam els. It elephants, and 20 mules. monkeys, and ponies, liberated by their keepers, stampeded through this town, and scattered over the north Indiana countryside. Early today towns and farmers assisted circus men in rounding up the grazing animals, which because of their peacable natures had been permitted to escape the inferno that engulfed the meat eating and savage animals. They found camels grazing along the paved highways, amid bill boards, silos, and farm houses. Here and there, they discovered an elephant, his placity restored trudging distastefully along through the snow. Horror Heard The circus employes were badly shaken by the horrible deaths of the big, ferocious jungle beasts. Their screams and howls filled the night, ringing shrill and tor tured above the roar of the flames and the shrieking of fire truck sirens. Also roasted alive were two moufions and two aoudads, the wild sheep of Aardinia and North Africa respectively. Employes heard the great black leopards throwing their magnifi cent,, rippling bodies against the steel bars of their cages. They heard the fierce snarlings of tvo lionesses slowly turn to tortured whimperings as the flames engulf ed them. The lionesses had cubs and the two babies died with them. The roarings of two mate lions came through the flames almost to the last. Hippo Boiled A pigmy hippopotamus died the worst death of all. He was slowly boiled to death in his tank. The screams and shrieks could be heard for halt a mile. The grazing animals were led individually from the burning building and liberated. Mad with fright they raced a half mile over fields and V. S. highway 31 into this community of 3,500, running down the main street more or less in a pack. The camels had their necks stretched out, the elephants with their trunk curled over their heads, occasionally trumpet ing. , Smacks Elephant Most townsmen heard the thun der of the galloping herd from a distance and were out of the way by Uie time it arrived, and there was no sign of panic among them. Carl Quick turned a coi ner in his automobile and ran into an ele phant. The elephant ran on but Quick's car was badly damaged. A pony ran in front of another motorist and was Hied. Simultaneous Attack On Mannerheim Line Continued By Invaders By THOMAS F, HAWKINS HELSINKI, Feb. 21. Si multaneous Russian attacks on both ends of the Mannerheim line, throwing two red army divisions against one sector alone, were re pulsed in fighting that lasted tar into the night, Finland reported to day. The Red army smashed at the western end of the Isthmus de fense line and at Tahsate, the east ern sector where the two divisions launched their attack. The twin offensives meant the Russians were trying to break through across nearly the entire north of the isthmus and that the battle still was most critical tor Finland. Finnish hopes were raised by the onset of a swirling Wizard which was expected to baik the Russian drive and further strengthen the defense. Capture Dented Official Russian claims that the coastal fortress ot Koivisto, west ern anchor of the Mannerheim line, had been captured, were de niel by the semi-official Finnish news agency. The Finnish command's commu nique reported 17 Russian planes shot down in yesterday's wide spread aerial fighting. Soviet land attacks, centered m the Mannerheim line, continued as Russian warplanes returning for the second successive day caus ed two air raid alarms in Helsinki No bombings were reported. An attack by two Russian divis Sonsa'strotjgij; supported by ar-, tiliery and aircraft," was said to have been repelled at Taipaie on the eastern sector oS the isthmus front , -. "as continued hammer ing at u"- front's aestcrn end. Still Near VMpuri "Very many enemy tanks were destroyed," the Finns said, in the western sector near the Gulf of Finland, scene of some of the war's heaviest fighting which has brought the Russians within a few miles of Viipuri. Enemy losses were described as heavy at Taipaie where Finns said "the fighting raged fiercely until late at night. Northeast ot Lake Ladoga, SO SEE FISN STORY PAGE Caveman Chief Visits, Is Tamed By Strains Of Eugene Gieemen A la some ot Use Alley Oop characters, the Grants Pass Cave men are succumbing to Use music of the sifrns they are quieted, at last, by the soft melodies of the "Sopranos" Gieemen to all loyal Eugeneans), None other than W, W, "Jerry' Lightner, F,x Chief Big Horn of the meat-eating tribe, was here to hear the F.ugene Gieemen con cert Tuesday night. All is well, reports "Jerry," and peace reigns recalling the efforts of the "ferocious beasts last sum mer when the Gieemen went south to smg at the San Francisco world's fair as official represents fives from Oregon, Mr. and Mrs. Lightner made the trip north Tuesday especially to hear the Gieemen sing and report the con cert was weil worth the long ride. Pioneer Mail Carrier Dies At Thurston BRITONS COLD LONDON, Feb. 21 Prime Minister Chamberlain admitted today that a nerious coa! shortage was causing widopread suffering in the British Isles but said the government was taking immedi ate measures to prevent a recurrence. THURSTON, Feb. 21 (Special) Cornelius A. McMahan, pioneer resident of Oregon ana pioneer mail carrier up the McKemie river, died at his home Tuesday evening, at the age of 82. He was born in Bushneii, III, Nov. 28, IBS?, and came to Ore gon at the age of 13, making his home near Springfield, He began carrying mail on the McKenae route while young man. In 1900 he married Margaret Eiien Ben nington in Kugene, and the couple moved to- Burns where they lived for 30 years. They returned to Lane county 10 years ago, lived at Pleasant Hill and Thurston, and moved to their present home in Thurs ton, Mr, MeMahan is aurvived I by his wldfjw, Mrs. Margaret Me Mahan. ! Funeral services will be held Ifrom the fhii Bartholomew chapel In Springfield Thursday at 2 o'clork. Interment will be in the Mt, Vernon cemetery. 4 ft lev 'A " ''VV iMSs i DESCENDED B DIRECT LINE of seven generations from the first president's brother, Selden Washington bears marked resemblance in profile to George Washington, Selden lives in Alexandria, Va,, near Mt, Vernon, and has never had political aspirations, Tho Washington bust was made In 1785 by Jeanne Hondon, Soviet Seeks Quick Victory Strength Of Line Admitted In Moscow MOSCOW, Feb. 21 The Soviet press today displayed an official news agency dispatch de claring that the red army had "now decided to break the Man nerheim line" in a drive that "presages the end of the Finnish war," The dispatch, carried by the Tass agency, was dated Ksvno and quoted objective military experts as saying that the Mannerheim line was as strong a the German Siegfried line or the French Magi not line and that its destruction was "a most difficult task Irons the military standpoint, Information available here in dicated that the red army expect ed a quick showdown at Viipuri, which for centuries has been a military gateway to the east, as a result of the Russian mopping up operations against the Gulf of Finland end of the main Finnish defenses (the Mannerheim line). Wildcat Is Stoned From Perch Buildings Flame After Attack Of Red Ships Civilians Escape Casualties, Nation To Issue Protest Little Observance Planned To Honor Birth Of Washington Little special observance of Washington's birthday was plan ned, in Eugene Wednesday on Use 208ih anniversary of Use birth of the first president. Schools scheduled Washington day programs, but no holiday was declared. Banks, federal, slate, county and ciiy departments were set to close. The state iiquer store and federal postoJHce will also be closed. Harry Wilson and Btek Hons. Eugene ssi enthusiasts, may no be able to "lick their weight fa wildcats, but they can sans pretty close to it. While skiing In ihe While Branch area on the McKenrie Ihey found a wildcat in a tree. They gathered a supply of rocks, and a lucky hurl by Wilson caught the animal squarely between the eyes, killing it. To prove their story they now exhibit the bounty check Issued by the county, and they can also produce the hide. The animal weighed at least 30 pounds, they estimated. New Civic Building Talked In Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 21. (Spe cial) Citizens of Springfield dis cussed the possibility of s new civic building for their city Wed nesday as rumors of its proposal were circulated. President of Ibe chamber of? commerce, Phil Bartholomew, slat ed that the proposal will definite ly be brought up at the nest meet ing of the group Monday nigisl, Every member interested in civic development Is urged to attend Use chamber's meeting, Mr, Bartholo mew stated. Points in favor of the new civic building or "city hail" appeared numerous, and among them were the inadequacy o the present jail quarters, Sack of room in the city hail, and the "growing up" pro cess Springfield is now andergo-ing. New Perfection Evident In Program of Gieemen STOCKHOLM, Feb. 2i (AP) Seven Russian fc ris ing planes today showers i between 30 and 40 bomr or. the Swedish frontier :" ot Pajala, setting many build ings atire but causing no cas ualties, dispatches froni tlie border region reported; Four buildmgs m Fajsls, a vil lage of 3,000 inhabitants five r 5 from the Finnish Irontser, were destroyed snd others set aiite i" the raiders, who descended t 3,- 1 feet before untawtmg thesr bomb cargo. AHhoagh the bombing was gen erally regarded in Stockholm i accidental it added new complica tions to Sweden's ditfissiitses ow the matter o aid to Ftabasd. Protest Sees ' It was expected to bring a dsars protest to Moscow m& farther stimulate the Swedish "attewsr campaign tor direct military help So the embattled Finns. The Stockholm newspaper Aft- onbladet said half the town wss burning, " The ternhea inhabitants Bsa brief warning ot the approaching plssses from the village of Kesstss, which Is closer to the frontier. Thus roost residents were able to find refuge. Many fled to the fields. Olhers crouched In thet? homes,. Several bombs fell wltt.n 1C3 feet of the Pajala church where some villagers were huddled. When the attack ended U-e Sov iet planes toltosfed Ihe frortle? about 30 miles before disappear, over Finland. Pajala is on the Tomes ".'ver about 100 miles north of Bapar soda. The town was reported rfiH, burning in the afternoon. Ths Swedish government was ssM to have ordered an immediate taves ligation, . Donna Voles Inclusion In Springfield Union SPRINGFIELD, Feb. St Spe- eial) Springfield's new aniort high school district, Ho, u-15, toes another community into its fold Tuesday, with an election la whieh Donna voted to become s memos? of the group. The district lost a possibility at the same election to Upper Camp Creek, which voted 8 ta 4 agaissst becoming a part of U-15. Donna's vote was 34 in favor to 14 against. Springfield cast a unanimous fa vorable ballot of 87, Plans for the new district and its building will be speeded and made more definite now that U election is over according to school officials. A meeting of U-15' board of directors is ssehedsrted for Monday night at 7:30 o'clock fa the high school. At this Itoe C, L, Hulfsfeer, education professor at Uj University of Oregon, wM meet with and assiri the gssup in its plans. One more election Is to be held sometime next month, close to March 15, in which Thurston is to vole on whether to enter lh district. Following this election, plans can be solidified. Those Included in school as-t-lct No. U-J3 are SprfagHeW, Maple, Hayden Bridge, Walter viiie, Leaburg, and the newcom er, Donna, By MARIAN LGWSY Aitaining new achievements in perfection of performance, the Eu gene Gieemen, Tuesday evening, presented about the finest program: of ibeir 28 semi-annual home eon-; certs. The chorus sang several new songs for local listeners, but the beautiful musicianship with which the singers did it assures longer list from which request numbers will be asked in the seasons to come. The turn-out should have been as Inspiring to Use singers as were their songs to the listeners. The concert vas the first formal ap pearance of the Gieemen this sea son, and the reception accorded them should put them in tone to wow" Portland this coming Satur day evening in their annual con cert there. On of the interesting features ot Gieemen concerts especially pop. ulr is the practice ot having the soloists siep out from the ranks of the singers to do tht.ii pari. In addition to four featured solo ists, Tuesday evening, nine others "starred" in incidental bits as well as eight tinging in a doable sjssar-tet. One of ihe highlights of the solo work was the sweet tenor voice ot Joe Clark Keever in the Irish love song, Mavourneen, The audience, too, loudly expressed Its appre ciation for the work of Fred Reardsiey, tenor, and Soiiin Cal kin, baritone, in the special ar rangement by Ihe conductor, Mr. Evans, of Liszt g Liebestraum, Topping off Ihe program, both in appeal to the audience, and fa the performances of soloists was the concluding song. Let Me Be Bom . gain, feaiuring Lester Heady, baritone. His stirring rendition of that number kept the audience ap plauding until he sang Or Man River, which seems ta have be come a traditional song for Glee- SKE CLUBMEN STOB3T PAGS Weather News The thermometer dropped to below freezing Wednesday, Has minimum temperature being 31.4 degrees. The forecast foliowaJ ' KEtSGS: Cloudy tonight and Thursday with rain probable south portion Thursday afternoon; slightly warmer south portion to night; gentle easterly wind off the coast. AtSPGBT BUREAU RKCORBS Minimum temperatuta Wednesday, 31.4 degrees; maximum tempera ture Tuesday, 48.8 degrees; wind at 1 p. m. Wednesday, west. -. RIVER Bl'REAU RECORD: Stage of the Willamette river ta Eugene at 7 a. m, Wednesday, S,3 feet, ' , SinslasF Tides Bisli M SI m. as, t 5 " ie, S:i$ 5 M'jfc " it. m. l z. b, m, lj a, m, S
