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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. ).
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Tamma city council today vot
I unanimously to authorize sign-
the. Tacoma-Bonneville
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contract was to be signed
todav fni .
, "iimvuiaie iorwara-
t,L Paul J-Raver' Bonne-
Koma city and chamber offi
i hailprt th .
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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
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. 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Are Withdrawn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
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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.
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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
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t 5 " ie, S:i$ 5
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