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Newspaper Page TextHome Edition tfeathe LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. , , TODAY'S NEWS TODAY fcft EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1940. ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 5c No. 44 ifakroeg-s. Blast Feared "Ready t IRoa? Home Rule Sought Weville LrBoardHolds Up C Action On Its tfract With Raver .mwhether Eugene's complete home rule in ..la snd H POwer Per? lld be stated specifically mm words remains to be j before the Eugene water I nil fign the proposed , jad and emergency" con nlh the Bonneville admin- , nieming board of Eu , M-yrar-old municipal r decided Monday night to 6, terms of the proposed with Bonneville before wlt of Eugene for com ud criticism, prior, to tak cj final steps. pat is now constructing, out & reserves, an additional Dt steam plant which will 3 tar generating capacity it the end of two years when at plant is in service will ntd any Bonneville power "emergency interchange," taj to Superintendent J. W. ar. rrorisions Told rthit reason and because b'i production costs are ratilly lower than Bonne i best base toad rates, Su iter a two year period of ations has declined to con aythinj beyond the short contract tor "peak load and pacj" which is now outlined i Mowing main provisions: Peak Load Beginning on a k) day in 1940, Eugene will b 1 year (with option for Mlional 1 year extension) hr prime power under Bon 'i F-l schedule 75 cents nth per kw of billing de I li minimum charge) plus A net per kw delivered. a engineers figure that J nest 10 years the new i plant and the hydros will ipuwimately $100,000 com I with prolonged operation 'its schedule). tap Power Exchange Sur pmer on either side to be c(ed on demand up to maxi etdit on either side of 5,- Mi with cash settlements i nude under Bonneville's "iedule at srraight 2.5 mills JI BONNEVILLE STORY PAGE 2 6aseball Title $ WiHBe Here tae-pme playoff for the State league baseball JwMp between the Eugene d the Albany Alcos t Saturday night on Eu imc stadium field. cham- Wit a meeting 0f club night it was decided "rapt to finance the trip w. chJmpionshiP tour !ta, Kansas. Tdhalt ' th" State 'dueinatiefor first Alcoa WOn to (irst we ,he i h? w!b0ut the 'irst and Wtawillto and let r "fee game scries de pionthip !ith. 'Urday niS"t in ;WecSgame' "neces T,'.tl'S!amcwn' tart eojheiNews f!m$ tonit and' WJ0" gM: t ivSi cn"t T'" Agrees; "mene river i p.. 15 "DES ,1b1"- IS t Ir. 11 ft ... . m " ' H.I Row river. Dorena Dam Specifications Completed, Bids r Soon aV By LARRY C V i With the Fern Ridge dam .,, completed and the Cottage Grove dam in its r ., of construction, the U. S. army engineers are r with plans and specifica tions for the Dorena da a . .es east of Cottage Grove on Field work on the dam, under the direction of Lieut. E. G. Herb, head of the local army engineers, has been completed, the report submitted to Washington, and ap proved by the chief of army engi neers, opening the way for the outlining of specifications prior to issuing the call for bids. Field work included drilling, and test pitting to determine the foun dation quality and the quality of the embankment material. Second Progresses Meanwhile, T. E. Connolly & company, contractors, has report ed the following progress in the two weeks of preliminary con struction on the Cottage Grove dam, second in the series proposed under the Willamette basin pro ject: Finished clearing on the ac cess roadway and the east abut ment. Started excavation for the spill way structure, to be erected near the east abutment. Started earth-fill work on the main dam structure, with excava tion dirt from the spillway site. Thirty-five men, the majority hired from Cottage Grove, work ed last week on ttie road and abut ment clearing, and at present about 20 men. two 12-yard scrapers and a bulldozer are in the midst of ex cavation work. The contractors expect to start building the access road this week with the arrival of a two-yard Die sel shovel. The dam, located on the Coast fork ofg the Willamette about six miles south of Cottage Grove, will have a maximum height, when completed, of 95 feet above foun dation and a total crest length, in- i b f Kennell-EUis Photograph Ira O. Stewart Cily Council Gets New Man Ira Stewart Named To Fill Vacancy Two additions were made to the city ' council Monday night an American flag, presented by the local Amerlcart ' LegTbn post,, and a new councilman, Ira O. Stew art, presented by A. A. Keid. Earlier, the joint council-real-(ors-chamber of commerce com mittee appointed by Mayor Large to select new airport sites, met and named Robert Prescott, real tor, to head the committee. The flag presentation, made by Harold Wells, the Legion's Ameri canization committee chairman, opened the meeting. Mayor Large followed with a brief acceptance speech. The council's confirmation of Mr. Stewart's appointment was even more brief. The new council man, filling the ward 2 post va cated by Herbert J. Cox several months ago, will take oath of office at the next council meeting. The name of Mr. Reid's choice was kept quiet until the council meeting. Mr. Stewart takes office -until the end of the year. His position comes up for election in Novem ber, New Car For Firemen Approval of another present an emergency car for the fire de partment w as made, after Councilman Hanns explained that to date emergency calls have been answered by firemen driving their private vehicles. The car will be purchased out of surplus fire and water funds at the end of the year. Mayor Large followed up the council's approval with the re mark that "I see Hanns thinks Eugene is going to be a big city. I wouldn't be surprised if he be gins to think we need a new air port soon." The city engineer's department, too, will have a new truck, when they make a choice of three bids submitted a Dodge, an Inter national, and a Chevrolet. The bids submitted to the council, were read, and the council left the choice to the strpet department. Other business of the council: Renewed the S. P. franchise on cily streets for a 20-year, term. Accepted Chase company bid to install g heating plant in the fire department next winter. Referred Spencer grange re quest that residence parking sign limits be removed and two hour parking be installed in courthouse and park district, to the police committee. Cancelled a beer license owned by Lawrence street grocery fol lowing dispute arising when the recent proprietor asked the new lessor to pay $500 more for the business, providing the beer li cense went with the store. Ques tion arose in council whether this constituted sale of the beer li cense, and whether this transac tion was legal. The council set tled by cancelling the license. ' SEE DORENA STORY - .- page t :: Industrial Wafer Supplies Requested Appeals from Douglass Lumber company and several other mills west of Eugene for fire protec tion via city water mains the same protection the Aberdeen plywood plant will receive when water mains are completed to that plant were heard by the water board Monday night, but members of that group held that the problem is one to be decided by the city council. As in the Aberdeen case, mem bers decided, if the council agrees to send fire trucks outside the city to a mill blaze, then it must also approve installation of water mains to furnish water for the fire fighters. The Aberdeen plant is the first mill outside the city to receive city fire protection. Other mills in the vicinity now request the same privilege. No action was token on the Aberdeen plywood plant's request for city water to help fill their new log pond, and no decision will be forthcoming from the board at least until laying of city water mains to the mill is com pleted. At present, the board maintained, the city cannot spare water for the pond. Four prospective customers at Chula Vista 'park, above Laurel wood golf course, were granted an extension of electric power lines to their district, at a cost of $504 for construction. The four petitioners will pay $54 of the cost, while the water board foots the other $450, justi fiable on the increased income as a result of the extension. In another action, the board granted a reduction In rates to the Bethel water district. The semi-annual report, pre sented at the meeting, revealed that 900 more electric meters were in use this year than in 1939, and at the same time showed a new all-time high in power con sumption for the first half of the year. A special water board meeting was called for next Monday night to open bids called for recently for construction of the new steam standby plant building. Gross Fire Soreads To Rodman Garage A grass fire that covered scv eral acres of vacant lots west of Alder street spread to the garage of James A. Rodman at 2288 Al der early Tuesday afternoon. The rear part of the garage was burn ed but there was no other dam age Tne car was removed before me flames reached Uie building. The city firemen worked some time before checking the glass blaze. Bomb-Dumping Is Continued; Southampton Kit Long English Coast Tarpet Again For Waves Of Enemy Planes BULLETIN! LONDON. Aug. 13. ( AP) Southampton was bombed today by German raiders and several fires were started, the air minis try and ministry of home security announced today. A total of 57 German planes were destroyed to day and 9 British fighters were lost, the ministry announced. LONDON. Julv 13.fAP A swarm of German raidrrs returned to the attack on 200 miles of English channel coast late this afternoon, fighting "a large-scale combat with de fending rjlanes behind low- hanging clouds. At least 31 nazi raiders were reported unofficially early tonight to have been shot, down during the day's raids, five of them late today on the southwpst coast. The thunder of scores of motors and the crashes of several planes told the story to ground observers. although the clouds hid most of the fighting. It was the climax lo the third successive day of power assault, and again today as on Sunday and Monday the Nazis were using from 400 to 600 planes. From Ber lin and neutral Switzerland; too, came- predictions that the zero hour for actual invasion was apr proacning. - Spirals Into Sea At one southwest nort early this evening, a flaming fighter spirnlcd into the sea: at a village six miles away, a German bomber crashed with two dead and one captured. Air raid warnings were in effect SEE BRITISH STORY PAGE 2 Gleemen Will Sing At McNary Event Eugene's famed singers, the Gleemen, arc to appear on the program for the McNary accep tance ceremonies in Salem, August 27. The invitation was extended late Monday and thp chorus ac. ceptcd the invitation. The Gleemen will be the only musical organization taking part on the program when Senator Charles L. McNary will give his acceptance speech for the republi can nomination as vice-president candidate. Three national broadcasting companies are broadcasting the ceremonies and program and news reels will also be taken. The Gleemen will appear in the costumes which they wore last year as official representatives from Oregon at the San Francisco fair. Rehearsal for the Salem pro gram will be held Monday night, August 26. Berlin Thought Ready To Open Real Attack Zero Hour Near, Glance At History Convinces Observers THE SIREN'S SHRIEKING WARNING of approaching enemy planes sends this British anti-aircraft crew dashing to their huge gun. British censor credits this crew, of southeast coast defense, with bringing down several enemy planes. Toll Of Forest Blazes Climbs Willamette Officials Report 76 Fires With more than a month remain ing in. the summer fire season, 76 fires three more than the five year average of 73 fires a year have already blazed In the Wil lamette forest this summer, re ports from the forest office show. Although 47 fires were attri buted lo lightning, the careless smoker and camper continued to take the blame for unnecessary fires, A. T. Moses, executive as sistant, declared, being the cause of 25 fires of the 76. The 24-ycar figure compiled by the forest service shows that each year, one-third of the blazes are caused by cigarettes or by camp fires left burning. Willamette forest fires this year have burned over 775 acres, the largest two being the Gate creek and the , Blowout creek fires in July, which consumed a total of nearly 700 acres of trees. Sixty nine fires were class "A" blazes confined to one-fourth acre of land. Estimated damage to the forest in the season's fires was set at 53,510, but the rost to the forest service for fire-fighting was $17, 000. Three fires were reported since Aug. 1, one attributed to lightning and the other two to smokers. All three were subdued, and to date the forest service shows a record of "all fires out," A NEW METHOD LONDON. Aug. 13. ITi Rail woymcn who helped a German pilot out of a plane shot down in a stubble field in southeast Eng land took a novel means to pre vent his escape. They took off his shoes and socks. Barefooted, the pilot didn't budge. Plywood Officials Visit In County Springfield and Eugene arc hosls for a few day to a group of offi cials of the Wnshinglon Veneer company, the men coming in from all parts of the nation, to look over the new Springfield Plywood cor poration plant, a subsidiary of the company. The entire party was entertained at the Rotary club luncheon Tuesday noon. The of ficials are to spend two days on the McKenzie and will return to be here another two or three days. They came to Eugene from visit ing the plant at Olympia, Wash. This is the first time the entire official sales organization had seen the new plywood plant at Spring field. In the party are: E. E. West man of Olympia, president of the firm; Charles G. Briggs, Eugene, vlco president; Fred Fant, Olym piad assistant general manager; R. W. Anderson of Olympia, sales manager: Raleigh Chinn and Jac ques Willis, both of Chicago; D. C. Dunham of Minneapolis, W. S. 'Warfare' Ready to Break In Southwest Washington By JACK B. BEARWOOD YELM, Wash., Aug. 13 ) Long lines of live-green army trucks, hauling kcyed-up soldiers, artillery and ammunition, jammed dusty country roads in this south west Washington region today as national guard and regular army troops moved up to battle po sitions for the largest and most realistic war games in the far west's history. The zero hour for over 41.000 men, split into "red'' and "blue" armies, will come late this eve ning when Brigadier General Henry T. Burgin, chief umpire, gives the order to commence fir ing in the four-day war that will end Saturday. The command " will send the 28,000-man southern "blue" force surging through a brushy, water gashed region to attack the north ern "reds," who, 16,000 strong, will have taken up defense po sitions along the winding Nis qually river. While fighting units moved into "no man's land," between the Nis qually and Deschutes rivers, medienn regiments set up their field hospitals behind the lines to care for "casualties" who will return later to the field of battle as reinforcements. The entire 300 square-mile battle area took on an aspect of war today. Civilian traffic was kept on main highways. Officers made a last-minute check to be certain that farm and timber lands pot leased for troop move ments were posted. At Yelm, nerve center of the war games, officers tacked up giant maps of the war region nn which to chart the tide of battle. Over 1(10 high-ranking officers, acting as field umpires, "joined the units they will follow throughout the fighting which will be carried on 24 hours a day. Strung throughout the region were field telephones nn which the umpires will report the successes, reverse and hyoothetical casualties of the group they nre following. Some 1,000.000 rounds nf blank ammunition will be fired In guns ranging from the armv's latest Garand rifles to 155 MM howit zers. Ninety planes. Including eight nf the army's four-motored bomb ers, will nnrtlrlnnt In the fighting. Senator Wheeler Says Army Trying to Shackle Nation WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (AP) Senator Wheeler (D Mont.) asserted today that the army general staff was ' utu izing the present crisis to saddle conscription on the country" even though compulsory military training was unnecessary for the nation's defense. "It Is clear," Wheeler declared, "that the general staff's desire tor conscription is not based on the needs of the present crisis but on utilizing the present crisis to sad dle conscription: on the country In order that it can maintain a large standing army in peacetime with out so much confused discussion, and in order to heighten the pres tige of the, army with the public, to make the public military-minded, and to line it up behind the army on 'solidarity" with it." Takes Issue Disputing a contention by Sen ator Burke (D-Ncb.) that volun tary enlistments would not provide enough manpower to defend the nation, Wheeler said the general staff believed an additional 415, 000 men were all that were actual ly needed to meet defense require ments. He asked why Secretary of War Stimson and other "men of the stamp of Stimson' had urged con scription. "I am afraid," he said, "that only the future will reveal this to us, but I say to you now that it Is not because they believe our shores or our skies are in danger of in vasion. "Are these administration men not counting upon our invading large parts of South America Mexico perhaps all In the name of defending our country? "I ask Secretary Stimson, In the name of defense, to what corners SEE CONSCRIPTION STORY PAGE 2 By LOUIS P. LOCHNEfl BERLIN, Aug. 13. (AP) All signs pointed today to an early zero hour for a nazi of fensive against England with its climax an attempt to land German troops on the British isles. i - To anybody who observed German tactics in Poland, Norway and western Europe, it is perfectly clear that Ger many is again trying to bring maximum destruction to rail ways, airports, naval harbors, industrial plants and gasoline tanks before ordering her troops to move. In the case of Eneland. it is of further prime importance to have coastal batteries si lenced. . Only after this has been largely achieved is" the hazardous task of landinc troops likely to be tackled Declaring that since yesterday the British alrforce fliers are seeking to avoid fights, informed German sources - said the nazi tactics now are to force them into combat or risk having their air ports, hangars and shops des troyed and planos'demolished on the ground. i The latest advices of DNB, of ficial German news agency, added the East Church airport to the day's German objectives. Six hangars, according to DNB, ware smashed completely, crew's -barracks set afire, antt-alroraftat-" teries silenced, gasoline tank's ig nited by heavy bomb hits, 10 Spitfires destroyed on the ground and 12 barrage balloons shot down. ". . The air fight still was contln- SEE PLYWOOD STORY PAGE 2 Prescott Committee Works With Airport The central committee named last week to clear up differences: arising from the selection of an airport site, went into a huddle Monday night, named Robert Pres cott chairman, and emerged with the beginning of a unified program that gave promise Tuesday of bringing quick action on Eugene's super airport project. That all three groups the city council, the chamber of commerce, and the real estate board ate working together .v., a new air port was evidenced by the en thusiasm displayed at the Monday night meeting in which the seven members emphasized the need for concerted action from all com munity groups. Tuesday Mr. Prescott enlisted the "voluntary" aid of realtors to inspect possible airport sites with the view of securing the best land at the lowest cost to taxpayers. "We want such a good site dial the city's Initial investment, may possibly be its last one," members emphasized. Meanwhile, the council mem. bcrs of the committee Sam Bond. Austin Farrington and Fred Carl son are waiting the results of the airport site choices, after which they will lay the ground work for a request of federal funds for the port's development. At present, the sites north of Eugene under scrutiny consist of four already approved by the CAA, 'with a possible two more BEE PRESCOTT STORY TAGE 2 Ben F. Minney Dies At Age Of Ben F. Minney, well-known pioneer of Lane county, and a resident of Vida, died at 172 Twelfth avenue west Tuesday morning at the age of 7ft. He was born April 24, 1861, In Ohio, and came to Oregon In 1892 where he took up a homestead at Gate creek on the McKcnzle In 1808. He was Interested In Rood road building and was public road supervisor in the Vida district for 30 years. Mr. Minney was a member of the Presbyterian church. He Is survived by two grand sons Arthur Minney of Oakrldge and Harold Minney, Cottage Grove; two granddaughters, Mrs. Omcr Baker, Astoria: and Mrs. Tom Minor, Cottage Grove. One great-granddaughter, Gloria Joan Minney, a brother and sister In Ohio, and a sister in California, also survive him. Funeral services will be held from the Vcatch chapel Thurs day at 2 o'clock, DK A. J. Harms officiating. Commitment will be In the Greenwood cemetery In Lcaburg. CARSON RECOVERS PORTLAND, Aug. 13. P Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Port' land, recovering from a minor operation, was expected to leave the hospital today or Wednesday. SEE GERM.IN 8TORY PAGE 2 Italy Has Trouble With Slavs, Greeks ROME, Aug. 13. W Friction between Italy and Yugoslavia was reported by the fascist press today as Italian-Greek tension appar ently moved toward a crisis. The Yugoslav difficulty, accord, ing to the newspaper La Tribuna, was over the killing of a fascist In the Italian town of Zara on lhe Yugoslav coast. The Zara popu lace was said to be aroused. Fascist Leonardo Ciurcovlch, the dispatch said ,was killed when he objected to a stranger singing a slav song on a Zara street. Virginio Gayda, fascist editor who often reflects official opinion, accused Greece of seeking to seize part of Italian-held Albania, r The accusation was contained In Gayda's rejection of a Greek version of the slaying near the Greek frontier of an Albanian, Daut Hoggia. (It was reported without con firmation In Athens that the Ital ian government had presented a note to Greece.) Gayda charged also that Greece long had been a "silent ally and agitator" for the democracies "From the first day of the war," he declared "Greece has con ducted a corrosive action on Uie Albanian front. From the first days, it has offered to extend Its aid in every way by contraband and free use of its territory and coasts to the British military com mand, of wheih it has become more an open accomplice every day." SUGGESTION FAILS ATHENS, Aug. 13. () Pre mier General John Metaxas has turned down a Rome-Berlin "sug gestion" that Greece formally re nounce Great Britain's guarantee of her Independence and territor ial integrity, high diplomatic sources reported tonight. A NEIGHBOR WITH PEACHES There's somebody with ,' peaches for sale on a "U pick" basis in nearly every rural neighborhood. To find the orchard most convenient for you, read "Farm ', Products for Sale" heading' 380 in the Want Ads. ' if..