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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
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State league baseball
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d the Albany Alcos
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night it was decided
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Dorena Dam Specifications
Completed, Bids r Soon
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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-
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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
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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. '
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