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feather: Fair Home Edition LANS COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1940. '. ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 5a NO. 52 no u Pacfc rien Death ye Grows a Aiif-nncv ingulation. Blow Have Caused Death; ,1$ Studied nyslr of the death of i M O'Brien, 57, whose body found in the basement ol his me and upholstering store j Willamette street Tuesday at was heightened when a i a te autopsy on the body ptted by Dr. E. D. Furrer was i to Coroner Charles P. Poole jj, evening. The report i that death occurred either jtnagulation or from a blow (head. , O'Brien's body was sus ld from the ceiling of the not with a small rope around act The knees were bent to that they hardly touched door. An old hammer was I tear the body. Dr. Furrer ! i bad bruise on the right of the head and this bruise, by a blunt instrument, caus i injury to the brain on the tteiide of the head, the phy i said r braise on the head did not I to have been made with lint of the hammer but could to made. by a. blow from ide of the instrument, the in pting officers said. Or it I hive been made by the head j i horizontal timber near tdj as it swung around. Note Left note rJading, "If anything is I I did it myself; look in the Eat," if written by Mr. fan h taken by the officers as fee evidence that he con-. SEI O'BRIEN STORY PAGE 2 . wnforl Rv Dancnm nit F. Tjinp ponntv'a . nrrt- 1 short cut trt the km. has great strides of progress I that period in 1933-34 when pip of interested Eugene bus men met to work out a pro- I that Would hrinff ffrpat-r Ml and orosneritv in this rj step in that program lower freight rates re Walter M. Ransom, who praed on the Route F corn Is throughout those years, talk for the Lions club I end of this year around Will haV kun en tilt DTOlert nriffi'fiaMw tl K 10 Cost in the neiffhhnrfcnAil FMO- By fall, this road i"-"" i" iwusnea lorm lz rrom Eugene, Mr. Ran SII tOUTE F STORY PAGE 2 Henry Snores Mohawk Dies " Henry Spores, lifelong the Mohawk and for Wart sitt,. i Ml ina ,1 lne MnawK W'lhesonot James M. "-Spores. He married Efh. v , one laughter, Iff h,. "eaie; one fL?in W; one siter, rimh. tugene Ckl . ... .. biTiTJK? wiu be held at Workman officiating. In a, "e ln the Donna KGnCT . Kbutm Jt0ni8ht and I ? on coa.i anri ; -..v iJmt 'Peralure ""oerate northwest wind CHEAU RECORD: t noon wt... - "unesaay, .3 (Nil ; m. 11 .11::' in,1 " U 01 . toao ' ,TI 1 I ilJp SOUTHERN LANE COUNTY FOLK are aTl'selTfOTlheir annual fair to open at Cottage Grove, Friday, and continue through Saturday. All communities in the southern Lane county area are participating. At left above, Mrs. Ren Sanford chairman for the baking department at the fair. Right above, Mrs. S. L. Goddard, who heads the flowers division. Mrs. Jeanne Morton, lower lelM superintendent of the textiles department; while Mrs. James Graham, right below, is chair man for the antique division. The Cottage Grove chamber of commerce promotes the fair each year. There are open classes as well as 4-H and FFA divisions. ' ' - ' ' - - 'War' in Washington Found Exciting by. Eugene YouthV By WILLIAM M. TUGMAN JR. K CAMP MURRAY, Wash., Aug. 21 (Special) After five days of intensive maneuvers in which some 40,000 troops par ticipated, an armistice was signed to end the war between the "blues" of the south and the "reds" of the north. - i . It has been a thrilling, but very exhausting, five days for the participating troops, and officers, as well as men, were glad to get back to Camp Murray. : The "war" started for the troops of the 186th infantry, including Company M ot Eugene and the medical unit and Company C of the 162nd . infantry, on Tuesday. The troops marched until 2 a. m. and camped "somewhere north" of the town of Roy. Trucks to Rescue ' Moving out again at 7 a. m. the troops marched through Roy (cleaning out the local store on the way), and. marched until 3 that afternoon, when trucks pick ed up most of them. Included in the less-fortunate persons who had to hoof it an extra five miles into Hart's lake were 'Captains McKinnon and Chapman of the medical unit. Defensive positions were taken up about the lake, and Company M machine guns were along the lower shores. The troops had barely gotten into .their sleeping McNary Party To Draw Locals Scores of Lane county people will be journeying to' Salem next Tuesday to take in the ceremonies of notification to Oregon's sena tor, Charles L. McNary, as the re publican vice president candidate. Heightening Eugene's special interest in the event will be the appearance of the Eugene Glee men as an official musical or ganization appearing on the pro gram. In addition to many going in their own cars there will be those travelling in the special busses being arranged by the Lane coun ty chapter of Pro America. Official program for the notifi cation ceremonies was received SEE McNARY STORY , PAGE 2 ; " Italy Clamps Blockade On Mediterranean Lands ROME, Aug. 21. OP) War flar ed to new intensity in the Medi terranean today as Italy launched a "total blockade" of British ter ritories in that region and Stefani, the Italian news agency, reported a furious air-sea battle in which it said seven British planes were shot down.- Time and place of the battle were not disclosed. O'Mahoney Wins Office Again In Montana 1 CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Aug. 21 By a 10-to-l walkaway, Uni ted States Senator Jnserjh C. O'Mahoney won democratic re nomination In yesterday's Wyo ming primary election and Frank O. Horton, republican house mem ber, was renominated by a 6 to 1 majority. SEE MOCK WAR STORY PAGE 2 Lenseless Camera Eyed PROVIDENCE, R. I., Aug. 21. A camera without any lens to take pictures of something which some experts claim can hardly be seen is being rigged up at Brown uni versity by a group of astronomers preparing for an expedition to Brazil to view a total .eclipse of the sun October l. .. . . Prof.' Charles M. Smiley, Brown astronomer and head ot the expe dition, believes the new camera, which he fondly dubs "the ash can," will enable him to prove his theory that zodiacal light around the sun can be photographed dur ing a total eclipse. - Trotsky Dying After Attack 'Friend' Is Captured After Striking Red Exile By EDWARD P. MORGAN MEXICO CITY,. Aug. 21 UK Leon Trotsky lay close , to death today as physicians sought to save the famed Russian revolutionist from brain injuries inflicted ; by an assailant he had thought to be his friend. Trotsky's condition was becom ing rapidly worse despite an emer gency operation. Efforts were made to rush an eminent . brain specialist from the United States but it was feared there was' little chance that a physician could ar rive in time or that medical science could save Trotsky's life. The latest bulletin from the Green Cross hospital where Trot- SEE TROTSKY 8TORY PAGE J . , ; - ' Italians Mass Along Frontier Of Greece BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, .'Aug. 21-. i) Italian troops were re ported, massing along Greece's western frontier, today as . the Greek government, belabored by the fascist press for alleged mis treatment of Albanian minorities, strengthened its defenses by plac ing more reserves under arms. The call to the colors was the third issued in a week of growing tension in relations with Italy. Premier General John Metaxas Conferred at length last night with King George II, but no explana tion for the sudden Increase in the nation's armed forces was given and official circles declined to comment on the reports ot Italian troop concentrations. "Reports abroad can neither be confirmed nor denied," a spokes man said. A. J. Gillette Runs For Water Board A. J-. Gillette, well known' ln Eugene tor his years service- as Southern Pacifie agent before his retirement three years ago, is to be a candidate for the city water board from the third ward, fol lowing petitions going into circu lation in his behalf late Tuesday. Mr. Gillette resides at S71 Eighth avenue west and seeks the post being left vacant by Orlando J. Hollis, who moved from ward three to ward one. Only one other office is open on the water board at this com ing election, the position from ward tour. As announced in the Register-Guard last week, Percy W. Brown is to seek re-election from this ward. Gibraltar Rock Fire-Wrappedr Spain Reports Anglos Admit Raids On Mediterranean Base, Declare Fire Minor LA LINEA, Spain, Aug. 21 M') Britain's rock of Gibraltar flam ed like a voVai 0 early today after raiding. wavplanes dropped bomDs cn the fovtress guarding the west ern gate of the Medltirianean. " In the pre-dawn datkness flames could be seen spreading down from the top of the rock where long range, batteries apparently had been hit toward the town where alarms sounded to summon, resi dents to shelter. The bombs apparently had set fire to ammunition dumps near the batteries. .,.. From here and from Algeciras, Spain, across the bay from Gi braltar, fire could be clearly seen racing down the rock. The top of the Tock looked like a volcano belching flame. FIRE "SMALL" GIBRALTAR, Aug. 21. OP) Britain's great fortress of Gibral tar was raided twice today by enemy planes. Bomb's started a small fire which' was brought quickly under control, a communi que said. , Atlantic Islands Draw Official Study WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. OP) The government's ranking, legal, military and -foreign policy offi cials conferred today on legal questions involved in acquisition by the United States of offshore naval and air bases. ' - Negotiations with the British for such bases have been reported in London to.be advanced to the stage of agreement in principle. Attorney General Jackson said after today's meeting at the justice department: "We have discussed the legal questions involved in the proposal and procedure for Amer ican acquisition ot offshore naval and air bases along, the Atlantic. Jackson did not amplify and none of the other conferees would comment in response to questions whether a British government re quest for United States destroyers was also taken up at the meeting. President Roosevelt has said that the destroyers question was not Involved in the air and naval base situation. Prior to today's conference there had been much speculation, that the question of letting the British have tho fight ing ships would be discussed. Morals Charges Faced By Women After Raid Two women were being held In the police detention room for medical examination and another, Mrs. Harvey Anderson, was out on $100 bail Wednesday after city police raided the Anderson apartments, above the Metropol itan store on Willamette between Seventh and Eighth. ' The arrest was made on morals charges, the two women being held on Jane Doe warrants and Mrs. Anderson slated to appear for violation of a city ordinance against operation of a bawdy house.. l0r.l.l,rf ' imiMiicuji SNewfotuuilanfi my . CANADA JVf 4 sP lPf0posedBo"l V' Cleveland Philadelphia ... ' PirtsburjW- Aw ; - - 1 Chicago Waihirigron&Y'' ' ' yll, I . Propoeo Base u.s.a. v;- vMranfic 6ceonV """' , - I Navy bat already I ,. . jBaundcOTsniwy ' 1 In ywrtlae Juan I CanofcMftSeo ' fevS LONDON WEDNESDAY HEARD RUMORS of attempts to forge an Anglo-American military alliance. Both nations nave confirmed reports .negotiations are nearly complete to give the United States naval and plane base sites on British islands in the western Atlantic. This map shows the strategic advantages of an off-shore defense line. London Reports Hint Of Joint Understanding Canadian Negotiations Thought First Step For Agreement- By DREW MIDDLETON LONDON, Aug. 21. (Pi Unof. ficial but well-informed sources indicated today that the British government is seeking a military alliance with the United States. . Canadian-American discussions on mutual defense are considered in these quarters to be the open ing wedge in a British effort to ob tain a full militnry accord between the United States and Britain. ' As envisaged now, such an alli ance would embrace the defense of Canada and other British pos sessions in the western hemisphere and, perhaps -even more import ant, "would form the basis -for common diplomacy in the far east at the conclusion of the European conflict," as one informant put it, Friendless 1 ' -' "The plain truth of the matter," said a neutral diplomat, "is that neither Great Britain nor the Unit ed States has a powerful ' friend left anywhere else in the world. It behooves them to get together and make the best of the sorry, situation." .' ... . ' t Official sources i were . reluctant to comment onthe talks between President Roosevelt and-Canadian More British Kids Arrive NEW YORK, Aug. 21. The weather-beaten, black and buff British liner Samaria docked to day bringing to safety from bom barded England the first group of children transported through the collective efforts of Americans. The young war refugees crowded the Samaria's rails 210 of them of all sizes, dressed in all kinds of clothing and cheered lustily when they saw the Slatue of Lib erty in the sunny haze. . They talked on arriving about air raids they'd been through, and bombs they'd seen fall, and Don ald Miller, a 6-year-old in Scot tish kilts, said, "I'm glad to be here, but I miss my daddy." "Hitler can't get : to England," said David Courtenay, 13, ot Sus sex. "You should see our de fenses." - He had seen a bomb fall 200 yards away from him, killing five persons. ... PETAIN ANXIOUS CHANCY, Switzerland, Aug. 21. W Britain's long-range bombing flights against industrial cities of northern Italy and southern Ger man war industries are increasing the Petain government's fears that Germany and Italy will extend their occupation over a wider area of France, border reports said today. Why France Fell : : . the Fifth Column EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow h l the third of four articles made public by Secretary Knox of the navy department at Wash ington as part of the national defense program. Colonel Don ovan recently returned from a mission abroad, on behalf of Secretary Knox. He wrote these articles In collaboration with Edgar Mowrer, distinguished for eign correspondent. By Colonel William J. Donovan and Edgar Mowrer The masterpiece of the "fifth column" was unquestionably the French debacle. Here everything that Hitler had promised came to pass with almost mathematical precision. He did not strike until he was ln touch with certain important Frenchmen who were ready to treat with him. He needed but one swift blow. He terrified the sol diers by his noise-making engines, he demoralized the generals by the daring of his strategic con ceptions, he troubled the entire population by his radio propa ganda that insisted that France was being betrayed by Britain and by the French "war-mongers." He spread horrible rumors through villages, issued fearsome reports by wireless, and then, when the populations hsd con gested the roads in their flight, machine-gunned them to heighten their panic. Meanwhile his agents within France, presumably by clandes tine . wireless senders, kept him informed of what was going on and he could thus choose the pre cise moment for Italy's entrance into the war when French dis array was at its climax. As a re sult Trance was not only beaten far more thoroughly and far more easily than Poland, but unlike Po land, France cracked morally as well and a new set of leaders sought to purchase the German's mercy, if not his respect, by sub mission to France's conquerors, ' Admittedly this could not have been accomplished save during low ebb in French history. The French masses were increasingly materialistic. Capital and labor were at logger heads, the former remembering the experiments of the popular front government of 1928-37, the latter resentful of the attempted fascist coup d'etat ln 1934 and the unpunished "cagoul ard" fascist conspiracy later. Moreover, the peculiar French form of parliamentary govern ment was creaking and the bulk of the people had lost nearly all faith in their leaders. This en abled Hitler (and Mussolini as well) to keep up propaganda pressure often through the com munists, and prevent the output in the armament. Industries from ever reaching a satisfactory level. The crucial test Justified all Hitler's efforts: when the French soldiers had a chance of fighting on equal terms, they fought fairly well; when nothing but heroism could have made up for superior German equipment, tho French infantry, repeatedly deserted by their officers, melted away. What happened to the French officers? Simply this: for the most part they had ceased to be lieve in freedom, democracy or any of the slogans which alone could galvanize the entire coun try. While not exactly pro-fascist SEE FIFTH COLUMN STORY , , , . PAGE 2 . U.S. Leases Pacific Isles British Announce Base Deal From London LONDON, Aug. 21. UP Brit ish foreign office sources today confirmed reports the United States had leased ' the islands- of Canton and Enderbury in the southern Pacific from Great Brit ain as air bases, The lease, these sources said, Is for SO years, with a provision that it can be extended indefinitely. ' These sources said there was "no question of price or consider ations" In the arrangement, Brit ain and the United States had de cided on joint control before the war, following a dispute over own ership In 1938. Foreign office sources said the subject was raised to illustrate the statement of Prime Minister Churchill yesterday that "the prin ciple of association of interests for common purposes between Great Britain and the United States had developed even before the war. Various agreements had been reached about certain small is lands in the Pacific ocean which had become important as air re fueling points." Canton and Enderbury Islands, mere dots on the map of the Pa cific, came under the Joint control ot the United States and Great Britain April 8, 1939, by virtue of a SO-year agreement, reached after a year's negotiations as to their ownership. Horse-Drawn Vehicle Struck, Driver Injured Kenneth Carl Smith, 229 Jef ferson, was reported recovering in Eugene hospital Wednesday from a fractured shoulder and back Injuries suffered Tuesday night when his one horse sulkey was struck from behind by a car driven by George Morgan Peck ham. 1817 Sixth avenim ur The accident occurred at about B o'clock on Railroad boulevard near Cross street. Citv nolire uhn 1nutl said there was no light on the sulkey and that the street light was not burning at the scene of the accident. . Mr, Peckham was not held. . SEE BRITAIN STORY , , . , PAQE 2. .. " Airport Committee Meeting Is Tonight Some of the-greatest problems surrounding the issue of a new Eugene super ' airport- will - be thrashed out' in a 'meeting of ' the airport committee ' Wednesday night' in the citjr hall, Bert Pres cott, chairman, revealed Wednes day. . ' t 1 i . The proposed answers to these problems will be drawn up into a complete report which will be released this week-end, then pre sented to the city council to be acted upon' next Monday night. Included ln the report will be the options on four proposed airport sites, : which, Mr. Frescott said, realtors will "definitely'! have se cured by that time. Some of the questions bound to come . up Wednesday night, are these: ''"". ' 1 1. How important is this ques tion ot a safe and modern flying field? ... 2. Is the present Eugene airport safe, and can it reasonably be made into a modern field? 3. Can Eugene outside of Fort- land, tho greatest natural cross roads for rail, truck, motor and air transportation in Oregon get along with a relatively primitive and unsafe airbase? 4. What about a- site, which by commanding 100 per cent co operation from federal,- CAA and commercial aviation agencies, will reduce the load of this commun ity to absolute minimum, as well as can be settled by thought and planning? The committee meeting, set for 7:30 in the council chambers, is open to the public, Mr. Prescott said. Bad Weather Protects Britain From Airmen BERLIN, Aug. 21. (U.B Low lying clouds and a curtain of Brit ish drizzling rain, it was indicated here tonight, are protecting Great Britain from immediate mass at tack t)'y the German air force. The German air force has brok en through the protective mantle of clouds to attack picked object ives, it was said, but it appeared likely that fighting on the scale of last week would not be resumed until weather conditions are im proved. Neutral sources familiar with weather conditions over Britain said that this type of weather is not unusual in August and might last as long as two or three weeks at a stretch. Democratic Event At Grove Postponed The picnic and meeting planned by the county central democratic committee nt Cottage Grove for Wednesday evening has been postponed. Date for the event will beset later, -
