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EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1940.
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Have Caused Death;
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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-.
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great strides of progress
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pip of interested Eugene bus
men met to work out a pro-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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..
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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
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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.
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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, -