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Home Edition Weather: Rain LANS COUNf-TS HOME NEWSPAPER. EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1940 ON STREETS Sc; NEWS STANDS Sc NO. 144 Pledges Fireedlinni Figofe L . . TODAY'S NEWS TODAY Cm r X ? s V-y " - I , - west rami STICKS. BEFORE COOKING. While Eugene, the countv. the state and the na aafl but 16 states were downing lots of turkey Thursday to the accompaniment of ferries, chestnut dressing, celery and olives, some luckier birds were still gobbling over it freedom. This flock, ready for Christmas tables, perhaps, is on a ranch near Loveland, k, where Forrest Benson and his dog must keep a vigilant watch for coyotes, t7 32 States Join Roosevelt In His 'Second' Thanksgiving By The Associated Press -Under roofs unmenaced by bombers and at dinners pre pared without ration cards, Americans in 32 states today returned fervent thanks for a nation at peace. The rest of the nation will ceie- University enfs Hurt jUII ir Leaves Road iWayToMt. Hood Nov. 21. UP) An auto- ba bounced into the ditch near fcto last night, injuring three bttaing University of Oregon g, two seriously. (laves and another traveling fht sunt direction sideswiped. (Ml were; Eugene G. Chec P, fortlud, broken ribs and Ufa back Injuries: Eugene tb, Portland, concussion of the fan; Don Closson, Portland, lac Si Closson was discharged I tmtment at a hospital, but other two were detained. J trio was enroute to Mt id for a ski gathering. ' ' SOPHOMORES tires boys were sophomores lie university and were mem i of Alpha Tau Omega f rater r. They had left Eugene Wed UJ afternoon. re In Hospitals ih Holiday Hurts pMajr 'accidents sent at least r-nrams to the hospital late and early Thursday, f Minnie E. Schmidt of Port- E. admitted to the Sacred hospital Thursday morning L, received in an ac P n the highway between PJ City and Harrisburg. daughter, Anna Marie, of tm ana M,ss Helen l?.In4".na were injured fc.mil mnR wmle driving Ka",! highway. They P n to the Sacred Heart TO WED hbuV.": Edttards. Jr.. 28 12! I ind Lue B. Icy Highway Ditches Cars Five cars were in the ditch at one time along a stretch of the Willamette highway west of the tunnel Wednesday, due to the icy surface of the roadway, according to state police officers. A truck patrols the highway at regular in tervals to assist drivers who have such accidents. ' roar i- g guns of attle- t within la 'T' 811 Uvin L 18 miles move with fe'?'?' 8;lner, will fDrr. "oused in an aeas. "" of that JTtt. " arc high above t ,ni.,hrouh armor. Tho er,.and ars things P Ottering? W"hsUnd tuch L 'h?ndIr handlers of )T7r. have to treart fct.;" r.:P .0" man's WnnaT. "" "8,r and send ESLck sis feeLTh. " 't thousands of Eugene's Thanksgiving Day One of Quiet, Peacefulness By MARIAN LOWRY Thanksgiving day in Eugene was a quiet occasion, in many respects, "just another Thursday," except for the fact all business establishments and offices were closed. As usual, the holiday offered a hodge podge of activities, suiting individual tastes, and presented the customary mixed situa tions and conditions were people to ponder them in many homes, happy gatherings of relatives and friends for a day of feasting, in other homes, worries over lack of fuel for warmth, (-inadequate clothing, and not even a dime to buy 'a bdwl'of soup. witn augeneans, as eisewnere In the nation, high on the list of things to be thankful for was the fact this country Is not at war, and in the prayers for the day was the fervent plea that that peace be maintained and spread to other countries. Sunshine alternated with the clouds through most of the day, following showers of the. early morning. Only major community gather ing for the day will be the union Thanksgiving services 'at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening, at the First Christian church, sponsor ed by the Eugene Ministerial asso ciation. Dr. A J. Harms, pastor oi the First Baptist church, is to give the sermon on "Our Christian Heritage." Many groups did their part to make the day a bit happier for some of the needy, providing Thanksgiving baskets with food for at least a meal or two. Church societies, women's clubs, and Scout organizations carry on this work each holiday time. While some people took the day as an occasion for rest at home, others found the holiday an op portunity to go to the mountains for skiing expeaiuons. Scores of- visitors from all parts of the state were here to spend the dav with relatives, while many local folk went away to feast with homefolk elsewhere. The 27 temporary residents of the Lane county jail were given a bountiful Thanksgiving turkey dinner by Jailer Ralph Mclntyre. The trusties, among whom are several good chefs, assisted "Mac" in the preparation of the meal and "a good time was had by all The county farm, too, had a big Thanksgiving dinner, but chicken was furnished there. Cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie with whipped cream and other trimmings were furnished by Mrs. Victor Hoare, the farm superintendent. There are 25 men and four women resi' dents at the home. Mayor Langlie Claims Election As Governor SEATTLE, Nov. 21. OT Re publican Mayor Arthur B. Langlie broke his silence in the heated gubernatorial election ballot count contest today In a Thanksgiving day statement, urging "all loyal Washingtonions" to work together m the common interest under him as governor. In his first public declaration during the more than two weeks of controversy since the elecuon, the 40-year-old attorney said: "I want to reassure you that the statements I voiced in the cam paign statements upon which you based your judgment as to my desirability for this office now become the orders by you upon which my activities as governor of the state of Washington will be based." HAIL ON COAST TILLAMOOK. Nov. 21. IIP) Tillamook got its first taste of winter yesterday as a heavy aft ernoon hail storm whitened streets. avY Guns Shoot Micciloc Points Within 18 Miles tons of weight, shudders and plunges with a salvo. Light bulbs, left in their sockets, burst. Every thing loose and breakable is care fully stowed away beforehand. At $14,000 Per In the procurement of these weapons, the ammunition to fire In them and the armor to protect them, the government is spending many millions of dollars, In many cases setting up new plants to produce them, sometimes setting up new machinery and renting it to private manufacturers. The guns cost around $14,000 each, for say. a five incher and disproportionately higher for those of the larger sizes. A 16-inch gun costs $248,000 without the aim ing apparatus. Once every nine or ten years, SEE NAVY STORY PAGE 4 brate Thanksgiving a week from today, on the usual last Thursday in' November, but regardless of date both observances had the traditional spirit of the day in common. President Roosevelt, on his "sec ond" Thanksgiving, like millions of other citizens, fell in with the mellowed custom of a family holi day church services, a quiet home dinner, and hours of friendly talk. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt visited at Hyde Park, N. Y., with the presi dent's mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt. Churches held special Thanks giving services for communicants seeking spiritual reassurance In a world at war. The president's proclamation had called on Amer icans o "give thanks for our pre servation" in a year which saw "Calamity and Sorrow" fall upon other nations. The Atlanta Constitution swept all war news from its front page and devoted the entire space to accounts of holiday festivities and a .picture of three small girls kneeling in church services "con fident of showers of blessing, fearing no showers of bombs." Although thanks for peace and freedom were the keynotes of the day, they came from a nation looking to its defenses as the pil grims looked to their ready mus kets on the ifirst Thanksgiving. A great preparedness program was going forward regardless of the holiday. Planes and tanks moved along on factory assembly lines ships of a formidable fleet ob served the day at sea, and citi zen soldiers feasted on- turkey in new army mess halls still redolent of fresh-sawed lumber. The 16 states which decided to defer their official Thanksgiving celebrations until fiext Thursday were Maine, New Hampshire, Ver mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Arkansas, . Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Okla homa, Kansas, Iowa, .South Da kota, Pennsylvania and Nevada. Formal Opening At Plant, Friday White Paper' Tells On Nazis Dies Publishes Long-Awaited Expose WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The Dies committee published to day its long-heralded "white paper, reporting on its investiga tion of German activities in the United States. It set forth testi mony and documentary evidence designed to show: 1. That German diplomats took a lively Interest in spread ing the work of the transocean news service" (not affiliated with any American news service) which the committee described as a 'propaganda" agency capable of engaging "in espionage activities." 2. That the German govern ment has undertaken a "far-sighted policy" of economic penetration in both North and South America. 3. That a document seized in New York contained a plan for the organization of German in dustry in America after the war.' Complete even to names of pro posed officers.' 4. That Mandred Zapp, named as Transocean representative in the United States, "took a deep interest in the manner in which the United States handled .its dip lomatic relations with Japan and, in fact, at times not only gave adice to representatives of the Japanese government but also ln- aicatea to nuf own country, nazi Germany, certain steps that might be taken to aid his country in the handling of diplomatic affairs," Four Holiday Deaths Reported In Oregon PORTLAND, Nov. 21 (P) Four persons died in Oregon in pre- Thanksgiving day road accidents last night. Naar The Dalles. Charles Wheeler, 23. a government em ploye at the Celilo canal project on the Columbia river, lost his life as a train struck his automobile. The car was dragged 20 feet. WHeeler was the son of Mrs, Nancy Wheeler. Aberdeen. Wash, Two automobiles crashed head- on in a heavy rain in the outskirts of Portland' last night, killing Ruben Kaser, 47, Gresham, Ore. and Kay Donald Owen, 20, Port land. Three were Injured: How ard Owen, 22, brother of Ray, head cuts; Mary Huffman, 16, Portland, leg and facial injuries: Fern Mergy, 50, Gresham, leg and skull frac tures. Max Blohm, 26, of Ocean Park, Cal., lost his life near Klamath Falls. His automobile skidded on icy pavement of The Dalles-Cali fornia highway into a logging truck, then veered into a tree. Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Callahan. Ocean Park, required hospitalization but a fourth occupant. Jack Rossen, suffered only minor injuries. The logging truck turned over In ditch but the driver escaped in jury. The new Eugene Plywod com pany plant, Second and Garfield, will hold its formal openind start ing Friday noon for all Eugene and Lane county to view the new $700,000 factory. The formal opening will be held until 6 p. m. Friday. Plywood officials from Eugene, Willamina. and from Washington cities will be here to greet visitors. "BCY BRITISH PORTLAND. Nov. 21.-1 Portland's mayor urged support of Great Britain in the European war and proclaimed a "Buy Something British' weak yesterday. Portland Awarded Construction Contracts For Army Air Base PORTLAND, Nov. 21, OP) The war department today an nounced award of construction contracts to three Portland firms pursuant to creation of a 235Q-man army air corps pursuit base here, The contracts call for work and -naterials costing ll.H2.056 for 60-acre cantonment area. George H. Buckler company, Hauwr con struction company and the Natt McDougall company received the contracts. A 3.000,000-board foot lumber order was placd by contractors, Port or Portland omeial an nourtced thp army had obtained land adjacent to the Portland-Co lumbia airport for its cantonment Air Officer Italian Captive Vice-Commander Of Middle East Forces Taken In Sicily ROME. Nov. 21. A) The cap ture of the new vice commander of the British air forces In the Middle East, Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd, was announced to day by the Italian high command. Tudor, former commander of the British balloon barrage forces, and six other men. including four officers, were caotured In Sicily when a British Wellington plane made a forced landing, its com munique said. He was reported enroute from England to- take over the post when his plane went down. (Air Vice-Marshal Boyd, a World war veteran, joined the royal air force in 1916 after serv ing in the Indian army. He was director of air ministry personal services from 1936 to 1938.) Fascist troops smashed repeated Greek attacks along the Albanian Front, particularly In the Koritza sector, the dally communique said. The Italians said seven British planes were shot down In flames In an air battle over Egypt. The high command acknowledged the loss of four planes in bombing ac tivities In Greece, three In the Egyptian battle and another in bombing activities In East Africa. Italian planes, It reported also, Bombed military objectives on Malta. Mouse Stops Main Street The red light wasn't the only factor which regulated traffic at the corner of Tenth avenue and Willamette street Wednesday night. A little mouse, scampering about the sidewalk chased three women, one middle-aged, one young and a little girl, and lined them up. one, two, three, against the building, their skirts drawn in feminine horror. A gentleman true gentleman, chased the ro dent away. Flow Of Arms Gets Gratitude rom Monarch CIO Condemns Foreign Ideals Resolution Strikes Reds, Nazis, Fascists Outposts Of Koritza Reached By Greeks . bulletin; BITOLJ, Yugoslavia, Nov. 21. ) Advance units of the Greek army have begun enter ing Koritza, Italy's strategic base in southern Albania, after a hard day's fighting with the Italian rearguard, according to unofficial reports from the Albanian frontier tonight. ATHENS, Nov. 21. W) Greek forces were reported to have reached the outskirts of the be sieged Italian base city of Koritza in Albania this morning. At the same time, in the coastal sector of the fighting zone, Greek :olumns were said to be marching rapidly on another important Italian base, Argirocastro, also in Albania. Italian resistance In that zone was reported to have collapsed almost totally. Latest Information from the front said the Greeks were within six miles of Argirocastro which is said to rank equally with Koritza in strategic value. It was on these two cities that the Italians had based their drive into Greece. Huge stores of war materials had been assembled In both cities. A thrust through the center of the Italian line-, putting the fas cist forces to hasty flight at a poin six miles within Albania, was the previous high spot of Greek successes reported today all along the lOO-mile battlefront from the Ionian sea to Koritza. Weather News (U. S. Weather Report) Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight; Friday generally fair, and becom ing unsettled northwest portion: somewhat colder west portion to night; local valley fogs; moderate northerly wind eff the coast. (Local Statistics) U. S. WEATHER BUREAU Minimum temperature, Thiu-sday morning. 39.8 degrees; maximum temperature Wednesday, Sl.l de grees: precipitation to 4:30 a. m Thursday, .43 of an Inch; wind at noon. Thursday, calm. RIVER BUREAU RECORD, Stage of Willamette -river In Eu gene at 7 a. m. Thursday, -1.30 feet. Hiih Low I M a. m. fol SS4 p. m. (ST fMI U a m. m. 1 .4 of tnoit -10:64 p. m. lit feet I RalarSar S-ffl a. m. 1 1 rM I H p. m. (. fl ll:tl a. m. l.Tsfafnotl lli av CM SM CAPTURE CONFIRMED LONDON, Nov. 21. C4) The air ministry announced today that Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd has been taken prisoner by the Italians. - '. The announcement said that the marshal had "been reported miss ing while crossing the Mediter ranean by air," and added, "It is now learned that he Is a prisoner in Italian hands." Boyd, who was promoted to the post of air marshal November 6, was appointed deputy to the chief air officer, in the Middle East command In sweeping changes In the royal air force announced No vember 17. Springfield Flax Firm Fire Takes $5600 Toll SPRINGFIELD. Nov. 21 (Spe cial) The fuel building at the Oregon Fibre Flax association plant at the east limits of Spring field was destroyed by fire Thurs day morning In an unusual blaze, the loss being estimated at $3000 on the building and $600 on the 100 tons of dry flax chaff used as fuel. The fire broke out at 7:10 a. m. and it took nearly three hours to put it out, all the Springfield fire department and one truck from the Eugene department battling the fire which was spectacular be cause of the huge billows of smoke. It Is believed the fire was start ed by an electric light globe in the fuel bin, the heat igniting the dust from the dry chaff. A member of the day crew Just going to work saw a blaee In the chaff around the globe. The bin was full to the brim. . . The fuel room was located next to the furnace room with the stor age plant on the other side of it. No damage was done to the fur naces, officials of the plant said, nor to the storage plant. A tractor was pulled up to the fuel room to tear off the roof and sides so that the firefighters could get at the blaze. There were no doors into the fuel room except from the furnace room. The loss is covered by insurance. the plant officials report, and work will start at once to rebuild the fuel department. The flax plant has been operating steadily. ATLANTIC CITY N. J., Nov. 21 () The congress of industrial oraanizatlons adopted today a re solution condemning "the dicta torships and totalitarianism of nazilsm. communism and fascism as inimical to the welfare of labor and destructive of our form of eovernment." The resolution, nowever, oin not contain any reference to the pro posal of the amalgamated cloth ing workers to bar communists, nazls and fascists from CIO of fices. Thomas Kennedy, as chairman )f the resolutions committee, moved tor Its adootlon as "a plain, simple reaffirmation of the ooli tes of the CIO and John L. Lew is." "It Is not conceived In red baiting, hysteria or witch-hunt ing." he said. : An overwhelming ma lor It stood up for nassage of the reso lution after the convention first had voted against throwing the controversial Issue open to debate, Vice President Phllln Murray, jresldlng, announced adootlon "by jvhat the chair believes to be the unanimous vote of this conven tion." For a week there hns been open agitation for CIO. action on such a policy and for a showdown be tween so-called left and right wing grouns.. .Prononls calling for the adop tion of this policy have been tin der consideration in the resolu tions committee since CIO mem bers gathered here In their third ronventlon to determine policies they would follow aftr John L. r,ewls retires from CIO's presidency. Since Lewis and a group of labor leaders established CIO here five years ago to engage In a mili tant camoalgn to unionize big In dustry there have been charses that adherents of communism had obtained a foothold In the new movement and were active In or- ffpnlzlng work. During the past week the drive 'o hrlni about a showdown on CIO's attitude toward the thorny Issue became one of .the conven tion's major activities. The amalgamated clothing workers' union headed bv Sidney Hlllman. labor member of the na tional defense commission, played leading part In the drive, sup- lortlng a resolution to condemn- communism, fascism and nnz'sm, -nrf also a proposal to put Into CIO's constitution an amendment vhlch would make membra of tnr of the three lsm InelMble to hr-1 oald lobs In CIO office". The communis Issue has hen described by well-Informed labor men es one of the nrob's In volved In the consideration of Phlllo Mur""' as I wls' succes r In the CIO presidency. Parliament Openinc Sees Glints Of Hope or Future Of Empire LONDON, Nov. 21. (AP) King George opened an other wartime parliament to day with grateful references to the ever-increasing vol ume of munitions of war" from the United States and with a sober pledge that his empire will fight "until free dom is made secure." British-American relations, he said from the throne, "could not be more cordial," and he gave thanks that Britain's "ideals of ordered freedom, justice and se curity," are so "widely shared." In the ensuing sessions of the house of commons and the house of lords, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax gave Britain other grains of hope; Churchill, for a British victory before Suez; Hall fax, for some compromise with Soviet Russia. Not only is there some reason to believe Russia and Britain will make a trade agreement. Lord Halifax Informed the peers, but he disclosed that Britain has of fered to Moscow "a compromise settlement arising out of Soviet annexations of territory (pre sumably the Baltic states credits of which have been frozen by Britain). Ceremony Cut - The ancient ceremony In the house of lords, where king and queen sat on twin thrones, con formed to the realities of war. There were no peeresses In flash ing jewels in the gallery, no scar let and ermine robes for the peers, no diplomats nor memberg of the public present, and there was no state drive to Westminster in the golden coach of royalty. Afterward, both houses went julckly Into the actual problem of the conflict. In a passage answering ques- Corvallis Defeats Plan To Create Special Airport District CORVALLIS. Nov. 21. OP Creation of a special port of Cor vallis was snowed under by vot ers of this city and three subur ban precincts affected by a 1318 440 margin In a special election. hold yesterday. Backers of the plan had pledged the port to construct an airport for the city if the port was brought Into being. Despite a splr. I ted battle over the question in which opponents said a better means of obtaining an airport could be found, voters showed great lark of Interest, the turnout being about 34 per cent of those eligible. SEE KINO 8TORT PAGE 4 Rumanian Premier Arrives In Berlin LINN: "NO" ALBANY, Nov. 21. IIP) Linn county voted Itself out of the food stamp plan yesterday, deciding to wait and see how it works in neighboring counties first. Bundles for Britain Group Becomes Active in Eugene Providing clothing and medical supplies for homeless and needy victims of the war in England is the purpose of Bundles for Britain, recently organized In Eugene. Since its beginning two weeks ago, the Eugene branch has aroused much Interest In the work, and has received generous contributions. Among its objectives are rais ing money for medical and surgi cal supplies, ambulances, hospital beds, yarn and warm new or used clothing, and materials for making garments. The yarn Is sold by headquarters at a low cost to workers who knit the clothing. Volunteer workers are needed to knit or ew garments and repair used clothing. Word recently received from BERLIN, Nov. 21 W General Ion Antonescu, premier of Ru mania, arrived In Germany today, bringing his country to the for as the probable next recruit for the expanding axis alliance. - Accompanied by his foreign minister, Prince Costln "turza, and the German minister to Ru mania, Wilhelm Fabrlclus, the Ru manian premier was greeted at the Austrian border town of B(uck by the German chief of protocol. Bar on Alexander von Doernberg, and other high relch jofflcials." As Antonescu reached Germany, authorized German sources ob served that It the United States were to go to war against any one of the axis powers, not only Hun gary, which joined the alliance yesterday, but all other countries which may yet join automatically will be at war with America. Also those countries would find them selves at var with England, it was said. One authorized commentator added that adherence to the pact automatically means that the axis powers can move troops through the adhering country. This source said, however, that emphasis is to be laid, not on the military aspects of the alliance, but on the moral solidarity of Eu ropean nations which, he said, re sent British interference on the continent London stresses the need for cots, which cost $10 apiece, for children In air raid shelters. In Portland, as In Eugene, the Bundles for Britain organization has been busy gathering, repair ing and making clothing to be sent to England. Other towns about the state have been busy with similar projects, and have also held benefits to raise money to contribute to the organization. Officers of the local group and their telephone numbers are Mrs. Everett Harpham, chairman, phone 3579: Mrs. J. Bishop Tingle, vice chairman, phone 3S88-W; Cora Ten Eyck, treasurer, phone 3631; Mrs. Florence Stackpole, secretary, phone 2623-J; and Mis Grace Robertson, chairman for knitting and clothing, phonal Milt
