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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,
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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