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Page Two. Roosevelt's Pal In Hitler's Camp BERLIN, Jan. 8. W) Captain Charles Davis Morgan, 56, United States citizen and college days friend of President Roosevelt, is in a German prison camp, the United States embassy disclosed, Morgan, whose wife, Louise Warfleld Morgan of Baltimore, is a cousin of the Duchess of Wind tor, was captured early In June while fighting in the British army in the battle of Flanders, the em bassy said. Morgan's case has been carried to the White House by various friends, it was disclosed, but under niH.bHAnBl 1c,,, n t, I n 1 1 a British soldier because he joined the British forces and took part in combat. His case it thus distinguished from those of American ambu lance drivers, who already have been released. They were non combatants. The Germans Indicat ed they would have been willing to release Morgan, but were afraid It would set a precedent for similar treatment for American pilots whom they expect may be brought down in British planes. i Morgan, born at Plymouth,; Mass., attended Harvard where he' was a fellow editor of President Roosevelt's on the Harvard Crim son. He married i,ouise warnem of Baltimore, who now resides in Parlt. THE REGISTER. GtTAUD, EUGENE, OREGON ? Truck Problem Due For Legislators (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Interned Baltic Ships Thorn In U. S. Relations With Reds WASHINGTON, Jan. B(P) Eleven small ships which still fly the flags of Baltic republics "absorbed" by Soviet Russia re main one of the major obstacles to more friendly relations be tween Moscow and Washington. The ships have been tied up In American harbors ever since their home ports in Europe pasted Into Russian control, Authoritative sources disclosed today that aside from the ques tion of what, If anything, to do with these ships diplomatic re lations between the Soviet and the United Statet were on a more cordial basis than they have been In years. BECAUSE SHE FOUND SCHOOL "kinda dull," Shir ley Temple is going back into movies at $2500 a week. She is shown in a Los Angeles court where a judge approved her contract with a major studio. say Is so Indefinite that they can't convict any speeders) and sub stitute a fixed speed limit of 60 miles an hour. The bill also would give the commission authority to set lower limits where high speeds are un safe. A like measure was buried in committee during the last ses sion because some legislators thought it would give the high way commission too much power. Another attempt will be made to pass Governor Charles A. Sprague't school equalization law, defeated in the last aesslon. The measure is designed to compel the richer districts to help poorer dis tricts within the same county. If one school district In a county has a rich utility within its boundaries, that district's finan cial problems are over. All the district has to do Is to tax the utility. But if another district in the same county has no rich proper ties within its boundaries, it is in a bad way. As a result, children I in the richer district obtain bet ter instruction than do those in the poorer one. The bill, opposed by the larger districts, would equalize this. j Secretary of State Earl Snell ' will ask the legislature to repeal ! the law under which non-resident I automobile tourists are required I to register anyway, and the law has given the state a bad name 1 mong tourists. i The governor will continue his reforestation efforts by asking the legislature to require loggers to leave seed trees, and to prevent cutting of immature trees. Hitler's Aid To Mussolini Interpreted As Rescue Jackson Days Aid Demos WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (Pi Jackson day campaign clubs were the heaviest contributors to the democratic national committee, it was revealed in the committee's year-end report of contributions filed with the clerk of the house. Jackson day contributions In cluded Idaho, $3,389; Utah, $5,860 and Oregon, $3,430. GRANGE MEETING THURSDAY VIDA, Jan. 8 (Special) The McKenzle River grange will meet in regular session Thursday eve ning. The new matter, Virgil Clover, will be in charge of the meeting. Kelvinator Special H cu. ft. Refrigerator DeLuxe Model S 159.95 LYONS & PETERS HALE'S New Budget Plan No money down Small monthly payment 3 yean to pay 2 hour service FOR EXAMPLE Amount Monthly Pay 100 200 300 5.98 6.39 9.58 Available for any Property Improvement! No Red Taps Ask for Details EUGENE LUMBER CO. R.R.Blvd. at Grand Ph. 426 Tobruk Isolated By Fighting Britons (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) ing plane was said to have scored several hits on a ship of a British minesweeper flotilla in the North sea and left it in a "burning, sinking condition." Germany's mas troop move ment into the Balkans was partly disrupted when a nazl munitions train exploded after crashing into another train on one of the three main lines from Hungary to Rumania. The shattering blast damaged a large part of the town of Beret tyo UJfalu, Hungary, Inflenclng an undisclosed number of cas ualties. On the Greek-Italian war front, the RAF command report ed British bombers flying through snow, sleet and rain, delivered a fiery attack on the mid-Albanian town of Elbasani, key Italian sup ply base. Boy Scout Founder Dies In South Africa (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press Writer Call It any name you like, and Herr Hitler's move in sending an air-force to Italy still is in the nature of a rescue party for Sig- nor Mussolini. Italy's position is to precarious as a result of the fascist debacles In Egypt and Greece that Rome it in grave danger of being knocked out of the war. That would represent a disaster, not only for II Duce, but for his axis partner at well, and the nazl fuehrer can't afford to let it hap' pen. Hitler held off as long as he could from tending aid, in order not to give Italian arms a black eye abroad, or to cause disquiet among the people of Italy. The fact that he finally has acted is confirmation of the terioutnets of Mussolini's need. The big question Is whether Hitler's help hasn't come too late. In order to get the full mean ing of this maneuver it Is neces sary to recall just what it was that the Hitler-Mussolini partner ship was trying to achieve when the dictators' apple-cart got up set. The way of it was this: Britain's naval supremacy In the Mediterranean has enabled her to maintain the balance of power In Europe, and to defend her vast interests in the Middle and Near East. Furthermore, this blue sea, which has Been deter mining the destinies of nations, since history began, Is a main arterial road for the British em pire. In short, control of the Medi terranean is on of the chief pill ars of Britain's imperial strength. Preservation of that control is perhaps second in importance only to the preservation of Eng land herself. So it was logical for the axis partners to set about to destroy this domination. Thlt meant that they must smash British naval power in the Mediterranean, and seize or render useless the Brit ish bases of operation. The axis strategy provided that the great fasefst army under Mar shal Graziani in Libya should drive across Egypt, knock the British out of the sands of the desert, and capture the all-Important Suez canal link with India and the Far East. That operation also would de prive England of the great naval base at Alexandria. Meantime the much-sung Italian air-force would blast Malta and other Brit ish bases. It was figured that might turn the trick for Messrs Hitler , and Mussolini. But, if necessary,' the axis armies would drive down the Balkans, force the Dardanelles and attack Britain on the -Suez Canal from the east, thereby putting a fierce squeeze on John Bull. . It looked like a neat set-up until somebody in Italy fumbled. A fascist expeditionary force was sent against Greece (probably without Germany's approval) at the worst time of year and with out anything like adequate pre paration. You know the rest. The Italians suffered a terrific beating. The British were enabled to occupy Crete one of the most magnifi cent naval and air bases in the Mediterranean giving them a base from which they could lash out all ways. Thlt anglo-allled victory per mitted the allies to take the in itiative in Egypt and adminltter the heavy defeat to Graziani's army. In short, the axis plans for the Mediterranean have been knock ed into a cocked hat, and Italy herself Is rocking on her heels. Roosevelt Presents Budget For Defense (CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) Two Men Also Lost With Amy Mollison LONDON, Jan. 8 ) T h e admiralty disclosed tonight that the crush of the plane in which Amy Johnson Mollison, famous British woman flier, died Sun day, also cost the lives of two men, one of them her passenger. General use of Christmas cards to convey seasonal greetings at the Yuletide began In 1862. The British yard originally was defined as the length of the arm of King Henry 1, by royal decree. dier and a retired lieutenant-general, had served with the British armed forces In Africa during the Boer war and participated in the famous defense of Mafeking. His home at Nyeri was bun galow on the slopes of Mount Kenya, where he was able to live much in the open air a practice which he had long recommended as the secret of good health. He underwent two serious op erations In London in 1934, but his vigorous constitution speeded his recovery despite his 77 years. In 1937, before his departure for Africa, Lord Baden-Powell was on the coronation honors list, receiving the order of merit from the new-crowned King George VI. I One of his last public utterances was a message Issued last June from his Kenya Colony home to British Boy Scouts calling for "still further effort" to help win the war. "You have done grand work behind the scenes already," he said, "but as the fighting has grown more desperate It calls for still further effort from you. "So with tails up and sleeves up, go to it in every way you can to help win the war." Although known best for his work with the Boy Scouts, Baden Powell also founded the Girl Scouts, of which his widow Is the British head. Budget Briefs Are Presented (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Prisoners Serve 15 Months for Felonies The Utile Hermits say: TT HITS THE MARK for Quality, flavor and Valuer II BRAXD I I 6Sf I ILJ2.10quwtI -ml mjototJ WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (flV-A study of variations in time served in prison by male felons In Oregon shows that the median in that state for all crimes was 15.6 months. A tabulation by the census bureau based on a study covering prisoners released during 1938 dis closed that the median for all states was 69 months. Illinois had the longest median of 46.2 months and North Dakota the shortest, with 8.1. The report dealt with sentences for manslaughter, larceny, and aggravated assault. California led other states in the length of sentences for murder. Iowa for burglary and Indiana for robbery. The median time in months served by Oregon prisoners was not given for murder, or for man slaughter, but was 46.5 for rob bery, and 13.5 for larceny, fraud and stolen property. OLD HERMITAGE UNO KIRTVCKY (TUIO NT iOOHION WHIIMY i. London Shipping Losses Down In Past Weeks LONDON, Jan. 8 Ol.tf A nro. nounced decrease in British ship ping losses during the week which ended at midnight Dec. SO was an nounced by the admiralty todav. It said that for the third succes sive week British and allied losses had been below the week ly average for the entire war. fiscal year beginning Julv 1; $13,202,370,970 In current fiscal year. Defense M0. 811. 314, 600 next year: $6,463,923,900 this. Aid to Britain and other de mocraciesAll extra, amount undetermined. Revenues $8,275,435,000 next year; $7,012,930,000 this. Deficit $9,210,093,049 next year; $6,189,440,970 this. Public debt now S45.000. 000,000; on June 30, 1941, $49 156,972,007: on June 30, 1942, $58,367,065,056. Defense summary appropria tions, authorisations and recom mendations since June, 1940. and Includlnr today's requests $28,480,000,000, Includlnr $13, 704.000.000 for army, $11,587. 000,000 for navy, $1,902,000,000 for expansion of Industrial plants; and $1,287,000,000 for anti-Sabotage and other de fense activities. Non-defense cost t $6,674, 000,000 next fiscal year, reduced from $7,078,000,000 this year. Increases for debt Interest, so cial security, and national youth administration; decrease for re lief, agricultural aid, publio works. Taxes President asked more taxes, but left types and amounts to congress. Said rise in national income to highest levels In history, expected next fiscal year, also would produce more revenue from existing taxes. Milk Producers Hear Reports On Past Year The Eugene Independent Milk Pool held its annual meeting Mon day to elect officers and discuss the past year's .work. Officers 1 elected by the board of directors were: R. E. Hill, president: Earl McNutt. vice president: L. 3. Getchell, secretary; and Harry C. Travllllon, assistant secretary treasurer. Edwin A. Johnson was also elected to the lioard for two years, and ,C. R, Evans, i for one year. Records for 1940 show a pro duction and sales of 155,000 pounds of butterfat for about $84,600 gross and $78,500 net paid 10 ine producers. The number of producers at the close of 1940 was 26 with the quota and three without the quota. On January 1, 1941, there were 29 with and four without the quota. These pro ducers in the Eugene mtlkshed supply some raw bottled milk and all fluid milk for pasteurization to the Medo-Land creamery, R e I d's creamery, Springfield creamery, and Gustafson's Dutch Girl Dairy. Some milk for pasteu rization is supplied to the Danish Dairy. Russian Importation ' Of Copper Soars WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. 0J.B Russia, which imported little American copper before the war, now is this country's third best copper customer. Russia imported 108,953,900 pounds of American copper In the first 11 months of 1940. BIRTHS CHAFFEE At the Sacred Heart general hospital, Tuesday, Jan uary 7, 1940. to Mr. and Mr.. A V. Chaffee, 738 Twelfth avenue east, a daughter. WALLACE At the Sacred Heart general nospital, Tuesday, Jan uary 7, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Wallace, Jasper, a daugh-ter. 1HUMAS At the Sacred Heart general hospital, Tuesday, Jan uary 7, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. James F . Thomas, 973 Madison, a son. CRISTLER At the Sacred Heart general hospital, Monday, Jan uary 6, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth L. Cristler, Wendling, a son. HATS CLEANED & BLOCKED Electric Cleaner Phone 300 Twenty-four million American women use lipstick, 15,000,000 reg ularly use perfume, according to statistics. NEW KNITS BLOCKED Electric Cleaners I'hone 300 . ARROW MESSENGER Ph. 610. COLDS PIOHT MtSSRY where you feel It-rub on fMt-eUng 2ft .period of years, might amount to $10,000,000,000. The budget nude no provisions for the cost of aid to Britain, Greece and China an. extensive program to be covered in subse quent appropriations requests. Congressional leaders said - that the overall ost of this alone might eventually total $10,000,000,000, but were uncertain on how. great the actual cash outlay would have to be for the first year. Irrespective of these future eld requests, nothing in treasury his tory compared with the huge fig ures presented to the senate and house since the last year of the World war, when spending reach ed $18,522,895,000 and the deficit $13,370,638,000. rate Did It "A WTy turn of tate places thlt burden of defense on the back, of a peace-loving people,' the presi dent said of the budget which - was read by clerks. . But, Mr. Roosevelt continued, even these big sums, 62 per cent of them earmarked for defense were only "a forecast of thlngl.to1 come. '. . v No one can predict the ultimate cost of a program that is still in development." The sole guiding "marker" down the road, he added, was "a com mand .to defend our democratic way of life." .. In line with the assertion of his annual message that the nation put "patriotism ahead of pocket books" in helping defray defense costs, the chief executive called for increased taxation, but made no specific recommendations. . Since June Counting today's recommenda tions, the president estimated that since June, 1940, defense appro priations, authorizations and re quests aggrekated $28,480,000,000. The only reason today's requests were not higher, he told reporters, was industry's apparent inability to produce any more weapons than had been budgeted, . -. In this connection, however, Mr. Roosevelt revealed a. $3,000,000, 000 program of factory construc tion to increase industrial defense capacity mostly privately financ ed and ssid the budget still might be boosted if some of these new factories could get in production quickly enough. Tajc revenues, he said, would reach the highest point in Ameri can history at $8,275,435,000 in the 1942 fiscal period, but congress should enact more deciding itself the types and amounts of the new levies. National Income, the president predicted, also would rise to a new record of about $87,000,000,000 in the fiscal year exceeding 1929 by .$7,000,000,000 and thereby would produce the greater tax yields. Domestics Cut Turning to 'non-defense costs, which he cut $600,000,000 from the 1941 totals, the chief executive ex plained the absence of deeper re ductions in these words: "Democracy as a way of life Is equally at stake. . . . Only by maintaining these activities (re lief, social security, regular gov ernment activities, etc.) can we claim the effective use of resources which our democratic system Is ex pected to yield, and thus justify the expenditures required for its defense." ' Summarizing the $28,480,000,000 defense program, undertaken since last June, the president said it in cluded $13,704,000,000 to multiply the army nearly six times (from 250,000 to 1,400,000) and equip it with the "most modern devices of motorized and mechanical war fare"; $11,587,000,000 to double the navy; $1,902,000,000 (of federal money plus other private billions) to help expand factories to pro duce airplanes at an eventual 50,- 000 a year pace and to make other weapons; and $1,287,000,000 for such other, defense, activities as power, projects and FBI surveil lance of saboteurs. Of the $10,811,314,600 allotted by the president for defense -in the next fiscal year, $3,447,394, 000 went .to the navy, $5,956,600,- 600 to the army, $407,320,000 to scattered agencies, including the federal bureau of . investigation, gugene's Own Store ussells DRASTIC CLEARANCE 508 Prs. LADIES' SHOES "Red Cross" and "lohansen" . . . shoes nationally known for quality. Regular 7.95 and 6.85 now only ..... Every pair of fall and winter Red Cross and Johansen .hoe. bow at this low YOU1L WANT SEVERAL PAIRS AT THIS SAVINGS, Shop early for best selection. . . No refunds, no exchange. . . all Ml taA and $1,000,000,000 was left blank for future allotment. 4 Minutes . Mr. Roosevelt visualized a pro gram necessitating the sale of gov ernment securities on a scale pos sibly rivaling the World war days when "four minute speakers" in terrupted theater programs to sell Liberty bonds. failure of financially able per sons to buy bonds, he told report-, ers, might; In fact, be considered unpatriotic. . The anticipated federal debt of $58,367,065,056 it was $16,185, 308,000 when the annual deficits started in 1931 and now stands at $45,000,000,000 would require raising, the present limit of $49, 000,000,000. Congress might want to set a new limit as- a "fiscal monitor," the president said, but "I question the significance of a statutory debt limit." Congress, he explained, can automatically regulate the debt by limiting appropriations. Over Tears . In placing the ultimate cost that high, officials emphasized, how ever, that it would be spread over a period of years. They said that i the British, lor example, had made cash commitments for virtually all ot tne supplies on which they can receive delivery this year, so that any additional cash outlay under a "lease-lend plan would be rela tively small during the 1942 bud get period.. . The president . explained that lending" estimates could not be included in the budget because they had not yet been authorized by congress, but said that he would ( iimiicuiaieiy fo, j. priauons ana control"""" tions. V 1 .He would notnim, "" but cautioned thi? , would pay cash f ?," come on existing ord'u the actual cash outliTlt-il United States treMvA aid in the next fiscal i f be relatively small. t Jt - i r r. . 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