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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
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Truck Problem Due
For Legislators
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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.
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Tobruk Isolated
By Fighting Britons
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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:
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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
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KIRTVCKY (TUIO NT iOOHION
WHIIMY
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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,
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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
(
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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 -
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cial)-The WPA citSJ
will meet in the clta
night at 7:30 o'clock jl
ested in citizenship, j
those who are aUpiS '
to attend.
Piano classec ...li., t
j .7 "uioi
conunuea during thi
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will be held MonH..
o'clock, Tuesday ft.
and 1 to 8 o'clock,
from 8 to 1 o'clock. An.
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may call Mrt. A, fc J
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