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Home Edition feather: Clou LANE COUNT HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1941 ON STREETS Ic; NEWS STANDS So NO. 15 Mi st tF A n n o n n J irciew u smes, oraaue Asks LeoDsiatoirs Nazi Invasion Troops Raked By Airplanes Mussolini Juggles Albanian Command; RAF Ranges Far By The Associated Press German troops in trenches alone the nazi-occupicd French and Belgian coasts presumably awaiting Adolf Hitler's signal to invade England were reported today to have been machine-1 gunned-by British warplanes in low-flying attacks, while other I RAF raiders bombed nazi U-boat! bases and . pounded the Italian - ... wmi cities of Venice. Turin and Can- KepUDMCOn Will UAmid reported new reverses in F,Y T London Front Mr. Haw-Haw Speculates NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (-Pi-Anxiety over Britain's chances ex plains why President Hoosevelt sent Harry Hopkins to London and Wendell L. Willkie plans to go "at the suggestion of the re publican party," the German radio declared today in a broadcast heard here by NBC and CBS. CBS identified the speaker as the German commendator Lord Haw-Haw. Willkie Favors British Bill Godfrey Photograph, Wiltshire Engraving KG REPUBLICANS of the state gathered in Eugene Sunday for a program and re session lor the state tederation. Lett to right, seated: ivonne Stevens, treasurer Young Republicans club of Eugene; Douglas Elliott, chairman state federation of Republican clubs; Genevieve Rustvold, national committeewoman: back row: Al- llmonctti, national committeeman; Sigfrid Unander, executive assistant to Governor k; Adams Lcfor, Eugene, toastmaster of the banquet and state treasurer of the state on of Young Republican clubs. Juniors t in City publicans id Sunday Event L of a scries of sectional planned in the state to fterest among young vo special emphasis on or- fn work, looking to the leral state election, the cittive group of the Fed- f Young Republican clubs lugene Sunday, than 60 atttended the i and program held at the ipe, the business session executive group following. executive session, Adam Id Armin Gropp, both of were named on state corn- Organization work was H and announcement made nar meeting to be held in with the Hood River f publicans as hosts at the Gorge hotel. luncheon, Adam Lefor of presided as toastmaster, rain Gropp, president of tenc Young Republicans M the meeting to order, roductions were made of 'ending, including: Doue- f t of Portland, state presi r the younr; remihlirans- f-'nander, executive secre- Governor Charles A. Mr. Unander invitins the epublicans to attend the e sesfion; E. G. Boehnkc, it Lane county republican, re a "pep" talk for the ' '"'am M. Tugman, Reg ard managing editor, who c group to search their "i definitely line up their 'or bemg republicans: Fi?chcr, Jr., state treas e Oregon Republican L. Hawn of Eugene, i 'he Lane countv central n committee: Alfred Sul rortlanrt attorney; Paul " ho ,vas prP;.i.Pn-t n( ,ne n of Young Republican o state last year. Carl Portland, and others. st Court Unholds Iction of Two Py Counts 'CTON. Jan erne cour, uphm ;'on of two men-one a , Kussa and the 0(hcr Z n;"'-"-"ied Ameri . charge of violating fed- ;vlir,'rn '"" United ui intell L, p exilic I lies.- lh ,deJivered he opin- P'uss , . '? Ha,ls Sal", "."bynava, t-nDlnvid " Soviet Cb"Lo, Angeles v - Mercy Plane To Fly Youth SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. OF) James Phenix, Jr., paralyzed CCC youth, today was promised a reunion with his family in Mont gomery, Ala. U. S. army officials announced tentative plans to place Phenix in an i my transport plane and fly him to Alabama. Phenix, 18, enrolled in the civil ian conservation corps in October, 1939. While driving a truck at Blachly, Ore., last May he was thrown out and his spinal cord was severed. He has been para lyzed ever since. It ' was first planned to take Phenix home for Christmas, but he developed a slight fever, which delayed his departure. More re cently, stormy weather resulted in further postponements. County Makes Jail Offer Five Traffic Crashes Reported to Police Five traffic accidents over the week-end were reported to city police, but only one resulted in injury bruises and cuts. Cars driven by John W. London of 1589 Pearl and C. G. Crafts, route 2, Eugene, crashed at Tenth and Pearl. Mr. Landon's car, traveling north on Pearl, hit the left, rear corner of Mr. Craft's ma chine, which was traveling west on Tenth avenue. , Machines driven by James J.' Lewis and Mary Ownen, both of Eugene, crashed Sunday night at Eighth and High. Clifford Whor ton and Ernie Frederickson were drivers of cars which collided Sat urday night at Broadway and Lincoln. Robert Leavitt of Eu gene, and Cal Lehman of Beaver ton, drove cars which met at the Sixth and Adams intersection, and James F. Thomas and J. M. Kescy were in cars which collided Satur day at Eighth and Madison. Mr. Thomas was slightly injured. Court Offers City Ground For Building Solution of the problem of pro viding jail facilities for "tran sient" city prisoners was reached Monday afternoon when the Lane county court agreed to allow the city to erect a small fireproof building adjoining the county jail on the west. The city owns a "cage" of several steel cells which was used in the old city jail ad joining the city jail for many years and this will be used in the new building if the city fi nally agrees to the plan. The building would be erected by the city but would be owned by the county for the reason that the original grant of the land where the jail, courthouse and parks are located provided that it should not be used for anything but county puroses. The "transient" jail, if erected, will be located inside the tall fence on the west . side of the county jail and the two would probably be connected by a door. The city . jail problem was brought into the limelight a few days ago when Sheriff C. A. Swarts notified the city officials that he could not accommodate the "transient" prisoners after January 15 but that city prisoners under sentence could be kept in the county jail. Drunks and oth ers who have been locked up only for a night or so have been so nu merous the last year that the county Jail facilities are often overtaxed. the war with Greece, Premier Mursolini shook up his army com- I mand for the third time in two i months, dispatching his chief of staff. Gen. Ugo Cavallero, to take charge of Italy's hard-hit armies in Albania. General ..Cavallero, who helped Mussolini take over the Italian military inaehine in 1925, was credited with having played a ma jor role in reorganizing Italian de fenses after the Caporetto disaster in the World war. He succeeds Gen. Ubaldo Snddu, who was sent to command the Albanian cam paign in a shake-up on Nov. 10. Gen. Cavallero replaced Marshal Pietro Badoglio as fascist chicf-of-staff Dec. 6. On The Beach Authoritative London quarters said the RAF's daylight gunning attack on Nazi troops.intrenched near the beach along the channel coast, was part of a campaign to drive German defenses back from the channel. ' It was the RAF's fourth straight daylight attack on the Germans highlighted by Friday's spectacu lar machine-gunning raid on Ger man airdromes over 1,000 square miles of northern France. The London air ministry also reported RAF bombing attacks overnight on oil targets in Ger many, Italy and Belgium, includ- New Deal Wins First Vole Test House Upholds Speeded Procedure For Lend-Lease Measure SEE NAZI STORY PAGE 8 Angus Gibson Heads Ways, Means Group GusDeYos Named Fair Board Member Appointment of Gus DeVos of Goshen as member of the Lane county fair board was announced by the county court Monday. This is the first appointment of several to be made to fill county posts this year by the republican majority court. Other appointments are ex pected to be announced during the present week. Mr. DeVos succeeds C. A. Schooling of Junction City on the fair board. He owns and operates a dairy farm on the Willamette highway a short distance above Goshen. His term will expire Jan uary 1, 1944. The other two members of the fair board are John Sncllstrom of Eugene and T. Q. Green of Co-burg. NEW YORK. Jan. 13 Wendell L. Willkie favors passage, with modification, of President Roosevelt's aid-to-Britaln bill and plans a flying trip to England to survey the war situation. Approval of the proposed "lend lease" measure was announced by the 1940 republican presidential candidate yesterday. ' Willkie tempered his support of the bill by declaring the powers it would grant the president should be "for a fixed term, not too far in the future" and that congress should not be "harried" into its passage. His views were expressed In a statement he read to newsmen at his hotel headquarters and dur ing an interview afterward. Regarding his planned trip abroad, he disclosed that in a telephone conversation with sec retary of State Hull he had re ceived permission to obtain I passport and would leave by clip per within two weeks, seeking personal contact with the situa tion "just as I did when I was practicing law and wanted to know the facts of the case." He said he would see "most anybody who wants to see me." After a stay in England of two or three weeks, he said he ex pected to resume the practice of law in New York. Asserting the nation fared an emergency under which . "oxtra- I ordinary powers must be granted to the elected executive, Willkie said: "The so-called 'lend-lease' bill now before congress asks for an enormous grant of executive power "I have examined this bill In the iight of the current emergency and I personally have come to the conclusion that, with modifi cation, it should be adopted," WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 (P The administration won today the first congressional skirmish over its lease-lend bill for aiding Brit' aln when the house upheld pro cedure charted by the leadership for rushing consideration of the measure. By a voice vote, speaker Ray burn's assignment of the bill to the foreign affairs committee was approved and an effort by the military committee to bring the measure under its control was defeated. The vote was taken without de bate, house rules permitting no argument on such an Issue. The balloting was the first involving the British-aid bill introduced in the new congress Friday. The outcome cleared the way for Chairman Bloom (D-NY) of the foreign affairs committee to com mence hearings tomorrow with Secretary Hull as the first wit ness. Chairman May (D-Ky) had acted on instructions from his military committee in moving that the speaker be overruled. He had contended that since the measure J : Letter From Tells Of Gratefulness England Weather News (U. S. Weather Forecast) OREGON: Cloudy tonight and Tuesday with occasional rain west portion and snow in mountains; little change In temperature; mod crate to fresh southerly wind off coast. (Local Statistics) V. S. WEATHER Bl'REAV: Minimum temperature, Monday, 35.8 degrees; maximum tempera ture, Sunday, 41.4 degrees; rain fall to 4:30 a. m. Monday, .00 of an inch; wind, at noon, Monday, northwest. RIVER Bl'REAV RECORD: Stage of Willamette river in Eu gene at 7 a. m. Monday, -.5 of a foot. Hifh ' 1:21 . tn. 1 1 f"t ..! 4 p. m. ' t Low 7:03 a. m. tit f.rt I . - 1 O p. Ok. (-.1 rf M SALEM, Jan., 13. OP) Angus Gibfon, republican representative from Lane county, won the cov eted chairmanship of the house ways and means committee today. He succeeds A. Rcnnie of Benton county. Other members of the commit tee arc: Simon of Klamath, vice chairman; Bradley of Multnomah; Engdahl of Umatilla: Hesse of Washington, Rcnnie, and Huggins of Coos. Members of other major com mitter announced by Speaker Robert S Kancll, Jr., include: Highways and highway rev enues Rodman. Taxation and revenue Chase. Senate, committee assignments i n.'ltir.e: H. C. Wheler. Lane ways and means, education (chairman) elec tions and privileges, engrotitd and enrolled bills, assessment and 'jixaiion. Charles Child:;, Linn Alcoholic traffic, forestry and fores: iirod ucts (chairman) judici.i.y. icflu Unu, rbcdj an J higHjyi. Accident Survivor's Condition Improving The condition of Edward Mul cronc,, Salem, who was injured Saturday night in the automobile accident which claimed the lives of three railroad men on the Wil lamette highway, was reported as "satisfactory" Monday. Ho is re ceiving treatment for multiple bruises and a large scalp wound at the Eugene hospital. The bodies of Carl Owsley and Henry Gerig, both of Salem, have been sent to Salem for funeral services. Mr. Owsley Is survived by his wife, and Mr. Gerig, by his mother, both of Salem. The county coroner is still seek ing information on Joe Donohue, who was also killed in the acci dent. He was formerly a first class seaman in the United States navy. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Donohue, live at Red Banks, N. J. The body is at the Poole chapel. The three men were killed and Mr. Mulcrone was injured when their car went over a bank from SEE ADMINISTRATION STORY PAGE 8 Civil War Yet Dies, Only One Left Here Abraham Lincoln Fry. 99, one of the last two living members of the J. W. Geary post of the G. A. R died Saturday night at his home on the Pacific highway two miles north of Santa Clara. He was bom September 6, 1841, in Ohio, and lived in Illinois, Ne braska and California before com ing to Oregon 31 years ago. He enlisted in November, 1862, in Company K, First Minnesota mounted rangers, and fought In dians under General Sibley. Mr. Fry was a mounted guard at the time 38 Indians were hanged in 18C2 in Mankato, Minn. He also was in one of the com panies that went as escort with Governor Ramsey of Minnesota to make a treaty with the Chip pewa Indians for a right-of-way across northern Minnesota in the Red river country. He joined the Grand Army of the Republic in 1867 in Illinois, and also belonged In Nebraska before becoming a member of the J. W. Geary post. Survivors are one son, G. K. Fry of Eugene: two daughters, Mrs. John Parrish and Mrs. Ar thur Rear, both of Route 1, Eu gene: one granddaughter, Mrs. .lack Kilburn of Eugene; and one grandson. Mr. Frv's death leaves Chaun sey Meacham as the last G. A. R. member in Lane countv. Funeral services will be hold Tuesday at two o'clock from the Rranstettrr-Simnn chapel. Dr. S. E. Childers officiating. Interment will be in Rest Haven Memorial park. WINNER. Robert S. Farrcll Jr., Portland, Monday was elected speaker of the house as Oregon's legislature open ed. fiiant Gridmen to Drive British Ambulances That the English people arc grateful for American aid is the thought conveyed in a letter re ceived by Mrs. J. N. .McNeil of Eugene from her nephew, Roland Pittam, of Northhampton, Eng- lland. The letter was written De cember 7. It had been opened, but nothing was taken out. "Needless to say we are very ; ,h. Wiii-.i. v,i-v,,n i. cn grateful for the wonderful help we ;cr(.ok six mjl(,s above Oakridge. arc receiving from the U. S. A. . . I a fifth passenger, John Byland, ;It is, as we all know, for a just I escaped uninjured. cause, for the future of all man-1 I kind." Mr. Pittam wrote. ' ! Mr. Pittam stated that he want- Red CrOSS Meetina present, but that under the cir- S Monday Evening cumstances, it might not reach , Iher. He says he would send a gift The Lane county chapter of the "after the war, which may end i American Red Cros will hold its sooner than expected." annual meeting Monday at 8:30 p. Many Americans are curious m. at Seymour's cafe. Henry M. about the way the English people Baker, assistant manager of the (Occupy their time between air Pacific branch of the Red Cross, rams. mr. r'uinm K.-iin. mv w ip win nn inn Rnrzucnr and she (a friend) sit knitting Reports will he heard on the ' for construction of a ship- m L- c onH if , 1. ......... .1 . nncl .MP ..liuiltn. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13 U. Five members of the New York Giants, professional football team, will be behind the wheels of five British-American ambulance corps ambulances when the caval cade leaves San Francisco Wed nesday on a cross-country cam paign for funds for medical and surgical supplies for Great Brit ain. The ambulances will be piloted by John McLaughry. Eddie Miller, Doug Oldcrshaw, Ken Lunday and Jim Poole. Each will take a separate route, and In all. 800 cities- will be ivisited and 30,000 miles covered. 21 Ships to Be Built In Portland Yards PORTLAND, Jan. 13fPiThc Portland, Ore., Shipyard company, which has negotiated a contract with the U. S. Maritime commis- RED OUT NEW YORK. Jan. 13. 04) members of the board elected. AT HOME HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 13. W Clarence A. Hathaway, former Stan Laurel, the movie comedian, editor of the Daily Worker and member of the central executive committee of the communist party, ha been expelled from the party. 1 brouht his fourth wife who also was his second back from Lai Vegas, Ncv., today for honey moon at hom. yard here, will build 31 ships valued at between $1,500,000 and SI. 800,000, Charles A. Shea, has announced. Shea, who will be president of the newly organized company, made his announcement after the commission reported it had nego tiated contracts for construction of three new shipyards to provide about 200 now merchant vcttcli. - 1 Legislature Session Opens Farrell Wins House Speakership Contest SALEM. Jan. 13. The 41st Oregon legislative assembly organized without incident today, the wounds of the bitter speaker ship fight having been healed in last night's house caucus. Robert S. Farrell Jr., 34-ycar-old Multnomah county represen tative, who defeated Representa tive William M. McAllister of Jackson county 33 to 27 In la, night's house caucus, was elected speaker of the house unanimous ly. His was the only name placed before the house today. Senator, uean waincr oi j-oik couniy, wnu was the only candidate, was in stalled as president of the senate. The bitter two-months' speak ership contest was forgotten by the members today after McAllis ter expressed the hope for a "har monious" session. Members of both houses were optimistic that the session would end within 50 days. It appeared likely the session would be con siderably shorter than the 1939 record session of 66 days, since all administration bills are prc narcd and there aren't many con troversial issues. 90 Inducted Chief Justice Tcrcy Kelly of the Oregon supreme court swore In the 60 house members and the 30 senators. The number included 24 new representatives and four new senators. Joseph F. Singer of Portland, veteran sergeant-at-arms of the house, was nominated without opoosilion. Frank B. Tiehenor. Port Orford, defeated the veteran Rollle South wick for house doorkeeper, 35 to 24. Wendell Willkie received one vote. Fred Draer of Salem was re elected chief clerk and Patricia Sylvers of Eugene was named his assistant. Jack Eakin of Dallas was named reading clerk of the house. C. A. Hayden, Klamath' rails, was re-elected house mail ing clerk, defeating J. W. Bolln, Salem. 48-12. Edith Bynon Low, Salem, was named house calendar clerk. Three contests developed in the senate caucus for desk and floor pndtions. Mis. Elizabeth Glatt of Port land was selected assistant chief clerk, defeating Walter Meacham. also of Portland, 17-10, Meacham later was elected calendar cWk with 17 votes over Pearl Shaefcr of Lane county. Rov Corey. Salem, was elected enate doorkeeper over Walter McPherson, also of Salem. Governor Cites High Federal Defense Levies 'Invasion of Powers Of State' Lashed By Salem Executive Bv PAUL W. HARVEY SALEM. Jan. 13 (AP) Governor Charles A. Sprague asked the legislature today not to enact any new taxes, asserting that Oregonians should be spared increased state levies because the fed eral government will have to impose heavy taxes to fin ance its defense program. Addressing the opening ses sion of the 41st legislative as sembly, Governor Sprague advised the legislators to avoid "extravagance" in their appropriations so that the budget won't be thrown out of balance. The governor, after assert ing that the state liquor con- -trol commission will not sub mit any legislation because the people apparently ap prove of existing liquor law. made six major recommenda- -tlons: 1. Increase the limits on length and weight of trucks permitted on state highways. . 2. Create the office of adminis trator for the workmen's compen sation law, with the administrator responsible to the industrial acci dent commission, : 3. Equalize school taxes within counties. , . '. 1 4. Extend the administration's ' forestry program by stronger fire prevention and suppression meth ods, by enforcing minimum forest standards to permit natural re forestation, and by . further ac quiring lands for growth of new forests. - - Salt Lokc Municipal Airport Hangar Burns New Building .- 5. Construct a new-state build ing In Salem to house the public utilities commissioner and the un employment compensation commis sion. These offices now .use rent ed quarters, and the rent they pay would pay for the building, which would be erected opposite the new stato library, ' 6. Adopt a six-year building v program for the 12 state Institu tions. "I would remind you,' the gxv- i crnor declared, "that., the .cost national rearmament will bo enor mous, and that the federal govern ment must Impose heavy addition al taxes upon the people. We should reorganize a priority of claims for this cause and hence the state should avoid increasing the tax burdens of our people. I hope the legislature will not devote val uable time in trying t) uncover new sources of revcnucyiut that it will seek to apportion w ely th " revenues now furnished under the existing tax structure." Roosevelt Supportrd While endorsing President Roosevelt's defense program and his policy of "accelerated aid for Great Britain", Governor Sprague said "our national policy should be one of aid to China and eco nomic restraint to Japan." The highway commission's bill to permit bigger trucks on state highways is expected to be one of the most controversial of the ses sion, but the governor endorsed It on grounds that the restricting of trucks handicaps many areas of the state which are dependent solely upon motor transportation. But at the same time, he recom mends that motor carriers be re quired to pay taxes to support general government, either by SEE GOVERNOR STORY PAGE S SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 13. tP) United Air Lines officials to day awaited the cooling of molten metal to determine the extent of damage caused when the com pany's main hangar burned at the Salt Lake municipal airport. ncsiroyeo. iwo planes wnich ori ginally cost $155,000 and injured two employes. Casolinc still flamed around the ruins early today. The hangar caught fire with ex plosive suddenness last night. Merlin R. Spark'. 29, and Gard ner C. Young, 28. who received slicbt burns while da.hing to safety through the flames, told of noticing a "neculiar odor" Just before the fire. This suggested. Division Superintendent Ted Johnson said, that gasoline vapor m.iv have been present in the air and may have been Ignited. ! Johnson declared it would cost I between S250.000 and $300,000 to i replaco the hangar. A Business Of His Own The "work-wanted" ad reproduced below gave the advertiser, Harry Nelson, a "big push" on his way to founding his own business, reported Mr. Nelson. The man with a skill often fintls it easier to get on many payrolls than to get on one. A special low cash rate is extended to facilitate this operation. BOOKKEEPER Competent, .mn ret. a ipecUltjr. Ph. J723-W "WANT AD HEADQUARTERS" rU
