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EUGENE, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1941
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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
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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 .
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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.
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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"
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