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EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1941
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NO. 21
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Bill
s To Make
bling Felony
Is Measures
Legislators
Jonsideration
l. Tnn ?i. w.rj aen.
K' Mahoney, D., Portland,
Lj . tonsure today which
take the operation of a
game a felony, punisn
i penitentiary sentence.
., t limp gambling Is
fcd only a misdemeanor.
L .lcn introduced a- bill
fculd allow any person who
fcy in a gambling game to
Cnvorv aeainst the owner
kmises or his rental agent.
kasures were apparently
Chinese gambling houses
knd.
house the revision of laws
nf which Rep. William
Cr B. Medford. is chair-
toduced 10 bills designed
corrections In the laws
nee at trials, and minor
in other laws.
lew Wallace, D.. Portland,
fcd a bill to insure the
830 pension to all those In
: nmnlri take from welfare
the right to decide what
nppd and would merelv
ny income the pensioner
tave from the $30 maxl
i that a nerson with an
pf $10 a month would auto
jy get $20 from the state
ore Training Asked
ht senate and house com
bn medicine introduced a
the senate Rtnn(n im th
Bients for optometry, and
ig jour msieaa 01 two years
tg in a scnooi or opiom-
Rlchard Neubergety D;,
I, put in a house bill
would prohibit any state
l getting more salary than
'ernor (who gets $7500 a
The measure was similar
brought in yesterday. Only
nploye getting more than
ow is Chancellor Frederick
iter of the state system of
education, who gets more
II, 000.
is expected today that, in
Use at least, several bills
be up for third reading
1 passage tomorrow,
while, a 'sub-committee
d late yesterday is study
?lan for a $80-old-age in
i plan, preparatory to sub
it to the legislature.
Rex Ellis, R., Pendleton,
ill introduce the bill after
prepared, appointed Sens,
e and Thomas R. Mahoney,
"Jtnomah, and Reps. Phil
a. Multnomah, and H. R.
Marion, on the sub-com-
measures would levy a one
tax on the salaries of all
s between the ages of 21
i, collections not to exceed
year. The $60 payments
"fin at the age of 60
and only those who have
5iblfan! 0reSon-would
also will introduce to
meagre t0 reapportion rep
'" In the house and sen-
rach bills have already 'put
,im b? ReP- W. W. Kim
t t'J, nU whicn W01J
cmfn, 5! representative
ruer introduced a measure
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British Need
More Ships,
Kennedy Says
Retiring Ambassador
Answers Questions
Of Committeemen
ROOSEVELT CHEERED BY 75,000 AS HE BEGINS ANOTHER TERM. Taken from the roof of the capitol, here's
how the throng looked as it jammed every available inch of space in the capitol plaza in Washington, D. C. The president
is indicated by the arrow as he made his inaugural address just after taking the oath of office.
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FOR THE THIRD TIME President Roosevelt Monday took the oath of office from Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes, left. At the right stands the president's oldest son, James, in
a marine uniform. Holding the Bible is Elmore Cropley, clerk of the supreme court.
Salem Seeking
Sewage Plant
Mayor Authorized
To Seek WPA Grant
Solons Hear
Chant Of Peace
By GAIL FOWLER
CAPITOL, Olympia, Jan. 21
W A delegation of women whv
several times interrupted proceed
ings by chanting "we want
peace," was evicted from the gal
leries of the house of representa
tives today during action on reso
lutions calling for no aid and
full aid to warring democracies,
respectively.
The eviction came shortly after
roll call on senate joint resolu
tion No. 1 commending President
Roosevelt for his aid to the
democracies.
When Rep. H. C. Armstrong
(D-King) first on the roll call,
shouted "aye" the gallery com
motion led by a woman in a red
blouse broke loose with cries of
"we want-peace."
Sergeant-at-arms Newt Fry
and his staff were ordered by
Speaker Edward J. Reilly (D
Spokane) to clear the gallery. As
the women departed one of them
shouted:
"We wanted to leave, anyway."
Then the house voted, 76 to
20, to adopt the resolution.
Earlier, also amidst chanting
of the women in the gallery, the
house voted down a resolution
criticizing delegation of too much
power to President Roosevelt in
handling war aid to Great Britain.
The resolution was offered by
Rep. Edward Pettus (D-Pierce),
who spoke for about 10 minutes
on it, and provoked a split with
another member of the Pierce
county delegation.
"This is war for economic em
pire," thundered the white-maned
Pettus. "We should ask congress
to defeat any and all measures
which would allow one man to
plunge us into this 'bankers' war.'
mere are many of us in tnis
country who fail to understand
why so much power should be
placed in the hands of one man.
"I am willing to defend Ameri
ca, but this is not our war. And
It is an undeclared war, the way
we are heading.
Rep. J. H. Ryan (D-Pierce),
Winant Going
To London?
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 0J.R9
John Gilbert Winant, liberal re
publican and former governor of
New Hampshire, will be President
Roosevelt's choice as ambassador
to Great Britain, an excellent au
thority disclosed today.
The White House would not con
firm the report.
Winant, here for the inaugura
tion, said early today he had seen
stories referring to him as the next
likely ambassador to Britain "but
I don't want to make any state
ment on them.".
Gleemen Program
Is Released
Program for the mid-winter
home concert to be given by the
Eugene Gleemen Thursday eve
ning in McArthur court was an
nounced Tuesday, featuring as
guest soloist, Sigurd Nilssen; sev
eral chorus members In Incidental
numbers; and several songs new
to Gleemen audiences here.
Ticket sale for the concert con
tinues at Miller's store through
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, corresponding with store
hours. Those with associate mem
bership tickets are to exchange
them at the booth at the store for
reserve seats.
The program as arranged by
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SEI5 GLEEMEN STORY
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Round Eggs Shown
By Lady Of Route F
Mrs. Oscar Olson, Vencta, (on
famed Route F), is boasting of .a
White Leghorn hen from her
flock which is laying eggs al
most round like marbles.
The eggs, two of which weigh
4 ounces and 4'4 ounces, are be
ing exhibited to friends. Mrs. Ol
son says the same hen lays the
add-shaped eggs every other
day. There are more than 400
ehicktns ln bar flock.
Japan Fears
American War
By H. O. THOMPSON
TOKYO, Jan. 21. U.R British
and United States aid to China will
not restrain Japan's program. Pre
mier Prince Fumimaro Konoye
told the diet today after Foreign
Minister Yosuke Matsuoka, out
lining Japan's foreign policy, spoke
frankly of danger of war with the
United States. .
Matsuoka and Konoye empha
sized Japan's unity with Germany
and Italy. Matsuoka expressed
hope for an Italian- victory over
Britain and Greece and made a bid
for Russian friendship.
Konoye said that establishment
of "a new order in East Asia" was
the backbone of Japan's foreign
policy but that Japan faced un
precedented difficulties and must
redouble its efforts to cope with
them.
Emphasis will be placed on ef
forts to "dispose of the China af
fair," Konoye said.
"Japan is firmly determined to
achieve its program by destroying
any parties, such as Chiang Kai-
shek, who are resisting Japan, and
by cooperating with those who
sympathize with Japan," the pre
mier said.
Outline Given
Matsuoka gave parliament a
long outline : the government's
foreign policy.
The United States, Matsuoka
said, had shown no adequate un
derstanding of the vital import
ance to Japan of its greater Asia
"common prosperity sphere.
"She apparently entertains the
Idea that her own first line of de.
fense lies along the mid-Atlantic
to the east but that to the west
it lies not only along the eastern
Pacific but even as far as China
and the South Seas. . 1 for one
believe that such a position assum
ed on the part of the United
States would not be calculated to
contribute toward the promotion
of world peace.
"Speaking frankly I should ex-
:f SALEM, Jan. s 21 (U.RL.Sn
lem'S part in cleaning up the Wil
lamette river advanced another
step Monday night when the city
council authorized the mayor to
negotiate, for a sewage disposal
plant.
Mayor W. W. Chadwlck Is to
apply to the works project ad
ministration for the construction
of the plant which would cost
almost $400,000.
The city council also passed a
resolution to do whatever is nec
essary to open the way for the
civil aeronautics authority to pro
ceed with $140,000 in Improve
ments at the municipal airport.
Mayor Chadwkk explained
that Salem would not be called
on to carry more than 5150,000
of the $400,000 burden imposed
by the sewage disposal plant.
'We are." he said, "putting ln
our application now In order to
know where we stand when the
legislature has acted on the state
board of control's . recommenda
tion that $50,000 be appropriated
to pay the state's share in the
project.
'If the legislature grants the
appropriation, and also pledees
the state to pay the city up to $2,-
000 a year as its share of main
tenance costs, and the W-P-A
approves our application, we shall
call s special election to seek the
approval of the people."
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Chamber To Hear
Commerce Envoy
BULLETIN!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.
(AP) Joseph P. Ken
nedy, the retiring ambassa
dor to London, said flatly
today that he was "against"
the lease-lend bill for aid to
Britain "in its present
form."
By JOHN R. BEAL
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. U.H
Joseph P. Kennedy, retiring anv
bassador to Great Britain, told the
house foreign affairs committee
today that unless the British get
more ships this year, their ship
ping and food problems will be
come "serious and vital."
Testifying on the administra
tion's British aid bill as the first
witness called by the "opposition,"
Kennedy said the British shipping
situation would become more seri
ous "if the rate of destruction of
ships continues at the rate previ
ous to last month."
Kennedy made no general state
ment on the bill but offered to
answer questions. Chairman Sol
Bloom turned the interrogation
over to Rep. Hamilton Fish, R.,
IS . Y.
Prior to taking the stand, Ken
nedy was accorded an enthusias
tic welcome by several members
of the committee. While photog
raphers made pictures, Fish, and
Reps. George Holden Tinkham, R,
Mass., Edith Nourse Rogers, R
Mass., and Charles Eaton, R., N.
J., lined up at his right hand and
greeted him.
Crowd Attracted
Kennedy, who has lived ln Lon
don while it first underwent inten
sive nazl air raids, drew a capac
ity crowd of spectators, with an
overflow group of standees lining
the walls.
Fish questioned Kennedy re
garding the possibility of a "crisis"
in 60 or 90 days, as suggested by
several administration witnesses.
"Great Britain has been in a
crisis since Sept. 3, 1939," Kennedy
replied. "It became acute last
June."
'If by a crisis you mean that
England will fall In 60 to 90 days,
I don't know on what that can be
based. The situation has been
very critical since the fall of
France."
He said there were some phases
of the German campaign that he
could not understand.
Why?
"If the German strength was as
great as they said it was, I never
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Campus Enrollment
Record Shattered
f " iff III '
JOHN J. ROGERS, re
elected chairman of the Lane
district of Wallamet area
council of Boy Scouts for
1941.
Rogers Named
Scout Chairman
Dutton, Lombard Also
Elected To Offices
Douglas P. Miller, commercial
attache of the United States gov
ernment in Berlin since 1924, will
be the speaker at the luncheon of
the Eugene chamber of commerce
Friday noon ln the Palm room at
the Osburn hotcL
Mr. Miller is a native of Iowa
and a graduate of the University
of Denver, with the degrees of B.
A. and M. A. He received the
Rhodes scholarship for Oxford,
England, from the state of Colora
do and received his B. A. of Juris
prudence from Oxford university.
In the World war, he served in
various capacities in Mesopotamia
at Bagdad and Basra, and at Vlad
ivostok, Siberia and other points In
the Far East. He repatriated war
prisoners at Stettin, Germany in
1920. In the following year, he
was in the export business, London-New
York. He was also a
salesman and an Industrial chem
ist. Mr. Miller has been In the ser
vice of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce since the lat
ter part of 1921. After service
with the bureau at Washington in
the western European division, he
was appointed trade commissioner
at Berlin in 1924. Most of his ser
vice since that time has been at
that post.
All previous enrollment records
for the winter term of the Univer
sity of Oregon were broken this
week, when registration reached
3.462 students, it was announced
luesaay Dy L,. Constance, as
sistant registrar. Last year the
total for the entire term was 3,459,
and at this time was 3.442.
Increase i n registration o f
women, from 1296 of a year ago
to 13S8 at this time, is especially
noted. A slight decrease In num
ber of men is due largely to the
fact that many have entered var
ious branches of military service,
It is pointed nut.
The school of architecture and
allied arts, with an increase of 13
percent, and the college of arts and
letters, with a 10 percent gain.
lead all schools and departments
of the Institution. An increase of
IS per cent in the junior class and
10 per cent in the sophomores is
also noted.
John J. Rogers . was re-elected
chairman of the Lane county dis
trict of Wallamet area council of
Boy Scouts of America at the first
1941 meeting Monday night at the
Del Rey cafe.
Wilbur H. Dutton was named
vice-chairman, and C. E. Lombard,
treasurer.
Progress In many fields of Boy
Scout activity was reflected ln re
ports at the meeting, and ln pic
tures taken of the summer camp
at Camp Lucky Boy last summer,
and shown by Dr. Foster Burnett
Timberland acquired in areas
adjacent to Camp Lucky Boy was
described by Austin Dodds, who
heads the district advancement
committee. Reports on the recent
financial drive slfowed $5300
pledged, one of the largest
amounts ever given for the scout
movement in Lane county.
It was reported that proceeds of
the Eugene Gleemen concert
Thursday night will go toward
erection of a craft house at the
camp.
Other officers named at the
meeting:
E. t. Martin, finance; Dr. Glen
Morgan, health and safety; W. H.
Dutton, leadership and training;
George Godfrey, publicity; Austin
Dodds, advancement; Rev. Willis,
ton Wirt, court of honor; G. E.
Gaylord, senior scouting; Walter
H. Banks, cubbing; Earl M. Blcilt,
rural scouting; Earl S. Beeson,
commissioner; N. H. Comish, ex
tension; C. A. Huntington, activi
ties; J. L. Woodworth, troop or
ganization; Dick Schanholz, Sea
Scout committee.
Membcrs-at-largc: Alton F. Ba
ker, J. F. Cramer, J. R. Bruckart,
Foster Burnett, C. D. Donahue, E.
D. Furicr, Carlton Spencer, C.
Ward Ingham, C. L. Kelly, W. W.
Wirt, Glen S. Morgan, W. E. Mox
ley, C. B. McFarland, O, F. Staf
ford, L. A. Payne, K. Nyegaard
W. P. Walter.
George Wllhelm, Julio Silva, Joe
Smith, Father Louis Sohler, M;ih-
lon Sweet, Lynn McCready, Lee
Murphy, Clifford Culp, Fred
Swanson, A. T. Fraedrlck, C. J.
Wells, H. H. Ryan, C. C. DcWitt,
Paul Campbell, Wendell Gray, D.
E. Benson, Seth D. Byers, H. S.
Skirvins.
V. M. Cameron, L. O. Wright,
Lloyd C. DeLess, Geo. L. Scharpf,
Ellsworth Tilton, M. C. Smith,
Harry Anthony, Arthur S. Olsen,
Berl Hamilton, Wendell Van Loan,
W. J. Kyle, R. G. St. Clair, Chas.
H. Paris, S. L. Taylor, Will Steele,
L. J, Gardner and Harry L. Chase.
LAWYER DIES
SALEM, Jan. 21 Sander
ion Reed, 74, veteran Oregon law
yer for the state land board for
the past six years, died here yes
terday. He had been 111 aeveral
mocthi,
Springfield Child
Is Hit By Truck
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 21. (Spe
cial) Clarence Eckhoff, seven-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
P. Eckhoff of 1467 East Main
street, Springfield, was injured
Monday about 5 p. m. when he
was struck by a truck driven by
Claude Campbell, 109 North Law
rence street, Eugene. The boy
was crossing Main street at Four
teenth street when the accident
occurred. He was taken to the
Sacred Heart hospital for treat
ment of a head cut and other In-Juries.
Fierce Italian
Thrust Broken,
Athens Asserts
30,000 Fascists
Trapped In Fortress
Attacked By English
By The Associated Press
Greece's mountain fighters
reported today they smashed
the biggest Italian counter-attack
yet attempted in the
Tepeleni sector of central Al
bania, while across the Medi
terranean sea, British desert
troops launched a major as
sault on 30,000 fascists in the
siege-girt fortress of Tobruk,
Libya.
The Greeks, after reporting
that Italian forces had started
an intensive drive in the Tepe
leni region, declared the at
tack had been thrown back.
with losses of large number
of Italians.
Tn another combat zone, north' of
Klisura, the Greeks reported the
had scored important gains in a
blinding snowstorm, capturing an
Italian-held mountain height along
with 100 fascist prisoners, field
guns, machine-guns and mortars.
In the turbulent Balkans, bloody
street fighting and bombings were
reported ln Bucharest and ether
Rumanian cities, following on the
assassination of German staff
officer.
The attack on Tobruk, 80 mflet
from the Egyptian border, started
this morning and was reported
"proceeding satisfactorily." ;-
The Italian high command had
previously noted "Increased artil
lery action around Tobruk" and
acknowledged that RAF bombers
had raked the fortress, causing
"material damage."
A British communique said RAF
bombers "heavily raided" Tobruk.
scoring direct hits on military bar
racks ln the beleaguered town and
dropping "many bombs" en a fas
cist camp of about 200 tents.
' Sicily Raided
The RAF also reported a new
raid on the German air base at
Catania, Sicily, in which seven
axis planes were "seen to burst
Into flames" on the ground. Ca
tania has been used by nazi dive
bombers In repeated slashes at
Britain's Mediterranean fleet. .
Fresh units of the German army
were reported streaming Into Ru
mania amid widespread rioting.
On the Albanian war front,
Greek reports from the fighting
zone said Italian troops had start
ed a fierce counter-attack In the
Tepeleni sector, In a desperate
attempt to halt the Greek advance.
Greek dispatches described the
counter-attack as the largest and
most carefully planned of any
undertaken by the Italians In that
sector.
With ordinary channels of com
munication shut down, the situa
tion In Rumania was not immedi
ately clear.
Diplomatic dispatches to Sofia,
Belgrade and Budapest said Ger
man soldiers, civilians and com
munists were listed among the
casualties.
Rumania's frontiers with Yugo
slavia and Bulgaria were closed,
except to a few travelers with dip
lomatic passports, while Balkan
capitals speculated that the wide
spread disorders may have flared
In resentment over German mili
tary concentrations in Rumania.
Others suggested bitter rivalry be
tween Rumanian iron guard ele
ments as a cause.
Airport Land Case
Is Further Delayed
The expected hearing on the
motion of Attorney O. E. Immel to
strike out clauses In the city's
complaint seeking the carrying
out of Its contract with George W.
and Gladys Boqua on land sought
for the new airport was not held
Tuesday, due to the absence of
Circuit Judge G. F. Skipworth,
who was hearing cases in Toledo.
Circuit Judge Cari W. Wimber-
ly is expected to hold court here
Wednesday, and the motion may
be heard at that time.
Fare Enough!
NEW YORK, Jan. 21 '
James Snyder, a jobless clerk,
kept a subway train waiting sev
eral minutes while he searthed
the tracks for a nickel he had
dropped. "You'd do it, too," was
the explanation that won Kim a
suspended sentence, "if you'd
lost your last nickel.
English Decide
Upon Labor Draff
LONDON, Jan. 21 W Labor.
Minister Ernest Bevln Informed
the house of commons today that
the government has decided to
register Brltnin's working men
and women for drafting into war
factories.
Bevln reported steadily Incras
ing production, despite air raids,
but added that the country had
"now reached a stage when it
will be necessary to take Indus
trial registration by aire groups."
He said the registration was to
"make a list of those who should
be called upon to serve the state
in the national Industry."
The government risked a poli
tical storm from the left wing
by its decision to draft labor,
but observers predicted there
would be little formal opposition.
FOUR KILLED
LONDON, Jan. 21 0n Four
persons were killed ln an ex
plosion in a Scottish arms fac
tory this afternoon, the ministry
of supply announced.
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