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auiiJUNa, uncuuiN, 'ruJMSJJAY, MAY 13, 1941 ON STREETS 3c; . NEWS STANDS 8e einnmaims Dub Fygitive Hess Demenked dnhs Big Split In N aminers Approve Airline Stop for Eugene Party Considered Administration ing Here brwr.TON. May 13 aeronautics board examin fcommended today that Airlines De auinonzeu 10 kh services to Salem and , ore,, ana duiiiikiioiii, They recommended denial Applauds O.K. For ed Airlines Wding to rise Liini Airlines has assured Lyor Urge declared, "that UU erect an adequate Watlon building at the Wlrport site. The Coldren kim which is eqmppea Electric lights and running ihm heen left on the prop- I serve as temporary head-n," building to cost between ind S30.00O will be Id, The plans call for this Incited in the center of Lilnn of the east side of bid, according to the army conroany's application for lion to establish service to kh Falls, Ore. report of the examiners, w. Brown ana oonn w. subject to review by the ltd Airlines proposes to Eellingham an intermediate fa its route between Seattle mcouver, British Columbia, n and Eugene would be utermediate points on the iy's route between Seattle; in Diego, Calif. The com- aiso sought to include CITY AIRPORT STORY PAGE 2 jjuldager House led By Flames a ROAD, May 13. (Spe cie residence of Dr. and torge F. Guldager on the jr through this community to the ground early Tues iming, none of the contents wed. The fire broke out 4 8. m Mce C T t o Dr. Guldager, was at Ifit fhA I n. .1 -. ... luc umaagers at Paulina lake on a trip, lensen awoke to find the i of smoke. The Guldag- to return early Tuesday Nse was a two-story one JmlT. 'gin of the fire Z Jut " started in the urnace for several days. Pfage and its contents were Shrubbery about the house anrt f thtfruit es were ent ended Jan, f ted t'Ver Road PeoPle wltlhe'r water district neP PanS n' due t0 'tart ZJ P1 t the Eu starting the first of Bon to y provides the cSLr" by contract 3 ievtei r,.an,d fire dis ervice d thelr ta r father News E r Frast) "iKIn tL e mountains; i SLP temperature. m,j2 K northwest wind off I. fa1 Statistics h m? tUre' Tuesday; C'tlieast. d at non. fe'ffi Stage of fv.t Eugene a Air Line Waits O. K. W. R. Thigpen, United Airlines Portland district traffic manager, said he hopes to speed service to the Eugene airport as soon as pos sible. "There in nn rhannt iai TTnitoj Airlines will operate a shuttle ser vice using me old airport,." Mr Thigpen declared. Only the large mainliners are nneratpri coast line, and CAA would not permit mese snips to Be landed oh the small airport. "Today's notice was merely a recommendation and from one to six months may be necessary be fore formal approval is granted." Mr. Thigpen quoted a telegram he had just received from Harvey Hancock, assistant to W. A. Pat terson, president of the association, stating: "United Airlines is gratified with the favorable comment made by the Civil Aeronautics Board examiner on our request to ex tend service to Salem, Eugene and Bellingham, Wash. We hope the board will expedite its ap proval so that we may have the privilege of serving these import ant cities with faster mail and express service." . Sites Selected If Funds O.Kd WASHINGTON, May 13. (fP) Senator Lee (D-Okla) said today the- war department had informed him, of selection of nine army can tonment sites to be used in event the army , was expanded. The senator was told the army was planning far in advance of its actual ; requirements to insure availability of sites in event they were needed. It was explained-no funds were available now for the canton ments and that the quartermaster general's office had been instruct ed to proceed with the advance planning exclusive of land acqui sition and actual construction. The sites, Lee said the war de partment advised him, included Santa Maria-Lompoc, ,Cal., and Medford and Eugene, Ore. Each camp would be comprised of about 75,000 acres if established and would accommodate up to 35,000 troops. Showdown Due On U.S. Convoys WASHINGTON, May 13. OP) With a senate showdown ap proaching on the convoy question, Senator Pepper (D-Fla) urged to day that the United States under take to help assure the safe de livery of all supplies to Britain, regardless of the country from which they were shipped. But, capital circles wondered just what Secretary Knox meant when he said: "It is very possible . . .. that convoys are not the ans wer after all. Perhaps we have to develop a new defense to assure the arrival of our goods on the other side." Eugene Vicinity One Of Proposed Army Campsites Nine Western State Spots Considered For Cantonments The 'vicinitv nf 7nsW i. among several sites tentatively acictieu lor a Dig army canton ment, according to a telegram which Senator Rufus Holman sent to the Eugene Chamber of Com merce Tuesday. Medford is also reported in the tentative list as are nine other sites in western states. Senator Holman emphasized that the decision is NOT FINAL and that actual construction would de pend entirely on congressional ac tion to expand the present army and the appropriate necessary funds. The senator's message said: "War department tomorrow will release announcement of plans to meet possible sudden call for camp expansion. Vicin ity of Eugene is among nine lo cations in western states se lected. I EMPHASIZE this selection for future planning purposes should further expan sion of army be necessary and INSTALLATION WILL NOT BE MADE UNLESS congress authorizes such increase and ap propriates necessary funds." The rjroienfc mentinnpri hv Wnl- man is separate entirely from the proposed army air Dase for which the city of Eugene has tendered a camp site adjacent to the new airport. No decision has been made on that proposal. The cantonment for which the 'F.MPpnA virinitv" ic cplwtAri wnnl4 probably be a large temporary camp lor uie training or nanunng of large bodies of troops in event nf war At thn rpmipet nf th war department, the chamber tnrougn its military anairs com mittee has suggested at least six larffA nrpne urifnin 90 milae nf Eugene which might be available. wo indication is given as to wmcn of the areas is preferred. Fred Stickels, president of the SEE EUGENE ARMY STORY PAGE 4 Ordinance Divides City Into Six Wards ' SPRINGFIELD. May 13. (Spe cial) An ordinance passed at the meeting of the city council Mon day night, divides this city into six wards. Starting at the next gen eral election, six councilmen will be elected at large. Provision for thL change is made in the city charter. Boundaries of the wards are: Ward 1 the district west of Sec ond street and the Brownsville branch of the Southern Pacific railway, and north of B street. Ward 2 the district south of North B street, west o Eighth street. SEE NEW ORDINANCE STORY PAGE . 0 Veteran Employe Honored At Register-Guard Banquet A. P. Bremer, linotype operator who retired recently after 30 years service in the Register-Guard composing room, was honored Monday evening at a banquet giv en by the newspaper firm at Sey mour cafe. Fifty of the Register-Guard staff members gathered at the event to pay tribute to Mr. Bremer for his long service with the paper, to honor him as a craftsman and as an employe always loyal to his firm and associates, and to express appreciation to one who had ever practiced the principles of help fulness and honesty to fellow workers and served as adviser to younger members of the staff. Sam Bronaush. business man ager of the Register-Guard, served as toastmaster. Robert C. Hall, University Press superintendent and veteran secretary of the Eu gene Typographical union, was a guest and save a history ot Mr. Bremer as a printer and honored him for his craftsmanship. 3. Wen-1 dell Gray, retiring president oi tne Typographical union, was another guest and expressed appreciation for the association of Mr. Bremer in the union. Alton F. Baker, pub lisher of the Register-Guard; Wil liam M. Tugman, managing editor of the paper: Harry F. Garrett, in coming president of the union; F. C. Thorndyke, chairman of the Register-Guard chapel of the un ion, all gave talks in tribute to Mr. Bremer and his work. J. Elmer Wells, superintendent of the paper composing room, made the pres entation of the gifts from the Register-Guard staff and of the remembrance from the Mergen thaler linotype company, Mr. Bremer having operated one of the company's machines during his 30 years at the paper. Mrs. Bremer was a guest at the meeting. Impromptu talks from many other members of the staff were given during the evening.- Hen Attempts To Mother Pups REEDSPORT, May 13 (Spe cial) Lady, a registered collie, has her six puppies back, but she had to battle for them. Shortly after the puppies were born, Lady left them for a little while. A setting hen on the Harold T. Lewis farm, where Lady lives, moved in to mother the puppies, and pecked frant ically at Lady every time she approached. The Lewises had to remove the hen by force so the bewild ered puppies could get their dinner. Man Killed, Son Hurt In Crash Adair Bristo Geddings, 28, of Greenville, N. C, was instantly killed and his son, John Henry Geddings, 10, was injured when a light truck driven by' Roy Koon of Junction City RFD 2 struck Mr. Geddings' car on the Wil lamette highway eight miles above the Lowell bridge at 7 o'clock Monday evening. Mr. Koon was not held by the police. The Geddings car headed west was parked at the north edge of the highway while Mr. Geddings was at work jacking up the car to repair a punctured tire on the left rear wheel, it was reported by Frank Levirigs, state 'police officer, who was at the scene of the acci dent shortly aftei it occurred. Mr. Koon was driving west and as he proceeded around a lone sweeping curve in the highway his truck ran into the rear left of the SEE MAN KILLED STORY PAGE 2 Selective Service Program Is Speeded The selective service question naires being sent out by the three Lane county draft boards are now coming in by the hundreds. Board No. 3, which has sent out more than 3000 had received 1225 of them back from the registrants up to Tuesday. The other boards have . also received many of the blanks filled out. The questionnaire fa Intended to furnish the local boards with in formation to' enable them to clas sify the registrants in one of the following selective service classes: Class 1 includes men who are available for induction into the armed forces of the United States. Class 2 includes those whose in duction is deferred because of the importance to the nation of the service they are rendering in their civilian activities. Class 3 includes those whose In duction is deferred because they have persons dependent upon them for support. Class 4 includes those whose In duction is deferred by law and those unfit for military service. 8 Take Civil Service Police, Fire Exams Eight applicants for positions on the city police and fire depart ment eligilibity lists were given the civil service examinations Monday morning at the League of Oregon Cities office on the uni versity campus. Names of those successful will be released later in the week. Those taking the exam for policeman were: Teddie W. Rob ertson, Alonzo W. Knotts, Crom well F. Mansell; for fireman, Lloyd E. Severson, Fred A. Cas sity, and Marvin L. Gooch; and for both police and fireman, Nell F. Ellis and Dorrance W. Carley. Woman Is Fined For Assault On Neighbor Following a trial that lasted a greater part of Monday afternoon, Justice of the Peace John Bryson Tuesday morning fined Frances C. Shield $25 on a charge of as sault and battery unon a neigh bor, Phebe Mann. The fine was suspended on condition that she refrain from committing the of fense again. Testimony showed that the two women became engaged in an altercation over the tethering of a cow on a vacant lot at the edge of the city. New Walkouts Threaten U. S. Defense Work Boston, San Francisco Disputes Tie Up Construction . WASHINGTON, May 13. (U.R) The Pacific Coast shipbuilding strike has halted work on a $294,960,475 program of 72 craft for the U. S. navy, ranging from modern cruisers to fuel oil barges, official records showed today. The work stoppage by CIO and AFL machinists has tied up progress since Monday on four cruisers, 25 destroyers, 16 mine sweepers, six steel fleet tuga, four boom tenders, a lighter, two submarine tenders, five sub marine rescue ships, two fuel oil barges, and seven gate ves sels in the nine affected yards working on navy contracts. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Production of armaments was threatened by two new strikes to day as shipyard disputes continued to tie up more than $500,000,000 worth of naval construction at Boston and San Francisco. A threatened walkout at the Hudson Motor company in Detroit, however, -was at least temporarily postponed. ' A strike by some of the 5,600 employes of the Colt's Patent Fire arms company at Hartford,- Conn., one of the nation's largest arma ments factories, threatened pro duction there, and 200. carpenters working on the government's new $30,000,000 Ravenna, Ohio, Shell loading plant walked out. The Hunkin-Conkey Construc tion company said about 2,000 car penters were employed on the Ra vanna job and expressed nope for an immediate settlement of the wage dispute. The men asked a 25-cent-an-hour increase from a present scale of $1.12 hourly. Neither side in the Colt's com pany dispute revealed demands, but it was reported the strikers wanted a wage increase of about 20 per cent, in present schedules of hourly rates of from 50 cents to $1.20. A company official said an offer of a 10 per cent increase was rejected last night. The company was making 37 millimeter cannon, - .30 and .50 caliber machine guns and sidearms for the army and Great Britain and was unofficially reported to have $30,000,000 in unfilled orders. The company spokesman said the plant continued operations with a "very substantial" number of 4,900 on the day shift reporting as usual. The United Automobile Work ers (CIO) union agreed to post pone its strike against Hudson Motor company until the com pany's directors could consider the demands. -A Michigan labor con ciliator said the board agreed to give its answer tomorrow after noon. The Dodge division of Chrysler Corporation reported it had laid off 12,000 workers last night be cause of a shortage ot materials supplied by the New Haven Foun dry company, whose workers are on strike at New Haven, Mich. 2641 Farmers Sign 1941 Plan Sheets First figures on the 1941 AAA farm program disclosed that 2641 farmers in Lane county have signed their 1941 farm plan sheets, signifying their intention of taking part in this year s program. Ray mond A. Johnson, chairman of the county AAA committee, said Tues day. This is an increase of 179 farmers over the 1940 sian-uD, "We believe that we have indica tions of better compliance with the farm program during the coming crop year than ever before," Mr. Johnson said. Approximately 95 per cent of the county's crop land is signed up upder the farm program, Mr. Johnson pointed out. He believes that more farmers will plant witnin acreage allotments and will use soil conserving and soil build ing practices in 1941 than In any previous year. Higher Education Budget Is Cut; Changes in U-0 Personnel Are Announced v PORTLAND, Ore., May 13 (AP) State system of high er education budgets were adopted today at levels materially below those at which institutions are now operating as the state board of higher education trimmed outgo to meet in come at the annual budget session held here. The combined budget of unrestricted funds for next year was set at $3,442,129 as compared with this year's operating level of $3,530,433. Financial labors of the board were interrupted for a pub lic hearing on the proposal to transfer the license of radio KOAC from Oregon State college to the state system of higher education. This proposal was contained in general recommendations made by Chancellor Hunter several months ago, but had been held up after protests had been filed by individuals and organizations. After hearing arguments, President W. L. Marks an nounced that no action on this matter was'on the docket to day and that views expressed will be fully considered. Resignations, releases, leaves and appointments at the Univer sity of Oregon were announced as follows: Resignations and Releases Bea trice J. Barker, catalog librarian, retired to half-time service; Ade line Adams, law librarian, ap pointment expires; Arthur G. Dudley, assistant professor of business administration, appoint ment expires; Hugh M. Shafer, as sistant professor of education, ap pointment expires; Ellen Wilshire, instructor in education, appoint ment expires; Ora Gledhul, .In structor in education, appointment expires; Frances Bascom, instruc tor in education, appointment ex pires; George W, Rochester; :acting professor of law, appointment ex- Gleemen To Sing At 8 p. m. Wednesday The program for the Eugene Gleemen concert to ' be sung Wednesday evening was an nounced Tuesday by John Stark Evans, conductor. The concert will be in McArthur court at 8 p. m. Wednesday. The Gleemen are turning over all net proceeds from this concert to the local Y. M. C. A. for the. latter's community house SEE GLEEMEN STORY ' PAGE 4 Water Board Plans To Fence Properly Decision was madeat the Eif gene water board meeting Mon day evening to proceed with plans to protect the light and water plant from possible sabotage. Quo tations from different firms for the cost of the fence and gates were received and a decision will be made by Superintendent J. W. McArthur before the June meet ing. Final estimate of the Trl-State Construction company for the new steam plant of $2,532.29 was ap proved. A total of $41,283.30 has now been paid this company. Considerable discussion was held over the amount of liquidated damages-penalty charged for fail ing to complete the work within the time set in the contract to be charged the company. The con tract calls for $25 per day and nearly two extra months were re quired, A second estimate of $4,885.70 was submitted by Shields and Shields, contractors on the fuel shed, and approved by the board. The fuel shed will be finished within a short time the board was informed. Payment of bond Interest due July 1 was approved as follows: $5,166.49 for water and electric bonds; $3,037.50 for water im provement bonds; and $4,500 for McKenzie water supply bonds. The board's auto fleet was re-insured for the coming year with the Bry ant DeBar Co. Change of one paragraph In the board's contract with the Oregon state game commission for ' the lease of land at the Leaburg dam for additional trout pools was re quested. The commission object ed to the restriction that all trout raised in these pools should be used to stock Lane county streams, but said preference had always been given the McKenzie river. A compromise paragraph will be submitted for the commission's approval. SEE HIGHER EDUCATION PAGE 2 , lake Yields Biggest Fish M. M. Kimball, Trent lum berman, can sit at the head of the table again. For the past two weeks, ever since Mrs. Kimball landed a 20-inch Loch Leven trout, Kimball has rated second in the Kimball hoiae hold as an angler. But today he is not only the ace fisherman of his own home but of Lane county. Credit Fisherman Kimball with catching the largest rain bow trout- ever taken from Crescent lake. - The . 15-pound, 2-ounce "lunker" he caught in the lake waters of the high Cascades Sunday was given that rating by Fred Hall, Cres cent lake storekeeper who weighed the fish. Witnesses were Albert Morrison and Har ry T. Mooney, who ,measured the fish that was 29 Inches long as compared to a girth of 22 inches fat and sassy. Kimball said he couldn't hold in cunped hands all of the fat taken from the fish when it was dressed. The rainbow, which was shaped like a bass, was caught by Kimball while trolling, us ing a Doc Shelton soinner and worms and a No. 4 double snell hook. It required only 15 min utes to land the mammoth lake trout which broke water re peatedly until beached. Kim ball, who has his right foot in a cast at the present time, was handicapoed by the broken foot. He had no choice In land ing the fish, being equipped with only a dip net, too small for anything weighing 15 pounds. Willamette Valley Logging Conference Comes to Eugene Hundreds of men and women connected with the logging indus try throughout the state will con verge on Eugene Friday and Sat urday for the third annual Wil lamette Valley logging conference. Advance registration for the event indicates attendance will be larger than ever before, Secre tary H. J. Cox said today. Conference sessions will open Friday morning at 9:30 in the Os burn hotel when delegates gather to hear an address ot welcome by Major Elisha Large. Carl Jacoby of the C. D. John son Lumber Co., Toledo, will speak Friday afternoon on "New Equip ment Vs. Old"; William Swindell, Willamette Valley Lumber Co., Dallas, on "Power Saw Falling and Bucking"; Jack Lewis, Lewis Lumber Co., Dexter, on "Cats and Arches"; Victor Torrey, Coos Bay Lumber Co., Marshfield, on "Trucks and Truck Roads"; and Fred Holmes, Oregon State col lege, on "Employment of Stu dents." Stewart Holbrook, Seattle, famed autnor of logging stories, will speak at the Friday night loggers dinner, and A. A. Lausmann, Port land, will serve as toastmaster. Fred Pontln, Crown Willamette Paper Co., Booth, will discuss "Ac cident Prevention and First Aid,' at the Saturday mornlne session and Warren Tllton, West Coast Lumbermen's association, Seattle, will speak on "Recent Legislation Affecting Logging and Forest rracitce. More than 50 logging equipment and supply firms have entered dis plays in the machinery exhibit which will be opened on streets adjacent the Osburn hotel, conven tion headquarters. Britons Declare No. 3 Nazi Is Mentally Sound Germans Meanwhile Give Good-Will Fete To Hitler By the Associated Press) Adolf Hitler called all RefeVi leaders and district leaders of the Nazi party together today as the British declared a rift in the Nasi party was evidenced by the dra matic 800-mile escape flight of Kudolf Hess from Germany to Scotland, where he surrendered as a prisoner, of war. Pronounced sane hv Rrlflch Ion. tors. Hess was mated a nvln when he parachuted to safety frori bis Messerschmltt fighting plane: "I have no bombs in mv nUnn. so you needn't worry." The 47.vear.nli1 Vid la,f Hitler's No. 2 heir to the German dictatorship, talked for 10 min utes to Scottish home guardsmen before he was taken to a military hospital on his arrival Saturday night. German propaganda described Hess sensational flight as the act of a man "mentally deranged be cause of physical illness," while elsewhere speculation arose that he might divulge Hitler's military secrets and strike a serious blow at the German fuehrer's war plans. ' Victory Fest Held The official, Nazi . party , news service. 'in terse- comment on Hit ler's tneeting with his leaders, said only that the group "gave the futirer an impressive demon stration of determined will for victory." Prime Minister Winston Churc hill indicated, meanwhile, that Hess was talking how much was not known and that a Brit ish statement on his capture would be forthcoming soon. British sources gave a hint. too. that Hess was fired on as he raced his MeSserschmitt from Germany across the English channel to a Scottish moorland. Ten machine gun bullet holes were found In the tail of the plane. As British foreign office ex perts questioned Hess in a Scot tish hospital, Minister of Informa tion Alfred Duff Cooper told re joicing Britons; 'I can only say that his arrival here shows the first breach in the Nazi party that has occurred since Hitler murdered a huge block ot his own followers on June 30, 1934." Duff Cooper referred to the notorious "blood purge'' in which Hess helped execute Hitler s or ders. Countering German assertions that Hess was mentally ill, the British pointed out that for a madman he made an adroit job of flying the 800 miles from Ger many to Scotland and bailing out when he failed to sight a landing place for his Messerschmitt in the darkness. The plane's fighting guns were not loaded. An official Nazi party com munique declared: Hess appears to have lived under the hallucination that he was still able to bring about an understanding between Germany and England through personal ac tion with old English acquaintances." The British said flatly that Hit ler's lopg-time boon friend and No. 2 choice for the fuehrership in the event of Hitler's death had brought no suggestion of peace. The purpose of his flight re mained as deep a mystery as ever, although the British seized on the incident as evidence ot a rift in Nazi leadership. Amid a flood of rumors, word circulated at Glasgow that Hess brought inportant information about the German air force which he wanted to communicate to the British. Authoritative quarters In Lon don said Hess' flight from the Reich was the act of a sane man and added cryptically that it was carried out in defiance of German authority. These quarters said Hess brought no peace terms, and de clared Hitler's deputy knew that if he had gone to a neutral coun try instead of parachuting onto a Scottish moor as he did last Sat urday night he would have been SEE BRITONS-HESS STORY PAGE a -
