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Newspaper Page TextYeather: Fair Home Edition LANS COUNT V3 HOME NEWSPAPER. TWO SECTIONS 16 PACES NO. ft EUGENE, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1941 ON STREETS 3c; KZWS 81 NDS 8o termwft Troops .Poufl?d.atsp f LfuifuguW -1 . i I LW '--)( 1 i ' --v jfc, ; ' , , V I k FiMTT.Y GROUP picture shows Major and Mrs. C. Ford and their children, who ....onn lo take uo a new assignment, in Boise, Idaho. Major and Mrs. Ford have h chaise of Salvation Army work here for the, past eight years. Advisory hoard r . .? , it.j...j..:.li a 1.1- f .11 ; j Lr held a Danquei in ineir iiuuujr nvuucauajf iiigui. n uuuhi; iiucwcu sctvito smicu F " . . , 1 . t T i 1 . n rf-i i 1 p,m. Sunday at me napusi. cnurcn. in we irum row, icii 10 ngiu; itiajur rora, and Mrs. C. Ford. Back row, Esther and Clarence Ford. (Kennell-Ellis photo, Wilt- Strategists Cry For European Invasion Try Norway Or Italy Held Logical War Fields if ana 0 Priori tv 'its Burden on ittle Fellow' MW America Is a centrist la ahtfttiur Hcbts and shadows be ieasnds of defense are felt either lightly or heavily by mm yciil news service tells In this third of a series of five dally fctt k) happening to the little businessman, the scientist, and st asfht up by the new forces st work. Tomorrow: 'Tress f '-editor. By DON WHITEHEAD . YORK, Aug. 21. (Special News Service) A ter- Mcll in the nation's industrial production for war and mashing out at the little manufacturer ana loooer Rnot prepared to handle defense orders. pressure is increasing dally on tne small fellows De- raw materials must be funneled into channels pro defense materials. Somebody is bound to be hurt in i. . ms, tanks, guns, ships' and ammunition are more lm- ra uncle Sam right now thain anything else, ana ny there are strangely contrasting stories of men be- lown out of jobs while general industrial production I wgn levels. -. . fliif Piinnlncy ' pnfacturers of essential defense materials have prior P the raw materials by government order. The little lusing these materials ean't loin' the nrosmeritv narade It a defense contract. industries are letting siih-rnntraetR nn some of the 1 m aeiense oroprs. hut. Hal gy 35 per cent of de- Fwmction can be farm- Event to Honor Major, Mrs. Ford Kjwly to say what the v' m inausmai r v'uuuuui nave Deen Idodn tv . . tj3u ":uro 01 ae- - uvimao proUUC- pMe example was at Cohere foresighted In- j"OJN8B PRIORITr. nut 16 More Cncoe Of . . fefia Reported . Wnai cases rf diph. Wwghave been Ve- hl. L, county health 2 a total of four past ten days. ?blHn reported te pther News SsfiSi W "Wast) 1 northwest wind Statistics) Y 518 dSLtemperature JinHe.!es: "o pre. feats- foot, , 1dirm- 'Mil Mayor Waits Voters' Verdict SPRINOFIEU5. Auc. 21 (Sue- clal) In the middle of a political bubble that has been on the verge of bursting for some time, Mayor C. E. Chandler, in answer xo me recall petitions being circulated against him. has Issued a state ment In which he says he believes that the people should "oe me Judge." The tax Interest mentioned m the mayor's words that follow Is partial cause for the blowing of the bubble and at the present BEE MAYOR STORY : PAGE 8 ( Ice Pick Saboteur Busy Again Eugene's "Ice-pick" auto tire saboteur to at work again. The mysterious night ma rauder who during the past months has punctured scores of automobile tires of parked ears on streets adjoining East Broad way, has been active again, this time In the vicinity of the can nery. Police sUU were without eluej as to the motive or Identity of the "saboteur." Another ease of antl-auto ac tivities was reported by A. E. Miller. 1163 Chambers, who re ported that a considerable num ber of large-headed tacks had been "planted" on High street between Seventh and Nineteenth. There will be a public farewell service -Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the Baptist church, Broadway and High, streets, for Major "and Mrs; C. Ford,, officers in charge of Sal vation Army work in the Eugene and' Lane county area for the past eight years. Mayor Elisha Large, represent ing the city, Hev. E. J. Fulton, representing the Ministerial as sociation, Dr. A. H. -Norton, speaking for the advisory board of the Salvation Army, and other speakers, including Major and Mrs. C. Ford will highlight the. program which will also include special music. "j Dr. Norton, president of the Army's advisory board, urges a full attendance at the farewell service. A- group of local business and professional men and women, known as tne salvation Army ad visory board gave a banquet Wed nesday night in honor of Major and. Mrs. Ford. About 30 were in attendance. Speakers Included Dr. A. H. Norton, E. A. McCornacky Roy E. Morse, Dr. J. F. Cramer, Arthur Hendershott, Major and Mrs. C. Ford. Solos were sung by Mrs. Grace Burnett Bryant of Oregon City, accompanied by Elwin My rick. A beautiful bill-fold and contents were presented to the farewelllng officers, who leave for Boise, Idaho, next Wednesday.. Members 01 tne Army ooara include' the following: Dr. A. H. Norton, president; J. F. Cramer, vice-president; Robert H. Lemon, treasurer; Chas. L. Paine, secre tary; Dean Wayne L. Morse, 3. W. McArthur, Mabel Currin,. Bethel Wood,, Dr. Geo. Wlnchell, Arthur Hendershott, Rev. H. I G. Smith, Dr. R. T. Burnett, Loy W. Rowling, A. R. Quaekenbush, Raymond B. Bacon, J. W. Silva, Arthur Bushman, E. A. McCpr naek, Sallle M. DInsmore, Rus sell D. Evans, Roy E. Morse, Dr. J. E. Richmond, Grace Schlska, Harry Holt, Dr. Leslie S. Kent, Ira O. Stewart Vocafional Students To Get Jobs in HW Nearly all students completing atumA m,rM at 4h ITlltfftTia vo cational school will be placed In northwest aviation lactones in tne future, James Bagan, manager of the employment service, announc ed Thursday. Earlier this year large numbers ot the Eugene students were sent to California plants, but expan sions of northwest factories calling for more men will utilize all workers that can be trained locally, he said. This policy will tend to keep the northwest labor supply In Its Twpntv more voca tional school sheet metal students were sent to the Seattle, wasn., Boeing plant this week. ' "DARE" DIVE FATAL PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. '21 U,R! Funeral services will be Sat urday for Gordon Greer, 19, who dived 90 feet from the Broadway bridge into the Willamette river on a "dare." By DREW MTODLETON LONDON. Aug. 21 ) Un official English, Polish- and Nor wegian strategists raised anew today their cries for a British invasion of the continent as the only way to defeat Germany. British military leaders were called upon for all-out war against the nazis. Current RAF bombings of Germany and occupied terri tories were deemed insufficient, by these sources. Frank Owen, editor of Minister of Supply. Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard, demanded "a second front and not only in tne air" in a siened editorial. Owen suggested a British offensive against Italy, long favored by some military sources as the spot where the axis could be hit-hard est. Landing Attempt urged - Many Polish and Norwegian military, men have urged the British to attempt landings at a number of noints along the Euro pean coastline in an effort to find the weakest point in uer man defenses. Once a weak spot were found, these men believe, enough British and Allied forces could be land ed to overcome local resistance to dig in and open a new front. Most of these nien believe RAF bombings have smashed German communications and therefore the Germans would find it difficult to concentrate' enough troops to counter a British invasion at any one point. ''' . Favored particularly ' by Poles and Norwegians is a landing in Norway north of Narvik. They offer . three reasons , for such a landing: Three Seasons 1. Norwegian troops in Eng land are said to be better equipped P (fill, Eight Points Bar Pad With Nazis, Avers President President Reports To Congress On Meeting With Churchill QUEEN BOHEMIA I (LM lian Geer), who will reign over-the Southern Lane county fair, which opens in cottage Urove Friday. Pets to Parade At Grove Fair SEE STRATEGISTS STORY " PAGE 2 " . : .. Radio Hams Aid In Mock War WITH THE ARMY in South west Washington, Aug. 21 04") The army: is trying for the first time, apparently with success, the voluntary mobilization- of amateur radio operators for defensive aid in the current west . coast; war maneuvers of 100,000 men. Two hundred operators are co operating in a secret radio es pionage network by which the de fending forces learn of troop, me chanized and motorized move ments long before - they could be ascertained by normal channels. The radio plan-was developed by Maj. Gen. Kenyon A. Joyce, com mander of the 9th corps army, and has proved particularly valuable in the wild Olympic peninsula for est area.. Under the rules of warfare, the civilian operators would be sub ject to execution as, spies. They include farmers, ' forest .rangers, state patrolmen, water patrolmen, fishermen, coast, guardsmen- ana others. One message came through to army headauarters at nudnlgnt: "Five jeeps painted yellow passed south on road here few minutes ago. In the current maneuvers, with SEE RADIO HAMS STORY PAGE t City Police Capture Fawn Vancouver police officers who captured a monkey Wednesday have nothing on Paul Helse and Delmer Cash et the Eugene force. - Thursday morning the two officers "captured" a deer in the Vicinity of 245 E. Eighth. The fawn, only about two months old, was first spotted by Walter Dillard, - county clerk, who saw it wandering in the alley back of the Eugene hotel. Later Grant Thompson, 245 E. Eighth, saw it in his back yard and called police. Officers Helse and Cash were dispatched to the "chase" and soon had the young animal a captive. The deer was added to the Hendricks park herd. How it came to be wandering in the city remained a mystery, . p$ fab I I II I !L 1 COTTAGE GROVE. Aug. 21 (Special) -Pets will have their day Saturday. Willing or otherwise, cats, dogs, horses, cows, and birds animals of all sizes and de scriptions will start for the city park bright and early with their owners to be ready for the judg ing at 8:30 o'clock. Pet parade committeemen, Ted Burns, H. Bi Furrin and Harold Sprague. met with chamber of commerce president and secretary, Dr. H. A. Haggen and Loren Sch- roeder, Tuesday evening to set up the line of -jnarch and., appoint judges lor tne .different.' sections. The committee aDDOinted one judge for each section... Each man appointed ; will . select another person to help him. Heading the parade will.be the sheriff's posse from Eugene. The aueens float carrying Queen Bo hemia 1 (Lillian Geer) and Prin cess Betty Chapman will follow. Then will come the horses, cows, the Cottage Grove school band, goats, sheep, local horsemen, pigs, rabbits, chickens, birds, squirrels, dogs, unusual pets, and cats. Jlenry Williamson and Chet Stroup will name the winner of the $10, grand prize. Other judges named . by the committee are: Charles Beldler, horses; 7. C. Martin, cows; L. J. McCoy, goats; L. Wt. Coiner, sheep; Wilbnr Workman, pigs; F. L. Grunnis, rabbits;. George Machen, chickens; K. K. Mills, birds; Jack Mauld ing, squirrels; Clyde Roberts, dogs; Joe Smith, unusual pets, and Claude Kem, cats. Fust prize in each division will be one dollar with second and third prizes of fifty and. twenty- five cents, respectively. The parade will form at the city park on east Main street and will start up. the street at ten o clock, . disbanding across . the bridge. . WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 President Roosevelt, reporting to congress on his epochal meeting at sea with Prime Minister Churchill, said today the declara. tlon of. principles agreed upon there were so clear cut that they would be difficult to oppose "without automatically admitting willingness to accept compro mise" with naziism. .' These principles, the president added in a brief special message, also would be hard to oppose without admitting a willingness to "agree to a world peace which would give to naziism domination over large numbers of conquered nations." ; "Inevitably," Mr. Roosevelt as serted, "such a peace would be a gift to naziism to take breath armed breath" for a Second war to extend the control over Europe and Asia to the American hemi sphere itself; "Nasls Lack Validity" Mr. Roosevelt said it was per haps unnecessary to "call atten tion once more to the utter lack of validity of the spoken or writ ten word of the nazi government." He added that it also was un necessary to point out that the declaration included ot necessity "the world need for freedom of religion and freedom of information-" ' ' - ', . He said: '; ''"""; .' -. "No society of the world organ-, Ized under the announced princi ples could survive without these freedoms which are part of the whole freedom for which we strive." "Clear Gains Made" The president reported the mili tary and naval conversations at the" north Atlantic conference "made clear gains" in furthering the effectiveness of lend-lease aid to countries east and west, - He and the prime minister, Mr. Roosevelt added, are arranging for conferences with Russia to assist it "in its defense against the at tack made by the principal ag gressor of the modern world Germany." In fact, this copy, furnished to congress in the nature of a re port, constituted most of today's message. Only six new paragraphs were included. The declaration of principles, the president continued, present ed a goal "worthwhile for our type of civilization to seek." . Written with pencil and scratch pad in the president's study last night, the message contained a copy of the official statement re leased by the White House last Thursday covering the eight gen eral. alms agreed upon by the prime minister and Mr. Roosevelt. Even Reds Admit Second City in 'Dread Danger Hitler Command Issues Claims Of Vast Conquest SUPPORT for the "Keep Oregon Green" campaign was called for Wednesday evening by ' Rodrlc Olzendam, vice president of the American forestry association, at a ban quet in the Os burn hotel. (Register-Guard photo, Wilt shire engraving). Speaker Sounds Plea for Trees Keeping the 30,000,000 acres of Oregon "tree farm" green is the responsibility of every man, woman and . child In the state, Roderic Olzendam, vice-president of the American Forestry associa tion, declared Wednesday evening at the Lane county1 "Keep Oregon LGreeti" banquet, first of a series to oe given tnrpugnout tne state. . Olzendam visualized " Oregon forests, producing as they ' are capable of ' doing eight billion board feet of lumber a year, pro viding 61,000 employes with a $100,000,000 payroll each year, provided that fire is kept from the woods. . He pointed out that since 1931 there have1 been 22,795 forest fires in the state, consuming 1,997,000 acres of timber. This total, nearly 200,000 acres per year, is more than -two -and- a half times as great as the allowable amount of burning, .if Oregon forests are to continue to produce and pro create. ' .'.' . The forest expert, emphasized that "timber is a crop" and Ore gon a "tree - farm." .He showed SEE SPEAKER STORY - PAGE 2 -1- . Night Clerk Leaves; Funds Also Disappear John O. Curran, SI, night clerk at the Smeed hotel for the past two nights, was being sought Thursday by city police on a charge 01 em' bezzlement. . Curran was missing . from bis work early Thursday ' morning. Also missing was $30 in cash from the hotel register. He was believed to have been-staying at 784 Lin coln, but police could not obtain any information on ' his definite address. - The ex-clerk left papers In the hotel safe describing himself as a veteran, a former CCC man, and a former employe of the bureau of navigation. An insurance policy was also left. . . : . War Losses Total 7,000,000, Claim By The Associated Press Combined 'German and Rus sian claims late today listed a staggering total ot 7,000,000 men killed, wounded or captured in the two-months-old conflict on the eastern front. 1 The Russians declared offici ally that German losses approxi mated 2,000,000 killed and wounded; the Germans, said 8,000,000 Red army troops had been killed, wounded or cap tured. A Soviet spokesman said more than half of the German losses ware slain, 6000 Jews in Paris Arrested VICHY, Unoccupied France, Aug. 21 W0 French and Ger man police arrested 6,000 Jews in Paris today in a roundup of per sons suspected of opposing Ger man troops. The arrests were made In 1 single arrondisement of Paris, but the movement started to 'spread to other sections of the city. Even in unoccupied France police were stopping travelers on roads and examining their .papers but there were no arrests. Jan Barthelob secretary for communications, tonight warned against sabotage of German freight trains in the occupied zone and told railway workers: "I re solve, whatever it costs me, 'to strike at certain ones among you." He pointed out that under the armistice terms the right ot way in the occupied zone is granted to German trains. Passenger Car Production Cut 26.5 Per Cent Airport Bonds SALEM. Aug. 21 (M Salem voters approved 2,350 to 261 yes terday the $75,000 bond issue to provide the city With funds to acquire- additional land and con struct an administration building at the Salem airport. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 P The office of production manage ment announced today that pas senger car production will be cur tailed ZBVi per cent during Aug ust September and October. SITES SURVEYED SALEM, Aug. 21 W) Salem's new defense board was busy to day surveying proposed sites for an- Army and Navy club, to be built to provide recreation for the proposed army cantonment be tween Monmouth and Corvallis. The site must be In the heart of downtown Salem, the board said, By The Associated Press German troops storming toward Leningrad from the south were reported today to be within 13 miles of the old czarist capital, Russia's second city, and even the Russians acknowledged that Leningrad was in "dread danger." a oweaisn Droaacast quoting the Berlin correspondent of a Stockholm newspaper, said the nazis were advancing via Gat- schina, about 22 miles south ot Leningrad. Adolf Hitler s high command reported that German columns had smashed three main bulwarks of Leningrad's outer defense sys- tern. - Vast Ares Taken, Claim .' : Total Red armv losses of 8.000 . . 000 men in the 1-day-old struggle were claimed by the Germans. including 1.2 0 0.0 0 0 nrisontir. DNB. the official German news - agency, said : conauered - KnvUt territorv. exceeded aas nnn. ani,fl '" miles-ran area greater than, the - enure uerman. Reich and its newly-Incorporated territories east ' and west ,' - . DNB also distributed a state. - ment re-emphasizing that the war " with Russia was being. waged "to gain preconditions for ; the nnai. struggle with Great Britain ana insisting that aerial blows against the British Isles had not ' been weakened. Neutral observers interpreted '"' the statement two ways: first; J, an attempt to Holster - German morale, now, suffering devastat- : ing punishment from ' the - HAF; f second to -quash ' vague rumors of a British-German' peace move ment. .-..!):..; RAF Raids Heavy .. I In' London, a hieh -RriHuh-au thority said RAF nidi In th. lt eight weeks had placed far more bombers over Germany in a sin- . gle night than the Germans sent -over Britain in the most violent assaults last autumn and winter. : -rne German people are catch- tag it now,"- he said. Challenging - an -official -Russian order for a fight to defend Leningrad to the death, the Ber lin radio declared that if the city were defended it would suffer the fate of Warsaw, which was .large ly destroyed by nazi Stukas and siege guns when the Poles re fused to surrender. The Red army northwest "com mand admitted that . Leningrad was under "direot threat -of at tack," but the Russians expressed confidence that the city's defenses with an estimated garrison of 1,000,000 men would hold. .- Odessa Aflame ' On the southern front, Russia's great Black sea port of Odessa was reported aflame, blasted by German artillery and Stuka dive bombers. The German high command re ported that nazi troops storming toward Leningrad from the south had captured the ancient walled city of Novgorod, 106 miles below Leningrad, in bitter fighting against the Red army defenders. Only last night, soviet dis patches declared that a showdown battle for Leningrad was raging. ' about Novgorod . and that the town, surrounded by swamps and myriad lakes, was admirably sit uated for a stonewall defense. The Berlin radio, reporting the SEE EVEN REDS STORY PAGE 8 Salem Store Crews Plan to Pick Beans SALEM, Aug. 21 Salem merchants decided at a meeting here today to close next Monday to permit their employes to assist in saving tne Marion county Dean crop, C. H. Gram, state labor com missioner, who called the meet ing, said that "unless something Is done immediately, a large part of the bean crop will be lost" Many state employes also are expected to pick beans Saturday afternoon and Sunday. 1,500,000 POUNDS! Mere than 2,500,00 pounds of beans have been picked from Lane county yards during the first three days of this week, It was estimat ed Thursday. Tne efua plant received a total of 941 tons from Monday to Wednesday, while the Junction City branch was receiving more than 159 tons. Several hundred additional tons of the Lane county crap were shipped to ether can- aeries. - Short Skirts Urged for Defense! NEW YORK, Aug. 21 i A clarion call to American we men to "cot skirt lengths sev- -eral Inches" was Issued today by ' the National Women's Under, garment Manufacturers associa tion. , . The members of the associa tion Indicated they would co operate by shortening np ea their own specialties, just how, they didn't say. - Delegates to meeting of the . organisation said their surges- 1 tlon should result In a saving of ; at least 14 per cent In women's 'i dress and underwear fabrics. They said such saving weald total millions of yards of cloth, Helen Forrist Hall, Associated Press fashion expert, meed her eyebrows when informed of this :, action. . -. ,-. i "Skirt hems," she said a. verely, "already are slapping at i ear knees. New WhatT"