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Sunday Edition feather: Showers LANE COUNT HOME NEWSPAPER. 4 SECTIONS 28 PAGES EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1941 NO.fe ON STREETS 3c; KZWS STANDS le Y3 Ml Lane Fair Claimed; Big jfdwdsAtfend L Knox Predicts l;r Will 'Break fen' Despite Rains , air Pictures, Page 8) n. Lane county fair books will n be "in the black" this year Iger Fred Knox predicted late lturfBy night just a few hours . .. tv, eates closed for the Ll season., m SP" ',"" ""T L weatherman could do, attend L Was not greatly under that Jiance was estimated at 20. persons and gate receipts IVted to run aoout ,ouu. PT., Jiifcmu.. in attend- -.atesr. uni..-----" - wis.. .!..,. - ilA '4ttm between me kn was caused not by the I. S. fieg'ns Down Payment On Arsenal of Democracy As President Signs Tax Bill ' United Press Staff Correspondent , HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. 20.-(U.P.)President Roose velt signed the $3,553,000,000 tax bill today and Americans began paying more of the budget-shattering bill for the mighty defense and rearmamnt program. Most of the heavy taxes do not become effective until October 1, but inheritance and some other levies became ap- (jutauie at i.io p.m., &ui, wnen tar. riooseveit amxea his signature to the record-break' School Zoning Plan Is Lauded Ether but because there was no Ln Trail pageant preview this .li. rrnwd to the grounds and ystand on Eugene day in 1940. law , r..l.lkll. ... linen lur djwiwiw - ... . j 4 pm grounas win ue oikucu h L g, sunaay ior euuuiD H removing their stock and K. products but the exhibits B be policea mrougn inunuuj ,u hens .wish to wait a- day. The bk bits may De ciaimea mun- . at the oliice in me couruiuuK, C. Keuhner, ciud agent, an. tlBPWi. h. Keuhner, in speaking of the b Wbit this year, declared, he f v ... " I not want lair goers ..io minK this was all the clubs have h doing during ine pasi year. work on.dispiay at.ine county Is only a representative sam Manv of the projects were timed at the Western Lane, Ebem Lane, and Blachly fairs, he at the, state fair and other bed at the achievement day last pi - ... ' Knox ThanKs Ataes ktnaeer Knox expressed his btdation of the cooperation he kind this year - from', farmers, Wa, and business men in set tw exhibits and displaying b products. He made, special! cuos ol the neras oi oeei came Est by C. J. Mahoney, Rt 1, Ittion City, and Ernest McCul t ot Eugene. These were the f beef cattle entered. Mr. Knox 1 thanked Eugene merchants I dosing their stores Thursday rooon f or Eugene day of the re Trainmen Die Idaho Accidents Overcrowding in Eucene eram- mar schools is at a minimum this year, despite a slight increase in enrollment, according to Dr. J. F. Cramer, city school superintend ent. The superintendent said the new districting plan had allieviated overcrowding in almost all cases. An influx of students into White aker, due to many new residents in the surrounding area near the industrial sector, has been cor rected by the transfer of 24 stu dents from that school to Lincoln. Three students have also' been transferred to Francis Willard from Lincoln. ' .. Other minor adjustments may be. expected during the year, to keep classes below or near an 'average of 35,. Dr. Cramer added. At week's end, enrollment In city schools' climbed to 3,776, after an opening day registration of 3,675. The schools picked up 50 more , junior and high, school stu' dents and 51 additional grammar school scholars. . : The late enrollees boosted Eu gene high school registration to 0,23. - Indications of a continued growth in the number of Eugene students were seen in the increased first year, class, up to 250 already. this year, considerably aoove the 1940 six-year-olders. Class-by-class enrollment fig ures throughout the elementary ichools showed few groups of more than 35. Lincoln grade school ranks tops in, enrollment with a total-cf 365 students, and two classes n every grade. Grammar school enrollment is divided as follows: v -J: Condon first grade. 30: second, 46 (two classes): third, 30: fourth. 37: fifth, 29: sixth. 33. Edison first. 48 two classes): second. 25; third, 27; fourth 33; fifth, 37; sixth, 29.' : - - Lincoln first. 63:. second, 66; third, -60; fourth,, 69; fifth, 64; sixth, 62. (All split into two classes.) Washington first. - zo; second. 29; third, 26; fourth, 27; fifth, 26; sixth. 30. Whiteaker first, 33: second,-31; third, 37; fourth, 29; fifth, , 36; ffi MARIES. Ida.. Sent. 20 l-The engine crew of a Chica- Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pa. : freight train was killed and hkeman was seriously Injured b when their 81-car train pd into a rocksli'de about' 22 b east of here. - fce dead were Robert M. Hoff- engineer, and Harry Ferrler, pan, both of Maiden, Ida., n. Hanrahan, Spokane, was badly burned by escap- steam.' wen cars and the engine were filed when the train rounded p-oegrce curve In the moun- p M:northern Idaho and crash. Mo the slide. The freight train I traveling east , with a , load Ming princiballv of lumber. pa officials said. pnrahan, in a .Spokane 'hos' itas expected tor recover, i SPEEDER HITS TftXiV ' 'ALLACE, Ida.. Sent. 20 U,B ft members of a Northern Pa- railway bridge crew , were Illy killed Mp. uhn Ihn Net" on which ' Ihev' were Collirtorl with - a hied freiffht trnln nr . the - a - F-montana boundary. (" Victims were T.. fl. Amh Fan Of the nr..,. anrl T f (J. both' of Missoula, Mont. A r spoKesman said both were eather News IL?: Weather Forecast) rN: partiv ci0Udv and f) Warmer Slinrlnv anrl Mm. moderate northwest wind off r"ai. SaX Statistics) r Minimum temperature Sat pyitlorn no ar i jk i. I j ucgreeai nitiAi- -'uraay afternoon 63.4 de 1 Precipitation to Saturday Win...: " "cn' Wlna P' frtt ,i,rrws;t- f "Uiamette rivnr in Eu t 7 P. m., Saturday, -2.52 Bandftv m- "' e' . m. (..4 ot ft.) i " B. m. (1.4 feetl ':3 P. m. (. oi a ft ing measure in the spacious library of Hyde Park house. Signature of the bill meant America was:, beginning Its .first "down: payment on the; costs- of transforming, this countrys eco omy'into an "arsenal-of democ racy." It, however, was only a "down payment" congress al ready is starting preliminary dis cussions on a new revenue bill which will dig even deeper into the pockets of the average Ameri can for revenue to meet the costs of this, country's part in the world connict. . Congressional fiscal experts ad mitted the heavy levies were "only tne beginning.'' But even though the new taxes were but a starts they hit both poor and rich" alike. Both the individual taxpayer and corporations will be reauired un der the new schedules to pay in creased levies on. income, in-addi tion to meeting the new high ex. cise and retail sales taxes. Exemptions Drop "Subsistence Income," previously deemed unworthy of taxation, now becomes1 subject to the federal levy. The exemption for single persons is dropped from $800 to $750 for Income tax, and "heads of families" get only a $1,500 ex emptions rather than the previous $2,000 exemption. Treasury; and congressional fis cal experts estimate revenue from the new schedule as follows; Individual income J.$i,144,000,bOO Lane Tax Levy sixth. 36. Willard third,, 47: sixth, 52. classes.) -first. 52; second, 48; fourth,. 54; fifth, 64; (All- r split into two - . Euaene FFA Wins Judging Trophy The .Eugene chapter of Future Farmers of America Saturday emerged victorious in the annual competition for the R. A. .BaOB livestock: judging trophy, held in connection with the Lane county fair. v The Eugene boys, Bert Denham, joe Harrison and Leonard Haldor- son, amassed 2888.3 points, to top the records of lp competing ii a teams. Second place went to McMinn- ville; Junction City, third; Silver ton, fourth; and Woodburn, fifth. Teams from as far as Gresham competed. Beit Denham, Eugene, took first place in the individual contest, with 1010.1 points. Second ' was another Eugene boy, Joe ; Harrison with 995.3. Don Jaquet, Silverton, took third; Fred Dereve, Amity, fourth; and Calvin Kiest, McMinnville, fifth.- ' The Euaene team won second in the sheep contest, and tmros m Gunernsey judging, Jersey netters, Jersey cows and beef, to win the uabD iropny. individual class winners in- Guernsey cows Amity; Fred Dereve. Amity: Jersey cows Junction City; Ray Miller, Mo. llala: Jersey heifers Albany; David Bell. Sandy: Beef Wood burn: Clem Dryden. Woodburn; hogs Silverton; Russell Cary, Roseburg, Don Jaquet, Silverton, tied; sheep Silverton; Don Ja quet, Silverton, Bill Ingram, Mc Minnville, tied with perfect score. Couple Found Dead CHICO, Cel.. Sept. 20.' (U.PJ Dr. Frank C. Reynolds, 32, prom inent Chlco physician, and his wife, Brydena Reynolds, 29, mem bers of a well-known family, were found dead today in their home. Ahn-M said Dr. Reynolds apparently committed suicide by shooting nimseii in me iicou a .22 calibre -ifle found beside his body. Cause of Mrs. Reynolds death was not determined at once. SEE U. S. BEGINS STORY PAGE-2 " ' ; Super-Hiway Bids May Be Delayed Opening of bids and letting of contracts oni-thei-Wg"' Eugene- Springfield highway project may be delayed till : the 'November meeting of the state highway com mission, H. Hi Baldock, chief engineer-Informed' J.S. E. Turnbull, chairman df the1 local highway committee. Chief reason for delay is court action to condemn' three pieces of property on which p'rlce negotiations have failed, so far. Another factor in possible post ponement is absence .from; the state of William H. Lynch, district engineer of the federal roads ad ministration who. must give final approval to all grade' separations in which federal funds are' used. Mr. Lynch and other ' highway leaders are attending their national-convention.' ;' . "You may be sure we will speed this job all we can," Baldock told Turnbull.: If we can reach 'settlements- on- these disputed proper ties it may yet be possible to. have the-letting in October, but other--wise it Is wise to h6Id qff work till the jury has' had its chance to inspect premises." - ; 'Vi . Baldock said that the highway department has received assurance that such' jbbs 'as the opening !'0f the Eugene bottleneck will get priority.- rating, for all "necessary equipment .and supplies,, and he expects little .difficulty in getting construction under way this win ter. Much of the work preparatory to moving the railroad can be done this winter. ' For Half of '42 Road Bond Redemption Fund, Insurance Due In First Six Months j Lane county's tax levy for the first half ot 1942 will have to be increased to some extent ever the 1941 levy because-of the new law changing '.the . beginning of the fiscal year from. January. I to July 1, County Judge -Clinton Hurd said Saturday in discussing the budget now being made up by the committee of which the judge is chairman. , There are several reasons why an increase will be necessary, the judge pointed out. 1. The road bond redemption fund becomes due in the first half of the year. 2. The fees for county insurance are payable before July 1. ' ' : 3. Much of the state road money is not turned over to the county until the. latter half of the year.. ' The levy will have to be Suf ficient to meet the iwp payments mentioned and to meet the cost of road improvements and re pairs until the taxes for that pur pose comes ini' Good . Headway Reported Good headway was made on. the first consideration of the different items in the budget, at the session of the committee Friday afternoon, wuite a number of items were tentatively approved ; and final adoption will probably take place during the next two meetings. The first meeting this week will be held Tuesday forenoon and Judge Hurd predicted that the committee will perhaps finish Its work In one or two additional sessions. . The only salary increase acted upon so far by the committee is that of the county soldiers' indi gent fund administrator, or vet erans' service officer, Mike Moria rity. His salary will be raised from $50 to $100 a month; due. it Is ex Slained, to the heavy increase 'In le work of his office.-.The ttotal budget for this. deDartmenivtll be S3700 for the year, ati'lncreasfe of $600. Other salary raises will be acted upon at subsequent meet ings. . V Election Fund Approved - ' The electiion fund of $10,000 was given approval Friday afternoon. This is a large increase over that of the past year for the reason that a general: election Is to- be held in 1942. 'f '. V The emergency fund of $6000 for the half year was approved and the fire patrol item of-$3500 for the year was OK'd. The fruit in spector was given $1750 for the half year. The, health department's budget was placed, at $6481.86 for the six months period. In the first si months of 1941, $4846.38 was ex pended. The department asked for $8171.96, but the committee voted to split the difference. . 1- The home demonstration agent's budget was left at $625 for. the half year, which is the same as in 1941, and the justice court budget for half a year was nlaced at Si 000. which' is lower than last years. The juvenile adviser's office gets an advance of from $936.94, expended in the : first six months of 1941, to $1056 for the first half . of 1942, The county museum budget was placed at $4500 but as the income from ; rentals completely covers this item,- there will be no levy for It. . RAF Pours Tons of Bombs on Nazis In Effort to Ease Reds' Burden; American - Built Planes Take Part ' 0' MILES !OPigff! ' " 'P LONDON REPORTS GERMANS HAVE CUT OFF CRIMEA An authorative source in London said Germans forces apparently had cut off the entire Crimean peninsular at the south of the Russian front. Map locates: (1), Ukraine area in which Kieve and Odessa are still under pressure; (2), region of reported German drive east oi Dnieper river isolating Crimea; (3), Rostov, - through which the London source saidTRussians might have to con tinue contact with Crimea. . U-0 Enrollment May Show Increase ( - On the basis of present indica tions, the University is likely to have an increase in enrollment this year rather: than a decrease, according to reports just released by Hazel P. Schwerlng, dean of women, and Virgil D, Earl, dean of men. .' . -At this time last year .1477 stu dents had checked in with uni versity officials,' while .- today there are 1524 either back on the campus or entering the university-for the first time. ' These figures are based on the reports of fraternities and soror ities on the number of men and women returning to school and on the official lists of new students registering for rush week. . ' Fraternity men returning to the campus- numbered 490 last year against 603 now- reported for fall term. New men- regis tering for rush week are slightly behind last year, 320 against 327, although this year's total may still be larger when the final figures are complied. Seventy.-five more . women rushees are on the campus this year than last, 360 having regis tered to date while only 285 took part in this activity last year. Sorority Women returning shows a decrease, 341 at present against 375 last year. . , 7 v. r Memorial Service Will Honor Three Scouters A- memorial service .for - three Eugene men active in Boy Scout work who have died recently O. F. Stafford,- Dr. Harry W. Titus, and Robert C. Merrill will be held Monday noon in the east dining .room of the Eugene ho. tel. - '- The Xane county district com mittee of the Boy Scout Wallamet council is in charge of the pro gram with John - J. Rogers as chairman. Council, Air Line Agree On Airport Lease Form CAA Ruling , The growing industrial Import ance 'of Eugene and its surround ing metropolitan 'area including 67,000 persons is;elated . ln the official decision of the Civil Aeronautics board in : granting United Air Lines permission to inaugurate regular airline service into this city. , ... . The official report said there was a 10.2 per cent increase in population, ln Eugene during the past 10 years and that air mail, passenger and . air express service would result in important saying of time. : '. ' Travel time from Eugene to Portland will .be speeded up two and three-quarter hours and to Medford, the closest present air stop to the south, by approxi mately six and a half hours. Serv ice, into Eugene is expected to begin w 1 1 h i n. the next few months. ' .-' - - . . : The Civil Aeronautics board in its' official decision said: ' . "Eugene, which has a popula tion of 20,383 persons, represent ing an increase of 10.2 per cent over 1930, and a population with in a 25-mlIe radius of 67,000, is situated about 60 miles : south, of Salem-at the head of the Wil lamette valley. It is approximate ly mid-way between Portland and Medford, the nearest airline stops presently -served ' by United on routeNcr. 11. The University of Oregon is located at Eugene and the ' principal- Industries include the-packing of fruits and vege tables. - ' - ' . ' ; "A number of railroad sche dules are operated '.north of Eu gene .. are comparatively . good. United's proposed schedules would provide a saving of about two hours arid forty-five -minutes over the present rail schedules between Eugene and Portland, and about six and a half hours over rail Willamette Valley Population To Boom . GEARHART, Sept ,. 20-on 'Oregon's: Willamette 1 valley -is destined to grow from 850,000 ' to ,000,000 populatloni the 'Oregon association of real estate boards was told, yesterday.' . - State k Representative - J. Fred Braly of Albany : predicted .that development . of specialty. . crops. now valued at $16,500,000 annual - v Air Depot Plans Will Be Drawn SEE CAA STORY -- PAGE 2 New McKerizie School Called One of State's Most Modern (School Picture, Page 3) By MARIAN LOWRY The talk of the day for the upper McKenzie river communities cen ters around the handsome new school building for McKenzie River district No. 68, constituting McKenzie Bridge, Blue River, and Vlda districts. The school opens its doors, Monday. Dedication is planned in the near future. Located just west of Blue River near Elk -creek on the north side of the highway, the structure is one of the "show" schools in Ore gon, and patrons of that region look unon it with pride. Built and equipped under a bond issue of $90,000, the edifice is entirely of wood,, befitting the heavily for ested area ln which it is situated Fir, knotty pine, maple, and spe cialty wood products plywood, wood tile .blocks are used in finishing the interior except in the furnace room and such places where regulations require other materials. Achievement For District The structure stands as an achievement for the districts in-1 volved, brought about only, after many meetings and several elec tions to unite the three districts. The 25-acre tract for the build ing and grounds is on a slight plateau just off the highway, towering wooded mountains look- SEE NEW McKENZIE STORY .. PAGE I ly, would cause the increase. f Urgency Stressed For Police Reserve The need for more ' men, .to sign up for the police and fire re serve under the ; county defense council program is . .: becoming urgent, reports Herschel R. Tay lor, chairman of that department under the council., V . .,; , ' ' In addition, to the' original ; 180 needed,' there is a new demand for 150 more, men- to be used, from, .the police, reserve . for air raid warden duty, making a grand total of 330 men needed. ' . - -So far, but 87 have signed, up. Ex-service men who registered are reminded again to, report at the City hall to the police de partment, to get lined up for this work and await instructions., ; ; ' Younger then , are ' sought ; fot the fire reserve, all to be physic ally fit.' Older high school, boy? and university, men' students are eligible- to - register for this de partment . ' Special stress is made for, im mediate sign up. because classes are- to start immediately, Taylor reports.. These classes . take . but about one and one-half hours weekly, sessions being at night, so no one is taken away frcm his work in order to do the class work under the police .and .fire reserve. - . Submarine Off Coast; Probably American , l TILLAMOOK, Ore., Sept. 20 (U.R) A black submarine without distinguishing marks which sub-: merged when investigators flew too close was reported off the Ore gon coast at 3:30 p. m. this after-, noon by two amateur flyers. .- Ivan Herd, Tillamook flyer,' said he was flying along at about 3,500 feet wnen he saw the sup. marine floating idly seven-to ten miles' off the coast due west of Cape Meags lighthouse. Officials at the Tongue Point naval base in Astoria withheld comment. They did say However that U. S. navy submarines are painted black with white markings. HAZEL WHEELER DIES Death of Miss Hazel Wheeler, sister of County Commissioner Al len Wheeler, was reported Satur day evening at the family home in Pleasant Hill district Miss Wheeler, a former employe In the Lane county courthouse, had been ill since January. Poole chapel will Tentative agreement ort-a form of lease contract between United -Airline, and : the city-of Eugene for transport use of the? new EurJ gene airport was announced Sat urday .by. Mayor Elisha Large fol lowing a special meeting of the council, Friday , night--with, Har vey -Hancock, assistant to United's president Patterson and Robert ; Maroney,, manager- of: the Oregon division. :. ' ,:".:' ,':' .' ' United' .will send its architect, Donald Crlghton, to Eugene with in the next 10 days to make plans for a ' $28,600 'building" which ,it will, erect on the south side of the big. field;' at a point nearest to Eugene and out of the way -of possible army " operations on the east side of the port' '" "It looks as. though we should be all set to begin regular serv ice to-Eugene' on cr about Janu ary .1,"- said Mr.' Hancock after an inspection of progress at the pew field. "It Is! a very fine port and when service, is Inaugurated we want to have appropriate cere monies. It is. likely Mr. Patter son and; others will. want to at tend.;'. , . ; . ... .; Indian Summer Hoped For . ' Rain has delayed paving at the new airport, but If Indian summer arrives the ' paving can ' be com pleted in 30 days, according to the engineers n : charge! , ' E. C. Hall Co: is finishing up the grad ing and draining of the field and the ,'Compton company ' of Mc Minnville, which has the paving work,, has all of its heavy equip ment 'in place and ready for ac tion as soon as' the. weather clears. Enough conduit for all under ground electrical lines has been Attack Ranks As Greatest Yet Launched By HARRISON SALISBURY (U. P. .Staff Correspondent) The British sent the Royal Air Force in a massive air offensive- against , German-held Jiurope Saturday night in the apparent hope of easing the pressure on the hard-pressed Russian army. , . British bombers and fight ers swept over Europe by the hundreds in daylight forays that pierced as far into the continent as the great Nazi naval, base of Emden whicji was blasted by a high altitude American-built flying fort- ress. j. '. -v - London believed the air attacks were the RAF's largest Bombers struck at targets In Norway 'and' Holland and, at shipping off the Dutch coast, northern France and Germany proper. ' Berlin Admits Big Battles Berlin admitted that hum air battles, of a scope comparable to the great RAF-Luftwaffe combats of last September were - waged during the day. This time, how ever, it was the British on the of fensive and the battles were, over France and nazi territory. ,. ; The need for relaxation df nazi pressure on the Russian front was apparent in report i from Berlin and sparse dispatches from Mos cow. -. -- .-: , . : The Germans claimed that Kiev rapidly was being mopped up al though,,,,, Jew Red army troops still Were' reported fighting iol- lowing the claimed surrender of the city's garrison -after ' the sup posed flight of the Soviet high - jjommandw':-r--,-.:-.,"-:-' : King Drawn Tighter The huge new nazi encirclement ring that- extends -to the ap proaches - of .the Donets Industrial DB&in -.was oeing uruwn utsnicr. German detachments , were pound ing .toward Kharkov, and -tile big Soviet steel and iron works. . -An equally serious threat to the Russian defenders was building up in the north where , the Germans hoped to crush 'the Russian de fenses protecting the Gulf of Fin land. .... ,.''...".,'"' , , The Germans claimed 1 to have captured two of. the four Soviet held islands off the Estonian coast at the southern edge of the en trance to. the Gulf of Finland and to have .won a foothold on Osel, a third island.. -' Red Fleet Next 1 If the nazis succeed in capturing Osel and its companion island, Dagoe, and neutralize the Russian . ba'se at. Hangoe, . across the bay, -They wlll.be free to drive across the Gulf of Finland for a direct attack on the Red Baltic fleet at its Kronstadt base and upon the coastal defenses of Leningrad. - The Russians did not admit the fall of Kiev, but dispatches from Moscow obviously : were preparing the public for the news. - These dispatches told of terrific . battles and claimed that 10 nazi divisions have been wiped out They admitted, however, that the Germans had brought up 15 fresh divisions for a powerful final as sault and left little doubt that the Soviet defenders were being beat en back under the overwhelming SEE AIR DEPOT STORY -.' PAGE 2 ' ." ' ' :;-, Search Continues For Missing Body Following a tip that the body of the man to which the hand found in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Henderson of Glen wood belonged- might be lying in a thick clump of brush east of the new junction of the Southern 'Pa- oific tracks, Sheriff C. A. Swarts rushed to the spot Saturday but found nothing after a diligent search. The sheriff received a telephone call from a man in that locality, stating that about a month ago he noticed a bad odor coming from the brush. He thought nothing of it until ne read tne stories in the newspapers about a withered hand that a dog had carried into the Henderson yard. The man said he did not go Into the brush to In vestigate but thought he had bet ter call the officers Instead. Every foot of the clump ot brush was explored Dy tne sheriff but wlth- announce funeral arrangements out result. Sheriff Swarts said the ana ODituixy. . I starch will continue, SEE ATTACK RANKS STORY PAGE 2 - t ;! .v Lost your cati Purse or hat r ' Don't just cry. Classify. .LOST small black coin purse -. containing much needed money. Also money order ( receipt Reward. Return - to Reg.-Guard. This ad -ran S tunes, the pone and money were re- -tnrned. . For Ratultt . - Phone 1200 WANT-AD DEPT. ItotfilfttCuaid ' h' m f Mi
