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Newspaper Page Textfather: Fair Home Edition LANS COUNT HOME NEWSPAPER. TT3 "JJats news today na - L Bed arteries of the vast Soviet Union. , pips Now, lie rip L Bj JOHN R. BEAL Press Staff Correspondent KINGTON, Oct. 21. UJ.R) jetorj of State Cordell Hull urged we senate ioreign ku committee to approve ha house resolution to arm fan merchant ships, lest fen "efforts at self-defense to late." I was the first witness at l on the house-approved Ion, His testimony followed Ite House conference with fcstonal leaders, who re- that they would press at be only for the ship-arming (her than repeal of the en utrality act. It Democratic Leader Al- ff. Barkley of Kentucky bad, however, that there ko hard and fast decision" : point . hearmes were closed, but Kued conies of a prepared lot which he read to the committee. said it was "both ureent bortant" to repeal section neutrality act, which pro the arming of merrhant He repeated but did nnt ft, his previous conten M confess should repeal 4 wracn nans American lirom bellieerent nnrts. ftesttfied that the condition anairs is such that "un is promptly dealt with. of. W self-defense may come P convinced that In the in- national security the of the pending bill to re ta 6 of the neutrality Wirgent and important." , -----. H actuuii ti j: aer consideration I will r.t. uiaMniipn Be n i. riuraeni except to say P, y Judgment section 2 L "Pea ed or modified." Pre drastic measnr. 0ii r;,Kpeal on the whoie act, "Induced yesterriav C Iff fcns- barren ,- ""uses, n, m. The " admin! Pbero Nomerl idae Dnm Nation Chi-f ? wemonies n JZS. " M October il ."S. 'Position was an il the cWT "h. Pres r k chamber of comm r comm tt i. . . . father News Recast) .j -."'s'ailv fa - t!t. R2i PI. 43.7 n ure. Tuesdav r,M;r.es!."'wlmum "i noon ..:?.. u oeoreos Bur i'TMwt & river rT?! st"Se of -1.11 feet n at 7 ""MM.. ' (cell Mag Ineror, IN ON THE CIRCULAR CITY OF MOSCOW, German troops have this V ..M: kflildlfl nw anil llifnl mwrnm fnniAMnp nt, nliinn jf 4l.iaa L -f thoatprc. lnusuuilia. uhuiii. uunuiucii anu v.iai vai Est assault of (he current campaign. Heart of Moscow is the Kremlin, walled city within 1 rfrom which radiate the streets of the capital, the communication lines of the nation Joe Gordon Hunts Ducks REDMOND, Oct. 21. UP) Joe Gordon, New York Yankee second baseman, who arrived in Redmond from Eugene Friday to join friends on a deer bunting trip in the Metolius river coun try, left today to hunt ducks at Summer Lake in Lake county. Ford Danner .of Eugene, mem ber of the group, bagged a large buck Sunday. From Summer lake the hunt ers were to go to Vale Wednes-. day for the opening of pheasant season. , . Florence J. P. Is Arrested Carl M. Severy, justice of the peace of the Florence district, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of non-payment of public funds. He was indicted by the grand jury Monday, this being one of the two secret indictments returned. A warrant of arrest was mailed by Sheriff C. A. Swarts to Deputy Sheriff C. S. Carlson and that of ficial made the arrest, arriving with the accused official at noon. Severy Is accused of failing to turn over to the county treasurer $82 50 collected by him September 25 as fines. Severy was arraigned in circuit court at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and pleaded not guilty. On request of his attorney, John Pennington, Judge G. F. Skip- worth allowed him his freedom on his own recognizance. Attorney Pennington pointed out that the accused is a native of Lane county. that he is a member of a well- known family and that the court would be justified in allowing him to go without bail. The Indictment accuses Severy of "holding in his possession and custody by virtue of his office, public funds, fines Imposed by him as justice of the peace in the sum of $82.50 and did not, as soon as practicable, pay the same over to the county treasurer." November 24 Date Of Budget Meeting The county taxpayers' meeting to consider the budget for the first six months of 1942 will be held in the courthouse Monday, Nov. 24, it was announced Tues day by County Judge .-Clinton Hurd. The budget as agreed upon two weeks ago by the committee made up of the three members erf the county court and private citizens as taxpayers is almost ready for publication. It must be published 20 days before the taxpayers' meeting. Miss Patricia Svlvers. secretary to Judge Hurd, has been busy every day for more than a week getting the figures of the budget m siiape for publication. DEATH FOR LOOTERS LONDON, Oct. 21 W) A Mos cow radio announcement today said three factory workers had been sentenced to death "for spreading panic and looting" and a number of others had been sent prison by a military tribunal, lavLuiics as iiic uiiicii ui men Middle East Battles Loom By LOUIS F. KEEMLE (of the UP war desk) , Even while the battle of Mos cow is at its height, with the strongest concentration of which Germans is capable massed on the Central front, events are shaping more ana more towards an ap proaching battle front in the Middle East. ' i East of the Black sea, in the Caucasus isthmus, may be the ground where the British and Rus sians will join forces in battling the Germans. At any rate, it is a possible answer to the continu ing demand in England for active intervention by Britain to create another front while Germany is still heavily engaged in Russia. The German drive along the Sea of Azov towards Rostov is a direct threat not only to Russia but to the Caucasian oil fields and to Britain in the Middle East. Only 175 miles south of Rostov lie the great oil fields of the Kras nodar reeion. from where the pipe lines branch out north, west and east . Valuable Prize Tt would be a prize of incalcu lable value to Hitler. If he can take those fields in workable con dition, his oil problem might be solved. Even if tne wells, reiin eries and pipe lines are put out of commission, Kussia s source oi oil would be cut off. Established in the Caucasus,. Hitler would be in a position for a flanking drive on Suez througn the Middle East, while the axis forces strike simultaneously from North Africa. The Near East and the Mediter ranean is an essential goal for Hitler if he is to consolidate his SEE MIDDLE EAST STORY PAGE 2 Woman, Child Escape Death In Train Crash Mrs. Mabel Damewood, 33,..of Fall Creek and her small son es caped with only multiple abrasions when their car was struck by Southern Pacific train late Mon day afternoon at a crossing on the first Jasper road east of Spring field. Details of the accident were not available as it was not inves- tieated by the state police. The car was almost completely de molished. Mrs. Damewood was brought to the Sacred Heart hospital for treat ment. Her condition was de scribed by her physician Tuesday as being painful but not critical. State Sues Lane Men For Failure To Control Forest Fire The state of Oregon is plaintiff jn a suit filed in circuit court Tuesday to collect damages from private property owners for al legedly failing to extinguish a forest fire. Fred Washburne and the Glen brook Logging company are de fendants. The state seeks $1510.76 damages. It is alleged that June 11, 1940, a lire originaiea on property owned by Washburne in the vicinity of Glenbrook and that the defendants refused and neg lected to control and extinguish it. It Is alleged that from June 11 to September 9 the state fur nished services and materials in extinguishing the blaze in the amount sued for. EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1941 A minics.in. Hlk In Grand Jurors Condemn Lane And City Jails Sanitation Poor, Fire Menace Seen In Report To Court The needs of -the county de mand a more modern county jail and the Eugene city jail where county women prisoners are kept is badly in arrears as to its ade quacy, the Lane county grand jury declared in its final report to Judge G. F. Skipworth in cir cuit court Tuesday. The sanitation at the county jail was found to be poor and it is a lire hazard, the jury said. Re- garding the W?J .fdvi city jail for women, advised that the quarters should be separate so that drunk en women and others would not have to be thrown together. Pro vision for a matron at all times should also be made, it was ad vised. The grand jury visited the poor farm and found it to be in first class condition, the report stated. Grand jurors at this session were John Halderson, Paul S. Bssford, Charles V. Miller, Nora C. Walsh, Mabel C. Perdue, Hazel D. Wilt shire and Evelyn S. French. The report touching on the two jails and county farm follows: "The county jail was built 48 years ago to serve the public at that time, and' we feel that the need of the county demands ' a much more modern building. The sanitation is poor, foul air and not much chanoe-for exercise, and we feel these men should be nut to hard labor. The building is a fire hazard and the sanitary con dition is deplorable. : "As to the Lane county farm, we found it in first class condi tion, everything immaculate and in perfect order. "The city jail where the county is housing its women prisoners is, in our opinion, badly in arrears as to its adequacy. . The quarters should be separate so that the drunken women and others would not have to be together. We also feel there should be some provi sion . made for a matron at all times, instead of just once in a while. We understood the city was going to try to get along for some months without a matron, then when they do hire one, it is to be at reduced wages. "We suggest that the city and county combine their efforts to hire a' police matron for full time." Dr. Erb Named To Civilian Defense Board For Schools Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University of Oregon, has been appointed to a commission on col leges and civilian defense by F. H. LaGuardia, United States direct or of civilian defense, according to word received here today. The committee' will meet in Washington, D. C, sometime in November to formulate plans and submit recommendations for the civilian protection of universities and university students, according to the announcement. Dr. Erb plans to go east in No vember and will be in Washington for the conference, he has indi cated. Police And Fire Reserves Meet Friday A meeting for all police and fire reserves to hear instructions re garding the blackout will be held this coming Friday at 7:30 p. m. in the armory. At "that time, in structions and identification cards will be given out preparatory to the blackout to be staged the eve ning of October 31. Members of the national de fense council In the county and the committee chairmen for each de partment will be present Friday evening to outline what is to be done on the blackout. There are now 200 police in the reserves and a large number ot firemen, but more volunteers are needed in both groups, reports Herschel R. Taylor, chairman for that division. The blackout is to be held throughout the valley, other com munities cooperating, too, so it is essential that the Eugene group get its program fully outlined, Taylor says, Pheasant Season Opens On Wednesday By JOE SOAP Hunters in the Willamette valley area have the privilege Wednesday, Saturday ana Sun day. - ot shooting upland game birds between 8 o'clock in the morning and sundown. The state game commission made this big concession to us nimrods after a two-year clos ure of the pheasant-filled val ley country three days of hunting with the right to bag two male birds (no hens) in any one day and four during the three days. There is another restriction, however, in that 100,000. acres of land in the valley has been posted (at intervals of 400 feet) under the Pittman-Robertson project. Actually the butcher, the bak er and the candlestick maker, or fellows like your scribe who work for a living, will get vir tually no shooting until Sun day when the bankers and other professional men will have scattered the birds from "here to there." Most of us work between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. But, fellow scattergunner, should you happen to nail a big -fat rooster with a tag, don't fail to -make a report to the commission. There are other open seasons until November 23 in Mal heur county. November 4 in the southern and south-central part of the state, and six days in Harney, Wheeler, Lake and i Jefferson counties. Inflation Trend WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. (U.B Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard told the house bank ing committee today that this country "may be starting on the same ruinous inflation we set out upon about the same time in the last war." Urging the committee to approve the administration's price control bill, Wickard declared that while recent increases in farm prices have been "unusually rapid," they are not yet "out of line." This is so, he explained, be cause the levels from which these prices have risen were abnormally low. He said that in, 1939 farm prices were so low that farmers' purchasing power was only three fourths of what it had been in 1910-1914 the parity base period. Many Villages Change Hands LONDON, Oct. 21. OP) The Russian armies are pressing the Germans hard in most sectors of the front before Moscow in fight ing in which "many suburban vil lages have changed hands as many as three times a day," the Moscow radio stated tonight. "Encountering heavy resistance, the Germans have considerably slowed down their drive," the an nouncer said. Nazt spearheads pressing into the steel ribs of Moscow's de fenses have made some slight progress from the south, said in formed quarters who added that it was a "good guess" that -the Germans were a scant 50 miles from the capital in the Maloyaro slavets sector. Russian quarters said it was "quite definite" that Soviet counter-attacks near Kalinin, 95 miles northwest of Moscow, however, SEE MANY VILLAGES STORY PAGE 2 Bulletin! RAHWAY, N J Oct. 21. CP An undetermined number of per sons were injured today when two Pennsylvania railroad passenger trains collided a short distance west of the Rahway station. Linden police, a few miles away, said they had received a call for all nossible ambulances. The Rahway hospital reported private automobiles were starting w arrivi wiw uuurea. ON STREETS 3c; ft7 -.vess Attack On U-0 Pure Science Issue Protested Eugene Members Of Taxpayers' Federation Decry Buchanan Move A press release out of Portland on the stationery of the Oregon Taxpayers' Federation, over the signature of President Claude Bu chanan, of Corvallis, attacking the proposed restoration of degree- granting courses in pure science at the University of Oregon roused lively protest today from promi nent Eugene members of that body. The Buchanan statement calls for a meeting of his executive committee at Portland next Fri day to consider the statement "is sued today and released for publi cation in order to bring the issue td the attention of the people of the state." "I object seriously to the man ner in which the Oregon Taxpay ers' Federation has been publiciz ed as in seeming opposition to an important educational matter which it has not yet had any opportunity to consider," said Stanley Stevenson. Eugene mem ber of the board of the Taxpayers' Federation. "No Effect On Millage" ' "I had two notices from Mr. Bu chanan of a board meeting to be held next Friday to plan for the annual meeting and asking sug gestions as to tax matters to be considered. Neither notice men tioned this topic in any way, and irom what I know of the science issue it is purely a . curricular change which will not affect the fixed millage of higher education or taxes. . "With me there is no animus in this matter. I attended Oregon State and one of my boys went there. What does concern me is dragging the Taxpayers' Federa tion into this matter in this way, lest it impair the real usefulness of this important organization." James A. Rodman, state repres entative, who was one of the char ter members of the organization also expressed protest over the form and manner of the press re lease. Misleading "It Is a misleading document," said Mr. Rodman. "Personally I SEE ATTACK STORY PAGE 2 ' . Chamber Now Even-One Win, One Loss " The heart balm department of the Eugene chamber of com merce recently allowed Cupid to shoot an arrow into the air and it fell to earth they knew not where. But now they do. The occasion was the search for the lost "dream girl" of Private . Chuck Green at Fort Lewis. He asked for her. They found her. All was apparently well. But . . . everyone reckoned without the consideration that there might be TWO Chuck Greens! Apparently there are. And Chuck Green number 2, resident of Salem, found him self in a real pickle when his girl friend read in the papers that the Eugene chamber of commerce was hunting up a girl for him. She dropped him like a hot potato. And by then Priv ate Chuck number 2 was fairly sizzling. He wrote - the chamber a scorching letter. "I've been blitz krieged!" he declared. "I al ready have a girl pardon me, I HAD a girl until Cupid shot his arrow. . . . Now what are you going to do to get back MY girl?" Which leaves the heart balm department feeling a little in adequate. Oh dear. Blackout Broadcast Tonight At 7:30 KORE radio station will broad cast a program at 7:30 o'clock this Tuesday evening, featuring the Eugene blackout on the night of October 31. Speakers will include Howard Merriam. Herschel Taylor and Roy Woodruff. The Idea of the program is to give the people a more complete understanding of ma importance oi tne blackout. NEWS STANDS 8a Lehigh Court Ruling May Deplete Jobless Fund SALEM, Oct 21 0W The Ore- gon unemployment compensation commission lost a supreme court case today-which the commission said might cause depletion of its reserve fund out of which jobless benefits are paid. The decision ordered that ben fits be paid to Thomas Layman, faller and bucker for the Crown Zellerbach corporation, for-Jam ary and February, 1938, when the corporation shut down operations at its Lewis and Clark logging operation in Clatsop county. The commission had denied him ben efits on grounds that during those months, the corporation ordinarily shuts down operations because it is seasonal. Circuit Judge Howard K. Zim merman, sitting in Multnomah county, upheld the commission, but the supreme court, in today's decision by Justice Lusk, held that th e .commission exceeded its SEE COURT RULING STORY PAGE 2 President Spurs Aid To Russia WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (U.B President Roosevelt returned to the' capital today to speed war aid to the Soviet union which ap parently is considered a most vital necessity. . , .. - i . The Far- East is seething. Japan's next moves are believed to depend largely on whether and how soon the German' army is able to give the Russians a really smashing blow. The nazi legions are now within two minutes or less flying time of Moscow. Assistance for the Red army being discussed today scarcely could: reach there in few er than several weeks unless the President ordered airplanes now in service or those coming off assembly lines to fly to the aid of the Red army. . A step-up in aerial aid to the Russians at this time when there is tremendous pressure to rein force our own defenses in the Far East against possible Japanese moves, would impose desperately difficult decisions upon the men who are discussing Russian prob lems here. Some military experts indicate uneasiness because of commitments already made to the Soviet union which, when super imposed upon pledges to Great Britain, apparently must reduce the supply of weapons available to our own forces. But the administration is ap proaching the problem with an accelerated speed which suggests that Mr. Roosevelt feels that the SEE PRESIDENT SPURS STORY PAGE 2 More Rail Crews Spurn Arbitration By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fourteen non-operating railroad brotherhoods with 900,000 menv bers today joined five operating Brotherhoods with 360,000 mem bers in rejecting an offer by Presi dent Roosevelt s emergency board to arbitrate the wage dispute be tween railroads and their organ ized employes. The five operating brotherhoods rejected the offer yesterday after carrier managements had agreed to it Both union groups rejected arbitration last summer when dis pute was before the national rail road mediation board. In other fields, steel production was hampered in the Birmingham area by strikes which started in Alabama coal mines and spread to steel plants and conferences started at Buffalo, N. Y., to avert a threatened walkout at two air plane plants of Bell Aircraft Corporation. French Officers Held After Slaying Of German General VICHY, Unoccupied France, Oct. 21. 04 The arrest of four French Gendarmerie officers at Nantes In connection with the killing there yesterday of the German General Holtz was an nounced tonight along with the ' executions of four more persons various parts ox me country. NO. a Ship Torpedoed Sunday Night, FDR Announces Craft Sinks, But No Lives Lost, Is Belief WASHINGTON, Oct. 2101.19-. President Roosevelt announced to day that the 9000-ton freighter Lehigh, flying the American flar, was torpedoed in the South At lantic at 9 p. m. Sunday night. Endorsing the statement of Sec retary of State Cordell Hull that such acts are piracy, Mr. Roose velt said that it was believed no lives were lost although the ship sank. But, .he added, it was also be lieved several persons might have been injured in the explosion. un boatload of survivors has been picked up, he $ aid, and two Bulletin! ANOTHER SHIP TORPEDOED NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (VP) An American-owned ship flytaut the Panamanian flag, the 3,222 ton Bold Venture, has been tor pedoed en route from Baltimore to England, reliable marine cir cles reported today. Details of the sinking were not Immediately available. The Bold Venture, formerly -the Danish freighter Alssund, was one of the Danish, Italian and German ships seized last March 30 under the 1917 anti sabotage act' She was in Balti more at the time. She was turned over to the U. S. maritime commission and was operated by the Waterman Steamship company. She was built in 1920 In Den mark and was once named the Sierra Leone. . . additional boatloads are being sought. . . The president said that the tor pedo was launched by a subma rine. He left the unmistakable in ference that the attackers must have been German. The attack occurred between South America and Africa, close to the equator, Mr. Roosevelt said. He added that the ship went down nearer the southern bulge of Africa than the South American coast. The Lehigh, a 9,000-tonner, was running empty after discharging her cargo at Bilbao, Spain, the president saia. tie implied that the submarine which sank the vesi sel was German. The Lehigh was the ninth American-owned vessel which has been sunk by sea and air raiders since start of the war. She was the fourth American-flag vessel to have suffered that fate. The other five were American-owned but flew the flag of Panama. (A sixth vessel, the freighter Bold Adven ture, was reported torpedoed as the above was being written.) Mr. Roosevelt placed the sinking at 8 degrees north latitude. 14 degrees west longitude, or ap proximately 100 miles from the British port of. Freetown, West Africa. The president made clear he feels that this sinking of another American ship emphasizes the urgency of putting arms on Ameri can merchant vessels. From the way things now arc going, he said, a ship will have to be armed if it is on a simple freighting cruise between this country and Cuba. With the seven seas all hazardous, he said, the government will have to arm all American ships. Bilbao, the Lehigh's last port of call, lies outside of the European combat zones forbidden to Ameri can ships by presidential procla mation. Mr. Roosevelt said that while it was not believed any of the Le high's crew was killed by the torpedo's explosion, it was not known whether any was injured. New Priority Order Affects Copper WASHINGTON, Oct 21 OP) Effective Nov. 1 the use of cop per will be forbidden in all non defense building construction.' - Donald M. Nelson, director ot priorities, issued the necessary order yesterday, and one defense official termed it the "toughest" defense restriction yet imposed to conserve the supply of a strategio metal for arms production.