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5 L J im Blackouts '.on turn out every light on your t ' ..1.1- en secondi after an air b ounded? If there Is any V" 1m j it wnn art In limiht ... nn a 60-second basis ,( the old 10-mlnute basis. FOUR SECTIONS 30 PAGES LANE CtW HOME NEWSPAPER. 1 Sunday Edition hermen Hit jh - jsnibia Power orily Plan . i liigof Existing ilities Favored; wnirtee Named K Willamette Valley Lumber , ,1 a large gathering in Eu. Kent on record unanimously any immediate attempt Tfnto effect the Ickes plan icolurobia Power Authority. L out that the proposed ajoOOO expense and political ,might seriously impede war a practical alternative they jd jn immediate intercon tc and pooling of power re us for the conservation of rial energy needed in war I : it also named G. R. Bleeker, Isifir; T. V. Larsen. of Not!; idle Fischer, of Marcola, a k committee to work with lour Robert Evenden, of Ore- jEate college, on the difficult Jm of covering the light from a waste burners during air ot blackouts. ftiblem Not Simple Ike lawmill men of this area etger to cooperate In every in aaiety measures auring by the enemy," said H. J. manager of the association. hver, the problem is not kit by any means, Most or the ire under heavy pressure to t lumber needed for war k and no quick or econom Inethod has yet been devised (tokening the fires." pointed out that to turn r streams of water on large kn might cause heavy dam- to costly brick structures, if the fire could be extin- M between warning and llrald, which is doubtful. If u not burned from day to (soon chokes the operation p mill and adds a tremen- Bre hazard. lessor Evenden suggested lie answer may be found in k of chemicals to create a Bicreen around the burners prt notice and he plans to rone experiments to develop punt and determine oper- PhMmm WtwheA Ant Wonal serious attention to pro kfrom forest fires and in T raids over the forest in t fire season. They think nave this problem pretty ked out, says Mr. Cox. year the forest service additional appropriation of 11,000,000 to improve the Jt of lookouts and patrols has been speeded up with 'sntem of radio and phone Wcation, and we think we able to cope with any it comes up." ' Resolution ' tesolution opposing the Columbia Authority follows: EAS on December 7, 1941, 'made an unprovoked at M) our country resulting "Maration of War by our s, and our army and navy engaged on land and sea wig that aggressor nation, gEAS in order to bring ' a successful conclu. " of paramount import- our people be united, 2urs pooled and our gov- EAS there is pending in mTjl the United States 5 bills, each creating a LleAuthority, and ' LUMBERMEN STORY PAGE 9 Asks U. S. Mut Action fcaii. . .7 lon'8Bt called on E"? ' dedicate ourselves F " simplicity and hard In ill. many American tl, 'needlessly.- r.ouid w u j W ihi.i uci prepared, "HIO sn..u "'" ik."w. uver me ubs ibii. spent 0"r substance Cv. i!.xpcnditures which I L en dcvoted t0 -1 Ur norml. I- i-..nj, b,H, in uuuaing jhlpsand tank.. Our KL. cause many Am- K.aHd'.less1?". pv( "w ao not nave FUfthn c mum learn H the most." EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1941 ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS So NO. 174 Red Cross Has Three More Days The familiar chant "Three More Shopping Days until Christmas" is being paraphrased by Red Cross workers into "three more days to give to the Red Cross war relief chest, as ISO workers in the city and hundreds throughout the county bend every effort to meet their $15,000 goal by Christmas Eve. . The war chest was over the half way mark by Saturday night with the clock standing at $7,995.94. The slogan "A day's pay for the Red Cross war relief" seems to be "clicking" throughout the city and county according to the general committee. First of the automobile dealers to report was Siglow-Saw- ycr with every employee1 giving his "one day's pay." Other organ izations reporting 100 per cent coverage of their employees' were General Grocery, J. C. Penney's, the First National and U. S. Na tional banks. , ., . A report was also' made that employees in every division, of tba Southern Pacific company have agreed to give a day's pay on their Dec. 26 pay day. Kenneth Miller, chairman of the payrolls' division; declared Saturday that much- of the work, of his committee must wait until the pay days. Some of Reds Register New Victories Over Germans Russians Recapjure Volokolamsk, Plavsk On Moscow Front LONDON, Dec. 20 (U.F9 The Red army tonight claimed new victories uver the retreating Ger man 'army, including the recap ture of the key towns of Volokol amsk and Plavsk on the Moscow front, of Volbokalo, important rail junction east of Leningrad and of 200 or more towns and vil lages, many of them in the Donet industrial area, Knife-like Red army slashes on the central Moscow front ap peared to have unhinged the Nazi defenses and made a new firm stand unlikely east of the Bryansk-Vyazma-Valdai hills line. . The recapture' of Volbokalo, 40 miles east of Leningrad on the south short of Lake Ladoga and an important station on the rail line to Tohkvin and Vologda, seemed likely- to presage reopen ing of more or less normal rail communications between . Lenin grad and the Moscow area. : The recapture of Volbokalo was announced by Moscow in a special communique : broadcast by radio Moscow and heard here by the United . Press listening post. SEE BED CROSS 8TOBY PAGE 9 ; : Street Lights Turned Out "1h Immiola lAl,Srtt fit fVl. (If. der that city lights must all be out, or be in a position to be put out within 60 seconds of an air raio alarm, Eugene water officials turned out all the street ngms in lA.,m hnth lha dmiinlnum flnrl commercial ones, Chairman J. W. Id MrArthur said he had no confirmation of the report that city current might be placed on a priority basis in order to leave it wide open for defense use. Winter Too Early, Goebbels Announces BERLIN, Dec. 20 (Official broadcast recorded by United Press in New York) Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels told the German people tonight that "winter came too early" for the German' army and gave them a message ,from Adolf Hitler acknowledging a fight "against an enemy superior in men and materials." ical Unit " Dr. Charles D. Donahue will.be major commanding the new medi cal unit of the wartimer Oregon National Guard, it is announced by Col. A. O. Waller,, who was asked to organize the company here. Other medical officers will be Dr. Tom H. Dunham, of Eugene and Dr. Melville S. Jones, of Spring field, who will both hold rank as captains, Clarence E. Lombard, U. S. National Bank will be adminis trative officer. .' Recruits are being enrolled by Col. Waller, from men above age tor regular military dutuy, but all must pass physical examinations and preference is being given to those with first aid -experience or training. A mustering-in cere mony has been tentatively set for the coming week, and it is hoped to have General Baker, the new commander of the national guard at this event. Major Harry Powell, of Eugene has been assigned to headquarters of the new guard. An issue of regulation army uniforms-and equipment is expected in the near future. Major Powell has organized a skeleton headquar ters rifle company of 10 men. There have been numerous calls for a larger rifle company here, but Major Powell says all plans are still indefinite. SCOUTS TO SING The Girl Scouts will sing Christ mas carols every day. at 2:30 in the afternoon from now until Christmas at the Dorothy Duree shop. The public is invited to come hear them. . ' .' Santa Claus and City Firemen Both Supply Toys to Lhiiaren There really isn't much about a city fireman that would remind you of Santa Claus. Well, maybe one thing: they both make toys for Christmas to surprise children. . Old S. Claus has a snug rosy room up around the north pole, i ,H tho cheery little HUWCGI, -"' - Mrs. Claus brings him hot tea to sip while he hammers ana painis. The Eugene firemen, on the other hand, work in a chilly up stairs room in the city hall. For some time now a complete shift of 8 or 10 men has worked each day remodelling toys brought in by the Lions club. Every now ,and then an alarm sounds and the firemen have to leave the toy business to fight a fire. But what if a fireman doesn't know anything about toys? "Pshaw!" scoffs Fire Chief William Nusbaum, "All the fire men are handy with toys!" Each year from the piles of battered and broken playthings sent them from people all over town, the firemen remodel, weld, and paint up a dazzling array of Christmas surprises. "Oops, that one's alive!" ex claimed Chief Nusbaum as he dropped a talkative mama doll Saturday morning. The doll, set to rights, the chief showed off a battalion of tiny silver automo biles. Close to them stood a small, fleet of shiny red tricycles, scoot ers, and wagons. In fact, there were toys of almost any descrip tion, all the way. from a doll house to jigsaw puzzles. Most of them looked "Just like new." Saturday afternoon a group of ladies came to the workshop to wrap the gad. gets which had been "fixed" and set in rows by the flremem Then they were all ready for Christ mas. But really, there Isn't anything else about I city fireman that would remind you of Santa Claus. Lights Out! In 60 Seconds City police and police re serves, now placed on 24 hour guard duty, have ' been in structed to put out all lights left burning in the downtown area. . - If a store owner can come and offer proof that his shop lights can: be put out within 60 seconds after - the, emer gency alarm is sounded, he will be allowed to leave them on. Otherwise, in event., of real necessity,' police may have' to go so far as to break windows to be sure all lights are out. i Police received army orders Saturday night to have all outside lights ' extinguished throughout, the city, leaving only those burning which could be taken care of within 60 seconds of an alarm.: Po lice said Saturday that they did not want to have to do any damage in insuring a blackout, but . they intended to make certain that if a blackout was called it would be complete. , . - Putnam Speaks To Teachers . Above all, v school authorities must not become hysterical over the war situation, said Rex PuU nam, Oregon superintendent ot public instruction, in ah address to !the teachers' conference Saturday :. i, : :'' .. -at me uun courinouse. If .gossip makes itself heard; teachers and other school authori ties should check with civilian and army headquarters before making announcements, Putnam recom mended. Between 50 and 60 school dis trict officers from different parts of Lane county attended the school officers' conference at the court house Saturday to listen to a pro gram of addresses and discussions on topics of interest to members of school boards, teachers and the people in general interested in ed ucation. The meeting, the first one of the kind to be held in this coun ty, was called by L. C. Moffitt, county superintendent. The subject of formine a school officers' organization was dis cussed but no definite action look ing to that end was taken at this meeting. However, another sim ilar conference will be held early next year, the time to be decided later, and it is probable that the subject may be, taken up again. A committee was authorized to as sist Superintendent Moffitt in making up the program for the next conference.. Speakers at the conference were Rex Putnam, whose topic was "Ed ucation A .Challenge to School Officers"; Miss Florence Beards ley of trie state department of ed ucation, who spoke on "School Standards, Courses, Equipment, supplies, etc."; L. A. Wilcox of the state department, whose topic was 'Recent Laws Effecting School Districts." At the noon luncheon at the' Cafe Del Rey, Dr. Victor P. Morris of the University of Oregon spoke on "Problems Emerg ing From Our War in the Pa cific." . v : In the discussion of the Question of the formation of a county or ganization ot scnooi officers, Put nam, spoke in favor of it and pre dicted that- if such groups are formed in different counties they would eventually develop into a state-wide organization. Superin tendent Moffitt said California has such a state-wide group and he attended a meeting of that body at Sacramento last September. Power Rationing Eugene Utility Not Yet Affected by Conservation Order 3. W. McArthur, superintend-' ent ot the Eurene water and elec tric utilities, announced Satur day night that no requests had been made for Eugene's partici pation In a power pool. However, Paul J. Haver, Bonneville su perintendent, Is expected to ar rive in Eugene this week for conferences on the proposed pool. Union off Anti-Axis Nations Is Expected WASHINGTON, Dec. SO (U.R) The United States and Britain, now discussing formation of an inter-allied war council, plan an early extension of the "unity of action" program to the- Soviet union,. China and The Nether lands, the White House disclosed tonight. A White House statement said that "steps toward this objective" bringing all anti-axis nations into a body to devise cooperative strategy for destruction of the war might of Germany, Japan and Italy "are under way." WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. CU.W- Electrical power rationing and pooling is' scheduled for the south east, southwest, Pacific coast and part of the middle west during the next two years, the office for emergency management disclosed today. ': ...... War demands, are expected to cause a serious power shortage in all defense industry areas,- unless abnormal rainfall relieves the sit uation. ; , The country's power producing facilities under the victory program must be increased by more- than 7,000,000 kilowatts . before 1943, OEM said. Civilian consumption must be, curtailed to provide for war industry needs in excess ol the Increase in generating capacity. The extensive -power rationing and pooling instituted in the south east last summer and fall prob ably -will : be repeated', there and also" in such important industrial Enemy Submarines Operate Off Pacific Coast; Area Bolsters All Defenses Blackout of Signs Ordered In Oregon and Washington , ; SEATTLE, Dec. 20. (AP) The Washington and: Ore gon state defense councils put into: immediate effect today a request from. Brig. Gen. Carlyle H. Wash, commander the 2nd interceptor command; that all outdoor illuminated signs in "western Washington and Oregon be "turned off and kept, of f" until further notice. "Put them : out ,and keep them out until the owners of the signs come to you and offer proof that the signs can be switched off- manually immediately upon an air raid alarm and that a 24-hour guard is standing by to do exactly that thing," Wash told council members. . He said the order included outdoor illuminations of all kinds and the army will not permit any timeclock installa tions to remain in operation. He said that also included any installation where a complete blacking out could not be ac complished within a few seconds of an alarm. By United Press j Gov. Charles A. SpraueLof Oregon today ordered state police to see that all outside display lights in counties west of the Cascades were extinguished immeUately. Sprague said he acted upon a request from Maj. Gen. Carlyle H. Washy commander of the. 2nd interceptor command in Seattle. .- The order covered all neon signs, floodlights, advertising display lights, theater marquees, roadside signs and illumin ated billboards. , SEE POWER STORY PAGE 10 - '--v - frf -v.: :,. i Junction Boy Dies Of Accident Injury - Eleven-year-old Gary Hughes of Junction. City died of. internal injuries at the -Sacred Heart hos pital about 9 o'clock Saturday night as the- result of an accident at a grade crossing near Junction City. The bicycle which; he and his sister Phyllis, 8, were riding was struck by a wood truck driven; by Melvin Sylvester Clark, Junc tion City, state police reported.; Gary was rushed to the Sacred Heart hospital where., he died shortly after.', "Phyllis was taken home after a preliminary check up. The boy is survived by his mother, Mrs.'. Gladys Sinclair, Junction City. ..Funeral arrange ments will be announced . later from the Miller Sherman chapel. State police said Saturday, night that they were investigating the accident, but no charges had been preferred against the truck driver. American Airmen Get 4 Jap Planes ' CHUNKING, Dec. 20 (U.F9 American airmen blazed into ac tion in defense of the vital Burma road today and downed four Japanese bombers, giving China her first big air victory in, more than two years. :'.. China, striving valiantly . ' . to strike a blow against Japan when it would count most heavily in behalf of her British , and Amer ican allies, sent her forces into the offensive, particularly in the Kowloon-Canton area wjiere op erations; were 'pushed, in an at tempt to, relieve the hard-pressed British garrison .'at. Hongkong. Farmers' Creamery Aids U. S. Defense The board of directors of the Eugene Farmers' Creamery, in their meeting 'Saturday, - author ized the purchase of two new 10,000-pound cheese vats and oth er equipment for making of milk solids for national defense re quirements. An application has been made by the association for lease-lend funds for the new equipment. G. A. Harnden, manager, says he has full confidence in farmers' willingness . to cooperate in the national program of defense and the United States department of agriculture's request for increased production and : cooperation in dairy products. - Mr. Harnden states that another 25,000-pound shipment of cheese was made last week to fill gov ernment orders, Jdpariiese Menace Hongkong, Widen Philippine Hold (Pacific War- Fronts Summarized Here) , . By The Associated Press . ; Twd weeks of war in the. Pacific' today found the Jap anese strangling a sacrificial band, of British imperial troops on Hongkong island, fighting fiercely to widen a new foot hold in the Philippines, and gathering strength for a new leap in Malaya, while Dutch airmen and United States sub marines ripped more holes in the Japanese fleet. The new Japanese landing in the Philippines at dawn yesterday- was at Davao, on" Mindano, island, and defense forces immediately flung themselves on the invaders. . The fighting continued all day, and at 2:15 a.m. today Manila time the U. S. army headquarters was reported out of com munication with the city, 600 miles south of Manila, since Saturday afternoon. -. Japan, still was carrying the ball for the Axis in the world struggle, because the Germans, Italians and their hang ers-on were taking a terruic beating on .Russia s snow swept plains and in the Libya area. Hongkong's fall was regarded as Inevitable. But the British tom mies, Canadians and Indian Sikhs who have no hope of reinforce ments fought on from' atop Vic toria peak., Below them big fires raged and Victoria city was strewn with wreckage of a week-long artillery and air bombardment. Governor Sir Mark Young, who twice rejected Japanese surrender demands messaged London that "operations are proceeding." That Was all. Tokyo predicted the gar- SEE JAPANESE STORY PAGE 9 'All Out' to Defend Britain's Singapore SINGAPORE, Dec. 20. (U.R) British authorities rushed all out preparations tonight for defense against a Japanese "grand assault" on Singapore. Guerrilla troops, specially trained in night-time - jungle at tacks, began slashing at the Japa nese rear lines in Kedah, along the northwest Malaya coast. All able-bodied men were mobilized to aid in the defense of Singapore and trenches were dug In open spaces. :.;.'.': Two American Vessels Report Sub Activities ' SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20 (U.RI Enemy submarines, presumably Japanese, attacked two U. S. ships off the California coast today, tor pedoing and disabling one of them. - The -" disabled craft was the freighter Emidio which flashed ah SOS off Cape Mendocino, 200 miles north of San Francisco, say ing it had "sustained a torpedo attack by a submarine." The coast Guard reported the Emidio was later sighted proceeding past table Bluff; nine miles north of Cape Mendocino, riding, "low in the water." Shortly afterward the tanker Agwi World,, 6,771 tons, arrived st Santa -Cruz, 75 miles south of San Francisco, with a report a submarine attacked it with gun fire 20' miles off Cypress Point, Monterey. ; Without Warning The Agwi World's crew said the underseacraf t was 30 :feet. long, came to the . surface halt a mil sway 'and " began 'firing with .a five-inch deck gun. The attack was without, warning, It- started at 1 P. m. ; . - !; The submarine fired eight shots, None hit the tanker. : After this attack .the submersible disappeared beneath the waves.: "If I had had a slingshot," crewsman said, eould have hit the damned thing." The two attacks came after pres ence of enemy submarines off the "Atlantic coast was disclosed by the navy department . i Enemy's Presence Confirmed: Earlier in the day rear Admiral John W.-Greenslade, commandant of the 12th naval district, head quarters San Francisco, had an nounced "it has been confirmed that there are enemy submarines off the California coast, destroy ing American shipping." Informed of the attacks, Green slade said the navy would not deny they had occurred. He author ized the press to use any infor mation obtained independently.:- Last Wednesday Maj. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, commander of the second air force command, headquarters Spokane, .disclosed that U. S. planes engaged in sea work reconnaissance had "at tacked an enemy submarine." v Near Puget Sound Harmon did not disclose loca tion of the attack but it was be lieved to have been off the en trance .to Puget Sound. The. Agwi World was en route from Los Angeles to San Fran, cisco' when it encountered the sub marine. Under heavy fire, the tanker turned around and fled full speed toward Santa Cruz, 40 miles to. the northeast, ' "I would have given anything for a gun," the tanker's captain Was quoted as saying. ."The sub marine would have made a good Admiral Ernest J. King Named" Commander-in-Chief of Fleet WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (U.R): Admiral Ernest J. King late today was appointed commander-in-chief of the United States fleet, with "supreme command" over all this nation's naval forces. King's promotion from com mander of the Atlantic fleet was the latest move in President Roosevelt's shakeup of the high commands of the nation's armed forces for all-out war. King was named commander-in-chief under provisions of an executive order issued by Presi dent Roosevelt Thursday. The order gives the commander-in-chief "supreme command of the operating forces comprising the several fleets of the United States navy and the operating forces of the naval coastal frontier com mands" making him "directly re sponsible" to the president. . The order was interpreted to mean King outranks in power and authority Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, who has been the No.. 1 officer in' the navy. ' ' King succeeded Admiral Hus. band E. Kimmel, who was relieved as commander-in-chief of both the U. S. and Pacific fleets after Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox reported naval forces at Pearl Harbor were "not on the alert" Dec. 7 when Japanese bombers began surprise attack. Rear Admiral Royal E. Inger soll succeeds King as commander ot the U. S. Atlantic fleet. King's headquarters will be In the navy department in Washing ton, but he will not be a "desk commander." His duties as com mander-in-chief leaves him free to exercise personal command at sea, "as in his judgment circum stances make advisable." The officers commanding U. S. naval forces at sea now are King; Admiral Chester W. Nlmitz. new chief of the Pacific fleet, and ad miral Thomas Tart commar.d- I in-chief of the Asiatic fleet. SEE TWO AMERICAN STORY . PAGE 9 ONLY 3 MORE SHOPPING DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS You'll find 101 gilt sug gestions In the Gift Gulda every night listed there by Eugena stores and shops, on today's Classified page oi ' The Register-Guard
