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'.on turn out every light on your
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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.
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; :
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. ,
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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-
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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.
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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