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id Signal for if Home Edition r" ,..irt. ,M -a- . miaou long. m LANS COUNTY'S PAY'S VEWS TODAY HOME NEWSPAPER. EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY :i. 1942 TODAVS NEWS TODAY ON STREETS 3c. NEWS STANDS 5e NO. 141 CinBe Taken House Committee Seeks JjlODe iplan For Tnst-mot D,; x Ujf Of Increased Income Tax By DONALD A. YOUNG WASHINGTON. May 21-AP)-The house wavs and means committee sought today to work out a svstem of in stallment payments of income taxes to soften the blow of steeply-increased rates in the low-income brackets rtaraiy naa ine rvmmmee com pleted its new individual tax pro- Coast Fork ;dgeJune4 uteOl Ne. . ilui Plonned DC n U Luinu pieiea lis new uiuivic;uai iax W'llanifitte nignwayigram by raising the range of j, the elimination oi i cent an turned to Secre- s:)C.roaci:c - xary iviorgviiuiHu s proposal io --OK. ,l,.arv traffic ii. in in ner nent nl lav. p.ble income from salaries and rases. That plan would authorize the treasury department, perhaps in September, to make regular de ductions from paychecks which would be used as a credit against the tax bill due next March 15. The committee's new income tax proposals would add an esti- im w": ,,, mated sz.ian.uuu.uuu to tne $s. .A:nc at the June ftn nftn nM(J,j .1 ,t Portland. . nno. I TurtbulL chairman of the jhe pr0gram would be based aiittee. iw y on s.iuu exemptions lor single ',t tie Jutlkins point persons ana- $1,200 for husbands ?. . , ; . rnpcne- , ' j 1 , c aiiu ivn, tt ovinia, uia vi u per cent instead of 4. and minimum surtax rates starting at double the present level of 6 per cent on the first S2.000 of net income. The committee, rejecting a treasury suggestion, decided to retain the present 10 per cent earned income credit up to $14. 000 in computing normal taxes only and also kept the present $400 exemption for dependents. ... ,l!arv .a lis ' , - ... krJBJ Willamette '"L-d of Goshen, and K rlTtn four miles oi ipi"w for made ""TTsrste H.shway, Vidock. The new.: aer B. 11 -,-h ffrade. ,.n ib in tne t-um-.- , t.i s.Per' ed by the k' rT-ablv iH not be ' J.'1':. use of fur- 1 ,k. iesirn of this :'f the constnic it three railroad nr it- .,m is bfi"! usn bnd: nd v.adurts h the shortage nf struc- U ind steel workers. " rt, of the remaining , -to Eugene-Springfield .... .MniatrH rfnrmff L ha not been revealed. U hi been run for the FL. ludk n Point to U . . ...t.U l It the lUtVtinn ii.i 1 Imene h'jhway. This 5- -.1 would fct r'o 01 --IB between Springfield ii-en. which now block j.kli-!tr Dieces of army . Unt It may be given pref- . mtr some oi thr Eacene-Snringfield irh is th. boule ard in I. im along the river in th ni section. fceneer P- M Morse r'nKm! descrirtion of the t od rrade job on the Wil- "f roar. roMtruction will eliminate i. pad turns in the old high yrfen Goshen and Tlcas :mi shorten the distance KC &t two points. tier indicates that the stance south of the un- " 1 ' ht!b of Goshen and ex- 4 7T" - jjrost 1 straight line to ion h;!L will pass near the yv. ko house and through I afford farm. r remission will also open r IK construction of a new k n the Coast Fork on rnt:t. to be located a jusce below the present 1 Tie new structure will i saa span of 180 feet and "Ithe How truss design, ir-aller bridges will have :rit, Erpneer Morse said. Dr. Willoughby Dies At Age Of 64 1. I Dr. C. B. Willouthby Dr. Claire B. Willoughby. who practiced dentistry for nearly 40 years here and held many offices in civic and community groups, died Wednesday at the age of 64 years. Dr. Willoughby was a past pres I idem of the Oregon State Dental I society, a past president of the ) Lane County Dental society, a j member of the Eugene city council for several years, a past president PWJOO nd 400 voters of 01 ,he EuSie Rotary club, a past tnucre, uiung y,at a bi'j be chancellor commander of the local worshipful master of Eugene lodge. No. 11, A. F. and A. M. He was a member of St. Mary s Episcopal church and of Sigma Delta dental fraternity. He was a native Oregonian, born Aug. 10, 1877, at Harrisburg. Ore. Sous Seek Distribution h , armj the signatures 3 (Ustnbute surplus dilate income tav.t t F bave been filed in the F t COUr.tY rlerlr 3oua fevj from state income ;ro,0($7 -50000 m any ,1 distributed to the M and union hich -" m Pmportion to the ' f Hays of actual school T same basis for all nthe, pay ,u;t;n. of the bill ,0 , m the ,,001 dl5. rr Su-e Teacher.- har, ., me proposed s SEE WIU.OIGHBY STORY rAr;E 4 PASS TO OPEN SALEM. Stay 21. '-Pi The Mr Kenzie highway between Rend and Eugene, closed during the winter br snow, will be reopened it mid night, the state highway commis sion said. The road was to have heen opened two weeks ago. but fresh snow mad elt Impossible. All snow has been cleared at the summit. Army Hold On Lumber Slows Defense Work Housinq Projects In 15 Cities Are Completely Stopped . ; Bv WILLIAM KEEDHAM I WASHINGTON. Mar 21 u Defense housing construction j thrc'-hout the country is slowing I a standstill as a result of the 1 army's hold on virtually all sup plies of softwood construction lumber, war production board of ficials disclosed today. In at least 15 cities, many with heavy concentrations of war in dustries, housing projects have been stopped entirely and at least 35 other cities hnve reported "cnti t cal" situations because of dwin dling lumber stocks. Similar re ports from other defense housing i areas are flooding into Washing ton daily. Direct cause of the threatened collapse of the housing program , is a WPB order, issued a week ago at the insistence of the war department, "freezing" all sales and deliveries of softwood con struction lumber by large produc ers for 60 days except for de liveries to the army, navy or mari time commission. Some officials at WTB, sharply critical of what they described war department "shot-gun methods, said the "freeze" : fected private as well as public construction. For example, farm ers who cannot ship grain to already-filled elevators will be unable, in manv sections of the country, to build bins for their spring wheat crops. It was indicated ihat the order was rushed through WPB's lum ber branch under army instruc tions before high-ranking WPB officials realized its full effect. "There certainly was no inten tion of stopping defense housing." James S. Knowlson. director of industry operations, declared to day, "and something will be done about it.' Some pmendmrnt would be drawn, it was understood, to per- , u..n. n.nwjvnmtwi wiri. fense housing at lrat. Defense i.di.n, ivdx m ivim.a, irenrn.i. housing officials now i nps, jamrs nusseii, iiienn mim, 1 Fred Stickels. Loui Torgeson. Al ; fred Tyler, Edwin Wheeler, all of Eugene. Frank Albrecht. Baker: Richard Blickenstaff. Klamath Falls; Gene Brown, Beaverton: Duane Carl son, Baker; James Carney, Pen- SEE 52 ROTC STORY i PAGE 3 Memorial Sunday Services Planned The annual Memorial church service for veterans' organizations and other patriotic group? will be held at the Firt Methodist church Sunday, May 24. at 11 a. m. Dr. E. Earle Parker. pator of the church, will deliver the sermon. A feature of the services this year will be the attendance of the parent of young men in the army, navy and marines, serving in the present war. They are be ing given a special invitation 1o attend and if they will come early and make themselves known at the entrance of the church they will be given special seats in the auditorium. Frederick K. Davis of the Sons of Uninn Veterans is chairman of arrangements for the observance nf Memorial day in Eugene this year. The commanders' council of the veterans' organizations have charge and each commander is a member of the general committee. Clarence V. Simon is commander of the council. Services will be held in the eat park in the forenoon of May 30 and exercise will be held at the G. A. R. and Spani-h-Amencan war veterans plots. Water serv ire. will aUn be held by some of the women's organizations. 52 ROTC Men Commissioned The annual Governor's Day re view of University of Oregon R OTC cadets was carried out Thurs day, with Governor Charles A. Spracue. Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, rhancellor of the state system of hicher education. Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the universitv. Col. Charles L. Sampson. ROTC commandant, and Col. Robert M. Lyon, past commandant, partici pating. Governor Sprague presented 52 graduating seniors with army commissions, following which the men were given lieutenant's bars by the Eugene post of the Ameri can Legion. Chancellor Hunter made the award of the William Randolph Hearst intercollegiate rifle contest trophy to the 5-man rifle team, winners of second place in the ninth corps area competition this year. Outstanding freshman and soph omore cadets were presented rib bon and medal awards by Scab bard and Blade, military hono rary, which also awarded bars to Scabbard and Blade members of the graduating class after the review. Following are members of the ROTC graduating class who were presented with second lieutenant" commissions: Allen Adams. Paul Bocci, Kenneth Bowes, Robert Chcrney. James Creihton. James Curry. Eugene Didack. Richard Draper. James Durkheimer. Thom as Hardy. Loyal Lang. Carl Little. Robert Oleson, Emerson Pace, William Reiner. Jerome Shank. Don Swink. Waiker Treece. Er nest Williams, all of Portland. March Bowers, Kenneth Bovle. I II II I PITT " I JF A L, J ( Mm-cm ii i r nf il .!,.. ruiyuimidiftuv L-J Battle Lessens: "SI Still Undecided N ; Destruction Of Nazi 1 Striking Power I Thought Russian Goal COXGRKSSIONAL MKDAI. OK IIONOK KOK HUM HI- It OK TOKV( At Ihr White Ilnue, President Roosevelt pins a ConRrrRntional Mo Hal of Honor on Hrig. ("cn. Jamrs 11. (Jimmy) Doolitllr, at thr same time rcvralrd it was tic who led a squadron of voluntror flyers on a "highly surrrssfiil" hoinhini; raid on Tokyo and Ihr mainland nf Japan. Krnm Irft. IA. dm. H. H. Arnold. I'hirf of thr army air forcr; Prrsidrnt Roosrvrlt, Mrs. Doolitllr, (irn. Grorgr Marshall, rhirf of staff. are engaged in a review nf all product, planned and under way. in es tablish their own priority list. FATTEST MAN DIKS JOHNNKSBrr?r;, SnTJth Afrl ea. Mav Il'U"' Smith Poti Naive. i2. believed to be the world's heaviest man. died yes terday in a Johannesburg ho-pital. He weiched 756 pounds and was five feet six inches tall. 1 5 Army Training Planes Missing MONTGOMERY, Ala.. May 21. Gunter field reported five of its U. S. army training planes missing today, and Brooklcy field nt Mobile reported that two of them crashed near Atmore, Ala., and that one pilot was killed. The planes disappeared on train ing flights last night. Brookley field did ivt rclcae details. The southeast air forces training center ured anyone finding the missing craft to report Immed iately to the commanding officers at either Maxwell or Gunter fields here. The planes disappeared on a tri angular flight from Montgomery to Crcstvicw, Fla., to Mobile, Ala. The field declined lo reveal the names of basic school students or ethers assigned to the various planes. War In Brief RI'SSIA Red army crashes through main German defenses on Kharkov front and fights to destroy inner rms of defenses around city; large German losses reported reducing number of tanks available to support nai infantry: one big tank battle still raging with issue undecided. tivKMAM Nai high com mand ncknowlcdfics continued Snviet attacks at Kharkov but vays they arc repulsed with grave Id.1.' C:. r.im AIT U Get man news agency, in dispatch from Madrid, claims American troops, escorted by Bi ill: h destroyers, arrived at Gihrallar. Japs Attack East Coast Of China By JOF Al.KX MORRIS (fnitrd Tress Foteigu Kdttor) The Red army fought inside lha inner circle of deienses around Kharkov today in a diminishing but still undecided battle to knock out Hitler's main offensive strength and seize the communica tions center of the Ukraine. Both the Nazis and the Rus sians appeared to have tost some of their driving power in attack and counter-attack on the Khar kov front, but Moscow said the Red army still held the offensive, had crashed through or swept past the mam enemy fortifications on the outer defense lines and was hammering at weakened German mechanized unit. One big tank battle was still in progress and iltll undecided but eUcwhere N;ii Field Marshal Fedor Von Bock was able to muster only ten or 15 tanks to support infantry units. Word Larking There was still no specific word as to how close the Russians were to Kharkov itself or whether their main onslaught was against ths city or. as appeared nv'ie likely, aimed at cutting the enemy com munications and destroying hit men and machines. In any event, the Red army has advanced some 40 miles as an nounced in Moscow earlier this week and recaptured some 300 fortified localities, including sev eral key towns and road junction, in 10 days of hard fighting. Dispatches from the front line telling of Rmsian success in draw ing Nazi tanks into "suicide" at , lacks in which units of 15 or 20 . vehicles were destroyed at a time by Soviet artillery ami two-man anti-tank rides indicated that the ('If l A Chinese fiqht strong Japanese offrnsive by 80,000 troops on 200-mtle front in Chekiang , province, where enemy seeks to 1 knock out allied air and supply : bases to eliminate possible threat of new Tokyo bombing. CHUNGKING. May 21.-fi Japanese troop have been land ' ed near Foochow, chief port and I capital of the east coast province , of Fukien, and have been en- tfnood in honvv fichtmff with Chi- , , , , ... ru,- man purpose of Marshal Semyon nese defeiue forces, the hinese ' . . . , i Timoshenko was to knock out (fer hinh command announcd tolay. m;m lnkn(( powCr, and that he The invading force was carrion WRS itucceeding. aboard a dozen transports, which , Dispatches from the Russian made their way up the Mm river front indicated the Russians sdU u- i were in action on the Kerch penin- to point near the e, y. ih. rrtmeTtwrW mm rne ncscem on rooennw, n iny of 4 no 000 and largest port be tween Shanghai and Hongkong, was a nouthward extension In the serie of Japanese attack which I assuming the character of a major offensive, perhaps intend- AI STKAI.IA A 1 I i ed planes ed to knock China nut of the war. start fires and destroy two Japa nese plunes at Koepang and Dili, on Timor i-land. Kour of 12 Japa nese bombers damaged in 53rd laid on Port Moresby. SIX SONS from one family wearing- uniforms in the service of their country is a record Lane conntv and Kusene are proud of. But the proudest person of all is Mrs. K. V. I). nmrpny (center photo), the mother of six soldiers, allium She IS not one to hoast or make a fus nhimi th nmtler "There are many mothers with hoys in the service, some with one, two. or three I happen to have six there," is her modest comment. The hoys, left to light, are: First Lieutenant Kr nest V. I). Murphy. JrM infantry; Kirst Lieutenant Arthur Murphy, infantry; Corporal James Murphy, medical detach ment, infantry; Private (first class) Kugcnc Murphy, medical detachment, infantry; Second Lieutenant Charles Murphy, infantry; First Lieutenant Allen Murphy, coast artillery, anti aircraft. The military life is traditional in the family, the father, the late Col. F,. V. f. Murphy, having had a dis tinguished career in the army. He was commandant at the I'niversity of Oregon ROTC heforc he retired to live here. (Kcnncll-Ellis photos, Wiltshire engraving) Orders Awaited On S.UO. OSC Japanese CORVAU.IS, May 21. un-American-bom Japnaese students .it Oregon State college must leave the campus today or tomorrow if they drMre lo join their families ir. evacuation. Officinl orders said, however. Ihat those not desiring to be moved from restricted zones with their parents may remain until next werk although It was thought they would be lequircd to leave before commencement May 30. Only 15 of the 40 Japanese stu dents on the campus at the out break of war still remain. Foochow was blockaded and bombed by the Japanese in June. 19.19. In April, 1941. they Invad ed the city and moved inland along the river, but met stubborn Chinese resistance and finally withdrew last September. The new invasion was coupled with a land drive southward in Chekiang province, .soulh .of Shanghai, in a determined effort to conquer that zonei n which supposed air bases are a threat lo Tokyo. $4,300 More Needed To Fill USO Quota trend of the whole louthern fmil depended on the uutcome of th Kharkov battle. 1 Military expert said there waa little or no possibility of the Ger mans attempting any thrust from the Crimea toward the Caucasus nil fields until and if they wen able to break through the Ukraine front toward lloslov, where they suffered a heavy defeat last year. I Any attempt to cross the Kerch ' straits lo the mainland on a short cut to the Caucasus at present would merely make the Nam vul- nerable to counter attacks unlesa a strong Axis naval force could, he mustered In the Black Sea, which appears to be out of the. question now. Dispatches from Istanbul inirl (he Russian Black Sea fleet still I was strong, including modern ( cruisers, destroyers and submar ines and at least one old battlishlp. Thus the Kharkov battle is ex- perted to deride the whole trend I nf the campaign in southern Russia. Phy, Jr. LU Arthur Murphy Corporal James Murphy No orders on evarua'inn nf The T,ane county campaign for the USO war fund will be brought to a close on Memorial day. May 30, it was announced Thursday by Jamei A. Rodman, chairman of the executive committee. At a meeting of the campaign committee Wednesday it was de cided that with the eoneentialed ' r ' v.? V Japanese students have rnme to effort of all workers it would he the registrar office on the Uni- pnssihle to reach the county quota vrriiv campus, u was announcea ( tn,."(IO hy that time. All work ' t Tr-"rM,''J' n'lernoon. rl. are asked to lake particular , 5 At the beginning of the term, notice "f the closing date now et i '"N , 2 12 J.lwnee students were regis- fr tnp campaign and that all l. -; I .; Icrrd. the .s showed, hut three funds collected be turned in ' r ' 1 cr four of this number have al- promptly to the US') headquarteis ready left the campuv with the chamber of commerce. A representntn e of hcarlquar- Mr. Hodman reported Thurd;iy trrs of I.t. (ien. Jihn I,. DeWitt morning that a total of $fl.2ri7 2.1 if the WP'Inn aiea defence com- ha, aliedy been subscribed to the mand, was understood to be inter- war fund. This still leaves a bal viewing Japanese students on the ante of $4.1110 to be collected in campus Thursday. , the next nine days. LANE COUNTY USO DRIVE r $10,500 9.500 8.500 7.500 6.500 5.500 4 500 3.500 2.500 1.500 is B II - I i W' m r.F.C. Eugene Murphy Lt Charles Murphy LU Allen Murphy
