Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, December 21, 1942, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPage Two U.S. Captain Rescues Giraud ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa (Delayed U.R) Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, com manding French forces in Africa, was rescued from Vichy France by a British submarine which a United States navy captain di rected into a land locked harbor under the guns of a Vichy fleet, it was revealed today. The story was made public when Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Ei senhower, Allied commander in chief, commended Capt. Jerauld Wright, U.S.N., Washington, D. C, and said "the sound Judgment and courage you displayed in this important undertaking are in keeping with the finest traditions of the United States navy." It was revealed that Giraud fell Into the water while boarding the submarine, that a rendezvous at sea with an Allied plane was de layed for hours, and that the presence of an unidentified plane when the Allied aircraft did ar rive kept the submarine ready for a -crash dive for 40 minutes. Transfers to Plane But the plane went away. Gi raud, his son and four French army and navy staff officers who accompanied him were transferred to the Allied plane, and Giraud arrived at the secret headquarters of Gen. Eisenhower Nov. 7 to aid in the Allied landing in Northern Africa next day and to take charge of the French army there. Elsenhower ordered Wright, at tached to the naval aircraft sec tion at Allied headquarters, to go by submarine to pick up Giraud and transfer him to a plane at sea. No American submarine was available and Adm. Sir Andrew Broene Cunningham, commanding the British fleet, lent one. - It was the submarine under Lieut. N. L. A. Jewell, of the Roy al navy, which had taken Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark of the Ameri can army to North Africa to make his secret agreement with French patriot leaders before trie Allied invasion. With Wright in command, the submarine lay off the French coast for days, awaiting word that all wag ready for Glraud's rescue. The submarine kept un der the sea by day and surfaced by night. "It was a long wait one of those things that .makes time heavy," Wright said. Douglas Orme Makes Final Appearance (CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) "Czardas" by Monti, portrayed all of the gypsy brilliance of the com position. One of the most effectively ren dered compositions on the orches tra's afternoon concert was the "Legend" by Issaac. The composi tion, which is full of brass and percussion Instruments playing with the strings, is said to suggest the story of love and adventure; telling the story of youth, dreams, and love and comradeship, then moving on to a stirring triumph, all of which the young musicians depicted throughout. The opening number of the con cert, Uke so many concerts by sym phonies all over the nation at this time was "The Star Spangled Ban ner," played with the orchestra standing. In conclusion and adding the Christmas atmosphere to the musi cal event, the orchestra played "Christmas Fantasie," a melody of several favorite Christmas tunes and carols such as "Silent Night,' Jingle Bells," and "The Hallelu Jah Chorus," arranged by Gross man. Standardizing of car parts has been suggested to eliminate waste of vital materials such as rubber ana metal. LAST MINUTE GIFT j SUGGESTIONS for Men ... Good suggestions because they are exactly what he would choose for himself. ARROW SHIRTS Whites and patterns ... the biggest stock In Eugene to choose from. DOBBS HAT CERTIFICATES Certificate comes in a hat box complete with miniature hat WEMBLEY'S NOREAST TIES Beautiful patterns and colors in a tie that is really wTinkleproof. DOZENS OF OTHER GUT IDEAS AT The Man's Shop BYROM & KNEELAND 32 East 10th St. Helens Woman Dies There Saturday Mrs. Clara Brewster of St. Hel j li . - j r ens, aaugmcr ui mi. aim mio ir nam Bumngion 01 tugene, uiea in St. Helens Saturday, Dec. 19, at the age of 42 years. She was born Sept. 13, 1900, in Cambridge, Colo., and was a member of the Evangelical church. Mrs. Brewster is survived by her husband, Jess H. Brewster; one daughter, Gwendolyn of St. Helens; three sons, Wllford, Or ville, Rawly, all of St. Helens; her parents; six sisters, Mrs. Alva Sumstine of Eugene; Mrs. Ina Lindsey of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Frances Kirkland of Scapoose; Mrs. Dorothy Horsch of Superior, Wis.; Mrs. June Orre of Seattle; Mrs. Alice Wooton of Roscoe, Cal.j one brother, William Bufflngton Jr. of Denver, Colo. Funeral services will be held at the Branstetter-Simon chapel on Wednesday, Dec. 23, at 2 p. m. In terment will be In the I.O.O.F. cemetery No. 2. WPA Swan Song Lists Projects WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (u.B The work projects administration, taking inventory before liquidat ing Itself, today cited a long list of achievements as evidence that it has made substantial contribu tions to the public welfare. WPA and Its predecessor relief agencies works progress admin istration, civil works administra tion and the federal emergency relief administration together spent -nearly $15,000,000,000 (B) and probably have been subjected to more criticism than any other new deal agencies. But WPA officials, preparing to wind up the federal work relief program after more than 10 years of providing subsistence for mil lions of destitute Americans, said today that the agencies had ac complished much more good than is generally realized, despite "boondoggling" and considerable admitted waste. Projects Listed To prove their point about con crete contributions to the nation, they said the various work relief programs have produced the fol lowing: 843,977 miles of Improvements on highways, roads and streets, Including 666,322 miles of rural roads, 86,392 miles of urban streets and 11,263 miles of other roads, chiefly through parks. 77,093 bridges and viaducts built, with 45,705 others being re constructed or Improved. 34,056 public buildings, not in cluding utility plants and build ings at airports. The agencies also reconstructed ' or improved 83,170 other public buildings. 8,832 educational buildings, mostly libraries and schools, 8,579 recreational buildings and 1,626 auditoriums and gymnasiums. 1,476 office and administration buildings, 202 hospitals, 172 penal Institutions, 1,382 dormitories, 316 flrehouses and 328 armories. Recreation Facilities 2,272 stadiums, grandstands and bleachers, 51 fairgrounds and ro deo grounds, 1,650 parks, 3,036 playgrounds, 2,980 athletic fields, 9,971 tennis courts, 791 swimming pools, 1,098 ice skating areas, 228 bandshelis, 136 outdoor theatres, 249 golf courses. Public utilities and sanitation projects, including 48 electric power plants, 132 incinerator plants, 1,298 pumping stations, 944 sewage treatment plants, 249 wa ter treatment plants; water mains and distribution lines, reservoirs, storm and sanitary sewers, police, fire alarm and traffic signal sys tems, and electric power lines. Hundreds of flood and erosion control, irrigation and conserva tion projects. Airports and airways facilities, Including 265 new landing fields, and 1,139 airport buildings. Around Oregon By The Associated Presi Christmas shoops' use of auto mobiles apparently has offset the effects of gasoline rationing in Portland, the city treasurer re porting a S'i per cent increase in parking meter revenues in the past week. , , The Oregon defense council warned western Oregon residents it would be a violation of dim-out regulations to place a lighted candle in the window for Christmas. , . The OPA granted Portland In dustrial sugar users a quota in crease In recognition of a popula tion gain. . . Oregon State College reported 1209 students have en rolled in reserves of the armed forces. . , Seventy eight men ar rived at Camp Wickiup, former Deschutes river CCC camp, the first contingent of conscieutious objectors from the middle west. . '. Rev. Charles M. Guilbert, vicar of Coos and Curry county missions of the Episcopal church, was nam ed Dean of St. Stephens cathedral in Portland. . . F. M. Hunter, chancellor of the state system of higher education, said the state's colleges are ready to become mili tary training centers, relegating regular students to secondary Im portance. . . A Portland free lance writer, James G. Duff, 32, died of pneu monia Saturday. . . Dairymen said in Portland the army is taking much of Oregon's produce and for the first time since 1920 the state is unable to supply its own needs. Production is expected to begin soon at the rebuilt M. G. Hitch cock mill at Sisters, destroyed by fire in August, and in the aban doned James Flanagan coal mine near Marshfield, which is being outfitted again. . . At La Grande, Fred Lannlng, 45-year-old barber hanged himself a few hours after accidentally wounding James O'Neal, about 70, on a duck-hunting trip. O'Neal was in a critical condition. . . The body of Ole Carlson, about 56, lumber grader, was found in his home at Redmond, and Sheriff C. L. McCauley said Carlson had shot himself. Idaho Murderer Escapes from Prison BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 21 W Duncan M. Johnston, former Twin Falls mayor convicted of killing a Utah jewelry salesman, es caped from the Idaho peniten tiary grounds last night. Warden C. Van Clark reported today. Clark said "Johnston left a dummy in his bed" in a small house outside the prison walls, walked to the Boise residential area a few blocks Sway and was "contacted by an automobile." The warden said Johnson was missed 15 minutes after he fled and expressed belief the hunt would be short. Officers through out Idaho were asked to be on the lookout for the former mayor and political leader. Johnston, middle-aged, was a prison trusty. The bullet-pierced body of George L. Olsen, Salt Lake City salesman, was found in a parked automobile beside a Twin Falls, Idaho, hotel on May 24, 1938. Johnston, a jeweler, was ar rested after some of Olsen's samples were discovered in his basement. Convicted of murder and sen tenced to life imprisonment, Johnston appealed and won a new trial. Once more he was con victed and sentenced, entering the prison June 6, 1041." Please Carry Your 'uffHt In Tim for Chrlsmas . . . A New Shipment of LUNCHEON CLOTHS Made of a fine quality sail cloth. Many beautiful patterns. Hand decorated in gay colors. All are colorfast. Size 52x52 1.49 Size 52x68 M 1.95 Size 58x78 3.95 PRINTS CHARMING . . . spun Rayon Lun cheon cloths ... in a great variety of at tractive pastel shades. SUe 52x52 Size 54x72 Mill orders filled promptly THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE. OREGON. Tanks Arrive To Help Crush Japs at Buna (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) advanced base 350 miles by bomb er from Rangoon, and within hit ting range of Japanese supply routes across Burma to the Yun nan front, back door to China. On the Buna front in New Guinea, an Allied communique described the enemy's casualties as heavy, and said the Japanese commander, Lieut. Gen. Tomatore Horil, "is reported to have been killed in action." Closing in At Buna Tanks and' infantry were said to be closing in with a general assault on the invaders' weakened foothold at Buna mission. . This was the first reference to tanks on the Buna front, and field dispatches identified them as light American-made General Stuarts, manned by Australians. "The enemy's position is de teriorating," the Allied communi que declared. . . ' Buna mission is, one -of the last two centers of Japanese resistance in the Buna area after the capture of Buna village, Gona, and of the Cape Endaiadere region by Aus tralian troops last Friday. The other Japanese pocket is at nearby Cape Sanananda. . Alleged Murderess Wins Speedy Acquittal BISBEE, Ariz., Dec. 21. Wi lt took just long enough for a jury of leathery faced westerners to find out whether to sign the verdict with pen or pencil before they acquitted -pretty Margaret Herlihv of killing Capt. David D. Carr, father , of her unborn child, i Immediately the Jurors were dismissed they crowded around the 21-year-old, red-haired girl and shook her hand. More than one said that If he had been in her position he would have dealt with Carr in the same manner. As Margaret, smiling through tears, departed, courtly, kindly . . - .11 t i tn n ,u. ' county attorney uuuu r. fiu&&, mc chief prosecutor, shook her hand and said: "Now you gorget some rest. If I had been on the jury, I would have acquitted you, too." - The jury had heard Margaret, daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs. E. G. Herlihy, tell how she fell In love with handsome Captain Carr at first sight, married him in Mexico while under the Influence of drinks he pressed upon her, and killed him when he made a beastly attack upon her while in a frenzy over his complicated marital affairs. Margaret tearfully related" that she knew little or nothing about the ceremony until Carr revealed to her the next day that the marriage not only had been per formed but consummated. Services Tuesday For Eugene Woman Mrs. Lydla M. Moore died Sun day, Dec. 20, at her home, 968 Hilyard, at the age of 76. She was born in Potton, Quebec, on Sept. 25, 1866. Her marriage to Philander Moore took place in November, 1911. Her husband died in 1926 at their home in Holy oke, Mass. Since that time Mrs. Moore had made her home in Eu gene with her niece, Bertha F. Comings. She attended the Congregation- Small Packages .... (Mm StotT ssens ..2.95 ..4.95 . . . S. & H. Green Stamps al church and was a member of the Fortnightly club. Formerly she was a member of the Busi ness and Professional Women's club. The funeral service will be held at the Veateh-Hollingsworth Funeral home on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 2 p. m. Interment in the Rest Haven Memorial park will follow, with Rev. Wllliston Wirt officiating. , , Easterners Shiver As Mercury Dives (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) at Mt. Kisco and ,21 below at Yorktown Heights. " Albany reported 18 below, Bos-' ton 5 below, and Buffalo 5 below. The temperature dropped to 8 below in Cincinnati, compared with 9 above reported yesterday, but farther west there was a. gen eral trend to higher figures. At Duluth it was only 5 below, In stead of the 21 below reported yesterday. Owl's Head, N.' Y., where the mercury plunged 6t 45 below, still held the week-end record. The frigid weather was ex pected to abate somewhat in the east today. Chicago had a low of one above last night, compared with 10 above the night previously. But at Bismark, N. D., the mercury had risen to a low of 10 above, considerably warmer than the 19 below reported yesterday. Other low temperatures re ported today: Albany, N; Y 18 below; Detroit, 10 above; Phila delphia, . 1 above;- Pittsburgh, zero; Washington, 1 .above. Al bany's .minus 18 passed all low marks since weather records were started there 68 years ago. In New York city more than a score of fire alarms were sound ed between midnight and 7 a. m., today when freezing temperatures in office buildings which had been closed for the week-end played hob with automatic sprinkler sys tems. Some deaths and numerous in juries were attributed to expos ure. .. There were widespread trans portation delays, the Pennsylvan ia railroad reporting at New York that some of its train's from the west were arriving from one to live hours late. Pedestrian Injured; Hit-Run Reported An injury to a pedestrian and i hit-and-run case were in the rec ords Monday after city police made their reports on two traffic accidents taking place in Eugene on Sunday. Ernest Potts, 535 Fifteenth ave nue east, had his right shoulder bruised and injured the right side of his head, in an accident Sunday night at Eighth and Willamette. City police say that Kenneth W. Jordon, 258 V4 Thirteenth avenue east, was driving -the car and failed to see the pedestrian. Called early Sunday morning to Sixth and Charnelton, police found that the car of Charles Shirey, 664 Charnelton, had been hit on the left front fender and bumper. The left front tire was punctured. The bumper guard of the car which hit the Shirey ve hicle was left at the scene of the accident. Please carry your Well HOLGATE TOYS : . I WAGON BLOCKS ... in k BABY CHOO-CHOO . . . ideal for the one year old 1.25 it BINGO BED ... a real developer for hand and eye, for ages 18 months to 4 years .. ............1.2S k GREYHOUND JACK RABBIT BUS a dandy for the boy ... ic MAGIC SLATE ... fun and best of all no dust or dirt ..1.00 JUDY WOODEN PUZZLES, wooden Inlays for all ages .1.25 WORLD MAP JIGSAW PUZZLE. 100 pieces ... . 1.19 And, many other Holgate toys DOLLS, TOO! Army and navy dolls . . dogs . , . other animals and characters . . . unbreakable 1.85 to 4.95 Beautifully dressed char acter dolls ... unbreakable 1.95 to 3.95 S. H. Green Stamps . . . Barkley Urges United Support wisHiNRTON. Dec. 21 'Pi Senate Democratic Leader Bark ley of Kentucky called on the new congress today to bury factional differences in a harmonious sup port of the war effort which would leave the country unna wun u times comes to write the peace. noubllcan minorities will climb to the highest point in years with the convening of the new session on Jan. 6, but Barkley expressed confidence that would mane no difference toward prosecuting the war. While he conceded It was diffi cult to say that 4ny political or. ganization or group would not be politically minded or have its eye on the presidential year of 1944, he hoped and believed that it would be possible for Democrats, Repub licans and others to work more closely than ever in these critical "The closer we come to victory and the visualization of the kind . all unnA far'l Via inA ui pcuuc ai& i.ww , . reporters, ine more easciuwii iv to have a united country." No one could forecast when peace would come, he added, but none could escape projecting nis mind into the future in contempla tion of that event. "It is very Important that the country be prepared in every way it can to write a just peace and to organize world opinion for the at tempt which must be made to pro--vide both peace and post-war conditions that will make another such conflict as this impossible," he said. 'Million Dollar Kid' Reported Suicide PALM BEACH, Fla.', Dec. 21. P The life of Byron D. Chand ler, made glittering in his days is Broadway's "Million Dollar Kid," ended here yesterday. A justice of the peace said it was suicide. The body of the 62ryear-old man who squandered two million dollars along a primrose path in a spendthrift career that began in the earlyv 1900's was found yes terday floating in Lake Worth. There was a bullet wound in the chest. Justice of the Peace T. H. Hick' ards, who said Chandler had shot himself, deemed an inquest un necessary. Police Chief L. O. Eck lund said the shooting apparently took place on a dock at Chand ler's Palm Beach estate, and the body fell into the water. A news, boy discovered it. Chandler was said to have been despondent because of ill health and a conviction at Miami last year on a charge of sending a lewd letter through the malls. He was fined $1,000 and given a suspend ed sentence of a year and a day. Chandler was married four times, each wife an actress and each marriage ending In divorce. He was born at Nashua, N. H., in 1879 of a banking family and in herited a million dollars from 'his father and another million from his grandfather. At 23, fresh from Harvard, with charming manner and Infectious smile, he burst upon Broadway. His antics were spec tacular. small 'packages 'aftitei 0 Store' . ssens .or over a century and a half Holgate has been , making these fine toys , . ' The Toy that de velops skill . . . . stimulates the Imagination and at the same time is real fun. . sturdy wooden wagon 2.25 and 3.00 2.25 mall orders filled promptly Holiday Travel Jams ilr Bus Services (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) and aome were over eight hours Denina. to racuitate movement of homeward bound service men, furlough tickets were honored on .all railroad lines. Air lines were booked through Jan. 1, and only bus lines were able to accommo date au passengers. In Salt Lake City, railroads were handling nearly twice last year's load but so far were taking care of all travellers. Some trains were reported nine hours late. Travelling space in Portland and Seattle was at a premium and in some cases lines were book.rt Ideas, which w. ....T1111 UN through Jan. 6. are obedient to th V1 dub lines aione were accommo- """"s tnem" (D sun iMnsT all mxonso-.. ... H- mjj. dating all passengers, but as the load grew heavier, officials ex pressed concern that they, too, will have to turn away travellers! j Christian Science' t the Unfvers Tnnij! Man,. Evolved by Atomic Force'" 1 ..... ,u . ...ui . -. no.9 uio ouujcli ul me wesson Sermon in all Churches of Christ, GIFT HANDKERCHIEFS Tiny wisps of loveliness . . pure whites with hand em broidery ... gay prints with hand rolled hems. Both in pure linen. 59c made by the famous Albuquerque Indian silver workers. Ring bracelets, pendants, keyrings and pins. Mall orders filled Scientist, on Sum """""I The GolSA".' Dl the beginnin;T.? 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