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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Holiday Travel Jams
ilr Bus Services
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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
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in some cases lines were book.rt Ideas, which w. ....T1111 UN
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