Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, January 13, 1943, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Eugene register-guard., January 13, 1943, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1943)

Page of 10 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 10 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION CITY EDITION 7 LANE COUNT HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY TlOO 1 ' ' ' EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1943. Mazis-'Pet Yank Broadcasters NO. IS Traitors W KVIWMLV I LV7 t I L II JILIIWMI v .11 I 1111 I -III VUNXkavl III II I II I W I III M jfj V v ,' Nr TPS Held 1 iissians azi Remnants (Stalingrad ro n fiHEENE V. . Editor) ffk troops, gouging toto the remnante of 22 S divisions trapped before Itohavesmasneu uuv-e.. -----Cj outskirts of the long-be-PP1 n.mnnlls today r, right of violent batUe In Erds, buildings and streets. KeTany launched six cpun 2m one after the other," id headquarters announced. & ,n7ymen repulsed all the Ste counterattacks and wip S about a battaUon of Ger n infantry." . w tightly Pocketed In the Don-Volga corridor, Hit rirmies began their costly I Ol.fated siege of Stalingram l5ereB'in the global war, ;ted Nations airmen delivered a is of tempestuous blows to the a in attacks ranging from f ar Burma and New Guinea to rtn Africa. ni h9rlntmrtera in North la reported that U. S. war-J-s destroyed 34 Nazi aircraft fthe air and on the ground yes ij in an attack on the Castel kilo airfield, ten miies souui Kot single American plane b kst In inflicting tnis aeieai !tbe Axis, the communique , although one plane limped on two motors, jffliltaneously, American Mnn flushed across the Tun is border Into Trlpolltania In ti attacks, raking a long line Axis transport vehicles with vn inif hpnvv mnphine-fflin I At lent SO Axis trucks were rnred, Including five loaded la troops. Only one Lightning In the Caucasus, Soviet dis lehes pictured the triumphant p armies as driving the Axis aifon tapir tnwarri Ttnmltvtr mf a 100-mile front, capturing more ciues ana towns, ana kin im 4n thai bmb,.! m. Ik. b-held rail hub at Salsk, 110 o suuineasi oi iiosiov. Stockholm reports said the Rus h were already within artil B range of Salsk and were bat- the Germans entrenched .rawest of the city. I pounds Ruhr in jDncenfrafed Attack tONDON, Jan. 13 (U.B The Li; ucapeu more aes pw on German's batterer! PJ ulQUSinal aroa lnet oomoers dumped Of torn-.... VI i : -Z " WBr enorts. e ?!xtn "'a In nine unr, marking the concentrated RAF offensive 6 ttir. anfl u. - VM k.j -nieu ll out P tad weather to reach its It Whi . T"cea' n?icating were involved. The city was not revealed.- fcsTtTS? EM 0VER fc?' Jan- .-un-The ltcd 17. 'ng office thei;"."ffn.8PPli"nU N oy C"."?' '"'Victors' lorrow. "irviewed here fATCH AND GIVE 'UKNITURE AND EOTTTPhmrr I run CREATION ROOMS '-Mvif ADAIR l2!luntYQuota-40 Room, i? I 40 i3 "35 . 30 il 25" 20" S Jl IS" a 111 ? I : 1 u a 'A " a GENERAL chairman for the annual drive for associate members in the Eugene Glee men is George H. Miller,, above. No personal solicita tions are being made this year, all invitations to asso ciates are by mail. The drive is preliminary to the Glee men concert on January 28. Darlah Mystery Takes New Form ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA, Jan. 13 VP) General Henri Honore Girrfud, new high commissioner of French North and West Africa, and Gen eral Charles De Gaulle, leader of the Fighting French, will meet soon, a spokesman for General Giraud said last night as the as sassination of Giraud's predeces. sor, Admiral Jean Darlan, took on new undertones of mystery. . . ' , ;J" Gen.' Giraud's spokesman, dls closing that additional "person' ages of Algiers" , had been ar rested in the case and others ar rested earlier had been released, said the investigation of Darlan's assassination Christmas Eve was being prosecuted "without consid' eration of the prominence of the persons involved, or their pollti cal beliefs." The investigation, he said, was being made by military author!. ties. Asked If the Count of Paris, heading a French monarchist group, had figured in the investi gation, the spokesman said he cpuld not discuss the trend of the Inquiry. 1 .. Second Series It was the second series of ar rests made since Darlan was slain On Dec. 30, Giraud announced that 12 persons had been arrested for various reasons, including suspici on oi plotting further assassina tions. At the same time Giraud said his life and that of Robert D. Murphy, U. S. Minister to North Africa, had been in danger. (The authoritative British press association In London reported that the negotiations had reached the stage where a date now Is being discussed for the meeting.) The spokesman said those ar rested were not being examined as political enemies but as suspects involved in Darlan's murder. Ickes Mourns Fate Of Little Business WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 Secre tary of Interior Ickes pictured America's small business man to day as a forlorn loser in the tur moil of war and called for a more diligent effort to keep him on a going basis. "We can clearly see the trends," Ickes told a special senate com mittee which concerned itself pri marily today with ways to find a place in the war economy tor small mine operators, ". . , the major portion of war production contracts going to a few large corporations, the hundreds of small businesses closing." While Ickes was expressing his concern over this phase of war brought' changes in American life, assurance developed that the new congress would tackle the issue of a national retail sales tax. German Arms Output Still Formidable LONDON, Jan. 13 CUB Ger man armament production has been maintained "on an exceeding ly formidable scale" and advances have been made fh the quality and design of Nazi weapons, a spokes man for the Ministry of Economic Warfare said today. He said pro duction of aircraft apparently was not meeting German military, de mands but "new types of weapons have been manufactured and the enemy's military strength is very great," 'Thumbed Nose' Alleged Cause Of 'Mind Blank' Frank Turner, 77-year-old rancher of the Maple creek section "back up in the hills" of Western Lane, shot his neighbor, Grant Fisk, because he thumbed his nose at him. But in accordance with the most modern legal practice, Turner's defense says his "mind went blank" just before he fired an un determined number of shots from a Savage automatic pistol. When officeiu arrived they Found Fisk lying with his head against the fence posts over which the two had argued for 17 years. Turner testified in his own de fense on the second day of his first degree murder trial. The circuit courtroom .was filled with, his neighbors along Maple creek, some of whom wished him well and to whom he said: "I think I'll be around." . , Wife Is Witness ' The mental condition of the de fendant was brought out by Mrs. Turner, who told of her husband's fits of anger, during which, she said, he would become 'temporar ily Insane." She said he had not been well since 1935. Under cross-examinaion by Frank Reid, deputy district attor ney, she admitted that he was a man of strong will who "wanted his own way." Although she was walking down the rnari nhpnrl rf ho. kn.k.nj t the time of the shooting, she did. not aciuaiiy see it ana maintained that she did not hear the shots, only a "muffled noise." She also . described the long trouble between the two men, which had been going on since she married Turner 15 years ago. Fisk never allowed them full use of a 20-foot right-of-way through his farm, she declared, telling how he would keep stock on the road and feed theiro. directly In the path ! K-zz. j - ,-JT''. ,t- ; : -I- - , v..,v- ; V,n :- ST-.. IV.- . i t,-,- , . .; . T V,- . , f .'"4-'i' $:. ,' "' U I - " 4 r !" .'vV5k- ') " . y; " - i ' 1 ; - - J. i L'.' i ' " " : ' , iSs . . t Taaaaaaaaajaaaaaaaaa"t si ' I SEE MURDER TRIAL STORY PAGfc 2 - ' Japs Say Hornet : Carried Doolitfle NEW YORK. Jan. 13 (At A. Japanese broadcast asserted today that the Untied States ' aircraft carrier Hornet, Identified Monday by the American navy as the air craft carrier sunk Oct. 26 in the battle of the Santa Cruz islands, was the vessel which carried the planes that raided Tokyo last April 18. The broadcast, beamed for Japanese communities in east Asia, said, without giving the au thority, that it was "disclosed" that the Hornet "brought the North American bombers during the attack on Japan." The broad cast was reported by government monitors to the Office of War In formation. . kThe sinking of the Hornet was "revenge for the raid," the Tokyo radio said, adding that "our im per'ql tr units have been concen trating on this ship." They also claimed the U. S. had hushed up other heavy naval losses. 'Heroism' To Be Topic Of Hunter At Annual 'First Citizen' Fete "The Substance of Heroism" will be Dr. Frederick M. Hunter's subject Saturday evening as guest speaker for the annual "first cit izen" banquet of the Eugene Realty Board. Place, the Osburn, time, 6:30. This year's "first citi zen" designation included all men and women of Lane county in the country's service. Families - and friends of all those in the service are invited to the program and dinner. Dr. Donald M. Erb, University presi dent will introduce Dr. Hunter. James A. Rodman is to be toast-master. Clinic On Priorities Set For Next Tuesday ' Free consultation on priorities problems may be obtained by local businessmen on Tuesday. Jan. 19, with an all-day visit of Nelson English, priorities analyst, Portland WPB office. Appoint ments should be made in advance by calling the chamber of com merce office, telephone 192. BIG PINE CUT PENDLETON. Jan. 13. VP) The Harris Pine Mills, Inc., of Pendleton plan to cut 15 million board feet of government timber in the Camas creek district this year. C. H. Harris, president, said today. Equipment was received last week to widen and improve a road into that section. GOVERNOR EARL SNELL AT LAST,', with the state senate's squabble over the presidency resolved after 45 ballots, 49 hours of dither and Dorothy McCullough Lee's "gesture to male supremacy," it was possible Wednesday afternoon to inaugurate Earl Snell 23rd governor of Oregon. For a time it appeared traditional Snell luck might have failed. 4 Snell Asks $40 Pensions; Soldier Bonus; Lower Taxes By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. SALEM, Jan. 11. OP) Governor Earl Snell who became Oregon's 23rd chief executive today as the protracted Steiwer-Lee battle for presidency of the senate came to an end with Mrs. Lee giving the honor to th: male contender, asked the lawmakers to provide benefits for returning soldiers of this war, to provide $40 pensions for needy aged persons, to reduce property taxes, and to provide for a single state tax commissioner to replace the three-man tax commission. snell appealed for a short session but offered 14 recommendations. Charles A. Sprague, whose farewell address as governor immediately preceded Snell's message, made no recommendations, reviewed the war and the record of his administration. $40 Pensions On Need -Basis - In recommending that the old age pension be increased to $40 monthly, the maximum now provided py law, Snell said pensions should still be given only on the basis of need. The average pension now is $24 a month, but the new budget, prepared by the Sprague administration, would step it up gradually to $34. To raise the amount to $40 would cost the state only $3, as the government would match this amount. . Snell recommended that the pointed by the governor. Other recommendations made by Govenor Snell were: Authorize and give authority state's $3 be raised by levying l0 the state civihan defense coun xne excise tax on puduc uuiiues, - which now are exempt from wis tax. "I, am confident," Snell said, "that we are all agseed, that In view of increased prices and pres ent day costs, $40 per month Is little enough to provide susten ance and reasonable comfort for these elderly citizens." Wants Income Tax . Reduction of property taxes, Snell declared, would relieve and encourage home ownership, and also make it easier to pay high federal taxes. He cautioned, how ever, against reducing the state income tax, pointing out that big federal taxes, which may be de ducted in paying state income taxes, would have the effect of cutting Oregon's income tax by 15 to 30 per cent. - - The single tax commissioner. he said, would provide more ef ficient administration, because he would be directly responsible to the governor. The present three- man tax commission, appointed by the board of control, is. not re sponsible to anybody, he added. After citing Oregon s leadership In contributing men and money . Continue the state guard, which expires January 21. Ask congress to reimburse states for taxes on federal property. Consolidate the world war vet erans state aid commission and the state land board. Consolidate the banking and corporation departments. Create a resrve of surplus rev enues to invest in war bonds. . Appropriate for new state buildings to be built after the war. Transfer $150,000 from the hos pital accident fund to the high way fund for use after the war. Sprague Praises Defense . Sprague said that the army and navy have been diligent in their defense of Oregon, and that "Ore gon's defense situation is steadily improving." He said ' the state's financial condition "Is sound and healthy," but warned that post-war devel opments, which might include a vastly Increased old age pension load, might drastically change this picture. Sprague decried federal en- rrnarhmnnta nn efalo imni-n .rt to the war effort, Snell led the'ng that states continue to 'fight packed house chamber In a mo ment of silent tribute to Oregon's dead war heroes. Milk Board Hit The milk control Issue, which has caused much oratory in leg islative halls for the past few ses sions, was dropped into the legis lative lap again when Snell rec ommended that the milk control board be abolished, and its duties be transferred to the state depart ment of agriculture. The legisla ture has repeatedly defeated at tempts to abolish milk control al together. . Governor Snell recommended creation of a committee on post war rraojusiment and develop ment to ."contribute to sound, practical, orderly and satisfactory solutions to important problems ahead." Members of this commlflo. would b'e the chairman of the house and senate ways and means committees, budget director, state director of agriculture, state for ester, state director of geology and mineral inausues, state highway engineer, a representative of the school of economics or business administration at the University for their rights, but he added there are signs "that the limit of federal invasion has been reach ed." States, he said, can keep their rights by demonstrating their capacity to govern. Cotraae Grove Taking Share In Dayrooms COTTAGE GROVE Collection depot for contributions to the Elks campaign to furnish 40 recreation rooms at Camp Adair has been set up at the Cottage Grove Motor company, 112 Ninth north, by Clarence Lombard. A special drive for furnishings Is being put on by the city schools with H. B. Ferrin, superintendent, as hairman. The chamber of commerce and hte Lions club are also taking an active part ROUNDUP NOT CERTAIN PENDLETON, Jan. 13. VP) Although Sept. 15-18 has been tentatively approved by the Ore gon fair association as dates. 'for the 1943 Pendleton Round-Up thai- l nn rertaintv that th an of Oregon, a representative of the ; nual show will be held this year, Oregon State college emineerins I Sam ThomDion. DreiidenL said to. school, and six others to be ap-'day. Tax Exemptions Target of Bill In Salem Mill SALEM, Ore., Jan. 13 (UB Rep. Giles' L. French, Moro, lobbed what he termed "a dud bomb" Into the house of repre sentatives here today, introducing a measure to do away with all existing exemptions in the state property tax laws. The bill, one of a string of 25 presented to the house in the morning session, asked repeal of ill laws exempting veterans' in stitutions, churches, schools, mu nicipal and other groups from en Joying property tax exemptions wntch he claimed had been snow balling until not more than 25 per cent of the property in the state paid such a tax. Just A Reminder. , "If It even lives through the committee the bill will probably get only one vote mine," French said. "But every year the legis lature passes more exemptions, and even if the bill falls by the wayside it should make the house refrain from passing any more such exemptions." Approximately one - half the property in Oregon was owned by the federal government, French said, and half of the remainder had been voted as exempt. He said his measure, if passed, would not increase the state revenues be cause mlllage would be reduced, "I think everyone should pay taxes like this one and my bill is merely a measure to equalize the burden," French declared. Other bills Included 15 recom mendations sponsored by Bryan Goodenough, state code commis sioner, to do away with incon sistencies and contradictions in the phrasing of existing laws. House Bill No. 25, Introduced by Rep.- Donald E: HeisleV,"" The Dalles, was an act providing for payment of compensatory damage from the state game license fund to owners of livestock killed by unidentified hunters. " . Grange Thinks People Should Settle Row SALEM, Jan. 13 (P) The State Grange legislative . com mittee said today it would ask the legislature to submit to the peo ple a proposed constitutional amendment to provide for a lieu tenant governor. The president of the senate now acta as governor when the governor dies, resigns, or leaves the state. To have a lieutenant governor, said Morton . Tompkins, state grange master, would make it less likely that contests over the sen ate presidency would delay legis lative sessions in the future. Yanks Pound Japs On Pacific Fronts By The Associated Press Allied warplanes sweeping the far Pacific skies from Burma to the South Seas were reported hit ting the Japanese on a rising scale today, and in land fighting Gen. Douglas MacArthurs head quarters announced "further gains" against trapped enemy forces on the Papuan beach In New Guinea. Survivors of a Japanese Invas ion army originally estimated at 15,000 troops were pictured a fighting the last stages of a losing battle, with American and Au stralian soldiers hacking deeper into the enemy's narrow defense corridor at aanananda point. At the same time, delayed mes sages from American-defended Guadalcanal island, in the Solo mons, reported that U. S. army troops and marines accounted for 186 known Japanese killed and captured a number of guns on Jan. 2 when they stormed a strategic hill and cleaned out Jap anese pockets of resistance. Tracy. Strong To Speak On 'Prisoners Of War1 At Y. M. C. A. Saturday Tracy Strong personally in formed . by YMCA experience abroad, will speak Saturday on how the American prisoner of war spends his time while confined in an enemy internment camp. Mn Strong is general secretary of the YMCA World Alliance. A covered dish dinner will be held Saturday evening at 5:30 at the YMCA house, 1225 Klncald. Reservations must be made by telephoning 805 or 3300-extension 266. Mrs. George P. Winchell, Mrs. Harry G. Talbot, Mrs. Carl F. Kos ack, Mrs. Jesse H. Bond and Mrs. R. G. Crakes are in charge. Morse Cautions Unions WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 VP) A new war labor board opinion admonishes unions not to yield to management provocation because, the opinion sets out, it is only when provocation exists "that the pledge not to strike has any real significance." Wayne L. Morse, public member of the WLB, is sued the opinion yesterday, tell ing unions that news of work stoppages at home will not be re ceived with approval by soldiers on the fighting front and cau tioned management it was its "solemn duty" to avoid provocation. Steiwer rGets ltr Gift of Mrs. Lee SALEM, Ore., Jan. 15 (U.B Sen. W. H. Steiwer of Fossil, was elected president of the senate last night on the 45th ballot when Sen. Dorothy McCullough Lee, Portland, the lone woman among 30 state senators, directed her supporters to break the deadlock that had delayed the beginning of a new state administration by two run aays. The final vote, with Sen. Stei wer himself casting the only vote for his feminine opponent, came at 9:27 p. m., four hours after the harassed senators had accepted an unprecedented invitation from the house of representatives to at tend the inauguration of Earl Snell as governor today at 2 n. m.. whether organized or not. To the last, through 44 Identical roll calls, the 15-15 tie for the senate presidency seemed un breakable. While the Lee forces stoutly refused suggestions that the two sides settle the problem in a caucus, their counter-proposal that the candidates draw lots met the same fate at the hands of the Steiwer ; cohorts. Neither side would accept a compromise can didate from the ranks' of the other. Finally, when It became obvious early in the evening session that the chasm could not be bridged, Sen. Lee. took the floor and gave her support to Steiwer. She spoke In a quiet voice, hardly audible at first because of restlessness in the crowded gal leries, but as she reviewed the various phases of the contest and deplored the delay in a war year, it became Increasingly apparent that she was giving up the race and the crowd quieted to catch every word. The speech brought an ovation and more applause followed when Sen. Steiwer unhesitatingly grant ed her request to be allowed to protect the interests of her sup porters in the selection of com mittees and declared she was "the most worthy opponent anyone ever could have had and without doubt the grandest sport In the state of Oregon." Sen. Steiwer, who represents Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler counties in Central Oregon, was sworn in by Supreme Court Jus tice Hall S. Lusk and the senate adjourned until 10 a. m. to com plete its organization before the inaugural ceremonies. Treason Charges Leveled at Six j Of Expatriates By WILLIAM WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. IS (UA The Justice department soon will Indict for treason six Amerh cans who are broadcasting regul larly from Germany and Italy, it was learned today. ) They are Constance Drexelt Fred Kaltenbach, Douglas Chand ler, Jane Anderson, Ezra Pound and Robert H. Best who has salt) he would be a presidential candU date They mav never be brought to trial but the indictment will warn them against trying to com back to the United States. A spokesman for the justice de partment admitted that the in dictments are being considered! It was learned that one of the de lays thus far has been whether1, legally the six have committed acts 1 of treason through broad casts In contrast to overt acts', Should the six ever be tried, thj supreme court would have to de clde that point. f The FBI officially went en record as saying the six had been "under Investigation for several years," but there was no comment from that source on the indict ment. i The six broadcasters for the axis are somewhat well known In the United States.' Chandler, alias Paul Revere was a captain of the crew at Cornell university and was an ensign on the battleship Missouri during World War 1. He was born in Chi cago and later became a New York stock broker. From. 1929 1931 he was a member of the Bal timore ' Sunday American edl tortal staff. Then he went to Eu rope. He often has been seen wearing a large nazi button in the lapel of his coat. Kaltenbach was born In Du Ration Book No. 2 Not Yet To Be Released The local war price and ration ing board has been swamped lately with requests for ration book No. 2, says H. V. Johnson, board member. "This book will NOT be Issued by January 15. and probably not until the latter part of February. I There will be ample notice to the public when these books are avail able, announcements to be made through the press and over the radio. Meanwhile, we ask that the public refrain from calling the office for the books, so many calls holding up the office from its regular duties." SEE TANKS IN NAZILAND ; PAGE Bedaux, 'Stretch' Expert, Arrested WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 OP) Secretary of State Hull disclosed today that Charles Bedaux, Am erican industrial engineer known as the author of an "efficiency system" for industrial labor, had been arrested in North Africa on a charge of trading with the enemy. In answer to press conference questions) Hull said that news of Bedaux' arrest had come to him but that he was not Informed of the details. Bedaux came Into news promi nence in 1938 when It was dis closed that he was arranging the details of an American tour which ' the Duke of Windror was plan nlng to make. Windsor subse quently dropped the Idea of the visit. Leaders of organized labor were especially critical of Be daux, whose system Is termed the "stretch-out", in union circles. Francis J. Gorman, president of the United Textile Workers, called Bedaux "that archenemy of la bor." " Legion Announces New Meeting Date, Place Change in meeting date and meeting place was voted at the meeting of Eugene post No. 3, American Legion, Tuesday even ing. Hereafter, the Legion will meet on the first and third Friday evenings at the Knights of Pythias hall, 1230 Lawrence street. For the next regular meeting, the Le gion will be hosts to all draft board members, all other veter ans' organizations, and men in uniform for a special program. NOT 80 DUMB! PORTLAND. Jan. 13. VP) Paul Dum caught a number of i mice and handled them with care. 1 He found they had eaten part of i hia dynamite cache. EXTRA COPIES? ASK NEIGHBORS TO SAVE 'EMI Because of PAPER RA TIONING, it Is not going to be possible for the Register Guard (till further orders) to sell extra copies of any Issue. Each day we will place only a limited number at the front office counter for sale. When those are gone, there will be no more. We know this will be a dis appointment to many who have been In the habit of ordering "extra copies" of issues with pictures of news of some event In which they are specially interested. So we can only suggest: ask your friends and neighbors to save copies for you. Why is paper being rationed? To save ships and railroad cars and trucks and free more labor to help figTit the war. Our problem is to squeeze all the vital news into less and less space, and we must ask you to be as patient as you can and help In little ways such as saving extra copies (especially of the Sunday paper) for folks who want to keep pictures of weddings and other events of deep family Interest. All over the United , States, all newspapers and their cus tomers are facing the same problem, not a very big one, compared with winning the war, is it?