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It -V -TTJ - er- m CITY EDITION CITY EDITION LANE COUNTY HOME NEWSPAPER HOME NEWSPAPER. TWO SECTIONS IB PAGES L 100 EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943 NO. 21 nw Blankets ye; Freakish eather Noted I - Of tMH ""IT: ht in snots f reak- KriWesdeareditoH lZ'u considerable snow on fund here, transportation & and some defense Li-jiving in ouuymg frMe to get to the U-WCIV L wether bureau said it had f ....i.,h to Issue any 1 been ,ings or forecasts. , Melts to South am" h Fans battled a deeP Lt o( snow wnicn r. . ! Minw na a nisht TfBANCISCO, Jan. 21-flP) L wrather bureau toto or t continuation for another 24 C ef storm wrnlnri on the ton and wasuins.. v-, 1 . J 11.. v. in ar- lfof nlnl wwr rain and warm wind. The a also reported considerable , but said major roads were ,ed although slippery. ie highway department sent r plows out on several roads ,d Salem where the fall also heavy. Hignway iranit other sections of the Willam was sharply curtailed. trvallis reported a deep layer kow but the storm there ended it daylight. My Keportea fants Pass reported a variety -rather. The temperature sag to 14 degrees Monday when homes were burned to- the kid and the fire department tered a near-record number of Tuesday came two incnes oi , Wednesday morning pro- Id t downpour of rain which M it off and brought the Le river up to 16.33 feet, lust k short of the January flood fc A warm wind last night once lied an estimated 30-mile Hustry was operating at slow la most sections. Shipyards other factories here had not tended but almost all 'of them wlth'only partial crews. Some Is reported all outside opera l temporarily closed. Klamath ' mill operations . were cur Id heavily.' The same was true fills around Eugene and else he in the Wiuamette Valley. .. per failures were common- i. Half of Grants Pass was aA electricity for a time early morning. The wind blew a several billboards and trees nd Grants Pass. v oil Close '" hool attendance was low. Most 'ortland schools were open- pi ui nign schools which suspended because of the pier end but attendance was umeit ana Gresham schools i ciosea. schools operated at Dalles, Salem and most other I No schools nnonerl ot fcaths Falls. Corvallls high and O SNOW STORY PAGE 2 w Edge Forward p Pont Du Fahs arm m uim communique announced "that Axis tanks and In gram made another small yesterday in the French- mmmtsi... . t . aauxnwest ot Pont al ft spokesman disclos- I . 7 '"uanis naa reach- tiki j - m"e ITOm POnt r Md 60 miles southwest tin ,,. jk were making F thrust down parallel val- ATCH AND GIVE RNITURE AND EOtnpMPMT Trr i i yn Creation rooms jcamp adair 35 30 25 JS JO T I5 20 1? OB 5 u,O.ElklbttlI 7" citiienc tCounty Quola 40 "j"" ' Room. 40 140 s . .. ' SNOW CLUNG TO trees In Eucene Thursday morning after the heaviest fall In six yean. The above picture, taken at Ninth and Lawrence, waa typical of the residential section. (Carl Baker photo, Wiltshire engraving) . . Heaviest Snowfall In 6 Years Heaviest snowfall in six years covered Lane county Wednesday night and . Thursday morning, causing one death, . disrupting some power lines, throwing sev eral telephone circuits out of or der, and generally slowing up traf fic. - - George Cameron of Fall. Creek, was killed Wednesday night and two other persons injured when a panel truck and a gravel truck collided on the narrow snow-clogged Jasper road. George . Drake and his son, George M., Eugene, are at the Eugene hospital as result of the accident, .the boy- having a broken leg, Mr. Drake suffering with skull injuries and possible broken leg. Mr. Drake regained consciousness . Thursday morning and his condition was reported improved. ? Power Lines Broken : '.' " ". 1 The water, board reported both transmission lines between Eu gene and " Waltervillef-oittTli!!?ii 'dav morninff -Ther ' v. 'rf'n.l LjaDB county tax collections in SlBSlf1"2, totaIl .356,999.04, which but that was later restored, 5 -iif , -n i -71 y u. city, power system was using the standby steam plant power until transmission lines Were fixed. Sev eral power circuits were out in the west section of the city as result or the storm. Crews were .out in all sections during the day clear ing lines of troubles, i . . Telephone circuits were out to Union Asking EFG For Bargaining Right .In behalf of Cannery Workers local 23031, Eugene, Charles R. Smith, AFL representative, and Mrs. Leona W. Zilkoskl of the Oregon Council of Cannery and Process Workers Wednesday met with E. A. McComack, manager of the Eugene Fruit Growers asso ciation, requesting the association to recognize the union as a bar gaining agent for the employes of the plant, it is stated by Mr. Smith. - Mr. McComack was out-of-town Thursday and could not be con tacted by the newspaper for a statement. ,. Mr. Smith reported Mr. McCor nack as saying the latter had not. the power to act upon the petition of the union without first consult ing the EFGA executive board. The Oregon Council of Cannery and Process Workers, affiliated with the AFL, is making plans to petition the war labor board for an increase in wages for members of local 23031 who work in the can nery, such .action being delayed until an answer comes from the association, Smith added. - , Hungary in Panic at Loses on Red Front LONDON, Jan. SI (U.B Turk ish dispatches said today a wave of panic had swept Hungary as the result of official revelations ot Frightful Hungarian losses on the Russian front and the can celation of army leaves which was apparently taken as warning that more thousands were to be sac rificed. Reports had reached London yesterday that six of nine Hun garian divisions had been smash ed. Today, according to the Turk ish advices, three of the divisions were named the third from Budapest, the sixth from Koma ron and the seventh from Sopron. Turkey, received reports that Hungarian soldiers were sur rendering wholesale "in face of superior Russian forces from Si beria with excellent equipment" The Rumanian army, largest of the Satellite forces, had been broken and recent Russian com muniques had told of Italians i surrendering, with their officers, , ill groups oi up to S000. 1 - x Eugene; Power Off the coast regions for a time Thurs day and were not in use to the mountain areas to the east for several hours. Run-off from the snow was gradual. The Willamette river at the Eugene gauge showed only a slight raise during the morning, measuring 4.8 feet at 7 a. m. and five and one-half feet at 10:30 a. m , Two of the citys schools were closed because of lack of power, the Whiteaker and Lincoln schools, both on the west side. Stiut-otfs on power and the heavy snow slowed up logging and mill operations, some concerns Lane Tax Collections Total $3,356,999.04: ? 'rsyrr collected In nrevious veaJs.it is revealed in figures released Thurs day by A. P. McKinzey, chief dep uty in the office of Sheriff O. E. Crowe. ; The extra large amount in 1942 Is due to the change in the law which made two tax collections in the year, but even at that, the amount collected in the last half of the year was greater than the total in at least two different years during the past five-year period. The collections from January, 1942, to June 30, 1942, amounted to $1,406,534.70 and from July 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942, the amount was $1,950,464.34, making the total ot $3,356,999.04 for the year. Yearly collections in the four previous years were as follows: January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1941, $1,860,469.75. - January 1, 1940 to December 31,. 1940, $2,030,382.10.' January 1, 1939, to December 31, 1939, $2,133,934.36. January 1, 1938 to December 31, 1938, $1,942,525.77. ' Newspapermen Here For Press Meeting ! Representatives ' of newspapers throughout .the state will begin ar riving at the University of Oregon Thursday night for the 25th Ore gon Press conference, which will officially begin Friday morning at the school of journalism. Registra tion will take place at 9 a. m., fol lowed by the first general session at 9:30, with Mrs. Joe C, Brown, conference president, presiding. . Pre-registration Inf or rh a 1 1 o n shows that attendance will be good for a wartime meeting, al though representation is expected to be lower than in previous years, George Turnbull, professor of jour nalism and conference secretary, reported. The effect of the war on news papers will be the central theme of the conference. War prices and rationing, censorship, army public relations, and the workjof the .Of fice of War Information will be discussed by officials from those federal branches. Both editorial and advertising problems will be analyzed by experts in those fields. The conference will end with a luncheon Saturday noon. Daily Release Of Navy Casualty Lists Planned WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 G4 The navy announced yesterday that effective immediately all cas ualties of the navy, marine corps I and coast guard would oe an ' nounced in a daily list Instead of I in periodical accumulations as theretofore. The first dally list, containing the names of 14 men killed, 15 wounded and 43 missing, was made public today. The navy will con' tinue to follow the policy of noti tying next of kin before making the name public f ;-jfiA- closing down because of the storm. The pile-up of snow was greeted joyfully by the younger folk, who had a Dig time throwing snowballs, On the hills in the southwest part of town several were out tobog ganing Thursday morning. - The snow storm came following low temperature during the early weeK. tne tnermometer reading as follows: Monday,. 12.7 degrees; Tuesday, 21.4 degrees; Wednesday, 24.1 degrees. r In the accident resulting In the death of George Cameron, Harris Lee Peter of Eugene was driver of the gravel truck and George Drake of the panel delivery truck, Mr. Cameron being a passenger with the Drakes. Cameron was employed In a local cafe. The coroner and police officials were attempting to locate relatives Thursday. So . far as known Thursday afternoon he had, no relatives here,, . 'f'm . Heavy Snow At Seattle SEATTLE, iJan. 21. MP) Seattle's war. industries struggled against one of the heaviest snow falls in 20 years yesterday and last night but managed to operate partially. A shipyard guard was electro cuted when he contacted a live wire on a street. Seattle stores closed In mid-afternoon and schools remained idle today. Some shipayrds said last night they might suspend operations to day due largely to crippled bus service. ... ... The Boeing Aircraft company's plant No. 1, a small unit, closed last night because of a power shortage. -. , Hotels were jammed beyond ca pacity as companies hired blocks of rooms to house employes unable to reach their homes.' Peggy Satterlee Tells Of Coming To Eugene : i - -. i .. r :, . ' Brunettfi. Hemiirft-nnnMrlntf Pbsn LaRue Satterlee, who testified yesterday she underwent an op eration which the state stipulated was an aDortion, today fixed the date as last July or August aimosi a year alter she charges Errol Flynn with intimacies aboard his yacht ." , . iater in the month, Mhe day after she and her mother made their first complaints to the dis trict attorney against Flynn, they were Instructed to return to. juv enile hall the following day but went, Instead, to Santa Barbara and later to Eugene,. Ore., where Peggy went to work in a theater. She said she believed she-gave her age there as 18. "When you went to Oregon, did your mother buy you a consider able amount of new clothes?" Giesler queried. - State objections were upheld before she had time to answer. Returning tn HoIIvuhwI mhi raid she went to work in a night club on swank Sunset strip. "What age did you give?" asked the attorney. "I don't remember. I bellwa it was 21." - Roseburg Dairymen Want Price Increase ROSEBURG. Ore.. .Tan 91 flin Roseburg milk distributors en- nouncea toaay mat producers had threatened to halt deliveries Feb. l unless a demand is granted pro viding for a nrlce of BS pound for butterfat The producers demand the benefit of the one-cent increase in rfft&il nrim inihiwl, 1 ... iweek by the OPA. Distributors .contend they are currently op ' erating at a loss and are prepar ing to appeal to the OPA for 'further advance la) ""nnyrr prfc Dairymen Want 90 Cents Feb. 1; 13 The Lint County Market Milk Producers, Inc., which Includes 51 dairies providing some 55 per cent of table milk supply has forced the "lower cream line" Is sue her by its decision to raise price on bulk milk February 1 from 75 cents pound butterfat content ($3 per 100 pounds) to 90 cents butterfat ($3.60 per 100 pounds). The retail price ot milk re mains unchanged at 13 cents, the ceilng which OPA has refused to alter. (Although 5 per cent milk may stay on the market at 15 cents a quart). JSllect of the dairymen's move is to pass over to the creameries who do the processing and retail ing tne proDiem oi absorbing the losses which the datirymen have been' carrying. The' dairymen who also distribute have both ends of the "hot iron." Two major steps are contem plated to solve the problem tor distributors: 1. Cut the "cream line" (but terfat content) from 4 per cent to 3.5 per cent, a change strong ly urged by OPA to spread sup ply and correct "luxurious tastes.") 2. Further retrenchments In delivery service which may take much time to work out. Dr. Blair Stewart, OPA's state price officer tojd the Register Guard over long distance that he thought both ateps proper and pointed to the terms of OPA's price ruling last Saturday which stateo: "Milk means cow's milk, pro cessed, distributed and sold tor consumption In fluid form as whole milk having a butter fat content ef not less than 3.8 per cent, EXCEPT THAT WHERE A LOWER MINIMUM MILK FAT CONTENT IS PRESCRIB ED BY LEGAL AUTHORITY, then the term milk shall include milk ot a milk-fat -content not less than the legal minimum." ' ' Since Eugene is under a city ordinance which copies exactly tne u. S. Department of. Agricul hire's much advocated "federal codes" the minimum here has long been 3.2 butterfat, although 4 per cent .has been . general practice under the Oregon , milk, control board ' (although ' 'it ' prescribed maximums and not mlnimums in esch price bracket). In the mixing of skim with high content milk to stabilize market milk at a specific point 3.5 is con sidered a better point than 3.8 for practical purposes, although the "savings in butterfat" may not net . SEE DAIRYMEN STORY PAGE t. ' , Local Boards Name Draft Delinquents .Lane county local boards No. 2 and ' No. 3 Thursday released names of delinquent registrants whose present addresses are un known. . "Anyone . having Information concerning any of these regis trants should transmit that in. formation to the local board, and advise the men that it will be to their best interest to contact the board voluntarily," it is announc ed. The groups Include the follow ing, listed with their order num. bers and addresses at time of reg. istration. Board t: , Frank Peterson, 375 Mapleton; Harry Cook, 1475, Horton; Robert Audley Frost, 5855, 44 Cleveland avenue north, Eugene; Harry Wilks, 2176, Cabin City, Eugene; Jack Williams, 10640, General De livery, Eugene. Board I: Edward Charneski, 500, 1140 Sixth south, Cottage Grove; Roy Johnson, 10245, Disston route, Dorena; George Charles McFad- den, 2819,. 811 Main, Cottage Grove; Chester Dan Southern, 3127, 1530 Ash, care of Art Funk, Cottage Grove; Philip Kelley St. ciair, 1402, westur, . Big U. S. Transport Plane Crashes In Dutch Guiana, 35 Killed WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 V- The crash of a transport plane under contract to the army, with 26 passengers and nine crew members killed January 15 near the coast or Dutch uuiana in South America, was announced today by Major General Harold L. George, commander general of j the air transport command. I There were no survivors of the ' crah, which General George said occurred in a remote section, of the Guiana coast The next ot kin of all the military personnel aboard the plane have been noti fied, he said, and the announce ment of the crash was delayed only because ot the time required to reach the scene and determine , the extent ox we euuajues. Last Piece Of Italian Empire In Africa About To Collapse Reds By-Pass Rostov, Aim At Encirclement LONDON,. Jan. 21 P The Russians announced tonight the capture of the city of Voroshllovsk in the Transcaueasus. MOSCOW, Thursday, Jan. 21. (U.PJ Russian forces plunging westward into the Ukraine by passed Rostov 120 miles to the north yesterday, capturing a string ot towns down within 28 miles of Voroshilovgrad, big in dustrial capital ot the Donets ba sin, the Red army reported today. bovlet communiques revealed that troops striking 45 miles be yond the lower Rostov-Voronezh railway had advanced well west of the north-south line through Rostov and captured Bolshe- Chernigovka, 28 miles north of Voroshilovgrad. That town and others captured in the area marked the course of a southwestward sweep from the northern Donets, its direction sug gesting that the Russians might try to swing In behind Rostov and cut off the German forces to the south and east By The Associated Press Russia Red army troops, now driving 50 miles into the Ukraine, were reported forging a new pinc ers threat to the big steel city, of Kharkov, the Soviet "Pittsburgh," after a 17-mile advance to the southeast Other Soviet columns were re ported sweeping through the southeastern Ukraine toward the sea ot Azov in a move to close a steel arc around Rostov, whose fall would cut off the land "es cape' corridor" of perhaps 500,000 axis troops fighting in southern Russia. . Manych River Covered Below Rostov, Red army shock troops were reported pouring westward across the Manych river within 15 miles of the rail iune tion at Salsk In a drive to cut oft Adolf Hitler's Caucasian armies. Salsk lies about 90 miles south- east of Rostov. Field dispatches said feverish German efforts to establish a stable line along the left bank of the Manych were failing and de clared Russian troops were cap turing point after point while the Germans were blowing up bridges in rapid retreat ' Many ot the Nazi slain fell and. are still falling in the Soviet trap before Stalingrad, where the Rus sians say' less than 50,000 Ger mans survive out of 22 divisions tightly sealed in the Don-Volga corridor. Hitler headquarters today said "large masses" of Red army troops were attacking constantly to wipe out the encircled remnants and declared that the Nazis, offering "extreme resistance," repulsed the Russians in bitter fighting. Grocery Chains Face Anti-Trust Charges KANSAS CITY, Kans., Jan. 21. (U.R) The nation's second and third . largest grocery chains Safeway Stores, Inc., and Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. were charged with alleged violations of the anti-trust laws in indict ments returned by a federal grand Jury here today. The indictments charged that the companies conspired to con trol prices and policies in the pro duction, processing, manufacture and distribution of food and that they secretly "enhanced their ac tual prices above advertised prices by "short changing, short-weighting and marking up prices on store tags and purchases.". The chsrges were similar to those brought against the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company, the nation's largest grocery chain. In Dallas recently. Five Axis Subs Sunk In South Atlantic RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 21 OP) Rear Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, commander of United States naval forces in the south Atlantic, an nounced today that five axis sub marines have been sunk in the last month. Ingram said German aurface raider had been Intercepted in these waters and scuttled by her crew in the same period. "There have been comparatively few sinkings of allied ships In the south Atlantic," Ingrsm told a press conference, "and we've got ten a high percentage of enemy craft higher, I believe, than in 'otber soo.es. U.S. Getting News Of War Says AP Writer "The American public is getting the news and all the news al though it may be delayed and for good reason," Wendell Webb, As sociated Press correspondent who covered the battle of Midway, told a Joint luncheon meeting ot the Active club and the chamber of commerce Thursday noon at the Euueni. hnlpl. I the Eugene hotel There has been "some sem blance of reasonable, censorship worked out" for adequate cover age ot warfront news, Webb aaid, pointing out that the "real news" sent by a correspondent is from official communiques, that a cor respondent's chief reason for per sonal coverage Is to give eyewit ness accounts. Navy communiques regarding Jap losses at Midway were "very . SEE U. 8. STORY . PAGE 1 ' : Compensation Bills Brought In By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. SALEM, Jan. 21 OP) Em. ployers and labor submitted their workmen s compensation pro grams to the legislature today, and both groups were not very far apart in their requests. The labor bill, introduced by the senate industries committee, would give compensation to em. ployes in hazardous industries who are stricken with occupation al diseases, which have increas ed at a tremendous rate because ot the coming war of industries to Oregon. Employes have offered no opposition to the plan. . The measure is similar to laws of 25 othMu slntai-. ,. r. The two groups! however, each had their own bills to compel all employers to be covered by in. dustrlal accident ' insurance. The employer bill would allow employers to insure with ' pri vate, companies, to seix-insure, - or to take out Insurance with the state Industrial accident com mission, bu) It would force them to be covered by one of the three systems. This measure would create a board, under the accident com mission, to fix rates and to police the private companlea and the self-insurers. A bad risk fund would be set up, .the cost to be borne by the state, the self-Insurers and the private insurance companies. The labor bill, however, would compel all employers to be cov ered under the state system, lab or leaders believing the state sys tem will break down unless there is universal coverage by the state Industrial accident system. They said the state gets all the bad risks, while the companies got the good risks. ' . German Planes Raid London Again; Few Get Through Barrage LONDON, Thursday, Jan. 21. (U.(0 Anti-aircraft guns in the London area opened fire again on German planes last night, less than 12 hours after fighter-bombers in a lunch-hour terror raid on the capital killed at least 68 persons, Including 34 children trapped in a bombed schoolhouse. The night raiders turned back without penetrating London's anti-aircraft barrage, and no re ports of bombing were received. The alert lasted only about 20 minutes, the all-clear coming shortly before midnight. Rescue squads early today still were digging in the wreckage of the London schoolhouse wrecked in yesterday's raid and it was feared that the death toll there might reach 80. Authorities said 28 persons still were missing, while the number of Injured was placed at 25. The school accom modate 600 children, but most of them had gone home for lunch. New U. S. S. Yorktown Hits Water Too Soon NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 21 U.R As though Impatient for battle, the U. S. S. Yorktown second aircraft carrier to bear that Illustrious name Jumped the gun five minutes at her launch ing here today. , . In so doing, the mammoth "flat top" Interrupted one speech In her honor and effectively cancelled the ceremony'a main address by Aremus L, Gates, assistant secre tary of the navy for air. The only explanation navy of ficials gave tor the premature launching was that "something went haywire." 8th Army Takes Tarhuna, Horns; Tripoli Next S LONDON, Jan. tl. UP) A Reutera dispatch quoting a com munique from Brlg.-Gen. Jacques fClero' headquarters Indicated Jod,y "1!t the Fighting French ff.001!" hd made contact In Trip, !ilanl wUh under Gen. Henri Glrauda command from Tunisia. By ROGER GREENE Associated Press War Editor Final collapse of Premier Mus solini's African empire appeared to be only a matter of hours today . amid signs that Field Marshal Er- wln Rommel was hastily aban doning the burning city of Trip oil, aa the British 8th Army stormed forward. i TrlpoU is the last citadel of Italy's dark continent - domain which once embraced Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia, Clrenacla and Trlpolltania. -4- Two Towns Taken A bulletin from Gen. Sir Ber nard L. Montgomery's 8th army headquarters said British troops yesterday captured the towns of Tarhuna and Horns, respectively 40 and 56 miles from Tripoli, and continued their pursuit of Rom mel's fleeing armies. ' Frontline dispatches said Rom mel's troops and equipment wer mreaoy streaming westward iroaa Tripoli toward the Tunisian fron tier, 100 miles away, with allied planes making a shambles ot the enemy's line of retreat. A 50-mlle stretch of coastal road between Tripoli and Zuara. waa described as littered with the bombed and bullet-s mashed" wreckage ot trucks and other equipment ', British headquarters Indicated that Tarhuna and Horns tell early yesterday and said that "during the day our troops were in close contact with the enemy retreating to the west" , , Other Fronte ' For the moment, the downfall of Mussolini's once proud African, realm eclipsed other events, but vital developments were shaping elsewhere in the global war: , ' I Army Man Takes Over On Guadalcanal Front1 WASHINGTON,' Jan, 81 (p-i!' Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson disclosed today that army ground troops have replaced the marines In the Solomons and are commanded by Major Gen enl Alexander Patch, who has moved his headquarters from New Caledonia to Guadalcanal. "The marines who fought e) long and so well in the Solomons . are now getting a chance to rest,'' Patterson said at press confer ence. , ' ,,,. Patch, who commanded the army troops which landed in New Caledonia last year, relieved Ma jor Alexander A. Vandegrift of the marines not quite a month, ago, Patterson said; The army troops and Patch art under the general command of Major General Millard F. Hari mon, who commands ail army troops in the south Pacific, but the operations In that entire area are still under the command of Admiral William F. Halsey, Pal. terson said. . The American position In th Solomons has improved further during the last week, Patterson said, but the Japanese are ex pected to make new efforts to re inforce their troops on Guadal canal. Axis Partners Sign TOKYO, Jan. 21 (Japanese, Broadcast Recorded by (U.R) at San Francisco) Japan, Germany and Italy have signed new agree ments designed to substantiate the tri-partite pact "in the field of economics," the board ot Informa tion announced today. ra a SOLID SENDER "Solid Sender" Is a Jitterbug expression meaning a musi cian who is able to do hot Jive tunes. When It comes to delivering ' For Sale or For Rent mes sages, I am your dependable SOLID SENDER. 70,000 Register-Guard readers rely on me when they want to buy, rent, or look for a better . Job. I AM A REGISTER GUARD WANT AD it- i-. i1 !,:'; m i ' ' 'l : ' ' f ' .K s ;'. Y -i (',''. i' i ''I'M "' V ' '. . . ' '?