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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1943)
Shumaker Direds Youth Council Kenneth L. Shumaker was elect ed temnorarv chairman nf tha Eugene Youth council, meeting at iTances vnuaro. scnooi Monday night. He replaces President Win field Atkinson, who Is leaving toon for army service. Shumaker was Instructed to appoint a nom inating committee which will choose a permanent slate of offic ers. Atkinson outlined the work of the council In the past year, tell ing especially of its cooperation wun auuionues in geuing youin to serve in the summer harvests, and of efforts made to get money for a county juvenile officer. It was suggested It might be well also to have a parallel "council of youths" to permit young folk to mane tneir own suggestions. All agencies represented In the council gave reports 01 current de velopments In their ranks, and Lawrence Bee urged a unified ap- proacn inrougn me council to local programs. Kenneth Shumaker out lined plans suggested for the play ground commission, and it was suggested the council might serve as a congress to advise the school board if it undertakes the play ground plans'. It was stressed that the council is wider in scope than any single problem, and that it should serve as a clearing house for ail agencies dealing with in dividual problems. ; Rev. Francis P. Leipzig report ed findings of the governor's committee on juvenile delinquen cy, saying they were unanimous In criticism of parents and bro ken homes, and that religious as well as educational instruction was needed in homes to counter act war Influences. .' Appreciation for the work of At kinson In the presidency was Voiced. It 8 1 4 F E R D I N A N D C U N-Edward Carter, president of RoaUa War Relief, Inspects a German Ferdinand gun, part of an exhibit of captured trophlea teUed from the Germans. Troops Guard- .'(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) serve company, a government-fi nanced organization, for a new five-year tin contract were sus pended.) . Enrique Lozada, now In Wash (nfftftn hmm K n nam netntiiimrt al agent to the United States for uie new government, it was announced. ; In the only reports which the new government fias released re- 5rdlng the fate of former ofllc dom, it was said that former Foreign Minister Carlos Salinas had taken refuge In the Chilean embassy and former Minister of Agriculture Julio Cespedez Anez Was it the Paraguayan embassy. . (Passenger arriving at Lima, Peru, by air from La Paz mean while, described the coup as bloody and added that army planes had flown from Santa Cruz. Bolivia, in T. c in j 4k revolution. Groups Annihilated (The travelers said that groups which remained loyal to Pena randa In two towns had virtually miumaiea oy artillery lire when they refused to support the coup.) ! (Dispatches from Buenoe Aires aid the NMR had often been ac cused of affiliation with Germanic elements in Bolivia and that one of Its chief programs is "geo graphic reconstruction," ' a phrase meaning an aggressive de mand for an outlet to the sea, pos sibly at the expense of Chile or Peru.) t Paz Estensoro was accused In 1941 of befna lmnTlnotA iH - to establish a Bolivian bridge, head for the nazis. He denied the charges and was absolved when they could not be proved. Whiskey 'Hunters' Drain Town's Holiday Supply CLARKSTON. Wash UPI Connoisseurs of fine whiskey made holiday planners of this town a bit fflnomtf rarpnllv urhn' they broke into the state liquor store early In the morning and stole an estimated 20 cases of liquor from the shelves. Store manager Tom Harvey said that prewar whiskey retail ing at more than $4 a pint, and every bottle of Scotch and bour bon in thA mtnrm with ittm av ception of two quarts, were stolen. Suspect Indicted In Threat to FDR WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 P A 38-year-old Pontlac, Mich., man who has been adjudged of unsound mind by a commission, was Indict ed by a federal grand jury today on a charge of threatening to take "pot shot" at President Rnoie. velt. . The man. Walter W. Host. u charged in the indictment with haVinB written hfa nrlfa fmm Washington that he had hung around the White House "hoping for a pot shot at Roosevelt but no soup." Assistant U. S. attorney Sylvan Schwartz said a .38 caliber revol ver was found on Best when he was arrested Nov. 1 for jaywalk ing. Best Wfll Rent trt St FTfTahtl,' hosDital and on Nnv 2s orf Judged of unsound mind by the commission on mental health, Schwartz said. War Frauds Case Pair Sentenced KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 21 U.R1 Federal Judue John C. fnl. let today assessed the maximum penalty against two defendants In a war frauds case which involved charges of conspiracy to defraud the government of $1,000,000 .in the handling of war contracts. ' Dahne W. Wlnebrenner of Gal loway, O., former sales manager of the Baker-Lockwood manufac turing company, and Cornelius G. Loose of Wright field, Dayton, O., were sentenced to two years In prison and fined $10,000 each. Wlnebrenner and Loose were Indicted with the Baker-Lock wood company, its president, W, .'HE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE. OREGON. Army Sleuths Watch Family Allowances CAMP ADAIR. Ore.. Dec. 21 The first year of activity of the nationwide network of field in vestigating offices ' of the war department office of dependency benefits has successfully been completed, Brig. Gen. H.' N. Gil- Den, director oi tne uuts, an activltv of the iirmv service forces. announced today. . From coast to coast in nine key cities, the field investigation branch offices the watchdogs of the ODB protect soldiers,, sol diers' dependents, and the gov ernment from fraud in connection with family benefits. The majority of all cases ln vestlgated by the ODB offices con. cent family allowances provided under the servicemen's depen dents allowance act of 1942, as amended. -, "Manv narenta. hrntfiar. an4 sisters do not seem to under stand that they must be depen dent upon tne soldier lor at least a substantial . nortinn . nf their support or more, to be eligible for family allowance," General Gilbert pointed out. "Furthermore, thev must remain in that status throughout the period during which they receive payments." . . During the year, over 7800 soldiers or dependents failed to notify the ODB promptly when mey oecame inengiDie for a family allowance and thus made themselves liable for prosecution. An investigation of more than 125.000 fairjiy allowances also showed that many violation are the result of ignorance or mis understanding of the law. Family allowances are being discontinued every day through ODB investi gation. Over 700 cases of suspected fraud Were JnvAstfffatA, i ..1 . the year and prosecution prepared L. Mellor, and Ben D. Christian, president of the Safeway Steel producta company Vf Milwaukee. A federal district court Jury last Saturday returned a verdict of guilty against Wlnebrenner and Loose, and acquittal for the company, Mellor, and Christian. ! The conspiracy indictments j were returned by a federal grand jury here last Feb. 12. It was I charged sDecificallv that tha. . fendants had conspired to de fraud the government of $1,000, 000 in the handling of war con tracts at Wright Field, Dayton, O. The Baker-Lockwood company, a norm Kansas Citv manuiactured canvas vestigation branch. Among the prosecutions for fraud were a number of cases at women who had married acv. eral soldiers for the purpose of collecting payment checks from more than one family allowance account v . Also prosecuted was the case of a civilian who charged a fee for assisting a soldier's depen dent to apply for a family al- luwmice. a one or up to $1,000 or imprisonment for a maximum of two years, or both. ir nm. vided by law for taklne aurh fees. A number of soldier were also tneo Dy mllltarv court for ho lng more than one wife. Many :Oi Digamy were discovered by the ODB fleM ininxtlsotln. branch when two ore more family uowua applications for "a wife." naminr th Mm .aUi. were received by the ODB. ' From a personal nucleus . of five, the ODB field Investigation branch ha grown to more than hundred. . : - Repricing Clause Back in Tax Bill WASHTOflTOW ru. ai am The senate finance commlttee,.to last-minute change, today re instated In the naur mw hill pricing under war contracts as a ian oi recouping high war profit. The eommittA. uhih . i. '"W repricing entirely from w. utu, reversed itseu a it read tn imai oratt oi the bill today. The commute also cut propo. ed taxes on cosmetics from 25 to 20 per cent, lopping an estimated $17,100,000 from the bill's new reveruie yield. , As it stands now, the bill will Repricing was reinserted In the bill in a new title which provides that whenever, a departmental head-secretary of war or navy u. . 7 . ' ot ule mart time commission or the war ship Tuesd Ping lay, December negoutteo th contractor , ,ar" tr-,1 to a new Ct. departmental La- 3 Pnceby order. toy a3 . Conover tc. . r air i- -- . i - The FreehneM ol Sumner For Yena Chrtatmai Dinnerl ' X TEITOER-SWEET GARDEN Peas ... Strawberries Ak for PICTSWEET FROZEN FOODS . At Your Fororite Grocer or Call 393 MEDO-LAND CREAMERY . name ueuvery against those who willfully vlo- ! XnArr.!fUornc,e a Mmtuy cTse. used by the army air force. It i court wh le civilian ci-eT wt cosed it. doors a few week after; turned over T W?I! tne Wdictmente were returned. agencies by the ODH .m TT! . . ogc.t.ct, Dy lne yyjj jjgjj "Wo er UIM OUT tai w - - of THIS CHAin IN TE Ban on Press- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 21. flJB . Gen. Enrique Penaranda, Bolivian president who was over thrown yesterday by a revolution, arrived in Arica in northern Chile today, : The deposed president was ac companied by his eldest brother, Eliseo. They came from La Pnz by railroad. BIRD SCARCITY LONDON Christmas turkeys are strictly a gamble this season in Britain. Because of the scar city many dealers are conducting lotteries to determine who get the privilege of buying the birds. OUITS RACING i WILMINGTON. Del. Conform Ihg with baseball rules, Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter, new major stockholder of the Phillies, tendered his resignation to the Delaware Steeplechase and Race Association, a EYES EXAMINED ; LENSES DUPLICATED , Satisfaction Guaranteed ; STANDARD OPTICAL CO. Dr. Eugene Broughton registered optometrist in charae 820 Willamette Euarne Gen. George C. Marshall, U. S. chief of staff, or Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower, supreme Mediter ranean commander, would take over the command of invasion forces. American authorttlaa nArA t,AiA understood to have complained to nrnisn censors about the publica tion In Britain of stores troop COnVOVS. but tha British rn- plled that the stories had origi nated in the United States and had been passed by the American censorship. As a result of the American Complaint the British clnnnArf correspondents here from pnhiinir similar stories of trooD move ments and other second 'front preparations to tha TTnitnH Ktoio. Censorship Asked American authorities asked British censors vestarrinv in ..n sor all speculation and news re garding second front preparations originating in either the United States or Britain and the British in turn asked the Amerlnnne tn tighten their censorship so that ft uovnijoijers m ooin countries would onerate tinriAi nnimi strictions. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 U.R I S nyron rrice, director of censor ship, said today that he had had no discussions with the British on the subject of banning second front speculation. "It Is all completely new to me," Price said in connection with the reports emanating in London. The war dcoartment said It WAS unaware of any military requests ' " ior suppression of second front speculation. President I!noi-Alt l,n fessed ignorance of the reported ban. 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