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. Af 1VA nsii? Ct Up By President ..etlTNGTON, Ja- W rrewueni nooseveil laid irs today his second $100,000,00Q,000 war-time r bodving plans for at.least 18 months more of global but at the same time reflecting preparations to ab- L :n!irt 01 SUaden Victory ill Ciiuupe. the impact 01 u Tm war ,Uvltle, ,lone n l..TTTrN. Jan. 13 .feat 11 wtts iy . e Bonneville power a; i.rtnn llnM riant next June 30 and in cumber o sub-stations ld in his annual budget Kould have been .u KXsUtions7id F instruction program in uw S year ia estimated at teident asked con, to fcrize xne e Extension Bonneville IM J ;ver Kiannea LANK COUNTY HOME NEWSPAPER, ON STREETS Se NEWS STANDS tc NO. 13 CITY EDITION VOL. 102 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY,. JANUARY 13, 1944 budget projects expenditures of $90,000,000,000 in the fiscal year beginning July 1, on the assump tion that the fighting will con tinue full Ult at least until mid 1945. Roosevelt summed up the budget as "the financial requirements for victory." He Included a demand for "a truly stiff fiscal program" providing at least $10,900,000,000 in new taxes on top of the $40, 789,000,000 which he estimated present revenue laws will produce in fiscal 1945. He also urged congress not to alter the contract renegotiation laws, under which war production costs can be whittled down, or the L ,3ACU ' - nf $3,734,000 ttion and maintenance of the p i i faMlitiM and ric system a w further construct ion ed at Grand Coulee but it des Uiat $900,000 held in a al account by order of th? dent shall be released for ition, maintenance and re roent of facilities turned hv coniraciois " r-j LL ., chnnl districts serv- Eason City and Coulee Dam Kctlon to children of gov Eent employes. JHTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13 W ,e Bonneville administration today its lines already extend i miles than listed by Presl- Roosevelt as me guoi fciergency construction in the effort Boosted ine uura v circuit miles and placed 53 Rations in operation, engineers The president s Duagei ma in coneress said 2504 miles S3 substations would be oper- t by mid-1945. ih rmnest to transfer $3,' BOO in construction funds to fating expenses did not mean tellauon ol construction proj fanned extension of power previously was postpones the end of the war. The $3,' BOO fund consists of unex- Bed monev and its transfer for ratine expenses would cut ki 'appropriBtoTtecessay the coming year. mer Eugene Flier led in Pacific lebster L. Kincaid, Jr., a lieu. nt in the United States army forces, was killed in action in south Pacific January 7, ac ting to a telegram just receiv er his cousin, Mrs. E. A. Bar of Eugene from his mother fortlahd. pe young- lieutenant attended university of Oregon prior to enlistment in .the army. He the son of Webster L. Kin. , of Portland, who was born reared here, and a Erandson fhe late Harrison R. Kincaid, y day newsnaDerman. who ltd and published the Oregon pe journal, a weekly carjer many years sen. fcsldes his parents, Lt. Kincaid wmvea by his brother, Han H. luncaid, of Portland. Caves Lose sessment Appeal pessed valuation of the prop- me oea uon Caves as M by the Lane cnunto hnarri equalization has been approved - ue lax commission and appeal of the mn mr,... p the action of the board has pn dismissed. An nrrt.r h. f commission to that f. r waiter B. Dillard Thursday. fey i Wh "Lff I'dings located on the Oregon highway a few miles north nurence. n,;..n.. .m . " siO'SOO, but the a ua'"ation reduced it to The nrai oo h, alution be redd to m the i reduced revenues, due -TTne travel ln th' BUDGET IN A NUTSHELL By ASSOCIATED PKESS Esttmated expenditures for fiscal year beginninf July 1 ' $99,79,0M,0a, ineloding $80,. OM.MO.OM for war. Revenue estimated for same period $4.79,O0O.OM. Deficit for the sear $59,000,- W,W9. Expected debt by fiscal year end (June 3$, 1945) $258,900, 009,000. New taxes proposed $19,. 500,M,009. ToUl war prorrmm by fiscal year end $397,000,000,000. automatic doubling of the one per cent sociar security levies which would nave gone into effect Janu ary 1 except - for congressional action temporarily delaying the effective date. Line Can Be Held He advised the lawmakers, too. that his estimates are based on the assumption that the wage and price line win be held. I am convinced that the line can be held." he said. Arid he re iterated his belief in the necessity for "judicious use of subsidies" to hold down the cost of livinc. Barring a European victory or other major development, the war program from the start of defense preparation in mid-1940 to June 30, 194S will involve a total of $397,000,000,000 of which $292, 000,0003)00 will have been actual ly spent. The rest will represent unspent obligations in the form of contracts for future delivery. While foreseeing the twin cos- sibilities of an unfavorable turn in military events or victory in Europe "earlier than assumed. the president declared the time is at hand not only for wartime read justments but for preparations for peace. Demobilisation Begins "Demobilization beeins Ions be. fore hostilities end," he added in setting forth seven problems he said require a "positive" not "neg ative'! approach to assure, the- sol. dier, the worker, the businessman and the farmer "against economic chaos." His problems were listed as:' contract termination, surplus property disposal, industrial re. conversion, manpower demobilize. tion and reemployment, public works planning, veterans legisla tion and social security, and inter national readjustment. "while we are still expanding war production," the message said, we have already terminated more Road Through Eugene Heads Post-War List First project on the post-war program for the state . highway commission will be completion of the Pacific highway "through and beyor.d Eugene," it is announced following a session of the commis sion ln Portland, Wednesday. Although the commission did not specify all that may be in cluded in "through and beyond Eugene," it is understood to mean such projects on the Pacific high way from Eugene all the way south through Roseburg to the new Sex ton mountain unit as have been surveyed, engineered and pre pared for early construction. In the immediate vicinity of Eu gene the following units were ready for contract before war stopped construction uroadway to Judkins Point, construction of new roadway on old Southern Pacific right-of-way, making 4-lane boulevard and landscaping of large "safety strip" between roadways. End of Judkins Point over head to Springfield bridge, construction of 4-lane highway for which right of way is ready. Judkins Point to Goshen, new line and paving, for which sur veys are complete and consider able right of way acquired, al though substantial line changes may yet be made. Broadway to tie in with Sixth Seventh cross-town at High street, with carefully worked out traffic separation at High street junction. This project ties in with county's projected bridge to replace old Ferry street structure and with elim ination of the High street grade crossing (last on east side) and Reds Threaten Key Nazi Bases MOSCOW. Jan. 13. m Gen, Nikolai Valuta's highly mobile first Ukrainian army, expanding its front on the Sarny sector (in old Poland) to a width of 50 miles or more, struck out in sev eral sweeping movements today to threaten the German-held strong holds of Rovno, Pinsk and Kovel. The strong armored and in fantry force bf Vatutin's right wing which captured Dombro- vitsa, ZO miles north of Sarny on the Rovno - Sarny - Baranowlcze railway, fought its way through frozen marshland country to with in 50 miles southeast of Pinsk. im portant center on the Gomel-Brest- Zitovsk railway. A new offensive launched Tues day to the north of the marshes by Gen. Konstantin Rokossovsky's white Russian army was ap preaching the city of Mozyr, 80 miles southwest of Gomel, along I cesses agaiqst the enemy a zo-miie-wide front. Dispatches Korovograd salient, said that German troops In front -of Rokossovsky's advance were - falling back toward Pinsk. Using Sarny as a pivot, Vatutin 1 sent other flying columns south and dispatches reported them operating within 23 miles north of Rovno, an advance of approxi mately 27 miles through marshy terrain to high ground beyond. Other units reportedly were striking westward from Sarny to ward Kovel, an Important junc tion on the Kiev-Warsaw railway. In the southern Ukraine the left wing of Vatutin's forces encoun tered strong German counterat tacks east of Vinnitsa, but con tinued to smash through German resistance south of Belaya. Tsei1 kov. Farther east Gen. Ivan S. Konev's second Ukrainian army, driving for a junction with Vatu tin s group, scored additional suc- m tne Huge Sky Fight Prepares Way For European Crippling Blow Invasion State Offers Aid In Taking Lane Sand, Clay Inventory SEE ROAD THROUGH STORY PAGE S Minister Scores Defeatism at Rally SEE BUDGET STORY PAGE 3 Grants Pass Jails ' Local Stage Driver Oliver Fletcher Wilson, 44, of Eugene, driver of the midnight Greyhound bus from Portland, was fined $150 and sentenced to 60 days in jail by Justice of the Peace Jv R. Mathews at Grants Pass Thursday, on a charge of drunk driving. He pleaded guilty, Judge Mathews said. State Policeman C. R. Borgman and District Attorney O. 3. Millard' signed the complaint. Borgman said he met the bus on Its arrival and arrested the driver after be ing notified from Grave Creek by two wpmen passengers that they had left the bus because they feared to continue to Grants Pass. hath er F- 8. Weather i. tt of r,. I " coast' nd Cascades, and nnu s;. wn to gale wind, b "'"""T warmer to- tre. Thu H,r"'m ,emT fMnetd,. 'emperature. la W 7 ' m- Thursday. -.99 t,Lw Tinr. T - "-nil 4 Id . " I?. 10:ii J .-4 ? . - . . w:S l S: 1, J? I p. m. a. m, li:M , IS . v Boys Outnumber Girl War Babies Born Here Birth statistics at Sacred Heart general hospital during the two war years ran according to form on the national basis, the males being about 52 H per , cent of the total number of babies born there, it is reported by some of the staff physicians compiling figures from the hospital. In 1942 there were 643 males and $74 females born at the hos pital; and in 1943, 630 males and 575 females. Statistics show the national average runs about 105 boys to 100 girls. : Destroyer Brownson Lost in Pacific WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 U.B Th navy revealed today that the destroyer Brownson was lost In action oti New Britain during the landing of American forces on Cape Gloucester. , The loss of a destroyer In this action but not its Identification, was announced on Dec. 27. The navy said today that there were 208 survivors. Cassino Periled On Three Sides ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AL giers, Jan. 13. W Virtually the entire American fifth army was on the move today as it broadened its offensive from near the coast to central Italy and sent French units hammering through 3000 and 4000 foot high mountains to threaten Cassino from a third side. American . Infantry swept to within three miles of Cassino in a frontal attack with the capture of Cervaro at 1 p. m. yesterday after almost surrounding the village, haedquarters announced. The Germans already had announced its loss. In the first day of the French offensive in the mountains of cen tral Italy, Gen. Alphonse Juin's . . , . .i troops aavanuea iwwuihus ui a .u. miles northeast of Cervaro. " war period by putting over the fourth war loan with ' success, Reverend Norman K. Tully of Central Presbyterian church told workers at the opening campaign rally Wednesday night at the Eu gene hotel. The minister scored the defeat ist ihought that "the dictators have got us." and urged the 150 leaders to "look reality straight in the eye" so that few mistakes will be made in the period which approaches peace. "This campaign gives us an op portunity, through purchase of war bonds, to hit every totalitar ian head in the world and split it wide open," Dr. Tully declared. Speakers on the banks' role in the drive were C. L. Carpenter, Junction City branch of U. S. Na tional bank, and Rogers W, Kim berling, Eugene First National bank. Carpenter said that the bankers' part is principally to ad vise prospective buyers, and to help avoid mistakes made at times when investors purchased types of bonds which would not bring them the greatest benefit Klmberling urged solicitors to learn what kinds of bonds can be bought, and pointed out that there are limits on each bond issue pur chased by corporations and in dividuals. Mrs. J. Don Smith, head of the women's division of the war fi nance committee for Lane, declar ed that ln the drive beginning January 18 a greater effort than ever before will be exerted to in- Lane county can enjoy excel lent opportunities for future de velopment : in the non-metallic field if an inventory is made of her sands, clays, ornamental and building stones, ochre and other natural materials and small in dustry given a chance to develop these native products. This was the gist of the discus sion held Wednesday night when the mining and industry commit tees of the Eugene chamber of commerce met with Earl K. Nixon, state director of mineral industries. The state department of min eral industries would- be glad to cooperate with Lane county on a match money basis for the ex ploration and drilling of Lane's non-metallic resources, Nixon stated. Coos county has availed it self of this cooperation and is now conducting experiments on the utilization of Coos coal, he pointed out. OPA JOB FILLED SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 (U Appointment of John MOlney, Berkeley businessman, to head the DPA's rationing program Id Cali fornia, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and northern Idaho, was announced today by Leo F. Centner, orA regional administrator. , SEE MINISTER STORY PAGE The allies thus held mountains overlooking Vlttcuso from two sides. The surprise French ad vance caught a number of German prisoners. Juin's troops, fighting in some of the roughest country in Europe where virtually all sup plies must be hauled by mule and hand from one peak to another, were threatening the Cassino Atlna road, one of the two valley highways leading north from Cas sino. . On the eighth army front there were only patrol activity and heavy artillery fire. Announcement of more details of the sky battle over Sofia.on Jan uary 10, disclosed that the Ameri cans had won a crushing victory. At a cost of two of their own planes, the Americans shot down a total of 28 of the enemy. Mrs. Luce's Talk Here Cancelled Clare Boothe Luce, member of congress from Connecticut who was scheduled to address a public gathering in Eugene next Monday evening, has cancelled her talk here, according to a telegram re ceived late Wednesday by Pro America, sponsor for the address. Mrs. ' Luce's only child, her daughter, Ann Clare Brokaw, was killed in an automobile accident earlier in the week. Mrs. Luce has cancelled all further appearances on her tour, through arrange ments with the republican national committee, whose women's divi sion was sponsoring Mrs. Luce on her tour. -The possibility ,of jesta,bHshing .lass factory' by" using deposits of silica sand found in this area was also discused by Nixon, who said 'that if sufficient beds can be discovered here to insure perma nent production, and if Coo's Bay coal can be developed economic ally there was much reason to be lieve that such an industry could be set up on an economic basis. Dr. Warren D. Smith pledged help of the. geology department of the university, of which he is head, to the development of Lane county non-metallic minerals, and said that a county-wide non metallic inventory would be a forward step. W. B. Gard, chairman of the In dustries committee of the Eugene chamber of commerce, and G. 3. Barton, chairman of the mining committee, agreed to ' combine their committees in making an in ventory of Lane county non metallic products. Earl McNutt, president of the chamber, told the 20 members present at the meet ing that his organization would back any such inventory, for the community. , U. S. Bombers Blast Formosa In Second Raid U. S. 14TH AIR FORCE HEAD QUARTERS, China, Jan. 13. (U.B American Liberator bombers, striking deep into Japanese "home" territory from secret bases ln China, raided the island of For mosa for the second time Tuesday night and followed that attack with their first blow of the war on the Siamese capital of Bang kok, a communique said today. Striking across the south China sea without escort, the big Liber ators dropped 12 tons of high ex plosives and incendiaries on a vital Japanese aluminum plant at Takao, on the southwest coast of Formosa, setting big fires through out the target area. (Radio Tokyo, announcing the raid yesterday, said the bombers also hit Ensui, 50 miles north of Takao, and indicated they may have feinted toward the main Jap anese islands, 800 miles farther north, to throw off the Japanese defenses.) The communique said heavy antiaircraft fire was encountered over Takao, but that not a single enemy fighter rose to challenge the night raiders. ' The only previous attack on the island was carried out by the 14th air force's raiders last Thanks giving a daylight blow at Shln- chiku, in which at least SI enemy planes were destroyed. Less than 24 hours after the Tuesday night raid on Formosa, the Liberators struck 1300 miles to the southwest at Bangkok, giv ing that blacked-out satellite cap. ital its first taste of the air power gathering in China. - Bangkok's ground defenders threw up a heavy searchlight and flak barrage,, but the Liberators pressed home their attack and dropped 15 tons of bombs across the Banngsue railway yards and the Don Maung airdrome, touching off fires and explosions. 4 ''First Citizen" invent Thursday Scheduled for Thursday eve ning, 6:30 o'clock, is the annual "First citizen" banquet of the Eugene Realty board, honoring all men and women from Lane coun ty in the service. The banquet will be at the Osburn hotel as a public gathering. For the dura tion of the war the board desig nates no one individual to be "first citizen of Eugene," but all the service men and women. Oregon Woman Only Person Still Getting 1812 War Pension WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. UPl , Although almost 129 years have i elapsed since the close of the war of 1812, one person, Esther Ann Hill Morgan, of Independence, Ore., still receives a pension on account of services given by a soldier in that war. She is the daughter of John Hill, a private in the Clark and Mc Cumber companies. New York I militia, pensioned under a special act of congress enacted in 1927. The veterans administration an nual report4oday stated Mrs. Mor gan is 86 and receives $20 a month. 4 , Welfare League Opens Rat War The Welfare League sent out a call to all Eugene merchants and firms today to join in the com munity health project of ridding the city of rats. A six months' program will cost $3,100, of which the city council has already given $2,000 provid ing the league is able to raise the remaining $1,100. Mrs. Weir Mc Donald, chairman of the league committee which brought the rodent problem before the city council and the public, announces that the organization held a spe cial meeting Wednesday night and voted $100 to the fund. Fifty dollars each has been con tributed by Irish & Swartz, Eu gene hotel, Seymour's cafe, and McDonald Candy company. This, leaves $800 to be raised, and league members will begin im mediate solicitation of firms to obtain it. Those who wish to con tribute and are not contacted are asked to call Mrs. McDonald at 561-W and a representative will be sent to accept the donation. Dealt to Nazi Aerial Defense LONDON, Jan. 13. (AP)-I The flaming battle which -a great force of possibly 1200 American bombers and fight ers fought over Germany Tuesday with the rocket-firing nazi air force was viewed on both sides of the English channel today as a forerunner of the mighty, struggle for air supremacy expected to ac company a land invasion of western Europe. A dispatch from Stockholm quoted a German military spokes man in Berlin as describing the three-hour air battle as a "re- LONDON, Jan. IS. (U.B The; Rome radio said that Anglo-, American planes bombed Rome: at noon today. ' The report lacked Immediate' confirmation In any allied I source. An earlier report from' Algiers said allied planes strafed) targets ln the Rome area jester t day. ; The Rome broadcast said the: raiders flew over Vatican City' and that Interceptors "to far: had shot down three planes. War In Brief By United Press Italy Americans capture Cer varo, close ln for frontal assault on Cassino, guarding valley ap proaches to Rome; Franco-American troops . win several strategic heights on enemy left flank. Russia Russian launch new winter offensive in white Russia, surrounding Mozyr and threaten ing to trap German forces in Pripet marshes; advance along 95-mile-wide front . in prewar Poland. Western Europe Report three Important aircraft plants serious ly damaged ln American attack on reich Tuesday, depriving Ger mans of hundreds of plsnea counted on to repel Invasion. Pacific Marines beat off two attacks near Cape Gloucester, bringing enemy dead since land ing to 2400; reveal Solomons based planes destroyed 242 Jap planes ln last month. : STEEL WORKERS OUT SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. (U.B Approximately 600 workers at Bethlehem Steel com pany mills walked off their jobs todcy in a dispute over wages and working conditions, plant officials reported. Declared Ignored SEATTLE, Jan. 13. U.R) Rob ert P. Day, former inspector for the U. S. maritime commission at the Henry J. Kaiser Shipbuilding corporation yards, said today that the Truman committee should be investigating defects In "200 Lib erty ships, rather than a dozen." Day, testifying at a preliminary committee hearing conducted by Sen. Mon C. Wallgren (D-Wash), yesterday, said the company Ig nored "repeated warnings" about structural defects In Liberty ships. "The Kaiser company made no move to correct causes of failures, but delivered faulty ships to the maritime commission," he said. Day said he showed a yards In spector where the architect's welding plan had not been fol lowed, but was told to "forget It." "Let them go. Even If they are bad, what do you care," Day said the Inspector told him. ' Rep. Warren G. Magnuson (D Wash., named 12 ships which al legedly cracked ln Alaskan wa ters. "You should have 200 Liberty ships, rather than a dozen, on your list," Day said. At the conclusion of Day's testi mony, Wallgren announced full scale hearings by the committee would be held here In February. School Plans Preview Of Post-war Training IP' LOOKING AHEAD Eugene vocational school wilt offer (he ell at large a "preview of post-war rehabilitation" at annnal open house Friday evening from 7 to 10. The school at present Is engaged In ' vocational education for war production, expects toon to emphasise rehabilitation of veterans and those released from boomtlme Jobs. Display will feature actual work of the students to show the school In operation In tome 1$ department. Souvenirs will be presented In several classes. (Vocational school photo, Wiltshire engraving) I 1 A preview of post-war rehabili tation facilities, which will be converted after the war from de fense production to peacetime training in the trades, will be of fered Eugeneans from 7 to 10 p, m, Friday at Eugene vocational school. Dale Perry, school director, an nounces that this annual open house will be of vital interest to every person Interested in post war helps for veterans, Although the school has not yet been desig nated by the government for any large-scale training program for returning soldiers, the equipment and vocational-education system are already well established there and is the type of framework on which such a program can build. Tours of all departments, Perry j predicts, win prove oi interest not only to townspeople anxious to see the school In actual produc tion, but to present and prospec tive high school students who will take part of their classes there under the wartime program. Departments In operation, open for inspection, will be automotive BEE SCHOOL" STORY PAGE I Harder Rationing Times Forecast WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (U.B The public was on notice today that harder rationing times are around the corner and that they will take the form of point in creases for beef and continuation of the 16-polnt a pound butter value ln February. Prospects . for suspension of pork rationing also faded follow. ing a statement by Col, Bryan Houston, OPA rationing chief, that taking points off pork would produce , "severe shortages" of butter, beef and other basic foods in areas outside the mld-westem producing areas. hearsal for the German defense . force which will have to meet air lied air fleets." . More than 700 heavy bombers and a likely record fighter escort constituted the American aerial task force. Crippling Blow - The attacks, directed agalnr factories at Oschersleben, Halber. stadt and Brunswick (Brauns welg), all within a radius of 120 mnea oi Berun, constituted pear slbly the most crippling blow of the air war, against the nazl air arm. Results were described officially as excellent. The Americans shot down more than 100 of enemy air craft. ' ' An eighth air force communique said the resounding assault cost 64 planes, a record loss. Fifty-nine were Flying Fortresses and Liber ators and five were fighters. In addition to the three aircraft centers, the Americans attacked other targets, possibly Including Berlin, but the official announce ment did not Identify them. Rocket Guns Vsed Returning airmen ssld that ground rocket guns, throwing up explosives "as big as a house," were used by the nazls as well as their rocket firing fighters ln desperate effort to turn the Amer ican formations. At times as many as 28 nail fighters wheeled into solid forma Hons to attack single Flying Fort resses, peeling oft and roaring headon at the big bombers in such desperation that collisions were barely averted. ' Casualties for U. S. Pass 139,800 Mark WASHINGTON, Jan. 130P American casualties since the start of the war now total more than 139,800, the army losses total 105,229 and those of the navy, marine and coast guard 34,523. Secretary of War Stimson, In reporting the army casualties from the start of the war to De cember 23, said the figure .repre sented 16,831 killed, 38,916 wound ed, 24,067 missing, and 25,416 prisolners of war. Casualties to American elements of the fifth army in Italy since the start of that campaign in Sep tember are 18,119. Of this total 2798 were killed, 11,762 were wounded and 3559 were missing. The navy-marine-coast guard casualties reported up to today are made up as follows: 15,186 killed, 6616 wounded, 8429 miss ing, 4292 prisoners of war. Court Restrains AP By-Laws Observance NEW YORK, Jan. 13. 0 A special three-judge federal court today restrained the Associated Press perpetually from observing by-laws which permit members to consider the competitive effect of an application for membership, but declared that the news-gathering cooperative might restrict admis sion on other grounds. The judgment reduced to a for mal order the court's opinion of last October 6 in the government's civil anti-trust suit filed August 28, 1942. ' Either side now has 60 days In which to appeal to the supreme court of the United States and mean Urns the judgment if stayed. HARRISON NEARLY BECAME A DOCTOR (W.H. Harrison, 9th U.S. President) William Henry Harrison started to study medicine, but when his father died he joined the army and em barked on a career that end ed ln the White House, where he died soon after hit inauguration. 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