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Eaene Register-Guard, Friday. Jan. 21, 1M4.
Severe Drought
Grips Midwest
By United Trent
The mldwest'i war-vital food
tilt was rrinned bv a drought
today that has been unmatched
since spring winds a decade ago
swirled the parched sou lnio
black clouds and turned the na
tion's bread basket into a dust
A dry fall, followed by a win
ter with little or no precipitation,
produced a national rainfall aver
age of 21 per cent below normal,
causing a critical situation in
mi4m4m wih( rvft. anri hav croDS.
Great cracks appeared In the
soil from Illinois to toioraao.
. The Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, Minnesota and Illinois
were the hardest hit and the U.
H. weather bureau reported the
sub-soli moisture in the wheat
belt at Its lowest level in many
years.
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Railroad
Increase
Revenue
Shown
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21 U
Public utilities commissioner
George Flagg today submitted a
comparative statistical report to
Gov. Snell showing total of Ore
gon's larger railroad revenues had
increased 03 per cent from 1941
to 1942 going from $50,503,822 to
$82,743,284.
Taxes paid to state decreased
6.07 per cent, totaling $2,514,613.
Freight revenue increased 57 per
cent, passenger revenue 125 per
cent, according to the report
There was an increase of 13.16
miles In operated track, bringing
the state total to 5,069.10 miles.
Net operating revenue In 1941
totaled 11,307,970 and In 1942
27,695,420. Grade crossing acci
dents declined eight per cent but
18 persons were killed each year.
Injuries declined 25 per cent, the
report stated.
Cottage Grove Food
Processing Shown
Cottage Grove Is doing Its part
in food conservation according to
an announcement at Salem by
O. I. Paulson, state vocational
education director. The com
munity cannery sponsored by the
schools and division of vocational
education processed 30,346 cans
of food, he said.
At the 11 community canner
ies in the state last summer
658.114 cans of vegetables, fruits,
meat and fish were processed by
6871 families, Paulson aaid.
The number of cans of food
processed in each community in
cludes: Albany 133,380; Cottage Grove
30,346; Grants Pass 67,022; La
Grande 31,565; Lakeview 13,092;
Milwaukie 117,264; Molalla 8185;
I Myrtle Point 38,373; Salem 120,-
556; Silverton 43,830, and Wood
burn 53,702.
What Goes on at
The Statehouse
Record Concert Set
Records given to the university
school of music by Mu Phi Epsiion
Patronesses association will be
played in the public concert, Sun
day afternoon at 4 in the campus
library browsing room, by ur.
Theodore Kratt, dean.
Hostesses will be Miss Uloria
Campbell, representing house li
brarians; Miss Rosalie Pielemeier,
library staff; Miss Phyllis Taylor,
Mrs. Nell Dixon, and Mrs. Nelson
T. Macduff, from the actives,
alumnae, and patronesses of the
society, respectively. Selections
to be played are "Toccata and
Fugue in D Minor" by Bach, Beet
hoven's fourth symphony, "White
Peacock" by Griffes, and "Jubi
lee" by Chadwlck.
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Grain Reserve Will
Aid Other States
CORVALLIS, Ore. 01.10 R. B.
Taylor, state AAA chairman, said
Oregon wheat growers who have
participated in the federal crop
insurance program now discon
tinued have a reserve credit of
330,000 bushels of wheat which
will be used to compensate for
crop losses in other states.
The reserve wheat the differ
ence between 855,139 bushels paid
to the insurance program and the
512,573 paid out for losses would
have been used to reduce insur
ance rates to Oregon farmers if
the federal crop plan had been
continued.
Taylor said approximately 231,
218 acres of the 1944 Oregon wheat
crop would be insured under the
terms of the three-year policies
signed by growers before the plan
was discontinued should congres
sional appopriations put the loan
back in operation.
Federal crop insurance policies
were taken on 15,918,813 bushels
of wheat grown on 1,080,048 acres
by Oregon growers during the
five years the plan was in operation.
Food Office Opens
The food distribution admini
stration, with temporary offices
in the farm security offices, will
open a district office in Eugene
within the next few weeks, it
has been announced.
Quarters for the new Eugene
governmental agency will prob
ably be ebtained by Feb. 15 as
bids for space are now being
received by FDA officials.
Frank Squier will be the area
supervisor.
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Before taking necessary trips, we suggest that you consult
your local Greyhound agent. He can tell you when you can
best be accommodated.
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By JERRY HANNIFIN
SALEM, Ore. U There are
approximately 900 prisoners in the
Oregon penitentiary and about 200
are employed steadily in flax
processing. Warden George Alex
ander advised the board of con
trol. He recently attended a war pro
duction board food conference in
San Francisco where prison farm
administrators from 11 western
states were asked to develop in
tensively all available farm land.
WPB officials promised orderly
distribution of any excess. .. -
Alexander said he was particu
larly interested in pay incentives
for prisoners and in the possibil
ity of obtaining a prison canning
unit He said the WPB would as
sist in obtaining priorities if the
board of control wished to pur
chase a unit.
It was suggested the prison
process and can foods 'and vege
tables for other state institutions.
Approximately 25 men. would be
employed at the cannery.
"Flax workers and woodcutters
are the only prisoners who receive
pay at this time," Alexander said.
"I think it's a good incentive and,
would like to see more of them get
payment for their work." j
He said only about 10 to 15 per
cent of the prison's inmates were
either too old, sick or crippled to
work in some fashion,
"During the summer approxi
mately 600 of our inmates are em
ployed at something useful. At
least 200 of them are in the flax
plant steadily, but that number
is reduced to about 50 from May
to September.
"We had! planned to cut about
4000 or 5000 cords of wood and al
ready have had requests for 6000
cords. We're going to try to get
some slab-wood to fill orders,"
Alexander said.
Animal feed and protein mater
ials are scarce and the prison has
had to pay higher prices for avail
able material to feed its livestock,
he commented.
"We are doing the best we can
with what we can get. I estimate
we've gone three times over our
budget for feed material. We are
using beet pulp, and once in a
while pick up a load or two of
diced carrots which, have been re
jected at a Salem cannery, but
which make excellent food for the
prison's dairy cows," Alexander
said. '
State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott
told the board of control . he
thought there were too many
lights used unnecessarily in state
buildings.
"I don't object to Illumination,"
he said. "But more electric power
is consumed than is ever used,
"Some employes turn on the
radiators, turn on the lights and
then leave the office," Scott said.
"Not in my office," Gov. Snell
said. .
OWI Adopts Hew
Information Policy
Eight Oregon Natives Fight
In Present War as Generals
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. fll.R
A new and more closely coordin
ated information policy was
adopted by the government today
to increase war news to the public
and to stop high military and
civilian leaders from expressing
conflicting opinions on such im
portant matters as the probable
date on which the war will end.
The new policy was announced
by war information director Elmer
Davis after it had been endorsed
by high officials representing the
White House, army, navy, war
production board, selective service,
and other leading government de
partments and agencies.
Davis said its aim was to in
crease the flow of accurate and
consistent war news and to aid
public understanding of produc
tion, reconversion, and employ- t many.
ment problems. He listed these
principal essentials of the new
policy:
1. Avoidance of speculation by
both military and civilian officials
regarding the probable termina
tion date of the war.
2. Exercise of great care In dis
cussion of the economic develop
ments to be expected before and
after the end of the war.
3. Avoidance by officials of any
discussion of activities for which
they are not responsible.
WASHINGTON OPh-War de-,of the Hawaiian department
show that eignt June, 1843.
In
rjartment lists
Oregon natives are generals in the
army which is facing the -enemies
of the nation in various fronts
throughout the world.
The department in' giving out
the lists said they showed the
place of birth of the generals but
added it could not give their pres
ent home addresses.
Leonard R. BSyd, born in Leb
anon, Ore., Nov. 26, 1891, was list
ed as brigadier general (tempor
ary) and assistant division com
mander of the 93rd division. He
entered federal service with the
California national guard in 1916
as a sergeant. He served in
France in the first world war and
with the American forces in Gere
He became chief of staff
Truck Loading
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altles which are too severe. The
commission cited cases where an
entire fleet of trucks was sus
pended merely because one of the
trucks had been overloaded.
Some truckers are persistent
General Boyd was awarded the
silver star for gallantry in action
in France, two oak leaf clusters
for the silver star for gallantry at
Fleville and in 1943 the distin
guished service cross.
Brig. Gen James George Chris
tiansen was born in Portland,
Sept. 23, 1897, and was graduated
from West Point and commis
sioned second lieutenant in the en
gineer corps in 1918. He served
with the engineers at Fort Lewis,
Wash., in Juneau, Alaska, in Fort
Dupont, Del., and became an in
structor at West Point In 1921. He
became chief of staff of the ground
forces, Washington, D. C, in Feb
ruary, 1943.
Brig. Gen. -Arnold J. Fund was
born at Stayton, Ore., August 13,
1895, was graduated from Oregon
State college and accepted a com
mission in the regular army as a
second ' lieutenant of infantry on
June 5, 1917. He attended the army
service schools at Fort Leaven
worth, Kas., and later joined the
17th infantry and went to Fort
Forrest, Ga., then to Newark, N.
J. He was ordered to the Philip
pine islands in 1939 as plans and
training officer of the 45th infan
try at Fort William McKinley. He
awarded the distinguished
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ifstasfire
and chronic violators of the weight
limits, hut AS ner cent of them are
4. Full and accurate explana-1 cooperating, the commission said. ! medal for service in the Philin
m of policies in all public ex-! The commission, pointing out !,, n- ,,.;(,.,.: ..;..
that the legislature boosted weight the Bataan peninsula from Janu
limits from 54,000 to 71,000 pounds , ary 16 i942i to March 3 1942 He
and the length limits from 50 to commanded the Philippine scouts
60 feet, for the duration of the i when that reaiment was holding a
difficult sector of the front.
tion of policies in all publi
pressions regarding war produc
tion shifts.
Announcement of the new policy
climaxed long criticism of the gov
ernment for permitting high mili
tary or civilian officials to make
one statement on one day, only to
have others in equally high place
make a completely contradictory
utterance on the next.
Davis told the officials with
whom he discussed the new policy
that the theory on which any
democracy must fight a war is
that "when the people know what
is expected of them and why, and
are convinced that it makes sense,
they will do whatever is necessary."
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AT FALL CREEK:
FALL CREEK Reuben Leigh
of Eugene made a recent visit to
his ranch on Fall Creek where the
Henry Pages are living.
Mrs. Doris Linear, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Calison of
this place is ill with pneumonia
in a Eugene hospital. Mrs. Cali
son is at Jasper taking charge of
the home during the mother's ad
sence at the hospital,
Kenneth Wiscarson's mother is
visiting her son and family here.
The Charles Brewers and the
Dedmans surprised the Marvin
Browns Saturday evening. After a
potluck supper the three families
went In a party to Eugene to at
tend the basketball game.
Mr. Jake Neet of Halfway, visit
ed his brother, Charlie Neet, and
Mrs. Mary Neet at the home of the
latter. He later went to the home
of his son, Leon Neet.
war, said:
"The commission feels that in
granting this additional privilege,
the commercial haulers must stay
within the limits set forth and will
likewise insist that' overloaded
commercial trucks be stopped and
required to take off the overload.
"The commission feels that the
overload problem must.be solved
it the state's highways are to last
for the duration of the war and,
after conferring with Washington
authorities, knows it is giving as
much or more cooperation with
the truck operators as its neigh
boring state Is. The commission
I wants to do all in its power, in
this wartime emergency affecting
transportation, to expedite the
movement of goods and services
but cannot be unmindful of Its
duty to the citizens of this state in
protecting the public's large in
vestment in highways."
; WINS CHAMBER AWARD
I SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. (U.R
Ralph W. Johnson, 33, assistant
I manager of the Salem division of
' the Portland General Electric
company, last night was awarded
a junior chamber of commerce
award as Salem's first junior citi
zen for 1943.
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Prominent Churchman
At Peter Howard Rites
Bishop James C. Baker of Los
Angeles, who was called to Eugene
by the death of his wife's nephew,
Peter Benson Howard, is among
leading churchmen of the west. He
Is In charge of the California area
for the Methodist church, this in
cluding Arizona, Nevada and
Hawaii, as well as California.
Bishop Baker is bound soon for
Honolulu on one of his periodic
visits. His last trip to the Islands
wai made shortly before the Pearl
Harbor attack. While there, he
was taken aboard a new sub
marine by its commander, and in
the course of his sight-seeing trip
over the craft, was given a view
through the periscope of all the
battleships lying In the harbor. It
made the attack of the Japanese
.seem a very personal matter to the
bishop when he heard it, he remarked.
Premiere for Dads
Premiere of the new University
of Oregon play, "Dark Victory,
will be held Saturday night start
ins at 9:30 In Johnson hall.
This performance is being held
at the late hour in order to permit
Oregon Dads to attend the basket
ball game first The public may
attend this Saturday, but their
seats will be limited.
Regular public performances of
"Dark Victory," will be given Fri
day and Saturday, Jan. 28 and 29,
at 8 p. m, Horace W. Robinson is
directing the cast of students and
two faculty members.
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