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Fg i Eugene Begister-Guard, Thursday, Sept. 21, 1944 Congress Has Key To W. V. Project i Unless tha rivers, harbors nd flood control bills now befort eon- grass are passed within a reason " able time, a hazard will be plac " ad In the way of the Willamette Valley project, CM. Ralph Tudor, r in charge of the Portland district I, of U. S. army engineer! told , Rotarians at their weekly lunch 1 eon Tuesday. ' Tudor, luncheon guest speaker, (explained that It takes time for "engineers to work out plans and (specifications for contractors and that procrastination in passing these two bills is liable to find the Portland district engineers' office without immediate plans 'J for the project at the war's end. t Tudor estimated that $20 mil ' lion will be spent in the .Willa !! mette valley district in future en- ii gineering work. ,1 In his talk, which told of .the ., civil and military duties of the ' U. S. army engineers, Tudor re J counted the methods by which T civil works within an area are handed over to the army engi- peers for construction, ii Tudor emphasized that the army , engineers never instigate a pro , gram, that such is always dona by a locality through congreS' " sional representatives, who in turn n ask the engineers for an inves i tigation. Tudor stressed that the U. S. ! army engineers, in studying a ;) project, always hold public meet . ings and confer with state and federal agencies on the scene in ',' order to get well rounded ideas i pertaining to a project. 1 "The whole process is one of democracy at work and every one has a crack at it," the army man commented. The area and the people are considered and congress alone has the final say in authorizing a project and fi nally appropriating the money for construction, he said. Col. Tudor, while emphasizing the importance of post-war. engi neering projects, did not take a light view of the present military conflict. He told Rotarians that there was a stiff fight ahead and that the military side of the army J engineers would be more im- German Prisoner Use In Klamath Area Hit PORTLAND Ore., Sept. 21 J B In a report to James T. Marr, executive-secretary of the Oregon State Federation of labor, the Klamath Falls Building and Con struction Trades council, (AFL) have charged that German pris oners of war were being used in the Klamath area for other than agricultural industry. The statement said that the prisoners were being used in garage and plumbing shops. Marr said that "once before" at tempts had been made to employ war prisoners in Oregon canner ies but that the action had been frustrated when the federation protested to the war manpower commission that their use was in competition with free labor. Marr said that the Portland of fice of the WMC had no knowl edge of war prisoners being used In the Klamath Falls area. Profiteering Charged On Shotgun Shells PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 10 flin niMnmr of attempts to gouge the public by exhorbitant nhiriM tnr nhntmin shells in this area was made today by Ralph Westering, price specialist in the district OPA. Westering said purchasers have paid as high as $5 for a box of 25 twelve-gauge shells, which should have cost no more than $1.38. or 7 cents per shell, the ceiling price. The 30-06 caliber shells snouia i-cinit fnr S2.1S for a box of 25 and the 30-30 caliber for $1.50, he said, adding inai some re tailers have charged as high as $1 per shell for these sizes. Prir control aDDlies to sales by individuals as well as by deal- , Westering said. iinnnn nminHc nf oowdered milir hav hppn shinned to Axis- stripped Corsica through the Na- tional war Funa. 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Denmark Uprising Quelled By Nazis STOCKHOLM, Sept. 21 U Order was reported restored iff Copenhagen Wednesday after German troops quelled an upris ing which involved clashes with Danish police resisting Internment and a pitched battle outside the royal palace when seven German sailors were killed and a palace official was wounded seriously. The Swedish telegraph agency reported In a Copenhagen dis patch that Danish State Secretary Fvtvinri Ijntn. Police Chief K. Begsgroup-Hansen and Police Di rector P. Stamm naa neen in terned at Gestapo headquarters. Th. Hiinatch mid that all Dan ish policemen under 56 years old had been lniemea on mp u the Copenhagen harbor. iThm r,fman Transocean news agency announced today that a state of emergency had been de clared in Denmark and that the Danish police force had been suspended.) Tha Danish llberaaea eeunetl announced that a general strike which began at noon yesterday would end today. The agency appealed to Danes to remain calm "since the hour of open resistance had not yet arrived." ' 4 The Tower of London was be gun in 1078 by Bishop Oundulf at the direction of William the Conqueror. nrnnn Bath Wheeler's Picture Framing 122 E. Broadway Health Workers At" Seal Sale Conference An all-day Christmas seal eon. ference held in Portland, Satur day, Sept. It', was well attended by Lane county health workers. Miss R. Louise Fitch, president und Mrs. Leda Freeland, executive-secretary of the Lane County Public Health association attend ed from Eugene. Also attending from the county were Mrs. Robert Shields and Mrs. Harold Lee from Springfield. Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Shields will assist Mrs. Nlel Pollard, who Is at aia district chairman and sea) tale chairman Springfield and Surrounding jcommunities this coming year. Xharles L. Newcomb. national saeJ sate director, conducted th. 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