CITY
EDITION
Ll03
i League Dies
DNCORD, N. H., Dec. 21 (U.R)
inner U. S. Senator George M.
B. 75, old line republican who
ed 15 years in the senate until
retirement in 1933, died at his
t last night of heart disease,
pjirently recovered from an
tk last April 21, Moses suf
di relapse about a month ago
had been confined to bed
i.
member of the senate foreign
fall committee that led the
t to keep the United States out
be League of Nations, Moses
i from public lite when the
deal rose to power in 1933.
lunch republican, he was most
uenlljr Identified with the
ft "sons of the wild jackass"
A he coined to describe re
ueans who turned to support
erratic policies.
astute parliamentary st rate
he was senate president pro
pore from 1925 to 1933. In
I he was elected president of
republican national convention
insas City, Mo. During the
I administration he served as
lid States minister to Greece
Montenegro.
( loined the fight to keep the
H States out of the League of
Ions when he entered the sen
h 1918. at the time Sen. James
i ol Missouri was making his
: onslaught nn the league.
n!a Club Honors
in rink i aJam
ii v.iuu Lcauei
Jeanne Morton, Cottage
Br-Siri-nt nf ,ka T -,-,
ptj 4-H Club Leaders' .associ
f and one of the most active
f-H club leaders in the county,
liven me quarterly award
the FltI-- 7-.t- l..h
P!ay evening, (or outstand-
vminunny service. onia
women's service organiza
names four women of the
(or thic J
Morton has been leading
twos tnr 14 years, three,
Or mnra nh ..-- I i-.t
Fiy was re-elected' to begin
m ternnns president of
1--- wv-wiiiiinn,
Morton's rluhs have been
-maKing, nothing, cooking,
'-DT anri - ; . n
-Wti manager ni it, a , , t..u
fM !Morai years aeo. and
summer has been on the
Of tnstn. ... ,i . tr
- in me i-n
Pr session at Corvallis. Some
I -H clubbers have won
l recognition, including her
Mrs. Morton is now
' the second generation o
HUD Workers Ch Ut-.1 In
laUinP .h,. tl ' 1: .'
- -:ti, is ui-iicvra 10 oe
C c H Mohcrs' club in the
States, the London Moth
i dub mi, ,,, ,
'"" group -being one of
"un! cre:imzations in
W'l'on to her. 4-H work,
iortrtn ait" - ..
,Trun,'V in helping to put
Ik,.. war conn, ana
P"my chest drives.
the second recipient of
f-i H "rtRMin. cuKcnfr,
j "Cfed the first award
-ii j as chairman of the
J thapter, American Red
rFF,f E tPEN9
"cp-A-VD. Dec. 2l.iu.B
American council of
Z.lTA Industry opened
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I GEORGE M. MOSES
ikon Foe
TWO SECTIONS II PAGES
nexation Goes Over
Election Wednesday
, rhambers- Westmoreland area Wednesday was voted
the corporate limits of the city of Eugene.
widents in the affected district signified their desire to
t the city by a close vote, with an affirmative margin
At ITiigene resiaeius III lavui ui aiuicAing uic uj.vni.-t
. U.. 1 A !?,.-..,. 17A -. oq .
imberea OpponeilU uy AIT. uugcnc vuicu ii-i iu J
annex me oia airport.
Tabulation of Vote
Ym No
L;rtfX I Chambers-Westmoreland 131 117
f , I Eugene, Ward 1 71 6
f "A I Ward 2 . 32 4
, -A.' I Warrt 51 2H A
Ward 4 46 17
Totol Eugene vote t-JTJ) 33
The issue of annexation of the
old city airport, which was voted
on In Eugene only, since the entire
site is the property of the city,
passed by a 174 to .29 vote. By
wards the vote was; ward 1, yes
70; no, 5; ward 2, yes, 31; no, 2;
ward three, yes, 28; no, 6; ward 4,
yes, 45; no, 16.
Action By Council
Official annexation of the prop
erty awaits legal procedure, but
will be completed by the first of
the year, city officials explain.
This procedure, as explained by
City Attorney S. M. Calkins in
cludes these steps:
The city council shall meet at
1 p. m., the first Monday follow
ing the election, at which time
councilmen shall canvass the votes
in the district outside the city
limits. If this vote is in favor, the
council then canvasses the votes
within the city, and if both are in
favor, it then declares the prop
erty annexed, and has an order to
this effect entered on the city
records.
The city recorder then Is in
structed to transmit to the office
; the secretary of state a certified
ascription of the territory, and
an abstract of the vote both with
in and outside the city limits. The
annexation is effective from the
date of filing with the secretary
of state.
Commenting on the-election re-
SEE ANNEXATION STORY
. PAGE 2 .
:
British Clear
Third 01 Athens
ATHENS, Dec. 21 CU.B British
forces cleared one third of Athens
today, permitting the distribution
of food and other relief supplies
on a large scale for the first time
since hostilities began two and a
half weeks ago.
(The dispatch did not make
clear whether the British had
launched the, all-out offensive
against ELAS gun positions which
Lt. Gen. Ronald Scoble, the Brit
ish commander, had said would be
undertaken at 9 a m. today with
"field and naval artillery, strafing,
rockets and bombs.") x
Left-wing ELAS units were
routed from new areas in both
central and southwestern Athens,
including one district northeast-of
the Acropolis and another north
west of the . Athens-Faliron-Pir-aeus
road.
LONDON, Dec. 21 Lord
Faringdon told the house of lords
today that mutiny might break-out
among British troops in Greece
because of their mounting unwill
ingness to f'.(ht the Greeks.
Cries of "mostrous" came from
the floor whin Faringdon brought
the word "mutiny" into a discus
sion of the Greek crisis.
"I should not be surprised," he
said, "if our commanders had not
already met with cases of men
who show the greatest unwilling
ness to fight the Greeks, and who
mav have refused to bomb Ath
ens." Lord Samuel rebuked Faring
don for his reference to mutiny,
saying that "such language ought
not to be used In this house."
In commons. Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden tacitly rejected a
suggestion for a' Christmas truce,
in Greece.
Half Million lit Taxes
Collected For County
Taxes totaling more than a half
million dollars and collected in
the last few weeks were turned
over to County Treasurer Grace
Schiska bv the' lax department of
the office' of Sheriff O. E. Crowe
Thursday. These taxes were on
the 1944-45 roll.
The total of $531,717.08 was
segregated into the following
funds: State and rountr, $174.
142.47: cities, $89. 095. "ft; school
districts, $185.(192.(11; union high
schools, $64,423.50; county high
rhool tuition fund, $8489.12; for
est fire patrol. $4664.77; water
districts, $3291.69; lire protection
district, $1908.18.
The county treasurer Thursday
turned over lo City Treasurer A.
E. Hulegaard $184,515 27 u city
tuev
LANE COUNTY'S
EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944
Mukden Raided;
Jap Resistance
On Leyte Ends
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Superforts bombed Mukden to
day in the fourth successive day
of mass B29 raids on scattered
Japanese industries as U. S. In
fantrymen shattered the last ves
tiges of the Yamashita defense
line and drove surviving enemy
soldierB into the hills of western
Leyte island.
Sweeping advances ' by two
American divisions on Leyte cut
off the Japanese escape highway,
captured huge stores of supplies
that would have lasted the enemy
for six months, and ran the total
of Nipponese soldiers known to
have been killed on the island to
43,096.
Scattered elements of Japanese,
no longer able to put up an organ
ized defense, are fleeing -toward
the northwest coast, Gen. Doug
las MacArthur reported.
Battle Near End
"The battle is rapidly drawing
to an end," MacArthur exulted.
Today's daylight air raid on
Mukden, center of Japan's Man
churian arsenal, was made by a
"substantial force" of China-based
B29s, the war department an
nounced. Washington dispatches
estimated as many as 60 Super
forts may have been in the forma
tions. The Japanese controlled Hsink
ing radio said approximately 30
planes struck in waves for 50 min
utes at both Mukden and Dairen,
"blindly bombing from a high al
titude." The broadcast claimed
(our attackers were shot down.
The Manchurian raid came on
the heels of a Chungking radio
warning that a great American
aerial offensive would be launched
against Japan and her continental
industries and military installa
tions. Iwo Jlma Hit
Liberators, clearing the way for
renewed Saipan-based Superfort
raids on, Tokyo, bombed Japanese
' f leidst on. Iwo Jim for the -twelfth
consecutive day and pock-marked
the airdrome on Marcus island.
Raiders from Iwo and Marcus
have been harassing the Superfort
bases In the Marianas islands.
In central Burma three Japa
nese divisions retreated toward
Mandalay, offering little resist
ance to British Infantrymen ad
vancing down the railway from
Myltkyina.
Chinese forces backtracking the
railway through central China to
ward Liuchow, fallen U. S. air
base, threatened two enemy-held
cities. They closed In on Hochih.
9S miles west of Liuchow, and
drove on Chlnchengklang, 15
miles east of Hochih.
Sfeffinius May
Make Trip To London
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (PI
The possibility arose today that
Secretary of State Edward R.
Stettinius might go to London as
a preliminary to a big three
meeting.
British Foreign Minister An
thony Eden called for a reestab
llshment of "quarterly meetings
of foreign secretaries" of the great
powers in the house of commons
yesterday.
The British have ctbarly shown
for some time their ardent wish
to have a high allied conference
on their home ground, and It
seems out of the question that
Marshal Josef Stalin would be
willing io-travel that far tor meet
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill in
England.
Whether Stettinius will travel
to London befoMthe big three
meet depends on President Roose-
; velt, say well informed sources,
i So far, no decision has been
taken, they said,
t Reorganization of the state de
I partment with the new under
secretary and assistant secretaries
Is expected to take much of the
detailed - tasks off Stettinius'
shoulders, however, so that he can
get away more easily.
Reward Offered After
Tree Lights Stolen
A S50 reward was offered
Thursday for Information leading
I to the person or persons who have
been stealing Christmas tree lights
i in Eugene.
i The reward was offered hy Hart
' Larsen. clothing stere owner, who
reported to police that lights out
side his home at 1624 Washington
street had been stolen.
I "This thing ought to be stopped."
said Larsen, pointing out that
stealing lights Is a poor way to ex
hibit Christmas spirit,
j Citv police reported several days
' aeo that string of lights had been
rv.ifered from the front yard of
the A. F. Richards home. 1033
, Hish. Folice officials warned that
j offenders will be prosecuted to the
, "fullest extent of the law" If ap-Iprehtndtd.
HOME WEWSPAPEft
CIVIL WAR THREAT
TO FRANCO REGIME
By FRANK BREESE
United Press War Correspondent
LONDON, Dec. 21 0J.R1 Possi
bility of a resulting civil war in
Spain was regarded by some
sources today as the ' last Im
portant barrier to the unseating
of Generalissimo Francisco
Franco by elements of a growing !
opposition.
While informed sources de
scribed Franco's position as "fair
ly stable" for the time being, the
belief prevailed that there will be
a change in the Spanish regime
sooner or later. The question of
whether the change can be affect
ed without danger of civil war,
they said, is one of the dominent
considerations.
Informants said Franco has
been losing strength gradually
since the fortunes of war turned
against the axis and republican
sources claim that the opposition
within Spain now embraces be
tween 70 and 90 per cent of the
people.
Anti - Franco elements, whose
outside activities have been in
tensified since the liberation of
France, are divided broadly into
two main groups, namely those
DONALD E. BRENT
Donald E. Brent
Reported Killed
v;,.ef T tia3J V HmhI '
was reported as missing in action
over Germany Sept. 27, has been
reported as having been killed in
action on that date. The word was J
furnished by the German govern-
ment, through the international ,
Red Cross, and was received here j
Wednesday by his wife. Mrs. j
Franres Brent, who lives with her I
daughter, Gloria, at 963 Jackson
street.
ljieuTenam nreni, wno was piiov .
mission to bomb a German objec
tive, when his group met enemy
aircraft, and several allied planes
were shot down. It was his 33rd
mission, and on completion of 35,
he was to have come home. He
had been overseas since April of
this year.
The .flier's parents are Mr. and
Mrs. George F. Brent, of 970 Nine
teenth avenue west.
Mrs. Brent, his wife, Is extreme
ly reluctant to accept this word as
final. Her husband had written
her: "If I should be reported miss
ing or killed, just don't believe lt,
as such mistakes are easily made."
!
LT. DONALD E. BRENT ' '
$225 For Lace Handkerchief s
-New Yorkers Have Money
By DELOS SMITH ,
United Pi ess Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 71(U,B '
Fortunes are pouring into the'
coffers of the perfumed, richly
carpeted salons of. Fifth avenue I
for fur coats, jewels, lingerie and
the like to brighten the Christ-1
mases 6f the nouveau riche, but j
the storekeepers aren't talking.
These select retailers of the
most expensive merchandise in .
America feel It fs a' matter that
should be referred to in whispers j
what with the sixth war bond
rampaign still underway and war I
wives Who have no jewels or fur .
coats or husbands home for the '
holidays. i
But a recognized jewelry trade ,
authority a manufacturer and
designer who wished to be anon- '
ymous lest he angers his col-;
leagues said that never in his
experience .had there been such
a market as this one. j
Can Sell Anything
"We can sell anything any-,
thing at all." he said. "The big-
post demand, and it swms with-
out limit, is for items retailing!
at .V0 to $2,000. The demand I
for the reHv expensive stuff j
from $75,000 up is the greatest ,
I've seen since 1928. I don't see
how they do It. especially with
the 20 per cent luxury tax add
ed." A fur design tr, well known In
who favor restoration of mon
archy and those whs advocate the
re-establishment of republican
government.
The monarchists support the
pretender to the throne, Don Juan,
Count of Barcelona.
The two republican groups are
the Spanish national union organ
ized In France last year and back
ed primarily by communistic ele
ments, and the Spanish liberation
committee organized in Mexico
by refugees who were active in
the late republican regime. The
latter group has spurned collabor
ation with the communists.
Informants believed the com
bined opposition to Franco was
strong enough to overthrow the
leader but their failure to present
a united front deprived them of
the necessary power. Thus, If one
faction threatened Franco or at
tempted a coup there was danger
of precipitating a civil war un
less the revolutionary group was
able to bring the country quickly
under complete control.
Two outstanding developments
since the liberation of France
have been the frontier outbreaks
of last October and the attempt of
Miguel Maura, republican leader,
to enter France to persuade
Franco to transfer the government
to him to hold in trusteeship until
a permanent republican govern
ment can be formed.
Reds Resume
Hungary Push
LONDON, Dec. 21. (U.B Ber
lin reported today that the red
army had resumed its offensive
in "western Hungary between
Lake Balaton and the Danube,
throwing at least 10 divisions of
more than 100,000 troops into an
onslaught which breached the
U German-Jinesi-i-." --
Nazi broadcasts, said the main
weight of tha new soviet drive
was centered In the area of
Szekesfehervar, 32 miles south
west of Budapest and midway
between Lake Balaton and the
Danube.
"The German defense reacted
Immediately," a DNB dispatch
said. "Several local breaches were
seaica oil, ana strung cuumcr-
sttck hit " ,T v,,"
must be' expected that the battle
will mount In fury."
Stiffened resistence along the
45-mile line between Budapest
and Lake Balaton had stalled the
soviet push In western Hungary
which now appeared to be re
newed In full force.
The Hungarian capital already
: was flanked to the southwest by
nft (Jrive
which constituted the
lower arm of a pincers whose
jaws were reported less than 20
miles apart, bringing the last rail
line out of the city under soviet
artlller fire.
To the northeast the Russians
battered through stiff opposition
in the southern Slovak moun
tains. At the same time, Stockholm
reports credited to anti -nazi Ger
man high command was pre
hlgh command was preparing a
gigantic "Christmas offensive" on
the eastern front to coincide with
the new drive In-the west.
the trade, echoed this estimate
and a mercantile agent with na
tional clients said the boom in ex
pensive lingerie and perfume was
unprecedented In his experience.
This reporter, pledeed not to
Mentify Item with merchant, was
permitted to gaze at an emerald
and diamond necklace, earrings,
and bracelet priced at $545,000;
at a diamond necklace for sale
at $235,000; at a string of pearls
yog may have for $145,000; at a
silver tea set for $16,000.
"Do you sell this stuff?" he
asked.
' If we didn't sell it there woul
be no point in having it in stock,"
the merchant replied.
Thct Handkere'tlrf
' Tiffany and company advertises
$5,000 items almost daily. B. Alt
man and company recently adver
tised a $150 lace handkarchief (the
most expensive In stock is $225)
and informed clients by brochure
it had mink coats up to $14,000.
Gunther has mink and ermine up
to $24,000 "made up."
Elizabeth Arden, Fifth avenue's
cosmetic and beauty treatment
queen, has an ultra ultra lingerie
and dress salon where night gowns
range from $160 to $200, slips from
$75 to $150, housecoats from $275
to MOO. panties from $45 to $100.
Princess Martha of Norway buys
her lingerie there, paying extra to
have the royal crown embroidered
oa mca piec
CITY
EDITION
NO. 174
Log Truckers
On Job Pending
(Parley Outcome
Logs were moving to Lane
county sawmills again Thursday
j as drivers climbed back Into their
I trucks, pending action on their
grievances against methods of the
state police in enforcing load lim
i its.
Trucks started moving Wed
nesday afternoon, as drivers re
! sponded to pleas of "Don't inter
i rupt production of war materials,"
! and to the recommendations of
! Albert S. Wells, president of the
i Willamette Valley Log Truckers
, association.
The truckers, however, are
' keeping a wary eye toward Sa
lem, where, in a session called
by Gov. Earl Snell, representa
tives of their association, of mill
operators, of the state highway
; commission, and the wa rproduc
tion board are thrashing out the
situation.
' Leavs For Meetintr
! Wells and W. H. Rasor, secre
tary of the Truckers rssociation;
George Giustina, of Giustina
brothers logging company; R. T.
Watts, plant superintendent and
vice president of Rosborough
lumber company; G. C. Bttckner,
of Eugene Plywood; and Gordon
Ramstead, attorney for the truck
ers, left Thursday morning for
the meeting.
Ramstead reported that an of
ficial of the war production board
and G. S Gray, chairman of the
highway advisory committee of
the Pacific Northwest Logeers as- '
sociation, also have indicated that '
they will be present.
Walk Out Tuesday
The truckers walked out Tues
day in protest against state po
lice methods of enforcing laws
on overweight loads. The drivers
are airing two specific griev
ances: (1) that the police force
them io'rolfoff !TIog"'of saw off
a section of a log to bring the
load to legal limits, thus wasting
considerable time and lumber;
and (2) that the police force the
drivers to appear immediately to
be fined wasting that much time
for the truck and its driver. They
say that formerly the procedure
was handled by mail.
Severe Cold Front
Sweeps Prairie Stales
By UNITED PRESS
The season's worst cold wave
gripped the prairie states from
the Canadian border to the Texas
panhandle today, ushering In the
winter season, which begins of
ficially at 6:19 p. m. CWT, with
temperatures ranging from 17 de
grees below zero at International
Falls, Minn., to 30 above at Am
arillo, Tex.
The cold wave, which Is moving
across the nation in a southeast
erly direction, extended from the
Rocky Mountain area to the At
lantic coastal states, with the
coldest weather predicted for the
east tomorrow or Friday, the fed
eral weather forecaster at Chicago
said.
Below zero temperatures pre
vailed in the Dakotas, Minnesota,
northern Iowa, northern Wiscon
sin and upper Michigan today,
and the coldest weather of the
season was forecast for Illinois
and Indiana tonight Tempera
tures will dip as low as two below
zero at Chicago tonight, , the
weatherman said.
A 42-degree drop In temper
atures was recorded at Amarillo
yesterday when the mercury dip
ped from a high of 72 degrees to
30 in three hours.
House Members Back
From European Trip
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21(
House members back from Europe
left the definite impression today
they found everything going well
at the fronts-although more am
munition could be used.
Hoarse and travel-weary, fif
teen members of the military com
mittee returned last night by army
plane and arranged today to tell
General George C. Marshall and'
Secretary of War Slimson of their
four-weeks inspection tour of bt
tlefronts. The congressmen said that in
their army-conducted travels they
saw everything, there was to see,
including the supply lines in the
rear an dthe actual fighting at the
front, and were within rifleshot
of German soldiers at Duren, on
the western front.
LOMAX T)trLAIMS PAMPHLET
PORTLAND. Dec. 21 (lim Le
my Lomax. attorney who defend
ed Robert E. Lee Folkes in the
"lower 13" murder trtal, today
disclaimed any connection with a
pamphlet circulated on behalf of
Folkes and titled "The truth In the
Robert folkn cut."
Northern Flank
Halted iy Vanks
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Dee. 21. (AP) Field Marshal Karl von Rund.
itedt's armor and Infantry had driven 35 miles westward
into Belgium to a point about 14 miles south of the fort
ress of Liege up to noon Tuesday, it was disclosed at
supreme headquarters today. But veteran first army form .
ations, rushed up to the northern flank of fhe deep Ger
man salient, stopped the Germans cold today in their ef
fort to push northward, and badly mauled large tar
units in a heavy engagement.
Other American forces, hurled into action along the Ger
man north flank at Monschau, chopped nine miles into the
base of the German salient. The deepest German thrust
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was 14 miles west of Malmedy where tank columns cut the
Liege-Bastogne-Arlon rbad and reached the village of Hoye
mont. Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt's winter rush across
allied lines pf communication had developed into two deep
wedges as massive formations of from five to six armored
divisions and eight to nine infantry division poured into a
wide breach under the concealment of fog and clouds.
The second deep wedge had penetrated three-fourths of the
way across Luxembourg. This drive farther south appeared di
rected toward Sedan, scene of the 1940 breakthrough.
This drive carried 14 miles from the frontier town of Vlanden to
just "east of Wiltz, 10 miles east of Bastogne and 48 miles northeast of
Sedan. Wiltz is i!8 miles north of the city of Luxembourg. A parallel
German column was In the vicinity of Clervaux, seven miles north
east of Wiltz,
These were the positions at noon Tuesday. Supreme headquarters
still did not permit up-to-the-hour pinpointing of German positions,
nnj field dispatches quoted "good authority" on the first army front
as saying the German drive was not likely to be checked thja week
although the northernmost prong of the German attack had been
stemmed. ' -
First army reinforcements rushed to the scene by Lt. Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges since Saturday, when the German counter
offensive waa unllmbered, had aucceeded In stopping any north- .
ward push from the. line running through the Amerlran-heM '
towns of Monschau, Butgenbach, Malmedy and Stavelot, front , '
line reports said. But the German drive was reported turnlrqr",
south and west of St. Vith, farther south, In the most potent threat '
American tank destroyers going into the attack in a fog that limited
visibility to 50 yards fought a great 'engagement today outside Stavelot,
and smashed the efforts of German armor ,to break through and
rescue the remnants of 60 nazi tanks trapped near the embattled
village.
Blazing round after round, the Americans destroyed five American
Sherman tanks and a tank-destroyer that had been captured and
mtnned by the Germans. ,
"We have destroyed approximately 30 of their 60 tanks nd
knocked out about 50 of 200 supply vehicles caught with them," the
commander there reported.
The new German attack, made on the fourth successive day they
have attempted to rescue the trapped tank outfit, was launched less
than two miles southeast of Malmedy, the funnel through which the
Kaiser poured his armies toward Liege in August, 1014.
' At the same time other veteran American units swung Into
positions along the northern flank of the nazi salient, and an Im
portant success was reported from the strengthened north wall
alonr the German salient.
Americans who already had won back Monschau inside Germany
drove nine miles southward and captured Rocherath and several near
by villages in an attack which cut the neck of the German salient
dewn to 46 miles. It had been 55.
Nevertheless the German drive by Tuesday noon had proceeded
westward and had reached Hoyemont, 14 miles wen of Malmedy and
10 miles beyond Stavelot.
Stimson Says Nazi
i Push Big Gamble
j WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. (PI
War Secretary Stimson said today
I that if the German counter-of-
tensive falls it definitely will
shorten the war.
He coupled with this assertion,
however, the statement that the
Germans' ability to launch the
huge offensive is significant. He
said the nazis had penetrated al
lied territory for distances rang
ing from five to 20 miles.
Stimson, In his weekly review
of the war given at a news con
ference, said the Germans chose
for their attack a sector "which
had been loosely held by both
sides. It was a terrain which had
not offered to the allies much In
centive for exploitation."
The secretary commented that
the nazis did not have a great
deal to lose In risking the offen
sive and that It might gain for
them a few months of time be
fore they must account for "the
misery they have inflicted upon
the world."
Discussing the power of the
German thrust, Stimson said that
despite lossm suffered hy the
nazis in land and air attack in
recent months "they have been
able to build up on the westwall
a very substantial force for this
attack."
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Weather
V. S. Weather Bureau Forecastl
Oregon Cloudy with light rain
southwest portion, spread! n 3
throughout west portion tonight
with light rain or snow In Cas
cades, clearing gradually Friday.,
Warmer in Willamette valley to
night. Local Statistics: Minimum tem
perature, Thursday morning, 36
degrees: maximum temperature,
We:''.-ci!iy, 44 degrees: precipita
tion in 24-hour period ending at
11:30 a. m. Thursday, .04 of an
inch: stage of Willamette river In
Eugene at 7 a. m. Thursday, -1.87
feet.
Sunrise and Sunset (PWT) Frl-
HaV. A-4ft a m anrl K-la - .
Saturday, 8:46 a. m. and 5:38 p. ni!
"inl-Aff TinES (PWT)
FrMa
Hlh: '. 1M 1. m
Ism: - 1:1S p. m.
SRtaraa-
Hmh: In m.,
Low: I:M . m.,
Sa-4-T
Him: SOira
Low: 3:20 a.m.
Mnnnftr
:57 p m.
3:14 p. m.
2:31 p.m.
tWp.rn.
3:37 p.m.
Huh: llni.. lOMpm.
Low: 3:20 1.111., 4:3Sp.m.
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