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Plf Eugene Register Europe Food Supply In '45 Seen Lower WASHINGTON (U.B Euro- peui agriculture li increasingly feeling the effects of war, an ag riculture department survey re port!. Continental Europe, with the exception of Russia, will have a somewhat smaller food supply during 1944-49 than lait year and only 8S per cent of the prewar supply, the department report showed. "The 1844 harvest was poorer even than the subnormal harvest of 1943," the office of foreign ag ricultural relations said, with a decline in the production of i grains, sugar beets and vegetable oils. Meat production increased slightly but no improvement has occurred in the output of milk and eggs, OFAR said. German Imports Down ' If Germany must live exclu sively on home-produced food in 1944-45, the average caloric in take per person will drop 15 per cent. Tiie deterioration of the , , German food situation was attrib uted partly to an adverse season and pertly to decreased imports, which have furnished 12 per cent of the nation's food supply. "The extent to which Germany may be able to offset reduced crops and losses In supplies from abroad by withdrawals from stocks snd by a discontinuance in . food shipments to Finland, Bel glum and Norway cannot be pre dicted," the department said. The Russian food situation Is improved over 1943-44 but will remain tight for the civilian pop ulation, according to the survey. Responsible for the Improvement were a good harvest, termination of German requisitions and pros pects of obtaining food surpluses from the Danube basin which for merly went to Germany. Countries Listed The outlook In other European countries: France Larger supplies from home-produced food. However, unless transportation facilities are restored, substantial imparts will be required If present low rations FN Radio's - Guard", Monday, Jan. 1, 1945 j "rita?y-Mo0refri than j"; PUl uuiiicauv ujiica uu m short of quantities needed to cover even smal! wartime rations. Greece The food supply situa tion "remains bad" and large im ports will be required if low con sumption levels in cities and defi cit farm areas are to improve. Belgium Imports will be need ed if low-level consumption of war years is to Increase. The Netherlands Food supplies may be sufficient for same con-1 .mmedjalely began a series of sumption level as last year. How- individuai conferences with ever, flooding and military oper- , George Papandreou, resigned pre ations are likely to have serious Mief Themjstocles Sof0u'is, leeler eneca on HH-uiuum.... j Finland Tne difficult situation resulting from the cessation of ; German imports has been offset somewhat by relief shipments from Sweden. I Polish Outlook Bad ' of "dark horses," men previously .'not identified actively with pol Poland "An already extremely ,Uc unsatisfactory food situation is , , r0 likely to be aggravated further- resignation of by increased German requisition. Plpyandreou lovtTnmtnt, but of farm products. ... .. frm BriHln ,irpM Denmark-Food supplies should be near last year s high level un- less Increased exports to Germany are required. Danube basin rood situation favorable as a whole "on the side." Sweden As much food as last year when food import needs were small. Spain and Portugal Supplies unmcwhat better than last year. Switzerland Continued depend- Sparks, Nev., their two daugh ence on imports. j ters, Peggy. 14, and Mary, 8; ind Egypt and Turkey "The food I Jack and Delpha Francis of Car outlook is good." i lin, Nev.. brother and sister-ln- Austria and Czechoslovakia j aw of Mrs. Porter. Supplies will run "somewhat be- low" last year. Shipbuilding Program To Decline In 1945 PORTLAND, Jan. 1 .UP) Rear Admiral E. L. Cochrane, chief of the bureau of ships, soys that con struction of new ships for the navy will decline this year. Cochrane told a press confer ence here Saturday that while the navy will continue needing re placements, the building program reached Its peak last May and is now on the wane. He said the floating drydock be ing built at the Kaiser Vancouver yard will be installed at Swan island in February, and the second drydock to be built at Vancouver will go to Los Angeles. GL -! i 25th anniversary, we are not celebrating, we ar cbsorving It, tn the midst of a tragic conflict. American Radio, the radio of a free people in a free land, has known Its span of life Irom the last war to this. We are observing the twenty-fifth anniversary of broadcast, ir.g for a specific wartime purpose ... to give renewed and vigorous expression to the American principles which made this miracle of communication possible in the short space of 25 years. These same principles Insured the creation and development ef many other marvels of science and Industry, all bound to gether In spirit, through which our nation was so great In peace and Is new so formidable In war. Radio has an Important distinction ... no ether product cf the age has teen so close to the people. Rad.o has an Important job. To entertain and to educa'e . . . to be the current historian of a g.eot Amencan Lra . . . That's why our slogan for 19-15 is . . . ''Radio's 25th Anniversary . . . Pledged to Victory!" )gflg jjfj Q J PgJ$ New Greek Cabinet ATHENS, Jan. 1 UB Arch bishop Damaskinos, new regent of Greece, conferred with Greek political leaders todsy prepara tory to selecting a new cabinet, and prospects for peace in the Greek civil war brightened per ceptibly. Damaskinos, named regent by King George Saturaay, was i .,- i i noon vesterdav and of the Uberal party, ano others. ...,, s,i(, ' n.mldnos . . ' - " , . " new premier lor bcvciii ymjm. The cabinet, when formed, was expected to be made up largely ,,,,.. r,.A. ... that the revolutionist ELAS has accepted the -ondltions lsid down by Lt. Gen Ronald Scobie, Brit ish commander in Athens, for ' cessation of hostilities. Crews Clearing- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 j Run Completed The engine and 10 of the pas. senger train's 18 cars were un damaged, and proceeded west to complete its ChicagoSan Fran cisco run as soon as the Injured were treated and placed aboard. Medical corps detachments as signed to the army hospital cars were declared the heroes of the tragedy. "Had It hot been for their ef forts, the toll undoubtedly would have been much higher," said one of the injured survivors, Clarence Heberer, chief steward of the passenger train, of Ala meda, Calif. Heherer suffered head cuts and was knocked unconscious. He revived to a "nightmare of screams and groans" which cres cendoed out of the darkness. The temperature was SO to 25 de. i grees below freezing and many I nasseneert were wandering about 1 half-clothed. ! The first rescue train left Og- j den one and one-halt hours after j the crash. Rescuers arrived at i the pileup half an hour later to. nna passengers suji miiuus auuu. the scene, doing what they could to ease the suffering of the in jured. . Lloyd George Named Earl On King's List LONDON, Jan. 1 . UJJW David Lloyd George, British prime min ister during the first world war, was named an Earl on King George Vi s new year's honors list today. It was learned that the famous British elder statesman, who will be 82 years old this month, would take the title Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor. Dwyfor is the name of the mountain stream passing his farm of Ty Newydd at Llanystumdwy, Caernarvonshire, Wales, where he spent his boyhood. For 54 years he had represented Caernarvonshire in parliament. His London home also is nsmed Dwyfor. Lloyd George's elevation to an earldom was made possible by his retirement from parliament, which was announced last week. He could not receive a title and hold a seat in the house of commons at the same time.. Last week, Lloyd George an nounced that in accordance with his physician's advice he had de cided not to run again for parlia ment in which, as a liberal party member, he had served continu ously for the past 54 years. His career began in 1890 when, as a young solicitor, he was elected to parliament by a slim margin at a by-election. He never lost an election after that. Japanese- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 dromes and sank seven Japanese ships ranging from a sizable freighter to luggers. Iwo Jims Hit Iwo Jima, midwav between the Salpan B29 base and Tokyo was bombed for the 23rd successive day, while rocket firing Mitchell bombers raked other islands in the Bonin and Volcano group. Aleutian-based Mitchells attacked the Kurile islands north of Japan. Superforts from Saipan gave Japanese on Honshu island a rest less New Year's eve. From mid evening until dawn, B29s flying alone or in pairs raided the in dustrial cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama and the Okosuka naval station. Others were reported on the west coast of Honshu, hereto f o r e untouched by American bombs. British To Fight Fleet Adm. Chester W Nimltz who directed the American 1944 advance across the Pacific said 1945 would see British naval forces In action In Japanese waters and they "will carry their share of the load." Unopposed British troops occu pied Rathedaung, 25 miles north of Akyab, their objective on the west Burma coast. Other imperial forces crossing the Chlndwin val ley In a pincers move on Manda lay advanced to within 16 miles of Yeu. The town is 70 miles north of Mandalay. J3 GERMANS DOWNED PARIS. Jan. 1ttJ.R) Allied air froces, flying in great strength in the best weather since the begin ning of the German counteroffen sive, had shot down 53 German planes by 4 p.m. today, an official tally revealed. The Emperor Tiberius of Rome made an edict against marriage by women over 50 or men over 60, but it was soon repealed. jjsitMssswBit tr"syiirgflr.Mws, tT,twiOT.vy--.:' errs?:,. : Mail and Phone Orders Filled Promptly rus A it Helena Ru(nntt;n V t Crtam-TInr foundation Combines all the flattering features of cake and ereira foundstions. thrilling new kind of make up. It feels marvelous, keeps your complexion drwy-fresh for hours and dually help, your skin. Gives you that flawle Ty finished look you've envied. In four exquisite Hades.. .snd it's scented with Helena Rubinstein's heart,.Urring White Flame Perfume! 1.50 War Year of 1944 Marks Progress For Allied Forces By DEW1TT MACKENZIE Associated Press War Analyst Despite the dampening effect of the German counter-offensive, we can approach an assay of the year-end military position from the rock-bottom fact tha,t the allied cause on balance is go ing well the globe around. A pencil and paper, with a modicum of unemotional figuring, are all one needs to demonstrate that the United Nations are on the broad highway to victory both in Europe and in the Orient That conclusion makes allowances for military setbacks like the present in western Europe and the recent Japanese successes, in hard-hit China. It takes into ac count short-comings of the home front. When you've added up and made subtractions, the answer is that the allies caij't lose except ing through their own folly. Bloody Business Having arrived at this point, however, we find that at the best we still face a tovah and bloody business which calls for all-out efforts by both the home and mil itary fronts, unless the conflict Is to drag on interminably. We must profit by the lesson the Germans are giving us that the wounded beast fights hardest at the kill. We may find this doubly true with the savage and fan atical Japanese. One of the burning questions in all minds Is how long the European war will last. There's no satisfactory answer to that, It depends first on the outcome of the titanic battle which is grow ing out of nazl Marshal von Rundstedt's counter-offensive. General Eisenhower still has his chance to administer a knock out to Von Rundstedt and so force an early peace. On the other hand, if the German survives his terribly dangerous thrust Into the midst of great allied strength, then we may find him retiring slowly and resuming his fight in the powerful Siegfried defenses west of the Rhine, thus protract ing the war. Hard-Boilcd Theory Our safest course Is to adopt the hard-boiled theory of the war production hoard that the Hitler Ian war will go on Indefinitely. That's not an Invitation to pessi mism but a safeguard against over-optimism. One element in shortening the war remains in anticipation a full-dress Russian offensive against the nazi Vistula line in Poland. That might change the complexion of things quickly by putting the nazis between two mighty millstones. It's unlikely that the reich could long with stand wholesale major offensives on both eastern and western fronts. ' The length of the Japanese war depends largely on when peace comes to Europe. Many experts figure it may take eighteen months or so to finish the Japs off after Germany surrenders. Conclusion of the European war will release vast striking-power to be employed against the Nip ponese. GOP PARTY LEADER DIES CHICAGO, Jan. 1 U Mrs. Ruth Hanna McOormick Simms, 64, republican party leader, for mer congressman at large from Illinois and publisher of the Rock ford (111.) Register-Republic and Morning Star, died yesterday from a pancreatic ailment. 111 sell's Supreme Achievement in Make-Up! si's f Divorces Higher Than Marriages In Multnomah PORTLAND, Jan. I W For another year, quarrels went faster than romance in Multnomah county. A new year's high of 4872 couples were divorced here in 1944, while only 3165 pairs married. Up until 1943, there were always more marriages than divorces in Multnomah county. Allies Recapture Lost Italian Soil ROME, Jan. I (At Fifth army troops pressing forward in the Serchio river area of the Italian front, have recaptured all the ground taken by the Germans east of the river In their recent heavy attack, allied headquarters an nounced today. Advancing from Barga, which !TBBaWSSBSBB BUY Formerly 8.95, Formerly 14.95, Formerly 16.95, '4 waft Formerly 8.95, Now Formerly 12.95 and 12.95, Now . Formerly 19.95 and 22.95, Now ... Formerly $35 and 39.95, Now RLOUSES and SWEATERS Formerly 1.75, Formerly 4.95, Formerly 5.95, Formerly 7.95, was retaken yesterday, the Amer ican forces drove a mile and a half and occupied the hill town of Sommocolonia, which had been one of the first strongholds to fall before the abortive enemy offen sive. On the Po valley front eighth army troops continues to move for ward north of Faenza, capturing several localities against strong enemy resistance. Fifth aimy troops also made small gains west of the Serchio river under fire from Germans entrenched in the hills overlook ing Gallicano. The allied advances on the east side of the river amounted to about four miles in the past few days. . MORGENTHAU TERM LONG WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (U.RV Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., today completed his 11th year in office, the long est term of service in that post in history. He took office New Year's Day in 1934. AND KEEP WAR BONDS Eugene's Own ussens SAVE DURING OUR WOOL COATS Formerly 29.95 to 35.00, Now Formerly 39.95 to 45.00, Now Formerly 49.95 to 59.95, Now - .' WOL SUITS Formerly 19.95 to $25, Now Formerly $35 and 39.d5, Now WOOL SKIRTS Formerly 3.95, Now Formerly 7.95, Now WOOL JACKETS Now Now Now WOOL IlllESSES Formerly 22.95 and $25, Now 14.95 and 18.95 Formerly 29.95 and $35, Now 19.95 and 22.95 CREPE DRESSES Now ... Now .. Now .... Now .... COKSETS. GIRDLES FOUNDATIONS Formerly $5 to 6.50, broken lots. Now 3.98 CARTER RELTS Regular 1.25 and 1.50, tea rose only ...95e RORES Broken lot Red Brushed Rayon, regular 9.95, Now 5.95 Rayon Robes, regular 14.95, Now 9.95 VE GIVE S.5H. GREEN STAMPS Brooks Man Held After Slaying SALEM, an. 1 (U.B Charges were filed today against George Elmer (Bud) Harris, 33, Brooks, who was arrested yesterday in connection with the slaying of Charles Batchelor, 86. Harris told ttate police he re. turned early Sunday morning fmm ii hunting trio, and found Batchelor in bed with his wife. A violent quarrel ensued, Harrii said, and he and Batchelor fought, at first with their fists, and later Harris picked up a pistol, struck Batchelor with It and then fired two shots. One bullet entered Batchelor's side and he died 45 minutes later, Harris said. He de nied trying to kill Batchelor. There was evidence that a drinking party had been under way at the house, state police re ported. Mrs. Harris said that she "did not know there was a man in the house" until Harris re turned. Store 1 l $15 o 19.98 $25 to 29.95 39.95 to $45 $10 19.95 to 24.95 1.95 4.95 ..... .......... 4.9S 8.95 -...8.91 5.95 7.95 ........12.95 22.95 ...50 ..2.95 ..2.95 ...4.95 a,
