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
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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!"
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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.
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new premier lor bcvciii ymjm.
The cabinet, when formed, was
expected to be made up largely
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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-
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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ican forces drove a mile and a
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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
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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.
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Brooks Man Held
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SALEM, an. 1 (U.B Charges
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Elmer (Bud) Harris, 33, Brooks,
who was arrested yesterday in
connection with the slaying of
Charles Batchelor, 86.
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turned early Sunday morning
fmm ii hunting trio, and found
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A violent quarrel ensued, Harrii
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