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Page 2 Eugene Register-Guard, Lane War Contracts Total $6,131,000 Lane county had war contract! argregating $6,131,000 from June 1, 1840, to Ort. 1, 1944, ranking ninth among Oregon counties in size of contracts, according to As sociated Press reports Monday from Washington, D. C. Oregon's total share of war contracts for the period was $1, 678,013,1100, the national total be ing $203 billion, it was announced by the war production board, the figures being net, reflecting all decreases due to cancellations and other reductions. They do not in clude contracts of less than $50, 000 or contracts for foodstuffs and food processing. Of the Oregon total, $1,423,084 was for supply contracts, $254, 049,000 gor facilities. Of the sup ply contracts, $1,033,000 was for aircraft, $1,269,003,000 for ships, $20,410,000 for ordnance and $132,618,000 for all other. Aside from Multnomah, which leads the state with $1,463,399, 000, chiefly in contracts of the Kaiser shipyards, Oregon coun ties with the largest totals were those containing large military es tablishments or coastal installa tions. Second to Multnomah was Benton with $32,603,000; next in order ahead of Lane were Jack son $32,515,000; Umatilla $26, t!;3,00U; Marion $13,164,000; Coos $12,533,000; Clatsop $10,971,000, and Deschutes $9,660,000. Of Oregon's total, $44,434,000 was una55igned. House Opens Debate On Manpower Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 U.R) The house opened what promised to be long and bitter debate over the May limited national service bill today amid complaints that the measure was inadequate. While he advocated passage of a full national service bill, house democratic leader, John W. Mc Cormack of Massachusetts urged approval of the May bill. Con gress, he said, voted to have men fight and die when It adopted the selective service law, and "the least we can do now is to vote to have men work for our country." RETIRED NEWSMAN DIES NEW YORK, Jan. 29 P Cnrr V. Van Anda, 80, retired managing editor of the New York Times, whose wide-ranging schol arship and Instinct for news made him a giant of American journal Ism, died of a heart attack at his home here last night. hndor-l Ontometriat 174 East Br'dway PROMPT, ALMOST AMAZINS RIUIP FIMPLES'BLACKHEADS when externally caused, tryCiiticura prefer rtd by many nurses ana certain hospitals! Re lieves pimples, rash, blcmfahea; softens black hcuds lor easy removal, iluy mildly medicated CUTICURA IttfJiXi I' nor lftp. ja, and Moating, tlrvd. parlfM faallnf nay ha caused by conatlr-aUpn. "KWI-linN' haa that drpcnilahla action which haa bn pmvit in thmianl of cnata. Uaa onlv aa dlraciad. .-KHlMiUN" Sold tyf Illrou's Everybody's Drug IF YOU HAD A NECK yRJ.V AS LONO AS THIS riLLOW AND HAD SORE THROAT DUE TO COLDS ?l , O' i SHOULD QUICKLY REUIVK IT 1 ! r'it tour PsMinom hfiVrSihtoWsMMrti 1 HPNf DA ui.ii .iirtL PAINTS Imperial Wallpaper 1101 W illamette Phone 4:168 i Km I-fc r: ft . AIL L ?! I D RAIN JACKETS and COATS Treated With WATERPROOFING G I cfetc PHONE 300 Monday, Jan. 29, 1945 U. 0. Girl Competes In Speech Contest Esther Quier of Buxton, sopho more In liberal arts, will represent the University of Oregon in an after-dinner speech contest spon sored by the Oregon intercollegi ate forensic association Tuesday, I Jan. 30, at Hillsboro Country club. I Miss Quier's topic will be "Why Men Join," relating to reasons ' why men Join fraternal and civic organizations. I Other colleges and universities i which will take part in the con- test are Willamette university at Salem, Pacific university at Forest Grove, Pacific college at Newberg, Oregon State college at Corvallis, I and Llnfield college at McMinn- ville. This is the association's second event of the year. Alice Harter, Eugene, senior liberal arts stu dent, was winner of the first event on extemporaneous speaking. W. A. Cahlberg, associate pro lessor of speech and dramatic arts and director of the division, will accompany Miss Quier. More Than 200 Give Blood To Red Cross More than 200 Lane county citi zens again filled the rooms on the lower floor of the Eugene Elks club Monday morning, as blood donors to the mobile unit from the Portland blood center of the Red Cross. .Two hundred forty persons were signed to appear, an excess of 40 over the capacity of the unit, but allowing for rejec tions and failure to appear. First appointments were for 7:30 a. m., and donors began ar riving by 7:15. Approximately 50 local Red Cross workers, under leadership of Mrs. May Ion E. Scott, general Lane county chairman of the blood program, and Mrs. Clar ence Hyde, her co-chairman in this activity, were on hand even earlier, to meet them. By 10:30, time of the latest appointments, all but six had appeared. Captain D. L. Loebman was the medical officer who accompanied the mobile unit to Eugene. With him came six nurses, a laboratic ian, secretary, and member of the motor corps, all from Portland. A number of the donors were from areas outside Eugene, many of them having started from their homes before daylight to make their appointments. Some confusion was found to exist in the minds of minors, who In several instances appeared without the written consent of parents, a requirement. In the case of a girl from out-of-town and a boy, whose brother was in service, it was a bitter disap pointment. Regular trips of the mobile unit will be made to Eugene, on the second Monday of each month. The next visit will be Feb. 12. Enthusiasm of the response of Eugene and Lane county people to the call for donors was re marked by the Portland group. Pendergast Funeral Attended By Hundreds KANSAS CITY, Jan. 29. P Vice-President Harry S. Truman, who soared to the highest political pinnacle of any of boss Tom Pcn dergast's protegees, today rode an army bomber here from Wash ington to pay his last respects to the one-time Missouri political czar, who died Friday a few months short of restoration of the citizenship stripped from him in 1939 when he went to federal prison. KANSAS CITY, 20. (Hun dreds of mourners from the vice j president of the United States to ; henchmen and followers from the lower north side turned out to ; day for the funeral of Thomas J. Fendergnst, former Kansas City political boss. FYndorgast, whose rule was pnded In 1039 when he was sent lo federal penitential y for in come lax evasion, died Friday night. He was 72. NOT WORTH IT SEATTLE " Capl. Stuart B. Mnrkford sent his necktie to the OPA. In an accompanying letter he explained the khaki cotton tic cost 16 cents four years ago at Fort Francis Warren. Wyo.. and had depreciated approximately 40 per cent, but it still cost 20 cents lo have It laundered In Seattle. "I can no longer aflord to pay 100 per cent more than it is worth to have it washed," (I i captain wrote. Qizanivx 1210 WILLAMETTE WorldWatches- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) beginning to pay in kind (or all the pain it has indicted on other ' peoples. j German newspapers, as quoted by Swedish correspondents in ! Berlin, go to the extreme o( de- I claring that "panic is sweeping the nation from east to west." The press adds that the "next eight days" may decide the war. No explanation of what is ; meant by the "next eight days" j is offered, but it strikes me that ! this is clear enough. It refers to Germany's problem of mustering ! strength for the last stand. Prob- I ably not even the nazis know in ' this hour of confusion how much I they can produce to meet this ! crisis. j However, while the nazis can't evade recognition of the fact that their cause is hopeless, they con tinue feverish preparations for a bloody finish fight. Admission of Plight Despite the fact that they have abandoned any effort to work the great Industries of upper Silesia, I the reichswehr has taken over this rich zone for purposes of defense against the invading Russians. I This In itself is an admission of I the gravity of the situation, for Hitler has been 'depending heavily on these industries to keep his war machine running. Undoubtedly one factor which enters into the nazi "eight day" calculation has to do with whether the red armies can keep up tne pace of their cyclonic of fensive without pausing for a breather. They already have been going since Jan. 12 at a pace which is one of the marvels of military history, and under nor mal circumstances they would be expected to slow down for a bit There are several reasons for this expectation. One is that they may have got ahead of their main supplies in their wild race. An other of course Is that they need a little time to bring up reserves for the final assault. Live Cattle Ceiling Prices Take Effect WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (P) Ceiling prices for live cattle went into effect today, the last import ant basic food commodity to be put under direct price control. The OPA said the effect will be "to give buyers and sellers from cattle feeders to retailers reason able assurance of fnir margin be- iween legal buying prices and legal selling prices so that they can do Business prodtably." Heretofore price ceilings have applied only to meat, not to live cattle. The order establishes an-over-riding ceiling" on live cattle and calves (or each of 24 zones and 10 market centers. This ceiling the top figure above which no cattle of any grade can be sold is $18 a hun dredweight at Chicago until July 2, when the ceiling will be lowered to $17.50. A similar 50-cent re duction also will go into effect at that time nt all other market centers and zones. The order exempts cattle or calves sold for breeding or dairy purposes and those sold by mem bers of recognized farm youth or ganizatlons.'such as 4-H clubs, at sales approved by OPA. Tokyo Says Jap Subs Off U. S. West Coast By UNITED PRESS A Tokyo broadcast said today that Japanese submarines have penetrated to the west coast of the United States and sunk three transport ships and an oil tanker. American censorship permitted disclosure a fortnight ago (hat an American Liberty ship hnd been sunk and its survivors machine gunned by a Japanese submarine between Hawaii and (he west coast, but there hae boon no other recent reports of enemy submarine activity in the area. ' Outdoor Light Ban Not Aoplicable Here SALEM. Ore., Jan. 2! (UP'' Public Utilities Comml ss'inner George Flags said he had been informed by the war production 1 board that the ban on outdoor lighting, recently announced by ' the WPH. will not applv to Ore gone. Washington, Idaho, Utah and Montana. , The ban would not reduce con- i sumption of coal or other scarce 1 fuels in the northwest, the WPB said, since most elect. i'ity is of iiydro-electric origin in this area. Dow-Jones Averages Preliminary closing Dow-Jones stock averages were: Industrial 154.06. off 007; railroad 48.07. off 0.10; utility 26.76. up 0.11; and 65 stocks 56.94, off 0.02. Sales aggregated 1.S74.050 compared with 1,254.7:10 on Fri day. Curb volume totaled 522.460 shares against 445.355 in the pre vious full session. Dow Jones closing bond aver uces: 40 bonds 105.011 o(( 007; 10 1st grade rails 113.20 up 0.01: 10 2nd grade rails 110.94 off 0.32: 10 pub. util. 108 91 off 0.039; 10 indus. 107.29 up 0.05. t r KK.TK MOISK. Idaho 'Ti The big tuuiih truck driver of yore ts iionp. says George L. Norstrom of Portland, president of the Oregon Motor Transport association. The modern driver, Mr. Nor strom predu'ts. is more likely to be the mild professional type, "probably a college graduate and maybe even a Shakespearian scholar." He credited ''new, luxurious" mutur trucks for tht dun. Portland Housing Shortage Stressed CHICAGO MB Frank W. Cortright, executive president of the National Association of Home Builders, said Portland's housing shortage is so acute the city should have a priority over sssst other cities in getting materials for public, private housing sched uled for construction this year. "Portland has one of the most acute housing conditions in the country," Cortright said in an in terview. "The association recognizes the city's needs and urges that every thing possible be done to provide adequate housing there." Cortright said migration of workers to Portland and other west coast cities was far in ex cess of other sections of the coun try. The situation is so tight, he said, resident war workers are barred from war housing. "Many residents, as well as mi grant workers, need new housing now," he said, "as congestion is growing worse." He said the situation would be eased (only slightly after the war because many migrants will stay. CHICAGO (U.R A minimum of 6,500,000 construction workers must be employed in the post war era as the building industry's contribution to a national goal of 60 million jobs, R. J. Thomas, president of the United Automo bile Workers (CIO), told mem bers of the National Association of Home Builders here. Of this number, at least one third must be specificially en gaged in building a record 1,750, 000 homes a year, said Thomas, who is also chairman of the CIO's committee on housing and community development. To achieve this record employ ment peak, the building industry as a whole would have to pro vide 2,000,000 more jobs than it did in 1940, a figure Thomas termed conservative in view of his union's estimated potential post-war labor force of 62,500,000 workers. Furthermore, he said, labor be lieves its construction goals can be reached because "ultimately, as a nation, we will be engaged not upon just a program of home building but rather upon a pro gram of rebuilding our cities, towns and other living facilities." Thomas chlded the home build ing industry, which never yet has built a million houses in a year, demanding that it "reorganize its past attitudes" to serve lower in come groups than have been served before. 70 School- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) the result of this increase. The growth of the community has created several problems in school buildings, he said. The size of these problems can be de scribed by making comparison with other school systems. The Eugene school system has ab sorbed the elementary school pu pils of a school census half as large as that of McMinnyiile, and the high school pupils of a school population as large as that of Astoria. During the same period the suburban districts have ab sorbed the elementary pupils from a school population one and one-half times as large as that of Tillamook. Ways to Absorb School systems can absoYb In creases in the school population in only two ways: by adding new rooms or by increasing the num ber of pupils per room. Both methods have been used in the Eugene area, Huffaker said. Two new buildings have been erected during the 10-year period and additions have been made to four others. However, too extensive use of the second plan has been made by use of basement rooms. All the schools have increased the number of rooms, but there is a point beyond which any in crease in the number of pupils per room results in a loss of edu cational efficiency. According to a poll taken among teachers, 47 of the 110 elementary classrooms are now overcrowded. By this standard. 48 classrooms. 25 in Eugene and 23 in the out side districts are overcrowded, he added. The community has had "a holiday" of 19 years from school building and for this and the privilege of growing in popula tion, it now must pay by reliev ing the overcrowded condition, replacing the unsatisfactory rooms now in use with additional school rooms and new buildings, the speaker said. Japanese Prison Camp Weddina Disclosed WASHINGTON (Pi A ro mance which led (o'a wedding in a Japanese prison camp was dis closed here. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Nich ols received a card (rom their son, John the first word from him since he was interned on the Phil ippines', lt consisted mostly of printed fill-in niessaces, such as i am in (good) health." But ihere was a personal at the bottom which said: "I was mar r.cd May 2 and we are living as comfortably as possible in a 7 by 12 foot cubicle." The Nichols' only hint as lo the identity of their daughter-in-law was h n'essai;e from Ray C'romn, Associated Press correspondent, t' al while he was interned in the stands he and Nichola had known an awfully nice English, girl Duucd Clur." if M A - f J WAR'S PATH IN ATHENS Greek civilians pick their way between a wrecked building and some of the barbed wire defenses set up by British forces in Athens. Son-ln-Law Of FDR Given Legion Of Merit WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (U.PJ Lt Col. John Boettiger, Presi dent Roosevelt's son-in-law, was presented with the legion of merit today for "exceptionally meritorious conduct" In Italy from Sept 9, 1943, to Jan. 17, 1944, where he served as executive of ficer with the allied military gov. ernment. "He voluntarily went ashore with the first allied troops on the initial landing on the Italian mainland, and displayed coolness ! and executive ability in looking after allied military government personnel and supplies under enemy fire," his citation said. Boettiger is the second husband of the president's daughter, Anna. Recaptured German Prisoner Questioned PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 29. (U.PJ Agents of the FBI today ques tioned naval Capt. Jurgen Watten berg, former officer of the scuttled German pocket battleship Graf Spee, in an effort to trace bis ac tions from the time he led a mass escape of German war prisoners from the Papago park internment camp Christmas eve until his cap ture yesterday. Wattenberg was the last of 25 prisoners to je recaptured after their sensational break from the camp through a 200-foot tunnel, secretly dug through solid rock. Jacob Roush NOTI Jacob Roush of Noti died Sunday at his home. He was born Dec. 22, 1859, in Ohio. 'e had been a resident of Noti for the past 14 years, and was a member of the Baptist church hero. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jane Roush; seven sons, Robert, of Noti; Harvey, of Elmira; Earl, of Centralia, Wash.; Ray, of Kirk land, 1 Wis.; Wood, of Burnett, Wash.: Ross, of San Pedro, Calif.; Leonard, in the army in Italy; two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Lem ons and Mrs. Florence Lemons, both of Winlock, Wash.; 18 grand children and six great-grandchildren; one brother, living in Kan sas. Funeral services will be en nounced through the Poole-Larsen mortuary. Mrs. Minnie G. Tidboll VENETA. Mrs. Minnie Ger trude Tidball. 61. died Saturday at her home. She was a native of Kansas, born July 26, 188.1. She was married to James G. Tidball in that state, in November, 1903. In 1S0.1, they moved to Colorado, comine: from there to Lane county in 1927. They moved to Veneta in 1929. Mrs. Tidball was a member of the Church of God. Surviving are her husband; five sons and daughters: Mrs. Minnie Hinton of Eugene: Mrs. Grdce Mit chell, Wapato, Wash.; Thomas L. Tidball, Veneta: Fred W. Tidball, Cottage Grove, and Gale E., serv ing in the U. S. navy overseas; three brothers, Lawrence Hankins of Bonanza and Kyle and Glenn ; Hankins of Eugene; four sisters,' Mrs. Alice Simpson of Eugene; Mrs. Josie Mason of Cottage Grove: Mrs. Rose Dill of Salem; Mrs. Dorothy Green of Garibaldi: ten grandchildren. Funeral announcements will be made through the Poole-Lirsen , mortuary. James Monroe designed a river bridge that was later built in England. it)Rrawrfn?i U J L3l- If oroetime you can't fet Smith Bit. Cough Drops, don't b pwved at us. We're trying to (prod our war-re duced output to give toothing rHf to era? eouf hert Black or Menthol, still 5. SMITH COUCH Frank Kehres MABEL Frank Kehres, 55, who died Friday at his home at Mabel, was a native of Michigan. He was born Aug. 16, 1889, at Ed wardsburg, Mich. He enlisted in the army in July, 1918, serving overseas in world war 1, and re ceiving his discharge in 1919. He came west in 1941, and was mar ried in that year to Geraldine Kress at Port Orchard, Wash. They came to Mabel to make their home soon afterward. He is survived by his wife and a sister living in the east. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Phil Bartholomew mortuary in Spring field, the American Legion in charge of services. Interment will be in Rest Haven memorial park. Thomas Abrahamson Thomas Abrahamson, 62, Eu gene resident for the past three years, died Saturday at a local hospital after being critically ill for two days with pneumonia. Born in Norway, Abrahamson came to the United States as a young man. He farmed for several years in Montana and in Pendleton before coming to Eugene. He had been employed here on the farm of Richard Shore Smith. He is survived by two brothers, Rinehart and Nels Abrahamson, both of Pendleton; a sister, Anna Konradson, living in Norway; and a niecc Mrs. F. S. Morril of In dependence, who came to Eugene Saturday. Arrangements are awaiting ar rival of Rinehart Abrahamson. Veatch Hollingsworth mortuary will be in charge. Mrs. Elizabeth Schick Mrs. Elizabeth Schick. 66. of 1345 Twenty-second Avenue east, died Sunday at her home. She had lived In Eugene for a year, and in Oregon for 26 years. A native of Ohio, born in Cleve land April 8, 1878. she was mar ried to Joseph Schick in Chi cago, June 18, 1894. Surviving her are her husband, In Eugene; two daughters. Mrs. C. H. Cooper and Mrs. K. E. Dannehl. both of Eugene: three sons, Joseph W. Schick, Jr., of Springfield; Martin W. and Anth ony A. Schick, both of Portland; six grandchildren. Funeral sen-Ices .will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the Si mon mortuary, Rev. Francis Leip zig officiating, and interment will be in Rest Haven memorial park. The army calls malaria the most important disease in the world. CHEST COLD TIGHTNESS rr of children quickly iuotcned up f - by PcnetroGranilnia's old- utuouiuuwueucLiumutivuiuiKU J Dy mooern science into a coun- iwuTiumi, vaporiiing saive lor ISaM quick relief. 2oc.double sijo 35c K&kim PEN ETRO Base rich in mutton suet DADIO OM AIL MAKE! 7M E. 11th. J) Itnt to Iftatflcutr Hea6r Till PHONE 1085 3 8 i nos. PRO!! 'Orphan' Finds She Has Family PORTLAND, Jan. 29 w-lt's a little confusing, says Shirley Nielsen, meeting "the family" after being an "orphan" and then at age 18 finding you have a dif ferent name, a real mother, step father and brother and sisters. Shirley's search for a birth cer tificate needed to hold a war job while her husband is in the army started the whole thing. sh caiH Saturday. And it ended at Port' Huron, Mich., where she was born and at three months of age placed in the care of Mrs. Maureen Brown. Shirley was never told her true name and when Mrs. Brown, a widow, died in 1938, the little girl became an "orphaned" ward o the county court here. Two years ago she married Rob ert Nielsen, and when he was drafted, Shirley went to work at Henry Kaiser's Oregon shipyard as a welder. They asked the usual questions and wanted a birth certificate. She wanted to do her important job at home while Bob was in uniform. So she started writing letters. Fi nally a friendly probate judge in Port Huron answered. Judge Clair Black said her name was Margaret J. May and that she had a family. Shirley met them for the first time last month while en route home from Ft. Bragg, N. C, where she visited her husband. Now she says the only problem is untangling three names real, adopted and married and keep ing it all legal. Frederick Hinson Frederick Hinson, 83, of Spring field, a resident of Lane county for more than 60 years, died Sun day in a local hospital. He was born June 15, 1861, at Mineral Point, Wis., and at the age of 15 moved to Iowa.' He later returned to Wisconsin, where he was mar ried in 1884 to Cora Sylvester. They came to Oregon and settled in Lane county more than 60 years ago. They had lived for the past 34 years in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Hinson had cele brated their 60th wedding anni versary last September. He had ben a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge for more than 30 years. Surviving are his wife: one son, Del Frederick Hinson of Oswego; a granddaughter, Carolyn Hinson, student at the University of Ore gon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the Phil Bartholomew mortuary, Rev. Claude O'Brien officiating, and the Odd Fellows in charge at the grave. 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