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EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1946
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Ccilinos Arc Restored
Would Reinstate OPA on August 20,
on Approved Items for One Year
wiiiN). Sntt vnd;' House 'conferees
intrfii-'otv some' ffiod items Aug. . zu unless a
lboirdlin?! before that date that no ceilings
,'fc' which broke I f veday. deadlock, is subject
P. H: Committee
Vindicates FDR,
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:; By WILLIAM T. : PACOCK
, A WASHINGTON A-W A ma
jority of sthe congressional Pearl
Harbor; .nnlttee,. laying" solely
.to,iUtarV.rnen the. failures which
contributed; to -the -194 disaster,
declared Saturday that the late
Preaident Roosevelt and . his . cab'
inet - "discharged -their- responsi-
s Summarized
Sy :assoctated press
Eiiht - member . congressional
'eonimltteen majority and twp-
member, minority agree Hawai
ian , commanders failed to meet
responsibilities. '' "' '
; ' IVIajbrUy-' i, holds President
Roosevelt .and cabinet acted
with' "distinction, -ability ' arid
foreslaht": :. minority . contends
they, -and top; Washington mili
tary icommand: must share re
Mjonstbllitv. Jor failures con-
s.trrbunv4iser-
, Majorw recommenas:
."'Unit, of command at military
.,aa :naval eutposU.
-WtiMatftiBof Armw and Na-
.Tal-inteimnc agencies. ,;.
fiihlipiliis ' gainst spies.
' 'Ovemiiulmg ' of iArmy and
Ifavy 4miritttrtiv machinery;
';.ii4fc;..4Mv4Mftt1rin nt He-
-:Uyi lit btdlding Hawaiiahs ',6t-
billtr WlthvllstlncUon, ability and
fcvesiiht:','. " 1 '' .-'.';'" ;'
ThSt iiftdlnf lri' ..an eight-man
reportsigned by' two KepuDucan
HouM metribers-T-brbught a.sharp
disMA;Jtowever,. ,lrom RepubU
can Senators Ferguson (Mich) and
Brw1, '(MJne). the, 10-memr
' In a sep'arate report, they as
erted ' that1 Mr.. Roosevelt 'Vas
rtapentiblti fdr th failure to en-
rbree eonttnucrus, etricient ana ap
propriate -cooperation" in Wash
inatoB -ln airafiiatina information
and.toptcn1ng clear, and positive
oraers to the Wawauan eommana-
rt."- ' 'r- . . -tha'jnajorlty'nit
vigorously at
assertions ''.tttf 'said had been
mada, that , -Japan sw . "tricked"
inm mmr ijw. f ' ih.i. blltick.
' Cotrtendlrig ft r President and
thm Secretary of State Cordell
HIUI . "mavarr bossidw . en-
fogti;teifr jwar,.utheir.report
ialdrv::' .; ' ".-.. j: " ' '
eotranlttef haa found no
videnca .to .support the charges,
made before and 'during the hear
ings, that )h President, the secre
ta'oatata.ihe' secretary of war,
or' the secretary 'Of navy tricked,
provoked, 'inoited,- cajoled, or..eo
atcad; Japan. Into, attacking this
nation In -order that a declaration
of war mlght.be more easily ob-
tained -froni Ci4iSf ess."- r V
. Th:: majority,', altnougn ; saying
thara- were" j failures - among the
mUltary '-mah In -both Hawaii and
Washington, Voiced no criticism In
thelr-cohelusions of Gen. George
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Pc; td We Hope
A); Thk Carioas World, and
TW Wat.- -Temporarily -missing
will b Bus Sawyer, XltUe Orph
aaAauria,,Bfdle and Gasoline
Follower of the daily comics
woift, get- behind with' little Or
phan .Annie' story, since-; Mon
day', Issue always recapitulates
what happened '-Ion Sunday. The
others carry, 'separate .stories or
incidents on Sunday and nave no
bias -te-continuity;- "
The new comics represent an
economy measure to save- 3H
pages of newsprint a week, with
the total saving to be 1300 pounds
a weak overall. The comics will
b printed by the Buffalo Color
Printtrui Co.,' Buffalo, N. V, and
will -be shipped to Eugene each
vat. Tha saving caused thereby
to Revive Price
BEATING THE HEAT Getting in some Fern Lake sailing Is S-year-oId Carol Ann Gyde,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Gyde, Eugene, Rt. 1. Carol Ann borrowed the 6-footer,J'Bilge
Bucket," from a 15-year-old Yacht Club enthusiast, Ray Richards, 1033 High, who built the tiny
craft. (Register-Guard photo, Wiltshire engraving.)
6000 Total Enrollment of
Eugene's Schools to Have
600;:E
nhout B00 nurjils in all erades of Eugene's
public schools is expected this
in the first and second grades
where enrollment is expected
to jump from 1,077 to 1,225.
School district imo. is prepar
ing to handle' at least .6,000 chil
dren. It is providing new class
rooms at Frances Willard, Lincoln,
and River Road grammar schools,
and -is making a study hall of a
former lunch room at Eugene
High School.
Last year pupils doubled up at
Eugene High while awaiting the
Fire Causes Cloverleaf Owners
To Offer 200-Cow Herd for Sale
' Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Davis have
announced that the fire which
destroyed a hay barn and milking
equipment at the Cloverleaf Dairy
Friday has forced them to offer
their graded' dairy herd and the
milk routes for sale.- They have
been in the dairy business here
23 years."
Th. xffecl of the fire (which
also destroyed the modem milk
processing plant) on Eugene's
milk supply was undetermined
Saturday. Several local dairymen
reported they have been running
to 'capcity and that it would be
rfiMimilt tn increase their retail
sales.
Supplies Fourth of Area
Until the sale of the herd Is
completed, milk deliveries .will
continue to' the Cloverleaf's 2000
retail customers as well, as the
stores, restaurants, and hospitals
buying milk on a retail basis, Mrs.
Davis reported.
er
Cbmit Friends
You Like 'Em
will allow the Register-Guard to
add to the news space u can give
its-readers. :
A return to the old system of
printing the funnies in Eugene
may be made as soon as more
newsprint Is available. ,
Vlo Talks to Readers
One of the new strips, Vic Flint,
represents a new idea in comic
page literature. Detective Flint Is
t.. niv fimnv-nage hero who
talks directly to the readers. "The
Case of the Missing Finger." on
which he has just embarked, is
h. nrv which will appear be-
minnina this Sunday.
The old friends. Alley Oop,
Boots, Babe 'n' Horace, Out Our
Way, The Comic Zoo, The Nut
Bros., and Our Boarding House,
will still be Included, in lull color
now.
Children Forecast
fall, but the big pinch will be
and at Eugene High School,
completion of Colin Kelly Junior
High school. That huge, modern
school is being plastered now, but
completion before opening day,
Sept. 16, will depend on how fast
materials become available.
Estimates of Increases v
..The completion of Colin Kelly
will relieve the situation in junior
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
' The "Cloverleaf Dairy has sup-
died nearly one-fourth of the
Eugene area's milk demand.
Friday's fire started In the hay
barn and swept forward through
the "milking parlor." Firernen at
tributed the blaze to spontaneous
combustion In partly-dried hay, or
to defective' wiring. Springfield
firemen and a crew from the
Eastern Lane Fire Patrol saved
some equipment, a grain shed, the
generator house, and the Davis
home. One cow and a calf were
lost in the fire.
Loss Near $150,000
Mrs. Davis, reporting that the
sale would be held Wednesday,
said that a revised estimate
of damage puts the fire loss near
er $150,000 than the $100,000 pre
viously reported.
About 130 head of the 200-cow
herd are being milked now by
equipment rented from the Gray
Feed Co.; milking is being done
in the grain shed saved Friday
from fire. Most of the bottling
and -milk treating is being done
by arrangement with the Eugene
Farmers Creamery.
- Trie Davis' plan to continue liv
ing on the 160-acre farm, where
they have conducted the dairy.
Previously they had operated on
the old-W. F. Reed farm, where
the Laurelwood Golf Course
now.
Their two daughters are away
from home at present. Joyce,
junior in the University of Ore-
Bon .is spending the summer
studying Spanish in Mexico City.
JoAnn is visiting an uncle tn San
Francisco.
Chola Vista to Expand
Plans to expand productive
capacity at the Chula Vista Dairy
near Coburg were announced
Saturday by Archie Reed, owner.
- Reed., who now manages a milk
nroducinz and distributing firm
eoual in size to the Cloverleaf
Dairv. said his dairy has been
running at capacity for some time
The 200-cow herd, of which about
isn are milkers, produces approxi
mately 1400 gallons of milk dally,
ha said.
Coi2fro7lniuriesFa,al
Failure Seen
For Marshall's
'eace
SHANGHAI W Diplomatic
sources privately agreed Saturday
that U. S. Gen. George A. Marsh
all's peace mission' to China had
failed. '
Seemingly eonfu-ming the opin
ion, the Nationalist government
began moving more men toward
the fighting fronts and the Com
munists were reported reinforcing
their positions.- - . - '
General Marshall was believed
unlikely to have the' opportunity
to confer with Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-Shek in the summer cap
ital at Ruling, where the General
went with U. S. Ambassador Dr.
John Leighton Stuart
Pessimistic Attitude
A similar .pessimistic attitude
was expressed at the Communist
headquarters in Nanking when' a
check was made on whether or
not Communist Chief Negotiator
Gen. Chou En-Lai would visit
Kuling to talk with Chiang. The
official asked the question coun
tered with the comment:
"There's nothing left to talk
about."
Meanwhile, quarters professing
to be "in the know" predicted
Marshall would return . home
around the middle of August after
making a final effort to retrieve
the steadily deteriorating situa
tion. This view coincides with the
persistent . reports that the gov
ernment has abandoned all hopes
of a peaceful settlement and in
tends to launch an all-out attack
against the Communist in Sep
tember. Would Attack ;
The rumors also are persistent
that the attack would have been
mounted some weeks ago save for
the vigorous protestations . by
Marshall. , : . -
It is predicted that it the U.S.
envoy abandons the peace mission
as a bad job, American forces In
China will be speedily ? with
drawn. .
Nationalist troops on the move
Saturday included reinforcements
for the north bank, of the.-, lower
Yangtze River to safeguard river
communications between Shang
hai and Nanking.
Soviet Scientist's Span
Discoverer of -Life' Serum Dies
MOSCOW(P Dr. Alexander Alexandrovlch Bogomolets,
Soviet scientist and politician who said that human beings nor
mally should live to be 150 years old, died Friday night at Kiev.
He was 64. - ;
The Soviet Council of Ministers said that Bogomolets, who
created a serum known as A.C. (antl-retlcular cytotoxic) which
he maintained would hold off old age by slowing up deterioration
of connective tissues, succumbed of a "grave disease. '
In an interview six weeks ago, Bogomolets i said that some of
his assistants had taken doses of his serum, but said nothing about
having taken It himself.
He told correspondents at that time that a heart condition
made it uncertain whether- he would accept an invltelon to visit
the United States next September.
He said the serum was effective In restoring connective tissues
and speeding the healing of wounds, but that it was no "elixir of
life" in the fantastic sense. .,.,
The Council, of Ministers gave his widow a gift of 70,000
rubles and a monthly pension. (Th official rubla rate U 6,2 to
the dollar '
To Firefighter
In Drain Area
Nelson Creek Blaze
Now Under Control
Ulysses P. Redding, 25, of
338 Ferry St., died in the
Sacred Heart Hospital here
Saturday afternoon of in
juries suffered while he was
fighting the forest fire on
Gardiner Lumber Co. opera
tions between Reedsport and
Drain.
Redding, an employe of the
lumber company, was operating a
caterpillar tractor at the fire. The
tractor, overturned and Redding
sustained severe head injuries. A
physician reported that the heat
and the long trip through the
mountains to an ambulance, were
complicating factors in Redding's
death.
Workmen at the fire carried
the Injured man five miles
through the fire-threatened
forest - before an ambulance
could be reached. Redding died
shortly after he was brought to
the hospital here.
Among the survivors is his
mother, Mrs. Leah Redding of
Eugene, who Is now reportedly on
a trip. Funeral .arrangements will
be made by the Simon Chapel.
No New Developments
The Western Lane Fire Patrol
Assn. reported Saturday evening
that there were no new develop
ments in the Gardiner Lumber Co,
area blaze. The fire was discov
ered Thursday; It was continuing
to burn Saturday, but was under
control.
Ten men went out from the
Eastern Lane Fire Patrol Assn.
headquarters in Eugene Saturday
afternoon to help with the blaze.
The Western Lane Fire Patrol
Assn. reported Saturday evening
that the Nelson Creek fire, west
of Triangle Lake, was brought un
der control at 3:15 p.m: Ten acres
were burned before the blaze Was
Checked. . ' ,
. Crews were to continue the
mopplng-up process until dark
Saturday, at which time the fire
was expected to be completely ex
tingulshed.
To Close Eastern Half
Jake Smith, district warden for
Eastern Lane, said that most of
the forested part of the eastern
half of Lane County, from the Pa
cific Highway east, to the national
forest boundary, will be closed
Monday. 1
The closure, he said, will affect
most of the area under Eastern
Lane's protection, and will bar en
try -to any person who does not
have legitimate business in the
area. Entry will be by permit
only, and will not be allowed for
recreational purposes. Similar clo
sures also will affect other areas,
to be announced later.
Smith, along with other forest
officials, asks all persons to use
extreme caution while In the
woods, particularly with cigarettes
and campfires.
Lane Lookouts
Plan Their First
Actual Meeting
Members of the Lane County
Lookouts will meet at Skinner's
Butte Cottage at 2 p.m. Sunday
for a picnic. For many of the
members expected to attend It
will be their first actual contact
with each other.
Previously the Lookouts, an
organization of Lane County
shut-ins, . have become ac
quainted over the telephone
and through letters. But K. K.
Robinson, corresponding secre
tary, reports that many mem
bers actually have not seen
each other. One of the newer
contacts they have Is through
their monthly paper, "The Outlook."-
.
Robinson reports transporta
talon and care for those who
will need it has been arranged.
To top off their two-hour after
noon meeting refreshments will
be served.
Was 64 Not 150
Heat-Tabulated
Below is the box score of
the record breaking heat
wave in Eugene Saturday:
Time Degrees
8:30 a.m - 80
9:30 a.m. 84
10:30 a.m - 87
11:30 a.m 92
12:30 p.m. 96
1:30 p.m. 100
2:30 p.m. 102
3:30 p.m 104
3:45 p.m 105.2
4:30 p.m 104
5:30 p.m. . 103
6:30 p.m 100
7:30 p.m 85
8:30 p.m 77
9:30 p.m. - 74
10:30 p.m 71
'Contribution'
To Rep. Coffee
Under Suspicion
WASHINGTON The
Senate War Investigating Com
mittee ordered the Justice Depart-
ment Saturday to deliver its files
on a $2,500 check described by
Rep. John M. Coffee (D.-Wash.)
as a "campaign contribution
an explanation bluntly termed by
Senator Brewster (D.-Me.) a "be
lated alibi."
Brewster, a member of the com.
mittee, declared that Coffee would
be asked for a formal explana.
tion, saying that "the more quick
ly he appears, the better."
The senator said that Paul A
Olson, former secretary to the
Washington legislator, probably
will be asked to testify also.
The committee's attention fas
tened on the Coffee matter as it
awaited, without much hope, sev
eral members said privately,
response . from its summons to
Chairman May (D-Ky.) of the
House' Military committee to ex'
nlaln. Tuesday his' wartime Inter
vention on behalf of a munitions
combine. .
Letters Exhibited
Brewster's office made public
transcripts ' of two letters as
copied from photographs which
appeared in the Tacoma, Wash.
News Tribune on March 5 of this
year from Coffee and Olson to
Elvind Anderson, contractor,
dated in May, 1941.
Olson wrote that "John" was
gratified "by reason of the as
surances you gave at the foot of
the stairs over in the Capitol
building" and said that If a few
more people showed the "same
sense of appreciation and under.
standing . . . then the going for
John as a member of congress
would be made a lot easier.
. The secretary discussed the
nanclal problems faced by a con
gressman and the various drains
on his nurse.
Coffee himself wrote 18 days
later that "Paul showed me the
slip of paper you sent him a few
days ago. It lb Impossible for me
to express adequately my deep
feeling ot gratitude for your help
ful cooperation." .
There was no mention of any
exchange of money In either
letter.
Coffee Admit Receipt.
But In Tacoma, Wash., Coffee
acknowledged that he was the re
cipient of a $2500 check from An
derson, termed It a campaign con
tribution, and said that the Jus
tice Department had Investigated
and found "no basis for action."
He said he would "welcome" an
inquiry.
Plan Offered
To Save Roads
(Related Story on Page 15)
The condition of Lane County
roads brought forth more com
ment Saturday with County Judge
Clinton Hurd advocating a sales
tax to Increase Income for re
nair and construction and Com
missioner Allen Wheeler taking
Issue with reports that roads are
in a deplorable state.
Judge Hurd called a state sales
tax the only salvation for the road
svstem. "The roads will never
be much better until we get
another source of revenue," he
declared.
nutlar Onlr 153.000 '
He explained that, because of
the 6 oer cent tax limitation, the
county road levy last year was for
1 mill a cash total of $53,000.
"And It. looks," he added, "as if
the welfare board will take a good
part of that."
Wheeler admitted the roads
were "not In perfect condition,"
but maintained they were not In
deplorable condition.
Judge Hurd pointed out that
logging trucks are responsible for
much of the road deterioration,
and he added, "When you have
heavy equipment such as that
.(CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
Oregon Sizzles, !
And Medford's
15 Vins Prize
Relief Felt at Night
With Drop to 71 Here
The temperature bubbled ;
in Eugene Saturday, and then
it went overboard at 105.2
degrees. The time was 3:45
ni. ,
This was the highest ever
ecorded in the city. The
figure broke Eugene's pre
vious record of 104, set origin
ally in 1926 and equalled in
1938. The mark was more than
degrees above the 1945 hieh
of 98, reached a year ago on
July 7 and Aug. 5, respec
tively. Even with Us record, however.
Eugene was unable to lead Oregon
in temperatures. Medford took the
day's honors with 115 at' 4 p.m.,
Associated Press reports Indicated, '
and Roseburg followed along with
109. Medford's previous record had i
been 110. ' -
Really Cool at Tillamook r
Other high Oregon readings In
cluded Salem 105, Portland 102,
Pendleton 101, Ontario 100 and
Klamath Falls 97. Tillamook,
which on Friday had 95, Saturday
was among the state's chilly loca
tions, with 80.
That Eugene was due for a
blazing day was evident early Sat'
urday morning, when the mercury
scooted upwards from 80 to 92 be
tween 8:30 and 1J:30 a.m., gal
loped to 96 by 12:30, and hit 100 at
1 :30. It was above 100 the rest of
the afternoon. i
Tha heat In Eugene broke
suddenly between 6:30 tun. and
7:30 p.m., with a 15-degree drop
from 100 to 85. The weather
bureau reported that a sea
breete, about 1000 feet op, Mew -In
from the coast. By 10:89 p.m.
It wa 71. , . ' )
The United "State weather,
bureau here credited tha heat to i
an unusual condition under which
a high pressure area, known com.
monly as a Hawaiian high, got out
or range and swept over the Pac
ific northwest.
Heat From Nebraska .
Winds in tills high pressure
zone, sweeping In a clockwise
fashion from the ocean, hava
moved much farther north than
usual and also' hava swept Inland.
The southern section of the high
lies over the northwest
Cuplike formations on the rim
of the area have dragged in hot
air from as far away as Nebraska
and the southwestern deserts. Si
multaneously, a huge oval-shaped
low lies south of .here and dip
Into Mexico. Hot air from thi
has rushed into the northwest .
Because complete records ar
not available here, the weather
bureau could not forecast how
long the heat would remain. Sat
urday it was In Its third day. Tha
'local forecast for Sunday wa
Bimpiy; "pooler. ' .
Comparative temparatures out
side Oregon were somewhat low
er. bpoKane, Wash,, reported 98
Saturday, Seattle 90, Bellingham
86. In Idaho, Boise had 100.
Walla Walla, Wash., had 103.
Drinking Fountains '
Do a Big Business; ;
Few Go Downtown '
"Gee, but It's hot!" one young
fellow exclaimed Saturday after
noon as he bent to extricate JiU'
moccasin-shoe from Willamette
St. tar. He went stickily on his way
down the shady side of the street
as other Eugene residents wiped
sweat from their brows.
Then they wiped It away again.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
Weather
U. S. Weather Bureau FereeasU
Eugene and vicinity: Fair Sunday
and Monday with drop in tern
perature. Oregon: 'Mostly clear
north and partly cloudy south'
portions Sunday and Monday,
with scattered afternoon thunder
storms near mountains of south,
portion Monday. Cooler v est por
tion Sunday and Monday and in
western valleys and central por
tlons Monday. Gentle to moderate:
westerly to northwesterly wind
off coast.
Local Statistics: Highest temr
perature Saturday, 105.2 degrees;,
low Saturday morntngV 56 de-j
grees: 24 hour precipitation end
ins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, none;
total rainfall for month, .46 of an
inch: normal lor montn, .SB oi an.
inch; total since Sept. 1, 42.10 ,
Inches: stage of Willamette River
at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, minus 1.88
feet; wind direction and velocity
at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, southwest,
9; prevailing direction and avert
age velocity Friday, north, 11. '
. Sunrise and Sunset (PSTIt
Monday, 4:50 a.m. and 7.48 p.m:
Tuesday, 4:51 a.m. and 7:47 p.nv
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