CITY EDITION
CITY EDITION
KEWSPAPgg
CUIATION YESTERDAY 24.481
EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1946
TWO SECTIONS, 24 PAGES
NO 144
LANE COUNTY'S HOME
Wrial Pay
lane County
Record High
7 Per Cent Gain ,
.,1941 Shown
pAUtDEUTSCHMANN
County industrial pay-
a new peas
in 1945, figures -
(Thursday y -Q(ate
Unemployment
ion W Hi ""
Lnavrolls covered by
P. r ii va in:
uaisecumy-'i".
in this town, a""""
Chamber of Com-
octimated
payrolls for agriculture
tan live peraDns ----Lt
the overall county pay-
at least su,uuu,uuu.
iinn reDort showed
Lih nf wages reported by
Lis ot Lane County:
29,507,574
30,155,442
report stated that Lane
fcjwere up 71. per ceni.
ota 1941. me i-a cwu-
n gave Lane a a.a per cem
despite the effects ot the end
war.
in was one of 16 counties re
U increases in 1945 over
ihile ZD naa decreases, i is
w ihs state showed a 11.7
tnt decrease, due primarily
t did of big smpyara pay
in Portland.
t'i $30,000,000-plus payroll
nearly $7,000,000 ahead of
n County, which posted a
il.E49 total, and 40 per cent
lei than the fourth county,
Llh, which had $19,114,438.
i commission declared that
ill for 1946 were expected
111 only about 10 per cent
ot the 1843-45 level, nig
Luei In lumber and logging,
service, agriculture and
non-war Industrie! were
fed to offset losses In the
km ft 1946 payrolls are
M available, but a study
b umber of claims for tin-
taunt compensation in lo
Jfflta Indicated that the Eu-
mi wai faring better than
CMW tats lhl year,
i hiring the second larg-
Kni la the state, Eugene
Iwoth In total amount of
fetation payments for nine
h of 1946, fourth in the
Ft ol persons actually re
kl benefits in October, and
m the number of new claims
In the month.
(res i comparison of six of
Mm the report:
New Receiving '46 Total
Claims Benefits Ccmn.
pis 1667 17,47 9 $9,592,637
IW 11 1,19; 546,413
162 446 420,867
104 866 183.411
tat 1ZJ 652 213.12R
II 730 197.258
"J noted that- although
E number of persons were
8 benefits, periods of un-
raent nave been shorter in
N area, thus makino i
' unemployment pay much
W with the greater payrolls
increases In the num-
Persons at work in the
emDlovmpnt
1943 TtnA fnnniir VnJ
ft writers in industrial and
p Pianis covered by social
R. Plus 38,453 agriculture
r uncovered" workers.
; estimated that most of the
numbers employed has
in the larifAp nU(.
u . ---o- piauia tuver-
1 social security. VinnQtino
ber from the 1943 figure
1 P cent tn hot..- j
p cent of all persons em-
JJI GAME ASKED
i. Council
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ior infantile Pa-
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southeasterly wind off
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K 10:30 a.
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rv.ln. nsel (psti.
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Lane Challenged Budget Increase
By Vermoflf City
Something more than Lane County's reputation for meeting its
welfare obligations is at stake in the current campaign to subscribe
a Lane County Chest budget of $111,715 for 1947.
General Chairman Alton F. Baker Thursday received and
accepted a challenge from far-away Vermont involving the good
name and reputation of a famous Oregon citizen, Tom Turkey.
A telegram from Director Guy C. Sickler of Burlington, Vt, Com
munity Chest, put the issue squarely:
"Inspired citizens of Burlington, rejoicing in salubrious Vermont
climate, prepared to push Community Chest campaign well over
biggest goal In history. We challenge Eugene and Lane County to
match efforts, with turkey as prize.
"We realize we are giving you odds because of superior quality of
Vermont turkey. It would be a treat for you and your fellow Ore
gonians to taste real Vermont turkey but as things stand you haven't
a chance. Burlington is sure to win and we shall have to break our
jaws on one of your tough Oregon crows."
To which Baker replied:
"The only crow you Vermonters will eat will be in the form of a
yellow telegraph blank announcing Lane County's loval citizens haw
smashed all previous records of generous giving. We won't eat your
turKey, out pui a on exniDiuon ror our giant lowls to sneer at on
their way to market. Regards but not good luck."
Burlington has a population of 28,000 and is situated on Lake
Champlain in Chittenden County, Vermont.
Education Money
Aids State Public
Almost One Third of Higher Education Funds
Go to Extension, Research Works for Oregon
By ROCH BRADSHAW
(Fifth of Six Articles) -Almost
one third of the state funds appropriated for higher educa
tion are expended for statewide public service activities, it is pointed
out in the biennial report of the State Board of Higher Education.
"Funds spent by the state for such statewide services as agricultural
research and extension have returned large dividends in productivity
and in the general welfare of the rural districts," the report asserts.
"Never has the demand been so great for these services. . . . The
Agricultural Extension Service carries to every corner ot the state
the findings of agricultural science and demonstrates the most success
ful application of these findings.
"Oregon gains much in financial stability from the wide diversity
of its agricultural Industry, but this very diversity brings with it
added demands for research and service."
The Federal- Cooperative Extension Division, the agricurtural re
search program and the work of the experiment stations and home
economics research work are among the services mentioned.
Adult education through exten-
Bevin Demands
Broader Report
LAKE SUCCESS M British
Foreign Minister Ernest : Bevin
said Thursday that he could not
accept.. the Russian proposal-for
reports to the United Nations on
disposition of troops on foreign
soil ' unless ?1t was amended to
cover forces on domestic fronts
and the whole broad question of
disarmament
Bevin thus went a step farther
than the general position taken
by the United States and China,
which called for overall troop re
ports but sought to keep the ques
tions of troop data and disarma
ment separate. .'
These two powers . merely ask-
ed that Soviet Foreign Minister
V. M. Molotov's plan be broaden
ed without flatly stating opposi
tion.
An American delegation spokes
man, stressing the desire for in
clusion ot all forces in the re
ports, said Russia "had come a
long way" toward meeting the
United States nosition.
France qualified ito approval of
the Soviet proposal with a sug
gestion that the U.N. fix the exact
needs for troops stationed m ex
enemy states such as Germany.
Pointed Question
Bevin sharply questioned the
purpose of the proposed troop re
ports and noted that Molotov had
said that the returns would have
"great political effect."
"Is this being done for political
effect or disarmament?" Bevin
asked in a booming voice.
Chest Women Plan
To Begin Campaign
sion teaching also is discussed,
the report pointing out that edu
cation is a lifelong process and
that "our rapidly changing indus
trial era, with new processes, new
machines and new products calls
for retraining.
Keep Abreast
'Even our best educated must
be re-educated periodically if they
are to be kept abreast of the times
in the. highly professional and
technical fields and in the more
general area oi . social , organiza
tion." ' ' '"
According to Dean 3. F. Cramer
of the: General Extension Divi
sion, more than 10,000 students
received instruction in extension
and correspondence courses dur
ing the past 12 months, an in
crease of about 20 per cent.
During the past year classes
were conducted in 22 cities, an
increase of 10 over the previous
year. Enrollment in these classes
increased 38 per cent, the report
said...
Other agencies of the exten
sion division, such as the cor
respondence study department,
the visual education service and
the radio program service of
KOAC, have met with compa
rable demands for Increased
service.
In addition, a large number of
off-campus programs have been
developed to meet particular de
mands of organizations or indus
tries. Many Help
Many other agencies of the
State System of Higher Education
contribute to public service, the
report indicates, recalling also the
outstanding wartime service ren
dered by the institutions.
Some of these services include
conducting a child guidance ex
tension program, administering of
the crippled children's program
for the state, in-service programs
for teachers, and the work of the
Bureau of Municipal Research
and Bureau of Educational Re
search. (Tomorrow: Summaries.)
Lets Engineers
Continue Works
Lane Area Projects
Plans. Still Remain
A recent increase of approxi
mately $1,500,000. in appropria
tions will enable the Army En
gineers to continue most of their
scheduled flood control and river
work projects in this area through
the current fiscal year, Colonel O.
E. Walsh, in charge of the En
gineers' Portland office, said
Thursday.
Explaining the continuance of
the Engineers' projects in this
area despite a recent report that
staff reductions would force tne
closing of most Oregon offices,
Colonel Walsh said that the in
crease in funds enabled tne
agency to retain 955 of its 1555
employes in the Portland District,
including the Eugene and-Dor-
ena office staffs.
Vincent Kemp, chief main
tenance engineer In the Eugene
office, said Thursday that only
one person will be laid off here
as a result of the cutback.
. A 38-man -dam site investiga
tions, and survey crew which
maintained a headquarters in Eu
gene was" laid off Nov. 14, but
this crew worked under control of
the Portland office and could not
be counted as a Eugene lay-off,
Kemp said.
Work will proceed on the Fern
Ridge project, Colonel Walsh
added, and operations will con
tinue at Willamette Falls : locks
and Bonneville dam.
The Engineers will also con
tinue work on plans for modifi
cations of McKenzle River and
South Santiam developments, the
colonel said, and on -plans for
Meridian and McNary dams.
Providing an overall picture of
Willamette Basin plans, the Wil
lamette Valley Review Report on
which Engineers are now work
ing will also be carried on. ;
Fiscal Year
Colonel Walsh said that all of
fices in this area definitely will
remain open at least until the
end of the fiscal year next July.
' The colonel will discuss sugges
tions for work on the Upper Wil
lamette at a meeting with the
Springfield Chamber of , Com
pmerce. Nov. 27.
Goal Chief to Face
Charge of Contempt
Out Again--
UNITED MINE WORKERS
Chief John V. Lewis, left. Is
facing a possible jail sentence
for failure to codidIt with a federal court injunction after his
400,000 union members left the nation's soft coal pits at midnight
Wednesday. At least 150,000 miners quit before the deadline in
scenes like that at West Frankfurt, I1U below. (NEA Telephoto).
I I
Reuther Urges
Funds for CIO
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (U.B
President Walter P. Reuther of
the United Auto Workers Thurs
day urged the CIO convention to
provide a "war chest of $12,000,-
000 to fight for new increases.
"The CIO says to the Republi
can party, the reactionary Demo
crats in the South and the big
Wall Street industrialists gang
that we didn't fight the war to go
back to a depression, Reuther
shouted.
"If industry goes on another
sit-down strike in the next wage
cycle as it did in the last, we are
not going to surrender and we
will fight," he said, urging adop
tion of the principal CIO wage
resolution. He said that the "war
chest" should be created and
made available to every CIO
union which is forced to engage
in "any of these basic fights" tor
more wages.
1'IRE RULES RELAXED
WASHINGTON W) The Ci
vilian Production Administration
has decided that after Dec. 16
new automobiles may be sold
with a spare tire and tube for the
first time since 1942, when war
time restrictions were Imposed. '
Bnnutt
tVnd 4:40 p-
Over 500 women volunteers who
will aid the appeal of the Lane
Countv Community Chest will
meet at 10 a. m. Friday at the Mc
Donald Theater to launch a house-
to-house canvass.
Largest of the soliciting armies,
the women will cover all homes,
annrtmentu and business establish
ments in those areas of the city
which are not conducting their
own "Unit campaign" or wmcn
will not be solicited by the Men's
Central Division. Their goal is to
obtain a gift from every address
in Eugene.
Men to Meet
Preceding the mass rally of the
women's divisions, over nu vol
unteer business men who will
serve in the Men's Central Divi
sion will Bather at 7:45 a.m. In the
Eugene Hotel to , of f iciaiiy siari
solicitation of Eugene's smaller
business establishments.
Divided into three sections, the
men's division will solicit gifts
from the firms, their executives
and every employed person therein.
Each solicitor will personally
contact every nerson at the ad
dress to obtain an "adequate and
thoughtful" gift on the basis of
the national standard of one day's
pay from employes and from one
to three per cent of annual in
come from executives, it was
stated. . '
Leaders of the Women's Resi
dential Division are Mrs. C. A.
Barnes, chairman; Miss Kathryn
Truman Submerges, Secretary Hints
Leaders Stay Silent
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. , KEY WEST, Fla. W Presl-
(CONTINUED ON FAGX 2).
Secretary of Labor Schwellen
bach said Thursday resumption of
free collective bargaining has not
"imperiled our prosperity,", but
suggested that "certain union
leaders" . might pay attention to
the economic "law of diminishing
returns."
In an address to the CIO con
vention. Schwellenbacn also ex
pressed hope . that nothing occurs
in Hip next few months which
would tie down the trade union
movement with "legislative
s'mns" so that it would Be "un-
ahle to nerform" its functions and
obligations. This apparently was
a reference to current talks of
action by the new Congress on
labor laws.
Rr-hwpllenbach described the
law of diminishing returns as
"rather old-fashioned line of rea
soning" and said he wondered if it
"might not have some special ap
plication today for certain union
leaders."
"t do know." he continued,
"that the vast majority of union
agreements reflect this common
sense approach."
w Hid not elaborate on the
point or bbom any union lMtdtn
dent Truman went 440-feet down
into the Atlantic Thursday on a
captured -German ' submarine
while his cabinet carried on a
fieht with John L. Lewis over'the
closing of the nation's soft coal
mines.
Members ot his party said Mr.
Truman had not heard from
Washington where a petition
pressing contempt proceedings
against the chief of the United
Mine Workers was prepared. ;
While one of the most important
battles of his own career pro
ceeded at Washington, the Presi
dent witnessed simulated battle
problems from the control room
while submerged at u leer, ana
from the conning tower while sur
faced. He was the first President
ever to submerge in a submarine.
His primary interest was in the
"Schnorkel," a two-way tube de
vice which enables submarines to
recharge their batteries while
submerged.' - ' 1
This device, which . provides
both exhaust and intake for en
gines, was invented by the Ger
mans toward the close of the war.
Nearing perfection, its purpose
was to keen submarines sub
merged for long periods on raid
ing operation,
Second Storm
Headed Inland
From Pacific
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
The mid -November cold wave
continued to grip the Pacific
Northwest Thursday from Med-
ford. Oregon, well into British
Columbia as the Weather Bureau
gave only slight hopes of relief
with . the prediction that oc
casional snow flurries would
change to "occasional rain" Fri
day.
' Another storm like that which
punished Northern California and.
Southern - Oregon. Monday and
Tuesday was forecast, and atorm
Warnings were posted from Point
Conception, near Santa Barbara;
Calif., to Cape Blanco, halfway up
the Oregon coast.
Southerly winds of from strong
to gale proportions were forecast,
accompanied by rain. Snow was
predicted in the mountains.
Death Toll Now 6 .
The storm-caused death toll in
creased to six Wednesday night
five in Washington and one in
British Columbia. Mrs. Irene
Davis Buell, 25, wed at Helena
Mont, five days before, was
fatally injured when her car ran
off the snowy highway at Eltopia,
en route to Pasco.
An elderly man, identified as
Hans Rasmussen, was found dead
beside his boat at a Seattle wharf.
Police expressed belief he had
slipped during the first snowfall
Monday.
Briefly the picture, looked like
this as the Northwest went into
its fourth day of storm:
Seattle air travel still hamp
ered but attempts . were '- being
made to get out south and east
bound flights; trains arriving be
'lind schedule; city bus opera
tions almost normal; public
schools reopened but University
of Washington students continu
ing a short vacation because of
shortage of coal; repairmen had
restored'- 1500 of the city's 8500
impaired telephones.
In Oregon, snow was falling
Thursday along' the Columbia
River from Troutdale, Just east
ef Portland, to Arlington. -
Temperatures In the eastern
part of the state were low; with
Pendleton reporting 21 degrees at
9:30 a. m.
Elsewhere, Grants Pass was
digging out from under Wednes
day's heavy fall which hampered
highway travel, and Crater Lake
National Park reported 42 inches
with one-way road , travel open,
except from park headquarters to
the rim, where the road . was closed.
Portland was getting ' a light
rain with, the temperature at 35
degrees. .
Bible Dealer
Reports Theft
A thief was prepared to take
religion seriously here Thurs
day after Frank Hutchason,
1065 Filmore St, reported the
theft of 15 Bibles from his car.
Hutchason is Bible sales
man for an eastern firm. He told
city police the Bibles were tak
en while his car was parked at
Thirteenth and Willamette Sts.
The books are valued at $154.
Hope for Crash
Victims Fading
PARIS W American author
ities atV&lsTairfiela said Thurs
day night they feared the outlook
was virtually, hopeless for the 11
persons aboard a crashed C-53
transport unless rescue crews
reached within a few hours the
spot in the Alps where the plane
came down two days ago; .
They pointed out the 12,000-
foot-high area was swept by bit
ter winds. U. S. Army headquar
ters at Frankfurt reported a radio
message saying eight of the 11
were stretcher cases. ' -
The passengers Included a brig
adier general, Loyal M. Haynes,
and the Wives of three brigadier
generals.
The Lyon ' airport station re
ported a message that "someone
on the ground" had been sighted,
but it did not know whether this
referred to the plane's occupants
or to rescue parties tolling up the
snow-clad slopes 'of the Mt.
Cenls region.
A mysterious radio message led
to a premature announcement of
the plane's discovery. Col. Hilbert
F. Muenter, commander of the
U. S. European air transport serv
ice, made the announcement and
then withdrew it. This message,
saying the wreckage had been
sighted on a glacier, was attrib
uted to one of the search planes,
but other planes said they had no
knowledge of It,"
The. Lyon-Bron radio an
nounced a message from ' the C-
53 at 5 p. m. (8 a. m. Pacific
Standard time) saying, ."we want
to live."
A C-54 circled the area 10 hours
in clear weather without sighting
any wreckage. The weather was
beginning to close in as the pilot
left the district.
Shipping Strike
Likely to Last
Until Monday
SAN FRANCISCO OP) An
other weekend ot virtual maritime
idleness was in prospect for the
Pacific Coast as the AFL Masters,
Mates and Pilots their grievances
not settled in a previous employer-
CIO agreement maintained picket
lines pending a vote on accept
ance ot a shipowners proposal,
Mine Shutdown
Spreads Wider
As Lewis Silent
Government Delays
Filing of Document
WASHINGTON (AP)
The . justice department an
nounced Thursday that Fed
eral Judge T. Alan Golds-
borough has held John L,
Lewis and his United Mine
Workers Union in contempt of
court in the soft coal shut
down.
The announcement said Golds-
borough ordered Lewis to appear
In court at 10:00 a.m. Nov. 25 to
show cause why he and other
United Mine Workers officiali
should not be punished for failure
to heed a court order not to term
inate a working agreement with
the government.
The brief announcement of the
government action Was read to re
porters by a justice department
press official.
At the moment, Justice depart'
ment officials were continuing a
lengthy conference with Judge
Goldsborough in the latter'a
chambers.
After they had been together
an hour and 20 minutes, Nicholas
Chase, an attorney associated with
William E. Leahy, who has repre
sented the United Mine Workers,
entered Goldsborough's office.
Lewis himself was still at his
home in Alexandria, Va. The
headquarters ot the United
Mine Workers was ' closing and
there was no indication that any
The picket lines were established
y!d"eS.1ay??rUw!.! statement might be forthcoming
iuciuouunni wuueouuit.MivM Inn the fiiiH'.t rfinn.
WarnhmiHiatrnATva TTninn inn tnl
CIO Marine Engineers were sched- . Assistant Attorney
uled to return to work, ending the
Police Check Theft
Of Small Office Safe
City police Thursday were
checking possible clues to the theft
of a small office safe containing
$200 from Ed's be pot Cafe on
East Broadway, and the theft of
$14.50 from the cash register at
Carver's Service Station. 1971
Sixth Ave. W .
Harold Skipworlh, chief of the
city detective division, said the
safe was carried through an al
ley window. It weighed about 100
pounds.
Entrance to the service station
was gained by breaking a large
hole in a plate glass window at
the rear of the building. An empty
floor safe was unsuccessfully
jimmied with a tire iron and a
eight-week, tieup,
The two latter groups observed
the AFL picket line. The CMU's
first announcement that CIO
crews would, lt requested, begin
to work foreign' and East Coast
vessels 'in the harbor here but not
ships operated by the Pacific
American Shipowners' Assn., the
organization with which the MMP
is negotiating for a new contract.
But when confronted by MMP
pickets they abandoned this plan.
Membership voting in the MMP
is expected to be completed by
Saturday. If the ballot is favor
able only formal signing of the
contract would be necessary be
fore work could be resumed,
HOLLYWOOD (U.R) Grand
jury indictment of ringleaders re
sponsible for movie strike violence
was promised Thursday by As
sistant District Attorney John
Barnes. He witheld the identity of
15 witnesses whose testimony be
fore the grand jury, he said, would
be so conclusive that the Investi
gation would be completed by
nightfall.
Fourteen leaders of the striking
AFL Conference of Studios Un
ions, Including President Herbert
K. SorrelL have been arraigned on
criminal conspiracy charges grow
ing out of the strike and released
on $5000 bail each,
Granger Convention
Ponders Resolutions
PORTLAND (P) Dele
gates to the national Grange con
vention worked on scores of
resolutions as they prepared to
wind up their 80th session Thursday.
With no election of officers
scheduled this year, resolutions
remained the only . business be
fore the group.
Wednesday's resolutions includ
ed one calling for establishment
of special courts to handle labor
disputes and having power to
order government seizure 1 of
plants If public health or safety
is affected by closure. It proposed
that either party to a dispute be
able to appeal to the court and
get a quick public hearing.
Among other resolutions were
those opposing large corporation
farming, opposing repeal of acre
age limitation in the reclamation
flw, and a warning to farmers
to tvoid purchasing land at inflat
ed prices due to prospect of price
drops In farm commodities.
The national Grange endorsed
the policies of its president, Al
bert Goss, and his efforts to pro
mote administration of the Agri
culture Research and .Marktting
Act ot IMS.
Decorations Planned
In Christmas Season
Despite the high cost of ma
terials and the shortage of labor,
Eugene will dress up tor Christ-
General
John Sonnett was ready to pro
ceed oeiore noon, dui xor some
unannounced reason the filing of
contempt petition was delayed
until later in the day, -
Reports from the field tndi-
eated some anthracite miners
were Joining the 400,000 bi
tuminous dlggen In a stoppage
that could eventually touch all
industry. Work suspension came
in the face of government pleas
to keep the mines going.
Lewis, who disregarded a court
order to restore the effectiveness
of the miners' contract with the
government, continued silent.
Absence Seen
There wera Indications there
that Lewis may have made ar
rangements for an extended ab
sence from his office. It 'was
known that he spent much oi
Wednesday answering mll and
otherwise clearing his desk ol
pending business.
Government attorneys naa been
expected to go before Federal
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough by
noon Thursday and petition for a
contempt citation that might sub
ject him to fine or imprisonment
However, midday came ana
went with the government at
torneys still In consultation and
indications that there would be
some delay In their appearance
in court.
Judge- Goldsborough disposed
ot routine matters before him
during the morning and ad
journed his court for the day
shortly before 12 o'clock. He left
the court building for lunch but
aides said he would be in his
chambers later in the afternoon.
Federal Works Administrator
Philip B. Fleming ordered a re
turn to wartime heating and
lighting, strictures in all federal
buildings throughout the country
which depend on coal.
William N. Russell, chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce Retail
Merchants Division,' announced
Thursday that Christmas arrange
ments will be handled this year
by a three-man committee, Joe
Richards, Harry Holt and Rex
Hamaker.
Symbol on Butte
Most spectacular of the planned
decorations will be a large neon-
lighted cross or Christmas star, to
be purchased and placed on the
highest point of Skinner s Butte,
-here it will be seen by thous
ands of customers, visitors and
guests for miles around.
A loud speaker system, located
on top of the Miner Building, will
bring the Christmas story in mu
sic to downtown shoppers for the
entire week preceding Christmas,
Tree Downtown
New trimmings and electric
lights will deck the large Christ
mas tree, to be placed at the cent
er of Willamette St, at the depot
where It will shine out with
Christmas hospitality for all to
see.
Through cooperation of the
water board, red and green lamps
will be placed In downtown light
standards, and other decorations
will be placed around the down
town section. Individual stores
Lumber Company Pleads
Innocent to Tax Charge
PORTLAND OP) Three of.
fleers ot the Scott Lumber Co,
Inc., Eugene, pleaded innocent
Thursday to a charge of willfully
concealing Income to lower In
come tax payments.
The three were Alfred Merle
Scott, president; Wilbur Pitcher,
vice-president; and Sidney T.
Sheets, secretary-treasurer. The
firm is accused of owing the gov
ernment $35,000 In unpaid income
taxes and penalties, the prosecut
ing attorney said.
Trial probably win oegin next
year.
BIG 9 CHOICE DUE
CHICAGO UJ9 Kenneth u
Wilson, commissioner of the
Western Conference, announced
on his return from the Pacific
Coast Thursday that the Big
Nine's Rose Bowl representative
likely would be announced offi
cially Nov. 28. U
RAILWAYS GUARDED .
JERUSALEM U.R British
military authorities took over the
Palestine railways Thursday and
announced that a 24-hour guard
would patrol all lines to protect
them from attacks by militant
have been urged to decorate also. Jewish underground forte