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'T'HE foreign news front today
(Wednesday) is barren of de
cisive developments but prolific
in the way of rumors and claims
nnd hints.
T'llE British Broadcasting Cor
poration hears and passes on
a report that the Russians have
retired safely across the Kerch
straits with all their troops and
EQUIPMENT.
) That, if true, means that they
fought with their backs to the
water until time enough was gain
ed to fortify the OTHER side, and
then withdrew in good order.
In such an event, the real battle
will come when the Germans try
to follow them over. '
nPIIE Russians claim to have In-
flicted a crushing defeat on
German troops caught in a trap
near Rostov, at the mouth of the
)on.
That, if true, means that nal
armies seeking to flank the Sea
of Azov and clear the way for a
orive into the Caucasus have been
checked.
The Caucasus campaign looms
as the next big push. German
4'fforts to pave the way for it are
ot great interest.
"TOKYO reports an "Incident" on
the Mancluikuo border, claim
ing that a small Russian detach
ment crossed to the Japanese
side and was severely chastised.
It seems improbable that the
Russians would deliberately start
anything there. So Japanese
claims that they have done so are
interesting as indicating that
Japan wants to throw the blame
on Russia for anything that may
he started.
That is standard technique in
this war.
OA
British
foreign secretary, tells the
house of commons: "Any at
tack by Japan on the Burma
road would create a grave situa
tion." That is Britain's contribution
for today to the war of nerves in
the Orient.
T'HERE is rumor from Tokyo,
badly confused by censorship,
to the effect that a member of
the Japanese diet made a speech
that jvas frowned upon by the
government and was immediately
forced to resign.
That is interesting as indicat
ing conditions in dictator coun
tries with stooge parliaments.
PDEN also tells the commons
- that Britain is already taking
) military and naval action against
Finland, Hungary and Rumania
(Continued on page 2)
Congressmen Not
Bills Draw America
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 21-(AP)
With the slogan "army discip
line for congress! No tricky
pairings! No deserters!" Southern
California members of the Ameri
ca First committee demanded to
day that even- member of con
gress be required to vote on im
portant defense legislation.
Mrs. Lillian Pascal Day. legis
lative chairman of the Lincoln
Heights chapter of Los Angeles,
released a resolution addressed to
Sen. Matthew M. Neely and Rep.
Adolph Sabath. as chairmen of
he rules committees of the two
branches of congress.
Neely now is governor of West
Virginia, and has been succeeded
as head of the senate committee
by Harry F. Byrd of Virginia.
The resolution stated in part:
"It one of our beardless high
Roosevelt
Strike Pending Lewis9 Note;
Ten Men Shot in New Clash
Strike Curb
Legislation
Being Drawn
Coal Supply Starts to
Dwindle; Wounded Men
Blame Non-Unionists
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (AP)
President Roosevelt indicated
today that no federal action
might be expected in the captive
coal mine dispute before he re
ceives a reply tomorrow from
John L. Lewis stating the position
of the United Mine Workers poli
cy committee on the chief execu-
tie's latest appeal for a settle
ment. Mr. Roosevelt had asked for
either maintenance of the status
quo on the issue of a "closed
shop, as he phrased it, or an
agreement to arbitrate with any
resulting decision being accepted
in advance.
While Lewis gave a clear cut
indication that the appeal would
be rejected by the United Mine
Workers, Mr. Roosevelt said lie
did not think there would be any
developments in the coal situa
tion until tomorrow.
As the spreading sympathy
stoppages caused a steady dwindl
ing of the nation's soft coal su
plies, a senate subcommittee
started spade-work on anti strike
legislation.
Ten More Men Shot
Ten men, three of them saying
they were pickets, were shot and
wounded in a new clash between
pickets and non-striking miners
in Fayette county, Pennsylvania,
center of the captive mine in
dustry in that state. Three men
were wounded there yesterday.
Asked at his press conference
whether he meant "developments
on your initiative," Mr. Roosevelt
said no, he expected to hear from
Lewis and his policy committee
tomorrow and that was what he
had meant.
"Have you decided what to do
(Continued on page 6)
Roosevelt Parries Query
On Parley With Japanese
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (AP)
President Roosevelt said today
there had been no developmen's
in the current Japanese-American
conversation looking toward a
better understanding in Far East
ern problems and he brushed
aside a press conference ques
tion whether he had any reason
to be optimistic about the talks.
That inquiry, he said, was of
the type: have you stopped beat
ing your wife?
To a question as to v.helr.cr he
v as considering breaking off dip
lomatic relations with the Vichy
government of France, the presi
dent said he had hw.nl nuthlng
about that.
Voting on Defense
First Volley
school, S21 a month draftees goes
AWOL (absent, without leave) he
also goes to jail. If in war he
deserts, he Is stood up against a
wall and shot.
"But our SlO.OOO-a-year repre
sentatives In Washington may de
sert their post of duty without
voting to decide the most calami
tous crisis in the history of our
nation, when a single vote may
turn the tide to death and ruin
for millions and not even be
called to account. They even
draw salaries for desertion!
"In the neutrality (repeal I
count a scanty majority of 18
carried us toward war. Yet 26 of
the house membership did not
vote. (The letter also said nine
senators did not.)
"Our unfaithful public servants
should be forced under army pen
alty to stay on the job and vote!"
Defers Action in
Gas Chamber Closes Career Of
"The Duchess," Gang Ruler, First
Woman to Die by California's Law
SAN QUENTIN, Calif,, Nov. 21
( AP) "The Duchess," a hag
gard, grim-faced woman who rul
ed a gang of killers and robbers,
was executed today in the state's
gas chamber, for the murder of
one of her gang.
She was Evileta Juanita Spinel
11, 52, the first woman to die by
the law in California.
Two last minute legal attempts
to save the live of "the Duchess"
were denied by the state supreme
court.
The court denied motions with
out comment after Warden Duf
fy at San Quentln had turned
down two telephone pleas to de
lay the execution until the court
had acted.
In one petition William S. Her
ron attacked the execution law as
unconstitutional in that it speci
fied no specific gas and that
death by gas was cruel and un
usual punishment. In the other,
filed in superior court, Sally Stan
ford, a night life figure, petition
ed the execution would be illegal
because the date of execution had
not been set according to the
state penal code. ....
A grandmother, she asked and
was granted permission to carry
to the death cell pictures of a
daughter, Lorraine, and of the
girl's infant, and of two sons of
the Duchess.
"She met her fate better than
most men," the warden comment
ed. Once before the Duchess had
been close to death in June, the
night before the first of two re
prieves Governor Olson granted
so that he might look at greater
Backward Flow
Of Coins Lagging;
U.S. Mint Puzzled
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21.
(AP) The mint has a mystery.
Superintendent Edwin H. Dres
sell wants to know what hap
pens to all the half-dollars, quar
ters, dimes, nickels and pennies
produced by the world's largest
coin factory.
The bulk of them never turn
up for resmelting. '
"For example," he said today,
"in the year ending July 1941 we
sent out $33,000,000 worth of sub
silver (halts, quarters and dimes)
and $17,000,000 worth of the
minor coins (nickels and pen
nies). "Do you know what we had re
turned? $3,000,000 worth of the
subsllver and $225,000 worth of
the minor."
It may be, said Dressell, that
people who "are now earning
good salaries are carrying more
coins around with them."
Another answer, he went on,
could be the more widespread
use of vending and slot ma
chines, for operators of the de
vices have to keep sizeable
amounts for change-making.
Then, too, "thousands of the
smaller coins are lost every year
and never found."
Dressell said that an Increas
ingly prosperous period is the
major reason for the growing
demand for coins, and that mint
alterations now are going on
which will almost double its
present capacity of nearly five
million coins a day.
Drunken Driving Jails
Transient Motorist
James Ziegler. 38. transient
motorist, was fined $100 and sen
tenced to 30 days In jail here to
day when he pleaded guilty In
Justice court to a charge of
drunken driving. He was arrest
ed Wednesday evening at Oak
land by Deputy Sheriff Bud Carter.
"Duchess" SpinelH
length Into the circumstances of
her case.
This time there was little spirit
in her, save once when she stir
red to speak a curse against those
who youId put her tp. death.,
"My blood will burn holes' into
their bodies," she said last night.
"Before six months have passed
they will be punished."
The Duchess was convicted of
directing the murder of Robert
Sherrard, young, spineless mem
ber of her gang, who they fear
ed would tell police of previous
escapades.
Sherrard, only 19, was drugged
with knockout drops before being
thrown into the Sacramento river
In April, 19-10.
40 Panzer Units Needed
By U. S. for War, Claim
With the army in the field, Nov
21 (AP) The army needs at
least 40 armored and motorized
divisions "if we are going to par
ticipate in affairs overseas, a
congressman-colonel serving In
the Carolina maneuvers said to
day. Col. Charles I. Faddis, U. S.
Representative from Pennsylva
nia and a member of the house
military affairs committee, made
the statement in an interview.
"By June we'll be producing
1,000 tanks, more than enough
to equip two divisions, a month,"
he said.
Official reports from British
sources estimate the German
army has 30 panzer divisions,
with a greater number of tanks
in each than In the U. S. division,
but armored force experts here
believe the American tank designs
and armor better than the best
abroad.
Nazi Flier Who Jumped
U. S. Bail Killed in War
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (AP)
The German radio announced to
day that Capt. Baron Franz Von
Werra, young German ace, who
escaped from a British prison
camp In Canada and later jump
ed a deportation appearance bond
In the United States, had been
killed In action at the head of his
pursuit squadron.
Von Werra, who was 27 and
then a sublieutenant, escaped
from a Canadian prison train in
the Laurentlan region last Jan.
23, hitch-hiked to the St. Law
rence river and rowed across to
the vicinity of Ogdensburg, N. Y.
where he was captured by U. S.
authorities for illegal entry.
While deportation proceedings
were under way Von Werra Jump
ed the $5,000 bail given by the
German consulate and went to
South America returning to Ger
many by plane last spring. He
was promoted to Captain and giv
en command of a pursuit squad
ron.
Grange Lists
Program For
U. S. Defense
Aid to Oppressed People
Ample Security Against
Attack Among Demands
WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 21.
(AP) The national grange to
day adopted what it called a
"grass roots" foreign policy urg
ing the administration to conduct
its foreign relations so "that this
nation and democracy shall con
tinue to exist in the world."
The points of that policy, as Ap
proved by delegates from 37
states attending the closing ses
sion of the farm organization's
annual convention, Included:
Take "all necessary means" to
supply goods and munitions to
nations opposing aggression.
Maintain defense zones "far
enough beyond the territorial
limits" of the western hemis
phere to "give reasonable se
curity against aerial and sea at
tack." Maintain the status quo In the
Pacific because of Its "necessity
for the country's economic se
curity." Maintain the Monroe doctrine
and the "good neighbor policy."
The latter, however, should "not
he maintained at the expense of
American agriculture."
Wanted: Information
The grange Insisted that dur
ing the present international
crisis. the administration advise
congress and the people on the
general alms of its foreign pol
icy and that the principals of
free speech, free press and free
assembly be maintained except
that military secrets be not re
vealed. The grange also asked that all
hoards charged with the respon
sibility of mobilizing defense ef
forts provide for "actual and ef
fective" representation for agri
culture. It asked further that ag
riculture be given representa
tion at the peace table.
Price Security Wanted.
The national grange previously
The national grange yesterday
asked that congress soon enact
legislation designed to guaran
tee farmer "the same price pro
tection as industry" in the post
war period.
The farm organization's an
nunl convention declared present
federal programs and farm laws
do not afford ample protection
from a possible price collapse
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A BIG LOG Bud McFarland,
Ford Lumber company truck
driver, unloaded In the mill pond
Wednesday. Cut on the slope of
Mount Scott, It was 59 Inches in
diameter and 28 feet long.
A six-foot fir log is no rarity In
our timber here; but It always Is
worth a second look, nevertheless.
This one made a big splash when
it hit the water.
Yesterday was a good day, tak
ing it by and large, even in the
eyes of an Old Guard republican
who likes for his Thanksgivings
to come a bit later in the month
when, usually, there really is
something to be thankful for
the wind-up of the football season,
If nothing else.
By waiting a bit lonjer, per-
Relief of
7 Months
New German
Drive Halted,
Russians Say
Losses Suffered by Nazis
In Moscow Defense Area
Reported "Tremendous"
LONDON, Nov. 21. (AP) A
big new German push on the
Moscow front, which the Rus
sians declared was launched last
Tuesday by strong German forces
was declared by the Moscow radio
today to have been beaten on in
bloody fighting.
German losses In men and ma
chines were described In the
broadcast as "tremendous sacri
fices." In at least one place Rus
sian counter attacks were said to
have dislodged the Germans from
their early gains.
The Moscow radio broadensts n
dispatch by Tass, official soviet
news agency, saying "moony
fighting is now In progress In the
central, northern and southern
sectors of our defenses where the
enemy, having massed large
numbers of tanks and motorizeu
infantry, launched on offensive
o the night ol Novemoer ih.
The Pravda correspondent said
that "fighting In the southern
sectors of the Tula direction
grows In intensity."
Tula is 100 miles south of Mos
cow and a key point In that capi
tal's far-flung defense system.
Red navy ships blazed Into ac
tion and sank three transports
aggregating 1,900 tons and one
tanker of 5,000 tons in the Ba
rents sea, according to the soviet
government.
The ships apparently were en
route to Finland to reinforce Fin
nish and German units in the far
north.
The Russians also said they
sank a 9,000-ton tanker In the
Black sea.
Blitzkrieg Fizzle Claimed.
Ivan Malnsky, Russian ambas
sador to London, said today that
"Hitler's blitzkrieg in the east
has comnletelv failed."
In an address at a luncheon of
the Anglo-Soviet public relations
committee, the ambassador said
that "in the spirit of close and
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Tfown-Rovlow Bngravlnl?.
haps that Franklinsteln monster,
John L. Lewis, would have met
his comeuppance, and we could
have celebrated that If we felt
like It, and I feel like it.
Having executed a really mas
terful Job of eating turkey and
the fixln's, I went out In the yard
after dinner and helped my wife
pull up zinnias, dig geraniums
and prune butterfly bushes and
pussy willows.
Then I went back in the house
and slept for half an hour, after
which (you guessed It) I ate some
more turkey and pumpkin pie.
After that, an alka-seltzer and
so to bed. Thinking over the
events and re actions of the day,
I wasn't nearly as mad at Roose
velt as I had been In the morn
ing, when 1 was hungry
1 SAW:::r::
By Paul Jenkins
Garrison Besieged
Reported Near
Nazi Labor Chief
Raves atU. S. for
"Lack of Culture"
BERLIN, Nov. 21 ( API-Call
ing Americans "eulttirolcss bar
barians" and President Roosevelt
a "poor fool," Dr. Robert Ley,
head of the German labor front,
told 15,000 laborers from 14
European countries today that
unless Europe "finds herself" she
will be crushed by America.
Gesturing vigorously, Ley told
the foreigners In his audience
that they were the messengers
of the new Europe and assured
them that "Moscow will fall In
one way or nnother."
Peasant women from eastern
Europe, workers from the Bal
kans, rouged young French girls
and Norwegians In native cos
tumes were part of the crowd
that gathered under banners
which proclaimed In 14 languag
es: "Europe will win."
Ley lashed at English lords and
American capitalists nnd twice
shouted, "capitalism has been
broken! We have chased It across
the ocean." This drew great ap
plause. "Until Cod personally notifies
us, we will not believe that wo
are any less better than the Eng
lish," Ley declared, "challeng
ing" America to produce a Wag
nor, Beethoven, Verdi or a Puc
cini. He said Americans should
establish 4.000 years of culture
before calling Germans and
Italians "barbarians."
naijr
Dies in Roseburg
Miss Mary Cecelia McCarthy,
well-known resident of Roseburg,
died at her home at 218 South
Stephens street Thursday after
noon. She was born In Roseburg
the daughter of James P. and
Mary McCarthy, long time resi
dents of Douglas county. Miss
McCarthy was for many years
employed by the Southern Pact
fic railway company as telephone
operator and previously with the
old Roseburg Review. She was
a member of the Catholic church
Surviving are her mother, Mrs,
Mary McCarthy, nnd a brother
and a sister, J. T. (Tom) Mc
Carthy and Delia McCarthy all
of Roseburg.
Requiem mass will be offered
at St. Joseph s Catholic church
Saturday morning at nine o'clock
Concluding services and Inter
ment will ho at the Catholic
cemetery. The arrangements are
in charge of the Douglas Funeral
home.
New Warship Launched 6
Months Ahead of Schedule
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov.
21. (AP) Ready for launching
six months ahead of schedule
the battleship Indiana waited
James river high tide today for
her christening at the hands of
Mrs. Lewis C. Robblns, of Wich
Ita Falls, Texas, daughter of the
Indiana governor. Henry v.
Schrlcker.
The 35,000-ton vessel Is of the
same class as the South Dakota
and the Massachusetts, which
were launched at other yards
earlier this year.
Tug Loses Another Batch
Of Logs at Tillamook
TILLAMOOK, Ore., Nov. 21.-
(AP) The tug Klihyan lost Its
second 450,000 board feet of peel
er logs In a week yesterday,
coast guardsmen reported.
Last week the logs were lost In
n heaw sea. Yesterday the tug
missed the deepest part of the
Tillamook bay channel and a raft
of logs for the Harbor Plywood
comnanv, Aberdeen, broke up.
The Klihyan proceeded north
witli about hall ol the raft.
Destruction
OfYholeAxis
Army Sought
British Score Several
Successes but Decisive
Battle Lies Ahead
LONDON, Nov. 21 (AP) ,
Unofficial reports In from
Cairo said General Cunning
ham's advance forces may al
ready have established con
tact with the defenders of
Tobruk.
Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
told an audience here today '
that "Just before I came to
this meeting I was told it was ,'
expected Tobruk would be re
lieved almost Immediately." ;
Rueters. British news agency,
said today It was understood that
British and native "patriot" forc
es are closing in on Gondar and
that a continuous stream of re
fugees was leaving that last
Itulian stronghold in Ethiopia.
CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 21. (API
Armored British spearheads,
driven at least 80 miles Into Lib
ya, were declared officially today
to have smasnea ciose to jong
encircled Tobruk and started by
passing the British-held port
over the high escarpment to the)
south.
The announcement of the Brn
Ish eighth army headquarters
was taken to Indicate that at
least part of the axis forces which
have held the British garrison at
Tobruk encircled since last April
now are caught between the gar
rison and the attacking columns.
The British declared that. twe ,
main columns were carrying th
fight to the west across the axis,
held wasteland.
One of these was aimed dlrectv
ly at Tobruk. An earlier an
nouncement declared that Re
zegh, on the escarpment barely
ten miles from the outer peri
meter of Tobruk's defenses, al
ready had fallen into British
hands.
The second column was said to)
have engaged Italian armored
forces on the plateau 40 miles
south of the beleaguered seaport
In the vicinity of Blr El Gobi,
where It was indicated that a test
of tank strength in the four-day-old
desert drive might be develop
ing. (An authoritative source in
London said, however, that "th
main battle has not yet been Join,
ed" and asserted that It was too)
soon to predict results.
Nazis Avoid Battle.
Military observers said General
Rommel's German corps was tha
chief opposition in the struggla
on the Libyan desert sands and
that the British were maneuver,
ing to engage the corps In a de
cisive battle.
(Prime Minister Churchill had
said in London yesterday that tho
outcome might be decided "with
in a few hours," but apparently
the Germans were cautious about
accepting the challenge.)
A bulletin from British military
headquarters said British tanks
sighted a German tank force 30
miles west of Fort Capuzzo, near
the Egyptian-Libyan frontier,
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Army Bomber With 2 Men
Missing in Snow Region
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Nov.
21. (AP) The snow-covered
slopes of the nearby Sandia and
.Manzano mountains continued to
day to hide the fate of two Al
buquerque airbase airmen, miss
ing aboard a bomber since Mon
day. The plane disappeared whllo
on a short operational flight
with Lt. Sheldon T. Miller, Belle,
vue, Tex., and Staff Sgt. Howard
L. Edwards aboard.
Six army bombers continued
the search over the two moun-,
tain ranges east of the city and
planes from the Tucson, Ariz.,
base are aiding In the hunt,