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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1941)
Vcalherr Church News Partly cloudy with slowly moderating tenfperature, to 'day and Saturday.. Probable wrioml .. raba, Maximum temperature, Thursday.' it, Mln. tC No rain.' Southeast wtnd. River CJ feet Partly cloudy. ; Churchgoers, m a n y . of - them; depend on the Satur day Statesman for newt of the Sunday services they with to', attend meeting times. abjecti and special events. FOUNDDD 1651 NTNETY-HEST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning; Norombor 21. 1941 Prlco 3a Nowtstands So No. SOS .Drive of Tobrak Wit Mile urn TIC TCJiV0, Break To French Halts African -. Colonies Aid; Hull Sees Japs . WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 ( AP) The' United States? Thursday suspended econom ic assistance to France's north African colonies, and broadly hinted that diplomatic rela tions with the Vichy govern ment might be severed be cause of increasing nazi dom Ination of French affairs. In announcing that "Amer ican policy towards France is being reviewed," Secretary of State Hull made it clear that the attitude of the United States would be determined by France's future action toward Hitler's schemes "to take over by force or threat of force the sovereign ty and control of the French em pire." His statement stemmed from the Vichy government's action in re- Captive Mine Pickets Shout at Workmen TOKYO, Friday, Nov. 21-(B) -The Japanese diet formally closed today the five-day spe cial session which heard Pre mier Illdeki Tojo demand an end to the British-American blockade as the price of peace In the Pacific. Immediately af terward Emperor Hirohito re ceived Tojo in audience for a report on the general state of off airs and to answer Inquiries from the throne. I Ji " ill j ) lli lib' U Troops Ready In Row Coal German Crete Flees Odemvald Pickets at Red Lyon Captive mine, Union town, Pa., shouted at workmen entering the mine. Strikes by CIO unionists in the Captive coal mines spread to the commercial fields, with 13 Pennsylvania pits shut down by sympathy walkouts. moving General Maxime Wey cand as France's pro-consul in north Africa. After devoting the morning to the European situation Sec retary Hull, disregarding the Thanksgiving holiday, met with Admiral Klchisaburo Nomura, the Japanese ambassador, and Saburo Kurusu, special envoy, In another talk designed to find a peaceful solution of Japanese American tension in the Pacific. The Japanese had receiyed new instructions from their foreign of lice during the night These or ders were based on developments in the several talks they have al (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) - State WPA Director Lauds Salem Art Fair Val Gear Says Portland Fair No Finer Than Exhibits Here; Ceramics Prove Popular; Saturday Is Closing Day Quality, effective, arrangement and variety both of items offered and of price range in the Salem Art fair were praised by Val Clear state WPA-rt psojocta-director, when he visited the fair at the Salem Art center this week. Portland's fair, while larger in some divisions, cannot boast finer quality of craft merchandise Hubbard Men Crash Train Two Hospitalized in Wallace Road Wreck; Locomotive Stalled Oldster Joins Young GOPs Honorary Member, 96, Staunch Republican, To Address Group ' Corvallis Buys Airfield Land CORVALLIS, Nov. 20- chase of 499 acres three and one- hnlf miles south of here for a municipal airport, has been au thorized by the city council. The land will cost S75 an acre, Special dispensation to count the honorary membership in the Youne ReDublicans' club of Mar ion county which was this week K'1 tendered William 930 Garnet as equal to three or dinary memberships will be sought by his team in the contest which closes today, Herman Lanke de clared Thursday. and strictly cultural art than Sa lem's, he told staff members at the center. The fair, which continues the remainder of this week in the art center at the eld high school building, opens at 10 o'clock each morning, continues through the late afternoon and is reopened from 7:30 to 9:30 pjn. An. especially large collection of work by blind students has been on display and on sale this according to Mrs. W. E. R. Simpson of . Mr. Simpson, who will be 96 years old in February Is more than three times the age of the average member of the club (or ordinarlly limited to persons whose ages range from 16 to 35), according to Lanke, "but in ev ery respect he is a 'young' party (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) U-Boat Chief Spots Convoy IT r 1 SI in cotton, linen-cotton-and wool combinations represent the work of educationally blind and totally blind boys and girls as do a set of gay-colored woven table mats, bracelets, bright beads and similar products. Indian baskets of willow withes, spruce root and squaw grass, woven by women from Grand Ronde and Silets, some of them at the art center, have attracted numerous admirers and purchasers. Possibility that an additional collection of ceramics might be available for sale today was ex pressed at the center by members of the staff, who pointed out that the collection of small potteries had moved rapidly. A number of the articles which have been sold have been left in the display by their purchasers so that the fair may still be con sidered largely complete so far ss "looters only" are 5 concerned. Two Hubbard men who report edly drove head-on into the side of an almost halted railroad loco motive at the Wallace jroad cross ing at 9:50 Thursday night are ia the Deaconess hospital today, where one of them; is considered possibly seriously injured. Only highway mishap report ed in the Salem area in spite of what state police termed "brisk holiday traffic," the mis. hap left Robert Ptckrell, 21, Hubbard highway ixoo employe, suffering from bruises and pos sible internal injuries, hospital attendants said. Extent of in juries sustained could not be determined immediately, the physician in charge said. Albert Tichenor 28, also an employe at the zoo service sta tion, driver of the light pickup truck which crashed into the en gine of the freight! on the Salem Dallas SP line, wad apparently not seriously injured, it was declared. Trainmen, unable to move the locomotive from the crossing north of the Polki-Marion bridge following the accident because they said the drivel had been dam (Continued from page 1) Shootings Told As Mine Strike Spreads in East WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (AP) Reports of new shoot ings in the captive mine dis pute and the spread of sym palny walkouts in commer cial pits came Thursday night along with word that troops at Camp Forrest, Tenn., were standing by for possible strike duty. Officers of the 58th signal bat talion, discounting reports that part of their outfit already was on the way to Pennsylvania coal fields, said, however, that the unit, along with others at the big camp, expected momentarily to be called to duty. Earlier, a defense spokesman had said that "The government will not give in, but it doesn't want to use troops." This was followed by hints from other defense officials that legis lation would be offered shortly for government seizure of the closed workings. William H. Davis, chairman of the disrupted national de fense mediation board, was mentioned as having a hand in drafting of the projected legis lation. It was the board's 9 to Z adverse recommendation on the "union shop" demand of the United Mine Workers that pre cipltated fho' sew strike of SV 009 'miner in captive pits and nearly twice as many more in supporting walkouts in com mercial mines. An office of production manage ment source said OPMs labor di .j-"! -h f rs Nv jr. A-- . - -v.- Axis Units Fall Back In Libya English Troops Plan to Bring Decisive Fight By The Associated Prr-w The center of the imperial British offensive into Libya has beaten forward 80 miles within axis territory to with in ten miles of the outer de fenses of the long beseiged British garrison of Tobruk, the middle-eastern command announced Thursday night, and it thus appeared that large bodies of German and Italian troops were in immi nent peril of encirclement. This advance of the central forces, said the communique ox the British command, had over run and captured the town of Rezegh on the plateau just to the southeast of Tobruk itself. Quick relief for that city was in sight But, more important, the Brit ish apparently were about to drive a line from Sidi Omar, one of the jumping-off points for their of fensive, clear to the Mediterranean Tobruk being on its shores and thus split the rear and for ward axis armies. Moreover, the British declared that their armored forces us ing America equipment bad smashed an Italian tank de tachment on this Into and the ' right flank had advanced snore than SO nattcs West mt CI paxso, putting to flight a num ber of German units which re fused battle. All this strongly supported ear- Aboard the flagship of the Mediterranean fleet off Libya, . t. t Rritith -XDedi. Members of the crew of the German ship Odenwald, captured in the Atlantic flying the United States flag, attempted to nee the ship as a boarding party (foreground) from a US cruiser approached. As the boarding party reached the side of the ship there were two explosions and the crew said it would sink in 20 or 30 minutes. However, the ship was brought safely into port. This official navy picture was made by a member of the boarding party. British Naval Action Told By Eye Witness Shelling of Axis Bases on Libyan Shore in Aiding Land Campaign Revealed by AP-Correspondent By LARR Y ALLEN (Associated Press Writer) vision was aware of the legisla- Nov 20-5-The flash of big British naval guns mingled with tion, which was charged with tho ney Hillman, has given no indica- lbs of lighting during a violent thunderstorm early Tuesday tion of reversing his hitherto firm morning as hundreds of high explosives were pumped into Cjer- stand against any form of strike- I repressive law. Some administration leaders (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) 4. "1 i. US Weather Hot, Chilly By The Associated Press A hodgepodge of weather condi tions over the United States pre vailed Thanksgiving day. A mass of cold air overspread the northern part of the nation I from California to the Appala chians, and thence as far south as I central Mississippi, southwestern Louisiana, and northwestern Ala- Ibaixuu. : k ' To the north and east of the Appalachians summer-like tem peratures were reported during the day. New York City, had a 72, Boston 70, and Washing- (Turn-to Page 2, CoL 3) Thanksgiving Welcomes Two New Citizens i Two new male Salem resi dents had their first Thanksgiv ing and probably their last Thanksgiving birthday Thurs day. J Unless a calendar reform or a change of heart overtakes congress, November 20 can nev er fall on the final Thursday in the month, which national law makers have indicated they will declare the official Thanksgiv ing holiday. - The two are China Charges Use of Germs By Japanese CHUNGKING, Nov. 20-P)-The authorized spokesman of the Chi nese army in a conference with foreign correspondents Thursday accused the Japanese of starting germ warfare. He said that on November 4 T 1 stuffs and clothing at Changteh, by fte British streaked northern Hunan province, and t f the Libyan coast and that many persons who ate the I drove them off. food or used the clothes developed The British ships jockeyed into symptoms of Bubonic plague and position Just after midnight Rain died. fell in torrents. At times lightning The Chinese government, the lit up the area in blinding flashes, spokesman said, is sending in- but most of the time it was the vestieators to make a full inquiry flames belching from British guns into the affair. He called it the which illuminated the sea and the first use of bacteria as a weapon dark Libyan coast. in the Japanese-Chinese war. Mercury and i River Fall Heavy exlposions rumbled from ashore after the crackling blast of landing shells. British officers said these indicated hits on axis (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) man and Italian bases on the Libyan shore to aid a huge British land drive westward across the desert. i There was little answering fire from the shore, and no British warships were hit in this bombardment, officially described as successful. From the top deck aft of this flagship which stood farther out to sea to screen the attacking cruisers, destroyers and other light units, from any Italian warships, I watched the attack concentrated mainly on Salum, nearby "Hellfire Pass" and Bar dia, all east of Tobruk, where a British garrison has held out since April. Later at twilight of that same day I saw axis torpedo-carrying planes approach this ship and the Vichy Retires Gen. Weygand US Blames Hitler for African Leader Shift; Darlan Takes Over VICHY, Unoccupied France, Nov. 20-0P-Gcn. Maxime Wey gand, regarded as lukewarm to collaboration with Germany, was retired" Thursday night as dele gate-general and military com mander of French North Africa, and that strategic area was placed under the direct control of the pro-German Vice - Premier Jean Darlan. The 74-year-old Weygand, who commanded the final unsuccess ful allied stand against Germany in France, sent this farewell mes sage to his African army and colonial heads: "Remain faithful to your magnificent traditions and to Marshal Petain." (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) supreme task of destroying tho axis armies of northern Africa, had put the Germans and Italians in danger of envelopment. The British, it was clear, had loosed their supreme effort since the fall of France and with by far the greatest striking force yet assembled by them in any theatre were beating forward on land, sea and in the air with the grand ob jective of forcing the German- axis Commander Erwin Rommel to a showdown in the border areas just beyond the Egyptian fron tiers. While the British field com. der. General Sir Alan Cua- (Turn to Page 2. CoL 4) Burns May Get Moscow Post WASHINGTON, Nov. Maj.-Gen. James H. Burns, lend- lease executive, was reported in diplomatic circles Thursday to be. a likely choice by President Roo sevelt for the post of ambassador to Russia. Ambassador Laurence A. Stein hardt, the present envoy who is en route home by plane, is under stood to have asked to be relieved after more than two years in Moscow. Temperature and the Willam ette river both soared down, down, Thursday night, and although the .official weather forecast predicts slowly moderating temperatures for today and Saturday, attend- ants at-the Salem weather station declared that Thursday morning's frigid minimum of 26 degrees might be approached again this! morning. The chilly mercury rose to 48 degrees .Thursday afternoon, but began its descent about 4 o'clock, fell steadily, and at 11 pan. read 31 and was still dropping. Receding rapidly, the Willam- w . TT J 0T . I ette river stood at 6.7 feet abov MT - AVi iiariCe I normaL.a. check on the weather 1 uuinu giiuge nuuwca iam xours-i Tank Battle on Southern Russia Front boys, born in city hospitals Thursday to Sa lem parents. At 12:28 am a son was born to Mr, and Mrs. Leo Patzer, 130 Lansing avenue, at the Deaconess hospital, and at 8:57 am Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Courtney became the parents of a boy, bora at the Salem Gen eral hospital. Strike News Blast Injures Alan , An anti-freeze solution explod ed in "his face. Wednesday night as he poured .the liquid into the radiator of his car, A. B. Meyer, route 6, Salem, said at the Dea coness hospital Thursday - night after members of his family had persuaded him the burns he had By The Associated Press : WashtaaWLegtsiatkra Jor seizure of captive coal mines reported in preparation. ( Pittsburgh Three men; wounded by gunfire in e a 1 strike clashes; sympathy walk outs s pread. - ' ! day night This mark records an approximate drop of 7.5 feet in the last 24 hours. ' ... .- '-".. Detroit CIO votes to fight A Carman submarine commander (top) peers through the koP 1 sustained should receive more of his craft at a British convoy, wwrdlng to Germa aources. At 4 bottom Is the convoy nnu an atrpuuiv I -v( . w , cross-hairs of the periscope. .1 , 1 i given. measures, restricting strikes. Washington Union leaders to confer with President Roosevelt i Friday, on threatened railroad; War Prisoners Shifted i KINGSTON, Ont, ,Nov. VHPh With their guards doubly alert because two bold young nazi flight lieutenants tried to f escape Wed nesday by concealing themselves in pianos, 500 German war pris oners were paraded . through Kingston streets Thursday eh I route to a new place of interment .... v l 'f:. v .i.. - f. i - " " . ti A,,- Serman troopers (left) carry of f a-wounded eomrado who had been shot by a K nstian soldier, In.lho ..' smoking soviet tank (center), according- to German sourees which said the Incident occurred sear the Sea of Asov. The red tank, Berlin said, had attempted to break up a German advance unit 'and was put out of action by German anti-tank fire. When a German soldier approached the tank ho 'was -'"fired oa by an-occupant of tho tank. .1 .v.::: l , .j .;; , :.: :-v -r. .