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53rd Year, No. 278 rTT Two Sections-18 pages Salem, Oregon
Friday, November 21, 1941
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FDR Awaiting
Lewis Reply in
Coal Mine Strike
Federal Action Delayed
Until Tomorrow Ten
Shot in Pennsylvania
Washington, Nov. 21 (fP)
President Koosevelt indicated
today that no federal action
might be expected in the cap
tive coal mine dispute before
he receives a reply tomorrow
from John L. Lewis stating
the position of the United
Mine Workers policy commit
tee on the chief executive's
latest appeal for a settlement.
- Mr. Roosevelt had asked for
either maintenance of the sta
tus quo on the issue of a "closed
shop," as he phrasedit, or an agree
ment to arbitrate with any result
ing decision being accepted in ad
vance. The president's position was made
known at a press conference while
the CIO, in national convention at
Detroit, was adopting a resolution
calling upon Mr. Roosevelt to stop
the reported training of army men
In "strike-breaking tactics."
New Strike Riot
There have been authoritative
reports for several days that 50,000
nrmir mm nun in mil nm rs. rjiira
over caDtlve mines If the tn-esident
decided that was necessary to re
tore production of fuel for vital steel
mills. Over night there were re
ports the troops would come from
Camp Forrest, Term., and other
southern points.. .
A new outbreak In Fayette coun
ty, Pennsylvania, heart of the cap
tive mine area in that state, result
ed in the wounding of 10 UMW
pickets. Three men were wounded
at the same time yesterday.
Apparently taking cognizance of
the reports that troops were ready
for use In the mine areas, the CIO
resolution asked Mr. Roosevelt "to
direct that the training of selectees
and other service men for strike
breaking be immediately stopped."
Congress Ready
At the capital, representatives of
the war and navy departments ap
proved legislation being considered
by a senate subcommittee to author
ize governmental seizure of strike
bound defense industries and to
freeze working conditions in them
during the national emergency.
Under Secretary of War Robert
P. Patterson termed the legislation,
Introduced by Senator Connally, D
Tex, a "sensible and rational way
(Concluded on page 11, column 8)
Peace Proposal
Made to Japan
Washington, Nov. 21 (U.R) The
United States has offered Japan ac
cess to all the raw materials she
needs If she will abandon force as
an Instrument of national policy,
It was learned today.
Whether Japan will alter her
course In order to participate in
the economic Dronrnm whlrh roll.
able sources said the United States
nas offered is one of the basic ques
tions in ritKP.MKRlnna nnnr trninrr An
between Secretary of State Cordell
nuu ana two oi japan's diplomats,
Saburo Kurusu and Admiral Kichi
saburo Nomura.
Another suggestion came today
from Senator Elbert n. Thmrm
D., Utah, a member of the senate
loreign relations committee and one
of the senate's leariintr xnrtja m
Oriental affairs. He believes that
tne crux of Japan's difficulties with
the United States is her pact with
Nazi Germany and suggested that
agreement between Japan and
China to "freeze" military lines and
arbitrate a territorial settlement
might solve the U.S.-Japanese cri
sis. Thomas proposed that a seven or
nine man American commission un
dertake to arbitrate such a settle
ment. He emphasized that this
country could- not back down on
Its policy of aid to China or make
a settlement based on China's.
yielding territory outright to Jap
an; nor could Japan, he conceded,
merely denounce Its accord with
Oermany. It would have to follow
proper diplomatic procedure, he
said.
Battle in
Promoted Maj. Gen. A. E. Nye
(above) is the new vice chief of
the British Imperial staff. Only
45, he is one of the youngest
generals Britain has known. Up
from the ranks, he was elevated
to a generalcy only a year ago.
This picture was cabled from
London. Associated Press
Photo.
President Signs
Washington, Nov, 21 (P) Presi
dent Roosevelt disclosed today that
he had signed a bill providing funds
for construction of d(4ense high
ways but that he had objected to
the inclusion of money for roads not
urgently needed for defense.
Mr, Roosevelt told a press con
ference he had discussed the mat
ter in a letter to the chairmen of
the. senate and house 4adA-om
mittees, Senator McKellar, D.(
Tenn., and Representative Cart-
wright, D., Okla.
The only reason he signed the
measure, Mr. Roosevelt told report
ers, was to get the money for de
fense roads. He said the bill of
fered a place where a saving might
have been made during this time
of emergency, but that this was not
done, and millions of dollars were
put in the .bill for non-defense road
construction.
In his letter, Mr. Roosevelt ex
pressed "an earnest hope" that
congress would eliminate authori
zations "not representing Immedi
ate requirements for our national
defense."
He referred to an authorization of
$50,000,000 for a so-called strategic
network of highways and bridges
and declared this, as compared with
a $150,000,000 authorization for
roads providing access to military
and naval reservations and defense
Industry sites, did not represent an
immediate defense need."
Hubbard Garage
Guffed by Fire
Hubbard, Nov. 21 Fire started by
a defective oil heater completely
gutted the stock room of the J. W.
Berkey garage here shortly after 11
o'clock this morning. The loss is
estimated at $2,500 with no insur
ance. 9
So fierce were the flames that
the Woodbum fire department was
called to assist In getting them un
der control.
Mistaken Identity
In Forged Check Case
Strangest case of mistaken identity so far as known in
local annals came to light with
mal. Aiiuruey iruuer nayaen
circuit court to dismiss a forgery-
charge against Marie Young of Van
couver who is out on $1000 ball and
whose case It was expected would
have been set for trial next Mon
day when Judge Page expects to
set all pending cases on the doc
ket. Report which has Just come from
a special investigator in California
to the district attorney's office here
brought word that Ellen O. Swen
son, serving a term in the Teha
chapl Womens- prison in that state,
has admitted passing the checks in
Salem which had been attributed to
Mrs. Young and said that this was
merely part of a flurry of checks
she left as she passed from Alaska
on through Oregon to California.
Checks involved were passed at
the Hotel Marlon and on some mer
chants here. The hotel Marion
CIO Denounces
Strike Breaking
ArmyTraining
Cancellation of Strikers'
Deferments Hit Mur
ray Reelected
Detroit, Nov. 21 (U.R) The
Congress of Industrial Organ
izations today denounced al
leged "strike-breaking train
ing" of federal troops.
Delegates attending the
CIO's fourth annual conven
tion embodied the condemna
tion in a series of resolutions
on the selective service act.
The measure charged that
the selective service adminis
tration had served as "a
strike-breaking agency by cancella
tion of occupational deferments of
strikers in several Instances, notably
the North American Aircraft strike
at Inglewood, Cal."
"This convention denounces such
a practice," the resolution said of
drills in labor-dispute tactics, "and
calls upon the president as commander-in-chief
of the army to di
rect that the training of draftees
and other service men for strike
breaking be immediately stopped."
Lesser resolutions were passed as
reported by the convention commit
tee at a rate of one every three min
utes. Unanimity prevailed in the vot
ing. President Philip Murray moved
for peace within the organization
and ordered, specifically, that mem
bers of ihe united automobile work-ers-eeasV&ToW-tlowns
and other un
authorized strikes against the Ford
Motor Co.
Murray was re-elected today in
the final session of the CIO's fourth
annual convention as president. The
convention also must elect other of
ficers and pass on some 60 minor
resolutions before it is through. It
was notable for the decline of the
Influence of John L. Lewis, president
of the united mine workers of Am
erica, once its leader. It was the
first time that Lewis hadn't doml
nated a CIO convention.
Murray and Ford
Murray intervened in the UAW
relations with Ford at a love feast
last night at which the convention
delegates presented him with a new
automobile, paid for by local 600 of
the auto workers. He told the auto
workers Chat he spoke about Ford
because he wanted to "preserve one
of the finest labor contracts in the
country today."
The united automobile workers
have a closed shop, checkoff con
tract with Ford, once a bitter foe of
unionism.
"There is something I want to tell
you fellows," Murray said. "We've
got to live up to this contract with
Ford. This tinkering out there has
got to stop. No more unauthorized
strikes or slowdowns. Remember, If
you won't stop them, somebody else
will.
"Some of you fellows are walking
around with a chip on your shoulder.
Don't forget it's quite possible that
you might get It knocked off some
day. We have important obligations
under this contract. Let's live up to
them.
announcement today by Dis
inai ne will ine a motion in
checks were as of September
Marie Young admitted being In Sa
lem on September 7, which was
during fair week, but denied being
here on September 8 and continued
making denial at all times that she
had anything -to do with passing
the checks. She resides on a farm
near Vancouver, - states local offi
cials, and she and her husband have
every Indication of being prosperous
citizens.
However, after suspicion was at
tached to her that she might have
knowledge of the checks, District At-
torey Hayden said that five people
Identified her at Vancouver as hav
ing been the woman. But In the
face of this Mrs. Young continued
her denials. Then cam word that
a woman li a .California prison
(Concluded oa $tm tt, column S)
Progress in Liuyan Desert
Charge of the Tank Brigade These tanks crossing a small stream near Tacoma, Wash , were part
of a 60-tank unit which staged the largest maneuvers ever held in the Pacific northwest. Asso
ciated Press Photo.
Program
UAL Celebration
Chairman of committees
nmg oi united Air Lines service in Salem December 5 were
appointed at a noon luncheon at ttye Marion today by Gen
eral Chairman Irl S. McSherry. Each chairman will select
his associates. The chairmen are: Distinguished guests and
noon luncheon, Mayor W. W. Chad-
wick; transportation, W. L. Phillips
polica and traffic, Assistant Chief
of Police E. C. Charlton; dedication
program at the" airport; Tom Arm
strong; reception hour, Frank Doer-
fler; evening banquet, Jerrold
Owen; decorations, Harry Brown,
Oliver Judd and Don Black; school
and service club programs, Guy
Hickok.
The tentative program for an all
day celebration contemplates num
erous interesting events; In the
forenoon a plane or planes will ar
rive from Portland. One of these
will bring various dlgnitarias rep
resenting the United Air Lines, the
city of Portland, the army air corps,
etc. Also a sleeper plane may ar
rive and some time during the day
a squadron of planes from the Port
land army air base is expected.
The noon luncheon will begin at
12 o'clock and seated will be the
visiting dignitaries and an equal
(Concluded on lingc 11. column 3)
Nazi Flying Ace
Killed in Action
New York, Nov. 21 (P) The Ger
man radio announced today that
Capt. Baron Franz von Werra, young
German ace, who escaped from a'
British camp in Canada and later
Jumped 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 sub-lieutenant, escaped from n
Canadian prison train In the Laur-
entian region last January 23, hitch
hiked to the St. Lawrence river and
rowed across the vicinity of Ogdcns
burg, N. Y-, where he was captured
by U. s. authorities for illegal entry.
While deportation proceedings
were under way von Werra Jumped
the $5000 bail given by the German
consulate and went to South Am
erica, returning to Germany by plane
last spring. He was promoted to
captain and given command of a
pursuit squadron-
Reports from Berlin last October
28 said the airman had been fatally
Injured somewhere In Germany. The
new announcement told neither
where nor when von Werra was
killed.
Roosevelt Fails
To Use Weapon
Washington, Nov. 21 (U.R) Rep. E.
E. Cox, D-, Ga., had this comment
today on President Roosevelt's fail
ure to address a message to con
gress requesting anti-strike legis
lation: "Here are strikes spreading all
over the country, and Mr. Roosevelt
sits down In the White House hold
ing in his hand the Jawbone of an
ass the congress and refuses to
use it."
for
for celebration of the b.egin-'
Stole 50 Turkeys
From Widow
It was a thankless Thanksgiving
for Mrs. Ben F. Shepherd who lives
In the Central Howell district, route
6, box 396, out of Salem, as Mrs.
Shepherd, a widow, reported to the
sheriff's office that between 150
and 180 turkeys had been stolen
from her place the past 10 days. In
eluded In the loss were 50 birds that
were choice breeding stock.
Investigation by Deputy Sheriff
Plttenger this morning revealed
where marks of a car followed down
a lane about half way to the house,
wnere tne car stopped and was
turned around.
Mrs. Shepherd not only lives about
100 yards back from a county road
but the county road is half a mile
or so off from the main Sllverton
highway. She lives there alone and
the house and turkeys were in a
secluded situation so It was possible
for the thieves to have a compara
tively safe place to work in taking
tne birds.
Mrs. Shepherd said that she start
ed with about 400 turkeys for this
season and as near as she can esti
mate she sold about 50 of them and
has approximately 200 left.
This is a main source of her live
lihood and theft of the turkeys came
as a heavy blow, said officers.
President Mum
On Japanese Crisis
Washington, Nov. 21 (P) Presi
dent Roosevelt said today there had
been no developments In the current
Japanese-American conversations
looking toward a better understand
ing in far eastern problems and he
brushed aside a press conference
question whether he had any reason
to be optimistic about the talks.
That Inquiry, he said, was of the
type: Have you stopped beating your
wife?
To a question as to whether he
was considering breaking off diplo
matic relations with the Vichy gov
ernment of France, the president
said he had heard nothing about
that.
Likewise, he asserted, he had no
reports on the showing which was
being made by American equipment
used by the British in their new
campaign In Libya.
Pamona Grange
Opposes Session
Portland, Nov. 31 w a special le
gislative session to consider the
multnomah county tax situation Is
opposed by the Multnomah county
Pomona grange, Master Claude H.
Miller said yesterday.
Grangers felt no reduction In
taxes on homes would be accom
plished by a special session, he said.
See British Push
To the Atlantic
Ankara, Nov. 21 (UFO Well-in
form neutral sources said today the
objective of the British offensive in
Africa is not merely a drive to
the Tunisian border but, if all goes
well, a push all the way west to
the Atlantic ocean.
These diplomats believe Germany
Js in the process -of making -a- mora
or less final "peace"'settlement with
France under which the nazis
would pledge themselves- to "help"
France protect her North African
possessions.
It Is believed here that if the
British offensive really gets roll
ing, the Germans would waste no
time in sealing their bargain with
Vichy and moving right into Tunis,
Morocco and Dakar with all its
implications for the United States.
News of the offensive delighted
most Turkish political circles al
though they adopted a most cau
tious attitude.
The importance of the offensive
to Turkey Is that if completed suc
cessfully the British can reinforce
their armies In Syria, Iran and Iraq,
providing an Improved prospect of
aid to Turkey If she is attacked
and blocking the route of the Ger
mans from the Caucasus into the
Middle East.
10 Million Russian
Casualties Say Nazis
Berlin, Nov. 21 (JP) Authorized
German sources said today that
10,000,000 Russians had been killed,
wounded or captured In the five
months of war with the Soviet Un
ion, ended today. The tigure was
cited in what they termed a "sur
vey of Htiler'A strategy of destruc
tion.
The Germans listed 3,792,060 pris
oners.
The Germans said that 15,877 Rus
sian planes had been captured or
destroyed, 27,452 tanks destroyed or
captured and 27,129 guns seized or
smashed. Also listed as destroyed
were 52 Russian warships, with 50
damaged, and 138 merchantshlps
sunk and 137 damaged.
Woman Gang Leader
Pays Death Penalty
San Quentin, Calif., Nov. 21 (P) "The Duchess," a hag
gard, grim-faced woman who
bers, was executed today in the
Evllcta Juanita Spinelll, 52, the
first woman to die by the law In
California.
The woman was half carried Into
the death cell by two guards whom
she never seemed to see.
Her Hps moved in prayer as she
stumbled Into the room.
There. was an electric light Just
outside the gas chamber upon
which here eyes were fixed con
stantly, as though she never wanted
that light to leave her sight.
The state supreme court today de
nied two last-minute legal attempts
to save the life of Mrs. Juanita "The
Duchess" Spinelll. The denial came
only five minutes before the 10
o'clock time set for her execution
Reds Beat Off
New Nazi Push
Moscow Front
Bloody Fighting in Pro
gress in 3 Sectors
Nazi Losses Heavy
(By the Associated Press)
On the Russo-German war
front, the soviet radio report
ed that "bloody fighting is
now in progress" in three sec
tors along Moscow's 200-mile
defense arc and that the red
armies had beaten off a vio
lent new offensive launched
by the Germans Tuesday
night.
"Fighting is especially
tense in the northern sector
of the front, where the enemy
flung in large forces of tanks and
infantry and tried to break-through
to the town of "K," the radio said.
This presumably referred to the
key town of Kalinin, 05 miles north
west of Moscow.
Nazi Losses Heavy
"One of our units supported by
tanks counter-attacked near "K,"
occupied two villages, ambushed
the headquarters of a large enemy
unit, wiped out 100 soldiers, and
destroyed many tanks, trucks, mo
torcycles and guns," the Soviet ac
count continued.
German losses in men and ma-
chines were described as "tremend
ous sacrifices," win the nazis hurl
ing tens of thousands of troops into
the flaming battle lines in an at
: tempt to break through Russian
defenses.
In the Volokolamsk sector alone,
65 miles northwest of Moscow, the
Germans were said to have sent
eight divisions about 120,000 men
into action, but the Russians de
clared that red army troops
"launched a violent counter-attack
which the Germans could not with
stand and they retired westward,
evacuating many villages."
Wedge Driven In
In the Mozhaisk sector, 57 miles
west of Moscow, the Russians ad
mitted that the invaders, striking
simultaneously in several places,
had driven a wedge into Soviet
lines.
"Fierce fighting is now In progress
here (Mozhaisk). Several villages
change hands continuously," the
radio said.
Russian front line dispatches said
that the Germans were also striking
with savage fury in the Tula sector,
100 miles south of Moscow, and that
bloody losses "failed to dampen the
enemy's ardor and he continues to
strive forward."
A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
field headquarters gave no hint that
this was a new all-out smash to
take Moscow as seemed apparent
from Soviet reports merely noting
that "further progress" had been
made by axis armies on the cen
tral front and in the Donets river
basin In the Ukraine.
12,000 Employed
In Shipyards
Portland, Nov. 21 (P) Officials of
the Oregon Shipbuilding corpora
tion said here today that employ
ment at the 11-way yards had
reached 12,000.
The fifth ship will be launched
Sunday, Just 10 months from the
start of plant construction.
ruled a gang of killers and rob
state s gas chamber, bhe was
In San Quentln's gas chamber for
murdering ono of her own gang.
The court denied motions with
out comment after Warden Clinton
Dufy at San Quentin had turned
down two telephone pleas to delay
the execution until the court had
acted. Four Judges acted In the ml
lng.
In one petition William S. Her
ron attacked the execution law as
unconstitutional in that It specified
no specific gas and that death by
gas was cruel and unusual punish
ment. In the other, filed In superior
court at 9:30 a. ni Sally Stanford
petitioned the execution was illegal
(Concluded on paie 12, column 6)
130 German
Tanks Destroyed
In Engagement
American Made Tanks
Victorious British
Advance 100 Miles
By Virgil Pinkie)
Cairo, Nov. 21 (U.R) Brit
ish mechanized forces in a
two-day battle in Libya were
reported officially today to
have destroyed 130 German
tanks and 33 armored cars
and taken several hundred
prisoners.
The British reported that
they drove German panzer
units back on Sidi Rezzegh,
where fighting was in pro
gress south of besieged Tob
bruk. The statement, issued from Brit
ish general headquarters, said that
strong British armored columns
were penetrating deeply into Libya
(apparently having swept west of
Tobruk) and that the Germans
were falling back as their com
munications lines were endangered.
Great Battle On
"The battle was joined in earn
est Thursday afternoon," the com
munique said. "Following rapid ad
vances in two previous days, our
armored, forces on Thursday en
gaged German tanks in strength in
the vicinity of Sidi Rezzech (south
of Tobruk)
"After losing 70 tanks and 33
armored cars, tho German forces
withdrew, leaving several hundred
prisoners in. our hands," the com-'
m unique continued.
The communique said that a
British armored formation went in
to action against another concen
tration of German tanks which had
advanced southward from Bardia
to the Gambut sector, on the coast
east of Tobruk.
100 Mile Drive
"During the first action on Wed
nesday, the enemy sustained 20
tank casualties against 20 of our
own," it added.
Britain's eighth army drove 100
miles Into Libya today and appeared
on the threshold of lifting the 223
day siege of Tob'ruk,
Sweeping across the desert wastes
of Cyrenaica like a battle fleet at
sea, the armored forces, of Lieut.
Gen. C. J, E. Auchinleck many of
(C'oncliicIeU on pace It, column 5)
Clouds Ease
Cold Weather
(Br the United Press)
Increasing cloudiness along trio
coast today promised relief from
a two-day cold wave which covered
Oregon and Washington,
The weather bureau said tempera
tures would hover around the freez
ing point again tonight but it look
ed for rising temperatures and pos
sibly rains the western part of tho
two states by tomorrow afternoon.
Coldest point in tho northwest
last night was Lakeview, Ore., where
the mercury dropped to 14 degrees
above zero. Burns, Ore., reported
18 above to take second honors.
North Dalles and Kelso, Wash.,
recorded 25 above to take low tem
perature laurels In that state. Seat
tle listed 33, Spokane 28. Yakima
and Olympla 30.
Other Oregon temperatures: Ba
ker 20. Brookings 35, Eugene 26,
Medford 25, North Bend 34. Pen
dleton 32, Portland 30, Salem 29 and
the Siskiyou Summlte 20.
Pel Redmond Deer
Goes on Rampage
Redmond, Ore., Nov. 21 (IV) Lor
en Parrlsh's pet buck deer lost Its
inferiority complex and in the fipace
of an hour:
Confronted automobiles along the
highway and forced drivers to stop
and go around him; barricaded a
grocery store and refused customers
egress or exit; marooned a driver
on top of his oil truck, delaying an
oil delivery for 20 minutes.
The animal finally was bulldogged
and tied to a tree, later reverting
to his normal amiability.
Parrish can't Imagine what in tho
world got Into the critter.