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The Weather Forecasts: Haln tonlitht and Tuesday; little chance In temperature. TEMPKRATl'BE Highest yesterday 62 Lowest this morning 1 It Pays When you are In trading mood dk the classified pane of this newspaper. Thousands of people read this page regu-. larly and depend upon It for reliable Information. They find It pays. Medford Trtbune Full Associated Press United Fresi Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1937. No. 204. tm mm AfflD k AD Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. REVIVAL OF HOUSING REPAIR LOANS WEIGHED CALLED SHORT CUT TO END BUSINESS ItECKSSION AUTO UNION HEAD BANS UNION NEWSPAPERS NATIONAL GRANGE LEADERS FIGHT "REGIONAL" PLAN wraewiTjfiTOK. Nov. 15. As con gress gathers to mix a potion lor the farmer and the workman, tho execu tive departments. are busy fabricating something for the business man. It hasn't been decided upon yet hasn't even been officially mentioned but the rumor Is strong that the rejuvenators of business, so busy In the capital lately, are reaching for an old hypodermic needle that line been laid away a long time. The shot-ln-the-arm suggested Is the revival of title I of the Federal Housing Act, under which loans were guaranteed up to 10 per cent for modernization and repair. A lot of pressure la said to have been exerted on congress to keep this title alive when It expired last March, when Housing Administrator McDon ald said "No, let It die," he was looked upon as a museum piece, a government agency head who actu ally was willing to give up some functions congress had allowed him. The modernization loan program waa dropped because It was consid ered a purely emergency measure. Now, according to the folks who claim to know how the president's advisers feel about the situation, another emergency Is here and the quickest way to start things moving, all the way from the lumber camp right down to the carpenter with the sterilized nails In his mouth. Is through stimulating modernizing, renovating and repair. "A lot of folks who are ready to build," explains one housing expert, "are hesitating to start on a house right now because they are afraid business Is too uncertain for so much of an undertaking. But the fellow who would like to repair the back porch would Jump at the chance right now under tho long-time loan arrangement of title I of the hous ing act." The federal housing administration isn't particularly anxious to go back into the detailed operation necessary until title I. But they admit that it waa a highly successful move, showed only 3 per cent losses on the guaran teed loans, has the 100 per cent backing of the construction, hard ware and building supply people, and Is. In their opinion, a short cut to better business. To suport this claim, they repeat this tale at the federal housing ad ministration: The head of one of the biggest manufacturers of heating equipment stood In front of a housing adminis tration's desk and declared: "I'm a good Republican, but 1 waa In the red when you fellows started last (Continued on Page Eight.) GOLD BEACH. Nov. IS. (API Jesse Turner, who lived on Hunter creek 43 years to become one of the frontier characters of this region, is dead. He waa 65 years old. He was once sheriff of Curry county and had been a Democratic party leader here for many years. PORTLAND, Nov. 15 (AP) Oliver L, Favorite, 59. Haines, collapsed in a restaurant today and died presum ably from a heart attack. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Maude Codding being an Inter ested spectator at the Grand News paper Trapshoot sweeps. Lou Miles astounded beyond belief at modern newspaper machinery as he wended his wide. eyed ay around the MT plant. Numerous citiwna looking vainly for fires a a short circuit caused much excitement in the warning siren at Front and Main streets. Mrs. Clarence Schmidt trying to coal a kitten to Jump Into her apron from a tree top. friend husband coming to the rescue, poking the pussy loose with ft mop. EadV five-ton true and two help ers coming to retrieve four hste lost h Hsnk Fletcher when ha moved to - X Wash. ROOSEVELT GIVES SPECIAL SESSION LEGISLATIVE GOAL Unjust Levies Should Be Re moved President's Word Farm and Labor Legis lation Also Advocated WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. ( AP) President RooBevelt advocated tax revision and national cooperation to halt the economic "recession" today to congressmen already clamoring for a lessening of burdens on busi ness. The chief executive's message sig nalled the start of a special session seriously entangled over a four-point legislative program and resounding with demands for tax change ahead cf all else. Clerks read to senators and repre sentatives In their respective cham bers and to galleries crowded with spectators Mr. Roosevelt's words which to many listeners oversha dowed his request for "early action" on' farm crop control, wage and hour, regional planning and executive re organization legislation. Noisy Return But the president refrained from earmarking taxes for special consid eration at the extraordinary session despite a vigorous campaign among many of his strongest supporters for immediate modification of the capi tal gains and corporate undisturbed profits taxes. The usual back-slapping noisiness of a fresh session reigned on the senate and house floors. Vice Presi dent Garner banked his gavel to quiet the buzz of conversation for the opening .prayer. Speaker Bank- ( Continued od Page Eight.) FOR ELK, KILLED LA GRANDE, Ore., Not. 15. f AP) District Attorney George Anderson, Jr., announced this afternoon an In quest would be held here tonight to Inquire into the circumstances sur rounding the death of Harry Cullen, 22, of Pendleton, ftelly wounded Bun day while hunting elk near Kamela. No action was planned by Anderson until the coroner's jury report Its findings. Coroner L. L. Snodgreas, who was called to Kamela yesterday, reported that Harold Peterson, young La Orando man, fired the shot that bit Cullen, apparently mistaking him for an elk. He aeJd Peterson and others Joined in bringing Cullen on an improvised stretcher some ten miles through hilly country to the Union county first aid car which brought Cullen to La Grande. Two blood transfusions were given Cullen. GIVEN BALLOT TITLE SALEM, Ore., Nov. (AP) At torney Genera! I. H. Ven Winkle pav ed the way today for circulation of the Townend Initiative when he Approved Its ballot title. The ballot title follows: Tho initiative requires 20,0.10 sig natures of registered voters to place It on the ballot next November. "Purpose: By people7 vote to di rect the legislature to request con gress to call a notional convention to propose constitutional amendment for establishment and operation of Townsend plan.' Population of Medford Now 1 2,000 Is Estimate PORTLAND. Nov. 16. (JP, Esti mate of population In nearly 60 clttea hy R, L. Polk & Co., compllators of directories. Indicated a population In crease In urban districts of Oregon of 13.9 per cent since 1930. The Polk figures totaled SI 1,819. compared to the 19.10 censtia of 636, 460 for the Titles surveyed. The estimates cave the largest In crease to Seaside, which had ft popu lation of 1.585 In 1930 and 4.600 this year, or a gain of nearly 300 per cent. The second largest Increase waa es timated in Newport, which had 1.630 In 1930 and 3.000 this year, gain of nearly 100 per cent. Whether the estimates were made In the past summer, when these two resort centers would have had their largest populations, was not indicated. Estimatee which rowr sharply In other cltlea Inelud-d Coqullle. 3.733 la 1930 and 4.800 la 1937, gala of Marathon Jumper Bruised, Tired By 22 'Chute Leaps OKLAHOMA CITY, Not. 15. (AP) Mrs. Faye Lucille Cox, 36, nursed a blackened eye and bruises today as she claimed - a. world's record for 92 consecutive parachute jumps In one day. "I'm awfully tired," she anld. Bhe spent seven and one-half hours yesterday Jumping -from 3, 000 feet. Her regular parachute failed once and her auxiliary 'chute opened only 500 feet off the ground. She bruised herself. In another Jump a flapping belt buckle dis colored her eye. Ed Stark of Los Angeles, Calif., made 31 consecutive Jumps In a day In 1933. CHINESE DEFENSE PERILED BY DRIVE SHANGHAI, Nov. 15. yPj Japan ese forces endangered China's whole "Hlndenberg line" defenses today In a drive on Soochow. The offensive westward from Shanghai Japanese officers said, was the opening of a campaign against Nanking, China's capital, 125 to 150 miles west of the "Hlndenberg line." Advices from Nanking said Soo chow was desolated by more than 700 Japanese bombs dropped on tt within 30 hours. The central government was known to be resolved to defend Nanking. Knowledge of that determination and of Soochow's fate hastened a heavy civilian exodus from Nanking by rlv er, canal and road.- Government of ficials remained, however. Another Chinese capital, meanwhile, appeared In Imminent danger In north China. Swift Japanese column were reported within 15 miles of Tslnarj, capital of wealthy Shantung province. Tsinan la the only provincial capital of north China still uncaptured by the Japanese. Japan's converging forces on the Shanghai -Soochow front now hold an almost straight line from Chapoo, on Hangchow bay, north to Palmaolouwn on the south bank of the Yangtze river. Black Challengers Turned Back Again WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (AP) The supreme court turned back today three new challenges directed against the eligibility of Justice Hugo L. Black to serve on the tribunal. Three Florida corporations lost in their second effort to gain a rehear ing of litigation on the ground Black was not qu timed to sit In Judg ment. The tribunal denied the petition for rehearing and suggestion of dis qualification filed by the Ryan Flor ida corporation and others. Labor Leader Hits Martin Statement PORTLAND, Nov. 15. (&) Ben T. Osborne, secretary of the state fed eration of labor, asserted that Gov. Martin' statement approving the ac tion of Baker" citizens In "running a teamster union organizer out of town" meant "civil government in Oregon" has stopped. "If Gov. Martin 1 correctly quoted, civil government In Oregon has ceas ed and the state la tinder mob rule by the consent of the governor," charged Osborne. Potato Crop Same. KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 15. (AP) The 1837 potato crop, virtually all dug before cold weather, may ex ceed 6500 carloads, about the same a last year. more than 79 per cent, Ontario, 1,941 In 1930 and 3,100 In 1937, t gain of 80 per cent, and Lebanon. 1.851 In 1930 and 3.768 In 1937, a 6,0 per cent gain. Portlsnd waa estimated at 337.687 compared to 301.816 In 1930, while Salem, the state's second city, waa given 39.813 compared to 36.366 In 1930. Other tlgurea. the 1930 mark comma first and the 1937 estimate second follow: Eugene, 18.901, 33.000; Klamath Falls. 16.098, 31.000; Medford, 11,007. 13.000: Astoria. 10.349, 11.000: Baker, 7.868, 6 000; Bend, 8.848, 10,000; Cor vsllll, 7,588. 8,600; OranU Pass, 4.606, 6.000: Lft Orande, 8.040, 9.600; Marsh field. 6.387. 6,080; Oregon City. 8,761, 7.089; Pendleton. 6631, 7,676; Rose burg. 4.303. 6.360: The Dalles. 6,883, 6.800; North B"nd. 4.013. 6,600: St. Helena, 1,994, 6.000; Ashland, 4,644, ,400. SURVIVORS TELL GRAPHIC TALE OF One Seaman Goes Mad On Raft, Bites Captain in Face Shark Pulls Man Through Life Preserver By Carter Lowance NORFOLK, Va , Nov. 15. (JP) Fifteen disheveled survivors of the sinking Saturday of the Greek freight er Chandrla arrived here today aboard the coastguard cutter Mcndota and, through Interpreters, told their graph ic story of men against the sea. The captain of the crew of 28, sev en of whom lost their lives, bore a bright red gash acros the bridge of his nose to witness his story of how one seaman on the raft with him went mad In the harrowing hours be fore the rescue, and bit his captain In the face before he died. Couldn't Swim An English seaman said he felt the heavily laden freighter give two lurches, and "walked off the deck Into the water." He couldn't swim, but .grabbed a piece of timber and kept afloat, fighting off sharks that nipped his ankles. "I was the last to leave the ship and the last to be picked up." said Joseph Corrie, 49, of White Hlben, England. The captain, George Coufopandells. and the other fourteen survivors were taken to the marine hospital for treatment for exposure soon after the Mendota docked at 6 a. m.. E.S.T. All were suffering from parched and swollen throats, but whether any was seriously 111 could not be learned Immediately.-; - " y - Commander Henry Coyle of the- Mendota Bald the rescue was "ex tremely . difficult," as a heavy swell made It almost Impossible to see the seamen floating on small pieces of wreckage. Shark Gets One Coyle said he was told the radio operator and another member of the crew Jumped from the stricken ship without life preservers and drowned. A third was pulled through a life belt by a shark. A fourth, the one (Continued on Page rhree ) FURNlfPLMS CLOSED BY SHE PORTLAND, Nov. 15. (AP) Two of the city's largest furniture plants remained closed today, with one picketed and the other shut down by the management. Pickets paraded before the Port land Furniture company, upholster ers atriking, presumably over pay scales, although officials said they had received no demands. Although reports of a strike were circulated at the B. J. John Furni ture company, no picket were seen today and employes, Including up holsterers, appeared, resumably ready to work. The plant did not open and officials said It would remain closed until the "labor situation" was settled. Onion source estimated 100 men were idle. Coquille Workers Balk Port Opening MARSH FIELD, Nov. 15. 7p The refusal of A. F. of L. sawmill workers at Coqullle to vote on a proposed settlement dimmed hopes today for an opening of the closed Coos bay port. r The local' action followed upon a statement that It would vote on whetber to allow atriking O. I. O. workers at the Smith Wood Products plant to return to work until the national labor relations board ruled od the A. F. of L. claim of an ex clusive working agreement with the company. Pennies and Poem Pay For License SALEM, Not. 16. Five hun dred pennies, accompanied by a poem from Wayne Edwards of Baker Baking for automobile license No, 0, was re ceived bythe secretary of state today. Drawing ror the first ioo nummrs will be held Friday. Part of the poem follows: Be kind And send us number nine For we've saved these pennies la sight months time. OATES. Ore., Nor. 15- (AP) Th body of Dan Meyers, 73-year-old trapper who disappeared November 9. waa found today by Ingle Johnson on Circle Ridge, about a mile from the T. O. Lake ranch,. Meyers apparently had died from an heart attack the day of hit disappearance, . - . Kidnap Victim Dies of Pneumonia Due to Exposure in Unused Mine TEN DAYS HARDSHIP. TOO MUCH FOR AGED Fi iONARY HUNTINGTON, W. Va,., Nov. 15 (AP) Dr. James I. Seder, 79-year-old kidnap vletlm held 10 days In an abandoned coal mine In what federal agents declared was a futile $50,000 extortion plot, died early today of pneumonia. Dr. A. K. Kesaler, who had at tended the former state superin tendent of the autl-saloon league, said "death waa undoubtedly caused by exposure" during the 10 days his aged patient had been' held captive. Prosecutor E. E. Winters, Jr., an nounced immediately he would con fer later today with Judge H. Clay Warth on the Impaneling of a special grand Jury and that he would ask murder Indictments against thret, suspects arrested by agents of the federal bureau of Investigation. Winters said he would ask the death penalty. Dr. I. I. Hlrschman, another at tending physician, said the church man bad "a slight paralysis of the left side which might haye been the result of a blow on the head. His nose la fractured."- Lieutenant of Detectives Leslie J. Swann disclosed that 48 - year - old Araett A. Booth, one of the suspects, had been under suspicion from the day Dr. Seder disappeared. This, -Swann explained, was pa cause It was learned that Dr. Seder and Booth had had difficulties about v. -check, IDT. Seder endorsed . lor Booth. The detective said the check had been returned. Booth bad rented an apartment (Continued on Page Eight.) T BY FIRST SNOW SEATTLE. Nov. 15. (AP) North west Washington dug itself out of the season's first snowstorm as the weatherman forecast a continued "below normal" cold wave for the Paclflo northeast today. Sumaa, Lynden and Nooksack, in the extreme northwest section of the state, resumed highway connec tions, after being Isolated by snow drifts of 10 to 13 feet Saturday night and yesterday. Road crews opened the highways to these point late yesterday. Port Angeles on the Olympic pe ninsula waa still clearing It high ways today and repairing damage done to communication lines. The etorm, which reached blizzard proportions In some section, started raging Saturday and continued yes terday morning. More than eight Inches of snow fell In Belllngham, 16 Inches In Port Angeles, two Inches In Seattle Bnd 55 Inches In the Mount Baker national forest. A coating of Icy mush on ffeattle streets over the week-end caused 135 traffic accident. No traffic deaths due to the weather were reported. LOS ANGELES. Nor. 15 (AP) Alle gations that Ben Bard, widower oi Ruth Roland, wealthy film actress and business woman, was not di vorced from hi first wife when he married Miss Roland eight year ago were disclosed on file In the superior court here today. The action was a separate main tenance suit against Bard,, formerly known as Benjamin P. Oreenberg. The action was Instituted by Mrs. Martha P. Oreenberg, who said she married him' In New Orleans, Novem ber 24, 1SI5. She set forth In her complaint that her husband deserted her In 1034 and despite her protest lived with another woman for eight year. Mrs. Oreenberg stated that the defendant never divorced her. RAILWAY FIREMAN DIES OF SMASHUP INJURIES CHICAOO, Not. 18. (AP) A rail way fireman died today of Injuries suffered when a speeding football special of the Milwaukee road, carry. Ing nearly 300 Belolt, Wis., college students, waa wreeked after striking a stalled automobile. The atudenta were thrown Into panic when the locomotive and ten der overturned and the baggage car and two of the four passenger roachea left tha rails In suburban Morton Orove last night. a v., sjjjrf Dr. James I Seder, former missionary and ex-superintendent of the West Virginia Anti-Saloon league, shown In a Huntington, W. Va.. hospital following his release from kidnapers who held him prisoner for ten days In an abandoned mine, filed todtiy of pneumonia, due to exposure during his captivity. (A.P. Pltnto) TO LEAVE CARDS TUESDAY FOR UNEMPLOYED CENSUS Unemployment census cards will be distributed throughout the Med ford area tomorrow by city and rural mall carrier. The postoffice has on hand 4000 of the cards whtch Post master Frank DeSouza believes will be mora than enough for this dis trict. The cards are to be filled out com pletely and accurately by all totally or partially unemployed men and women who are capable of working and who want full-time employment, Mr. DeSou?A emphasised. The cards must be returned not later than midnight Saturday. ' Starting at noon tomorrow postal clerks may he found at a desk in the postoffice lobby to give help to those needing It in filling out the cards, Mr. DeSouza announced. Mrs. Vera Plymalo la the clerk In charge of registration. RUTH ETTING FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE CHICAGO, Nov. 15. (AP) Ruth Ettlng, radio and stage singer, filed suit for divorce today from Martin Snyder, her former business manager. Snyder, known in theatrical circles a Col. Moe Snyder, was charged In the singer's bill with desertion and cruelty. Miss Ettlng marrted Snyder in Crown Point, ind., July 17, 1023. They separated, the bill said, last Armistice day when Snyder left the former star of Eddie Cantor's "Whoopee" after beating her, MORMONS WOULD BUILD HUGE RADIO STATION WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (IP) The Church of Jest Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, asked the communications commission today for authority to build an International radio station. It would operate on five frequencies. E R. Urges Cooperation In Counting Unemployed By C. L. Riiliherrer United Press Staff Correspondent WASH1NOTON. Nov. 16. (UP) President Roosevelt, in ft "flreBide" chat to the nation last night, called upon tha people to contribute toward ft permanent cure for unem ployment by registering In the ad ministration's voluntary Jobless cen sus on Tuesday. Blmultaneously he Indicated: 1, That the administration will carry out, a far as possible. Its pledge to prevent starvation of any man or woman through lack of aid. 3. That the government will at tempt to stimulate private Industry sufficiently to enable 11 to reabsorb the Jobless. 8. A long-range program embrac ing these objectives will be launched after the results of Uia unemploy ment tabulation have been complied. BE TAX FREE IF NET, OR LESS WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. (AP) A house tax sub-committee tentatively agreed today to exempt all corpora tion having asooo net Income, or less, from the undistributed profits tax.1 Chairman Vinson (D.) In announc ing this step to meet growing de mands for tax relief for bualnesa, said It would apply to two-thirds ot tha corporations which have s net Income. A loss of some 17,000,000 In annual revenue will result, Vinson aald. "The committee," he added, "la still considering added relief provis ions for corporation having net In come of more than 5000 and ex tending up to a bracket not yet tentatively agreed on. But the limit will be at least $50,000 net Income or more." JAMES HAVES UNDER E Dr. and Mrs. Jamea O. Hayea re turned this morning from Portland, where they have been with their son, Jamea, who la la the Oood Samaritan hospital following a very delicate operation on his eye Wcd neaday. The operation waa performed by Dr. John E. Weeks, famous eyo sur geon of New York city and Dr. Ralph 'Davis, well known eye epeo lallst of Portland. James suffered an Injury to his eye early In Sep tember, while taking boat out of Lake of the Woods, when struck by a twig. Hla parenta hope that this last surgical operation may benefit his condition. t 8ILVERTON. Ore., Nov. 16. (AP) Receivership of tha Plrat National bank of SUverton will be closed No vember 39, the office ot O. C. Bryant, receiver, aald today, A final divi dend payment has been fixed at 0.63 percent, making ft total dividend payment of 83.53 per cent. The hank was closed Auguat 1, 1033. The president, urging prompt at tention to the 60,000,000 question naire postcarda which will be sent to every Amsrlcan home, said the census waa "ft sensible first step to ft constructive re-employment pro gram." "The census,' he said, "ought to be a successful bit of national team work from which will come again that feeling of national solidarity which la the atrength and the glory of the American people. "Enforced Idleness, embracing any considerable1 portion of our people In nation ot such wealth and natural opportunity, la paradox that dial lengea our Ingenuity." Co-Incident with Mr, Roosevelt's speech it waa reported he planned to call a conference of Industrial ftnd labor leulcre, after tha tabulation I completed, to discuss bli profnm. E ITALY VOTES 'NO' Three Scandinavian Coun tries Abstain From Vota Italian Delegate Says Complications Feared BRUSSELS, Nov. 18. (AP) 4 declaration ' summarizing the Paa) Eastern conflict and criticizing JapaB waa adopted today by the Brussels) conference, with Italy voting "no."i and threo Scandinavian countries abstaining. The Italian delegate. Count LulaJ Aldrovandl-Marescottl, aald ha muaft yote against the summary because Italy believed It presages a cours which can lead only to compiles tlons. The conference voted against eend lng a COnv Of t.he riMl.nll, . Japanese government, then adjourned ""in ..uvemoer '4'i. The declaration waa prepared bt the United SUtcs, British and Prencn delegated. Asked what the conference would) do at next Monday'a session, Belglara : Foreign Minister Paul Spaak snm the clue waa to be found In tin last paragraph of the declaration. It asserts that, while Jnnnn vjlTa not maintain twlco-volccd refusal to) attend tne conrerence, the statet represented must consider what 14 to be their common attitude In situation where one party to an In-, ternatlonal treaty Insists Ita action) doea not come within the scope 04 that treaty. The conference waa called unde. the nine-power treaty, which pledge respect fop the . territorial Integrity ot China. In an effort to medial the; Ohlnese-Japaneso' conflict. " I Denmark, Norway and Sweden at) stained from today'a vote. Them delegatea expressed agreement IK principle with terms of the declara tion, but regretted that conciliation had failed; therefore, they could not vote on the eummarlzatlon. TABERlELlTEO HEAD MANGE HARRISBURQ, Pa., Not. t.4JP), Louis J. Tabor of Columbus, Ohio, waa reelected master of the national Orange today for hla eighth term. Taber appealed to the delegate last week to choose someone else, bun they paid no heed. W, W. Deal, Nampa, Idaho, waj elected chaplain, to succeed Harry B, Crawford, Houlton, Me, W. P. Robinson, Wilmington, Del., former govomor of Delaware, was re-. elected treaaurer and Harry A. Cnton. . Coshocton, Ohio, was reelected secre tary. RASPUTIN LIBEL CLAIM: T LONDON. IlnR., Nov. IB. (AP) Another "nnaputln" libel claim ngalnat Me tro-0 old wyn -Mayer wan aftttled today In favor of Prince and Princess Alexis Pavlovich Chegodleff. The terms were not disclosed. In 1034 Prlnceaa Irina Youaaoupotf received $350,000 in settlement for her libel suits against the producer of the motion picture, "Baaputtn the Mad Monk." British lawyers said 1 was the highest libel settlement ever paid anywhere In the world. The prince and prlnceaa charged the picture Ubelrled them In tha portrayals of the characters Prince Chegodteff and his wife. - D.TI SUMMONED W DEATH Charles D. Thompson, well-known Medford man and former echcol teacher In the city, died at 6 ft. m. today in ft local hospital after ft lingering Illness. He resided at 1001 Weat Eleventh street. Funeral arrangements and ft com plete obituary will be announced to morrow by the Perl funeral home. I F ranco Ready For Decisive Offensive By the Associated Press, Insurgent sources Indicated today that Generalissimo Franclaco Franco-, long awaited "declstv offensive" would be launched thlt week with Almerta, southern Spanish seaport, aa the first objective. Th plan waa ror in onw oa Aimeria to be followed by ft push eastward on the Aragon front In ih north, . - r
