"NrEDFCVRD MAIL TRIBUNE. fEPFORD. OREflON', TUESDAY. XOVErRER IB. 1937.
PXGE THREE
JAPANESE FORCE
GOVERNMENT TO
DESERT NANKING
Officials Will Move to Han
kow Military Estab
ilshments to Stay Until
Last As Japs Draw Near
NANKING, Not. Ifl. (Jp) The gov
ernment decided tonight to move to
Hankow, on the Yangtze nearly 300
miles to the west, because of the
threat to the capital by Japanese
armies from Shanghai.
The ministry of communications
took the lead today by evacuating
taff and records to a Hankow-bound
pteamer, and League of Nations tech
nical experts were to leave tomorrow.
For greater security and freedom
from Jasnese attacks, three or four
cities In all will be used to harbor
yarlous civil departments.
Hankow, as the major haven, prob
ably will house the ministries of for
eign affairs and finance. Military es
tablishments will remain at Nanking
until the very last.'Other departments
will locate temporarily at .Chang&a.
south of Hankow and In Hunan prov
ince, and at Chungking In the south
western province of Szechwan.
To Defend City
The civil departments will be
moved, but officials emphasized that
this did not mean abandonment of
the capital And avowed that the army
would defend Nanking until the last
with Chiang Kai-Shek, premier-generalissimo,
himself in command.
"If the Japanese break through our
defenses, our army will retreat fight
ing for China, determined against
compromise or capitulation," said a
high official.
Chinese had viewed with Increasing
concern the advance of Japanese
troops on the "Hlndenberg" line of
Chinese defenses some 135 miles
southeast of here.
By Lloyd Lehrbas
SHANGHAI, Nov. 16. (P) Thou
sands of panic-stricken Chinese fled
from three of China's greatest cities
tonight to escape advancing Japanese
armies and widespread bombing by
Japanese war-planes.
A great exodus was under way from
Ranking, the nation's capital and ob
ject of a tremendous Japanese drive
Into the interior from Shanghai, sim
ilarly, civilians were fleeing from
Tslnanfu, Shantung province capital
north of the Shanghai war area, and
from Soochow. central point In Chi
nese defense lines between Shanghai
and Nanking.
Planes Active
Japanese planes dumped bombs
over a widespread area of the Shang
hai peninsula to smooth a way to
Nanking for troops and naval ves
sels. Foreign military observers pre
dicted the Japanese could reach Nan
king within a month.
Points bombarded Included Puahan.
Yangtze river port on the water route
to Nanking, and Chinese concentra
tions between the Chinese defense
lines and Nanking.
Japan's north China forces were
approaching the Yellow river, five
miles north of Tslnanfu. To stem the
advance, Chinese were said to have
blown up the Tlentsin-Pukow rail
way bridge spanning the river op
posite the provincial capital. Most of
the refugees leaving Tslnanfu head
ed for Tslngtao, on the seacoast.
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STATE COLLEGE. Pa. (UP)
Pennsylvania State college may be
a new influence upon Its foreign
students, but when they finish their
studies, the college wants them to
feel right at home If they return
to native lands. So, the very Amer
ican "sheepskins" awarded foreign
students are being engrossed with
the student's name In his native
language as well as English.
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DEATH TAKING A HOLIDAY is portrayed graphi
cally in these split-second photographs taken during a hill-climbing
race near Buxton, Eugland. Both the driver and a woman passenger
escaped unhurt when the car hit a bank on steep Jenkins Chapel
hill and overturned, trapping them beneath it
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TJse Mall Tribune want ads.
Richard Anthony Hutch! ns, Infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hutchins.
residing at 16 Columbus street, pass
ed away at the family residence early
Tuesday morning from pneumonia,
after a very short illness. Little
Richard was born In Medford, October
20, 1936.
He leaves to mourn his departure.
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Hutchins of this city, his grandpar
ents. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Milhoan of
Medford and Mr. and Mrs. George
Hutchins of Gold Hill, Ore.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Perl Funeral Home, Thurs
day at 2 p. m., the Rev. D. D. Ran
dall In charge. Interment will be In
Siskiyou Memorial cemetery.
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Every Hhot Counts
CODY, Wyo. (UP) Five years ago,
Mrs. Wylle Sherwln of the North
Fork country near here received
gift of a big game rifle and a box
of 20 shells. Since that time she
has killed four elk and a deer. She
still has 12 of the 20 gift bullets
unused.
Malta d Months Slow
wakkfieijv Mass. (UP) Home
owners here received literature ex
tolling the opportunity to oorrow
under the Federal Home Loan plan
1 month a after the offer had
expired. The postmaster explained
cnai we aeiay occurrea in yv"-ington.
ELKS PREPARING FOR
Committee In charge of the Med
ford Elks club's annual "Turkey Trot"
and Thanksgiving party met in the
temple last night to complete ar
rangements for the crab and beer
feed to be held Thursday night. Din
ner will be served promptly at 7
o'clock, followed by a short lodge
session and the "Days of '49."
Entire receipts of the party are used
for the Christmas tree party and every
member Is urged to be present and
take part In the fun.
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AT PERL'S
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Perl Funeral Home Wednes
day at 2:30 p. m.. for Charles Dawson
Thompson, 74, beloved and highly
respected resident of this city, who
passed away at a local hospital early
Monday after a short Illness.
Mr. Thompson, who had lived In
Medford for 17 years, was born at
Marquam, Ore.. December 18, 1863.
He spent his early life and gained
his public school education at Mar
quam. entering Oregon State college
in 1882 and graduating in 1886. He
was united In marriage to Miss Jen
nie Horning at Corvallls, Ore.. In
1888. they having met while attend
ing college.
He taught at Oregon State college
for five years in the agricultural de
partment, and tn 1896 went to Michi
gan State college for post-graduate
work. After returning to Oerogn, he
went directly to Hood River, where
he was superintendent of city schools
for five years and superintendent of
county schools in Hood River county
until 1015. at which time he came
to Josephine county where he was
county agent. In 1920 he came to
Medford to take charge of the Smith
Hughes agricultural work In Medford
high school, where he remained until
his recent Illness.
He was a man of fine Christian
qualities and character, and leaves
many friends and acquaintances to
mourn his departure, especially
among the hundreds of students he
has taught.
Mr. Thompson was a member of
the Masonic lodge and past patron
of the O. E. S. at Hood River.
He leaves to mourn his departure,
his wife, Mrs. Jennie Thompson of
this city; one son, Claude Thompson
of Los Angeles, Cal.: two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Robblns of Mollala, Ore., and
Mrs. Rhoda Gray of Marquam.
Rev. Sherman Divine of the Pres
byterian church will officiate at the
funeral services. Interment will take
place In the Siskiyou Memorial park.
Medford lodge No. 103. A. F and A. M..
will have charge of the services at
the cemetery. t
Honorary pallbearers will be: C. C.
Lemmon, Louis Ulrlch, Eugene Thorn
dike, C. C. Furnas. R. G. Fowler and
E. H. Hedrick. Active pallbearers will
be: L. A. Mentzer, A. P. Butler. J. F.
Fliegel. Victor Sether, Arch Work and
F. Wilson Wait.
Announce Marriage Plans
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sify Ads Is l :30 p. m.
Use Mall IYibune want ads.
Fanny Ilrlce should be ''tlwl of living ultli a mnn who smells like ele
phants," snlrt Showman Billy Rose ns he disclosed plans to marry Elenunr
Holm Jjirrett, mv I miner, as soon a they receive divorces. Mrs. Jarrett's
husband 1 Art Jarrett. orchestra lender. Rose and Mrs. Jarrett are
shown as they were about to leave Demcr, Colo., where the announce
ment was inn ile.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (AP
The Federal Home Loan bank board
approved the appointment of Frank
H. Johnson of Seattle, as president
and secretary of the Federal Home
Loan bank of Portland. Ore., today.
He was elected by the board of
directors of the Portland bank.
Johnson Is a banker and a former
Btatc banking commissioner of Mon
tana. He will succeed Charles H.
Stewart: resigned.
The Portland bank serves Wash
ington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho.
Utah, Wyoming and Alaska, the 11th
district.
D. C. STRAUS DIES AT
SIS VALLEY HOI
Dtedrick Charles Straus, well-known
resident of Southern Oregon passed
away at his home In Sams Valley,
November 16 at the age of 63 years.
Funeral services are in charge of
Perl Funeral Home, and a complete
obituary will be published later.
CIO BALLOON FALLING
SAYS AFL COMMUTE
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 16. (AP)
The AFL committee on Pacific
coast organization of maritime, team
ing and lumber Industry employes,
meeting here, described the CIO as
"Just another balloon that has al
ready burst and Is slowly falling."
"Reports from northwest repre
sentatives show that many of those
who had previously signed with the
CIO have begun to realize their mis
take, and are now flocking back to
AFL organizations," Edward D. Van
deleur, committee and California
State Federation of Labor secretary,
said.
5 KEEPERS BOUND,
ONE IS ABDUCTED
IN QUICK GETAWAY
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room when Mrs. Nellie Hills, a matron,
entered. Paddock said.
Mrs. HUls was also bound and left
In the guard room with the three
keepers, the superintendent said,
and the convicts went Into the
prison yards.
Take Keeper, Car.
There they encountered Edward
Hayes, a keeper who was reporting
for work. They forced Hayea to the
latter'a automobile, took his keys
and bound him.
Unable to start the automobile.
Paddock said, they liberated Hayes
momentarily to permit him to start
the car, and then sped away with
Hayes In the back seat to Syracuse,
five miles away.
There they released Hayes un
harmed. Paddock quoted Hayes as
saying the three transferred to an
other car, but he was unable to de
scribe the automobile.
Paddock said none of the prisoners
In the, cell block where the convicts
escaped, gave an alarm.
Prison officials were apprised of
the escape only after Corbett freed
himself and notified them.
State police immediately Issued an
alarm over the teletype system and
troopers and local authorities war
scouring Syracuse and vicinity la
an effort to apprehend the trio.
Oley, Geary and Crowley war
r.mong eight convicted of the O'Con
nell kidnaping In federal court in
Blnghampton, N. Y., on August 13
after a trial which lasted almost 11
weeks.
NEW YORK. Nov. 16. (AP)
Wives of two of the three 0"Connell
kidnapers who escaped from tha
Onondaga county jail are awaiting
trial In federal court tn Brooklyn
on charges of harboring federal fug
itives. They are Mrs. Agnes Oley, 29, wtfa
of John Oley, and Mrs. Josephine
Geary, 42, wife of Percy Geary,
Mrs. Genevieve R. Oley, 26, widow
of Francis Oley. also La held. Fran
els was a brother of John,
The three women are accused of
conspiring to harbor their husbands
after the kidnaping of Lieutenant
John J. O'Connell Jr. They are free
on ball, awaiting trial January 8.
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Blue Ink Used in
Republican Books
PORTLAND. Nov. 16. p) The
Republican state central committee
is using blue Ink In Its books for
the first time since Its headquarters
were closed after the 1036 campaign.
With a deficit eliminated, the state
and Multnomah county committees
started a drive for an organization of
2000 "sustaining" party members who
would pay annual dues of $70 each
for a two-year period.
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