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Santa
The Weather
Forecast
Pair tonight and Friday but
considerable doudlneM, little
change In temperature.
Temperature
Highest yesterday 68
Lowest this morning 19
Thirty-fourth Year
Washington, D. C, Nov. 23.
The way President Roosevelt
has been spoofing the reporters
of late is strengthening the be
lief of some politicos that Mr.
Roosevelt has no designs on a
third term; that he will declare
himself out of the picture at the
' Jackson dinner in January. And
these politicos conclude that Mr.
Roosevelt wants his mantle
tossed to Paul' V. McNutt, the
platinum blond chief of Federal
Security Administration.
Three times in the past two
weeks Mr. Roosevelt has de
parted from prepared speeches
for the express purpose (he con
fesses), of startling reporters
and causing them to speculate
on the third term. He expressed
hope that he would participate
in the dedication of the Jeffer
son memorial in 1941 (his sec
ond term ends January 20,
1941); he announced his Frank
lin D. Roosevelt library (admis
sion 25 cents) would be open
to the public in August, 1941,
and all his private and public
papers would be available.
MR. Roosevelt says he was
having fun at the expense
of the scribes. Imagine Herbert
Hoover, Calvin Coolidge or
Woodrow Wilson unbending to
that extent.
Until Mr. Roosevelt decided
to have his little joke with the
working press he has been an
noyed, peeved, displeased when
ever a correspondent put the
third term question directly or
camouflaged.
All a reporter had to do at
a White House conference to be
(Continued oil Page Ten.)
POETWERGETS
AUTO PLATE NO. 1
Salem. Nov. 23. (IP) A. M.
Mcars, 664 Pittock block, Port
land, won 1940 Oregon auto
mobile license plate No. 1 to
day in the drawing for the first
100 numbers. About 21.000 ap
plications were in the drawing.
No. 2 went to Gus G. John
son of Klamath Falls, while C.
Dudley Miller of Harrisburg
got No. 3.
Dr. Floyd Dodds of Bandon
won lucky No. 7, while the
equally lucky 11 went to H.
M. Edson, Portland.
Unlucky 13 was awarded to
T. J. Ayres of Cottage Grove.
Other low numbers included:
4 George L. McMillan. 3305
S.E. 84th Ave.. Portland.
5 Georgie Hart, Jr., Westfall
(Malheur county).
6 Mrs. Louis O. Anderson,
North Bend.
8 Milo Dixon, Dexter (Lane
county).
9 A. E. Eckhardt, 1636 S. E.
25th Ave., Portland.
10 Earl P. Conrad. Toledo.
12 Waiter E. Matthews, Lcb
anon.
SIDE GLANCES
' by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Dorothy Hoppe and Anne
Fufon discussing at great length
and with much ferver the cause
and results of the one-ovcr-one
bridge bid or something equally
confusing.
Pecgy Gordon defending an
acquaintance from the vicious
but comic verbal cracks of
Charlie Gilbert.
Marie Ulrich and hubby Lewis
showing up at a Thanksgiving
soc!al event a couple of hours
behind time.
Bert Ro5S advising a friend
pleasantly but firmly regarding
the frir-.d's major slip-up on an
item of importance
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Claus To Signal Christmas Opening Friday Evening
Medford
Full Associated Press
PLANES SOW
New Technique Adopted By
Germans To Harry Allied
And Neutral Commerce.
London, Nov. 23. W Six
more British, French and neu
tral vessels today were added
to heavy maritime losses of the
past week from mine and sub
marine warfare.
Losses disclosed today were:
The British steamer Darino,
1.351 tons, sunk by a submarine
Nov. 19. Sixteen of the crew
were believed missing. Eleven
survivors landed on the east
coast after spending three days
in a submarine before being
transferred to an Italian ship.
The 4,576-ton Greek freighter
Lena R., sunk by a mine; twenty-four
persons saved.
The British Steamer Geraldus,
2,494 tons, formerly named the
Candleston Castle; 26 saved.
British trawler Sulby, 287
tons, sunk by a submarine off
the Scottish coast; seven saved
and five missing.
French fishing trawler Saint
Clair B-922 sunk by mine; elev
en of 12 crew members feared
lost.
Irench fishing trawler Baylcs
II sunk by submarine; 16 saved.
15 Mines Cast Up
Geoffrey Shakespeare, parlia
mentary under-secretary to the
admiralty, told the house of
commons that 15 mines, all Ger
man, had come ashore on the
eastern English coast within the
last fortnight.
In addition to the exchange
telegraph agency reported that
German planes flying low over
the Thames estuary last night
had sowed miniature, high-explosive
mines by parachute.
The admiralty related the des
troyer Gipsy was beached on
the east coast Tuesday after
striking a mine. Forty of her
crew were missing and 21 in
jured. Built In 1936, she carries
a normal complement of 145.
As partial consolation, Bri
tain had the spectacular destruc
tion of a German air raider off
the east coast which witnesses
aerial combat for the third suc
cessive night and the third time
in one day.
Villagers over a wide area
heard the bark of anti-aircraft
batteries and saw searchlights
grope the skies while fighting
planes went up to give chase.
Success In Air
It was officially announced a
German plane was shot down
at sea and another driven off.
The British and French
forces on the western front also
reported success in the air, with
destruction of eight German
planes yesterday.
British naval writers have
suggested the sudden increase
in ship losses is due to "mag
nctic mines," planted by the
Germans at depths too great for
minesweepers to detect but so
devised that they rise when a
sizable vessel passes overhead.
Sir John Simon, chancellor of
the exchequer, said in a radio
j Droadcast last night:
"You have been reading In
jyour newspaper of this latest
i abomination of German savag-
ery the magnetic mine secret
ly deposited in channels of thp
sea in order to blow up without
warning neutral and British
sniping alike.' all that skill
and science can devise is de
voted to meeting the new dan
ger. We are confident our ef
forts will be successful."
Appealing to small investors
to buy new national savings
certificates, Sir John called the
war "the most expensive ever
fought." and set the expense at
6.000,000 pounds ($23,589,000)
daily.
Brussels, Nov 23 (IP) Ambas
sador Joseph E. Davies arranged
today to sail for the United
States from Genoa, Italy, Dec. 3,
aboard the liner Rex for consul
tations In Washington on Bel
gian trade negotiations.
Only One Bath For
Eighteen Inmates
County Poor Farm
McMinnville, Nov. 23. (IP)
The Yamhill county grand
jury recommended immediate
action in a special report to
day to eliminate "deplorable
conditions" at the county
farm for the aged before
there was a "major tragedy."
The wooden structure hous
ing 18 persons was described
as "unsafe, inadequate and
unsanitary" and a "dangerous
fire hazard." The report
added there was only one
bath for the residents and
"no hot water for a week."
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FOR FRANK STATEMENT
Washington, Nov. 23. (IP)
The American Federation of
Labor, angered by government
prosecution of labor unions un
der the anti-trust laws, has
asked Attorney General Mur
phy for a "frank statement" of
policy.
President William Green of
the AFL made the demand on
Murphy yesterday in a letter re
plying to the announcement of
Thurman Arnold, assistant at
torney general, that anti-trust
prosecutions would be instituted
against any labor union engag
ing in "unreasonable restraints."
Green said if Arnold's state
ment was the policy of the jus
tice department, it was "a grave
perversion of the law." He ar
gued the Sherman anti-trust act
was amended by the Clayton act
to "completely exempt" labor
unions from- anti-trust prosecu
tions. Arnold said Sunday in a letter
to the Indianapolis central labor
union that union practices may
become illegal where they have
no reasonable connection with
such "legitimate objectives" as
wages, hours, saftty, health, un
due speeding up, or the right
of collective bargaining.
PORTLAND CIO SEEKS
TO OUST NLRB CHIEF
Portland, Ore., Nov. 23. (IP)
The Portland Industrial Council
CIO affiliate, addressed a letter
to the National Labor. Relations
Board yesterday asking the im
mediate removal of E. J. Eagcn.
regional NLRB director, and
Thomas P. Graham, Jr., regional
attorney.
Charles Ross, union secretary
said the letter charged Eagen
with 'mishandling" cases in
Portland and causing "confus
ion, uncertainty and chaos in
the lumber industry."
The famous Comstock lode of
Nevada has produced nearly
5800,000,000 in gold and silver.
Half of Nation Celebrates
Thanksgiving Week Earlier
By the Associated Press
Families in 25 states sat down
today at the "first table" of the
nation's dual Thanksgiving, join
ing in President Roosevelt's ex
pressed hope the world soon will
be at peace.
The "second table" will not be
served until next Thursday, In
states whose governors declined
to follow the president's decision
to advance the holiday a week.
Despite the confusion over the
date, there was unanimity in
pulpits and in quiet households
in echoing Mr. Roosevelt's pro
clamation: "Let us give thanks to the
Ruler of the Universe for
. the hope that lives within us of
the coming of the day when
peace and the productive activi
ties of peace shall reign on every
continent."
1 The president and Mrs. Roose j
Mr
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23,
AT L
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Would Make Labor Organ
izations Responsible
Property Destruction Hit.
Peoria, 111., Nov. 23. IP)
The national Grange was on
record today with a resolution
asking that labor organizations
be required "individually and
collectively to be responsible
for their acts."
Delegates representing more
than 800,000 farmers adopted
the measure yesterday at the
Grange's 71st annual conven
tion. The resolution opposed
strikes which result in the de
struction of property.
Another resolution, subjected
to extensive discussion before
its adoption, condemned dis
criminatory and puntive tax
legislation designed to destroy
or burden unnecessarily any
legitimate business.
Would Break Trusts
More drastic enforcement of
anti-trust laws was asked in an
other approved resolution which
stated it was "impossible for
the farmer to cooperate fully
or form alliances with either
monopolies or organized labor."
'' Other resolutions adbpted by
the convention opposed the es
tablishment of any form of so
cialized medicine which would
be administered by any branch
of government, and new recla
mation activities by the federal
government until the nation
needs a greater agricultural pro
duction. One measure urged sup
port of investigation of un
American activities.
PT.
CLOSED BY FLU; MAY
Central Point, Nov. 23. (Spl.)
Influenza beat the Thanksgiving
holiday in closing the public
schools here.
With about 40 per cent of the
city's 325 students out with the
disease, the schools were closed
Tuesday noon. Ordinarily they
would have closed yesterday for
the holiday. Superintendent H.
P. Jcwett said he hoped the
schools could be re-opened Mon
day, end of the usual holiday
recess. The sickness, while light,
seems particularly contagious
and spreads rapidly, he stated.
Gold Hill, Nov. 23. (Spl.)
With about 60 percent of the stu
dents absent with influenza and
colds, Gold Hill schools were
closed for the Thanksgiving holi
days Tuesday, a day earlier
than usual. Schuol officials hope
classes can be resumed Monday.
velt led today's celebrants. As
usual, Mr. Roosevelt will carve
a big turkey tonight at the Warm
Springs, Ga infantile paralysis
foundation.
In Washington, with the presi
dent and several members of his
cabinet absent, the holiday was
observed with church services
and family dinners just as it was
in half the country. Government
offices were closed.
The ranking Republican in the
capital, Senator McNary of Ore
gon, the minority leader, ord
ered a turkey dinner with rela
tives at a hotel. Asked if the
senator would observe Nov. 30,
a secretary said, "we hope he
will."
With the close of the first holi
day, Christmas shopping will be
gin tomorrow. That was the rea
son President Roosevelt moved
up the date to boom Yulctldc
buying through a longer season.
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When a Philadelphia detective brought these four girls (above). Into Magistrate Ellas Myers
court as witnesses in his complaint that ihey had appeared in a show too scantily clad, he proved
his point by placing two costumes in two match boxes, then held all four costumes In his hand
(below). The manager of the show was fined $12.50.
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TO BE UNVEILED,
BANDS WILL PLAY
Santa Claus will make his In
itial 1939 appearance in Med
ford at 7 p. m. tomorrow and
all the children of the city and
county are invited to come
downtown and meet the jolly
gentleman.
Santa's appearance will mark
the formal opening of Medford
stores for the Christinas holi
day season. Santa will appear
first at the Jackson i County
Chamber of Commerce ani at
that very moment, 7 p. m., cur
tains in all store windows will
be unfurled to reveal Christmas
scenes and Yulctidc merchan
dise. After his formal appear
ance at the chamber of com
merce, Santa Claus vill mingle
with the expected crowds along
the downtown streets and greet
nil the children who come out
to see him.
Seven o'clock will also be the
hour of other big doings. At that
time Mrs. Harry Prentice's com
bined Medford and Grants Pass
accordion bands will assemble
at the chamber of commerce to
give a concert either there or
in a truck In which a tour of
the business district will be
made. There are more than 40
pieces in the combined group
and these musicians are expect
ed to add a gala note to the
formal Christmas opening. Also
at 7 o'clock the Medford sen
ior high school band will as
semble at the chamber of com
merce to start a tour of the city.
The Band will play at various
spots in the downtown area.
Most of the decorating of city
streets will be completed by Fri
day evening.
The stores will not be open
for business Friday evening.
They will close at the usual
time at the end of the business
day. The formal opening is in
tended solely to give the public
a window prc-vicw of Christ
mas merchandise, to afford
children a chance to meet Santa
Claus and to create the proper
Christmas 'spirit of good cheer,
it was explained by the retail
merchants committee of the
chamber of commerce.
So there will be nothing on
sale Friday evening and every
one in the county is invited to
come downtown and take part
In the celebration.
There is ample room for cars
In the new parking lot opposite
the Mail Tribune office on
North Fir street and visitors to
town were invited to use the
area. There is no charge for
parking. The lot is conveniently
situated only a stones throw
TRIBUNE
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Germany Growing Desperate
As Blockade
By DeWiti MacKensle.
The Anglo-German argument
over whether the Nazis in vio
lation of international law have
set mines adrift in the crowded
shipping lanes off the east coast
of England is of small moment
as compared with the real sig
nificance of this whole situa
tion, i
Armchair disputes over points
of law don't get very far, any
way, when great nations are
gripping each others' throats.
The importance of the posi
tion is that with the war less
than three months old the Brit
ish blockade already has pro
duced a crisis.
No Balkan Aid.
Germany not only finds her
self cut off from the vital food
and military supplies by water,
but recently has made the dis
concerting discovery she can
not draw on the Balkans for
what she had expected.
The World war ghost of pri
vation is beginning to rattle its
chains a bit as a grim warning.
Hitler's only solution thus far
has been to smash a hole
through that blockade. And so
as the garrotc of warships has
tightened about the neck of the
relch, the fuehrer has struck
back fiercely with the double
purpose of freeing his country
and turning the tables by cut
ting off supplies from England
The disastrous plague of mines
is new in this war. Germany
FEAST PROSPECT
Folsom, Calif., Nov. 23 (IP)
A food strike at Folsom prison
was broken this Thanksgiving
day by the prospect of a temp
ting holiday meal.
Warden Clyde I. Plummer
said only 11 men refused break
fast this morning, exclusive pf
21 placed in solitary as leaders
of the incident which startcdi
Tuesday.
A tempting Thanksgiving day
meal, coupled with the hunger
of the strikers and the isolation
of nearly a score of ringleaders,
apparently brake the resistance
of the strikers.
from the chamber of commerce.
Car owners were asked only to
utilize the lot thoughtfully and
to park carefully so there would
be no waste of space.
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Halts Supplies
has denied laying unanchored
mines, but hasn't denied laying
anchored mine-fields in vulner
able spots on the British coast,
as tho fatherland did through
out the World war.
Laid by Submarines.
In the last conflict mines
were laid in fields of hundreds
along the English Channel
where both Allied and neutral
shipping passed. After 1915
almost all German mine laying
was carried out by submarines.
The total number of German
mines laid In all parts of the
world is set down as 43,636 in
British records.
Naturally, Britain is worried
at the wholesale sinkings of
the past few days. She is far
more dependent on the outside
world for supplies than Is Ger
many. Her safety lies in abso
lute control of the seas.
Hence British Premier Cham
berlain's grim announcement of
what amounts to an unrestrict
ed blockade of Germany by the
Allied fleet. This extreme meas
ure, ' which means seizure of
Nazi exports as well as imports,
is in retaliation for "many vio
lations of International'law and
the ruthless brutality of Ger
man methods."
These latest sensational events
strengthen the likelihood that
the outcome of this war will be
determined by the struggle on
the sea by strangulation which
will crack civilian morale some
where. 1 MAN KILLED AS
19
Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 23.
(IP) One workman was killed
and two Injured critically today
as flames destroyed the Des
Moines municipal airport han
gar burning 19 airplanes valued
at $70,000.
City authorities fixed the
total loss at $106,000 covering
the building, planes and equip
ment. An airlines hangar near
by was not damaged.
The dead man, trapped after
an explosion during welding
operations, was identified as
Martin Barnes, a WPA worker.
His companions, Louis Bender,
30, and William L. Richardson,
43, were both burned and in
jured. There are seven authenticated
signatures of Shakespeare in existence.
NOON
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BATTLE PREDICTED
OVER TRADE PACTS
IN NEXTCONGRESS
Capper Holds Farm Groups
Oppose Agreements As
Favoring Industry.
Washington. Nov. 23. tPi
Senator Capper (R., Kas.) Join-
ea some ot tils Republican and
Democratic colleagues today in
predicting a "real battle" next
session over extension of the
administration's reciprocal trad
program.
He contended farm group
were opposed to the trade agree
ments on the ground they had
favored industry at the expense
ot agriculture.
Capper upheld the United
Mine Workers (CIO) and the
National Coal association in ex
pressing opposition to a trade
agreement cutting the exois
tax on crude and fuel oil from
Venezuela. He added he thought
the whole reciprocal tariff pol
icy was "very unfair."
Expires In June
The authority to negotiate the
agreements expires next June.
Some members ot both major
parties have announrcd they
would seek to terminate the pro
gram entirely or to obtain for
congress a veto power over pacts
negotiated by the state depart
ment. Meanwhile, it was said au
thoritatively trade talks be
tween the United States and Ar
gentina were progressing
smoothly despite issuance of a
circular by the exchange con
trol office in Buenos Aires say
ing it was necessary that the
country's imports "shall con
tinue to be supplied from their
normal sources, avoiding un
necessary deviations to other
sources of countries."
LOSE HOPE FOR BOY;;
FEW CONTINUE HUNT,
Klamath Falls, Ore., Nov. 23.
(IP) The disappearance of 4-year-old
Irwin Jack Maxwell
continued a mystery today and
only a few of the 1500 persons,
who made up the original
searching party, refused to aban
don hope of finding the freckle
faced, red-haired youngster.
Sheriff Lloyd Low said every
lead had been exhausted and ex-,
pressed the belief that it th
youngster had become lost in th
sagebrush-covered hills east of
the city he would not be found;
alive. ,
His mother and stepfather,
Mr. and Mrs. John Maxwell, and
his father, Elmer Beebe, contin
ued to hope for the boy's safety
and joined in buoying up spirit
ot the remaining searchers.
Organized search was aban
doned last night after the hills to
the east and various sections of
the city, including the hobo
jungle, had been covered with
out revealing any trace of th
youngster.
'There was speculation that h
might have been abducted but
the sheriff would not comment
on such a theory.
Radio Highlights
By the Associated Press.
(Time is Pacific Standard.)
New York, Nov. 23. Prim
Minister Chamberlain's Sunday
broadcast via British Radio, al
ready announced for relay in
this country by the MBS chain,
also is to be carried by th
WEAF-NBC network. The tim
is set for 1:15 p. m.
Tonight: Thanksgiving fea
tures NBC-Blue 4:45, Warm
Springs Foundation dinner; Eu
rope W ABC-CBS 5:55, S; MBS
Friday: Europe NBC
Chains 5 a. m.: WABC-CBS
a. m., 3:30 p. m.