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Thirty-sixth Year
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1941.
NO. 197.
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Wasbington, Nov. 7. The pe
culiar type of sea war in which
this country is involved with
Sjeps ,ss- the' nazis is un-
satisfactory to
many naval
auth o r i t i e 8
whose posi
tions require
them to keep
their mouths
hut. Losses
thus far sug
gest the cost
is to be heavy
in lives and
ships. Rumors
Paul Mallon
re being passed around
that the navy has sunk ten Ger
man subs without announce
ment, but officials smile freely
at this suggestion. They would
probably be glad to announce
the sinking of one, in order to
popularly Justify their policy,
even though they say they
would not.
German sub tactics show con
clusively that the nazis have In
formation on the routes of con
voys. The incidents of the
Greer, Kearny and Reuben
James all occurred on night
convoy duty. In each case Ger
man subs knew where to lie
in wait, with engines stilled, so
their presence could not be de
tected. They are able to fire
from submerged positions as
their own detecting devices
pick up the sound of the pass
ing convoy. Operating between
Greenland and Iceland in packs,
they are thus able to maintain
a very serious advantage over
our destroyers.
When the neutrality act is re
pealed and convoying to Britain
is started, their opportunities
will be Increased as our ships
move into the German air pa
trol radius of 1000 miles (good
weather) from the French coast.
Our plane patrol service appar
ently is not effective against
night submarine operations,
a a a
THE official fluff about Rus
sia's "excellent" military po
sition is thoroughly deflated in
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Radio Highlights
The Oregon State college-U.
C.L.A. football game in Corval
lis Saturday will be broadcast
by KMED, starting at 1:45
o'clock. The latter portion of
the Notre Dame-Navy contest
will be aired by the same sta
tion, starting about noon.
By Associated Press
(Time is Pacific standard)
The football schedule for Sat
urday:
CBS and NBC-Blue 10:45
Navy vs. Notre Dame.
NBC-Red 10:45 Harva.d Vs.
Army.
MBS 10:45 Fordham vs. Pitts
burgh, to be followed by Minne
sota vs. Nebraska and after that
the Pacific coast game of Stan
ford vs. Southern California.
Only the latter parts of the last
two contests will be carried.
Tonight, The War 5 MBS;
5:15 MBS; 5:55 CBS; 8:55 NBC-
Blue; 7 MBS; 7:45 CBS-East;
8:30 MBS; 0 NBC CBS.
Talks MBS 6:15 Discussion
on "What Price Defense;" CBS
7:30 Sen. C. L. Herring on
"Neutrality Repeal"; MBS 8:15
Sen. Arthur Capper.
NBC-Blue 5:30 Navy-Notre
Dame football rally; 7:30 heavy
weights. Bob Pastor vs. Booker
Beckwith.
Saturday, The War 8 CBS
3:25 NBC; 3:30 CBS; 3:45 CBS
NBC-Blue.
SIDE GLANCES
BT-
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Herschel Obye feigning regret
that his birthday was not duly
chronicled in the public prints,
now that it is safely behind him.
Maurice Spatz deciding to
buy two pair of ice skates, one
for hit feet.
Mi
F
TO CIVE GROUND
IN MOSCOW AREA
London Hears Red Capital
Kay Soon Reopen Com
munications; Reds Adance
By the Associated Press
A slashing Russian counter-of
fensive was reported throwing
the Germans back in two sec
tors northwest of Moscow late
toda.y
Informed quarters in London
said the Russian counter-offensive
was gathering momentum
in the Volokolamsk sector, OS
miles northwest of Moscow, and
might soon completely reopen
Moscow-Leningrad communica
tions and relieve the siege of
Leningrad.
Rads Smash Hard
In the other northwest sector
about Kalinin, 95 miles from
Moscow, swift red army mechan
ized units were reported to be
smashing hard at Nazi forward
positions. Kalinin, the scene of
bloody street fighting in recent
davs. lies on the main rail line
between Moscow and Leningrad.
Soviet advices said the Rus
sians had already recaptured a
secondary rail line in the Kalinin
area.
Front-line dispatches said red
troops, cavalry, artillery and
pianes had battered the Germans
into retreat, storming and cap
turing position after position,
and that they were; continuing
the advance.
Naiis Admit Resistance
In the south, a bulletin from
Hitler's field headquarters for
the first time acknowledged that
the German - Rumanian drive
into the Crimea peninsula was
meeting stubborn resistance,
with Soviet rearguards harrying
the invaders in the fastnesses of
the Crimean mountains.
The high command made no
specific claim of new advances,
reporting merely that "pursuit"
of red army defenders was con
tinuing and that Nazi dive-bombers
had smashed positions among
the fortifications of Sevastopol,
Russia's great Black Sea naval
base.
The Nazis claimed last Tues
day that they were shelling Se
vastopol and that German troops
were preparing to launch a di
rect assault on the stronghold
"within a very few hours."
Meanwhile dispatches from
Ankara said Great Britain was
steadily increasing her military
strength in Iran (Persia), border
ing the Russian Caucasus, with
a stream of fresh troops drawn
from the empire, and American
made tanks and planes.
British Ready
It seemed a fair assumption
that when and if the Germans
strike into the Caucasus, either
across the narrow Kerch strait
from the Crimea or from Rostov-
on-Don in the north, British
troops will move north through
Iran and the lower Caucasus to
meet them.
In this connection, an official
transcript of Stalin's speech yes
terday quoted the Soviet premier
as declaring:
"There can not be any doubt
that the appearance of a second
front on the continent of Europe
tions of our armies and bo to
will essentially ease the post
the disadvantage of the Ger
mans.
PORTLAND SUES
EYED FOR ARMY
Portland, Nov. 7 UP) Port
land sites were eyed today by
General Rush B. Lincoln as
possible locations for project
ed army air corps tactical
school and replacement center.
The chief of the air corps
technical training command said
he would also inspect sites at
Salem and possibly at Eugene.
He came here from Washington
state where he had studied prof
fered locations at Spokane, Yak
ima and Walla Walla.
The school and replacement
center would process about 25,
000 enlisted men annually, he
said. Its establishment is contin
gent on authorization for an
enlarger air fore
Hermiston Workers Eat
r I "F--l - ;-.
Whan S.600 workman swarmed into Hermiston, Ore., -town of 8,00, to build a huge ordnance
depot, it was any port in a storm for the wives and families. The wife of one of tha workers is
shown in her Improvised kitchen.
Price Control Bill
Sans Farm Ceilings
Seen Due for Yelo
Washington, Nov. 7 . (IP)
High administration officials said
today President Roosevelt would
veto the pending price-control
bill, which critics say would per
mit sharp increases in the cost
of agricultural commodities, if it
reached his desk in the form
r.;o. imended by the house bank
ing committee.
At his press conference earlier
in the day, the chief executive
did not answer questions con
cerning ceilings for farm prices
but it was learned authoritative
ly that the bill's restrictions
against establishing ceilings for
those commodities below the
1919-29 average were objection
able to the president.
They have been criticized by
members of the committee as an
"invitation to inflation" on the
ground that they would permit
prices for some farm products,
including cotton, lamb, sugar
and corn, to rise 20 per cent or
more. ....
Ickes Is
Solid Fuels Dictator
For National Defense
Washington, Nov. 7
The designation of Secretary of
the Interior Ickes as "solid fuels
coordinator for national . de
fense" was announced today by
the White House.
Ickes for some time has been
coordinator of petroleum and
now will coordinate fuel prob
lems of all types during the cur
rent emergency.
President Roosevelt, in a let
ter dated Wednesday, gave Ickes
his additional Job. There was no
exact definition of solid fuels,
but evidently they would in
clude coke, and, to a limited
extent, wood, in addition .to
coal.
CHURCHILL SEES
Newcastle, England, Nov. 7.
Up) Prime Minister Churchill,
on an inspection tour of the
iTynesid. declared today, "we
have passed through the dark
est and most perilous side of
this struggle and are once more
masters of our own destiny.
In a brief speech, Churchill
said in reference to the eastern
front, "the Russians are Strug,
gling and battling vigorously,
after results which are particu
larly significant.
He added that on the other
side of the Atlantic ''our kith
and kin are struggling to see
that we get all we need, and
we find ourselves In a goodly
company."
The British are moving and
! looking forward, "however long
the road," be said.
U. S. Efforts
Shown by State Department
Washington, Nov. 7. (AP)
made public memorandums of
States transmitted to' Finland
prepared to talk peace terms
Bioff, Browne Guilty
On All Three Counts;
Sentence Wednesday
.New. York, Nov. 7 IP A
possible maximum penalty of 30
years in prison and $30,000 fines
confronts Labor Leaders George
E. Browne and William Bioff.
convicted of extorting $550,000
from movie executives.
A federal court Jury found
the pair guilty on all three
counts of an indictment after
deliberating only two hours yes
terday. The verdict, climaxing a four-
weeks trial that brought some of
Hollywood's top executives to
the witness stand, will. Judge
John C. Knox told the Jurors,,
"let a lot of fresh air into union
halls throughout the . country,".
Browne, president of the In
ternational Alliance of Theatri
cal Stage Employes (AFL), and
Bioff, his personal representa
tive in Hollywood, were turned
over to the United States mar
shal to await sentence next
Wednesday. Judge Knox refused
to accept ban and denied mo
tions to set aside the verdict.
E
IS AWARDED FEES
A circuit court Jury late yes
terday returned a verdict in
favor of Rawles Moore in his
suit against Amelia Toft Yar
rington for payment for legal
services ' rendered. The award
was for $1175. Moore sought
$1250. The trial started last
Monday.
' The sum of $75 had been on
deposit to pay for part of the
claim and this added to the
Jury's award of $1175 made up
the total of $1250 that Mr.
Moore sued for.
The Jury deliberated slightly
more than 15 minutes. Henry G.
Gallup, Medford, was foreman
The verdict also provided that
$1250 held by the sheriff under
an attachment be applied
towards the Judgment, subject
to court order.
The defense, represented by
Attorney Gus Newbury, con
tended the bill had been paid.
The plaintiff was represented by
Attorney Otto Frohnmayer.
Cleburne, Tex., Nov. 7 UP)
Mrs. Hannah Rosendahl, 83,
mother of Capt. Charles E.
Rosendahl, the navy's expert on
dirigibles, died last night
in Open
S "MIX 1
for Finn Peace
The state department today
conversations in which the United
Information that Soviet Russia was
to end the Finnish-Russian war.
One conversation, between
Undersecretary of State Welles
and H. J. Procope, the Finnish
minister, took place, on August
18, and a talk between Secretary
of State Hull and Procope on
October 3.
Hull said at his press confer
ence today he had not yet re
ceived a reply from the Finnish
government concerning his dec
laration to the Finns that unless
they stopped their offensive
against the red army they would
forfeit the friendship of the
United States.
Release of digest of Hull's
conversation with Procope re
vealed that Hull had informed
the Finnish government that he
was glad Finland had regained
its lost territories but that Hitler,
"practicing loathsome barbaric
methods, Is undertaking to con
quer the earth," and that the
United States was prepared to
expand $75,000,000,000 if neces
sary "to aid In resisting and sup
pressing Hitler and Hitlerism."
Hull added that "the one ques
tion uppermost in the mind of
my government with respect to
Finland -is whether Finland is
going to be content to regain her
lost territory and stop there, or
whether she will undertake to
go further, if she has not already
done so, so that the logical effect
of her course and action would
be to project her on the side of
Hitler into the general war be
tween Germany and Russia and
the other countries involved."
Stalin Gives Germany a Year
To Be Overtaken by Disaster
Moscow, Nov. 7. UP) Pre
mier Joseph Stalin today gave
Adolf Hitler "maybe a year" be
fore "Hitlerite Germany must
burst under the weight of her
own crimes," In an address on
the 24th anniversary of the bol
shevik revolution. . .
' All Russia was "a single fight
ing camp" with Inexhaustible
supplies of manpower, Stalin
said, adding that Germany,
counting on the red army crack
ing after the first blow, "badly
miscalculated."
The speech was delivered be
fore a military review in Red
square.
Stall.! contrasted Russia today
with that of the October revolu
tion, when Russia had been
stripped of "the Ukraine, the
Caucasus, central Asia, the Urals,
Siberia and the Far East" and
had neither allies, army nor
U. S. May Recall Marines
From Jap - Occupied China
RAIL PAY BOOST
OFFER REJECTED
BY FIVEJNIONS
Universal Dissatisfaction Re
ported With Board's Pro
posalStrike Is Urged.
Chicago, Nov. 7. (Pi Four
hundred general chairmen of
the Big Five railway operating
brotherhoods "flatly rejected
today the 7Vi percent wage in
crease recommended by the
president's fact-finding commit
tee and urged their chief execu
tives to execute the strike order
voted last September 5.
They reported there was uni
versal dissatisfaction with the
board's report among the 350,,
000 members of tha union.
Chief executive of the broth
erhoods retired Immediately af
ter receiving notice of the gen
eral chairmen's action. They
said they expected to have an
important announcement to
make shortly. There was specu
lation that this would mean the
setting of a date for a strike.
Unofficially, labor spokesmen
said that "shortly"' might' mean
as later as Sunday.
The announcement from the
operating group followed within
a few nour acceptance oi u
report by the railroads.
The operating unions are vie
Brotherhoods of Locomotive En
gineers, Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen and ' Railroad
Trainmen, the Order of Railway
Conductors and the Switchmen's
Union of North America. . .
First General Snow
Whips Over Midwest
On Blustery Winds
By the Associated Press
The first general snowfall of
the season whipped across the
midwest today before blustery
northwest winds.
Milwaukee, Wis., reported
two Inches. Grand Rapids.
Mich., had six Inches. There was
from one-half to four Inches in
North Dakota.. Iowa's substan
tial fall of yesterday was In
creased but little.
Nebraska had occasional
light snow. It was light and
scattered in South Dakota. Illin
ois had light snow but In Chi
cago it became heavy during
the morning rush hour.
Freezing temperatures were
reported throughout the upper
Great Lakes region, upper Mis
sissippi valley, the plains states
and down into Kansas and Mis
souri. The lowest was 10 above
zero at West Yellowstone, Mont,
arms and lacked bread and
he said, Russia has "no j
serious shortage either in food,
arms or clothing," while her "re
serves of manpower are inex
haustible." And she has -an
army, navy, allies and "the sym
pathy and support of all peoples
of Europe who have fallen under
the yoke of fascist tyranny."
Jn the face of this, he declared,
the nazis face sure disaster.
"Germany is bleeding to death,
her resources giving out," Stalin
said.
"The German Invaders are
straining their last forces. There
Is no doubt that Germany can
not sustain such a strain for any
long time. Another few months,
another half-year, one year may
be and Hitlerite Germany must
burst under the weight of her
own crimes.
This was Stalin's second
speech within two days In con
5 Polish Airmen
Saved by Glance
At Class of Suds
London, Nov. 7. UP) A
pint of beer drawn at Just
the right moment won a
coastguard inspector's thanks
today for the keeper of 'The
Crown" in the Norfolk sea
side village of Sheringham.
Landlord Charley Holsey
held the foaming glass up for
a critical look against the
light. As he raised his eyes
he saw speck on the sea.
Lifeguards, called as
result of his providential
glance, rescued five exhaust
ed Polish airmen from a life-raft.
Axis Powers Fighting
For Mere Existence
Herr Goebbels Says
- Berlin, Nov. 7. (IP) Propa
ganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels writes In the weekly
Das Reich that the "axis powers
are really fighting for bare
existence, and the worries and
distress which we all must bear
In the war would pale In the
face of the inferno which would
await us if we were to lose."
The article says that 'Adolf
Hitler's - work "often, enough
hung on a silken thread," and
that "the chance which the Ger
man nation possesses is Indeed
its greatest, but also Its last."
The article tells the German
people "not to ask when victory
wilt come,' but rather to see to
it that it comes."
Victory, Goebbels wrote, would
require" a. "gigantic national ef
fort", from which no one could
be excepted.
NANKING PUPPETS
Shanghai, Nov. 7. OP) For
eign reports said today that
Cheng Wen-Yuan, vice minister
of war In the Japanese-sponsored
Nanking regime, had been ar
rested by Nanking agents and
Japanese police on charge of
espionage In behalf of General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek.
Several other high officials of
the war ministry were arrested
simultaneously, It was said, as
the result of discovery of an
alleged plot to supply informa
tion to Chungking regarding
movements of the Japanese and
Wang Chlng-Wei, head of the
Nanking regime.
SALEM $4,000 SHORT
ON COMMUNITY CHEST
Salem, Nov. 7 VP) Total
pledges In the Salem community
chest drive total $45,950, or
14,000 short of the goal. The
pledges total slightly more than
the amount received last year.
nection with the anniversary of
the revolution.
The London listening post of
Tass, official Russian news
agency. Issued today a "complete
and authentic" transcript of the
passage In yesterday s speech In
which the Russian leader spoke
of the need of a second front In
the battle with Jermany. The
original reception had been un
clear and Incomplete on that
part.
("There Is no doubt that the
absence of a second front in
Europe against th-j Germans con.
slderably eases the position of
the German army," said the com
pleted version. "But there also
can not be any doubt that the
appearance of a second front on
the continent of Europe and
such a front unquestionably must
appear In tha near future will
essentially ease tha position of
our armies and be to the disad
vantage of the German.")
MOVE BELIEVED
TO CLEAR DECKS
Roosevelt Implies With
drawal Not At Japan's
Request Jap Ship Sunk,
By the Associated Press
The smouldering crisis In tha
far east was sharply emphasized
today as President Roosevelt an
nounced that the government
waa considering the withdrawal
of U. S. marines from Japanese
occupied Shanghai, Peiping and
Tientsin.
Mr. Roosevelt declined to
elaborate on his statement, but
observers Interpreted It as a pre
lude to "clearing the decks for
action" In the event of hostili
ties develop between the United
States and Japan.
Net At Jap Request
Mr. Roosevelt said there had
been no discussion between
Washington and Tokyo at any
time regarding the presence of
American marines In China,
thereby implying that if the
marines were withdrawn, it
would not be at Japan's request
but entirely on United 6tteaj
initiative. - - -
The president's dictum, which
came with littl. surprise consid
ering chain of ominous devel
opments In the far east recently,
followed a reported new aggra
vation In relation! between
Japan and Russia.'
Th. Berlin radio quoted '
Tokyo dispatch saying that an
other Japanese steamer, th.
3,275-ton Taku Maru, had gone
down in the Sea of Japan, with
22 of the 48-man crew missing.
The causa was not known, but
previous sinkings in those wat
ers have been attributed to Rus
sian mines. ' ,
Blama lariat Mine
Meantime, known deaths la
the mine-sinking of tha Japa
nese steamer Kehl Maru rose to
20 and a Japanese spokesman
declared "America must support
Japan" in her protest to Soviet
Russia, asserting that floating
mines violated tha freedom of
the seas.
The Japanese charged that
the mine which blew up th.
Kehl Maru was of Soviet origin.
Tokyo newspapers prominent
ly displayed reports of th.
United States' extension of
billion-dollar lease-lend credit to
Russia, declaring that It waa a
further sign of unlimited back
ing for tha powers fighting Ja
pan's axis partners, Germany
and Italy.
NEUTRALITY LAW :
DEBATE LIMITED
Washington, No. tUPy
The senate agreed today to limit
debate on neutrality revision
legislation to 10 minute for
each senator after 5 p. m, EST
and Democratic Leader Berkley
announced th chamber would
remain In session until It had
reached a vote.
Berkley propoeed the debate)
limitation mid-way In tha eleven
day of debate on administration
legislation to permit tha arming
of merchant ships and allow
them to sail Into belligerent
tone. '
Senator Nye (R-ND), speaking
in opposition to th. bill at th.
time, said ha had no objection to
tha debate.
Hank Greenberg
Named Sergeant
Fort Custer, Mich, No". 7-
UP) Hank Oreenberg, former
Detroit Tiger outfielder, and
now a member of a macnln.
gun company of th. 11th in
fant, waa nromoted today to
'sergeant from corporal. ,
I