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Stale .T.I...t.,.T. .r. .19 Ucla 0 Stanford .,. . 13 Trojan . . r., . -.; . r., 0 run o a Whu- Weather Sport ForraM: Partly cloudy today ane tomorrow ; cooler tomor row. Temperature Hlchfet YMttrday . n Lowest Teeterdar 44 Thirty-sixth Year nnnn phti mi News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington. Nov. 8. Mr. Roosevelt was just not throwing out an off-hand suggestion .when h e mentioned longer work ing hours. His defense force has been work ing on that idea quietly for some sev eral weeks and for a def inite plan. His remarks were the beginning Paul Malloa for revision of defense con tracts and an extended working week. The average work week do mestically runs 40 to 44 hours, but in Britain the average is 70 hours (10 hours, seven days a week), and in Germany 60 hours. To throw more force Into the defense program this way, the government will either have to re-write all its defense contracts to pay for the additional over time, or have the wages and hours act changed to do away with the 40-hour week. Mr. Roosevelt and his defense of ficials are willing to go to that length in their campaign to double proditction. -...a...- THE phase of war upon which this government is starting will call for men as well as ships. Army preparations are bent towards a spring campaign wherever the commander-in- chief designates. The betting within the army indicates It will be Dakar or Spain. And that supposition is prevalent in the senate. ooo THE general staff here still clings to the expectation that Hitler will find himself vastly over-committed in Russia dur ing the winter. You may read of towns conquered but the Im portant part of der fuehrer's warfare is supplying material and replacements to the ad vance guard. The deeper in conquest, the greater the prob lem of supply. There are many In this gov ernment who believe this prob- (Continued on Pago E!;bt) THIS GENT PUTS HIS FOOT IN IT Peru, Ind., Nov. 8. (P Peru police used the Cinderella slip per trick in some ' Sherlock Holmes detective work. A man in a stolen car had abandoned it and fled into a field, but lost a shoe. They found the salesman who had sold the shoe, and the re pairman who had fixed it, and got the name of A suspect. They tried the shoe on him, It fit and they arrested Claude W. Byrd on an automobile theft charge. HUNT ENDED FOR Baker, Ore.. Nov. 8. (TV Oregon s'-ate police arrested two escaped Idaho convicts on a freight train at Huntington, Ore., tonight, Lieut. Paul Parson said. The men. who at first gave the mmes of Kelly and Clark later said they were Robert Eugene Nash and Tom Simms. each of whom wore articles of prion clothing. Parson added He said they admitted they saped from prison Thursday a; id lay in water two days to 1 elude bloodhounds. They board- aid the freight train in Idaho this ttorning, Parson said. Irish Navy . M., . .,.,., . -.. ... Harvard Army Medford Ul FIRE ONLY AFTER German Arms Able To Defend All Europe Despite American Aid, Nazi Meet Told. (By the Associated Proas) Berlin, Nov. 8. (IP) Adolf Hitler declared tonight in reply to President Roosevelt's Navy day challenge that he had ord ered the German navy to fire on American ships only after being attacked, but that any officer who then failed to fire would be court-martialed. In apparent answer to Presi dent Roosevelt's assertion that "all that will matter is who fired the last shot," Hitler said that no matter how long the war lasts "the last battalion on the field will be German." The first direct reply to the American president from the fuehrer was made in a Munich beer hall anniversary speech. He declared that Germany would choke off Russia and de fied Britain to attempt an in vasion of the west. His armies, he said, could defend Germany and All of Europe despite Amen can "threats and plans for gigan tic armament. He referred to "constantly re newed threats from America" and repeated a warning made a year ago that any enemy ships carrying war material would be torpedoed. Hitler said that "blitzkrieg' was a silly word, so he never had used it; but if such a word could be applied it should be the description of the Russian campaign. Claims Victory "Never was a great empire smashed and destroyed in short er time than was Soviet Russia this time," he said. Of the battle of the Atlantic, Hitler said: "I have already declared over a year ago that whatever ship carries war materials, that is. material to kill soldiers, will be torpedoed. It now the Amoricaa Pre sident Roosevelt, who already is responsible for Poland's entry into the conflict and who, as we can prove to him precisely today, decided that France enter this war, believes he can perhaps make us soft by an order to shoot, then I can give this gentleman only one answer: "Mr. Presiodnt Roosevelt has commanded his ships to shoot as soon as they see Gor man ships., And I have com manded German ships, when ever they see American, not to shoot thereupon but to de fend themselves as soon as they are attacked. "Tho German officer who does not defend himsslf I will place before couri martial. "If therefore an American ship on the bails of the com mand of its president shoots, then It will do so at Its own danger. The German ship will defend itself and our tor pedoes will strike." Ridicules Map In connection with the map which President Roosevelt said showed German designs on (Continued on Pago Seven) T Pendleton, Nov. 8. (AP The (80.000 alienation of affec tion case brought by Alfred Cav it.ess of Baker against John Stringer of McCall. Idaho, near ed the Jury in U. S. district court here today, and it was pos sible it might t to the Jury be fore nightfall. .20 DartmoutK 20 Princeton .!....... 13 Pitt ism : tm tr 13 RadlS inmin 0 . 1 3 20 Full Auodatod Preee Soviets Claim .VARTStVO); fa eNSK J . J WtYANSItV . I iSvjGOMCt. I XTVB. Sc5TvOftCtSTHILOV;RAo) ev!S V"j'A"'"''",MA KEE I aN J lSTAUNOeV J J ' . J ) ft JO"JROSTOV V NIKOLAEV" 1 A :'::i2oSd'iJi-3l AHMAVIR Soviet dispatches claimed the new Gorman offonsive against Moscow (1) had boon stopped cold, but indicated the battle of the Tula stilled raged. A British broadcast said the Gorman advance was being hold up short of Voorshilovgrad (2) as Russian dispatches reoortod a Gorman rotreat'from the Donets River basin. Germans claimed their forces had pushed tween Yalta and Feodliiya (a). , THURSDAY SET AS NEUTRALITY VOTE Washington, Nov. 8, Administration leaden decided today to press for a direct final house vote on the senate's rmendmenti to the neutrality bill not later than next Thurs day. Speaker Rayburn said after a conference with majority leader McCormack of Massachusetts that this procedure would get the legislation to President Roosevelt "much quicker" than would turning the house and senate bills over to joint com mittee for compromise. When senate and house pass related but differing legislation, there are two methods for ad Justing the differences: 1. One chamber must accept the other's version, or 2. A committee of senators and house members works out a compromise which must be submitted to both chambers for final approval. In the present case, the house rolled up a 258 to 138 vote on October IT for repeal or tne neutrality a c t's prohibition against arming of merchant ships. This measure then went to the senate which last night passed by a vote of 50 to 37 an amended bill which also would permit United States merchant ships to enter combat zones and belligerent ports. Announcing the decision to ask the house to accept the sen ate bill Instead of seeking to compromise, Rayburn said: "We think we have the votes to pass it" But many Republicans said the vote might be extremely close. FIRST BTEELHEAD Tillamook, Nov. 8. UP) The first steelhead of the season was caught on the Wilson river to day by Roy Hayes. Tillamook. Numerous limit catches of chum salmon were taken from the Miami river. Boise, Nov. 8. UP) Idaho births may reach an all-time high of 12.000 this year, and deaths may be the fewest since 1834. Alabama Tulane 11 9 Baylor . . MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1941. Nazis Halted to the Crimean coastal region be THREATEN STRIKE .5 (By the Associated Press) Threat of a nation-wide stop page of freight and passenger train movements in the pre Christmas season prevailed to day as the leader of the big Brotherhood of Railroad Train men said 330.000 men would desert the rolling stock of the vital transportation system De cember 5. While A. F. Whitney, train men's president, forecast a walk out of all the operating union members on that date, the heads of the other four unions agreed that a strike was inevitable but would not immediately set a date. The five unions have demand ed a 30 percent Increase in wages for the trainmen, engin eers, switchmen, firemen and englnemen. The lowest paid get $3.08 daily, and President Roosevelt's fact-finding board in the carrier-employe dispute has recommended temporary Increase of 7V4 percent, with reconsideration of wage needs at the end of next year. A table in the fact-finding board s report to the president showed an average salary-wage i'f employes of class 1 railroads in 1940 to be 81,813. As all of the operating groups flatly rejected the board's rec ommendations, the railroads themselves, expressing disap pointment, nevertheless have said they would accept them. The fact-finding board s chair man, Wayne Lyman Morse, said "the railway case now rests en tirely in the hands of the presi dent." GRAIN ELEVATOR TOPPLES Heppner, Nov. 8. 4V-The Morrow County Grain Growers' warehouse at Lexington, over loaded with wheat, collapsed Thursday night. Manager D. S. Glasgow said yesterday. UNION PIONEER PASSES La Grande, Nov. 8. (,P David Proctor, Union county official for more than 14 years, died Thursday night of injuries from an automobile accident two weeks ago. 19 m faa) IV ...14 lml M R.A.F. RAINS BOMBS UPON BERLIN IN GIANT Raids Extend From Oslo To Italy Admit 52 Planes, 214 Airmen Lost. London, Sunday, Nov. 9. (IP) RAF planes roared over the Strait of Dover in a steady stream as soon as the moon rose last night, continuing with out a let-up the giant new of fensive which sent 600 to 800 planes against Berlin and the continent Friday night and Sat urday. The British declared it was the greatest offensive of the war, with 300 planes in the air over France at one time Satur day in addition to the several hundred planes used Friday night. The bombardments attained full scope last night when hun dreds of bombers thundered against the continent, from Oslo, Norway, to Brindisi, Italy, and for hours held Berlin under a tempest of fire and explosions. The cost, the British acknowl edged officially, was 13 fighter planes and 14 pilots today and 37 bombers and 200 airmen lost lRst jiight in t. shtll-fiUed skies and' ice-forming fogs over Ger many. (The German radio claimed 00 British planes shot down in 24 hours.) Hurricane fighter-b o m b e r s made a "very successful day light attack on a factory at St. Pol, northern France, and Blenheim bombers scored hits on another factory near Lens, the air ministry said, reporting that "large force" of German fighter planes was encountered over Lens. The Nazis hit back at England early today when a single dive- bomber attacked a southeast coast town, causing minor dam age and a few casualties, and four or five planes dropped bombs near a Thames estuary town which reported no damage. JAPANESE ENVOY SEES SLIM HOPE Manila, Nov. 8. AP So- buro Kurusu, special Japanese envoy flying to the United States in an attempt to bring about a settlement with Washington, was reliably reported today to have told friends here that he did not have "much hope" for success. Kurusu, who stopped here ov ernight, was reported to have said yesterday that he felt he was unable to offer the United States sufficient concessions to break the stalemate in rap prochement negotiations. E Reykjavik, Iceland, Nov. 7. (Delayed) (AP) The Icelandic government headed by Prime Minister Herman Jonasson fell for a second time In 16 days this afternoon when the coalition it represents was split by Jonas- son s progressive party. The progressives introduced a bill to limit living costs and thereby broke a political truce. The bill was defeated and Jon asson resigned. The regent accepted the resig nation but as on Oct. 22, when the government resigned over a similar bill, he asked the-cabinet to remain in office until a new government is formed. Silverton, Nov. BiP) Fall plantings of vetch, crimson clover and wheat have been 'damaged to an unprecedented I extent by field slugs. Minnesota' ra.m. .mn 9 Nebraska Northwest. ,. 20 Indiana ... 14 T?JBUWE Snited Prou NAZI HORDES ON DEFENSIVE; DRIVE Soviet Reports Fighting On All Fronts London Sees New Assault. London, Nov. 8. VP) Mos cow's defenders announced tri umphantly over their radio to day that they had halted the German attack on Moscow, and that the Germans had been forced on the defensive by red army counterattacks "on many sectors of the front." This announcement was made by General Rokossovsky, one of the commanders of the force de fending the soviet capital, which has been the goal of a concen trated German attack for more than five weeks. The general's statement coin cided with other reports telling of Russian counterattacks on some sectors with strong tank forces which the Germans were attempting to check with flame throwers. On other sectors of the front before the capital the Germans were reported on the offensive, and the Berlin radio stated that considerabla ground had been won by the invaders near Mos cow yesterday. The Germans, however, ack nowledge bitter soviet resist ance. On the Russian side, the official noon communique issued in Moscow simply told of fight ing "on all fronts" during the night. It appeared that the lines be fore Moscow were fluid, sway ing almost from hour to hour as the two powerful armies applied and relaxed pressure. The British radio broadcast prediction that the German high command "will undertake in the near future a new assault on Moscow in a new sector," with out saying where it was likely to be. The announcer did say, how ever, that it was reported that German troops were being trans ported southward from Kalinin, 93 miles northwest of Moscow, where heavy fighting has been under way for weeks. F PENN JUDGE, AIM Washington, Nov. 8. (JP) At torney General Blddle asked congress today to Impeach Fed eral Judge J. Warren Davis, re tired, of the third circuit court of appeals, against whom charges of obstructing Justice recently were dismissed because Juries twice failed to agree. A federal grand Jury at Phila delphia indicted Judge Davis and William Fox, one-time motion picture magnate, and Morgan S. Kaufman, Fox attorney. Fox pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year In prison and fined $3,000. The case against Kaufman was nolle prossed along with that against Davis. BABE ADOPTED BY MELLOfNEPHEW Pittsburgh, Nov. 8. UP) Mr. and Mrs. Richard King Mellon have adopted a third child, a three-month;.. Id girl, giving her the name Constance Barber Mel lon. Their first two children are Richard Prosser Mellon, now 2i, and Cassandra King Mel lon, tVi. Mellon is president of the Mellon National bank and a r.ephew of the late Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury. Ohio Stale ...'46 Wisconsin ,..,. .30 Montana 13 N. Dokata ......, 6 War Bulletins 1 London, Nov. 8 (IP) "Armed Unltod States ships may be here soon," the aft ernoon newspaper The Star said today in comment on the senate's vote to amend the neutrality act. The Evening Standard, one oi Lord Boavorbrook'a news papers, said "Roosevelt has his greatest victory." Rome. Nov. 8. -(IP) Ser ious damage to Brindisi. Ad riatic port on the heel of Italy's boot, from prolonged British air raid tn which hundreds of explosive and Incendiary bombs were drop ped, was acknowledged today by the Italian high command. Berlin. Nov. i The German high command an nounced today that the nasi armies In the Crimea bad smashed through a Russian defensive zone 10 miles deep on the narrow peninsula lead ing to Kerch and were con tinuing to advance toward that port. NINTH ELEPHANT OF CIRCUS DIES Atlanta, Nov. 8. (IP) An other Rlngllng brothers and Bar- num and Bailey circus elephant, making nine in all, died today of arsenic poisoning. Seven of the big beasts died during a two-day stand of the show Wednesday and Thursday. Four others, seriously ill, were left behind when the show moved on. One of them, Liz, died within a few hours and Clara, one of the largest in the herd, died late today. Dr. Standish Piper, local vet erinary, said Peggy is complete ly out of danger but added that Palms, the fourth animal, is still "very sick, showing symptoms of pneumonia." Circus officials have been un able to discover how poison got into the diet of the elephants. each of which is valued at from $10,000 to $19,000. Hides of the elephants will be converted into leather. REVOLT SEETHES Vichy, Unoccupied Franca, Nov. 8. -(AP) Revolt plans of serious proportions were said by police today to have been un covered at Nice yesterday in the arrest of 30 persons charged with membership in a De Gaul' list rallwaymen's organization. The organization, known both as "Free France" and "Friends of De Gaulle" was said to have branches throughout unoccupied France, particularly at Marseille, Besides the 80 arrested yester day, five had been arrested pre viously at Nice. At the home of one leader In Nice, Arthur Francois, police said they seized list of persons to be arrested at " 'H' hour" by followers of Gen. Charles De Gaulle. LIFE TERM GIVEN UPSTATE SLAYER Dallas, Ore., Nov. 8. UP) A circuit court Jury, after deliber atina elsht hours, found Dewey George Jackson, 43, Grand Ronde, guilty of second degree murder tonight. Judge Arlle G. Walker sen tenced Jackson at once to life Imprisonment In the state pen itentiary. Jackson was Indicted on charge of shooting Indian Joe McCoy at Grand Ronde Septem ber 3 In an argument involving Mrs. Jckon. Cougars 26 Idaho lAjM.Mjo i we 0 Duke 56 Davidson 0 It May Be There DM yon -ileep tn" this morn IniT WeO It Is not too 1st to natf too Want Ada. Chock them ever on tho Kfator Want id pafa then tan to tho Too Lata to ClaaeUr. "IT- but ao there. NO 198. PRAY FOR PEACE PRESIDENT ASKS Thursday, November 20 Set For Annual Event Text Of Proclamation. Washington, Nov. 8. (AP President Roosevelt today pro claimed Thursday, November 20, as Thanksgiving Day and asked the American people to observe It with prayers for "a speedy end to strife and the establish ment on earth of freedom, broth erhood and Justice for enduring time." It was his third and final set ting of Thanksgiving a week earlier than customary.- Next year the holiday will revert to Its normal last Thursday in the month for the whole nation. The president Instituted the early observance In 1930 at the request of retail merchants who thought their Christmas business might pick up if there were a longer interval between Thanks giving and December 25. Several months ago the chief executive said that the merch ants had discovered the change made no difference and that af ter 1941 the country could aty range its calendar and sports events for the single "last Thurs day", As In the last two yean, not all states will observe tho Roosevelt Thanksgiving". ' Six teen will cling to the traditional turkey day. rm , . . . . a iie prtTBioeni expeciea to observe Nov. 20 at Warm Springs, Ga., with the patients at the Infantile paralysis founda tion. It has been his custom to go there for Thanksgiving whoa his duties permit. The text of tho preeidenrg proclamation: 'X Franklin D. Roosevelt. president of tho United State of America, do hereby designate and set aslda Thursday, tho twentieth day of November, 1941, as a day to bo observed in giving thanks to tho heavenly source of our earthly blessings. "Our beloved country It free and strong, our moral and phys ical defense against tho force of threatened aggression are mounting dally in magnftado and effectiveness. "In th Infjtriiei tS wmO ' e. : future, we arc aendUft a. J at Increasing pace to the (ato pies abroad who are bravery defending their homes and their precious liberties against anni hilation. "We have not lost our faith In tho spiritual dignity of man. our proud belief In the right of all people to live out their live in freedom and with equal treatment The love of democ racy still burns brightly In our hearts. "We are grateful to the Father of us all for the Innumerable daily manifestations of His beneficent mercy in affair both public and private, for tho bounties of the harvest, for opportunities to labor and to errve, and for the continuance of those homely Joys and satis faction which enrich our lives. its aik the divine blesa Infv vur decision and deter mlnaT to protect our way of life tMvt tho forces of evil and sk t f which seek In these days U 4 eompais us. "On 0 day appointed for this put. .e , let us reflect at our honH'S r places of worship on tho gov. see of God and, In giving tht A let us pray for a speedy t' to strife and tho establlshme. j HI earth of free dom, brothorhood, and Justico for enduring ttmo." EDUCATE AT REST Pullman, Vk, Nov. 8. AP) Dr. Enocrk A. -Bryan, beloved prsldent eentrtttik of Washington State colks-cs a buried today In tho Pullrtm cemetery, clow to tho schor ( had served as leader, cou; - and teacher for 40 yean, Bryan, 16, died Thursday. ', . -- -,-
