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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1941.
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Nov. 10 Stalin
talked as If he knew something
about the mysterious descent of
Herr Hess into
ijkijim. ujMiii.w ,mm England. Nb
doubt he does.
That mystery
has been clear
ed in every
chancellery in
the world.
The story is
that Hitler
turned his
back and let
Hess go to
London with a
Paul Mallon
world anti
communist proposal. The idea
was Hess's own, but he was fur
' nished with a double-tanked air
plane, complete charts showing
the way to England, and a full
set of navigation instruments
(not plentiful in Nazidom).
Hess thought he could contact
anti-communist peers and high
ranking Britishers to force a
peace upon the British govern
ment. The plan he submitted
would leave the British empire
untouched. Churchill buried the
scheme with the approval of Mr.
Roosevelt. They recognized the
project for what it was a com
promise with Hitlerism.
The Duke of Hamilton, upon
whose estate Hess landed, has
suffered from the incident more
than Hitler's right-hand man.
The duke was busy fighting in
the RAF at the time, and since,
has taken a severe ragging from
I British officials.
Hess was removed some
months ago from a London hos
pital to a comfortable place in
tha British countryside.
STALIN'S speech was designed
to incite the British and
Americans to open another front
in Europe. But the suggestion
has fallen on flat ears here. The
British claim they have insuffi
cient equipment although their
secret production figures indi
cate they have made sensational
progress in that respect since
Dunkirk. In any event, wa cer-
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Radio Highlights
, By Associated Press)
' (Time is Pacific standard.)
A message from President
Roosevelt will be carried on all
networks Armistice day from
Arlington cemetery at the an
nual ceremonies of the Amer
ican Legion before the tomb of
the Unknown Soldier. It will
follow the traditional one min
ute of silence at 8 a. m. The
president is expected to speak
30 minutes or more.
MBS Is to start the broadcast
at 7:5S a. m., while NBC and
CBS are scheduled for 7:59 a. m.
Also on Armistice day, three
networks. CBS, MBS and NBC
Blue, are to combine for an
hour at 7 p. m. on behalf of the
American Red Cross.
Other Armistice day- features
Include:
NBC-Blue 1 p. m. Veterans
. of Foreign Wars, Commander
) Max Singer on "Keeping Faith."
MBS 6:30 p. m. Armistice
Day In a Typical American City,
the program to come from the
newly completed Quanset naval
air station in Rhode Island.
Tonight, the war 5:55 CBS:
7 i'lBS; 7:30 NBC-Blue; 7:45
CBSEast: 9 NBC CBS; 9:55
NBC CBS.
NBC-Blue 8 Radio Forum,
Rep. Albert Gore on "Price
Control."
Tuesday, the war 10:45 NBC;
11 MBP- 122 MBS; 12:55 CBS
MBS; 1:45 CBS MBS; 1:55 NBC
Blue; 3 CBS MBS: 3 25 NBC
Red; 3:45 CBS NBC-Blue.
EARLY PAPER TUESDAY
In order to permit employes
to participate in the day's
activities. The Mail Tribune
will go to press at 12:30 p. m.
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U.S. IMMEDIATELY
IF JAPSSTRIKE
Last Quarter of Earth Fac
ing Engulfment In Con
flict Says Prime Minister.
Br the Associated Press
With Russia battling for life
against new German threats.
Britain in a great aerial offen
sive to relieve pressure on her
ally, and the whole orient sha
dowed by threats of wider war,
Prime Minister Churchill warn
ed today that the struggle soon
may engulf "the remaining
fourth of the globe.
This note he struck on the eve
of the 23rd anniversary of Arm
istice in a war that was to have
ended wars.
This came in an address at the
annual ceremony which marks
the induction of a new lord
mayor for the city of London.
"If the United States should
become involved in war with
Japan," Churchill said, "the
British declaration would fol
low within the hour."
Italian Navy Broken
The prime minister asserted
that Britain had "broken the
morale of the Italian navy" and
"we now feel ourselves strong
enough to provide powerful
naval forces of heavy ships with
the necessary auxiliary vessels
for service if need be in the
Indian and'Pacific oceans' ."
This hint of a growing initia
tive by Britain came amid the
strained Japanese-United States
relations which a special Japa
nese envoy flying to Washing
ton, seeks to ease.
Churchill explained that he
was making his statement of
British intentions in the far east
because "we do not know
whether the efforts of the Unit
ed States to preserve peace in
the Pacific will be successful."
Peace Offensive Seen
As for the European war,
Churchill said it was already
indicated that Germany soon
wbuld start a peace offensive
and he pledged:
"Whether we are supported
or are alone, however long and
hard the toil may be, the British
nation and his majesty s govern
ment at the head of the nation
and in intimate concert with the
governments of the great domin
ions will never enter into any
negotiations with Hitler or any
party in Germany which repre
sents the Nazi regime."
Casting light on the vast Brit
ish aerial offensive against axis
positions in Europe, Churchill
declared that the RAF now "is
at least equal in size and num
ber, not to speak of quality, to
German air power."
Leningrad, which Adolf Hit
ler boasted he could storm and
capture whenever he wished to,
was being enfolded today by
two wide-swinging encirclement
offensives of the Germans a
bit of grand strategy dictated
apparently by the chance that
Finland might step out oi me
war before Hitler is ready.
The Hitler command announc
ed capture of the important
traffic Junction of Tikhvin,
about 100 miles southeast of
Leningrad, by a force moving
across the Leningrad-Moscow
communications zone.
The other arm of the offen
sive, from the northeast over
Karelian approaches won by the
Finns, was disclosed in advices
reaching London.
RAF Hits Again
The RAF struck at Germany
and German - occupied zones
overnight, chiefly at Hamburg,
for the third night in a row. A
London authority said more
than 100 planes took part and
two were lost. It was part of a
week-end aerial offensive aimed
at German positions from occu
pied Norway to the Mediterra
nean.
London authorities said the
British navy had wiped out two
axis Mediterranean convoys of
10 supply ships and at least one
destroyer without suffering a
1 1 cratch.
AFL Strike on Navy Projects Termed 'Open
War's Scars
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German columns pass a scorched and blackened skyscraper which houses the Soviet
Electric company, in Kharkov, according to German sources. Picture radioed irom Berlin to
New York. - - ... w.-. .... , . . .
12 DEAD. 50 HURT
WHEN FAST TRAIN
PILES UP IN OHIO
Kenton, Ohio, Nov. 10. (tPh
A passenger train, thundering
through the night at between
60 and 70 miles an hour, was
derailed by a cylinder head
blown off a freight train and
piled up into a mass of twisted
steel near Dunkirk, last night.
Twelve were listed today as
dead. About 90 were injured.
Engineer R. S. Schulcr of
Fort Wayne, one of 48 persons
to survive the wreck of the
Pennsylvania railroad's "Penn
sylvania," said "something went
wrong" Just after he passed the
freight train on his Chicago
New York run. He recalled
faintly seeing a man with a
flashlight.
In Chicago, H. E. Newcomet,
vice president of the railroad,
said the cylinder from the
freight train blew out and onto
the adjoining track "and before
there was time to flag It, the
Pennsylvanian, moving at high
sp,eed on the eastbound track,
struck the damaged cylinder
head, derailing and turning
over."
Passengers were tossed helter
skelter out of seats and berths
and into near-freezing tempera
tures. Wreckage was strewn
along the railroad In the little
community 10 miles north of
here.
Kenton. O., Nov. 10. MP) A
list of the 12 dead In the wreck
of a Pennsylvania train at Dun
kirk last night follows:
An unidentified woman.
Les Avington, 37, Akron, O.,
and his wife, Mary Agnes Av
ington, 28.
Henry Heiles, New York.
C. G. Blade. 30. naval ensign
of Rock Island. 111.
J, L. Gephart, Fort Wayne,
Ind , fireman on the train.
Ernest Houseknecht, Free
port. 111.
Martin E. Kay, 43. Milwaukee.
Mrs. Marjana Rill, 54. San
Jose. Calif.
Mrs. Irene Ray, 35, Sliver
Springs, Md.
Irwin Bauer, 67, Laurelton,
N. Y.
An unidentified woman.
The navy has helped perfect
the new science of "photogram
metry," I.e.. aerial photography
for surveys and maps.
on Kharkov Skyscraper
Neutrality Revision Due for
Final House Action Thursday
Washington, Nov. 10 (AP) The house rules committee
cleared the way today for final
ing revision of the neutrality act to permit the government to arm
American merchant ships and send them into combat zones and
belligerent ports with one Democratic committeeman declaring
that the national was "being led to the slaughterhouse."
PRITGHETT FAMILY
.F.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prltchett
and their two daughters, Frances
and Dolores, were confined In
Klamath Valley hospital In
Klamath Falls today with in
juries suffered In a head-on auto
mobile accident a mile this side
of Klamath Falls about 8 o'clock
Saturday night,
Mr. Pritchett, manager of the
Western Auto Supply company
here, sustained a broken right
collarbone, two broken ribs, a
broken nose and a punctured
lung. He spent a comfortable
night and was not believed to be
seriously Injured.
Mrs. Pritchett suffered a bad
cut on her neck. Frances sustain
ed a cut knee cap and Dolores,
asleep in the car at the time of
the crash, was only bruised.
They were en route to Klam
ath Falls to visit friends for the
week-end.
KURUSU DELAYED
AT MIDWAY ISLE
San Francisco, Nov. 10. (Pi
Saburo Kurusu, flying to the
United States on urgent busl-
ness for Japan, was delayed at (AP) Ens. Willard Henry Luo
Midway island by engine trou- ma, Eveleth, Minn., died today
ble today and Pan American j in the crash of his dauntless dive
Airways said he probably would bomber Into the ocean near the
arrive at this port Friday.
The China Clipper originally
was scheduled to land here
Wednesday.
Washington, Nov. 10. UP)
President Roosevelt, noting that
today was the 166th anniversary
of the founding of the Marine
Corps, extended "my warm con
gratulations on its glorious rec
ord In the defense of our coun
try during the full course of the
nation' history."
fate
house action Thursday on sweep
The committee agreed unanl
mously, members said, to limit
debate to eight hours.
Rep. Cox (D-Ga.) of the com
mittee asserted that while he be
lieved the United States was al
ready in the war, "the country is
in no mental attitude to go to
war and we are being led to the
slaughter-house." He demanded
that the administration act to
prevent defense strikes and said
"congress should put Its foot
down" on measures like the neu
trality amendments "until the
president does something about
labor."
"We have an opportunity to
test out the administration as to
whether it is ever going to do
anything about the gangsters
who are sabotaging defense,
Cox continued.
He added that the people were
not being "told the truth" about
this country's position toward
the war and that he had "had
the feeling all the while that we
are in the war."
Speaker Ray burn said admin
istration forces believed they had
the strength to force house ac
ceptance of senate amendments
to the original house ship arming
bill which broadened the legisla
tion to permit vessels to enter
combat zones and belligerent
ports.
NAVY FLIER DIES
E,
San Diego, Calif., Nov. 10.-
Mexican border.
The navy reported Luoma, an
officer In the navy reserve, was
engaged in routine dive bombing
practice at border field. The
body was recovered, and navy
crews were engaged in salvaging
the plane.
The navy bureau of supplies
and accounts owns no roll top
desks, because they are consid
ered foes of the "do it now" impulse.
OF 1917
STRESS DEFENSE
Legion Dugout To Open In
Dreamland After Parade
Dance To Climax Day.
The twenty-third anniversary
of the armistice that ended the
first World war will serve to
morrow as a dual-purpose holi
day: to pay respect to the mem
ory of the American service
men who did not come back or
have since died and to center
attention on the gigantic effort
the nation is now undertaking
to make its defense impregnable
In the face of another and even
more devastating conflict
The Armistice Day events
here will be sponsored as cus
tomary by Medford post of the
American Legion. All members
of the post and visiting Legion
naires were asked by Ernest W.
Winkle, post commander, to
make a special effort this year
to march in the parade "as a
mark of respect to our departed
comrades." Legionnaires will as
semble for the parade at city
park at 10:45 a. m. The Legion
naires will meet first at a get-
together breakfast in the Hotel
Medford at 8 a. m.
The day's celebration will be
signalized by the bursting of
aerial bombs at 11 a. m. The
parade will follow immediately,
All patriotic, religious, civic,
fraternal, grange, school - and
similar organizations are invited
to take part in the procession.
As the parade this year will be
strictly patriotic in character,
there will be no commercial
entries.
Tbe parade will be formed
between city park and the coun
ty courthouse on West Main
street. Line of march: Along
Main street to Riverside avenue,
north on Riverside to Sixth
street, south on Bartlett street
to Main street and then back
along Main to the starting point.
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ARMISTICE DAY
TO BE HOLIDAY
Armistice Day tomorrow will
be observed here generally as a
holiday. All lorleral, state, coun
ty and city offices will be closed
and there will be no mail deliv
ery. Banks and stores In general
also will close.
Corvallis Cantonmenl
Water Supply Sought
Salem, Nov. 10. (IP) The
constructing quartermaster's of
fice at Albany applied to the
state engineer Saturday for per
mission to take 4.688 gallons of
water a minute from the Wil
lamette river for use at the
proposed Corvallis Monmouth
army cantonment.
Armistice Day Observance Urged
In Proclamation by Mayor Deuel
The following proclamation
was made yesterday by Mayor
H. S. Deuel:
"Whereas our country faces
grave emergencies both within
and without In which every
citizen should recognize his re
sponsibility; and
"Whereas It is Imperative
that we all become fully con
scious of our national defense
needs and problems; and
"Whereas our president has
asked the nation to pause and
think of national defense during
the period beginning Armistice
Day and continuing through
November 16i
Aged Scotswoman
Tells What to Do
During Air Raids
Hoschton, Ga., Nov. 10.
(IP) An aged Scotswoman
writing her thanks for Bun
dles for Britain, says Mrs. J.
P. Mahaffey, gave this recipe
for taking a bombing:
"When the air-raid warn
ing sounds, I take the Bible
from the shelf and read the
Twenty-third Psalm. Then I
put up a wee bit prayer. Then
I take a wee drab o' whisky
to steady my nerves. Then I
get In bed and pull up the
covers. And then I tell Hitler
to go to Hell."
MEDFORD FLIERS
WRECK PLANE IN
FORCED LANDING
Miss Glenda Wlrth and Ed
ward Randle were back at their
employment here today after
weathering without Injury a
forced landing of their Crater
Flying club Piper Cub plane on
a mountainside near Wendling
20 miles northeast of Eugene
yesterday afternoon.' The plane
was wrecked, . -.
Randle, a private pilot and
secretary of the Crater Flying
club that operates out of Med
ford municipal airport, and Miss
Wirth picked up a trail after
their forced landing and had to
hike 8 miles to a ranger station.
A telephone call brought friends
from Eugene. The Medford cou
ple took a bus at Eugene and
arrived here at 5:15 this morn
ing. Miss Wirth is employed at
Hunt's Ice cream shop, 301 East
Main street, and Randle Is a
radio technician employed by
KMED.
The couple left here for Port
land Saturday morning. When
they left Portland to return to
Medford about 2:30 p. m. yester
day the weather was clear and
so a flight plan was not filed
with the.CAA. the couple in
tending, however, to file such
a plan out of Eugene where they
had planned to make an Inter
mediate stop, Miss Wirth ex
plained. Fog was encountered north of
Eugene and darkness began de
scending when a comparatively
flat though rough surface on the
side of a mountain was sighted.
Believing that it was better to
risk putting the plane down
here rather than run the hazard
of being completely shut off
from land by the overcast, Ran
dle ordered Miss Wlrth to fasten
her safety belt and prepare for
a forced landing, she related.
The landing was made about
4:30 and the hike out of the
mountains took about 4'i hours,
Miss Wlrth said.
HOW TO FIGHT
Plymouth, Eng., Nov. 10.
(AP U. S. Ambassador John O.
Wlnant declared in an address
here today that the first premise
in fighting "an enemy who Is
ruthlessly determined on world
conquest" I to "fight him on
ground you choose, rather than
on ground he chooses."
Therefore, as mayor of the
City of Medford, I call upon all
citizens of this city to dwell
upon their national defense re
sponsibilities during this period
and, as a means of centering
attention upon national defense
and thus demonstrating our
unity, I call upon all citizens of
the City of Medford to display
the American flag at home and
at places of business for the
period beginning Armistice Day,
November 11, through Novem
ber 18, 194I."
H. S. DEUEL,
Mayor of Medford,
Nov. 10, 1041.
Revolt
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DESPITEWALKOUT
San Diego Strike In Defi
ance of Agreement and
0PM, Says Washington
By the Associated Press
AFL building tradesmen
struck $35,000,000 of naval
works in the San Diego, Calif,
area today and soon thereafter
Rear Admiral Charles A. Blake-
ly declared that the walkout was
an "open revolt against the Uni
ted States government.
In Washington the navy told
the admiral to "take necessary
steps to carry work forward"
and said the strike was In de
fience of AFL no-strike agree,
ments and of the OPM. The ad
miral was authorized to take
title to all materials at point of
origin under all contracts and
to vehicles belonging to the con
tractors on the various navy pro
jects. Blakely, commandant of the
tlth naval district, declared in
a statement, that "the navy will
take full constituted authority
to suppress the revolt."
3,800 Involved
The dispute involve 3,800
building worker and 11 con
struction projects.
"The constitution of tha Uni
ted States," said Blakely,
"grants to it citizens the right
to free assemblage but that sac
red document doe not permit
Individuals to bludgeon the Uni
ted States government. And I
fully Intend to see that certain
San Diego labor leaders do not
bludgeon the United States
navy!"
Before the strike started, the
admiral declared that the navy
would import labor, if neces
sary, to take the place of strik
ing workers.
Up to the executive board of
the AFL teamsters union was a
reiterated request by President
Roosevelt that striking workers
of the Railway Express Agency
In Detroit go back to work while
a mediation board considered
their grievances. The strike wa
called October 4 to support a
demand for union recognition.
With only six days remaining
of a truce granted by the Uni
ted Mine Workers, the defense
mediation board was expected
to decide within a day or two
whether to recommend that the
UMW be given a union shop in
the coat mines of seven steel
companies.
The ivied confine of Yale
University provided an unusual
background for a strike called
by a CIO organization of Jani
tors, maids and other mainten
ance worker seeking a union
shop.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
The whole Frank Perl fami
ly getting on Ice skates for tha
first time and making surpriv
ingly good progress.
Willis Wood turning out to be
one of the most graceful skaters
at the new ice arena while Bet
ty O'Brien Murphy Bourn
whizzed around with grim de
termination to learn all tha In
tricacies the first time out
Helen Cilham and Gerry Ed
wards Joining the ranks of ama
teur Ice skaters and anticipating
their first tumble.
Betty Reames, horn from U.
of O., trying out the Ice arena
and liking it.
London, Nov, 10. (AP) A
German bomber (cored hit on a
passenger train near a northeast
coast town today, but no passen
ger were Injured and the train
wa abl to proceed after about
a two-hour delay.