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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1941)
Full U Wtatb Weather" "r"" Sure To Follow Th. modern, quirk, sore, mt fectlre way to rearh th. largest market at the leait possible eipensa U the Want Act War. If there la a demand for the thing yon advertise, results are uro to follow. Medford TRIBUNE Forecast: Occasional rain to night and Friday. Little cuuf in trmpcratiirv. Trmperatnra Htcheftt yertprday. .3 Uoam Ihlf morning .43 Precipitation past t4 hour.6 Full Associated Press United Frai Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1941. NO. 202. mm mm m-m w m i I - 3 Five Years for Local Man 0 dfefr $? 7.1 ' - , S"Sk J-- .1v r , It'.' Eugene Hugh Smith (above), 29-year-old Medford service station operator, was sentenced to serve five years in prison In circuit court in Klamath Falls yesterday on his plea of guilty to a charge of failure to stop at the scene of an acci dent. Smith, shown as he left the Klamath county jail for his preliminary hearing in connection with the death of Marie Russell. 17. Klamath Falls high school girl, admitted through his attorney that he had picked Miss Russell up in his car October 25, the day she was found fatally Injured alongside The Da'.les-California highway. (Photo courtesy Klamath Herald) News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Nov. 13 Kurusu is not carrying a peace plan in his portfolio, or in his hat. The proper authorities have been (ore- iurw warned priv ately from To kio not to cre dit popular re ports. The leading career man of the J a p a ncse di plomacy was sent here, they say, to become a second am- Paul Mallon ura for an bassador to Admiral Nom lndefinite period. They are merely they can do. to see what fpntlrmen on Pimp Sight) SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ed Pease and cohorts putting on a three-act side show in the basement of the Pease cabin at Prospect. Cappy Theron Bean keeping his office hot enough to incu bate chickens. Jacob Gorby proudly show ing the script type with which his sew typewriter is equipped. n fl Chungking, Nov. 13. (IP) A Chinese army spokesman said today Intelligence service re ports told of large-scale Japanese troop movements at sea and indicated that great numbers of warships and troops transports were being massed off the coast of northern Indo-China. The spokesman predicted that the next few weeks would dts- Lciose whre Japan would strike next. He said the Chinese army had received word that 130 to MO Japanese warships were massed at Heihow, Hainan island, across the Gulf of Tonkin from Indo- China. COMMUNITY CHEST All those having Community Chest cash or pledges to report were asked today by C. E. Gates, director, to turn them in by Saturday. Head office of the Community Chest is at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the returns may be made to Mr. Gates there. Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 13. (?" Aluminum Company of America officials announced here today that bids for grading and foundation work on Alcoa plants at Troutdale, Ore., and Spokane were being considered at Pittsburgh. T DRAMATIC APPEAL IN ELEVENTH HOUR Rayburn Reads Letter From Roosevelt Saying Failure Would Weaken Defense. Washington, Nov. 13. (JP) After eleventh hour interven tion by President Koosevelt the house dramatically gave con gressional approval today by a vote of 212 to 194 to legislation scrapping the neutrality act bans against arming American merchant ships and sending them into combat zones. The momentous vote came af ter Speaker Rayburn, in a su preme effort to avert a major defeat for the administration's foreign policy, descended to the well of the house and read a letter from the chief executive stating that failure of the house to approve the neutrality act changes would "bolster ag gressive steps and Intentions in Germany" and weaken the po sitions of Britain, Russia and China. Tension At Clot Tension prevailed in the clos ing hours of the day'a debate as influential Republicans Join ed with the Democratic leader ship in appeals for passage of the legislation. In one of the appeals to which the house and crowded galleries listened most intently. Rep. Wadsworth (R., N. Y.) said he felt a "profound conviction that what's left on the statute books of the neutrality act is injurious to the . safety . of this nation." Immediately after the voting. Rayburn signed the bill, clear ing the way for its dispatch to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature. FINLAND BELIEVES DOOR NOT CLOSED Helsinki. Finland. Nov. 13. t&) Finland does not consider the door closed to further nego tiations with the United States, a foreign office spokesman said tonight. He said Finland's note of yes terday, in effect rejecting an American warning against con tinuing her fight against Rus sia, was meant to be only a cor dial exposition of her reasons for warring on the Soviet Union. Finland, he declared. In no wise wanted to set obstacles to possible future diplomatic over tures from Washington. Washington, Nov. 13fP) The Finnish minister called at the state department today, while word spread in diplomatic circles that the United States and Great Britain might renew their efforts to end Finnish-Russian hostilities. The visit of the minister, Hjalmar J. Procope, to Under Secretary of State Welles fol lowed closely on the delivery of the Finnish government's note rejecting a Soviet offer to ne gotiate peace with Finland, which was transmitted to the Finns by the United States. Salem Alternative For Planes in Fog Salem, Nov. 13 JP United Air Lines, which will start serv ice to Salem December 3, will use the Salem airport also as an alternate to the Columbia air port in Portland, J. Raymond Dyer, Chicago, attorney for the company, said here last night. Dyer said passengers would be landed here when weather conditions forbid use of the Portland airport. Such passen gers now are taken to Seattle. FOURTH SHIP READY Portland, Ore, Nov. 13. (IP) The fourth liberty fleet cargo ship to be launched by the Ore gon Shipbuilding corporation the Robert Gray wUl go down the ways Sunday. wi-oraTM mi unions mm set.-leEm.erit proffer GRANGERS HEAR CMHITECTS BOTH SIDES GIRO l-w ILMCWSM MXHBOUIUK TO COME I0B FOR BIG SHOW IN TrTSrA1. COOL OFF PERUD THEIRWAR ROLE Farmers Must Run Risk Of Overproduction Is Word Secretary of Agriculture. Worcester. Mass., Nov. 13 (JP) Secretary of Agriculture Wick ard declared today that the "adequate defense of America means nothing less than the defeat of Hitler." Therefore, he told the nation's farmers, they must run the risks of overproduction in the inter ests of national defense. The cabinet member also served notice that the United States was ready to show its "force" in both oceans, if nec essary, should the country's in terests be menaced. Material Main Worry In an address prepared for the 75th anniversary meeting of the National Grange, Wickard said that Hitler "can be de feated only by a superior force of materials and men. The men art there today, in Russia, In China, in England. Our greatest need is to get materials to these men and get them there fast enough. If our production is too little and too late' it may be too late for us to hope for freedom in our generation." The United States, he went on, desires peace "but not at the price of slavery." Grange leaders, asserting that Improved prices had not solved the farm problem, called for legislation which would offer farmers "something better and more respectable than govern ment gratuities and subsidies." Taber Warns Louis J. Taber, master, told the convention that when the war er.ds "agriculture will face greater losses than those follow ing the last war unless in the meantime we take steps to cor rest some of the basic causes affecting agricultural income." Today, prices of most farm commodities are approaching parity, but this is due to war conditions. This increase In farm prices must not give us a false sense of security." he said. Taber suggested a "two-price" system under which farmers would be free to produce abun dantly and sell to the domestic market at "parity protected" prices and abroad at competitive world prices. Frnit and Produce Plants Picketed to Aid Yakima Strike Portland! Ore., Nov. 13 (Pi Portland's food troubles spread to fruits and vegetables as well as meat today with the picketing of the Pacific Fruit Produce Company. Thirteen meat markets have been closed for nearly two weeks and 18 other large meat markets posted notices that they would close Friday night. Seattle, Nov. 13. (IPh-The Pacific Fruit and Produce com pany plant was closed here to day after pickets appeared be- fore the plant and approximate- side walls but with fire walls at ly 150 employes refused to go intervals to comply with good through the picket line. A com- Insurance practice, Capt Bean pany official said . he under- explained. The change, he- ad stood the pickets were from ded, accomplishes better con Yakima, representing an AFL-1 solidation of loading and con Teamsters union affiliate on i structlon economy. The archi- strike there against Yakima ap ple growers and packers. Silverton, Ore., Nov. 13. (IP) The Silverton board of edu cation notified teachers of the system pay Increases were Im possible now because of "ex cessive warrants and loans" out standing. Teachers, in request- ing raises, said this was one of the few districts in the state where teacher salaries remain- ed unchanged COMINGSATURDAY MOSCOW SECTOR 7 ;:' .M , 'Mi Any Further Preparation For Local Cantonment To Be Done By Quartermaster. The firm of Myron Hunt and H. C. Chambers-Blackie and Wood today was in receipt of of ficial army orders to complete its architect-engineering work on the proposed . Medford can tonment Saturday. Additional time was provided for the final accounting work, this task being expected to take a couple of weeks. It is expected that after Satur day any further engineering work necessitated by changes in plans at Washington, D. C, will be done by the constructing quartermaster's office which is in charge of Capt.-Theron W. Bean. The constructing quartermas ters office now comprises 10 army officers and civilians and the staff will be augmented to 30 to 40, the size of the staff de pending partly rr what other changes in plans are received from Washington, Capt. Bean said. 55 On Staff The architect-engineering staff now comprises 55 persons. Mr. Hunt, head of the Los Angeles architectural firm of Myron Hunt and H. C. Chambers, and Harold I. Wood of the San Fran cisco engineer firm of Blackie and Wood, arrived here last May 13 and received official no tice on May 21 to proceed with the advance planning of the 35,-000-troop cantonment proposed for the Beagle-Antelope area. Mr- Wood expects to remain here until the final accounting work is completed, the construc ting quartermaster's office said. The contract contains a clause by which the government may exercise an option to use the services of the architect-engineering firm during construction after the planning work has been finally accepted. There has been no official indication, how ever, when if ever construction will be authorized. The plans of the proposed can. tonment will be kept at all times in readiness for bidding so that a call for bids can be is sued on short notice, Capt. Bean emphasized. Rail Plan Changed . As an example of the changes In plans ordered at Washington, capt. Bean cited the rauroaa to the proposed camp, instead ot rehabilitating the Medford Cor- poratlon railroad as originally contemplated, Washington head - qusrters ordered construction of a government-owned access rail road from the Southern Pacific tracks to the cantonment. This change Is part of the work that now will be taken over by the constructing quartermaster. Another major change Involv ed the warehouses at the pro posed camp. In the original plans there were two rows of separate warehouse buildings along the railroad. Under re vised plans the buildings will be grouped In units under a i common roof and with common tect-engineer staff has made a sketch of the recommended warehouse) layout and this will be developed by the construct ing quartermaster's office- TURKEY PRICES - San Francisco, Nov. 13. (IP) Net prices paid producers for live poultry delivered San Fran- Cisco: turkeys, young toms, un- Ider 18 lbs., 244-t3c; 18 20 lbs., 24V4c; over 20 lbs., 24Vic; I young hens, 28-29C Movement of Reserves Por tends Climactic Battle Germans Storm Kerch. (By Associated Press) Masses of German and Rus sian reserves were reported moving up to the central front today for a possible climactic battle for Moscow, while in the south, Adolf Hitler's Crimean armies were declared to be storming the fortifications of Kerch at the gateway to the Caucasus oil fields. A Nazi spokesman said the German air force was already roaring over the narrow Kerch strait to carry the war into the great fields which produce much of Russia's oil. Take Key Forts German military dispatches said Nazi assault troops had captured several of Kerch's key fortifications and that the port was open to direct attack from the west and south. On the Moscow front, Soviet reports said the Germans were Intensifying their scouting oper ations, testing red army lines along the entire 200-mile de fense arc, apparently as the prelude to a new grand offen sive. Fresh Soviet troops were streaming up to the front to meet the expected assault. -On the north flank, in the Kalinin sector the Russians said they had driven the German invaders back toward the Volga river despite a hurricane of Nazi mortar, machine-gun and rifle fire. Southwest of Kalinin, a red army group was said to have crossed the Volga in a success ful raid on the German rear. The gravest threat on the long battlefront centered at Kerch, with the Germans ap parently making final prepare tions to cross, the Kerch strait and drive into the Caucasus. GENERAL WHITE SERIOUSLY ILL Portland, Ore., Nov. 13. (IP) Maj.-Gcn. George A. White, com mander of the 41st division. wasi3 D in .prion, condition from an I intestinal ailment at his home near Clackamas, Ore., today, his i physicians Indicated, pr, William S. Knox and Homer P. Rush said the general , hi been denied visitors. Be- fore returning to his home, he spent a week In a Portland hospital. His Illness dates from maneu vers at Camp Hunter Liggett, Calif., last summer. The general at present Is on an extended leave of absence. Week's Ration for Englishman Only One Meal for an American Washington, Nov. 13. (IP) Some 230,000 tons of American food are reaching England each month now, but even so Sec retary of Agriculture Wickard said today an average Ameri can could consume an English man's weekly ration of fresh meat, bacon, ham, eggs and cheese at one meal "without feeling he's overeaten." Agriculture department offic ials said that English house wives can buy all the flour they need and that England was producing all the potatoes and most of the vegetables required, but they added it was this coun try's Job to produce the meat, eggs, and dairy products re - Maxim Lltrlnov (above), for mer Russian foreign minister who sought an understanding with the allies before Russia signed an accord with Germany. was teported In Washington diplomatic circles to have been selocted to succeed Constantino Ownaniky as Soviet ambassador to the United States. E Three couples already have volunteered to be married pub licly as a feature of the mer chants' Christmas opening No vember 26, Jack Matlack, direc tor of the opening celebration, stated today. A few- other couples have notified him that they are considering the matter, he said. With a number of couples ready -to have a public wedding, a selection of one couple will have to be made and the method of choice will be announced later, Mr. Matlack said. All who are willing to be married at the celebration must report to Mr Matlack at the Craterlan theater not later than tomorrow, To the counle chosen will go an extensive array of gifts, in- eluding house furnishings and accessories, groceries, a month's rent, and a complete wedding wardrobe for both bride and groom, Mr. Matlack stated. Salem, Nov. 13 OP) The state supreme court today sustained the validity of taxes levied by Clatsop county against the Gearhart Park company, the decision upholding Circuit Judge R. Frank Peters. quired for shipment abroad un der a 81,000,000,000 fund ear marked for food under the sec ond lease-lend fund. While officials here discussed what they said were "mistaken" ideas In this country concerning British food supplies, Wickard told a national Grange session at Worcester, Mass., that In spite of American shipments the "British still are on very strict rations of most vital foods. Department officials who have been in England In recent months listed these diet limits for an individual: cheese, three ounces a week; meat, seven ounces a week: bacon and ham, four ounces a week; eggs, two 1 a month when available. 10 MIKES Railroads, Telephones, Coal Mines, Plane Making Endangered By Turmoil. New York, Nov. 13 (IP) John J. Moran, president of the Federation of Long Line Telephone Workers, announc ed tonight a strike of 15.000 workers, called for midnight Friday, had been postponed until Nov. 21. Chicago, Nov. 13 HP) Four teen unions of non-operating employes, representing 800,000 workers in the railroad industry. issued a joint statement today rejecting the recommendations of the president's emergency board for settlement of their wage dispute. The statement did not contain a direct threat of a strike, al though non-operating employes authorized their leaders last September 3 to call one, and the five big operating brotherhoods have ordered a walkout to begin. Dec. 7. . ' " By the Associated Press With railroad transportation, long distance telephone commu nications, steel companies' soft coal mines and a large war air craft company threatened with possible strike stoppages, high administration officials were re ported today to be considering legislation requiring a "cooling off" period before workers could walk out of defense Indus tries. Tha proposition under study was said also to Include bonuses to employees based on cost of living. Administration Sparred The labor situation also was pointed up by the declaration of some house members that they would not vote to send Ameri can ships into war zones unless the administration took firm steps to prevent work stoppages on detente projects. Speaker Rayburn predicted, however, that despite this threat the ship legislation would win - house sanction. Renewed was the strike at Bell Aircraft's two large war plane plants where Leo Lamotte, assistant aviation director of the ClO-United Automobile Work ers, said a walkout would be called unless the company "bo gins to bargain." The UAW, claiming 90 per cent of the workers, seeks 20-cent hourly blanket wage boost, a minimum of 78 cents hourly Instead of 80, a union shop and dues checkoff. A strike was voted Oct. 19 but was de layed pending mediation before the defense mediation board. (Continued on rase Beeaa) Radio Highlights By Associated Press) Tonight, The War 8:45 MBS; 5:55 CBS; NBC-Blue; 7 MBS; 7:45 CBS; 8:30 MBS; NBC CES. Talks NBC-Blue 6:18 Town Meeting, "What Kind of Peace?" Dorothy Thompson, Norman Thomas, John A. Zellers; MBS 9:13 Psul V. McNutt on Wel fare Day; NBC-Red 8:18 Rep. H. C. Dworshak on "Have We For gotten?" Friday, The War MBS; MBS; 10:45 NBC; 11 MBS; 12:58 p. m., CBS; 1:48 CBS MBS; 1:88 NBC-Blue; 3 CBS MBS; 3:28 NBC-Red; 3:45 CBS NBC-Blue. Short waves: DJD DZD Ber lin I comment; GSD London 8:30 Britain Speaks; TQWA Guatemala 7 radio theater; RV89 Moscow t News.
