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ruii u wmui- Weather r'"11 Forecast: Part It cloudy to nil tit and TuMdav with frost tonight and fog in morning. Tvmperatora Hlghett Yesterday 4T Lowest thU Morning . M Precipitation past 14 boars JS Certainly Pull Xftrdlew of whit job have to Mil. It then I fmmi tut the article joe rmn mtely trntt th Want Ads to nn a barer and In abort order too. The little Ado ore Inex pen lire but they certainly pslL Medford Tribune Full Associated PtMt Unl 4 Press Thirty-sLxth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1941. NO. 205. AP on News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Nov. 17 The public may soon " discover this country has a large naval base In northern Ireland. About 800 American nav al ma. uomi.wg al officers and worKmen nave been construct ing it for sev eral mo n t h i, near London derry. In no particular sec- j recy. The offi-, cial explana tion has been that they were j work ing for , Paul Mallon the British.! But they have been using Amer-1 lean materials, under lend-lease arrangements. When through convoying ! starts, such an American base on British soil will be advantage-; ous in repair, refueling and per- j haps air protection to American ships. (A naval air base no doubt adjoins). I . Naturally, no official author ity here will comment on this extremely delicate subject, yet now that the neutrality wraps are off officially, it may be dis covered that we have wisely been building this one all the time for ourselves. e e MR. Roosevelt at once shriv eled against inquiries as to what he intends to do now that all legal restraints of the neu trality act have been removed, but official evidence of his In tentions is available. . Day before the vote, doubtful Representative Casey of Massa chusetts visited the White House In such extreme secrecy that at taches denied he was there. Afterwards Mr. Casey made a house speech favoring FOR, predicting the president would convoy to England. It is ineffici ent for us to convoy 2600 miles from Boston or New York to Iceland and then turn over the ships to the British for the other 600 miles, he Implied the presi dent believes. (Continued on Page Four) MORE MONEY FOR ARMY SOUGHT BY ROOSEVELT Washington, Nov. 17. (IP) President Roosevelt asked con gress today for $6,678,369,048 additional for the army, more than half of which was ear marked for ordnance. The estimates included $388, 000,000 for expediting produc tion of defense equipment and supplies and $269 000.000 for the army of the Philippines. WHITE UNCHANGED Portland, Ore., Nov. 17 iP) Major-Gencral George A. White, commander of the 41st division, was reported In unchanged con dition at his Camp Clackamas home today. Radio Highlights By Associated Press. (Time is Pacific standard) Tonight, the war 7 MBS; 7:45 CBS-East; 9 NBC CBS. NBC-Blue 6 Radio Forum, Sen. C. L. Herring on "Need Of Legislation In Strikes On Defense Production"; 7:30 Cleve land Boxing, Melio Bettina vs. Jimmy Bivins. Tuesday, the war 8 MBS; B MBS; 10:45 NBC; 11 MBS; 12 noon, 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. SIDE GLANCES st TRIBUNE REPORTERS George Field almost running out of gas again, having to comt all the) way down the Green Springs and making a fellow duck hunter one hour late for work. Hob Deuel making a spectac ular shot at a duck so high that Hera Burgorne wondered If he ! had Halt in his shotgun to keep the bird from spoiling before itj h4J6e ground, ' i BRIEF HE LEFT I FOR NEGOTIATION, f WARNING BY TOGO! End of Economic Blockade and Military Encirclement Among Minimum Demands By the Associated Preit ' The destiny of the Pacific stood at a crisis today. Japan stated her demands for understanding in effect calling for reversal of the United States' major policies in the Orient and on their satisfaction may depend peace or war. ' With them went a blunt warning that Japan's patience is reaching its end. While these declarations were being made in Tokyo, a special Japanese envoy in the United States saw President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull for what he called a "fighting chance" to avoid war. But in Washington and elsewhere, on both sides of the world, there was pessimism. By Wax Hill Tokyo, Nov. 17. (AP) Japan's premier, General Hidekl Tojo, informed a grave and hush ed diet today of the empire's minimum requirements for peace in the Pacific chiefly, an end to "such measures of hostile character as economic blockade, a halt to "military encircle ment," for which he blamed the United States and Britain, and hands off Japan's conflict with China. He spoke after Foreign Minis ter Shigenori Togo had warned bluntly Oiat little time was left for negotiations to satisfy those terms. Peers Approve The house of peers, to which the ministerial messages were delivered, gave them unanimous, standing votes of approval. These were the salient points set forth by the premier, before the special extraordinary session of the diet which, in an atmos phere of ominous tension, is ex pected quickly to vote an extra ordinary war fund of 3,800,000, 000 yen (nominally $874,000, 000): "The Japanese government," he said, "expects: "I. Third powers to refrain from obstructing successful con clusion of the China affair which Japan has in view; - "2. Countries surrounding our empire will not only refrain from presenting a direct military menace but nullify such meas ures of hostile character as eco nomic blockade and restore eco nomic relations with Japan; "3. That utmost efforts will be exerted to prevent extension of the European war and spread of disturbances in East Asia." Tojo charged specifically that the United States, Britain, China ! and The Netherlands East Indies were responsible for what he called "military encirclement" 61 Japan which, he said, had risen, a.1 "a major barrier to far eastern amity. TWO E1Y FLIERS Park Cttjr. Utah. Nov. 17 (IP) Two army airmen, one of them Mflor R. E. L. Pirtle, 88th reconnaissance squadron, were killed . today when a blizzard spun two-motored bomber into a woo4ed Wasatch mountain ridge. Ftva fliers parachuted to safetfc, - On body, tentatively identi fied as that of Major Pirtle, a natlM of Council Grove, Kas., was found two miles from the plane, wreckage. Attached to his body ''was his torn parachute, apparently ripped as he jumped from the plane. Referring to a body burned with the preckage of the plane, army authorities at Salt Lake ewnmented "this then, must be Anderson." fleTgesnt J. D. Anderson was resident of Ogden, Utah. , Touchdown? Japan's special envoy, Ssburo Kurusu (above), merely laughed when askod today if he was "near a touchdown" following an hour's conference with Presi dent Roosevelt. Kurusu had suggested, upon his arrival In this country Saturday, that he might score a touchdown in his conversations with American of ficials on the explosive far east ern situation. F.R. TALK FOR HOUR; RESULTS VEILED Washington, Nov. 17. (IP) A formal conference brought President Roosevelt and Japan's special envoy, Saburo Kurusu, together for more than an hour today to talk of "many things" centering around the explosive far eastern situation. But there was no indication Immediately whether any satis factory progress had been made toward achieving a better un derstanding on Pacific problems between this country and Japan. Kurusu was accompanied to the White House by the Jap anese ambassador, Kichisaburo Nomura, and Secretary of State Hull. The two Japanese dodged questions about the conversa tion. As they entered a wait ing limousine, reporters pressed them for information. "Was a satisfactory beginning made?" the ambassador was asked. Kurusu dug an elbow Into Nomura's ribs and admonished against answering. The special envoy merely laughed when he was asked If he was "near a touchdown." He had suggested, upon his arrival in this country Saturday, that he might score a touchdown in his conversa tions with American officials. IN SOUTH PACIFIC Balboa, C. Z., Nov. 17 P) The U. S. 15th naval district ordered its patrols on the alert today following receipt In marl time circles of unconfirmed re ports that a British-operated Yugoslav ship had been attacked in the Pacific, apparently by an axis raider. The ship attacked, according to these unconfirmed reports, . 1 . .re M T" 1 - was wic i.jij-wii viKa iupit, Naval circles reported that of ficers of a Greek vessel arriving here told of hearing the Olga Topic sending an SOS reporting she was being attacked. WHITMAN PREXT Walla Walla. Wash., Nov. 17, W) Dr. Winslow Samuel An derson, dean of Rollins college, Orlando, Fls , will become pres ident of Whitman college In June. 1942, succeeding Dr. Wal ter A. Bratton, D T. Baker, chairman of the Whitman trus tees, announced today. Dr. An derson, 43, has been connected with the Florida institution since 1923, and if a World war veter so MINERS BALK AT flPFN DP PART VI UI1 UIIVI I IIUlj r LEWIS TELLS Fl Negotiation To Keep Pits Open Proves Failure Lewis Blames Grace. Washington. Not. 17 (IP) Captive Coal mines, which supply fuel to the nation's biggest steel companies, gen orally were closed today by a strike of the United Mine Workers and one Alabama steel blast furnace already had closed down due to lack of coal. - The next move seemed up to President Roosevelt, after John L. Lewis, president of the UMW. notified him that the UMW had refused to ac cept an open shop agreement in the Captive mines. Washington. Nov. 17 (IP) John L. Lewis informed Presi dent Roosevelt by letter today that the United Mine Workers had refused to accept an open shop agreement in the captive coal mines because it would "invalidate" other agreements in operation throughout the toft coal mining industry. He told the president that of ficers of the union had no authority to execute an open shop agreement, "thereby de stroying the assets of the mem bership represented by existing collective - bargaining a. g r e e rhents." ' - . ' ' v- "f -' Sole Issue'' -- - The union shop was the sole issue in the 'dispute which cul minated in a work stoppage to day in the captive mines. Lewis did not call at the White House, as he had been re quested to do when Mr. Roose velt asked last Friday that nego tiations be extended over the week-end in an eleventh-hour attempt to halt the threatened shutdowns in caotlve mines iwhlch supply coal to steel mills. Commercial coal mines, which unlike the captives, sell their product in the open market, are operating under a union shop agreement. Blames Grace At the time that the letter to the president was released, Lewis was telling the UMW policy committee that he blamed the present strife in the coal pits squarely on President Eu gene G. Grace of the Bethlehem Steel company. Lewis, addressing an open meeting of the UMW policy com mittee, said he was convinced Benjamin Falrless of United States Steel company and Frank Purnell, head of Youngstown Sheet and Tube company were ready to sign the union shop company, but were prevented by "that sinister figure Grace." California Sales Tax Palling Stats Out of Long-Standing Deficit Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 17. (AP) California's government took In $36,588,000 more than it spent In the four months end ing October 31 and Is in the best financial condition in three years. Finance Director George Klllion said today. And with Christmas buying expected to exceed all previous records, Klllion believes the ex traordinary revenues will con tinue at least until next March and bring about an early wiping out of the state's long-time deficit. The months of July, August, September and October the first four in the current blen- nlum -brought general fund rev enues of 179,258,000, the great est collection for a like period in the history of the state. Ex penditures were 142.872.000. The wide margin between In come and outgo slashed sharply at the state's deficit with the re sult that on October 31 the net cash deficiency was (24,030,000; lowest figure since Sept. 30, 1938. It was $72,000,000 on the same data in 1940. Rigid rationing in Shanghai, China, has developed a bootleg gasoline trad 1 Skidding Lewis and Cohorts Before Parley Before going to the White House where President Roosevelt told them the "government will never compel" the minority non-union miners affected by their dispute to join the union, John L. Lewis (left), president of the United Mine Workers) Philip Murray (center), president of the CIO. and Thomas Kennedy (right), secretary treasurer of the mine workers, faced 200 members of the union s policy committee in Washington. Anti-Defense Strike Legislation Due for Early Congress Action KERCH CAPTURE PROVIDES DOOR L Moscow, Tuesday, Nov. 18. (IP) Soviet counterattacks on the outskirts of Tula, Russian munitions center 110 miles i south of Moscow, have put Ger man units "into a panic-stricken rout," the Moscow radio an nounced today. London, Nov. 17. (AT Sov iet troops have dislodged the Germans from positions before Leningrad which they had held for two months, said a Reuters dispatch tonight which gave Tass news agency as its author ity. Berlin, Nov. 17 VP) German and Rumanian forces have cap tured Kerch, the eastern Crim ean stepping-stone to the Cau casus, after a violent battle, the German high command an nounced in a special communi que today. Seizure of the long and bitter ly contested port, separated from the Caucasus only by the nar row strait at the mouth of the Sea of Azov, gave the axis un contested domination yesterday in the eastern reaches of the peninsula, the communique as serted. It declared that the Russians far had lost 101,600 men in prisoners alone In the Crimea, not counting other heavy losses both in land fighting and In German air bombardments har assing Soviet attempts to cross the Kerch straits to the Cau casus. The regular war bulletin from Adolf Hitler's headquar ters reported bombardments of Moscow and Leningrad again last night as well as strong bomber and dive-bomber attacks by red army troop concentra tions, transport columns, air bases and railways In the Mot cow and Volgda areas. The announcement that Kerch had been captured followed Ger man reports of street fighting within the city. Corvallis Cantonment Appraisal Nsar Dons Corvallis, Nov. 17. VP) Ap- pralsal of 43,000 acres which would be Included In the pro-1 examination by the state eu posed Corvallis army canton-1 genlc board, to which Stevens meat U nearly completed. .that agreed. - 1 Car Kills v S 7P 'Washington, Nov. 17, (IP) Speaker Rayburn said flatly today that the house would be given an opportunity to pass on defense strike legislation ' at the earliest date consistent with proper consideration." - He declined to specify wheth er a bill designed to prevent strikes In defense Industry would be called up for action this week, saying that it "might take some time" because "we certainly want to pass consider ed legislation." Time Hat Come Washington, Nov. 17 (IP) Introducing legislation to per mit the president to take over plants where strikes threat ened production delays, Sena tor Conally (D-Tex.) told the senate oday that "the time has come to determine wheth er the government Is to be coerced by John L. Lewis." Conally described Lewis as "a selfish labor leader who wants to build up his own prestige and power by Imped ing defense production," Rayburn took the floor last week during debate on the neu trality act to assert that he would "follow or lead" in any movement to deal "sanely" with the labor situation. Rayburn's press conference rtatement followed a stormy ses sion of the house rules commit tee at which the acting chair man. Rep. Cox (D-Ga.), urged swift congressional action to deal with defense strikes with out awaiting settlement of the Captive mine dispute on the ground that President Roose velt "is still in the talking stage." The committee session was called technically to consider granting right-of-way for the price control bill but Cox assert ed that the committee might "put the lid" on that measure until the question of labor legis lation was settled. And Chairman Dies (D-Tex.) of the house committee to Inves tigate unAmerican activities as sailed Leon Henderson, price ad ministrator, and a group of his subordinates described by Dies as not believing in the economic system of this country. Delay Sentence Of Rogue River Man Raymond 8,. Stevens, middle aged retired railroad worker of Rogue River, entered a plea of guilty to' an indictment charg ing contributing to the delin quency of a minor last Saturday before Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna. Passing of sentence was de- ferred by the court pending ati S Man in .1 C", Ambassadors' Plane Makes Teheran After Being Missing 5 Days Teheran, Iran, Nov. 17. IP) A plane bearing Maxim Litvi- noff, Soviet ambassador to the United States, and U. S. Ambas sador Laurence Steinhardt land ed here safely at noon today, five days after departing from Kuibyshev, Russia, In a snow storm. The plane also carried Sir Walter Monckton, a British In formation service officer, and two American journalists, Quen tln Reynolds of Colliers Maga zine and Alice Moats. (The party of Americans, British and Russians aboard totalled 12, according to earlier advices from Teheran.) The plane stopped the first night In Astrakhan, on the Cas pian sea, three nights in Baku to the south and last night in Pahlevl, Iran, on the 1,300-mile trip. Delay In the trip had caused concern for the passengers safety. Capt. Bean Doubles Staff for Planning Local Cantonment The constructing quartermas ter's staff was up to 32 members this morning as the force was doubled to carry on the work of the architect-engineer whose advance planning of the pro posed Medford army canton ment was brought to an end Saturday excepting for winding up accounting matters. A few more workers will be added to the staff next week, said Capt. Theron W. Bean, constructing quartermaster. The architect-engineer staff, which last week comprised 55 em ployes, was reduced to three today, not Including the execu tives. The three were two ac countants and clerk engaged on bringing accounting matters to a close. Changes in plan ordered at Washington will now be carried out by the construct ing quartermaster's office. TRAFFIC VICTIM Seattle, Nov. 17. P) Sgt James Perry Penrod 24, of head quarters battery. 8th field ar tillery brigade. Fort Lewis, aiea today of injuries received yes terday when struck by an auto mobile at street Intersection. 1 Siskiyous LEG IS SEVERED E Otto J. Boss, Los Angeles Diamond Appraiser, Mis hap Victim Boy Injured, Otto J. Boss, 82, of Lot Ange les, a diamond appraiser and broker in the firm of Boss and Robison, met death on the Pa. elf ic highway a mile this side of the Siskiyou mountain summit about 9:45 a. m. today when ha was crushed against the rear bumper of his own car by a skid ding automobile operated by Mrs. Evangeline Parker Johnson of Claremont, California. Boss, whose right leg was severed Just above the knea as the skidding machine smashed against him, died in an ambu lance en route to the Ashland hospital. He also suffered chest and head injuries. Boy Injured Also Injured In the accident was Gerald L. Zink, 18, of San Pedro, Calif. He suffered a bro ken left arm when he waa struck by the skidding automo bile just before it hit Boss. State police said that Zlnk, who had been driving south, and Boss, northbound, had stop ped on the shoulder of the high way to view a wreck Involving a car operated by Mrs. Essie F. Milla of Summit City, CaL. which had skidded on the icy pavement and plunged over grade. Mrs. Mills was slightly injured in this accident and wag taken to Ashland Community hospital by a passing motorist. Vale O. Ralston of Grenada, Cal. Her 12-year-old daughter, Shir ley, was unhurt. Boss, state police said they learned, was standing against the rear bumper of his car look ing down at the Mills machine. and Zink was standing about six feet distant. Mrs. Johnson. police said, evidently put on her brakes as she came down tne steep grade, causing the car to skid sideways into Zink, knock ing him to the ground. Pinned By Bumper The car then swerved around and skidded into the Boss ma chine, striking Boss with it right rear fender and pinning him against the rear bumper of his auto. Mrs. Boss, who was seated In the car at the time of the acci dent, was taken to the Ashland hospital suffering from shock. Mr. Boss, coming to Oregon on a business trip, had a consider able amount of diamonds and other jewels In his possession. District Attorney George w. Neilson has called an inquest for 7:30 tonight in the Ashland of fice of C. M. LltwUler, deputy coroner. National Grange (3 Hold Next Cosctsts la Wassisgtoa Stab Worcester, Mass, Not. 17. (AP) The National Grange voted today to hold Its 1942 convention in the state of Wash ington. The convention city will be selected later by the farm or ganization's executive commit tee. Seattle was expected to be the choice. Worcester, Mass., Nor. 17 (AP) Albert S. Gosa of Wash ington, D. C, former federal land bank commissioner and former master of the Washing ton State Grange, today waa elected national master of the Grange her at the 75th annual convention. He succeeds Louts J. Taber of Ohio, national mas ter for the past 18 years. Albert 8. Goes' election aa national grange master climaxes a career which started In 1901 when, a graduate of Portland. Ore., high school and business college, he began work as m bookkeeper. He got Into flour and cereal milling, operated a general store, was connected with a telephone business and did general fanning-
