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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. -
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'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
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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.
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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-