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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1941. NAZI MOTORSHIP UNDER U. S. FLAG LEAGUE OF CITIES gene water board, and Orval Etter and Virgil Langtry of the bureau. The conference is in tended to provide an opportun ity for city officials to exchange ideas and experiences on a varlj iety of municipal problems and to make suggestions for research by the bureau. Los Angeles Quake Causes Damage SETS PAGE EIGHT Wf H!""M II I Odenwald Taken To San Juan After Crew's Unsuc cessful Attempt to Scuttle San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 17 (AP) The German motor- ship Odenwald, seized In the south Atlantic by units of the U. S. navy, arrived here this afternoon under American es cort. She was traveling under her own power. It was understood that prompt action would be brought in United States court to forfeit the ship, 3,098-tonner listed as owned by the Hamburg-Ameri can line, for disguising herself Illegally as a U. S. merchant man. Washington, Nov. 17. (AP) The navy announced today that the disguised axis merchantman captured by a cruiser in the South Atlantic was the German ship Odenwald and that it ar rived today at San Juan, Puerto Rico. In a detailed eyewitness ac count of the seizure November 6, the navy said the vessel had left Yokohama, Japan, two months previously, had made its way around Cape Horn and was believed headed for the occu pied French port of Bordeaux. 3.000 Tons Rubber The cargo consisted of more than 3,000 tons of baled raw rub ber, many American-made auto mobile tires with inner tubes, bags of peanuts and rice. The navy identified the vessel as a Hamburg-American line hip. JThe crew numbered 33 men and 12 officers, all but one of whom were transferred to the cruiser. One man remained aboard the Odenwald to accom pany the seized ship with its prize crew to San Juan. The navy said that the mer chantman used the name of the Willmoto of Philadelphia. The American flog flew forward and aft when the ship was over hauled, and flags were affixed or painted to other parts of the ship. The disguised Odenwald was first sighted at dawn November 6 about H miles from the cruiser. A searchlight signal brought no reply. Later, when the cruiser drew nearer, the warship's officers were given to understand that the vessel was bound from Cape Town, Cargo Jettisoned "About this time during the megaphone conversation, we ob served packages being thrown over the side a continuous stream of packages," said the navy's eyewitness version. Suspicious, the cruiser's com mander ordered a boarding party to Investigate. As the sail ors left the cruiser, the Oden wald hoisted an International code flag with the signal mean ing, "I am sinking please send boats." As the warship party reached the ship, two explosions occur red and lifeboats put over the sides. The Americans were told the vessel would sink in 20 or 30 minutes. The cruiser's com mander thereupon organized a repair party which boarded the Odenwald and started the suc cessful struggle to save the scut tled vessel. The navy still refrained from Identifying the cruiser, nor did It divulge the author of the "eye witness" story. " 1 1 r , f pr jz few : I ' . j .nil r . - ZJ 11 Bricks toppled from buildings In Torrance, a short distance from Los Armeies, when a share earthquake rocked the Los Angeles area. Bricks and glass from broken store fronts and windows littered most of this block of small stores. Tightening of German Censorship Seen Indication of Gloomy News Or Impending Big Developments By DeWitt MacKenzle Associated Press Analyst The war-time news censorship imposed by a country Is the clinical thermometer which records the state of well-being of that country. The severity of the censorship i The government of Peru Is studying the possibilities of es tablishing a local rubber Industry. The number of midshipmen at the naval academy has Jumped from 1,704 In 1934 to 3,118 at present. Naval officers are no longer required to own swords because there are more urgent needs for the metals. Ote Ma-.l rrlbuce aot trie. Is in direct ratio to the feverish ness of the situation, that is, to the degree of nervous tension. Thus a lax censorship means that all's well, and there's nothi ng to conceal. A rigid censor ship may mean either that things aren't moving in the right direction, or that there are im pending developments which the government doesn't want to have advertised. U. S. Radio Broadcasters Barred The German government has banned the Berlin representa tives of three American broad casting companies from the air the National Broadcasting company, the Columbia Broad casting system and the Mutual Broadcasting system. It Is charg ed that these representatives submitted unlustifled com plaints to their companies with out previously negotiating with the Reich . Broadcasting com pany. Now, Irrespective of the argu ments over these charges, the thermometer would seem to reg ister a state of nervous tension In Germany. Assuming that Berlin Is get ting publicity which it doesn't want, or fears future disclosures. I think we can find reasons for the Nazi attitude in the follow ing. Debit side: Hitler has fallen so far behind In his program for crushing Russia and winter has him In such an Icy grip that Mos cow reports Nazi soldiers are being frozen to death. Berlin denies this, but there is no de nying his armies are encounter ing such difficulties that they may be stalled, until spring. If this should happen he would have suffered a major defeat. German Losses Are Terrific German losses In lives and equipment have been terrific, a fact which cannot long be con cealed from the home public and Is bound to cause depression. The conclusive victory and the fruits thereof which had been promised the people still evade Nazi arms. Clearly the priva tions of another belt-tightening winter must be endured. On top of that comes Propaganda Min ister Goebbels' gloomy call up on the population to prepare for a longer war and one requiring vast national sacrifice if victory 1s to be achieved. The allies are growing strong er. American production Is be ginning to hit Its stride. The 71 1 0SCAR L V Y I PEPPER Yy. Old Oscar Pepper Irene I.... WM.k.y ll.il 6 anight u bhkin, 4V", grtin nmlrmi tpirin ' r4 irtUuliUtritt,lnc.,LmuvMtt) Bsllimtrt. 1.15pt M 25 QT. j- , w i a. J5 TTVv M ki . , r i J Qi?1 g ''m, Nazis have lost heavily in the striking power which they had before their attack on Russia. Credit side: Hitler still retains the initiative. He must keep striking and there Is no doubt that he is preparing fresh ven tures. Where will he strike? Kerch Capture May Help It Is likely that if his present drive for the Caucasus and its oil moves well, he will pursue It. Berlin today claims the cap ture of the fortified port of Kerch in the eastern Crimea, and this might permit him to fling troops across the narrow strait into the Caucasus. It is clear thot the Fuehrer In tends to wage fierce war against shipping in the Atlantic. Beyond that is speculation. He might try to compel the Turks to give him passage through their country for an assauH on the Middle East. He might even attack Turkey to force a way. Another axis assault on Egypt from Libya is possible. The Associated Press has trustworthy advices that France is close to a decision to enter entirely into Hitler's "new order." SILVER HARVEST, Osage, la., Nov. 17 VP) In a burst of generosity, Mrs. Oscar Pohlc's husband, a druggist, said he would give his wife all the silver dollars he took in on their silver wedding anniversary day. The whole town ganged up on Oscar and his 25th anniver sary gift cost him $97. J ! I R E Britons vexed at the Duke of Bedford, pacifist tariret of London agitation for removal of Bedford Square Iron railinirs for war srrap, lapsed Into an Amerl ran "pooey" when daubing yel low paint on above statue of the Duke's ancestor. The bugle call formerly used to stop polishing brass aboard ship now is sounded as a black out signal. The woodcock, named "doo dle birds" by early settlers, are believed to migrate northward in the fall. iimy I - " ' fa nil ih tasai i I ir 'it i i in i WHAT THE WATER H I D E S-When the new 35.000 ton battleship U.S.S. Indiana Is launched at Newport News (Va.) tihlpbuililint and Drydoek Co. w ithin the next two months, water will hide the (real depth of her knife-like prow. JAPAN RUSHING TROOPS TO mated at 45,000, which is slight ly above the 40,000 figure stip ulated in the Joint Indo-China-Japanese defense agreement signed this summer. A naval man always salutes the quarter deck of a ship, as the symbol of the state. Shanghai, Nov. 17. (IP) The Japanese are rushing fresh troops into Indo-China, leading the best-informed observers in More American tourists visit the French colony to believe 'ed Canada this year than in the More salmon is canned at Ketchikan, Alaska, than in any other city in the world. that some major development, either against China or Thai land, will occur before the end of November, according to trust worthy reports received here tonight. Transport and supply ships are arriving almost daily both in Hanoi and Saigon, chief ports respectively in north and south Indo-China. Total strength of the Japanese army In Indo China now is esti- M-Paite for POWER Engineered and bull! to transform erery drop of f.MUn into maximum pulling powir at tho heels! U-PaiU for ECONOMY Neither under-powered nor rer powered, bnt powered jut ripMJoi top performance PLl S Mx4mMm economy.' &4-Pa& for DEPENDABILITY Every unit engineered and "sired" to fit (he Job ... and to Slav n the Job under hardest usage! 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Rogue Kiver and Eagle Point will attend the conference, sponsored by the league in cooperation with the bureau of municipal research at the University of Oregon. Conference speakers will be Mayor Earl Riley of Portland, U7 W f-hariuir-lr nf Sa lem, J. W. McArthur of the Eu-1 BEING HELD BACK1 Roseburg, Ore., Nov. 17. UP) Douglas county turkey growers have marketed only about on fourth of their crop for tha Thanksgiving trade, local deal ers report. While total 1941 volume is expected to be about 1,750,000 pounds, about 73 per cent of last year's production, the birds are averaging from a pound to a pound and a half more apiece in weight over last year, it is stated, due to tho exceptionally mild summer 8nd- fall weather. v BABY'S COLDS 6. rail Believe misery fast -externally. Bub on 1 NOTHING COMES EVEN " V l? CLOSE TO CAMELS WITH ME. ( ( there MILDER By fiR. ) AND, MAN, WHAT A M SWELL FLAVOR ) C ! -$11 CurtleeTest i v V Ac&fi h srtr-r t O O f -xHf bomber, for the VnLHL J the Navy man a i pre,nror THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNING CAMELS CONTAINS 28 LESS NICOTINE than the average of the 4 other largest-selling brands tested less than any of them according to independent scientific tests of the smoke itself! L. C. TAYLOR INC. 112 S. Riverside Formerly Pierce-Allen Motor Co. DODGE 4 PLYMOUTH Phone 2965 1 WILLIAM ALLEN WrllTE What Has Paying Bills Got To Do With Defense? READ This Editorial By the Famous Editor William Allen White RETAIL CREDIT Assn. OF MEDFORD Tha CREDIT of a community re flects tha THRIFT1NESS of her citizens ... A city with GOOD CREDIT is a good place in which to livel Pay Your Bills There are a lot of ways that the average man can express his patriotism. Flag-waving is one way. Standing up when you sing "The Star Spangled Banner" is another. Buying defense bonds is better than either. And the reason why buying defense bonds is good is that it requires saving. Any man who really is saving is helping his country. And here is one patriotic idea that any man can follow: Pay your bills. If, for instance, In this little old man's town today themen who can afford to pay their bills, whrJ-Kive it within their means, would just pay fhrV bills instead of letting them run, these slow pay debtors would be saving. Their savings woulfmake quite a difference in the bookkeeping if this town. It would p3 uteres of merchants out of the red into the black. ' It would show up in the bank statements. It would make this city a bright spot on thaj ration's financial map. Inflation It caiMcl by a number of things and on of them Jabt. If every man would pay hii debts, the National income would rise. The government weuW profit by it and not have to borrow so aaWh by reason of the in come taxes which wM come rolling in. If is a little thing-this matter of paying your debts. But the i9 million little things that would happen if eWfy American who owes a dollar or a hundred dollars or a thousand past due, would pay it wtxild make a stream of prosperity that might ta n the everlasting bor rowing of the people ariw jle government. It is a good slogan tTcTA'se to sav: SAVE YOUR COUNTRY BY PAV.MG YOUR DEBTS.