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run u a WMih- Weather owpon Turned Into Cah U to ttnw U bafta ttUaktng boat Christmas. Bow about ealtactlnf iwnt extra money St selling off dttcmrded vtlclM eerummiilatea la the attle ana bawmmtr Thlnrt yoa no tonr tr DM can be tnrnrd Into cub. Medford Tribune Foracut: Fartlj doody t al-rht and Wednesday with fog In morning. Little enur In tcmperatorc Tent pent or HI chert Yesterday 4S Lowest this Mornlnf Full Associated Frees United Press Thirty-sixth Year 1EDF0RD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1941. No. 206. mm j IF. IL a, wm I I 01 mm o U v Kelly's Comment From Washington ll-A- Year-Men Due For Probing War Order Going To Few Concern Small Industrie Left To Starve Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, Nov. 18. There is a group in the house of representatives whose leader Is Rep. John Coffee of Washing ton, new dealer, that Is highly excited over the $l-a-year men and wants to investigate them. Cooperating with the so-called liberal bloc Is the People's lobby, which so far as is ap parent consists of one man, who is digging up the names of the $ lay ear men and showing their connection with big busj . ness. ' At the other end of the cap ital is the Truman committee, charged with an investigation of national defense. The Tru man committee also has its eye on the $l-a-year men and some of the WOC (without compen aatlon) group, such as Bill Knud sen and Sidney Hillman and in tends prodding their activities. BRIEFLY, some 92 big com panies have captured about 75 percent of all the war orders, and of the 92 there are a half dozen of the largest concerns In the United States. These 92 out fits are represented in Washing ton by key men who have been summoned to give advice on their particular activity: steel, autos, ammunition, power, met als, etc. The Sl-a-year men are till on the payroll of their re spective companies, some draw- lng $30,000 a year and $1 from the government if they remain 12 months. Th WOC group do not re ceive 1, but Sidney Hillman continues drawing his high sal ary from his clothing makers' union, but is said now to re ceive no compensation for being vice president of CIO. Mr. Knudsen is "on his own," hav ing surrendered a salary of some $100,000 a year when he .Coottnued on Pe Elgbi) . WEATHER Northern California: Fair to night and Wednesday; heavy frosts in the valleys tonight with freezing In low places; light northerly wind off coast. Br tha Associated Press (Time is Pacific Standard) - Tonight, the war 9:15, MBS; 8:55, CBS; 6:15, MBS; 7:30, NBC-Blue; 7:45, CBS; 8, MBS; 8:30, MBS; 0, NBC, CBS. CBS 7:30, Wendell Willkie on "A Better Understanding for Labor." NBC-Blue 8:05, National Municipal League dinner. Am bassador Winant from Londan. Wednesday, the war 8 MBS; 9, MBS; 10:45, NBC; 11, MBS; 12, 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. Short Waves: RNE, Moscow, 8:45, News; HVJ, Vatican City, 4:30, News and comment; GSC, kCSD, London, 8:15, In The The 'ater; DJD, DXP, Berlin, 7:30, Comment. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS John Cupp trying to dodge what he thought was at least a 20-pound goose he shot overhead from a bluff, the bird finally biffing him on the shoulder and bowling him down 50 feet of the slope, the thing turning out to be only a four-pound cacklrr. Leo Williams having a fear fully busy time as practically all his customers got auto anti freeze conscious at the same Harold "Rickey" Relchsteln helping "wifie'" Ruth celebrate j her birthday, j 0 Radio Highlights CONVENTION TOLD OF NAT10NAT STAKE People and Government De termined To Have Muni tions Without Interruption Detroit, Nov. 18. tf") The CIO's national convention ex tended "all out" endorsement of President Roosevelt's aid to Britain policy in a resolu tion today after four hours of discussion. Washington, Nov. 18. IP) Disorders, including the shoot ing of two men, broke out at strike-affected captive coal mines in West Virginia and Pennsylvania today as President Roosevelt was reported ready to exert the full powers of the government to get production resumed. , Pittsburgh, Nov 18 (Of ficial of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel corporation announced to day that "it probably will De necessary to stop operations of six blast furnaces "within the next 48 hours because of Im pending coal shortages. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 18. (AP) President Roosevelt called upon the CIO today to cooperate In the production of arms "with out delay and without interrup tion." In a message to the CIO's an nual convention, the chief execu tive said: "We need guns, tanks, planes and ships and we must produce guns, tanks, planes and ships without delay and without inter ruption, and the American peo ple and their government are de termined that we shall have them." Has Confidence '1 have every confidence that your members, recognizing the imperative needs of the Ameri can people in the interest of American defense will cooperate with all other American groups ir. the common and the patriotic interest. Americans will demand such a contribution from labor and from all other groups for the preservation of home, fam ily, religion and nation." Mr. Roosevelt also called for the reestablishment of peace in the ranks of organized labor as a patriotic step of great import ance in creating national unity. The president's message was read to the delegates by CIO President Philip Murray and evoked applause. Murray prom ised that an "appropriate reply" would be forthcoming later. Earlier, the delegates cheered a call for formal endorsement of President Roosevelt's foreign policy, a denunciation of Charles A. Lindbergh and a plea for ex tension of all possible aid and cooperation to Hitler's enemies. PRITCHETTSABLE TO E Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pritchett and their daughter, Frances, all of whom were in jured in an automobile accident near klamath Falls the night of November 8, were brought back to Medford from the Klamath Valley hospital Sun day and were reported today as making satisfactory recov eries. Mr. Pritchett, manager of the Western Supply company here, suffered a broken right collar bone, two broken ribs, broken nose and a punctured lung. Mrs Pritchett sustained a bad cut on her neck and Frances suf fered a cut on her knee. Another daughter, Dolores, was unin jured. Clydeside Workers Want Higher Wages Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 18. UP) Thousands of Clydeside shipbuilding workers stopped work at 4:30 p. m. (7:30 a. m. PST) today in a 30-minute "to ken" strike protesting a delay in negotiations for a $2 a week wage Increase. Kurusu Greeted on Capital Arrival YJ ' V f f'y V of L c 11 ILSU Joseph W. Ballantine (center), to greet Saburo Kurusu (riant) ences on U. 8. -Japanese relations. At left is Admiral Kichisaburo to the U. S. Special Japanese Envoy Home Officials More ASKED TO JOIN A delegation of Del Norte county, Cal citizens, headed by John W. Chllds of Crescent City, called upon the county court yesterday afternoon, and asked that Jackson county adopt a resolution, "seceding" from Oregon, and Joining with the California border counties, and form a new state. Coos and Curry counties were also rep resented. , . County Judge J. B. (BUn) Coleman informed the group.) "I am not prepared at this time to make any decision on the matter." The delegation was to make the same request today to Siskiyou and Modoc counties in California. Siskiyou county will approve the plan In an an nouncement planned for today, it was asserted. "It's purely an advertising stunt, and such is frankly ad mitted," Judge Coleman said "Curry county, by its recent se cession threat gained nation wide publicity. The delegation told me as a result of the pub licity, they had received many inquries about their mineral and timber wealth. The coast coun ties want some attention along the same lines and are asking four or five Oregon counties, and the same number of Cali fornia counties to Join them. I told them this county would de lay Joining in the stunt." E Washington, Nov. 18. (JP) A White House conference called in the hope of averting a strike which would paralyze the na tion's railroads, broke up today with both rail executives and labor representatives declaring no conclusions were reached. They added they would see President Roosevelt again to morrow. While discussions will con tinue, Alvaney Johnston, presi dent of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers, said that orders for a strike on Decern ber 7 still stood. . Gaston, Ore., Nov. 18. OP) A falling snag killed Ernest Ros- coe Staley, 29, logger, near here yesterday far-eastern expert of the U. 8. State Department, stepped forward when the soeeialJananeia in Washington, Nov. 18. () The Japanese ambassador talked for two hours and 45 minutes with Secretary of State Hull today and told reporters afterwards he waa "still hopeful" of reaching an understanding on Japanese-American difficulties. ' The ambassador, Kichisaburo i Nomura, voiced an optimistic view before the conference be gan and when he and the special Japanese emissary, Saburo Ku rusu, emerged from the secre tary's office after the lengthy conversation his first positive statement was a repetition of this confidence that tha pros pects were hopeful. Arriving at the state depart ment at 10:30 o'clock with Ja pan's special emissary, Saburo Kurusu, for a conference with Secretary Hull, Nomura asked waiting reporters: "Why are the newspapers here all so gloomyT We are very hopeful." With a smile the ambassador added: "You Americans are always in a fighting mood. Why are you so war-minded?" When a reporter suggested that the newspapers in Tokyo today did not sound exactly, peace-minded Nomura laughed. Tokyo, Nov. 18. () "The Japanese army Is prepared for any eventuality," declared Pre mier Gen. Hidekl Tojo today. Admiral Shigotaro Shimada, navy , minister, likewise de clared, 'The navy has com pleted all preparations to meet any change In the situation. ' These government declara tions were made In the diet In answer to Interpellations of Ya-. danji Nakaji, who asked what the army and navy thought about floating mines In the Japan sea. Nachrlchten Sold To Weekly Chain Portland, Ore., Nov. 18. (IP) Nachrlchten, which Berlin claimed as a mouthpiece in 1937, ceased publication as a Portland German-1 a n g u a g e newspaper yesterday. The newspaper, which the German Auslands Institut said was one of Its 37 foreign pub lications, was sold to National Weeklies of Winona, Minn. The newspaper In a front page announcement blamed "the new hate campaign" for its in ability to continue. Canadian Wheat Sold to Britain London, Nov, 18. P Bri tain has purchased 120.000.000 bushels of wheat from the Can adian wheat board, the ministry of food announced today. The huge transaction, design ed to supplement stocks deplet ed by shipments to Russia, fol lows another of similar size In May which then was described as history's lariut ainala Dur- ' chase. arrived In Wiihlmrton In, ntn. Nomura, Japanese ambassador Hopeful; Belligerent Ringling Worker Held As Poisoner of Herd Of Valued Elephants St. Petersburg, Fla., Nov. 18. WV-A train crew employe of the Ringling Brothers and Bar r.um St Bailey circus Is under arrest here in connection with the poison deaths of 11 circus elephants, valued at $129,000. Detective Chief John C. Siers said the man, listed as E. B. Michael of Graettinger, Iowa, was held on an open charge for investigation pending arrival of a warrant from Charlotte, N. C. Detective Chief Frank Little- John of Charlotte asserted there the warrant charged Michael with poisoning 10 elephants on or about November 3, when the circus played In Charlotte. Chief Siers said O'Dell Grif fle, 40, and Claude Bolick, 29. both of Gastonia, N. C. Identi fied Michael on the circus lot here yesterday as the man they saw giving four large capsules to one of the elephants ' In Charlotte while the keeper was asleep. . NAZI FLYING ACE Berlin. Nov. 18. (JP Col Gen. Ernst Udet, 49, German flying ace of the World war and quartermaster general of the nazl air force In this war, was killed In an accident yesterday while testing "a new weapon," it was announced.,today. Adolf Hitler, who had named German pursuit squadron No. S for him In recognition of his achievements, ordered a state funeral In his honor. Udet visited the United States in 1931 to participate in national air races in Cleveland. While there he met Walter B. Wana maker, of Columbus, Ohio, whom he had pulled out of the wreckage of an American plane he shot down In 1918. MURDER TRIAL Portland. Nov. 18. tP) The trial of William E. Wallace, 94, on a charge of murder growing out of the death of Ben Flnkel, 32, on Aug. 8, opened in circuit court ' here today. Flnkel was shot while seated in his car on 9. W. Park Avenue, following an argument. Wallace was ar rested and charged with the crime after a chase in tha busi ness district ;T? &zis Flee in Underwear Before 'COUNT' BANDIT LOOTJHNIALL Graver's Dairy Products Manager Held Up; Forced To Floor and Count to 50. Medford had another armed stickup last night Its third in three weeks and this time the victim was Frank R. Pasmore, manager of Graver's Dairy Pro ducts, 90 West Sixth street. The bandit obtained only a small amount of money. Pasmore told city police that he was working In the cream ery and looked up to see a man standing in the doorway point ing a long-barrel small-bore re volver at him. The gunman, Pasmore explained, then order ed him into the office and forced him to take the money out of the cash register and hand it over. Given "Count" Order After the bandit pocketed the cash, he forced Pasmore to lie flat on the floor and told him to count to "50" before gating up. Pasmore told police he counted to "40," then dialed the operator who notified po lice. The robbery occurred about 8 o'clock. The gunman was described by the victim as being about 39 years old, five feet nine Inches tall, weighing 199 pounds, with a fair complexion and a thin drawn face, and wearing a brown felt hat, a dark suit coat, dark trousers and possibly cow boy boots. Pasmore told police the man walked like a cowboy The holdup was the second "Job" pulled at Grover'a In the past two months. On September 20 burglars entered the build ing and carried off a 900-pound safe containing $100 in cash. The sa'fe has never been found. Decrlptioas Jibe Police believe the bandit may be the same one that held up T. L. Goodwin, Medford man ager of Lost River Dairy, on October 31 and escaped with between $75 and $100. Their descriptions are somewhat sim ilar. The other recent holdup occurred October 27, the victim being Fred Underwood, pro prietor of the Texaco service station at 529 East Main street. The gunman obtained $40.51. ENGINEER BURIED Portland, Nov. 18 ) Fu neral services for Joseph G. Kel ler, 77, civil engineer who died here Friday, were set for this afternoon. More than 40 years ago Kelley surveyed the channel of the Columbia river from Its mouth to St. Helens. Grange Asks Immediate Ban On Strikes Against Defense Worcester, Mass., Nov. 18. (Pi The National Grange today called upon congress to take im mediate steps "to prevent ana prohibit all strikes which would retard progress of defense In dustries." A resolution urging such ac tion, adopted by a unanimous vote of the 73 voting delegates from 37 states attending the farm organization's annual con vention, declared strikes In de fense industries to be "detri mental to tha national welfare and to be "undermining public morale." Copies of the resolution were sent President Roosevelt and to Vice Pusident Wallace and Speaker Rayburn, presiding of ficers of the senate and house, respectively. - Ralph W. Smith, of Newton, Iowa, chairman of a convention committee which sponsored the resolution, declared. "It is time for the nation to Russians War Bulletins I Moscow, Wednesday. Nov. 19. (P) The Germans have thrown six Infantry divisions aided by a "considerable su periority In planes and tanks." Into an offensive on the Kerch peninsula opposite the west ern Caucasus, the Moscow radio announced today. Folkestone, England. Nov. 18. P Strong RAF forma tions roared out high across the English channel today to attack targets in German-held northern France. All morning the sky above the strait waa criss-crossed by vapor trails. Rome, Nov. 18 (IP) Waves of British plane bombed Neples again last night, caus ing damage which officials said was "not serious." Twenty-eight persons were reported killed and 40 Injured. T EOR HIGHER PAY Ashland, Nov. 18. W Gov ernor Spragua approved teach ers' efforts to obtain higher salaries in a talk here today. He told teachers from four southern Oregon counties at tending an Institute on the Southern Oregon College of Education camnua that low sal aries lessen tha attractiveness of the teaching profession and result In few students attending education colleges. Three malor oblectlvet for Oregon schools were listed by him as more consolidation, long er school terms and equalization of taxes with increase in state support. The governor said Oregon was thirty-fourth among the states In number of school days an nually. flrtnti PlH Nav. 18 4JP) Governor Charles A. Sprague called here Monnay nigni ior others to Join him in a united atanri hehlnd President Roose velt in the president's policy of keeping defense pruaucuon roil ing and preserving the right of minorities to work. He spoke on the 184th anni versary of signing the articles of confederation. SPITFIRES DOWNED Vichy, Unoccupied France, Nov. 18. (JPh-The Paris radio asserted that two British Spit fire planes were shot down by German anti-aircraft guns while machine gunning passenger train today. Sydney, Australia, Nov. 18. (JPh-John Christian Watson, 74. first labor prime minister (1904) of Australia, died today. realize that every hour lost In production of defense materials heightens the possibility, in fact the probability, of American lives being lost on the battle field.' The Impending railroad strike. which would seriously affect shipment of farm products as well as defense materials, and tha walkout of the United Mine Workers of America In the "cap tive" coal mines were said by delegates to have brought farm ers to the conclusion that anti strike legislation was necessary. The Grange, through Louis J. Taber, Its retiring master, chal lenged labor. Industry and fi nance to Join agriculture In a program of unlimited produc tion. "Agriculture urges," Taber said, "that so long as our free dom Is In danger, we stop the struggle for priccj, wages and profits, and think first of pat riotism and the land we love.' at Tula HITLERITES RUN IN BITTER COLD Many of Invading Soldiers Wear Women's Fur Cloth ing, Other Makeshifts. By the Associated Press Official Soviet dispatches re ported today the Germans had been thrown back eight miles by Red army counter-attacks at Tula, 100 miles south of Mos cow, and that the surprised nazis "ran, and ran, and ran" through the bitter cold in their underwear in a "panic-stricken rout." Coincidental, authoritative. London quarters said many Ger man soldiers fighting on the snow-bound Russian front were "rigged out with women's fur clothing and other makeshifts.' Taken by surprise by a Soviet artillery bombardment at dawn. the agency said, German in fantry housed in the outskirts of the city threw away their weapons as they fled "but our cavalry caught up with the fas cists ... running down tha frosty streets in their under wear ..." Tass said German officers fired in a vain attempt to halt their troops. The source aald very few Ger mans were properly equipped for fighting In the Russian win ter. Leningrad Successes On tha Leningrad front, the Russians claimed further suc cesses against nazl siege armies around the old czarist capital, declaring Soviet troops had cap tured positions held by the Ger mans for two months and that they were still advancing along the left bank of the river "N" presumably the Neva river. Just outside Lenlngrsd. Tass, tha Russian news agency, gave a graphic descrip tion of the nazl rout at Tula. In the Crimea campaign. Adolf Hitler's field headquart ers reported that German com bat and dive-bomber planes dealt "devastating blows" to fortifications and port faculties at Sevastopol, Russia's great Black sea naval base, while nazl Infantrymen were reported fighting before tha city's outer defenses. 80 Transports Sank Nazi front-line dispatches said 80 Russian transports had been sunk and 89 others damaged in aerial attacks at Sevastopol, Kerch and other Crimea ports. The high command yesterday reported tha fall of Kerch, bridgehead to tha Caucasus oil fields. On the Ukraine front, a bul letin from Hitler's headquarters said axis armies driving Into tha Donets river industrial basin had occupied additional terri tory and that "the enemy was thrown out of field positions which some planes stubbornly defended." The Red army command said Russian planes operating on the southern front destroyed lit nazl trucks, five armored, ve hicles and 800 Infantrymen. Weather and road conditions In the south were reported im proving. The Moscow radio said Ger man attempts to break through Red army defenses at tha ap proaches to Rostov-on-Don, which guards tha northern route to the Caucasus, had been driven off with heavy losses. Salta Csxs&il Crops Pir.ball Ussasa El Salem, Nov. 18 VP) The Sa lem city council, without any discussion, voted last night to drep the bill to legalize and license plnball games tor amuse ment The measure was opposed by newspapers, churches, the W. C T. U. and several other organ izations.
