MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1941.
PAGE FTVH
Cavemen Declare War
On North Calif ornians;
Defy Secession Effort
Grants Pass, Ore., Nov. 19. The Oregon Cavemen today
formally declared war against Curry, Del Norte and Siskiyou
counties, and "protectively occupied" neighboring Jackson county.
Chief Bighorn Sherman Dahl.
announced that the action, con
curred in by the eagle eyes, was
taken so a "secession movement
can not pick us off one by one
to Incorporate us in a new
order." Josephine as well as the
other four Oregon and Califor
nia counties are listed for inclu
sion in a proposed 49th state.
The Cavemen two weeks ago
received a commission from Ore
gon's Governor Charles A.
Sprague to defend Oregon's in
terests and to seize Del Norte
county if necessary.
"Special consideration w a s
given Jackson county," a com
munique from Chief Bighorn's
camp said early today, "because
Jackson county Judge J. B. Cole
man resisted an invitation Tues
day from Del Norte ambassadors
to Join the new order. He
quoted Judge Coleman as say
ing: "It's purely an advertising
stunt and such is frankly ad
mitted." However its sponsors were
quoted in Portland as saying
they were "deadly serious"
about the secession movement.
John W. Childs of Crescent
City headed the Del Norte dele
gation to Jackson county. Cole
man replied that his county
"would delay joining in the
itunt"
Pear Market
Yesterday
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Peart: 7 car on track. 1 Oregon. 3
Washington arrived, 3 diverted; Ore
ton Anjoua 360 extra fancy 83.18
3 88, averaga 33.85; 380 fancy 33.03
3.70, average 32.38.
Hew York, Nov. 18. fl)-(USDA)
Peart: Oregon Bote 3180 fancy 33.00
8, average 33.49; 3750 No. It 33.10
8.36, average 83.60; Cornice 970 fancy,
83.35-3.00, average 33.38.
The output of petroleum pro
ducts gasoline, kerosene, and
oils from American refineries
in a year would equal in quan
tity week's flow of the Po
tomac river past the city of
Washington, according to the
census.
SPREADS ON LINE
Yreka, Calif., Nov. 19. (IP)
A rebellion, whose leaders want
to put a 49th star in the Ameri
can flag, spread along the border
of California and Oregon today.
From their provisional capi
tal in Yreka, a quiet little county
seat in the Siskiyous, the rebels
proclaimed their occupation of
Siskiyou and Del Norte counties
in California and Curry county
in Oregon, and sent out delega
tions to stir -uprisings in three
other counties.
Out of this area, forming the
northern strip of California and
the southwest corner of Oregon,
the rebels propose to form a new
state.
If it is formed, they said, there
will be some changes made with
plenty of highways and second
ary roads being built, and some
thing done to exploit the region's
undoubtedly vast mineral
I wealth.
Secessionists took control of
Curry county, Oregon, several
weeks ago and the Curry county
court petitioned for annexation
to California, protesting that
state officials at Salem had neg
lected its development.
The rebellion grew into a de
mand for the creation of a new
state only yesterday, however,
after Gilbert Gable, head of the
Curry secession move, went be
fore a meeting of Siskiyou and
Del Norte county Californians
and told them Sacramento was
mistreating its border counties
as much as Salem was abusing
Curry county.
The Siskiyou county board of
supervisors, stirred by Gable's
speech, set aside $100 to finance
an investigation of new state
hood possibilities, and find a
name for the proposed new com'
monwealth. Del Norte county
supervisors took similar action.
Modoc county in California,
and Jackson and Josephine coun
ties in Oregon, were the three
other counties that the rebels
sought to line up.
Creation of such a proposed
state is not an easy job. It
would have to be approved by
the legislatures of Oregon and
California, the voters of the two
states, the counties and their
voters, congress and the presi
dent.
TICKETS AT DOOR
Tickets will be on sale at the
door for the annual Thanksgiv
ing Day Firemen's Ball in Orien
tal Gardens at 9 o'clock tomor
row night, Chief Roy Elliott an
nounced today. Advance ticket
sale, he said, indicated a large
attendance.
Proceeds from the ball will be
used to buy materials and sup
plies for rebuilding discarded
toys for Christmas gifts to un
derprivileged children. The fire
men have received only a hand
ful of old toys to date. Chief
Elliott said in appealing for lots
of worn-out playthings so that
work can be started on them immediately.
KINGA1D DENIES
Howard KIncaid, of Eagle
Point, arraigned in justice court
yesterday on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapons, entered
a plea of not guilty and asked
for a preliminary hearing. Hear
ing date has not been set. Attor
ney Charles W. Reames repre
sents Kincaid who is at liberty
on $1000 bonds.
The complaining witness is
Verne Decker, who alleges Kin
said hit him in the head with a
monkey-wrench during a dis
pute near Talent ten days ago.
Nathaniel H. Smith of the
Jacksonville district, charged
with operating an auto without
a tail-light was fined $1.50 and
costs. Sam W. Steele paid $5 and
costs on a charge of driving an
overloaded truck, and Eugene
E. Buck was assessed $10 and
costs for having no PUC permit.
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Wallace Signs Arming Bill
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DIFFICULT TIME
WOMBS
Axis Dismembered Yugo
slavia Seethes Guerrilla
Units Disrupt Railroads.
garia after the Balkan campaign
virtually is sealed up as a news
source, but there have been re
ports of outbreaks there, too.
Field Marshal Milan Nedic,
the Serb premier, himself has
appealed for a halt to the fight
ing, warning recently that full
fledged civil war was develop
ing.
Terrorists are pictured as so
active that Serbian railways are
almost unusable except for main
lines kept open under strong
military guard.
Senator Tom Connelly (D.-Tex), chairman of the lenate for
eign relations committee, looked on at Vice President Henry Wal
lace signed the momentuous legislation permitting U. S. mer
chant ships to carry arms and siil to belligerent ports. From
Wallace, the bill went to the White House for the president's
signature.
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F. D. R. Asks Peace Prayers
In Thanksgiving Observance
Washington, Nov. 19. (IP) President Roosevelt asked the
American people to observe Thanksgiving with "prayers for a
speedy end to strife and the establishment on earth of freedom,
brotherhood and justice for enduring time," in a proclamation
setting November 20 as the date of the observance.
The text of the proclamation
follows:
"I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, pre
sident of the United States of
America, do hereby designate
and set aside Thursday, the
twentieth day of November,
1941, as a day to be observed in
giving thanks to the heavenly
source of our earthly blessings.
"Our beloved country is free
and strong, our moral and phy
sical defenses against the forces
of threatened aggression are
mounting daily in magnitude
and effectiveness.
"In the interest of our own
future, we are sending succor at
increasing pace to those peoples
abroad who are bravely defend
ing their homes and their pre
cious liberties against annihilation.
"We have not lost our faith In
the spiritual dignity of man, our
proud belief in the right of all
people to live out their lives in
freedom and with equal treat
ment. The love of democracy
still burns brightly in our hearts.
"We are grateful to the father
of us all for the innumerable
daily manifestations of his bene-
ficient mercy in affairs both
public and private, for the boun
ties of the harvest, for oppor
tunities to labor and to serve,
and for the continuance of those
homely joys and satisfactions
which enrich our lives.
'Let us ask the divine blessing
on our decision and detcrmina-
Zagreb, Croatia, Nov. 19 VP)
Information reaching here from
throughout axis - dismembered
Yugoslavia indicates a situation
charged with distrust, unrest,
terrorism and even, in some
areas, virtual civil war.
These reports are necessarily
fragmentary because of poor
communications and military
control, but they add up to a
picture of turbulence.
Well-equipped soldiers of the
puppet Serb government, sup
ported by German occupation
forces, are described as engaged
in "desperate fighting with
remnants of Yugoslavia's army,
rebellious Chetnik guerilla units
and what are described as "com
munist bands."
Even in nominally-indepen
dent Croatia, armored trains pa
trol the railways in a fight
against sabotage. In the Black
mountains of Italian-occupied
Montenegro, villages have been
bombed and burned where an
tagonistic Montenegrins have re
sisted the occupying forces.
(A spokesman in London for
the Yugoslav government-in-
exile declared last week that.
despite mass executions of 350,-
000 Yugoslavs, relentless moun
tain warfare waged by 80,000
guerillas had wrested most of
Serbia from the axis.)
Macedonia Sealed
Macedonia, absorbed by Bul-
tion to protect our way of life
against the forces of evil and
slavery which seek in these days
to encompass us.
"On the day appointed for
this purpose, let us reflect at
our homes or places of worship
on the goodness of God and, in
giving thanks, let us pray for a
speedy end to strife and the
establishment on earth of free
dom, brotherhood and justice for
enduring time."
The 16 states which will ob
serve Thanksgiving on the last
Thursday this year November
27 are Arkansas, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, Oklahoma
Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas and Vermont.
Of 2,643,950 women employ
ed in United States factories,
according to the 1940 census,
the greatest number, 648,006,
was engaged in manufacture of
apparel and other finished pro
ducts made from fabrics.
Litvinoff Insulted
By Refusal of Seat
In British Airplane
Teheran, Iran, Nov. 19. (AP)
Cold-shouldered by minor Brit
ish officials who barred him
from passage to Cairo on a Brit
ish overseas airway transport to
day, Maxim Litvinoff, Russian
ambassador to the United States,
and his wife prepared to take
a Russian plane tomorrow.
Although the British minister
to Iran profusely apologized for
the action of the plane in leav
ing the Russian diplomat on the
airport, Litvinoff called it an in
sult. Earlier they had been refused
seats on the British plane.
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Launch Blown lo Bits
By Manila Bay Mines
Manila, Nov. 19. (AP)
Mines protecting the entrance to
Manila bay took their first toll
today when the Philippine sail
ing launch El Ipidio was blown
to bits off Corregidor island with
the loss of six crew members.
Naval officers said six men
were rescued by patrol boats
which braved the mine field, and
that the six missing probably
were killed In the explosion or
fell prey to sharks.
The yacht sailed into the pro
hibited area before it could be
stopped by patrol boats.
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