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ft Oregon ,..:.- 19 Huskies 16 Staters .......... 27 Montana ... 0 ti run u a wuth. Weather "Bru npcn Forecast: Cloudy or fojriry to day and tomorrow; continued cold today. Ttmperatura HI she it Ycitcrday , . , 4ft towett Yesterday S6 Thirty-sixth Year J News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Nov. 22. Blood tuickening rumors have come In upon these Kurusu-Roose- pffaw velt negotia tions suggest ing the Japs are now ready to move in on Thailand at a n c m pur ......... (I' i" CI First official it .WU of the Japan ese peace emissary (who bore no peace Paul Mallon plan). Such an invasion would bring the British Malay troops Into conflict with the Japs, no doubt, and eventually Involve the U. S. Asiastic fleet. Our officials suspected the rumors were part of the clumsy Jap diplomatic pressure game, and declined to be disturbed. But they immediately began preparations to send certain very valuable war material to Thailand just in case it should be called for. Lend-lease aid will be granted in event of in vasion. This is only one of the of ficial rumors that have disturb ed the fragile Japanese-American negotiations. Such stuff seems to have become an ex pected phase of high-pressure diplomacy. Yet both the rumors and the negotiations have been tempered by the solid Inner affonviction here that there will b no war and no peace. o o o WAR Just does not make sense from either the Japanese or American standpoint. Our main commitment is in the At lantic, against Hitler. We need our fleet for that. While we talk roundly of our far east ern Interests, there are only two things we are trying to do there now: (1) Keep Vladivostok open for aid to Stalin (the Persian railroad will haul little for an other year yet and the Archangel-Moscow railroad may be severed in a few weeks, leav ing Vladivostok as the only port of entry for American goods), and (2) keep the Burma road open for aid to China. (Continued on Pago Eight) Nairobi. Kenya Colony, Nov. 22. (API Surrender of two Italian garritons at Cul quabort and Forroaber in Ethiopia east of Lake Tana yesterday was announced to day in a Joint British army and airforce communiquo. Cairo, Egypt. Nov. 22 (AP) Naw Zealand troops haro recaptured Fort Capuno on th Egyptian-Libyan front ier, it was learned her tonight. Berlin, Nov. 22. (AP) Th Carman air fore today bomb ad th Murmansk railway and harbor facilities at Murmansk, DNB now asgoncy said. 1 London. Not. 22 (AP) Th RAF in an offensir swoop of northern Franc this afternoon destroyed six Gor man fighting pianos to a loss of on of its own, an authorita tive statement said tonight. Nw York, Nov. 22 (AP) Th Rom radio said tonight that Premier Mussolini would participate In a conference with Adolf Hitler and Marsh al Potain to b hold "some where In Franc." NBC hoard th broadcast. (Authoritative French sources disclosed today that Potain would leare Vichy shortly for occupied Franc for talks with high Nasi, possibly Hitler himself.) Madras, N o v. 22. !P)h Jefferson county committee un ser the state defense nutrition committee will b formed here ffl a War Bulletins I Irish Troy Indiana ,.. Purdue Medford IKs TlfnlfinlQ) 1IT0BRUK GARRISON C ENDS LONG SEIGE, BUSTSJZI REAR Mechanized Force Half De stroyed In Pincer Move ment German Assault Fails. ' (By th Associated Press) British capture of Fort Capuz zo on the Egyptian-Libyan bord er was announced in Cairo last (Saturday) night as Britain's mechanized African army con tinued its destruction of axis motorized defenses. Nazi armored divisions ap peared caught between two Jaws oi a monstrous pincers move ment when the Tobruk garrison to the west burst through seven-months-old axis siege lines to catch them in the rear. Besides the American-built tanks in the ground spearheads, swarms of Yankee fighter planes were participating in an accom panying air offensive which RAF officers said had given the British mastery of the skies in two days of fighting. Cairo military dispatches said more than half the tanks of Ger man fjpn. Frwin RnmmAl'a North African corps had already j been knocked out of action, with the British employing the same tactics of encirclement and an nihilation used by the Germans themselves in conquering most of Europe. 'The aim of the British com mand is to destroy the German tank force in Libya, and that is what we are doing at the mo ment," a high British officer de clared. Sun-bronzed Australians and British Tommies who stormed into Tokruk last January 22 to the lusty chorus of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" were re ported slashing with enthusiasm into the rear of German and Italian troops who, in turn, had beleagured them for so long. Latest advices said the Tob ruk forces had cut their way through three miles of axis posi tions, driving to Join units of the main imperial armies at Rezegh, 10 miles south of Tob ruk's outer defense perimeter. British Middle East head quarters said repeated German attempts to break through the British encirclement were de feated in a big battle and that the area of entrapment, origin ally more than 60 miles deep, had been compressed into a four mile square zone. General Sir Alan Cunning ham's five-day-old counter-offensive in North Africa thus pre sented Adolf Hitler with the pos sibility of his first defeat in two years of war. Rome, Sunday, Nov. 23. (IP) Violent new British attacks In the Tobruk sector of the Libyan battlefront were reported early today by the official Stefani agency. The British were said to have struck out with armored forces after intense artillery prepara tion in attacks which lasted throughout Saturday. The agency said Italian troops met British tank charges with hand grenades and declared the Brit ish had failed to gain "positive results." PRISON TERMS METED Coeur d'Alene, Ida., Nov. 22. (jp Marion M. Montague of Lewiston and Oscar Johnson of Spokane, both 23 and former In mates of their respective state reform schools, pleaded guilty to charges of first degree burglary today and were sentenced to serve IS years at hard labor In the state penitentiary. COLD WAVE Denver, N o v. 22. (JV-A cold wave that pushed the mer cury well below zero In Mon- : tana moved southward across 1 Wyoming today. .20 .18 Harvard Yale Fordham . t.i. St. Mary's . Full Associated Press Oregonian Defends Lewis j ;it .. . j ST 4HS m . W M S ,v. t m William Dalrympl (left), Oregon CIO regional director speaks from th CIO convention floor at Detroit, and was applauded when he said "there isn't a gratr American today than" John L. Lewis, president of th CIO United Mine Workers. MINERS AGREE TO TO IRK Washington, Nov. 22. () The captive coal mine strike was ended today in an agree ment that its issue be submitted to arbitration with both sides bound in advance to accept the results. At the continued entreaty of President Roosevelt, the policy committee of the United Mine Workers of America voted to send its men back into the pits on these terms at once. John L. Lewis, the union's president, said the decision was made "in the public interest." It.came, however, as a sharp surpiye to those who have kept- in close toucn wun me mine controversy, because Lewis per sonally rejected the plan earlier in the week. Mr. Roosevelt's statements on the dispute had so prejudiced the public mind, Lewis said then, that it would be' extremely difficult to find an impartial arbiter. L JAN! STRIKEJVERTED Tacoma, Nov. 22 (JP A threatened strike Monday by maintenance men and custodians employed In Tacoma schools was averted today through the mediation etforts of Mayor Harry P. Cain, who announced trustees and union members had agreed to a conference. The employes, whose contem plated walkout was backed by the AFL-Engineers' union, had set Monday as the deadline for a walkout called in an effort to secure wage increases of 20 rier cent. Mayor Cain said an earlier plan whereby a group of citizens would review the dispute and make recommendations by Jan- uary 1, probably would be idopted. SOLDIER A SUICIDE Fort Lewis. Nov. 22. VP) The army announced that Pvt. Frank N. Countryman, 30, of the 163rd Infantry regiment, 41st division, committed suicide early today by slashing his throat with a straight razor. HEADS MINING BODY Spokane, Wash , Nov. 22. VP) James L. Leonard of Spokane was elected, president of the Northwest Mining association at a meeting of th board of di- ' rectors today. Ohio State Michigan 0 35 Penn ......... 7 Cornell i ;j MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1941 '. Hi JAPAN PROPOSALS REMAIN MYSTERY; CLOSELY STUDIED Washington, Nov. 22. (AP) Japanese proposals for settle ment of Pacific problems were studied for nearly three- hours today by Secretary of State Hull and British, Chinese, Dutch and Australian representatives, but no hint was given as to their re action. Likewise, none of the parti clpants in the meeting the first general gathering of represent atives of the ABCD powers whose policies, clashing with Japanese policies have brought a threat of war to the Far East would give any clue as to the nature of the Japanese proposals. State department officials said j only that the session had covered , an pnases oi me international situation in wnicn tney were interested) and that there had been "no occasion to reach con elusions at this time." Lord Halifax, the British am bassador, told newspapermen when the long conference broke up that complete harmony exist ed in the positions of the United States, Great Britain. China, Australia and The Netherlands. LOVE CAN'T WAIT, FLIES TO Oklahoma City, Nov. 22. (Pi Their wedding Just couldn't wait until next month, they decided, so Miss Thelma Burger is en route by plane to Moffett field. Calif., where tonight she will be married to Lieut. Doane Tolleson. Tolleson, who lived here be- tore neing cauea to amy wun 1 the army air corps phoned his - fiancee Thursday and 24 hours j lter the pretty blonde employ of Braniff Airways was on the way west Her friends saw her off, adorning her with cardboard signs stating "this shipment Is C. O. D." and "rush fragile." ' JUDGE RESIGNS Washington, Nov. 22 J. Warren Davis, retired Judge of the 3rd circuit court of ap peals at Philadelphia, has sub mitted his resignation to Presl dent Roosevelt, Whita House sources said today. In one small mntirban yard a scientist found 1,402 varieties 3 If GROOM of insects. m.i. . .20 ...... .....20 Nebraska' Iowa 16 Minnesota ., 0 Wisconsin ii ;i i ROOSEVELT RULE; Moser Named Secretary At State G.O.P. Meet Ingalls Motion Withdrawn Portland, Nov. 22. IP) De bate over changes in the neu trality act enlivened an Oregon Republican executive committee meeting here today. Claude Ingalls, Corvallls, pro posed that the committee com' mend votes of Oregon s four Republican congressmen against neutrality act revision. U. S. Senator Rufus Holman told the group, "I know that the future will Justify my votes to date. . . .' Not a single gov ernmental department believes that our country is prepared to engage in war I think that the president is so ambitious about his place in history that he Is like the merchant who sets fire to his business to get the insur ance. This is by far the most incompetent and the most self ish administration this country has ever had. State Chairman Nlel R. Allen said he favored the changes, and. believed, that th committee should not oppose legislation that has become law. Ingalls withdrew his motion. The committee approved ap pointment of Carl R. Moser as executive secretary of the state organization at a salary of $330 a month. Moser has been Ore gon department adjutant of the American Legion since 1924. Joseph K. Carson Jr., state Legion commander, appointed June W. Valiant of Portland to succeed Moser. ANTI-STRIKE ACT READY NEXT WEEK Washlngton, Nov. 22. (AP) Despite settlement of the coal strike pending arbitration, Chair man Norton (D-N.J.) of the house labor committee said after White House conference today that President Roosevelt ap proved of her committee report ing some bill to curb defense strikes. Mrs. Norton told reporters that the president "thinks it quite Important that we should decide on some bill. She added she told the presi dent the committee hoped to heve a bill ready next week. "We want to prepare a bill,' she said, "that will not harm the existing labor laws and at the same time try to cover the pres ent situation. Representative Norton said that labor had "forced" on con gress the necessity to act because "after all the country takes prec edence over labor or anyone else." FATAL TO AD Seattle, Nov. 22. (IP) After suffering a stroke while watch ing the Oregon-Washington foot ball game today, Lloyd Spencer, veteran Seattle advertising man, died in a hospital tonight. His widow, Stella, survives. Spencer had been president of the Association of Advertising clubs on th Pacific coast and was widely known In his profes sion. He also had held several offices In the Seattl chamber of commerce during the 2S years Wk GAME EXCITEMENT h operated an agency her. ...14 Northwest 13 Illinois ..41 Rice Texas Ch. Tpibune s d Press ALL-OUT ASSAULT E Nazis' Mighty Force Nearest Yet To Capital Rostov Falls, Berlin Claims. By th Associated Press Kuibyshev Russia, Nov. 22. The Germans have renewed their offensive against Moscow in the central Mozhaisk sector, thereby making their current all-out as sault on the Soviet capital a gen eral maneuver of unprecedented proportions, Russian dispatches reported today as the German Russian war began its sixth month. This also brought the current powerful onslaught the nearest to Moscow since it started early in the week on the capital's de fense flanks at Kalinin S3 miles to the northwest, and at Tula, 100 miles below the capital. Moz haisk is 57 miles west of Mos cow. The Moscow newspaper Prav- df said the Germans were at tacking the Moscow defense with "probably the largest con centration of forces ever seen In modern warfare." The German army was said to have been or dered to drive to the capital at all Costs. Berlin Nov. 22. AP Th capture of the Caucasus gateway city of Rostov was announced in a surprise special bulletin by the German reich high command today, and tonight German mili tary spokesmen hinted that their advance forces already were smashing eastward beyond the strategic Don river port In the direction of Astrakhan. German commentators, sug gesting the Nazis bad cut off highly Important oil supplies from the Russians, said that in capturing Rostov they had won "the spigot of the Russian oil barrel." RAIL HEADS AND Tl Washington, Nov. 22 Representatives of railroad man agements and employ brother hoods agreed today to meet again Monday in an effort to reach an agreement on wag Increase de mands and avert a nation-wide rail strike. This agreement followed an other conference with President Roosevelt, who has taken an ac tive part for a week in moves to bring th two sides together, Solicitor General Charles Fahy, who attended the White House meeting along with other government observers, announc ed th Monday conference. He told reporters that no for mula for a settlement had been mentioned at the Whit House meeting, but that this had been left to "direct negotiations." A. F. Whitney, president of th Brotherhood of Railway Train men, told newspapermen a meet ing last night broke uj after th "refusal on th part of the car rlers to In any way go beyond" a presidential board's recommen dation for settlement of th wage dispute. 11 TRAFFIC VICTIMS Portland, Nov. 22 John R. Hale, 19, was killed In an automobile-trolley car collision today. Hale, a passenger in th automobile, was the Slst person to die In Portland traffic acci dents this year. Cold At La Grand La Grande, Nov. 22.- Th temperature dropped tr 18 degrees In this section of east ern Oregon Friday night . -.27 m it.t.' 0 . : . L.I ! . j Interpreting The War News By Kirk L. Simpson On of the most impressive phases of the British Libyan of fensive is, the fact that it was launched while a crisis was brewing in Russian defense of the Caucasus front against a triple-pronged German attack. If any one thing Is certain about the war at this stage. It is that German seizure of Rus sian oil fields in the Caucasus would be a crushing blow for the British. A flow of more than 200,000,000 barrels a year is credited to those wells. Half of that as war spoils would en able Hitler to fight on for years. Without it his capacity for all out warfare Is definitely limited by fast dwindling ott reserves. Yet British armies in the east, estimated at 730,000 men, all that could be used effectively on the 140-mile Libyan-Egyptian front, have been hurled into a major assault to smash German Italian armies in north Africa. The obvious explanation, aside from the diversion effect to help Russia, (which is still uncer tain) is that the British hope and expect to clean up in Libya, perhaps force Italy out of the war, before the Germans can reach the oil fields in the Cau casus. It Is not clear her Just what information the British may have as to Russian ability to hold the Caucasus front on the Don-Rostov-Kerch strait against the lunging nazi attack. How ever, there is official word from London that the drlv In Libya has been In preparation for five months. Berlin claimed yesterday the capture of Rostov-on-the-Don, "spigot to Russia's oil barrel. ' The main Russian oil source, the Baku field In the trans- Caucasus, however. Is still 700 to 800 miles from the nearest nazi threat. It is bulwarked also by the most rugged mountain chain In that part of the world, the Greater Caucasus moun tains. To reach the source of more than three-fourths of all the oil of the region German forces must scale those moun tains. There are oil fields In the rolling steppe country north of the mountains and only 200 to 300 miles now from closest Ger man lines. The Maikop and Grozny fields yield relatively small output annually, how ever, not sufficient for German needs. That their flow would be greatly reduced or retarded by Russian efforts to destroy those wells if forced to give ground Is certain. Hitler can gain little Immediately or In the long run so far as Russian oil is concerned unless he drives clear to the Baku field. In all probability it Is upon that mountain barrier even more than upon Red armies that British leadership counted in deciding to resist th Libyan offensive now. Against any Rus sian resistance it seems impos sible that nazi forces could act ually threaten th Baku oil de posits for months. PAPAL PLANS TO Vatican City, Nov. 22. (JPh- Pop Pius XII said today that th Catholic church had no de sir to mix into a controversy over different political regimes but Intended to serve as a "guide of consciences." The pope's statement was mad at an audience with Am bassador Llobet, new envoy to the Vatican from Argentina, who presented his credentials In the throne room after a 13-minute private conference with th pon tiff. CANNER CHAMP LEAVES Portland. Nov. 22. ( Louis Williams, 10, Portland, will leav for th National 4-H Club Congress at Chicago next week as Oregon's champion club canner. Cougars Gonzaga r 59 m rji 0 VanderbUt CM llITfl Alabama sm 0 Read The Ads Practlrallr anything yoa mar want Is advertised thU momtnf on the Want Ad page. Take a few minute to look tho Ads OTr. Tho rerr thlnf 700 want mar bo advertised. Tho sure war to find out I to read tho Ada. NO. 210. PEACE OFFENSIVE BY HITLER SOON, German Losses Make Early Conference Vital To Soothe Europe Nazi Trick Hinted. Washington, Nov. 22. (AP) Cautioning the world's democ racies to be on guard, the Whita House said today that Germany was preparing a winter peace of fensive embracing proposals os tensibly restoring economic and political lndependance to conti nental Europe, but actually leav ing Hitler master of a string of puppet states. Stephen T. Early, a presiden tial secretary, disclosed at a press conference that this government had reports of such a plan. A re porter had asked whether an "ec onomic peace" was about to ba proposed by the Nazis. Early said both President Roosevelt and the steia depart ment had received information . from certain European source that a conference was to be called either In December or January "on some occasion con sidered propitious by Germany.', He added that invitations al ready were loinst forth front Germany to "some belligerents, th axis powers, and some neu tral European nations." "So far as our Information goes," he said, "the conference would be restricted to a meet ing of European powers. That excludes, of course, this hemi sphere and, I understand also, that England will not be in vited." Early said th report! reach ing the United States govern ment gav the reason for th conference as th prospect that 'Germany Is going to be forced by losses and depletion of re serves to summon such a con ference." Th Idea," he continued, "la to dress up some high-sounding formula of economic rehabilita tion and restoration of Inde pendence for all European na tions, carefully providing for leaving the door open for Ger man violations later on and for German control of all these governments In practice; that Is, what would be essentially a series of puppet states through out Europe with Germany al ways holding th strings." The secretary went on to say that "th fact that Germany 1 studying such a conference Is a matter of some Interest and should be discounted well ahead of time by people who really believ In democracy and oppose) military domination not only of Europ but of the entir world." Responding to further cm tioning, Early said he did not believe th proposal had gon far enough for reaction to b received from nations which ar supposed to participate In th continental meeting. His statement that soma bel ligerents would be Invited was Interpreted as meaning Russia as well as Italy, and possibly Finland, Rumania and Bulgaria who ar helping th Nazis In their attack on th Soviets. Hungary also would come under the category of axis powers. The "some neutrals" men tioned could b drawn from only fiv nations still In a non belligerent status on the con tinent Sweden, Spain. Portu gal, Switzerland, and Turkey. Vichy Franc also might bo included. Early said th sources of this government's information could not be revealed for "obvious reasons," but he did say th reports were from "within Eu rope." PROWLERS GET 1138 Redmond, Not. 22. -UP Thieves who broke a rear win dow escaped with (180 In cash from th Gifford Motor com pany office, Redmond police re- nArtl TrMov. Wednesday.
