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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1941)
run u s wu- Weather rortcait: Partly cloudy to night and TuMday. ContlnnKl colli. Temperature Blent Yetterday St Loweac this Mornlnr ' prectpltatloa part 24 hoar .M Christmas Money Extra Chrtatmu eunty may b obtained by harlcg a dew ing up omptlfn around th bom. Articles you hT dis carded u no longer needed may b of value to omeoo. Want Ada ire not expensive. Medford Tribune Full Atsociatad Praaa United Pr Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1941. NO. 211. ton i Piffl i w- -wity " ' in r News Behind -The News ; 'Cul Mallon Washlngtoi, iltev. 24The British have 6QAweUen In the JUbyan drive twin, as asany as advertised. In tanks, atones and other equip ment as well as men, they g r e a t ly out numbered their German Italian adver saries. The weight In their favor is far more than tne "nearly evenly matched" basis Churchill pro Paul Mallon claimed. Their objective is supposed to be limited to smashing the African-axis army. Then they are to switch their forces over to the Caucasus to meet Hitler in the V-rivate and well-advised official nilitary opinion here. But arm ies seldom let even their friends know their real purpose. If this powerful British force plunges victoriously over the Nazi-Italians to the borders of Tunisia and launches an invasion into Italy, the current drive could wel turn out to be the beginning of the end of the war. TJE roads beyond Bengasi to the Tunisian frontier were so bad as to discourage Wavell from going on in his first drive. But if the British go through now, there is every reason to expect the free French forces (mostly ill-equipped native troops) in Tunisia will either join up -or lie down without fighting, and axis influence will be banished from the African continent. J In Tripoli and Tunisia, the British will find air and sea bases from which they could op erate to destroy the trapped Italian fleet. With British con trol of the air and sea, an inva sion of Italy should not be diffi cult. Hitler's planes and tanks can not be spared from Russia and (Continued on Paga four) William S.Hart Loses Cataracts New York, Nov. 24. (IP) William S. Hart, star of the silent films, was reported "do ing splendidly" today after an operation for cataracts of the right eye performed last week. He was expected to leave the Columbia-Presbyterian medical -renter soon. Radio Highlights By Associated Press. ( (Time is Pacific standard.) Tonight, the war 5:00 MBS, 8:55 CBS, 7:00 MBS, 7:30 NBC Blue, 7:43 CBS-East, 9:00 NBC CBS, 8S9 NBC CBS. Talks NBC-Blue 6 Radio Forum, C. P. Coe on "Moblliz ing Inventors"; NBC-Blue 7:45 Clark M. Eichelbeger "London Report." Tuesday, the war 7:00 MBS, 7:15 NBC-Blue, 8:00 MBS, 9:00 MBS, 10:45 NBC, 11:00 MBS, 12:00 MBS. 12:55 p. m. CBS MBS, 145 CBS MBS, 155 NBC Blue, 3:00 CBS MBS, :325 NBC Red, 3:43 CBS NBC-Blue. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS The Gen Cards and Frank Humphreys herding home their live chicken prizes after the Sojourner dance. Chairman Pearl Loeffler go ing unrecognized by her best friends, she peering out through cute dust mop bangs. Cutse and Orion Garrett caus ing near riot at the dance with their old-fashioned white flannel sleeping garbs. - Gen Swanson locking very little girlish in her gingham tfr and two-foot long braid. Army Sergeant Joseph Cush man being Joshed for painting bia rtcruiucg sign Navy blue. , glum, j.iij jiJg - s S ""ail ratltlliiiiiJI PROTECTION FOR BAUXITE SOPPLY White House Announcement Says" Netherlands and Brazil Approve. London, Nov. 24. (IP) The Netherlands government con firmed today that United States troops would guard Dutch Gui ana and Implied strongly that American forces also might take over other Dutch possessions in the western hemisphere and co operate in the defense of The Netherlands East Indies.. Washington, Nov. 24. (IP) The White House announced to day that a contingent of Amer ican troops would move into Dutch Guiana to protect valu able bauxite mines which sup ply the United States with large quantities for raw aluminum. The arrangement was made by the United States and Neth erlands governments, with ' the government of Brazil giving its wholehearted approval. Dutch Guiana lies on the northeast coast of South Amer ica and is bordered on the south by Brazil. It lies between British Guiana and French Guiana. The capital is Paramaribo, an Atlan tic ocean port. The population approximates 170,000 and the area that of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Supply Is Vital A formal White House state ment, referring to the country by its Dutch name of Surinam, asserted: "The bauxite mines in Surin am furnish upwards of 60 per cent of the requirements of the United States aluminum indus try which is vital to the defense of the United States, the west ern hemisphere and the nations actively resisting aggression. "It is therefore necessary that the safety of these mines should be as completely assured as present conditions demand." Normally the statement said, the Netherlands government would draw on Netherlands In dies forces to strengthen the de fenses of Dutch Guiana but in view of "the present situation in the southwestern Pacific, it is thought inadvisable to follow that course." As a result of consultations between the governments of the Netherlands and . the United States, it was agreed that an American army contingent go to Surinam to "cooperate with the Netherlands forces in assuring the protection of the bauxite mines in that territory." 'Anti-Okie' Statute On California Books Nulled by High Court Washington, Nov. 24. (IP) The supreme court held uncon stitutional today California leg islation which prohibited any one from assisting no-rrident Indigent persons to come into the state. Justice Byrnes delivered the decision on what was popularly known as the "Anti Okie" law Intended to discourage the movement into the state of per sons believed likely to become public charges. Twenty-seven other states were arid to have similar stat utes. - Byrnes said in the decision his first ilnce taking his seat last October that the legisla tion "Imposes an unconstitution al burden upon interstate com merce." The litigation specifically in volved the conviction of Fred F. Edwards of Marysville, Calif., on a cha.-ge of violating the statute by driving his Jobless brother in-'w, Frank Duncan, from Spur, Texas, to Marysville in 1939. Duncan was given as sistance by the far-.i security administration after his arrival Wslc'port, Ore., Nov. 24. OP) Lieut. E. L. Buchell, camp di rector, said today that the new CCC camp near Waldport prob ably would be occupied before the end of the month. Enrnllees now stationed at Cape Purpetua. south of Yachili, will be moved here Back to Work in Mines I! 1.111 ROOSEVELT mm Iflmfi CONFERENCE m f TO UNION r-VM !L" n& 'f-Jt U ' m The captive mine strike ever miners at the H. C. Frick Bufiington Captive coal mine at Union- town. Pa., go back to work on the night shift. Here they are entering the cage to go down into the pit of one of western Penn sylvania's highest producing mines. Carl Moser Gets State G.O.P. Post Portland, Nov. 24. (P) The Oregon Republican executive committee approved appoint ment Saturday of Carl R. Moser as executive secretary of the state Republican ' party at a salary of $350 a month. Moser was replaced as Ore gon department adjutant of the American Legion by June W. Valiant of Portland. M Hilary Funeral For George White Fort Lewis, Nov. 24. UP) Officers of the 41st "Sunset" division announced today full military funeral services for its commanding general, Maj. Gen. Feorge A. White, who died last night, would be held in Port land Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. Death Comes to Gen. White. Commander of 41st Division Portland, Ore., Nov. 24 (IP) Maj. Gen. George A. White, 60, nationally known fiction writer and commander of the 41st division, died at his Camp Clackamas home near here last night. He had remained on duty at Fort Lewis, Wash., until a few weeks ago, despite a stomach ailment that had afflicted him since summer. A former Salt Lake City and Portland newspaperman, he was a prolific fiction writer. Articles under the name Ared White appeared in a number of nation ally circulated magazines, the best known probably being "At tack on America," picturing the possibility of an invasion of the U. S. west coast. Born in Longbranch, IU., he moved with, his parents to Salt Lake City when 7 years old, and became a reporter there when 16. He volunteered in the Spanish American war as a bugler, but resumed his newspaper careet afterwards. In 1915 he resigned as Sunday editor of the Portland Oregonian to become adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard. . In 1916 White was captain of a cavalry troop on Mexican bor der service. He became a major in the 41st division when the U. S. entered the World war, and emerged as a colonel on the staff of General Pershing, AEF commander. He reorganized the Oregon National Guard after the war, becoming a brigadier general in 1923. In 1920 he was named major general and commander of the 41st division, composed of National Guardsmen from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. One of the founders of the American Legion, he was award- when arbitration was agreed upon. More Troops For . ' Ft. Lewis Arrive Fort Lewis. Nov. 24. UP) More troops for Fort Lewis be gan .arriving, today from Cali fornia to take up permanent sta tions here. First units of the 80th (rcgu lar army) -Infantry arrived this morning and by nightfall the first motor columns were ex pected along with anti-tank ser vice and three heavy weapons companies. Three rifle battalions, with a total strength of 2,000 men, were expected to arrive Wednesday by train. Panama, Panama, Nov. 24. UP) The government of Pana ma announced today that It had ordered the arrest of 11 friends of Third Vice President Anlbal Rios on the eve of the latter's return to this country from his post as minister to Peru. ed the French cross of the Le gion of Honor in 1934. The widow, a daughter and a brother survive. Salem, Nov. 24. (IP) Cover nor Charles A. Sprague must appoint a new adjutant general for the state to succeed Major General George A. White, who died in Portland last nlsht. White held the job since 1913. Brigadier General Thomas E. Rllea, now acting commander of White's 41st division at Fort Lewis, automatically becomes commander of the Oregon na tional guard. Lieutenant Colo nel Elmer V. Woo ton, state se lective service director, Is acting adjutant general by appoint ment by Governor Sprague, a J. UK. 0. . '( Mosco w CALLS CURB BILL Ten Members of Congress, Two From Labor Dept. At White House Tonight. Washington, Nov. 24 (IP) President Roosevelt Invited ten members of congress and two representatives of the labor de partment today to meet with him at the White House tonight to discuss labor legislation. They included Speaker Ray burn, Secretary Perkins, House Majority Leader McCormack (D Mass) and Chairman Norton (D-NJ) of the house labor com mittee.! A bi-partisan angle was pro vided by the inclusion of House Minority Leader Martin (R-Mass) and Representative Welch (R Calif), a member of the labor committee. The others were Daniel W. Tracy of the labor department, and Representatives Cox (D-Ga), Ramspeck (D-Ga), Vinson (D-Ga) Smith (D-Va), and Gavagan (D NY). There was no indication from the White House whether Mr. Roosevelt had some specific measure in mind or merely wished to obtain- the views of the congressional delegation and the labor department on mea sures already pending. Washington, Nov. 24. (IP) A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men, largest of five operating brotherhoods of railway em ployes, said today his organiza tion was "about ready to go to the president and suggest that the government take over con trol and operation of the rail roads." MACHINISTS SLOW DEFENSE EFEORTS Washington, Nov. 24. (IP) A general strike by 8,500 Amer ican Federation of Labor ma chinists practically paralyzed production on millions of dol lars of defense orders in the St. Louis area today as miners in captive coal mines ended a week long walkout which had threat ened steel production. The labor picture was defin itely brighter than last week, when the captive miners were joined by thousands of commer cial miners in sympathy strikes. Representatives of railway labor and management resumed conferences this morning, at Mr. Roosevelt's request. In an at tempt to compromise differences which resulted In 350.000 mem bers of railway operating unions calling a strike for December 7. Destroyer Survivors Arrive in Brooklyn New York. Nov. 24. (IP) Survivors of the sunken Amer ican destroyer Reuben James arrived at the army base in south Brooklyn today on a U. S. naval transport. Naval headquarters here said it was not immediately learned how many survivors arrived but indicated there were more than 40. Arrangements were made to send wounded men I J the Brooklyn naval hospital. The others were to be taken to the army receiving station's transfer base in Brooklyn. hsFTatality Portland, Nov, 24. (IF) An automobile-trolly car collision Saturday killled John R. Hale, 19, the Slut person to die in Portland traffic accidents this ier. "V aces British Drive in Libya Giarvbub Viwt Black arrows indicate main offensive from the Salum area (1) British reported driving many of Bardla trapping strong axis forces. The main battle today was picturea as raging iu mues southeast ei looruic 13) wnere a British garrison has been besieged for months. BLAZE DESTROYS HALF OF SEWARD Seward, Alaska, Nov, 24. Virtually half the Seward busi ness district lay in ashes today, th. result of a fire which did damage estimated at $730,000 or more. Some 400 person! were driv en from apartments and hotel quarters, and were given shel ter today in th. skating rink. the American Legion dugout, other lodge halls and many pri vate homes. Meantime, Mayor W. R. Benson, councilmen, busi nessmen and army officers con ferred on the housing problems. The fire was believed to have started about 11:30 o'clock last night in the Second Chance barber shop when a man light ed a match after spilling some oil on the floor around a heater. At one time the fir. ap peared to be out, and many went home, but it broke out again under a heavy north wind, until about two-thirds of the business block along Fourth avenue, between Washington and Adams streets was in flames. Ex-Josephine Clerk Gets Prison Parole Salem, Nov. 24. (IP) The state parole board said today that It released F. L. Coon, 61, former Josephine county clerk, from the state penitentiary a week ago. Coon, convicted of larceny of public funds, was sentenced to five years. He was released one day after serving a third of his sentence. The board said he had gone back to his small ranch near Grants Pass. WEATHER Northern California: Fair to night and Tuesday; not quite so cool; gentle east to south wind off coast. Victims of Germany Will Sign Anti-Comintern Pact Tuesday Berlin, Nov, 24 (VP) Authorized Germans announced today that seven more governments would join th. sis present signers of the antl-comlntern pact tomorrow. Th. seven new signers ar. to b. Finland, Denmark, Bulgaria, Croatia, Rumania, Slovakia and the Japanessponsored Nanking government. Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain, Hungary and Man chukuo ar. to renew their signa tures at ceremony marking th. fifth anniversary of th. pact. Besides the desire of Italy and Germany to form a European Gravest I v 5L British thrusts in th. new Libyan to the Giarabub Oasis (2). the miles into Libya, and the capture Farmers' Horses Drop In Ancient Indian Deadfall Brookings, Ore., Nov. 24. (IP) It may have taken a long time, but R. H. Williams Is convinced that Indian hunt era of th. Chetco tribe usu ally got their game in the pre-whlt. days. Williams, harrowing! a new field on his ranch, was aston ished to see his team of horses drop into th. earth. Neighbors helped extricate them from 12-foot deadfall, dug and covered by some Indian to trap elk nearly 100 years ago. CITY DECORATES IGHT STANDARDS FOR YULE SEASON City streets and light stand ards were being decorated today for Wednesday evening's cele bration opening th. Christmas shopping season. In keeping with the increased size of the celebration this year, more decorations are being put up than ever before and tre decorated area is being extend ed westward as far as Holly street. Garlands of evergreen with lights peering out of the foliage were being strung across th. streets of th. business district. A Urge electric star is to be Installed at a west side inter section while a new Illuminated feature five feet in three dimen sions Is to be erected over th. Main street and Central avenue Intersection. There will ba sp clal illumination for th. display of 1942 cars and automotlv. farm equipment on Central ave nue between Sixth and Eighth streets. Th. celebration will last from 6:30 to 8 p. m. Wednesday. bloc against what their states men call pan-Slavic dreams of westward Russian expansion ob servers read into th. announce ment that th. ceremony is con nected with th. fight against "world Bolshevism" reference to Britain and th. United States who Germany considers spon sors ol world Bolshevism. Threat 31 OF CITY, F E DRIVE British Acknowledge Hard Task Confronted in Africa Reds Gain In Donets, By th. Associated Press In the two greatest battles ot the war in Europe and Africa, the Germans today claimed their Moscow offensive had carried to a point about 31 miles from the Russian capital the closest yet while the British, veering somewhat from past optimism over their north African of fensive, acknowledged they had a tremendous fight on their hands. Moscow lay under th. gravest threat of the war so far, th. Russians admitted. The defenders said that Ger man shock troops had driven m new Wedge between Moscow and Kalinin, on th. northwest of the capital, and had swarmed against the Red army's second lines of defense to the south and west. Reds Regain Donets Soil Military sources, however. said that Russians had recouped in th. Donets region of th. southern front with th. greatest counter-attack ot th. war, a storm of fir. that drove the Ger mans back as much as 37 mile. across th. -Donets- plateau. Th. Russians declared that Rostov, th. big Don river port, was still torn between attacksrs and defenders, with fighting in th. streets. Th. Germans claim ed capture of Rostov last Satur day. The Russians estimated that 40 German divisions roughly 600,000 men pointed by half of Adolf Hitler's available tank forces were hammering at th. Moscow defenses. Th. German high command said that among new gams on the central Russian front they had captured Solnetschnogorskt about 31 miles northwest of Moscow. Confusion In Desert In London, an authoritative source said that th. battle of Libya, now rounding out lis first week, had entered th. second stage, "defeat of th. encircled enemy," but that th. fighting was so confused it now was im possible to say how th. struggl. of men and machines in tn. des ert was proceeding. It was probable that th. RAT still maintained air superiority over the Germans and Italian, in th. African theater, cot to mention th. whlphand th. Brit ish navy holds over the Mediter ranean supply lines of the axis. But the most th. London source would say of th. situa tion of the axis land forces was that it was not "at aU good." The Italian high command said that besides a great, contin uing loss of tanks and armored cars, the British had lost as captive ot the axis on. ot their brigade commanders, a General Sperling, not otherwise identi fied by Rome. Hitherto th. picture to be pieced together from London, Cairo and front reports on th. Libyan campaign was on. of steady British success with th. Italian and German forces there virtually conquered or penned up by th. armoied units ot Lieut Gen. Sir Alan Cunning ham. Gambol Falls Th. latest war report from Cairo said that Gambut, midway between Tobruk and Bardia, had fallen to th. British. British tanks, many of them from United States factories, had been reported closing fatally up on four battered segments ot th. German and Italian force, la th. new battle of Libya. Two axis cruisers, a destroyer and set era 1 supply ships war. listed as torpedoed by submar ine and air attack A toll ot 100 axis planes was claimed and th British declared tank des truction ran as high as three-to-one In their tavor. With Italian garrisons report ed virtually knocked out, on. British source said 13,000 pris oner! bad been taken. r
