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Santa Claus Bringing Candy for Children at Christmas Opening Wednesday Night A TT run u a weata- Weather npon Forecast : Part ly cloudy to night and Wednesday. Little change- In temperature. Temperature Highest Yesterday 54 Lowest thU Morning 3 Precipitation past 14 hour .00 You Want RetulU The modrrn way ... the ef fectlte war . , . to reach the moat people ... In the short eit time at the Irett ei prtiM ... Is the Mall Tribune Want Ad Way ... You want mime so try the Bant Ads. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press nited Press Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1941. o NO. 212. ul IfU "TV ft IV ffl f 1BW UE i i 111 ,. i mii u u Kelly's Comment rrom Washington Air Base Hope Roused by Pilots Klamath Falls Has Best Chance Lumber Shipping Space Promised Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, Nov. 25. General Arnold, head man foi the army air force, admits that fliers are responsible for com munities becoming excited over the prospect of an air field. He acknowledges that these officers looking for sites have stirred up hopes in The Dalles, Bend, .Medford, Salem, Eugene, Klam Path Falls. The officer, or offi cers, breeze into a town, are given a luncheon with the mayor, chamber of commerce or service club members pres- ent. The officers say what a ; delightful place the town Is, ; how the local airport could be developed for a flying group. The officers wish to be pleasant. , Other towns hear of the visit and decide to "go after" the air group and soon there is riv alry. Of all the towns In Oregon. Klamath Falls has the best chance of being designated as a base for medium bombers provided the question of wild fowl at the bird refuge can be settled. The high command is now studying the birds, their possible threat to army - fliers Medford's name is said to be somewhere In the picture; Sa- )lem is said to be too close to Portland. Eugene wants a train ing field; there are only three In the country and the most westerly is at Denver. HERE is one reason why (Continued on Page Pour) Spokane Air Base Expansion Needed Spokane, Nov. 25. (P) Al though the four million dollar Geiger field base of the Second Air Force is not yet comolete. the Second Air Force hcadauar- ters announced trtav that! already some exoansion has been found necessary. The air force is negotiating for at least a quarter of a sec tion of land south of the field for additional warehouses and s railroad spur, it was announced. Radio Highlights By Associated Press. (Time Is Pacific standard.) Tonight, the war 5 MBS; 5:15 MBS; 5:55 CBS; 6:15 MBS: 7 MBS: 7:30 NBC-Blue; 7:45 CBS; 8 MBS: 9 NBC CBS. Talks CBS 7:15 Leon Hen Orson on "Business Coopera tion For Defense"; NBC-Red 8:15 t. M. Omhnrn nn 'tlnion Label and Christmas Buying." 1 Wednesday, the war 8 MBS: 9 MBS; 10:45 NBC: 11 MBS: IS MBS; 12:55 CBS MBS; 1:45 CBS MBS: 1:55 NBC-Blue: 3 CBS MBS; 3:25 NBC-Red; 3:45 CBS NBC-Elue. Short waves: RNE Moscow k3:43 news: HAT4 Budapest 5 "folk songs; GSC GSD London 6 headline news and views; TGWA Guatemala 7:15 opera 'Xa Boheme." SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ray Stickler coming out un- conditionally for a complete Oregon State college. Ken Anthony pretending he didn't know it was Charles vnriairr wnv piaaicrcu friend's car with posters and folders. France Maguin and young companion enjoying a horseback )ride on the Old Military road. The Hongkong police lurnUh antt Iracy (uerds for BrttHa merle on the China coast. HITLERITES FACE DESFEHATE FLIGHT Capture of Augila in 200 Mile Race Across Desert Sharpens Imperial Hopes War Score Moscow, Nov. 25. (P) ITie Soviet information bur eau acknowledged tonight that the Russians had lost 2, 122,000 men in killed, wound ed and missing since the start Df the Russian-German war June 22, but declared that the German losses totaled six million. The Russian losses were de clared to include 490,000 killed, 1,112.000 wounded and more than 520,000 miss ing. The bureau also acknow ledged these Russian losses in material: tanks 7,000, planes 6.400, guns 12 900. Against these the Germans were declared to have lost more than 15,000 tanks, about 13,000 planes and 79, 000 Rims. By the Associated Press British Indian troops racing 200 miles across the desert to capture. Augila In central Litya raised hopes ill 'London fate to day that the imperial column would soon reach the Gulf of Sirte, high water mark of last spring's British offensive, and cut off the main line of sup plies to axis armies in the west. With their communications severed, the axis north African forces, already boxed in by powerful British mechanized iegions on land and by the British Mediterranean fleet at sea, would thus be in desperate plight. - Hot Fight For Moscow Pacing this development, Rus sia's Red armies were reported battling to stem one of the gravest threats to Moscow so far with German troops ac knowlcdged only 50 miles from the U.S.S.R. capital. British front-line dispatches, claiming victory over the Ger mans in at least one sector of the Rezegh battle zone, 10 miles south of Tobruk, said the nazis wei'j gradually being cut off from their supplies by imperial columns driving westward along the Mediterranean coast. Cairo reports said that the great three-day tank battle at Rezegh had begun to die down, as a result of heavy losses on both sides, but that British in f a n t r y- reinforcements were pouring into the fighting from their bases east and south. As pictured by the British German Gen. Erwin Rommel's tank forces were badly crippled and there was no indication of fresh German troops being sent into action. Nasis Hurled Back On the Ukraine front. Soviet dispatches reported that a pow erful Russian counter-offensive west of Rostov-on-Don had hurl ed the Germans back 62 miles and that the invaders were rush ing new troops to the threatened area. Nazi losses were described as 'enormous," with the lflth Ger man tank division "almost com pletely smashed." The German high command on Saturday had claimed the capture of Rostov, northern gateway to the Caucasus oil fields, but the Russians report- ed on Sunday that fierce tank and machine-gun battles were still raging in the city's streets. Today's dispatches indicated thai Inm nnscinni urrt mnkinff now - f.,rim, aftomnt tn reran. ture Rostov after breasting the initial German drive beyond the strategic Don river port. NAZI GENERAL KILLED Berlin, Nov. U. VP) Gener al Helmuth Wilberg, 61, of the German air force! was killed in an air crash five days ago, it I was announced, today.- ( : ,! Admits Wreck Admits Wreck T ; It Clarence J. Alexander Susanville, Cal., Nov. 25. UP) Clarence J. Alexander, 24-year-old railroad section hand, waived extradition to Nevada today. He has confessed wreck ing the streamline train "City of San Francisco" in 1939 to rob passengers. Sheriff Olin S. Johnson noti fied Eureka, Nev., authorities they could obtain custody of Alexander. Iwenty-foun, persons- died In the wreckage of the Southern Pacific train when it plunged from the rails near Harney, Nev., and 108 were injured. Johnson said he was con vinced Alexander had de-railed the train because the Oklahoma youth's reenactment of the wrecking checked exactly with the known facts. Committee Restores Moot Provision in Price Control Bill Washington, Nov. 23. UP) The house banking committee bowed again to administration wishes today and voted, 14 to 8. to restore to Its price-control bill authority for the govern ment to buy, sell, or store any commodity if necessary to main tain price stability. Rep. Wolcott (R-Mich.) senior minority member of the com mittee, denounced the provision as "pernicious" and declared it would permit the price adminis tration to go into the stock ex change and buy or sell stocks." He said he did not see how "any self-respecting member of con gress could vote for it." Bomber Wreckage Seen on Mountain Albuquerque, N. M., Nov. 25 JP) The burned wreckage of an army attack bomber, missing eight days, was spotted high on the side of the Sandia inoun tains today barely 25 miles from the Albuquerque air base. Two occupants of the ship were believed to have perished They are Lt. Seldon T. Miller of Bcllevue. Texas, and Staff Sergeant Howard L. Edwards, formerly of New York. Yuletide Furloughs Planned For Half U. S. Land Force Washlngton, Nov. 25. The army said merry Christ mas a month In advance today with the tidings that between 700,000 and 800,000 soldiers would get Yuletide furloughs. By the war department's esti mate, approximately half of the 1 land forces will be granted i leaves to go home for the holi days and this raised the pros jpect of the biggest Christmas i transportation rush in more than two decades. ! Belief was expressed, never theless, that there would be 1 enough trains for the troops, Railroad Dispute Goes BILL 10 CONTROL DEFENSE STRIKES! READY6YFR1DAY New Law Based on Roose velt Recommendations to Be Drawn By Ramspeck. Washington, Nov. 25. (IP) The house labor committee In structed Rep. Ramspeck (D., Ga.), one of its members, today to prepare by Friday a new bill to control defense strikes based on President Roosevelt's recommendations for cooling off periods and compulsory arbitra tion. Following the president's sug gestions made last night at a White House conference with 11 house members and federal officials, Ramspect himself made the recommendation for quick action and said later his proposals would call for this procedure: Successive steps of collective bargaining under i V sting laws, conciliation mediation "and pos sibly a fourth step of compul story arbitration." Not Too Strong At the same time,- Speaker Rayburn .said t.,hls press con ference that the White House conferees strongly recommend ed that some kind of legisla tion be enacted quickly "but not something that will take the hair off of anything." , Ramspeck said he might In clude in his bill provisions that both sides in a labor dispute must submit to compulsory ar bitration as a last resort, with the added stipulation that work ers who did not abide by an arbitration b o a r d's decision would be deprived of their rights under such labor laws as the Wagner labor relations and Norris-LaGuardia acts. BULLITT NAMED Washington, Nov. 25 (P) William C. Bullitt, former am bassador to Russia and later to France, was named by Presi dent Roosevelt today to be his special representative to the Near East. The president, announcing the appointment at a press confer ence, said Bullitt would gather information about fast-breaking developments in the eastern Mediterranean area, find out the needs and return and report to him. Asked where Bullitt would be based, the president replied joc ularly, In a plane. Victoria. B. C . Nov. 25. (CP) An earthquake recorded here today at 10:41:20 P.S.T. was still continuing at 12:15 p. m., Dr. K. O. Wright, seismologist, re ported. Maximum Intensity was at 10:43:30- It was one of the most violent in two years. without undue snarling of rail way passenger or freight sched ules. In cooperation with the Asso ciation of American Railways, plans are being made to move I service men to their homes well 'in advance of the rush whicn '.normally reaches a peak on j Christmas eve. As far as possible, soldiers 'are to be released on two dates, December 12 and December 20. depending on whether they re ceive furloughs of one month lor two weeks. They are due 'back In the ranks on January 1 12 and January 4, respectively. Don't Junk Navy When War Over, Is Knox Advice New York, Nov. 25. P Secretary of Navy Frank Knox says the powerful Unl ted States fleet now building should not be junked after hostilities cease. Knox, writing In the cur rent Liberty magazine, points out that during the last war the United States lost four combat vessels and emerged from the conflict with the most powerful navy in the world. "Forthwith we celebrated by destroying 236 of our own ships. Excepting the war with Spain in 1898," the secretary says," "The United States has met every international crisis woefully unprepared at sea, especially so for a maritime nntion." ITISH FAIL IN EFFORT TO LAND ON FRENCH SOIL Berlin, Nov. 25. (P) The German high command for the f isst time mentioned an .English attempt to set foot on occupied French soil today, saying that the British tried to land from boats Sunday night and were repulsed with heavy losses. Although the high command did not give the number, size or type of boats involved in the operations in Its curt reference, an authorized source belittled the Incident by saying the whole affair involved a mere 40 or 50 men. This source was unwilling to discuss the place of the Incident, and the high command did not say whcthci the British actually had succeeded In getting ashore. (The British said the Normandy coast was scene of the foray.) The German communique also said torpedo boats attacked a strong convoy off the British roast and sank four heavily laden British merchant vessels totaling 16.500 tons, including a fully laden tanker of 6,500 tons. SURVIVOR TELLS DESTROYER FATE New York, Nov. 25. IP) A torpedo from an unseen sub marine zipped through the frigid waters west of Iceland early on the morning of October 31, last, crashed Into the forward section of the U. S. destroyer Reuben James, exploded a munitions magazine and ripped away the vessel's forward end, including the bridge and living quarters. That, in substance, was the story of Chief Petty Officer Wil liam Henry Bergstresser, 35, of Pittsburgh, highest ranking sur viving officer of the destroyer after 100 men Including all of the commissioned officers were swept to their death In the black sub-arctic waters. Bergstresser, with 42 of the 45 survivors, arrived here yes terday on a U. S. navy trans port. FOURTH OFFICER DIES FROM TAC0MA CRASH Tacoma, Nov. 2i.i!Pi The fourth police officer 'died this morning from injuries received last Sunday when two speeding ambulances crashed Into eacn other on one of the main traf fic intersections of Tacoma's business district. Marty Joyce, 43, passed away without regaining consciousness after several blood transfusions. Hospital attendants said death occurred from brain Injuries. Eddie Cantor In his youth iras a lr.(:r(j waiter In a Corny Island beer saroen. CITY OFFICIALS TO ATTEND MEET E Informal Luncheon To Open Conference Sponsored by League of Oregon Cities. About 50 city officials and department heads are expected to attend the regional confer ence to be held in the Hotel Medford tomorrow under spon sorship of the League of Ore gon Cities and the bureau of municipal research at the Uni versity of Oregon. The group wi'l assemble first at an informal luncheon in the hotel's basement dining room at 12:15. The conference session will be held throughout the afternoon in the same room. Mayors, councilmen and de partment heads are expected to be present from Ashland, Grants Pass, Phoenix, Talent, Jackson ville, Central Point, Gold Hill, Rogue River and Eagle Point, as well as Medford, the host city. Special speakers will Include Mayor Earl Riley, Portland, Mayor John Houston, Klamath alle, Mayor.W. Wi Chadwick Salem, J, W. McArthur, Eugene water board, and Orval Etter and Virgil Langtry of the re search bureau. Subjects listed for discussion Include: "Priorities in Relation to Municipal Services"; "Ore gon Budget Law"; "Police and Fire Reserves"; "Relation of Cities to Defense Matters"; "Re duction of Fire Insurance Costs on Municipal Properties"; "Zon ing"; and 'Traffic and Parking Problems." Anyone attending may raise any question he likes or call for a discussion on any municipal matter. Vultee Will Obtain Consolidated Control Los Angeles, Nov. 25. UP) Vultee Aircraft, Inc. moved up today among the nation's larg est aircraft manufacturers with an announcement that arrange ments are complete for purchase of a controlling interest in Con solidated Aircraft Corp., of San Diego, A company spokesman, who declined use of his name, de clared Vultee was purchasing for $6,000,000 the 348,822 shares of Consair stock owned hy Ma). Reuben Fleet of San Diego and an undisclosed number of shares held by other members of the Fleet family. Major Fleet is president of Consolidated, which has 1,291,574 shares of com mon stock. He added that the purchase would give Vultee control of Consair. ' Christmas Buying Splurge Expected to Set New High Chicago, Nov. 29. P) Spur red by the Jingle of national defense dollars, a 12.400 000 000 national Christmas shopping splurge is in the making this season, merchandise trade ex perts here estimated today. Such a volume of business would exceed that of the boom year 1929 by more than 9 per cent and would be 11 percent more than last year. These estimate were com piled by a survey of the na tion's wholesale and retail trade during the past 12 years pre pared under the direction of Percy Wilson, director of Chi cago's Merchandise Mart. With preparations complete for the flood of buying already under way In the name of Santa Claus, merchandisers were reported by mart officials to be ready with shelves and displsy rooms well stocked de spite priorities and material Back to Board 6-Pound Daughter Birthday Present For Burt Lowry Coincidence has again en tered the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Lowry of Myers lane. Last evening a girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lowry at Community hospital. The baby was born on her fath er's birthday. Mrs. Lowry also was born on her father's birthday. The baby, Mr. and Mrs. Lowry'a first child, weighed six pounds, 13V4 ounces. She was named Linda Mary. E TO BE UNVEILED AS BAND PLAYS The Medford senior high school band will take part in the Christmas opening celebra tion tomorrow night, the mer chants committee in charge an nounced today. The celebration will last from 6:30 to 8 p. m. The band, under the personal direction of Wilson Wait, will march at 6:45 from city park along Main street to Riverside avenue and back to Central ave nue. In a roped-off area at Main street and Central avenue, the band will then give a concert of appropriate music. Santa . Claus, after short reindeer jaunt from the North Pole, is scheduled to arrive at Central and Main at 6:45 in a truck laden with candy for the children. All the youngsters of the county are invited to bring their parents to town for the opening celebration. Store ' windows, prepared es pecially for the opening fete, will be unveiled at 6:30. Many of the stores will feature the enactment 'of domestic scenes with living models, this show alone being expected to attract thousands to the downtown shopping district. SOLDIERS TO RECEIVE CURRENT EVENTS DRILL Fort Lewis, Nov. 25. UP) Soldiers of the 9th army corps will spend at least 40 minutes each training day keeping abreast of current world devel opments, starting next Monday, said Maj. Gen. Kenyon A, Joyce, commander, today. Information on current events will be given the 50,000 troops in the corps through a series of lectures by qualified officers on such subjects as "The Lend Lease Act," "The Neutrality Act," "The Munich Conference" and "France, Prior to Her Downfall". shortages. - Considering the in creased flow of dollars, mer chandisers do not expect higher costs of goods, taxes, restrictions on Installment buying and short-, ages of some materials to stem the trade volume. Wilson said the survey show ed that although holiday busi ness will be the largest on rec ord, It will not keep pace with the year s average Increase of 18.9 percent In retail trade so far because there was an un usual spurt In Christmas sales last year as first effects of the defense program were felt. . The increase In dollar-volumv of . business will not fully re flect the huge amount of goods to be sold, he said, because prices average 12.9 percent lower for Christmas Items than in 1929. He estimated that the total amount of merchandise to be told will be almost 20 per cent more than in 1929. ROOSEVELT ASKS REPORT BY DECT AFTERJEARINGS Allotment of One Day to Each Side Suggested By President in Board Call, Washington, Nov. 25. (IP) President Roosevelt announced today that the dispute between railroad management and em ployes had been referred back to an emergency fact-finding; board which had been asked to report by December 1. It was this same board which had recommended a compromise Increase in pay rates lower than rail unions had demanded which was rejected by the rail labor organizations. The unions had threatened to pull some 1,250,000 workers off their jobs. Hearing Requested Mr. Roosevelt told a press conference that he had asked the board to reconvene here Thursday If possible and Friday at the latest. He aald ha had fent , letters to representative of V -earrtert ! V- ' brot. Tm i- ...ft '1 mis step ana' requwi. -v T nlng Friday. One day would be allotted to each side to state its case, the chief executive sug gested, and the board is asked to report by Monday. Decem ber 1. A strike call has been issued for December 7. A series of conferences has been held among the rail man agement and union representa tives, and at parleys also at the White House. The fact-finding board several weeks ago recommended wage Increases of 7V4 percent for the) 350,000 operating employes who, now getting from $5.06 a day up, had asked 30 percent boosts. For the 900,000 non-operating' workers, the board proposed an average increase of 13 V4 per cent. Now getting from 39 to 85 cents an hour, they had ask ed for 30 to 34 cents more per hour. One-week vacations with. pay also were proposed by the) board for these men. AWARD GIVEN FOR LOST HEIRLOOMS Salem, Nov. 25. (Pi Mrs. Natalie Allien Voyt of Roeeburg won a 94,184.50 judgment today against Beklns Moving and Stor age company for loss of several hundred pieces of priceless Ster ling silver, when the state su preme court upheld Circuit Judge Arlie O. Walker in a 4 to 2 decision. Among the items lost were snuff box presented to an ances tor by George Washington, and a pearl brooch presented to her grandmother by Princess . Eu genie of France when the grand mother was presented to court.' Mrs. Voyt stored the silver in a vault at the Beklns company and the silver was stolen. SKUNK IN GREENHOUSE BEATS OWNER TO DRAW fmnnrll Kll. NOV. 25 Oft Greenhouses ordinarily wear a pleasant perfume, inais wnr. Mayor Ora Rindom, who l florist, was beginning to anlff suspiciously. ' He opened a desk drawer and out Jumped a skunk. The mayor grabbed a gun but the mal odorous kitten beat him to the draw. All the rosea In the place) couldn't help. A coastal highway 830 mile long has been completed, under Japanrse auspices. In Hainan Island, oft the Kwangtung coast of China. , ; ;
