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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1941. o
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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
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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.-
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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. , ; ;