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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20.fr' J41.
NO. 213.
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Black arrowi mark British drives. In Libyan offensive, at
Cambut. capture of which was announced, and at Bardia, pre
Tiouily reported captured. Shaded areas are "pockets" in which
British reported axis troops were caught, near Salum, Gambut,
Sidi Rezegh. and Bir el Gobi. British also were reported thrusting
south from Tobruk.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Nov. 26 The
British Libyan assault is ac
complishing more than the
""S ground gained.
It has now
been learned
tnat Just be
fore the drive
started, H e r r
Hitler ardent
ly appealed to
Muss olini to
send five more
Italian divis
ions to the
Russian front.
What det
Paul Malloa
fuehrer told H Duce about tn
nazi position on the Russian
front was considerably less con
fident than the tone of the re
"cent Berlin announcements. Hit
ler used every pressure on his
Italian so-called ally.
But Mussolini's generals had
the audacity to turn the nazis
down. They said they feared at
tack on the Libyan front and
ah ensuing grave threat to the
Italian mainland itself. As a re
sult, all the active military help
Hitler is going to get out of
Italy this winter is the three
token divisions already fighting
(more or less) on the Red bat-
Ueune. (I
The allies thus won an unre
corded signal victory before the
British started into the desert.
ANOTHER revealing account
of inner axis troubles has
reached authorities here.
The British seized consider
ably more than lOn.OOOOOO lire
'from their conquest of Ethiopia
and the Wavell invasion of
Libya. This Italian currency was
in banking and commerce of the
two Italian colonies. The British
thought the seized currency
could best be used by selling
it piecemeal on the black bourse
of Switzerland. That was done,
but practically all of it was
secretly bought not by Musso
lini or the Swiss but by the I
"ally of Italy, Her Hitler him
self.
All this money and more from
the same Swiss sources has
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CORVALLIS COMPLETES
CAMP HOUSING SURVEY
Corvallis. Ore., Nov. 26.
A housing survey, for use if
. nn army cantonment is con
' structed near here, shows that
Corvallis can accommodate 1,
355 additional persons.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Huldah Thurman expressing
relief that no friends of this de
partment were around when she
took a flopperino at the ice
nrena.
Pauline Bush fearing the
worst upon finding out that a
person Just presented to her had
an entree to this department.
Fireman Fred Stevens and
Howard Glascock hoping for th.
return of Sneezy and Bashful
the two dwarfs some one at the
Firemen's Ball took from the de
partment'i set of seven lor a
tuuveoir.
THRONG EXPECTED
TO WITNESS GALA
ARRIVAL OF SANTA
Throngs of people from all
parts of Jackson county are ex
pected to witness the celebra
tion opening the Christmas shop
ping season tonight. The fete
will be held in the downtown
business district from 6:30 to 8
o'clock.
Jack Matlack, program direc
tor, has arranged something for
the enjoyment of everyone
young and old. He has intro
duced a number of inovations,
including the enactment of home
scenes in store windows by live
models. This feature is expected
to be a highlight of the celebra
tion. To see the entire show.
Mr. Matlack said, spectators will
have to circulate and keep an
eye on all the stores.
At 6:30 will take place the
unveiling of the store windows
the curtains going up on dis
plays of Yulctide gift merchan
dise and the beautiful living
models who will demonstrate
how attractive the presents can
be when associated with real
persons. At the same time illu
mination will be turned on the
1942 motorcars and automotive
farm equipment that will be
lined up in the center of Central
avenue from Sixth to Eighth
streets, the two blocks to be
roped off for the convenience
of the expected crowds.
At 6:45 the Medford senior
high school band will march
from city park, proceeding
along Main street to Riverside
avenue and back to Main and
Central where a concert of
Christmas music will be given.
Also at 6:45 Santa Claus will
pull up at Central and Main in
a truck laden with free candy
for all the children. Honking his
horn, Tie will ride to his special
place from Oakdale avenue
along Main street.
There will be other features,
too, such as the marionette show
in one of the department store
windows. There will be a lot to
see in an hour and a half, Mr.
Matlack emphasized.
TENDERED WHITE
Portland, Ore., Nov. 26 UP)
Maj.-Gcn. George A. White,
commander of the 41st division,
was buried with military honors
today.
An artillery caisson carried
the casket through downtown
streets. It was escorted by 2500
soldiers from the 41st division
who paused at an intersection
and presented arms while the
general's body slowly passed by.
Master Sgt. Fred W. Schling
man, senior non-commissioned
officer of the division, carried
the general's two-star flag as the
funeral cortege proceeded from
Trinity Episcopal church to
Riverview cemetery for burial
in the family plot.
Oregon American Legion posts
will drape department and post
colors with the official badge of
mourning for 30 days in honor
of the general. White, who died
Sunday, was one of the founders
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NAZIS CLAIM T.ESERT WAR
TURNING IN THEIR FAVOR
Over 5.CO0 Prisoners Taken
Is Assertion Russians
Admit German Gains.
By the Associated Press
Axis front-line dispatches de
clared today that British troops
south of Rezcgh, scene of a
three-day battle o f massed
tanks, had been encircled and
"annihilated" with more than
5,000 prisoners captured, and
German military quarters as
serted flatly that the Libyan
desert campaign could no longer
be regarded as a British offen
sive. Rezegh is 10 miles south of
Tobruk.
Big Battle Looms ;
British middle east headquar
ters said the Germans had rush
ed up reinforcements to Rezegh
and that a big battle was ex
pected there momentarily.
A Cairo bulletin reported
that the British Tobruk garri
son had smashed deeper into
axis siege lines and declared
that strong British tank rein
forcements, previously held in
reserve, were now moving into
the forward battle zones to
bolster other Imperial armored
columns which had been reor
ganizing for a new attack in
the Rezegh area.
Other dispatches Indicated
that the British expected a
lengthy struggle.
Admit Nasi Gains
On the Russo German war
front, the Russians admitted
serious new German gains on
the northern and southern
flanks of Moscow's defense arc,
but declared that Red army
counter-attacks in the Ukraine
hid thrown the nazis back six
more miles northwest of Rostov
on-Don, in the sector where the
Germans had already lost from
37 to 60 miles.
The Vichy (French) radio,
quoting "German front reports,
said nazi mechanized forces had
slashed through Red army de
fenses to a point within less
than 16 miles of Moscow the
closest approach to the Soviet
capital since Adolf Hitler start
ed his huge-scale drive against
Moscow on October 2.
The radio said German spear
heads had broken through
southeast of Klin, 50 miles
northwest of Moscow.
Report Unconfirmed
There was no confirmation of
the report elsewhere, nowever.
S. A. Jxzvsky, official Soviet
spokesman, said that German
casualties in the fighting around
Rostov totalled 37,000 and that
the two major drives against
Moscow had cost the nazis more
dead and wounded than the
330,000 they lost in the world
war Battle of Verdun.
Soviet front-line dispatches
conceded that a powerful thrust
by German tanks, planes and
infantry had smashed through
the Stalinogorsk sector, 120
miles southeast of Moscow, and
advanced to the outskirts of the
town of "V" presumably Ve
nev, 40 miles northeast of Sta
linogorsk. Stalinogorsk itself is 60 miles
east of Tula, 1(0 miles south
nf Moscow, which hag long been
the scene of blood) fighting.
Stalled at Tula, the Germans
were now apparently striking
in a wider flanking maneuver.
New Threat
The Russians also acknow
ledged a grave new threat on
the north, reporting that the
Germans had scored a break
through to a main highway
somewhere between Moscow
and Klin, 50 miles northwest of
the capital.
A London broadcast said th
Germans had captured the vil
lage of Gora, 40 mile north
west of Moscow, while the Ger
man high command previously
ruid claimed the capture of
Solnetschnogor'ki. only 31
miles northwest of Moscow.
War Bulletins
New York. Nov. 26 (IP)
Premier Mussolini may leave
Rome for the Libyan front to
encourage his Italian soldiers,
the Rome radio said today in
a broadcast heard by NBC.
Berlin. Nov. 26 &) The
German air force bombed har
bors and airdromes in south
east and southwest England
by day and by night, a Ger
man communique said today.
Heavy calibre bombs were
used. In a successful defense
of k convoy against attack by
British motor torpedo boats,
the communique said, a Ger
man patrol boat was sunk by
a torpedo but the crew was
saved.
Berlin. Nov. 26 (IP) Ger
man shock troops were de
clared today to have made
"considerable progress" on
the Moscow front where a
spokesman said fighting now
was raging in the "inner de
fense lines" of the Soviet
capital.
EIGHT BILLIONS
FOR DEFENSE USE
- Washington, Nov. 26. (IP)-
A house appropriations subcom
mittee gave approval today to
another huge defense supply bill
totalling close to $8,000,000,
000 more than three-fourtns of
which would go to the army for
ordnance, aircraft, construction
at military posts, and other
items.
The subcommittee was report
ed to have modified an adminis
tration proposal that it be given
complete leeway in transferring
military equipment, appropriat
ed for since March 11, to foreign
nations.
Committte members said the
funds in the pending bill were
divided in such a way as to give
the house an opportunity to de
cide how much could be used
for lend-lease purposes.
Hull and Jap Envoys
Resume Discussions
In Search for Peace
Washington, Nov. 26. (IP)
The Japanese-American discus
sions which have lagged since
last Saturday are being resumed
today at the state department.
Secretary of State Hull ar
ranged to meet with Admiral
Kichisaburo Nomura, the Japa
nese ambassador, and Saburo
Kurusu, a special envoy, at 1:45
p. m. PST.
Hull conferred at the White
House with President Roosevelt
Just before the announcement
was made.
Hull refused at his press con
ference today to discuss phases
of Japanese-American relations.
Tokyo, Nov. 26 (IP) Secre
tary Hull's continued confer
ence with envoys of the other
ABCD powers caused authorita
tive Japanese quarters to take a
gloomy view today of the out
look for Washington negotia
tions seeking a lessening of Japanese-American
tension.
This coincided with renewed
pressure by United States au
thorities to get their nationals
to leave Japan.
Paris Fined For
Nazi Cafe Blast
Paris. Nov. 26 (IP) The city
of Paris was fined 1,000,000
francs (about $20,000) by the
German authorities today as the
result of a bomb explosion in a
nazi restaurant The restaur
ant, which the Germans said was
bombed by terrorists, was one
German authorities had taken
over for their use.
Epaulettes were originally
dubbed swabs and navy men
know them by that name today.
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One person was killed and S3 others reported Inured when nine ears of the Illinois Central pas
senger train The Seminole ware derailed about a mil south oi Corinth. Miss. Wreckage of the
northbound train is shown. -
Administration Wins First
Skirmish in Price Control
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Washington; Nov.. 36.- ilP) The house refused today to
substitute over-all price control legislation, which would regu
late wages as well as commodity prices, for the selective type
of control advocated by the administration.
Rejection of the substitute,!
proposed by Rep. Gore (D-Tenn )
furnished the first test of house
sentiment on the price-control
issue but the administration bill
still had several formidable hur
dles ahead of it.
The teller vote on rejection of
the substitute was announced as
218 to 63.
There were demands heard
for sending the entire subject
back to committee for further
study.
EASIER REMOVAL
F
Washington, Nov. 26. (IP)
Associate Justice Robert H.
Jackson told senators today that
several federal Judges should
have been removed from office
for misbehavior when he was
attorney general but it was not
regarded as feasible or possible
to bring Impeachment proceed
ings against them.
In an unusual appearance be
fore a senate Judiciary subcom
mittee, the supreme court Jus
tice urged passage of a house-
approved bill that would facili
tate removal of federal district
and circuit court Judges.
Both Justice Jackson and At
torney General Francis Blddle,
who followed him as a witness,
cited the case of Federal Cir
cuit Judge J. Warren Davis,
who resigned recently after
twice being tried for conspir
acy. County Gels $35,758
In Lieu of 0-C Taxes
The county treasurer's office
has received from the govern
ment a check for $35,768.84 for
the 1936 claim of Jackson county
In lieu of taxes on Oregon-California
grant lands. The money
U from the 25 per centum fund.
The money has been turned
over to the assessor's office for
apportionment among ct.unty
funds In the 1942 half-year taxes.
No Bowl Came For
Notre Dame Team
South Bend, Ind., Nov. 26.
(IP) The Rev. John J. Cavan
rugh, vice president of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame and chair
man of the athletic board, an
nounced today the "Fighting
Irish" would not engage In a
post season football game.
53 Hurt in Rail Wreck
Tank Output In U. S.
Now Exceeds British;
Half Are Sent Abroad
. Washington, Nov. 26. VP)
The United States, a defense of
ficial asserted today, already
has outstripped Great Britain
in the race of tank production.
Moreover, military sources
said, at least half of the tanks
that roll off American assembly
line are being rushed to far
flung battle lines, under the
lease-lend program, for service
against the axis.
These reports were coupled
with the disclosure that pro
duction schedules envisioning
33,000 light and medium tanks
annually have been suggested
as part of a proposed "victory
program."
A big share of existing tank
production has gone to Britain,
providing the empire forces
with a sizeable part of the arm
ored strength In the current
Libyan offensive, but undis
closed quantities also have been
shipped to Russia.
U. S. Can't Prevent Axis Win
Von Ribbentrop Tells Allies
Berlin, Nov. 26V For
eign Minister Joachim von Rib
bentrop declared today that
even if the United States enter
ed the war. against the axis she
could not prevent the triumph
of Germany and her allies.
He told signers of the antl
Comintern pact that Germany
already has won her campaign
against Soviet Russia and said
the war now lines up as a fight
with Britain and her "trans
Atlantic helpers."
The United States, Von Rib
bentrop told statesmen of the
axis and its satellite nations,
remains the last powerful ally
of Britain. He added that Hit
ler long had calculated upon the
hostility of a "small clique of
leaders" in the United States.
No matter whether or to what
extent the United States de
livers war materials to England,
the outcome of the war cannot
be c h a n g e d, he declared.
Neither, he said. Is Russia in a
place to make any change.
"If it should to develop that
OF BELGRADE
PLANNED BY NAZIS
TO HIT GUERILLAS
Washington, Nov. 26. (IP)
The White House disclosed today
that government Intelligence
services had reported Germany
was preparing to raze Belgrade,
capital of conquered Yugoslavia,
because the nazis are convinced
that the Chetnika, Serbian guer
illas, are using It as a base of
operations.
Stephen Early, presidential
press secretary, said the report
had come in last night. Asked
the purpose of 'disclosing mili
tary intelligence, he said he ex
pected to see the report printed.
But when he was asked whether
President Roosevelt hoped there
by to deter the German plans.
Early said he would not say so
een if that was the president's
desire.
The reports. Early said, ac
cording to the declaration of a
high German official, declare
that "the bombardment to which
Belgrade has been subjected will
be nothing to compare with what
is now in store for the city."
Referring to a memorandum
before him. Early continued:
"The Germans have decided
to raze Belgrade, which will be
surrounded by troops and ex
nosed to bombardment by artll
lery and from the air."
there would be war between
the United States on one side
and Europe on the other, the
responsibility la clearly on
Roosevelt," Von Ribbentrop
said. .
He added, however, that any
Idea of a German military at
tack on the United States was
' fantastic foolishness," and said
that charges that Hitler planned
world conquest, destruction, of
religion, and nazi dominance of
South America were products
of deliberate propaganda nur
tured by the American presl
dent.
Von Ribbentrop repeated the
German contention that Roose
velt was a "chief instigator" of
the war, and questioned whether
the American people, whom he
described as sharing a long
time friendship with the Ger
man people, would "much
longer tolerate hli catastrophic
policy."
The American people will pay
dearly for President Roosevelt's
policies. Von Ribbentrop de
i clared.
COOL-OFF PERIOD
House Labor Committee
Studies Tentative Draft
Restriction Is Opposed,
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t
By the Associated Press
A tentative draft of legislation
to require coolins off nerini K-
fore strikes could be carried out
in defense industries, Including;
a provision for compulsory arbi.
uaiion, was stuaiea Dy the house)
labor committee today- -Acting
Chairman Ramspeckt
(D-Ga.) drew tho WUlntlnn
direction of the committee after?
attending an extraordinary con
icreiice Dy Democrats and Ke
DUbllcans of tha
President Roosevult and federal
laoor officials.
Under the measure.- durlnd
the so-called cooling off periods,
conciliation, mediation, and aa
a last resort, compulsory arbitral
tion ordered by tha president,
would be attempted. , . .,
Oppose Restriction
James B. Carey, CIO secre
tary, was reported to have urged
the committee, meeting . behind
closed doors, not to recommend,
any restrictive legislation. , Ha
suggested that management and
labor meet with tha president
to discuss a set of mutually-ae
eepted principles to govern lab
or relation! during the emerf
ency. . .
While congress continued
Wurlr on nrntviaaff 1fflalatinnt
negotiations looking toward
settlement of the paralyzing gen
eral strike by 8,500 ATL ma
chinlsta In the St. Louis are
were deadlocked. Three AFU
unions machinists, hoisting en
glneers and carpenters refused
to recede from their positions
which caused the Jurisdictional
wnllrnut iwM ihm r(0ht tn rtro
resent 24 garage mechanics.
The strike was described by
an OPM labor expert aa "the)
most Important and serious lab
or tie-up anywhere In tha na
tlon."
A committee of local fans who)
plan to attend the Oregon-Ore
gon State game at Eugene Sat
urday is securing reservations
for a 'special sleeper car via the)
Southern Pacific to that city. A
special round trip rate will also)
be available If sufficient reserv
ations are secured to take care)
of the special car. Ashland and
Grants Pass residents are all
glble for the special rate.
The Pullman will be put ort
a siding at Eugene after arrival
Friday night and will be picked
up by the regular Southbound
train from Portland Saturday
night. Word has been received
from Eugene that no hotel ac
comodations are available fog
the week end-
The special Pullman will
leave here Friday at 7:50 p. m.
and fans wishing reservations
arctirged to phone the Southern
Pacific their reservations early
Thursday.
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