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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1941.
NO. 214.
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Comment
From Washington
Northwest Solons
Baited by F.D.R.
Oregon Projects
Depend On Vote
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Cheaper Power
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'I jeen rw bast
l Br John W. Kelly
Washington, D. C, Nov. 27.
President Delano Roosevelt
has conceived a neat device to
place congressional delegations
of the Pacific northwest on the
gpot. In the omnibus rivers and
harbors bill has been included
every project on every stream
and harbor of Oregon and
Washington. Nothing has been
overlooked; everything is au
thorized in the bill, but no ap
propriations. On the surface,
every member will be delighted
to vote for the bill.
jtJ The catch in the omnibus
ineasure, however, is that it also
contains the St. Lawrence wa
terway and the Florida ship
canal, two projects President
Roosevelt wants and upon
which he has already expended
large sums without the sanction
of congress, the money coming
from his "blank check.". Every
thing centers on these two pro
jects. Each is highly contro
versial. With the omnibus bill
every congressman must accept
these projects or vote against
the bill and thereby vote against
local projects for his district or
state. The president is not in
terested la a navigation and
power dam at Umatilla, devel
opment of Gray's Harbor, im
proving the Columbia at Ken
newick. Wash., another project
at Yaqulna bay, or removing
(nags from Walla Walla river,
what he wants Is the St. Law
Jence waterway, and particular
ly the power project.
Reps. James W. Mott, Walter
M. Pierce and Homer Angel 1
must make a choice. They muf-t
vote for the bill and swallow
the St. Lawrence bait if they
want Oregon projects (no as
surance when these will ever
be started) or, if they resent
the forcing of St. Lawrence
upon them, they must vote
(Continued on Paga 6tt)
Radio Highlights
By Associated Press.
fTime is Pacific standard.)
Tonight, the war 5:55 CBS;
NBC-Blue; 7 MBS: 7:45 CBS;
8:30 MBS; 9 NBC CBS.
NBC-Blue; 5:30 Variety from
Ft. Meade; 7:15 new series, Met
ropolitan Opera Guild.
Friday, the war 9 MBS;
10:45 NBC; 11 MBS: 12:55 p. m
CBS; 1:45 CBS, MBS; 3 CBS,
MBS; 3:25 NBC; 3:45 CBS, NBC
Blue. Short waves: DJD Berlin 3:30
p. m. fairy tales; GSC London
5:30 p. m. Wickam Steed in
"Britain Speaks"; 2R04 Rome
7:30 p. m. news in English.
San Diego, Calif., Nov. 27.
OP) Rear Admiral Paul Dun
gan, U. S. N. retired, died at the
Naval hospital yesterday after
an extended illness.
SIDE GLANCES
BT
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bob McCarty, aged 8, so excit
ed by the coming of Santa Claus
he failed to keep track of Papa
and Mama in last night's crush,
they getting lost
City Councilman Clarence
Meeker being in the thick of the
Christmas opening celebration
and apparently having as happy
a time as any youngster when
Santa Claus arrived.
Pauline Tygart bringing her
family all the way in from Sar
dine creek to see the Yule cele
bration. Laura Dean modestly declin
ing to speak over the Craterien's
microphone upon being present
ed with a set of silver.
Bill Warner whistling because
It's cold and he's hopeful all the
bugs that bite his gladioli will
b frozen.
RELIEF COLUMN L
JOINS SOLDIERS F
FROM GARRISON r
New Zealanders Smash
Northward To Meet De
fendersBattle Swirls On
Cairo, Nov. 27. (JP) The
seven-months siege of Tobruk,
one of history's most dramatic,
appeared ended today as the
British c ommand announced
that a relief column which had
recaptured the bloody battle
ground of Rezegh en route had
joined hands this morning witn
the Tobruk garrison.
New Zealand forces support
ed by tanks smashed northward
to meet a column from the con
glomerate Tobruk defenders
this morning, a communique
said.
The great tank and infantry
battle swirled through its tenth
day with both sides throwing
in new reserves. The main bat
tle still apparently was about
Rezegh, 10 miles south of Tob-
rup, but was spreading far to
the east into Egypt, where the
British fought to wipe out an
axis column which drove across
the frontier yesterday.
British officers said the junc
tion with the Tobruk force
meant the British eighth army
had won the first round but
they predicted heavy fighting
still to come.
They admitted that although
British advance elements had
joined hands there remained
pockets of axis resistance , oa
tween the main British forces
The main British objective.
it was stated, remained the de
struction of the axis armored
forces and this was being
achieved steadily. Therefore the
recapture of Rezegh was mini
mized. Here Is the official British
account of the relief of Tobruk:
"During the night of Novem
ber 23-26 New Zealand forces
supported by British tank for
mations recaptured Rezegh and
occupied Eir Bir El Hamed in
the face of heavy opposition.
"Stiff fighting continued In
that area throughout yesterdav
and it was not until early this
morning that elements of the
relieving forces were able to
Join hands at Ed Duda with tne
British force from Tobruk
which yesterday captured that
important locality."
(Available maps do not show
Ed Duda but evidently it lies
between Rezegh and Tobruk)
British airmen ranged far to
the west, raining tons of bombs
on axis forces moving toward
the front While big bomber
planes' smashed at the harbor of
Bengasi other planes loosea
their loads on transport columns
along the coastal road.
Some of these were skirting
the Gulf of Sirte, 300 miles west
of the Egyptian frontier, indi
eating that the axis was at
tempting desperately to move
supplies and men from Tripo
litania, western Libya, into the
Girenaica battle area in the
east.
(In London an authoritative
source asserted that the Junc
tion of the Tobruk garrison
with the empire forces would
mean a substantial reinforce
ment of the British troops In
the main battle zone by tanks
known to have been in Tobruk).
Danes Demonstrate
To Protest Signing
Anti-Comintern Pact
Stockholm, Sweden. Nov. 27.
(IP Riots In Copenhagen in
protest against Denmark'a ad
herence to the anti-comintern
pact, with police firing on dem
onstrators on one occasion and
arresting some 40 persons on
another, were reported today
by Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm
newspaper.
Demonstrating Danes de
nounced Foreign Minister Eric
Scavenius, shouting: "Down with
Scavenius; down with the trai
tor." the newspaper said.
The initial demonstration, Da
gens Nyheter said, occurred at
2 p. m. Tuesday, the day the
.rtij-nm!ntem rjact was extend-
jed for another five years and
i broadened to include 13 lgri
I tories in Berlin ceremonies.
German Infantrymen March in Snow
A column of German Infantrymen, says Berlin sources, moves through a snow-covered field
on the eastern front Picture radioed from Berlin to Nsw York.
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Hitler Planning New Peace Try
Is Belief
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READY. FOR BIDS
IF
Albany, Nov. 27. (JP) Cap
tain T. E. Dittebrandt, construc
tion quartermaster in charge
of the Albany-Corvallis canton
ment headquarters here, said
last night that plans for the
40,000-acre project are practi
cally completed, appraisals made
und the way prepared for letting
! of contracts.
Accordingly, Captain Ditte
brandt said, the contractor
architect offices will be closed
December 3, though a small
staff will be retained to make
any necessary alterations.
John W. Cunningham, contractor-engineer,
and Abbott
Lawrence and F. S. Allyn, archi
tects, Portland, and their asso
ciates will .eave.
Captain Dittebrandt revealed
that the cantonment plans pro
vide for a power supply line
from the Bonneville substation
at Albany. He has recommend
ed complete electrical equip
ment for this camp, he added,
and if these recommendations
tre accepted the Albany can
tonment will be probably the
first in which electricity is used
for cooking, baking and water
heating as well as lighting.
Alternate plans provide fa
cllities for either one or two
army divisions.
Roosevelt Refuses
Accept Resignation
Of Murray, Kennedy
Washington, Nov. 27. IIP)
President Roosevelt has declined
to accept the resignations from
the national defense mediation
board of Philip Murray, presi
dent of the CIO and Thomas
Kennedy, secretary treasurer of
the United Mine Workers, (CIO).
Murray and Kennedy and
their alternates left the board
about two weeks ago In protest
against Its nine to two decision
against granting the union shop
demand of the L'MW for the
captive coal mines.
By the Associated Praia
The special arbitration board
named by President Roosevelt
to settle the union shop Issue In
captive coal mines of the na
tion's major steel companies to
day asked the companies wheth
er they would accept the board's
findings as final after reports
were publU ed that two steel
finns had not agreed to accept
them.
Published reports said Repub
lic Steel corporation and the
National Steel corporation had
not agreed to abide by the ar ti
tration board's future (toiling.
Churchill Government
By the Associated Press.
London, Nov. 27 (if) The Churchill government, bolstered
today by a new vote of conf iden ce, voiced belief that Germany,,
seeking respite from the war in Russia, was shaping a peace of
fensive through the expanded
But in the same breath, the
government, speaking- 'through
Foreign Secretary - Anthony
Eden, served new 'fjotioe that the
German move would not affect
by "one Jot" the determination
of Britain and her allies to carry
the war to a victorious conclu
sion. The house of commons- over
whelmingly squelched a move
by the four-man Independent
labor party to unseat the
Churchill government and, - in
debate, covered virtually every
phase of government operations,
including conduct of the war.
The independent laborites
moved to amend the house's tra
ditional reply to the- message
from King George VI which
opened the present session of
parliament on Nov. 12. They
proposed to insert a note of re
gret that the king's speech con
tained no definite proposal for
changing the economic system.
While the motion was fore
doomed to failure, the debate
afforded John McGovtern, one of
the independent laborites, an
opportunity to charge,, among
other things, that the United
States was "prepared to use
British bodies to blast her way
into the markets of the conti
nent." The amendment was defeated
326 to 2. (Apparently two of the
independent laborites had been
called on to act as tellers as in
the past.)
The house then unanimously
adopted the commons' reply to
the king's speech, ' embracing
formal approval of government
policies as outlined by the king
as well as an expression of con
fidence in Prime Minister
Churchill and his cabinet heads
of the armed services.
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden urged rejection of the in
dependent laborites' amendment
asserting "there is a job of work
to be done and I hope the bouse I
wm encourage uie iuiinii...
. , ih. ih hv rpiort.
ing the amendment."
Eden denied in passing an as
sertion yesterday by German
Foreign Minister Joachim von
Ribbentrop that Britain had
been assured in 1940 that Rus
sia would Join the war oo Bri
tain's side.
HOW TO SAVE
Portland. Nov. 27. 0P Bon-
nevilla Administrator Paul J.
IRaer told State Public Utill-
! . a . : -v I n
uea Lammui oner ui miuiiu i.
Ban todav that use of Bonne
ville power In state Institutions
might save the state 3J,000 a
year.
BRITAIN'S LOSS TOLD
London. Nov. 27. JPf Brit
ain's merchant marine and list
ing fleets have lost 8.454 offi
cers and men In action since
the war begen, a compilation of
official casualty lists showed to-
day.
anti - comintern pact
E ATTACK
ENDANGERS OUTER
E
Moscow, Nov. 27. IP) Mas
sive German attacks near Volo
kolamsk, 65 miles northwest of
Moscow, endangered outer Rus
sian defenses to the capital to
day. The newspaper Izvestia admit
ted the situation of Soviet troops
in this sector was "aggravated".
Resistance to the expanding
German drive was continuing
however, Izvestia said. In the
last 10 days the Germans have
failed to turn the flanks protec
ting Moscow although they have
driven closer, Pravda, the Com
munist party organ, added.
Izvestia described the German
offensive near Volokolamsk, one
of the many spearheads aimed at
Moscow, as "enormous".
In one action, the Germans
threw six tanks and five Infan
try divisions into the drive
against the Soviet lines, Izvestia
reported. The Germans sought
to encircle the Russians and
push them back Into a lake, the
newspaper added, "but Soviet
resistance thwarted this plan."
In a review of the Russian
counterattack which Soviet of
ficials reported had pushed the
Germans back 70 miles In the
Rostov area, Pravda said over
10,000 Germans were killed and
wounded.
More than B0 tanks, 400
trucks, 130 guns and 88 machine
guns were eaptured and SO
planes brought down, Pravda's
correspondent continued- In ad
dition, he said. 83 machine-guns
10 mine thrower batteries, 70
guns, 1,380 trucks and 119 tanks
deatroved
I were oesu-oyea.
EL
Washington, Nov, 27.
Alfred McVay, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce of Walla
Walla. Wash- and Frank
Mitchell of the Walla Walla Bui
l.t In a,,MAa4jt tr th. m. Am
mm uKa" -
partment today that It Include
that cKy in Its list of additional
j air bases expected to be stab-
lished.
Yakima- and Ellensburg are
also seeking bases.
"We were told that a decis
ion probably would not be
reached until all field reports
are In and were glveu assur-
jance that every
consideration
would be given to the Walla
Walia tite." McVay said.
Jecond Victim Is Claimed by
Slippery Siskiyous Pavement
SANTA GREETED
E
Progress Blocked By Packed
Street High School Band
Also Bucks Human Wall.
Santa Claus was last night
given the biggest and warmest
welcome ever accorded him at
a . celebration opening the
Christmas shopping season here.
For a moment it looked is
though Santa was going to meet
his doom. He rode down Main
street from Oakdale avenue In
his candy-laden truck and was
to have turned north into Cen
tral avenue to take up his
candy-distributing post In a
fenced square. But when the
truck slowed down to make the
turn, the crowd surged forward
and in a trice Santa was com
pletely surrounded by the most
concentrated throng ever seen
in Medford. Police had long
since lost any control over the
crowd and dear old Saint Nick
looked for a moment as though
he. might be in for a bad time
of It as he was completely hem
med in and could not move In
any direction. A raid on his
candy boxes seemed imminent
Candy Given Away
But the jolly old fellow from
the North Pole was equal to
the, occasion. He smiled a beam
ing, cheery smile,, outstretched
his arms for order, said some
thing calming that could be
beard only by those nearest him
and presto! the surging ceased.
Then with Jack Matlack, cele
bration program director,. lead
ing the way. the truck bearing
Santa Claus gradually made its
way. to the spot marked off for
the welcome 'guest In the bril
liant red suit and long white
beard. There Santa gave away
exactly 1,400 separate bags of
candy and he could have used
a few hundred more without
being extravagant, so large was
the crowd. But everyone had a
good time and all were satis
fied.
The Medford senior high
school band also had a time
trying to march through the
crowd. All went well enough
until the band, marching east
on Main street to Riverside
found a solid wall of humanity
facing it on Main street Just
east of the Central avenue In
tersection. Desperately the drum
major waved his baton and
shouted for clearance and the
crowd separated just In time to
let the musicians through.
Band Bucks Crowd
The gap was ' soon closed,
however, and 'returning from
Riverside avenue . the . band,
which ordinarily marches the
full width of the street, had to
proceed In a column of twos,
and It was a tight squeeze at
that. Police had not kept the
band's place on South Central
avenue clear and the musicians
had to continue westward on
Main street and wait until
(Continued on Pace Baren)
Japs and Roosevelt Silent
On Results of Conference
Washington. Nor. 27. VP
Ja panes envoys 'reported after
a White House conference today
that they had had a "very
friendly" conversation with
President Roosevelt
They were silent however, as
to whether negotiations looking
to solution of Japanese-American
problems would be resumed.
The White House meeting fol
lowed the action of Secretary of
State Hull last night In putting
the question of peace or war In
the Pacific squarely up to the
Japanese government
Saburo Kumsu, special envoy,
told reporters however, that he
had no orders to return to
Japan. Ha added be would not
Coincidence Rules
Arrival Here of
Hodges' Daughter
Here Is another coincidence
to chalk up for the long
legged Stork. Baby Hodges,
born this morning at 2:30
o'clock at Sacred Heart hos
pital decided there wasn't
enough celebration In the
Hodges household on Novem
ber 27. So she was born on
tier mother's birthday and
her parents' third wedding
anniversary.
Yet unnamed, the new ar
rival weighed eight pounds
nd six ounces and is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
G. K. Hodges. 826 West Tenth
street Her father is circula
tion manager for the Oregon
lournal In this city.
TWO FAST TRAINS
JUMP RAILS ON
TO
By the Associated Presa
Two fast Atlantic coast Una
passenger trains, southbound
from New York to Florida, de
railed within the same - hour
early today near Hortense, Ga.,
and Dover, Fla., killing on per
son and Injuring 20.
' A middle-aged man tentative
ly Identified as John Carroll,
address undetermined, was
crushed - to death when the
stream-lined Champion left the
track south of Hortense, spilling
seven cars into marshy land
near the Satllla river.
Doctors from Waycrosi and
Jesup, Ga., waded knee-deep In
roadbed ditches to reach 12 In
jured passengers In the Cham
pion for emergency treatment,
then rushed them to a hospital.
Shortly before 6 a. m.. Cham
pion wreck, the Havana Special
was derailed just after leaving
Dover, near Tampa, Fla., injur
ing eight persons, only two of
whom required hospitalization.
The locomotive and all seven
cars left the rails but only three
cars overturned. .
Scenes of the two wrecks are
approximately 300 mile apart
There was no evidence of sabo
tage in either wreck, E. B. Rush,
superintendent of transportation
in the railroad's southern divi
sion offices, said In Jacksonville,
Fla. '
TANKS PAINTED WHITE
AS SNOW CAMOUFLAGE
New York, Nov. 27 iPh-The
British radio said today that
British tanks, now in action in
the Moscow abttle, are painted
white as camouflage against the
snow..
Th report, heard by CBS,
said pictures of the tanks are
appearing in Soviet newspaperi.
Football Scores
At College Station, Tex, Texas
23, Texas A. and M. 0.
say now whether he would see
Hull in the next few days.
Hull participated In th White
House conference, as did Admir
al Klchisaburo Nomura, th Jap
anese ambassador. Th confer
ence lasted 49 minutes.
Replying to a barrage of ques
tions, Kurusu said, "we bad a
very friendly conversation." He
added that he and th ambassa
dor had been Invited to th
Whit House.
Asked whether th United
States proposals banded to him
last eight provided a basis for
negotiations. Ambassador Nomu
ra said he had not heard from
Tokyo and therefor could not
aoiwar that
SKIDS TO DEATH
ON RETURN TRIP
Mrs. Etta Florence Burns,
41, Nurse At Shasta Dam
Mangled Under Upset Car;
Wet, slippery pavement on
the Pacific highway over the
Siskiyou mountains claimed its
second fatal accident victim in
10 days yesterday afternoon
when Mrs. Etta Florence Bums,
41-year-old, nurse at the Shasta
Dam hospital near Redding Cal..
was crushed under her car after
It skidded into a bank and over
turned in a ditch 7 miles south
of Ashland.
Mrs. Burns, driver of th 1941
Chevrolet coupe, suffered
crushed skull, two broken arm
and numerous bruises and abra
sions. She was-killed instantly.
Her companion in the auto
mobile, Chester F. Royse, 31,
reclamation bureau employ at
Redding, escaped with only
minor scratches and bruise. (
Upset In Ditch
Deputy Coroner C. M. Lit
wilier of Ashland, who removed
th body to Ashland, said that
th car, traveling southbound,
apparently skidded on a wet
spot In th road, veered to th
right and up on a bank, than
overturned and landed In
shallow ditch alongside th
highway. Mrs. Burns, he said,
evidently was thrown out th
driver's window. She was man-
Xled under th car as It cam'
to rest In the ditch. Th acci.
dent happened about 4:30 p. m.
Mrs.' Burns and Mr. Roys
had been visiting sine Tuesday
night with Mrs Bums' brother
In-law, James B. Faublon, em
ployed her at present on th
proposed army cantonment staff.
They ware en rout to their
homes In Redding when the)
accident occurred.
Mrs. Burns' sister, Mrs. J. B.
Faublon of Portland, Is in Ash
land arranging for funeral serv
Ices. Other survivors are at
sister, Mrs. Margaret MacMUIan
of Vancouver, B. C, and two
brothers, William J. Brown of
Chemlnus, B. C, and Clyd
Brown of Vancouver, B. C.
Her husband. Matt died In Los
Angeles in October 1940. Th
victim was a graduate of Lady
onith general hospital in Lady
smith, B. C.
Th accident happened about
a mil this side of th spot
where Otto J. Boss, Los Angelea
diamond appraiser and broker,
lost his life November 17 when
he was crushed against th rear
bumper of his own car by a
skidding automobile operated by
Mrs. Evangeline Parker Jonnson
of Claremont, Calif. There hav
been numerous other accident
In th vicinity thus far thl
winter, although none of them
has been fatal.
Deputy Coroner Lltwlller said
there would not be an Inquest,
Norse UcGalliard Is
First lo Eiy Satis
la Jacksoi Go. Drive
Mist Elizabeth McGalllard.
Jackson county public health
nurse, was th first purchaser
of Christmas Seals in th 1941
campaign in Jackson county.
Miss Helen Bullls, county seal
chairman, announced today.
Miss McGalllard purchased her
seals one week In advance of
th official opening of th cam
paign In order to use them on
packages, going to England for
Christmas.
To fill Mis McGalllard'!
order Miss Bullls opened th
boxes In advance, so th mes
senger of good health accom
panies each package Miss Mo
Galliard It sending abroad.
Th mail sale of Christmas
Seals opens in thl county to
morrow. Th letter go into th
mall tonight for delivery Friday.