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Newspaper Page Textruil l Waau- Weather -r" "pon May Be U.eful Aa "7 way t pick ap Mat extra Carlaunaa money la fta ataa a taor anna tha boma. lather tha anaied artldea, adtertlw them and fet tha eaih. Things 70a aa longer neda may ha aseal ta other. Medford Tribune roncut: Oennlonrt rata to- nlsnt and SatnriUT. tonltbt. Temperature Hliheft jttrUjr. Lowest thll """'" - FuU Associated Pim United Praas Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1941. NO. 215. nn rare niefpw (pk $r am (mmi -m. mm m i r t News Behind The News By Paul Malion ' Washington, Nov. 28. Those bauxite- mines in Dutch Guiana would have been safe enough Fi"ta from Hitler (' a probably a few years ana perhaps for ever. L T 1 Dispatch o VatTVifl A m r 1 e a i I -Ti j U troops to guar A I j them was m laVHiVaiiaf master-d i p 1 Dispatch of American guard a Paul Malion ma tie stroke by Mr. Roose velt for the edification of wabbling Vichy and wayward Tokyo. The move was a smoth ered diplomatic announcement that this government will not be bound to continental United States in protecting its war In terests. To Vichy this meant adjoin ing French Guiana and its air base would fall at a nod from F.D.R. Petaln also knows that he may expect that nod If he sells out to the new German order. To Japan a subtle reminder was conveyed that the same Dutch government in London is also running the Dutch East Indies. Tokyo was thus inform ed she could expect similar U. S.-Dutch cooperation out there in her path. It is true. Mr. Roosevelt edged nearly half-way to Da kar in the same move. But that military phase of the matter is supposed to have been a minor consideration. a a THE private session "of " Mr. Roosevelt and the motley collection of congressmen inter ested in labor legislation was as loud as a CIO convention. Mr. Roosevelt said little, except to change the subject adroitly whenever the argument be tween the S m 1 1 h-Cox-Vincent faction and the laborites reach' ed the point where he thought they might start tossing the ex pensive White House furniture around. The only one present (Continued on Paga Twelve) The football game between The Dalles and Medford, to be played in The Dalles tonight, will be broadcast by KMED starting at 7:45 with pre-game lineups. Russ Acheson will give the play-by-play description. The Oregon-Oregon State game in Eugene Saturday afternoon will be broadcast by KUIN (1340 keys). Grants Pass, start, lng at 1:45. KMED will broad cast the Stanford - California game starting at 1:45. By Associated Prats (Time is Pacific Standard) The War 5:15 MBS; 5:55 MBS; 7:30 NBC-Blue; 7:45 MBS; 9 NBC, CBS. Talks MBS 6:15 Charles F. Palmer, federal housing eo-ordi- nator, on "What Price Defense?" CBS 8 Mel Allen on football. Saturday, The War 8 MBS; 11:30 CBS; 1 p. m., MBS; 1:55 MBS; 2:25 CBS; 3:25 NBC; 3:30 CBS; 3:45 CBS. NBC-Red 9:15 a. m. Advice to consumers; 1:02 Campus Cap ers. CBS 10 a. m. Football re view. Short waves: VLQ7 Sydney 1:55 p. m., news and comment; GSC London 4:45 Democracy Marches: DJD Berlin 5:15 com ment; TGWA Guatemala 7 clas sical music. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ed Nave and Tom Eslinger feeling slighted and neglected on account of being left out of a little news article. Mary Phipps being among Medford residents who will at tend the Oregon-Oregon State football fracas, she offering to yell for an Oregon enthusiast who will be listening to the lame via radio. Radio Highlights Fate of Pacific Peace Dangles in Balance as Ship Arming Is Hinted Washington, Nov. 28. (.IP) The American government. It was learned today from the best available sources In Washing ton, has ruled out any possibility of a compromise with Japan on the Chinese Issue and has raised a possibility that American merchant ships In the Pacific While it was reported on the highest authority that negoti ations looking toward peace in the Pacific and far east had not broken down, the United States viewed the present situation as extremely serious. An official White House an nouncement concerning merch- antment said that these vessels sailing on Pacific routes "will not be armed under existing cir cumstances." Up To Tokyo And when President Roose velt was asked at a press con ference how long he thought those circumstances would pre vail, he said he thought the question might better be asked in Tokyo. He was asked also whether there was anything he might say on negotiations with Japan'a envoys in this country and re plied that he thought be better not. Yet he conceded that news On the negotiations had been based largely on dispatches from Tokyo and he declared that the reason for this was an American policy of infinite patience. It was learned on the best of authority that the current situ ation in the far east Is regarded as serious because America de sires that there be peace in the Pacific and is taking no steps that would alter prospect for peace. i Reports of unabated Japanese military activity near the border of Thailand brought new con cern to the capital. Diplomatic representatives of the other friendly powers In v o 1 v e d Britain, Australia, China and the Netherlands, took a similar serious view. Shanghai, Nov. 28 AP The President Harrison sailed today with 700 American marines to an unannounced destination. leaving less than 200 of their comrades in all of China. Ending the 14-year sojourn of the Fourth U. S. Marines In Shanghai, the Americans were given a tearful send-off. - The remaining detachments at Peiping and Tientsin were ex pected to sail soon from Ching wangtao, north China port. Strange Slaying of Day's Cattle Eyed State police are investigating the strange slaying of a young bull and a six-year-old cow on the John Day pasture near Gold Ray Dam, both being found shot squarely between the eyes sev eral days ago. Both animals, state police said, were mutilated in a fashion to suggest the slaylngs might have been the- work of some sort of a pervert. The cow also had sev eral slashes on her back and hip. OSSNA Needed for Medford To Decide on Street Spelling What Medford needs I an OSSNA Official Spelling and Street Naming Agency. Take Genessee (Genesee) street, for example. The city and telephone directories spell the name of the street with a double s, the street signs have only one and an official map of the city spells it both ways! In New York and Michigan, which have towns of that name, one suffices and so it Is Gen esee. Then consider Park and Da kota. Are they streets or ave nues? The stret sign differ. At the south end. Park is an ave nue, according to the signs, while the rest of it is a street Dakota is in the same predicament. Jackson is a street on Copco maps, a boulevard on the official city map and in the city direct ory. There 1 a Washington street on the east side of town and, completely detached, there is also a Washington street on the west side. may be armed. FAR EAST SEES PEACE EFFORTS FACINGJAILURE By Clark La Manila, Nov. 28 JP Re sponsible far eastern authorities predicted tonight that current efforts to ensure American-Japanese peace would fail and that this would cause replacement of the Tojo government in Japan by another fully committed to a war program. Tha post-ToJo government, they said, probably would com plete preparations for new of fensive action in Asia and for an eventual clash in - which Japan would be ranged alongside Ger many against the Anglo-Saxon powers. Information from Japan was said to indicate that the next cabinet might be headed by Lieut.-Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, for mer war minister and now com mander of the army in Korea. He is considered one of the most widely experienced of Japan' military leaders; he has been a dominant figure in the army clique' control -of imper ial policy line Japan launched her expansion program, by sell ing Manchuria ten years ago. F INDICTMENTS SAY Chicago, Nov. 28. AP) Fifty-two defendants were indict ed by a federal grand jury today on charges of conspiracy to fix the prices paid producers for' livestock and to fix the prices charged for meat. Fourteen meat packing firms, the American meat institute and 37 individuals were named de fendants. The indictment charged that the packers belonging to the meat institute sell annually in excess of $2,500,000,000 worth of meat, representing approxi mately 90 per cent of the total amount of meat sold In the United States It charged that for 13 years the defendants had engaged in a con spiracy to fix the prices paid to farmers and consumers for this meat. Hogs, cattle, calves and sheep were among the livestock listed as being involved in the alleged conspirac; There 1 an Elm street In the southwest part of town, while there 1 another one in the north part. Holly street, understand ably enough, 1 divided into north and south section but, tucked off all by itself for a cou ple of blocks, there 1 also a West Holly. City Attorney Frank P. Farrell said he was stumped when he was asked who had charge of spelling and naming streets. He did say, however, that when an addition is made to tha city the names put on the plat by the residents are accepted. He acknowledged that this didn't help the present situation much. Perhaps the matter should be referred to the League of Ore gon cities for study. Perhaps the research should be made a fed eral project as a defense meas ure so that people won't get lost in blackouts. Perhaps Medford needs an OSSNA. That's what w said in tha first place. Britain L E Lower Branch Also Refuses Tov Strike Out Farm Price Ceiling Prohibition. Washington, Nov. 28. In swift succession, the house crushed today a move to limit wage increases through price control legislation and then de cided to retain in the bill agri culture price provisions advocat ed by farm state representatives. By a voice vote, the house re fused to strike out of the bill a provision to prohibit establish ment of ceilings for farm prices below their 1919-29 average de spite criticisms that it would permit the prices of some farm products to rise as much as 30 per cent. Specifically, the proponents of the provision conceded it would allow cotton prices to rise to 21.8 cents a pound although they contended the huge surplus of the commodity would prevent such an increase. The parity price of cotton is about 17 cents. In it present form, the bill would forbid the fixing of ceil ings for farm prices below the market price on Oct. 1, the 1919 29 average or 110 per cent of their parity price, whichever is highest, - NEW STOP SIGNS PLACED ON M, TRAL AVENUE The city police department today ' called attention to the new stop regulations along Fourth street and Central ave. and asserted that more attention is going to be paid to the small number of inconsiderate drivers who slip through stop signs when they think they can get away with it. The new stop signs were In place along Fourth street and the required street buttons were being installed today. Central avenue will be completed tomor row, said Fred W. Scheffel, city superintendent. ' The city ordinance that goes Into effect as soon as the stop sign 1 put in place require drives to stop their vehicle be fore entering Fourth street be tween North Oakdale avenue and Riverside avenue, excepting Central avenue. Fourth street traffic must stop at Central avenue and the police depart ment called specific attention to this rule. - The new ordinance requires cars to stop before entering Cen tral avenue between Sixth street and Edward street. First crash after the Fourth street signs had been erected occurred late yesterday after noon when a car operated by Jack Thurman, 44, 718 North Riverside avenue, and a school bus operated by Lester A. Wil cox, 49, Route 2, collided at Fourth and Oakdale avenue, it was shown by a report on file today. Police aaid that Mr. Wilcox, driving the bus south on Oak dale, did not stop before enter ing Fourth. Mr. Wilcox will be cited for not making the stop, police stated. Mr. Thurman, who was driving west on Fourth, said he hurt his left knee and side when he was thrown against his steering wheel. The front of his car was virtually ruined. Just because new stop regula tions are now In force, drivers are not going to be permitted to make Fourth street Into a race track, police said. Drivers were also cautioned that, re gardless of signs, they must operate vehicles prudently and with due regard for the rights and safety of others at all times. Gains Definite Rezegh Seen Key to Libya Battle ------ -ItggsasssgIlMICMItr, IjlSillySssaawTs smM LIBYA MAtfNl 0 IppM- Shading Indicates Reiegh-To';ruk area, cantar of the fighting in Libya. Informed quarters In London laid the capture of Reiegh might determine tha fat of Libya, and both axis and British were reported moving reinforcement Into the area. Black arrow mark British drives in their Libyan offensive. POWER TO TAKE DEFENSE PLANTS Washington, Nov. 28. (IP) Senate and house committees gave their approval today to reparate bills which would em power the government to take over a defense plant -when strikes Impede production. The senate Judiciary commit tee voted 12 to 2 to recommend the bill of Senator Connally to take over such plants and freeze the open or closed shop status in them. This action followed only by minutes house labor committee approval of legislation which, besides the seizure clause, would create machinery for voluntary arbitration of labor disputes. . Acting Chairman Ramspeck (D., Ga.) said It was a "middle-of-the-road bill" which "under takes to settle disputes on a voluntary basis." If that should fail the government could take possession of the defense plant jfter a 60-day cooling off pe riod, he added. U. S. IOTRHELD BY NAZLFORCES Cairo, Nov. 28. (IP) Major Buckley, United States army ob server with the British forces in Libya, has been captured, au thorities announced tonight. It was understood he was un harmed. Rome, Nov. 28. (IP) The Italian government announced tonight that two correspondents with the British forces in Libya, Godfrey H. P. Anderson of the Associated Press, London, and Harold Denny, New York Times, have been taken pria. oner. Further detail were unavail able. TOP TWOJVENTS Klamath Falls, Nov. 28 VP) Klamath Falls bowlers held leads In eight of the twelve divi sions as the Oregon Bowling congress moved Into it second weekend here. Seaside, Marshfield, Corvallls, Medford, Bend, Lakeview and BIy entries will roll Saturday and Sunday. Top scores to date: Open Singles, Rengstorff, Medford, 847. Booster Doubles, Wester field Nicholson, Medford, 1111. Woman Caught Redhanded Doing Her Christmas Shoplifting Early Aberdeen, Wash., Nov. 28 who. carried more than $3,000 shoplifting about $75 worth of .Aberdeen police said today, r , L. As she purloined each article, she checked it off against the name of a friend or relative on a "Christmas shoplifting list", Captain John Gillespie said. The captain said he caught the wom an, whose name was withheld, "redhanded" in a department store when he saw her slip a fruitcake into a huge canvas shopping bag and walk out. In the bag and her car, officers found boys' suits, women's dresses, gloves, sweaters, leath er Jackets, handkerchiefs even electrical fixtures plus dozen of other itemi, all stolen. In her purse was $2,100 in postal savings and $1,303.20 In cash. Gillespie said she filled her big bag at least three time in three trip yesterday, empty ing it each time in her car and returning to the counters for more "gifts." Finland With Hitler, U. S. Now Convinced Washington, Nov. 28. AP The state department said for mally today that Finland' latest actions had "confirmed our ap prehensions that it 1 fully co operating with the Hitler force." "Every act of the Finnish gov ernment" lnce the delivery of it note rejecting a United State call for cessation of hostilities against Russia ha made Fin land' position clear, the depart ment asserted in a statement. Many apacias of spon art found In freah water althoufh thay Kara no oommarelal Talue. Sentinels on Yreka's Roads Spread Word of 'Secession' Yreka, Cal Nov. 28. Yesterday this city wa the provisional capital of the pro posed 49th state of Jefferson; to day it Is merely the county seat of California' Siskiyou county. Last night, sentinels posted along the highways leading to Yreka passed out handbills which read: "You are now entering Jef ferson, the forty-ninth state of the union." Today, the sentinels have re turned to- their everyday tasks of earning a living as peaceful citizens of the Bear state. This same unusual procedure will be observed each week un til further notice, secessionist leaders said. ' Four California counties Sis kiyou, Modoc, Del Norte, and Laii have Joined tha acces Edge in (JP) A Grays Harbor farm wife, In her purse, last night admitted goods from three store her, LETHAL: CHAMBER TAKES TWO MORE San Quentln, Calif., Nov. 28 (AP) After laughing heartily and chatting over a robust break fast one hour before their death hour, two members of the notor ious "Duchess" gang were exe cuted In the prison gas chamber today. They were Mike SImeone, 33, and 22-year-old Gordon Hawkins. Both men refused blindfolds a they were seated In the exe cution chair. Young Haw kins looked through the glass window and grinned at the audience. SImeone managed to smile weakly. A the two had entered the death chamber they were laughing. The two men paid with their lives for the slaying of young member of the gang which wa dominated by Mr. Juanlta Eve nt Spinelll, 52, who died In the ga cell last Friday the first woman California had executed. The gang was convicted of mur dering' 19-year-old Robert Sher rard because they feared he would tell police of their depre dations. sion movement begun recently by Curry county. Ore., which wanted to attach itself to Cali fornia. The Lassen secessionist In a telegrim addressed to the state of Jefferson citizens' committee offered to bring . In the "only active volcano In the continen tal United States, Mount Las sen. ' From Sacramento, officials of the state departments of natural resources and public works dis puted the contention of the se cessionist counties that they were being neglected by the state in the development of nat ural resources and road. Charles W. Averlll, district engineer, division of mines, (aid the U. S. bureau of mine and the U. S. geological survey has spent and 1 spending thousands of dollars in Del Norte, Modoc, and Siskiyou co untie. Desert FURIOUS BATTLE TAKES BIG TOLL ON BOTH SIDES Nearly Entire Italian Bologna Division Wiped Out- British Forces Linked By the Associated Pre Britain' desert armies D- peered today to have gained a definite edge In the 11-day-old Dattie of north Africa a ira perial mechanized legion broadened the vital corridor to Tobruk, presumably wiping out axis pocket of resistance, and surged on westward from tha bloody Rezegh fighting zona south of Tobruk. The battle in north Africa continued to rage with unabated fury, marked by heavy losses on both sides. A British spokes man said nearly the entire Ital tan Bologna division, about 15, 000 troops, had been wiped out. He said the Junction between the main British armies and tha Tobruk garrison had now "been completed." Nails Retreat A Cairo communique said British and New Zealand troop which yesterday "made direct contact" southeast of Tobruk. were slowly beating the Ger- mans and Italians back In drive apparently aimed at x tending communication and supply through Tobruk Itself. Unit . of Gen. Erwln Rom mel's German north African corps, which attempted a di version thrust across tha Egypt Ian border, were declared to have been scattered and now to be trying to "rejoin axU force engaged In battle west of Re zegh." , , ' Rezegh 1 10 mile south of Tobruk. . . Meanwhile, R u i a' - Red armies admitted a grave nvs threat to Moscow, with tha German advancing northeast of Tula, 100 mile south of tha capital, and registering new gains In the Volokolamsk sector, 85 mile northwest of Moscow, 3$ Mil at From Capital Soviet dispatches acknow ledged that German troops' smashing into the center of Moscow's defense arc from Moz haisk were only 38 miles from the U.S.S.R. capital. This wa the closest approach to Moscow from due west so far admitted by the Russian. On the north, the Vichy radio reported several day ago that the nazi were within 18 mile of the capital. In the south, the Russians said nazi troops were attempt ing to encircle the key muni tions center of Tula, 100 mile below Moscow, while heavy German artillery and trench, mortar bombarded- the town. A nearby village, identified only aa "N," wa said to have fallen to the invaders. FIXEDJSCHARGE Washington, Nov. 28. (IP) The justice department said a federal grand jury at Philadel phia Indicted 16 hat manufactur ing companies, five labor union and five labor union official today on charge of conspiring to fix price on army field hats purchased by tha war depart ment In violation of an ti-trust law. The Justice department de scribed the case a "a nation wide conspiracy by tha hat manufacturers and labor union to fix price of army field hat and to limit and restrict quanti ties of hat upon which manufacturer would bid." PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR ' WARM SPRINGS SOJOURN Washington, Nov. 28. AP President Roosevelt left by train this afternoon for Warm Springs, Ga., to spend several day at thai health resort.