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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1941.
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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)
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MBS; 7:30 NBC-Blue; 7:45 MBS;
9 NBC, CBS.
Talks MBS 6:15 Charles F.
Palmer, federal housing eo-ordi-
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CBS 8 Mel Allen on football.
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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
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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
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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.