The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, November 21, 1941, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIII WEATHER HUNTERSI SUNRISE TABLE High 39) Low It PRECIPITATION Saturday, November 31 24 houn to a. m. - Season to date Normal precipitation Last year to dato .... Sunrise ill Duck hunting to 4 p. in. ss IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND FAIR. i tflVE CENTS KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1941 " . UNITED PRESS MBMMMaHiBBaaaaaaBaaaaaaMBK Number 0440 '.' i ISM-. In The Day's News P By FRANK JENKINS THE war spotlight today rests .,.., v. I ii nn nnttlirn Africa w" ..w. ........ and the Mediterranean. It will " remain thero lor some time. Dig Issues are at atage. RKKORE Hitler can bo licked " ho mut bo STOPPED. K he -can got alt of northern Africa, it la reaaonably certain he , will be able to go on and get the all-Important oil of the Near Eaat Iran, Iraq and the R u a I a n Coucosus. It will then be too late In aton him. Ho muit bo prevented from gottlng Africa. ,. WATCH France. There'i hen on thero. -The Vichy French have been leaning ateadlly toward collabor s atlon with Hitler (working with Hitler if ahortcr and more un dxrilandable term.) Weygand French commander in Africa, haa been understood to bo anti-HIt- ler. Weygand la suddenly THROWN OUT. Hla aucceaaor presumably Hitler atooge. . . fAKE look at your map A better yet your globe. You uilit ' find French Dosaeaalona "-aprawllng all over northweatern Africa, lnciuaing vokbt. uorman ' aubmarinei and bombera baaed at Dakar would seriously menace -British and AMERICAN supply ' linea around the aouthem Up of Africa.. Thero are French naval and air bases all around the western ; Mediterranean. These la what it i left of the French fleet lit" quite naval force. France and Spain provide an elmoit-ell-land ; route to Africa. - It la eaay to understand why Hitler la putting the acrewa on . France. The promise no la ma ing in return for French help are undoubtedly rosy. tyHILE you have your map out, " take a look at Turkey. You will aee at once lta great useful ness to Hitler In this coming bat- Otlo for the Mediterranean. That will give you an idea of the pres sure that is being put on Turkey and the promises that are being made to her at the same time. THE British seem to be doing x pretty well so far with their offensive into Italian Libya. One swift motorized column Is reported to have reached almost the outskirts of Tobruk and there are hopeful reports thrt a consld eroblo Gorman-Italian army has been surrounded. . ANOTHER British motorized column is striking south into the desert, hoping to smash Ger- , man-Italian forces there. . The openly announced purpose of the entire operation Is to destroy ALL German and, Italian force in north Africa. Thia desert fighting is strictly a war of maneuver, and we are warned frequently from London that the heavy fighting is YET TO COME. . ' ' J COMPLETE secrecy still sur- Vj rounds the Kurusu "conver sations" in Washington. It may be algnificant that the Japanese press, so belligerent last week, Is relatively silent this week.- At any rate, it is an interesting co incidence. Don't think the Japs aren't watching this Mediterranean-African situation with tho tensest Intorest. Events of the next few (Continued on Pago Two) Looking Backward By The Associated Press' By The Associated Press Onb year ago Greek forces leach outskirts of Koritza as Italians floe. German air force bombs England's Industrial mid lands. - . Two years ago British Prime 3 Minister Chamberlain says Ger man exports will be seized In retaliation for unrestricted sink Ingn. Twenty-five years ago Em peror Francis Joseph of Austro- Hungary dies. GOAL DECISION AWAITS ACTION OF 10 Injured in Fight As Pickets Stop Mine Workers WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 UPi President Roosevelt indicated to day that no federal action might be eXpectcd in tho captive cual mine disputa before ho rccolvcs a reply tomorrow from John L. Lewis stating tho position of the United Mino Workers policy committee on tho chief execu tive's latest appeal for a settle ment. Mr. Roosevelt had asked for either maintenance of the status quo on tho issuo of a "closed shop," aa he phrased it. or an agreement to arbitrate with any resulting decision belrli; ncetpt ed in .advance. . . . , . The president a position, was made lenown at a press confer ence while the CIO, In national convention at Detroit, was adopt ing resolution calling upon Mr. Roosevelt to atop the reported training of army men In "strike breaking tactics." There have been authoritative reports for several days that SO, 000 army men were in readiness to take over captive mines if the president decided that was ne cessary to restore production of fuel for-Vltal itecj mills. .Ovor. my ni .u)r were reports me troop would come from Camp Forrest, Term., and other south ern points. ' 10 Wounded ' While Lewis gave a clear cut indication that the appeal would be rejected by the United Mine Workers, Mr. Roosevelt said he did not think there would be any developments in the coal sit uation .until tomorrow. Tan men, three of them saying they were pickets, were shot and wounded in a new clash be tween' pickets and non-striking miners in Fayette county, Penn sylvania, -center of the captive mine Industry in that state. Three men were wounded there yesterday. Asked at his press conference whether he ' meant "develop- (Continued, on Page Two) Grange Adopts Grass Roofs" Foreign Policy By OVID A. MARTIN WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 21 (JPh The National grange today adopted what it called a "grass roots" foreign policy urging the administration to conduct 'its foreign relations so - "that this nation and democracy shall con tinue to exist in the world." The points of that policy, as approved by delegates from 37 states attending the closing ses sion of the farnv organization's annual convention, included: Take all necessary means" to supply goods and munitions to nations opposing aggression. Maintain defense zones far enough beyond the territorial limits" of the western hemis phere to-"give reasonable secur ity against aerial and sea at tack." Maintain the status quo in the Psclflo because of its "neces- lty for the country's economic security." 1 Maintain the Monroe doctrine end the "good neighbor policy." Tho latter, however, should "not be maintained at the ,expense of American agriculture." The grange insisted that dur ing 'the ' present international crisis the administration advise congress and the people on the general alms of Its foreign pol icy and that the principles of free speech, free press and free assembly bo maintained except that military secrets be not re vealed. The grange .also asked that all boards charged with the re sponsibility of mobilizing de fense efforts provide for "actual and effective" representation for agriculture. It asked further that agriculture be given representa tion at the peace table. UN ON Five Safe r' A aassas - w - -T. - -tl rS. cj-J1- 'jfrir' ',.- h&at2iZ&nt& af-faZAi".-..-i - Five parsons, including the suffocated after the train atallad the locomotive is pulled Into the fire started In oil drippings. Murray Reelected qs Alleged, Train (rig. ;. or Army Rapped DETROIT, Nov. 21 (ffW Philip Murray of Pittsburgh today was reelected to his second term ai president of the Congress of In dustrial organizations. The CIO national convention had greeted his nomination with an enthusi astic demonstration that lasted 34 minutes. Murray was unopposed and his election was by acclamation. ' DETROIT, Nov. 21 (P) The Congress of Industrial Organiza tions, in a resolution adopted by Its annual convention - today, called upon President Roosevelt to direct that the training of se lectees and other service men for strike-breaking be immediately stopped." ..-..' . ; "It has been widely reported," the resolution asserted, "that the United States army -has been (Continued on Page Two) ; 17 Moros Killed ' ' ' In Battle Over ' Philippine Draft , i MANILA, Nov. 21 (Seven teen moros were killed today by the constabulary after: an attack on soldiers at Camp Romandler In Sulu province. . No soldiers were Injured. 1 Five moros were killed last week in a similar raid. Ono reason given for the at tacks, termed "suicidal" by con stabulary officers, was that the moros were incensed that draf tees among the tribesmen had been sent to military camps out sldo the Sulu district after hav ing been told they could serve in their home province. , Invitation" Received As Klamath Court Flays Omission By 49th State "Collaboration" of . Klamath county In tho northern California-Southern Oregon movement for recognition and development of resources a movement that brought about talk of a now state would bo welcomed, according to a telegram received by The Herald and - News Friday from Gilbert Gable, mayor of Port Or- ford and head of the Curry County Special commission. Asked about the attitude of his group toward this county, not previously mr.itloned in the rebel" releases, Mayor . Gable wired as follows: "Curry County Special com mission would welcome colla boration of any county in . South Oregon empire In its sincere struggle to gain recog nition and davalsjpmant of vast Die in Train Trapped in engineer and two firemen of In a 7000-foot tunnel for 11 open by a switch engine. The . i America First Asks Discipline For Congress - LOS ANGELES, Nov. 31 0TV With the slogan t'Armv d pau-lngtfo drocr)ere!tpuftern California members of thi Ajner- lea First committee - demanded today that every member of con gress be required to vow on Im portant defense- legislation. . Mrs. Lillian Pascal Day, legis lative chairman- of the Lincoln Heights chapter of Los Angeles, released a resolution addressed to Sen. Matthew M. JNeely and Rep. Adolph : Sabatb, ai chair men of the rules committees of the two branches' of congress. Neely now is governor of West Virginia, and has been succeeded . (Continued on Page Two) Victims of Two . . .. Falls Here Die ! At Hospitals Injuries . sustained this'-week by two' workmen proved fatal it was' learned' Friday - morning with the death of WlUiam Daw son, 45, 405 North Third street; and C. E. Hughes, Grants Pass contractor. Hughes-died at 1 p. m. Thurs day in Klamath -Valley, hospital from Injuries sustained when he fell early Tuesday afternoon from the top of a- 35-foot pole at-the Kalplne Plywood com pany. Hughes was installing a blower pipe for the company at the time of the accident. -' Dawson, employed . for .' the past -20 years by the Klamath Brick . and Tile company,' suc cumbed at 1:50 ' a. .' m. Friday at Klamath Valley. He. had not regained consciousness.- follow ing a fall early Sunday evening when he mistook a,,. basement door for a door leading into the washroom" of an East ' Main street restaurant. Dawson plung ed headlong down the steps to the basement floor.. He was un married. i untouched resources we con sider vital to defense in this -emergency. With Del Norte, Siskiyou counties, California, , already alignad in move to cre ate new state, Klamath county geographic, economic position ; so closely linked that serious consideration toward collabor ation may ultimately result In uniting all south Oregon, north California in what -would un dlsputably be one or the rich-! est states in the Union. We con tinue to charge our develop- ' ment has been Ignored by Ore gon officials and will continue -fight until our vast empire ' wins place In sun its natural resources warrant." ' i : No overtures have yet been made to Klamath county officials in connection with the 49th state: Tunnel a 96-car freight train, were found hours near Van Nun, Calif. Hare locomotive was burning after a BILL RIGHT OF WAY Diswsipnvf, i Strike " ' v h ti ,- ' -4 " - 'to Follow V WASHINGTON", Nov. 21 (ffh The ' house Jules-; . committee voted today to give price-control legislation . right-of-way to. the house floor Monday and mem bers said the decision followed the - democratic . leader's- agree ment, to let legislation to curb defense. strikes follow.- ' ' - . One committeeman said he ex pected "a very early announce ment" on the subject of labor legislation, but 'declined further details. The - rule group - agreed on procedure. for. the price-control question. after the. democratic members conferred at length in a.- closed - session with - Speaker Kaybum. - . beveral . democrats on the rules' committee, -who had been insisting that the house be af forded a chance to consider leg islation which would holt strikes in defense industries, said after the vote oa the price measure that they were ."satisfied" . with the arrangements. - . , II the house completes action on . the . price . control, legislation next week, the reported com mitment from - the leadership would permit the legislators to begin debate the following Mon day on the labor issue. Acting Chairman Cox (D-Ga.) said that the committee action meant .that the house-would be given an opportunity to debate and . vote on the selective price control program -already ap proved by the house banking committee or on an over-all scheme , which would empower the administration to control not (Continued on .Page Two) talk, they said Friday. News paper stories have told of confer ences with officials of Siskiyou, Del Norte and Jackson counties. : Klamath county court mem bers were out of their office on business Friday afternoon when Gable's telegram Was. received, and could not be , reached for comment. " ''."Slighted that Klamath coun ity hasn't yet been invited into - the proposed 49th state, Klam ath county court members said Friday they think Klam ath county plus parts of Sis kiyou and Modoc counties would make a dandy state by itself. "Governor" U. E. Reeder, Attorney General L. Ortb (Continued on Page Two) N azis T S, I New. German Offense - Brings Bloody Fighting LONDON, Nov. 21 m The Moscow radio said tonight that a serious situation had de veloped in the battle (or Tula, 100 miles south of Moscow, where the Russians had reported the Germans halted for the past few days. - - The broadcast said that soviet troops had tried to avoid a Ger man maneuver southwest of Tula aimed at ringing of that manufacturing city. Moscow added that the defend ers were "mobilizing all forces to smash the attempt to encircle Tula." LONDON, Nov. 21 WA big new Germman push on the Mos cow front, which the Russians declared was launched last Tues day by strong German forces, 1 warideelaf' by'tTreoscoTV ra dio today to have been beaten off in bloody fighting. German losses in men and ma chines were described in the broadcast , as "tremendous sacri fices." In at least one place Rus sian counterattacks were said to have dislodged the Germans from their early gains. ' The Moscow radio broadcast a dispatch-by Tass, official soviet news ,agency, saying '. "bloody fighting is now in brogress in the central, northern . and .southern sectors of our defenses where the enemy, having massed large num bers of tanks and motorized in fantry, launched an offensive on the night of November 18." . "In the Volokolamsk direction the Germans hurled In eight di visions, including four tank di visions, three infantry and one SS (elite) divisions "In the Mozhaisk direction on November 19 the enemy became active also, concentrating his ef forts on our flank units holding a motor road and the Mozhaisk highway.". New Sentences Lower for Three Medford Youths 1 A considerable saving In years of freedom was won by three Medford hold-up men when they appeared in court for sentencing for tho second time Friday. Circuit Judge David R. Van denberg sentenced Walter J. Phipps to two years in prison, James Morton to four years, and Joseph Lee Holt to five years with parole. Previously, the judge sen tenced- all three to ten "years each, but vacated the sentences after the district attorney's office notified him the youths were ac cused under a different statute that would permit lighter sen tences. - Holt's parole, it was indicated. was due in part to the fact he is married and his wife is ex pecting a child. The three Medford youths pleaded guilty to holding up the signal service -station at South Sixth and Midland road. They were represented in court by At torney F. O. Small, who asked the court to consider their youth and previous records in meting out justice. SUSPECT HELD SUSANVILLE, Calif., Nov. 21 IP) Sheriff Olin 8. John son said today C. Alexander, 24, of Cleo Springs, Okla., had confessed he caused derail ment of the Southern Pacific's streamline train "City of San Francisco" near Harney, Nev Aug. 12, 1939 in which 24 per sons were killed and 108 in jured, i SITUATION A TULASER OU Punch Line 'Duchess' Dies In California Gas Chamber SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Nov. 21 UP) 'The Duchess," a hag gard, grim-faced woman who ruled a gang of killers and rob bers, was executed today in the state s gas chamber. She was Evileta Juanita Spi- nelli, 52, the first woman to die by the law. in California. - The woman was half carried into the death cell by two guards whom she never seemed to see. Her lips moved in prayer as she stumbled into the room. There was an electric light just outside the gas chamber upon which her eyes were fixed con stantly, as though she never wanted that light to leave her sight. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21 UP) The state supreme court to day denied two last minute legal (Continued on Page Two) ' III SIX MONTHS EARLY 35,000 r Ton Warship '-Slides Down Ways ir . ' in Virginia A ; NEWPORT sNEWS, Va., Nov, 21 (flV-The as.OOO-ton battle ship Indiana, which Secretary of Navy Knox described as a symbol- of this nation's will to sur vive in a world at war, splashed into the James river today from her building ways at the- New port '.News Shipbuilding and Drydock company, six months ahead of schedule. Mrs. Lewis C. Robbins of Wichita Falls, . Texas, daughter of Indiana's, governor, Henry F. Schricker, hurled a be-ribboned bottle of champagne against the towering bow to send the mighty vessel- on her way at 7:53 a. m. (PST). Governor Schricker, Governor James H. Price of Virginia, high naval officials and a number of congressmen watched the $70,- 000,000 vessel slide down the ways, slickened with 45 tons of grease, , without mishap. . . Secretary Knox declared it no accident that the Indiana, third of her name, was ready for launching six months early. "When our industry and labor are united," he said, "there is nothing on earth can stop them." . As the big ship hit the water tugs moved up to take her in tow to an outfitting pier in an other part of the yard. Whistles cut the air and planes circled overhead as the bunting-bedecked warship started its glide. . Mrs. Robbins went to the mic rophone a moment before the launching to issue a cheery call, "How are you?" Then she step ped back and swung the bottle against the ship. -. - The 35,000-ton vessel, of the same class as the South Dakota and the Massachusetts which were launched at other yards earlier this year, represents 731 days work at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock com pany. Her keel was laid Novem ber 20, 1939. Mercury Sinks to 18 Degrees Friday, Lowest for 1941 Klamath's winter record was shattered early Friday morning when the mercury fell to 18 de grees above zero, coldest day of the year. It was 10 degrees above at Chemult, and Tulelake .resi dents shivered in a 13 degree temperature as they went about their early morning tasks. Thanksgiving day's minimum was 19.. '. A check with the US weather man showed a minimum of 17 degrees last December 31. Fore cast for the week was for con tinued cold weather and fair skies. : . .1 mflTTLE.: RAGES IN TWO PnRWPOIlT Contact, With 'Tobrur; i;;Near,;as .Fightfl: : Moves Wesf . ' CAIRO. Egypt, Nov. 21 (JPfZ. British-driven American, tanks) have crashed head on with, strong German, armored detach ments in the desert, destroyed 130 German tanks and. armored cars and forced the enemy - .to) withdraw,, a communique- said, The communique said the bafo tie,, for which Churchill ha asked in demanding the destruo tion of the axis im ... . joinea in earnest" afternoon. . yesterday "-ii Two Actloaau -The battle was composed' of two actions, one near Rezegh and Omar where the ' British, tackled a concentration - of 'Ger. man tanks which had -moved south from the Bardia-Gambut , -' "Hlh .UQSWl- -OV.-'. IBJ when the Germans lost 29 tonka and the British 20.' It continued the next moraine- and. m '4m- ish said, the German-ioree fin ally was driven off -in, k. jiarth. easterly-direetioo -after- Josin 34 more tanks. - . ' The communiaue mIrf.MU .it. uation in the Bir El Gebi ana was not clear except 'that an Italian armored. divisionorigin ally in this area "appare'r.'.ly exert-i no influenm ' tie now proceeding." This was tha oivision attacked and "severely handled" by British forces Nov. 18, the British added. ' ' Meanwhile British tank for mations were reported steadily making ground northward in' a. movement west of Omar. "' Near Tobruk - ' British forces may; already have made, contact ' with, - the v long-encircled d e f e n d e r of Tobruk, it was Indicated unof ficially. : -- ' 1 Official sources made no secret that such contact was the . (Continued on Pago Two) V'i Two Klamaih ; Motorists Get Low Numbers : . SALEM, Nov. 21 UPH-AnUh mobile license plate No. 1 for 1942 went in the annual atata department drawing - today- ip Roy Tuchbreiter, Mapletbn, who drives a pickup truck. ' : ;-- .- No. 2 went to George L. Allen of Cave Junction. Lucky 7 was won by Daniel J. - Howard, Klamath Falls, while J. J. Hoff man of Pendleton got No, 13, The first 100 numbers 'were drawn today, with newsmen drawing the first 10. Those who received low-num bers: -. ' -' V. 3 Ralph Damerow,- coast ' guard radio station, Fort Stev ens. - - ' 4 E. L. Silvers, Seneca. ' 5 Owen W. Matthews. -815 N. Alnsworth, Portland.' , ; 8 E. W. Barnes, Grand Ronde. . ' ' - ' " 9 George F. and Lois Fields,. 6215 NE 34th, Portland. 10 Mrs. Leo Wray, 118S Olive street, Eugene, " 11 Maude K. Edlnge'r, The Dalles. 12 L. D. Short, Ten' MlleV 14 S t a n 1 e y W. Netherton, . (Continued on Page Two) ... News IhtoSX : Church News .....-..'...Page It City Briefs Page 8 Comics and Story ...... Page 10 Editorials . ' Plf : 4, Information .:........ Page 8 Market, Financial Page 12' Pattern ..... Page 7 Sports .