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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
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KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1941
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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
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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 ,- '
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'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
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N
azis
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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
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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,
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