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By FRANK JENKINS
TTHIS morning's highlights:
1. The Jap cabinet decide
, to rontlniio negotiations with
U. 8. despite "great differences
In viewpoints of the two gov
ernments.
3. The German admit evacua
tion of Rostov In- the faco of
superior Russian, forces.
3, British observers predict
final destruction of axis rem'
nants In Tobruk sector within
three days.
4. Pcloln and Darlnn leave
Vichy for somewhere In occupied
France to meet a "high German
personnge," presumnbly Hitler,
TF you've ever been In a hot
business deal (or at the brittle
edge of a fist fight), with both
Ides bluffing to the last possible
limit and yet each hoping secret
ly that a showdown can be
avoided, you will understand the
significance of the Jap decision
not to SHOOT NOW,
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT re
turns hastily from his vaca-
I tion at Warm Springs. Ncgotia
tlont are resumed. After soverol
hours, Nomura and Ktirusu leave
the conference room with "grave
facta.
A faintly hopeful sign (very
faint):
Ak by reporter -what Pre
mier T0J0 meant by saying the
Orient must be "purged of U. S.
and British Influences," Kuruiu
answers that ho thinks Tojo was
"badly misquoted."
MEANWHILE the governor-
general of the Dutch East
Indies orders mobilization of the
military and air forces of the
colony. Volunteers In Malaya
(British) are called up for scrv
ice, and a state of emcrgoncy is
proclaimed. Japs get out of
Hongkong and all British army
leaves are cancelled. U. S. mill
tary and navnl forces In the
Philippines are held ready for
ANY emergency. U. S. and
Britain rush co-operation in
I establishing far-reaching naval
and air bases in the South Seas.
HTHE nazls, admitting evacua-
tlon of Rostov, say it is done
to avoid unnecessary losses
and to take up more favorable
positions to meet the Russlnn
assault.
Retiring to stronger positions
Is an anciently accepted and
wholly sound military maneu
ver, but la ALWAYS an admis
sion that the enemy Is TOO
STRONG to be resisted at the
moment.
Overwhelming superiority of
the Russians at Rostov suggests
that they are prepared and
able to defend the Caucasus
Also that Hitler is no longer able
to maintain his strength at ALL
POINTS at the same time.
IF the British are able to make
B"uu iwubj n l ci 11 14 u 11 n uiHim
that within three days the rem
nants of axis strength in the
Tobruk area will be finally des
troyed, it will be an encouraging
rsign that they have superior
sirengin in Africa and have been
able to prevent Gorman and
Italian reinforcements from
reaching this Important battle
field. A LL we have today from Vichy
is that Pctaln and Darlan
are leaving for "somowhore In
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Looking Backward
By The Associated Press
One Year Ago Greeks cap
ture strategic points north of
Konttza In fight against Ital
ians. Germans violently attack
Southampton.
Two Years Ago Russian
bombers raid Helsinki: fight
ing flares along 800 mile front
in second day of Russian inva.
ilon of Finland.
Twenty-flvo Years Ago--Rus-slans
prosecute offonslvo against
Austro-OernSan linos on front
stretching from Carpathians to
southern Transylvania,
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German Force Flees,
May Be Cut Off,
Say Soviets
BERLIN, Dec. 1 (P) German
soldiers In advance units bat
tling toward the Russian capital
now "can seo Moscow with the
aid of good field glosses," a Gor
man military spokesman de
clnred tonight.
The spokesman did not soy on
what part of the curving Moscow
front this approach had been
made nut previous reports Indl
cated German forces were near'
est on roads running Into Mos
cow from the west and north
west.
The Germans admitted that
hordes of Russians along the
southern front now blocked the
Rostov road to the Caucasus.
MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (Pi The
soviet Information bureau com'
munlquo broadcast hera tonight
declared violent German attacks
on the Moscow front, wera re
pulsed curing the day and that
Russian troops continued their
pursuit of the nazls in the Ros
tov area.
Much German field equipment
Is being captured as the Ger
mans beat a rapid retreat west
ward, the communique said.
MOSCOW. Dec. 1 UP) Severe.
ly battered German troops, hurl
ed back through village nftcr
village In a retreat from Rostov
that has become the biggest nnzl
reversal of the Russiun cam
patgn, have been unable to stem
tho red army's counter drive ond
aro In danger of being cut off by
a new thrust from the north, the
Moscow radio declared today.
Quoting dispatches to Pravda
from the southern front, the
broadcast said the new soviet
thrust developed yesterday
morning in tho shell-pocked
Donets basin northwest of Ros
tov, where the advance might
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Dissension in
Weed Striker
Ranks Reported
Dissension among a section of
the 1200 striking millworkers
of the big Long-Bell Lumber
company plant of Weed, Calif.,
cropped up Sunday In the Cali
fornia mllltown when a meeting
called to discuss a return to work
movement was allegedly broken
up by AFL unionists.
According to Weed reports,
the gathering, attended by 800
persons In tho Sons of Italy hall,
was called by a workers' com
mittee composed of Henry Kcntz,
Hoyt Lester and some 20 other
long-time residents of Weed and
Long-Bell employes. The re
ports said that the scheduled
speakers were booed down each
time they attempted to talk.
in Klamath Falls Monday,
Wilbur Yeoman, representative
of the Lumbor and Sawmill
Workers union (AFL), said that
he, with M. T, Pavolka, Harold
Mackenzie and William Wedcl,
other unionists attended the
meeting; and attempted to quiet
the throng. He said they were
successful to some extent. The
speakers then turned the meot-
ing over to the AFL men. he
stated.
Tho speakers. Yeoman said.
charged that a union negotiating
committee which has been moct-
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JURIST DIES
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dee. 1 fPi
Circuit Judgo James P. Staple
ton, 67, died late yesterday at
his summer home near Vancou
ver, Wash. The jurist had been
In ill health for more than
year.
OKMULGEE, Okla., Dec. 1 (P)
Four lost their lives and 17 oth
ers wcro Injured, three critical
ly, today as an explosion set
ablazo the gasollno department
of the Phillips Petroleum com
pany refinery.
Tho threat of explosion in a
huge accumulator tank was re
lieved as workers succeeded in
reducing the pressure in the
chamber from 600 to 79 pounds.
Hundreds of residents in the area
had been warned to leave their
homes.
Tho tank Ignited, firemen said,
alleviating fears that It would
explode and scatter steel and
1 Iro over a wide area.
Tho dead:
Jim Hawks, an oiler; Hypo De
cobcrt, C. J. Stelchncr, and Lew
is Pope.
Two stills exploded to start
the raging fire. Two others ex
ploded In a slibrt time.
Firemen reported they were
almost helpless to battle the
flnmlng tangle of steel and oil.
They said cause of the blaze had
not been Immediately deter
mined. ,
REVIEW.OF SMITH
Criticism of Sentence
Referred to New
Grand Jury
Circuit Judge David R. Van-
denberg Monday directed the
new county grand Jury to In
vestigate the case of Eugene
Hugh Smith, the Mcdford serv
ice station operator sentenced
here to five years in prison in
connection with the death of
Mario Etta Russell, a 17-year-old
high school girl.
Stating that there had been
some expression of public dis
satisfaction over tho sentence
given Smith, Judge Vandcnberg
advised the jury to look Into the
case to determine if Smith could
be indicted on a more serious
charge than that to which he
pleaded guilty.
Smith admitted failure to stop
at the scene of an accident in
connection with the girl's death,
and was given the maximum
sentence permitted under that
charge. Ho told tho court.
through his attorneys, that the
girl leaped from his car as it
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Klamathires Buy
$422,628 Worth of
Defense Bonds
-iveeping rnem flying" In a
big way, Klamath Falls and vi
cinity has backed tho national
defense drive with a total de-
fenso bond purchase of $422,628
through the four agencies which
are handling the sale of these
bonds and of the saving stamps
locauy.
Tho total sales of defense
stamps amount to $7017.46, Re
lease of theso figures given by
the Klamath Falls United States
postofflce, the First National
bank, the United States National
bank and the First Federal Sav-
:s and Loan assoclaf.on, was
do Monday by A. K; Collier.
of tho Klamath county national
war savings defense committee,
with offices in the Klamath
county chamber of commerce.
Cooperation of local mer
chants h"ij been, exocptlonal, ac
cording to Fern Jensen, of the
chamber of commerce staff, who
la working for tho committee.
Miss Jensen is now engaged in
distributing posters and other
defense savings literature to
stores and business houses of this
city. Out of 48 stores visited
thus far with material, only one
has been unwilling to cooperate
In displaying tho posters and
folders In this campaign to sell
defense bonds and stamps, it was
said. V
Questions of German, , ' '
Talked, Claim Ly ' ''
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
Dec. 1 (IP) Marshal Pctain
and Reichs-Marshal Goering
met today at St. Florentine In
the department of Yonne, 80
miles southeast of Paris, and
had a "long conversation on
questions interesting to Germ
any and France," the Vichy
government announced tonight.
The announcement was made
by Fernand De Brinon, Vichy
ambassador to Paris, who had
returned from the scene of the
conference.
Destination Secret
Pctaln and Vice-Premier Dar
lan left Vichy last night for
tho oecupied zone without
knowing their exact destination.
Authorized sources had said
the. Journey- was comparabiau to
the 'marshal's trip 13 months
ago to Montolre where he met
Adolf Hitler and agreed upon
a policy of collaboration with
France's conqueror.
BERLIN, Dec. 1 JO A
French editor's suggestion of
military action to recapture
France's African colonies held
by Gen. Charles De Gaulle's
forces received sympathetic at
tention in Berlin today as Mar
shal Petain of France came
over into German-occupied ter
ritory, reportedly to meet a
high German personality.
1 Berlin spokesman would not
discuss tho French chief of
state's mission, however, nor
give tho slightest hint of the
identity of the high German
personality mentioned in the
Vichy announcement.
Discussion of action to regain
Do Gaullist-held colonies was
brought into the open by Mar
cel Deat In his Paris L'Oeuvre.
Some observers expressed the
belief that his call for action
possibly foreshadowed action
by France s colonial army.
Far East Trouble Zone
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This area of the Far East,
the Chinese province of Yunnan,
as Japan's next move was awaited
mm.
This unusual aerial view
would like to twist to cut off
truck on the tortuous curves.
Pjscjjjsioijiv;Cctinwe
After 23 Hours;
, Morse Glum
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 W)
President Roosevelt's special
fact finding board continued
sessions today in efforts to
mediate the threatened strike
of 350,000 railway operating
employes after a marathon ses
sion of nearly 23 hours brought
no results.
The board members made no
comment as they went back to
gether after about a three-hour
recess. As they broke up their
day and night meeting earlier
Chairman Wayne L. Morse said
tie was "not so hopeful as I
Was."
During the night Morse had
indicated he believed progress
was being made toward avert
ing the strike but when the
board recessed at 8:25 a. m.,
he declared:
"The situation hasn't looked
so good for the last three hours
(Continued on Page Two)
centering around Thailand and
commanded the news spotlight
in the Far East crisis.
shows a section of the Burma
allied supplies fot the Chinese
'
House Begins
Discussion of
Strike Laws
WASHINGTON, Dee. -1 : (JF)-
S8,?18:0
legislation to curb strikes in de-
fense industry opened late to
day as Rep. Smith (D-Va.) a
member of the powerful rules
committee, called up a resolu
tion which would provide for
two ' days of general discussion
on the floor to weigh the mer
its of several proposals.
Administration leaders in the
house hoped to win agreement
on some bill by Wednesday.
The tentative first claim on
the house's attention was held
by the bill of Rep. . Smith (D
Va.) which would outlaw juris
dictional strikes, ban mass pic
keting, freeze the open" or
closed shop status and require
a majority vote by secret bal
lot before strikes could be call
ed. .
If this were beaten or side
tracked, next on the . agenda
was the labor committee's bill
which would force a 60-day
"cooling off" period in defense
labor disputes, during which
the national defense mediation
board would seek settlement by
conciliation, mediation or vol
untary arbitration. As a last
resort it would authorize the
government to seize and oper
ate the plant. This measure was
reported attracting consider
able bipartisan support as a
middle-of-the-road solution of
the problem..
Next in line was a bill by
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Large Convoy
Troops Bivouacs
At Fairgrounds
Another army contingent was
here Monday, with bivouac head
quarters at the county fair
grounds. In Monday's unit were 859
men and 30 officers of the 161st
infantry.
Because arrangements could
not be made, no public dance
will be held in honor of these
visitors. All other hospitality
features will be carried out, and
local people providing "taxi
service" wera asked to pick up
returning soldiers near the First
Federal Savings and Loan associ
ation building at Sixth and Main
streets.
American Officer's
Plane Fired on .
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 1 ()
The airplane which bore Major
General George H. Brett, chief
of the United States army air
corps, was fired on by axis de
stroyers, as it crossed the Medi
teranean Saturday, the general
himself disclosed here tonight.
General Brett flew here from
England to speed United States
plane deliveries to British forces
in the middle east. -He
said his piano was not hit
but the pilot dipped to within
a few feet of the -water. '
Road, the "dragon's tail" Japan
war forces. Arrow indicates a
IIM LIBYA STOPPED
T-
BritislwFcH-ces Drive
1
West of African
Hump, Report
LONDON, ; Dec. 1 W An
authoritative source decluared
today that the British - had
counter-attacked German forces
which penetrated their positions
around Rezegh, in the main
Libyan war theater, and that
"our positions is re-established
once more."
The report of a British counter-attack
was said to be based
on information later than that
contined in the British Middle
East communique at Cairo.
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 1 VP)
British forces which have driv
en westward beyond the hump
of Libya are continuing their
operations, British headquart
ers said today, but it acknow
ledged that German infantry
and tanks have broken into the
defenses of Rezegh.
In that main sector of the 14-day-old
desert struggle, the
communique said, one axis tank
thrust from the west was re
pulsed south of Rezegh and
British armored units, turning
on Italy's ariete "spearhead"
division "destroyed about
half the remaining tanks of this
formation which then fled
northward pursued by British
mobile columns."
The British reported yester
day reaching the Mediterranean
coast along) the Gulf of Sirte,
between Bengasi and Agedabia,
more than 300 miles west from
the Egyptian frontier and across
the axis' one supply road from
Tripoli.
On that and the report that
imperial forces are hacking
down German-Italian strength
in well-defined fighting areas,
British observers confidently
(Continued on Page Two)
Pilot Parachutes
As Plane Crashes
Near Hillsboro
HILLSBORO, 'Ore , Dec. 1 (IP)
A single-seated P-43 Republic
pursuit plane crashed three
miles southeast of here this
morning but the pilot, Lieut. Ar
vid E. Malmstrom, parachuted to
Major Milton W. Kingcaid of
the Portland air base said Malm
strom, whose home is at Divi
dend, Utah, bailed out after the
plane went into a' spin while
engaged' in routine' formation
maneuvers. The cause of the
spin was not immediately deter
mined. The crash was the first acci
dent involving a Portland air
base plane, Kingcaid said. Malm
strom was assigned here from
Stockton field, Calif., Sept, 80.
HOPES FADING
Dutch, British, U. S.
Bases in Orient
On Alert
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 VP)
Negotiations on the delicate Far
Eastern situation were resumed
today by Secretary of State Hull
and the Japanese Ambassadors,
after which the secretary hurried
across the street to the White
House to report to President
Roosevelt, who had cut short a
southern holiday. '--
The president and Hull con
ferred by ' themselves in Mr.
Roosevelt's oval study Immedi
ately after the secretary concluded-
his talk with the Jap
anese, which' concerned only
subordinate phases of the Pa
cific situation. The envoy
bought ho reply to the document
in which the United States lasf
week delineated its position.
, .- ... Looks Gray '
Ambassador Klchisaburo Na
mura looked grave when he and
the special envoy, Saburo Ku
rusu, emgerged from Hull's of
fice. When a reporter asked him,
whether there still was a wida
gap between the American and
Japanese positions, he replied:
"I believe there must be wise
statesmanship' to. save .the situ
ation." MANILLA, Dec. 1 (P) United
States army and naval forces
in the Philippines were held in
readiness for the emergency to-,
day as war- fears ;in the Far
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Jan Valtin Gets
Pardon From Term
On Assault Count
LOS ANfllTT.irs TV. 1 iia .
Governor Culbert L. Olson has
pardoned Jan Valtin from a pris
on sentence for assault during a
holdup. - - -
The Gerroan-b o r n writer,
whose "Out of the Night" a
DUTDOrted 'exnosn nf mmmnnlct
and nazi activities is a best-sel
ler, said at Dallas, Texas, when
informed of the pardon yester
day: "The first round of the fight
against deportation is won.!'
Valtin, whose true name Is
Richard Krebs, is on a lecture
tour. Seized last March for de
portation, he pleaded for - a
chance to apply for citizenship.
If returned to Germany, he said,
he would be beheaded.
Krebs pleaded guilty to a
charse of assault with n ifanrilv
weapon upon Maurice L. Good-
siein, oi-year-oia .lewisn mer
chant of Los Angeles.
Senator Adams of
Colorado Dies of,
Heart Ailment
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (IP) A'
heart ailment caused the death
of Senator Adams (D-Colo.), 66,
shortly before 4 a. m. today. He
had been confined to his bed at
his home in the Wardman Parle
hotel since a heart attack which
he suffered Tuesday night.
Adams, whose home was in
Pueblo, Colo., was born in Del
Norte, Colo., in 1875.
After long practice as an at
torney, he entered the senate in
May, 1923, by appointment from
the governor to succeed Senator
Samuel D. Nicholson, who died
In office. Adams remained in
the senate until December 1,
1924.
He was elected a full term in
1932 and was reelected In 1938.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Matty Adams, two
daughters, Mrs. Joseph A. Uhl
and Mrs. James W. Booth, ant
two sons, Alva B. jind Wil
liam H.---
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