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NORTH IOWA'S DAILY PAPER EDITED FOR THE HOME A I A A i I A HOME EDITION "THI NfWSFAKR THAT MAKES AU. NORTH lOWAfis NEIGHBORS" MASON CITY, IOWA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13. THIS PAPER CONSISTS OF TWO SECTIONS MASON CITY I SPOT j. A JKiUJiJilV J.e5, lyiJL PAPER CONSISTS OF TWO SECTIONS sECTioM oire NO. 3 0 LJLWNSHgySENEUTRALITY VOTE EXTENSIVE WAR IN MIDDLE EAST IS THREATENED Nazi Push Against Kerch Fortifications Shows Shift in Stress Bsc JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor Axis preparations for an "a 1 tout" drive Caucasus intensified threats of winter-, war in.

the middle eas from the Libyan desert to the Pacific. The immediate key to the shift of big-scale fighting toward warmer -climates was a Qerman push to Kerch fortifications guarding the straits separating Crimea front the Caucasus roadway and mobilization of axis reserves for an offensive against the red army's line along the Donets river. But in. the background were both Britain and I the axis to fight in the North African desert in the coming winter months and the threats of Japan to strike southward without delay because of what the Tokio press called the, "insufferable" hostilitj I of Britain and the United States The Japanese news agency Do- mei was quoted as saying that an undeclared the democracies already was in progress. Russia China were understood in London to have called upon Britain to take action to prevent Japan torn sinking, presumably by Jt declare wmr.

The British to be iMijUiirii ijloa Wasitogton's tack on Thailand or the Burma road. lr? -NChina also jvas understood; an London to have appealed to Presi- dent Roosevelt for. American airplanes and perh'aps -personnel io aid in defense of the Burma road, which is more vulnerable to aerial attack -than to a land offensive. It was understood that China's need or planes, -was extremely acute, although" Tokio had reported that- about 30 American airplanes''already were in action on the Burma road. A Chungking a i i a spokesman said that Japanese planes would attack the Burma road from: Japanese bases in Indo- China "immediately" in event of failure of the peace mission of Saburo Kurusu, at Where it was felt that the chances of success were extremely slim.

The turn of all these threats in coming months may well depend i on the success or failure of the German push toward the Caucasus, which is the main route for American and British supplies through the middle east to Russia as well as the center of the fields. London dispatches said that the Germans apparently were starting a bie offensive in the Ukraine, co-ordinated with their drive across the Crimea. The axis push would be directed the Don river defenses and Ihe key cily of Rostov, which 'has- held ont for almost a month against persistent German attacks. At the same time, the 'Germans would be expected to try to force a passage across the Kerchenski straits which five-mile water gap from.the Crimea to the mainland south of Rostov. Already, Berlin said, axis forces are attacking the Kerch fortifications but it was acknowledged that these are difficult to penetrate and that the Russians have powerful artillery on a 500-foot high bluff six miles east of Kerch, guarding the narrowest point on the straits.

It was believed that the Germans would try to cross at some other point as a result of their capture of several fortified positions on the east Crimean coast south of Kerch Order Rail Strike 8 the five operating brotherhoods of the rail- 350000 a l' nj fo'Chteaift. ordered their --I uraerea tneu- o50000.members to strike beginning DeJ. 7 for a 30 ter- cent wane increase. tr cu torlght are: Johnston of engineers (signing order); A 'M and enginemen; standing-- f- Ia 5, nzie of railroad trainmen: (for A Whitney C. Cashen, of switchmen's H.

W. Fraser of railway, conductors. riaser, 29 WATCH MMBHCTHJ- 7 3 Individuals Also i Charged With Violating Anti-Trust Law NEW W)-The Kami! ton Watch combariy; Elgin Na- lional Watch company, Waltham Watch company, 26 other corpora- lions andi73 persons were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges of violation of the Sherman anti-trust law- Three indictments were up to Federal Judge John Clancy. The first named the Hamilton company of Lancaster, its fficers and 23 distributors and heir officers, in principal cities including New YorK, on; Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City Omaha and Dallas. The indictment contains one count alleging a combination and ronspiracy to restrain interstate rade and comerce in -the.

distribution and sale of Hamilton catches, in preventing certain de- cnbed persons, partnerships and corporations from buying selling distributing or dealing those vatches. junman Rots Woman of $2,000 in jewels MINNEAPOLIS, CUR) Detec- ives Thursday sought a -coin-tens, well-dressed bandit, who ok $2.000 worth of jewels from Mrs. Elizabeth H. Washburn at her home Wednesday night. While the young bandit covered- her with a pistol, Mrs.

Washbuni widow of the former president of the Washbum-Crosby flour mills, removed an engagement ring set with a large diamond, a platinum ring set with an emerald, a platinum pm set with diamonds and a gold ring set with six diamonds. Horseplay GOLDSBORO, N. Car (if)-Mrs. E. D.

Ellis opened the front door of her house--and there, sitting down on the porch as pretty as you please was a-horse! It just got up and ambled on 14 Railroad Board's Plan I A (IP) Fourteen unions of representing 900,000 workers in the railroad industry, issued a joint statement Thursday rejecting the recommendations of th president's emergency board for settlement of their wage dispute The statement did not contain direct threat of a' strike, although non-operating employes authorized their leaders last Sept 5 to call one, and the five big operating brotherhoods have orderec walkout to begin Dec. 7. On the subject of future action to enforce their demands the statement said: "Railroad employes believe in orderly procedure, but they not willing to accept injustice They are determined to pres- their demands for equitable consideration and relief against present intolerable wage standards and to gain reasonable The statement was made public by Bert M. of the AFL's railway employes department. Continuing, it said: "The refusal, of the president's emergency board to grant an.

increase in- prevailing contract wages (except as' to certain mmimums), and recommending only temporary additions to wage payments for a limited period of time, is most disappointing to the "The clearly established facfs show that wages of these railroad on the average, are but 53 cents an hour and are 35 per cent below wages paid similar workers in other comparable industries." Printers' Foreman Makes Up Page, Dies POCATELLO, Idaho, tern was added to the front page of the Idaho State Journal Wednesday night after deadline. It old of the death 'of Nathan Read, 39, veteran shop, foreman who died just before completing work in the page one form. Defense Savings Stamps for. sale Globe-Gazette Business office. LABOR TROUBLE Iowa Mercury TrlUPflTFNFn IN 8 De ree iNKtAltntU IN Above Normal VARIED FIELDS Coal, Railroads and Long Distance 'Phone Industries Included By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Labor disputes Thursday cas dark shadows over the immediate future of railroad transportation long distance telephone communi cation and the mining of soft coa to fuel the nation's steel mills.

In addition, there was a. growing possibility that the disturbed labor situation might even cause the defeat of administration sponsored changes in the neutrality act. Some house members declared they would not vote to.send American merchant ships into war zones unless the administration took firm steps to prevent' work stoppages on defense projects. White house action of some sor appeared certain in the -soft coa dispute, involving the CIO Unite. Mine Workers' demand for a union shop in the captive coal pits operated by the steel companies President Roosevelt invited UMW President John L.

Lewis, CIO Chief Philip Murray, UMW Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Kennedy and the heads of three large stee i companies to confer with him Friday. DIVORCE FROM LEWIS IS ASKED Dorothy Thompson Sues Novelist on Charges of'Desertion in 1936 "WOODSTOCK (UK-- Charg- "willful desertion," Columnist Dorothy Thompson sought a di- Murray and Kennedy resigned J' orc from Sinclair Tuesday from the defense media- feT 1 st, playwright and fmri A. i. 11 prizE" winnsr- Her petition, served on the 56- year-old Lewis in New York'on Armistice day, was filed Wednesday in Windsor county: court where it will be heard next month Thompson, 47, said she and in 1928 Eondprfr but that Lewis desert- tion board, in' protest to tha group's 9 to 2 recommendation against, the UMW's demand for the union shop in the captive mines There was no indication wha action Mr. Roosevelt had mind but the was called lai the very day that Lewis sum- flwned the to a special meeting, presumably lor'a decision on union action in cmld Michael now a view of, the mediation board recommendation.

While the white house conference was called for Friday, the house of representatives was slated' to vote on the ac changes 'Thursday, the effec of Mr. Roosevelt's move on the pending i a i remaincc problematical. The: UMW so far has shown no sign of givine up its demand for, a union shop clause in the captive mines-- a provision which would require every member to join the union after a probationary period of employment. a road strike caused extreme concern. to the country's shippers as well as to the administration.

The five operating brotherhoods, representing 350,000 workers, decided to walk, out progressively Dec. 7, 8 and 9 in support of their lemand for a 30 per cent wage boost A fact finding board appointed by President Roosevelt nad recommended a TV- per cent increase which' the men rejected but which the' carriers said Jiey would accept. The lowest paid of the operating personnel now receives $5.06 a. day. The projected telephone strike, set to at midnight Friday, would tie up hot only lonjt distance lines In 42 states, but also radio ground circuits.

John J. Moran, president of the independent Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers, said the decision to call a walkout of 15,000 vorkcrs followed a meeting with he U. conciliation service and representatives of the American Telephone and Telegraph company to discuss the union's demand for a 4 per cent wage boost and narrowing of -geographic dif- erentials in pay. Their still appeared to be a hance the strike would be averted the dispate' was certified to the national defense mediation board. IOWAN DROPS DEAD MISSOURI VALLEY W-Milo teed, longtime employe of he Wilson Packing company dead of a heart attack in furniture here late Wednesday.

NORTHWOOD-Postmastcr and Mrs. Hans C. Johnson suffered bruises and Emil Lau, Northwood a was in tne Worth county Jail Thursday following an automobile accident which involved Si! OB 'g hwa 65 on the oty south of Northwood Wednesday night The multiple accident began wnen the car driven by Lau struck the Johnson cat as both neared 1 Jailed After Car Accident Northwood at the city limits. The Johnson car was thrown to the right side of the highway, plunged into the ditch and continued through a fence and into a field. Lau auto also swerved to the right and struck the bank of the ditch.

The Northwood man was unconscious for a short time. He suffered slight facial cuts. No charges have been filed pending the result of blood tests taken by Worth county officials, A short time later Carder Krabe of Albort Lea, Minn, drove by the scene of the accident, and in order to avoid the flare put there by officers, turned toward the ro His car hit the soft shoulder and went into the ditch, overturning completely. The driver was shaken, but not seriously injured. The 'car following Krabe also plunged into the ditch seeking to avoid the accident scene.

A fifth car, coming from the south bounced off the shoulder and the vehicle skidded toward the ditch Bystanders ran to the car, and held it from going into the ditch. The car was then cased down into the ditch, and driven along the ditch to the Ben Bakken home, then driven back on to the pavement DES MOINES, was another perfect day for Iowa's army of pheasant hunters Thursday. Temperatures averaged eight degrees above normal, and skies were partly cloudy to cloudy. Somewhat colder was forecas for Friday. Making a "long range" forecas for Saturday's football games, thi weather man said: "It may be pretty good the way it looks right now unless we ge into trouble with a storm off British Columbia.

There's an ocean storm up there and we'll be all right if it doesn't come over the mountains too fast. I'd say we hac 50-50 chance for a good day." Highest temperature Wednesday was 68 degrees at Council Bluffs and low for the night was 34 degrees at Iowa City and Cliarles 1 'SlU-- dent at Hudson, N. Y. Miss Thompson's legal residence is at Twin Farms in Barnard a drowsy' mountain village at the outlet of Silver lake, nine miles north of here. She and Lewis frequently were there when they first were During; her studies 'at the -University of Vienna she met Josef Bard, a native of Budapest.

They were we'd: April 26; 1923, but she soon divorced him. Lewis, author-of a number, of was bom -anter, Minn. His first wue was Grace Livingstone Hegger, whom he married April 15, 1B14. He has a son Wells, by that marriage DOROTHY THOMFSONT --Files divorce sail Railroad Ships Fire Firemen Who Put Out on Arrival MINNEAPOLIS, U.R_ The Great Northern railroad nipped a fire to the boys of engine company No. IB.

The fire, which broke out in a boxcar containing flax straw, was discovered near Wazata, by the train crew which notified railroad officials here. Engine company No. 16 received the alarm, went to the yards, stretched its hose lines and vaited for the fire. The train, en- route to Minneapolis from Willmar, arrived 15 minutes ater and the buring car was witched to a side track where the lames were extinguished. CRUSHED BY COAL CENTERVILLE, coroners jury here has described as an mav'oidable accident the death of Charles Owens, who was crushed by falling coal in the Corby coal mine six miles west of Centcrvillc Monday.

Antlers Lock Deer The death battle oE two buck deer -in the- Black Hills near Deerfield, S. Dak, was revealed when hunters found iS rri Blocked (above) by antlers with the old master he defeated in a fight for liis doe game warden released the winner with saws and an ax Kills Weasel andPheasant W) rj Paul p'Keefe, Waterloo' i i a'n, bagged a pheasant and a weasel with one shot while hunting Wednesday near Dunkerton As the pheasant rose in the air it carried upward at the same time a weasel which had its jaws on the bird's leg. Both bird and weasel were killed by the same shot. Wilson Recalls How Lost Seat While Broadcasting at Game TIES I Gov. George Wilson plans to attend the Iowa-Minnesota football game Saturday but he isn't sure about accepting an invitation to appear on a radio halves.

'I don't know-- last program between year at homecoming I started out on seat No. 2 and ended up at seat No 19 which indicates what you can do in that crowd." Man, Run Over by Car Driven by Wife in Heavy Fog, Succumbs -SAN JOSE, (U.K-^Mrs. fenry Merz drove through heavy to pick up her husband at lite cannery where he worked. Just as ihe was about to park to wait for lim, she felt an impact and realized she had run down someone. She -alighted and saw her hus- anri under the wheels.

"I'm all right, Honey," he said However, he died in a hospital after firemen jacked up the car and extricated him. Only 6 Out of 40 "'upils Ever Saw Cow KANSAS CITY, her 'oungster came home from school asking what was paralyzed milk, mother paid the teacher a visit. A raise of hands-showed only, out of the 40 pupils had ever seen cow. Classes were interrupted Wednesday by a visit to a dairy arm. Defense Savings Stamps for sale at Globe-Gaiette Business office.

PLANE WITH 3 CHIEFS OVERDUE British Anxious Over Steinhardt, Litvinov, Monckton in Iran LONDON, (U.R) Authoritative British quarters Thursday admitted "increasing anxiety" regarding the whereabouts of an airplane carrying Laurence A. Steinhardt, U. S. ambassador to Russia, Max Litvinov, Russian ambassador to Washington, ana Sir Walter Monckton the British ministry information. The plane is overdue at Tehran, Iran, from Kuibyshev, U.

S. S. R. "We have had no news whatsoever for 24 hours," a spokesman said. "Consequently, we are getting increasingly worried." Waverly Man Killed When Autos Collide WAVERLY, Titus, 40, Iowa Public Service company employe here for the last 14 years, was killed at 11:35 p.

m. Wednesday when his automobile and one driven by George Woodring, 17 year old Waverly high school graduate, collided at a residential intersection. His neck was broken Mrs. Titus suffered severe scalp wounds and bruises and is a patient in the local hospital. The boy was not injured.

Weather Report FORECAST 'CITY: Cloudy Thursday vuiuci riaay. LOW Thursday night 40. I a i Thursday and Thursday nYght followed by occasional light rail increasing cloudiness Thursday; cloudy, with occasional light rain Thursday night and extreme southeast corner-Friday. IN MASON CITY ilobe-Gazelte weather statistics: Maximum Wednesday 54 Minimum Wednesday night 36 At.S.a.wT). Thursday 36 YEAR AGO: Maximum 11 Minimum -2 Precipitation Trace Sign Up for Civilian Defense Thursday is "KiVn Sig Up Xor in Civilian -Defense emphasizes the fact that there is a ioh fnr Cr and a southern democrat ivilian defense program 3 everyone in the who had been in the doubtful cola '1C you have the desire to lend Red Cross office.

PERMITS U.S. SHIPS TO ENTER ZONES OF WAR Action FoDows Plea by President Not to Cause Axis to Rejoke WASHINGTON, (UP)' The house in accord with a last-minute appeal-by President Roosevelt, Thursday, approved the administration bill authorizing- American ships to sail anywhere in the world under the protection of their own flag and guns. The vote was announced as 212 to 194, a 18 votes in a hard fought victory for the administration. Members felt that not since a fateful spring night in 1917 had so much hung in the balance. The chamber was hushed; the galleries packed as the clerk called the roll.

Eveiy seat, every aisle, every doorway of the galleries was crammed. Many of the spectators were women. They listened intently as each vote was recorded. On the floor, members sat quietly in their seats and responded slowly and deliberately as their names were called. President's Plea for House Support WASHINGTON cs i eirf Roosevelt, fighting to win house approval of his foreign policies, warned, Thursday that rejection of senate legislation to send American ships into war zones would "cause rejoicing in the axis nations" and encourage defense strikes.

Mr. Roosevelt made his views known in a last minute letter to Speaker Sam Ray burn and John D. McCormack The letter was in reply to a request by the house leaders to make his position clearly understood as the house was about to cast a momentous vote on the neutrality revision program. Referring to the senate legislation to repeal section 2 and 3 of the neutrality act and thus permit American merchant ships to go to belligerent ports, the president said: "Failure to repeal these sections would of course cause rejoicing in the axis nations. Failure would bolster aggressive steps and intentions in Germany and in the other well-known aggressor nations under the leadership of Hitler.

"Such failure would weaken our great effort to produce all we possibly can and ns rapidly as we can. Strikes and stoppages of work would become less serious in the mind of the public." Mr. Roosevelt observed that Ihe house was acting on the eve of crucial negotiations with the United Mines Workers and the steel companies ovrr the issue of continuing production in the captive mines. few minutes after the presi- i 1 iiiiiiuL.ua mier inc. mglit and Friday, somewhat dent's letter arrived at the capitol colder Friday.

Low temperature McCormack announced that he Thursdav had received a similar appeal from Secretary of State Cordcl! 'cloudiness Hull. The administration Was throw- everything it had into the iiyiu ujg t-'vurymine it nan intn Friday; colder northwest Thurs- fight to win the decision what day and north portion Thursday promised to be a hair-line vote night; colder Friday. Hull informed McCoTMack that not state the frank, opinion that there is imperative' need for the passage this bill." "To maintain our Hull warned, "we must pursue a lute course in 3 world of danger and be prepared to meet that danger. "As a part of (his movement of conqest, the greatest intermediate objective of Hitler 1 armed forces is to capture Great Britain and to gain control of Ine high seas. "To this end.

Hitler has projected his forces far out into the Atlantic with a policy of submarine rulhlessness." The administration got last- minute support from a TarnmaiiT member and a southern democrat A I I A tji ncuaie The speaker.