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Beatrice, Friday, Nov. 28, 1841' BEATRICE DAILY SUN rxcz TWO VCr Hull's Verdict Capital Sees ippon Argues 0 Japan Prepares To Resume Armed Expansion To South HDuce'sLast tronghold In Ethiopia Falls th. newspaper Nlchl charged that Britain had massed more than 50,000 troops on Thailand's frontiers, and behind the scenes it was evident thut Japan waa at least prepartng to etf ewrthf" expansion southward, A Vichy broadcast said six mora shiploads of Japanese troops arrived early today at two Irido-Chtn ports, where they would b. In a position for a quick thrust into Thailand. Reuters, th.

British newa agency, quoted Thailand's premier Luany Bipul Songgram am telling hispeopl. that he had British and American assurances of respect of Thailand's inde- pendence. A BBC broadcast said, the premier announced British-American "guarantees' against aggreaaion, but authoritative London quarters said they had tin-information to substantiate any such far-reaching asaur- ances. Dispatches from Bangkok said Premier Songgram had urged the people to remain catncde claring the Japanese envoy had told him that Japanese forces in Indo-China wer. not meant for aggreaaion against Thailand, Nevertheless, 'the Thai national assembly i 1 y- approved measures empowering the government to prepare for war and act to meet any emergency.

Meanwhile, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, com-mander-in-chlef of British Far East forces, greeted several thousand new troops to hia ateadily growing command. A communique said the new arrivals from the United Klng- dom were "the usual weekly reinforcements," which by now must number high in th. fens of XKanAmi: Eabt African Troops Undf African Ba.tion. ADMIT GOISDAR LOSS NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, Nov. 28 mountalnoua stronghoht and last bastion of Premier Mussolini's East African empire, surrendered last night af ter a hard-driven two-way attack, the Britiah EastAi rlcan.

head quarters declared today. The announcement gaye no de-1 tadla the- iuaer prisoners taken by the attacking empire I force of highland Sudanese and South and. Weatl African, units. AlUitary observers said, howev er, tha tkvndar garrison was be-1 lieved to excred inen at I least hatf of them Italians. (The Italian high command alaol announced the rsurnder 43on- dsr where it declared Italian forc-l ea were outnumbered, bombarded! by land and air.

and battered back I into the city itself by armoredl forces. all means for keeping! up resistance exnausied, ana 1W order not to expose the nativrl populations to further, aacrific.fcl of life," th. Italian communique! said, "the high command of thrl theater of operations ordered hos tuities suspended -at P. British announcement sai the-finar assault on the' hold-ou stronghold in northeastern Ethil opia was made practically bl East African troops who thus hai "the honor of finally overthrowin Mussolini's -East-African, empire. in forces tool I part in the battle than In any pre I vlotis fight of the African cam! paign, the war bulletin said.

HITLER Continued from page 1) Moscow, and that it Was about fall to advancing German Sknpin lies 80 miles southeast el Stalinogorsk; theBrene of heav'l German pi-cssure earlier this weekl Without giving' details, Pravd said tersely that "Moscow'a peril is increasing." A bulletin from Hitler's flel' headquarters was equally brief, del claring merely that Field Marshs! Gen. Fedor von BrtrK armies nan pierced strong Soviet defenses be for the 'capital, In the Ukraine, the nazt hlg command took note of bitter Ru. sian Rostov on-Don anti elsewhere in tne Lh hetg river basin but asserted the had Ven repulsed wltft heav losses. ill" Cp Wji Jap Plan For Encirclement (Continued from Fag. 1) answerer wneiner japan migni ba planning action against Thailand (Siam).

The administration was describ ed as seeking to remove tha present aggression in th. Far East but beins: definitely aligned against any agreement with Japan which would sacrifice th. interests of It was noted that the American flag, flying In th. Philippines, is located in a horseshoe of mainland and islands under Japanese military controt. Ktlth the open nd to th.

south, Through this open end, it was vitally needed supplies destined for American de- Objective That fact; the authority went on, causes concern because the application of methods aimed at a little move here and a little move there, with the objective of encirclement and extension of aggresion to other places, would necessarily make th. United States consider the position of the American Ifl in the Philippines and the supplies coming through from th. south. But even more important, he said, would be extension of Japanese control, through aggression, through the whole Pacific area and tha- use of this area against the United -States. Th announcement on merchant vessels, in addition to discussing the Pacific situation, said that ships plying between United States ports and those of Spain, Portugal and their adjacent islands would those engaged in Inter-Amertcan trade with Central and South America.

Flexible Policy But tha statement dlseTesed this was a flexible policy by stating that; public, announcement would be "made of any change affecting any of these routes. Thus it appeared that guns would be mounted for the time being only on cargo carriers operating- to England and the Red sea area and Russia's arctic ports. An invasion of Thailand, informed sources her. believe, would probably be Tokyo's first move if the Japanese government decides to reject Secretary Hull's basic formula for peace in the Pacific and resume Japan's program of armed expansion southward; A the two countries were concerned, there- wer. no indications that thf situation had one way or another since Hull presented the Japanese envoys with the basic United State, peace formula- -Wednesday night The Japanese ambassador, Kich.

lsaburo Nomura, and Saburo Kur-usu, the special envoy, had a 45 minute talk with-President Roosevelt late yestetday. but when this conference concluded Hull said h. had no- engagement to--ee them again, Aw Instructions The Japanese- called -the White house talk ''friendly''- but were in-: definite as to their plans, Kunjsu curtly denied that Tokyo had or-SrtoTnlnr6nibriirig1fli0Mlf questions regarding Japan's inteny tlons ably "tiie two Hiplomata wereawait-" ing further instructions from To kyo. Senator Bridges (r-NH) a mem. ber of the foreign relations committee, expressed confidence however, that th.

Japanese diplomats would, not Hull's basic peace principles without further talks at the state department. Nevertheless, BridgeB said he regarded the reported movement of troops In nldo-China "as an effort by- Janaa Jto, jiJAHe, ua Wnk Jhat she mcann builness." there, doubtless will be further aooivs Tt. With th. fat. of peace In the Pacific hanging In th.

balance, Japan's press today voioed belief that Japanese-American negotiations wer. near an end and th Fa-' East crisis had reached a point of extreme gravity, Th. United States government, it was reported, has sternly ruled out any possibility of a compromise with Japan on the China war and has raised the possibility that American mer- chant ships in th. pacific may be armed. In Canberra, Australia's ad-; visory war council met in special session to discuss latest Jn.lh.

I In Hongkong, the British crown colony underwent defense exercisca closely simulating war Informed quarters In Washing ton said they expected an invasion of Thailand, adjoining both British Burma arid Malaya, -would. -beXoltyo's firat-move If -the Japanese government decided to reject Secretary of State Cordell Hull's basic formula for peac. in the Pacific, There wer. strong indications that Japan had virtually aban- doned any hop. of a settlement through the "last chance" mission of special envoy Saburo Kurusu to Washington, with Domei, the Japanese news' agency, declaring that "there is little room for prolongation" of th.

negotiationa. High Japanese war and navy ministry orriclals met at the of-ficial residence (if Premier Gen. Hideki Tojo while the cabinet met to study Mr. Hull's offer. Tha government gave no immediate clue its nxt Quinn Filing Out By Marsh Secretary Of State Rules As-sistant Dtis Kbit Meet Quallf icatidiis.

i I LINCOLN, Nov. 8 Secretary of State Frank Marsh today rejected the filing of John Quinn, a deputy in the secretary's office, as a republican candidate for nomination for railway commissioner, 'MJuinnr-'fllinirrpftrtcset by John McArthur, Lincoln attorney, on the grounds Nebraska statutes state a railway eommlssiowr twist be 30 years old when he take, office, and. Quinn would not reach that sge 'until six months follow ing Jan 1, he "would take Office, if elected, Quinn had said he was aware of the qualification set forth In the statutes, but pointed out the constitution was silent on the age question. Statute Still Stands Marsh said he had been advised by General Walter R-Johnson that the statute must be presumed constitutional until overruled by the supreme court and suggested that Marsh reject the filing on that basis. fore, obliged to follow this Btatut.

Marsh Quinn'a attorney, Loren Laugh-Hn. said an appeal would be taken to the courts. talks, there may eventually a blowup." An opponentof administration foreign policy. Senator Taft fd-Ohio), gave reporters this statement "With the Japanese making threatening gestures and with Secretary Knox declaring war on Japan periodically, 'thwmie to fixpiomofe caA pl.y- teartT game forever without sometmng happening." (CEEAT at rntir U. S.

Pledges Aid To Poles Missing Wins For Axis Pair Sidw Decision Germany Need. Great Vic tory To Com nice Japan, Moscow Best Uiance. FOE LEADS IN AFRICA Ur IKWWt Mr.krnrl The martial spirits of the old shoguns are' stirring uneasily as Japan debate, whether tc Mjccrpt Washington's awecptTi? trrn or to pursue expansion at the tisk war, but the -IBM til read th aame-that Nippon mU ike to avoid an armed clash with America and Britain if it could find some face-saving escape from Its dilemma. Tha Tokyo government appeared to feeling its way cautlous- ly through the crista today, and Foreign Office Spokesman Kisni discreetly avoided anything more than non-committal comment on the volcanic situation. In other words.

whatever the Japanese might have in mind, they weren prepared to throw Secretary Hull's verdict back into hia face. War Isn't Inevitable I think can say that war isn't inevitable. We shouldntbe smart in going further than that. Certainly the Japanese- gov-ernment has peace balanced as precariously as a feather on us nose. That's how delicate the sltion aa the Mikado's era sIm th situation up lor their historic decision.

As this column has pointed out before, much depends on whether tha Japanese "believe the axis will win the war, and the position at tha moment is such that a great vfctorvTof might de termine Japan's couree. i one reason why Hitleif is strata-in every nerve to capture Moscow, to save himself from the allied offensive in Libya, and to force the French government at Vichy to- become partner against Britain. i Moscow Beat Prospect Hitler's best prospect at this writing Is against Moscow, Aged Marshal Petain, Trench chief of state, apparently is being stubborn about making all-out concessions to the fuehrer, and the allies still retain the initiative in the battle Wat'nfay haw teen a bird of( good flew over the allied camp. today, Word came that the mountain fortress of Oondar in northwest Ethiopia had finally surrendered to the. allies, thus depriving Mussolini of the last remaining handful of soil in his cherished East African empire.

For th golden throne- of the 'descendants of the' Queen of She-ba, a duce challenged the anger of many nations, and paid heavily with lives and money for his con-nuest. One wonders what his thoughts are-at this moment. HOUSE (Continued from Page 1) tien might take remained unpredictable. The house labor committee expected to report some type of hill today. It appeared doubtful that this would provide far conpulsory arbitration of labor disputes.

However, it was expected to call for a 80-day cooling off period before a strike could become effective, and in addition reconstitute the national defense mediation "board with statutory powers The Kmrd now functions by virtue of an executive order issued by Preside nt Roosevelt, and cannot enforce its decisions. members of the house, judlciftry'comrtirtiee said thpy were prepared to offer a bill of their ij th -otift- Whiif," 'm'ergVs 1 from the labor committee- lacks -The arbitration feature aroused atitf opposition from CIO and AFL officials, and yesterday the labor committee also heard the provision criticized by Charles R. Hook representing the national association of manufacturers. Rail Board Reconvene President Roosevelt's special board in the-ratlroad'wage dispute reconvened today at his-request, to consider new facts which the chief said had come to light since the board made its in- itial recommendations earlier this month. He asked for a new report by Monday, just six days' before the December strike deadline established by the five operating brotherhoods whose 350,000 members demanded 30 percent wage boosts.

The board had recommended an increase of only 7'i percent, which was rejected by the brotherhoods, although reluctantly accepted fcy the carrier. Operating men currently draw from $5.08 a day up-want A spokesman for tha 1 non- operating railroad unions whose 90O.DO0 members likewise were dissatisfied with the board's recommendations swld a strike date probably would be set on Monday or Tuesday if a "satisfactory settlement' is hot obtained by then. The non-operating employes how are paid from 35 to 85 cents an hour. They asked Increases of 30 to 34 cents, and the board recommended a 9-cent boost. rr rr Kitfewti 2 RUNNING COMMENT 5 Ncbraskans Die In Blaze Two Other Member Of Om aha Family Seriously Irv jurrd In Louisiana Fire, KHREVEPORT, La-, Nov.

Ufl Five peraons, all members of an Omaha family were burned to death, and tw others were seriously injured in a fire In a downtown rooming house early today, The dead are Melton Wedge-wood, IT Pale Wedgewppd, 23, Gary-Dale Wedge wood, 18 months old, Virginia Wedgewood, Pat" E. Wedgewood, A 8, jumped to safety after being Badly burned but ills wife was trapped In the building. Her condition was undetermined. She suffered greatly from shock, a sanitarium attendant aaid. The family was trapped In the buiMing as the only means of exit, stairway leading from the sec.

ond story of the two story rooming house, was ablaae. Theri was no fire escape on the structure, Wedgewoo4 and his Son were employed on a construction Job at Barksdale Field, working on a day shift. Another son. working on the shift was on duty when the blaze occurred. Four members of the family were dead when brought from the building.

Virginia Wedgewood died at the sanitarium about an hour after ouueung. KF-AL ESTATE TRANSFERS rr, hd cthe Vk-emtors-of Philip Graff estate', to Theresa Freeman. N'i NE'i 35-4-n, to Harold Jk Unda Grpff. 24-4-5, 1.440; to Harold J. Graff, BW8Wi 24-4-5, Jl.ouO; to Unda Graff, Wii SE'i A 28-4-5, and to Josephine Sullivan, NEH SE'i 28-4-5 WHW4NWU' 25-4-5 pt 25-4-8 A pt SEUNEU 28-4-5T: Alton M.

A Miriam E. West to George Cumro, it 4 blk 7, Seott add, Wymore. 200. Nearly 500 communities in all parts of the country release chiJ. "public' schools during school hours for religious Starts Sunday nt i LUf wtt Surry Dnu Sm NELSON REED LEVENE Alan H.tT btekia BAXTEB O'NEI LL Hail.

nin.j km u.i wee. mmVmkh i I Chances Good For Recreating Strong PoIih Army Say Premier Sikorkl. TEHERA.M. Iran. Nov.

2S Premier Wladyslaw Sikorskl of the free Polish government, announcing that President Roosevelt had promised leaae-lpnd help for a Polish army mobilized in Russia, left by Soviet plane today, enroute to Moscow to- romplete arrangements with Premier Stalin, Polish staff officers and, Lieut. Col Townsend Griffins of the U. army sir corps -ccompnied Si korskl In anothfr' heavily-armed -I nussinn plane, uninrs was nouna for Kuibyshev. Siknrskl Inld foreign correspondents and firearm had been distributed to Polish soldiers In Russia, while araittuir.MQ0A:r.lw-4fvtv44''--t' Archangel and 80 000 kits were on the -way from the United States. "You might say I'm going to Russia to fetch -the-' golden fleece," said Stkorski, who has Just arrived from the Libyan front.

He said he; would "lije to see Polish forcpfl flshting in the front as soon AS and de scribed the outlook as good for "recreating a strong Polish army" from the half-million of his countrymen now In Russia. Plknrski had the "full Support of fJritsin anil President Coofl Crowd Attentk Thanksgiving Dance Cret. turned out strong for the Homesteader dance in the auditor, ium last night, to root for the quarter-Price May, Betty Lou Wild. Paul Jansen, and Beth Knight with -ttsg-ISaa Arnhelm band. The four young people.

Just a couple of years ago, made up the Crete high school quartet. Bob Homesteader secretary, estimated that about 100 persons attended from Crete, and many others from other parts of Saline county. Between 600 and 700 persons, in all, attended the 'danceT'''''- Next Homesteader event, he an-nouncedr will be a dance ht the au ditnrium Dember 12 to John. Sullivan and his orchestra, which will om here from Kansas City. Following "that will be a New Year's eve dance.

4 II II I I I I II I I I 1 I sT Nebraska Highway-Patrol To Install 2-Way Radio Plant LINCOLN, Nov. 28 Two-, way radio communication of Nebraska law enforcement auto-mobllea and motorcycle, with central stations torlay awaited only an outline of specifications and letting of contracts, officials said. Capt J. M. -Wherrit," since' 1937 in charge of Missouri's stata police radio division, will survey Nebraska's needs, State Engineer Wardner Scott said.

ad the cost of one, main trans-'. mitta a-nd two: booster stations would be from 145.000 to 150,000, according to manufacturers estimates. This does not include receiving and sending equipment In the cars. BRITISH (Continued from pags 1) frontal assault, cut with a drive somewhere between Ed Duda and th coast or outflanked to the The Tobruk garrison. In the fight yesterday to join lew Zea-lanri troODS.

dusrenrtefi audiienlv on axia forces in. unexpected numbers. British "On Rcnedule" An eyewitness account of the battle, near Ed, Duda, said that in the first day of fighting to break 1 HclrrttrHHft 'Tobnsk th BnUsh-allicd forces captured five war and miscellaneous material in eluding field guns. I uw axis divisions wnicn -encircled them, thi garrison forced a gap yards wide wher. they finally established contact with advance units of New Zealandcrs who had fought their way 100 miles from the Libyan frontier.

The break-through from Tobruk started with Polish troops launching feinting attacks on enemy rear positions in which 100 axis troops were killed. Tanks then advanced with armored cars, esch car carrying a asp. per whose Job was to Jump out and explode any land mines blocking th By evening all axis position on schedul had been captured and a big cage for' prisoners, built by Italian prisoners beforehand, was rapidly filled up. i i "t''- Jhft was the "greatest diffi- I loujj to me." he continued. "While End Tonight Pmlnlnw.

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