The Daily News-Journal du lieu suivant : Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 1

Tzc WwfW TENNESSEEr-air and 4me 1wrmtr itOftiQht and, Thursday. 1 RUTHERFORD COUNTY'S HOME JV7fcXPAPER SINCE 1849 Volume 92 No. 232 Associated Press Service" Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Wednesday Afternoon, November .26, 1941. By Carrier, Per Week 15c Single Copy 5c Murfreesboro The Friendly -r- City .1 tlfiiY 1ZSptitstrips GeneralVcdmerM U.S. Jap anese Railway Strike Board Recalled Britain In rT 7zz 7l Talks flhsp Tank Output Washington, Nov.

26 UP) The United States, a defenseofficial Planned Traditional Forms asseedtoday-already FinSl Stages i it "4 i i stripped Great Britain in the face of tank production. Moreover, military sources said, at least half of the tanks that roil off American assembly lines aro being rushed to far-flung battle under, the lease-lend program, for service against the Axis. These reports were coupled witn the disclosure that production schedules envisioning; 33,000 light and medium tanks annually have been suggested as' part of a proposed "victory program." A big share of existing tank production has gone to Britain, providing the. empire forces with a Of Celebration Announced; Church Services To Re Held The "tradltlona' Cv.anksglving" which Rutherford County and the V. rest of Tennessee will celebrate tomorrow will have all the tradi-" Uonal trimmings church ser-vices, turkey dinners; football and charitable offerings.

Although mefit-ot jiha churches of the city will join in the Union Thanksgiving services at First Presbyterian church tonight, two churches will hold services tomorrow morning. First Baptist chutch will have a special service at 10 a.m. conducted by the Rev. S. Sedberry.

Offerings will be taken of dodT money and clothing to be turned over to Mrs. Arthur Shacklett ex- ecutive secretary of the Council of Social Agencies, 'for distribution among the needy. 4 First Church Christ, Scient tai ft 1 a 1 ist, will hold its annual Thanks-' giving service at 11 a.m., with testimonials following the reading of lesson-sermon. The Charity Circle has collected provisions for distribution among needy, old people tomorrow. Chdl- 1 '4 1 31 (Editor's Note: This is the sixteenth in a series of articles.

on the historical homes of Rutherford County, a regular Wednesday feature of" the Dally News Journal. The articles are' being clipped by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, state librarian, for the archives in the capitol at Nashville). 1 By MARY B. HUGHES Sunday afternoon had come again to Murfreesboro, bringing with it the usual' number of strollers along East Main street, and the usual number of carriages.

It was mid-June, 1869, and those strollers and people in stylish turnouts had a particular objectin mind. That object was to see the imposing new mansion which General Joseph B. Palmer, distinguished citizen arc! commander of a brigade in the late war, had built for his bride. For two now; the general's fellow citizens and Nashville friends had watched the progress of the house. The foundation had been laid and allowed to settle on the former, circus ground site, a year before the massive walls had been reared.

Many a brick had gone Into the the exterior walls were two feet thick and the partition, walls eighteen inches of solid brick. East Main-Street, Murfreesboro, was a more impressive thorough faro beeausef the existence ofJ the- new residence. Its wrought iron, filigreed fence and gates, its windows and door frames with tistefully designed arched cornices, its porch with intricate wrought irontrimminss were a new step in architectural magnificence for Murfreesboro. To- the left of the mansion was he carriage house, where the Victoria, carriages and phaeton were kept, and the stable where always there was a matched span of horses. Guests who passed through tne handsome iron gate to the Palmer home were privileged to, see a magnificent spectacle.

The entrance hall, with its winding stair-way, first greeted the visitor. To the right was the music room with Jits handsome piano. BacK or mat the library, the walls of were bookshelves filled to the ceil- -Sr. By Roosevelt WashingtonrNo vr In a final effort to stave off a nation wide railroad stfike PresidenL Roosevelt has resorted to an un precedented procedure in reconvening a special emergency board for reviexv of some new "facts" that have developed since the board reported on November 5. The five board members were notified by telephone and tele graph last night to attend a preliminary meeting at the White House tomorrow.

The President asked them to begin their new hearings Friday, allotting one day each to representatives of managements and the brotherhoods for testimony, and then report to him next Monday, six days before a scheduled strike of the five oper-iting unions. Veteran strike mediators said they could not recall a presidential emergency board ever having been called back into session once it had reported on a case. Both sides in the rail dispute were to hold sessions today to arrange for the new hearings, although neither the managements nor the unions would say what the new "facts" to be presented would be. Some observers speculated that the brotherhoods might be willing to accept a compromise, wage increase somewhere between the raises recommended by the board three weeks ago arid the unions' original were much higher I In recommending temporary wage increases in its "original report, the emergency board said it was assuming the roads would ask for passenger and freight rate increases to help defray the added cost. The board recommended ah Increase of 7 per cent for the members of the five operating unions, who now get from $5.06 -ft day up.

The unions had requested a 30 per cent boost and in rejecting the recommendations voted to strike beginning Dec. 7. Britisli Deny Cruiser Is Sunk. London, Nov. 26'- (IP) TlwBritT 'sh ministry of information denied today a German declaration that the British light cruiser Dragon had been sunk, saying "It can be stated authoritatively that His Majesty's ship Dragdn has not.

been attacked." 1116 irasissued, the. ministrv said, "in Order to prevent unnecessary anxiety to the next of kin" of the eraser's crew. (The Dragon, whose; main batteries were six-inch guns, was, launched December 29, 1917. She normally carried 450 men.) GOT HIS WISH Grand Rapids, Nov. 26 Robert CharlesFriendLJ24, whp said he would rather go to jail than enter the Army, got his wish.

He was sentenced yesterday by Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond to one year and eight months in a federal prison for failure to re-p6rt to selective service officials. London, Nov. 26 UP) rMaxim Litvinoff, Soviet Russian ambassador to the United States, left Baghdad- Jfegterday in a British overseas airways plane for Singa pore, British sources said today. dren have contributed foodstuffs during the past dropping the offering in barrels placed in the schools-First Methodist Church mem- bers have contributed gifts for presentation to the beneficiaries of the Wesley House, and all church-.

es have joined in Thanksgiving welfare work. The football menu Js sufficient to provide entertainment for celebrants in the afternoon. Central High School and Clarks-ville High will again tangle over the traditional apple not a turkey at 2 p.m. on Jones Field. The annual classic is expected to draw a record crowd.

The Middle Tennessee State College Blue1. Raiders will go to Cookeville for the annual game I with Tennessee Tech Eagles, and a large contingent of supporters Is expected to follow them. Holloway High School, undefeated through the season, is seeking the Middle Tennessee cham-pionship in its game with Shelby- ville to be played on the school here. at' 2 :30 p.m.- sizeable part of the armored stren gth in the current Libyan offen sive, 'but undisclosed quantities also have been, shipped to Russia. Because of military considera tions, ncv figures were given to support the claim that American tank production has now passed England's but an official in the Office of Production Management reported today that the output here in November was running 30 per cent higher than- estimates made in early summer.

The so-called "victory" program, still in the formative stage but reportedly calling1 for doubling the present $614000,000,000 defense effort, lays heavy emphasis on medium and light tanks'. The fast, heavily armed 30-ton medium tanks, would be built at therate of 2,000 a month under the victory schedule, an OPM source said, and 13-ton light tanks at 800 a month. Thus the -ultimate production goal of the tentative program, would be 33,600 tanks a year, as compared with the present objectives, reports indicated that delivery "of light tanks already had reached the 300-a-month mark. Endorse 'Bolivar For Supreme Court Candidacy Nashville (P) Overnight developments virtually assur-- ed a Democratic convention next February 12 to select candidates for the, state Supreme Court. Alan M.

Prewitt, attorney at Bolivar, became the second candidate to qualify for a West Tennessee bench of the court. Hal Holmes, Trenton, former; chancellor of "the Ninth dis- -trict-announced Iiis candidacy fer the same position' earlier this month. EighteeTriembers of the Mur- freesborobar have enddrsed'the candidacy of Special Justice Alan Prewitt, Bolivar, of the State Supreme Court, who yesterday announced as a candidate for the court to succeed Justice Cxilin P. McKinney, retired member from West Tennessee. The nominee will be chosen at the Democratic convention to te held February- 12 in Nashville.

Judge: Prewitt will beropposed-by Former Chancellor Hal Holmes of Trenton, who recently announced his candidacy. N. The cUowing' statement was is-sued by Judge Prewitt, after he had filed his qualification notice! io Consulate Warns All -Americans To Leave Japan Washington; Nov. 26 UP) -The extended diplomatic conversations between the United States and Japan were reported today to be close to their critical final stages. Both governments held to their official silence on the exact status of the discussiosn," but an atmosphere of rertaihty persisted.

It took on increased gravity with the news that the. U. S. consulate in Tokyo had issued a new and ur- gent warning for all Americans ti leave Japan promptly. A similar appeal was reported addressed to Americans remaining in China.

And Tokyo press comment manifested deeper pessimism. While there have been no developments to indicate that the two countries were any closer to a break or an understanding than they were before the arrival of Saburo Kurusu, Tokyo's special" envoy, diplomatic quarters forecast decisive action in the immediate future. Japan's internal political situation is such, it was said, that a decision cannot be much longer delayed by the Japanese government. -These reports led to the belief that the final diplomatic cards wouldgo on the table in one of the subsequent meetings of Secretary of State Hull with Kurusu and Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, the Japanese ambassador. The three men were expected hold another conversation some time today.

While-skeptical that any all-inclusive settlement of American-Japanese differences can be worked, put under existing conditions, diplomatic sources did not discount reports that an effort may be made to conclude a temporary pact, limited in scope, designed to maintain the status quo in the Far East. What' concessions Japan and the United States would make to achieve even a temporary pact have not been Tokyo, Nov. 26 UP) With 360 white Americans still left -in the Japanese empire, the United States consulate advised American citl-zens 3nceiagain today ta-tfonsider leaving Japan promptly. Most of the 360 are missionaries, -however, and U. S.

consul general. Stanley Slavens said they, likely would remain at their posts regardless of The Foreign Office announced fhat the Japanese steamer Tatuta Maru would sail December 2 for Tx8 Angeles, and Balboa, C. Z. This would enable more Americans to. sail aboard her." The ship originally had been scheduled to depart'thisTHOntli.

HOWARD HAWKS TO WED Applying for a marriage license, FilmVroducer Howard Hawks, 44, and iWriter Nancy Ray Gross, 24, said they would wed December IQ one and a half weeks after the divorce of his first wif 'Athole, sister of actress Norma Shearer, becomes final. 1 010 Informal Little 'Slapshots The Thanksgiving plate of candy was brought to -County Judge Wiseman and family today came in handy for hungry visitors to the of-' ice. So tempting were the1 dainties that it looked doubt- -ful if the judge's family would get a piece this morning. There won't be any News Journal tomorrow so the readers as well as the staff will have a holiday. Just an old custom, that existed be-.

fore F. D. R. Stupid was reminded today, as he always is on Thanks- -giving Eve, of that article written by Charlie Cawthon, former editor of the N. J.

It went something like this "If you're planning tov drive a. to Grandmother's tomorrow, and expect to take a few snorts of joy-juice en route, please drop by the office this, afternoon and leave us notes on your obituary, so we won't have to chase all over the country tomorrow finding out about you Vp Would Trim S. Budget Before -7- International Situation At A Glance By the Associated Press Washington The White House disclosed today that government intelligence ser-( vice had reported Germany was prepared to raze Belgrade, capital of conquered Yugosla-; via, beeause the Nazis are convinced that the Chetniks, Serbian guerillas, are using jit at a base of operations. Moscow The Russians declar-3d that Red army counter-attacks in the Ukraine had thrown the Nazis back six miles northwest of Rostov-on-Don. The Russians also acknowledged the grave new threat on the north and reported that -the Germans scored a break through to a main highway somewhere between Moscow and Klin, 5 miles northwest of the capital.

Washington Secretary of Navy Knox said today that the -torpedoeing of the U. S. De-stroye'rtKea7rnyland Reuben James with a total loss of life of 112 men had caused a 15 per cent In the decline rate of navy enlistments. The decline set in with the Kearny incident Oct'. 17 and sped up by sinking of the James Oct.

31, but Knox said there was now a tendency toward returning to" the level of between 10,000 and 11,000 men per month. Cairo Strong Flemish and German reserves were poured today into the fight at Rezegh, 'where the biggest battle of the Libyan campaign is shaping up soOth. of Tobruk, but has not yet reached its Farther to the east, the Germans countered with a tank drive across the frontier into Egypt between' Sidi-Omar and Half ay a Pass. Berlin Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop told signers of -the anti-Comintern -pact today, that Germany already" has won her campaign in the east, and war nowlines up oply as a fight with Britain and her "trans-Atlantic help ers." No matter whether -or to what extent the United States delivers material's to the out-come of the war cannot be changed, he declared. Neither, he said, Is Russia in a place to make any Need Soft Coal Market Rules 26.

A government report declared toTay there was need for continued market regulation of the soft coal producing industry, despite- increased demand caused by the de-fense program. The. report was submitted to Secretary Ickes by Director Howard A. Gray of the' bituminous coal division. Gray said increased demand for coal would be an insufficient substitute for the price stabilization provided by the bituminous coal act, under which the division has established minimum prices and marketing regulations.

The interior department's summary of Gray's annual report said price cutting and other "undesirable conditions" had caused "huge losses" the industry in years when the demand for coal was greater than the 500,000,000 tons predicted for 1941. POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ITS OWN PHONE The police depTtrtment nowhaa Its own telephone and wants the public to know it. Hitherto, all dal3s coming to all departments of the City Hall have been handled through the one phone, 877. Now the police departme'V'may be reached at Phone 617,. day.

or nightractordlng to Chief N. W. Powers. SO I AUTHORITY DIES 'Bird City, Nov. 26.

UP) Albert Weaver, 77,. authority on ary land farming who developed scientific soil treatment and summer tilling methods which always raised a crona died at his home here last night. "political bulletin" Was then tirement from office on account of bronchitis and (Continued on "Page Six) I Wurfreesboro's only general, Joseph B. Palmer, commandeV of a Confederate brigade, built and Jived In this imposing brick mansion at 434 East Main Street. The home was the scene of lavish entertainments and many gatherings, having since been owned by Judge Horace Palmer of the Court of Appeals, and the George Beesley family.

Today it is occupied by the family of Mrs. R. B. Roberts. Lower panel shows the solarium in the music room, before which brides have "plighted --Photoa by OrTodd." 'Time Article A Lie'; FDR Apologizes To Chile 4 and the $100 eeithxecutiyejPresidentt-Iloosevelt accused Time ing with valuable legal and liter-: Ho was accompanied by his Continued oh page Six) lish-born wife and his staff.

BLUE RAIDERS. SET FOR TPI GOLDEN EAGLES Increasing Taxes Washington, Nov. 26 (Influential legislators were reported determined today to block any action on. Treasury suggestions for new taxes pending attempts to trim $1,500,000,000 or more in non-defense appropriations from the new budget which will be submitted to congress in January. Charman Doughton C), of the House Ways and Means corhmttee said to be taking the "lead 'In this move, with support from a number of committee members and the" encouragement of economy-minded senators.

was reported to have told Secretary of thai Treasury MorenthauJiluntly that he4iad no intention-of calling, the ways and 'means committee intjrsession to a joint economy committee, or Which both are members, had rec ommended specific' budget cuts. Although Mprgenthau has urged that ordinary governmental expenditures" be reduced $1,000,000,000 or more, he has been pushing fc simultaneous congressional consideration of Treasury tax recommendations, including a 15 per cent withholding levy on payrolls to counter-balance threats of infla- tion. BIG NAME IN THE, ARMY Alexandria, Ind. William Jen-ningsBryan leaves Alexandria today to be examined at Fort Ben- jamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, for Induction into the Army. Young Bryan, claiming to be a dfstant cousin the Democratic presidential nominee of the same remarked "It's a hard name to live up to." Son of W.

M. Bryan of Brady, Texas, he came here five 'years agq andjias been married three months" HOLIDAY TOMORROW In accordance with its annual custom," the 7" EWS JOURNAL will, not be published tomorrow, Tfianksgiv-ing Day. Publication wilt be resumed with the regular Friday edition of the NEWS JOURNAL. 4 i i' Washington, Nov. 26.

UP) magazine of printing a "disgusting1 about' the late President Pedro Aguirre Cerda of Chile, and said the article was furnishing ammunition today to Axis propagandists in South -America. Mr. Roosevelt disclosed that the United States government "has been forced to apologize" to Chile for the article in. question, and spoke or thei "general indignation and disgust" I which it engendered. Time's 'editor, Henry R.

Luce, replied he considered -'the- President's words are unwarranted by the facts' "and unwise as an attack on a free and honest press," even A though they may have been influ enced by pressure of international politics." "In view; of President, Roosevelt's extraordinary outburst," Luce said," will later make a complete report" onthe article. (Last week Ambas sador Claude Bowers conveyed the. regrets of the United States gov-ernment the Chi 1 a government for- an article appearing in the November 17 Latin-American edition of Time. (The United States edition of the same date stated- at one juncture tbat had "spent more and more time witff' Committee. Chairman- Russell R.

Kramer of Knoxville: "in viewof rthfcfact that tne Hon. Colin P. McKinney has stated that it is his intention to retire as a justice of the supreme court of this state at the end of his present term, to wit, August 21, 194 2t I announce my candidacy to, succeed him as a member ot the court. I have today forwarded to the Hon. Russell R.

Kramer my qualifications fee." Names ofthe eighteen local attorneys who endorsed Judge Prewitt compose a majority of the local bar. Bullitt To Near East For FDR Nov. 26 (JP) Wil-lianr-C. Bullett, a-'seasona: diplo? mat and an outspoken foe of the Axis, had -a new assignment today as special" representative "of, President Roosevelt in the Near East. The former ambassador to Soviet Russia and France will cover a vast area along the Mediterran-an and Red Seas, including-the newest theatre of war.

in NLibya, and report tothe President on developments and needs of the allies. Bullitt," whose appointment was announced yesterday at Mr, Roosevelt's press conference, has been in private life in this country since relinquishing Jhi- post as ambassador France following the Ger- 5man occupation of Paris. Middle Tennessee' State College Blue Raiders will meet the TP I Golden, Eagles rat Cookeville tomor tyc tu wine ne cultivates. Fortnight ago he was reported 111. This'week his journalistic enemy, El Imparcialcalled for a medical bulletin to allay "public anxiety." (The article reported that a row in what promises to be a close-fought, interesting Turkey Day.

battle; The Mid-State team will go contest with the scales tipped against them, on the basis of comparative scores during the past season. Coach Midgett during the past week has drilled the Raiders heavilyon defense, has put polishing touches on some new plays that may spell victory for his team. and Bostlck, Raider regulars, may not enter the game because of injuries. rM.