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The Jackson Cpunty Daily iiv I ii dependent cJtsrriC'T's ilistnbnte l.M*0 'iJTpers Miirpln shoro vcii la to jusld mer.it* lu'Uvfi-n 7.000 uuil 11.00(1 renders, in tlie city a The e.ireuiiitioii in -titirphyNlkoro is IOMM tlinii Imlf tlie total -cnunty Tlnit'N why tt Is, Coimly Dnily. ILLINOIS WEATHER Occasional ruin to-lay and tomorrow; warmer today; colder to-; morrow. 1 Established 1891 (Weekly Edition 1873) MURPHYSBORO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1939 Price 15c Per eek In Nation's CATTON WASHINGTON, March Census Bureau is already preparing for its big job next year. Congress ha; nr.t yet legislated or np- for 1340 census, and" the field men won't start going out with. their pencils and nola- hooks until the second of next January.

But the preliminary work now under way. Wii'liam L. Austin, director of. the -census, believes that next year's will be the most important and significant census ever taken in America, vvith the possible- exception of the of -17HO. The census, as he sees it, is Uncle Sam's periodical stock-tak- 'ing.

in which the old gentleman studies his assets in the way of human beings and natural And a great many things have happened to those assets since the last stock-taking. QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED First and foremost, says Mr. I Labor Admits Progress in Negotiations to Agree By W.ILLIAM H. LAWRENCE ColTI'NJMKulflll) NEW YORK, March of Industrial Organizations peace negotiators agreed today to consider again the American Federation of-Labor unity pro posal which they once denounced as a betrayal of industrial unionism. Five hours of discussing the CIO's plan to end the three year 1 struggle by merging all workers into an "American Congress of Labor" ended at 1 A.

M. Austin, there is the question of un-1 0( a jth a decision to resume SEVEN TOWNS'IN LINE FOR VETS. HOSPITAL PLUM Brigadier Hines Inspects Only That Many Bidder Communities in Egypt employment. What lias the depression, clone to u.3? Exactly how many are out of work now? As for the people 'who have JODS. what kind of jobs have they? Are they making enough to support Uieir families decently? Kow about the young peop.c who have reached working age during the depression years? How many ol them have jobs, and now many of ihem have displaced olit- ev people? There have been profound popu- latiJis shifts in the last 10 years.

The 1H35 agricultural census showed that the Ions farm-to-eity migration had been checked, and that posed hospital site, which the talks here at 10 A. M. Monday. A joint statement said the committees would an AFL counter proposal that "nego-j es jdeut must approve, will tiations for an adjustment of cusset i pending difficulties proceed from Accompanied the point where negotiations ol'JTiipp, Director December. 1S'37, left off" and any Administration other prorosals that "may be sub-jj an( Major i The action ot negotiators thus I far appeared to be in accord with Wednesday President Roosevelt's appeal to' sides to make concessions and his declaration that "the fact that there have been disagreements on paiticnlar points in the past should Some time soon some one southern Illinois town will get a Veterans' hospital, from 200 to 500 added ponuluation, 250 new jobs on -its payroll, and a permanent major annual income.

And the word is out that the lucky town will be one of only seven, Lawrenceville, Mt. Carmel, Harrisburg," Marion, West Frankfort, Mt. Vornon or EfTingliara. That deduction is reached from the fact that Brigadier General Frank T. Hines has completed an inspection of those proposed sites and has sidestepped Centralia and some other luckless bidders for the plum.

Hines was accompanied by Col. M. H. Tripp, director ot construction, 'and W. R.

Metz, a construction engineer. Veterans administration officials said an early decision on the site be expected. Hines was to confer with the President' today. The reason tor the conference was but it was believed that the RetUOlS tO Blocks- in the Spanish Rebel Blockade Huge Thermometer Will Register Penny-Fund Results Eastern Star Group Sponsoring Save-Your-Pennies Campaign Their activity covered by a that almost obscures the-planes accompanying -I). thsse Soanish rebel destroyers off TaKragona.

have orders ships of any nationality found wilhir. Ihree'miJes of the Loyalist-helcScoast. -Determined to deprive the Lovalists of war supplies. Generalissimo Franco oroclaimed a blanket blockade. PR.

W. B. CAiUBlE DIED FRIDAY MORNING FOLLOWING STROKE Had Planned to Leave California Yesterday on World Cruise the; by Col. L. H.

of the Veterans' construction serv- W. R. Metz, construction engineer, Hines left Washington and returned night. None the Richer for Damage Suit ST. JOSEPH, March 11- Wadlow, giant Dr.

Willis B. Cauble, who made home in Murphysboro with his -brother-in-law and sister, 'Mr. and I Arthur Gates, 2011 Logan street, suffered a stroke Thursday afternoon, in San. and was taken to St. John's hospital there in a critical condition.

-A message received here late Fri- How many pennies in two tons? Local citizens soon find on', since members of.the Eastern Star are sponsoring 1 a "Save Your Pnn- nips" drive in Murphysboro. The money will foe placed in the building of the Masonic home here and is part of a plan being conducted in Masonic circles throughout the nation. A huge thermometer was erected at the front ot the Masonic Temple Friday and as soon as one hundred rounds of pennies are collected, a mark will he painted on the face of the thermometer and this will be continued until the two-ton goal is reached. Small banks are lieing distributed by members of the Eastern Star of which Miss Clara Turner Madrid Scene of Intense Battle; Franco to Attack FRENCH-SPANISH FRONTIER, March broadcast from the Union of Madrid asserted today lhai ling troops who held the munist party building bad surrendered to Defense Council forces and that the city was beginning to return to normal. "Earlier reports which readied the' frontier said that Defense 1 Worthy Matron, to members of the Masonic lodge, Eastern Stars and i anyone else interested in helping this cause.

Robert even amon Illinois home today none the rich-. er for his libel claim again'st afternoon stated that Dr. the iiumuei- of small farms in the i merely mean that all points must United States had increased by 5UO.OOO since 1930. that, shift been halted? Is the tide moving the other way if so, how fast is it moving? census will answer all of! bringing both the old and new CIO. these vitally important questions, unions into the Federation.

Both and many more besides. It will eov- sides had agreed- upon a substan- studied and explored." The last peace ended Dee. 21, 1837. because of an inability to agree on a method o.f ironing out jurisdictional conflicts and of The project already has heenap-1 Huml)er(L noted glan tolo- proved and the cost set at approximately Delay in selecting the specific site has deferred actual start of construction. er manufactures, from biggest the country to the smallest.

piovide a com- of retail 1 'and" "wholesale trade, an 'up-to-date tabulation of mines and mining activities, a survey of the entire farming set-up, and a full listing of lands under irrigation and the crops they grow. MAY COVER HOUSING It may do other things, too. It; scope is set by congress; and this year there is a good deal of pressure to broaden the census' field m-. and have it include a study of housing. The pressure comes from such business groups as real es-1 tate boards and construction firms and such government agencies as tial recognition of the industrial unionism theory which caused the split.

They hajL to specify industries where' the industrial form of "organization would apply. AFL and CiO negotiators agreed early today that "progress" had been made in the two conferences since the initial meeting last Tues-i day Mr. Roosevelt, whose- efforts 1 brought the factions back to the conference table. The five-hour session devoted to discussing the CIO plan, to unite all AFL, CIO and independent rail', road unions, was the longfest of the new meetings. Chairman Harry C.

Bates of the Federation peace committee, who read the joint AFL-CIO statement. Cauble had died He was at 9:40 Friday attended -by specialists following gist. A federal jury, which deliberated only 45 minutes, had ignored his plea that he had been humiliated by Humberd's article in the American Medical Journal and returned a verdict last- night for the defendant. He had demanded 8100,000 damages; got nothing. the stroke.

Dr. Cauble was a retired, physician and came to Muisphysboro about a year ago from Florida. He loved to travel and had gone to California in January where he attended tfie San Francisco, exposition and had m.ade reservations to leave tliere yesterday, the day of his death, on. the President I CooLidge, for a world cruise: Dr. I Cauble was a convert to the Cath- Choice of Diplomat Sure to Greatly Please Democracies VATICAN March Pius XII today named Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Tor- apostolic nuncio to France and holder of the grand cross ol! the French Legion of Honor, secretary state of tire Vatican, the post he himself held under Pius XI.

Cardinal Maglione, a veteran diplomat regarded as second only five mer Counsel for the 21-year-old S-foot'j olic faith and was a devout Christ- the Federal Housing Admimstra- said the CIO's original proposal the U. S. Housing An- aml the AFL counter plan were the tion and thority. "This country has gone a long way since remarks Mr. Austin.

"There will have to be a number of new inquiries in the 1940 questionnaires. "We'll have to give consideration to birthrate, which has been falling for the last few years. If the decline continues, we'll isoon have a stabilized population, with birth and death rates about equal." The Census Bureau is a going concern all the while, since it conducts many inquiries at far less than 10-year intervals. Right now official publica- to build now -roup, appealed I only two matters now before the negotiators. He said that the independent proposal of President A.

F. Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was not bein The CIO News, tion of the Lewis editorially for "serious consider-" ation of the Labor Congress plan by all labor unionists, regardless of affiliation, and "all public-spirited Americans." "They (the CIO proposals) are sincerely offered as a constructive suggestion for bringing about just and effective unity within the the news- Deelmed False Not to Build Now inch youth, the world's tallest; human, said they were at the verdict, rendered by the.jury- of men and farmers, bttti that it would" not affect their prosecution of a similar suit against the Medical Journal. Humberd's article, a 1 study of Wadlow's unusual case, I dealt with his personality as wellj as his abnormal size. It stated he was "apathetic, surly and un- City Hall i Wadlow received the verdict sto- here and! ically. His expression did 'not ian.

He wa.s a of the Knights New agitation for a project is heard voiced there about town. change. He merely crossed, then The tone of the comment heard uncrossed his long stood and is that Mayor Eugene A. Comte leaned far over to converse with pl en two lawyers and his parents. and Aldermen have done did job of economizing, in that they have materially reduced civic indebtedness to put the city on a self supporting basis.

However with the opportunity to build a splendid city, hall and possibly therein an auditorium to meet-the town's needs in that line. at half the cost such a structure must mean in the near future, not is considered "false it has about 750 permanent em- ployes, plus perhaps an equal i lor test possible paper said. "The unity which the CIO proposes is of immediate concern to all labor. But'thare are also even wider considerations of public welfare. Labor needs to act unitedly, not only for its own immediate economic interests, but also in de- feiise of all progressive legislation and of our country's institutions." Last night's peace talks began promptly at P.

and were interrupted only for sandwiches and coffee served 4he negotiators in their Biltmore hotel conference midnight. her of temporary ones. The director, incidentally, is the only em- ploye in the bureau who isn't under civil service. The bis army of field workers jiext -ear won't be civil service of course, as most of them will work only a few weeks. At the ipeak, there will probably bo more than 125,000 of them.

CHECKING- EiRTH RECORDS One thing that keeps the busy year in and year out is verifying birth dates for people who to prove to the Social Security Board that they're old enough to receive old age benefits, om sllo tlv aftel Birth certificates have been kept so sketchily in most parts of i-nuntry. until recently. only the census records will give 'person the proof he needs. Last year more than 100,000 requests for age verification were received by bureau, and S'JOO people came down in person to miike the checkr-p. Conferences to discuss the scope of next year's census are s-i'H so- on.

The culms was discussed i ncently, a conference on manufactures and raises --will bo held shortly, and there soon be a big one on 'wholesale and retail trade. "There are some tiling "bout census-taking I've never been able to understand," Mr. Austin. "Up to the Civil War, for instance, we were purely an agricultural One business man said: 'The people do not expect Mayor Comte and the Council to'wipe out every cent of our indebtedness before we get in line to have a municipal building such as many other towns are building. "The opportunity to gel one through the WPA or PWA at one- third to one-half what a City Hall Attorney Lewis Randolph, ot St.

Joseph, said the verdict "hurt Robbert very much." "We are shocked and feel that the verdict is outrageous and that it doesn't represent the sentiment of at least 9S per cent of the people who heard the case tried," the lawyers said in a written statement. They said they had not expected damages but had expected legal vindication for Dr. Humberd, who rrocluced two giant defense witnesses who said his knowledge of giantism and friendliness toward giants was higfn- ly esteemed in the fraternity of men who live in a world of "midgets," was "greatly relieved and pleased" with the verdict. He had expressed only sympathy prominent member of Columbus lodge and held, the highest rank that a- -hi that, organization. word here yesterday of his critical-condition, his brother, A.

J. Cauble, of Alto Pass, made arrangements to fly to California but word of Dr. Cauble's death reached here before he left. Canble left by airplane from St. Louis Friday night for San Francisco.

Dr. Cauble was born in 1866 at Alto Pass, to Willis and Serena Cauble. He married Gertrude Lee, daughter of Dr. A. M.

Lee, of Carbondale, May 9, 1S93. One daughter, Bernice, was, born July" 31, 1S95. The child died in infancy and Mrs. Cauble died in 1S95. Dr.

Cauble received his first diploma from Hugh Medical college in Chicago in 1SSS. He was graduated from The Chicago Clin- icaV school, a.post-graduate school of medicine in 1901 and the llli- -nois School of Electro Therapeutics in 1902. For a year and a half he took special courses at as second to the pope himself in diplomatic the first man' mentioned after the pope's elevation as the likely secretary. Delay in the appointment, however, had ca ised sijeculatjon tint the pope mifeht take duect c' of; Vatican foreign lelations called CitJes Seized by Czechs, Slavs Seek Unity With Germans Council troops had defeated 'the rebelling elements in a series of fierce fights in Madrid and that the authorities hoped to crush the movement during the week end. A United Press dispatch filed.at Madrid shortly the Union Radio statement said that Defense Council troops attacked rebel positions in the Retiro Park, on the east side of the city, at 9 A.

M. At 11:30 A. M. the Union Radio broadcast: "Spaniards! Seditious elements which fortified themselves within the building occupied by the central and provincial committees of the Communist tarty have sur- I rendered unconditionally to the Republican forces made up of assault guards and Carabiniers. "The Defense Council publicly acknowledges the heroism shown, once again by these units in carrying out their duty.

Madrid is again normal." BURGOS. SPAIX. March Union Radoi of Madrid BERLIN. March Adoli' Hitler has consulted Joachim Von Ribbentrop, foreign and other high foreign of- i ficals regarding the situation in stated at 1:30 P. M.

that Corn- Czechoslovakia resulting from the munists and other revolting army dismissal of Slovak officials by' elements had announced they. the central government, it was i would discontinue their resistance ijndei stood odfl5 i 'n ot the tin eat of a foijnid. might, name self''f'6r'a time, another man. Hence the appointment today was something of a- surprise. Cardinal Magliond was B2 March 2.

His birthday is the same as that of the pope but he is a year younger. It was regarded as certain that Rjbbenti op rntt al le ofiensi "e-oljy EPMUiNO M-LEM was, said in MADRID, Much fense Council tioops Queued 5 major attack on Communist rebels ni the great Retiro Park today in an efflort to crush all opposition to' the Council's "peace with honor" program and permit negotiations with Nationalists to end the civil last ought it tile quarter; and it was decided to await further developments before taking any definite steps. There wa.s no indication that the government was planning at present to intervene militarily. Informants said that before de-. the appointment, from the Aiding on any steps the govern- war national" diplomatic viewpoint the ment wanted further clarification.

There had been spasmodic firin most important under the pope, welcomed heartily in democratic countries, especially in France. The new secretary regarded most highly, by all diplomats and other foreign countries who have had dealings with him. He was born at Casario, on the outskirts of Naples. As a youth he won many scholastic honors. He studied law and then entered London and Berlin in 1902 and 1903 and he first practiced at Sedalia, later practicing in Peoria and 'Chicago and Jackson, ville, Florida.

He returned -last April and came Murphysboro must cost us later on will not comei and Pity for and a deep scientific again, and may not last much longer. "So. if we must build before very long, or continue to spend and spend on the present building and accept its hazards, why not build now." The city owns a City Hall site democratic North Eleventh Street, where fire department headquarters would be removed from hazards of traffic M. 0. ENGINE WEARS CABOOSE FOR HAT IN (CRASH AT JONESBORO The lead engine of an M.

O. doubleheader freight south early Friday found herself with a ca- bobfie on back at Jonesboro. Runners on the double header w.ere Bill Carter and Shomaker, old heads 'who know how to put drags over the division. The caboose was on the local run sotilh. Local had stopped and put out a fuse.

This served to slow the oncoming heavy freight enough to avert a real pileup. The main was tied up only for a short time. No one was hurt and a nearby rail crossing in Walnut Street. There is believed to remain the opportunity of an advantageous sale of the present City Hall site for business purposes. Hence a project might be expected to lead not only to one labor- making improvement, but two, advocates ot such a project, claim.

The rains have again gone through the roof of the city hall and expensive interior improvements within a year may invite another expenditure for upkeep, it is declared. A Tenth Street business man said: -J'l am ready to pledge a $5,000 building improvement in Tenth Street the day the city decides to build a city hall on its Eleventh Street site." interest in Wadlow. "I never bore any malice toward Robert at any time," he "I regard him as the most evtraordin- ary example of giantism I ha.ve ever seen, and in my opinion everything in my article was true." He told of examining him to get material Cor his article, which, "he said, was written not for laymen but for the consumption of medical said Wadlow did not ject to the examination and, when it had been finished, sold" him a photograph for 50 cents. Wadlow was made honorary mayor last Monday and was presented with the keys to the city. to reside.

'Surviving relatives include' four sisters and a brother, Mrs. 'Calvin. Carter, Anna, 111., Cora Wil- swift action of the central government Tiso and his asso- sending troops to occupy James Lick, Lick Observatory, lies buried; beneath the pier oE the great telescope, atop Mount Hamilton, Calif. Charles E. Roberts Elected Officer of State Teachers Group Charles Edward Roberts, principal of the Washington school and associated with the local schools for several years, elected second vice president of the Southern Division of Illinois Education Association at the meeting in.

Carbondale yesterday. The Southern Division is the largest one in the state with an enrollment of between 2500 and 3000 teachers. John Creek of was elected president of the association for the coming year. ley, 1 Alto 'Pass, 111., Adam Cauble, Cobden, .111., Mrs. Flora Gates, Murphyaboro, and Mrs.

Myrtle Pass, 111. Dr. Cauble had been most enthusiastic abiJut plans for' his world cruise. He was- especially interested in 'visiting the Holy Land, had planned; to spend Easter in Jerusalem and his birthday in Singapore. His- 'trip -would have taken him Honolulu, China, Bombay, the Holy Land, England, Canada and home way of New York where he planned to visit the New York WjOrld's Fair, arriving back here some time in July.

JVIr. A. J. Cauble' will return to Murphysboro with the body early next 'week and funeral arrangements be announced then. the seminary of Caprancio at held.

Rome. He won high honors at the WeU informed quarters said the Gregorian University and took de- Upon his graduation he became a member of the academy of noble ecclesiastics, the diplomatic school for the Vatican. His'ability was soon 'recognized and he entered secretariat of state where he held. many confidential posts. He.

was entrusted during the world 'war-with the task of restoring diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Switzerland. He succeeded, and was named papal nuncio to Switzerland -'when the post was re-established in 1920. In 1926 was. promoted'to the post of papal nucio to France. It was recognized at that time that the post was a most difficult one.

The first outward sign that Cardinal Maglione 'was 1 making a dis- 'tinct success came in 1929 when he sat beside the president of France al the Joan of Arc iesti- I vals at Orleans. afterward he'was decorated with the grand cross of the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration. In 1935 came the culminating sign when Pierre Laval, then premier, visited the Vatican. Soon afterward Cardinal Maglione was elevated to the sa- of the attitude of Josef Tiso, pre-1 throughout the night in the region of the park, at (he southeast corner of the city. Gen.

Joe Miaja ordered strong batteries of field guns placed in position on. the Carabanchel sector at the southwest corner of Madrid. Batteries of trench mortars were placed at the west side of the park. The trench mortars opened up from the west side and plopped their shells into rebel trenches. The firing grew in intensity as the morning advanced.

By 11 A. M. the attack had widened to include the neighborhood the Child Jesus hospiu 1 n-jar the northeast corner of the park; The fire of machine guns and mier of the semi-autonomous Slo- i vak government whose dismissal, along 'With that of two other Slovak cabinet ministers. precipitated what was a crisis. The official Nazi news agency announced yesterday that Tiso had isent a note to the German government protesting the action of the Czechoslovak government.

Contents the note were with- Services will be conducted in Stj cre 'd colle and to Vat- Andrew's Catholic church. Grace's Beauty; Shop Opens Tuesday The formal opening of Grace's Beauty Shop, street; opposite, the post will- be Tuesday," March 14. The shop is attractively equipped with the latest machinery aud Miss Blankinship has announced that prizes will be given for the opening date. Operators at the be Misses Ruby Buck and Grace Blankinship. ican City.

JACK BENNY "HEAVIEST" PAID RADIO STAR HOLLYWOOD, March Benny -today was probably the heaviest-paid performer in Hollywood. "Heaviest" the right word. Benny appeared as guest star on the L-uni and Abiier radio program and then asked for the $22.50 due under the standard agreement of the American Federation of Radio Avti'sts. He got a whole bagfull of pennies. erman government was most annoyed at the swift action of zechoslovak in dismissing ciates, principal Slovak cities, and imposing martial lay on the Brattislava area.

The feeling among Nazis was said to be -that the Ccechoslovak government had "double crossed" Germany aud in reliable quarters it was' said that Hitler would not tolerate any action which he re- arded as violating the M.unich and Vienna agreements -which dismembered Czechoslovakia and set up semi-autonomous 'provincial A source close to the govern-. ment said that the disposition' here was to treat the Czechoslovak matter as a domestic one and that Germany probably would not intervene unless German interests in Czechoslovakia were "directly However, a wide interpretation might be made of German interests. Also the general understanding was that Tiso, in his note to Germany, asked the German -government for aid. BRATISLAVA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, March soldiers and police guarded Slovak cities in heavy force today as anti-Czech, feeling reached the highest peak in years. Soldiers and police were dominant here, where a state of martial law 'had been proclaimed, and in other Slovak cities.

But the entire countryside was regarded as A danger area and there was fear lest peasants march on cities to protest against the action of the central Czechoslovak government in dismissing three ministers of the semi-autonomous Slovak cabinet as a means of stopping separatist agitation. A blanket curfew was imposed in the Bratislava area at 9 o'clock last night after a day of dernon- (Turn to Page Thres, Please) rifles punctuated the explosions of artillery and trench mortar shells, and the start of hand grenade explosions showed that lighting was now at closest range. France Plans Capture of Madrid to Win War ROME. -March Gen. Francisco Franco, Spanish Nationalist leader, is making final irrepar- ations for a great offensive within 10 days to conquer Madrid and win the civil war, the authoritative Giornale D'ltalia said today in an- editorial by Virginio Gayda.

"We can calculate that within 10 days cannon will start speaking again." Gayda wrote. "Franco will not listen to negotiations. He in-' sists on unconditional surrender." (It is recalled that the. fall ot Barcelona and the approximate time it would fall was accurately predicted in Rome three weeks in. advance.) Dr.

Cramer to be Speaker for P. T. A. Dr. C.

H. Cramer of the faculty of the Southern Illinois Normal University will be the speaker Monday evening at the regular. meeting 1 of the P. T. A.

of the Longfellow school. Dr. Cramer will speak on school problems here and abroad. The members of the association extend an invitation to anyone interested to attend the meeting, which will be held at 7:30 p. m.

Others on the program will be Mrs. Gladys Brown and Miss Katheryn Maloney. Vibraphone selections will be played by Miss Julia Wolff..