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HELP THE 1944 RED CROSS DRIVE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS-LEASED WIRE BACK THE ATTACK Buy War Bonds And Stamps VOLUME 40 CARBONDALE, fEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, MAC AMUR IS FAVORITE IN TUES, JACKSON VOTING LIGHT IN DRIVE The primary election held yes- LUUIVu ESCJ I'-Lll ierday showed little interest- in thc Democratic party in Jackson County but there was quite-a lot of, shown by Republicans. I The only final returns made, by press time today are county and precinct committeemen and, CHICAGO, April these are not official. Only nine! Gen. Douglas MacArthur emerged precincts arc -reported by the' today with a smashing demonstra- Democratic -party, However, -all Asia subordinated developments tlon of strength in Illinois' Presi- forty-one precincts have been the Japanese offensive into dential preference primary, lead- turned in for the Republican con- i ai a to report today that the Aling all other GOP State Candidates test. lied offensive, into being Benson Outruns Stratton In Primary By ROBERT'GOLDENSTEIN Little Change In Jap Standing In India By RICHARD Associated Press War Allied in southeast INVASION LEADBK MAKE FIGHTER BASE INSPECTION on the ticket except Gov.

Dwight K. Green. However, MacArthur, name was entered as a Republican dates: The following is the total num- carried on at the' same time, is bcr of Republican votes received spreading steadily southward and whose in the county by some of the candi- now threatened enemy communi- Presidential candidate without his authorization, had only the nominal opposition of Riley Bender, Chicago real estate man and political unknown. Leading Bender by a ratio of nearly 14 to one, MacArthur polled 438,592 votes in 7,308 of the States's 8,728 precincts to 30,043 votes for his only opponent. The Macarthur for president clubs, which entered the General's name in the contest, looked upon his strong showing as the start of a possible draft MacArthur boom in the midwest.

The vote, however, is not binding on the State's Republican convention delegation. The General won three of the 24 delegates elected in Wisconsin's primary a week ago yesterday and his candidacy in the Illinois primary was endorsed by the Chicago Tribune. -HacArthur's vote was ony slightly behind that of Governor Green, seeking renomination against former Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom, and ahead of the successfull Republican or Representative in Congress cations in Burma just as Allied supply -lines in India are menaced, C. W.

"Bunt" Bishop by the Nipponese, Jewell (Red) 371 American-trained Chinese -troops i- ganlzation candidates for U. S. Senator, Secretary of State, Congressman at Large, Treasurer, and Attorney General. MacArthur was polling approximately 72 per cent of the Chicago Republican and running higher downstate. OCW'Jil l.tvcviy nauii i 4.

11 Marie D. Schreier 300 under Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stdwcll Delegate to National Convention has swept down the Mogaung Va Rocer Kelly 4149 ley, Allied communique said Dr Willis I.

Lewis Isi89 and have captured-, the village of Tirigring, These, operations, together with daring air-borne invasions behind Japanese lines, have resulted in an Allied strangle hold' on the enemy communications system which has. its terminus at Myitkyina northern Burma, Associated Press Wai- Correspondent Clyde reported. Concerning the Japanese drive into India, Allied leaders com- muniqucd only that there was little change in the situation at Imphal, where at least three ene-j my columns are striking besieged; British defenders, and failed to mentioned fighting around- Ko- hima, 60 miles north, where the Japanese are striving to break through to the Bengal-Assam railroad 35 miles farther north. In the Southwest Pacific, air and Naval forces landed a heavy one-punch on Hansa Bay, enemy (Continued on.page 6) Alternate Delegate to National Convention Thos. L.

Endsley 4408 Alonzo Mathis -3116 State Central Committeeman Fred B. Herbert 5181 State Senator G. Crisenberry 4153 C. F. Burgess 926 Representative in General Assembly Thos J.

Thornton 2947 W. J. McDonald Elbert Waller Senatorial Committeeman A. G. (Gar) Davis 4409 Clerk of Circuit Court Fred H.

Eraser 3196 Leslie Lipe 1935 State's Attorney Glenn 0. Brown 4820 Coroner Roy S. Huffman 4744 For the Republicans, a total of SAYS GEN, RiCHA IVSETS BSIVi IEPER SOIL Major Battles Reported In Crimea Area LONDON, April EISENHOWER commander of the-Allied forces for the Invasion or Europe, is lelL with Sir Trafford-Leigh-Mallory, commander-in-chief of Allied Expeditionary Air Forcea, a-rdW Gen. Lewis H. Brerefon, commander of S.

Ninth Air Force, nght, as they visited U. fighter bases in England during: a pre-invasionjinspection tour. OntemationaV By LEIF ERICKSON HONOLULU, April "We are in no mood to have an-j other Pearl Harbor." In those words, Lt. Gen. Robert I Richardson, Military Governor of Hawaii and commanding gen- eral of Army forces in the Central German communique today tola or Pacific summarized his views at res retreats in the eastern, and the trial of a civilian who dial- northern Crimea, where "German lenses the need for martial law on and Rumanian troops disengaged the" Islands where the war with themselves in hard fiehtmg toward Japan broke Dec.

7, 1941. further south. The General said lie never retir- Some 250 miles to the northwest, ed at night "without wondering the Russians said they had fought whether we have taken all the pre-into the streets of Tiraspol, Dnes- cautions i ter River port and rail junction. Adm 'Chester W. Nimitz, Com- while on the middle Dnester, the mander in Chief of the Pacific Germans crashed through the Rus- Fleet foresaw as another witness ian cordon around remnants of the possibility that Japanese Conv 15 trapped divisions around bkala irandos could land in Hawaii The Russian communique to of from submarines, mingle with the concerted drives in the Crimea Japanese population which "might from the east and north.

An army very well cause an operation far commanded by Gen. Audrey Yerc- to th west of here to be unsuccess-, menko captu9re aT es wa fU And he added that the threat of'Fourth Ukrainian Army in the Carrier strikes at Hawaii such as. north beat past fte northern rail the one which opened the war, bottleneck of Dzhankoi, 85 miles i The tw 0U hieh ranking leaders stroyed a large number of tanks in offensive more their retread in 2000 miles southwest of terday and that hard fiehtmg con- Harbor which has overrun tinned on both fronts. Loss of The General, of course, did not'as follows: 'approximately 4851 votes were cast yesterday. The Free Press is unable to give any figures for the Democratic race in the county due to the number of precincts unreported.

The list of victorious precinct committeemen for Carbondale is campaign in the Illinois contest, and has been silent on 1he draft movement of. the for President clubs. Inclement weather, the general absence of spirited contests and no opposition for State-wide Democratic candidates combined to hold own the total vote to the lowest figure in mare than 20 years. Early estimates were that it would not reach 1,500,000 from a registrat. From the outset, there appeared little doubt as to the outcome of the contests for the State offices between the regular and independent Republican candidates.

There was only one close race, for the nomination for Secretary of State, Republican 1. C. L. Dyer. 2.

Ben Isom. 3. W. T. Wright.

4. Hosea Howard. 5. C. E.

Wright. 6. Frank E. Jackson. 7.

Walter Wood. 8. W. I. Wright.

9. Elmer J. Medlin. 10 Reid Troutman, 11 Fred Fraser. Democratic 1.

Marvin White 2. Judge Green 3. Frank Wilson. 4. Fred Rendleman.

5. J. A. Vatterson, 6. Floyo, Mooreland.

7. No Candidate (Nolle Cresse, with the Governor's choice, Arnold! one vote written in). P. Benson, maintaining a comfortable margin throughout over Stats Treasurer William G. Stratton.

"Green, Peking his second term nomination, and other party leaders -expressed gratification on. the primary results. Returns indicated the Republican, for the first time in lii years, outpollecl the Democrats. "I say again that 1944 is a Republican year," Green said in a victory' statement. Commenting or.

the party's showing in Cook- County (Chicago) he said it indicated "Republican harmony and strength and demonstrates that the people of Cook county are in step with all Illinois and the nation in a swing to Republican leadership." The small vote compared to 8. John-Frey. 9. Virgil Grown. 10 Chester Nelson.

11 W. W. Trobaugh, 1,963,298 in the which was the 1930's 1,737,850. 1942 primary, smallest since Returns indicat- Allied Bombers Blast Railway Junctions ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAPLES, April Germans launched a small attack against Allied troops defending the hills north of Cassino yesterday and stepped up of their Mrs. Ola Ridgway Died Last Night; Funeral April, 14 Mrs.

Ola S. Ridgway, wife of o'iy the seven seas H. proprietor of APPROPRIATION FOR NAVY NOW AT NEW MARK $32,647,134,336 Earmarked For Fiscal Year By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, April LONDON, April German radio station, which claims it broadcasts front somewhere in Great Britain, said-today President Roosevelt, had gone to the Caribbean fo meet Prime Minister Churchill and make plans "regarding operations in Europe during the coming weeks." The text of the broadcast, heard by the Ministry of Information: "Roosevelt has left Washington oiice that Jlv lo uuv-l- It carried $32,647,134,336 to'. chmch is the mstn to cross the Ridgway Mercantile Company, nava i activities during the twelve Atl tic and not Roosevelt, who died last night at the family resi-i months star ting next July 1, a ot Da evcn a courtesy visit dence following an illness of several months.

She died at 11:50 o'clock and was 53 years of age at the time of her death. Funeral services will be conducted. Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the First Christian. Church with Rev. James Trewolla' officiating, assisted by Rev.

J. W. Merrill, Girard, Illinois. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. The body will lie in state the Parker Funeral- Home until 1 o'clock Friday afternoon when it will be removed, to the church and lie in state until the time of the services.

She is survived by her husband and two foster-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Mills and Mrs. Maurice Holdverson, both of this city. Two sisters, Mrs. Lora Palmer, Phoenix, has not paid even a courtesy visit saulting two marine sentries, con- by the Germans to 6Y RAF; OTHER CITIES BOMBED Planes Approach Germany From Two Bases LONDON, April 12, (AP) the Military RAF heavy bombers, smashed at! Admiral JSiimitz fron( iei with the exception or.

tne Aachen, Hannover and other ob- asked directly to state his view, skal above thc iectives in western German last on the necessity of martial law. lu iiio-ht in continuaton of the Allied General Richardson testified campaign to wreak havoc on Nazi that Martial law -is essential in "anti-invasion supply lines, and this "Vital heart of all our Pacific waves of- daylight' raiders 1 roared operations and will remain so usti. over the continent this forenoon the end of the war." to carry the mammoth "This voune lone front extending Crimea to the old Czech of the into its fifth straight day, iuuwu 6 has not paid even a courtesy visii. ure which, if, approved by Con- thisF country throughout the, British ainnen, following up yes- said. He mterteied This young (Duncan not attack simply a gress, will boost to approximately war I terday's great assaults on- Germany signed duty of a sentry tne as in time WIH'IC utAuaj a uu.j~*"-v^ 5350,000,000,000 the obligations; The report was who lly without by a fleet of nearly 2,000 American of war.

vntori for the total war effort since if i wi-iidi General Kicnarason voted for the total war effort since July 1, 1940, The program which the new funds'will -help finance contem- na gon south for a vacation. plates the use 6,623 self-propeU-1 ed vessels, 74,925 non-self-propelled vessels, 19,035 naval planes ex- elusive of teaming jfla.yK.Ole In planes, and 3,657,467 sailors, ma- rines and coast guardsmen. "Whateverthe cost, we know the! Mae Marberry, junior Japanese well enough to- realize from Carbondale at Southern Illi- that we cannot victory in nois Normal University has'the Allied confirmation. It was an- heavy bombers and fighters which i nounced early in the week in Wash- fought some of the fircest sky bat- "ie that President Roosevelt Then he I the first time since the March 30 added: force cracked a Russian previouslv tin-own around of 15 Ns7-i divisions area. The German thmst was achieved at the enst of manv men and tanks.

Moscow said. It acknowledged that tho Nszis captured the town of Buc7.ncz (Buchacbl, midwav between Skala and ench 1 cled Tarnopol, 30 miles to the northwest. Marshal Ivan S. Kone.v's Second Ukrainian Army, meanwhile, was to have struck hard at rs --Numbers raid cost a record of 94 "We are no mood to have an-; Axjs force; Jn CCTtrril RumaR i a bombers. Last night's attack on; other Pearl Harbor.

the rail multiple targets, however, was carried out with a loss of nine planes. The Air Ministry described the (Continued on page 6) the Pacific as anything short of civilian volu ne Dr. Bruce Merwin Ulc J. aa rOlC 01 One Ol lily VUALAH- the destruction of the Japanese teer nurscs the Little Theater's Talks To Rotary Empire," the Appropriations Com- production "Cry which Tuesd mittPP bp.en told bv Admiral nroepntP.rt nn Fridav nicht. IViemDerS i ucow mittee had been told by Admiral to be Ernest J.

King, April on Friday night, at eight o'clock in the WAC Offer Many TT L. Interesting Jobs To Youn Women One of Different typ. of t.inn of Pascani. OOP hundred and I rich Ploesti oilfields, surrendered onlv after 3.000 German and Ru' maman tr-inns WPVP slain, the Rus- tin added, and several town. Herrin and one brother, E.

L. McKenzie, Lexington, Kentucky, also survive. Mrs. Ridgway was the daughter of a Christian minister. She was a member of the Carbondale Business and Professional Women's Club and the Late Afternoon Club, W.

C. Security Benefit Association and the Midland Hills Unit of Home Bureau. cd yesterday's vote would drop to the lowest since 3.922 when it was 809,511. Gov. Green was the champion poll-getter, amassing an overwhelming lead over the independent candidate, former Attorney General Oscar E.

Carlstrom. In 7 373 of the State's 8,728 precincts, Waste Paper To Be Collected In This City Thurs. H. H. Wallace, chairman of the salvage committee, announced this morning that the students from all I JilVI illl 1ft shelling and mortaring of Castle the schOQls in the city would col Hill just the nibbled town, the Jwmes 1 nli- iirrtft fhi-rtiim 1 -r Green's vote was 492,654 as agains (Continued on page five) WEATHER it Fair this afternoon and tonight.

Thursday increasing clou but the attack was thrown back hard and Allied guns answered the ban-age with sharp fire of their own, headquarters announced today. On the Anzio beachhead, a small enemy party attempted a minor thrust three miles southwest of Carroccto and two other parties tried to cross the Moletta River near thc coast, but all these thrusts were repulsed. The Nazi attempting to' cross the Moletta were brought under heavy mortar fire and suffered casualties. Allied planes flew about 1,100 sorties yesterday, rail yards and smashing at bridges, supply dumps, stations and diness. Moder-i motor transport on a wide, area ately cool today, i in Italy and lashing at shipping Continue'd the Dalmatian coast.

One Allied plane was lost. Five German planes were destroyed. tonight. Lowest temp eratutres Thursday morning 34 to 40. Warmer Thursday.

TEMPERATURE 7 a. m. 1 p. m. 24-hour high 24-hour low Sugar Application Blanks At City Hall Application blanks for canning sugar may be secured from Mrs.

Thursday morning. The need of waste paper is growing' more acute daily, the chairman stated, and has been" asked to do its part in the collection drive. Citizens are asked to prepare their paper In the proper 'manner and either give it to the students, take it to some public or high school or take it' to the Down State. Chevrolet Garage on East Main Street. City Water Safe To Drink; Valve Broken At Plant According to Mayor Charles "To accomplish that destruction we must deliver the heaviest attacks of which we are capable, as soon and as often as possible, where it will hurt the most.

"This will' require every ship, every landing craft, every airplane, and every piece of the trained personnel to man them can be made available." is no secret that Tokyo is the ultimate objective of all these operations." The job of getting there, he added, will not be "easy." "The distances that are facing us for the future are even greater" than those already travelled, he said, "The difficulties that are facing us are tremendously greater. We still have a very long way to go to win the" war in the Pacific. The casualties that are going to have to be taken into, hospitals MARTHA MAE MARBERRY are going to increase and probably Migs Marberry plays the role of Dr Bruce W. Merwin, acting ct relief maps tacti al 1 sdav Attached to the Army Air Forces mSting ol. 9 via.

recaoturin? the SZX-SSSfZS? thele I to weather observer and X-r The speaker discussed the or-, technician sanitation of the new university, Wacj nQW havc the priv ii ege which was authorized by the legis- choosing own "jobs from t. lature last, year. In addition to Jst 239i it has ust been a the teachers college and the liberal nounced This is one the arts college, the university now tures of the new triple-choice plan has a college of vocations, and Dr. for the Women Army Corps. Merwin stated that he expected the biggest growth at S.

I. N. U. in this college. Graduate work at the college will The choice of a branch of ser- vice from the Army Air Army Ground Forces, or Army; Service Forces-is the second fea-j THF.

WAR By DeWTTT MACKENZIE (Associated Press War Analyst' of State Hull's blunt to 'neutral nations last to stop aid and 1 start this- summer, according to ture tlie plan. the speaker. He that during, Wacs can choose their initial as- enemies the forthcoming academic year, Jlme nt in the section of the coun- coB rt hi 0 sition graduate classes will be offered at where they enlist is the third 0 I. N. tiie evenings and on feature tn plan.

AraGrlCas lorelel1 Saturdays. The college is also giv- America's fallen on deaf ears abroad, though increase very markedly in yi jia Joyce. The play, which- is'mg-'attention to the problems of re- OO Pro reSS Is next six months, and they will unic ue that the cast of ten is turning service men, and is stay at a high rate." entirely of women, is a story giv- viding courses 'for them. Made By Illinois mirce IT1 0 Despite predictions; of many ex- i the reactions the volunteer In concluding his address, fomrsanv i a that the European war may as they served on Bataan. Merwin a recent meet Deserve Company neuttal i- rnnnt.t,,,,Kd nn naae 6) 0 0 nnrt F.

Miles had Tonight is regular drill nigh. Sltua tea perts on page 6) jit remains to "be seen how receptive they are. Qnick reaction comes from a pro-Nszi source in one of the most strategically tne Allies Strike Settled At Local Plant Today; Workers Now On Job of the teachers colleges of Illinois, evening. the direction Emerson S. that are being, contemplated are a and expanded training school, Ders 01 me iw.aua^^'.

fnlia'N hood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Mrs. Mrs. Julia Warehousemen and Helpers- of useiiieii aim ij.t»t»-u the Amer- rather Ot Mrs. UUH.IJ.SUIi) LUC V.1LFU.VXJT J.W.tVl-"f 3 'f you-are drinking, today is abso- ican Federation of rned 'Maude DilloW lutelv safe. to work today-at the Hhnois Ord- Johnson, the cloudy looking -water America, lutely safe.

A valve broke at the filtering plant -and workers are unable to clarify the water. However, ac cording to the mayor, the water is purified as usual and is safe. Workmen have been working- night and day the past few.days nance Plant a temporary settlement. At L-ODClen Several hundred -load line em- J. A.

of Mrs. Maude ployees will resume work this aft- Dillow of this died' at. his ernoon at four o'clo'ck. i home in Cobden morning I1UU4L Ql. The differences between man- after several'weeks illness.

He agement and labor will settled was a'pioneer resident of Cobden. arJiitration in the near 1 Funeral services will be held mipptn pi -heating library, vocational to fill vacancies. building, biological science building, housing units, and a Last Wednesday night, after the Hull, for one of the sins of the neutrals he mentioned Sunday was field drill session, the Company enjoyed "sending to. Germany the. essen- ia nice lunch and then went on the 'fj a ingredients of the steel which an Five directors'-were elected by'rifle range the basement for jki ls our soldiers." a lie Club to during'the 1944- markmanship practice and some essential of steel, and Bittern 45 They are ot very presentable scores were mie vjty short of Trav-v made.

Of course Cumhuriyet. and Roy. JRamsey. werc short of Of "course Cumhuriyet mff'npr Philit) Kimmel Service in this Company is aj spea or the government. How- Hottner, i-niiip peasant the Turks maintain "a rigid vesterdav included Jim for the average man as it develops cen sorship and would scarcely per' William Ausman quick and clear thinking and mi publication of such an editor- W'H Whitehe'ad' Proves the physique.

Applicants 3n ess they were willing to fly B-Wilson Mar- are welcome: at the Armory tonight a balloon to test the Allies, asley of this city af ter 7:0 P- 1 (Continued on page five) In.