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The Weather Fair tonight "and Sunday; Sunday, Temperature Official Reading 12 Midnight ........24 6 A. M. 24 MEMBER OF THE NUMBER 67 1IX1NOIS, VOLUME 37 GERMAN SHIPS MAKE DASH FOR FREEDOM Trouble In Machinery Halts Trip In Gulf TAMPICO, MEXICO, Nov. Orinoco, one of four German ships which'made dash into the stormy Gulf of Mexico, was being towed back to its anchorage early today while another ship was afire 15 miles off the coast. Marine officials said the burning Bhip was doubtless one of the German vessels as they had no reports of other ships in the From the order of sailing, they said, the burning ship evidently was the Phrygia.

The four ships had been moored here since outbreak of the European war. As the tugboat Sabalo was getting up steam to go to assistance of the burning ship, the Orinoco signalled it Had machinery trouble. The Sabalo then took tho Orinoco in tow. The ships obtained clearance papers late yesterday, three of them giving the Canary islands as their destination, and'the fourth. Vlgo, Spain.

Shipping circles speculated that they might be planning to keep a rendezvous with a German war vessel. Reports of German surface warships operating in Caribbean waters have been prevalent for some time. (Shipping circles in New. York heard unconfirmed reports last night that the German freighter Helgoland, which slipped out of Bnr- ranqvila, Colombia, had been sunk by a British warship In the Caribbean,) EFFECTS OF STORM STILL FELT IN NORTHWEST 500 LONDON WITH NEW FURY The first real storm ot the winter ia over, but the effects are still being felt in some sections of the United States. Lake shipping was hard hit, with more than twoscore deaths recorded la a terrific cale which swept the Great Lakes region.

Some communities in the northwest'still were snowbound, after heavy snowfall, The shows a trailer truck overturned near Red Wing, Minn. the occasion, 5000 WILL BE ADDED TO NYA ROLLSJN STATE Approximately "5,000 Illinois young men and girls will be added by December 1 to the National Youth Administration's state-wide program on which youth are provided with-paid work experience, according to an announcement today by State NYA Administrator Mary Stuart Anderson. The increase, necessitated by the opening of many new work experience centers throughout the state in connection with the national defense program, will bolster the number of part- time NYA youth in Illinois from 17,000 to 22,000. Twenty-two centers arc MAKE PLANS FOR NATIONAL ART WEEK HERE Art Week is being observed from November 25 to Decem-. ber 1, and Carbondale is making fitting arrangements for according to Mrs, Louis W.

Gellerman, who heads the local art committee. The feature of. the Carbondale ob- nce will be several exhibitions works of artists from this city and its environs. One exhibition will be held in the noscoe. Pulliam rest- on West Main street for three Another will be at-the college.

A'third will be the display. In store windows down town. At the. moment Carbondale merchants are being approached and are being asked', to exhibit works of art. The latter is believed to bo an, original idea with the local committee and it is attracting considerable attention.

The public t'j. ,1 servance dence on days; POLICE ARREST YOUNG MAN FW HOLDUP A young man, about 17 or IS years old, who. identified 'himself as Anson Hurd of Oneida, New York, was arrested by the. police this morning less than two hours after ho had held Gal's D-X-Service Station on North Illinois avenue and escaped with $28 in bills. Conrad the man who -was working at the station, said that the young man.entered'the station shortly before 6 o'clock this morning and apparently 'wanted to warm himself by the stove.

However, a few moments later, according to Clutts, the-youth ordered him to stick-up his hands and then told him to take the' money out oC the cash register which Clutts'did, no now in operation and by December 1, will have been 1940, eleven more added, making a total tfi )rty-thvee. Applications of youth will be taken daily starting immediately at all local offices of the NYA In Illinois, it was is invited to attend exhibits'and The yout told Clutts that he'had admission will be charged. The Carbondale committee is anxious that local artists and Draftsmen he notified of the-forthcoming exhibits and that they submit their works. To entry fee is being charged and no ttempt will be made -to judge the vorks submitted. On the other hand, mphasia will be placed upon the of works oE art to a public vhlch has not previously considered buying them, because it believes art be only a wealthy man's preroga- ve.

One of the goals of National Art Week is to place the works of Amer- can artists and craftsmen in me, office, church, and club. Local artists who are submitting their works are asked to deliver them- to Miss Gladys P. Williams, head of the Department, of Art at S. I. N.

BISHOP WILBUR HAMMAKER WILL SPEAK SUNDAY Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker RAID HAMBURG DURING NIGHT Germany Withdrawing Nationals From Greece BERLIN, threatened England, today with another devastating, air to Thursday night's vengeful raid on retaliation for a British raid on Hamburg. The command' said a shipyard administration building a hospital in Hamburg were hit by British bombs last night, but declared damage in the great port was "in no proportion with the number of. "attacking planes." A number of were reported killed in the bombed hospital and the high command said in its daily com- munique that "a grain silo was fire, but immediately quenched." Authorized sources, meanwhile, disclosed that Germany, seeking to avoid possible complications, gradually is withdrawing her 8,000 nationals from Italian-invaded Greece, but described the step as purely practical and not political. Other diplomatic activity centered around Spain aud Turkey.

The high command said "retaliatory attacks" on London continued hits were scored on traffic the Victoria, docks and NATIONAL GIRL SCOUT OFFICIAL WILL BE HERE explained. young men nnd girls between the ages of 18 ana 24, inclusive, who are need of work, are eligible for the program. "Industry's increasing employment particularly in lines engaged in na tlonal defense production, is decreas ing the National Youth Admlnistra tlon rolls weekly," explained Admin iairator Anderson. "Many employers have come to look to the NYA fo' on or or before Friday, November 22. youths who have had some basic worl experience and shop habits.

-To meet this change in employ mt-nt demands, the NYA program ha been revised in recent weeks. Tho Increase in centers providing experience in various types of mechanical Tvork, was made when it was noted that shop workers are needed most at this time." Youths at NYA centers are enabled to acquire basic 'experience in sheet metal work, welding, machine shop, foundry, forge, woodworking, drafting, designing, automobile mechanics, power sewing, sub-professional nursing, cooking and household' work. Enlistment Record Set In Tennessee MORLEY, Nov. little Tennessee town of about 200 inhabitants is still hitting the ball for Uncle Sam. Its perfect record of sending every eligible male into military service as a volunteer was upheld yesterday when Olas Gene Thomas, just turned 18, enlisted, in Wage Argument Slows Construction TULLAHOMA, Ifr- "emergency" work was in progress today on the construction project at Camp Peay, National Guaud training center, as the result of Indecision on overtime wage scales for union labor.

Announcement that work would halted for week-end came from constructing Quartermaster Maj. Carl H. Briotweiser, who said data gathered in long conferences yesterday with American, Federation' of Labor' craft leaders would be sent to Washington for a decision. gun in his pocket and then forced him into the 'wash room telling him to remain there. When Clutts came out of'the room, the' holdup man had disappeared.

The police were notified and Clutts with several friends started a search for-the stranger." Shortly before o'clock, he was'seen sitting on a bus at the terminal and when approached by the searching party pistols and shotguns, -the youth climbed down from the bus without resisting. The police were called-and ho was taken to city hall for questioning. Chief of Police John Parrish said that the youth told him that he had been in Dallas, Texas and was hitchhiking back to New York. arrived in Carbondale about 6 o'clock last night, said and. spent the night in and around the' bus terminal and the I.

C. depot until early this he walked to the D-X station. The youth'told Parrisli that ho had used a in his pocket for gun and that he" was attempting to get enough money to buy bus ticket New York so he could stop hitch- Denver, Colorado, one youngest Bishops of the new United church, will be the' speaker of. Sunday Evening. at First Mel.h-j odist church, Sunday evening, at 7:30, subject will be, "How Does Japan, Get That Way?" He has spent three years recently in the Orient, as Bishop.

of Japan and China, and comes to us fresh from the conflict over there. He appointed to the Denver 'Area of Methodism. Miss Frances Lee, of New York City, member of the Girl Scout national field staff, will be in Carbondale on'November 18-19 according to Mrs. Leo Brown, commissioner of the Carbondale Girl Scout Council. Lee's-visit is for of giving training helps to the Carbondale leaders and council members.

Girl Scout workers from surrounding liave also been invited to the Miss EXPECT FDR TO SEND MESSAGE TO LABOR GROUP NEW ORLEANS, Nov. Roosevelt is expected to. send a message to the American Federation otdJabov convention here early Avar essential objectives. A and'' one. tons were reported hit and left "listing" in a "bomber attack on a British convoy about 435 miles west of Ireland.

Informed German quarters declared that the raid on Hamburg will be revenged just as "Coventry paid" for the November .8.. raid on Munich. They said Coventry was attacked again last but -on a smaller scale than Thursday night. Several hundred planes reportedly unloaded several hundred tons of explosives last night on. London, these sources said, listing planes losses at seven German and 14 British.

On the diplomatic front, authorized sources said Spanish Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner, unofficially reported on his way, to expected to confer in Berlin shortly on the invitation of German Foreign Min- towns meetings. Formerly principal of the Lee School for Girls in Boston, Miss Lee 'who' recently became tranfing adviser at on the Girl Scout national' staff, has. been associated with the movement for 'several years. She has been an instructor in two of.the national training schools for Girl Scout Pine Tree near Plymouth, and Camp Edith Macy, Pleasantville, N. BRITISH PLANES BOMB INVASION PORTS JN FRANCE Apartments, Shops, and Homes Shattered During Raid LONDON, Nov.

bombers, attacking in formation, smashed at London with sudden fury early today in a "grand scale." raid which the. British Press Association estimated involved upward of 500 many as the Nazis reportedly hurled against industrial Coventry the night before. The Press Association's air correspondent declared that "the enemy used as many planes as were used in the attack on Coventry," and added: "It was an attack on a grand scale." Civilian casualties were feared great as explosives fire bombs rained down through rifts in the clouded sky and shattered apartment buildings, shops: and homes in the suddenly-intensified attack. A government communique which described the bombing as "heavy and sustained" declared that "in view of the- weight of the attack" the number of dead and injured was smaller than "might have been expected." An Air "Ministry. communique credited British fliers with "heavy attacks" of their own overnight- aimed principally at the big German port of Hamburg, where "docks, oil plants.and other were said to have been bombed.

Other British squadrons were said to have attacked airdromes and the "invasion ports" in German-occupied territory. The Air Ministry said "it is now evident that last night's attack on Miss Lee will meet with the. Girl Scout'Council Monday, November IS, at 9:30 a. m. at the home of Mrs.

j. B. Etherton. She will meet with the Carbondale leaders and assistants and leaders from other communities at 7:00 in the Baptist annex. On Tuesday afternoon she will meet the commissioners and training and program committees from Carbondale, Benton, and West Frankfort.

This meeting will be held at the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock. inn jiiv iiu.i.nji« v. next week-urging pea'ce; between Ai i. gter Joachim on Ribbentrop and 1 the; Congress of Industrial to hiking, not find Parrish said' that he could a gun on the, youth nor could he locate.one.in.his-luggage. A bus ticket New York was found along-with a pocket knife arid the remaining part-of the stolen money.

Camp Peay will be the training site for Illinois National Guardsmen scheduled to be.called to service by January. 1. Propose To Haul Water In Mt. Vernon to a water shortage at Mt. Vernon as the result of.

the drouth, Mt. Organizations. Leaders assembled "chore' in advance of the. general meeting, starting Monday, expected the from the White House to lend new impetus to the drive for conciliation between the two labor groups. When AFL President 'William Green makes his annual address Monday he is expected to throw wide, the door anyYciO upions which may revolt against the CIO leadership of president John Lewis.

conferred President Roosevelt a ew days ago. 'leaders', would be quoted many confidently ex pected several important' CIO groups break away ftnd seek affiliation Informed Nazis said Serrano Suner was expected to: spend two days in Paris and probably would reach Berlin early next week. At'the same time, Huesrev Gerede, Turkish ambassador to Berlin, was summoned to confer with Ins government in Ankara. The German ambassador to Turkey, Franz Von Papen, who came home some time ago reportedly for pheasant shooting, remained here apparently on call for developments growing out of the recent German conferences with Soviet Russian Premier-Foreign Commissar -VyacheslafC Molotoff in Berlin. Convict with the AFL.

AFL officials said, that Mrs. Elva Etherton Dies In Hospital Mrs. Elva, Etherton, G5 years old, died in the Hol'den Hospital about 3:30 Carmel municipal water company of- even if Lewis kept his promise to ficials today completed arrangements egign) probably would continue Of Mail Fraiid BATON ROUGE, Nov. Dr. Clavence A.

Lorio, former the army. Thomas was the twenty-eighth volunteer to, enlist from Morley. Now recruiting officers will have to -wait until the other lads grow Morley can send another. yesterday afternoon. Her home was in Grassy Township.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the Dutch Ridge church with Rev. Cy Nance in charge. Burial in the Dutch Ridge cemetery. The body will 'remain at the Huffman Funeral Home until time for tho services. 1 She'is survived by her husband, Dan Etherton; a son, Hollis Lipe of near a brother, Holla Lipe ol Canada; and three sisters: Mrs.

Will Crowell MraV Charles Runion ot PinckneyviHe, nnd Mrs. Ida Grabmer of Pomona. for shipping' water by tank car to Mt. Vernon for use at railway repair shops. The Mt.

Carmel-plant also haa been supplying water for the Big Four railroad at Harrisburg. New Medical Building Opened One of the most modern and up-to- date medical buildings 'in southern Illinois was opened to the general public this week at'105 South Avenue by C. M. Brooks, eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, and Dr. E.

E. Matthes, dentist. The-building, constructed along the Hnea of a residence, is truly an -asset to Carbondale. to dominate the union in his capacity as head of the United Mine Workers, largest union in the CIO. Lewis' a year salary is paid by the-mine workers, not the union.

The labor men generally, expressed satisfaction over the 1 resignation of Nathan-Witt as secretary of'the National Labor Relations Board, 'and ap- proveVl the President's appointment of Dr. H. Mlllis to replace J. War- Ma'dde on 'the three-man board. They looked upon this presaging a sweeping change In the board's policies.

Matthew Woll, -'president the Union Department commenting on Witt's', resignation state senator and Louisiana State University medical director, was oon- 'icted of mail fraud by a federal rand jury last night and faces a "naxlmum fine of $2,000 or five years mprisonment; or both. ren said that 'tot getting to the trouble at" its source' POLICE SHOOT KIDNAPER: TRACE MAN BOSTON, Nov. by police before the eyes of his. mother, sister and brother as he entered their home, Paul V. Gould, 20, indicted as the kidnaper of a Vermont father and son, lay in critical condition today in a hospital.

The shooting last night came as a climax to an intensive manhunt waged by police, postal inspectors and Federal Bureau of Investigation- agents kidnap rural mail carrier and a three-year-old boy- were released Thursday night in- Boston. Patrolmen William and John Smith said they fired in the belief that an object in the youth's hand was a to learn later that it Svas a toy weapon. The policemen, stationed in the family's second-floor apartment on the chance that he might appear 'there, were sitting in the ktchen talking, to Hamburg was a very satisfactory operation. The principal targets of the cily were hit, aud all our aircraft returned safely." While London' echoed with the roar of bombs and the staccato bark of anti-aircraft guns, the glow of fires in ruined Coventry guided-other Nazi bombers to, new attacks on England's industrial midlands. A communique, however, said "little damage and few casualties have been reported" from bombed midlands communities and indicated there was no repetition of Thursday night's terrific, concentrated assault 'which left parts of Coventry a rubble heap with more than 1,000 dead and injured.

Towns near London and in southwestern England also were raided, London's ground guns, credited with having beaten back several attacks early in the night, failed to stop the renewed onslaught alter Sentence was deferred pending action on an anticipated appeal. Tho government indicted Dr. Lono four counts, charging he used the "nail td defraud-Louisiana State University of about through overcharges on electrical contract work at the school. He three of the counts, bulJ', convicted on' the fourth, which Involved the, mailing of a bill for $495 by the -Scanlon-NorYls company or Madison, to-the Eyana ElectricaVSupply at, Baton Rouge 'for an' operating room' light S. U.

hospital. Mrs. Elsie Gould, the youth's mother, and the brother and sister, when Gould walked in. A parolee Concord Gould was indicted yesterday on charges of kidnaping, assault with intent to rob a mail carrier and obstructing the United States mail. Harold O.

Flint, 42, South mail carrier, told police that while; he was making, his rounds Thursday Three Injured In Train Accident CHICAGO, Nov. two- year-old girl'and two women passengers suffered slight injuries yesterday when a day coach of the Wabash railroad's express, St. Louis bound, left the tracks at South 74th street, a few miles from the Dearborn street station. The derailed car came to a.stop at a 45-degree angle over a 20-foot embankment. The derailed car remained attached to the rest of the train, but its front trucks were wrenched off.

Engineer Frank Dely of Decatur said the train, was travelling between 12 and 15 miles an hour when the second coach behind the- engine was derailed. Railroad officials did not immediately determine the cause of the accident. shortly before accompanied by his son, the parolee; entered the Flint automobile- and forced-hinr at shotgun point to drive approximately .200 niiles i to Boston. He said Gould, employed recently as a farmhand In Vermont, 'robbed him of f42 en route. Workers Vote To End Strike Nov.

mills here -out armament-steel for States-and-British governments todayi after employes voted by slim to end' a that had production at ft stand-.