The Daily Independent from Murphysboro, Illinois • Page 1

The Day's Log WEATHER ILLINOIS: Mostly cloudy, occasional rain, slightly warmer extreme North tonight; Thursday 'partly cloudy, showers or thunderstorms. Temperature today, at 7 A. 83 degrees. Maximum temperature Tuesday, 88 degrees. The Jackson County Daily Dally Independent moir 2,000 In Murphyiiboro every terming.

Tbat meann bctvresn and D.OOO readem lu the city Tfiie eircnlation in pkjsboro la ICSH than half the total county ulrvulutiou. why It a "Jacluoa Couuty Dally!" Price 15c Per Week MURPHYSBORO, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1941 BIRTHS and Mrs. Ralph King, of 1426 Gartside street, Murphys-' boro, are the' parents of a daugh-1 ter born Sunday, June 8, at 6:401 a. m. The baby weighed 7 and 4 ounces and has been named Pearl Suzette.j Mrs.

King was Miss Polly Mae McFarland before her marriage. FRENCH WAY Established 1891 (Weekly Edition 1873) SYRIA DEATHS Augusta 'ampbell Hii'l, III. Vogt, Lindsey, 2308 McCbrd street, Murphysboro. INHALATOR AND POWER PLANT COST ESTIMATE 102 MILLIONS FIRST AID TEAM 1 Valle Pr ect Would Use SAVE HOUSE WIFE Six Barms id Four Counties Mrs. Wanless Found on Floor Asphyxiated in Luoier Street; Oxygen Applied Artificial respiration and oxygen administered with a fire depart-1 ment inhalator saved Mrs.

Charles I Wanless- 'Wednesday afternoon. Treatment was administered by Fire Chief Albert Herring and members of the Western United Bishop Thinks Employment Would Increase Here 27 Per Cent AVASHINGTON, June for six dams on Southern i Illinois waterways are outlined First Aid team after Mrs. Wan-fc, a bill Introduced by ReP C. I Vf. Bishop, to authorize creation was found apparently lifeless; ovy a pallet in front of a gas stove at her home at ,522 Lueier street.

Her found her on his return at 1:45 after taking a bus load of WPA workers to the rock crusher. Chief Herring alleged that the doors and windows of the home were closed and the jets of the gas stove open when arrived. Wanless said his young wife had been ill since January 9. A physician called after first aid workers arrived said: "Keep up the good work, boys. Keep on administering she come through." Mrs.

AVanless revived within thirty minutes. of a power project in the area. Bishop said the bill, introduced yesterday, provides for develop- jment ot the project in Williamson. Jaclison, Perry and Franklin counties, and estimates production of 1,500,000 horsepower a year. It calls for construction of generating plants at the mouth of coal mines in'southwestern Illinois.

Bishop said that the plan called for six dams, the largest near Murphysboro. He said the dam and generating-plant at Murphysboro would produce. more than 780.000 horsepower annually and wou-lrt-scast- $ld2, One. dam.Nvould be at Crab Orchard lake, Carterville. This plant would produce 78,000 horsepower and cost $9,750.000.

The plan calls for four additional dams along the Big and Little Muddy rivers. Steam plants using water from these dams would produce 77,000 horsepower. Bishop said the water the dams would 'be piped to the plants at the. mouths of the coal mines and the power would be generated coal'. He estimated that the project would give min- O.lrs.

Augusta Vogt, mother of! ers in Southern Illinois steady Frank Coleman of this city, and increase employment by died at her home in Campbell Hill, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock', after a lingering illness. Mrs. Vogt was born October 6, 1852 in Kihrdorf, Germany and nlirtst ot tense activity in AVash- came to this country at the age of ington on. his part and that of Mrs. Augusta Vogt, Campbell Hill Resident, Died Tuesday Afternoon Mother of Mrs.

Frank Coleman of this City, Expired After Lingering Illness 27 iper cent. Congressman Bishop, introduced the Big Muddy power bill in the IS years. She was SS years of age at the time of death. Illinois stale senators for the location cl a munitions plant at Oil September 4, 1S70 she was Crab Orchard lake, united in marriage to Carl The appeal of Carbondale to tap and to.that union were born three the lake for 'water supply result- sons and nine daughters. Her hiis-jcd in more frank discussion of band, two sons and one daughter I the lake area for a munitions site.

preceded her in death. She was a'The appeal was allowed to go member of the St. Luke's Lutheran unanswered at the outset pending church and the Ladies Aid of what may be a decision on the bell Hill. munitions location. She'is survived by the following Congressman Bishop conferred children, Gentsch of AVilliamsou county men Mon- Belleville.

Albert A ogt, Mrs. Fred I day night and Tuesday by Kathert of Campbell Hill, Mrs. phone and telegraph. Mayor Crisp Henry Eichhorst of Reil Bnd, Mrs. of Marion wired an appeal Tues- George Gerlach of Steeleville.

Mrs. (day, signed by Williamson county town mayors, to use Crab Rose Kirsch of Asheville, Mrs. Tillie Repke of Mrs. Coleman of this city. I and relieve unemployment.

The Orchard area for a munitions site Henry Bierman of Campbell Hill. She also leaves 52 grandchildren. u-1 great grandchildren and a brother and a granddaughter, whom she reared. August Gietow and M-rs. appeal was to Donald M.

Nelson, chairman of the Office of Production Management. It said: "A munitions plant for the U. S. owned Crab Orchard lake area Howard Miles of Murphysboro. Olio i in AVilliamson county, Illinois, great-great grandson, little Herman should be approved immediately.

Carl Bodemullcr, of Murphysboro, also survives. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. A. H. Kaitschuk officiating.

Interment will Luke's cemetery. follow at St. GERMANS REPORT TONNAGE SINKINGS IN FOUR MONTHS BERLIN, June 11 German high command, in a special communique summarizing the first four months of warfare- in 1341, said today that the German navy and air force in that period had sunk a lolal of. 2,235,000 tons enemy shipping. The special communique said that, during the same period the German air force and German navy had damaged more than 1,200,000 additional tons of enemy shipping, It said that the navy alone had There arc more than 20,000 unemployed patriotic American laborers available." Mayor Crisp wired Congressman Bishop to say: "Laborers in- this district are depending on you to deliver a' defense industry to the 'Crab Orchard area.

AVe recognize your past successes aud congratulate you." Government engineers were in the lake-district again last 'week, this time computing how much earth would have to be removed for the erection of a niiiuitious plant. Their report is in AVash- ington. destroyed enemy 1,471,000 tons. Striking Die Casters Urging Settlement BULLETIN CLEA 7 ELAND, June A committee of striking Die Casting Workers (CIO) today unanimously recommended union ratification of a proposed agreement to end. a strike' at the plant of the Aluminum Company of America ships' totaling that has'halted production of vilal- -ly.

needed, defense materials. WHEELER CLAIMS STRIKE MEDIATOR INTOXICATED ON JOB "Incompetent Officials" Responsible for Failure to Settle Disputes," Senator Says BULLETIN AVASHINGTON, June 11 (UP) Burton K. Wheeler, charged in the Senate today that "incompetent officials" are for failure to settle current labor disputes. He said that in the recent Los Angeles strike the Federal mediator assigned to the case was "intoxicated all the time he was out Wheeler, a pending proposal by Sen. Harry F.

Byrd. to condemn strikes in defense industries, did not identify Uie strike 'or the Federal mediator except to say that he was "a professor from the east who had the title of an officer." "He became intoxicated when he got there stayed intoxicated all the time he was there," Wheeler said. He added that Communists were blamed lor failure to settle the strike "when every one in Los Angeles knew who-was responsible." The Senate debate on means of defense strikes as the defense mediation board called on union and management in the strike at the Bohii Aluminum and Brass Corporation's Detroit plants to resume production immediately. The board called the strike "a serious threat" to the country. Vital aluminum parts for airplanes ami engines are made by Bonn.

ELLIS H. ROGERS, FORMER EDUCATOR HERE, EXPIRES Ellis H. Rogers, first principal of the Murphysboro Township High School and. a man of. letters, expired at Chico, late Tuesday, according to word today to Dave Cleveland and family of Murphysboro.

was 70 years old, had taught school forty years and had a master's degree as an educator. The family removed from Murphysboro to California in 1904 after Mr. Rogers completed his service with the local high school. Birger Gang Now Go For Chicken Stealing, Say Police BELLEVILLE, June stealing, once looked upon with contempt by the underworld, today was described by Clair county oflicers as highly profitable racket methods adopted by thieves operating -iu Southern Illinois'. The racket, according, to officers, is not only profitable but is efficiently organized and operated by a gang -believed to be headed by former members of the notorious Birger gang who terrorized the area, a decade and more ago.

Special Deputy Sheriff John E. Tiley of the St: -Clair County Rural A'igilante committee said the poultry raids are made in automobiles aud metiiods employed by the raiders have reduced chances of capture by authorities to a- minimum. Tiley said each auto carries the equivalent of a "trigger-man" and three raiders. After the locality of each raid is reached, the thieves are dropped off one at a time at various farms. They return to the highway with the stolen poultry aud are picked up by their automobiles.

As many as three farms can be raided in half an hour, Tiley said. Because the raiders never take more than five to 10 per cent of-a flock at one time losses to chicken raisers are difficult to compute since it may be several days before a farmer notices that part of his flock is missing. Tiloy. 'who patrols the county at night, said hundreds of fowls have been stolen each week since the gang began operating several months ago. He said the stolen poultry is sold to "shady" dealers, roadhouses and taverns, thus insuring quick disposal of evidence; Some of the fowls are disposed of in St.

Louis and shipments liaye been uiade to Chicago -and- Cincinnati, Tiley said. ADOPTS STAMP PLAN Not Responsible, However, Financially; Tax Fee Settled Supervisors at their closing session Tuesday afternoon' approved and adopted the Federal Food Stamp plan for Jackson county. The action was by resolution which authorized the finance committee to contact other parties interested in the food stamp plan and learn if the necessary finances be obtained from banks'and other sources. The resolution provided, how-1 ever, that the committee, com-! posed of Supervisors Ren-1 dleinan, Richards, Endsley and Thompson, was not authorized to obligate the county financially, cither directly or indirectly, for the application of the stamp method of relief. Collections Compromised.

By resolution also the board adopted a compromise the con-1 troversy arising between the of-1 fice of County Treasurer James I Lawder and the municipality of Carbondale on the amount duel the county for collection of special assessments and costs and penalties thereof. The county compromise provided that county is-to receive as its costs all tax' by the Carhondale collector during the period involved in the respective amounts of 55.52 or less, Carbondale, to retain the remainder of the tax collected, including interest, penalties and costs. Treasurer Lawder was authorized therefore to accept as the county's share "provided, however, the Carbondale collector shall make prompt remittances at the end of each month to the county collector of all costs flue the county of $5.52 or less on each item collected." The amount involved was $2,999.08. Carbondale had caused ot be made aii audit of collections. The county then had an audit made on its part.

The audits failed to agree. During the dispute Treasurer- Collector Lawder had stood pat against deviation from customary procedure in the matter, as he! understood was based on the law. i Cyrus Lindsey, 80, Expired This Morning; Funeral Rites Friday Cyrus Lindsey, aged 80 years, 2 months and 26 days, died at the home of his sou, Obert Lindsey, 230S McCord street, this morning at o'clock, after 'an illness of three mouths. Mr. Lindsey, a retired farmer, had made his home, iu this city for two and years.

He was born Mar. 15, 1861, in Pomona township. Mr. Lindsey was preceded in death by his 'wife, the former Martha Anderson, ten years ago. The following children survive: Catherine Gaines, Obert Liudsey, of this city; Clydia Childers, St.

JElva Jacksonville, 111., Ida Ford. of Kennett, Mo. A jarge number of grandchildren, 36 -great grand children and three great great, grandchildren Funeral services will ie lield Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Meyer Funeral home with the Rev. W. E.

Williams, pastor of the Centenary Methodist church, in charge. Interment will be held at the Boucher cemetery. The body will remain at the Meyer Funeral home. Kentuckian Held For Holdup At Herrin HERR1N, June Earvy Saddler, 38, of Louisville, was held in jail today on robbery charges after police caught him holding up two youths here. He told police he Tiad been drinking and couldn't remember where lie-got the guu -wliicli' lie threatened bis victims.

FOR conns AMERICA ANEW TOAIMUTAID Accounts for 75 Millions Material Forwarded To British Amount Just Dribble of That to Follow For Democracy WASHINGTON, June reported today that $75,000,000 of war, materials have been transferred to-Great Britain and other lighting democracies since enactment of the Lend- Lease law, and has been allocated for further aid out of the $7,000,000,000 provided by In his first report to- Congress required under. HR 1770, Mr. Roosevelt promised anew tliat "Anierica will help Britain defeat Axis forces with a steady flow of materials, and- will see that these materials reach the "With our natural productive capacity, and the genius of our people for mass production, we will help Britain to outstrip the Axis in munitions of war, and we will see- to that- these munitions, get to the-places where they can be effectively, used to weaken.and Mr. The report showed over-all totals of shipments and but Mr. Roosevelt told Congress that he was providing'it only with such details as "advisable without disclosing military secrets to benefit the Axis powers." The $75,000,000 in actual, ship- meuts, it was made clear, was hardly more than a first trickle of what will become a torrent of aid pouring across the sea later.

These materials were things were on hand when the Lend-Lease'act was passed. In the 74 days since'then, the President said he had allocated to the AVar, Navy, Agriculture and Treasury Departments and the Maritime Commission, more than $4,277,412,879 of the total $7,000,000,000. "The balance of less than 52,250.000,000 "is being rapidly These funds.are 'being used largely to. make new equipment for Britain, also to provide food aud some raw materials. The President gave Congress following breakdown 'of the materials already dispatched to the democracies, chiefly to Britain but also including China: Ammunition for small arms and artillery, explosives, Ordnance, arms and AVatercraft, Clothing, medical supplies, $616,000.

Signal and chemical equipment, Agricultural Raw materials and $497,806. That brought the total of actual shipments to $75,203,425, for the period March 11-May 31. The President also disclosed that in 1940, when the fate of the democracies was trembling under Axis blows in France, he sold to Britain surplus' rifles, machine gUus, field -artillery, ammunition and aircraft which' he valued' at $43,000,000 hut which required about $300,000,000 to produce during the World "War: Those transfers a year ago, he emphasized in his letter of trails- mittal, were in addition to the 50 over-age destroyers which ho rushed to-Britain in exchange-for the right to establish defense bases in the 'Western The; President's report broke down his' allocation under the $7,000,000,00.0 Lend-Lease law as follows: War, Navy, Maritime Commission, Treasury, Executive office, Office' of Emergency, Management, $100,000. The allocations were detailed by specific purpose as follows: Ordnance, and ordnance -stores- (TUTJJ to six, Hvw ihe Mighty Have Fallen BEIRUT; NAVY BLASTING FOE Defense Battalion Wiped Out; Allies Within Miles of Goal Invader Column Rushes Way Up Lebanon Coast Once mighty Kansas liny politician, J. Pendergast, right, today is just a weary, sick eld man as he faces, two more jears in prison.

He -and R. E. O'Mailey, lett, former Missouri insurance have been sentenced for contempt in connection with state's insurance, scandal. They will" appeal. CQlWiTlfflAN MENARD GUARD Civil Service Commission Order to That Effect Reaches Roy N.

Clements Here Today Roy N. Clements, Route 2, Murphysboro, one of the twenty guards suspended from civil service duty at Meuard penitentiary on a charge of engaging in political activity, was advised by. the Illinois State Civil Service Commission today that evidence before, the trial board of investigation had -failed to sustain charges. the CHASED, STANDS ACCUSED OF STEALING CAR BEIRUT, SYRJA, June (7:30 P. British- column, supported by fleet units, was reported tonight to be pushing its way up the Lebanon coast.

VICHY, June 11 (UP) Dispatches from Beirut reported tonight that allied columns, power- fully reinforced and' aided by strong units of the British eastern Mediterranean fleet, are advancing toward Saida. 22 miles south of Beirut, and Damascus. The French reports said that British forces have occupied Merd- jayoun, southwest of Damascus, after hard fighting. In the sector the reports said that an allied column was advancing on Saido after forcing 3 crossing of the Litani Police Say Andrew Ahls Also Helped Himself to Gas and a Car License at Chevrolet Lot A police call incident to a peace disturbance at 9:45 p. in.

Tuesday was the downfall of Andrew Ahls of and the racing stride ot patrolman Delnrar Ward. back to the police station in the police car officer Ward came upon a used, car without ligllts. He investigated. According to the police version, Ahls jumped from the car and ran. AVard pur- Mr.

Clements is a Democratic i sued and overtook him. precinct couimitteeman. The Commission order sustained Mr. Clements' thirty-day suspension without pay but certified him foi- restoration to the position of guard at Meuard effective June 1C. Mr.

Clements received notification It is believed the same ruling may be general as to other com- mittcemeii guards suspended. Police Chief Carl Foster said today that Ahls allegedly stole the Fre'nch battalion was reported' wiped out. British fleet units, including a battleship, two cruisers and lighter warships, were said to have aided the land forces by bombard- ing French positions. Acccording to reports from Gen. Henri Dentz, Syrian high commissioner, British pressure on all fronts increased notably after a night in which the French fought stubborn delaying actions.

The British were said to be advancing upon Damascus from two directions, one column moving up from Merdjayoun and the other slicing through from Transjor- dania. The reports said that the British warships had engaged in a violent bombardment of French positions in order to support tMe. allied coliimn moving up along the used, car at the Chevrolet lot in Lebanese coast from Su (Tyre) Qll'iwlf no Walnut Street near Sixteenth earlier in the night, and with it a tank full of gas and a license plate. Ahls had been in trouble before Chief Foster said. Man Killed In Battle With Police At Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Jiyie man said to be T.

W. AVhite, Springfield killed today in a pistol battle 'with' a city policeman who chased him after he allegedly attempted to shoot Chester Cox, operator of a tavern bank night system. Cox said the man accosted in a tavern and began arguing over copyrights on the system. He had never seen the man before, Cox said. During an ensuing fistfight, the man drew a and fired'.

at Cox. Police Officer Elijah Neale, responding to a chased. several AVhen he -hegau shooting at Neale, the latter re: turned the -fire, and shot.the fugitive in the heart. He was dead on arrival at St. John's hospital.

Keys the man's were, found to a car bearing a 11- cens.e issued to Jack Moore of Peoria, and authorities were attempting to learn the man's identity through, that source. Officers said, the was wired for instant starting without use of the i The automobile was parked a few where, man 'was slain. Prints were taken of his.ifingeus and will be sent to. AVashj.iigt.on to be by the Bureau of Investigation. Coroner W.

L. Dragbo said will not. hold an inquest until tlie man's identity has. been checked. SIX LIVES LOST IN CRASH OF ARMY BOMBER LYMAN, a j.

Don June 11 (UP) Bennei 1 today blamed bad weather for the crash of a Douglas B-1S bomber, in which six army airmen were killed. Major Benner is directing an investigation of the accident. was dark and raining when the bomber left Salt Lake City on rontiiuj flight to Chicago. It crashed, probably within taward Saida, 22 miles from Beirut. Allied columns in Syria pound- ed'toward ancient Damascus and Beirut loduy against the most determined French resistance yet.

encountered. Reports from London and the middle 'East indicated that Gen, Henri Dentz, Syrian high, commissioner, plans a strong stand in defense of Beirut. The defense of Damascus was not expected to be so determined. Authoritative British quarters said a battle for Damascus now is raging at iCiswe on the Damascus-Amman railroad, about 10 miles outside the city. For the first time in the campaign, it 'was Sunday reported, hostilities are ou a sc- an hour after took off, in the rolling, sage-brush covered hills, 20 miles from mid 150 miles from Salt Lake City.

The wreck was sighted from the air yesterday, and a party of 35 went to it in a truck. Edwin Syme. a vancher who led the. party to. the "wreck, 'said it "looked like the plane crashed because of motor trouble." He said the bomber struck the earth nose first, and the body broke in two.

The wings were smashed, but were still attached to the fuselage. Part of the tail assembly was wrecked. The bodies of the were thrown into the plane's nose. They were by ambulance to Salt Lake City last night. Thg victims were: Capt.

David N. MoUierwell, 35, Gordousville. 'A pilot. Lieut. Theodore F.

Holstceu, Burlington, O. Lieut Lymau K. Harvey, Lakewood, 0. Lieut. John V.

Gallegher, 27, Bayonne, N. J. Staff Sergt. Terrence J. McGur- Wis.

Staff 'Sergt. Dallas E. Hawley, 26, Yakiraa, Wash. was not believed rious scale. However, that the French 1 have sufficient troops and war material to delay the allied advance for long: Tlia British again emphasized that the pace of their occupation has beeu deliberately slow to keep lighting; at a minimum.

The British believed Dentz is concentrating his best troops south of Beirut in an effort to protect the Lebanon capital and to' pede the allied advance toward Tripoli, terminus of the Syrian branch of the Iraq oil pipeline, and Latakia, important harbor east of-Cyprus. Vichy admitted that the allied columns are making progress iu Syria but claimed they are being slowed by French snipers and by a big battle in ihe Merdjayouu, sector, 42 miles southwest of Damascus. The French were said to have repulsed a persistent allied attack at this point. However, the French exhibited no optimism. over the eventual outcome of the Allied campaign.

Marshal Henri Philippe Pefain summoned his military advisers for a study of the situation. It was admitted that British forces have been landed by sea along the Lebanon coast. (Turn to page.