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rAGH two 01 hp Saily iSti edlilcn, 1871) South TTrelfth Street Office Phone S5 The Publisher reserves right reject any TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION I5c per week 'delivered by carrier In Murphyaboro, Carbondale 100 days rfcy calendar) one dollar; .200 daya (by calendar) two dollars a ce by mailin Jackson and adjoining counties One month; 60o: 3 months. 6 months, one yea! advance by mail In all other zones Cash la Advance. 1 THE TOAST OF THE NAVY The name of the British cruiser Ajax seerns destined to go down into hosiery as one of iho most: ilustrious ships in The British navy. It may rank i- njr" with Nelson's flagship and the American v.rion. i The Ajax led the light against the Graf Spee last Decern- per, and was one of the vessels chiefly responsible for driving the German which possessed far superior armament, into shelter where it was scuttled That naval battle, by itself, was sufficient to bring enduring fame to the Ajax wherever British sailors assemble.

But the latest exploit was even more spectacular. The Ajax Italian warships, sank wo crippled a third, and drove, he rest to cover, the crippled vessel was later sunk by the Ajax with the aid of the Cruiser York which arrived on the scene toward the end of the fight. The British 'ship was damaged, but the damage was all above the waterlirie, so she made port safely and will soon be ready for service again. It is a safe bet that the name "Ajax" will always appear in the roster of British ships as long as there is a British Naw. AFRAID TO GO HOME Congress remains in session just marking time.

Why? Virtually every member of Congress is eager to get home arid look after his political fences. Yet most of them remain in Washington. Why? There is just one reason. The majority of the members are afraid to adjourn and go home because they believe that President Roosevelt would plunge the country into war if they did. Think of it.

the majority of the members of Congress are of the President's own political party, yet they are afraid to adjourn and go home until January. 1, because they might find the country dragged into war if they did. The declaration of war is one of the prerogatives of Congress.but the man who told Congress not to be deterred by' any doubts of the constitutionality of propsed legislation which he wanted, wouldn't hesitate to plunge the country into war through the back door. The manner in which he turned over American "destros'e'rs to England proved that. So Congress stays on the job to watch the President.

NO FRIEND OF THE MINER "Curley" Brooks, in his tour of Southern Illinois, told the coal miners some hard facts. He used the argument that The Independent has repeatedly stressed. We have often said that coal doesn't need a bonus or an endowment. It can stand on its own feet and compete on an equal basis with other sources of power and heat. But it can't compete against government-subsidized power built wtih public money and exempt from taxes.

No business can meet that competition. Coal is the best and cheapest fuel to be found, and Southern Illinois coal equals any fuel. But it can't compete with tax-free, power plants. The government, by building power plants, has destroyed the. market for Illinois coal.

The miners who are idle today can blame government competition. And they can V.ame it for keeping them out of other jobs-. Manufacturing plain? might be attracted to the coal fields by the of rower, are locating beside the power plants. So the coal miners are deprived of their jobs in the mines and denvJvecl of the opportunity to get other jobs. There is for them to do but sacrifice their homes, move away, or go on relief.

That is what the New Deal has done to the miners, there is no good reason why a single coal miner in Illinois should vote for the re-election of the present administration. WHOSE MONEY IS IT? In these days, you frequently hear political speakers calling attention to the "benefits" that government has showered Upon the people. You hear of th'e millions that are paid in old age pensions; the billions being spent for the Hundreds of millions for various "projects" some useful and some a total and the billions spent for relief of the unemployed. these are supposed to be blessings showered upon the people by an all-wise and all-generous government. But whose money is it? It its yours and the government's.

The government has. no money except what it collects from the citizens and taxpayers. It collects these billions-, extracts a generous percentage of the total for salaries of pay-rollers, and distributes what is left. When Mr. Wallace distributes checks for a few hundred milions of dollars to just before election, it isn't his money.

It isn't Uncle Sam's money. It is money Mr. Wallace has collected from these same farmers and from housewives in the city. He keeps a part of it to pay "administration costs" and returns the rest of it to the men from whom he collected it. That isn't "giving aid" to the farmers.

It isn't doing them any favor. It isn't "doing something for On the contrary it is "doing something TO Mr. Wallace and his chief are not Santa Glaus. Quite the contrary- Whenever a political speaker tells you of the money being spent in any community for bonuses or pensions to any class of voters, ask hijnx.whpse money it is he. is spending.

and Thefe I Our knowledge ol hunting conditions is based entirely on hearsay, but the hunters seem to be looking forward to a rather bettor season than usual this year. ill The duck season opened yesterday and will last for GO days. The state conservation. department reports ifi per cent increase in the annual hatch this year so the Dirds are expected to he more plentiful. The flights have not begun as yet.

because the weather is still moderate in the North. The principal liaiYdi'cap this year is the low water. 'Other game is reported plentiful. Rabbits lire said to be'as mmier- jus as they were. last year, when there was a record number: Both luail and pheasants are also move 'luiherous than last year.

The hunters say the Quail are smaller -han usual this year, but that may be just an opinion. The Column's attitude toward hunting: remains unchanged. We wiil give any hunter our share any shooting that is to 'be done, if he will give us his share of the game to be eaten. That goes for ducks, goesb, quail and pheasants. He tan keep his rabbits.

3 There is a romantic little story back ol the Hollyhock Club which has been formed in Alto Pass. This club, which- has several branches, has planted hollyhock seeds in carefully chosen spots along more than 300 miles of highway iii the Illinois Ozarks. Presley of Makanda is authority for the story, which lift- says he got from John G. JYI'ulcas- ter. historian of Makanda.

According to Ibis story, the seeds planted tome from flowers grown from seeds brought to Illinois by a little slave girl more than 100 years ago. This little girl was a quadroon. She was placed on the auction block in a Carolina plantation and sold to a Cherokee Indian who took her to his home in the Smoky Mountains. A short time later the Cherokees were rounded up and moved West of the Mississippi. The little girl.

Priscilla by name, spent the winter ot 1S3S in a stockade at Dutch Creek, west of Jonesboro. She was there with her Indian master, the caravan having been halted by the frozen river bottoms. A wealthy settler. Basil Silkwoorl by name, saw her and was so touched by her plight that he bought her from the Indian, took her to his home near Mnlkeytown and set her free. She remained under his root until she died at the age of 70 years, but she had in her pockets some of the Hollyhock seeds she brought from Carolina.

She planted those and kept them blooming around the home of her benefactor. Seeds from these plants have come down to Mulkeytowu residents. Mrs. Flora B. McGlasson of Mulkeytown joined the club and donated a supply of these seeds.

The Hollyhock club members have been planting them along the roadsides in the Illinois Ozarks. Rather a touching little story. Our favorite movie stars, the Marx Brothers, have produced a new picture, a burlesque Western this time. We haven't seen it, hut have been reading something about the musical abilities of the brothers. The best musician of them all-, they say, is Groucho who is seldom heard to perform.

J-Tarpo can't read music at all, it is claimed. He was given some money for music lessons, but paid it to a pianist whom he hired just to play chords so he could work out the same combinations On the harp by ear. It sounds like live Column's "oom-pah" system. Chico. it is claimed, really isn't much of a pianist.

He doesn't play for his own aihusemen't, doesn't pretend to know much about music, and doesn't especially care for it. But he has a collection of vaudeville tricks on the piano which delight his'audiences. The only real musician in the family, they say. is Groucho who hasn't appeared in the role of musician in any of their pictures to date. He is said to be a guitar player of concert skill.

In the new picture he is given a chance to show his ability. We've always wanted to hear a whole concert by Harpo and Chico, but now we'll include the other brother. iii Yon can't learn a great deal about the war by reading the 'dispatches unless you interpret them. The censors keep back the real news. So you have to try to figure out' what'is behind the dispatches.

I One thing we know. Spain has refused to the. Axis powers as a combatant. Our interpretation of that is that Spain is not convinced that Britain is licked. She I certainly wants Gibraltar.

Franco I holds his job because of the help TH'tiRSjMY, OCTOBER. 17, 1940 DYKSTRA TAKING OVER DIRECTION OF DRAFT BOARDS Must Select From Registered Millions thise Men Who Actually Will Serve IMPORTANT FOOD HORIZONTAL i Pictured cereal grass. grows on land 9 Furtive, peering glance. 12 Punk. 14 Cuts with a scythe.

16 Note in scale. 17 Stiffly nice. 18 Power. 19 Years of life. 20 Species.

21 Hygiene. 22 Attempt. 23 Plate used at Mass. i 24 Preposition. 25 Ocean boat.

26 Musical note. 27 Grazes. 28 Fish organ. 29 Bearing blocks, 31 Small 1 depression; 32 Intrepid. 33 Parts in plays 34 Fifth month.

Answer to Previous Puzzle J.IN 6S 35 Citric fruit. 36 It is a staple food in China. 40 Conger (fish). 41 Shiny silk. 42 Slack.

43 Upon. 44 Was promoted 45 To read carefully. 46 Commences. 47 It is an important food in lands. VERTICAL 1 Sun god.

2 Meaning. 3 To convey. 4 To redact. 5 Greek letter. 6 Mangle.

7 Crystalline substance. 8 Diplomacy. 9 Postscript 10 therefore. 11 Hammer head 13 Mystic syllable. 15 Tillers of the soil.

18 Destinies. 19 Sloth. 20 Its seed is rich in 21 Beach. 23 Godliness. 25 Containing lead.

26 Flaxen fabric. 27 Brutal 1 28 Malefactor. 30-To bewail. 31 Masquerade costume. 33 Network.

35 Girl. 36 Maize. 37 A bellowing. 38 Bones. 39 Skin.

40 Aurora, 41 To roost. 42 Sheltered place. 44 Railroad 453.1416. Local Officials Will Attend Session on Rural Schools Meeting to be Held at S. I.

N. U. October 22, From 10 A. M. to 3 P.

M. given l)y Hitler and Mussolini. So he would get into the fight if lie thought England was licked. The tact that lie doesn't, is the best proof possible that isn't ov that Franco doesn't believe it at. least.

t.t today is the day we spen'd half an hour or more on the Willkie Special. We'll tell you about it tomorrow 1 it there is anything worth telliiig. Probably all we see Willkie will be a i "How do you do" and a handshake. But maybe the coi'resiibhdents aboard tile train will loosen up, take 'down their back hair, and give us a little ot the "lowdown." IF YOU HAVE NEWS- CALL THE INDEPENDENT The Daily independent Is always glad to receive news from its patrons. Just phone 35 If you have company, are going away on a visit, know of a new arrh al, party, church affair or someone who Is til.

We'll be glad to publish news of local us Says Russia Will Ndt Tolerate Axis Blow At Dardanelles ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Oct. 1G. Russja will refuse to tolerate- axis blows against the Dardanelles straits or the near east, the Turkish newspaper Soii- Fota said today. Both informed Turkish sources and the agreed that the Russians might be prepared to acciuiesce to German and Italian domination oE the Balkans but asserted that the Soviets would spring to action the minute the Dardanelles are threatened. "Perhaps the Soviets will coii- sent to further sacrifices in order to conserve their iion-h'elligerent position and i.o remain stronger against a tired Germany," the Soii- Posta said.

"They may remain indifferent to eventual German and Italian movements in Lhe Balkans. "But -when it becomes a question of the Straits and Istanbul, where Anatolia, Iraii and Egypt are concerned, th'ey will no longer this situation regardless of their position." Specifications for better rural schools in Jackson and surround- counties are expected to be brought out in a discussion meeting, of interested officials and school patrons to be held at Southern Illinois State Normal University on October 22. 1940. The program will open nt 10 a. m.

and close at 3 p. in. Rural school patrons, as well as school board members, farm and home ftireau members, rural P. T. members, rural church representatives and all other rural leaders interested in furthering rural education, have been urged to attend the conference.

Among those planning to attend from Jackon county are rural teachers, board members. Farm Bureau members land P. T. A. members.

Rural school teachers will attend and the day will be counted as a day of institute, as announced by Lewis Ebb Etherton, county superintendent of schools. The conference for this area is one of five similar ones being- sponsored by "the Illinois rural education committee, the office of the state superintendent of public instruction, the University of Illinois, College of Agriculture. Illinois Agricultural Association arid other cooperating agencies to get widespread discussion of the subject "What. Makes a Good Rural The five meetings are a forerunner to the Mid-West Conference on Rural Education which will be held at the University of Illinois March 27, 2S and 29. D.

E. liihdstrom, rural sociologist of the U. ol' I. 'College of Agriculture, will be chairman of the panel group which Will discuss "What Makes a Good Rural School" during the morning session oC the rural teachers' conference. Other members of the panel will be O'tis Keeler, assistant superintendent of public instruction.

Springfield; John C. Watson, director of the department of taxation and statistics, Illinois Agricultural Association, Chicago, and E. H. Reeder, of the U. of 1.

College of Education, together with a county superintendent of schools, a rural teacher, a. school board member, P. A. representative and Dr. George Bracewell, director of rural education at the teachers' college.

Opening the afternoon program, President 1 Roacoe PuHiam. of Southern Tea.clfei-3' College, will speak on "Rural Teacher Training in Teachers' Demonstrations of good teaching in rural schools, with Assistant Superintendent Keeler in charge, will close the program. WASHINGTON. Oct. (UP) Clarence A.

Dylcslra, newly appointed Director of Conscription, arrived today to mice over administration of the machinery thai will delormine who. among the millions that registered, will be 'called to bear arms. Dykstra wil begin the chities of his 810,000 a year post only a few hours after registration offices in Facific coast states closed at o'clock last night. The new director of the draft, who is on leave of absence r.a President of the University of Wisconsin, wil tak-! the oath of office in the presence of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.

He then begins immediately directing Uio nation-wide organization which will clasify the estimated 10.404.000 men between the ages of'2l and P.r>, inclusive, from Class "for military Class physically, morally and mentally nn fit. Dykstra takes over the job from! Lieut. Col. Lewis B. Hershey, act-' ing director, who, last night near 1 the end of the 14-hour day of registration, the men who registered "eagerly" for the first peacetime draft and called on local draft boards to show a corresponding spirit in classifying them for military service.

"Let no man be able to say that through any careless act ot yours, selective service was unfair to him," Hershey told the boards in a radio address. i Hershey's remarks closed the historic clay that was officially opened by President Roosevelt with assertion early yesterday that the cause of those called upon to register was the of There was no indication yet how many men trooped to schools, town halls, lire stations and other registration places to answer the 11 questions that makes them eligible for a year of military service. Actual figures will not be available for a week or 10 days. But the Census Bureau had estimated that were 16.404.000 men within Hie prescribed age limits. Two hours before registration ended on the Pacific coast selective service officials estimated that.

14.000.000 already bad signed, cards. The District of Columbia was one of the first areas to announce its registration figures. A total of 113.731 men registered, an increase of 20 p.er cent over the figure estimated. Officials hesitated to predict that the capital figures indicated a trend, since many persons here are residents of other states. There was 110 indication of how many men required to do so had failed to register.

There were no reports of serious incidents of resistance, although officials expected some cases of actual evasion and many cases of persons who were unable to register yesterday because circumstances beyond their control. Only a difference of a million or more from the Census Bureau estimate in the actual registration figures would indicate widespread resistance to the draft, officials said. But the registration came off smoothly acording to reports to hea'd'tiuavters here. In metropolitan areas there were men reported waiting as long as four there were a few demonstrations by Most of the latter whom officials consider sincere objectors, however, registered, reserving until Hie lime prescribed by law ilts right to 'express their abhorence of war. made the official announcement the settlement Maurice Milligan.

who was appointed by Attorney General Robert 11. Jackson to tiirecr a investigation of vote frauds, was scheduled to arrive in Chicago today or tomorrow to start an in- fiuiry. Hil said thai although the senatorial investigation and llilligan's assignment were not connected, ho llop.oil they could cooperate. At tlie senatorial uont'erence conducted yesterday by Reed, former municipal Judge Edward li. Casey said the investigation would show that "Tom was a minor compared to the sitiiatiou here." Casey said Milligan should start his investigation in the Federal District Attorney's office and added, "I have a witness who will tell you that an assistant of he Federal District Attorney threatened to indict him if lie did not stop working for the Republican party." Milligan directed the campaign against the Pon organization in Kansas City airl later was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Missouri.

Tired Kidneys Often Bring Sleepless Nights Doctors say s'our Iddnej's contain 15 miles of tiny tubes or filters which help to purify the fclood and keep you healthy. When they get tired and don't work right in the daytime, many people have to cot Tip nishts. Frequent or scanty passages smarting and burning: sometimes shows there is something wrong with your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect this condition and lose valuable, restful sleep. When disorder of kidney function permits poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic pains, leg pains, loss of pep and energy, swelling, puifiness under the eyes, headaches and dizziness.

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P. U. i MARLOW'S Theatre Murphysboro. 111. Senate Committee Starts Probe of Chicago Vote Fraud CHICAGO.

Oct. two-mKn U. S. committee investigating alleged vote frauds in Chicago was to begin heaving testimony today. Sen.

Lister Hill. and I Sen. Clyde Rcotl. an! nouucert alter a dinner meeting' las; night that they had "ironed out." differences that arose be- i tween them when Hill walked into meeting of civic leaders and found Reed on tlie rostrum. Hill charged was conductinc; a i "rump" session and usurping bis Hill, who said he was chairman of the two-man sub-committee.

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