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MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS-PLEASED WIRE THE fc 8 GIVES YOU THE Sl4 NEWS BEFORE ANY OTHER PAPER VOLUME 32 CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1935 NUMBER 278 NS MAKE GA IN HALTED President Pulliam At College Says He Has Made His Last Move UP TO LABOR TO CLEAR IT UP IN TRIANGLE W. W. Williams Ruled All Projects To Remain at Standstill IMPORTANT C'DALE'GRAND Lucille Underwood, pretty red-haired cabaret cigaret girl (above), for jealousy of whom Mrs. Brenton Root of Memphis, faces charges of murdering her husband, Brenton Root, a Chicago minister's son. Miss Underwood made public today a letter she said was from Root, addressing her as "Dear Little Girl." She declared: "I told him I never loved him.

I had no affair with him. wanted to get a- divorce, I told him to return to his wife'and child." Central Press Association photo. REPUBLICANS GAIN IN 4 DOWNSTATE COUNTIES But Democrats Hold Own in Seven Others For Commission Democratic commissioners with publicans, while in Randolph In definite terms, President Roscoe Pulliam of the Teachers' College let ii be known today that responsibility for relief men being unable to on the WPA projects on the college job rests directly in the laps of the union men of Jackson county who protested against wages paid. "There is to be no compromise be- oaxise there can be none." he said, "the luw has declared what the WPA wages are to be and there is no changing. "I am not going to argue or confer any is either work un- ur there will lie no work.

"Furthermore, 1 am not going to wait for any more investigation on the part of the protesting union men. I'll pull this job at, the school and let it go back within three days. Then the people on relief, who were taken off to work, will have no means of getting something to eat. The county and not the government will have to feed them. The government has offered them work and pay and they were not allowed to work.

"It is up to Hie union men to go to the Harrisburg office of the PWA and give assurance that there'll be no objections or trouble in the future ond they'll have to do it soon. "This work is a charity pay and not a contract job." Further gravity was added to'the situation when Walter W. Williams, district director, said last night, when informed of the trouble here, every project in Jackson county is from this date on held up indefinitely until the Jackson county trades council assures the''PWA that protests are to end. Hundreds of thousands dollars worth of work will go wanting in the county. Mr.

Pulliam added that when the work starts, if it does, there will be no racketeering or coercing of relief clients into paying dues into unions. "I am sympathetic with unions," he said. "I have always been in favor of them, but this proposition is different." Thomas P. Hyland, U. S.

commissioner of conciliation for the Department of Labor, was here and conferred with union men who are asking the prevailing wage instead of the wage set by the law. Mr. Hyland acted only as a peacemaker. He had no authority to force action and could not change the law. "Our department is without jurisdiction," Mr.

Hyland said. "It appears to be a case of misunderstanding of the WPA and the PWA. There will be a meeting of union men tonight at the I. O. O.

F. hall, and the announcement says: "This meeting has the promise of being a success, as every one interested in the present day conditions should attend. "The purpose be to discuss facts and conditions that are betas used by the WPA and the PWA off! cials, also the instructions that these same officials, are receiving from their administrator. "There will tie present local and district officials and state organizers I and Thursday. Not so cold tonight.

Would Afford Outlet For Thousands In Pomona Region WOULD BE PWA PROJECT Boosted For Years As Valuable To C'dale And That Area OTIS F. GLENN CERTAIN TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR At la.st a goood road will afford an outlet for thousands of citizens in the southwestern part of the county is in sight. The road would provide a gravel, all weather' tarm-tp-market road from Grand Tower and Dutch Ridge in Pomona township to TJ. S. 51.

The road would' terminate at its farthermost eastward point at 51, formerly state route 2, four 'and a half miles south of Carbondale, County Highway Commissioner Roy Huffman and the Pomona township and forestry officials were in Harris' burg Monday in conference with WPA officials and were encouraged. Approval of the project finally will depend upon rock available from a (By Associated Press) Republicans gained strength in three of 16 downstate counties in yesterday's county commissioner elections, returns showed today. Four Calhoun, Hardin and Rethe Democrats succeeded in ousting a Republican commissioner who sought re-election. The Hardin county contest was extremely close, E. Gilber, the Republican, having a majority of only 12 votes over William Allard, the Democratic commissioner.

Seven counties, Morgan, Scott, Wabash, Perry; Edwards, Williamson and Union, returned Democrats to their board. Four counties, Massac, Pope. Johnson and Pulaski. returned Republicans. Thousands For Roads, But Road to Pooi- House Impassable It is a shame that the road to the county farm where the penniless are given a home, is as bad as it is, County Judge Fred Herbert said after returning from a visit at the farm, located a mile and west of the college.

"Why," the judge said, "in the winter time a doctor couldn't ever get over these roads and the aged inmates would have to suffer for the I think with hundreds of thousands being allotted for everything else there should be something done about this short bit of It is inhumane that the road to this farm is not improved." WILLIAMS SAYS PROJECTS NOT BEING HELD UP IN TIE COUNTY To Start in Two Weeks; Denies He Is Trying to Embarass Keller ROAD WORK TO BE FIRST ON LIST BIGGER SOUTH ILL. PROGRAM IS LAUNCHED First Public Meeting Of Egyptian State League Held Here FORWARD EGYPT IS SLOGAN nearby Two quarry, years ago several meetings want of medical care, all the thousands and Withholds Announcement For Present, It Is Learned The Republican committee of former United States Senator Otis F. Glenn's home county in the near future will adopt resolutions calling upon him to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, James A. White, chairman of the committee, said today. Mr.

White's statement followed a conference with the former senator, who, informed at his home at Murphysbovo of the chairman's declaration, said he had no comment to make except that he appreciated the attitude of the committee. Mr. Glenn, who is a state's attorney of this county arid a former state senator from this district, has been mentioned for some time as a possible candidate for governor. Friends close to the former senator assert Mr. Glenn is definitely a candidate and will announce at the appropriate time.

After the endorsement of his home county, similar action is expected to be taken by other counties throughout the state. Mr. Glenn was in Murphysboro yesterday previous to his appearance here last night as a speaker before the Egyptian State league meeting at the college. The former senator, who was one of former President Hoover's most consistent supporters in the Senate, said Mr. Hoover "is entirely out of the list of presidential possibilities." At the present time, he added, Col.

Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, Senator William E. Borah of Idaho and Gov. Alt" Landon of Kansas are the leading candidates. He said he did not think a dark horse' would be nominated. WEATHER Generally fair in south.

Partly cloudy to cloudy in north. Possibly light rain or snow in north tonight (Continues on page 2) Warmer Thursday. were held in Carbondale by citizens from that region, Pomona, Grand Tower, Alto Pass and -other vicinities. The late W. C.

Anderson, then chairman of the county board, dreamed of this road as a reality. The proposed market road in fact is an extension of the forestry road practically completed between Pomona and Rattlesnake ferry, where the Big Muddy river is to be bridged. This means that once the road were completed, Grand Tower would be within 22 miles of Carbondale by hard road and the dream of Supervisor W. C. Anderson of Grand Tower, deceased, realized.

There is a good rock road from Rattllesnake to Grand. Tower. Pomona by way of this road would be within 14 miles of Carbondale. Extension of roads through the former Pomona township wilderness is said to be something of a revelation in the work of ending the isolation that has held this area' for years. The forestry now is extending a road from Pomona to Bear Creek, where a fine bridge is to be put in near the Col.

Wells farm. The forestry still is centered on a fire trail road connection with Poplar Ridge road and graveling the same to the.point where the gravel leaves off south of Murphysboro. No Trace Of Auto Stolen From Nave An automobile which was stolen from Fred while parked in front of the Gem theatre Sunday night was stilr missing today. In politics, it is easy to go with the crowd until the crowd goes crazy. WASHINGTON 0.

K'S COLLEGE STADIUM HERE The proposed athletic stadium for Southern Illinois Teachers' College, earlier approved by the WPA office at Harrisburg, has upon the final approval of the office at Washington become a certainty. Work will probably begin almost immediately to erect the stadium for which plans were drawn last winter. It is estimated the. stadium will require 1048 man-months of work. The Federal government is supplying of the total $77,824.78, the balance to be supplied, by the sponsors.

Plans are being made for the organization of alumni committees in the various counties of southern Illinois for the purpose of raising the necessary amount, $15,369.18. C'd ale Thompson's Lake Project Among First To Begin Walter W. Williams, WPA district director, said here last night that neither work or money allotments were being held up in Jackson county. He was asked why projects had not started and men put to work. To this he said, "this condition exists in many places throughout the district, though work has beguit at several places." He promised that within two weeks the' farm-to-market road projects would be unuer way and that would be ado'ed without, delay.

He said the Carbondale" lake mosquito control project would be one of the first to start, as well as along with sundry drainage projects and mimerous road projects. branded as false that he was holding up projects in the county to embarrass Congressman Keller in this county. "That is purely unfounded. I am not thinking of doing such a thing. First place I am not a candidate and will not run for congress under any circumstances." Mr.

Williams' statement followed resolutions adopted by a group of highway commissioners in the county, wanting to know why Jackson county had received no money allotments. The resolution by the commissioners seeking to know why projects had not been started, was made by Wilkerson of DeSoto and seconded by Litehliter of Vergenues. Rolla Crawshaw, Carbondale, is president of the county commissioners' organization and William Spiller, secretary. The resolutions committee is composed of: F. H.

Beekman, Degognia. S. J. Decker, Makanda. George Litehliter, Vergennes.

Homer Ditzler, Ora. A resolution of importance adopted called for. a state road from New Hill, just east of Murphysboro, southward. Carbondale and eastern part of the county are favoring a road which would be nearer them, say starting south three or four miles east of Murphysboro near the Phifer and Easterly farms. Commissioners, however, want to unload the road south from New Hill on the state and let the state maintain it, lifting the responsibility of maintaining from the -county gas tax, said Rollie Crawshaw, Carbondale commissioner, in explaining his vote.

He said a new road would have to be started at the Phifer-Easterly location. Crowd Not Large But Represented Interests Of Section SPOTE MANY A DISCOUNT Republicans Won New York House, But Far Behind on Total Vote PITTSBURGH GOES DEMOCRATIC Cargan Funeral Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Emery Corgan who died at Holden hospital Monday were conducted from the First Methodist church here this afternoon with pastor, Dr. Cameron. Har mon, in charge. Mr.

Corgan was a wember of Zion Methodist church 'eight miles southeast of here. The body was taken to Alto Pass cemetery for burial beside his two sons, Lloyd and Ralph, who died many years ago. The Egyptian State League had been formally launced.today and machinery was in motion for the promotion of all the interests of 22 southern Illinois The program got under way with with program at which former Senator Otis P. Glenn, Walter W. Williams, former presiding of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and John Slelle, state treasurer, spoke here last night.

Committees were appointed from each county to cooperate with Mr. Williams, Benton, president of the organization and other officials. The purposes of the league include to promote southern Illinois as an agricultural and industrial center, to sell southern Illinois products, to sell products, of ,,2:1 hospitality and "to sell Egypt to he world by newspaper, radio and ther methods deemed appropriate" and work in hannony with the south- rn Illinois Reciprocal, an organiza- ion already in existence. Mr. Williams went into the com- meitial possibilities of southern Illinois.

He. pointed out that the second largest railroad center in the United States is in southern at East St. Louis; that Egypt has a store of coal and industry comes where coal is; the scenry is unsurpassed, he said, in picturing a great sky-line highway which would built on the ridge of the spurs of the Ozarks in southern Illinois, affording" motorists an excellent view for miles and miles. He said roads are needed to connect every community and recreational resorts should be provided. "It would be a lot better to see women wearing low heeled shoes, hiking and enjoying themselves instead of wear- ng high heels shoes in stuffy rooms playing bridge." This statement got a big cheer from the audience.

Mr. Williams said this section is the geographic population center and the'nature beauty center of the Unit- c-d States. It is the nation's coal bucket and it makes no difference what happens this section will go forward as long as it has coal. He spoke of canalizing Big Muddy and Saline river. "With all this, including a good climate we must," he said "depend upon vision, leadership and those who see possibilities to go forward with our fruit, coal, transportation and farming.

Decentralization of industry is going to help us and we should seek to bring these factories to this region. State Treasurer John Stelle, also a southern Illinoisan, pledged his support and declared he would boost the enterprise and this section as did C. W. Lyerla of Herrin one of the organizers and others. George Lee, president of the Carbondale Business Men's Association extended best wishes and cooperar tion to the league and pledged assistance to put southern Illinois "on the after President Pulliam of the college had welcomed the visitors.

M. H. Detwieler gave a response. He presided and while presenting the speakers took a moment to tell many persons from southern Illinois that the college is their institution and he wanted them to feel that way. Former Senator Otis F.

Glenn of (Continued on page Republicans On Whole Pick Up Generally In Yesterday's Poll (By Associated Press) Fragmentary returns from Kentucky's governor election put Lieut. Governor A. B. (Happy) Chandler, the Democratic nominee, ahead today. Chandler held a slight lead over King Swope, the Republican candidate, but first returns were not conclusive even of the trend.

Initial returns on repeal of the state prohibition amendment, also inconclusive, were for repeal. Republicans won back control of the New York assembly by electing 82 out of 150 delegates, hut the popular vote, showed the Democrats running far' ahead. Likewise, in New Jersey the won control of the legirtatuj-e; the Democrats piled in Hudson county (Jersey City). In Philadelphia, while the Republicans won the hotly disputed race for mayor, the Democrats came closer than for many years. Republicans won most of the municipal elections but in Allegheny county (Pittsburg) the Democrats apparently gained control of the county commission for the first time since the Civil war.

Southern elections went Democrat- as usual, but Virginia Republicans won two new seats in the assembly. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. Nov. and Democrats in the capital today variously interpreted yes- Lerday's election as a forerunner of a G. O.

P. sweep next year and as 'a Democratic victory." One of the early commenters was Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the Republican national committee, who predicted the downfall of the Democrats in 193 G. Senator Black, Alabama, called closeness of the vote in -Philadelphia, a Democratic victory." 'The very small difference in New York was due to fluctuations in personalities and such," he added. Senator Davis, Republican, Pennsylvania, agreed with Fletcher, however, that the results presaged a "general trek back to the Republican Senator Thomas, Utah, remarking that Democrats carried New York state elections "about 1 time in 20," insisted that "there is nothing to be discouraged about, especially New York state and Philadelphia." Fletcher's statement said: boondoggles are on their way out.

The Republican -party is on its way back to power. New York, Philadelphia and Cleveland tells the story and points the way. "The American' people are becoming thoroughly aware of the shame of the 'New Deal' pretenses and the menace of 'New- Deal' policies. "The American people want common honesty and common sense in the management of their government state and local. That explains the election results of yesterday.

They are but the forerunner, of what will happen next year." "We have not elected a man in Philadelphia in 20 years and why should-we be expected to elect one now," said Congressman Cochran, Democrat, Mo. "The Democrats elected two congressmen in York, which is the only national significance I see.".