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000.000 0.000 000.000 000.000 000.000 000.000 000.000 000.000 000.000 000.000 I CARBONDALE FREE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS- -LEASED WIRE CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS. SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1945 JAPS LOOK OUT FROM OKINAWA PRISONER STOCKADE THIS SCENE at the prisoner stockade on Okinawa shows part of the record bag of more than 300. Jap solders who surrendered to Yanks of the Sixth Marine division 'during the final stages of the battle on the strategic Japanese island in the Ryukyu chain. Among these prisoners, who gave themselves up in unprecedented numbers, were imperial troops, sallors and Okinawan home guards. This is an official U.

S. Marine Corps photo. (International Soundphoto.) Landon And Truman Are In Agreement On Peace Program By ERNEST B. VACCARO KANSAS CITY, June 30- Truman's Campaign to unify support behind a Foreign policy committing the United States to a Republic of nations to preserve future peace drew support today from Afl' M. Landon.

The 1936 Republican president. inl 'candidate assured reporters after a conference president that the basic: features of developing' Truman International program would win the support of both partics. The president, his vacation from Washington drawing to a close, worked again today on the sage' he will present congress Monday when he submits the San Francisco Peace Charter and urges its early Senate ratification. There were strong indications the president might make a dramatic personal appearance the Senate, but there was no confirmation in quarters close to Mr. Truman, The president, whose efforts to unify support of both parties behind objectives of a strictly partisan nature was disclosed shortly after he entered the White House April 12, talked at length late yesterday with the former! Kansas Governor.

I Emerging from the mecting, the Kansan said the two had talked about Foreign policy, food and flood control. The president, he said, knew the problems of the farmer and- had a commendable program in mind for flood control and added: "The president said he wanted to develop that an American unite Foreign policy would both. partles behind it and provide a continuity in Foreign Relations regardless of any differences. on domestic affairs and over changes in administration over a long period of years," Landon said. The Kansan made it clear that he shared this view said that basically he could go along with Mr.

Truman's Foreign Policy as it is being developed. Landon gave. flat- endorsement 'to the president's flood control program. Roy Parrish Coming Home After 5 Years In Canadian Army Parrish, a "Sapper" with the Canadian Army, son of Mr. and- Mrs.

Harlan 802 South Illinois Avenue, is on his way. home after almost 5. years of duty overseas, to al telegram received by 'his parents. They: had a telegram Tuesday evening that he had. arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and yester day: another message saying he had arrived in New London, two weeks.

tario and would be home in about enlisted in the Army.5 years ago. June 10th' and. had been overseas since ber, 1940. He was wounded in the leg by shrapnel in the Italian cam: paign, but rejoined his unit after a few, weeks in a hospital in Italy. Roy is just cone of the 3.

sons of Mr. and Mrs. Parrish that are now. in the military service. PRESS WAC AND TWO BY GLIDER AFTER REMOTE "SHANGRI-LA" Sensationally By Glider From Was Accessible Service Man Plays Golf With Section Of Spine Gone By JIMMY JORDAN CHICAGO, June 30-(AP) He's not very big and he wears a steel brace on his back.

but for a fellow on convalescent furlough from an Army Hospital, this Sgt. Walter Burkemo. Of Evanston, really can hit a golf ball. He hit it well enough Thursday to finish top with Harold (Jug) McSpaden, of Sanford, in the amateur championships of the Chicago Victory National Cold Tournament at the Calumet Country Club. Sgt.

Burkemo was blown up the air by a bomb concussion Metz, France, and then was hit three times by, shell fragments during the "battle of the Bulge." near St. Vith in Belgium. The fourth and fifth Lumbar Veriebrae of his spine were practically smashed by the shell fragments. He was paralyzed for a time. The Sergeant had been a pretty good amateur golfer before he in the army Jan.

13. 1942. lie still wanted 1o, play the game. American Medical and Surgical in genuity made it possible for him to walk again--with the steel brace. "For a time I didn't think I'd ever walk again, much less play the short, curly haired, 26- year -old Sergeant said today, "But I'm playing better now than lever did before I went into the army." His record the past few months attests that statement.

Two weeks ago he wasrunnerup in the Illinois state "amateur tournament, last week won the Red Run Invitational at Detroit. However, his past record doesn't indicate he was too lucky. His 143 for 36 holes was low for the amateurs. And before he went into the army he won seven straight amateur tournaments in Florida. The native Detroiter, an ston resident for five wouldn't comment on the possibillity he may become a professional when the war is over.

"It's a but I don't know," he said. John Jacob Niles In' Second Concert Here Sunday P.M. John Jacob Niles of Lexington, Kentucky, singer of American Folk Music, will give his second cert of this week-end, Sunday afternoon, July 1, at 2:30 o'clock, in the lodge at Giant City Park. These concerts, sponsored by the Illinois State Normal University, are free to the public. Mr.

Niles. sings old ballads, and carols, nursery rhymes, love songs, Negro spirituals that he has collected. from the the Southland. He accompanies himself on the dulcimer, a unique instrument still. in use in the mountains today.

Mr. Niles made the dulcimers that. he uses; he made his first instrument when he was a very small boy. He traveled all over the United States and in many other parts of the world, singing folk songs and playing dulcimers; moreover he is an R. C.

'A. Victor Red Seal recording artist. Yesterday Mr. presented a delightful program to an appreviative audience at ten o'clock in Shryock, Auditorium. Some of the songs that pleased this audience Lass from the Low "The The.

Frog in the "You Got to Cross that 'Lonesome and "The Carol of the The concert Sunday is' the first of a series of four week-end programs, to be sponsored. by the Music Department.of the Southern Illinois Normal University during the month.of July. 357,686 Yanks From Mediterranean Area Will Go: To Pacific CASERTA, Italy, Jure (AP) U. Mediterranean, Heedquarters announced last night that 357,686 American, soldiers in the Moditerranean theater, will be: re: deployed to? the Pacific. within- the next nine months, 87 per cent of them: by war of BUY LOAN) BONDS VOLUME 11 50 SUPERFORTS HIT JAPAN TWO TIMES IN DAY Attempting To Knock Out Oil Supply Of Japs GUAM, June 30-(AP)--The 3-28 knockout campaign against oil plants on Japan was extended last midnight to the Eighth rich target.

Baiding the enemy homeland for the second time in one day. nearly 50 Superforts bombed the Kudumutsu oil refining plant with high explosives. The plant. Nippon's fourth largest. is on the inland SC2 coast of southern Honshu.

(Tokyo radio, in a broadcast heard by the 'American Broadcasting Company, said at noon the same day B-29s raided the southwest area of Hokkaido Island and one was damaged by interceptors. (The Federal Communications Commission heard Tokyo say that last night 10 "large enemy planes" sowed mines in the north Honshu harbors of Niigata and Sakata.) "The 21st Bomber Command, an-! nouncing the Kudumatsu raid to. day, disclosed that since the big bombers began hitting oil installations on Japan May 10 they have destroyed: 73 per cent of the Korivama chemical plant: 59 per cent of the Hodagaya chemical plant at Koriyama; 45 per cent of the Otake cil refinery, all tank the Tokuyama synthetic fuel plant roof area a and 32 per cont of the by. product storage tanks; 70 per cent of the storage tanks' and 90 per cent of the building at the Oshima naval oil storage facilities, Tokuyama. The raid at Kudumatsu followed a pre-dawn strike Friday by ly 500 Superforts at the big naval base of Sasebo and two other port cities on Kyushu and the industrial city of Okayama on Honshu which started such big fires they cast a glow through the obscuring clouds.

glow through the obscuring clouds. The Kudumatsu strike was the fourth B-29 raid on Japan in- a week which surties of the big bombers approached 1,100. Fleet. search planes, which already have damaged approximately 290,000 tons of enemy shipping in enemy home waters, aiso were active yesterday, They sank a small cargo ship -south of Honshu. and hit warchouses and railroad tunnels at Katsurra harbor, southeast of Tokyo.

fleet headquarters said in today's munique. In Manila, Gen. Douglas Arthur today reported that ading patrol planes" dealt blows at. oil stores around Shanghai, China, hit doeks at Canton, desiroyed or damaged railroad bridges, transportation equipment and other installations in the Indo China-Hainan sector and set a freighter afire in the Chukai Riv. er of Malaya.

Other planes made the "milk run" to Formosa, sinking a medium freighter-transpori, destroying 8 juggers and leaving a mine layer dead in the water. On Formosa, barracks at set Tainan at a were destroyed and fires sugar which could be seen for 50 miles. Chinese Report Recapture Of Liuchow From Japs CHUNGKING, June 30-(AP)The Chinese high command announced today that Chinese troops recaptured Liuchow, for. mer U. S.

14th Air Force base, at midnight last night. The recapture of the strategic Kwangsi province junction city came after bitter fighting through its suburbs. The center of the city, in flames for a week or more, was destroyed, the Chinese said. The announcement followed an carlier official denial of what was termed a premature report that the city had been retaken. The Japanese had been in controt of vital Liuchow since lastNovember when the U.

S. 14th Air Force abandoned the base. WEATHER FORECAST Illinois: Partly cloudy today and tonight with a few scattered thunder showers and cooler north portion CLOUDY TEMPERATURE 7:00 A.M.. 77. 10:00 A.

M. 80 24-Hour High 93 24-Hour Low 71 WAR LOAN BONDS NUMBER AIRMEN RESCUED 47 DAYS IN VALLEY Snatched To Safety Lost Valley That Only By Parachute By RALPH MORTON ITOLLANDIA, New Guinea, -A eyed WAC and two airmen panions were snatched sensationally to safety over tains by a glider and tow -plane 00 minutes yesterday. They been marooned 47 days in a valley accesible only by parachute. Today, the same glidertransport combination will attempt to move an American Army 3 movie cameraman and Filipino troopers who parachuted to the aid of the castaways built the airsirip that made release possible, At least two trips will be sary, and the WAC. Cpl.

Hastings, 30, of. Owego, N. gamely declared she'd like to back and watch the rescue of recuers from the valley 150 southwest of here. But go to "reign" in the vailey? "No," she said, with twinkling eyes and a toss of her wind-blown hair, "the' native women to make a throne but I refused. I want most is a land a permanent wave." Cpl.

Hastings, Lt, John Collom of Trenton, and Kenneth Decker of Kelso, were the only survivors of a crash that killed 20 army personnel on the Oranje Mountain wall of valley May 13. They had been on an aerial seeing tour of the strange which has been dubbed "ShangriLa" after the James Hilton on 3 Tibetan utopia. Suddenly they found themselves- like characters in the book trapped place from which there was apparent -escape. At headquarters here today told their story. Dazed and blecding, they themselves on the slope near burning plane.

Two other passengers were alive. McCollom gave the morphine to case pain of their wounds, but both within 24 hours. Among the was McCollom's twin brother. Four days after the crash a spotted the sellow raft, and food, clothing and medicine parachuted to them. Two Filipino medical aid men arrived by chute and attended to their parative minor injuries.

A walkietalkic radio was dropped. Capt. Cecil Walters of Portland; and the Filipino parachute troopers came in began ing out a gliderlanding Movie Cameraman Alexander Sydney, N. came to the cue scene: While the glider strip was built, rehearsals were held here in picking up 3 glider transport plane and a cable. Accidents and crewmen tempted Col.

Kay T. more of Menlo' chief of the fast Eastern Air Force, -drop a bulldozer to a viar plane field in the valley. But yesterday dawned fair, was decided to try with the Capt. Charles J. Scholl of Seattle his co-pilot, Capt.

George of Salem, dropped glider "Faniess Faggot," piloted Lt. Henry Paver of Baton Rouge, La. The WAC, the two airmen of the Filipinos got aboard glider and tue cable was made ready on poles. Then another C-47 Maj. W.

S. Samuels cf catur, Ill, as pilot and Capt. McKenzie of La. Crosse, skimmed across valley at 20-foot altitude. The hook caught, there was the glider was airborne.

There followed the fight for to get over the peaks, then the easy "downhill to Hollandia. Mrs. Edith Minnis Died In Arizona Saturday, June 23 H. B. Metz has received a 'mes' from Florence, -Arizona advising.

him. of the death of Mrs. Edith daughter of Mrs. Metz; in Florence or: Saturday, June 23rd. Mrs.

Minnis made her: home: here with her mother for several years and: had many friends, and acquaintenances here She visiting with Mrs. 252: ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WINDS UP 64TH MEET TODAY legislators. Legalization of harness race parimutuel betting. A new radio libel law, State distruction of $15,000,000 to improve rural secondary and feeder roads. (BILLS PASSED) SPRINGFIELD, June 30- (AP)-The 64th General.

bly, during its six months regular session ending tonight. approved in major actions: A record high total of bienninl appropriations in excess of 000.000. including more than in regular operating penditures and about. $140.000.000 in so called postwar spending. A 1946 referendum on a "gateway" amendment to make it easier to change the state constitution.

Mandatory 100 per cont property tax assessments and a far reaching supplementary program designed (to obtain uniformity in local tion methods. Municipal airport authorities and a new state acronautics department. Salary increases for most state employes, including most appointed officials and elected legislators and judges. Creation of a Chicago metropoli-1 tan transit and state. wide local slum clearance legisla-1 tion sought principally by Chicago.

A state war veterans commission and expansion of. various state aid to exservice men. Tightening revision of the 1870 child adoption law. A more rigid child labor statute, and widening of unemployment compensation benefits. About $9.000.000 more to local schools and a minimum Are annual wage for downstate On school teachers.

Pensions for (BILLS DEFEATED) In major actions, the 64th Illinois General Assembly. refused 10 approve: Calling a 1946 constitutional convention to rewrite the 75 year old basic state Jaw. Reapportionment of the 28 gressional districts equally between! Cock County and downstate. A state fair employment practices commission with broad powers to prohibit racial and religious crimination. Inmediato payment of soldier bonuses to World War II veterans.

Reduction or increase of sent state taxes. Repeal of public housing exemp. tion. Direct financial aid to college students and tuberculosis patients. Renomination of Rodney H.

Brandon as State Welfare Direct01. New moror vehicle and public assistance code departments. Strengthening of the 1943 "equal pay for women" law. Further liberation of a of absentee soldier voting laws. Dr.

Ter Keurst Guest Speaker At Lions Club Guest speaker at the Lions Club meeting yesterday was Dean Ter Keurst, newly appointed Dean of men ac ibe University here. He talked about neurotic people, their fears, how they -are built up, and the various ways in which such prisons attempt to neutralize these tears. neurosis According is to the started speaker, in al usually childhood and as the neurosis develops, attempts to overcome it result in the peculiar traits displayed by neurotic people, Guests the. Club were Cecil Sheppard, Edward Hilton and T-Sgt, "Bill" Etherton. Sgt.

Etherhis ton 1 described sensations in very arriving bricfly some of the U. S. A. after thirty months overseas in the African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns. Carbondale Boy On Bunker Hill When Hit By Jap Planes Laverne Gulledge, husband of Mrs.

Helen Gulledge, 312. West Sycamore Street was a member of the ship's crew of Aircraft Carrier Bunker when it was hit by two Jap suicide planes just off the coast of Okinawa on May 11th. Official. announcement of the attack was disclosed by the on June. The ship is now under repairs in a chip yard on the west.

coast. Laverne is now Brimington, Washington and is expected home about July: 12th 30. leave with his wife and little son, Bobby ROUND UP BACKERS OF CHARTER TO KILL ANY AMENDMENTS By JACK BELL June 30-(AP) -Supporters gathered their forces today to resist any amendment of the United Nations Charters as the Senate Foreign Relations Committec met: to fix date for hearings the treaty. Senator Taft: (R-Ohio) is insisting that the power of the American delegate on the Security jail. should be defined in the resolution, Senator George (D-Ga) proposes delaying: al decesion on this issue until negotiations begin on the American forces to be made available to the International organization 10 help keep future Chairman Connally (D-Tex.) of the 'Foreign Relations Committee also.

opposed Taft's suggestion. As tie Charter now stands, the United States, Britain, Russia. China and France. plus two other members of the Socurity Council, must vote affirmatively before the body can act to effect either peaceful settlements of International disputes or use force to halt aggression. It was pointed out that any action congress takes toward limiting the authority of the American representative also would affect the council's authority.

Republicans meanwhile took to today's Foreign Relations Committec meeting a minority conference decision in favor of ginning hearings July 9 and ing a ratification vote. Most Republicans have said they will support the charter. Byron Brunty Home After 22 Months In German Prison Camp Byron Brunty, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.

O. Brunty of 510 Last College Street, returned to Carbondale- two days ago to spend a 60 day furlough with his parents and, friends. attor.spending over 22 months in a' German prison camp at Barth, Germany, located in north Germany on the Baltic Sea coast. Brunty was a Radioman on a B-17 with the 91st Bomb Group operating out of Great Britain and on their 12th mission over Germany his plane was shot down over Hamburg, Germany on June 26, 1943. Four of the crew of 10 were killed, the others taken pris.

oner and sent to the prison in northern Germany, where they remained' until liberated by the Russians on April 30, 1945. Brunty who speaks Russian fluetnly, was sian officers over taken in an automobile by Rusthe American lines on May 5, 1945. He also understands and German, which he said was responsible for many uncomfortable hour's around the German prison camp because of understauding what the Germans were discussing from time to time about what they would eventually do with the Yank prisoners. Brunty. will.

report to the Air. Corps replacement center at Mi. ami Beach, Florida for reassignment when he has completed his 60 day furlough. Kume 50 Miles West Of Okinawa Taken Without Bloodshed GUAM, June Island, 50 -miles west of Okinawa, has been added--without bloodshed -to American invasion-base holdings in the central Ryukyus, today's fleet communique reported. Although Tokyo radio declared "heavy fighting' was in progress when it announced the American landings last Tuesday, Adm.

Csester W. Nimitz said the invading patrols covered the whole island without encountering any Japanese troops. ALLEVIATION SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The west coast's wartime housing shortage has been accorded legal recognition. California Supreme Court: ruled that it. was because of hotel shortage--to permit members of a jury to separate return their homes for the night mitted after a them.

case had been subto EFFECTIVE PAULS VALLEY; Okla: Mrs. Mary Welss, attorney; found the law weighty subject. While, trying, a case, the drop ped a heavy law book on her foot, breaking her big toe in three laces June hazelcom- mounin had lost reCaptain. eight and their necesMargaret go her miles back offered THE WAR AT A GLANCE By The Associated Press -Fifty B-295 pounded the huge Kudumatsu oil refining plant near Tokuyama on Japanese home 'island on Honshu. Flames still burned in naval and shipbuilding city of Sasebo, hit Friday by; 500 Superforts.

GUAM Americans occupied Kume Island. 50 west. of. Okinawa, without opposition, Radio Tokyo reported U. S.

sance ships off Okinoerabu' Is. land, 40 miles northeast of Okinawa. BORNEO--Light naval units bombarding Bornco coast. Tokyo, said 41 allied ships off Balikpapan. PHILIPINES Yanks moved up wild Agusan valley.

eastern Mindanao, secking remnants of Japanese 30 division, CHINA Chinese recaptured burned former U.S. air base and strategic Kwangsi province junction city. U. S. DIVISION 6th "Infantry Advanced of a mile against Kiangan, mountain stronghold.

31st (Dixie) Infantry Pursued Japanese remnants in Mindanao's Agusan valley. Mrs. Flora McKissic Died At Home Of Daughter Yesterday Mrs. Flora McKissic, 50, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Irene Houghland, 610 North Allyn Street, about noon yesterday.

The body was taken to the Parker Funeral Home where it will remain until 1. o'clock tomorrow afternoon when it will be, removed to the First Baptist Church where it will lie in state until time for the funeral services which will be conducted at 2:30 tomorrow! afternoon' in the church. lend. C. Davis, 'pastor of the, First Baptist Church will be in charge of the services.

Besides her husband, Fred Mc-; Kissic, the following, relatives reside; three daughters; Mrs. Thelma Tripp, Carbondale, Mrs. Margaret Rutherford of Chicago, of and Mrs. Irene. Houghland Carbondale: Two sons; Freddie or Carbondale and James of Chicago; two sisters, Alice 'and Mrs.

Clyde Fox, both: of Carbondale: two brothers: Pvt. Edgar Terrell, overseas, and Robert Ferrel, Tacoma, Washington, There are 3 grandchildren surviving. Interment will be' in Oakland Cemetery. Company IRM Will Drill On Monday Next Week Company local. unit.

of. the Illinois Reserve Militia will- drill on Monday night week' instead of the regularly scheduled drill on Wednesday night, in ob: servance of the 4th off July. All members are, urged by Captain Walter S. McGee to attend the Monday night drill. Carbondale Boy To Tombstone Made By Buddie SOMEWHERE IN THE PAC.

IFIC-(Delayed)-(AP)-Pfc. ward E. Phemister of Carbondale, who died in combat on Guam, will have a tombstone for his grave made: of the gray volcanic ash which thousands of his Marine Corps mates fought to win on Iwo Jima. The stone, carefully 'guarded by Cpl: Elmer A. Hackett of Frankfort, was carved out of the hardened.

volcanic. lush. abounds on Iwo Jima. "He was my cousin," Hackett! said. "The same age as I.

he a flame thrower operator and died on Guam, I don't know how I'm going to get this to his grave on Guam, but I'll do it some way." Pic. Phemister was the son of Mr, and Mrs. Dillon F. Phemister, 203 South Marion 'Street and was killed in action on Guam, July 26, 1944, and was a member of the 4th U. S.

Marines. He had been in the service for about 28 months at the time of his death. His father, Dillon, was just recently. discharged from the U. S.

Navy after more than 20 months service. He had served with the Navy in the southwest Pacific and on one occasion had gone ashore at" Guam attempting to find his son's grave, but was not successful. Corporal Hackett had visited the' island later and located the grave. Hackett was a- member of the 9th U. S.

Marines. First Christian To Honor, Members In Service Sunday The men, and women of First Christian Church who have responded too their country's call service will be honored in the when morning the service Service Roll Sunday of Honor 10:30 is rededicated. The Roll of Honor was mounted in the church just three years ago, and" "at that time contained tha names of sixty seven men and women who were uniform. In the intervening months, thirty-one more' names have been added to the Roll, making a total of ninetyeight. On the Roll there are two gold stars and one silver star.

John Patel lost his life while on duty aboard the Destroyer Meredits in the South: Pacific in September, Curtis Loc. Walker was killed by a land mine in' Luzon, P. on February 12, 1945, while serving with the 188th Glider Infantry. Donald Culp succumbed to illness contracted' as a result of exposure while on duty aboard. These men will be especially Pored in the service.

The pastor of the church, Rev. James Trewolla, will speak briefly on the subject: "Alert at Home," in connection with the reI dedication ceremony, BRIDGE MEAT DECATUR, Ga. (AP) Bridget club ladies, showed up at the neighborhood butcher, shop with" cards and scoreboards and calmly sat- down in the midst of crowd of shoppers for their reg: ular. while the butcher awaited his weekly meat. shipment.

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