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ver MI -r 4 12,1941 'V 1 i MeterlSriii i Legal Tender, Cited itt Bill for Against, Kevenue lowly status of the- 'jitney the penny is emphasized in the or injunction which; hasten, Sri against the City of Alton and Ii Rhodes by, two Jess men, Leo H. Ernst i McKee, in an effort to present (he introduction of. Among the averments made' on behalf olthe plaintiffs Is the parking meter are nvalld because they" Section 10 of Article-'-, 1, United States Constitution" ''which Provides that no state "shall 'makw anything, but gold-and a tender in payment of The parking meters Ordered by the city are designed oh insertion of pennies and 1 nickels; frand the-contention-of th'e platn.tufs is that the ordinances whlcH'make such provision for violate the legal tender JawS bf the United States in denying the right to pay a purported -public 'In Ik coin as provided In the legal laws, Lengthy Document; The complaint injunction, filed in City Is' lengthy document, has "fls exhibit copies of thenirestwltlbns and ordinances of the 1 With regard to parking ing the resolution authorizing Jth'fe contract with M. Inc 'for 434 maters at $60 1 Also attadhed is a copy acquisition contract signed by Struif on behalf of the -city''Containing' the $26,040 Agreement-under which the "Mark Time" meter's are- to installed. Plaintiff Ernst is in the bill as operating a men's clothing shop at 118 thirlfsStreetf Pjlaintiff McKee property at 25 Aue, Both plaintiffs owners of autpmoljiL they have The the plaintiffs are taxpayers, Vartd bring suit for benefit of (themselves and for the use and! benefit other taxpayers, automobile owh- ers, citizens, and merchants similarly situated.

One of the main by the plaintiffs', bill is that the parking meter ordinances'are for revenue rather thah regulation. It is averred the ordinances are 3 Sn- valid because, although under guise of providing means of relieving traffic congestion reg- parking, the 'primary purpose is to Revenue with which to pay policemen's salaries Deny CityV.pow'erK i Other contesting validity of the ordinance's That the delegated no power to citles meters Hor to require Insert coin for the privilege using the street 'J6rf4torage 'pace. 1 f'J "That no power been' glVen the city by state act a license fee or charge for the Pi'ivi ege of stopping, standing, or Parking a vehicle ln'a'S we ordinances violate, the vehicle Act, one reason cited being I that no owner of a vehjcle'certifi- issued by the secretary fif shall be required by a-munl- Wlty other than that In 'which I aes to BV any or license i wniie of the vehicle, it the enactments'invade" the o' the public-to If He and 'un- on Page's, Column 7., Member of Tht Associated Press Weather Forecast night, cooler 1 1 CanalrThreat i -v prioibe Started ByGolumbia a 'Annotinceinent Roosevelt Speech 5i. 4 i-n i Citing Perils Colombia, SepjLliz, President Roosevelt's in his speech last night thai landing 1 fields hsd-Jjeen discovered; in Within, range Panama Canal brqught a "(Mom-: bian government ounce nJJSit'to-, 'day i i 'elv'S'i 5 i ir Jr lAi trieTsftceess, bf, any, entef 4 Colombia sovereignly oragalnst'the'loyat'policy of Pan- American solidarity that-this ernmerit maintains. 4 'Reports recently were given the government, the announcement disclosed, of probable' existence of "unauthorized landing fields on the property-of German'citizens situated in 'a zone 1 between ranqUilla and' Colombia's two leading port cities' on tHe Atlantic.

Both are', within: easy- airplane' distance of the 'Panama' 'President Euardo Santos said recently that the canal'was "vital to'all of the Americas" and that, an attack against the- 1 permitted" from Colombian soil. Tokyo Tightens, Wartime Controls TOKYO, Sept. 02, to give the government further war lime control of the General Commission approved today drafts of Imperial ordinances to control ajl commodities, direct all land transportation and requisition medical facilities and personnel. The War office announced appointment of Lieut. Gen.

Torashiro Kawabe 'as chief of staff of the new national defense headquarters under' general Otozo Yamada, In an'Interview with Domel he said the purpose of the headquarters would be to coordinate the people and army in air defense. East Gas In Continues Senate Report the ne supply lop Sift 'Coordinator' hi. Da vle8 JWofl pat 8A pre At Ihe adding' nhs qecfs- publlc the of a lack of fuel for domestic heating or for operating defense Industries, and said that "with proper conservation motorists should find it possible to acquire the gasoline and oil products they need." Present restrictions on gasoline sales Blons the eastern seaboard Include nightly closing of filling stations, and retail gasoline supply reduced 10 percent below the, July level. The curtailment program was Invoked after Harold Ickes, petroleum coordinator, foresaw eastern shortage as an attermath of the transfer of 80 American tank ships to Britain, The tankers formerly carried oil from Quit ports to east COBW PSaWe sources djjfcrrf trig that''Unless IcHes other ot? Mctair Unioved the sales committee would rfew fell within Six English Girls, Smiling, Excited, Atiweat Mofiticetld Six young English girls, 'all, smiling and excited at'thejprospects'of 'school in midwesterh United States, have arrived' at' Monticello College, a day later' than planned due to the lost baggage of Anne one- of the group. 'The girls, 'who were met in- Windsor, Ont, by Dr.

'John -Young of the Monticello faculty and Mrs. Godfrey 'the college station; Wagon. baggage was putfon'ff train "sdme "kjndfperson orlt Wsblatoing 1 tfie House-Senate guwtitti. a'my cloth-' iKiSnth." Sftfo Bmn 1 I had had- known me more than year-" to swear that I "was 'she said, laughing. "Mr.

see a lawyer who drew up docume'nt which''I signed. My friends'have been nice 'enough to I think I will get alongmntll my bag arrives two weeks." The six who arrived with and (Mrs, Youngi in addition to Margaret Conner, Jennifer Tanner 4 Ruth Sumner, Rene Lenv priere, and Diana Jean O'Connell will join the group later' after, she'arrives from'the east, where She is visiting seven, i former students at, the school in'Brighton, Sussex, with which Monticello has had' an exchange-student plan for some years, came to Canada a year ago with 43 young girls from They attended "Edgehill school in Nova Scotia last year and have spent, the summer with friends in-Canada and the. States. Jennifer, niece of the headmistress of visited part of the summer in Evanston, and Ruth spent part of her vacation in New England. They all have seen Montreal, Ottawa and Falls, which Impressed them greatly.

Their trip across the Atlantic last fall was exciting, but a bit "unpleasant" because they all became sea-sick when the liner, Dutchess of Atholl, which since has been sunk, was caught in a gale. "Our cabins were on the and decks, where the baggage and freight are usually stored. The waves were so rough the water got in our cabins and we almost floated away," one of the English girts related, "Wf? were also chased by a submarine, but no one but the captain knew it until the next mon)lng," Lots of mail and cables were awaiting the girls on their arrival at Montlceljo, Few letters have been lost In sending. However, parents of the girls are forbidden to send them money. were allowed jlo bring only 10 pounds, the equivalent of $45 to Canada.

You see, England is on the sterling standard, while Canada and the United States are on the dollar If we went to Australia, we could take all the money we want, because its standard la another explained, 'The girls, each 16 years they "love" tho United States end are looking forward to their year college students at This group and' the other fp who are 1 still at Edgehlll had no choice about coming to the Their parents (tedded lor them but eeyen girls decided they wanted, come to Mo'ntlceHo this year, and their consent. panaMai 'e: arid thus estlmat to' ttiakd tax returns next yealr. The reduced 1 eXemp'tiohs, 'which FOR gflwofc no reference to the Rgpaevelt readdress, evejn flying to wor fact that the vvfti made, On Wider Tax would cut free'annual $1500 and that of single individuals $800 to was written by the Senate and-was estimated by the Treasury to yield $303,000,000 a year. ') Only about bf the additional revenue'would by new-' taxpayers, finance- committee experts said. The remainder Svould come from 'persons already 'paying income in the form of increased i i Estimate 'Increase The committee, estimated 'that, because of deductions such as' for charitable contributions, 2,256,000 additional persons actually would have to pay income levies next year-- It was estimated that more than 22,000,000 returns would be filed and that, about 13,000,000 be taxable.

i. Keeping up'the fast, pace set by the Senate 'of its unprecedented $3,583,900,000 revenue measure, 1 the' jojnt conference committee adjusted differences between the House' and Senate tax bills in only two days. One member of the committee told reporters that the compromise measure would, raise slightly 'more money- than the record Senate total, Secrecy Cloaks Details Detailed results of the conference were a closely guarded secret, and the conferees reported that Chairman Doughton (D-NC) had exacted pledge that the compromise measure be withheld from publication until The reason, it was said, was that the House conferees have not yet been chosen officially by the House. Thus, technically, they were without authority to make a'com- promise agreement. Leaders arranged to have the conferees officially appointed when the-Hous? convenes at noon Monday and the committee then expected to hold 8 brief official meeting before reporting tho compromise measure for expected prompt action in'both houses.

Compares Lindbergh Speech to Berjin Charges WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, White House secretary today likened the speech of Charles A. Lindbergh ut I last night to the "outpourings of Berlin" In recent days. Auhed to comment on the speech in 1 which -Lindbergh charged "the 3ritlih the Jewish, and, the ROOM- velt administration" were the important groups which, have been prewlng this couptry'toward war," Press Secre tary Ewly reporters: bftva outpourings of Berlin in. last thwe or four what Lindbergh 'I thlhK there Is a between the two, 1 School Board fftes'Bonus' Ifctehers Allowed, to get Rising of Emergency Measure i in Policy- 1 A and Jan' to Benefit costs Board'of Education Thursday approved payment ot the 1041-42 school i all employes who have been service of'the'schools at year.

monthly resolution, entered by J. J. and approved unanimously, JA the "rider'' however, that is to, be'regarded as measu're only Is potlojbe construed as a Change in salary financial, condition 'of the school-district at the present'time, Pie pointed a permanent Increase lit sal -schedules. The f'bonus" applies to all school employes, Janitors and clerks'as teachers, with'the exception of those holding contracts of- longer thah ft' year's tenure. A In addition to the bonus'action, the'-board.

adjusted the salaries of in the school district, new 'and permanent basis. resolution providing for'the bo.nus^ stated that the' "upward in costs and wages In the AltoHSarea due to rapidly, expand- a industry had made the increase ui pay deslr- that the board's action with Its traditional pol- Jpaying as as fixed income centering on occupied more tws and the board's f.actlon was the appjplntmf pt 4 ---i "1 To Reich for Relief Fund Announces Success heard in History' (.1 By TlSE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sept. "un- head of In world history" has. rewarded, German soldier's sacrifice "in blood, sweat, worries and Adolf the German 1 nation today in a written appeal contributions to the winter Belief fund. s.

Hitler reminded the Germans he was appealing for the ninth time and their contributions would strengthen Germany both at home and at the front, giving the nation's soldiers evidence "that the entire German people stands behind them and that their fight is not in JStruggle For Existence "Our armed forces," he told the these historic days are fighting In a gigantic struggle for existence or non-existence of the German nation, yet, more than that, for the maintenance of that Europe which for 'thousands of years wpS the benefactor of culture and civilization of humanity and shay be so again In the future "As once in the interior, so today In the hostile outside world, Jewish capitalism and Bolshevism) have united in an attempt to destroy the, National Socialist German Reich as a strong bulwark of this new Europp and, above all, to wipe out our people. "For two years the German soldier has offered his blood and life for the protection of our precious homeland and our people. Just now, united our allies, he is fighting northernmost Europe to tho shores of the Black Sea against'an enemy who Is not hu man but la made up of beasts. TelU Sacrifice "The success of his sacrifice in blood, sweat, Worries and privations Is unheard of In world history. homeland, by its support and own sacrifices, show Itsplf worthy of the 'heroic deeds of "its sops, Your conrtibu- tlons will strengthen our National Socialist Interior community and strengthen the front In the can- gclousnflss.that the entire German people' stands behind them nnd that their, fight Is not In vain but plfffitiVe with' the help pf the great' Socialist community UW Nazispepprt Huge E-Bciat Raid iii Rfcply To Robisevelt Claim 22 Ships in Convoy Underway 'i i Reds Tdl Successes Russian Claims on Central Front i in Berlin BERLWf, Sept.

12. German -High command today countered President Roosevelt's no- trespass speech wltlj the announcement that' U-boatsThave 'sUtjfe at least 22 ships out of a Great'Brlt- ain-bound convoy, and an authorized spokesman jater Roosevelt's contentions 'are lies." The U-boat attack was, perhaps, the, greatest single submarine action against commerce Jn many, quarters took that, itself, as an eloquent, answer to President Roosevelt'. spokesman later 1 asserted, however, that the President's 'reference to freedom the, seas Was peak hypocrisy' 1 clared that lie 'must' bear responsl bility "for all ino amplification 'o the high commandVterse-accoUnto of the submarine has been going on'fdr'aeveral days in an unspecified zone of'the North Atlantic high 1 command said scat- Aivimw'ei'lWiuj ii.Biie4 Months Ago The spokesman 1 who gave, official Roosevelt reaction contended that the Presidential order to fitjBvon Geriijan craft had been issued months ago. "What'happens "now?" he was asked. "Not Mr.

but we, will determine that," he retorted. The spokesman point by point the allegation of German' design against American 7 Concerning the U. 8. destroyer Greer, that the German submarine fired only after the Greer had dropped depth bombs. i The President's statement that a submarine had followed a United States battleship last July, he, called a "pure Invention." 'The merchant ship Robin Moor was sunk in the southern Atlantic in accordance with the usages of international law, the spokesman declared, claiming she was carrying contraband.

'Not Protector of Panama' Concerning the sinking, of the S. S. Sessa off Iceland by a submarine, he said the vessel was under the flag -of Panama and "Roosevelt 4s not the protector of Panama." If the American merchantman Steel Wayfarer was among the ships sunk by German planes, Me contended, was in a war zone declared by both Germany and Italy and; was loaded with war materials for Britain in the Near East. (Mr. Roosevelt said the Steel Seafarer, sunk six days ago, sent down by a German plane in the Red Sea 229 miles southeast of Suez while bound for an Egyptian The spokesman explained that It Is extremely difficult to establish the nationality of a ship in a night attack.

There had been two press conferences Jn which the strictest silence was preserved on German reaction before the spokesman made his statement hours later. Radio Broadcasts Sinking But foreign correspondents hard ly had reached their offices from the silent noon conference when the radio Informed the world the convoy as though Germany were replying with action instead of words. In Rome, the 'authoritative Fas cist Editor VlrgmJo Gayda, oftei Premier Mussolini's spokesman declared that Italian and Gerrrmi warships, exposed now to "dellber ule aggressive action of American warships," must attack In self-de fense if they cannot escape. Tho German high command', communique indicated that tho convoy assault began at least a day ago, but still was continuing It said the U-boats up to dato hud sent 22.ships totalling 134,000 tons to the bottom of the North Allan "Two other steamers of 11,000 tons were torpedoed and may be Continued on Page 2, Column V. Gayda TellsAxis Reaction ROME, Sept.

12 UP) Italian and German exposed now to "deliberate aggressive action of American' attack In self-defense If they cannot escape, Vlrglnlo Gay'da declared today. "It Is the authoritative Fascist, editor In, the newspaper' II Glornale D'ltalla, "that after the given by the White House every Italian and German ship, knowing itself exposed to deliberate aggressive action of American warships, for defense If4t lacks the possibility of escaping attack." Political Mr, Roosevelt's announcement- as a "deliberate, flagrant violation of neutrality which, juridically, the United States of America has not abandoned." Gayda said "no formal declaration of war, could add''any new or different'element-to the realty of this open, direct aggression pre-announced by Roosevelt's Cites Exploited Incidents A statement issued In political circles said'Mr. Roosevelt's snowed, a desire for of 'strategic Jppints out- side'American and chargec the president' with havjng'arrangec to Incident' ense'mble of acts, and tnaril- festatioris calm a.nfl wlthoutvjsurprise 'inrltaly'but with renewed: and SellBerjite firmness of the wlll'ito war together with and 'other allies "victory," ents were' told. Surprise' no surprise in this of 'President Roosevelt's The will and to Increase provocations capable of' making the American 1 nation slide war Is manlfesti" "'Gayda that "It'Is evident that in legitimate Defense the Axisj'Imposed by the declaree American aggressive plan, President Roosevelt would like to seek simulated justification for pushing forward his armed "The Axis powers do not dispute the freedom of the seas with the United States, but they expect the United 'States to consider it (freedom of the seas) as a neutral nation." McBurney Gets Patent On Glass-Melting Furnace (Special) Alton man is among Inventors who received patent grants during the two weeks, ending July 26, according to official announcement by the United' States Patent Office. He is James K.

McBurney, inventor of a glass melting furnace McBurney got credit from patent examiners for seven separate new ideas in connection with his invention, It took the patent office a year and four months to complete its study of the Alton man's Invention and decide how many ideas he should get credit for. Records of the patent office show an assignment by McBurney of his patent rights to Owens-Illinois Glass a corporation of Ohio. President Bars -JP toes pi "ojicy If Orders, Americajii Tleet to Strike in Waters' -to Guard Reaction Presii 1 Statp ani nounced today that the Ariier- icah owned steamsiap flying- the, Pananj.Hnlan had been torpedoed ''and Hunk cnroute JTrom 'the'United States to WASHINGTON, blunt, luncohiprohus'lng' langU-. age President'RooSevelt barred-Vasst" readies'Of'the sea's today 1 1 tie-snake" raiders wearjng'the flag of the Rome-Berlin backed up the no trespass order; with, the guns of States i Foest-of administration's polk that this unauthorized itf vltation'to i as to what i tj 1 oAf tvvjk thawed of any flag would be srotgctfed from' raiders 'in 'those That, in brief, was the burden of the address which the chief executive delivered by radio last night 0 the nation, to the Axis powers and to the other the It represented the, President's considered reply to the recent- series, of sea incidents a previously undisclosed attempt to torpedo an American battleship, the be? tween the S. Greer and a U- boat in the North Atlantic, and the sinking of three American-owned merchantmen.

"The sole fesponslbillty rests on "Germany," said. bf the future, "There will be no shooting unless Germany continues to seek it, Warning Be. Clear" "But let, this warnlng.be clear. From now on, If Germaii or i Italian vessels the waters, the protection 'of which is necessary for American they do so at their own 'peril." While critics were aroused by the a Van Nuys (D-Ind) called them "alarm- Ing the address drew a round of bipartisan approval, highlighted by the endorsement of Wendell L. Willkje and the statement of Senator Th9mas CD- Utah) that "driving pirates off or out of the seas is not war." To Britain the President's words were welcome and the, London press hailed them' in headlines which clarioned: S.

to Guard Our Ships," "F.D.R. Orders 'Sink Nazis in U. S. The British radio announced "Hitler's expulsion from the Atlantic is starting Continued on Page 2, Column 4. Roosevelt, Jews, British Plot War, Says Lindbergh MOINES, Sept.

12 Charles A. Lindbergh contends the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration are plotting to drive the United States Into the war. His voice frowned out at times by the cheers of a boisterous and heckling crowd, the flier declared at; an America First rally last night: "The throe most Important groups been pressing this country toward war are the British, tho Jewish and the Roosevelt administration." Before Lindbergh reached the platform, the crowd heard and cheered 11 distinct times the broadcast of President Roosevelt's address. Earl C. Jeffrey, America First field representative, who estimated the crowd at 8500, sold the conduct of the gathering was "the worst I have seen." "It was a very small minority," added.

'tt looked an, organized attempt to sabotage the meeting," The "war agitators," Lindbergh said, have planned: "First, to prepare the United States for war under the guise of American defense; second, to involve us In the war, step by step, without our realization; third, to create a series of Incidents which would force us Into actual conflict." Terming England's position "desperate," he declared her geographical position "such that she cannot win the war by -the, use of aviation alone, regardless of Uow many planes wo send her." Except for American encourage-' ment, ho added, "I believe England would have negotiated a peace in Europe many months ago better off for dojng Ho said he could not condono "the persecution of In Germany," but added. Jews. "Instead 4 ol agitating war, should bo opposing jit In ey wy way, for they will he. among first to feel its.