Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 1

giver Stages D. fill Increase Voted to Mayor's Pay food River tteft Above D. 417.44 Below D. 408.02 9.42 Clerk and Aldermeto Get Raise Baker Assumes Office Named Chief if Police; Manning Is RIVER, 6. The Monday night wolind old year die, in, theend Of the "ministration of Mayor L.

L. Two new aldermen then hnok their places at the council and the administration of Mayor Charles was sworn In. The Induction of the new admin hlratloh was witnessed by a crow that filled every seat in the couh ell chamber and overflowed to th I street. Floral pieces for the incom Ing officers banked the council ta bleand lined one wall. The cham I her vtsf fll' ed 15 ra before old council convened, and late (comers were unable to gafn trance.

Boost In Pay The outgoing council approvec I an ordinance raising the salary 'of I Die mayor from $75 to $100 a I month, and that of city clerk from I $75 to $90 a month. The pay for was boosted from $7.50 la meeting to $10. The ordinance submitted by Jesse Ford arid by S. H. Buckner, and I came as a surprise to Mayor Har- jrod.

On the roll call only one dls- vote was recorded, that of (D. c. Burroughs, outgoing alder- jman, who has been dean of the I council. Following the induction of the I Baker administration by City George Schilllnger, the new of Tht Awoclated Press Question of Before ALTON. somewhat cooler fair.

Next Council Formal Transfer of Funds AWaits Action of Aldermen Krug Occupies Office Efas Surety Council Voted for Another ing RAF Blasts Germany; Nazis Bomb Belfast stages construction by tt Dog Licenses Due; New Plan for Immunization Eden Cites U.S. "Aid in Opening Of $ar Debate Expresses Faith That Turks Will Stand by Britain in Crisis Imayor Introduced the city officials office, aldermen Marvin from the Second Ward and iGordon Mallory from the Fourth and City Treasurer W. H. JKoenneker, Baker then made a brief tirieht to the council and the jence, expressing his I the honor bestowed upbh him (pledging an efficient administra- Illon. He Immediately launcheH in- Ito specific proposals that he would Jiundertake, To Cooperate In Clean-Up He pledged cooperation of the Jelly in the clean-up campaign be- Igun last week by a coalition of I civic organizations, and predicted it would be a success.

He I then requested newspaper men to take not that beginning all traffic ordinances would enforced without favor or ex- Addition of an extra fireman to jje department, abolishment of I the job of city janitor, and a 10- icent per hour raise in pay for were announced. 6 uet Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons today that the sooner united States war materials reach, the battlefields of Asia, Africa and Europe the sooner the' war will end. expressed, faith thfct Turkey would stand byjJSri'tain he told Arab peoples, including; the. Iraqis, to. beware of an Axis employes Baker stated, such hmployes would be hired as needed, than appointed.

The mayor then submitted his 1st of appointments and named unanimously fproved by the aldermen, fol G. Stahlhut; Thon In, George Vaughn Herb ap- it's'statami dress Debate on, conduct a hepklirig iriernber interrupted Eden's to. United States aid with: "Let us do a bit ourselves." Eden promptly retorted he was maximum effort of ourselves and the United States of Government critics, among them Leslie Hore-Belisha, rose to attack Aden's 'long review. "Now that events are going against us, I trust temporarily," Hore-Bellsha said, "there is a tendency to minimize their Importance, to distinguish them from what is happening in the Atlantic." Warns of "Small Margin' 'Laborite Lees Smith, speaking' from the front opposition bench, warned the battle of Suez Britain' had a Smaller margin of in the battle of the Atlantic. "In the Mediterranean," he said, "it Is a' race between Hitler's immediate advantage and our power to build up equipment him until American supplies swing in our favor some months hence." The Laborite speaker wanted to know why measures were not taken to keep German Panzer divisions out of Libya and asked if the gpv-.

ernment was satisfied that the French government at Vlcljy jis maintaining strict nuetrallty. Eden, retracing ground covered last week by Prime Minister declared Greece was informed beforehand just how much Aid could be expected from Brit- am. 'The trouble' which he said was Dog licenses for, 1941 it Is announced at the station, and, In connection With plans for administering the dog license ordinance change is to be made in the arrangements for Issuing tags and administering anti- rabies serum. A The Alton ordinance makes-both licensing and Immunization of dogs mandatory. No special charge Is made for the treatment to prevent rabies.

Those who purchase licenses for their dogs are entitled to have the animals inoculated city veterinarians. Under the arrangements set up for the annual licensing and immunizing program, it Aas been cided not to inocula- tions.given at the police station. License tags will be issued by the desk sergeant at the police station, but immimization wUl be available at the pet hospitals of Dr. O. A.

Meyer, 3514 East Broadway, and of Dr. J. E. Jennings -at 901 Broym street. Licenses also 1 will be on the office of Dr.

those who 4iake -their re for immunization may United it authoritatively today, has halted all exports to Russiirdf machinery equipment which can, util- dfiffitlftP was adopted, was said fielbitp. strenuous Soylet diplomatic efforts to obtain the necessary export perjijite and the fafct that some of the machines involved had been ordered, and'paid for, by the Russians months 'ago. During'the past texeral months Russia has been sufcclpftil in securing -licenses for and pf noise ''brought "H5h of work Fatthls reason atwfctpnlice "tation is contmwid, irk centered at the ie veterinari- pet ani- ton still is one of few points in the state where Immunization to prevent rabies is required by ordinance as a public health measure. The ordinance has been in effect for about six years and is apparently proving to have a high degree of efficiency, police report. License fees are $2 on male dogs, $3 on female dogs.

World's Largest Diamond Sawed Continued on'Page Column 2. Fails in Attempt to House Convoy Vote 'ON. NEW YORK, May 6, Ing of the world's largest diamond, the Presidente Vargas, continued on schedule today, completing four weeks of the seven-week "We saw the diamond with a motor-driven copper blade four inches In Owner Harry Winston said. ''Spinning at 6000 revolutions a mmute, the blade.has cut into the stone three-quarters of an Inch In the last four weeks, at five hours.a day. "That gives you spme idea of how tough the stone Is." Sawing and cleaving the stone into 23 smaller diamonds is expected to take 16 months.

The finished gems will be The purpose of sawing is to leave a well-shaped piece for- the moment the cleaver's knife will smash the stone with a blow that might' cause thousands of dollars In damage if not done perfectly, Scarcity Major reasonjlfor the of export licenses-for Soviet Russia were said to be: 1. President Roosevelt's instructions to the Office of Production Management that "Every single critical machine in the United States be used the maximum number of hours each that every effort be made to round-up and'utilize all machine tools and other vital machinery; and that the machine tool Industry be expanded far beyond previous production estimates. 2. The signing of the anese neutrality pact, which official mouthpiece of the Communist party, described as a blow at American and British terests. 3.

Russia's anamalous position in the war and her conflicting swings of policy between cooperation nad non-cooperation with Ger many. This has created a desire fo clarification of the Soviet's further attitude before the United State release any shipments which might be beneficial, directly or Indirectly, to the Nazis. A. Krug Is In the office of city treasurer, to ejected on April and Felix Boschert, former treasurer, now is clerk of the City Court of Alton, but city funds on deposit at First National Bank Trust Co. have not been turned over as yet to the new treasurer.

This situation is due to fact that a bond proffered by the new treasurer has not been accepted by the City Council; and the urer has Indicated he will', not accept a bond ordered purchased by the council. The City Council, at Its final meeting of the 1940-41 fiscal year, approved a resolution providing that the bond for the city treasurer be set at $50,000 and be purchased from a certain agency. Between that meeting and the session of the new council, Krug who hat taken the oath of office at the old session, announced he had tendered a bond, purchased from another agency, to the city clerk! Efforts to revive the question at fhe meeting of the new council failed, On May 1, the date set by law fqr his term to begih, Krug -went to the office of the treasurer. He declined to sign an application for bond presented to him by a representative of the agency named In the council resolution. He already had filed his bond, Krug told the representative.

Since then Krug has issued city licenses, the fees for which he has deposited In the bank. At the bank, which Is the city depository, it was said today that city funds In custody of the former treasurer remained there but had been transferred to'the account of the treasurer. The 'bank Is waiting foi 1 settlement of the bond Pepper Declares It Time Fot America to-Qet Tough- that "it Is time for get ugh 'l er 'Democrat, urged today that in cooperattoft 'with Great Britain occupy Greenland, Iceland, the Azores, the' Cape Verde andS Singapore and Dakar, WeA Africa. Pepper's "get tough" program also carried these reeommendauons: That the S. and British navies "join openly" in the Pacific "to shut up the Japanese fleet in its lair," ahd a Thttt lon S- 'manned by Amercian pilots w- toting voluntarily, be made- available to 1 China.

A bombers flown by American pilots wouldn't ieavV enough of Tokyo.to build a bonfire," he commented. The Florida senator, consistent, administration supporter and barly advocate of aid to Britain, said In a speech prepared! for Senate delivery: "We must stifle threats against us near their source. We have already waited too long. we continue a pussy-footing policy the foe will not fear us and our friends will not respect us." Speaking of lease-lend cargoes, 'Pepper asserted that 'the country 'should resolve, that no power will keep us from getttaa the goods to Britain, and getting them there now." wa to inilltary and naval experts, he added, to decide on the best method for guaranteeing safe delivery. as Hlt was concerned, Pepper said that the United- States should react to 'him on Page 8, Column likely will Jeers, Tension Mark Debate On Axis Ships Critic of 'Bill to -Seize Vessels 5 Supported by GOP Members British Blasts Hit Mannheim And Ports on -B French Coast Empire Fliers Strike Middle East Bases of Natives at Liverpool Attacked Streets of Dover Spattered by tiullete of Luftwaffe WASHINGTON, May 6 UP) A chorus of booes acid angry words signalled mounting ISw furnish his, the council of the counc stat treasurer shal and it to pproval.

Members during debate at the April 28 meeting, took the po sition that since the city pays for the bond, the choice should lie with the council. Axis Occupies Greek Islands By THE ASSOCIATED PBESS ROME, May 6. Italian occu- upation of six islands of the Kykladon (Cyclades) group, adjoining Italy's Dodecanese Archipelago are standing in the southern waters of the Aegean Sea, was announced today by the Fascist High Command. The occupied islands were announced as Amorgas, Anaphe, los, Thera, Naxos and Pares. rn 'OBTbm thorize the givernment to over idle foreign ships' in States harbors.

Rep, Ramspeck, JBeraocrat, Geor gia, was booed by many Republl can members he criticized Rep, Short, Republican, Missouri, the preceding for what ho saldHcas the Mlssourian's description of the American people as "helpless in the face of the German nation." "Do you believe that?" asked Ramspeck. Shouts of "No" came from the Democratic side. "I believe the American people vill fight for their rights," the Georgian declared vigorously. "This Is one of the things we need do it and we're going to pass Escaped 19 Years Ago, Conttactot FightsExtradition SPRINGFIELD, May 6, Governor Green was confronted today with. the task of deciding whether the 51-year old Chicago construction foreman shall be re- turnedi to North Dakota to complete a two-year prison sentence imposed 19 years ago for the theft of a team of horses.

The foreman, Zettte, through attorney naked- of whether th vowels be left to the discretion pf th President, predicted; that th amendment would be defeated an that by nightfall the measur would be sped to the Senate where another fight was brewing Three Democrats spoke ou forthrlghtly on the convoy question during debate AS Rep Fish, New £ork, at trlbuted to the President the state that convoys would mear shooting and shooting would mean Democrat, Georgia tojd course we're going to convoy, and convoy rlgh "We have voted billions of credit tor Cox said. "We jujp 0 rt to the Jlmlt ty, IMthBppeni that pur promises short are We going, to because Into war? Democrat, committee Of, pur of convoys do? gjW. Alabama reked, W.B showW 7 immedloUly War Brings Grain Shipping Problem KANSAS CITY, May 6, War I brought $3 wheat, automobiles and silk shirts to mid- western farmers. World War II has brought a problem. Good spring rains indicate a heavy wheat crop this, summer, Defense demands on railroad facilities may make its movement to market difficult when harvest starts.

Railroad and elevator men, government officials and bankers here to discuss the problem saw a threat of wheat piled in yellow dunes on prairies while box-cars were tied up with defense loads. The difficulty is complicated by the fact that much of last year's bumper crop remains stored in jountry elevators. Usually rail- oadi provide box-care to small levators to hold an be to' Thil yf 1 a ait, 8 Welfare Department Employes Face Charges SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 6, Welfare Director Rodney H. Brandon announced today that eight employes of his department were scheduled to answer charges next Friday in Chicago before the Civil Service Commission alleging that they were unduly active in politics. Brandon's announcement said six Of the employes were members of the Kankakee County Central Committee, Their names were given as William Yonke and Edward J.

Pluth, attendants at the Manteno State Hospital; and Simon N. Legris, storekeeper, Georg Wohner, plumber, Ariel B. Luca fireman, and Joseph C. Catton, sr attendant, all at the Kankake State Hospital Thomas B. Read, chief clerk a the Ponttac State Prison, is with soliciting political contrlbu tlons, and Bessie Wehner, a matro at the eye and ear infirmary The Kykladon, or Cyclades, were so named by the ancients because ther are arranged in a kind of circle around the Island of Delos, smallest but most famed of the group.

There are 17 large islands and numerous ones, in three rows tending in a southeast dfrec tion from southern Greece. BERLIN, May" 6 UP) The Greek Islands of Lesbos and Chios In the Aegean Sea were occupied yesterday by the German army, an official announcement said today. Both islands were regarded here as strategically important because of their nearness to Turkish waters; How the German troops reached the Islands was not disclosed. a Chicago, is charged with votes in the seventeenth ward Chicago. Held in Slaying of Wife, Mother of Four DIXON, 111., May 6, Theodore Vincent, 36, was held to the grand jury today in the slaying of his 34-year-old wife.

Mrs. Lillian Vincent, the mother of four children, was shot to death yesterday in her West Brook home and a coroner's jury that she "tame to her wbwid," coroner Frank Na hft twtmed. in the quilt Vtiumt I againit DJi win and auotnar Bill to Tax Cigars Sold in State SPRINGFIELD, May 6 UP) Republican leaders began a drive for final enactment this week of the two cent clgaret tax bill, Democratic legislator introduced today a biU wMch would place a 20 percent tax on the retail price of Representative Joseph Sam Perry said he was sponsoring the cigar Short had denounced the legls- ation as "just another slap in the face and kick in the pants to the Axis which he said would bring the United States closer to war. Short declahed that the United States was "no more prepared for war than I am to enter the ring against Joe Louis and I imagine we would last about as long as I would against the Brown, Bomber." Says Bombers Best Convoys ST. LOUIS, May 6, range bombers, rather than arme.c ships, provide the key to successfu convoys in the opinion of Copt.

Gil Robb Wilson, president of the National Aeronautics Association. Capt. Wilson, a member of the advisory commission for aeronautics, asserted in a speech last night that convoys could be protected adequately by modern bombers ranging 7800 miles while carrying 18 tons of bombs. He predicted the aircraft industry by next year would be the largest single employer" of factory '1 farm of the North Dakota state penitentiary near Bismarck May 31, 1922, was brought to light through finger prints taken' when Zettle recently became a construction foreman at the government powder plant being built Hear Wilmington, HI. Evidence presented late yesterday to a two-member extradition board representing Governor Green showed 15 days after his sentence In 1922, and that since By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS British; Foreign Secretary, An-' thony Eden coupled a hurry-up appeal today for United States war materials with a warning-, to the Arab peoples of-the Middle East not to aide with the Axis at', the cost of their freedom.

Even as he spoke, fighting spread In the "Arabian Nights" kingdom of Iraq in dispute over the presence of British troops. RAF warplanes bombed Iraq airfields, motor transport and other military positions and London quarters made it clear'that Britain was determined to fight rather than yield to the regime of Premier Rashid All Al Gallant, even the risk, of opening new, war front Eden declared that Britain's is ships and more munitions "because lie had lived for brief periods in Morth Dakota and Wisconsin and for the last 17 years in Chicago. Earl V. Gates, Chicago attorney representing Zettle at the extradition hearing, contended his client was not a fugitive because he had openly under his own name and authorities made no real effort apprehend him." Gates said Zettle took the horses by thinking they were his own. Gates said Zettle had acquired property in Chicago, where he lived with hia wife and two sons, and in recent years supervised construction of several Illinois ppstoffice building including those In Granite City, Stauntoh, Vlrden and Irvine Park.

Collision on Bridge Called to police attention iti baeco not tpx the man smokes expenilvp cigars." proposal bectuse "I don't think to tax (ho poor man's to- who Vote Confidence in CHuchill Cabinet May The pf Commons voted confidence In the today nd one-half hours' the House discussion of the war. called the de- thy heart-search- the slightest em- to, the govern- help in industrial history, State Could Reassess Property Under New Bill SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 6, lycgislation to permit the state tax commission to order reassessment of property It believes Is improperly assessed by local officials was proposed today by Philip Collins, tax commission chairman, Collins announced after a conference with Governor Green that tho necessary bills would be introduced In the House by Majority at 4.03 p. m. Monday was a collision on the Elm-Central bridge in which the vehicles Involved were a coupe driven by Miss Mary Lee of 219 Lamport street and a coach driven by a H. Funkhouser of 2731 Hiilcrest avenue.

The cars were moving in opposite directions at time of the crash. A police charge of driving without a driver license was filed against Miss Lee, and Magistrate Cotter said a fine of $10 had been imposed. Victory in diplomacy as on the Eye on Turkey With a diplomatic eye on.TUrkey, Eden he was confident that country would stand by her military alliance with Great Britain. The war in the air mounted in fury. Germany's Rhlneland felt the scourge of a "Made-ln-England" blitz series raids in which RAF bombers reported attacks on Frankfurt-Am-Maln, Mannheim and other Rhine industrial centers as well as the Nazi- held French coast.

A Berlin announcement said the RAF bombed the ancient German university town of Heidelberg, known for its-student duels, and hit academic and hospital buildings. The British, omitting mention of any assault on Heidelberg, said "a great weight" of high explosive bombs was rained on Mannheim, while other RAF raiders attacked the channel ports of Boulogne and Cherbourg. Report Resorts Hit The Germans said RAF bombs were directed at unspecified "weli- known" resorts in southern southwestern Germany, and and de- objectives dared 'that military were nowhere hit. Hitler's Luftwaffe countered with equally violent raids on the British Isles, striking again at Belfast, the capital of northern Ireland, where 79 deaths reported In Sunday night's raid, and fiercely attacking Scotland's vast Clyde river shipyards which stretch from Glasgow to the sea. Liverpool's Merseyslde docks were raked by bombs for the fifth consecutive night.

A British statement acknowledged that the Germans, hitting in Continued on Page 2, Column 7, London Press Critical of British Moves in Iraq of Leader Frederick W. Rennick Buda. "Investigation by the commission revealed that certain properties and have, in the opinion of, the commission, been assessed too low," Collins said. Ths present law permits the tax commission to order reassessment of various as real estate, fierfonal property, or capital the proposed leg Ulatlon would alltjw the commit sion to single out individual properties It thalnks are erroneously assetied, LONDON, May 6 1 offer to mediate the British-Iraq ight and Egypt's appeal to th raqls to seek terms peaceably were Idetracked today In favor of a ard-hlttlng military campaign in the oil-rich Middle East kingdom As Britain's land air forcei stepped up their efforts to subdue what the British termed the "illegal" regime of Premier RaAhld All Al Ejailani, some section of the London press called for results and took a critical view of the government's handling of Iraq relations. The Dally Herald described the diplomatic prelude to the outbreak of fighting last Friday in Iraq "the latest example of Inadequate British methods" and there had been "either complacency or Incom.

petence somewhere," The Dally asked If Britain's diplomatic representatives in Iraq had been "taken by surprise" and said members of Parliament would "demand a -prosecution of the Iraq operation with the utmost vigor something stronger than on Baghdad." The RAF Middle East command 1 had announced yesterday that 000 leaflets written in Arabic had been showered on Baghdad by British bombers. A communique last night, however, told of raids elsewhere with blazing machine-guns and the thunder of bombs, reported heavy attacks on Iraq artillery which had been shelling the British air base at Lake Habbanlyah, and said the RAF, largely through attacks on air fields, had put out of action "the greater part of the Iraq operational aircraft," Turkey's offer to mediate in the war at her backdoor, disclosed yesterday, came to naught for the time being at least. An authorized British statement said the "friendly motives" of the government were appreciated but the withdrawal of RasWd 'i-om the siege of the Ljjjfe'Hab- banlyah base was "aij aifflhUftl prerequisite" to any negoUatiowu At the same time the Qerman edlo was heard in Loridon quote ng the Baghdad radio that Iraq also rejected the offer on the ground a settlement could not discussed until British troppt withdrew from the.