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per year 57-80 Dally. 6 Dally, fally. monUi The Miners' Choice President Roosevelt's decision to seize the mines in the Lewis-inspired coal crisis puts the affair squarely up to the miners as individuals. The test now is whether the allegiance of each miner to the leadership of Mr. Lewis is greater than hb allegiance to his country.

Continuance of the stoppage will constitute an open act of defiance to the government. The strike, of course, has had that implication all along, but now the issue is squarely stated. That the dispute should reach such a point is incredible. For all practical purposes, the coal stoppage is tantamount to enlistment in the armed forces of our enemies. Whatever the grievances of the miners may be, they cannot shunt that terrible fact aside.

Last year, after months of preparation and the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars, Mr. Hitler landed a small band of saboteurs on the east coast. They bore explosives, a large sum of money, and detailed plans for violently disrupting the industrial war front. Vigilant counter-espionage frustrated that effort, and after a solemn hearing and review by the U. S.

Supreme Court, the saboteurs were put to death. Wherein is there a difference between what this small band of desperate Nazis contemplated, and what is now at hand in coal fields? The ramifications of to virtually every war the country vulnerable to a far greater extent than the dynamiting planned by the submarine-borne saboteurs. The individual coal miners may have followed John Lewis's defiance down to the deadline in the hope that he could bluff through a victory. Now that hope is gone, and each man, in his own heart, must face a decision of staggering import. Continuance of the will mean active support to the cause of as surely as if the miners were mounting Axis gum.

Each day that the strike continues is a day fought for the cause of totalitarianism. Personal protestations of patriotism canuot erase the reality of that fact. Their duty is to go back to work now, so that the damage already done will be held" to a minimum. Any other course is unbelievable. Any other course would mean laboring so that Hitler's band of saboteurs, dead" at the hand of our government, will have achieved victory.

The Victory Gardeners If so many Victory gardeners did not hold themselves in such narrow limitations, we might have fears that the professional producers of foodstuffs might find themselves with destructive competition. It must be admitted that maybe the growers of radishes and lettuce and onions may find competition for those vegetables, but the amateur gardener is neglecting to attempt to grow some of the more solid substantial foods which may be stored away. They may try a few tomato vines, but the professional knows that the amateur is likely to let the suckers absorb the strength of the vine and the quantity and quality of tomatoes will be lessened. The planting of a few cabbages may look like a threat but most of cabbage growing amateurs won't think about protecting them against insect enemies. The worst danger of all is that the amateur gardener may fail to maintain his interest and keep the hoe flying when weather gets hot.

This thing of being a patriotic gardener has its trials and tests', and the chief is the fact that about the time the weeds and the insects begin to be at their worst, the weather begins to be the most trying- On the whole there probably will be a lot of valuable food produced but not enough to put the regular farmers'but of business. Keep on Buying The Second War Loan campaign has ended, anc during the month of April the City of Alton anc County achieved notable results. The total sold was far in excess of the quota. We thus maintained our record of never failing in wartime, In World War Alton went over the top in every endeavor. In World War II we have achieved similar record.

The success of the War Bond campaign, following fine recordr in other enterprises on the home front, is a cause for just pride. But that is one campaign. The necessity for buying War Bonds is as great as ever. Alton merchants will conduct a drive to sell 00,000 in Series bonds to purchase a bomber to be named "City of Payroll deductions and other bond tales will continue. Our outstanding achievement during April is po cause for relaxing now.

We must continue to buy War Bonds. The investor in War Bonds invests in his own future, and the future of his home and church and family and liberty. Keep on buying war bonds, The Smelt Are Coming News dispatches bring the good news that the imelt, one of the tastiest of fuh, is about to come in, sbous thrw Jste. When imelt begin to run 4lth breaking up of Ice in northern waters, it is good to epicure! who rejoice in the of eating imelt. Too few peopk acquainted with smelt.

The of the little fish does buyers to with them. Once anyone becomes at- qusinted with the joy of smelt he becomes Mine Controversey More Far-Reaching Than Appears on the Surface By DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, May 1. John L. Lewis has maneuvered the Roosevelt administration Into a difficult and embarrassing situation which won't be disposed of at all by tut attitude of miners In the next few dnys. For tho controversy is much more far-reaching than appears on the surface.

There are some otnervers who see only a powerful labor leader defying the war labor board r.nd the government. Thore are some who vhtnk that the exchange of communications between the President and Lewis covers the controversy. But actually Ihwe have been some serious mistakes in policy by the administration which Lewis has been quick to use to the advantage of his cause. It was a mistake, for instance, for the President to issue his executive order, now known as the order. The War Labor Board's public members feel so strongly about it that they sent a memorandum to the executive offices a few days ago asking that some of their powers In handling wage Increases be restored.

Mr. Lewis knows that the "hold-the-llne" order cannot possibly be maintained, becatise the CIO and the A. F. of L. are as bitterly opposed to it as he is, and there Is no doubt but that some modifications are coming.

Mr. Lewis may be able to capitalize on those changes and appear to be the man who forced a Change in the Byrnes-Roosevelt "hold- the-llne" order. His prestige in the labor world will go up correspondingly. It is a fact, of course, that Mr. Lewis has ignored the War Labor Board, but He has also said plainly that his reason is that it operates with "political limitations," which means that it Is directed or influenced by Mr.

Byrnes and the President. Mr. Lewis wants the War Labor Board to operate independently and, while he thinks it is prejudiced, he really means it Influenced against him. Now, however, It becomes apparent that some change in handling wage matters is in prospect. Lewis will get something in the way of an increase.

It may be figured on the basis of the so-called 'portal to portaJ" method of computing wage rates which was recently upheld in a court decision. It may come out of the latest effort to' discover costs of living in mining communities, But whatever the means used to Increase wages, Lewis will be able to view the result as a substantial victory for his tactics. His idea has been to go to the very edge of precipitating a nation-wide strike and then recede. He may even permit the so-called unauthorized walk-outs to go on here and there, but the general effect created in labor circles will be that Lewis has taken his time about ordering the men back and that he does so only after he feels sure some concessions are coming his way. One concession may have escaped general notice.

It is the administration's order to OPA to send Investigators to check up on prices in selected mining communities. This affords a way out for the President and the War Labor Board, for up to now no such evidence was permitted relating to specific situations. Also when the "hold-the-llne" order is modified, it will unquestionably allow the War Labor Board to determine and 1 This means a flexibility which gives the labor union leaders a chance to earn their salaries by being able to agitate for something all the time. It means alto, on the other hand, that there are some legitimate "Inequalities" and "inequities" which ought to be ironed out, especially if the Inflationary trends brought on by the continued payment of time-and- a-half and double-time keeps billions of dollars of purchasing power in circulation against the diminishing quantities of goods available. The lower paid workers of the country are the ones who are going to be hardest hit as inflation reaches slowly but surely into the purchasing power of the country.

Black markets are having some effect on the opportunity to get needed supplies and articles Involved In living costs. There Is no doubt also that certain "Inequalities" exist in the price levels and that if the wage levels are modified to permit increases, certain price adjustments upward will have to be made. The sad truth is that the battle against the present- day Inflation was lost In June, 1940, when the present spiral of wages and prices was permitted to develop. The administration didn't act in time, and It will be compelled now to see more inflation before the trend can really be effectively curbed. (Reproduction Rights Reserved) One thing is as certain as the law of we should allow the Japanese to dig in permanently in the far-flung areas now occupied, it would be only a matter of time before they attempted the conquest of our American home C.

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MERRY-GO-ROUND Iy DREW MARSON Anti-France Vet in Army Denieid His Commission WASHINGTON, May are more illustrations of how the brasshats in the U. S. Army are treating American boys who went to fight for a republican government in Spain against Dictator Franco and his supporters, Mussolini and Hitler. The German and Italian armies used the Spanish civil war as a testing ground for modern warfare; but the U. Army has relegated Americans who fought in Spain largely to work battalions.

Milton Wolff was a major in command of a battalion of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Ebro offensive. Later he enlisted in the U. S. Army, was sent to officers' training camp' at Fort Bennlng, Ga. There regimental commander Col.

Thomas R. Gibson treated Wolff cordially and a story of his Spanish experiences' was written up in the camp newspaper. His qualifications were rated "excellent." He qualified on map reading, compass work, night problems. Queried About Spain "Then," says Wolff, "suddenly the axe fell. It was certainly not routine procedure for.

flunking men out I was supposed to see a regimental board, which is routine; but after hanging around all day, I was called in to see a colonel. asked me about Spain, the 4abor movement, Brookwood stuff. I gave him straight answers. "Knowing something was funny I went in to see my company commander and asked him what the score was. He said he didn't know.

Subsequently my battalion commander, regimental commander, and the Infantry School commander told me the same thing. "This was about a week and a half before graduation. The last of the men to be flunked out had already left. I completed the course, which ended four days before graduation. The last few days are used for signing final forms, uniforms, graduation rehearsals.

"Then I knew something phoney was going to happen. I signed none of the final forms. Again I went up the chain of command and got the same replies. They didn't know. "Finally I was shipped to Fort McClellan, and was assigned to the Medics (Medical Corps).

I will probably be here for the duration, despite the fact that a War Department order says that only IB men would fill these services." Meanwhile, War and Navy Departments desk jobs in Washington are crowded with blue-bloods from the social register who never saw a rifle, but had no trouble getting cellophane you can see through them but they protect the draft. Mrs. Roosevelt's Pup Here one of Mrs. Roosevelt's stories which she tells on hsrself. In London it Is customary for the English police to give a 'code" name or pseudonym to every distinguished visitor which can be used by radio police cars, without the Nazis picking up the name from the ether waves and know- Ing who Is in London.

So when Mrs. Roosevelt arrived, Scotland Yard suggested that (he adopt a code name, since her presence In London was still ft secret, with typical RoosevelUan humor she chose the code name "Rover." One of the first things Roosevelt wanted was to her son Elliott. So she started to office In an army car, equipped with a two-way radio. WUUff driving there, the car's radio formed the First Lady that Elliott, not knowing of her arrival, bad left office. MM.

Roosevelt didn't Know where to find him. Finally suggested that a message be broadcast by radio from the car that she was looking for Elliott. However, to use the name "Elliott Roosevelt" on the radio would immediately tip off the Nazis regarding his whereabouts, would also give a hint that she was in London. So Mrs. Roosevelt proposed a code message.

"Let's broadcast this," she said. "'Rover has lost her pup'." No Sympathy for Silver Secretary Morgenthau gave encouragement to'the silver bloc in discussing his post-war plan for stabilizing world currency through a five-billlon-dollar stabilization fund. When discussing this world stabilization plan with members of the House foreign affairs and coinage committees, Morgenthau was you given any consideration to using silver as a partial reserve for the five-billion-dollar fund?" "We have given' silver all the consideration it is entitled to," re-' plied the of the treasury with crisp emphasis. "However, we decided, against it for reasons too generally known to be repeated here. Silver is a subsidiary jnetal.

and it would greatly complicate our plans to use it in addition to gold." Red-Baiters Alexis Leger, one-time liberal French under secretary for foreign affairs, now a refugee in Washington, has been lecturing U. S. diplomats regarding the menace of Russia after the war. At a recent dinner, Leger gave such a forceful warning that Russia would dominate Europe after the war, that one red-worried U. diplomat went back to the State Department and wrote an Interoffice memo to his colleagues cautioning against an overwhelming Russian victory.

Author of these sermons which tend to divide the United States from one of its chief allies is on Uncle Sam's payroll. Leger was given a job in the Library of Congress shortly after he fled here from France. Eye for An Eye John G. Winant, U. S.

ambassador to Great Britain, thinks we can fight this war without hating the enemy. In fact, he thinks we can fight it better without hating the enemy. Winant is impressed by the fact that the British tried a "hate campaign," then abandoned U. One of the voices expressing strongest opposition to the campaign was the commanding general of the British forces in England, General Bernard C. T.

Fagot. Winant with the recent Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, who made. this.point in a public there is a clear difference between revenge and retribution. One is an act of returning evil for evil, the other is punishment for evil.

According to this view, a man can be a better soldier if he has an exalted notion of his cause, rather than a mere hatred of the enemy. (Copyright, 1943. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Helps Build Plane To Win His Wings LA JUNTA, Colo. UPt-U. Al- vln O.

Bodea helped to build the alrplsuia In which he recently won wlngi and a commission in U. S. Air Force. In 1M1 be WMI working in the Curtlis- Wrlght factory at Lambert Field, St. Louis, and helped to build training planes.

It wu in one of these planes that he later trained at La Junta after joining tlw air corps. May 1, 1918 Apparently convinced that the assault on the Western Front was going to avail little, the Germans were reported to have launched a "peace offensive' 1 In the ihape of suggestions of a negotiated peace. These Were received from neutral sources. In the nttantime; Secretary of War Baker said, that a huge JJ. Army would be transported to Europe, the being limited only by the available supplies and shipping facilities.

Wood River board of auditors met at the office of James H. Chessen and allowed Assessor George H. Ringering an extra $200 to search but and list new subdivisions. There were said to be 10 subdivisions which had never been so listed on tax books, among them being Roxana, the Mclntosh addition, Bering, Cooper and Hoehn addition, Maryland Park and Sterling. Miss Loretta Clerlhan of Jacksonville and Robert Mitchell of Alton were married at St.

Patrick's Church, the Rev. Father F. B. Kehoe officiating. Attendants were Miss Thomisa Clerihan and Charles Two ages 12 and 17, were at the Hippodrome watching William Farhum save the heroine and they fell to discussing which was the greater actor, Wifiiam Farnum or his brother, Dustin.

The discussion waxed hot, ending In one boy hauling off and striking the other, whereupon both were escorted by Police Patrolman Scbville to; the police station, where they were released after listening to lectures from Mayor iSauvage and Police Magistrate Magutre. The United Bean Bag Club, In session at the home of Mrs. Joseph Eckhard of Liberty street, decided to disband until after the war on the ground that it was not fitting that members should play bean bag when workers were so urgently Bean bag was played at the final meeting, however and prizes were won by Mrs. C. A.

Mrs. B. Miller, Mrs. P. B.

Robertson, Mrs. L. Piepert and Mrs. Eckhard. Others at the meeting were Mrs.

C. E. Wright, Mrs. J. Kies, Mrs.

Ben Winters and Mrs. Caroline Putze. The Alton Board of Education voted high school diplomas to the following: Neva Arnburg, Anna Arter Helen Beach, Margaret Campbell, James Chiles, Joseph Clyne, Cynthia Carroll, Lester Culp, William Dehner, Mary Fitzgerald, Gladys Garstang, Katherine Gratiah, Nina Herrlck, William Hile, Sophia Hull Margaret Johnston, Viola Lobblg, Gertrude Luer, Francis Manning, Mamie Melling, Everett Meriwether, Vern Mary Miller, Katherine Moorhead, Mary Moorhead, William Mungier, Robert Paul, Winford Queen, Norma Riehl, Margaret Rogerson, Helen Rose, Harriet Rumsey, Flora Rust, Emma Sawyer Florence Shirey, Frieda Straube, Louis Vaughn, Ralph Volz, Viola Voss, Charles Wenzel, Hilda Schweickhardt. Capt. E.

J. D. Lefewre, instructor in French at Western Military Academy, was informed the French consulate at Chicago that his brother, a major in the French Army, had been killed in the. German assault on Mt. Kemmel, and that two-sisters, both Red Cross nurses, had'been an exploding'shell.

No more five-cent Ice cream sodas were to oe had in Upper Alton, Last summer all but one dealer jumped the price to a dime. The one who held out, however, launched his soda business again today and the price had been lifted to 10 cents. TO HEALTH MeOOY PUBLICATIONS, Myraitt, All queitlons Health and Diet will be answered. Large. stamped envelope must be enclosed.

Write on one side of paper only. Letters. must not exceed 150 words. Address McCoy Health Service, 1151 West Sixth Street, Lot Angeles, Calif. PUBLIC HEALTH ENEMY NUMBER ONE First on the list as a cause of death in America and Canada, the disease costing more lives than any other, public health enemy number It is heart disease.

It is estimated that thousands of lives could be saved each'year from this great killer, for to a great extent it is preventable disease, especially in its early stages. Unfortunately ignorance on the part of the patient, and delay in securing the advice of a physician play an Important part in contributing to the increasing number of deaths from heart disease. In a recent column I emphasized the necessity of at least a yearly physical examination and perhaps no part of the examination Is more important than the check-up on the heart, for many times insidious heart disease may be recognized doctor, even when there are no manifest symptoms. On the other hand, an Individual may complain of a rapid heart beat, too slow a beat or irregularity of the beat, or palpitation. AH of these may mean some heart disorder, and then again they may be only symptomatic of a functional disorder and there may be no actual disease present.

However, whatever the cause, a visit to doctor is your best insurance. There may be no other symptoms obvious to the patient, excepting that he gets all out of breath when climbing stairs or running for a street car, or there jnay be dizziness or a slight puffiness of the aftkles. Patients who know already that they ard suf- lering from a heart ailment are Inclined to think toe much about it and to take life so easily that they actually make their condition worse through insufficient exercise. It should always be remembered that the heart Is a muscular organ, and that muscles Improve with exercise. The other extreme Is too much exercise which Ut as bad or worse than not enough.

Exercise such as walking, Is good providing it Is not carried to the point of fatigue and under a proper dietary and exercising regimen many sufferers are enabled to live almost a normal span of life or they may eventually die of some other disease not related to their heart condition. Quite often a patient is frightened into thinking that he has a heart disorder, when in really, he li suffering from a digestive disorder which is easily corrected by the proper diet. I suggest that those o. my readers interested in receiving more detailed Information about this great killer, heart disease, write for Dr. Frank McCoy's special articles.

The ones now ready are "CURING HEART TROUBLE" and "VALVULAR HEART If you would like to have these informative articles, addresb your request to the McCoy Health Service, and enclose a large, self-addressed envelope ana ten in stamps. 50 Years In and About Altoi May 1, 1893 Thft. Mississippi had reached a stage of KB above low water jaark, which was only under the crest point of the disastrous flood on Reports from upstream, however, encouraew belief that the water would not rise much Furtnor sapping or Burlington embankm Missouri Point had been halted. With the Altbnlan tm for repairs, skiffs were c. heavy traffic between Alton and the Missouri A' A number of families had come to Alton from i Point because of the high water, among them lies of many workmen on the bridge and projects.

Max Barrloz, manager of 'Great Eastern Tea and Miss Maggie Richaitds had been married 'Squire BrandewledeY Marriage licenses had Issued to David F. Mclntlre of Lakeport, Calif Miss Manning Mayfield of Upper Alton; to the Arnold Kegel and Miss Amelia Longeman of frey; and to Chris Hellrung and Miss Theresa Newly appointed policemen and firemen went! duty, but when S. F. Connor undertook to take the 'office of comptroller, F. H.

Ferguson, thd. cumbent, declined to surrender the books of city until the new appointee had secured approval! his bond by City Council. Mayor Brenholt, on bei informed of the situation, called a special of City Council to approve bonds of all new iais. Charles Rodemeyer had completed a new cry wagon for A. J.

Degenhardt. Edward Buck er was visiting in Litchfield. Louis Hartmarm in Chicago for the opening of the World's William Sonntag had returned from Nashville, he was a delegate to the Southern Illinois Evangi cal Conference. Mrs. Charles Harper and daughl had returned from a visit In LaGrange.

Chester Alt' had left the glass works work in East St: Louis. George Everett, a gla er, had moved here from Zanesville. Mrs. Hewit of Upper Alton was visiting in Brighton, Harriet Phinney guest of her Leelah Allen, In St. Louis.

Leo Hale, who had 1 attending his brother, Daniel Hale, had retu St. Louis. W. Smart had taken a position as i man or the George A. Bayle Co.

-Water'from the heavy rains had halted in.the cooper shop of B. Pfeiffer on Hampton i A falling earth embankment crushed the carp shop 'of Ed M. on East Fourth street Langdo'n. Wood river carried away Will Hei buggy-house at his place near Alton Bluff Line office had been moved to the story of the Wilkinson building on Second between State-and Plasa, and packet lines wen ing the lower floor. The wagon bridge over river, north of Upper Alton, had been carried i Twenty of her juvenile friends gave a su party for Miss Minnie Thrush.

Miss Mary Cra was to close her school near Godfrey for the Misses May and Jessie Squire, Hattle and Mason were the first from Godfrey to leave for I World's Fair at Chicago. Answers toQuestioi By FREDERIC HASKIN A reader can get the to any question of writing The Alton Evening Telegraph Information Bui Frederic J. HasJdn, Director, Washington. D. C.

enclose three (8) cents foi reply. Q. What kind of an animal is a koala? A. It resembles the child's teddy bear. KOI live in Australia and are not seen In zoological i dens because their diet is restricted to the of certain species of eucalyptus or gum trees, 1 because there are strict regulations prohibiting I Q.

How Is the body's weight distributed the feet? P. L. D. A. Half the body weight Is upon each leg) Ing squarely upon the talus, a wedge-shaped In the ankle.

This bone transmits half the wel to the heel, the other half being distributed five slender bones, the metatarsals, that like fingers down the forepart of the foot Q. Who painted the national Mother's er of 1943? N. G. E. A.

McClelland Barclay. The theme Is member soldier of them all. Q. For how man; years were the boys' of Horatio Alger best sellers? M. C.

H. A. These books were read by boys of all i and conditions from about 1870 to the first War. The total sale was well above twenty i lion copies. Q.

Does the moon affect the growth tables and crops? S. A. The phases of the moon do not affect! growth of crops or vegetables. The reflected of the moon Is too feeble to be utilized by 1 for manufacturing food. Q.

Why was Cleopatra called the serpent of B. S. A. A serpent was the ancient symbol of El lion royalty. Q.

What animal substances are used In perfun -Q. M. A. Musk Is the most Important of the anii perfumes. It is a reddish-brown substance of consistency of honey, obtained from the musk Ambergris, from whales; civet, from the gland' the civet cat; and castor from the glands ol beaver are other animal substances used fumes.

When and by whom was the suggested S. Av Leonardo da Vinci formulated the of the parachute as far back as .1495. Q. Is It considered Incorrect to end a with a R. G.

A. Most stylists and teachers agree that rule is now obsolete. Q. Is it known how much Adolf Hitler made 1 his book Main A. Bankers in Germany estimate that tne has received at least 80 million dollars In from the book.

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