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4 INAL 4 wfeif CHURCHILL DISCLOSESDANGER li hxTroxibio 9 may come 7 SW IB Os i ft I l9: 4 nt tlM A CWADT TCtHTn 1 fl9Q 1 jkjnjDj 'Wj 4' r4T 5 Termed Criminal Rv en Srtriheer The Weather ti 55 idia Do npire UN3 in diplo may is people of I casts) April Japanese troops landed last riday on the Dutch island of Billiton' south west of Borneo the Berlin radio" said today quoting Tokyo dis patches 1 Billiton is rich 'in tin iron and Umber 1 Raymond' Springer re publican from tenth dis trict calls bills to create projects not with the war effort short of Rep Springer said iri a state ment people generally are unalterably opposed to the gov ernment spending money in vast sums for non defense and unnec essary items while we are involved in the war Those in the he asserted seek to continue the policy of spending the tax money for needless things for boondogglingSandri forhon de fense and non essential things must change their course and con serve the resources' and finances of the nation for Rep Springer attacked as costly and unnecessary the items In a bill reported to the house which includes St Lawrence sea way project the lorida ship ca nal? the Tombigbee project several Columbia iriver flams and prdjects and many others scattered widely over the we are at war ev eiy man woman and child in our nation is making an all out effort to win this war it appears that to try to force an unnecessary non defense project is little short of JOHX TIKNXR Lafayette young man in custody in Buffalo on a charge of impersonating a army cap tain' He was arrested by BI and tells an interesting story of his of plane factories while masquerading as an army officer anything ader it would '5 world if 1 this war i Bh i kt axic inc With a water borne invasion kforee AThe one 1 flicker was supplied IRETOWARDBATAAN by Sir Staff ord Cripps yesterday This was the first mention of at Karachi a stop over on his UU11 CglUuA gUH3 lVvrCU Bataan since the defending army of 36800 were entrapped there by superior Japanese of ces last week Immediately after the fall of (Turn to Page 7 Col 1) tV 1 1 orecast Indiana: Slightly warmer this' afternopn tonight and Tuesday forenoon occasional light rain in southwest portion tonight Local from 7 a Saturday to 7 a Sunday: High47 low 30 mean 3814 no pre cipitation Temperature 5 from 7 a Sunday to 7 a Monday: High 52 low 36 mean 44 no precipitation Sun rises 6:12 sun Hsian oergeanc juim vioia of Remington Ind and Private irst Class John A Rest of ort Wayne Ind are among 29 army officers and 46 enlisted men who have been awarded distinguished flying crosses for The men ferried a bombers from jHono lulu to the Philippines a few months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor the war department announced 'I Nine Lives Lost nr 1 Over Weekend nv a 1 Hogs Up to $1455 INDIANAPOLIS April Hog prices at the India napolis stockyards reached their highest point today In 16 years The top price for 200 to 3(X)' pounders today was $1455 the highest quotation since 1926 when the figure was $1525' A total of 9500 hogs was received 4 JAPS TAKE NEW ISLE DISTANT EARTHQUAKE NEW YORK 13 a 1 a Airiv severe corded early today on the seismo graph''at ordham 1 university The first shock came a 'm EWT 1 and the second at 4:0619 The about 4600 miles from New York but ordham officials were tunable to determine the direction'1 Townsendites Plan Washington March INDIANAPOLIS April 13 (AP) The Indiana Townsend club is planning a march on Washington if congress fails to act on the Townsend old age assistance bill by Brown Townsend national director for Indiana told a state conference of club officers here yesterday 42po Hoosier members had said they would join the march Rep Gerald Landis (R dm ton) of the Seventh district pre dicted hoyvever the Townsend bill would go to a vote in the house within: the next six weeks i ZT r' Inventors Sue for $1000000 Damages INDIANAPOLIS' Ind April' 13 (AP) Uontendingja corn picker and rotary type cultivator they invented were manufactured in the? 'Allis Chalmers Manufactur ing Laporte plant with out their consent? Bert Nighten helser and Julius Ballard have filed suit for $1000000 damages in Marion circuit court Defendants are Allis Chalmers and three engineers Charles Scranton rudden and Earl Nevin" 14 MEN KILLED WHEN TWO US BOMBERS CRASH Seven Naval liers Die in rEach Plane in Disasters in Hilly Country East: of Sanrancisco SAN? RANCISCO April (INS) ourteen navy airmen were killed and a fifteenth was 1 serioqsly injured when two navy Vol 23 To Enact National117 War Labor policy WASHINGTON April (INS) Emory Land I chair man of the maritime Commission today asked congress to enact a war labor which would? include freezing existing labor management relations and' call for creation of a special wage board "We are up against along hard show and the sooner we realize it the the shipping czar told house naval affairs commit tee we lick ourselves we much chance to lick Hit ler and the Land declared that freezing ex isting open and closed shops and others labor management agree ments for tbe duration would be jace 01 neavy soviet nre RED CAVAXRYu ACTIVE ould take i' A nhmilrl nmimmtiiiM nenfa Hon whether it be by labor or capital and get out of the minds of the 'worker everything but his he said The admiral urged creation of a board smaller the to settle wage questions after tak ing into consideration rising costs of living "The time is ripe for congress by statute to create a national war labor he said On the question of Extending the basic work week beyond its pres ent 40 hours Land Said that is purely an economic question and it is up to Makers of Zippers Under Restriction WASHINGTON April (INS) Charging of a supply of Import copper the war production board today issued a suspension order against Talon Inc of 'Meadville Pa largest maker of zippers The order prohibits Talon until July from using steel zinc or zinc alloys in excess of 40 per cent of its average quarterly poundage of all metals last year Two Mothers Killed In Crossing Street KEWANEE Ill April (UP) children were left moth erless today an automobile pedestrian accident on state high way 34 early Sunday that took the lives of two Mrs McBride 43 mothef of nine children and 'Mrs Dale Price 28 mother of three chil dren both Kewanee were killed when they were struck by a car driven byCharles Johnson of Kewanee A jury said 'Johnson was not to blame for the accident Thei two womeni had parked their car I 'and were crossing to a res taurant 'when they were struck IK1 :9 Sharp Slump Shown In Indiana Traffic INDIANAPOLIS April (AP) state highway department survey showed traffic? on Indiana roads last mfenthf was 117 per cent that of March 1941 Tire rationing and wartime travel restrictions were feiven 'as the tf at Karachi a stOD over on his homeward' flight when he said that would consider 1 a plan for Iridia at any time Its leaders could agree 'on a solution He made it clear however that the initiative should come from the' Indians 'themselves I rom the united point of view there was solace from post mdrtems hn both hides which made plain that Britain does not intend to forsake India nor the Indians to lose sight of their danger from Japanese are not going to embar rass the British war effort 'In India' nor the 'efforts of our said Pandit Nehru potent leader of the All India congress party want to fight this that we passive rhAr xy WA ICAITnOE aO I' against the' Japanese) invader rtn Hpflnite be a tragedy1 for th Liermanv ana janan i and dominated the world do not want this to JAPAN IN VERY BOASTUL MOOD LONDON April (INS) A spokesman for the Japanese gov ernmenHwas in very boastful mood this morning Speaking over the Tokyo radio in a broadcast heard in London the spokesman will not only command the communication linesof Britain and America but we 'will carry the: war even to Washington and London1 I "We must destroy them politl cally and culturally Nipponese spirit will dom inate the I Convicted Seamen Lose Court Appeal WASHINGTON April (INS) orty one Italian seamen? con victed of sabotaging Italiait mer chant ships before the vessels werd seized by the American govern ment in the 'ports of Wilmington5 and Baltimore last' March today lit appeals 1 to supreme court for writs of review They were sentenced to prison terms of three years on less The seamen contended that they acted under orders merely to pre vent the ships being used by en 1 i I A XfiiRsnlini whn has made no announced public appearances since early January today as re ported to be in "a state of com plete A dispatch to the Daily Mail from a special cor respondent said II Duce had "lost all control of himself and was unable to manage affairs of The Daily special corres pondent said the Italian dictator had been examined by a "state who declared that the once robust and pugnacious Benito "sobbed bitterly and then burst into hysterical The Daily Mail recalled that II Duce was reported in March to have been suffering from devas tating fits of depression in which he refused' to see any oT his sub ordinates and permitted affairs of state to go to pot As a re sult Saidl thfe Daily iMailntaly is in a state of Chaos Today Mussolini is in seclusion according to thelDaily cor respondent jand spends i all of his time in his study reading sVirgil Dante and the works of nunzio SOVIETSWASH OUT OES WITH ci nnn wura rLuuu nniLiiu Reds Reoccupy Strategical Point4 on Leningrad5 ront in Two Day Battle Which cmes auostsjjermans zuuu men when the attack on Rabaul ended RJn 13 The dlr01 hit struck ta th stem cderated its activity today in smp pOTt bf lightcounter attacks with infantry and tanks as the Ger mans sought to feel out'th flftpth of "thesoviet front probably the warmest thus far this inarthe) fight 5 5 A I A ALLIED AIR BLOWS BLOCKING WussoM ATE CEBU ISLE INVADED v' If I 4 I I I 1 inno? mil AOinu nr aiicth ah a ls urienng rrom Jniu 111 1 Hv lUli Ur nUullTnLlH its nerican and Australian Pilots Take Addi BtoSsoiinr'Lo11 Award Herd Cross To Remington Boy JAPANESE ATTACK ON INDIA Prime Minister "Admits That Practically All of British Bomber Torpedo and ighter Planes Which Attacked oe leet Off Cey Ion Were Knocked Out or Badly Damaged LONDON April A "large Japanese battle fleet' headed by at least three battleships and five aircraft carriers' is operating in the Indian ocean Prime Minister Winston Churchill revealed to day in the first government indication of the urgent danger of a Japanese attack on India' American and Australian Pilots Take Addi tional Heavy Toll of Enemy our New Smashing Estimate 28 oe Planes Destroyed or Damaged Over a MELBOURNE April The blows inflicted by united nations airmen against the Japanese in the New Guinea area un doubtedly have plans to invade' Australia Min ister of Supply John A Beasley declared today as Australian and American pilots took an additional toll the enemy in four new am aehlnn oHonlra A direct hit and three 'near misses were reported scored on a large Japanese ship in a heavy assault on the harbor of Rabaul New Beasley addressing a session of the American Australian coopera tion movement said: 1 is no doubt the blows inflicted by allied airmen in the New Guinea area have frustrated Japanese plans for an invasion: of Australia" from the Beasley continued come in such a degree that if the enemy attempts invasion we will be able to deal with him in a way he has never been dehit with before already is shouldering a heavy' responsibility to this country and we must prove our selves capable and willing 'to shoulder ours bridge of ships visualized by President Roosevelt will as sume the proportions of the great tandnoble people from whom they emante and will not only halt Japanese aggression but 'drive it 1 I uaui lq ivKyu PBY 5 A patrol bombera crashed in flames in the Livermore hills east of the Alameda naval air station on San rancisco bay a navy statement announced today Seven men died in 5 each plane the navy said The' eighth oc 4 cupant of one bomber a machin mate class was the only survivor was found ly ing beside the burning wreckage LIST (JAbLIAlTlIlLS 1' The following 'casualties in the two crashes were announced by thestwelfth naval district: Lt rank ernaid LL Edward "Denney James TJ' "WncrnAr Avifltinn mate first class Henry TMor gan ''aviation machinist's mate second' class Roscoe ERambo aviation radio man first class Robert A rank radioman sec OUiffP lynayia tion chief mateLt Commdr A Morrin Charles radioman first class Algie Belcher matesecond class Robert Hastings' aviation chief radio man Benjamin Johnson avia tion radioman first' class ONE SURVIVOR The sole survivor was Earl Patrick' aviation mate first' class who was treated for head injuries and lacerations and transferred to' the Mare Island naval hospital N' Names of two other victims kill ed in one of the1 planes cannot be announced' at this time the navy Hie' first plane smashed against a hillside on the Reuss ranch 7 miles northeast of Livermore and the second piled up in flaming wreckage bn the Graham Nissen ranch six miles southeast of Liv ermore apparently at nearly the same time yes'terday Local Girls Ponder ate of ather as Japs Invade Cebu Naomi and Mary Loretta Suaco of this city are deeply interested in the Japanese invasion of the island of Cebu in the Philippines as they were in the of Ma nil a some time ago Their father Antonio Toloso suaco was living in Cebu City December' 3 1941 when: last heard from A native ilipino' he attended PUrdue uhi versity and then returned to his Island home His parents were residing in Manila when that city fell to the invaders The sisters are living with their maternal grandmother Mr and Mrs Wil lard Wright 1109 North Eighth street US Seeks to Halt alse Rumors SAN RANCISCO "April The sought today to halt the spread of "false that Japanese alien and citizen evacuees were provided improper living conditions in assembly cen ters Col Karl assistant chief of staff of the civil affairs rtivisinni said such rumors were enroari hv hnth lananaup nnd'nnn Japanese persons are speaking within factual knowledge and often are activated by unhealthy Bendetsen said said many of the assembly centers were still under construc tion? and' that some sections were not operating yet at top efficiency Adequate facilities are' construct ed before the arrival of evacuees and 'improvements are made later he said NOVEL ELECTION PLUG NRW BRITAIN Conn Aorir 13 The Pulaski Democratic club has devised a telephone plug 'for its members running forof fice in the municipal election to morrow 1 Anyone calling the club hearsJM this: "Elect Dobrowolski Sadowski Kotowskf Zapatka and Wojack irom ruct ivAUietjuv Australian base on New Guinea said tne Japanese vessel prooaoiy was damaged below the water line and returning pilots said the ship appeared to be in 1 rilrArh struck Other new raids were made by American and Australian pilots against Kupang Jap held capital of Dutch Timor Lae New Guinea and5 aisi' in the Solomon islands ull details on damage inflicted in the latest raids have not yet fnainly directedriagaitLairbg and grounded planes wnicn proo ahlywill 'add considerably to the weekend toll of an estimated 28 Jap)' planes destroyed or put out to Page 11 Col 4) MAY MAKE NEW APPEAL TO INDIAN PEOPLE British Envoy Is Returning a Home With Unaccepted rian tor uiving i minion Place in WASHINGTON April 13 Kenorts were current niatic circles in Washington today' that President Roosevelt may is sue an appeal to the people of India to support the united na war effort The question of what" if any thing the American) government should do in view of 'the collapse of discussions between Sir Staf ford Cripps and the Indian po litical leaders is understood to be i under consideration by I the state department and President Roose advisers NEXT MOVE UP TO INDIA NEW DELHI India April Of the bright hopes Sir Stafford Cripps brought to India only an ember remained) today as the disappointed British emissary took home his unaccepted plan for giving people do place in the i common wealth after war 1' 1 i WW aw BY 12000 OES IS UNCERTAIN Bombing of Si ortress Rages Unabated But Sharp Shooting Yank ilipino Marks men Train Guns on Enemy lotilla in Mgri veles Harbor Sinking Some Others Afire WASHINGTON April The' non stop bombing of Cor regldor continued unabated today Lieut Gen Jonathan Wain wright was able to report that his sharp shooting American ilipino marksmerf had trained their guns oir a flotilla of small Japanese boats in the nearbly Mariveles harbor sunk number of them and BCl UV UVUCLO The war department in a com munique announced that there had been 10 more enemy air raids on the beleaguered fortress bring ing to a total of 22 the number of aerial attacks In the last two days anti aircraft batteries again kept hostile bombers at a high the communique said however "Our Installations sustained only minor damage There was some fate bf the island of Cebu which was invaded by a force of 12000 Japs two days ago was shrouded in darkness with all com munications between the small American Philippine force there and headquarters on Coyregidor cut off 5 TWO REIGHTERS SUNK Belatedly the' war department also disclosed the loss of two army freighters the Liberty and the Meigs in the southwest" Pacific with the loss of two lives There was no loss of life on the Liberty which was torpedoed by an enemy submarine off Ball Jan 11 The war department said that 53 members of the crew and one passenger were rescued by Dutch The Meigs was sunk by Jap bombing planes in the of Darwin Australia eb 19 and re a 4la a 11 captain S' Link and one crew member' Eight other crew members were wounded The sinking of Japanese 'ships 'in Mariveles harbor of the prin cipal ports on conquered Bataan indicated that the enemy may be preparing to 1 attack Corregidor 99' I ii it i mi in 1 COURIER ESTABLISHED 12 TWO CENTS in ar XI I The German radio reported sin a'dispatch from Tokyo today that a British cruiser of the '7270 Leander class had been seriously damaged off the Indian coast by Japanese naval units The Lean der cruisers have a peacetime complement of 550 men The battleships including one of 16 inch guns of the modernized magato class thecarriers and numerous heavy and light cruisers and destroyers were sighted steaming for Ceylon April the day before the first Japanese air plane attack on Colombo he said SUER AIR REVERSES He admitted that practically all of a fleet of British bomber tor pedo and fighter planes which at tacked the Japanese fleet off Trin comalee Ceylon were out damaged or became unserv Refusing to disclose the strength or disposition 'of British fleet Indian waters he announced that Admiral Sir James Somer ville commander of the ships which evacuated the British ex peditionary force from Dunkirk and who since had been in com mand in the western Mediter ranean was now in the chief com mand "in the Indian ocean area In his speech he announced that Capt Lord Louis Mountbat ten cousin of King George and a distinguished career navaiman and battle commander had been secretly put in command of bined which means the commando raids that have forced the Germans to strength en their defenses all the way from Brest to Narvik He announced that within the next weeks ter so there would be? OstatemenOort the war at a secret session ofthe house of conunonsMT'MAWAIT CRIPPS RETURN Regarding the rupture of nego tiations at New Dejhl with the Indian 'nationalists 'he indicated (Turn to Page 11 Col 6) Prospect of Light Vote in Illinois Primary CHICAGO April With a light vote in prospect and small indication that major con tests will be decided by sentiment on war issues Illinois will hold the first 1942 primary to morrow to pick senatorial and other candidates for the Nov 3 election Between' 1500000 and 2000000 voters a light total even if the top figure proves correct are ex pected to cast ballots for republi can and democratic aspirants to one senatorship and 26 house congressional seats Illinois loses one of 'its present 27' congress men by state re apportionment Senator Cl Wayland Brooks who was identified with the strongly non interventionist wing of the republican party be fore Pearl Harbor and has been Critical of administration war pol icies since tht time is seeking re nomination and is opposed by State Treasurer Warren Wright Congressman Raymond Mc Keough who was put forward' by the Kelly Nash Chicago political and Aiderman Paul Douglas scholarly University of Chicago economics professor Who seems somewhat out of place in rough and tumble politics seek the democratic senatorial nomination in a tight race Little Girl Drowns At arewell Party VALPARAISO Ind April (INS) A little girl who came' here to attend a farewell party for her soldier uncle was dead today Mary Charlene German two and one half years old drowned when she fell into Salt creek here The child and' her parents? Mr and paralso) from theirhome in Chi cago to attend the party for Har old Trapp brother of Mrs? Ger man who will leave (tomorrow for army service i Rig Allied Convoy I Reaches Murmansk STOCKHOLM April (INS) large convoy of Amer ican British and Dutch ships has arrived safely at Murmansk the Moscow radio reported todav ac cording to the newspaper Dagens Nyheter 1 EX POSTMASTER DIES 1 ANGOLA Ind April 13 i(AP) Lt Col Guy ShaughnissJ 68 of Angola World war veteran who spent 35 years as an active or re serve officer died yesterday in a Chicago hospital He was a for mer Angola 'postmaster 4 I i A VA 14 was strong but asserted that the soviet fliers were overtaking the slower nazi planes at any height and beating them with machine guns cannon ramming Russian sappers extracting all possible aid from nature were reported today have changed the course of flood waters andwashed the Gerjnans out of a for tifiedvillage inone of a series of triumphs recorded by soviet Rus siaduring week end Dispatches from the ram drenched fronti said the engineers defied German guns and dug trenches through which the flood surged Upon enemy positions Just as the waters swept over the Germans in this village so is a wave of confidence in ultimate triumph sweeping over the soviet union REPEL NAZI ATTACKS April Russian forces have reoccupied an important strategical point on the Leningrad front after a fierce two day battle during which 2C00 nazi troopA were killed it was officially announced i today The Germans were said to have launched 'a strong counter attackto regain'the position butwere forced to abandon the attempt in A fir a The Russian successes around Leningrad enabled their cavalry divisions to thrust deeply into Ger to Page 7CoL 6) y7 Yankee inIreland Weds air Colleen BELAST Northern Ireland April Private Herbert Cooke pf Cleveland braved possible army displeasure today to marry an 18 year old colleen in a church locked against those who might interfere was the first AE man to wed and his bride was Miss Thel ma Smoth When her father reached the Presbyterian church he found the? doors locked andhad to return home i Army authorities do not re quire i enlisted men to obtain spe cific permission to marry but say it tt'is advisable" Private Cooke apparently obtained only the per mission of hiai bride and her par ents Hoosiers Average 303 Years of Age INDIANAPOLIS Ind April 13 (AP) Hoosiers averaged 303 years Of age on April 1 1940 the census bureauri reports is 13 years older than the national median' Of 3427796 persons' in Indiana 2235350 were 21' Kor Plunges lo Death BALTIMORE Md April 13 Thomas Simpson jr 28 of Springfield Ill plunged from the seventh floor of the social security office building' today He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy hospital He was an employe the social security 4 CORREGIDOR REPELS 22 JAP RAIDS JOHN TURNER i HELD OR ARMY 1 UNIORM RAUD Lafayetteanin Custody of BI at Buffalo Tells of Deceptions Visits Plane Plants 5 Posing as Captain BUALO April 13 John Turner 24 Lafayette Ind held in Erie county jail today on a charge of 'illegallywearing' a U'S army uniform is quoted as saying he pinned bars I khaki work shirt and sev eralgairplane plants just to show how easy1' it' was INSPECTED SECRETS 7 wanted a job with the gov ernment supervising plant pro Turner said yesterday in a Buffalo Evening News inter view I 1 had been a spy I would 5 have been very successful I have been through half a dozen plants filling war orders and in spected their £ecret Turner who sad he formerly worked in a Bell aircraft cor poration plant' in Buffalo and was a former army air corps private was arrested by the BI Thurs day night in Buffalo tavern He waived preliminary hearing riday before a commis sioner and was committed to jail in default of $1500 bail" The idea adding the bars to give him the appearance of an officer came to him when he was work in a Curtiss Wright corpora tion airplane division plant in Buffalo last fall Turner said in the interview GOES TO CALIORNIA a saw those army officers walking 5 In without showing cre he was quoted had an jin my pocket but the bars did the trick I walked inwithout5' showing my pass walked out again and then walked back 4n Turner said he was similarly successful at Bell aircraft's Nia gara plantthe News inter view asserted The interview continued quoting Turner decided to go to Cali fornia for the winter had $400' saved It bought an danger from Japanese rass the British war American friends who said Pandit TjAVTTTTTR MnNTriAV 'PVirXTTNTn ADPTTn 1H9 (By the Associated Press) Seven persons died of automo bile accident injuries and two chil dren drowned in Indiana over the nusseu Komns ii ana ms brother Ross 6 sons of Mr and Mrs Carl Rollins of near Switz City lost their lives in the swol len waters of a creek near their Greene county home They had been throwing stones into the water One apparently fell injand tne 9 OLneraieaurynij i A (Jack) Thomnsons 70 former Edinburg postmaster who had played varsity' football at two universities died Sunday in Bar tholomew county hospital at Edin 5 burg four days after he was hurt in an automobile collision He was on the Purdue grid team' in 1830 and 1891 and on the Uni versity of Kentucky team in 1892 Separate automobile accidents Sunday killed Mrs lorence Addi son of 'Anderson MissMaiy Lou? Wilkinson of Indianapolis Victor McKinley 27 of Indianapolis Miss Mary Elizabeth Brooks of Plain field and John (Jack) Newby 14 of Cicero (Hamilton county) Nathan 62 inmate of the Steuben county infirmary was killed by an automobile night as 5 hewalked alongroad 27 near Angola Control Blaze in Kewanee Ill After AAATfiAAirV ZUUUUUu Damage KEWANEE Hl April 13 turj a nre xagea ror tnree hour in downtown Kewanee to day burning the majority of buildings in three closely built business blocks starting at least50 smaller i in nearby resi dences and causing anestimkted $2000000 damage The (blaze started shortly after midnight thereat of tbea Ke wanee 'Dry Goods company build ing with hugepuff blew the company's watchman A Shouse into the street Before it was brought under control the fire had spread through three solid business blocks affecting 63 firms Whipped by a strong wind sparks from the main downtown conflagration started smaller fires over this entire city of 20000 ire fighting companies were summoned from a half dozen nearby towns dbme coming! from as far as Peoria 53 miles south but the high 'wind made efforts to control the blaze difficult Three firemen were injured an estimated 500 persons thrown out of worktemporarilyand the en tire business life of the town dis rupted A Stuhlatz Kewanee fire chief said' damage would reach $2 OQQOOO He said most of the destroyed buildings were covered by Insurance i Kewanee city authorities called in Company bf the Illinois Re serve militia to patrol the area which was studded with the brick: walls of charred buildings left standing precariously' 1 Cooiierdtion Sought In Sugar Ratiorung INDIANAPOLIS April 1 A ItjllAmAtlr1' I earthquake waaie a state superintendent of public in struction nas seni leixt rs tusnuig all public school teachers: tp help provide' school houses and i work ers for1 sugar rationing registra (The commercial registration will be April 28 and 29 and that for May 4 7 inclu sive i 9 1 I i.