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All News of the County, State and Nation Published Speedily and Ac- curately. 82nd-YEAR--NO. 287 Daily EDWAEDSVJLLLE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1945. Intelligencer THE WEATHER: Fair and quite cold tonight, Saturday increasing; cloudiness and a little' warmer. High today 51, low 42.

EIGHT PAGES Secret After His Suicide Death MacArthur Orders Japs to Turn in All Weapons to Jap Government By Dec. For Accounting. NAZI TREASURE HORDE FOUND IN JAP VAULTS Great Quantity of Radium, Stolen From Czechs by Nazis, Located By; American Intelligence Units. Tokyo, Oct. 26--Gen.

MacArlhur tonight ordered immediate confiscation of all weapons from the Japs after American troops seized another $5,500,000 in bullion and other looted treasure from Honshu vaults and warehouses. The loot included worth of radium stolen by the Nazis from Czechoslovakia. It was found by Sixth Army counter-intelligence troops in the vaults of the German consulate at Osaka. MacArthur ordered the Jap government to collect all firearms, knives, swords and explosives from the people by December 1, after which strict accounting and monthly reports to the occupation forces would be required. Under the supreme commander's directive the Japs would be permitted to keep only firearms and knives used by hunters, legitimate art objects and museum pieces and bona finde industrial explosives.

Holders of "legitimate" weapons wo.uld be required to obtain license from the Jap government. The. radium, Ijy Czechoslovakia to Japan during the 1930s for hospital use, had been confiscated by the Germans after their country occupied the Czechoslovak homeland. The radium was packed in lead vials in lead-lined caskeis, but X-ray tests at the 36th Evacuation Hospital revealed that the vials were leaking the precious radiation. New lead containers were built for it.

The remaining 83,000,000 worth of silver bullion and valuables was seized by troops of the 97th Infantry Division in a raid on a Jap storehouse near Ilda on a tip. The bullion was found in a warehouse of the Matsuo Agriculture Association near Ilda. An Eighth Army spokesman said it was re- Film Studio Picket Injured Herbert film studio "strike leader, who said that end of 33 week movie strike--a jurisdictional row between two AFL unions settled upon order by AFL executive committee, did not include Warner Brothers, bends over picket injured by auto entering Warner studio. SorreU seeks payment for injuries to strikeis who picketed the studio. (NBA Telephoto) NOBEL PRIZE TO 3 FOR PENICILLIN DISCOVERY Stockholm, Oct.

26 Sir Alexander Fleming of London University, discovered of penicillin, together with two of his co-workers in penicillin research, were awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine, it was officially announced Thursday. 'Jointly receiving the award with Sir Alexander were Dr. Ernest Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Flory, both of Oxford. Dr. Chain, a German political refugee, who went to England in 1938, is professor of chemical, pathology at the William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford.

ADDS2D Electric Train Bursts Into Flames After Spraying With Gasoline. In Madison County's worst electric train-motor truck wreck late yesterday afternoon on the Illinois Terminal 'Railroad System at McCambridge Avenue and Edwardsville Road intersection in Madison four persons were killed. Nineteen persons injured, two of them The electric train of two cars left the rails but remained in an upright position, bursting into flames after being sprayed with gasoline from the tank of the wrecked truck, "loaded with automobile wheels and tires which New By-Laws Adopted to Comply With State Law Recently Enacted. Stockholders of the Edwardsville Loan Association, now the largest in the city, adopted a new set. of by-laws last night at their annual meeting to comply with new state laws.

The by-laws make no radical changes in operations of the association and will event-' ported to have been owned by the, all become the regulations for Mitsubishi industrial trust. 11 associations "The find brought the total bul-jState. The lion and jewels seized in Japan to i more than $2,230,000,000. Acting on a tip, troops commanded by Capt. Truman Beesen of Company 368th Regiment, went to the An investigation unguarded storehouse.

tion indicated only the Fmk operating in the urged by State Auditor Leuders. Major business at the meeting was the election of two additional directors. One is Joseph C. Wetzel, secretary of the Florists' Hail Asi socialion. The other is Dr.

LeRoy who acquired the supervisor knew what was in the storehouse. A Jap airplane designer, meantime, told a press conference that the Tayhikawa plant built a KI-77 plane which broke the world dis- (Continued on Page Two) rank of lieutenant colonel in con- Coal Commission To Visit East St. Louis Plant Springfield, Oct. 26--The Illinois Coal Commission today had accepted an invitation to inspect the plant operated by Victor Packman at East St. Louis on Friday, Nov.

2, in its quest for a method of removing much of the smoke content of Illinois soft coal. The commission, created two years ago by the state legislature, met here yesterday to hear a report by Dr. A. D. Singh, Chicago, chemical engineer for the Institute of Gas Technology.

He described experiments conducted the past year by the institute. Singh told the commission that Illinois coal can be treated by a heating process which drives off most of the impurities which cause smoke. The smoke, he said, is particularly objectionaable in Chicago and other cities which have smoke ordinances. Singh said the coal treated in his experiments could be sold at about 53 a ton less than so-called smokeless varieties now imported from eastern states. Coal so treated by heat and he said, would result in a fuel similar to present types of coke, but having the igniting and Cheating quality of coal, without smoke." nection with his European services.

Officers elected for the ensuing year are Jesse L. nirs-n'- and attorney; Gilbert S. Giese, vice president; H. U. Landon, sec- yards.

than half an hour fighting the flames and aiding injured. Many of the 80 passengers riding in the two cars escaped burns by being able to get out of the cars. Most of the passengers were enroute to Alton, Wood River and other places in those areas. Motorman C. R.

Groshong, 67, Venice, was among those killed. Confined to his cab, he was caught when the front end of the cat- was demolished by the impact. Three of the dead were passengers. They are Miss Eva May Streeper, 18, Alton; Mrs. Anna Louise Clark, 72, St.

Louis; and Allen R. Smith, Litchlield. At St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Granite City it was found that Ralph Truss, 36, Indianapolis, driver of the truck was the most seriously injured. He received internal and back injuries.

Mrs. Catherine Carmody, Granite City suffered a fractured leg and other injuries, The accident occurred where rotary-treasurer, and Miss Irma street car travels an incline assistant secretary-treas-! (l a bridge, crossing several urer. I railroads and just after leaving the Simpson and Giese are two tracks. McCambridge ave- the members of the board of i is a dead-end street where it rectors. The others are Frank (Continued on Page Two) enters Ewarclsville road.

(Continued on Page Two) SALVATION ARMY ONE OF THE AGENCIES AIDED BY CAMPAIGN A part of your donation to the Eclu'ardsville United Community and War Chest goes to the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army has a broad and varied program of service. It functions through 16 major departments, each of which meet a particular need. Combined, they form a chain of service of unusual merit. WOMEN'S HOME AND- HOSPITAL: In St.

Louis there is located an institution whose chief program is the care of unmarried mothers. Medical care is given during prenatal, confinement and post-natal periods. Careful attention is also given to the training of the young person to enable her to make a good adjustment in society. Experience has shown that spiritual rehabilitation is really most important too in helping solve the problem on a permanent basis. PRISON WORK; The Salvation Army Prison Department operates for the purpose of giving the man behind the prison bars another chance.

Every penal institution through- out the state is regularly visited and hundreds of paroled prisoners are assigned to the Salvation Army's care by the Federal, State and City Government every year. SUMMER CAMP: tor many years the Salvation Army has recognized the value of camping and has specialized in providing camping for mothers and children from under privileged areas. In more recent years the Army has operated Youth Camps where music, scouting, religious education and kindred subjects are taught. MISSING FRIENDS BUREAU: This Bureau is international in its scope and has machinery designed to locate missing persons in any part of the world. Effective service has been rendered by this department.

ANTI-SUICIDE BUREAU. The Anti-Suicide Bureau seeks to ad vise and help those contemplating suicide. Advice is sought by those in great distress of mind (Continued on Page Two) Two Countries a i Agreement As To Plans For Controlling Conquered Japs, Reports Say. PLANS FOR FOUR-POWER BODY ARE INDICATED Reports Say MacArthur Will Be Head of Commission And Final Authority in Case of Any Dispute. Washington, Oct.

26--Soviet-American relations, took a brighter turn today with revelation that the two countries may be near solution of their differences over cqntrol machinery for Japan. The solution may produce for Japan the type of control council now existing Balkans--with Gen. MacArthur as chairman of a four-power council and final arbiter in event of disagreement. In the Balkans the Russian representative on the Allied councils representative on the Allied councils is the chairman and, for all practical purposes, runs the show. Ever since his return from Secretary of State Byrnes had given the impression that the Soviet-American dispute was almost hopelessly that Russia proposed a four-power control council for Japan just like the one in Germany; that the United States had rejected it unequivocally.

Now Byrnes has revealed that it is not a closed issue and that he has been consulting with the Russians on it. He further indicated that he and the: Russians may not be nearly so far apart as believed earlier. This development also raised of- (Contiriued on Page Two) Intake Program Adopted For Submission to Board of Directors Soon. Miss Service Frances Comvay, Home Field representative from the Area Red Cross office in St. Louis spent two days with Mrs.

Martha Nieman, local Home Service chairman and her workers. Discussions were held with meriV bers of the corps' and Lesley Marks, chapter chairman and Mrs. Alma Eilers, vice-chairman. Case work for the past four months was reviewed to check the increase or decrease in cases worked on. It was found that 92 active service cases and 20-ex-service cases were acted on in June.with a total of financial active service cases and 19 ex-service for the month of July with $983.48 financial assistance; 104 active service cases and 15 ex-service for August with financial assistance amounting of 87 active service cases and 17 ex-service cases with S522.5S financial assistance tor the month of September.

Western Union bills for June amounted to for July, August, $66.61 and September, $33:09. This shows the amount of furlough and furlough extension verifications which were handled in these months. In checking these past months' figures, It. is shown that case work has remained at almost a level with very little decrease since Japan was defeated. Policies concerning discharged veterans work and with their Baseball In Wheel Chair League Wheel chair patients at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas, playing baseball.

The diamond is a tennis court; the ball is a volley ball, but a regulation bat is used. Left to right: Pfc. Leo Michelson, Chicago, umpire; Cpl. W. R.

Hanna, Sioux City, catcher; Stanley Heck, batting out a hit, and Clarence Powell, Ft. Worth, Texas, waiting his turn at bat. (NBA Telephoto) LETTER TELLS OF Hlavsa Family Heard From Relatives For First Time in Five Years. -Privations, so that are on the verge of starvation are related, in'-a letter received yester- by. Mr.

and" Mrs. Joseph Hlavsa Glen Carbon road, from her sister, Mrs. Marie Plzakova, Tre- bichovice, 112 Libusin, Czechoslovakia. It was the flrst letter received by the local family in nearly five years. The letter was sent by air mail and the postage represents $4.50, the korun being the unit of value.

Local banks and the. post office were without records to 'show the present exchange value. Nothing can be sent to Czechoslovakia by mail at the present time. Mr. and Mrs.

Hlavsa have a number of sisters and brothers residing in that part of the country. There is nothing to indicate that any of their relatives lost their lives.through German atrocities, The letter and a newspaper clipping tell of the destitute condition of the people. Coffee, sugar and salt are unobtainable and a substitute is'used for flour. Residents are now allowed one and a half pounds of meat monthly. In spite of near destitution, the letter states that the family is In a fairly healthy condition.

When the Germans invaded Czechoslovakia the army took possession of the hogs, goats, home prepared food and. most anything else of value. Clothing is very scarce and Mrs. Plzakova said she has been using her husband's trousers to make clothing for the smaller children. Early demands of.

the Germans required the Czechoslovakians to provide men to help fight the Russians. The Russians were the first to be killed by the Germans and next in order came the Czech- (Continued on Page Two) White House Says President's Talk To Be "Most Important" Washington, Oct. 26--President Truman expects to deliver tomorrow in New York "the most important speech from a news stand point" that he has made since entering the White House, a Presidential secretary said today. Marking Navy clay, it will deal with foreign policy. The 25-minule address, the sec- families were discussed -with the I nd the President will make corps and a definite intake policy be submitted to directors for ap- formed which the board of proval.

Six of the members are announced who will on duty one day' weekly. They are. Mrs. Martha Nieman, Mrs. Louise Mudge, Mrs.

Eno Craig, Mrs, Ora Rhoades, Mrs. Irene Harrell and Mrs. Beatrice Richardson. Mrs. Bertha Keeimn and Mrs.

Vivian Blume have been selected- for home visits. The Red Cross is open daily-between 9 and 4 o'clock each day of the week excepting Saturday when, the hours are 9 to 12 o'clock, New York, will be broadcast on all networks. The address will be at 1:30. (12:30 Iwardsville time) The first speech, a nine-minute will be at 11. a.

m. aboard the new aircraft carrier Franld'n D. Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Eben assistant press secretary, labeled t' second address, to- be made in Central Pa- the most- important since the President took office, Truman will arrive by train at Pennsylvania Station early in the morning, He will-return to Washington in the evening, Intelligencer Wins Award In State Newspaper Contest The Intelligencer retained its position as one of the best daily newspapers in Illinois in the estimate of judges.of a recent contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association, The Intelligencer was awarded third place for general excellence among Illinois daily newspapers in cities of 50,000 population or less. The News-Gazette at Champaign- Urbana and the Journal-Gazette at Mattoon were the only two dailies judged better than the.

Intelligen- cer. The contest was open to every newspaper in the state. The judges were several instructors in journalism and newspapermen from outside the state. The awards were announced at the conclusion of the recent meeting of the Illinois Press Association at Springfield. The Intelligencer has won numerous awards for general excellence and other features in recent Many Dignitaries Gather at University Today For Airport Ceremony.

Champaign-Urbana, Oct. 26 --A 722-acre airport at the University of Illinois here today as the center of an. extensive aeronautical education program. More Uian luo Army and Navy planes were on hand participate In a two-hour flying' show in advance of the dedication ceremonies. They were led by Captain Don Gentile, top air forces ace -in the European Theater, and Commander William A.

Dean, Navy flier whose Pacific combat; record includes 12 Japanese planes shot down and 20 destroyed on the ground. The airport, which cost $2,250,000 to construct, will be formally deducted this afternoon i t.h speeches by Gov. Dwight H. Green, U. S.

Senators Scott W. Lucas and C. Wayland Brooks, Park Livings- (Continued on Two) Leased Wire Bulletins on Latest World News Today Ley Left Document Nuerneberg-- Robert Ley, former Nazis labor boss, who killed himself yesterday'left a rambling "political testament" mouthing of being.forsaken by God and recanting his erstwhile.rabid anti-semi- tism, it was learned todijy. Auto Workers to Strike Detroit--CIO Auto Workers in 45 General Motors plants were reported ready to. strike "at any time," the, union revealed today as Chrysler 'employees joined G.

workers in a walkout to win 'pay gains. More Men Inducted Into The Armed Services. Others Being Prepared. The Selective Service today released new lists of Madison county men recently inducted, ordered to report for induction, found qualified' for service, and ordered to report for pre-induction physical examinations. Those recently inducted are: Kenneth Bruce Levora, Herschel Jerome Jones, and John Michael Morrison, Edwardsville; Edwin Auten Plocher, Highland; Earl Hess, Alton; Charles.

Durwari Best, Livingston; Jacob Truman Pruet.t, Worden; Edgar Ernest Braundmeier, Alliambra; and William Erlene Vesper, Slaunton. Those ordered to report for induction are: Lewis Gene Badalamenti, Elmer George Kerkemeyer, Paul Edward Kerkemeyer and Robert Willis Hornberger, Edwardsville; Walter Paul Bellm, Highland: Chris Kieffer, Staunton; Melvin William Kuethe, East St. Louis; Kenneth Lemoine Boles and William Otto Sievers, New Douglas; and Harold Loeh and Francis Harry Mihalic, Livingston. Those who have'taken physical examinations and been found qualified for service are: Marvin Lynn Jones, Rodger Lewis McCracken, and Norman Thomas Evans, Edwardsville; Richard Lewis Gilmore and Robert Vernon Hermes, Godfrey; Leroy William (Continued on Page Two) Woman Broke Arm In Fall! At Dance, Asks $10,000 As Damages Injuries suffered when she accidentally tripped and suffered a fractured left arm while attending a dance at the Collinsville Odd Fellows Hall on Oct. 30, 1943 is the basis for a $10,000 lawsuit filed in the Madison County Circuit Court this morning by Mrs.

Florence Windson of that city. She claims to have suffered permanent injuries. Stephen W. Gaskill, Paul Edwards, Cecil Larremore snu Pete DaLucca, trustees of Madison Lodge No: 43 and the lodge-as an organization are named as defendants. The plaintiff states that the dance was either sponsored by the lodge or was being held under permission of the group.

The -court files state that the second floor of the building is used for gatherings, the basement for social purposes and the ground floor for business purposes'. Mrs. Windson says that while dancing with her partner she tripped on the corner of a platform used by the musicians. The plaintiff says the injury failed to respond to customary treatment, an operation was necessary and that the arm is deformed. She says brusitls, developed and a growth occurred in her left hand.

She claims loss of $140' month!" as a stenographer for a period of ten months'. Defeated Elaborate Steps Taken to a War Criminals Against Suicide Before Their Trials. WAS FOURTH NAZI WAR LORD ON ALLIED LIST Dr. Ley, Who Once Bossed Millions of Slave Laborers is Buried in A Simple Pine Box in Secret Grave. Nuerenberg, Germany, Oct.

26-The body of Dr. Robert Ley, 55, the surly Nazi labor front boss who committed suicide in his cell rather than face trial as a war criminal, was buried secretly and without tears or fanfare in an unmarked grave today. Authorities said the location of the grave would be withheld from the public to prevent Nazi sympathizers from exhuming the body. A cheap pine coffin for Ley, who once bossed German workers and wiped out labor unions, was provided by the city. The fat, swarthy Ley hanged himself last night with a noose fashioned from strips of a G.

I. bath towel suspended from the overhead flushing lever of the toilet in his cell at Nuernberg jail. He had stuffed his mouth with rags torn from his underwear to muffle his last groans. It was revealed that Ley left a number of documents and personal papers in the cell. These were 'being translated and authorities said their; contents would be published they are of public interest.

If the material proves purely personal or relating to his family, however, it will be withheld. The 20 other top Nazis awaiting trial in the jail were not told cf Yey's suicide, and new precautions were ordered to make certain that none: could similarly cheat Allied justice. A separate guard henceforth will be assigned to each individual prisoner instead of one guard to every four prisoners. The guards remain on duty outside and keep constant watch on the prisoners' through a 10-inch aperture in the doors. Other precautions also will )-e taken, authorities said.

They said the suicide would not delay or otherwise affect the mass war guilt trial scheduled to open at the Nuernberg courthouse on November 20. Prison officers said Ley had given no particular previous intimation that he was contemplating suicide. However, he had been suffering from mental depression and psychologists classified him as a type of man apt to take liis own life. He was particularly gloomy when the war crimes indictment was served on him in the same cell a week ago today. He was tio, 4 on the war criminal list.

Only Hermann Goering, Rudolph Hess and Joachim von Ribbentrop preceded him on the list. Ley declined to receive visits from either a Catholic or a Protestant chaplain--visits that were awaited eagerly by such other prisoners as Goering and Ribbentrop. Ley was suffering from acute bronchitis, complicated by laryngitis, medical. officers said. The suicide was not discovered until 8:10 p.m.

yesterday, probably a half hour or more after Ley knotted the towel around his neck. A guard had passed the cell and peered inside five times every two minutes during that time. Tho guard could see only Ley's feet, tins rest of his body being concealed by the cell door. Only when he thought Ley had remained in the same position too long did the guard become suspicious and summon the corporal of the guard, A German physician, Dr. Ludwig Pflucker, was rushed to the cell.

He stimulants, then applied artificial respirations but was unable to revive Ley, Ley's guard was absolved of any blame for. the suicide. The suicide thwarted the most elaborate security regulations ever taken to ensure safe delivery of a criminal to a court of justice. Prisoners were permitted no possession which the army felt could be used for suicide. Pen-knives, keys, coins, spectacles--everything (Continued on Page Two).