Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 2

PAGE TWO ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH SATURDAY Aged Woman Killed in Fall VIrs. Emma Arbuthnot, 77, Trips on Stairs A fall down stairs from the second floor of the residence to the first, proved fatal this morning 7:30 to Mrs. Emma Schott Arbuthnot, 77. Miss Sarah Evans, 82, a sister who in recent years had lived with Mrs. Arbuthnot at the home on Milton road, had called her for breakfast a short time before the accident.

Miss Evans said her sister seemed tp have fallen head first down the stairway. Her head was cut, apparently from the edge of a step. Mrs. Arbuthnot was dead when the sister reached her. Mrs.

Arbuthnot had been a very active woman and devoted much of her time to the fruit and vegetable stand she and her son, Henry Schott, conducted on Milton Road on part of the land that for over a half century had been a part of the Schott farm. She had resided in her present home fifty- one years and had lived to see the neighborhood between Brown street and Upper Alton and the cut-off track at East Alton turn from farm land Into city homes. Mrs. Arbuthnot was a member of Milton Height! Baptist Church. Mrs.

Arbuthnot's first husband, the late Henry Schott, died in 1903 at the Milton Road home. Surviving Is one son, Henry Scholt, and three step-children, Mrs. Alice Van Etten, of Easton, 111., Mrs. Emma Phillips, Glendale, and Albert Schott, of 3407 Franor street, Alton. In 1921, Mrs.

Schott was married to Samuel, Arbuthnot, who died In 1922, Arbuthnol's first wife, who had died some time before, was Mrs. Schott Arbuthnot's sister. A daughter of! the late Mr. and Mrs. William Evans, of the Moro vicinity, Mrs.

Arbuthnot was one of a family of four sisters. The late Mrs. John Phayer, of College avenue, and Mrs. Samuel Arbuthnot were her sisters. The surviving sister Is Miss Sarah Evans who resided at the Schott place.

The original Schott farm on Milton Road consisted of 40 acres, part of the land on the east side of the road. That part has long since been built up with homes. A deal recently had been under way for purchase of the remaining Schott land on the west side of the road by a lumber company, which planned to develop the tract Into sites for new houses. This deal still Is incomplete. Funeral services will be ducted' Monday at 3:30 p.

m. In Streeper funeral home and burial will be In Oakwood cemetery. Friends, may call at the funeral home after 5-p. m. Sunday.

Ninth and Tenth Of YMCA Staff To Enter Service Alton Y. M. C. A. staff will lose Its ninth and tenth member to the armed forces since the start of the war when Roy Cannon, acting boys' secretary, and Don Graul, boys' physical assistant, report for duty In the naval V-12 program July 1.

Both received notices Friday with Cannon scheduled to go to De Pnuw University, Greencastle, and Graul to Notre Dame. Of the eight others who preceded Cannon and Graul, Robert B. Mould, associate general secretary, is nojv In England with the army medical corps; Carl Dwlght, physical director, is in the army; Bill Ash and Mickey Lau are in the naval air corps; Henry Tackwell, army air corps, and Bijl Alberts, Shelby Willis and Herchel Jones In the navy. With the boys' "learn to swim" campaign due to get Under way June 26 In which several hundred boys are expected to enroll, efforts are being made to have replacements on the job by that time. In the meantime, Ray Jackson and Don Jansen continue to carry the physical program for both men and boys with General Secretary Robert Piper filling In wherever needed.

Flier Reports Continued from Page 1. TruckerStrike $585,900 in Taxes Paid to Oliver Heal of Shipman Dies SHIPMAN, June 17, Oliver Heal, 81, a native of England, died of a heart aliment today at 4 a. at his home, one mile east of Shipman. Born Aug. 16, 1862, at zora near Rldgewater, Somerset.

shire, he was the middle child of the late Thomas and Matilda Heal's family of 13. He was christened In the Church of England. Heal came to 'America March 4, 1889, at the age of 26 and resided the remainder of his life in the Shlpmah-Bunker Hill vicinity, with the exception of two years which he spent in Macomb. He was married on Feb. 28, 1892, to Miss Laura M.

Hook, who died in 1938 on their forty-sixth wedding anniversary. Surviving are two of their seven children, Mrs. Lydla Mae Dey and Ernest Heal of Plalnvlew; four grandchildren, one great-grandchild and two brothers and a sister, who are in England. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. mans' last road on their dwindling western, strip of the peninsula, an American pilot said he saw enemy trucks and staff cars moving south, and declared he believed the Germans "want to get out of there, but our troops are moving in last as hell." Cherbourg threatened to become another Sevastopol for the Germans, with their escape cut off except by sea, as happened in the Crimea.

Although the pilot reported Indications of possible German evacuation below Cherbourg, Bradley, at his press conference held earlier said there were as yet no signs the Germans were pulling out. He declared the Nazis might fight as long possible for the port even If the top of the peninsula were isolated, perhaps moving their troops out of the powerfully-gunned city in small boats by night to the Channel islands And then to Brittany. On the western end of the bat- tlefroht, Supreme headquarters declared strong German attacks were beaten off east of Caen, and a headifuarters officer "Said two unsuccessful Nazi counterblows in the Troarn area, seven miles beyond Caen, were "extremely costly" to the enemy. Toward the center, the Allies punched out local advances despite heavy opposition between Caumont and Tllly-Sur-Seulles, the commu- nique said. (The German high command said Nazi counterattacks had regained the greater part of the forest area south of Bavent, 3 V4 miles north of Troarn, and'east of the Orne river.

Weather Bad weather and rough Set for June 30 Drivers Seek Compliance With WLB Order CHICAGO, June 17, Central Slates Drivers Council, claiming to represent 40,000 AFL over-the-road truck drivers In the middle west, today announced a strike would start midnight June 30 unless the Midwest Operators Association agreed to comply with a War Labor Board directive before then. The council's executive board, authorized to decide strike action by a rank and file vote of Its locals, announced that in the Initial stages of the threatened strike only operators who originate, or operate Into, the eight states west of the Mississippi would he ailed out. Dexter Lewis, director of the council, said this plan would reduce to 20,000 the number of ers directly affected immediately. The plan, he said, did not mean the huge Chicago terminal area would escape Involvement. Lewis explained all operations from Chicago westward would be struck.

This would Include truck movement in half of Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Mlnesota, and the Dakotas, Lewis predicted that if made totally effective the strike would affect some 250,000 trucking Industry workers in addition to drivers directly involved. Other states in which the council has members are Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The council, consisting of 250 local unldns of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, has contracts with 18CO employers, Lewis said. He declared the'Midwest Operators Association had failed to comply with a WLB directive of Feb. 17 instructing the association to keep in force Its old contract pending agreement on a new one.

The directive included; he said, an Increase in the hourly wage rate from 90 to 97 cents and a boost In the mileage rate from 3.4 cents to 3.65 cents a mile retroactive to Nov. 16, 1943, and to 3.7 cents after July 1, 1944. Date at City Hall Office Find Nude Body OfYoungWifeof Army Air Cadet MONTGOMERY, June 17. nude body of the 19-year- old bride of an Army Air Force cadet, stabbed more than 20 times, was found In a drainage ditch near her residence'last night. Coroner M.

B. Kirkpatrlck said the woman, Mrs. Ester Drew, had been stabbed with a long knife, probably 24 hours before discovery of her body, but whether she had been assaulted had not been determined. Kirkpatrlck quoted Air Cadet Lynn Drew, her husband, of Maxwell Field, as saying he last saw his bride at Maxwell Thursday afternoon. Discovery of the body climaxed a search of several hours started when the cadet reported he was alarmed over his wife's failure to show up at their rooms.

Near the home, a bloody handkerchief was found, and other traces led to the nearby drainage ditch, partially filled with water. News of the discovery was not broken to the husband Immediately. Mrs. Drew, who came here three weeks ago to be married, was the daughter of HP. and Mrs.

Frank Thomalla, of Decatur, HI. The cadet, also from Decatur, was hospitalized at Maxwell Field In a state of collapse. An Investigation disclosed, Dr. Klrkpatrick said, that a purse containing her husband had given her late Thursday after cashing his monthly missing, along with valuable. Her clothing was found scattered about In the vicinity of the ditch bank.

Additional payments approximating $5000 were added to Alton township's mounting tax collection in the fdrenoon period that Treasurer Krug't office was open loday. At noon the aggregate banked thus far was $585,900, It was said by'Mlss Louise Boscherf, deputy treasurer. Only two more days remain to make tax payments here. Krug has set next Tuesday' for closing his collection, and Wednesday his staff will begin closing and balancing the books preparatory to returning them to the county treasurer at Edwardsville. The collector hopes to equal last year's collection of $615,000.

Many property owners who paid their first realty Installments early In the collection period have been returning to Krug's office to pay the second Installments, it was said by Miss Boschert. A considerable proportion of payments In the las ttwo days, she said, had been of second Installments. Roosevelt O.K.'s Oil Amendment Unitarian Church to Marie'Youth Sunday' First Unitarian Church will observe Youth Sunday by having college-age young people of the church take part in the service. Jim Schuricht will give the Invocation. Martha Middletbn will read a selection from "The Prophet," by Kahlil Gibran, and Jack Schuricht a selection from 'the Seneca Indian Red Jackets reply to the white evangelist.

Lora Ward will lead in the pastoral prayer; and Earlene Galnes will speak on "What Youth Believes." 'The intermediate class of the church school is engaged in a project in church history, and this win be reported on by Miss Barbara Stockdale. The Rev. J. G. Gill will deliver a sermon on "The Objective of Liberal Religious Education." Bad seas J.

E. Lucco Basketball Coach at Edwardsville EDWARDSV1LLE, June 17. (Special.) Selection of Joe E. Lucco, Klncald, as the new basketball coach at Edwardsville High School, was announced Friday by Robert C. Cunningham, teachers committee chairman of the Edwardsville school board, and Superintendent of Schools E.

L. Alexander. Lucco, 32," has served as principal and athletic director of South Fork Community High School the past two years and his teams won the Christian County basketball tournament both years. He plans to move his family here about July 1. At the local high school he will serve as basketball coach and physical education instructor, also assisting Coach James Groutage in football and track.

Sailor Billfold Gunner's mate third class Roy A. Woods, here on leave from his station In New York City for a visit at the home of his sister, Mrs. Gladys Dorrls of 548 Highland, today reported loss of his billfold. The purse contained his leave papers, about $208 cash, his return railroad ticket to New York, baggage identification of the purse ere exceedingly Important tp the service man. and he Is hoping for Its return.

His leave will end next Tuesday. Gunner's Male he lost the billfold at some point. between Owens-Illinois Glass Co, plant and Country CJub drive la hampered unloading as well as other operations and made it unlikely that the Allies would put in a full-scale attack until the weather improves and they can use their air superiority to the full. The weather again blew at "force four" from the north. Any wind from "force three" or above delays unloading on the beachhead, supreme headquarters said.

Only slight activity was reported along the 100-mlle-plus beachhead front, although the Germans made two heavy and costly counter-attacks In the Troarn area, east of Caen, which were repulsed In these attacks, Field Marshal Erwln Rommel used tanks and Infantry in efforts to penetrate British positions at Breville and. Escoville, respectively seven and four and a half miles northeast of Caen. American forces which captured St. Sauveur yesterday, after heavy fighting, were busily digging In and getting set for an expected heavy German counterattack. The advance farther west in.

this sector appeared likely to be slow since the country Is marshy and hilly in spots and lends itself readily to defense. At La Haye Du Pulls, seven miles south of St. Sauveur, another American drive posed an even greater threat to the peninsula. Capture of La Haye would cut the last main road up the peninsula. Bradley's troops were about four miles away.

The area west of re-captured Monlebourg, 14 miles south of the port of Cherbourg was still a battleground. Minor clashes took place constantly around Caumont, deepest point of Allied penetration. Bolh American and British bomber commands struck the Pas De Calais from which the Germans may be launching their robot plane attacks which again shook Southern England this morning. Mrs. Mary Stenner Buried in Oakwood Funeral services for Mrs.

Mary Laura Curlngton Stenner, 68, wife of Harry B. Stenner, were conducted Friday at 2 p. m. at Streep- es funeral home, by the Rev. Wayne Clark, pastor of Cherry Street Baptist Church.

Burial was In Oakwood cemetery. Mrs, Clifford Abraham, with Mrs. Alonzo Rosenberger as' accompanist, sang two splpctions. Pallbearers were Frank Schmidt, Luclen Harris, L. Schmidt, Joseph Buckholz, Clarence Winters and Harry Coleman.

Cooler Forecast For Sunday Night Today was Indicated in the Weather Bureau forecast as likely to be the hottest thus far this season. Maximum of 97 was predicted for the area. This would exceed by one degree the previous top reading here of 96 last Thursday. Temperature at noon today was and still mounting. A similar noon temperature was recorded last Thursday.

Forecast for the St. Louis area read: "Fair this afternoon and tonight. Sunday partly cloudy with likelihood of thundershowers In the afternoon. Continued warm and humid except cooler Sunday night" Stage of the Mississippi as posted wt Alton remains unchanged for the third day In succession at 17.8 feet. Readings taken at Alton lo'ck and dam revealed a slight uptrend believed due to slightly increased "back water" from the Missouri.

At Grafton, stage today was 15.5 after a fall of one-tenth. A rise coming down the Missouri has passed St. Charles and is slightly boosting the stage In the lower reaches. It was reflected in a rise of two-tenths to a 24.1 stage at St. Louis today.

For St. Charles a rise of about three feet is indicated with a crest of 26.5 by next Thursday. Flood point at St. Charles is 25 feet. WASHINGTON, June 17.

UP) President Roosevelt today approved a bill amending basic naval oil conservation statutes to permit the pooling of government and Standard Oil of California properties In the Elk Hills reserve for operation as a unit. He said In a formal statement, however, he disliked provisions of the bill which would vest executive powers In the Congress over administration of the oil reserves. The legislation, known as th'e Elk Hills Reserve Law, permits the unit type of contract between the government and private interests, which had been declared illegal under former law. The legislation also allows condemnation powers to be extended to the Elk Hills "geologic structure" in case of drainage from the naval reserve. A new contract between the navy and Standard Oil of California for operation of Elk Hills is now under consideration.

In his statement, the President said he approved the bill because the Secretary of the Navy had assured him there is an immediate need for measures to deal with the problems of drainage and current production from naval oil reserves. He added the measure approved will aid the prosecution of the war to the extent that It accomplishes these objectives. SurfaceShips RaidMatsuwa Shell Kuriles. Island Airfield 30 Minutes By NORMAN BELL ABOARD A U. 3.

TASK FORCE FLAGSHIP, June 17, Japan's north Pacific headache today hurt in a new spot Matsuwa Island In the Kurlles from the-shells poured Into It out of the foggy night by this task force. The 30-mlnute bombardment of Tagan Point air field and administrative headquarters early June If was a remarkable exhibition of navigation and gunnery. It was the closest blow yet to the heart of Japan by surface ships Matsuwa is about 1100 statute miles from Tokyo and only 40( miles from the Japanese mainland at Hakkaido. The small but important Island base was concealed by fog but officers declared modern devices assured accurate shelling on the concentrated target area. The action, latest move by Vice- Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, commander of the North Pacific to har- rass the Japanese at the top of the empire, came while they were suffering from terrific body blows delivered by carrier task forces in the Marianas.

The bombarding task force was the strongest sent against the enemy in the North Pacific since the Attu and Klska campaigns last year. Sane Man Sent To an Judge Charges CHICAGO, June 17 A11 Statevllle psychiatrists art scheduled to before Redistil Judge John P. Barnes Monday for questioning as to whether Hubert J. Gapinski "has been railroaded to an insane asylum to keep him from testifying." Judge Barnes yesterday, In ordering psychiatrists to appear, expressed the opinion a sane man had been transferred from the Itentiary to the Menard hospital. Saying he believed Gov.

Green should be informed of. the case "because he Is primarily responsible for the operation of Illinois penitentiaries," he recommended a transcript of the case be sent to the governor, and added: "As sure as there is a God In Heaven, there will be a reform in the Illinois penitentiaries." Judge Barnes told' Gapinski, 35, who Is seeking his freedom on the grounds his constitutional rights had been violated, "I don't believe you are Insane but over average Intelligence." Gapinski was convicted Oct. 5, 1943, on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape and was sentenced to serve from three to years. He testified he was removed to the hospital last April 18 and that on the previous day he had learned his petition for a writ of habeas corpus was to be heard before a court. CarroltonBoy Donald Sawyer, 12, 8t en pfcd Into Sinkhole CARROLL clal.) home leaiie.

Burdeen and other men, Stanley Fr Winters, and Amo had searched for the time they hai been tragedy. Sawyer, aciompanled by pond to'wadr. Neither SiJ? it. it was said. Donald ed into wate 4 Sisters Share H.

A. Paul Estate and over head." As soon ai Vlhyard notlwa plight he went for aid, but at first three firm houses where T. stopped found no the and he had lo go about a fore he secured help. At an inqv est conducted by Alton's MFT Share For May $3453 SPRINGFIELD, June Allotment of. $677,591 to Illinois municipalities as their 'net share of motor fuel tax receipts for May was announced by George B.

McKibbin, state director of finance. The gross allotment was $767,851 from which was deducted $90,260 as reserve for the $30,000,000 emergency relief bond issue. Allotments to municipalities include: Alton $3453; Carlinville $482; on, Presbyterian Young People's Delegates First Presbyterian Church Young People's Society will be represented at the annual Presbyterian Young People's conference next week at Llndenwood College, St. Charles, by 10 delegates. The group, which will Jeave Monday morning to attend the conference, Includes Robert Thayor, James Koenig, Jean Pfelffenber- ger, Marjorie Foster, Alice Hinder- nan, Constance Schenk, Carol Beth Robertson, Delorlce Armbruster, M'arilyn Hershey and Patricia Vine.

George Ferris Dies At Hines Hospital George Ferris, 56, a veteran of World War died Friday at Hines Hospital, Hines, 111., where he had been a patient since Easter. He had been In ill health for several years and before entering the hospital at Hines, had been a patient at Jefferson Barracks and previous to that had received hospital care at the veterans' hospital at Quincy. He was born in Jerseyvllle, Oct. 13, 1888, a son of George Ferris, and the late Mrs. Ferris.

He had never married and his only immediate survivors in addition to his father are a sister, Mrs. Stella Barton, and a half-brother, Charles Goble, both of Alton. The body will be brought to Staten funeral home, but time of arrival here had not been learned. Supreme headquarters said these targets are small, and difficult to get at from the air, and it Is doubtful If even the heaviest attacks could halt completely the use of this German "secret weapon." One of the American columns striving to nip off the Cherbourg peninsula had advanced three miles southwest of Carentan, and the Germans were faced with a bitter decision whether to counterattack with all the strength they could muster, or to allow their forces massed in the north to shift for themselves. fttu Mrs.

Eva Norris Funeral Rites Monday Funeral rites for Mrs. Eva Norris, wife of Elmer Norris of 510 Brbokside, will be conducted Monday at 2 p. m. at Streeper Funeral home. Burial will be In Oakwood cemetery.

The body is at Streeper funeral home where friends may call after 5 p. today. pondent Don Whltehead described the fighting entry of American troops Into St, Sauveur at noon Friday. It marked a three-mile gain from Reignville across the Douve river. Whltehead, who entered the town with American patrols, told of bitter house-to-house fighting by fanatical young Nazi soldiers.

Strategically, the American threat to the peninsula was a 30- mile arc from Qulnevllle on the east coast, southwest through Montebourg and St. Sauveur and then southeast to the Carentan area. The U- S. battleships Texas, Nevada and Arkansas aided the drive by bombarding German positions ahead of the Americans in the Caren tan and Jslgny areas, last night's No. 33 reported, North Side Parking Meters Show Increase Parking meter receipts in May fell off slightly from the figure.of the month preceding, it is shown in the June 1 report of Treasurer Krug to City Council.

May's meter collection was $1398.01 compared to the $1493.81 In April. Revenue shrank during May in all metered areas of the city except the Northslde where the revenue was $2.50 greater. Recently City Council changed the hours for metered parking In the Northside to be similar to those enforced in other business districts. Officials now are watching to see If the' change causes any appreciable change in earnings of the meters in Northside. Total left In the parking meter fund after.

May of $405.65 was $1066.91 Treasurer Krug'a report shows. C. W. Terry Donates 10 Acre Tract to Wopdlawn EDWARDSVILLE, June Donation Attorney 10-acre wooded tract to Woodlawn Cemetery Association, to serve as a memorial to his parents, the late J. W.

and Martha Terry, was revealed Friday the office of County Recorder Paul Taylor, where the deed was filed fpr recording. The tract which adjoins the cemetery on thit south, was acquired recently from ttw Aiteo Co, Collinsville $959; Edwardsville $834; Granite City vine $531; Madison $661; Venice $384; Wood River $905. Grading and Asphalting On Streets Resumed Making hay while the sun shines, the city streets department was back at the grading and asphalting program today, and additional oil was being spread on earth streets in the Northside. After the rain of Thursday night, It had been feared the street surfacing would have to hold over until Monday. Yesterday's sun, however, dried off the soil so that work could resume today, and the street department snapped back into actidn, anxious to proceed as far as possible before additional showers could intervene.

Applications of asphalt this season are followed up by Immediate application of stone chips. This has a decided advantage to the residents of the streets being surfaced, for it permits the streets to be reopened to traffic a few hours after stone goes on. A goal has been set by the streets department to complete- the as phalting throughout the city in three weeks. All other street work, except that of emergency nature, is being shelved until the grading for asphalt la completed. Cpl.

Ray Crawford Funeral Rites Tuesday Cpl. Walter Ray Crawford, United States Marine Corps Reserves, who died June 11 in a navy hospital at San Diego, will be buried Tuesday in Valhalla Memorial Park with military honors. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p. m. at East Alton EDWARDSVILLE, June 17.

terms of his will, admitted to probate Friday, four sisters will share the estate of Herbert A. Paul, whose death occurred at Alton on May 21. The will, executed Aug. 16, 1930, directs division of the estate into 64 shares for distribution among the four sisters as follows: One share each to Floss L. Jones, Long Island, N.

and Elda M. Enos, Alton; 10 shares to Myrtle K. Paul, Alton, appointed executrix, and the remaining 52 shares to Ethel L. Paul, also of'Alton. Value of the estate is not given in the petition for probate.

Also admitted to probate Friday, the will of Nelson J. Keldel, a farmer of the Melville community, who died June 4, bequeaths a life interest In his estate to the widow, Llllous Keldel of Route 2, Godfrey. At her death the estate Is to be shared by three children, Herbert N. Keldel, Lydia L. Collins and Curtis E.

L. Keldel of Route 2, Godfrey. 'The daughter was appointed executrix in the estate, value of which is declared to be unknown in the petition for probate. 5,850 Pledged To College Fund Methodist Church by the Rev. Carl Hearn, pastor.

Instead of 2:30 m. as was announced Friday. The body will arrive in Alton Sunday morning and will be taken to Streeper funeral home, 2521 Edwards, where friends may call after 5 p. m. Sunday and until 10 a.

m. Tuesday when It will be taken to the church. An honor guard of marines will be maintained at the church. No Change in Gasoline Rations in 3rd Quarter WASHINGTON, June 17, WrV- Qasollne rations, will remain at their present standards for the third quarter of 1944, the Office of Price Administration has announced, adding that there is no prospect of any further civilian "in tht Workers in the "Save Shurtleff for Alton" campaign boosted the total raised thus far to $48,850 at a report dinner at the Y. W.

C. A. One hundred and eighty-one pledges totalling $3,779 were recorded. Of these, 14 for $455 were reported by Advance Division members and the rest by workers in the general division. Campaign leaders again pointed out that only failure of the team members to "contact" prospects is retarding the drive, which is scheduled to close Wednesday.

One-third of the possible donors have been interviewed, and one-third of the $147,970 sought has been subscribed, Indicating that if canvassing is completed, the goal easily will be reached. Lawrence Keller, chairman of the drive, remained hopeful as he commented on progress in a discussion after the meeting. He expressed confidence that most of the workers would make a determined last-minute effort to wind up their work before Wednesday's final meeting. He Issued an appeal for a sensational "stretch drive" by all teams to make the campaign a success and preserve Shurtleff for the service men who will need and want its facilities when the war is over. 9 Called for Pre-Draft Tests at Edwardsville EDWARDSVILLE, June 17.

(Special) Nine registrants recently called for prelnductlon physical examination were listed today by the Edwardsville area draft board, as follows: James Henry Sentenne, III, Elmer Charles Schlemer, Edwardsville; James Frederick Masulla, William Harold Roberts, Howard Leroy Weaver, Godfrey; CharleS Edward Copeland, Edgar Wilfred Blotvogel, Worden; Jacque Warren Evans, Glen Carbon; Harlan Paul Taylor, Alhambra. A group of eight registrants who recently passed pre-lnduction examinations for service in the ermy and navy wu also announced, follows: Army, Wilbur Samuel Bange, Robert Tyrus Soehlke, Earl Joseph Brandt, Olln Udell Nantz, Stuart Stanley Nordstrom, EdwardBvllle; Kenneth George Knop, Alhambra; Edward John Frederick, Chicago. Navy, William Eugene Coolbaugh, 7 Chicago Police Fired In Gambling Aftermath CHICAGO, June 17 police captains and a lieutenant were discharged from the department yesterday by Commissioner James P. Allman, Shortly after the Civil Service Commission convicted them of failure to suppress Two other captains also were convicted on similar charges but they were permitted to retain their jobs. The gambling charges stemmed from the grand jury investl- gatio'n last fall after the slaying of Martin (Sonny Boy) Quirk, South Side gambling boss.

The dismissals of the high ranking officers were the largest in the history of the police department, only one other captain having been ousted for gambling. Virgil W. Peterson, operating director of the Chicago Crime Commission, said that the discharge of the police captains "is a victory for good government." All of the officers appeared before the grand juries, which' returned indictments against 60 persons on charges ranging from gambling to murder. Only one conviction was obtained, the penalty a fine. Attorneys the ousted police officers said they would appeal the commission's, findings.

712,000 Ton Increase In Week's Coal Output WASHINGTON, June 17, Anthracite and bituminous coal production increased 712,000 tons during the week ended June 10, as compared with the previous week, the Solid Fuels Administration reported today. Output of bituminous was 12,460,000 tons, up 590,000, while anthracite productions totaled approximately 1,326,000 tons, an increase of 122,000. oner Russell Shields of Greenfi.iH at Mehl funeral home, recovery of the body, a verdict" accidental -owning was return Later in thi night the body taken to We ss funeral home, BuZ ker HH1. Tifie of, the funeral not been sell Surviving the In addition to his parent, are a brother, Tom' a sister, Julia, 7. Tragedy Strikes A ROODH01ISE, 111., June 17, igaln has struck the Benton family.

Warren Edward Benton, 7, drowned yesterday In the Roodhoise city reservoir where 5 he had been a soldier, is swimming, His father, in an army hospital in Battle Creeci following the loss of a leg when struck'by i train while on furlough here recently. 12.600 Wounded Continued from Page 1. elements ol historic I the 29th fought their ch battle. The second critical time wu when forces were trying to make tl eir junction of beach-i secu heads This was a because north of CarentoM soft "spot at the Ume: was a junction point I between tlie American Sevtnth Corps on penlnsuk and the Fifth Corps on the central beachhead? The' general declared empiijU- cally that he thought the enemy now had lost his chance to drive the Allies pack Into the sea and that'the beachhead now was absolutely secure. Since th troops hav BOO Prisoners landings, American captured and evacuated 8500 prisoners, Bradley said.

Using a twig from a beech tree as a point in the manner of 1 1 schoolmaster, Bradley outlined the situation correspondents. He estim ited the number of German divisions in France to be In the middle De Gaulle Back in Algiers To Report to Assembly ALGIERS, June. 17, UPl Gen. Charles De Gaulle returned to Al- gleres from London today and. will address the Consultative Assembly tomorrow on the fourth anniversary of his appeal to the French people from London to keep alive "the flames of French resistance." It may be the assembly's last session in Africa.

Cricket Players Ignore Exploding Robot Plane LONDON, June 17 of the German rocket plane-bombs rumbled over a cricket field in southern England today, trailing a 30-foot tail of flame, and exploded in a nearby field with a great blast. The game went right on. Strike at Super-Fortress Engine Plant Called Off CHICAGO, June 17, strike of 117 tool grinders of a huge B-29 Super Fortress engine plant ended today less than 24 hours after Its start. Officials of the Dodge Chicago plant of the Chrysler Corp. announced the men had returned to work but declined to state what sort of settlement had been reached.

The sprawling plant, one unit alone covering 83 acres, Is the world's largest and produced 90 per cent of the engines for the planes that raided Japan Thursday. The company said the tool grinders quit work yesterday In protest against discharge of one worker for "refusing to work" and announced they would not return until he was rehlred. The CIO United Automobile Workers union was selected by the tool grinders in a recent labor board election to represent them in dealings with the company. or element fighting against entire Nornandy bridgehead. The general declared the enemy would be unable to move all Mr divisions in France into the Normandy fiont because defenses must be manned In other parts the countrV, and garrisons have to maintain of the civilian population.

Bradley also gave high praise to the navy's troops, recalling that some ww-j ships ran bourg pen Wiseman Honored For the third time in five months, Jack Wiseman, Alton general agent for Franklin Life surance Springfield, in charge of the St. Louis Agency, was named to the "President 1 Club," a select group limited to the company's ten high individual producers each month. Mr, Wiseman ranked third entkt organisation duriflf May. 60's, with 16 division! support of the assault to within 500 yards of the pouring shellfire Into enemy atrorigpoints. He also lauded the air forces which kept enemy's nlferves from forming in front of the assault waves.

Ohorbourg Situation Dlscussirg the situation on Cher- nsula, where the U. S. 82nd airbo division captured St Sauveur le Vicomte yesterday in a surge threatening the enemyi last escapn corridor. Bradley the Germrns mlnjht fight for the port of Cherbourg as long as poi- slble even though the penlnsuli were isolated. He said Cherbourg has stronji all-around defenses prepared wW big guns Jwlnting out to sea, many anti-aircraft batteries.

The indications are, De a that the Enemy's strength on Cherbourg sector runs five flguns. well Should closed on escape corridor of the peninsula, there Is a cfiance the tw Germans light try to evacuate small boats at night. As yet, Jwr ever, then are ho signs the mans are a move to evscu ate the pininsula, Bradley declM ed. He said operations were ing pretty much as planned exw that last-ninute changes had tow made whim the Germans two new divisions onto the sula to support the single that had Senatorial Probe of RoboJ P1 a ProgrJ WASHINGTON, June IT, i A aenattrlal 13', S. development of planes was projected today aftermath raids on era England by secret robot Chairman Truman (D-Mo) he would direct Chief co Hugh Fubn of the Investigating to ers..