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CM 40M THE DAILY REGISTER Published Continuously Since 1915 THE DAILY REGISTER, HARR1SBURG, A Altai 21, N10W SKK1KS, NO. 223 NAZI RESISTANCE COLLAPSES IN THE SAAR U. S. Task Force Wrecks 17 Jap Ships, 600 Planes Remnants of Fleet Found at Kobe and Kure Toll Includes Two Battleships, And Seven Carriers Army Orders Servicemen To Obey Midnight Curfew Water Recedes Death Takes BULLETIN NEW YORK, March --Mayor F. 11.

LaGuardia stuck by his guns today in defense of a 1 a. m. curfew and he said that regardless of the wishes of President Roosevelt and the Army, "I'm running the city." By FRANK TREMAINE United Press W-tir Correspondent GUAM. March 21--(UP)--- Dis- patches from famed Task Force 58 today boosted the toll of two days of daring air attacks on the Japanese fleet in its home bases lo at least 17 svarships damaged and 600 or more aircraft wrecked. Admiral Chester W.

Nimilz said the raids Sunday and Monday on Kobe, Kure and other bases in Japan's inland sea had crippled the surviving remnants of the Ja- panesc flccl al a lime when it was rushing repairs lo meet an anticipated invasion of Japan itself. The carrier-borne fleet of 1,000 to 1,400 U. S. Navy planes broke off its altack laic Monday. A Japa- Ticse communique said the task force, including its escort from the Fifth Fleet was "fleeing south- svard" toward the Marianas with Japanese aircraft in "close pur- suit." Might Renew Attack Radio Tokyo said, however, a there were "plenty of possibilities" the task force might renew its attack.

Nimitz's communique on the al' lack lislcd 15 lo perhaps 17 warships as damaged, bul late radio dispatches from Task Force 58 said United at least 17 and possible more war- craft svcrc Jicfl bgmb fwistcd. The toll included a i i of seven aircraft carriers, probably all lhat remained in the Japanese fleet, and tsvo or more battleships, dispatches said. In addition, six 9 freighters svcrc sunk and seven damaged. The number of Japanese planes destroyed or damaged svas Devised by late dispatches from 575 lo at least 600. If Reports Specific Results "Japan's hopes of rebuilding her crippled air force and fleet sverc smashed," United Press War Correspondent Lloyd Tupling reported from the flagship of Vice iniral Marc A.

Mitschcr, commander of Task Force 58. Nimilz's communique reported Ihc specific results on the basis of preliminary reports: Japanese ships-Sunk--Six small frcighlcrs. Damaged--One or Iwo baltlc- ships, tsvo or three aircraft carriers, tsvo light aircrafl carriers or cscorl carriers, Iwo escort carri- crs, one heavy cruiser, one light cruiser, four destroyers, one submarine, one destroyer escort and seven freighters. Japanese planes-Shot dowri--200. 9 Dcslroycd on Ihc ground--275.

Damaged--More than 100 in first day alone. Japanese ground installations-Destroyed--Hangars, shops, arsenals, oil storage facilities and other installations. No U. S. Ships Lost American josses-Ships sunk--none.

Ships damaged--One seriously, others slightly. Aircraft--Extremely light. The toll of enemy svarships was Ihc grcatcsl since the second battle of the Philippine Sea last October, when 24 Japanese svarships were sunk, 13 possibly sunk and 21 damaged. Later reconnaissance may reveal a some of the svar- ships hit in the inland sea later Planes Slip Through The Japanese resisted the defiant American challenge to their fleet with the heaviest and most persistent air attacks on the task and its planes since the air- sea battles off Formosa last September. Guns of the fleet and carrier- borne fighters broke up most oC Ihc atlacks, but dive-bombers slipped through the barrage lo put one ship out of action.

Il was-ablc lo head toward port under its' own power, however. NEW YORK, March The Army stepped into the New York curfew squabble today, and left night spot owners with the embarrassing job of ousting service men from their establishments at midnight while civilians enjoy an extra hour of fun. The Army's order that its personnel must obey War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes" midnight curfew on entertainment was nationwide. Its effect was felt first in New York where Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia announced Sunday that his police force would no longer report violations untfl after 1 a.

m. The action came i i i swiftness. There was no previous announcement. The Army's military police, accompanied by the Navy's shore patrol as "'observers," began making the round of Manhattan bars and night clubs at midnight. They explained the order to owners and managers, asked them to clear their premises of service men, then left.

The MP's did not approach the service men. The first reaction from night spot owners was that Mayor La- Guardia's "hour of tolerance" had been hit a body blow The Army's "request" a curfew sound at midnight for its men had more teeth than Byrnes' original "request" for a general curfew. Night spot owners were iully aware of the Army's power to declare certain establishments, or even entire cities "out of bounds" for its personnel. Nearly Foot Around City River at Shawnee Falls Four Feet; May Reopen Rt. 45 Friday W.

T. Cable, 11, After Stroke Prominent Citizen And Well Known for Masonic Activities 1 Shawnectosvn Rosiclarc Golconda Grand a i Brookporl Cairo St. Louis Chester Cape a i dean STACKS 55.1 51.1 55.5 5 0 7 53 8 234 22.8 .3 -1 1.2 .9 Yanks Capture 250 Square Mi. Of Panay Isle Merchants and OPA Discuss New Price Rule Link with Strong Guerrilla Forces; New Gains on Luzon By II. D.

QUIGG Press War Correspondent MANILA, March 21-- U.I?-- linked with strong Filipino guerilla forces on Panay today in an offensive that burst into the suburbs of burning Iloilo and swept through more than 250 square miles of the island. The lightning strikes of Maj Gen. Rapp Brush's 40th Division, which threw the Japanese into disorder on Panay's south central plains, ripped through three key road towns and tumbled Mandur- riao airdrome, with its big foot runway. 18 Mile Bridgehead The rapidly developing campaign on Panay, sixth largest of the Philippines, was disclosed in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communique which also revealed new important gains on Luzon and continuation of neutralizing air attacks on Formosa and Japan's shipping lanes in the China Sea.

Brush's seasoned troops overran Japanese machine-gun points and i Ohio i a i at an accelerated rate flood walor from the a i area is declining and has a i about 10 inches from crest at the 13 highway closure i i Heading at Hie closure a 304.IS above sea level. H5 below Hie crest of 365 ol a i the water had a i fo 36345 Irom Ihc crest of a drop of 1.3 feet. Al Shawneetown, the Ohio had fallen to 51 7 on Ihe gauge, a drop of 4.1 loot the crosj ol 55.8 feet Difference in a feet al a ana i loss (ban one foot here was a i lo heavy a i in I i immediate area i the past two days, and i headwater from a i a now spreading, local level i drop to a of Shawncctowu probably i i the next 4f! hours Such a drop i mean a levee closures on i 13 and 45 wilTbe Clothing, Furniture Retailers Must File Chart at Springfield OPA officials called together al the ration board here Tuesday ihe merchants of Jlarrisburg who clothing and furniture' lo discuss with them Ihe new OPA regulations which were announced Monday. These regulations require merchants lo use as a ceiling in pricing merchandise in the price at which items affected by the regulation were priced on Monday, March 19. A.

P. Reel, field price representative in the Illinois district, and Hal Burnett, supervisor of opera-1 needed, but one of the Cable, 77, retired, pronii I citizen of Marrisburg for 40 and a native ol Saline conn- i had a paralytic at 10 clock Tucsclav and died i i at 7 o'clock at a i i hospital. His body svas a lo (he Gas( a home and i lie in I a there i a i a of his son. Wendell Cable, a lawyer 1'eoria. expected today, and hi.s i a Mrs Pauline Kessenich, who started loday from Washing- Ion, and i arrive here Thursday nighl or Friday morning.

i Mr. Cable was stricken ill i dl Klks club, where he spent a great deal ol hi.s leisure time. a was moved Jroni there lo (he i i a almost i i a Up the i of his a a illness be I had been in as good a as a for one of hi.s years. Born in I8(8 He was born at a i on Fob in I8(8. and was Iho son of Solomon and I'arileo Margor Cable, svhu I led al Raleigh, coming I Ohio, before Iho break of Iho i i War.

Ho was a ol Mrs. Otis Dixon who re- contls, moved to Raleigh a risburg and of George Cable, also i i at Raleigh. A sister, Mrs. Sarah Anderson, mother of George removed and i would permit am! Slkis Ldl() Andcl ()l1 this city, and two broihcrs, Tom Cable, a ol Miss Ada Cable, KKSCIT; AT A A First A ongwor, (rapped when the Remagen bridge the i river collapsed, is rescued by medics i i I I i a placed i a i i i a i a a a i centoi span i a Corps a i Irom A Call Indefinite Marvin Jones Recess in Soft iSees No Food Coa! Conference Famine in U. a i to Kldorado, possibly by sometime Friday, but road lo i a i may be impassable lor longer lime due lo low places in the road Water inside the levee had been pumped to a low level today, i i repairs on one of the pumps hauim of Galatia, been made at the Pankey Branch i death in 1934 who teaches in the i schools and a Cable, preceded him in death.

His i the lormer I i SI nek preceded him in i northern station, station Pumps at have operated Former Deputy Sheriff They moscd to I a i a CIIAKUCS I I United Press Staff Con-rsimiulcnl A I a I The coal wage i i i i i recess" a i i aid operator forces said it a i resume nogolrjtion.s, i present a i i i in If) da.ss SIBILS ol a i i i creasnm (Continued on Page Four) MINES Sahara 4, 5, 8, 16, Washer work. Peabody 47 works. Wasson 1 works. Blue Bird works. Dcring works.

Four Negro WACS Sentenced for Defying General FORT DEVENS, March 21 Negro WACs were under court-martial sentence of one year at hard labor and dishonorable discharge today because they defied a general. The decision svas returned last night by a nine-member court- marlial which included two Negro officers, but il is subjccl to review by higher army officials. The Negroes staged a sit-down strike at Lovcll General Hospital here March 10 and then defied Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles' back-lo-svork order.

Aflcr the verdict was announced, Pvt Anna C. Morrison, 20, of Richmond, became hysterical and had lo be escorted to detention barracks by military policemen. The decision was received stoically, however, by Ihe other thjrce defendants: Pvts. Johnnie Murphy, 20, of Rankin, Alice Young, 23, of Washington; and Mary E. Green, 21, of Conroc, Tex.

"These WAC girls enlisted; they were not defense attorney Julian D. Raincy said in his closing argument. "They are young and all they hear is 'regardless ot race, creed or but then a colonel says in their presence that he doesn't want colored WACs taking temperatures." Raincy was referring to the four girls' remark that Col. Walter M. Crandall of Vinalhaven, commanding officer of the hospital where they were orderlies, said that he didn't want "black WACs" in the motor pool or as medical technicians.

lions in nine southern Illinois counties, were present to i necessary procedure on the part of all sellers of rcady-to-svcar and furniture. Must File Chart with OPA They learned thai a set price charts showing "mark-up'' of a long list of items thai arc scarce, must be filled out and mailed in duplicate by April 20, to Ihc District OPA offices in Springfield. If the merchant has not received a receipt for this set of reporls by May 4, he is required lo cliscon- linuc selling Ihe items mentioned I until such receipt has been received. a i won! Salutd.i.v crvill( i i and was repaired Sunda.s, be followed bv in the as a sheriff spokesmen i 0. Cummins, He served in a i Iho i office again Small This has been a i 2 2 () m( ed u-mporaril, and i be romou-d a )ckl ofi)a Qj for permanent repairs Hood threat subsides.

Mr. Burnett said lhal a close follow-up will be mainlaincd and advised Ihfc members to help the been notified. OPA officials in obtaining prompt co-operation on the parl of all merchants affcclcd by this most recent effort to confroi soaring prices of clothing and furniture. Mr. Burnett informed the merchants that the War Production Board has entered into the OPA ruling to Ihc cxlcnl a the WPB has ordered all manufacturers to produce 76 per cent of their Navy Reveals Loss Submarine Barbel WASHINGTON.

March 21 l' --The Navy announced today the American submarine Barbel has been lost, presumably i Pacific or a Eastern waters. The Barbel carried a normal coin plcmcnt of 65 men. All of il 1 crew are listed as missing in lion and their ncxl of km have Those a 1904. a( which i Mr. Cable svas i a yesterday in lor the operators and i a of i piogress toward agreement on a new year svork a No Progress Made Charles i I a said the producers a no pro gross had been made since Ihe i a i on March 1.

When Ihe i a i today UMW President in Marrisburg and i I a i i a i of Ihc late Govi ernor L. Emmcrson was a stale 'parole officer. In younger life ho was a school teacher and at one i was employed as a i clerk- by the Saline County Coal company. This svas about the time that the old Pcabody 43 mine was in ils early stages ol development. I his interest in politics, although he never sought a high elective office.

Me served as an election 1 (Continued on Page Three) Lewis went i some lo his holel i loiters." i A I March 21 (U H) Americans i conliaiiui have of good, wholesome loud" even h.ive to a a new i in i bolls in order to a i peoples, War Food A i i a a i Jones said 1 today. I 'flic a i lood i a i is.su ed a 300-word a concern 1 ing outlook loi A i a diels To Iced a i peoples, he said, "is a practical a and a part ol war itself "No one has gone in I i 1 country." he said. "No one is go i Points (o Food Goals Of dire predictions i Ihe na lion laces a meat famine and scare i of olhcr loods. Jones said "We I have heard these i i i "Tins storm i pass and cer- 1 1 i iacls i stand mil," he said i mil a i in 1043 food i i was expanded 32 per cent over prewar levels, and in 1944 boosted a five per cent. and Ibis vcar a themselves former production of garments and furniture in Ihc low priced field.

This, he explained, is an order made make necessary items available al no increase in prices. To Form Merchants Committee Local merchants were asked 1r get together and appoint a committee which will serve with Ihc OPA price panel and i help to put the order of the OPA i immediate and effective operation. On April 5, another meeting i be held al the city hall in Harrisburg al which OPA officials will (Continued on Page Three) Youth Dies Following March 10 Injury when Neck Hit Clothesline Robert Dill, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dill, Lcdford, whose head was almost severed from his body at the neck on March 10, when he ran into a clothesline, while riding horseback, died this morning.

His death occurred at the Harrisburg hospital, where he had been a palicnt since the evening of March 10. His body was taken to the Harrisburg funeral home, to await funeral arrangements, which will be announced in Thursday's Register. Williamson County Delegates' Vole Determines Republican Judge Nominees Tally of the first ballot of Republican judicial convention at Metropolis Tuesday gave I Zimmerman, Marion, 93 32 '500 s'olcs; C. Ross Reynolds, Vieiinn G7 Judge Loyd Brad lev Carbondalc, 67 Judge M. Hancock, Harrisburg, 4') and Fred Herbert, Mm physboro, 37 On motion of Judge Hancock vole svas changed to a a mous vote for the winners, merman, Reynolds and a who i be the throe a i a Ihc judicial election June 4.

The vote of the i i a county delegation was decisive the a i and i a i the result was a a in douhi although subsequent developments showed voting was planned in advance. Assure 'Zimmerman Nomination Before Saline county's vote I called Judge Zimmerman svas in lead svilh the vole divided be Isvcon Ihc four other candidates Scoria! Thompson look Ihc floor for the Saline county delegation and announced thai Saline counts- was casting ils 17 voles for Judge Zimmerman, assuring i nomination and cast its other votes for Judge Herbert and Judge Han cock: "We are casting our vole foi Judge Zimmerman, assuring hi.s nomination," Thompson said, "and wilh Williamson county yet to vote, we leave the decision up to'Judge Zimmerman as lo whether the two additional nominees shall be strong candidates, representative of Republican party." Williamson's voles went to Bradley and Reynolds, assuring i nomination. The convention svas called to order shortly after 10 o'clock, wilh R. W. Harris of Williamson county as temporary chairman and Peyton Bcrbling of Cairo as temporary secretary.

They svcrc named permanent officers of the convention. Durfiam Nominated Hancock Judge Asa J. Wilbourn ol Alexander counly nominated Jtidsc Bradley; i of Jackson counly nominated Judge Herbert; Lloyd Robertson of Johnson county nominated Reynolds; Grover Holmes of Massac county seconded Iho i a i of Judge Bradley; Col. Cbas. Uurfcc of Pope county seconded the nomination of Reynolds: Pulaski passed; Ray a of Saline county nominated Judge Hancock; Union county passed; Gtis Fowler of Williamson counly nominated Judge Zimmerman; Dave Evans of Saline counly seconded the nomination of Judge Herbert and Jackson county seconded the nomination of Judge Hancock.

A second of Jutlgc. Zimmerman by Pulaski counly closed the nominations. The votes of Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union and Williamson counly wertt to the Ihrec winners. Massac and Pope voted for Bradley, Reynolds and Hancock with Sa line and Jackson voting for Herbert, Hancock and Zimmerman. i follow operators.

Howard T. i actim; i of (ho Labor Department's con i i a i service', said i i by hi.s rcprescntalivcs was "a pos i i i i Me said two con ciliators who have been i negotiations bclwocn the i Mine Workers' president and Ihe I operators arc ready to the i on a moment's notice Will Prevent Stoppage i "We svill move in i to i vent a work stoppage." Colvin said The present contract expires in 10 days and UMW a i i has been "no contract, no svork." The government has warned, however, a a i cannot a even the briefest slop in production. Lewis has boon a i on the royally issue since last Saturday i I Me a the a i a $60,1000,000 a a conlrfbution lor hospilalization and insurance for i i 400,000 UMW members. The money would be paid lo (be union which would a i i ils oxpon i i i i i a i i i released yesterday indicated, however, a I i year's crop acreage i be i (Continued on Page Three) Joseph P. Youngs, Son of Local Man, Dies at E.

St. Louis Joseph P. Youngs, 52, Ivisl SI. Louis, son of David, Sherman Youngs, 302 Wesl Sloan died Monday al. his home in Easl SI.

Louis, of a hear! a a Mis a svill be held Friday al 1 p. m. al Big Prairie church, near Carmi, the native homo of I be Youngs family. Besides his fathor, he leaves hi.s Mrs. Hnrolrl Chancy of i city, Mrs.

C. R. Teaslcy, Evansville, formerly of Harrisburg, and a brother, Iloyt Youngs. Ml. Vcr- non, Ind.

His body arrive in Carmi Thursday night nn'd will lie in state al the Walker funeral homo. Illinois House Passes Municipal Airport Proposal I I I I I I March 21 r.i: -The I i i Mouse loday passed Ihe i i a A i Au- I i i by vote of I2H to 0 The measure, i its a say is a i a lo 125 downs a cities, now goes lo the Senale for ooiiemTunco in House a The measure, i does not i Chicago or Cook counly, is intended as a i for an airporl a i aet, which svas held by Iho stale supreme court lasl year because i il provided for a sponsorship. i Jt would nol allow bonds lo be issued for two years unless a com! i i is received from federal government to a a 25 percent of Hie cosl The i also requires aeronautirs commission approval of a project i Iho 2-year period. i A bill lo tax I i i oil i al the rale of percent of ils a was offered in the House by Hep. James Q.

Monroe, I CoMinsviHo, and Ihrcc olhcr Mouse men. Creation of a nine-member commission lo sludy present use of dirl and farm-lo-markcl roads proposed in a Senate bill sub- milted by Sens. Arthur Van Hoos- cr, Metropolis, and Ora A. Oldfield, Ccntralia. It carries $20,000 appropriation.

U. S. 3rd and 7fh Armies Join Forces Wipe Out All But 10,000 Germans in Decisive Victory I A I March 21 All or- Gorman resistance in the a a i a i a today as Ihe American Third and Seventh armies- i forces. The combined forces wheeled in lo the Rhine to a i i a a few thousand Nazi survivors along a brulgoloss, 20- inile of the river bank from l.udsMgshalon (o Ihe a i crossing In one ol the most decisive vic- i tones of the war, (he two A i a armies had i out all I bill anotil 10,000 of Iho 80.000 or more Get mans who held vast Saar Moselle I i i a al Iho start ol the i one week au'o. Key liases Captured a a en, Kaisorlaiilorn, Wissombourg, a and Worms, Iho keystones ol Ihe Got man i i in A i a hands or on Hio verge ol a i morning.

A i and i a priye, Iho. a i i chemical ol Ludwigshafcn svas menaced by Iwo armored of Ihe Third A a raced to i i six mile.S west and ol the city. The last a a escape port across i al Wocrlh, opposite the east bank i of i i also was i i by A troops who smashed, Iho Siegfried defenses beyond Wissembourg, lo the soul Invest Face Surrender Not a single i bridge wan a i as Ihe Americans struck for river i morning. The panic-stricken Germans faced Ihe prospect ol mass surrender or a suicidal crossing in boats and barges under the i of American wit rp lanes Far lo north, Ihe American Firsl A exploded a now sive a from its Remagen bridgehead and swept out into open tank less a dozen miles the southern a of Ihe basin On Ihe heels of Firsl Army a Gen. Dwight I).

F.isenhosver broadcast a grim a i Hie Terman civilian a i and thousands of foreign slave workers inside the Nim linos to get ol Hie immediately. Eisenhower declared a i i svas about to become a a 70110. Triumph in South But oven Ihe new sweep on flic vsas overshadowed by the spectacular i of LI. Gen. George S.

Patton's S. Third Army and LI Gen Alexander M. Patch's Seventh A in Ihc south. Vanguards of flic Iwo armies linked up at two points 12 and 27 miles west of a i pinching entire Saar basin to the west. The stripper) Gori many at a stroke of vast coal and producing a i i i in the industrial basin and only the imperiled as a Nazi arsenal.

Saarbrueckcn, a i a of the Saar. was captured bv Hie Seventh A in a fast-breaking a a across the Saar river to Ihe west a swiftly German defenders. Zweibruocken and Wissoinbonrg. 15 and 45 miles to Ihc east, also wore taken in Ihc i rush of I he- Seventh Army. The i 45 mile slrelch of Hie.

Siegfried i i a i Irom Saar brucckon to Wis.sembourg caved in under (he American onslaught, and al last reporls Ihe Yanks were wheeling northeastward in giant. strides, a lo a i Hio Third A ration's i i i tank and motorized i a columns, mran- svhile, were a i alniosl a svill through the northern wall of. the German defenses, sweeping up prisoners by (he thousands. The Third Army's 26th Division linked up with Patch's Sixth Armored Division for the first time a dozen miles svost of Kaisorlaufern and about the same distance north ol Xwcihrucckon. The Weather Illinois--Fair i and Thursday, continued cold fnmght.

Warmer Thursday. LOCAL Tuesday TKiHPKRATURK Wednesday 3 p. m. 63 6 p. m.

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