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t-1- OIJENAL-GAZE THE WEATHER: Cloudy to partly cloudy, farmer In extreme south to night; Thursday cloudy, cold er In north. B. AUDITED Largest Dft, daily, paid circulation in Southeastern Illinois. v1. Sixty-Sixth Year; No.

261 Entered as second class mall matter at Mattoon. lUii.ois MATTOON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1940 Published every afternoon except 8unday Price 5 Cent TT Ti State Ordered to Close oomes DAILY TTE "A All v'VV INJUNCTION IS BOARD PASSES nrcTMYFn City Commission Hears Reports of Officers 5 Iron Guardists Executed in Rumania Crown Hay and Gyain Kings of America BOVtll SOON TO TAKE POST OF SHERIFF BRITAIN HITS EFFORT TO GET CREDITS IN U. S. BY GEORGE BALINT (I. N.

S. Staff Correspondent) Budapest Five Iron Guardists accused of murdering former Ru manian Premier Nicholas Jorga and former Finance Minister Virgil CoolneSS of AlTieri- Madgearu during the legionnaire TailSPS blood purge were- executed by Ru- -dI AllllUUC VctUSCO manian military authorities Tues- Change in PlanS day night, according to reports received in Budapest today. BY ROBERT HUMPHREYS One of the murderers executed N. S. Staff Correspondent) during the night was Identified as Washlngtoji-The British govern- Appointee to Fill Offir nntl al A Bond IS ApprOVCU (By Staff Correspondent) Charleston, 111.

Charles "Chuck" Boyer of Charleston prepared to- lu Lalvc "nolntVd Tueldav which he was annointed Tuesday ftemoon bv the Board of Super- Super- Boyer will take over as soon as ne can juuiii.i uunu Provea lne oles VUUIuy Meanwhile. Coroner Horace V. Clark retained the office. Mr. Boyer probably will "take office Friday or Saturday.

Meanwhile, he is preparing to move into the sheriff's residence at the county OBTAINED BY Cassidy Charges Gambling Has Grown Extensively By International Newt Service. Springfield, 111 An esti mated 2.000 horse race liana in Tlli nr. rninr i three-fourths of them in Chi- cacfo. todav were under court prder to cease operations. Others Enjoined.

-A temporary injunction uucu drcult Judge Maurice y. Joyce at Belleville ordered the closing oi me and the same order en- joined telephone and telegraph companls, as well as leading rac- ing news sheets, from disseminating racintr information The writ was obtained by Attor- cey General John E. cassiay. wno charged Investigation had disclosed an extensive growtli of gambling throughout the state, not only in connection with racing but wish the appearance of slot machines and other gambling devices. Cassidy asserted he will follow up his action with a move to make the anti-gambling injunction perma- tvent.

Government agents state officials In the investigation 1 1- 1 leading to the court action, Cassidy eakl. Will Use Contempt Power. State officials admitted some doubt that all gambling could be stopped at once under the order, al though Cassidy said "it must be nresumed that the defendants will M. Cofacaru. chief of nolice at the Rumanian 011 Ploestl.

He was accused of taking Jorga "fr "iiCal Car man -handling the ex-nremierlf and then shootlng him Madgearu's murderers allegedly Included Constantin Boeriu, general manager of a Rumanian, co-operative organization, who formerly was a butcher. Meanwhile, revival of the terri i in me iciw imiier Transvl upper iransji anin mid Hun- torlal dispute over a oe ween "uman.a ana un gary agitated the "powder keg" Balkans a Bulgaria moved- farther away from the Rome-Berlin Axis and Yugoslavia showed signs of aligning herself with Germany. After Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivan Popoff announced that "relations with the Soviets are increasingly good," a Russian military mi-ssion arrived at the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas. This gave rise to reports that the Soviet Union plans to establish naval bases ln Bulgaria. While dispatches from Belgrade indicated that Yugoslavian Foreign Minister Alexander Cincar-Marko- virch may shortly go to Berlin re- Prts ro 'nd'ted that was-pulling further away the Axis Speaking before the Hi llcrn rS a Tl no r-1 mon T3-rvr.

Aafxon Berlln Pressure with the declara- Inn- "rhe main purpose of the Bui- Barlan government is to keep out of war. The best means of maintain- ing Deace is to increase mllitaiv preparedness and refuse to make new international pacts." J. B. DOUGLAS DIES OF HEART AILMENT Jesse B. Douglas died at 7 o'clock this morning at his home, uevvi avenue tie naa oeen in un- paired health three years but seri only a few days.

Death wis due to a heart ailment. Mr. Doug- las wo si vearc niH jas was ti years old. The body was taken to the Clark funera, home ln Cnarleston. Funeral arrapgements have not been made, Mr nmnrias.

u-hn rPsirfH in Mat- toon for many years, made his home wlth a daugnter ln Richmond, for the past several years, return- Athens Forces Now Only Mile Outside Santi Quaranto BY A. E. ANGELOPOULOS (I. N. S.

Staff Correspondent) Atl-iTis "Death battalions" of "the famous Italian Ferrara were de stroyed in a night-long bat- tie which gave the Victorious Greeks possession of Bouiia Forest and facilitated their advance in the Argyrocastro sector, dispatches from the front said today. ouwiae irorw i- Gibraltar of the Adriatic" -they are in a favorable position for mother1 drive toward the tea which threatens to cue on sun more Italian reeiments in southwestern Albania. Take New Heights. Battling through deep snow up rotky mountain-sides, the Greek MW he'ghtS Mt. Ostrovitza on the northern front, according to advices from the battlegrounds.

Strongly-en- trenched Italian forces were dis- lodged on the slopes of Mt. Massif, Which now is almost entirely in VJ I ft. iiauuo. In addition, it was claimed ln Athens, Greek forces captured two more hills dominating from the east. (Editors' Note Reports received ln Budapest said Greek troops mads a sudden detour to avoid the mountain ranges of central Albania and Pushed wlthln 30 mUes of Tirana, the Albanian capital, (0n the 501)1116111 front, Budapest advices said, the Italians were mak- ing vigorous counter-attacks and the Greek offensive was expected to slacken owing to bad weather and 6tubborn Italian resistance.

(Itallans Bomb Own Troops. (In London the Dally Mall published a report that Italian planes were bomng elr own troops to prevent them from retreating. The 1M WS-II1I UIUC1C B1U Lliai, Ul IIIO Past elghtv da's the Itallans haV8 been unabIe t0 transport planes be- caU5e Albanian ports have been damaged by air raids.) ZTl'JliZ terse communique, told a partial 01 tlle advances. 'In the Pogradec sector, the corn- rnunique stated, alter intense lignt- ln8 we occupied new heights and took some prisoners and automatic onrt thro mine arms ana aiso mree Buns. the rest of the front fighting continued with some progress by our troops.

Our bombers attacked enemy columns and depots at the rear- wnere blg fires occurred. Our fighter planes in aerial combat de- ctrnvprt tu'fi pnpmv nlanp: Onp nf Rome (INS) Artlljery-supported Greek attacks on the Albanian front have been smashed, and Italian troor)s nave iaunched "powerful" counter-attacks, the Fascist high mmmnnrt nnnnun'red iodav renewed Greek assaults by "numerous enemy units" followed prolonged artillery preparations, the announcement said. aUacks were brought to a standstill by the obstinate resistance of our troops," the high command announcement continued. The defending Fascist troops were SUpported by Italian air squadrons, the communique reported. Other i i t-.

squaarons uomueu me ana tne ports oi treveza ana mutt Maura. obey the Icourt order." It was be- umu Ueved local police would be the Jenkins. 62. an Areola creamery op-mato uenr fnr i.nforcement of the erator. died Tuesday night in Jar- ROAD PROJECT RESOLUTIONS Supervisors Vote to TrnnrnvA Fnirwrnno-P JprOVe 1 airgrangC HuttOn Highways Tt ShIT nrrzrinn Aunt Charleston.

Hi-Three resolutions which provide for the Improvement or iwo scrips or road in coles coun- at the closing session of the De- mrvtimr nf th ri nm of iSrvteJ? aunacmg or. a roaa oetween Fair- grange and the Coles-Douglas coun- with a mixture of gravel and elther asphalt or oU- The surfac WOuia De similar to those used on detours east and south of Mntfoon while Route 16 and U. S. Highway 45 3 were under construction. The improvement north of Falr- grange will be five miles long.

It iZZoLTM Douglas county. This road, in turn. will joint Route 133. Provision also was made for the appropriation of $5,000 from the county's share of the motor fuel tax for use in obtain- ing right-of-way and the nppropria- tion of $238 37 from the rniintv -J highway funds for the same purr pose. The roadbed will be about 30 feet wide, with the surface Itself about 20 feet wide.

The work will be done by the state with federal funds. It will be maintained by the county. Two resolutloas were passed to provide for the pavement of a strip 0f road west of Hutton Pavement on m6re than a miIe of this road aiready Is nearlng completion. The surface on the entire road from Route 130 to Hutton will be con- crete. The first of the resolutions pro- vided for the pavement of a strip of road approximately two miles long and connecting with the por- tion alreadv under mnsfriirtion.

The pavement will be 18 feet wide. To finance the project, an appro- nrlollnn rt CA (VU1 1 j-i vi (U) aplivcu. Still another resolution provided for the surfacing of the final strip of road into Hutton. This strip Is approximately 7,000 feet long. An actional $60,000 was appropriated irom the county's share of the mo- tor fuel tax funds.

Work on the first section of the project is being done by the Walker Construction Company of Mattoon. Th contract was let on a bid of ap- nroximatelv $37 900. The Coles Countv Tuberculosis Board, composed of J. Stanley Wels of Mattoon, Mrs. Thomas Moffett rhHon.ni nr rHw of Charleston, was unanimously reappomtpd PICK FIVE HEALTHIEST F1D1I VfillTUP I Anlfl TUUIHO Chicago (INS) -Five farm boys arid girls, two of them from Iowa, Tuesday were selected as the nation's heaitniest in a contest or state champions at the 19th annual na- tional 4-H Club congress.

The 1940 award winners, chosen by a group of eight physicians, nre: Robert Bolen, 19, Laurens, Iowa, Veneta DeWitt, 15, Mllford. Iowa. Vernon Duncan, 16, sner city, w. Reynolds, 17, Seminole, txiun Okla. Trim Wllov 17 Ashlanrl UriTierS NOXIOUS liUy IraileFS Did you know that there are several farmers within The Journal Gazette's circulation area who want to buy trailers? We found it out when we received a report on the following two-day classified ad run by Paul Sampson, 300 Richmond avenue: FOR SALE A new 2 -wheel trailer, priced very cheap.

Inquire at 30Q Richmond Ave. or phone 3075. There was something rather unusual In the results- which we think you, too, will find interesting. The. fact that the trailer was sold soon after the ad ran and that Mr.

Sampson received several calls afterward wasn't so surprising to The Journal-Gazette but the unusual thing was that all the replies came from FARMERS. 1 Do you have a trailer for sale? Better list it today In -The Journal-Gazette's classified Column. i Reports of department heads monopolized a major portion of the time at Tuesday evening's routine meeting of the City Commission. Only other business handled was the approval of bills. Reports read were those of Treasurer A.

D. Williams. Chief of Police Britten Robinson, Fire Chief J. C. Weaver, Judge Morgan F.

Phinns "of the Mattoon Police Court "and, Superintendent John A. Goetz of the Water Department. Mr. Goetz' reDort was arse a rev ew. since read for the first time Monday iir.

6 rpnorf Shnwert th clty had a balance of on nf thi omnnt mirrj WM Central Natlonal Bank Mattoon $S8 87 the Na. tl Mattoon Chlef Robinson reported that 6 ing November and made 38 arrests. Three $1 fines were paid In cafe 1 in f-s3sa unoc noro tqih in teria court am were arrested. Chief Weaver's report set the to- "'J" Judge Phipps turned over only $32.50 in fines to the city. Fines assessed during November amounted to $67.

Of this amount, $42 50 was collected, $9.50 was unpaid and $15 was worked cut. After $10 in ui liners uuiu, wc tiiy ic W. R. JENKINS OF ARCOLA DIES 6pecii to The Joumai-Gaiette. man Hosnital at Tuscola.

whert -a rVd Mondav "roue sunerea Monaay. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Ar- cola Free Methodist church. Burial W1U Areola cemetery. was ram rvov. zo, 1878 ln Wayne county, a son of Mr.

and Mrs- Nathan Jenkins. He mar- wuy in iwj, and ln 1914 they moved to Areola. Mr. Jenkins farmed for a number of years and later started operat- ing a creamery. Surviving are his wife; a son.

FJ- mer of Areola; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Jenkins of Belle Rive; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Tennyson of Elgin and Mrs. Pansy Brown of Di vrn onrl thro hrnHiero TTa r-1 Mt. Vernon, Charles of Belle Rive and Neal of Bastrop, La.

Mr. Jenkins was a member of the Free Methodist church. MRS, THOMAS DOLAN DIES IN ST. LOUIS Miss Hannah Crean and Mrs. Etta Crean, both of this city, left for St.

Louis today to attend the funeral of Mrs. Thomas Dolan, their, sister and sister-in-law, respective- ly. Mrs. Dolan, a former resident of Mattoon, died Monday at her home in St. Louis after a long illness.

The funeral will be held Thursday rning. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery oi. Louis. Mrs. Dolan, as Jane Crean, was born in Mattoon, a daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Crean. She spent her a short time after her marriage to Thomas Dolan of St. Louis. Surviving besides her husband.

Mrs. Crean and Miss Crean, are two at nome; a son, Stephen at home, and a brother, Martin Crean of St. Louis. IS -FOR JUMBL.vOJ LI-BE IN IT IF vou Our off swopping TO "THE V-ERV UAST MINUTE SHOPPINC DAYS I TILL CHRISTMAS Chicago (INS) Ceremonies attendant upon the official crowning of America's hay and grain kings held the spotlight today at the 41st International Livestock Exposition. The kings to be crowned, whose names previously have been an- nounced, included Charles N.

Fisch- er, 33-year-old Shelbyville, Ind, farmer, the "corn king;" George H. ti-1 T-t 1 1 ..1 i.i it and Joe Winkler of Jefferson, the "flint corn king." Others to be honored were Bev- erly Meal, young 4-H girl from Wal- dron, the "corn WeWon Wiegel of Van Wert. the shelled com rhamoion. and' Otto corn grower of his state nZZ nfT pr nt "Ver I8'JT ay U1 anu nci i non A TT I 1 uoi-iAHum Himc-micM nnauiu, Sargo. winner of the grand cham- ploaship steer award, highest honor a C(M.

Uvestockdom. The reserve steer championship went to Robin Hood, rtf AIDma- Second in Importance only to the selection of the grand champion steer was the naming of the king of plgs the grand cnampion barrow of the -exposition. This honor went t0 Purjup University's Model 6th. 1 a Chester White. MANY SOLDIERS TO BE ON ATLANTIC BASES BY GRIFFING BANCROFT JR.

(I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) Washington Many thousand American soldiers, including a good sprinkling of draftees, will be sta- tloned on the Atlantic bases the Unlted States has leased from Great Britain. Informed army sources InAat, predicted today.

Stretching 2,500 miles from New- foundland- to British Guiana in South these eight bases will nush this countn-'s first line of land defenses far out ln the At- lantic. That they are to be land de- rnr 1 jiio lauitt mail oi.jiiTj uutai bases, was confirmed by the War Department's announcement that army garrisons will be stationed there. Construction work by the army aidv ha, on N.a.foimdlnnti Bnrt n1riflnnH fllr 1MlU ani, crait defense faculties will be erec'- Dartment officials hone' the fTr-t partment oniciais nope tne nr5t army units will be established on some of the bases by late spring. The units In general will be made UP of a nucleus of veterans, and a erup of and then filled, to fighting strength MATTOON KIWANIANS TO TRAINING SCHOOL Three members of the Kiwanls club of Mattoon went to Chieaeo today to attend the annual training school for the Illinois-Eastern Iowa district of Kiwanis International. Rev.

Horace Batchelor, district governor, is a member of the faculty for the school. C. C. Covalt, who will take over as president of the local club Jan. 1.

and Francis E. Thatcher, who will servp as secretary of the organization, are attending the school New lieutenant governors for the ZZZ idents and secretaries of the varl- ous clubs ln the district Thursday. Harry Hlmmel of Englewood will beu installed as governor for 1941 Thursday evening at the governors banquet at the Sherman Hotel. Rev. Batchelor will be given a past gov- ftf A of rugs, a fm the dto- trict.

wiu Presented to Rev. Batchelor. Mrs. Batchelor and her niece. Miss Ramona Lothian of Jacjcson- viae, aiso were in tne jviaitoon party.

11 1 1 CONDUCT 3 INVESTIGATIONS 1NTO BENTON CRASH Benton, 111. Three separate ln- vestlgatlons were in progress today separate ingestlgatlons. ment has dec ded for the present, at least-to abandon its efforts obtain credits In the United States, throughly reliable Washington sources disclosed today. Basically, the decision Is said to stem from two vital factors: First, the coolness with which initial over- tures for cash and credits have been received In Washington; KLUUU, fear of creating a bad impression Un American public which Is i.i almost sol idly sympathetic with the But othef onLSts also have contributed to the decision These i aecision. iise nc 11 e' 1 Inability to convince Washing- ton officials that American purse strings should be loosened so long as Great Britain declines to liqui- date its huge investments in the United States and South Amrrica.

2 Disinclination to stir up a certain fight In Congress over revision or repeal of the neutrality and Johnson acts which throw up the egal barrlers standing between AmerJcan governmental and private agencies and loans to Britain, there occasional or spokesmen to reopen the Washington sources sav that the British gov OUUibCO HX 1 1 1 0 1 Hit JJl IkW.I tv mmnn nt t. new it recent attemDts to woo fl nanclal aid thls country unles3 ri it i im. i World War dpbt Dius the fact that British holdings ln North and South America are enormous in value. GUY R. GIBERSON DIES IN PEORIA Guy R.

Giberson. about 50. resid- at 817 North Tenth street, a claims taker in the Illinois State Employment office, died suddenly Tuesday of a heart attack in Peoria. according to Information received here. The funeral probably will be held in Peoria Mr r.i'hprcnn rirtpri in PnH before taking a position in Mat- toon Jan.

10 this year. He recently had been on a leave of absence from stepson, Jerry, left for Peoria Tues- day. Surviving besides his wife and stepson are three children by a previous marriage and several brothers and sisters. Love Alone young folks explained to me that tnens naa oeen a war marriage one of haste, under stress of aroused emotions. have great faith ln our Amer- lean young people of today.

Those boys who are married, and do en- ter tne service, are doing lor Ibve of their country. And In her sacrifices, the vounff woman is serving her country well. I don't think any of the young men are trying to evade the draft-lf they are, then they should be forced to serve. If It's a matter of pure selfishness with Judge Sabbath has noted that re- cently there are fewer divorces among young people. "Perhaps it's because the thought of forced, ratner tnan cnosen, separation, De- cause of the possibilities of con- scrlptlon, is drawing young couples closer together.

"Marriage and divorce," the Judge sadly shakes his head; "it's a sorry ending that indifference and mis- tain years just ahead." to jail with his wife and son. Charles and daughter, Virginia. A na tive of Charleston, Mr. Boyer is 44 years old. Unanimous on Riegel.

Although the board 'split directly on party lines In naming Boyer, a former chairman of the Coles county Democratic Central Committee, it earlier In the day had voted unan imously to reappoint Harve Riegel. a Republican, as superintendent of the Coles County Farm Home. The vote on the appointment of a sheriff was by means of a secret ballot, but the result Indicated the members of the board followed par- ty lines. There are 13 Democrats and seven Republicans on the board, Compromise Fails. Those "in the lenow" said the vote followed party lines after efforts to effect a compromise railed.

RepuDU- v-'-f can members of the board, they said, were unable lor some time to declde betwecn Mrs' Vlna Cocnran- wtrinwnf the latt, sherifT. Mac Coch rnn T-knutv Kherff Fi-ank Shir- Af Shirlev finallv re- ceiyed the endorsement, but too late for the compromise to be arranged, Joe B. Hance. Republican, super- vlsor (0f North olcaw township, made a fhial plea for the appoint. ment ot Shirley Just before the bal lot was taken He clalmed tnat it has the custom when Bppolnt.

menU were made to nll vacancles rnsi hv death to retain the same thp nfTirp Rflid he Z'n hle to nlrk his accessor he believed that if Mr. Cochran had would have named Shirley. The board voted to extend the 'mPatny 01 tne members Mrs. Cochran In connection with the death of Iter husband. No Deputies Named.

Appointments of depu tes prob- ablv will not be made until Mr. Boyer takes office. However "inside" sources said today that Deputy Hal Kelly probably would be re tained, at least temporarily, and aoaea tnat mere was a possiDimy that W. B. Wright of Mattoon, an assistant supervisor, might be named west side deputy.

O. M. McCoy, 3200 DeWitt avenue, Mat- toon, and Timothy Lynch, 3120 Western avenue, also are mentioned as possible west side deputies. IU AlUUMAri Dusnuo Eleven Coles county doctors eight of them Mattoon men have re- ceived notlce of thelr appointment to xweaicai Auvisory uoara no. to, which will co-oDerate with Selec- tIve Service Boards ln Coles and five other counties.

Dr. C. B. Volgt has been named tor appointed will serve in a spe- clal classification and type of medical work The classifications and doctors appointed are: T. A.

Bryan; ophthalmologists, C. B. Volgt of Mattoon and J. A. Oliver of Charleston dentist R.

G. Jones of Mattoon- internists' C. E. Greer and Swickard of' Charleston and H. F.

Osterhagen of Mattoon; orthopedist. W. F. Stafford of Mattoon; radiologist, C. E.

Morgan of Mattoon; otorhinolaryngologist, F. Barker Jones of Mattoon; neuro-psychiatrist, H. W. Long or tcjujicuon. ana waa pouuvu ou.

ctton against violators could be aimpUfled by merely citing them for contempt of court. Sheriffs of all oountlea ill the state will be offi- dally notified of the restralner. Alleged downstate bookies named in tne injunction jnciuae: Bloomlngtoq Bell Ryburn 10414 W. Front street; H. Bishop.

619H Broadway; C. B. Club 116 M. Bishop, 116 S. Main.

TO HOLD FUNERAL OF MRS. WHITTED HERE The funeral of Mrs. Everett E. IWhitted Of Decatur will be held at A'Mjvilr nftflrnnfln nt. thp nrt Baptist church ln Mattoon, hrtth Rev.

James M. Lively offlclat- Ing, Burial will be in Dodge Grove Icemetery. Mrs. Whitted. as Ida George, was born Oct.

14, 1885, in Palermo, a I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Cteorge.

She was married to Everett IE. Whitted Dec. 18, 1907. and a short time later they moved to Tus. cola where they resided a number of years.

Thirteen years ago they jnoved to Decatur. Surviving besides her husband are brother, Charles George of Mattoon; a sister, Mrs. Thomas Hamilton of Mattoon; two nephews, Omer C. George and Leon Hamil ton of Mattoon, and a niece, Mrs. Bert Harvey, of Mattoon.

Mrs. Whitted had often visited ln Mattoon. IRON GUARDS BURN FOOD FOR REICH Bucharest (INS) The Iron Guardlst campaign of incendiarism ing here only three weeks ago. His his duties. His wife, whom he mar-wife died several years ago.

rled in February this year, and struck Its first blow to Nazi Ger- daughters, Mrs. Genevieve Born-many Tuesday when arsonists set scheln of St. Louis and Miss Mary Surviving are a son. Arthur of Mattoon. three brothers, Miner and A.

V. Douglas of Mattoon, and George of Tennessee Ridge, and a daughter, Mrs. Edna Nichols of Richmond, Ind. WILL SHE BE WAITING? Marriages Due to BY BETTE EVANS (NEA Special Correspondent) tnicago rhe increase In mar- rlages since the draft doesn't mean -i thelr country." 1 nose are tne words or Chicago iameu juage josepn baDDatn, wno ouBnt to. know whereof he 6peaks.

Just beginning his 31st year as judee of Superior Court, Cook county, Judge Sabbath has heard more than 55 000 dlvrce cases during his long has effected more than 4.500 are thelr marriages." Judge Sabbath cxPlalns "because they don't want to take a cnance on losing their Eweethearts while they are in serv- ice. iney wans someone to return to when that service is over." Looking back to the domestic re- lations problems presented by the last war, Judge Sabbath has this to say about the marriages of then and now: i often, 20 years ago, sorry-faced DIES TO ASK FOR SECRET FUND BY WILLIAM S. NEAL (I. N. S.

Staff Correspondent) Washington Representative Dies, (D) of Texas, chairman of the House un-American activities committee, proposed today that the House, if it continues his committee, grant a secret fund to be used in ferreting out foreign propaganda activities. "I should like very much to have some money which could be spent without reporting the exact purpose for which It was spent, such as purchasing documents of great value," Dies said. "Virtually all agencies of the gov- ernment have money set aside for this purpose. The entire of course, would be responsible that such a privilege was nob abused. There are many insances, however, when' such a fund would be of treat value." Dies prepared for a speaking trip during which he will carry his campaign for continuation of the committee to the country.

I I. fire to the Bucharest railway 6ta- tion freight yards. the Iron Guardists sent up ln flames huge quantities of essential foodstuffs, including cereals, scheduled to be sent to the Reich this week. Earlier, ln a drastic move to end the proNazl Iron Ouard reign of terror, the Rumanian government ordered the entire civilian popula tion of the country" disarmed. HENRY GORDON, VETERAN ACTOR, IS DEAD Hollywood ins) The film In dustry today mourned the death of O.

Henry Gordon, 57, veteran screen actor who died ln a Holly wood hospital Tuesday after a long Illness. The actor, whose real name was Henry Racke, was born in New York and entered stage and screen work as a young man. He did. his first' film work In New York with the late George Beban ln 1911. -In recent years Gordon had enjoyed success ln Villain" Mies.

The Counties Served by the board SIU'J U1 picscnu uiait uuueistanuuigs uring to cuupics, u-iyj a muiuw giuasing acoucnt in 'are' rnipr rnmhprinnri rinrt marrlages, for the boys who do especially when there are chlldrea which fiveJWPA. workers were killed vrfnnc-hnnr nr. w'ttitH walve will be different I'm not proud of the divorces Tve and 11 others Injured Tuesday, oneioy, mungnam ana mouitne. from tha(. of the Wftr granted he smlles and Baygt men were rWlng WQrk up 1 III I tr lipi legislation in many states stipulates "But I am proud of the 4,500 recon- a truck when it was struck broad-AmLlllLlA AVYARtNo! a time of waiting between applica- dilations I've effected.

And I can side by a one-car motor train of nmuiiiwn nuniihiiui tlon for Jlcense and the perform- only hope and pray that out of the the C. ET. I. railroad at a We Watch" Is a most ance of the marriage ceremony, bad of this troubled world will come ing near the outskirts of the city, enlightened presentation of wherein Young people today will have time the good of couples being drawn Coroner D. J.

Clayton started an America's destiny lies! See it to- to think about it, and to recognize. Closer together ln their, need for Inquiry and the WPA and the rail-night or tomorrow at Mattoon The- the responsibilities of marriage. Too' beauty and for faith in the uncer- road announced they would conduct atcr. 12-5.