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wecrar aa. baa- orahljr discharged veteran Wodd WarIL THE DAILY REGISTER 'Published Continuously Since 1915 THE DAILY REGISTER, HARRISBURG, ILL, MONDAY. (XTOBER 8. 1945 NKW SKRltlS, VOLUME 31, NO. About Town And Country By Timotheus T.

YAMASHITA DENIES BRUTALITY GUILT Birds Reveal Executions of 14 'Cubs Call OH U. S. Airmen ot Formosa 2 Months Before Surrender HaSSCaU tO Halt Tigers From the ranks of the student body of Harrisburg Township high school, up steps one and speaks i his piece. Hnn't WALTER DLXDLE ilas Far Eastern Air it was from the Den or SHANGHAI, Oct. Forces from Philippines bases).

or girl, but anvwav a letter! Ja anese executed 14 Also aboard the plane from For-j 'has come to our attention. In alrme aos only two. mosa were the ashes of a loth- fact it was written to us momns Before Japan surrendered- American flier who was killed in and while Tokyo was seeking peace i plane crash. 1 8 6 0 1 1 terms from the Allies, it was The executions were the second i SS aled toda American airmen to be confirm- last night 1 note that you Fourteen urns eo niaillin here within the past month. "re apn anTMn" 2 of lhe fli re la und 111 ShaD8hai here during September telling of; toscri Uoils on the urns and court martial and execution Fireball Trucks, Seeking Second Win, Hurls for Detroit By LEO 1C.

PETERSE.V United Press Sports Editor CHICAGO. Oct. De- piece and then think this over. 4 1 Go ahead, youth. the i alive.

league champions' hopes onls accompanying them confirm-; in a Shanghai cemetery of three lroit '8 ers leading three games Jed the executions and identity of of the American fliers who parti- two. today sent Virgil (Fireball) i tiie fliers beyond doubt. cipated in the famed "Doolittle" Trucks out in an attempt to end I The records showed that the! raid on Tokyo in April. 1942. the richest world series in history, fliers were put to death last June- Though the identity of the fouri Manager Charley Grimm of the "Sir, just what is the youth of; 19.

Their names were withheld i Japanese officers who presided at 'Chicago Cubs called on the veteran this town to do." the letter con- ipendin notification of next-of-kin. the trial of the Dooiittle fliers is claude Passeau to keep the Na- tinued. "We, who are to be the Jsp of ficers still at Large i known, they were reported relia' tlonal 1( voters, the parents of children; (Raids on Formosa were carried Uly to be still at large in we. some of us, who helped and out i arge i by fliers of Gen. Doug-! Shanghai area.

died to win this war; what are we! to do? "This town is progressing a LITTLE it is true, but did you ever take a census on what the youths are going to do when they grow up? If you would listen you would hear them say, 'I, like the rest, am going to move out this town, but fast. If I shouldj ever raise children I want to raise them in a place where'they can have recreation, a good school I which we have, but above all a place for them to go after school." "Is it good training for us to stand on the street corners and i twiddle our thumbs? Give us a chance. Truman Studies Gen. Patton Plan to Harness Sad as Leaves U.S. Waterways Will Speak at Gtlbertsville Dam Wednesday 11 a.

m. CARUTHERSVILLE, Oct. S. 3rd Army Turns Command of Force Over to Lt. Gen.

Truscott By ROBERT MILLER 8 -B President Truman left by United Press Staff Correspondent game started. Trucks defeated the Cubs. 4 to in the second game at Detroit, Hank Wyse. the Cubs' curve ball artist. Passeau.

who I turned back the Tigers on one hit in the third game, went in with 'only two days rest. The weather was against Pas- jseau. He is a warm weather pitch- ier and the temperature an hour before game time was 44. A cold breeze swept Wrigley Field as the 1 Tigers and Cubs held their batting workouts. The weather was so cold that the league presidents.

Ford Frick of the National and William Harj ridge of the American, stayed in a refreshment room underneath the stands until just before the car today for the river valley coun- BAD TOELZ. Bavaria. Oct. As Passeau and Trucks started "Teen Town is the best chance of Tennessee wlth an ldea for KE--Gen. George S.

Patton. warming up the temperature had had I know but what': harnessing the nation's waterpow- the famed Third Army, which risen to 50. The sun shone only "TM--" national system he led from Normandy across intermittently as the sky was dot- about after school on week days." (Note: Somebody just suggest- 10 11 of flood control, navigation aids i France and Germany to victory, ted with white clouds. Detroit Labor Picture is Back to Normal Coal Strikes Still Remain a Problem For Schwellenbach By I nitetl Press 1'ioduction of reconversion--vi- tal uin--iteared normal and the tangled Detroit labor picture cleared unlay but strikes in the and power production. have parted company.

s-oit coal fields still challenged thv government Ingenuity. A work stoppage of five weeks ended yesterday at the Hudson Motor Car Detroit, although the country's strike roll still bore the names of 429.000 idle workers. New Model cars once again began to roll off Ford Motor Co. Assembly lines, the first time in almost a month. The last of major refining areas, in which 36.000 old workers halted gasoline and petroleum production two and one-half weeks, was scheduled to resume operations fo- day under navy supervision.

This was in the vast Calumet River Basin of Northern Indiana, where CIO's demand for a 30-per cent pay boost started the mushrooming strikes. Meets with Lewis A mounting load of wage-price disputes caused breakdown night in Washington of negotiation efforts in the spreading soft coal strike, threatening the nation's fuel supply at the onset winter. Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach meets again with S. Military Trial Adjourns Until Od.

29 i Far Cry from Once Boastful Japanese 'Tiger of Malaya' TRUMAN SIGNS HIS NAME. ersville. fair he MANILA. Oct. Gen.

i Tomoyuki Vamushita, last Japanese i commander in the Philippines, pleaded innocent before an America military tribunal today to charges of responsibility for the i of Manila and other brutal atrocities. i The trial was adjourned until Oct. at 8 a. m. after Yamashi- la's brief arraignment.

Despite vigorous protests by the prosecution, the five-general court i granted Yamashita's plea to have Truman, visiting Carulh-jtwo former members of his staff. Teddy Bear Missouri watches. fair he hasn't misled in I- eais. siuns autograph on Lt. Gen.

Akira Muto and a Major ir for Patricia Shade, centi-r. i Sen. Frank ISncus of General Utsunomiva aid in his de- matches. A Telephoto) S. Troops Surround Jap Navy Ministry Seeking Loot Stolen During War that maybe a little study at Rain threatened as the Presiden- home during the would help tial motorcade left here for Reel thsbJILi Foot Lake, MTcST)." a.

m. He turned over command of the scries game: army to Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Tru- Chicago scott, Lineup for today's fifth world! United Mine Workers president in a throat-catching six-: Hack, 3b redfcnv in the Johnson.

2b other states are running patterned and General Officers' Board i Nicholson If from you Just what are you go-! the Tennessee Valley Authority ing to" do about it in the" matter; will be presented Wednesday when of giving your boys and girls a he dedicates the new Kentucky Detroit Webtf ss Mayo. 2b Cramer cf Greenberg. L. Lewis to make a further attempt to settle a labor issue which has idled 160.000 miners and government control over i bituminous shipments. Lewis wants bargaining rights Cullenbine, rf mine supervisory employes, a Telephoto) feiise.

1Far Cry from Boastful Leader Col. Harry E. Clark, counsel for Yamashita. also sought to have the indictment against the general dis- missed as too vague, but the court refused on agreement of the prose; cut ion to furnish particulars later. The Yamashita who docilely ut- i tered his plea in thc military court Oct.

Armed, was a tor cry from the general guards of the First Cavaltf Divi-; boasted last October that he sion tonight surrounded the Japa-! vvould dictate Philippines peace nese Navy Ministry after U. S. of terms to Gen. Douglas MacArthur ficials said hoards of loot from Ja and who won the nickname "Tiger pan's lost empire might be stored i Malaya" for his conquest of in official government Singapore. A terse announcement said mere- orc a sort of hanging cx- ly that U.

S. officials had learned pression as he was led into the that "precious metal." presumably courtroom in the former ballroom in Japan's years of military 'of the American high commission-Rudolf conquest, was in thc navy ministry r's palace. He scraped and bow- Hess. former deputy fuehrer of the i building. e( as photographers ordered him was reliably reported that around for different poses.

Rudolf Hess Sent To Germany for Trial as Criminal LONDON. Oct. IT)- Nazi party who flew to Britain on a fantastic mission in 1941. left by i more troops might be placed short- The courtroom was jammed for for today to stand i at ther Japanese buildings to i the arraignment. Among those in Ithe first row of spectators were trial as a war criminal.

guard similar hoards. Hess, unkempt and thin, left r- ij Completes Cabinet Madeley air field near Abergaven ny. Wales, for Frankfurt, at place for entertainment and clean dam of the TVA system in a speech fun? Do we get some place! at Gilbertsville, at 11 a. m. to go or do we have to stand on i (CST).

the 'square' and loaf at the pool', Meantime, the President will rest halls?" for two days at a Reel Foot Lake i (Tenn.) fishing camp owned by the answer? Let's hear, Mrs. Linda R. Morris of Memphis. lUdying the Speaking in a husky voice. Pat- i Jlerullo ss ton addressed 400 selected officers i Passeau.

and men of his former command as Outlaw, 3b Richards, Trucks, Umpires--Lou Jorda (n) plate, in a 50-second fare- Art Passarrella (A) first base well address. onn Conlan (N) second; Bill Sum- Moves to Paper Unit i mers (A) third. "The best thing that ever came i A play-by-play description to me thus far is the honor and lows: privilege of command of the i condition of labor peace to which a IIe was escortcd bv an armv the operators have turned thumbs guard a medjcal offic( an a First Inning Army," he said. TIGERS: Webb grounded out on Although removed from the the second pitch. Johnson to Cav- Third Army command by Gen.

arretta. Mayo flied deep to Nich (Continued on Page Three) Former Local Girl Dies Following Fall from Horse widow of the former United States! Wait it Out The Har- Attorney for the Reel Foot Lake! risburg National bank, back in'. and Memphis area. i 1942. ordered a Recordax Junior, Urges Cooperation jDwighi D.

Eisenhower for being jolson. Cramer grounded which photographs checks, and: r. Truman brought his week-j too slow in removing Nazis from Johnson to Cavarretta. hospital at Eldorado of a fractured last it came. John B.

Lee. i lo southeast Missouri to office in his Bavarian ocupation No runs, no hits, no errors, none skull she received when fell IK. CX- -finiQh whAn rnnp Patfnn AT-UC- TT rom a horse yesterday afternoon. CljBS: Hack walked. Johnson Miss Capehart.

daughter of Mr. Gen. W. D. Styer, commander 'of the Western Pacific Army forc- es.

and Mrs. Sergio Osmena, wife I 1 of tnc President of the Philippines. a medical officer, an ll Mas assumed that Gen. with him was his tendant and an official of the Unit Douglas MacArthur's command had i eter Masahatsu ed Nations War Crimes Commis- discovered evidence of the storage; oraduatpd from sion. i P' acc of Japanese fin- i His departure was one of a swift ancial institutions ordered seized detai from th 742n( i Militarj' Po- series of events clearing the way: than a wcek a battalion commanded by "Mai for the mass trials of Axis a Meanwhile.

Premier designate; S. Kenworthv. criminals at Nuernberg. Allied of- Baron Jijuro Shidehara completed; Yamashita was charged specifi- ficials were conferring at Berlin, his "stop gap" cabinet of liberals cal i with responsibility for crimes on plans for the trials, and the whose average age is 61. Members committed by Japanese forces un- first formal indictments were ex-! will take office torr.orroxv and will er his command in the Philippines pected to be returned Tuesday or i serve until next year's elections.

rO Oct. 9. 1944--11 days before Miss Imogene Capehart. 16 years! Wednesday. Selection of thc cabinet met with the American invasion of the archi- out.

old, died last night in the Ferrell Indictment in Few Days Sir Hartley vice president of the bank. a climatic finish yesterday when plained that all checks drawn on i he appea i e( i a fervent county I the National or any! fair race track speecn a na- other bank will be photographed i tional and international "push" to- both on the front and back: thusj ward cooperation and understand- a dated record will be kept i i far sur ass ng that every check that goes through happened during ihe war the bank. The First National bank obtained one of these 4U must cooperate now more chines about four vears ago than at an lm TM the history of has kept photographs of out-of- i country, the President said. town checks and bonds. Betty, addressing his remarks not only to who is employed there, showed i 1 5 friends and neighbors of his zone.

Patton carefully avoided any left, mention of the circumstances sur-. reaction from the Japanese. pelago--until the end of the war. chief Many political observers took the rounding his transfer. sacrificed, York to Mayo, who cov- and Mrs.

Joe Capehart former Truscott. who formerly com- ered first. Hack going to second Harrisburg residents was fatallv manded the Fifth Army in Italy Lowrey. on the first pitch, flied to injured when a mare'she and Miss and recently has been serving as Cullenbine, Hack holding second. Betty Evans 16 of Gen Eisenhower's personal repre- Cavarretta grounded out, Webb to were riding, broke into a run near n-o in Vrit-i- seatative in Europe, briefly paid York, tribute to Patton as the man "who i No has written one of the greatest pages in military Praises Fighting Spirit left.

Crr rS nc miles her present home, which is eight of Shaxvneetown. Second Inning TIGERS: Greenberg flied Both girls fell off. Sheriff O. T. Pickering said, and Betty was drag- to ged a short distance but was not and corporation executives (Continued on Page Four) IS dllpIwVtrU 111C1C.

SI1UWCU 4 MI I how the thin" works Check! home state, but to the labor un- The 59-year-old Patton, resplen-: wwrey. Cullenbine walked. York badly hurt Imogene was taken -J dent in polished riding boots, cam- doubled to right-center; Cullenbine to the Ferrell hospital about 4 paign ribbons and the four silver stopping at third. Outlaw was pur m. and died at 8 p.

stars of his rank, declared that "all i Posely passed, filling the bases. The body was taken to the Smith good things must come to an end." Richards walked on a three and funeral home at Ridgway. He explained that he was refer-', two P'tch. forcing Cullenbine to The inquest date has not been ring to himself and not the Third ore, with the other runnere mov- set and funeral arrangements were Army. ln a base.

Trucks popped to not available but it was said that He said the success of the Third 'g ncs the runners holding their burial will be at Hogan cemetery bases Wohh MJSs EvanS js the daugntcr of and Mrs. Jog Evans, who re- me photos are recorded on rolls of 'O film 200 feet in length, and if you want to clear up an argument on whether a check was written, and know the approximate date, a picture of the check can be shown from a projector. Taylor Again Heads South Six Loop primarily to the "fighting heart of America." "Even American valor would not Bring a bit of home Jo the homesick Yank by contributing to the War Fund, drive now in progress in Saline county. 3 I -I Harrv Tavlor. principal of the -Uptown street scenes: Chief of Harris Township high schoolJ hav sufficed," he said, without the Police Henry Devar dislodging; wag re chairman of thc coordinating and supply activities pigeons from their roosts high Sjx hjgh confenmce the general and special staffs.

on the city building, using a Bentm yesterday. Flovd He ended his speech with a gun High school football hj schoo prin ipal wa husky: players feeling the desire for a named sec eta trea rer little football in their systems i since there was no game last week, Most hl meetln Vifys devot plaving a grid game on the' TM. to athletic schedules, dates conference football Army, which eliminated 1.800.000 bases Webb forced Richards at sec Germans from the vrar. was due i (Contmued on Page Three) side on South Hobson street. National Legion Commander Urges Educators' Support of Conscription British prosecutor of war criinin- point of view of the newspaper ura fin A Cifv als.

said at a press conference yes-; Asahi which pointed out that the' and terday that Hess would be indict 73-year-old Shidehara and his ap-iWor Fund Workers ed in Germany within a few days, pointee.s "belong to the category! T-- Other ranking Nazis named in the of old-timers." However, it "was i "ICCt I Onigflf first indictment also will be serv- stressed in other quarters that the 1 Otn runA and cit War Fund ed with notice of their indictment cabinet lineup was considerably rkers will eet last miniito -n anrl aivon nn I 4vurKtr 13SI minute tH- and given opportunity and facili- more liberal than the outgoing cab-1 ctions for Saline eountV ties to choose counsel, Shaw cross inet of Prince Hicashi-Kuni and, Fund drive at meetin to saitl- thc "best possible when re-, War Francis Biddle. IT "'as the "best possible when re-, jn the court room tonight at United States istriclions against including govern-, announccd A Kamm county member of the War Crimes Com- ment leaders of the past 10 years. chairman today mission, and Judge John Parker, considered." his alternate, arrived at Southamp- pw Holdovers ton yesterday aboard the Queen Thc eabinet finally completed a 1 "program. I A i tmmftrl ftlv 1 "Here Come the a spe- i rial War Fund film, will be shown Mary. VI 1 i VL I two full days of Rural Chairman Raymond S.

Berlin, where the tribunal meets included four ministers from the Rhine is contacting rural chair- tomorrow. resigned government of Premier; men and workers, while Jewel Shawcross said that in preparing Prince Nanihiko Iligashi-Kuni and Jackson and E. O. Rvberg are lin- the case the prosecutors of a number of political leaders who, ing up citv workers." Everv town a SS a had 1)CC inactivc I i the 1a communitv of the coGnty is divided the work. The Americans i war.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 8-- CR- Scheiberling, in a letter to the TM HI "Good bye and God b.ess CdUCal rS a that sin TM set and Truck court house lawn Saturday after- set tor conierence lootoau i games in 1946. To avoid mixups, VOllKfe ion today asked 12 university and wartime tensions were now the dates were set early before games are presidents and several national or- ended, the Legion wanted their ganizations to clear themselves of support of -its conscription any suspicion that their opposition gram. to wartime consideration of a peacetime conscription bill was "a sin message was sent to On U. S.

Highway 45 i. ipiuix UIJ.I WdA An auto driven by Sam Dunn of: stalling tectic aimcd at defeat of several organizations and five other slid who Eldorado had a quiet election last week with only 114 JMII cast There was no opposition in Harrisburg's South Six schedule: Carrier Mills and a truck belonging, the lection in which Incumbent' Sept. 27--Mt Vernon there; Oct. to Clare La Farn of Greenfield, I The lisl uni itv nn said fav-orerf Harry Flanders was named city 14-Centralia here; Oct 25-Mar- collided at 5:20 a. m.

Sun-; inc uded Jamel Conam Sinin-rneasure judge and Sherman Cox was re- ion here; Nov. 1-West Frankfort day on U. S. Route 45 in Stone- SJrwd- Dr" Robm HnteK' Tte ptontoithere: Nov. 11-Benton here.

fort during a heav fog, State High- Dr. "SSd Melodist BapJst elected city court clerk, received 11 votes, Cox 106. included the Presbvterian. i imtuivi IAJUUS. Dduii.M.

rrcsDvicnan. 3 a Lnda Ckwell i Princeton: Dr. Oliver Carmi- United Lutheran and Disciples of was named to work out a sched- i reported today. chael, Vanderbilt: Dr. Herman Christ churches: the National They don't have their telephone ule of freshman-sophomore games Rockwell said a large Tennessee I Wells'.

Indiana: Dr "Edmund Catholic Welfare'conference thc ye. but that doesn keep the Stun-, for next year. It is believed a truck had backed off into a small Day. Cornell: Dr. Rufus Har- YMCA and the YWCA- the CIO- sons from being open for business i frosh-soph game will be -J at their new market at 620 North i along with every varsity game.

Granger street. MINES Sahara 4, 5, 6, 16, Washer work. Peabody 47 works. Wasson 1 works. Blue Bird works.

Dering works. i For example, if the Benton-Harrisburg game is held on a Friday night, a frosh-soph contest between the two schools will be played on the Saturday or Monday following. Another South Six meeting will be held the first week in February to draw up a schedule of conference games for the 1946-47 basketball season. ditch and was blocking part ris. Tulane; Dr.

Robert G. Sproul. the National Grange: the National the highway when La Fam came California: Dr. Donald B. Tressi Congress of Parents and Teachers; along and parked his ipickup truck der, Leland Stanford; Dr.

Freder- the National Educational Asso- on the road so his tailhght would A. Middlebush, Missouri; Dr. tion; the American Association of serve as a warning to approaching Deane w. Malott, Kansas, and Dr. Teachers' Colleges; the American CarS.

ITpnrv TW Wrictnn T.ifwsrfioe Dunn, accompanied by Tom Sweat and Ed Wiley, who were going squirrel hunting, approached and Dunn swerved his auto quickly enough to avoid a bad crash. Both cars received only slight damage jfrom a sideswipe. Henry M. Wriston, Brown. Scheiberling said that I Civil Liberties Union; Presidents the! William R.

Miller of the Univer- twelve campus executives on Jan. sity of Detroit, Charles E. Friley 30, 1945, sent an open letter to of Iowa State College, W. M. the White House, urging a delay! Johnson of Howard University, in debate on the proposed peace-1 and Daniel L.

Marsh of Boston time draft bill until Germany was University, and Prof. Alonzo F. beaten. Myers of New York University. dealt with charges of conspiracy and waging aggressive warfare.

The British handled a conspiracy charge of waging war in defiance of in-' ternational treaties. The French prepared the case on the breach of rules and usages of warfare in the western theater. The Russians considered the crimes against the laws of humanity in the eastern theater. When the judges meet. Shawcross said, they probably i fix the date of the trial.

It probably will begin within a month. organized to make a speedy and A spokesman announced that the successful drive. All of Saline county can share (Continued on Page Four) Death Takes Mrs. Spence Bonnell, 74, Of Cottage Grove more fully in our victory by giving I Rt nerously to the War Fund, con- eluded Chairman Kamm. i The Weather ILLINOIS: Fair and colder to, nieht with heavy frost in central portion and north portion.

Low 27 Mrs. Eva Bonnell. 47. widow of 3 north portion. 29 to 34 Sprr.ce Bonnell.

Cottage Grove. central portion. Tuesday fair and I died at the Ferrell hospital. continued cold. I dorado Saturday at 5 p.

m. Mrs. Ponnell had never recovered from Predict HeQVV FfOSt an injury' received several weeks jg.co. when her hip was broken. Northern Mates; She was born March 19, 1871, in iahter in South Mrs.

Oma Corvall, 47, died at i Washington county. the the home of her sister, Mrs. Emma dau.chSer of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha, CHICAGO.

Oct. crop Stunson. 829 West Church Driskell. Mrs. Charles Blackman.

destroying frost in Wisconsin. Min- Sunday at 5 a. m. of paralysis. She Equality and Mrs.

Charles Gibbons, nesota. Illinois and Indiana was Mrs. Oma Corvall, 47, Dies of Paralysis; Rites Tuesday 2 p. m. was stricken ill last June while em- Detroit, are her sisters.

ployed at a defense plant at Mobile, Ala. i i forecast for tonight and early to- A son. Roy Bonnell lives at Cot morrow by the U. S. Weather Bu- Grove and a stepson Lyman rcau here.

Mrs. Corvell was a daughter Ronnell, lives in Equality. A mass of cold air which moved thc late Ezra and Elizabeth Far-j Bonnell died "a few years ago. and in quickly from the northwest will nser of this city, and was a sister! since his death she and her son, cause rapid drops in temperatures of Mrs. C.

L. Threet, and Roy and family, had lived together. tonight and early tomorrow, with Stunson, Harrisburg and Mrs. Anna! Her body was returned to break sometime late tomorrow, Paris, Chicago. residence, to lie in state until her forecasters said.

Her body was taken to the Har-; funeral, which will be held at 2 Wisconsin and Minnesota will risburg funeral home in the chapel p- m. Tuesday at Cottage Grove have temperatures in the "upper of which her funeral will be held, church. The Rev Walter Smith 20's." Heavy frost will hit north- Tuesday at 2 p. m. The will conduct the sen-ice and burial, em Illinois and Indiana.

Otho Williams will conduct the i v. ill be at Cottage Grove cemetery, Light to heavy frosts were fore- funeral service, and burial will according to information from cast for central Illinois and Indi- at Sunset Hill cemetery. the A. K. Moore funeral home.

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