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dstty, paid rlr- ul, uty-SIth Yar. No. 283 Entered wcond claw mail matter at Mattoon, WinoU MATTOON, ILLINOIS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1941 Published every afternoon except Sunday Pric 5 Cent THE 'DAILY JOUENAL- GA '3 FIRES IN CITY Arsenal of VISIBLE FOR 70 MILES URGES BILLIONS HPCPENTTfl Turned Down "Brass Hats" of Army Assailed by Congressman NAZIS RESUME DAYTIME RAIDS ON LONDON ITALIANS FALL BACK IN FACE OF GREEK DRIVE Bardia Bows, But Conquerors Continue Libyan Advance BY JACK VINCENT (I. N. 8.

Staff Correspondent) Washington Travel checks for about a quarter of a million dollar. BY WILLIAM 8. NEAL (I. N. 8.

Staff Correspondent) Washington With clamor for a thorough inquiry into na Jim Ul bill IV 1 CAUSE Warns, in Historic ppeech, America in LEGISLATORS ARRIVE EARLY IN SPRINGFIELD Assembly to Convene Wednesday With' 0. P. in Control BY LOUIS J. HUMPHREY (I. N.

S. Staff Correspondent) Springfield. 111. The advance guard of the Illinois legislature marched Into' Springfield today to prepare for opening at noon Wed were distribute to the nation's lawmakers today, although many Civilians Killed and tional defense, Representative Dln- gell, (D) of, Michigan, today Fascists KctTCHt on All Three Al Buildings Damaged in New Attacks ox them (lian stir out of their seats in getting from the 76th to the new 77th Congress. A total of 113,003 In travel expenses was sent to senators with Danger of Attack banian Fronts BY W.

P. SAI'llIRi; (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) Cairo Fires visible for 70 miles broke out at Hie Li brail jtart of Tobfuk today as Uoy.

al I'orctf planes raided the vital Italian I wise and Heiiioiits of Iriii.s) ndvaiico fortes approached the area from captured ISardia. Surprise Lightning Drive. BY WILLIAM K. HUTCniNSON cnargea mat "Dress, -oats me War Department are guilty of a conspiracy which has had the effect of sabotaging the vast military airplane program. The charge came as the Hou.se naval affairs committee prepared to open an inquiry Tuesday into progress of the naval defense program, and as the House military' lLN.8.

Staff Correspondent). out questions asked) and checks for "Washington President were going to mem BY JAMES E. BROWN (I. X. S.

Staff Correspondent) Some civilians were killed and buildings were damaged in London today when Nazi raiders dropped bombs on the capital In Adlet Hrings Kenters Back Remember ay bark in the first grade when you read about how. the grass looked greener on the other tide And how the dog lot his bone because the one In the water looked blgger? Things like that happen to grownups, too. A coupb had occupied a furnished apartment for three months, when someone painted them a beautiful word picture of another apartment In another part of the city. It sounded so much better that the couple moved. The owner of the vacant apartment then inserted a classified ad in The Journal-Ga-irtte.

In four days following the insertion of the ad the owner had 13 to. 2a calls for his apartment but he was unable to rent to any of these prrsons. see, hi little two-day Tor Hrnt" ad had not only brought so many calU from prospective renters but had brought bark those who had moved just two days before. They had found that the grass wasn't xrecnrr on the other side after all. bers of the House.

loofeovelt today asked the BY A. E. ANT.KLOrOULOS ll. N. S.

Staff Correspondent) Athens With their lines battered and smashed, Italian troops today were reported falling back on all three Albanian fronts in the face of a new Greek offensive. iew 77th Congress to appro- riato untold billions of dol- ft 9 1 nesday of the 63d biennial General affairs committee 'schrduled a aim Since the old Congress did not end until the new Congress convened, many members did not leave Washington. The law-makers are allowed 20 ars to lurn inq unueu Assembly. lllar army inquiry in the near fu Politically the lineup will be: ture. Ktates into a liiijre arsenal Greatest Hellenic advance was re or tho arming of alLdeinoc- cent mile for travel for one an-aciM in their wars against n1 round trip home, and In the House, 79 Republicans to 73 Dcnu- Tfte department sought to main- ported in the southern sector along crats; Senate, 28 Republicans to 23 taln a monopoly in airplane engine the Adriatic coast wlicre Democrats.

production, and as a result the en- columns were retreating toward prort, tn 'r-t. anA'rt an. Mm program has been Valona. case of western senators and repre he dictator nations, aii historic speech on the State of the Union" to a Joint ces- lon of Congress, the President de lated the dictator naUpns menace he future security of all American a sudden daylight attack. Several fires also broke out but were extinguished, by fire fighters and volunteer fire watchers.

Bomb German Shipping. The air ministry announced, meanwhile, that Just before dusk Sunday a small British force of bombers attacked shipping and the docks at German -occupied Brest as well as an enemy airdrome. One enemy plane was shot down, this communique said, while all the British machines returned. Three daylight alarms wcra caused by the latest succession cf During the "third alarm, heavy anti-aircraft fire broke out on the outskirts of the city, and some bombs were dropped, Violent dog-flshtlng brke out a British planes, their guns spittin; He flatly warned that Official communiques by the army uir force high commands revealed a lightning drhe sgalrut Tobruk which, began immediately after Sardla and at least' 30,000 Italian prisoners had fallen lntj BritLsh hands. Tobnik lies 70 mtlea ct of Bardia at the terminus of a newly-constructed load.

The communique disclosing that Tobruk had been singled out for heavy air attack even before the British had completed "cleaning up" the Bardia battlefield said: 'Throughout Sunday and Saturday night, R. A. F. raid were concentrated on Tobruk. "There were numerous raids during the day.

Many tons of bombs were dropped an military buildings, airdromes, naval barracks and the town's defenses. "One of the largest fires was visible from Bardia. Subsequent raid- iitlroppei loads In the middle of he United States faces the eventual sentatives and delegates from Hawaii it amounts to a considerable sum. The Senate disbursing office said that the travel checks were sent out as a routine matter. For new senators, it was their first check from Uncle Sam.

In making out the checks, the congressional clerks do not inquiru whether members have actually traveled to and from their homes. The checks are made out as a matter of routine. In rare cases they were said to be very rare members return their checks if they haven't tanger of "physical attack" ahould flowed down, Dingcll averted. 'Congress granted huge funds in the past for educational orders," Dingcll said. "It was expected that, as a result, manufacturers would be ready to expand greatly whenever national defense exigencies rquired.

'But the brass liat.s of the War Department engaged in a conspiracy, with the result that after 13 months, we arc able get but 2,400 airplane engines a -month. There ore 1.000 planes on the ground wlth- "cut engines'. "The brass hats concentrated air-pldne motor building In two big companies and created a monopoly, instead of using the monpy -given by CongTcsto provide ndequato facilities." In the cental sector, a Greek army spokesman said, mountain troop sri.xd strateglcHliy Important heights between Valona and Tepe-leni. A thaw on the snow-swept north-eartern fighting zone witnessed th-j bc'KimiliiK of a Greek drive on the vital Italian baM of Elbasan. The 'olTeiiMvc liiunched after Italian counter-attacks had boeii hkccss-fully hurled bark.

200 Prisoners. The hish command reported that 200 prisoners were taken in tho various advances that large quantities of italian war materials fell Into the hands -of the Greek troops. mental costs, the Republican administration headed by Gov. -Elect, Dwlght II. Green, who will be inaugurated Jan.

13, also must to lift the sales tax from food in conformance with election pledges. Must Choose readers. For the fir.jt trim suwr 1913 the asicnibly muat tackle the problem of war pit'parednevi, fmaiicing t'ie new state "Home Gu.ird." authorizing wide powers for the iitate Cowne 1 a mpi ih down- va sabotage, aiding titles finance and tcjinplfl ina clofeiv-c highways. "Both parties' will caucus Tuesday night. U.

J. Schnackenbcrg. R) of Chicago, is Mr. Green's he totalitarian powers triumph. Explains Policy, Mr.

Roosevelt described "our na tonal policy" as calling for (1) an all-inclusive national defense." (2) full support of all those resolute copies, who are resist- ng aggression." and (3) opposition "a peace dictated By aggressors IN PLANE CRASH San Diego, Cal. (INS) The bodies machine gun bulletsi engaged the raiding planes in combat. These new assaults followed night nd sponsored by appeasers. Pleading for national unity to traveled. READY VU DRILL BROOKS PLUG raids on London and other sections the fire, increahig its area.

The R. beet the grave international crisis, of Britain Houses were demolished --of-J I navy meiverufrhed and badly-choiee or-HoHse-speaker and As ex hundred and fifty of the Fas-- F. raided naval oases-at-Maa-- itoosevclTMorjrwonr of "warn sawa." burned, were brought to a San pected to get the Job. Leading can- fnr TTMir. mflinrltv lpnHpr na: for those citizens who oppose In the capital.during the night attack and a number of persons were killed and injured.

Diego mortuary today after thei il policies; He said bluntly: include Reps. R. J. Branson of The best way of dealing with the twin-engined transport plana, crash FOUND HANGED INSTEHDSON cist prisoners were captured when Greek soldiers stormed the heights bctw een Valona and Tcpclcnl, the Greek army spokesman reported. With their defense lines weakened by pounding Greek artillery, Italian troops were reported to be Centralla, Reed Cutler of Lewis-town, F.

W. Rennlck of Buda, Hugh ew slackers or trouble-maker in cd into the granite crest ofvhlte Illinois' most closely watched oil Destroyer Sunk, well, Paul Rossi's No. 8 Brooks, a The British uir ministry an-Trenton lime test In sec. 29-2n-2e of nounced a German destroyer was bur midst is, first, to shame them patriotic example, and, if that mountain and exploded in flames. Among the dead were four men Announccmcpt Uiat the drive on Tobruk had already begun came as a complete surprise.

Military observers lu Cairo coiisldered It certain the. British' would hold back for considerable time at Bardia. to strengthen their positions before striking-. -rttrieibaje where -Marshal Italo Balba- was killed in -a'-'mS'SteTldus plane crash "some Grccn of Jacksonville and Leroy Green of Rockf ord. For 'House leader the alls, to use the sovereignty of gov- Marlon, county, may drill plug lato bombed and probably sunk and the today to further test saturation en- seaport of Hamburg was heavily ioaav to runner test E3ii z.

who survived a navy seaplane ac- stewsrdson. middle- making desperate efforts to fortify xruncuu Lu z. i-cir uiu -v, sten. 857was found hanging- in a wad fading to British-and Greek bombers were I "Siu wunww 'Wl to 4,519 feet lo battered by bombers new cident at Bltf spring. I Tlie Frcaiamt.e before, and three members of rm among Reps.

Joseph Rategan a Ji cording to reports astating threi-night British fire- a naval Inquiry" board returning" Of Chicago, Thomas-Bolger of Mc-- sf31" Ptne was ct A SI 7 ftmt roll a KT a Lsntlnr va Maim Bi-omnn frnni an invad a linn tt i bQ ToYne llenir. W. D. Edwards of Danville. Pipe-was -set 4,517 feet, kindling ralds on Bremen.

from an investigation of the Texas renorted to be Airline in the ad distance would be extended, lo -to reliable- sources stated, and cemented with nomhers of the British coastal accident. vance on the Fascist base, raiding monh ago. the city- itself, and bombing and city- itself, and bombing and Sam Mat Franz of Chicago paina and Greece about nine bags of cement. Less onrl YiYiVfrA o1mrf. 4mnncciVl Coincident witn announcement or Perry of Glen Ellyn.

Pen, A. P. Benson bf -Bntnvla Is jslated to be named president Dro The victims: Members of the crew Lieut. Com. these I plan, he said, calls for turn- than ap hour enouJd be reqilJred to-flvlnif weather to carrv out over to the drU1ug wlth UCn a maU uammt icX the Ger- UBIIWIaCIW-Mww-w.

of cai used In the kind, of.m otner gooas aiier nos- sai where the German destroyer suf- end. He gave no oetaus oi opinions varied today on the dos- Joseph Hills. David E. Ferguson, co- Ward (D) of Chicago, probably will pilot, 33, chief machinist's mate, elected onate minority leader. Neponset.

W. Marvin Magee, the two machinist's mate. 32. Long Branch, HoUes a jolnt sesslon wiu can. and Frank RNaylor.

radio- vasa the NoVr5 election and official onr the transfer would be executed. slbmues of hc'well. which if sue. 1. t- machine gunnlnp? troops in the Fighting in this sector was Jje-ecepUqtia)iy-fieri: with both sides cmplojing heavy artillery.

and fighting was said to be taking place along some sections of the front The Italians were reported be taking new defensive measures around Lake Ochrld in apparent expectation that the Greeks might attempt to attack across the ice. Although front-line reports from the drive on Tobruk, "(lie British command in- Cairo made known Uiat the Bardia victory exceeded all early estimates in the number of prisoners-taken. More than 30,000 Italian officer and mcnomprising more than onetenth of-Marshal Rodolfo Gra-zianl's entire African army were taken when Australian and New Zealand troops, backed by the British navy' and air force and swift mechanized units of the Brltlsn OC uo I JJl icv oiuuuuv at i oiiiun Oomestlclssues, J.cess fully ccmpKOed would start a nnd settling by the stent following Oh domestic issues, the President drilling campaign In "a 15-square hpavv exniosion son Sunday. The body was found by a grahdsorii Joseph Falk of Her-born. who had gone, to the Duddle-slrn home to take his grandfather to dinner.

by a coroner's jury at an inquest conducted -by Coroner Charles Miner. -Despondency over 111 Ijealth "was given as the motive. Mr. Falk found. his grandfather hanging in a doorway between trie living room and the kitchen.

He had been dead only a short time, a physician said. A note telling that he had gone to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Frank Falk of Her-borh, for dinner was found. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Earl Wilson of Mrs.

J. J. Baker of "Shelby ville, Mrs. FaDT" of Herborn and Mrs. Ralph Wolf o' Chicago.

man, 25, Dayton, Ky. ly declare elected the new state of- rirst pleaded for national unity. mue area, inere seems to oe iitue doubt among oil observers as to he proposed that the Con-sresa enact laws for "immediate Improvement" of the admlnistra-lion's flocial gains. The ministry's communique on the German night raids sald the attacks ended before midnight and were not on a heavy scale. Casualties were not believed heavy.

Outside the London area there Survivors of the Texas accident-Alfred M. Parrj1, radlomani32.Los Angeles; Frank Reckc Jr machinist's mate, 30, National City, Lloyd J. Hughes, radioman, 30, Grand Rapids' Mich. Harold chief machinist's mate, 3L whether the well will make a producer. The question is how great the production will be.

Whether additional saturation lies below the two feet already encounter- Jiclals. Outgoing Gov. John Stelle then will deliver to the leglslators. the biennial gubernatorial message, reviewing the past and making recommendations for the future. appropriation bills for relief and for old age and blind pensions are expected to be- the- army, surged into-the heavily He listed speclflcaUy the "plac- the Moscopolis region were scanty, was reported thafTTiah tfoopsed it Bng-of more citizens under old age w-as no serious damage and -only-- had been' driven out of strategical bensions and unemployment lnsur- ed wnlvasugitiesrihe ministry the widening of "opportunl- be taken deeper, however, because san-Diego.

E. Neff. ly-imporTaht positions. ll is now esumaiea mat at xoat 80,000 Italians have now lalien in-to British hands since the latter took the offensive In north Africa. Membrrs of the naval board of Jirst.

measures offered in the as- It.ip for adeauate medical care" and the hole filled 5Q0 feet with oil hi CALL AT WHITE noloE Com. B. Stephen mortmont n. "bpttpe svstem a lew minutes alter the saturation Washington uns) James a. Far- inquiry ueut.

GOES TO WOKK New "York (tNS -Fjantil'n TTSOcm ivv hl-h TMrsnns ripservlnz or was encounierea. ley caneu uu mv: mine xiuiwe dji- uwk, ti, tuiaiuaijuii patror Lieut. wmbiy, together with bills to give the defense council1 tieMed au thori and sufficient funds to operate until July 1 next when the new bienn.ium:begins. rtiefldlnff'ealnful emuloyment may "Meanwhile, B. Martin has re- urday and had what he described 13, Harrison, Ark fabtala Roosevelt 26, the third son of rapid-fire approach to Tobruk said; President and Mrs.

Roosevelt, went' "While clearance of the Jn law firm on Wall Street as a $40 a vanced elements of our forces are week clerk. Roosevelt asked that ne now the Tobruk area, be given no work connected with "Prisoners counted at Bardia HEADS EFFINGHAM FARMERS Effingham, 111. Thomas Culbert-son was re-elected president of the Effingham County Farm Bureau at a meeting held Saturday In the organization's office Jn this city. He has held tire office since 1933. sumea ariuuig ai.wo.i-KODinson, a as a general taiic wiin treai-St.

Peter sand test in the Sandoval dent Roosevelt. The former post-area. "A late report stated that the master general and Democratic na-drill was at 4,985 feet or about 15 tional chairman is sailing on Jan feet from the anticipated top of' the 9 for a private business tour cf formation. South STROKE IS FATAL TO J.S. HALL government business.

Victor S. Gaulln, 34, Lowell, and Lieut. James C. Fleming, 3G, Reading, Pa. Officials sald'identificatlon of the bodies will be by fingerprints and dental work.

The tragedy occurred late Saturday night In a rainstorm when the plane," a Douglas R3D-1, was only 25 miles from, its destination at the North Island Naval Air Station, San Diego. I Mrs. John S. Hall died at 5 o'clock Sunday nrorning at her home, 1713 SURPRISES AHEAD FOR NAZIS YANKEE AT BARDIA JWabash avenue, following a.para- MRS. BURKE'S SISTER DIES IN CENTRALIA Miss Mary Brady of Centralla, sister of Mrs.

Robert R. Burke of, this city, died at 10 o'clock Saturday night in St. Mary's Hospital in Centralla. Death was due to a complication. oLallments following- acute arthritis.

Miss Brady was 39 years The funeral will be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning in St. Mary's church in Centralia. Burial b5 St: Louis Flyer With Royal Air aiati was vi 3 ears oiq. numbered 30,000, with quantities of ianks, guns, equipment and stores of all sorts. "Patrolling activity continues on-', "the frontiers of Sudan and Kenya." Led' by shouting end singing Australian shock troops, the EriN ish Empire forces took complcla possession of Bardia after its shat-tofed Fascist garrison surrendered.

Gen. Annibale Berganzoll, commander, of the troops which finally Nazi Invasion of England Will Be Tougher Than Maginot Line The funeral will be held at 2:30 OrCC III IVliaale tiaSt KUiaS w'clock-Tuesday afternoon at tne esldencv-'wlth Rev. C. R. Booth of RALPH C.

MYERS DIES IN VETS' HOSPITAL BY KENNETH DpWNS a calm channel smothered in fog. (I. S. Staff Correspondent) The task still would be. Immense Washing tqn-VTm telling jou, because Ih'e hundreds of ships and Jflclatlng.

Burial will be In. Dodge Wlth the British Forces at Bar- from an altitude of 6,000 feet and dla (INS) A thrilling description of saw -a ralo of re fire streaking-some of he Royal Air Force atr at the Italian battery: tacks on Bardia that preiedad ca- "During our next two runs over Grove cemetery. 0 days cf boy, I'd much rather take part in barges bearing the invaders would were overwhelmed after Mrs, nail, as iseiuc AJUiuneu, aa Jborn Feb. 14, 1850, near Bowling puuiauon oi mat rascal jioyan the tarset- the anti-aircraft be in Calvary cemetery at juns, an attack on the Maginot Line have to approach British shores and-five other Italian generals than in a try atrmvasion of Eng slowly binder heavy fire. Even were capturefl after Bardfa fell.

Ralph C. Myers. 620 Wabash ave-CA-t ue7dledrat 2 o'clock Sunday morn- jjj rill stfonghold was given to an Inter Oteen, a daughter of -Mrand eksonvllle. though fog and smoke screens Surviving 'besides Mrs, Burke are' JJ' rather." That's the way one of the lead-' should well conceal the approach another sister. Miss Helen, "at home Pleasant Gunnell.

When a young woman she. moved with her parents to Oblong -and Jaten to. a jfarm near Charleston. She was national Service correspondent today by the only American airman serving with the R. A.

F. In the middle east. He Is Air Gunner H. Brundlge 23-year-old youth Ing in the Veterans Hospital at Danville where he l)ad been a patient week, Death was due to a complication of ailments. He suffered a light stroke about five years ago and two years ago was injured in an automobile accident near, Adel, Ga.

Mr. Myers was 51 years Barjlia Gutted by Fires. Gen. Berganzoli, whose fierce, hluerblack. Jjeard ea rned lunilhe I nickname "Electric served as a commander, of italian forces in" Spain's civil war on the side of tofthemlLssimo Francisco Franco.

Ho was a reputed expert in lasL-dltch defenses of beleaguered did not fire at us, Indicating I had hit members of Ute although that would be a lucky break from such an "As W'e passed over, I opened fire once more-, silencing them again and our plane" returned to its base without 'a scratch. "I felt keyed up during the attack felt like donning my 'kite her mother, Mrs. James Brady, and two brothers, Harold, of Centralla and Edward J. of Beardstown. Miss Brady was well known In Mattoori and had often visited here.

ing experts in Washing- ing ships, shore batteries would lay ton, who is Intimately acquainted down barrages at key points in the with Europe, today looks at the charmer which would be bound to German prospect of invading the annihilate many of the approach-famous Most other military ing craft. Meanwhile observers here, share his, Navy would be active. 1 married to John S. Hall in .1873 iwhen Mr. Hall was teaching school at Loxa, Mr.

Hall later became an from St. Louis, a tall, black-attorneytfnd practiced law In Mat- moustached middle westerner with toon until his death in .1909. a' pretty Greek wife, the former She. was a member, of St. Mary's they believe the Invasion of Eng- It Is true that the Germans could old.

church in Centralla and the Catn- Surviving are a daughter, Mies- NIta Paptannou. The-funeral Nettle Hall at home, and. a sister, Here is his enthusiastic In land will be harder and costlier approach, from almost all points of than an attack on the Maginot Line the compass simultaneously. Their Gutted by from incessant would have been, bases, from Bergen to Brest, bristle sea, land and air bombardment, The famed Maginot line jwas in a semi-circle around England. Bardia gave up the struggle against Mrs.

Stella Rourke of San" Fran- his jclsco, CkL "It took ine seven tod a half o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Central Community churchy with Rev. John Cpdd Burial will be in Dodge' Groye ceme- Mrs. Hall was a member of the months to join the R. A. F.

If it' They would be likely to shower the British as the-climax of a 36-down parachutists in British uni- hour British assault carried "out, in form and land thousands of aV" typical "blitz" fashion, Eastern" Star lodge and the First had taken seven and a half year3, Methodist church. It would have been worth every day. (parachute). Jumping with my gun 'and letting "the Italians have it from the ground. "During my, first against Eleadem, I sure felt scared.

I had done plenty of flying before, but; that was my first taste of the real stuff, -1 "That time, When we neared the Italian lines, I thought evfry star irfl. nn BnMotrprffl.fi. Vipll Hllf Anra "I Joined as an aircraftsman and never put to test, because the Germans' flanked it and took it from the rear last summer. 'But even those most skeptical of its vaunted 'Lnvulnerability" admit it could have been 'taken' in direct assault only at a frightful cost in lives. This does not mean they -are tery.

Mr. Myers was born Sept. 22, 1889. near. Willow Hill, a son of Mr.

and. Mrs. John Myers. moved, with his parents to Mattoon when four years, old. He was graduated from Infantry at key But while there are many points of apprdach, there are few points INJURED MAN CRAWLS TO HOUSE TO REPORT WRECK HDC DDIIPYCD TI1C0 ITtrained at Babbadenleh, I' lilHOl DnUuM-n LI I CO A I passed and was promoted to the for landing along the cliff-bound III.

Scrfously shores of the These points jurcd and 'dazed, 'Joseph Hawker, 1. 0. 0. F. HOME rank of sergeant, I hope to he commissioned soon.

"I have participated in three raids we werehrgetforgoiW agreed an Invasion' can't succeed. are guarded today as they have 23. a Champalgh county iresldent 3D VICTIM OF SHELBY AUTO CRASH DIES Shelbyvllle, Ill--The death toll in a New Year's automobile collision on Route 16 west of Sheibyville rose to three Sunday, when Miss of Wgstervelt "idled in theShelby-County- Memo--rial Hospital. Roscoe Hill, 27, ofWestervelt died enroute "to the hospital after the accident, and Miss Thelma also of Weitervelt, died after teaching the hospital. Miss Lock-art had In a critical Condition since the crash.

Funeral cervices will be conduct- ed at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday after- noon at the Westervelt Evangelical so far, and thejjiggest was the Jan. everjthing xcept concentrating on oc he married -Miss who had? been trapped In a wrecked automobile several Jiours, craw led Jan. 25, 1929, I. attack on Bardia, when. I acted my.

Job of reporting hits and misses: But they do think that an invasion never been before. attempt, whether successful or not. As to the air Invaders, they would be one of-the toughest mil- would be up against tremendous a farm house near the Cham- itary adventures ever undertaken, odds, both in numbers and equip palgn-Platt county line Saturday and directed authorities to the scene Fanny Zeller of this city. Mr. Myers was an oversea veteran of the World War.

Surviving besides TTTS wife are three sisters, Mrs. Charles Elis of Mattoon, Mrs. Everett Erunten of Springfield and Mr. Bertha Alle-rfiang of Neoga. I Mrs.

Addle Brucker, 78, a resident of the Odd Fellows OldTolks Home colony; died at' 1:45 o'clock this morning In the Home hospital after an lll-ness of two months. Death as due to a heart ailment. The body was taken to East St. Louis fof funeral: sendees. Burial will be Jn Mt.

Hope cemetery. Mrs. Brucker came from' East St. Louis to the horne- in- October, 1940. Surviving Is a son, Robert, of Haw-iJnsvllle, Ga.

"I found myself cracking jokes to myself and yelling 'That was a good one when a stick of anti-personnel bombs fell, plumb -In the center of a barracks. "My biggest raid was against Sidi in Egypt on. Dec. 12. when it Was still in' Italian hands.

Were over the target there for 73 Assume, they tell that -the ment Wheijjhey landed. They'wojrfd R. F. should be crippled and the be landing among a stout-heaf ted luftwaffe should gain day and of -two mlllionr plusthou-nlght control of Enrifch skies an sands of trained land defense vol-absoliite prerequisite to any effort and not among bedazzled, at Invasion. Then' assume that terrified civilians as In Holland.

of the accident and the body of hli dead companiQU. David Breen. 23, a Champaign county farmer. The body of Breen was found sev as rear gunner In a long-range heavy bomber. "We knew there, were 20,0 Jo or more Italians at Bardia and felt sure we could do heavy damage.

Although? Italian fighting planes did not. show up. the action was extensive and things got plenty hot ai we passed over our target and lour heavy anti-aircraft guns opened en hours after, he was fatally In- Mr. Myers was a member of the blank-ts of poison gas are UnaTmored, they would Je. up jured.

Hawker was tmable to ex-lald down on British air bases 'and against, fast-traveling mechanized plain the accident. An. Inquest will minutes. The place looked like the central Community church and of church. Surviving are her parents be held tonight that perfect invasion weather comes- (Continued on page five) Fourth of July at the World' Fair." American Legion.

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