Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

WIATWU llflAoii: Continued rWU temperirgrw rvorth, iomtwM iofJ oum portion L-GAZETTE 14 UBNA DAILY JO fUT DtFtNSI IOHOS, STAMHl iaiN013- JAWUARY BFkrf ait EmsA PhilipipiBgs Anssies Strike Back at Jap -'Invaders Far East Developments as Week Ends IS THREATENED BY RUSSIANS Hitler's Last Known Field Headquarters Object of Ked Sweep Moscow (iw fimolensk. lmpor- l.nt Nil! BlitncnoUl West MOV- a a a SMOLENSK MAIIANASIS. GUAM flPEtl BATTLE Oil ISLAND OF BOUGAINVILLE Asraln Appeal to U. S. and Great Britain for Assistance Melbourne.

Auatreua (Wt Hard-tilutng Australian Menu force unleashed a counter-attack tody against Japanew lnvadera wno una 4 oa Bouftmvuit tuana in lb Bolocnon Island roup. Tb Auatrallana mad contact with )KJ OUTLINE PLANS FOR VICTORY BOOK DRIVE Mattoon's Campaign for Men in Service to Start Monday Committee to direct the Victory In the Mattooo owm. Mmt n.k. ie cussed In detalL cfnler wlU be estab- llshed at the pubUc library. In all a -w HIUfflNIS Ark TAP JT CAIOIIHI ISLANDS tOk.

jjtk er- r'-j Xfei cow and last known field head- area, which opens Monday, were quarter of OeneJwlisalmo" Adolf selected Friday evening at a meet-Hit Jer. was threatened today by a tng of 35 service club and business wide, sweeping Russian advance leader In the auditorium of the through the Vlda! hill. Matloon Public Library- Plan for A new war bulletin aald. mean- collecting -book for men In th while, that opera Mora continued uon-, armed force also were dls- DUTCH EAST JNDIES NFWGUINLA- SUaiAUA- VI lOtMO 4300 MUES AUltD IAS15 JAF IASK Uaajf JAPTHIUSTS the schools and in me cnurrnea pmu on the west coast nerce the city. Committee leaders ex- counter-attack by our troopa expressed the hope that as many peo- the Japanese from some of pie as possible would bring their thrM points, but others remain in book contributions to the library onttrulon of the enemy." "rat CAN throughout the night.

The latest Russian successes were pictured oy auinonues aa rrj waving an advance of 63 miles over a 70-mUe front, the biggest single advance yet registered during the current offensive. Rxhev Encircled. hrhmw -as declared to be com encircled while Soviet troops pletely astride the Moscow-Riga raiiroaa aere said-to have reached a una parallel with Smolensk, which thus Is threatened gravely from the north At some points, it was auted. the Russians are nearly within 100 miles of the jLatvlan border. The swift Soviet flanking maneuv- er wss announced by the Soviet high command, which said sewn key points north and northwest of Smo- a w.

thii letu nsa oeen r-v i. Dutch East Indies gird to resist Jap invasion while British fall back In Malaya llftSJr? 2: 5 li Chinese bomb Indo-Chln (3; Amertc.n-raiplno for luh pllne. blast eight Jap warships 3: Australia calls on Allied help a three ialand forces the Jap force alter iaiir rn mu-iriii uw-wu." Undedat Kiel and Bougainville economic unanimously approved a tnd. resolution breaking off all eoonoxtdc tUa marked the flrt Urn relation between the American r-AuatnOUB troopa have fought on public and the Ail. Autrllan-admlnltered territory The action of the economic eub-and alio the flrat armed countrr- committee cam alth dramatic eud-drire to anuuh the new Japanese denned and appeared to be a vital Invasion thrrit atvlnat tha Aus- blow to the dwindling Axis resource! trallan mainland lirlf.

and raw materials pool Japa Make New Landing. Braall'a determination to sever Although Army Minister Franc' diplomatic reUUona with tha Ail Ttorda ni unable to obtain definite natkmaNraa made known by Brazil-conflrmaton, tha government wa Ian foreign Minister Dr. Oswaldo advised that the Japa had made Aranha in a atatement to the press, several new landing on New Guinea He added that -relation prac laiand and that UU more Jap tlcally are broken off already." and transports, supply ship and nsvsl revealed receipt today of letter vessel had been sighted off New from various Axis diplomats, which jland. he promised to make public along The altuatlon on New Britain 1- with Brazil replies to them, land was declared obscure. Sting Reduced.

rord conferred with the chief of Brazil action wa approved by the general taff. Major Oeneral an overwhelming majority of the Bturdee. after which the cabinet delegates to the inter-American held another emergency meeting conference which. Friday, reached and pUnned to meet again Sun- unanimity on a toothless resolu-tft- tlon recommending severance of Meawhlle. for the second time In diplomatic relations with the Axla many day.

Australia aent urgent power In place of the atrong resolu-ppeala foe aid Io the United State uon originally Introduced by Co-ftnd BrlUtn a the Commonwealth lumbla. ought, to Have off the growing The economic committee' rec- AMERICASHAND BLOW TO AXIS Brazil Also Says She Will Sever All Relations at Once It N. 8. SUn CeerepidenO RJo Janeiro BraxU today erved noiJct that ahe plant to aev- er all diplomatic relation with 0r- many. Italy and Japan "almoil tro- mediately." while lh lnier-Amrrl- ommendauon io am rations greatly reduced the sttng 0f thl compromise.

Following roaays araaiuv.v, At if ast eight or 10 important res- ii.inn were exDected to emerge from the more than 70 proposals, now under consideration, including one checking fifth column activity In the western nemmpurjn establl8hlng an internauonai fun(J protect th currencies of American continent from violent fluctuations. Meanwhile. the Argentic ana lort mlnUtr8 the Argentine thelr government wiu xim m7their government will not break with tne th. nrwent. Dledged fuU of the program to be adopt- conference for, hemisphere QS peorla, 111 ir Tractor Company wui wui wora nour5 day for six and pernaps Ml hnurlv today, virtually all the 14,500 hourly pald employes will be aecd.

Nor k. ffatorl NOT' mal shlfta will be worxea HARD ECONOMIC a this step would save much need- i lnn nf th ourarn vn city. Proposals to set up a -book bin" In the business district and to conduct a house-to-house canvas also were discussed, but no definite action was taken. Committees Named. Horace Batchelor.

president of the Library Board, was chair- man of the meeting. He Introduced me oircvwi the director of the local campaign, MlM B1.ncne Qray. Ubrarlan of th -hirh win have uun tun.im.w. unonrixion or ine enure piruj. --i the Their recommenaaiions uu groups mey xcprrocui, r.urii,.,tmn com- IOUCVtlUi amilU awv.w- ti ml IISMAICK Todya N.ws Plelurea Toy and Burma resUt Jap Japs invade SHOOT DOVN 28 JAP PLANES BY O.

D. GALLAGHER (Special Correspondent for N. S. and the London Dally Express). Rangoon Burma American and British airmen reached the plane- .,1, hn thv shot nn at nit 21 jbd aire rail uui- ing Friday', raw on wmtwn, Wa announced today.

(Editors'NoteA later dispatch from Rangoon said it was estimated unofficially that seven more Jap planes were shot down during the raid, making the total 28 instead of 21. Anglo-American losses were described as extremely amalL) since uec. ic mmnanv Since Dec. 23 the daring Amer- Willi wc down at least 120 Nipponese planes. with aces oi tne k.

r. One American and one Bniisn rfnwn and killed in rintrfichta over Rangoon. (The American pilot baled out fter his Diane became uncontroll- London Dally Telegrapn sald H)a and parachute were rtddie1 witu bullet holes, In- Seating he had been machinegun- ned while floating to earth, the pa- Pe' said. Red arml's- nmmimlnu. Mattoon Public Ubrary.

who ex- both side." According to tcornmu With the American-Philippine SSviS xVfllSLTSkS cascussed' the type, of book oroM outnumbered S2x oftT Sth and even most desired. She then appointed nely 10 to and with the J.p-SiJTJtt Nail base a committee composed of. Mrs. I anese admittedly landing relnf orcein Jan 8 and com- A. Ncal.

IL B. Black and Robert WnU consUntly. th. word, "fae.vy nolnt M. Werden to choose member, for jce by both ldes" carried an OAtWNvT fAUSTKAUAt NCA Talaphote Women's War Is Fought With Stamina Mr.

Gaynor Maddox, NEA and Journal-Gaaette food expert, consulted many medical men and nutrition authorities aa background for bringing, job next week's columns on diets that pat women In the front line of home defense. In addition te planning special iron-rich menus that wDl be Important tV womett reader af every he has analysed vitamin strong, mineral-wealthy foods as they should be used by the expectant mother, defense worker, teen ager and adolescent Don't miss these column that are so important to year-round health for women. are so imporwu j- COlltlllUOUS BUl i flrnHlinl ItlRP. Ill UrinPQ SPPll fTlCeS StM BY WILLIAM 8. NEAL (L N.

S. Staff Correspondent) Washington A continuous but gradual rise in the cost of living gneac Of Jap Invasion. Tha enemy landings on the is- had BougainvUJe.JJe.w Britain. New Guinea and the threat against JAPS LAUNCH HEAVY NEI7 ATTACK Advance With Mounting Losses on Both Sides BT JOB HXXXT fL N. f- llaff Cmwynliill Waihlron Supported by nave and aircraft fire.

Japan has launched a withering attack on Oen, Doug las Mac Arthur's left flank, Uklnf numeroue- poaltlona with "heavy laatM- on both sides, the Wax Department announced today. in addition, the department 14 in a communique, the Japanese have made new landing oa tho west coast of Lusoa and art pour lng reinforcement Into the fray, greatly increasing the numerical superiority of the Invaders." Gala aa Weot Coast, said tha denart mfnt in taking a number unlque painted the aarxest picture i iiMrlfin, Annur ana Philippine force lnc the fail of Minua. Japanese troopa are eon- tinulng nrary attack on General MacArthur'i troop la th Bataaa peninsula," the, communique stated. -rheso attack are particularly heavy on the left flank and ar supported by the fire of hostile i aMi4 as rT t. navai yraci "i -Heavy lossea were luiiered oy ominous note.

Military observer MacArthur' whole trateft etopends on hi. kblH-. axTeo uwk ty to hold the losses of hi own a a a lti(fmiifM mau oana oi men TkrniM ruiraca. tl IHm heaw on both side are neavy. The communique seemed to bear iiii.

out fears xjressed SL nerta that the American aeienae ox Uf-I Las bilAV WW v.m.. t. Hn.r of col- uib fK- ncmuj regidor Island, however, is keeping the enemy from pouring troop Into Manila bay, but' the Nipponese forces are sweeping through Sublo bay and making landings on the west coast of the Bataan peninsula in an effort to crush the defender from all sides. FIRST GORE DRY AT NO. I HAMILTON The first eore of the Aux Vase sand at Carter Oil Company' No.

1 j. L. Hamilton well in the Cook Mill field was disappointing, a company spokesman said today. The formation was topped at 1, 856 feet and a core was'taken from 1,861 to 1,866 feet and only one foot nir "limev sand" wa recovered. It cftrrled no show of oil.

GREENUP MAN HURT AS AUTO HITS RAIL i.linl Charleston. I11-E, Outright, of Oreenu) wa- slightly injured early today when hi automobile crashed Into a guard ralL at the aide of Route 16 about two mile west of this city. Mr. Outright was brought to this city for emergency treatment and then was taken to hi home. aiiap rnn rtlir HIilV HI I MM" rllfi aNALC Ready for occupancy, new five-.

room, two-story. colonial axchltee- ture home, FHA financed, Western avenue location. Shown by appoint- ment. cau i.2i ANDREWS L0MBER CO. New Inland were' regarded as the technics, the conference today con-first stage of a major Nipponese etdered lew spectacular measures offensive against Australia Itself.

deallng with political and economic All-out reparations were being co-ordination. while the communique stated that American and Filipino troop, are continuing their stubborn resistance. if, also stressed the fact that Mae-larV Arthur's forces are fatigued from ii a viuk, Richard Myers, Young Club Robert J. weisn. BJiignia 0ec Miller of Gays.

American Legion, Martnnn Council tVAnW Tot hvl A LOO II 1UUI1IU jrS. of parents and Teacners; Mrs. mltteer Mrs. Stanton nizgrrreu. A.

U. chairman: D. F. Kindel- berger Boy Scouts; D. F.

Kirk. Boy Scouts- Mrs. Paul M. Hardinger, Girl Scouts; Robert Alexander, Ro- dub- HarlaiTD. Beem.

Klwanis rnuiuqur which were taxen ny uic.uviui" f.u vivt been uieir bu.v jafnDtrrintt 6oe rorce. In addition io major iana kbhu, rA new vie- 11 IC lUSU uin tories In the air and at sea. FRED REGETT DIES IN PHILADELPHIA Fred Regeu. a nauve oi uua I w. hm in Fred Regett.

a native or this city. ear ruiaoeipiua, of tw0 years according to word re- cm- pnilaoelphia, ceivea oy a str. r. me- T3 If Ht IT It. van of Mattoon, Mr.

Regett deatn was due to diabetes ana a neart ailment. He was 66 years oia. The funeral will be held in Philadelphia. Mr. Regett was born Aug.

27. J685, In this city, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Regett. He left Mattoon when about 18 years old and nanvill' a lew years.

wblJe ne matTied Miss NeU Johns. He later moved to rnna- vards in Philadelphia. Mr. Regett leaves his' wife, a daughter, a son, three grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Sullivan of this city and Mrs.

Emma Frommel of ter Nash. Federated Women's Ciun; upae Because oi Freeman. Business and Japanese seem determined to Over-PrSeLnal WomSs Club; Mrs. whelm MacArthurt force, no matt Se W. Hughes.

D. A. Ear, B. Sumerlln, American Leg on powe nd terlal SCHQOLwasoreca8t by CQngressional lead- (The Chronicle in ixnaon delpnla wnere he had since resiaea. reported from Rangoon that the Mr Regett was a sheet metal work-American squadron leader, Jack and was employed In the shlp- tK- that" h.

mwt far-reaching price control measure In the nation's his- tory. Broad authority Is given to a one- man administrator, to be set up by comDromlse bill worked out in Au trail Ja attacks JAPS SLACKEN RAIDS ON NIL Balavia (Wi) Netherlands Indies army bombers today attached a concentration of Jap-anew ahrp elf th Borneo port of Balik Papan. scoring direct hits on a large transport and a destroyer, and capslslng a Urge passenger liner, the Dujeh high command BY JOSEPH J. KOSAK II. N.

8. Staff Correspondent) Batavla A slackening of Japanese air attacks on the Netherlands East Indies was Indicated by tha N. E. I. high command today.

A new war communique an- ir nounced that only some air acuv itv was noted over, the Dutch xncue. T.n nlsnea raided Samar- inda on the east coast of Dutch Bor- Ceo. and Temate. a small Island rear Timor. a man and a woman were killed mn and two children were gamarlnda raid.

Only tajured lln the 4lrot)oed on Ter. 'homos were r' infile Diane, Damage in both raids were described as insig nificant crMT Tfl FORT SILL T--ii wnrvpi H. Barnnart oi jwiai- wv rkia. Fort sill. Okkla.

Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Barnhart. 1008 Nonn Eleventh street. MasS( SCI1UU1 on duty with the Battalion.

He IS yenia and Priests Into error brother, at the front, some naa already died, and it jusi aireauy. ml it lust aiani make sense to say uj. the-midst of war would revive bitterness and frictions by lash- the 30.000.000 Catholics in the Greater Reicn.i CBICI VVW. nut that is what the mouth- iiui -frothing Nazis led by- Bormann backed by Himmler, were do- These rabid old-timer of the k.ii. and street flffht were thPir oat aealn now that theirfuehrer had tackled the Red rtothemitwMagead signal to Bquare accounw wiu.

Catholic church and the Jews, inherent enemies of the Nazi. -In the minds and In the pocket tlln.ml.f ib Kormanu. Nazi nlv i Bavarta, re HKB wagnn.vi. clined ttat" and Ideoh prograni toejery browi ahirted wa. planted iolilloioDhel from the Bal- r-.

tntnp ru sense of the eariy "JJ j.lrtl,-r Miss Mary jyiamsiiciu. r-taiiffhters of Isabella; MrS. w. w. Copeland, Literary Club: Mrs.

Raymond Cole, Home Culture Club; Mrs. Fay Corley, Women's Reading Club; Mrs. B. E. Neal.

Study Class; Mrs. C. B. Allison, Art Club; Mis Ruth Preston, Treble Clef Club: Mrs. F.

P. Steinberg. Pan-Hellenic Club; Mrs. Harry Edwards. Delta Theta Tau Sorority: Mrs.

W. 1. Home Bureau. Publicity committee: W. B.

Ham-( Continued on page five) people risked money then in hopes rtf waning a fat profit as land prices oatrdft and Sunday' shim wunimr- a Senate-House conference, but his gelf by shooting down two enemy authority to agrteultural1)lanes Later, when his own plane THE STATE OF THINGS Real Estate, With Farm Land in Lead, Climbs in Value rushed to meet this Japanese threat. Singapore (WS) Destruction of Japaneae tanks and vehicles in ground fighting on the Malayan front and new Britisn air on enemy troops ana irsn. louth of tbls were announced by the British Far East command to- w- The war communique aa.u had been no change in the eltuaUon The war communique sam were on the Malayan east coast. iytnwviur. MiAr.

Kntv BrltLsn muiwry nthoritlea In London stated that on the eastern Malayan coast the Brit- Ish are withdrawing south of the Mersmg river and on the central front are continuum men drawal south of Segematr inn the western. coast. these stated. Japanese pressure I etlnuing to increase south of the Muar river. tin n.

withdrawing east of Moul- netaC but at present are not being pressed heavily Dy tne enemy, however. Is following them closely orf vllv bv the enemy, which i. them closely.) U-BOATS' "ONE-WAY TRAFFIC" GROWING BY JOSEPH A. BORS (I. N.

8. SUff Correspondent) Washinitton Bombs and depth charges from naval vessels and aircraft today are believed to be making Axi submarine crews pay dearly for recent attack upon merchant vessel in American This was intimated oy a navy spokesman "wno comroeuwu jrtmly humorous manner that -the percentage or one-way increasing" for the enemy undersea boat which attacked at least six memhant hlp off the Atlantic coast during the past week. While the navy. is maintaining w- fical alienee about results oi counter-measures against U-boats, the spokesman intimated that an undis closed number or axis bwo ut been sunk or damaged by American fleet It ia no naval secret that Amen- ca' Atlantic fleet unit are better a inlnrxvl to COM With KdeteV rald7r now than JnJ91hnJhAK.lfert U-boa eank 10 vessel on coast In four month.i LUU IN ij I tO I UU B.n.t.niui fnr Riindiv IO tOa (wuuv.lv enaezvoua dinner, noon ana evening, jceueo. food, lallzlng in Chicken td frogjeg.

CASTLE INN wiiw Sunday and closed Newklrk, now is Burma's ace. tie was said to have shot down two planes Friday for a total of 24.) One nonchalant American flyer from Indiana set a record for him was badly damaged he parachuted to safety, landing on railroad tracks. Royal Air Force pilots praised the Americans and one of them told me: "These Yanks are marvelous. I've never seen such flying." 8 PERISH IN NAVAL PLANE CRASH Norfolk, Vav (INS) Navy officials i.17L lViB( toda were investigating the crash i of a Navaj Corps pianc into the sea nearOregon Inlet, N. Friday night that took the lives of eight flyers.

Fifth naval district headquarters announced that salvage operayons areSer ver thejjan. aeveraiv cuvcicu. continued to Acre values company started to take an-bounced up as high as $400. only to othcr core the formaUon this fall with a crash heard throughout m0rnlng. nrlces is limited, and there is no provision for control of wages.

Under the farm price amendments, the administrator cannot interfere until agricultural price reach 110 per cent of parity, or the average 1919-1929 price level, whichever Is higher. senator crown. ocHtna ted that Ronatnr Brown. tt OI comerenuo prlces could rise 10 to 20 per cent, under provision. Since parity flexibie.

and gradually moves up wltn tne merest Tv. it is possible tha 1 10 per cent of i- hitrhpr food parity may -permit even higher food prices. 8enator Bankhead. (D) of Ala, declared that run- tarm are highly lm- VaD Pmted to a bureau of le estimate o. of but five per ceni in the next year.

HITLER UNMASKED Nazis Drive Nuns Streets in Reign ot (EDITORS' NOTE In the first Installment of hi seriee dealing with Nail persecution of Jew and the Catholic church, Pierre 3. Husa, for eight years chief Berlin cor-respondent of International New. Service, revealed for the -flrstrtuw the-full -scope and nature ot thla threat to freedom. Today' article give, further detail, of Alfred Rosenberg's pagan dream and telle how the people, jealoua of their prerogative, are straining against the government, BY PIERRE i. MUSS (L' N.

S. SUff Correapondent) 1 o. New i orK i nun n. Nw York Thus it came idoui Bonnann, backed by Himmler lo.mrhpd the 7.e aTalnst the minaUon campaign agauist me before many week had pass- Cathollc church, and aoon aft- the Hitler attack on KUSSia, "TCI hrd in old ine and Ine the OlB Nazi (By Staff Correspondent) Taking their cue from accelerated wartime spending, real estate values have vaulted sharply during the past, year, according to the results of a survey conducted among Mattoon realty dealers. Not since the Golden Age of property values In VV1UV OO" the 20-s have prices been so robust, 4.

Atinratnn although there ia a discoloration hre' and there. Farm land values have surged 1 11.. n.f rYrA 1AQ 1 er estimates that prices for choioe black iand have tacreased about $40 while mi.i i hrinirinff' about $25 more per acre. Those skeptics who thought prices never again would reach $200 an acre have had to eat their words because a few sales at ficriir u-mw recorded ia 1941. The average price for choice land.

however, has been slderably lower, ranging between $150 to $175. From all indications, the demand for choice land far "exceeds the markeUble supply. All realty deal- er. report that the "top land" oe- tn.ni has been unusually strong. the nation In the deflation, or liuu.

The present increases are much Kettur mn trolled, chiefly because 1 WtVlnfir investors arent expecting a proiit. ATritoii thev are resorting to iano Instead, a a refi treat of fn. nath mfinfV. The re icius v- mraiPT to rarm iana- coupled closely with a ratner un- derground many people for he sa retyo the soli as one medium really changes in value, dealer spotlighted this tend- with the comment that "thl ciass 0f buyer Is not necessarily from tn. tor Domilatlon.

More man man nkely. he ia a former resident of this city or county who went to a lajge city, made considerable money and doesn't know where to spend it. pjabi, out of childhood eenU- mentj he thinks of a farm back In jjiinola especially one POllntv. He get In toucn wiui one Let YourTnsweMo Bombs Be BONDS! VT. into Nazi minds and pockets lojig with i.N especfauy since the middle of last 1 of the dealer, here, looks over some ft: summer.

All dealer, agree, too. that farms on the market, and finally nnDnni 111 ATS the currenj crop of buyer, bear. buysusually paying UUnUUII I Wll UUrtlU resemblance 'to those the buyer who is increasingly ractory clearance of high grade -past In the first place, specula- cUw throughout the niidwest area 'poat. Mr. Weiner will be here tlon Tis pot one of their alma.

ThU fa mBn who tfttyi, farm to con- to help you your lection, is one charatterlslic which xllstin- vert lt mto a -thow Upper-; Mondaf, jm. 26. -gulshe the current boom from Uiat i-- HmimJ -leht) U. M. LEWIS SHOP i-3f- to the first World tConUnued on page eight) t.

We are flghtlng enemle who win at nothing. With our homea our very Uvea at itake, shall we atop short of giving our dimes 'and dollar, for Defense? Buy Defense Bond and Stamp, every day. every week. Buy a. if your very 1U.

depended upon It. ttdoesl WM 1'a Nazi again kcuiw JS SKSi i-w i ferred to Dejievejnai ww vaya i art. aann llUIlLlXlueu uu aytjamej jtv tiT ninr nr il. iuct iabxa avu i 1.