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THE. DECATUR DAILY REVIEW SIXTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 129. DECATUR, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941. 20 PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS.

PICK-A-BACK LANDING WillkieMayTry Shooting Some Lions in Africa Winant, Former G.O.P. Governor, Nominated U. S. Envoy to England I -iw v'tiJ ENVOY TO BRITAIN 1 planes locked together. The pilot of the upper plane stopped his engines and the pilot of the lower craft brought both down to a safe landing.

Yffffw. (ASSOCIATED PRESS WIREPHOTO) Lindbergh Says U.S. Lengthens War in Europe Washington (AP) Col Charles A. Lindbergh said ay that by aiding Great Britain and "other countries the United States "is encouraging war. prolonging it and increasing bloodshed in Europe without materially affecting the course of the war." Testifying in opposition to the Administration's British aid bill be- Jore the Senate foreign relati.ons committee, Lindbergh said in a prepared statement that if this country is ever invaded "the responsibility will lie with those who send our arms abroad." Under questioning by Sen.

Tom Connally (D-Tex), the 39-year-old flier declared that the nation already was committed to giving Britain sme aid. "We should keep our promises," he declared, then added: "I think it is very important that England not be beaten in war. but I don't think that is in American control." House Flans Restrictions While the Senate committee was hearing Lindbergh, Democratic members of the House foreign affairs committee agreed on an amendment to the British-aid bill to put a five-year limit on the President's power to make contracts under the legislation. This extension of the contractual power three years beyond the proposed expiration date of the law. it was said, would permit the completion of large projects, warships for example.

Also, in a bid for increased support for the bill, the House committee decided to sponsor ano'her amendment, reading: "Nothing in this act shall be construed to au Will Succeed Joe Kennedy Washington (AP) John G. Winant, former gover-' nor of New Hampshire, was nominated by President Roosevelt today to be ambassador to Great Britain, succeeding Joseph P. Kennedy. The nomination of the 51-year-old former Republican governor of New Hampshire w-as sent to the Senate along with several other diplomatic appointments. Biddle Doubles Up These included: Anthony J.

Drexel Biddle of Pennsylvania, now ambassador to Poland, to serve also without additional compensation as ambassador to the exiled government in London of Belgium and as minister to the governments of Norway and the Netherlands. Alexander Kirk of Illinois, now embassy counselor at Rome, to become minister to Egypt. Winant's appointment to the London post had been expected for several weeks. Its announcement was believed to have been delayed because the President wanted to give Harry L. Hopkins, his personal representative, time to wind up his work in London.

Hopkins went abroad as a sort of unofficial envoy to serve until an ambassador was named. New Deal G. O. P. Although a Republican, Wmant became associated with the New Deal several years ago.

President Roosevelt chose him to be the first chairman of the Social Security board, a position which he resigned in 1936 to defend the agency against Republican attack during the presidential campaign. Winant is married and there are three children in the family, two sons at Deerfield (Mass.) academy, and a daughter at the University of Lima, Peru. The family home is at Concord, N. H. thorize or permit authorizations of i Two royal Canadian air force student pilots escaped injury when they landed their interlocked training planes in this manner on the flying school Illinois to Argue Lease-Lend Bill Springfield AP) Hot argument before full canar ies apparently is in Drosnert nevt Tuesday when the state House of Representatives debates a resolution denouncing the congressional iease-iena bill.

The executive committee voted late yesterday to send the resolu tion, sponsored by Rep. Lottie Hol-man O'Neill (R-Downers Grove) back to the House without recommendation. Several Republican leg islators denounced the congressional measure in the committee hear ing. Mrs. Janet Ayer Fairbank.

vie? president of the Chicago chapter of the America First Committee, said motor caravans will come to Springfield next Tuesday from committee chapters throuehout the state to "jam the House during debate on the O'Neill reso lution. The committee is opposed! to the lease-lend bill. Mrs. O'Neill's resolution would: inform Congress that the Illinois i Legislature is opposed to passage of the measure "in its present form; Should the resolution be adoDted by the House next week, it would! have to wait until Feb. 18 for Senate action.

The UDDer chamber will hold only so-called "perfunctory" sessions next week, without quorum, attendance. Singer's Marital Woes Aired on Both Coasts Marion Ta.Uey Charges Husband With Extortion Attempt Los Angeles (AP) The marital troubles of Marion Talley. former Metropolitan opera star, brought coast-to-coast court action. In an amended divorce complaint here. Miss Talley charged that her husband.

Adolph G. Eck-strom. voice teacher, attempted to extort $150,000 from her on a threat to accuse her falsely of misconduct with seven men. They were ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, film actor Eric Rhodes. Rust Heinz of the canning family, film director Aubrey Scottio.

musician Arthur Rosenstein, singer Jean Sablon and John Keith, her attorney. In New York. Supreme Court Justice Charles B. McLaughlin denied her motion for dismissal of Eckstrom's separation suit, and for dismissal of that part of his suit relating to his effort to gain custody of their five-year-old daughter, Betty Ruth. Capital Newsmen Aid Voluntary Censorship Agree Not to Publish Facts or Value to 'Unfriendly Nations' Washington (AP) Newspapermen today were participating in the national defense preparations on two new fronts.

Washington correspondents and photographers reported to the White House billiard room where secret Service men prepared to issue them special identification cards." complete with photographs and finer-prints. Navy Secretary Knox said yesterday he had received assurances from many American publishers that they would cooperate with the Navy department by keeping out of their columns information which the department considers of potential value to "unfriendly nations." Declaring "censorship is the last thing I have in mind," Knox said following a conference with publishers that there was nothing compulsory about his request. Lisbon. Portugal (AP) Wendell L. Willkie, on his way home after a strenuous study of the British lion at war, is ready now to shoot some lions in the African jungle.

Apprised that the governor of Portuguese Guinea proposed to invite him on a jungle shooting party on his arrival in Bolama, first stop on the sou hern air route to the United States, Willkie declared: "I wouldn't mind killing a couple lions." He left Lisbon at midnight last night as one of the pioneer passengers on a new transatlantic plane route to New York by way of Portuguese Guinea, on the African west British Trinidad and Puerto Rico. Willkie is net scheduled to arrive in New York until early Saturday, air line officials said, and probably not until Sunday. (In London, the Daily Herald said today Willkie's parting denunciation of the Nazi regime "Tell the German people that we German-Americans re- ject and hate the aggression and lust for power of the German government" alreaay was on its way to the German people by the "underground route" and would be scattered far and wide over Germany in a special "leaflet Nazis Greet Willkie's Words 'With Contempt' By LOUIS P. LOCHXER Of the Associated Press Berlin Authorized German sources asserted today that utterances such as that by Wendell L. Willkie released yesterday in London should be received only-with contempt.

The German government, the authorized sources said, did not pay much attention to 'Willkie's words, since ha is a private citizen. "Of one thing we are sure," they said. "Willkie would not have made this reference to his German extraction before election." (Actually Willkie made a full statement concerning his German ancestry in his acceptance speech at Elwood, last July.) Dixie Clipper Reaches West African Port New York (AP) The Dixie Clipper, blazing a new trail from Europe to the United States and carying Wendell L. Willkie back home, touched the waters off Bolama, West Africa, 8:48 a. m.

(C. S. Pan American airways said today, completing the 2.220 mile hop from Lisbon in 14 hours. It was reported the plane would lay over there at least four hours before taking off for Port of Spain. Trinidad, a distance of 3,120 miles.

Nazis Say Niemoeller Must Remain Prisoner Considered 'Dangerous Citizen' Regardless of Faith. Berlin (AP) German authorities let it be known today that the Rev. Martin Niemoeller, imprisoned Lutheran minister and World war submarine commander, would remain in a concentration camp as a dangerous citizen, regardless of whether he becomes a Catholic. There still was no confirmation of reports that Niemoeller, who was arrested 43 years ago for challenging the government on theological grounds, intended to embrace the Catholic faith. Circles close to Catholic diocesan headquarters assert definitely that Niemoeller presented an application for joining the Catholic church.

They say the matter comes up before the diocesan court early in Sales Tax Collections Reach All-Time Record Springfield (AP) An all time monthly high for Illinois sales tax collections was reported for January today by George B. McKibbin. state finance director, who said the figure was $10,561,788. The record total, based upon business done by retail merchants of the state during December, compared with $8,242,182 reported for the previous month. Last month's sales tax collections were nearly three milion higher than for January 1940.

when the total collections were $7,685,266.80. The January figure usually is the peak total of the year. McKibbin said the increase reflected record retail business during the holiday season. War Department Lets $312,000 Order to Ford Washington, D. C.

(AP) The War department disclosed yesterday a new $312,600 purchase of motor vehicles from the Forrl Motor which only last week was denied a larger order because the company balked at labor stipulations in the specifications for bids. Th newest order went to the Alexandria, branch. Laval's Return To Power Near In Spite of Snag Vichy, France (AP) Naval Minister Admiral Jean Darlan left Vichy by special train for Paris today, where be expected to resume talks with former Vice Premier-Foreign Minister Pi erre Laval. Darlan declined to discuss his second trip to Paris within five days. "I cannot say anything leave all comments to Marshal Petain (French chief of state)," Darlan replied to questioners.

Darlan departed amid indications that the French government was opposed to restoring Laval chief proponent of French-German collaboration to the cabinet on his own terms. After Darlan's departure, United States Ambassador Admiral William D. Leahy had an interview with Petain for what the embassy called "general information." Official circles reported last night after a stormy meeting of the council of ministers that Laval might be offered both the presidency of the council and the Interior ministry, which would give him control of all police services in unoccupied France. The council was reported to have rejected a proposal by Admiral Darlan at the outset of the meeting that all the ministers resign and allow Petain to form an entirely new government. Finally it was decided, informants said, that further action be withheld pending the outcome of Darlan's renewed deliberations with Laval in Paris.

Rumania Given Stiff Crime Law Bucharest, Rumania (AP) (Passed by Military Censor) The most severe criminal code in modern Rumanian history was announced today by Premier General Ion Antonescu, providing such penalties as death for drawing anti-government cartoons and five to 15 years at hard labor for singing political songs in the The. code establishes the death penalty for misappropriation of more than $4,000 in public funds and one to five years imprisonment for parents whose children are convicted of crimes. Penalties equal to those for adults are provided for children over 15. The prison terms are doubled for Jews, Communists and those of non-Rumanian origin. War's Daily Expense Doubled in Last Year England's Cost Now Totals 42 Millions a Day London (AP) Sir Kingsley Wood, chancellor of the Exchequer, told Commons today the war was costing the British 10,500.000 pounds (about 42 millions) every day, or more than double the daily expenditures of a year fgo.

He made the statement in asking for another lump sum appropriation of 600 million pounds (about two billion, 400 millions) for the rest of this year and one bil lion pounds, (four billions) to start the next fiscal period beginning April 1. Details as to how the money was being used were kept secret. Germans Blame British For French Starvation Say U. S. Pressure to Cut Blockade on Food Shipments Berlin (AP) Authorized German sources ex pressed the opinion today that one word from the United States to Britain on food shipments would be sufficient to make possible that "humaneness prevail in dealing with the civilian population in oc cupied zones." This was in comment on a Wash ington dispatch saying that conver sations on the food needs of France had opened between the United States State department and the French ambassador to Washington Gaston Henry-Haye.

(In making the disclosure yesterday. Secretary Cordell Hull said that no action would be taken pending tangible evidence of acute need in France. Food shipments would have to go through the British blockade of Europe.) field at McLeod. Alberta. The planes were gliding into the pilots unaware of the other's presence.

About 50 feet above the ground the Washington Lower House Raps Senate For 'High-Hat' Rule Olympia, Wash. (AP) Piqued because of a state Senate rule that visitors must remove their hats, the House of Representatives passed with a whoop a resolution that senators must remove their shoes in the House chamber. Rep. Charles Todd, author of the resolution, said "the House has twice as many members as the Senate, so I think we can be just twice as high-hat." The resolution passed unanimously, but Speaker Edward J. Reilly saved the senators' dignity by ruling loudly that it had lost.

Italians Unable To Use Valona Athens, Greece (AP) The Albanian port of Valona, once one of the busiest links in the Italian supply chain to Albania, has been so badly battered by re peated bombings that the Italians have given it up as a base port, Greeks reported today. The Greeks quoted Italian prisoners as saying the Fascists have been forced to unload supplies at Krionero, a small town south of Valona on the bay of Valona. The Greek spokesman reported fresh advances by Greek soldiers in Albania, despite "very unfavorable weather conditions." and the Greek high command officially reported that Italian attempts to attack with tanks were frustrated. Greeks Deny Rejecting Offer of U. S.

Planes Washington (AP) Decision of the Greek government on a proffered American gift of 30 fighting planes was awaited today after the Greek legation denied that the offer had been rejected. Navy Secretary Frank Knox said late yesterday that Greece had turned down a proposed free transfer of 30 planes from the U. S. aircraft carrier Wasp. Admiral Yarnell Hunts Ensigns for U.

S. Navy Engineering Students Offered Commissions at Graduation Washington (AP) Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, former commander of the Asiatic fleet, will visit several universities and colleges in the next two weeks in an effort to interest engineering students in joining, the The navy is offering seniors in engineering schools commissions as ensigns in the navaj reserve upon their graduation. It is also offering juniors probationary commissions which will keep them out of the draft and obligate them to become ensigns in the. naval reserve after they graduate.

Yarnell's itinerary includes: Ohio State, Feb. 6: Purdue university, Feb. 10; Illinois university, Feb. 12; University of Wisconsin. Feb.

14 and Michigan State college, Lansing. Feb. 17. Scott Field to House 9,000 Men by June 15 Belleville (AP) Nearby Scott field, which comprises the army air corps' radio and communications school, will be housing its full complement of 9,000 men by June 15, Col. Wolcott P.

Hayes, commanding officer, said today. The present total is go only on my promise to leave town immediately. "You see, I represented death. So when the congressmen got to debating about whether Germany or Italy would win, I just slipped on my costume and shouted, 'Victory will be Get it?" Then, she said, there was a hubbub with police and others crowding around and voices all over demanding her arrest. Ford Ignores Strike Threat By the Associated Press The huge Ford Motor which holds millions of dollars in national defense orders, faced an implied strike threat today from the Unit ed Automobile Workers (C.

I. "Any necessity of a at the Ford plants can be avoided by "sincere negotiations" on five union demands made, yesterday, declared a statement by R. J. Thomas, U. A.

I. 6. president, and Michael F. Widman, director of the union's drive to organize the Ford workers. Ford spokesmen said they wouldn't "take the trouble" to reply to the union, which asked wage in creases, acceptance of the princi ples of seniority, and an immediate bargaining conference for employes of the company at Highland Park and River Rouge, Mich.

There are 85,000 Ford production workers in the Detroit area. On other labor fronts affecting the defense program this was the situation: Seven thousand employes of the Allis-Chalmers Co. in Milwaukee, and 6.500 of the International Harvester Co. tractor plant at Chicago remained out on-strike, with no apparent progress made toward settlement of the disputes. Allis-Chalmers has some 40 milions in defense contracts.

At a LaCrosse, Wis.V plant 800 C. I. O. unionists walked out yesterday contending the company had violated seniority rules. A second strike in two weeks stopped production of freight cars by the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co.

at Michigan City, Ind. An A. F. of L. union spokesman said the company refused to consider a grievance committee's demands.

Buildings Damaged as 3-Block Area Settles Loud Rumbling Accompanies Disturbance in Pennsylvania Town West Pittston, Pa. (AP) At least 20 families were thrown from their beds and half a dozen streets were damaged early today by a surface settlement affecting a three block area in this Eastern Pennsylvania community of 8.000. The settlement was preceded by a loud rumbling noise. A large area of another Pennsylvania anthracite town Shenandoah was badly damaged by a similar subsidence about a year ago. Today's settlement unlike some ended quickly.

Among buildings damaged was a public school, which ordered closed. Police said the sinking caused no panic. Certificate for Airline To Alaska Requested Promoter Cites Possible Quick Movement of Troops New York (AP) Northwest Airlines, announced today plans for a new commercial air service to Alaska as a national defense measure to make possible the "emergency transportation of troops from the East coast to the nation's Northwestern outposts within 24 hours." Joseph A. Ferris, personal representative of the line's president, Croil Hunter, said an application to operate the new line from Minneapolis and St. Paul to Fairbanks, Alaska, was filed yesterday with the Civil Aeronautics authority in Washing on.

Also, he said, the line, second oldest in the nation, has applied for extension of its present services from Chicago to New York, by way of Windsor, Canada. Emerman Offers Loan Of Tools at $1 Apiece (AP) Louis E. Emerman, who said his company controlled about 85 per cent of the choice, used machine tools in the United States, offered yesterday to lease five million dollars worth of them for a year at the rate of $1 apiece. He made the offer, he said, "in an attempt to break the bottleneck of official red tape holding up defense production." Emerman heads Louis E. Emerman and Co.

John G. Winant, former Republican governor of New Hampshire, was nominated by President Roosevelt to be ambassador to Great Britain, succeeding Joseph P. Kennedy. Weather Halts Nazis Early in England Raids London (AP) Bad weather conditions which caused German bombers to wind up their nocturnal raids on Britain early last night also prevented majdr night attacks on Germany by the R. A.

reliable sources reported today. Although the raids on Britain were described officially as "on a small j. the- -Nazi raiders were said to have visited many districts before the weather sent them home. The Air ministry announced that British plane losses in raids against Germany and German oc- pied territories yesterday had been raised to seven. The Admiralty announced that the trawler Tournaline 'was sunk in a German air attack on a British convoy off the southeast coast yes terday.

None of the convoyed ships was lost or damaged, the Admiralty said, and the trawler Lady Philomena shot down one dive bomber. Nazis Sink One, Damage Two British Ships Berlin (AP) German warplanes sank one 000-ton merchant vessel and dam aged two others in attacks on British sea lanes yesterday, the Nazi high command reported today. British plane losses in the past two days were estimated by the high command at 21 including 17 reported shot down in a daylight attack yesterday on German-occupied territory along the channel, which was said to have "collapsed under spontaneous defense." The high command said no British planes penetrated German or German-occupied territory in the night. New Bedford, 'Perpetual' Mayor Dies New Bedford, Mass. (AP) Charles S.

Ashley, 82, known as the "perpetual mayor" of New Bedford until his retirement several years ago, died today from a heart at'ack. First elected mayor in 1890, he served 27 terms for a total of 32 years, before his permanent retirement in 1936. Cloudy, Cold Decatur and vicinity: Cloudy and colder, tonight, with occasional flurries; generally fair Friday, colder. the entry of any American vessel into a combat area in violation of the Neutrality act of 1939." McCormick Would Seize Bases Preceding Lindbergh before the Senate group was Col. Robert R.

JlcCormick. publisher of the Chicago Tribune. McCormick did not express an opinion on the legislation but testified that hp favored occupying British and French island possessions "by if that were necessary to prevent Germany from using them as bases for an attack on the United States. In response to questions, the publisher said he would like for the United States to "have" the Azores. Portuguese possession in the mid-Atlantic, "right away." Lindy Still For Peace Now one point.

Lindbergh testified in reply to questions by Sen. Alben W. Barkley iD-Ky) that he did not believe the United States should aid Greece in its fight against Italy. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox disclosed yesterday lha; Greece had been offered 30 navy planes now on the aircraft carrier Wasp. Lindbergh declared in his "stop-encouraging-war" testimony that repeal of the arms embargo had "done more damage" to France than if the act had been left on the books.

"In the end," he said, "it may be shown to have done more damage to Britain." Lindbergh asserted that "from the standpoint of Britain and France. I believe a better peace could be negotiated now than next month or next year." Under further questioning, the witness said he did not know whether Britain could be invaded. "It would be extremely costly." McCormick Scoffs at Italians McCormick was questioned by Sen. Claude Pepper (D-Fla), on possible German control 'of the Atlantic. When Pepper said he thought the Nazis might obtain control of the seas if thev captured the British fleet, the newspaper publisher said be did not believe the combined British, Italian and German fleets "k'Sger than ours." "We don't know how many ships of those fleets are still floating." he said.

"The Italian force is mostly on the bottom." "You mean all those the British have been able to catch." Pepper upplied, adding humorously: "Have you heard that Mussolini Promises Hitler all aid 'short of "The Italians have a new secret eapon the German army," McCormick replied in like mood. Glass Doubts Serenity pepper suggested that Germany ght "conquer Britain and put a "fal in Churchill's place." They are not going to conquer "Mam," the witness responded. -McCormick said he favored sell-t Britain anything she needs for defense "but I don't believe they anything?" When Chairman Walter F. Jorge (D-Ga asked Sen. Carter ss (D-va) whether he had any fJMtions to ask the witness, Glass replied: 1 think that if things are as serif as Mr.

McCormick imagines. Egress ought to pass normal appropriations and go home." S. Alone Can Exce. Nazis Colonel Lindbergh in his testi-n said he had reached the concision that, given "several the United States was the nation that could equal or ex-1 Germany in aviation but he did turn to page 3 "British Aid" Norwegian Volunteers Being Flown to Germany Nazi-Controlled Government Orders Youths Registered Stockholm (AP) One hundred Norwegian volunteers for a regiment being raised in Norway to fight for Germany left Oslo by plane yesterday for Germany, it was reporied last night in dispatches from the German-held Norwegian capital. The Nazi-dominated Norwegian government ordered the registration of all Norwegians of more than 15 years old.

This step was taken to strengthen the government's control, especially in Western Norway, where street fighting has been reported in recent days. German military forces have thrown a cordon around the district and everyone entering the zone is closely examined. Many members of the opposition to the German government were arrested when they attempted to leave the area. First Chanute Outfit At Springfield Friday Springfield (AP) The first group of 130 Chanute Field graduates will arrive tomorrow morning at the newly established clearing base at the state fairgrounds here. Lieutenant W.

H. Andre, officer in charge of the base, said today. Original plans called for their arrival yesterday. Lieutenant Andre said that a second group of graduates from the air corp technical school near Ran-toul would arrive Saturday morning according to advices he received today from Chanute officials. The clearing base was established to hold graduates from the Chanute Field under observation for a period of two weeks before they are sent on to other army bases-Officials explained that it was merely a protective measure in view of the outbreak of measles at Chanute Field two weeks ago.

U. S. Observer Denied Syria Travel Permit Istanbul. Turkey (AP) A reliable informant said today that the French embassy at Ankara, acting on last minute instructions from Vichy, cancelled a visa permitting Colonel William J. Donovan, unofficial United States observer, to travel through Syria en route to Palestine and Egypt.

(Donovan arrived in Jerusalem today, having flown there by way of the British island of Cyprus.) Donovan and his party were flown to Palestine by Lord Forbes, assistant British air attache at Athens, who piloted Donovan from Greece to Turkey. 'Death' Woman Claims Victory Explains Masked Interruption of Debate on Aid New York (AP) Margaret Russell, 34-year-old "pamphleteer" who a ousted from the House of Representatives for interrupting debate on the lease-lend bill yesterday by donning a death mask and robe and shouting "Victory will be mine," explained the whole thing today. "I would have explained in Washington," she said, "but they put me in jail and let me DECATUR WEATHER Compiled by The Review High Wed. 42 7a.m.Thurs. 29 7 p.m.

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