Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

AIM: JOURJS WEATtfEX ILLINOIS: Cloudy tonight, becoming fair Wednesday. Snow extreme east por. tion tonight. Colder. Sixty-Ninth Yer.

No208 MATTOON, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1943 All Phones 250 Price 5 Cents i1 3 TQ) KM. CH BMOE Fifth' in an Vittore Outskirts Mbuted by Kin Features 8yn-to ln Reproduction In Whole fart Strictly Prohibited.) fMhtagton--Th official cheered with almost Tictories through 1943, but Tiober contemplation of 1944 jt make us look behind them at reality of our war effort, la the Pacific and 1eV (jainea, we have been engaged brave but token-scale siting. A verjr small fraction of jussive army has even now- more than two years after started seen the enemy. Aiiim Olliiiiiil U. S.

MARINES frnmdy CRISIS III STEEL Elfii mien nn mm nM for Rail Job mniiPTm'ip uuimliiilu. TAKE 2 MORE HEIGHTS FROM rUoll lltLHKU Uli i MMwpot HtUUdllll Id toe have been official estimates-. Conference Follows Government Seizure of Railroads Demand More fll RUSSIAT1 an DRIVES FORCE BY ELLIOTT HAYES NAZI lit I lit A I (I N. 8. SUff Correspondent).

Ilk IIMI Washington A boost of at least five billion dollars a year in civil- SOVietS Increase' ian goods production was demand- Thronto in Vifprilf ed today by two Senate members to 1 lO UCUMk halt the march of Inflation and End ZhltOItlir HEW BRITAIN Armv Command, with hadauartera AVERTED Chicago (INS-The Sixth Service Army Command, with headquarters GERMANS jut 1300,000 (possimy aoout of our preparing army) will be neas by1 Year's Day. Official pronouncements disclose 3at in had four divisions In TimWi five In Sicilv. and Complete Consolida- Chicago, moved swiftly today to Implement the orders of President (j. I. O.

Chieftain Or- nM 01 ders Workers to -oarer Ave in Italy aoout tw.uuo io noil OI IlOia On Situation Around Cape Gloucester "Well in Hand" Gen. Douglas Mat Arthur's Headquarters in New Guinea Return to Jobs 5,000 men fighting at a time. Aimf Snmrn Iirrft Abot half these divisions have MOUIU DdmiUUtro prevent enormous waste through deterioration of stored commodities. BY PIERRE J. BUSS John F.

Davis, commanding officer in the absence of Henry S. Aurand, announced that specially selected officers had been ordered to take im Washington (06) TM War Department announoed today that soldiers will ased to operate the nation1! railroads tar" event of strike Thursday. Secretary of War Henry L. SUmeon also announced that an the penalties of the Smith-ConnaUy anti-strike bUl win be brought to bear against any onion strikers. BY PHIIXIPS J.

PECK (I N. SL Staff Correspondent) Waahlngtonr-The War Depart- BY RICHARD SHANES (L N. S. Staff Correspondent) Pittsburgh The steel Industry's (IN. S.

Staff Correspondent) 1 The demand came from Sens. (Hrled on through, so that only half 4 ftem may be assumed to be additions! troops. These considerations jouM furnish an estimate that a jtfle over had yet by' natalia-Rene (I. N. S.

Staff Correspondent) Moscow Twin Russian drives which are but the initial phases of a steadily developing full-scale winter offensive ran roughshod today Algiers American mountain james E. Murray, (D) of Montana, troops today hammered a path In- chairman of the Senate small ness committee, and Alexander mediate control of 57 railroads in first major labor crisis since the Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan bloody, riotous days of 1038 in the under the terms of the President's Mfthonuig vaUey tjtibei Way peace- NS American marines, plunging Inland from newly-estab-llshed beachheads at the west- era end of New Britain bland, today captured Target Bill, bitterly-contested Japanese strong point near Borgen bay. aa action on this front. .1 J.f, Wiley, (B) of Wisconsin. i over battered German forces to in- executive order.

Solo- rounuuig du vivuu ua v.v.-. th. fol. On Guadalcanal and In the axu, three different divisions have Wh Army front as the climax of Justinca. crease the threats to and fully today as C.

1 O. President Phllln Murrav nrdriM wildcat Zhitomir, tea mentioned. In New Oulnea, tremendous drive whlcn saw tnem tlon for jj. demands striker, to return to their mnto and ent- operattaf the nation'. In their spurt to wrest these key communications centers from the of two more have been of- japture at bayonet point the enure "tiproductlon of munitions and Mj division Is Af y.ehtA other war goods has been cut from rauroaos, moved awuuy waay to General Davis Issued the orders on instructions from the War Department to put the program into effect immediately.

Under the terms of these Instructions, the Sixth Service Command BY FRANK ROBERTSON (L N. S. Staff Correspondent) Gen. Douglas MatfArthur's Head- machines and resume production of vital war materials. ed to nave oeen mvuivra ni- 82 billion 400 million flouars down enemy, me ea army units everea oj-w- 7( bmlon doUarSi of dl.

the Tltai vitebsk-Polotsk railroad. Normal operations were an- Thm in the Pacific, the estimate camaauu mmlshlng war needs. captured upwards of torn and A Cape has made available 78 specially tlcipated by nightfall. remove any remaining possibility that a strike would tie up the war vital transportation system. Lieut-Gen.

Brehon Somervell, In charge of rail operations for tfcs government, summoned the chiefs of uuld be safely placed at around precedented in this war, against 2 The war production program vlllagesr-including two district, centers near Zhitomir, and killed more Gloucester, New Britain, to Intensify the Allied campaign against the hi or hiu nf RahAul advanced i Pay to Be The return-to-work instructions were issued by the Scots-born chief than 5,000 Nazi troops, the three "hold-out" unions to quauiiea oiucers to represent me War Department at the railroads within its Jurisdiction. In addition seven other General Davis said, have been designated as liaison- officers to represent the1 Sixth service Command at jlOO In action, plus the 19,000 reg- crack Nazi troops who believed no was based on. requirements which Jars who fought for th Philip- drive could tarry through are now being met to a much larger jtoav degree than expected In England ftrtalnly few morelhan 200,000 Jhe mountain barriers against tnops-one tenth of the Und their formidable defenses. stocks of steel, aluminum, supposed to be overseas now Ortouf Reported Evacuated. copper and other critical materials ml only an Infinitesimal 2V4 per (Meanwhile, U.

S. government are the point where aniple sup- offlce In the YL'-ytT0 conference at bis The official Soviet midnight com- lnland pursult ol enemy munique told of the violent battles forcei ragtag northwest of Vltetakja thls a sector, the German high command launched more than 20 umtea Bteei worsers a Amcric, on buMng. after the War Labor Board gave official approval to President Roose- inc um uiuuiia uic nuMwii the switchmen and the firemen regional headquarters throughout ttalPa naMAnol ftnrl miarnnfl1 we nation co-orumate operauona nrdura ta walk out Dee. of the railroads in the Sixth Serv- retroacUvlty of any pay boosU won JJ iSLdt. ice Command with those' of othef current contract negotiations.

"JJVEJ surprific iiuiuiiiK otuiuaj uj 4eathernecks were quickly consolidated and spearheads immediately struck inland. Drive on Other units pushing up th? coast toward the nearby airdromes made -ot of the army we have been monitors in New York recorded a piles are available for production of counter-attacks against' the stead-Jsing and tralnlrig to beat the dispatch by Transocean, the Nazi many civilian requirements, with- lly advancing first Baltic army. jJs-have yet been turned upon overseas propaganda agency, which out resort to plastics, and some steel Nlp-and-Tuck for a Time. enemy. said the Germans have evacuated plants are closing down." For time, a nlp-and-tuck battle This does not mean their fighting the Adriatic coastal town of Ortona.

4with national, income totalling was with a number of tail not been great and historic. The agency asserted that the with- iW 150 billion dollars, the public habited localities changing hands ilor and greatness in combat do drawal was made "in the night naa aboUt 30 billion dollars more to several times. sections. The abrupt end to the av tau General Davis emphasized that strikes which crept over the Indus operation of the railroads' will be try, Jeopardizing Allied war plans left in the hands, at present, of the on all fronts, came as steel produc-current managements and that they tlon dropped to its lowest rate since Early in-theadvance Ttiese unions, with a membership of more than 100,000, doggedly clung to Instructions to leave their Jobs. Called to the conference with 80m- erveli were H.

W. Fraeer, head of Mm, rvinilivlim' Rrnt.hftrhnnd: T. Cir ot rest on numbers. Nor will any preceding Tuesday," with the Ger- spend tnan there are goods to buy. veteran Siberian troops of Gen.

P8, ihmi atkin nt t.hln war ho more man fnrtwa mnvins northwardJ v. rfantror nf inflation verv enemy 1 enemy pillboxes held, up the ma- will proceed with all operations in mo when America's defenseNpro- a iiiaimiK mm. nrnn ya 7rn tti in nnwrvri. uvci that the-worrteyTrndTIm the domestk: German real, i came the enemy "by a skilf ull r.lne.s- 1 gram got under way. duels the Yanks knocked out these positions and continued advancing.

During Jhe one-day paralysis of cnter of the switchmen, and a normal manner. The army representatives are given the responsibility, however, of assuring the continued orderly oper production in 214 manufacturing do. The only point oi tnis com propaganda outlet.sarrled aslm- 5-Rubber and other materials. maneuver" and swept forward to nth is we are still In the prepara- uar dispatch which was heard in as well as food, are in great danger KytT raU to Polotsk on the jry. Phase of this war now more jnoon by Reuters' news agency.) of spoilage if- kept in storage too old Latvian border.

They also oc- "un the iwo years after its start. American drive Into the de- long, causing waste said to have CUpied 30 more places. and fabricating plants over the aa Behind the beach, the Americans found a deserted bivouac area with ation of the lines and they are em- tlon, at least 150,000 and possibly the mangled bodies of several dead D. B. Robertson, president of tne firemen and englnemen.

Warns of Consequences. It was generally believed that ComerveU will impress upon the three union leaders the conse- powered to call upon the Sixth as 200,000 steel workers That none of us has fully appre- fen8ft -jn- guarding San Vittore, been already experienced, in goods rgnmao: wovided the last ated these facts, however, la due whlch 8tanda stride the road to sent to the tropics and stored In escape route westward -from JP-vilms of tne Mmoarcuneni service command to furnish what- refuae, to man eir machines on partially-encircled Vitebsk. Remain cied ViteosK. Remain the same battle cry originated by Mm tt 'No contract, no I several natural reasons. carried through the six the United Btates.

la the first place, collapse of noaka of the Sam- i besieged Nazi garrison Japanese. naval guns fell Into our lon may be required in an ing for the going through with a hands in this area. emergency, General Davis said. work." Their agreements sxplred. German war machine was an- mucr0 chain which tower high is a line south to Orsha.

wartime strike against the United Reports trickling In from forward ipated because or a snortage 01 above the udi In their drive to out the Polotsk land raw materials, and --Ths Naais, many of thedr.trained LOSSES LIGHT AT "CAPE" ved unjustified." In the crags of the Bavarian Alps, Btates toveTmnenfe All other unions, operating and non-operating, have' followed nr? President's Instructions and called off the strikes which also had been kond, the air corps expeci Christmas i Murray in a telegram all district directors, field representative and locals after the WLB directive Monday night, said, "This action upon the part ot ths War Labor Board, at the direction of the Pres BET 5 TONS OF SCRAP PAPER situation could be described as "well abings of German cities to bring set for Thursday, maue tne most 01 tiieir upiji wiuwa but were forced to give, ground steadily. This was the first time American troops had a chance to test their fleers and men. Southwest of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, a powerful army of Gen. Nikolai Vatutin Inflicted "enormous" losses. on a badly-battered enemy.

Advancing toward the ln hand." A communique from headquarters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur said that Jap air strips in the Cape possible capitulation due to the me reasons, and. this may come 9 but it has not come yet. Furthermore, It was wise and thtT Somervell Originally called BY JOSEPH A. BOBS ft N.

S. SUff Correspondent) ident of the United States, will cor- Mnferenca with the hold-out rail The local paper salvage drive got rect the grave situation created by muori chiefs fo? a. but fn t' moir. mht mettle In Alpine operations and they. Gloucester area and other military Washington Secretary of the A Unlut, Mist 'today that key Junction of Zhitomir, the Rus- Zhitomir, toe Rus- f.J 0 mtlnue to believe new Invasions came out with flying colors, paving1 NaVy Knox announced gector off to a flying start Monday when thB National War Labor.

Board on wtting houtiVai changed to more than 100 towns, targets in tne eorgen roy secwr collected near- rvc. 2a." At that time. ut Boy Scouts and Cubs collected near- Thursday, Dec. 23. At tnat time, jjter jn the day.

Bnope were imminent, in or- the way for a heavy assault on San the only American naval tosses to TZ dlsWct were subjected to blistering artU- ly five tons of scraps paper, but was the board rejected the unions petl- Meantime, the executive commlt- slowed down today by the heavy tlon for a retroactivity of pay guar- tee of the Brotherhoods of Railroad snow which finally forced postpone- tntee; Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers ment of paper collections until Murray contended that the flare- the two big unions of over 200,000 Thursday, Dec. 30, J. A. Culumber, up dw not consUtute a "strike," members wio broke the strike ranks Scout! field executive, said today. A t.nav nwm officials support- In calling off their walk-outs on to keep as many Germans aavniore.

the recent invasion vi a-arCTita-and Vche- lery fire from American guns, uible away from the Russian The American -Peak Busters" Cester, New Britain, were one cemers Heavy and llgnt tank units also ant. i moved up on San Vittore, guarding American destroyer and one small ne' uu were employed in the drive to push Finally, the profound extent of the route toCasslno and Rome, to tai transport sunk. Andrushevxa situated 20 miles the Japs from the area. 1 instubboninessincontinuedfrult. test the German defenses there and lo8se8 were announced by Zhitomir, while Vche- Japs Stiffen at Arawe.

resistance to the Russians has found the area Interlaced with pill- his news conference in Berdlcher Greatest opposition from the Nlp- mlnofliM mnmwtJi aim em. v. "mmnlptelv raiscne IS io mue enow ui Scouts and Cubs were prepared to. tnU the ork'ttop-, Christmas Eve-'went Into an un- to wuiy, amazing, uniy a nauou wmtu which liesinear another Important ponese iwtm. todav.

but Clt wanu suicide couM con- Placements ana every type 01 Japanese ciaun, tnat Zhltonur. at Target hill Wch was severely htoh; pages were ZZTZZtAt v. lOll Street Department and state high' confidence tne 1. neau uw a. i.

iuuwjr, tuEoiucu. way trucks which were used Monday a protest against the WLBs Initial trainmen, and, Alvaniey jonnston, Uken by the Soviets was Ivnltsa. is pummeiiea iroiu w.o -miles southeast' of Zhitomir. warplanes at the outset of the m- to assist in picking up paper bundles gcJj01t cnier 01 tne engineers, who wr vaslon. HOMANN BROTHERS uh to face what Germany faces fliatic weapon.

lcan casualties were, iwo neavy A the New Year. The defenses foreshadowed hard 133 and two transports sunk. The end of the war in Europe Js hand-to-hand combat before the three transports damaged and a rely expected this coming year, strategic village -can-be taken. large number of planes destroyed. use of our great power is A cold snap replaced the recent 1,,, declined to name the de- Ktloally promised officially, not heavy rains on the Fifth Army gtroyer jfMt and he said he had not far scattered atolls but in con- ron as both sides Intensified pa- ytt reived a full report on the atrated power.

Places where the trpl actions. loss of life. are to be launched have al- In the Monte Mamme1 sector, two ghjpg gUnk brought to Mt officially been suggested. miles southwest of San Vincenzo. the number 0f American naval offered posts as labor consultants rZ to Somervell, were, not in Washington for the meeting.

A meeting also was scheduled among the IS non-operating brotherhoods, whb called off their walk- were pressea into regular wui channels because of snow. Meanwhile, Scouts continued mapping their scrap paper drive strategy and urged that aU persons take advantage of the, two-day lull chiimtlons to tie Into bundles FIRST DRAFT GROUP NAMED Stiffening opposition by the Japs in the Arawe area on the southern -shore of the Island where unite of the American Sixth Army landed Dec. 15 was-disclosed. General MacArthur announced that Jap ground forces made three IL OVERSEAS Capt. Gerald W.

Homann, son of out leu than an hour before the the rauroaos every scrap of paper so that may jjrs Homann 0f northeast of president seized of Dlsappointmenta cannot continue ra not new nauie oeveiopea. ruv veMels logt Blnce the ouwrea .1. i. attacks on the right mnic 01 tne be speedily gathered Thursday ana Mattoon, and husband of Mrs; Bet- Monday night, Army; troops seizea a mgn jwmiv imtani1 ivAAna aai tai ni 111 1 UUUUO OCSXIVU iUHU 1'T A new group ui orai command of ueut. TOTr.PS.llllUCl WiiM" HAIaaO I.Jl.VU Vm If HW VCSBY LIBS UlrTVlUlUlC.

ICS Friday. here and also captured one ridge nimmMter losses came leave this city early in January ior i.L nay Island by Island In the Pa- on the adjoining mountain chain of attaCk four or five an Induction center for flnal were gucoeMfully re- nrOCDTCD and mountain bv mountain in CanteneUa Delia Malnardl domln- 9 landing, Knox said, leal examinations and possible In- communique said. AKMY rSfK tK ty Homann, 2800 Pine avenue, has Mr. Roosevelt had observed that been confined to an army hospital the carriers and the non-operating Somewhere in England since Ainions were not in agreement on Thanksgiving by an attack of pneu- issues for ntarto arbitrate, monla, according to letters received Well in advance of the Thursday; here within the last few days. The morning strike deadline, the srmy most recent letter, which was dated assumed responsibility for con- Sr.

ating the road to Atlna. ductlon Into the nations armeu I forces was announced today by of GIVES UP HERE GUY HUFFMAN OF RATIONS OF SUGAR REMAIN UNCHANGED Charles Gene Shores, 18, of Clin Headquarters reported further progress in the campaign of the Eighth Army to oust the Germans from the Adriatic port of Pescara. Dee, fl, stated that he was able to turned operation of the war-vital ta action on Und, anyone can this war could last tatermin-1 (the long hard years original-forecast). best guess is Germany will yet and quickly, that the war in ficlals of the Selective Service Board for the west side of Coles county. The group is liberally dotted with fathers and is one of the largest called up by the local board in sev ton, voluntarily surrendered to 10 Ho- carriers In order tnat -major mm- TOLEDO DIES Spactal to Ths Journal-Oasette.

Toledo. 111. Guy Huffman of To- cal'ponce Monday evening and said alt. up on that day. Captata said to- wag aegerter tlom tne manh, whose work with the Captain en- tarv offensives now planned' wui Latest official Allied reports saw Washing airfields not be delayed by the.

collapse of eral weeks, it includes, among sev- Hav that sugar rations iur om0.v.,. T. gineers in tuiiowutmia that Canadian unite of the Eighth TonCoT nrably trained in house to ledo died Tuesday in St. John otner known men mi, chief T. W.

Lynch. irope wlU certainly end in the first quarter, and that Japan lIUCi i. II. 1VIM1. Mr.

roi.ee )o England since August. 1942. 1 arJexecutlve order tafc use will remain the same for another two and a half months. Suuar stamo No. 30 in War Ra- had been a patient three days.

NamM thoge follow: ZSSJSZ? rrZ enm-d Homann. technician tag over the riilroads. President back further in hand-tp-hand com last less than a year longer. Huffman had been in ul neaiin, sev- Euwn. wUdman, William bat.

tlon book rour oewmc niaced in jail to await the arrival firth graae, eiaer son 01 wrs. b- i n.tt.. Tf onir nmnl If any 1 iv. TT. wo.

afl'VMTA Old. 1 fir. 1. fnr hiivlna five employes of the railroads mann ana nusoanu ux mim. -t ter4 muiiwa.

ueorge Mcaneeaan, uiio ii, Jan, i9 ana is gooa ior uuju, authorities, Funeral services will be held Colbert. Leslie Peterson, George 0f sugar through the end UI fSo o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Havward Toue. Gerald Tbebald March "stamp 20, now In use, ARMY'S RAIL BOSS HAS LONG CAREER -AY OPPOSE DAY ago H'NSV. Strong support reported today to have' de-'Ped among o. O.

P. leaders for the United Brethren church in To- jj0UtS james Albert Drake, Ray- expires Jan. IS. a ledo. with burial In Berry cemetery.

Hm CUff0rd Monroe opA recently announced that ra- AppenaeClOlTiy ailS The bodv will remain at the Mark- pinh Wendell Hawn. .1,. tnr inntitnUons such as ho- 1 Til nnh XH a A Aintr Washington (INS) The new mll tuneral home here until time Smlthi charies Donald teis and restaurants also will re- boss" of the nation's railroads, f0r the service. Wells, Crayton McGee Helnleln, aln the same for the time being, Miss Dorothy Marie Jensen, C. Gross, cnier 01 Huffman was born in loieao KaxlA6 rvancls Kenneth hat industrial users wil return Kton school teacher, and Homann, 204 North Twenty-second now strike, they be streetr wal discharged from an against the government of the Unlt army hospital somewhere 'in thened States." Pacific area1 -on Dec.

14 following President Roosevelt directed Bee-two weeks' Illness from malaria retary of War Stlmson to take con-and dengue fever, according to word trol of the carriers, fPtottofl received Monday. Corporal Homann, governments move In 1918 wnen whoha.been,ln,.forelgn rvlce President since January. 1942. recenUy was Secretary ol the Treasury Wimaui assigned as, assistant to the chap- G. McAdoo to take charge.

Operat-laln and In a recent issue of Life tag uKles as weUa. Wor magazine he Is shown In the front trouble beset the carriers ta i WorW row of a group of soldiers attending War and, this time the mUltary a church service. assumes control. Unn Announces Wage Deekdon. SENATOR'S MOTHER DIES Simultaneously, the chlel execu-.

Springfield, Mary tlve rendered his dwlslon i as arbi-Hubbard. 72. of Ltaooln. mother of trator of the disputes aflecttag the ckenberg retiring speaker of transportation of Uie army service on June 1885, son of Mr. ana Myers Dojson( Qierm Elmo Lupton.

to thelr former allowance of 80 per Illinois House of Represents- forces, has a long career in connec-' Mrs. P. b. Huffman. He had resld- james Jackson cent of their 1941 base when the tor the nomination for con- tlon with keeping supplies on the Toiedo and aU aiberson.

James Willard Hunt, present "bonus" period ends Dec. sman-at-large move. life. Mr. Huffman was a fanner.

jartm Lewis Cain, Delbert Carter tPhen A. Day" Is reirarded as a A graduate of West Point in June, surviving are two sisters, Mrs. pU( Leonard J. Lass, John Fred- "4)date to suoceed himself but 1914, the1 64-year-old Gross, who opal Brewer of Toledo and MrS''ertct Vahrenhold, Timothy William FIFTH ARMY GETS PAPERS RepubUcan administration has was given direct responsibility for, cutrlght of Greenup and three Lynch( Milton Poffinbarger, Lester in FOXtfOLES AT FRONT Seated ft win Place a candidate operation of the govemmeni-seizeu brothers, Rene 01 xoieuu, i g. doweiuow lernu, Washington ins) Tne war ue own against nlm in the April railroads, has served, as an engineer Greenup and Fred whose where lanes.

tnrougnout tne u. iu oouts mo uinia. wnhhard of Mt trainmen ana engineer. "ased Interest has been re- Nicaragua. tfit I.

TVnHnff th Vint World War HAM FISH TO BE OPPOSED finned a four-cent hourly wage rat Ensign John Otto Scananlno of Livingston, now stationed at McAlester, Okla were married at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in Memorial HosplUl by Rev. J. Fred McMahan. Plans had been made for a wedding te be performed at McAlester, bat Miss Jensen had te be taken te tbe hospital last Friday for an emergency pendectomy. Ensign Scananlno then was given an emergency leave to come te this city and be married.

Childhood sweethearts, bflth Ensign and Mrs. Scananlno are graduates of the Charleston Teachers College. The bride was dressed In pink and wore a corsage of pink carnations. The attendants at the wedding were, the bride's mother. Mrs.

Ruby E. Jensen of Ne- Z- (fh th. IN O. O. P.

PRIMARY Pulaski, died late Monday after a brief illness. Harold Eugene Belt, George HJress rtment disclosed todayjthat sol-Beason, and John Poffinbarger of dlerg 0f the Fifth Army fighting ln-Mattoon; Italy are "deUvered" divisional Robert Hayes Dunning, a transfer newspapers even when lying ta' from Golconda, and Alvta Deertag tnelr fOXholes In the front lines. Clouse, a transfer from Bowling Mh Fifth Army dlvUion has 1U Green, Ky. own daily newspaper, usuijtlira sin-" Elnjer George Jacobsen of Phoe- gle gncet mimeographed on both nix, Thomas Edward Downey gWegj contains news not only jr. of Lerna, Floyd Landreth and of tne latest situations on that dl- TTa-nM MiaF Wpthiwcll nf Hum- hllf.

also ureen and other state leaa- uroso saw uuij Planned Sly conferences 318th, Engineer, nd over- the state ticket. seas with the occupaUon forces. He Assemblyman es f- NW.ara.ma twice, in 1930 was In the ring today as, opponent increase previously approvea pj Czar Fred M. Vinson and granted a further five-cent boost for overtime In excess of 40 hours ov cmenses of the work- CHANGE 111 DATE of Rep. Hamilton Fish to the 1944 Republican Doscher resigned from tne wate 11llcgcilUIUYC IA15C1 treasurer and Supreme Court and again In 1939, to direct survey are still to be chosen.

work for canals and highways, nackenberg has served 24 He was named chief of the trans- in the Illinois House, with the portatlon corps then It was 'our as speaker. lzed ta August, 1942. Assembly last year to enlist In tne ra Hardy of Gib- frnm soUth Pacific and fnr.a and recently re- ir no mnn rTfl i tnvim Kfnuvr 01 z-cuiia. The Henry Allison public auction whUe away from Tho sale wiU be held on Thursday, Dec. approved an award ,30, instead of Dec.

28, as previous- of 0M wteVt vacatkn with pay. ly advertised, Roosevelt directed that his a(M: nsuor waw award in the case of the two HOLIDAY DANCE KSSSs: K. of C. hall Wednesday night, said It was in conformity with the 'clocki. IL10 per government's "Little Steel wage "I ceivea ucuraum Leland Wells 8'evenson oi unariea- He is a Pearl Harbor.

Monroe Price of East St. I Louis, Kenneth Willard Ozier of pun nr vrin OIIF zTrl. 1 HID CLEARANCE GLASS BOOTERY RESERVATIONS voia, and five nurses of the bos- winter coats and suits at re- New arrivals of white anffTtfown riill lir-l ran oHLL At.a r-f wtA.rtT,rrams. Pur lurmir. 4 DrioM riM.

vmtra tnv T. Rnectator numns. Get them for r.i. vrnnse Tvlie. See classified couple.

'Everyone welcome. U-2 stablllzaUon "lonnula." rw tr.fui and nats. T.ia. ma. ana 'v atuciw Wearing Apparel for Wom- later use while sizes are avanaoK nf wilmlneton.

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