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January 6, 1944. THE DECATUR REVIEW PAGE THREE F.D.R. Reports Lend-Lease Aid In Allied Drives Washington (AP) President Roosevelt. in a report total lend-lease aid to placing America's allies at 18 billion 608 million dollars through Nov. 30.

declared today that 1944 "will be a of decisive actions in the rear war." He credited lend-lease with the power of Allied offensives, emphasizing tremendous increases: in shipments of munitions. It was his 13th report lendlease since the program began i in March 1941. 13.5 Pct. of War Costs Up to the end of November, the program. which was described as "an essential element of United Nations strategy," took 13.5 cents out of every dollar of American war expenditures.

Although the first 11 months of 1943 accounted for 10 billion 356 million dollars of the total of lendlease aid. compared with seven billion nine million dollars in all of 1942. a table in the report showed that the flow had been lessening every month since a peak was reached last August. The total includes money spent for such services as training combat pilots and repairing ships, as well as the value of goods to which title was transferred. Exports.

the assistance actively delivered to recipient nations, added up to 13 billion 844 million dollars through October--more than one and a half times the sum for all of 1942. Munitions accounted for four billion 674 million dollars. an increase of 142 per cent over the corresponding 10 months of 1942. Russia got three billion 550 million dollars of the exports and the United Kingdom five billion 980 million dollars. Answers Critics A considerable part of the report apparently was designed to anscriticism -some of it by members of a globe-circling committee five senators.

who visited mawar theaters. One section, for instance. complete with reproductions of labels, hammered at the theme that lendlease items are well marked to show they originated in the U. S. Some critics had said that the British were redistributing lendlease goods under their own labels.

Another section evidently was aimed at reports that civilians in North Africa were turning up a lot American gasoline while motorin this country were compelled skimp. It said all oil products, upon arrival in the area. are allocated by Allied headquarters and essential civilian services in first eight months of last year less than a fourth the gasonormally consumed. None of the fuel. the report said.

allocated for pleasure driving non-essential services. and even essential users. like doctors. got gasoline on the average than A-card holders in the United States. Only Russia Got Butter Russia.

it said, is the only country on the list for lend-lease butter and has received 33.500 tons. At the time. American forces in the Pacific got 8.250 tons of butter through reverse lend-lease from Australia and New Zealand. From January through October 1943, the report said the average American consumed 11 pounds of butter. whereas only 6 2-5 ounces per capita were lend-leased.

Lend-lease aid to Russia in the first 10 months of last year was up 63 per cent over all of 1942. with aircraft. ordnance and other munitions constituting 56 per cent of the export value. "The lend-lease aid we have furnished." the report asserted. "has been effectively used in the Red army's advances in the Ukraine and White Russia.

Through October we sent to the U. S. S. R. nearly 7.000 planes.

more than to any other lend-lease country; more than 3.500 tanks and 195.000 motor vehicles. including trucks. jeeps. motorcycles and other vehicles." Obviously taking cognizance of demands that have arisen in this country that America be allowed to retain airfields she has built abroad after the war, the report said lend-lease equipment installed in the fields would be taken into account in final lend-lease settlements. Two Decatur Youths Face Fayette Vandalia (Staff) Wilbur Tipsword and Wilbur Frye, both 18 and both from Decatur.

were to be arraigned in the court of Justice C. F. Easterday here at 1 p. m. today on a charge of car theft.

The justice had the choice of finding them not guilty or binding them over to the Fayette grand jury. The two youths, who were arrested in Lawrenceville, more than 100 miles east of Vandalia, were charged with stealing a taxicab from in front of Mammen's hardware store here. The cab was owned by Mike Plinke. operator of the Vandalia Red Cab Co. Sheriff Charles Brannon said this morning that he had been notified that Macon county authorities were attempting to link the boys with a crime committed at Decatur.

butthat he had been given no details boys carried 4-F draft cards. andoth Brannon said that Tipsword was carrying a .38 caliber pistol. 10 Woolworth Building Elevators Taken Out New York (AP) Ten of the Woolworth building's 24 elevators were taken out of service yesterday because of the coal shortage McVeigh, building superintendent, said he hoped a fresh supply of fuel would arrive soon. The building manufactures its own power from steam. Tenants of the 58-story building reacted good-naturedly to the discontinuance which took effect shortly before close of the business day, elevator operators said.

The elevators in operation were well filled but building attendants said there was no overcrowding. Illinois G.O.P. Finishes Slate Chicago (AP) The regular Illinois Republican organization today put forth its completed slate of candidates for the April primary after official endorsement of the last three candidates last night. They are C. F.

Becker of Red Bud, for state treasurer: State Senator Earl B. Searcy of Springfield, for clerk of the Supreme court. and Congressman at Large Stephen A Day of Evanston. for renomination. U.

S. Senator Wayland Brooks immediately approved the G. O. P. lineup and pledged his support in the election." "Unanimous Indorsement" John T.

Dempsey, Cook county chairman, said the last three candidates on the slate were "indorsed unanimously." They were announced after a closed session which followed a banquet of Cook county Republican committeemen. The previously announced ticket includes Governor Green, Lieut. Gov. Hugh Cross. attorney, General George F.

Barrett, and State Auditor Arthur C. Lueder, for renomination: State Senator Arnold P. Benson of Batavia. for secretary of state: and Richard J. Lyons of Libertyville for U.

S. Senate. The slate is supported by the Republican state central committee and county chairmen's association. Stratton. Watson Independents State Treasuerr William G.

Stratton, who was asked by party leaders to accept candidacy for the Supreme court clerkship in place of secretary of state. has declared he will run independently against Benson. Lyons will be opposed by Deneen A. Watson. former chairman of the Republican Postwar Policy association.

Becker, organization choice for state treasurer, is Randolph county G. O. P. chairman and warden of the state penitentiary at Menard. Strikes in '43 Over Average Washington (AP) The number of strikes in 1943 was almost double the average for the 15-year period preceding Pearl Harbor, a study of records of the bureau of labor statistics showed today.

The 1943 total (with December roughly calculated on the basis of the preceding 11 months) was 3.737. compared with a 1927-41 average of 1.945 and a 1942 total of 2.968. The number of man-days of idleness in 1943, however, was slightly below the 15-year average although the 1943 working force was much greater. This would indicate that last year's strikes were of much shorter duration. The 1943 man-days of idleness totaled 13.947.273.

a tremendous jump from the 1942 total of 557. The B. L. S. estimated that the four coal strikes were responsible for nearly two-thirds of that increase.

The 15 pre-Pearl Harbor years. of course, involve a smaller number of potential strikers than 1942 and 1943. They also include depression years when strikes were negligible. In years of business progression, the number of strikes and man-days of idleness, substantially exceeded the 1942 and 1943 figures. For example, the man idle in 1937 were 28,424,857 and strikes reached a total of 4.740.

Retired Farmer of Kenney Dies at 89 Kenney (Special) Henry Alfred Isaac, 89, retired Kenney farmer, died here at 2:15 m. yesterday in the home of his p. daughter, Mrs. Susie E. Johnston.

He was born March 1, 1855 in Jamestown, Ky. At the age of 18 he moved to Olney and then settled near Kenney. He farmed near here until his retirement, except for a few years he lived in Oklahoma. He leaves four sons, Lyman, Chicago, Richard. Decatur; Coleman.

Maroa. and Tracy. Kenney; four daughters, Mrs. Minnie Doos, and Mrs. Johnston, Kenney, Mrs.

Josephine Wade, Blanchester, Ohio. and Mrs. Lela Meadows, Decatur. He also leaves a brother, James, Kenney. Services will be held at 2 p.

m. Friday in the Kenney M. E. church. Burial will be in Pleasant Valley cemetery.

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The bonds will be offered to institutional investors and the notes. maturing serially within a five year period. will be sold to three banks. Chase National Bank of New York has negotiated for half of the note issue: Guaranty Trust Co. of New York will buy per cent, and Harris Trust and Savings bank the remaining per cent.

Most of Debt Covered Proceeds of the new financing plus treasury cash, will be used to redeern $30.681.500 of Illinois Power's series A six per cent first and refunding mortgage bonds, due 1953. at per cent plus accrued interest on April 1. and 175.100 of its series five per cent bonds. due 1956. at 105 plus interest on June 1.

The aggregate amount required is estimated at $73.196.023 plus interest. All of Illinois Power's present long-termed debt except $5.994.500 of 512 per cent debentures and 233.000 of non-callable underlying five per cent mortgage bonds will be refunded. The new bonds will be secured by an indenture to Harris Trust and Savings bank, mortgaging the company's properties and franchises and pledging its interest in two subsidiaries. Illinois Terminal Railroad Co. and Central Terminal Co.

Saves on Interest Exemption from competitive bidding was granted by the commission on the company's contention that it could not make a public offering without substantially increasing its special properties and investment reserve to provide for probable losses. An increase in this reserve would impede the payment of dividends on preferred stock and present legal and accounting problems which could not be resolved before Jan. 21. the deadline for notifying the trustees under the indenture securing the bonds. to be called April 1, the company said.

The refunding program is expected to result in a $1,415.000 annual interest saving. Approval was granted on tion that the sale shall not be consummated until the price and terms are filed in an amendment. Illinois Power is a direct subsidiary of Illinois Traction Co. and an indirect holding of the North American system. Stull, Former U.

of I. Ceramics Chief, Dies Washington (AP) Ray T. Stull, 68, chief of the heavy clay section of the bureau of standards, died yesterday after becoming ill while working in his laboratory. A native of Elkland, he was graduated from Ohio State university in 1902 and later directed ceramic work at the University of Illinois. Before joining the bureau of standards as senior ceramic engineer in 1927.

he was chief ceramist for the U. S. bureau of mines. Poultry Men See Shortage By The Associated Press Despite a surplus of eggs now flooding markets from coast to coast poultry leaders today envisioned an acute egg famine in many parts of the country before the year ends if prices continue to decline while feed and labor costs rise. Poultrymen reported many Eastern and Middle Western farmers were selling their flocks because under-ceiling prices did not cover production costs and fear was expressed that so many would be disposed of there might be an egg shortage within a few months.

C. F. Parrish, North Carolina extension service poultry expert, said "Farmers increased poultry and egg production--went all out-at the request of the government, and now will be forced to sell or take a financial licking unless something is Indiana State Egg Board President Thad Macy declared: "If the present condition is not corrected, eggs will be $1 a dozen in Indiana by next summer and the state will suffer a severe shortage of poultry Smaller poultry flocks were predicted by C. J. Borum, federal crop statistician for Michigan, who said Michigan feed grain production dropped 50 per cent last year.

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Organized labor, including the local units of The A. F. of and Railway Brotherhoods, have pledged their support to the future salvaging of waste paper for army materials, he said. Marines Gain In New Britain Advanced Allied Headquarters, New Guinea (AP) The destruction of 17 Japanese planes and two freighters, and a direct hit on an enemy cruiser rewarded Allied aerial assaults ranging from Dutch Timor to New Ireland. a Southwest Pacific command communique reported today.

The Allies lost four aircraft. United States marines on the eastern flank of their expanded invasion holdings at Cape Gloucester. New Britain. took the initiative against Japanese in the Borgen bay area, using tanks and artillerv with aerial support to drive the enemy farther east. Marines there had frequently, withstood Japanese attacks while other leatherneck units which participated in the Dec.

26 landing on the northwestern tip of the island had driven ahead to capture the airdrome. The airdrome captors have extended their operations to make contact at Sag Sag. seven miles southwest of Cape Gloucester. with another marine invasion force which had landed southwest of the cane. Gen.

Douglas MacArthur's communique said a direct bomb hit on a Japanese cruiser off New Hanover. north of the enemy base at Kavieng. New Ireland, was scored by a bomber from Adm. William F. Halsey's South Pacific airfleet.

It was in this quarter that two Japanese cruisers and one destroyer were set afire by South Pacific carrier-based planes New Year's day. Japs Admit Force on New Britain Inferior London (AP) A Tokyo broadcast heard today by Reuters said "our forces in New Britain now are inferior to forces which have landed on the island." American troops are steadily pushing inland after winning two bridgeheads o. the western end of this island. At the opposite end is the important Japanese base of Rabaul. Greeks Report Nazi Massacrel Cairo, Egypt (AP) The exiled Greek government announced today that the Germans had massacred more than 1,000 residents of Kalavrita and destroyed the historic convents of Mega Spileon and Agia Lavra.

The Greeks said all males over 1 12 years old were ordered assembled in a large space outside Kalavrita on Peloponnesus, to "listen to a speech" which turned out to be the chatter of machine guns. Later. the Greeks said women and children of the town were compelled to assemble in a school which was set afire. The statement said scores died in the panic. College of Surgeons Approval Is Received The Decatur and Macon County hospital and the Wabash Employes' hospital have received approval by the American College of Surgeons.

Chicago, which listed 3.253 hospitals in the United States and Canada as approved for meeting fundamental requirements in hospital efficiency for 1943. Although the occupancy rate of hospitals in the last two years has been from 15 to 20 per cent. and in some cases 50 per cent higher than normal. the college's report said. the death rate for 1942 reached an all-time new low and it was expected that 1943's rate would be even lower when all reports were received.

Two other hospitals in this area, Olney sanitarium at Olney and the Huber Memorial hospital at Pana, received provisional approval by the college. These hospitals are endeavoring to meet the requirements, but for acceptable reasons have not yet been able to do so in every detail, the report said. Asthma Mucus Loosened FirstDay For Thousands of Sufferers Choking, gasping, wheezing, recurring attacks of Bronchial Asthma ruin your sleep and rob your blood of vitally important oxygen because you can't get air in and out of your lungs properly. But now it is no longer necessary to suffer from these terrible attacks without the benent you may receive from a physician's prescription called Mendaco. Within 8 very short time after the first dose, Mendaco ingredients start circulating thru the blood, thus reaching the smallest as well the largest Bronchial tubes where they usually quickly help liquefy, loosen and remove thick strangling mucus (phlegm), thereby promoting freer breathing and more restful sleep.

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