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DAILY until 10 A. Member Audit Bureau Classified Ads accepted day of publication venty-Third Year. No. 241 U. S.

Rebukes Soviet Bloc in U. N. Prying Under Study for Year Wirephoto! The detailed wreckage of 8 plane carrying Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon and two other top- officials and the pilot to death, is shown above in the heavily timbered country east of Klamath Falls, and a few miles north of the Oregon-California border. There were no survivors.

Top Face. Bank Anti-Trust Firms Suit by U.S. New York-The government filed charges Thursday against 17 of Wall Street's leading banking firms in a civil suit described by Attorney General Tom Clark as "one of the largest and most important in the history of the antitrust laws." The financial district, veteran of many battles with regulatory and investigative groups, countered with series of denials and dug in for showdown fight. The suit, filed by 1 the Department of Justice in Federal District Court for Southern New York, specifically acoused the 17 internationally known investment banking firms with conspiring to monopolize the handling of new issues of securities. The Department of Justice in addition asked for the dissolution Investment Bankers Association of America, members of which include virtually every security-selling organization in the nation.

The complaint cites 131 individuals. DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN MARSHALL HOME of Circulation, LINK SHELTON DEATH TO JUKE BOX WARFARE Harris, No. 1 Suspect, Arrested' in Tulsa "Billy" Bryant Says Adlets Pay A letter from G. W. "Billy" Bryant, a Lovington and Lake Mattoon, real estate broker, praises Journal-Gazette classified ads to the skies.

In his own words: "As you know I have consistently used classified ads, and they always pay dividends. I have sold many homes around the lake (Lake Mattoon), and this week made the biggest sale ever made around the lake. "I sold the Wirth property, formerly the Spoon property for $7,000. I also sold the property at 2800 Pine avenue to Wirth. Mr.

and Mrs. Dwight Thorn got the Wirth property, "Tell everyone want ads pay." Tulsa, (INS) -The ambushmurder of Carl Shelton, southern Illinois gang leader, was linked today to rivalry over juke box profits of Chicago's reorganized Capone syndicate. The tie-up was cited by Police Capt. J. D.

Bills of Tulsa as he awaited the arrival of Illinois thorities to return an ex-convict sought in the slaying of Shelton, Tulsa police arrested Charles Harris, 51, sought in the slaying of Shelton, along with his niece, Beatrice "Jackie" Bell, 25, at a bus station. The arrest Thursday followed telephone tip from Illinois thorities. Waives Extradition. Police officials from Fairfield, were expected to arrive Tulsa today to return Harris; who waived extradition, to Illinois. St.

Louis authorities indicated that the Shelton murder may have resulted from attempts of the Shelton gang to "muscle in" on juke box profits in the East St. Louis, area. They said the Capone syndicate of Chicago controls the Juke boxes. Harris was seized by Tulsa police half hour after Illinois authorities requested that he be apprehended. A coroner's inquest Tuesday 1 at Fairfield, resulted in a recommendation by the coroner's jury that Harris be held for Grand Jury action in the murder.

Two witnesses to. the ambushmurder said Harris was present with a gun at the scene of the slaying. Others testified that Harris and his niece were seen nearby a few minutes later. HOUSING CHIEF RESIGNS Washington -(INS)- The White House announced today the resignation of Housing Expediter Frank who will devote his R. Creedon, time to development of atomic energy with a large industrial firm.

Truman accepted the President resignation, but did not announce successor to Creedon as housing any expediter. Creedon told the President he was to go with a private inresigning dustrial concern which is undertakdevelopment of atomic ing a huge energy. The former housing chief once was in charge of construction, of the government's enormous atomic plant at Oak -Ridge, Tenn. FUR COATS Reduced 20 per cent for Saturday Reg. $129 Mouton Lamb, only.

$169 Sable Dye reg. mot, $77 Sable Dye Coney, reg. $69 London Dye $55.20. Save during "Ward Montgomery Ward and Week." 10-31 Co. ELKS DANCE Saturday, November 1.

Ray Hamp's Orchestra from Champaign. Starting at 10 p.m. Refreshments. 11-1 Elks and guests. CALL 4200 For good taxi cab service.

Bruce Red Top Taxis. 10-24tt JOURNAL-GAZETTE 31, 1947 Call 250 for Scores of Tonight's Game Football fans celebrating Halloween at home tonight will want to know the outcome of the Mattoon-Taylorville game to be played on the Tornadoes' field. With this in mind, The Journal-Gazette is again preparing to give half -time and final scores by telephone. The half -time score should be available by 8:30 o'clock- please do not call until then. The final score should be available by 9:15.

The telephone number is Two-Five Oh! For those who will celebrate Halloween downtown, bulletins telling the scores will be posted on The windows quickly as recelved. BETTY GRUVER TELLS OF HER EARLY LIFE Testifies in Murder Trial That She Left Home at 14 Urbana, (INS) -Betty Jean Gruver, 20-year-old bobby-soxer on trial for murder, was expected today to' relate further details of her unhappy life that led her to become a tavern hostess and companion of Champaign county roadhouse gamblers. The blonde defendant is on trial in Circuit Court on charges of murdering Alfred Glen "Speed" Tilton, 40, in an attempted holdup of his Motorville tourist camp near Urbana last July 9. In Poverty-Stricken Home. A capacity crowd, including many high school pupils and University of Illinois- law students, listened with interest as she told about the first 15 years of her life before court adjourned late Thursday.

She told of the poverty-stricken home in which her mother thwarted her desire for pets, including three snakes. She said her dog and a rabbit named "Scamper" "just disappeared one Betty Jean, testifying in her own defense, said her mother "upset her so" that she ran away from home at the age of 14 and lived with two other girls, adding: "We were drunk most of the time." Treated For Alcoholism. The young defendant, who twice has been an inmate of Kankakee State Hospital as an alcoholic, told of suffering a head injury when she was in the first grade in a Champaign school. She said she had had "severe pains" and almost constant headaches since. The jury complained of difficulty in hearing the testimony Thursday, and an amplifier was installed for today's session.

Betty Jean. was expected to testify also concerning gambling which has been under investigation in Urbana as the result of protests from parents of university students. The defense witness was Jack 51, of Peoria, with whom Betty Jean went to visit Tilton before the latter was shot. Nahas said' that before reaching, Tilton's place they visited two roadhouses and that Betty Jean had seven or eight drinks in one of them. H.

H. MUNSON DIES IN CALIFORNIA Henry H. Munson, 51, a native of Mattoon, died recently of leukemia at his home in San Diego, according to information received today by The Journal-Gazette. Funeral services and burial were held in San Diego. Mr.

Munson went to San Diego about 12 years ago and retired from the jewelry business a year ago. He was 8 veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife, Lucy Mae; four sons, Clarence, Lawrence and Jackie, of San Diego and John, of the army; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Brandon, of Richmond, his mother, Mrs. Ida Mires, of San Diego; three sisters, Mrs.

Opal Michaels and Mrs. Arlean Ingle of San Diego Mrs. Fern Yenney of Michigan and a brother, Edwin, of San Diego. DIES AT EFFINGHAM Effingham, (INS) -Mrs. Rose Shumard of St.

Elmo died today in St. Anthony's Hospital in Effingham from injuries received in an automobile collision last Sunday night during a rainstorm. A coroner's inquest will be held. The body was taken to St. Elmo for funeral services.

TE and decided central ILLINOIS: change. CITY READY FOR ALL -OUT HALLOWEEN AD Phones Contest Starts at Move to Armory in Case of Rain BY E. VIRGIL HINSHAW Staff Writer) Gaily bedecked in Halloween atmosphere, the 100 block of South Seventeenth street and its on Broadway are all set for the annual Halloween celebration to be sponsored by the Retail Division of the Association of Commerce this evening. The decoration committee headed by Mike Zehner has clothed lamp posts in the area with corn stalks and at the stop sign on Broadway has erected a huge shock of corn. To the north of' the stop sign is the stage for the costume parade and judging.

Colored lights have been strung to enclose the festive area. J. R. Livesay is; master of ceremonies, and presidents of the four Mattoon men's service clubs will be contest judges. Plans for Rainy Night.

In case of rain, the entire event and the free dance will be transferred to the National Guard armory at Charleston avenue. Paul Douglas and his six-piece orchestra and girl vocalist from Windsor have been engaged for the dance on South Seventeenth street. Committee members have asked that dancers come The costume parade will take the boards on the platform at 7:30 o'clock Prizes of $5, $2 and will be given in each of the four costume classifications, funniest, most elaborate, prettiest and weirdest. of the MMM Club, Mattoon folk dancing group, will present demonstrations of their hobby under leadership of Lallue Hamm. SUGGESTS MODIFIED EXCESS PROFITS TAX BY WILLIAM THEIS (I.

N. S. Staff Correspondent) Washington Mahoney, (D) of today suggested. revival of a modified. corporate excess profits tax as one step in three-point program to control inflation.

The Democratic senator, who conferred with President Truman on the price problem last week just before the chief executive called the special session of Congress, also proposed that: 1-Congress could give Mr. Truman "peace power" to allocate commodities in short 4 major point now under considerstion by both Democrats and Republicans. 2-Renewal of consumer credit controls which expire tonight. O'Mahoney emphasized that he had "not completed his thinking" on steps which should be taken in the special session starting Nov. 17 to beat down high prices.

He said his suggestion of return to some form of excess profits tax was aimed at helping small business. Such tax, said O'Mahoney, should "not be like it was during the war" when the effective rate was 85.5 per cent. The sepator added: "I want to see business leaders sit down with Congress and try to work out an excess profits tax formula. I'd like to give the little business an incentive to plow profits back into its operation." THOMAS FIELD, 75, OF WESTFIELD DIES Special to The Journal Westfield, Ill. -Thomas Field, 75, of Westfield died Thursday evening at his home.

The body was taken to the Harper-Swickard funeral home in Charleston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Mr. Field WAS born in Coles county Dec. 19, 1871.

Surviving are his wife, five children and a brother. Mr. Field was a member of the Charleston United Brethren 'church. "1948" PHILCOS The new "1948" Philco radios and Radio-Phonographs are here now! For the world's finest of radiosget a Philco. For the best trade-in in your old radio- come to Wolfe's.

Easiest terms. WOLFE AUTO SUPPLY 10-31 LEGIONNAIRES LEGIONNAIRES Meet at home 1 o'clock afternoon in uniform to attend for Pvt. Melvin Blythe. Cloudy with rain south tonight and Saturday. No in temperature.

MATTOON, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER Plane Wreckage Plane Wreckage TO SPLIT VOTE ON HOSPITAL An election on a prosposal to create a Hospital Authority for purposes of securing an Eastern Illinois General Hospital, will be conducted with votes counted on a rural and urban basis as a result of a hearing held before Judge John T. Kincaid in the Coles County Court in Charleston today. A petition signed by more than 1.00 1,000 Cumberland county residents was presented at the hearing by Attorney Wilton Carr of Toledo, asking that the vote be divided between the urban and rural areas. The exact number of valid signatures was not counted, since the petition was not questioned. As a result of the' ruling both the urban and rural vote must be favorable if a Hospital Authority 1s to be established.

If either vote is unfavorable the authority will be declared defeated. The urban vote will be conducted in all cities, towns and villages in the general hospital area which includes all of Coles county, most of Cumberland and parts of Shelby and Moultrie counties. The rural vote will be totaled in the same areas. Craig VanMeter of this city and Wayne Shuey of Charleston were present at the hearing representing petitioners for creation of the Hospital Authority. Charles Connors of Toledo represented Cumberland; Robert F.

White of Sullivan represented Moultrie county, and Ralph Suddes of Mattoon, who maintains an office in Windsor, and Arthur Steidley of Shelbyville, represented Shelby Judge Kincaid, after ruling on the urban and rural vote petition, continued the hearing until Wednesday, Nov. 5, when the date for the election will be established. Voluntary contributions sufficient, to pay election expenses have been received from Coles, Cumberland, Shelby and Moultrie counties. Joint Funeral for Oregon Air Crash Victims BY GEORGE L. SCOTT (I.

N. S. Staff Correspondent) Klamath Falls, Ore. Joint funeral services will be held in the Oregon House of Representatives at Salem Monday afternoon for Gov. Earl Snell and two other state officials killed with their pilot when their private plane crashed in the southern Oregon mountains.

President of the Senate. Marshall Cornett and Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell lost their lives with the 52-year-old governor, as did their. pilot, Cliff Hogue of Klamath Falls. They were flying from Klamath Falls to Adel, 93 miles east, to hunt geese and ducks.

The reins of state government today were in the hands of John H. Hall, formerly of the House. He was next in line of succession atter Cornett and Farrell. Hall left a sick bed at his home in Portland to. take the oath of office as governor in the executive office at Salem.

Local flyers expressed belief that carbureator icing may have caused the plane before it was lost said the crash. Several persons who heard the engine was missing. Other pilots had reported earlier that weather conditions at the time of the crash presented a threat of icing. Five-Day Forecast Chicago (INS) Five-day weather forecast for Illinois and Indiana: Temperatures will average four degrees above normal. Normal maximum 55 north to 62 south.

Normal minImum 39 south. Minor day-today fluctuations, but no persistent trend. Precipitation will average one-fourth inch, occurring as occasional rain tonight and Saturday and again Tuesday or Wednesday. THESE DAYS People Change Economic Plans Due to Failures -Sokolsky BY GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY (Copyright, 1947) Any economic system can accepted only as long as it serves to produce and distribute goods to the advantage of those who live within its scope.

When the system fails, the human mind naturally resorts to remedies. The New Deal was oftered as a remedy in this country after the collapse of 1929. The British have accepted Socialism not because they like it, but because they have lost the tools for private capitalism. Such movements Communism, Fascism and Nazism are results rather than causes; they are end products of the failure of private enterprise to perform its major function, which is to supply and distribute goods and services. The principle on which such government enterprise as TVA is based is that when private enterprise 'fails to provide the service needed by a community, the government, even in a capitalistic country, must step in because it is unsound to leave the community 11-3-without the needed service.

This 250 Price 5 Centa BI PROBE OF USS ATTEMPT JADE PUBLIC House Un-American Group Ends Inquiry Into Film Reds BY RAYMOND WILCOVE N. S. Staff Correspondent) Washington -Alleged Russian atmpts to spy out America's atom secrets made public in testibefore the House un-Ameractivities committee were distoday to have been under Justice Department scrutiny for than a year. The department refused to make comment, however. a spokesVerstand our position; this is explaining that "you can un- retty delicate matter." committee source revealed that Federal Bureau of Investigaturned the matter over to Aturney General Clark after Thorough probe.

The FBI was nonImmittal. Attempt Made In 1942. Louis Russell, committee stigator and former FBI agent, wattled that a Soviet agent had unsuccessfully in 1942-three before existence of the bomb made public-to obtain "highsecret" information from J. Oppenheimer, atomic scientist. Oppenheimer, now attached to Princeton Research Institute, declined to confirm or deny the tatement "in order not to interfere any manner with the activities the agencies of the United States overnment that may be concerned." Russell's testimony rang down the urtain on the Washington phase the committee's investigation of ammunism in Hollywood which ought these additional developcents: 1-Philip Murray, president of C.

I. declared in a letter to congressional leaders that the immittee should be promptly. pudiated and its existence halted once and for all." 1-Paul V. McNutt, counsel for motion picture industry, and self-styled "unfriendly" Hollypod witnesses termed the abrupt pding of the hearings a "complete indication" of their position. 8- -Movie Producer Sam Goldwyn a news conference in New York at the committee was trying to dictate" the kind of pictures Hollyrood should make and declared he would permit no one to do "as long as I continue to honor obey the laws of our country." Traced to Russ Official.

Russell testified that in 1942 Peter anov, Russian vice-consul at San rancisco, asked George Charles lenton, an employe of the Shell evelopment Corp. at Emoryville, to obtain information "conming highly secret work at the Adlation laboratory of the Univerof California" and offered money for his "co-operation." The investigator added that Neuton contacted Haakon Chevawhom he identified as rolessor at the university, and nquested him to find out what being done at the laboratory, articularly on a highly destructive capon being developed through search." Chevaller in turn, related Russell, engaged, in research work at laboratory, and "told him that was interested in obtaininformation about the work at laboratary." Russell asserted that. Oppenheimtold Chevalier that "such an atempt was a treasonable act and hat he would certainly have nothto do with it." Russell said Oppenheimer told im the entire matter occurred before he left in March, 1943, to ate charge of the atomic bomb erelopment at Los Alamos, N. M. Russell added that Ivanov WAS.

elleved to have" returned to the Union. Eltenton left Oct. I to take a. position in England. The new development ended alpost two weeks of public hearings lore the committee on comunism in Hollywood.

Through a enous chain of circumstances and pociations, the committee atempted to link the alleged Soviet with Hollywood personal- Ten Cited. Ten persons have been cited for tempt of Congress by the comfor refusing to say whether are or have been members of Communist party. Among those Thursday are film writer Lardner Director Edward Vtryk and Producer Adrian MALLOWEEN DANCE For Moose members, wives and Mildren, Moose Club, Friday, Oct. Eat 0 p. m.

Blackwell's Orchestra. galore for costumes. 10-31 FAHY INSISTS NO SHIELDING OF TRAITORS Denies "Provocative and Unfounded" sertions of Russ BY PIERRE J. HUSS (I. N.

S. Staff Correspondent) Flushing Meadows, N. Y. The United States pointedly rebuked the Soviet bloc in the United Nations today for "provocative and unfounded assertions" of shielding war criminals and traitors. U.

S. Representative Charles Fahy shook his finger at Yugoslavia in particular from the rostrum of the General Assembly and declared that the U. S. will surrender no one on "mere political grounds." Tells Of DeNazification. Fahy also refuted Soviet bloc charges that the United States is lagging in its' de-Nazification efforts in Germany, and said: "There are no Nazi organizations in our zone in Germany known to the United States there or elsewhere.

Nor will there be. It is the unalterable policy of the United States thoroughly to de-Nazify Germany." Fahy read the riot act to the Soviet bloc with a reminder that the United States initiated the Nuernberg trials and as such has convicted thousands or surrendered them to- the countries which presented legitimate claim. Fahy stated: "The trials we have conducted are judicial, open and before the world. They are not political trials. To accede to the reckless and unfounded charges of failure on our part to fulfill our responsibilities regarding war criminals would be gross distortion of historyrent history included.

This the sixth (legal) committee of the assembly has refused to do." said that "however provocative are the unfounded assertions of fetlure" on the part of the United States to deal with war criminals "these rash accusations and implications cannot still the great sympathy which we extend to the peoples who suffered the inhumanities inflicted upon them by the Nazis." Fahy denied allegations that displaced persons camps are hideouts and hotbeds for war criminals and Quislings. He said that all such persons are encouraged to return to their native lands, but that the United States will not force them to go back against their will. The plenary in the opening hour approved a United Nations: Day each year and approved unanimously the site agreement between the United States and the United Nations, already ratified by Congress. JACKSON COMES TO SATIRA'S DEFENSE Marshall, Ill. Double tragedy struck the George Crunk family of Marshall within a few hours.

Billy Crunk, 16, was seriously injured Wednesday evening in a highway accident, and his father died early Thursday at home. Billy was struck by an automobile driven by Harold Shoot of Marshall on Route 1 four miles south of Marshall. The boy had been riding in an automobile driven by his uncle, Mack Dunn, of Marshall, and the vehicle ran out of gas at the accident scene. Billy, standing at the side of the highway, was struck by the Shoot car. The youth is at the Paris Hospital with a fractured right arm and possible left leg fracture.

George Crunk died at following an illness of several months. Funeral services for Mr. Crunk will be heid at 2. o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Blume A funeral home in Paris, with burial in Edgar, cemetery. Mr.

Crunk was born in Kentucky, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Crunk, 42 years ago. Surviving are his wife, the former Elsie Dunn; six sons, a daughter, a half-brother, 8 half -sister and two sisters. CLOSING NOTICE to moving into our new locaDue 121 8.

17th street, my office tion, will be closed from Nov. 3 through Nov. 6. Except for emergencies, call 3223. L.

R. CANTWELL, O. D. 11-1 FISH FRY American Legion Home, Mattoon, Nov. 4, starts at 6 p.

m. Al you can eat and drink $1. All men welcome. 11-4 MASTER MASONS Please make reservations at once for DeMolay banquet Nov. 5th.

Call H. M. Bart Ismeyer, T. M. Nelson or Leonard Lass for tickets.

BY JAMES RUSSELL (1. N. S. Staff Correspondent) Havana Charles Jackson of River Forest, swung unexpectedly over to the defense today of Patricia Schmidt, 22-year-old Toledo, dancer on trial for the fantastic yacht killing of. Chicago Lawyer John Mee.

Jackson, a close friend of the slain man, told of Mee's peculiar actions, his quick temper and of how Patricia always was exceedingly careful of the manner in which she handled him. He said in reply to a question: "He could not always keep track of a conversation." Jackson appeared as a witness, but he also faces trial on a charge of concealing evidence. He was aboard the yacht when the dancer shot Mee through the neck after he allegedly threatened to kill her aboard his boat in Havana harbor. Patricia was all smiles and parently in better health as she appeared for the resumption of the case. In his testimony, Jackson charged in effect ect that representatives of Mee's family sought to trick him into a false account of his par, in the case.

He said that a representative of the family, Gustavo Reno, "posed as a court official" and asked him to sign a declaration. He added: "There was a notable difference in what I actually told Reno and what there was in the document that Reno wrote for me sign." principle is new in its broader applications but has actually always been followed in the social services, in the operations of the post. office, the national parks, etc. Americans generally oppose this concept of the government function because they fear the expansion of government in the economic area; yet they accept it when private enterprise collapses utterly either because the service is too large in scope or because of lack of enterprise, lack of leadership, lack of imagination, unwillingness to take risks or even cupidity or stupidity makes private enterprise for the particular task. I speak of this because I have been quarreling with an electric light company up in Sandisfield, where I have farm.

This quarrel has been continuous for about a dozen years. So far as I am concerned, I get out from under by buying a Delco plant and making my own electricity, which I find altogether satisfactory. My farmer neighbors, however, are poor folks (Continuea on Page Two) A SWELL TIME For everybody. at the Barbershop Harmony Show- -Sunday, Nov. Join the crowd and have a lot of fun.

10-31 SPECIAL SPECIAL Sunday Bowl of chill and one rites 30c at Chuck's Ice 11-1 Broadway. burger for Cream, 1404 11-1.