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T'i '''I WEATHER i Fair tonight and Sunday fncreasfagcioadlneM In nortfe Sunday; little change in tern-Venture. V. A. D. AUDITED Larrt net, dally.

paid cjr- "illation In' Southeastern; 1111-, JOTONAL-GAZETTE 1 Jlxty-Sixth Year. No. 234 Entered second class man matter at Mattoon, XJUnoj MATTOON, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1940 Published every afternoon except Sunday Price CenU met "Tg IMS) isar Ait Mm A MSH 1T-; A. A TIT1 Tl'n TlirATFnc Greeks Drive Aliunde ivMies iljiji ilo lOdyurim Ant IHUtU ITALIANS HIKE HUB T0 R. A.

PLANES rniDCIAIWUTA A-rirtr- naii II ATTACK ON TO CAPACITY Wearables Used as "Tickets" to Be Given to Needy Mfllit llflW Champaign, 111. (INS) Ten University of Illinois scholars have been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary society for liberal arts students, It was announced today. LOUA ROAD ON BERLIN REPLY TO TALK BY PRESIDENT Charges Class Hatred; Prepares Own Speech for Tonights izht Fiercely With The 10 are: Rebecca C. Jones, Champaign; Take Unspecified out Regard for Foes' 1 A June Morgan, Canton; Eleanor Toll With Explosive, O. -Anderson, Urbana; Arselia M.

j. v. Block, Indianola; Sidney Gooze, lncendfary liOinDS PROMISES PROBE OF CLARK GO, VOTING Marshall, 111. A Grand Jury investigation of absentee voting in lark county has been promised by State's Attorney John M. Hol-lenbeck.

according to a story published in the Chicago A report of the investigation was started after a rumor was circulated that an application for aft abrtee laKot, along with a check for $5, had been sent to Miss Fay Ray of Kenosha, a former resident of Casey with the admonition "of course you'll vote tfce straight Democratic ticket." The Tribune quoted Mr. Hol-lenbeck a3 saying1 "We'd liKe to know how many absentee ballots are going out now, but we can't find out. They go out from the county clerk's office, where all the dirty work goes on, and the county clerk is a Democrat." Mr. Hollenbeck is a Republican. iUiuericaiu vantage EXPECT HEAVY TURNOUT OF VOTERS HERE Registrations Unusually Heavy; Voting Places Listed With registrations Indicating great interest in all races, Mattoon voters will go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots for county, district, state and national officers.

Registrations were so heavy in some precincts, L. E. Steger, supervisor of Mattoon township, said today, that election officials have asked for additional voting booths In order to speed the balloting. Chief mterest in the election naturally centers on the presidency, but virtually all voters have evinced much Interest in the state, district and county offices. New York; Albert A.

Skreber, Pan Adlets May Solve Your Problems Use the classifed columns! They are for you to use and we believe they will help you solve your problems. Good results are constantly reported from users. If you want to sell something1 RUN AN AD. If you want to buy something RUN AN AD. We've been telling you what good results folks have been having from "For Sale" ads and here are some good reports from "Wanted" ads: A girl advertising for housework got a position in Humboldt.

A woman advertising for washings to do, got several and she says, "I never fail to get good results from, a Journal-Gazette classified ad." A woman advertising for a house to rent found one immediately and an ad, "Want to buy a baby crib" brought the advertiser a call about the time the paper got kn the street with more calls coming In later. USE THE CLASSIFIED BY WALTER KIERNAN (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) Aboard Willkie Train Enroute to New York Preparing for his own big campaign speech in Madison Square Garden tonight, Wendell L.

Willkie today inspected the fourth political speech of President Roosevelt in the current campaign and ama; Carl L. Withner, Arlington, Martin B. Wolfe, Newark, N. Frances E. Ewlng, Pontiac; Melba F.

Searcy, Chicago. They will be initiated into the organization in December. At the same meeting, President Arthur Cutts Willard of the University of Illinois and Prof. William. E.

Brlt- In an unsigned letter Inspired by the annual "Kids' Clothes a $5 contribution to United Charities was received by The Journal-Gazette, today. The letter, written by a man who remembers himself as a "damp-nosed" kid," tells of a favor received years ago, which inspired the contribution. The letter appears on page two today's Journal-Gazette in the column "Letters From the People." Approximately 1,700 children crowded the Mattoon and Clarke theaters today for the annual ''Kids' Clothes Shows" by the Mattoon Theater Company and The Journal-Gazette in 'j? Rome (INS) Premier Mui-aolini has decided to send Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeawo Ciano back to Al- ban la Immediately to speed up the Italian offensive against Greece, rt was learned here today. Clano Just returned from Albania and it had been expected he might go to either Germany or France. BY E.

ANGELOPOULOS (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) 'Athens In a spectacular Berlin (INS) Dropping explosive and Incendiary bombs, British war-planes raided Berlin Friday night and early today, killing and injuring an unspecified number of residents. An official announcement said that part of the British planes which penetrated Germany were turned back by anti-aircraft fire but that some succeeded in reaching the capital.

At the same time a German official news agency (D. N. "dispatch from Amsterdam said 19 wounded soldiers and seven Dutch civilians were killed and a number asserted: ton of the College of Law will be received into membership In "the organization. "The whole purpose pf the third term candidate speech was to stir up class hatred and divide our people. That was the tactic of Lenin, the strategy of Hitler and the preaching of Trotsky." From early afternoon Friday until PRESIDENT HITS The polls, as usual, will open at Hctory over numerically superior Italian forces, CJreek of other persons Injured when Brit- co-operation with the Mat- morning and noon today, Willkie 's private train 6 Tuesday ish planes bombed a military hos BO.

P. 7 NAZI PLANES ARE SHOT DOWN pVER ENGLAND UNHOLY roops have routed the ene close at 5 o'clock Tuesday after noon. October Relief my along the Fiorina Toad lay on a siding in the New Jersey meadows near Kearney. It was the longest period of comparative quiet the candidate has had in months and he used the time to stroll a'long hi northern Greece and pene- ALLIANCE For the first time in several years, (QS tS LjOlVeV nauonai ana siaie eieciion reiuiiis rated more than three miles nto Albanian territory, it the right of way, work on his Mad Than in 1939 will be received at The Journal ison Square Garden speech, and Tnfal fftr Plist Gazette by leased wire arrange announced ofllcially here Moves Toward Cleve- pital and a residential area In Amsterdam. In the attack on Berlin, the offi cial communique said, one of the British planes attacked some pedestrians, killing several persons.

The virchow Hospital in central Berlin was bit by an incendiary bomb but no damage resulted, the announcement said. Some roof fires and a larger fire in a sawmill were started, but all were extinguished quickly, according to the communique. talk briefly with Rep. Joe Martin, IFigbtlng fiercely and with utter land After Speech 24 Hours Is 23, British Report loon United Charities and the Havel Freight Lines. Both theaters were filled to capacity during the performances.

Most of the children were in the theaters the time the pictures started while others arrived few minutes after the shows began. Hundreds of Bundles. Hundreds of bundles, brought by the children as their "admission" tickets, filled the lobby of each theater. Each bundle held one or more wearable garments, which will be distributed by the United Charities to needy persons. It was a great holiday for all the Children and although they were hlghsplrited In their merriment, they were orderly.

A regular staff JUoregard 'or the superior num- jn liroOKlVIl Lers of the enemy, the Greek warrior stormed the Italian forti- BY GEORGE DURNO ments with International News Service. Frequent bulletins will be received on the state races. Voters will case ballots on two special propositions. On the regular ballot w.ill be a proposal to amend the general banking act. On a separate ballot will-be a proposal to levy a tax of one and a half mills on the $100 valuation "for establishing and maintaining a county tuberculosis sanitarium." led positions at the point of the (I.

N. S. Staff Correspondent) his national chairman, and Samuel Pryor, eastern division manager of his campaign, both of whom brought optimistic reports for Tuesday's election. Willkie's Statement Willkle's statement on the President's speech was as follows: "I listened to the speech of the third term candidate tonight. It was' his fourth defense speech de-fensr oLJus.

own admintetrnttnn. bayonet ADoara presidential special En- BY ROBERT G. NIXON Staff Correspondent) London Seven German planes were shot down over England today, according to official reports so far received, as Nazi raiders renewed their attacks, dropping a number of bombs on the London area. Troops Important. ule lo resident wam nr.

Roosevelt made a strong bid for ke'red by the Greek commanders uPstate New Yor suWrt today as a response to the impatience of it worn hff thp Rpraihl ran rnnfc onrf ri 1. I I ui i lie proposal pin i Relief costs in Mattoon township during October increased over September but dropped from October 1939, according to a report completed today by L. Steger, township supervisor. Relief costs during October amounted to $2,874.23, as compared with $2,719.59 during September and $4,257.96 during October, 1939. "Virtually all the increase over September," Mr.

Steger "said, "was caused by-u jump in food-needs. In-crease in food expenditures amounted to approximately $130. The remainder of the gain was spread over numerous other expenses. Expenditures for the various Items follow: Food, fuel, clothing (including- sewing room expense) medical, hospitalization, transportation, burials, $28; township share of commodity depot expense, institutional and miscellaneous, $230.75. I.

4 i uiaw tuiu an unu vine ku live tvne of warfare they had been into a new unholy alliance with ignting smce we aia iuv.un reactt0Mrv and extrcme tarted. radical elements" to supplant trus Th suddenness and ferocitv of The British attack on the capital aroused Berliners from their sleep after four nights of" peace In the city. Some time after the warning sirens sounded anti-aircraft the raiders, flying high over Berlin. whTTe" searchlight beams pierced the starry sky. Sinking of two British naval cruisers and 13 British merchant, vessels by German dive-bombers ta attacks on three convoys Friday wasannouTCed1n Berlin today." Nine other vessels, including a destroyer, were damaged In the heaviest aerial blow yet delivered by the Reich against British shipping, it was claimed.

that the election on the matter is being held to legalize a tax already being levied. A sanitarium will not be built, supporters explain, and the money derived from the tax will be used to continue work now being done. I American Qemocracy wiwan unita ha.Greek attack took the Itahana tfto of foreign dictatorships. surprise, according to the of- nml Number 5" Tonight. icial announcement.

While three new air raid alarms sounded in London, British antiaircraft batteries and fighting planes went into action, knocking seven planes out of the air in addition to five destroyed during thejiigbJLandJL shot wn. Friday. a 24-hour total of 23. British Lose Seven. Latest British losses were put at seven fighting planes.

At the same time it was revealed that Kensington Palace, residence" of junior members of the royal family, was damaged by a L.ike the previous ones it was either obsolete or on order. "To date the third term candidate has not discussed any of the real Issues of 1840,,., Instead, he engages in an imaginary debate with straw jnen mA attejoptoicLcjeate. class conscious divisions among our people. He complains that the Republican ticket has the support of many different elements of our population. "The answer to that is obvious It is because our party is today the only one which offers unity to the country'.

People who differ about With wild yells of contempt for he Italian soldiers, the Greek roops routed them and pushed "of theater ushers7sslsXeWBoy Scouts, handled the crowd of children as they passed into the theaters with their bundles of clothes. The bundles wers checked, by. theater ushers, Boy Scouts and men employed by United Charities. They arranged the-etothmg for removal to the United Charities' clothing room In the City Hall. A Hayes Freight Lines truck moved the clothing from the theaters to the clothing room.

In Good Condition. Most of the clothing this year was newer 'and In better condition than "the donations last year. The donations also were greater than in the last youngsters bn into Albania. Nino Italian officers and 143 talian soldiers were captured by aft Greeks." Crne hTiiidrcd pack an- mals were seized as well as a SAY DRAFT NUMBERS onsiderable quantity of equip bomb during a recent raid. ment.

details can and do unite on a pa JUJIIRRED WELL "triotic principle; TheTeTnTlteff The victorious Greek troops ad-anced In the direction of the Al in upholding the principle against of reigning British sovereigns, the third term and in keening mi, ceased to occupy that' role with Chicago (INS) Two University of Chicago mathematicians said. banian town of Bitolj. had passed into the pile upon pile of neatly cleaned and Before he" reaches Cleveland tonight for "number 5" in his last minute assaults on the candidacy of' Wendell L. Willkie, the President's schedule will have carried him through Rochester, Batavla and Buffalo. N.

and Erie, with a series of fast-punching extemporaneous talks in each city. The Erie appearance late this afternoon will mark his last- effort to put the "Keystone state" i of Pennsylvania in the third term column next Tuesday. Four years ago, President Roosevelt wound up his. highly successful 1930 campaign in Madison Square Garden with the assertion he has "Just begun to fight." Friday night he told a howling crowd In th Brooklyn Academy of Music that "I shall not stop fighting!" Dempsey, et al, There. Big Jim Farley, who managed the President's 1932 and 1936 campaigns, and who is still New York state Democratic chairman, sat on Polling Places.

The polling places for the election, as listed by Mr. Steger, follow First Ward Precinct one, Klm-rey garage, 1717 Charleston avenue; precinct two, P. L. Lyons Coal Co. office.

North Fifteenth street and Big Four railroad. Second War Precinct one, Water Department office, South Twelfth street and Marshall precinct two. L. Reynolds ga-age, 508 South Eighth street. Third Ward Precinct Cable Piano 314 South Sixteenth street; precinct two, S.

D. Pugh grocery store, 612 South Seventeenth street. Fourth Ward Precinct one, Kent lumber Company, South Twenty-first street and Broadway; precinct two, Tinch's grocery store, 2391 Marshall avenue. Fifth Ward-Precinct one, W. Orndorff grocery store, 2608 Pine avenue; precinct two, Harry Shea While this successful attack was of war," the acwfsion.

of George III. and that certain series of draft tressed garment stood in the lob- mder way, other Greek -troops numbers appeared ta have been by. taged another counter-offensive urther south along the Albanian border. This attack also was meeting with success, according to official nuartera here, who said a violent battle is now raging for possession REPORT NAZI MISSION TO WEST HALTED London (INS) Germany's first attempt to penetrate the western hemi.fiphe.re failed when the Norwegian patrol boat Frithjofnansen captured a German vessel and Its crew of 50 as the Nazis attempted to seize five meteorological stations on the east coast of Greenland, the Daily Express reported from Stockholm today. The German expedition, said the Express, started from the Norwegian port of Aalesund, manning their vessel, with a Norwegian crew and heading for the Eskimo colony at Scoresby Sound.

When finally captured by the Norwegian ship, even meteorological experts aboard the German ship were armed with rifles, grenades and machine-guns, the dispatch reported. However, all aboard the German ship surrendered without a fight and were taken to the nearest port occupied by British forces, according to ttse Express. a high mountain peak near voritza. Albania, With the Italian army meeting drawn more closely together from the fish bowl in Washington recently than would have been the case If the numbers had been thoroughly stirred7 The mathematicions. Dean Walter Bartky and Prof.

Samuel A. Stouffer, studied the order of the drawing, and noted a number of Instances In which they said it did not conform to the laws of chance for thoroughly-mixed numbers. For instance, no number between 300 and 600 was drawn in the first 3,400 draws. They concluded that the numbers, which were roughly serial in the boxes from which they were dumped into the fish bowl, still tended to "cluster in nests" at the time of the drawing. Thus numbers in the clustered groups tended to be itubborn resistance in its efforts emulate the blitzkrieg tactics ot All the clothing will be fumigated and distributed by United Charities which is directed by Mrs.

Thomas Walkup. The shows were entirely free for all the children, ranging in age from four to 15 years old. No money was spent in the presentation except for the men hired by United Charities. The Mattoon Theater Company furnished the buildings and donated services of its em-, ployes, Hayes Freight Lines gave trucks for transporting the clothes, motion picture distributors furnished the films and The Journal-Gazette gave advertising and publicity. The shows witnessed by the youngsters were especially planned for school-age children.

At the Clarke Theater Gene Autry in Tumbling- Tumbleweed" was pre- Adolf Hitler's mighty German the Brooklyn platform alongside his garage, 2600 Richmond avenue. 1940 successor as national chair- Sixth Ward Precinct one, City man, Edward J. Flynn. Hall. North Nineteenth street and nllitary machine, Italy launched lin intensive aerial attack on GIRL, 6, DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Betty Jean England, six-year-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. George R. England, 2613 Marion avenue, died at 5:10 o'clock Friday afternoon after an illness of less than a day. The child attended school Thursday and became ill Thursday afternoon. Death was due to pneumonia.

The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Marshall avenue Christian church, with Rev. H. H. Williams officiating. Burial will be in Dodge Grove cemetery.

Betty Jean was born Sept. 15, 1934, at the homo In which she died. She had attended school for the first lime this year. Surviving besides her parents are two sisters, Shirley Ann and Linda Lucille, both at home, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

M. B. Smith BXd Mr. and Mrs. T.

P. England, -all of Mattoon, Creek cities in an apparent at- Also on the platform indicating that the Democratic board of strategy had taken cognizance of the Prairie avenue; precinct two, Hill's grocery store, 2920 Shelby avenue. Seventh Ward Precinct one, Street Department building, North empt to terrorize the population since that time younger members of the rbyal family and pensioners of the crown have lived in its apartments. Queen Mother Mary was born in Kensington Palace in 1867.. During the latest raid London's 298th of the war anti-aircraft fire and the sound of exploding bombs were heard in the London area.

Shortly before this a strong force of German Messerschmitt fighters crossed the Kent coast. Anti-aircraft batteries broke up their formations but some of the planes continued enroute to London. Later a strong force of raiders, flying at tremendous altitudes, crossed the coast and headed toward London but were driven away by British fighting planes. Raid Germany. Simultaneously it was announced that R.

A. F. operations during the night included heavy attacks on Berlin and oil targets in central and western Germany. (Editors' Note: A Berlin dispatch said British raiders dropped bombs on the German capital, killing and injuring some residents. (British attacks on Italy were indicated by a Swiss army announcement that during the night nto submission.

Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis' Ninety civilians were known lead and 209 seriously wounded campflignign for Willkie-were three screes ana Kicnmona ave-former heavyweight titleholders nue: Precinct two, Luby Radiator Jack Dempsey, James J. Braddock SnP- 213 North Fifteenth streetr atid Max Baer. Th hitter threa precinct Lytle Park- bath- is the result of the bombing of 15 Greek towns and villages. awaoutdosertogeiher car Two new. raids before jiawnon house.

wuuiu nave ucca me uuc Vua X(xm a "community sing" and Salonika were reported to havo chance. posed for pictures with Mr. Roosevelt before he left the hall in which he has spoken every Friday night before national elections for a num- aused heavy damage to industrial RED GROSS MATERIAL ARRIVES IN CITY blanta and dockyards, at the same "World's Fair a musical comedy. Mickey Rooney In "Huckleberry Flan" was shown at the Mattoon, plus a "Popeye" cartoon and an "Our Gang" comedy. ime -bringing the -eity's Candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties as they appear on the official ballot follow: Republican.

For president Wendell L. Willkje. For vice-president Charles L. McNary. For U.

S. senator (to fill va- total ber of years. Tlrnrvlrlxrn tnrnorl i In ffrsn FIVE CHILDREN TAKEN TO HOSPITALS Heath roll to 59. Others cities subjected to re- greet tne president as he rode to sated aerial attacks included hii ait.h nrookivn Torw Corfu, Kastoria, Oandia, Rethy- rv-nir trnv nhorman ct Several hundred yards of cotton and woolen material, to be cut into garments for war refugees by members of the local production group of the American Red Cross, arrived here today, according to Mrs. E.

S'. Waggoner, production chairman. Kino. Yanin Metaovo. MeKari Kep.

TOm Ci beside him. There For governor Dwight H. Green. CARTER TO REDUCE ILLINOIS FORCE aeDe na arissa. mo port and were bands, flares, cheers and signs Jiirdrome of Athens also was assuring him he would carry Brook-bombed several times.

Ivn bv soo.ooo. The government charged that For lieutenant-governor Hugh W. Cross. For secretary of state Justus L. Johnson.

For auditor of public accountsr-Arthur Lueder. of fuiv plane A few yards of material arrived A further DiinoisvDlI.a. smai. late Thursday and more Is expect- actMty was lndlcated ty, at flew 0VI over ha Italian planes which bombed FINE, SENTENCE FOR MAN the southern part of. edfc Mrs.

Waggoner said, he Island of Corf bore Greek WHO TRIED TO AID PAL Switzerland.) Five children were taken to Chicago hospitals Friday by H. Hardy of the Mattoon Elks Lodge for observation and treatment under the Elks Club Crippled Fund. Four of the children were taken the Illinois Research Hospital, while one was taken to the Illinois Eye and Ear All except Myrtle PhelpS of Coles and Betty, Highland, residing eight miles south of Mattoon, remained in Chicago. These two will return later. Those who remained in Chicago were Harvey Jennson, 1309 North NAMES 2 CHAIRMEN IN RED GROSS DRIVE township chairmen on the) west side, of Coles county in the; annual Roll Call of memberships for the American Red Cross were named today by Dr.

W. L. Podesta, 1940 Roll -Call chairman of the Mattoon Red Cross chapter. Thoser chosen were Ray Smith of PJeasant Grove township and Joe B. Hance of North Okaw township.

In addition, Mrs. Joseph- Cates, 1016 Champaign avenue was appointed captain of Zone 4 In Mattoon to replace Francis Welsh, wha parkings. Paris, HI. Emmerson Hanna of For state treasurer Warren Arrival of the goods makes it possible to begin work oh the garments after two-weeks delay. Approxi- Meanwhile, the small Greek air Vermilion pleaded guilty to a charge 'ores was reported to have car- of driving an automobile while In For attorney general George P.

mately 12 workers expected to led out a low bombing and ma- toxlcated when arraigned Thursday Barrett start cutting patterns for men's, in the Edgar County Court. He was nine-gun aiiaon on me ixanan flru 1W1 onH inrt unUnt women uuu cuiiurcus Kruicwu irdrome at Koritza as well as st least on the part of one company, when a Carterton Company official confirmed a report that the company Is reducing its staff of employes In this state. The reduction will affect the local eastern division office staff only slightly. Field workers and laborers will be principally affected, it was said. The near completion of drilling in the Loudon field in Fayette county.

Carter's most valuable Illinois holding, is cited as a reason for acking a concentration of Italian Tn l9n noU. (vote for three)-Park Llv MondayMrs. Waggoner said, to 10 days in the county JalL ingston. Helen Mathews Grigsby Hanna was arrested by Paris po and John R. Fornof.

To fill va- PARAMOUNT MAKING MOVIE OF HOYLETON MAN Hoyleton, 111. A Hollywood motion picture crew has come to Hoyleton to make a short movie. The Paramount Company sent the crew here to make a movie of Emil Mottert; Hoyleton's most unusual citizen. During the. past 10 years Mr.

Mottert has made one of the world's strangest collections of musical instruments which include a mechanized units In the Epirus Eleventh street, Betty Stull, 2313 lice Tuesday evening when he went cancy Chester' R. Davis. to the police station to aid a friend or representative in Congress, At the same time, the mighty Broadway, and Zola Peterson, 209 was unable to' servo. British Mediterranean fleet pre- North Twelfth street. ared to strike in defense of ureece.

SUNDAY DINNER state at large (vote for two) William G. Stratton and Stephen A Day. For representative in Congress, CContinued on page five) who had been arrested for violation of a city ordinance. His car almost hit a bus at a local intersection, officers said, and the bus driver was forced to turn sharply to avoid a crash; the reduction. ullfiddJefroni a bull's hide, a TIRESALE It will be approximately two" flute from a pig's windpipe, a saxb- Atthe Rendezvous.

Steaks, frog weeks before the company can de phone from cornstalks and a violin ELECTION RETURNS Dont stay at home Tuesday- night to Get Full Election News As a special service to Mat-. toon residents. The Journal -Ga-cette has made arrangements for full leased telegraph wire coverage on election news Tuesday night, Nov. 5. --Returns' from all sections of the country will be received from International News Service 'and bulletined at the office of The Journal-Gaiette.

i Two first line Miller tires for the. legs and chicken. Noon and, eve-price of one. Stock limited. nlng.

12-5tf of cow's horns. LEGALHOLIDAYNOTICE termine how many persons will be affected, it Was-said. 11-2 FURSTES FREE BOOK REVIEW VOTE "FOR" T-B TAX Nov. 5. Election day, Tuesday, Political -Advertisement) VOTE FOR the returnscome out, to Iu'a dine, dance and njoy a drink while listening to the eturns on two Zenith, radios, court- "Country Squire in the White Not open for business.

DANCE (PoUtlcal Advertisement) INFORMATION PLEASE House" by Mrs. John R. Hamilton, This will not raise taxes nor change the present program. It THE NATIONAL BANK OF MATTOON, THE CENTRAL NATIONAL Do you know the ad merely validates sy of Kirk's Appliance Store. You City Hall auditorium, Monday, Nov.

re always welcome at the Ren- 4, p. m. Sponsored by Mat-ezvouj. toon Republican Women's Club. H-f 0 Spence's 43 Club, "Dutch" Muel- Dr.

John R. Alexander, Republl-ler's Masqueraders Saturday, Nov. (can candidate, for coroner Election, 2, 9 to.2 75c couple. jTuesday, 5. 11-4 the existing "11-4 BANK OF MATTOON, levy.

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