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lication. Friday. Cooler north portion. until one c'cicek on dav of JOURNAL-GAZETTE ILLINOIS: Mostly fair tonight and WANT ADS WEATHER DAILY TE lenty-Second Year. No.

75 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. MATTOON, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1946 All Phones 250 Price 5 Riddled OPA Lerna Woman, RS. GAMMILL FRISHES IN OME KITCHEN lothes Ignited as Can Near love Explodes I to The Journal-Gazette mna, Mary Mathilda mill, 89, was burned to death Wednesday afternoon when a rosene can placed near the kitchstove in her home exploded, 1g- ding her clothing. Mrs. Gammill had been sitting in chair directly in front of the ove but when found by her ughter, Miss Dora Gammill, was ing on the floor, her clothing on The daughter attempted to exguish the flames by throwing eket of water on her mother, but body was burned beyond recogdon.

Nothing in House Burned. Miss Gammill and her brother, had been gone from the approximately 10 minutes. hen she returned she found her other lying on the floor. Mrs. mmill was alone in the house, I any calls for help which she cht have made were not heard.

Although the cause of the fire a not been definitely determined, is believed that Mrs. Gammill I stirred the fire in the stove, asibly allowing a few burning to fall too near the kerosene causing it to explode. It is beI that she had attempted to for help, but fell to the floor of her feebleness. Nothing house was burned. Funeral Friday.

Meral services will be held at 2 Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian church. Burial The in Lower Muddy cemetery. Horace V. Clark has schedI an Inquest for Friday evening Lemma. Mrs.

Gammill, as Mary Mathilda ordon, was born Mav 24, 1865, Janesville. a daughter of Mr. Mrs. Tiften Gordon. She was tried to G.

F. Gammill in 1879. died In 1923. Mrs. Gammill had Ided on the present farm for 50 kurviving are the daughter; three Robert at home.

Fred of Lerand Sam of Janesville; a sister, Elizabeth King of Mattoon. is visiting in New Jersey, and grandchildren, Mrs. Gammill was a member of Lerna Presbyterian BENCH POLITICAL RISIS GROWS BY LEON PEARSON (L. N. S.

Staff Correspondent) Paris -The French political crisis more acute today as the confuent assembly prepared to reavene with almost no hope of reneiling popular Republican (M. R. Socialist-Communist forces provisions of the new constitu- An extensive cabinet shakeup, nich may oust both President Felix puin and Foreign Minister George dault, threatened as M. R. P.

pities and Socialist-Communist, presentatives remained adamant their refusal to make concessions. The M. R. P. forces maintained tborn opposition to several proof the proposed constituThey were especially insistent the document provide for a two assembly.

their stand was scored as "undotic" by left wing Paris papers pointed out that the R. P. was playing a clever poliI game in its opposition to the petitution which will be offered the Prench electorate in a referThey declared that M. R. P.

oppoto the constitution publicly montrated the party's intention opposing a sweeping program for nationalization of industry rich is due to be passed on April IVERS' LAMINATION Scheduled for this Friday will not given -at the Court House, due the Court House being closed on legal -holiday. Those notified to pear this Friday will be accepted It Thursday or DRIVER LICENSE Friday. EXAMINER ATTENTION MOOSE There be a meeting of all mbers 1 interested in softball, ursday night, April 18, 1945, 7 p. (sharp, L. E.

ENDLE, Sec'y. Cents Bill 89, FORCE VOTE ON LEAVE PAY FOR G. I. VETERANS 218 House Members Sign Petition Circulated by Legion Washington (INS) Millions of discharged service men scented a pre-election windfall today that may run to eight billion dollars as 218 House members signed a forcing a vote on terminal leave pay for G. With a congressional election in the offing, predictions were being freely made that the House would approve the bill of Representative Rogers, (D) of or something similar to it.

Whether the Senate, with only one-third of its membership up for election this year, would follow suit was problematical, however. Vote on May 13. Rogers said this measure would be voted on May 13 as a result of the action taken by a majority of House members in signing his petition 'discharging the Military Affairs Committee from further consideration of his bill. The committee had failed to act on the legislation despite a favorable report by a subcommittee. bill provides that all Rogers' members of the armed forces, including discharged service men, shall be paid all unused leave to which they were entitled under military regulations, The amount' of terminal leave would be figured on the basis of 30 days a year or a maximum of 120 days, payment to on the basis of compensation being received at the time of discharge.

Officers would not be affected as they already receive terminal leave pay under laws enacted almost three-quarters of a century ago. Rogers said he would amend his bill to give discharged service men a year in which to apply for terminal pay, with the measure to' be retroactive to September, 1940, when the selective service law was enacted. The American Legion is sparking the drive behind Rogers' bill. The veterans group recently denounced the 'armed forces' policy of giving terminal leave pay only to commissioned officers as a "caste system" which was creating "dissent and dissatisfaction" among service men. Estimates of the cost varied.

it would be bilers dollars; the budget office has lion placed it at several billions; Representative Thomas, (R) of N. a Military Affairs Committee member, said six billion dollars: and Representative Kilday, (D) of a committee colleague, predicted eight billion dollars, CORRA HOME ENTERED A wrist watch and $2 in cash were stolen from the home of Joe Corra, 501 South Seventeenth street, early according to a report filed today, with police. Authorities said Corra told them he did not retire until about 1 o'clock this morning and that the robbery apparently was staged after that hour. PAUL MALLON- Adopted Fatally Women Win Places in Jap Diet Participation of women in Japan's first States' "democratic" procedure recorded ballot, electing several women to the Shigeyo Takeuchi, 66, Tokyo, left, medicine, and Shizue Yamaguchi, 30, a Tokyo bicycle Diver Expects to Find Sunken Gold Friday Miami, Fla. (INS) Good Friday may turn out to be the most profitable day in Irwin Williamson's life if the determined deep-sea diver's predictions hold true.

Williamson returned to the Caribbean depths Wednesday and came up with the declaration that he will find his long-sought 30 million dollars in Aztec gold Friday. Calm seas and diminished winds in the Florida straits sent his salvage barges and other boats back to the spot where they discovered the sunken galleon Santa Rosa last Saturday. Williamson figures he and three other divers on his expedition will be kept busy today and part of Friday chipping through a coral crust that surrounds the old Spanish vessel, which has lain at the bottom of the Caribbean for 426 years. No new evidence has cropped up convince expedition members that the treasure is there. But Williamson, who has carefully studied 16th century historical documents, is certain that Hernando Cortez, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico, placed the gold he stole from the Aztecs aboard the Santa Rosa in 1520 when it sailed from Vera Cruz for Spain.

Divers, movie photographers and assistants on the expedition have practically forgotten Montezuma's fabled curse that supposedly will bring disaster to those who attempt to wrest the gold from its watery grave. Moscow Diplomacy Becomes Less Smart and More Apparent BY PAUL MALLON (Distributed by King Features Syndicate Reproduction in Whole or in Part Strictly Prohibited. Washington The world statesmen were so polite in their Iran debate, the pure facts of the matter escaped popular attention. The newspapers published what went on. and when none of the.

parties to the debate went into the actual, provable, apparent true character of the issue--the accounts reflected that void. Iran simply had come under Russian domination. and therefore wished to withdraw her complaint pleading for her independence from Russia. The cumbersome obvious steps leading up to this absorption were these: The Communists started' a revolution in northern Iran, kept out Iran's soldiers until revolutionists had annexed for her hegemony of "friendly states," the northern province. Then Moscow secured removal of a protesting Iranian premier, installed Ahmad Qavam, a "friendly" man, subsequently summoned him to Moscow, announced an agreement with him which his, government (not all to Moscow) publicly denied; complaint was made to UN by the Iran ambassador here; another "agree-' ment" giving Russia oil concessions by Burned House MOST POWERS OF AGENCY REMOVED 63 New State Department Official NEA Telephoto (Today's News Pictures Today) John H.

Hildring, right, Phoenix, is sworn in as new assistant secretary of state in charge of occupation affairs, by Stanley Woodward, State Department protocol division chief. Looking on, center, is Secretary of State James Byrnes. HOUSING UNITS DELAYED A delay in the erection of temporary housing united provided by the Federal Public Housing Authority for veterans and their families in Mattoon appeared certain today after Brice Martin, managing director of the state housing board, informed the City Commission, and members of the Coles Housing Authority that the state was reluctant to furnish funds for improvements on privately owned land. The units, which would accommodate 36 families. were erected on an 11-acre plot along South Ninth street, owned by Landon but under lease to the R.

city. However, before the units could installed along with a trailer be streets and other facilities camp, were necessary. Officials had contemplated tha of part of approximately use allotted to Housing 000 by the state, for the imAuthority provements. Martin informed the ComMr. and the Coles Authority mission that there was a question of legalin using' state funds to improve ity owned property and privately that the land be recommended possibly by the Coles Authority, which then purchased, Housing take over active administrawould tion of the site: also pointed out that Mr.

Martin when the need for the emergency the site might be units had passed the city from the Coles acquired by Authority. BRITONS TO OPPOSE STEEL SEIZURE BY THOMAS C. WATSON (I. N. S.

Staff Correspondent) London British conservative today in fierce proforces rallied test against the labor government's to nationalize a large percentplan iron and, steel industries. age of the slated to Winston Churchill was the open the opposition attack on proposal by introducing motion of censure government a parliamentary against This move, expected immediately the government. Easter recess, will receive after the conservative leadthe and support former cabinet members. of all ers The government announcement intention to nationalize caused the of its and steel industries iron parliament, even great members of commons. confusion in among labor conservatives deExperienced never known any clared they produce so- hastily had government to reaching statement of such a far so little desupported with policy tails.

"BELLS OF ST. MARY'S" the Time Theater, Now showing at evening Matinees daily and 9:10. Try and at 2 p. two shows at beginning. 4-18 6:45 it from the see ELKS' DANCE 9 p.

m. MemSaturday, April invited. Bob 20, bers and their orchestra. 4-20 guests Waddell and 7 piece U.S. Holds Fate of Europe, Says Greek Leader BY KINGSBURY SMITH (I.

N. S. Staff Correspondent) Athens Constantin Tsaldaris, new political leader of Breece," boa lieves today that the fate of Europe depends on America. The new premier declared that if America fails to uphold the principles of justice, Europe will degenerate into Communism or Fascistic dictatorships. Tsaldaris, leader of the Greek Populist (Royalist) party expressed his belief in the United States' role as savior of Europe after a dinner tendered Herbert Hoover during the ex-President's tour of European famine areas.

While America's only living exPresident sat chatting with other Greek leaders, Tsaldaris granted an exclusive interview to International News Service. He declared: "America is cur one hope in the world today--the hope of the coinmon Europe. "We look to America to see 'justice upheld in the world. You have the power to impose respect. for justice.

If America does so, Europe and the world will have lasting peace. "If you fail to do su, Europe will be ruled either by Communism or dictatorship. "The people of Europe want peace and justice. At present they have faith in America, but if the United States fails to support them by upholding justice they will lose that faith and turn to extremism." FOUR MORE MARBLE CHAMPIONS NAMED Four more class champions in the Kiwanis Club's city- -wide marble tournament conducted in the Mattoon schools have been declared, Gaines, a member of the Harry Mattoon High School coaching staff, announced today. Charles Malone downed Gene Carlyle, 7 to 6, for the eighth grade crown at Bennett School, and James Harden whipped Howard Decker by the same score for the fifth grade title at Bennett.

In Hawthorne play, Vernon Brown eliminated Charles White, 7 to 2, for the eighth grade chamand Frank Jones blanked pionship Peniston, 7 to 0, in the sixth Bill grade finals. EISENHOWER TO VISIT HIS BIRTHPLACE-DENISON, TEX. Denison, A gala proof welcome was planned togram for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, day chief of staff, who will visit army birthplace in Denison Saturday. his The house where Eisenhower was on Oct.

14, 1893, has been purborn committee of citizens chased, by a Fred Conn, publisher of headed by Herald, and will be the Denison the city as. a shrine. preserved by EASTER DANCE Masonic Temple, April 20. Everybody welcome. Sponsored by VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 4-19 115 CLUB 115 CLUB Will reopen at 12 noon Friday, with plenty of cold drinks.

April 19, 4-18 BLUE SHOES GLOSSER'S GROCERY See these distinctive Easter faver- Easter fries and bakers. 213 North ites for "Mi-lady" at Young's Phone 227; 4-18 Shoe 4-10 33rd. CONSERVATION OF FOOD UP TO PRESIDENT Senators Predict Acceptance of Program by American People BY WILLIAM (I. N. S.

Staff Correspondent) Washington Congress indicated today it was up to President Truman to call the turn on a national food conservation campaign to prevent famine in foreign lands. Senate members declared that "given the facts and a program," the American people will make voluntary sacrifices to help feed starving people abroad. To Speak Friday. This sentiment was expressed as Mr. Truman and Former President Hoover prepared to deliver a worldwide appeal on the famine problem at 6:15 (C.

S. Friday night. Hoover, the president's emissary to famine areas, has been summoned home from Egypt for a personal report on his findings thus far. The tone of the program was believed to have been sounded by Mr. Truman in suggesting that Americans put themselves on a European diet two days a week to see how it feels to go hungry.

Quick action was expected on of recommendations by Mr. Truman's famine emergency committee. They called for increased corn ceiling prices to lessen feeding of corn to livestock, steps to end strikes hampering farm production and restriction of flour deliveries for domestic use. At the same time, however, Senator Morse, (R) of took issue with Mr. Truman's claim that the administration 1s doing all it can to meet the famine problem.

Morse said: "The administration so far has failed to present the facts to the American people. Conservation is fine, but you still have to get the food you' save to the people who need it. "So far we have failed to meet the moral obligation we accepted when we dropped tons of leaflets on occupied countries assuring them they would be taken care of when victory came. Why doesn't the President present a plan to Congress to buy up surplus food, put it on ships and get it over there? We'd support it." Senator Thomas, (D) of chairman of the Senate agriculture committee, said he WAS confident all Americans would "follow the recommendations of President Truman and Former President Hoover on this problem." HOUSE TAKES 11-DAY EASTER RECESS Washington (INS) The House planned to adjourn today for an 11- day Easter recess, while the Senate remained in session. The recess will continue until April 30.

Disposal of legislation extending selective service and price control cleared the way for the short Senate leaders decided to keep the upper House in session in view of the press of work there. The Senate is now considering the British loan and still has to act upon the House legislation extending the draft and OPA. FINED FOR DRIVING ON BOULEVARD Jack Lewis, an independent oil operator in the Mattoon field, was fined $5 and costs by Judge D. C. McKenzie in the Mattoon Police Court late Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving an automobile over 8 boulevard and public sidewalk.

Police said Lewis drove a jeep over the boulevard and along the sidewalk in front of the Hotel U. S. Grant. They quoted him saythat he made the maneuver being he was in a hurry to get out cause of a parking space in which his vehicle was hemmed. PIANO CONCERT Administration to Carry Anti-Inflation Fight to Senate NEA and all others demanded, was announced from Moscow, but Iran said it had not been informed even of such negotiations, until the Russian ambassador arrived with the list of concessions imposed by Moscow.

Finally the ambassador arrived, and Qavam gave every indication of having accepted them under duress; Russia announced the complaint to UN would be withdrawn and later the Iran ambassador filed a notice that Qavam had come "to have "every confidence" in the promise of Stalin to withdraw Red troops May 6-a withdrawal which Stalin had previously promised, in writing, with us and the British, to make two months earlier. This was the comedy of diplomatic pretense as acted out practically in the full public gaze in daily dispatches. Yet UN avoided all these matters in the debate and concerned itself primarily with the Russian charge that the U. S. and British did not want world peace, were up to something unfair or diabolical.

It was all very polite -and partly inane, certainly irrelevant. We are living in an age in which we have been accustomed to inwe sincerity, devoutly maintained by nations and men. But in this case (Continued on page Telephoto (Today's News Pictures Todav) post-war 'vote under the United an unexpectedly heavy women's Diet. Among those elected were liberal party leader and doctor of social democrat and head cook at factory. CHARGES PLOT TO "BUST" OPA Des Moines, Iowa (INS) The Iowa Farmers Union today offered to locate "plenty of cattle" for packer who says he is having difficulty finding beef supplies.

President Fred Stover of Hampton denied that there is a shortage of cattle. He said: "The large packers are engaged in a conspiracy to smash the 'OPA for the purpose of wrecking price control, to the detriment of the consumer. "Cattle are plentiful. The firmer is willing to sell, but the big packers aren't out to buy." Stover said he had recelved a report from L. M.

Cook, manager of the Farmers Union Live Stock Commission Co. at Sioux City, which declared: "We have good volume. There were 10,000 head Monday, 7,500 head Tuesday, 6,300 Wednesday. The big packers are not bidding anywhere near the ceiling price and we can't sell. It looks like they are laying off the market.

They are trying to buy cheap and break the market." Stover said he had a similar report from South St. Paul, and added that if the packers "would like to see a parade of several thousand I'm sure we can arrange it for them." WOMAN ACCUSED OF USING WITCHCRAFT -A 46-year-old Denver woman, M.s. Martina Cordova, under arrest today accused of was practicing witchcraft. Mrs. Cordova was seized after a series of complaints to District Attorney James T.

Burke by persons who said they were victimized by the woman through her practice of witchcraft. Arresting officers found a collection of peculiar candles and several jars filled with a rank smelling liquid in Mrs. Cordova's room. Most of the complaints were made by persons who paid fees ranging from $25 to $60 to get a "hex" removed or aid in tangled family and romantic relationships. Mrs.

Cordova's. incantations, they complained, failed to work. POLITICIANS' E. ST. LOUIS NIGHT CLUB BOMBED East St.

Louis, Ill. -(INS)-East St. Louis police probed a bombing 1.0- day. A bomb. dropped on a night club operated by Tcm and Joe Lewis, Negroes, tore a 10-foot hole in the roof of 'the building before exploding.

An elaborate glass bar was and windows in nearby homes were shattered. The Lewises are prominent in East St. Louis Republican politics. They backed candidates in the recent primaries in opposition to the regular party machine. O.

L. Jaggers will give a 30- minute piano concert at the Assembly of God revival tonight. Public A store invited. 4-18 salary, plus person at the FIRST OPEN CHURCH Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 tonight, Hear Bishop Dennis, Gucker's Flower Shop, 2313 Moulmusic by First Baptist Choir. 4-18 trie, Phone 2722.

4-20 FIRST METHODIST CHURCH BY ARTHUR F. HERMANN (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) Washington The House today overwhelmingly adopted the amendment-riddled OPA extension bill.

The vote was 355 to 42. The rebellious congressmen stripped OPA of most of its powers while the White House was making known President Truman's opposition to their action. "Joy Ride to Disaster." Administration spokesmen said the House action will take the American people on an "inflationary joy ride to disaster." White House Secretary Charles G. Ross was asked if the President had any comment on the determination of the House to adopt the ment-studded' bill. Ross said: "No comment now, but the Prestdent hopes for better results in ibe Senate." Final passage came on the eighth successive roll call-six Wednesday night, and two immediately upon convening for an unusual 10 o'clock session this morning.

Earlier, the representatives had decisively defeated by a vote of 370 to 20 a third attempt to kill the bill by sending it back to the House banking and currency committee. The top-heavy vote for passage included administration adherents who look to the Senate and the subsequent joint conference to bring out a bill acceptable to President Truman and Economic Stabilizer Bowles. Bowles Goes to People. Bowles took the administration's in an 11th-hour A address in which fight for OPA directly to the people he declared that Congress has before it "the 20 billion, 40 billion, 100 billion dollar question." The economic chief's obviously born of desperation, foreshadowed the possibility that dent Truman would go over the head of Congress in an attempt to salvage what may well become the most serious domestic policy setback of his administration. Bowles charged that amendments now in the House version of the bill will cost the consumer many billions of dollars yearly in increased prices.

He forecast that action of the House, if retained by the Senate, would set off a spiral of demands for wage increases to keep up with price increases. Amendments. In 12 hours of continuous session and over the appeals of administration leaders, the House wrote the following amendments into the bill: 1-By Rep. Wolcott, (R) of abolishing the OPA on March 31, instead of June 30 as desired by the administration--adopted 209 to 189. 2-By Wolcott, requiring that price ceilings reflect all production costs plus a reasonable profit for each article--adopted 259 to 137.

3-By Wolcott, requiring gradual termination of the one billion, 800 million dollar food subsidy program by Dec. 31-adopted 224 to 150.0 4-By Representative Flannagan, (D) of ending the 175 million dollar meat subsidy program cn June 30 adopted 214 to 182. 5-By Representative Gossett, (D) of abolishing price control on individual items after June 30 when production rises to level output between July 1, 1940, and June 30, 1941, and to end controls on farm products when supply equals mestic demand--approved 228 to 166. 6-By Representative Crawford, (R) of requiring price ceilings on consumer durable goods, such as autos, refrigerators, and other reconversion items, to allow pre-war margins. of profits to wholesalers and retailers--adopted 214 to 183.

In only one vital case did the coalition fail to attain its objective. An amendment by Representative Wadsworth, (R) of N. removing meats from ceiling price and otner OPA controls, which had been adopted earlier in the day, was rejected by a roll call vote of 223 to 172. POLLY'S TEA ROOM get his Will serve Easter Breakfast and: dinners until 3 o'clock, reservations only. 1309.

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