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JL TUESDAY. IJ0VEMBE1 THB DAILY JOURNAl-OAZETTI AND COMMERCIAL-STAR, MATTOON. ILLINOIS rAOI TWO I A I I 1, The Daily Journal-Gazette Mrs. Boyer AND COMMERCIALj-STAB T'lirFlt? 11 III Artificial Insemination among jud ry cattle is making the wldetpr2 uis of proven sires possible, LETTERS FRCM THE PEOPLE M. aJ I' la Consolidated 19 IS Charleston Happy Relief YouVe Sluggish.Up: FRANCIS M.

STULL IS MISSING IN ACTION Pfc. Francis M. Stull, 21, has been lLsted as missing In action since Nov. 9. nccordlng to word received here Tuesday by his mother, Mrs.

Marie StuB. 504 South Eighteenth street. Priva-6tull was serving with the army under General Patton somewhere in France. He was employed by the Sawin-Jones Co. store before entering service two years ago.

He has been overseas eight months. 1 Current Comment ORIENTAL LIMITED (Reader's Digest) At the Dearborn street station In Chicago, an MP kept shouting: "Call your destinations when you come through!" Soldiers, sailors and marines streamed through the gate, eoch calling out the place he was headed for until the MP abruptly halted one marine who'd sought to stroll past without announcement. "Come on you sound off!" bellowed the MP. "What's your destination?" The marine gave the MP a brief but sizzling Inspection, then roared back: "Where the hell d'you think? Tokyo!" and brushed by. 'An Independent Newspaper Published in The Journal-CHietU Bulldinf 1711 Charleston MaUoon.

IU Sventacs Except Sundays and Holidays THE MATTOON JOURNAL COMPANY W. B. HAMEL, President and Publisher Member nilool Dally newspaper Markets, Audit Bvreaa of Ctroulatlona. Inland Dally Press Association, tlllnole Praee Aaaoolation. AdTartislna; Executives Aseoelatloa as Adfertlelns Checking Bur a.

JOURNAL-GAZETTE OFFICES: Allen-Klspr Nation Advertising Representatives, New York Olflce. 651 Filth Chicago Office, frW Michigan Detroit Office, 630 New Center Building. LOCAL USES PLACES OVER 400 IN OCTOBER During the month of October, more than 400 men and women were placed in jobs by the War Manpower Ccinmisslon's United States Employment Service in Mattoon, Oeorge W. Short, manager of the office, announced today. Of the total number of workers placed in Jobs during the month by this office, Mr.

Short said, 363, or 88 per cent were placed In essential war Jobs. "In the MaUoon area, 28 veterans of World War II, were placed," he said. "In addition to these placements, a great deal of WMC's service to veterans Is In vocational counseling, or helping the veteran decide what kind of Job, profession or trade he wants to follow. The results of such counseling often may be that the veteran goes back to school or enters a training course to study the type of work he's decided upon" I The name and addreta III author accompany every can tribuhon. but on taiiimkt will pot be publnhcd.

Letters published Made, fhu pvod do nut Aaceitarilv ambody Ih- hild by tha monogmnl al Ilia 1 (EDITOR'S NOTE: Following are excerpts from a Irttrr from Jjjiio KasMrrnian, a former Mattoon rcMiient, recrived by Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Doty, 800' Marshall avenue.) I was at Salisbury on D-Day and I didn't beliee there were that many planes gliders in the world.

The sky w.is black with them constantly for two nights and a day. Ar.Hind Ste. Marie Eglise. we saa- Mrs. Margaret Buyer, 29.

of Indianapolis, who h-us a lurid record In Illinois for being found on highways and escaping from hospitals, bobbed up again in Charleston Saturday afternoon a short time Mattoon police had placed her en an Indianapolls-bound bus She was found In a semi-conscious condition In the basement of the county court house by Sheriff Ernest Hougland and was taken to Charleston Hospital for treatment. The incident was more or less a repetition of other event? in stormy career in Illinois. Only Friday she was found nearly unconscious in a ditch at the side of OS i 1: to TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dally by carrier, per Dally by mail, tone I. one year 81x months Three months Central Illinois Deaths fi.00 1.75 L7 .16 On month Zons 1 (60 to 160 miles) tfi-50. Over ISO miles $1-50.

mini SOCIAL WMCN CONSTIPATION makes fa punk as the dickeni, brings on Ma2 opaet, tour taste, gassy discomfort, aa Dr. Caldwell's smou median to akti Eull the trigger on lazy "innirda. sa lp you feci bright and chipper egtii, OR. CALDWELL'S is the wonderful Entered at the post office at Mattoon, EL, as second class matter. Address all to THE JOURNAL-GAZETTE.

NEWS Weakly Journal Eatabllahed to ISM. Weak I Gasetta Eatabllehed In ISM. U. S. Highway 45 a sliort distance troops, gliders and parachutes.

I north of Mattoon. Alternating be- at Ste. Marie Eglise a little tween Memorial Hospital nnd tiv cur a day ajid then went on our local police station until Saturday, up through Montfborough Mrs. Boyer was placed on the bus and Valogunes. Monteborough was for Indianapolis shortly before completely wrecked, there wasn't uraal Ealabilahed la 1 17 4, Consolidated Jan.

10. Daily Jbi laxatiTt contained in good old Sjru Pa dn to make it so tj to take. MANY DOCTORS use pepsin prepartfian in preicriptioni to make the medicine aen palatable and agreeable to take. 8obaaa OVERSEAS LETTERS hardly a building standing. Valo- Are you a Hider? When you write to Johnny do you try noon.

yuux luiurs vuuuuuvii in oyrop WITH MRS. SEAMAN Mrs. Harry Seaman entertained a number of relatives with a turkey dinner Thanksgiving Day at her home, 3312 Marion avenue. The evening was spent visiting. Out-of-town guests were Mr.

and Mrs. Rex Dailey and daughters, Joan and Rosetta, of Charleston. ex? Coat Woolen A few tablespoons of glycerin add ed to the last rinse when washing woolens will prevent the garment from scratching when worn. Be sure each water is the same temperature. Changing from hot to col water shrinks woolens.

INSIST ON DR. CALDWELL'S thefayarj. of millions for 50 year, and feel that wkab some relief from constipation. Bros, taJtkj gones wasn't wrecked as badly, but almost. All along the road were wrecked enemy trucks, dead animals and several of the fallen master race.

I sa the German General Von Schlielen the day he surrendered. We were there when the break so hard to be cheerful that you conceal important things? He Charleston authorities said th-y always knows when the cheer is artificial, and it worries him. learned that Mrs. aSyer had re-True, he can't take grumbling and nagging and long melan- LZ choly rambhngs from the home front, and he shouldn be away from the staticn called upon to do so. He has enough that is real to worry a short time before she was found, him where he is.

They said that she was the same i mmun wHn early this vear was I iiinnw CAUTIONi TJss only ss directed. DLCAIDWELTS But Johnny wants to reel mat ne is still a part or nis nome. fjund a ditch nearCnariesuw at st. Lo was made and Is grandma sick? Don't conceal it, but tell him carefully what th klM that shp had saw the terrific aerial bombardfhenr. SENNA LAXATIVE waglac, Miss Bonnlejean Schlnelg of Urbana.

Miss Beverly Kay Robertson of Indianapolis, Ramon Robertson of Eglin Field, Fla and John R. Boyle of Decatur. the doctor Then he'll write her a jollying letter and they- been thrown from a car after an Will both feel better. attempted attack. At that time she Have the family tires finally fallen apart? Don't hide the We could feel the concussion of the bombs as they hit and the enemy firing at our planes.

Old Herman the Vermin (German planes) was over quite often. We moved on to Brest peninsula. The Germans dropped flares and some bombs that were a bit too close for comfort. From thpre WP hpiripH TiTL-arH tact or groan, write him a tunny letter about your suosti When found in Mattoon Friday is in i i .1 tute transportation, ne De proud ot you Tor rne way you told gne was ms Rutn solved the problem, but he won't come home on furlough ptniey of Biackweil, Tex but later PUBIUC SALE I will sell my farming equipment and stock at public auction on fla Mrs. SarafT Vlrden.

Assumption. 111. Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Vlrden, who died Saturday evening at her home, were held today in the Church of the Nazarene. Mrs.

Vlrden Is survived by a daughter, two sons, 16 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. I Mrs. Ida Rincker. Strasburg. 111.

Funeral rites for Mrs. Ida Rincker, 80, were held Monday afternoon at the St. Paul's Lutheran church In Strasburg. Burial was In the adjoining cemetery. Mrs.

Rincker died Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Frieda Lading. Surviving are seven daughters and seven sons. a a a Walter A. Thompson.

Paris, 111. Funeral services for Walter A. Triompson, 86, retired farmer and for a number of years a member of the Paris police force, who died Sunday night at the home of a nephew, Ernest Walling, were held today at a local funeral home. Mr. Thompson Is survived by several nieces and nephewrs.

Belgium gave us a wonderful welcome. I shall never forget the welcome the Belgium people gave us. They were almost wild. They threw so many flowers at our truck hat It looked like a floral float In the Parade of Roses. Going through towns they lined the streets and was almost impossible to pass.

Mothers brought their babies for us to others wanted autographs. When would stop, they would just mob us from all slds and when we were moving, they put their hands out so that we could toucn them as we passed. I shall never forget how happy they were to be free again after four years of Nazi domination. 'counting on the car. He will have figured out another way admitted her true identity and in YOUTH MEETING The Methodist Youth Fellowship met Sunday at the church.

A panel discussion was held on the subject, "Race Prejudice Now and After the War," with Miss Carleen Bock, chairman. Miss Sara Bernlnger, James Hashbarger and Richard Champion each giving short talks on the different races. After the talks questions were asked and discussed by all those present. WITH MRS. ROBERTSON Mrs.

E. V. Robertson entertained at a turkey dinner Thursday at the Odd Fellows hall. Thirty-four relatives were present. Those from out-of-town who attended ere Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Robinson and Mr and Mrs. Paul Buckaleu of Terre Haute, Fred E. Robertson of Montgomery, Mrs. Dorothy Boyle of Decatur, Mrs.

Alice Lawson of Do- to go to see his girl Wesch farm, located one-half mile north of the west end of Main street. formed police that she had escaped Parls chartTes on from St. John's Hospital in of near Melum then on field and St. Mary's Hospital in ComDletlv nmnnr th. hi Don't hide big things.

It just makes him worry unneces Areola, Illinois, sale to Degin at cjock a. on WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 1944 sarily. Let him feel, if letters are delayed, that no news is good Decatur on Wednesday and Thurs- Meaux. ther, THREE COWS One black Jersey cow, 6 years old, a B-gallon eowf one brindle cow, 6 years old, a 5-gallon cow; one Jersey and Shortbors cow.

6 years old, giving 214 gallons milk per day. FARM IMPLEMENTS One A. C. tractor on rubber; one 14-lnch C. plow; one 7-foot A.

C. disc; one A C. cultivator; one A. C. DOWeT mower; one 5-foot cut A.

C. combine; one John Deere 3-sectlon hsr row; one G. M. C. 1937 pick-up truck, ton; about 3,000 broomcofll news.

He will be much more comfortable if he knows that bad respeotively. to get down to Paris for tao eve-news is never concealed. i she 581(1 her th4t nad com llins- the ay 1 a the Eiffel to Illinois to see her husband who Tower. Statue of Liberty, Arch De- CATiionAV uiruT tub bdaipib ekl TaylonUIe in cpo- Triomph and about all the other his- dAIUKDAT NlurlT ON THE PKAIKIt neotion with a service station rob- torlcal places we could see from the Last Saturday night in Mattoon was just about like any bery. street, i should imagine, that in other Saturday night in Mattoon.

Everyone came downtown recent weeks the woman had peace time Paris lives up to its or into town or nearly everyone. Some people walked, some a operations whirh have name of being a gay city but when i i Ji i not satisfactorl healed, and each we there tfte F. F. I. were still drove their cars tenderly, others rode the busses, and a lot ot of hef tKtlp tne con.

routing out snipers. the kids whizzed down to the main stem on bicycles. People aitlon officials stated. Several weeks We thf moved on to Solssons, were all Over the Streets and Sidewalks, looking into windows, ago shewas found under circum- then through Laon and Chateau pricing things, buying things and talking. stances simflar to those here and Thierry.

We saw the American TV i i 4i- i r. Charleston, on a highway near Lin- Memorial and the old ruins of the They met long lost friends whom they hadn seen since TOm 8he related 6he was last war. we then to Belgium, -the previous Saturday night; they talked about crops, the hitch-hiking and that she was the A11 akmK' tne people of France and factory, politics, football, the war and rationing and the weath- victim of an attempted attack by er and other friends whom they hadn't seen -for two Satur- some who her a ride- on Western avenue with 52 day nights or even longer Charleston police followed relatives in attendance. slats, 8-foot, 9-foot and 10-foot. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE One mahogany bed room suite; oat modern bed room suite; one dining room table, 8 chairs and buffet match; one 2-piece overstuffed suite; one 3-piece breakfast set; oil burner heating stove, large size; one 9x12 rug; one lot small nip, CHICKENS AND CHICKEN SUPPLIES Seven dozen White Rock Simple DtWt need notwrack sad tortnr 1 pullets; one McComb brooder stove, 500-chlck size; chick fountain and feeders; some shop tools, and many other articles too numerool with maddening itch burn and irritation, 8tuart' Pyramid 6uppoltorla bring a Quick, welcoma relief.

Thir grand rnadi. cation means real comfort, reduce strain, a heloa tishtaM. relaxed membranes. Mntlv to mention. TERMS CASH.

Not Rssponslble In Case of Accidents. Hot Lunch Will Be Served on the Grounds. WILLIAM SHARP lubricates and softens. Protsctire and nti chaffing, so easy to nsa. Get genuine Lf Srusrt'l Pvramid SuMKMitortes at Tour drug atm without delays 60c and 1 JO oo nukex a moocy-back LEWIS COX, Auctioneer.

MACK HONN, Clerk. "Sure, I'd like to buy a car when the war's over, but so tus bound for Indianapolis but with would 10 million other people." no assurance that she would not get "Well, maybe that's right, but I got a brother-in-law who at 016 firet sUp' UPSET STOMACHS YIELD INCHES OF GAS AND BLOAT TEN YEARS AGO Nov. 28, 19M. Adolph Schwerdt, proprietor of a restaurant in Slgel, died his home in that city today. Cleone Romlnger and Miss Mildred F.

Lilly, both living near this city, wore united In marriage in M.auxm tday. Ernest A. Meyer, a former resident of this city, died today at the Veterans' Hospital In Danville. John E. Leltzell was made a member of the.

state board of the Illinois Photographers Association at a meeting of the association in Peoria. runs a used car lot in Kalamazoo, and he says "You heard from your boy yet, Bill?" "No, I ain't heard nothing since he was in Louisiana and thought he might be shipping cut. "Hello, Ed, hello, how the dickers are you?" "Fine, Walter, how's yourself? "So my brother-in-law wrote just last week and said maybe he could get an extra dealer's car sometime next year." "He must've shipped out. We ain't heard nothing yet. Inside a drug store a young man wearing a faded leather jacket was trying to buy a popular brand of cigarets.

The tired TwenUi Years Ago Today Nov. ti, 1924. Mrs. Edna Newland Carey, 50, a former resident of this city, died yesterday at her home in St. Louis.

Miss Minnie McOormlck, 50, died today at the home of her parents, vj Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCormlck, "I wtis so full of gas I was afraid I'd burst. Sour, bitter substance rose up In my throat from my upset stomach after meals. I got E.RB-HELP, anJ It worked Inches of gas and bloat from me.

Waistline is -ay down now. Meals are a pleasure. I Erb-Help to the sky." Thi; is an ac.ual signed testimonial from a man living right here In Mattoon. ERB-HELP is the new formula con'alnlng medicinal juices from 12 herbs; these herbs cleanse bowels, clear gas from stomach, act on sluggish liver and kidneys Miserable people soon fee. different all over.

So don't go on suffer-Store, 124 South 17th opposite lng get Erb-Help. Arcade Drug Montgomery Ward. Go without and do without if need be to help speed the pace of victory T1 clerk pointed to the No Cigarets" sign and walked away with- iei3 Edgar avenue, after several out a word or a smile, obviously pleased at having put the weeks' illness, young fellow "in his place." The young man mumbled an Mattoon High School football apology for asking and haltingly made his way out of the store. fhb i in a Thanksgiving Day football In a grocery store, a woman was trying to buy some but- Bame at Klnzel nel Tne WM ter, but she had forgotten to bring her ration book. She'd bring 22-0.

the points the next time, she said. No, the cashier said, we Howard R. wieland and Miss have to have them now or the WPA will complain. You mean Glayfae Wall, both of this city, were united In marriage yesterday. the OPA, another cashier volunteered.

But I need the butter. The annual reunion of the Dole me annual reuni 1 1. ,1 1 1 .4, I have three children, they have to eat. No, the first cashier ar pmhi. famm was held yes THE young man in this picture obviously is an extreme example.

Our Government certainly does not expect any of us to go that far in restricting our buying even to put the 6th Wmr Loan over the top. But our fighting forces certainly will fee! that their sacrifices are appreciated if we deny ourselves some things and put the money into extra War Bonds instead. Remember, War Bonds pay off at maturity at the rate of $4 for every $3 invested. Try to buy at least one extra $100 Bond while this 6th War Loan Drive is on. TWl mdirrliumim prrprtj nntributtd Ibi 61k War Us DrJm THE STUDEBAKER CORPORATION terday at the home of the Misses, New VACUUM CLEANERS Immediate Delivery No Back Orders to Fill No Red Tape! Anyone Can Buy! 'Phone 1912 or Write Filtex Dist.

Co. City Hall Bldg. 0.R.BUF0RD Mt. Vgrnon, III. BING'S 87th YEAR This Christmas, give the Hearing rfitf with the New "Look of Youth" COFFXIS an Jumusyv.imW .1.

y-t- Jif 1 MTC MTC MTC MTC MTC MTC TCMTC Tt "Mi- insisted, I sorry but the WPA will complain." "Frankly, doctor, I had a good year," said a farmer waiting to have his purchases checked. "I had a pretty fair yield of every crop, and prices were good. Guess I'll paint my barn next spring." Under a brilliantly lighted marquee, crowds were pouring out of a theater after conclusion of the first show. They blinked and yawned and talked about the show. It was wonderful, tragic, funny, terrible, interesting.

Let's get a sundae somewhere. Three boys flirting with some girls said they'd see 'em after they left the confectionery. "Howdy, Frank, say I'm looking for another tractor about next spring. Heard of anyone who'd like to sell, at a decent figure?" "I'm looking for. a tractor hyself "Of course, he might have gone west, to Guadalcanal or Hawaii, or India, or some place.

Maybe he went to China theysending many to China?" By midnight downtown Mattoon was growing dark and quiet. A few red neons ourned. Keys jingled. brief ly as a storekeeper, detaind several hours after closing to dheck his business, locked his door. Then his heels clicked evenly on the sidewalk.

He was whistling something jolly enroute to an all-night restaurant to get a midnight lunch. A dog trotting slowly dowYi Broadway could not make out the tune, but that didn't matter. The tune was one of contentment. This was and is Saturday night in Mattoon. Even if our town should eventually grow to four times its present size, let's keep our Saturday nights.

They are the trademark of American cities like ours. SOO tm UOHAmcM Fiaai a Sari aiOa II Tonight Tomorrow Matinee Night 12o-40c TONIGHT AND TOMORROW Mntlnee IZc-SSe Night 2o-40o Tonight-12c-25c CAItOLK LOMBARD AND FREDERIC MARCH NOTHING SACRED; The Tendercst, ToiiRhest IVJ Story Ever Told! PLUS SECOND FEATURE (5 THE ZENITH RADI0NIC GLASS with New Neutrol-Color Earphone and Cord It's the perfect gift for your hard of hearing loved one. New Neutral-Color Earphone and Cord makes isible parts et en notn cable than ye The most sensitive minded can wear this iniinimem with new confidence and poise. Exclusive Zenith four-position cx 7 TOLEIt ANCIt H4t 01 CStMAJTj ternal Tone Control enables tnyon i to ad hist the instrument himself! Come in lor a frra demonitration! Z' mrm. Wednesday, ThursdaJ Bargain-12c-20c 40 Morftl A 1 A COMPUTE CuytWhoArt READY TO WEAR For Christmas GIVE GLASS TOPS i FOR DESKS BUFFETS CUT TO FIT EDGES POLISHED, BRADLEY'S (Formerly A.

C. Tire Co.) 19th and Charleston Ave. Phone 67 Alto AvollobU The new lVnt nndu fiun Zenith lor thmr wlmr lnu mil rr.ommfn.l (hti type "1 irmrunirnt. Mnirl 14 Of). The new Ilonr Air Ztrinh air oti-luctiun ninth' nt I re rwtw and implificaiion range, Model A 50 0U.

4ccep(rit bv Amtrimn WerfinM mi iaf ioi Cou notion I'hviical Medicine ODDS AND ENDS The proper measure of a man is the size of the thing required to give him a grouch. A woman is a person who likes to tell what she knows; a man is a person who likes to tell what he thinks. Much has beenid and written about the lessons learned at Mother's knee, but nowadays we hear very little about the importance of those learned across Dad's knee. Rental property in Mattoon is at a premium. If you have any extra space that could be used as an apartment, now would be a good time to rent it.

It is beginning to be an established fact that the very men who find themselves on the horns of a dilemma didn't even know dilemmas had horns. You don't have to go to a race track to show horse sense. The sports department reports that have given the 1944 M. H. S.

football team splendid support. Never ask a judge to give you a little of his time. Remarkable Remark: "The history of civilization proves that wheri people tear down their churches, they always need the stdne to build jails." Rev. J. Fred Melvin run tnvt at tania am rim (iiimmH PLUS MARCH OF TIME LATEST NEWS 1703 BROADWAY MATTOON SERIAL i TC MTC MTC MTC-M TC-MTCt-MU' A.

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