The Cedarville Herald, Volume 66, Numbers 27-52

■•at? ■ a- \ ’ l\ t * r Y W » * O V £ 2 f f Americans For America —-^America For Americans «m f e e ) -**? « r j $ & . SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 49 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER5,1943 ' t s j f W m - for frtt j tmhM t W k I m J * f PBICE, $1.00 A YEAB HAPPENINGS IN WASHINGTON By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member o f Congress, Seventh Ohio District We ere changing the usual form of- “With a WCek in firder to give our readers a letter we have just received from our former family physician in Washing­ ton, Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Grata, who is now serving as Chief Division Surgeon for the 37th Div­ ision Surgeon for the 37th. Divisibn o f the D- S Army, which is made up o f Ohio boys and has been seeing real action in the South Pacific. We be­ lieve you- will find the letter, dated | October 17th, quite interesting, Here it is: ‘My dear Clarence:- Hello-! Just a short letter to let you know. the. old 37th covered itself with glory in the New Georgia campaign, and that J - was all. thru it with the 148th (Regi­ ment). A s a reward I was made a Lieutenant Colonel and am now Boh Beightier’s Chief Surgeon with the title o f Division Surgeon. The only “thing I don’t like about-it is that I have to follow him into the front lines and he is really there all the time. I always thought^ Generals remained a t a safe distance in the rear~hut not , General Beightler. .One time he had his command post within a hundred yards o f the Japs and they were snip­ ing and maehine gunning all over the place constantly. COURT NEWS DIVORCE SUITS Charging neglect, Mary W. Bell­ inger asks fo r her freedom from Charlea V* Bellinger, Oxnard, Calif and seeks restoration to her maiden name o f Troxler, They were married in San Antonio, Texas*, Sept. 21,123? Kathryn A. Yeakley, in A suit a- gainst William Elmer Yeakley, Xenia, ___ . charges neglect and declares she has w been forced to work to support her­ self. They were married February 25, '1918 and there are no minor chil dren. Negleht and cruelty are grounds cited in the petition o f Mildred J. Hayerstiek against Joseph F. Haver- stick, Xenia, whom she married in Columbus November 29, 1932. She asks restoration to her maiden name o f Greene. Lena Hurst Peters charges neglect in her action against Marcus E. Peter^. Osborn, and claims she has had to work t o ‘support herself.. She asks to be restored to her maiden name o f Hurst. They were married October 28, 1938'. . , - Evelyn Lepper seeks temporary and permanent alimony and custody o f a minor child in her divorce suit a ; gainst Ed. J. Lepper, whom she mar­ ried at Pipestone, Minn-, March 21, 1925. She wants the defendant to be enjoined from molesting, her. J SUES FOR $10,680 - A dining car and real estate in Fairfield are involved, in a suit fo r $10,680 filed by L. R. Patton, Dayton, against F, D. McDonough, Fairfield. According to the. petition, the plain­ tiff and defendant and John W. Stot- ‘•‘My outfit—the 148th under Colonel; . , , .... ...... ... Baxter-was cut off. and surrounded i ter, purcha,sed two J o ts nj Fan fold fo r three days, hut the old .Indian ! f ad af eed to erect a dming car on blooded Ohio hoys fought it out w ith1the s, e and1Jth*t a ! * uf f 1 the the Japs, and had a-hard time getting! P^perty would be.used for sleeping through the dead Japs after it was all ^ommodations for employes o f the over. I was scared, o f course, and had one' hundred and twenty-three wound­ ed hoys on my hands to take care of at the time . Service in the tropics is dining car. The car was purchased, but the plaintiff charges McDonough has failed to carry out the agreement and on September 18 filed an action hard en the'troops and I am hopin“ |f^Wng partition of the real estate that after the next big push the 37th ' ’nvcdved' may get home for a little rest period. We have now. been -here eighteen months. “ I hope ypu are okeh and that everything is going well on the Hill. My regards to your family, and thc- best o f everything to you. The next time I write I hope to be closer to Tokyo- Your friend and physician— Eddie.” For a. good many years now there has been, o ff and on, a running fight between the producers o f butter and the manufacturers o f and distributors o f oleomargarine as to the taxes and other restrictions on the sale of the latter product.. Last Tuesday another battle in the long struggle between these, two food products got under way in s'1hearing before the House- Committee on Agriculture on , the ■Fulmer Bill to repeal the various taxes ^ oh oleomargarine and oleo­ margarine dealers, including the ten cents per pound, tax on artificially colored margarine. Most o f these taxes were', o f course, levied for the purpose o f protecting the dairy in­ terests o f the country. Fulmer comes from South Carolina, a section of the country having only a small dairy in­ dustry, but furnishing large quanti­ ties Of cottonseed oil and other pro­ ducts Used in, making oleomargarine. Southern representatives are expected to vote for the Bill, while those from the North will undoubtedly oppose it, The Agriculture Committee is split on the measure, and it is a toss-up as to what its final action will be. If the Bill reaches the Floor o f the House another merry fight can be expected there. The Senate Bill, making changes in the Selective Service Act, was amend­ ed by the House' last week and re­ turned to the Senate for concurrence in the House amendments. The im­ portant changes made in the bill in­ cluded taking Selective Service out from under the War Manpower Com­ mission and making it a Separate gov- emmenai agency, and-an addition to the law requiring the induction o f all eligible single men, and married men Without children, from any and all sections o f the United States, before pre-P«ari Harbor fathers are drafted in any Selective Service District. House action was almost unanimous, but it is reported that the Senate may not look with favor on the House amendments and that the final text of the bill Will have to be Worked out by a Conference Committee represen t|H# the two lejsfislative bodies. OTA orders Issued last week fixing price ceilings on ilve cattle have cre­ ated a real furore in Washington, as well Us throughout'the livestock pro­ ducing sections and markets o f the country, House and Senate Members The plaintiff claims he would not i have .purchased* the real estate or entered into a contract to b u y ,the dining cAr or spent $680 .in investi­ gating. and negotiating fo r its pur­ chase had it not been fo r the agree­ ment. He claims -that none, o f the money, he spent. in furthering the agreement has been returned and that the dining car has a questionable val­ ue unless it is used for the purpose for which it was intended. CONTRACTING FIRM SUED The Contractor’s Construction Co., engaged in improving a portion of Route 4, is named defendant in a suit for $1,500 filed by Bertha M- Her- bvuck. The plaintiff seeks judgment for between 3,000 and 4,000 cubic yards o f dirt, assertedly taken without her knowledge or consent, from a tract o f land she owns. It is charged the dirt Was used in construction of the highway. AWARD DIVORCES Divorces were granted Ffed Ander­ son. from Helena Anderson with* the custody of minor children referred to juvenile court; Vema Henry from Cecil Henry with plaintiff restored to heb maiden name of Reed; Geneva Brue from Clewis Brue; Robert P. Bowormaster from Mary Jane Bower* master; Naomi R. Apking from Wil­ liam F. Apking, with custody of a child given the plaintiff, and Key Wiser from Earl Wiser with the plain­ tiff restored to her maiden name of .Mangart, A divorce was denied Earl Babb and Mary Babb on both plaintiff’s petition and the defendants cross pet­ ition. SUIT DISMISSED Action brought by Betty Jane Wil­ liamson against LeRoy Williamson has been dismissed. (O o s rtN tn b O n F ags F ork ) (C ontinue ** O n P age F our ) APPRAISALS The following .estates were ap­ praised in probate/ court; Nora Crohint gross, $2,500; deduc­ tions, $866.76; net, $1,633.24. Wendell P, Lester; gross, $800; de­ ductions, riot listed; net, $800- , James C, Maloy; gross, $400; de­ ductions, not listed; net, $400. Maynard R. Snider; gross, $500; deductions, not listed; net, $500. Ammon Russell Gorman; gross, $150; deductions, not listed; net, $160. Mary Alice Pearson; gross, $1,850; deductions, not listed; net, $1,850. Ben R. McClellan; gross, $23,918.82; deductions, $3,905.63; net,- $20,013,19. Thomas J, Kennedy; gross, $87,310.- 02; deductions, $7,232 70; net, $80,- 077.32, „ Hurl R. Adams; gross, $842.69; de­ ductions, $1,109.07; net, nothing. Mary Dickenson; gross, $40; de­ ductions, not listed; net, $40. There were but two contests in the local election, in the village council and fo r clerk ,of the township. The absence o f contests led to a very light vote in all four precincts. The contest in the council race re ­ sulted in six members being elected from eight candidates: Charles A , Townsley, local baker, won over R. T. Nelson, C. H- Crouse headed the ticket with 172 votes, Townsley, 163; Walter Cummings, 161;.C. E. Masters, 160; -H. H. Brown, 159 and G. H. Hart­ man, 149, Charles Rheubert was the other candidate. ’ Dr. H. H; Abels who was named mayor following the death o f Mayor ‘D, A. Dobbins had no opposition. His. vote was 170;; Nelson Creswell, clerk, 181, and Karlh Bull, treasurer, 168. For hoard o f public affairs’ Amos Frame' aqd Arthur Cummings mere' re-elected- with votes o f 148 and 139. Marion Hughes, present member, waa not a candidate but his name was written, ip-,by some voters. In the .township Meryl Stormont was re-elected trustee without op­ position, receiving 231 votes. The contest between A. E . .Richards and A- Ray McFarland, for clerk, gave Richards, 169 and McFarland, 114, Dr. H. H. Abels and Kenneth'Little were written in for Justice o f the Peace arid Wm. Marshall fo r con­ stable. In the school board race there were two candidates for two places to fill. Rankin McMillan^xeceived 228 .votes and John A, Davis, 213. McMillan win succeed John W. Collins, who was not a candidate for re-election. * ALONGFARMFRONT E, A . Drake, Co, Agrieultural Agent •mtjf Xenia Voters Endorse Charter A hot battle in Xenia-over a change, in the city charter,to elect city com­ missioners by wards, resulted in a vote o f 1,633 for retaining the. pres­ ent charter and 944 fo r the change. Colored citizens in the two East end precincts asked, for the change but were turned dowm Elwood £>. Smith and Clarence Patterson were re-elect­ ed commissioners. FARM BUREAU AN HIAL MEETING NOVEMB 5R 11 Herbert Evans o f he Ohio Farm Bureau Federation * will be guest speaker at the annnf| meeting o f the Greene County Farsi Bureau at the Court House assembj room, Thurs­ day evening, Novemfbr 11, at 6:80, A covered dish supper Trill be ser% ved preceding the’ ev|ning program, Directors and delegates to the state annua] meeting wall elected. Committees named ^Arthur Balms, president o f the organisation, to make arrangements for the bneeting are .as follows: Program - Hanley Hetzler, Wilbur Beard, Heber keach, Mrs. L. D, Welch and'Mrs. Ralph Watkins; Supper committee -j Mrs, A. D.- Thomas, Mrs. Cecil Ccpklin .and Mrs. D- W. Wolf; Nomin»t|ng committee- Ralph Kendig, Leroy Sgahr, Mrs. John Collins, Mrs. James jAnderson, and Chas. Atkinson; Resolutions com­ mittee - Harper Bickdjt, Herman 'An- keney and Arthur B.BVans; Auditing committee -'Mrs. S. H.Shawhan, Mrs Delmer Jobe and Mrs.' Chas. Kable- A t present ,293" farm families Are members o f the county organization of which Mr, Bahns, is president; Harry ’Armstrong, vice-president; Mrs. John Collins, secretary and R. Black, treasurer. In addition- to -the above the follow ing’ {constitute the board o f directors: Guy Coy, Mrs. J. R. McDonald, Ray Garringer, Mrs. Leroy Jacobs, .Herman Brickel, Mrs. Pearl Alexander, -Bernard Franklin and E- M. Marshall <i Fred C. McMillan Will SpeakHere SundayEvening Fred C. McMillan, Deg Moines, Iowa business leader, industrialist, director o f a railroad company, director o f a Pittsburgh Bank, layman "of the United Presbyterian Church, is to be the speaker at a Union Meeting o f the Churches o f the Village and C«s- darville College at the local United Presbyterian Church, Bunday evening Nov, 7, a t 7;80 which is open to the general public. Mr- McMillan made: a tour o f South .America Mission Fields with Robert E. .Speer, a score o f years ago, and has also toured mission areas with Mills Taylor in the Orient, in­ cluding‘ India and Egypt. He is a native of Cedarville. Mayor Lowell Fess Gets ThirdTerm One o f the hottest factional fights staged in the county in several years was' in Yellow Springs, when Mayor Lowell Fess was re-elected for a third term. Williatn Beatty was a write-in candidate. The vote was 353 to 286. C. B- Franklin was re-elected mayor o f Bowersville, Rap Miller, re-elected mayor o f Bellbrook. Clfton with write-in candidates re­ elected George Nraley mayor. U , S-.-Lynn, re-elected 'mayor o f Fairfield and R. E. Crone for'Osborn. W- E. Crites elected mayor of Spring Valley* E. T. Ballard was elected mayor of Jamestown. CATTLE CEILINGS ANNOUNCED Cattle ceilings become effective December 1. •Choice grades o f cattle have a price range- o f from $15 to $16. This does not mepn that cattle cannot sell above the $1— figure. Averages of choice graces o f cattle on monthly basis must come within- this price range. Monthly prices averaging a- bove or below the extremes o f the range are deducted from the subsidy payments to be‘guaranteed processors. Prices established on. good grades are from $14.25 to $15,25; - medium grades from $12 to '. $13; common grades from $10 to $ jl and cutters and canners from $7.261>io $8.25. Bologna bulls are set from $8-50. to $9.50. SUBSIDY PAYMENT TO PACKERS Cattle subsidy payments to packers on a hundredweight live basis with the grade determined from the car­ casses are as follows; choice grades $1,00; good grades $1.46; mediumi OO cents; common cutters and canners grades as well as bo|ogna bulls: 50 cents. Subsidies effective November 1, to the amount o f 80 cents per hundredweight has been guaranteed to non-slaughter processors. STRING VALLEY VOTES OUT LIQUOR, BEER, WINE There were two villages in the coun­ ty that voted on local option. Spring Valley outlawed liquor, beer and wine. Jamestown outlawed liquor and wine but retained beer- TAX LEVIES CARRIED Extra -tax levies were approved -by electors where voted upon Tuesday, Caesarereek gets an increase o f one mill fo r the schools, Miami Twp. en­ dorsed an increase o f two mills. Sil- vercreek, two mills; Sugarcreek, four mills; Jamestown two mills fo r cur­ rent expenses. NO FARM WEEK DURING JANUARY Dean J. F. Cunningham, O. S. U., agriculture department, has issued a statement that the usual Farmer's Week Conference held cfich January for a number o f years will not he hold this coming year due to travel re­ strictions. Instead there will be a radio program for farmers during the usual week in January. COLLEGE TEA FRIDAY AT HARRIMAN HALL The Ladies Advisory Board o f Ce- darvllle College is holding a silver tea Friday afternoon, November 6 at Har riman Hall fo r the benefit o f famlsku |ng« At the girls' dormitory. The af- fail is open to the public. HOME SLAUGHTER MEAT REVISION Under an OPA revision effective October 25, a person may consume, meat without giving up ration points only i f (1) the meat was produced from livestock raised from birth son- a farm or other premises which? he operates or (2) the livestock was raised on premises which he operated at least 60 days immediately pro­ ceeding slaughter or (8) the livestock was raised on premises which he tjp- erates fo r a period during which the weight o f the livestock Was increased by at least 35 percent between acquir­ ing the livestock and the slaughter. In addition, to' be Considered eli­ gible to slaughter and consume meat point free, a person must have resid­ ed more than six months o f each year on a farm which he operates or must have given personal attention And supervision to the raising o f live­ stock on his premises at least one- third o f the time during the period in which the livestock was produced. If the livestock is customed slaughter­ ed he must give a certificate showing he is eligible to consume the meat point free. ’ TURKEY EMBARGO LIFTED The embargo on sate o f turkeys ’for civilian consumption Was lifted by the U. S- Army’s Quartermaster Corps on October 26, This niesns producers have supplied enough birds to guar­ antee white meat and drumsticks for U. S, fighting men all over the world. The embargo which Was termed <es sential to obtain the needed 23 million pounds pf dressed turkey has been ift force since August 2. GreeneCountyExceeds Campaign Quota ---- _ 4 . Greene county surpassed its wbr chest quota by $1,691.15 when contri­ butions: amounting to $21,691.15 were reported yesterday. The assigned goal was $20,000. Although the campaign ended of­ ficially Saturday, after being-extended four days, reports o f donations were still being received from scattered sections o f the county. “It was. a Wonderful campaign and a fine spirit was shown by both the workers and donors", said Ira D. Vayhinger, coun­ ty drive chairman. Local agencies to benefit from the national fund include the Soldiers’ Service Club o f Xenia and .the Boy Scout organization in the county. v “OLD CEDARVLLE” - F, M. FOSTER JurorsReturn FiveTrueBills Five true bills, including one secret indictment, were reported by the Greene county grand jury late Mon­ day afternoon after a one-day session, during which time 19 cases were in­ vestigated, 12 were ignored and two were continued until the next court term. Twenty-three witnesses were examined. •Open indictment's were returned ias follows: Clcophas Brinson and Robert A . Hunter, breaking and entering; John Baker, auto theft; John Rose, grand larceny- After inspecting the county jail, the jurors recommended that the men’s ' and women's quarters 'be painted, In SouthPacific Seventeen Months Technician Grade 4 James M. Tur­ ner, 25, son o f Mrs. Lucy Turner, Cedarville R. R., has been in the South Pacific for approximately seventeen months, Sergeant Turner was inducted Feb­ ruary 11, 1941 at Ft- Thomas, Ky„ and received his basic training at Camp Shelby Mississippi. He went through the jungle maneuvers in Louisiana in 1941, and later sent over seas: to Australia, New Zealand, The Fiji Islands, Guadacanal, he recently saw combat at Munda in the New Georgia Islands. He is an Automotive Mechanic in an Ordnance Company. Sergeant Turner was graduated from Cedarville High School and later was employed by the National Supply Coiripany as a Diesel Mechanic. WIRE FENCE SITUATION EASING Production o f barbed and woven Wife fencing stands at reasonably high levels. Farmers will have 95 percent o f this production available fo r their use, Poultry netting is still hard to find. There Is a reasonable amount o f baling ties available, but ((5oNTiNO«i> O n P ag * Point) Election Suit DecisionHas Been Appealed The injunction suit as a result of charges o f forgery in connection with certain election petitions in Yellow Springs which was dissolved by Judge Johnson in Common Pleas court, last week, has been appealed to the Court of Appeals. Judge Johnson based his opinion on A similiar case decided by the Su­ preme court in October, The Court o f Appeals could not hear tho appeal previous to the election. The in­ junction was asked against the Board of Elections distributing printed bal­ lots to the election officials in Yellow Springs. Judge Johnson also held that the state law defines just how many days objections to petitions must b0 filed previous to elections, an this had not been observed. It is said the Board Of Elections held the petitions valid on this issue. i Mrs. Cora Trumbo and Mildred ate spending the week-end in Cincinnati, as guests o f Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wosterfeld. Mrs. Robert Barden (nee Eleanor McElWain) and son Donald, o f Ashvllie, N. C., are also visiting at the WesUrfeld Home. Fine big four and six horse teams would load fo r Cincinnati and for Columbus, About 1849, wagoning was brought to a sudden halt by the Little Miami Railroad. As to the railroad the whole out­ fit of the R, R. was light. The engines were little affairs with smoke Stacks like an upended pear. They burned wood and set lots o f fires a- .long fences.. Great ricka o f cordwood were along the track. Now and then a two-horse treadmill would run*a small circular saw. Engines were cal-, led BULLGINES, A t first ties .were not used in the East ;but bloclcs o f stqno set in the ground with heavy stringers fastened on top. On these stringers a flat iron probably half inch by four, was nailed.- But at the very first, at least in England, the cartwheel was fla t and the flange was on the strip o f iron. That did not work so well, and wheels were made with, the flange. Now and then The Dcwit Clinton,. New York Cen­ tral’s first engine, is •on exhibit at the Grand Central Terminal. The writer said to the caretaker—There is one thing in that jengine which ‘has pot been changed and will not be What’s thatT- The flange. Possibly a few readers will remem­ ber Engine No. 999, exhibited at the World’s Fair in Chicago' in 1893. It hauled its train a little stretch be­ tween Rochester and Buffalo at the rate o f one-hundred twelve miles an hour, Of course the Engineer, said ( ? ) he was not trying to make a record-just puffing along and he could not hold it back, for the breaks— well, there’s a record for speed, tried for, but not, so far as the writer knows, ever reached. This splendid engine and-the DeWit Clinton’ were exhibited side by side at the Grand Central, and before it had been used, on trains. But alas! The splendid engine could not stand Up in.daily long hauls. It was finally shunted, to a Milk Train. The great monsters' of today could put the DeWit Clinton in the firebox. • I do. not know,-but possibly, even probably the writer is the only one living who has seen the Strapiron Track, The Railroad Company put a switch to the limekilns about 500 yards below the Ervin kilns. That siding had strapiron tracks. ..(The R. R. was originally single track.) Also, just across from the station there was a. switch o ff o f the lOhg switch. This second switch, as orig­ inally built, had the Strapiron rail: That switch was used largely fo r load­ ing lime. Those early engines had a stop-cock which the engineer could open and squirt hot water about f if ­ teen feet. By it too inquisitive young­ sters, could be sent scurrying. The first Post Office in Cedarville, so fa r as the writer knows, was in Espy Mitch6ll,’s Store at the comer o f Main and Xenia avenue. The boxes were set oh legs about three feet high and a bpx for each letter o f the alpha­ bet, What would be thought very queer, nowadays is-^Vhen the mail came in, everybody was put'out o f the store until the mail was sorted I re­ call standing outside. In later years the Office was moved across the creek Something o f a stir was raised when the Postmaster p it it in individual boxes for those who wanted one. The stir was—He charged so much a year. ‘The reader will see there is ground for S difference o f opinion-The box aids the Postmaster, Why should the citizen pay? But after the first flurry all found the box was an aid, fo r caller could have his mail handed out quickly. When he government took over the Postal. Service (In the 40’ the mails caiiTe by stage, Then by R. R, But before carrying letters was a private enterprise-so many cents according t o ,distance, The Govem- mente Pony Express across to Calif­ ornia is pictured somewhere. The coming rider, with horse’s mane apd tail streaming, the next on his horse waiting to seize the pouch, and thus through the mountains. We hardly appreciate conveniences today . Who now livig remembers a Flour Mill, a large one, stream across the Turnbull branch o f the creek, and not far from the R. R .? Who remem­ bers the Bending Mill at the point? Later it was turned into a flax mill. See what you missed by being born late- Who now living remembers a “ Covered Bridge” ? The Uasjt one and the only one the writer recalls was at Glifton over the Little Miami River. Down East there are still quite a* few. In time o f the Civil War some seem, ed to favor slavery. There were i few slaves in New York State- But there were many all through the North though not exactly favoring slavery, were opposed to going to war about it. They were called “ But* termite” , There were a fOW arotmd AFTER AYEAR INNEWSHINE* Tech, Sgt- Vincent Rlgio, Jr,, 22, son o f Mr. and Mrs, Vincent Riglo, returned home from the Pacific, thea­ ter o f war where he spent mere than a year in i.etive combat, Vincent Was sophomore in Cedarville College, when he enlisted in the U, S. Army A ir Corps, December 1949, He is. on leave until November 15th when he wiJI report for flying school training before .going back to figh t the Japs. Members -of a unit of 1.4 aerial photographers, Sgt. Rigfo is one -of tyro who have returned to" tell, the tale o f Japanese cunning and daring ip the New Guinea fighting, “Japanese' pilots are plenty good, and good marksmen too, and there is' no truth in the rumor, that slanting eyes hurt their-efficiency,’"-Sgt. Rigio said,.“ Their guns and sights .are-on the side, but this is no hindrance.' to them either- A number, o f the pilots are women. We have been -able-.to destroy more Jap planes on. the .ground than .in the air.” Cited - for “ outstanding courage, ability, and devotion' t o , duty,” Sgt* Rigio has come through*56 flying mis­ sions over enemy territory without a seratch, on one occasion returning with 400 bullet holes -perforating his plane. ■ - - Award o f the oakleaf duster was made to him fo r participation- in long range bombing against enemy, air­ dromes and installations, .and -at­ tacks on enemy naval vessels and shipping. “ The impression that all this Japan­ ese are small o f stature and under average height is wrong” , Sgt. Rigio continued.. “We saw plenty of,Japs who Were b ig men and six fe e t fall. Many o f them speak perfect-English, snipers use the trick of-calling out’ in the jungle and when answered not­ ing position to get in their, deadly work. Many o f their snipers-repose in trees for days without food and - water and some o f them when killed' are emaciated. However, *the Japs are not supermen, and it. is the sin­ cere .conviction o f General Mao Arthur that he will return to Bataan and. dictate the peace in Tokyo.” . ‘The Australians are among the greatest and fiercest fighters in the world, and the Japs 'arc plenty scared o f them- The Yanks have taken oyer • many o f their girl friends but they have learned to iron out difficulties and work together in harmnoy.- “ The Japs are strongly intrenched in many; island positions and there is evidence that they began the work secretly two years before Pearl Har* . bor. However, if we can get supplies I believe the Yanks will clean up the Pacific in six months” . , ' " “ A 27-foot python on my bed Was the sight that met my eyes one night when I happened to switch on the light before turning in,” he said. I opened fire with my machine gttrt and , blew him to shreds. ‘•‘Snakes dropping from trees , and • sliding o ff tents are a common sight. But more feared is the kangaroo Tftt, about the size o f A cat, which does not hesitate to attack, and is a carrier of deadly disease germs. Snakes are so common that a pilot often finds one riding with him, that crawled in from the jungle while the plane Was grounded.” , JohnL. Lewis Is Victor In Strike With New Deal John L. Lewis wins An increase for his coal miners and the men are to go back to work, such was the announce­ ment Wednesday; evening. However, the miners ignored the threat o f Pres, Franklin D. Roosevelt that he would Use extreme methods, if they did >not report fo r tyoffc Wednesday morning. Secretary of Interior Ick s, was placed in charge Of the government seized iti' es and given power to Con­ tract wi a Lewis, They Will get $1.50 a day increase, which is more than the Illinois plan the miners offered to accept weeks ago, but turned down by; the War Labor Board* The government cannot hold ’the mines but sixty days at a time under the law. The miners refused to re­ turn to Work even when Lewis asked them some time ago. There is no law to compel a miner to work. The Con-' tinned fight between Roosevelt And Lewis, and no coal id thousands of homes, aroused public sentiment be­ hind the miners. (Continued ati T age Three). The Woman’s Clubwill meet Thurs­ day, November 11, at the home o f Mrs, Clara Morton, Bott call will he answeredhjr*‘Bilah4Mew*»H ,* I . m X . }%■ v -