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1 3 A mm Join the 1 0 CluE Put Your Pay Check In the War. ILLINOIS i0M- JVW.SPAPER SINCE 97TH YEAR. NO. 188. CP ASSOCIATED PRESS (WW) WIDE WORLD BLOOMINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1943.

TWELVE PAGES. KB UNITED PRESS SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS mE2 an CENTRAL ST 1846 mm mm Nazis Lose 13,000 1,009 Towns Men Red Six Jap Sunk in Ships Believed Kula Gulf Fight Senate Again Votes Ban On Subsidies Tanks to Gain Two U. S. ARMS PRODUCTION SHOWS NO GAINS IN MAY U. S.

Force Loses One Cruiser HORNET STILL HAS STING; NAVY'S DEADLIEST P-T Situation Serious On Verge of 'Great Says Nelson WASHINGTON, D. C. CS Arms production failed to show any gain in May, Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the war production board disclosed Tuesday in a gravely worded report which de scribed the slackening of the production pace as "a very serious matter." Apparently hinting at imminent military operations on a major scale, Nelson declared in his monthly production communique: "We are on the verge of one of the greatest trials in our national history. cruiser or destroyer leader Gamble could not be sure which because they are about the same size.

The Hornet is one of eight P-T boats comprising "Squadron under command of Lt. Oomdr. A. R. Montgomery of New Jersey.

The squadron has sunk a total of six destroyers, the destroyer leader or cruiser, one patrol ship and "quite a few landing barges," Gamble reported. "All eight boats in our squadron are still in action," Gamble said in a navy approved interview. "None of the 80 men in the entire squadron was killed, but a few were hit by shrapnel during the 15 engagements the squadron has participated in." Torpedo Boat Sinks 920 Times Her Weight SAN FRANCISCO. (UP) The Green Hornet, the navy's most deadly torpedo boat, has sunk 920 times her weight in Jap warships, her skipper reported Tuesday. "The P-T boat is here to say, and you can quote me," said Lt.

Lester H. Gamble, mosquito boat skipper with the longest list of victories. The Hornet's sting sent 18,400 tons of heavily armed Japanese warships to the bottom of the south Pacific from last October to June. The "kill" included four destroyers and a light ANOTHER WHITE ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA. UP) Six Japanese ships probably were sunk and four damaged in the battle with American warships in the Kula gulf, Allied headquarters said Tuesday.

One United States cruiser was sunk in the battle fought the morning of July 6 in the narrow body of water between New Georgia and Kolomba Nigara in the central Solomons. The victory was announced by headquarters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur just one week to a day after the Pacific offensive opened with seizure of Rendova island in the Solomons and landing near Salamaua, New Guinea. The Japanese air defeats also nounted, Wednesday's communique reporting that seven out of 48 enemy planes raiding Darwin were shot down while we also lost seven. Raid Nassau Bay.

A In air battles over Rendova and I ver the Kula gulf nine other enemy planes were downed. Fifteen enemy planes raided Nassau bay near Salamaua where Americans established a beachhead a week ago. (The victory in the Kula gulf previously was announced with Allied Bombers Raid Chiang Predicts Jap Defeat In 2 Years China Observes 6th Anniversary Of War With Japan CHUNGKING. UP) General issimo Chiang Kai-Shek told China luesday on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict with Japan that the time limit for utter defeat of the aggressor "cannot exceed two years. "In the seventh year of our war of resistance, he said, "an offensive that will deal crushing blows to the enemy will be started in various theaters of the world and there will be an unending stream of victories." "Our war of resistance and the world war situation on this day have reached the highest peak of our uphill struggle," he went on.

"One step beyond will be smooth sailing for us." Declaring that the situation the far east has changed greatly for the better in the last year, Gen. Ho Ying-Chin, war minister and army chief of staff, said the outcome of the struggle is now assured beyond all doubt. The war minister placed the total number of Japanese casualties at around 3,000,000 men, including the losses inflicted by United States and British forces. Estimating Japan's first line planes at not more than 3,000, Gen. Ho declared it should not be difficult for the United Nations to wipe out the enemy air force and cover a direct attack on japan when the time comes.

Maas Charges Bureaucratic Domination Britain Began Attack On Civilians-DNB New Blow to 'Roll Back' Program Hitched To Farm Credit Bill BY WILLIAM T. PEACOCK. WASHINGTON. D. UP) In a tumultuous session, the senate revolted afresh against the administration's price "roll back" program Tuesday and voted 36 to 28 to ban any subsidies whatsoever to lower retail food prices.

Only last week President Roose velt had vetoed a measure includ- linois Senators' Vote Brooks voted for, Lucas against amendment prohibit-in? subsidy payments to roll back retail food prices. ing a similar ban on the grounds that it was "an inflation bill, a high-cost-of-living bill, a food shortage bill. As was the first, the new ban was written into a measure to extend the life of the Commodity Credit corporation, important administration farm agency. After the resident veto, which was sustained, the house had passed a simple resolution continuing the CCC as it now operates until Jan. and increasing by $350,000,000 its present borrowing authority of $2,650,000,000.

Goes to Committee. When the resolution got back to" the house Tuesday with the senate's new subsidy ban attached. Rep. Cannon Mo.) sought an immediate vote on the question of approving the senate amendment, but the house sent it to a conference committee. This committee, composed jointly of senators and representatives, is charged with working out a compromise.

The senate attached the nro hibition against subsidies to the resolution after a series of ma neuvers in which it repeatedly re versed itself and after hearing an impassioned plea from Sen. George Ga.) that it reject the whole idea of subsidies. "The subsidization of consumers has been tried since the days of ancient Rome and has resulted in variably in nothing but destruc tion of the political institutions of the country that tried it," George snouted. Patterns is being done here is proposing that we put off the payment of our grocery bill until next year, then have Mr. Morgenthau pay part of it out of the United States treasury." In a series of votes, the senate successively: Approved.

32 to 31. an author ization for the administration to spend $525,000,000 in the next six months to keep retail food prices down. Reconsidered this provision and threw it out 33 to 31. Voted, 36 to 29, to kill a resolu tion extending the life of the Commodity Credit corporation from June 30 to Jan. 1.

(The subsidy provision was a part of this legislation.) Reconsidered this decision on a voice vote. Adopted the ban on subsidies bv the vote of 36 to 28. Approved the amended resolu tion on a voice vote. House Starts on New Tax Laws WASHINGTON, D. UP) The house ways and means committee Tuesday decided to start work Sept.

8 in legislation to obtain new and higher wartime taxes, with first emphasis on digging deeper into the pockets of persons with war swollen incomes. The treasury's goal is 000,000 in revenue annually above present collections. In a special session as a con gressional recess neared, the tax framing committee: 1. Requested the committee tax staff and the treasury to suggest alternative means of raising additional revenue, with specific instructions "to study and report on the feasibility of raising additional revenue by means of an individual excess-profits tax." 2. Agreed there would be no retroactive taxes that the main features of the new tax bill would not become effective before Jan.

1, 1944. SEWER GAS, fWViio Paopr Corttotea4iJcord lor a oray's shooting wnne raper vonTrer Soviets Admit German Gains Near Belgorod BY EDWARD D. BALL. LONDON. (JP) The big Ger-mc- offensive against central Russia drove into two populated places near Belgorod at the southern anchor of the 165 mile front Tuesday despite terrific losses which mounted to at least 13,000 German dead in two days of fierce fighting, the Russians announced Wednesday.

In the Belgorod area the Nazi war machine renewed its attacks early in the morning and at first was nuneo oack to its initial position by the strong Russian fire, but later in the dav "strong fnrrp of tanks" succeeded in capturing me two unnamed villages, the Russians acknowledged, with a loss of 100 tanks at that point alone. A special communions wn is sued announcing the Belgorod penetration, but it asserted that the German onslaught was held at all other points. 1,009 Tanks Destroyed. "In the Belgorod direct! cost of heavy losses, the enemy was able to advance somewhat in Some sectors." said iho hnlloHn recorded by the Soviet monitor. Along the entire Orel-Kursk-Belgorod front the Russian defenders destroyed or disabled a total of 1.009 tanks in two riavc 423 of them Tuesday, the bulletin declared.

In addition 111 miii-a German planes were shot down, raising the two day total to 314. The 13,000 Nazis killed rpnro. Sented onlv a small nart German casualties. The two special communiques issued in the first two days of the offensive have ianed to mention casualties, and tne 14,000 represents a total of Germans listed killed nnlv in in dividual actions on scattered sec tors. Hurl Back Attackers.

The regular midnight niaue elaborated on the Ttple-oror? penetration as follows: the Belgorod direction the Germans renewed their attacks on Soviet positions from early morn ing, uur troops met the enemy with strong fire from all kinds of arms and nuried them back to their initial positions. "In the second half of the day, bringing up strong forces of tanks, the enemy once again launched an offensive. In the fighting they lost more than 100 tanks. In one place the Hitlerites, at the cost of heavy losses, were able to capture two populated places." On all nthr spctnrs tho oom- muniaue said, the fiprman on slaught was being held in "stubborn eneaeements" which 1ft lit tle doubt that terrific fighting was continuing. Battering South Flank.

The midnight communique added 3.000 German dead to a previously reported total of 10.000 in the first 36 hours of the gigantic battle. These 3,000 officers and men, the Russians said, were wiped out by one formation in the Orel-Kursk-direction where a 400 tank German attack was stopped at a cost of 110 enemy tanks. German tanks and infantry attacked in' this sector "constantly," the communique said. As the Russians turned in their report on the second day of the Nazis' big summer offensive, it apoeared, on the basis of acknowledged German gains, that Hitler's strategists may be attempting to turn the Russians' southern flank with the bloody power of the offensive's opening momentum. Record Destruction.

From the Russian figures of Nazf plane and tank losses alone it seemed that the Germans were pushing with more than they ever had amassed at one point before. The two day Nazi tank toll of 1,009 was more than enough to equin four German divisions. The destruction of 111 planes raised the two day total to 314. The whole picture was one of the greatest wholesale destruction of mechanized war might in all history. The special Russian commu nique stressed again that the Germans were attacking "with large forces of tanks and infantry," supported bv swarms of planes.

The Germans deprecated the magnitude of the battle in their propaganda broadcasts, although the high command said the fight was extending and "assuming even greater violence. Union Trouble Stops Skyscraper Elevators NEW YORK. UP) A 55 min ute strike of 225 elevator operators caught an estimated 28,000 office workers and visitors in Rockefeller Center buildings late Tuesday, forcing many to walk downstairs, some from atop the 70 story RCA building. Officials of Rockefeller Center and of the AFL Building maintenance Craftsmen's union said the walkout resulted from an internal dispute in the union. John J.

Birmingham, local ad visory board chairman of the union, and Joseph Blek, business manager of the local, agreed the root of the trouble was a quarrel as to whether Birmingham was paid up in his dues. Birmingham said the walkout was "more or less spontaneous," and that "the men want further powers In run ning the organization." Biek branded it "a wildcat, unauthor "We cannot afford to relax our efforts for an instant. On the contrary, we must prepare ourselves to meet calmly and steadily the greatest strains to which we may ever be subjected." Overall war production was virtually unchanged in May over April, the WPB chief said. Gains were recorded only in aircraft, which went up 5 percent, and in navy and army vessels, up 2 percent. In the other major programs, declines were recorded: A 3 percent drop in tanks, artillery, antitank weapons and other ground ordnance; a 7 percent setback in miscellaneous munitions, and a 4 percent drop in merchant vessel construction.

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Home bureau finds program of food conservation a duplication of that offered 25 years ago Page 7 DANGER FOR Germany's new offensive has twofold menace for Allies Page 2 House Shuns Bureau Fight Probe Wants F. D. to Settle Wallace-Jones Case WASHINGTON. D. C.

UP) A Republican proposal for a house inquiry into the dispute between Vice President Wallace and Sec retary of Commerce Jones was pigeon-holed Tuesday by the house rules committee. Chairman Sabath 111.) said" the group decided against reporting it to the house because a majority "felt that efforts are being made to straighten out matters within the administration." He did not disclose the committee's vote. Senate Request Pending. Rep. Wigglesworth Mass.) the author of the resolution.

Still pending on the senate side is a similar resolution by Sen Bridges N. Democratic leaders in the senate, however, have indicated they have no dis position to encourage an inquiry. One member of the rules com mittee, expanding on Sabath's statement, suggested that the sen ate could undertake an inquiry with more propriety than the house since Wallace is the presid ing officer of the senate. This was Rep. Colmer Miss.) who said he thought the rules' committee's action was based on these three points: Wants F.

D. Action. "1. That, if there is any inves tigation, it should be made by the senate otherwise the house would be put in the unfortunate position of investigating the presiding officer of that body; 2. Such an investigation might serve to add fuel to the flame of a highly con troversial and unfortunate row within the President's cabinet; and 3.

Such an investigation no doubt would be played upon by our enemies, with whom we are at war, in propaganda intended to show disunity in our country." Colmer said that in his opinion "the President himself should forthwith settle the row." The general feeling among other legislators appeared to be that only the President could settle the dispute. Files Charaes In Katmo Murder LARAMIE. WYO. MP A first degree murder charge was filed Tuesday against Howard W. Pick-ell, 26, in the slaying of a war plant worker, and Sheriff Ed A.

Wood said he admitted complicity in two other killings. Pickell is accused of shooting Matt Katmo, 44, a Cheyenne war worker, in a mountain campground last Wednesday and beating and tying Mrs. O. W. Larson, Katmo's companion.

Sheriff Wood said Pickell admitted he was at the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cota Friday night the night the couple was slain. The sheriff said Pickell claimed a soldier did the actual shooting of the Cotas. Six Sicilian 41 of 100 Nazi Defenders Fall Over Gerbini BY RELMAN MORIN.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. UP) Allied planes struck hard Monday at six towns in Sicily and a seventh in Sardinia in their pre-invasion campaign to gain air supremacy in the Mediterranean, shooting down 56 enemy aircraft for a two day total of 101. Thirty Flying Fortresses, raiding Gerbini in Sicily, were jumped by 100 German planes and when the battle was over, 41 of the enemy and three of the four engined United States bombers lay in smoking ruins. It was one of the greatest single victories yet scored by the Fortresses. One gunner made seven kills to establish what is probably an individ- jamin Warmer, 3rd, of San Fran CISCO.

12 Allied Planes Lost. It was announced officially Tuesday night that the total fighters shot down by the Flying Fort resses reached 41 after complete checking and comparison of pilot's reports. The originally announced figure was 30. The new figure brought Axis losses for 24 hours to 53. Other Sicilian targets were Li cata, Marsala, Sciacca, Catania and Messina and the objective in Sardinia was the air base of Villa cidro.

A dozen Allied planes in all were lost. The attackers flew against the Italian outposts from bases in French Africa, Malta and the Middle East and once again the Allied command pointed up the increased enemy opposition by calling it "vigorous." Use Suicide Tactics. The hardest fight was over Gerbini where the Germans tried everything, including suicide tactics, to block the Fortresses. The Americans fought through for 15 minutes to lay their explosives on the main and subsidiary airfields where additional grounded planes were destroyed. Sgt.

Warmer said at his home base: "I think we are quite capable of handling them the same way every mission if it becomes necessary. But I don think they can stand it. In fact, I doubt if they ever had a worse beating than they received today." Thirty of his buddies were lost in the three destroyed bombers. One exploded during its bomb run and caught fire; a second went down in flames; the third was last seen heading toward the sea trailing smoke. Claims Martinique Leaves Vichy Side LONDON.

UP) (Unverified) The British news agency Reu- teurs recorded Wednesday a broadcast of the Morocco radio stating that Martinique "has just joined the French committee of national liberation." (There was no confirmation of this report from other sources. Martinique's leader, Adm. Georges Robert, last week invited the United States to name an envoy for a discussion as to a "change" in French authority there.) Boy Scouts is PAPER Doesn't Mention 40,000 Britons Killed in Raids LONDON. UP) The Germans who laid waste to Warsaw, Rot terdam, and Coventry climaxed their sympathy seeking campaign against the bombing of their industrial cities with a foreign office white paper Tuesday charging Britain with "sole guilt" for what it termed attacks on civilians. Without mentioning the 40,000 British civilians killed and the 120,000 wounded in German air raids on Britain, the white paper asserted that "German efforts have failed to affect the determi nation of the enemy to use air terror as a plan thought out in the last detail for the destruction ol Lurope.

The white paper charged that the "English wanted to 'take off the gloves' from the start. Thus the question of guilt in the bomb ing war has been unequivocally clarified." Threaten Reprisals. Asserting that the destruction of towns and the deaths of thousands of women and children were a "flaming accusation against the two mainly responsible for the war Churchill and Roosevelt" the Nazi white paper threatened to exact "eye for eye, tooth for tooth reprisals. The white paper was described by DNB, German news agency, in a Berlin radio broadcast. During the reading a ghost voice gave a running commentary asking "why is no white book published on Hit ler's crimes and barbarism?" "Military Objectives." In the German effort to prove guut the white paper went back to the disarmament conference in 1932 when it claimed that proposals by the German delegation for the limita tion of armaments were rejected.

The white paper also asserted that bombings in the Polish campaign at the start of the war were directed only at military objectives and cited Hitler's alleged orders to the German air force in reply to President Roosevelt's appeal against the bombing of civilians. Hitler, the white paper asserted, told the air force to limit its activities to military targets. The paper asserted that despite Hitler's appeal for humanity and reason the British began a series of attacks "against civilian population." Radio Messaqe Reveals Son Safe STAUNTON, ILL. UP) Through the medium of a short wave radio set in Minnesota, Mrs. Emma Spotti of Staunton learned Tuesday that her son, Capt.

Ervin Spotti, is alive, although a prisoner in Japan. The shortwave station, operated by R. R. Read of Hopkins, picked up Capt. Spotti's message late at night.

He immediately for warded the news to the mother, who had not heard of her son since he was reported missing May 27, 1942. Capt. Spotti said he was well "and making the best of my present situation." He gave his address as Camp Shinagwa, Tokyo. He was employed as a mining engineer in the Philippines before the war. Rockford Furniture Workers' Wages Upped WASHINGTON, D.

C. UP) A general wage increase of 8.5 cents an hour was awarded Tuesday by the war labor board to approximately 1,700 workers in 10 Rockford, 111., furniture manu facturing concerns. The board directed, however, that an increase of 5 cents an hour, given last April to jome of the workers, be deducted from out elaboration Tuesday by the navy in Washington. (At the shipyard town of Bremerton, Navy Sec-retary Frank Knox said he had received additional details and was able to report "the Japs have taken another damned good The sea battle there in a body of water 15 miles long and about eight miles across at its widest part had been preceded by the appearance on the night of July 4 and in the predawn of July 5 of American warships which bombarded Bairoko anchorage on New Georgia, the point through which the enemy's menaced air base of Munda is supplied. Third Ship Lost.

During the bombardment the United States destroyer Strong was sunk, the navy reported from Washington. The sinking of the "cruise in the later. navy battle was the third "ship announced as lost in the Solomons since the Pacific offensive opened June 30 During the landings on Rendova the troopship McCawley was sunk mby combined Japanese air and Submarine action after it had dis charged its troops. Challenge Sky Control. Wednesday's continuing air ac tions, in which the Japanese rec ognized the growing menace to wtheir air bases in the norm boio mons by persistently challenging American control of the skies, was foreseen in earlier reports from south Pacific headquarters (in which area the Solomons is lo cated).

Spokesmen at headquar "ters there said the Japanese would be forced to send over more and more of their planes. The nine planes announced as shot down at Kula gulf increased to 166 the number bagged over jMie Solomons area since the new Offensive got under way. Oklahoma Town Hit by Bombs BOISE CITY, OKLA. '(UP.) A church and a garage were damaged when four bombs were acci dentally dropped from a plane over this small Oklahoma pan Jiandle town about 1 a. m.

Tues Way. There were no casualties. It was not learned from where the plane came or the cause of the incident. Deputy Sheriff C. S.

Ricks said practically the entire town was csleep when a plane droned over 'at high altitude. Then the four bombs fell in quick succession No direct hit was made on either the Baptist church or the garage. Damage to the two structures mostly was caused by concussion. gfairly large craters were left by he bombs. "Window panes, a few bricks and window frames in the church were shattered in the explosions," Ricks said.

Will Put MacArthur's Name on Illinois Ballot CHICAGO. UP) Joseph P. Savage, head of the Gen. Douglas for President club, said -Tuesday the club would enter the general's name in the Illinois Republican presidential preference primary next year. Savage told reporters the action would follow the precedent set i.

940, when the Chicago Democratic organization placed President Roosevelt in the Illinois primary without a sworn certificate of candidacy from the chief executive. 'Some Showers, Slightly Cooler GOVERNMENT WEATHER FORECAST. ILLINOIS: Occasional thundershowers iffnorth portion Wednesday; silently cooler north central portion Wednesday. FANTAGRAPH WEATHER RECORD. Tuesday's maximum, 66; minimum, 68.

Tuesday a.m. 3 p.m. Midnight Temperatur 70 85 68 Sun seta Wednesday: 8:34. tun nf Thursday: 5:35. MAMA KNOWS BEST? WELL, NOT ALWAYS ATLANTA.

UP) Concerned over the steady crying of a baby on a trolley car, the operator of the car asked the mother: "Don't you think the baby needs a drink of water?" The mother insisted it was something else, but when the baby continued crying the operator stopped his car in front of a curb service drug store and ordered a cup of water. The baby drank most of it and soon was fast asleep. Record Rain Pours On Chicago 3.33 Inches Water Falls in Two Hours CHICAGO. UP) A record DreaKing deluge or rain fell Chicago Tuesday, shattering the previous two hour precipitation record ior the city. Forecaster E.

S. Kenny said 3.33 inches of rain fell in two hours breaking the old 2.06 inch record. He said 3.82 inches of rainfall were measured between 12:03 and 3 p. m. Tuesday.

The streetcar company reported that floods in 90 underpasses throughout the city tied up homeward bound traffic. A hangar was struck by lightning near Navy pier, navy officials said, but sailors trained in firefighting put out the Diaze. Dismissals Bring Steel Plant Strike GRANITE CITY. ILL. UP) ihe dismissal of four men who re fused to work Sunday has result ed in an unauthorized strike of 200 members of the United Steel Workers of America (CIO) at General Steel Casting corporation here, a company spokesman said Tuesday night.

Walter Love, union official, as serted the strike was unauthor ized and in violation of contract. He conferred with company of ficials and workers Tuesday in an effort to settle the dispute but no decision was reached. The company spokesman, who refused to be identified further. said the men were employed in the casting shop, most important division in the war production plant. Thieves' Gas Kills Cashier CHICAGO.

UP) A woman cashier gassed in a west side cur rency exchange holdup last Satur day died Tuesday, giving police what may be the first case on rec ord here of the use of poison gas in a robbery attempt. The victim was Miss Agnes Olsen, 50, and her physician said her lungs were inflamed "as though burned by mustard gas." "We treated her as though it were mustard gas," he added. Asst. State Atty. Wilbert Crow ley said that if at autopsy shows she died of the gas, the robbers, if apprehended, would be charged with murder.

Predicts 2,791,000,000 Bushel Corn Harvest CHICAGO. UP) The E. H. Miller statistical service Tuesday forecast a probable harvest' of 2,791,000,000 bushels of corn for 1943, compared with the 000,000 bushel bumper crop of last year. The government did not esti mate the corn crop in its June 1 Curbs Publications WASHINGTON, D.

UP) Coincident with a new cut in newsprint allowances, Rep. Maas Minn.) charged Tuesday that "bureaucrats are trying to dominate magazines and books through control of white paper, and warned that newspapers would be next, He made his accusations as the war production board ordered re ductions in newsprint use for the present quarter, ranging up to percent for bigger newspapers. Maas told the house of a maga zine which wanted to publish an article on "the lack of unity of command and failure to have adequate air support" in the Pacific, and said the publishers were ad vised "that the article was looked upon with great disfavor and that pressure from above would un doubtedly result in WPB's denying them sufficient paper to continue if the issue appeared on the stands with this article. Maas did not say who issued the warning, but said that after the publishers deleted the article they were given a paper allotment, He told also of a former officer who served in the south Pacific and now is a member of con gress, who signed a contract to write a book about the Pacific situation. He said the publisher was told by a MPB official "that he could have no paper for any such purpose." Off the floor later, Maas told reporters he himself was the officer-congressman-writer.

Blind 22 Year7 Gets Draft Call SPRINGFIELD, ILL. UP) Virgil McGinnis, who has been blind since a Fourth of July accident 22 years ago, received his draft call Tuesday. He told his selective service board he didn't want to leave his Sangamon county courthouse soft drink concession but drait oi-ficials told him regulations would make it necessary for him to go to a hospital for a preliminary physical examination. NOT GHOSTS, stomach," observed one of Decker's two deputies. "Too much holiday cheer." That gave Decker his clue.

"Gas," he yelled. "It's gas. Sewer gas. iet a plumber." The plumber found that an accumulation of gas under the house had caused the noises and upset the furniture, events which led Mrs. Hardin and her two children to take refuge in her father's home.

In fact, the plumber said, the gas was so powerful that if someone had lit a match, the furniture really would have floated through the air, along with the house. After Decker and his men left, Hardin telephoned a group of spiritualists, who had volunteered to contact the ghost, that HAUNTS HOUSE IN TEXAS Spiritualists, Plumber Volunteer Their Services DALLAS, TEX. (U.E) The T. A. Hardins were back in their home Tuesday, satisfied that the ghostly noises they heard for six days were nothing more than gas.

Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill Decker, whose department has been trying to solve the mystery of toppling chairs and tables, falling pans and slowly opening doors, felt the house quivver and heard a noise burp Monday after a long wait. "The ghost has gas on his To Detassel One Firm's Entire Crop of Hybrid Seed Corn Page 10 ized strike." "PANTAG'RAPH PHONES 4500 (forecast the 8.5 cents. they weren needed..