The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 24, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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East Texas—Pair to partly
cloudy today and Friday, gentla
to fresh south or north winds on
coast.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1941. COQ8E CREEK, TEXAS
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HITS LOUISIANA
Killed; Damage May Be Millions
BRINGS HEAVY DAMAGE ED HERE
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Sept. 24.—(UP)—A tropical hurricane roared
TZ1tfd Louisiana today, after smashing through
. and the gulf coast.
»r bureau said the gale, though somewhat spent,
jly pass between Shreveport and Nachitoches,
Ipoon today, possibly endangering troops partici
i army maneuvers.
H lour Dead
four were dead on the gulf coast, and more than 50
baffetted and damaged.---------------
estimate of >400,-
to damage*.
destrian Urea and to prevent loot-
kflwpitola
ire darkened and
>‘«™» A group in an ele-
vator at the Y. M. C. A. building
«aa stranded in the elevator car
between floors for two hour*. ■
Who wa* killed If I School* and public ■
, * fallen tree. 1 homed thousands of refugees,
I of Houston, killed I of whom feared their frail dwell-
er in Houston. ings, or came to Houston from
* who died of injuries I coastal towns. __
^^^oker^My-j _ Ftete^br^HtH
with a cargo of oil I Freeport, site of the >25,000,000
to Houston. | Dow Chemical plant, wa* in need
Three Babes
Are Born at»
Height of Storm
Three babie* made their debut
at it* peak and under the most ad-
vene condition*.
Twin boys were born premature-
& *» Ml*. Evelyn Webber md a
son was born to Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Byrd.
The Byrd baby and the first of
the Webber twins arrived at exact-
ly the same minute, 2:46 a. m.
*ta the second twin was born eight
mrnutes later at 2:66 a. ttu
The hospital was without lights
and water, but members of the de-
fense unit came to the rescue nobly.
Soon emergency lights bid been
harass 2
the doctors.
WATER SUPPLY SHORT
AS POWER CUT OFF
East Harris Littered With Debris;
No Casualties; Bayshore Is Hard Hit
sice left by the
■Dr. H. H. Duke attended Mrs.
Webber and Dr. Wm. F. Marshal],
a negress, who 0f drinking i
Freeport was cut off from com
| munkattoM^fwJfca^night, bu^
, and a supply was
at daybreak.
ttoilur*.
Wil«port*d at |>«ts today
were treated for were not great, and that the chemi-
cal plant was not seriously dam
received aged. Fifty persons, besides a
.... -andering skeleton crew at the chemical plant.
, spent anxious. ttat renmined in the city
The hurricane ]of 6,000 population,
i Palacios and Free- Matagorda, Angleton, Alvin and
centered between I towns were drenched and
wm Flew; rn flooded The rfe* crop'around Al-
____The maximum rin suffered an estimated >1,000,000
[officially in Oau*aat4uUf. aad to Matagorda county|
I; ^expectedly
other towns were dren
ssur.'A&r
__________________I damages, and in Matagor
hour, tat Elling- three-fourths of the >L500,M0 rice
asrsrehKffisrs'ssst
of damage* to,
was not made imraedi-
) miles per hour.
RSf withilood “JiS
ery. A retare oilftouad awdis and the roughest
M in years. Rivers and I
expected for the rest
t did
jsst
le winds proceeded
Goose Creek and
backed up in
was the Byrd's physician.
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NOEL WIND
FOR SOLDERS
lEl Campo, Sept 24 —(UP)—The
Texas hurricane was no ill wind
[to several thousand soldiers at
Camp Hulen, near Palacios on Ms-
rda hay. ■*
It gave them a holiday
little sorry to leave.
they were
u4. ,
Retreating from the coast yester-
iy to avoid the storm, the troop-
* fr'"nA an “open arms" re'"'-
Campo, Wharton,
, Columbuffand
iniunities. mThey
homes antf privati
day to
ere found an “openjarms'
tioh at El C
tori*. Edna,
nearby communities,
quartered in
aw.TSit.Mt’j; 525 a Ta-jirtts
, five hoars last night k vi g
the entire district without eleetri-
PeUy and Goose Creek trefflewa* not Halted. Aato^Wte.'
after the power
mated thousands was caused bjr^tbe
winds which tor* roofs off
incs and
as fire.
The reservoir however was full
and it was open to anyone who
recep-
Vie-
other
were
private and
in other coast
' conditions.
Mm got 40- to 50-mile
squall* and an inch, of
Uttered ratefaH in two hours, tat no dam
I trees littered Hooston I •*» vicinity
g|g5S55^g5- asrssJilra^g;
r Setter, were rescued when a
being towed up the Colo-
ver to safety, was over-
public buildings. Movies ran day
and night especially for their ‘
*it
A skeleton crew of 1,000 men
remained at the camp.
Mrs. J, S. Carroll, wife of El
Campo’s mayir, said the evacua-
tion seemed to h. been accom-
plished without trouble.
“The soldiers are busy with
imes, reading, playine- cards.
Hundreds of Texas.
I flarteen, some carrying *or
ion duty to protect pe-«.
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UNO TOWN
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Most of oar
figuringout
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m RED CROSS HEADS
Htattajow what “tM**' iDDrvE* TAJ TPYiC
again, Eddie | AlUvlYEd IXN loAAO
I... Thanks
doing us a ft«#»-tat let
fL**ia Awtin,SupL 14.—(UP)—Nition-
5RS EfuSr^ SjfS" zzs irZrJit
i blow last
! surveying
it... Cross ha - arrived in Texas to di-
Ifaut rect assistance to coastal areas af-
- ' , l......: hurricane, Gov. Coke
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seem to be having a good time.1
Military kitchens,were set up in
warehouses. Bivouacs were estab-
lished there and in schools and
municipal buildings.
El Campo escaped the full fury
of- the hurricane. Winds did not
rise above 90 miles an hour and
rainfall was comparatively light
HANDICAP!
Blame it on the hurricane.
When the storm disrupted
electric power supply it put the
Duly Sub plant ut Gooes ” *
! Creek out
So this edBtiow wau loaned to the'
£52KE
In the
party iron, the organization’s
H, . , 1 riutetrt manag.., Maurice Buddy;
' CTew > tad a John ’"ikon, assistant to the man-
fkoked like th* mum . t
Miauling “Butch” down
j jonn iiaon, asuazanz to me man-
ager, and Raymond Barrows of the
I Mid-Western branch, St Louis, Mo.
M They plan to be in constant touch
ith the go
Governor Stevenson was advised
Houston,
ft, tau
we believe you will enjoy
that you will understand that it
wau published under u severe ban-
nasstessi
‘ Raggie Bureh didn’t
wd th. Tom
■HP tad mo
forces to rope with the
geney.
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tan with tom*
A-isr*
LEASES REJECTED
^ tLtayWta ISteS
The Sun will be buck tomorrow
in its full size and with all th*
features that are missing from this
edition
Just blame it on the storm.
left thousands of _____ _r____
across houses, lawns and streets,
I., tayuhure in Shambles * was optatol|NHV
■ The storm hit East Harris cum- wanted to cart water away, he said.
A £&£•.£ aftsw
E^js&sjs:
ne first winds were from the turns ,t a hydrant,
east. It later .hHtedto the route Water at Baytown
^todty witi ttaTLI
aa.’s. 2s5t'"k “•
The entire bayshore area wa. a tion. °
S i ^ of toe Hourton BH?
*8«d. boats destroyed, crons dam. through^ the °n!eL* and
■fc w„ i« „ mjsf^sHser^
eieht fret were HiminiRlhfnff fnA»v ^ ^ tOMUl IlQM from tbl
■n» uK.SL -sassataS
til nearly 4 am.
Qualified obse — ----- ____
the wind attained a velocity of at division
observers declared that Crosby, also were!
mmanagerof
least T5 miles an hour at the height pany,
of the storm. Otters put the euti- Th* ■
mate as high as 85 mik* an hour, of the hurricane.
However, there was no measured
is Point mari-
velocity. The Morgans Point mart- har
time station was forced to close off
ttu da - yurterday pM
loose from
down early % 1
SSreSreate^d' vrite’ln^
dation by the tide. The wind meas-
uring device at the Houston airport
broke at 70 miles an hour.™
ricks and by j^a
toga and heavy timbers,
suffered a
The roof* on
ert E. Lee senior
to fix-
tSffStSJA
REDS HIT BACK
IN UKRAINE
David G. 1
the 'tde
of Baytown Junior l_
M-J^gS£S
taroid ttarpM"** bwStig*- ^
ISaSstSS
^^(•^Eart 5terTis,*Psg« 4) ^
Moscow, Sept, 24.—(UP)—The
Red army was reported in war dis-
patches to have killed 2o00 Ger-
IY CIRCUIT CUT
ffi FAMINE ENDS
ffurkrt Street road was damaged
SE CREEK, PELLY
ored to the Tri-Cities this afternoon and a threatened water
CTit, John W. Harkins
tte mains fctosed as the
tank was toss than half
rater wells in Goose Creek and Felly and to furnish electricity
»ed apart hy Tuesday night’s hurricane are completed, is being
and Refining Com pany from its Baytown refinery. * ]
*ry superintendent, after receiving reports on the refinery’^
• it with refinery units down because of the hurricane, said the
iporary excess power to serve the Tri-Cities^
i given to" connect to lines serving Goose Creek, Pelly and B,ay-
tric service was restored for the first time since about midnight
'arned, following a conference between T. S. King, chief refinery
in, division suprintendent of the Houston Lighting and Power
it sufficient electricity be diverted to operate the water wells at
t-Goose Creek lines had been checked and al! other consumers
cut-off, it was decided to supply
Jure Today
uston Press
tarirn down. The otter two Hues,
in between Huffman and
out, W. C, Swain,
»f the power rom-
entire area showed evidence*
sin Naturally, we apologize to you for
our inability to give you our regu-
^ lar features, and for our inability
the to carry our usual volume of local
vierinews. As much as possible, all fea-
ent tures missed will be carried irf later
fer editions,
lay rif course. The Sun is deeply
use grateful to The Press for its help,
ess and we ask your indulgence again
ay. today—as we did yesterday whp
'he. we issued a four-page tabloid paper
i«- in Houston—and we hope we can re-
it- sume normal operations again to-
of morrow with lights and power and
telephone and water!
were ripped
score or more of garage apart-
dmm nepfefli* 5«biw7<few£1fagi
si 5 S5f 2 “?» »4«. b.^.
took a
by‘the falling der- Tuesday and Tuesday night from
KWtata toTtata
StAffr- “ •*-
The ferry slip on Hogg Island roaaed by dfan^ttaa of teliilaoa.
wa? reported badly damaged white dectric power and water swvieea,
that on Morgans Point MMMtaata
damage. The c
35,000 Collectors
In Rush to Get New
U.S, Air Mail Stamp
By OmteS Prew
s-
SLsissj’jastm
although battered and s^^ta Sewdjmag^^or^ns Point
aqd along tte shoreline exposed to
tte terrific east wind and the
■ surf resulted throughout
The (to£lr&*Aretad district the day and on into the night whg_
teestonn^romrogmlroAJ
aharsiss
Water damage ■
iirnishings ami i
ity of the wind after the maritzme
sraifssxrtats
.a.
mail stamp went on sale here
today and the post office cancelled
approximately 35.000 “covers"—
stamped envelopes—for collectors
through the world.
Post office officials said at least
one cover would go to a king who
collects stamps. President Roose-
velt drill get a specisl cover—a
stamped wooden hart, carying lout'
Kansas City's Heart of America
theme.
*Hi Wally,'
Capital Cry
To Windsors
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. - The
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, pay-
ing their first visit to Washington
h, since their marriage, were greetet
«1 today by the nation’s highest offt
first floor crumbled un-
^fcre* of tea wind.
’ intact,
ry a friendly
Despite the fact that the broth
er Of Mrs. Franklin D.MBHff
died earlier in the day,
Roosevelt received the
king-emperor of Britain and
American-born wife at the execu-
tive offices at noon. He spent
abool 27 minutes with them.
The duke started his round of
■■fficial calls early.. After arrival at
J *r the Union Station at an hour when
11 few Washingtonians normally art
■
■;
Wg:
;
;
describfng a
fary for Leu-
that persistent
aults had
back six
strewn with thou-
Lta* *»« the wreckage
*n
* Red Star.
that the bat-
wlth great in-
Jjtot uie Germut
•rote’te
, . gement on the
enegeof Odessa, an-
were said to
*1
Te lid Sit
By LOUIS F. KEEMLiE
" or Tbs t'ntls* Press Wsr Ossk
Utest war developments indicate
that Great Britain feels stronger!
and believes that Russia has a
chance to hold out for a long time.
Britain's fear of invasion htx re-
ceded to a low point. The stand the
are making has created
. imism which certainly
not exist a month ago. Publicly, the
British did not admit such a leeUng
on either point, because they do not
want to create a "complacent atti-
tude or slackening of the war
fort. The threat of German inva-
. . > , > . S - J .. 1
££• Sm Mlii^red roreai.
London apparently
British and United State* aid mayp,
(Cantinaed en Page 4)
Fears II. S.
Inflation
BOOKS MOVED
He said that if a ralr, came be-
fore the repairs are made, seT—
losses will result to equipment. ■
Books of the high school and col-
lege libraries have been moved to a
safer place. Some ot the volumes
were damaged during the storm.
Dr. Holland said that Hie damage
to fixtures and equipment from the
storm was minimiaed by the alert-
ness of the staff of custodians who
worked the entire night mopping
covering up furniture and
power for the three towns
whole.
Swain said that restoration of
regular service here wa§ dependent
on the ability of massed repair
crews to string emergency wires
across more than a mile of the
flooded San Jacinto River at Atas-
cocita crossing between Crosby and
Humble. That route is the only
circuit that can be opened with
emergency repairs.
The two other circuits between
the Deepwater plant and this section
are so badly damaged that restora-
tion of service cannot be undertaken
for some time.
One of the 286-foot towers span-
ning the Channel at Baytown was
destroyed with a *30,000 loss, Swain
said. The other circuit,, from Lynch-
burg to Wooster has miles of wire
down in the Sa'n Jacinto River bot-
toms, necessitating construction of
new lines in many places. '
Otherwise this section of the area
that bore the brunt of the hurri-
cane was emerging into normality
by degrees.
FERRIES STILL OUT
Both the Hog Island and Lynch-
burg ferries were still not operating
pending repairs to the landing slips.
The ferry C. D. Massey was berth-
ed at the Hog Island slip to supply
electricity for repair crews working
night and day to repair the dam-
age.
Another state highway department
crew was making a survey to deter-
mine whether damage to the Tabbs
Bay causeway was serious enough
to necessitate closing the span for
repairs.
AWAIT REPORTS
Complete reports on both the
causeway and the ferry landing were
expected to be ready late today.
Market street road was still open
today despite reports it had been
closed due to damage caused by the
high tide washing awaj part of the
embankment on the approaches to
the bridge.
One-way traffic across the en-
dangered section was being directed
by uniformed and armed members of
the 18th Battalion of the Defense
Guard. The defense guard members
have been on duty since the storm
(See Pewer Service, P. 2)
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Three
were at the station to
l. Then he drove behind
police motorcycle escort to the com-
■ i building to talk about ship-
routes to the Island colony
that have been adversely affected
tor curtailment of passenger service
from tile United States mainland.
The Duchess remained at the em-
bassy while Windsor conferred with
Admiral S. Land, chairman of the
Maritime Commission. The Duke s
next call was on Secretary of State
Cordell Hull. m '
Nazis Must Feed
Occupied Nations,
Hull Tells Solons
WASHINGTON Sept. 35,-Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull told
Congress todky that Germany must
feed the people in occupied Euro-
pean countries.
His attitude was expressed in a
letter to the 8enate foreign rela-
tions committee which ssked him
for comment on a congressional
proposal for feeding starring popu-
lations. Chairman Tom ConnaUy,
Democrat of Texas, made tile letter
public
Housing Act Fraud
Charged to Three
The Duke wore a gray, faintly
heckered double-breasted suit,
gray shirt and a Mack and red
striped tie. Walking briskly from
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Three Indictaani* for violation
of the National Housing Am were
returned by the Federal Grand Jury
; Thursday.
last Rites Held
For Mrs. Edmundson
Funeral services were held at 3
p.m. today for Mrs. J. W Edmund-
aged mother of Mr*. R R.
Bams and Mrs. L. W. Stout of Bay-
In. Edmundson died yesterday
Baytown at the home of Mrs.
ns. Services were held at the
Baptist church *t Brookshire with
“ ■ the cemetery there. The
vere prepared for burial by
U. Lee Funeral
Solon Seeks to End
‘Clean Politics' Bill <
Named as defendant* in the In-
dictments were Elmer J. Gray and
Walter Sayres; Temple Lumber
Company; Lutman Lumber Com-
pany and 3, 3. Jones, . lips Joe
-
By United Ptbj
WASHINGTON,
Martin J. Kennedy. Democrat of
New York, today introduced a bill
to repeal the Hatch “clean politics"
act.
He charged that only
have been
act Of-
The indictments charged that the
sfendants made false statements
tor tte purpose of obtaining * loan
or advance on credit with the in-
tent that the loan or advance in
would be accepted by tte
Federal Housing AdminlstntM.ffi-
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ried government employes ha-
required to observe tte ad
ata&iw:
'' ' m ‘ - “ta'Srfiiy.
The indictments were returned in
inflection with applications for
loan* to the Trt-CKfc* awa.TvV.-
ticttho-ly
in behalf
a’* campaign
Tit
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STORM TWIN
One of tte twin sons born
Evelyn Weber at tte height
*ne Tuesday night '
of bredof the land <
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yed here tomorrow night.
theVme^ll te£»dg tel ii
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and tf wch^ti the !
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 24, 1941, newspaper, September 24, 1941; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1028544/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.