The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 272, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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LUME 23—HO. 272
SOOSE CREEK. TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 5.
RENCH RESIST IN MADAGASCAR
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MAJOR NAVAL BASE ON ISLE
IS OCCUPIED BY BRITISH
tech Arms Plant Is Hammered by British Back Door
|g Coast Guns Pump Shells Into Nazi Coast Bases Advance OH
DON May 5 lEEI—The Royal Boulogne and Calais from mid-
'orce bombed the Skoda arms night until 2 a.m. From then until
. 3 a.m, RAF heavy bombers roared
toward France in an Unbroken
stream.
The plants of such German war
industries as Bosch, leading Ger-
man specialists in electrical equip-
ment; Daimler Benz, manufac-
turers of airplane engines, heavy
, at pilscn in Czechoslovakia
I German war industries at
Lari early today, carrying on
tn wAMd dav and
trucks, tanks and tank engines, planes took^pmrt K» newaL ^
offensive waged day and
almost without a let-up
April 11. ■ r
ptish big guns on the channel
; twice roared in action early
air ministry said the docks
Kantcs, France, Also were
and British fighting
i attacked enemy air fields
frame. Coastal command
,m attacked’ enemy shipping
he roastspt Iloliaml and Nor-
and hoinhed Mandat air-
L>, Three RAF bombers were
In?.
rstrong force of bombers" at-
|d objective^ in southern Gor-
•■including the important
birial town of. Stuttgart,” the
nuniqtic said. A detachment
lavy Stirling bombers bombed .
Skoda works at Piisen for the
hd time since the offensive
and of the Hirth chhcern, manu-
facturers of aircraft precision
equipment, are at Stuttgart.
First report* of the raids caine
from the German radio, which ac-
knowledged that only one. British
plane was shot down. The term
“in strong force” usually means
that scores if not hundreds of
Germans claimed the British at-
-tacked "residences.”
It IV t U M hUICIiW »• . *■ ■
The Germans, in reprisal, sharp- . , _ ,
ly attacked the southeast coast of Organized -Resistance of
S,? Chinese I. Abandon.*
ualties and damage. One German
ptenew^.destrpye4 off the south-
east coast. ■-*: "■
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Ituttgart. ,
|e big guns along the channel
*1 firing at 12:20 a.m, shaking
>ws and awakening inhabi-
abng. a wide area of tho
. They fired until 1a.m.,. and
dilutes later went into action -
while a big force of RAF
i crossed the channel,
be anti-aircraft fire was
t on the French coast between '
I Bond Workers
Take Field
Guerrilla Gangs Active
CHUNGKING. China, May 5 ®JJ)
Powerful Japanese mechanized
units forced open tho back door to#Jn the landing.
, China today climaxlnr ft three- (Jen. Charles de Gaulle’s Free
month drive through Burma by Frehfek*. who aided the
crossing the Chinese frontier into British lii the attack on the
Yunnan province. . ;
province. .
A Chinese military spokesman
announced shortly after 3 pin.
that enemy spearheads had
crossed the border near the town
of Wanting on .the Burma” ro.td
about 80 miles above captured
Lashio.
(Wanting, does not appear on
current maps, but is believed to bo
. in the immediate vicinity of the_____ __
border town of Mong Mao.- only . . , .
300 airline miles from the Burma JflpS Assert Move Made
; SStaaS T® Op?i» ‘Second Front*
- ...
(By Fnited Picss) French fleet at Dakar ami in the leek the oceopatlon with sufficient
Fighting that may force a shew- of French Nyria and straw* to see it through,
down with Pierre Land’, new pro- Whg-J f” »”?"««» l*V« It,be Aero how
NKsi Vichy regime wan reported Maa»fm#cmr land- neire Laval woald w*we|r4J||&
today between British and .French big. occupation of the Island.
ih^Smando* and naval *>»ted the la n d i J^^oted ** *** <*yn, may demand
forees hattlcj ashTre on the 9H.I- Diego Suarez naval base ‘hat Fiance throw* In her lot
mile-tong island which lies eft G)ie at the northern tip of Madagascar With the Aids end perhaps sur-
southeast coast of Africa and -**»» appeared that this might’ha. r*“*?r thc Freneh fleet aml naval
astride the vital Allied supply >n «•* «*■»? «f a token stand to ^ ....... ..... rrnrrf,
route to the Near Fast to “fore- aatlsfy Laval and the Germans.
stall a Jaimnese attack,” 7,-a veto r* reaching South Africa malic relation* with the United
The occupation was carried out from Madagascar in recent week* $tahw as Washington
with the support of the United estimated that three-fourths of informed Laval that this country
the 23,250 Frenchmen on Mada-
gascar age- anti-Nazi and pro-AI-
lied in their sympathies, although
jM-rtisps not necessarily supporters
of the Free French.
The British undoubtedly under-
states but there was no .evidence
of U. 8. armed force* participating
fully approve* the occupation and
that “any warlike net" on the part
of France would “have to be re-
garded by the government of the
Frrlted State* as an attack upon
the United Nation* a* a whole."
Tokyo Predicts
Alignment of
. ■
Commandos Lead Invasion
French Submarine Reported Sunk
Vkljy With Avk
v ■•■y — ^ »up* iignt. rnc piicpi© must
—-c-*— ported by. eir and naval forces, been reported “ “
smashed through Vichy French Allied.
93 per
Ais
have
cent pro-
* resisUnce and landed on-the stva- The spoknaman said the Oecu-
tegic French island of MadagKs- patl0„ - was dr-
OKtc. but he revealed that Chi- °f AXi® nBU°nS V ’ A PVpn‘"' halteM ronorted hill
NO DRAB GRAY paint cover* the sides of the.
Drottningholm, diplomat swap ship, pictured at
Jersey City after its arrival from Goteborg,
Sweden. She doesn’t have to worry about sub-
marines. The vessel has been chartered by the
F, S. .to carry German and Italian diplomat* held
in this country to Lisbon where they will be ex-
changed for American diplomat* now held by the
Axis government*- A swap for Japanese officials
will be made on another voyage.
nesc forces already have begun a
campaign of guerrilla warfare on
the zBurma front.
Some observers interpreted this
to mean that organized resistance
Un certain sectors would be aban-
doned for guerrilla tactics at
.Which the Chinese have become
adept during their clashes with
(See Japs Cross, Page 2)
Yanks Leave Jap Bases Blazing Wrecks jfe
U. S. Airmen in Ferocious Raids on Lae and Rabaul jmu
figtii,.
GEN. MAC ARTHUR’S HEAD-
QUARTERS, Australia, April 3.
tl’.B)—Two of Japan’s biggest in-
vasion bases have been strewn
with blazing wreckage by United
States flying fortresses, Catalina-
in the Tri-Cities personal Consolidated medium bombers
il Campaign Will
iCIimax Next Week 4
prow of more than 100 vol un-
will be in the field next
in New Guinea were the targets.
Brig. ,Gen. Martin F. Scanlon,
52, of Scranton, Pa., veteran of
two wars with the linked States
army air corps, le'd the raid on
Rabaul iit a flying fortress.
A United Press dispatch from
weather since the Allied aerial of-
fensive started.
New cannon-firing fighter
planes made the raid on Lae.
in his communique. No. 15 is-
sued from his Southwest Pacific
general headquarters; MacArthur
announced also that United States
Tender Curb
rged by Sadler
Aid to Small Refining
Firms Is Demanded
AUSTIN, May 5 tl’E)-Refusal of
tenders to move Texas oil until all
local refinery demands arc met
was advocated today by Railroad
against the United Nations move
on Madagascar, which it said was
“aggression1' against the Vichy
government, and would strengthen
Vichy collaboration with the Axis.
The United Nation action was to
prevent Japan from seizing the
island. ——
The Tokyo radio said that in .
moving against Madagascar the
Allied nations hoped they were
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A French battery wa* reported bility that (hie Vichy French gov-
captured and the Gerjnan radio ernmfent of Pierre Laval would
said a French submarine and a turn the island over to the Jap-
tl is patch boat were sunk in sc- anese.
vere fighting for the big Suare* Thc Unitcd Statcs, backing the
Diego naval base. ----------• British move, was reported to
Acting in agreement with the have delivered a note to Marshal
United States, the British forces Henri. Philippe Pctsin at Vichy
—including South Africans—be- today, repeating its warning that
gan occupation of the big Indian any warlike act by the French
ocean Island after the French against the British would be eo-
governor general reportedly had garded as against all 'of ike
rejected an ultimatum. United Nations. „
Dispatches of the official Or- (Axis broadcasts since last Sat-
materials.
Tokyo said the British action
toward Madagascar was different
frppi the landing of American
forces in New Caledonia, because
New Caledonia was dominated by
.the Free French while Vichy had
controlled Madagascar.
“Further incursions intp France’s
lfeAcampa!gn.tO-*>liflRj»ledgea —fighterCp^nM had-^amaged* four—
|rcgular purchases of war Douglas ' MacArthur announced ' s'!anW'n’a Bvin« fortresses and Jananese bombers and one Navv- Action on the proposal .
and stamps.
Chatfield, general ehair-
|for the Tri-Cities area com-
ae id today that many arc
|at work,-but that the cam-
will. reach a climax next i
| when more than 100 workers
I be making house-to-house
Douglas'" MacArthur
today. .
Early reports from advanced
American bases indicated that up
to 30 Japanese planes were de-
stroyed or damaged. Supply
durpps were blown up, big 4ires
were left eating their / Way
through .. airdrome installations
and runways and troons were
bombed and machine gunned.
Rabaul, in- New Britain island,
the most important Japanese base
in the Australian zone, .and Lac
Scanlon’s flying fortresses and
Catalinas took off said he and
Japanese bombers and one Navy-
O fighter of a formation of nine
his men fought through the worst ' (See Jep Bai cu, Page 2)
Fliers Blast Rangoon Area
Hits Scored on Runways, Buildings
awaits
the return from Washington of
Commissioner Olin Culberson, ex-
they lacked men, shipping and* »"d that the office spokesman de- (8ee Commando*. Page 2>
New Assaults on
Corregidor Loom
A?L8pt Ed!n“feaYrt?
•—r*\T
—
wiT! .ask housewives and
owners to sign pledges for
Itary purchases at regular
p», of war bonds and stamps.
pledge is. not an order for the
fcase of stamps or bonds but m , > <
*"*1,or .
Mfieid pointed out that the Une Easement Ordered
ury department asked that
krsons sign the pledge, '‘even a survey to determine the ex-
|h they may have already tent of land needed for a drainage
some other type at a pre- outlet from the end of West Main
[loo Bond Worker*, Page J) avenue to the canal near the city
limits was to be made today by
City Engineer B. B. Williams.
Williams was authorized by the
Goose Creek city commission last
night to make the survey follow-
ing a conference with R. H. Pruett,
representing the Price Pruett es-
tate, owners of the land through
which the easement is sought.
The city plans to install a lhrgc
pipe to carry water from the area
near West Main and North Pruett
street.
>UND TOWN
jthc Tri-Cities} Douglas Stew-
caring a sports shirt that
loud it fairly screamed . . .
Trant proves to be quite a
■-hitter, which in itself is
1 an attribute . . . Patty Bond
appy to learn yesterday that
w bicycle Rres are being
from "regenerated rubber"
tiss Earline Fclschor has the
Future Fnrmers of Amer-
gunlzation looking every way
■rward . . . Add compnri ons
L as shrill as Chilton Miles*
Wayne .McClurg wres-
vlth some collegiate book-
l*K • . . Dean," Emory Ander-
expcctod to pull one out of
- within the next few hours
NEW DELHI, India, May 5 CPi
American bombers raided Japa-
nese installations In southern
Burma, again last night, dropping
heavy bombs on Mingaladon air-
drome near Rangoon, Brig. Gen.
Lewis H. Brcreton, commander of
(rand Airy Told to
Guard Health of Amu
Charged by Judge Frank Willi-
ford to cooperate with army of-
ficials to better the public health
In Harris county as a benefit to
soldiers stationed in this vicinity,
the May term Harris county grand
Jury [was at work today.
Two Tri-Cities men, A. C. Kraft
Of Baytown and Grady Tuck of
Goose Creek, are members of the
jury.
, J. II. Russell of Houston was
elected foreman. ■ V *,v, <■ .
American’ forces in India, an-
nounced today.
Hits were scored on runways
and buildings, starting fires visible
for 60 miles. The announcement
said enemy opposition during the
raid was * slight and that jdi
Amcritan pilots returned safely.
Lash night's raid followed a
Sunday night attack on the Ran-
goon dock area. It was the fourth
American raid by Brereton’s
forces on the Irrawaddy delta
.area. ■ y -
“A number of heavy bombs .vere
dropped and hits were scored on
runways and buildings,” the com-
munique said. “A large explosion
was seen and fires started in u
hangar were visible for 90 miles.’
Enemy opposition was described
as "slight” and all (he raiders re-
turned safely. The broadcast
.quoted the communique that "no
fresh nows”,, had been received on
land fighting in Burma.
MIIII vuiw^qwii.
pected today. Culberson has been
at the national capital for a con-
ference on the Lone Star gas rate
case, which is being heard by the
federal power commission.
The- third railroad commission
member, Col. Ernest O. Thomp-
son, said that a regulation in ef-
fect for several years provides
that local refinery requirements
must be meF before oil is moved
from a field. Thompson added
that he knows of no refinery now
that Is not getting crude upon re-
quest. He said the railroad com-
mission is without authority to
refuse tenders for moving oil Into
interstate commerce.
Sadler said that the plight of
Inland refineries has become “crit-
ical” under curtailed production
requwtod by Harold I,. Ickeg, fed*.
(See Oil Tanker. I’age t)
Bulletins
Stocks Close Today ~ ~
Courtesy Citizen* National Bank and Trust Company
By Fnited Frew
CHUNGKING, May 5 - Japam*»e
tiH-ehanlied column* striking at
China from Burma have been
halted by the Chinese in heavy
fighting that “continues with un-
abated ferocity," a communique’
sold tonight, ifl'f# iSh*!-
VVASIIINOTON, May 5—Nenalot
Robert- A. Taft (R-Ohlo) today in-
legislation providing
can "be
BERLIN DECLARES
ULTIMATUM IGNORED
BERLIN. May 5 (German Broad-
cast Recorded by U, P. at Lon-
don)—The'official news agency in
a dispatch from Vichy said t6dr *
that fighting was in progress
tween French force* and British
landing parties on Madagasc!
and that , the French had lost
submarine and a navy dispatcl
boat.
The French governor general of
Madagascar rejected a British ul-
timatum, the dispatch said. The
ultimatum expired seven hours
after it was delivered and the
fighting started.
The German dispatch said it
was not possible to say whether
the-British landing was success-
ful.
Herman to Become
VFW Post Commander
*;* W
Frank Lierman tonight Ip
scheduled to advance from tho
rank of senior vice commander
to the pcit of commandor of Rob-
WASHINGTON, May 5 (EE)-The
Japanese were believed today to
be beginning a campaign to wipe
out the remaining American-Fih-
pino resistance In the Philippines.
:r the fall of Bataan there
was^ comparative lull In fighting
is Manila bay area while the
lapanese attacked the Vlsayan Is-
olds gPltebu and Paflay. It was
id ifteu-'tMU thd Japanese
might be preparing to lay seige
to Corregidor rather than attempt
direct assault.
Military observers thought Cor-
regidor’s defenses would be far
more difficult to storm than were
those on Hong Kong and Singa-
pore.
Renewed intense attacks on Cor-
rcgldor’s Fort Mills, and the neigh-
boring Forts Drum, Hughes and
Frank, now make it look as
thoogh an effort to land and over-
(Nei> New Assault*, Page tr
Second Casualty Drill
Reveals Improvement
The rehearsal of casualty ata-
ert R. Tuck post of the VetoElM 4lMi drill last night showed
Ond eat last night. . . Harry
l challenge* somebody to
IK
Allied Stores................... 4*>k
American Radiator i\i
Stall worth,- qciebratrrig., Anaconda Copper ....... A..
onduy, almost forget to go American T. and T. ........112
Chrysler Motors ............ 54%
Cities Service 2\
Commercial Solvent ......... 7%
Consolidated Aircraft ...... 18 H
Consolidated Oil ...........*• 4%
Curtlss-Wrlght ........... • 6%
Curtiss-Wright A ............22
Electric Bond and Share „ 1
Power snd Ught ., 1
Sulphur ........... MH
Electric .........*...«»
Motor* ...........,*»*
■ *>•>"’ ...........
thine
National Dairy .,.,,........ lg|g.
North American Aviation .. 10%
Ohio Oil ................... 6&
Otis Steel ..............,.... 5S
Phillip* Petroleum .......... 32h
Pure Oil ................ 7fe
Skelly ......20K
Socony V^feuum ....... 7
Sperry Corporation ......... 23
Standard Oil of Indiana ... 2014
Standard Oil of New Jereey. 3t%
Texas Corporation .......... 31H
TexoX'Oulf
Tidewater
United
United Corporation
Steel
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t ••
......
Army Deserter Taken
into Custody Here
- Local officer* today returned to'BBBBgll,..............
Camp Wallace a deeertcr from llie- f that men with dependent* would
army, takon into custody in Goose be Inducted Into the army In
Creek last night 1 dosor* bavd upon their family
The youth, 24. deserted fT«W--------’
Camp Wallace Ia*t September. He
was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs
C B. Arnold and George B. Scott
at the home of relatives.
Mrs. Minard to Start
Woman’s Rrcl Aid Class
An Intensive course In Red Cross Barkley of Kentucky
of Foreign Wars. |
Uermsn will succeed 8. C. Mai-
lott, who Is resigning m post
commander to take tho position
of commander of the district
V.F.W. organization, to which he
was elected at the recent conven-
tion in Houston.
, The post ulsp will complete
plan* ftp* the' tfiimml poppy sale
and Memorial Day observance oft
May 30. The meeting will be st 8
p.m. at the V.g.W,.homo onjoyth
* Gcoio Creek street. The Lodlea
Auxiliary will meet tomorrow
night inatend of tonight.
HisW ■
sldcrable improvement over the
first practice last week, Dr. W. K.
Marshall, director of medical care
and public health in the East-Har-
ris eoimty elvdian defense organi-
zation, said” today. -
* Mahy difficulties discovered In
the first trial were ironed-out, he
aald, but_ the communication#
problem* hafee not yet been
solved. Better and quicker con-
tact* between the control center named
>tftUqn&-VtlU
Sugar Rationing
Is to Continue
About 23,000 G«t Books;
Schools Open Wednesday
Persons in the Tri-CHIe* not
yet registered for sugar rationing
will be taken care of at each of
the elementary schools In the dis-
trict tomorrow, Administrator
Roy H Rowland announced at
Old people who have M way
to set to the school* to register
for sugar rationing today were of-
fered transportation by Mr*. J. M.
Bsrcu*. she asked that anyone
needing this service coll her at
phone 54J-M between 4 and 6 p.m.
today.
noon today. Elementary schools
closed two days to permit teach-
ers to conduct the registration,
will reopen Wednesday.
Mr. Rowland said the
being made today at each of
schools serving as
sites indicated that
estimated total of 11,300
trant* would be equalled today.
"We had originally counted
registering 30,000 person* In
school district, "be said, "so
rangement* have been made -
(See Sugar Rationing, Page 2)
- j ' '
Sugar Babe
It we* sugar mtlonln
they paid due respect t
cssion.
Mr. and Mr*. WUlts'I
ger—thc father Is
5 - Senate
r Allien W.
But a
BUM
first aid will
to b* organised by
Minard at H a m.
v-'« "***££J'
ST. LOUIS, Me., May 5.
Jr, deridMUto get inarrii
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