Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 183, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1942 Page: 1 of 10
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Bangs Gets $43,000School
With $35,000 Federal Grant
Brownwood Bulletin
Alfred O. Smith, superintendent of the Bangs school system, an-
nosd today receipt of telegrams from Congressman Charles L. South
Senators 'Tom Connally and W. Lee O'Daniel reporting approral by
Meat Franklin D. Roosevelt of a $35,000 Federal Works Agency grant
bogs to bofld a new high achool building.
The |tt,0M will supplement a Bangs school bond Issue of M.OQO
—■—voted Aug. 0. 1041. making funds
. . . available for the building total 943.-
struction School
Bangs school board as soon as
^ • - , papers are available, Mr. Smith
H* ReOIStrarS tO “Approximately 500 ntudento are
3* now crowded Into 12 classrooms of
..... _ ^ the single school building at Bangs.
^ II I J A jl On This repreaenU ah enrollment tn-
* npifl AnH I 1 crease of about 200 since establish-
* I IwIVI nl/1 II LL ment of Camp Bowie. Bangs—locat-
ed only eight miles from Brown-
be achool of Instruction for wood-Is the home of hundreds
km at Brown county's fourth brought to this area because of
Stratton on April 27 will be held Camp Bowie
tntsds] April 23. at 10 am . at The grant la the first to be made
eouttty court room, according to for school building purposes out-
TEN PAGES TODAY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1942
Two Air Corps Units Arrive at Local Airport
Observatim
Use Facilities • HfiilBl * .
Untied Pram Staff Cerrsapealent.
VIOHT France. April 19-(UF>—
A fresh wave of terrorism broke out
today tn Nasl-held France as Plena
Laval prepared to assume full pow-
er over the Vichy government whh
a cabinet of his own choosing.
Two antl-Oerman attacks occur-
red in Parts, shortly after Laval'S
departure from tile city and Ms
return to Vichy to set up his new
cabinet. Two other attacks wave
reported in the northern industrial
region.
A troop train carrying Oermaa
troops on leave was derailed bp
saboteurs snd 40 persons were re-
ported killed.
WABHINOTON. April 14—CUF>‘—
The United States was expected to
demand categorical pledget of neu-
trality by the new Trench govern-
ment as the minimum price Of
continued relations with this coun-
ts 'addition to those who have al-
ready volunteered, could be used.
H. ?. Mayes, secretary of the board
•afcL Registration booths will be
spin from T am. to 9 p m
•Sate authorities have estimated
that the number to be registered
April IT. which will Include all
man from the ages of 45 to 94 In-
ehjttve. will be a third larger than
thpfc ot the registration on Febru-
ary It. This would mean the reg-
ttWfattuti of about I.000 in Brown
n$ktnab to report on May V far
tanuettaa into the army will include
T9 men. tt was stated today by H.
P. Mkyes, secretary of the eounty
board.
It Is very probable also that there
will be a call for a still laffer num-
In the
KUIBYSHEV. Russia. April 16—
rUF»—The Russians, m the first
major battle this spring, have re-
pulsed 90 powerful Oerman coun-
ter-attacks on the central front,
end ansihwl forward over the
rtQk* snow toward a barrier pro-
tWtBg an Important Oerman po-
itdBD, R waa authoritatively re-
to begin Immediate work toward
raising at least the Brown eounty
allotment es art down by Attorney
General Oereld C Mann. Texas
chairman of the drive
Mr. Blnlon. who was appointed
by Attorney Oeneral Mann earlier
this week as Brown county chair-
man, named three Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce directors—Joe
Bell, chairman; Bam Connally and
Conner Scott—to assist him as s
central committee for the Brown
county campaign.
Deoat teas Wasted New
Plana for money-raising activi-
ties will be Immediately mapped out
by this central committee and put
into action by the complete Junior
{Chamber of Commerce orgenise-
[ tion.
However, until the Jaycee drive
reaches full force. President Btnlon
said that checks and cash donations
for the Navy Relief Fund should
be made out to "Nary Relief" and
addressed to J M Blnlon. Brown-
wood Names of these contributors
will be published in the Bulletin
The Navy Relief Society for
which funds will be provided
through the campaign, handles re-
lief for families of U 8 Marines. I
sailors and Coast Guard enlisted
personnel
O. E. Wtnebrenner Speaks
Principal speaker at the general
session of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce meeting was Prof O E
Wtnebrenner. head of the science
department of Howard Payne col-
lege Mr Wtnebrenner * discussion
pertained to electro-magnetic wave
lengths He explained the various
radio waves, long and short; the
ultra-violet rays,
said today.
fn Its first communique from the
beleaguered fortress in Manila Bay
In two days, the War Department
■aid that Uout. Oen. Jonathan M.
Wainwrlght's gunners had hurled
a roaring challenge to the Japanese
Just one week after the fan of Ba-
taan.
Meanwhile, the communique said,
“fierce fighting continues tn Oebu '
where superior Japs ness Invasion
troops, supported by naval vassals,
were meeting strong resistance from
a handful of courageous but poorly
equipped Amertcan-FUtplno forces.
• Jap Air BaMi
The War Department said that
Corregtdar was subjected to five
enemy air raids yesetrday but that
American anti-aircraft batteries—
which the Japanese claimed to have
silenced several days ago—had
forced the bombers to fly so high
that their missiles were ineffective.
In all. the guardian of Manila Bay
ber tn June. Mr. Mayes said
•vent there are not enough ellglbles
from the previous lists the board
has been Instructed to take ellglbles
from among thoea registered on
Feb. 19. the secretary stated.
The board Is now mailing out
about 99 questionnaires dally to
registrants enrolled tn the last reg-
istration It was understood that
occupational questionnaires were to
have been mailed by this time, but
due to some delay In Washington
these blanks have not yet been re-
ceived by the local board.
Mr. Mayes has been devoting full
time to the work of the board as
secretary since the first of this
month. He states that the board la
meeting with splendid cooperation
on the part of the registrants and
their famines
are touch — make no mistake
about tt. They’re trained In every-
thing from Jiu-Jitsu to the to**to-
ast major offensive If the enemy
doesn’t want to play according to
Marquis of Quoosbcrry rules,
then the Marines will play his
way — only better. Por cloee-ln
fighting, they’re taught to use
either raeor-edged knives or bayo-
nets; they’re taught to use knees,
thumbs and feet if no weapons
are left to them.
‘There's nothing the British
Commandos have that we haven’t
got." declares Major Meigs O
Frost, Marine Corps public rela-
tions of fleer for the Booth “In
fact, a substantial rtiare of Amer-
Ican-made landing party equip-
ment has been going tn a steady
stream to the British for many
1 Every Person Will
Be Asked to Buy
U. S. War Bonds
oy abandoned fortified post-
al dose ns of points on the
nak front, some 200 miles
i of Moscow, and the Russians
were reported fighting on the
drta of a big town
t town, however, was not Bry-
New purchaser* of hornet who ere
paying their taxes tn monthly or
other Installments in connection
with installments on FHA financ-
ing. still have the responsibility of
rendering their property for taxes
to the county assessor of taxes
Orady Colvin, Brown county tax
assessor-collector; today called at-
tention of new property owhers to
the 93.000 homestead exemption
lkw Homesteads are exempt from
state tax up to a valuation of
$3,000. end it is to the interest of
the property owner to see that his
property Is rendered for taxes
New property owners can also get
an accurate description of their lots
or lands when they render their
property at the tax office. Some
home purchasers probably do not
know the exact tlse or description
of their lots
A deputy assessor from Mr Coi-
nn's office has been making the
rounds for the purposes of con-
tacting property owners, but mxy
have been unable to contact many
These are advised that the time Is
drawing near for the Claes of tax
assessing for the tax year, and they
are asked to go to the tax office
and render their property If they
have not been contacted
New property owners should not
depend on mortgage holders to
render their property, as that la the
duty of the owner and not of the
mortgage holder.
Mr Oottrta atoo advised that last
half payments of split tax payments
for 1941 are due by July 1 and aft-
er that date win become delm-
"Stars and Stripes
Revived in Britain
LONDON April 1A-<UP>—The
A2Ts World Wsr newspaper—
Stars and Btnpes—will be revived
far the American troops tn Orest
Britain, with Maj Ensley M.
UeweOyn of Tacoma. Washington.
AUSTIN, April 19—fUF)— An
editorial protest against stored-up
tires for passenger automobiles wes
voiced here today by the Austin
American, strongly pro-Adminis-
tration newspaper
A similar complaint, tt was lekm-
ed has been made by a Texas offi-
cial to Frank Bane, office of price
administration official at Washing,
ton.
e new newspaper will be a
Id selling for about a nickel.
«htng news of the troOps, for-
dispatches. American column -
and editorials Later tt will
American comics
• first edition, on Saturday
carry a front page box ad-
ed to Adolf Hitler It will
Raiding peace of Deers “hit the
Jackpot," they concluded, last night
with aetaure of 917 pints of whiskey
In a raid on a local residence. It
was the beefiest liquor seisure made
here In resent yean.
The contraband, officers aaM. waa
cunningly hidden over a celling, and
entry to the loft waa by removing
Infra-red rays.
X-rays and cowmc rays
Bam Wood, chairman of the
Jaycee membership committee, re-
ported on the organisation's mem-
bership campaign which Is to be In-
tensified during the next several
keeks by all members Also report-
ing wes Mac Miller, director-gen-
eral of the Bluebonnet Relays,
which were held at Brownwood
High stadium on April 4. with more
then 200 athlete* participating
New member* voted into the Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce were
Bob Bettis and Joe Orimland.
Sub Machine Guns
Crew of Lifeboat
“Dear Adolf:
"We know your Quislings will get
ds paper to your hands ....
here Is some unpleasant reeding
r yon on the inside pages Watch
r next week's issue “
NATAL. Brasil, April 1P-(UF1-
Bteven members of the crew of the
Untied States tanker Bugene V. R.
Thayer lest their ttvee when their
lifeboat eapeteed under maehine-
gun fife from the submarine that
•ank their veeeel, Oapt B. F Svend-
■on said today.
WRITER SAFE
PHILIPPINES
3N. April lg— 'UF>_Mr».
Oeehon was overjoyed to-
wmr that her son, Nat
. had bean brought out of
Officers' Training
School Hanks Here
Axis Submarine Sunk
'Frisco Radio Stations
Ordered Off the Air
Tm SubflferteBI
wiinwfei
*I*he Weather
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