The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 1941 Page: 3 of 4
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ATTACK
CHAPTER IX—Continued
Van Hassek with one regiment to
The only thing which might pre
for-
teeth
up | Chicago, Aug. 25—Last week Pvt.
CHAPTER X
Fish’s 32nd gO R tavern at nearby Waukegan
we listened to a
Summers
the
Mn. Bitty Wolf of Austin b visit.
the officers are assembled,
grace with tears
so happy I'm an
you came into this court-
1934 and took the oath to
YARD BIRDS FLY <?OOP. BUT
THIRSTY SENTRY IS WINGED
They not
left him
RELEASED SOLDIERS
TO GET ASSISTANCE
IN REGAINING JOBS
ALLOWS BRITISH
ON U. 8. SHIPS
something in
uniforms. All
a warm day.)
and Wegeman
Mrs. P. H. Wall and two daugh-
ters of Dallas are visiting in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clark.
Mr. Wall joined them for the week*
end and then returned to Dallas.
boss abodt* them. He’s an American, i
Tonight, before going to bed. I told I
my wife, “Honey, I’m going to buy a
large flag and hang it out the win-
dow. Friday. The President wants
everyone to pledge allegiance to a
new and united America. And hon-
ey, I’m going to do my part .because
Fd rather be an American, than any-
refrigerator, my oil
radio. I’m glad I'm
DRAFT’ QUIZ FALLACY
NETS PRISON TERM
passing sentence, Federal
Judge J. Foster Symes
ORDER
CREWS
de.
citi-
CLEMENCY SEEN
FOR SELECTEE
Laverne Myers, daugh-
and Mrs. E. L. Myers
Cove, underwent tonsiL
the local hospital Sat-
were Czechoslovak.
English; but we're
THIRD ARMY
GAMES RESUME
Opal and
ters of Mr.
of Copperas
lectomies at
urday.
Gladys Thornal, daughter of Mr.
mewl MFr« Harar Thnrniil iimlaarwdbflfc
ilijfi »’l si*. lIHlIllMI, tillvIVr WCuw
a tonsillectomy at the local hospital
Tuesday morning.
WHAT AMERICA MEANS
IO MR. AMERICA’
STUBBORN ESS OF TEXAS
GIRL BRINGS HER
BRIGHT LIGHTS
Washington, Aug. ^—Authorita-
tive sources indicated Sunday that
the War Department would reduce
drastically the 10-year courtmartial
sentence imposed on John Habinyak,
26-year-old Pennsylvania selectee, for
repeated disobedience of orders.
The adjutant general of the army,
who has the case under study, is
expected to recommend clemency to
Secretary Stimson. There was no ad-
vance indication as to what modifi-
cation of punishment would be pro-
posed. Stimson, army officials said,
will act on the adjutant general’s
recommendation Tuesday, and the
case will then go to President Roose.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Williams
of Crane are visiting in the home*
of their parents, Mn. Lawrence WIL
liams and Mr. and Mn. Robert Ir-
vine.
Newell Johnston and E. E. Brav-
enec have returned from a two weeks
vacation. While gone they were visit-
on in seven states and Old Mexico.
Bravenec left Tuesday afternoon for
Shook where he will spend the re-
Madame Tanit-Ikao, international-
ly famous Indian Fakir, is shown
handling one of her pet crocodiles.
The Madhme handles this most fe-
locious of all reptiles as the aver-
ROO8EVELT GETS
O’pANlEL OKAY
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Wolf of An
drews arrived Sunday for a visit hen
in the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mn. Warren Everett, and other rel-
atives. They were accompanied by
Mn. Green of Tatum, N., M., who
some time with her sister,
Moving forward, the men and
trucks carried their own camouflage
branches or kept well inside timbered
areas.
age person would handle a baby.
She comes to the 1941 State Fair
Independent Midway heralded as
the greatest illusionist -since Hou-
dini.
Mr.
visit
CAMOUFLAGE HIDES
TROOPS
an i
on '
• v’wsv, >* w aw utiiwru, nuuiu uv 5<JII.v
' such development as discovery that
his conduct was prompted by out-
side persons with the design of dis-
rupting morale.
Mias Alice Amanda .Vemor ra-
in between this turnabout, Private
Summers was taken for ride—liter-
ally and figuratively—by two fellow
soldiers, Pvts. Harry R. Pearson, 20,
and Ted Wegeman, 25.
Privates Pearson and Wegeman
were in the guardhouse when Pri-
vate Summers was outside. Satur-
day, Pearson and Wegeman were
talking to Summers and the three
men found they had
common besides their
were thirsty. (It was
So Privates Pearson
suggested that the three of them
Mr. and Mn. Tom J. Taylor and
their daughter, Mn. E. L. Hayter
of Corpus Christi, went to Coleman,
Saturday afternoon, to attend
funeral services conducted for
Taylor’s uncle, Charlie Taylor.
Taylor had been in Coleman to
his uncle and returned home Friday
evening, thinking that he was im-
proving. He died in a few minutes
Anacoco, La., Aug. 25—Strongly
criticized by the commanding gen-
eral for'“stupid disregard” of air at-
tack danger during the first phase
of. maneuvers, officers moved
Park, N. Y., Aug. 24—An
on
AMERICA
By Gen. Ared White
for a drink, with Pearson and Wege-
man, of course, as Summers’ prison-
ers.
That was the idea,but after Sum-
mers had quenched his thirst he
couldn't find his prisoners,
only had walked out, but
with an |8 check to pay.
Which is why Private
Monday was ipside instead of out-
side of the guardhouse. Back in, too,
was Private Pearson, who esme back
voluntarily and told of the drink
hunt, subsequently verified by Sum-
mers. Still outside, however, was Pri-
yate Wegetnan* A tavern watch was
being kept for him in case he is
still thirsty.
r a new one. Roads menacing his
inks were strongly covered. It
is not such a position as he would
re selected of his own choice, but
|ce necessity forced it on him, he
»nt to make the most of his op-
rtunltiea for stubborn resistance.
His senior aide-de-camp came up
bhim and saluted.
sumably provisions of the neutral-
ity act forbidding American vessels
to enter combat sones still would
apply.
Washington, Aug. 24 — Senator
O’Daniel in his weekly transcribed
radio broadcast to folks back home
in Texas said Sunday that after a
homey chat at the White House Tues-
day he had put Jiis first-hand stamp
of approval upon President Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
“I could not keep from experi-
encing a sirh of relief when I walk-
ed into the presence of the man who
without a doubt knows more about
ing back without a fight.”
He paused nnd his pale, bluirh lip
diew down into an expression of
bittnrne*!’,
. “All right, we’ll go through! We’ll
held! We’ll give the country a now
“I guess I was just stubborn,” she
said.
She was told to report the next
General Mole sat in the hot shel- Amongst my neighbors, unafraid and
ter of his command post which had
teen dug by engineers into the re.
verse slope of a squat ridge. He
puffed glumly, at the stub of a cigar
as he observed the arrival of his
regimental an dbattalion command-
srs whom he had summoned from
iver his battle position.
Planes soared overhead. American
combat planes covering his position
Bginst air attack. From time to time
an observation plane dashed low with
a dropped message reporting prog-
less of the Van Hassek approach.
At last word, the main Van Hassek
folumn had cleared the Nueces Riv-
4- after routing a motorized battalion
.wrong-point that Mole had sent out
jto gain contact and delay the enemy,
f Mole’s pla# of battle was shaped;
I 1 formal orders had been distribut-
■ I Since morning the men had been
r Jrging in-
[ Ja11 his artillery had been dug in }tere jn America, talking to their par-
■1 camouflaged, here he had ah jn England, and I was proud to.
I £n< nse, . hastily organized citadel Bn American. ’
' ^mutually supporting strong-points.!
Bi chine guns had been placed for
fre maximum of destructive effect I
Directors were impressed with haff
talent when she read Mrs. Marshall’s
part.
Now she’ll spend a hurired weak
visiting home folks before entrain-
ing for Broadway.
Dallas, Aug. 22—An 18-year-old
San Angelo girl with a stubborn
Ltreak was a hit Friday after, her
light opera debut in which she played
the part of a white-haired dowager.
Jay Cresson, who appeared Thura-
day night as Mrs. Marshall in the
Dallas Summer Opera first night
production of “Irene," can’t sing. But
so impressive was her dramatic per-
formance that Shubert Production
officials will take her to New York
next week.
Miss Cresson—experienced only in
school plays—accompanied a friend
to chorus tryouts here when “Irene"
was in rehearsal. When the man-
ager ordered everyone but singers
to move back, she remained in her
afternoon we’ll fight until night.
We’ll hold through tomorrow. Then
Hl make my further decision. When
the time comes I’ll give the order
for withdrawal which must come by
night"
General Mole, paused again to look
about among them and then spoke
in slow, biting words.
"Gentlemen, a final word! We’ll
show the country what our mettle
>s. We’ll show the enc my what they
l ean expect-to meet once our armies
are mobilized and organized and
trained. Remember this, if we lost:
every last man in the Second Divi-
Washington, Aug. 24—Brigadier
General Lewis B. Hershey directed
local draft officials today to make
certain that citizen soldiers soon to
be released from military service are
“protected in their legal right to re-
employment in civilian occupations.”
National selective service head-
quarters, Hershey said, has planned
that each local draft board should
appoint a reemployment committee-
man to see that returning soldiers
get their old jobs back or get new
ones if the old ate for some legal
reason unavailable.
The Army announced last week
that barring any change for the worse
in the international situation approx-
imately 200,000 men would be out of
uniform by Christmas. They will in-
clude men over 28 years of age, men
on whom military service* is a dem-
onstrable “economic hardship, and
married men.
Hershey said that under the select- turned to her home in Waco Tuesday
ive service law these meh must be after spending several days in the
given back their jobs in private in- home of heY grandmother, Mrs. H.
dustry or business “unless the em- R. Barber.
ployer’s circumstances have so
changed as to make it impossible or
unreasonable to do so.”
| the captain adviesd.
I There was a greeninsh hue to the
< general’s lean, cadaverous face,
brought by the stress of the past
few days. His eyes were bloodshot
under, puffy black lids, but they shone
with a stout, even glitter, that pro-
calimed the mastery of will over
flesh. As he stood up to face his
cssembled commanders, he was per-
The ! nckes,
res-1
was
Hyde
executive order, which White House
officihls said Sunday would have the
effect of allowing British masters
and crews to sail ships operating un-
der jurisdiction of the Federal Mari-
time Commission, has been issued by
President Roosevelt.
The order provides for the waiv- :
ing of compliance with provisions-j velt for final review,
of existing law relating to masters,
officers, crew members and crew ac- vent drastic modification of the aer-
commodations. It was issued under tence given Habinyak by the court-
an act of last June which authorized ’martial at Fort Bragg, N. C., last
primarily, the seizure of foreign ves- I week, it was believed, would be some
seis tied up in American ports.
William D. Hassett, presidential
secretary, said the order would per-
mit employment of aliens on Amer-
ican vessels and allow changes in
physical accommodations for crew
members.
“Could they put British masters
on American ships?" he was asked.
“That would be the effect of it,"
he replied.
Hassett understood that the order
would apply’ to any ships under the
jurisdiction of the Maritime Com-
mission.
To what extent Britain might be
Lenefitted by putting her own sail-
ors on American merchant ships was
commander, to use to the utmost the
protecting timber on the rolling hills
that mark Western Louisiana, divi-
sional oficers hit upon several novel
.and effective means for covering their i
troops and vehicles.
Maj. Gen. Irving A. 1~
Division from Michigan and Wiscon-
sin took a chapter from MacBeth and
old fighting tactics of Indians to
transplant trees to cover its concen- '
t rations.
The division over the week-end I
moved transplanted trees to a cut- !
over krea. Troops carefully water-
ed the trees so the foliage would
retain its natural green color. Troops
were roped inside the “forest" so
they would not wander into the open
and betray the location to enemy
a man who would “rather be
Into his mind American than anything else
Not to mention ammunition. r' ” ‘ _______
“The big trouble is, we don’t know f< ur Or five! If we’re attacked this
yet what we’re up against and we’ve
got to play a cautious game. If all
we had to consider was Van Has-
s-ek, we’d rush troops in there and
give him his lesson in a very few
, weeks. What the public will not
be able to understand, nor even Con-
gress, is that we’ve got to use most
of our peace strength army as a
framework fdr building, a ‘ national
army.
“But anyhow, come what may with
the future," Flagwill went on with
a sardonic grin, “the Chief has just
made one ten-strike of a decision.
We’re to make our first real military _ . _______
stand down around Fort Worth, sion, our losses would still be only J
which is about as far as Van Has- « fraction of what the good old Sec-
sek would dare go in any event." j end took in France, c. en if no’xxly
Flagwill bolted a sandwich and remembers tint fact but-the Sec-’
washed it down with a cup of coffee, ond’s survivors."
then pulled himself up to his desk. I, His voice rose to a furious in-
"I ve two reports that will interest tensity and his clenched han 1 rose
you, Benning,” he announced abrupt- ?b<»ve his head.
ly. “First, we’ve a tip from London &A new Alamo to remember, gen-
that the Coalition espionage system tiemen! That's waht we’ll give the j
in the United States is organized country—a new Alamo to remem-
to completely wreck our industrial her! Put that thought into the
organization. That merely confirms of your men. That’s all!”
what we’d guessed long ago. They JCrntiniiFrh
also suggest that the-enemy espion- ' ■
•ge has its headquarters in New York
disguised as some large corporation,
no details ■ available. Second, I have
positive proof that Van Hassek’s
bombers had ground liaison in Wash-
ington last night. Light signals were
Tomorrow, I’ll go to work. I work
in an electrotype foundry, and I love f-eUI g.]aMe* or reconnaissance planes.
, my job. I made it 1n fact? from er-
breaking of one line yiriddw the boy to production manager in
ly the grim necessity of attack.-. (wo yamij had ideas-and I told, the I
. D. — rl— man.irincr 111* ' __— a*. — »•* TT _ * —s— —
knows what each of our moves
to be on the checkerboard of
empires."
The junior Texas Senator said the
President seated him at the nearest
corner of the excutive desk to dis-
cuss the famous Roosevelt-Churchill
high-seas conference and other in-
ternational affairs. Later, he said,
Roosevelt expressed interest 1 in the
pending O’Daniel anti-strike violence
bill an dhis home state social security
accomplishments.
• “I assured- the -President,’’ Mid
| O’Daniel, “that we folks in Texas
were determined to continue all our
efforts to help him in every way
carry out his part of the great na-
tional defense program, and asked
him to call on me at any time I
could be of service to him.”
There are so any Texans in Wash,
ington, it’s almost like being at homo,
O’Daniel remarked.
Entering the White House grounds
for his Roosevelt visit, he chuckled,
a guard named Austin van Wooten
slapped him on the shoulder and
said, “Why, Hello there, Loe. I’m sure
glad to see you. I’m from Texas,'
too.”
His oppposition to extending train,
ing for draftees has resulted in a po-
tential increase in Texas tourist
business, he so id . He quoted a let.
ter from a resident of Michigan who
suggested that O’Dtsnlel’s “honesty
to our soldier boys” is going “to
take thousands of tourists to your
state who in the past have gone to
Florida."
“So you see, folks,” said O’Danlel,
“that in trying to be fair to our
Habinyak, inducted into the nr.nv soldier boys, it msy bring thousands
June 23 from Central City, Pa., of tourists to Texas because they
where he worked as a coal miner : appreciate the attitude of your Sen.
was charged before the military ator.’’ »
court with a variety of displinarv
breaches including spitting on the
niess room floor and disobeying an
order to clean up the saliva, re-
fusing to clean up the floor arour J
his bed, refusing to clean his mess
kit, and refusing to pick up concrete
blocks littering the road.
A report of the court martial
quoted him a staying in explanation
of his conduct that he earned |l0 a
day in civilian life and would not
work for >21 a month in the army.
The coprt sentenced Habinyak tc
10 yean* and nine months at hard
labor in the federal prison at At-
lanta, but that later was changed to
provide for incarceration in the dis-
plinary barracks at Fort Laeven-
worth, Kans.
^Denver, Aug. 25—Richard S. Men-
neker, 31, crrett.d lust May aboard
i Japanese liner ju. t before it sailed
from San Francisco, pleaded nolo
i entendre Mends y to a charge of
making false statements in his draft
questionnarie and was sentenced to
serve 18 months in prison.
Mennekes was office manager for
the Hansa Corporation, a German
travel agency whose Denver office
was headed by William Godel,
mer German consul here.
Mennekes was charged with
claring himself a naturalized
:.t-n when he registered for the draft
but claimed he was a subject of the
German - Reich in the questionnaire |
he filed shortly before leaving Den-
ver to return to Germany.
Before
District
asked:
“When
loom in
support the Constitution of the Uni-
(Scouting)
President Roosevelt read to his July
flashed from the area of the White . 8th press conference a letter from
House during both raids.
Benning started.
k’.ashed Captain Fincke’s crytic state- earth.”
went* at tl.e Shoreham .“
Me decided against reporting this vas a rather nice letter and gave
Conversation for the time being. He
Jguve Flagwill a brief account of his
faiscovery of the Austrian captain and
■Colonel Boggio and explained his
logic in not immediately causing their
arrest.
I “All right, Benning," Flagwill said,
mis eyes snapping. “1“'
■nade no mistake in not arresting*
them last night. But now you for-
Wet everything else and gel out after
them! Use ybur own judgment about
when you make arrests, but see to
it they .don’t get away from you.
I needn’t tell you that the CoalitioQ
spy net is ten times more dangerous
in the long run than Van Hassek’s
iresent rotten invasion.”
cut ihe text for publication,
sender was identified only as a
ident of Missouri and his name
withheld. The letter, dated June 29,
lead:
Dear President Roosevelt:
I am a mairied man. 28 years
I’ll assume you 1 have a boy 3,. a girl 1.
Here’s how F feel about being ah*
American.
My ancestors
•nns. tny wife’s
Americans.
I look at my
heater, and my
an American.
My children get cod liver oil, nour-j trucks Monday under such good cov-! Louis Summers was a sentry out-
i ishing food, and a doctor’s watchful, tr that nearly 100,000 were in simu- I .ide the guardhouse at Fort Sheri-
care. They’ll be glad they’re Ameri- jrted battle before the 305 residents '■ dan. Monday he was a prisoner, in-
can*- knew Anacoco was in No Man’s Land. .ide.
This morning I went to church.! Shortly after dawn citizens were
-- Ijrroused by the roar of artillery and!
unmolested^ I thanked God for giving machine gun fire as the opposing
us America. I Ked and Blue armies, advanced un- |
I went home to my wife ami kid- de r clever camouflage, went into ac-
dies. My little boy, Douglas, came tion in the concluding phase of the
running and said, "Hi Pop. Y’ou gon- preliminary maneuvers.
na take me to see the ribber?” L Taking heed of the orders of Lieut.
And I said, “Sure. Doug, I’ll take ’ Gen. Walter Krueger, Third Army
you to see the river.”
“And we’ll stand on the bridge, and
sec the car-cars. Pop?”
“Sure, Doug.”
“Pop, see the sun. Look, see Pop
It shine in the car-cars window.”
“Yes, Doug, the sun's shining on all
America."
After our walk, we came home,
and sat down to veal chops, baked
potatoes, fresh greet) beans and corn
tn the cob. I said
in my eybs. I’m
American.
This afternoon,
radio broadcast of British children,
Lake Charles, La., Aug. 24—Heavy
coastal artillery' and anti-aircraft
guns claimed a theoretically heavy
toll of planes tonight in a simulated
enemy air raid o nthis city of 20,-
000 population in a resumption of the
Third Army war games.
* Airplanes dropping deadly bombs
and spraying machine gun bullets
raked the blacked-out city as civilian
air raid wardens successfully handled '
a major air attack in the large scale
” — V* mviv gaagwv
maneuvers involving 250,000 troops, true world conditions than any other
Lieut Gen. Walter Kreuger, com- ] living man,'
manding the Third Army and direct-
ing defense i
staged bombardment, said the air raid
was designed to train both civilians
and defending troops against any
contingency of war. He said Major
H. V. Handley praised civilian co-
operation.
The half-hour raid on Lake Charles
began the second phase of the Third
Army maneuvers with the invading
ked Army of 120,000 troops aided
by the tanks of the Second Armored
Division faced the outnumbered
“Blue” army of 60,000 to 70,000 men
based near Robline.
O’Daniel said.
“His appearance and actions con-
against . realistically veyed the impression to me that ha
l was wholly aware of all details and
the gravity of the emergency . . .
and
are
J AC LVHiaiGVU.
“I’ve been reading the reports and “I wanted a few words with you
lecommendations of the staff sec- before we go into action, gentle-
tions, sir,” Benning answered. “Mo- men,” he began in a calm voice.
I ilization seems -to be moving right “The ekeision to fight here was made
i along and the panic is cooling off, for us by General Hague. Therefore,
even in Washington.” , it becomes our decision. Let me
Mobilizing is one thing, fighting frankly say that the finny is on the
another," Flagwill snapped out. “By ■ spot, that the people wouldn't under-
tonight, when the Second gets stand the simple wisdom of our fall-
cracked at San Antonio, the wholanilMMjlMnS&|
country will te howling for action,
the howl anti-aircraft is already
pouring in—and every one of our
ten regiit.tnis of anti-aircraft is
short svr..ething, a buttery or two, a _______ _________ ____________
full battelion, or essential equipment, tradition to rmember! We’ll fight
.Promptly The President said he thought it ted States, you lied, didn’t you?”
> “But .your honor,” replied Men-
“there were special circum-
stances. It was impossible for me
and my family to live here. We
were being persecuted all the time
because we came from Germany.”
Mennekes’ wife and two young
old; I ihildren have returned to Germany. ’ not immediately disclosed, since pre.
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