The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1941 Page: 3 of 4
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the hint of
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He has been
confirmed
be expected
Andre and Ann, returned
from Chicago where they
summer. Mr. Aubuchon re-
Chicago. Tuesday.
Mrs. W. B. Abney left Tuesday
morning for Brownsville where she
will spend some time in the horu*
of ehr daughter, Mrs. H. L. Faulk.
She was accompanied to Austin by
i her son, J. C. Abney, and from there
I contiuned her trip by plane.
have left the impression
Governor taht the question
prove to be as knotty as
inclined to believe.
saw
on
Van
any-
bat-
that
US. INDUSTRY TODAY EMPLOYS 18MEN
TO BACK UP ONE SOLDIER AT THE FRONT
HOW THIS RATIO HAS GROWN
THROUGH THE YEARS
->t efficiency from the Industrial world, housewives not
I l.tbor savins devices, but they are welcoming another
-mid-morning and m!d-afternoon rest periods. At these
• ‘ rk. enjoy a eool, sparkling soft drink, and relax. This
> vthod is ua effective at-home as in business.
Jim H. Bailey has returned to San
Antonio after spending several days
visiting in the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Bailey.
DROP IN SCHOOL
ROLLS FORECAST
I
Washington, Sept. 1—The largest
drop in America’s school population
Stevenson was one of the
and part of Monday visiting in opponents of the State’s
Mr. and Mrs. J. Si. Aubuchon and
children,
Saturday
spent the
turned to
legislative branch believed the oth- Htional defense.” The schools, he added, ■
er would give in rather than
FOR SALE—bill acres, 50' acres
hi cultivation, fenced goat proof,
hundreds of pecan trees, permanent
water, practically all mesquite grass
and winter grars. on mail route and
l us route. Piece $15.50 per acre. Will
give $1.00 acre lease, )x>ssetsion at
cnee, good grass, if sold at once.
Write Ervin Robert*. Algerita, Tex-
as. (w47)
Qie 31,726,000 attending classes in
the 1940-41 school year.
John W. Studebaker, United States'
commissioner of education, said "this '
Charles Bailey anil friend. Orville hill fail.
I acker of -Dension, spent the week-
end
the
and
•Next time, try \..e Leader when
you want to’buy. rent or sell.
ATTACK
j press Monday.
| The Governor, here to attend a
I Labor Day celebration, said he had)
not prepared the call
so during this week.
I The Governor spoke
of | Labor Day festivities.
on
AMERICA
By Gen. Ared White
“The number of women teacWerS
may be expected to rise as larger
numbers of men go into military or
industrial defense service. College
been Texas has not reached an agreement by the United States Office of Ed-
were cn the form of the bill the Governor veatiori for the term about to open
<|ay expressed the belief that this could, 11 nd the agency traced the c----- „
hot- he done by the lawmakers
wasting much time.
Speaker Homer Leonard
House and Senator Allen
: tern counsel of Washington, D. C. |
1 Frank Scofield of Austin, district
i collector of internal revenue, thank-
j ed tha bankers for their part in sell-
j ing defense bonds.
see the “will explain in more detail the dif- I
ferencea between dictatorships and1
original democracies,
. , ... .. .. setting I '--------
home of Charles’ parents, Mr. {aside the one-cent out of the gaso- enrollment
Mrs. Ross W. Bailey
.warning came 1*
ivar of’a heavy bomb,
churned under tl.i
five explosions
bomber?., air i
ing an estimated ."t
which would ha\e a fragmentation loat* bond question. Governor Coke
fie devastating! STEVENSON SAYS SESSION
The earth IO BE SEPTEMBER 9
i >ar of succes-
A squadron of nine
rv.Cv reported, us-
sek's had used its heels to get away-I
intact. The American pilots we»;.-
sharply aiert against a second such
t erprise. Reinforcements flew up
from Kelly Field.
Pursuit and observation squadrons
chd flown in from Louisiana and
irginia. Other plains were en route
lioni California.
At the division command post,'
General Mole and his staff grimly
watched the fading light of day. t
There waxH~ tightening of tension J
1 rixu.'.’h ut the eoCtors as dusk slow-
ly engulfed them and deepened into
night. Long-range artillery pounded
away laconically, tearing great cra-
ters in the Second’s artillery area
an dhitting near the division's main
line of resistance, and back in the
bivouacs of the reserves. This told
Mole that enemy observation planes
had photographed his positions in
detail—and
what must
night.
Evident it
pose unfolded itself, that Van Has-
sek did not mean to brook delay.
With the preponderance of force held
by his main Laredo column he had
no heed to wait. For that matter it
hardly made sense, within the Van
Hassek line of military reasoning,
that the Second Division would com.
mit the brash audacity of a serious
fight in front of San Antonio. With-
drawal would he only the logical
course for the Americans, and
Hassek had no reason to expect
thing more than a few holding
taiions at daybreak, resistance
would roll up in a hurry and scat-
ter before-his massed assault waves.
“Bombers flying in, altitude be-
tween eight thousand and ten thou-
sand feet!”
The v.-2;r.in«; came in from an ob-
servation plane a few minutes after
n;ne o'clock. It -merely confirmed
Mole’s fears.- Fast- on the heels of
and they
with the
need not
some are
The Senate and House reached a
assumption education. Schools will face new
A LI
HACK IN TRAINING SCHOOL
Gatesville, Aug. ;,i.—Only three
the 47 inmates of th. State Training i »uff*ring from u throat ailment and
School who fled in u mass break were bis physician had advised him against
still at large Sunday. i making an extended address.
The 47. ranging m age from 14 to ' The purpose of the legislative ses-
25, broke from a group of 200 with- i 8*on call •’ to deal with the road
in sight of then unarmed guards late bend assumption question, the Gov-
Friday, scrambled over a picket fence fc,nor said. While the County Judges
and fled toward the L?on River.
By daylight Saturday 19 had
i ecaptured, and the others
caught al intervals- during the
and night, mostly in the river
terns, between Gatesville and Jones-
boro, 15 miles northeast.
BIT 3 OF -17 ARE
Tak
o:d;- have
r ! .1 to offer f'-e
times they vw
>aarxv rem wit
Kwhen the hot Texas sun slipped
>-wn to the horizon through the haze
L the west, a furious roar of mo-
Ms swept the Second "Division. The
ght of enemy attack planes, flying
a altitude of less than Five hun^„
L’d feet, struck with the sharp bite
, forked lightning.
by counties and districts. He had a ' under the last school year; that the
hand In writing the bond assump- j kindergarten population would show
tion law. | a 15,000 decline from the 640,000
--• total of last year.
decrease,” the office said,
to the
1WS.”
schools
Mis. Frank Morgan and two child-
ren of Dallas have been visiting here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Harman. They are moving to San
Francisco, Calif., where Mr. Morgan
bes been transferred. Virgil Harman
came Saturday from Menard and took i stalemate on • the bond
Mrs. Morgan and children there for til! during the regular session. Each ' responsibilities growing out of na- j
r. visit. i legislative branch believed the oth- , tional defense.” The schools, he added,;
PRESIDENT PLEDGES FULL
PART OF U. 8. IN
BEATING HITLER
Hyde Park, N. Y.„ Sept. 1—Re-
minding his fellow Americans their
constant readiness to fight for their
rights, President Roosevelt declared
today that “we rpust do our full
part” In conquering “fqrces of insane
violence’’ let loose fey Adolf Hitler.
“There has never been a moment
in our history," he said in a broad-
cast Labor Day address, “when Amer-
icans were not ready to stand up
Ub free men- and fight for their
rights."
The fundamental rights of Am«H>
cans, established by their forefathers Sm
on the field d#* battle,-are threatened,
he warned, “by Hitler’s violent at-
tempt to rule the world.”
’The President spoke of -the increas- *
ing war production ' of the nation’s
throbbing industries, but asserted that
“our American effort is not y«*
enough.” .He hinted at additional
steps to guarantee delivery o’f weap-
ons and war equipment overesas but
Hid not mention specific methods*<:.■
; San Antonio, Sept. I—The Texas
| Legislature will be called into spe-
lt) pound bomb' | session Sept. 9 to deal with the
1 ami shack effect—V second enemy {Stevenson told the San Antonio Ex-J othpr .pegkei
squadron was reported flying in. j Press Monday. Mnmill H,.v r
. CHAPTER X—Continued
As the commanders scattered
ward their station wagons and mili-
tary sedans, the bright sky festered
into a hideous hiss of sound. It:
came crashing in out of the dis-1
I tanco. The ear could trace its course '
as it settled toward the earth.
W \ An instant’s silence and the ground
y trembled under the impact of high
explosive. A geyser of muddy
earth shot skyward, the air
with the mighty detonation.
The departing command, rs
an anxious look at the snout of dirt,' anij ,;0^
but chqng« noh'h^r gnit nor pos-
ture. Goners! M?f* cs’-^lv touched jjy
I a match to the stub of his cigar
and gave several vindictive puffs.
“Well, there’s the first shot," he
muttered. “Sounded to me like a
long-range baby — probably from
twenty or thirty miles.”
I An observation plane radioed in
the information. Van Hassek’s heavy
artillery had set up north of the
Nueces. “Mole offered no comment.
There was nothing he could do about
lit until the enemy came within range
IBof his howitzers. His own 105-milli-
Bmeter cannons, good for fifteen miles,
■ 1 ad yet to he tnoldqd, mounted, tested
Rand delivered to the Army.
■ As for his airplanes, there was
■no taking further risks over Van
■Hassek’s moving columns. It didn’t
11natter that the air service had sent might
Im the cruck combat groups from all
IRlhree of its powerful wings. Nor . i.ospital at
Hchat American pilots and gunners had ment.
proved themselves this morning much Ovei.uu l .he American aviation
■more than a match for the Van Has- wati ,cdoubling it, effom The 3;J>nJ
■ e_air?irn‘. , , , ., Pursuit Squadron was hawking over
: The Amencan squadrons had paid the sector The 7?th put9uU .
■a heavy price for their swoops, n; , . «-■
, ,, , , i ,on was patrolling to the front. That
fcgainst Van Hassek s invaders. Into .... t . ; .. . ,,
R * - • .audacious attack flight or Van Hus.
■Jne anti-aircraft trap after another; s(>i
he Americans had fallen.
The first big shell fell in an empty
‘ield well back from the Second's
"ront lines. A second shot followed
litickly, and the business of long-
angc cannonading settled down into '
rlum, racking routine. From a range ] y
^•approximately twenty-two miles,
, rbservation reported. The Van Has-
=ek columns were still rolling for-
ward in a great, tortuous martial
erpent whose tail reached far back
•cross the Rio Grande into Mexico.
The ten thousand men of the diyi-
1 -i4>n worked feverishly through the
. mt afternoon, deepening and extern!-
ng their trenches, adjusting gun po-
rtions. They pretended indifference
' o the roar of Van Hassek’s artil-
' bry, to the frequent spurting foun-
' ains of earth that rose hideously
.bout them. In mid-afternoon one
hell caught a full squad of men
vho in a flash were shreds of flesh.
A stark reminder of what was to
ome. But the men who
lagedy went stubbornly
j heir work.
Out of the distance came
of light American artillery.
The firing came form the Frio Riv-
, which meant that Major Randt,
manding, was potting at the head
the main attack force. The sound
Van Hassek’s counter-battery as-
fted in fifteen minutes later. It
se in volume. The artillery duel
nt on, growing in violence, which
Id the whole Second Division that
e intrepid Randt was forcing
Hassek advance guard to
d itself.
Firing broke out to the north
•uth on the extreme flanks. At
vision command post Mole and
waited on these actions with
nerves. Three o'clock was
If Van Hassek’s invaders
be delayed much longer, they
not be able to deliver their
aff
nse
?ar.
fuld
■ould
Itack in force against, the Second
Vfore daybreak.
General Mole and his staff made,
> estimate _pf the situation. Mole’s'
ided face brightened in a moment’s
cultation as his staff unanimously
freed with his own deduction. The
as Hassek commanders would not
Able to attack now until mom-
Lg. Their advanced divisions had
Be even started into assembly areas
Rr battle deployment.
l“Vhat means we’ve delayed them
day without a fight.” Mole ex-;
k Lfcned. “It gives us a real chance
1 £ '^retting through tomorrow with-
A* getting blown out of our shoes.
that—we will see what we will
jJT But what a hell of a pounding
■rtl in for tonight, without any
VJaircraft and long-range artil-
I Over the 9th Ifantry’s sector the ■ J
I attack planes appeared close enough
to be hit with a hand-grenade. Men
gaped after the apparition, or ducked
into their holes in the ground against
J the menace of fragmentation bomba.
, _ But there rime no explosion. The
enemy had not opened up with their
machine guns.
“Gas!”
j The i ~,n.ng outcry rose m vol-
ume from two thousand throats. Ter-
ror froze on men’s faces. Officers
J baiked ciders, noncoms raged
their mm. .
Stay pud Discipline slowly
turely pievailcg over the hot
1^.^ i Pu^se of aelf-preai i ration. Men dove
.... . ! into the trenches to buiy their faces
e 1 in the earth, or ripped off thair cot-
I tor. shirts, und wound them, doused
| with water, about t!uir fn .- v. Ga —
,-----a gas mask in the entire
, reginrenv-^-dniy ninety in the wl'.cle
ior. and those fcr demon;.tre.iio.i
purposes in training teeU.
I What type of gas iutci the Via
; Hassek barbarians put down. Ou-
i viously not A mustard or persisti'R<
I gas. The Van Hassek infantry would
I not want the sector contaminated
' in the morning when they launched
j their attack to tilast the Ameircans
( cut of position. A noncom caught
the answer as his eyes burned into
tears.
“Tear gas!'J he shouted.
The sector xummi+nd^ cursed
again and trotted off to the left, im-
parting a show of deliberation to
his gait. Gas officers were' making
their calculations of what appeared
a new gas. Scores of men, afflicted I
with a lachrymation and burns that1
; extend over several days,
would have to be evacuaUd to the I
t San Antonio for treat-1
BANKERS TOLD
TO ‘GET TIGHT
Austin, Sept. 1 — Tighten your
purse strings, a speaker in effect
told Texas hankers convening at the
U niversity of Texas Monday, warning
that too liberal loan terms were only
an aid to inflation.
Speaking on “Consumer Credit Un-
der Wartime Economy," Forrest M.
Smith of the State National Bank
at El Paso addressed an opening ses-
sion of the Texas Bankers Conference
Folding its third annual five-day short
course. ■' ...
“Banks should take their cue from
the Government." Smith' caid, citing
the federal curbs on ihsUll-
merti>uyir.jr and lending, “aiiitf tight*
terms of credit." It Is to the
|>est mteresfr of consumer, banker and
|s$Un’alike this should be done,
he Asserted.
“People are more likely to over-
estimate their ability to pay in good
time*, rather than in bad" times, and*
should not be encouraged to buy on
credit and extend themselves,” he
eautiopeh .j’Bapks would ado well to
draw in their <
couragvsaringa ,
of defend bomis."7s/:-M*^-;/
He sa^ good lib
ing policy on the pattf^t b -ufwfc
the wgr, hpweycr,-Y.5*^',L,X.y,
^Wh^iLthv pos^wfcr jilump begins,”
Smith predicted, ‘hiankers will be
asked to be more lenient in their
credit policies, and consumer credit
<tf partments will be called upon to
play an important part iri restoring
end maintaining prosperous business
activity.”
The conference also heard Dr. J.
C. Bolley, university banking pro-
fessor, call for price-supply-demand
control to combat wartime inflation.
He suggested immediate abolition of |
federal relief spending, boosting the!
excess profits tax to near-100 per
cent, suspension of the wages-hour 1
law,, and forced consumer saving.
The 250 conference delegates heard
>rs including P. R.
Hamill of Bay City, president ’of the States plunge into a “shooting" war.
Texas Bankers Association, and J. But the President omitted any direct
P. Dreibelbis, F’ederal Reserve Sys- discussion of such a momentous step.
Seated before a battery of micro-
phones in the Franklin D. Roosevelt
library here, the Chief Executive was
the final speaker in an hour’s Labor
Day program aranged by the Offica
of Production Management.
Also participating In the program,
along with stars of Hollywood and
the New York entertainment world,
were Sidney Hollman, associate di-
rector of OPM; Ernest Bevin, Brit-
' ish labor minister, speaking from
London; William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
and James B. Carey, secretary of the
CIO. ’
Enemies who tried, to “divide US
' and conquer us from within” Mr.
, . .... . , , i rfl-zuin - a i- r iaaaaa e Roosevelt said, know that employers
have been interviewing the awmakers 566,000, a decline of 160,000 from , , ... . .. .
, . , , . > lend employes alike were the chief
I —— ♦ Ha 11 HlUl nluauns in r <
Aenirican fighters in the battles now
raging.
Production had advanced enormous,
i vviiiiiiiB«iwiit-| vi niuvanuiij num < .... . . . . . .•
.... ia.ii ■ a | lr >n the past year, he said, and the
will be a critical year for American ....... _
I. . cl* ... . product of American industry moves
Schools will face new ; ., . t .
1 to the battle fronts in increasing
volume each day.
“But these enemies also know," the
President asserted, “that our Amer-
( „ | icsn effort is not yet enough—and
...- .. . . .. that unless we step up the total
The education office estimated the . ... .
. . . , of our production and more greatly
in. elementary schools , . . .. ...
. . .... . i <>«« n/wJ "“Feguard it on its journeys to ths
hne tax to pay off road bonds ..sued, would drop to 20J07;0°0,_<* 210,000 battlefields, these enemies will take
heart in pushing their attack in old
fields and new.”
While’much has been accomplished,
he said it was imperative that in-
finitely more be achieved.
“The single-mindedness and sacri-
fice with which we jointly dedicate
ourselves to the production of the
weapons of freedom,” Mr. Roosevelt
said, “will determine in no small part
the length of the ordeal through -
which humanity must pass. .
“We cannot hesitate, we cannot ■
' equivocate in the great task before
us. The defense of America’s free-
i dem must take precedence over every
' private aim and over every private
interest."“This- course I have rejected—I
reject jt again.
“Instead, 1 know that I pseak the
conscience and determination of the
American people when I say that
we shall do everything in our power
to crush Hitler and his Nazi forces.”
While his words were as far-reach-
ing as any he has uttered in public
discussions of the explosive interna-
tional -situation, Mr. Roosevelt left
for his listeners to determine just
what he meant by doing “our full
part" and “everything in our power"
to destroy the Nazis.
With increasing frequency, de-
mands have been raised on both side!
of the Atlantic that The United
"This
“is due
1930 to
High
ever, have not
fects of the depression curtailment
of births.
The estimate for forthcoming high
school enrollment was 7,334,000, com-
pared With 7,234,000 in the 1940-41
term—up 100,000. In colleges a 25,- ■
000 rise was looked for, raising the i
enrollment to 1,450,000. Some edu- j
cators, however, said the figures were
uncertain due to so many youths go-
ing into the armed services and into '
defense industries.
Those expecting an increase in the
total college enrollment contended
that, while Johnny may go to the
army or to work, “more men In
jobs means more money for Mary’s
education.”
The total school enrollments, as
calculated by the education office defense shortage of' engineers,
embraces over 2,000,000 who will at- chemists, physicists and production
tend evening and part-time -schools, supervisors.
busineik colleges, nurse training In. “Public and private school may
stitutions and privat^trade schoolsJ j adapt their program!
Viewing the ajiprSFhing school j jn j 1.42 to give stronger stress
term, Commissioner Studebaker said: -health-jhd phJWll education,
^'Preparation of workers for serv- '■ c;tizenship ' training, community-
ice in defense industries will be a national-and-international relations,
continuing challenge. Vocational with particular emphasis upon hem-
schools alone have pledged to train ' Ispheric solidarity,
more than 3,000,000 persons this
year for defense work. Engineering
schools and?colleges will expand their
programs to train 140,000 persons
bil courses designed to meet
and Commissioners Association , ofjc'ei recorded was predicted Monday
by the United State
1 rrMtinn fnr thi* ti-rn
■ and the agency traced the cause to!
without! tl*e l°* birth rate during the de-
i pression era.
of the The office estimated the 1941-42
Shivers army of students would total 31.-
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