Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 281, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 22, 1944 Page: 1 of 10
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61 Persons Dead,
69 Missing in
Cleveland Fire
Guerrillas Give
Gen. MacArthur
Information
$9,508.49 Raised
For Johnson Co.
Community Chest
Plans Outlined
For T. B. Ass’n
Drilliig at De^i Test Oil Well
Southeast of City in Second Week
Most of Germans
Driven Out
Of Cesna
J. C. Bradley, Jr.
Missing at Sea
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here
BAST TEXAS Sunday fair, con-
tinued cool
contributed
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AMERICANS BLOW UP DAM, £*£7"
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IN AACHEN STREETS—Amorionn infantry patrol moves cautiously In city limits of Aachen,
Germany, ancient city tor which Allies battled furiously with Nasis. City is key position in
Siegfried Line and its capture opens way to plains of northern Germany that lead to Berlin
Allies had to search city from door to door for snipers. u a Army R*dioiei«t>hoio
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Jomph C. Bradley. Jr, employed
as aa oiler aboard an army vernal
.under the jurisdiction of the New
^jril ?** offensives in the^^XT The ^JeTon’whSrtrhe
a geniue for being able to take the M^rPtoaMa"^ CKtober’ls
a soft spot that could lead to neu-
traltealton of stronger positions
nearby. Ihte tee tad again at Uyte.
and MM families win
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Funeral services for
53. a former resident
Fall to Confirm Report
Moscow also failed to confirm a
broadcast by Paris radio that Cos-
sack vanguards had penetrated the
outskirts of Budapest, the imme-
diate prime target of Russian forces
In the Balkapb. ‘SA
a Bovtet err ___ _______
that Marshal Rbdlon T. Malinov-
sky's 2nd Ukrainian Army had
reached within ill miles east of
Budapest in ca ptWring Debrecen.
Hungary's third largest city
In Transylvania. Malinovsky s
troops virtually isolated the rail
hub of Satu-Mare. last big city in
the territory held by the Germans,
with the capture of Debrecen and
Chills, 12 miles to the east. A Ro-
manian communique said Its troops
with the Soviet armies were only
a few miles from Satu-Mare
Marshal Feodor Tolbukin's Jrd
Ukrainian Army meantime was pre-
paring for a new drive westward
after completing the conquest of
Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia and
the sixth national capital liber-
ated by Soviet forces
Canadian 1st
Army Advances
Near Lonbout
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other major exploetoua
kept fire sweeping emcee
_______a in all directions to near-
by buildings and homes. Unofflc-
till ^flti 1 placed daniaffe
•t nearly 310.000M*.
At toast MO war* injured and
aU hospitals in thn <dty wire Jam-
Detnabiliard war veterans desir-
ing to farm in -h«s county will
have the advice and assistance in
any incidental problems oi a coun-
ty advisory committee consisting
uf 16 farm people
Tile members of the group are
S K McDuft of Grandview. Woody
Walls of Cleburne. Rt
Anderson. Oodley; A
Funeral sendees will be ooudl
led today at S p. m. for Mte
Peter Nelaon, gg, native of E
mark and ptooeer rancher of Jg
son County, who died at 1 p.
Friday at hie home in Ctodlty-
The last riteg will be heM
the Oodtov Raottot Oburoh 1
Rev. Obmil Jaekeon otftototf
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Full purity price to farmers for
their ItHt crop nt upland cotton is
assured under ,th«- ityw Commodity
C'idit Corporation purchase pro-
gr,.m regardless of whether or not
u is under a government loan,
C J Campbell, chairman of the
Johnson County
said today
. The CCC will purchase all up-
land cotton for which a loan rate
hxhnson ;rl”'dul' has been announced, ot-
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(By United Press)
Douglas MacArthur's Phll-
.^.... invasion forces extended
their hold on the eastern side of
Leyte Island against stiffenfa^
Japanese opposition today, taMng
the road Junction town of Dtilag
and possibly two airfields:
The word tmm the PhHlppinM
was that operations were proceed-
ing "according to- plan" -and
American casualties have been
ceedingly light" in the first. phase
of the invasion
Dig Out Japs
The 6th Army on Leyte wks dig-
ging the Japanese out of their
foxholes, with bayonets and hand
grenades, attacking behind tanks ,
und flame throwers With ‘•Re-
member Bataan" their stogan. Ute
Americans were spurred by Mto
knowledge that their face were
fiom the ISth ■Japaneee Division,
which tortured the- Americana on
Bataan during the infamous "march
of death" Ih years ago j
At the northern end of tenK "s
the Americans were storming the
defenses of Tacloban, capital Of
the island 350 miles southeast at
Manila Unconftmed reports from
the front said they had captured
the Tacloban airfield, three miles
across the bay from the city.. ‘
Sink Enemy Vessels
Carrier planes were revealed to
have sunk or damaged 73 enemy
ships and small craft, destroyed
146 planes and damaged M tn •
aeries of attacks Wednesday. Thurs-
day and Friday on Japanese air
bases on Luxon. Negros, Panay. Ce-
bu and Leyte Fuel and ammwU-
Uon dumps, coastal gun positions,
and truck convoys were wrecked.
•teW
in the central Philippines would
enable land-based fighters to aug-
ment carrier-borne planes in con-
stant patrols over the fighting
area and would bring the entire
Philippines within easy range of
army bombers Tacloban airfield
ha-s several 6.000-foot runways.
(A Japanese communique acX
knowledged for the first time that
American troops, which it ways
were drawn from the U. S marine
corps, had landed on Leyte. The
communique said the Japanese .were
"cutting deep" into the AmsajjlR
beachheads, but acknowledged that
the invaders were "headed toward
Tacloban "
Sgt Grady M r ‘
Mlt Bomber Command. U S Air
Cerna Is returning from 26 months
overseas tn the European Theater
of operations and was scheduled
tn arrive about Oct. 31 at Fort
‘t Bliss. Texas prior to visiting his
• home on Cleburne. Route 4.
Sgt. Bruce, son ot Mr. and Mte.
J. A. Bruce, was a mechanic and
crew chief on a B-M.
LONDON, oct. 21 <uf>—Germaa
radio reports indicated today that
the Red army is caving in German
East Prussian defenses by shear
masses of infantry and armor in
a drive to flank the Ngxl security
line of the historic Masurian lakes
by slashing west to the north of
Romlnten Heath.
RonUnten Hearn use jvst beyond
ths SuwalkL triangle which Adolf
Hitler annexed in 1»3» and while
the Nasi commentators did not
specifically locate the most forward
Soviet penetration It appeared that
the Red army was at least 16 mltoe
inside East Prussia on a front of
16 miles which was beginning to
mushroom.
Armored Forces
The Russians apparently had one
of their most powerful armored
forces in operation The Nasis
claimed they had knocked out 663
Russian tanks in five days' fight-
ing. 100 of them yesterday.
The break-in by Soviet tanka
opened up the possibility of en-
velopment of the I ns terburg rail
hub which Is only about 30 miles
from the Russian spearhead. Loss
ot this point would disrupt Nasi
defense maneuvers. ,
Acknowldging the loss of Bel-
grade. the Nazis claimed the Jugo-
slav capital was held as long as
was necessary to evacuate their
forces northward.
Pacific, MacArthur has displayed caantoyed eanstoed off the wart
a genius far being able to take the —Z. W--.2
enemy fay surprise by jn^tag Jf10 at «:«" a*~m. (EWTL
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have town rtseusd and am ta fata*
phyataal cossditton a tetognm ro-
eeiwi teg BnMtagte parents. Mr.
and Mka. J. O Brndtoy. MM North
RoteMan atrnat, Saturday Mated.
la MM. •
will tie uv effect
town program
Purchasing
bsnks snd
Six Exptoetom
workers asserted that *
there are “plenty of bodies lying
around” in the smoldering, ashy
ruins of what once was a thickly-
populated Cleveland industrial and
residential district.
The initial blast waa followed
by five
which I
the area
Strafe Targets
Swarms of carrier bombers and fl
fighters roared out ahead of the J
advancing troops, strafing every
possible target, while the Mg guns
ol the American battleships Cali-
fornia and Pennsylvania—damaged
In the Japanese sneak attack on S
Pearl Harbor—and other warships 1
hurled thousands of tons of shells J
deep inland
Japanese resistance was Increas-
ing as the enemy recovered from
the initial shock of the assault,
but nowhere was it sufficient to
stem the tidal wave of American g.J
troops and machines enveloping the ’
island. Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
personally commanding the attack,
estimated the enemy garrison at
little more than a division—15,060
men—whereas the invading force
was placed at 100.000 to 3BO.OM.
Reinforcements of men and sup- 1
plies continued to flow ashore ta
a steady stream aa ground forces n|
consolidated their bridgeheads and -d
struck Inland MacArthur told cor- ,
respondents that the operations
were proceeding "according to plan.”
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Support the Johnson County
Community War Chest
Pictured above is H. B Van Zandt in on Saturday, October 14. The
No. 1 test well located southeast well has now been drilled to about
of Cleburne, which wa* spudded 1700 feet.
I CLEVEL/ND. Oct 21 <u.P>—
The smouldering acres of charred
wood and twisted metal-scene of
Cleveland's most devastating fire
In its 146 year old history—became
the death tomb of 61 known dead
today while polios reported that
69 persons were “mlaMwg." and
indicated the toll woufl’ exceed
120
Police officials said that "many”
of the reported missing persons
were presumed to be among the
unidentified dead.
Lieutenant
a lighting
can con-
Three
drillers, nine roughnecks, one tool
pusher and the production super-
intendent make up the crew. This
crew and rig are credited with
bringing In several wells, it was
stated.
Re-legging of the derrick will be-
gin as soon as the well has reached
a depth of 3,000 feet. This consists
of reinforcing the derrick from top
to bottom with heavy steel pipe
as a precaution against collapsing
the derrick from the tremendous
weight of ata or seven thousands
feet of heavy drill stem.
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<By United Press)
On the western European front.
American bombers flooded the im-
portant Gei man transport center
of Dieuse. northeast of Nancy in
the path of Lt Gen George 8.
Pattons Third Army, by blowing
up the Lake Etang de Lindre dam.
The Canadian First Army in Hol-
land advanced three miies to the
aica of Lonhout, 16 miles north-
east of Antwerp, while the Ameri-
can First Army continued cleaning
up captured Aachen under heavy
enemy artillery fire.
The Eighth Army in Italy drove
the Germans out of most of Cesna.
Junction point on the Rlmlnl-
Bo'ogna highway, main artery in
the Po Valley. Fighting was still
stiff and undecisive on the Fifth
Army's rector below Bologna.
Near Lassta
In Greece, an Allied communique
announced that British Vangusuds
were approaching temta. M Mites
northwest of Athena, ta * M Mito ,
dash up the Athens-Salonika high-
way in pursuit of fleeing German (
occupation forces.
On the diplomatic front. Prime
Minister Winston Churchill re-
turned to London aAag. Jm 4tegs
of conferences wtth Preastor Jessf
Ftalln in Moscow at which they
agreed on decisive bkfMT to defeat
Germany, and acoordtag te a com-
munique. made “Important pro-
gress" towards solving ths Polito
problem Tht Soviet press hailed
the conference as a most Important
step toward strengthantag British-
Russian-American unity-
united States Third Army front
dispatches reporting the break in
the ancient earthen structure with
2.000 pound bombs said two feet
of floodwater was rushing through
Dieuzc. drowning out Nasi traf- 1
fir at the collection point of Ger- 1
man armored supplies.
New Drive
Supreme headquarters announc- i
cd that the Canadian First Army
hud smashed forward more than
three miles to the area of Lon- I
Im.ui on its new drive north of 1
Antwerp advancing the campaign
te free the big port as a prime .
gateway for supplying the western i
front. 1
German forces moved swiftly '
on the Aachen front in an effort '
to prevent the American First '
Army from exploiting the capture 1
of the city They laid down an '
ftunse artillery bombardment '
northeast of the city, where brisk
movements behind their front In-
dicated they were deplying to (
counter any resumption of Lt.
Gen Courtney H. Hodges' drive (
into the Cologne plain.
v New Trick ‘ j
(The Paris radio broadcast an ,
unconfirmed report that
troops were nine and
from Cologne. The
reports Indicated the First Army
waa some 30 miles from the Rhine-
land stronghoM W the nearest
point west of Duren.\
Early today the NaM f
agenda leaflets into the -----
lines east of Aachen, boasting ef
Oermanys strength and the rigeee
of the oncoming winte
U. Gen. George 1
ed a new trick out M
smack the OernteMt t------
air whtodlWWM hurt the wont
—at OIRRM. collection point for
Nasi equipment and probable nerve
center tor any poasibie counter-
attack toward Nancy.
, -———
H B. Van Zandt No 1 test well,
located seven miles southeast of
Cleburne. Saturday began Its sec-
ond week of drilling operations,
three crews alternating to make/
operations continuous.
The first week was spent in "tool-
ing up" and preparing the derrick
and equipment for the task ahead,
those in charge state. This task
has been undertaken several times
in the past but has always been
a failure for various reasons These
reasons have been noted by the
present group and every precaution
has been taken to prevent their
recurrence. '
One ot the most difficult tasks
confronting the men responsible for
the test was to secure equipment
capable of drilling to the depth re-
quired and those in charge feel
that they were fortunate tn se-
curing R. S. LeSage and his pro-
duction manager. Fred Finch, who
came here in preference to many
other places where they could have
gone, some of the places being in
producting areas.
LeSage, president of the Lesco
Co., Inc., has made arrangements
with Alvie Stephens to prepare
a landing strip in a pasture ad-
joining the well so that he can
fly down and land near the loca-
tion at any time. He has taken
an active Interest in the drilling
of this well and has visited the
Ute many times
Equipment includes
plant so that the work
Unue on a 24-hour basis
Report to Boards
All discharged service nun are
required to report to their local
SateeUve Service boards within five
days after demobiluation At that
Uta* Inquiry is made regarding
their plans If any indicate a de-
sire to engage tn farming they
are informed about the advisory
aaatetanoa which the committee and
the omr& agricultural atant are
perpared to render
In addition, material contauuna
infannatlon about the assistance
program has been prepared by the
War Department and Is being dis-
tributed to service men in advance
of discharge
The Johnson County group has
had one meeting since orgaiumtron
agents, mostly
warehousemen,
be approved by CCC
Purchasing r vents will buy
CCC pt ices if warehouse
and sales agreement
over to them a-ithin
issuance. Agent's fee
I^r bale will be paid
5
local
* ill
4
nt
cvlpts
turned
days after
of 50 cents
bv
k
from farmers who produced cotton
in 1<H4 Ct.tton must be stored
in CCC-approvvd warehouses
6 Farmers with cotton in loan
ntav sell it, to CCC by repaying
their loan
The CCC is making these pur-
chases to carry out provision of
legislation enacted by Congress dl-
tecting the president to take “all
lawful action" to assure producers
parity prices for lheir cotton.
□Kt, VArauy r»ruce i _. _
Home from Oversea* ' NclsOD KltCS
Today in Godley
b red to it up to June 30. 1W,\.
The cotton will be purchased at
the following prices: (1044 crop
M'ddllng 15 16 inch, basis groaa
------1 fhd ewttoc at Ifagtohls
i—... » OFtobef. M .to cwits ^sr»- »
pound; November 21 95; December,
! 2? 00. January. 22 05; Februart",
122 10. Msrch. 22 15. April 22 20;
May 22 25; and June 22 25
The fhe-potnt increase
menth has been added to
price as allowance to the farmer
for storage and carrying charges.
Other highlights of the purchase
program are:
1 Premiums and discounts are
the same as those of 1944 loqn
ptngram, bt sexi on Middling 15/16
purchase rates, gidbs weight
2 Location differentials for
I warehouse points will be based on
trvinht rates tn the Group B mill
area of the Carolinas except in
Eastern Mississippi. Eastern Ten-
nessee Virginia, North Carolina,
Se.uth Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
and Alabama where a tone system
as under the
Detective Lieutenant Martin
Cooney, head of the police depart-
ment hi-miclde squad said he be-
lieved that at least 100 persons,
none at whose bodies have yet
been recovered, were trapped in
the 50-block east side area which
^•as burned out by roaring flames.
42 Radtea
Forty-two bodies, many of them
small children, were at ths county
morgue.
Police said that most of the
victims were recovered late last
night from the fringes on the fire ,
area. An additional 13 bodies—:
mostly charred remains—were re-
potted still at the acene.
The volunteer searching party.'
rrtgrtatoiwfaH atwaHtoaa MavwAww^g|Q|| Qf W taUiMllMmiM.
. divided'
into groups of five and at dawn
began to prove systematically from “
one pile of rubble to another for
bodies.
Anderson. Oodley; A R Clark.
Jositua Pat Walker Alvarado. C I
B Cooper. Rio Vista. Mrs Elbert
F Smith. Godley. Mis C O.
Moure, Cleburne. Rt 1. Mrs W
D Rollaon. Cleburne. Rt 4. and
Mrs Lee Jones. Rio Vista.
■fS“ W J u W Veterans
coaanrtnMa* dfcrioaedT its function b’’U -T;— ...
erana desiring iu aid in ways to
serve their best interests; to help
them find places on farms, and
to compare information of » geiv
era! nature regarding agricultural
conditions in the county
The committee is a pari ot the
Selective Service Veterans Assist-
ance Program and was created al
the request of Grover Hill, as-
sistant star food administrator He
specified that the group should
be set up by tire A.UM CuUcgt Ex-
tension Service under the leader-
ship of the county Agricultural
agent
Memorial Service*
To Bi Hold Today
For ARM2-C Burton
Memorial gMwtm tar Uiand R.
Burton. Aviation Radfoman Vc.
who was kilted when Ml MNM
nraahad behind enrenv Itato on an
to in* totetfte «« Jime M.
wm to WM tM. wfteetoMl al 3
Otortr rt Ute FMd Rtreto M*-
♦w ritwreh.
Wav. .wmmt W. HfaatMta tto
•wetevr. wtn t*. tn rhavva pari MT
to aeeWtel to Jtov, roan fkeefa
am. naetaa Ito Wfato EMM
The Jtvhn«on County Tuberculosis
Association met Friday mghl at the
legion Hall at which time or-
iantealten was completed and a
constitution was adopted.
Plans fur operation in the coun-
ty were outlined, and a committee
headed by Mrs John K Ruwll
and Mr* Clarence Crawford and
eumpoard of representative* from
each of the towns of the county
was named to handle the annual
Christmas real sale
Mrs A Stites, president ex-
plained that otganteatkms of this
type are being organtaad in the
entire state ta an effort to prevent,
control and cure tuberculosis, i
dtreaw that ceuare one of the high*
ret death mtea tn Texas.
Btohty pre cant ot the money
tram ton of Chrtrtmaa seals,
whteh MR start ta Nweember, will
be retamM te Ute county. Thta
Run on n«n<i uivrii
M Mb MmMMb Rtacareh Ctata
teeMvMy aM ta Mb work ot pre^ -azy ..K2*>rt ***** f J
mi m th* ewtipa
I My* Mile* iwH ot OnaMv
FLOOIFTRANSPORT CENTER
___ __________xa____' Nazi* Acknowledge
Los* of Belgrade
To Russian*
Al- i-rgcnt plea to
County residents to support the
Community Chest w-ss issued Sat-
urday by chest official--. After a !
cheek re realert tha' only *506 49,
-* ----- ’ - bcett TentV)
nroert , . Tenn >
Employers |:t the various towns
are'liven cv-portunities to contrib-
ute through nledge cards ieh st
the business firms and nfth-es but
a larye percentage of the popula- I
tlon of the county ts not contacted I
by these workers and for that rea-
son they are urged to leave ihelr
donations at receiving stations
which are set up in the various
towns nnd communities
In Cleburne, cont)tbutions to the
Wbr Chest are received ar Mttler
Drug Store Cnlqullt-l ace well Drug
Stores No I and 2. Cleburne Drug
Store and at the offices of the
Cleburne Saving and Loan Associa-
alion. Lone Star Gas Co . Texas
I\>wer * Light Co . and Johnson
County Electric Co-Operative As-
sociation
The drive opened tn Johnson
County on Tuesday. October 10
and after two weeks slightly more
than half of the quota has been
Chest officials are
donations be made
promptly so that the report can
be turned tn to the state war
chest offlc’ais showing that John-
son County ho.4 met its goal
SIT 333
WASHINGTON. Oct 2! 'UF—
Ameriqpn and Filipino guerrillas
torjSn^Vor*S,^£rsP“«? r'i” I ^^Fv tore al^T'thte
orous hardships in the Phllipptne. jlK|Ulnr5
from men
jungles by supply Ing Gen Douglas I lmw ceding
MacArthur With information Johnson
trlbutlng greatly to the success of Ooun| haw reeved
the landings on Leyte Island ,
Military observers saw evidence
of the guerrillas' work in the fact
that MacArthur's knowledge of
Japanese defense plans was so
complete that he calmly announced
that 250.000 enemy troops were on
the islands and then proceeded to
list by name the seven Japanese
_! divisions in the Invasion sector
~ i This information, it was said, may
well have been based on guerrilla
_ I reports, sent to MacArthur by radio
otganlsed under the supervirion of
Coroner Samuel Oerber,
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