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Published Daily Except Saturday
URSDAY. MAY 7, 1942
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LONDON,
Be Given Tonight
Given Draftees
women
lorces
which
safe.
as 308.000
were
centers.
out
tional headquarters
British
forces
Friendship school
the
Leningrad Point
Warmer, Clearing
thief struck
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Prisoners; Navy
Blow Is Heaviest
Wickard Urges No
Bars on Foods
Madagascar Bases
Taken by British
Narcotic* Stolen
From City Drug
Joshua Seniors To
Give Play Tonight
War Department
Presumes All Are J
War Win Be Won
In Air, VFW Told
>f tier
and
from
75 cents to 85 cents in order to
receive state aid
and conserving their aerial power
and it was know that they had re-
ceived airplane reinforcements.
were
the
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the
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who
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Asked -
May 7 W9-
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ly proposed to
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CLEBURNE, TEXAS, ’
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home, and Rotary
sb,” Knippa stated.
hittee..
with
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Hiursdsy’i meeting
J Cdwan and Frank
Dallas, and Bkislgn L*r-
Between
Us ... .
SV JOB rSSGUSON
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Enemy Is Massing
Powerful Navy In
Solomons Islands
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Seniors Frolic
At Class Picnic
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Three Liquor Cases
Name Alvaradoan
I Friendship To Have
Combined Election
H. Brown. Tarrant coun-
it attorney, will be the
inker for the Lions club
Friday, it was announced
John R. Beaver, program
British Cruiser Is
i Sunk by Axis Subs
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LONDON. MayX (U-R>—Admire
said today the crutoer BMnbue
and two merchant ship* had he
sunk over a }wri<»<i of several Oa
!
and placed on special duty and has
f—ahied there since that time.
, N* Lawte Talk
Mr Scott said
no^ notified the
cause he feared
be revealing
Messerschmitt 1
from a haze over
they attacked from 200
Loud explosions from
of Boulogne were
GEN MacARTHUR’S HEAD-
QUARTERS. Australia. May 7. .(U.PJ
—American airmen haye opened a
heavy attack on a powerful Japan-
ese fleet massing in the northeast-
ern, invasion zone apparently for an
Imminent major offensive, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur revealed today.
-United States bombing planes,
believed to Include Flying Fortresses
and Catalina-Consolidated bombers,
struck at the Japanese naval forces
in the Bougainville island vea of
the Solomons group, in what Mac-.
Arthur called a successful attack
His communique disclosed that
the Japanese, in a long-awaited
move toward big scale offensive
ictivlly. were massing warships and
transports in the general area of
‘ Rabaul, in New Britain Island, from
1 uihAtina a flAAt aaanu as Hiwis't
for i
d. Narcotic thief struck for the
King opened the door (to second time In two weeks last
nigi^t when narcotics were stolen
from the City Pharmacy at the
intersection of Main and cham-
bers. _______
Entrance was gained .through a
back wnujpw
, the Russians had
e entire bank and
U villages They
er and under an
and bombardment
t^fowr
New Restrictions
Made on Gasoline
WASHINGTON. May 7. (U.P.P-
U.S. Airmen Open
Heavy Attack On
Japanese Fleet
F-i
The burglary and theft were
discovered this morning when the
store was opened for business
However, employes were unable to
state definitely how much nar-
cotlcs had been taken, .
ing Income Tax —-----—J
Marvin Brown Will
Addreu Lions Club '
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WASHINGTON, May 7. (U.PJ-—
Reciprocal trade treaty between
Peru apd the United State* waa
signed at the State Department to-
day. a few hours before the expect-
ed arrival
dent ‘
Pro-Axis Press In RAf s Heaviest
n__:_ n ■ r Bombs Dropped
On Nazi War Plant
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ELECTED —. Eric A. Johnston
of Spokane, Wash., chosen
president of U, S. Chamber of
Commerce, at annual meeting
in Chicago. Ho is president of
Columbia Electric Co. and sue?
coeds Albert W. Hawkes of
Montclair, N. J. Chamber will
ask Congress to have nation
return to open shop.
Naval Academy, was Intro-
“ Larson made a
, brief talk on engineering studies
at the aeademy and, stated that
he would go to sea In about two
i or three weeks. He does not
will go or
Thermometer Readings
a i 8 i 10 | ii | u | 11 a
57 57 58 60 ' 81 | ~62 | 63
37TH YEAR, NO. 181
TAPPING FOR BLOOD BANK
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Hookey Introduction Claimed
> ( OONOORD. N H (UM—The
famed St Paul’s School here la
believed to have Introduced inter-
scholastic hockey to the United
States Vacationing undergradu-
ates discovered the game being
played In Canada knd brought it to
the student body 80 years ago.
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BLOOD FOR SOLDIERS—Red Cross blood banks have tapped
veins of upward of 150,000 industrial and business employes
in 18 cities. Scene above is in Schenley plant, New York,
where 300 workers volunteered to give blood.
sx<£
on the opp
enemy sto
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WASHINGTON. May 7. (U.R) —
Secretary of Agriculpre Claude R.
Wickard. stressing the "great ur-
gency" of speeding food to this
nation's allies, today urged state
Officials to eliminate regulations
ring the processing and dis-
an of farm products.
Ilsclosed that bottlenecks have
?ed in processing of some
the long pull, food is as
When the fateful news of Cor-
rcgldot came, immediately the
names of the men from this coun-
ty who are believed to be in the
island bastion became news.
, Checking through the files, it
was learned that James Robert
Scott, son of Mr and Mrs J
Howard Scott, was believed to be
on the-Island.
That telephone call was from ;
Mr. Scott And he told us news
which made us happy
James Robert was on the high
seas when the war broke out His
ship was not in a convoy and
returned to the West Coast Scott
was shipped back to March Field
Change
were p
warmer weather and partly cloudy
Rain last night fo^the second
consecutive night again soaked
this section of the county which
already was wet from recent rains.
Electrical storm accompanied part
of the rain during the early part
of the night.
Temperatures were moderate with
a 57 degree minimum early today
and a 82 degree maximum
p m., .according to the Comi
ity Gdk company.
as ships, planes bams of a
trd said in a German fir
Late-federal con- .seized the 1
’resident Roose- In four <
dnatlon of state mopped up
Zealand
Australia,
places would make it
bombers to operate
American supply lint and the
ulous centers of Southern
trails. .
Capitulation of Corregldor, mili-
tary authorities said, means:
1 The release of hundreds of
Japanese bombers, heavy artillery
and other fighting equipment. ?
.2. The release of many naval
units which had been blockading
Luzon, the major Philippine is-
land , '
3. The release of thousands of
troops toi service on other fighting
fronts. Surrender at Bataan al-
most a month ago, it *was estimat-
ed, released as mank
Japanese soldiers I
4. The availability Ito the Jap-
anese of Manila Bay as a supply
base and a sheltered operating
base for submarines <•* >' ■&'
Reciprocal Treaty
Made by U. S., Peru
-5-at. Java waaw because they "had
a. 1a/<ov rzy __...
have captured a strong point which Jii"jU«t“a8 soon "as we get plenty
1 ..I planes to cover our ships, .
you’ll hear plenty from the naVy," Sky Is Forecast
he stated. <-4'
• Jerry Knippa, president-elect,
who has been attending the Rot-
ary conference at Dallas, gave a
"Royal send-off' was given
selectees who left this morning
for Dallas where they will be
given physical examinations lor
airfields In German-oecupied , induction Into the U,. S Army,
tory. I Tjyf group constituted the first
i to leave Cleburne since February.
American Legton post and auxil-
iary server} coffee and doughnuts
to the men who left and those
who had gone to the bus station
to see them off Members of the
legion, headed^ T>y Committee
Members Ralph Chafin and Dewey
Jlles, in^romiced themselves to
the selectees and encouraged the
men
All but four of the nun ordered
to leave today climbed aboard the
bus and went to Dallas Those
who did not leave are Alfreda
•Benjamin, Thetford, Joseph Wil-
llr.m Thetford and Wesley Cagle
Thetford, who are quarantined at
Godley with the mumps, and Ed-
ward Wilson, who is seriously in-
Temple hos-
Marlnes, massed for their climactic 11 |
attack and captured Antslrane dur- ; been studying engineering at the
Ing the night. U 8
— ; duced by Venting
Reds Take Strong
w 1 or three weeks. He
Leningrad Point ^7 S ^wmX S
° i Larson said that the main rea-
'Z, ■ ' „ son ‘butt-the Japs, won the battle
MOSCOW. f*—
Red army was reported today to ^orT'shlps to “do * the’job with,
aa maImI wklnh .x a *
the Germans had held throughou'
the winter just west of beselged
Leningrad and to have slaughtered 1
hundreds of Nazi troops marooned ;
by spring floods In advance post- i
tlons ail along the 1,800-mile 1
front ---‘-.-•-t,- —— --rf-----■ ■
This performance was cited as
proof of the quality of Russian new
armies pouring Into the front, for
what may be a Russian offensive
designed to beat the Nazis to the
punch. 1
A correspondent Who witnessed
the engagement said the reserves
attacked strongly-fortified Garman
positions along the high bank of
the river at night Braving ex-
ploding land mines and deadly ma
chine gun gire from bsdconles and
vtUace, they broke the
ret line of defense and
W P James. State
Board
Loud Explosions Are ;
Heard F romBoulogne [
Area on French Coast i
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"This war will be won In the air
and only in the air.” Ptat--Cgik»::g
mamler E G Mahanay told mein- ■>
belt of the Veterans of Foreign ■
Wars last night at the regular
meeting at the State park. ■.-?
“The quicker we achieve air
superiority over any and all of our
enemy nations, the quicker this
war for liberty will be won.” he
declared
The past commander said the
V F W Is doing ah possible to
help speed up the production of
airplanes and also Is aiding young -S
men to get In the air arm of
armv. V F W Is stressing the '*2
need for men tn the air servtee, '■«
he .said, and physical and mental 'i
requirements have been changed.
Officers appointed vy owrtswwnder J
M J Carter are: ■
B L Higgins. Jr. adjutant,'?
quartennaster and service of flour; . .kM
V A Gerstenkora. chaplain; O. J
D Grady, officer of the
Oscar Patterson, guard and sentl- '3
nel; J F Nelson, post historian. MO
Houston Southern, legislative of* ■
fleer; J Tom Smith, patriots 'fl
instructor; E G Mahanay. Judge .
advocate, and L R. Morrison an® 7'3
W R Casey, color beartts. ... 7 J]
Every young man in the United J
States Who can qualify for train-t. J
Ing as a pilot, bombadier. navigat-
or or other classification tn. the *5
air forces Is needed and needed ■ J
badly. Mahanay said —• x-
Friendship school district will
have a combined school election
Saturday, County Stipt I. B
Gathings said today.
Voters will cast their ballots on
the assumption of bonds which is
a prerequisite to refunding bonds , war, tne sale or fuel ror automooue
and on raising the tax rate from and motorboat racing.
The two to six gallon range is not
fixed arbitrarily and may be re-
7^221 27 downward, de-
pending on the supplies available
when rationing starts tn the East on
May 15 or 18.
government at Vichy I nalmler
1 are exceeding esti-
1 mates while Santa Fe registration
I is lagging The totals are close
Ito the total estimate for the city.
will be required to wait several !
weeks Until the Johnson County 1
Rationing board can “convenient-
ly arrange reglstratiorf," according
to Instructions sent out from na- j w^_
i The Office of Price Administration
| today added new restrictions to
I sales of gasoline In preparation for
the East Coast rationing system
which may allot some non-essential
motorists as little as two gallons
a week
In an 18-page Instruction booklet
sent to more than 350,000 rationing
authorities, the OPA set the weekly
quota of gasoline for "non-essential"
motorists at from two to Six gallons,
and banned for the duration of the
. war. the sale of fuel tor automobile
“New Britain — Rabaul; Enemy
naval activity is Increasing in this
general area.
"Solomon Islands—Allied bomb-
ers successfully engaged enemy
naval units in the Bougainville
area."
Diminishing Japanese arerial ac-
tivity over Port Moresby had been
at first to mean that the
sited Cleburne on
ions with booster under®
hgr hot water closet, and saw a
long tah sticking out from under
the heater Shr ran over and
goot Woodard., He went back over
with her and pullod the little
raml out,
J- one knows how it
Places these possums go
tOK LICENSES ■
ge licenses were Issued
ay to Adell Brinkley and
e Crowley. Blum, and
fart and Oracle Cleveland.
The Bailor class of Joshua High
school will present Its senior play.
"No Foolin',” at the Joehua High
school auditorium on Friday night
at 8:45 O'clock.
"No Foolin' ” is a comedy in three
acts. The -students taking part in
the play are as follows: Jane Lou
Pitts. Dale Brawner. Pauline Ray.
Mattie G. Harrison, Donald Murray,
Lorene Claybrook, Pauline Hilde-
brand. Arwll Rom. Ruthie Buck.
Berlyn CWWW4;- A»vrti» Hagler, Helen
Milstead. Jimmie Gardner and
Clyde Wayne Maxey.
; Everyone is invited to attend.
smashed Vichy French resistance '
end seized the big naval base of
Antslrane on Northern Madagas-
car today amid demands by pro-
Axis Paris press that the French
fleet strike back
Prime Minister Churchill, who
again hinted Allied offensive oper-
ations are near, disclosed that
about 1.000 casualties, were suffer-
ed by British air. land and sea
forces in the two day onslaught
that occupied Anteirane. town of
Diego Suarez and arrow head tip
of the big island
Some pockets 0* resistance are
being cleaned up and some Vichy
forces reportedly fell back to the
south to defend, the gateway to
the rest of the Island by guetrUlg
methods, but the British fleet was
ordered into Diego Suarez Bay and
it is believed likely that other stra-
1—■-> estate ou'taland were-
pied later. ' >
Occupation, which 8»ve Allies
control of the vital naval base on
the Indian Ocean supplk route be-
fore Japan could moee In, was
wildly protested by the pro-Paris
press in Paris, which,’ long has
sought to put France lq[to the war
on the side of the A/tls. News-
papers called for "active repris-
als” by. the French fleet and air
force, bpt It appeared unlikely that 1
would take any war initiative at
present. .
A joint communique of the ad-
miralty and war office, and of-
ficial statements by British spok
esmen, announced the victory 1
while Prime Minister Winston 1
Churchill jubilantly told a cheer-
ing House of Commons that the1
British fleet would enter Diego ,
Suarez Bay and harbor at about
3:30 p. m <0:30 a. m. EWTi
Churchill said the campaign | _ i>waw <ire
which had taken only 48 hours to i Rlltj hoines tn tjle town were shat-
win, had taken three months to I teraA but there were no reports
prepare. 1 ot casualties.
Plans were drawn up in most: x,, .
minute details, he revealed, and an I
overwhelming force of men and 1 rp • a
weapons of all the fighting set lylQVa Ip I nnir Al
vices, army. navy, air force and , * vpax,
commandos, was thrown against ' r» . •
the Vichy garrison In order to I\OtA|*V lYlPPllIlP
minimize bloodshed ssviuij uivviuig
. “Our first assault on one French I ------
position waa repulsed ‘with losses Albert Venting was in charge
which exceeded 1,000 men,” he re-of the program at the Rotary club
vealed. i IhurMlay and presented facts rel-
But the British forces under ative to the morale of the Amer-
Map Gen. R. G. Sturges. Royal lean peocle
Marines, massed for their climactic ' Ensign Swevd Larson, who has
Only Few Hours
Remain for Sugar i u
Registration
o..„.
men and women to register for 1 aWe Alhed adv&nce New
Sugar Rationing cards Deadline is | Guinea; the American forces In
New Caledonia, or even on Australia
this county ‘is itself.
Simultaneously, the Japanese had
suddenly diminished the intensity “
of their persistent, savage, but
costly aerial attacks on Port Mor-
esby. MacArthur noted.
His communique. No. 18 from his
general southwest Pacific headquar-
Ftrst presentation of the Public
Breaking club mystery play. "The
Demon in the Dark." will be given
tonight al 8 o’etoek at .the High
school auditorium"
Three-act comedy U a portray-
al of events when the berolnc as-
sume- control of the Lafitte Lodge,
on White Owl fsland off the Lou-
isiana coast.
Proceeds of the play will be de-
voted to the club's expenses and
the purchase of dark draperies for*
one of the classrooms to be used
In presenting motion picture*.
Different casts will present the
play tonight and Friday night.
Tonight's cast includes:
Duncan McTavish, caretaker of
Lafitte Lodge. J. D. Dunlop:
Janet, his wife, Virginia Scott;
Mary, his crippled daughter. Mar-
garet Lain; Ethelind Trevor, San-
dra's younger sister, Pauline Sou-
ther; Bob Hildreth. Sandra's ex-
fiancee. Tommie Faulkner
Sandra Trevor, new owner of
the locige. Betsy Battle; Litzle
ScrugSs. her housekeeper, Martha
Bright; Dido Davis, her dark cook",
Bernice Nelson: Juniper Jenks,
her da.-k chauffeur. Lynn Odom;
Daryk Vorse, her wealthy suitor,
Charles D Kirkham; The Demon,
Billy Ratliff; prompters, Shirley
Slaughter and Lou Nunn: dtage as-
sistants. Loyce Jones and Bob
Ross; light and sound effects,
Arnold Epperson, -and make-up
’ artist, W Gerstenkorn •—
' Music for tonight's program will
be: saxophone duet. Nan Cock-
rell and Betty Hemrick, and (the
Choral club.
WASHINGTON, May 7«* (UJb— .
War department announced today
11,574 soldiers, sailorsjtmarines and
civilians were on Corregldor and
other Manila Bay uland forte when
they were captured by the Japan-
ese They are presumed prison-
ers of war.
The communique emphasized "
that the estimate was based on
reports received up to April 15.
and did not take into account
casualties which may have been
suffered since that date.
Breakdown follows:
Naval—2,275
Marines—1,570
American soldiers—3,734.
Philippine scouts—1,280
Philippine commonwealth army— •
1.446
Casuals, including civilians and
other unclassified individual*—
1,288
The communique, Issued at Un-
dersecretary of War Robert p Pat-
terson's press conference, said that
no communication had been re-
ceived from the Philippines by the
war department since early yester-
day morning
Patterson said fir* from heavy
Japanese guns forced the surren-
der of the Manila Bay defenders.
Experts believed that . the Jap-
anese, with the thousands ot men
and vast supplies relieved’ from
duty in th* Manila Bay area,
might attempt an tavasion of New
~ ' and possibly Northern
Air ba*** in those two J
Ibie for J
the '
Aus-
Jaal a Can
Funny how little things can I
start a day off making one feel all I
good inside. And a telephone call
did that for this writer this
morning
Just as we wqre leaving, the little
lady called out the door that we
wen wanted on th* phone Go-
ing back into the house and an-
, swertag the phone, we received a
bit of news which exhilerated us
so that It will be hard for things
to Irritate us.
* Subject of that conversation did
not one way or the other affect
us personally But it involved a
Cleburnette who is in the armed
forces and his parents.
ft*** Safe
Members of the Senior class of
Cleburne High school, weje honor-
ed Wednesday afternoon by 27
business men and firms at a picnic
at the State park
It was the first of many activ-
ities for tbe graduating" class.
More than 150 seniors attended
the picnic and teachers tn
high school were also guests.
Annually business firms Of
city sponsor a picnic for
members of the graduating class.
This'year 27 firms Joined in the
event.
Ju red and is in
pital. ,
Men who went to Dallas thia
morning will be given a physical
examination If they are approv-
ed. they will be Inducted into the
army fcr service. Only those giv-
en short leaves of absence to wind
up personal business will be j>er-
mllted to return
Others will' be sent to reception
1
___ [UQT Oon-
trol Board representative, has
filed three case* against an Alva-
rado man. W ft. Jackson, involv-
ing violation of th* liquor laws.
He is charged with sale of whis-
key on April 33 and April 38. and
he ha* posted a 8360 and 8300
bond respectively Also he is ac-
cused of possessing whiskey for
sale on May 6. He posted a 8350
bond in this case.
: CLEIiLJRNE T-IMES-REVIEW
stooker pigs 11.00-12 50 Sheep 2,500; steady; spring
lambs 11.00-13.00; shorn lambs 11.00-11.50; feeder
lamb* 7 00-8.00
books -----------— -----
Registration Indications are that . Now 11 appeared that the Jap-
the population is moving to the [MnCbe Probably were concentrating
western section of the city J. |
East Texas: Slightly cooler in southeast por-
tion. slightly warmer in northwest portion tonigtit; ]
lit tie temperatures change elsewhere; scattered thun-
dershowers in south poftion thU afternoon ahd towl ,
night. 77^7™
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leveBJhousand on Island Bastions When Captured
that they had ,
newspaper- be- |
that tt might !
Information which
might be useful to the enemy
TTiat Is a good example ot not
taking any chances with letting
information get to the enemy.
Hla example and the fact that
hl* son is safe made us feel good
.1 'But on the censorship, let us
■worry about that. We have our
ru!** and regulations down tn J
Wook eiid white arid know what we
can . Mid can not print Friends
of men in service would like to
know the news f|out them, and1
we will make certain that it meets '
the government's requirements be- !
ton it is printed..
.^Again, we are glad for James'-. JB. —...
his parents that lie's . 2.444 received book.-, rhis brought token
« * 1 bl*«* 1 »’•»»» 4a it xtn ©HCfBll
x Want Flowers
in weather conditions
predicted for tonight With
brief nummary of the meeting He ktpJ! lP(ilcated
stated that the general theme of m -
the conference was, "The Spirit
of
"Rotary has a big job ahead
Our boys are tn the fighting forces;
our production to mounting; but
we, back home, must get Into the
spirit »f winning the war and
keep the home ftrec burning. In-
stead of having our boys worrying
about us back —
must do thts j'
Guests at ■
included: Paul
Nesbit
son of
8pm tonight.
Registration in
neg ring completion, but about
8.000 are still to be registered, ac-
cording to estimates,
Up to 6 p. m yesterday. 26.181
had registered throughout the
county and 25.454 had received, tere saldT
ration books. This maae yester-1 "New Guinea — Port Moresby:
day's registration mount to 3.492 Enemy air activity has diminished,
wtth 7JMJ4 receiving books. ,
| It I? estimated that between
| 33,000 and 34.000 will register in
this county
In Cleburne the totals were!
within two per cent of the esti-
mates tor the city.
Supt Eknmett Brown said that
2,588 registered here 'yesterday and
’ the totals for Cleburne ‘to ll,417 enemy bedded to take a rest.
would >ou *• lloweiu 1,’.‘"“Uo“ “* *S“ • K“ “ .‘W**™1 J«|-
to plant in the bed where the rain , ,, ,
WMtted up those pretty flowers! «'e8torn section of the clty_ <
you had? 1 N Long. Irving and Junior High
’W W. A. McDonald called I
and told us that 81>e had more. tnAt" w '
Morning Glory plants than she
can possibly use. She has the . , ...
•blue 6nes and’ the Bcarlett O'Hara I regl81fr tod*3:
’ fflMpr tK”* Y ...... ........
J If you want some, go by her
' Lhouaa. 606 South Walnut, and she
will give them to you.
Opossums are getting plentiful.
At a matter of fact, they are.
more numerous than at any time
during recent years
j.A. R. Woodard. 403 South Ang-
lin, has killed 10 'possums in his
chicken yard during the past week
He got two one night, four the
next night, then two and then an-
Weodard says Flail Huey to re-
sponsible because he believes that
4 <11 Of the opossums which "turned
up” at Huey’s house recently left
1 gh«n> and tried to get his chick-
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Dwri Knew
i BUL the climax came when
bnagot ln the house of Mrs C.
I. nsxt door neighor ot*
Paris Demanding
French Reprisals
(By United Press>
Britain's lightning assault forces j
May 7 (U.R>—-Large
! liutnbers ol the Royal Air Force’s
heaviest bombers rained destruc-
tion earl.' today on Stuttgart,-Im-•
portant center of Nazi war industry
in Bout!'em Germany, for the third |
Straight night.
A strong force of RAF olanes,
continuing lhe uroundJthe-clock
Offensive that has been in pro-
gress, with minor interruptions.
the channel toward occupied France K0V3I Seilcl'Off ‘The Demon’ Will
Before noon Loud explosions from
the direction of Boulogne were wx e- 1 IX /X • T ? a
Last night's attack on Stuttgart
was the heaviest of the three.
1 Thi air ministry announced that |
beside.-, attacking StuUtgart "in ;
force." the RAF had bombed the I
docks at Nantes France, while
fighters and bombers attacked ene- ’
____ _______ „ ipied ir
wwt* udmWfS were mteirfng ' <" 7.
Undoubtedly, it was said, Btutt- :
garl's fire fighting, rescue and
demolition servtees have been se-
verely strained.’ and its electrical,
water and communications sys-
tems damaged gadly It was un-
derstood that the attacks thus far
had cost tjie RAF 14 planes: three
Monday night, four Tuesday night,
and seven last night
The principal - objectives
! Bosch Electrical Works,
/ Benz factories, which
makes engine*, trucks and tanks,
and the Hlrth Works, which pro-
I duee precision equipment for the
' (>ei man air force
The Germans, in reprisal, made a
hit-and-run attack on a southeast
coast town early today but with
i only four Messerschmitt 108's.
Roaring from a haze over the
I ciiannM,
feet, and one of their bombs split
a house In half, but none in it
was hurt The windows of shops
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Ferguson, Joe. Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 181, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1942, newspaper, May 7, 1942; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1309567/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Johnson County Historical Collective.