Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 125, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 10, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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breckenridge, texas, tuesday. july 10. <)«5
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Observer
wain no news
vets trobbles
sailor editorial
seen or heard
KAINiALI, up l« 7 <i'• J• *uik "'is
•ii'lining v% . til tunc m town
™" 1.IIII.S liave .illlio.lt CI ,ISC<J to
news A traveling n.«n in !••-
da> wtmse home i# Ctoti man wfj
tln> have imivnt II *mcl,e>
'in it .i in. uk , II and Hi'
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I' MAXWi.LL who lifted
Uir Bo> S«<>u( i amp Sunday
I ti,e > mills ol other «I -
Iwvr not VlSilld the|l' 1 1 Ml t
«.!v creek is running
i*.:n to keep tin water
• ni • ondition
iiihiii iii'in on the
t.i> was chicken and
so In *t h sOtni ot the
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I s| .W III KI on till- pag. cm
i loumt it ikmtcd benefits to
er.ni> until I tin' til Bill <>t
;i.iv .nnt otniTs Many iffnam
itiming now .«ri• | it might I*
I i i remind lli.it in loans and
•ntu's Hit veterans tTuiy lind
going i.itlu i disgusting alt i
protniM s they have heard
. I ot Hit n it tape and in.i iy
|ii.iliia- ma\ lx- ironed out
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(' >|"| i t 'I Ik S alM-ever'. jl'lttl*
, '. I > 1111 < I > |ill!illi lit ioii It! I l' 'll
Nn ai I 'oustI lit titt|t Battal-
> tui in Mis Don Mor-
on comer, the editor's
i .ni Mgrn-d by Clarence
i Ki i I rmcrB ni BfltHl'lt*
• r.11 .i v derail ol World War
; it- ,« in'11er Known here ;is
Win' and was employed at Iht
think |i| lor to .tuning to Tulsa 111
I'.111 lii W til ll'
I Ml Ml.N in the Anneti
I • 111 - of i ins war re tli 'in^
,- i f ti al ■! thinking tor theni-
•l'i>. I In ii It iters being printed
ti!-"i-« new i>.t|« rs and maga-
111iw tliat they .tie studying
in.ilyftnf the plans and idea*
il,t -
l: .in
;i l.iii'in Minted lot their Item
■in,
!• :
ist war ti Many ot
also wondering it the
BULL HALSEY DARES JAPANESE TO FIGHT
lit will lie i lnu'd. nut after their
''nil io civilian pursuits. or if
ti.i \ wni tw s|in\eij into the back
■<" and II • il il' i its and nerVice
i"i ii . ii (nuntrv quickly forgot-
ni I i,i > w under il tf e> w ill
tiif-' In iii'jilt nt the bread line
• i ,•< 11 .• j s | selling jm iii iIs all"!
kin Kit.it ks on iin< stm t corner.
■ r t tin y wilt tie object* of pity
unit i n.irit> Sometime*, when
ti.- > it n| Hit news fiom home
tin y tin .winder .Hist w hat they
'ii- lighting ni This thinking is
it 1 ■ .i111 v i ..minion mil il the vet-
n.in> Keep it up I hey i m> play
i- I'oit irit part ill the |K>st -w,nr
111.ii.in11^; m government. and in
'In i -1 itilishnii nt ol a lasting
I-. .
'J'ill VL'ILRANS of tins war
| ii,in ,i wonderful opportuni-
ty Whether or not 11n■ v muff it
It Im rids on them tndis nfnally a id
11 iii 11ivi i> Musi ni iht men now
in ?tn st i\.te ha\e the desire to
it turn in iiviImii pursuit* and
toilet all Ilm vi isle l;ni!iir-
||| i- .1 and he.irt.il hi s mvasli HI I
l'> w.ii But enn they do this
s'ii • .'ssfolH " | think not for Ihfir
itn'v .is t il.,'■ p . lit< mill's greater
iii ol*' "t having M'i'vI'd in the
A i " • it l' iii ■ i■ -
\ jipri -mii'.a11 | v eighty |kt . iTlt
<•' vi lei,his ot World W«r I
il 'l g., fmnii .mil forget and the
M'-iili- wtii pit11ul fhf other
twi-nty | ft u nt reiitt iniH'i \1 th.it
tin ii iitilig.itii tis in the iiovem-
ttii-n' to t In -11 dei t - ■ i si -11 huddles
and then widow and ehidren. to
tin disabled, to their f n nil lies, to
tin luture Ainerieans an to the
i a11si* o| IV,ti e did not eease Upon
seperation Inuil the seiAiee
I iir Veterarmof this war will
have a Itettei i ip|mrt Utllty hl ail*e
of ilie v iik ol those other veter-
ans
(icibins \t Lake*
HriuK l or I >r:
•
Prints IjsUMI
parks board members
tells of six now
nearly completed
j*ih tile euhins are i [ <!'> ap-
(iioaehlMg completion on 'ti wi •
side of tVssuni Kingiton. i.un
The stoves have not arrio i hi t
guests e.iri i-ook in the imp, i •
of on outdoor ovens th' 11-:
ing harraeks eontinning in
and ttceornniodatiuiis lot twiii.
Jjeople for the present a i'i i
rented to men only ih i a
vitm d strueture hut will an-
file big demand thai is in ■ il>
for nanrnmudntiuni At the pi
ent tmu; lamps will In u~, it ; ••
lights in Hie lalnii ,n i ,i l.i- .
eta t.neity and a butane .. ' ■ .
will in installed
no linns van l furni • t i
the ••(ihtiiH or lor t'.e list , , •
raek- a liniih tl number • k
ing untenslb will tie i i.. i . ,
with the en bins, rhtwe « «•• • ■ n
the fishm« hariaek- imi-'. i i
their own linens and «■,.
uiensiR IVunning wate> i, ; ,
fiM'ilttien i.re in bot.i tin
and lismng bai racks
"We ir a long wi \ li tn !i '
having i turnished st.if. no,.
Jake sii nit !i-r of th • St i i i.
Itoai'd said today Mov t m-i | •
that the public will vi.tiii-i .t.niit
that we . ie in a w.i,' . ml haiv
tried not t use any •.i|lhpnn .1'
thai is ,ee, saiy lor i|i vompli'
tion of Iiiiil \ u'tory
Price* lor ti e ribin- an r.s 1 ;•
lows | ri day for one t I" >
|m i sons, hint in" tip mis j ,i
|h-i day; lour iiouni'i- ;j i«'i
day; no • o. rge for nntr ■ Hit
lour in one eahin i;., h ,,,!ln i,
Iurnisheil w > iw di..ii tkeKv"
t~ d Kale , i | . .in) ha11 ,- k •
si ;><i lor o.i i"i tui. w.ier.'
Itoth o>iH'i> t'i.- same i .nt An-
|ilK'alit".s |or i - - - •• .,i*i n> sh'.uld
lie address i t . ihe lift -.enn l je
OiamtH'r >i (.<>■ '.il cue or to !lle
Manager, I'd- i *t Kim.dum State
i'ark. west an i. Breekenrtdge
llie east in t| t ie fjlt le
i'ark is und i tin mat.gement ol
mi Rudy i t ; . i it i Itesei di i is
loi eahtn>. ete in that area nhduld
he addri'.s.'ii to Mr. oip.'ljnd at
< ii aturd.
Pecan Developer
Is Dead At Clyde
flit< > will he itiuaucted tiu'sdiy
at t'l^de lot lames ifeiirv Bur-
kett, well-known h vo hortieuj*
must who developed u iiccan
which th'ais his name.
Burkett. x.'l died early Mond.>
at his home >n v'l\ot 11* had ix'. n
ill lor the past month.
The funeral will is at 1 p m
l"iiesda>. londuited h> w a
Ikiitiej of Abilene, minister ot
tlie OiuiYlt ol i 'hnst and burial
Will ih in the i'lvtle ellieter>
Survivoi« include two son
• Huar ol k.i si land and jie ol s in
Antonio, and | u daughters. i i
k Burkett ol l s Angeles, ('al-
.loriiia, and Mrs. Ira ji*.ksou ol
l'l>de.
\A. liill Helena I'o
Kandolph Field
|tanlk>t.r*n hll.l'. i'evis.
July in 1st 1.1 bui 1- Ih ii ti i.
on of Mrs Joj, e Helena, Breek-
eitt iitije, l'e*«s has reported lo
Kandolph Kield lor trannltion
tiaiiimg in b-l® Ruper-bomln" s
pn paraPuj, to combat ai-ik'i-
ment.
At the aaf 'Training i'oin-
nnitid station command' rs,
pi hots and flight engineers learn
to (ly the huge itijH'i'fortresses
vv Inch ti. its are levelmgindust rial
centers ol Japan.
Shot Down l>\ (iuarc!
.:i • ■ 111 "l i ii*rtt a'i
l.y , 1 S vl.t.er
w iv io a hospital in an
prisoiii i - wi iv ~li oping when t.i •
.1.1 ! 'i p 111
"•in vvni, a
11 Ii I II oil l| T>
l>ij! Spriii" (#cts
V els llospital
thirty one acre site
accepted for 1000
be0 structure
The MM** UN It I West Texas Vt'l •
i rans hospital, will Iv local* i
at Big Spring the Veterans ad-
ministration aiiiiouiKcrl Monday
afternoon,
It will I e a 250-lnd liospil.il a
general medienI and surgical insii
tution arid will im■ eonstruet'd on
a al-acn sitt which was a gdt
■ I tin- city immediate Constiul-
llon has heen authori/ed
More tlum a scoiv of Wcsl T'-v
a* tow :,- at d' cities had etitt i d
lormal bids lor the promt.
It w.i- announced Monday that
the \vti i ins tdmmiitration Ins
illthori/ed I's Waco n-giotial ol-
iice to r-ialillsh an office in Big
Spring, aid Kcp (leoige Mc.Ma-
lion ol Colorado I'll} *uid the ot-
lice \s ill l ' o|M-ni'd "s soon
spa«i? and | isolinel fti"e Jlvailatile
I'lii 11 ii truction plans on the
hospital call lor an immediate K-
In nditui'i ol $l.t*l0.0f)0 for '
lied facility with later enlarg--
inent to 1 ...'Hi imiis as the demand
Increases 1 til hospital Will lie
|it nr.iiieiit one
I'llVMlS llllitersttind to I'laVf Is •
among those to which the I Choice
finally natrow down include I
Sweetwater, San Angelo Abili'ne.
Big spi mg litibbock. Midland
I'laim iew, Colorado City and La-
mesa
^ Oimjr To
(loinlurt Hrxival
In Local Church
Japanese Have Not
Offered To Quit
WASIllNGTt >N Jul> lo • 1
\etuig Secr 't«ry ol Stale Joseph
Crew, den)ing that Japan has of-
fered to surrender, said today
that the enemy is attempting to
split the Allies by provoking pub-
lie discussion ol Pacific surren-
der terms.
Air Force ( l Tells
Whu II< Hum Honda
Hll.l t\l. Mi'S I...P Krilishd
n.e; ha • War Isinii-huyHlg in ti-
salt's too.
litres th,- reason why S-Sgt
Wart en I Mat- oux ol t hi Iv-, .
ler Field technical school s elec-
tric,.1 branch buys bonds;
'In Apt lltli, I was in one of
II heavy lioinhers which struck at
Berlin We losi six planes before
arriving at the target. Four more
planes vi ent flow n over the target
i>r iht w.,y lack home 7n ene ny
fighters hit ii- ol our bombers
wire lost Ten badly cripp'ed
planes got tutck It was one of the
worst missions we etcr flew
'■Tin", homtiers cost Si.Vi,,0is>
efti h. We figured the cost ot the
repairs ie the In planes that got
back would average about Mti.iiM
each "
A."Crusade lor Christ", ie. -
tUl my lour slate BaptisI Student
Union workers will iieum July
in lhe First Baptist Church tne
primarv olneitivi> in lie winning
the lost and challenging Christian
youth, it was announced today.
Three young men and a young
lady will conduct the crusade u'i-
dei the direction ol Kev Truman
AliircUge. pastor ot the First Bap-
tist Church. Kalph Lang Icy. presi-
dent ol the Baplist Student L'ft-
ion ol Texas, and a student at
Baylor University, and Foy V il-
ititine a si latent at the South-
western Baptist Th'-olog,. al Sem-
inary will conduct the preacln'ig
services twice daily Irom Jul> .'J
through July ^'7. They will lie a.s
isti'd n> Asa Couch, a young man
Irom Ilardin-Simons llniversity
who. is an cxjH'rt musician and
Miss T'rejsa Seely of Baylor
Univ. isiiy vviio is outstanding ,n
thi recreational field.
i vvo daily services conducted hv
tin's,, young people will consist ol
■ nalleiigiiig messages, |icrsottal
t". i ngi'lism, gosjiel singing, ml r-
ma! discus sinus, MK sal pein ds ;.nd
lestim Hues 'The entile week will
be ., program ot revival and soul-
winumg efforts It is not limi'ed
to Baptist, or to young fieoplc.
Af/entn Lose (Jul
On 'Itural V i mnu'H*
BANGOK. Me 'L P Bcroii Pie
turn ol iin- century, a Bangor
newspaper ran tl>( tollowing item:
Tloititii i- a land ot promise
lor young men who are looking
tor pretty country girls lor wiv.s.
It is said that every .station agent
win evei vveni lo holden in the
employ ol the Maine Central rail-
road has been married in the
couiso i>| a lew months to a rural
Venus with bright eyes, pearly
tecih and a complexion like
peai lies and cream "
The Maine Central went out ol
the matrimonial agency business
by ' losing Ihe Holdcn station
presumably alter the supply ol
"rural V'enuses ian out.
(#iitlirriiijrs Pa\
i •
Aubrey* Tribute
five years record
one of building
program
Thursday nig.it of last Week a
large crowd a nered in tii • b,. e-
n.ent ot ilie l'iesh.v ti nan t'huifii
to pay Irihufi lo R -v. V:, t;
Aunrey and ills lanuly w,n aie
moving this week to Ur tii'. il|.
'evii- where hi' will lake up lis
pastorale ol the Gratv Pr -.•hyter-
lan Church.
Singing ol songs was inlei
into by those preant. It
ap-
Five Admitted
l o Hospitals
S'
L?I I N OK Hi: \KI>: h'loyd Hol-
der wnii an interest in)} let
iei Irom Bill many details almul
the army in tier-many , Caivv *
conleefionary • losed this week for
vatalion, tiarland lo San Antonio
Charles At.ridge saying that
while a prisoner of the Hermans
he i'oi .t*> letters from his wife
while some ol the boy* got none
irom iheirs . Frnnk Denver
saving he is m minnow huslne-s
alone suit e his son in law tay
Bishop. Iiought the I leaver Spring
lompartv . ... Gerald l.edhetter,
hat k Irom 11 a I > seen with Fred
MeConnell ... liorothy McKinlny
Wale, seen getting off a bus Sat-
mdav . Gilford Kohinson home,
discharged from the navy. . Tom
links reported d'scharged from
navy and e\|*'t ted back... and
voii may think this i* May lull
it IS .It11v as niav lie proved later
LAM) LOANS KXPLAIMil)
t 'laude Strickland, seeretii'..-
trea«urer ol the Brcckcnriilge
N ilional Farm Loan Asuociatinn.
n lus return July 7 from a meet-
ing m Dallas of secretary-treas-
urers m this part of the sta'e,
said Hint amendments to the Fed-
eral Farm Loan Act will provi li
improved long-term credit servi «
to agriculture,
"TTie amendments jiermit lain!
hank loans of tia |K'riTnt ol th.r
normal agricultural value of a
11mi or ranch," he said. "The leg-
islation also permits the kind
bank under certain conditions to
purchase notes and mortgages
Irom the Federal Farm Mortgage
Corfxitation This would reduce
the interest rate on land bank
commissioners loans acquired by
the Land Bank from percent to
Ihe land hank s rate of | |h.v-
cent, and also give the Imrrovver
tin adv ntage ol hnving only one
• . i (litor '
"t it he r provisions in amend-
ti ' nis io ti e Farm I.''.in Act will
speed up closing ot loans Ihrou ;ii
th" ,'issni latmti on long-term land
hank loans These betterments ,.re
tin result of • ontiiiuous tifori by
the association* and the Land
Bank to improve their service lo
; griculturc During tile past two
years the Breekenridge Associa-
tion received $^t).IHM in dividends
from the land liank. of which
SI.V.W was put into the associa-
tion's reserves and M.Jilfll w is
paid to farmers and ranchers in
this territory in sto k dividends."
Breckinridge Assocint ion serves
Land Bank loans m Fast land,
Stephens. Shaikeliuul and riu'ixlt-
morton counties.
lit |M,rt - Irom It • al h spitais to-
day revealed live patients admit-
ti d to loi'al hospitals since last re-
|*>rt, Mi-s. Joetti Officii! and
Wayne Ryan are medical patients
at the Westside Hospital Patients
at the Breekenridge Clinic art-
Mis F F Bufkin major surgery,
Mis Wilina Yancy lonsileetomy
and Mrs L C Reed medical.
New Army Program
To Affect 4(H),(MH)
WASHINCTtiN Julv lo <U.P
All qualified army personnel in
this country who have not served
id least six months overseas will
tic replaced by next May i so
tiny may Iv given foreign assign-
ments. d
Secretary of War Stjmmn said
today replacements will b,. made
by returning veterans. The chn i-
ges will affect about JOO.OOti tnen
under 33 now in this country.
A. J. Buckanan, chiar
dircctoi ni the cIiuitIi Alb.- 'h
singing ol songs Mrs <, j.; •...
hey paid iribllle to Rev an I Mi
Aubrey presenting them v-uii .,
nn, i,due Irom the church, Rf
arid Mrs Aubrey respond'd ■ ii i
talks, slating tin v hated l. Km .c
I>ii eueiiini.o and how iiu'j
pn I lab'd ilie peopl, here.
Those present wrote louW'cU
messugestd the Aubreys, wlucii
were in nil d together and fire-
Milled to theill.
Mr Buchanan showed pieturc.
In had taken of group . ihe
church during Rev. Anneiy' ii.e-
torab here, Which was fii">,\i I
by all p.'escrii He also showed a
corni'dv lor ihe children piv.cn'.
R< Ireshincnts was served to til
present,
Sunday being Rev. Aubn j'> La.-•
Sunday ncr s, veral o; lie "har-
clies disrnisst . their .service- Sun-
day night to join Uie Presliyeria i
church in paying lanuell irlbute
t i him and family. The iiinreii
u - lllll. I e 'V I'. II. Lu 1111 • • ii
gave the Ol telling prayer Ii ii.-
ilii'ttori by lu v. 11 unian A 11 ;l a'
The Men's t'horus under Ih.; dir-
ection ot ('luirk-s Kilver ;a\e I iv I
rain In , Rev. Al ti' dg. il oaid
a tributt to Mr. Aubrey it his
fine spirit ot coopcittiion wjt i
other pastors in their woi . litf
also told ol his Work wit;i the
Boy Scouts and oth r civic organ-
Uations iii tne < ity.
During the live years aad so'en
months Mr Aubrey has b vit here
Ii# has taken into the • liuivii I'l'.l
inetnliers. assisted in org,un-.;t:ng
oru' oi the fiiu.st Vouth L.rtg t
groups in Texas among the Pres-
byterian Churches, as I in
paying of I the church debt i >1
lwent> ye n s standing, or ;ani/fd
a fine Boy Scout troop vieii
as leal ing lite church in a line
pint ol cooperaii, n and ir.tua:
Uphit lie h is l.ikt il a Vc. i . c-
iv. yart in the work ol \ h'i ne
1 'resi i\ tei y. orgam/ing ni Intel -
n.efliate Conlereni.e at B i^fiilo
Cap. which during the six c infer-
ences he has held ha - grown to he
out ol ihe largest and I. t m
Scouts !n ( amp
lla\e i ::: Time
i
De^pile Siaius
TWO URECK BOYS WIN
PRIZES IN STALKING
CONTEST
A i -legram received from Ho-
mer Tudor Sund iy said there v.ns
no high waler ;it Camp Billy Gib-
bons andthc Boy Scouts Wer. all
i iv. allaying lears here that <Ii ■
iiscs reporied at Brownwond
might have reached there.
A letter from l o,vlc (iraves in
which he enclosed a copy ol the
e. r11p paper said that in spite of
the rain the Imys are ail wall
.am h iv ing a good lime.
In stalking contest held Friday
ilteriioon two hovs of Troop No.
-i. Breekenridge won first and
si eorid place LcRoy W t gner was
Ia-t and Bobby l>ouglas second
! r./e- vv re a hand axe and a first
aid I'll.
I. nn Boy Seoul in camp is re -
'|ttiied io start a lire bv friction,
jiass one inent badge lest, and
learn how to swim, if he does not
iIre.idy know how, Graves added.
In In- Seoul paper. ' Tile Bujji"
i'iII. w;e found that Gravi ; look
11'. 11. i boys on a map making
iour Thursday. A new canteen
"a- being enioyi'd by the buys,
a in 1 needed device on the water
I font biing enjoyed is the recent-
ly completed pier. An improve-
ment looked lorward to is butane
stoves tor water heating.
Lampasas took th'1 opening
game of tin' soli hall league, de-
tent inu the Carbon troop.
John Woods, Game Warden,
giivi i he I toys an interesting iaik
on wild hie Thursday night.
Loss Of Both Arms
And LeKs Reported
BVITLK CRFKK. M • h . July
lu UP The find battle casualty
ol the present war to suffer i fit-
loss ot parts ol both .arms a.id
legs now is a patient at Percy
Jones Hospital, a was revealed
today.
T he quadruple amputee i - Mas-
ter Sgl. Fre.l llensei, jti. married
and a native ol Corliin, Ky The
veteran of eight years se vicc
ste| ped on an anti-tank mine On
t II iimwa last June. The coiu'm--
sion blew olf both legs and 1..s
lei I arm above the elbow . His
right band was wontled and pint
<1 his right forearm was mov-
ed.
Jap Radios Scream
As Heavy Bombing
Of Island Grows
T i Bull i I lalsey Mood with Ins Third Fleet ;•
lies ol Tokyo tinlay and dared the Japanese*
Admiral \\ ilhain
miles oulside Ihe '.
■onie "in and tight.
More than l.lotl American Army and Navy planes
the grealcsi Naval amardii ..lloin, were still snutshiri]
i broad stretch ot the Jap coasi late today after
lamed bombardment that literally smothered the
Ih. ,1 ,p Admiral itnisi hav«
I,
d
Went ISerserk
Five Prisoners
Of War Handed
FORT LFAVK.NWt )RTH Kan..
July 10 *1 I'' Five German pris-
oncts ol war whose Nazi zeal led
them to murder a fellow soldi, r
irt an Oklahoma internment camp
were hanged nt the disciplinary
barracks early today in an histor-
ic application ol U. S. military
justice.
11 was the first time an enemy
war prisoner had been executed
in the I'mteil States. No! a single,
licit Hitler, can.i Irom any ol the
men doomed to the gallows in an
old warehouse building.
Seven n port i s witness, d th
executions TI. ■ live Were eoavi- -
led ol slaying another German
prisoner whose Na/.i .spirit h ni
lagged.
Two New Landings
On Ifornco Island
MANILA, July lo Ui.R Japan's
last grip on Bernini's vital oil vvai
threatened today as (Jeil Mac-
Arthur announced Dutch amphi-
bious forces had made two new
landings on the north shore ol
Balikpapan Bay while Australian
troops wen wiping out trapp-d
defenders of ih** great pandnn-
sari refineries. «
The Dutch light, is land'd on
Teloklcbang ^u| Kuriango p n-
lll' ' ll.ls to eiWpl. Ie cricitv'iMU nt
of the lower bay. Tlicy were op-
posed by Jap small arms lire
fioin the shore and from the
deck of cnemv river craft.
I'vt. ( larcr- e V Bertucci, New
Orleans,year-oli| trooper, who
turned a machine gun on a group
ol (ieiman prisoners ol war at
Salina. Utah, killing eight and in-
juring 11) others
Sjrt. Dean Wins
Fourth Ouster
delivery of GLIDERS,
paratroops BRINGS
recognition
I-Sgi Arthur 1 lean, has recen-
tly been awarded the fourth
Bronze t >rl< Leaf cluster lo his
air medal for meritorious achieve-
incut for participating in arini
Bight within the iieriod of Jan-
uary I. nil;, to March 19-15.
this inlormation has been re-
ceived by Ins parents Mr. and
Mrs. Ben .1 Dean The citation
staled iii part that Arthur, for-
mer Buck an hi football player,
w as a memlier ol a I roup carrier
aircraft which courageously ear-
ned out vital missions of supply-
ing air lories advancing into (ler-
many and evacuating casultien by
air with outstanding dependabili-
ty il
In addition to Hying unarmed
and unarmored aircraft through
concentrations of enemy fire for-
med p ut ol an armada «>t air-
i rait vv i -uc- esslully delivered
thousands i| paratroopers and
hundreds ol gliders deep into en-
emy tciritory m the greatest air-
borne assault in military history.
Ancleron Battles
Black Market
WASHINGTON July In <U.Ri
T he new Sc. retary ,,| Agriculliire.
Clinton Anderson, is learning up
vv 11h oPA to plug up leaks iliat
give rise to the black ill.i ke', h's
i i |es <aid today. And - s .n in-
tends ;o do something ahi ie stip-
| ly .1 ' ii.i ,es and the black mar-
la t.
!n Iii 1'isl step to r t||eve I'te
meal sho, u.ge, Anderson lies lu-
te,| «lad|;hb i quotas on so all
jt'tcking i,oases.
BENEFITS TO SEKMCE MEN
lex,i among
• lull chcs
the Prc.soj; riiin
Nazis Made Soap
Of Human Fat
DANZIG. Poland. July In r.jv
An exjierimenUil laljonilory lor
the manufacture of soap from
human bodies was Insfiected by
correspondent* today.
'This chamber of horrors Is
still standing along with links
of chopped human fat.
Outside Ihe ground is littered
with human .skulls and bum*
Ihe waste products of the ultimate
atrocity. %.*•
DALLAS, July lo All wido.s
oi World War I veterans wlio
lived with such veteran for io
yecrs prior to Ins death are now
entitled lo a widows pension re-
gardless ol cause ot veterans
death.
All returning veterans ol World
War II and veterans ot World
War I are entitled to the follow-
ing rights und liencfils:
Service Connected Compensa-
tion of $10 to SI00 per month for
disabilities caused by service.
Disability Pay of S5<) fu r month
for total disability non HcrvVe
connected. Free hospitals when
beds'are available SIiki free bur-
ial expense Free Flag to place on
casket. Ten ficrccnt pix'fenc • on
eivil <ervlce lobs Free soldiers
homes for sick and dest ,lu;> vei-
erans Widows pensions lo all de-
pendent widow ol vole rat ia.
Childs (nt is ion to all de|iend"nt
'ipli.'ns t| veteran. Mothers and
fathers pension io dependent
mothers uid fathers.
til BILL OF RIGHT'S benefits,
World War ii veterans irtlv:
SCHOOL BKNEFITS Free
tuition tip lo 5500 per year Willi
SS75 ki per month .illowance If
married and il50 if -ingle. Loans
on home, "arm or business.
The government guarantees
half if anv loan up to Sltum and
tvventy dollars per week unem-
ployment pay,
FARM LOAN'S - (UK 1,000
has been set aside by the Farm
Security Administration for Farm
Loans to Veterans.
For free inlormation and ser-
vice on above write to Veterans
Information Center, R. C. Cun-
diff, Sif fll."j Mam Street. Dal-
las, Texas. ... „
hacked up
at Tokyo
eight hours oi sii.->-
enemy defenses
ieali/t'd th.kt tla> scores of carneis
cruisers, battleships const ii ut
Vice-Admiral John S MeCno
task force :i8 presented tin in, h-
tiest naval striking lone in n:
lory lKxau.se not one of Nipp , .
ships came out to light
Racing into battle under fore I
draft the carriers sent ih. a
planes toward Tokyo a lew min-
utes al 5 a m Jap time today , i 1
Ihe baffled Japs offered little or
no op|iosition alolt or on th
ground.
The target included over
airdromes ranging across j 1 a
miles of Japan as well as gre i
gutted Tokyo Itself.
Screaming Jap broadcasts ., i :
Ihe fliers were ranging up and
down the east coast of Honshu on
all sides of Tokyo.
Anoter loo Army Mustangs and
several Supcrforts joined in Iin■
Navy's strike at noon to att a .
shipping and shore instnllaiio'i .
in ihe Osaka-Kobe area.
Nearly two thousand Amcnem
war planes, ranging from i.rioi
B-Jfls to naval carrier plain , ,,i I
Mustang fighters, piled ie ii i
tion on the Jaiiauese honielanil to-
day, It was the grealcsi in_!
day air assault of the Pacii ■ vv.,
Virtually nil land-has, d
lori'e.s in the western Unci i • i •
aboraled in prefiariiig the v. v
for a surprise 1,00(1 plan,' lllll ',
'iii :
I'
I I
raid on Tokyo by the lasi ,
force of the powertul T'hid
which steamed close lo Hi" i
island to launch an attack I
still in progress.
Japan admitled as an
mab|e fact" today that Ann
B-29 and ot her aerial raid-
homeland had crippled in
needed aircraft prodtH'tion
The broadcast, recorded n
Federal communications
sion, quoted a Tokyo n '•
correspondent on the
arsenal" home island of K
All factories, the rep-n;
were renewing work undi i
The corresponrlerit •lainn
were "increasing their prod.i
and were prefiared to n.n
"the latest, most superior ,>:
Japan disclosed other nn,
mobilize its people and i
agmnst Allied assaults
Tokyo radio told ot raid-
home islands of Kyushu an
shll by 180 bombers ami Ii
Hying Irom (he lormer .la
bases of 1 wo and Okinaw.
re|Kirled American siilm
and mine-laying B-~!K an
to blockade Japanese hat '
Clouds Hoverinii
Over All Texas
(Bv United Press)
Heavy clouds rolled ovet l'i \
totlay droping welcome rain
wide areas and sending In
down to cooler levels tempi
lures which crowded and e
top|K'd the 100-dcgrcc mark yi.
lerday.
The cloddy weather sti -'ei:
from Ihe Panhandle to Beau t ,,
and showers, heavy iu sum •
stances, were drenching p.ireh
earth in the Panhandle and so
Plains and in North Ti xas
The weather bureau said •
showers will be gi'iier.'il in N
and Fast Texas tomorrow I:
hi the Plains and Panhantlle l,a
halted the movement ol cattle ...
sheep to market and pastiir,
other states.
Senator To Fi^ht
Charter Clause
WASHINGTON. July lo i r
Ileniocrats and Republican- • 11
Ihe Senate Foreign Relations e n -
mittee agreed today that anv ''
S. reservation ;;iving congress in -
final decision in each case a I •
use of U. S. forces lo help m -
serve pcacc would violate i.■ ■
spirit of the United Ni'i u.
(Tiarter.
However, a Republican s. n t r
not a memlter of the fontnn'i, e
Harlan J. Bushfield S I • d
he will propose such rcserva'ioii
when Ihe Charter reaches in •
Senate for debate He said ('mi-
gress could not constitii'ioi'.ill.v
delegate to Ihe United Numi,
Security council or lo the t s.
representative on the council pow-
er to "take our hoys into war 1
Bather Cleveland. President
Cleveland's second child, h >r,i
Septemlc'r !♦. 18*)'! WHS M f omIv
child of m prrMidcnt t*\tT l«:ni 1 .
the White House.
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