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BRENHAM, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 19,1940
GLUME 75
NO. 119
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Your Money—Give!
.AY FOR RUNOFF
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Millions more have become tin* tragic, victims of a ruth-
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John Moore Elected
Fraternity Preside n t
At Texas University
HUGE DEFENSE
PROGRAM GETS
GREAT BOOST
POST Q WINS
MEMBERSHIP
TROPHY AGAIN
NOT ONE U. S.
PLANE MODERN
Four Shot Down But
Rail Stations
Are Attacked
Petain To Help Stop
Nazis; British To
Flee Belgium
Throe Brenham students at the
University of Texas have received
outstanding honors from their fel-
low students.
John Moore, son of
WINNIPEG W HEAT TO
HOLD FIXED PRM ES
WINNIPEG. Canada. May 18
(ff.fcs— Wheat prices on the Winni-
peg grain exchange will remain
fixed at Friday s closing ievela for
an indeterminate period, exchange
oHidaia announced today.
East Texas Partly cloudy and
cooler in north portion; scattered
rains Lngouth and east portions,
heavy clouds end strong winds,
Sunday.
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Hospitality
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The annual school of instruction
will be held by the City Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations at thr~
High school from 2:00 to 4:00
Monday afternoon, announces Mrs.
M. B. Holleman, council president. |
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Brenham Banner-Press
Total I s More Than
*3 Billion, Peace
—Time Record
Million Men Ready
But Munitions
Uunavailable
* I... "_____ ’ Mrs. Guy!
Penn Ing t 'drrh**-been elected pres-
ident of his fraternity, Theta XI.
for the /homing year, the highest
honor a fraternity group can con-
fer Upon a member.'
Miss Hortense Yarno has been
chosen a member of the board of
governors of the Curtain. Club, In
recognition. of her valuable serv-
jtnd UUnf Anderson, who will
J ill June, rnto
i fJSen ft star In Curtain Club p^f-
M. Y. HTfXKM FALL TO
LOMENT IN TWO YEA KA
NEW YORK. May 18 «1£> —
Stocks brohe one to more than
three points today to the lowest
general Ievela in almost two years
and the* cams back part way.
result of this weeks collapse in
prices over disturbing reports
from current w* developments.
W ALLACE REMI EATS
GRAIN PRICE PEGGING
WASHINGTON, May 18 <(.1’»
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A
Wallace today asked the giain
exchanges t<i . peg grain futures
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vention in Dallas.
This handsome silver loving cup
ia offered annually by the^ state
division tq t‘ ~
larjnssk ,Jncr<
during they
cessful last year, winning in stiff
competition with the largest cities
of the state, and has now captured
the cup for the second time. Three
successive wins make the trophy
the permanent property of the
winning poet.
Schomburg, who served as presi-
dent for five years, being succeed-
ed by Owens, declares the post
will make every effort to win the
cup permanently, and ia confident
that the goal will be reached by
the Brenham group. Legion
Even Uniforms And
Blankets Short,
Congress Told
ERM ANS WITHIN 40 MILES OF PARIS
Defenseless Before Blitzkrieg, Army Heads Admit^Bom
' ’ The Red Cross Needs INITIAL TIME
army
yyar to 11.827.101 721
ptgee time reco-id,
%P.T. A. School OJ
M Instruction To Be
post and' Auxituft-y^I H^ldTIe/e Monday
Local TP A Group
Captures Cup For
Second Time
Americanism Rally
Plans Are Stressed
By American Legion
Meeting in important called session Monday evening at
eight o’clock, members of Buddy Wright Pojat, American Le-
gion and Auxiliary, will discuss plans for an Americanism
Rally to be presented to the Tentjj District convention, sche-
duled to be held in Brenham Sundays June 30. Official# of
the post declare they ex^t to stage such intensive Amer-
icanism activities that .“any subversive influences wjll sink
into their deepest holes.”
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■who.
' aiscusseif at the meeting Monday
evenifig', afid all member* of the
commander. Memorial Day serv-
ices will also be planned.
. Preceding the business sexsion
Sons of the Legion wifi meet Mon-
day afternoon at 4:00 for their
usual activities .and will be joined
by their parents and other mem-
bers of the Post and Auxiliary for
a basket lunch at 7:00, with Mrs.
F. C. Pflughaupt, president of tbs
Auxiliary, in charge.
L H. Bartz of Buddy Wright Poet
is state Americanism chairman for
the Department of the American
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Paul W. Bowman, district com-
mitteeman, 2205 Lindell Ave, Aus-
tin. states that he has had many
letter* in regard to subversive ac-
tivities in this district, and declares
that at the convention many reso-
lutions will M~preqented to cover
this problem. ”
“Buddy Wright Poet will also
do what it takes to make the or-
(Contiausd.Ux. Fags Three)
In front of the Grand Palais of the Champs Elysees ... a urauu
* of anti-aircraft stations.
Suddenly, rain that had been
badly needed f«* many weeks
started to fall In torrents, but the
downpour lasted only a short time,
though all Indications pointed to
more rain.-
Several large trees were up-
rooted by the strong winds, and
large branches were" "blown Tfoffl P
and It is urged that all incoming t drenching the parched fields and
and retiring officers make an es- gardens end soaking rapidly into
the sun-dried earth. Mrs. J. G.
Sloan, official weather reorder,
measured the rainfall at about
' „ I found
that 1.20 Inches of rain had fallen
in less than an hour.
• All growing crops, pasture
lands, gardens, flowers and other
vegetation will be wonderfully
benefited by the moisture.
The rain was prece<ied by heavy
storm clouds that gathered rapid-
ly. darkening the skies, and strong
winds started blowing with force
approaching the velocity of a
storm.
Frpm Houston there comes a "
publicity story regarding the
Electrical Motion Picture Pag-
ant to be staged in Rice Stad-
um June 22 in a pre-convention
eature of the Elks' National
Convention. Eleven major movie
Audios will participate in the
ivent, and at least six of the top
anklng screen stars will be
resent. Decorated floats, de-
igned in Hollywood and each
iarrying the equivalent of 1000
15-watt lamps, will provide a
pectacle the like of which we
lave never seen except, possibly,
)n Queen's Night at the Texas
mntennlal four years ago. Many
If the nation s outstanding out-
loor performers will be pres-
mted in the opening part-of the
irogram which will advance
: (Continued on page four)
J>a Poet shoWimr-t**- ^ttanr, says GapL W. C. DorbriU,
in membership
•ear.'Poet Q was suc-
I From Richard Dyer we have
[received a letter telling of a
[merciless beating he saw a negro
[administer to his dog, while
foyer, recuperating from a
broken leg. looked out the win-
dow. Dyer protested from the up-
fatairs window and the negro
talked back abusingly, saying it
'was his own dog and therefore
nobody elses business. Despite
his crippled condition, Dyer
hobbled down the stairs on his
crutch, only to find the mis-
creant gone. The letter is too
long for publication here, but it
would appeal, no doubt to all
dog lovers. A man who would
beat a defenseless dog, is of
course, of a lower order than the
dog itself. There are laws to
protect these dumb aninjals and
should be enforced in such flag-
rant cases as Dyer reports.
hundred* of tree* in Brenham.
Flower* and shrubs were consider-
ably damaged by th* 'whipping,
whirling winds.
The rain fell so rapidly that
Utt kt lakes were formed in low.'
places, and severs! business houses
report that floors were covered
with an inch or two of water.
Damage, however, was very small
compared to the benefits from the
rain. '
But this sadistic mania is not
confjned to unlettered negroes.
Over in Europe today, the fields
run red with the blood of count-
less thousands of human beings,
slaughtered because of the
merciless whims of a man who
glories in his Nordic ancestry.
“Defenseless nations ( have been
ground, beneath his heel. Per-
haps just retribution awaits-
him, for there are divine laws
that will be inexorably enforced
by a power even mightier than
he.
pecial effort to attend. Any mem-
ber of any P. T. A. or any who ex-
pect to become members will be
wxtt welcome, andlhe i<*oul will’eV*nln*
be most beneficial to thooe who ex- ‘ ’ "" '
pect to be active in the wo’rk, de-
clare* Mrs. Holleman.
F : ;'WET
• ■■ ——— at-
Post Q, Travelers Protective
Association, has won JLhe beauti-
ful silver membership trophy for
the second time -in a state-wide
B taking steps to check such sub- [contest, according to a_ message
—pusrc* e^rtR. M^fiomburg - from W. Tl "CA'e'ns. ahd ""
■The Legion-could do a valuable
■‘job tn cataloguing aitlArmi* m*
■each community whose action* or
■expressed pinions excite some
■doubt ds to (heir loyalty to this
■country. Thwr, if war does come,
■appropriate steps could be taken
■to prevent ‘‘fifth column” actl-
^Kvitics on their part.
Up in Washington the other
| day belated cheer* greeted Mar-
tin Dies, Texas congressman,
I who has doggedly stuck to his
I task of unmasking communists,
| fascists, and other subversive
I organizations*wl>ich have flour-
I ished under the protection of our
■ democratic form of government
1 which they would destroy. Dies
I has been about the most abused
■ man in official life during the
■ course of his' patriotic service,
■ and it is about time the sneers
■ were turned into cheers.
■ Through efforts of' his commit-
K tees, many anti-A m e r 1 c a n
■ groups have become known, and
■ possibly the importance of any
■ fifth column movement in this
■ courftry in case of war can be
■ minimized. Meanwhile, we are
■ glad to see the American Legion
d^trns- program frs'fttn1! total
of • I.Tl.Tl 172 152- !•
year beginning JJly 1.
Tliesc two bills embrace the big
grmy and navy, funds that, had
-been agreed u[«>n several weeks,
ago, pIuiP 'President Roo-o wlt's
new emergency requests for more,
than ILOOO.WOJXW.
of Petain "they shall not pa**” be-
came the watchword of French
si.ldlets.
From almost all fronts new
chapters In the story of Nazi
military success were reported:
I, The German high command
said the big Belgian port of Ant-
werp. only 1H<» miles from England
ha<l been taken and that the often-
sive from the Sambre and Meuse
River sectors into France cun*
tinned.. ‘ ■
2 Neutral sources In Berlin re-
ported the German advance of
armore<l units half wny from BeT-
glum to Paris, probably about 7t)
mile- from the French capital, and
said German Infantry was pouting
through the wide gup In the Magi-
not Line.
3. French Premier- Paul Rey-
nau<( reorganized his government
tn make Petain vice premier .is-
some the defense ministry former-
. (Continued On Pago Four)
BY IN IFF.!) PRENN
Germany’s mighty mechanlMd
armies rolled relentlessly on tow- s
aid Paris Saturday night when
the Nasi high command announced
that the vanguard of Its force* 1
had battered its way to within 40
mites < f the French capital eity.
The powerful war machine re-
sumed its hlooily journey acres*
northeastern France lat* Satur-
day after halting temporarily for
refueling of the huge tanks which
French anti-tank guns found too
heavily armored for them to stop.
Naxls Bomb Paris
Meanwhile, the Nazis sent a
flying advance guard Into Parti
late in the day when two wave*
of eight bombers each flew over
the capita] and bombed railway
st a th -ns and Mghwsy junctions be- -
foie being driven off by defending
planes and anti-aircraft gun*.
Four German planes were shot
down, two by planes and two by
anti-aircraft guns.
The Allies reported the GernuMI ,
advance* were being made at
tremendous cost in men- and war
materials. They reported bringing
down 35 German planes during
the ilny. • .
After German successes in Bel-
tin' . British announced it
might t|ci nine necessary for them
to withdraw entirely from that
ciluntry.
Hero of Verdun ('ailed
France culled 84 year old Mar-
shal Henri Petain, the '’savior" Of
Verdim, hack to duty, in a des- .
perate allied stand against Ger-
man armiea sweeping, thnaigh
Ik'lglum and stubbing with mech-
anized fury Into northern F ranc*.
Once again as in. the darkest
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MJhHHHHHMBH ___________
As total war smashes further and further into France, Parisan nurses are kept at a hi|
ficiency by constant practice for air raid emeu
T. T. Clay is another candi-
date for sheriff who believes a
tun-off primary should be held
In Washington county thia year,
fit is the fairest thing to do,” he
told this column. “Of course, It
Is like the county chairman told
the county democratic conven-
tion: the people themselves
Should decide. I believe in maj-
ority rule, and that the next
sheriff should be .ejected by a
majority of the people. Those
with whom I have talked are
overwhelmingly for a run-off."
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WASHINGTON. May 1H AJ’l
A senate appropriation*
mltteO today bixxited cotit'-nipl-ite-f
expenditure* for the next
by far'a
give. Give today. The |
money may he left with Mi's. I
Tom Whitehead at the Banner-;
Preus office.
Previously reported 1
i AAA. I Cotton) Office
’ W: J. Sloan
Hattie H. Sprain
Mr. and Mrs. I.. Hausman
WASHINGTON, May 18 Pres.
Roosevelt, it was learned' today,
decided on hia emergency rearm-
ament program after the stuff
command had frankly advised
congress a week earlier that the
U. S. army would be virtually
helpless before modern "blitz-
krieg” warfare.
Testifying behind closed doors,
the high Command unfolded a
Startling stogy <>f
A protectlv’rf force so poorly
equipped that it ia actually short
of uniform* and blanket*;
An uif corps lacking even one
completely modern-equipped plane,
An entire fleet of bomber*
(Douglu* B-18’»l *6 outmoded that
the chief of air corp* asserted “it
would be suicide to send them
against modern equipment.”
A shortage of ammunition, so
serious that the chief of ordnance
declared "It ought to be emblaz-
oned qn tlje Flatiron building so
th public would know.”
Appalling deficiencies (ranging
from 50 to (HI per eent) In vital
weapons, including mechanized
equipment, anti-aircraft guns, sea-
coast artillery, anti-tank gun* and
automatic rifles. •
An overall antiquatlon in the'en-
tire protective force so critical that
| it will take at least a year to two
year* to catch up with Europe's
ultra-modern war equipment.
Those were the highspots in the
secret testimony, not a word of
which haS-been marie public.
Members of the high, command
delivering it were: Gen. Gewgc C,
Marshall, chief of- staff; Maj.
Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of sir
corp*; Maj. Gen. C. M. Wesson,
chief of ordnance, and Col. 11. K
Rutherford, director of odrnance
planning.
Those hearing it were: the mem-
ber* of the senate subcommittee
on military appropriation*.
Verbatim excerpt* follow. They
tell the story.
Gen. Marshall, questioned on
hoyv long It would take to modern-
ize the army: "The world, situa-
tion will not permit u« jo delay
longer in equipping our- existing
force*. It 1* imperative that the
sums for critical item* be provid-
ed. ft is a matter of serious con-
cern to realize that even after the
money becomes available, it will
tak from one to two yar* to ob-
tain delivry . . . "
Gen. Marshall, "disclosing that
the army could only put 75.000
men" in the field toddy: "Some
equipment Is still lacking,-but in
general. I .wUL a*#-'#*!
-the most modern weapons, with
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~'~7 COOThwriti th'.- ffelfr afthV prei-'prers'ifjrJmJ IfiS'/serv.^ as SThem- l
*nt Jjme, as mobile..force, i ,_
l™. (Contmired on Page Four)
have struggletl to escape it.
Now thejuhave been forced to
relinquish their safety, their
isecurity, their peace and their
possessions. They join hordes r the Red Cross appeal fnr fun-is
jof others who already dwell in t " 7-".r -
despair arid destitution. tn,n «ountrt*«**hould touch the
Your American Red Cross, heart of every geace-ioving tr-
ainee the invasion of Poland, *"n \ 7, . . <
has carried relief to Poland, ** •VO“’‘H' by th*
and to Polish refugee* in Hun-
gary, Roumanis, I<atvia and
Lithuania. It has rendered as-
sistance in England and in
France. It has helped brave,
courageous little Finland. It
has ai<le<l harrassed Norway. I
In doing so, it has used its
general funds, the results of
its annual Roll Call, the con-1
tnbutlons sent in voluntarily. H has made no appeal;
campaign for funds. ,
It now must do so. The months ahead threaten and may
demand all our resources. And so your Red. Cross calls to
all the country, to all its people everywhere to give and to
give generously. .
A minimum of ten million dollars must be had at once.
The Washington County Chapter's share of the goal is
Motorized, mechanised warfare in all its fury sweeps across
brave, but little lands. Destruction ia rapid. So also must be
the response of those who would sustain the sufferers.
Death-dealinguiirplanes ride the skies. The carnage of
their creation sweeps many lands. Armored tanks, motorized
artillery mow across whole countries destroying,, as In a
blight, all standing In their way. Cattle; crops, homes, people
- even children—stand in fear, then in despair, only to fall
into destruction. Some will live. They must be aided to en-
dure. to struggle on.
We, in America, live in comparative health and happiness
in relative safety and security. Those in sorrow<*<i land# whom
we must help are belhg stripp’d of all The war today is not
just, between those who wear a uniform. It strikes down civ-
ilians, the aged, defenseless women and little children. They
‘are being stripped of even the dignity given them by their
Creator. "
To them we must send out assistance. The American Red
Cross, the official relief agency of this country and its peo-
ple, is prepared to give that aid. Its vast army of *Uunteers.
its greater army of Senjor and Junior members, its skilled,
experienced personnel, its safeguards, its equipment all are
ready. But funds are heeded. They are needed in great <1^yr^”r1 I?
amounts. They may be needed in even greater amounts than
we can now anticipate. So give t<xiay. -
Paris, Under Military Rule, Braced for War’s
Shock as Nazi Invaders Continue Drive
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about ber of the board <>(. goyerilwrs tor
[the y«’«r nov ^qsing. - 4
Nature9$ Blitzkrieg Descends On
Brenham as 1.20 Inches Rain Fall
OtiVY ONE N AME IS
on Birthday lint
The name of Miss Adele Mur-
ray. teacher at Alamo - School,
whose birthday fall* on May 20.
1* the only one on the birthday
list for Monday. She will receive a
complimentary ticket to “Pinocc-
hio" at the Simon Theatre if she
call* at th* Banner-Presa office.
rhirteenth Child Js_ J
'1 o joe irrazyns ^]
'—A - - J ziriofTrrpcr"! r»rs'r7i*zrr»w ia
728, brfaiKbig the country a huge r
Mr. an.! Mr*. Joe M.izyn of th*
I’hai*-) H|.U .i-umpuq^ty ■»< .<unc« -1
tin' Birth-of i *o[(, -velxhink nin*
[M,un>t«, who nrnvi'd nt their hom*
Friday. The infant is their thir-
teenth child, and all thljleen ar*
living, an-1 .U” ti V healthy < hil- ..J
'Iren. sgjIO
Birth of twin son* ia announced -1
by Mr. and Mis. Billy BiUkl, who
reside on Brenham Route 2. Tho |
little fellows an.l-thrtr mother are |
reported getting along well. Th*
twins have been named Peter and I
Paul. --------- . .—... •I.'jfa'i*xj
Mr. and Mr*. Louis Buerger of '
„ Brenham Route 5 are parent* of I
prices *t tixlay's ebbing level*, a* (LdaughlCL. DjQll!*': JSWI* who wa* —1
L-- -- •*-" --------‘-[born Thursday and weigh* eight I
pounds.
Mr. and Mr*. Alvin Steinbooh of 1
Brenham Route 3, have a naw J
daughter, Jo Anne, who receaUg I
arrived at thJir home. I
Mr. and Mn*. Willie Kaachel*
hav* a new son, Wdbert Fred, at I
their home on Brenham Route 5. J
Mr and Mr* Henry Wagner of
Brenham Route 5 announce the 4
f a daughU-i, Dorlena JaAr ' 1
at their home. .
Nature's blttzkreig a torrential
rain,—- descended upon Brenham
Mr*. E. H. Becker, state vice and Washington County shortly
president, will conduct the school, after six o’clock Saturday evening.
to France, Parisan nurses are kept at a high degree of ef-
irgencies. Above, French officers instruct the nurses in use
of gas masks. „ *
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k'Hs wur aa the rexiilt of the Invasion of Holland, Belgium
and Luxembourg. Their people, for tnonthM in dread of war,
CoHtriliuhoiis Lag
With ? the war in Europe ' I
growing more Kkxxly each hour, j I
th,, ir t ta I Ztm. I— I
to relieve the suffering ofwsr-
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Much agony and suffering
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