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BRENHAM, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 15,1944.
VOLUME 79
NO. 184
American Fighting Men Pour Onto Jap Island Base Of Palau
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Federation Of
Luther Leagues
To Meet Sunday
Constitution Day
Observance Urged
By Legion Group
Dealers Must Sell
Available Tires To
Certificate Holders
F, R. And Churchill
May Continue Their
Talks Elsewhere
Crooker Declares
* Dallas Convention
Actions Illegal
STRIKE ACROSS
HOLLAND NEffi
INTO GERMANY
Amphibious Force Of
Nazis Attacks
Gulf Island
GERMANS AND
FINNS FIGHT IN
POSITION SECURE
Defeat Declare^ Now
Staring Japan
.In Face
Ida no And Texas
Boys Split Honors
At French Rodeo
EAST TEXAS — Partly cloudy
thU afternoon, tonight and Satur-
day, cooler in north portion.
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18 LIVES LOST
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Storm Damages Are
Estimated At
$30,000,000
MACARTHUR IS
CLEARING ROAD j
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Troops Are Only 650-J
Miles East Of
Philippines
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SPECTATOR
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DEADLINE IS HERE!
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NEW FAC ES FOR OLD
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BALLYHOO ON THE JOB
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HAVE YOU ASKED SIDNEY?
Pvt. Roy L. Bothe, non of Mrs.
Alma Bothe of Brenham, is serv-
ing with the Glider forces of the
United State's army. He has been
overseas since last June and has
seen much active duty.
er at Stone.
Rev. Sadler’s Son
Missing In Action
In South France
British Troops Drive
Through Gothic Line
And Capture Coriano
Mish Sarah Corolyn Hollo
daughter of Mr. and X .•». Walter
Hoile, was elected wodiy advisor
of the Br- idi ini R.i1 .bow Assem-
bly when they held their election
Thursday afterhoc ..
She ‘a-II be in .ailed at a pub-
BOSTON, Sept. 15 — rtLEi—-The
tropical hurricane which battered
900 miles of the Atlantic coast,
littered a half dozen big cities and
eleven states with debris, took 18
lives and caused damages estimat-
ed at $30,000,000, was expiring to-
day somewhere off the coast of
Nova Scotia.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 15.—TU.Rl—
War between German and Finnish
troops, actual If undeclared, was
reported today to have broken out
in northern Finland and on an is-
land off the south coast.
A Finnish communique said a
German amphibxnis force attack-
ed the island of Suursaari in the
Gulf of Finland last night.
Lt. Gerald Sadler son of Rev.
and Mrs. G. Z. Sadler who lived
in Brenham some years ago while
Rev. Sadler wm paMor^of the Gid-
dings Memorial Methodist church
here, is missing in action in South
France since August 24. He had
been overseas with the 38th DM-
sign for 14 months. The Sadlers
now live at Brookshire.
WONT SCHOOL WILL
BE OPENED .MONDAY
The Stone school together with
a number of other rural schools,
will open for the fall term Mon-
day. Mlfs "Littic Schreiner is teach-
at flfnnp
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22 Air War Veterans Die As Two Trains Crash
NANCY IS CAPTURED BY U. S. FORCES
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HOCHTON, Jfc.pl. 15. The
September Texas democratic con-
vention in Dallas hud neither
“moral right nor legal power" to
remove the anti-Roos<*velt electors
from the November general elec-
tion ballot. John H. Crooker, anti-
fourth term leader and one of the
regular electors, declared today.
(ionww Pitched Glares
LEXINGTON, Mass. - CB -
Vernon (Lefty) Gomez of Lexing-
ton, former New York Yankee
pitching star, gays he tried wear-
ing glasses but gave them up. “I
threw them away one day in Phi-
ladelphia,’* he recalls. “After
pitching shutout ball for six in-
nings against the Athletics, 1j
wiped off my glasses snd recog-1ar<* Linehan that a girl
nlzed Jimmy Foxx at the
Never wore them since."
MoTuccas" duttL "our position,
here is now secure and the imme-
diate operation has achieved its
purpose."
He added that “defeat now
stares Japan in tke face" and the
campaign is entering its decisive
| phase.
QUEBEC S. pt. 15 o('.b Offi-i
ihil spokesmen <d th.- R.....evelt-
Churchill war talks announced to-1
day that.the conference here has
moved Into its closing stages but
indicated that the president and
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Half Million Reds
Aim At Riga After
Warsaw Captured
Other Units Qlose In
On Aachen From
Three Pdints
Pfc. Henry Kefling
Graduate Of Army
Air Gunnery School
KINGMAN, Arizona — Recent
graduate of the Kingman Army
Air Field flexible gunnery school,
situated a few miles outside of
Kingman, Arizona, was 26-year-
old Pfc. Henry Kelling, son of G.
H. Kelling of 716 Sycamore St.,
Brenham, Texas.
Pfc. Kelling entered the army at
Houston, Texas, on May 28, 1943.
He attended Crawford High school
As a student gunner at the
Kingman school Pfc. Kelling went
through a ground school course
in which he was taught the prin-
ciples of ballistics, sighting, turret
maintenance, range estimation and
aircraft machine guns. Following
a protracted course on the gunnery
range, where he shot the .22 rifle,
shot-gun and calibre .30 and .50
machine guns, he was given two
weeks of air firing before being
presented with his gunnery wings.
Pfc. C. W. Pfuhl
Wounded In France,
In English Hospital
Major E. A. Gajeske, chairman
of the Americanism committee of
the Buddy. Wright Post, Ameri-
can Legion, say<i he Wishes to call
attention to the fact that Sunday
will be Constitution Day and to
urge that ministers stress the re-
ligious aspects of the day and the
religious, freedom guaranteed
the Constitution.
Review of the Constitution
teachers in the schools
the end that children may be In-
structed in the Constitution apd
learn df the many privileges -they
enjoy thereby. ,
said.'
, “And between fire mission^
enemy artillery and occasional vis-
. Its from the Luftwaffe, we spon'
' sored the dangdest shindig in ro-
ABILENE,-Tex - (F.P) — M/Sgt
I Johnson has written home to his
mother describing the first rodeo
to be held in Normandy. *' *
Members of the 90th Artillery
j Division obtained the permission
the prime minister might continue a Iwcal French catUo owner’ h«
their conference elsewhere.
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Looking back at the Texas
democratic convention, we real-
ize that theqaro-Roosevelt group
were smart in the choice of
their platform leaders. Almost
an entirely new set of faces ap-
peared there, as compared to.the
May convention. They didn’t
want LsfPmany reminders of the
ill-considered bolt that' occurred
thch. Herman Jones was the
only bolting pro-Roosevelt lead-
er who took a prominent place
•on the platform. Gone was the
face of Senator A. J. Wirtz, who
acted as spokesman for the pro-
Roosevelt wing at the May gath-
ering, and in its place was the
new face of Bob Calvert. Gone
was the handsome profile of our
own Congressman London John-
son, jpered by the antis at the
May convention as Roosevelt’s
.“pin up boy,’’ and in its place
was the rotund countenance of
Congressman' Wright Patman of
Texarkana, who served as liai-»
son man for official Washing-
ton. Even former Governor
James V. Allred, although he
did not take part in the bolt of
the May convention, kept his
still boyish face off the rostrum
until after the New Dealers had
definitely established their con-
trol. He didn't want to serve
as a reminder that the bolt oc-
curred after he failed to win as
the pro-Roosevelt candidate for
temporary chairmtn at the May
assemblage. And corpulent May-
or Tom Miller of Austin, whom
we can even now see in mem-
ory beckoning the delegates out
of the senate chamber at Aus-
tin into the house of representa-
tives for the rump convention,
kept himself well in the back-
ground until the fight was all
over. It wa> all good strategy.
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Every state convention has
its campaign ballyhoo from both
' sides of any contest, and this
one was no * exception. Dele-
gates were showered with lit-
erature from both sides as they
entered the auditorium at Fair
Park, above the entrance tq
which was the dedication: "To
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Last Call!
ROME, Sept. IB.—Oi- Britfcih
Eighth army troops driving
I through the Gothic line poured in-
to the southern approaches of the
Pc valley, captured the town of
Coriano and an adjoining 7,000
yard long ridge today, and drove
to within a mile of the Rimini air
field on the Adriatic coast.
8 p rp. at tl Masonic Hall, to
which the pu> ac la lnvite<|,
Other otfic rs elected are'as fol-
lows: Betty Sloan, associate ad-
visor; ('a olyn Miller, charity;
' Wayne G imore, hope; Corre Wil- »
i Ila ms, f ith.
by
teachers in the schools is also
urged by the Legion committee to
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At least 29 persons were killed Thursday in the collision of two Chicago and Eastern passenger
traiqs in a heavy fog near Terre Haute, Indiana. Among the dead ware 22 air force veterans who had
completed up to fifty missions in overseas combat, and among the 65 others who were injured wr re !
several more air fdree veterans. The soldiers, who had just completed 30-day furloughs were en route to
a redistribution center in Florida. They occupied the first three Pullman cars of the. Dixie Flyer, Iwnind
from Chicago to Florida, and the only eonches to" hurle from the tracks were those carrying the sot
dlers. In top photo, the engine of the Dixie Flyer is shown at left as it collided jvith” the northbound
mail train. ‘Bottom view pictures the wrecked ears. (N1CA Telephotoj,
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Amendment 86 to Ration Order
1A will become effective on Sep-
tember 16th.
The above amendment requires
dealers customarily soiling to con-
sumers to sell available tires to
any certificate holder presenting
certificate and purchase price of
tires. Such dealers are also re-
quired to post daily inventories of
8.25 or larger new truck tires at
each establishment.
For failure to post Inventory or
refusal to sell, dealer may be pro-
hibited from acquiring for resale
and from transferring them to
consumers.
ALL CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS NOT PAID IN ADVANCE
BY MONDAY NOON WILL BE DISCONTINUED-ACT NOW
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Yanks Push On Into Germany
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Today’s war map shows that the U. S. First Army pushes into
Germany at Aachen after the initial penetration at Trier. Patton’s
3rd la set for a big push at Metz. (NEA Telemap).
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(•rubs With Gun
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— CB
woman reported to Police Lt. Ri< h- j , hjgtory.’* ~
held i Johnson , reported the honors
plate. | her up at gunpoint and robbed her , sventy split between •’cowboys"
V of one cigarette. |from Idaho and Texas.
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Don’t Let Your Banner-Press Stop!
An event of unusual Importance
in Boy Scout activities in Wash-
ington County will he the award-
ing x<>f the Eagle Badge to four
ftrcnliain Scouts at the September
19th court of horror. These Scouts
Raphael Silherman. Charles
Mast. Bubba Zeiss, and Robert
Hasskarl will be the first to re-
< < ivc tile coveted honor In a cer*-
wh’Mr ifMOf than tme Scout
!>.- rtr. iputcs: Sev>a*11 Wi^hington*
County hoys have been made Ea-
; gle Scouts, but this is the first
| time' that so many have been so
| honored at the same time.
Robert liasskarl is a member of
| Troop 85, sponsored by the Lions
Club and directed by Dr. Robert
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Rainbow Girls Elect
Surah Carolyn Holte
As Worthy Advisor
LONDON, Sept. 15. — The German high command
said more than 40 Russian divisions, perhaps half a million
men—had opened a mighty Baltic offensive aimed at the
Latvian capital of Riga from a broad art to the south and
WCkt ' c*renMM,y n* -t Wednesday at
A Nazi report of the new Sov-
iet offensive capic as tiie Red. ar-
my blasted wrecked and burning ;
Warsaw from the suburb of Praga
and stormed .across the Vistula
River into the Polish capital.
„ EAGLE BADGES
TOE AWARDED ;
TO FOUR SCOUTS
Court Of Honor Is -
Scheduled For
September 19
PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 15.-A.
(U.P) A big American invasion Ar-
mada poured fighting men ashore
on the Japanese Island base of —
Jriu. Tien. Douglas M
MacArthurX troops stormed into M
the Hkmahera Islands from the Eg
south in a twin offensive to clear
the foad back to Bataan arid Cor- ■
regidor. ■
MacArthur issued a statement “
from the Morotai Island beach-
head a few hours after the land-
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/ Heights* Overlooking
- Gity Held By ‘ *
- Americans
Supreme |iqrs., A.E.F., Sept. 15r
U'.l’i Afherlcan troops today
captured Nancy, biggest transport
and ndlitkry hub in northeastern"
■ F'rance". and 115 miles to the north
,closed ^ainsd^ 'hell-scarred Aach«
•n from three directions while
stabb^ig five miles deeper into
. GcrnViny to Stolla rg,
. . 41 *Jff&W^s^Kursf
acniM thq Albert Canal and
Mt fiaae River barriers and advanc-
ed deep Into the narrow neck of
Holland jutting down between Bel-
gium and Germany. Americans
• .ruptured Maentrlcht and struck on
across the southern tip qf Holland
into Germany. ’ •»
A field dispatch- said American
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Luther Leaguers of the Bren-
ham Federation will have their
semi-annual*'meeting at Prairie
Hill church at 2:30 Sunday, when
the following program will be pre-
sented:
Hymn—“Oh wxl of Love
Truth’’— Assembly.
Scripture and Prayer—Revf Gog-
olin, Prairie Hill.
Welcome—Alfred Reue.
Topic—Youth Service—Through
Service—Rev. F. Mgebroff, Dis-
cussion Leader Zionsville.
Part I of topic—In the Com-
munity—Mildred Kruse, Brenham.
10 minutes discussion of pert I
Hymn—“Give Me Oh Lord, A
Spirit Lowly**—Assembly.
Part II—In the Church—Lorlcta
Spreen, Salem.
Discussion of part II.
Hymn—“I Know Whom I Be-1
lleve In’’—Assembly.
, Part i’ll of topic—For Service
Men—Verna Mae Lehrman n.
Zionsville.
Discussion of part III.
Report on YoutB Convention at
Seguin—Verna Mae Lehrmann.
Business.
American Lutheran Church Edu-
cational A* p p e a 1 — Rev. T. R
Streng, Brenham.
Offertory Hymn—With the Lord
Thy Task Begins -Assembly.
Offertory Prayer— Rev. Gogolin. [
Recreation—Rev. Mohr, Salem
Picnic lunch.
j. The deadline is here for pay-
ment of monthly city subscrip-
tions to the Banner-Press under
! our new plan whereby subscri-
i bers pay at the office Instead of
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. successful, this plan squires
that all subscriptions i^)>aid a
month in advance. Therefore,
all subscriptions not paid up un-
til Oct. 1, 1944, bynooh Mon-
day will be discontinued Mon-
day afternoon Of course, we
do not want to stop anybody's
paper. We want as many sub-
scribers as we can get. But our
ijtf old system of collection by car-
rier boys has broken down and*
\ .we are forced' to adopt the new
system. Most of our subscribers
..-*<SmLLyaYA»—-■ •.
too many good folks are going
to miss their paper Monday aft-
ernoon, to suit us.
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If you miss your paper Mon-
iay afternoon, better get in
touch with us Tuesday morn-
ing. If we have made an error
— and Xe fear quite a few errors
will be made this first month in
. ^putting the netv system" into ef-
• > feet—we apologize in advance
and express our regret. We will
cheerfully correct any errors.
But, °t course, if we don’t hear
from, our subscribers, we shall
, not know any errors have been
made. If you haven't paid your
subscription up to Oct. 1, please
come by before Monday ’ noon
. \ and get things straightened out.
We believe the new plan will
work out smoothly after this
first month, and we earnestly
solicit the cooperation of every-
one.
Word has been received from
Pfc. Charlie W. Pfuhl by his
friends that he is in a hospital
somewhere' in England, after be-
ing wounded in a battlefront
somewhere in France. Just how
serious his wounds were it was
not stated. He said he was anxi-
ous to get well to be back to the
front to help finish the job with
the Axis.
Pfc. Pfuhl, has served overseas
for almost a year.
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Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 184, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1944, newspaper, September 15, 1944; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1347885/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.