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Brenlia
Banner-Press
The Weather-'
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MEAN MORL THAN A
GOOD INVESTMENTS
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BRENHAM, TEXAS,
TUESDAY, OCT. 3, 1944.
VOLUME 79
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Serves In France
Result Of A U. S. Naval Bombardment
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Final Community
Night Of Summer
Draws Big Crowd
Flying Fortresses
Attack Factories In
Southern Germany
Lt. Arleigh Appel
Gets Silver Wings
At Ellington Field
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ROTARY GOING
BACK AS OLD
WORLD FREED
H.C. FRIZZELL
ELECTED HEAD
NEW COMPANY
FACE TERRIFIC
GERMAN FIRE
COMMISSIONERS
ARE UNANIMOUS
FOR PROPOSAL
District Governor
Makes Official
"Visit Here _
Big Huntsville Event
Due Four Sundays
In October
Greek Patriots Are
In Control Of
Five Islands
Russians Deploy For
Final Assault
On Capital
President Texas
Southeastern
Gas Co.
ex-
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Warsaw Battle Ends.
As Ammunition
- Exhausted
FINNEY CLAY UNDERGOES
ANOTHER OPERATION
LUTHERAN AID SOCIETY
TO MEET THURSDAY
address Thursday. Dewey
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MRS. CHAS. FALLEY HERE
IVON SOUTH AMERICA
big
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Lathams Position In Democratic
Elector Controversy Is Explained
Gasoline Coupon .
Thieves Will Be -
Tried In Austin
F. B. I. PLANS
SERIES OF 10
CONFERENCES
Dewey Will Speak
Tonight And Reply
To F.R. Thursday
Governor Thomae E. Dewey, in
a sudden shift qf schedule, decided
Monday to go on the air Tuesday
night talking about taxes, and at
| the same time he put out
scattered Japanese figfiting
to the last man in the south-
ern islands.
The heaviest toll was taken off
Celebes Island, 300 miles noith of
the Philippines. Heavy and medi-
um bombers also hit flic bqttcred
airdromes at Kendaira.
MAYOR LOCKETT
TO HEAD PRISON _______
RODEO JUDGES LIBERATION OF
RIGA DECLARED
BE VERY NEAR
Attends Conference
Dr. J. J. Marek has returned
from A and M College, where he
attended a three days conference
of the Texas Veterinary Medical
Association. \He reports a most
interesting and benelicud mssUng.
By Gordon K. Mp rarer ami
Ted Roui
United Press Staff Correspondents
AUSTIN, Oct. —Some person?
wondered why Secretary of State
Sidney Latham took neither side
in the contest before the State
Supreme Court between the May
and September sets << th* Demo-
cratic Presidential electors.
But a long study of the situa-
tion and statutes had - convinced
Latham that regardless of which
weeks ago, and Monday it was de- set of electors eventually were en-
clded that the second was neces- titled to the Democratic column
on the general election ballot, he
The Rodeo Edition of the Hunts*
ville Prison Echo gives in detail
plans for the rodeo to be staged at
the huge prison stadium on the
four Sundays in October, starting
Sunday, October 8. One item says:
A quartet of widely known ro-
deo judges headed by Reese Lock-
ett, prominent cattleman of Bren-
ham, Texas, will participate In
the 1944 Victory Rodeo.
Mr. Lockett, who has judged ev-
ery prison rodeo since its incep-
tion in 1931, will be assisted by
Doyle McAdams, Huntsville, Penn
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LONDON; Oct. 3.— (I’PJ —Lt.
Gen. Tadeusz Komorowaky, com-
mander in chief of the Polish home
army, announced today that his
forces ceased resistance In War-
saw last night after exhausting
all their supplies and ammunition:
The Polish command gave the
order to cease firing, ending the
.German-Polish battle for Warsaw,
which began early in. August when
jhe underground army came out of
hiding an\i challenged the Nazi
forces in the streets of the capi-
ta).
AMERICAN SHOCK TROOPS BATTLE NAZIS
FIERCELY IN HEART OF SIEGFRIED LINE
City To Call Election For Issuance Of Bonds To Build Airport slug ahead in
. PELOPONNESUS K|gSjUSS
EVACUATED BY
NAZI FORCES
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All its big guns firing the U. S. 8. Quincy fins on a German fort on the F/«e<h coast (top photo)
as a plane flying over the fort directs the fire. Rome time later, a.German solder marched from the
bastion, bottom photo, waving the flag of surrender high in the air. The plane then radioed to the war-
ship that it could cease firing. (NEA Telephotd).
Ten More Japanese
Vessels Destroyed
By U. S. Bombers
ALLIED HQRS., Southwest Pacific. Oct. 3. (UP) —Far
so mfich!
those
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. loiuva no in uio uuuuiiv
SSgt. Henry W. Schulze, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Otto P. Schulze
of Route 2, Brenham, enlisted in-
Troop "E” 124th Cavalry, former-
ly of Brenham, at the age of 18 in
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Finney Clay, fourteen year oki
son of Mrs. Schuerenberg Zachap-
pel. Is a patient .at the Kings
Daughters Hospital in Temple,
where for the second time he has
undergone a/i operation, for oste-
omyelitis or bone infection. The
first operation was.performed two
brother. Pvt. Verdaii Schulze, is
stationed at Camp Wolters, Min-
eral Wells, Texas. ’
ince still garrisoned by the Ger-
mans, the dispatch said.
British brpadcasts. said comman-
dos also had landed on two other
Greek islands unopposed ahd Ki-
dio Paris asserted "strong Allied
forces" had gone ashore"1 in north-
western Crete but none of these
landings was confirmed immedi-
ately.
Mis. Charles Fallejr' and chil-
dren, Nancy and Charles Stephen,
have arrived from Maracaibo, Ven-
ezuela. South America, to spend
several months here with her par-
ents. Bev. and Mrs. S. Moylan
Bird, and Nancy has entered the
first grade at Alamo school. They
will be joined here later by Mr
ifc'alky.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
A.E E., Oct. 3. (UP) — American
shock troops reached the Sieg-
fried Line In the area of Ubach,
ten miles north of Aachen, today,
and at midday were fighting a
grim hand to hand battle in the
heart of the line athwart the ap-
pioaches to the Rhineland.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodge**
forces held the initiative in the
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■ was launched and was slugging
ahead in the face of tferrifie Ger-
man -fire.
The dcei
EAST TEXAS—Mostly cloudy and
cooler, with occasional rain in
northwest and north portions.
Elsewhere partly cloudy.
MOSCOW. Oct. 3.—(U.PI—Red
army spearheads have driven into
the suburbs of Riga tn some of
the *bloodiest fighting of the Bal-
tics campaign, and the liberation
of the Latvian capital is near, the
official newspaper Pravda said to-
day.
The dispatch indicated that the
Russians were deploying north,
east, and south pf Riga for a final
assault on the capital, whose fall
probably would end effective Ger-
man resistance In the Baltic
states and release huge Soviet for-
ces for an invasion of east Prus-
sia.
Mayor Is Authorized
To Take Necessary
Steps* Ac
'The Ladies Aid Society of St.
Paul’s Lutheran church will meet j the same time he put out word
at 3:00 Thursday afternoon, with he’ll be ready with a quick reply
Mrs. Will Kolwes and Mrs. Ben to President Roosevelt’s next poli-
Bormann as hostesses. All mem- tical
bers are requested to be present I
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Rotary International is rapidly
being restored in, the liberated
countries of Europe after being
suppressed by the Germans for the
last four years. District Governor
J. Roy WeUs of Huntsville told the
Brenham Rotary club Monday
night on his official visit to the
club.
He said that during the war Ro-
tary has intensified its organiza-
tional activities in Latin-America
with very satisfying results, and
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Cairo reported the Nazi with*
drawal from the Peloponnesus as
Fight Hand-ToHand
On Approaches To
Rhineland
could recognize none but the May
electors.
To put it in Latham's own words
he was in the same position that
would be occupied by a justice of
the peace if someone attempted to
conduct a trespass to try title suit
in the justice court.
The justice of the peace would
decide he could not act in the
matter but that would not be a
determination of the rights of the
contenders.
Latham said in hi* position he
was bound to recognize only th*
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Th-- final Community Night of
the summer season drew a large
crowd tn Firemen’s Park Satur-
day evening, all parts of the coun-
ty being-represented in the
gathering of men. women,
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RAN ANTONIO, Oct. 3.—(8pl.)
Law enforcement officers of South-
west and Centr*! Texas will con- ___
vene in a series of 10 conferences |ion Gas Company) H.’ C, Frizzell
was elected
i president of the new company.
Mr. FnzzelJ ha» been in the em-
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LONDON, Oct. 3 - iUJ?>— More
than 1<X> American Flying Fbrt-
i cases and Liberators, escorted by
nearly a« many fighter planes, at* f
tacked military trans|>ort factories
and airdrome taciUtiss at Nurem*
berg, Gagenau, and Glbelstadt in-
southern Gerrftany today.
The objectives included a tankjs-
works at Nuremberg, a heavjL
tank factory, and a German air' *1
force station just west of Nurem* U
berg. J r J
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Subsequent to the incorporation
of the Texas Southeastern (Jps
Company (formerly Southern Un-
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Eastern Air Force bombers sank or damaged ten more Jap-
anese vessels in the Philippines area in new attacks Saturday
" ------------2Z----------^and Sunday, it was announc-
' ed today as Marines and army
troops mopped up about 1,000
Pill Boxes Reduced ’
One By Oge By
* t Assault Units
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SLEEPS WITH LIZARDS
WAR FUND CAMPAIGN
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ALB. KASEBERG PROMOTED ’
TO AID 4 RIPPLED CHILDREN
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during October and November, R *of Bellville. Texas,
C. Buran, special agent in charge
of the San Antonio fleld division
of the FBI announced here today.
Dates and places of the confer-
ences follow:
October 16, Harlingen; October
17, McAllen; October 18, Laredo
October 19, Del Rio; October 24,
Seguin; October 25, Comfort; Oc-
tober 26, Brady; October 31, Aus-
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SIm1"'-'-'
Law Enforcement
Officers Will .
Attend
Americans Capture
Important Towns
South Of Bologna
ROME, Oct. 3. (CJy- Ameri-
can troops driving northward
through the Appenincs today cap-
tured Monghidor and reached Cas-
son! Romagna, towns six miles
apart on an east-west line south of
Bologna, key city of the I’u Val-
ley
0 The Americans also captured
the town of Curscggia, 17 miles
from Bologna.
•st penetration of the *
inr^was made m (lie
Ubach area where the V. S. van-
■ Tjellcnkircfii'n railroad. . 1
1 American flame throwers and . .
F i bayonet swinging assault unit*
J I ^ere reducing the Siegfried pill
■ boxes one by one in bitter strug*
gienrt-cioee quarters-.--------------------
I HUfflt AKinT OF
POLAND CEASES
ITS RESISTANCE
Lieut. Arleigh Appel, son of Mr. •
land Mrs. Robert Appel, received
hi» sliver wings and lieutenant's .J
i commission us navigator in the J
United States Army Air Force*, at
impressive exercise* held at El-
lington Field Monday. His par-
ents were present and his mother-
pinned the wings on her son. , ■
Lieut. Appel is at -home for ■ I
I ihort leave’after which he will go J
'to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he ha* I
been assigned to duty. I
Special Note
To Monthly
Subscribers:
The first is here again,
and so it’s time to pay your
4ubscription to the Banner-
Press, if you live in the
city and pay by the month.
Please Pay at our office.
Do NOT pay carrier boy.
He is not allowed to accept
subscription money.
Be sure and pay before
the 10th of the month.
Banner-Press
From "Somewhere in the Pa-
cific’’ where he described hlm-
*S--» / tsJMslf -gi*/‘sl«ep.inE in a foxhole
among 'the »rtt^r9JTd*tWe'<ES WWl -
Pvt. Harry H. Dietzman has
written two letters to his sister,
Miss Ricky Dietzman, Route 4,
Brenham. The second letter,
‘ written July 10, said he was in
a hospital recovering from a fe-
ver. ’He said he had been hav-
" Ing “plenty of action," adding:
• "I had my canteen cut off my
belt by shrapnel from a bomb.
That's the nearest they got to
me. But it’s plenty close for
me. T guess it was my lucky
- day, because I never got a
jcratch. Wish I could get some
. uimtt’tffiriaay-tof
days. * rftj^Tron’t know anything issued
of what's going on at home.”
His mother, Mrs. Emilie Dletz-
' nWrSTl,- . .
• two grandsons in the service, •
Chartps E Mtwry, overseas,
’ ’ and’’ Wfflft•■■».“Mucry,
first class, N.T.S. University of
, . Houston. '
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Plan Recommended
By C of C Is
Adopted
Mayor Retfse B. Lockett wts
authorized by the citytcommizsion
at a regular meeting Monday aft-
ernoon to take necessary steps for
uu« wiwtlier boc
for the purpose of acquir-
ing and developing a' municipal
____, .... airport for the city of Brenham. „ . 1049- n<> “‘""F* “u‘“ «•.« * viU|n«uici»ui» u» t
aoute X araxham. hM,cdm»i«rt8p^^. ww to c'nhpanv" <; said e. k piU.loM- ” |
and wers jananimous in favoripg 8th lnfuntrv □t rwjno McCov had scizcd contro1 Qf mo,t
-----xwd- airport project as ___L.
WWtT—by ™ A«c»? -J* '■
Chamber of Commerce.
The mayor states that he is
strongly in favor of an airport for
Brenham as he considers that its
establishment and operation con-
stitute one of the.,most necessary
projects tor the future advance-
ment and progress of the City. The
near future will see more and
more planes in use and ’ those
towns that are without airports
will be le-ft^far behind in the on-
ward march of progress, he de-
clares. In fact, he anticipates lit-
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The .Temple Telegram jnlnts
” the following:
"I bragged about the money
and work I gave -to the war, un-
til I met a man who gave a
lef.”
That remark by a recent vis-
. itor to the war chest dffice is an
editorial in itself.
The truth is that all we can
give is very little when com-
pared with the sacrifices made
by the men on the battlefronts.
Our money — our time — is as
nothing when other men are
giving their lives!
And yet it means
Without our help, those men
abroad would be left alone, like
castaways ’on desert islands.
Without our work and the aids
that our fund# provide, their al-
ready hard task would be im-
possible.
They rely on us for support.
They know, wherever they are,
that they are not forgotten, that.
we will not let them down. Our
Texas boys in France, in Italy
and in the Pacific know, that a*
they are fighting with guns and
tanks and planes, so are we
fighting in our own humble
way.
The pity is not that we must
give so much, but that we are
able to give so little!
We can’t fight beside oqr boys
“over there.” We can’t face
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Officers from Austin came
Brenham Monday and took into
custody Patrick Miller and Carl
Dickenson, young white men re-
cently arrested and held In the
county jail by Acting Sheriff H.
C. Buck on charges of stealing a
large number of gasoline coupons
from Martin Tiemann’s garage.
The coupons were found in their
possession and they confessed to
the theft.
This case -will come up for tHal
in federal court in Austin.
ALME& LANI) f: .
Athens Passage Only
One Still Held
By Germans
LONDON, Oct. 3. H’.PI- Relia-
ble source^ in Cairo reported t<»-
day that the Germans had evacu-
ated al) of the Peloponnesus, the
big southern peninsula comprising
a quarter of Greece, leaving only
a rear guard astride the narrow
,„.p.Uh from
enlisted i.n the army at Fort Sam - ’
Houston, Texas, with Company F,
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