Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 89, Ed. 1 Monday, December 11, 1944 Page: 2 of 6
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Newland Transfer & Storage Co.
and the ground.
Melikai
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accomplishments continue to be
For the time, we, the people of can escap
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A Private Affair
By LANK LEONARD
DAILY REGISTER
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WELL, JOHNNY
I IS SURE HE ,
those courageous chaplains on the
torpedoed transport Dorchester.
No more inspiring word picture
TO PERMANENT
RESIDENTS OF
COOKE COUNTY
Houston, Texas, and the nation,
can salute our oil industry best
WORK WITH PHILIP /
IN THE SHERIFFS £
OFFICE, WsTEAD OF
GOING BACK ON THE
Texas
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FIGURES I CAN
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man’s back. But he had not ex-
pected him to be the infamous
Captain Bl ike. Melikai’s dark face
grew stern. His teeth gleamed in
this war-torn world.
There are people who feel that
with so much sorrow and trage-
grace to Germany as quickly as
possible. How then does the Hun-
garian battle fit into the picture?
We. must remember that Hun-
ines
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Local and Long Distance Moving
Packing, Crating and Shipping
BE A BIG
HELP.
Relief At Last
ForYourCough
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FLOOR MUST
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secrecy, but it is necessary, our
leaders say.
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GRUMPOPSKI
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TO HiS
FEET
AT THE
COUNT
OF NINE .
AKE VOU SLKE
OF THAT? —
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
Associated Press War Analyst
One of the hot sports to watch
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SLRE!
COLD AIK
SINKS....
WOT AIK
GOES UP!
done.” certainly the rest of us can
echo it.—Houston Press.
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CALL OFF THE DOGS/THEYRE
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RUSHES
FROM THE
NEUTRAL
CORNER
AS THE
REFEREE
WIPES
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and provide ice strong enough to
support military crossings.
FIRE, TORNADO
And All Kinds of
INSURANCE
The name of George Grice
on Your Insurance Policy
is like Sterling on Silver.
GEO. M. GRICE
Creomulsion relieves promptly be.
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in.
flamed bronchial mucous mem.
branes. Tell your druggist to sell yoa
• HUMBLE IN THE WAR
WHILE newsmen of the “Texas
in the War” party were-tour-
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Women now constitute 60 per
cent of the staffs of the banks of
Canada, in contrast to 21.7 per
cent before the war.—Sault Ste.
Marie Star.
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is that great Russian drive h - gar -- t —I; _
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shortly into one ' wzhich ene wnuld exnect the Ger- will not SiumDer- ]
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GOES ON! OUR SOKROWS,
WE MUSTFY TO FORGET!
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IM'AFRAID PHuP ’
WILL NEVER AGREE
Town Topics
By A. MORTON SMITH
IHERE SEEM TO BE two defi-
A nite schools of thought on
how Christmas should be cele-
brated in America at a time when
our casualties are mounting in
engagements of |
the war and al-1
ter the complex-1
Three months, in
advance , "5
One year. In
advance----—U.K
who in
_____ about the princess?” Ja- 3 •
. Lord and pass the life belts, son asked. ‘ 2
frowned and pushed 3 •
other advertisements or omisston on scheduled date,
the publishers do not hold themselves llable for dam- h
ages further than the amount received by them for
such advertisements._______________V r_________■
There’s going to be a heap of
rebhilding after the war and some
of • it will be in the mind.—Lon-
don Free Press.
LOOK, FOLKS!
BLACKEYED PEAS
alhl LITTLL STORE
mon TN£ SRUARL ‘
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ASHOOT ME
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care of you first of all, so there
will be no more trouble.”
The door to the throne room
Size No. 300 can (no points)
3 cans only. .25c
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gaeaessnere seS
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own belts to those without, and
stood arm in arm in prayer as
their sinking ship took its final
plunge.
The army has just conferred its
Distinguished Service Cross post-
humously on the chaplains. But
they must long since have re-
ceived their real reward. For the
Master who said. "The good shep-
herd giveth his life for the
sheep,” also promised, "He that
loseth his life for my sake shall
find! it.”—Christian Sciience Mon-
itor.
THANK GOODNESSM^
THERE'S A FIFTEEN- L.
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With grirn, white-faced
The War Today EeadyourBihle.
Lake Balaton is something to hills, from whence cometh my
conjure with. It long has pro- help. I
vided Europe's military’ leaders My help cometh from the Lord,
with material for strategic specu- which made heaven and earth.
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CHAPTER 23
was the huge brown
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. ouns Washington correspondent twisted himself abot and lurched
/ DON'T you
( KNOW HEAT ,
RISES
ion of the con-
flict in eastern
Europe.
Natur ally in
appraising the
value of this of-
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Electrical Contracting
and Repairing
1008 N. Dixon St. Phone 938J
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at his prioner. He had no doubts
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which one would expect the Ger- will not slumber
mans to defend to the utmost of Behold, he that keepeth Israel
their strength and we therefore shall neither slumber nor sleep. :
are ikeny to see a great battle de- The Lord is thy keeper, the
velopthere. Lord is thy shade upon thy righr
A break-through into Austria harde sun shall not smite thee by
would be a catastrophe for Hitler, day, nor the moon by night,
especially since a considerable The Lord shall preserve thee
portion of the Austrian population from all evil: he shall preserve
is said to be ready to revolt thy soul.
against him. The Lord shall preserve thy
Continued success in Hungary going out and thy coming in from
might provide the Russians with this time forth, and even for ev-
the opportunity to launch an of- ermore. I
fensive against the Vistula line ! : / J
and so hasten its withdrawal. Save vegetable juices for soups,j
That possibility is strengthened . sauces and gravies.
by the fact that this is the time ------ -
of year when the Vistula and oth-
er rivers of eastern Europe freeze
FDCiT.NCASNOY
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WEEL HELP MAMBELLE,
bemmgng AN PEPE, ME
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in ceck nd allowed himself to
along the hall.
(gainesville Qailu Register
.aa A-cunt UM, by JOHN T. LENA RD. PublishedI Each Afternoon. Eucept Bunday
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burst open and two men ran out dy all about us that Christmas
They were high chiefs, but had is not a time for the gaity that
laid aside their feather cloaks and marks the observance in peace
helmets and had seized rifles.
Their naked torsos gleamed with _ others who feel
sweat and their faces were grim And there a e s no feel
and serious. On seeing Melikai, that Christmas is about the only
they hurried forward anxiously, respite from the routine of war
"Ammunition?” they cried in work, the somber grind under the
chorus. One added hurzedly, “We many difficulties that beset busi,
must have more ammunition, nessand industry asa.resultof
The revolutionists have the great conflict, and therefore.
They would it should be the one bright spot
blow’ open the palace doors. We in the year to lift spirits and re-
must pick them off before they lax taut nerves.
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able to see an end either way to „
the huge rows of refinery instal- jerked Jaon by the collar and
Charlie Miller, bright dragged him through a Passage
W JOHNNY KNOWS
A FHOW TO HANDLE HIM.
5 LMRS. FINN ! HELL MAKE
J HIM FEEL VERY
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BY MAIL, OUTSIDE OF Cooke. Graysoh, Denton,
Montague, Wise counties, Texaa, and Love county.
Oklahoma:
One month, in ad- Six months, in ad-
vance --------------- vance-----------
One year, In advance----------------------------
{ BY MAIL. In Zones C. 7. and 8:
celebration of the "billionth gal- 1,
r „ | hall
1oni a .. . . , . The. sound of firing grew louder. 2
Their high officials know' bet- From somewhere inside the pal- X
ter than we the vast contributions ace, pistols popped and men
of the oil industry to the war yelld. Smoke eddied up the stairs o
And when they say “well andstung the nostrils. Jason hesi- 2
eted end instantly Melikai s pis- %
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win mastery of the air, the sea ‘ What is it ?” he mu
has come out of this war than over and men we nave me wnue ,
that of the four brave “men of men in t ne fort for treasdn. But 3 •
God”—Protestant, Catholic and that will
Jew—who, having given out all of the execution? We will take 660000000400040000000460
the life jackets and encouraged
the soldiers to go overboard with-
out fear! finally surrendered their
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ing Humble Oil & Refining’s Bay- he growled.
town plant recently, their bus er! _ , , , .
haltla mAm... , ■ 2 "Tpke him to the king, cried
’ - at an inter- Kilai. “A ways he cause trouble.
section. Looking first to his right. Now - - -
then to his left, and being un- him.
Dark tyays .
" '^MAM'SELLE, FORSEEVE
ME FOR EENTRUDING-
nouncement that its refinery at swig. “There is ome trickery
Bavtown processing 1.000.060.000 herd” he mumbled!
billion) gallons of 100 octane From outside the:palace, in the
,. . . ... . .. near distnce, came
gasoline, being tie first refinery rifle fire -
in the nation to reach that mark, in progress. Captain Callahan and ..
relatively new his men were determined — en-
discovery in the refining field, coHrgedby teir arink Blake. you remember, _______ ,
has given our fliers an extra zip and studicd Jason indifferentiy. suited the king — he should be BKK - MV FEETARE
and height over their axis ene- "Take him to the premier,” he ' mehi
mies through its greater power ordered thickly.
and efficiency. It kept the Rus- The king (topped on the couch,
sians aloft when the luftwaffe caught, himself with an effort
, , / . ■ blinked, took another drink and
was grounded by extreme cold, quietly ly
In short, it has been an important sleep.
part of the difference between Melikai
impending victory and the dis- the room
astrous defeat we faced in 1941. of Fumu‛}
The army and the navy very Hawaiian
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OPEKA HOUSE THEY ARE KIND TO
GEEMING"THEBAREEK ME, PEPE-
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of the nation’s largest industrial chance to
* Centers, admiringly said: . encapedsptisoner
"Whooie, what a heck of a fac- no mercy.
tory.” deter minaion, he hld his temper
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powder magazine in the rear of ancc of Christmas, there is a hap-
the palace. “ Where is the pre- medium as in most other WAsEp A ANN cpe r
mier?" he asked. ... .. . MASTEK A, AND MISSES B c.1.2
“In there!” the chief pointed .to things, it seems to us. AND C—Shown in the incubator gary is one of the miost impor,
the throne room. Christmas has been a time of in a New York hospital are trip- tant strategic centers in all
th I arg 3 , ough that ri?ibirthday has been Dinko of Astoria, N. P nkmea basin through the centuries has Soldier Cops
w,ih smoke "Mnlastoaasatthihe celebrated Circumstances in each “ *^7^ ^*7?^ senksone4of thetkmaingoutesror Oakland Ooeil
shattered windows and fired at family seem to dictate how Wee Hesignated,atpthe.hospital pnyasiont Aust C G«- •dmidIM •Pen
the milling crowd outside. Bullets Christmas may be celebrated. In —I—' Jv ,__•____IWirephoto) manv OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 11 (P)
T^v ce +0 a Hoor ana here came whining into the room and some homes this Christmas, few . The poifing soldier from Camp
Ln Smeto and knocked A bounced wildly about the walls, though they may be, there will which the world greets this Budapest is more than half sur- Th^golfing so dier trom P
kal .stepped anr knocked. A Wounded men sat with their be family reunions and happiness Christmas day. ’ rounded by Red forces which are moertsitnent jackpot'on his
. backs against the walls, hurriedly because all of the members of the ' close to the outskirts. The nazi n j try an ^pocketed $1600
he door and reloading for the marksmen in family are well andljoyous at be- WE THINK THAT our fighting sontrol edsozernmenthasfledt in war bonds and the title of 1944
the windows. A man cried out ing with their relatives, men abroad would pot want the pitss hayn theanorthth54 the Oakland Open champion today.
In other homes there is sorrow people back home to forego the neightorn ehesnoin bor- Outstripping an imposing field
because so many of our young customary Christmas, observance der and agre heading along the of links stars, showing the big-_______________
men and women are far away After all, Christmas is one of the Valey or .th Dnultowars Vi- gest names in golf how it is done, for Cough? Chest Co Hs.
engaged in the grim strugg e dearest traditions to the hearts of enna. southwestBudapest the big blonde non-com tacked up
2SS. ^obS^eif® gounepp’anaounsmnnalroaa’r Mm Te!1 your „nt you saw!
mas n such homes wil be re- fightingitomaintainlthosectradi ‘ onaleming mi'S theymajorprize.ested advertisement in The Register.
can V American ae tP wide-which forms a; natural de-
m , 1 c..0 fense for Austria, barring large
Therefore, we feel that they gaps at either end ' 6 -
Christmas not be observed in un- would want it so, if Gainesville
controlled hilarity this year, ber observes Christmas as of yore,
caused Christmas was ’ never with every individual trying to
meant to be such an occasion make another happy.
TH kin reclined/drunkenly on nnd Ptmheisormprhahdsrike was"
great yellow dragged aside and another took
Kamehameha bis place. The high chiefs were
IDodY. .Ke “ proving that the blood of the old
c. j warriors of Hawaii had not en-
apparent effort, and tirely cooled in their Veins.
Melikai tin ough blood- Kumu stood bv a window
sorts of things that have helped ty‛LEttleinhte"aia nearnin. stripped to the waist like the rest
• . I ‛E_DPe.Y‛e ♦ j of the chiefs. He had two huge
tered thieKi,; horse-pistols, large pearl-handled
sowed. “Your Majesty.” weapons he had traded from some
"This is an affair visiting sea captain. Peering
of s ate. Here is Captain Blake, through the shattered window, he
. . . I , , .. the man who broke the tabu. He would locate a target, then raise - -»
wrapped in a shroud of security has escaped from t e fort.” ne of the guns, aim carefully and as some people have made it. .
..... The kirg struggled to sit up. pull the trigger. The pistol would .. Perhaps under wartime condi- nSchooBoardsavespDay.
"The fort?” he cried. "Nobody leap in his hands and a great tions, Christmas will be observed „ DALTP, .Mags (P Mrs.
a-hemne from the fort.” cloud of smoke would gush back more nearly as it should be at Frank Pel ler of Dalton, hold r
j into the room all times—as a time for prayer, of the Dalton school bus contract
He is here, Melikai insisted. IHetrreomnd Menik a; and reflection on the life of Christ, for several years, couldn’t find a
The king inspected Jason curi- Jason bv theandosr Imoeriously Whose birthday we observe, and driver recently land immediately
pus y Then.he. shook his head, he beckoned them nearer Melikai’ if there be happiness in the home, appealed to the school board. Ar-
reached for the bottle, took a long tDemoresntar nearn shoved it can be expressed with restraint thur G. Rudin, school board secre-
Jason foX ’ proper to the circumstances under tary, promptly took over the job.
MICKEY FINN _
FOR A WHILE , MA':
DETT YOU SEE UNCLE
YOU MEAN THAT L PL KNOWS
INSPECTOR B1FFALICK,80THI0G ABOUT
THINKS YOU SHOULD-.-THE DUTIES OF
can load and lav the gun.”
Melikai directed them to the IN CONSIDERING the observ-
BT HOLD on—
p THE BELLWILL
E RING IN THREE
Eez SECONDS/ :
sorcm TO THE PUBLIC
—t reflection upon the character,
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116% S. Dixon Phone 73
Jason ahead. "Never worry,” he 2 a
growled. "We find hep. This rev- 2 D A 41 HDAC %
nothing. Soon it will be 2 A MU—A •4LV3• 2 ►
then we have the white J; Motor Co *;
not bother you. Oh no, | 106 N. Chesnut Phone 7 :;
not ever hear the shots A 41
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to the united ef- CewTT’OEZiE
fort to administer the coup de
ie chance to get rid of Quick,
brought a cannon.
The captain of the guards
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By WALT DISNEY
It is not wrong to have happy
diversions. You will accomplish
more if you mix play with labor, AOW it,
but one at a time: The, people sat - ’ man’s man turn to gasp. He
down to eat and drink and rose had
up to play —Exodus 32:6. had
r obe of
rhaReztater fritng company. AndPublishersGainesziie. Sooke count. Twas Editorial and Buni-
at the GfoinssTine, Tsxas. Fsst or rice
E‛ econ-class Matter
the war's end How oil products a , , coch, the
equal, pound for pound, air other feather
war material, plus the weight of draped
the men using the supplies. How. dressing gown. He lifted his head
oil techricians have bent their with an "
1 I . 11 gland at
brains to invent or improve all Shot
for the Knight, publications to hip feet ______ ___________
whose newspapers are in some the gun probing info his ribs. No
He wot Id know what aaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa
properly will join Humble in its to do witli the hadle captain. 2""’’""’"’’*""""""’
Jason moved dully down the 4 e- m A — %
J toward the front stairway. 2 CASH PAID K BLONDIE
"What is this?” demanded Ku- mu
... a rattle of mu “Why are you not fighting for
The revolution was still the king?
- - . "But sir, Melikai protested. _
Charlie put into one abstract
sentence the reaction of any "ex- 95 Sbo e
pert observer to the magnitude Melik
of Humbles war effort. It. along mufled’ voice bad,? him enter,
with.our other oil companies, has Pushing Jason ahead of him, Me-
played a part in the war effort likai threw open he door and
that will not be told fully until went in.
NII % .gin
Distributed by King Feature* Szndicats
By CHIC YOUNG
by applauding Humble’s an-
Monday, Dec. 11, 1944. Page 2
tion or stans
win be zladl-.
naher«‘ attention___■
" ’ DAILY MEGISTKR ;
N ry matt, in Cooke. Grayson, Denton. Mortague.
oantes, Texas, and Love county,, Oklahoma:
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