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THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS
IN FIFTY -SECOND YEAR
ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 7, 1943
MEMBER UNITED PRESS
No. 287
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Japanese Defeat in
NorthernSolomonsArea
Sealed Says Dispatch
Three Democratic
Leaders in Texas
Endorse F. D. R.
Wm.E. Payne, Son Ennis
Couple, Reported Lost
While in Naval Action
Mail Christmas
Gifts Early,
Says Barney
Arms Output
Of U. S. Exceeds
That of Axis
$7,500 Ennis
War Fund Quota
$22,000 Ellis
War Fund Quota
Italy Legion Gets
Reply To Greeting
Sent To Gen. Clark
ern Europe.
In Russia, massive Soviet
By Arthur F. DeGreove
(UP Staff Correspondent)
find
War
and
their
German
see-saw
1 %
State Receives
$4,778,205 From
Auto Sales Tax
Pan American
Highway Close To
Guatemala Border
French Patriots
Kill 100 Nazis By
Blowing Up Barracks
tanks;
4,638,000
at opening ceremonies of the new
read, which is called the Christo-
pher Columbus Highway.
40,600 artillery
small arms.
Since that
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25. Mr. Barney suggest that watch-
es and jewelry be registered, mon-
ey sent by money order and parcels
be carefully packed, wrapped, se-
curely tied and plainly addressed
on one side only and always place
return address in upper left hand
corner. Any parcel properly prepar-
ed for mailing may be insured.
Parcels’ sent “Special Delivfy"
will avoid congestion in terminals
and will greatly expedite their de-
livery. He urges you to mail all
i gifts and greeting cards now.
pons and by the manpower situa-
tion, officials said.
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London, Dec. 7 (UP).—A Berlin radio commentator
said today that the Tri Power Tehran declaration signi-
fies “the final, actual readiness of Churchill and Roose-
velt to use their divisions against Europe in order to
bring about a decision in land fighting—a decision for
which we are waiting.”
Fight Infiltration, Too
War Bonds!
manager.
The telegram from the Navy De-
partment read as follows:
Bond buying will please Hit-
ler.
Enlisted in Navy
in December, 1943
At Dallas Office
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celebrate a complete victory over
our enemies. That is the best wish
I know of for us all.
Respectfully,
Mark W. Clark,
Lt. Gen., U.S.A. Commanding.
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Carrier Fleet
Blasting Japs On
Marshall Islands
WAC Recruiting
Team Seeking
Ennis Volunteers
(By United Press)
German soldiers on the Russian front got the news
of the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin declaration at Teh-
ran from loud-speakers set up in the Soviet lines, the
London radio said today in a broadcast heard by the
United Press in New York.
A. Grumbles, general chairman
of the Scrap- Metal campaign for
the War Effort, will be the speak-
er at the regular weekly luncheon
meeting of the Lions Club to be
held Wednesday noon in the ban-
quet room of the Texas Power and
Light Company.
A quartet composed of Mrs. Bill
Jett, Joe Scott, T. A- Vines and
W. D. Colvin will sing on the pro-
gram and Mrs. John Lee Sparks,
Lion pianist will play their accom-
paniment.
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The Hindenburg was the first
airship to make regular trips be-
tween the United States and Eu-
rope.
you are interested drop into our
booth and our representative will
give you all details.
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The minuet, a dance once fa-
mous in the courts of Europe, was
made popular in America by Geor-
ge and Martha Washington.
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FATS
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tion to actually join the WAC. If by- the changing needs of war wea-
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America’s No. 1 Sweetheart, Mary Pickford, has an extra slice of bacon
with her eggs these’mornings. The Government is now compensating
patriotic women like Mary, with two brown ration points for every I
pound of salvaged fat. Miss Pickford has been saving inedible fats ’
for the Government since she first learned that used household fat
was desperately needed to produce vital products and by-products used ;
inthe manufacture of munitions and life-saving military medicinals.
of more civilian goods in 1944, but • Home where the elder Payne is
Second Anniversary of
Pearl Harbor Attack
Finds U.S.on Offensive
White Russia to the lower Dnieper
Bend, with the Red army holding
the initiative everywhere but on
the great salient west of Kiev.
Nazi Field Marshal Fritz Erich
von Mannstein hurled waves of
From World Battlefronts
armies continued
THE WEATHER
East Texas—Mostly cloudy, occa-
•sional rain today, tonight and
Wednesday. Slightly warmer north
west portion today, warmer north
portion tonight and Wednesday.
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464, U.S. Army, Nov. 13, 1943.
Gentlemen:
As army commander, like every
one else, appreciates Christmas
greetings, and I was very pleased
to receive your Christmas card
which reached me at my command
today. I return your good wishes,
Any excuse you can
for not upping your
Anustin, Dec. 7—Texas has re-
ceived $4,778,205 from the 1 per-
cent sales tax on new and used,
automobiles since the levy took ef-
fect in 1941, State Comptroller Geo
Sheppard said today.
Highest amount received during
a quarter was for the three months
ending Sept. 30, 1941, when collec-
tions were $842,527. Lowest quarter
ended June 30, 1942, was $297,185
Since then quarterly collections
have gained, that for the latest,
ended Sept. 30, 1943, was $470,604
Sheppeard said.
London, Dec. 7 (UP).—President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill were reported conferring with President
Ismet Inonu of Turkey in Cairo today in what may be a
prelude to an .Allied offensive in the Balkans, possibly in
part through the Turkish “back door.”
The authoritative British Press Association, in what
amounted to tacit confirmation of Axis reports of the con-
ference, said At was expected the deliberations would “have
almost as important an effect on the course of the war as
the first Cairo and the Tehran conferences.”
brother of the president and min-
ister of communications, presided i and hope that by the time anoth-
er Christmas rolls around we can
The portals of the -Army Air
Forces were opened today to the
women of Ennis with the arrival
here of a special recruiting team
headed by Lt. Elizabeth Neill.
The team is seeking skilled wo-
men for enlistment in the Women’s
Auxiliary Corps, with the assurance
given each woman who enlists
that she will be assigned to a job
with the Army Air Forces.
Asserting that the/Air Forces can
use almost unlimited numbers of
trained women, Lt- Neill said that
communications, weather, photog-
raphy, mechanics, instruction and
other duties can be handled by
women to keep the Air Force men
in flying occupations.
“This oportunity for women to
don the insignia of Che Army Air
Forces will be open for only a
limited time,” the Air Forces of-
ficer said in urging those interest-
ed to contact members of the
team at once.
The Air Forces recruiting team
has set up headquarters in a re-
cruiting booth on Main Street,
It is also announced that any
women in this county who are in-
teresed in joinig he Air WAC will
be allowed to visit with the Air-
WAC Detachment stationed at
Blackland Army Air Field at Wa-
co, Texas over Saturday night and
Sunday, Dec. 11 and 12, to be pre-
sent for the ceremonies in observ-
ance of National Air-WAC day
which is Sunday Dec. 12. This pri-
vilege is being extended to all wo-
men in this county with no obliga-
Tejuapan, Mexico, Dec. 7 (UP).
—The Alaska-Argentine Pan Am-
erican Highway was within 150
miles of the Gautemala boarder to-
day following the formal opening-
yesterday of the newest link—a
150-mile stretch of all-weather
read from Puebla to Oaxaca.
Gen. Maximino Avila Camaco,
Yoeman Second Class Wiliam
Eugene Payne, 21, son of Mr. and
Mrs- C. M. Payne of Ennis, is re-
ported missing in action. Notice to
this effect was received by his fa-
ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Payne, at the Odd Fellows
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 7 (UP)— makes it very likely that deliveries
President Roosevelt had the per- cannot be completed by December
sonal endorsement of three Texas
The arsenal pf democracy has
made long strides in war produc-
tion since the Japs bombed Pearl
Harbor, but it has not completely
met the original astronomical ob-
jectives set by the President. His
original program for 1943 called
for 125,000 airplanes, 75,000 tanks,
35,000 anti-aircraft guns and 18,-
000,000 deadweight tons of mer-
chant shipping.
Officials of the War Production
Board regarded the schedule as too
optimistic but accepted it as a goal
to shoot at. Subsequently, the
whole program was placed on what
WPB authorities described as a
“more realistic” basis and on Sept.
17 Mr. Roosevelt reported to Con-
gress that during the first eight
months of the year, industry had
produced: ’ »
By United Press
The British radio quoted a
Swiss report today that French
Patriots blew up a German bar-
racks in Grenoble, killing 100
troops, in retaliation for the de-
portation of 50 hostages to Ger-
many.
special assistant, also were partic-
ipating in Anglo-American-Turkish
conferences.
Cairo reports have implied that
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, su-
preme Allied commander in the
Mediterranean, and Gen. Sir Henry
Maitland Wilson, British command
er in the Levant, both of whom
presumably would be involved in
any Balkan operation, also were in
Italy, Tex., Dec. 7 —J. B. John-
son, veteran of World War I and
Historian of Mertis B. Cargill Post
No. 294, include Lt. Gen. Mark W.
Clark, commander of the Fifth Ar-
my, in his list to whom Christmas
greetings were mailed , recently,
and has received the following ac-
knowledgement :
From Lieut- Gen. Mark W- Clark
Headquarters Fifth Army, OPO
) Allied Headquarters, Southwest
i Pacific, Dec. 7 (UP)— American
I forces have sealed the defeat of the
► Japanese in the Northern Solo-
| mons a field dispatch said today
as a U.S. Naval bombardment and
heavy aerial attacks on Bougain-
ville and adjacent island bases
. were announced.
> . Final conquest of the Bougain-
• ville area still may be a matter of
months, United Press Correspond-
ent George Jones said in a Gua-
L dalcanal dispatch after returning
from the invaded island.
! But he added that the 35,000 Ja-
The Roosevelt-Churchill, Stalin
declaration at Tehran significantly
promised that new operations
would be undertaken against Eu-
rope “from the south” and there
was 'every indication that the “Big
Three” discussed- the possibility of
by-passing the Aegean, Crete and
Rhodes by striking directly into
southeastern Europe from Turish
Thrace.
The press association said it was
Stickler' for Regulations
Camp Crowder, Mo., (UP)—The
Central Signal Corps School here
claims a strictly “by the book”
student- He wired recently for a
10-minute extension of his fur-
lough. because, he said, his train
was running 10 minutes late-
Jap Laborers On
Island Face Fight Speaker At Lions
To Death; Starvation Luncheon Wednesday
Washington Dec. 7—Fifth Army
soldiers waste a lot of time trying
to convince Texans (1), that Tex-
as is not heaven; (2) that other
places in America might be half
as good. To date, no one has suc-
ceeded on either count, the war
department reported today.
Among the failures might be
numbered a Boston sergeant who
cornered a Beaumont citizen in a
bivouac in Italy and spent a good
half-hour listing the imperishable
glories, both old and new, of his
hometown.
“Yes, I was in Boston, once,” ad-
mitted the Texan- “After three
days I saw a Texas license plate
and I said, ‘Thank God! A car
from the United States.”
Simultaneously, military observ-
ers in London predicted that 5,-
000,000 American, British and Rus-
sian troops would be hurled into
a climatic three-way attack on
Europe before spring.
These forecasts, obviously link-
ed with the Allied war of nerves
against Germany, indicated that
900,000 to 1,505,000 American and
British troops would be used in. the
invasion of Western Europe alone.
On the Italian battlefront, mean-
while, American units of Lt--Gen.
Mark Clark’s Fifth Army battled
through strong Nazi defenses in
the Camino-Maggiore mountain
barrier on the road to Rome and
swept on to the northern rim of
the mountain line above the Liri
River Valley.
American forward observation
pests overlooked the flat country
stretching northward along the
Via .Gasilina, the historic invasion
highway to Rome.
German troops fought desper-
ately to stave the American ad-
vance, which threatened momen-
tarily to collapse their main moun-
tain defenses on the western flank
of the Italian line.
At the same time, en. Sir Ber-
nard L. Montgomery’s British 8th
Army thrust an armored spear-
head across the Moro River in
Eastern Italy and smashed head-
on into the makeshift erman de-
fense line 10 miles below the Pes-
cara River, running from ortona
on the Adriatic Coast to Guar-
diagrele, 15 miles inland-
Bad weather over- the battlefield
grounded the Allied tactical air
force, but American heavy bombers
swarmed out over German-occu-
pied Greece, but American Heavy
Bombers smarmed out over Ger-
man-occupied Greece to blast the
Kalamaki and Eleusis airfields out-1
side Athens-
The RAF’s giant night bombers
remained grounded for the sec-
•ond straight night, apparently be-
cause of storm and fog over west-
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tanksthat will lick the Axis—Buy
More War Bonds.
“Navy Department deeply re-
grets to inform you your son,
Wiliam Eugene, Yoeman Second
Class, is missing following action
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Mailing of Christmas gifts in
November were insufficient to as-
sure that deliveries of all gifts can
be made on time, although the
public is cooperating better than
last year, Postmaster Barney stat-
ed today. Those who mailed in
November and the first few days
in December can feel certain
their gifts will be delivered by
Christmas- Transportation facili-
ties burdened as never before by
wartime demands cannot handle
on time a late flcod of gifts and
greeting cards. Even a. year ago
when the burden was not so heavy
many gifts arrived after the holi-
days because of a late rush of mail
ings: This year the situation is
much more serious and if mailings
are not completed at once many
will be disappointed on Christmas.
Parcels may be marked “DO NOT
> Open Until Christmas”.
Unless mailings are completed
in the next few days, the great
burden on transportation facilities
Allied Headquarters, Algiers
Dec. 7 (UP)—American troops
have sealed a victory in the Ca-
mino-Maggiore mountain barrier
on the main road to Rome, sweep
ing to the northern Rime above
the Liri River valley, it was dis-
closed today, while British 8th
Army tanks forced the Moro
River in eastern Italy.
By United Press
American troops seized dominant mountain positions over-
looking the main highway to Rome and Russian tanks and
infantry ripped deep into the Nazis’ Ukranian defenses to-
day, amid persistent reports of an Anglo-American-Turk-
ish Conference that might open a new land front in South-
eastern Europe.
Axis reports, partially confirmed by the British press,
said President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill were
conferring in Cairo with Ismet Inonu, president of Tur-
key. The reports suggested the discussions centered around
the possible use of Turkish Thrace—the back door to the
Balkans—as an invasion route for powerful Allied armies
massed in the Middle East.
There was no official confirmation on the reports, but
Swedish reports yesterday said the Nazis had rushed heavy
reinforcements to the Bulgarian-Turkish frontier in antici-
pation of an imminent allied attack from that direction.
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Allied Headquarters, Algiers,
Dec. 7 (UP)—American four-en-
gined Flying Fortresses and Lib-
erators spread destruction thru
Germany’s two big airfields out-
side Athens yesterday, a com-
inunique Vnounced today. (An
unconfirmed report reaching
Stockholm said Anglo-American
bombers flew over Bucharest be-
tween 11 P. M. and midnight
Sunday, causing an alarm but no
anti-aircraft fire. Allied com-
muniques have not reported any
raids in that vicinity )
, Our boys must keep on fight-
$5 ing—we must keep on buy-
A ing WAR BONDS until vic-
2, tory is won. Keep on BACK-
g ING THE ATTACK.
presumed that Mr. Roosevelt,
Churcill and the Turkish leaders
were discussing the Anglo-Turkish
pact of 1939 which bound Turkey
to help Britain in the event that
aggressoion by a European power
led to war in the Mediterranean
Britain never previously, at least
hasattemuts tolu „ n_the oact.
"Ankara observers state the pos-
sibilities Turkey will enter the war
are increasing,” the press associa-
tion’s diplomatic correspondent
said, “and Russia, whose relations
with Turkey markedly improved
recently, is known to have stressed
the- importance of Turkish inter
vention.”
The dipipmatic correspondent
doubted, however, that Turkey of-
ficially would enter the war in the
immediate future. ' Other sources
_ suggested that if Turkey did de-
cide to throw in her lot with the
allies, she hardly would announce
it until Allied forces have taken up
dispositions that would protect her
from any sudden Axis attack.
Hungarian sources in Stockholm
said yesterday that German troops
were moving through Bulgaria to-
ward the Turkish frontier zone.
The press association said “relia-
ble overseas reports” indicated that
British foreign secretary Anthony
Eden, Turkish foreign secretary
Numan Menemencioglu and Harry
Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s
Alied Headquarters, Algiers,
Dec. 7 (UP)—Lt. Gen. Mark W.
Clark’s fifth army has captured
most of the Camino-Maggiore
Mountain mass barring the main
road to Rome, slowly but surely
clinching victory in a violent,
continuing battle, official reports
disclosed today.
Washington, Dec. 7 (UP)—The
United States is producing air-
planes at the rate of 100,000 a year
—the goal set by President Roose-
velt after Pearl Harbor—and the
nation’s capacity to turn out planes
and other war weapons has not yet
been reached, informed officials
said today.
The 1944 arms program is taking
shape as the country prepares to
enter the third year of war. Its de-
tails naturally are a military secret
but experts say that the emphasis
will be on planes and ships-
Several programs were cut back
in 1943, including tanks, small arms
ammunition, some guns and cer-
tain motor vehicles—and others
will be revised next year, officials
indicated.
Manpower—its availability and
methods of encouraging most effi-
cient utilization of present supplies
•—remains one of the chief produc-
tion obstacles. Authorities said the
materials problem had been virtu-
ally solved, but added that there
is a “tight” situation still in some
components used in farm machi-
nery and trucks, as well as in parts
used in war weapons.
Pearl Harbor, Dec- 7 (UP)—A
powerful, revenge-bent American
carrier fleet has joined the con-
tinuing ofensive to blast the enemy
from the Marshall Islands it was
disclosed today on the second an-
niversary of the Japanese sneak
attack on Pearl Harbor.
Marauding on the sea lanes
through the central Pacific toward
Tokyo, the carrier-borne aircraft
hit the island strongholds Satur-
day in the 11th raid against them
by American planes since Nov. 13.
Radio silence made necessary by
the daring venture challenging the
Japanese to stop their offensive
prevented issuance of details of the
raid by Pacific fleet headquarters.
Tokyo radio had acknowledged
the size of the raid yesterday by
reporting 100 planes made the at-
tack, claiming 20 were shot down,
and that some damage was caus-
ed.
Tokyo set the time of the raid
as Sunday—a confusion which
might indicate a second raid but
which probably was a translation
of their report from western to
eastern longitude date.
Tokyo claimed that an American
task force suffered loss of a car-
rier and acruiser and the probable
loss of another carrier and cruiser
in an attack which cost seven Ja-
panese naval planes.
An announcement from Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz’ headquarters
said the assault was carried out by
“strong carrier forces”—indicating-
several were involved—presumably
those which aided in the conquest
of the Gilberts south of the Mar-
shalls.
Only once before had carrier
planes hit the Marshalls. That was
on Feb. 2, when Jaluit was raided.
Liberators of the 7th U.S. Air
Force have hit Jaluit, Mili and Ma-
loeap steadily the past three weeks
in connection with the invasion of
the Gilberts.
Observers have speculated that
the Marshalls would be the next
objective of the American Mid-
Pacific offensive as soon as the
Gilberts are developed as bases.
Democratic leaders for a fourth
term today, and one of them an
opponent of Mr. Roosevelt’s third
term. \
The one-time opponent, Mrs.
Clara Driscoll, national committee-
woman, voiced her support and
predicted th ugsident would win
“hands down” if nominated.
National Committeeman Col- My-
ron Blalock tock a poke at "some
of the (Democratic) party leaders
in Texas” who ‘have been so busy
criticizing they haven’t had time
to be constructive,” and predicted
85 per cent of Texas voters will
ballot as Democrats.
Former State Highway Commis-
sicner Robert Lee Bobbitt said,
“There is no (other) man in the
party who has the ability and ex-
perience for this job.”
nounced that a new high of 8,362
planes including the largest num-
ber of heavy bombers ever pro-
duced in a single month, were
turned out in October. Also, the
Maritime Commission revised up-
ward to 18,890,000 deadweight tons
its goal for 1943 and officials said
they expected to reach it.
Statistics show that since the
start of the defense program in
July, 1940, this country has pro-
duced more than 140,000 military
planes, 53,000 tanks, 93,000 military
weapons, 26,000,000,000 rounds of
small-arms ammunition, 9,500,000
small arms and 1,233,000 trucks.
During the intervening time,
American shipyards turned out
more than 30,000 vessels of various
sizes, including 2,400 ocean going-
dry cargo ships and tankers rep-
resenting a total of about 25,000,-
000 deadweight tons. Included also
in the over-all total are nearly 600
combat ships, which Vice-Chair-
man Charles E- Wilson said “can
slug it out with the best that Hi-
rohito can put to sea”
WPB Chairman Donald M- Nel-
son, describing the nations produc-
tion achievement, said that the
output of American munitions this
year will amount to more than 1
1-2 times as much the combined
war production of Germany and
Japan. He said there is every rea-
son to believe that in 1944, Amer-
ican production will be more than
twice that of the combined pro-
duction of the two Axis powers.
He said that soon “we will be
turning out completed planes every
5 minutes aiound the clock, every
day of the month.”
War Production Board officials
withheld forecasts on how rapidly
—or when—reconversion of war
plants to peacetime output would
get underway. Nelson repeatedly
has said that the civilian economy
is sound but lean.
The outlook is for the production ;
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