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WITHOUT, OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT COES, —Byron. .____
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• VOL. LX, NO. 343.
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FD TO CALL FOR CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS
WASHINGTON, May 17.—(UP)-
President Roosevelt next week will
call upon millions of Americans-
civilian men, women and children—
to volunteer their services for non-
- military defense tasks and probably
will name Mayor Fiorello H. La-
Guardia of New York to direct the
vast new effort, it was learned to-
day —
By executive order, probably to
be issued Monday or Tuesday, the
president will create the Office for
Civilian Defense which will attempt
to utilize the resources of civilian
manpower in the same way that the
Office of Production Management
utilizes machines to make the tools
of defense.
It was learned on good authority
that under the program, civilians
will be called upon for voluntary
training in duties associated with
defense of the naUon against any
eventuality—duties ranging from
combating fire bombs to keeping an
eye on prices
The general plan is to enlist
every available civilian in some
form of defense cooperation and
training, and to give as many exist-
ing organizations as possible some
connection or responsibility for the
defense program.
All civilian men. women and chil-
dren ready and willing to contribute
to the defense program probably
will register on a voluntary basis.
Among other things, the famed
British ARP’s (Air Raid Precau-
tionary forces! will be duplicated
under the proposed program Vol.
unteers — even children — will be
taught the approved technique of
conduct in air raids, including the
herding of people to shelter, quell-
ing hysteria, administering first aid
and recognizing different types of
bombs.
Other groups will be encouraged
to keep an eye on prices and re-
port fluctuations to the price con-
trol office. Still others will cooper-
ate in surveys of health conditions,
food supplies, housing facilities and
other factors in civilian health and
morale
Nazis Advise
avic Dlanec Strike First Bic
Roosevelt to HXIS dnes JURE f b Dir
Watch Step Iraq War: Battle Rages at Basra
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Curb Traffic ||
“Situation Now, U.
„Abilene Advised W
. Near War,
The City of Abilene should not
wait for serious traffic accidents
and deaths to shock it into curbing
traffic lawlessness, Lieut.-Col.
(Frank Duffy, Camp Barkeley judge
advocate general, warned the city
commission yesterday.
He is a member of the municipal
traffic safety commission, and ap-
peared with Chairman W R. Ely
and Sim Shelton, another member
Oto make its recommendations for
traffic control.
"We’ve just been having a mirac-
ulous time." Lieutenant-Colonel
Duffy said of the absence of more
violent traffic mishaps.
"Now is the time to take the bull
® by the horns let’s not wait until
we’ve had a lot of serious traffic
accidents and deaths."
SQUAD RECOMMENDED
His remarks concerned the traffic
body’s recommendation that a traf-
fic squad of 15 competent officers
• be created in the police department,
and be trained by an expert from
S the state department of public
1. safety at Austin
< “Seems to me any officer can
, write a traffic ticket and see a
driver run a red light,” Mayor
P W. W Hair observed.
- "I will cite just one good reason
why traffic officers need training."
Duffy said
•They need to be taught the
difference in handling people
4, who are otherwise law abiding
citizens, as distinguished from
underworld criminals. The aver-
age city policeman's work con-
sists chiefly of arresting drunks,
burglars, thieves, without train-
ing. these same officers are not
• qualified and fitted to stop traf-
fic offenders, they can’t use the
same blunt rough language.
They have to learn the courte-
ous approach."
"But." he added later. "I can’t
a see that it would be wise to take
• away from your present force of of-
ficers handling criminals to put on
traffic, because I know from the
records of the provost marshal’s of-
fice that you have as many of them
as you can handle "
a Duffy said indications are that
W capacity of Camp Barkeley will
be doubled, which would make
the traffic problems here even
more acute. "You can be sure
you have a traffic problem as
long as this commission is in
• office—you will have to meet it
sometime."
He stated that "we have more
' mess halls now than the 45th di-
vision needs—in fact we are using
some as administration buildings
a now But the war department has
•ordered 268 more built, each accom-
modating 125 men You can be rea-
sonably sure Camp Barkeley will be
the home station of the 45th unless
and until war is declared, and even
so It will be replaced by as many
a men or more
Every business in Abilene is
profiting from the increased popu-
lation. from the shoe shine parlor
up. You don’t get increased busi-
ness and increased population with,
ont having to meet increased muni-
€ al needs "
Other points in the recommenda-
tions included curbing of speeding.
See COMMISSION Pg 3. Col. 5
•Commission Hires
Yeatts as Engineer
a The city commission yesterday
• chose Ernest Bailey Yeatts, 36, of
Abilene as new city engineer.
He succeeds Robert C Hoppe who
resigned effective June 5 to be-
come Sweetwater city manager.
Yeatts was employed for $300 per
@month $125 oer month less than
"Hoppe is getting
Mayor w w Hair, saying he had
talked with the commissioners and
found the majority was agreed on
Yeatts made the recommendation
Two commissioners discussed
@County Engineer E O Francisco
favorably, but they joined in a mo-
tion to make Yeatts’ selection unan-
imous.
Others known to be applicants
were Cecil M Hawk of Anson. Fred
a Digby Roberts, son of a former
- • Abilene mayor: E. J. Hardin of Abi-
. lene, and J K Alewine. Fort Worth.
Yeatts worked six years as a high-
way department resident engineer,
living In Snyder, Aspermont Ind
Abilene More recently he was con-
estruction engineer at Camp Wol-
“ters Mineral Wells
He was graduated from Hardin-
Simmons university in 1924 with
the BA degree, and from Rice In-
stitute in 1927 with a BS degree
H« to married
Warned
MINERAL WELLS, May 17.—(PP)— The United States is "on the brink
of war" that will " send our boys abroad to fight," believes Brig. Gen.
Preston A. Weatherred of the 36th National Guard division.
The commander of the 72d infantry brigade at Canip Bowie spoke
at a defense rally of the West Texas chamber of commerce last night.
"It only remains for such an incident as the almost inevitable sink-
ing of one of our naval vessels, or some other incident, to make our
participation as a belligerent formal,” the World war veteran declared.
"When that event arises we shall strike It will be war—war to the
bitter end. We shall strike our enemies in any theater of operation that
is open to us wherever it may be—in Europe, the Near East, the Orient
or anywhere in the western hemis-----
isphere." he continued.
Directors of the organisation,
largest regional chamber of
commerce in the world, adopt-
ed a resolution urging convoys
of goods to Britain and under-
wrote $128,000 worth of defense
bonds.
Publisher Amon G Carter of Fort
Worth notified President Roose-
velt of the "wholehearted coopera-
tion with the national defense pro-
gram" pledged by the group, rep-
resenting 132 counties with two mil-
lion population.
Rep Thomason (D-Tex) in an
address before the chamber stressed
the important role Texas is playing
in national defense.
The El Paso congressman, a mem-
ber of the house military affairs
committee, said that Texas stands
at the top of all states in the
number of volunteers who have en-
listed in the regular army during
the present emergency:
MIDLAND NEXT
Col. Ernest O Thompson, com-
manding officer of the 111th quar-
termaster regiment at Camp Bowie
and chairman of the Texas rail-
road commission, declared that Ger-
many is now in a better position
to obtain the necessary oil for Its
war machine than at any time since
the war began.
The chamber chose Midland as
the site of the fall convention.
Join American
Crusade-Dies
O’Daniel to Air
Senate Views
AUSTIN. May 17(P—Governor
W. Lee O’Daniel today announced
he would discuss the senatorial race
in a statewide broadcast next Mon-
day night
He gave no intimation whether
Martin Dies, the crusading con-
gressman from Orange, bringing
his senate campaign to a West
Texas audience here last night, de-
clared that the late Morris Shep-
pard, whom he seeks to succeed,
and Senator Tom Connally, both
had been promoted from the house
to the senate.
Experienced legislator, who has
earned national attention with his
campaign to drive out unamerican
activities. Dies told the story of a
crusade to "keep America safe for
Americans- for an audience that
gathered on the federal lawn, and
interrupted him frequently with
applause during his hourlong ad-
dress.
"The fifth column under the dic-
tators must go," he declared, slash-
ing out at Stalin. Hitler and Mus-
solini. and declaring that unameri-
can organizations they faster in
America are "only window dressers
for spies ana saboteurs ”
"Join me in this crusade," he
pleaded. “Serve as volunteer,
unpaid workers in a great cause.
Defeat the propaganda that de-
clares that Martin Dies Is too
valuable where he is to pro-
mote him.
"The senate will afford a greater
opportunity for service, and on
June 28 Texas can show the na-
tion it is taking the lead to get rid
of the traitors in our midst
"America must rearm spiritually
and morally." he said
Citing as examples of effective
publicity of committee hearings,
in forcing such organizations as
the Silver Shirt legion ,and the
he would announce as a candidate. American League for Peace and
In a memorandum to the press, he
said:
"I have just concluded arrange-
ments for a statewide radio broad-
cast next Monday evening at 8:30
for the purpose of discussing the
United States senatorial race "
Rumors have been circulating in
capitol quarters that the governor
is preparing to enter the race.
Officers Arrive at
Stamford for Fete
Democracy to "fold up," he de-
See DIES Pg. 3. Col. 4
BERLIN, May 17.—(PP—Author-
ized sources said today ‘‘let Presi-
dent Roosevelt continue meddling
in European affairs and we will
succeed in uniting all Europe
against him.”
This was their comment on Mr.
Roosevelt’s statement decrying col-
laboration of the Vichy govern-
ment of France with Berlin, and
on his observation that, in the past,
American warships have been used
to protect American commerce and
obtain freedom of the seas in dis-
tant waters.
In the German view, these
spokesmen said, the United States
president is likely to perform "for
Europe" the same service which
the French statesman, Raymond
Poincare, rendered to the German
people "in uniting them by his
strictures."
As for Mr Roosevelt’s comment
on warships, made in answer to
questions about the German proc-
lamation that nazi naval activity
might be expected henceforth in the
Red sea. today’s informants said:
• "Comparisons are dangerous: Mr
Roosevelt had best watch his step."
Correspondents were warned, at
the same time, against regarding
French-German collaboration ne-
gotiation as complete. They said the
negotiations merely were making
satisfactory progress.
Vichy Sees Threat
Of U. S. Domination
VICHY, France, May 17.—(P)-
The second reference to Frances
relations with the United States in
16 hours appeared today in official
French news agency dispatches
which said this country, if it had
followed a different course last
June, might have been controlled
by Washington.
The agency said there was talk
of a British-American federation
under United States leadership, and
that if France had accepted Brit-
ish Prime Minister Churchill’s
proposal for a British-French union
last June "she might today be run
not from London but from Wash-
ington "
"We would end up as the citizens
of a dominion twice removed,” said
the dispatch.
"The campaign waged in the
United States to push the nation
into war and try to save England
by extending the conflict through-
out the world," it said, "continues
to spread."
A government statement said
categorically that the question of
German occupation of Dakar.
French West Africa, was not even
raised in the interview last week-
end between Adolf Hitler and Vice-
Premier Admiral Jean Darlan
"Dakar belongs to France. France
has already guarded it: she will de-
fend it against any aggression," said
the statement.
Gen. Krueger Takes
36th Division Review
BROWNWOOD. May 17— <UP> -
Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger, who
Friday was given command of the
Third army, reviewed the 36th di-
vision at 9:30 here this morning.
The review, second held since
troops occupied Camp Bowie was
open to the public. As the 113th
cavalry formed an escort for the
general, the Texas division marched |
forty-eight abreast in regimental
masses A battalion from the 142nd
infantry served as guard of honor. |
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The war in Iraq appeared moving
into a new and more ominous
phase as an Iraq communique re-
ported a smashing attack by many
bombers on the British-held Cin-
delebane camp, and said a big bat-
tle was raging near Basra between
British forces and Iraqi troops
pushing toward the Persian gulf.
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STAMFORD, May 17—(UP)-
Ranking army officials, civilian
flyers and visitors were arriving here
today for the two-day formal op-
ening ceremonies of the air corps
training detachment center at
Stamfords Arledge field Festivities,
which are slated to begin this even-
ing, will last through tomorrow
Featured on today’s entertainment
program are a barbecue and a
dance Sunday s schedule includes
dedication of a flagpole at the Dy-
ing field, a band concert by the
Hardin-Simmons Cowboy band and
an aerial circus
Big Spring Horse
Show Set Tonight
BIG SPRING May 17— (UP)-
West Texas was to put some of Its
finest horseflesh on display here
today at a charity-benefit horse-
show Classe- of competition will In-
clude contests for various types of
gaited, halter and harness horses.
Dr. E C Walter of Mayfield, Ky.
will judge gaited classes while Dr
Fred Harbaugh of Lubbock will
judge harness and halter classes.
Shows will be held before the
grandstands tonight and tomorrow
afternoon
U. S. Will Train
Pilots for RAF
WASHINGTON. May 14—(P)— A
high war department official today
disclosed final approval of plans
to train several thousand British
pilots a year in the United States.
“You were just about that tall." Mrs. B E. Dulaney, who
attended at the birth of Representative Martin Dies at Colo-
rado City -40 years ago, is shown above telling the six foot,
three inch, nationally-famed hunter of fifth columnists, on a
recent visit to old family friends at Colorado City his height
on Nov. 5, 1900, Left to right are: Mrs P. C. Coleman, wife
of the late Dr. P. C. Coleman of Colorado City, who was attend-
BEIRUT, Syria, May 17.-
(UP)—French warplanes today
took the air against British
bombers which again attacked
axis aerial units passing through
Syria to Iraq today, bombing
Palmyra.
annihilation of Iraq's weak airforce
by British squadrons, this first Iraq
mention of important bombing ac-
tivity against the British indicated
axis warplanes not only had arriv-
ed in the oil-rich kingdom but were
already in the initial phase of an
air offensive against the British
there.
This was further indicated by an
official Italian dispatch revealing
that Italian warplanes had arrived
in Iraq via Syria. Movement of
whole squadrons of German planes
over the Syrian route to Iraq al-
ready had been reported this week,
and the British yesterday announc-
ed RAF planes had attacked Ger-
man bombers on Syrian airfields.
A British communique issued in
Cairo, however, said of the Iraq
situation merely that "in both the
Basra and Habbaniyah areas the
situation remains quiet."
Turkey appeared determined to
maintain a purely defensive atti-
tude toward developments in ths
middle east, but soviet Russia loom- +
ed as an uncertain factor. The mys.
tery of Moscow's real intention:
was not clarified to any extent by
a delayed dispatch from that capital
revealing that Joseph Stalin was
transferring some of his most ex-
pert generals from the Far East
to western commands.
NAZIS ANNOYED
Berlin commentators showed in-
creasing annoyance over President
Roosevelt s condemnation of Franco-
German collaboration and his de-
fiance of the nazi Red sea block-
ade Said nazi spokesman: "Let
President Roosevelt continue med-
dling. In European affairs and we
will succeed in uniting all Europt
against him."
The German news agency DNE
meanwhile reported luftwaffe
squadrons had driven off units of
the British Mediterranean fleet ap-
proaching Bengasi in Libya, and
attacked and badly damaged sev-
eral transports at the British-held
African port of Tobruk.
The land war in North Africa also
appeared to be entering a more
active phase, but conflicting claims
of the belligerent veiled the picture
The German high command
claimed recapture of Salum, fron-
tier outpost in Egypt, after it had
been in British hands for a day
and added that axis forces also
had taken “all positions previously
held” in the border area.
A British communique, however
ignored Salum and reported that
British troops were continuing their
pressure against Germans in the
nearby Fort Capuzzo area. Inside
Libya, taking 500 prisoners and dis-
abling many armored cars
These conflicting reports
could mean that both British
and axia advanced farces have
become isolated within oppon-
ent's lines—not at all an impos-
sible development In desert
warfare characterized by swift
forays by small motorised
forces striking around and be-
hind opposing forces.
COLOGNE BOMBED
plane crashes which occurred about In the western air war the uft
So miles apart in Central Ohio dur- waffe intensified its attacks on
ing a violent rain-windstorm last : Britain last night by sending at
night least 100 planes over industrial
The office of Sheriff w F Duffy Birmingham in a three-hour as-
at Logan O reported that five sault—the heaviest raid of the
bodies had been recovered from the week Two German bombers were
wreckage of a ship which rammed reported shot down over England
into a hillside at Sand Run in in the night.
Hocking county I The Royal Air force centered
Two flyers died in the other crash raids on Cologne, railway and fac-
on a farm near Martinsville, O. 45 toy city in the Rhine valley, and
over Boulogne, on the channel
coast Watchers In England said
the sky was lighted by bomb flash-
BAGHDAD
JABADAN
SAUDI ARABIA
Map shows the disposition of forces figuring in the tense situation in the Near East,
centering around Syria and Iraq, and involving Russia (1), Germans (2) and British (3)
and (4) Germans are reported moving through Syria toward Iraq. British with troops in
both Transjordan and Iraq, have attacked German warplanes in Syria. Iraq has protested
hostile activities by Transjordan elements, and Iraq newspapers report Soviet Russia dis-
posed to give all facilities” and Russian airmen volunteering to aid the Iraq s against the
British. ___________________________________________________-________________________________
AMERICAS PREPARED 10 45th Troops to
SEIZE FRENCH COLONIES Return Today
Return of 4,000 members of the
WASHINGTON, May 17.—(—
The 21 American republics today
prepared to establish provisional!
administration over French colo-
nies in the Americas, it was learn-
ed authoritatively, if the forecast
close “collaboration" between Ger-
many and France should be pro-
jected into the western hemisphere.
Any decisive action, however, will
be delayed, it was said, pending clar-
ification of the degree of the
Vichy governments cooperation in
setting up the nazis‘ "new order” in
Europe
The United States and the other
American nations are fully aware
of the dangerous potentialities of a
nazi foothold on this side of the
Atlantic, authoritative sources de-
clared. and complete plans have
been prepared to act whenever nec-
Auto Hits Truck;
Albany Man Dies
ALBANY May 17 — (Spl)—Frank
Dexter Matthews, 46 Albany plumb-
er was instantly killed about 2 30
a. m today when the car he was
driving struck the rear of a Mer-
chants Fast Motor Lines truck on
the Breckenridge highway a mile
east of here
The truck was not In motion
Name of its driver was not learned
J C White of Albany riding with
Matthews, was seriously injured He
is in Stamford sanitarium Walter
Handrick of Albany received lesser
hurts
Funeral for Matthews was set for |
5 this afternoon at First Baptist I
church of which he was a mem-
ber The Rev H M Weldon will
officiate ,
He was born Feb 3 41895, in
Throckmorton county He served
with the 36th division 11 months
overseas, during the World war He
was a graduate of Albany high
school and attended Texas uni-
versity
Survivors are his parents. Mr
and Mrs. T J Matthews, two
brothers, Roy and Baker of Al-
bany and a sister Mrs Roy Maul-
din. of Albany Matthews was un-
married
Bids Opened on 9
Berkeley Chapels
Bids were being opened at 11 this
morning at the Camp Barkeley con.
structing quartermaster’s office for
construction of nine chapels, each
to coat approximatley $21 000
Bids have been taken during the
week for two barracks buildings.
124 dayrooms and a tent theater
The constructing quartermaster
is expected to call for bids soon
on units of s $2,000,000 building pro-
gram authorised recently These
buildings will convert Camp Barke-
ing physician at the birth of Congressman Dies; Mrs. C. H. .uciine .... conve. .......____
Earnest, family friend, Congressman Dies, and Mrs. Dulaney, ley into a permanent tent camp.
essary to protect the peace and se- combat team of the 157th infantry
curity of the American continent, from Camp Bullis, near San An-
Viscount Halifax, the British am- tonio, this afternoon will find all
bassador, conferred late yesterday units of the 45th division at their
with Secretary Hull on new devel- Camo Barkeley training center for
opments in the international situa- the first time in two weeks.
tion arising from the nazi-Vichy Commanded by Lieut Col Charles
pact, including mention of the fu- M. Ankcorn, the 157th team has
•been participating in Second d.-
ture status of French possessions . vision field exercises at Bul is sin e
in this hemisphere. Informed quar- May 5
ters said, however, that the Hull-
Halifax discussions revolved partic-
ularly around swiftly-paced devel-
Second battalion of the 129th en-
gineers returned to camp lhl«
morning after being in bivouac at
Lake Abilene since Mondav night,
opments in Syria where the first During the week the en,‘neers
trial of German-French collabora-built tore down and renuilt :!
tion was reported under way types of bridges, and practiced daily
Arrangements for establishing using assault boats and bui’di ng
provisional administrations for rafts.
French, British or Dutch possessions
in the western hemisphere if their
status were threatened by devel-
opments in the war were agreed up-
on at the Inter-American confer-
ence in Havana
That conference adopted a reso-
lution which proclaimed that “the
American republics would regard
any transfer, or attempted trans-
fer of the sovereignty, jurisdiction
possession or other interest in or
Next week the combat teams
of the 157th and 158th infantry
regiments will be in the maneuver
area for two field exercises, operat-
ing Doth as regimental and brigade
combat teams.
Artillery units of the division are
scheduled to do some practice fir-
ing in the hill country west of
camp during the week It will be
their first since being transferred
from Fort Sill
control over any such region tin -
this continent! to another non-
American state as inimical to their |
peace safety and political inde- i
pendence.”.
1 Army Fliers
WASHINGTON May 17.-UP)-, , A ।
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said | pachAe
today that the United States had IA n I osAS
received official reports which justi- L’TU III VI UJIV.
fled President Rooseevit’s condem- i
nation of certain actions by the DAYTON O. May 17.—iUP>-
French regime at Vichy and his seven army filers were killed in two
apprehension over French-German
collaboration dangerous to this
hemisphere
The Weather
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BI REAL
A BILENE and vicinity Partly cloudy
tonight and Sunday cooler tonight
WEST TEXAS (west of 100th meridian)
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with
occasional showers or thunderstorms ov-
er south and central portions little
change in temperature
EAST TEXAS (east of 100th meridian)
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday cooler
north and west portions tonight
OKLAHOMA Fair tonight and Sunday
warmer Sunday and northwest portion to-
night
miles southeast of Dayton. The
ships were believed bound for
Wright field, army experimental air
laboratory near Dayton.
Wright field officers would not
es over the French port.
Highest temperature yesterday City of
fice 90 Airport 88
Lowest temperature this morning City
office 67 Airport 66
mm
TEMPERATU RES
Fri-Thu Sat-Fri
P.M Hour AM
CLOUDY
Dry thermometer
Wet thermometer
Relative humidity
83 85— 1- 71 72
86 86- 2- 70 70
88 87- 3— 70 69
89 87- 4-69 68
90 85— 5 68 67
88 84— a— sr 67
83 81— 7—68 68
80 78- 8—- 71 71
78 16— 9— 16 74
76 75—10- 81 T?
74 74—11- 82 79
73 73—12 82
Sunrise 5:30 a. m
* 10 m
67
66
comment Investigating parties were
sent to each scene The bodies
from the Hocking valley wreck were
removed to Wright field
Dead there were Capt R H Van
Derau. Dayton, and Capt John C.
Stanley, stationed at Washington.
D C.
One of the dead in the other
plane was identified from a tag as
William Wrandt but his army rat-
ing and home field were not known.
Britain Hears More
Germans in Syria
NEW YORK, May 17—(The
British radio said today that re-
ports of "increased German infil-
tration into Syria" have reached
Britain. * - *
British Civilian Air
Dead Takes Jump
LONDON May 17.—(PP)—German
air raiders killed 6,065 and injured
6.926 civilians in attacks on the
United Kingdom during April, the
ministry of home security an-
nounced today r
Of the dead 2,912 were men and
2,418 women; 680 were children un-
der the age of 16 and 55 "unclassi-
fied.” In addition t. the total dead,
41 persons were listed missing and
believed dead
This was an increase over the
, total of 4.259 killed and 6,557 in-
I jured in March.
81
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 343, Ed. 2 Saturday, May 17, 1941, newspaper, May 17, 1941; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1635012/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.