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PAGE TWO
Tune In On KRSC
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Tuesday Morning. August 19, 1941
Tuesday Mornir
Fair Rent Group]
Named by Hair
Legion Hear
Soviet-Nazi
War Cheered
Catholic College
Head Appointed ^
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 18-P -
pro- *
Dr. John LaSalle McMahon,
fessor of social sciences in
the
Ne
Mayor will W Hair Monday an- 1 investigate excessive rent cases and
nounced personnel of a fair rent | to endeavor to bring about a vol-
untary stabilization or rental
values. Jennings explained. It is
committee to serve Abilene under
emergency
powers of
President
Roosevelt vested in the office of
price administration and civilian
supply The committee met in an
organization session at the city
hall immediately after appoint-
ments were accepted
Two local realtors, two other
businessmen and one Camp Barke-
lev officer comprise the committee
Chairman is W. S Wagley of the
authorized under emergency pow-
er of the president.
The committee, however, does
not intend to prevent landlords
from realizing a reasonable return
from the investments Jennings
added On the other hand we
do intend to protect tenants—es- 1
<. M. SAYLES
pecially those in the lower income
brackets—from excessive rental
. charges on the part of unscrupul-
realty company bearing his name ous landlords
Other members are Harold Austin From his investigations here.
West Texas Utilitiescompany; Jennings declared that he did not
Floyd Hardin Campbell's Depart-feel a bad rental situation exists
ment store Maj George A Berg- now but added that present con-
field morale officer. Camp Barke- ditions are due in part to the 45th
ley: and C M Sayles, president | infantry division being absent on
of the Abilene Realtors board maneuvers and to vacations
ADVISORY BOARD With the return of the 45th divi-
An advisory board composed of sion. plus increase of its person-
Ed Turner, fire marshal Dr nel by 4.000 under newly announc-
George A Gray, county health of- ed war department orders com-
ficer and W H Free insurance pletion of the medical replacement
and loan executive also was ap- center at Camp Barkeley, and loca -
pointed by Mayor Hair tion here of an army air corps
Selection of the fair rents com- observation squadron the rental
mittee followed conference of the situation will tighten up." he warn-
mayor and representative citizens ed It possibly would get com-
with two OPACS representatives pletely out of hand without func-
E P Jennings and Frank C Ralls, tioning of the fair rent commit-
at the city hall Saturday after tee for purpose of preventing com-
noon in which advisability of its petition in bidding of officers
formation was discussed against officer, civilian against civ- '
The committees purpose is to lian. and civilian against officer."
HAROLD AUSTIN
Lee Tells Why He
Hasn’t Seen FD
The OPACS representative said .
however, that he found Abilene
much better equipped in facilities i
to accommodate the army person- !
nel than some other cities he had 1
DALLAS Aug 18- — Speaking visited
in jocular vein Gov w Lee The fair rent committee will open
ODaniel declared in a transcribed an office in the postoffice within
radio speech yesterday that his the next week or 10 days, Jen-
O Daniel declared in a transcribed
efforts to see President Roosevelt nings announced ‘He said local -
had been fruitless because the
tion and opening datewill be
president had left town "the day made known later through the
before I arrived and had not re- press
turned, up until the time this pro- The board probably will meet in
weekly sessions for purpose of hear-
ing complaints Forms to register
Texas radio stations, complaints will be available at the
he wanted
gram was prepared
ODaniel in a speech broadcast
by several .....____________..........
said that he wanted to see the committee office for which clerical
president on his return and give help will be provided by either
him my further assurance that I NYA or WPA All members of
want to cooperate with him in any the board server without compen-
way I can to help in this national sation
defense program Jennings, who has been here
More seriously. Texas junior since Friday left last night for
senator explained his opposition to Mineral Wells, where he will join
the bill calling for extension of
Ralls senior field representative,
service time for selectees He assert, in setting up a similar organiza-
ed—that under the one-year plan tion there Ralls came to Abilene
twice as many men would be avail- Saturday from Brownwood where
able at the end of a two-year he had just organized a fair rents
period group. ,
The two are contacting defense
areas in the South and Southwest.
Biddies Not Laying
Down on Laying Job
and have coordinated with Maj.
Gen Richard Donovan eighth corps
area commander Fair rents com-
WASHINGTON Aug 18—BP — mittees have been set up in about
The her.s of the country are going 60 or 70 cities over the nation to
all out for England in a big way date
With patriotic but pardonable-------.-----,---
pride, government poultry experts Odessa Youth Killed
announced that the feathered flocks
of farmers were breaking produc- When Car Overturns
tion records for both eggs and
chicks ODESSA, Aug 18- P—Lawson
Reporting that a “total of about Fuller, 16 of Odessa, was thrown
one billion chickens" was being across • wire fence and fatally, in-
raised this year the department of jured when the car his stepfather,
agriculture said this would excel L * Sneed was driving overturned
“all past records adding that one near Odessa last night
of the causes of this production Passersby did not know Fuller
Jump was the “demand for more was in the car until they revived
poultry and eggs to meet the needs Sneed A search was made and the
of actively employed people and body found 50 feet from the road,
the populations of the battling de- The youth died shortly after
mocracies. reaching a hospital The funeral
will be tomorrow afternoon
U 0
DISCOUNT
ON ALL
Cash and Carry
LAUNDRY
Abilene
Laundry Co.
"The Good One"
768 Walnut Phone 5266
FLOYD HARDIX
W. S. WAGLEY
Texas Firms Given RENT CONTROL on a volun-
c . . tary basis is the aim of a
Garment Contracts committee named yesterday
WASHINGTON Aug 18- — Mayor Will Hair Four of
Contracts announced by the war PY mayor "'ll Hair. Four ot
department the group S five members are
Conro Manufacturing company of shown above.
Texas Dallas 100 000 blue demin , -----------------------------------
working coasts *110 000 Bottled Note Rides
Waco Garment manufacturing -015
company San Antonio 150,000 River Fifty Miles
khaki cotton shirts. $74,250 7
Delivery dates were not announc-
ed
elieves
• A cooling soothing application of
Mentholstum relieves hot, flaming
sunt irn q lickly Its med cinal in -
gradients a ee promote rapid heal-
inr of the skin
Mentholstum is equally helpful IB
treating other minor skin trrita-
tions such as chafing insect bites,
prickly heat, superficial burns, cuts
and b ses. It w . bring you a lot
of comfort._________________
MENTHOLATUM
A. C. C. Demonstration School
Fully Accredited by State Department of Education
Reorganized Under New 1 2 Grade System
Grades 1-6 ,...; $4 Per Month
Grades 7-12 .... $5 Per Month
Personal Attention to Each Pupil
Extra Curricular Activities Stressed
No Crowding — Modern Building
On City Bus Line — Qualified Teachers
For Information Call or Write
ERNEST D SHELTON — Supt.
Station A — Abilene Texas
Telephone 3139
FORT WORTH. Aug. 18
Unrelaxed vigilance in the Amer
lean Legion’s fight against com-
munism was pledged today by’
John Thomas Taylor of Washing-
ton, who termed it “a fine thing"
that Russians and Germans are
killing each other.
Trfy lor, director of the Legion s
national legislative committee,
I spoke before the state convention.
"We’ve taken the lead in the
fight against communism and
then Mr Hopkins pays a visit to
Mr. Stalin, but that makes no dif-
ference.’ Taylor said.
"It’s a fine thing that Rus-
sia is in the war with Ger-
many, so the Germans can kill
off a bunch of them and so
the Russians can kill off a
bunch of nazis. Maybe they
will beat themselves into a
pulp while we are getting
ready to defend ourselves.”
Taylor attacked labor interfer- ;
ence in defense industries, declar-
ing that 3 000.000 man days already |
had been lost to the army supply 1
plants alone
State Commander Ed Riedel of,
San Angelo declared the legion in
Texas intended to concentrate
during the next year on ridding
the state of any subversive ele-
wa
mental which may be
seeking a
foothold.
32,000 MEMBERS
Riedel’s report showed that the
Texas department now has its
second largest membership enroll-
ment in the history of the organ-
Catholic University of America in
Washington, has been named pref
ident of Our Lady of the Lake col.
lege here, it was announced today.
He succeeds the late Very Rev. H.
A. Constantineau, who died in
July, last year, after serving thy
institution for 36 years. €
Shell Contract Goes
To Fort Worth Firm
WASHINGTON, Aug 18— (UP)
The war department today awarded
a $2,550,000 contract to the Ameri-
can Manufacturing Co., Fort Worth,
for shells.
SWIM AND PICNIC
AT THE
American Legion Pool
THE PRESIDENT RETURNS—The president returned to the mainland Saturday after
his momentous conference with Winston Churchill at sea. He is shown on board the yacht
Potomac at Rockland, Me., surrounded by navy and secret service men. Harry Hopkins is
on his left, the presidential navy aide, Capt. John R. Beardall, on his right.
As An Expert Saez It—
BEHIND WAR NEWS
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Reporter-News Special News Service
The German capture of Nikolaev let naval forces have been weak-
and encirclement of Odessa mean ened by the loss of th Nikolaev base
that the nazis are a bit closer to That has not yet been disclosed.
ization—approximately 32.000.
The convention moves into its
final day tomorrow with selection
of officers and a 1942 convention
city, consideration of resolutions
and an address by Maj. Gen Rich-
ard Donovan, Fort Sam Houston,
commander of the Eighth corps
area.
El Paso and Beaumont are
leading for the role of next
host city, with Abilene also
bidding.
Railroad Revenues
Gain 30 Percent
WASHINGTON, Aug 18—(P) —
Preliminary reports from 89 class 1
railroads to the Association of
American Railroads showed today
their operating revenues during July
approximated $387,086,000, or 30 8
controlling the Black sea. If they Transportation is a bottleneck
can dominate that body of water, in the effort to create a nazi-dom- 1
they will be nearer their objective mated, self-sufficient Europe. Win-
of setting up a blockade-proof “new ter routes, which include the 700-
order in Europe, mile long Black sea, along with the
While the German press halls the Danube, canals, the Baltic, and ul-
occupation ol the iron ore region as timately the Mediterranean, are as
a shattering blow to Russia, offi-
cial Berlin is presumably under no
illusions that access to the Uk-
raine s riches can profit the reich
economically until some time after
the Black sea is opened to axis
tankers and other cargo ships.
Eleven of 12 resolutions present." Of immediate importance there-
ed by the Americanism committee, fore is the degree to which the sov-
leaded by George Hawkins, Bee-.--
ille. were accepted this afternoon.
Including a reiteration of the de-
'artment s demand that Frances
Perkins be removed from her of-
ce as secretary of labor.
The convention urged all citizens
o rally to the support of national
defense
M. W Acers, an FBI agent from
San Antonio, said that Spies def-
initely are at work in the United
i States they do have systems of
communication, and are reporting
Abilene Bar Invited
To Angelo Luncheon
percent above the $296,031,000 in the
5
TP
TODAY ONLY
THE MOST EXPLOSIVE
DRAMA IN YEARS!
vital to that effort as the overtax-
ed. war-damaged railways.
The bulk of approximately seven
million barrels of oil Russia is cred-
ited with having supplied the reich
last year moved at least part way
by water. Some economists suspect
indeed that every drop was shipped
by tanker across the Black sea to
Constanta, Rumania’s chief port,
or to nearby points, and thence
‘ sent up the Danube.
RAILWAYS BATTERED
I Russia’s railways, inadequate even
Members of the Abilene Bar as-
sociation have been invited to at-
tend a luncheon session of the
San Angelo association today to
hear Chief Justice J. P Alexander
discuss new rules of civil procedure. 1
E M Overshiner, secretary of
the local bar, received the invita-
tion yesterday afternoon. He said
regularly to foreign countries. Na
turally. I can’t be more specific the luncheon will begin at 12:30.
than that—but believe me they re but was not informed
real and they’re dangerous ”
Farm Home Blaze
Kills Six Children
at which
hotel.
•Any San Angelo lawyer con-
tacted by an Abilenian on his ar-
in peace to meet soviet domestic
needs, were relied on during the
period of the strange Hitler-Stalin |
friendship for only relatively small I
shipments of less bulky products.}
On both sides of the fighting front,
these railways must be in a sad
state now.
Thus the Black sea. extending
from the Danube’s mouth to the
Caucasus oil fields, paralleling the
soviet granary, is even more es-
sential to Germany’s economic war
| than to the military effort to
crush the red army resistance.
Whatever the future success for
the “new order", for the time
rival there will be able to name
the place." Overshiner said
j PUNXSUTAWNEY Pa Aug 18 _ - AL .
— P—Six children ranging in age Beauty Christens
; from two to 11 years, perished early y C..L CLnter
today as names destroyed their New Sub Chaser
farm house at Grange near this m
Western Pennsylvania community. I ROCKPORT . Aug 18PSe
Th lected in a bathing beauty contest.
Merle Bush, 47 father of the chil- Mary Elizabeth Browder christ -
dren and a WPA worker, reported Man . Ira sub chaser I 500.000 tons of other supplies.
E , ened nav SuD CHASES
the fire started from an explosion built here by Westergard Box: --------------
of soot in a coal stove which he works and Rice Brothers Inc.
was firing. The bathing beauty contest was
The victims were trapped in an held by employes of the firm.
| upstairs bedroom, one other sub chaser is- under
being Germany must do without all
the supplies once drawn from Rus-
sia. Last year, according to some
estimates, these supplies included
enough grain to feed all greater
Germany for three months oil, cot-
| ton chromium and manganese, and
upstairs bedroom.
Man's Best Friend
Throws Him Curve
construction and others will be
started when material for the keels
arrives.
same month a year ago.
Call Him Wojie
SAN ANTONIO Aug 18—UP)-
Typesetters for the St. Mary's col-
lege classroom rolls today were
hoping a certain Stockton, Calif.,
youth decides at the last minute
not to follow up his enrollment
application. His name is Wojth- i
kiewicz Wojiechowicz.
SNEEZERS
Do You Have Hoy Fever?
TRY
Dr. Weever’s Nose Filter. Filters
the eir you breath—
WARD'S MEDICAL ARTS PHCY.
1190 No. 3rd
Phone 7234
(exu S
TODAY ONLY
Box Office Opens 1:00
‘The Lone Wolf
Keeps A Date"
—With-
An M-G-M Picture with
EDWARD ARNOLD
LIONEL BARRYMORE
Marsha Hunt - Robert Stirling
Gene Reynolds
ITS SHOW TIME
UL
TODAY ONLY!
a HE Ad BEHIND
. A WOMAN’S
1 SKIRT
HOWARD
HUGHES
presents
WASHINGTON,
The army’s top a
ficially lowered to
the same time th
@i for an order ex
•. ice periods of the
file by 18 month
With swift str
. President Roosev
law two measures
act and arresting
tons of young m
The first gra
determent from I
who were 28 year
• Registrants whos
falls after that d
•
37 Soldie
45th Disc
DENISON, Aug. 18— P —Five
years ago Ennis Ray Simpson, a
17.year-old high school student
now placed his name and address
in a bottle and threw it into the
Red river near Denison. Last week
, the botle was found near Sumner,
Lamar county, about 50 miles from
Denison Betty Jo Ford 14. wrote
the youth that her father picked
up the bottle while fishing
Cotton Opening Late
In Collin County
McKINNEY Aag 18—P—Cotton
If opening in Collin county—four
; weeks late
Mrs W R Webb of Westmin-
ster northeast Collin county, ex-
hibited the county's first open cot-
ton boll of the 1941 season here'
last week
The tardiness of the crop was due
I to an unusually season.
Jap Cotton Held
I CAIRO Egypt, Aug • 18.-P-
Large quantities of Egyptian cot- ,
ton, scheduled for shipment to Ja-
pan will not be sent, an official
DALLAS. Aug 18— (UP — Dog is
mans best friend— maybe
L P Gilbert, nightwatchman, re-
ported to police today that he
heard his dog barking at the rear
of a store last night and that he
rushed to investigate A negro
he said, stepped from behind a
parked truck, thrust a pistol into
his ribs and took his wallet. It
contained 812
Hind* V. Thomas, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Erbirt D Thomas of Tye. was
among 62 members of the a third
aviation cadet class to be graduated
from Scott field. Ill., according to
1 announcement by the public rela-
tions section of Scott field. The
graduation ceremony, held Friday,
climaxed 16 weeks of intensive
stud' in all phases of radio com-
munication for aviation cadets.
Civilians Plants to
Fill Military Needs
DALLAS Aug 18—P— Conver-
sion of thousands of plants now
serving civilian needs into produc-
ers of military material will be
the next great phase of the na-
tional defense program E. T Smith,
chief of operations. Defense Con-
tract service, said here today.
The towering ex-Wall streeter
who left investment banking to
se - his government at 81 an-
nually, said already discussions
are under way in Washington re-
garding the provision of extensive
facilities to aid manufacturers in the
program.
Geo. E. Morris
AUTO SUPPLY
Out of Gas? Got a Flat?
Battery Down?
DIAL 7267
Bobby Walker TWA
, 7%
CAMILLE BEHRINGER
MERREL NYSTEL
Fluvanna School Has Early Start
announcement said today following By Staff Writer
cancellation of all navicerts from FLUVANNA, Aug. 18— Just In
Egypt to Japan ___| case the boys and girls are need-
--------------------------------- ed to help harvest the bumper cot.
Drive In
Cool Comfort
CAR COOLER
No need to drive these • _ or
days in hot, closed 1227
cors. Let us install a 1
cor cooler to take Installed
away the heat
Complete Line Tires—Tubes
Batteries—Accessories
Mark Womack
WOOTEN STORAGE
401 Cypress Phone 1411
ton crop in prospect in this area,
the Fluvanna school is prepared.
The 1941-42 session opened here
today, marking the 14th year as
superintendent for 34-year-old E
| O. Wedgeworth, one of the best
known school men in Scurry
county.
There are three new faculty
members this year. They are
Camille Behringer of Ballinger, a
graduate of North Texas Teachers
college, who will teach high school
English; Merrel Nystel of Aber-
nathy. another NTSTC graduate,
who will teach home economics,
I and Mrs E O. Wedgeworth, Trin-
ity university graduate, who will
| teach primary.
Other faculty members are Mrs.
M. B Noel, grades and music;
Gilbert Mize, high school principal,
coach, and mathematics teacher;
Buford Browning, vocational ag-
riculture; J T Farquhar, physical
education: Mrs Hubert Carmich-
ael, art; and Herbert Duncan, vio-
lin.
The three buildings of the school
system—the main high school
building, gymnasium and agricul-
ture building—all were renovated
before the opening of the term
Three buses will cover five routes
of the consolidated district. In-
cluding 144 sections of land. Enroll-
ment is expected to run around
22.5 this year.
The school is fully accredited,
and Fluvanna is widely known for
its music and dramatics program 1
—Starring—
Brende Joyce — Ralph Bellamy
Charles Ruggles
Also
Comedy — Cartoon
ITS SHOWTIME!
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KEATON
Comedy
TID
HUSING
/ Sperts
Warren WILLIAMS
Frances ROBINSON
—ALSO—
3 STOOGES
—IN—
"You Nazty Spy'
W—WITH-
PAUL MUNI
Geo. Raft—Ann Dvorak
Boris Karloff
Also: ANDY CLYDE Comedy
2000/0 00
MADELINE
10c — TUES-WED. — 20c
All aboard for the South Sees-
Where Romance and Music Dwell.
Honorable disc!
€ given 37 men of th
past week, acc
Barkeley headqua
• Fourteen of the
to permit reenlist
air corp®.
They were: Pv
Huckaby, Headq
45th division: Pvt
Gett. medical c
quartermaster reg
H Townsend, 1
field artillery: P
headquarters de
battalion. 157th i
E Rush. Comp. n
Cry: Pvt. James
pany D. 179th 1
Ernest M. Wood:
try band: Sgt 1
headquarters bat
talion, 158th fiel
. ajoe J. McLeod.
"ment. 120th quart
Sgt Lee S. Kercl
• 179th infantry; 1
* Johnson. Battery
tillery: Pvt. 1cl.
Battery D 189th
• Johnnie W Han
157th infantry, a
Boyd. Company
Receiving disch
enlisting were:
Dickey, Battery
stillery; Pvt Hul
Company F 158
Ceryl R Dobbs,
nal company; Pvt
Battery A. 189th
Patrick J. Charl
158th infantry;
gBarton Company
"Pvt Newt Sall
special troops; P
Company I. 180
Durwood B Ml
157th infantry P
Company E 158
Giel Leo A. Mel
160th field artille
Oakley, Battery
tillery: Pvt. Jame
. quarters 45th <
battalion: Pvt. L
.Valdez. Company
•Corp. James F E
* pany. 158th infa
Hines. Company
Pvt Jack Coop
anti-tank compa
ward M Bell, (
• infantry Pvt
Service company
Pvt. Johnny Mai
120th engineers:
Alvarez, and Sgt
Jr . both of H &
engineers
FRED
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CARROL MacMURRAY DOUGLAS
"Honeymoon In Bali"
"IT'S A BALI-LAUGH, OLD TOP"
Plus: ANDY CLYDE in "BOOBS IN THE wooDs”
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