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84 Dead as Tanker,
Tune In en KRBC
Pacific Fleet to
Be Formidable
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS__________-_____
FABLED RAINBOW SHINES AGAIN Six War Fraud
FOR SECOND RAINBOW DIVISION Cases to Trial
Monday Evening, June 7, 19-0
Arms Ship Collide
NORFOLK %. June 7.—(Eighty-four men lost their lives in
terrific plosions and blaring oil when an American tanker and an
tmencan treignter loaded with ammunition collided in the dark a few
due off the United States east coast.
d me Navy announced the collision Sunday and said an investigation
% beineimadedous were the explosions that debris was showered on the
. coast guard ship a quarter of & mile away, .
dec The blast killed 66 of the 69 men aboard the freighter, tore the ship
to phee. and sent her to the bottom almost immediately aftercaithe
ton Eighteen of the tankers 12 seamen perished in the seething
collision. Ileh burned the lifeboats before they could be launched and
names which P________forced those still alive to leap over.
board.
At Year’s End
BERKELEY Calif. June 7.—(P)
—The U. 8. Pacific fleet, steadily
being reinforced, will reach formi-
dable proportions by the end of
this year, says its commander-in-
chief, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz,
who is on the mainland to confer
on new offensive moves against the
Japanese
Admiral Nimitz disclosed his
presence in continental United
MUSKOGEE, Okla., June T.—(A)
—A rainbow in the sky—the omen
that impressed the Rainbow divis-
ion of the first World war—has re-
turned to inspire the second unit
to bear that famous name.
The new division will be activated
at Camp Gruber July 14, the 25th company
anniversary of the old outfits ad- Sow Pon
vance into the Champagne front.
division.
Gowdy, once a big league baseball
player, should know. He was a
color sergeant in the old Rainbow
Eight Killed in
Pyote Crackup
PYOTE. June 7—(PP — Eight men
were killed and another was ser-
iously injured when a Flying Fort-
ress crashed Sunday during an
emergency landing, the public rela-
tions office at the Rattlesnake
bomber base reported. . . ..
’ The plane was returning to the
base after a routine local flight
and was preparing to land when an
engine caught on fire, officers said.
The dead were:
Second Lt. Joeeph C. Folson Jr.
pilot, of Atlanta, Ga.
Second Lt. Norman P. Beck, co-
pilot. Glenside, Pa.
Second Lt. Edwin Everett Cur-
ran bombardier. East Boston, Mass.
Sgt. Alphonse M. Kewdar, aer-
ial gunner. Stoughton, Mass.
Sgt. David Lachter, radio opera-
tor-gunner, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sgt. Robert Lee Been, assistant
radio operator - gunner. Denver,
The victims included 35 members
of Navy gun crews, of whom 25 were
aboard the freighter and 10 aboard
the tanker.
The two ships, survivors said,
were proceeding in opposite di-
rections when the freighter
veered suddenly and rammed
her bow into the tanker’s port
side aft of the forecastle head-
Survivors were landed at Norfolk
by coast guard and naval rescue
ships Among these was a deck
Cadet W J. Leonard, 21. of Mal-
verne, N Y., who was in the tank-
er's wheelhouse. He said the
freighter's course was changed sud-
denly and the ships came together
in a glancing blow.
The impact knocked Leonard
down—and saved his life.
"The amidships house was
quickly ringed by flames," he
related, “and a sheet of flame
Colo. _
Sgt. Allen Y. Mumford, aerial en-
swept through while I was en
the floor. The captain, the first,
second and third mates, six
Navy gunners, and two signal-
men were in the house.
“I believe they were all lost. They
must have swallowed the flames.”
, The deck cadet escaped from the
amidships house, jumped overboard
and later climbed on a life raft car-
ADMIRAL NIMITZ
gineer
The Rainbow division originally
was so named because it drew its
men from many different sections
of the nation, but—
"It is a historical fact that
in everseas action during the
first World war the Rainbow
division was greeted by a real
rainbow in the sky before em-
barking on every important
mission,” Capt. Harry Gowdy of
the infantry school. Fort Ben-
ning, Ga., wrote Brig. Gen.
Harry J. Collins, commanding
general of the new Rainbow
completely destroyed, he said cau-
tioning that destruction of the
fleet alone cannot bring victory to
the United Nations.
outfit.
“This is significant" Gowdy
wrote, “because It appears the same
harbinger of good fortune will ace
___..... the new Rainbow divis-
ion On May loth, the first day of
the activation of the officer cadre
of the new Rainbow division at
Fort Benning, there appeared in the
sky a beautiful rainbow over the
barracks occupied by the officers
of the division."
General Collins is ready to be-
lieve in the harbinger. He went to
Fort Sill. Okla., to meet field ar-
tillery officers of the new Rainbow.
Accompanied by Brig. Gen. Jess
Barmer, commandant of the field
artillery school, he drove to the of-
ficers’ barracks in a rain which
stopped upon his arrival.
There above the new Rainbow’s
field artillery officers was a rain-
WASHINGTON. June T—( —
Six major war fraud cases will go
to trial this month in federal courts
from Kansas City, Mo., to Newark,
N. J., In the busiest month thus
far for the Justice department's
war frauds unit.
The first of the June trials is
scheduled for Tuesday at Fort
Wayne, Ind., and Invalves in-
dictment of the Anaconda W ire
and Cable company of Marian,
Ind., and five officers on charg-
es ef conspiring to defraud the
government and present false
claims.
The government regards this as
one of its outstanding cases, and
much of the preparation has been
directed by Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Torn C. Clark, head of the
anti-trust division and former war
frauds unit chief, who conferred
over the weekend with federal pros-
ecutors at Fort Wayne.
Other cases listed for the trial
in June:
Clifford F. Macevoy company,
five officers and two subsidiary
companies, indicted at Trenton, N.
J., on charges of fUing false claims
and conspiring to defraud in con-
nection with a housing project, set
tentatively for June 16 at Newark,
Navonne N. J., and two officers
mhaletea on charges of defrauding
the government in the conversion
and repair of ships for the Mob
time commission set for trial
Newark on June 28. .
One minor war frauds case, an
indictment charging the Lincoln
Machine company, an official, and
the Arrow Machine Tool company
Inc. may go to trial at Providence
R. I., this month, but no date has
been fixed. .
Monday Eve
’Mon
"Winnie
bow.
And General Collins’ aide, Lieut.
Roger W. Cutler. Jr., tells of being
in Washington recently. He asked
a policeman the location of the
office of Brig. Gen. William J.
Donovan, the “Wild Bill" Donovan
of the fighting 68th of the old
Bainbow. The officer pointed to a
building across the street, and rid-
ing above it was a bright rainbow.
C
Sondra Egg Products Corporation, Hospital Diploma
Samuel Dunkel & Company and
five individuals, ol New York, in-
dicted at Syracuse, N. Y., on charge | like -..,...—• - Rita
e. ol conspiracy to defraud and looked forward PULLMMEF" “Atom
present false claims in connection
with packaging dried egg powder
lor the armed forces and lend-lease.
set for trial around June 18 at
Syracuse. A companion indictment
was returned at Trenton.
Spalek Engineering company and
two partners indicted at Detroit on
charges of conspiring to defraud
and present false claims, set for
trial about June 22 at Detroit.
Baker - Lockwood manufacturing
company of North Kansas City, Mo.
and four individuals charged with
conspiracy in the purchase of equip-
ment for Wright Field at Dayton,
Ohio, set for trial at Kansas City
about June 22
Marine@ Maintenance corporation
WAR
CHICAGO. June T—UP—It waste
anything to which she had
100ECO JOIWAALE — P 1__
Hartigan, 18. did get her diploma
even though it was in a hospital.
Her parents, a sister and a bro-
ther. and nine of her classmattp
from Visitation Parochial high
school attended the graduation cer-
emonies at her bedside in Little
Company of Mary hospital where
she is recovering from a hip In-
jury in a traffic accident. —
DR. CYRUS N. RAY
Osteopathic Physician
Phones: Office 3133—Res. 6764
Office: 716 Mims Bidg.
•Invasio
LONDON, J
Eighth U. 8. 1
expanded today
another large
omen and equip
feverish invasic
heightened by
Churchill's coi
conferences bell
ly on the Wash
meeting and 1
‘Africa.
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of the U. S. air
a British port 1
it is known the
crews have st
©Atlantic as the
end that groun
and other equip
riving regularly
BOMBERS SH1
The lull in t
soften Europ
•continued overn
raids were May
hammered Rem
end the RAF si
tal.
Bed weather
was given as the
off, although th
ulation the hi
shifted to the
for concentrated
tential invasion
Mail said the 1
•bombing policy-
at obliterating
center in a sin
The RAF stru
ping and Freni
Sunday and N
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which the Gern
Eastbourne
The invasion
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Daily Herald
George C. Mai
• chief of staff
head invasion
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ern Europe ce
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Churchill. Gen.
Sir Alan Brooke
touches to the U
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Gen. Mark W
@Army would pla
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clamped another
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ditches more thi
sea, clear across
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mass arrests of
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Allied invaders
Mid Gibraltar a
of shipping
State Bar
Abilenian
We believe West Texans are big enough, man enough and coura-
geous enough to look facts in the face. We don’t think you have to break
bad news to them gently. They can take it standing up and not bat an eye.
The people who say the war may end almost any day, or next year
anyhow, are either trying to kid themselves or the rest of us. AU these
theories on how to write the peace terms are giving the wrong impression.
Before you have rabbit stew you must first catch the rabbit... and there
are 3 rabbits to be caught.
States yesterday in a surprise ap-
pearance at the University of Cal-
ifornia commencement exercises
during which he was awarded an
honorary doctor of laws degree.
Speaking to a university alumni
meeting, the admiral explained
“much as I desire to be here, I
couldn’t have left my post unless 1
had a job to do. I am happy that
commencement day coincided with
a conference which I have been
called on to attend—a conference
which is not particularly solicitious
as wo the welfare of Hirohito, and
which I hope will carry trouble to
the Japanese'' He did not amplify-
Admiral Nimitz at one time head
fire, leaped over the side and swam ed the university alu Ter
for more than an hour before he unit Mrs Nimitz still maxes
was rescued by s coast guard ves- home rein .... .Ammande de-
sel He said he learned from his
crew that the deck of their ship
was showered by debris which the
blast had burled a quarter of a mile
Varnell reported the tanker was
still afloat”and burning when he
. gunner, Jackson Center, rying about JO men. They were
picked up an hour later by a naval
ship.
Ohio.
Set Edward W. Trapp, assistant ---
enetneer-cunner. West Salem, Ohio. “Leonard said he heard two ex.
"seriously injured was Sgt. Ken- -------------4 the
nard C. Stevens, tall gunner. Strat-
ton. Maine.
Four Parachute to
Safety at Texline
DALHART. June 7— (— The
Dalhart army air base public rela-
tions office announced five men
were killed and four parachuted to
safety when a heavy plane from the
base crashed Saturday night near
Texline, Tex.
The following were listed as dead:
Lt Harland 8. Severson, Santa
Maria. CaUf.
Lt Phillip R. Sallee, Lexington,
Lt Edgar C Hanks, Monrovia.
Calif.
Staff Sgt. Richard L Waters,
Jacksonville, Ala.
Buff Sgt. Edward M. Proforich,
Etna. Fenn.
The four who parachuted were
Staff Sgt Stephen A Wedge, West-
field. Mass.; Staff Sgt Charles R
Patterson. Franklin. Ind: Suff
Sgt. Oscar A. Nelson Brooten,
Minn and Sgt. Frederick F. Babb.
Highland, Kan.
plosions and expressed the belief
the first was aboard the freighter
and the second on ths tanker.
TEXAN ESCAPES
Martin Varnell. JO, of Houston
Tex., a messman, was asleep at the
time. Awakened by a shipmate, he
fled from his smoke-filled quarters
to the deck.
"I saw three men dead on the
poop deck, " Varnell said. “I believe as to
they were Navy gunners. One had
his arms and legs blown off."
Varnell, finding the lifeboats on
The Pacific fleet commander de-
nied that supplies for the forces
fighting Japan are being neglect-
It’s true we whipped the stuffin’ out of Rommel and our bombers
lot of headaches, and we’ve won back one or two
. . and it’s taken
\
was picked up.
The entire merchant crew of 41
and 25 of the 28-man gun crew
aboard the freighter were lost
The Navy said crew lists were not
available
Soldier Furlough
Policy Liberalized
More liberal furlough policy for
enlisted men has been author-
tsed by the War department, ac-
cording to announcements from
Camp Barkeley headquarters
The new policy provides that all
enlisted men, unless urgent mili-
tary necessity prevents, will be
granted furloughs prior to depar-
ture for porta of embarkation or a
replacement depot.
This will apply to men who have
had no furloughs since ordered to
active duty, regardless of length of
service and men who have had no
furlough in the past six months.
The War department also has
directed that commanding officers
should grant furloughs to enlisted
men on completion of their basic
training prior to shipment to ports
of embarkation or replacement de-
pots .__
This policy will assure soldiers
opportunity to visit their homes be-
fors being sent overseas and is con-
sidered s valuable morale factor to
the armed forces.
Barkeley Sergeants’
Cl b Being Finished
Sergeants on duty at Camp Barke-
ley soon will have at their disposal a
spacious and modern clubroom, now
being completed by the poet engi-
neer.
Building for the new club was
moved from the area engineer sec-
tor of the camp and was one wing
of the original construction quar-
termaster and contractors’ struc-
ture near the Pershing Drive en-
trance.
M Sgt. James C (Red) Hunt,
sergeant-major at the provost mar-
shals office, has been elewed presi-
dent of the new Sergeants club. M
Sgt Owen B. Sutton, senior non-
com at the camp stockade, is the
club vice president and M. Sgt
Clovis D. Mann, camp sergeant-
major. Is the club treasurer
Cape Victor E Malone has been
named club officer .and council
members include 8. Sgt. Edward F.
Mager and Sgt. Fred A. Davis In-
itiation fees have been set at $3,
sad monthly dues st M cents The
club will become active as soon as
the club building is completed.
ed.
“By the end of the year our
planes and ships in the Pacifie
will represent a very formidable
force,” be said. “We are really
getting our share of the war
material in the Pacific."
Although he declared the Japa-
nese are on the defensive and
“time is working for us now," the
Admiral warned that “we must 00
everything in our power to aid
China because we must use bases
in China to attack Japan"
He explained that in order to
tighten their defenses, the Japa-
nese must knock China out of the
war, and that, he said, is what they
are trying to do. __
ARMS OUTPUT DECISIVE
The United States’ increased pro-
duction of war materials will be
the deciding factor, however, he
assured . .
We are turning out planes and
ships of wsr faster than the Japa-
nese can It is simple arithmetic-
subtraction for them and addition
for us.”
The Japanese have made no M-
rious threat to the security of the
Pacific coast since their fleet was
defeated at Midway a year ago, the |
admiral pointed out. .
He cautioned that despite this
and ,although they are now fight-
ing a defensive war, Hirohitos war-
riors “are still capable of doing
great damage.”
He described the foemen as res-
olute and capable fighters who nev-
er surrender—witness Aatu. where
there are now UM dead Japs and
11 prisoners''
The Japanese empire must be
are giving Germany a
of our own islands the Japs had taken away from us .
hard fighting to do it. But don’t blind your eyes to the actual facts - • •
THE FIGHTING HAS JUST BEGUN... IT MAY LAST A LONG TIME ...
Father of Abilene
Electrician Dios
Mr. and Mrs W D Fagan, 17*2
North Eighth, anud their daughter
Margaret left Sunday for Waco to
attend the funeral of his father. J.
R Fagan
The elder Mr. Fagan died there
Saturday afternoon He was 87
years old and had been in falling
health the past two months The
funeral was to be held at 1 p. m.
Monday at the Seventh and James
Baptist church.
W D. Fagan is a local electriican
and has a shop on North Second
Street.
Other survivors are two more
sons, W H Fagan of Tyler and
Walter Fagan of Moorehead Ky
and three daughters. Mrs Marie
Hannon of Waco Mrs. W O. Beall
of Fort Worth, and Mrs. F. J. Wal-
ters of Chicago
Cisco Soldier
Killed in Africa
WASHINGTON June 7-Names
of 286 United States soldiers killed
in action in the European and North
African arms were released Monday
by the War department
Nne were from Texas including
James V Alvey, technician fifth
grade, son of J. W Alvey, Cisco,
who was killed in North Africa.
Distracting
NEURALGIA
LEGALS
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son POST OFFICE (NEW) DALLAS,
TEXAS, May 28. 1943. Sealed bids, in
triplicate, will be received at this office
until 2 P. M., June 18, 1943, and then
publicly opened for furnishing the ma-
terials, and performing the work for re-
pairs painting, preventing of leaks, etc., at
the U. B. post office and court house, Ab-
Dene, Texas, in strict accordance with
the specifications dated PB-DE-7, May 20,
1948, and drawings (if any) mentioned
therein: AM the general conditions dated
Bept. IS, IMS and addendum thereto dated
Sept. 15, 1942. Specifications and other
data may be had at the of fice of the
tustodian of the building of the office of
the district engineer, Irving D. Porter Dis-
Wet Engineer, T — Adv.
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Germany has been hurt but not crippled. Her defenses are still im-
mensely strong; her armies number over 8,000,000 men. Italy, weak and
weary may rive up almost any time but this will not be a great factor.
Germany, to be subdued and disarmed, must be invaded and broken on
her own soil, it will take time ... and more American blood than you may
realize.
Japan, by pulling Pearl Harbor on us, stole a vast and fabulously
rich empire containing 300,000,000 people. She not only h.. virtually ALL
the vital war supplies she need, but b.s cut us off from a lot WE need
and can’t get now. Our forces have met Japan in bloody tattle and have
often won ... but without inflicting serious injury to total Jap strength.
The fighting in the Pacific is still thousands of miles from Japan. The
best we can do soon is perhaps to send a few more bombers over Tokio.
How long will it take to beat Japan at this rate. It will be speeded p.
but even so it may take years.
We think our citizens and our business men have what it takes
to face this possibility of a long war We think they need to realized #
may be a long war. We think West Texans will tighten their belts and
keep plugging at the job, will buy all the War Bonds they can, will cheer-
fully meet the demands of War’s ever tightening squeeze. We don’t
think we need worry about finally winning the war, unless we get over-
confident because of a few victories. Weve won a couple of rounds but
this is a "no-limie fight to the finish. If we have to eat less meat, use
less sugar, drive our cars less, wear shoes longer than usual and deny
ourselves many things, West Texans will do it.
We will win the war ... but it won’t be easy and if wont be
quick ... and we must be willing to pay the price ... without flinching-
(War Talk No. 3. Third of a series of articles presented
by The Reporter-Newt in the interest of civilian and
business morale.),
AMERICA’S BEST INVESTMENT TODAY—WAR BONDSI
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attorney is one o
Gelected Sunday
association, mee
- Mr. McMahon
turn here early
member of the
, Mahon. Springer
Maj T. Bell ■
alected president
and oJe B. Dool
chosen vice pres
THE WAR-
• 'Continued fl
centration of 1
battlefleet
Some of the re
bombs fell amor
battleships, the
@/eneto and the I
least one and
damaging a hea
up a merchant sh
damage to port 1
1 was so much sm
an official repor
(was left until la
The raid, by m
resses, was the 1
yet made from I
BRITISH SUBS
This onslaught
aace card again
“matched by the 1
submarines prowl
harbors of the
British admire
Sunday Mid on
shelled an airfie
Corsican coast. '
sunk six ships, d
and probably tor
in forays Into th
Catania bay. off
the Riviera, the
south of Naples, a
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The Axis conti
strength Into the
telleria and some
ensued when wa
bombers and figh
island Sunday
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of the enemy fl
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