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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Wednesday Evening, August 11, 1943
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Wednesday Even
Keep Navy Intact After War, Urges Solon
Vinson Says It’s
Peace Insurance
MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga. Aug. 11.
—Rep. Can vmson (D-Ga), chair-
man of the House naval affairs
committee, suggested today that
t h e American
fleet be kept in-
tact after the
war as, a guar-
antee of world
peace.
Predicting that -
“wars, and ru-
mors of wars,”
would continue
in the future,
the veteran
Georgia con-
gressman said
in an interview
it would be his
earnest wish that
the United
VINSON
States refrain from any post-war
commitments which would result
in scrapping of any useful naval
vessels.
“Nothing contributes to war more
than the failure of one government
NEGRO POLICING PLANS
1
TO CITY COUNCIL FRIDAY
Plans for policing of negro sold- civilian nor military police could
iers in Abilene will be presented to arrest them. .
. J. : ..___Mayor Hair explained that the
the city commission Friday after city’s chief interest in the conter-
noon by a special committee of four ence is to assure maintaining of
men—two Army officers and twojorder in Abilene and that he desired
peace officers. * to extend negro soldiers the same
Sugestion of an Army-civilian privileges as enjoyed by negro civ-
committee to work out problems of ilians of Abilene.
handling the situation to the satis- .
to extend negro soldiers the same
Circuses to Texas
To Get Horse Meat
faction of all concerned came from
Col. Henry A. Finch, camp com-
mander, at a conference Tuesday
afternoon between Army and city
officials. /
The committee — named by Col.
Finch and Mayor Will W. Hair-
included Lt. Col. Nasby W. Bolling, |
camp provost marshal: Capt. El-
mer A. Ward, assistant provost
marshal; R. L. Buster, chief of
police, and W. T. McQuary, sheriff.
At Tuesday’s conference which
was requested by Mayor Hair be-
cause of Saturday night’s disturb-
| ance in negro section. Colonel Finch
proposed that the Army be given
sole responsibility for policing of
the negro section during periods
negro soldiers are in the city.
* * *
‘ Colonel Finch also told the civ-
ilian authorities that the Army
Optometrists to
Meet Here Tonight
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Aug. 11-
(P—W. A. King anticipates a move-
ment of wild animals into Browns-
ville this winter, but it’s nothing to
be alarmed about.
The meat shortage in the winter
quarter territory of America’s cir-
cuses will force show owners to send |
their big cats and other meat eat-
ers here where all the horse and |
burro meat needed can be obtained.
rounding counties and towns in-
cluding Big Spring, Sweetwater, San
Angelo and Coleman.
Dr. O. B. Stanley will preside as
local chairman.
King said.
“In the usual winter quarter areas c
of Florida, Kentucky and California,!
beef is as rare as a 20-pound chunk
of platinum and there aren’t
enough horses to go around,” ne
explained. s
DANCE
Schneck’s SHANGRI-LA
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OPEN EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT
SUNDAY ADMISSION FREE
ORCHESTRA DANCE MUSIC BY
EINHART
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|AMBLERS
Wednesday
Saturday
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plans several steps to lessen the
TEXAS AGGIES ON PARADE AND IN BATTLE make up the highlights of the picture! possibility of future disturbances in
We’ve Never Been Licked, opening today for four days at the Paramount. Pictured above the negro sections of the city,
are the Hollywood members of the cast, left to right, Noah Beery Jr., Anne Gwynne, Harry Trewero the soldiers to PVst ine
to be prepared for war," he said. |
Vinson. long advocate of a big Davenport, Martha O Driscoll and Richard Ruine. Seven thousand Aggies also are in the city _______________.- ,____
navy, said he foresaw no prospect. picture, quite a number of whom are shown in other scenes above, taken on the College ing more entertainment for the
. of radical changes in over-all naval | Station campus. .
construction although small-size _---,------T , , 3 , PR, A M ARITulA TEA
L-== EARLY TEXAS A&M GRADUATES
BIDDEN TO SHOWING OF MOVIE
at the same time. (2) provid-
Plan
have been exceptionally successful
in combatting submarines.
Drawing a parallel in athletics,
Vinson observed:
“You can’t have a football
team with just a center. You
must have guards, tackles, ends
and backs. And above all, you
must have enough of them.
Fear Livestock
negro soldier at the camp, (3) rant-
ing passes to the city as a reward
for good conduct on the part of
the negro soldiers, and (4) the addi-
tion of a dance floor at the negro
USO club on Mesquite between
Feed Shortage
"In the same manner, you can’t AUSTIN, Aug. 11--Texas live,
depend entirely on battleships, or.
entirely on submarines, or entirely stock raisers were warned Tuesday
There'll be a bit of local color on
the Paramount theater stage to-
night as accompaniment for the
entirely on submarines, or entirelyStOck raisers were WAmee 1screen attraction at Manager Wal-
on aircraft carriers. You’ve got to that a 237,000-bale indicated in-ly Akin’s show house.
have everything—the whole team.” crease in cotton production would The picture is We’ve Never Lick-
Vinson. from the front porch of n produce enough cottonseed mealledmuand .concerns.. the
an overseer’s cottage which he is
occupying on his farm near here, tein feed shortage
, declined to look with optimism to-
have everything—the whole team."
crease in cotton production would
Bryan has a peculiar interest
in the picture, because he was
present last November when
the Walter Wanger motion
picture company was shooting
on the A&M campus.
Having heard that a movie about
A&M life was being made, the 80-
year-old Abilene cattleman drove
down to College Station for a look-
see. It is storied about that he took
and cake to make up for the pro-fighting men of Texas A&M col-
lege.
Sen. George Moffett of Chillicothe, From 7:30 to 9 p. m.. Akin has__,
commenting on the effect announced, a special section will the show away from the Hollywood
commenting be roped off for A&M exes. and
school’s earliest ex-
ward a short war. . t----------,
“You can’t expect to lick an ene- of increased cotton production, said 000
my like Germany overnight," he that the enormous jump in numbers
said. “It’s impossible to say you can of livestock—including hogs and
knock a coun out of the war by chickens—would more than absorb
aerial bombing alone—but there’s the feed by-products from the indi-
no harm trying. At the same time Icated increase.
you must plan to hit the enemy
with all branches of the service.
of livestock—including hogs and
students will be invited to appear
on the stage. They are W. J. Bry-
“And don’t ever forget—in carry-
ing the war to Japan, the enemy is
6,000 miles away."
an, former state senator, who was a
member of the first graduating
class in 1879, and E. M. Overshiner,
"We will have to depend more city attorney, who was schooled
than ever on soybean and peanut there several years later.
meal, both of which are good feeds,"-------------------------
he said. “Even so, there is likely----------------------
stars while he was there.
The studio’s releases state that 80
percent of We’ve Never Been Lick-
to be a shortage."
The United States Department
of Agriculture, announcing that a
Texas cotton crop of, 3.275,000 bales
KERRVILLE. Tex., Aus. tr—qy was indleated as of tug: 1. com-
—Funeral services for 1st Lt. James pared with 1942‘s production of 3
C. Beddingfield. 23, one of five 038,000 bales and the 10-year (932-
Army fliers killed in a plane crash 41) average of 3,419,000, also warn-
near Dodge City, Kans., Saturday,ed:.Lee Nystrum reported here Tues-
were to be held here today. "While present prospects indicate day for active duty in the Women’s
Lieutenant Beddingfield was a that Texas has another cotton year Army corps 15 minutes late, but
native of Seguin, but was reared in the making, the influence of Aug- | she had some good excuses:
and educated here. His father, ust weather will be a dominating She received her orders for ac-
Capt. J. C. Beddingfield. veteran factor as to the final out-turn of tive duty while on vacation in Mex-
of. World War I, is stationed at this year’s crop.”_________________ico City. To be in Dallas on time.
Camp Hood. | - . she took a plane back to the border,
Tuesday for gallantry in action in where she had left her automobile
the heavy U. S. bomber raid on The "plane came down with en-
, Amsterdam April 5. when 150 ene- gine trouble at Monterrey. She took
LONDON, Aug. 11—(—Brig. Gen my fighters attacked the formation, a bus—the bus was two hours late
, Frank A. Armstrong was awarded concentrating on the leading plane
* the Distinguished Service Cross which was flown by the general
Flier’s Rites Today
Travel’s Just a Bit
Tough These Days
DALLAS, Aug. 11—(P)—Mrs. Mary
DSC to General
AFL'S RIVAL TO LEWIS UNION
TO BATTLE REENTRY OF UMW
Dr. w. F Baber of Vernon, vice |
president of the Texas Optometric
association will speak on the sub- |
ject, Optometric Ethics and Eco-
nomics, at the associational meeting
tonight at 8 o’clock in the Wooten
hotel.
Other meetings will be sponsored
by the American Optometric asso-
ciation throughout the United |
States and Canada for the purpose
of bringing before the optometrists
the methods and means of better
serving the public with their limited |
personnel and materials.
The Texas Optometric association
is cooperating in the program by
holding meetings in the following
Texas cities: Austin, Amarillo, |
Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas, |
Fort Worth, Harlingen, Longview,
San Antonio, Waco and Wichita
Falls. The meeting here will have |
representatives from several sur-
North 4th and 5th streets.
The camp commander branded
as unfounded the report that the |
negro troops had the idea neither 1
ed was filmed on the campus and
deals with school life, while the re-
mainder shows A&M graduates. ‘
represented by professional screen
players, at war with the Japaneses
in the Pacific.
It is a tribute to the Texas, col-
lege’s production of more. Army
officers than any other school in
the nation, including West Point.
Two thousand of its sons partici-
pated. and 52 of them lost their |
lives. In World War I. Six thousand
of its alumni now are in the Army.
17 of them as generals.
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SATTE-
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WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
ZANE GRAY’S
DESERT
GOLD
—ALSO-
HAM AND YEGGS
MEN WORKING TOGETHER
A BLAST OF DRAMATIC DYNAMITE
Byes R mirsne
See One or Both!
SCHEDULE-Lady Eve": 1:00. 41
7:56, 11:24: “Dr. Kildare’: 1:49, 61
9:45. Ase long as the Beacon bu
atop the Broadway, you may alw
see one complete feature.
Barbara .2,
Stanwyck 4
Henry
FONDA •
"THE
She picked up her automobile at I
Laredo and started north. Fifteen
CHICAGO. Aug. 11.—(A) —The organization that adhered strictly
American Federation of Labor exe- to the no-strike pledge given by
American Federation otiabor the American Federation of Labor
cutive council weighed the applica- to the government, while the organ- |
tion of the United Mine Workers ization now seeking affiliation ig- .
for a charter today against the pro- nored this policy when the nation
test and promise of an AFL affiliate was at its most critical mo
to “fight bitterly for our rights."
A decision on UMW President
John L. Lewis’ application was ex-
pected late today.
The council Tuesday heard a com-
mittee report on the application and
a protest by officers of the Progres-
miles south of San Antonio she had
a blowout. There was no spare tire |
so she rode into San Antonio be-
hind a wrecker and caught a train.
The train was late getting to Port
Worth, Mrs. Nystrum’s home town.
She caught a bus to Dallas and
| the bus ran out of gasoline 10 miles
from Dallas. .
Mrs. Nystrum hitchhiked the rest,
of the way.
DANCE
Thursday und
SATURDAY NIGHTS
Mus by
Dixie Play Boys
AMERICAN
Legion Club House
East on South 11st St.
JeCRAWFORD
reunion,
Loin France s
E JOHN WAYNE
- PHILIP DORN =====
ment x x x.".
Gas on Stomach
Relieved in 5 minutes at
When excess stomach,”
DR. KILDARE LOVE AGAIN ?
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@From somewhere i
( came a letter last F
1 Charles Hufsted-=
ler to his parents,D
Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Hufstedler, 2132
tuth Third. •
A member of a l
former Abilene
National Guard a
unit which was
mobilized into fed- 9
oral service late -
1940, Hufstedler I
referred to the A
group in his let- A
ter as the "sea-J
going cavalry." He 1
assured his fam- a
& that he was 1
doing well. He ‘
has served on New 1
in Australia. 1
DR. KIIDARES
LADY EVE”
Nothing like it for laughs since
Eve Ribbed Adam!
, VICTORYG
LEW with LIONEL “-
AYRESBARRYMORE
Cl
AYARS • ROBERT STE
ROGERS • ALMA KRU
LAST DAY
SISTER LOVE
AND HATE...
IDA LUPINO
DENNIS MORGAN
The Hard
Way
Also
DIAMOND CUTTING
POPULAR SCIENCE
ues.. Wed., Thurs.
LUPE VELEZ
in
“MEXICAN SPITFIRE’S
BABY"
11
33€
only
Double *
Jinx
Show!
The World’s Most Horrible Picture
Bucket of Blood
WE DARE YOU TO SEE IT!
----P L U.S —
Mantan Moreland
And All-Colored Cast
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CAL
DREN OR THOSE WHO FAINT
EASILY:______:___________
FREE
BRAVERY
PASSES
"The Protessor
Creeps"
A novelty that will keep you in
stitches: Don’t miss it — one
showing ones:
All who sit through "THE BUCKET
OF BLOOD” will receive a comp/l-
mentary two - for - one "Bravery
Pass”* good for A free show at the
BROADWAY
ctto Gal CoOu
AADAN
N GW THROUGH
NOT SATURDAY
The screen’s tribute to the fighting sons of Texas
A&M. See 7,000 Texas Aggies on parade and in
battle.
Asserting the coal strike was the
immediate cause of the enactment,
of the Smith-Connally bill, Thrush
said: “Surely the American Feder-
ation of Labor cannot co rry out its
announced intention of working to
Mine Workers of America a de as an congessmen who voted in
relatively tiny offshoot and rival of favor of the Smith-Connally bill in
the Lewis union in Illinois and Ken- one breath and at the same time
take in under its wing the very man
"The Progressive Miners organi-i and his hirelings who caused the
zation." President Lloyd A. Thrush passage of that bill. ,
told the council, "came into being
because of the injustices of the
United Mine Workers organization |
toward the workers in the coal
mines, because of the failure of that
organization to properly represent
the coal mines, x X * because of
the uncompromising and dictatorial
attitude of the czar of tre United
Mine Workers x X x
“Every member of the Progressive
Mine Workers of America is entitled |
to a fair and honest representation
and has a voice in the selection of
his officers and in the mallagement
of his union affairs. - -
“Such facts cannot be shown to
exist in the United Mine Workers
of America, and we honestly feel
x x x such rights should be perpet-
uated, and they would not be so
perpetuated for coal miners in the
American Federation of Labor if the
application of John L. Lewis is
granted.
“The Progressive Mine Workers of |
, America was the only coal miners
HOBB’AVNHMNE
Wed. - Thurs:
BUD
LOU
Abbott Costello
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our Sama THEATRE . B Aa P %
TODAY AND THURS.
FAST
BEL
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VITAL
LAST TIMES TODAY
+ THIS IS AMERICA ,
* HUNGRY INDIA
Starts Tomorrow!
WELCOME
BACX.
- ALICE!
Alice
FAYE
John
PAYNE
OAKIE
BARI
BOYS and GIRLS
Join the War Bond Club
Tonigh is Texas A&M Exes Night. Special seats will
be roped off for ex-Aggies and their families from
7:30 p. m. to 9:00 p. m.
Come and be together,
with ex-students of A&M
Here is all you have to do.
Go to the Paramount, Majes-
tic. Queen or Palace Theatre
ticket seller and ask for a 10c
War Stamp Album. Go to
work and fill it up by Sept.
9th . . .Don’t delay do it
right now.
This 10c War Stamp drive
boys and girls is a prelude to
the third war loan. The big-
gest, most tremendous fin-
ancing program in the history
of the world. $15,000,000,000
which starts Sept. 9th.
Every boy and girl will want to play a big part in winning
this war. . . Now, here is how you can do it. Earn a dime
by running errand’s for mother and dad, carrier boys, cut the
neighbors grass, grocery stores usually need extra help, and
a hundred other ways to earn money to purchase War Stamps.
HERE’S THE BIG NEWS
Every boy and’giar tiling his or her 10€ War Stamp Album by
Sept. 9th, will be the guest of the Medical Replacement Train-
ing Center of Camp Barkeley to a big free stage show at the
Paramount Theatre Thurs. Sept. 9th, 10:30 a. m. Lets hurry,
lets get started . . . Don’t let these men in uniform on the fight-
ing front down . . . This campaign is sponsored by the Interstate
Theatres, Banner Creameries and KRBC ...
VALTER WANGER’S
EVE NEVE
EEN LICKE
INSPIRED BY THE FIGHTING SONS OF TEXAS A & M
- RICHARD QUINE ANNE GWYNNE
NOAH BEERY. JR MARTHA O’DRISCOUL
MARRY DAVENPORT WILUAM FRAWLEY
EDGAR BARRIER BOB MITCHUM
- BiEE STERN
DAFFY DUCK
LATEST NEWS
DOYLE HUF
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Two other sons 0
Hufstedler are in t.
are Pvt. Doyle M., ,
who entered three 1
months ago and 1
(who is in the ord- 1
nance department i
at Aberdeen Prov- I
ing Ground, Md., i
and Sgt. M. A. I
Hufstedler, Key 1
field, Miss., serv-
ting with a bomb- I
er squadron. Doyle i
Hutstedler’s wife I
and small child I
are residing with I
his parents. M. A
Game a sergeant-
after entering the i
COLEMAN—Chan
ris, son of Mr. and
ris has been comm
Geutenant in the I
completion of OCS
Fort Benning Ga.)
He was inducted N°
served with infantre
. tr : units in the
Graining center. H
technical sergeant
missioned. He is a
tennial high school
Promotion of Lt
glinsworth to first
ween announced fi
in Kansas. He is
Launa Collinsworth
husband of the for
@ LT. G. W. COl
lins, also of Abi
Collinsworth att
academy and col
Tech. He holds
grees in science a
• former superir t
of Rotan. He is 1
structor at Smoth
Lewis Beasley, sc
D. E. Beasley, 163
(hen commissioner
ant at Fort Benni
completion of OC
uate of Abileen
tered the Army in
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