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THE ABILENE REPORTER-FEWS
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Saturday Evening, January 29, 1944
Allies Knock Down 30. More Planes at Rabauh
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ARTIST SKETCHES OF JAP BRUTALITIES—How Japs inflicted brutalities on thou-
sands of American prisoners taken in the Philippines, forcing many on a 12-day "March of
Death” is portrayed in the top graphic sketch by NEA-ACME Staff Artist R. Ray. Below—
This is a sketch showing how Japs hit Yank prisoners over the back with shovels. (NEA
Telephoto).
Admiralty Isles
Pounded Again
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD-
QUARTERS. N. Guinea, Jan. 29—(P)
—Powerful Allied air forces, rang-
ing 2.000 miles over Japan's con-
quered island empire, have heaped
new destruction on important enemy
positions. Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur’s communique said today.
Japan's quandary — whether to
hide her planes on the ground or
send them up to mix it with the
sharp-shooting Allies—was empha-
sized by Wednesday s raid on Ra-
baul. New Britain.
More than 50 Allied bombers
raced in at low level to plaster
Rabaul’s airfield system while
a protecting cover of more than
60 lighters found the enemy
willing to fight it out in the
sky. As a result, between it and
30 Japanese planes were shot
down ent of a force of about M '-
interceptors.
But the day before the enemy
decided to keep their airmen on the
ground and a strong force of Amer-
ican planes ranged over the Ra-
baul area for 35 minutes without
air interception.
Wednesday's raid on Rabaul was
the 24th in 26 days and raised
enemy plane losses there to 390
during January. Allied forces,which
lost four fighters in the raid, re-
port 60 aircraft lost during the
month.
ADMIRALTY
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RABAUL.
THREE MARSHALL ATOLLS ARE
SLUGGED ANEW; FIRES BLAZE
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Gloucester
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NEW
BRITAIN
STATUTE MILES
200
ADMIRALTY INVASION A POSSIBILITY—Circled section
indicates area in which Allies have airfields from which, ap-
parently, they are bombing the Admiralty Islands (broken,
pointer) as possible prelude to invasion of those Jap-held
regions. Invasion would mean stepped up air activity over
Wewak and Kavieng (open arrows) and would cut route
between Japs on New Guinea and their Truk base. (AP
Wirephoto).
FILIBUSTER’CHARGED IN
DELAY ON SOLDIER VOTE
PEARL HARBOR. Jan 29
Wotje. Maloelap and Mill- islands
becoming increasingly familiar to
observers of the Pacific war— were
slugged again by United States air-
men who for 22 straight days have
kept at the job of softening up the
Marshall group.
These three atolls in Japan's
central Pacific bastion have be-
tween them undergone 73 raids
in the last two months. Last
night the Navy tersely told of
the latest raids which occurred
Thursday:
"Wotje was attacked in the af-
ternoon by medium bombers - Fires
were started around ground facili-
ties.
"Dive bombers and fighters made
a late afternoon attack on Mit,
bombing and strafing airdrome in-
stallations and gun emplacements.
One of our dive bombers was shot
down. •
"Heavy bombers dropped more
than 20 tons of bombs on Taroa,
last year.
Japanese airmen failed to react
aggressively to the Thursday raids
on the Marshalls as they did the
day before, a
"No fighter opposition was en-G
countered,” the Navy said.
The day before, best-grade Jape
anese fighter pilots rose w tHs-de
the Americans in the biggest air-
battle of the Marshalls campaign—
Their termity cost them 16 to 22"
planes, against a loss of none for
the United States
------------------:----------------
Realistic War
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 29—PP =
Theater Owner Jay Means wishes
boys wouldn’t take the war so ser-
iously.
He had to,patch 55 holes blasted
in the Maloelap atoll, at dusk. ,
causing damage in the cantonment .
in his new plastic screen by the
rifles of youthful snipers at Jape
anese soldiers.
The film: Guadalcanal Diary "
Wanted: News From
The Home Folk for
The 45th Division
Over There
For the Want of A Horseshoe Nail-
A BATTLE COULD BE LOST
What are the wives, mothers,
children of the men of the 45th
Division, formerly of Camp
Berkeley, doing these days?
Let's have news from them all
—from the private's wife to
the colonel's lady. Jot down
your items, mail or bring them
to Caleb Reed's, and we’ll pre-
pare a special news bulletin to
go to every 45th man in Italy.
—Pass the word along to the
families living in Oklahoma,
Arizona, New Mexico Make
the news report complete
CALEB REED'S
274 CYPRESS
P.S. — Don't delay — we want the
news t its way in the next 10 doyt
By DON WHITEHEAD So I began, looking. We had $50,000
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN i available for purchasing supplies
ITALY—(PP)—Capt. Tommy Rose of I and that sort of dough will buy
Texarkana. Tex doesn’t bee any- several tons of horseshoe nails,
thing funny in the old jingle about "But could I find any nails’"
a battle being lost all for want of Rose took another sip of cognac
a horseshoe nall. and shook his head.
1 In fact, Tommy is positive that
I the fellow who wrote it once had
For the fourth straight day,
enemy positions In the Ad-
miralty Islands In the Bismarck
Ma northwest of Rabaul took
another heavy pounding. Lib-
erator bombers escorted by
fighters poured 133 tons of ex-
plosives into the staging base
of Lorengau. No air opposition
was reported.
Early Wednesday morning, a Cat-
alina patrol bomber spotted a Jap-
anese flotilla 30 miles northwest
of Kavieng New Ireland, and scored
hits on the fantall of a destrover
and a gunboat protecting the
troop ship.
Along the coast of northeast New
strafed the enemy all the way from
strated the enemy all the way from
Madang, target of an Allied land
drive, to Hansa bay. 100 airline
miles northwest.
And on the westernmost tip of
the 2.000-mnlle striking arc. Libera-
tor heavy bombera raked the Jap-
anese installations on Portuguese
Timor in the East Indies and sank
a 1,000-ton cargo ship.
South Pacific airmen -who have
taken an important part in the Ra-
baul campaign since new Allied air-
fields have been opened on Bougan-
ville island in the Solomons, re-
ported they have shot down 1.291
enemy planes since last Aug Our
losses were placed at less than one-
1 seventh, or approximately 180
planes. '
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 — (P —
Administration Senators are ready
to cry "filibuster ’ at their oppon-
ents if they can’t get a vote start-
ed Monday on their federal war bal-
lot plan for the armed forces
Turned into a ’political issue by
four days of bitter debate, the bill
will start its second weeks run in
the senate Monday and so far not
one test vote has been taken.
“If we don’t start voting Mon-
day, on some of the amend-
ments at least,” said Senator
Green (D-RD. one of the au-
then of the federal ballot plan,
"I think the public will be jus-
tified in concluding that a fili-
buster is in progress.”
Republicans and a bloc of south-
Sergeant Utley
Listed Missing
cm Democrats have peppered the
bill with amendment attempts, hop-
ing either to eliminate the federal
war ballot entirely or hold It to a
status equal with state absentee
ballots and subject to state election
laws.
Hoping to force the Democrats
to a showdown on the fourth term
question, Senator Bridges (R-NH)
planes an amendment to the ad-
ministration bill to require that the
names of presidential and vice pres-
idential candidates be printed on
any federal ballots sent to the arm-
ed forces
He will propose Monday that the
Democrats hold their national con-
vention early enough to get their
ticket on the ballots. The Demo-
cratic convention probably will be
held late in July. Republican dele-
gates will meet June 26.
The present bill provides blank
space on the ballot for president,
vice president, senator and con-
gressmen. Voters either could write
in the names of their choice or
could simply put down the name of
the party for which they were vot-
ing.
Republicans contend the blank
ballot plan will give the Democrats.
TRENT, Jan. 2*—<spli— S-Sgt.
Virgil H Utley has been missing in
action in the North African theater
since Dec 28, his wife, Mrs. Virgil ueave -.. ...____:____
Utley of Trent has been notified by an advantage in the overseas vot-
the War department. ’ -
ing—particularly if President Rooser
velt is a candidate lor re-election.
I since his name may be more readi-
ly associated with the campaign
in the minds of the armed service
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cost to relatives and friends of
men and women in the armed
forces or the Reporter-News
business office.
Requests by mail will be hand-
led for 5c which is only to de-
fray postage and wrapping.
area. All of our planes returned.”
The Marshall blasters extended
their punches to Nauru, an Island
west of the Gilberts and south of
the Marshalls, giving It is first
pounding since Dec 28 Medium
bombers attacked ground Installs- |
tions in a daylight attack without <
loss to themselves.---.--
Potato-shaped Nauru, eight
and half square miles, is an
important phosphate producer
and was seized by the Japan-
ese in August, 1942. It took its,
worst pounding from warships,
including battleships and car-
rier-based bombers, on Dec. 8
A-111'
NOW! FOR 3 DAYS!
For correctly fitted glasses and
eye care Phone 9179 for appoint-
nent.
Dr. T. S. Higginbotham
Optometrist
‘ 318-19 Mims Bldg.
DR. JOE E. BUSBY
CHIROPRACTOR
Chiropractic Health Service
in Abilene 25 Years
Conveniently Located Downtown
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GARFIELD
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a job trying to keep park train ani-
mals shod in mountainous country
where a war was being fought
The Texan needs horseshoe nails
and finds them about as plentiful
as diamonds.
"Our division” he explained, “has
one hell of a lot of mules and horses
for carrying supplies to the dough-
boys fighting up in the mountains.
They often throw shoes on rough
trails and, as any of us Texans
know, they go - lame if you don’t
get another shoe back on the hoof
Well, its my job to find nails.
13,000 Killed at
Sarny by Nazis
LONDON, Jan 29— (P —More
than 13 000 citizens of Sarny a town
-I came back with N nails.
"I bought them by twos,
threes and fours and even found
one farmer who had 12.
Brother, horseshoe nails in this
country are as rare as hens
teeth in Texas.
-And believe me. I know just
how a battle could be loot for
want of a herseshee nail. The
only difference is we did not
lose the battle."
A, B Drivers to 1
Get New Tires 1
WASHINGTON, Jan 29— — 1
1 Automobile owners using "A” and 1
B gasoline rations will be eligible 1
next month for new synthetic tires 1
tor essential driving B
A high government authority said ■
today that the Office of Price ad- ■
| ministration will amend present .
| regulations to assure new tires for
voters.
Backers of the revived war ballot
plan are striving for a senate deci-
sion before the house vote#—possi-
bly Tuesday—on a states rights"
bill which would leave it to the
states to handle all military ab-
sentee voting That bill, labeled a
“fraud" by the President, passed
the senate a month ago
The new senate bill is intended
as a substitute for the “states
rights" bill.
S-SGT. VIRGIL H. UTLEY
MEXSANA
SOOTHING MEDICATED POWDE,
KI:
ADVENTURE WITH
MUSIC IN . . .
The Old
Barn Dance
Starring
GENE AUTRY
with
SMILEY BURNETTE
----A IM
Cartoon— Serial
W.ne Mom Fatride
SLEZAK 0 DRISCOLL MORISON
A. R*Q Pictwe
Buy A Bond From An
Interstate Employee
And Attend the Bond
Premier at Paramount Theatre
Wad., Feb. 9th—
"DESTINATION TOKYO"
low-mileage war drivers but added
The job of furnishing one Fifth that the current mileage ration
Sgt. Utley was a gunner on a Lib-
erator bomber which failed to re-
turn to its base after a mission over
occupied territory.
Born in Eskota June 19. 1921. he ;
is the son of Mr and Mrs L H |
And there are such incidentals ported that the new synthetic Ure ter ^ Trent. *e-*nc in 1039
also as motor maintenance, evacua- program will bring about "a move . married to Mildred Nixon
lion of the wounded water supply, equitable distribution”, of existing and to
tetflerontrelandforaceforcani- messenger Hire suppliesfrom Ana Set ‘ Utley entered the service
Sept 1. 1942, and received his basic I
training at Kearns. Utah He fin-
ished advanced gunnery school at 1
Las Vegas, Nev.
! The missing flyer had had ten j
months of foreign service. He WAS 1
first based in North Africa and then
army division with supplies and basis will be eliminated -and the
keeping transport moving is the re- synthetic alloted only to drivers in
sponsibility of Lt. Col. Carl A. these two classes determined to be
Phinney of 3304 Shenandeah ave-“most essential”
nue. Dallas.
The Washington Poet also re-
mats as well as food for the men | tional stockpile consisting almost
The night before Thanksgiving entirely of new synthetics.
Phinney found his division was The Post said that an OPA
short 150 turkeys and for a time official had described the stock
it looked as if a lot of doughbovs of pre-war used and recapped
would have to go without the tradi- tires—all that A and B book
in old Poland recently recaptured
by the Red army, were slain by the tional dinner.holders could get—as reduced
Germans, the Moscow radio said But Tommy Rose was on the tele- ta “merely a dribble."
phone all night calling various However the official source said,
sources of supply and when Phinney + local board quotas- cm -tires err ex- ■ -
checked the units the next day each pected to remain about the same
and responsibility of determining
today
--The-breadeast,—recorded—by-
the Soviet monitor, said the
atrocities included “23 men kill-
ed in a gestape torture cham-
ber. two orthodox priests
smothered with tar and barne4
to death on a bonfire, 1,000
youths driven away to slavery
In Germany and 400 houses
| burned."
I (An FCC recording of the broad-
cast said evidence was compiled
by a number of the surviving resi-
dents, including a clergyman two
| doctors and a woman teacher who
cited, specifically, the torture of
two collective farmers of Sarny.
Peter Kalinovich and Alexander ___. .__- . ,___.___
- Kukharsky The Fascist barbar- week and must be furnished, along
ians poured gasoline over them and with five tons of medical supplies
| burned them on a bon fire - their and there’s, also three truckloads a
statement said.i •-------------. day just of replacements for lost
1 -___________________i personal equipment, such as shoes
---* -------- canteens, etc
one had its allowance of turkey.
On another occasion was
found that troops fighting the
cold mountain heights were suf-
feeing because they did not
have dry socks. A hurry- rail
went out and 10,000 pairs of
sacks were flown from North
Africa.
the degree of an applicant’s essen-
tial driving will rest with the ration-
ing panels
He added that OPA plans cell for
rationing of about 750.000 of the
new synthetics a month in March
in Italy.
At the time he was lost Bat Ut-
ley was nearing his required number
of combat missions and was expect-
ed home soon on a furlough. His
last letter to his wife was dated
Dec 26, and was received here only
a few days ago.
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with future rations depending en-
tirely on war demands.
. , ... . Presently only motorists in essen-
Each day a dozen 2 1-2-ton trucks tial jobs or car-sharers who are per-
roll into the division carryingra- mitted to drive in excess of 601
tions only. It takes that much to miles • month, are entitled to new
keep an American fighting division tires
i well fed A division also consumes
about 997 000 gallons of water each
SCHNECK’S SHANGRI-LA
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LAST DAY
“Riders of The N. W. Mounted”
with
Russell Hayden - Bow Wills
DANCE
EVERY
THURSDAY
AND
SATURDAY
NIGHTS
American Legion
Club House
East on South 11th Street
Last Day
LAST DAY!
Starring '
Jon Wall — Maria Montez
And"
The Lone Wolf in Egypt!
DM BROA
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foe. 10 A.M. to 10 P M.
James Oliver Curwood’s
"LAW of the TIMBER"
Monte Blue—Marjorie Reynolds
Also
Rochelle Hudson - Buster Crobbe
" Queen of Broadway”
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BARBARA STANWYCK
EDWARD G. ROBINSON
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te Ma “DESTINATION TOKYO.”
Meanness
Coleman Instructor
Takes to Parachute
COLEMAN. Jan 29—(Spi.)—In-
I structor C E Anderson, formerly
of Freeport, III is taking his regu-
lar turn on the flying line at Cole-
man flying school, although he had |
to use his parachute to escape death |
on Tuesday of this week.
Instructor Anderson and Aviation
| Cadet J G Edgar of Ban Francisco “
were doing a slow roll Tuesday
when Instructor Anderson acciden-
tally struck his safety belt and un- |
fastened It. causing him to fall from
the plane
The instructor pulled the rip cord
and floated gently to earth un-
harmed’ F
The cadet, an upper classman who
had already soloed brought the
I plane on in to a perfect landing. |
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Bus Station
Dancing Every Night Except
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valuables, burglars often damage
a home and its furnishings. In
fact, if they fail to find much
worth taking they may wreck your
home out of meanness' Residence
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Citizens Bank Bldg.
Dial 5244
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