The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 269, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 12, 1944 Page: 5 of 34
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March 12, 1944,
Sunday Morning, March 12, 1944
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Tune In on KRBC
PAGE FIVE
Boys at Front Appreciate Organization’s Wor
OFF I [RAISE OF RED CROSS COMES FROM MEN WHO KNOW
Lester Wisniewski of
if they were and
opened up their mea-
ling to intercept some
ormation they're re-
Stami
lax
I misUken All I WTeye
message.”
Ne.9 0
on of the enemy’s
eflects the temper of
I few months ago he
I "German” to alme’t
1 came the shift to the
Jerry,” which the iff
tinue using to a large
1 *
I beachhead the infan-
I reverted to the last
opellation. With cl’-
is they call him the
Lino-front the other
the soldiers were re-
enemy as "the square-
F one of 1918 vintage.
I course, are only
There are many oth-
the doughboys which
le expressive, but ,edi-
narrow-minded souls
ably it would be fu-
O
Line
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all day
values
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ABILENE
By GITA BUMPASS
From the campaigns of the Aleu-
tans to the battle for Arawe—with
the European and Asiatic theaters
thrown in—comes appreciation of
ae Red Cross from those who
have seen the organization at work
N The Red Cross saw that we got
.what we needed for comfort," says
Seaman 1-C Hubert L. Connally,
Naval Seabee back from his part
% the Kiska and Attu campaigns
A the Aleut labs. where the chape
loin directed Red Cross activities.
country. At Christmas time the Cross headquarters on one side of
Red Cross, sent us boxes, and they New Guinea, flying to the front
arranged for us to send telegrams .
home" lines for wounded men that are
When Connally’s leave ends carried by Army nurses to Aus.
March 30 he will report to Camp tralia hospitals. She Is with an
Parka, Oakland, Calif. evacuation unit of the air corps
, A son, Sgt. Jean Hollowell, now
.Mr. and Mrs L. H 1 Hollowell, stationed in England, writes home
1117 Ambler, received a letter Sat- on Red Cross issued stationery. In
one of his former letters, from
Italy, he told his mother that he
They sent us hoods, sweaters,
gloves, scarfs and everything we do it well.”
urday from their daughter, Ola
Hollowell, an Army nurse in New
Guinea for the pastseven months,
who wrote: The Red Cross girls
have a job I don't want, but they
needed to keep warm in such a cold | Miss Hollowell lives in the Red
CEILING PRICES IN EFFECT
ON USED FARM EQUIPMENT
didn’t write often because at the
front the only available stationery
was distributed by the Red Cross
"They issue several sheets at a
time because they can't get around
very often: but fighting, we can't
keep up with it."
Sergeant Hollowell fought
accident in India, writes his fath-
er. J. B Jordan Sr. of Abilene.
that Red Cross girls are using
their rest periods to play bridge
with patients. He expressed his
appreciation of the work the Red
Cross was doing in the station
hospital in India. Captain Jordan,
adjutant of an AAF transport
squadron, received his latest pro-
motion on Feb 1 He expects to
return to the states for teatment
in Apil.----—
Back with his old crew in Eng-
land, Capt. R. C. Fy for sometime
had acted as an instructor in
Northern Ireland where he attend-
ed Red Cross clubs. He wrote his
Collections Up
STAMFORD, March 11 —'Spit-
Tax collections of the City of Stam-
ford have been exceptionally good
during the past two years, result-
ing in a reduction of nearly #20.000
in the amount of delinquent taxes
on the rolls.
A summary compiled by R G
Bowdry, city manager, shows that
from a total tax levy of *60 755 for
SPRING MAGIC ...
In Smartness and Value!
mother, Mrs H. J. Fry, that the
in boys enjoyed dancing with the
North Africa, Sicily and Italy, but nurses. Captain Fry completed 25
is now in England, where he was missions from England before he
hospitalized for awhile, was sent to Ireland, and returned
OXYGEN MASK FOR FLY.
1942. current collections up to Jan
31. IMS. the delinquent date, were
$54,277.59, after allowing * 1,360,38,
discounts for early payment, or
9158 per cent. Collection of delin-
quent taxes during the same year
amounted to' $5,338.86 plus penal-
ties and interest of *81861 Total
collections, actual cash, were $60,-
435.06, or only $329.94 less than the 1
1942 assessments.
This good record was far exceed-
SPRING MAGIC..
IN WOMEN'S
GAYMODE
HOSIERY
; ING DOG—"Tuga,"
ian Samoyede dog, mascot of
the Army’s 42nd troop carrier
Italy, as saying, The Red Cross squadron, demonstrates how
has been doing a fine job over she learned to use an oxygen
here. Do everything you can to mask while flying with the
sunport this organization. . squadron in ferrying troop*
Sgt Edward W Beasley, wounded , ma : h 1
In action during the landing on and supplies in the Aleutians
Arawe in mid-December, writes during fighting with the Japs.
LONDON, March 11—(A) — A from a New Guinea hospital prais- She is in the arms of Maj. Lu-
delegation of members of the con- ing the Red Cross for being "good ther
Capt. Robert C. Jordan, in a hos-
pital recovering from an aviation
to combat at his own request.
$ 4
Mrs Anna Herman quotes her
son, Capt. Odell Herman, now in
a Siber- ed in collections for 1943 when *19- |
26255 In delinquent taxes was col-
lected, $2,925.16 in penalties and in-
terest and $56,026.21 on current j
rolls, making a total of $78,213.92
for the year from Feb. 1, 1943 to
Jan. 31 1944.
Collection on the current 1943
rolls before delinquent date were
$94.26 per cent, a remarkable re-
cord in tax collections.
For Lasting Beauty
U. S. Lawgivers to
. Celling prices are now in effect form will eliminate the waste and
hazard of theft resulting from tail-
oring ration books containing fix- oDor A ,
ed numbers of coupons. OPA offl-, Ka Snain C GACC
cials said, and will make it easier DU DIHIGI 3 UUD3I3
on seven types of used farm equip-
Ant the local ration board an-
nounced Saturday.
' Prices on used machinery under
OPA regulations cannot sell for
more than 85 percent of the origin-
al sale price if the machinery is not
more than a year old. After one
ear the price cannot exceed 70
percent.
4 5 GUAGE SHEER
1 Used items under ceilings are
combines, corn binders and pickers.
to detect and trace the origin of
coupons which have been impro-
perly acquired. *
099
OPA community price ceiling in
effect for the week ending March
16 were announced by the local
board as:
. . Head lettuce. 11 cents a pound;
farm tractors (except crawler tract- apples, 25 cents for two pounds;
prs), hav balers (motor or tractor i cabbage, g cents for two pounds:
gerated), hay . loaders, manure Mexican bananas, 10 cents a pound;
spreaders, side delivery rakes and Texas oranges, 40 cents for five
any combination of these sold as pounds; California oranges, 57 cents
a unit.
3 All auctioneers in the area are
Required to file a notice of each
Bale of farm equipment with the
Part Worth district OPA office at
least six days before the sale, Mrs
Wroten, chief clerk of the local
board, said.
1 Folders which bear notations of
the serial numbers of coupons is-
ded are being distributed with the
new B-3 and C-3 strip coupons and
vith the nonhighway E and R strip
ickets.
gress of the United States will be and helpful." Sergeant Beasley,
invited by parliament to visit Great | son of Mr and Mrs D. E Beasley
Britain as guests of the British of Abilene, is improving and expects
government within the near future, to be able to walk in a few weeks.
B. Matthews, Center,
Tex., commander of the
It was disclosed last night. Recent visitor at Hardin-Sim-
The invitation will be extended mons university where he was grad-
by the House of Commons on its uated. Capt. Winston Tucker, a
next sitting day and It is under- veteran of 25 raids out of England
stood here than congress will ap- said, "If it weren’t for the Red
prove the proposal as soon as it Cross overseas, I don’t know what_
is received.the boys would do On leave the
for five pounds; California lemons,! The delegation, size of which Is fellows in England could spend the
13 cents a pound; Texas ruby red | to be left to Congress, will in-day in London with entertainment
furnished by the Red Cross."
Mrs. D F. Goetz made a donation
to the Red Cross in her son’s name
Saturday at his suggestion. Writing
from England where he is a chief
and marsh pink grapefruit. 8 cents | elude Democrats, Republicans and
a pound: Texas marsh white grape- | members of the minority parties In
fruit, 7 cents a pound: Idaho rus-1 both houses. The visit is scheduled
set potatoes in bulk. 27 cents for to last several weeks and will in-
five pounds, in bags, 10 pounds for clude trips to U. S. military sta-
, 56 cents; red McClure potatoes, 25 . tions in Great Britain Members warrant Srricer tn the headquarters
- cents for five pounds; triumph pot- of the delegation will also be given | warrant officer in the headquarters
atoes, 22 cents for five pounds: cob- the opportunity of studying the of the engineers battalion. Prester
bler potatoes, 23 cents for five | British war effort at first hand, it Soeta Says, about the organizaticr.
pounds; yellow onions, excluding was said.
jumbos, 23 cents for three pounds: --------
“No matter what time at night we
yellow onions, three inches or lar-
, , . , ger. 25 cenU for three pounds; white
A dealer or distributor shall not | onions, 26 cents for three pounds.
hake a transfer of gasoline to a ____________________________________
onsumer in exchange for serial-
•number coupons unless the ident- Danarl Cuarrillae
tying folder is presented and the ACDOT UuCTTids
Operating in Italy
Court Okays Kayo
OMAHA, Neb. March 11.—Isl-
come in with packs on our backs,
Red Cross girls meet us with a smile
—and doughnuts and coffee." Goetz
served in North Africa before he was
transferred to England, and now
he contends, "I'm hungry for some
squadron. (AP Wirephoto
from U. S. Army Air Forces).
Sgt. J. C. Gambill, stationed at
Kelly field, San Antonio, is in Abi-
lene visiting his parents, Mr and
Mrs R. H. Gambill, Fincher hotel.
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erial numbers of tickets accepted
ire included in the range of cou-
ion numbers on the folder, OPA
las ruled.
The issuance of coupons in strip
ir Medal to
jnday Flier
Municipal Judge Perry Wheeler
complimented a 15-year-old girl for good American English."
hitting her former step-father over S-Sgt. Ralph C. Short of Baird
the head with a rolling pin, writes his mother, Mrs. Bessie Shore
"For years I've been recommend- from India that he has met Glb
ing this old-fashioned treatment for Sandefer, HSU business manager €.
drunken men who abused their fam- athletics on leave, now connects.
ilies,” Judge Wheeler told the girl, with the Red Cross. “The Red Cross
NEW YORK March 11—(P)—An-„.
Italian guerilla army, composed of You’re the first one who’s taken certainly has a swell place for en-
veterans of Africa and the Balkans my advice ■ 1 listed men over here," he wrote.
has been operating in Italy under
a commander whose identity is
known only to his closest associates,
a Chicago dispatch to the Swiss
Newpaper Basler Nachrichten said
today.
The dispatch, reported by the Of-
fice of War Information, said the
, number of these Partisans was “ex-
amel L. Henderson, son of Mr.tremely high." that they held arms
nd Mrs. M M Henderson of Rt. and munitions depots, and operated
MMunday, was recently awarded the mostly In their native districts.
Ir Medal for extraordinary mert- The guerrilas were said to include
prious achievement while parti-Alpine troops, marines and cavalry
pating in aerial flights on com- with the Bersaglieri, aviators and
at operational missions. He has infantry also represented.
iso been awarded six bronze Oak --------------------------—__.
MUNDAY, March 11 - S-Sgt.
gaf Clusters. To Elect Trustees
"Sergeant Henderson is an Aerial 10 Elect ITUITeej
ngineer and gunner in * Libera- STAMFORD, March 11—Two
Dr bomber operation out of ad- trustees for the Stamford city
ance bases in the 13th Air Force, schools will be chosen at an elec-
uring his 15 months of overseas tion here April 1, It was announced
uty he successfully completed 46 today.
Csions against heavily-defensed | Trustees whose terms expire are
Apanese installations. He has In A. M. G. Swenson and Albert Ivy
coess of 500 combat hours in the Both will stand for reelection.
outh Pacific. j j
Prior to entering the service he Cpl. James Fleming, brother of
■tended John Tarleton college. Deputy Sheriff H T Fleming of
Stephenville, He received his Army Abilene, has been brought to Me- I
Lchnical training at Chanute Field Closkey General hospital. Temple. |
PA at Las. Vegas gunnery school from Hawaii. He has been ill some
— ■-------------------------------time, his brother has learned The
Skin Tests Set
local man expects to visit him in
a few days, Corporal Fleming work-
ed here for his brother in the fill-
[Jr. Erie Sellers and Dr J P Gib- ing station business several years
M will give tuberculosis skin tests ago
■ Abilene high school March |
Ira Edith Smith and H 8 Fath- coop News PSORIASIS
tree will be in charge On March asaut FauotP
. Dr Gibson is to address the
gh school assembly, speaking on
neral Health and Tuberculosis.
ABOUT •* "7
Remove scales—relieve itching with
antiseptic stimulating Black and White
Ointment. Use only as directed. Cleanse
with mild Black and White Skin Sosp.
my advice.”
listed men over here," he wrote.
Have You Made Your Contribution?
REMEMBER
The RED CROSS is at his side
and the Red Cross is YOU!
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Just received o large shipment of enamel kitchen ware of all
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