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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Saturday Evening, June 3, 1944
Biak Attack in High Gear
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Indiana GOPs
Reject Dewey
CHRISTIAN
PRINCIPLES
ADVANCE ALLIED HEAD-
HUARTERS, New Guinea, June 35
(pyMopup squads of cliff-sealing
Yanks ferreted Japanese snipers
from limestone caves and hunted
down machinegun nests on wooded
rugetops as the week-old invasion
of Biak island, stalemated since
Monday, moved back into high gear
today.
A big push by reinforced
Sixth army units toward three
airfields—potential bases for
bombing the Philippines—was
pointed along a coastal road,
hitherto a death trap because
of murderous fire poured down
from the ridges.
Biak, main island in the Schout-
ens 886 miles southeast of the Phil-
ippines, was invaded in Dutch New
Guinea’s Geelvink bay last Satur:
day. The Japanese pulled out of
Bosnek village on the southeast
coast, allowed the Yanks to move
west along a shore road to within
half a mile of Mokmer, then cut
loose with withering blasts which ==-e-------— - ,
forced the invaders back a mile McMurry college, and gradu-
and a half. ated at Cameron Junior col-
While reinforcements were land- lege, Lawton, Okla. He enlist-
ed. Yank units fought their way to ed Nov. 17, 1942. Two brothers
resort. now “are choppine up- are in service—Russell, a cor-
In coordination. Liberators and poral at Pampa, and Richard,
Mitchells skimmed the ridges to with the Seabees in Califor-
spill 80 tons of explosives on Japa- :
nese there and at Mokmer. •_______________
CRASH VICTIM — Lt. Ray-
mond Clyde Abbott, 23, was
killed May 2, in a plane crash
at Hammer field, Freziona,
Calif. He was a son of Gordon
Abbott, Muleshoe, but a for-
mer resident of Bradshaw,
and a grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Abbott of Brad-
shaw. Lieutenant Abbott was
born Aug. 6, 1920, at Brad-
shaw, graduated at Morton
high school in 1931, attended
By The Associated Press
A last-ditch stop-Dewey move-
ment apparently had taken on new
life in the Republican party today
as a result of the action of Indi-
ana’s GOP convention in shouting
down yesterday a proposal to pledge
the state’s 29 votes to Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey for the presidential nom-
ination. .
Opponents acclaimed the In-
diana setback as the beginning
of a shift they believe may pre-
vent a first ballot nomination.
With 64 votes previously pledged
and claimed for their candidate,
backers of Gov. John W. Brick-
er, of Ohio, hailed the Indiana
results as a sweeping victory.
Dewey supporters came out of
the convention with a minimum of
two delegates to boost his pledged
and claimed total to 390. In addi-
tion, they claimed the support of
ROAS
EPURINC
AREA C E
ated at Cameron Junior col-
lege, Lawton, Okla. He enlist-
nia.
Headquarters reported that small
groups of Japanese planes were at:
tacking the Bosnek beachhead at
night, losing one in the latest ef-
fort to anti-aircrt gunners, but
the enemy airforce refrained from
showing up in daylight. ,__,
American warships remained
in the Biak area, 200 miles
northwest of the next nearest
Dutch New Guinea invasion
point at Maffin bay. A destroy-
er wiped out three enemy bar-
ges and 25 Japanese 10 miles
east of Bosnek.
(This might indicate an attempt
of the Japanese to get in behind the
invaders as a previous communique
said all enemy resistance in that
area had collapsed).
THE MARKETS
AT A GLANCE
June 3.—By Associated Press).
STOCKS—Steady; liquors, spegial-
ties advance. .3 1
BONDS—Narrow; some rails in
ZOYron—Easy: commission house,
southern liquidation.
Livestock
FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH, June 3—(UP)—(WFA)
six others.
But the contention of the Bricker
faction, and that of other Dewey
opponents, is that there are are
enough opposition votes among the
478 delegates thus far chosen who
are unpledged and unclaimed, to
tie up the nomination beyond the
first ballot and make the result un-
certain.
The convention nominated Hom-
er E. Capehart, Indianapolis man-
ufacturer, for the long-term seat
in the U. S. senate. Capehart, who
first gained national prominence
with his GOP . “cornfield confer-
ence” at his Washington (Ind.)
farm in 1938, and who generally is
regarded as a Dewey supporter, de-
feated James M. Tucker, of Paoli,
former secretary of state and a
medically-discharged naval officer,
who withdrew. William E. Jenner,
of Bedford, an army captain, was
nominated for the sho. term, upon
the withdrawal of E. J. Hancock,
Greensburg, editor. There was no
contest for the gubernatorial nom-
ination which went to Ralph E.
Gates, former GOP state chairman.
CUTTING THROUGH-It will take great power to cut a
road through to enduring peace. The experiences after the
last war should make us realize that diplomacy and political
effort alone cannot do it. There is much more reason for
shame than pride in what statesmen have achieved towards
peace in the past generation. New methods, new tools are
needed that can break through all the tangled interwoven
growth of economic selfishness and roll away the rock ob-
structions of hatred that so far have blocked the progress
of men toward a stabilized decent society. Within the Chris-
tian message can be found the combined power and leverage
to do the job. Can we not at last bring to our spiritual pros-
ress the genuis for the development and application of power
that has symbolized our material achievement? (By Charles
A. Wells). _ __
Rotary Club Hears
Details of C of C
Industrial Survey
At another invasion beach-
head more than 450 miles
southeast near Aitape, British
New Guinea, headquarters re-
ported today that Japanese
had ambushed a patrol, killing
nine Americans and six natives
with rifles, grenades and light
machineguns while losing only
one of their force.
(At the other end of the Pacific
war theater, American bombers
rounded out their biggest month’s
activity against Japan’s Kurile is-
lands in the North Pacific. Adm.
Chester w. Nimitz announced yes-
terday at Pearl Harbor that Navy
planes hit Shumushu island Wed-
nesday for the third successive day.
It was the 25th Kurile strike by
Army and Navy bombers in May.)
Sgt. and Mrs. E. L. White, route
three, are parents of a boy born at
8:12 p.m. Friday at St. Ann hos-
pital. The baby weighed six
pounds four ounces.
—Livestock:
Cattle 250, calves 50. Compared close
last week: most classes steady to strong,
some cows still 25 higher but most
or early navance lost. Week’s tops: Reef
steers and yearlings 16.00. heifers 120
cows 12.25, bulls 10.50, fat calves 409
stocker calves 13.50. Week’s l:
slaughter steers and yearlings 10.00
14 50: beef cows 8.75-10.50, canners and
cutters 6.00-8 25. bulls 7.00-10.25. killing
calves 7.00-13.50, stocker calves and
runs 2000.7 Compared close Last week:
fat lambs steady to strong, two year
oid wethers 1.00-3.00 lower, best ated
wethers and ewes steady, others 25,50
lower. week’s tops: spring lambs 14.50.
22.2counei?% WT.
bulks: spring lambs 12.00-13.50, shorn
lambs 10.50-12.50. two year old wethers
5.00-7.00, aged wethers and ewes 8W
6 7., 300. Mostly steady, although top
10 lower at 13.55 this price paid packers
for good and choice 180-270 Few
lighter and heavier weights 12.00 down.
Most sows 9.75-10.00. Pigs 8.50 down
Compared with week ago, all classes
sends." *
SAN ANTONIO
SAN ANTONIO. June 3.—(AP) - Fed.
eral-State Mkt News)—Sheep compared
Friday week ago: Mostly steady, instan-
, ces 25 higher on wethers to small butch-
: ers: medium and good spring lambs
10.00-11.75. bulk medium and good old
crop lambs and yearlings. No. 1 to 3
pelt 9.00-10.50; few goats 5.00,
New Pastor Comes
To Calvary Church
The Rev. D. L. Calhoun, former-
ly pastor at Hodges, has accepted
the position as pastor of the Cal-
vary Baptist church. North 9th and
Victoria, and will be in the pulpit
there Sunday night.
Early in April, the former pastor,
the Rev. J. D. Alexander, entered
the Army Chaplain’s service, re-
porting to the Chaplain’s school at
Harvard university in Cambridge,
Mass. t
A native of Lexington, Ky. the
Rev. Mr. Calhoun has been in Tex-
as four years. He was formerly pas-
tor at Skellytown and Goodnight
and is to receive his B. A. degree
from Hardin-Simmons university
Saints Out of Sinners
Is Evangelist’s Topic
Making Saints out of Sinners was
the sermon subject taken by Reuel
Lemons in evangelistic services last
night at the 12th and Chestnut
Church of Christ. ...
“You cannot find the plan of sal-
vation in actual operation making
saints out of sinners in any of the
first four books of the New Testa-
ment or in Romans through Rev-
elations”. the minister said last
night. The sinners who crucified
Jesus are mentioned in Acts 2:36,
he said, and in Acts 2:37-47 God
makes saints out of those sinners.
this summer.
Sunday morning, the Rev. Way-
land Boyd will preach at the Cal-
vary church on the subject of Pray-
er. Sunday school meets at 9:45 a.
m., training union at 7:30 p. m. and
the evening worship at 8:30 o’clock.
Each Sunday at 2 p. m. the Sun-
day school lesson is taught at the
Cedar street fire station.
Post-war planning committee su-
pervised the program of the lunch-
eon meeting of the Rotary club yes-
terday in the Hilton hotel.
Speaker was Burt C. Blanton of
Dallas who is conducting an indus-
trial survey of Abilene and trade
territory under the sponsorship of
the chamber of commerce.
The survey, which will take in
the 22 counties composing the re-
tailtrade area and 39 counties in
the wholesale trade territory over
the period, 1920-1943, was outlined
to the club. .
A complete list of subjects to be-
covered in the survey was given
by the industrial engineer who said,
“potential industrial districts lie on
all sides of Abilene".
Location of additional manu-
facturing plants in this region
was predicted by Blanton. These
would probably be small unit
type establishments, serving a
given market.
“In post war days I believe we
will see an age of prosperity which
will extend from 15 to 25 years. I
am optimistic enough to call it the
ACE era, based on the three big
field, aviation, chemurgy and elec-
tronics.”
Presiding over the meeting was
George Foster, vice president, and
program chairman was George Bar-
Job Controls to
Get Test Soon
WASHINGTON, June 3.--
Voluntary manpower controls which
are to go into effect July 1 as an
iron-hand-velvet-glove attempt to
bring "new thousands of men into
war industry, probably will be put
to an exhaustive test within the
Italy May 291(Delayed)—1 (In a statement distributed by an
eGerman troops said have information delegate of the Yugo-
been personally directed by Field slav government in York on
Marshal Erwin Rommel swarmed June 2 Gen. Draja Mihailovic said
Me the Bosnian headquarters of“The civil war raging in our coun-
Marsnar rito on May 25 in an at-try under enemy occupation * Z.X
tempt to capture the Yugoslav Par-has been provoked by the Partisan
tisan leader but Tito had fled more movement.” Marshal Tito is the
than an hour before. Partisan leader of the Partisans. . ,
than . today (Mihailovic, who was minister of
sources disclosed today. .___. war in the government of King
Using Stuka dive-bombers PAma Peter I until a recent cabinet
troopers, glider-borne infantry and shakeup, denied “with indignation”
ground forces the Germans. previous Partisan assertions that
mated at five divisions—found the some of the units under his com-
Partisan leader had escaped to the mand were collaborating with the
mountains along with Maj Ran Germans."
dolph Churchill, son of the British
prime minister. Virtually all other Carbe Strike Back
Allied officers attached to Tito’sperDs strike DOCK
staaff also escaped.ondente At Nazi Garrison
Two Allied corresponeen,”
Stoyan Pribichevich of Time LONDON, June 3—(P)—Marshal
Life and Fortune • RS Tito’s forces, striking at the enemy-
Jobin Teipet of sene empeured D base of Mima Pec in Slovenia,
the Nazis, but Pribichevich es- chased out the Nazi garrison, then
caped later during a Partisan routed two columns of Germans
attack. sent to the garrison’s aid, a commu-
Tito’s headquarters, used by him nique broadcast from Tito’s head-
for more than a year, was situated quarters said today.
in a vast grotto near Drvar, 70 miles. One strong column of Germans,
north of Yugoslavia’s major Adri-with tanks and armored vehicles,
atic port of Split. came from Novo Mesto. It was
• * * routed with “heavy losses to the
Dive-bombers began the Nazi as-enemy," the communique said.
sault. They were quickly followed In western Bosnia Tito’s troops
by paratroopers and glider-borne were described as on the offensive
infantry. A coordinated attack was against “strong enemy forces at-
made by tank-led ground forces. tacking from several directions,"
The enemy managed on the second
day to push an armored column
. into Drvar, meanwhile taking the
important airport of Petrovac, 14
i miles north, and bombing several
Partisan towns in the vicinity: ,
Planes of the U. s. 15th air force
and the RAF roared across the Ad
riatic plasterin gtroop concentre-
tions, transports, airfields and a
troop train in support of the Par-
tisan American colonel who was
in Drvar said the paratroop at-
tack obviously was designed to
make the most of the confusion
caused by the Stukas.
ron.
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and on other fronts "stronger mili-
tary activity was noted on botb
sides.”
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Abilenian’s Father
Funeral arrangements for T. T.
Grantham who died Friday in his
home in Jackson, Miss., are incom-
plete. Mr. Grantham, 94, is the
father of the Rev, L. T. Grantham,
pastor of the Corinth Baptist
church, and had twice visited in
Abilene.
Going to Mississippi will be the
Rev. and Mrs. Grantham, daugh-
ters, Carol and Mrs. T. Gerald
Cates; son, Lt. G. T. Grantham, sta-
tioned in San Angelo. The Rev. Mr.
Cates and the younger Mrs. Gran-
tham will also attend the funeral.
PUBLIC RECORDS
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Bertram E. Urban of Wisconsin Rap-
ids. Wis.. and Margery Jesse of Pitts-
ville, Wis.
Vernon Collins and Miltrue Cotton
of Abilene. . ,
John C. Hilde of St. Louis, Mo., and
Mrs. Gladys King of Abilene.
Charles Monroe Hutchins of Sea-
graves and Ila Mae Brooks of Level-
Iandwis Jackson of Abilene and Geor-
gia Mae Livingston of Dallas.. .
Alfred P. Augustine and Elizabeth
Jane Knerl of Ravenna. Neb.,
Eugene Sampson of Brookshire and
Katie Mae White of Grandberry
Max A. Koeber and Eleanor Shafer
of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Robert J. McSheehey of San Frans
cisco, Calif., and Madelene Sivilich of
Sacramento, Calif. .
Don H. Barr of Aberdeen. Wash.,
and Vera Adams of Carper, Wyo.
FILED I 424 DISTRICT COURT
Judge Milburn S. Long, Presiding
Robert M. Strickland vs. Emma Rae
Strickland, suit for divorce.
College Dormitory,
Trailer Camp Open
To Army Families
FILED IN 104th DISTRICT COURT
Judge Owen Thomas, Presiding .
George Dubbs vs. George Page, suit
for damages, transferred from 2nd
district, a
Lillie Spradlin, et al. vs. Industrial
Accident Board and Highway Insur-
ance Underwriters, to set aside award
of Industrial Accident board, trans-
ferred from 42nd district. _
Clarance Elbert Mackey vs. Doris
Mackey, suit for divorce.
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next few months.
- The effectiveness of the plan, say
war Manpoyer commission officials,
will be shown as production cut-
backs increase and war workers are
released in greater numbers. It is
aimed at steering into other war
plants workers displaced by such
contract terminations as that in the
Brewster Aeronautical corporation
plants and preventing war workers
from returning to peacetime em-
ployment while a critical war plant
shortage still exists.
Today War Manpower Commis-
sioner McNutt is to confer with
several senators to discuss the oper-
ation of the job-referral plan. Some
have praised the plan, such as Sen-
ator Johnson (D-Colo) who hailed
it with the statement that "Paul
McNutt is on the beam with his
new regulations.”
But some skepticism is expressed
by others. Senator Wallgren CD-
Wash),-a member of the Truman
war investigating committee, says
he can’t see the necessity for such
a step. “I’m not sure," he added,
“that we have the manpower emer-
gency to justify it."
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Sixty rooms on the Hardin-Sim-
mons campus were opened to fam-
mes or soldiers ‘in Abilene last night
and at 2 p. m. today a trailer camp
in Fair Park was to have been ready
to accommodate families, Lt. W.W.
McKeever, head of the Army Hous-
ing bureau, announced. .
in Smith hall. a cooperative
dormitory which was filled last
Kient, soldiers families will
charged $1 a night for a room with--
the university providing attendants
service and the Army
and Jani - 3 lore Aid
Housing bureau and Travelers A1
handling other details .
Members of the Parks board
the Fair Park trailer camp
Shan be in the area starting atuth
northeast corner of the poultry
Bunding. thence east along the north
side of the Hereford building to the
old buffalo pasture and north by
“the Hereford building to the gate—-
The area. Lieutenant McKeever said,
will accommodate 40 to 50 trailers.
It is believed that the Chimney
Swifts, American birds that gather
in great flocks each fall, migrate
to the Amazon Valley for the win-
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