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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
By Fred Herman
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Wednesday Evening, December 13, 1944
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13
AFTERNOON
Sprea
Pfc. Ellis G. Freeman of Abilene
has been overseas for the past three
months serving in Europe.
He has been in the Army one
and one-half years, training at
Camp Wallace and Camp Claiborne,
La, before going overseas. Before
entering the Army, he was employ-
ed by the state highway depart-
ment.
His wife resides at 910 Palm.
% • *
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Robertson’s
20-year-old daughter and 26-year-
old son are both in service, one
in the Army and the other in the
Navy.
Newest in uniform is Pvt. Edna
two-months stay before he volun-
teered for naval service Nov. 22,
1943. He received boot training back
at San Diego and took special train-
ing at the Navy Technical Training
school in Norman, Okla., a course he
completed last July 22. He reported
to San Uedro, Calif., for reassign-
ment and was sent back to San
Diego.
The sailor is married, his wife
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EVENING
By Edgor Martin
‘ HOOD WHAT DE MAN
SAD.MSTER-SCRAM!
PVT. EDNA LOUISE MEIS
Louise Meis, the former Louise Rob-
ertson, who has just completed her
basic training in the Womens Air
Corps at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., and
is still there awaiting new assign-
ment.
Private Meis, a 1941 Abilene high
school graduate, is the wife of War-
rant Officer Joe F. Meis, an assist-
ant personnel adjutant with the
45th division who was recently
awarded the Bronze star for "meri-
torious service in direct support of
combat operations.”
After her husband went overseas
Private Meis was a civilian employe
at the Abilene Army air field. She
later worked in a bank in Denver,
was in Wyoming for a time, and was
in Florida when she entered service
last September.
James Lloyd Robertson is a met-
alsmith third class now stationed at
North Island, San Diego.
A 1936 Abilene high school grad-
uate, he was active in the vocal de-
partment, one year winning state
honors in a voice contest.
He was employed ‘by Interstate
theaters there and later by Yellow
Cab Taxi company before going for
aircraft. training in Fort Worth.
For two and one-half years he
worked for an aircraft corporation
in San Diego. He came home for a
JAMES LLOYD ROBERTSON
and 20-months-old son, Jimmy, liv-
ing in San Diego.
The senior Robertsons live at 918
Vine.
By Merrill Blosser
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14
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AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOM-
BER STATION, England—Promo-
tion of Dave O. Free. 29, of Albany,
Texas, from corporal to sergeant,
has been announced at the 388th
Bombardment Group, commanded
by Lt. Col. Chester C. Cox, of Su-
perior, Wis.
Sergeant Free is radio operator
and gunner on an Eighth Air Force
B-17 Flying Fortress that has been
taking part in the bombing attacks
on Nazi war industries and military
targets in support of Allied ground
forces.____.__.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Free of Albany, and his wife is
Mrs. Betty J. Free of 2065 Appleton
Avenue, Long Beach, Calif. Before
entering the AAF in October 1942
he was manager of the Bradford
Supply company at Bradford, Penn.
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SOLONS FIT LAST COGS IN
PUBLIC WORKS MACHINE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-)-
Congress put the final cogs today
into legislative machinery to start a
$54,673,250,000 postwar public works
program in motion.
It began ironing out differences
over a $500,000,000 rivers and har-
bors bill after sending two other
major job-providing measures to
President Roosevelt for his signa-
ture.
One is a bill providing au-
thority for a $1,673,250,000 fed-
eral contribution on a $3,173,-
000 three-year highway pro-
gram to be undertaken after the
war is over.
Sergeant Cleared
In Girl’s Death
PEORIA, II., Dec. 13.—(P)-A
jury last night acquitted Sergeant
William Pettigrew, Jr., 23. Peoria,
of a charge of murder in the death
of his fiancee, Sarahbelle Turner,
Chicago, who died of stab wounds
after a Saturday night party last
February
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The states would contribute
$1,500,000,000 on a matching basis
to become eligible for the bulk of
the federal money.-----
* * *
The other is a $1,000,/00,000 flood
control carrying authority for con-
struction on protective works on
rivers in virtually every section of
the country.
The rivers and harbors bill, pass-
ed yesterday by the senate, had to
go back to the house for action on
some changes and additions made
by the former.
No one would forecast hhow
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NEW PENSIONS FOR CONGRESS 1
many postwar jobs might be
provided under the three meas-
ures but many congressmen
urged their passage to provide
MOVE SPRINGS UP IN CAPITOL
ond phase of a postwar legislative
program started earlier in the year
with the passage of war contract
termination and industry recon-
version bills and another measure
providing a wide range of unem-
ployment compensation, education-
al and other benefits for veterans
of the present war. .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—(PA
new pensions-for-congressmen drive
sprang up today on Capitol Hill.
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hopper along with a measure by
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the
house naval committee to boost the
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It had the open backing of
Shairman Norton (N-NJ) of the
house labor committee and the tacit
backing of many other influential
members.
Mrs. Norton emphasized in an
interview that she is not pro-
posing gifts for members of
congress when they leave pub-
lie service, but simply to extend
the current federal employes’
retirement system to elective
and executive officers.
"I am not asking for any favors",
she said.
The New Jersey legislator point-
ed out that congress has built up
a contributory retirement fund for
most federal workers, the amount
of retirement pay being based on
the amount of money contributed
and the entire system being work-
) ed out on an actuarial basis.
Other members of congress
promptly leaped enthusiastically if
annoymously into the fight.
“Had it not been for unfair
publicity given when we had a
retirement bill before congress
some time ago, retirement leg-
islation for congressmen now
would be a fact,” one of them
said. “The payments into the
fund by the average congress-
man would have been almost as
large as the benefits received.”
Mrs. Norton’s bill went into the
annual pay of congressmen from
$10,000 to $15,000 and to hike the
salary of the president, the vice
president, the speaker and other ex-
ecutive officers.
Vinson remarked that the $10,000
salary prescribed in 1923 was deem-
ed adequate then—but times have
changed. ,
The house* already has voted A
$2,000-a-year overall pay increase
for clerical help (to $9,500) in each
member’s office but the senate has
not acted on the proposal.-------
12-13
“Why, dear, you needn’t feel that you’re showing off and
just parading around with your service ribbons—every-
body will only be looking at the baby anyway!”
Ironical
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 13L(P)—As
housing bureau manager of the
chamber of commerce. Norman
Haried has been locating houses
and apartments for Omaha home-
seekers for three years. He’s been
quite successful in helping many
new residents find homes.
Last month Haried was advised
his home had been sold. He had
90 days to vacate. He’s been un-
able to find a house -but he’s still
, got 60 days to hunt.
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I through Fridays at 2:30 P. ,
Play
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