The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 46, Ed. 2 Thursday, August 2, 1945 Page: 2 of 14
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Thursday Evening, August 2, 1945
Thursday Evenir
Brass Hats Mum on
Discharge Demands
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-P—The War department and Selective
— met with tight-lipped silence today a demand of Senator Johnson
iD-Colc that the Army be scaled down from 8,000.000 to 3 000,000 men.
Targets of Johnson's caustic criticism In the Senate yesterday,
both branches declined comment. Army public relations officers,
however, pointed to s War department statement Max 5 which
said the general staff had recommended a force of 6.968.000 to crush
Japan An the shortest possible time and with the smallest cost in
American lives." . .
though Johnson told his colleagues that an Army of such size
never could be used against Japan, he added to reporters later: . .
“There's nothing I can do about it. The Army simply won t cooperate
The Senate's recess until October I is the compelling reason why
nothing can be done the Coloradoan observed, adding the best way
nothing can------would be through the Army's ap-
propriation
Johnson called his Senate speech
INFORMATION FOR VETERANS
(Through cooperation of the Veterans administration, with
offices in the Alexander building. The Reporter-News presents daily
questions and answers regarding benefits and rights accorded the
discharged veteran under the laws. These questions and answers
were prepared by the Vetrans administration in Washington):
is a photostatic copy of a vet-
eran's discharge acceptable in es-
tablished the basic entitlement tc
benefits under the "C. I. Bill of
Rights."
A—Yes, but the copy, photostatic
or otherwise, must be certified by a
notary public or other official auh-
orized to administer oaths.
Q—To whom is the Certificate of
Eligibility, sent after such eligibil-
ity is established?
— The certicifate of eligibility, ol
approved, is sent to the lender speci-
fied on the application for eligibil-
ity, together with the name of the
appraiser and the agency which
will aid in completion of the loan.
Q What period of time is allow-
ed in which the veteran may apply
BITTEN BY SNAKE—Mrs. for the Loan Guaranty provision of
the war
Q—What amounts will be guaran-
teed under the G. I. Bill?
A-The Law specifies that the
Guaranty will not exceed SO per-
cent of the total amount with a
maximum Guaranty of $2,00.00.
Kg( hrd-Y rekillelhrd Ita hrdluf
Took Her Time
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 2.-(P)-
%. 8
"a shot in the arm, hoping they will
pay some attention."
The maximum number of
men that we can transport,
supply and me on the Japanese
front by the end of 1946 cannot
be more than 3.000,000 men,"
he told the chamber.
Then why in the name of corn-
Henry deGooyer consoles her
daughter, Rula Ann, 13, in
Salt Lake City hospital after
the 'G. I Bill "
Service waa killed Tuesday in 0
take-off crash of an Army bomber
at Okinawa, INS announced.
Caahman, 32nd war correspondent
to lose his life in World War It,
went to the Pacific for INS last
March. *
He joined INS in 1942 aa a copy-
boy, and soon was promoted to cub
reporter in the sports department
After insistent pleas to be made p
war reporter, he was sent to Manile
where he served until July, thee
going to Borneo to land with the
Australian Seventh division.
He leaves a widow, a two-year-old
son John, and his mother.
INS Correspondent
Killed on Okinawa
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—(PP)—John
Caahman, 27-year-old war corres-
pondent of the International News
.Red
Queen Returns
14,698 Veterans
NEW YORK, Aug 2.—(P—The
huge liner Queen Mary with 14,698
fighting men crowding her decks
was given a luaty pre-dawn wel-
come today as the great ship steam-
ed into the harbor.
Troops gave tremendous cheers
as a WAC band aboard a "Welcom-
ing Home” boat played 'America
the Beautiful" and Sidewalks of
New York ” Boat whistles blasted
in greeting.
Waving and shouting, the GI’s
peered through the darkness to
catch their first glimpse of home.
The great British Queen led
a procession of It troop-carry-
ing ships scheduled to dock to-
day with 25,097 soldiers from
Europe.
Second to arrive was the E. B
Alexander, formerly the German
liner Amerika, with 4,404 service-
men aboard.
Other ships arriving: The Navy
transport Hermitage, formerly the
Iulian liner Conte Biancamano,
Of
VI Ji
•GUAM, Aug. 2—
Red July" will
tory as the beg inn 1
out of the once
Japan
Months of Ame
storing up of tren
building new bases
Wuzon, constant se
sure erupted into
tructive period in
No country eve
of his fleet, air
with 5,867 troops; Marine Arrow,
with 34; William Bradford, IT;
Sarah Bache, 30; Mack B. Bryan,
13; California Express, 7; Henry
Lomb, 11; and Hydra, 15.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—(—The
Exchange ship Gripsholm is due to
dock at Jersey City today with 1,-
496 missionaries and 244 Chinese
and Indian students.
Many of the missionaries, chief-
ly from the China-India area, are
returning on furlough.
Blondie the mare and her delayed
action motherhood has local veter-
inarians—and her owners—guess-
ing.
Early in May Blondie became *
mother, then late in June she gave
birth to a second colt. The vers
say the 11-month rule of nature
hasn't changed, so the second ar-
rival must be a belated twin.
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A—The Law provides that appli-
cation must be made within 2 years .
- of discharge or 2 years after the The owners
the girl said she had been re- official termination of the war. When,
fused aid at the Fort Douglas whichever is later but in no event
Army hospital after being bit- more than 5 years after the end of
ten by a snake. (AP Wire- Ease Neuralgia With
Quick-Acting "DC"
photo).
mon tense must we maintain (an Husband
army of 8,000,000? Abtlenian I nUJDOna
He said Maj Gen Lewis B Her- Wins Bronze Star
By ROBBIN COONS
IWO JIMA—P Almost nightly shey director of selective service,
now the sir over Iwo throbs steadily, .h. out of the in a
hour after hour, with the purpose- let the cat out of the Das
fui drumming of the big parade of
Japan-bound B-29s from Marianas
bases.
Once the Superforts gave Iwo
a wide berth, especially on the
return trip where Japanese
fighters could lie in wait like
vultures for the crippled sky
kings. Now Iwo is haven, core-
_ /Ing or going. That is part of
/the fruits of the Marines' cost-
/ ly victory here.
/ Long before daylight, long before
"the first wounded or fuel-thirsty
I planes return. Iwo is ready for them
. The welcome mat is out.
Up long before dawn to meet
them are flight surgeons control
tower men, ambulance drivers, fuel
truck drivers, the Red Cross men
who pass out coffee and doughnuts,
the mechanics, the men in charge
statement that 100 000 men would
be drafted monthly even after V-J
Day
Congress has created a monster
Frankenstein that will crush this
nation unless Congress Itself calls
a halt." - Johnson said "General
Hershey has put Congress on no-
tice”
Meanwhile, Chairman May
(D-Ky) of the House military
committee said a group of con-
pressmen has been trying for
several weeks to convince the
War department that extreme
hardships on the home front
are facing the American people
and will result in the worst
crisis In th coming winter be-
came of the shortage of coal
and perchance the lark of food."' .
Use quick-act- .
ing BC" Head-bed
ache Powders A A
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY. ITALY when you want 13 ATh
- Maj John C McKay, 36. of Boze- Proem neuralgic FateA
man. Mt. recently was awarded the pain. "BC also Wl
Bronze Star medal for meritorious relieves head- ‘“A3
. . aches, muscular 8
service in action on the Fifth aches and func- thus"
Army front in the Italian campaign, tional periodic ■ ,
He is a suf f officer with the 87th nnens use only % directed. Consult
Mountain infantry rgeiment of the a physician when pains persist.
10th Mountain division.
He was commissioned on Feb 5,
1942 His wife Helen B McKay,
lives in Abilene Texas.
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PAIN AFTER EATING
Whatever disaster or hardship] Perhaps the greatest cause of dis-
tressing stomach upsets is excess sto-
of billeting, the cooks and mess .
sergeants who must feed the arrive falls upon the people of the united,
crews States during the coming winter mesh 40.
% Sohn G Fowler of Newman - not s. she sur of Coneren. „. X”^ .-.:
Ga., is in charge of the Superfort May said in an interview. The, indigestion food fermentation
base on Iwo. with Lieut Co: Max blame will rest squarely on the sour stomach, natuience ger or queer
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recting landing operations
Fennell, whether in the tower or
about the field, is in constant touch
by radio Today his job is not too
hard Weather has been fair, enemy
opposition light, and most of the
planes are coming in merely for re-
fueling
When the B-29s had te land
on the short, muddy Japanese
runway In the early days, be-
fore the modern asphalted strip
was ready, there was suspense,
excitement and dread on Iwa.
Those days, and there have been
several. Fennell had to limit Iwo's
hospitality One day all but seven
planes, those in most serious trou-
ble had to be sent on to their
home bases without landing It was
wild, nerve - wracking business
fighting to save those last men of
the air who could not ever see the
runway for the fog There were bail-
outs, some over the island some
over e sea and there were crashes.
But 75 of the 77 men were rescued
One wounded crewman fell by
lucky chance in the hospital area
Others were fished from the ocean
by persistently searching Ducks"
of air sea rescue off shore
War department.”
The Kentuckian contended that
thousands of uniformed men quall-
fied to operate trains dig coal and
till the soil could be spared with-
out-deteriment to the aar effort "if
the Army will just let them go "
Cool Thief
CHICAGO Aug 2 PThe
temperature soared into the 90‘s
when Philip Azallon came into the
Cragin police station to report theft
of articles from his parked auto-
mobile.
Stolen, he said, were three pairs
of ice skates
landed for gasoline, or for minor
engine repairs playing rt safe
From the tower you ran see
them lined up. nose to tail, for
a distance or two or three city
blocks, wings shining in the
rising sun. Not all. but at least
some of them, would have been
lost—with their 11-man crews—
but for las Jima, the eyesore
of the Pacific and—
“The most beautiful sight in the
IN sizes
3 • •
B and D
But today is calm, routine a few world to us said a pilot and his
planes arrive with one or two en- sleepy crewmen yawned a fervent
gines gone bad Most of them have amen
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So you see, nobody is to blame—least of
all your dealer. He doesn't like the Coke
shortage any better than you do! So will
you remember, please—if you don't get
your Coca-Cola today, to ask for it again
tomorrow?
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