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August 2, 1945
Thursday Evening, August 2, 1945
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
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CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA’S
COMPOSER DIES IN ROME
ROME. Aug. 2—(AP)—Pietro Mas- with the Fascicts," and left Rome
CTURING
DNERS
GUAM, Aug. 2—(A)—The 31 days
$ "Red July' will go down in his-
Tory as the beginning of the knock-
out of the once great empire of
Japan.
Months of American planning,
storing up of tremendous supplies,
building new bases on Okinawa and
Guzon, constant sea and air pres-
sure erupted into the most des-
tructive period in Japan’s history.
No country ever lost so much
of his fleet, air force and war
production capacity aa Nippon
did in “Red July."
And Japan tasted a sample to-
day of even more devastating days
to come in a 6,632 ton assault by
820 Superforts, while wondering
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cagni, 82. famous composer of Cav-
alleria Rusticana and other operas,
died at 7:15 a m. today of bronchial
pneumonia and hardening of the
arteries,
Mascagni died at the Plaza hotel
where he had made his home re-
cently. He leaves an 82-year-old
widow.
The composer had a long and
for nothern Italy before the Allied
entry.
At Mascagni’s beside when he died
PAGE THREE
John West, Coleman
Countian, Succumbs
COLEMAN, Aug 2— (Spl)—John
West, 76, died Monday night at his
home 16 miles southeast of Cole-
man. Funeral was at J. E. Stevens
chapel Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’-
clock. with the Rev. Floyd Johnson
| officiating. Burial was in the Stew-
1 ardson cemetery.
Born March 9, 1869, in Webster
county. Ma, Mr. West had lived
in Coleman county since 1891 He
was engaged in stock farming, and
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when the fast carrier task force
planes would sweep in from the
sea again. The silence by Admiral
Halsey’s Third fleet since the ex-
tensive Honshu aerial strike July
30 could mean his mighty assem-
blage of American and British
warships is replenishing its strength
for more trouble. He has enough
power so that he could divert extra
carrier planes and a battleship to
pound Wake island yesterday to
keep it neutralized.
July was red in flames spurting
from more than 36,000 tons of
bombs—mostly incendiary—dropped
on 36 cities and eight oil refinery
centers by B-29s gradually build-
ing up to the promised 1,000-plus
plane raids on the homeland.
The B-29s struck Japan on 13
days of the month. Seven of the
missions were carried out by 500
or more Superforts, each trans-
porting at least seven tons of bombs
for strategic targets.
Japan was red in flames
spurting from cornered remnants
of her Navy. By July 28, after-
carrier planes had repeatedly
roamed Japan's inland sea. Ad-
miral Halsey could say every
major ship of Nippon’s navy he
had started out to get had been
knocked out.
SAN ANGELO CELEBRATION DRAWS THRONG—A crowd estimated by public rela- brilliant career and had reaped a
tions officials at 20,000 turned out at San Angelo Wednesday as the San Angelo air field
and Goodfellow field staged a show honoring the 38th anniversary of the Army Air force.
An open house was held. The Norden bomb sight was unveiled to the public eye, and the
air show included precision formation bombing, single and formation bombing, and skip
large fortune in royalties, from his
operas, particularly Cacalleria Rus-
ticana, which outshone all the
others in popularity. His most re-
bombing.
,000 View AAF
Birthday Show
Some 1,000 persons visited the
Abilene Army air base Wednesday
during its open house which marked
Army Air Forces Day, 38th birth-
day of the organization.
Planes were exhibited and var-.
lous phases of training were ex-
plained to visitors.
cent opera was Nerone, which had
its premiere in 1935.
He had been hit hard by the
war, however. His home was
seized by the Socialists after
the Germans were driven from
Rome. He said the Socialists
had accused him of having been
a Fiscist. When the war came
for Italy, his fortune had van-
ished.
Although he had conducted operas
during Mussolini’s regime a few
years before the war, he said he had
no interest in polit:ss and declared
the Fascists simply exploited his
name.
He lost one of his sons in Mus-
solini’s Ethiopian war. The others,
Domenico, he said, "got tangled up
During the morning, waves of 48
P-47s dipped over the base and
circled the area’. They were led by
Maj Richard E. Decker, director of |
training.
In the early afternoon, two fire
bombs were dropped by Major
Decker. The exhibition was timed
for the benefit of visitors, having
been scheduled for regular train-
ing purposes.
Kenneth Van Zandt
Wins Flying Cross
Award of the Distinguished Fly-
ing Cross to 1st Lt. Kenneth P
Van Zandt, son of Mr. and Mr.
R. C. Van Zandt, 1133 South 13th,
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were his wife and daughter, Emmy, had been a member of the Meth-
and the latter's son. His daughter odist church for the past 49 years.
. .. . Survivors are his widow, one son,
said the present whereabouts of his Fred West of Coleman, two sisters,
surviving son were not known. | Mrs. Sarah Burkett of Ramona,
Mascagni achieved fame at the Okla, and Mrs Marie Mathews of
Okmulgee, Okla., and one grand-
age of 26, when Cavalleria Rusti-
cana won a prize competition.
Amico Fritz and Iris are the best
known of his other operas, most of
which have been virtually forgotten.
child.
pected to attend.
Judge Leslie died Tuesday after
being stricken while at work in his
Nerone. which he published pri-
vately with the aid of friends after Eastland office He had been a mem-
one of his frequent battles with ber of the court of appeals since
publishers, was not a success. Mas-1937, moving from Colorado City
cigni also quarreled often with im- to Eastland as an associate justice,
pressorios rendering his work. --------------------------------
The composer liked to conduct his |
own operas. During the last years'
of his life, weakened by old age. he
would remain seated while con-
ducting
Rites at Eastland
For Justice Leslie
Rites for Chief Justice William
P Leslie of the Texas 11th district
court of appeals were to have been
conducted in the Methodist church
at Eastland at 6 p. m. today.
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County Bar association were ex-
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Visitors were taken over the base has been announced by the 10th Air
by 15 enlisted men who served as Force.
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES—Grand finale at the San
Angelo air field and Goodfellow air field air show was the | guides.
Japan started the war with an laying of a smoke screen through which AT-6 planes appear-by Lt "Col. George Parker" execu-
led and simulated a strafing raid. (AP Photos). tive officer to Col. Harry Wedding-
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, ...A. . 1 a ■ ,1 A similar program was conducted
N A I ICUTAA DV I A AL at Avenger field in Sweetwater and
DAUOHION RED REFUSAL
| house attracted about 2.000 or 3.-
ARMY TO REPORT FOOD STOCKS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2-P-Rep.1 (Army officials have said that if 4 0 T n
their food reserves were returned "T I VVV 1 MiuW III
to civilian channels the amount_____________
Giant B?9 Raid
GUAM, Aug 2——History s
greatest air raid by 820 Superforts
today on five Japanese centers re- |
quired the combined efforts of 54,-
000 Americans
Of these, 9,000 were American
A navigator in the 493rd Bomb
The day's activities were directed souadron of the 10th‘s 7th Bom)
estimated 10 battleships, eight car-
riers. 46 cruisers and 125 destroyers.
It then was building eight battle-
ships, some believed to have been
A converted to aircraft carriers before
i completion: also two carriers, eight
heavy cruisers, 12 light cruisers,
42 destroyers and 25 destroyer-es-
corts. The inland sea forays by
g carrier and also land-based planes
■ put the finishing touches on the
I hiding Nipponese navy..
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MISS TYLER, 1945—Eleanor
Jones, 21, of Tyler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James H.
Another kind of fire for Japan Daughton (D-Va) said today that
blared in July from the five and -—:
16-inch guns of American and unless ’ The Army complies with his
British warships which bombarded request to tell how much food it
seven cities in the enemy home- has stock-piled. .he will appeal to
land, wrecking mills, factories and the White House.
rail facilities.
One of the ma jor sources of “Red
Asserting that “I think it is
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Jones of Carthage, has been July” in Japan was oil. Refineries
named "Miss Tyler. 1945" and were among prime targets of the
is scheduled to compete for
Superforts, carrier planes and land-
, based bombers and fighters from
the title of Miss Texas at Iwo and Okinawa.
Port Arthur Aug 15. The new The Allies had still another
queen is five feet four and weapon—the submarine It was get-1
one fourth inches tall and ting harder to find targets for the
one tourin inches T«11 huge torpedoes of the under-eas
weighs 122 pounds. (AP Pho- raiders. Japan has approximately
to). 7,000,000 tons of merchant marine
& --------------at the war’s outbreak Today it is
not believed to nave anything heav-
ler than a 2,000-ton vessel
a fair assumption we are over-
stocked," Daughton said Gen.
Brehon Somervell, chief of
Army Service Forces, had not
responded to a request of near-
ly three weeks ago for an inven-
tory of Army food stocks.
Daughton told a reporter he wrote
a second letter to Somervell yester- ,
day noting that I have not as yet
received the courtesy of a reply" to
a letter of July 13, and adding
"The people of this country are
entitled to know how much food has
been set aside for the armed ser-
would not be sufficient to feed the
nation for one week )
Daughton said that unless the
Army supplies the data he re-
quested, he will ask President
Truman to get it when the
chief executive returns from the
Big Three conference.
The Virginian told the House
several weeks ago he believed
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hoarding” by the armed forces was pilots, bombardiers and gunners who
I largely responsible for civilian food were over Japan between midnight
shortages.
at 3 a. m
He said today that figures given Forty-five thousand ground crew-
him by the War Shipping adminis- | men labored to get the big ships
tration show that over 50 pounds ready for their mission.
of beef and more than 28 pounds of The Superforts carried 5,330,000
butter are available for every man gallons of high test aviation gaso-
in the country’s merchant fleet, line.
LT. KENNETH VAN ZANDT
group, the lieutenant also holds
the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf
cluster.
A student at Tarleton college be-
fore entering the service, he has
been in the air forces two years
seven-months of which have been
in the India-Burma theater.
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Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, war
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that we are overstocked '
The combined mileage was 2,460,-
Daughton said, that the WSA and The crew men used up 126 280 man
licensed ship suppliers in Atlantic hours sweating out the long flight
and Gulf coast ports have on hand over water from the Marianas
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648,000 pounds of butter and 664,000 they didn't—it would have required
pounds of poultry.
The entire merchant marine con-
90 minutes to get the planes in the
air at a rate of a plane every seven
sists of approximately 240.000 men seconds
Daughton said He added that Land
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Mr Patterson died in 1932 m for Mrs W T Hensley. in the
Surviving are her daughters. Mrs Presbyterian church with the Rev
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ple. Abilene, officiating
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The planes carried food for 9.000
meals. There were 45.000 cups of
coffee, 9,000 apples and 9,000 oran-
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