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•VOLUME XXIX
„ ORANGE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25,1SHJ
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Military Officials
Will Be Pr^sent
iror Ceremonies-
1,000 Employees
Will Receive
Efficiency Pins
Setting of the stage for presen-
tation of the Army - Navy "E"
award for efficiency to the Lev-
ingston Shipbuilding company be-
cause of its re fl 'o r d
of war production to
take place within the yard
from 4:30 to 5 p. m. today, was
this morning. Plans for
a reception to from 800 to 1000
guests to take place at Sdnset
Grove country club immediately
following the "E" ceremonies,
were also complete.
Among other outstanding pe-
riodicals to be represented on the
occasion is Life magazine jone of
the chief photographers having
beeh assigned to this place.
. Vernon Howe Bailey, celebrated
artist of world - wide fame, here
under commission of Secretary of
the Navy, Frank Knox, had ar-
ranged his stand for convenience
of making a drawing of the cere-
monies to the minutest detail.
It was thought quite likely that
representatives of some of the
filming concerns of the world
would- be on hand.
Commodore Ernest Lee Jahnke,
a native of New Orleans, who
held a prominent place in military
Affairs during World War I, also
Lieut- Col. Elden A. Hutchinson,
will be among the notables on
hand. • «
Probably-the most enthusiastic
group awaiting the ceremonies
and awards, is more than 1000
employees of the Levingston Ship-
building company who will each
receive a beautiful sterling silver
"E" pin which will designate
their individual efficiency for
years to come.
Commander E. B. Perry, USN,
supervisor of U. S. navy ship-
building over all of Texas, is
scheduled to present the "E" pins,
unless prevented from doing so by
last minute orders, it was stated.
In the event of inability of Com-
mander Perry, Lieut. Commander
H. G. Chalkley, of the Navy, sta-
tioned ,a't Orange, is expected to
take his place.
Raising of the flag to its height
on the >60 foot regulation flag pole
by the color guard of Lloyd i
Grubbs post of the American Le-
gion, aff "Star Spangled Banner"
is rendered by the Bengal Guards
of Orange, is expected to consti-
tute one of the most spectacular
scenes on the program. ,
£. W. grown Jr., president of
the Levingston Shipbuilding com-
pany together' with his staff of
officials, and department heads
will be among those who will be
deeply appreciative of the honors
bestowed upon the company and
its group of faithful workers who
have made this occasion possible
under their direction.
american generals in london discuss "action'
U. S.S. Sproston_
To Be Launched
On August 30th _
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USO Schedule Of
Activities
JAYCEES URGE
REGISTRATION
QF RENTALS
TUESDAY. August 25:
USO Branch Boys Club Beau-
mont Addition 10 A. M.
USO Branch Girls Club Beau-
mont Addition 11 A. JU-
. Camera Club Meeting 7:30 P.
'M. Directors Office.
Knitting Class 7 P. M. to 8:30 P.
M. Heading Room. (
Social Room Kcseryt-d from 2
P. M. to 6 P. M. by Levingston
Shipbuilding Production Award
Ceremony in event of inclement
weather.
Social Game Room Adults 7 P.
M. to 10:30 P. M.
. WEDNESDAY. AutHHt 26;
The Orange Junior Chamber -of
Commerce issued the plea toddy
for ' all persons having houses,
rooms, or apartments for' rent to
please contact their office in the
First National Bank Building, dial
4242.
The Jaycees i will appreciated
anything beingj registered with
the office as the* housing situation
in Orange is becoming more acute
although places to rent are still a-
vailable, though unregistered.
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Ladies Physical Fitness Class 9
A. M. to 9:45 A. M.
First Aid Class 9 A- M. to 11 A.
M. Study.
USO Branch Beaumont Addi-
tion Litcraiy Club 10 A. M. to 12
A. M. Reading Room.
USO Boy Scouts 3 P. M. to 5
P M. *
Motor Corps 8 P. M. to 9 P. M.
Reading Room.
Social Game Room High School
age 2 P. M. to « P. M.
High School Age Social Night
8:30 P. M. to 10 P. M. Social
Room.
THURSDAY, -'August 27:
First Aid Class 9 A. M. to 11
11 A. M. Study.
Organization Meeting of ' the
USO Branch Navy Addition. Acc-
retion Building 2 P. M.
Social Game Room Adults, 9
A. M. to 10:30 P. M.
FRIDAY, AagMt :
Ladies Physcial Fitness Class 9
A. M. to 9:4S A. M.
Movie "Borrojwd Hen." with
—FlonWfe Wr S"Atan7::nrt(rr:-i tw
^Cartoon Xomet(y & Travelogue
USO Navy Addition BrandTBT3tT
P. M
Social Game Room Adults, Bad-
minton. Croquet and Table Tennis.
SATURDAY. August M:
Social Room Games far chil-
dren 6 to 12 years of age- 9 A. M.
Jo Noon.
, Social Room Games Adults 1
P. M. to 10:30 P. M.
Movie "Borrowed Hero". wftta
Florence Rice and Alan Baxter,
Cartoon Comedy & Travelogue
6:30 P. M. Social Room.
: NOTICE
USO Branch Beaumont
tion Su|
M. to 12 Noon.
Good Attendance
Reported At
■Warden's Meet
An average attendance of about
seventy - five had been reported
for the air raid warden school of
instruction being conducted this
week at the courthouse, with
Forcsr~Ctough, deputy air - raid
chief in charge.
Baby Contest Set
For Friday At
McLewis School
A baby contest will be staged
at the McLewis school house, sev-
en miles west of Orange Friday
night of this week under auspices
of the* community club of which
Mrs. Bums Povcto is chairman.
A chicken supper will also be
served in connection with the
baby contest.
The funds derived from the
epigram will be appropriated for
the benefit of the -McLeWis school
cafeteria.™
These American generals In the British Isles, pictured aa they conferred in London, certainly are not
just passing the time of day. More probably they are laying plana for the second European front, pos-
sibly the Allied raid on Dieppe. Shown, left to right, seated, are lAtj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander
of Army Air Forces In Europe; Lieut Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, commander of all U. S. Army Forccs
In the European theater, and MaJ. Gen. Walter Frank, commanding Air Service command; standing.
Brig. Gen. Ira Eaker, chief of the bomber comman d, and Brig. Gen. Ffank Hunter, chief of the lighter
oommand, and Brig. Gen. Robert Ctfidee, chief of the Ground Air Support command.
~ 1 ""s Return Spurs
Expectation Of Swift
Action To Aid Russia
LOiidurt',"AUg. 29? (AP) ^ Pllllie
Minister Churchill conferred with
war cabinet members today on
the results of his talks with Joseph
Stalin and his visits to vital war
bases in Egypt and Iran r while
Britain waited impatiently for
signs of an Allied plan designed
to relieve the pressure on the So-
viet.
Th feeling that spectacular de-
velopments soon may follow the
prime minister's return grew a-
mong IJritonx with the disclosure
that he had visited Iran and Iraq
as well as Egypt4during his three-
week flight.
Those visits both brought quick,
unforseen consequences — the es-
tablishment of a" separate military.
reached
their target — Nazi shipyari
Le Trait, on the Seine river hear
Rouen — and all came home Two
planes in the fighter escort were
missing but warpjane screen,
which included some United
States fighter planes, at one time
held off 40 German planes."
LET'S DO
SOMETHING,
ABOUT IT!
IMPETUS TO
WARM
SALES URGED
The Gulf States Utilities Com-
pany is now prepared not only to
sell War Stamps, but to sell and
deliver War Bonds over 7 t|it
counter at the Company's office,
it ;Was announced today by . W. A.
McNeill, Orange county chairman
for the sale of Bonds and Stamps.
C. H. Meeks, manager of the
utilities company, has announced
that his company and personnel
are doing all they can to push
j sales In the county up.
| McNeill urged that citizens buy
bonds and stands to the limit ami
I then buy some more, quoting as
"The work necessary to .con-
ducting a successful War Bond
(Campaign was, before December
7, 1B41, a great privilege to ren-
der our country a service; but
now, since December 7, 1941, it is
Ian obligation none of us can
I shirk.J' " *
"It is a pleasure to Tulfill this
obligation," Mr. McNeill said.
Demo Chairman
Writes "Orange
Returns First"
DO DREAMS COME TRUE?
Answer — they have in Orange
according to records of-today that
would indicate the fact that the
fondest dreams of the past in be-
g%pSS4li U>U3ia> HBU^
*' ed by far. For instance the fact «, jj. Germany, state democratic
that approximately 20,000 people chairman, acknowledging receipt!
arc employed, nearly fltl receiving "
Infantry is known " in Army
Slang as the "camel corps," also
called "foot sluggers" and "gravel
crushers"
comma rid for tha Iraq - Iran area
and the assignment of General Sir
Harold Alexander to succeed Gen-
eral Sir Claude Auchinleck as
commander in chief of the Mid-
dle East.
' Rumblings suggestive of a crit-
ical new campaign in North Af-
rica and the day - and - night
bombardments in western Europe
by Uhitcd States army bombers
and the RAF both were taken as
clues to the secret plans the smil-
ing, joking prime minister w«fs
assured, to have brought back
from his talks with Premier Stal-
in. ,
British observers noted that one
of the first to greet Churchill in
London last night was Vice Ad-
miral Lord Louis Mountbatten,
the comando chief who is pre-
paring a report on the Dieppe-
super - raid which tested the pos-
sibilities of a continental bridge-
head. .
For the fourth time in eight
days.. the United States' battle-
Frov^'ffifti^l^'resMrWereTWfir
over French territory, in daylight
,y^Btrday:'" rtT*-
The results, the United' States
high command in England an-
nounced, were the tame as before:
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Heartfield Shop
To Be Converted
Into Barracks
One of the most outstanding de-
fense' lodging projects independ-
ently sponsored in connection with
the program of housing war work-
^nr,-rn-t7nrm;r.-i!; the B. H. Heart-
field barracks, occupying the ma-
jor part of the former site of the
Heartfield afttomobile repair
shop on Front and Second streets.
With a portion of the garage
plant building converted. along
with several other additions, be-
tween 50 and 00 war workers arc
being furnished rooms and facili-
ties for living quarters.
Upon completion of the work of
consirUcting additions already
planned, the set-up will be suffi-
cient to take care of from 10S to
110 men.
New additions to the quarters,
occupied only by war workers,
will Include some two - story con-
structions.
On the plot of ground fronting
52 feet on Front street 6nd 140
feet on Second street, facilities
for housing more than 100 men
and the home of Mr. Heartfield
and family, will be maintained.
Due to the general- shortage in
automobile facilities. Mr. lleart-
Xieid
top wages to create a payroll of a
million and a quarter .dollars a
week — think of it! And yet
there is much — much — more
dreaming to be done that muBt
come true as Orange is shaped into
a lovely thriving city for present
and future generations.
W. B. Simmons, chairman of
the Orange county democratic
executive committee , received a
The Navy destroyer, U. S. S.
Sproston, will be launched at tht
(yards of the Consuliadted Steel
JCorp. Ltd shipbuilding division
here Sunday, August 30, at 11:3(>
a, in. as the ninth Vessel of its
I type to be launched in Orange,
j The sponsor will be Mm. Alini
|G. Darat of Roanoke, Va. distant
relative of the late I-ieu|j. John G
Sproston, in whose memory, I hi
vessel was named.
No program is planned •'-anc
only a small group of guests will
witness the brief ceremony. A
luncheon will be given in honoi
or The spdhsdK™ following TRT
launching.
RED PLANES
MAKE ATTACK
ON HELSINKI
London. Aug. 25. (AP) — Fort}
Russian planes attacked llelsink
and its environs last night, a Fin
nish communique broadcast by th
Helsinki radio said tod^y. .
Earlier a Vichy radio repor
said the raid caused the longes
alarm of the year in the Flnnisl
capital. , ^
The broadcast said bombs fel
put side the city and that the aler
sirens sounded three times dur
ing the night.
A Stockholm broadcast sail
Finnish ant! - aircraft guns pu
up "a colossal barrage of fire" a
gainst the air raiders."
SIX JAPANESE
SHIPS KNOWN
TO BE LOST
Washington. Aug. 25. (AP) —-
The navy announced today that
[tlhc Japanese have counter at-
tacked American forces holding
the southeastern (Solomon Islands
uid that a great sea and air battle
iad developed in which the enemy
Sad suffered more than half a
iocen ships damaged.
The battle began developing on
he afternoon of August 23 and
dready ! army and navy-carrier
>ased planes have effectively
tombed two Japanese carriers.
>ne battleship, one destroyer, ope
' •ruiser, and an unspecified num-
>er of, other cruisers which the
uivy described only as "several."
The transport and one .cruiser
vcre left burning-fiercely after an
druaft attack on them north of
Juadalcaniil V^ugust 24.
The main action of the battle,
he navy communique indicate?. --
s currently in progress and the
uivy said that it Was "a large
cale battle" between American
ea and air forces and a strong
Hiking force which has ap-
roaehed the southeastern group
f the Solomon Islands from a
ortheust direction.
Army and navy units backing
ip thes American marine ^
ii the Solomon^ had expected a
HisiWit aTieftipt byy the
a recapture their lost bases in
he Tulugi area, and so, the navy
aid. 'apparently were fully pre-
■ared to meet It.
On tliis point the navy said sue-
•inctly, "this counter attack ha*
levelo|>ed and now being met,"
Aii the navy related the devel-
iplng action it said that prelimi-
i#ry reports "indicate that the
:nemy striking force has been
dtacked by United States army
jying fortresses and that our car-
ter - based naval aircraft are in
ictlon."
A large Japanese carrier, the
iame of which waa not given, was
• ttacked by army, bombers wblch
(■ported scoring four hits.
Navy carrier - based aircraft
vcre credited with having
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Organization of Orange County
Branch of Tuberculosis Group
Is Discussed With State Nurse
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Organization of an Change
county branch of the Texas Tu-
Iberculohis Association was dls-
Addi-i cussed Monday night at called
t Supervised Playground 9 A. meeting held at the courthouse
to IS Noon. with Miss Ruby ^ipperton of
Library open daily 9 A. M. to Austin, advisory nurse of the
10:30 P. M — 1000 Volumes for all; Texas Tuberculosis Association in
types of reading. attendance.
' Snack Bar open daily 9 A. M. A meeting to fonn a temporary
(6 10.30 P. M. V organization will be Scheduled in
the near futurKi'-''. •
Those in attendance at the
meeting were: Miss Hazel Son.
public health nurse. Rev. Paul B.
Frank, pastor of Trinity Lutheran
church. Mrs. George Foreman, J,
F. Hammers, county school super-
intendent, County Judge S. J.
Caillavct, all of Orange and Mrs.
Mildred Cobb, representative of
the Beaumont T. B. Association, heels and shoelace tips.
mobile repair plant.
new barracks proifct Is. tor
cated about three blocks frofn
the ship yard peninsula on which
more than 15,000 men are now
employed at three different plants.
ROOMS FOR WAR WORKERS
are being provided right along
now under local Independent
sponsorship to an extent that ma-
ny people would be surprised if
they would make a little investi-
gation. For instance the circum-
.stance of around 110 beds being
pi. A. l.. Acnorc
o^the Orange coun* democratic.! StHckett Aboard
official election returns on the | _ _ . _ _
primary election last Saturday, j T| gr HfiPC Tofl&V p
The letter stated that the Or-j ® ^ ^
ange county official returns were
the first and ' only one received i
up to the time of writing
any county in the state.
AFFECTION
Los Angeles. (AP) -— An army
group here became attached to
Sugar, a pup that was born with
only a stump for a right foreleg.
Capt, Archie Lee Achord, 34
idicd of a theart attack suiterw
from ] here this morning while on th
! Sabine Towing Company tut
i "The Ajax". He was taken in i
j Wheeler ambulance to the loca
hospital but was pronounced dea<
upon arrival.
Capt. Achord was a resident o
Port Arthur and-his body wn-
provided strictly' for "war worEi 'i?
by conversion of the Heartfield j
garage three blocks from the
ship yards. In addition tr rnak-
ing it possible for more than 100
essential workers to be provided
With comforts, the project at least
for some time will be profitable.
The Red Cross took an microti'that ,,1„acc b* " C,ayto
in the crippled mascot and called |and ThomiK,sn funeral home,
in Carl Woodall, an orthopedic ' ^ .
gnrRFtm-
Woodall fixed Sugar Tin atiifi-
nn.mi. si ippmrrfcKir
A RECORD FOR SPEED has
been set by the Orange county
democratic machinery in com-
piling election returns so quickly,
then giving the information to the
people, finally getting the official
records to their destination Jn
such time as to take first place a-
head of 253 other counties- In
these days of crowded aixl nu-
merous programs, the only solu-
tion to many problems is to give
them thought and then "DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT!"
_ Boise, Idifho. (AP) — Demo
cial limb with a rubber knee Joint. t.riltk. senatorial Nominee Gler
and now the pup romps around jTayhir Is all set for a stit-nuou.
the cam|i without a race of a [campaign,
- I First a G«*)ding county support-
er gave him a tire and two tube.'
LONE WOLF jfor campaign travel by motor ear
New York. (AP) - When De-! Not to ** °"td,"u" Minldokl
tectiveFell* McCabc arrested A«- :«-minty admi.ws dug- up a set o
drewy Kineses, 22. on a Charge OflncwJ*1"** '«r Taylors horse Ir
prying loose and carrying away
an effort to keep the cowtioy can
Orange First To
Certify Nominees
three telephone coin boxes from ,didalf'l clcctlonw!rlng
public pimne .booths, he thought
kineses must have a confederate /*r~" *
'No," the detective quoted his [ COINCIDENT
priosner as saying, "it was a sin- Philadelphia. (AP) — Air Rait
gle-handed job." Warden Patrick de Tr no had f
Kineses has only one hand. jhunch that a surprl«e blin'kouf
'l' ' I was Imminent. He went out t<
Cabbage is iriade into sauer- patrol his sector.
kraut through the process of fer-j The sirens didn't sound but—
[mentation which changes the smallat 1 a. m. —de Trano discovered
| amount of ns^tirai sugar in the a neighbujr's house ablaze. He a-
eabbagc Into healthful lactic acid wakened the family trtd turned in
—the causd of the acid flavor. an alarm.
rlamwKtd'' a emails*
orrier;. the Ryuzyo, a 7,100-ton
cssel completed in 1933, which
juried al>iut 24 aircraft.
In addition to this damage, the
•avy said that "sevcrit enemy
raisers and a battleship also hav^
>een hit by our carrier planes."
The niVy referred to "our oc-
upation of the Important TChemy
•as., at Tulagl," suggesting that .
'ulagl harbor itself may have
>een completely captured by Am-
'rlcan forces.
In the preliminary phases
he battle on August 23,.tlie navy
elated, "a strong enemy air at-
ack was made against Guadal-
anul Island but was Intercefffld i;
>y American fighters and 21 en-
jmy. planes were shut dtngit.
Driver's License
Bureau Open
The driver's licenses bureau
in operation Monday and Tues-
day this week A the first floor
assembly room at the courthouse,
for the weekly schedule. All per-
sons are asked to call between the
pours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.
the state to make official certifl
cation of nominees of the Demo-
cratic Primary, according to a
telegram received by W. B. Sim-
mons, county chairman of the Or-
ange County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee on Monday.
The telegram from the secretary
of state follows'
"Orange County first to make
official certification of nominees
of Democratic Primary.
"Wm. J. Lawson, Secretary of
state."', . : fn
,ini.
There are 100 pieces oi steel hi
an average pair of men's shoes,
including eyelets, naib in the
Weather
noon and tonight in north, little
temperature change In south por-
tion; scattfred thundershowfrs in
north and central portions this af
mly "minor" losses for the
:rlcsns.
That night enemy destroyers
ipproachcd Guadalcanal 4pd
helled shore positions- The fol-
owing dny United States aircraft
lit the enemy transport and the
■ruiser north of Guadalcanal.
To its account of what has hap-
>ened so far the navy added the
>rief remark, "the action con-
tinues-"
There was no indication in the
navy communique as to where the
iapancsc force came from in its
approach to the Solomons battle
area in the south Pacific. '
There was some speculation,
however, that it might have been
concentrated at Truk Island in the
Caroline group Which lies norths
west of tin1 Solomons and from
there had approached the Solo-
mons in a wide sweeping maneu-
ver characteristic of naval actions.
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When Hit By Train
Robert Lee Embry, 21, a Con- in time. The train "crew gave the
sotidated Steel corporation, Ltd.'alarm and (he body was picked
shipbuilding division employee, tup by thft'Fullcr funeral home to
was killed instantly at 1:15 a. m'.;be shipped to Vicksburg, Miss., to-
Tucsday when run over by an 'day to relatives for burial- The
mother of the young man wat lo-
City Hall Briefs
Marriage licenses of record
Tuesday at the office of the coun-
ty clerk included:
Kldrc PowdwU and Jilis« Emma
Trahan. a €. .
Benjamin J. Hamilton and Mrs.
Bessie Mildred Hunt- •
east bound Southern Pacific pas-
East TexasTWifmer this after—senger train at the Cherry street
Crossing. The engineer saw the
young man ,tep onto the cross-
ing and bliw the whistle violent-
ly, without results. He said it
caUjd at Vicksburg.
The young man camc to Orange
about two months ago from his
Vme at Greenville. Miss,, and
roomed at the home of George A
was impossible to atop the train (foreman at 1012 Orange avenue.
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CITY BRIEFS
< - ;^B1TS HERE
Corporgl Graham BniCe is
spending S~ ten day leave m Or-
ange with his family- He is '
transferred from Fort Sill,
to Camp Davis. N. C&whetc
will report at the end of his
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