The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 243, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 14, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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People Unprepared
For War's Tragedies,
Navy Supervisor Says
ITALYLOSES
TWO-THIRDS
OF! MARINE
YANKS PITCH CAMP AFTER LANDING ON ANDREANOFS
Rev. Ed Barcus
Deplores Lack Of
Civilian Interest
Only a bare foretaste of the
war tragedies have been felt in
Orange, Capt. J. M. Schelling, su-
pervisor of Navy shipbuilding, re-
minded civilian defense workers
in an: addreiss before-the coordina-
tion rally held Tuesday night at
Stark Park-
The shipyards at Orange, as
valuable as they are, make the
place particularly vulnerable to
air attacks and people should not
feel too safe, because enemy for-
ces always attack where they are
least expected, Captain Schelling
declared. .
The supervisor related his ex-
periences in world war 1 where
he was on duty much of the time
in the northern sea where the long
nights gave the enemy their great-
est advantage. He also called spe-
cial attention to the fact that
wherever enemy planes attack,
soma of them always get through,
which would be the case here if
attacks were made.
The necessity for people to
• make downright sacrifices in or-
der to accomplish great things,
was stressed by the speaker.
Capt. Schelling, in reviewing
some of his experiences at sea,
called attention to th£ time spent
in preparation for the various
things that might happen and re-
minded citizens again that the war
is just beginning in reality and
that the? winter with its long
nights would increase opportuni-
ties for the enemy forces.
. E. L. Barker; plant protection
superintendent for Consolidated
Steel Corp. Ltd., also chairman of
the training committee, expressed
disappointment because of the
lack of interest in the work of ci-
vilian defense which he said was
endeavoring to do the work that
the men ' on the fighting front
co'uld do.
Barker who had spent multiple
hours in training and teaching
various lines of civilian defense,
deplored the fact that the Ameri-
can people did not seem to be in-
terested. They are taking the
same attitude that people had in
Belgium, France and other coun-
tries when the war first started
in thinking "It can't happen to
us". "I would hate to think we
were to be bombed tonight and
yet it could happen". He stressed
the fact that experience is a cost-
. ly teacher and wondered if it
would take an actual bombing to
wake America up.
Rev. Ed Barcus, air raid chief,
said that in. view of the huge task
before the people, that at least
7,500 should have attended the
meeting. He called attention to'
the fact that the people have had
nine months in which to prepare
yet they are barely affected by
the seriousness of the war. He
said that perhaps the air raid war-
dens had maintained the most ef-
fective organization under the set-
up. He urged more people to be-
come interested to the extent that
they would line up right now and
take some part on the program.
Jules B. Sanders, city fire
chief, appealed to the people to
wake up to the need of more fire
protection in event fire breaks out
and advocated immediately for-
mation of auxiliary firemen groups
whom he said would be trained
by the fire department.
A. J. McKenzie, city-county ci-
vilian defense director was in
charge of the meeting.
Ceiling Price
Clinic Planned
Tonight, 8 O'Clock
Retailers and wholesalers, who
have questions in regard to the
posting, filing and establishment
of ceiling prices, are urged to at
tend the meeting to be held in the
County Courtroom tonight, 8
o'clock, at which time Willard
Reynolds, Price Specialist of OPA,
will be present to answer their
questions.
At three o'clock this afternoon,
Mr. Reynolds conducted a meeting
which dealt with consumer ser-
vice group*.
New York, Oct. 14. (AP) -Two-
thirds of the merchant marine"
Italy brought into the war has
been knocked out of the conflict
—destroyed, damaged or seized—
a review of official reports show-
ed today.
Before June, 1940, Mussolini's
merchantmen aggregated 3,500,-
OOQ tons. The United Nations
have chopped 2,366,000 from .this
total, with 1,500,000 on the ^ de-
stroyed list.
Italian shipping construction lias
been tripped up regularly by Air
lied aerial and naval attacks on
her flow of materials in the Med-
iterranean. A scarcity,^ of fuel
also has hampered Italian' " ship
movements.
United Nations planes, submar-
ines and surface warships this
year alone accounted for 500,000
tons of merchant shipping lost by
Italy between Italian ports and
Axis North African bases.
During 1941 in the Mediterran-
ean, the British destroyed 56 of
Italy's fastest and biggest cargo
vessels — totalling 244,816 tons'.
Also in 1941, 55 Italian ships—
307,438 tons — were seized. Twen-
ty - seven of these were seized by
the United States, renamed and
placed into service for the Allies.
m
Minute Man "F Flag Is
Raised At Weaver Yard
LANDINGS AT
GUADALCANAL
Attendance At
Beaumont Fair
Passes IOC,000
/4L, . .. J , . m. *«. VTI:.IVU ill 4, it lunuiH'i Kfk vim? j
W11^attendance already ship VI„.du servlng us mastc,
This is a general view of the American encampmct.'. w.-.iip after the yanks effected .their.secret land-
ing on the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islamla, v'thln 125 miles of Japanese occupation forces
at Kiska. From Andreanofs the Americans now stage almost ('ally air raids against Japanese fcstab-
t!ch""?<ta This Is a United States Army Signal. Corps photo from News of tlio"Day Newsreel.
I With' brief yet enthusiastic cer-
j cmonies, raising of the Minute
I Man "T" flag, as a government a-
< ward for 100 per cent participation
I in the purchase of VWflr Bonds oil By John H- Wiggins
i the part of every employe was ceL- ! Washington, Oct. 14. (AP) —
lebrated during the noon hour at I Growing prowess of American sea
'< , the Weaver ship yard today with j mid air power today had given the
Beaumont, lexaa, ctobcr H. j; Weaver Jr., a member of the Japanese a severe six - day pum-
.itl 1 W itli iih-fiitHv 1 . . V— I , « . .
meling that wrecked enemy ship*,
planes and equipment throughout
the whole Pacific battle zone from
the Aleutians to the Solomons.
Communiques from the three
active war fronts presented this
picture of United States and Al-
lied Fighting successes:
Solomon Islands — A heavy.
cruiser, four destroyers and a
transport sunk; another destroyer
probably sunk; three cruisers tor-
pedoed and bombed, one severe-
Plans Completed For
Victory Concert Here
Thursday At Tiger Jungle
Commission
Votes To Enlarge
City Jail
Enlargement of the city jail at
a cost of approximately $2,500 was
voted by the Orange city com-
mission in session Tuesday night
at the city'hall with Mayor Abe
Sokolski presiding. The improve-
ment will of course depend upon
the issuance of a War production
board permit for which applica-
tion is being made.
J. F. Withers, police commis-
sioner, announced that plans and
specifications were being made
and if the permit is secured, ad-
vertisement lor bids will be start-
ed.
An ordinance to place the north
side of Main, street, between Fifth
and Seventh streets in the no-
parking zone, was passed to the
first reading.
• The current -tax roll was also
approved ...at this time and it- was
announced that tax statements
would be placed in the mail, this
week.
East Texas: Little temperature
Mass production of shoes was change this afternoon and tonight;
originated and most early devcl- scattered showers in northwest
oped to a high degree in the Unit-!portion tonight, and in extreme
ed States, says the Department ol j west portion this afternoon and
Commerce. tonight.
Plans were complete today for
the Victory Concert to be given
by the Orange public schools . at
the Tiger Jungle Thursday at {!
p. m. as a part of a state-wide
school program to boost war bond
and stamp sales. >
The program will be given by
the High ; school girls choral
groups, numbering about' 100
voices; under the direction of W.
E. LaForge, and the Bengal Lan-
cers Concert band of 75 students,
directed by Frank Hubert.
A special guest for the occasion
will be Miss Nell Parmley of
Ai^stin, who is state director of
music lor the State Board or Edu-
cation-
Guest performer on the pro-
gram will be Corporal D. B. Har-
gis who will 1 piny a trombone
solo "'On the Road to Mandalay".
Corporal Hargis, whfr is a former
member of the band, is en route to
Fort Bennihg, Go., to enter offi-
cers candidate school. He has
been stationed with the U. S.
Army in Oregon, where he played
in the Army band.-
Admission to the Concert will be
purchase of a defense bond or
stamp of any denomination, the
purchasers to keep the stamps and
bonds.
U. S. PLANES. -
WIN VICTORY
IN MID" EAST
Cairo, bet. 14. (AP) —United
States lighter''plflnes won their
■first major victory, of the-middle
I east waj- yesterday when 12 of
itllom fought 20 Messerschmitts
over the German lines and shot
down two, a statement from Unit-
ed States army headquarters said
today.
A third German plane Was dam-
aged and the rest forced to dis-
perse, the statement said.
Although American heavy and
medium bomlK>rs have played an
active ri)|e_Iu this theater for sev-
eral tu'onTh.j biis was described us
the first important' combat for
United'.States fighters.
RAF figlfterS, beating-off an al-
most constant stream of Axis
bombers shot downt^ 17 Axis
" ' " llir
WAVES Officer
Candidates Are
Being Accepted
A second class of officer candi-
dates for the W. A. V. E. S. will
be enlisted and ordered to Smith
College for training on February
12, 1943, it was announced today
by the Houston Naval officer pro-
curement office.
Applications by letter will be
accepted immediately, Lieut. Pres-
ton Moore," officer-in-charge, said,
at 824 Niels Esperson Building,
Houston,. Texas.
Most applicants are required to j planes yesterday, making'# three
be between 20 arid '30 years of j day total -of. 56 Axis planes de-
age, have ho children, be citizens j stroyed and more than 50 badly
of the United States, bo, of good |damaged', a joint RAF - British
repute in their communities and [ headquarters communique said,
be able to pass physical and apti-
tude requirements. They must al-
son possess a college diploma or,
in lieu of a diploma, two years-of
college credits towards a diplorfia
plus at least two years' busine:;:;
or professional experience. .
passed the 100,000 mark, the Beau--((f ce,.omonicB.
rnont Victory fair, being held here
under the sponsorship of the
Young Men's Business League,
will close a 11-day stand at the,-1;
fairgrounds this week end wiltr a "
series of special events, displays
and added attractions.
Joy Nile, the annual Mardi
Gras celebration of the fair, will
be held Friday night with Frank
Bertsehler in charge. More than
400 entries, all of whom will be
ingeniously costumed, have al-
ready been signed up. Prizes for
the J" gi oiips in which those en-
tries will compete, total $125. The
grand winner will receive a $25
war bond. All participants will
carry out the theme of the fair
all-out effort for victory over the
dictators,. , <
Tlvev anpual auction of 4-H club
fatted calves will be held Satur-
day morning at 10 o'clock. More
than 25 calves will be offered for-
sale and business men from
throughout this area afe expected
to bid on the stock — the cream
of Jefferson county, -t--,.
The livestock show will open
Thursday afternoon and continue
through Saturday. Judging will
be held Friday morning with ex-
perts from Texas A. and M. Col-
lege doing the judging. Cash prizes
will be awarded to all the win-
ners.: Beef cattle, dairy cattle,
breeding cattle, chickens and hogs
will be displayed and entered in
the contests. ; '
Sunday, the closing day of the
fair, wili be War Bond day, \AI1
the money taken in by the Y. M.
B. L. 011 that day will be .used to
purchase war bonds.
A unit of armored troops from
the 'Third Armored Division at
Camp Polk will arrive at.the fair-
grounds Friday. The troops will
remain on the grounds through
Sunday with the latest in armor-
ed equipment on display.
Beckmann and Gerety shows,
with one of the largest midways in
the nation, will continue to show
at tile fair Mtftil it closes Sunday
night. This year's carnival in. re-
garded as one pf the best ever to
play. m. Beautnont.
The flag with Minute Man
rating, representing DO per cent
lartieipatioh in War Bond pur-
chases, was amplified to include
the letter "T".Which signified 100
per cent participation.
The Weaver ship yard at .Or-
ange, as the only ship yard in
Texas meriting the Minute Man
"T" flag, has been entitled to the
honor for the past month, but due , , . „ . . , .
to the fact that It was necessary ^ ^hr bombers. four fighter
planes and three seaplanes, dc-
stroyed.
Aleutian Islands
8 New Cases
Of Diphtheria
Reported Here
Weather
THE NAVY MAKES MEN
Eight new Cases of diphtheria
i.wei'e l i. ported to the Orange Gity-
iCounty Health unit as the most
':significant disease increase during
the month of September, Dr. L. 1
; Walter, health unit director,' an-
jnounced today.
| The health unit personnel made
has been ,- with the U. S. armeiJ',jft3, J'ii.-lfl visits, to quarantiae and
forces for the past year and a half j control the diphtheria outbreak,
as an assistant band-director, ao Dr. Walter said.
companied by his wife, Is lien- om i In the program u, control eom-
a brief Idav'e of absence which i:.;muni(,able diseases," tfife health
being spent with his parents, Mr limit made 1,042 immunizations
and Mrs. D. B. Hargis Sr. j during the past month and a full
From here Corporal Hargis will j time medical officer was added to
Corp. D. B. Hargis
To Attend Officer
Candidate School
Corporal D. B. Hargis Jr., who
to have one. made to order, the
time was delayed until noon today.
The flag which is five by eight
feet In dimension is of blue bunt-
ing, tiie minute man in. white in
tho center and "T" 111 the lower
right hand corner;
The flag was formally present-
ed to representatives nf the em-
ployes of the yard by Mr, Weaver,
master of ceremonies, after which,
other representatives of the em-
ploye groups elevated the'flag on
a giant flag pole erected in front
of the office in the southern part
of the year which fcras been engag-
ed in,turning out minesweepers
and submarine chasers for the gov-
ernment. Skipper Weaver, young
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wea-
ver, rendered "Remember Pearl
Harbor" at beginning of the pro-
gram on his accordion, and as the
honor flag went up together With
the American flag, he rendered
"The Star Spangled Banner".
Motor Truck
Assigned To
Local Post Office
Postmaster Cecil R. Coule stated
toduy that the first motor truck, a
ton and a half machine,.had been
assigned to the Orange office to
be used especially for parcel post
delivery. He stated that the de-
partment was seeking bids' now
for a place in . Which to store the
truck.
In the meantime indications, are
^ that quite a number of bids have
I he Harvest club will be open been submitted lor the contract to
riday and Saturday nights enlarge the post office building
and facilities, bids Co be opened
October 21, All possible efforts
are to be made to have the build-
ing enlargement program rushed
to completion with tho view of
condi-
Japanese
ships, camps and1 hangars at Kis-
ka, the invader's lone remaining
foothold, blasted by aerial bombs
and burned by incendiaries. Re-'
sistance was relatively weak.
New Guinea — Enemy ground
forces pushed back in the Owen
Stanley mountains toward thei«
Kokoda hasw by Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's Allied troops while
heavy bombers dropped 1,000-
pound explosives on the Japanese
airbase at Rabaul, New Britain.
Grounded aircraft smashed by di-
rect hits.
The American forcoSi the navy
reported, lost a destroyer and
two fighter > planes in the Solo-
mons, All American and Allied
bombers returned from the Afc;^
tlan and New Britain raids al-
though some suffered minor dam-
age.
japan's losses as disclosed by
navy communiques yesterday and
last night, pushed her total Solo-
mon Islands toll to 280 destroyed
planes, eight vessels sunk, three
probably sunk and 37 damaged.
The announced American total*
was 10 ships lost.
The latest series of beatings ad-
ministered to the Japanese in the
southeastern Pacific started Oct,
i>, when marine corps aircraft
damaged two cruisers and shot
down three seaplanes.
Oil
v£ tli music being furnished by
Pat Hatpin apd his 13-picce or-
chestra.
If the weather remains fair, this
year's exposition is certain to at-
tract the largest attendance of
any fair in Beaumont in the last
twenty years.
Q. Will my training in avia-
tion by the U. S. Navy or Naval
Reserve prepare me for a future
career in aviation?
A. Yes, there is a great heed
for pilots, technicians, engineers
and specialists in the commercial
field of aviation and the finest
training available is bffered toy
the U. S. Navy. Navy trained pi-
lots and technicians are in con-
stant demand in commercial avia-
tion.
Q. What is the highest rating
attainable by an enlisted man In
the U. S. Navy?
■ A. -A chief petty officer is the
highest rating to be attained by
an enlisted man. However, an
enlisted man has the opportunity
to enter Annapolis and become a
commissioned officer.
Q. Who is "Jimmy Legs" in
the U. S. Navy?
A. "Jimmy Legs" is the name
applied to a ship's master-at-arms
who keeps the keys to the brig
and who acts as the ship's police
officer.
™Q. Why do sailors in the U. S.
Navy and Naval Reserve wear
bell-bottom trousers?
A. The wide - flaring bottom of Station and merely asking for
sailors' trousers permits rollingi copies. These book* tell a . com-
above the knee so that trousers plete story and help you deter-
do not become wet with splashing'mine where you,arc best fitted to
water. ' serve your country.
Hl<
W1
|go to Ft. Banning, Georgia to at-Uht- staff to help expedite the pro-jL'orp. Ltd
tend an officers' training school,. gram.
on a transfer into another brunch Other communicable diseases
of the bui'vice. | reported t«> the unit during Sep-
tember ,included: gonorrhea, 7;
influenza. 2l ; -malaria, 31; pneu-
1 monia, 7; syphilis, fifi; <ahd whoop-
1 ing cough, (i. ;
i For protection' of - food, 50 field
visits 'were moSd to food handlers
and 4fl wimples u(, food collected
for examination.
There were 388 patient clinic
visits in the venereal diseases Con-.
trol clinics ami the public health
nurse made 71 -field visits in Jhe
Control effort.
Two Individuals were added to
the tuberculosis control nursing
service; twenty - eight field nurs-
ing visits were made in the infant
and pro-school hygiene diviii
and ,12 field visits were majk^in
maternity hygiene servici
. About 125 run-do&n^jfit privies
were rehabilitated ItfHhe districts
A.__ By going to the nearest U.inounce the birth of a baby son on the outskirt^^T the city.
S. Navy Recruiting Station or Sub Tuesday night at 11:10 o'clock at Routine iluify inspections were
the Frances Ann Lutcher Ho«pi- made, anjkfn the malaria control
tal. The baby weighed six and activUjK' there were 3,835 linear
one fourth pounds and was named feet^ornpleted for drainage. 623
Rex W. Jr, Mrs. Milton is the pdttom of oil were sprayed to
former Miss Evelyn O'Reilly. prevent mosquito breeding.
William Scott
Enlists With
U. S. Marines
William Lee Scott, son of W. A
Scott of Orange, has enlisted in
the U. S. Marine Corps. He wlil
leave for training on Monday.
Scott is a graduate of Orange
High School and has been em-
ployed at the Consolidated Steel
overcoming the congest,ec|
tion which has prevailed at
office, for month .
the
TRUSTS NC> ONE
Ketchikan, Alaska., fAP) ~~ U
S. Commissioner Arthur Bogu<
asked himself "for a marraige li-
cense.
Commissioner Boguc declined
to Issue one to Applicant Boguc
Without an affidavit from urfothei
official. . )
" Assistant Attorney Robert Jern-
berg vouched f-.r the truth of the
application. The license was is-
sued to Rogue and Miss Magrihild
Oygard, public health nurse. >
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bland of -Or-
angefield announced the arrival
of a baby daughter born at the
local hospital on October 4. The
Infant weighed eight-pounds a,nd
has been named Dixie Anna. Her
Q. Where may I get the Navy's j grand parents are Mr. and Mrs.
tw«*> new booklets. "Men Make j Granville Bland of Orangeiyeld.
The Navy" and "What Kind of a j
Job Can I G,et in The Navy?" | Mr. and Mrs- Rex W, Milton an-
VICTORY CONCERT GUEST
Mrs* XKfXl'AHM-
hl'jV, din-cfur of inn-
'for (In* Si ati'
{iiiinl of Kdiifiition
In; in (M.aiyifff
itii'Hiluy j.u^Kiu.'Mb
1 tlio>Vje(opy (Jon-
to Im; ^ivou at
the friger .lunghj at
■H |>. rn. l y the Orange
PiiM-ic. SCIIOOIH, UH a
part of a ntate-wiile
l rograiii to hooHt war
jond and stamp sales.
USO Schedule Of
Activities
WKONESOAY, October 14: r
8:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m.. Or-
unge High School Classes.
8:30 to 0:15 a m., l.adjes Physi-
cal Fitness C.'lass.
9:30 to-nll a. m., Pre - school
Class, *8<>cial Room.
9:00 to 10:30 a. m., Spanish and
French Class, Navy Addition.
1 p. m„ Better Speech Class,
Navy Addition.
2:30 p. m., Arts & CraMs Class,
Navy Addition. • " - \A
4:30 to (i p. m., Senior Hostess
Meeting, Reading Room.
. 0:00 to 0:45 p. m., Modern Dance
Class, Social Rixim.
7:30 to 9 p m., Red Cross Motor
Corp, Reading Room.
0:15 to 10 p. m., High School
Dance Night, Social Room.
TIIURXUAY. October IS;
§:30 a. ni. to 3:30 p. m.. Orange
High School-Classes.
9:30 to 11 a- m., Pre - school
Classes, Social Room.
7:00 ta> 9- p. m., Spanish Class,
Study.
8:00 to 10:30 p.m., (juurtcrmnn
and Lcadingmen Meeting, Reading
Room.
7:30 to 10 p. m„ Jr, High Fac-
ulty Party, Soclul Room 1
FRIDAY, October 16:
8:30 u. m. to 3:30 p.'m., Orange
High School Clasiws.
8:3(1 to 9:15 a. m., Ladies Itiysl- j
class Fitness Class.
9.30 to 11 11. m., Pre - school",
Class, Social Room.
8:30 p. m. to 12, Public
Sponsored by USO, Social Re
SATURDAY, October 17:
9:30 a. m. to 12 Noon, Social
Room Games for children 8 to
1:00 p. m., Boys Woodwork 1
in Navy Addition.
1:00 to 6 p. m., Social IU)
Games fir children High
age.
1:00 p. m.. Girls sowing civ
Navy Addition.
Coffee in rationed In
the rate of four
per week, the De
mcrcc reports.
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