Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1945 Page: 5 of 8
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Baostrop Advertiser, Bastrop. Texas. November 15. 1945
Over-Age W arships
Prove Their Worth
Helped Bridge Gap When
Thints Looked Had.
LONDON — Nine of the 50 over-
age destroyers traded by the United
States to England in HMO have been
lost in action, but the remaining 41
still are in active service after
establishing themselves as outstand-
ing fighting ships through nearly
Ave years of war.
Although already pensioned off
when Germany declared war, the
ships proved their seaworthiness
in battle and helped bridge the
gap when things looked blackest for
Britain.
They have been in commando
raids, guarded convoys against dive
bombers on the perilous Murmansk
run. escorted troops across the
channel on D Day and assisted in
the hunting down and the sinking of
nearly a dozen submarines in the
storm-swept North Atlantic.
Nine of them have been loaned
to Russia, seven were last re-
ported in use by the Royal Canadian
navy and the rest are prowling
around somewhere in the Atlantic
or in British home waters or on con-
voy in coastal patroi jobs.
The first of the group to be sunk
was the U S S Welles, renamed
H.M S Cameron, which caught a
Nam torpedo on January 1. 1M0,
on one of its first missions.
The last victim was the U S S.
Swasey, renamed H M S Rocking
ham, which went down in the At-
lantic on September 27. |JM4
One of the 50, the U 3 S Bucha-
nan. renamed the 11 M S Cambel
ton. was sacrificed deliberately as
a block ship In the daring British
commando raid on St. Nazaire in
1942
With her bow specially stiffened
and filled with five tons of delayed
action high explosive, the Cambel-
ton ploughed her way through the
double torpedo baflle protecting the
entrance to the harbor locks and
rammed the center of the main
gates As soon as die bows were
firmly wedged In. special troops
landed as arranged and set about
the work of demolition.
A few minutes later the whole de-
stroyer blew up, taking a big part
of the St Nazal e harbor works with
it
Damage to Franklin U
Placed at $45,000,000
WASHINGTON — Fire and ex-
plo«ion caused "about $45,000,000
worth of damage" to the U. S S.
Franklin, but the unsinkable carrier
is still "tao.OOO.OQO worth of good
ship," which will be reconditioned
within a year for $3(1.000.000 less
than a replacement would ct.st. l.t
Gomdr Robert C Downes, its dam-
age control officer, declared here re-
cently
Speaking at a Greater New York
Fund report luncheon, at which em-
ployer and employe contributions of
*1.023.87.1 - per cent of M.500,-
000 sought — were announced by
campaign workers, Commander
Downes remarked almost apologet-
ically
"As damage-control officer. 1 think
taxpayers will be saved about >20,-
000,000 by rebuilding the Franklin
from her third deck up. rather than
building an entirely new ship "
6 Millions Face Food
Crisis in South Germany
SOUTHERN GERMANY — Si*
million persons in the southern Ger-
many provinces of Bavaria. Wurt-
temberg, and North Baden face a
serious food shortage unless im-
proved transport and imports make
it possible for them to hold out un-
til the new harvest of grains in two
months, a military government re-
port said recently
Difficulty In maintaining the daily
2.000 calory food level for displaced
persons or the average 1.150 calory
level for Germans was foreseen in
a survey of current food stocks by
the United States flth army group.
Potato rations for the current
year already have been distributed
throughout the three provinces and
the supply Is short Prospects for
all the crops are poor
Russians Start Planting
Of Vegetable Gardens
MOSCOW --Great masses of Rus-
sian citizens moved out from the
cities to start spring planting In the
Russian version of Victory gardens
More than 1,750,000 citizens, car-
rying garden tools, lunch baskets
and packages of seed which ha.!
been sent from America, left Mos-
cow for fields outside the city where
they had been allotted plots of
ground.
Similar reports came from Len-
ingrad, Kiev, Kharkov. Minsk,
Sevastopol, Odessa, Gorky, Novgor-
od, Pskov, Kuibyshev, Kazan and
cities of the Urals and western, cen-
tral and eastern Siberia.
Jeep May Be Used
To Do Farm Chores
STATE COLLEGE. PA l"he
army jeep ha* possibilities for
farm use, but It probe hi y won't
supplant the tractor, according to
a Pennsylvania State college
farm machinery expert.
"As a substitute for the trac-
tor. the Jeep is badly overrated,"
said A W Clyde, professor of ug
rieuRurnl engineering.
Navy's izaak Walton Negro Conference
Held in Bastrop
"Skip" Parker, one of the experts
at the navy's S agate hospital, near
New York's Coney Island, lends a
helping hand—and teeth—to "Crip"'
Groxes in preparing his tackle.
"Crip" Is an expert castei, even
though lie has to do it from
eruli hes.
Pigeon Brassieres to
Be Cut Out Hereafter
PHILADELPHIA. - The army
has cancelled contracts for pi-
geon brassieres.
The signal corps revealed It
had so informed a brassiere man-
ufacturer who made bands of
lace to be bound around the birds
to prevent their injury when car-
ried in paratroopers' pockets.
3 Choose Death
To Imprisonment
They Were Caught When
Japs Invaded Moro.
NEW YORK. — Three American
civilians chose death to imprison-
ment when the Japanese invaded
the rich Moro island citadel of Jolo
on Christmas eve, 1941.
Most prominent perhaps was J.
Scott McCnrnuck. an American edu-
cator who spent many years in the
Philippines and played an important
role in establishing American edu-
cational methods there In 1941 Mc-
Cormick gave up his government
pest in Manila and came to Jolo to
help educate the Moros. He was
made superintendent of schools. The
Boy Scout movement was a pet
interest of his and McCormick be-
came Hoy Scout commissioner for
Sulu and Mindanao.
When It was plain the Japs in-
tended landing a strong force on
Jolo, Moro teachers Implored their
American "superintendent" to run
away They oromised to sail him to
a distant island where he could hide
among friends.
But McCormick refused. On the
day of the Japanese landing he
dressed himself in full Scout re-
galia Then he went to Jolo high
school and set his papers !n order.
A^ain teachers begged him to leave
but the superintendent said he would
not desert his post
He left the schoolhotise with a few
Moro friends and returned to his
home It was there that the Japa-
nese soldiers found him.
When they broke in the door they
found McCormick stending proud
and erect, without a weapon. His
khaki Boy Scout uniform which he
had chosen for his last hours proved
a death warrant. The Japanese rid-
dled him with bullets
Perry Macklan, an American
planter, met death quite differently
When invasion became imminent.
Macklan provided his wife and chll«
dren with food, and sent them to
an old Moro stronghold In the moun-
tains. He stayed behind
Two days later the Japanese sent
two small landing craft loaded with
soldiers to Mncklan's place As they
stiearned ashore they were met with
a fusillade of small arms fire. Six
Nipponese died before Macklan was
killed
The thud American. Antonl Fraki-
an. also a planter, never left the
streets of Jolo When the first Jap-
anese soldier approached him.
Frakian spit in his eye. He was
immediately shot
The Went Texas Annual Con-
ference convened in Bastrop on
November K, 1845, with the Right
Rev. Geo. B. Young: presiding- The
opening was preceded by a Wel-
come Program and Baixiuet spon-
sored by the local church. The
welcome was warm and sincere
from the city, Hastrop business,
and the various religious bodies
of the city.
More than $4,000 was brought
to the Conference and distributed
by the Bishop to missions, charity,
education, general Kingdom build-
ing. The ministers were exhorted
by the Bishop to give themselves
more to saving souls and raising
standards in their respective com-
munities. A young High school
Graduate who had been pasturing
a mission charge in East Texas
was transferred to this confer
ence and a few months siko had
a wreck ami lost one arm. He had
mentioned on several occasions
to friends that he had hoped to
get a better education. It was pro-
posed by Kev. L. C. Young that
his church in Wichita Falls, Texas,
would pay his tuition if some of
the other churches would help
support his schooling. Paul Quinn
Church of this city pledged $25.00
and the pastor, Rev. Jenkins pro-
posed that we start him in school
at the present moment. The con-
ference delegates in less than five
minutes responded with ample
cash and Rev. W. Simms was car-
ried the same day to Paul Quinn
College to begin his college train-
ing.
Many soul stirring sermons
were delivered that left their
prints on the hearts of Bastrop.
The many delegates were happy
every moment in Bastrop and was
filled with many inspirations to
lie better Christians and citizens.
The Conference adjourned Sunday
at 1 p. m. The Committee on res-
olutions, Revs. A. W. Harvey, Jr.,
M. L. Williams, B. M. McCormick
offered a resolution that the con-
ference tender a rising vote of
thanks to Cedar Creek, Walnut
Creek. Mt. Zion, Mt. Rose, mem-
bers of the host church and the
many friends who provided food
and beds which kent them com-
fortable while in Hastrop. The
resolution was adopted unani-
mously and the rising vote of
thanks was marked by whispers
of warm gratitude. Contributed.
VETERANS'
BENEFITS
In this column James D. Bas-
kin, of the Veterans Adminis-
tration will answer questions
xmcerning veterans' benefits.
Write or call on him at 524
Littlefield Building, Austin,
Texas if you have specific prob-
lems or claims to file.
Q. When a man is killed in ac-
tion in the present war, are his
children and widow entitled to pen-
sion, even though the man and
wife had been separated some time
before he entered the Army?
A. The minor children of such
a veteran are entitled to a death
pension and so is the widow !f
unremarried provided she lived
continuously with him to the date
of death, except where the separa-
tion was due to misconduct of, or
procured by tiie person who serv-
ed. without any fault of the widow.
Q. Is a veteran's set vice-connect-
ed disability pension affected by
the amount of money he may earn?
A. No. A veteran's service con-
nected disability pension is based
on the degree of disability as de-
termined by a Rating Board in
accordance with the provisions of
governing laws and is not affected
in any way by the income of the
veteran.
Q. How long after discharge
are readjustment allowance avail-
able to an eligible veteran?
A. Until 2 years after discharge
or two years after the termina-
tion of the war, whichever is later.
However, no allowance will be paid
for any week which begins more
than 5 years after the termination
of the war.
Q. Is there a limit on the total
amount of money payable as tui-
tion, fees, etc., under the provisions
of the G. I. Bill?
A. Such payments are limited
to $500.00 for each regular school
year of approximately 38 weeks.
The total amount payable is lim-
ited only by the length of time for
which the veteran is eligible at
the rate mentioned above.
Housing Shortage
At Separation
Centers Stressed
New Orleans.—A warning that
an acute shortage of hotel accomo-
dations and housing facilities
exists at all Navy Separation Cen-
ters was issued to relatives of
servicemen who are contemplating
joining their navy husbands, sweet-
hearts. and sons and daughters at
these dischaige points.
Already overcrowded conditions
in the localities of the Separation
Centers has made it necessary for
Navy Housing Officials to issue,
an appeal to the relatives of serv-
icemen and women to avoid fur-1
ther confusion by delaying their {
planned reunions with their loved
ones until the veterans are dis-
charged anil return to their homes.
The influx of the World War II
veterans to the Separation Cen-
ters, already swarming with Navy
personnel stationed at these facil-
ities, has created a critical short-
age of rooms.
Housing authorities explained
that the appeal to the relatives
and friends of the service people
is made in hope of avoiding fur-
ther hardships."lfun4reds of fam-
ilies and friends of the veteran*
are arriving daily at the Separa-
tion Centers only to find it im-
possible to find housing accomo-
dations.
Compliance with this request, it
was pointed out, also will help
relieve the rail and bus transpor-
tation problem and thus make it
possible for more servicemen to be
transferred to the Separation Cen-
ters for discharges.
Mumble a few words in church
and you're married. Mumble a few
words in your sleep and you're
divorced.
If you want your progress to
stop, just be totally satisfied.
"Refresh
yourself'^ £l'j
CLASSIFIED ADS
CORN, Ground F.ar corn, in Bags
of 106 Lb*- Yellow Shelled corn
in Bags of 100 liis. Ye.low Corn
chops in Bags of 100 Lbs. We
do custom Shelling at 10 cenis
bushel. Manor Corn & Shelling
Co. Phone 123, W. A. Hiller.
32-4
WANTED TO BUY: Bees
Write ED MEIER SERVICE
STATION, 519 West 2nd St., Th
lor. Texas. 34-8-60
WANTED: Counter woman for
tailor shop at Camp Swift. Ap-
ply MRS. RANDERSON, PX no.
3. Phone 2321. 34-3-100
FOR SALE—-Small gentle horse,
suitable for children, and saddle.
See Maj. L. W. Breck, C>01 North
Pecan or call 101W. 35-1
FOR SALE — FAT GEESE
for Thanksgiving. Call 323 W
after (! P. M. 35-1
Heroic Pup Gives Life
To Save Two From Fire
CHICAGO — F.dwln l.cdcrer, 27.
of 4245 Augusta blvd , owes his life
and that of his 17-month-old daugh-
ter. Alvahne, to thctr pet collie
puppy, Doo-doo
When lire spread through the
rear of the three story brick build-
ing, l.ederer was awakened by the
dug's barking and smelled smoke.
He snatched the child from her
crib and ran down the front stair-
way to safely from his top-floor
apartment Fight other persons
escaped from the building.
I ederer then attempted to re enter
the burning building anil rescue Doo-
doo, but was restrained by llremen.
Later the dog's body was found
Hiiiung charred debris on the back
porch He apparently died of suffo-
cation.
l.ederer, whose wife. Laverne, i
22. gave birth to a girl recently at 1
the Illinois Masonic hospital, said:
"We're sure going to miss that
puppy He was only three months
old but he saved Our lives."
WANTED -I to S ft. Cedar logs
6 Inch tops. Cash on deliverv ' >
E. A. BURNETT
Alien internment camps of
Texas ware users of the Univer-
sity of Texas Extension Loan Li-
brary last year, the librarian re-
ports. Information on such varied
subjects as television, child care,
plastics, religion, personal groom-
ing, habits of Texas birds, soy-
beans. and causes of blindness v.-ere
asked for by the internees.
Did
YOU
Know?
That many of the healthful qualities of milk are stored
by the body?
That's why you should drink milk DAILY - -
Just be sure the milk you drink is
DAI RIES
Pasteurized Milk
GARWOOD*BUILDERS SUPPLY STORE.LTD^
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WANTED—1038 or 1039 model
Ford, Chevrolet, or Plymouth, pre-
feiably coach. Will pay cash.
Phont Hfl or see J. A. Dors tt.
AAA Administrative Officer, Bus
trop, Texas. 35-1
TRADE A German Luger pistol
for a good saddle. See James
Nutt, KM W. Farm, or call 243.
35-1 -50
FOR SALE -12 one-room houses,
12 x 14. 3 two-room houses, 16
x 24, Henry Menley, Route '-.
Pox i80-3-101
WANTED TO RENT -A -mall
place in the country that it suit-
able for raising chickens and a
garden, with a livable house. Sam
Sparks, Apt. 127 A, Swiftex Vil-
lage or Box 375, Bastrop. 35 I
WANTED Two good, fresh .1 i
sey cows. Hartford Jenkins. Ha
trop, Texas. 35-"-,'t -
FOR SAI I" Double mould borti'
Oliver fdow, and several oth- r
plows, including cultivator. Hart-
ford Jenkins. 3f-2- id
✓ -^^-71
AKm meaT ora®
//•^ o THE OLD ROOF, TOO/
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My word! Those new BIRD ments to make things easier on
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made our home look young ► Ask us about the many
again! No muss ... no cleaning beautiful colors and blendes in
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new BiuD roof with term arrange- protcct it for years to cornel
LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 95 AT GAR WOODS RANCH
Write Box 88 Elgin or Route 2, Bastrop, Texas
PHONE — ELGIN 900 F-2
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1945, newspaper, November 15, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237036/m1/5/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.