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Comes Unsought ! to Save Toulon
MUs Juanita Gardner 0/ Woco, j By RKYONLDS PACKARD
descendant of pi:neer .settler* of > SEVEN MILES. FROM TOU-
Wortham, is now a "Powers girl1' i LON, France, A up'. IS. '.U.fU— :
at the- special Invitation of the l v'rench ar.d American troupe j
agency head of that nationally cloned hi on Touh n, largcot |
known modeling concern, Central
Texan friends learned today. Odd-
est part of the tep from an as-
sistant's post in the Baylor uni-
versity public relations office to'
the New York modeling headquar-
ters which has launched many a
girl on the toad to movie fame is
that she had ncvor considered en-
tering the modeling profession,
ai d came to the attention of the
agency head, John Kobcrt Powers,
by accident.
She wus bu-y at her routine job
i:i Waco recently when she re-
Froseh Mediterranean naval b^ • >
today as the Germans unleashed 1
heavy artillery fire and ri shed up J
!>iKainii1'/in reinforcement.; from
three badly battered divisions t-
attempt a final stanu.
The Germans als. iu'l bringing
Toiuon naval gurus into ianc! ac-
tum in an •fli rt to halt. I lie Sev-
enth A1 rays onwM'd thrust.
Looking down lion mountain
heights 011 the silhouette of Tou-
lon in today's liase of smoke anil
powder and seeing troop 1 c,f all
kinds, irom French infantrymen
to American Doughboys', sup-
Banned by A
m
; Street Rebellion
•in Paris Spreads
ceiveil a card from Powers stating , ^ ^ ,taldily clo;;.
that he was interested in her and j in(r ^ , bdjeve Toulon lg ,ikuly |
would appreciate hearing from her;to fa„ this wwkend( roJfar.|jcs,. j
about her background. She was the ,tun(| tlu, Gunm,
11s may niak;'. '
sufficiently intrigued by the card) N„r(h of To( ,on , lh,lt ,
j to write him of her experiences in ' thc St.ventll Army is having di;-
I modeling for style "hows and of ' ficulty muintaining contact with
j the dancing she had done since the the Germans who are withdraw-
| age uf four. Later, when Powers , j,u, ng fast Hji possible to keep
! followed up by a-king her to come
ly ■
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Maj.-Gon. Curtis E. Le May,
above, oi' Lakewood, O., is the
new? "chief of the 20th Bomber
Command, compri: ^d of B-29
Superfortress:;. He succeeds
Kcnii-i.il B. Wuiio
! by his ufl.ee in New York and talk
; LONDON, Aug. 21. 'IU.fi)—Tha
j German army battled a spreading , |
I French patriot rebellion iti the , '"w
1 , , i- friend, who was one ol lus corps
1 streets of Paris today and a dus- '
,. ., . u -f models, had shown him.
! patch from the franco-Swiss '
to him, she learned his original
inquiry had been the result of see-
1 picture of her which a
J frontier reported that puppet Pre-
j niier Pierre Laval an I his collaps-
1 ing pro-Nazi government had fled
I from Vichy to the German border,
i While the Germans placed Paris
j under virtual martial law and
threatened it with destruction if
I the patriots did not subside,
J French Maqui s sources reported
Miss Gardner contacted him
while vacationing in New York
with a former Baylor classmate,
and was bewildered to be accepted
a - a Powers girl aften a brief
interview.
'The young Wacoan had previous-
ly been offered 2 movie contracts
and a place in Billy Hose's Casa
Mamma, but had refused them in
j Laval and others in his eollabora- 1
. . . . , , , , . VI I order to complete her education at
! tionist cabinet had arrived at Mor- ' T, ,
ivillars, less than six miles from the 1 ^ '
from being cut < 1'f, but ck^e a-
round Toulon, tin (lt«!*aaiv hav.i
formed a ling of r^si <tance fr.r.n
which thev are a'lellinj' aia! .-end-
ine; out patrols for.raids. German
engineers al.o are systeiaaticad.'
blowing up all bri 1/ts around 1
Toulon. |
The main battle tor the city > |
bi-ing wi";c'd in one of the !ii!li, <(. '
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sectors i.f Kranee, which aflon.U '
a strcn,':' defensive ij -siLi-, n. Th • !
Americans, however, have alreadv,
taken some dcininatin,;' hig'a j
ground, bot the Germans stili '
cling to a number cl' hills n..-a-' j
here on the St. Tropi ;-Toul..n
hiivhwe.y, nine miles from Toulon 1
itself.
Frenchmen out of Toulon iv- '
Air Army Deputy,
;An elaborate "Official Guide to the Army Air Forces," pictures.
' above, has been banned by the"-Army from Post Exchanges every-
i where, ^is possible political propaganda, calculated "to affect the
jpresidential election. Army objects to portrait sketch of the Pres-
'ideut, used as frontispiece, with caption, "Franklin Delano Roose-
v. velt, Commander-in-Chief gf the Army and Navy."
! Swiss border.
I While the Vichy
sought sanctuary
government
northward,
.French forces f the interior were
reported to have gained control of
1 A recent Baylor graduate, she ,
(, . . „0, , ... :j 'ported that water had been cat
.holds a BBA degree, was president . * ,, |
1 ij • , 1 1, oft and that Germans have pJaccd 1
'of Pi Alpha LamUla, social club, . . 1 . ;
' dynamite m naval installations,
ready to blow them up when ]
they are forced to give yp ui •
I and is the great-granddaughter of
William G. D. Wortham and Char-
JmW<$
mmw/w.
lotte Marie Coke, pioneer settlers ! ,ju
of the town of Wortham.
^ Timber!
Texas Speculates
on Wallace Vi««t
Toulouse, one of the largest cities
in Southern France, and the Ger-
mans threatened turbulent Paris
| at the same time they seemed in j
i the process cf abandoning South-1
|c" Reins after War
Urges Continued
I Radio France at Algiers said in )
j a broadcast recorded by FCC today
• that Toulouse had been in control
! of French interior forces since
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 21. '(U.R)— yesterday and that the German?
Approximately 3,500 University had withdrawn tu the outskirts,
of Texas students stood and sat where fighting is now going on.
in the sun at noon today and The Nazi Command meanwhile
cheered liberal predictions made admitted that Parisians were in
by Vice President Henry A. Wal- | open revolt.
ice on the university campus. ' —* -
' "Hold 011 to your ideas of liber-
; alism, but be prepared to show up
the conservatives in their own
French Patriots, looking like
American Minute-men in their
motley garb and with weapon;
of all kinds, including Gci/num
rif'es of World War I, are ac-
tively fighting besioe the French
and American troops.
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Lieut.-Gen. Frederick A. M.
Browning, above, is British
deputy commander of the new
Allied Airborne Army, headed
by Lieut.-Gen, Lewis 1L Brere-
ton ^The air army/'first of its
kind, is composed of American
and British paratroop and
dider units.
Dumbarton Oaks
Conference Open
Big Three Pledge
Organization Soon
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. OJ.R)
— American and British statesmen
pleuged themselves today to create
an international security organi-
sation in which big and little na-
tions will be partners and reveal-
ed that the Allied Big Three were
generally agreed to create some
kind of world organization "soon"
before the war end'.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
lv: st to the American-British-So-
viet conference seeking to prevent
a third World War, and Sir Alex-
ander Cadogan, chairman of the
British delegation, assured the
world in their opening statements
that the Big Three did not wish
to impose "some great dictator-
ship" on the rest of the world.
The inevitable victory over the
enemy is coming sooner than -ome
think, C]adogan added, and it would
be folly to delay a world organ-
ization until peace has arrived.
Asserting that there already is
"a large measure of agreement"
among the Big Three, Cadogan
called upon the delegates not to
fcrget the time factor now that
the war is Hearing its end.
The opening ceremonial session
—the only one to which the press
will he admitted-wa ■ held in the
high ceilinged music room of the
143-year-old Georgian mansion on
a secluded Washington estate,
Dumbarton Oaks.
The delegates from the three
poweis will meet twice a day,
five days a week until they have
devised a formula for organizing
the world for peace. Their deliber-
ations may determine whether this
and succeeding generations will
live in peace or die in war.
Standing in the middle of the
American delegation, seated at the
bottom of the U-shaped table, Hull
warned that "the very character
of this war moves us to search for
an enduring peace." He referred
indirectly to superbombers and
robots, and the gigantic rockets
and worse threatened by "the
forces of savagery and barbarism.
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1 CALIFORNIA
158.297 «q. wi.
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Map above indicates compara-
tive areas of Italy and Califor-
nia, brings home the mileage
covered by Allies since the for-
mer Axi.. partner was invaded
Heads Air Army
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Lieut.-Gen. Lewis H. Ercrcton,
above, commands the new Al-
lied airborne army, first of ita
kind In military history. Thc
new force is composed of all
American and British paratroop
and glider units.
Vice President.
"I am asking
Missing Fliers
Believed Saved
i Liberals to become
you who are
practical in
some field so that you can give
the lie to those who say you are
dreamers.
"I am convinced the South is
j Liberal-minded to an extraordinary
j ,degrce. Although it is hidden, it
will break through later."
Wallace told the students that
the Chicago National Convention
Two Mexia war casualties are
safe and well, friends of Staff Ser-
geant Robert Williams and Tech.
Sergeant Waltei C. Stanford, Jr.,
learned today.
Mrs. Williams, the farmer Miss
Dorothy Wilkin, this week end re-
ceived a cable direct from her hus-
band saying that he is all right.
He has been missing since a May |
at which he failed of re-nomina- ! 5 raid on Ploesti, Romania, al- ;
i Uien was profitable to him because though Major General N. F. Twin-
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i it brought a flood of letters from ! wk commanding; officer of the |
| college -tudents and young people j Fifth Air Force, had previously j
1 anil a great many from high school 1 notified her that Williams was I
DALLAS. Tex., Aug. 21 tU.R)--
America must continue
trol after the war to prevent
on? inflation if the 11 million re
turning servicemen are to get
OPA Administrater C h
Bowles warned today. ]
Speaking before Texas officials 1 ' 'he «nembcn of Roy
and regional rationing executive !, j 7,:> sponsored by the
Bowles declared that "we cannot IClub- appreciate the quantity ot
paper people have helped them
collect in tiie pick-upa made so
Lvemruin".;Bundle Paper Up
cot'jo'bs.jUrjTe Boy Scouts
1 es t or) ^ J
Scout
Lions
;fro Fight to
; Held September 1
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Local l;('> hip; fans will be given
t,
an opporlui ity t.> see the first all
pn
overlook the fact that during the
World War 1 period, the worst in-
flation came after the war was
over."
Bowles said prices—already in-
flated—rose an additional -10 per
cent after the last armistice.
"II we permit prices to soar even
as much as the) did during the two
ycais after the armistice, we shall
he inviting a worse depression than
any we have yet experienced," the
OPA Chief said. "We must see to
it that the cost of living it. held
until tin danger of inflation is
over."
Bowles indicateu that strict ra-
tioning and strict price control
probably will be enforced for two
years after the sr.ooting ends.
- -
far. Scoutmaster Leon Matt an-
nounced today. However, the
failure of the great majority of
householders to pre pare the paper
properly in bundles has slowed the
Boy Scout drive down to a sick
snail's pace, and has resulted in
many sections of town not yet
being covered.
When the magazines arc not
tied to themselves and the news-
papers to themselves in 11x17-
inch bundles, the Scouts have to
stop their pick-up and rei dd and
l'e-tie the paper as they go in th1
shape it must be in before t can
be shipped. In order to avoid cre-
ating a fire hazard in the town
paper depot on East Commerce.
' aaliifliL' i:r % ! students, which |showed they were i seen t i have bailed out over Bor, ' _ _iL>- ,t~ '■ Mhti'-pfijtet caji; not lie allow ed to
| '.dig i rained t i take oyer the fu- ' Yugoslavia, after his plane had <|iy||tV|0 Wa|T]J)I| |c ':'{I^h'.uf> hs it forties when lo?>se.
laFdf Ca7d?nV' ■nvlihes 1 ture opeAftions of the government, been hit by anti-aircraft fire. ' I Aid ff Ullin.ll 19 | The separate bundles should fl-
oats enroute to
straight National L
^ ting championship
Box Scores
•ond | Texas, he said, was going to Mrs. Standford, who lives in
bat- '
al
I have to work hard on good neigh- i Hobb New Mexico, has received
' bt.rliness because it is going to j a card dated June 2 direct from her
(lead the nation in acquiring the i husband, a former star Mexia SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.
: Spanish oi Latin-American soul, (football player, saying he is well —iris W. Bounds, whose home is
"If the country hopes to remain , and for her not to worry. Stan- in Mexia, Texas, reported recently
, safe in the long run we must es- j ford, top turret gunner in a B-17 s a Private with the 107th Wo-
itafclish more friendly relations Flying Fortress with at least six- men's Army Corps at Fort Mason,
J with those to the South," JVallace teen c-cmbat missions to his credit, Headquarters of the San Francis-
said. j has been mis'ing in action since co port of Embarkation. She was
"After the war we will be a big- 1 a May 27 raid over Germany. No assigned to duty with the Person-
ger creditor nation and more pow- i War Department notification of a nel Office of the Port.
change in status has been received, pvt. Bounds, the daughter of
so far as relatives here know, j Mrs. Alice Neill of Teague, Texas
They assume, however, from the j js a graduate of the Wortham
date of the card that he must be , High School, Wortham, Texas, and
erful than ever before. The ques-
tion is if we will handle conditions
so that 20 or 30 years from now
! there will not be a bigger Hitler."
Wallace had a luncheon with , held as a prisoner of the German . attended North Texas State col-
University deans after his speech
to the student body. Tonight he
is to meet a group of guests se-
lected by Mayor Tom Miller and
then go by plane to Dallas to
catch an airschedule to Louisville,
Ky.
government.
Pvt. Wanda J. Smith
Receives Promotion
so be tipd "crisscross," the .Vcoi.U
'stressed, meaning both lengthwise
and crosswise. That prevents the
bundles from breaknig quite so
readily as they are tossed into the
truck, then to the ground, and into
, the paper salvage barn. No bun-
dle should be more than 10 inches
. tall, thev beg. Taller stacku of
1 papers and magazines weigh too
much for ready handling by one
boy.
Waste paper that is neither
newspaper nor magazine can he
baled by the Scotts if the person
donating it will not mix in mis-
cellaneous junk such as old cloth-
!'
I "We want to serve as a funnel
ilege at Denton. Pvt. Bounds Joined ! ln«' ,)ottk'8- K' ass cuttings, etc.
'the WAC in April, 19-14 and was! "Wt' want t0 9erve Hs H funr
previously stationed at Fort Ogle-lto Ket Mexia's paper where it can
thorpe, Ga.
A son, Cpl, William N. Bounds;
two brothers. Staff Sergeant
Private Wanda J. Smith has been
raised to the grade of private first. Martin Neill and Pvt. Garth Neill
Many Texans ^peculated^ about j e,nss at Selfril|gc Fieldi „ j and a son-in-law, private First
base of the AAF, according to' CIuks Wallace R. Avent, are alio
It was a double-header and the
August sun poured down on the
bleachers, but small-bo^ inge-
nuity and a paper box 'saved
the day for this New York lad Mrs. Zuleika Adam and grand
'Jgjie rooted for tha home team. gon gtephen Adam West, are visit
the visit of the Vice President to
Austin at this time,
——-
If Finland is knocked out of the
war, Germany will lose more than
half of its supply of nickel and
cobalt, and a fourth of its supply
of molybdenum, sources of vital
ferro-alloy supply, the Foreign
Economic Administrator stated.
*
word received from thc public re-
lations office <5f that field.
in the Armed Services.
Pvt. Bounds is a member of
j be used," the boys' attitude seem-
ed to be after their first hard
week's work. "And we appreci-
ate people giving us the paper,
But we will never in t over tha
town ev s(n once if each house
doesn't help us out by bundling
its own paper. We can't use
filthy paper either, only clean,
dry pieces."
She has been in thc Army since j Delta Kappa Gamma and Alphi
November 15, 1943. The promo-1 Chi and has been active in the
tion was gained through diligent i International Relations Club and H ^ fine |lve#tock jf ilV Texas.
service, it was announced by Mnj.jthe American Assocation of UnU m| outHtand|nK f„m „h|h||Hi
"mBn J?j "'i y, ner ,mmCtiint" , Vrr:.ity . JT" if It's unusual educational exhibits
, that you are looking for, if it's
' fun and pleasure on the Midway
itt in' and in the Itodeo arena, then do
commanding officer.
Joe and Juanita Williams left
Sunday for Dallas, where tiiey will
: at the North State College at the
time of her enlistment.
(Wf-iiji
Mrs. W. M. White, Jr,
spend a week with Mr. and Mrs. Austin visiting her daughter, Mia* net pass up the Corsicana Live-
i ing her mother, Mrs. J. R. Corley.' R. O. Kerzee. Marilyn White. I Block Show, September 12-16, 1944.
1\ i nal boxing card staged
lie: in over a dc-eauc when some
of Lie tale'.- top ranking fighters
i ..aio U xia the night of Scplem-
h• i• l. This announcement was
made t.iday by Cedric Davis, who
is promoting the show.
Davis states he plans to -pare
no expense in bringing to Mexia
some of the country's topnotch
leather exp rts. From the abun-
dance of excellent eastern fighters
stationed at army camps over the
stale, he plans to secure a card
excelling any ever available in
Mexia.
Already signed up for the ten-
round main event are Eddie Mar-
tin i,f Detr it, Michigan, and La-
redo Armv Air Field, and Bob
' Kirkland, a civilian now making
ids heme in Waco. This 30-minute
i bout will match middleweights.
Martin's extensive experience
includes the Olympic title in his
class for 1937 and 1938 before he
turned pro. After that he met and
defeated Dempsey M Tnail, Cana-
, dian champion. He has also bested
.Jimmy I'evins, great colored fight-
er fr. m Cleveland, Ohio, and has
fought a draw with Gus Lesinvieh,
present middleweight champion,
i Kirkland's experience includes a
! long round of fights all over Texas
j in which he has met and defeated
| most of the standouts in his
weight, Two week' ago he fought
the semi-windup to the Fritzie
JSivic card in Houst-on before 0,000
fans and won his match with ease.
| A strong supporting card is
now living lined up, and will con-
sist < f three 4-round bouts and a
16-round semi-final. These will be
announced as soon as they are
' complete.
A special technique has been
developed for shipping animals,
wild and domestic, assuring proper
food, ventilation and other de-
( man 's, nrd the mortality in trans-
it i i surprisingly low. In n single
week recently the Railway Express
Agency handled 211 live animals,
including (10 birds, 75 dogs, count-
less baby chicks and grown chick-
ens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons and
white mice, cats, guinea pigs,
aquarium fish in tank containers,
a turtle, a hog, a crow, a horse
and a snake
Brazilians Enter
Battle for Italy
Polish Troops Push
Up Adriatic Coast
ROME, Aug. 21. 'IU.R)—-Polish
troops of the British Eighth Army,
advancing swiftly north of the
Cesano River in the Adriatic sec-
tor, overwhelmed enemy resistance
in a wide area inland and occupied
the towns of Mondavio, Serafini
and Palerno yesterday, an Allied
communique announced today.
As the Polish units gained in
the cast, it was disclosed for the
first time that the Brazilian ex-
peditionary force under Maj. Gen.
Morales de Ma caretlhas had join-
ed the United States Fifth Army
in the area extending inland from
the Tyrrhenian Sea south of Pisa.
The Brazilians will help to fill
gaps left by the withdrawal of
three American divisions and some
French troops from the Fifth
Army for the invasion of South-
ern France, it was aniioundecV The
exact location of thc Brazilian
forces remained u strict military
secret which was not expected to
be released until the Germans
themselves find out.
The Germans, however, should
be able tu easily detect the pres-
ence of their new foe in the lines
because of the distinctive uni-
forms worn by the Brazilians. The
French troops had been completely
equipped by the United States
and the Brazilian units will, there-
fore, be the only Fifth Army
troops not wearing American-
made . uniforms.
It was revealed some time ago
that the Brazilian expeditionary
force had arrived in North Africa,
and in mid-August it was dis-
closed they had moved on to Italy.
The Germans continued shelling
the area west of Florence, but
there was no change in positions
at that point or elsewhere along
the area extending westward to
Pisa.
GALVESTON, '* Tex", "Aug. 21.
IU.R)—A Houston fisherman, El-
rich Tobler, 50, drowned in Gal-
veston Bay yesterday whei a wave
upset bi< fishing boat near Irish
reef.
Two other occupants of the boat,
John M. Anderson and John Bru-
derer, also of Houston, were res-
cued by other fishermen after
they had clung to the capsized
boat for nearly two hours.
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i ture taken, this ' Chamorra
youngster grimly faces the pho-
j ' lographet in Saipan civilian in-
IN COMMAND
Major Gen. Alexander Patch,
commander of Allied forces in the
invasion of Southern France. •
(NEA Telephoto)
Mrs. T. I). Lewi" of Fort Worth
i has returned to her homo after
I visiting her mother, Mrs. G. W.
Butler.
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Mr. and Mrs. .less Uozcman re-
turned Sunday froln r.pi mtlng a
vacation in Houston and Waco
with friends and relatives.
Patricia Oliphant has returned
to Mexia after a visit in Houston.
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