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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Not much change in temperature
tonight and Saturday
The Denison
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT
SUNDAY
YOUR HOME-OWNED
DAILY NEWSPAPER
86c PEE MONTH
. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 29th, 1942
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930-DAILY 1934
VOL. VIII—NO. 272
Allied Fliers
Score 4-to-1 Toll
Of Enemy Planes
Final Resting Place Of American Soldiers In World War I
MELBOURNE. Australia, May'
29—Allied fliers t>dny scored al -
most 4-to-l toll of enooiy planes j
in the latest aerial fighting: over
the Australian invasion ssofe. j
U.S. bombers Vut down or
ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
BY THE EDITOR
In The Picture. ,
With the war on it takes some-
thing out of the ordinary to get
into the conversational picture
ahead of it around these parte,
but this week something has in-
jected itself into bold relief which
is taking the conversation over the
war in the main.
It is nothing more than the idea
of taking something like $25,000
of the county's good money in
these money short-times and ap-
ply it toward another road for
Sherman in order that the county
seat town may have a direct and
shorter road from Perrin field. |
Of course, the idea is being
charged to the selfishness of Sher-
man and the charge made that
Sherman is not content to let the
new road partially finance^ by the |
federal government that places |
both Denison and Sherman on
the same score with reference to I
Accessibility from the field.
The road now nearing comple-[
tion, and which runs into highway i
75 at a pohit mid-way between'
Denison and Sherman, was agreed
upon as being fair to both clti«s [
and is as near the geographically!
fair spot as surveyors could make
it ■
But it was not giving Sherman
the big end of the deal, it is
charged, and so they set about to
build another and shorter road di-
rest from Sherman by revamping
a present road, and ask the county
to kick in on the deal.
"What do you think of the idea
of the new road for Sherman?"
That's the question being asked
on every hand in Denison.
In general it is answered lHte |
tjhis: "What do you think of twoj
courthouses in Sherman, or twoj
{Main streets in Denison Both are
needed about as much as the new|
road to Sherman from Perrin
field."
And note the expression "road
ItROM Perrin field."
•For that is the big idea. They
want all they can get out of the
boys there—you can put that fall
your cob pipe and smoke it.
They are not wanting to TAKE
much to them, it is GIVE and
they want to have the receiving
end.
And when you sift it down, that
is what Denison wants to get what
we can in the way of helping to
build the town, as well as being
moved with the dusire to help out
the boys as we can.
But it's no use to sit and whine
if the fish are not on our line.
If Sherman can ask for the whole
county to give them $26,000 and
then get away with it, we are
the suckers if we let it be done. If
we can take the courthouse from
them, the county fair and Austin
college and don't do it, then we
are the saps.
We don't keep that burg afraid
of us enough. They think they
can get away with murder when
this town is Involved, and we seem
to agree at times.
Tt is high time we shook our-
selves and took some of the kind
of nerve they have. We have more
on the ball any day of the week
than they. We have the balance
of power on every issue and ev-
ry election, but we are afraid to
let ourselves go.
We are afraid that we will lose
a vote or a little of their business
or something else and so our
apathy becomes the occasion for
their pressing home their claims
and generally they have their way.
In the meantime, what do you
think of the new road Sherman is
trying to build FRC^Nf Perrin field
TO Sherman?
—■ - ■ ■-} >■- - —
The Navy is the only fighting
service which takes its modern
liivng quarters into the line of
battle.
damaged seven Japanese planet
during raids on the main enem*
invasion bases <tt .labau), Nevf
Britain, and Lae, New Guinea-
Three big fire* were started at
Rabaul.
Four more Jap plane? and pon-
sibly more, crashed or had their
wings singed in hot dogfights ov-
er the allied base at Port Moresby,
when 20 enemy Zero planes at-
tempted a raid.
Against that total of at least
11 Japanese planes destroyed or
damaged, the allied air force lost
three airships—one missing in the
raid on Lae and two shot down
over Port (Moresby.
Last reports on the fighting in
Chekiang province of east China
are that the costly Japanese of-
fensive against Kinhwa had sub
sided into a siege, and that the
main enemy force has pushed west
of the city where it is making
gains, but at a heavy cost in
men.
In the two-weeks drive against
Kinhwa, which led to the very
gates of the city before it was
halted, Chungking estimates the
Japanese lost ovisr 13,000 troops.
They poured 10,000 reinforce-
ments into the area, but at about
the same time, the main enemy
force moved westward, leaving
some 40,000 Japanese troops be-
hind to besiege Kinhwa.
In two battles beyond Kinhwa,
Chungking said the enemy lost
2,400 more men, but that they
kept pushing ahead, aided by war-
planes. At several points in the
new fighting area, a Chungking
communique charges, the Japs are
using poison gas. It is a revival
of similar charges, for the Japa-
nese are accused of having used
poison gas many times throughout
their five-years campaign against
China.
To the north, in Fukin province,
Japanese warships have shelled
Santu, at the mouth of the |Min
river, which leads to Foochow. On
the Burma frontier, the Japanese
are rushing reinforcements up the
Burma road to try tp save the
remnants of a column that vir-
tually has been bottled up at
Lungling, 40 miles inside China.
■L.' ,. j
mStmIP
Thousands of white crosses in the Alsne-Marne Cemetery in France mark the final resting place of
American soldiers who died in the First World Wa r in defense of this nation a principle* of democratic
liberty. Inset, Geraldine Reynolds, six-year old orphan from the V, F, W. National 1
Kanids Mich., presents a Buddy Poppy to President Roosevelt. Fl.e V. I. W. National Ilomi is one
of the'welfare projects made possible through the nationwide distribution of Buddy I'opp.es by the
W'ttifiiU of Foreign Wats of the Liuted btatts.
17 Star Service Flag To Be Presented
During Church's Memorial Services
Rayburn
Opposes
Gas Ration
Speaker Fails To
Hear Any Reason
He Considers Sound
RAF Wrests Nazi
Initiative In A
Desert Raid, Said
CAIRO, Egypt, May 29—The desert front, was reported today
Royal Air Force, pounding Field to have wrested the initiative from
Marshal Erwin Rom me la tanks and Axig armored forces which had
supply columns unmercifully in its swep to within fifteen miles of To-
WASH1NGTON, May 29
Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas to-
day joined members of the house
and senate who have expressed!
opposition to the extension of
gasoline rationing to sections of!
the country where there is anj
abundance of petroleum and where
no transportation problem exists.
The 'WPB has declared that ex-
tension of rationing to the entire
country probably will be ordered
for conservation of rubber, Mr.
Rayburn does not regard the pro-
posal that gasoline rationing will
conserve rubber as valid reason
for the extension.
"I can see no reason for exten-
sion of rationing to those sections
greatest show of strength on the
353 Tires, 125
Tubes Issued In
County Thus Far
Many Denisonians
Included In Ration
Board Report Today
Grayson county car and truck
ownerg have been authorized to
purchase 353 tires and 125 tubes
bruk.
Late reports from the front said
that Rommel never had a chance
with his two-pronged offensive,
toward the El Adein area south of
Tobruk and toward Bir Haehiem,
thirty-five miles farther south.
Hours before he launched his at-
tacks, they said, "the sky was fill-
ed with RAP fighters and bombers
which strafed and bombed enemy
columns, airdromes and supply
lines."
As a result, the axis forces were
reported punch drunk before they
were well started and, since Brit-
ish Gen. Sir Claude Aochinleck
had anticipated the direction of
i the main assault around Bir Ha-
cheim and placed a crack armored
Legion Post
Cancels Public
Memorial Service
James V. Allred
To Give Principal
Address At Event
VFW To Honor
War Dead With
Poppy Sale Sat.
Graves Of All
Servicemen Here
To Be Decorated
Funds Used In
Relief Work For
Throughout Year
that are knee-deep in petroleum,", in the first three week, of May, ^
Rayburn said. "The American peo- a report of the county rationing! -
pie are willing to make any sacri- board, through Joe Brantley, Den-
in their tank tracks.
The RAF also was credited
with shooting down nine axis
V--
WPA Authorizes
Grayson County
Road Project
SAN AiNTONIO, Tex., May 29
—Authorization to begin work on
nineteen WPA projects, including
ten war program projects involv-
ing expenditures of $7,16,828, has
been given Texas district manag-
ers, it was announced today by
Stearns S. Tucker, deputy state
administrator.
Projects (authorized, for which
the WPA has provided $561,684
and sponsoring agencies $433,230.
include:
Grayson county, improve and
reconstruct roads, bridges and
drainage structures; WPA funds,
$66,411; funds supplied by the
county, $25,731; workers, 258.
Collin county, reconstruct and
repair bridges damaged by recent
floods; WPA funds, $158,594;
funds supplied by the county,
$35,920; workers, 243.
Dallas county, reconstruct and
improve various excessively-travel-
ed roads in the county; three pro-
jects totaling $78,640 in WPA
funds and $165,266 in funds sup-
plied by the county; 242 workers.
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Ex-Convict Poses
As Surgeon And
Performs Surgery
(HlfcO, Calif., Mav 29—Ar.
ex convict who studied surger"
•cxtbooks in prist n is charged
today with impersonating a sur-
geon and performing mp.jor on
^rations.
He is Arthur Osborne Phi!-
I PS who posed as Dr. JamiM
I'erman Phillips. a licensed phv<-
i'^n. The State (Board of
Medical Examiners said Phillips
who ollegedy ton served geve i
5.visofi terms In five .state* for
Mi-oiis reason*, performed num-
erous operations during his ca
leer «• n f.ike surgeon. Phillip
declares:
"I will Mack my skill In medi-
cine aganst any surgeons"
A service flag displaying 17
stars, representing "members of the
Memorial Christian church whov
are among the armed forces of the
United States will he presented
by the church's women's council
' Sunday morning during it? Memor-
I ial day service. The principal ad-
j dress will be given by James V*
Plans for a public Memorial ser- Allred, former governor of Texas,; poppies, America's flowers of
vice on Decoration day, Sunday, who recently resigned his federal remembrance for its World War
have been cancelled, (Harold' judgeship to enter into the cam- (]ea(ji wj]| be brought to every
Schmitzer, commander of the Fred paign for senator. citizen in the city Saturday by an
MV. Wilson post, American Legion,j Members of service men organ- efficiently organized corps of
announced todiay. j 'zations and auxiliaries and of the women volunteers and disabled
Mr. Schmitzer said for reasons} U. S. engineer and Perrin field members of Veterans of Foreign
that could not be revealed, the staffs will be among the congre- Wars in honor of Decoration day
public program could not be pre- gation. Sunday.
sented this year. |Boy Choir To Sing. | Local committees point out the
However, the ILegion will carry| ,The Denison boy's A capella dimes, quarters and dollars are
out itg program of decorating the choir, directed by William H. Tall- dropped into the boxes of the pop-
graves of 'all servicemen buried in niadge, voice instructor at the Py workers Saturday form the
the three local cemteries, Fairview,1 high school, will be presented in principal source of support for the
Oakwood and Calvary. Commit-' several selections and another relief and welfare work carried
tees, in charge of Chaiitnan GeoJ group of children will lead in the out by the auxiliary throughout
Hagans, will congregate at the'salute and pledge of allegiance to the year.
Legion home Sunday morning at 6 the flag. j "While the government has
for a breakfast to lay final plans The pr0gram, scheduled to begin ma(le Provlsi°ns for care and com-
for the grave decorating. ; at n o'clock, WM foe preceded by Pensatl°n of the war disabled, jus-
fiee necessary to win this war, but ison member, reveals.
they have failecTto see any need With another week's report yet, , ..
for gasoline rationing on a nation- to be made, it seemed probable, A,d. . . .■!
wide basis. Ith local board member said, that f0ntlnued raldfi °n en"
"I have heard many reasons ad-; if the quota were to be used up,'***•. . . ^
i . . ,, i . A general headquarters com* <
vanced to support nation-wide ra-, more owners would have to ac-j .i,„ „ !.
tioning of gasoline," the speaker cept retreaded tires instead of.^ nortW #f Bir „a.
ilfat^Vpeab to m^as s^Tuind."0"6! ^'FoUowl'ng are authorised Den- ^ J ^ i Tn'^allU
As to the rubber situation, Mr., ison Purchaser, of truck type tires ^ ^ ^
Rayburn said that all the experts and tubes. . . ,, ...
are agreed there will be no rub- Guy F. Atkinson company, 60 nnrShern «+ctnr wVen ^thev
ber for tires except for the most tires and three tubes; Jacob Kar- . . R_.f. . •
essential uses and that civilians chmer, two tires and tubes; T. R. 1 '
will get no additional tires for Nowlin, three tires and tubes;' ® . "1, .. 8
some time to come after the tires | Kraft Cheese company, three tires e_, K J a® ' [ 1 ' .
now on their cars are worn out.j and tubes; Denison Poultry and . . .. ' . . " . ... ,
This was advanced by him as show- Egg company, four tires and • fink in th . Rir "Hnrheim
ing the fallacy of the claim that tubes; Burton-ilJngo lumber com- , the Blr ™
gasoline rationing will conserve pany, tire and tube and Henning-
rubber I sen Bros., three tires and tubes. f««ess although the fightin* was
^Authorized Denison purchasers| Increasing ,n intensity.
Texan* Join Governor,. of passenger car and light truck(
AUSTIN, Tex., May 29—Tex- type equipment:
ans are ready to back Gov. Co1<e| J°e B. Draper, two tires; Leon-
R. Stevenson's stand against the a,'d Lee Rice, four tires and tubes;
rationing of gasoline in the state,! Warren L. Shull, four tires; Jamesi
it was indicated today by the J- Stone, two tires; Dr. David K.j
steady and heavy stream of let- Jamis°n, two tires and tubes; Har-i
ters, telegrams and telephone calls vey A. Waw, route 3, three tires
pouring into the chief executive's and one tubej Harold J. Brennan, l*HANCISCOf Calif.t Way
office. (route 1, two tires and tubes; 2i —Harry Bridges today angrily
Senders of letters and telegrams Sylvester Schultz, route 3, two denounced as '-outrageous" the
almost unanimously voiced the tires; 'Lynn T. Erratt, Perrin fijeld,j £o\ernment order for his deport*-
'Outrageous/ Says
Harry Bridges On
Gov't. Order
sentiment that Texans are patri- two tires and one tube; J. L. Bui-, tion to Australia. He warned that
otic and are doing their part in 'ock, route 3, two tires; Harry W.,he has ' just begu* to fight" the
the war effort, but do not believe Sittel, two tires; Jack Bennett, proceedings which he has battled
'From the Kail a caravan
be formed to the cemetries
will
(a, communion service at 10:30. To
an(l i avoid congestion, Rev. G. C. Mi-
tice is never automatic and aid
the VFW and auxiliary is often
flags will be placed on the graves| t ^ed that men,bers needad, ot bring the veteran's case
of servicemen buried therein. j of the congregation be seated on prope^ bef°re the government,"
As originally planned, the post the wegt gjde of the auditorium at a sPokesman declared. "A great
will flag Old Glory at half-mast thnt tjme | number of the disabled do not
from its staff on the hall from ' presented by i™ Wjthi" the Provi*ions of .the
reville until noon when the colors , , " „ presented "y iaw an(j receive no compensation.
blematic of life everlasting, Mr. |
Schmitaer said.
First Sugar
Indictment Is
Returned By -Jury
CHICAGO, III., ,May 29—The
first indictment under the national, to the flag.
presiding judicial of the fifty-
ninth district court at Sherman.
The program follows:
VFW Chaplain To Speak.
Prelude, Mrs. Reta Wolfe.
Song, "America."
Invocation, Rev. E. F. William,
that rationing is a way in which ^ht tires and one tube; Rower H., four years
the war effort can be materially Otis, three tires. i ri ges, wiry
aided.
leader of several
In addition, several applications thousand west coast CIO ILong-
for tires and tubes of obsolete! shoremen, brake a silence of sev-
Silver Star
Awarded Men
type were granted.
' eral hours and indicated an appeal
The board has granted in May, to the courts of the deportation
applications for 201 truck tires, order. His only recourse is the
and and 72 tubes and for 152 pas-( filing of a writ of habeas corpus
senger car and light truck tires| in federal court after he is placed
WASHINGTON, May 2D—The ,
when they become unable to work
| or require hospitalization. Natur-
j ally their comrades in the VFW
and auxiliary are their first source
j of #id
j "Through wearing a poppy Sat-
' urday, everyone can help us be
chaplain, Gate City Post, V.F.W ! !"e"dy V*. fesPO"d to the calls for
Song, "Little Brown Church in !«e,P *hich will come to us dur-
the Wildwood," A cappella choir, i ,n.*. the ypar ^ad. The poppy,
Salute and pledge of allegiance honors the war dead, also
a,ds those who did not die, but
in
sugar rationing act was returned! Song, "The National Anthem." ^ strensrth
today by a federal grand jury. Presentation of service flag. j v
against John Freshman, a south-|Capt. Pullirfm Accept* Flag.
side retail grocer, before District' Acceptance of flag, Captain R.i 'J'q Conf(*l*
W. Pulliam.
grocer,
Judge Philip L. Sullivan.
Freshman Was charged in the Song, "God Bless America," A
indictment with reporting'to a ra-'cappella choir.
Offering and announcements.
Offertory, "Let Us Have
(Continued on page four)
tioning board when he registered
on April 29 that he had 2,500
pounds of sugur on hand for sale,
whereas government inspectors
found 20,000 pounds in his store
a day later.
The indictment had two counts,
charging Freshman with making
false statements to a government
aency and violation of sugar ra-j
tioning regulations. Conviction on KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 29—
both counts would make Freshman | The (Missouri highway patrol an-
subject to a maximum penalty of nounced today that two youths
eleven years in prison and $20,000, have confessed they shot and kill
Youths Confess
To Slaying Man
in fines.
... V-
INEGROES TO HtyVR TALK
ON CIVILIAN pEFENSE
ed a Salina, Kan., man near Nor-
ton, Kan., last night.
The victim has been identified
as Stuart Smith, 27 years old.
The boys told officers their
home is at Hochester, N-Y. They
said they are brothers.
The boys say they shot Smith
Municipal Judge C- B. Carroll,
associate civilian defense coordi-
nator, will explain how the local
organization operates to interested when they attempted to rob him.
negro residents of southeast Den-| Then they drove Smith's automo-
ison tonight. Judge Carroll is bile to near Flails City, Neb.,
making the address on behalf of where they dumped the body,
the negro air raid wardens and The youths are in the county
will speak in a church in that part! jail here. No charges have been
of the city. 1 filed.
With President
•VTAMI BEACH, Flu , May 29
—Tl.e Duke of Windsor, said
today he would lik° to have a
tn!k with President Roosevelt on
the mutual defense of the Jnited
Stats and Bahama'!
The Puke .now jrovernur 'it
the Bahamas, and his American
born DiKhf-is arrived in Floiidi
vosterdv fr m Nassau. They
f lnn to leave for Washington on
Sunday. Windsor raid he'll re-
main in the United States about
ten davs. talking to any official
who will lislen.
The Ditchers, the former Wal.
In Wnrfield, cay* she will spend
a few days with her family in
.Baltimore.
Monquito Control Solution
City Commissioner Carl Flan-
and 53 tubes. | in technical custody of immigra-
tion authorities. That may not be
for several days.
He promised the International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse-
men's union would continue its
all-cut war effort despite the de-
| portation order. He gave the as-
! surance in a telegram to war pro-
duction head Donald Nelson.
Bridges declared:
'My union's fight against ship-
-* — VinitB wns f JLrted todav to be'mel,t of •-craP ir°n to Japan caus-
Atnong those awarded the silver drcpp;d directly int0 tht. Iap 0, ed myself and other longshore-
the supreme court of Oklahoma, i men t0 bt !ttbelled a9 ™mmunisti,
army's silver star today has been
awarded to the officers and men
of the mosquito boat crew that
took General Douglas (MacArthur
and Philippines President Quezon
to Australia. The 58 recipients
of the army award—all naval
men—carried IMacArthur and Que-|
zon from Corregidor under the
very guns of the Japanese navy
and air force. w ir^
Supreme Court
To Hear Case Of
Farmer Josh Lee
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 29—'
The fate of Farmer Josh Lee, the,
sun-tanned agriculturist of
stare are Chief Machinists's Mate
Dale Guyot of Areola, 111.; First
Clas3 (Machinist's \Mate George
Shephard, Jr., of St. Ilxtuis; Third
Class Pharmacist's (Mate Charles
Beckner, of Princeton, Ind. and
Chief Machinist's Mate Jdorris
Hancock of Southport, Ind.
ROYAL AIR FORCE CADET
Kllil.EJD IN ROUTINE FLIGHT
In a history-making decision,
the state election board Wrednes-(
day found that the filing for the;
U.S. senate of the Vinita Lee,
who testified that a senator serves|
for two years, was both fraudu-1
lent and contrary to law and or-
dered that the filing be stricken. J
Observers believed that the su-
preme court can follow one of)
three courses—(1) refuse to take,
jurisdiction on 'he grounds that j
the findings of the election board
and that same false label is the ba-
sis for the attorney general'*
ruling today.'
TERtyBLiL, Tex., May 29-fL.A
C. James Craig, 19, cadet in train
ing at the Royal Air Force flying are not subject to judicial review,
school here, was killed Thursday (2) hear the case and uphold the
during routine flight training at election board, or (3) hear the
the OAA emergency landing field rase and order the Vinita Lee's-
at Wills Point. Craig is survived name be returned to the ballot.
by his parents in Dundee, Scotland.
The plane crashed into a beacon
at the field.
MACARTHUR DAY PLANNED
BY HOUSE FOR JUNE 13
Sid White, attorney for the Vi-
Paris Company
Low Bidder On
Reservoir Timber
The Cummer-Graham cofmpan;
of Paris, bidding 47 cents a ton,
was the apparent highest bidder
for the purchase of timber avail-
able for salvage in hired labor
clearing program No. 10 in Den-
ison reservoir.
The bids were opened by artny
engineers here Thursday. The tim-
nita Lee, served notive of his in-jbov lprate(! about aix ^
tention to apply to the supreme | ^ noHh nnd ^ of ^n|.
court for a writ of mandamus |
against
sion.
the election board's deci-
i son.
-V—
Engineers estimate approximate-
ly 20,000 tons of timber are avail-
able in the resrvoir area, making
the Cummer-Graham bid at $8,-
400.
J 9 .... Engineers said two local bids
calendar all to himself—June J3. specialist, is to be buried *t fttem- Emitted, one at 17H cents
per ton and the other at 10 cents.
WASHfNC?TON, May 29—Gen- Brinkley Burial At MamphU.
eral Douglas MacArthur is so pop- MFjMIPHIS, Tenn.. May 29—'
ular that he may have a day on the Dr. John Brinkley, famed gland,
The senate today passed a joint phis. The time of the burial Is
ery today announced the arrival! resolution introduced by Senator not known, but Brinkley expressed
of a fifty-gallon drum of Larva- LaFV>ll«tte to designate that date a desire to be buried in Forest
as \MacArthur day—the anniver- Hill cemetery where his grave will NO I IL t———
sary of hit appoinment to West be marked by a winged victory |f y*iu do not rec«W« Pr««
Point 43 years ago. The re iolu- statute he bought in Italy several before R 90, please phone 800 an/
tion now poes before the hou'C years ago. J one will be sent to*.
cide, a power solution that will
be mixed in with a 4,000 gallon
tnnk will prove an effective con-
trol for mosquitoes.
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