The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 17, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Much colder tonight
and Wednesday
The Denison Press
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCBPt
0UNDAY
YOUR HOME-OWNED
DAILY NEWSPAPER
S5c PER MONTH
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEB 17, 1941
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930- DAILY 1934
VOL VIII-NO. 100
U. S. Planes Administer Terrific Attack On U Boats
fw
Thousands of British Troops Evacuated From
Singapore Although Many Are Trapped In Area
Nipponese Still Have Mastery Of Air !
And Sea In Drive On Sumatra, Reported
STALLED!
BATAVIA, Netherland East In- faring a serious threat to the na-
dirs, Feb. 17—With the Dutch de- tion, and are in control of 50:
tcrmincd to defend Sumatra to the per cent of the oil production al-j
last from the threat of the Japu- ready, an every man out order has
nese force?, who are already of- been given to the citizens.
...--' Even bicycles will he destroyed
a_________ _ _______I if necessary in order to keep the.
Japs from having any use of them,
j In the meantime, Australia hasj
gone on a full war front and all
! human power and material re-j
.sources have been commandeered'
in the new setup.
| Dutch Still Determined.
, The word here was that the
I British succeeded in evacuating
ALONG THE
NEWS 8EHT
BY THE EDITOR
Q — s
Detective Work. i
Recently a local leader in the] thousands of troops from Singa-
club, church and more or lc-.* po- pore, although many are known to
litUal world, was in a downtown; have been trapped,
store buying a detective n.aga-j RAF contingents, it was said,
zine. She stated to another party, were taken out before the fall of
standing near her that she enjoy-' Singapore and valuable materiel
also was withdrawn.
It was obvious that the Japa-
nese still have mastery of the air
and sea in their drive on Sumat-
(Continued on page four)
Older Men Swamp
Marine Recruiting
Office To Enlist
ed them and that they taught her
a great deal about unraveling
’lungs. She then remrarked that
she thought it would help some
of our local officers to read them
(Continued on page four)
German Ships
Damaged, House
T old By Churchill
The U. S. Marine corps recruifc-
LONDON, Feb. 17 — Winston! ing station here has been swamp-
Churchill in an address before the' ed with inquiries of older men
House of Commons this morning, regarding information for apply-
told that body that definitely the ing for guard duty at Corpusj
two German battle hips, the Christi and Pensacola, Fla., Staff
Seharnhorst and Gneisenau, had Sergeant Carl Seaberg disclosed
hern put out of commission by the, today.
bombs of the British when they Sergeant Seaberg said he was]
went through Dover Strait. Ha unable to accept applicants as the,
said that it would 1m some time present quota Kirs been filled and
Army
Standards
Lowered
Dental, Hyesight
Requirements Are
Materially Cut
Oil Rationing
Precautionary
As A
Move
May Be Made Soon
i WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 L;.'the waters around the Caribbean
Gen. Frank Andrews informed the sea tind which have been
war department today that U. S.
planer are administering a terri-
The fic attack on IT-boats believed to
be German that are operating in'
re.po
ible for sinking six tankers har. '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1
army lowered physical standards
today to make available for mili-
tary service a large ratio of new
draft registrants and also thou-
sands of men who already have
been given deferred classification
Materially reducing dental and
] eyesight requirements, the new
standards were forwarded to local
draft boards with instructions to
j reconside the classification of all
j men deferred because of too few easy lounge chair at the Eagles’
j teeth or poor eyes. club with a magazine, Richard Je-
|. Heretofore, a minimum of ,-ix rome Jewell, 38, draftsman with
Draftsman Slumps
To Floor, Dead
Mon. Afternoon
Having just registered and set-
tling himself comfortably in an
j masticating and six incisor teeth the Rollins-Forrest contractors on
1 ha-: been required. Under the new the proposed Gaine ville army
•regulations any man able to eat camp, suddenly slumped over and;
I army food, using either fal.-e or fell to the floor about 4 p. m.i
natural teeth, is made subject to
J a draft cal! for service in any
j branch of the army.
To Recl&asify (Men.
( Men with defective eyesight
, which can be substantially cor-
Monday.
Dr. I)oak Blassingame, city
health physician, called to exam-
ine the man, pronounced him dead
but would not immediately attrib-
ute a cause. However, Justice E-
TWO FREE FRENCH AIRMEN (right), forced down somewhere in Libya during the recent Allied advanct
across the desert, grin happily as Australian mechanics come up to them with tools and equipment (nott
bullet hole in Free French insignia). A short time after this picture was taken, the plane was repaired anc
refuelled and the two French fliers were back in the thick of the fighting.
Several Hundred Denisonians Reg
For Possible Duty With Armed Forces British Didn’t
Attempt To Ward
rected by glasses were made eli*i- A. Wrijpht, as re ult of an inqmv-t,
ble for general military service in said the draftsman, who resided
all nor combatant branches. at Hotel Denison, apparently H I
“More than 20 per cent of the of heart failure or a stroke of
i men rejected for physical disabil- apoplexy,
ity under the old army standards Jewell was son of Mr. and Following the ordering of all ta
GAS STATION CURFEW
WASHINGTON, F*b 17-
In an order Ufrued early to
day, Secretary Jokes tighten
ed th« (jaaoline situation in
tl«e *\st The order came on
fh#» her!* of the mil situation
in Venezuela, where t&ukerr
were attacked and four tor-
pedoed.
The mandate calls for all
gasoline stations on the east-
ern section around New York
wnd r>fcher stales to lye closed
art 7 p. m to 7 a m. and all
day c-n Sunday.
It \\ hinted that if the or-
der dr e« not meet the situa-
tion, the spsead will be in-
oneased and further restric*
tion* called for.
in£ oii between that importmt
point and the Atlantic coast.
Unmistakable evidence of en-
emy vessels beiner -truck by U. S.
bombers is seen in the oil si rJc
on the surface.
Rumor.' here tod iv indicate that
| were turned down because of de- Mr.-. William It. Jewell, 4308 Gu
fective teeth,” an announcement
I by selective service headquarters
j said. "The new wiling, therefore,
ers tc remain in port, -uch 9t*op-
(Continued on page four)
before they could he used.
it has been necessary to create a
He described the naval situa- waiting li-t until new quotas are
tion as being better rather than1 received. The men will be assign-
worse and said Hitler made the o«I to the Marine corps limited
dash of his ships from the coast service reserve and will relieve
of "France because he wa* afraid vounger men for combat duty at
they could not any longer with- the two naval bases. .
stand the bombing;- tin BritDh Enlisting Monday was Nora!
were giving them- ] Hollowell, 27-year-old truck line
-- | operator, who sold $7,000 in
High Convmsnd AAmit. Damage 1 equipment to join. He is the son
BERLIN, Feb. 17 The German ,)f p.corge G. Hollowell, 2000 W.
high command today admitted that Morton, apd is scheduled to re-
British RAF bombers were bomb- c(qV(1 b;a fjnal physical examina-
ing the area of Helgoland, which tion today at Dallas.
place is now housing the three__V--
German war hips which made
their escape recently from Brest JopS Foi* AutO
through the English channel. I
Now new* had been given out Dealers Urged By
as to the sending of the RAF -J
Rep W. Patman
larger of the German vessels were I __
reported today to have been dam-
aged to an extent that will re-
quire several days before they
will he repaired.
Texas Electric
Railway Exempt
From Rate Hike
Third National
Lottery To Be
Held Next Month
Specifications
On Gainesville
Camp Due Apr. 1
Line Withdraws
Its Application
Because Of Busses
The Texas Electric Railway, op
crating between Denison and Wa-
co, has been exempt from the or
j der issued by the State Railroad
Commission requiring the bno.t-
I ing of railroad passengers fare -
in Texas by 10 per cent, as had
been requested by all lad car-
riers.
The interurbnn line, learning
that Ini
Plans Arc Being
Drawn Here For
30.000-Man Project
Plans and specifications for ui
ton avenue, Dallas lie has serv-l
ed as a seaman with the U. S. j_
navy during World War 1 and'
was wounded in his right leg, al-| G.
though his slight limp was seldom'
noticed, it was said He resided
at Paris a short while before com-j
ing to Denison.
Jewell was born at Jewella, La
on Dec. 12, 1903 and attended
high school at Dalia- and Texas
A. & M. college. He was a mem-
ber of the Baptist church.
Surviving, other than his par-] ,
Harold Dodge, United Press cor- ents* •"»«> two sister*. Mi--- Louise
respondent, he disclosed that at Jewe" and Mrs. Horten *e Bate ,
not one point in thn retreat of the Dallas.
British forces from the Malayan Remain* hav0 been taken over-
peninsula was a pitch battle given 'anr* to Dallas by
oi;t r.ued on page four)
Off Jap Attacks
C. Dinner Meet
L or Retailers
S x phases of possible work will
be d cu -ed tonight, beginning at
7 o’clock, a- the retail group of
the Chamber of Commerce gather
at Hotel Denison in the first of
four dinner conferences being
lieu of the former one
annua meeting of all groups-
Under guidance of H. B. Perry-
mat . C of C president, who will
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17-In a
report of the fall of Singapore by
Although getting a slow
| several hundred Denisonians join
j ed with the bulk of 9,000,000 over
I the nation between the ages of 20
.end 45—many of them fathers
land sons—in filing through reei-
I tration places to enroll for pas-
. si hie duty with the constantly in-
creasing armed forces of the Unit- * • many oinciay, it seemeu, were -“—T pba
ui States. Local registration did ,,,. , T.. mere time servers and entirely ig- Youthful Runaway Held Other parts of the program will
not become brisk until mid-aft l' , ''n< Um ' 'cations for .in norant of the situation. As they A 17-year-old youth, admitting be developed at the meeting, it is
noon, although the majority did T"Camf’ t0 ‘ueomm®date .>0,-! moved down toward Singapore it he had run away from his home :inn0unced
not register here until quitting:i r, • nUi.n.j 0 <’.ca*ea between became more evident they could at Minneapolis, Minn., is being _\r_—
work for the day at 0 p. m. j ' '! T .. ‘'el °n n°4 hold out against the Jap**. held at the city police station to- pyr-« » *T*II D/'"\1 I
Denisonian* registered at the "f , V* e • ° ... lf '"a* 1The conquered city of Singa- day awaiting arrival of his fath*-*-- l.'LA I M KULL
six voting polls with election!™1' " 111 J nngton b> April, porf ^as been changed to Jan He was brought in by State High-] ---
judges in charge, assisted by a1 , I 3nese name of Chunan, or the wav Patrolmen J. B. Frizzell and HENRY M- HAYES
A Da,las {'rm has the contract,Light of the South A. B. (Buzz) Barton.
act as chairman, the retail me*u-
Short-Murray ^ wi„ difcus, chamber
the Jap . Instead, he reported, .funeral services will likely lie (.f^ (o aerifuUure eivifi conVen-
they kept retreating on schedule heId at the Earl Smith chapel ......, pub, >!ty traffic a-d
about 7 miles per day. there Wednesday trade extension and industrial
Many* officiaV. it seemed, were
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—Rep
resentative Wright Patman (D.-
Tex.) chairman of the house com-
mittee investigating effect of the
defense program on small b*tsine--s cials state
concern11, today urged heads of fbe order, applying largely to
government agencies dealing with the two cents a mile rate now in
such firms to make an immediate effect, will become effective five
survey of the facilities of automo- day after publication by the rail-
bile dealers capable of manufnc- roads, orecasting a date some
taring small items required by the time between F b 20 and March
.DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 17—Uni-j war program. '•
form black-out procedure for Tex-' In a resolution adopted by the Armed Force. Exempt,
as hotel*, so that the traveler may' committee in executive session. The commission specifically ex-
know what to expect in any city,] the war and navy departments ompted from the rate boost reduc
corps of volunteer workers.
"This and other registrations
. will be required to insure Vo.-,
compan e* had not an- . ... , , , . , 'working out the
, . 1 ‘ H "e torv, final and complete, over the ...
plied for passenger fare increases, ~
withdrew its petition, local off,-
I for the project if and when built,
; and army engineers here are
detailed plan.
(Continued on page four)
Uniform Blackout
Rules For Hotels
Are Adopted
Registration Of
Women Ri!l To
Be A sked In House
Two army officers are stationed1
at Gainesville today, one connect-]
ed with the Denison engineer dis-
trict office and the other with the]
real c tate division.
A lest water well is being drill-
ed near the proposed camp site to
determine just how many such
wells will be needed to lupoiyt
enough water for 30,000 men. |
Sam Pattillo
Killed Feb. 8
In Far East
Funeral services for Henry M.
Hayes 75, a retired insurance
igent. who died Monday at his
home, 900 W. Starr street, were
held thi afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the home with Rev. Martin
Robert, officiating.
Interment was at Oakwood
! cemetery with the Denison Fu-
j nera! Home directing. Fall bear-
I ers were Robert Merrell, Carl
i Smart, D. Mann, Lloyd Jergins,
I Leon Merrell and Neel Dornaway.
ilNiRFASE OF SUPPLIES TO
Second Lieutenant Samuel Stay
WASHINGTON, Fob. 17—Reu- The sile wa<! designated as a
resentative Joseph Clark Baldwin Wntitive location for an army en-
............ ...................................... (R.-N.Y.) today told members 0f! campment in December. It is un-j
will be drafted by -i **■ *ial civil-; were asked to utilise whenever ed fares for soldiers, sailors, ma- the National Women’s party, long-j derstood that the land is being ae- Pattillo, 23, with .the United States , . ............ „...... ..._ n> iiiiruacu iut
inn defense and * nr adjustment possible and in every way po-- rines and members of the British Ump advocate of equal rights fori 'T'hed, hut the total acreage .n-( army air corps, was killed in ao- from Denison high school in 1934 ,jpn jn tbp f;|1. o;li, today started
committee of the Texas Hotel as-j'trfble the facilities of autmobiie armed forcos men and women, that he intendsT0”'®'* not announc *1 tdon February 8 in the “far east- at th age of 1 ■
soeiation, it wa a-inounce l to lay, dealers for storing, repairing and The degree partially granted an fo introduce n hill railing for na-| Original plans called for "O,900i erri theatre,” according to a tele- University of Texa*, he was grad
--- I CHSUA RFQUF'tTED CONGRESS
The youth was born ,in Denison WADHNGTON, Feb. 17—Con-
n Sept. 1, 1918 and graduated pressmen, aroused over the situs*
follow ing a meeting of the com-j rebuilding military machinery. application, the subject of
mittoe and the association’s board The committee’s proposal would
of directors here. convert every available automo-
The committee consists of J. S. bile repair shop into some kind of ~~
Mickelson, Houston, chairman; C.j a defense plant, either for repair- TEN NFY/ £MPI OYEES
J, Farrell, Fort Worth; A. 1'.] ing war machinery or equipment, TODAY AT ENGINEERS
(Continued on pi.t» four)
Whayne, Galve-ton; John Wil-
liinm , Dallas: TI. Fuller Stevens.
Dallas; Jack White, San Antonio,
'and W. L. Stark, Austin.
The committee already has rec-
ommended that all hotels co-op-
erate in the sale of defense sav-
ings stamps, arrange for a salarv
allotment,* toward purchase of
bonds by employees, and other-
wise co-operate with local govern
ment and civilian
ciesr
or the manufacture of small items
needed in the war.
-V---
PA BATNON 'ILL, IS
IN NEED OF HELP ] Lemuel
Word today from .Ma Batfcon guard
is to the affect that her husband,
Fa Batson, who together conduct
the City Mission at 127’A W. Main
street, is ill. He has been con-
New employee* today at the
S. Engineer office include:
hr>;vT-. tional registration of women.
I Baldwin said n national regis-
I tration wa* desirable to get a pie-
j tore of the woman power available
| for use in industry.
To this end, ho said, he interni-
n' ed to call for the registration of 'l^er that
of tin
an
flow
of supplies to
acres, but it is reported that this' graphed communication received uated in 1940 with a degree in
hi* been revised- j late Monday by his parents, tMr. economics,
I; is clear no actual operations aT,d Mrs. G- C. Pattillo, 716 West Pattillo enlisted in the army aw
other than the engineering will be] Main street. • ] corps at Fort Sam Houston, near
ir’"f‘ed before April and it is. The war department apologized San Antonio, on June 26, 1940] lipv„d7he Ohine-e could stop the
THL-.'.ble other delays may deve oP for its lateness in notifying the and sent to Love Field, Dallas, for
date before work no- parents of the flier’s death by ,ex- his preliminary training At the
Chine.-e forces so they may stop
the march of the Japs toward In-
dia.
Senator George declared he be-
women from IS to 65. They would,Uinlly starts. planing the message was delayed completion of his»cour*e thpre he
James H. Brewer, Tyler, u-.*i - he a Vd to I'd their training, oc Information relative to the pro- jue t0 comptunicat’on difficulties, wa* transferred to Randolph field
tant engineer. eunations and capabilities. 'ec^ U difficult to obtain and fur-. This was the second Denison and later Kelly field where ho
Baldwin added that he intended I'13'' P'ans 31-11 being casualty of World War II, the wa* graduated a- a second lieu-
L Morgan, Colbert,
to introduce hi bill as soon as drawn here, little is known about first being Seaman ,Tes*ie L**Rov tenant on April 17, 1941. He,
Paul T. Smith, Fairfax, Calif., the measure to create a volunteer j1,10 enterprise.
draftsman.
Albion W. Barker, Dallas, sen-
ior engineering aide.
fined to his home for two weeks Herman W Hosier, Waxa-
defense agen- and is in need of the help that hachie, junior engineer aide.
| his friends and friends of the City James Fererro, 419 W. Gandy,
women’s auxiliary army corp*,| ___ _ _ ___
now pending in the house, had
been considered. ROBERT- SHIRES ENLISTS
“I think we houid profit from IN NWY AT DALLAS
what England has done,” ho sail.; ------
Adams, 21, son of W. A. Adams.
721 W. Hull, who was killef. dar-
ing the ruthless Japanese attnok
on Pearl Harbor, De”. 7.
Mr*. Pnttillo said sh° la*t heard
from Sammy on January 24 when
with two other fliers, were accord
ed the highest academic grade
over to have hecn given at Kelly.,
He studied bombardment at
B’-ook- fields and reconnaissance
flying at Salt "Lake Cfity prior to
his transfer to the scone of action
in the far east-
A brother, James Pattillo, is
also a second lieutenant in the
Every woman in England ho-] Robert Shires has enlisted in b(> called here long distance from
An executive committee was Mission can give, it is understood, junior draftsman. ' tween th" ages of 26 and 30 mu t the U. S- Navy at the Dallas re- Bardoeing, Java an imnortanl U*
elected: Fenton Baker, Dallas,; The Batsons have conducted a Beivia H. West, Leonard, chatif- register for training for a po?- cruiting station and having pass- s. army base in the Dutch F.ast
W chairman; B. R. Kirby, Benumont; relief work for the needy ones of feur. sible job in indn t-y o» in the land cd physical examination, is now indies. The Denisonian was sta-
T. T. Pov.t” Antonio ->nd Tee Denison for the past thirty years George R. Re)I, 1231 W. Wood- annv. The latter in a fnimc-ettc «t San Diego for six weeks basic tioned at Salt Lake City, Utah, army air corps and. like his hro-
Hubby, Austin. E. P. McKenna, and this is one of the few occa- ard, junior clerk. , organization. Women maj like , ’raining !n dutic- of an appren- .Tomnase assault on i thor. when last heard .of was *erv-
Tvler, chairman of the hoard, pre- siors one of the couple has been| J. Waldron Lynch, route 1 Den-' wise lm called for service w"h the, lice seaman. He is the son of pp*-i Hnrtjor and on Dec 22 was] in** w”V United States’ force* in
Bided at the directors meeting. ] ill for any length of time. lison, chauffeur- | military auxiliaries. Tionry SI:ire*, .1024 W. Main. ordered to the far east. the far ea**t
Jap* and hold Burma road, and
later furnish the man power for
the spearhead drive down Malawi
to Singapore.
-----V----
CORPORAL VIRGIL WHITE
IS MOVE Y TO FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. J. F, White have
received word from their son,
"orporal Virgil White, 36th divis*
on signal company at Cantu
Bowie, near B-ownwood, that he
is being tran*ferred to the Flori-
da coast where he would receive
further orders.
NOTICE
If win do net reie ve your Pr
before ~ 36, pleiuie phofl* SH# Inf
one will he sent von
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