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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight
and Friday
The Denison Press
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT
SUNDAY
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DAILY NEWSPAPER
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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS THURS., JAN. 15th, 1942
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1904
VOL. VIII—NO. 165
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Japanese Force Harsh Restrictions On Islanders
American Freighter
Torpedoed South
OF Long Island
MAKS, SETS THE MODE
(NEW YORK, dan. 15 — The
third naval district announced to-
day that the Panamanian tanker
Norness was torpedoed “by a sub-
marine early Wednesday 00 miles
ALONG TH€
N€WS B€AT
BY THE EDITOR
r cuth of Montauk Point, Long' is-
land—the closest, approach yet
made to America’s east coast by
enemy warcraft since the United
States entered the war.
The terse navy announcement
said that naval craft had been
sent to the rescue from New Lon-
don, Conn., and Newport, R.I., and
that some survivors were known
to have been picked tip.
Fourteen survivors were landed
■by a naval craft at the Newport,
I R.I., island torpedo station. No
------ - — ■ (J» one was allowedt o talk with them
What Is |Doin> Pur Bit? , | at the closely guarded plant.
When the public is being asked it was believed, however, that
for offering! and the list of giv- none of those arriving there was
ers is being printed, we often .seriously injured, for the station
wonder as we read them, just hasn’t medical facilities to treat
what really represents one's hit. (serious rases, which are taken to
That is, many who read, so the „aval hospital on the main-
surmise, while others, of course, ]aT)d
who make offerings for a worthy Position Ea»t of Harbor,
cause like the Red Cross, do not "pbe announcement did not iden-
wish their names publicized. jtify the nationality of the subma-
lt is not for us to judge as to|rine attacker, nor did it say xvhe-
what is one’s hit, but in making ther the damaged tanker, en route
Privately Owneil
Vehicle Causes Fire
Truck To Hit Tree i
A privately-owned truck today
nearly cost the lives of three fire-
men as the vehicle drove in front
of the 1910 model Chevrolet fire
chief’s truck at the intersection of
Tone and Morton about 9:30 this
morning. The firemen, Ilud Tra-
week, Carl Collier and George Cra-
en were taken to Long-Sneed hos-
pital in a serious condition.
According to Eire Chief Pat
(Lowe, Traweek, driver of the fire
department's truck, swerved over
on a curb and struck a tree in or-
der to keep from striking the pri-
vately owned truck. The firemen's
vehicle, enroute to fire nt the
home of Arthur Wood (negro)
1326 W. Johnson, turned com-
pletely upside down and over
again on its side,throwing Craven,
riding on Hie rear, to the pave-
ment and crushing Traweek and
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Convicts
At Large,
Pursued
Dormitory Bars
Sawed As Inmates
Make Escape Good
Death Is Penalty
For Many Acts/7
Statement Asserts
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—The’ the war department reported to-
| same harsh, ruthless practices day.
made familiar by Nazi forces in It dent- of the Islands have
i France have been applied by the been warned that anyone who in-
Japanese in Manila and other in- jure? or attempts to injure a Jap-
oldier or civilian will he
HUNTSVILLE, Tex., Jan. 13
Twenty-three long-term criminals, vuded sections of the Philippines, am
PANADA is calling up some t
U auxiliary services of the Dominion’s army and air force. The women
Passed by Censor
nds of women for duty in the
contributions to all worthy cause., tnm Panama City, had gone to attmlanU had
not completed their analysis as to
extent of the injuries, it was saui^
Traw'-ek sustained a broken left |
leg between the knee and ankle, |
while Collier received a broken
•re not drafted but volunteer, and they are relieving men for battle. Dis-
tinctive uniforms have been designed for these women by a Canadian
fashion expert. The photograph shows a member of the Canadian
Women's Army Corps wearing her winter great coat which has a half-
belted back, wide collar which can button close to the neck for warmth,
slashed pockets and beech brown shoulder straps to contrast with the
•>ki and brass buttons. The back of the cap can be folded down to
prot.ct the hair and neck in stormy weather.
| six of them life-termers, broke out
j of Eastham prison farm Wednes-
! day night and fled into the east
j Texas bottomlands, purued by
| bloodhounds and armed guards, it
i was revealed today.
Two of the convicts were -im-
mediately captured. Ed Morris,
3!), of 1'lo’d. Worth, serving twelve
years for burglary from Tarrant
Thirty Per Cent
. Falls, serving life as a habitual
criminal, was shot in the arm and
caught.
| Officials at the main prison at
Huntsville said they were inform-
Bottling Cos.
Reduce Output
Due To Order
Reduction Here
Is Reported
Denison wholesales
the size of the offering is not ^ bottom.
always determined by the amouitj Tbe position of the oil carrier,
opposite one’s name. j sjxty miles south of Montauk
That there is room for the per- p0jnt, which is at the eastern tipi
son with the small offering as of Long island about 120 miles'
compared to the amount others ------
may give, there is no duobt. This j
is America and the Red Cross is
(Ceatlaned on page four)
Several Auxiliary
Firemen Classes
Organized Here
A splendid piece of work
(Continued on page four)
Rationing Plan
To Ease Sale Of
New Automobiles
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—Price,
I Administrator Leon Henderson to
Draft Classification
lie fin I at ions Issued
thigh between the hip and knee
and Craven is suffering a severe
back injury, extent of which is un-
known pending development of The Denison area draft board There is now no
x-ray pictures. I today released an announcement made in classifying registrant? un-| Eort Marvin Laxon, 39, prison
A large pumper, accompanying of changes in the classification der 28 or over 28, class 1-H for ladeo performer from Ballinger,
the chief’s truck, continued on to regulations of the selective service men over 28 who had been found serving life as an habitual criml-
the fire, which resulted in only ystem by Gen. J. Watt Page, state lit for military duty having been nal.
burning grease in a skillet, caus- director, who also cautioned all abolished. Local boards are reop- doe Marvin Burleson, 33, of La-
ing more smoke than damage. draft registrants to keep in toucli ening cases of these men and plac- mesa, life for Lee county robbery
Patrolmen Leland Miller and C. with the local hoard constantly, ing them into their proper classi- f’orda Hudson. 34, of Navasota
d: v di-ciosed plans to release from ! II Henderson accompanying the fication, without regard to age. , seventy years from Leon, Rusk
674,060 new cars for-firemen to direct traffic, stopped .rtAVOY MAN BOUND OVER Registrants in class 4-E-H, who
are conscientious objectors to com-
batant and military service,
led the fugitives scattered in all closed th<T a« Kitting plenty of «f
| directions. Most of them, however, 'suffar to take care of all norma, ported by
I headed southeast toward wooded demands of the reUil tradt and fir v. re
deep East Texas. the onh' restrictions on sales arc -eek out v
Prison authorities had not yet desiKned Purel>' 10 Prevellt hoard- line, folio:
determined how bars on the dor- l,ip- defeat in
'mitory had been sawed through This announcement was mad"! artillery
I About 250 men were housed in due t0 alarni caused b>' ,he Word -
the building. Shots fired by guards of Production management’s sugar Manila ?
in the gathering dusk, officials! comerving program under which pm to t
said, probably prevented the es-11,0 consumer can purchase more Dou
I cape of more men. ' .mgar in any one month this year j .-ont ..m
Rodeo Clown (Included. ;tlan wai bought in the correspond tion
I Fugitives listed by Huntsville in* month la,t yejr- But because, general
distinction authorities were: I"1 natural fluctuations, this some- occupat
some 1
instantly shot. If lie cannot he
I found, ter, hostages will he taken
: into cutody. The death penalty
i i also been established for a list
1 of ad on including disturbing the
“peace.”
The department announced this
development in it- econ.l com*
! munique of the day, after telling
n the first of two Japanese at-
; tempts to crack the MacArthur
! line on Batan peninsula. Ameri-
can and Filipino troops repulsed
both with heavy losses to the en*
-my and relatively small casual*
‘ ties to themselves,
today dis- Japanese Seek Weak Spots.
tcb'Ve thrusts, sup-
aircraft and artillery
pperently intended to
yk spots in the defense
g a previous Japanese
i full-scale a.sault by
times works a hardship on
toncerns, resulting in at least
throe bottling plants in Grayson
county to curtail deliveries.
Bottlers point out that 1040
yf the enemy tactics in
,ii been communicated in
!le department by Gen.
M Arthur They wete
, be -aid, in a proclaim-
ed by the commanding
if the Japanese army of
i. and published in Ma-
(Continued on page four)
(Continued on page fcuri
but
>5 614,000 to .......................
being done by the Denison fire do- sale by dealers under a rationing to investigate and radioed head- BO GRAND JURY, $1000 iBOND
partment under the leadership of pian -imilar to that in operation quarters for an ambulance. The --
Fire Chief Pat Lowe in the In-, for tires and tube?. pair in the cab of the fire truck Jesse Wade of Savoy i, in the wen deferred because of age, will, T^q SllSDCCtS III
struction he is giving the auxiliary The plan, he said, has been pre- had to be prized from the wreck- county jail charged with burglary now he eligible for immediate or- **
firemen who have enrolled under .rented for approval to the supply, age crushing their legs. j following an examining trial here der to report for work of national
the civilian defense program. ; priorities and allocations board— The hood of the car was com- yesterday before Justice M. M. importance, provided they other-
A large number of local citi- .-0on to be reorganized—but he pletely caved in and the windshield Scholl, who p a d lus bond at wi.-e qualify,
zens have volunteered their serv- did not say When it might be put'glass smashed with jagged point. $1,000. He allegedly -tole an au- All such registrants will receive
Frome Mystery
Held At Pecos
Honoulu Has
Air Raid Alarm.
But No Damage
remaining.
Houston Company
ices for any needs that may arise into effect.
during the war. Numerous lines' Henderson made the statement
of service for the war period are in testimony before the special
outlined, a study of the enroll-j committee investigating the inv t
ment cards indicates down at the pact of 'he industrial war effort' Ruild WsfShipS
For U. S. Navy IN MAR|NF: corps here 'ed into a branch of the
---- | James Marvin Hogan, Jr., 17,'services should report to their lo-
HOUSJTON, Tex., Jan. 15 The 0f jfrs. Hula Snodgrass, route cal hoard all development? in con-
Ilouston Post said in a special dis- j e,r ■,,] , the United nection with that enlistment-
IS LU Ulf |jruuucuu , _ ,.r » . . .1 . tViP
eral classes with something like a by the industry during January Patch fr°m Washington tnat me StatP Marine .-one h re Wednts- ----<«-
George Brown Shipbuilding eor- d,ay |1V :iff Sergeant Carl Sea- Texan Is promoted
PECOS, Texas., Jan. 15—Po-
headquarter? at the city hall,'on small business,
which list i- in charge of City Henderson said that between
Judge C. R. Carroll. . 550,000 and 600,000 new cars now
Among them is a number of frozen by government orders will
volunteers for auxiliary firemen'be subject to rationing. A share
and Mr. Lowe lias organized sev- of the 204,000 cars to be produced
| tomobile in Denison belonging to written notice of re-classification,1
11. R. Lynch of YVhitesboro. Wade but General Page cautioned all
I i? now awaiting action of the regi-trants, no matter what their irp aa,'lorities >!ighth raised the
I grand jury in di.tnet court, Sher-, classification, to keep in touch °f "W-stery around the new- "«*?«>•
man. : with their local board and report est developments in the Frome
j -_____*._______; prompty any change of address, ease today to reveal that two sus-
JAMES HOGAN ENLISTED Registrants expecting to be call-i pfct' ln,t,ie crime "'<>r(’1 !n Ja’
armed “ere and that one of them has
denied participation in the brutal
HONOLULU, Jan 15 The ar-
navy and civilian- on Oahu
land proved themselves alert dur-
g a sixteen-minute air-taid alarm
hich began at 11 42 a. m. Wod-
(Co»t n-eo •• *tjr- f«i-l
Alien Enemies
On Possessions
Must Register
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—s
■ ■ •Genera! I’ranri Biddle te
day - ■‘•it a . ommand to all aliens
c ght illfftnnt states in the
o at re appear before the
author t c? and apply for
identification certificates.
Other 'ales will be added to
the ;.-t ator, ' is slated. The
.li di-re - en a- the middle of
dozen in each class and is giving will he placed in the same cate-
them a systematic course in the gory.
science of fighting fires. The Of the January production,
course requires several days and Henderson said, they plan freez-
earh day the pupils are credited ing from 130,000 to 140,000 for
with points and when their course about a year to provide a stock
is completed, the chief gives them for future needs,
certificates of completion and they The remainder, he said, will be
are sworn in as auxiliary firemen thrown in with present
who can lend intelligent and val- stocks to be rationed to the pub
uable aid if and when any ocea- lie and thus afford some relief to
sion may arise, whether from war dealers faced with possible shut-
time' or otherwise. 'down,
the enlistees realize
Civilians in the streets saw no-
nemy plane?, but an army state- WA:
ment said “Every air-raid alarm (dent
- the real .McCoy. Unidentified today
instruments of warfare were de-.
"oted. Until they are identified State?,
Ley are real."
The entire island sprang Into ac ,
tion as the sirens wailed. Army'
tH ING TON. Jan 15—Pres-
by proclamation
urdercd th< registration of
nirs n the United
Puerto Rica and the Tir-
I?
Al
poration had been assigned the tjpj-g and Sergeant Jcseph It1 o' - c h, AY A SH IN t*!1 ON, Jan
job of building an additional $80,- ,in(j W!1- senj (n ii:l!;., tYedne duv Ira C. Eaker, whose home is at
000,000 worth of warships for the ni(rht for fina) physical examina- Ed n, Texas, (s among the fifteen n°unced that voluntary statement
of
ny aliens wi be requir-
- 1 i d obtain certifi*
Men*, f ation at times
fly d by the attorney
United States navy
With four steel subchasers on
the ways, the Houston yard was
authorized to build six more way?
and was given an order for eigh-
f o”r teen armed escort vessels, each 400
feet long and costing nearly $4,-
000,000 each.
The vessels will be similar to
Canadian corvettes, which have
distinguished thefiselves in the
None of the enlistees realize He did not give details of the
just what fighting a fire involves1 rationing plan beyond saying that nf' tL ''aH-i'ntie
and they find that the informa- the 5,000 local defense councils a c
tion and knowledge the class work throughout the country would de-
offers is far and away from any-jtermine who should get the ve-
thing they had ever thought. | hides on the basis of actual need.
They learn that there are three' ----—__________
kinds of fires which carry a dif-1
ferent method entirely of fighting.
One method which is good to put' Fr**. UnUntv
out one fire, will only spread aj * “<*ro TUi llOlQUJ)
fire which calls for a separate andj -
distinct method, the students have WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Jan
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-to roads essential to the edge of the slayings.
Gunman Gets 25
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discovered.
The city has one of the best Jr.,
-The trial here of Rex Beard,
( - , 19-year-old paper-sack gun-
equipped fire departments in the man, was completed today when
entire south, the recent arrival of h,> was sentenced to twenty-five
a modern streamlined fire engine) years in the state penitentiary for
manned by twin 200 horse-power a theatre holdup after he had
motors, putting the finishing pleaded guilty in nine robbery
touches on the equipment.
onTfhenawVayy8deandmthnet ship/2 WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-Pws-
begin immediately. | ident Roosevelt s war program eh.ne
Between 5,000 and 6,000 add!-' Probably will have smooth sailing war effort.
Aional men will be employed in the i" congress, but signs pointed to-. The trouble signs ar
Brown shipyard when the con- daV to the possibility that he will, soemted
struction program reaches its peak
and the navy has indicated that ever route problems stemming: bers or ine noti.se amt one-tmru ry, , f
still further expansion is in pros- *">"> war effort' I of the senatc must 8-° before their! j * aSI1»
pect for the future.
desert torture killing?.
Sheriff Albert Anderson of \ran
; Horn, little We-t Texas highway
I center near which the socially
jg £0I prominent Mr?. Weston Frome and fighter plane- c.Imbed steeply tro
her daughter were murdered, an- the .-kies and streaked out to ?ca. -id ni;
Volunteer and regular police of-1 general.
„_i. nf rnlnnei bad boen made by Mrs. Charles H er- halted all excel'' nuliiaty T:. order apnlie to “all na-
the Officers of the r.nk of cojom. ^ M ny -ub-
The 31-year-old Mrs. Hatfield self - constructed splinter - proof, jeet- 1 ; years old or oidir of any
land her truckdriver-huslyind were -In ters at their homes. 1 n p ayee - > . ,,r ? -- n - a nt at war with
1 charged with the March 30, 1038, in downtown Honolulu buildings.;;,,, United State .
slayings. , went t0 tbe protection of base Since the United States went to
i Anderson came here to question nients in orderly manner,
j the suspects, who were arrested at
, Bakersfield, Calif., Jan 6, servet-
I ly charged with murder at A'an
horn, and brought here in secret
custody. He would not reveal the
| contents of Mrs. Hatfield’s state-
-backbone of state political ma-|)1lent except her denial of knowl-
tion. Following passage of
physical, he will be sent to the nominated by
marine recruit depot at San Diego today to be temporary brigadier
for six week' basic training. generals.
F. D. R. TO HAVE TROUBLE
OVER HOME PROBLEMS, WAR
Hollywood Night
Club Closes For
War Duration
only light that had
op one of the desert
ir
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. .Ln.
-Ciro’s the swank and cost!}
war. subject- of Germany, Ilaiy
and Japai who are consdered
danger"Us have been taken into
■ "K M ' of the subjects of
'In - aountrie? have been permit-
ted to remain at large, but they
mu t obtain permission to travel-
The proclamation authorized
1 d directs Attorney General llid-
dh to set up the machinery for
registration of the aliens “as
Army Camp For
Cookson Hills
Announced Today
| It was the
partly as-1 been shed ... ____ ____ ______
...... ...^ ,........... - with the approaching country’s most famous mysteries. n’^bt c'ub wbere tbp ’’ To k speedily a? ntaybe practical.
have trouble with the lawmakers congressional elections. All mem* ________jwent to see end be een, closed ____________________
rome problems stemming hers of the house and one-third rp i today because of the war
from the war effort. |of the senate must go before their® 1 JfftSllj VjTRSS Busines- in th h ; . I jpJy AcCCDtod
1 The second ses-ion of the 77th constituents. It is not considered p* i night clubs i? simply -hot t • hell,’ “ J •
! congress is only a week old, but it' unusual for the occupant of the nllCS IflClCaSc was manager Tom Sew rd'. ! ;r'■ Cqj. AmiV DlltV
| already has handed the President.) White Hou-e to have difficultiesi ---- explanation j * •
| a licking on price-control leghln-'with congress during an election With the number of grass and For more than a year, Giro'. I n ~ '
tion. I year. Itrash fives becoming alarmingly been the place to go. \ year is WASHINGTON, Jai 15 - -hnr*
i Linos ni" forn ng ft a\ ul Mr. Roosevelt’s legislative lead on the increase here, Fire chief a long time to stay on top on the
'ing scrap over some of the mo- ers hope to remove some or the pat Lowe issued the appeal that Sunset trip, that mile-1 Mg sect!onj ro led in c service of the L- S.,
jor tax recommendations. I-ting of the chief executive’s de- Denisonians u.e every precaution where after ink move =tar- are btu nothin the aerial dnision. Ask-
| Proposed federalization of .state feat in the senate last week when' In safeguarding against fires he- a dime a dozen and autographjed by Seer tary S'mison whLh de
cases. j OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 15— unemployment compensation pro-; the price mu went to conference.; coming uncontronanie- hunters have a con-taut field da; partment 1 br bc8t
Terms of five years in prison Announcement is made today that grams has aroused some lawmak- An effort is expected to be made Stay with the burning trash or Seward aid Ciro’s might re-j*cn-' 1 I • ',,<1 l'u rd ,tbat *
were assessed in each of the other one of the largest cantonments in ers. Others are histil toward to remove the handiwork of the until the fire has completed open lat y a . restau «
eight cases. I the country is to be located in the some features of the plan to rc- powerful farm bloc—provisions died down, Mr. Lowe urged. On rant.
These sentences were made con- mountains of Cookson hills. There vise and expand the -oral ecur-, giving Secretary of Agriculture windy days burn trash only in elo?- Several "ther n in po . w th
and| current with a seven-and-a-half are to be 1731 structures erected ity effort. j Claude R- Wickard veto power ov- ed containers, but even on quiet pvh-es more in keeping w ith the
thej year term assessed by a jury Tues- and is to cost $23,000,000. Thou- The President’s decision to shift i r farm price ceilings and prevent- days don’t burn trash on the common purse and a clientele
RAYMOND JOHNSON GETS
PROMOTION IN U. S. NAVY
Temporary promotions to war-
rant grade awarded to chief
first class petty officer* in ... ........
United States navy include sev- day for a department store rob- sands of carpenters and other several purely civilian defense " g pegging of agricultural prices ground, as beside being unsightly heavily tourist, said businc ?eem
eral Texans, it was announced to- bery. 1 workmen are to be employed and functions of government agenc e below 120 per cent of parity. I the fire may spread to the gras? ed to be picking up after a sever"
►day from headquarters, Eighth na-1 Beard also is wanted for bank' the work is to be completed by to other cities to relieve housing The President’s request for $8,- or nearby barn. drop when war wa de. ’arc!
vnl district, New Orleans. robberies at Noeona, Bowie and July 15th this year. pressure in this jam-packed capi-l 000,000,006 in new taxes is ex- Only the greatest care and pro- But the Ambassador hot. ; a
Included among the promotion:.! Stamford and for holdups in Fort1 Something like 30,000 men are tal, i? under fire. Jpeeted to give him several head-'caution should he taken when nounced it? famou Coeoanut| (f V(,,, ,|0 „ot re. * ve vour Pre*
his determination bo con-laches before the legislation clears burning grass, the fire chief stat- Grove would be open only on rn-j b»fy>re 5 SO, please phone 800 an*
Hr wa? placed in the technical
department where the war depart-
ment is working on a project of
vital interest and in which it is be-
lieved he could be of service. Mga
NOTICE
was listed Raymond E. Johnson, AVorth, Gainesville and other ci-( to be stationed at the cantonment, So is
(Denison, to chief storekeeper, ! ties.
announced.
fine federal highway construction, congress.
day and Saturday nights.
one will be sent too
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