The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 9, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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A Small Paper-But Good PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT HUMBLE, TEXAS
VOL- l. ~ . FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1943
$1.00 Year 5c Copy
NO. 43
Hungry Leningrad
Defied Huge Force
City Failed to Crack Under
Longest Siege of War.
MOSCOW. — Leningrad, former
Czarist capital and the second larg-
est city of the Soviet Union, with a
normal papulation of 3,000,000, failed
to crack under the longest siege of
this war. Beleaguered between two
Nazi lines since August 21, 1941, the
defenders of Leningrad endured
such frightful conditions that Nazi
propagandists referred to it as “a
doomed city.”
Last winter the only supply road
to the city was across the ice of
Lake Ladoga. The civilian defend-
ers ran short of food, and malnutri-
tion took a terrible toll, but the de-
fenses held. Bombs fell by day and
by night, and long-range artillery i pleted
guns hurled shells into the heart of
the city, but neither the Red army
lines nor the civilian population
cracked.
In one year of the siege, the Nazi
high command aligned 52 infantry
divisions, four motorized divisions
and four tank divisions against the
city, according to Pravda, the Com-
munist party newspaper. The Ger-
mans brought up 6,000 big guns, 19,-
000 machine-guns, 4,500 mortars,
1,000 tanks and 1,000 planes.
Workmen dropped their tools in
factories and took up rifles to aid
the Red army. Women and children
replaced the workers to keep the in-
dustrial wheels turning. Leningrad’s
shops continued to produce machine
tools and war material not only for
the Leningrad area but for other re-
gions.
The Nazis’ “greatest act of van-
dalism” in Russia, according to the
Moscow government, occurred in the
Leningrad area when the Germans
destroyed the Palace of Peterhof on
the Gulf of Finland,
Graduated As An
Airplane Mechanic
Keesler Field. Miss. April 2—
Completing a 17-week course in
the upkeep and maintenance of
B-24 Liberators, largest combat
bombers used today by the
Army Air Forces, Pfe. Emery L
Beaumont was graduated as an
airplane mechanic today from
Keesler Field's Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command.
Private Beaumont, who with
other members ol his class will
be readv for early assignment to
some tactical unit of the Army
Air Forces, successfully com-
the 14 phases of the
course, which includes training
in B-24 maintenance, structures,
hydraulic systems, engines, fuel
systems, electrical systems, in-
struments, propellers and air-
craft inspect’on.
The latest phase of the course
is an eight-day training period
in the open and under simulated
combat conditions. The stu-
dents must know how to apply
what they have learned in school
camouflage their planes, and,
even provide their own shelter
against attack, as no buildings
stand in the training area.
Cpl. Emery Lea Beaumont
passed through Houston Wed-
nesday night, destination un-
known.
Humble Locals and Personals
That Water Fight
Fred Whitaker Hurt
Mrs Erma Winter Moningo ot
Baytown visited friends and rel-!:
atives in Humble Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Dreyer
and daughter Dorothy of Hous-
ton spent Sundav in Humb’e
visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
j)reyer Mrs J. B Johnson from Parits,
* _____ I Tennesee spent the week end in
Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Hay and Humble visiting Mr. and Mrs.
children, and Mrs. Johnnie Ter- E. F. Hi nson.
rell and daughcer of Houston
were Humble visitors Wednes-
day night.
Back in 1941 the city of
Houston became alarmed at a
possibility of a water shortage
and embarked on a program of
forming a water district to em-
brace all of the county but
which would give Houston or
the Houston association control
of all water systems, both mun-
icipal and privately owned. Cit-
izens of the smaller towns and
rural districts became alarmed
and the Harris County Water
Consumers Association was
formed. The drive by Houston
stopped at that time. Later,
however, when the war indust-
ries became so numerous along
the ship channel two interests
became active in the water sit-
uation. One was the city of
Houston who saw an opportuni-
ty for revenue and the other the
San Jacinto Reclamation and
Conservation district.
The Harris County Water
Con-umers Ass’n after looking
the situation over decided to
allign themselves with the San
Jacinto project which^had a
broad program of reclamation,
flood control, reforestation and
water conservation. No mem-
ber of the San Jacinto project is
a member of the Harris County
group.
The Federal government took
over the water problem for the
duration with the intention of
turning the project back after
the war. Both Houston and the
San Jacinto group want the
water ccntrol.
Mayor A. M. Thompson, who
is president of the Harris Coun-
ty Water Conservation Ass’n.
with a number of men from over
the county appeared before the
House Committee on Conserva-
tion and Reclamation in Austin
Tuesday to argue for a bill re-
cognizing the San Jacinto Dis-
trict. They were successful in
their efforts so far and we hope
Mr. Fred Whitaker while at
work wrecking the old garage
in the rear of the Bender com-
missary, last Sunday, fell when
the scaffold broke, and badly
fractured his left arm. Dr. Mc-
Kay was called who had him
taken to St.Joseph’s infirmary
and placed under the care of Dr.
Judson Taylor. Mr. Whitaker
was able to come home Tuesday
and in all likelihood will be al-
right again in a couple of weeks.
Daniels'Slapper
Miss Jasmine Daniels and Dr.
Eugene Slapper of Houston,
were united in marriage Tues-
day night, Rev. Thorpe per-
forming the ceremony. Dr.
Slapper left Wednesday for the
army medical corps.
Cpl. A .W. Ludtke
Enjoying Furlough
Cpl. A. W. (Bill) Ludtke of
Camp Barkely. Texas is home
on a ten day furlough. Bill is
second cook. He and his moth-
er spent awhile with his sister
in Refugio. Bill has also been
on a fishing trip and caught a
nice size cat fish. He leaves for
camp today (Friday)
Election Results
A. M. Thompson was elected
mayor of Humble in Saturday’s
election over R. C. Hale, 137 to
33. Ross Blair and Walker
Griffith were elected aldermen.
In the Humble Independent
School District race, Ellis Her-
ron and Kelcy Isenberg were
reelected and Lloyd Martin was
elected out of a field ot eight.
Pvt. Buster Pritchett visited
his sister in Sweeney, Texas, this
week.
Mrs. L. P. Winter had her
three sons home for the week
end—Lloyd from Thibodaux,
La., Pvt. Aubrey from Fort Sam that they will continue the good
Houston, St. Sgt. L. D., from
Waterfield, S.D.
work of safe guarding the water
systems of the smallercommuni-
ties and rural districts in the
county.
After all, Houston has so
much that we wonder why she
wants to grab off even t<he wa-
ter.
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Beaumont, E. The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 9, 1943, newspaper, April 9, 1943; Humble, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth637599/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Humble Museum.