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# Nolan County Qoes Over Top With $19,564 Red Cross Fund
LISTS STILL
OPEN TO ALL
NOT VISITED
Car] Anderson, chairman of
I the Nolan County 194;$ Red
Cross War Fund Drive, announ-
ced Saturday that the County is
over the ton with a total of $19,-
564.78 contributed. The list of
communities. Local Chairmen
1 and community totals in the
drive follow;
Sweetwater — Cloy Ion
Williams, chairman 815,300-
.91
Roscor—l)r. T. I*. Voting,
«hail-man, 81,789.48.
Blackwell — .Mis. Austin
Jordan, chairman, S2.J4.09.
Are Southwest of Koscoe,
Mrs. Heine, chairman, 8156-
.75.
Divide — Mrs. Walter
George, chairman 8458.70.
Illarklond — Henry Hay-
hum, clmirman 899.10.
Stamper and I’liim Creek
Irl Faver,'chin. 818.00.
Wastella — Mrs. Frank
( leckler, i.hairman 8116.50.
Ilrownlee—A lici t Kannr-
feld, chairman, 8292.25.
Ida and t ottonwood—A.
II. Ilillehins, ehm.., 8112.00.
Champion Mrs. It. II.
bennetl, il-iirman 8582.00.
Mary tieal — Mrs. David
Iturrows, i liairmau 8272.54.
Highland—A. .1. Hunter,
chairman, 877.25.
White Flat—A. II. Me El-
niurray, chairman, 8155.50.
Hitter Creek — Mrs. I .'ill
Hoyd, chairman 822.50.
Hylton—Mrs. M. K. Hun-
ti i', chairman 862.50.
'total to ode lor Nolan
Count} 819.561.78.
In making this announcement
Chairman Anderson expressed I
his thanks and appreciation to i
all local chairmen and their i
workers. Anderson said: "With
out the fine work done toy ev- i
eryone connected with this dri- !
ve, it could not have been a sue j
cess and credit for the success |
of the drive should go to the j
workers.”
The response Trom the rural !
sections and smaller cotnmuni- i
ties has been excepti mallv good
See NOLAN I-age 7
BERLIN JITTERY AS TIME
NEARS FOR ALLIED DRIVE
FEAR SHOWN
Jeep An 'Amazing
Vehicle In War'_
AM liHIt A NS CAPTURED IN TINISIA—This photo .just received in New York toy t Upper
from London and obtained through neutral so iirct s is one of I he first purporting showing Am-
erican troops taken prisoner hy Hermans in Tunisia and bring marched off to Avis prison
camp. (Passed by I . S. Mail Censor In New York. Nlv\ Telephoto).
WASHINGTON, March 20
— (Cl*) — The jeep, com-
monplace now to most Am-
ericans, is one of the great-
est contributions to the war
effort, Ft. Col. David Mac-
Donald, veteran of the Brit-
ish North African cam-
paign, said today.
"4 hey tire the most am-
azing vehicles,” he said. "I
have seen them pull dis-
abled light tanks through
the desert.”
20,900 HITLER PLANES
LOST IN YEAR OF WAR
LONDON, March 20 —(CP) craft between .May 15 and July
— Russian dispatches reported | 15, 4942, and 4,000 in the three
today that the German air force j'months of th" present Russian
lost'20.000 planes during the j offensive.
first year of the Russian war ! Today Moscow reports that
and declared that the quality n savage Soviet counter-attack
of German airmen has deter- wiped out a German advance in
iorated. the see-saw battle of the upper
Describing "staggering” Ger- Donets river today, but the Ger-
man air losses, the Moscow
publication "Soviet War News”
| said the Luftwaffe lost 2,000 air-
Livestock Men Protesting Ceiling
ON OUTCOME
OF THE WAR
Sweetwater Reporter
T5UY IT IN SWEETWATER
‘West Texas’ Leading Newspaper”
DEDICATED TO SERVICE
- WASHINGTON, March
| (UP)—Price Administration of-I
ficials predicted today that price J
ceilings on livestock will become j
necessary within two weeks af-
; ter the meat rationing program j
: goes into effect on March 29,
; despite the contention of pro- j
ducers that control of the de- j
mand will automatically oper-
ate as a control of the supply.
Several hundred livestock men j
from the West and Midwest met
46lh Year
Sweetwater, Texas, Sunday, March 20, 1943
Number 73
mans were stepping up their as-
sault in a desperate hid for brid-
geheads on the north bank be-
fore the spring thaw.
Tens of thousands of axis
troops and hundreds of tanks
were battering the Soviet lines
in continuous waves, seeking
to force the Donets in strength
and drive the Russians back to-
20— | ward the Don river.
The Gpi mans hurled 3,000
infantrymen and 25 ranks
against a single narrow sec-
tor of the front today and,
at heavy cost, drove the Rus-
sians back slightly, the mid-
day communique reported.
The Soviets then re-group-
ed and drove the enemy
hack to Ids initial positions
in a counter-a* tack.
Nearly 500 German dead, five
LONDON. March 20 —(UP)
—Heavy rains slowed down the
American advance in south-cen-
tral Tunisia today, but there
were increasing signs that Ber-
lin was getting nervous over im-
tending allied offensives.
American forces which had
captured Gafsa and pushed on
eastward to occupy El Guettar
were bu y consolidating their
positions, hut there appeared lit-
tle doubt that the allies were
ready to strike again as soon
as the weather clears.
1 he German nevorusness
did not seem to be confined
to worry about tuiy single
from. Instead, it was gen-
erally trepidation over the
entire outcome of the war.
Newman Will Graduate 137 May 21st
, with OPA officials this week I , , , , ,
land protested a ceiling which wrecked tanks and seven anti-
| the price agency had planned | were lefton the bat-
to establish along with the meat
rationing program.
Germani: Execute
300 Pole Strikers
LONDON. March 20 — (UP)-
Omdidates for graduation from Sweetwater high school for
the 4942-43 term, including mid-year graduates and those who
will complete required work at the close of the summer session
total 137, Preston C. Lightfoot, high school principal, announced
this week.
Baccalaureate sermon will take place May 16 at the municipal
auditorium and commencement will follow May 21. Speakers
will be announced soon by R. S. Covey, superintendent.
A total if 8809.20 contributed Those who completed work. »t mid-term anil who will receive
toy 275 employes of the Plossi r- 1 diplomas at the graduation: John
! IMn<’e Ai*' Apade7 wa* r°- \ “vs. KTel LeW i-’n-’
j ceived Saturday toy Claytonj(|trgra;s, Leslie Storey. Jack
I Williams, chairman of the .Red* swaim, Arthur Swain, A. D.
Cross War Fund Drive. This is |Tucker, Virgil Turner and Bli-
the last of tiie large groups to ; lv williams.
PL0S5ER-PRKE
RED (ROSS FUND
REACHES $809.20
report and the largest employe
German authorities have exe-1 group reporting in Sweetwater.
cuted 300 strik rs and ordered
the deportation of the entire
population of She city of Radom,
In Central Poland, the Polish
government here revealed to-
day.
The Polish statement said all
except essential workers of the
75,000 Radom inhabitants were
being deported. German settlers
will replace them.
Polish resistance, particular-
ly in the factory areas, was |
said to be increasing, with the |
Germans using starvation to f|r-
ce production. Workers who "go |
slow” or disobey lose the ra- I
tions of their whole family.
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Higginbotham - Bartlett Com-
See WAR FUND Page 0
2 Texans Among
Four Decorated
HEADQUARTERS, Alaska De-
fense Command, March 20 —
(UP)—Four airmen of the de-
ft nse command who made dan-
gei" is day and night instrument
flight <i\ r ■ fog-hound west-
f l n A b :em si i-a A t vi been
.'■warded air medals by Mai. G. .
Ci.vv. ... n 1 .
i* wa
Simon B. Bud m r. jr.,
disclosed today.
The m 'da's w re g'v n '
Bombardiers Lt. I.a wiener E
Schutte. 920 Redan W" i'on-
ion. Tex., and T. Sgt. Hetijami:
C. Murphy of Colorado, Tex.,!
and two gunners. Pvt. Fov L. j
1 rice. Johnson City. Turn., and
8'gt. Roycc 11. Thomas of I'exar- j
Kan,a, Ark.
RATION CALENDAR
MARCH 21 — Stamp 25.
Book 1, for one pound of
coffee, expires.
MARCH 21—Second eight
coupons in A mileage ra-
tioning books expire.
MARCH 25—DEF blue
coupons in War Ration
Book No. 2 valid.
MARCH '29 — Meat, edi-
ihle fats. oils, cheese and
compound, fish, rationed
with red, A stamps in War
ratinfi Book N q. 3. Ic^tai
of 16 points valid from Mar-
ch 29 to April 30.
MARCH 31 — End of first
period for processed food in
War Ration Book No. 2 (48
points per person.)
•*U RIL 1 - Re 1 B stamp
valid, expire April 30.
M’ltll. 11 Red C stamps
valid, expire April 30.
MAY 31 — Sugar stamp
12 expires.
MAY 31—C mileage l>ook-
holders must have second
official tire inspection.
JUNE 15—Stamp 17, Book
1. pood tor one pair of shoes,
■ x ires at midni. lit.
.11E 3t.i- Ii mi'eage book-
holders must hi ve second
office I tire ins; action. T.
bookhoh'ci» must have sec-
ond official tire inspection
in 60 days after Feb. 28 or
every 5,000 miles, whichev-
er comes first.
Candidates for summer grad-
I nation: Jimmie Duncan, Opal
Jo George, Mildred Porter, Lu-
cille Ilhoton and J. W. Rush.
Those v ho are candidates for
j May graduation: Jimmy Lee
| Armstrong, Norborta Alvarado,
; John Anz, jr., John Avcock. jr..
• Carl Weslie Bardwell, Jack Bar- j
! i v. Gwendolyn Basham, Sarah I
Until Baucurn. Billie Ruth Btrk-
Roving Chickens
Ordered Penned
By Polite Chief
U. 5.-FILSPIN0
SOLDIERS STILL
FIGHT IN LUZON
The producers’ main ar-
gil ment was that -.ucli con-
trols Mould tend to disor-
ganize the industry, create
a widespread black market,
discourage initiative and re-
quire, a police force of 250,-
ooo investigators, which
they said would he impos-
sible.
tlefield, the communique said.
However, the Russians yield-
ed two hamlets to the Germans
yesterday in their second with-
drawal In 24 he-
Uniform Ceilings
On Meat Urged
By United Press
Tokyo radio admitted
the
Victory gardners are meet-
ing discouraging situations
in Sweetwater, Chief of Po-
lice J. A. Bland said Satur-
day, in that the chickens
and dogs are destroying and
scratching up the seed as
sonns as it’s planted.
There is a city ordinance
ley, Marette Boney, Bobby Frank! concerning chickens, said
Boyd. Curtis Albert Boyd, Mil- Bland, and this department
Milton Brand, Fairy ’ - - -<■ ..... “ *-
lard Boyd
Breeding, and
John 1'. Bryant, Dorma Jean
Buchanan, Buddy Buck, Lois
Bynum, Gerald Byrd, Lindal
Cardwell. Alline Carlton, Geral-
dine Carlton, Mavoureen Clark.
Gene Claybrook, Mary Louise
Cosby, Ruby fritz. Alex Csowd
or Mary Lou Davis, Tommie Lee
Dean. Mary DeGaish, Betty Joy |
Dennis, and
is going to enforce it to the
“nth” degree. All chickens
in the city limits must be
kept up and dogs must have
collars and tags.
Now that it is time for
seed to he planted if Sweet-
water is going to cooperate
with the nation in raising
food, residents who have
chickens running loose are
liable to a fine if they do
nor adhere to the law.
that American-Filipino
las still were fighting in
mountains of Luzon.
A propaganda broadcast in
English said the troops num-
bered “approximately 100 rem-
nants of tiie American and Fili-
pino bandits who once haunted
northern Luzon.”
The broadcast stressed the
theme that the Filipinos were
"enjoying” Japanese rule and
the speaker expressed the hppe
that "the day is not far off when
Filipinos will cooperate whole-
heartedly with Japan.”
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Although the producers failed' • nwi-h..- entolives
| to convince the OPA, they din | livestock producers today
toda\ ; uqn an indefinite postponement !
guerril- { when it became evident that j
congressional sentiment was
almost wholly behind them.
The postponement will allow
some time for testing the pro- ■
Japs Forced Out
Of 'Rice Bowl' City
ducers’ contention that meat ra-
tioning will control the supply,
making livestock price ceilings
unnecessarv.
_—:—v--——
17 Nolan School
Trustees To Be
Elected April 3
WASHINGTON, March 20
(UP)—Western senators
-wi-h ."-.preset!totives of
at
a conference arranged hy
Sen. Joseph C. O’Mahoney,
D.. Wyo,, for discussion of
livestock price control and
production problems.
"No producer wants in-
creased prices on live ani-
mals,” O'Mahoney said after
the meeting. “But our ranch-
ers and feeders do not want
to tie crushed between price
ceilings on live animals and
uncontrolled cuts of labor
and feed.”
He said producers favor .
uniform ceilings on meat I “eavy lighting.
,.i._____: „ .. .. PhihOiiB
The German high command,
hi today’s war. communique,
made far.:,,stic claims ci heavy
Russian losses in men and ma-
; terials during the fighting in
the Kharkov and Belgorod ar-
I eas.
Red army losses were listed
as follows: 19,594 prisoners tak-
en: more than 50,000 killed, 3,-
372 guns, 1,110 tanks and armor-
ed cars, 3,043 heavy infantry
weapons and 1,846 motor vehic-
les lost.
The Nazis were reported to
have reached the upper Donets
at several points.
Fresh Russian troops wer&
said to have attacked in the
! Orel-Vyazma-Staraya Russa sec-
tor. south of Lake Ladoga and
before Leningrad, but the com-
munique claimed that all drives
v bain...
CHUNGKING. March 20 —
UP)—Chinese troops have forc-
; (1 the Japanese out of the city
I of Hwajung in China’s “Rice
Bowl” section near Tung Ting
1 Lake, the Chinese central news
| agency reported tonight.
The enemy was said to have
evacuated the city at noon after
along with nation-wdde
tioning as a solution to the
problem.
ra-
Chinese forces which have
Kiska Gels Two
Bombings In Day
Farm Bloc Chiefs
Happy In Vktory
Gn Parity Issue
WASHINGTON, March 20
(UP) —Jubilant congressional
RED (ROSS ASKED 'TO RUSH'
33,400 SUR6KAE DRESSINGS
It} Kiancillc (liambi-t'lain
S.O.S. call from the war de- j
pertinent fur 33,600 surgical
dressings—an emergency quota
brought immediate results in
Sweetwater Saturday.
Night sessions from 7 to 10
.every night this week and un-
ti1 tiie rush order is completed
[.will tie held at the Surgical
; Dressings quarters, second floor
Iposehcr building, Mrs. C. A.
■.Rose!'rough, chairman and Mrs.
|R M. Simmons, co-chairman an-
il ouneed.
Their plan was made pub-
lie after estimates showed
extra sessions Mould have
McGee Duff, Joan Dyar. Billie
F.hea Dyer, Ruby Claire Eberle,
Odessa Elliott, Raymond Fergu-
son, Jack Forgay, O. B. Free-
man, jr., Glen Gardner, A. B.
Gill, Jerry Goff. Berry Green,
Mort is Guelker, Mary Jane Hag-
gard, Don Hampton, B. F. Hand,
Earl Hartman, Dawn Hawley,
.lamu- Hendrix, Margaret Hog-
; ue, Douglas Leon Horne, Murl
| Jean Horne, and,
Curtis Howard, \ irginia How- |arm moc loaders todav predict
ell, Albert Hrtoacek, jr., L. M.
j Hubbard, jr.. Dorothy Hudgins. ' wl ,hat oni-v a Presidential veto
Patsy Lee Hutchins, Gene Ivy. [could block their first major oh-
Wilma Johnson, Mary Edna I jsetive—inclusion of labor costs
Johnston, Charlene Jones, Eu-iju parit\' computations
'gene Jones, Margaret Kelly.
; Win ford Kemp, Billy Langley! 1<am senat01s l»'«i..'ted
Jesse Lee, .1. B. Lewis, Gmovia ! speedy senate approval of the
Lockhart, and Pace bill, passed by an over-
Modille McClure, Marklin Me- whelming voice vote in the hou-
Elmurrav. John McLaughlin,
' Anne McLeod, Ruby Mae Mai- .wsterday .
phette. Billy Waynt Marsh, lm- ' small croup of farm cong-
ogeno Mathews, Joe Mu;-.. June ressnu n, headed ! x Rep Ever-
i Minshi'w. Mary Ola Neves, Clyde i L,tt „irksen. H„ 111.,' warned that
Nicholson, Joan Nixon, L. 1 >. , ,, .... ,,
J Nunn, jr., James Patton, Tom ; enactment of tee Pace bill woul 1
Paxton. Ruth Pearl. Jt>se Rav ! "s,ari on unstopiwblo mflation-
n, Nat P«iton, and ' *P,ral- while awPPprters
Miiriellen Pupper. Dorothv 1,1 I u •measure contended it
Perkins, H. E. Polk, jr.. Marcelle j would boost the nations food
Porter, John Powell, Cliffa Prof- j bill for 1943 hy about 8800,000,-
Iitt. Ernestiiu- Quast, Frances 1 ''00. Dirksen insisted that
; WASHINGTON, March 20 —
i (UP)—American heavy and me-
I dium bombers struck at Kiska
i in the Aleutians in two raids on
j Thursday, the navy announced
today.
This raised to 19 the total num-
ber of attacks made on that
! enemy base so far this* month.
: Results of the latest raids were
not observed. None of our planes
was lost..
Meanwhile, fighter plnne-
i strafed the enemy’s air base at
Seventeen trustees of the No-
lan county #sehool districts, a
trustee at large and one county
school hoard member will be
elected April 3, in a county-wide
trustee election.
Terms of ihe trustees expir-
ing are for two years. R H. Ben-
nett of Highland is the retiring
trustee at large and M. H. Holt
of commissioners precinct 3, is
rounding on* a two year term on
the board.
By precinct terms expiring in-
clude: Bittercreek, Roy Stro-
man; Cottonwood, C. G. Critz;
Blackland. J. T. Clayton; Divide,
H. W. Shelton and J. P. Brown. [
Blackwell, Bil McRorey and C. j
T. Wilkes: Hylton, R. C. Watts
Car Registration
Ahead Of 1942 $
been gradually driving the Jap-
anese back along the Yangtze
1 i river front for more than a
’ week have recaptured one other
| town, an earlier war communi-
j que revealed.
Registration of passenger au-
tomobiles, commercial vehicles
and farm trucks under way in
the office of Raymond Bishop,
Meat Supplies Ebb
And Canned Foods
Lie Upon Shelves
NEW YORK, March 20—(L’P)
tax assessor-collector, exceeds;—Meat supplies dwindled to rec-
last year’s number for the pe- i 0rd lows in New York today
riod with about a third of the ; while canned food products,
total number handled. ; virtually boycotted by housewi-
At noon Saturday Bishop and ves because of high point ra-
tion values, continued to pile
his deputies had issued 1943
“tabs” to 1,000 ear owners, sev-
eral hundred truck and farm ve-
hicle owners.
Cars and trucks may be reg-
istered by mail this year Bishop
said. The fee is the same as last
.Vlunda in the Solomons. It wa- ,m(j () gtQrev. Highland W 'ears and the only stipulation
: the 96th air attack on Munda , Alexander o n Hart!' is that the certificate of title
since late November. ! graves: Plum Creek. ’Irf Faver: ! accompany the money order or
v | Ada, P. F. English’: WhiteflatJ ch?<rk' , .
M. F. Hand: Brownlee, Armo i . Als0, s.aK* U.ishop, those call-
! Rannefe! 1 and W. H. Blackhaus; I ln? at the window for license
j stamper, none. I rnust brmg alonS the certificate
Allied Warplanes
Jeslroy Jap Sub
At Enemy Lae Base
Only a few names have been
of ownership. Deadline is April
filed in the office of Ed V. Nein- I Registration may continue all
ast, county superintendent. The ?ea*’ ' m""■ ,K" ' ’ •'
voIiiiiIamm's from luisiness
mill profu^ional ucmiun's
groups in Suretwafi'i’ ami
llu* roiinl.\ mid oiIkt oi^an-
i/4itions, in assuiv (oinplu*
lion of ili«* <|iiota, ami krrp
tin* county Knl Cross rrc-
ord of 1u‘vomU|iiofa produc-
tion intact.
rr, , . , .... Leslie Smith. Forrest Snyder,
lno wa t department wants 36- w.vnona SoRelle. Margaret' <te-
COO.Olio bandage- by tiie end of phens. Alien Stevenson, Minnie
March. 'Stevenson, Buddy Ta.slor. Man
The dressings will have to lie Jeanette Thompson, Louise
made and packed in seven days ! Wagnon, Carl Walker. Earline
Whitaker, Frank White, Noble
GEN. MacARTHUR’S HEAD-
QUARTERS. Australia, March
20— (UP)— Allied planes, smash-!
ing at tiie Japanese invasion ;
base at T.ae, on the northeast |
New Guinea coast, yesterday de- j
stroyed a submarine as it un-
loaded cargo with four direct j
Hit'. Gen. MacArthur's commit-[
nique announced today.
Military observers believed ,
the the use of a submarine as a car-
deadline for placing names on
the Ha Hot is March 2), 10 day
before election date.
I in use.
up on store shelves.
Disclosure of the situation,
which food industry spokesmen
believed may result in complete
paralysis of food distribution,
followed close on an order of
the army quartermaster general
halting production of rations
"KK" and "C” on March 31.
The suspension order of the
rations, which are emergency
allowances allotted soldiers re-
moved from regular field kitch-
ens. was issued, spokesman said
because "production exceed ex-
pectations."
Bumper U. $ Food
(rops Indicated
TEN ARMY MEN PARACHUTE
TO SAFETY SOUTH OF ROBY
to be established, witb more
for shipping on the 31st.
The new dressings are small
except for 3,600 of 4 by 8-inch
See RED CROSS Page 5
Rav, Sue Richardson, Virginia increase would be “much high- ao carrier in this area indicat-
Rogers. Katy Saied, Najla Saied. <*r” and that food prices would ed tha, japanesf. shipping is bo-
Merlin Scott, Ted Sims. Joe probably be boosted 15 per, h , pinched hv ,he allied
! Smith, jr., ami cent above present levels. , , ,
i ■ <uin etnirii i,'no',';i gn-. Uio- j ___—_—\*- t'ria! blockade, and b\ hea\\
FIKF CHIEF KILLED losses in the recent Bismarck
ST. LOUIS. March 20 —(UP) Sea battle.
— Fire Chief Joseph W. Morgan, Fifty Japanese planes, IS,
•"’2. was reported to have been bombers and 32 fighters, struck!
killed today while directing a at Porlock harbor, on New Gui-
crew in battling a five-alarm ; nea’s north coast near Tufi, drop-;
blaze in a business building in! ping 70 bombs, damaging the I
field, Susie Mae Whitworth and I Ihe downtown district. He was ' wharves and a launch. No eas
Lynwood Winters. [ the father of three children. urdties were reported.
Whiteaker, Anita Ruth Whit-
IVAKHINGTON, March 20
— (i I*) — Another year of
bumper food and feed pro.
dm lion was indioited today
!<} the agi-iciilture depart-
ment's annual survey of far-
mer's intentions to plant.
Unless unfavorable wea-
ther flights crops food pro-
duction probably will be 315
per cent larger than last
year’s, Kerord production of
livestock urn! livestock pro-
ducts appeared to be assur-
ed.
Secretary of Agriculture
t I.Hide It. Wickard bailed
l he renort as “the most
gratifying news the coun-
try has liad in a long time.”
Ten members of the Army I terrain.
Air Force, parachuted to safety | The men were in good spirits
Saturday morning when their' when they learned that ail on
plane, a B-24 Consolidated bom-' board the plane were alive. On-
her crashed and burst into flam- j Iv two walked with a slight
es on the W. A. Stewart farm, I limp. They were the co-pilot
! five miles southwest of Roby. , and engineer, last to leave the
A. W. Costephens, who was ; plane. Costephens and Holla-
visiting at the Orville Holla-j laugh helped gather up the
' baugh place near there was aw • | parachutes: and contacted au-
akened by the crash, which he j thorities at Avenger field who
said took place at 4:45 o'clock -ent an ambuance for the fliers.
Ho and his friend went imme-1 The plane was on its way to
datiely to the scene and started I Clovis. N. M„ after leaving
to iook for the victims of the ; Tulsa. Okla.. with a stop at
acci 'ent. Soon shouts from men Camp Barkeley. From facts that
out in the fields were heard; could lie learned it appeared
and it wa- discovered that all that the plane crashed when it
had bailed out safely and were , failed to come out of a banked
scatered over five miles of the'turn.
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