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TonighI—Here’s Your Inlanlry, 8:30 0 Clock, Al Boryer High School Sladium
WEATHER
WEST TEXAS; Partly cloudy thi* afternoon,
tonight, and Thuriday; slightly warmer to-
night.
Fighl Inflation
With War Bonds
THE CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
Vol. 19—No. 155
Associated Press
NEA Service
Borger, Texas, Wednesday, May 23, 1945
Eight Pages Today
Price 5c
Harry C. Swanson
Given Presidential
Unit Citation
70 Local
Men Die
In Service
Seventy Hutchinson county men
have died in the service of their
INFAN- country, during World War II, ac-
cording to records on file in the
office of the BORGER DAILY
HERALD.
II is planned to publish the
names of these departed heroes,
our friends and neighbors, in an
honor roll, in the HERALD on
Memorial day. May 30lh.
WITH THE THIRD
TRY, SEVENTH ARMY, Ger-
many.—Pfc. Harry C. Swanson,
ton of Mrs. Mary Swanson, Gen.
Del., Borger. Texas, is a member
of the First Battalion of the Third j
Divisiot* 15th Regiment Which j
has been awarded flic Presidential
Unit Citation for its action south
of Montelimar during the Seventh
Army’s light ling ‘drive up the I
Rhone valley from southern I The editor will appreciate the
f iance. | cooperation of friends and rela-
The Third Division was chasing fives of Hutchinson county men
the German 19th Army through who have died in service, in help-
the Rhone valley, when the 15th's ing to make the published honor
First aBttalion executed a flanking roll complete, and to help make
maneuver that boxed a large por-j sure that no one is overlooked,
tion of the German force, knock-
ed out more than 400 vehicles, took
more than 500 prisoners and killed j
a large number of the enemy. !
After knocking out one German |
force, the First Battalion continu- j
ed northward and captured the i
important city of Montelimar, sit-1
Japs In China Move Northward
As Okinawa Defenses Crumble
Late Bulleiins
uuted on the banks of the Rhone I *
sr CKuE„
to the Belfort Gap in the Vosges county men and women in service lti.mil> turns with UK. soviet union.
Where so many stories are in---------
vi lved, it is possible for some of
the records to become misplaced,
although a complete filing system
is maintained, and one editorial
employee devotes most of her time
to seeing that these files are kept
up to date.
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
The eastern anchor,of Japan’s stubborn Okinawa defense I rwf m™f,CdC.?e Br’Lh
line crumbled todav under a surprise American infantrv at- ,ion to the worm Security center-
tack a* a u. S. communique from China lent support to re- following the resignation of pome
ports Japanese troops were being withdrawn from north f?"i,,2'.,.9bureMU only
J > 1 ,, . ’ l ord Halifnx b» an arcredltod rep-
Chtna coastal areas to Manchuria, long-established Nippon- - rwmtativo o< th* united Kingdom ..t
esc bulwark facing the Soviet Union.
Simultaneously diplomatic circles in Moscow commented
editorial department has Japanese apparently showed unfounded optimism when they
1 ■ to three thousand nn "cnmnlet»1v nary ““lon ot the United Nj
was Oil completely j Wo,id Orgoniujtlon Conference.
Check with the Herald office
(phone No. 6). if you have any
teason lo feel that the name of
seme one near and dear lo you
might not have been brought to
the attention of the editor.
the conf«>rtnce.
(A P)
WASHINGTON.
President
Frencisco to address the fin.ti pit
the United Nations
day
11 Lilian will go to Sun
jap in me Vosges
Mountains.
The local soldier is entitled to
wear the Distinguished Unit
Badge, a blue ribbon with gold
frame, over his right breast pock-
et. As a member of the Third Div-
ision he is also entitled to wear
the Croix De Guerre fourragere.
awarded to the Third by General
Charles De Gaulle for the divis-
ion's work in the Vosges mountain
and Colmar pocket campaigns,
The Third is the only division
awarded the coveted cord of hon-
or in this war.
The HERALD makes no charge
either for the engraving or the
story of » HUTCHINSON
COUNTY man or woman in uni-
form.
18-Year-0Ids
To Furnish
Most Draftees
China-Based pilots of the U. S.
14th Air Force bombed troop
•/. ins and columns apparently
headed toward Manchuria.
The break on the Okinawa lin°
carried a pre-dawn attack, launch-
ed without Yonabaru bay and tbe
northern end of a curving ridge
dominating Nakagusuku bay.form-
er Nipponese fleet anchorage.
The 15th First Battalion has
taken part with the Third in
French Morocco. Tunisia. Sicily,
southern Italy, Anzio-Rome.
France and Germany, and has
most recently taken part in the
crossing of the Rhine and cap-
ture of Nurnberg.
Horace M. Roberts
Joins 27th. To Fight
If you live here, and have a
husband, son or daughter, or
grandchild, in service, you are in-
vited to bring his or her picture
to the HERALD tor publication,
i You will be asked to till out
Ian information blank from which
I the story is written.
I There is no cost to you—except
'that you furnish the HERALD with
a photograph. The size ot the
I photograph does not mattor, as
j long as it is not too small
WASHINGTON, May 23 (T’r—
An army officer predicted today
that by fall youths turning 18
; probably will be tilling 85 per
cent of draft calls.
This official, anonymous at his
request but qualified by his job
to speak authoritatively, made
trie prediction after noting se-
lective service director Lewis B.
Hershey s estimate that 18-year- ma campaign, and successes re-
olds will make up only 45 per ported on four China fronts.
Yanks in the southern Philip-
pines captured a provincial cap-
ital against light opposition and
knocked out a key defensive
ridge in the Manila watershed
with a novel fire-bomb and
flame-throwing tank attack.
A small, pocketed Japanese
fore.? was annihilated in the Bur-
cent ol the July call lor 90,000
men.
Asserting the total of
f rom Europe came reports that
the flood of American troops
bound for the Pacific would reach
Japanese On Okinawa Summer School
Opens, Monday
WITH THE 27th INFANTRY]
DIVISION (The Tokyo Express i
ON OKINAWA Pvt. Horace M
Roberts. Borger, Texas, has join-
ed the fighting forces of the 271h
Infantrv Division row battling
........... ......... 18-year
olds will increase from about 40,- “ie strength ol 12 divisions in
500 in July to approximately 78,- Jone and British forces would be
000 thereafter, he explained it this 1 lying by the thousands lo south-
wj,„. ■.ast Asia ‘‘in a few months.’
The Navy. which expects to
reach peak strength In July, hast
been enlisting large numbers of
17-year-olds, thus sharply reduc-
ing the total of youths 18 avail-:
able for the draft.
This dr.on from potential se-
Bori’er High School Summer lective serv ice rolls will be large-i
School will open Monday, May 20. L eliminated when the Navy goes |
Principal J C. Knowles announced o i a replacement basis, th otii-
cial predicted, adding that this1
Japanese broadcasts tended to
ignore these developments and
concentrate on worry aoout lack
ol unity on the threatened home
front, the possibly growing peace
sentiment and mentioned Soviet
Russia as a model of “inspiration
and ingenuity."
Jap defendcis of Okinawa is-Jtedav
land in the Ryukyus it has been, Knowles has asked that all plan- will case the pressure consider
announced by the Headquarters * nin^, to attend the summer session ably on registrants through -9.
of the Division commander, Ma-j meet at 9 a. m . Thursday, May 24,
jor General Geo. W Gfiner. j ,n the high school auditorium.
Veteran combat teams of the Courses in mathematics, English.
“Tokyo Express" division landed j social science, arid language will
on the strategic Ryukyuan strong-1 be offered. Mrs G. C. Martin and
Miss Ola Eskclson will serve as
instructors in tlie above courses.
A fee
unit course will be charged.
A special homo c c o n o m i CS
course, for which there will be
no charge, will begin on June 4
hold on April 9th and quickly
moved to the fiont lines where
they are blasting stiff Japanese
resistance.
Pvt. Roberts is seeing action
against the enemy with the 27th
Knickerbockers.
The 24 year old Texas soldier
entered the service in September, j
1944 and has served 3 months ov- ]
erseas.
His home address is General [
Delivery. Borger. Texas, where
his wife Mrs. Mildred L. Rob-
erts now resides.
Red Army Slagcs
Greatest Training
Period In History
„ MOSCOW, May 23—UP)— The
of each one-hall j;e(j aimy is now in the midst of
th? greatest training period in its
27-year history.
Dispatches from all over the na-
Hon, including the far-flung gar- Tenth armv "whitTfor
Veteran
KEARNS, Utah, May 23 — (A')—
“The roughest years of th? army
are behind me" said 48-ycar-old
Cpl. Alfred O Mumme of San
Antonio, Tex., in turning down hi-
discharge from the army air force
overseas ieplaeem.nl depot here.
i isons of Siberia, have reported an
intensive schedule of practice in
marching, firing, military tactics
and strategy.
Trieste Dispute
Nears Settlement
The Seventh division, returning
■to the eastern flank of the Oki-
: nawa ligating lront after a tw o
vvc.ks rest, made the mile-long
I Okinawa advance yesterday.
Yonabaru, second * largest city
! on Okinawa and the first sizable
! town on tiie island to fall, was
! overrun in the advance—the first
i major breakthrough in weeks.
Maj. Gen. Archibald V, Arnold
of th? 7th said the thinning Jap-
anese line was stretched by 4,00(1
yards. This nearly doubled the
be defended against the
first
LONDON May 23 'AP' Tho 35.-
000-ton British Battleship King
George V collided with the British
destroyer Punjabi off the wf.it coast
of Eire in May, 1942, and only a
handful" of the destroyer s crew of
?C0 escaped. Naval Correspondent
W. A .Crumley of the London Daily
Express reported today.
LONDON Mny 23 AP) The Paris
radio said tonight that a new Jap-
anese offensive had been launched
again** French forces in Indo-China.
The broadcast said French forces
were obliged to make some with-
drawals and an airfield had been
i captured toy the enemy.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS AL-
LIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
Paris, May 23 (AP; — All members
of the acting German government
as well as members of the German
High Command in Flensburg have
been taken into custody as prisoners
of war, Supreme Headquarters an-
nounced today. Those arrested in-
cluded 3C0 officers and a number
of other ranks, and civilians, the
announcement said.
NEW YORK, May 23 (AP)—The
British Tadio said in broadcast re-
corded by NBC that Admiral Friede
berg, a signer of the German uncon-
ditional surrrnder for the Doenitz
government, committed suicide today
to avoid arrest
BAH _FttANC18CO May 23 (AP)
- Australian troops have captured
Cape Moen, "last ot the former Jap-
anese strongholds in the Wewak
area of northern New Guinea, the
Melbourne radio reported today.
MOSCOW. May 23 (AP)—Tas*, of-
ficial Soviet News Agency, said today
Field Marshal Baron Carl Manner
helm of Finland hrd sent a message
to Stalin congratulating him on the
termination c! the war and the
Red Army's brilliant victories over
Germany unparalleled in history.
FLENSBURG, Germany. May 23
(AP) Grand Adm. Karl Doenitz,
successor to Hit’er, was arrested to
day bv Allied Supreme Headquar-
ters, which ordered his Reich 'gov-
ernment'' disbanded.
FLENSBURG Germany, May 23
(APS Russian intelligence reports to
Supreme Headquarters said today
that Hitler died in a mercy killing.
Use Of Buddy Poppy
Funds Explained By
V. F. W. Commander
“To honor the dead by helping
t ie living/' expresses the purpose
of the 24th annual V.F.YV. Buddy
Poppy distribution, to be spun-
sired here May 26 by Adobe
! t N I Vi
Foreign Wars of the United StaUs.
.Disabled veterans, the depend-
ents of veterans and the widows
and orphans of deceased vrterans
are the beneficiaries of the tradi-
tional campaign hold each year
prior to the observance of Memor-
ial Dav, May 30.
Th • V. i\ VV. National Home
at Eaton Rapids, Mich., where 01
phans of war veterans art* provid-
ed for, receive,- one cent lrom
each Buddy Poppy sold through-
out the country, Command. 1 of
the local post said.
British. To Call First
Election In Ten Years
By ALEX H. SINGLETON
LONDON. May 2J (AP)—Prime Minister Churchill rc-
• n<-i today aid Kins* George VI accepted the resignation
and asked him to form a new administration.
The resignation formally broke up the wartime coalition
cabinet formed in Britain’s darkest days in 1940. A general
election, the first in Britain in ten years, is expected to be
called for July 5.
Ohm chill v. a e: pectod to form a new government within
a feu hours L ■ serve until after the election. Labor party
minister:,, who share in the cabinet the responsibility for
i n> .‘rutin : the war, have signified their determination to
ii: . ■ no part in the administration until elections are held.
Tiie King's acceptance -*
of
Churchill's resignation was an-
nounced formally at 10 Downing
1 he national rehabilitation and street through the Ministry of In-
service progiam ot the v.r AV. formation. The announcement said
also receives a share ol too Bud- , Churchill “accepted His Majesty's
o. i tippy proa d>. he sa:d W its 0ffcr ,,| j|l0 post of Prime Minister
these funds, the relief of suffer
ing and distress among veterans,
and their families, is undertaken
by approximately 4„000 local V.F.
| W. Posts and more Ilian 3,000 Aux-
iliary units from coast to coast.
‘‘Out of each L n cents collect-
ed, six cents will contribute to a I
welfare fund that will be spent ]
in our own community lor our i
own veterans and their depend-]
i cuts-.
“The balance of four cents en-
ables us to pay the disabled vet-
erans in government hospitals for j
their labor in fashioning tiiese lit- ]
tie flowers; to contribute lo the ■
main!.nance of the V.F.W. Na-]
tional Home for widows and or- I
phans at Eaton Rapids, Michigan; |
to support a national rehabilita-
tion service which indirectly bene-
fits local veterans as well as dis-
abled and needy veterans through-
out the nation."
Wafer-Hungry
Wheal To Cut
upon his ap- n | .a | .
Panhandle Yield
an inter-party agreement before | _
the monarch dissolves the heavily
Conservative Parliament.
Labor ministers, who have
served in the coalition cabinet
-inre 1940, were given a man-
date by their party earlier this
week to resign if an election was
forced at this lime. Labor is lhe
second most numerous parly.
Churchill is expected to lead a
new "Care Taker” government in-
to Commons when it
Tuesday
(Bv The Associated Press)
Wind and dry weather have re-
duced < timated wheat yields in
the Panhandle, reports from Ama-
rillo and Plainview said today.
Water-hungry wheat in the
Amarillo area was in a sickly
condition following high, dry
winds over the weekend. Art
Brally, Potter county agent, said
that on land that lay fallow dur-
ing the summer wheat is holding
reassembles up surprisingly well but that the
wheat picture in general is not
Piate Cut Fails
To Help Texas
On Car Shipments
The British Press Association good,
predicted that the new government Estimated Plainview territory
would include such men as Sir yields hav? been reduced to an
John Ai ■ erson, Sir James Grigs, average of..about five bushels an
Sir Andrew jpunran and Lord acre, C. B. Martin, Hole count
' 1 other::, who were prewar busi- agent said. The normal yield it
tie.- men without political back- nine to 111 bushels per acre. Irri-
.; ihuhi All were called into the gated wheat is not badly damaged,
'government to do pedal jobs. Martin said that the labor short-
Dio full list not expected to 'age and disappointing sorghum
■ be ready before Sunday or Mon- prices caused additional row crop
]day, as Churchill will need the in- land to be planted In wheat thi !
it: onmg time to I ill vacancies year, increasing Hale county wheat
I, i by the departure of Labor, acreage to near 250.000 acres,
i and Liberal ministers. : -
STREICHER CAPTURED
BERCHTESGADEN. May 23—
el‘>—Julius Streicher, the notor-
ious Jew-baiter, has been cap-
tured on a farm in the Bavarian
hills by officers of the 101st air-
borne division.
Japs Annihilated
On Kabaing Island
CALCUTTA, Mav 23 (/P)—An-
nihilation of a small Japanese
force at Kabaing. 24 miles south-
wist of Thayetmyo, was reported
todav as British 14th Army troops
continued to clean up remaining
enemy resistance in southern
Burma.
To the east, casualties were in-
flirted on Japanese units caught in
villages east of Pyu, 33 miles south ......... ................ ........— , . ,
of Toungoo on the Mandalay- eupation of Trieste appeared near ^“'P® offshore, gained a strong lead rule.
Bv LYNN HEINZERLING
TRIESTE, May 23 — iJ’i— The |
dispute between Allied govern
ments and Marshal Tito over oc-
tane was hurling five divisions at
th? Japanese.
Shoving olf in a driving rain
through mud that hailed tanks,
the infantrymen pushed through
the ruins of Yonabaru unoppos-
ed except by sniper fire. De-
fense mounted steadily during
the day until the Yanks were
meeting steady machine-gen and
anti-tank fire, directed at tr.sm
from dominating heights.
Carpenters
Union DefeaSs
Borcier Blues
The 7th, supported by rocket
The Carpenters Union proved
their strength as a contender in
the U. S. O. twilight baseball
league, by defeating tiie strong
Borger Blues team. 17 to 6. This
was the score at tire end of the
fifth inning, and the game was
called because of the in run
AUSTIN, May 23 —UP)—Chair-
j man Olin Culberson of the Texas
railroad commission wants ad-
ditional time to study the inter-
state commerce commission’s
fr ight rat4 adjustment decision
before becoming enthusiastic about
] it.
Unless the decision embrace:
carload shipments, Culberson said
in a written statement, the fight so
tar as Texas is concerned lias just
. begun. Culberson has Jong been
active in the battle for freight rate
adjustments.
Culberson said;
"The order of the interstate '
commerce commission in the cla.-s :
rate case as reported in the press, |
indicates that tiie interstate com-
merce commission has ordered in- j
to effect what Texas and the j
southwest sought in these cases —
that is equalization of class rates ]
throughout the territory and uni- ;
form classification ratings. If the i
adjustment applies to both less- i
than-carbiad and carload traffic I
His action will bring about
Great Britain's first general
election in ten years early in
July. Hr had held lhe office
since May 10. 1940. when he
succeeded Neville Chamberlain
during some of the darkest days
of the war.
Laval Remains
in Spain Pending
Delivery Plan
PARIS, May 23 (TP) — The Su-
rete Nationale said today that
Pierre Laval remained in Barce-
I Iona despite a flurry of rumors
Churchill's ri ama: ,,n was par- last week that he was t-nroute to
ti: :■ ■ by tin- Labor party's re- France. He will be tried on a
fusal lo continue in the coalition charge of high treason as soon as
government, now that Germany is.he arrives.
defeated. The Spanish government for
An old-fashioned political cam- reasons undisclosed in Paris, has
pnign already v.a underway, with declined to hand-over the former
the opp -cion pro. - lampooning chief of the Vichy government to
the prime minister. French authorities at the border.
Churchill's resignation was pro- As a solution, the Spaniards have
sented to King George VI it Buck- agreed to put him aboard a British
Borger Commencement
Exercises, Thursday
Toungoo-Rangoon road, a south- a final settlement today after a foothold on 400-foot hills at the The Blues took an early load. th,°iil''lio'"'U
east Asia command communique tense period during a sharp ex- northern extremity of a MX-m.u; but were overUilo-n horlly alter D - >'t a com, hc I
Si{U\ change b tween Field Marshal Sir lonS ridge curving the length oi and then kept the lead throngL< ut ‘v aujiiMrmm a i iiim .
Heavy bombers of the Eastern Harold Alexander and the Yugo- , Chmen peninsula which forms thi the game. A good sized audience j to^be maae .-ifeGive.
Air Command bombed Banekok- Slav leader. I controlling southern arm of You watched the game. lht cmpoiap. adjustment,
Singapore communications and at- 1 A new feeling of calm relaxation abaru bay and Nakagusuku bay There arc no games M-heduIed « v
tacked two enemy air fields seemed to spread through the Ad- Okinawa s largest anchorage. Th. for tonight, lu.t Ihursdav, the ..I ,«l . .men . ac i.
southern Burma. r.atic port. Alexander arriv d enemy's entire Chmen peninsula Stocker Con tn.ction and the Jo- omy pm u dly u hut
------ 'late yesterday and Lt. Gen. Sir was threatened, so were rail ami nior Chamber ol Commerce will ‘ \.i- ...to 111 ..‘T,
Bernard C. Freyberg, commander ; highway lines leading south from tangle; and I < 1} ass ra‘,es m and lrom ,ne sou
of the New Zealand Second Corps, j See Number One. Page Four Blues meet tl Borger Grey -
gave a dinner last night which |
several higii Yugoslav officers at-
ingham Palace.
The general expectation was
that the election would be held
July 5 and that Churchill would
remain al the head of "Caretak-
er" government until the new
Parliament was sealed. The elec-
tion will be held with Mr,
Churchill at the peak of his pop-
ularity as leader of the govern-
ment at the time of victory in
Europe.
In the last election of 1935, the I
See Number Two. Page Four
warship which would deliver him
to sortiu French port.
LEGAL NOTICE
Owing to the Army's demon-
stration scheduled at the Borger
Football Stadium at 8 p.m. Wed-
nesday. May 23, 1945. the Budget
hearing of the City of Borger
will bf continued through May
24. 19 !5. in order to give full
oporlurity to all those who may
not be able to attend said hear-
ing Wednesday evenibig. May
23.
Cily of Borger.
President Of
Argentina Said
To Have Resigned
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay. May
23 (A’i—Wholly unconfirmed re-
City Budget Hearing,
Tonight, Thursday
tended
(The Rome radio said a com-
munique was expected hourly on
solution of tiie Trieste problem,
The eighteenth commrncement since Tito has accepted “in prin-
’ exercises of Borger High School J exple’’ th? proposal advanced by
will be held Thursday, May 24, at Alexander.)
8:30 p. m. in the high school and- It was learned that now Yugo-
itoriurn for 131 candidates of the slav proposals were made and that ii c piant?r Bomb Tho City ol Borgia's annual
graduating class of 45. these were believed generally in * ‘ J budget hearing advertised to be
Program for the commencement accord with the principles laid Northbound Japs ,in tonight at 8:30 p.m. iti the
service, carrying out a patriotic down by Alexander. - City Hall, will be extended through
ports from Argentine exiles who! theme, is as follows: Yugoslavs had occupied the rn,,Krvmr „•» ,»« Thursday evening, May 24, in or-
rierlared thev had private intor- Processional—-Americana Over- Port and claimed it as a part of . J ~ ' dor for those w ho desire to attend
nvition from Buenos Aires said to- ture, Borger High School Band their kingdom. The Allies insisted • ending to confirm recent Chi- ,h \yar H,,nd Rally show at the c; 1'" 1' ':‘- .1 L‘\ »»•> ctli-. " •
day'Vhat Pn>sident Edelimor Far- Ensemble* that any territorial change must ]^se statements that the Japan- „,otba!1 stadium tonight may also »han-,mad shmments. the f-cht.
retl had resigned as president of Invocation— Rev. J. Edmund be enunciated at the peace confer- :Shaneliai' or M hm YT-m’ViiriT ,i:iVC il!1 opportunity to attend the
Argentina Kirby. cnee and not by unilateral action. I |h “"anghai atea into .dan, huria. citv-s bud[!ct hearing before the
The exiles said the move was High School Choir—‘‘This is My The movement of Allied forces ;J- - S. 14th Air force I’.anes same j;. ci,,,ed. according to Mayor
bemg kept secret while army Country,' and "Battle Hymn of the into new ares east of the Isonzo taejeed heavily loaded northbound v „ Fram.„.
iVadcrs and government officials Republic." liver was accomplished without |enemy hoop trams yesterday. "The public budget hearing ar-
Salutatorian— Billie Hotchkiss, ! ieported incidents. Allied officers A communique from Lt. Con ] iinged i >, ve ,i l;y the city i - a
"Preparation for Peace.” were saluted briskly and with re- Albert C. Wedomeyer’s headquar- legjl requirement and the City
j ters headquarters told of the ac- Commission is anxious to give the
j the action today.
west have been about ICO per cent
of the class rates in official terri-
tory. The temporary adjustment
apparently will result in class
rates in and from th? southwest
which will be between 120 per
cent and 130 per cent of the rates
in official territory.”
"'lhe decision at least was a
break in the limit of the special
privilege enjoyed so long by the
industries of the cast located in
official territory, and oilers en-
couragement lo the industriali-
zation of lhe south and south-
west.
•‘Should the decision not effect
Phillips Commencement
Services To Be Friday
Commencement r 55 candi- Enemy Reports
date.- t• ■ graduation tt-ni Phillip.- — / —. , , B
High s- tu ei ill the cia—• Ot 45 T wenty Udd B-/Vs
Over Heme Island
m. Friday,
high school
j so far os Texas is concerned, will
| be carried on.
j “We Lave just begun to fight
: unless we get the equality on cur-
! load dates.”
will be held at 9 p
May 25. in the Phillip:
auditorium.
•The Light of the World” will
be the subject of the program
which is listed as follows:
Processional — Mrs. D. H. Hub-
bard.
Invocation — Rev. C. G. Sewell.
Master ol Ceremonies — Paul
By ram.
The Guiding Light—Jacqueline I beiiewwS*Tc
discussed developments.
Mrs. J. P. Hunter,
Grandmother Of Borgan,
Dies In Colorado City
Mr*. J. P. Hunter, grandmoth-
er of the Rev. J. Edmund Kirby,
pastor of the Borger Methodist
church, died yesterday at her
home in Colorado City, Tex.
Funeral services will b« held at
i p. m. today in Colorado City.
Val dictorian— Caroline Mont- -pert by Yugoslav sentries at most
. gomery. places.
Bin gans—“Stouthearted Men.”
Addles:—Supt. C. A Cryer.
S(>eeial Awards—Prin. J. C.
Knowles.
Presentation of Diplomas—L. J.
DRAFT BOARDS
SEEKS ADDRESS
Hutchinson County
Set relive
fullest opportunity to every eiti-
North of Pengpu, in north een- zen who de-in to attend,” M: y-
tral Anhwei province, a 30-car or Francis said. “The comm ion
train loaded with troops, heavy wants to cooperate with the cur-
artillery and motorized vehicle- rent War Loan campaign and we
PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS
COMPANY FACES SUIT
WASHINGTON, May 23 (/Pi—
The justice department filed ar
antitrust suit today to strip thi
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the Sponh I Pray Y’ou—
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23—uP>
—An uncorfirmed enemy report
j that “twenty odd” B-29s were ov-
er Kyuslui, southernmost of the
i Japanese home islands, early to-
day was broadcast by Tokyo radio.
The Japan, -e Dornei News
Agency was quoted in the broad-
c.i.-t as aving some raiders ‘‘are-
have sown mines in
'the Kanmon Straits” but left open
:tie po- bility that some land tar-
gets were attacked.
Th Federal Communications
[Commission recorded the- dis-
patch.
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A’ That-
Hcspita! Notes
------- . Service Board is seeking the cur- j was bombed. Ten trucks and two believe that most of our citizens
Roberts, president of school board, rent address of Roy Calhoun Bca • artillery pieces were smashed and will want to att* I the -how i.h",-
Senior Class Song— Audience ley. who is registered with the lo- troop cars were hit. the bulletin staged by the U. S. Army tonight, ^ Djrflie
led by Roger Klein. cal board. Anyone able to fur- -aid. South of Pengpu another so we are continuing tiie budget 41*4 ill*
Benediction—Rev. Wilber Min- nish the abov? information is ask- troop train was attacked. A third hearing through. Thursday eve- M
del. , led to contact the local board of- tiain was fire-bombed on tiie Pei- ning. May 24, 1945, to help this are th
Recessional—"Hall of Fame — fice, in the basement of the post ping-Hankow railroad north of important c.u: e," continued the
B. H. S. Band Ensemble ioffice building. (Hankow j Mayor. (22 at
NORTH PLAINS
Hunter Utley ii a surgiieal pa-
tient.
Billy J e Akins is a surgical pa-
and M
parents
girl born
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Wallace is a surgical pa-
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