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Trade At Homo
For SMf Protection
Bkeckenridge American
NEA Telephoto Serviat
Cow, Sow, Hen Pro-
gram for County Most
Sensible Step
Vol. 21. —No. 219
HltKCKKMillMiE. TEXAS, SUNDAY. JAM'AIiY U. 15)12
Price Daily 3c — Sunday .V
THE
OBSERVER
MERCURV UP TO IS
OOG IS LOST
GIRL WANTS ROOM
SEEN OR HEARD
AXIS AND ALLIES SWAP BLOWS ON FRONT
\S
T'lIK 1 tierinomet.-r till 1** degrees
Sat unlay morning .it 7 o'clock
Ihii it ;i|>|n'.iii'il that III.' pieselit
cold is Is-ginning to clici k out
However, we wish it • Ic.irly un-
derstood wi ai< no wcuther pro
|>hot.
THANKS to MI Fnd McCun-
Hell lor |>i^- |i el ami a lie.el
lo make souse ol mil a mother-m-
law who knows what t*> do with
su< h w•' have warded nil this cold
sjiell with things In eat We ha e
r>ol tasted "inc.- a child. many
winters ago on a farm in I. lines-
nee.
Chances hi.' Ixdore this war
over |M'<>|ili' are going to d" many
like things in i>n*i nation Ami
feature ol it i- these things t;«-!• •
o much lietti r than si, many
things we could buy.
^MNCRATl LATKI.Njs lo Russell
4;^ Jones Kxcusi . please I.leut,
Rl|sse|| Junes, senior trade, I'lilted
Sllites Navy,
Russ niiw is known in navy cir-
cles he has conl.-led as "the lei-
low who Wouldn't quit." Alsiut ten
f months or ^> ago h>' made appli-
cation for a commission in the
navy hused upon cb-ctrical engi-
neering
This and that hap|>ciicd to turn,
him aside Hut each time Russ got
in his car and went to xee
somebody else, and got Ihe tide
turned again in his favor We
know liecauM' much along the way i
We Were reading the eol r-'spond-
once Friday he not his comnits-
ion.
Saturday morning shortly alter
daylight lie •■ailed us to announce
himself m thi' military fashion us- ;
id aliovc. || you do not think it
something iIiiiii' to win your own,
way lo a commission in Ihe navy I
liattling alone. just try it we
were in lhere dming the other uri-'
pleasantness We know So here' •
bottom'ii up. Russ.
\l.Si i cotiKtatul.itIon* to Mi -j
lima K nod son ol llreckeii- |
ridge. Hoy, this k the kind of .
writing we like to do Miss Knud- i
son has lM-en chosen as on.' of the
Southwestern |m* Is Whose Vels. j
Hp|ieai*s in the "Anthology ol versi
1911." Ills) oil the jness ol Th.-j
^Navloi Company, San Antoni '.
^I'eX.Ls.
Although this anthology is liein.;
pllhlishi'd in limited edition, th.'
volume will noover the nation and
• bum; add' .1 ptestige lo writers o'.
this Southwest.
All poem* incluitcd have Im e i |
passed on by ,i lioAid ol editor-
headed by I'earle M<Mire Stevens
of LubhiMk Miss Kmnlson s poem j
is entitled "Right Is Kteriial '
LMRF CIIIFF M M 1.1 SHY has,
found his hat It br.rtlg'
in to him. bHind near th • s| ,.t i
fire not long ago.
Hut while the chief W;is find III',
hi* hut little Stiiela Carey daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs (larland Caiey (
has lost her dot; She wants him
rturned "He t* a good looking dot;'
she said. iJosi riptive ad |s found
in classified column When .isk .1
if Ihe ik g ran away from home,
she nnswerrd, "yes* probably b.■-
cause I spunked him with my
hand."
Tribute Is Paid
To Kusscll Join
IK Lions (lluli
Meeting Mens Aaron Grant
In Music Program At
l.uiu-luon Friday
Aco-planci of an invitation to
Rotary Club s lath t and son ban-
i|ilct ruesday night; . tiibulc to
the work done by lti|sse|| Jone>;
and soii^s li\ Aaron Giant featur-
ed Hie meellllK ol the Hieck.'ll- |
ridge Lions <'lub Friday noon.
Russell Ji.n.'s, M-crctary of the
club for five years, l-ail. r of t ie
Sea Scouts, and active in club
and civk work w;is giant tubule
by 11 I Howies ..mi lesolutiolis
i i■ I by him adopted and signed
by the t lull memlicis with |>cr-
son.ll nut s of farewell
Numtlei's h,v Aaron Grant Willi
Mis James Ros er at the piano
were loudly applauded. Haul Wil-
liams vho had charge ol the pro-
gram annountcij thai IIrani has
resigned as nn I'Hl agent and
will eni"r tlie naval aviation ser-
v ice
F. R Maxwell presented an in-
vitation lo attend the Rotary ban.
i|Uet and n-'iuested that all who
intend to attend make their re-
servations at once.
D. T. Howies announced Fred
t'alumcr as chairman of the presi-
dent's birthday ball in Brecketi-
ridge and on his recommendation
the club voted to sponsor the hall.
J. A Hales announced that a
bureau ol nines movie will le
shown ;it the high school Tuesday,
and in the scIumiI prior to that
time, inviting those present lo at-
tend
Haul Carrell. .secretary, mid the
financial ro|io!'t of the club for
the past six months showing the
Itank balance in the white.
Jess I'ipkin. president piesided.
It was explained that only forty,
tickets are available to the Rotaiy
banquet and they can lie secured
at the drug stores from J. i\
Hughes,
Kums Halt Nazi*
Troop Movements
KCIHVSIIKV. Jan 10 lUJ!
ReiMirts tonight asserted Russian
air force, striking at (• Titian rear
lines to prevent movement of
leinfoicementN to Ihe Central
iront had smashed as many as X">
troop laden enemy trains and .12
railroads stations hailing Ceimail
trallic "H several main lilies in
Haltic and We-.tern Russian seo« j
tors
Japs PiihIi Toward Sinf/apore
kk. SCAll 0# MILIi
fa J- ^
JA THRUSTS
THAILAND
Bonokok
INDOCHINA
BURMA
i i
HomiioI
■ v auks
l-
victoria
►OINT
Cull ol Sitm
Indian Occan
riNANC
Puak ft
hmam
KUALA SUA
Vllllll
Slim ft
SUMATRA
<Hlilllll| I
This map thowt the terrific odds which the British trops are
facing in the Malay States as they desperately try to stem the
tide of he Japanese advance. (NEA Telen-.ap)
THF.RF is a young miss in Hre 'l;
enridge who wishes ?i place
where she may work to pay for
Iter board and rtMun so she may go
to sehtMil Sin- lives in the south i
part of the county She is fift. i ni
years old. J
She has had such a place but '
now must make a change. This |
plea mine* from Kami si Maxwell,
and anyone who can help ou* ;
Louis Volunteers
For Army Service
NKW VtiRK. Jan 1''
I le.iv y w eight chiimp Jim- l^oliis
Volunteer")! today for Ihe r. S
army and will lie given physical
examination at governor's island
• ii 'l a m Monday.
Safety. Ex plosion
Film 'l o lie Shown
Jack H llvn.il of the dure till of
Mines will show ,i Salely piciure
at tin- I'a i cla-ni idge High School
Auditorium Tuesday night at 7
o'clock
All are invited to attend and
there is no admission charge.
New Cajje Title
Play Announced
For This District
War. which has changed so
many things also has changed the
manner of deciding the basketball
champion lor the district, it was
announced today.
Inst.ml ol deciiluig the cham-
pionship by tournament, as i;i the
past, various teams of tlic district
will tni'i I each other muchly as
they do in lootball.
The season will open here ou
January II, the 111-karoos to
meet Stipbcnville ;it thai time.
The team with the largest nuni-
lier of Victories will lie declared
champion. This will give cmter-
ence games all through the season
instead ol one big tournament.
The Bucks have tk'en given some
tough workouts for Ihe games lo
come ll is expei ted that all teams
will meet each other in the nc.v
method of play.
Cub Scouts Will
Hear Air Official
Two Permits For
Tires Are Given
Cllb Scouts will meet in their
1 regular monthly pack met ting at
ihe Methodist church, Monday
night, at 7 o'cl.«k. The principal
speaker of the evening will lx C
Kile, formerly employed by the
California Lockheed An era; t
Cor|m>iation. but now employed
las an instructor in the IJefcnse
Hnigram Machine Shop at tb.*
Hr.-ekent idge High Si I tool Mr.
Kile hel|ied to assemble the YH-
,'iK Lockheed Pursuit plane that
recently broke the world's record
by lly ing front Los Angeles to Ft.
Wotih m one hour and foriy-liv
minutes.
All Cub Seoul officials. Ctfl)
Scouts and their parents are cx-
jh• ted to attend.
\R01ND SCHOOL (.KOINDS
should communicate with him
f
nW l KAVKR father ..I |
Frank Heaver lias I teen <|uite i
ill. Init was I'onsMk'rabb' improved
Saturday lie is |wi«t Uti yiar* old
He said that iiImmiI forty year* age
Hold |wrt of his farm in Ste- j
|ih« •ns count) to |Hiy almut II' e j
s| ciabsts III various • itles to tell
him hi- could not live k ng. to isct
his business in sliap«. Tislay not
one of those doctors is livinc be j
ackls.
TllOUC.irr For The Moment:
What you U-lieve must influ ;
• nce< what you are What you ate
determines what you «k>. and what
you do determine* your value here
(Continued on * tj«
RoU'it Tarleton teacher of South'
Ward has returned alter S|«.nd-
ing .'I days in LublMM'k lor exam-
inatici lb- v ill continue leaching
at South Ward until be ret:eiv« <
liis tall tor the army.
Sixth grade homeroom students
have reorganised lor the second
semester Hilly I'ardti > and I'etty
Young were chosen captains lor
llii- two teams. Hilly Pantile's
t.*«m is known a the "Spitfires,"
and Hetty Yotlllu's team Is called
ttie "Hlackhavvk's The two teams
will Im- awarded on scholar-hip,
< itt/enship. and housekeeping.
Olee Club stands wen* built by
Mr W 11. S|**ncer and Ills hel|iers
durum 'be Christmas holidays.
These stands will accommodate
the entire girls Cb-e Club of seven-
ty memlicrs.
The auditorium seats >vcre re.
arranged during the hojidnvs so
tha' the entli • *luik'nl !w.dy iniiv
get a good View of the stage.
Students are coo|ierntin£ in
pa|s r conservation and are ifsing
each piec- ol |mi|m-r on Ih>IIi snl> s
leiore handing it in.
Mr. Waller estimates hall as
much pafier vill Is- us -d.
1 Ion Mil Minis plan to collect pap-
er and maga/ines During the holi-
days Mr Waller ami Mr. How en
installed Ihe new electric clicks
in every room hi the lnii!d ng.
These clocks are Sessions wall
clocks sixteen inches square vvitli
two inch numerals. The cl.M-ks are
synchronized so that the large
red second hands in evr> room
are exactly together.
The new clocks help the sched-
ule to run more smoothly as they
are on the same time. The pri-
mary grade students are taught
to tell time and the upper sirad •
steilents check time on tests and
.11 ten exercises.
Una id Chairman Declares
He Dues .Vol Kind Too
Strict Itruulution*
John F. Kvanf., uhairntan of the
Ii • al tir eralioning Imard. said
Saturday la- has n -eived instruc-
tions that (jiiolas for Stephens
county ti r the month of Januuty
are:
Passenger cars, motorcycles and
light 11 licks total i.i L'H tires and
t Ulicx.
Trucks and bus cars 57 tires and
W tuls s.
To date permits have I icon grant-
ed lor one lire and one tube. Tlie
lube was to t'• • Koliau s( hool aad
the lire was to Gaylard Crowley.
Concerning restrictions Mr. Ev-
ans said that in gcncial l|s«.s for
the tire oi lijlie must Is- set forth
: ml tla-y are not to Is1 put to other
Uses.
He said lie hail not heard oi any
ii'strict ions that a man could not
lend lus car, or have an agent
drive it. unless ll was a case in
which the vehicle Would In- put to
Iuses ot^er than s|iecilierl, or lalh-
• to any purposes lor which new
tiles or tlllws could not lie Us'd
The Isiard, Troy Loudder and
K J. Henlon other members, will
■ nil et eat h Monday. Wednesday
.'iid hriday alteinoon at l.' o'clock.
Kck Curtis l ells
Of Extended Trip
Coach lick Curtis told students
in a ri cent high school assembly
of attending the national conven-
tion ol football coailtci in Detroit.
Michigan, during the holidays.
' Curtis was the only high school
coach from Texas, attending the
com cut ion.
lie abo attended the all-star
lootball game played al Nc.v York
Iftwi'cn the all-star professionals
and the Cbica';o Hears. Curtis ask
Hiilld ig Turner, a former tlardin-
Simmons cenler, now playing with
the Chicago Hears, to Is- a guest
•|Hakrr at the football lianipiet
this yar. It vvj|| he stated Inter
as to whether he will aeivpt.
He stated that he and Mqs. Cur-
; tis stop|N'd to see Ihe I'niversity
of Arkansas Stephens Coll"gc and
' Christian College in Columbia
, Missouri lie |-o went over into
i Canada, and lie reported ■ Very
enjoyable and profitable trip for
Isitli bill's .|j and Mrs. Curtis.
Three Patient* Go
! To Local Hospitals
lb "cords of local hospiti.ls show
| Heroic Krw in of Rising Star a
{medical |>aticnt at the Rm-ken-
i nlge Clme aid Mrs. Castillo and
I Mrs. It. F. < kloiii dismissed.
Al Westslde (larland Carey ami
Miss Hetty Chamlteilain are medi-
cal patients, and Claude Fonder-
burk, soldier, transferred to Cam,i
Wolters. Mr.. C. M. Hrootfbi- i"it
Maiy ! Ill . il l liav '.ecu di lis e I
Heavy Tax Load
Is Considered By
Treasury Chiefs
Kifleen I'er Cent .May He
Tuken From Salaries
Or Workers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 <« -if -
Trea-ury and Congressional tax
leaders are con-ilk'ting a 15 per
cent salary vvithluiiuitig tax and
reducing of |ier«nnal income tax
exemptions to SatKj for single per-
sons and SI.ikio 'or married cou-
ples as a liase for ine SyjU-'i."*"'.-
t*m war revenue program, inloitn-
eil soiik es said tislay.
In simple figureii enactment of
Ihe eonihiiicd income and soc-i. l
seiurity tax pro|ios<ds that have
liven tentatively advanced would
take nearly 11 | t tvnl of th>
ifross income ol a family ol two
earning Sl'.IMIIi a year a deduc-
tion of alMiut Sf> from a
weekly |taycheck.
Tlieri' is nothing certain about
any lax pro|)osals at this imiiiiI.
The treasury will not send its it>'-
ommeiHlalions to the house ways
and means committee N-I'ore Jan.
lit).
However, among the possibilities
discussed at yesterday's confer-
ence among Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgonthau, and Chairmen
Rols'rt L. Doughton. D., N. C.. of
the house Ways and Means com-
mittee and Walter F. George. D„
Ga„ of the Senate Finance com-
mittee. were those
A 15 |ier cent withholding tax
i on individual incomes. This would
j Ih- collected at the source from
< Continued on Page Four)
Services Held
For Mrs. Davis
Funeral services for Mrs. G. R.
• Hob I Davis of Abilene, former
Stephens county resident and
closely related to many here were
'held Satuiday afternoon at two
o'clock at the St. Paul Methodist
church.
Mrs. Davis, the former Hat lie
Collins, was Ihii ii ou Jan. I'J. Is7'i.
She vvas married to G. R. Davis ir.
Kaufman county, in 1S!I.'I. and the
family moved soon lliereaftcr lo
Stephens county, residing here as
pioneer ranch and cattle |ieopl<\
until moving to Abilene.
Surviving ale her IiusIkiihI, a
.daughter. Sirs. T. Kdgar Johnson.
Vernon, and son. L. G. Davis. Abi-
lene. A daughter. Mis. L. M. Mima
'DavisI Touchstone, died in an au-
tomobile acident at Merkel last
June 17. Thccr ate two grand-
children, Mary Frames Johnson
ami Louie RoIn'II Davis.
Crowell Werner On
Bombing Range
Message reii'ived here yester-
day from Crowell Werner. Hreck-1
enridg" Isiy, slims In- has lie n
transferred from Fresno, ( alifor-
ma, lo Ihe liombiiig range al
Muroc.
j Wetner graduated from the
Kelly Field Navigation school
Scpt 'mlier l."> as a lieutenant.
Letters received from him tell
of bis having taken part in escort-
ing convoys, and one tells of
wounded from the Far Fast liemg
received, ll is bringing Ihe war
| close home lo t h e (icoplc
of Fresno, he added. A school w as
lurneil into a bo-pital to care for
al>out I.Vi of tlielu.
He e.x|iected at one lime to en-
, ter air ferry service, but now ap-
parently vvill Im- made Isnnber.
School Accredited
By Association
W. D. Graves, principal of high
school, has ns-eived Hteckenridge
High School's wrtlfieate from
the Southern Assis'iaiion iH ac-
cnilibil College and Secondary
Schools.
"This means that Hrcckenridge
High ScImmiI is in gis'd stamling
vvlth all colleges and un.veis ties
in Ihe t'nlled Stales and that our
students will have their credits
recognized and may enter without
having to take entrance exam,
•nations," Prinri|Hil Graves stai d.
WBATHKk j
West Texas Fair and warmer
t^nl'.-ht ovi'v pi*">s e;.||f.y fnd hi
Del Pio-Xa le P«s red.
*
* * + *
YfacArtluir Mews '
'Scarce As Japs
Plan To Mop I j>
Japs Claim Commander
l.ost All Possibility
Of Hccing
WASHINGTON, Jan In 'UR
Japan today massed powerful
i tran.s|Mirt concentrations off the
Southern Philippine island o:
Mindanao in probably preparation
for a sweeping mop-up of island.
Resistance and an offensive a-
gainst th. Netherlands Fast In-
dies.
The war il"|iarlmeni re|«nled
that "a considerable number" of
Jnpancs,. vessel have Imvii sighted
along the Mindano coast, vvlvte
the Japanese huve cslablished a
IMivvcrl'ul base 'it Davao, "<Hi miles
South of Madlla.
The ml 'litmus of the Japanese
, Were not clear but because ol the
strategic location of Davao just
North ol the lJUIch island l«>s-
sessions i| seemed probable that
Tokyo is rushing troops and v in-
dispositions for an opening attack
on the Dutch positions.
News from MacArthur was
growing more and more s< arce.
For two days only a single terse
communique has ben issued by
the war department instead of
the customary two-a-day. These
n'porls reveal little "XCept that
Japan continues lo mass and re-
group troops in preparation for
the big attack.
Japanese 'iropagandists were
almost equally sil"nt U-yond
Ixiasts tl'.at MacArll)ur has now
"lost all possibility of fleeing"
and that the remnants of the .fist
American division -v ill find Jap-
anese blockade forces barring the
way lo csmp-> front Hainan and
Corregiilor.
Naval Officer Now
Russell Jones
Price Fixing Is
Passed By Striate
WASI llNGTf>N, Jan. 10 'U£>
The Senate today passed pi ire
comrol iiill aiithori/ing fixing of
ceilings on commodity prices by
adminislratior, but placed num-
erous restrictions on his |mvver
over farm prices.
Vote on passage SJ to I. With
only Sin. Ceroid Nye. N. D.
voting nay.
Hill exhales wages from field
of control, I>iii permits lixing of
rents in defense areus.
It also iiennils aduunistrat >r tol
buy, store, use or sell e< inmotliti-si
with exo'plion strategic war ma.
Ieri.'il«-in order in prevent pric ">
ir.eri'.'ise inconsistent with ohjet-
iVe o. bill.
Fnlortement would !«■ thrAigli
licensing system. For xinnd vio-
lation aili.uni.trator could revoke
liten.se of dealer.
Restrictions written into it by
lb.- Senate Farm Bloc Include:
I. No fane price ceiling • mil.I
he fixed lower than parity price
under s[*fial definition which
would have effect placing flour on
iLii pcrecnl of present parity aver-
age.
J. No farm price ceiling could
lie fixed low# r than average pric •
that prcvailcf£ ir affi 'ted eo.n.
mmlity during years 19,19-I9"J9.
.'t. No farm pine could !*• fix-
ed lower than market price (Ht. I
or D-ce'iilier 15. 1911, which ever
vvas higher.
Friends in Ihe city were wishing
Russel 15. Jones good hick Satur-
day as lie sjh'iI alx.ui town pie-
paring to leave Sunday for aciive
service in the navy. Jones is lo
report at Mobil" Alabama. Mon-
day.
o <■ o *
Jones To Leave
For Navv Duty
y J
Manager Of Light ( jmpanv
Now Lieutenant: Succeeded
Here lly W. W. lingers
Russell H Jones, former man-
ager of ihe Texas F.lectric Service
company, Friday was sworn into
the navy at Dallas as a lieutenant,
senior grade, and will report to
Mobile, Alabama, Monday lor
duty as a material officer.
Mr. Jones who lias I icon 'villi the
local company for the past Hi's
years here, will lx* sueei'ciled by
W, W. Rogers, who will take over
as commercial manager. 111'. Rog-
ers comes from Wichita Falls. He
lias U'cn connected with Ihe com-
pany for several years. He is a
single man.
Mr. Jones was to leave Sunday
morning for Mobile his work in
Ihe navy Is-ing based i n thai of
an electrical engineer. His family
will remain here for several men-
lbs. The children. Russell H. Jr.
and Maxinc are in college, Russell
H. al A .<• M and Maxinc at
Southwestern.
Mr. Jones on leaving has leave
■ .I absence from the company, al-
though he ex|M'Cts to make the
■aieer of a n.fval officer a pro-
fession.
While living iu Hrc kenridge
Mr. Jones was actively connected
with the civil life of the city, a
worker in its many drives and
with the service clubs. His leavin;;
'o." e- the [hisi of campaign chair-
aian in the present Red Cms.*
drive vacant.
Mr. Jones applied for his com-
mission several months licforc War
vvas declared and his commission
I'l.eivcd was dated on Decemlior
12.
Japanese Report
Malaya In Hands
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10tU. -
CHS today heard radio from Tok-
yo say Kuala Lumpur, Capital ol
federated Malay Stiilcs, is in Jap
hands.
RUMANIAN ARMS DEMANDED
LONI KIN. Jan. 10 U.R The
German official radio said Imlny |
thai Rumanian soldiers returm d
from the Russian war zone hud
failed to surrender th'ir arms and.
that unless they did so by Jan. 20
I hey would l>c sentenced to death,
"even if lb" reason for neglecting
surrender was not, a political one."
Radio Rerlln carried the an-
nouncement. as a dispatch of the
German ininstsi'im news agency
from Bucharest.
It was made pluin. indirectly,
that the death "enteree ultimatum
had b e "vul • a "I • tf'e so'd'ers
had ."ail-.1 h n ,1. with et* de-
mand for the surrender.
The dispatch said in lull:
"As Rumanian soldiers who have
returii'il from occupied territory
lieyon the Dniester river 'the bor-
der lietween Hi'ssarabia ami Rus.
sia pro|*'rl have not yet haniled
Iwtek llieir arms, ammunition anil
explosives. 12 o'clock Jan. 20 was
fixed as the dale by which they
ntUM have surrenik'red military
arms in their |his.session if they
want to esea|M' punishment.
"All in whose ^'wtsessions mmi
are found after this dale will l*>
sentenced lo death ev n if the
"•a*on for the ••("•'e "ed ""rrrrxl •
a«t i, t a |iM'.al no."
til
• I
— oufl
Japanese Massing Forces
Sin«{a|K)re Fall I a
Feared But Russ
Pressinir Enemv
u •
UiishiiiKton Awaits H.'jnil
Or Hi'k lluttle lit
I'hilipi ines
I'nited Press Foreign Fditor
Japanese armed funi s sma .lied
into the outer defenses of Singa-
)oix' in the Kuala Lumpur seitor
>day but the Axis suit led lie.e.
..lows in Russia and ap|M'.ir>il I"
' e increasingly Ibrcateued on lii<-
tome Iront,
Dispatches Ironi the '.vorld-vvid.
. ,hiin:; /ones showed:
Malaya 't'okyo repoits Jap-
i.iesf troops vv ithm 10 miles o! in
. -ey city of Kuala Lur our. L.'^)
■ itles north il SingajMire. as Unt-
il lull rack through steaming
I ,im:Je. lni|K'tuil luiees expected til
,ake up strongest defense laics
arllier south.
Russia (k'riiians rc|Nirtcd by
<>1 fu i.it Soviet news agency lo t.e
' tarliiig to surrender in mass due
in rapid loss of morale as Re.I
army pincers pusl.es westward .'li-
ter retreating I ,e on Moscow
, Iront; Hitler n porl. il flying rein-
iorcemcnls lo Iront lo prevent en-
trapment of tens of thousands i.
oldii is; Russian planes ImhhIi
.lont Iiim's and vuiiimunicalions
• mles in rear as lar as Lithuania
and Latvia.
1.1 PA A Axis forces sniuslv!
aack into western Libya sp-cil no
relreal until Hriti.-h pursuers e ■
unable lo keep pace; Allied plan.
| mi hiding Fiii- French. ImhuIi ,'n-
emy p. ilions at llalfaya iliell
. iiO|[ on Egyptian I'tontier.
CHINA Chinese forces thriet-
ing al Canton after scoring one .i
illle greatest victories ol war' .a
'.allle at Chan^s'ia,
I'lllLlPPlNKs Tokyo
that advance I'nited Stales pn.-i-
■ lions on Hainan Peninsula iia ■
jiallen but Washington still awnii-
| .ng Wold of expecleii big scale i n-
leiny attack.
Allhoiigh Ihe Japanese obvi.n -
ly were hammering steadily a •,« I
in their drive towntil Sui^ai c
,here Were indications tha; on • oi
llle biggest breaks ol Ihe v r-
might lie building up on Hie 11.. .
sian front as a result ol ihe m
ous Red army oflensives .ill aim.,
llle line.
1*1 ll' e'.lelll I i Vv 11 'il tlie i a-'. i •
front reverses bail sliuk. n I "
Na/i home front still vvas In^hl
Uncvllain, but the trelllelrl ie ,
lossi s in men and machines Inch
luive Ih'cii sullereil in Russia
; poured lor the lirst tiiae in In.1
causing grave uneasiness if noili"
.ng more wiihin Germany
That did not mean that there
vas any iniini d ale dair. ei ol il.;-
I ler losing Ins grip on Ihe < !< miens
or on the |iooplo ol Kurope but.
I with a severe winter sWeepinu
Iiross tljv contincnl, it s., nied bke-
I iy that Ihe Na/i leaders vvnu' !
iace t,ie grav.st situation o| ■.i<•
i var al honte.
Norvell Is Member
Of Crack Band .
CAMP HtiWll-:. Texas .l.iu arv
j 10 'spli Farncst W Norvell. sin
i of Mr. and Mrs. !•>. J. Nerve I o|
I this oily, is a inemb r ol Ihe 1 iL'iri
Infantry Regimental Hand la. i
recently won lop honors in Hand
' competition n| the .'Willi Division
Field Meet w liicli ended Sailed ay
|)i"e.nji"r 20. 1!MI.
The 112nd Infantry Hand, il: 11 •
ed by Warrant iiifieer VV. If Par-
ker. former director of the How-
ard Payne College Hand, w < n
first place in IhiIIi the mafcliicg
and eoneerl performani es. The
judges for the contests were .-el-
ected from the loth Div.sion.
Camp Harkley, Texas
Guerney Residence
Is Fire Damaged
Fin1 Friday night iiIhiuI U:^0
o'elm'k damaged Ihe building and
contents of the residence of Dick
Guerney. m.'J North Rose street.
Fire Chief Ltishy estimated the
damage to furnishings at S500 and
lo Ihe building at XtflO. The hulld-
m-: is owned hv It. 'I, Wrnv. tt
• ;.!rl G y ! -d . ' ■ i:r-
; nee.
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