Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 10, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 14, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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Min. Temp 312
Maximum 64 H
Sunset ' 6:50
SunrikP 8:40
Breckenridge American
TRACKING
pine complkment
STREtT CLEANING
ME MAGE HOME
■ Slightly warmer tonight In
Not lh. Sunday partly cloudy.
•RECKENRIDGE. TEXAS, SUNDAY. JANUARY 14, 1945
PRICE DAILY CENTS, SUNDAY ft CENTS
ALLIES BUSH lENEMY ON THREE FRONTS
pR"l>ARLY never before m his-1
i lory :im a *«,, ,reil, ^ maKn.,
ificcntly the path his futher tread1
before htm We speak „f General
Mac Arthur commanding the land
force* in the Philippines |i w«s
hi* father who curt,mended th<*
land fori-, when the Philippine*
were taken in iff" war of jmiw
4 ND seldom have we i'\<t hr.inl
the rompUment paid a nun
as thai Quincy Ctwbett, toast-
master at the f<M>tI>n ]| iwntiui'i
last night, paid Eck Curtis.
Corbett <ai,j that the fuct h.s
on (Meaning Quin.y Corbett Jr .
who played center for the Buckar-
oo*i was drought under the train-
ing given him by Curtis mad-
worth while whatever it cost him
to move to Breckenridgc
■ ii ■ 0
Starting a few day* ago city
police have tieen placing wan
log" n purke«t rant in starting a
movement to cleor the streets af-
ter mulnigut so that sweeping em
be done.
Later notices to appear in court
Will Ih> put on eais found parked
ears after midnight The warttinic
have been put un a early a* ten
o'clork Oiief of INjIlre Johnn>
Williams 'aid loda> U'.To will be
the time the appearance tickets
w1M go on
Sweeping nights art* Tuesdays
Thunw'.-iy* and Saturdays hut i.i
caw of unfavorable weather th<
awe<-per .nay appear any nighl.
B'llKN the ticket holders appear
W in rwi<l none will ew ape pay-
Ing a fine. Mayoi Jimmy Brewster
■aid today. The street* atmut the
Miller, Sager and Burch hotel are
exempt end< r ii city orrlinan<v
in which contact *a* entered Vi
permit rnr* to remain parked a-
bout the hotel* with the under-
stamping !.v I'ati U would keep the j
•tree, cluaifc
*
SOMETIMES one goes out ol hi*
way to do something lor
Mimcbody and the reaction makes
them won'ter. Then, some one do-
es something and the reaction
warm lh"tn an react* for the ben-
efit of the community.
Mr*. Blake Johnson has receiv-
ed a letter of ai'pn'ciation from
a soldier. John R Bowman .if
Camp Barkeley. which expresses
thank* for tl e golf game provid-
ed him anil his buddy here last
Sunday. When they returned from
the game lhe> said the> "felt like
human lieing* again" and in the
letter Bowman *aid they would
"alway* ai;ry the memory 0< your
fitv community."
And ad'k'd we even got a ri le
to Albany with an Air Con*1 SB'
who *aid hi* name was Furr and
he hail l>eon home on an emer-
gency furlough because of the
death of 'ii« father Mrs. Johnson
got somec lull* for the two and
drove them to the golf course.
How Hn[)j)y Life
Found Stressed
By Minister
returm to old fashioned
virtures is urged «v
rev. thuman aldredge
Right relationship* with one's
fellow man and right relationship
with ChhI were sties-scd by Re\
Truman Al.iredge Friday noon to
Members of the Rreckenndge
Lions Club at their weekly lunch-
eon a* th ' way to happiness
In this lie declared a need fur
new ctupli.iMs on the old fashion-
<<l virtui •.* of honesty integrity
and the \ our age to stand for tli •
thing* th.it ure right.
The minister quoted that what i
mn is to<!.':> he will increasing!) .
he tomorrow, adding that nun1
will he laryely what he want* to
be. decla'ing that a happy life
is not nevxvsarily a life of an ab-
undance if thing*
He told ol one instance he had
experienced of a man w ho ha I
much in tile, wealthy several tim-
es hut who onl> found happincs,
late in hf I*-cause he had reached
an undemanding with God
He toM i f Lord Ryion, a great
now ss from many viewpoints
shortly before hi* death remarking
that he h i | been thinking back ov-
er hi* life and in it all could find
only eleven happy day*, and h"
was wondering if he could make
the number a round dozen befote
he (lied
The speaker wa* introduced bv
Rev. Amos Mver* a* the new Bap-
ti*t mini*' -; in town, and the Rev.
Mdredec in closing said he ha*
founds fi le npirit in Rreckenrld«>
i nd i* happy to work with the
peonle here
President Bill Roger* called at-
tention to rumor*: that Coach Eck
Curti* might be offered the posi-
tion n< Coach at Highland Park
ami put to a vote whether the
-r>t«>rs e nnted him to *tav her"'
he v©
Temporary Respite
I
w
Football Banquet
S|>eaker Stresses
Education
music. fun rcund out
progmam; coaches are
presented gifts
Job Hunting Hike
Shown In Area
EMPLOYMENT OFFICES SHOW
INCREASE AS NIOH AS
S3 PERCENT
Advert war news, flat procket-
books, no borne racing, new con
tract* and the diaft. reclassifica-
tion threat have combined to boost
job seekers 50 per cent over this
region, Henry LeBUinc. deputy re-
gional War Manpower Commis-
siop director, report*.
te wa* a resounding; _ , ...
The flo,v of manpower traffic
thiough the Dallas United States
Employment Service office I* up
85 per ce;it over ohnormally slow
Flying Fortress
"Five Grand" Is
Big Base Hit
SEATTLE <us>~When the Fly-
ing Fortress, "Five Grand,'* rum-
bled into its Third Division basu
in England, it created a sensation.
Base personnel buzzed excitedly
atound tiie huge piane. blanketed
(iainsville Plans
Home For Circus
HOMEr'OLKS TO WITNESS
PERFORMERS KONWN
TO ALL IN TOWN
GAINSVILLE. Tex. <f.R> - For
12 years before the war, the
G'insville community circus tou-
re I Texas and Oklahoma citics.
The \.i1 in- of an education wa*
stressfcil by Boyee House, Fo"t
Worth auiitor .in«i newspaper-ra-
dio eolumist, in addressing the 'hi
iiii.iI Buckaioo foot) all dinner Kn-
ilav ni^nt which filled 'he YMCA.
"Mirabeau I). Lamar, president
of the R.' iublic of Texas, declai-
that cultivated mind i* tle.
■ f'lardian geniu: of democracy,"
l!"-us st dec. "pat M. Nefi hi
I served as speaker of the Texa/
1 louse of RepresentatiVej, as chair
j man of the State Railroad Com
j mission arc! as gcvemor and he i-
lotim'ing «.ut an illustrious «"ir.vr
j us piesid-'ut of a great educatio-
n.%| instit i'ion Baylor University.
"Itobtr: E. Lee. after l«adin«'
the youn^ manhood of the Sou'li
f<!. our years on the battlefield
j spent his last years in trriinine
Southern young men as the pre-
sident of Washington University, t
'♦Thomai Jefferson was ambas-1
si'dor to Fiance, founder of a
great political part>, vlce-pi-esident
nni: finally president of the Unite I
St-lies but when he wrote his own
epitaph h^ named only three ach-
ievement. i: First that h« was the
author of the Declaration of Ind"
|iendence; second, that he wrol"
I he statute of religious liberty
and third that he wa., founder of
the University of Virginia.
"In view of tltese and many
othej similar enreers an^ the fu-
ture fact that Ihe Unite.l States
spenrN more money tor schools
than any other nation, there mini
be somet.iing to education," House
sab! Ir i!rol' tone.
''It thi war continues n year
or more, our armed forces w.'l' [
Three Armies Drive
Deep into Salient
As Planes Raid
on the world battle front* today, the U- ^ Third fleet main-
tained its carrier piane assault in Japanese shipping and shore In-
stallations along the French Indo-China coast, the Russians >vero re-
ported by Berlin to have opened three powerful winter afferu-lve.s
from the Baltic to Czechoslovakia, and the Gtcnians continued .'lil-
ting Iiack hefoic the Allied armies in Belgium.
IXv(iopmcnt* on the principal front*-
I'ucilic third fleet carrier pla-
nes struck for the second day
long a 2.V) mile stretch of th-*
Indo-Chin i const after Kinking S>
Jj'l«ines.' >hipi; end damaging ).'•
others in the opening phase of th >
attack. Sixth army forces on Lu-
zon widened their beachhead to at
least Urt mikv with a six inile
drive Into the Japanese flank on
the.eastern shore of Lingayen tttif
I Weslein Front three Allied .tr
' mles drove into the Ardennes sai-
i lent from west, north and east,.
Reds Blast Hole
In Enemv Line;
o
Bulge Attacked
ay United Press
A Red Army offensive launched
from the Sundomierz bridgehead
west of the Vistula ha* blasted a
37-mile breach in the German de-
fense of Poland and curried foi-
werd 25 miles through more than steadily rolling the Germans ba.-k
rum localities to within 41 miles jf j to'their own border. The Atnerl-
Krakow, K-itevay to German Sil- can Seventh Army rallied to meet
esia. fi strong German counter attack
Premier Stalin announced in .in i on the edgo of the Hcgenau for-
order of the day tonight that es*.
Marshal Ivan S Konevs first Uk- j Eastern Fiont Berlin said tit*'
rninian irmy in a new offensive ; Rus^ian-^ unci smashed into th--
v/est of t te Vistula bioke through ! outlying defenses of Krakow in
the Germ in positions on a 23-mile southern Poland, had started i
front
new drive on a 20 mile sector iu
U. S. Tnr.ks andinfantry opened j east Prussia along the Lithuanian
an ew attack at 6:30 a.m. today | border, ani attacked in force a-
in the Stavelot area of the Ard- long an Ml miles stretch of the
enne;l bulge. Htin"arian Czechoslovak Iiot|"«\
Anicricin fighter-liombers tui*n- B-r'in also reported tenewed fig'i-
ed out in good weather today to ting in (he Memel bridgehead on
blast a cilumn of 700 to 1.000 th«* Haiti"
German vehicles apparently trying j Italy a communique reporter)
to find a safe excupc route back to . h>th the Fifth and Eighth army
Germany lror.i4hc threatened Hou : front* nuiet.
ffalize-St. vlth sector. The British Pacific fleet "is lis.
- | I lever' to he takitv: pert in the
Dr. Dodd To Be
Heard Over Air
Dr. M. E. Dodd. the Baptist
from nose to tail with thousand* i and now it is planning a new sea-1 need men cf trained minds for; Hour gpPilkor for Sunrtay mornlni!
of brightly-colored autographs.
Employer, of one of the Bocin
I sun oi pcriormunccs.
leadership and quick decisions
HiI* uuinavujc urcua was oi-i An(* y°ur youn^ men. in
Aircraft Company plantain Sosl* , ganuod uoiii cc.iimunity talent I P^WMiinlife will deprnrl '1
95-Mile Mail Route
Largest In Nation
BEND, Ore. <UJJ' The longest
ruial po«' -office route in the na-
tion ts operated by the Bend. Ore
|>o*t offirs-. the postmaster report-
ed here, elter receiving compara-
tive figure i from Washington.
Route No. 2. which serves 1.500
customer*, including a large lu;n-
I ioi o«..il entertainment, but its
I popularity demanded coniinou*
large deg.ve on the extent of your
education. May I urge, therefore.
decembcr wcrw, and 45 per cent, nampH <>n fhe ^ Mofv
o\er tho November job applicant^ i ^
(hville W. Krringer. area WMC • .|hird ^on o{ficprs KUnnor>>
d rector, aid Biggest day was ^lund cooks, urnameni
Monday, with 1,700 asking about
tie had celebrated completion ->f
their 5,00ij.h Flying Fortress since
Pearl Harbor by Scribbling their I llU JJgh tne summor .eason. \,haf >,<HJ ul iw every opportunity
I iiig'.w.iy impioveinents wnicu
| are io Isv seen in Gainesville i.t
; tne near tutu:e will give the cir-
! cus groun is advantageous localian
intcr-rcgionui hig'i-
I January- Nth. is leading Southern
| Baptists in an all-out Southwide
| Crusade to win one millon soul*
to Christ in 1945. the Cbntennl il
| year of Southern Baptists, as
announce by S- F. Lowe, of Atlan-
ta. Georgia, director of .the Radio
Committee; S.B.C. The broadcast
bcr ramp, i* 9$ 1-2 miles long, deferred irtbs h*« l*^n no more
There sie 382 muilboxe* a Ion.
the way.
Willurd A lliggins. the postman
who drives the route, has had it
*ince 1942. He started postal work
in 1922 in Colorado.
worker* and ordnance men milled
work othe, office. likewise report ()VW lhc For1n^- hulli ,(K>killg i l *
carefully Io. familiar names. • riK' ul"
lh(,! Crewmen of ' Five G.and" wrote ^C'UM\C ^'Wtlon building of
1 its kind in the country, scaling
N00 p.-;soin. with large ring and
s|mce for unimul. acrobatic, aerial
and comic attractions.
j Engineer! and architects already
Despite popular belief.
work or fignt offer which has rent
many 4-F* seeking occupation ally
effective \han the other pre*s
and normal developments, he de'
clari>d.
Some 3H0.00O men in Texas wh(*
to Boeing official* that the Fort
had bluster) German anti-aircraft
emplacement* on the Dutch coav
preceding fhe Holland invasion.
The Bo'ing bomber was dam-
aged on her maiden run over Ger-
many, but since that time ''no on >
had left the war labor maikets to , has put d hole in her," wrote MaJ.
work in th" harvest fields are now-
drifting liack into the Indoor job*
for the winter, the WMC official
j reported
■fl'i -! Orleans felt most strongly i and the "E *ter Egg", because of , el reus .cheme.
MRS Mildred P Carter ha* re-
ceived a earn Ironi her hus-
band. Capt. David T Cnrier Jr.
in a Jap | n*on eamp in tlH- Phil
ipptnes No 1. which reads;
Everything all right, constantly
thing of y<u and O""0- an?
the Prueas? Tell the boy* to be-
have, ha! All my love".
Another communication is to
Mr*. S. T llamil from Lt M 1
Taylor, who *a>s that on thi* trip
hr met Bill Garrad. fir*t time
•Inre he left Texas IN months ago
he has run Into any one from
Breckrnihlge Added 'Bill I* too
8«t with line record, lie also tell*
of opening their Christmas pre-
wnta.
Abo aai I that Bill him a wound
in the leg hut that lie will be all
rtght.
rjtHOUGIIT For The Moment:
In all instance,, where oin
experience of the pi:*t ha* hesii
Jve i nd uniform, our judc-
as to the further amount*
to moral vrrtalnty. James Beat-
Mr.
£QU!B French fried potatoes
•tay In your mouth a few
minutes, fn your stomach a few
hours, and on your hlpa th* rest
of your life
WAC GRANDMOTHER
RE-ENLISTS
GREENSBL'RG. Ky. ,^ w
Granrlmotlier Vera Henderson En-1 offrc" °r ,ho on hors<'
ni, is Iwck in the Women's Armv I d«-signed tl bring nonessen
Corp* agun, and this time she"""y employed men Into th«. labor
hop *i she's heading overseas Mrslm'rkH ' '« l-ul down absentee-
Ennis served as a Was for thi -e ,!Wn- teWanc said The area WMC
months in 1913 until minor di - i there has reported a lame
abilities brought n discharge A< numhr"" of men Identified with th •
' ran- track and booking agencies
asking for war Job*.
Greatest increa.v is among wo-
men prodded from the kitchen by
adverse wat new*.
Ormonde D. Hatcher, Coleman
Tex.
Hatcher added that the plan:,
also knoarn as the "Shortsnortcr"
are h'_sy with plans for the circus
building, the managrTie-type «oo,
which wtll have circus-style cage
wagons >n an oval uriangement
simulating a menagerie. Others
buildings on the fair grounds will
bo deiignc t in keeping with the
its colorful autographs, was Hv
pet of the Third Bombardmcn*
Division.
to acquire this invaluable pre pan
tlor foi' living?'"
House, good will ambassador of
the Southwestern Exposition and
Fat Stoc'i Show, praised the Buck
aroos for their great record the p . Offpnulvpa
past seasrin. paid tribute to Eck : JL V, v i
Curtis a* tne of the state's out- Iv© DOT ted Hy NRZIK
standing roaches and eulogize.4 j IX)NIX)N, Jrn. 13 <t'.n>- Alarm-
thrt eittilisi: sm and eoorl spoi ls- ea Na/I hrondcasts said tor|a>
manship of Breckinridge citi/en. | th st th? Red Army had opened 2
Quincey Corbett as toastmaster i more ma.iort offensive In Ead
got many l.iuvhs and a program of , Plittssia ind Czechoslovakia and
music and introductions round.'o that a "<;ipantic struggle of deci-
ou th • r>re<rri;m I rive importance is raging" on f
Jovi-e Ml'lcr w s nre 'died iii | GOO mile finnt Is'twer-n the Baltic
a solo, and Arclivtoo Kinchen j rnd the ^>anub ' valley.
G'ven Stev- ert an<t .lu'le S'vco v i —-
in trio, aecompinled bv Fran'«
PMIIppin:'* operr.tions."
Inaugurations At
Austin SimoHf^'l
AUSTIN. Jan. I.', 'U.R- g >
Coke R. Stevenson and Lt. Gov.
John L«o Strilh will be inaugu-
rated for new terms with simple
"•artime ceremonies in the hou-v
cf representative?, here TUe«dav
The nee "ii ti ill lie Stevens at'
ovei 36 stations may b iK'ard ov- thiiri time In trke the Governor'.'
er WFFA at 7:30. ' [oath.
, Both i ffieln| ; me n'etinrlnT
short nddivv.ses which will Is- c.ir-
rl" t rx-er the state hv numerou '■
radio stall in*. Gov. Stevenson said
hi* remans would be limited loll
minuter*.
Rr i-nnptlnit th-< Geve«"ioi-<i wit"'
fe- «imn!|cltv. fi- ||nnl tn.*'""U •
Katl snonsa'*"! hv Austin citi/'""
I* hcin«j omitted.
I*r«f|' Or'®'"" ""Ha
Plpvplnnrf S*r|Vo
soon h* possible *hc re-volun-
teered. she suys, to help bring her
soldier sou home from England to
the son he's never seen Her hus-
band i* a Green dnirg merchant.
SANTA ('LAI S REAL SAINT HERE
Puleliu, Palau Islands. Decern
her (Delayed! Christmas may-
Mem dim and distant now--but
not nearly as remote as it seemed
to the Ai my. Navy, and Marine
men here Just io days before
Chnstmai. 19-14.
It didn'. feet like Christmas or
look like Christmas to the hard
working men who were making an
American nase out of this Patau
Island *o recently wrested from
the Japan.1*? The predominant
thin-;s of life seemed to he the
Minding white coral of the air
strip, tiie stlflingheat. the gnats,
rain and work. Under these con-
ditions, tH sciousness of the tlm*
of year, the season, even the date
er the &ay ... all passed Into ob-
livion.
The men read letter* from home
but they didn't diacuas Christmas
Everyone un the island knew the
great need for hi«h priority car-
go here and beyond- ck er to Ja-
pan. Although nothing wtu said.
was wondering:
many a heart
'•How can the services get Rur'd,
Christmas lockages through at a
time like this 7''
Overnlgnt the news leaked out:
ship* loaded with Christmas pack-
ages ha<| Is'en routed so as to ar-
rived here in time. It was Decem-
ber 15th when the first Christmas
boat drooped anchor. Stacks of
mail bags, some 2fl0Oin the first
group, overloaded the tiny post of-
fice.
Witn the speed of Santa Claus.
extra tent* were erected. Posttl
clerks and extra working parties
stayed on the Job half the nighl
to sort and deliver the packages .o
the many units on the island. Mall
kept pouring in day and night ..,
amphlbkvis ducking the mall hi
from shio* .... trucks receiving
loads from the transport planes.
As the piles of mall Increased
laughter. >mlles and thoughts nf
Christmas came Into the oneni
(Continue On Pag* 4)
Button Collector
Expect* Jap Curios
CHICAGO •l--t? - Collecting but-
tons from the whole world I* the
hobby of 16-year-old Avis Freed-
lund- high school junior. She sew*
them on cards and saves them.
During the last four years she
has collected 25,000 buttons, many
of historic interest. She ha* a
i eproduct ion of Raphael's Sistine
Madonna, two button* belonging
•en Elisabeth, and a mili-
tary collection which goes back to
the Revolutionary War.
She lacks bottom of Jap sol-
dier*. but cxpects her brother, a
soldier in the South Pacific, to g"t
some for her soon.
Bird on vi.Vin and D'lve Singleta-v
ep the s.-i.t;"Ohone
Owh Frk Curtis nre-ented ts«
football tiMvers and eich of t'- •
thre" coaches ivn-o p -seated sub-
stantial gifts hy the squid.
The group plans to open its sea-
son each spring with a nine-day
cnfcarcnv'iit in the building, show
a week at the county fair in the.
I f.'ll and ','ive special |>erformanc^ •
| the remainder of the year- right:
■ In Guinesvillp. ' I *
The people of this small Texas j Germany Raided
: community are anxious perhaps to „„ .
i have the rlicus In their own back
I yard for a chnnge. f°n Klgh'1' fom> hpaN"y **>'"-
brrs escorted by fighter renewed
the winter i.erial offensive against
Germany today.
Birthday Turns Up
Almost Every Dav j v Cleveland. j.m 13 «u.r
lake 1u.ac1d ci.Un. n. Y. <U* ! Nr*m«l power service vvus restor-
"llappy Birthday" seems to be i to a five-county area in and
the tkiss w ud at the Army Ground | °bout tMa iinpoitant war matin-
and Scrvii" Forces Redistribution j facturing renter trxlny a.s slrikin;;
Station here. , employe of t' e Cleveland e!'t'-
I With thousands of overseas re- trie lllu.iiinating company retu.n-
turnees being sent to the station ed to their jobs under orders of
'Woman' In l?S0
Puts Staff In Dither
FORT WORTH. Tex. tUJb- A ]
frantic porter burst out of the do '
v; tor and into the Service men's
Center.
for processing prior to reassign-
ment and with their wives coming
to visit them, the singing of
♦'Happy Birthday" rings out
through the dining room practical-
ly every other night.
SERVICE MEN BUILD CEMETERY
the army to '*work or be fired.'
The strikes, who walked off the
Job yesteidry, were ordered i>>
terminate their wildcat walk >ut
after President Roosevelt directed
the army to lake over the com-
pany* fpciliticr to prevent fur-
ther curtailment of war produc-
tion depending on electric power
from the CEI.
PELEIU, P11Iii Islands (I^'lay
erli Mam.is. soldiers, and sui'
'.There's it woman asleep in one lor*, many of them veterans of
of the bunks on the third floor," | ,he assauit and captured of Pekiu
he yelled to night staff members, j recently vr lunteered to complete it
A hurried conference was lield. i memorial cmetary here as tribute
1 anrl the aight staff rode up to the | '• theii fallen comradr
rlormority room a room for men j With .icurly 1,300 white errsw*
.only. | marking the ftesh graves of men
Air Force Veteran
Injured Driving Car > There sh? v.as. sound asleep, her
PORT MONMOUTH. N. J. <t'.Hi w.-.vy brown hair spread on a pil-
S-Sgt. Wirt en Mitchell of Morris- low.
town. N. J considered himself the *'You can't do this -you'll have
luckiest man In the world after he I to get up. right now," said Clur-
had spent 14 months as an en-' once C. fippltt, one of ihe staff,
gineer and gunner with the 9th "We can't have a scandal. How
Air Force and completed 73 mis-, ril l vou rl In? What are you do-
slon* over Germany with out a ing here?"
■cratch. There was m response.
Tt-rti he came home, went for n j Tippilt rr mrnstrEted, pleaded.
*nln in th-« famllv car. skidded on To no avail.
emy garr>son could improvise.
Shattered amphabiun tanks on
the nearby teef ate a grim remind
er that v-'tcran units of the Fir*t
Marine Division established the
initial beachhead less than 300 P.
away.
Today, across war-scarred Pel'*-
liu on the Jap-built airstrip, sys-
tematic t! rial neutralization of
armed feres cemetery I* nesting i enemy-held Caroline bases by
completion less than three month*, Marine airmen Is continuing on t> j r.tlonlst
after assm-its units established the, round-the-clock schedule.
Leathereeck plane crews, to-j
get her with Infantrymen from thel Tnrtf|tt MnKIIUs.
Armv'* "Wildcat" Division, are „ !T! '*e«
Sen
li's
Five Frenchman To
nie In Revenue
LONDflN. Jrn. 13 iU.IT Berlin
reported .mfciy that five French-
men in German hands had be«n
sentenced! to death "by regular
court p.ncedure" because of the
"persecution nf so-called collabor-
!n France.
first beachhead nearby
Work cf final beautifieution uf
the tlnv site, solemn momumeiit
to fight in,' men of America's ">
.•unices, l.i under tiie direction :i'
a navy 'ieutcnant and Ills crews
of volunteer workets who devol-
.cd off-duty hours Io the ta*k.
Site for the cemetrry. known on
completin;; the work of gradlne
white coral sand and plating wild
flower* on the site.
The mi I'm who had volunteereil
the w.-t payment, struck a tree | The firrure In the bunk was a wax
ntvt end^vj un Ir the Armv ho*-1 a hold over from the day wh-n pre-lnvaden charts as "Orange
pltal here with a split kneecap, the building was part of a depart- j Beach." intc bristled with th«
and oth?r Injuries. ' ment store. ' strongcsl defenses the island's co-
for an afternoon of
planting small shrubs on two ad-
Joining graves—g colonel and Pri-
vate Ml led in fhe same action ear-
ly in Um assault.
Entire Nation
TONDON Jm 13 <t'.K>—Axis
hrondelists said todry that the
-jivornment had orde^v
e < the mobilisation of ell aval'-
"Wo ir-n-vneei- an'' extended mil-
Itnc. een<,r.>i rver the civilian pon
illation to «eet •> growing crisis
Pacific war.
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Hall, C. M. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 10, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 14, 1945, newspaper, January 14, 1945; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth132249/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.