The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 248, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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JOIN THE NAVY!
And Help Texas
WIN THE WAR!
.VOLUME XXIX
ORANGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1942
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NUMBER 248
NORTH AFRICAN BATTL
Postponement Of
Local Gas Rationing
Asked To December 15
The Orange Copnty Gasoline
Rationing Committee has sent a
telegram to Mark McGee," State
OPA Director, urging that gaso-
line rationing regulations be post-
poned ill Orange until December
15 or later because many war
plant workers have not yet reg-
istered and registration supplies
are not available, making it im-
possible for a large number of
citizens to register. The telegram
follows:
Mark McGee, State Director, Of-
fice of Price Administration,
Fort Worth. Texas.
Account short interim between
registration of applicants for basic
A gajsoline rationing and effective
date of regulation December 1 it
is4phyaically impossible for Or-
ange County Panel to process and
dispose of Supplemental, Fleet,
Transport, Non - Highway or oth-
er types of applications coinci-
dent with present effective date
of regulations. The Panel goes
on record unanimously urging the
postponement until December 15
or later date gasoline rationing
regulations. Unless this is done
three shipyards in Orange will be
confronted with grave situation
effecting war production thus se-
riously impeding war efforts. Im-
perative " that- Washington recog-
nize seriousness of this situation
\and every appeal made to post-
C, present date of regulations,
y of our citizens still unreg-
istered*'" "Practically all forms
have, been exhausted for several
days and board been unable to
secure additional supplies requir-
ed. This Panel cannot urge too
strongly that these facts be rec-
ognized as justification for post-
ponement. Believe situation so
seriously alarming thaCSve are air
mailing copy this communication
our senators, congressmen, Triw
man Committee and others ap-
pealing to their patriotic assist-
ance. ^
ORANGE COUNTY GASOLINE
'RATIONING COMMITTEE.
LET'S DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT
A LESSON IN RATIONING
Will be realized by Orange people
when the program is in full op-
erationTin that it will" teach the
people of the value of systematiz-
ing in all matters. Gas rationing
will evidently result in prolonging
the use of tires as well as auto-
mobiles while food jrafioning may
result in a blessing to those who
need to give' more attention to
dieting. Another lesson by ra-
tioning will be to teach the people
that this is not altogether a world
ot. luxury. .
A NEW CITY HALL and fire1
station to include- a new arrange-
ment for handling prisoners, may
correctly be included in the list
of outstanding needs lOr this city.
In spite of frequent repairs the
city hall building, which no\v
houses the various activities oP
the city administration and the
fire station, is. in a dilapidated
condition while the. city jai
which was sufficient in former
years when the population was a-
roiind 8,000 certainly can inot be
considered as adequate to serve
a population of 35,000.
A MODERN NEW HOSPITAL
in immediate prospect for this
city will fill an emergency need.
The city administration,headed by
Mayor Abe Sokolski with the aid
of various groups and individuals
are entitled to much credit for
what promises one of the" great-
est blessings yet received from
the bountiful hand of the national
government.
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PROCLAMATION EDEN DELIVERS
MESSAGElO 1
PARLIAMENT
XMAS SAVINGS
INCREASES AT
BOTH BANKS
An increase of $(1,229.00. in
Christmas savings this year over
1941 is shown in records of Or-
ange's two banks who announced
today in a joint statement that
the Christmas saving service
would be continued next year.
The Orange .National bank re-
ported Christmas savings this
year totaled $20,000.00, an in-
crease of $2,000.00 over 1941
while the First National bank
showed Christmas Savings de-
posits of $15,642.00, an increase of
$4,229.00 over last year. '
A big jump in Christmas buy-
ing may be expected in the next
few days when this money is
made available to the depositors.
WARDENS ARE
GIVES WHITE
HELMETS
A number of regulation white
helmets were distributed to air
raid wardens at the,regular meet-
ing held Tuesday night at the
courthouse with Forrest C'lough)
deputy chief air raid warden in
charge,
Prior to the general session, dis-
trict "wardens met with A J. Me-'
Kenzie, city - county civilian de-
fense director presiding.
The district wardens . include:
FrahR~Lankford, Oscar Dancey,
Dave Journeay, J. M. L. Flake, O-
C. Gammage, Lee Holley, .1. W;.
TfTigpcn
Nazi Casualties
Now Numbered
t At 100,000
i "
| Moscow, Nov- 25. (AP) — Ger-
|man losses in dead and captured
alone had rocketed close to 100.-
000 as the Russian ..counter - of-
fensive gained momentum and
squeezed the invaders' escape cors"
rldor from Stalingrad down to a
width of 30 miles, battlefront dis-
patches reported' today.
"" From the long - besieged city
the Russians'reported rolling back
a Nazi wedge to the Volga, clear-
ing another avenue for supply
and reinforcement of the "garrison
which alraedy is lashing out from
its defensive positions and beating
back the Nazis street-by-street.
Northwest of the city the Rus-
sian .offensive penetrated B0 miles
into the d.epth. of German de-
fenses Within the great Dun bend,
US. "I. Uirdy, ClWrlcs Pe- and tir tire 'rorrttrwpst the thmHomr
veto, Hugh Myers. Harry Bishop, had stabbed 6.5 miles'into the ln-
and T. VV'. Lawler, the iattcr bc-jvaders' lines. The jaws of the
ing in charge of incoming high- nutcracker still were closing
USO Schedule Of
Activities
WEDNESDAY, November 29:
8:30 a. m. to 9:1.5 a. m. Ladies
Physical Fitness Class-
9 a. m. to 10:30 a- m. Spanish
& French ClaSs, Navy Addition.
6:15 p. m. to 7 p. m. Modern
Dance Class, Social Room. i
8 p. m. to lo p. m. High School!
Thanksgiving Party, Social Room-
THURSDAY, November 26:
7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Spanish Class.
Reading Room.
Social Room Reserved for Ser-
vice Men after 6 p. m.
FRIDAY, November 27:
8:30 a. m. to 9:15 a. m. Ladies
Physical Fitness Class
2( p. m. to 4 p. m. Arts &
Crafts. Navy Addition. "j
8 p. m. to 10 p. m. Movie Navy
Addition: New York Town with
Fred MacMurray and Mary Mar
tin. also funfilled comedy.
SATURDAY, November 28:
9:30 a. m. to 12 Noon. Boys
Woodwork shop in Navy Addi-
tion.
1 p. m. to 4 p. m Girls Sewing
Club in Navy Addition.
8 p. m. to 10 p. m. Movie USO
Club: New York Town with Fred
MacMurray and Mary Martin, al-
so funfilled comedy.
Meat Conserving
Pamphlets Will -
Be Distributed
For every household in this
county there is literature available
on ways to Conserve essential
meat products which arc vitally
needed for our prosecution of the
war, R. E. Smith, Director of the
Office of, Civilian Defense for the
Eighth Region, said today.
How much meat each adult and
child is now supposed to eat. in
adjusting tlje meat diet for actual
meat rationing, is outlined in ma-
terial to be disributed by Block
Leaders for town and city, and
by Neighbhood Leaders for rural
areas, during the week of No-
vember 30 to December 5.
Literature prepared and sup-
plied by the Office of Defense
Health and Welfare will be used
throughout ,th.e nation in the!
Meat Conservation Program. Dis-1
tribution will be ynder direction j
of the local Civilian Defcnse.-I
Council, in cooperation with the j
State Defense Council. I
Technical and educational su-'
pervision of the Meat C'onserva-1
ion Program is in the hands of j
the State, County, and Municipal!
Nutrition Committees.
The Extension Service and U.
•j. D. A. War Board have assumed
responsibility for taking 'Share- I
he-Meat-for-Vietory" message to j O. D. Bytler, county tax asses-
rural people. Mr.'fcmith safd that isor collector. announced today 'Orange county where the planter;
should Householders not get leaf-j that a total of $238,914.39 in taxes ( have- made good use of idea
"ets on the Meat Conservation was collected In October "oh the;weatbcr conditions and mode ex
"Cowboy" Henry
Is Captured
In Beaumont
LOCAL "HOME
FRONT" HERO
SAVES TWO
ways.
A negro, Elsworth Evert, who
has just completed a course of
Instruction- on civilian defense at
Prairie View College, Will be in
charge of all wardens til the ne-
gro section of the city.
73 PER GENT
OF OCTOBER
TAXES PAID
A communique added 3?4I id
more German dead overnight to
the toll in the Stalingrad - Don
sector alone, raising the. official |
count of the killed to. 44.000 in
all of the heroes who m >■ y\ «"<
^nd fighting to nresery/,cuti<
/in is lay I tig - oi' iii Hon; Ion, Tex
Not
.jworkiiijf
the ideate of denioev
our'tiOnstituUor) anil bill
tire-on Guadalcanal or in
Some of them are :;till
Austin. Tex.,'Nov. 25. (AP)
State police were Informed today 11,anspoi't plane llw ,
Beaumont city polieerntfh raptured!,W(,r„
Claude (Cowboy) Henry in a water. The .IU-22 als<
Beaumont iWiinif house
Ileniy^convictrd slayer, fled the
Texas prison fanfi Monday.
No detaih/'of the capture were
Immediately available.
Beaumont is near "the Louis-
iana ^Texas line, and less than 50
mllyif /rom Lake Charles, La>,
whore his wife, Annie Beatrice
WHEREAS . Thursday, Novem-
ber 20, 1942 has been set aside by
j Presidential proclamation as
Thanksgiving bay arid made a
national holiday; and
WHEREAS, the people of this
nation have much to be thankful
for in ,as much as this Continent
has not been invaded despite the
fact we are engaged in ai.lei-ribie
War; and our homes and our fam-
ilies have been spared from' air
jcjuds and other tjnemy action;
| TH KR EFORfeH|>s mayor of the
j city ot -t nfiTTtfe.Tiy the power vest-
ed in mo by the people, do pro-
claim. Thursday, November 26 lis
Thanksgiving Day and so order
that it be observed as a holiday
by all those people who can bo
spared from their labor on that
day. ''
Signed: AIm^Sokolski,. Mayor
City of Orange (seal)
HUGE NAZI
SEAPLANE
IS DESTROYED
London, Nov. 25 (AP) — A
Reuters dispatch said today that
a mammoth German transport
j .seaplane, capable of carrying up
I lo 80 fully.equipped soldiers, was
| shot into the sea yesterday off the
! eastern 'coast of Tunisia by RAP
! lonn-rnnge,.lighters from Malta.
The dispatch called the craft a
Blohm and Voss 222 —■ appar-
ently a huge,t new.-type by the
makers of-I'iyltig %oats which the
Na/.fs used experimentally for
flights across the Atlantic befo're
the war.
Three RAF lighters sighted it
north of Linosa island, midway
between Tunisia and Sielly,'' fly—
ing northward and unescorted,
presumabTyTPt liming to Sicily
after having landed enemy rein-
fOVcements in Tunisia.
No one was seen to -escape as
the plane crashed into the water
Later, When fighter planes from
Malta shot down u 4jtf-25 Germar
in the same area
iggling in the
lso was un-
escorted. /'
<-A Dornier 24, escorted by threi
ME-IOiJ'a was- intercepted lie
tween Tunisia and Sicily arid dam-
aged.
ey set out-
of j>fght.s jinan.
are><"roni Jo) Henry awaits electro-
Saturday < loi thtt
ileStr'
i Algeria.
-Tight at 'oi
CJfficcrs in that vicinity Were
hi the alert for (he fugitive, who
home doing the job that* they have j escaped from a Texas state pris- j
to do in times of pe,^ce as well asjon farm Monday, in the belief he.j
war. . might try to reach his " doomed]
Such a „her«y is Mitchell Block, I Wifi, '
six days
es said the tally wUeii all t^'port-
were in would be close to 50.000
The .communique gave tio spe-
fotr-man
LOCAL LIONS
ATTEND ZONE
MEETING
•i - M
While the Russians threatened
Adolf-ttitlbr with his greatest mil-
itary disaster of the war, Bri- .
tain's Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden told parliament in London
that tlie. battle for North Africa
had reached "an exceedingly crit-
ical phase"
Capping this ominous statement.
however, he. declared:
"The British first army, strong-
ly supported by United States..
forces, is making its way eastward
over enormous distances with the
utmost possible speed -j- greatly ,
helped in the advanec by the
v igorous .resistance . which " the
French troops of Tunisia already
are offering to the German and
Italian invaders."
. Hitler's high command reported
heavy air blows'against the Brit-
ish in Libya and the Allies"' in
French North Africa, but said
there was "no fighting of import-
ance" on either battlefront.
Oth"r reports said the Germurls,
desperately seeking t(5 hold the
key North African buffer state,
had landed still more troops at
the back door of their Bizerte-Tu-
iiis perimeter of defenses and were ;-
throwing heavy reinforcements in-
to Tunisia.
A Vichy broadcast, sold the
Nazis had landed reinforcements
at both Gabes and Sfax, south of
Tunis on the Gulf of Gabes.
Without confirmation elsewhere,
the Berlin radio asserted that the
British 1st army had "suffered a
severe setback In its attempt to
Kaln ground In the Tunisian-AI-
geriajn frontier area "
The' broudeast said German and
Italian tank troops ambushed'
British tank spearheads and sev-
eral motorized columns in the
(quintal mountains, and declared
German sappers had cut off the
line of retreat for most of the ad-
vanced British forces by blowing
up two hairpin bends in the road.
Allied dispatches pictured the
struggle as'hearing a showdown
clear aCfoss Tilnisia 'frhm the Al-
geriati . Tunisian frontier region,
-with the Axis entrenched, in a 30-
rnile deep zone along the north-
coast. ',\'i
A spokesman at United NatUimT
icadipiarters in North Africa said
'J. S. army troop* and French Le-
llotw drove back a German
icreening force southeast of Tu-
iis, the capital, while British
roops compelled a similar Axis
icreen to retreat in the north a-
ound Bi/.ertc. ' ( "
American parachute .troops
u a id i n li ,-m in i' lii'lft in fl<..
'the Levingston | When last seen in the .vicinity j
Company, who of the farm he and another con-I
and battlefront dispatch-!?., . ... ?
iShipbuildiligiC company, wno;oi me farm ne nnu anoiner con-i A group of Oitflnge Lions; in
I limbed into tli< hold « l ari oil vict fled. Henry win traveling hif^fuditiff George Craft, O, D. But
I barge one day' thn. w.-ek. to drag'the direction, of'.Louisiana ii> - a ler and John Tierney, altende-
cific figures on Germans
tured overnight, but
cap-
out two of hits workmen who de~ stolen truiik.
dij;n'd(iie-( the precaution of Misfng itwl -Ross Dickey, Beaumont chief of
said the previous tf.tal „l iuiiumi ",:,sks hi"' notifi«d^«T'Police l)i-
now, too, was probably close to ' ,, rector Hom^.^rnson, Jr. ol
1 lie men recovered quickly and,the capture in a tek^jhone mes-
are bat-k rm the job bitt had it tsage- -.—'—
not been ,lor the bray cry -andf ^
alertness of their foreman then
chance's would not have been m>
good. .
50,000.
Rice Harvesting
Near Completion
This week is expected to witness
the end of the rice harvesting in
Program during the week begin-
ning November 30, they should
contact one of the agencies men-
tioned. which has local offices,
preferably the local Civilian De-
fense Council,
current tax roll. icellent progress in spite of the
This sum represents 73.H1 per!atute shortage of labor-
cent of the entire current tax roll! H is generally admitted that
and is one of the highest records I tbe use of the combine, a new
of collections in October for many'type of machinery that .cuts and
years. 'thrashes thegrain in a sinfrif. op-
eration. has served a Splendid pur-
pose in overcoming the handicap
incurred by labor shortage.
NURSERY SCHOOL TO BE PLACED
ON TUITION BASIS IF BETTER
ATTENDANCE NOT OBSERVED
Unless there is a sharp increase'ing this week;' however, a much
No Leader
On Thursday
in attendance at the Nursery
school for children- of working
mothers, opened Monday at the
First Baptist Educational build-
ing, the school will be opened, on
a tuition basis, to children whose
mothers are not working, it was
announced today.
The achool, operated under the
Community Service Division of
the Orange Public school system,
has been opened only to children
whose mothers are employed, or
are training for employment.
About fifteen have been attend-
larger number registered in the
advance registration, but have
not attended.
Mrs. ,W. R. Davidson, director
of the Community Service Divi-
sion of the Orange gchoolSj will be
in charge of the school until De-
cember 3 when the director. Miss
Beth Hooks of McCaney, Texas
will arrive t-to-take up her duties i
Assistant directors
M. B. ARNETT
IS PRO AT
SUNSET GROVE
M * li. Arnett, recently of San
Antonio, has been employed by
the Sunset Grow aounhy club as
pro manager irf tW tifllf links and
club, effective tortpy.. p
Mr Arftett i*'a part owner of
the Professional Golf Company, of
Nashville, Term , manfactur'ing Beautiful is the activity which
concern, Which luis. been closed works for good, and beautiful the
He stillness which waits for good;
jwas actively connected with ac-jblessed the self - sacrifice of one,
Draft Board
Meets Tuesday
Orange County Draft board met
at the courthouse Tuesday after-
noon to classify and reclassify
registrants, Mrs John Lea, chief
c|erk, announced- —
Gems of Thought
To ait honest mind, -the best
j<«t<4iiikiU's <if a place kre the
idjvjjitageK'' it gives for doirig good.
Addison.
II wt# iinrl the job where we
can be <-/! use, We. arc hitched to
the •of the world and move
with It. Richard Cabot.
Because of the Thanksgiving
Day holiday Thursday. November
20, there will be no publication of down for1 the war duration.
the Orange Leader on that day. ,wtl8 actively connected wit..
The next Issue will be publish-! tiviticra of the Nashville concern and blessed the self - .fotgyt^ul-
when it was in operation.
Mr. Amett takes the place va-
cated several weeks ago by Ray
Garrett who went into training as
an aviaUir at Dallas.
the Lions club zone meeting hel-
Tuetiday night at Port Neches.
George Craft; zone chairman
presided.
Rotarians Hear
Forrest Clough
Torrent Clough, deputy air-rai
warden, was the principal speak,
er at the regular Tuesday jrioo,
luncheon meeting of the Orangt
Rotary club lie reviewed the
system UHed In- detecting enemy
plane,s within an area and exhib-
ited, tiw type- of White helmets
also the aim bands Worn by the
ail' raid, wardens.
Clough yntk inlroduced by A J.
McKenzie, program chairman.
W. T, Barrett, president of the
club, announced that It, C. Marsh
had been named on- the board ol
directors-
Attendance: record for the- club
over the past month was given as
77.25 per cent.
jusm officially credited wUlt,
iaging an Axis column and tak-
ng a number of prisoner's.
Meanwhile, American P-38
ightcr planes ranged the skies
iver the Axis - invaded colony,
Minting down German and Ital- ■
un concentrations, strafing troop
•oliimns and battling growing
iurnbers of Axis aircraft. 'Four !J
Vazl pjanes were shot down near ;;
iabes yesterday, it was announc- i ,:
•d. i
A Berlin broadcast said Ger- ,-vj
nan bonibers destroyed several
Vmerican planes 'on the airpor(
it Bone, in Allied - occupied Al-
Tefia, and knocked out 18 of ar
ocpmotives in an attack along
he Algiers coastal railway: "
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COURT House
NEWS
A rather unusual circumstance
was reported by the night police
force this morning, wherein a re- v
lourceful negro was anprehtTrtted -
in completion iif the act of pawn-
ing a tire off a truck which he had
stolen and was returning A
charge tif theft was filed by Act-
ing Police Chief Bob Jlass.
ed Friday, November 27.
CITY BRIEFS
AYCOCK HERE
E G. Aycock, delinquent tax
are Mrs. j attorney .frorh Fort Worth arrived
Velma Ixigan and Mrs. Lora Min-!ln Orange today to handle busi-
nie Prasutick, who are already ininess at the Orange County Delin-
Orangc. . 'quent Tax oflice.
ness of the other: — Collyer.
Confiscated
Money Given To .
Salvation Army
The sum of $10, confiscated in
a diee game raided in Orange re-
cently. and unclaimed by partici-
pants, was turned over to the Sal-
vation Army by Bob Bass, acting
police chief, ^ ■■■ ^
Bass said he Wanted the. uti-
claimed money to be vised "for a
, M good purpose, and felt the Salva-
the province's muni-jhr>e,'* meaning Light on the Moun- It ion Army Would pfopcrly handle
What has nht unselfed love a-
chlevet^for the race? .All that ev-
jer was accomplished, and more
than history has yet recorded- /<—
Cap 'de la ' Madeleine, Quebec. J Mary Baker ftddy.
founded in the 17th century hnd
once a "pulp town," la now im-| Idaho Is an'Indian word, "Kdahigood purpose,
portant in
Isons production. 'tain, 'it
Pipe Sections /
Assembled Here
Loading of barges a't the mil-
hicipal docks with pipe sections
assembled at the municipal dock$ >
to bo welded by the Texas com-
pany,- preparatory to distribution
along the Louisiana division of
the oil pipe lift*, was In progress 1
today. It was understood that
laying of the 10-Inch oil line from
a Texas point, had reached a point
Within about a mile of Orange.
A sufficient amount of pibe
the laying of 40 miles of tne
line, was assembled at the mu-
nic'ipal docks here, beginning Sev-
eral months ago.
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