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&&2SI& *mau" Seabees Defeated
The Psrific war reached a now
'turaKi )'<>' >1 lodsy, launched aus-
picious y I.y tht> Lrst Allied of- Uf:n Cj-t.fr Timn
tensive bombing of the Philip- ttUI i llbl I IITlc
pines,moi o P.-M attacks on har- ,
ried Japan, liberation' ot Guam The Navy Cruisers scored the
and l>y a historic Roosevelt-Mac- Rl'cs' uPSPl ol l,1': current Or-
Arthui -Nimitv: meeting which an"c w"me"5 volleyball league
season by edging out the Fighting
SAL
may have set (the U. S. course to-
ward Tnkjfo itself. ' ScaBces, 20 to ^J, ut the Girt'*,
. The triphammer blows rained f<J,rnlt01 ^ 'ast nifi''t- 1,1 'he pre-
upon t:.em from every quarter ifti-E/l"lc , ll?e dormitory
pelled the Japanese to begin work J>«kic9 s"b""wJ 1J|® . ,A llC tor
on a plan "for strengthening of Queu"s. ■fs"22> lo'' their f"'st vic"
domestic defense." The Japanese 7.,° I"5 ye8r' , ,
cabinet decided to outline such a ' six successive wins m the
plan by Aug. 15. fl^st lwo rounds, the lea;;ue-
Superfortresses flying out of '«ad'n« £****?„ fell before the
China yesterday bombed Naga- ***** P'«>' of the Cruisers. The
saki on Japan's home island of Jf " WB<'■ thriller from startlo
Kyushu, where planes are made. *. "n5* , owtcomc was in
Another group of the sky giants doubt right down to the last mm- cpnducl ^
based in southeast Asia inflicted ~ 'me e rui3,f^8 starting Sunday August 13 at the announced
damage on the big oil installations'® a. . lo 1J?1 "is £/ovc schoolt Rev. W. W. Kennedy, 7TT • . *
Aat PaleitibanR on Sumatra. Of Jj'Wnph brought the determine^ pastor 0f the CoVe Baptist Church Kfi6D W^l To SflVP
the Nagasaki raid, Tokyo ack- Cruisers within one game 6f the ann„Unccd today. \ IXCCp fTCII IO JUVe
nowledged that "the manner in a , , /
which the enemy carried out his . A"<"hcr upset victor, the fjais-
attacks was extremely fierce." ^ thc
GRAVES DARBY
Evangelist Graves Darby
Allen G, Pikes of thc Houston
if'r" or the War Prbduction
' o ird who was in Orange yester-
I y Said th:U waste paper was
ho No. 1 salvage problem lacing
h s country now and-Ke-tirgcd
. 'at county paper salvage chair-
men over the state double their
efforts in getting people and in-
dustrial plants to save newspa-
pers, magazines and cardboard.
The next city - wide pickup in
Orange will be held on the last
Sunday in this month, August 27.
Boy scouts, scout leaders and
truck operators will assist in the
all day effort, according to Mrs.
Roland Gravett, paper salvage
chairman.
The national paper salvage
will drive will open August 20 and
ei^ht day revival extcnd through September 20, Mr.
was
The terse war department
nounrement said thaV the .
were "medium-sized.".^
Davao, chief Japanese
Mindanao, southernmost of
win column aftc six futile at-
raTds tf'mPls ,,lis summ'er./ It was a
hard - fought match, though, and
the Daisies had an uphill climb „ „
all the way. / Thc All,gator Uo"' nfv' Kcn"edy s;ud
thr r\ ■ ,"wv , KAI*IMPPC Will ho Y\
<"*- Queens, who had previously won
The services arc being moved Man-Power Days
from the church-to the school in - — - - '-
order that more people may hear
the famous blind evangelist
whose soul stirring messages havyAustin, Texas, Aug, ,t.l. —With
won for him a national reputn- Ihp United Slates e\pcrioncing a
Says Dr. G. W. Cox
Philippine . islands, waa oumocni jWo contests from the Daisies, led
or the fiwt time since Corregidor at thc lntermission by „ 17.15
fell May 6, 1942 in three raids be- count
ginning Aug. 7. Gen MacArth- rWc ,cague standings.
ur s raiders, presumably flying Team
from newly - won New Guinea jrjRhtin£* Sea Bees
area bases, caught Davao with its Navy cruisers
lights up, and smashed airdromes Alligator Queens
from which Japan could contest i)ormit„ry Daisies
future landing attempts by Allied
forces. '*
Services will be hel.l
morning at 9:110 o'clock and-
evening at 0:15 o'clock.
n i>y*
/\ defense indus-
iiofii accidents and
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All-Stars To Meet
Coast Guard Ten
\h'
this new blow MacArthur an-
nounced that Japan's trapped
18th army, once 60,000 strong, had I n Arthllf
betn crushingly defeated. Its wl 1 1,,M"
remnants s"nt fleeing Itno New Boastins „ 7.6 win oWr ,hc
Guinea's mountains and toward Beaumont Church League All
bypassed V/ewak. The IRth a sta'rf, the Orange Commercial
casualties in the last month were Lertfiuc A„ star soaba„ tcam
, estimated at 18,000 dend
wounded
integrated.
A* an army it hai
andAujn invade
evening for
/'"''aviI
d dis/ qvq
o'clock start.
The local All
showed fine forn
for a 'fi:30
star aggregation
A
Port Arthur . this
u game with thc U.
S. Coast Guard ten iit Woodrow
Adm. Nimitz announced last ^'lson Junior High/ School field
night that Guam was now restor- „.„,e ,'s
ed to the' y. S. Reconduest' cost
1,214 Aixlcricnn dead/anfy 6,033
other ca:
lost HI,9'., u
within superfortcss range of Ja- J f>Pp"|"S tilt the All Star corn-
pan, the Philippines and China. tb,ne whipped the Episcopal-
A few enemy survivors were be- team of the Orange
ing dug out of caves and ravines. Church, League by an 11-7 count.
This series ol hard blows was the Beaumont club the
capped by establishment of am- Stars led by six runs in the
phibious fleet and troops head- S?,V<Ln inning, only to falter and
quarters by Adm. Richmond K. Li*1'1 'oss game away.
Turner on Saipan, first of thc The recreation commission is-
Marianas islands to fall. . This sAu,?d r"'1,iw,'1« 'ine"P f,,r th''
meant the U. S. navy was setting Sthrsi Smith, sf; Glpson, ss;
up an advance base 3,000 miles 5?ol^an' " *00'' Bean, 3b;
Green, cf; Couvillion, rf; I'lexeo,
/sua I tics. Tl/e Japanese snowca line lorift in capturing it
&71 dead and an island s®cond contest oT the season. In
each j s per mont.i
each v- S A{one
illness, Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State
Health OHicer, ip intensifying the
'! cxi s State Health Department's
effort to cut down thc total days
lost in this state.
"The number of man-days lost
from accidents alone each month
reaches an alarming total. But
when wo consider that there are
nine times more absentees from
.u 1U A ,, communicable and other diseases
thc North Orange BuptHfj, becomrg ,ppllren(Dr. Co5e fts.
sci ted, "why • it is necessary to
urge that each indivlsf&ai protect
h.s o^n* health to the 'best of his
ability. i
Communicable disease and even
mild ipi icmics inii seriously han-
dicap the nation's war effort bv
slowing down the production of
the food and supplies necessary
for speeding victory. Careful at-
tention to personal hygiene, im-
North Oranges upset win puts miiiii/ation! pinper nutrition, suf-
ficient rest, fresh air, and sun-
shine is the personal responsibil-
ity ol every individual at/ thi|
Jime.
"It is our job," Dr. Cox said,
"to fight sickness and accidents.
Production can be boosted and
lives can be saved by strict ad-
Methodists And
Baptists Tie For
Church Leag. Lead
Pummeling two pitchers for 17-*
runs,
Softball team drubbed the First
Methodist ten, 17-4, to hand the
Methodists their initial defeat in
the Orange Church League in the
fciituie game of a twin bill at
West End park last night. The
Lions Club was awarded a 10-0
iorlcit victory over the Rotary
( ii:b when the latter failed/ to
field a fulj team in a scheduled
Coirutatrvial League tilt.
triua.v, Aujiuhl ii, i:.4« KMnW
iMlO Rio Grande Critrus Ass'n
Lou l^inaiey.s Urcta.
i irk lri-,cy
-ci.y ,u. the Pirates
ilop harridan \
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Sea Hound
Up to tne iVIInute News
Dinner Music
Henry J. Taylor
Lone Ranger
Watch the World Go By
Parker Family
Meet Your Navy
Gangbustcrs
Spotlight Bands
Cornet Story Teller
Earl Godwin
Ted Malone
Blondie
Star Reporter
Eddie Oliver
Variations by Van Clevc
A. P. News
Gay Claridge
Les Brown
A. P. News i
Sign Off
Saturday, August 12. 1944
6:00 Six 0'Clock| Edition
Farm Fair /
Musical Ey> Opener
I ally War )'u/i 11<iI
Sabine TabernnVtf
United Nations flcfttut
Breakfast Club
Fane •• 1 ■ ' "resents
Ozark Ramblers
On Stage Everybody
Land of the Lost
Modulated Moments
News of the Blue
harm and Home Makers
News Summary
Transatlantic Quiz/.
Swing Shift
Women 'In Blue
Sez You
Twenty-One Stars
Eddie Condon's Jazz Con
,rn t
limir'f! Hewlt
Conceit O-chest i a
STAGE hug been reached in Or-
■ n:c and has been demonstrated
through agencies of the Orange
chamber of commerce under lead-
ership of President Geo. S, Col-
')urn and his co-workers. In for-
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,-Bv Hewitt MftpVwtti'" Ai <-oeiated
pr-ss Wer A^w'vs*
WttiV w't" wi'iC"" for " clue
to the mystery of the battle of
l'"-1''' lj 'fclt *asi" her strategic advantages has been
!UK , 'j' , "rm?,;cdJ °.rcc classed as a "Sleeping Giant",
which "' ?" ;v__ ,lt'ae^...^"" Under present conditions with the
awakening period on, Orange may
By Dwlght Pitkin, Associated
Press War Editor ' 'fe
The battles west of Parts whirl-
ed through the rolling countryside
,mci yca.rs ,0rn'1«e the Ught of toword thc cily.a ]axt 5jj.m|ie d0.
tkika, ail<A I Ct ft i /I ItnltAHV A fl l\i\n l\AOIt * a * a r), yfl
fensc zone today with Allied wnr-
gers and Nantes in its race for the
French capital) the Russians are
providing us with another first Awnkc.. And the stage of "Let's
lass mystery as the battle of the Q s th„ About ir ha8 ^
Iflitliiln Hindi l.< (n 11m nlimnv 1 "
Immm). reached.
well be classed as a "Giant UI>d Lolre rivers.
A innUn" A>t<l (Kit rlnovi . r 1 iil'n ....
planes smashing at German ar-
mor in direct support of American
farces fanning out between the
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Vistula swells to its climax.
The tip comes from thc Ger-
mans in their announcement that
the Muscovites are developing ^
flanking movement west of the
upper Narcw river, that tsv'>*lbng
1 V
the jig-saw puzzle, .von see that
thc Red forces ostensibly —
thouph perhaps as a .ruse — are
pursuing at the moment the same
stratc y employed by the Hussian
nimles which met terrible disaster
in Eust Prussia in the Inst. war.
Back in* 1914 the Russian plan distinct
(or cone " st of Kast Pi ussia was until the proper
to Advance with two armies, one
111 the in i th and thc other lo thc
■«: ^ f the notorious Masurian
Inks region. Thc northern army
iiU.ii.kod near the Insterburg gap,
ciij-t i>f Konifsbcrg, and flung the
Germans back. Then the south-
ncn) army drove up against thc
r.r.rrnnns in the Allenstein sector
The Allied communique
that "aircraft continued close i
pwt cf the
Le Mans where 'fa tanks -S
NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED by (Ic,t,.oycd> Headquarters'>oW-
Orange and Orange county pen- everVaBain kept the enemy gUM.s- r i,
pie at this time is the matter of jn6j 0R to'Where the lightning was
further highway development, striking and wrapped In secw-cy
Gen, Omar
with commu-
that this place has equal advan- nk.atioI)s di8rimted by rapid fire ;S
tages with Beaumont, Port Ar- punchu, lhe Germans themselves
thur and other points within this appeuled iock a true picture ol .
area. For the Evangeline high- the situation; /
way to be completed to Beaumont Unofficial reports put the /
with the Deweyville road to re- |can advance beyond Le
•M ■> I M ««l*.A#l .• u «I a ft M n • t AM ■ • • «*V k • 1 «1 '
the southern border of East Pru$- ith ..nl.l|,,.1i.P u„ SH'iKing ana wrap
sla When you tit this bit into ^,th P^ 'cular reference to tlte the dcplh o( Lt, ,
bia. wnen you in uns uu iiuo De^yy,! c roa(j in orc|er to see Hnull^v H drive*
tip tin-saw duzz e. vou sec that ... ., . ■ ol naiey s urivts..
and precipitated the historic bat-
tle of Tannenbcrg in which Field
Marshal yon - Hindenburg in-
flicted a great delcat on the czar-
ist forces. \ v.
the Baptists in a tic lor first place
i/t thc league with thc Methodists.
loth teams have registered two
v ictories against one .^tlvack. The
Methodist combine was minus thc
services of three of its star per-
formers, including Pitcher Red
Wealherford. In thc first meet-
ing of the team Weathcrford al- hcrcnee to community and indufl-
lowcd the Baptists one hit while trial hygiene standards and lull
lining eleven. Rev. .laioy Weber cooperation in such community
paced the North 'Ji ang" Baptist' projects as mosquito control and
with a home run and a
Lefty Collins al.-o hit lor
attack
single.
the circjit for the winners
George Toal homered for
losers.
and
the
3erman Paper Says
Manpower Dccrecs
Dan Entertainment
London. Aug, II. (AIM • Adolf
iliHer's ucwspapci Voelkischer
Beobachter was quoted' today by
the Berlin radio Ms saying the
new German scrape-the-barrel
manpower decrees were only thc
beginning and declared that "this
time wc mean business."
The decree banned normal en-
teitainment, ordered domestic set1-
wints into industry .or the 'army,
icquiicd women up to 50 to work,
rat extermination for preventing and ordered many industrial
the spread of malaria, dengue, workers into the army,
and typhus fever. Lews of time A Moscow broadcast reported
icoders aid to the enemy and must mass arrests in Germany not
be able to depend on peak pro- only among generals and senior
The aging Von "Hindenburg had
spent much of his lonjj life study-
ing thc Masaurlan lakes, He used
to torture his troops with .grilling
maneuvers each yea
hospitable country. Folk regard-
ed hun as daft on the subject, but
when it ciimc to the show-down
in East Prussia 'he kaiser sent for
t ie ''old man of the lakes" as the
"lily general who knew that rc-
)■ ion.
We1! now, the Russians once
more are driving against the East
iinssiiiii boi-leti, e i>,t ot the In-
sterburg gup, and the Hitlerites
hnv e been countci - attacking with da.wh o If/ a son
a ferocity Which in Itself is rccofi- Blanda, of 'iiaiige,
n it ion of the possibility that the pit.lines
main crooked and unpaved, would nmr the communications center ol
advantage lost chartres, 45 miles southwest of
change comes Fttr]R| with other forces spreading
, out toward Orleans. 611 . ol
• ■ _ soutli of Paris, in a flanking
IVW - PAYING TIME SOON oration. -
re w( ,ds that should begin to The Amsrirans occupied Wwtw
ring in i ars of those who have not (pop 195,163), largest city yet
vet quite cleared up tax delin- taken in the Frunch campsl^i,
ennss ns current tax oblign- encountering only "slight" roslat*
lions bcgT.i to 'materialize. Im- nnco at the big shipbuilding ceh-
poitancc of paying taxes i<( Kreat- tc,. |n the rtvcr cast Df st_
er now than ever befote in view Nuzalre. Other forces occupied
of the greatly Increased expenses Anflors (po^, 87.98R), 60 miles ln-~
made necessary to cope with new |nlui from Nantes. Elements f
conditions brought about In the thrfle German divisions malntain-
augmcnting of improvement pro- ccj a strong resistance at
Rn>ms' American (piNd^NHM^I
. port relnforcedtw ''i.^ *"
column which drove along
north eoast of the Breton ~
sula, the communique said.
Moscow reported that thc Rus-
sians squeezed tighter the jaws of
a gigantic* pincers threate>iii .,
thousands of German troops mass-
ed for the defense of East Prus
s sla. The Red army also extend*
its bridgehead across the Vistu
river south of Warsaw and struck V ■'&
to a point oidy 20 miles from the
Warsaw-Krakow railway,/
Two German generals Capt
by the Russians called/ on
German /people and the army
quit fighting, in statements I
peering over their signatures
rTffm? Pfc- Blanda, Med.
Corps, To Appear
In Gov't. Film
Pfc. tjlaoda of thc U.
tilcdltpl <>Hf\s o tie. Kf:':th Air
!'"ivice, of Owing't, lias been loan-
ct 'to7it well RiuAvi HUn service
in Hollywood /fi pi o'tiieuig gov-
ernment ,film4, vi' ''<k'tling lo in -
ionnal.on i/'civcd iittf, Ulan-
Ben
was In two
Edward G. l(of)i|i-
Germans might hold that natural son. famous luni artist and In thi th4. Soviet press, TJje oftlci
At the same time wc process of making thc picture,Jl\e
Russian flanking move- 1 "st wlis s-ot to England lor some
border, the scenes
gateway.
get the
ment along the southern
southeast of Tannenbcrg.
west of Pearl. Harbor and right in
Japan's watery front yard.
Absentee Ballots
Are Delivered To
County Clerk
p; .Weygandt, c; Kern, If. Dick
Lee, Gene Marks, and Bob Jones
also will make thc trip to Port dr|(,.(l„
Arthur The k-am will leave ^co|'.^. Bou^cl|
from he gate at West End park ,„d win'n
at 5:,45 p. m.
Suicide Rate In U.S.
Drops One-Fifth
In a makeshift contest Rotary
nosed out the Lions, 12-11. after
a victory had been given I he un-
defeated Lions Club. Manager
f the Rntarians
crs with three singles
and "a pair of runs, Both thc
Church and Commercial leagues
arc sponsored by. the Orange
Recreation Commission
ductlon
army."
from all of its industrial
..'jr
Absentee Orange County Bal-
lots to be voted in the August . ... _
26th Democratic Primary Election J\5 Qf PrOCCCdS
were delivered to County Clerk .. ,, , „
Mrs. W. A. Gunning today by W. D Npw Y'>rk' N' ^ Auc' , ■
B. Simmons, County Chairman. "unn,f,C trl,« to the usual war-
Orange County Democratic Exec- ^e suicide , ate in
utive committee, he having re- Unllcd S,8^s is nnw 8bout "no
ceived l-ito yesterday afternoon by 1
registered mail from State Chair- ., .
.w. ,j.„_ j^I)c |nsUiancc
NMSCfOUK
MEN-*, WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Dr. Cox pointed o-it that th"
armed forces have called « great
per cent of our doctors and nurses
into active service and the war
lias made unattainable many of
thc drugs and chemicals which
have heretofore been used as or-
dinary household remedies, This
shortage of doctors and nurses,
together with our. inability to
obtain many needed drugs, makes
the conservation of, good health a
definite war duty and thc patriotic
obligation of every citizen of
Texas,
lovvcr th|m before the war,
according to /the stati- ticians ot
man Geo. Butler the certificate |.|^^,clr"Pnl't«n
Scanuri First Class A. C. (Chuck)
1 '1 vis of the USS Ticond'.'i'og ! is
officers but also among important
civil servants" as JW^inrich Ilim-
mler eonfinued hf/i ,)urge.
Moscow said shooting broke out
in East Prussia and Danzig when
Nazi SS elite guardsmen attempt-
ed to arrest army officers, and
that "many S.H men were killed."
The Soviet radio icpoit -d the
latest victims o! the purge 111 t
eluded Dr. HJalmar Schacht. Na-
zi economist', banker and minister
without portfolio., and
finnstantin von Neurath.
Nazi once reported being
ert as Hitler's suit01
v Ions uncnnli ry") iepe.
Sehicht had been arrKst'
pi'Sibl- killed
It's an intriguing picture, but
1 calling attention to the similar-
ly I'm not suggesting that the
Itcd generals are bent on dupli-
c.itlng the strategy of their world
wai predecessors. There may be
trickery afoot. Anyway, we need-
n't worry for fear the Muscovites
don't know
country.
Orange Holds Best
Maternal, Infant
Mortality Record
gi
Huron
a high
i"m -
l'ri -
1, said
t';. and
Out tif 1004 births reported in
the perils of thc lake Orange during the past year, there
were no maternal deaths, accord-
ing to records made available at
thc Orange county health unit.
Of tiie total number of births,
there were oniy 3d Infant deaths
reported. This informationv wiis
referred to Dr. J. W, Buckley, Or-
ange cdlinty health unit, by the
Texas state department of health
Thc slate department, com-
menting on Orange county's rec-
ord of malernal and infant mor-
tality reported it the best of any
county in the southeast area of
Tcxes, Other con
n thc survey w
Jin, Newton an 1 Jasper.
virtue identilled as Lt. Gen. v«
Kuro\vski of the 110th Inftinti
• 11 v 1 ■ 1 on. and M i. Gen. Llndemant.
of the 3^1flt fnidntry division.
In llaly, bad weather cuituile
operations liut polish troops pas-
tured three towns In ait ofTcpaiva
along a ix-milex front oft i
Adriatic coast. A dri
south bank of the Cesanct i
Poles about half way betwlf
catitured port of Ancona
next major town of Pesara
It would be a happy coinci-
dence — and one that could bap-
pen if Wiiis'iw and Paris fell
fit thc same time. What a stag-
gering blow for der fuehrer!
Singing Convention
To Meet Sunday At
Recreation Hall 1
18,000 Gallons 01
Gasoline Bi
\ r. i ^;
\
ifJ'Vi
V
authorizing the State and- District
any, who base their, conclu- on leave visiting his parents,
ticket to be placed on the County s,oris on
ballot.
'i - v
M':
the company's mortality
re thah 13,-
iVViwn lives
:ar; it is Cs-
reeords. Even so, more thah 13,-
000 persons/take th'eri
and Mrs. Charles A Davis,
South street, Bland Addition
Mr.
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R-l A. M. Bordclon ,ot'the U,
S. marines, stationed at San Diego,
California, left today returning to
his post alter having spent a few
days here on a visit to his wife,
ienCe in the present war BO 1-2 Gilmer courts and his
established pattern. In mctherl Mrs.' Beatrice Bordclon,
the
fo -JreBfS^ following Penrl o^I#03 Oirlf sTi^f. Seaman fc.
1943, the sui- bTj. Bordelon, also n son of Mrs.
Ipi
■ M i '
m
The ballot is as follows: in tho cour^fc of the yea
For Attorney General: Grover timated.
Sellers of Hopkins Co., and Jesse "It Is a familiar fact," the stat-
E. Martin of "farrant Co. isticians J comment, "that sui-
Foj- Associate Justice of Su- ('des decline during wartime, and
preme Court: Richard Critz of the ex
Williamson Co. aiid Gordon Simp- follows
Son of Sirifth CfoiSfty."^ * J" UPW
For .State Representative, Dis- Harbor, 1942 and
trict No. IS, Flotorial — Leslie eide /rate among the Industrial Bordclon, arrived last night from
Lowry of Jefferson County and W, POlWyhoiders was lower by about Penson, California, to spend a
R. Cousins, JrM of Jefferson Coun- "ny fifth than the rate for the few days here with relatives.
ty. . preceding three years. Actually, :
For County Treasurer, Mrs. Te downw rd trend of the mor- .TEEPERS
Daisy O'Reilly Wimer and J. A./"1"*' para,,c"n* thc experience Topcka, Kans. (AP> — C. M.
(Ned) Cooper. xty thc la8t Wli^• be«i"1 about thc Voeiker, superintendent of the
For Constable, Precinct No. /: ^ ^'1° dePal tmc"t- sa^ —
(Voter* h) Boxes 1, 2. 11. * ln. 8"tedatlng our farmers whp buy a versatile army ]icP headquarter*
Germans Joke
About Morale School To Start
September 13th
I run, Spain. A"g: II IAP) —
The Germans themselves joke a-
bout morale in Hitler's armies. '
A Frenchman v<d o crossed thc
frontier .said he had heard a
drunken Geiman officer remark
that tho Nazi secret* weapon V-2
consisted nl millions
coats and bicycles.
then added:
"That's all the German aritiy
needs to vanish."
Monday. September IB, will
mark the.first day of classes for
the Orange city public schools for
the 1044-45 term, according lo
school beginning schedule an-
of civilian nounced today from the office of
The officer W. Edgar, eity school superin-
tendent
The schedule was announced, as
follows: Monday. September 11,
^ regular monthly session of
the Orange county singing con-
vention will be held next Sunday
afternoon, August 13, from 2 to 4
o'clock at Recreation hall No. I
on John street and Avenue A, In
Riven ide addition, it was announ-
ced todiiy by W A. Blnck. presi-
dent. Several oiit-of county sing-
ing groups are expected to attend.
••« ««•• •« «
COURT HOUSE
* ND CITY HALL
BRIEFS
• ««•♦« **« mmii,
A marriage licensc
Covington, K'y., Aug. 11, (J
— The most fantastic and pot'
ally dangerous fire within
ory of three veteran fire chic
burned with unabated fury
on a 20-foot-square table of.^a' t
at nearby Bromley, consuming ^
o, upward, of 18,000 gallofi. of war-
unties inclu le-J P™**" I0 -«ctana ga.ol W fr" n
< erson t«r- ,cf,n«ry store-* ot the btaiulii^t
* Oil Co. ol Ohio. >
The gasoline represented thfi ,
contents tt1 three ten - Inch pif ■ |
lines leading from a destroy
pumphotise to huge 7S0.OO0 galji i
tanks high on a hill 500 or m:> ■
yards away.
When Vho lines dralticfl, thc
would die, the Chiefs agreed
12 companies, two from Cini
nati fought the flame*.
' k'M|h
14, 17, 18, 19, an, 21 and 22
vote on these candidates)
Morgan and Douglas
Broussard
, flict in
. '3« active participation as a bclllger-
Wy,nt. ^
three arrest*, made over the past
Jeep can:
Get a passenger car liccn*c if 24 hour*, two being for drunken-
it's used primarily to haul pco- nesi, one for investigation.
pie; •
Get a truck license if there'* Fort Ann. N. V. (AP) -• Henry
Holly received a signed blank
issued to
all teachers to report to their re- Thotis Raymond and Miss Mary
spec tivc principals. Ann Hebcrt, of Beaumont, was
Monday. September 11. through of record today at the office ot
Wednesday, September 13, teach- the Orunjsjfc county clerk.
ers meetings. j.
I'-rjrszlzjarfrj&jzFire Department sheri«He'reTo
Only 2 Arrested
For Drunkenness
White K'an Srouc/it
From Port Arthur
On Robbery Charge
Sheriff L. G. (Dick) Stanfleld
and Police Chief R. F. Boss went
to Houston yesterday after %. vfrtTte
man wos brought to Orange and
conn .-tion witn robbery of a safe
at Echo, alleged to have , taken
place -several weeks aijo,. Tlie
man was brougt to Orange and
lodged in the County jail. An al-
leged confederate of the man re-
turned to Orange late yesterday, Social room7s«ivlc«mcn and
'.g being sought, It is understood. Girls
uso schedule;
OF ACTIVITIES
* * « ♦ , * i
Friday, 8:36 p. m.. -pog D
Dance". Scat* Powells
•am
St, Mortinville
. . B - r i I«I J f
today showed of pupiu
County
Mr*. James B. Qulgley of (111
" Cypres* street left Orange Thurs-
voter* h|<p until Au- day for W^iVork city to vUit trucking to be done, or
SSJ5Ss.Tsrv mbskubb
ion Law*), ing her boot training at Hunter
Car Catches Fire
Holds Meeting Wck Up Prisoner
CMiirtlv rtf ss prtiilinn na. •
Matter* mainly of a routine na-
' uL >:■
Saturday, .8:30 p. ffpHHHH
Dance". In honor o| Seventh Arm-
ored Battalion", Camp
all Servicemen fr
invited, |
Sunday. 11.00 p. tp., " "
Church ot jwtir i
l-'i *- B I
Am P-fVi Ci— .ture received attention at a regu- Sheriff K. L.
^n rllTn drreeriar meeting nt the Orange city Martlnvllle, La., was here late
Resweber, of
W fire department held at ^ cltjF yesterday te take charge of a ne- Hovn
m.. Music ,
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