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WfiATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Continued cool tonight
and Thursday
The Denison
PUBLISHED OAU.Y tXCMTt
SUNDAY
rOUR HOME-OWNED
DAILY NEWifAPE«
c PER MONTH
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS WED., MAY 6th, 1942
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930- DAILY 1934
VOL. VIII—NO. 253
Corregidor Falls To Invading Japanese Today
BRITISH ARE ADVANCING IN MADAGASCAR,
WASHINGTONKEEPSEYEONDEVELOPMENTS
25,000 Troops Massing Against French
Units Of .Less Than 7,000; Planes Down
Canadian Tanks in Mass Production
VICHY, France, (May 6—
British force* today opened •
land, tea and air attack on
Diego Suarez in • determined
bid for quick {capture of l|he
fortified northern bate* of
Madagascar.
VICHY, France, May &—Rein-
farced British and French troops
ALONG TH€
N€WS B€flT
BY THE EDITOR
, today are fighting a bitter battle
on the northern end of Madagas-
; car.
i The British are advancing de-
spite increasing opposition from
the Vichy forces.
Dispatches report that the com-
mandos and parachute troops,
which landed yesterday, are storm-
ing Diego Suarez and the adojin-
ing Antisrane naval base.
The French confirmed Berlin re-i
ports that they have lost & subma-
rine and mine-layer.
British dispatches report a twen-j
ty-mile advance across the north-'
ern part of the island. London j
military quarters hint that Diego I
Suarez and Antsirane even may,
have been taken last night.
Both sides are reported to have!
in reinforcements. The,
Vichy radio said today thatTYenchj
troops have arrived from Dakar,!
on the west African coast. And;
other official French reports say,
landed.
'I he Houaewife' Job.
At any time in the year the bus- niov^
iness of running a house is a real
task, but to do so in the jo times
when every cut possible H neces-
sary and when denials are to be
made of many things we ordinarily; thftt"" mVreTritish troops'
use in the home will have to beldurinff tfc# niRht ,
faced, the job is more diifuult, Despite the resistance offered by
the French, the British appear con-!
fident they can subdue northern |
Madagascar without too muchj
trouble. Military spokesmen i*>
than ever.
But the real devoted housewife
can do it. She will lsarn how to
make substitutes, s'i will fathom
the business of making something j j^don already are talking about1
else do where befor-? he uraered | plans for using Diego Suarez as a
new article from tho .store and . p fop united Mtion8 naval
threw away something that more for(>e!. jn the Indiun ocean.
sfevere times would cause her toj The French cabinet met today'
place to further use. 1 with Marshal Petain to consider
With the women 4oin* 80 per the |fttest digpatches from Muda.
cent of the buying, it is up to .heiitj (?agcar< Governor Leon Annet ra-
to make things go a longer PH<e|dioed ^ K0Vernment that French
of time than before. Clothing an(J native resistance has lost none
must be patched, the old broom ^ strenjtth
put to further service, the sugar, Rut official Vrench reports em-
stretched out and other ways the, phasize the
superior strength of
jthe British. They have landed an
I estimated 25,000 troops. The
Vichy force numbers less than
I 7,000 men, and not all of them ar^
| in northern Madagascar. j
The British, according to French
: reports, now have 12 ships off
Madagascar, including one or more
aircraft carriers. Planes based on
jyjASS produced In the Angus
(Continued on page four)
DEATH ROLL
In
Shops in Montreal, these In-
fantry tanks have trundled off the
assembly line and are being fitted
with a powerful 2-pounder machine
gun. flame thrower and other equip-
ment. Consisting of 40,000 sepa-
rate parts and costing about $90,000
each, these Valentines weigh
around 20 tons and have a top
speed of 25 miles per hour. More
than 3,500 men are employed in
their construction at the plant. The
factory runs 24 hours a day—6 days
a week. "Valentine" is now the
correct designation of this type of
infantry tank. Canada has sent
many of these to Russia. A second
plant in Canada is now turning out
many tanks of a heavier type daily
JOHN ELMER PRUETT
John Elmer Pruett, 63, was
found dead at 2 p. m. Tuesday at
his home, 1021 East Texas, which
had been occupied one day by his
family.
"Funeral arrangements will Be
Engineers Acquire 64,191
Acres For Denison Dam
The U. S, land acquisition di-
these carriers have joined in the
attack on Diego Suarez. The few vision in a monthly report as of
available Vichy planes are said to April 3, today revealed it has ac-
. ^ . ,. . have taken to the air to challenge quired a total of 909 tracts of
announced at a la er a e pent mgj ^ rajdg( but no results are known land for the Denison dam and
information from out-o - own re a-^ be^ond ^ Berlin report that two reservoir divided into 64,19114
tiV«8' « i . ,oo. ! nt 1 British planes were shot down, and "
Born Feb. 4. 1889 in Blue ^ ^ ^ & #f yeg
terday's axis claiins-
Washington is keeping a close
Ridge, Texas, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom A. Pruett, he was rear-
ed and received hi'? education .. .
" . , ... eve on development* on Mndagas-
there. He ma,nr. Mrs Kate ■ thl.oulfheut the rest of th
Wardlow, (March «, 1020, and for p ?nch 0fftcW ^
Communist Is
Refused By Army
acres and obtained at a cost of
$1,693,014.93.
During April the engineers ob-
tained 87 tracts of land in both
Texas and Oklahoma involving 6,-
651.74 acres and obtained at a
cost of $168,774.40.
In Oklahoma land purcl>a ad
since the engineer office was es-
tablished totals 797 tracts, 46,-
Denison Flier
Believed Killed,
Calls Parents
Thought Lost In
Plane Crash, He
Turns Up In Texas
Believed killed in a plane crash
in old Mexico, Transport Pilot
Robert Taylor Tuesday night tele-
phone his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Taylor, who reside on the Rod
& Gun club road, that he was safe
in San Antonio.
As his parents do not have a
telephone, Taylor placed his long-
distance call through the Rod and
Gun club and had the caretaker
call Mrs. Taylor.
He told his mother he did have
some plane trouble and he had not
notified the war department of his
whereabouts
The war department disclosed
in a telegram to the flier's parents
Taylor's plane had crashed be-
tween Tampico, Mexico, and some
other point and had not been lo-
sated. Date of the crash and de-
tails of the flight were not dis-
closed.
The Denison flier's parents re-
ceived Friday a letter from Tay-
lor stating he was leaving on an
official trip, but he could not re-
veal the destination.
First Crash at Waco
WACO, Tex., May 6—Second
Lieut. William J. Frayley, Jr., of
'High point, N. C-, was killed in a
training plane crash at the Waco
army flying field Tuesday.
It was the first accident at the
new basic school.
Aviation Cadet George L. Kittle
of Ferndale, Mich., parachuted to
safety.
The crash occurred near Mount
Calm. The cause was undetermin-
ed.
j Texas Officer Killed.
j U^AS VEGAS, Nev., 3Vlay 6—lAr-
i my air force gunnery officers to-
day announced the death of Sec-
ond Lieut. A. A. Smith, 22, form-
erly of San Antonio, Texas, and
Second Lieut. George A. Ragas,
22, of Lynwood, Calif., who were
killed in a plane crash Monday.
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1.27 Inches Rain
Falls; Randell
Dam Unaffected
HUNGER, LACK OF
AMMUNITION CAUSE
OF ITS SURRENDER
Thad Steele To
Establish Naval
School In Ga.
MELBOURNE, Australia, May
6—Prime Minister John Curtin to-
day stated that the fall of Corregi-
dor called for a feeling of pride
rather than dismay. He declared
that the small army held the at-
tention of the world because of its
stand against greatly overwhelm
ing forces, and fought a delaying
action that was invaluable sen-ice
to the allied forces.
'He further pledged that his
tal of four months attack from the
Japs since they invaded the Phil-
Attended Academy
With Top Ranking
Football Coaches
j Enroute to Athens, Ga., where
ippines.
At the same time the allied, he will establish a U.S. naval pro-
forces fighting the Japs through-, fight aviation training school,
out the Philippine islands surren- Lieut. Thad A. Steele, formerly of
dered- | Pottsboro, is visting here today
Hunger, lack of ammunition andj with his brother, Paul Steele, 510
exhaustion, are believed to be the West Texas. He will leave for
chief factors in the enforced fall- Georgia tonight.
ing of the fort which now throws; Lieut. Steele said be was one of
open the important bay long approximately 200 coaches over
country would fight to the lastj sought by the Japs. | the nation who were selected for
man in fulfilling the promise made' The number of persons on the a month's training in the naval
by Gen. Douglas McArthur to go small island fort is not known, but academy at Anapolis, Me., and
back to the Philippines. J it is estimated that it will reach has just completed his training.
J around 7,000 men and women. j "We wjll put naval aviation
WASHINGTON, May 6—Cor- Draw Up Surrender Terms. . cadets into top physical condition,"
regidor has fallen. Thus ends the historic and val- he said in reply to a question as
This word received from Lieut, iant fight of the Corregidor forces t.0 his duties at the University ot
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ends until such time as the promise of Georgia, where he is to be sta-
the heroic stand made by him and Gen. Douglas MacArthur is made tioned.
his group of fighters over a period good, that of returning to the is-( He said among the physical in-
of twenty-seven days of constant land and driving the Japanese out.' structors undergoing training at
bombardment from the air and The terms of surrender were the naval academy were such out-
land batteries, since the fall of
Bataan, and brings to a close a to- j
(Continued oa page four)
Tuesday's Sugar Registration
Is 5,704; Two Day Total 12,013
With '5,704 more Denisoniansi administrator of sugar rationing
registering for sugar Tuesday, the [ announced today.
two-day total now aggregates 12,-! Mr. McTDaniel issued the appeal
013 registrants, B. McDaniel, su- that all Denisonians who have
perintendent of schools and local, not already registered to do so to-
——* j day. Taken in alphabetical ar-
standing football coaches as Jinn
Crowley of Fordham, Bernie Bier-
man of the University of Minn®-
sota, Mike Brumbeiow of Texas
Christian University and Sam
Barry of the University of South-
ern California.
Gen. Brett Names
Make-Up Of Staff
In Australia Today
Rainfall in the city during
night measured 1.27 inches,
lasl
ac 1
many years was engaged in the
cafc and bakery business In Me-
lissa and Farmersville. They mov-
ed to Denison May 4, 1942.
A veteran of World War l. JMr.i
OKilAIK MA CITY, May 6—
mcnts indicate American forces Robert Wood, secretary of the
will swing into quick action if Communist party in Oklahoma said
j >185.21 acres and costing $1,2 >!,-; cording to the B. J. Lindsay gauge,
105.69. During the same period, but today had cleared with the re-1
in Texas the division lists aciiuLi- turn of cooler weather.
' tion of 172 tracts of land, consist- F M. Barnhill, superintendent
Vichy makes any false moves.
&£ 3 w wde/r Z\ Papers To Reduce
Edition Numbers
Wardlow Pruett of the United
States navy and .Monte N. Wafd-J NEW YORK, May 6—Newspap . , . ... ,
. « . / . ., ,, i Of # nc i vii i v'. ... ... ,,i„„ tr. in Oklahoma City, but is classified
low Pruett of the United States er publishers have a new plan to J .
' H - - ns 4-F because of a ten-year pris-
on sentence pending against him
on charges of criminal syndicalism.
He says it is because of the
today the Oklahoma City draft
hoard and the army recruiting of-
fice won't allow him to enlist in
the army.
Wood says he ,hitch-hiked from
New York to Oklahoma City to en-
list and then was refused.
Wood is registered for the draft
army; two brothers, '.Melvin Pruett1 reduce the mileage^of their deliv*
of Blue Hidge and Ben A. Pruett,'ery trucks without* drastic..llv re-
veteran in a California hospital;] during deliveries.
three sisters, Mrs. Nan Williamson; The publishers claim thiir pro- ....
of Louisiana, .Mrs. Birdie Everid.irej pram for pooling deliveriej and m[* '\0'\Ce. l.s0 ,.a. arm>
of Fort Worth and Mrs. Mae Bar-
rett of Dallas.
150 Bakers Walk
Out On Strike
cutting overlapping deliveries,
would cut the mileage evei more
officials won't let him enlist.
The communist party secretary
than the system ordered by the contends that the charges could be
ing of 17,805.90 acres and result-
ing in cost of $560,939.24.
For the month of April 68 tracts
were secured in Oklahoma involv-
of Randell lake, said the reservoir
was overflowing its old spillway
level of 58.8 feet, but apparently
the cracked dam <was holding up
sides of the Red River embracing
97,454.98 acres nnd estimated to
cost $2,503,126.37.
Vor the month of April accept*
able offers were received for 68
dismissed or held in abeyance un-' tracts involving 6,558.27 acres at
ing 4,861.01 acres and obtained at j without any further cracks appear-
a cost of $131,432.40. In the Lone/ing. ,Mr. Barnhill said the flood-
Star state engineers secured last( gates were opened to prevent the
month 19 tracts including 1.* lake from reaching a height that
790.73 acres and costing $37,842.1 may damage the dam.
The division disclosed to date' Waterloo was overflowing its
it has received acceptable offers j spillway level of 25 feet.
involving 1,449 tracts on both Red River, which was standing
at 9.05 feet at the dam site Tues-
day morning, at 10 a. m. today
was registered by army engineers
at 10.1. The river was said to be
slowly rising, and is predicted to
reach between 13 and 14 feet by
this afternoon.
estimated cost of $152,470.
'MEILBOURMS, Australia, May
fit OnA I langement, those whose surnames 6_Ljeutenant General Georjra
■JUmmary \Jr «na Uay begin wjt)1 p through Z are signing, Brett, the commander of all Unit-
| t0<jay> While school classes will, Nations air forces in the South-
Listed below is the second j be in session Thursday, those fail-1 west Pacific, today announced the
day's complete summary by
schools of the sugar registra-
tion up to 6 p. m. Tuesday and
including the. last hour of
registration (Monday- The top
numbers represent total appli-
cations made, the lower num-
bers the actual number of war
ration books issued.
White.
Central 2,011
1,970
Peabody , 1,053
1,029
'Houston 630
624
Raynal : 365
865
lLamar 334
332
Reasor , ,164
159
Hyde Park 82
82
Oak Grove 40
40
Colored
Terrell 686
684
Langston 190
187
Walton 149
149
Applications 5,704
War Ration Books .... 5,621
Not given books 83
ing to register the first three daysj make-up of his staff. Under him
may do so tomorrow between 8 a. will be sivc Americans and six Aus-
m. and 6 p. m. The schools will tralians.
remain open until 7 p. m- today, j Brigadier General Ralph Royce,
War ration books were issued to the hero of the recent long-range
5,621 Tuesday, leaving 83 with an j attack on the Philippines, will be
excess amount of sugar and who, senior air staff officer. Air Vice-
for this reason received no books. | iMarshal William Babcock of the
With the addition of 79 without! RAAF is the chief of staff. Colonel
books Monday, the two-day total J Edward Terry of the U. S. army
is now 162. i air corps will serve under Babcock
Central Lead* Again. j as deputy chief.
Mr. McDaniel warned those fail-) American Colonel Eugene Eu-
ing to register by Thursday must! banks will be director of plans and
wait two weeks and apply at the Colonel Ralph Hoyt, also an Am-
county rationing board at Sher- erican, will direct operations. In-
man. They will have a difficult telligence will be under the direc-
ting explaining why they failed to tion of the RAAF Air Commodore
register on the regular dates, he Joseph Hewett. Defense will be
said, and their excuses must be handled by Australian Group Cap-
R°°d- | tain Cerrick Segar.
As was evidenced Monday, the; fhe others are: communications,
Central ward district at the high Group Captain Tom Wiggins of
school led with the highest number! the Australian Air Force; assistant
of registrants recorded, 2,0^11 sign- j director of plans, RAAF Wing
ing Tuesday of which 1,970 receiv-j Commander Johnston Hancock; as-
ed war ration books. | sistant director of operations, Aus-
Terrell high school again led in tra|ian Wing Commander Allan
the negro registration with 680j Walters; assistant director of in-
signing and 684 books issued.
(Continued on page four)
telligence, American's iLieut. Col.
Reginalds Vans, and assistant di-
rector of communications, First
Lieutenant Walter Cochran of the
United States army.
FIVE INJURED IN DEFENSE
PLANT EXPLOSION TODAY
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PHOENIX, Ari*. May 6—House-
wives In Phoenix today are faced
with the prospect of making their
own bread because of a strike at
three of the city's largest bakeries.
More than 160 bakers walked out
to enforce demands for a 50 pe"
cent increase in wages. Bakery
ovens still were cool last night af-
ter members of the AFofL bakers
and confectioners union turned
down a management proposal for
a 20 per cent wag« increase in the
lower brackets and a 10 per cent
boost in the higher groups.
The three strike-bound bakeries
furnish nearby army encampments.
Office of Defense Transportation.
The ODT had ordered deliveries til the war is over.
rut to one a day. In either en e, . ___ -------- ..
ber of editions published by fr: EVERY ARTICLE IN COMMON USE AT HOME IS
papers will be reduced.
Holders Of Old
Licenses. Renew
PR0MULGATED;QUICKENS CHARGE ACCOUNTS
The rules apply only to the for-
ty-four listed types of article* and
restric-
w .Toniiivi i viii v Mm v . , | mm
regulations controlling the install-''?cfnt. ^ ^ '
Holders of old Texas drivers li-' ment purchases of nearly every e" 1 * ani s a.\ o
censes, regardless of serial num- article in common use in th« _A^ ttS 0} R ^ of no othprs. They provide;
bers, may now apply for renewal, erican home were, promulgated to-. . . . . ., , r_a«, tll,~u11. 0 „„
Harry Painter, drivers license ex- day by the Federal Reserve Board, «*icl.s had been regulated bu I L Cash purchases, no
aminer stationed at the city hall which, in addition, decreed that; Tuesday's rules engthened the list tions
each Wednesday, disclosed today, ordinary charge accounts involving 0 0 J '*!* ( na.s' " a ' nfl a"
The drivers license division of such articles must be paid up rel-j s«'ffened the requirements.
the Department of Public Safety atively quickly. I The new list of Restricted ar-
is now handling approximately The charge-account rules, first tlcles included nil civilian oloth-
______ _ 160,000 applications a month, but ever issued governing this type of 'nK. kitchen articles and dishes,
with about 90 per cent of theirj jg repared to care for many more.j buying, provided that an article(linens, jewelry, auto accessories,
daily needs. However, the union , Painter said renewals so far have must be paid for by the tenth day. all electrical appliances luggage,
bakers are said to have offered been considerably slower than an- of the second month following the umbrellas, sports equipment, used
their services free of charge to
stir up the necessary dough for the
armed forces.
tlclpated and less than half of the purchase.
3,250,000 existing licenses have Effective at
heen renewed.
furniture and yard goods in addi-
midnight Tuesday^ tion to the score of previously
as furniture,
2. Charge accounts, must be
paid by the tenth day of the sec-
ond month following purchase, but
no down payment required. For
instance, a listed article bought
any dny up to the end of this
month must be paid for by July 10.
That date also is the dead line for
charged articles on the list which
Ward Grads
To Be Guests At
Open House 15th j CH10AG0 111>t May 6 __ piVe
' men were injured, two critically.
Elementary school graduates w),en an explosion shook a defense
will be guests of the high school plant on Chicago's south side this
during an "open house," prepared niornin(t. officials of the operat-
especially for them on May ,15,jjng, fjTO) the United Wall Paper
three weeks before their (rradua- fa(toriPS> said that |ir,„ dtinia(r<
tion on J,-,ne 2, High School Prin- Wa„ caused to the bu'idmg.
cipal R N. Sandlin said today. I those injured .< « Julius Opoka,
iMr. Sandlin said an informal jfcv- Brown, ulir tel Sp^racino,
program will be presented in the , WaRner ilA I; .h>pl| Fletcher,
high school auditorium to be at- Apoko and Brown #re in a critica,
tended by the elementary gradua-. condition-
tion candidates and their parents y
Norwegian Ship
Is Sunk Off The
Atlantic Coast
TOMS RIVER, N. J., May
A small Norwegian freighter was
sunk off the Atlantic coast April
30 by an enemy submarine that
was sighted on the surface just
before the attack, the fourth na-
val district announced today.
The ship's entire crew of thirty-
six was rescued after drifting for| and will consist of musical num THIEF STEALS TEACHER'S
fourteen hours in lifeboats. j bers by the Yellow Jacket band, CAR WHILE SHE REGISTERS
Brought to the coast guard sta- a talk by one of the public speak- while Miss Bertha Knaur.^c^ol
tion here, the survivors told of| ing department pupils and an ex-| teacher 0f Central ward was do-
seeing the sub off the starboard Potion of the freshman courses • her tri#tif dut of refrUtPP.
bow aout 10:50 p.m. A few mm-, to be offered next fall. | )n(f for „URar rationing at
torpedo exploded
utes later a
amidships.
The crew immediately abandon
ed ship. Five minutes later an
the regulations were issued in com-^ limited items such
(Continued on page four)
Escorted by members of the,th- ^ gchoo, Tuegday ni(rhti
hill iT™ ,H,"Vv Tm; someone with less patroti-m stole
bers, the prospective high school h„r automobil., police were noti-
eo snip, rive minute. ,aier an- student, will be taken on a tour f(ed The vehicle was found this
other explosive ripped Into the af- of the building wit* various depart- , 9 by ^ ty
u J" ' «T I I Jf °U J u , , Sheriffs Virgil Evans and Paul
within fifteen minutes. Mr. Sandlin said the school was c p.rri„
Three crewmen were injured; visited last week by S. O. Mur-' S™'t}l Park<d Perrm .
slightly by fragments of the ship's, dock of Denton, deputy state -1/~—
hull which fell into one of the school superintendent, on his an- NOTICE
lifeboats. | nual official visit. A report of y^u do not receive y«nr Pre*
The ship's crew list was not his inspection will be received before 5:80, please phone 100 an*1
made public. 1 shortly, the principal disclosed, i 0«e will be sent roa.
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