The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 163, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Record Pasting Given
Arawe And Gasmata
Hint Early Landing
.' lied headquarters,
Luthwest Pacific. Dec. 16. Oi_
Ldreds of alliedbombers *ei e
pealed today to. have blasted
'' an invasion gateway to Ra-
Lul Jt pan's biggest base in the
Snuthw°st Pacific, with 356 tons
ri explosives in the heaviest raid
L made ill this theater.
hWWhington sources said the
kites were believed marshalling
towerful air. sca and ground
EL, for an assault “Soon" on
VOLUME 26 No.—163
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1943
GOOSE CREEK. TEXAS
•kAKL harbor, Dec. 16 (U.PJ—
linfrican bombers fought through
s Japanese fighters Tuesday to
am (he weight of their coutinu-
issaults on the Marshalls,
jaiiat Taroa islet in Maloelap
it was disclsoed today. il
Tm of the Japanese planes
tere destroyed or damaged In the
rtlan while heavy bomb loads
me laid across enemy hangars,
SL. #(.veral fires.
:flnee Liberator* of the Seventh
r & airforce suffered some dam-
Mercury Hits CoMesf Day Soviets Poised For
24;’Warmer' KT™ Drive Into Rumania
If PACArSC | fv. MOSCOW, Dec. 16— (I'.P)—A Russian spearhead, enlarging
Ij | III CLOjI rntfMPRrr rw re ,rm springboard for a winter drive into Rumania, pushed into ti
uec. lb (1,1,1 — of the kev railroad mmetion of Smelniodflv while other So'
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Prime Minister Given
Best Of Attention But
Location Is Secret *
LONDON, Dec. 16 —
Prime Minister Churchill,
who celebrated his 69th
birthday Nov. 30, has been
stricken ill with pneumonia,
presumably somewhere in
the Mediterranean area, a-
dramatic announcement in
the house of commons re-
vealed today.
“His general condition is
as satisfactory as can be ex-
jMHMMMHjl pected,” a bul-
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GERMAN CENSORS PERMITTED this picture to get out of the
reioh along with the information that it is an American church in
Berlin set afire by allied bombs during one of the heavy raids on
the capital. It has been esHmaied that from 25 to 30 per cent of
the buildings in Beriin were destroyed or damaged.
—Internationa! Radiophoto
Mug more than 150 sorties >:i
Utdess waves throughout Tues-
U’ had “devastated" Arawe,
lie of a good harbor on the
buibwest coast of New’; Brftain
H miles southwest of Rabatd
S the surrounding area.
[Japanese installations, supply
bmp. and native villages ^ .....r ajiu tuc T.. .
toujbout the target area_ were.. WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. <T:.R» — nod to, moot the challenge of which has been in the grip of AjjjC ^UDDlV LlH0 The Soviet spearhead
bulled by de.n’;'Ui,?" East moving developments in the the “Big Five” operating brother- record cold, bringing 19 deaths. r , “r J south from Cherkasi on
S Hi—- -s AtlrennerPass
fcmrd safe.;- to their bases. paralyzing wartime strike on the go on strike beginning Dec.'30 was 40 and the 7 a.m. reading ... » , the Dnieper bend se
gpFid Knocked Gut nation's railroads could be avert- in protest against the govern- was 25, according to Alex Pur- Allies On Road 10 Rome Bclozerye railway static
pjosnatssMiee iepoiu maicai- cti 0Kjy by administration retreat ment's wage policies. iance, local observer, Tempera- Ccot.p New Advances four miles north of Smela
Itbi rma, following close on ,i ^ote pay demands of 1,450,000 The railroads’ vital wartime lure at 9:80 a.m. today still was ing over back roads and
tost °f ptilvenztng attacks on unl0|) worltei.s or by government*. rqle led to belief that, the ad- 27 degrees and the heavy frost ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, ly emerging in the enen
pata, mttes east or Arnwe, oj^^tion of the lines,. ministration would not and could of the night still was visible on Algiers, Dec. 16. U’.P)—An allied The surprise flanking
r °‘hpl' *’0!nern The problem confronted the ad- not permit the dispute, to reach roofs and automobiles, although air armada of 300 or more planes presumably disorganized
SL .1 ? pr , ^ T™”1: miMbtration’s wage stabilization the strike stage. And though the sun was shining brightly. ’ has again knocked out the Ger- emy’s defense and the
K«i the task of Knocking out program with a showdown chat- Vinson’s office and the national Temperature at 1:30 p.m. was^ man Brenner Pass supply route were expected to smash
letin read by 1,®]
Deputy Prinie «
Minister Cle-
ment R. Attlee
to a stunned
house declared.
However, the Sf
welt- informed
British Press
association said
there was “ho ,
reason whatever
„,
Visible 175 Miles Winston tor’s attack is
The blaze cascaded huge pails Churchill unduly serious.”
of billowing white smoke, pecu- The bulletin did not disclose
liar to magnesium fires, Tiigh Churchill's present whereabouts, ft| -t
into the night air to form a back- but Foreign Secretary Anthony
rz rBrwws “» - *»*r«
visible 80 miles on the ground, minister had decided not to re-
Altogether the forces ’striking and for more than 175 miles to turn with him because there re-
<ee Soviet, Rumanian, Page 2) passengers in airliners approach- mained “important work for him
ing the city. to do in the sphere where he now i t %
a * Efforts of firernen to quell the jg.,
>heriff Wounded astr dsssz z
pre’Vs mr pK,™
block-sa uarfe mr™ Stalin. Generalissimo Chiang Kei- ’ II j
Cause of the fire, ’which start- President Ismet Inonu
cd, workmen said, in the foundry ., .
nmldTmfthe7ormsm„ffnVndd ’Edc» said Churthi11 »•» in
6 h W5 nzxatMjnr *
Sheriff Rodney b. thambless, the lished today,
victor in a recent federal court No One Injured
„ action, came out second best last No one was injured in the fire
- night when he attempted to ar- and ground - rending explosions
rest a suspected bootlegger and which followed, authorities said,
was recovering today from a bul- because it? broke out while mpst
let wound in the abdomen. , of the night shift’s employes
The sheriff was acquitted Nov. were .away at lunch. What few
• 30 of charges he aided in the workers were in the plant, rush-
escape last i.’iay 30 of Gene Paul ed to safety at the first alarm.
Norris youthful desperado, and No official accurate estimate of
lads Gilliam, an army' the damage was available, but
from the Montgomery J. W. Williams.’ office engineer,
ail at .Conroe. said it probably would run “into
less 'received emergency several million" dollars. VVork-
it' for the flesh wound at ers said there were at least 16
■asotn hospitnl and was carloads of the vital magnesium
nrnej to his home where stored in warehouses,V!and Wil-
ambless reported he was liams said the plant alone was
iecly" todev. valued at approximately a half
leriff said he was shot million dollars.' s
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CROSS..
«... , .. ; lines, yards and a viaduct at the sJ'lvllll ffwlUlUV
IvHled Near Unannelview Avlsio river, south of Bolzano., » » .«
David Hoiiis,Frazer. 36 former ^ ^ At MadlSORVlll€
state representative from Roberta F,yin Fortresses spanned the-
son county, Houston-lawyer, and mountains to deliver what official Prisoner Arrested As
former Houston school teacher ts (.allpd .;stumling blows’ rrlsoner ^rresTea
and debate coach, was instantiy agains- the rail centers while
killed yesterday morning when Lihprat0,,s blasted the 930.yard
his car left the Market Street ans:o viaduct 30 miles below
Rond and crashed into a gully Bolzano. Not a plane was lost .
ubout a mile east of Channelview. trom the {leet_ which deluded
Frazer was employed Tuesday lightn4ng fighter escort. ,1-
by Stone and Webster at its Bay- 'Janks j„ Action
town construction job on Plancor Tanks were jn action on bota
1082 and worked one .day in the . the eighth and fifth army fronts
distribution department. He re- in Italy—with the fifth's sector
ported for work Wednesday but springing to life or'the first time
did not stay and was en route jn dayS as clearing weather dried
back to Houston when the mishap 4bg ground and let troops get
occurred. —. a foothold for attacks.
Deputy sheriffs who investigat- the. Adriatic,’ Canadian V01’
ed the wreck said Frazer left and Indian troops succeeded < l“'
the highway several hundred after days of hard fighting in coa'
yards before the car left the road piercing the makeshift German u
at a curve, and crashed into the line below the Pescara river
dtep golly near Flukinger’s Store, whi|e Fifth army forces made lae
a mile east of Channelview. small advances at several points, ’"el
The speedometer was jammed at notably capturing a hill in the Mrs
85, the wheels of the car were Mount Marrone area of Central
shorn off, the motor went in an- Italy.
other direction, and the body of dori
the car was hammered into an al- , , to i
most unrecognisable mass. 1000 Id a| a
Frazer was pinned inside tho VOallQIllO III diso
car, his body beaten almost to a klm AffawL An Rap]
pulp, and unidentifiable except for "II HIIOUI VII DOII yeai
papers found on his person. m.mhWnu * '„.0, 36,
Identification was delayed sev- WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (l.Ei arre
cral hours while efforts were made Secretary of War Henry L, Stim- mur
to extricate the body. son said today tha' a German air shoc
n n - raid on Bari. Italy, caused an R,
Mile-O-Dimes Open Friday
Elks To Start Fund With $50
Firemen To Split
$165 At Smoker
A sum of $165 in attendance
awards will be shared by the 31
members of the Goose Creek vol-
unteer fire department at its an-
nual smoker tonight at 8 p.m.,
at the fire station.
Fire Chief N. J. King, Hub
Bounds, and R. L. Patton com-
prised a committee which quali-
fied the award winners for at-
tendance at the 330 meetings
and drills held during the year.
Five members of the depart-
ment are in the armed services,
and they are Emery Williamson,
John Ortruba, Jim Moler, Dolph
Kennedy, and “Boots" Bardin:
City Manager John Harkins
yesterday called a special meet-
ing of thd city commission to
provide the fynda for the fire-
men’s awards. • :
I0UND TflU/II Allied Stores
I WWW American Can
' ^ Tri-Citfe.: John American Rad
bu*X netting ready to Anaconda Cop;
^ ‘he Mile-O-Dimes -. . ^merl«a T’ a
Jokingly says she is ®^rn^al‘ (
Jealous these days Chrysler Moto.i
Greer hide, inside a 'big Cities Service
Wally Bond ask. us »
you Gander fans that Oxidated, *
^ *■•11 be a big Pep Rally ut
‘ Fm. today at the high ®ectrlc Bond
” Ornnssium ... Ray Tray- Electric
on an the acUvlties ' Export Sulpl
,** the muscle building em- ?*ner^
ms . V 8111 Kinson ,Uy. go g*0'
bfc1 ht* pr*Gy hard to find °Hdden Pa nt
. . Carolyn McMas- ^
*«®ne, a white cardboard ^yh°Hfd •
^ Eugenia Brittain ax- ^ul/'
[• her knowledge of the
A*«ncan lingo . .«W. W. ^ ^ J!?101"
** happy over prospccU Humble Oil
» Baybr basketball lam Jones and Lau
sstj-j?"-" ja&.’Kt
Sgt. Marvick Returns Home
Has Circled Globe In 3 Years
■^S h o p p i n g
7 }Days Till,
—CHRISTMAS
Verdict Due Today
In Cove Murder Case
DeBeny Renamed To
Board Of Control
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 163, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1943, newspaper, December 16, 1943; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1027678/m1/1/?q=frazer: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.