The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 294, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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WEDNESDAY. MAY 1* „
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NALISM CLASS
|mual
pent-
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earts
lirlcy
Irtici-
lriais.
pcrap
ton
I fats,
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(were
Iding
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leather forecast
tk\AW: Tartly cloudy thi* after*
Thursday.
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ANYWHERE IN
d Five Seniors
rraduation At Elms
for rain will offer the- invocatka
i J^ItoU^featdfetfai *
Aa previously announce pi,
lin Kellogg la valedictor;»n 0n
'44 clasa at R. E. L and lyZ,
Jones, salutatorlan. Both of^3
students have been active laT1®
ietlcs as well as scholastic
tlvitles while in high school '
... The ten other honor
are: La Verne Ramsey, 6cn
Geiger, Opal Hutcheson, ""
Hamilton, yiola Coker,
Geisendorff, Joyce Waddell, ]
lynn Frasier, Bonnie Brat
and Jpannctte Tullos. They7
be recognised during the (*«■
mcnccment exercises May
Music for both occasions
be provided by the high sd
. music department. The bands
play the processional and ho,
sional and Alma Mater win |
sung by the R. E.-L choir 4
ing the comroencemont cxerdi,
.....ifli&Jtatf# -Vtumr -..SB
by Malotte Will be the apeeirf
music at the baccalaureate
m on Sunday.
Joint Assembly Featwl
Honor Students, At
Lee honor students were intre-l
| duced and athletic jacket a«i *
| were made before a joint
! sembly Friday at Robert E.
j High School.
‘ Franklin Kellogg presided. Pad
Webber directed the singing i
" Alma Mater. Purifoy Thomjr
Offered a prayer after which
choir sang the amen chant
Franklin then turned the
' gam oyer to James Ellis,
1 dent of the senior class.
James made a short talk
jj which he told' that the Sc
1 Class key represented all
’ memories the seniors have of g
* El Lee. Wade Gienii, jr;-
{' class .presidenB, accepted
’• key and expressed appreck
Patsy Pagan, accompanies
Kathleen Noland, sang “Nor]
Know.”
Mr. Sparks introduced the
honor students of Robert B L
Miss Mary Bartlett, ''Vii
Louise Fuller, G. F. Nelson, ii
W. W. Brawn sang several raj
bers accompanied by Mrs f
Bradshaw. They dedicated
Be Glad When You're Gone" i
the seniors and senior dam
ficers. •
Another feature of the p
gram came when Mr. Sparks J
sped football jackets to rorak
of the A Squad. Reserve &)«•(
and the Suicide Squad, --
Eighteen Participate
In Color Ritual
Eighteen persons have .
* pated in the color ritual of RJ
L. since March when it
augurated as regular pre
by the student council.
A chairman is appointed i
ly to be in charge and tbOOM
have acted as such are: JJ
Ellis, Wade Glenn, Witlenal
apie, Darrell Nickerson,
Strobel, and Franklin Kelli
Those who have led in p
are: Bobby • Foley. John I
mond, Joe Altcmorc, George 1
renec. Ray Robertson, and !
ifoy Thompson.
Those leading the aim*J
are: Paul Saveli, Patsy f
Paul Webber, and Purtt,
Thompson. Billie Jo SloMj
accompanied the group
34 Principals Elect
R. B. Sparks Officer
ft. B. Sparks, principal of R
■ ert E. Lee High school.
second vice president of Iftfl
Association of Secondary *
principals on May 6, -IM
Texas A conference of -w’
mlttces and reprcscntatWML
thirty-four member
Texas attended the meet-
The all-day meeting ufl
9 a. m. and included »
f con at the Drlsklll Hotel.
Discussions were held w f
f ous subject* of Internet,
» ondary school pr‘ntif® «
- Sparks discussed “The W
f of the Schools.”
: GS. A. Takes Volley I
; Ball Touraament 2Tat|
'■ A heated volley b*n_
meitt-hU-bcen In Ptejgi
the past three weeks
team composed of O- * *v i
bers and Brigadier
ban. The hut game of .«g|
nament was played TuMWj
9 with the O. S A.
ning two out of three *»"w
The winning team
up of Audrey <Hg«* JJ,
Towler, Dura McNulty.
Cannon. Pat Fergus) , *
i!* • Ming, Dorothy
Moore, and Pearl Mart
ssrss s&x&L
aldine Cates, Myra John#0 ,
Billie Shannon.
"S- Bana-Prei* Club
|the. On Friday, May l», Ja
Jx>c band and Press cluM™
a jo!"1 picnic at Lyon',
Members of the clubs *
picnic lunches and go »»
knur*.
IJiuMC 24 Wo. 294
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GOOSE CREEK. TEXAS THURSDAY. MAY 18, 1944
FOR 75c MOF
[IGHTH ARMY OCCUPIt
FIVE CENTS A
Rommel Warns Nazi
High Command That
Allied Landings Near
i nunnN May 188 (UP)—Germany's anti-invasion command was
Uft?ri to aft m#8ting jU iuprwwe hoftdi)Ufifttpi in Franee
1 sum Hav the London Daily Mail Raid today, and Marshal Erwin Rom-
I*Earned that an aallied landing "may begin at any moment now.”
m8^rman torpedo boats operated in strong force off the English
►woaiti and Thames estuary last night, the Nazi DNB agency rC-
I W”uJ prrffi—on^-the alert for.signs that,an- allied invasion
n^tijrSyfrl!Panrd^SS^'taU were contacted, though
•imarently was stink, but no other allied shipping was seen, DNB
ll0Ile tsp aaency added that the German torpedo boat formations
]£ The agency added that the . ..
Boatman-
I . Madrid dispatch to the Lori-
|Hon Daily Mail said that Marshal
IGcrd Von Rundstedt. Germany's
I supreme commander of anti-in-
I vasion forces: Rommel and Gen.
I Johannes Rlaskowitz, army group
[commanders, and Admiral Kran-
[ clte, commander of Nazi sea forces
[in the west, were summonded hur-
Itiedly to headquarters in France
Ifor "an emergency council of
I war."
| The meeting originally had been
■ scheduled for next week, the dis-
| patch said. Rommel was said to
■have been called from the Nor-
| manly coast opposite Southern
I England.
Believed Drowned-
Hear Lynchburg
Tug Captain Not Seen
Since Boat Grounded
The U. S. Coast Guard, deputy
sheriffs and volunteers scoured
swampy San Jacinto River bot-
toms and dragged the river chan-
• nel today vainiy searching for
Louis Swearingen, captain of the
tug “Say When" which grounded .
_____on the west bank of thee river
■The Germans appmito bcl eye abmlf a ha|f mi,p north of the
lese are (he,\eiy • Y Lynchburg ferry about midnight
■these are the „ _
Ithc great landings occur, the
■ Daily Mail said. , .
The Berlin radio, in a broadcast
I recorded by the London News-
Irkrenicle said Rommel had warn-
|ed that the invasion may begin
| momentarily. .
I “German forces on the north
Leasts of Europe are ready for
| (See Rommel. Warns, Page 2)
foreman Strike
lln Detroit Ends
jroup Votes To Return —
|To 14 Vitel Plants J____
DETROIT, May 18, CP.i- Tlte most
Bmoortant strike of several with-
linjthe area,(the Foremen's Associa-
Ttion of American 20-day dispute,
tended today when Its 3500 strik-
ing members voted unanimously
return to work on regular
khifts at 14 vital war plants, as
plans were speeded for resumption
pf full-scale production.
William Vallancc, vice president,
reported that votes cast at six
kh&pter meetings showed that the
foremen agreed to end their work
Itoppage without an- appreciable
Tlissent.
It was believed that the fore-
hen's step to resume production
If materials necessary for the
doming invasion of western Eu-
rope would prompt a settlement
I numerous other disputes that
i»Ve idled at least 74,900 Workers.
I Meanwhile, Packard Rolls-Royce
Kerlin engine factory spokesmen
Wounecd work resumption
utrs for its 3f,000 employe#
r to halt productlon biaguse
|t the lack of supervisory per-
nnel.
Lynchburg ferry
Wednesday.
Deekhand'N Story
Lester Thomas Ellisor, deck-
hand aboard the 58-foot tug owned
by Johnny Butterfield, and leased
to Parker Brothers, said jie was
asleep in his bunk and was awak-
ened when the-tug was thrown up
on the bank.
Ellisor said he looked around,
saw’ the three loaded sand barges
had pushed the tug clear of the
river, but could find no trace of
Captain Swearingen.
Ellisor J they, left the Par-
ker Brothers sand dredge up San
Jacinto River about 8 p.m. Wed- Yank Balkan Attacks
nesday and started down the riv- Qnly Ae?M*y RtpOfferi
♦TtiBrl* - ■ -—'
Ordinarily the trip down the riv-
er from the dredge to Lynchburg
takes four hours, thus enabling
Briscoe Parker, an official of
Parker Brothers, to place the time
of the mishap at about midnight.
Ellisor said he was asleep when
the accident occurred, doesn’t
know how the tug swung into
the bank, but he did account fog
the, possibility of the tug, pushed
Critical Jap
North Burma
Base Falling
Allies Take Airfield
: ",
ENTIRE AXIS GUSTAV LINE
CRUMPLES UNDER PRESSURE
■ft
AW»«s Take Airfield
And Place Myitkyina
Under Heavy Shelling
CHUNGKING, May 18. (lift—
Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's Chi-
nese-American forces captured
tbe southern airdrome at Myitky-
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. NAPLES, May 18. <u.M—The British Eighth army has oc
cupied Cassino, it was announced officially today. - .
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. NAPLES, May, 18. "'«'-The Germans have withdrawn
from Caaaiho to escape the closing jaws of an Eighth army trap, Naai broadcasts said
.Colonials to the southwest seized the outposts of Esperia and drove
today, while French (
another three miles int6 the Adolf Hitler line,
Germans Admit Withdrawal
The official German newn agency DNB sa id axis trops abandoned the ruins of Casaino,
from which they had stalled the allied marc h along the Via Casilina toward Rom? for
four months, last nighfr, "accoMing to plan in order to withdraw to a shortened line
ifia. main Japanese stronghold in on connection with move-
Norlhern Burma, and were- ge- monf8 0f thoir gee*
. porud pmmng mortar ftre lnta t„r ‘
tht city itsel, today. J^JewiS-1 ^ ^
Asia hi*ifdquarter» at Kandy; fSp^^acKd ItolwS
REASON WE’RE ROLLING—Here is llvrsrhel Wilson of Us An-
geles, Calif., who single handcdly brought In 17 Jap prisoners who
crowded his jeep on a road in llollatidia, Dutch New Guinea. He
marched them ahead of his jeep.
Weather Lulls
Offense In Air
LONDON, May 18. (U.E»—The air
war over Western Europe came
to a complete standstill fast
night and early today for the
first time In a month, apparently
because of bad weather, but Ger-
man broadcasts said Mediterran-
ean-based American bombers re-
sumed their daylight offensive on
the Balkans this morning*.
JB. Neyvs
Jaycee Festival
Set For Opening
Twq Nigl
Races To
tHsjnrt
headq
Ceylon, said the fall, of the 1m-
vottant rail and river "center was
cted momentarily. Jt was
believed that the Japanese had
only a weakened division at
Myitkyina.)
21-Daj Drive
Eliminating a 21-day drive
through the rugged Kumon hills
bordering the Mogaung valley,
-it’Aee ddumns of combined
trOopsca light the Japanese by
surprise yesterday, a communi-
que said, and quickly overwhelm-
ed slight enemy resistance to
seize the airdrome.
Except for oil drums and logs
scattered over the field, the air-
drome, was intact, and a few
hours after its capture American
engineer^ were flown in by gli-
«r». By’ afternoon, the commun-.
jque said, Chinese reinforcements
Were arriving in . transport
planes.
Jap-lleld Two Years
Reports that Merrill’s troops
were firing mortar shells into
Myitkyina, largest city in North-
ern Burma, Indicated that the
Allied troops may be preparing
for an assault on the enemy's
key base, at the northern end
of the railway from Mandalay,
The city has been held by the
Japanese for the past two years
and is one of the main supply
routes to their forces scattered
sino abbey and the mountains
dominating Cassino during the
night A German military spokes-
man said the allied offensive had
gained more than iJHv miles at
its deepest point of penetration,
Transocoan added.)
Blow Confirmation
Though allied headquarters did
not confirm the fall of Cassino
immediately, front reports disclos-
ed that British armored recon-
naissance troops had driven across
Via Casilina and its parallel rail-
road at two points less than four
mUes southwest of Caaiino to- ~*Thf
ward a junction with Polish units tloHi”
Stain Woman Identified
_ l# i i t*....... , i , - .
Police Crack Missouri Mystery
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo . May 18.
Highway Patrol Capt. J. F.
.Shaw dlsclbsed today that .the
pal rol had "positively" identified
one of the lake of the Ozarks
murder victims as Mrs, EJdgar
Holland, who with her mother,
Mrs. Pearl Fairfax, have been
misslhg from their farm home
near Sedalia since April to.
Shaw said the Identification
shores of the lake a month ago,
was Mrs, Fairfax.
Friends of the missing Mutts
women who have viewed the
bodies at Columbia have been
more positive in thetr identifica-
tion of the larger of the women
as Mrs. Fairfax than of the
smaller woman as Mrs. Holland
Yesterday, two doctors — Dr.
John Powers of Warreashurg
and Dr. D, P. Dyer of Seduiia
who stormed down from the north- that the smaller of
west and captured two hills a
quarter mile from Monastery hill.
Capture of Cassino was regard-
ed here as Imminent, even mo-
mentary,
On the Fifth army front, French
African troops seized Esperia,
first outpost of the Adolf Hitler
line and believed German head-;
quarters for the area, and pressed
on to occupy Mts. I.ago and Mar-
tino, two and three hiiles respec-
tively west of Esperia.
Gustav Battle Ending
"The battle for the Gustav iinc
is drawing to a close and the bat-
tle of the Adolf Hitler line is
about to be commenced,” Gen. Sir
Harold R. I,. G. Alexander an-
was established from a finger* p viewed the bodies, which had
print found on a gin bottle in the been mutilated with a knife and
Holland home near La Monte. a hatchet and shot with a
fingerprint Identlflea* gun, and told patrolmen
Shaw said, "definitely . their "general site and
the two victims has been In The
Holland home and .without a,
doubt Identifies the body as that
of Mrs. Holland."
There apparently was little
question in the minds of mem-
bers of the highway patrol that
the larger of the mutilation
murder victims, found on the
were “very similar” to Mrs.
fax and Mrs. HoJIand,
Mrs. Fairfax, an unusually
large woman, carried a star from
a gall bladder operation perform-
ed by Dr: Dyer In 1938. The
larger of the murder victims
had a scar which doctors laid
was left from a gall bladder ope-
ration.
,-Trte
Texas Democrats Warring
New Deal Splitting State Leaders
AUSTIN, May 18. dipt—Antt-new position would extend to
Deal Democrats have rejected endorsement of Texan Sam
despite Presi- burn for vice-presidential
TwoNi$°:To^
A German D. N.
violently by the three loaded sand Agency broadcast announced the
bartres ‘jacking up” on the im- American attack on the BaikanK,
* ... but the targets were not immed-
iately identified.
pact with the shore, and being
left almost dry in the swampy
area.
Tugs, Barges on Bank "T '
The big tug and loaded barges
were still on the bank today, of-
ficials deciding not to move any-
thing until they could find some
trace of Captain Swearingen who
might* have been pitched off the
tug and drowned in the mishap.
Parker said apparently there
was little damage suffered by the
- ft»g or the-barges aa a result of
the accident.
Throughout last night there
were no reports of either Allied
or German .activity across the
western half of the continent,
and the lull continued through
the'early morning.
Material men early tomorrow
will start the erection of a corral,
race track, booths, counters and
other accommodations for the
fourth annual Terrapin Derby
sponsored by the Tri-Cltiea Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce and
assisted by the . Tri-Cities Jay-
cettes;
The big fun festival will get
underway tomorrow night just
before dusk, And the terrapin
races will continue in a geriessof
events intermingled with other
entertainment features until far
into the night.
Saturday night the festival will
again hold sway, and the added
feature will be the sweepstakes
event for the grand champion
of the feet terrapins.
Committee groups have been
ncse to the Indian borders.
Merrill’* . troops, popularly
knowi as "Merrill's marauders,"
accomplished their march
through the rough, tortuous ter-
rain in Virtual secrecy. Allied
communiques had not mentioned
their activities’ in the past
weeks their last position being
reported about 25 miles north
of Myitkyina, and enemy broad-
cast* likewise failed to mention
their movements.
Continue North Drives
While Merrill's Chinese-Ameri-
can forces were consolidating their
positions before the Cith, three
other Allied columns continued
their drives from the north.
Two Chinese groups were
striking down
the Mogaung val-
ley, with one of them within nine _....._
’ “ * *’ ~ ”* *r ...... By CllnUm B. (sutler
PIGNATARO, Italy, May 18. Hilt)
__ -Infantry moving up to the frqnt
is* trudge quickly through thl* tomb
appear “last night, suggesting -Derby history.” ......—-—. TiaiNPMHh Mi mile* directly north the Url vattey alone.--------; yTO
fhat bad weuther hanging over; rn addition to the feature ter- , of Myitkyina. —r Despite the speed of the‘French taro so hastily they had no time
. , ____________ groups _____ .
Nazi reconnaissance and bomb- working night and day lately to miles of Kamaing, 40 mile*
ing planes which had been prowF itSve everything in readiness for west of Myitkyina, and British-
ing over British invasion ports the function heralded as the led Kachin levies were advancing
every night for a week failed to ^biggest and best In Terrapin down a highway to the cast of
week. ........ .........
“In the Uri valley and In the.
hills to the south, troops of the
Fifth and Eighth armies have con-
tinued their advance and are now
in contact in many places with
outposts of the Adolf Hitler line.”
Ahead of the allies in the Hit-
ler line—believed the 'last forti-
fied line before the Roman plains
-lies 12 mile* of anti-tank ditch-
es, natural obstacles tn the form
of deep Water courses, numerous
pillboxes and other fortifications.
4500 German Prisoner
German prisoners, of whom 4,-
500 have been captured in the
first six days of the offensive, satd
the Hitler line had been under
construction for the past three
months by workers of the Todt
organization, which also built the
Sigfried line and the Atlantic
wall. Aerial reconnaissance pho-
tographs showed that 70 pillboxes
and minor concrete works had
been built in the slretch aerosi
tty for renomination,' and the
battle between factions waa on
in full fury today In preparation
for the Texas Democratic con-
vention May 23,
Fresh fuel to the dispute was
added by Former State Demo-
cratic Chairman E. B. Germany
of Dallas who said there would
be no compromising or pussy-
footing. “If any New Deal stuff
is offered at Austin, we will
fight it," he said. “We tried to
compromise at Weco (IMG con-
vention) and were double-cross-
ed,” He said the New Deal op-
1
Both aides concede that Fras*
ident Roosevelt will be renomi-
nated, but that ha* not (topped
the fight. Bitter statements is-
sued on each side assigned ulter-
ior motivei tp the other.
Cd-chairrae«C*f the State Dam-
cratic Executive committee,
George A. Butler of Houston and
Mrs. H. H. Welnert of Seguiii,
said that the Roosevalt faction la
trying to re-nomlnate Vice-Proa-
ident Henry Wallace; abandon
the fight for two-thirds nomina-
te New Deal, Pica I)
Nazis Leave Dead Untried
Allied Troops March On In Italy
tNce Weather Lulls, Page 2) (rice JayC.'ee, Page 2)
l In The Tri-Cities: First Lt.
M. (Redbied) Bale in town
| collision with a baseball. . . .
*rt Kerr walks briskly of-
*«rd for another busy day
Lt. Glenn Barbour calls
»e from Baton Rouge to say
F1* . . He’s a fighter pilot
there . . , LaVolce Reeves
king in -a movie . Tom
nninger and Tug Stricklin re-
" experiences over a cup of
Kc . Lois Ruth Tharp dls-
«ying the very latest thing In
way of a snood . , T Gene
lewood and Bill Tdylor be-
heralded as co-prasldenls of
»*wly formed Petty Athletic
wlatlon „ . . B. B. Williams
1 Joe Sumner holding a street
»« session . , Mrs, Tommy
"I Jr. makes a report on Bro-
B O, Huddle, still stationed
[the Naval.all station at Cor-
Fira months of mall
waiting for Seaman L T.
dson, when he reached port
Wei-
Soviets Better Positions
18,000 Germans Slain On That Front Since April
regain the posit!
losses in the se
were estimated at 300 dead
ltso captured, together "with
A ,
>UND TOWN
MOSCOW, May 18. O) — Red
.. . . army troops- taking advantage
dftg a new pair of stiver o( heavy German losses on • the
. Dekner Brown suffers |ower Dnestr river in Bessarabia,
pierced the enemy line at sever-
al points yesterday to expand the
month-otd Russian bridgehead on
the west bank northwest, of Tir-
aspol, it was announced today.
Troop* Make Gain*
A Soviet communique also dis-
closed that ground force* made,
small gains in strikes from their
lines southeast of Stanislawow,
in Southeastern Poland, and Rus-
sian long-range bombers carried
Their aerial offensive on German
communication lines into the
sixth successive night.- ----- -1
Approximately 400 Germans
were killed when Soviet guards’
The Japanese also were being
_j , / ~ ........throwii-back all along the-TOO*
mile front at the Sahycen river,
where the Chinese captured sev-
eral new positions to place their
front line* to within 75 mile*
east of Myitkyina.
Chinese Occupy—Village * *
ition*. The enemy ... ^ Joseph W, Stillwell's
series fit actions ^dquarters^ announced that
an8 (See Allies Shelling, Page 2)
advance, the Germans were re* to bury their dead and The stench
8tsttnjr_fi®l‘ccly " Kid Threw 'the discourages any sightseeing.
200th Pangcr Grenatfier regiment
and the 90th Panzer division into
the futile defense of Esperia.
French artillery already was
shelling the Itri-Plco highway,
main lateral supply road for the
ri gut r
men attacked the obey, line sidcrable war material, including^
OHH*
around the bridgehead, wfifere tJie
communique said the Russians
occupied several “favorable posi-
tions." The German losses rais-
ed the number of enemy dead to
<1,800 in that area since last
Thursday, ' , .
S00 Nasi* Slain
Soviet ufatefN the SontltcaKt-
ern Polish front captured a se-
ries of enemy trenches and re-
pelled two German attempts to
(field pieces, trench-mortars, ma-
chine-guns and trucks.
Altogether the Germans have
lost on that front since April 18,
more than 18,000 killed or cap-
tured.
-1 The new aerial attacks be- __
hind the enemy line* were car- M’rved' ’Eter and" North Texas
rlcd out Tuesday night at a cost (:hurches for more than 30 years,
of three bombers in the 21st »- (|ied Tuesday in a Pasadena ho*-
jor Russian air attack in 29 pHal after a br,pf ,Mneia
™*hW’ . He lived at Arcadia, and
Father Of Local
People 1$ Dead
*r. *"
Rev. Edward Prather, 78, re-
tired Methodist minister who had
m
•nd Mrs. Cy (Barbers Hill)
"km are now •rrii'erts of Bay
• • Dr. N S. Holland pays
1 * cigar he "borrowed" a
' «*o .... . Sheriff W. B.
r fakes out for the big city
U>* bayou . . . The telephone
wupu i conversation for
•trice Maesey.'
la Porte:. A Is. Porte
bragging on whet the:
"y has done for her son con-
he "has quit biting his
f*«r nails" . . . Oeorge Sharp
hock at naval study after a
k*nd at home i !{«•, now
the University of Texas . . -
nc* Busch has many reasons
forgetting 1943 very soon
Dan Oates pushes his town
toward Baytown sfad a hot
Stocks Close Today
Courtesy Citizens National Bank ft Trust Co,
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Ohio Oil ....*............... 19
Packard Motors
Pfiro Oil .............MU.
Reed Roller Bit 22*4
Republic Steel H’li
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Burleson write* from hi* new c;tlM service ............. 15%
eorps station at Liberal, Kan. rywom-rri.i Solvent .,...,...15%
end Mrs. rv iw.rh«« Hill) canjoudated Aircraft ...... 12%
144%
Du Pont .,.. ■ -.
Electric Bond and Share .. 8
Electric Power and Light L 4
El Paso Natural Gas ...... 31%
General Electric 88
General Motor* 58%
Gr*ham Paige ......... 1%
Greyhound .......... '*0%
Gulf Oil ....:.......*....... 48%
Ho. U. and Power Go.-----85XD
Houiton Oll 11%
Hudson Motor* ............ 10%
Humble Oil .............#4
Jone* and Laughlin ...... 21%
Kroger Grocery ............ 84.
Kirby Pet L 5%
Louiilana Land ....■••>••<• 7%
Lorillard '•••••
Murray Corporation ....... •«
Na*h Kelvlnator ........W%
National Dairy ..... 20SXD
Texa* Gulf Sulphur
Tidewater Corpioruiion 7777714%
T-P Land and Trust 10%
T-P Gold and 0(1 ........... 15%
United AMnJt 21%
United Corporation ,i.j...,. 1%
United Oil . ik
United State* Steel ..... 51%
Walworth ................... 8%
Western Union .. A... 45%
White Motor* 24%
Wileon Company 8%
Cotton down . vV).• *.’ *A'1 * 5
Rail Junction* flmnlx d
The raid* were centered on the
White Russian capital of Minsk,
where the Soviet plane* started
(Heft..Soviet* Better, Pag* 2)
BULLETINS
By I'NtTED PREHS
ALLIED HEADQI ARTERri,
NAPLEH, May 18. — A huge
fleet ef Italian-based American
warplane* po«*lhly 1,800
strong, struck deep Into the
Balkan* today In a omashlng
triple blow at the Floret I oil
field* In Romania and the Bel
grade and Nla railway yard* in
Yugoslavia. ,,<■ ..
.
AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL
IN, AUSTRALIA, May If. -
Missionaries rescued from Jap
imprluonment at Hotlandla dis-
closed today that Aided air-
men In an attack on an armed „
refugee ship off New Guinea
killed 70 refuge** but turned
a*ide immediately when they
•aw thf nature of the target.
tie uvea at Aceadia, and was
the father of Mr*. H. W. Kelso of
BiiytoWb, Mrs. J. E. Kersh of
Highland*, and Dave L. Prather,
also of Highland*.
Funeral »ervicc» were held at 5
p m., yesterday at the Martin Fu-
neral Home chapel in Alvin.
.survivor* Include hi* wife, Mr*.
Anna Prather, of Arcadia; one
brother, Jack Prather of Dallas;
one »on, Dave L. Prather of High-
lands; three daughter*. Mr*. Kel
so, Mrs. Kersh, and Mrs. R. M.
Guy of feLtr*ville, Texas. Ten
r,randchlidren also survive.
Army, farcy Asked To
Recruit More Nurses
WASHINGTON, May IT. <09-
The army and navy must recruit
7.000 more nurses In 1944 to fill
Hie nursing need* of their 11,-
000,000 fighting men, the office
of war information reported to-
The army will need an addition-
al 5,000 nurses In the first six
months of 1945, OWI said. Navy
requirement* will b* 500 e moufti
until tht strength of it* nursing
corps climb* from th* pr***nt 5,-
000 to 10,000.
Hitler line and tome *1* miles
beyond newly captured Mt. Mar-
tino,
Yank* In- Rig Advance
American foroes on the left
flank of tht French scored the
day% biggest advance- more than
4% miles in capturing Mt. Ruaz-
•TLzo, 8% miles west of Spigno, and
tancc of Formla, coastal anchor of
akto Thrust to within striking di»-
df’Hitler line, with the occupa-
tion of Mt. Campese, 1% miles to
the northeast.
Mnranola, two miles northeast
of Formla, and Trlvlo, three quar-
ters of a mile to the West, like-
wise fell to the Americans. >
The German DNB agency, in ac-
knowledging th* abandonment of
Cassino, northern hinge of the
crumbled Gustav line, said their
force withdrew "without Interfer-
encc from the enemy, sino* Brit-
ish and American troRs refrained
Behind them,, the fleeing enemy
troop* left an abundance of am-
munition and weapons, ■ including
the German equivalent of a ba-
Mokg tab* fired from .the shoul-
der, several complicated machine*
men rested at the edge of town,
reading a paper-backed novel, “I
Married .a German." They said
German* fled, -
The road from Plgnatafo
back westward through a Shady
line flanked by dozens of dug-
out*. foxhole* and tilt trenches.
Fields on either side of the rood
are covered with scarlet poppMb
yellow mustard bloeeomi and
lavender clover, but cloud* of du.-t
sk.'W a as
pod open by artillery fire and the fofrwarU ’ cover everything.
.remaining portion of the dome
bear* the letter*, “Mater Dolor-
isslma Ora." Off to one side are
the ruins of a large atone house
which collapsed on it* German
garrison. A dud 1000-pound bomb
rests crazily on the rooftop.
“ Ka*t of Plgnataro, German dug-
out* show *ign* of lonx occupa-
tion with a litter of cigarette
package*, newspaper*, letter*,
magazine*, and photograph*, but
Inside, Eighth Amur gun erasers
already have pet up housekeeping.
\ A couple of mine-removal squad-
Prominent Tens
Gas Official Dead
Kin Of Prisoners
Invited To Meet
Mrs. Howard Hopkins of
Washington, D. C, a representa-
tive of the National Red CrOee,
Will speak at TtOO p.m. Friday at
th* YWCA, 1830 Rusk, in Hous-
ton to perron* In Harrl* county
and surrounding area who have
next of kin reported missing or
prisoner* of war.
Mr*. Hopkins will be in Hous-
ton Friday and Saturday to con-
fer with perron* who may need
from making any direct attack on GARDEN (TTY, Kan*., May 1ft »*lp from the Red Crow prisoner
th* German positions ... In view (l!J?i H. E. Exum, 52, of Amarillo, of war oommittee.
one of the nation’s largest figures
in the production and distribution
of natural gas, died here late yes-
terday.
He suffered a heart attack In
the office of the Tri-County Gas
company at Holcomb, six miles
west of Garden City, Just
hours before’his death.
Exum wa* widely known for his
activity as chairman bf the Texas
State Republican committee and
was one of the chief promoters
of Wendell Willkles 1940 candid-
ate Oerman positions
of thtlr severe setback
month* aso.”
Last Na Material
"The evacuation of Ca»*lno was
carried out to completely that the
Anglo-Americans did not capture
(rim Axis Gustav, Page I)
Invasion Releases
Due Twice Each Day
two
Mrs. Roy Elms, In charge of
the Gooa* Creek office, asked
that any perrons intending to
go end who had room for others
or any perrons who would ilka
to go but did not have
of transportation to call
here and an effort to help Wuun.
be made. 7
i2 * ■" -
IXJNDON, May T7. HUD-Gen.
Dwight D. Elsenhower's tupre^p
headquarters will issue two regu-
lar communique* dally when his
allied expeditionary force* Invade
the continent, it was revealed to-
day,
Tb4 communlqule* will be re-
leased at 11 a m. (5 Am. BWT)
fiffS 11:80 pm. (5:30 p.m. EWT.)
They will be supplemented with
special announcements of major
NOT HIGH, NOT LOW
The thermometer didn’t-
its usual high In
hours, but it didn’t
usual low either, Alex 1
local weather
today. High
Low ae 71. At 7 i
was 74,
Sam Frazer's Father
Dies At^Lone Oak
Funeral service*
let* Friday at
-nvllle, for
T. ./■:
I
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