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Japs Had 200
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Pacific Battle
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All 1* beauty.—Robert Browning.
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WAR FUND
PROGRESS
M. L. Portwood, fisherman, when
asked as to how they were biting
these days, said, "Well. I think the
fish are like the Jap ships—at the
bottom of the water and not biting
or fighting.”
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Leyte island.
The extent of, the disaster to Ja-
pan’s position in the Pacific was
Illustrated tn part by an eye-wit-
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zonal hand in getting
the Philippine victory
lenttoaaiy on Germans ettogtag to
the water-logged deltas and islands
of southwest Holland, with the
enemy giving ground an the way
from Bergen Op Zoom tn *B Mar*
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$18,083 TODAY’S'
WAS FUND TOW
The Seventh Annual Corn Husk-
in' Bee will be held at the Bell
Avenue concrete terrace Friday
night, starting at 7:45 and running
to 9:45 o'clock. The contests will
Include "Husband Calling”, "Chick-
en Calling ", "Singing", "Hog Call-
ing” and "Corn Husking". These
contests will start at 8 :45 and prior
to that there'll be the good old
"squares" and folk dances.
More summerlike weather arriv-
ed Wednesday afternoon when a
high of 84 was recorded. The low
of the morning was 50. A year ago
the readings were 51 and 74. Thus
October lias been one of the finest
harvesting months that could be
wanted, and if sufficient labor
were to be had most of the crops
would have already been gathered.
’ But. there is a real need for more
farm hands. If there be any who
would like some farm work, help
tn the emergency. Lee Toothaker,
employment agent, of the County
Agent's office, would like to have
you see him. He has plenty of as-
signments that he can make.
reduces th* probable enemy battle other populated places. Romanian
t’oops participated in these actions.
Mukacevo Taken
In Czechoslovakia
FIVE INJURED IN STREET EX-
PLOSION IN DENVER
DENVER. Oct. 26—OP)—A blast
which ripped giant holes in a Den-
ver street near the intersection of
West Second Avenue and Federal
Boulevard Injured five persons last
night, one critically.
Denton's United War Fund
contributions to date:
$18,083.86
83.085 38
3.020.00
3.76094
3,089.71
2,446.61
2,450.00
249.20
Nearing Tilburg
Southwest of 8 Hsrtogsnboech.
allied tro ---
lam than
tice and political activity Walker having captured Zorgen, 12 mites
‘ southwest of B Herto *---*■
The flanking thrust . _
ed column north of ‘8 Hsrtogen-
bosch cut th* Nail escape route
over one of the three brf" ‘ '
Ing over the Maas from
zone
Tawil eave ea drags at flwtadtes
See ear ad, today's imae.
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reached Moergestel.
— mites southeast of
the rail and highway junction of
,uu,r w Tllburt and the communique ro-
Mlas Rosa Reeder of Garland in | ./TVS.
STOCKHOLM. Oct. 26.-IA5
—A German wave of terror
aimed al smashing the Danish
underground was reported to-
day to be sweeping through
Denmark.
WIRE BRIEF J
RENO, Nev., Oct. 26.—M»>—
Two big Army cargo planes
crashed into each other and
fell In flames near here today.
Tne Army said 12 men were be-
lieved killed. The ships were
two-engine C-46 transports.
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Uncle Sam hasn't forgotten that
85 ‘use" tax stamp which should
have been purchased by July 1. In
lecent weeks thousands of car own-
ers of the Nation have been stop-
ped on the streets or summoned by
the'Internal Revenue Department to
explain the absence of the “use”
stamp on their cars and have been
compelled to buy stamps at the full
85 rate unless they were able to
prove loss or theft of stamps previ-
ously purchased
was involved In Uie Philippines ac-
tion.
King indicated that two principal
purposes might have been consid-
ered by the Japanese high com-
mand when the enemy fleets turn-
ed toward the Philippines—(1) a
junction of Japanese forces in the
homeland and those about to be
cut off in the Singapore area by
American Invasion of the Philip-
pines and (2) an effort to halt
American liberation of the island
group.
One illustration of the interlock-
ing nature of all warfare is in an
opinion expressed by strategists of
the Army Air Forces that the Phil-
ippine sea-air events will help re-
lieve the "grave" Japanese often- _
sive threat to advanced bases in ^.“^w'to hare‘quarreled.'
Ed Taliaferro got busy Wednes-
day afternoon at his usual fall-
time work on the Court House
lawn. He has been attending to the
planting of rye grass there for sev-
eral years, and it won't be long
till all of the lawn will be a pretty
green for the winter months The
seed were cast on the recently ber-
muda-planted spots, so the boys at
the Court House and citizens and
tourists will have an attractive
lawn to enjoy.
26 Warships Li
As Suflit or *Dai
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Incomplete Reports Indicate Crushing
Defeat for Nipponese in Widespread
.righting, May Shorten War in Pacific.
ivoo. ix> tnat union were oom nve ,
children, three of whom survive:
Mrs. W B Hamilton of Wichita ‘
Fells, prominent church and wo-
men's club worker; James H. Walk-
er, Fort Worth contractor, and
Lieut A. W. Walker Jr. U. 8. N.
Naval attache to 1— _.
sador at Buenos Aires. Argentina,
and Navy finance officer of the
South Atlantic. T“ * "
was Mrs. Dora Clifton, whom he
married in Pilot Point in 1907.
Surviving also are four grand-
children, Capt William W Hamil-
ton and Pint Lieut. John M. Ham-
ilton. both in the V. 8. Anny. Mn
Charlea Wilson end Miss Pearl
Walker; two great grandchildren:
a sister. Mrs. Iona Wylie of.'
IU Falls and a I '
Walker of Lucedale. Misa.
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Yeah, and another error crept
in Roundabout, as it stated that
Bill Stephenson was the 'dean' of
birthday celebrators, as he was 91
years old. H. S. Stone. 91, should
have been named as the 'dean'.
Mrs. Clifford Balthrop and Ira L.
Fullerton are today adding anoth-
er year to their ages, and, no doubt,
observing the day in some way.
Jim Hundley is sick at his home,
918 Anderson 8tre*t. He only re-
cently returned from his Montague
County ranch, where the third oil
well on his place Is being drilled.
The test, on last report, had reach-
ed a depth of 5.500 feet. The other
two wells are producing and the
oil is going Into the pipe line dally.
Two of a kind! H*: "I'm not a
lasy man. sir. I work when I can
get work, but I've been out of a
job.’
Judge (to officer): Took at his
hands, sergeant I”
Officer (looking at prisoner's
hands): "Why. sir, it must have
been years since he did any work.
Hi* hands are as soft and white as
mln* "
China of th* U. 8. 14th Air Force.
President Roosevelt took a per-
the news of
to the peo-
ple. He called in the six reporters
who were at the White House at
the time—late in the afternoon.
Mr. Roosevelt said he had just
received a call from Admiral Wil-
liam D. Leahy, his chief of staff,
who had some news from the navy.
He picked up a piece of paper
from a desk and read this pen-
cilled note:
“The president received today a
report from Admiral Halsey that
the Japanese navy in the Philip-
pine area has been defeated, seri-
busly damaged and routed by the
Uhited States navy tn that area."
Army which scaled "A. ‘ ° v
frnm Cntifham Drk- '
With the expressed hope that
! Denton's quota of 822.000 may be
attained by the end of this week,
persons in charge of the drive here
urged all committeemen to renew-
ed effort the remaining three days
of the week in an effort to clear
the slat* and reach the goal by
Saturday night.
Every resident of Denton who
has not yet made his contribution
to the fund was requested to vol-
unteer his gift to’ some committee-
man so that the fund may be raised
with the greatest speed and the
least effort possible. All workers in
the drive are willingly contributing
many hours of time to the local
effort oh behalf of the war fund,
and the effort would be materially
expedited if residents would make
their contributions without waiting
to be solicited
Japanese Admit
Battleship Lost
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(By Associated Press)
The Japanese tn a broadcast to-
day admitted one battleship was
sunk and another damaged in
fighting with American warships
in ttte Leyte Gulf arse. The broad-
cast was recorded by the Federal
Oonununications Commission.
An Imperial Japanese headquar-
ters communique said "one battle-
ship was sunk end another sub-
stantially damaged” tn the Leyte
Gulf erea.
The cmnaunique referred to the
fighting oa Leyte iteelf and de-
clared Japanese forces hod
oepted anpgBM * * —
lean dMdteM
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aged by bombs in the Sulu adn may
recognised by the
German radio 1__.__ _ ._
u«. -- i speculated that the allied air pt-
k! tacks on Bordrecht were afansd at
smashing the great Moetdljke
NEW YORK. Oct. 26.—,4y—
The German radio said today
that the Nails had recaptured
the East Prussia road center of
Goldap and regained the Initia-
tive in the province of
Junkers. NBC recorded
broadcast.
"Old Hitler” is poised for a drop
on the War Fund Temperature
Board on the west side of the
Court House. He lacks Only about
84,000 of having the trap sprung
on him The War Fund has reach-
ed 818.000 of the 822.000. Denton’s
part, in the campaign. The cam-
paign committee hopes to spring
that trap this week.
HOVRTON TO VOTE ON CHANGE
IN CITY GOVERNMENT
HOUSTON. Oct. 26—<JP>—For-
mal notice of intention to call an
electl8V for Dec. 19, on the single
issue of whether a full-time mayor
should be substituted for the city
manager, was voted yesterday by
City Council.
Me’SW
day Zone 2. Walter Milter, captain,
was the only sone which had ex-
ceeded thia amount. All four sones
are approaching their quotas, and
Lee Preston, captain of Zone 4,
■ said that the quota for his group
; is in the bag
— . Totals reported for zones and
. 2hu ^nMtho-Ukratoe ( oth<f. worklng roupfl were M fol.
Marshal Stalin announced tonight tow,. , »3.085.38, Zone 2.
in an order of the day 88,020; Zone 3. 83,760 96; Zone 4.
Mukacevo (Muflkacs) fell to the ! w 7L Teachers College. 82.446 -
forces of Gen. Petrovs Fourth Uk- fll T 8 c w >2.450; Court House,
ralnian Front A>-mv wi.irh
the mountains from Southern Po-
land and Invaded Czechoslovakia.
Capture of the town of 26,000
population placed the Fourth Uk-
rainian Front only about 17 miles
from the pre-war boundary between I
Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
It is an important railway cen-
ter on the line running across the
Carpathians from Lwow in Poland
to Russian-held'Debrecen in Hun-
gary.
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LONDON. Oct 28.-VP>-Th* <Mr-
man high command anaouneed to-
day that allied forces, striking to
dear the last MM guns Nocking
Allied convoys from Antwerp, had
landed on th* south shore of Bav»-
land island.
"Countermeasures are Ja prog-
ress." the communiquk Mid. indi-
cating th* amphibkniB farces al-
ready had made good a bridgehead
on the north side of the Bcheide
Estuary.
Earlier Berlin broadcMte ttat
Walchearen, another bland north
of the Estuary. Bad been Invaded
by allied land and sea forces were
not born* out by th* communique
The landing apparently was made
under the protection of a dense
morning fog which swept in from
the North sea and came ea allted
forces, fighting through hip-deep
water, forged slowly ahead to clear
the sea spproachee to Antwerp ,
Field Marshal Mr Bernard L.
Mrs Florence McLeod has return-
ed from Oklahoma City, where
she visited Mr and Mrs. Lester
McLeod to whom a daughter. Wan-
da Lee, Was born on October 14
Mrs. McLeod said, "No, grandchil-
dren are not new to me, us I huve
three of 'em now."
lite open season for shooting
ioves closed Wednesday at sun-
town, and from what reports that
have been made the boys who tried
the last day didn't have much
luck. 'Hie duck und geese season
will open on November 2 and some
of the boys who prefer that sport
are oiling, up their shootin' Irons.
Hugh Pruitt wonders if Bob Gro-
gan has. been making a search for
tanks with water in 'em. Bob, a
few years back, it seems crawled
about 200 yards to a tank, looking
for a good potsiiot, only to find
* that the tank was perfectly dry
So no ducks.
By HAMILTON W. FARON
Associated Frew Naval Writer
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.
The crushing defeat handed the
Japanese navy in Philippine waters
brought to Washington and the
nation today the cheering thought
that the whole course of the war
may now be changed and victory
brought months nearer.
These great ex[>ectations were
tempered in some degree by Impa-
tience to hear in final detail of
what may well be the greatest sea
action in history.
A Japanese defeat of the mag-
nitude reported in first dispatches
would mean that Japan is through
as a naval power—that powerful
American task forces which never
have feared engagement with the
emmy would be relieved of ing.
trouble from sizeable naval forces.
•And with such freedom of action
—relieved of any necessity of
guarding against operation of the
Japanese fleet—the American Pa-
cific nest would concentrate up-
on wiping out remaining enemy
surface unite and softening up Ja-
pan's island bases.
However, some naval observers
are Inclined to check the fragmen-
tary report* of damage against es-
timates of the size of the Japanese
fleet. They point, out that Japan
has been credited With at least a
dozen each of battleships and first-
line sircraft canters.
Admiral BnsM J. King. Navy
commander in chief, before
nouncement of the American
tory. had told newsmen that "prac-
tically ail" of ths Japanese fleet
I Carriers 2
I Battleships 1
Cruisers 5
Destroyers ?
LONDON, Oct. 26 —.A1)—Col. Gel.
Heinz Guderian, tank expert and
chief of the German Army Gen-
eral Staff, has taken charge of the
Russian front as commander in
chief of Nazi armies in the east,
the German foreign office said to-
day in a broadcast
The foreign office also confirmed
that Field Marshal Gen. Gerd von
Rundstedt is commander in chief
in the west. He held that position
at the time of Invasion, but was
deposed by Hitler, presumably be-
cause of fsilure to throw Gen. Bte-
enhower's armies back into the sea.
He reappeared at the Western
Front nearly a month ago and re-
cently attended the funeral of his
format vW»—> Front field oom-
mande:, Marshal Erwin Rommel,
an officer with whom he frequently
' 1- „ Z quarreled.
Appointment of Guderian as
commander of German divisions
fighting from the Arctic to the
Balkans, estimated at from 148 to
150. was believed to be the first
time the assignment has been in-
trusted to a single commander.
Usually the command has been
split among three commandsn for
the north, south and center, al-
though on occasions. Hitter has as-
sumed personal command.
A veteran of the black days .of
Corregidor, Lieut.-Gen. Rivi-
ard K. Sutherland, above, iof
Washington, D C., Gen. Mac-
Arthur's chief of staff, acccm-
panied the General when. Iof
the first time since March 11.
1942, he set foot on Philippine
soli
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Hunk Damaged Total
... 6
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fleet under Adm. , JL -
| Transports 9
Landing Craft
(large) 17
In the "Denton County Men in
pervice" column in Wednesday's
Record-Chronicle there appeared a
slight error. It was stated that
Lieut L. D Weeden, son of Dr.
and Mrs Frank Weedon, is here
from Lamoore, California, en route
to Canada. It should have stated
that he and his wife will leave
Saturday for California, not Can-
ada
i By Associated Press)
Here is the box score of Japanese
' losses in the three-pronged PiiUip-
, - , , , . I pines sea-air battle:
tieships, exclusive of new construe- ■ 8unk Heavily Total
tiou, since the beginning of the I . —
Pacific war in 1941
The score, as reported by Adm
Chester W Nlmltz and Gen.'Doug-
las MacArthur, showed fiva Jap-
anese cruisers sunk and tour dam-
aged; two carriers sunk and on*
damaged; three destroyers specifi-
cally listed as sunk and one dam-
aged, except tn one iuatauce the
fleet commanders did not count the
total number of enemy destroyer
casualties, merely reporting “sev-
eral" were sunk or damaged.
At least one of the three engage-
ment*—the battle in the San Ber-
nardino strait area, was continu-
ing. with U B. aircraft pursuing the
broken remnants of one of the two
enemy forces which attempted to o ---------------
attack ^American landing forces on I gut M announced yesterday and
are
Buck McCarroll of Lloyd was in
Denton Wednesday in the search
for cotton pickers or boll pullers,
but from reports heard, lie didn't
have much luck. He even went so
far as to offer the work to the
siiadysiders, but the price offered
didn't appeal to the members of
the club.
i Judge A. W. Walker, 77, promin-
ent lawyer, former state legislator,
real estate and oil developer, and
qne of whose main actlviUes was
his efforts to promote prohibition
both in Texas and the nation, died
here at 9:30 p. m Wednesday fol-
lowing a long illness.
Funeral services will be held in
the First Methodist Church at 3
p. m. Friday, in charge of Dr.
Frank Weedon, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of which Walker
was a member, the sermon will be
by Bishop H. A. Boaz of Dallas, a
lifelong friend, and assisting will
i be Rev. Philip Walker, pastor of
Total 39
Tiie figures Include the Japanese '
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Driving in from tbs mM on tlMQ
Gsnnans trapped on Walchtenn, th*
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. Th* program was along atatft
roaffs ratted orer wastes of water
left by ths noodtag of the teiinfc
dians were fighting in the ttreete
of Oostburg, tour mites am* heart
cf Cadsand whse^itee^asgyY tert
restored 15t
Frederik Hendrix and reach*! the
outskirts of Groede, 4 1-2 mfies
northeast of Cadzand. * -*•*
Behind the advance into South
Beveland they captured the village
of Dorp Op Pindorp, four mites
east of the enemy coastal anchor of
fiergen Op Zoom.
To the east Montgomery's British
Second army was breaking the back
of German resistance in the Breda
box south of . the Maas (Mean)
with its attack toward the weet - »
from the Nijmegen salient.
The British captured Fort Often,
a mile north of "8 Herto—ibmrh
and cleared the Germans from all
the latter hub except ths southwest
I corner.
I They wore within a mite of Til-
burg, fa the middle of the box.
jured sa they stepped from a bue on Tkciotan «M tah ttar vtelnl
a downtown street hero lest night. Dulag atnoe Oct. 20 and that
* '* iff is continuing. ■
Denton's quota
$22,000
Contributions to date
zones:
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Teachers College
T. 8. C. W
Court House
WOMAN KriXED. ANOTHER IN-
JURED IN LKAYDfG BUS
TEMPLE, Oct. 38 —(JP)-pmeN-
gation continued -lodav into the
traffic accident in which Mn. J.
B. Hood. 78. was kilted and her
daughter. Hrs. Jim Brooks, was in- .
the church. Burial will be In ths
family plot tn the Masonic ceme-
tery. Pilot Point. Pallbearers will
be W. C Boyd. Fred H Minor, Ja-
cob B. Price, L. A. McDonald. Ed
Miller. J. W Gray, John A. Boner,
and H. M Russell Jr. of Dallas.
Judge Walker was a native of
Alabama, born in Alexander City
June 10. 1867. He received his edu-
cation la, u> AUt-m.JSS'SXS’brtWteR
He came to Texas at ths age of 1 ^,^1. wide 10-SL'Kn
“ Uta ^unu?00? - < to *23 (Si
practice in Van Alstyns in 1890,'
later moved to Claude and served' asK
as county judge of Armstrong I
County from 1892 to UM. He then
returned to Van Alstyns and was
elected a member of ths tegislature
from Grayson County in 1900
In 1902 Judge Walker went to
Pilot Point and practiced law then
until 1907, when he moved to Port
■“■•rYitewrftsrw
Wise Counties in 1910. In Uli he {
managed a prohibition campaign
for North Texas, with headquarters
in Fort Worth. After that he prac-
ticed law in Dallas and engaged in
a number of political campaigns.
Directed Tom Ball Campaign
One of his most notable political
effort* wo* as manager of the cam-
paign for governor of Tom Ball in
the Ferguson-Ball contest, the first
race for governor conducted by Fer-
guson. He induced four other can-
didates to withdraw in the effort
to defeat Ferguson and elect Ball,
but Ferguson was elected. He con-
tinued all his life an active pro-
hibition Interest and was also sn '
active church worker.
After years of teaching, law prac-
tice and political activity waiker
became interested in real estate and
developed six sub-divisions in Dal-
las. He was one of the organisers
of the Texhoma OU and Refinery
Company of Wichita Falls. He con-
tinued the practice of law until he
became seriously ill the past sum-
mer. He moved to Denton three
veare ago, and made his home at
1002 Bolivar Street. He had trav-
elled In practically every state of
the nation as well as in Canada,
Mexico and Cuba. ■ , ..
Judge Walker was married to iTllbu?.', «»n»nun^ue
Miss Rosa Reeder of Garland in i Port®*1 "fenml progress ncrthwprd"
189? Sidled in Pilot Point in ' arm east of the Antwerp-
1906. To that union were bom five (--
in addition to the enemy form
already cut off on South Beveland
and Walcheren islands, as many as
80,000 German troops may bo in the
narrowing wedge of the mainland
1TM- TV TI R N between the battle line and the
the U. S. ambas-’ Thett mounting peril to fuOy
ms«; w vw mwMxrmu Kat mwxmttnnf BTWi Iftt* j
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bridges.” ”
South of ths Schelde Estuary, the
Canadians captured Fort Ftederik-
- * . Hendrik, reachsd the outskirts of
Groede to ths southwest, and a«ta-
..IJZr? I ed ground west and northwest of
SchoondUke. south of captured
' Breskem. The Germans still are
u mm Wrongly entrenched nt Cadsaad,
le. Mtta
The rest of the allied front fion
the North sea to the Swim Atos was
relatively quiet. Asserteans advaso
tag towtheert of Eptaal wore shrewd
by stiffening resistance. Gertsan
counterattack* In the Vosges moun-
tains farther south mere thrown
back.
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LONDON. Oct 26 — (/F) — The
archbishop of Canterbury, the most I
Rev. William Temple, died today
after a heart attack The primate
ol all England was 63 and had been
enthroned in bomb-pocked old
Canterbury Cathedral since April
23, 1942
His death and that of Princess
Beatrice, which occurred a few j
hours earlier, plunged England into
mourning.
Dr Temple was the son of an
archbishop of Canterbury and they
were the only father and son ever
to hold the highest office in the
Church of Etagland. The father
was the late Dr Frederick Temple,
who was archbishop during the
reign of Edward VII.
Dr. William Temple succeeded Dr.
Cosmo Gordon Lang, who resigned
at 78 with the request that a
younger man be placed in the of-
fice. In 1929. Dr. Temple had be-
come aAclibishop of York, second
highest post in the Church of Etag-
land, and before that he had been
bishop of Manchester.
The archbishop was confined to
his bed in September with a gout
attack. Later it was announced that
on medical advice he had canceled
1 all his engagements until the end
of November. It was said then that
he was suffering from an infection
which was slow in responding to
treatment.
The 98th Archbishop of Canter-
bury fervently supported the British
war effort.
When King Edward VIII, now
the Duke of Windsor, avowed his
love for Mrs Wallis Warfield Simp-
son. the American divorcee for
whom he subsequently renounced
his throne. Dr. Temple caused a
sensation by criticizing the monarch.
Dr. Temple's outspoken views
caused wide discussion. For a num-
ber of years, he was a subscribing
member of the labor party. He
vigorously opposed capital punish-
ment.
As a preacher, he had a power-
lul, sonorous voice and spoke with
out notes. He was portly, had a
fine sense of humor and an infec-
tious laugh.
Dr. Temple toured the United
States in 1935. lecturing at Harvard.
Columbia, the University of Chica-
go. Providence and Indianapolis. Hs
displayed keen interest in American
social problems.
Death came to the archbishop at
the Rowena hotel in Westgate on
the sea near Margate. Mia. Ttan-
pie was at his bedside.
Funeral services will be held at
Canterbury Cathedral Tuesday at
1:30 p. m.
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• - i
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, Oct. 26.— (AP)—Japan’s sea power has been re-
duced by at least 26 important ships as a result of the Ameri-i
can naval victory in the Philippine area, and the returns of
the crucial three-phase battle still are incomplete.
Latest unofficial compilations | — J' ■ ■ J ■’ *■’ "!i” *“•
from American communiques show- i ^ifftre of
ed twelve of Nippon's fighting ships 1
definitely sunk, three probably sunk 1 PfK'ific Fit*lit
und eleven damaged. This did not j ® w f
count "several'’ destroyers which
were sunk or damaged.
The returns snowea a heavy toll j
among Nippon’s batuestaps — two
sunk, two probably sunk and six >
heavily damaged, for a total of 10 I
Best available information indicates !
tlutt Japan hud only 10 or 12 bat- I bulUp
tloohina uvohlL'Iuu riakW onn4frilP- * _
/ •
communique claim yesterday of
four curriers, two cruisers, one de-
... . , stroyer and four transports sunk,
stripped Etaiperor Hirohitos navy ( an(1 two carrjerSi one battleship and
ol Uie greater purl of its known (wo cnilsprs dHnuMjed.
carrier, battleship and cruiser pow- j
er, necessary to engage the U S. , 11*1 I'
fleet In another major action or A TP 111)|(<h()[ 1 Vll
seriously check its further incur- p 11 1 11 1,1
sions into the western Pacific
Invasion Threatened
During the three-day battles, the
fate of MacArthur's invasion hung
in the balance. Tills was the touch-
stone that brought the Japanese
fleet out of hiding and precipitated
one of the greatest engagements in
naval history involving almost every
type of warship from battleships
to PT boats and submarines, and
sea-borne and land-based planes
By comparison, in the greatest
previous Nipponese defeat since
Pearl Harbor. 11 Japanese ships
were sunk and 9 sunk or damaged
in the battle of Midway in June
1942. Five of these were transports.
Known American losses in the
running battles around the Philip-
pines were two small carriers and
a number of PT boats sunk, plus
an unannounced number damaged.
Nlmitz' report today was limited
to two engagements — an over-
whelmingly one-sided victory over
the largest Japanese task force,
trapped south of Formosa by U. S
carrier planes, warships and sub-
mamies; and a crucial air-sea en-
gagement fought northeast of Leyte
off Samar island and in the 81-
buyan sea.
MacArthur previously reported
still pursuing crippled Samar task
force as it tried to escape through
the Slbuyan sea. Naval engagements
were apparently broken off, but un-
doubtedly American warplanes were
out to hunt down whatever rem-
nants remained of the other two
Japanese flotillas.
Japanese naval communiques ad-
mitted the loss of one battleship,
two cruisers, 1 destroyer and sub-
stantial damage to another battle-
ship.
Caught South of Formosa
Most of the destruction was in-
flicted on a Japanese task force
eeught south of Formosa. Nlmltz
said, "with no damage to our ships."
Previously Nlmltz had reported
the loss of the light carrier Prince-
ton and General MacArthur an-
nounced the sinking of an escort
carrier from the Sevan th fleet cov-
ering his amphibious landings on
Leyte.
The imperial task force caught
near Formosa in the Philippine sea
“wax attacked by a conoentration of
aircraft, surface ships and sub-
marines” for a day and a night.
Enemy aircraft flew out from the
Philippines in a futile attempt to
rescue the trapped Nipponese task
force. The Japanese finally es-
caped under cover of a black night
Nlmitx' communique amplified his
1:36 a. m. communique reported
.Wednesday so that much of the
damage announced tonight dupll-
(8W JAPANESE, FagTT)
John
era. news agency correspondent
th\j|b V. «. fleet
_____el BKrtey. WTffcti all hnt de-
stroyed one of the two enemy naval
units approaching Leyte.
This enemy unit consisted of two i
battleships, two cruisers and four |
destroyerds. Both battleships .one
cruiser and three destroyers were
sunk.
The crushing three-told defeat
Observers Hope Defeat Handed
Japanese Navy May Help Hasten
Victory in War Against Nipponese
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
jpL. XLII ' v ^NO. 63 J ' DENTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3«, ~ ~
JAPANESE FLEET BADLY MAULED
_______ r/J - - ■'------------
I Allies Cross' Estuary in 5|
I MOSCOW. CX t 26-(#>-Russtan I
| troops drove deeper into Norway |
today beyond captured Kirkenes hr |
j arctic storms which tumbled the f
| temperature several degrees below
zero, in a supreine effort to anni- ;
hllate up to 130,000 Germans being
t»erded before Red and Finnish |
forces.
In local engagements just north of J
ravaged Warsaw, the Kremka at J
midnight announced the capture of j
a dozen satellite towns on the east [
side of the wide and swift Vistula I
river which bends sharply west '
northwest just above the city
The pace of the Red Army often- I
sire In East Prussia slackened be- ]
fore ferocious German resistance.
All northern Transylvania was I
behind Russian lines in the Balkans
and Romania was cleared of hostile I
Germans. In Czechoslovakia, the I
Russians virtually Isolated the big I
highway town of Mukacevo, pushing j
within nine miles of the city.
Clearing of the towns on the
northern flank of Warsaw Increased '
the threat ot capture of the Polish !
capital
Tjie Soviet communique described |
the Warsaw successes as "battles of j
local importance. ' but they seemed
the first real sign ot German weak- ,
ness in central Poland since the
summer Red army offensive faded
out at the end of overstretched sup- ]
ply lines. (The Germans yesterday
reported the Russians had launched .
a powerful offensive north of War-
saw.)
Meanwhile, the invasion of East |4
Prussia ran into a storm of fanatl- i -
cal Nazi counterattacks around |
Oumbinnen and Goldap, and while
the advance continued, it brought ■
i on a
American losaea have expanded with I bered possibly 200 warships of all | gains of less than two miles
munlque However, the communique* j it ran into disaster in this week *
.. — .1— “attle of the Philippines. ,
Incomplete information on Nip- | r
poswae losses in that engagement j the railway town of Caret and 200
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. —OV-
Best available information indlaut-
qf ’ ed that the Japanese fleet num-
do not make it clear whether th*
enemy's figures are overlapping.
Y> > ■ * - in r..*.■ ire.irasfa*r,*v Anrt
today, here
claims:
the Nipponese
IONDON, Oct 26 —The
Czechoslovak communications cen- '
ter of Mukacevo was Captured to- '
dav in a nlne-rnlle Russian advance
the C ‘ ------
JAiKHir,
tonight
ol the greater part of its known
carrier, battleship and cruiser pow-
Archbishop V)i
Canterbury Dies
3
x Two battleships reported
terday by Admiral Nlmlta as <
not be included.
I xx "Several* other* were damag-
i ed; the four in the box were "either
sunk or heavily damaged."
The Japanese compilations
each Imperial headquarter* com- I type*, excluding submarines, before separated front.
occupation of Transylvania
was completed with the capture of
the important city of Satu-Mare,
Battle of the Philippines
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