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UNITED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
vol. 20—no. 257
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BRECKEN RIDGE, TEXAS,SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1944
plumbs ignorant
ltne broken
film situation
moments thought
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WEATHER
Fair this afternoon, tonight and
Sunday.
Price Daily 5o—Sunday 5<?
:oorl
ies
i Fric|
tion
?ront >1
<Ag schools o n nearly J.ooo
motion picture projectors for
16 mm sound films. This is about
one-eighteenth of the number ow-
ned by schools in the nation. Gun
stream says. But the Texas pi <>-„
jectors arc possessed by less than
10 per cent of the 5,701) school
district.
Legislators next January in
their regular session may hear
about visual education than ever
before from school authorities.
Plans have been udvantwd that
the state should provide five filtus
to schools as text hooks are n<>w.
A committee, simiiia to the pr,v |
sent text book commit tee, count i
select th? films in relation to t"ti S
subjects taught. ,
In no way would the utms sup-
plant the texts. The films.'., "i
which there would be several
prints of each subject, could i>c
kept in abmif 10 libaries strai
gieally located in the state.
In this way the films would O
readily available when needed arid
courses of study could be pl.mnc d
so htat books and pictures wotiid
be coordinated.
i LSO in the field M motion p^-
tures is the library oporii!>.fl
ty the Texas State Guard in the
Adjutant General's Department.
It is possibly the largest of its
type in the Army's Eighth Ser-
vice Command, from whose r*;; 1 -
las headquarters the State Guar.1
draws its films.
Tile 31 guard battalions throa-!
ghout the stwfe may obtain pic
tures from any of the It army
camp libraries or from the stMj|
Jibrary. Film transportation cot"'-,
panfcs cany the pictures free.
Guard units use the pictures lor
training-members. Th.. film* are
the same ones which the army us
es in its instruction program arid
I has found to be so successful from,
the standpoint of thoroughness
and speed of learning.
Starting with but 20 prints ft
year ago. th? Guard's state iibriij
ry now has about 200 prints on
various military subjects.
r'URRENT issue of the "Lone
j Star." official publication of
the 99th Seabee Battalion of the
same name, shows that the con
struetion outfit really went a'l
slate for Texas on their first an
nlve wary of adopt ion by t h«> s!«r>,
The 90th is the only "f'B" bat-
talion ever adopted by a state.
Stationed on Islands X. the oi.it
fit celebrated with a birthday mk"
which measured six feet in width
and was 40 inches high, Crowning
the cak? was a single candle.
The'Cake was
but not of the conventional type>v
The lower liyer was shaped a
map of Texas, while the top orw
was a flvc«H>intod star.
Gus Spcne ,-r of Breckennklge
was In oh the celebration.
IN the Pacific Gen, McArihur ^
reaching for the smaller melons-
hanging on the vines of Japan's
contest before attempting to cut
the big luscious melon of tiw
Philippines.
Apparently he U going into the
Philippines, i>ut the slow sure
War to win.
ELEGATKS returned front 'th"
Dallas convention are telling
the following ' story that, .Mark
McGcc told from the platform
there, to plead his ignorance.
A young man went to see a
Catholic girl. He came away much-
ly bruised and seiatehed. Aske I
what happened he said It was
something be said about the Pop1.
Didn't you know that girl is g.
Catholic?, he was asked.
he replied,■"tout I didn't
know the Pope is,'
Lions Club Told
How Cities Taken
Are Governed
returned captain says
men to return home
more satisfied
Mow the U. S. Government
moves three waves of governing
todies into si captured city, one
right behind the other, to set up
government, was told members til
the Br.'dn niidg • Lions Club Fri-
dtv by f'apt. Gilbeii Webb,-for
mer newspaper man now living at
Graham.:
Having itad a part in this, work
In Home. Oipt. Webb said alter
lit,-it fit> w:am had U-;iin to func-
tion aln:::: t normally, tin- J'op,, on
t!,e occasion of an official visit
by tun. elf and other repre-.>ni <
fives praised the ..work,!hat had
l.i donr.
' 'apt Wi'1,1) told in some di-
t.ul of using Italian transportation
in haul. in. 'U'i.-1iy Inni neighbor
ing cities thousand of tons of
e tii'-d. . and . oil.' of repair;
needed: to res|art th? trolley s.a-
vieo. ''the.'light Wlant, ;uid to se
«.ui<• water. g|| | ]| || p j||| I "
Home, he said today stands ia-
taet, with the exception of wn t
.we would call the union dep. t.
I bat only a. few stray bombs that
got into thi jA re-Id nt:al . district,
hut .the Naples 1({ many parts is
a shambles jSspeciaily along the I
eater front where (lie once fam- j
ous hotels .stood. They now are ,
all nibble. But reconstruction is j
under way and soon the sear-: |
w ill be h'aled over. .' .j,.'-'. i. ; i ; ■
In answer to a ipiestion lie said 1
he believes the American soldier i
will -return home puttidcr than ev- j
"r "f his form of government and (
of American girls and women. <
E. C. Btrrn>tt was elected a '
iljemlicr of (lie club and II. A.
raniies Transferred. Attention was
called by President Jimmy Brew -
•tier to the zone meeting of Lions
'it Graham next Wednesday nignt.
Resolutions' on the death of ?.
M: Smith were adopted by the
members. - 1
Sgt. Henderson
Home From War
S-Sgt. Andrew C. Henderson is1
home on a twenty one day fil - ,
'otigh. Henderson has f.?en over- j
sr:i« for over twenty months. He j
- in a lighter unit, in the 15th
Air Corps.; v .
He went through, the African,
^icily. and Italian campaigns.
He has I teen presented wi l
two Presidential Citations a:<d
' *ak Leaf Cluster, He says he r
cry happy to get back on o'd I
Texas soil once more, and want >1
$$**. ' V r ' -J T.'AjST'V
I
SCENE AS YANKS ENTERED KOBLENZ IN FIRST WAR
toi
iJwwiSS
Renewed
People Of City
this is how the American Army of Occupation entered the German city of Koblenz at the end of
World War i. Now American troops are in Trier, 55 miles away, and fighting their way along tho
Moselle river toward Koblenz, great Nazi Industrial center.
(International)
m
giiwpiiifw
For VMfcm
Furernl services for P. M
Smith who died Thursday w.i? re*
'iclff Saturday morning at IOiIIO
o'clock Rev. Harold McCollum
•ffieiating.
The altar w as banked with flow
• rs and the church comfortably
filled for the list rites. Lions rlub
members honorary .pnll beareir.
fit tended in a body. Added to this
ist of honorary pall liearers were
'ns W B. Guinn and W K.
Parks, and members of this divl-
v,ion of the American National In-
surance company.
Bucks Leave To
Meet Eagle Foe
locals generally
favored to take game
based on the past
The Bieckoniidge Buckarocs
werL. to gather for a meal her >
,Saturday afternoon and ibo u
l:.*i(i o'clock leave for Abilcv
where the kick-off of the 19 n
footImiII season will be staged at
8:30 o'cliH'k.
Coach Eck Curtis had thirt.,1
"i-'n lined up to go for this liv-
test of what is generally cuno 1-
•d; to b<. good edition of a team.
Bccause it is an inier/ono it is
being watched by sports 'writers'
and fans of the state.
The new edition of tlv Ea^lr -
will be striving to tio somethi.13
no Abilene club has achievc.l
iince 1937, subdue Coach Kck
Curtis' perenially laiuljunciiou
I. uckaros.
On the basis of last year's pc
formances and- comparative expi-r
i-.nce, eh..n e-> of I he Ittcals for 1
" in appear good. The I91.'t Bueki'
teamWent to the state playo't
ciuarier-finals before losing a pen
.1 talions decision on «• 1.1'13 tc-
with Waco, From that team Cur-
tis has back 19 lettermen, ineluti-
mg seven r'gulars,
with Midland for fourth positimi
In District ft-AA last yeah ty
ehei Juke Bcntley and Ftt'd Me
Kenize have eight lettefmen tt
ttwir jwunrf- ,
'liadlt1^ ' '1 ;|1 '1 11 i" 1
Ahiltate starting eleven : will
weigh in at an average of li>;
pounds, Itifl in the line and I ■"
ri the back field. Breckcnridge wi f
f e!d a team weighing H!5, wit h 1
171-pound averng,' in the forw.,rJ
si all, 156 in the backfiekl.
Animals Of Japs
Used By Marines
On Saipan
SAll'AX. Marianas Islands iIX*-
i..>Cd> ' u,. S. Marines' hatred
for the Jap certainly does not er.
tend to the thousands of dome itic
animals (he Japs have left oc-
liind in their slow hard lought re
neat northward.
When water was scarce, a Ma-
rine was seen giyin a dog a drink
■ait of his canteen cup. Another
Marine drew water out of a cist?rii
or a pamcularly unlovely pair
H swine, A fourth Marine 1)1
vision artillery unit adopted two
iap 1 logs, only to have them run
iff, apparently liecause they coul I
not stand th • artillery fire.
carabao haul supplies
Cnrahao, of which there are hun-
lieds here to till the fields, fiavc
iii>played none of their supposed
hostility to the odor of white men
>rtd *<'<>" es of Marines use them t >
haul suppli.\s. These oxen are well
tared for by the men 'ho wort
ihem.
Korne animals, of course, were
killed by artillery bombardments
and some, particularly at night,
f uve been shot by wiio
suspected they might h; Japs. It
b 'reported here than when swrse
Japs drove goats ahead of them H
a ni|p '||U|ai«'j|fic>i!t took
pains to * shoot the. Japs without
bitting the goats. Various Murine
units have adopted Jap dogs, ral-
bits, goats and evcn chickens :is
nt ascot .1. •
of ail these animals, the on!y
ones io suffer any - deliberate hurt
from ilie Marines are the chickens
the men. after awhile, get tired
of canned rations.
I
hard to please
IMTTSFIELD, Mass. -f If \
woman who bought a dress in ">5
took it back to England Brothers
department store complaining that
it had not given satisfactory wear.
Fi consider the breaching of
the Siegfried line a real sign
that Germany is about to give
way.
OUGHT For The Moment
By purifying human thought.
T H(
t I 1
* Ihis state of mind permeates with
increased harmony all the mini!
tint of human affairs.—Mary Ba-
ker Eddy,
JkiTATURE makes mistakes but
IT she naver arranges the bloom
of youth cl-jse to the note on one
cheek and near the ear on th*
other.
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NAZI DC 21 PI cQ .. ..
SAN FRANCISCO <UH — Witli
two p-47 Thunderbolt fighters act*
mg as observers, an American
long range artillery piece in Nor-
uandy scored a dirifCt hit on a
!:;?erman;bead<iiiarters. 300.000 yds
'way, it v.ais n-vealed here by Lt.
Col. Edwin S. Hartshorn, Jr., who
vas attached to the section which
aptured Cherbomg.
"The Thunderbolts worked in
>alr ,'• Col. Hartshorn said, "One
•vould cruise around locking for
targets while the oth^'r protected
it. On that particular dajr. It was
.uspected that a house 17 miles
from oijr artillery position was
being used as a German corps
■wntmand post: The Trtto wlHy waa
doing the spotting had trouble
finding it, but when lie did, and
radioed back its location, our
artillery scored a dirsct Hit. -
* "A bunch of Germans ran out
and jumped into a staff car. Th;;.i
the second P-47 swoojied down,
strafed the car and set it on fiie,'
The hedgerows of Normandy
made ground observation virtually
impossible, Col. Hartshorn saiu.
"When an observer in the front
hedgerow," he said, "all he could
lines peered through a gap in a
see was the next hedgerow.*'
Hartshorn said that artillery ;ad
air bombardment had littlo effcvt
upon the hedgerows. "They just
couldn't be knocked out," he said.
"For the most part, the fighting
In Normandy was completely an
infantry show. No matter whnt
anjtone else did, it Wns the dough-
boyn who hwf'to go In dJi^rmlnett
iy and take the next hedgerow,"
Col. Hartshorn was graduated
from West Point in 1932 and is the
sdn of Edwin S. Hartshorn, 22tb
Broadway, San Francisco,
Lt. Marsh Given
His Pilot Wings
ARMY AIR FIELD, ARDMORF
AKLO, Sept. 16 Lt. Denver C.
Marsb son of Charles E. Marsh,
Rt. || Br< ckenridge. has complex
cd final phas> training as pilot of
a heavy bombardment unit, at
the :22nd Combat Crew Training
Station. 2nd Army Air Force.
Marsh entered the service Aug.
>1. 1940. ",w
H<> received Army Air Force
flight training at Lafayette, La..
Greenville, Miss, a«d CTolumbtw.
Miss.
He received his promotion to
1rt Lt. July 30, 1942.
He was graduated from Texts
A&M College with a Bachelor of
Science degree. : •
His wife. Cora and their sort
reside in Breckenridge.
Man Loses Pants
To Road Robber
cab driver given back
belt money in robbery
near palo pi wto
MINERAL WELLS, Sept. Ifi
Men often lose their shirts, so
to sp?ak, but when a man actually
loses his pants out in public, if;
embarrassing.
That's just what happened 10
Milford Highbarger, driver of a
cab here, one night this past we.-<
and here is his story told to po
lice:
He was on the highway near
Palo Pinto, when « man "Ilagged-'
him down. He got in the cab and
ai pistol's point, took Higbbar-
fcor's pants away from him and
then got out again on the hig.i-
way.'
The man told Highbarger th d
he needed the pants bec nise li ■
had to ride a bus and did nut
want to w-ear the ones lie had on,
as they were, badly torn. Which
Kky were, the cab driver statvv.l.
The hi jacker gave back Ih '
money in the pants, and also a
fancy Texas made belt' that had
been given to Highbarger. "I told
him that the belt was a gift and
he promptly pulled it off and gave
lo everything except that he made
me drive bark to Mineral Welii
Mm and pairyi.i#i§^^
jp^BBBW
Site ^ryoceurdM^I
I0r30 and If® af night. And 1
wir. most amusing w-hrai the driv-
er came in minus his pants, and
told officials of the cab compa.iy
and '.iter the police "some
held me up and took my pants,"
FIRE SIRENS, WHISTLES TQ
ANNOUNCE NAZIS FALL,
CALL TO PRAYER
V E Day means victory in the
European theatre of war. In our
community it means the signing
of an arm*!ice with Germany ar:l
the Allied nations. On this occas-
ion several types of re|,>l>rat;ons
will be observed' throughout i.he
t'nlted States. It must he rem
embered that final victory i.s only
half won v. hen Germany signs an
anniMice. We will continue la *
nianufaeture <n war materials,
. .\e bond drives. Red Cross will
'ie continued, arid evei'y effo.t
.hat has beeij ivce^sary to hrine
1 bout an aumstiee with Germany
■v ill be r. c.'S .ary to force an a.r-
p.istice w.th .l.ipan. With these
liought". in mind .1 joint commit
tee. 'American Legion, arid the
'•astors Association re? immcnd'
that a community observance of
V-E Day be given in the (allowing
manner.
1'. i The time of official noiili
ation of ,"n araiisflce; with Ge-.--
nany should a firne of thank-
giving and prayer. We must not
'os.,' the lL.;t I'.ii'Mhi-; cork o".
'ia!f w oil,. ' 1 .
i'_'i That a flonimunit.\ tliank';-
;iving sen ice sKtiuld be held '' at
11:0:) a. in. on the. high school
"aat.liall field following 'the aa
louncement of this: .armistice. -A?
'his .'icrKace tIk; liarjii' will : plav;
md pr i; 1 v • 'iI h i< adi red .«
.veil, as short; jki I riot if speeches
\ ill he delivered. ..
f'3'i All jbtisfliiegs houses sliot'il i
•lose for the observation at this
service at the High School foot-
ball field arid everyone should i >
icivntlv attend this thntfksgivirf
ipr/ire.
(4> Churches of our communily
mv open its'/mediately following
the announcement of ah armistice
'"or trvditatioa an l prayer.
The c lint'iuniiv thanksgivn;;
• avice 0.1 the Hi"h School l<io«-
' all lii lrl r. tut ir,tended tn inl r
fere with any
he planned b
oilier orgakiiViiion* of our com-
Amer'ican First Army tanks and troops are pushing through a
widening' gap in the Siegfried Line east of tottering Aachen,
They have overrun positions beyond Aachen in a drive aiaic I
squarely at Cologne. Supreme Headquarters says the baltenng .a 1
advance of the Yanks has smashed entirely through the Siegfried
belt, of fortifications.
On the southwest wing of the Allied front. Polish patrols hav .•
struck 2 1-2 miles into Holland in a four tnile advance la the -uv i
— r~~-—-——— j of Hulst. Farther west Causa; m
j g j| [ assault forces have .seized a o -v
I bridgehead over the Leopold <■ >''i-
. I al.
LONDON, Sept. IB IU.P. •- -Tlie j A renewed offensive by Ceil,
•official German news agency says j '*{'tton's Third Army is b'aci.< (i
the Nazi defenders of Brest are.out '°r security reasons. l ui. it :s
being hemmed into an ev?r m.- • s;,'d 'o be going well and tlis ii|r
rowing corner. The enemy indica- j •r.'ss city of Met/ .is. expected to
tes the garrison is about to quit, ball to us at any moment.
german groups split Still farther south tlv n;-.
XEW YORK, Sept. 16 U'.l!i The designated Sixth Army group of
British radio says there ar.r two American andFrench units c:lw-
new army opposition groups to i ing in on the Genua', .runtie.- a
Hitler in Germany. One is said ! long a wide front.
o demand an immediate Armia- The Russians report the li^i -
tice. : lest fighting around U.u-aw li:c;
'shifted tn the north e.f th • < i|.y.
' Pol
?nse ; |
- "1
dc I
'2 mif
strike in denmark
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 16 'U.R:
■ The Germans are said to be .!
The Danish Freedom Council his" '"^^ho' IViiish rad'o
iwlaimed a tfpnonl strike thr | thlU R(|sslan ,s . fk.
oughout Denmark beginning .H i
won today and last until
Monday.
noon
robotbomb8 dropped
t ON DON, Sent. IB 'IX' The
British Air Ministry says many of
the robot Immlis which hit Londoa
just before dawn fell harmlessly
on open spaces. Others were shot ■
lown in mid air. Hut some damage
was done.
aiv
tlieir way across Finland near
; Sal'a. Two German d, iona a,v;
said to hav? been encircled,
American patio, entered A..::
hen today, but withdrew uaa.T
German fire.
By smashing forward on a wi ? •
front east of Aact. -n in a spve-
'icular 2l-hoii|. drive, IXitlgldve,.:
•>f Lt. Gen. Courtnev H. Horlgis'
! First IF. S. Army broke tl-.ra.r: 1
set d«
SlRou
mode
ronsid
ith M
/our I
Bonds
the main Siegfried Line.
czechs, reds joined j. This headlor/ attack, carryavj
LONDON. Sept. 16 tUJfc-- a j into Germany trie ramo sv. ?. p
i'zei hoslovak communique says j that had wrfh France and Belgium
Slovak trops have established con 'found the west wall weakly defen-
tact with advanced units of (he ' ded in places and in some p'
Red Army. The meeting too'.? discovered that apparent d> I'en-
ijv. positions were fak"S,
The assault on the SiegfKed
line began Friday. In this sertor
there was 11 double lieh of defen-
place in eastern Slovakia.
naval
v program that may', LONDON" Sept. l^^Jl'e ^rliii
(lt' churche^:; • and s„vs lh)> Rt ' n a- Fr
mimity. I5i-iii:Ivivtiridge will be not
ified of the !i'r.:l e.ir-itulation !*.,v
the file siren.i and whi.itI s >,.f
\'aii:ous plants. of. our c imniuiiily. j
In th' i sent that V-E Day falls
on Siit.iirday or Sunday the com
•ni.inity ceichratian it the footbail
field1 will not be attended but ev-
eryone wit! be urged to attend
says the Russian air Force has
bombed a Nazi controlled naval
i>raj r Her
'lis choice.
ice at the church of
| base in northern Norway.
invasion foreseen
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16 (U.fT
Tokyo radio says the Japs are
getting ready for an anticipated
American invasion of the Philip
pines. An enemy broadcast f?
ports that th? Japanese are ev-
acuating civilians from Davao,
Minrlanoa.
American Bomb
Baes In Greese
LONDON Sept. 15 'UR> Amr. i-
cn« heavy bombers, flying fro; 11
bases in Italy, blasted German
airdromes and a submarine stai
ion in the area of Athens, Greece,
today. Meanwhile unfavorable
Weather apparently continues lo
bog down the Allied aerial offen-
sive from liberated France.
Lane Service To
Be Held Sunday
Funeral services for K. C, Lan.?
will be held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock in the Assembly of
God Church, Rev. Roy Evans of-
ficiating. Burial .will follow her?,
Mr. Lane, 73, died Thursday at
a local hospital following an 111
ness of about a year.
Reports from local hospitals re
ceived Saturday revealed a. l.
White, a. M. Smithson and Miss
Bernell Bufkin medical patients
at Wcstside hospital.
Truesdell Awarded
$500 lit Lawsuit
After being ou; about an ho'is*
'^ll^y?m;.''t:He.l.:^Sriit:.^
Army To Auction
Horses and Mules
Treasury's Office of Surpl
Prejiert y lorsded at Fort Wo#,
Saturday ■ announced ■ that it w :i
W-ikm 2,to horns and 'JH mules
^n HR, SCptemlJCir 22. UI If
i. m, ■TljiMM ff**" -'
The ■auction"is -being held at
facilities 01 the Quartermaster
depot at Fort IJIis: and consists
of mostly cavalry mounts.
War Conference
in Last Stages
QUEBEC, Sept. 16, (U.Ri pres-
ident Roosevelt and Prime Mini.i-
ter Churchill ..* holding inten-
sis'i* Inst minute conferences with
their military staffs liefore closing
their second Queliec meeting.
Jap Planes Absent
From Palu Isle
ABOARD EXPEDITIONARY
FLAGSHIP PALAU, Sept. IB
|rii United Press war correspon
one Jap plan? has opposed Hm?
dent Richaid Johnston says not
American fhvaders of Pelelieii.
But he says enemy troops are
fighting like rats.
Pope Plans Visit
To United States
VATICAN CITY. Sept. 16 'f ir.
•Authoritative Vatican sourdces
say that Pope Pius is planning a
post-war visit 10 the United Stales
He probably will make the trip
to attend a post war Eucharistic
Congress.
JAP AMAZED AT U.S.SHIPS
Arthur Truesdell vs.:' T. P. t?# l
& Oil company returned a ver
diet in favor of plaintiff in the
amount of $500.
This was for damages to 10)
goata at 95 vach b> saltwater.
U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION, i V
Lauderdale, Fla. 'U.Ri Petty • • -
ficer Louis G. Soknl doesn't know
iust what it proves! about the Jap
inese. hut here's his story at it
happened.
On his way back to the States
recently after scrvnig with a tor-
pedo Iwmber squadron as a turret
gunner, Sokal was for a time as
ligned to a ship carrying home
Japanese prisoners.
. One day when the Japs we:e
«'ing aired on the deck, Soknl
noticed < n of them looking
around incredulously at the Amer-
ican warships which extended
as far as the eye could see in
Sitilf
ipl
.lijej
deep breath and then said in pure
^msrican:.'-'. '
"Oh, my gawd!"
It developed that he was a grad
uale of the University of Cal-
ifornia. "His name," Sokal says
"was Sukiyaki, or something like
that and he had a sense of humor
in a gruesome sort of way. any-
how.
1 "We noticed that another Jap,
a little guy and very young, was
scared silly about something. His
hands shook and he walked around
as though he was in a trance. His
eyes never left the deck. Finally,
we found out what was the matter
with him.
"Sukiyaki had told him that all
the prisoners were being taken to
N?w York City where they were
nes one before Aachen and uie
second on the other side.
Troops led by Cap!. Kit* 1'! Ui-""
mnnd of Windsor. Vt.. fou'ght )lv> ■*
way through the first lin ; defen-
eit Friday.
* infantry kept right cn dri ."
ing. In 21 hours the dougbhi.-
pushed forwarrl yards a a I
then stood before the second
of pill boxes, dragons teeth anti-
tank d 'ferses and trcnchcs.
Americans Pouring
Onto Jap Island
SAN FRANCISCO, If.
The Japanese have ac:«n nvl. i
ed that a stjady sticnjn ot 1 10-
1 1-]- ■:
Is going ashore at Pele'i>( u .
htndx, where American flam •.
ire engaged ia hand vy-hand ci'i.a
' at uith the Japs.
Tokyo radio says American in-
vasion forces on Pelelreti now
total a battalion. Hmv. vei, >li •
enemy radio claims the ■.lap* ie
pulsed two bloody. nnsu'O'^iiti
landing attempts with heavy 1" •-
scs to the American Beforeu.
-assault troops gained a foothold.
Pershing Improved
Alter Set-
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10 1U.R1 .
The War Department'says Gen.
Pershing's condition shows iiti-
provement today. The General stu'
fered a severe set hack shortly
after his 84th birthday on Wed-
nesday.
going: to be
and Mrs. Loiifar
fan Sfrertt,
now attached to
Uon, ■'
at a war
macntnmi s
. son ot Mr.
og 8t2 Bast-
Pa. He is
•training: *ta
PLANES TO CHINA
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. IB f«?:i
—Radio Tokyo says the numtier
of American attacking-planes ia
China has risen from 295 to 3,fi.
in the past five months.
U
ed heq
ugh.
' eoulc
rming,
• about
Lo in-
we al-
:n kiss
pi i red.
ilwnys
lar.klyl
way i*
tip."
"Then
"ousin
ioetor,
t. and
We'll
■place,
goia^
i pos-
noth«r
thday,
nt oX-[
« wnntl
lone?" I
nt to
I, and
Mat-
s now
vas If-
irntng
iendly
srmftt-
s artd
r bed-
'«•
relief,
more
felau
I late,
be lay
■ back
brniad
drop-
iittons
fe. "i
duced
" Hi
e bed.
wake. 1
fegly, 1
clean
1 nice
WEATHER
The following is the vventh- r
report rccciverl from the Air-
station, nine miles south of
town today was:
"TBfHpSFftTiifei *
Maximum ........ 8f :>
Minimum 67..->
Sunset .............. 7:41
Sunrise 7:,m
V and
rml.
in*
u'r«
?ghed,
"I'm.
b 'let-
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in*
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