Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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“Whut can you SPARE that
they can WEAR”
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Brenham Banner-Press
The Weather --
Member of the United Press, the Greatest World-Wide News Service.
BRENHAM, TEXAS,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25,1945.
VOLUME 80
EAST TEXAS Partly cloudy,
mostly cloudy tonight and tomor-
row, freah winds.
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Leo E. W assin ger
Is Made Corporal
At Calcutta, India
Danger Of Serious
Flooding Of Lower
Brazos Is Passed
New Support Price
On Hogs Placed At
$13 Chicago Basis
Marines Call Lieut.
‘Medical Commando’
No Help Wanted’
Sign In Window
Draws Customers
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS.DANNHEIM
WILLIAM LUSK
FUNERAL RITES
HELD AT HOME
Capital Now Almost
Encircled And
Isolated
Funeral Services To
Be Held Thursday
Afternoon ;
Aged Former Mayor
Is Buried Tuesday
Prairie Lea
new
Tenn.,
TRUMAN CONFERS
WITH CORDELL HULL
things over while
coffee.
Our First Division Marine com-
pany had just moved in the night
before and several days’ accumul-
ation of grime covered everybody.
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CENTRAL HONOR
ROLL STUDENTS
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Rainbow To Meet
Rainbow Girts of Brenham will
meet at the Masonic Hall at 4:30
Thursday afternoon, and an mem-
bars an ngustttoR to aUagdi
Maximum: 74.
Minimum: 58
8:00 a.m.: 64.
Raia: .02.
BRITISH BLAST
RREDOUT
BIGBOMBS
Pilots Report Fires
Burning Close To
Berchtesgaden
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Patricia James Heads
List With Others
Very Close
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third <»f Berlin while U. S. Third Army
rushes south to cut off Munich. Reds-Yanka near junction along a
fdtty-inile front, (NEA Telcmap).
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WASHINGTON, April 25- <U.R»
President Truman visited former
Secretary of State Cordell Hull at
the inaval medical center, Besths-
da, Md , yesterday, presumably to
discuss matters concerning the
United Nations Conference at 8an
Francisco.
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AMERICANS RACE FOR BERCHTESGADEN
AND NAZIS FLEE IN DISORDERLY ROUT
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Germans Fight Savagely hi Ruined Berlin Streets
Today’s War Map
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CALCUTTA, India. — Leo E.
Wassinger, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Waxlnger, Brenham. Tex-
as, has been promoted from tech-
nician fifth grade to corporal, it
has been announced by his com-
manding officer.
He has been in the army since
March, 1943, and is a quay fore-
man with a pert company. In
civilian life, he was a pipe fitter.
His wife is living at 1430 Colum-
bia street, Houston. Texas-
He bps been in the India-Burma
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USSIANSHOLD
REATER PART
I'lDOOMED CITY
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Reinforce men t s Of
Nazis Pour in
Through Gap
SLAP DEFENSES
ARE BROKEN ON
OKINAWA TODAY
Administration s Office of Suuolv.
Important Hill Is
Seized By U. S.
Troops
The new support price on hoj
oMHtf'per hundi»edweight, Chl<
go basis, and oPA's pledge cur-
rent celling prices will not be
lowered between now and Septem-
ber, 1948 should make heavier
faj’ -farrowing possible, ac-
rbrding to Temple J. Duderstadt,
district representative. War Food
Izsvr* For V' hj*rt<>n
Miss Alma Eve Hodde has gone
to Wharton, where she accepted
a position on the nursing staff of
ths Rugeley-Blasingams Hospi-
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The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet Friday night at B.ooi
o’clock at the American Legion
Home. The meeting was post-
poned from last week because oL
Houston, Texas.
Chicago celling price on live
butchers now is $14 75 for sows,
remaining effective until Sep-
tember 1, 1946 while the support
price, recently upped from 112.50
(By United Press)
American troops broke through
im-aoulhcrn Oki-
nawa today to seise an Important
hili feature north of Naha, the
capital, while Marines occupied
three more nearby islands, '
Radio Tokyo meanwhile admit-
ted “nothing seems possible now
to stop extermination of the Ja-
panese nation."
Germans Fall Back^
30 Miles And
More Daily
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Patricia James. Bernice Pfeif-
fer, and Allan Hohlt occupy ths
first, second, and third places on
the list of seventh-grade honor
students from Central school
with William Gaskamp running a
close fourth. ' So close are aven-
ages for the t<n> four that leas
t '’ne-.-puhitrjqiaiates the—firsL
from the fourth
To tie placed on the honor roll
a student must make an over-all
average of ikt or above during the
sfx'th and seventh grades. A min-
imum of three semesters of work
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BRENHAM, AIDS CHURCH
PAYS TO ADVERTISE
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Mrs. H. Rice’ Eiiwood will give
a review of Die book “Russia Is
No Riddle,” by Edmund Stevens. <
a» a feature of the meeting of the |
Fortnightly Club Study Group nt
the Brenham public library at
2 00 Thursday afternoon.
This famous book on Russia Is
of most timely intereat and the j
public is invited to hear the re-
view by Mrs. Ellwoott. Officers
say they wish to urge all mem-
bers of the Fortnightly to attend.
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Suddenly Lieut. “Bones’* Cartens
stood up and said:
'*1 cleaned my fingernails this
morning and it sure does feci
good.”
And then my friend Bird Dog
Clayton held his own begrimed
hands out in front of him, looked
at Jhem a Jung time and said;
“If I was to go to dinner in
Dallas and lay them things up on
a white tablecloth I wonder what
would happen?” ....._L
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A good many of the Okinawan
civilians, while Wandering along
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Walter J- Wickstrom of the
C, F. Hill Grain Co. at Bartlett
writes us a note of thanks for
finding, through our classified
advertising department a tar-
paulin lost by one of the com-
pany’s trucks near here. ”1 am
sure it pays to advertise,” he
wrote, recalling that he recent-
ly recovered a very large truck
tire through the Temple Tele-
gram. “But tires are not hard-
er to get than tarpaulins,” he
continued. “At the same time
I received your letter I was ad-
vised by the Clifton Mfg. Co.
of Wacoc that our Order for a
new tarpaUliti was being turned
down due to the shortage of
heavyweight duck and th e
shortage of floor space due to
government contracts.’’
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To Keip’ maft« eaA last long-
er and to reduce accidents, po-
lice will co-operate in the na-
tion-wide brake check pro-
gram, it was announced today
by Trenton Horton.
, During a six week period,
from April 15 until June 1, the
police of the nation will check
the brakes of all cars involved
in moving traffic violations and
accidents, according to Horton-
He added that cars also would
be checked which are operated
in a manner indicating that the
brakes are not safe. ‘The brake’
Mrs. Augusta Lehmberg Dann-
heim, aged 85 years, widow of
Ernest Dannhelm, died at home |
at 920 West Third street, at 8:15 I
Wednesday morning, after having ,
been in failing health for many
__ months, suffering from the inflr-
check will be lixnely." he said, ln‘£ie’ .?X1-olA.“ge’ w.....
■------ - ——----- R<n rt- aT Hilda, Mason Cotrntyrf
Texas, November 30, 1859, she
made her home there until J918,
when she and her husband moved
to Brenham to be near their chil-1
dren, several of whom were resid-
ing here at that time. On De-
cember 27, 1877, she was married
at Hilda, Mason County, to Ernest
Dannhelm, and they made their
home there for mtfhy years un-
til they came to Brenham- Her
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CHICAGO — OLE) — Lt. (jgi
Marvin D. Courtney, Chicago, is
a "medical commando” to his
comsades in the 21st Marine Regi-
ment on Iwo Jima.
The Marine earned hu unoffi-
cial title when, amid the burst of
mortar shells sround his aid sta-
tion, he interrupted one operation
to perform another.
A man was brought in with a
wound which was choking him to
death. Lt. Courtney immediately
slit the wounded man’s throat,
clamped the veins and inserted a
rubber tube to facilitate breath-
ing.
Just then a corpsman
struck by a shell fragment.
Courtney interrupted the
operation to amiiutate the corps-
man’sarm. 1 ' '
Still under fire, the officer per-
formed another amputation the
next day.
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There they stand. An American soldier who has made his sacrifice for his country; and a little boy.
On the eve of the Security Conference, they gaze out toward Sail Francisco’s Godeln Gate Bridge, a gate-
way, perhaps, to world peace forever. If success crowns the efforts of the conferees, the soldiers sac-
rifico will not have been in vain, and the little boy will never have to march off to another war. (NEA
Telephoto). *
serving with a unit of Base Sec-
tion No. 2. This is the organisa-
tion which leads military port
installations throughout the
world in the handling of vitally
needed material* of war, and te
commanded by Brig. Gen R. R.
HELP WANTED — Carriers for
Banner-Press routes. Apply Ban-
ner-PreM office.
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At Public Library
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Okiwanans Bow To Americans And
Americans Usually Bow Right Back
Editor's* Note: In addition to
the story which appears here to-
day, we will print several others
which we have just receive^rorn
Ernie on Okinawa. We believie he
would have wanted us to. As a
great reporter, a great newspa-
perman and a great person, he
theater^ slaee L>oc<mb«rT 11M3, would have wanted hlsxtarle* to LEGION AUXILIARY .TO
go through, despite his tragic
death.
CHICAGO — <U£> — Elias Fox,
owner of n Chleego luncheonettes
has solved wartime problems with
what he calls psychology.
On several trips through down-
VlilllII4‘4IHiim In I*liriS' town Chicago, Fox was amazed
jianneifuinM in i-arre,at (h nuawroug ..heIp want«r
CheW ImaeinarV GUO!’ stickers in windows of eating pla-
-----O—----jt----------- tevsr. Me went back to the Fox
As a result of! Luncheonette and hung this no-
spring! tice:
"No help wanted We have
through the salons moving their! sufficient capable help to assure
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American influence on
styles,. mannequins
jaws up and down as though they' our patron* prompt and efficient
to I service.” ,
Fox says it has done wonders
for the business. The sign en-
couggges people to conic in and
dine.
•T’ve had several
an<T^fraT~WI?[<r«lrIh'TQS3r
for jobs, too,” Fox says.
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AT AGE DFvSi'^swa «“
a nvu vr* w eJ lhat.at 2;00 thi8 afternoon the
Brazos stood at 40.52 feet, with
, the crest of 41 feet due some time
tonight. Flood stage at that point
is 43 feet and from all indications
the rampaging river will not
. overfloif. „ . . -----
'No damage has been done
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Munich
uFrial'Kluhsta*
SWITZ X. LtA» ComUom^
Reds occupy nfore than a
Funeral rites for William Lusk,
former mayor of Brenham, who
died Monday morning at the age
or 85 years, were held from the
family residence on Main street
Tuesday afternoon, with services
conducted by Rev. N. E. McGuire, to |13, continues through Septem-
pastor of the First Baptist church.
p Fabiy "Hie olSeist member.
. The minister spoke briefly of
the sterling character and long
and useful life of Mr. Lusk,
stressing hi* long period of pub-
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LONDON, April 24.—(U.EI—Bri-
tish Lancasters attacked Adolf
Hitler’s Berchtesgaden hide-out
with six ton earthquake rhombs
today and American reconnais-
sance pilots said fires still were
burning close to it more than
four hours later.
KATTON’S AffinS
IS DRIYLNGF.BR li
DEATH ROOST -
(By United Press I
Com*red Nazi troops fought
savagely in the ruined streets of
Berlin today us the Russians bat-
tled into the center of the capital
from the north, cast and south. .
Soviet force* held from one-
half to two-third* of the doomed
city, but Instead of trying to es-
cape the Germans pouixd in re-
inforcements through tlie narrow
g*p remaining to the west for a
dwMJi stand. At the same time
high Nazi officials were reported
fleeing by air and Moscow report-
ed panic spreading in the city.
The German high command ad-
mitted that in south Berlin the
Russians had reached a line
through Neukoelln in which the
Tempelhof airdrome is situated;
Zehlendorf, five miles southwest
of Potsdamer Platz, and Babels-'
berg, the “Hollywood” of tier-
many, and site of the big movie
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CBEZZP!
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crease afrarply in the spring.
Since cars on the average are
twice as old today as before
the war, they are more likely to
suffer breakdowns. The brake
check should be an invaluable
aid in holding the line against
the certain threat,” Horton
said. “A simple brake check
has been devised which will
take a police officer only a min-
ute to make. It is hoped that
all motorists will co-operate in
this war-time program by hav-
ing their brakes checked vol-
untarily at repair shops and by
making sure the entire car is in
safe operating condition.”
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When President Roosevelt
died and the word was flashed
to the people, the first thought
~ that entered the minds of count-
less Texans was: “Thank God
we have Truman to succeed
him, rather than Wallace.” A
large part of the credit for
having Truman as vice presi-
dent should go to the Texas
Regulars, many of whom pre-
dicted Roosevelt would be un-
_ able to serve out his term If
re-elected and argued that a
more conserve: Ivo man than
WalMoe sBdOU Le in TW Vw*-
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Brnawm Weather
were chewing gum, according to service.”
the weekly "Batailie."
“The American touch is also
shown jn stars used as trimming,
coi)ifortehle, )oo*e sports coats,
and hats worn off the face in flap-
pef style,”* the weekly adds.
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Many Dumbarton
Oaks Amendments
Due At Conference
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.- Hardest thing to find in
San Francinco on the eve of the United Nationn conference
opening wan a delegation which didn’t have any Dumbarton
- -—— Ly-iQakK amendments to nmpow
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amendments — —-—
Juit to show you can heat the
Dutch, Foreign Minister Elzckiel
Padilla said Mexico woukl’offer 28
amendments.
Then Foreign Minister Georges
Bidnuit reminded that the French
Provisions) ’ Government would
have nine.
Without any help from the oth-
er Americans, U. S. Delegate Sen-
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg has
■been able to think up nine of his
own, n<> with 5.'! proposer! amend-
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Rough Riding Tanks
Advancing With
Great Speed
PARIS. April"~25.(t’.R> —14.
Gen. Georgs 8. Patton's Ameri-
can Third army raced for the
Austrian border and the Salzach
valley gate to Berchtesgaden to-,
day, stanq>eding thousands of
crack Nazi troop* 80 odd miles
from Hitler's Bavarian death
roost.
Dispatches said the Germans
were breaking into a confused and
disorderly rout before the Third
army drive, falling back 30 miles
I and more a day over the last ap-
proaches to the Bavarian redout.
Patton's men officially were re-
ported 30 miles from the Austri-
an border, 52 miles from ths en-
trance to the Naizac Valley and
fewer than 90 miles due north at
Berchtesgaden late test night.
But his rough riding lank col-
umns were meeting little or no
resistance all along .their 100
mile front and the speed of their
advance indicated they might be
30 miles closer to their goal be-
fore nightfall.
At the center of their line Pat-
ton's men were storming the Da-
nubian fortress of Regensburg,
WhUs. their western wing rammed
down within 52 miles of Munich,
capital of Bavaria and the birth-
place of Naziism.
By ERNIE PYLE
OKINAWA—(By Navy Radio)
—One morning after break fast
about a dozen of us were sitting
on the mat covered floor of a lit-
tle Okinawan house talking
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War Food Administrator Mar;
Vin Jones calling on the nation's
hog producers this week to meet
the new fall pig goal of 37,000,-
000 head, an Increase of 18 per
cent over the number farrowed
last fall, said producers have an
assured market, adding “This, to-
gether with prospects for adequste
feed supplies in major hog pro-
ducing areas, places hog produc-
ers in a very strong position.”
Saying that “for some time to
come there will be demand for
every pound of meat that can be
produced,” Jones explained “in-
creasing pork production is the
qulckert way to increase the na-
tion's meat supply.”
The name of Brenham will
appear on the door Of a
church in Waynesboro,
as the result of contributions of
local frifinds of Rev. G. R. For-
rester, former pastor of the
First Christian church here. In
a letter to Emmett Vinson, Rev.
Mr. Forrester told of his ef-
forts to rebuild the church at
Waynesboro, destroyed by fire
two years ago, and suggested
that a contribution -of $50.00
would make it possible to put a
metal plaque on the door, show-
ing Brenham friends had helped
finance the rebuilding project.
Vinson showed the letter to
others at the Elks Clubr of
which Rev. Forrester was for-
merly chaplain, and the amount
was quickly made up by Elks
and others.
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