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Split, Creates
Says Germany May
Be Defeated ,
Next Year
Lard And Other Fai
Are Included
In Order
LADIES AUXILIARY TO
FIRE DEPT. TO MEET
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NAZIS RETREAT i
American Armored
Force Smashes
Across Desert
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EAST TEXAS—Slightly warmer
In east portion tonight. -
Corporal Gus W. Penkert, son
ot Mr. and Mrs. Gus Penkert, who
Is stationed with Servicing Co. 32
Dr. M- D. Burnett, who has been
quite ill at ths John Sealy Hospi-
tal, Galveston, has improved suf-
fluently to come home for a two
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Harry E. Ferguson has consent-
ed to serve as Home Service chair-
man for the Washington County
Red Cross Chapter, succeeding
Capt. J, E. Weisler, who recently
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flflnea upside down the—world
And gold found at the foot of
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Through tower hills proud man
shall ride,
Nor horse nor ass move by his
side.
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Howard Schulte 1$
Promoted To First
Lieutenant’s Rank
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Meet Twice Week
WASHINGTON, March 22 (UP) 1
The senate judiciary committee to-
day split, nine to nine, on wheth-
er to recommend confirmstion of
Former Governor Allred of Texas
to be a Judge of the firth circuit-?-
court of appeals, thus creating a
stalemate at least temporarily, on
the nomination,
However, there are several meth-
ole by which the deadlock might
be broken.
In England but alas! alas!
A war will follow with the work
Where dwells the pagan and
the Turk.
Pvt. Arnold Hindt
At Fort Knox, Ky. j
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The Jew that once was
scorn,
Shall of a Christian then be
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A house of glass shall come to
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Then when the fiercest fight is
done,
England and France shall be
as one.
The British olive
twine. ..
In marrige with the German
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WAR OUT
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LONDON, March 22.—(UP)—The
United States and Britain—and
possibly Russia—were believed to-
day to be discussing In broad .out-
line a world organisation planned
by Prime Minister Winston
Churchill ag a protection against
future wars.
Churchill hinted that such ten-
tative discussions already were un-
der way in his nation,wide broad-
cast last night, and, he thus plac-
ed the visit of Foreign Secretary
adsa »r-.!
new light .
The new world organisation
should be set up by Britain, the
United States and Russia imme-
diately when Germany and Italy
are defeated, which might be
“some time next year but i
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WASHINGTON? March 22—(UP>
British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden resumed his conferences
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55 miles northeaat o£ Smolensk.today, while their
armies tg force the upper Donets R\yer.
Lt. IFm. A. Niebuhr
On Naval Duty At
Williamsburg, Va.
Visit Of Eden To
Washington In.
New Light
MEETSHULL
Major Fojt Gets Two Promotions
In March, Now Ranks As Colonel
A communication from the Pub-
lic Relations Section, UJI. Marine
Corps. Atlanta, Georgia, states
that Robert E. Fojt. Brenham,
has been promoted from the rank" Ing left for active duty
of lieutenant colonel to colonel Jn " “ “
the UA Marine Corps. Thus Col.
Fojt has received two promotions
within three weeks, having been
advanced in rank from major to
lieutenant colonel March 1.
. Mrs. Fojt, the former Alice
Frances Hruska, and their two
little daughters, Dorothy Jeanette
and Patsy Ahn, are now with Mrs.
to
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Southern Democrats
Urge Basis Of
Pay-As-Go
WASHINGTON. Msch 22—(UP)
A coalition of republicans and
southern democrats being f
ed in the house to promote
Rumi akip-a-year plan for placing
tax payers <M a pay-as-you-go ba-
sis.
The coalition already has enlist-
ed seven of the eight members of
one southern delegation and is
using this nucleus to extend its
“Invasion’’ of the solid south. The
new group will be prepared for
a major battle when four days of
debate on a withholding tax
begins Thursday.
Fuchs Questions McGee On Beef
Club Operation Under Rationing
In response to many requests
for information regarding what ef
feet meat rationing will have on
operation of beef clubs in the ru-
ral districts, Rep. R. A. Fuchs re-
cently wrote to Mark McGee, OPA
admin istratpr at Fort Worth, as
Mmwm ’ .
“Please advise me your ear-
lirst . possible convenience put
what the rural people will be up
against under the new meat ra-
tinning program governing coun-
try beef clulw. In Washing ton
and adjacent counties, we have
The Soviet high command said'
that the Germans were bringing
up increasing numbers of troops,
from other fronts sntl throwing
them immediately into the battle
of the Donets Basin.
Scores of tanks and thousands of
dead Uttered the southern bank of
the Donets below Kharkov, mute
testimony to the German determi
nation to storm across the river
snd drive the Soviets back toward
the Don regardless of cost.
RATIONING DUE '
Shortage Of Sto c k s
Given As Reason
For Freeze
Moves Against ?
Mareth Line 3
W. C- Lipscomb, chairman of the
Gasoline Panel of the Washington
County War Price and Rationing
Board, wishes to announce that
effective immediately the gasoline
panel will mefct twice a week, on
Tuesday and Friday at 10 o’clock
in the morning at the regular
meeting place on the second floor
of the courthouse.
Three times shall sunny, lovely
France
Be led by a bloody danoe;
Before the people ahall be free.
These tyrant rulers shall she
see;
Three rules to succession, be.
Each sprung from different
dynasty.
Inventories Kmall
“OPA officials explained
suspension of retail sales of fate
and oils was necessary because in-
ventories of these foods are not
large enough to support heavy
public buying during the one
week remaining before rationing,
“The one-week ’freese’ will aL
CONFIRMATION Important Railroad
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War Ration Book Two on Mon-
day morning, March
OPA will announce Wednc»day
the point values which will govern
rationing of the “freexe” fats and
oils, as well as meats, cheese and
i-enned nA fits Hing March 29
each person will haw 1« points a weeks’ stay, but win not be in Ms
weak, in the rad stamps of Ration, office
ing Book No. 2, to spend tar these
products-
Generally, the most popular cuta
ft-.
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IX William A. Niebuhr, U.H N.
R., of Dallas, son of Wm. F. Nie-
buhr of Brenham, who recently
reported for active duty with the
United States Naval Forces,
left today for Williamsburg, Vir-
ginis, Naval Station, where he
will be stationed with the Engi
neertng Department. He is a grad-
uate of A and M College, where
he was a cadet lieutenant and
member oi thr-football team some
years ago.
Lt- and Mr«. Niebuhr and son,
Billy, spent the past few days
here with his father, then left for
Dallas, where Mrs. Niebuhr and
son will remain for the present.
Prior to assignment to the Wil-
liamsburg Naval Station, Lt Nie-
buhr was stationed at Tucson, Ari-
zona, for two months.
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Moerbe Bldg. In
D~“*~~yed
By Fire Sunday
“One nation indivisible, with
Liberty and Justice for AlU9
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to move to Brenham In the near
future. They drove from Califor-
nia late in February, making the
trip in four days, Major Fojt hav-
• — - - , |n
South Pacific- Dottle,' the elder
daughter .attends schools in Woo-
ley, and declares it io a much bet-
ter school than the one she at-
tended in California and she is
anxious to stay In Wooley until
school <doeea as she likes her
teacher, Mrs. Will Giddings, very
Since Mrs. Fojt reached Bren-
ham Mr. and Mrs. Dsn Hruska of products as
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ELGIN, March 22.—(Spl)-The
largest fire ever to strike the busi-
ness district ot Elgin swept
through the two-story Moerbe
building and the Simon building at
2:30 a m. Sunday.
Eric Moerbe of Brenham is the
owner of the two-story, double-
front structure housing Pete Ve-
ga’s cafe and the Rex hotel, where
the fire broke out. Damages of
110,000 to the building, >4,000 In
furnishings and fixtures, and 3400
FORT KNOX. Ky - Among the £
tMusands of selectees now enter* ’
ing the armed forces, Pvt. Arnold J
Windt, eon of Mrs. Beatrice C
Wtndt, Brenham. Texas, entered {
the Armored Force Replacement 1
Tiaining Center for basic training’,3
In the newest and hardest-hitting 1
blanch of the army
The training center has
ed rapidly, ami now boasts eight- ’
een training battalions under the j
direct supervision of Maj.
Charles L. Scott. From this train- i
ing center are formed the many |
Armored Divisions which
this fastest-moviM land
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Army Judge Advocate’s depart-
ment.
Those desiring Information or
service in connection with home
service arc asked to contact the
home service chairman, and not
C. D. Dallmeyer .the chapter chair-
man-
A veteran at World War 1, Mr.
Ferguson says he knows the won-
derful service the Red Cross gives
on war fronts as well as at home,
and that be is glad to give his
time and efforts, when ever nec-
essary in home service activities.
The states will lock
strife,
And seek to take each others
Ute;
Then North shall
the South,
The eagle builds in lion's
mouth,
Then tax and blood and cruel
war
Shall come to every humble
door.
General Dwight Eisenhower appears to be sharing a good joke with this group of American soldiers,
this Informal photo taken during inspection tour of Tunician battlefront.
(NEA Telephoto).
WASHINGTON, March 22~»
OPA Sunday banned for k week
the retail sale of butter, merger*
ine, lard and other edible fata and
oils which go under point ration-
ing March 29. , «
The government ‘order, Issued
without any advance warning, for*
bade retail buying of these food*
between 12:01 a m. Monday, March
22 (local time) and the same houa
March 29, when they will be ra-
tioned along with meat, cheese and
canned fish. . i
____________Thworder was made public Bun- ,
Mk*. ____ _ day,at 3 p.m.. Eastern War‘Tin}e.
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iv iwnn viMiRRA and other atoreg ^pen 8unday
...tp lay in stocks ahead of the mid-
I night deadline. However, many of
■ - these storee had no buttter on
Speak Here hand and only small quantities of
lard, vegetable ehorteninga and*
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begin April 1 the Houston Dis-1 to choose between “risking a short
trict Offlee of - Price Adminlstra-' run" on the relatively few stores
tlon is maxing experts available | open Sunday or not getting word .
form those interested? locally, con- hub,000 xtor
earning government requirements.
F. J. Kubitza, chairman of the
War Price and Rationing Board,
today announced a meeting In
Brenham Wednesday, March 31,
at which Stephen L. Curry, Dis-
trict Food ’ Rationing representa-
tive, will be the speaker. He will
talk at 8 o'clock p. m. in the city
halt in Brenhjsjn. ,
AU county wholesalers and re-
tailers are urged to attend. The
meeting-will be open to the pub-
lic who may be interested in Mr
Curry’s discussion of the' meats
and fata rationing instituted
March 29. The session, however,
will Ik **■ '"4d in major part to
the registration of retail grocers
on OPA Form R-1302 and whole-
(Continued oa asm four).
Harry E. Ferguson
Is Red Cross Home
Service Chairman
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A.R., c/o Postmaster A.P.O.2S3,
Military Reservation. Indiantown
Gap, Pa. He has been in the
service a year and a half.
WHOLESALERS
AND RETAILERS
where the farmers feed a calf oz,
yearling and at the end of each
week, a yearling is killed and dis-
tributed among the merubers. ac
cording to their own rules and reg.
ulations. Thereby each member
kills one yearling a season.
,”My friends are asking me to
get all the information I can gov-
erning their situation Will they
be required to keep a definite rec-
ord ami report on same to the lo-
cal or to your board?
“Will R bs .necessary for the
secretary to keep accurate account
(Continued on Fage Four)
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ALLIES ARE DRIV
U. S. And British Discuss World Organization For Peace‘om™
RETAIi^ALES ,
KRinTFiuuiia
I FOR ONE WEEN
AU England’s sons shall plow
the land,
w1 ShaU oft be seen with book to
‘ * band. .
Th® poor bIii
ttefF we?e SSfai-
ticns that problems Involving Rus.
sia were being discussed
Lt. Harold Schulte, son of Mr
and Mrs. Ad. Schulte, wu. recent-
ly promoted to the raW of first
lieutenant in the US^termy^w-i
Corps 4 J
Lt. Schulte was commissioned
as second lieutenant in August,
1942, and since that time has been
with the Anti-Submarine Com-
mand doing patrol work over the
as he is not yet able to re-
sume his practice. He was l*ing
greeted on the streets today by
w*!■■** —*^, «*«v ,w j—- ——-w- muwei ous friends, and to ail tn-
of meat, such as steaks and chops, quiries he declared he was feeling
i than such fine and doctors in four hospitals
and spare- had not been able to find anything
T»r~> |wro»t«lU>>Ul. quiU
Miss Gertrude McCuictchen of ;
Burton sends us a prophetic
poem which was written early
in the fourteenth century, be-
fore the time of Columbus, by
Mother Shipton. Many of the
things predicted by Mother Ship-
ton have already come to pass,
SS* . - while some of them are believed
to be still in the future. Mother
Shipton was born in Norfolk,
England, and died in Clifton,
Yorkshire, in 1449. The verses
-■ are of such particular interest in
the present time of world ‘chaos
that we reprint them in fuU:
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A WOMEN’S PROPHECY
A carriage without horses shall
go, .
Disaster fill he world with
woe;
In London Primrose Hill shall
be
v - Jta nentor hrtd a bisb^g -
Around the world men's
thoughts* shall fly,
Quick as the twinkle of an eye,-
Wartime Night ( oarees
NEW YORK (U.P) - Opportun-
ity to register for courses intro-
duced to meet current wartime
needs has been extended to the
more than 4-100 students register-
ed in the evening snd extension
session of Hunter College here.
Elementary Chinese and elemen-
tary Polish are being offered, in
addition to courses in military
Spanish and Italian. Postwar prob-
lems of world organization will bev
offered, together with courses in
ths history of American naval af-
fairs.
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Stores mr toe wmitTy
Monday.
Restaurants are not affected by
the Order, and may continue to get
butter and the other foods "from
their wholesalers.
The Office of Price Administra-
tion said the suspension of Hales
was necessary because stocks of
these foods were insufficient “to
support heavy public buying dur-
ing the one week remaining before
rationing.’’ Prentiss M. Brown,
OPA administrator, had expressed
hope, at the time rationing of these
goods was first annuneed, that no
“freeze" of sales would be neces-
sary and called on housewives not
to hoard.
Announcement Fnu ...
The OPA announcement in fuU:
“Retail sales of those edible fata
and oils—including butter, iard,
margarine and shortening and
cooking and salad oils —that are
covered by ths new meata-fats ra-
tioning program, are suspended
for one week beginning at 12:01
a.m. Monday, March 22, by an or-
der of the Office of Price Admin-
istration issued Sunday.
“Retail sales will resume Mon-
day morning, March 29, when ac-
tual rationing begins.
, _ _ "The retail sales freeze’ does
left for active duty in the U.S. not apply to any of the cheeses or
‘ meats involved In the new ration- to Fete Vega’s equipment were es-
ing plan and sales of these foods
will continue as usual between now
and March 29- Sales of canned
fish and canned meat, which were
frozen Feb. 18, will continue to be
suspended until rationing starts.
Mayonnaise and other salad dres-
sings are not rationed snd, hence,
are not included in the sales
‘freeze.’
The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Brenham Fire Department will
meet at the city hall at 8:00 Tues-
day evening and members are urg-1
ed to bring the articles requested
at the last meeting
In water iron shall float
As easy as a wooden boat.
God shall be found in stream
• ar stone-
in land that is as yet un-
. known.
Water and fire shall wonder do,
And England shall admit a
Jew.
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.The alUe«l campaign to drive th< 1
Axis from Africa approached a J
grand climax today and is expect- |
ed to «md in a Mediterranean Dun- J
kirk for the Germans .
News of the start of the allied 1
offensive was given to the worid E
by Prime Minister Winston I
GhurchiU In the final paragraph 1
of his speech Sunday.
It was followed quickly by r* 1
ports from Algiers and also teon I
Axis radio stations revealing that |
Gen. Bernard Montgomery’s Brt* 9
tish Eighth Army was moving for-
ward against the Mareth line yn- 1
der a hail of bombs and shells. |
There were many indicatkM* |
that Rommel would not stand xrt ?|
the Mareth line, but would faB 1
back to the north through the Qa* |
hea gap to avoid the danger of -9
being cut oft by the ■ American* fl
n ‘nnd’WHWI. ^.-^jnfmaahtog teaasJ
ward from the area of Gafsa and 1
El Guettar.
A powerful American armored fl
force was 'driving across the des* J
serV rqpWly. roMtug np•-the’adtfKfl
oosttiann-.An4..bri"^ta«r..
unwr rotw-rtauan ^prMJha
the initial stages. j
____ A late dispatch from Unita^fl
MOSCOW. March 22. fUR)—Rugaian force* on the central PreM correspondents on the treat J
z a 4.1.J -l i ■ _k a -i j a ai » | lines said that the Americana MMH
front captured the important railroad junction of Durovo, rr)OVed forwanj according ta d
’ cum- schedule anj.tba.t the eaHyjdajfrS 1
A British Radio broadcast report- 1
ed that the Americans were ap- 1
pnaching Maknassy. I
Meanwhile the British First Ar* |
my was on the alert in northern J
Tunisia .ready to tighten the nut* .5
cracker on the Axis at the right j
time t
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timated Occupants of the 20-
room hotel lost ail personal ef-
fects. Jack Gillum also lost *1,000
in baled cane and sweet potatoes
and baskets, stored, in the build-
ing-
The Simon building, owned by
Mrs. H. Simon of Houston, was
occupied by Uvaidlno Santos’ res-
taurant. Mrs. Simon's toss is near
*8,000 .and that of Santos >3,000
The fire was under such head-
way that the local fire department
was able only to keep it from
spreading to the south in the di-
rection of a strong north wind,
with the aid of pumpers from
Camp Swift Roofs of half a doz-
— x.. . ____en houses to the south and grass
low Storekeepers to obtain supplier spots caught fire from sparks.
tton sales against rod stamps from JJj.. # f). Blimett
Here For 2 Weeks
Ban Antonio Aviation Cadet 1
Center, Texas. March 21.- Part.of ■
the might their <<>mmander-l*k M
chief will use to force the “un- fl
conditional surrender of the Ax- 1
is," a large elms of future air T
fighters haii been advanced from fl
preflight training at the San AB- j
tonio Aviation Cadet Center of Ar, J
my Air Forces primary . flying fl
fields. |
timing he»<' cit Uian life fl
oFTrohl (W ranks of ground for- j
ces, the thousands of young men j
have passed successfully ’through fl
the Army Air Forces < la.salftoa- fl
tlon Onter and the Army Air’fl
Forces Preflight School for Pilots, fl
, manu uoing pairtn worn over m«r bo^ units of the massive C*dn^fl
gulf, and last month was ordered < Center
to Tullahoma. Tennessee, where he I Primary school is the next stefl J
has been made instructor in a of the class in the rigorous army fl
Combat Replacement Training career that will be < limaxed when fl
Unit, flying Uncle Sum's latest | lb( members receive the eoveta# J
tyye airplanes. snver wings of • pilot and com- 1
missions as u**M»re. j
Th<w advanced include 272 j
from Texas, Including the follow* fl
ing from Brenham. I
" Aviation Cadets Johnny E. Me- fl
Niel. 205 W Germania; Woodrow fl
Thane, Route 8; and also Bonham, fl
Francis Blackburn. 101 East Mur- 1
rill street of Goose Creek. ,
Beneath the waters men shall
walk;
ShaU ride, shaU sleep,
even talk;
And in the air men shall
.geen, . '
In white, in black, aa weU as
A great man shall come and go,
For prophecy declares it. so. -
Brenham Youths
Take Training As
Aviation Cadets -
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