The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1944 Page: 4 of 6
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-> Majftt Oliver Seastruhk
U. S. Army medical corps,
been promoted- to the rank
LieütenantCófonel, according t<
information received here this
weak by his mother Mrs. Day P..
Seastrunk who resides *rat. J10J
Orange Avenue in Orange.
Lieut. Coloiutl Seastrunk. who
entered the service about two
• years ago, is stationed at Dallas
and is in charge oí the Dispensary
at the Eighth ijeryjCe Command.
tie is 'a .'native oTTJrahge a«d a
. son cif the late Dr. Day R!
ft .4s!rtink, . well- -known, Orange
<l< atist who-awt* taken by death
last year. , _U . •
Lieut. Colonel Seastrutik is a
ijiaduaU; of the Texas University
, and received his medical training
' a* the medical -school in Galves-
ton.. lie took his internship at
.-Jefferson^ Davis hospital at Hous<-
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John Drake, son ol the Rev. and
Mrs. E. T. Drake/lot this city, has
been promoted from ensign to
lieutenant (J. g.) in the . tl« 8
Navy, it was learned here today.
R Brake, who tirteifd Oie lei-
Vice in Novembej;, 1942. has .been
stationed during a the past seven
months at- Uing (Beach. Calif,
where he is inspector of Navy Má
terlal, . - • ■
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Mrs. Robert Barr of Freepart
returned to her home after a
with her^pa;rcnts, Mr.
M., A, Bravo, 803 John
street HP
Ensign. Bt W. Grubbs is here for
a few days\isit with his parents
Mr. and Mr\ Jim Grubbs, 1
Burton st^tpt.
WHITHER PREkmJAtlVBS?
Los Angeles. (£Pv— Prentiss
Kirk was grafted a Nil varee de-
cree from Genevieve RJien Kirk
on testimony that she:
Remaned away fromX home
ii#|it#,. r*¡fu*ing to explain:
Blacked his eye;
Joined the navy.
TO HALT REDS
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Moscow. Jan. 12. (ffP) — Red
army troops smashed heavy Ger-
man .counterattacks yesterday as
they plunged westward beyond
Sarny toward Brest-Litavsk and
irtCreased their, thrfeat to'Theodes-
sa - Warsaw trunk railway in the
wev~tlkraine. dispatches to the
.army rtewspaper Red Star said
today. .... . . |
The Nazis were mustering all
jvailable,: tank' and infantry-'re-
icrvcs .in rtn 'felTort to stem \hc
"lussifln advance,.Red Star dis-
patches i;aid, and fighting all' a-
W'A the front Wi)s assuming ,a
.lici'i' .'¡olcnt character. At no
point, however, the dispatchd.v.
idded, was Die enemy able to stop
"he SeviH drive-, diespite the heavy
height of armor throw ! into the
"Man, you're on our
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Such pralua front th#
war plant'* Big Boat
csused th« Conoco A
Mileage Merchant to throw out hie
chest. HliOlmoee N«h oil...oil that
oil-plates...is oven mora aeaontial
lor lees a—antlaleara, usad only now
than. The unavofclAMa acids of
mostly heated away,
rationing ,by prompt ra-uaa
of the car—no# loiter Inside and
threaten to causa corrosion. But
"Yourstatioa deserves creAt for a t ft of
our mea clocUng in on time. The way you keep
their can shipshape here in saving us man-hours—plenty—
or we couldn't keep besting schedules'. Our plant driver
brings the office car here—to keep it readier thsn a fire
etgtae.; Brea oftf laboratory scoffers rave about your giving
their engines internal oil-phtiuo to hamstring dsmage
from engine addsl You're helping cars lire. Great stuff!"
you know of anti-corrosive plating
...like chromium plating. Just as
closely, protective OIL-PLATING is
surfaced to precious angina parta by
tha "magnet-like" attraction that
Conoco N** oil creates synthetically.
Resist acid's appetite for your angina.
Oil-plate withConoco N<A. Today.
Continental Oil ComppnV */?"'
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Austin, Jan. jS. — Approxi-
mately 450,000 operators licenses
of the cur«|f t issue have recently
ilred. State Police Director Ho-
arrison raid today. Thes«?
bear aerial numbers from
e«e to 300,000 and 1,000,00^ to
. Chicago. (Ar -
cing was his prof.
Earl Eofng never forgo} it
when he became a war
his wife Dorothy")' told J'
ert J. Dunne. ■'
■ noA'- ..rBBjP|M|pWi home he insisted "«"1
1^150,000. , :,\f and frequent rehearsals, and
Garrison urged drivers to check was ju,t one diiry episode ol fly-
their licenses, which expire two tng through the air after another."
years from date of isAie, so that her attorney said. She weighs ?^
the licenses can be renewed pribr pounds, he, 200.
to expiration. I Judge Dunne granted her sep-
' When a person's license expires,! «rate maintenance petition.
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U. S. SENATOR CAST!* ÓUSS, oldest mmberortbeawete. otweTves
his 8§th birthciny «t his Washington home, expteselng Joy over the :
way-the Allies "are shotting the bell out ot the Alte" Glaaa is '
recuperating (rom a serious Illness. ' (fmtuamííoomI) I
battle. -
Furious tank chargcs against
troops of Gen. Nikola Vatutln ap-
proaching the Odessa - Warsaw
railway were beaten back, Red
Star said, with uaérijla detach-
ments lending valuable aid to
,the_ Soviet regulars.,^ . The Ger-
'U'ere: ;á.ls< tr¿|>o'rted iaunch-
erce counter - assaults south
aiid^ouihwest of Birdic^iev, but
ihese\too, were smashed, Rfea
Star ai
iide the Dnieper bend
where hug^concentrations of Ger-
mau>« troops Nace enci rclement by
the forces led bw Vatutin end Ge«u
Lvan S. KonevNanamy resistance
alsq was increasing, Red Star re-
ported. \
These German counterattack*
were not surprising, itSwas point-
ed out, as there have bewi recur-
ring reports of heavy German, re
inforcements being pushed
front as the situation became
and more dangerous. -
The Nazis, it was said, mi
continue their resistance, no maUX
tar what the cost, in Order to a-
void major calamity not only in
the Dnieper bend but ás Jar west
as Odessa. The war is already
being brought closer to Rumania
as Vatutin's troops continue their
march down the Ukranian steppes
toward the Odessa railway, thus
threatening to throw the German:
back on the resources of that sa
ellite nation.
The Nazis, dispatches said, hav^
been able to bring In i-eserve in
and these fresh units have tfikir,
^up the fight under new comman-
ders who have been 'rushed t? the
frónt to try and hklt the/ Red
army offensive.
A Pennsylvania woman claims
she has worked 18,000 hour#
during the last 15 years solving
crossword puasles. The union ót
crossword pussle makera-upper
should <sead her a'suitable re-
ward—say, an emu' or, at least,
a prluter s meaaure.
HER NAME certainly would have
helped oRen the ga,tea of the flhn
studios for bet but Ruth Brennin,
above, daughter of Walter Bren-
nan, veteran character actor, did
not want that aid. Using the name
Lynn Winthrop, she won a role in
a new, fllm. (InternationalJ
Announcing the Opening of A ' . '
New Recqpping & Vulcanizing Plant
SUPER RECAPPING and - VULCANISING*
. A(1 Kinds of Tire and
; Ú;':, Tube Vulcanising.
WILKE'S TIRE SERVICE
Bear of 410 Fifth Street Orange, Texas -
RELIEVE
STUFFINESS
IN NOSE
Opon cold ' blockade awl
give your head cold tlx
lair. Caution: Uno only
ns directed. Always ae«
PENETRO NOSE DROPS
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-University of Texas Sponsored Course In -
apvánced personnel management
Re(lstratlon< Opening Night, Tuesday, January I ith
Classes: Every Tuesday 7:30 to 10:30 P. M.
Room 111, Junior nfgh School Building '
Eligible: Only persona engaged in Personnel work or ocenpancy
supervisory positions In war Industry. .
Textbook: "Voder's Personnel Management and Industrial
Relations" '■ v •
Instructor: Henry O. Golightly, Ass't. Director Ind. Rel., CSC, Ltd.
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4 itatwnent by A. T. MERCIER, President of Southern-Pacijte
Today our railroad it hard-preued to carry lit war traffic—the heaviett iflT
out history—and we face aatiU bigger load and bigger problems at the Pacific
offensives increase. But Southern Pacific, like other businesses, is trying to gauge
the pofiticar future ...to see how it can teonünue the programofservice improve•
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is a question wc
sc days, since our
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Miseissippi.
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or being friendly with a Chinese cadet
Chinese fljers hara in America for training ftnd the litde thlngs that bring people
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0 "Coke" is an international declaration of good latest. It speaks friendship In
MytoogafcBai«twMC,aonh, «oath, Coca-Cols stands for tbt tb*t t^rtskes,
-has become the happy hood between people of good will.
• OTTIID UN0|t AUTHOSIIY Of IHI COCA-COIA COMPANf IV
Í|AUMONT COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
HOtf441W««C .
fully foreset or coitirol
sneh as postwar iiicoiiih^niul
'cash, credit, the
tiláteyjlityh
incume left after taxes.'
in 1941 were $21,000,-
1942, $77,000,(MX); and for
theneighborhood of $125,-
cdst an inqtiiring look at
thi ¡future every time ive order
new loconiotives.
Since the beginning of 1939 we
have received or ordered $46,000,-
. 000 worili of locomotives—a total
of 300 steam or diesel engines —
Slid we would order more dieseis •
if we .could get:them. We need
these engines now" to do our war
job, and we have no. regrets over
the expenditure* involved. But it
is a question whether or not we
Will have-a surplus of power for
postwar off$jtttio"n8.
Prewar progress a clue
fa postwar elms
Our actions in the past cat^ be
Freight service, too, was being
speeded up and improved. One
example was the development of
fast overnight freight service, a co-
ordination of rail and truck trans-
portation with deliveries so fait
iliat wayhills .had to be tele-
graphed; to destination!;
So, whñle benaurL
to baiidl^ our war
fully, we plan, when ]
success-
like sad use, as
services
use, and
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sin-train" accommodations
ices
eon
the pOblie
which are
acting as a
.greater
!' Creation of new
* methods made
new inventions
cries adaptable
transportation.
war lias caused an amazing in-
dustrial growth. Many of these
new industries will continue in
operation after the War, and
they will require good railroad
transportation service.
□ - We believe that ;|hc a railroads*
handling of their huge war
"lUld ""'ill tin! fam^wfrgewwas '
ower and equipment
has -won respect
yruejtwprcciation of the
in neaee as well as war.
public attitude should en-
Courage fair dealing toward^
the railroads and equality
treatment with other farms of
transportation, an^Mííjiortant
factor in railroad-progress.'
railroad
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taken as a measure ot our
go ahead in thp future, lluring
the dark 'deeade of railroad rev-
enues, 1930 to 1940, a new era in
/Postwar readjustment póees grase
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/ problems rec
constructive t
icans if they 1
we face the fntare witheoaidenee.
provements.as air>onditioning 0"
trains, streamlining, and the .uae
of lighter weight metisls.
Southern Pacific then placed in
service ..such trains- as the Sun-
beams, the Dayliftlits, the City of
Sen Francisco and the l/irk, and
was streamlining other trains when
the War put a stop to construction
of new passenger equipment.
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We believe that American in-
Salty sad enterprise will
I ways to increase peace-
time production and improve
1 distribution, sad we knew that
railroads will be needed to
carry both raw materials and
finished products.
froMc peaks have
increases in revenue for
da, although even to-
cent of the total U. S,
. mileage is still/in receiv-
ership;-—•
Southern Pacific's financial
position has improved materially.
^We are attei
ng to reduce our.
debts, and h.sve made progress.
With the wartime additions to our
plant — larger yards, more loco-
motives, more passing trades and
sidings,and centralised traffic con-
trol — we will be a stronger rail-
road both physically and finan
daUy when peace comes, and so
better able to keep step with tha
progress of the territory we serve.
Tr«^>a< .VVVH «.sssa mvshv ws.s
be aa important factor in the post-
war prosperity and progress of the
territory we serve by providing
efficient and economical mass
transportation, a first essential of
industry, by turning purchasing
power into trade channels through
the Isrge sums paid in wages to
employes, and bv heavy purchases
of materials and supplies.
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