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ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1941-TWELVE PAGES dunes Poun tors
TRANSACTIONS
Union Aide $125,000 to
Denies Jobs' Workmen at
Camp Today
Are Refused
"We are not conducting a membership campaign and it is not neces-
sary to belong to the union to get a plumbing job at Camp Berkeley."
Frank H. Howard, business agent for the locel plumbers union. No. 654,
said this morning.
Howard's statement was in reply to charges made yesterday
that only union plumbers are being used at the army eamp,
and that it costs $100 to join the union.
. Howard said the initiation fee for the local union is 1100 and has
been since the chapter was organized in 1025 Dues are $2 monthly, he
added *
From statements by Howard and J. H. Bond, personnel director for
the cantonment contracting firm, it is found that the sub-contractor on
plumbing is demanding qualified plumbers for the project, regardless of
union or nonunion affiliation.
Applicants who have state licenses are considered qualified. Also an
applicant who holds a union card, given only to one who has a state
license or who has passed an examination by the board of examiners of
the local plumbers union. Is con-t -------------------------
qualified
A non-union plumber who does
not have a state license either must
obtain this license, make applica-
tion to the local union for an ex-
amination and membership, or must
provide satisfactory evidence to the
employer and he is a qualified
journeyman plumber.
The city examining board for
plumbers meets once monthly and
Abilene's Liquor
Sales Skyrocket
Abilene’s liquor business in De-
cember skyrocketed more than a
examinations are open to anyone third
men. puna £ :.=.,£ |MSA ARE" IL
art given a state certificate aa a control board supervisor, reported
journeyman plumber.
EXAMS OFFERED
Bond added that the contractors
will give non-union applicants
special examinations to determine
their qualifications and that they
will be hired if found to be quali-
fied
"However, they will have to
prove their efficiency to stay
on the payroll." Bond added,
“just as will union plumbers.”
Although there were only 41
union plumbers in Abilene earlier
this year, Howard believes there
will be enough union men to meet
demands of the contractors at
Camp Barkeley
Bond last night said there ap-
A partial report, which omit-
led one drug store which reg-
ularly heads the list or is sac-
end. and another with only
average business, showed 44,-
423 prescriptions issued in De-
comber. On them were sold 4,-
254 gallons, or 33,960 pints of
liquor.
This compared with 33,280 pre-
scriptions and 3,128 gallons in No-
vember.
Paymasters for Taylor, Byrne
and Briggs, contractors for the $5,-
000,000 Camp Barkeley construction,
project, “this afternoon will pay
$125,815.14 to approximately 4,800
employes.
The payoff begins at 5 at the new
parimutuel type paymasters' build-
ing at the camp.
The 4,800 or more who will re-
ceive checks today are those on
the payroll of the contractors
through Tuesday, Jan. 14, closing
date of the current pay period.
Today's is the fourth weekly
payoff by the contractors bring-
ing the total paid for salaried
and wages to $223,478.04.
Last week's payroll totaled $68,-
744.33 for 2,500 workmen. Second
week’s payroll totaled 420.416.57 tot
812 employes, and the first payoff
was only $8,500 for 62 men and
women.a
Employes of the contractors,
constructing quartermaster and ar-
chitectural engineers today ap-
proached the 6,000 mark and many
more referred applicants were be-
ing examined and sent to jobs to-
day.
Citizens National bank will be
open from 5 to 9 tonight to cash
paychecks of the contractors. Abi-
lene business houses also will re-
main open until 9 tonight.
This week’s payroll of Freese &
Nichols, architectural engineers, is
expected to total about $6,500 for
157 employes.
DOUBLE SHIFT BEGUN —
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STIMSON GESTURES INVASION FEAR
Throwing his arms in the air in a dramatic gesture, Sec-
retary of War Henry L. Stimson told the house foreign af-
fairs committee this country is in “very great danger of an
invasion by air in the contingency that the British navy
should be destroyed or surrendered.” Stimson, testifying for
the lend-lease bill for. aid to Britain, made his assertion in
response to questions by-Rep. Hamilton Fish (R-NY). (AP
Telemat.)
resource and
Utilities Levy
Also Sought
AUSTIN, Jan. 17.—(UP)-
New taxes estimated at $51,-
000,000 a year were proposed
today by Gov. W. Lee O’Dan-
iel, who would raise most of
the money by means of a 1.6
percent transactions tax. i
LAWGIVERS APPLAUD
The governor, speaking on the
second anniversary of his inaugu-
ration, outlined his tax program to
the 47th legislature Members lis-
tened attentively during the 40-
minute speech and stood to ap-
plaud when O'Daniel had concluded
NO DRAFTEE DIVORCES
DECREED FOR DURATION
Judging from past performan-
ces, the two drug stores probably
issued about ,7.000 and8,000 prescrip-
tions. which added to those report-
ed would put the complete figure
past 52.000 prescriptions
Morrow said it was an oversight
pears to be a scarcity but not ail the Austin headquarters that
shortage of plumbers, adding that the two stores sales were left off
he expected difficulty in finding the report.
needed plumbers The contractors BROWN COUNTY LEADS
yesterday requisitioned 20 plumbers Only one county in the Abilene
and the TSES had not completed district outdrank Abilene. It is
filling this order ear’v this n-orn- Brown county, where 49,464
ing. V ‘ I---4-4--------
Sam Ward district TSES super-
visor, said the local union prom-
ised to furnish half of this quota
and Ward hoped to get the re-
mainder from the applicants on
file at the Pair park office of the
employment service
Half a dozen or more men yes-
terday came to The Reporter-News
and reported they were being de-
nied jobs as plumpers at the camp
because they were not union mem-
bers.
Bond. Ward, an official of the
plumbing sub-contractor and How-
ard all deny this All agree that
qualification is the only basic de-
mand of applicants for plumbing
work at the camp.
W. D. Haynes of
Merkel is Dead
MERKEL, Jan. 17—(SpD)—W D
Haynes, 83, pioneer Taylor county
citizen, died at his home here at
7:30 a. m. today
He had been in tailing health
several years -but had not been con-
aned to bed, and became ill Mon-
vay night. He attended services at
ine First Baptist church last Sun-
day He had been a Baptist since
boyhood and served as a deacon 40
years. He was senior deacon of the
First Baptist church
Fending word from a daughter.
Mrs. L. H Nixon of Oakland.
Calif. funeral arrangements were
I incomplete. Barrow -Sheppard Fu-
neral Home to In charge of arran-
gements
Mr Haynes was a son of an offi-
cer of the Confederate army in the
War Between the States. He was
born in Clay county, Alabama,
March 21, 1857. He was married to
Ann Moon In 1876 and to them
was born a son, Wade, who is a re-
tired farmer of Anson The first
Mrs Haynes died two years after
their marriage.
TO ABILENE IN 1191
On Dec 3, 1880 Mr Haynes was
married to Phemelia Smith of Clay
county, Alabama They came to
West Texas and stopped in Abilene
Dee 3. 1NI and from there went
to the Sinclair community eight
miles west of Anson, where they
Jived on a farm until 1917 when
htey moved to a farm southeast of
Merkel, which Mr Haynes owned
at his death and which is operated
by his youngest son, Corner Haynes.
In 1923 Mr Haynes retired and
moved to Merkel.
Survivors besides his wife, are six
children, 21 grandchildren and two
treat grandchildren. The children
are Mrs. H. H. Anderson. Abernathy;
F. T. Haynes, Raymondville: Mrs
J. M. Arnett, Anaon: Mrs Nixon.
Oakland, Calif : W W Haynes, Abi-
lene automobile dealer. Comer
Haynes and Wade Haynes.
1 - ----Pre-
scriptions and 4,850 gallons were
sold.
The drug store which headed the
Abilene list registered 8,718 pre-
scriptions and 851 gallons or 6,808
pints Second and third stores had
7,734 prescriptions and 734 gallons,
and 7,599 prescriptions and 728 gal-
lons
Also rans were one store with
6,394 prescriptions and 604 gallons,
and another with 5 400 prescrip-
tions and 442 gallons
Other counties in the district re-
ported as follows: Tom Green (San
Angelo) 15400 and 1,698; Stephens
2.152 and 343 Runnels 1.279 and
139: Stonewall 2.389 and 197; Nolan
10,788 and 1,090; Jones 8,912 and
821; McCulloch 6.209 and 727; Fish-
er 700 and 256: Eastland 7.355 and
857; Callahan 2.700 and 263; Cole-
man 8,145 and 817.
Some construction went on a
two-shift basis yesterday, each
shift working eight hours. Road
base crews changed to double shifts
yesterday.
All other work at the camp con-
tinued on a 10-hour daily basis.
Construction moved along at full
speed in the 11 construction zones.
Administrative units of the pro-
ject have moved to permanent of-
fices in the administration build-
ing at the camp. One wing of the
huge administration unit is being
extended 60 feet to provide needed
office space for the contractors.
Personnel and medical depart-
ments of the contracting firm are
established in buildings near the
administration structure.
Only the purchasing departments
of the contractors and sub-con-
tractors have not moved to the
camp These are still occupying
temporary offices in the Parks
building.
BOLD BURGLAR
CHOOSES JUDGE
Missing Motorists
Are Found Safe
ALAMOGORDO N M Jan 17.-
J*—Mrs Louis Carr, 52, wife of a
wealthy southwestern lumberman,
her son, Sam (Buster) Carr, and
17-year-old Ray Osborne were re-
ported safe today at Hot Springs.
N M
Object of a four-state police
alarm when they were unreported
since Tuesday on a motor trip,
the three were located last night
by state police who notified Carr
here that they arrived at Hot
Springs after a drive over the
mountains from Mimbres
Italy Claims Greek
Submarine Sunk
ROME, Jan 17—(P)—The Itali-
an high command reported today
that "a submarine rammed and
sunk by an Italian torpedo boat
Dec. 29 had been identified aa the
Greek “Proteusnz of French con-
struction
On the Albanain land front, the
high command reported only “lo-
cal actions." In which "we inflicted
considerable losses, on the enemy."
Crockup Kills 12
BUDAPEST. Hungary, Jan. 17.—
(UP)—Twelve persons were report-
ed killed today when the regular
Budapest-Nagyvarad passenger
plane crashed as it approached
Nagyvarad.
STOP and THINK
We have found from experi-
ence that “the more able the
man the more reedy he is to
learn new methods. — Julius
Hechman, Ladies’ Garment
Workers’ Union.
Fools despise wisdom and in-
struction——Proverbe 1.7,
Keep Right
Hand Free'
—Secretary Stimson
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—(UP)—Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
told the house foreign affairs committee today that "situations might
arise which might make it moot essential— in the light of our own de-
fense—for our country to send its warships into war zones.”
"I don't believe this country under any circumstances should tie
its right hand behind its back," Stimson said in opposing a proposal
that a clause prohibiting the dispatch of American war vessels into
danger zones be written into the administration’s ald-to-Britain bill.
The proposal waa made by Rep. George Holden Tinkham, R. Mass.,
as Stimson testified for the second day at hearings on the bill.
After Stimson had made his remark about the advisability of not
Abilene Church
Calls HSU Grad
tying this country’s "right hand
behind its back,” Tinkham in-
quired:
"Even to keep out of
Tinkham asked -
his message and started from the
house chamber. 1 -
Two tax bills were submitted with
his message. One would obtain $11,-
000,000 a year more from natural
resources and utilities. The other
would raise $50,000,000 by means of
a transactions tax, but would re-
lieve ad valorem taxpayers of an
estimated $10,000.000-a-year burden
by abolishing that tax for general
state purposes.
The tax scale: ,
3.75 cento per barrel on oil (at
$1-a-barrel average price) instead
of 2.75 cents.
One-half cent per thousand cubic
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 17.—(PP)—Ray a. Cowan, the paradoxical jurist,
decreed today there’ll be no draftee divorces in his court for the dura-
tion.
Judge Cowan, a former national official of the Disabled American
Veterans, proposed that every divorce-seeking wife be required to sign
an affidavit that her husband was not in the army, navy, marines or air
corps. If it developed that she had sworn falsely, she would be guilty of
fraud upon the court and subject to criminal action.
"The draftee should not be worried about marital troubles while
away from home," said the jurist, who was so badly crippled in the
World war that he still limps. (
Paradoxical jurist?
Cowan, a bachelor, believes implicity in marriage.
Cowan, the champion of marriage, is judge of the Jackson county
(Kansas City) divorce court—where he tries to effect reconciliations. He
grants divorces only if convinced the man and wife cannot live to-
gether happily.
Judge Cowan hopes his no draftee divorces suggestion will be
adopted nationally.
As for alimony, there's not a chance before Judge Cowan.
"I positively would not grant alimony against any service man.”
Daylight Raiders
Blast Nazi Coast
By The Associated Press.
British bombers roared across the
channel to pay a daylight "visit"
to nasi bases along the French
coast this afternoon, and heavy ex-
feet on natural gas, instead of one- plosions were heard soon after they
tenth of a cent, disappeared in the mist shrouding
123 per ton on sulphur instead of the strait of Dover.
$1.03.
Gross receipts levies on public
utHities ranging from 0.945 of one
percent to 1.85 percent: on tele-
phone 1.6 to 2.2 percent; on amuse-
ment admissions 1.5 percent.’
1.6 percent on all business trans-
sections, Including those of natural
resource producers.
Administration er the trans-
action tax would require use of
tokens and stamps, similar to
those for collecting sales taxes
The governor estimated that the
transactions tax would raise $50,-
000,000 a year and, as two years
ago, he recommended that the state
ad valorem tax be abolished
Hs also proposed an $11,000,000
natural resource and utilities tax
Greek distatches from the
Albanian front reported new
gains in the bitterly contested
Tepeleni mountain sector, while
the Greek press declared one-
third of Italy’s forces have been
knocked ent of the 11-week-eld
conflict.
Italian losses in the campaign
were estimated at 70,000 killed,
wounded, taken prisoner or sent
back to Italy for frost-bite treat-
ment.
In the RAF's daylight raid across
the channel, violent explosions
Catania Drome
war?” bill, which with $9,000,000 in liquor
Participants in two burglary Jobs
here last night must have been
daring fellows
| Choice of location apparently
made no difference to one intrud-
er. It was the home of Milburn S.
Long, judge of the 43d district
court, that he entered
Judge Long reported to police
that the burglar forced a window
of his home. 1842 North Sixth
street, ransacked dresser drawers
and made away with $2..
The intruder at 817 Cedar street
took a purse right out from under
the head of the mattress On which
Mrs W. H Melton was sleeping.
Entry was made through a window.
The purse contained 830 in money,
a watch, bracelet and some papers
Mrs Melton told police.
Thefts of three wheels and three
Urea from cars parked at or near
Fair Park were reported to police
last night. The cars belonged to
A. C. Carter of Tuscola, Oran
Plexco of Wade. Okla, and to an
Abilene man.
Road South of
Camp is Opened
Max Lanford. chairman of the
University Baptist church pulpit
committee, announced today the
call of the Rev Douglas Carver of
Harlingen as pastor to succeed the
Rev C. A Powell who resigned in
October to go to Rule.
Carver is pastor of the First Bap-
tist church of Harlingen, and a
graduate of Hardin-Simmons uni-
versity with the class of 1926. He
has been at Harlingen nearly six
years.
Although he has not yet respond-
ed to the call, Carver will preach at
University church both morning
and evening Sunday, Lanford said
Carver is married and has a daugh-
ter, Carolyn, sge a Mrs Carver is
the former Ernestine Rosser whose
mother still lives in Abilene. Mrs
Carver was a member of the HSU
class of ‘27, and was pianist at
University church during her stu-
dent days
Brownfield was Carver's home
town. He was graduated from Way-
land Junior college at Plainview,
after which he entered HSU He
was president of the Baptist Ku-
dent’ Union during his senior year
at the university.
■ He became education director of
the Albany Baptist church while he
was in the university. From there
he went to White Deer as pastor,
where he remained until 1934 Dur-
ing his earlier years at White Deer
he was a student in Southwestern
Baptist seminary at Fort Worth
He is a trustee of Mary Hardin-
Baylor college of Belton, and a
member of the Texas Baptist execu-
tive board. He holds membership in
the Rotary club.
"I think," Stimson replied, that
it would be one of the surest ways
to get us into war, or at least
leave us open to attack under the
most disadvantageous circum-
stances."
"You are in favor of the United
States staying at peace?"
"I am, certainly," said Stimson.
"But I'm in favor of its remain-
ing in complete readiness under all
circumstances.”
"Stimson also opposed Tinkham's
suggestion that a prohibition be
written into the bill against U. S.
convoys of vessels st sea l
“I prefer the Mil aa it is,"
•aid Stimson. “As I said-before,
I don't think the nation should
ever tie its hand ar even Ito
finger behind its back.
“All these things are in the na-
ture of shackles which” you would
put on' this nation in a great
emergency, the future of which no
one can see."
Again Bombed
CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 17.——The
British Royal Air force announced
today another air raid on the air-
drome at Catania, Sicily, reported
to be the base for German dive-
bombers in the axis offensive against
the British Mediterranean fleet
Commissioner John Cunningham Baz ....
of Tuscola said yesterday the Buf-Belgium Winner •
falo Gap-View road had been re-1. C.-ia CL:
opened, after having been closed in suit for shIps
several weeks at the south edge of SHERMAN Jan. 17.—P) The
Camp Barkeley.
He said right of ay had been
obtained on the south and east_______________ _____
aides of the camp to continue the turning four tankers over to Great
route. Britain. •
Belgian government won the first
round of a suit in which the Gulf
Oil corporation
seeks
to
avoid
heard on the English coast indi-
cased that the bombs were falling
on the Calais-Boulegne ‘invasion’
sector.
The thrust followed intensive ov-
ernight assaults, in which Ger-
man torch raiders" set 100 flroe
at Bristol, England—one of the
main porto of entry for United
States war supplies—while RAF
squadrons again blasted the big
German naval base at Wilhelms-
haven in a “highly successful” at-
tack.
It was the second smash at wil-
helmshaven, base of the German
North tea fleet, in 24 hours and the
41st since the war began.
CARRIER ATTACKED
Hitler’s high command reported
nasl dive-bombers renewed their
efforts to sink the British aircraft
carrier Illustrious, already crippled
in a furious attack off Sicily Jan.
10. striking at the 23,000-ton vessel
as it awaited repairs at the port
of Valletta, Malta.
The nasl high command said
“several direct hits” were sear-
ed an the Illustrious, and in-
formed German quarters de-
clared the eraft was now so
badly damaged she would pro-
bably be knocked out of the
"Furthermore, numerous bombs
struck the Malta arsenal,” a nasi
communique said, "and a merchant-
man was struck directly by the
heaviest calibre bombs.”
During the night, distress sig-
nals crackled out of the North At-
lantic from two large British ships
—the 14,935-ton passenger liner
Almeda Star end the 10,578-ton
freighter Zealandic.
The 888 signal from both ships
—meaning "attacked by submar-
ine"—came from the same general
zone northwest of Londonerry, Ire-
land. prompting speculation that
the Germans may have sent out a
new series of u-boats big enough
to stand the buffeting of winter
storms et see
Later messages from the two
ships reported that each had been
torpedoed, but It was not immed-
iately known whether they had
sunk. The Almeda Star had pre-
viously been classified by Germany
as a "pirate ship" to be sunk with-
out warning because she allegedly
carried arms.
In South American waters, the
"cat and mouse" saga of the French
foodship Mendoza and a closely
watching British cruiser moved
nearer a climax as the Frenchman
crept northward safely inside Bras-
illan territorial water*—with the
British cruiser Ericksen just out-
side.
The jittery Balkans were kept in
a state of anxiety by reports of re-
peated clashes at the soviet Rus-
Sian-Rumanian frontier and by re-
ports from diplomatic quarters that
Adolf Hitler intends to take over
Rumania end make it a German
protectorate
taxes diverted from other purposes
would be used as follows:
$5,000,000 for eleemosynary insti-
tutions. —--------------
$2,500,000 for institutions of high-
er learning.
$5,000,000 for publie schools
$7,500,000 to begin retiring the
setate deficit, which now totals over
$26,000,000.
O’Daniel estimated that social se- Buildings and several aircraft were
curity obligations—old age pensions, fired, the RAP communique said
tea chertretirement aid to the blind The raid was executed Wednesday
and to dependent children—would night.
require $35,000,000 to $40,000,000 a A heavy explosion and a large
year in new revenue. This would, fire were caused at the northwest
he said, provide a$30 a month in-1 hangar by the first aircraft over the
come for 290,000 Texans who are target." the RAF reported
over 65 years of age when added to "This fire burnt fiercely through-
private income they already have out the attack and was visible from
SPEED DEMANDED - over 50 miles away. It assisted
The governor, who unsuccessfully following aircraft to identify
supported an attempt to write a target.”
sales tax into the constitution two, । D
years ago, said that “we have no Malta Raid Costs
time to waste" on a constitutional Axic Ton Plunee
amendment now He submitted two IS l en rlones
bills with his message, one for the , _-
natural resource-utilities tax and 'ALLETTA Malta. Jan 17— (A)
the other for the transactions tax I —Ten German or Italian planes
.(were shot down during a heavy
the . valorem tax he dive-bombing attack yesterday on
abolishing the ad valorem tax, he the harbor and city here, British
said, the transactions tax can be authorities announced today. Three
reduced accordingly . other attacking planes were re-
O'Daniel declared that the mat- ported damaged
ters submitted today are emergen-1 The battle against the tow-flying
clea and should be disposed of bombing and machine-gun attacks
within 20 or 40 days of the 120-day ( of the axis warplanes ranged along
session the whole coastal area, with British
* He stressed that the transac- machine guru chattering from roofs
tions tax was in his judgment and windows
the best tax available, but that I The British said that although
he had no desire to “dictate” there was some property damage
there was very little of military
See O'DANIEL. Pg. 12, Cat g Importance while civilian casualties
—-----------. | were “slight.”
Crude Estimate
Up 15,400 Bbls.
I AUSTIN, Jan 17 — t - Jerry
Sadler member of the railroad com-
mission. today announced the state
agency had been notified by the
U 8 Bureau of Mines that the
market demand for Texas Oil in
February was etsimated at 1,312,000
barrels dally.
The figure reflected an increase
of 15,400 barrels daily over the
bureaux estimate of January de-
mand
A moment later Rep Luther A.
Johnson, D. Tex. objected to an-
other question Tinkham exploded.
“I’m not going to be interferred If the legislature decides against
with any longer!" he snouted. “If
I want to read anything I’m going
to do it I’m a member-of this
committee."
"I object," said Johnson.
See HEARING, pg. 12, Col. 1
Highway Chief Has
To Sleep in Lobby
Brady Gentry, chairman of the
state highway commission, had to
sleep In an Abilene hotel lobby Wed-
nesday night because of crowed
facilities resulting from the Camp
Berkeley construction. It was reveal-
ed here today
Gentry drove over from Brecken-
ridge late Wednesday night, and
after being unable to find a room at
the city's principal hotels, he curled
up and slept In the lobby of one.
He was here yesterday, prior to
going to Hamlin to address the
chamber of commerce at its annuel
banquet last night.
ABILENE TAKING ARMY CAMP IN STRIDE,
Abilene to filling the bill" In
providing for construction of Camp
Barkeley, writes -Dave Cheavens,
Associated Press state editor. In
the following article Cheavens on
tour Of defense projects under way
in Texas, visited Abilene and Camp
Barkeley Wednes ail to obtain first-
hand information on the local
camp
By DAVE CHEAVENS
ABILENE, Jan. 17—(—Four
army camp officers wearing the in-
signia of the -quartermaster corps
drive VP in front of a downtown
Abilene cafe, rush in for lunch, and
dash back out to Camp Barkeley in
less than a half an hour.
This hustling does not cause
any stir in Abilene. A $5,000,000
army camp is being built just
outside her doors, but every-
thing goes on as usual. You
will see business men attend-
ing to their business, shoppers
doing their shopping
.There is no traffic jam down-
town No great crowds of work-
men are in evidence on the streets
oi standing In line before employ-
ment offices
Abilene is taking its army camp
in Its stride
Abilene citizens will tell you that
there is a reason for It. It could
easily be called a saga of civic en-
terprise, '
R M Wagstaff, Chairman of the
military affairs committee of the
chamber of commerce, realised sev-
eral months ago that the army
would be looking for good spots to
put more training camps in Texas,
always favored by the nature of lb
climate and terrain for such cen-
ters. He and Merle Gruver, secre-
tary and manager of the cham-
ber. got their heads together, wort
ed out a brief setting forth the
advantages of their site
This included availability of a
huge water supply from three lakes
that now hold a reserve of 10,000,-
000.000 gallons Nearby were gas
and power arteries, a highway the
main line of the Santa Te rail-
the
Flu Kills Solon
WASHINGTON. Jan IT.—I —
Representative Sam Massingale
democrat of Cordell Okla., died
today after a 24-hour illness caused
by influenza.
Briton Asks More
U. S. Destroyers
LONDON, Jan. 17—40- Minister
of Shipping Ronald H Cross re-
emphasised today Britain’s need for
more destroyers to combat German
U-boat and reduce "the unquea-
British
ED TOD FIND I tonaly serious tosses of
LUII VR I INUO (shipping
We know how to cope with the
road The main line of the Texas submarine today. Given the equip-
and Pacific was only a few miles 1 ment, destroyers and aircraft, I am
' sure we can subdue this menace."
north.
The site they had in mind filled
the army’s requirements for the
"vailed terrain" — which means
plains bills and valleys—so neces-
sary in the training of a soldier.
All this they put into the brief
presented to eighth corps area
headquarters at Fort Sam Houston.
Within two weeks the wheels were
turning, inspections were made and
then came the decision from Wash-
ington to put the camp here if local
interests would furnish the land
The organisation to do that was
See CAMP. Pg U. Cel. 1
he said.
Join British Fleet
WITH THE BRITISH MEDITER-
RANEAN FLEET Jan. 17.—)-
Four U 8 naval officers have join-
ed the British Mediterranean fleet te
collect military and naval data ex-
pected to be useful In connection
with the vast U. 8 naval expan-
sion program
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ABILENE’S GOAL:
NO
’41 Traffic Deaths
The Weather
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE and vicinity Fair and cold-
er wil.i freezing temperature tonight Sat-
urday fair
WEST TEXAS (west of 100th meridian):
Fair tonight and Saturday, slightly colder
tonight in south portion.
EAST TEXAS (east of 100th meridian):
Fair, colder, freezing la north portion,
light scattered frost in south portion ex-
ept coast and Rio Grande Valley tonight;
Saturday fair.
Highest temperature yesterday dtp of-
Her 58; airport, 59
Lowest temperature this morning: dtp
office, 32; airport, 32
TEMPERATURES
P.M Hour AM
1--
89
38
37
as
as
34
32
32
34
FREEZING
Bu
7.40 a.m.
6:30 p.m. 6:30
Dr thermometer 3
Wet thermometer 42
Relative numidiy 48
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