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Senate Opens Turkey Ctenc
Aid Debate; TUTREY dtPS
Associated Press (AP)
TWO COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE OF CAMP BARKELEY SPEAK AT TRANSFER CEREMONY
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Two men who have fought the “battle of Camp Barkeley as com-
manders in the field every day are pictured here as they spoke at Satur-
dav afternoon's ceremony at which the first section of the camp was turned .
over to the eighth corps area by the constructing quartermaster. The two
were credited with a large portion of credit for the speed with which the
cantonment has been built-speed that enabled the first troops to occupy
the camp on the date set when construction started. At the microphone on
the left is Capt John T. Morgan, executive officer for the constructing
quartermaster On the right Marvin C. Nichols of Fort W orthy of the firm
of Freese and Nichols, is speaking to the crowd. Nichols and associates are
architects and engineers of the camp. In the background beside Capt. Mor-
gan are Lieut. Col. Roy Fox, hospital commander, left, and Col. E. C. Ad-
kins, camp quartermaster. Behind Nichols are Lieut. Col. Charles McK.
Kemp, acting camp executive officer, with pipe in mouth, and Major
Richard E. Froiseth, constructing quartermaster and in the right hand
corner, Ed Stewart, president of the Abilene chamber of commerce. (Re-
porter-News photos). -
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Passage Sure Aside for Nazi
WASHINGTON. Feb 17.-
The senate convened today to open A
historic debate on the administra-T "
lion's bill to render all aid to Brit-, ■ 1 f _
ain and to make the United States icA An I BFGACA
"the great arsenal' of embattled 1 | | | | Done U
"democracies." III | 1 | 1 11 TT1 1.
Despite the momentous charac- | 1.1111 1 OU
ter of the legislation, there was a
touch of the anti-climactic about
the occasion. Unlike the supreme
court reorganization battle, the
wordy war over the league of na- ________________r- ___________________, . .
tions, and other memorable. senate removed today as reliable informants in Sofia reported that
debates in the past, the—start of------------
argument found capitol hill in
general agreement about the final
decision Few questioned the bill's
prospects ror enactment.
There was a difference of
opiinon, of course, on the mar-
gin of its victory, but even
here the spread between rival
views was comparatively small.
The measure's backers, after a
last minute count, gave the opposi-
tion between 22 and 25 votes. Sena-
tor Byrnes (D-SC), an administra-
tion strategist, put the maximum
for negative votes at 25.
Opposition legislators claimed a
“nucleus" of 29 votes out of the 95
now in the chamber. One seat is
By the Associated Press
The last big obstacle against a German march through
southeastern Europe to the Mediterranean apparently was
Bulgaria and Turkey had reached a non-aggression pact.
Assurance that Turkey would stand aside may be the
keystone to fit together all the military and diplomatic prep-
arations Germany has made for a Balkan offensive.
High Court Dooms
Army Refuses
Houses Taken
Lambasted
vacant.
Senator Clark (D-Mo.) an anti-
bill leader, satd. however, that he
believed at least "30 or 35" votes
could be lined up for the final
test.
Regardless of rival claims, the
general expectation :n congressional
circles was that the opposition,
unable to defeat the bill, would
concentrate its big efforts on
amendments which would sharply
restrict the scope of the legislation
and the powers it confers upon the
president
Some administration supporters
conceded the opposition a chance
in such attempts, particularly on
the projected admendment which
would prohlibt further transfer of
destroyers or naval craft to Great
Britain. t)
Friends of Wendell L. Willkie
said that, despite administration
arguments to the contrary, the
1940 republican presidential nom-
inee still believed the bill should
be amended to name the nations to
SHARP BLOW TO BRITISH INFLUENCE
There is not much Bulgaria or Yugoslavia could do about it if
Germany decided to send her army through them to reach the Dar-
danelles or Greece. S.
But Turkey has the power at least to contest a nazi onslaught if
she chose to use it.
The Turks have been the center of a war-long storm of power poli-
tics. The Germans have used diplomatic pressure to keep Turkey on
the sidelines. The British made Turkey a potential ally by pledging aid
in defense of Turkish integrity.
So far, Turkey has been an enigma—like her big neighbor, Soviet
Russia. Neither has made a clear-cut stand on what her course would
be if the nazis. already perhaps 600,000 strong in Rumania, received
orders to march.
Turkey, however, indicated she would fight European Turkey has
been put under military rule and, despite official silence, the controlled
Turkish press has declared that an invasion of Bulgaria would be re-
-------—---------------------garded by Turkey as a cause for
Browder to Prison From Tenants
Officers of the 45th division
WASHINGTON. Feb 17-UP) — The
the conviction of Communist Leader Earl R
port obatined by fraud He is under „_.:
prison and pay a $2:000 fine. . , .
The decision virtually ends thet legal efforts of Browder general sec-
retary to the U. S. communist party, to escape the penalty. He may file
a petition for rehearing but the court rarely reconsiders its judgments.
Justice Stanley F Reed read the opinion for a unanimous court:
Justice Frank Murphy did not take part ..
In 1934 Browder obtained a passport from the state depa. tment after
swearing that he never had obtained one before. Government evidence
proved to the jjury’s satisfaction that he had secured such documents
P_________________—. (it. 1921 1937 and 1931 under differ-
supreme court today upheld will not beallowed to rent apart-
Browder for using a pass- 1 ments or houses from which own-
mniero ene four years in ers have ejected civilian families
sentence to serve A > . in order to ^ higher rents from
the army men. Capt. George
Stroud announced here today.
Captain’ Stroud, aide to General
William S Key who commands the
45th division, arrived to take over
supervision of the housing board.
He said he had found many list-
ings in which the owners had
Injuries Fatal
For Aged Man
W R Bridges, 73, one of
1*0
men struck by an automobile Sat-
urday-night ar they were crossing
Highway 80 just east of the city
limits died at the Hendrick Mem-
orial hospital at 2 a. m Sunday,
Taylor county’s first traffic fatal-
ity for 1941 His companion. Uncle
Tom Newman, about 70. remained
in the hospital in critical condition
According to the report of high-
way patrolmen, the two men, ap-
parantly blinded by the lights of
a car from the opposite direction,
stepped directly into the path of
a car driven by J. D. Tiles Jr.. 28,
Jefferson Tex Liles had been visit-
ling his son. Frank Vernon Liles. 6.
who lives with his grandmother ,
Myt-Florence Lacy Litteer, 609
Chetau and was driving to Dal- |
, ent names
The government did not base its
action on the falsification because
prosecution w .s barred by the
statute of ■ limitations, but it
charged that Browder "used" the
passport, contrary to law when he
' displayed it to immigration au-
thorities in 1937 and 1938 to prove
his citizenship upon his return
from abroad.
either already put out their ten-
ants. or were intending to do so
as soon as army officers arrived
Captain Stroud instructed Mrs
Martin Metzger, board secretary,
not to accept any more such list-
ings
The captain termed the prac-
tice not only unfair to civilians,
but said It would bred III feel-
ing toward the army men in
the part of those deprived of
homes.
It was again reiterated that ex-
horbitant rents would be classified
off the limits and that officers
TRADE ORDER VOIDED
Before reaching the Browder case
the court overruled a government
contention that the Federal Trade
Commission Act, which outlaws
unfair competitive methods, should
be applied to activities entirely.
within one state if they affect Real Estate board to discuss the
housing problems.
Meanwhile, wives of officers are
interstate "commerce
Justice Frankfurter delivered the
5 to 3 opinion which set aside a
trade commission order r_ *
Bunte Brothers, Inc.. Chicago cany
would not be allowed to
those quarters.
At mid-morning Stroud
Into a huddle with the
occupy
went
Abilene
___arriving in larger numbers to ar-
against range for their Abilene homes.
be aided
Floor leaders for the bill, mean-
while manifested no uneasiness
over their ability to defeat any
frontal assaults on the .essentials
frontal asaults on the essentials
over their ability) to defeat, any
of the measure. Instead, they were
hinting that as soon as the legisla-
tion is enacted. President Roose-
—-■-------___velt would probably scek $1,000,-
Clay I biennial report on fiscal operations 000.000 in appropriations and con-
Cotten of Pales line took the floor of the state, in, his legislative Rec: I tract authority to translate t he
language of the lend-lease pro-
gram into tangible war supplies
Senate Floor
AUSTIN, Feb 17 — P—Banging braced King's views: outlined in a
his fist on his desk, Senator < *
on personal privilege today
flayed state Auditor Tom C King
as a man “bent on destroying repu-
tations without evidence to sustain
charges.”
Referring to King s testimony be-
fore the senate as a committee oi
the whole last week, Gotten declar-
ed:
To my mind the auditor has ex-
of the state, in his legislative rec-
and Commendations for a housecleaning
in state government.
Cotten, dean of the upper
chambers asserted King’s tes-
timony showed his statements
were the result of observations
over a four year period and did
not come from audit findings
or a complete study of govern-
mental agencies.
posed himself one way or the other,
either as a ma with a colossal sup-
ply of ignorance or one strictly bent
on destroying the name of some- |
body.”
The senate has been investigating
allegations by King that a headless
fourth division of state government,
composed of many boards, bureaus |
and commissions, has usurped leg-
islative, judicial and executive pow-
er.
Governor W. Vee O’Daniel em-
Troopers lop
Barkeley Tents
HE WAS NEARING
THE END.-ASLEEP
Hopkins Reports
To Roosevelt on
Survey of Isles
WASHINGTON. Feb 17.—(P)-
Harry L Hopkins, just back from
four weeks in England as President
Roosevelt’s personal representative,
figured prominently today, in three
White House conferences, one of
which was intended to help set up
administrative machinery for the
proposed British aid program.
Hopkins and the president talked
until 2 o'clock this morning, and
the White House reported the two
were back in conference again at
9 a m., to continue their discussion
of conditions in Britain,
The former secretary of com-
merce. who has maintained silence
on his findings abroad, was asked
to sit in also on a parley with the
secretaries of war treasury, navy
and agriculture and the budget di-
rector
Stephen Early, presidential secre-
war.
But now, according to the re-
port of a Bulgarian-Turkish non-
aggression pact, Turkey is pledged
not to fight if the nazis enter Bul-
garia.
British sources acknowledged
that such an accord means a sharp
blow to British influence in the
Balkans. Some diplomatic observ-
ers felt that the odds against
Greece would become so great, her
victories over Italy notwithstand-
ing, that the mere threat of a Ger-
man blow might force her to capit-
ulate.
POLAND ‘BOMBED’
Weather laid a -violent hand on
Europe over the weekend, but even
hurricane-born storm failed to halt
the relentless war in the air and on
the seas,
Britain—still keeping an appre-
hensive eye in suspected trouble
in the Far East—reported she had
sent RAF bombers on a 2,000-mile
roundtrip flight to western Poland
to drop pamphlets and others, with
bombs, to attack the nazi-held
Dutch and Belgian coasts.
Even as a hurricane was slash-
ing a trail of disaster through
Spain and storms were raging the
breadth of the continent, the dally
report of- the German high com-
mand underscored new, smashing
blows on Britain’s merchant ship-
tary, told reporters:
"I think you might call this one
of a series that is going on and will
| continue, in the way of making ar-
rangements in advance for the ad-
ministration of the lease-loan bill
ping It said they were contributed
both by submarines and bombing
planes
Gales over the Dover stralt en-
fo.ced a lull last night, but rezi
raiders were reported back in the
v.cinity of several English towns
today and air raid alarm sirens
sounded in the London area.
Complaiinng that King had to be__4— --
cautioned to give specific answers MONTREAL, Feb 17.—(UP)—A________
to investigators questions. Cotten jealous husband announced that he when it passes. In other words, they
said the result of the senate study would committ suicide at 1 a m to. are taking time by the forelock, and were said to have sunk one 6,000-
showed King had no purpose other day. 1 * ------------— “— *----*—*----* Cantama and
I than to make charges reflecting on
-----. The man of whom he was jealous
the character and integrity of some told the police
public officials ; The police believing they were
OBSERV ATION s' racing against death, drove to the
•When we pinne dhim down he
said his statements were the result
of ‘observations'," Cotten declared.
And these charges came from a
man who hasn’t made a complete
audit but only a few checks, he
added
“His whole attitude is that he
possesses: a heart bent on destroy-
ing somebody’s reputation without
evidence to sustain his charges and
husband s home
Arriving after the deadline and
fearing the worst they rushed into
the house
Slumped in a chair a revolver in
German air
attacks -yesterday
when the bill passes many of the ton merchantman off Scotland and
administrative requirements will be another vessel west of Ireland and
set and- ready," to have damaged a third north
Carrying a black brief case, bulg- sof the English port of Great Yar-
ing with data Hopkins got back to mouth. Packed planes” on an air-
the White House last night, not port were reported destroyed.
many hours after he stepped ashore
in New York from a Transatlantic
I plane
his hand they found the man
asleep He had dozed off while
waiting to rthe clock to strike the
fatal hour
HOPKINS ML M
Hopkins sent abroad by the pres-
ident in the extraordinary capacity
of personal representative, was
guarded about the purpose of his
One submarine was reported to —
have sent 11000 tons of shipping
to the bottom and another to have
raised its score from 20,000 to 24,000
tons.
the senate need not expect to get .
additional information by continued
Combined Italian-German air
raids on Malta, Britain's mid-Med-
iterranean air and naval bastion,
were reported by the Italian high
command. It said nazi fliers shot
down three British Hurricanes and
fascist filers bombed the Mikabba
FUNERAL AT 3
Funeral for Bridges is to be held
at the Kiker-Knign char
o’clock this afternoon. The Rev.
Dick Baptist pastor at Crosbyton
and an old friend of the Bridges
family is to conduct Hie service, as-
sisted by the Rev. Couch, supply
-stor for University Baptist
Durch. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill cemetery.
Born in Tuscaloosa. Ala., Feb 20.
1867. Bridges was married there in
1887 and brought his family to
Texas 50 years ago, settling in Cal-
la han county He had been living
in and near Abilene for 31 years,
residing at 1059 1-2 South Sixth
street at the time of his death
He is survived to three sons.
Lloyd and Jake Bridges of Abilene
and Malcolm Bridges ol Big Spring
and five daughters. Mrs Dave
Christie of Austin Mrs Aaron Fer
guson of Clyde, Mrs. Lloyd Joiner
ot San Angelo, Mrs. Ila Lucas of
Dallas and Maurine Bridges of
Abilene His wife died in 1931.
Pallbearers will be W. B. Pate.
John Simpson. George Lawrie J.
B Dalton, F. E Traweek. Willie
Gee Ferguson, Jack Lucas, and Ed-
die Turner. •
Two Volunteer for
County Draft Call
Two new volunteers J D. Spink
of Tye and Roy F Scott of Merkell
pt 4 filled, out questionnaires for
the Taylor county draft board num-
her2 today Both men are volun-
■ Coring for service in the Feb. 37
I call.
manufacturers
Justice Douglas wrote a dissent-
ing opinion in which Justices
Blac kand Reed concurred
Justice Frankfurter asserted
that the interpretation of the
law be the federal trade com-
mission would “give a federal
agency persasive control over
myraids of local business in
matters heretofore traditionally
left to local custom or local
law.”
"An inroad upon local conditions
and local standards of such far
reaching import as is inovived
here," the majority opinion added,
"ought to await a clearer man-
Rumor Bridwell
Is Candidate for
Harry Hines' Job
AUSTIN. Feb 17.—(UP)— Joseph
S Bridwell, Wichita Falls. oil man
and ranchman, was reported here
today to have been recommended to
Gov W Lee O Daniel for member-
ship on the state highway commis- |
sion as successor to Harry Hines of
| Wichita Falls Hines' term expired
Saturday *
Hines was a candidate for gover-
date from congress."
The trade commission had or-
dered the company. In sales to Illi-
nois purchasers .to cease packing
the candy in such a manner that
the amount received by the ulti-
mate purchaser was dependent
upon change. .---------- —
The Justice department contend- appointed J C Hunter of Abilene
ed that the trade commission act while East Texas senators were de-
should "protect interstate com- manding membership on the com-
merce against inquiry from the un-mission. Present Chairman Brady
fair methods of competition used
by an intrastate seller"
nor against O’Daniel, so is not con-
sidered likely to be re-appointed.
Since Birdwell’s residence is the
same as Hines', his appointment
would avoid the difficulty over
georaphy that the governor en-
countered two years agu when he
of Tyler finally was named and con.
firmed
Bridwell is president of the West
Texas chamber of commerce.
STOP and THINK Suspect Charged in
Policemen backed by Nor-
wegian Nazis will attend all
church servises in German-oe-
eupied Norway to report on any
arespass against the New Or-
der.—AP dispatch.
0 Lord, thou hast searched
me, and known me. . .. Whith-
er shall I go from thy spirit?
or whither shall 1 flee from thy
presence? If I ascend up into
heaven, thou art there: if 7
make my beet in hell, behold,
thou art there.—Ftalm 139.1,
7-8.
Pharmacy Stickup
On the basis of information se-
cured and identification of his
picture by one of the
charge of robbery with
victims,
firearms
was filed this morning against a
man in connection with the hijack-
ing of the King McKinney phar-
macy Tuesday night. Feb. 4.
Chief of Police T A. Hackney,
who signed the complaint, said that
he expected to take him into cus-
tody today and was still trying to
apprehend the second of the two
men involved.
questioning of the auditor.
More than 100 soldiers were busy Extension of Land
at Camp Barkeley today topping
tent frames with canvass making Payments Passed
ready for arrival of 1600 more
troops this weekend AUSTIN Feb. 17.—(PP—By 1
To date, 103 soldiers and 10 offi-| jority of more than nine to
cers have reported at C
They are in charge of Lt.-Col. E. C
Adkins, quartermaster
They made first use of the
buildings during the weekend.
Including a mess hall. First
food to be served at the camp
ma-
one.
the camp | the house passed and sent the sen-
ate today a bill extending until No- company
vember. 1951, the time for making
waz chili con carne, eaten at
supper Saturday. Yesterday
noon, the soldiers and officers
ate a fare of ham. potatoes,
brown gravy, bread, coffee and
peaches.
Mess sergeant la Frank Parkison,
who - me here from Camp Bowie.
Carloads of clothes, tent canvass,
bedding and other supplies are ar-
rising, and being stored and used
by the quartermaster troops
The contractors are rushing work
on the buildings, and say they
will be substantially completed this
week.
Work is going forward too, on the
rifle range, under direction of Ma-
yor Henry A, Harding
Murrell Seriously
III of Influenza
The Rev. w. M Murrell, presi-
dent of the McMurry college board
of trustees, is seriously ill of in-
fluenza at his home, 1641 South
12th street.
His physician said he was strick-
en Friday night. He said he was
"awful sick” Saturday and Sun-
day, but that his condition Is Im-
proved today
The Rev Mr Murrell is 79 years
old He Is a superannuated Meth-
odist preacher and served many
years as a presiding elder.
German Chemist Is "Askea whether his special as-
Held for Espionage signment ill London was only a
Rea for ePienest mission of observation.” he answer-
WEST CHESTER, Pa Feb 17- ed cryptically; "It was more than PLANES BUSY
1—Irwin A Knell 40. a German- that.” - AXIS PLANES BUSY
born chemist was held today in He did, however have these
default of $25,000 ball on a charge things to say when he -stepped
of stealing 'confidential Informa-ashore from the clipper plane yes-
tion" whic hincluded a reputed
new, secret process for use in the
steel industry, from the Warner
The fascist communique credited
German fliers alone with having
bombed British air bases and com-
terday
“I don't think Hitler can lick
these (English) people. They’re
a« tough a crowd as there is.
munication lines in North Africa
“violently" and Italian fliers alone
with low-altitude scatter bomb and
Knell was charged with taking
laboratory charts chemical formut
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Land purchases I said the papers weer recovered from weeks in England and Scotland I
Knells estranged wife, who told saw their military and naval 1
them her husband had asked her strength I watched their prepara-
to hide them if anything happened for the air raids from the ho- |
to him He had been employed by W And homes T visited They re 1
the company as an assistant chem-Sough, these English."|
I Rep Lonnie Alsup of Carthage,
author of the so-called scientific
formula bill to boost the motor
truck load limit decided to post-
pone until tomorrow a showdown on
the issue. Many legislators oppose
the scientific formula bill, prefer-
ring a proposal which simply would
boost the limit from 7.000 to 14,000
pounds
The truck bill was reached on the
house calendar in the regular order
of business but was passed over
because of Alsups desire tor a one-
day postponement.
Jarrin' John Signs
With N. Y. Yankees
NEW YORK Feb. 17 -
John Kimbrough, all-America back
from the Texas Aggies today sign-
ed a contract to play football for
the New York football Yankees
of the American league.
Jarrin Jim actually signed two
contracts—one for $12,500 to play
football and another for $25,000
for personal services with Douglas
G Hertz, owner of the club.
Kimbrough received $2,500 as a
down payment. He will get another
$2,500 when he graduates The re-
mainder will be paid on a graduate
basis.
With our heip. they'll win."
This will not be a stalemated
machine-gun attacks on defense
works troops and supply columns
in Albania It said Italian planes
also bombed the British island of
based on.ob- "Crete.
Britain's show of uneasiness in
BRITISH FLUSH FASCISTS
FROM THREE COUNTRIES
________was. 11 Lum —1 “In Libya and Eritrea," the GHQ
communique said, “the situation
remains unchanged."
In Eritrea, northernmost part of
Italy’s East African domain, the
British offensive is centering on
Cheren. gateway to Asmara, Erit-
CAIRO Egypt, Feb. 17.—'A"
British general headquarters de-
clared today that there are no Ital-
lan soldiers left in Egypt, the Su-
dan or Kenya colony "except as
prisoners"
Referring to the fall of Kurmuk rean capital,
a strategic post on Ethiopia's west
era frontier with Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan, announced yesterday, the
high command said, in effect, that
now all Italian invaders to the
three zones had been repulsed
killed or raptured .
There was a continued dearth
of reports on the situation in North
Africa, where Britain's offensive
toward Trpoli, capital of Libya,
represents the deepest penetration
of the Italian African empire.
See THE WAR. Pg. • Col. *
Alfonso Divulges
Denial of Throne
I ROME. Feb 17.- (UP)—Former
| King Alfonso XIIl. seriously ill af-
ter a second heart attack, made
public today a manifesto renounc-
ing his claims to the Spanish throne
in favor of his son, Juan, prince
of Asturias. ,
A physician’s bulletin said today
that Alfonso had spent a good night
and there were signs that the gra-
vity of some of his symptoms was
lessening.
Aside from the thrust at Kurmuk.
the British are driving into Eth-
opia on the road to Condar. There,
“in the area east of Lake Rufolf,
our troops continue their penetra-
tion.' the communique said. *
In Italian Somaliland, southern-
most segment of Titlian east Af-
rica the Italian forces now have
been driven back to the north-
south line of the Juba river, about
too miles within that colony, the
British reported.
The Weather
r.s. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE and vicinity Cloudy to part
bus***# -^^
Fat- with considerable high Cloudiness
Trent and Tuesday except cloudy with:
eastonal light rain extreme southwest .Pet
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Cloudy to party cloudy tonient and T’S:
day: cooler in extreme east portion •
"iithest temperature yesterday: cite of-
near temperate the morning: a
office, 45 airport, 42.
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