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-WIT HOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOL'R WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES! -Byron
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VOL. LXII, NO. 288.
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ABILENE, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1943 -FOURTEEN PAGES
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SP an s Poll Ahead in South
By the Associated Press
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as saying he choked, assault-
ed and buried a four-year-old
girl in the cellar of his home
at Pittsburgh. The body of
Theresa Williams (below)
was found in the cellar.
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show next spring as a result of the
action thia morning of the Abilene
chamber of commerce directors au-
thorizing the agricultural commit-
•» to go ahead with plans to that
affect.
The action followed k report by
B R. Blankenship, former chair-
man of the agriculture committee
and now vice. president of the or-
ganization, concerning this week's
Waif show. He said that in line with
the national trend to eliminate
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By the Associated Press
American fighters were officially
credited Thursday with destroying
37 out of M planes in a battle over
the Southeast Solomons Wednes-
day when the enemy struck at U.
S. shipping off Guadalcanal Island.
The navy said that seven Ameri-
can planes were lost—a ratio of
better than 5 to 1 in their favor-
and that one pilot was rescued
The Japanese aerial armada in-
cluded 50 bombers and 48 fighters.
It was not disclosed whether they
were successful in reaching the
American ships.
THREATEN INDIA
A Navy communique said the bat:
tie climaxed a two-day offensive
by American planes which made
six forays against Japanese ships
and bases throughout the Solomons
Coincident with news of the
American victory in the skies. Ja-
pan's army press chief, Maj. Gen.
Nakao Yahagi, voiced a threat of
Japanese invasion of India.
Japanese forces in Burma have a
new commander replacing Lt. Gen.
Shojiro Iida, who led the army
which overran the country last year,
the Tokyo radio indicated. It did
not disclose the name of Iida's suc-
cessor
Meanwhile Japan had a fresh at-
tack of “bomb jitters” Thursday as
the Tokyo radio for the second time
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__________, April 8.—(Spl.)— A be-
lieve-it-or-not contribution to the Camp Berkeley
hospital service has been acknowledged by Martha
Earnest, Mitchell county counselor. Miss
Earnest, frequent visitor at the base hospital at.
Camp Barkeley, recently learned that soldiers
-from the North and East greatly prize souvenirs
of West Texas. Among the trophies which rate
high in favor, she discovered, are rattlesnake
rattles.
The counselor, who issued an appeal for rat-
tles. now has 736 diamond-back snake rattles
* which will be given to convalescent soldiers as
prizes and souvenirs. The lot was given the
services by Nelson Bassham of Colorado City.
Bassham is no snake fancier. Snake hunting
was first a hobby and he used to kill diamond-
backed rattlers the way other hunters do coyotes.
More recently he has stopped the killing but not
the hunting. Bassham now brings back his prey
alive and ships them to San Antonio where they
are used for venom extraction and the making of
rattlesnake bite serum
A den on the Urdie Wulfjen ranch once yielded
156 of the reptiles and Spade ranch is always good
for a catch Bassham does the work in his spare
time. He is employed by Hunter Strain, contrac-
tor. in his real business hours.
Af Junction
By PHIL AULT ,
WITH UNITED STATES ARMY.
Lt. Gen. K A. N. Anderson’s British First army was
stormed within 27 airline miles of Tunis in a sharp new of-
East of El Guettar, Tunisia, April 7 fensive in North Tunisia, dispatches said Thursday, while in
— Delayed) UP). Six American the south the British Eighth army rolled up gains in pursuit
bine# 'macadam road weanesdny of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s battered Africa corps,
afternoon met three British Eighth Pet . — ^ ---___ - - - t----
army armored cars, stained with empire, First army troops were reported to have advanced
the dust of an historic 2,000-mile - - 5 ---
offensive across North Africa. i
There was a moment’s pause by
both the Americans and the Brit-
ish beside the 67-kilometer road
Striking across battlefields of the ancient Carthaginian
Caldwell Chairman
Of War Loan Drive
Acceptance by C. M. Caldwell, Abilene rancher and capitalist, of the
Taylor county chairmanship of the Second War Loan drive April 12 to 30.
was announced Thursday morning by the county War Prorogue
Finance committee, composed of representatives pt the
War Bond and Victory Bond committees.
Simultaneously. Caldwell announced plans for
swinging the campaign into motion, and called on every
Taylor county citizen to cooperate tn the undertaking.
Taylor Counttans have been asked to lend the gov-
ernment $1,790,000 to the drive—the largest sum .ever
asked "here.
Caldwell said he had been requested several days
ago by the War Finance committee to take the chair-
manship of the April drive, but had delayed acceptance
until he could make arrangement* for handling several -----
buisiness deals he had pending. . CALDWELL
"I realize the campaign will re-
In 24 hours warned the Japanese
people that a new American bomb-
ing assault might come at any time
-either from the China continent, 1 I . War Cauchi
the Aleutians or from aircraft car- in LOST War BOUQ0T
riers."
The U. S. Office of War Infor- --------------------
mation said Tokyo broadcasts re-
called that it was just short of a
year ago that Maj Gen. James H
Doolittle s bombers made their first
sweeping raid on Japanese main-
land cities. .
Aside from President Roosevelt’s
whimsical reference to a "Shangri-
La base, the take-off point of Doo-
tattle's raiders had never been of-
county and district fairs in view of
transportation difficulties, it was ... . .
decided to hold a miniature show the British
this year and it had not been a suc-
, In view of the greater need now
for producing and feeding out beef
animals and keeping farm boys in-
terested In this work, Blankenship
recommended thst next spring the
show be put on a 13- or 15-county
wrasis and prizes and premiums on
the aid scale be revived. The direc-
tors promptly authorized the agri-
culture committee to go ahead with
plans to that end.
Roy Duke, chairman of the com-
First Air Casualty
ficially disclosed, but It is known
that new bomb-Japan airfields have
been constructed in China during
the past few months.
In the Far Pacific war theater.
command announced
that British artillery had smashed
Japanese attempts to advance In
the Indian region in Burma, with
the enemy withdrawing after suf-
fering heavy losses
in the Southwest Pacific, Gen
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters
announced that Allied airmen hit
1* Japanese bases bi the islands
above Australia, and a lone Amer-
ican Flying Fortress strafed a
three-ship Japanese convoy off Ka-
vieng. New Ireland.
mittee, gave a report on recant
activities, including the call show.
He stressed the value of clinics to
various lines, some of which already, ...
have been held with others te fol- Reard Not Abandoned
low Me declared the need for “an DEdIO NOT ADdnOnCO
old-fashioned country fair” next
(pill and expressed hope that plans
would be made to that end. The
Legal Efforts to Save
Mrs Curtis Moser, mother of Rex
Eeard Jr. the “paper sack" bandit,
told the Reporter-News Wednesday
that another effort will be made to
save her son from the electric chair.
“We ore going to continue to fight
this conviction,” she declared
C. C McDonald. Wichita Falls at-
torney who defended Beard in the
trial that led to the latters convic-
tion for the slaying of Deputy Sher-
iff Charles Wade Willis here, said
— by long distance telephone that a
are being made to have the Abflene- motion for rehearing will be filed
Anike Abilene road declared a state with the court of criminal appeals
Ehwax. . ____at Austin, la the allotted 15-day per-
Manager John Womble reported iod P
the industrial committee working The Austin court ruled Wednesday
on three Industrial projects, with that Beard must die la the chair for
promise of early development He Willis slaying -
also said that 37 of the 50 lease-1
Conversion units allotted to Abilene
had been signed up and others would
follow.
In behalf of C. M Caldwell, chair-
Victory garden work is going along
fine, with some seed dealers report-
ing a sell-out on their third order
of seeds.
g Jesse F. Winters, chairman of the
Wighway committee, reported good
progress in developing No. 1M into
Goke county and 1M into Callahan
county, with prospect of early action
to complete these roads. Effort, also
man of the war band drive. R M
Wagstaff outlined plans for putting
Taylor county over the top with Ita
quota, which la $1,790,000 exclusive
of banks and military personnel.
see DIRECTORS, Pg. 3. Cal 0
One Box of Apples
Sold for $1,354,000
SPOKANE, Wash., April B—<F>—
Tow they’re throwing apples at the
Axle-after a manner of speaking.
The Spokane Kiwanis club con-
ceived the Idea of raising $200,000
in war bonds bv shipping 30 boxes
of apples to various clubs for auc-
tions
“Sales now total $1,640,750. And five
of the boxes remain to be sold
The local club received s terrific.
1. pleasant, jolt on beering that the
Macon, Ga., club had sold its box
for $1,354,000.
THE WEATHER
rx DEPARTMENT or emrssnen
WEATHER BUREAU
(This information must not be broadcast
radie)
LABILENE and Vicinity Little change a
temperature Thursday night: showers and
local thunderstorms Thursday afternoon
and night;
EAST TEXAS (east of 100th meridian):
Little temperature change la north, not
quite so warm in south portion Thursday
night: showers and local thunderstorms
Thursday afternoon and la east and north
portion Thursday night Fresh th strong
winds M the coast diminishing Thursday
"WEST TEXAS (west of 100th meridians:
Little temperature change Thursday night.
Highest temperature Wednesday City of-
fice, 74; airport, T5 ,
Lowest Thursday morning (to 7:30 •.
m.): City office, 59; airport, 56
Thur Wed Wed-Tue
A.M. Hour PM
15 69 1-73 78
ICTORY
62 63—5 — 72
61 61—6 74
se 60—T - 73
so 80 8 70
#1-5
Sunrise Thursday morning
Sunset Thursday might *
The War department has ask-
ed the Reporter-News to find
out the name of the first Abi-
lene ar Taylor county-born av-
later to die in the first world
war, either by accident in line
of duty or in combat.
So far as known, the first to
die was Lt. Chester A. Adams,
24, of Abliene, who woe killed In
a flying accident at Houston on
Nov. 18, 1918. The Reporter-
News has checked its files. In
cooperation with Managee John
Womble of the Abilene chamber
of commerce, who has been
working on the problem and so
far a. our records show Lieut-
enant Adams, member of a
pioneer family, was the first to
go.
The War department wants to
be sure, se If anyone knows any
other Abilene or Taylor county
flying man who lost his life la
the first world war prior le
Lieutenant Adams' death, he is
requested le notify the Repor-
ter-News either by letter or
telephone, and the Information
will be passed along to the War
department. Prompt action is
desired.
quire much effort, and that we
must have the cooperation of all
’ citizens if it succeeds,” he said.
"I have the feeling, that when
our boys overseas are risking their
lives tor their country, the least
anyone who has a few dollars or
credit can do is to lend some money
to their government "
PATRIOTIC CAMPAIGN
“Primarily, - in my belief, the
campaign is a patriotic undertak-
ing." he continued. "If there is any
person in the county who is not a
patriot, then April, 1943, Is the time
to find him out.”
"In the second place, the drive
is an economic opportunity. If the
value of the dollar keeps going
down, we are going to have the
worst panic in the history of our
nation in the next decode It be-
hooves each individual to see to It
| that the value of the dollar la M-
| spected.
"And finally, buying of bonds Is an
Investment. The bonds bear Inter-
est ranging from 2.5 to 2.9 percent
"If there ever was a time when
Americana should use all their ef-
forts, it is now. My thought is that
the stronger we defend and fortify
the home front, the greeter will be
the psypchological effect against
the enemy and the greater the en-
couragement to our boys.
"Just as quickly as we put our
every effort behind the war effort.
Abilene Favored
By Weatherman;
Twister at Frost
The Abilene area was a “favorite"
with the weatherman Thursday
morning.
While strong, twisting winds
struck at Frost, in Navarro county,
the Montoplis community east of
Austin, and the Jarrell community
14 miles north of Georgetown,
thundershowers splashed down here
and to neighboring towns, refresh-
ing pastures, fields and Victory gar-
dens. 1
In a typical April shower. Abilene
received 35 inch of moisture at
mid-morning. At the same time a
hard shower, accompanied by elec-
trical display, fell in Stamford. To
the south. Coleman gauged .it inch,
as a general rain wet the county
The preceding night, a like amount
of moisture fell to Coleman.
Lightning struck in the 1300
block on Vino as a light show-
er sprinkled the city early Wed-
nesday night The bolt hit a
mesquite tree in the front yard
of the H.C. Bradley residence ex-
ploded the tree, and hurled a
fragment through a window of
the T. G. Roberta home, two
doors down on the same side of
the street. Other fragments
were hurled across the street,
and onto the roof of a third
Thursday's shower brought the
1943 rainfall total here to 3.85 inches,
as compared with normal to date
of 3.72. It was the first moisture
since general rains drenched the
section on March 24.
marker on the road from Gabes to
Gafsa. Then there was a burst of
shouts from dust-parched throats
and the Allied soldiers who had
come from opposite shores of Af-
rica leaped from their vehicles.
LITTLE FORMALITY
Hands scarred by the hard sands
of Tripolitania clasped hands that
were grimy with the red dirt of the
Tunisian hills. Then the Americans
and Britons grabbed each other,
pounded each other on the back
and shouted congratulations.
That was the historic junction of
the British Eighth army, which had
fought its way from El Alamein,
with the Americans in Tunisia
Formality was brief at the meet-
Ing of the armies that had at last
run the desert fox. Nazi Marshal
Erwin Rommel, across Africa and
Into a trap.
The patrols lined up and officers
greeted each other formally. Pho-
tographs were taken But the boys
could not restrain their joy and
were soon thumping each other.
The Americans from the Second
Army corps under Gen George &
Patton Jr. had just come through
one of their toughest battles near
the Kebili road junction about 15
miles east of El Guettar. The Brit-
ish had Juat broken through at
Wadi Akarit. north of Gabes.
four or five miles by a surprise attack in the sector of Medjez-
el-Bab, 36 miles southwest of Tunis, the capital.
The German-controlled Paris radio said Anderson was attacking with
a "crushing superiority in men and materials."
Meanwhile, Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower sent a message of congratula-
tions to his field commander, Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, declaring:
“If Rommel tries to leave Africa, he will have a stormy passage
across the Sicilian straits.”
An Allied communique indicated that Gen Sir Bernard L. Mont-
gomery's British Eighth army, newly united with the American Second
Army corps, had been unchecked for the past 24 hours in driving Rommel
__________________________________northward along the coast.
MESSE S FIXING
TO GET MESSED
NEW YORK. April »— (API -
A London broadcast recorded
Thursday by CBS said that
Gen. Giovanni Messe, an Ital-
ian, was the new commander-
in-chief in Tunisia.
"A Berlin military spokesman
says that Rommel and von
Aratas are now both- under
General Messe’s command,” It
quoted the broadcast as saying.
"General Messe was to com-
mand of the first Italian expe-
ditionary force cent to the Rus-
sian front.”
Brown Argues
ONE OBJECTIVE LEFT 1 A 1*11 C 1
At the hour the British and With enatore
American advance patrols, were VVIIII OC CIOS
meeting, the tremendous effect of
their junction wee beginning tol .
make itself felt to the climactic WABHINOTON: ADI s (
phase of the battle for Tunisia. The Price Administrator Prentiss Brown
Allied Une across Africa from the aroused a storm of protest from
Red sea to Casablanca had been members of the senate agriculture
forged and only the Tunisian Op committee Thursday by advocating
remained to be cleared of the en- Increased appropriations for Incen-
tive payments to farmers AS prefer-
able to two bills designed to tn-
emy.
The junction was the second ma-
jor objective which Montgomery set
out to achieve on that moonlit
night of Oct. 33 when he hurled
the Eighth army against the Ger-
mans at El Alamein in Egypt He is
still pursuing his first major ob-
jective—annihilation of the Axis
armies in Africa—but now he has
American and French forces to
help him
On that night tn October when
Montgomery struck, many of the
An early morning downpour at
Austin sent water swirling over the_-
curbs and Into ground floors of sev- “Americans who are now fighting
eral business houses Hundreds of
automobiles were stalled
Among Thursday morning's rain
reports were: Austin 2.64 inches;
Dallas 63: Pampa 62: approximate-
ly one inch in Plainview area: Mid-
land 32; Wichita falls 27; Vernon
12 (Wednesday night): Buchanan
dam, near Austin, 1.21; Marble
Falls 81; Fredericksburg 91.
with the Eighth army were shut-
fling nervously on the decks of big
troop transports — not knowing
their destination was Africa. To-
day, the Americans, too. are vet-
erans of hard-fought battles
then just that much sooner can our e: san
boys return and get back to normal Fire Kills 300 Hogs
life -
COMMITTEE NAMED
"So I’m appealing to every red-
blooded American in Taylor county
to get busy and not wait for a com-
See BOND DRIVE, Pr. 3, Col. 2
FORT WORTH. April g-iUFl—
Fire of unknown origin swept
through the Globe laboratories ear-
ly Thursday killing more than 300
hogs and 13 head of rattle Damage
was estimated at more than $50,000.
EXPLOITS OF AERIAL HERO THRILL MIDLAND WIFE
MIDLAND, April 8— (SpD— “How tain Welch, had shot down three
wonderful,” was Mrs. Darrell G. Axis transport planes In aerial dog-
Welch's comment Tuesday when fighting over the Mediterranean the
she was informed her husband, Cap- preceding day.
CAPT. AND MRS. DARRELL G. WELCH
Mrs Welch, blonde and attractive.
is employed In the special services
| office of the Midland Army air forces
i bombardier school here
Captain and Mrs Welch were
■ married July 12. 1941, only seven
months before he was sent over-
seas-to Africa Captain Welch is
the son of 'r and Mrs C. O. Welch
of Midland
She is becoming "used to hearing
of her husband’s successful exploits,
but each one gives her a thrill.
"Naturally. I worry" she said, “but
after all—.” She didn't finish but
implied she felt he was fulfilling his
duty and there was ho reason to
want him to do otherwise
"I just know he’ll be back all
right,” she said
Mrs Welch has no record of the
number of planes he has downed,
but she estimates it at more than
“seven or eight.” He has taken part
in more than 40 sorties, and was
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross for his participation in these
actions and for downing a Messer-
schmitt He has been recommended
for two Oak Leaf clusters to add to
the medal and in addition has been
awarded the AIF Medal and three
additional decorations for it
Captain Welch. 25, is a flight
leader to a fighter squadron. Te
has been mentioned numerous
times in dispatches telling of action
to the Bizerte area.
In a recent letter to his wife Cap-
tain Welch tol.. her he was not al-
lowed to describe his exploits but
that, he is keeping a diary She la
I looking forward to reading It—with
I hime at their home here.
crease prices.
"It would be better to appropri-
ate money with which to pay In-
centive payments In cases where
farmer income is insufficient to as-
sure production than to break
through the barriers against In-
flation.' he declared
‘I don’t want to put the farmer
in the position of depending upon
the government for a handout"
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) told
him. "When the government gets
to subsidizing everything-It's wrong
to principle Under dictatorships.
It doesn't mean so much. But to a
democracy the government would
be holding a club over the heads
of the farmers The officials could
aay if you want to continue getting
this money, you’ll have to elect
The hearing, an anti-climax to
Wednesday’s Senate battle that fin-
ally sent the vetoed Bankhead bill
RISING STAR. April 8.-(SpD — I back to committee to join the pres
u dark F Roberds, son of Mr. and viously-shelved Pace measure, ” ,
Mrs F w Roberds of Rising Star, duced a constant flow of argument
was reported Thursday by the War between Brown and the senators
department as missing in action that extended until the noon open-
somewhere In Latin America since ing of the Senate.
Rising Star Flier
Missing in Action
A bulletin from General Eisen-
hower's headquarters said the Brit-
ish First army (developed "a suc-
cessful attack in the area between
Medjez-el-Bab and Munchar, tak-
ing prisoners and gaining much
ground."
AXIS CHIEFS MEETING?
The communique said General
Montgomery's troops beat off a ae-
ries of Axis counterattacks after
the Allied break-through at the
Wadi el Akarit, inflicting heavy
losses on the enemy.
"Our mobile forces started to pur-
sue northward, early on April 1.1
Allied headquarters said.
"The pursuit of the enemy cone
tinues relentlessly and many more
prisoners together with much aban-
doned material have been taken."
A Berlin broadcast asserted that
British tanks which broke through
Nazi lines had been checked and
that Allied attempts at encircle-
ment had been frustrated.
"Axis troops have taken up fresh
positions,” the broadcast said.
Other at-a-glance developmental
Invasion jitters—Hitler, Must
ly at Bronner pass, to map de-
fense against Allied invasion of
Rusoo Red Armies storm Ger-
man lines on Kharkov front; Nazi
attacks crushed in Sevsk, Volkhov
sectors.
London-Men reports complete
agreement on United States- British
"future policy toward France," says
Hull invited to visit London.
Air war-Allied "heavy bombers
blast Naples Messina anew. Rome
says United Nations airmen also
attack Palermo.
Burma—British artillery route
Japanese attack on Arakan front:
Tokyo claims large British Indian
force destroyed on Mayu peninsula.
U. S. TROOPS GAIN
On the Tunisian front Italian
headquarters also reported that the
battle was flaming to major pro-
portions In the north
The historic junction of U. &
troops with British Eighth army
forces occurred on the rocky ridge
of Djebel Chemsi, II miles east of
El Guetar, on the road from Gafsa
to the see. Allied headquarters an-
nounced
Only a few hours before the Junc-
tion. elite German troops were bat-
tling fiercely against heavy Ameri-
ran attacks, bat latest dispatches
Mid the Nazis had now fled to
the northeast
Farther north. U B troops driv-
ing within 28 miles of the era front
the Maknassy sector were reported
to have cleaned out a Dumber of
See .THE WAR, Pg. 3. Col. 1,
March 25
Lieutenant Roberds to an AAF
filer and It was presumed here that
he was on his way to Europe
He was engaged in the practice
of law at Cisco when he entered the
AAF early in 1942. He was a grad-
uate of Howard Payne college and
of the University of Texas law
school
His wife, the former Frances El-
lis, to with her parents to Brown-
*_
Army Teaches
Strict Obedience
KANSAS CITY. .April 8.-0P-
The rookie didn't know right from
left, said Lt Gene Moody Moore,
so he put a stone in the beginner's
right hand
Now when I tell you to turn
right, turn in the direction of the
hand holdtag the stone,” he order-
ed. "And don't drop it until I order
you to do so.”
Two days later the hospital call-
ed- a
“We’ve got a soldier over here
who became 111 Hes holding a
stone in his hand and says he won't
drop it until you give the order
STOP and THINK
The violation of esse pledge
means the breaking of the
, whole chain of international
decency and honor.—Mme. Chi-
* ang Kai-Shek.
It a man vow a vow unto the
Lord, or swear an oath to bind
his soul with a bond, Ibo shall
not break his word, he shall do
according to all that proceed-
eth out of his mouth—Numbera
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ARROWS INDICATE MAJOR ALLIED DRIVES in lower
Tunisia, where British broke through Axis defenses in the
Wadi el Akarit area north of Gabes, while U. S. forces ad.
vanced east of El Guetar and mopped up Germans in rough
country north of Maknassy. Allied pushes threatened Axis
coastal holdings and the ports of Sfax and Sousse.
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 288, Ed. 2 Thursday, April 8, 1943, newspaper, April 8, 1943; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1635694/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.