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VOL. LXIII, NO. 258
EVENING
FINAL
LI. S. Knifes Deep Into Jap Defenses With Landing on Admiraltys
th Breaks Nazi I hrust a
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Th Argentine Army Revolt Thwarted Radio Tanks
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GERMAN BOMB KILLS TRUCKLOAD OF GERMAN PRISONERS An Allied truck
loaded with German prisoners, burns with its human cargo after being hit by a German
.bomb during an attack by enemy planes in Cerasuolo area of Italy. Allied soldiers at left
attempt to smother fire in clothing of soldier at their feet who was pulled from the truck.
(AP Wirephoto from Signal Corps).
Stevenson Plan |
I I I A
garia May
To Erase State
‘Deficit Upheld Out-of-War Move
AUSTIN, March I (UP) — Gov. " "
Coke R. Stevenson’s plan to reduce
yr wipe out the state general rev-
enue fund deficit by transferring
to its unused money to various
* special treasury funds was held
valid today by the third court of
civil appeals here.
• The decision overrules a pre-
vious ruling of the attorney
general's department and an
Austin district court decision
that the legislative act to car-
D ry out the governor's plan was
Invalid, and dissolves Injunc-
tions issued by the district court
against such transfers.
LONDON, March 1.—(UP)—Po- conclusion that a Soviet-Fin-
tential crackups at both ends of
the Nazi satellite front in Europe
were indicated today by reports
that Finland might be out of the
war within a month and that Bul-
garia was asking the United States
and Britain for armistice terms
Moscow’s confirmation of
preliminary moves toward a
settlement with Finland, to- 1
gether with a summary of what
, would be expected of the Finns,
led diplomatic quarters to the
nish armistice might be ar-
ranged soon.
Usually reliable sources said they
had received advices from neutral
capitals indicating that Bulgaria
was in the process of soliciting
America and Britain for armistice
terms.
Details of the reported Sofia
INVADERS SWEEP
ANESE ASIDE
Britain Agrees
Balances In the 17 funds as of T T. Air
«Feb 28 amounted to $1.697,865,0 rinn lifer
“while the general revenue fund de- IU 1 ||||| UlICI
ficit as of the same date was $15,-
797,685, state treasury records show- LONDON, March 1—(P)—Britain
ed. ... has agreed to the peace terms sub-
. mitted to Finland by -the Soviet
.The funds and balances were: gas union, official quarters reported to-
pitilities. $126,049: _ securities act. 1 day.
$29,425; liquefied petroleum gas, -
$12,270; real estate licenses, $31,-
521; recording agents, $10,904; vend-
ing machine tax, $502; vital statis-
tics. $15,846: special game $163,-
7: sand, shell and gravel, $478,-
$15: fish propagation and protec- ""™ ““ inat under tne terms of
tion. $109,062; board of cosmetology, the Anglo-Soviet treaty a spar.
$380 475: motor vehicle insurance, ate peace cannot be negotiated -
$111,892: fire insurance. $175,256; This informant explained that
insurance examination, $2,887; in- under the treaty one of the signa-
surance agents license, $21,586: mu- lories cannot negotiate peace wlth-
walcame men insurance, $6,221; out consulting the other He called
surance fees, 522.780. Russian terms thus far published a
The court held no that all of the formant termea tiner than the
accumulation of $779,026 in the--__
drivers license fund of the safety Wins Promat.
department was transferable with XIRS romotion
exception of an operating balance
"of $75,000.
more toward peace were lack-
ing as was a specific indica-
tion of how far it had progress-
ed. However, responsible quar-
ters said “startling develop-
ments" might be expected at
any time in connection with
Sofia plans to present the Lul-
garian case to the Allies,
94s
Bulgarians credited with impor-
tant political connections were re-
ported in or on the way to Turkey
One of them was described as an
Bulgarian court, who, after acting
a* political factotum of King Boris
now is playing the same role for
Prince Regent Cyril
Farrell Puts
Ramirez Aide
Under Arrest
By the Associated Press
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay,
March 1.—The Argentine gov-
ernment announced today it
had quelled a revolt by an
army colonel and his infan-
try regiment seeking to oust
Gen. Edelmiro Farrell from
the presidency he assumed
last week in a palace coup en-
gineered by the country’s
strongly nationalistic ele-
ments.
Lt.-Col. Tomas < Duco, a close
friend of Gen. Pedro Ramirez who
delegated his presidential powers to
Farrell last Thursday, massed his
Third Infantry regiment on the
outskirts of Buenos Aires, but failed
to move on the capital.
Instead, he entered the city
himself on a government invi-
tation for a conference with
Farrell andWar Minister Juan
Peron, known as the man be-
hind the throne to Argentina’s
turbulent politics.
The conference was held in the
war ministry. ’
Duco was arrested and held at
headquarter* of another regiment,
a dispatch direct from Buenos Aires
said late this morning, and his reg-
iment was returning to Its head-
11. 8. concerned. See page 2.
quarters under command of officers
loyal to Farrell's government.
The regiment camped this morn-
ing at Lomas de Zamora, 20 miles
from Buenos) Aires.
Apparently the attempted re-
volt did not extend beyond Du-
ca's own unit, but the Argentine
navy was reported to have de-
manded that power be returned
to Ramirez, who resigned os-
tensibly because of his health,
or to the supreme court.
The communique announcing the
"unsuccessful" revolt was read over
the official Buenos Aires radio at
6:10 a. m., an hour after a previous
communique that quiet prevailed in
Argentina.
There was a strict censorship in
Buenos Aires.
E
HER SCORE: 21 HUNS—
Pretty Vera Krizman, 19,
looks little like an army “top
kick” as she poses beside a
picture of her commander,
General Tito, but according
to OWI, which released the
photo in Washington, she is a
leader of Yugoslav Partisans
with a record of having killed
21 Germans in battle. Sgt.
Krizman is now at Bari, Italy,
training women veterans of
guerrilla fighting. Women
make up 15 percent of Tito's
army and fight on equal
terms with men on the battle-
field. (AP Wirephoto from
OW1).
Lead Attack
ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TERS, Naples, March 1.—
(UP)—Allied infantrymen
and the flaming guns of the
5th army shattered a double-
barreled German armored at-
tack on the Anzio front today,
halting a drive that had
threatened to develop into a
full-scale offensive to wipe
out the embattled beachhead.
Torrential rains lashed the
battle front throughout the
morning and the German ar-
mored columns, slowed down by
the treacherous mud and rak-
ed incessantly by the deadly-
accurate Allied shellfire, found
the going too tough. \
German long-range cannon,
which had literally smothered the
battlefield under one of the heav.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, March
L—(AP)—American troops of the Sixth army have pushed
far into Japan's South Pacific defenses with a bold landing
on the Admiralty islands under the personal supervision of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who announced the invasion today.
Dismounted units of the First cavalry division hit the .
beach at Los Negros island in the northeast corner of the
Admiralty and quickly captured Momote airdrome, in one
of those perfectly coordinated army-navy-air thrusts which
caught the Japanese completely unaware.
Not a single enemy plane or ship disputed the operation.
Destroyers of the Seventh fleet, commanded by Vice
Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid of Philadelphia carried the troop-
ers to the island through the Bismarck sea, which a year
ago was almost wholly enemy domain.
The invasion, MacArthur said, makes the end of the
Bismarck campaign “clearly in sight,” and "in addition to
troops trapped in the Solomons some 50,000 of the enemy,
largely in New Britain and at Rabaul, are now inclosed.”
The soldiers swept aside enemy resistance and soon
Brig. Gen. William C. Chase of Providence, R. I., on-the-
spot commander of the drive, reported that Momote air-
drome, one of the best the enemy possessed in the south
Pacific, had been seized. The airstrip still was in excel-
lent condition.
Local Teachers
Stevenson viewed the decision as
helping the effort to take the state
general fund out of the rod with-
out issuing bonds for the purpose
as has been proposed.
! Serov was reported without con-
firmation to have made contact
with unidentified Turkish quarters
and to have been trying to commu-
nicate with Allied sources.
The Times of London reported
from Ankara that a former Bul-
garian minister of commerce was
expected in Turkey Editorially the
Times said that the Bulgarians,
"having signed on a pirate ship
which is beginning to founder,
are discussing chances of mv-
ing their plunder and their skins."
The Finish parliament in secret
session last night tacitly voted full
confidence In the government per-
haps even authorised It to accept
Moscow’s invitation to send a mis-
' sion to Moscow to negotiate separ-
WASHINGTON, March 1.—VP)— ate peace
The War department yesterday an- The favorable action followed a
nounced the following temporary lensty. debate or an unspecified
statement—presumably relating to
Britain's agreement waa given af-"
ter consultations with Russia. ,
As to whether Britain still would
be at war with Finland If the terms
were accepted, an authoritative
source who cannot be further Iden-
tified said that under the terms of
Last night's confused events there
followed close upon a day of ex-
treme tension during which ele-
ments of the Argentine navy, long
displeased with the chaos existing
to the government, demanded eith-
er that Ramires be permitted to
resume full presidential powers, or
resign his powers to the supreme
court instead of to Farrell.
These proposals were reported to
be sun before the Argentine ruling
faction when Duco decided to
march his troops from the arsenal
in the city.
It appeared he acted either with-
out the cooperation of the navy, or
at least before the navy was pre-
pared to move.
Elect Delegates
Representatives to go to the house
of delegates meeting of the Oil Belt
Teachers association to Graham
March 4 were elected by the Abi-
lene unit of the Texas State Teach-
ers association Tuesday afternoon.
Superintendent L. E. Dudley, Mias
Willie Mae Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Ike
Jay. Holmes Webb and Mrs. W H
Haney will represent the local city
schools at the session.
A general session of the Oil
Belt Teachers association will be
held in Abilene March 17 at 8
p. m. In the high school audi-
torium, It was announced. Dr.
J. G. Flowers, president of
Southwest Texas State Teach-
ers college, will to guest speak-
er.
A panel discussion. Are We Teach-
lest barrages of the campaign,
slackened their fire as the ground
assault faltered and broke.
The Nazis, equipped with a
secret weapon now revealed as
radio-controlled robot tanks
loaded to the turrets with high
explosives, still were attacking
at several points on the Allied
perimeter but the sting appear-
ed to have been token from
their blows. „
Artillery duels thundered, and
front dispatches last night said the
enemy had pounded the beachhead
with the heaviest bombardment
since the initial landings.
There were no details on the
thrust against the eastern half of
the beachhead between Carroceto
and Cisterna, but if it develops into
a major offensive, it would be the
third attempt to wipe out the
strongly-held Allied sector.
Allied artillery and bombers
lashed back, with U. S. planes
hammering Nazi troops and
tanks massed to the Cisterna
area.
The Germans were probing the
beachhead lines, apparently seek-
ing a soft spot, and Nazi tanks
appeared in increasing numbers.
Allied artillery and mortars broke
up a small but determined attack
on British position* in the ravine-
LONDON March 1—(UP)-
promotions of Texas officers
2nd 14. to 1st Lt.
Midland-Phillip Maurice King - See SATELLITES Pg. 12, Col. 2
Sfg. C. Rt. 1. SI - —"
Bonks Close, Little Fuss—
1 THURSDAY IS TEXAS SACRED DAY
The Weather
FDR, Military
Chiefs Confer
To AU Non-Texans: “adopted the declaration of inde-
i Tomorrow, pardner, is a sacred I
day to ua Texans and we'll be pret-
’ ty busy doctoring our patriotic fev-
er and feeling mighty proud of our
Wghtini ancestors and our boys who
are carrin’ on with the same ole
pendence
Then,the fireworks started. Four
days later 183 men defended the
Alamo against overwhelming odd’
and pretty soon the Mexicans kill-
ed off all our men and things look-
ed pretty bad for Texas They even
our General Fannin and
battle yell. ______
. Nobody, however, is gonna come captured ... uesvese. .asmmn and
down with the fever ceptin’ the * lot of his men and killed them
banks and they re gonna close The That’s when Sam Houston took
fast of us "*' be up and runnin over active command of the Army
ground as usual., . . Sam retreated before Santa Anna
Fer March 2, pardner, is until he reached San Jarinta rust
Texas Independence Day, the
until he reached San Jacinto river |
and then he let ’em have both bar-
rels. That was on April 21 and it
goes without saving that we won. |
Other countries recognized our
- ---------------w -— independence in 1837, and then in
the people got tired of the way December, 1845, we joined up with
thee tits -mnin’ *HL= — — the unionP "
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE and Vicinity Partly cloudy
and warmer today; mostly cloudy and
warmer tonight and Thursday, Scatter-
ed rains Thursday with fresh winds
tonight and Thursday,
EAST TEXAS Considerable -eloudi-
ness and warmer this afternoon tonight
andThursday; light rain or drizzle in
southwest and extreme south portions
late, fonig ht scattered e light rains in
west and central portions Thursday
_WEST, TEXAS—Mostly cloudy except
partly cloudy in the El Paso area and
Big Bend country this afternoon, tonight
and Thursday; warmer this afternoon
and tonight; light rain or drizzle In Del
Rio-Eagle Pass area and east of the
Pecos river tonight and Thursday fresh
to strong winds In the Panhandle and
South Plains * and
4sHighest temperature for last 24 hours:
Lowest temperature for last 24 hours:
only holiday sf its kind recog-
nized in the union.
Seem« like at one time or anoth-
9 Texas belonged to Mexico and
"COT
I BUT
TEMPERATURES
Wed-Tue Tue-Mon
A.M Hour PM.
they wus rumnnin’ things so on
March 2, 1836, a convention as-
sembled In an ole blacksmith shop
in the town of Washington on the
Grazos river and drew up and
So you see that's the way it is,
| pardner, and we thought wed bet-
ter warn you about them banks
being closed.
Sunrise this morning
Sunset tonight ...
44 1-42 46
43-2-43 48
42— 3—44 53
41— 44 34
40-- 6 4 54
40— 7—44 53
39 8 42 48
40-9—41 46
40—10- 40 44
41 — 11— 40 42
41-12 4S 41
MacArthur watched the invasion from the bridge of one
of Kinkaid's warships. It was the second time he had been
personally present when his troops went into battle, the
first occasion being a paratroop operation in New Guinea.
Often has MacArthur indicated his interest in returning
to the Philippines, where he first met the Japanese fighting
strength, and his communique announcement of the landing
pointedly remarked that the
Admiraltys are “almost due
WHAT WE GAIN
By the Associated Press
Here, at a glance, are sig-
nificant facts about the invasion
of the Admiralty Islands by Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's forces:
It projects the Allies into IM
Bismarck sea beyond the long
efefetit - barrier ,el New Bri ain
and New Ireland. * • 1
It by passes Rabaul, 380 miles
to the southeast.
It puts the Allies within 250
miles of Kavieng.
It gives the Allies an airdrome
from which to constantly blast
all shipping moving from Truk
to Rabaul by way of Kavieng.
It severs the vital supply line
from Truk to Wewak, New
Quinea. which Is 225 miles south-
west of the Admiralty Islands.
It helps open the sea lanes
toward the Philippines. 1,300
miles from the Admiraltys.
Ponape lakes
Steady Beating
U. 8 PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-
south of Guam and 1,300 miles
from the Philippines.”
The islands, be said, stand at
the "northern entrance to the
Bismarck sea” and the invasion
tightens the blockade of the O
enemy's remaining bases to that
area.
First reports mentioned only in-
vasion of Los Negros frond, which
lies off the northeastern tip of
Manus island, the largest in the
group.
Lorengau, on the northeast tip
of Manus, may be the next objec-
tive of the Americans. It is on
Seadler harbor, a 55-mile waterway
formed by a lagoon which could
accommodate a large fleet.
The Admiraltys, former German
possession and an Australian man-
date under the Versailles treaty,
were occupied by the Japanese in
January, 1942. The enemy has
been using them as a refueling stop
on the line from Truk, 750 statute
miles northeast, to New Guinea.
The enemy base at Kavieng, New
Ireland, which American destroy-
ers have bombed three times in
recent days, lies 250 miles to the
east of the Admiraltys: 350 miles
to the southeast is Rabaul, heavily
bombed Japanese base in north-
eastern New Britain. Wewak, enemy
QUARTERS Pearl Harbor. March troop and supply centeron the
1 northeastern coast of New Guinea.
A German communique said to-
day that a “fairly large” Allied 1._.__. , . norusvern coast, os ,
battle group has been encircled 1Ponape,—called—Japan’s—is 275-miles southwest.
an the Anzio beachhead. In the
area southwest of Cisterna.
cut Motet ts area southwest of Car.
roceto, where close lighting con-
tinued This was the third attack
there in three days of skirmishing
In which tour Nazi tanks were
Gibraltar because of the fortified
• e
ing Democracy, was led at the Tues-
day meeting by Pansy Gardner,
high school speech teacher with Joe
Humphrey, assistant principal tak-
ing the affirmative and Holmes
Webb. South junior high principal,
the negative
Mrs. Gene Cantrell directed the knocked out. . , .
tonette band from Lamar school In The Germans heavily shelled
the musical part of the program American positions southeast of
Burgess Clifton was band announce Carroceto Monday night and then
er. two strong enemy patrols pressed
Mrs L H Harrison, Travis prin.—forward, but were thrown back
cipal, is president of the local group i Allied shells scored hits on what
Sue Campbell, Travis teacher was seemed to be two enemy ammuni-
In charge of the program tion dumps.
I The beachhead battle was devel-
oping in cloudy weather with
showers.
Pension Checks Up
AUSTIN, Mar. 1—(UP)—Checks On the main Cassino front to the
to 177.423 Texas old age pensioners east, British troops threw back a
for March will average six cents Nazi attack near Mt Ornito in the
I more than during February, the lower Garigliano river bend, and
I State Public Welfare department Allied guns successfully •helled
announced today
-----See ITALT Pg, 12 Col. 5
On the main Cassino front to the
___________j| Rabaul* Lukunai and Vunapope
taking a daily pounding by Sev- airdromes and installations were hit
with 161 tons of explosives Sun-
I rock guarding its fine harbor, is
enth army airforce Liberators.
In a new press release, Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz announced
that the big four-engined bomb-
ers spread fires and explosions
Sunday with 30 tons of explo-
sives al that eastern Carolines
day in another of the heavy daily
| raids there by Solomons-based air-
craft. It was the eighth consecu-
tive attack in which Japanese
| planes had failed to come up and
fight the Allied planes.
| Other Allied bomber squadrons
base. _______—______
Ponape underwent its first raid I smashed the supply area at Hansa
of the war Feb 14 when 55 tons
of bombs were dropped. Then the
Liberators went back on Feb 17,
21. 25 and 27.
This enemy base is 435 miles east
bay, on the New Guinea coast, with
| 123 tons of explosives, and 53 tona
■ were dropped on supply dumps at
| Boram, near Wewak.
WASHINGTON March 1—(P—
Back from a week's rest away from
Washington, President Roosevelt be-
gan a series of conferences today
which emphasized military affairs
On his engagemen- list were
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the
house naval committee: Maj Gen
Albert C Wedemeyer, deputy chief
of staff to Adm. Louis Mountbat-
ten in the Southeast Asia theater: i
and members of the high command
of the United States Army and
Navy.
The American chiefs of staff,
• scheduled fur an afternoon ap-
pointment, were Gen. George
C. Marshall, Gen. H. H. Arnold,
Adm. Ernest J. King and Adm.
| William D. Leahy.
The White House requested that
I there be no mention of the retreat
1 where Mr Roosevelt rested since
leaving Washington a week ago yes-
terday. Y
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AUSTIN, March 1— —Govern-
or Coke R Stevenson spends to-
morrow. Texas Independence Day, .... .
1.06 In Ranger and makes two address- tors of the Italian fronts
7.07 es.
British A.
American::
WHERE ALLIES OPPOSE GERMANS—Labels identify see-
_ where Allied military force* are
active against German troops. (AP Wirephoto).
of Truk and a like distance west
of the newly-won American air
base at Eniwetok in the western
Marshalls.
Admiral Nibitz’ press release yes-
terday also told of Sunday, raids by
Army Liberators. Mitchells, Daunt-
less divebombers and Warhawks and
Navy Venturas on seven undesig-
nated Marshall atolls and a Sat-
urday strike by Navy search planes
at Kusaie in the eastern Carolines
The first cavalary division
which supplied units for the
Admiraltys invasion is com-
mended by Maj. Gen. Innis P.
Swift sf El Paso, Tex, and be-
See PACIFIC Pr. 12 Col. 4
MacArthur Ashore,
Pins DSC on Texan
Lonergan Juror
Yet to Be Seated
NEW YORK March 1—P-With
the first juror still to be seated,
rival attorneys tackled again today
the job of choosing 12 persons to
decide the fate at RCAF Cadet
Wayne Lonergan, charged with
slaying his 22-year-old wife, Patri-
cia heiress to millions
The resumption brought no In-
dication of a truce between Assist-
ant District Attorney Jacob Grumet
and Defense Attorney Edward V
Broderick whose frequent clashes
have highlighted the case
Pipeline Assailed
NEW YORK March 1-0-
James A Moffett former, executive
vice president of the Standard Oil
Co. of New Jersey, today assailed
the government’s proposed ArsMan
pipeline as an “unjustified venture
in bureaucracy," and called for the
resignation of Petroleum Adminis-
trator Harold L. Ickes on the
grounds of “Wasteful spending.”
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC.
March 1—PyGen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur has gone ashore at Los
Negros island in the Admiralty
group where American forces es-
tablished a beachhead yesterday and
has inspected the quickly-captured
Momote airdrome.
MacArthur, who directed the am-
phibious operation from the bridge
of a warship, was accompanied by
Vice Adm Thomas C. Kincaid and
other high-ranking Allied officers.
Only 20 minutes before Mae-
Arthur arrived, Japanese snipers had
been killed on the edge of the im-
portant airstrip.
MacArthur immediately pre-
sented the Dist inguis hed Service
trona to First LL. Frank Hen-
•haw. Alice, Texas, who waa
the first man ashore In the
landing assault.
The supreme Allied commander in
the Southwest Pacific walked
through the debris caused by the
terrific navel and air bombardment
which preceded the landing and
congratulated officers and men of
the First cavalry division on their
performance before he left the area
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