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. THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
. Sunday Morning, November 12, 18A4
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SHOULD POISON GAS BE USED AGAINSI
JAPS? AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINSI IT
By GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute of
Public Opinion
PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 11.—The
use of poison gas against the Jap-
anese—a suggestion which has pro-
enemy countries that we are pre- tance to use gasses in warfare, and
pared to meet any widespread use a kind of unwritten agreement
of poison gas by the enemy with against their use has resulted. The
a crushing retaliation of the most reluctance stems partly from fear
of public opinion.
Today's survey shows that there
deadly gasses known to man.
The question of Allied use of gas
would be largely a technical mill-
voked debate and controversy in a
number of newspapers—is not ap-
proved by the American people at
this time, unless the Japanese use
poison gas against us first.
A coast-to-coast survey by the
Institute finds that more than 7 in warfare.
• every 10 persons interview oppose MEMORIES OF LAST WAR
starting Ameri- Since the last war — with Its
can gas warfare ' many memories of painfully gassed
in the Pacific, men who continued to suffer tor-
the Germans 11
opposed by an
even greater per-
centage.
Many of the
voters who disap-
GALLUP prove do add,
however, that if
the Japanese or Germans use gas
against American troops or civil-
ians first, they would change their
minds.
The survey results follow:
“If it means an earlier end of
the war In the Pacific, would |
you approve or disapprove of
the Allies using poison gas
against Japanese cities..”
AGAINST JAPAN
Approve ........Y..........23%
Disapprove ...........71
No Opinion ..............6
The same question was also asked
with reference to German cities.
Replies follow:
AGAINST GERMANY
Approve ..
Disapprove
No Opinion
tary decision, based on whether gas
would be effective tactically or
strategically, but the decision can-
not be entirely divorced from gen-
eral public attitudes toward gas
even if it might tures for years afterward-most
shorten the war. countries have shown great relue-
Using gas against ------------;------------------------
is a tendency on the part of the
public to favor harsher treatment
for the Japanese than for the Ger-
mans. The vote ■ against gassing
Japanese cities is somewhat lower
than the vote against gassing Ger-
man cities. This difference is un-
doubtedly a reflection of a fact
revealed on many occasions by
opinion surveys, namely, that the
American people show more feelings
of hatred for the Japanese than for
the Germans.
ABILENE BOOK STORE OPENED
FITPSCSS Rnr Formal announcement of opening
of the Abilene Book store at 365
Cypress was made yesterday by the
owners. Olan Hicks and Penn Gil-
breth.
— The store was opened for business
last monday but the owners an-
nounced open house would be held
there throughout this week and
gave an invitation to the public to
visit. - d
Gilbreth, long-time resident of
Abilene, and Hicks, who came here
recently from Dallas and said that
they had assembled a large stock
of books of all types.
ON AIR AGAIN—Charlotte Greenwood, fresh from her tri-
umphs as star of the summer radio series replacing Bob Hope,
brings her revue to the Blue Network and KRBC each Sun-
day at 2:00 p.m. The gas-coupon-black-market racket hits
Lakeview today, and Charlotte finds herself mixed up in it
during the broadcast this afternoon.
ON KRBC
By LeFawn Hall
TODAY—Sammy Kaye’s Tangee
Serenade furnishes noonday melo-
dies for music-lovers who like to
sway the Kaye Way . . . The brief
news analyses, “Sunday News Extra
with Leland Stowe,’ will follow the
Kaye Serenade at 12:55 . . . Young
Ronnie Reiss, sharp alumnus of the
play, “Life With Father", has been
assigned a supporting role in the
Miss Hattie show, starring Ethel
Barrymore. Ronnie plays the part
of Teddy, young son of the Thomp-
son family with whom Miss Hattie
is visiting . . . Charles Boyer will
play the role of the composer of
"La Marsellais" on the Radio HaU of
Fame program, of which Carole
Landis will be guest mistress of
ceremonies at 5 00 p.m. today. Vic-
tor Borge will be on hand to prove
again how unmelancholy a Dane
he is.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK . .
Models Barbe Bennett and June
Meier, and Ann Jacobs, associate
editor of “Young America" will be
the Blind Date Lassies for Monday
eve, 7:30 o’clock . . . George Hicks,
famous war correspondent and new's
reporter will give his regular 15-
minute broadcast Tuesday evening
at 9:15 . . . Raymon Gram Swing
will report at 2:00 p.m. Thursday . .
The Abilene-Big Spring football
game will be broadcast at 8:00 p.m.
Friday. ..
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There have been reporta, from
China during the past few years
of the use of poison gas by Japanese
troops against the Chinese. So far
no authoritative published reports
indicate use of poison gas against
American troops.
President Roosevelt and British
leaders have repeatedly warned
West Texans Begin
Basic Training at
Wolters Center
CAMP WOLTERS, Nov. 11-
West Texans who have recently ar-
rived at this Infantry Replacement,
Training center to begin their basic
training as Infantrymen include:
Charles Glen Bullock, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles P. Bullock, 2049
Butternut: John Basil Taylor, hus-
band of Mrs. Alberta Irene Taylor.
2726 South 12th street; Elvis LeRoy
Skipper, son of Torn Monroe Skip-
per, Rt. 5; Tol Lamoin Sharp, son
of John Tolbert Sharp. 774 Syca-
mode; Aubrey Clell Whetsel. hus-
band of Beauton Lavern Whetsel,
Rt. ft: Thomas R. Dodson husband
Of Mrs. Marie Louise Dodson, 1749
Pine, all of Abilene, and Charles
Benton Little, son of B B. Little
of Odessa.
New York Hard to
Hit With Rockets
BAN CARLOS, Calif., Nov. 11—
(UP)—Lt. Col. Albert Stevens, U. 8.
Army, retired said today it is “very
doubtful" if the Nazis could hit
New York City with their V-2 rock-
et bomb with which they have been
bombing England.
“It la very doubtful if rocket
bombs could be aimed from Europe
to hit New York, except by aecl-
dent." he said “The slightest mis-
calculation of interference would
throw them off their course."
GO TO
Corinth Baptist Church
So 6th & Sycamore
L T. GRANTHAM, Pastor
(BIBLE ONLY IN SUNDAY SCHOOL)
Preaching—11 •. m.—7:30 p. m.
Sunday School—10 a. m.
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“Our purpose is to provide a * *■ AVSAUE 1 MIU III nillVV
complete book service.” said the
partners. “We shall serve this peo-
ple of Abilene and vicinity of all
age levels and interests."
The initial stock includes a stock
of children's books valued- at ap- LONDON, Nov. 11— (A) —The
Areas
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Belgium and France
proximately $2.000.========----------German V-2rocket bomb, describe
The store also will offer a com- de as a 13 1-2-ton wingless pro-
plete and varied line of greeting jectile whichcuts through space
cards and will through the Christ- at a maximum speed of 3,500 miles
mas shopping season provide a an hour, has been falling in Alr
wrapping service Gift packages will lied sectors in Belgium and France
be wrapped for mailing or for per- as well as in Britain, front dis-
sonal presentation and mailing will patches permitted
be attended to for nominal fees.
complicated and expensive weapon
than the robot bomb, a product
censorship said tonight.
through Army
which takes an immense amount
of machining. The warhead is not
encased in heavy metal and there
is no shrapnel effect, Munro's dis-
patch said.
At least 36 persons have been
killed or badly injured by the V-2
bombardment of Britain, a check of
heads. The flag was fluttering from
a shell-splinterea coconut tree atop a
120-foot hill 850 yards inland with-
in 24 minutes after Creager's bat-
talion hit the beach.
Creager himself was evacuated
from the area a day later, a victim
of incessant concussion from con-
tinuous mortar barrages and occas-
ional booby-trap blasts, but he Is
ready to rejoin his battalion.
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Plans also have been made to
promote strongly a mail order serv-
ice.
A number of these new vengeance
weapons, which cannot be heard
coming because" they are faster
than sound, fell in one U. S. Army
sector alone in less than two days,
and the rate has increased at var-
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u He welched six pound. Austin Bealmear. The censor de-
ounceT MrJ leted the origin of the dispatch.
Garrett, the former Beth Thomp-
son, is making her home with her
mother, Mrs. Maurice Thompson.
433 Palm, while Sergeant Garrett is
serving in Guam, Paternal grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. George
Garrett of Washington.
At Methodist Conference
By HAMILTON WRIGHT
Reporter-News Staff Writer
SWEETWATER, Nov. 11—A con-
trast of five years is revealed in the
report of the Rev. Robert L. Butler
for the Fairmont Church, Abilene.
It was five years ago a new, un-
furnished plant with an Indebted-
ness of $2550, church and parsonage
grounds were rough and there were
only 11 donors to the benevolences.
But today—Plant is finished and
paid for, auditorium completely
coey outside confines of the confer-
ence bar, he said, “Would you like
to attend the conference? If so come
on down into the auditorium."
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The Rev. Charles E. James, for
the last several years pastor at
Artesia, N. M . but recently assigned
to Odessa, was a visitor to the con-
ference. While here he met his
In another dispatch from
which the censor also had de-
leted the dateline, Canadian
Press Correspondent Ross Mun-
ro, in describing this “eeriest
weapon yet produced in the
war,” said the Germans had
been bombarding an Allied sec-
tor in Belgium.
Just where the bombs have fall-
en. Munro was not allowed to say,
but the missile was termed poor
in accuracy.
Today's German communique
said the V-2 still was being fired
at Antwerp in Belgium and at
London.
The new German reprisal weapon
was described by the correspond-
ents as being about 46 feet long
and five feet wide, and less ef-
Texan Plants First
Flag in Philippines
LEYTE, Philippines, Oct. 29-
(Delayed)—(P)—A Texan, Lt. Col.
Earl L. Creager of Vernon, planted
the first American flag on Philip-
pine soil In the 96th division’s beach-
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Narrow Wale Corduroy
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furnished; grounds beautified and
walks built everywhere needed.
Lawn benches and concrete plat-
form erected for open-air services.
Complete and new lighting equip-
ment fixtures installed. Benevo-
lences increased 400 percent and 210
donors. Orphanage donations in-
creased 300 percent.
Paid about 83000 to McMurry Col-
lege in 1844 in cash. Net increase of
100 members. Some furniture put
in parsonage. Salary increased 50
percent, lovely 5-room personage of
stone built, with well organised and
functioning membership.
The Rev. C. E. Lynn, retired min-
ister of Lubbock but formerly of
the Abilene area, was elected post-
master at conference. It is his duty
to get mail at the postoffice and be
a "carrier" to the various depart-
ments as well as to individuals. His
emolument is proceeds of a special
freewill collection usually taken the
last day of the conference. He has
served in that capacity for many
years.
J. M. Bruce, well known Loraine
layman has two sons in the ministry
of this conference. They are Rev.
Oscar Bruce, Groom: Rev. Duane
Bruce. Denver City.
The Rev. John W. Price, Loraine
pastor, is secretary-treasurer of the
Methodist Brotherhood, a fraternal
and benevolent organization exclu-
sive to members of the conference.
It .is a mutual benefit insurance
order. When a fellow member dies
each member gives $1 which pro-
vides proper burial and other funer-
al expenses. *
Rev. Charlie Young, veteran min-
ister in the “focal ranks" for more,
than forty years, now resides at
Moran. He served that place until
a few years ago. In his early day
he was a circus clown, then began |
preaching. Scene of his labors were
about Abilene, where in a single
arbor revival he has had as many
as 300 conversions. His son is the’
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| The Rev. Allen Peacock, who un-
I til a few years ago was pastor at
Silvertown and other Plains charg-
es. Is visiting the conference. He is
now a member of the Central Texas
Conference and serving his second
year as pastor of Seventh Street
Church, Temple He was accompan-
ied on the visit to Sweetwater by
the Rev. W. J. Mayhew, well known
through this area, but who retired
several years ago.
* * *
Bishop Selecman elicited a big-
wave laugh when addressing s
young preacher in the distant bal-
fective than V-1, the robot bomb
first used against England
nephew Chaplain A. D. Jameson. | The warhead contains almost a
At the afternoon session Dr ton of explosives and the fuel used
Allen W. Moore, pastor of First to propel it weighs nine tons. It
Church, Dallas, invited by Bishop is shot from concrete ramps almost
Selecman to preach, discoursed on vertically, reaches a height of 20
“It It Time to Restore Confidence." | miles before beginning a great arc
He urged confidence be restored to toward its intended target At the
government, to our fellowmen, and height of the arc it is 55 miles
to the Gospel
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from the earth and attains a ve-
locity of 5,000 feet per second, or
Mayor Hugh Ross of Baird at- approximately 3,500 miles an hour,
tended conference Thursday after-
Prime Minister Churchill said
noon. Ross is a steward in the yesterday that the rocket travelled
church there. Among other Baird up to 70 miles high at a speed fast-
laymen attending are Ace Hickman, er than sound, which would be
cattleman, and J. A. Brasher, gro- something above 700 miles an hour
cer.
The Board of Evangelism which
held Its annual meeting Thursday
evening elected Rev. J. E. Kerby.
Borgrr. president, the Rev Billie
Porterfield, Big Spring Wesley Me-
morial Church, vice-president, and
the Rev. Frank Beauchamp, Aber-
nathy, secretary.
The Rev. Lance Webb, former
McMurry college student, but now
pastor of a church in Dallas, attend-
ed conference Wednesday evening
He was serving Shamrock when
transferred to Dallas.
Bishop Selecman paid Sweetwater
a compliment for entertaining the
conference. "Until sometime ago we
didn't know where we were going
to meet, but sweetwater saw our di-
lemma and very generously opened
its hotels and hospitality to us.”
J. F. Albright, merchandise man-
ager of the Cokesbury Publishing
house, told the conference how
scarce are some publishing house
products.
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Although you can't hear the
projectile until after it has
struck the earth and set off
Its ton of explosives, Bealmear
said its descent from the heav-
ens at night resembles a ball
of fire.
Allied experts were quoted as say-
ing that V-2 was not as effective
in destructive power as the V-1
because of the huge crater it makes,
reducing the blast. The robot bomb
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contact with maximum blasting ef-
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