The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 288, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
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Ordered In
Drastic Speed
Secretary Knoi
Sends Message
Commander firry
Orange Citizens
Continue To
Volunteer Service
Arena Where United States, Great Britain Lock With
A call for drastic speed in the
U. S- Navy ship building program
in Orange was received by Com-
mander E. B. Perry, supervisor of
shipbuilding, from Secretary of
the Navy Frank Knox in a special
message Wednesday morning. ...
The message read: "The enemy
has struck a savage, treacherous
blow. We are at war, all of us.
There Is no time nqw for disputes
or delay of any kind' We must
have ships and more ships, guns
and more guns, men and more
men, faster and faster. There Is
no time to lose. The Navy must
lead the way. Speed-Up, it is
your Navy and your Nation".
Secretary Knox asked that the
request be given utmost publicity
in order thaft citizens may know
the seriousnjess of the situation
facing this country.
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TEXAS GUARDS
QUELL RIOT
ASPRORLEM
With Major P T. Williams, dis-
trict commander of Texas de-
fense guards of Port Arthur and
companies A, B and C, of Port Ar-
thur and Company D, 43rd bat-
talion,. Texas defense guards of
Orange working together, a
make believe problem of quelling
a riot within this ship building
section,, was staged here Tuesday
night with the Orange county
court house and lawn as head-
quarters.
There were between 250 and
300 uniformed men on duty car-
rying out the problem program,
with the result that soldiers were
scattered over a wide area from
the Sabine river bridge on high-
way 90, to the municipal docks, to
Include the various industries that
would be exposed in the event of
violent--disturbances of any typo*,
A large number of young men
called at the Orange County Se-
lective Service board headquar-
ters at the court house this week,
seeking to volunteer for military
service, Mrs. John Lea, chief
clerk, stated. Young men were
referred to the recruiting office in
Beaumont.
Several young women called to
draft board office offering their
assistance in handling the office
work, if needed.
Scores of men called the office
of Sheriff L. G. Statjtfield. offer-
ing their services in civilian de-
fense if an emergency should a-
r;se in this area. .
A county - wide coordination
Of civilian defense was launched
under the direction of County
Judge Frank Hustmyre, with
Mayor Abe Sokolski assisting.
Light Poles
Erected In
Navy Addition
Work of erecting street light
poles for use in establishing a
street lighting.jnjfrft JJ,, &
Navy addition was in progress
this yeek, the work being done
by the Gulf States Utilities com-
pany- '
Bife'
Volunteers For
Air "Craft Posts
Needed In County"
Valton Landrum, coordinator
for the aircraft warning service
under civilian defense in Orange
county, is issuing an appeal for
volunteers to man the five air-j
craft warning posts In Orange |
county-
More than 100 volunteers, eith-
er men or women, will be needed
for these posts which will be put
into operation upon government
request. Landrum said. J
Those who will assist with this
program are asked to get in touch
with Landrum at the ABC No. 2
or with W. C. B. Andpfson.
Malcom Pearce
Appointed To
Defense Com'ittee
Appointment of Malcom Pearce
as representative from the Orange
County Red Cross chapter, com-
pleted the central committee for
v coordinated civilian defense pro-
gram in Orange. Other members
i10oi the committee are County
Judge Frank Hustmyre, chair-
man, Oscar Dancy, representing
the city, and Henry Leie Wood-
worth, Representing Texas De-
fense 'Guards.
Meetings are being held
. throughout the day to work out
eleven volunteer committees to
carry on all phases of the civilian
defense program for this indus-
trial defense area.
3 Orange Men
Accepted by Army
Many Orange men were
among the applicants crowding
the army recruiting office in
Beaumont this week.
Aurelian Bourk, Rudolph John-
ston and Alvin John Hall of Or-
ange were among the ten men ac-
cepted by the army recruiting of-
fice for service.
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City Curfew
Law Will Be
Observed
| Mayor Abe Sokolski today ask-
ed the cooperation of parents in
seeing to it that all Children un-
der Hi years of age are at borne
by 10 o'clock in observance of the*
city's curfew law. ..
In a statement to the press he
said:
"All children under Mi years of
By the Associated Press
A great sea battle between the
United States and Japanese na-
vies was reported raging off Ma-
nila today, according to a Ger-
man broadcast, even as Britain
acknowledged the1 loss of the new
35,000-ton battleship Prince of
Wales and the 32,000-ton battle
cruiser Kcpuike otf the coast of
Malay.
DNB. the German news agency,
quoted Japanese naval authorities
as announcing they had reason to
believe that the new 35,000ton
British battleship King George V
had also been sunk in air attacks
age must be olT the streets of the .. Tl,„„ . „„
city of Orange by 10 o'clock each i"" ,3h 1 Th . «h K\*l
ar swrfcasJas
solicit the cooperation of all par- i
ents in requiring their children to
be home by JO o'clock.
Mayor Abe Sokolski,
Mayor Sokolski
First Contributor
To 'Mile of Dimes'
France Neutral
Vichy, France, Dec, 10. (API—
; The Vichy government announc-
ed today that France would re-.
main neutral' In the spreading
second World war. * |
, Mayor Abe Sokolski
involved in the air-sea battle.
Latest dispatches from Manilu
paid six Japanese transport*,
heavily escorted by naval units,
made the ; were attempting^ to land troops
initial contribution to the Salva- J north of Manila, the Philippines,
tion Army jChristmas effort | fn Tokyo, Captain Hideo Hii>n
through the
dimes", plan
'hristmas effort I
ous '.'mile of j
nesday.
ide, imperial headquarter^ spokes-
man, asserted that "The Japanese
1 navy has already smashed the
1 he plan includes a frame bear- malll force of the United States
ing a board spaced with holes into jpatific fleet" and said the Ml-
which dime can be placed, Each
of the boards is sufficient to con
tain more than $100 worth of
dimes.
Negro Confesses
Robbery Here
in complete detail, the mui> above rfhotts the vast arena in wlilcli
the AUCD .powers no«xare locked In a death struggle with Japan
for supremacy in tl>e Pacific ocean and the Far East, Froin the
hills of China'sJMerior eastward to the area iietween Hawaii and
American mainland, fiKliOng now rages between land forces,
ilrpliuieH. l'riiuipa) bases of Uhe pow-
'iii tlieni are indicated on the self-ex-
Union
Burns
Unity
oup
ardsln
Pledge
Girls' Hike
PlannedH^or
Saturday
battle fleets and swarms of
nrs and the dlstuncus hetwc
I |ila nutory, map above.
City Commission
Appoints City ,
Zoning Board
Tuesday night, a young negro
man was apprehended by Night
Policeman Bob Bass, after which
the prisoner confessed to having
robbed a car at the Heartfield
garage of about $40 worth of
tools.
The prisoner led the officers to
I where the lools were hidden un-
jdcrneath the hedge row of a pri-'a
j vatc dwelling. \
kado's navy was determined and
prepared to seix« control of the
air and seas in the Pacific, Indian
and Antarctic oceans.
He warned the Japanese peo-
ple, however, that they must be
prepared to carry on war against
the United States and Great Bri-
tain for teh years.
i Official Tokyo quarters, deny.-
ing purported United States
claims of the sinking of a Japan*
esc aircraft carrier off Hawaii,
said American observers might
"have seen a United States ves-
sel believed to be the U. S. S. En-
trprisc (10.000-ton aircraft car-
rier) sank after being hit by Jap-
anese bombs and mistaken- it tor
Japanese warship- 7
Japanese headquarters acknowl-
A general girls'
held Saturday
Of the Orange
cil.
hike will be
Appointment of the city zoning
under leadership | board, composed of J, H. David,
Recreation Coun-iH. R. Kitterman, George Craft, J.
^ 1 C. Stanfield and D. S. Perry, was
Salvage collection in Great Bri-
tain has now developed on a very
cale
In a somewhat dramatic man-
ner, more, thaii 300 welders em-
ployed mainly at the U. S. Navy
yard at Orange signified
eir intentions to stand behind
the U. S. government, pledging
themselves not to strike for the
duration of the war and at the
same time severed their affilia-
tions with the, A. F. of L. and C-
I. O. unions, to become an inde-
pendent union organization.
Following a meeting held in the
district court room, A. F. of L
cards were deposited in a"3 1 -2 to
4-foot casket - shaped pasteboard
box, together with a human
shaped form the size of a huge
doll and borne on the shoulder of
a member to the,ncrth side of the
court house lawn and there burn-
ed while a large percentage of
the crowd circled the scene and
shouted their approval.
"Our. country first and our un-
ion next", was the general slogan
of. enthusiastic iqaders of what
purported to be a new union, in-
dependent of obligations to other
unions. The thought was ex-
Sressed over and over that the
loment the fact was known that
Japan had attacked^ this nation,
thus creating a possible perilous
state of affairs, that there arose
within the breast of every loyal
American the spirit of unity,
B- L. Beckeum. a member of
substantial scale, according to the|th£ executive "boartTcf,the nucleus
department of gommerce- organization, opened'the meeting.
sponsored by Pete Wilkerson, sec-
retary - treasurer,, in absence of
H. J. Theriot. president, who was
detained in Baton Rouge at an Im-
portant meeting, it was declared-
Leaders of. the organization
gave assurance that only about
half of the welders employed at
government ship building yards
| here, were present, other mem'
i'bers of the group being on night
duty and unable to attend. That
practically every welder on the
job'1 had indicated his intentions
of becoming affiliated with the
independent union, was the de-
claration of members present. It
was declared that this union, des-
ignated as local No. 3, was the
largest independent union in the
nation today. ;
Short talks by welders, leader-
men and burner foremen, follow-
ed by a host of workers, express-
ed opposition to the practice
heretofore of the A. F. of L. bur-
dening them with dues for mem-
bership in the various crafts Men
declared that they had paid as
much as 1500 a year for union
dues and the statement was made
that one man had been fined as
high as $700 for his affiliation
with a union independent of that
organization. < \
Before each man deposited his
A. F. of L. card in the coffin-like
box to be burned, he was handed
a large J&ulton initialed "N* B, O.
(Continued on Page Four>-
The girls will meet at the north [confirmed Tuesday night' ut the
end of Sixteenth street at 10 j regular meeting of the Orange
o'clock irfiithcj morning and dis-|city commission held at the city
miss at' the same place In the af-iHaii with Mayor Abe Sokolski
ternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs L. E, I presiding
Shipman will be sponsor and! Proposed paving, and drainage
chape rone of the group. . i programs for thu city Were din-
Girls are asked to carry food to I cussed and reports made on con-
J aps Attacking
Luzon Suffer
Heavy Losses
prepare for one meal
tracts with Washington officials
Move To Provide Entertainment
For Soldiers Stationed In Orange
On Christmas Day Started By CYO
A movement to extend the hos-'Tuesday. December 17, at St.
pitality of a Christmas dinner to i Mary's school, 8 t> m., when CVrt
soldiers stationed In Orange, was I members from Port Arthur, Beau-
started by the Catholic Youth Or- j mont and Ncdcrlaud will attend
ganization, in session at the St
By the Associated Press
L'uitcd States Army and
Navy force* have defeated a
Japanese attack against the
west coast of Luzon, chief is-
land of the Philippines, the War
department announced today in
Its first communique of the war.
Manila, P I„ Dec. 10. <AP)—
Under cover of a heavy nightlong
bombardment from the air, tho
Japanese succeeded in" landing
troops in northern Luzon today
after suffering heavy casualties
inflietcd"-'by American wat'planes
which sank one transport and
damaged at least two more, U S., fr
but declared gravely:
"The enemy is in heavy force
off the northern coast of Luzon,
extending from Vigan to Aparri."
The announcement declared
that six Japanese transports, es-
corted by large naval units and
aircraft, were engaged in landing
operations off Vigan about 7;30
a. m., 3:30 m., CST Tuesday
but did not say whether a land-
ing actually had been effected
there.
l,n terse official language the
bulltein told of the damage In-
flicted .upon the attacking Jap-
ancso flotilla by the American air
edged the , loss of two transports
sunk, «lw damaged and 13 army
i planes destroyed The navy had
!previously admitted 38 Japanese
! naval planes missing.
A Tokyo war bulletin said the
Prince of Wales and the Repulse
.were sunk within 21 minute* of
each other in a battle with Jap-
anese bombers, north of Singa-
pore, in the mos« disastrous, sin-
gle blow Uk the British navy * in
|the whqbi Wr, <5%%$
No details were available im-
mediately oh the fate of the crews
of the two great warships, nor-
mally exceeding 3,000 men.
The doyble blow to Britain's
far east fleet, offllally confirmed
by the London admiralty, came as
sea-borne Japanese trooos swarm-
ed into the Philllpine Island of
Luzon at Aparri, 400 miles north
of Munila. and possibly at other
nearby point*.
Iqua
Vrthu
tars of Gen. Douglas MacArmur,
iU. S. commander in the Phlllp-
tContinued on Page Four)
Mary's school hall on Tuesday
might, with Roy Wingatc, presi-
dent, in charge. "*
All persons Who will extend an
Invitation to ohe or two of the
soldiers, for dinner in their homes
on Christmas day. are asked to
call the Orange Leader and leave
their names and addresses.
Mrs.
army headquarters announced.'-'
A cottimunique issued by Gen-
eral Douglas MacArthur, U. S
commander in the Philippines,
said the Japanese had effected
landings at Aparri, at the extreme
northern tip Of the island ap-
proximately 400 miles from Ma-
nila. and perhaps at several othei
nearby points. w
L. J. Waimatk, resident of; Philippine constabulary reports
declared that the Japanese also
Miss Anna Miller
Sends Cablegram
From Honolulu
'Safe
-. . _ . , _ 1703 Eighth street, received a ca-
Forty-oqe men and twp officers b, " Wednesday' morning
are now stationed m Orange and , ^ h daughter# Miss Anna
of tha number. 22: w, I be given |MJ|, jn H„no^ulUt statinK
some time off on Christmas d°y.'don't worry".
according to the commanding of-, Mj MjIlt>r h ,M,en in-Uono-1heavy battle was raging an along
cer who expressed h s appreda.',ul(j Rjncc AlJgusl. dolng ni l v^k the northern and northwest coasts
tion for this gesture of hospita l y ln connt,cljon With a gift shop of t|ie island, with naval, air and
to the men who are many mile ( This jg |M,)jevoti i,e the first!land forces involved.
"Our bombing attacks on thess
ships created grave damage,
Three transports were directly hit,
one immediately capsizing Bombs
were observed hitting close to
three others.
Advices relayed from the con-
stabulary commander at Tugucg-
arao, capital of Cagayan prov-
ince, where Apairi is situated,
said the Japanest; had paved the
way for the landing attempt there
Weather
East Texas: Considerable cloud-
iness tonight and Thursday with
occasional rains in south portion,
colder in interior with tempera-
ture below freezing in north por-
tion tonight, colder in east and
soVith portions. -
had gained a foothold at Vigan, on j with a nightlong aerial bombard-
thct Luzon west cxast about mid- ment. J
Way between Manila and Aparri. j Shortly after this report .Jjima
All indications were that a received all commuhlcotion^^wlth
" Vigan, Aparri and Tugu'egarao
were interrupted; /
Vigam, a city of IH.939. it the
capital at llocos Sur province.
cablegram received by Orange| The army communique said the Aparri, only safe port on the
Announcement was made of the'citizens from relative* In the war exact strength of the, attacking north coast, hiii a population Of
'• ■ i' (Continued oii Page Four)
from their own homes.
district meeting to be held here zone:
(Japanese forces was not known;
12 SHOPPING DAYS
to Christmas
Also GIVE
U.&Defame Savings
BONDS and
STAMPS
Treasure Chest Program Scheduled
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Quigley, J. B. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 288, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1941, newspaper, December 10, 1941; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth220903/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.