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VOLUME XXXII
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ORANGJE, TEXASi WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1945
NUMBER. 98
I
NfD ARMY IMS EAST BANK
OF ODER FROM BALIK TO
HESSE, STETTIN UNDER SEIGE
Moscow, March 21. (AP) — The
First White Russian army, now in
possession of virtually the entire
cast bank of the pder from the
Baltics to its confluence with the
Neisse, crowded with artillery to
the very edge of Stettin today af-
ter wiping out the enemy's Alt-
damm bridgehead.
The menace to Berlin grew
hourly as Marshal Gregory H.
Zhukov probed many placese a-
long the river, seeking spring-
boards for his next big attack east
*nd northeast of ruined Berlin.
Marshal Ivan S. Konev still is
| engaged in liquidating trapped
i garrisons in Breslau and Glogau
on the upper Oder, but has mov-
ed additional units of his First
Ukraine army group to the Neisse
line southeast of Berlin.
In East Prussia, Marshal Alex-
ander M. Vasilevsky was staging
the final kill in a dwindling Ger-
|fc man pocket along the toast south-
%-U west of Koenisberg.
disclosure that Vasilevsky had
taken over the Third White Rus-^
sian army front after the buttle'
yaKnov-
W&'r'
lil
death of Gen. Ivan Chern.
sky was made in Marshal Stalin's
order oMhc day yctrterday saluting
the capture oX-tJraunsberg, one of
two Gero aii' bastions in the poc-
ket...
^.-Vasilevsky's seizure of Brauns-
,berg gathered 4,000 prisoners into
the bag.
\Zhukov took Altdamm with one
fierce lunge after a series of hard
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CYPRESS STREET
USO SCHEDULE
OF ACTIVITIES
WEDNESDAY
2:30 p. m. Naval Officers Wives
Club—Redoing Room
8:00 p. m. Finger Painting —
Lobby a
8:13 p. m. First Day of Spring
Dance — Informal Servicemen -
Service women GSO Girls; Geo.
Curtsinger's Orchestra
THURSDAY
2:30 p. m. Servicemen's Wives
Club — All Wives of Servicemen
invited.
8:00 p. m. Variety Night—Free
long distance,telephone call given'
sprvtcemi
actions had reached this suburb,
less than five miles from Stettin
proper. Fronl dispatches said an
aviation engine factory along with
more than 1,000 new engines in-
tact, an airplane assembly plant
and a torpedo factory were among
the booty.
As in Kolbcrg last week, Rus-
sian storm units found German
dead hanging from makeshift gal-
lows in Altdamm.' An Izvestia
dispatch said an order from Hit-
ler had been found, saying that
trapps leaving positions voluntar-?
ily should be shot on, the spot. On
bodies in army uniform were signs
reading, hanged because I fought
badly." The corpses of executed
civilians had a sign saying "I was
hanged because 1 evacuated."
Far to the south at the lower
end of the eastern front, two or
more Russian army groups were \
to some serviceman or service wo-
man./'"^
FRIDAY
3:00 p. m. Red Cross Tea—So-
cial Room
8:15 p. m. Dance at Naval Base
GSO - Girls
SATURDAY
11:00 a. m. Public Relations
Meet.
8:00 p. m Informal activities.
SUNDAY
11:00 a. m. Go to the Church, of
Your Choice
12:45 p. m. Shuffleboard —
USO Patio — Ping Pong, Games,
Music — Social Room
2:00 p. m.-4:00 Movies
4:00 p. m. - 6:00 p. m. Talk a"
Letter Home; Make appointment
at desk
Technical Sergeant 'William C.
Rye of Orange, Texas is one of
the men who "keeps them flying"
for the 92nd Bombardment Group
of the 8th Air Force, the oldest
fortress group in England. Sgt.
Rye, an aircraft crew chief, a vi-
tally important cog who helped
destroy Nazi war industry since
PROGRAM
BY ROTA
HUGE SUCCESS
An Inter - City program staged
by the Beaumont Rotary club for
the Orange Rotary club in the
Holland banqTict room at noon
two and a half years ago, works \ Tuesday, attracted one of the lar-
at u weary job of grease and | 8est crowds attending a local Ro-
grime. He is one of the thousunds ! (aiy meeting in a number of
of unsung heroes whose job is to ! years.
repair, service tune and inspect Kenturing o.v the program was
the giant bombers. , , _ ,,
He is the son of Mrs. Effic Rye, ,hc mam -addresser Rev. Homer.
1404 Curtis St., Orange. Sgt Rye T. F rl, pastor of the First Meth-
18 a 1387 graduate of Hull High ;<>d1st church, of Beaumont; a short
School. He elite ed the Army in | talk by Congressman J. M. Combs
September of 1941. -of Beaumont, and a musical uro-
gram pujt pn by "Beaumont talent.
Corporal John K. Thomas, son Three executives of the Du Pont
of Martha Thomas, 2308 i'acific Company, to begin the cstabjhsh-
strcet, Orange, Texas, has been I ment of a twenty .- two mfllion
cited' by his Battalion Commatir •' t,ollar W'*IP «K'*" special
der, Lieutenant Colonel John W. | recognition by President 1(. Clyde
Scholtens, for his exceptionally
splendid spirit and attitude in un-
loading of yitally needed commu-
nication supplies and bridge tim-
ber during the landing in the Pliil-
ippine Islands witfii the XIV Corps.
Corporal Thomas, overseas
more than sixteen months Is a
member of an Engineer Combat
battalidh. His commendation ex-
emplifies the high standards of
the Corps of Engineers.
March, of the club, who requested
introduction of the trio by W. IV
Simmons: B. B. Lewis, district
supervisor; T. L. Pierce, field
project manager and H. L.' Sut-
ton, special assistant. In charge
of the program was Uoy H. Car-
ter, w)io with Chuck Dollinger
and Kc'morid Doty, constitute the
Intercity committee.
Rev. Port praised Rotary for
! it's part in enabling men to know
„ , , D d ii ..o , i and like each other better, which
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angefield, Texas, has arrived at
Army Air Forces Redistribution
Station No. 2 in Miami Beach for
reassignment after completing a
tour of duty outside the continen- 1
tal United States.
Sergeant Russell was an air-
craft mechanic during 29 months ,u u.,„„ ,.f
■ > .l. a, : jji ,i . i taking the lives of many people
in the North African, Middle East- j w
•rn, and China - Burma - India , n0 '
theaters of operation. Husband of | Congressman Combs, introduced
tials that would be needed most
after the war. He favored culti-
vation of a deeper appreciation
on the part o| every one, "that he
is alive" Ho prescribed a good
laugh as being good for high
i blood pressure which he said was
4:30 p. m. Social with refresh- Earline Rum". of Orange- ; by W. B. Simmons, said that a-
ments — Social Room Reserved
for Military and GSO Girls
Movies will be shown in the
Lobby throughout the week—War
Pictures - Features - comedies -
Shots
field, he entered the Army in De- rnong other things that brought
ecmber, 1941. His parents, Mr. him to Orange, was to discuss mat-
and Mrs. C. E. Russell, live on tors in regard, to a hearing to be
Route 1, Cameron, Tex. held in Washington, April 2 ,in re-
* 1 gard to plans- for deepening and
Staff Sergeant James T. Hen- j widening the Sabine - Neches
derson, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. A. j waterways. He declared that the
Visitor Of Orange
Hospital Stricken
Henderson, RR No. 3, Orange,
Texas has received four bronze
battle stars on his-theatre ribbon
for having taken part in four ma-
jor campaigns — the Tunisian, Si-
cilian and two phases of the Ital-
Mrs. Olivia Smith of, Austin.
Texas arrived in Orange to spend lan.
a weekend with her sisters, Mrs. Staff Sergeant Henderson
has
Sabine district was the most prom-
ising area In the entire South.
Those taking part on the mu-
sical program were: Charles Wil-
liams, director of music, South
Park High School; Miss Gerry
Vaughn, director of music, • Dick
Dowling School, with Mrs. Sylvia
Clara Howard and .Mrs. A. M. shared the dangers and hardships Saddler, flaying the.piiJiio aceom-
, Welch. While here she" was j of ,ife with his fast moving fight- j pnnimcnt.
Te Kusbian srmy group# were , stricken with acute appendicitis or group which has been award-
reported by BeHin to be driving | a|i(J was rushp<1 to Kranccs Ann ed the War Department Unit C-i-
... i ivu.w.,*:. i., tation for outstanding duty pcr-
southern Germany and Austra f Smlth'a con-
where the Nazis, according to J progressing satlsfactor-
somc reports, may make a final j 1 •* "
Stand after defeat on the reich's!
northern plains.
ily.
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Lieut. Agnes Barre
Is Guest of Honor
Lieut. Agnes Barre, U. S. army
nurse, of Orange, who was liber*
ated February 3 of this year from
the Santo Tomas internment camp
at Manila, acconipanied by her
mother. Mrs. V, Barre, was guest
of honor of the Foreman's associa-
tion of the Consolidated Steel Cor-
poration, Ltd., at a luncheon ser-
ve dat the Riverside cafeteria at
noon Tuesday. I.'Rt Secly, asso-
ciation president, served as mas-
ttcr of ceremonies.
The honor guest was presented
by Herman Coffee, who was host
for the occasion and interrogated
the returned nurse who is said to
be the most extensively decorated
of any person returning to Or-
ange from any front of the pres-
ent world war. *
Lieut. Barre wears tht Presi-
dential Unit citatioh insignia, two
oak leaf clusters. Southwest Pa-
cific Campaign Medal, Uvo stars
for prc-Pearl Harbor a Bronze
star for bravery; Philippine De-
'iJelcnse ribbon, Philippine Libera-
tion ribbon, also six gold chevrons
for three years of foreign service,'
insignia for having been made
first lieutenant along with all
other nurses on duty at Bataan.
She also possesses a personal tro-
phy in the form of a gold button
signifying the fact that she had
been given the proverbial golden
key to the city of San Francisco.
A further Invitation was extend-
ed to Lieut. Barre and her moth
Mrs. Smith is on the secretar-
ial staff of Governor Coke Ste-
venson of Austin, Texas.
POLICEMAN
IS ATTACKED
Hubert James, a member of-the
night police force, was the- victim
of a violent assault alleged to have
been made on him by Ernest
Thompson, a taxi driver around
11:15 Tuesday night. Two bad
gashes were inflicted in the back
and side of the police officer as a
result of his attempt to quiet the
taxi driver and his wife—the nffi-
cer said. A top coat worn by the
officer showed around nine large
holes said to have been made by
a knife in the hand of Thompson.
The top coat as well as the dress
coat' of the officer was consider-
ably saturated with Wood. There
were severe! holes shown In the
dress coat also. The officer said
that Thompson's wife, also attack-
ed him while he was engaged in
the mixup with her husband. A
charge of assault with intent to
murder was filed against Thomp-
son. and a charge of aggravated
assault was tiled against the wife
of the taxi driver.
forman'cc. He has been overseas
more than. 25 months and is with
the 12th Air Force engaged in
bombing of the Po Valley & Bren-
ner Pass.
Victory Garden
Plans Promoted
James Edmond McCravey.,Fire-
man second class, USNR, son of j
Mr. and Mrs. Claude McCravey. i
1105 Avenue C, Orange. Texas, is
one of the men receiving training
in dicscl engineering at the U. S. i
Naval Training Center, Gulfport, j
Mississippi. Fireman McCravey i
was a sheet metal worker prior to j
entering the Naval Service in I
August 1944.
Word has been received by Mr. j
and Mrs. F. It. Scales to the cf- j
feet that their son Sgt. Harold Lee j
Scales, U. S. Army Air Corps, a j
prisoner of the German govern- I
ment, has been transferred to a I
new prison camp in Germany.
-Scales was originally reported as
missing in action.
Darrow Godwin Jr.v who .re-
cently graduated as an ensign
from the radio division U. S. mar-
itime, in Boston, is at
home on a brief furlough pre-
ceding actual sea service. He is I be held at Odd Fellows hall Sat-
visitihK in the home of his par- I urday night.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Darrow God- i —
77, „ s FIRST RODEO
Irvin C. liach. of the U. S. navy, |
stationed at San Diego, Calif., ac- j
companicd by his wife, has arriv- j
ed here for a few days visit to j
his parents Mr. .and Mrs. F. B. \
Rach, also Mrs. Rach's parents,
Dr. and Mrs. M. E. JVJaiOr.
Visitors, present v.crc: W. F.
Cavy, W. B. Armstrong, H W.
Winkleman, all of Houston; C. W.
Schlutey, of St. Paul, Minn.;' Ben
Shipley, Louis Reigel, Matt Love,
and Ray Nelson, all of Beau-
mont; Jylian Jackowa^. of Port
Arthur; D. A. Pruter, of Orange,
C. H. Mecks was awarded the at-
tendance prize.
Encampment
Chooses Officers
A group of men composing the
installing . team of a Beaumont
Encampment, of I. O. O. F. served
in the installation of new officers
of Oriental encampment No. 109
of Orange Tuesday night. Those
installed were: Joe Clerigk, chief
patriarch; R. J. Hughes, high
priest; R. Lee.Davis, senior war-
den; L. J. Hogg, junior warden;
Clydo Childers, scribe: Harry Bi-
shop, treasurer.
Those composing the installing
team from Beaumont were: H. G.
Lambert, chief Patriarch; F. W.
Abbott, Cecil Garrington, B. A.
Forsythe and J. W. Henderson. All
members of the local cncampment
are Invited to attend a meeting to
Pledges Mount For
Prisoners of War
* Contributions made to the 1945
American Red Cross war found
drive Tuesday raised the tqtal re-
ceived to datc~Tn Orange County
to f34,289.SC C. E. O'Connor,
drive chairman, announced al-
though the county's quota of $45,-
000 has been ovcrsubscrlljed in
pledges.
During litis week members " of
tl\e Junior Red Cross are taking
up "Collect ions at the motion pic-
ture houses under the direction of
Victor Lowcry. Theatres all over
the country arc observing Red
Cross week. ■ r
Checks received Tuesday by W.
L. OdcnWrk, drive treasurer, were
nj follows;
Southwestern Bell Tele- -
phone Co. ( 200.00
Consolidated Stocl of,
Texas 250.00
C.'hat'les Austin £ 30.00
Mrs, Thornc Sherwood $ 100.00
Mrs. L. W. Palmer's Com-
mittee . $ 50.00
Orapgc Investment Co. $ 100,00
Orange Insurance Agen-
ct . . . $ 50.00
Texas Creosoting Co. Em-
ployees $ 281.50
U. S. Post Office Em-
ployees $ 77.25
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Another prisoner of war supply
tram supplied by the Swiss gov-
ernment carrying fifty carloads
of food, mcdicincs and bandages
was sent this month to a distri-
bution point at Moosburg, Ger-
many, according to word received
|)y the Orange County Chapter of
the American Red Cross Wcd-
pesday.
The firs' truck convoy from
Switzerland into Germany carry-
ing prisoner of war supplies also
Bift last week moving through
onstance Meersburg.
Moosburg. north of Munich, Is
the city nearest Stalag VI1-A.
which is « large camp where a
number of Orange County boys
Hie Interned. Approximately 10,
000 Americans are believed to be
|>eld there at present, 4,000 of
whom were moved recently from
Utalag Luft HI, previously the
largest American airmen's base in
Oeripany.
The truck cargo will include
food and medicines for the Lu-
j>eck area and the Karlsbad-Mar-
ienbad area where there is a con-
centration of prisoners on the
march The convoy, comprising
trucks supplied by the American
Rod Cross to the International Red
Cross, will be driven by the Swiss
neutral drivers accompanied by
German guards.
More than 60 tons of clothing
Jd il£>orgoney supplies hove ar•-
jred on Luzon, cortprisiitg the
first shipment of noarly one mil-
lion garments being sent to the
Philippines by the American Red
Cross was the information re-
ceived this, week by the Orange
County Chapter of the American
Rod Cross. The supplies were
distributed immediately to civil-
ian and military casualties in and
near Manila through army civil
affairs section under Red Cross
supervision.
The first supplies, 10,000 bed
sheets, were distributed to mili-
tary and civilian hospitals. Ited
Cross representatives also are
making direct distribution to lib-
erated civilian internees ' and
prisoners of war. and U> civilian
non-casualties upon rccommenda-
' tion of the army. Additional sup-
plies for civilians are being ship-
ped from the United States at the
request of the military authori-
ties.
ARMY EXHIBIT
MOVES INTO
FAIRGROUNDS
A change in location for the
Beaumont appearance of the Army
Air Forces' largest collection of
captured enemy equipment ex-
hibit, "Shot From the Sky" was
announced today.
The 600-ton display of German
and Japanese material will be
shown free to the public at- the
Fair Grounds Friday and Satur-
day from 2:00 to 10:00 o'clock.
The new site was decided on af-
ter the inclusion ol* numerous in-
dustrial exhibits by regional war
plants made v the high school
grounds inadequate.
John Gordon. War Department
director of the exhibit, has ar-
rived in Beaumont aliil* lias taken
headquarters in Tiie Chamber of
Commerce building, where he con-
ferred aimmediately with officials
of the Young Men's Business' Lea-
gue, who are sponsors of the/ex-
hibit.
The 10,000 item display features
the only Na/.i V-l robqt bomb
ever to be shown in the United
| States and two axis warplunes
still in flying condition. Shot--
down fragments of virtually cv-
et% type of German and Japanese
' aircraft and thousands of smaller
items swell the size of the exhibit
to more than four acres. This
; show was designed to compare
i enemy equipment with our own
1 as well as to encourage industrial
' workers to stay on the job or take
war jobs, aiv{l^to enroll in salary
; savings war bond sales. Theme
of the exhibit is "Slay on the Job
to Finish the Job."
Booths will be maintained by
1 War Manpower Commission, Unl-
ed States Civil Service Commis-
! sion and United States Employ-
ment Service. Band concerts and
variety entertaifiment will be
.presented from the largest port-
able stage in the country each af-
1 ternoon and evening.
A detachment of 43 W.ACS and
! HO returned combat enlisted men,
; representing overseas air force
i except the newly formed 20th
Air Force, has arrived in Beau-
mont. WACS will help to set up
the displays and serve as special-
ly trained • lecturers and guides
while the exhibit is In progress
Seven Churches
Represented At
Boy Scout Dinner
T|ie Boy Scouts of Orange held
I an organization extension dinner
I rtb Monday night at tho' Stark Sc-
i nior High School at which Rev
j Tom Yerxa, District Chairman of
I the Organization F.xtension, ,>,crv-
! ed as toastmastcr.
| Seven local churches were rep-
resented at the dinner, all of which
sponsor troops or plan to organize
LET'S DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT!
CHURCHES MAY ADVERTISE
with perfect propriety and In
view of the growing importance ot
being aggressive in order to meet
new conditions, this matter should
be given serious consideration.
Orange church people, although
enjoying large attendance, should
remember that the pcrccntage of
the people who attend church is
exceedingly low. Even if a nor-
mal percentage of the people at-
tended chUrch in Orange, there
would not be seats sufficient for
all available at the churches with
present facilities although they
have been greatly augmented.
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The Orange Lions club at a
meeting of the directors Monday
er to partake of the finest dinner I the planting of Victory Gardens
that could be provided in Orange, i in the Orange area. Announce-
Licut. Barre reviewed interest- j ment of details, to. include names
ingly many of her exciting and ' of Judges and other matters, will on the program^! a regular meet
# somewhat dramatic experiences at be made l^'er, Those who have ' ""
" Bataan, Corregidi>r and Manila. space that could be used for the
— . t growing of any kind of vegetables
Mi's. J. n: Blades at Tyler is vis- j or, food *tuff. are urgently <**-
4tlng here in the home of her son- < quested to get m totidh With some
r- in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. member of the membertihlp of
W. B. Simmons, 713 Cherry street. 100 m the Lions club.
OPENS SUNDAY
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The first rodeo of the.season
will be given by the Consolidated
Steel Riding and Roping club to
be held on Sunday afternoon at
the arena, three miles west of Or-
ange on the Beaumont road, at
2:30 o'clock.
More than 75 head of blocking
stock of the famous Dan Hines
farms. also around 50 buckipg
horses will be used on the pro-
r- gram, Which begins with a break-
ing of Lloyd Grubbs post of the away roping event at 1:30 o'clock.
American, Legion to be held at' the Riders have been invited from
court house Thursday night at 8 three states. Texas, Louisiana and
o'clock, it was announced today Oklahoma There wilt be nine
by Abel Vincent, post commander, distinct events New seat* have
All members are urged to attend been provided for the arena for
All set vice mm are invited. Uie new season, it was announced.
American Legion
To Have Speaker
An outstanding speaker will be
New Committee
Formed By OPA
i Mr. McDonough. who is chair-
man of the Orange County War
Price it Rationing Board, has an-
nounced that the OPA has formed
a new advisory committee which
will be of an informative nature
to all retails covered by the
maximum price regulations No.
580.
Members appointed to advise
the merchants of Orange are AiiC
Sokolski, A. C. Williamson, Jacob
Greenbcrg and J. T. Arlcdge.
| troops
Of the many representatives
j present were Christy Flannigari,
i Sabine Area Council (n-ganization
Extension Chairman, County
Judge HM'Calllavet and II Glenn
| Singleton, Sabine Area Council
Executive. Orangeficld was also
1 represented at this dinner at
wbirh meals were served to sixty
| persons.
COURT HOUSE
AND CITY HALL
BRIEFS
.Three persons-were held for
drunkenness, one for assault with
intent to murder and one forag-
gravated assault, by the Orange
city police department during 24
hours ending at 8 a. m. Wednes-
day. The parly held for assault
to murder, also the one for ag-
gravated assault, were transferred
to the county for • further prose-
cution.
SHORTAGE OF FACILITIES in
Orange will be come more and
more outstanding as development
on a more permanent iMisis pri -
eecds. The need for hotels, space
for all kinds of business, suitable
tenant houses and homes tor per-
manent families with many chan-
ges in the general set-up Of a city
that has been operated on emer-
gency basis, constitute items that
demand immediate consideration,
in Orange.
SKILLED MEN ARE SOUGHT
in numbers now to fill strictly re-
sponsible positions in Orange «?vcn
at. this time. This demand will
continue with the gradual.,dispo-
sition of those who did not prop-
erly apply themselves to the
tasks to which they were assigned
during the overwhelming rush pe-
riod, Quito a number of thp Or*
ange men and women who start-
ed as apprentices have become
exceptionally proftcleot, according
to records. Many others among
whom were those classes |s new-
comers a few years ago, have
come to be rated as experts in
their respective lines..
Port Arthur
And Riverside
Tangle Tonight
The Riverside Association box-
ing team squares off with the Port
Arthur YMCA fighters at the Riv-
erside Athletic Building totlight at
8:15 o'clock. The amteur fistic
squads battled to a 5-5 draw last
week at Port Arthqt and both
teams are anxious Jo prove their
superiority in tonlgnyV match.
Coach Tommy W)iltc ot' River-
side has a number of crack ama-
teurs on tap for the tights and Is
confident of a victory. leading
the local milt team are Red Mar-
vel, deaf mute; Preston Prince,
rurinerup to Shirley Gaudet for
the district flyweight title; Hilly
Cole, Orange High School welter-
weight champion; Cotton Cias-
karrjfp, rurinerup for the district
heavyweight title; A. J. Amacher;
Cotton Man; Alvin Fuller; Billy
and Roy Taylor; Dave Lindsey;
Jud Simpklns and Ace Hendricks.
Ten bouts are scheduled for to-
night along with an exhibition
match The Athletic Building Is
located at the end of John Street
on Dewey. Tickets can be pur-
chased at the door. Proceeds of
the fights will be used to pur-
chase warmup jarkcts tor the Riv-
erside Association- boxing tearh,
which placed third in the recent
district Golden Gloves champion-
ships at -Ib-aumont.
1000 PLANES
Hy Leonard Milliman, Associated
:' Pre#s War Editor
A thousand or more American
carrier planes trapped the elusive
Japanese fleet in the inladd sea,
crippled 17 warships, sank or
damaged 13 merchant vessels and
destroyed 475 aircraft in a two-
day foray that jotted the enemy
into excited preparations today
for the inevitable battle of Japan.
A jubilant communique from
Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz announ-
ced "crippling damage inflicted
on the Japanese, floet" without
loas of a single American war-
shiP.
Radio Tokyo reported Vice Adm.
Marc A. Mitscher's carrier forces
were within 6&mile* ot the home-
land tnd would return for further
attacks. Government spokesmen
said the new fortifications were
being built throughout Japan to
repel an invasion, the army was
praparlng to take over private
, preparing to take ove>' private
rushed into pnderground fortifi-
cations. and newly evacuated ar-
ea* of Tokyo would be demolished
as firebreaks to lessen damage
from Superfort raids.
Conquest of the Philippines
quickened. Ouerrlllas captured
San Fernando, Important port
north of Manila. The U. S. 40th
division on Partay advanced 25
miles to join strong guerrilla for-
ces, reached the edge of flaming
Ilollo and captured Its airport.
Conquest of Barium island was
completed with the capture of Is-
abels in n combined amphibious
arid overland operation.
The months - long hunt (or Ja-
pan's fleet reached a climax Mon-
day when carrier airmen found
principal units of the surviving
imperial navy hiding in the 240
(Pile long inland sea. Hamilton
Faron. Associated Press war cor-
respondent with Mitscher's task
force M, «ald these were heavily
damaged:
A 45,00
>ed im-
■iitromp. I ..;
Mrs. H. W. Curley
At LocalXospital
Mrs. H. W. Curley. who for
I some time had served as supcrvl-
I sor of the girl* dormitory in Rlv-
| erside addition, underwent an
operation for appendicitis at a lo-
cal hospital Tuesday Her con-
dition was reported ax being fa-
vorable Wednesday.
Ludendorf Bridge
Is Wrecked Beyond
Repair During War
With the First Army Across the
Rhine, March 21. (AP) — The
Ludendorff bridge across the
Rhine to the expanding Remagen
bridgehead is wrecked so com-
pletely that there I* no possibility
of It being repaired before the
war ends. Pontoons are bearing
the traffic
Sgt. W. Craig -
Returns Home
Slaff Sgt. Walter Craig, U, 8. air
corps,' who spent nearly three
years In the Central Pacific areas,
as an aerial gunner, is at home on
a lew days leave, spending the
time with his mother. Mrs. Ray-
mond Craig. Sgt. Craig made his
40 missions during which time, he
was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross, Air Medal, Oaklef
Cluster, arid received official com-
mendation for distinguished ser-
vice in three major campaigns.
He was with the seventh air forcc,
and had a part in the recent
pouhding of Iwo Jlma. *
A «,000 ton Ysm«to class bat-
tle«hlp, four large carriers, four
small carriers, two cruisers, four
destroyers, one destroyer escort
and one submarine.
Six small freighters were sunk
and seven others probably sunk.
Arsenals, hangars, shops and oil
t«nks were destroyed In military
Installations on the three islands
bordering Uie sea — Kyushu, Shi-
boyu and Honshu.
Two hundred Japanese planes
were shot down, 279 wrecked on
the ground and more than J00
others damaged.
Many of the enemy aircraft
■Were brought down in persistent
attacks on Mitscher's ships, One
American wareraft was heavily
damaged and a "few othdra receiv-
ed minor damage." All withdrew
under their own power.
Admiral NimiU described
erican aircraft losses as "extreme-
ly light". Most of these brought
down were victims of antfaircraft
fire which pilots said was ."heavy
enough to walk on".
Japanese imperial communiques
claimed eight U. S. warships were
sunk, two damaged and J.B7 at-
tack ling aircraft shot down.
DOG IS LOST
A small female fox terrlor an-
swering to Uiu name of "Pal" has
been lost. It is registered under
the name of O. D. Butler and is a
welt known dog In this city. The
dug has no hair on its back but
it's head and, legs arc covered
with'TiTaek Tialr. She was lieing
cared for by Scotty Innis who
raised her from a pup. Scotty is
in need of his dog as he is an el-
derly man and uses her as a
guide.
Inrtls would appreciate the
dog's being returned immediately.
Any expense incurred by return-
ing her to the Orange police, Mis.
J. D. Ofover, or Scotty Innla of
165 Destroyer Drive* Orange,
Texiis will be cheerfully paid, he
said. '
PREDICAMENT
Helena, Mont. (AP) — Police-j
man Ben Lordeman received this )
call at headquarters:
"I can't find my wife. She was"
in your custody last, night and I
am leaving tomorrow for the
army • I want to find out what to
do with the baby, for. as you knowj
•you can't take it with you.'" / i
HOWDY, OFFICER
Grand Island, Nebr. (AP)
Cpl. Ellis A. Jenks of the
Island army air field
cers without giving thep
tomary salute — bpi-iie'a got
ready explanatory i| there's
questioning/^
He ^etfrrlee a written e*
w I iUKcx plains that he
foiifihUl
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