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BASTROP ADVERTISER, JUNE 14. 1945
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS-
Japs to Press Suicide Attacks;
Severe Terms Set for Germany;
U.S. War Casualties Top Million
Rrltiiwd by Western Nrwtpaptr I'nlon
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WorkiiiK under direction of Russian soldiers, firrnun civilians clear
rubble from Berlin's famed I nter den Linden for pedestrian and motor
traffic. Picture sIiou> extent of ruin of city during historic siege.
PACIFIC:
Suicidal Intent
Faced with the material superior-
ity of the Allies the Japanese an-
nounced intensification of their sui-
cide plane attacks, and at the same
time threatened to send piloted bal-
loon bombs over the American
mainland
In revealing the acceleration of
suicide attacks, which have inflicted
a heavy toll of U. S. shipping off
Okinawa without retarding its con-
quest, the Tokyo radio reported that
every Jap navy plane will be ordered
to crash-dive into an Allied war-
ship. "If this tactic is successful." it
was blandly stated, "victory is as-
sured ... If otherwise, the navy
will have many heroes for our
shrines."
In threatening to dispatch piloted
balloon bombs over the American
mainland, the Japs said that the
present pilotless balloon bombs I op Million
door open for further alterations of
the German frontier already whit-
tled to its 1937 size, and reserving
the right to formulate any other or-
ders relative to the regulation of the
country.
In addit'on to remarking the Ger-
man borders and assuming full au-
thority over the life and death of
every person in the shattered Reich,
the Big Four claimed control over
every labor union, industry and serv-
ice for use in the occupation and
reconstruction period.
Immediate establishment of ma-
chinery for the joint Allied military
council to coordinate the work of the
occupying powers struck a snag,
with the Soviets insisting that the
U. S. and Britain retire from the
fringes of the Russian occupation
zone before arrangements be d.s-
cussed.
WAR CASUALTIES:
dropping on the west coast arc be
ing used for experimental pur-
poses. Revealed by the army for
their nuisance value, the missiles
are borne by grayish, white or
green-blue paper balloons 33 feet in
diameter and lack direction.
While the enemy talked of
stepping up use of suicide weap-
ons to make up for his mate-
rial inferiority, huge fleets of
B-29s continued to rate Ja-
pan's great industrial centers,
producing Nippon's weapons of
war.
One by one, the enemy's sprawl-
ing manufacturing areas are being
put to the torch, with Nagoja,
Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and Kobe
all smouldering from tons of jellied-
' gasoline incendiaries. In firing these
. cities. B-29 crewmen have seared
air plants, steel mills, munitions
• factories, utilities, drug and dye
centers, warehouses, port facilities
and rail lines.
As the superforts continued to
wreck ruin on the great industry
' Japan has carefully built up over
100 years, Pres Harry S. Truman
announced the U. S's intention to
press the fight to the finish.
Calling upon the Japanese to
quit and spare their country the
destruction visited upon Ger-
many, the President reveal.-d
that a force greater than the
3,500.000 men in Europe on V-E
Day would be employed in the
struggle besides the concen-
trated might of the navy with its
! strength In excess of 3,000,000.
Should the enemy elect to carry
on the war. President Truman en-
visaged no easy job. what v ;th the
Japs reputed to have 4.000,000 men
under arms and millions of mili-
tary age eligible for scrvice. The
• enemy still poetises 3.000 combat
planes, he said, and J.ip industry j
still is capable of turiii!.)! out be- |
tween I,2.*i0 and 1 500 aircraft a
month despite bornbardrnt.".:
El ROI'E:
Severe Terms
Stripping Germany of all Hitleri-
an conquests and subjecting the
country to absolute Allied authority
in every phase of national life, the
U. S.. British, Russian and French
joint military control council, meet-
ing in rubbled Berlin, dictated the
most severe terms ever Imposed on
a defeated power. As U S. repre-
sentative. Gen Dwight D Eisenhow-
er'! presence marked his first ap-
pearance in the former German cap-
ital following its downfall.
The signing of the declaration did
not set final terms, leaving the
Costliest of American conflicts.
World War II already has claimed
over 1,000.000 U. S. casualties, in-
cluding 227.0&7 dead. 607.468 wound-
ed, 63,455 missing and 104,867 pris-
oners.
With the big pull against the Jap-
anese still ahead, U. S. dead exceed
the 190.000 Union and Confederate
soldiers killed in the Civil war, and
the 50.280 troops who gave up their
lives in battle in World War I. In
Uf'ilh Allied uar expenditures esti
moled al 55H billion dollars and those
j for the Axi« 442 billion, the direct
cost of ft arid War II has lopped the
trillion mark, the American university
, of Wa&hinnton. It. (.., reported. Vol
; included in the figures is the tremrn-
d'ius damage to private and public
property, nor Chtnu's outlay during lit
14-year conflict uith the ]ai inese.
1 all. 620,000 men died in the War Be
tween the States from all causes in-
cluding disease and imprisonment
while the toll in World War I ap-
proximated 125.000
Of the 1,000,000 plus casualties suf
fered to date. 890,019 were incurred
by the army and 112.868 by the navy.
Army deaths total 183,563 and navy
43,534. Of the 52.746 army men list
ed as missing, little hope is left that
an appreciable number of the 44,000
unaccounted for in Furopc will no v
turn up following their continued ab-
sence after Germany's conquest.
FOOD OUTLOOK:
Cut Lcnd'Lease
Along wi'h stoppage of shipment
overseas, improved distribution to
acute shortage areas should materi-
ally case the tight meat situation j
during the July August and Septem- j
ber quarter, government officials i
said, though supplies will remain j
tight.
Suspension of meat shipments
overseas reflects the gradual cur-
tailment of lend le«" operations to.
lowing Germany's defeat. with tot;.]
food deliveries expected to drop to
2 or 3 per cent of the nation's sup-
ply by the end of the year com-
pared with about 7 per cent in 194'.
Overall relief shipments will rise 5
to 10 per cent, however, with wheat
and flour the major " bulk" foods.
With federally Inspected packers
unable to keep up with both military
and civilian demands, and non-fed-
erally inspected slaughterers' pro-
duction quotas cut, small towns re-
portedly were beginning to feel the
effects of the meat shortage Ex-
cept for those with food lockers,
many farm wives were said to be
taking their turn in line with towns-
folk lor the dwindling supplies.
NEW GERMANY:
I'o/te's Hope
Declaring that his residence in
Germany as a papal nuncio had ac-
quainted him with the great qualities
of its people, Pope Pius XII hoped
for tne nation's rebirth to new life
and dignity after the overthrow of
national socialism and the expiation
of uar criminals.
Addressing the world on his
name's-day, the PontifT said that the
Vatican had concluded the concor-
dat with Germany in 1933 to permit
continued Catholic practice and es-
tablish a spiritual barrier to the sub-
versive and violent doctrines of
Naziism.
In defending the rights of small
nations, Pius XII said that though
they could be expected to surrender
some sovereignty in world coopera-
tion. they must be given f'lll control
over their internal affairs. With
Europe desolated by the war. the
Pope said that dispossessed, disil-
lusioned and hopeless men threat-
Newly Acquired
Rental Property
Must Be Reported
Landlords who have acquit ed
rental property after the property
has been registered with the local
Area Rent Office must report their
names anil addresses on a form
supplied fev that purpose, Fred C.
Goeth, rent executive of the San
Antonio district Office of Price
Administration, today advised S.
H. Lounsbury, director of the Aus-
tin defense-rental area.
The form must be filed before
May 31, 11)46, if the change oc-
curred between the date of filing
j the registration statement and
May 5, 11145. If the change took !
place after May 5. the report must j
ened harmonious relations between j he filed within 10 days after the
the various segments of society. change occurs, Mr. Lounsbury said.
NEAR EAST:
Pol err Polities
France's major family row with
Lebanon
(ii n. de Gaulle
Food Sales Show Greatest Wartime Rise
Sales by restaurants, groceries
and other food stores in the United
States rose from $12,093,000,000 in
the prewar year of IMS to $28.Ml,-
000,000 in 1044, an Increase of 122.7
per cent, according to the Alexander
Hamilton institute. This was a much
larger percentage increase than that
shown by retail aales of all other
commodities which rose from |20,-
340,000,000 to $41,014,000,000.
Half of the gain in total retail
trade from $38,053,000,000 in 1838 to
the record high figure of $69,275,000.-
000 in 1044 was accounted for by
the increase in food sales alone In
1M8. food sales represented 33 4 per
cent of total rstail trade. In 1044,
food sales amounted to 40 8 per cem
of the total. Reports for the first
two mouths of 1945 show a continu-
ation of the expansion in food sales.
Britain over Syria
took on a broader
aspect, with Gen.
Charles de Gaulle
insisting on a five
power parley for
settlement of the
entire near eastern
situation.
Using his aces. De
Gaulle's bid for a
five power parley
including the U, S ,
Britain. France.
Russia and China
would put him in a position to play
up to the friendly Soviets for greater
concessions in Syria and Lebanon,
while a conference involving Just the
U. S , Britain and France could be
expected to tip the scales in favor
of the English.
In asking for a settlement of the
whole near eastern situation, De
Gaulle projected the question of
British holdings there as protection
for extensive oil concessions and the
vital Suez canal, lifeline of the em-
pire.
As the British moved in force to
take over Syria and Lebanon to pre
vent further disorders in the tv. o
countries, which balked at French
demands for military bases follow-
ing their grant of independence, De
Gaulle repeated charges that British
agents had provoked the uprising?
Said he "Everyone knows their
names, and I would blush to give
them to you."
FRANCE:
l\eu Money
Unrit.-taker, to invalidate the huge
sur s 'aken by the Germans, root
out concealed fortunes of war prof-
iteers and collaborators, and ob-
tain a-i accurate estimate of personal
wealth upon which to slap a capital
tax. France began the exchange
of $11 '00,000 of old bank notes for
new < w.'s.
La:g st end most complicated op-
erat.on of its kind ever attempted
in ce. the exchange proceeded
smoou.h following months of the
most ca ' f'jl preparation Armed
with carbines, police and troops
guarded bar ks, post offices and tax
bureaus in every town, village and
hamlet during the exchanges.
Only $1, $2, $20 and |10C bank
notes were being exchanged, with
each holder given a maximum of
$1"?0 in cash and the remainder kept
until the completion of the whole op-
eration. Lesser notes correspond-
ing to American "change" were not
Included, leading io a frantic bid on
the part of people short of them to
obtain some for smaller but all im-
portant daily transactions
RECIPROCAL TRADE:
Farm Split
Tc-rtifving before the senate 1
flnanu to: mittee on the hruse-ap-
prove< ->ij: < ter ii-ig the reciprocal
trade : t f r -hi' e year a- d grant-
ing tl i' ■ ■!> t authority to r<>-
duce tariff1. 50 p- r cent under exist-
ing levels, farm organization lend-
ers split on their views of the legis-
lation
Declarir-g that tarifT makinr con-
stitutional^ . • a f ' llo-i r,l con-
gress and dut'ej stv ilJ be based
on the difT , cute between <ost oi pro-
duction here and abroad. Albert S
Goss, mai'.er of the National
Grange, cal!'-d for continuation of |
the present act for another year and
further study r>f effects the f roposed
legislation wcuid have on agricul-
ture.
Backing the bill. Russell Smith,
legislative secr'!:.ry c.f the National
Farmers' Union. said that without
the provision f^r presidential au
thonty to slash tariffs an additional
50 per cent under present levels, the
measure would lose much of Its ef.
fact as a contribution to Internation-
al economic cooperation
RELIEF CLOTHING
Army clothing unserviceable and
beyond repair for further military
use <s being reconditioned to the full-
est possible extent for distribution
to needy civilians In liberated areas.
In no way Interfering with the ex-
isting program for repair of all serv-
iceable army clothing for reuse by
military personnel, the new project
I: uirg facilities of the nine service
c< •' ri and?; which othrrwise would be
Inactive during the Interim period
until redeployment of troops to the
Pacific gets fully underway.
The most frequent cases will be
those where rentul property hus
been sold. The new owner must
i now inform the OPA Rent Office
that he has purchased the prop-
erty, and supply an address to
which any official communications
can be sent. Such reports are de
signed to enable OPA to notify
promptly such lew landlords of and
i action before the Area Office in-i
volving the landlord's property. In j
the past, notices from Area Kent
Offices frequently were directed
to former landlords, and the cur-1
rent landlord. being: unknown to
the area office, frequently failed j
to receive such notices.
In those cases where rental
property ha^ changed hands, arid,
the new landlord has not obtained
the former Landlord's copy of the
original registration statement,
OPA will now provide the new
owner with a copy, Mr. Louns-
bury added.
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NO. 10.560
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO; H. H. MARSEE, Defen-
dant, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to
appear before 'he Horiornhle Pi-
trict Court of Bastrop County at
the Court Houm theu-of, in Ba«
trop, Texas, at or befor- 10 o'clock
A, M. of ih< fir*t Monday next
after the expiration of forty-two
days from the dat< . f the i -uaice
of thi.« citation, same being th<
9th day of July, A. D., 1945, then j
and there to answer Plaintiff"
Petition filed in ^aid Court on the
7th day of July, A. D, 1944, if
this cause numbered 10f>lW5 on th«
docket of said court and styled
Lizzie Marsee, Plaintiff, vs. II
H. Marsee, D fendant.
A brief statement of the nature
of this suit is as follows, to-'A it:
Plaintiff charges desertion and
living with another woman, a* i-
more fully shown by Plaintiff >
Petition on file in this suit.
The officer executing th« pro
cess shall promptly execute the
same accordng to law, and mak>
due return an the law directs.
Issued and given under my hand
anil the Peal of said Court, at
office in Bastrop, Texas this the
22nd day of May A. D., 1945.
GAIL ESKjKW, Clerk
Di.-trict Court, Bastrop
County, Texas
10-4
ROCKNE NEWS
(Delayed from last week)
Rockne, June 4—We hail an aw-
ful high wind here Sunday night,
hut not much rain yet. Hope we
get a good rain soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Beck are
announcing the arrival of a baby
son at the local hospital. The
young man weighed 7 pounds and
1 ounce.
Miss Lorene Lehman, who has
been in Bulverde and San Antonio
visiting, returned home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pius Bartsch of
Bulverde and Miss Lorene I^ehman
-petit the week-end here with Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Lcl.mann and
daughter, Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Zeno
Lehmann and family, Mrs. Joe Ka-
dura, and Mrs. Paul Kadura
Mr tiad Mrs. Pete Goertz of
Austin, Mr. and Mrs. l'iu.- BartscV
of Bulverde, and Miss Lorene 1^-h
maun spent Saturday with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Lehman and
daughter, Annie, and Mr*, l'.arl
Wright and Sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hoffman
and son, George, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Hoffman and son,
Jimmy. Monday night.
Mrs Adolph Wilhelm and child-
ren v .-ited Mrs. Albert Lehmann
and daughter Monday afternoon.
Mi>s Lorene lehmann enjoyed
a big hall game at Teck Field in
San Anto.uo, played by Hondo and
Ketley Field.
Mr. and Mi^ Bruno Hilbig, Mr
,I(k- Wolf, Mi- Alberta Frerich,
Mr. Joe Beck, and Mr. .!<«• Boer,
Mrs. Melton Fie and children, Mr*
Edmund Wannack, Mi Victor Ha
be I of San Antonio, Mrs. Herman
Bartsch and children of Bastrop,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bayer and
children of Ft. Worth, Mrs. Alfred
Beck and daughter of Austin, were
visitors in Rockne Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert I<ehmann
and daughters, Ada and I^orene,
spent Sunday afternoon in the
home of Mr. and Mr Waller Hof-
man and son, Jimmy.
Mis Lorene Lehman j ent the
rest of her vacation in the horn
of Mr. and Mrs. Piu Bartsch,
Herman Bartsch, Julius Bartsch,
with that
"HOT DAWG"
and bun when
day is done
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DISTRIBUTING CO.
4th & TRINITY STS.
AUSTIN. TEXAS
Mr and Mr Alfred Fre«e* ha-
horn and sons of Bulverde, Mr
and Mrs Frar.k Wentland and
Mi Ceiclia Mi::- 11, ami Mr and
Mr Herbert k and of
•an Antonio.
The State of Texas
RUSSO,
def<
commanded
Honorable Dr
trop County at
hereof, in Ifns-
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Mon
TO: LAURA
dun!. Greeting:
You are hereby
appear befor« the
trict Court of Ba>
the Court Hou >•
trop. T xas, al or before
clock A. M. of the first
day next, after the expiration of
forty-two day from th" issuance •
of this cltaii' n, same lieirnr tlv
'..3rd day of July A. I)., 1945, then;
and there to answer Plaintiff:
Petition fil d in -aid Court, on
the ' th day of June A. I)., 1945,
in this cau*e, numbered 10,7.'I2
on the docket of said court and
styl«d Frank A Ruaao, Plaintiff,
vs. I<aura Russo, Defendant.
A brief statement of the nature'
of this suit is as follows, to-wit:
Plaintiff charges abandonment
for a period of more then three
yean, as is more fully shown
by Plaintiff's Petition on file in
this suit.
The officer executing this pro
cess shall promptly execute the
same according to law, and make
due return as the law directs.
ilhHtied and given under my
hand and the .Seal of said Court,
at office in Bastrop, Texas, this
the 5th day of June A. I). 1945
A ttost:
GAIL ESKEW, Clerk
District Court, Bastrop
County, Texas
SE/iL 11-4
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:«k
Under lire on Iwo Jima. two
marine wiremen of the Filth
Division race to lay telephone
wire to front-line foxholes.
Many such men must taVrr port li
many acenoii like this before Tokyo is
reached. And telophono factories
must stay hard at work supplying
these men the equipment they need.
The end of the German war brings
closer, ol course, the day when every-
one can get a telephone w.thout de-
lay. But tho demands of the Japanese
war mean that it will still be many
months before that day comes.
IOUTHWatVI«M Bill
TIIIFHONI CO.
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