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1INE BROKEN,
KNOX SAYS
• WASHINGTON, May 18—(UP)
—Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox announced today that Am-
erican troops have smashed one
of the main centers of enemy re-
sistance on Attn. After capture
of a 2,200-foot ridge it will be
possible to carry out a pincers
operation against the main ene-
my positions, established chiefly
ground Holtz bay.
® Knox said he had no definite
word -as to whether a juncture
between forces had yet been ef-
fected.
He said that the larger of
4. (wo army landing forces
caine ashore at Massacre
Hay, on the southeastern end
of Attn. It apparently was
this force, Knox said; which
overcame enemy resistance
on the ridge.
Naval surface forces are con-
tinuing Ui aid our ground ele-
ments with bombardments when
ever the opportunity presents it-
.jself. But he pointed out that vis-
ibility is generally poor in that
area.
"They are still fighting," he
"said.
Knox pointed out that secrecy
ijvas essential in an operation
such as at Attn. He said that
apparently the Japanese knew
nothing of our plans until after
we had made landings on the
beaches.
^ The navy revealed for the first
time that the landings were pre-
ceded by heavy naval shelling
of Japanese positions and by ae-
rial bombing.
"text of attu
•COMMUNIQUE
Text of navy communique
No. 381:
"North Pacific:
~ "1. The miltary situation now
•permits the announcement of
some of the details of the land-
ing of U. S. forces on Attu is-
land on May 11. (Previously an-
nounced in navy department
-communique No. ,370.)
* "2. The occupation began
with scouting parties landing at
Blind Cove, iioltz Bay, located
at the northeastern end of At-
tn. Main landings of U. S. troops
^were effected at two points: (1)
in the Holtz Bay area, and (2)
at Maassacre Bay, located at
the southeastern end of Attu.
"3. The landings were made
under the cover of U. S. naval
Surface forces, which bombard-
ed enemy installations in loth
areas and Li. S. army planes
which attacked enemy positions
in the vicinity of Chichagof Har-
bor.
# "4. Both groups of U. 3.
troops advanced inland, encoun-
tering stubborn enemy resis-
tance from numerous machine
gun nests. Japanese forces on
the island have entrenchr. I
^themselves along a rocky ridcj: .
"5. In spite of unfavorble wea-
ther conditions, U. S. army plan-
es have carried out several
bombing and strafing attacks
w=ince the initial landings were
"made. Our troops have establish-
ed their positions on the island,
and operations against the ene-
my are continuing."
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*Nurse Going To Visit
New Orleans Parents
Miss Frances Guy, mirse with
jjhe Sweetwater-Nolan County
"■Health unit, Saturday will go
to New Orleans, La., to join her
parents, Col. and Mrs. W. S. Guy.
Col. Guy, who saw service in the
U. S. Army in World War No. 1,
js under orders for foreign ser-
vice.
Miss Guy will remain for sev-
eral days before accompanying
her mother back to Fort Worth
their home. She will be back in
_ber office early in the week.
Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Tempera-
ture: high yesterday, 92; low to-
day, 59; high at noon today. 59;
flfcloudy, unsettled, damp, not
much change in temperature.
WEST TEXAS — Occasional
rain in the Panhandle and the
South Plains today and east of
the Pecos river this afternoon
<jbnd tohight; continued cool in
the Panhandle, cooler in the
Pecos valley, south plains and
east of the Pecos river, except
little change in temperature else-
where tonight.
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Number 121
House Spurns Ruml Tax Bill
4$
K.AF BOMBS RKKAK BIG NAZI DAM—Eder Da in, near Waldeck, Germany and southwest
ol Ivasscl, blasted liy RAF, flooding the adjacent valley. The achievement is credited with
being the greatest catastrophe suffered iu Germany during the war as floods spread, drown-
ing thousands and inundation whole eitios. (N'ICA Teleplioto).
Paid Legal Aide For Nolan's
<cy
Servicemen To Be Provided
TUNISIA COS!
for british
220,099 men
LONDON, May IS— (UP)—De
puty Prime MinisUr Clement. 11.
Attlee announced 'today that
British and Empire forces had
suffered casualties totaling 220,-
000 in Africa and the Middle.East,
since Italy entered the war. The
casualties included killed, wound-
ed, missing or taken prisoner.
Attlee said Axis casualties to-
taled 220,000 Germans and 100,-
000 Italians. "The price of victory
had to oe paid," he said, in dis-
closing the casualties.
Attlee paid tribute to Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Sir
Harold R. L. G. Alexander, Ad-
miral Sir Andrew B. Cunning-
ham and Air Marshal Sir Ar-
thur W. Tedder, the North Afri-
can commanders.
He noted that American troops
had fought on African soil for
the first time and said that the
name Bizerte would long be re-
membered in American military
annals.
He explained that the Italian
figures did not include more
than 200,000 Italian casualties in
the Ethiopian and Somalfland
campaigns.
The house adopted a resolu-
tion paying tribute to the armed
forces for the Tunisian victory.
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Might As Well Spend
Your Ration Points,
No Change Coming
WASHINGTON, May 181 —
(UP)—The Office of Price Ad-
ministration advised housewives
today that no rationing advant-
age will be gained by holding
back purchases of processed
foods until near the month's end
because no mid-changes in the
official table of point value will
be made.
Hence, OP A said, "blue stamps
G, H and .1" which are valid
through May 31 will buy no more
and no less late in the month
than today. OPA said interim
changes in point value are made
only when developments of a to-
tally unexpected nature arise.
A drive to cur!) juvenile de
iinqueney, pott-war jobs for the
Nation's fighters, replacement
of conscientious objectors -n
highly paid non-combatant ser-
vice by Workl War 1 veterans
and inauguration of legal aid
service in West Texas coun-
] ties were some of the import-
I ant problems taken up last Sat-
urday and Sunday at a District
| 17 meeting of the American l.e-
I gion in Breckenridge.
| R. E. Amos, commander of
I Sweetwater McDonald Post *at-
j tended, and served on the reso-
lutions committee.
Albert Kiel!, Anson busi-
nessman, who has taken an
active part in organizing
Victory Corps fti West Tex-
as, was elected district com-
mander. lo succeed William
Wisdom. He amis endorsed
by Ihi Sweetwater l.egion
ineirtbcrship, and had no op-
position for the offict
Commands- Amos plans an
important meeting of local post
h it for the June assembly. He
has talked over the matter of
providing a paid legal advisor
to assist servicemen with Judge
Delas Reeves and plans for or-
ganizing the service through tr.e
American Legion will be discus-
sed. Work of organizing a sons
of Legionaires unit here also
will be taken up.
in reporting on the Brecken-
ridge meeting, Amos said:
"Sunday morning the group
attended services conducted by
Dr. J. 1*. Wright, 17th District
Chaplain at the First Presby-
terian church. His address was
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Desertions Increase
In Italian Forces
Of Jugoslavia
By United Press
Italian soldiers stationed in
Jugoslavia are deserting in in-
creasing num' ers and uprisings
have occurred in several garri-
sons, a Swedish dispatch repor-
ted by the office of war infor-
mation said today.
OW1 said the Swedish news-
paper Nydag credited the in-
formation to Bern sources. The
Italians were said to have been
demoralized by the North Af-
rican defeat.
Tiie dispatch cited the shoot-
ing of 12 soldiers for mutiny at
Korveco and desertion of 200
others near Novumesto in April.
new co mm
beats ups
BULLETIN:
AMERICAN BASE, Guadal-
canal, May 13 — (Delayed) —
(UP) — The Navy's new Vought-
Sikorski Corsair high altitude
fighter planes made a spectacu-
lar debut in the Southwest Pa-
cific to.'ay, destroying all but
one of J7 Japanese Zeros that
I were downed in a running 20-
j minute battle.
"They are better than any-
| thing we or the Japs have—from
I every angle," Maj. Robert S.
I Eraser, of the United States
j Marine Cyrps and Genesee, N.
| V., a squadron leader, said en-
j t I.usiastically after the dog-
fight which ranged from the
I Russell Islands to Savo.
Pilots said the Corsairs came
up fully to advance predictions
that they would outfight any
pursuit ship in the Pacific.
The American losses were 4
Corsairs, some of the pilots
l eing saved, and one Lockheed
Lightning,
Captain Archibald S. Donahue,
25, Corpus Christi, Tex., got 4
certains and one probable, while
Lieut. Kenneth A. Walsh, 27, of
Washington, D. C., was credited
with three planes for certain
and one probable.
OFFICIALS JOIN
UNIONIST FIGHT
OH TEXAN'S BILL
WASHINGTON, May 18
—(UP)— Topflight govern-
ment officials fought along-
side the American Federa-
tion of Labor and the Con-
gress of Industrial Organi-
zations today against the
Connally-Smith anti-strike
bill which they contend-
ed would hamstring the war
effort
The bill which has alrea-
dy been approved by the
senate and now waits house
action would outlaw strikes,
compel unions to file mem-
bership and financial sta
tements, and require 30 days
notice and a secret ballot
among workers before
walkouts could be called in
any industry.
WASHINGTON, May 18 —
(UP) — The house, siding with
President Roosevelt, today for
the third time refused to accept
the Ruml skip-a-year tax plan.
Defying a threat of a presi-
dential veto, Rep. Harold Knut-
son, R., Minn., formally moved
that the house agree to princi-
ples of the Ruml tax plan adopt-
ed by the senate.
Knutson moved to send the
senate bill to a conference com-
mittee of both houses, with in-
structions to report back imme-
diately with the 100 per cent
forgiveness plan. The motion
was beaten.
The move was- a parliamen-
tary gesture to bring a quick,
decisive vote on the Ruml plan,
which the house rejected 206 to
202 on May 3.
Speaker Sam Rayburn, told
reporters he interpreted a
ter from the president
night as meaning he would
veto the Ruml bill.
Knutson reminded the house
that the bureau of internal rev-
enue stated legislation must be
enacted by May 15 if collection
at the source was to become ef-
fective July' 1.
The bill now will go to an
un instructed conference com-
mittee of the house and senate
which will endeavor to compro-
mise differences between the
senate's' total forgiveness plan
and the partial forgiveness bill
passed by the house.
The action does, not necessar-
ily spell final defeat for the
Ruml plan, although an affirma-
tive vote would have amounted
to virtual passage.
Republicans believe they can
deadlock the conference nego-
tiations and force the conferees
to return for instructions. This
would open the way for anoth-
er vote on the Ruml plan.
Thousands Drown
In German Floods
After Dams Yield
By United Press
American airmen were revealed today to have destroyed 121
German planes last week in the first three days of the great
Allied air offensive against Europe, now in its sixth day.
The Royal Air Force was credited with dealing the heaviest
single blow of the war at Germany—an attack which burst three
datns and flooded the Ruhr valley. Indirect and unofficial re-
ports said "thousands" of persons were drowned and vast areas
of northwest Germany devastated by the flood water which cov-
ered whole cities.
The American air force iu Britain, announcing the destruction
of 121 enemy planes, gave it-, own losses as 37—24 heavy bombers,
10 medium anil three fighters. The force flew about 1,500 sorties,
or flights by individual planes, in four days.
The RAF hit south Germany last night, carrying the offensive
to a new quarter of the Reich
Whole Cities Inundated
LONDON, May 18 — (UPi -
The Ruhr valley flood caused by
; RAF blasting of three dams on
' the Eder and Mohne rivers was
j described in reports from Eur-
'ope today as Germany's great-
Jest catastrophe of the war, wi:n
thousands drowned ami whole
cities inundated or isolated by
surging waters.
The Nazis were reported to
have proclaimed a state of siege
throughout Westphalia province
the Ruhr province, in an at-
tempt to bring order out of the
chaos wrought by the spectacul-
ar Royal Air force attack which
burst the big Mohne and Eder
]et. i dams and a third subsidiary
last c'am on *'le Sorpe tributary
of the Ruhr river.
WAKE ISLAI
JAPS BOMBED
IN STORMS
WASHINGTON, May 18 —
(UP) — The army Liberators
heavy bombers braved bad wea-
ther and heavy fighter opposi-
tion to attack Japanese-held
Wake Island last Saturday, the
navy announced today.
It. was assumed that the big
American piar.es flew from
Midway LI and, 1,100 statute
mites to the north-eastward.
Midway i the nearest Ameri-
can base.
The attacking force ran into
a swarm of 22 Japanese Zeros
defending the island. Two of
these were definitely destroyed
and another one was probably
destroyed, the navy said. It did
not say whether any of our pla-
nes were lost.
Bad wiaather prevented the
Americans from determining
, , how much if any damage they
tons of water loosed through the inflirted on the enemv installa-
breaches blasted i y great land . tjons fhere
mines had washed out bridges, , Tjlis was the firgt aUack on
pwer lights, pumping stations,! Wake sinct. ,fan 25 when Arn_
and docks and Hooded vast j eric-an planes made * a recon-
ar,eJJs- _ , _ , , . naissance raid on the island. It
The RAF meanwhile pursued , was the nfth recordef, air at.
the biggest aerial offensive of , tack on Wake :since the islanL
the war, shifting to a new sec- was captured Dec. 23, 1041 from
Aerial reconnaissance reveal-:
ed that hundreds of millions of:
tor last night to raid targets
in south Germany to carry the
bombardment of Europe into its
sixth day.
Swedish correspondents in
Berlin were permitted to send
dispatches disclosing that the
wrecking of the dams had caus-
ed, and still was causing, heavy
destruction and great loss of
life.
the small I'. S. marine garrison,
which defended it against over-
whelming odds for more than
two weeks.
Russians Repulse Nazis
No Ceiling Price
To Be Se! On Live
! Hogs, CPA Assures
WASHINGTON, May 18 —
CUP) — Dr. I. K. Galbraith,
deputy price administrator, in-
dicated to 'ay that the OPA will
not set ceiling prices on live
hogs.
Galbraith said that since the
original proposal back in March
to set ceiling prices on live ani-
mals, hog prices on the Chicago
market had dropped from $16.50
a hundred pounds to $14.40. He
said the OPA had planned to
set the price at $14.50.
Asked how this came about
in the absence of regulation,
Galbraith attributed it to di-
vine intervention. He added that
God still hasn't done anything
about beef cattle, but that he is
talking to him nightly about it.
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United Nations
Open Food Parley
In U. S. Tonight
HOT SPRINGS, Va.. May 18—
(UP)—The first United Nations
conference on post-war food pro-
blems opens tonight with the
press, radio reporters and news
photographers still clamoring un-
successfully for freer access to
the delegations from 45 nations.
Committee meetings during
the day will precede tonights
plenary session, at which Judge
Marvin Jones, chairman of the
American delegation, is slated
for election as permanent chair-
man of the conference. Actual
work on the Agenda will begin
tomorrow.
The 50-odd newspaper corre-
spondents covering this confer-
ence have been invited to attend
a reception this afternoon at
which they will be able to min-
gle with the 500 delegates, tech-
nicians and advisers make up
the official conference family.
The reporters also will be allow-
ed to enter homestead, fashion-
able resort hotel where the con-
ference sessions are being held,
for the formal opening tonight.
MOSCOW, May 18 — (UP)— planes had been shot down in
Russian troops repulsed a Ger-1 combat and that two enemy pla-
nes were destroyed near Len-
ingrad. The midnight communi-
que said 8 German planes had
been shot down in combat and
0 by ground defenses.
When about 60 German ;dsn-
es tried to atsOaek* r*e SjfoCh'igr?
area on the Kursk-Voronezh
railroad Sunday, Russian pilots
bagged 1G and anti-aircraft guns
got 4 others. Seven of eight ene-
my planes that attempted an-
other raid on the same target
yesterday were destroyed..
There have teen persistent re-
ports here that both sides were
preparing for major offensives.
man attack in the Kuban ar<fx
northeast of Novorossi.sk and
killed more than 100 Nazis dur-
ing a day of relatively light
fighting along the entire front,
the Soviet mid-day communique
said" today..
Some Axis tanks were deg-
troyed in the fighting near the
Black Sea base. On the lower
Kuban river, Red army detach-
ments silenced 13 machine .gun
nests and three trench mortar
batteries and annihilated a com-
pany of Germans.
The communique reported
that three German Junkers-87
TODAY'S-
WAR
-MOVES
Want Japs Whipped First
WASHINGTON, May 17 —
(UP) — President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Winston
Churchill today were confront-
ed with a bipartisan congres-
sional demand to call off the
attack on Germany, tighten the
ring of attrition around the axis
in Europe and strike a death
blow at once at Japan.
Both Republicans and Dem-
ocrats supported a speech by
Sen. A. B. Chandler, D., Ky.,
who said that the war may nev-
er be over unless Japan is chal-
lenged immediately.
It was conceded nevertheless
that Chandler's remarks were
duled to address a joint session
well-timed. Churchill is sche-
duled to address a joint session
of congress tomorrow.
The Chandler speech came as
Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill be-
gan the second week of their
secret conferences dur ing
which t.'ey have conducted a |
virtual war of nerves against j
the Axis. The latest blow came |
with messages from the Presi- I
dent to Soviet Premier Josefj
Stalin and Chinese Generalissi- j
mo Chiang aKi-Shelc.
To Stalin he said: "Now that
we have the initiative it is |
reasonable t« expect further I
Successes on .both the eastern j
and western fronts and further j
supplies including air."
To Chiang he said: "We hope !
in the near future to take toge-1
ther with your gallant army the |
initiative in Asia and bring to |
an end the war which you have |
for many years carried on sue-1
cessfuiiy in spite of all difficul- j
ties."
By Louis F. Keenile
UP War Analyst
The pattern for the invasion
of Europe has been laid down,
and when it comes, it rs due to
be carried out with the greatest
ptocwaws. ia* swfrtaw * -s«e>ry...
Nothing will be left to chan-
ce. to improvisation, nor as far
as is humanly possible, to the
element of disastrous surprise.
For more than two years, lat-
terly. in conjunction with forces
of the United States and others
of the United Nations, the Brit-
| ish have been rehearsing to
j the minutest detail, in actual
I combat, the grimmest war game
I of all time.
'I he history of the Brit-
ish combined operations
command as it i.s designat-
ed constitutes a pre-view,
as far .is method is eoncen-
ded. of the great invasion
to come. It is set forth in
the official story of the
commandos, entitled "Com.
•lined Opeiutions," which
was published today in this
country and Great Britain.
Sardinia Base Alire
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.
North Africa. May 18—(UP) —
RAF Wellington bombers in
bright moonlight raided the port
land airfield at Alghero, Italian
| base in Sardinia, setting large
i fires last night, a communique
| said today.
After they had dropped their
bomb loads, the Wellingtons
turned to strafe the target area
from low altitude. One pilot flew
so low he was forced to lift his
wing to avoid hitting a church
steeple.
A single Reaufighter dove into
a formation of German planes off
the North African coast yester-
! day, destroying the planes and |
driving the others off in panic !
The Beaufighter was traveling j
! so fast the pilot found himself in j
the center of the formation. He ]
closed on a Heinkel 111 and sent
it flaming into the sea after a|
series of blinding explosions. He j
then knocked down a Junkers-88 !
which disintegrated in the air. j
guided by his navigator because I
The book, published as an-
onnymously as a government
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Gunman, 16, Gets
Term A! State
Reform School
Toribio Alguin. ltj. has been
sentenced to the state reform
school at Gatesville. Accompan-
ied by N. 1) Reeves, constable,
he left to begin his term this
week.
Charged with burglary with
firearms the minor, tried in
county court, was given an in-
termediate sentence, not to ex-
ceed the time when he becomes
21 years of age, Judge Delas
Reeves, said:
The youth, in a daylight hold-
up May 3, demanded "all the
money you have" from C. S.
Boyles, Sweetwater loan agent.
Boyles led to
the flying wreckage had blocked I O.Mick thinking by
his vision. his arrest.
The Germans then began shoot-1 in signed statements the youth
ing wildly at each other, appar- admitted holding up Lieb's Food
ently thinking they were attack-1 Market and Mrs. Bert Rim-
ed by a strong force. [brough's neighborhood grocery
v i store.
Society Murder
Trial In June
TULSA, Okla.. May 18 —
(UP) — Mrs. Ella B. Howard,
divorcee and mother of two
children, probably will go on
trial in district court here ear-
ly next month on a charge of
manslaughter in the slaying of
socially prominent Mrs. T K.
Simmons.
Mrs. Howard entered a plea
of not fcuilty at her arraign-
ment yesterday afternoon be-
fore District Judge Oras A.
Shaw.
Army Recruiting
Office Moved To
Courthouse
The U. S. Army Recruiting of-
fice today was moved from the
municipal building to the court-
house. It is located in the north-
eastern wing of the basement in
the office formerly used by Coun-
ty Agent James Starr.
Cpl. E. E. Gruver, who has hail
charge of the office, has been
transferred back to the Lubbock
headquarters office, and Pfc. J.
F. Davis will conduct recruiting
work at the new office.
Allies Have Half
Million Captives
LONDON. May 18—(UP)—Sir
James Grigg, secretary of state
for war. announced in commons
today that almost 500,000 Ger-
man and Italian war prisoners
were in allied hands.
Grigg said that up to April
15 there were 33,315 Germans
and <>3,000 Italians have been
captured by the Allies, he add-
ed.
The estimates were given in
reply to a question by Sir Alfred
Knox, conservative.
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