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JA8PKR (CP) — Representative Martin Dies says he plans
to return to Washington soon where his committee for investiga-
tion of un-American activities will release a report showing (hat
the CIO is "shot through with Communists."
Dies claims to have documnetary evidence to prove the charges
nut he refuses to elaborate on the statement.
A The (liroat ailment which he says prompted his decision not
To seek re-election to congress this year has not cleared. Hut l>ics
says he plans to press an investigation of the CIO political action
committee to its conclusion. Presumably, his report n the CIO will
be made at the finish of his committee's inquiry into the political
action branch.
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TULHA, Oklahoma (L'P)—Tl e body of Oklabowa's
mous son. the late humorist Will Roger#, will be returned for banal
in his native soil at Claremore, Oklahoma. M
The annouuceiiieiit In made by the chairman of tlie WIH
Itogers memorial commission, N. G. Henthorne, a Tulsa editor.
Brief, simple and private ceremonies will be held WMn the
body of Rogers Is lowered into a native stone crypt on a hillside
overlooking Claremore. Atop the hill is the rambling ranchbonae-
type Will Itogers memorial museum.
The time of the interment is being kept a closely guarded
secret in compliance with wishes of the late humorists family who
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HITLER LINE AND ATTACK REAR
ALLIES
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is extending
its control
By United Press
The Allies are following flp
'j)heir gains on all major fronts
in the Pacific and Southwest
Asia.
Chinese-American troops have
fought their way into the out-
skirts of Myitkyina—kevstone
ase of the Japanese position
m northern Burma.
The Chinese drive into Bur-
ma from southwestern China
continues to advance despite
fierce Japanese counter-attacks.
American invasion forces
which seized Wakde Island off
Dutch New Guinea are extend-
ing their control along the
coast of the province.
American airmen attacked
Japanese bases from the
Carolines to Wake Island.
And the Japanese report a
heavy bombing of Soerabaja
the former Dutch naval
bases on the northeast coast
-of Java.
All avenues of escape or re-
ported cut off for the Japanese
at, Myitkyina, and the enemy
is falling back into the city.
Chinese reinforcements, land-
ing continuously on the newly-
captured air base, are prepar
ing for a final assault.
Myitkyina is the terminus of
the Burma railway from Man-
{jflalav and Rangoon, and a- main
supply center for Japanese forc-
es throughout Burma.
Seventy-five miles to the east
of Myitkyina, tlie Chinese driv-
ing into Burma are fightiiig
aiff continuous .lapaneee coun-
ter-attacks Apparently the Jap
anese are tricked Into shifting
troops from the Myitkina area,
and are throwing reinforcements
against Chinese forces on the
Vial ween river front.
General .MaeArtliur said
today that the American sei-
zure of the big Wakde air-
drome off Dutch New (Jni-
nea paved (be way for re-
(jj conquest of the entire pro
vincc.
The invaders already are e\"
tending their control east and
west of Wakde along the New
iluinea coast, against what Mac
wslhur calls "only trifling oppo-
sition." The Americans made a
125-mile amphibious jump from
Hollandia yesterday to seize
Wakde and two nearby islands
in a surprise landing.
it In the Pacific air war, Ameri-
can heavy and medium bomb-
ers struck at Japanese bases
from the Carolines to Wake Is-
land and Nauru. Our airmen
bombed installations and pro-
®lably sank a Jap tanker and
cargo ship in Truk harbor.
St !t M.AKKS DAKINC KFSCl'E NUAIt Tltl'K—< rewmen from die C. S. Submarine Tang,
help aboard navy fliers who were sliot down off Truk during the April 2!)th :in<l :10th air
strike. The fliers made water landings, took to their iil'e-rai'ts. During llin two day operations,
the Tang, comniiinded bj l,t. Commander Richard H. f) Kane. CSX. rescued a total of T,'.
downed fliers and brought iheni all safely back lo I'earl Harbor. (Official \avy I'lioto from
\ FA T I'lepboto.)
GKKMANS WHO WHISK « 'AI'Tl ItKI) l\ IT.AiA l,i;.V\ !•; WAK AKK.A— <;erman prisoners
of war, some wounded, pass a truckload of other captured (Germans in flic Castelt'orte area,
During the battle for the town they became Allied Prisoners of War. (NC.V Telephoto.)
17th German Army
Died At Red Port
Of Sevastopol
MOSCOW — (UP) — From
Sevastopol comes the story of
the death of an army—the Ger-
man 17th army.
United Press Correspondent
Harrison Salisbury who flew
from Moscow to the death scene,
says the Germans literally were
blasted to bits on a three-mile
stretch of the Khersone peninsu-
la rimming Sevastopol.
They died waiting for evacu-
ation ships which never came.
And under blows so terrible that
the Germans themselves are said
to have assigned a guard over
one of their generals to keep
him from committing suicide.
Salisbury says lie saw hun-
dreds of Nazi bodies litter-
ing a 15-foot ledge along the
narrow rocky beach. These
were the bodies of Germans
drowned while trying to
reach boats—or killed in the
final Soviet charge.
The ledge was all of Russia
that remained for them to
cling to. Behind them was only
t lie sea and their sunken ships.
Other dead carpeted the three
miles stretch. For into the pen-
insula, for 60-hours after the fall
of Sevastopol, were jammed 50,- j
000 enemy troops. When the bat-1
tie was over—shortly after 10 j
o'clock in the morning of May
12th—about 25,000 of ihetn were i
prisoners. The rest were dead, j
The battle cost the Nazis four j
generals—two dead and two tak-1
en.
Salisbury describes the
whole Sevastopol area as a
military junk yard — cover-
ed with wrecked tanks,
field and siege guns. Along
the shore are remnants of
small rafts which the Ger-
mans tried to use for escape.
Thousands of papers swirled
in the dust—passports, military
documents, letters, playing cards.
Among them are other relics—
German song books, stamp al-
bums, bullet punctured blouses,
broken helmets.
The city of Sevastopol is rub-
ble. In Salisbury's own words:
"In a 90-minute drive through
the streets. I saw only five build-
ings which appeared habitable.
The mayor estimates that 10.000
civilians remain from a pre-war
population of 100,000." Salisbury
says he saw only 30 civilians.
A bakery and bathhouse al-
ready has been set up. And the
military has established a hospi-
tal and two clinics.
The harbors will have to be
cleared of wrecked hulks and
mines before ships can enter.
gop rumors
are branded
as silly
37 Tires Allowed
); *By Ration Board
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The Nolan County Price and
Rationing board has issued .'17
grade 1 tires this month, after
approval of applications had
©icon handled by the tire panel.
They went to Glenn I). Hend-
riek, L. W. Rice, C. H. Hackfeld.
W. s. Robinson, K. C. Hudson,
Harp's Taxi. J. A- Dement.
Ward Daniel, Mrs. W. W. Fam-
jjiro, Roy Smth. 10. Olbero, G. M.
AVallacc. Mack Collins, Wendell
Cleekler, John R. Ray.
Thomas W. Curtis, W. F. Ruth-
ledge. John Hall, N. A. Supulv-
or, Edith Woodard. A. G. Pet-
>.v, W. C. Hayley. II H. Aston,
Vva It. Wilson. Clyde Barring-
ton. Raymond Keating, Harvey
Staton, James 11 Homan. Vir-
gil E. Oxley, International Har-
vester Company. W. P. Ham-
jnond, F. H. Porter, Ben G.
■Tlamm. Claude French, Mark
Corning, Kindred Holt and
Lloyd Rogers.
Weather Forecast
_ WEST TEXAS Partly cloudy
Viis afternoon, tonight and Sat-
urday. Scattered thundcrshow-
ers in Pecos Valley and Del Rio-
Eagle Pass area this afternoon.
Little change in temperature.
General crop and range con-
ditions in this region were im
| proved loo per cent last, night by
i the soaking rain that gauged
! from a fourth of an inch south
i to more than 2 inches northwest
(if town. Sweetwater received
I .:!5 inches, Judge M C. Manrov,
volunteer weather forecaster, re-
I ported.
Accompanied bv small hail,
the fall was a life saver t<> crops
and filled tanks, many only
built this year, M. B. Templeton,
county agent, said. Ilail damage
was negligible.
Thunder clouds hung low ov-
erhead about sundown, bringing
relief from a summer heat of 0
degrees The first shower began
falling about 8 o'clock and in-
termittent showers followed.
The year's total is 7.51 Inches.
A good soaker fell in the Cot-
tonwood community, five miles
south of town. No hail damage
was reported.
"This rain should mean a good
season, especially on combine
maise," said the county agent.
Some cotton was up to a good
stand in Roseoe, and some,
planted early, had not germinat-
ed. Cotton is spotted and some
will be replanted. Other farmers
will plani over in feed. Stock
water will be plentiful in most
sections it is believed.
C. C. Cooper, Roscoe's weather
forecaster reported about 1.05
inches in town and heavier rain
toward Wastella, a blackland
belt, in Nolan county's western
border. Water was standing in
the furrows this morning Coop
er said, flail and rain also fed
in Loraine and vicinity, he said
Decker community, south of
town was not in the path of the
hard rain. Only a light, shower
I fell there and on the foothills
of the Divide. The fall played
out in a strip between the hills
and Blackwell.
Tom Carlisle, Blackwell mei'-
I chant, reported only a shower.
Blackwell had received an inch
Umd half rain on Mav 0 and an
Sweetwater Boyhood Friends Serve In 36tli
Division, Same Company, Same Squad, Fight
In Italy.. Loose Legs; Now At McCloskey
Med .OSKEY GENERAL IIOS ;
PITAL. Temple, Texas.—Pvt.
\Vinefred N. Woodard and Pfc. j
L. D. Smith have much more]
in common than the same j
hometown . . . Sweetwater,!
I Texas.
Except for an interval of a
few months, these young sold-
iers have always kept track oi
each other, but that gap is now
filled becauscd they are both
patients in ward 10 A. McClos-
key General Hospital, Temple.
Boyhood friends, they enter-
ed the Army together and were
assigned to the famous 'Kith Di-
vision, same company and same
squad.
AftiM- months of intensive
training they were ready for
the greatest day in their young
lives D-Day"—Salerno.
They were speedily transfer-
red from the troopship to a ^
landing barge in the early morn- j
Ing hours, on September Otii. !
The first person they eneoun- j
tered was none other than a j
fellow townsman, Lew Jenkins, j
who as a member of the Coast j
Guard was to take them into j
the bloody beach. The former
boxing champion shouted, "By |
G- - . Sweetwater is sure 'nuff
represented. Give 'em hell."
That same morning they were
separated! Smith was shot down
by machine gun fire ... He lost
his left leg as the result of the
injury and was brought back
to the United States and Mc-
Closkey.
Woodard went on with the
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inch on May 1. putting crops in
first rate shape there.
Snyder's fall is the heaviest
reported this morning. It was
estimated at 2.74 inches and
grew heavier toward Camp
Springs. Six miles west and to-
ward Lamesa only a half inch
was reported. Terraces and
roads were washed by the hard
downpour in eastern Scurry
county. Small hail accompanied
a hard shower about sundown
but did little damage.
Calvin Montgomery, who stock
farms near Lake Sweetwater
said 1.1(1 Inches fell there, bring-
ing relief to parched gardens
and farms.
Lake Trammell area received
.03 inches. The fall was not suf-
ficient. to raise the hike level.
A, H. Hutehins, superintendent,
said.
Lake Sweetwater's fall gauged
1.08 inches and raised the lake
level slightly. The water line
has been down about seven feet
during the dry period, Norman
Supulver, superintendent, said
today.
Demp Kearney, county Triple
A administrative officer, who
farms north of town, said Fish-
er county's rain was believed to
be general. At his farm half an
inch fell and toward McCaulley
the fall was heavier, gauging an
inch. "The rain will start
growth," said Kearney. Most of
Fisher county is planted.
WASHINGTON (UP)— The
Office of Price Administration
has ordered all its employes and
officers to keep out of election-
year politics.
The announcement from Price
Administrator Bowles is clear—
"don't dabble in politics or get
out of OPA." The order applies
to volunteer as well as paid
workers.
Bowles said he is issuing the
warning to his employes, and we
quote "so there won't be ar.y
doubt in their minds about
what will happen to them if
they don't obey."
The OPA chief added "It is
important on the event of a nat-
ional election to spell out our
positions so that republicans as
well as democrats see plainly
where wo stand—on the side-
lines."
Bowles also said republi-
can rumors that the ration-
ing program was being cas-
ed for political purposes —
are silly.
James Forrestal was sworn
into office this morning as the
48th secretary of the Navy. At
brief ceremonies, the former in-
vestment banker took over the
job of leading the mightiest na-
vy in the history of the world.
Rear Admiral Thomas Gatch
administered the oath of of-
fice. And members of congres-
sional naval committees and top
ranking admirals were at hand
to congratulate their new chief.
Forrestal has been undersec-
retary of the navy since June,
1940 and has been acting secre-
tary since the fatal illness of
Secretary Frank Knox.
The CIO department
store's union and .Montgom-
ery Ward officials failed to
reach any agreement in their
first bargaining session in
Chicago last night. They are
ready to set a date for a sec-
ond meeting.
Union spokesmen said 14 of
the 17 points in their proposed
contract were rejected by the
company. The other three were
taken under advisement. Points
rejected called for a union shop,
arbitration of disnutes and
maintenance of membership.
And here are more develop-
ments on the labor front today.
The war labor board has set up
a special fact-finding panel to
investigate foremen's disputes.
Members hope this action will
eliminate further foremen's
strike — such as the Detroit
walkout, which has just ended.
The WLB also announced that
from now on. independent un-
ions will be given a limited rep-
resentation in board procedures.
That is, if the unions request
it. and if the case involves in-
dependent unions.
The war department has an-
j nounced the tentative list of
64 wounded soldiers who are be-
! ing repatriated on the Grips-
holm.
All the Yanks have been
in Nazi prison camps. The
men are being exchanged
for German war prisoners
at Barcelona, Spain. .And
they will probably be home
early in June.
The war production board
says there'll be more telephon-
es for civilians by fall. The
board authorized production of
800,000 phones a year — the
first phones will go to the Pac-
ific coast area, where the short-
age is most acute.
Fire Damage To
Hotel Is Slight
Fire, believed to have origin-
ated from paint and supplies
stored in a second floor closet,
broke out at 0:30 p. m., Thurs-
day in the Ezell hotel.
The Sweetwater fire depart-
ment confined the blaze to the
small enclosure. Combustion
was blamed. No damage was
done to the lower floor, and
Baby Receives
Silver Star From
Wounded Father
Mary Alice Miller, seven
months old daughter of Sgt. and
Mrs. A. D. Miller, await the
time she can meet her dad, who
has been overseas for many
months. Wounded in action Oct.
1G Sgt. Miller received the Pur-
ple Heart and the Silver Star for
gallantry.' Marv Alice has re-
ceived both from Italy.
The sergeant received a cita-
%
Mary Alice Miller
j lion for disregarding his facia!
I wounds when retur.ung to a po-
sition to confi-T,'*t< ammunition
i under enemy fire. He did not
j seek medical aid until after he
had secured the needed ammu-
nition for his men.
j His second wound was in
1 March. His wife, the former
| Noble Whitaker, has not been
informed as to the nature of his
| other wound.
Going into Italy with the Fifth
' Army Sgt. Miller helped estab-
| lish the Anzio beachhead. Mary
, Alice was born while her dad
j was making a landing on Italian
soil. The couple has been mar
! ried for four years
LaFollette Says
Cartels Are Planning
Greater Domination
WASHINGTON. (UP)—Sena-
j tor LaFollette of Wisconsin savs
I international cartels are plan-
ning greater domination <1
I world markets after the war.
LaFollette charged that cartels
I which are now -(riving for
greater power will—as he put
it be a "breeder of future
war- "
Said the Senator—
"Du Pont, Aluminum Compa-
ny of America, and many other
industrial dynasties in this coun-
try were tied up with interna-
tional carte's before the war.'
He added that they would* pro-
bably try to resume their con-
nections after the war.
rome drive
has gained
17 miles
NAPLKN. (UP)—German
armies on the lower Italian
front are being forced back
in disorderly retreat.
A dispatch from Allied
headquarters in Naples says
the Nazis are abandoning
stores of heavy equipment
in their haste to escape
French and American forc-
es moving (hrough fortifi-
cation^ of the Hitler line.
However, the dispatch wa*ris
that the retreat has not yet
reached the proportions of a
rout.
Front dispatches reveal that
American mobile forces along
the coast are speeding westward
from captured Formia. But the
Nazis, falling back in the path
of their advance, have put the
torch to the big port of Gaeta
Reconnaissance pictures show
that the biggest buildings in
the city, covering several blocks
are aflame. The Germans before
the city are putting up only tok-
en rear guard resistance, as Am-
erican forces fan out north and
south beyond Formia on the
ancient Appian way to Rome
Thi-'V wheeli/i ';round the
Guff ft;' Gacta fceWaM the town
"t the same name on the oppo-
site tip of the half-moon arc.
Ruined Cassino has been writ-
ten off as a dead city. An Allied
spokesman says: "No civil af-
fairs officer will be posted in
Cassino because there is nothing
left to administer. Refugees
from Cassino in outlying com-
munities will not be permitted
to return."
British and American troops
from Italy also may be active
across the Adriatic. A German
broadcast says they have join-
ed Partisan troops in an attack
on an island off the Dalmatian
coast. Another German broad-
cast says British Commandos,
also aided by Yugoslav Partisans
have raided the Aegean island
of Cyclades.
NAPLES. (UPI—The Allies
in Italy may be preparing to
outflank the Adolf Hitler line
by looping around both ends
and cracking it from the rear.
General Sir Harold Alexan-
der'- headquarters says the
Fifth and Eighth armies both
are pressing vigorously again'",;
the Hitler fortifications. The
Rome-bound offensive—now in
it> second week—has progressed
as much as 17 miles beyond its
original jumping-off points. But
allied troops at latest reports
sti'l are 70 miles from the eter-
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Lone Star's Home Economist Will Conduct
Canning Demonstration at School May 23
A canning demonstration feu- j as the most desirable for can
turing recipes and instructions j ning meats and non-acid vege
on food preservation to offset I tahles, because it is the "nearest
a possible home-front shortage approach to the method of com-
due to the war's critical year j mercial eanners." She will use
will be conducted by Miss Mary
Sue Herndon. Lone Star Gas
company home economist, on
recipes calling for minimum su-
gar and those eliminating sugar
Miss Herndon will explain the
I May 23. at 2::i(> p. m in the I different types of jar lids and
| Newman High School Cafeteria, j how to apply them.
j according to .1. D. Holbrook, dis- | "Our government has asked
trict manager for the gas com- i us to fill pantry shelves wilTi
pany.
Sponsored by Sweetwater Pa
rent-Teacher Organization, ih"
canning course is open to the
public, Mr. Holbrook said. No
fees will be charged and advance
registration is not required.
Persons attending the demon-
stration will receive free copies
of Lone Star's entirely new and
complete canning booklet, just
off the press. The booklet con-
tains 3(5 pages of canning in-
structions, recipes, charts and
illustrations.
By actual demonstration, Miss
Herndon will show the pressure
cooker, open kettle and water
bath methods of canning. She
will can fruits and vegetables
and explain the correct methods
of canning meats, preserves, jel-
lies. jams, butters, pickles, re-
the estimated upstairs damage lishes, and juices. The pressure
was about $25. cooker method will be stressed
...
home-canned goods," Miss Hern-
don said. "During this crucial
year of the war, we must make
every ounce of food count for
victory. It has been estimated
that two out of every ten acres
of food produced are wasted
somewhere down the line from
harvesting to eating in th"
home. This is a tragic waste of
vital war material which can
be maintained a a
minimized by canning and pre-
serving as much fresh and per-
ishable food as possible."
Typhus And Typhoid
Increase In Texas
AUSTIN. (UP)— Increases in
the prevalence of typhus and
typhoid fevers have been not-
ed in Texas during the week
ended May 13th. „ _
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