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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS TIRJRS . MAY 7th, 1942
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930- DATLY 1934~
VOL. VIII—NO. 254
British Capture Chief Town In Diego Suarez
MORE THAN 11,000 AMERICANS ARE C0RREGID0R JAP PRISONERS
along th6 Japanese Attack On Australia
Expected As Fleet Masses
n€ws b€flt
BY THE EDITOR
Credit and Instalment Hit
Credit and instalment buying
in this country has been hit a blow
in the recent edict from Washing-
ton. Its purpose, according to
President Roosevelt's message is to
"keep the cost of living from spir-
uling upward we must discount
instalment buying and encourage
the payment of debts, mortgages
and other obligations, for this pro-
(Continued on page four)
} Expect WPA 3 .
Engineer Here
This Weekend
Work on repairing the cracks
akng the 1,050 feet of downstream
fide of tho Randell lake dam
should be under way b> the Intter
part of next week, City Engineer
A L. Cornell said today ii disclos-
ing lie expected the arrival of'Mr.
Coldwell, WPA dam engineer of
San Antonio the latter part of this
week or early next week.
Upon the arrival of Coldwell,
Cornell said he would accompany
him, Akel L. Alin, engineering di-
vision chief of the army engineers
and Mayor T. J. Long to the lake
site for a study of the portion
which had slumped out of line and
cracked. Following this will be a
conference between the four as to
the procedure for earthen rein-
forcment and decision made ns to
whether the WPA will assist in the
undertaking.
Six Recruits Of
This Area Enlist
In Marine Corps
i
Six recruits were accepted for
enlistment into the U. S. Murine
corps here Wednesday by Staff
Sergeant Carl Seaberg, local re-
cruiting officer, and are in DallaS
undergoing final physical exami-
nation.
Enlisting were:
James Wilson Avery, 21, son of
Mr. and Mrs. -Wilson B. Avery, 205
S. Seventh avenue.
Willie Lee Riggs, lit, son of Mrs.
Willie Pearl Blackburn, general
delivery, Denison.
Jesse Rico Yearby, 27, Kemp,
Okla.
Cihai'es Rayburn Durham, 20,
son ol Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.
Crow, Sherman.
Karl Ross Denton, son of \ Ir.
and Mrs. H. Denton, Sherman.
Following passage of their phy-
sical examination at Dallas they
will be transferred to the Marine
recruit depot at San Diego for
six weeks basic training. |
Sergeant Seaberg said vacancies
still exist in all branches of the
corps, which serve on land, in the
air and on the sea.
... ■ v
Denisonian «1
Enlists In Navy
One Denisonian was among the
eight youths of this area enlisted
in the United States navy this
week through the Sherman recruit-
ing office, it is announced today
by Chief Petty Officer E- C. Hayes
and Yeoman Second Class Russell
W. Bryant, recruiter*.
Enlisting in the naval construc-
tion regiment were David Dudley
Humphries, Denison; Jemes Calvin
Robinson, Sherman; Waldo Been
Sherrel, Jr., Blue Ridge; John E.
Luttrell, Jr., of Bonham and Alex
Albert Tocquiqny, Sherman.
Enlisting as apprentice seamen
were John Richard Black, Jr., Billy
John (McKinney and Merle Vaughn
all of Sherman.
The recruiting office has a sup-
ply of gummed window cards for
homes which have sent a young
man into the navy. They read:
"There is a man from this family
in the navy," and show the Ameri-
can flag in color with ships of .the
line in an ocean scene.
Enemy Units Off
Bougainville Are
Bombed, Reported
MELBOURNE, Australia, Way 7
—United forces are anticipating
a Japanese attack by sea and ail'
on Australia, as signs of masking
their fleet for fresh movement is
seen in the waters off Solomon
Islands are noted, it was stated
today.
There ig increasing naval activ.
ity reported following the release
of numerous vessels, planes and
men from the sector around Cor
regidor since that vital point ha3
fallen to them.
Steps are being taken to meet
any 'such event, it is declared and
all likely points were an attack
may be made are being watched
while united forces carry on their
(Continued on page four)
Canadian War Workers Take Aptitude Tests
mwBiiwwii
Many
Civilians
Included
French Are Still Clinging To
Inner Defense Of Harbor Today
Katy Revenue
Hikes 66 Per
Cent, Says Sloan
Heads Party Of
Officials On Tour
Of Dam, Air Field
After a three-hour inspection of
Katy property and points of inter-
est surrounding Denison, the nine-
car special train of the railroad's
president, ^Matthew S. Sloan, other
officials and stockholders, left
Pottsboro for Fort Worth and
Wichita Falls late this morning.
The train arrived aboutt6:10 this
morning and was met by a group
of local Katy employees with au-
tomobiles, who, following breakfast
in the dining car attached to the
train as guests of the group, took
them on a tour of the Denison dam
and Perrin field.
Prosperity Unduplicated.
Mr. Sloan, disclosing the expan-
sion and improvement program of
the line under insection amounted
to more *han $8,000,000, said the
big job of rehabilitation which be-
gan last year has been possible by
(Continued on page four)
IP a woman seeks employment at
one of the rifle and machine gun
Ammunition plants somewhere in
Quebec province, she does not sim-
ply walk in, give in her name and
lit)'] herself hired She must first
l>« interviewed by a specialist If
«lic gfta by this first step, she pro-
to an examination room, a
corner of which is shown here, and
tiadergoeb various tests The two
Paused by Censor
tests illustrated in this photo might
be called the jig-saw and mirror
tests. At the right squares are be-
ing fitted in their appropriate
places, and at left, an applicant
draws an object, only the reflection
of which appears in a mirror, with
both left and right hands. There
follows arithmetical and classroom
tests to determine ability, speed and
discrimination.
Surrender Terms
Still Unknown;
Gen. Praises Men
WASHINGTON, May 7—
The United States suffered
nearly twelve thousand war
casualties—-most of them in
prisoners—when the Manila
bay forts {surrendered.
The war department today
announced there were 11,574
persons on Corregidor and the
otVer forts as of Jast April IS.
That included soldiers, sailors,
marines and civilians. Under-
Secretary of War Patterson
told a press conference that
General Wainwright is be-
lieved to be a prisoner, since
he stayed on Corregidor to the
bitter end.
16,190 Register For
Sugar In 3-Day Period
Britain Loses
3 Planes And
7 Tanks In Fight
Sugar registration in the city's day, B. McDaniel,
schools closed Wednesday nightj disclosed today. Four thousand,
with a total of 10,190 applying injtwo hundred and five were record-
the three-day period of which the J ed for next to the final day.
smallest group registered Wednes-
Third Day's Results
Contingent of Selectees
To Leave Here May 18
WASHINGTON, ^lay 7> Com-
pletion of occupation of Corregi-
dor was made last night at 7
o'clock (8 a. m. Denison time)
and Japanese forces are now hold-
ing the more than 7,000 soldiers,
sailors and marines, supposed to
be on the island, as prisoners of
war. The exact number of persons
(Continued on page four)
The Denison area draft board
today released for publication a
list of the contingent of selectees
to be inducted into the armed
forces of the United States on
May 18.
Among the registrants are Louis
Scout Drive To
Get Under Way
Here Tuesday
Council Budget Of
$6,652 (Is To Be
Raised In Drive
School Students
Prohibited From
Flaying Machines
Deputy Sheriff Virgil Evans is-
sued the warning today that min-
ors, especially school students,
must not be permitted to operate
the penny slot machines.
Mr. Evans said he spent all day
Wednesday visiting the places in
this area where the machines are
displayed and said he had .secured
the cooperation of all of them in
this respect. The machines, the
officer stated, are subject to seiz-
ure as gambling devices if boys mand of
and girls under age are permitted dred workers will comprise the
to operate them. contingent-
The drive here will close Friday
night with a victory meeting. Du-
rant is winding up its campaign
today with a clean-up drive and
approximately $2,500 has been se-
cured.
SEVENTH CREW MEMBER
PIES .FROM CRASH INJURIES
Red River Valley Boy Scout
Council's annual drive for funds to
raise $6,652 in Denison and Du-
rant for continuance of its work
for the new fiscal year will get
under way with a kick off break-
fast breakfast at Hotel Denison
Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock, W-
T Adams, district chairman, an-
nounced today.
Mr. Adams disclosed Verne W.
(Murray has been appointed gener-
al solicitation chairman for the
Denison district; Henry Etter is
auditing committee chairman and
A. G. McRae will head the special
gifts committee.
Basing the drive on a theme of
air corps, Mr. Murray will select
nine squadrons, sub-divided into
five flight commands under com-
lieutenants. Two hun-
V. Anderson, formerly city editor
of the Press and now connected
with the editorial staff of the Cor-
pus Christi Caller-Times, and Dr.
'A. J. iLevinson, local optometrist.
A captain is to accompany the
group and will become a private
like all the others. He is Captain
Clay Cooper of Hagerman. Imag-
ine the confusion when a top ser-
geant calls out "Private Captain
Cooper."
The full list of registrants who
are to go to the Dallas induction
cented by special interurban May
18 and following passage of fir.al
physical examination be tiansfer-
red immediately to a reception
center, includes:
Mortimer Maugh Scholl, Jr.,
1531 W.Johnson; Williaan llichatd
Bass, Sioux City, Iowa; Percy
Dean Gilley, 319 E. Crawford;
Issac Clarence Barkey, 1700 West
'Walker; James Ingram, Pottsboro;
'Norman Cantrel Andrews, Bingcr,
(Continued on page four)
Storm Kills Babies
In S. W. Oklahoma
AjLTUS, Okla., (May 7—Two ba-
bies were killed today as a result
of a furious wind storm which
struck the small community of
Headrick, Okla., twelve miles south
of here.
One of the victims was killed
when a house was destroyed by
the wind. The other was struck
and killed by an automobile which
was being backed into a garage to
safety.
The dead: Robert Weathers, in-
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Weathers; and Doris White, 17-
mcnths-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. White,
PEN/DELTON, Ore., May 7i—
The death of John Starr of Little-
town, ^(ass., today has brought the
casualty list to seven in the crash
of an army B-17 bomber near
Pendleton Sunday.
Starr died of injuries late yes-
terday. Six officers and crewmen
were killed instantly Jn the crash.
Technical Sergeant Wesley Wal-
laca of Philadelphia, only survivor,
has not yet recovered sufficiently
to relate details of the fatal flight.
Industrial Safety
Classes Tonight j
Industrial safety classes as of-j
j fered through the U. S. depart->
ment of education will get underj
way at Hotel Denison tonight at|
7:30 and ^Monday night at the.
same time at Hotel Grayson, Sher-i
man, according to C. T. Stephens,!
SMU instructor, who will teach the'
classes.
Mr. Stephens disclosed only five
Denison applicants thus far have
applied and unless more applica-
tions-are acccpted at the initial ses-
sion tonight, the classes, teaching
war safety so vital at the present
time, will be held at Sherman and
the proposed classes here discon-
tinued.
NOTRE DAME'S POOTBR.IX
IMMORTAL IS PEAD TODAY
MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 7—
One of Notre Dame's football im-
mortals is dead. He was Freeman
C. Fitigerald, a lineman, who en-
rolled at Notre Dante in 1912 and
was the last Irish varsity man to
play four years. Among his team
mates were Knute Rockne and Gusi
Dorais.
Fitigerald died in Milwaukee)
yesterday of a lingering illness at
the age of 50. After his gradua-
Promotion Of
Andrews Held Up
Due To Ship Fire
WASHINGTON, May 7 — The
senate, naval affairs committee to-
day held up its report on the Pres-
ident's nomination of Rear Ad-
miral Adolphus Andrews to the
rank of vice-admiral when Senator
Ralph O. Brewster (R. Me.) sug-
gested responsibility for the fire
that wrecked the former French
liner Normandie at its berth in
New York should be placed.
Rear Admiral Andrews, a native
of Texas and well known in Deni-
son and other parts of the state,
was in command of the naval dis-
trict that includes New York at the
time of the fire in the Normandie
and an effort is being made to
place responsibility for the fire on
his shoulders. The rear admiral
since has been placed in command
of the Atlantic sea frontier from
the Canadian border to Savannah,
Ga., in which he is charged with
responsibility for defense from the
sea of this entire coastline.
Senator Brewster told the com-
mittee that the matter of defense
from the sea is of such great con-
cern in New England that. he pre-
ferred to await secret testimony
from Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox before giving further con-
sideration to the promotion of
Rear Admiral Andrews.
Results in the third day of
sugar rationing registration at
elementary schools of Denison
as tabulated by School Ad-
ministrator B. McDaniel are
listed herewith and include
figures up to 6 p. m. The last
hour of yesterday's registra-
tion is included in the list.
The top numbers represent to-
tal applications made, lower
numbers the actual number
of war ration books issued.
White.
Central j 1,317
1,302
Peabody 916
911
Houston < 578
570
'Raynal 383
| 383
Lamar 269
265
68
68
63
63
LONDON, May 7—It was an-
] nounced officially today that Brit-
administrator, ; .gb forceg captured Antsirane,
chief town in the Diego Suarez
harbor area, last night.
This leaves the English in charge
of a most important base and
War ration books Wednesday
were issued to 4,177 persons, the which '«M*ion~ns y be carried
remaining 28 having an excess of
sugar.
McDaniel repeated his warning
that those failing to register today,
the final day, must wait two weeks
and then apply at the county ra-
tioning board at Sherman for ap-
plications. Schools will remain
open until 6 p. m., he said, to ac-
commodate those who have not
registered.
To Close at 6 p. m.
School doors will close promptly
at 6, he said, and all supplies will
be taken immediately to Sherman.
As was evidenced during the
first two days, the Central ward
district at the high school led all
other districts in the largest num-
(Continued on page four)
Reasor
Defense Guard
Fliers To Drop
Leaflets On Citv
Hyde Park
Oak Grove y... 43
43
Colored-
Terrell
459
457
^Langston 70
70
Walton , 45
45
Applications 4,205
War Ration Books .... 4,177
Not Given Books 28
Boy Major Led
In Rangoon Fight
NEW DELHI, India, /May 7—
When Yankee airmen in India have
In a move to stimulate interest
in army aviation recruiting, planes
of the aviation branch, flight C,
of the Texas Defense Guard, un-
der command of Lieut. Noel Booth-
man of Sherman, will appear in
formation and stunt flying over
Denison and other towns of Gray-
son, Fannin and Cooke counties
during <May 9-11, according to
Captain Joe May, commander of
Company B, defense guard.
on in several directions of vast
military use to the allies.
Prime Minister Winston Church-
ill announced that the victory was
not an easy one, and declared that
it meant heavy casualties to the
British forces. He said also that
the act was not one against the
French people, but instead in time
to come, the French people would
recognize it as a step in their own
liberation.
Dispatches from Vichy report
that the French still are clinging
to the inner defenses of Diego
Suarez. But their supplies are
limited and they aren't expected
to hold on very long.
The German-controlled Paris ra-
dio is quoted in London as saying
today:
"There is no sign of any hope
that Madagascar can withstand the
British attack.*'
Throughout yesterday, accord-
ing to Vichy, British planes and
warships bombarded the northern
defenses of Madagascar.
The British now have 23 war-
ships and transports in Courier
bay, where their commandos and
parachutists landed.
A Vichy communique today re-
ported a French counter-attack. A
landing party from a navy sloop
was said to have driven the British
from several of the positions they
had won. That apparently enly
rn.ieved the situation temporarily.
The French also reported they
Captain May said during the; hi d destroyed three Brit'sh i lanes
and seven tanks. Lindon, while
rot confirming chat specifically,
it needed that British casualties
are mounting as the battle goes on.
War Gold Star
Mother No. 1 To
three-day tour of active duty, the
group will undergo regular army
regulations and circulars will be
dropped urging young men ranging
in age from 18 to 26 to enlist for
flight training. A total of 100,000
new aviation cadets are urgently
needed, he declared.
, The active duty will begin at 2
a really tough job to do they lookj p m Saturday and wi|, continue, .
up a 27-year-old major from Ohio.! through Monday. Lieut. Boothmanj UCQlCate V eSSei
His name is Don Reiser, and he's| js jn command of the flight branch
believed to have been on more! in the absence of Captain J G.
dangerous missions that any mem- swindel, who is taking an" army
ber of the American air force in refresher course preliminary to
India. For instance, when the] becoming a flight instructor."|Many
Yanks blasted Rangoon Sunday; Denisonian.s comprise the flight C
r,ight, the boy major was right squadron.
there.
Reiser said today the American
bombs caused terrific explosions
and the city was burning merrily
before the planes returned home.
He added :
"Japanese fighters ascended and
attempted to interfere with us but
they were unsuccessful."
TEXANS REFUSAL TO ACCEPT
COMPROMISE GETS GAS CUT
AUSTIN, Tex., May 7—Refusal
of Olin Culberson and Jerry Sad-
ler, majority members of the rail-
road commission, to accept a com-
promise rate of 34c a 1,000 cubic
feet as a gate rate for the Lone
Star gas company last fall pavtd
the way for the agreement reached
in Washington this week by which
the rate was reduced to 30c, Cul-
berson said upon is return here
today from Washington.
The Lone Star offered to reduce
ita rate from 40c Ho 34c last fall,
Culberson declared, but said he
and Sadler refused to agree to
anything higher than a 32c rate.
End* 10 Year Controversy.
WASHINGTON, May 7—End-
tion from Notre Dame, he servedj ing ten years of controversy, the
' federal power commission today
had ordered the Lone Star Gas
under Frank Murray as line coach
at Marquette university.
Co., Dallas, to reduce its natural
gas city gate rate from 40 to 30
cents a thousand cubic feet which
will result in an annual savings of
more than $2,000,000 to domestic
and commercial customers in 280
Texas and Oklahoma communities.
Chief beneficiaries of the order,
entered after the company agreed
$19.58 Is Average
Old Age Assistance
Check For Texas
AUSTIN, Texas, May 7—Texas
old age assistance rolls for May
gained 2,419 receipts above all
losses due to health and ineligi-
bility, as compared with 1,643 the
previous month, increasing from
169,905 to 172,324, the Depart-
ment of Public Welfare announced
today.
The department will mail checks
totaling $3,374,649. Grants
NEW LONDON, Wis., May 7—
The nation's number one rold star
mother ;of the present war will
send a ship down the ways on the
west coast next summer for the
. ons of other ,navy mothers.
Mrs. Peter Barber of New Lon-
don has probably never seen an
ocean, but she has three gold stars
on her service flag. They com-
memorate tfie deaths of her three
oldest sons-—22-year-old Malcolm,
21-year-old LeRoy and 19-year-
old Randolph.
All three were permitted to
serve on one navy ship tat their
own request. All three were to-
gether on their ship at Pearl Har-
bor when the Japanese attacked
All three were killed on Dec. 7
TWO AUTOS AAE REPORTED
STOLEN; ONE IS RECOVERED
, Police today had recovered one
. av"i stolen automobile but are still
erage $19.58 "Received during, marching for lhe whereabouts of
April were 3,187 new applications, anotj,er
for old "^ assistance • An automobil, belonging to
The "umber of bind persons to ^ Ie Smith> 1020 w ch<,8tnut
receive aid .nlMayincreased from| wporte- stol«n from the 100
«f k Jfi k . j01? . block S' 6*0
of $68,661 will be distributed in p m Wedn##dttyt WM found at
to accept findings of the regula- average grants of $22.89. The *- 9;26 abandoned in the 900 block
tory body will be grea
T
iikl
I Dallas,
with an estimated annuhl savings
of $686,000 Fort Worth, $^35,-
000; Paris and Waco, Texas,
$102,000, and numerous other
Texas communities, $896,000; Du-
rant, Frederick and other Okla-
homa cities, $73,000.
The company decided to waive a
hearing at a conference ,Mon<lay.
The Texas railroad commission,
(Continued on page four)
partment received ,194 new appli- w shepptrd.
cat^ns for blind atd during Apri!. sti„ untofated is tlw c#r of
The aid to dependent children Mj.f w T AdamJ<i l#08 w Craw.
roll, continued t. show the highest ford stol,n about ,ajit njRht
increase. A total of 2,986 families ,rom front of th, hi(fh school
was added to them to increase the whiU „he wafl ngitt^rmg for W
iRi. r families to ration book
26,773 children. Grants for May
average $20.73 a family and will .Jttgdl
total $261,806. The department NOTICE
accepted 3,093 new applications jf y«u do not receive > r
for aid t0 dependent children dur-t before 5:S0, r'eaae phone
ing the month. will be sent vo*. e.
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