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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Rising temperatures tonight,
warmer Thursday
The Denison Press
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PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT
SUNDAY
VOUR HOME-OWNED
DAILY NEWSPAPER
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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS WED., MARCH 18, 1942
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930- DAILY 1934
VOL. VIII—NO. 214
AustratiansJubilantOverMacArthur’sCommand
3485 Is First Number Drawn
In Third Draft Lottery Tues.
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ALONG TH€
N€WS B€AT
BY THE EDITOR
Is To Add
Millions To
Service Pool
WASHINGTON, March 18-
Following an all-night session of
drawing the selectee numbers for
the draft covering ages from 20
James Neugent,
Negro Cook, No. 1
Man Of This City
Three numbers were drawn out
of the huge gold fish bowl at
Washington before it affected
any of Denison’s regi. trants in tl e
pH
Ea»y Job* In War Time?
The man who is looking for an 44^ the task was completed this third selective service lottery. The
easy job in war time is generally uk rning at G:10. The drawing re- holder of T-441, the fourth num-
the fellow who speaks of it as 11;l 4,a a jjme nore than thirteen ; her drawn, but the first resident
“going into defense work of some of this area to receive a question-
kind.“ He would win the war by ^11 draft boards over the coun- naire, belongs to James Chulbor.s
the swivel chair route or by being lry wm be sent tfce numbers as Neugent, 41, negro night cook at
the “co-ordinator” in some kind t^ey were drawn and their select- Ihe Union New restaurant, who
of senseless movement which does- jng 0f the men to augment the resides at 21G W Walker,
n’t do anything more than spend arrned forces will be taken up at He was asleep when a J’re
in *rhe first contingent of men representative called at h:s ‘home
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Lieut. Brett Named
To Head Forces In
Austra!ia,N. Zealanc
DARWIN, Australia, ,'larch 18 lance over the force*. He adds
— Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s ar- that the recruit* from the U. S-
rival in Australia to take supreme who are to fight shoulder to
i command of the united forces, is shoulder with Australians as beii.g
hailed by Prime Minister John “most substantial” and that n
Curtin as bringing general jubi- --------------------——
some good-earned money paid ... once
by the people in some kind of from the latest draft is expected to for an interview and did not know
fund. " be called out within a few months, be would be the first registrant in
Speaking of the “coordinator, Number 820 was the last one this area to receive a question-j
an interesting communique comes ^rawn from the bowl. naire until notified by the report-
this week from Senator Harry F. ___ er
Byrd regarding a statement read WASHINGTON, March 18— Neugent was awakened by his
by Senator Guffey for his constit- Number 3486 bobbed up Tuesday wife, who apparently m' under-;
uent, Jack Kelly, of Philadelphia, night as the first drawn in the stood the newspaperman’s mission |
Kelley, it seems, had been nam-
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DEATH ROLL
new war’s first draft lottery in-
tended, said Brig. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershcy, selective service chief,
to add millions to that pool of
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j as she told him to “Wake up, one
! of Uncle Sam’s drafting men is
i here to see you.” She hnd prev-
iously informed the reporter she
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SARAH B. OWEN
Following an illness of two
years, Mrs. Sarah B. Owen., 85,
died at the family residence, 430
W. Day street at 3:25 this morn-
ing. She had lived at the point
for 43 years. Funeral services
will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday
Dallas Radio
Stars To Visit
Here April 24
Blond AmongNazi
Agents Rounded
Up In Mexico
WITH THEIR FACES and even teeth painted black, British parachute troops i ke these floated out of the
right over Occupied France recently in the first important mass raid on the European continent since the
tall of France. They quickly captured and blew to bits an important German radio-locator station near the
coast, then—taking the surviving Nazis with them as prisoners — fought their way back to the beaches,
where the Navy was waiting to pick them up for the homeward journey. The four men in this photo are
shown looking down through the hole in the fuselage of their Whitley^transport, preparatory to jumping.
MEXICO CITY, March 18—In
the weeks of reports of increased
activity by Nazi agents Mexican
a
A number of Dallas radio en-
from the Short-Murriy chapel tertainers will accompany mem-
with Rev. Ben F. Hearn officiat- bers of the Dallas Manufacturers
ing. Interment will be at Fair- and Wholesalers association to secret police have rounded up
view with Short-Hurray directing. (Denison on April 24 on their an- group of four of the alleged Naz-
Mrs. Owen was horn at Wann- nual good-will tour, Bob Bour- operatives and reportedly plan to
ville, Ala., Nov. 2, 1857, her par- dene, manager, notified H, B. send them to the Mexican penal
ents being Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ferryman, Chamber of Commerce colony on Islas Marias, off th-
Earl. She received he' education president, today. | west roast, for internment,
in the town of her bir‘h and was Bourdene stressed that the1 Among the group recently np-
married Aug. 25, 1878 to John H. group will not come soliciting bus- prehended was the beautiful, blond
Owen, who died May 25, 1940. iness, but are bringing manufac-: Hilda Kruger, known about town
The couple moved to Texas turcr and wholesalers to ask local as the Nazis’ most intriguing worn-
from Wannville in 1899 and lo- retailers to buy from Dallas mar- an spy. Frauloin Kruger was held
cated at Whitesboro, moving to kets and urge Denison consumers for a day for questioning, then
to buy from their local retailers, released under surveillance.
The group, comprising approxi • Exceedingly attractice, Hilda
mately seventy-four, with thirty- Kruger has become a we] known
five entertainers including radio, figure in Mexico City and Guerna-
station WFAA’s Early Birds, Cass vara circles. Often seen at lead.- un.-ucec
County Kids and Peg Moreland,1 ing cocktail bars here and at so- an effort to find a da-year-old red
will be dressed in red, white and cial affairs In Cuernavaca, awankv comp x.w - 1 m n v. .m ue-> •»>
the entire trip week-end resort of the politically al; moon kjli.aped .nice
is of very patriotic national de-jnnd social.., .........................
fense basis, the manager said. j ly is never lacking in important 11 1)1 to : n' 1 ; ‘ 1
They are traveling by special'associate”. She is a woman of ester where they wore re case •
Grayson County Sells $270,332.75
hi Defense Stamps,Bonds For Feb.
Denison the same year and had
made their home hete since that
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DHS Declamation
Winners Selected
Three School
Girls Kidnaped
At Durant Tues.
Tells Victims He
Is Returning To
Denison At Night
Brings Year’s Total r\ • <V
To $983,475; Loci! HeniSOIl 10
Sale Under Sherman J)efen(] Title 111
Under supervision of the Na-
ona! Headquarter the local Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars are launch-
ing an effort to provide the fam-
I ilies of Denison’s service men with
rvicc star window cards, E. F.
Williams, local commander, an-
nounced today. The cards are
supplied without cost.
,\Ir- Williams said the de-ign of
this service star was inspired by
♦he Sendee Star flag which made
it appearance throughout America
during 1017-18. During World j
War I, te original service flag was
embellished with a blue star for
- each member of the family active-
i ly serving in the armed forces.
The service star cards being dis-
tributed by the VFW today bear a
blue star to indicate domestic ser-
vice, a silver star to denote ser-
vice beyond thp continental lim-
it;- of the Lnited States and a gold
star in tribute to those making the
supreme sacrifice.
In order to roach the greatest
number of families entitled to dis-
play the serv-cc star card the na-
tional headquarters, Wililams, re-
vealed, has invited th
AXT RAIDS ON ISLES
WASHINGTON Much 18
—-New. cf two air raid. ovwr
the island, known a. Solomon
Bland, off 4hp ea.t coast of
New Guinea made by Japa-
ne.e plane, wa. received thi.
morning from Prime Mini.Mr
John Curtin of Australia.
General MacArthur they recognize
n “great soldier and an inspiring
leader.”
Gen. MacArthur today nam- 1
h, right-hand man in Austr -
:a to have charge of the forces n
Australia and and New Zeala' I,
Lieut. Col. If. Breatt, one of the
m tnb(; - of his staff brought from
the Philippines.
Bntaan Attack. ,Renewed.
Arr.ving at an undisclosed des-
tmatiun in Australia, (tfucArthuc
wa accompanied by his wife and
email -on, and by several member*
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Allied Report ,
Of Java Battle ,
Is Criticized
Police thi.-
morning had made an
in
Grayson county during the first
two months of this year sold $983,-
475.60 in defense honds and
stamps, of which $7,13,142.00 were
sold in January and $270,332.75
in February, according to a re-
port made today by W. L. Ash-
burn, Jr., county sales chairman,
to Frank Scofield, state adminis-
trator of the state defense bond
committee at Austin, LEXINGTON, Mo., Mar. 18-
In January, sales in Denison Denison, Texas, high school, win-
exceeded Sherman by $70,588.00, ner 0f last year’s “Little National”
as Denison was reported at $301,- debate tournament at Wentworth
Debate Tourney
12 Teams From
Five States To
Be Represented
LONDON, March 18—The joint
Un ■ d States-British communique
which acknowledged the loss of
coopera- twelve and probably thirteen allied
train.
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British Lose
Destroyer; Nazis
5 Torpedo Boats
LONDON, (March ,18—Loss of
the 1,000-ton British destroyer
Results of the high school decla-
mation elimination contest hela
Tuesday afternoon were announc-
ed today by Miss Clarine John-
son, sponsor. First place winners
will represent Denison at the dis-
trict meet in Dallas Thursday.
Dorothy Murrell was first in
the senior girls division with l’uisy
Foster, second and Mimi Webster,
ijhird.
James Westbrook was chosen in
first place of the senior boys di- Vortigern and destruction of at
vision with Guy Josselyn, second. jcast fjve German motor torpedo
In the junior girls, first place hoats in a week-end series of bat-
was won by Barbara Ann Thomp- tics in the North Sea was an-
son, second by Paula Sittcl and nounced today by the admiralty,
third by Betty Young. Two other German boats were
In the junior boys division, Bii- lifted as damaged and the admirai-
ly Massenberg was selected as first (y credited the RAF with heavy
place winner and David Ramsey, dumage to three more,
second. As detailed by the admiralty,
Dollar defense stamps were there were at least six separate
awarded first place winners, while fights, starting the morning of
those in second place received 50 March 15, when two German E-
cent stamps. boats were destroyed,
Judges were Mrs. David Platter, That night the speedy German
(Mrs. Betty Munson McDonald and boats attacked a British convoy.
blue uniforms and the entire trip week-end resort of the politically »*<• ’ f , 121.20 and Sherman at 281,-.Military academy here will again
demand socially^ elite, HHda apparent-sc ^oo ^gis^.....V McAl- 635-80- Last month the procedure pai
was reversed as Sherman totaled nua! touranment scheduled for
$49,558.95 over Denison. March 27-28, Capt. Dallas Buck,
The complete aggregate of sales tournament director, said today,
in Grayson county for February Denison captured the Went-
by towns now stands as follows:! worth high school invitational de-
tion of the nation’s radio industry, warships in the losing sea battle
A direct appeal of assistance has 0f java was criticized in parlia-
been s°nt to each of the 023 ra- nlr.m today on two opposite count*
dio station: in operation at the . for not giving adequate empha-
present time, including KRRV t0 tj,e 0dds against which the
u: ted nations warships fought
The local con their losses ae fully,
out that officers and member- of as to give “valuable and reliable
the VFW and its auxiliary have information to the enemy.”
been Informed the servo -'ar Lord Strabolgi, citing figure* he
card will be available to local posts said were given him by Premier
for d tribntion here. Pieter S. Gerbrandy of the Neth-
Radio stations will forward all erlands government-in-exile, told
request, eceived in writing to the the house of lords that the five
national headquarters and the allied cruisers, seven destroyers
cards will be mailed direct to those and one sloop were opposed in the
requesting them.
much poise and cleverness. She ha* Accord to information ra-
heen occupying an apartment at a
diotd local officers by Durant po-
Londrcs street
j few blocks of
bassy. Among her
| various persons listed as
nazi agents, ns well ns numerous wa-
lice, the man driving a car with
county licenses,
address, within a
the American em- Muskogee, iiklu.,
associates are forced the young girls into h,s cat
lending by brandishing a gun, as school......
being dismised for the day-
socially and politically prominent Apparently
I local officials. It is 'known that turned up three hours later at
she has made contacts with variou
persons
Denison
Whitesboro
Whitewright
Van Alstyne
llll Ilttl UJJ klil« L •*•**■'•*■ Boll.’
iMcAlestcr where officers notified 1
who have come to Mexico their parent- of their whereabouts.
from the United States.
Public To Learn
More About War
WASHINGTON. March 18-
The American
more of the facts and figures re
The alleged kidnaper was quot-
ed by the girls as saying he had
io be in Denison Tuesday night.
Thi information was radioed po-
lice here who immediately began a
systematic search of all possible
places where t,he man might bo
hiding. No trace of him had been
found this morning and it is bc-
Howe
Gunter .....
Collinsville
Tioga ......
Sadler ......
Tom Bean
Total
$ 91,437.00 baet tournament here last year
140,094-85 when Jack Cook and Ray Schif-
8,f>;>3.7;> lett defeated Milford Werner ar.d
8,20,1.35 John Forester of Duquoin, 111., in
17,146 80 a 4.3 decision. The Denison de-
2,750.00 haters were awarded the trophy
382.35 given to the winner by the Lexing-
343.90 ton Rotary club.
510.05 jsts were awarded gold
Float In Sea 6
Hours, Victims
Arrive Safelv
NEW YORK, March 18
survivors of an American
The four final- chant ship torpedoed off Atlantic not specify that all of them
medals. City, N. J., early Saturday, float- were engaged in the battle, but
300.00 Wentworth’s "Little National”
247.10 high school debate tournament
1,225 00 limited to the twelve outstandii
—---hoys’ teams of Jlissouri and ur-
$270,332.75 rounding states. While the boys
are at Wentworth, they will be fed
public is to learn jjove,4 ]lg usP(j Die statement
as a
ruse to throw officers off his real
Lloyd Keel.
garding the progress of the war, ft destination,
was announced today, hut the in-
formation will be given by radio » ». , , 1
in an official manner, it is de- VIC.*y Wt uCrS
clared.
It is the belief of 'the war board
Dancing On Eve
Of Battle Okay,
(Continued on page four)
Convention Cilv
Sayre Arrives
In Honolulu
To! that the facts and figures good or
torpedoed and sunk while the de- had should be given ho Amencan
stroyers Holdcrness and Wallace public, and when anything is w;th-
sank one E-boat and damaged an- held for a period ft wilt not be for
Britishers On
Coast Interned
LONDON, March 18—The Vi-
Says Duff-Cooper For Legion To
Chosen Sat., Sun.
MARSHALL, Tex., (March 18-
Tho 1942 convention city for tl
overturned by force of a second
many
I ON DON, March 18 — Alfred
Duff-Cooper, who served at Sing-
apore as the British cabinet's co-
ordinator for far eastern affairs
until his recall on Jan. 10, de- Texas department of the American discovered underneath the capsized ^ ^ tQta|
other.
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WASHINGTON, March 18 — DENTON SAILOR REPORTED
Francis B. Sayre, American high (DEAD, SBNDS PHOTO HERE
commissioner to the Philippines, Edward Shelton, son of Mrs.
arrived in Honolulu Tuesday, Frances E. Shelton Sr., of Denton,
President Roosevelt disclosed to- proves to be very much alive, ac-
a press conference, and is
the purpose of fear to let the poo-! chy ordered the 2,000 ; dared today| the defenders of the, Legion wil be chosen at a mecunii I feboat
when it was found some
day to a press conference, and is cording to Miss Mildred White- ASSIGNED BY ENGINEERS also upon the ; i t
on the way to the United States ^rc, clerk at Madden's depart- Assigned today by the army cn- Stab ubjocts.
pie know the facts, hut for mili- p, - /’ tish empire base “were of the conve committei Sat 24 hours later drifting five miles ,T,S TOUGHER*TO TELL,
tary reasons which might be o! Morocco intern d t day in a Cor- ,,ot lacking at all in performing urday and Sunday in Austin, iff shore,
aid *to tho enemy* Military eecur* man-dictated ' ^ UP was announced today l>\ Aren A
ity at all times will he the first signed as ivpri d for the RAF ,0 perform Nc-hitt of Mai sin 1.
thought, it is declared. raid on P i factorii and a As for the eleventh hour danc imir cities w 11 be considered
______V-—......... 1 well-informed diplomatic source ing and idleness for which Singa- Nesbit said. They are
FIVE NEW EMPLOYEES , r,die.■ <1 ih \ would insi < > iv I, i were criticized, Houston, Beaumont and
of United• Cooper said he saw nothing of, Wells.
i the kind. The
Dalla--.
Miner;'
for conferences andt o make re- ment store, who received a picture gineer office: Th internment order had been1 "People omy danced in
ports. of the young sailor March 17, Vidor L. Heasel, Guthrie, Okla me, and it was ’
Mr. Roosevelt said Sayre had postmarked February 2}, Pearl, senior draftsman. ; noted tint those affected were of n
been directed to come home and Harbor. j Charles R. Hcdke, San Antonio, military ag.—between 18 and 50 i P
report and that probably he would Mr. Shelton was reported dead associate engineer. Tin w < 110 United States ai Water,oo and 1 I, ' nc\ r ye
return- to the southwest Pacific December 17, then reported to be Arrin E. Hawley, Dallas, assis- citizens in Morocco last venr. Both
area as soon as possible. He did alive December 24. He is staUon- t.»nt engineer. the Americans and Britons are en-
not suggest that Sayre would go «d with the United States fleet at Maury H. Huffman, Kaufman,-gaged mainly in trade, although a
back to the Philippines. Pearl Harbor and participated in assistant engineer. 1 few had moved there for retiro-
How the high commissioner got the Japanese raid on the- base De- Henry H. Cleveland, Sherman, ment. Virtually all live in the
out of the islands was not told. cember 7. chauffeur, j coastal area.
convention originally wn
awarded to El Paso, but becaus
of the war that city has
bp relieved of its duties ns host.
The convention will be held in
August,
read that they fougiii \suicc ou Moialit-rs of ti c convention com
the days that followed nfte1' hav- mitteo, besides Nesbit, are II. W
ing attended a ball that night." McCorkle of Tort Arthur, chair
Cooper returned from Singa-]man- Toe G. Delhi of San An
HOMES OFFICE LlSfTS
FIVE PLACEMENTS TUES.
Five additional placements were
listed by the Homes Registration
Office Tuesday, including:
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Turner, Den-
ison, Whitney Dry cleaner driver
asked to 812 E. Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dillard, Flay-
ada, Tex., civil engineer, 210 N.
Fifth avenue.
Mr. and Mr.- Rev ShuBenberg-
er, Raymondsville, Tex., army en-
gineer draftsman, 727 W. Morton.
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Scoggins, if pgg dn not
NOTICE
pore Feb. 18, the day after theitonio, H. A. Daniel of Mart and Dallas, army engineer surveyor,
raiiiv* your fr
British surrender.
| Alex Nesbit of Plainvicw.
501 W Texas.
war’s greatest naval encounter by
ninety-nine Japanese warships—
fourteen cruisers, fifty-fivo de-
iroyers, five aircraft carriers and
• twenty-five submarines.
While London naval circles said
tl i-\ believed these figures were
; ubstantially correct, it was recall-
■ d that in his broadcast last week,
the Dutch premier declared only
S',x that these warships were in Dutch
mer' East Indies waters at the time. He
ed in the sea for six hours, cling- Japanese forces outnum-
ing to an overturned lifeboat from fcered the allies by more than
which twenty of their shipmates three to one.
had been thrown into the water, ____v-------—-
the navy revealed today STAtTE WORKERS HEAVY
The vessel whose name and ton- £>EPEjqsE BOND BUYERS
nage were unannounced, carried a AUgTIN Tex., Mar. 17—State
row of 34. In addition to the six emp|0yees j,ave reporte(i the pur*
rescued from the capsized lifeboat ehMp $,,(,02,047 in defense
’ iirht others, including t r. •’bonds and stamps since Jan. 1, it
tain and chief officer uer Pi( e vas announced today by Jess©
up from liferafts bj rescue ira t ,nmeSi state treasurer, The total
;i ,1 brought to Nr* A >rk may be .-onridcrably higher, James
Nineteen of to- 20 men fir.-t gaj^ i,ecause a few department*
reported lost after the lifeboat w n- j)ave no^ reported recently and
employees purchased bonds
torpedo blast are missing and pre- ^' Jtamps prior to the first of
-amiably lost The body of one was tj,e vear They ure not counted
WHAT YOU WERE OUT WITH
NBW YORK, March 18—From
now on there will bo no such thing
in beautician terminology as just
a blond.
Deciding that such s deseriptiin
lacks glamour, the beauty molders
will designate the lighter shade*
of feminine hair thus:
“Pale petal blond, silver ash
blond, dark ash blond, bright gold
hlond, rare Titian blond or bril-
l-ant beige b'ond.”
before 5:80, please phone 8041 «m‘
•ne will be Hit yap.
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