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AtriVE OP THE UNITED PRESS DENISON, TEXAS SAT., AUGUST 15th, 1942 WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1934
VOL. IX—NO. AH
Reinforcements Being Sent Narines
Nazi Threat To Volga Industria
Center Growing More Graver
ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
BY THtf EDITOR
When a House Is a Home
Out somewhere on one of the
Germans Making Little Or No Progress
In North Caucasus Except In One Area
The
is at a
/MOSCOW, Auk. • 15^_The
threat to the Volga industrial
center of Stalingrad, iri Russia, is
more grave than ever today.
_ _ , . . , , . The noon Russian communique
Grayson County roads that l«d>| announced new withdrawals on
to the southeast section lives a b()th ^ of lhe incers menacing
widow who is the epitome of the Volg.a industrial center
the statement that there » every- late|t Rugsian setback
thing in the fact that a certainj
house really makes a home, if we
may change that aphorism around
somewhat.
They say that a house does not
make a home, but in this case
it does, sinc^TJhe widow in ques-
tion, found out living with her:- _ _
children and away from the place] Ir» I viipl/ I )*OCn
where she and her husband resid-j*** ^ * UCIV V/l Aoll
ed for so many years until death'
claimed him, has everything to do!
with making a home for her in
these years of her widowhood-
She is a woman well in her
sixties, her hair is still lacking!
in any perceptible lines of gray,!
although she particularly enviedi
J apConvoy s Bombed
To Prevent Supplies
F romReachingEnemy
point 100 miles southwest of Stal -
ingrad. Earlier, the Red army
had been reported holding firm
there, and attacking in several
sectors.
Individuals Would
Also Pay Excess
Profits Tax, Said
Texas Flier Takes
Part In Allied
Assault On Yodda
Leathernecks Now
Have Firm Hold
On Tulagi Area
Austin Walker
Burns To Death
Steering Geer
Breaks, Vehicle
Dives Into Ditch
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—The —7'—
I he midnight communique had excess profits tax is something the MacARPHURS HHASDQUAR-
told of h German brciik-throu^h uvcnigc taxpayor always Has lot ^ EItS, Australia, Au^. 1 a .The
on the northern arm of the Stal- corporation worry about, about all ^savy is bringing up supplies to-^
ingrad pincers. Axis troops this would be changed if one day—anc* Per^aPs reinforcements^may be a navy show—but
smashed their way to the Don senate finance committee had his —to the American Marines who'Mac Arthur airmen are doing yoe-
some 50 miles northwest of the way- are tightening their grip on the
POME WHERE IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 15
—The Solomon Islands battle
the
city in the Eletskaya area. j Senator Tom Connally
Except in one area, the Ger- Tex.) today proposed
excess
individuals ..all
Solomon Islands.
At the same time,
American bombers
man service too.
Allied air squadrons—many of
long range! them led by Americans today are
based oni battering without let-up at big
mans are making little or no prog- profits tax for inaiviauais__au .........— —------- ----- — \ ~ -
ress in the North Caucasus, of them. land have been hammering Japan- Jap bases northeast of Australia.
Around Krasnodar the Nazis The plan, the Texas Democrat e-se convoys to prevent supplies or Major Rennie Putnam, of Okla-
have succeeded at heavy cost in explains, is aimed principally at reinforcements from reaching the
wedging into the depths of the contract brokers who have been enerny-
Soviet Illack Sea fleet ! getting war contracts. The naVy still is as cautious as
The pressure today is intense The tax would be placed on ever about revealing details of
at a point 140 miles northwest of that part of individual income the struggle, but between the
the valuable oil of the Grozny which is above average earnings iines of the terse communiques
pS;, , i for the last five years after Other are indications that American
Ritter and bloody battles also taxes have been deducted. planes control the air over the
are reported at Cherkessk and War /Manpower Commissioner battle area and
Maikop, where German offensives Paul V. (McNutt
J. Austfn Walker, 40, 2\V/2 'vnel® .Uern]an 1 au' v- McNutt is planning a has at least a slight edge over the
the gray head adornment of our N. Fannin, a truck driver for gpa However stifT l’ussi .n re'L pr°^Tai11 t0 (®tab'liih ,la>’ nur‘er' enemy in surface forces,
wife who was along with us. She] Rigs and Company, motor freight, tance and —_____■ • l?s.t ,lt "ou d ta^e eare 0 tbe pffen.ive It Awarded
'homa City, led an American
fighter-bomber group which
drove the Japs from strategic Ko-
koda, on New Guinea Island.
Blasting at the village writh five
hundred pound bombs and ma-
chine guns. Putnam’s planes open-
ed the way for occupation by Aus-
tralian troops.
Putnam said Jap soldiers raced
from one wooden building as he
dived in in on Kokoda. After
dropping his bomb, Putnam shot
machine gun
possesses a splendid command of (was burned to death Friday when favorable* to " Soviet^a/e Tke fact that a,lied Planes 80, up and "silenced a
the King’s English and was the. a truck he was driving caught checkins the r ‘ a , 111 l0n "onien "ho will be far have broken up reinforce- nesb-
kind of mother who wanted her I fire after overturning four miles losses in the area are fearful h> ^ *'U °* the y6ar‘ ments attemPts by the Japs in it-'
daughter to finish education-north of Norman, Okla, on U. j 'The German radio admits that
in the best of scho* although it! S.. highway 77. the Russians are takirtg every ad-
meant taking the last member of Walker was pinned in the cab vantage of the terrain
the little brood she was privl-j of the big refrigerator truck. _______y_]_
leged to rear away from home.' Norman firemen were required tj ‘
Opens Sept. 1
General Favors
Legalized Sale
Of Beer In Paris
PARIS, Tex., Aug 15—T^ie
^v.. ------» -----* *--n - -j- —another one was reported yes-
legalized sale of beer in Paris is terday. The indications are that
, Lieutenant William Turner, of
se.t indicates that the Japs were Texas, took part in anther allied
caught on the defensive in t,he] assaiilt on nearby Yodda. Racing
Solomons, without any big tne- "jn just over the tree-top*, Turner
my force of ships anywhere' sajd bjs squadron set fire to build-
around, ! ings and huts at Yodda.
There have been reports of ◄Meanwhile- other allied fhers
heavy allied air attacks on Jap ^ave ^een blasting at Lae and
convoys struggling toward the Salamaua, a lanky Oklahoman,
Solomons from their their bases, kd one raid which damaKed a biK
Japship at Babaul.
Four other Jap ships were sunk
She is the mother of several chn-l extinguish the blaze before the DfWP
dren, all of whom now are in body could be removed. He was JCaoUIl
their own places in the world of enroute to Denison from Okla-
things and she sits alone in her! homa City.
home and has the chickens, gar-j According to reports received -
den, flowers and house to keep. > here by Harold J. Davey, local AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. .15-
“I tried living with my children: manager of the motor freight your guns, you dove hunters. favored by Major General John American* planes ''also have' been^ or dama£jed in another raid on
for two year* but I could not] Company, as supplied by a truck The season opens on September B An(jersoni conlmn(Hr of the hammering home other raids on Rabaul Wednesday. American
stand being away from my home driver for Fred Thomas company ' m the north zone and will re- 102n), division which will be ac- jaDanese Lland hase- withnnt'and Australiian troops in New
here. When my husband pas-! of Olnhoma City, the steering ma'n open through October 12. In tivate(j here Sept. 15. anv announcement-' heino- made C,uinea are in high spirits over
*d away seven years ago I wheel of the Drnisonian’g truck the south zone hunters must wait «.j tbjnk ;t ,g tbe |esser of the * ' j the stepped up aid raids and the
tflought I could not stand to live! broke and the vehicle nosed-dived nat'l September 16 to fire their two evj),_tbc bootlegger or the The American offensive now is assault on the Solomons. Their
)iere without him and so tried the^ into a washout. The Olahoma Crst sbots hut they can hunt well-regulated, (.supervised, clean more than a week old, and it ap- battlecrv now is “On to Tokyo.’’
idea of living with my children.: City driver, whose name was not trough October 27. beer tavern or eating establish- pears that the Marines have a
But it just would not work I learned by Mr. Davey, said Walk-' Tbe State Game, Fish and Oy- ment wbere beer i- sold,’’ Gen. firm hold on the Tulagi area, in-! ___y_
noon longed for my house and er had slowed his truck down but s,er Commission today reminded An(jerson sajd eluding the harbor, the seaplane
surroundings whore I had spent' had he gone 6 or 8 feet far , hunters not to forget their licens-, hase, probably the Kukum air-
so many years as the wife of myj ther he would have missed the es' i “The beer tavern i- open and dTome> an(j tbe harbor base on
husband.. Since coming back I ditch. | ,f above-hoard. there is nothing Guadalcanal Island-
surreptitious about it. It can be May pusj1 0j,)rt|lwarj
am more content. It is lonelyl The Riss truck was empty as
without my children and the hus-. Walker had dumped his load at SI,X YOUTHS FINED FOR
hand, but some of the children’ ^Oklahoma City. (SHOOTING CRAPS HERE
drop in occasionally for a visit.] Huneral arrangements are pen- -
In the meantime* I am kept busy) ding the arrival of a distant siss- Six boys, four whites and two
about the place and am able to
Army,NavyPlanes
Crash; Eleven Are
Reported Killed
care for the rest of the farm here
which I have rented out to a good
controlled, not only by civilian
law enforcemen agencies, but by The opinion is frankly expres-l
the Military Police,” he said. ' sed at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii,] -
“The amount of drunkenness 'that the (Marines are in the Sol-1 HASTINGS, /Mich., Aug. 5—
ter negroes, all in their early ’teens, from beer will be negligible, in onions to stay. In fact, the talk; The crash of a four-motored army
'Walkea is survived by his wid- were fined $8.45 each morning inniy opinion. n0" bas swung to the possibility bomber has taken at least nine
a daughter, Dianna, and aHMunicipal court by Judge C- B. ‘‘On the other side of the pic- oi ihe Marines pushing farther i'es.
ow,
man who works it for money1 son Jack, who was in Kansas Carroll for gambling. ture we have a dry community, northward through the islands The tragedy occured eight miles
remt,’’ she declared. I city ut the time of his father’s TTie sextet were arrested about The soldier who is deprived of go- tor an invasion of the great Jap south of here last night. A few
The cordMity of that home death. | 8 o’clock last night by Patrolmen ing to a well-conducted, open and hase at Rabaul, New Britain, minutes before, the plane appar-
was typical of most Grayson*___V’___(Lewis Winchester and Fred Hicks above-board legal establishment 1 hat would be the heaviest blow: ently iost and in trouble, had
homes. The good women show-' when the were caught shootingfor a glass of beer must now pat- the l . S. could deliver in the: circled the brilliantly lighted Bar-
ed us around the plfcce and talktd R\f|,0rr|g McftSlirGS d'ce *n an a"e-v between Woodardtronize an illegal purveyor of in- southwest Pacific- ’T county fairgrounds where tbe
of her flowers and chickens and .and Main street in the 500 block.toxicating liquor. It is now revealed, incidentally, annual rura. exposition was in
£aH<?\By ®rit“h I------------------^
«'.»(To Ha,t Sabotase EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTING 10-2.tad”'SL'*'
would mend his ways and take DaUD.v ... , ,,
an interest in the better things of. Indu‘\ t Al“K' \5T
‘he British are said to have tak-
life-
1 en extreme measures to put a
PERCENT 0FINC0ME FOR WAR
There are thousands of homes . ..... ,, . . .
Wee that in this good cAinty and that 181
to live so as to be welcome in
them, to enjoy their hospitality
and meet the ones w’ho sit as the
kings and queens therein, is a
privilege of this land of the fath-
ers. Homes like that today are
in the balance in this frightful
war and that’s why our sons and
fathers, along with the rest of us
are willing to do the last particle
our bit to protect them.
----V----
I army operated Kellog field. Mili-
Berlm, incidentally, now is ad- tary authorities at both posts de-
mitting that the Japs were sur-J dined to discuss the accident
prised. Tokyo has claimed its] Ground crews from Fton Custer
forces sighted the American for- have established a military guard
spreading through India. j h. G- Webster, general chair- 'Morgan. ees before they reached the Solo- at the scene.
It is reported that offenders nian 0f the war bond and stamp LMC Barber Shop—Jeff Lo- mons. But the Nazis now say The plane cracked up barely 60
face the death penalty or the saies campaign here, today listed gan, Noel Underwood. ,ne flfl SlimPse tho JaPs K°l feet short of a barn on the farm
whipping post if caught. I the employees cf eleven firms who Rockwell’s Jewelry store—A. was when the /Marines were disem- of Gus Schimmerhorn, near
'After several days of quiet, are regularly contributing 10 per| B. Johnson, E. V. Odeneal, Zack Oaikinu. fTlovling1, less than half way
rioting broke out in at least sev- cent 0f their income toward the Parker, Justine Puckett, L D. 'lce Admira (.hormley had from Hastings to Battlecreek.
en different areas of Calcutta. | investment in govenment securl* Seely, Allen Sorenson, Mrs. Paul- made careful .prepartions, any-,
. * hftw nnH vvns nnf APnAnnina1 nn
DFNISCNIANS RECEIVE
pKLA. MARRIAGE LICENSES
^mong marriage licenses issued
at Durant this week by Dewey P.
|x>per, Bryan County court clerk,
three, involved Denisonians.
The licenses were issued to:
Vernie F. Gresham, 24, St.
Joseph, Texas, and Annie Lee
Vincent, 24, Denison.
W. L. (McKeen, 26, and Nelda
(Mright, 23, Denison.
Grady H. Dutton, 21, and Syl-
via Ziegler, 21, Denison.
how, and was not depending on( Marine, Sailor (Dead
streets of the city.
-y.
Steel Black
Market Filed On
ine Thompson. , .
Safeway Stores C. R. Allen, surprise as his major factor
Otis Burke, Rufus Compton,! _y_
Grayson Crawford, Richard Lee1
Medford, D. |M. (Mullineux, Mrs.
Stella Nash, Emory Thornton, C-
Supcrba th.iitrp—L. V. **.’> ImpfOVing
Adolph DeFratus
son, Herman Jones, Gene Legg.j
(Lonnie Legg, Carl C- Newton,
Jack Noel, Cecil Powell, Mary
Alice Reddick, Grace Wilborn.
Chris Waltz Co-—W. R. Mil-
Dr, W B. Price, L. J Waltz, Hai-
ry Winter.
K. Wolens Department store—
Mr. and {Mrs. R. P. Cullar, re- flight,
turing from California, report
Police fired 25 rounds of am- tjes
munition into Demonstrating They are-
mobs, injuring a uumber of them. Babcock Brothers—S. A Al-
A British major General, a cap-'venson, .Marshall Aucutt, F. O.
tain and other officers were re- Babcock, John Bolin, Ralph Bol-
ported injured slightly by brick- jn) prank Boren, Winfield Bran-
_at|LWhd? drivi^ alon« the main ham, R. F. Brown, Peggy Bryan,
J. D. Chitwood, Nova Cunning-
ham, Dorthell (McKinney, John
Molvern, Dee Ellen Montgomery,
G. W. Odom, W. L. Porter, Don M-
Prather, J. T. Price, D. E- Ruble,
C|iEVELjAlND, Ohio, Aug. 1,5, °8Car E’ Si,very.' NadinC S°wder'
- The OPA went to court today Careful Cleaners Carol Av-
in the government’s first action ery, Herbert E. Flack, Venita ________ _____
against the steel black market. | Hartson, /Mrs. Lyle Hopkins, F.j Thelma Allen, I^ouis Bevnstine,
It obtained an order temporarily W. Reid, Edna Mae Russell, Erma h. Adam Bond, Ruth Clevenger,i covering from bodily injuries,
restraining Williad P, Markle of Russell and Clyde Todd. Hretha Cunningham, Nina Grah. 1 though he is still bothered with
Houston, Texas, from selling steel Cinderella Shop—Mrs. A. G. anl) ,1. l.illey, A. J. Lomax,] his eyes. Since the crash, his vi-
above the price ceilirTg or ron- Bingham, Mrs. Nelle A. Tapp, Irene S. Lomax, Adeline Luck, sion is double. Physicians say
trary to other OPA restrictions. Mrs. Charlsye Wingo. ;Mabel Miller, Jeanne (Moore, treatment of the nerves is expect-
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug 15_
The eleventh naval district today
! announced the death of a Marine
\ °fficer and and a navy photo-
grapher as a result of a plane
| cra>'h near San Diego.
The accident occurred during
1 a marine photographic training
Mrs. Cullar’s brother, Adolph De-
Fratus of Denison improving at
the Valley Jo Navy hospital, fol-
lowing his motorcycle accident
some weeks ago.
The .Mare Island patient is re-
1
NOTICE-
If you do not reteive year Prwt
800 l yard’ in New Orlwns
Government lawyers charge
that Markle made more than $5-
00(1 profit in or.e week on tho
steel he sold to the Higgins ship-
Bingham, Mrs. Nelle
Mrs. Charlsye Wingo.
Johnson, and Co.-4Mr- and Mrs.
R. R. Johnson, Mrs. R. S Lovett,
Reba Sneed.
J. F. Landers Co. ^VJrs. Hattie
Mae Looney, Mrs. Cecil Helen
Three R£A5F Flier.' KillleJ
Canadian Air hMrce men have
burned to death in a crash nea.
Brownville Junction. A fourth flj.
er was injured critically.
The accident occurred in the
wilderness ten miles from town
yesterday.
Vera S. Moss, Von T Myers, Eth- ’ ed to correct this. He will be in
el Painter, Evelynn Perrin, Willie] the navy hospital for at least six
Phillips, ILaire Beale Pirkle.i weeks longer-
Oepha Stevent, Ora Warner, Kay I (Mrs. T. J. Wagner of Denison
Wilson, Mary Lee Fitz. is an aunt of the injured youth.
WEATHER
OBNISON AND VICINITY
Probable showers, little change In
temperature tonight and Sunday.
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Anderson, LeRoy. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1942, newspaper, August 15, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth527933/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.