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THE CAMERON HERALD, THURSDAY APRIL 12, 1045. _
THE CAMERON HERALD
ESTABLISHED 1860.
Entered in the Post Office at Cameron, Texas, as mail matter of second
class under an act passed by Congress, March 3, l»>9._
JEFFERSON B. WHITE
Editor and Publisher
(continued from page one)
CPL. SIMECEK
assigned to duty on Corregidor. We
set up our battery on ( henney Dump
over a sheer wall 475 feet down to
the water. We performed routine
duties and army life was pleasant.
When war clouds gathered we took up
battle station on .Sept. 28. 1941. Me
had landed in Manila on April 22,
1941. We slept by our guns and ate
there. At about S a. m. on the morn-
ing of December 8, 1941, which was
December 7, 1941, in America, we
were listening to the radio and learn-
ed of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Major Glassborn ordered us to stand
by. The rock fairly bristled with
guns. The Japs hit Manila first on
December 8. 1941. with an air at-
tack. They flew over Corregidor but
dropped no bombs. Me opened fiie
but the planes were far out at sea
and we did not score any hits. The
first flight of planes, some 65 bom-
bers came over the fortress at 1:30
p. m. on December 29, 1941, and
dropped their bombs. It was our
first attack. Smoke began to rise
all over the rock. Corregidor is a
rock out in the mouth of Manila ba> •
It is 9 miles around and at the
widest part is 2 miles. It is shaped
like a tadpole, in a way, as Iwo Jim.*
is shaped like a perk chop. From
that day on they kept up the bomb-
ings. In the meant.me the Japs had
landed large forces on the islands.
They kept up their bombings through
February 3, 1942. We were th n
subjected to artillery fire. M'e had
to Like cover in the mornings when
the Japs would shell us.
Bataan where Americans fought
so valinatly and where many were
taken prisoners, is 9 miles away from
Corregidor. M’e never saw the fight-
ing on Bataan but we could hear the
roar of gunfire and saw many wound-
ed brought to the fortress. Bataan
fell on April 6 and the next day we
knew our siege had come. They be-
gan their attack on the 7th. Bomb-
ings and strafing were almost con-
tinuous. I had contracted sinus so
badly I was later transfered to the
tunnel where 1 was guarding Ameri-
can prisoners. Six of the men of
my battery were killed. In time most
of the men were driven into the
Rock.
At noon on May 7. 1942, I witness-
ed the surrender of Corregidor which
might well have been impregnable
had we been supplied. If we had had
air support the story might have
been different We never felt that
we were beaten. Me had to Quit be-
cause we were running short on
food and there was no hope of aid at
that stage of the war.
Surrender is a word strange to
American arms, in fact we have sel-
dom used it. I think it was even
harder that those perilous months I
spent iir-Pasy and Bilibid. I was cn
duty off the main tunnel that day at
noon. In my rounds 1 could sense
something in the air, but for that
matter most of us knew the end
might be near. I saw Brig. General
Moore and some other officers Hik-
ing gravely. Then a little later I
saw them preparing a flag of sur-
render. They fastened a large white
‘ piece of cloth to a staff and marched
out of the tunnel and planted the flag
O. H. McCullom Grand
Prize Distributor
For Milam County
O. H. McCullom of Hcarne has been
named distributor for Grand Prize
DU PONT HOUSE PAINT
Keeps WHITE Houses WHITE!
1
Today, you want to be sure
your paint will last. DuPont
has developed a new paint
that starts white, and stays
white. It forms a tough,
durable film that protects,
too, guarding the surface
against rot and decay.
Ask about its self-clean-
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rang* of colors.
K—\
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In Stock
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SHINGLES—LUMBER
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among sand bags, then came back.
General Moore and the officers re-
turned to the tunnel and when it was
over. I unloaded my rifle and set it
down. In a few minutes the .'aps
came. General M’ainwright was
taken prisoner in the line outside the
fort with the men. In a few min-
utes Seven -Jap officers came in with
General M'ainwright. They conduct-
ed an inspection of the fort. After
i that I saw the boats leave. They
took our General away and I never
1 saw him again.
I saw General MacArthur many
I umes. On the day he left the Fort I
| did not see him but did see the mos-
quito boats going out of the bay.
j That was in the latter part of Feb-
ruary 1942. After Bataan fell some
25 officers and 10 nurses were flown
out to safety. Some 75 nurses re-
mained at the fort and became Jap
prisoners.
The Japs posted a guard and wc
! remained in the Rock until May 23.
Before we gave up the fort we killed
about 20 thousand Japs. I saw them
rolling down the reck by the hun-
dreds and fall into the water. They
| are cowards. They much prefer to
shoot you in the back. They will
; not fight like white men.
Today I want us to pay tribute to
the many who refused to come home
even after their liberation from
prison camps. Those who came
through in better shape, stayed in
the Philippines. They want another
crack at the Japs and from what I
now read they have had that change
and it gives us satisfaction to know
that in some measure the *Iap is pav-
ing for the inhuman brutalities he
heaped upon us innocent men.
With the horrors of my imprison-
ment and the bloody fighting behind
me we put out to sea on the Monte-
rrey on February- 28, 1945, for home
and the land we had suffered so much
to defend. The passage was rough
but w0 fared well every day and gain-
ed weight and strength. M'hen I was
taken prisoner I weighed 200 pounds.
M'hen I was liberated from Bilibid I
weighed 105 pounds. 1 have gained
back much but am still weak.
We landed at Ban Francisco on
March 16th. 1945, and were taken
to Leatherman General HospiLil
which is located near the Golden
Gate. I remained there until March
30th and at 3:15 on that date board-
ed a transport plane and in good time
landed at Fort M’orth, Texas, where
I was born on February 5, 1923. I
then came to Temple by train and to
Cameron by bus. arriving home on
Saturday March 31st.
BEN ARNOLD 4-H CLUB
The Ben Arnold 4-H Club met at
the school house March 9 at 7:30 p.
m. with the County Home Demonstra-
tion Agent, Miss Cook, and their
sponsor. Mrs. M'. M. Fatheree.
The demonstration was on “Enter-
Liining Guests.” Miss Cook pointed
out the characteristics of a good
hostess. A round table discussion
followed.
A sing-song was led by La Nora
Campbell in absence of the pep lead-
er Correne Massey.
The meeting adjourned to meet
again April 23, at 8:30 p. m.
beer in Milam county, it was announc-
ed here today by the Gulf Brewing
Company.
Tommy Johnson at the Artesian
Ice Company, will be th? resident
representative and will take care of
all local deliveries and sales. M*.
Johnson has been with the ice com-
pany for several years.
Mr. McCullom said he would main-
tain a warehouse in Cameron and no
change whatever will be made either
in the local distributor service or
the amount of beer alloted. The
warehouse here will be located on
the Santa Fe.
Mr. McCullom is a prominent
Hearne bus-'ness man and a veteran of
M'orld Mar 1.
7*
WANTED TO BUY—100 or 200 acre-
farm. Prefer mostly grass land.
M’rite P. I). Harriss, Box 172„ Cam-
eron. 51-8tp
Chas. P. Simecek, Sr .
Expresses Thanks for
Welcome to His Son
Deeply grateful for the impressive
welcome given his son, Cpl. Alfred
A. Simecek, on his return here, Chas.
j J. Simecek, Sr., expressed his thanks
and that of his family to the people
and to all who had a part in arranging
the ceremonies here Friday:
Mr. Simecek said:
“M’e are very happy over the wel-
come given our son, Cpl. Alfred A.
Simecek. M’e want each one to know
of our appreciation, especially those
who gave their time and effort to
arrange the ceremonies. I know the
community is proud of Cpl. Simecek
as well as all others who came
through the sacrifices of the Philip-
pines. My- native country of Czech-
oslovakia-is proud also of Cpl. Sim-
ecek who not only fought for his na-
tive land of America but for the
country from which I came to the
United States, for Czechoslovakia
cherishes freedom, liberty and dem-
ocracy as we do in this country. We
are all deeply indebted to the men
who are fighting our cause every-
! where in the world.”
MEETING RESISTANCE
Allied armies in the European as
well as Pacific theatres of war were
meeting resistance Monday and it
appeared the end was not in signt
as might have been expected from
1 developments last week.
The Germans suddenly come to life
1 were fighting the spearheads of Gen-
! eral Patton’s stroops in 58 miles of
the Czech border and on Kinawa the
the Japs appeared trying to make
another Iwo Jima out of the fight.
FOR SALE—12 tube General Electric
radio. $100 cash. Alfons Kocurek ltp
M’ANTED—To buy a young Jersey-
milk cow. -J. H. Hill, Rockdale ltc
We repair any make or model radio,
f Parma Radio Service.
AT FIRST
SIGN OF A
MAN NEEDED—For truck sales and
delivery Texaco Products, Cameron
territory. Might consider half time
man. Only fair education necessary
with ability to figure and write plain-
ly. If interested see J. P. Fuller,
at Tcjcaco Office. 51-2tc
USE I
Cold Preparations as directed
Distinction for Great Smokies
The Great Smoky mountains na-
tional park is believed to have a
greater variety of plant life than
any other part of the world, more
than 1,500 varieties.
FAMOUS DISCOVERY
acts fast on the kidneys
— to ease painful bladder irritation
caused by excess acidity in the urine
Thousands are thanking DR. KILMER’S
SWAMP ROOT tor helping them to re-
move the cause of needless getting up at
nights”. For this pure herbal medicine,
originally crealed by a practising physi-
cian. acts quickly to increase the flow ot
urine . . . helps relieve backache, run down
feeling, uncomiortahle symptoms ol
bladder irritation. SWAMP R9OT. “ ?
scientific preparation. A combination ot
carefully blended herbs, roots, vegetab es,
balsams. Absolutely nothing h°r‘'‘
habit-forming when you use Dr. Kilmer s
medicine. Just good ingredients that art
fast to bring you new comfort. ,Y,
Send for free, prepaid sample TODAY.
Like thousands of others you II be glad
that you did Send name and address to
Department C, Kilmer & Co., Inc., Box
1255, Stamford, Conn. Offer limited. Send
at once. All druggists sell Swamp Root.
FOR SALE—Pure-bred broad breast-
ed Bronze, baby beef turkey eggs.
These eggs are from blood-tested
hens. See me at my home at the Rock-
dale crossing four miles northwest of
Chriesman or write Jesse Whited,
Rt. 1, Milano, Texas._4S-3tc
FOR concrete hous blocks and well
curbing, see J. L. Barmore. 42-tf
t
A. E. MATTI-A, C ameron
Phone 27
J. O. MITCHELL, Huckholts
Phone IS
USED CARS WANTED—Will buy
any make or moiW. Grabein Chevro-
let ompany. _34-tf
TRACTOR Mechanical repairing,
acetylene and electric welding. Mr. P.
Matyastin. _4*
CaPERTON’S
5c and 10c STORE f
t ♦
NOTICE TO LOCKER OWNERS
You can now buy Handy Sanitary Food Contain-
ers, Decorated, Cardboard Containers, 1 Pint
Size with Covers!
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baskin are ex-
pecting their son and wife. Dr. John was not injured.
FOR SALE—350 acres well improved
farm land, the old M’allaee Moody
home near Minerva. Ideally situated
and ideal for truck farming and stock
raising. See H. P. Culpepper, < am-
eron.
FOR SALE—Second year M'atson
cotton seed. J. H. Majors, Cameron.
Rt. 2._51'3tp
FOR SALE—Pedigreed M'atson and
M'atson-Rowden cotton seed for plant-
ing. See R. B. Rylander, Cam-
eron. 5l-4tp
FOR SALE—Young .Jersey milk cow
with second calf. Phone o28, Chas.
McDermott. 50-2tc
Returns From Pacific
T-Sgt, Jesse A. Henry
Marine Technical Sergeant Jesse
A. Henry. 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. S
J. Henry of Rt. 3, Cameron, is on
furlough following his return from
the Pacific where he was a radio
maintenance man with a dive bomber
squadron known as the “Bombing
Banshees” of the First Marine Air
Ming, based in the New Hebrdies,
Solomons and Philippines, and on
Green Island.
He underwent several bombing
attacks while in the Solomons, but
Ladies Matchbands—
29c
Mens Matchbands—
29c
JEWELRY
Childrens M'rist Matches—
15c
N'oveltv Pins Ear Bobu
29c 10c
Simplicity Patterns—Short Time Only
NOTIONS
Metal Zippers— Rost Proof Snaps—
25c-30c Card 10c
Embroidery Hoops— , Hooks and Eyes—
15 Card 10c
Needles Safety Pins Rats, Match natural Hair—
10c-15c 10c cd. 20c up
STRAW HATS
Hats for Men, Women, Boys and Girls, Prices
25c to $1.00
HOUSEHOLD NEEDS
O-Cedar Polish— Oil and Dust Mops—
49c 69c-$1.49
Johnson's Waxes. Johnson's (ilo-(out Mater Mops
20c-30c- 59c 59c
POULTRY SUPPLIES
MAMIE A. HEFLEY l
Jane Baskin of San Francisco, for a
few days visit, and also expect Mrs.
Roy Baskin. *Jr., of Orange on M'ed-
nt-sday of this week.
INSURANCE
THE VERDICT OF THE YEARS IS
SATISFACTION
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M M.KKKS CREEK
BAPTIST CHURCH
Friday. April 13. called conference.
2:00 p. m. :
Saturday night. Prayer Meeting.
8:00 p. m.
Sunday School. Sunday 10:00 a. m.
Sunday Morning M'orship Service
11:00 . m.
Subject, ‘"The Promise of Power.”
Basket Dinner at 12:00
Taking of Religious Census, After-
noon.
Evangelistic Service at 8:00 p. m.
Rev B. Finney Bragg. Pastor.
He was graduated from Yoe High
School, Cameron, in 1939. and was
employed by the Southern Electric
Supply Company, Touston. before en-
listing in August. 1942. He attain-
ed his present rank in May. 1944.
A brother. Beverly, is in the Army.
Truett Chambers has returned
home from Fort Benning. Ga.. where
he took Mrs Homer Chambers and
baby to join her husband who is in
Officers training school in Georgia.
Chick Fountains—
10c to $1.98
Chick Feeders—
15c to $1.00
Leg Rands—
Nest Egg*
10 for 5c
2 for 25c
BUY MORE AND MORE WAR STAMPS AND
BONDS!
“Time Tried and Fire Tested”
INSURANCE IS NOT AN EXPENSE—IT IS AN IN-
VESTMENT IN security:
W0MEM38t.52
lOfPLASHES?
L x* ruffer from fcot flash**.
^lieTweak. nervous. hlghawwng.
• Ml blue at time*—due to tbe func-
tional •T.HKUe-aae ’ period
women—trr tbl* crest rr.edlcir.-—Lydia
E Pmaluur.'a Vegetable Compound to
reBrre such symptoms Plnkbsm s
Coe:;- -UE4 »«m* Its one or
-» »i ir'iSini:** foe tti*
Frank Burkeen and daughter Miss
Stella Burkeen of Cameron attended
a barbecue at the Carpenter’s Hall
last week in Temple, given in honor
j of the local Carpenter’s Union.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Srms.dr.. and
on and Miss Elaine Sims of Gardo,
ila., are spending the spring with
.Jr. and Mrs. Albert Schlemmer of
Belmena.
From where I sit... 1/ Joe Marsh
Lud Denny Solves
the f ocus? Problem
We don’t experiment with your
radio—M"e repair it—1 ou pay less
for our service. Any make radio,
tf Parma Radio Service.
Miss Aetna Smith is visiting her
, sSter. Mrs. Vernon McIntyre and
i family in Alpine.
purpose
PoUow label
Mrs. L. C. Angell
transacted business in
of Belnwr.a
Cameron Fri -
Lud Denny may not be much of
a farmer, but most folks allow
he’s pretty smart at solving
other people’s problems. Like
Alvin Blake's locusts.
For years Alvin has been try-
ing to get rid of a grove of lo-
custs. They aren’t using np any
good land, bnt they annoy Alvin.
Every time he cut* then* down,
np they shoot again.
MTiatTl I do about them lo-
custs?" Alvin asks Lud. “Well,
tf you can't get rid of 'em," sax'*
Lud, " I’d say you better get to
like ’em."
From where I sit, that's sound
philosophy— applied to people
just as much as lomst trees. Yon
can't always change folks to
jour way of thinking-some
may prefer beer to buttermilk,
cr a double harness to a siagle
one—bnt yon ran get to like
them (if yon take the trouble).
And first thing you know, the
iillle djJXerenct-s don't matter.
ffec
So. 110 ofm Sena Cerr*** i<HJ- * «•"* *
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