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EAST AND WEST TEXAS: Partly Cloudy
this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday.
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THE CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
Vol. 18—No. 257
Associated Press
NBA Service
Burger, Texas, Tuesday, September 19, 1944
(Six Pages Today)
Erics Fits Cants
U. S. Warplanes Operate Against Philippines
From Air Fields On Newly Captured Isles
Artillery Added To Battle In Holland; |
Nazis Admit Abandoning Port Of Brest
Wa> Man Of T!.« Week ! !
War Bond Award
To Be Made Ai
Monte Carlo Party
A twenty-five dollar war bond
will be awarded the holder of
the higher! stakes at the Junior
Chamber of Commerce annual
Monte Carlo party September JO,
President Charles Smith announc-
ed at the regular noon meeting of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
at the Black Hotel yesterday.
Plans for a special program
next Monday night were dismiss- j parachute troops, blazing a path
,d by the organization in order | for ground troops and armor, had
to give members an opportunity i
to concentrate on the Monte Carlo
party, expected to be the most
By DWIGHT PITKIN
Associated Press War Editor
Reinforced by artillery dropped from the skies and back-
stopped by a hookup with ground forces, Allied airborne
troops firmly anchored their hold on vital water lanes in
Holland today in a buttle of rising fury before northern bas-
tions of the German westwall.
The British second army, joining up with the first allied
airborne army’s skv invasion, captured the Dutch communi-
cations center of Eindhoven after charging forward Hi miles
in 24 hours. Geldrop, seven miles to the east, also fell to the
British armored.
The Germans acknowledged abandoning the Brittany port
of Brest, but declared the town and great harbor “are only
smoking ruins.” The suicide garrison was said to have retreat-
ed to the nearhv peninsula.
A front dispatch said American *---
successful ever staged here. Tick-
ets for Ihe affair were distributed
among Jayrees at the meeting,
and by neon today advance ticket
sales were already reported boom
ing. Reportedly, there were more
requests lor tickets than were
immediately available.
(For the benefit of newcomers,
it should be explained that the
annual Monte Carlo party is not
an event for the Junior Chamber!
ot Commerce. Rather, it Is spon
Jayeecs for the
been reinforced by glider-borne
artillery. *
The Germans brought up heavy |
artillery in an attempt to destroy j
a strategic canal seized by the
Americans. The Americana were [
Army Air Ami Navy
Officers Address
Legion Convention
CHICAGO, Sept
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eliminating the enemy's artillery j American Legionnaires went into
with comparatively small but the second session of their annual i
dealy, portable weapons. Fight-j convention today pondering lid-1
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ing within pistol range of the Ger
man gunners, the Americans at-
tacked heavy field pieces with Ba-
zooka rocket shells.
Positions Strengthened
Allied Headquarters announced
that the airborne army had con-
sored bv the .tnyeees tot tnt .soliduted and strengthened pi -1
community.1 tions in Holland.
C’ha tie; Kelley, who has n at-, communique said that
eled extensively through the south-, Anlf,ricon First Army forces bat-
west and Mexico, turn,shed yes j „ farthei. sou(h on German soil
terdav’s program, showing slides th(. Rhm(,|;ilul
of the places he has teen anil , „tltf,resistance and in-
giving a running commentary. ,, ,,
6 E ; creasing artillery fire. It was an
| pounced, however, that four tier
j man towns had been taken.
Stronger German resistance in
the air also was indicated. Allied
planes destroyed 32 enemy ait
craft in yesterday’s overall air op
| eralion at a cost of 33 Allied fight
I ers missing.
Storming across and atop the
maze of canals in the Netherlands,
SAN ANTONIO, Sept 19 1 f’ — Allied ton es were battling toward
Sylvester Davis, 25, Negro soidiei : |b(1 Hannover Plain which tear.,
under a death sentence in Ihe directly to Berlin, and threaten
slaying ol a San Angelo white girl. mg the greu, Dutch ports of Am
today still remained at large aftei j ,q,,r(lum and Hotterdom.
h.s escape from the orderly room Stubborn Opposition
of the Fort Sam Houston prison „0pp(lMtjl)n thl, ,,d.ance of
Sunday night. i our ground troops was stubborn,”
Major James Crawford Jr . fori ; {h<i („mm,inl(|l„, lhe :il,.a
Sam Houston P11 1 a n a tons o, j w(,st of Antwerp Allied troops now
ftcer, said Davts leaped from »J fiRhtiIlB llM Dutch soil are advam
window and escaped when taken
to the orderly room for medical
treatment which he had request-
ed
Negro Escaping
FI. Sam Houston
Siill At Large
Davis, tried by a court martial
at Sail Angqlo Army Airfield June
2, was convicted of tTie “murder
of Peggy I»u Arnold b) strikin'.',
her with his fists and kicking and
stamping her on the head and
body with his feet.”
He was taken to Fort Sam Hous-
ton from the San Angelo Field
where he had been stationed.
A Negro answering Da\de-
scription a pi reared at a farm home
last night, asking for water Tin*
incident intensified the search
which continued unabated rod ay
nn the parts of military police,
city and state notice officers, dep-
Miller
fighting <
I ing in spite of stilt opposition.”
Berlin acknowledged that Amer-
| ican airborne troops had entered
the rail center of Eindhoven, some
I 10 miles inside the Netherlands
I border. Berlin reports put the Al-
| lies 10 miles north ot Nijmegen
i across formidable water barriers
j to the vicinity of Arnhem, which j
! is 320 miles west of Berlin.
| Troops of the American Fifth
: Army in Northern Italy won what |
was officially described a.x a
| “great success.” They broke
I through strong defenses and cap
• tured three heights in the Gothic j
Line 20 miles northeast of Flor |
British Reach San Marino
Rollins Services
Tomorrow 3 P. M
ings from high ranking war lead-
ers of blows to be delivered
against the nation’s enemies.
From Admiral Chester W. Nim-
itz, commander in chief of the Pa -
cific fleet, they heard that the con
quest of the Philippines would be
the job of Gen. Douglas Mac Ar-
thur’s Southwest Pacific Forces,
with the Navy supporting and
protecting the campaign.
From Gen. H H Arnold, chief
o ft he Army Air Forces, they
heard that the aerial arm had been
built up to carry air warfare “into
the very heart of Germany and
Japan,” and that the Army long
had been planning an “all-out’
punch at the Japs.
Both addressed Legion members
last night—Arnold in person and
Nimitz by radio-—after Gen
George C. Marshall, the Army’s
chief of staff, had disclosed that |
60 American division*.; had reached I
the fighting fronts and that eight
more would mi if the- month.
Nimitz, discussing the general
drive westward in the Pacific, said
completion of the seizure of Palau
woul d iso late the Japanese in the
Carolines, render their Truk baa*
“next to useless” and put the Idaho. 1
Yanks in position to strangle com j 11 ‘ 1 h
munications between Japan prop-
cr and Japan's conquerd territo-
ries in New Guinea and tire Dutch •
East Indies I
“Finally,” he added, “when Pa- !
lau falls, a formidable obstacle t<>1
our eventual return to the Phil-
ippines is swept away, and we
will have a base from which to
cover and support MacArthur
Philippine campaign ”
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Tom W. Caldwell,
Sialion Operator,
Dies Suddenly
Police Chid And
Jaycee President
Stage 'Real'' Ad
Police Chief Jack Julinn and
Tom W Caldwell, well known i •Ti,vtw PreKidmt Charles Smith
filling ftaiion operator of Burger , yefiterctoy made a strong bid for
died very suddenly last night.
Caldwell was rushed to the hofiH
pita! by ambulance, but was pro
non net d dead upon arrival The
body will la* in state at the
Blackburn Shaw Powell Funeral
Home until funeral arrangement;*
art* completed
Williams Funeral
Tomorrow At The
Church Of Christ
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Dewey Appeals
To Labor For
Election Support
By The Associated Press.
| Thomas F Dewey, on the rec-
j ord with a confidently-worded
1 appeal for labor support, traveled
i into Oregon today for another
| speech in the busiest week yet of
I his campaign to become the first
| Republican president in 12 years.
I The New York governor will
I speak from Portland tonight ‘9.30
! p.rn,, CWT> in a quick follow-up
| of his Seattle attack last night on
J President Roosevelt’u handling of
Fit,* warrant charged the Junior j w:" tune li,bor trouble*. His topic:
“fs There an Indispensable Man? ’
Then ahead of him arc speeches
in San Francisco Thursday and in
Los Angeles Friday.
Otherwise, with major Demo-
cratic activity awaiting President
v I Roosevelt’s Saturday night speech I
I from Washington, the political do
, | velopments of the day included
t J cheerful predictions from Repub-
I lican Chairman Herbert Brownell
and plans of Senator Smith <D~SC)
for a Washington meeting of anti-
I administration Democrats.
* • Gov. Dewey devoted nearly all
of his Seattle speech to labor is-
v'histling, cheering
New Deal is ex-
sible for most of
ime strikes ”
War Labor Board
avinc that “for all
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5,500 Enemy Dead Reported
On Island Of Peleliu In
First Four Days 01 Campaign
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
American ground forces, fighting over some of the toughest
terrain of the Pacific war, drove today toward the climatic
battles for two islands in the strategic Palau group as Tokyo
radio indicated U. S. warplanes may already be operating
against the Philippines from a third island invaded only last
week.
War correspondents reported from Peleliu island in south-
ern Palau that first division Marines had knocked out all of
the Japanese tanks and most of their harassing artillery.
Nearly 5,500 enemy depd, more than half the estimated gar-
rison, were killed in the first four days.
The principal town, Asias, two villages, and the adjacent
islet of Ngarmoked were captured as the Japanese steadily
retreated over the coral ridges, honeycombed with defensive
points in which some Japnrese soldiers were chained to their
posts.
Infantrymen of the Army's 81st
Division, filtering through a maze
of vines and tropical underbrush,
occupied the northern half of lit-
tle Anguar Island, killing less
than 100 of the elusive defenders
on the way A large phosphate re-
finery, important to Japan's mu-
nitions industry; ttie town of Sai-
pan, and a largo railway yard
were among their prizes.
Tokyo reported about 55 Light-
nings and Liberators yesterday
bombed Davao, largest city in the
Southern Philippines, indicating
the airfield on newly invaded Mo-
rotai Island was already in use.
f ighters have made 1,400 mile
round trips to attack Davao, but
the rightoi strip on Morotai, little
more than 300 miles from the tar-
get, was one of the island’s great-
est values.
Few Enemy Air Attacks
The Nipponese made two “in-
effective night raids” on Morotai
in their frist counteraction against
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s inva-
sion. Absence of Japanese air at-
tacks on United States forces
swarming around the Southern
Philippines led Artemus Gates,
atvistant secretary of the Navy
for Air, to comment “it is very
confusing why the Japs are not
more aggressive.”
He noted ihe "total luck" of
fight from the Japanese air force
during the three days he rode on
a raiding carrier within sight of
the Philippines. "These people
he added, "definitely are on the
run.”
Adni Chester VV. Nimitz con-
ceded tlie Japanese have "no room
for optimism" but pointed out that
ahead of American forces lie
’’tougher and more compact de-
fenses," the main bodies of the
well trained Japanese Army.” and
tlie badly pommeled but stilt po-
tent Imperial fleet
Fleet To Support MacArthur
From the Navy's expected for-
ward base at Palau, Mimitz said,
In fleet will support MacArthur’s
invasion of the Philippines.
The Japanese have an estimat-
ed 40,000 soldiers on Palau Is-
lands not yet invaded Tokyo as-
sorted Hiat all civilians had been
evacuated (ruin Palau by a war
mvuy— a doubtful
doubtful and un-
Tokyo broadcasts!
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ps sunk
»kyo broadcast
report-
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British
fleet attacked
a Jap
in Northern S
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ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 19—<JP)—
The sheer drama of an airman’s
last days adrift in the Pacific on
a life raft . . .
The horror of a Japanese plane
diving at the raft, piercing his
legs With machlnegun slugs . . .
His love for a sweetheart he
planned to marry on his next
leave . . .
And, just before death, his
longing for "mom’s cooking."
All this was unfolded today by
Mrs. Henry Clevenz, mother of
Jack Cooper, 23, of Elkhart, a ra-
dioman on a Navy torpedo plane
that was shot down June 15. The
mother pieced together the story—
from Cooper’s sketchy but graphic
log released by the Navy, a
letter from his squadron com-
mander and also from the com-
mander of a naval vessel that
picked up the life raft on July 21
about foiir days after her son died
on it.
Sprinkled through the notations
scratched laboriously on paper
leaves of his wallet were frequent
endearments to "Helen" of "Big
Eyes"—Mis* Helen E. Checchlo of
Elkhart. She and Cooper had set
their wedding date for his next
leave.
The log as released by the Navy
July 6—Mom: Wings are in sew-
ing kit, am entitled to all stars
and more Be sure to check ins .
etc. 10,000 ins. (roses! to remind
me of Helen. I’ve always loved
her. Love kisses same for you
Mom, dad and all.
July 8—Weak. Can’t catch fish
. . . no rain . . love Big Eyes
July 9—Little rain. Headed
west. Weak.
July 10—Rain last nite very
weak land close somewhere.
July 11—Navis flew over , . .
no see . . . left eye bad shape . . .
still have water- Drifting NE.
July 12—Little cloudy no planes
no land headed north pjn Jap
Nell saw me . . . strafed hit me,
in both legs . . . bandaged them
Drifting E.
July 12—‘Sick—Vers- weak from
loss of blood . . . land in sight . . .
no food since the 4th . . 6 ounces
ol water left , , , going east
July 14—Caught one small fish
last pjn. . . . very slight breeze
SI. if this is my lust day tell my
Big Eyes to be happy with same
»iiie else. I’m buck to salt water
God bless you fl|
Surpria* July IS tell U#Wn 1
found Qo4 be happy love. No r*u>
tor - weeks . , to Helen j tov#.!
lwi until th* and-Jack | ujVc
Mum I kid and all wish 1 aat miic
|tiul
a i ufetouf lus
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 258, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1944, newspaper, September 19, 1944; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth737359/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.