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WEATHER
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this afternoon and tonicjht.
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Vol. 17—No. 76
NEA Service
THE CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
Associated Press Borger, Texas, Friday, February 19, 1943
(Six Pages Today)
Price Five Cents
German Attack In Tunisia
Rommel's Thrust Into 300-Mile
Tunisian Front Reported ‘Broken’
28 Dead Or Missing
In Greatest Crash
Na/.!:, 111 a : UI |j: i •
photographers with this s lies of action pictures. At top, Bnti.-h
tanks move across a Held toward a German position in the Rou
Arada area. Then down out of the sky comes a twin-motored Nazi
dive bomber, dropping its bombs m a great explosion, bottom. One
British tank was damaged, one enemy bomber was shot down.
SEATTLE, Feb. 19—</P>—A toll
of 28 dead or missing was count-
ed today in the crash of a pon-
derous, four-motored bomber into
Seattle’s largest packinghouse, the
worst aerial disaster in Pacific
northwest history.
The Boeing bomber, one engine
- afire during a regular test flight,
smashed in the Frye & Company
plant at noonday yesterday,
spreading flaming death and de-
struction throughout, the four-
story brick building.
Fifiteen bodies were decovered
in the 12 hours after the crash
of the faltering, burning aerial
giant as its pilot fought desper-
ately to get it into Boeing field
for an emergency landing. They
included those of the 11 highly
skilled Boeing technicians aboard.
I The 11, most of them engineers,
were headed by Edmund T. Allen, 1
1 famed test pilot who has dared
death dozens ol times for the pro-
| gress of aviation. He was listed
as pilot on the tragic flight. He
was director of the Boeing flight
and aerodynamics department
and often served as a test pilot for I
other aircraft companies.
Four Frye company employes
bodies were recovered, but only
one of them, August Hoba, was
identified. Thirteen other missing
workers were feared burned in
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Fighting Mad Americans
March ‘Out Of The Valley*
By HAROLD V. BOYLE
WITH U. S. FORCES IN TUNISIA, Fob. 17—(AP)
— (Delayed)—Jerry threw his Sunday punch at us with
men, guns and tanks and that, in part, is the story of the
American retreat in Tunisia.
The bloody battlefields, littered with broken vehicles
and marked with the cross of Germany as well as tne star
of America, testify the Nazis had no margin in courage.
Out into the long valley and into the hills they march-
ed and rolled on wheels —
thousands of American sol-
diers fighting mad because
they had to march back-
ward toward New York in
stead of forward toward Tu-
nis and Sfax.
To the Germans it was a retreat,
to the Americans it was a stra-
ii'riif wihrltuwal But whatever
First Money
Received For
The Red Cross
Allied Aerial
Offensive Hits
Island Bases
Although the Red Cross War
Fund Drive <1<<> not officially
get underway until March 1, tour
prominent citizens have already
started the ball rolling, with
worthwhile contributions, accord-
ing to Chairman A. W. Nelson.
First to get the financial ball
underway were Mr. and Mrs. Sol
Morgenstern, who sent in $25. The
Morgensterns have been the first
donors for a number of years.
Others who also came in yes- j
terday with their contributions
were Barnev Andress, $25, and i
Frank Jennings, $15.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Feb. 19—-iTPi—Jap-
anese shipping and airdromes at
Mdang, New Guinea, and at Bufn,
in the Solomon Island, were the
targets of a heavy Allied aerial
offensive in the southwest Pacific
yesterday, a headquarters comm- !
unique said today.
Catalina bombers, attacking i
from medium altitudes, ranged for
two hours over the Kahili air-
drome, at Buin, destroying a num-
hcr of oncmv aircraft and «rttipi»
German Naval
Base Bombed
LONDON, Feb. 19—i/P)—RAF
bombers roared back to attack
Wilhemlshaven, German Naval
base, last night and other Allied
aircraft attacked rail lines on the
continent and shipping off the
coast, the air ministry announced
today.
Seven planes, including four
bombers, were lost in the night’s
operations, the ministry said.
The attack on Wilhelmshaven
was heavy as the bombing run
was made in good weather, it was
said. The last previous attack on
the naval base was Feb. 11.
Railways and canal lines in
France and Belgium were the
continental targets.
A medium sized enemy supply
ship was hit off the Dutch coast
and set on fire, a ministry com-
munique said, but results were
difficult to observe as coastal
command aircraft sought shipping
(Continued on PAGE TWO)
Physically Fif
Men For Service
Is Great Need
, WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. —(JP)
1 —President Roosevelt said today
I that, it was decided last August
how many men should go into the
army this year, and that so far as
' the farm labor shortage was con-
I cerned he thought use of young
| people of high school age could
do a lot to releive it.
The decision on the size of the
army, he emphasized, was dictat-
ed by military necessity. He said
it called for 7,500,000 men, exclu-
sive officers, by next December
31.
With other services, it was
brought out in an exchange of
questions with reporters at his
press conference, this would mean
a total of 10,800.000, in all armed
services.
• Manpower officials have indi-
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name it’s called it had just one | explosions that caused fires in j
effect on the American soldiers ' dispersal and dump areas visible /
and that was to get back at the | for 50 miles- » was stilted-
Germans with all they have just j The Japanese sent up heavy
as soon as the commanders give \ bursts of anti-aircraft fire but all I
England's Queen
Helps To Locate
American Soldier
Commercial Tires
Must Be Checked
By February 28
Mr. Nettles F. Nelson, District
Manager of the Office of Defense
Transportation, 1008 Fisk Build-
ing, Amarillo, Texas, today re-
minded all commercial vehicle
owners tha* February 28 is the
dead line for having tires in-
spected .
Those who have not had their
tires inspected should do so at
once. Delay will be particularly
costly to the operators whose veh-
icle or tires need some minor
repair or adjustment.
the word.
As one who watched for three
straight days as American tank-
men threw away their lives in a
gamble to stem the onward ava-
lanche of the German armored
force. 1 for one, couldn’t question
the decision to withdraw.
That’s why German patrols
roam the plains of the Sbeitln-
Feriana valley tonight and the
sleepless French and American
guards watch from the hilLs over-
looking the yellow acres dotted
with blossoming almond tree,
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KANSAS CITY. Feb. 19—(/P)—
The ambassador in London and
all the federal cabinet officers at
home couldn’t help Grandpa Jos-
eph E. Martin, 77, find out what
had happened to grandson L. W.
James, jr., in England.
Grandpa figured it was time
to take direct action. He took a
tighter grip on his pen, and wrote
troyed or damaged a 300-ton aux- qUeen.
of the Allied planes returned
safely. No enemy craft contested
the air.
At Mdang, a Liberator bomb-
ed the airdrome dispersal areas
and Australian beaufighters at-
tacked the waterfront and des-
iliary schooner and a 30-foot
launch, heudquarters announced.
The fighters also took a hand
in machine-gunning the airdrome
and town area and then swept on
the Alexshafe to destroy or dam-
age three more launches. A num-
(Continued on PAGE TWO)
Italians Claim Capture
Of 2,876 Allied Soldiers,
169 Tanks Put Out Of Action
By The Associated Press
The Italian hitfh command declared in a communique
broadcast by the Rome radio today that Axis forces had
Your Certificate of War Nee- captured 2,876 Allied soldiers in the new Tunisian fighting
essity should be presented to the and captured or destroyed 169 tanks.
inspector ror his endorsement on The broadcast, recorded by the Associated Press in
London, declared that, in addition to the 169 tanks, 95
armored cars, 36 mobile guns, 66 other guns of various cal-
iber, six planes and “a large number” of trucks were
wreck or seized.
These figures were not confirmed by Allied an-
nouncements. Secretary of War Stimson said in Washing-
Back came a letter on Bucking-
ham palace stationery:
“The lady-in-waiting is com-
manded by the queen to let Mr.
J. E. Martin know that Mr. Luther
James (with RAF ground forces)
is well and safe," it said. James’
London address as listed, and the
queen conveed her hope that let-
ters would get through in the
future. She sent good wishes to
Mrs. Martin, too.
Grandpa Martin said he was
puzzled abou* addressing a queen,
so he just wrote:
"Dear First Lady: I address
you thus, as I would our own
First Lady, both you and she
being so thoroughly human . . .”
the back, in the space provided, at
the time of inspection.
190 Additional
Theatre Seats
Are Cushioned
Pair-a 'Chutes
Camera Club
Meets Tonight
Pictures >>i children will be
shown in the print competition
when the Llano Estacado Cam-
era club meets tonight at 7:30
o’clock, in the Federated Club
rot'ms.
Phil Carter will give a five-min-
ute talk on ‘ Negative Materials.”
Everyone interested in better
pictures is cordially invited to
attend.
Tojo
Given
Power
British Big Guns
Shelling Germans
Near Mareth Line
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Field Marshal Rommel’s thrust deep into the middle
ol the 300-mile-long Allied front in Tunisia was describ-
ed as “broken’ today, and a German broadcast reported
that the British 8th and 1st armies were moving up on
both flanks in a developing north-south squeeze.
A bulletin from Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery’s
headquarters said British 8th arcy troops yesterday occu-
pied the outpost of Foum
Press
^
(Navy Photo from NEA)
Pilot ’chute pulls out main par-
achute just after Navy rigger
pulls the rip cord in test jump at
Corpus Christi, Tex., training
station.
By The Associated
The Japanese house of repre- i
sentatives approved without dis- |
cussion Thursday 26 bills one1
of which greatly increases Prem-
ier Hideki Tojo’s powers over
war production, the German radio
repu ted today in a broadcast re-
corded by the Associated Press.
Apparently this was one of the
' 1 ■ ‘ ■ measures" again t
which the premier has defended
himself in recent sessions of the
diet, on one occasion denying that
he was a dictator and was only .
"tiie mocn receiving light from ^
the sun <the emperor)”.
Previous reports of the mea-
sure, as received from Tokyo
broadcasts, said it would allow
the premier to suppress the pow-
ers of ether ministers if it be-
; came necessary to shove through
his war materiasi program.
The Berlin broadcast said the
bill went to the house of peers for
I final action.
Anii-Loan Shark
Proposal Fails
In Legislature
Island Natives Rescue
Downed Fortress Gunner
Mrs. R. W. Parr,
Pioneer, Dies Of
Long Illness
Mrs. R. W. Parr, 76, who has
been living in Hutchinson County
since 1926, died at 1:30 o’clock iiiis
morning following a lingering lll-
r.ccc, in her home near the Pet
rolia school, cast of the Gulf
Camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Parr, property
owners, came to Borgcr in 1926
from Iowa Park and have been
in Texas since 1909.
Funeral services will be held
in the Carver Funeral Chapel to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
with the Rev. James G. Glenn
of the Presbyterian church, of-
ficiating. Interment will be in
Memorial Park, Amarillo.
In addition to her husband. Mrs.
Parr is survived by four sisters,
Mrs. Lila Thomas, Mrs. Hattie
Anderson, Mrs. Eva Schultz, all
of Rochester, N. M., and Mrs.
Jesse McDonald of Los Angeles.
By OLEN CLEMENTS
GUADALCANAL, Feb. 4—(De-
layed1—(/P)—Corporal Joe Hhart-
man, blond and angular, of Bir- <
mingham, Ala., come out of the !
bush of Choiseul island today with \
one of the weirdest stories of the
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 19—UP)—
An anti-loan shark bill which has
been considered at intervals for
10 days by the House of Repre-
sentatives suffered a severe set-
back today.
By a vote of 52 to 60 the meas-
ure. by Representative S. J.
Isaacks of El Paso, failed to pass
to third and final reading. This
means that it can be considered
a two-thirds ma-
jority vote.
As amended before it reached
a direct vote the bill would guar-
antee a minimum $26 attorney’s
fees in suits to recover usurious
interest. It would permit also a
$1.50 service charge on small loans
—an amendment to meet objec-
tion of bankers who claimed the j
bill without the amendment would
destroy their small loan business, j
j Representative Jack Love of;
Fort Worth attacked the Isaacks’; ai tl Cf v.
■ measure charging that it would
not touch hip pocket operators
j with no offices or assets.
He doubted that the $1.50 serv-
j ice charge—for recording and reg-
I istering loans—was constitutional.
| Banks will be afraid to make small
, loans for this reason, he argued.
(Continued on PAGE TWO)
Tatahouine, at the southern
end of the 60-mile Mareth
line, within 24 hours after
patrols scouted the area.
This indicated little or no op-
position, and the British commu-
nique itself made no mention og
fighting in capturing the outpost.
Thirty miles to the orth, Gen.
Montgomery’s big guns were re-
ported shelling the Axis in the
Medenine area, immediately in
front of the Mareth defense
works.
A Berlin broadcast, going even
farther than the British war bul-
letin, said the 8th army was at-
tacking beyond Medenine.
In the American-defended sec-
tor, 130 miles northwest of the
Mareth line, Rommel’s smashing
66-mile advance spearheaded by
h£avv new Mark VI tanks ap-
peared to have come to a stand-
still.
Gen. Alphonse Juin, the French,
commander-in-chief, said the
Nazi drive had been “broken aft-
er decisive action of Amercan
tanks” and “German large-scale
tank attacks have been warded
off by good shooting of British
U. S. Losses Heavy
An Italian communique, how-
ever, declared that "Jova! opera-
tions in central Tunisia are still
in progress’ and assorted that the
(OM1 3DYd NO panuquoQ)
Press Interviews
China's First Lady
Gandhi Reported
Weaker From Fast
Hale and hearty after 65 days
on the island, which is just off
Japanese-held Bougainville, Hart-
man lived with the natives,
watched American and Japanese
.in uml .ifu fofCca fi&’it anu cul-
minated his stay by capturing a
Japanese pilot, whom he later
shot when he attempted to es-
cape.
Hartman was tailgunner on a
Flying Fortress attacked by Zero
fighters off Choiseul on Dec. 1.
The Fortress shot down two Zeros
and four other fled, but a few
minutes later seven more jumped
the big bomber.
One enemy pilot dived suieid-
ally straight into the side of the
Fortress, setting the forepart afire
and cutting the great ship square-
ly in two. The two sections
plunged toward the sea 17,000
feet below.
Hartman in the plummeting
tail section “blacked out” from
blows under his left eye and on
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Shirley Stevens
Leads Victory
Book Campaign
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. —</P)
—Madame Chiang Kai-Shek said
at the White House today that
Americans could help the Chinese
best by sending more implements
of war and Presdent Roosevelt
declared this w as going to be done
as quickly as the Lord will let us.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
united in their press conferences
for the first time and the first
lady of China and the chief ex-
ecutive both submitted to ques-
tioning
At one point Mr. Roosevelt re-
emphasized the intention of the
| United Nations to use China ac-
j tively as a base for attacking Ja-
pan, while efforts continue to ship
the Japanese lines in the Pacific
; islands.
To a question as to how aid to
the Chinese might be stepped up,
j Madame Chiang referred to the
President's remark about as soon
as the Lord will let us and said
i she would append the saving that
the Lord helps those who help
! themselves.
A Phillips grade school student.
Shirley Stevens, is leading the
Victory Book Campaign contest
in the schools, having to her
credit 29 books.
Running second is Patsy Tarver
of West Ward, with 20 books and
third is Helen O’Dell of Borger
High school, with 19 books.
Joan Davis in the Phillips High
school has collected 18 and Ed-
wina Dickinson at Weatherly
school has collected 13 books.
These are the latest figures that
have been released to the Red
Cross in the contest, however no
county school had reported when
this information was released.
The book campaign, being con-
ducted in an effort to obtain
reading material for soldiers, will
end next week.
ROBERTS VISITING HOME
Master-Sergeant Andrew J.
Roberts, stationed at Pendleton,
Ore., is home on furlough visit-
ing his mother. Mrs. Celia Rob-
erts. Another son, Lieut Robert S.
Roberts oi Dallas, will arrive
home today for a visit.
NEW DELHI. Feb. 19—(/T)—
Witla Mohandas K. Gandhi in the
tenth day of his fast and reported
much weaker that he had stopp-
ed talking almost altogether, In-
dians gathering here for the an-
nual conference of business, pro-
Scouters Discuss
New Services
Scoutmasters of District Two,
meeting in the Sea Scout ship, last
night, discussed problems, which
fessional and educational leader I when solved would make for
McQUEEN HOME ON LEAVE
Lieut. Alton E. McQueen,
Blackland Field, Waco, arrived
this morning for a leave with his , .
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Me- ton yesterday that fairly heavy losses in both personnel
Queen. Lieut. McQueen recently . and equipment were being: inflicted on United States
acquired his wings. forces by the German thrusts in Tunisia.
Keeping the comfort of their
patrons in mind, Tom Davidson,
manager of the Rig theatre, this
morning said 190 additional seats
had been cushioned in this parti-
cular show.
The cushioned chairs are re-
placing a number of unpadded
seats.
expressed hope— but only faintly
—that the United States would
intervene to obtain his release.
The official bulletin on Gandhi's
con id t ion today reported “increas-
ing weakness” but said otherwise
there was little change.
Gandhi is fasting in protest
against his detention by the
British, who arrested him last
Aug. 9 and have kept him be-
hind barbed wire in the Ornate
palace of the Aga Khan at Poona.
Boy Scout Leaders
Plan Fund Campaign
better scouting in this district.
The group also set up war-
zones for messenger service and
any other service connected with
the war ffor* in which the Scouts
will be used.
Minor Huffman, deputy re-
gional Scout director, showed
films of Filment Scout Ranch
in New Mexico, and encouraged
the troop leaders and senior scouts (
to take a 30-day camping course, *
given each summer at the ranch, i
With interest in the Boy Scout
movement reaching a new high
point, the annual campaign for
supporting funds is scheduled to
get underway with a kick-off
breakfast, Wednesday, February.
24th.
Vic Shawgo, finance chairman
for Hutchinson county, announced
today that the county would be
divided into districts with a cam-
paign chairman in charge of each
district.
E. H. Bender, general chairman,
will be assisted by Herb White,
chairman, and Bob Lindsey, co-
chairman, at Borger, and W. E.
Reno, chairman at Phillips.
Bob Bradshaw is chairman at
the Defense Plant, assisted by
Rod Antrim.
Other chairmen and the exact
time and place of the break-
fast meeting will be announced
later.
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 76, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1943, newspaper, February 19, 1943; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth771282/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.