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Vol. 17—No. 98
NEA Service
Associated Press
THE CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
Borgcr, Texas, Wednesday, March 17, 1943
(Six Pages Today)
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Eighth Array A ttacks Mareth Line
Kiska
Heavily
Attacked
Some of China's Flying Fighters
I,
WASHINGTON. March 17.-</P)-
Thc heaviest series o fair attacks
ever made "ii Japanese-held Kis-
ka island in a single dav was
carried out Monday, the navy an-
nounced today, when American
planes raided the Aleutians base
six times between dawn and dusk.
It. the South Pacific, mean
while, light naval surface forces
bombarded Japanese positions at
Vila in the Munda airbase area of
the central Solomon islands. This
was the thiul time that American
warships have penetrated into the
enemy sector of the Solomons to
bombard shore positions at or
near Munda.
Navy communique No. 314 said:
"North Pacific:
"1. On March 15th, heavy and
medium army bombers, with
Lightning 'Lockheed P-38) and
Warhawk 'Curtiss P-40) support,
carried out six heavy bombing at-
tacks on Japanese installations at
Kiska. Results were not reported.
“South Pacific: (all dates are
east longitude)
,-2. During the night of March
15th- 16th, light naval surface
tones bombarded Japanese posi-
tions at Vila on the sou tl least
coast of Kolombangara island.
Good results were reported and no
casualties were suffered by our
forces.
“3. On March 16th:
• a * During the early morning,
army Flying Fortresses 'Boeing B-
17 hamssed enemy positions at
Kahili and Buka in the Bougain-
ville area and at Munda on New
Georgia island.
<b> Later in the morning, Daunt-
less dive bombers 'Douglas' with
Wildcat escort (Grumman F4F),
attacked enemy positions at Vila.
Results were not reported.
“<c> Later in the day Lightning
lighters strafed shore positions in
the vicinitv ot Viru harbor on
New Georgia island."
While the navy was thus re-
porting on recent ections. Elmer
Davis, director of war informa-
tion, told a press conference
that only five Japanese cut of
15,000 escaped death or capture
in the battle of the Bismarck
sea March 2, when 22 Japanese
warships and other vessels were
destroyed by Allied air might.
About 100 Japanese escaped
d" wning and reached shore, Da-
vis said, but of this handful only
live escaped.
Davis gave the lie to recent Ja-
panese broadcasts that the Uni-
ted States had suffered serious
naval lossc.- in the South Pacific,
declaring:
"Every one ot our naval losses
has been announced and by no
stretch of the imagination can
they be called serious.”
U. S. Subs
Score 199
ap Ships
WASHINGTON, March 17—(/P)
—The Unied States submarine
score against Japanese ships in
the Pacific war zone today stood
at 109—including 138 sunk, 23
listed as probably sunk and 38
damaged.
Successful attacks against sev-
en enemy ve -.-els were reported
by the navy yesterday in a com-
munique which listed four as
sunk and three damaged. Those
sunk included a destroyer, a
large cargo ship, a large transport
and a medium-size cargo vessel.
The damaged ships were a med-
ium-size cargo carrier, a medium-
size tanker and si small cargo ship.
No details were given.
Already battle veterans, these Chinese pilots, trained in U. S., pose with their Amcricnn-br
Two Yank flyers, one in the cockpit and the other standing on wing at left, appear with th
Janes.
idron.
Stinnett Club
To Sponsor
Box Supper
Stinnett Kiwanis will suonsoi a
box supper and program tomor-
row night with the proceeds going
to the community recreation fund.
Bill Hamilton will serve as auc-
tioneer and the boxes will be raf-
ik d < ff in three divisions, grade
school, high school, and adults.
The program will feature a
mock radio program with Glenn
Ball as the moderator.
A1 a c A r t h u r L a c k s
Planes, Ships, Men
(Editor's Note: Clark I ee, veteran reporter of warfare in the
Pacilic was with MacArthur in the Philippines and in Australia.
He knows the general’s ways and his wishes. Here, on the anni-
versary of MacArthur's arrival in Australia, Lee tells why the
promised return to the Philippines has not been accomplished,)
Army Forbids
Men To Service
In Public Office
Bill Would Curb
Absenteeism
WASHINGTON. March 17.-I/P)-
A measure aimed at curbing ab-
senteeism among war plant work-
ers was approved, 19 to 7 today
by the house naval committee.
The measure, revised in execu-
tive session, would:
1. Tighten the selective service
act t' provide that an employer
seeking deferment of an essential
worker furnish draft boards with
a record <>1 how many times the
v. jikv: v.a absent irom hi: job.
2. Require the war, navy and
merchant marine departments and
all war contractors to supply the
department of labor with the
names of all workers absent from
work without prior authorization.
AUSTIN. Tex.. March 17.-UP)- j
Service in the legislature by mem-
bers who are serving concurrently I
in the army may come to an end,
if they follow an order issued by i
General George C. Marshall, chief 1
of staff of the United States ar-
my.
A copy ot the order dated Feb.
25 was received today by Gover-
nor Coke R. Stevenson.
It directs that any member of
the military forces cn active duty,
whether on a duty status or on
leave of absence or furlough, shall
“net act in his off leal capacity as
theholder of any public office or
perform any of the duties there-
of.”
A further provision permits sol-
diers serving concurrently in pub-
lic office to receive an honorable
discharge from the army for the
purpose cf serving exclusively in
public office.
Thus, on the basis of the order,
seven members of the house and ;
four senators apparently must re-
sign from the army or ccusc serv-
ing in the legislature Two house
members in this status have re-
signed.
Some members have been at- i
(Continued on PAGE TWO)
Mrs. Nolan DelHs
Rites In Panhandle
3 P.M. Tomorrow
Funeral service- for Mis Nolan
Dell is, 39, of Fritch. who was
killed instantly last Saturday in
a head-on automobile collision,
will be held tomorrow at 3 p. m.
in the Baptist church in Panhan-
dle.
The accident occurred 12 miles
southwest of Fritch on the Ama-
rillo-Fritch road.
Mr. Dellis, who has been in a
critical condition in an Amarillo
hospital, was reported greatly im-
proved today.
•Hospital Notes
North Plains
Floyd Clark is a surgical pati-
ent.
J. D. Holtzclaw underwent a
tensilectomy this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crowley,
upon arrival of a 6 pound 2 ounce
daughter, at 5:40 u. m. yesterday
in North Plains hospital.
By CLARK LEE
NEW YORK, March 17—(AP)—A year ago today
General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia after a
dangerous trip by torpedo boat and airplane from the be-
leaguered Philippines.
Departing on orders from President Roosevelt, Mac-
Arthur left behind him tt gallant, battered, hungry army,
fighting for life in the tan-
glad jungles of Bataan and
on the rocky fortress of Cor-
regidor. All their hopes of
lift of freedom, rode with
their tall, brilliant com-
mander.
They knew that President
Roosevelt had pledged the full re-
sources of the United States in
men and materials to assist the
j defenders of the Philippines. If
anyone could get help to them,
MacArthur would do it. The gen-
, ..! miser!. "I have left the
Philippines and I shall return."
Only MacArthur, of cl! the A!
i tied generals and admirals, had
j stopped the Jap—and he had done
it with a handful of airplanes,
four motor torpedo boats, and an
under-equipped army.
Soon after MacArthur reached
Australia. Bataan surrendered A
month later Corregidor capitulat-
ed.
, In the year since then, Mac-
Arthur has: discovered and ex
ploitcd new concepts of warfare.
Not having any naval support, he
has substituted air power for sea
power both defensively and of-
fensively. He has won battle aft-
er battle by brilliant improvisa-
j tion.
But. a major drive to recapture
the Philippines or to blast the
Japanese off any of the impor-
tant islands they have conquered
>s still apparently lar away.
Instead, MacArthur’s planes are
reported in dispatches from his
headquarters today to bo fighting
defensively against Japanese
convoys bringing reinforcements
I to the Japanese-held islands north
of Australia. Enemy air power
is reported to he on the increase,
I and military and political leaders
in Australia have repeatedly
warned that the continent still is
in danger of invasion.
What has gone wrong0 What
, has happened to the offensive
Hint MacArthur understood he
was to organize?
The answer is brief: MacAr-
lhur has not been given the
forces to enable him to take the
initiative.
America's war production, great
as it is, spreads thin when it is
(Continued on PAGE TWO)
Girl Scouts
Hear LeCrone
On Obligations
Stressing the fact that Girl
Scouts had certain obligations not
expected of others. Scout Execu-
tive Wayne LeCrone Sunday aft-
ernoon addressed the girls at their
Court ol lienor.
A large group ol parents were
I present.
Laier, girls of Troop 2 singed a
program, in which music, talks,
songs and hymns were presented.
.Executive LeCrone then presen
; ted tenderfoot pins to: Wanda 1 la-
ne.', Charlene Armstrong, Sydney
j Ann Brooks, Anuta Lucas, Nina
Sue Pierce, Rosa Jane White, Sal-
j ly Joe White, May Faulkkner, Hay
i Faulkner and Patricia Butt is.
And second class badges to:
Barbara Fower, Louellyn Pen-
nington Albeiia Tarver, Margin-
et Ann Latimer, Lee Doris Spec
tor, LaVera Puris, Lyone Bell,
Sydney Arm Brooks, Nadine Cox,
Margaret Hyatt, Nettie Lou Lind-
s:i \, Barbara Phillips, Norma Jean
Tictz, Sally Jo White, Nancy
(Continued on PAGE TWO)
Honor Students
Sell $252.00
Bonds, Stamps
In a bend and stamp selling
campaign at Burger high school
yesterday, the .sponsors, the Na-
tional Honor society, collected
$252.
The drive was held in connec-
tion with a Jeep campaign and
when the society has sold as much
as $900 worth of defense stamps
and bonds, they’s be given a cer-
tificate declaring them as having
purchased a jeep tor the army.
Climaxing the drive was an as-
sembly program, at which Joanna
Nix acted as mistress of ceremon-
ies. The Honor society staged the
program.
Patsy Roberts gave a reading,
"Talking to Myself,” Billy
Schmalhorst talked on “What
Equals Mean,” the band played
“Marine Hymn” and “Anchors
Aweigh,” Sylvia Katsh gave a
.-Lading, Whittling Joe," Ava
Jeanne Hollingsworth talked on
Britain, the high school sextet
sang four numbers, Myra Alice
Miller gave a reading, "Bonds for
Bombs,” and the band concluded
the urogram with the playing of
the national anthem.
M s B .Angu Boyle is sponsor
of the local Honor society.
Senaie To Vole
On Derfermeni Of
Farm Workers
WASHINGTON, March 17 <7P)—
Alter live days of debate, the Sen- j
ate headed toward a linal vote
today "ii the Bankhead bill to '
stop the drafting of farm workers \
into the armed forces.
Under a unanimous consent
agreement reached yesterday, all
amendments and substitutes are to
be voted <>n starting at 1:30 p.m., j
C'WT, with a final roll call ex-
pected soon afterward.
The more than 40 signed spon-
sor of the measure, offered sev-,
end weeks ago by Senator Bank-
iCcntinuod on PAGE TWO) '
Burma Battle
Flames Along
Mayu River
American Fliers
Bomb Railways,
Bridges, Convoys
By The Associated Press
The new battle of Burma
flamed with greater inten-
sity today as British head-
t(‘I : 1 l ’, ■ -i.ivl .if) hours
of fighting along the Mayu
river, 12 miles north of
Rathedaung, while Ameri-
can fliers ranged far and
wide over the Japanese-
conouered territory to bomb
railway bridges, highways
and tniek convoys.
A British communique tersely
reported a series of clashes on the
east bank of the Mayu river,
where reinforced Japanese troops
were attacking Field Marshal Sir
Archibald P. Wavell’s forces.
The communique said there was
no general change in the situa-
tion. indicating that the British
imnonals had stiffened after min-
o>' withdrawals several davs ago.
Marshal Waved himself de-
clared that India*; volunteer {u-mv
of 2,000.000 was now “in a posi-
tion to meet and defeat any at-
tack against her soil.
RAF warplanes supporting
British ground fighters bombed
the Japanese at Mrawchung, a
few miles north of Rath dialing,
and also pounded the airdrome at
Akvab, key enemy base on the
Bay of Bengal, 25 miles southeast
of Rathednung.
U. S. 10th air force headauar-
t««rs raid American Dianes were
hittina Jeoanese suddIv lines in
widesDread attacks, striding at
a series of rtratecric bridges—
notably the Mvitnge soan near
Mandalay—and strafing enemy
truck columns.
For 48 hours, a communique
said, IT. S. planes bombed and
machine-gunned the Japanese
without loss of a single aircraft.
In the Southwest Pacific, Gen.
Dourlas MacArthur’s bomber
(Continued on PAGE TWO)
Rolarians Debate
Manpower Issue
Food for thought was served
Bt rger RoiJrians yesterday when
some excellent points were
brought out m a heated debate,
Resolved: That conscription of
men and women is necessary to
win the war.
George Finger and Dr. M. M.
Stephens took the affirmative
side, while Walter David and J. C.
Phillips collaborated on the nega- i
live issues.
David produced a stack of do- j
tailed orders that had been issued
the Huber corporation for a single
month and declared that it was an
impossibility to delve through the
material, which had been sent
(Continued an PAGE TWO)
Sky Stowaway
Conquest Of Tunis
And Bizerte Nears
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
A Berlin broadcast today that Gen. Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery's British 8th army had launched an assault
against the 60-mile-long Mareth line in Southern Tunisia,
and Lord Beaverbrook declared in London that “I think
the conquest of Tunis and Bizerte is not far off.”
. DNB, the German news
agency, said the British
struck against the old
French-built Mareth (“Lit-
tle Maginot”) defense
works last night.
“The scale of fighting cannot
be judged by reports so far avail-
able, but Berlin quarters believe
this is a major attack," DNB said.
At) Algiers broadcast reported
in London said preparations for
an “imminent Allied offensive” to
drive approximately 250.000 Ger-
man and Italian troops out of
Tunisia were being intensified.
“The hour is approaching when
Axis forces will be driven out. of
North Africa.” the broadcast said.
Other reports said the 8th
Army was steadily rolling up
armor, guns and fiohting ve-
hicles of all kinds toward the
Mareth line, while a bulletin
from Gen. Dwight D. Eiscnhow
er's headquarters said Allied
warplanes were subjecting the
line to a violent bombardment.
Reds Claim Gains
In the Russian campaign. So-
viet headquarters claimed victory
over the Germans today in a
giant tank battle for control of
the Donets river valley Plow
Kharkov*, while on The central
front the Red armies swept into
more than 32 towns rind villages
in their drive toward the Nazi
keystone fortress at Smolensk,
Dispatches from the Donets
sector reported that tank-led So-
viet troops, rallying after their
retreat from Kharkov, destroyed
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Marion Darling, member of the
RCAF women s division, be-
came the first terry plane stow-
away when she hopped the At-
lantic from Newfoundland hid-
den on a cargo transport to see
her husband in Britain.
Shoe Rationing
Booms Making Of
Mexican Huaraches
REYNOSA, Mex., March 17—
(>V\— Shoe rationing has boomed
the manufacture of Mexican hua-
raches, the sandal-tvpe leather
shoe beloved of U. S. tourists. |
The supply is short ,the cost 1
rsiing. Reynosa dealers said that
manufacturers in Guadalajara
and Oaxaca, who have been sup-
plying thousands of the sandals
annually, are swamped with or- i
ders.
Huaraches for a time could be
bought in Texas only with a ra-
tion coupon. The regulation has
been lifted and sales have boom- j
ed.
Still Waters
13 Billion
War Bonds
To Be Sold
| In a second War Loan drive, the
United St.Ues treasury will bor-
j row $13,000,000,000 during the
i month of April, the local Victory
i Fund committee was advised by
I Secretary Morgenthau today.
Eight billion dollar will come
( from non-banking investors and
the balance fn m banking Matter •.
including the increased weekly of-
i ferings of treasury bills.
The money will be raised
I through gigantic War Savings
bond drive. Tax Savings notes,
j Treasury bills, and the offering of
; new treasury issues designed for
I i very class and type ol investor.
Relocaied Japs To
Form Combai Team
WASHINGTON, March 17—(/P)
—A number of Japanese-Anteri-
enns from the ten relocation cen-
ters already have been approved
by the ware department as volun-
teers for th«^ army combat team
to be composed entirely of Amer- j
ican citizens of Japanese ancer-
try. officails disclosed today
Induction of these men into the j
army may have started, they i
said, but there are no reports yet '
that any of them actually are in
uniform. However, large num-
bers have applied for service with
the combat team, and the aplica-
tions are being reviewed as rapid-
ly as possible
Franco Says
War To Las!
6 Or 8 Years
MADRID, March 17—(/P)—
Gen. Francisco Franco told the
Cortes today that objectives of
the World War were changed with
the entry of Russia and that the
struggle was now “a war to the
death” which might last six or
eight years.
Referring to the spread of Com-
munism since the Russian revo-
lution, Generalissimo Franco satci:
“It is not necessary for the So-
viet. armies to reach nations for
the Red revolution to come "
He said his regime ruled Spam
by the right of having won a > a
sade and restored public order
“Only the presence of Russia
among the belligerents gave the
war the character of a war to the
death,” Franco told the Cortes,
whose members took their oath
of office yesterday.
“No one dreams now of a short
war, nor of peace of 100 years.”
Speaking of interna! affairs.
Franco said “We want liberty but
with order.”
SPEARMAN MAN
IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Tom Sheets of Spearman is eon- j
lined to North Plains hospital i
with a mild concussion, received j
when he slipped on some ice and j
struck his head.
The attending physician said
Sheets did not suffer a fracture
and would probably be dismissed
this afternoon.
WORK TRANSFER
LONDON. March 17.-(/P)-More
than a million Polish workers
have been transferred to work
benches in Germany, the Rome
radio said in a broadcast heard
here today.
Once a sourer of religious comfort to many, this blitzed London
church still offers its services to nearby residents. Sealed doorways
make it into a huge emergency reservoir for lighting tires.
PILOTS TO MEET
Tonight’s Civil Air Patrol will
meet at 8 o’clock at Hatnagel Air-
port, according to squadron com-
mander Jack Allen
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