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WEATHER
W#*t T»xa»: Little ItmptriMuff change tonight,
•*e#pt moderately cooler in FI Fit o Hr«a, Pan
handle and south plaint.
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HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR
WAR SAVINGS BOND
THIS MONTH?
Vol. 17—No. 64
NEA Service
THE CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
Associated Press Borger, Texas, Fnday, February 5, 1943
1 Six Pages Todoy»
Price Five Cents
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Japanese Sea-Borne Force, 30 To 40
Ships, Bearing Down On Guadalcanal
Bill To Vest Aviation Control
In Railroad Commission Fought
By bob McDonald
Amarillo News Aviation Editor
Opposition to Senate Bill 51 of th*■ Texas State Legislature was
mounting rapidly today as civic and industrial groups augmented
commercial and private aviation ranks in protesting to legislative
members the unnecessarily unfair and drastic effect such action would
impose upon aviation personnel now prevented from voicing their
defense because of military duties.
Letters of protest arc being sent all Representatives and Senators
of the legislature requesting that the bill be allowed to die in mm
mittee. The letters are being sent
U. S. Artillery
Turns Faid Into
Suburb Of Hell
Rental Officials
Check Registraiion
Of Local Property
W. H. Roberts, regional field
-- j representative of the rent divi-
By1 HAROLD V. BOYLE sion of the O. P. A Dallas office,
With U. S. Forces Before Faid, 1 js |n Borger making a check to
Tunisia, Feb. 2—(Delayed>—(.?)— j determine the number of local
American artillery turned Axis- J rCntal units that have not been
held Faid into a suburb of hell
tonight.
A thunderous barrage of several
FATHER AND SON
HELD IN SLAYING
i
,
< “Toughen up, Ruckle down, and Carry on to Victory", is the
Boy Scout major task tins year. Their 1,570,000 members are in the
conflict to the hilt on the home front, doing everything boys of
Scout age can do to help win the war speedily and a just peace
ermanently.
DALLAS, Feb. 5. — f/P)—A 43-
year-old Mexican and his 17-
year-old son were held today in
the fatal slabbing of Daniel Mar-
tine/., 27. and the severe wound-
ing of Paul Vasquez, 17. Both
suspects were taken to a hospital
for treatment of injuries received J 0f Meridian,
in a fight. Cause of the trouble
was not announced by police.
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY!
American Youth Told To
Toughen Up. Buckle Down
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Kiwanians Hear
Judge Allen Talk
On Free Enterprise
District Judge Jack Allen spoke
to the Stinnett Kiwanis last night
on "Free Enterprise, A Basic
Principle of Democracy."
Also on the program was Joe
King, junior Kiwanian, who gave
a short talk criticizing the club.
Another junior Kiwanian, Dick
Van Winkle, has left for the navy.
Fred Yount, chairman of the
Business Standards committee,
was in charge of this week's pro-
gram, and O .C. Cummings, chair-
man of the Boys and Girls work
committee, will be program chair-
man for next Thursday’s meeting.
TOUGHEN UP AND BUCKLE DOWN!
By DR. JAMES E. WEST
Chief Scout Executive, Bey Scouts of America
Editor of BOY'S LIFE
America must win this war. Yes, if we appreciate
the value of democracy, if we appreciate our privileges, if
we appreciate all of the spit ndid progress of our country,
we have just got to put everything1 we have, regardless of
sacrifice, into a cooperative
effort to win Iho war. We
in Scouting have a very def-
inite share in this effort.
Ambassador Grew who served
for many years in Japan tells us
that the Japanese people have for
‘ me time sized up America and
particularly our youth on the bas-
is of our activities as being soft,
lacking in those fundamental es-
sentials that are necessary for
successful warfare. Reluctantly
I must admit there is some basis
for truth in their belief, though I
do believe that since Pearl Har-
bor we have been awake. But
there is need for us to go fur-
ther.
We need to ‘‘toughen up” and
"buckle down.” You have prob-
ably read of the marvelous record
that our Scouts now in the Arm-
ed Forces have made. These
young men are outstanding by
reason of their skills, their abili-
ties, and leadership qualifications
and their attitude of mind. In the
honor roll of those who have re-
ceived Distinguished Service
Awards from the United States
Government, there is a high per-
centage of former Scouts.
The Scout Program was origi-
nally developed to toughen up
those who were needed by their
Most of you know that
the task that Baden-Powell, the
founder of Scouting, had before
him when he was in charge of a
large army of untrained men in
South Africa, was to help re-
cruits acquire the
Siaie Concludes
Arguments In
Flynn Case
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 5—(/P)
—A jury of nine women and
three men retired at 11:15 a. m.
(PWT today to seek a verdict in
the case of Ecrol Flvnn on the
20th day of the screen star's
trial cn three counts of the
statutory rape of two 'teen-age
girls.
Tojo Is Merely
The Moon Lit-Up
By Sun Emperor
By The Associated Press
Premier General Hideki Tojo
took occasion today to deny that
he is Japan’s dictator, declaring
that he is merely "the moon re- country,
ceiving light from the sun"—the
emperor—according to a Tokyo
dispatch broadcast by the Berlin
radio and recorded by the Assoc-
iated Press.
He added, however, lhal in war-
time “dictatorial measures" must
be taken to increase war product-
ion and win the war.
The broadcast said Tojo spoke
in reply to a question in parliu-
qualities of a soldier or a man
resourcefulness, self-reliance, ini-
tiative. He devised a series of
what he called stunts in scouting.
Ultimately, out of these amities
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5. —-i/Pt—
The state concludes today its final
argument for conviction of film
star Errol Flynn on charges of
statutory rape, with the case
scheduled to be placed then in the
hands of the jury, probably some
time during the afternoon.
Deputy District Attorney John
Hopkins scathingly denounced as
"rubbish" yesterday the conten-
tions of Flynn’s attorney that the
two complaining witnesses testi-
fied against Flynn in a hope of
avoiding prosecution foi acts of
their own.
C\nc£ i rung DofcoM.- nttui
Jerry Giesler’s argument that 1(5-
year-old Peggy Satterlee’s motive
was to escape prosecution for an
abortion she was alleged to have
undergone last summer, Hopkins
said:
"The abortion matter is pend-
ing. Whether anything will be
done about it, I can’t say. No
immunity has been given to any-
one by reason of Miss Satterlee’s
testimony. But I don’t think she
knows where the man is at this
time."
Regarding 17-year-old Betty
Hansen, declared by Giesler to
have been a witness against the
i actor because she feared prosecu-
tion for acts of sex perversion,
fundamental i Hopkins declared:
government officials by city, in-
dustrial and chamber of comm-
erce officials, and airplane oper-
ators owners and pilots all over
the state. The large commercial
lines also have representatives
protsting the need of such legisla-
tion.
Drafted by Lovelady
The bill, introduced in the State
Senate by Senator Karl Lovelady
is composed of 54
sections, and in all asks that all
forms of aviation in the state be
governed by the Texas Railroad
Commission. Most of Hie sections
of the bill parallel so closely pres-
ent Civil Aeronautics Administra-
tion regulations, as to cause dupli-
cation. Other sections of the pro-
posed measure would impose a 4-
cent per gallon tax on all aviation
gas. and inc rease the fee already
paid b> pilots for annual physical
examination. It also would augu-
rate fees for state licenses for all
aircraft and pilots, even parachute
jumpers and riggers and gLider
pilots.
A survey of opinion of the avia-
tion ranks affected by such a bill
indicate the most immediate af-
fect would be to eliminate practic-
ally all private flying by making
the cost all but prohibitive. This
has been a major factor in the ad-
vance of private aviation. Avia-
tion leaders have steadily brought
the cost of flying to within the
reach of average person. But such
additional fees, as proposed in the
new bill, they contend, would
nullify this accomplishment.
Criticism Voiced
All Panhandle private and com-
mercial operators contacted in the
poll were strongly against the bill.
They pointed out that in addition
to throttling the advance of pri-
vate aviation, such action could
eliminate entirely the necessary
reservoir of private pilots such as
stepped into the breech in the pre-
sent emergency. Thousands of pri-
vate commercial and pleasure fly- j
ers were the first to answer mili- I
tary calls for experienced flyers |
when the war emergency arose. *
This reservoir would suffer dras-
tic reduction under such addition- j
al state regulation, it is contend-
ed.
State officials of the Civil Air
Patrol, Y\ hiCti has been commend-
ed for its nationwide courier and
ferry service and for its work on
anti-submarine patrol duty off the
Texas Gulf Coast, reportedly will
testify at a legislative hearing of
the bill Tuesday, Feb 9. Officials
hundred heavy shells pounded the
little French town, now an enemy
stronghold, into broken ruins and
started a great landslide in the
mountain heights at the mouth of
the pass south of Faid.
Thirty-eight pound shells, fired
from 105 millimeter guns, drove
a covey of Mark IV tanks from
the town and blasted huge am-
unition dumps which exploded for
hours, tearing the Tunisian night
with vivid towers of flame and
mulled waves ol sound.
Soldiers miles away forsook
their blankets and st< • d shivering
under the cold and starlet sky to
cheer the spectacle.
After several hours the flame
and flashes grew weaker until
they were no more than glow-
worm gleams on the horizon, and
the noise of exploding Axis am-
munition died aay like the mutter
of retreating thunder.
The greatest night show of the
Tunisian campaign was over
and with it glimmered out the
Axis hope of extending through
Faid Pass, from whose hills the
ill-equipped French were driven
four days ago.
Earlier in the day I had ridden
with Smith and another Stall ol-
licer, Lieut. Col. George H. Hut-
lin, 31, cf Alexandria, La., for a
tour of front-line positions and
talked with Maj. Norman \V. Par-
sons, 32, of New Cumberland, W.
Va., whose tanks popped
steadily at German strongpoints !
around Faid.
"My tankers have just been
getting a little artillery practice
today,” Parsons smiled. "In this
sumo area the day before yester-
day one of our self-propelled bat- I
teries took one of the most con-
centrated counter-battery lires I !
have ever soon, followed by an |
attack by seven Stukas with 500-
pound bombs. But they had no 1
serious casualties—two men shell-
shocked and there was some
minor damage to vehicles.”
With Parsons in the tank was
Corporal Wilson L. Gulaae, 23,
gunner, of Eddy, Tex.
properly registered with the Pam-
pu office as required by law gov-
erning rental ceilings.
Reports have come to the atten-
■' ix uta! uuth.-riti< at Dallas
to the effect that some landlords
have failed to comply with the
law requiring registration of all
rental units, including bedrooms,
apartment houses, hotels as well
as homes.
Accompanying Roberts is N. D.
<Dan> Cameron, rent inspector,
who will spend a few days in
Borger making a house to house
check.
Area Rent Director W. L.
Boyles and Thomas L. Wade, rent
attorney, are also visiting in Bor-
ger today.
British Home-Based
Bombers Blast Italy,
Germany And France
By The Associated Press
First, word of a large Japanese sea-borne force pear-
iiig down uii Guadalcanal island came in delayed dis-
patches from the south seas battlefront today as official
secrecy continued to shroud developments in an expected
showdown battle between the American and Japanese
fleets.
In V\ ashington, the navy reported “recurrent engage-
f ents” by opposing naval
Ruml Plan air lorces in the Sol°'
)*ee!s With
Objections
Freshmen Name
'Bests' For
School Annual
Freshmen of Borger High school
yesterday elected their nomin-
ations as the "bests” for compet-
ition for the lead spots in the
school annual.
Courtney Phillips was named as
the girl with the "best personal-
ity," Rex Ormon was named as
the "one most likely to succeed",
Marvin Matheney the “best all
around," Lucretia Savage the
away | "best all around girl."
In the campaign to put their
selection in the choice spots,
Gloria Anisman was elected cam-
paign manager and the colors of
green and white were selected
for the drive.
Victory Corps
Hikes Overland
T0% L"1 amIuim f*
1 U JLilCLU it Kjuy
The first of a series of periodic
hikes was made by the Victory
Corps of Borger High school yes-
terday, with 120 boys, six pla-
cf 'the' major'air i ines~ operating "in 1 1°°™: mfking the five-mile ,riP in
35 minutes.
Lloyd G. Carter
Graduated From
Glider Training
Word has been received here
that Lloyd G. Carter, son of Frank
Carter, 308 N. Christy, formerly of
Borger has graduated from an
intensive course in glider mech-
anics and now is prepared to blast
the Axis as one of America's
"commandos in coveralls.”
Before entering the school, Car-
ter was train at one of the basic
training centers of the Army Air
Forces Technical Training Com-
iYiaijd am! learned to ngni the
Axis with other things besides
tin tools of his trade.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—(/Pj—
Congressional supporters of the
Ruml pay-as-you go plan to can-
cel all 1942 individual income tax
obligations conceded they were on
the defensive today and started
casting about for reinforcements.
There appeared virtual unan
unity of opinion among the 25
members of the house ways and
means committee, however, that
some of last year’s taxes would
be forgiven. The question was,
how much?
One thing was certain. While a
majority of the lawmakers were
intent on writing a pay-as-you go
aw as quickly as congressional
■-.cesses permit, their labors will
not elase the requirement that all
' xpayers lile ti hir 1942 returns
pay at least the first install-
men cat present statutory rates)
i . March 15.
Beardsley Ruml, chairman of
he New York Federal Reserve
Bank, argued the merits of his
u tor five hours before the
mittee yesterday, declaring
• me t..x debt has become a
r ■ • n 1 n lor m of peonage” and “a
n di<'rml danger."
i he . . 1 h ■ tn U
<■ :■ n: 4 c; members
■ • - i .tie the trend
li more of the members
' • Li. than ni_ ithetic and
v a t. . es. i n ended friends of
• * ml a el nowled.ed pi ivately
■ ■ tin.'; i mid not now muster
ity of votes in the com-
t ttee. although they expressed
confidence ol' gaining strength
eP.ro the hearing ends, probably
ext week.
mon islands theater, but de-
clared that Tokyo radio re-
orts of a big naval fight al-
’ eadv in progress were false.
Amid the tense hiatus, censor-
passed dispatches from Guadal-
canal dated Feb. 1 declared:
"Aerial observers reported to-
night that a large force of Jap
ships headed for Guadalcanal,
m- observers think the Japs
n pe to bolster their tottering
Guadalcanal ground forces with
•deforcements.”
Th«. dispatch quoted flight lead-
• Major Narce Whitaker, of Tox-
ma, Ky., as saying he observed
etween 30 and 40 Japanese ships,
nany oft them waships, in Short-
1 nd harbor 150 miles north of
Guadalcanal.
A Tokvn broader t had previ-
’’sly asserted, without eonfirma-
n. that Japanese forces attack-
Amo’dcan warships off Fennell
100 miles south of Guadal-
Foh. 1. the date of the
, VnnnI dispatch.
‘ ’ v’s communique, Gen.
' thur reported that United
■ ns airmen unloaded bombs
‘h-eo solid hours on the Jap-
e airdrome at Buin 300 miles
thwost of Guadalcanal, and
’ destruction from one end
New Britain island to the oth-
Th'
v - the sixth consecutive
.‘(a •!, on Rabaul.
r.-rminriee said other tv-
Fnpland included
h" an enemy wnr-
, 'd; Gasmata. where
t” im attacked th
it,. tine big (ires: an'’
■1 ci ‘or airfield, whir'
■df' <: twice.
Crosses Awarded
American Fliers
thc Sroul
was defending himself against 1 1nys'
charges of trying to draw too Wh>’ shouldn’t we give Scouts
much power into his own hands. iin opportunity to develop them-
Two bills which would give him physically, to climb, to get |
broad control over the war pro- through difficult places. On your j
duction porgram, event to the ex- s;ol|t hikes, don’t travel on roads,
tent of shoving other members of through the woods, cross
“She will be released from
Juvenile Hall, where she has been
held for running away. She’ll got
out not because she testified in
this case but because the juvenile
court will release her.”
the cabinet aside if necessary, are
before parliament.
NAVY NEEDS 4 BILLIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—(/l1)—
President Roosevelt asked con-
gress today for an additional $4,-
000,000,000 cash and $210,000,000
contract authorizations for the
navy.
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY! 1
streams. Do things men are now
doing in Commando Service.
Every boy and indeed every
girl should feel the importance
of knowing how to take care of
himself or herself so that they
can be better insured against
disaster should an emergency
require skill in maneuvering, or
in avoiding danger, knowledge
o! proper living.
We have been leading a pretty
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Two Hegdal Boys
Are Prisoners
Mr, and Mrs. Martin Hegdal
have received word from the war
department that a second son, Jos-
eph. is a prisoner of war in the
Phillippines.
This message followed one re-
ceived last week that their other
son, Martin, is also a prisoner of
war in the same islands.
The Hegdals have not had dir-
ect communications with their
sons since the day after Christ-
mas in 1941.
Texas, as well as private aviation
representatives also will be ready
to appear before the hearing as-
sembly in opposition to the bill.
As yet no proponents of the meas-
ure have been reported other than
the bill's sponsor, Senator Love-
lady.
The four-cent per gallon gaso-
line tax proposed in the bill is the
same tax paid by automobile own-
ers for the institution and main-
tenance of state highways. The
airplanes do not use highways.
The state as yet has constructed
no flight, or landing strips, and
the necessity of such a tax has not
been fully explained, it was said.
Opposition Drafted
Another section of the bill
would give the Texas Railroad
Commission full power to regulate
all aeronautical facilities within
the state, virtually giving control
of the air to one governing body.
It also would encourage counties
and cities to enforce regulations
and fees similar to those of the
state, thus increasing further the
already high cost of aviation oper-
ation.
Aviation now is completely and
comprehensively governed and
regulated by CAA laws and re-
gulations. Even these regulations
are so restricting in sum'' interests
to the advancement and promo-
tion of private and commercial
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Marching in formation, the boys
hiked toward Electric City. Each
hike will be extended, according
to Firman Havnie, one of the
commanding officers.
Sergeants in charge of the pla-
i toons were Jack Briggs, 1st. ser-
| geant, Gene Morns, Don Lewis,
Hugh Cypher, jr , Randy Nunn-
eley and H. B. Umbarger.
Other commanding officers are
■ “Tex" Hanna and E. C. Penning-
ton.
NAZIS RAID ENGLAND
L( NDON, Feb. 5. — (/P>— Four
German raiders swept over a
town on England’s south coast to-
day, machine-gunned the streets
and dropped bombs, smashing
many houses and causing a num-
ber ol casualties.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 5. —UP)—
Eighteen distinguished flying
crosses have been given to pilots
of the fighter group in the twelfth
air force who have engaged in
RAF fighters almost daily combat with the
Killed In Crash
SWEETWATER. Tex., Fob. 5—
(/IV Bodies of Donovan D’Spain,
21, civilian instructor at Avenger
Field, and Cadet Paul Millard
Johnson, 27, who were killed in a
plane crash 10 miles northwest
of here yesterday, were shipped
today to their homes.
The body of D’Spain went to
McLean, Texas, and that of John-
son to Denver, Colorado.
D’Spain attended Abilene
Christian college where he was
a member of the school’s CAA
class.
raider and it was believed to
have fallen into thc sea.
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY!
the North African campaign,
i Th" air medal with one cluster
was awarded to Capt. Paul T.
Spivey of Atlanta, Tex.
Diptheria, ft
leninqitis j
Soread Brin
os Warnina i
To Take Health Measures
AUSTIN. Feb. 5—(/Pi—Ann-
ouncing that diptheria, dysentery,
meningitis and whooping cough in
Texas edged above the seven year
median during the week ended
Jan. 30, the department of health
today advocated four public
should be completed before the
child reaches one year of age.
(4» In communities where
typhoid is prevalent, typhoid im-
munization should be done when
the child is between one and two
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY!
11) Immunization a g a i ns t
whooping cough at cr before the
sixth month of life. Using vaccine
prepared by the method of Sauer.
<2* Immunization against dip-
theria with alum-procitated toxoid
at nine months of age.
<3* Smallpox immunization
Reported cases for the week in-
cluded: diptherin, 70; dysentery,
116; influenza, 1.900; malaria, 93;
rm ales. 147, meningitis, 12; pneu-
monia, 485; poliomylelitis, live;
car let fever, 56; tuberculosis,
101; typhoid fever, two; typhus
fever, 15; whooping cough, 295.
Britirh Stage Raids
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
P itish home-based bombers
*' unde red destruction upon Hit-
vnunted “European for-
v ltn triple rury before
V lay. attacking northern
1 the German Ruhr and Nazi-
ied France in the most
mg single night’s operations
‘.tempted by the RAF.
1 Halv. the RAF blasted th'
val arsenal city of Turin and
’he port of Spezia. main northern
•nse of the Italian navy, 120 miles
outh?ast of Turin.
In France, the raiders delivered
“heavy and concentrated” as-
• iIt on the German U-boat nest
't. Lorient, with grxxi weather
helping the bombardiers to find
their targets.
In Germany, the RAF once
again pounded war foundries of
the Ruhr industrial valley
The Bi itish said Turin was
heavily bombed and declared that
the city's defenses, “though clear-
ly strengthened, were no more ef-
fective than in December.”
Despite the scope of the raids,
only three RAF planes were
listed as missing.
The raids marked the RAF’s
third successive night foray over
Europe and capped a 24-hour of-
fensive in which U. S. Army bom-
bers. including Flying Fortresses,
bombed northwest Germany yes-
terday in the second all American
daylight assault on the Reich.
It was the first time home-bas-
ed British-based planes had
mbod Italy since Dec. 11.
An Italian communique said the
tiers attacked Turin "in several
aves" and indicated that casual-
ties were numerous.
Bv daylight t<xlay. RAF planes
■ ie 1 on the round-the-clock of-
isives, with big bombing forma-
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