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Editorials
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Tuesdav, Mav 11, 1943
Borger, Texas
TODAY on the HOME FRONT
_ by JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON. May ll-(/P>—
In spite of governmental pleas for
women to take wartime jobs, the
latest figures show fewer wo-
men employed in civilian indus-
tries than there were last Novem-
ber.
The Census Bureau’s monthly
report on the labor force, giving
estimates based on a cross-sec-
tion survey of the nation, shows
those totnte-mot including women
m the armed forces1:
November, 1942—15,300,000.
April, 1943—15,200,000.
Manpower chairman Paul V.
McNutt said last September that
5,000,000 women would have to
be added to the total number gain-
fully employed by the end of 1943.
Since he made that statement,
employment of women rose 1,100-
and GEORGE ZIELKE _
000, dropped 000,000. then in-
creased again by 500,000.
Manpower commission statis-
ticians said the peak figure of
last November was "not a true
picture," but the only explanation,
offered was increased employment
during the early Christmas shop-
ping season (in other years peak
employment of women was reach- ,
ed in December.*
Manpower officials have pointed
0.0 -'O''! . I 11' O.v! >:p 4< - n the
campaign to enroll women in in- |
dustry: lack of nurseries where
mothers could leave small child-
ren dm nig working hours; the fact!
that many of these willing to!
work live far from cities where 1
they could get jobs; and lack of
incentive to work (those whose
husbands are earning more money
The Fighting''Yorks
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than ever before, for instance*.
So far, those officials say, job
recruiting campaigns have "skim-
med the cream" of those willing
and able to work.
Other figures emphasized in
the Census Bureau’s report:
A drop of 400,000 from March
to April in the number of per-
sons employed in non-agricultu-
rul jobs; but an increase of 600,000
in the number of agricultural
work; thus a net gain of 200,000
in persons employed (outside the
armed forces.*
These figures, the Bureau in-
dicates, reflect these facts:
1. The number of previous non !
workers coming into the labor j
force has fallen considerably ;
short of the numbci reauired to
offset military withdrawals,
2. There's a strong back-to-the
farm movement tin almost certain j
deferment under selective service* •
along with early employment of \
school boys in rural areas.
3. The number of women work- !
ers now is staying about the same.
Civilian Defense
Corner...
Bv MARTHA R. FULGHUM
Milk and Eggs
Among “protective foods” we j
find both milk and eggs listed.
Milk and milk products contri-
bute high quality complete pro-
tein. fat, carbohydrate, minerals
calcium and phosphorus, and vita-
mins A, B, and G. Children should j
have a quart ol milk a day and 1
adults a pint. Some of the re-
quired amount can be tucked
away into the diet in creamed
auee, soup, pudding, cottage
cheese, cheese omelet, and soul-
I les.
Children have to drink a good
part of their milk. Some little i
tricks that help them to do it hap- |
pily are: serve it with straws; '
Haver it with pineapple or other
fruit iuices, chocolate syrup, or
molasc.'.
An egg a day is desirable and
at least 3 or 4 a week should be !
oaten because, like milk eggs con-
tain mi st < I the nutrients requir-
ed. Contrary to popular belief j
a propcrlv cooked egg is more ;
easily digested than a raw one. j
High temperature toughens the
protein in egg a. it doc s in any
other protein. An average egg
contains onlv 70 ralnriec—on-
c mi raging news to those who wish
to reduce weight. The protein,
about I ?R of the egg, is com-
plete and suppliments the incom-
plete or tem ot vegetables. Other
food values are iat. minerals—
m n olu -nhoru.s and vitamins
A. B. G and D. Ol foods e< il-
luming vitamin D. the rickets
prevention vitamin egg is listed
c'ci net. Like milk, eggs c;rn easi-
ly be smuggled into ihe diet in
iiuees. hot breads, salad dress-
ings. ui buds, and puddings.
•’ tearing up inc ome tax Toil’s
boded down to in the Senate today
a members continued cloak
r ojij .I, umonts over the amount
t.ix tbatement that should bo
granted to get the ocuntry on a
cvn reqt payment basis.
R* nator Vandenberg (R-Mich),
a proponent <>i the1 Huml-Carlson
"skip a year” bill approved by
tin Pi .iir i • • mm it tee, told re
porters that tax abatement now
seems t* have the approval of
almost everybody at id tie couldn’t
cm■ much left to fight about.
Tax abatement is approved by
ncarl.v even body at some level,"
he declared. "There is no matter
of principle involved anymore,
it’s just a matter of degree.”
(in the i ther side of t he* fence.
Senator George 'D-Ga.*, an op-
ponent > f the Ruml-Carlson bill,
com eded this had become al-
m< st the sde issue in a battle that
dragged through weary months
in the House and will open a new
phase in the Senate tomorrow.
The committee-approved Senate
measure provides for cancellation
of 1942 or 1943 taxes, whichever
is the lower, for til persons ex-
cept these with so-called wind-
iall incomes, and the inshitution
of a 20 per cent withholding levy
on wages and salaries as the basic
effort to collect taxes currently.
The House bill, on the other
• .and, cancels > iny the o percent
normal and the 13 per cent first
bracket Surtax for all taxpayers,
leaving those in higher brackets
liable for payment of the re-
mainder in the regular way that
taxes now are collected.
Army Engineers
(Continued From PAGE ONE)
War Ration
Continued from page one)
Prt. Walter
Pvt. Alvin
Members of the York family arc carrying on the fighting tradition
set by their famous cousin Alvin in World War t AH of these
Yorks except niece Jennie are cousins of the original Sergeant
York, whom General Pershing called "the greatest civilian soldier
of the war.”
THE BORGER DAILY HERALD
Published at 205 North Main Street, Borger, Texas Every Evening
except Saturday, and on Sunday Morning by Panhandle Publishing
Company, Inc. — Publishers.
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Entered as aeeond-r!n»* • '* • *"'
Office at Borger, Texas, under the Act of March a. it»l-
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republl-
Utkt of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise.
aid R. Ghelson. district director
1 1 mi ock district, office,
will be here vvilb . ; . .. 1 > ( -
W. Nichols, regi 'iia! once cvecu-
tive i 1 .he Dali * v ,.i ,:i,c,
Mr. J. B. Moone . disirict price
cftieei, and Mr. vf. T. Gehring
and Mr. W A. Roberts' * di.s 1 riel
price specialists.
ini: meeting in Borger is one
of a series aimed at contacting
all the wai price and rationing'
beards throughout the Lubbuck
district < I the OPA, as well as
representatives 'f the wholesale
and retail feed trade in the whole
area.
• Hospital Notes
North Plains
Mary Alice Vaught is a medi-
cal patient.
Mrs. R. E. Harmon is a surgery
alien!.
Donald Oscar Irwin underwent
a tonsttectomy today. i
men of the Corps of Engineers to
whom our soldiers look for this
work. Join the Engineers and
help provide our men with back-
ing they will need before this
war ends victoriously for us!"
After a man’s skills have been
certified upon being interviewed,
he will be given three letters re-
questing assignmnt to the engin-
eering force of his choice. The
next step is to volunteer for im-
mediate induction through Selec-
tive Serv ice. After being induct-
ed, the trainee will be sent to one
of four training centers: Camp
Claiborne, La., Fort Belvoir, Va.,
Fort Leonard Wood. Mo., or Jef-
ferson Barracks, Mo. The latter
is the center for engineers assign-
ed to work with the Army Air
Forces.
Specialists have not only an ex-
cellent chance for quick advance-
men in enlisted grade, but those
who exhibit leadership qualities
will have an opportunity to com-
pete for attendance at the En-
gineer’s Officer’s Candidate
school.
Regional Labor
(Continued From PAGE ONE)
the worker presents a “statement
of availability" from his former
employer or from the United Stat-
es Employment Service of the War
Manpower C< mmissjen. Workers
in essential activity shall be
issued a statement of availability
by his employer, or by the United
St: tes Employment Service, (if
the employer refuses to sisue it*,
if the worker is discharged, laid
off for an indefinite period, or
for seven days or more, an can
establish that his present em-
ployment does not utilize him at
his highest skill, <>r iKai he is
employed at less than full time.
Employers may also issue certifi-
cates availability for other reasons
than those listed, it they desire
to do so. In addition, the United
States Employment Service may
issue a certificate of availability
to a worker when it is establish-
ed that separation Irom his pre-
sent employment would further
the war urogram
No restriction is placed on the
in- vernent of workers from one
job not in essential industry to
another job that is not essential.
The regulations apply to farm
workers, as they are essential.
“Essential work” means employ-
ment in any of the thirty-six
activities listed by the Manpower
Cf mmission as essential to the
’ effort, and a copy of this
list is on file in every United
•t. te Emiil'w-ment Service Of-
fice.
The regulations also make pro-
i for appeal by cither vvork-
n employer, it cither is
dissatisfied by the ruling of the
United States Employment Scr-
ee ■ r any case where a "eertifi-
• of availabihtv * s requested,
said Cook.
Hitler's Famous
Continued From PAGE ONE)
A German vehicle containing
three dead officers was still burn-
ing across the road from my car,
Reporter Guides Prisoners
Four German armored force
grenadiers who said they had
come from the Russian front to
Africa last December came up
and asked m** to accept their sur-
render
"We arc kaputt (ruined)”, de-
m
NON SEMPER EASUNT QUAE VIDENTUR,
is the* answer Or in plain uglish: i lungs are not
alvvavs what tliev seem. And tins seems to be tcally
a case ot a small Mat rattier than a s\\ eiieu rieau.
Now, when you want to [rick an oil tor your
motor, one that will serve .on well and save your
motor ami vour money, here are facts, in plain
English, to help you choose with conlidence.
Phil lips produces a variety ot oils because cars,
motorists, anil pockctbooks vary. But it you are the
kind of careful car owner who wants our best oil,
you need have no question. Phillips frankly tells \ou
that I 'hi Hips OP Motor Oil o- our lines! quality . . .
the higlicst grade ami greatest value . . . among all
the »aiis we oiler to average motorists.
It is always good sense to use good oil.
But now it is plainly more important than ever. So
be safe and saving. Ask for Pnillips 66 Motor Oil
when replacing winter-worn
lubricant, or when making
the recommended cvery-two-
months oil change.
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tlQTOR Oil
dared a grimy-faced blond ser-
geant who towered above my
own height of six feel three
inches. "We have no food, no
munitions, no benzine."
The four stood, m the whirling
white dust of the main highway,
their guns abandoned and little
blanket bundles slung over their
backs while passing British arm-
or ignored them.
“You must march to the pris-
oner of war stockage at the junc-
tion,” 1 advised them.
Officers Give Up
The little group shuffled off
obediently.
Further on a lieutenant colonel
formally accepted the surrender
of a German major and all his
surviving junior officers and
men. Military police clambered
into a captured German half-
track troop carrier and escorted
a column of 200 toward the rear.
“Would you like to ride?” asked
the colonel politely.
“Thank you,” the major replied
in good English But I should
prefer to march with my men.” i
All Armored Show
The German command obvious- |
ly had hoped to stall off the Brit- I
■ ish at ITamman Lit. a picturesque
Moslem village on the plain a half j
mile wide between the hills and
the sparkling Mediterranean.
Sherman tanks swept through
this gap nine miles southeast of
Tunis in a ten-hour battle yester-
day, outflanking a line of German
88s by sending one squadron along
the sandy beach.
It was strictly an armored show; j
no British infantry was used to- j
day.
This morning the armored ad-
vance guard swept forward nine !
to thirteen miles as the enemy 1
defense collapsed in a mad rout, j
Huge stocks ol military sup-
plies were found untouched in
the warehouses of big vineyands
near Grombalia and Soliman.
In their frantic haste the ene- I
my failed to blow up any bridge
or to lav a single mine.
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Genera! Scott
'Continued From PAGE ONE)
ones soon realize that they're go-j
ing into battle and that they’re in j
a killing business.”
General Scott, who experienced |
five months of the Libyan cam- j
paign as senior military observer |
in the Middle East h r Ihe Unit-
ed Siaies. said our weapons were
in all eases equal and in most
cases superior to the enemy's but
he cautioned against underestimat-
ing the ability,of the foe.
“If we got licked," he said, “it
would not be by weapons but by
brains.”
“We are making a great mistake i
if we underestimate the enemy, I
in the case of the Italians, for
example those I saw were good
fighters smart, well equipped,
cunning and ruthless.'
Buy U. S. War Bonds and Stamp*
100,000 Prisoners
(Continued from page one)
miles s* utheast «. f Hamman Lif,
by 2 i). m., swept op to Gromba-
1 i: . six miles to the south, by a
p. m. and by 8:30 p. m. last night
were within six miles of Ham-
mamet.
This peace-time resort town
is astride the coastal road on
the **cuth side ol Cap Bon. Its
capture cut oft the remaining
first line troops who v ere fight-
ing the British eighth army and
the 19th French corps to the
south and west from the supply
units and communication per-
rcnnel who had retreated into
the peninsula's mountains.
(British officers on the Cap Bon
front estimated three days ago
that 80,000 axis troops had
reached the peninsula.*
Infantry forces which followed
closely behind the tank break-
through occupied Soliman, Grom-
balia. and Menzel Bou Zelfa,
thue t whs ft rating a triangle in
the valley of the twin rivers of
Oued El Melch and Oued El
Djouof and controlling the Muin
reads across the base of thq
peninsula.
Then was no let up, however,
in the stubborn resistance of the
southern nazi forces. At one point
they even out in a counterattack
against French forces. It was re-
pulsed.
The eighth army made an at-
tack against the die-hard German
lighters southeast of Saouaf, 12
miles northwest of Enfidnville,
and took 75 prisoners and 12
small field guns, and also made
an assault on the right Hank
along the marshy coastal strip
due north of Enfidaville. The lat-
ur attack met desperate resist-
ance.
The French, fighting along-
side the British eighth army,
mopped up a number of small
pockets in the neighborhood of
Zagheuan. The German* made
their ineffective counterattack
three miles south ol Moghrane,
just to the north of Zaghouan
end about 30 miles west of
Hammamet.
So completely blotted out was
the German air force in this
tin. liter that iust one enemy plane
was seen in the Tunisian sky. I
was a Focke-Wulf 190 tighter and
u was trying to slip away. It was
shot down.
The naval section < f the com-
munique said five small boats
were sunk off Cap Bon yesterday
;od Sundav night in mopping up
the detachments caught at sea,
o i.' sail many prisoners had been
captured. Am*'tig them was a Ger-
man general caught trying to es-
pi . Tha, made seven generals
captured.
The allied air forces sent over
10(* medium bombers to smash
Pantellaria island airfield, 40
miles off Cap Bon, for the fifth
time in three days, while a strong
in.e <>| Flying Fortresses ham-
mered the airfields of Milo and
Bitiz/o in Sicily.
Malta's squadrons of fighter
bombers and bombers assailed
Bisctri, Marsala and Porlo Em-
pedocle in Sicily, unloading
bombs on eirfields. railway sta-
tions i nd power stations. Four-
engine d RAF planes delivered
the second important attack on
Mrs ina, in Sicily, in 23 hours.
CRASH KILLS PILOT
OR! W’Hi i. Fla.. May 11—oT>
Second Lwu! Georgs* J. R. Ew-
ing, i1' .van Diego, Calif., was
killed l,i night when the fighter
plane he was living crashed and
burned tw<- miles south of Cocoa,
Fla., authorities at the Orlando
air oast* announced today.
• SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C. FLEMING Cx LOIS EBY
COPYRIGHT, I04S.
SEA SERVICE. INC.
RE-OPENING
PLAYHOUSE
Tuesday, May 11
8 P. M.
Dining and Dancing
Everyone Welcome
Located 1 * i Miles South
Of Borger On Old
Highway 117
IJT. A
CHAPTER XIX
(yHF, moon was full—a brilliant,
luminous disk moving through
the warm blue of the tropic sky.
The breeze was warm. Even the
towering depths of the jungle
seemed pulsing with some dark,
vibrant elixir of life.
Barry, strolling beside Allison
across the clearing from the In-
dian huts, gave a sigh of im-
patience. In all this vital, urgent
rushing of nature he felt himself
the one fixed, helpless point.
“It’s been nine days since I got
back from the Quiche country,”
he muttered. "I can’t sit around
forever.”
Allison lifted the soft flared
skirt of her evening gown to leap
a puddle. "Renaldo says you are
a very strong man if you can
throw oft the kind of fever you
Barry ignored the reminder.
“I’ll be all right if I take it slow.
How soon do you expect to have
the chicle ready for shipment?”
She glanced involuntarily to-
ward the line of cooking vats in
the deep shadows of the jungle.
“Tomorrow,” she said, “or at
latest the next day.”
They went up the steps to the
veranda. She crossed to let
down the bamboo screen, and
called a servant.
“Have her bring my drink to
my bedroom, will you?” Barry
asked. “I want to get out some
reports to send back to head-
quarters with the chicle train.”
“Oh, bother reports!” cried Al-
lison. "It’s such a lovely night.”
The hanging lamp above her made
a molten aureole of her cropped
hair. She looked like a pampered
debutante in her black wisp of
a dress and her gleaming jewels.
"All right, then,” she flung out
with a pouting smile, “I’ll let
Renaldo whisper beautiful noth-
ings to me.”
“I’ll bet he can do it,” grinned
Barry. “See you at breakfast.”
He went to his room, the grin
lingering on his face. It was a
constant source of surprise to him
how this autocratic little darling
of society could adapt herself to
this heathen mode of existence.
He had :-ecn other women try to
do it and fail—women with, far
more strength of character, more
poise. What was the difference?
A certain flexibility, he decided,
as he brought out his small port-
able typewriter and found a suit-
ably low table. She had no strain
or grudge over the loss of her
fortune. She was not making the
attempt to mold the jungle to her,
but was content to mold herself to
the jungle. She had a quality of
reccptivencss, that’s what she had
—that essentially feminine key-
note so eternally lacking in most
women.
He explained bitterly that it
was the work he’d done. Ho
wanted to get it out and—
* * * ** ! She broke in eagerly. “I’ll do
I TE got hold of his thoughts by the typing. I’m marvelous at hunt
main force then, realizing he’d and peck. You dictate.”
been about to compare her with He refused at first, but even-
his fiancee. And Lila— Grad- tually tried it. He found tho
ually he was able to concentrate method worked, and wanned to
on his reports. i _’“ TT
He worked at first with ab-
his task. Hope lifted him. He’d
get the reports out all right this
sorbed speed. The mule train go- - wa>’-
ing out with chicle would be the
last chance to start the reports
to the New York office before he
made his next attempt to persuade
the Quiche chief to open up his
Allison typed obediently at first.
But gradually her rising interest
broke into questions. The picture
of his mission began to take form
for her. He answered her ques-
mercury mines. He wanted these j dons readily. Told her of the
reports complete. In case he didn’t estimated amount of quicksilver
come out of the Quiche country to be found in the volcanic Quiche
this time, the company would j highlands. Of the huge mining
and transportation system ready
to be hurled into the country the
moment Quiche permission was
given.
“You’ll get it, I know you will!’'
site said. Excitement was like a
trance on her. “Renaldo will help
you.”
It was late but she insisted on
have all data at hand and could j
carry on the campaign for the |
minor WithCUt 1QCC of I imp 1
Time. . . .
His tinkers moved faster over
the keys. There was so damnably
little time and the need of the
mines was so great! He felt a
SMii. h.sssrs? Jss s “hewohj? *z*grssr
fevt.r. If he could only start bock ^ ^
S“rtheW deT <«">*•* oul the br.ght typ-
He might moke Tt ^re miih, be Iin* *™P- Th* **"“»
able to prove to the chief that
he had been framed. He might . . .
But cold logic smashed his
by his bed was a feeble glow
in the flooding moonlight. As her
silhouette moved by the open win-
dow toward his empty glass, he
wishful thinking. He was already | had again the swift impression
trembling with the effort of a half j|ia^ s^,e was a gay debutante at
hours typing. His head felt light ! a club dance.
and dizzy. No, he would be
throwing away the one chance of
accomplishing ins mission if he
went off half-cocked. Better to
wait till Renaldo had finished the
chicle boiling, and made the trip
to the new grove. Then he had
promised to go with him. And
Renaldo’s friendship with the re-
mote old chief would be the one
hope of explaining the suspicion
pinned on Barry in their unfor-
tunate first encounter.
His fingers were stumbling over
the keys now, hitting more wrong
keys than right. He pushed back
his rude chair and crossed the
low-roofed room to push the win-
dow open further. He clutched
the sill for support and struggled
for his breath as he looked out
at the moon-flooded clearing of
the estancia. Cursed fever—mak-
ing a weakling out of a man in
a couple of weeks!
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4 KNOCK sounded on his door.
And at his invitation, Allison
entered.
“Renaldo didn't come,” she
murmured wickedly, “so I brought
you your drink.” But as she
handed him the iced pineapple
juice, abrupt concern swept the
provocative teasing light from her
face. “You’re sick again!”
She was murmuring peacefully,
“Full moon makes the jungle rest-
less. So many noises tonight.
Mules stamping around. Indians
stamping around. The trees shout-
ing around . . .”
“Make you nervous?” he asked.
She paused beside him, glass
in hand. "Nervous^” she echoed
wonderingly. “Why should they?
Right at the moment I love them
all."
He searched the white oval of
her face turned up to him. She
meant it. “You’re a miracle
woman,” he told her. "And thanks
for everything.”
She started to answer him, then
broke off to listen, her face still
lifted to his. It was only the
sound of footsteps on the hard
wood of the hall, but the rhythm
of the movement was wrong—
lighter than Renaldo—not the
slithering step of a servant.
A tall, slender figure in light
suit, boots and sun helmet moved
into the open doorway. Calmly,
as if her being there were an
ordinary, not an impossible thing,
she smiled across the moonlit
roon| at the two standing together
in the window.
"Hello, darling!" It was Iila’g
voice.
'To Be Continued)
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