Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 275, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 15, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Trade At Horn*
For Self Protection
Bkeckenridge American
I
Cow, Sow, Hen Pro-
gram for County Most
Sensible Step
NEA Telephoto Service
Vol. 21. —No. 27f .
KKNiiiim;itkxas, si m .\y, FKr.iii'AUV i>. iwu.
I'rice Daily 3c — Sunday .V
the
observer
RAINFALL LHLLKi
Oi.FE.NSE PROJECT
j GOOO WAR NEWS
I SEEN OR HEARD
JAP PARATROOPS BEATEN OFF SUMATRA
W IIA'l W|| of U't it important*
¥¥ lo Sll'lliM'tlS rou.itl III It*'*
war iin.<• more than t < r, w.i-
tlH* luin'all of I**r111..> ii .,hi. N ><
thai tin- ,' i .1 in it i..< !• ii
w it> lli Ulituunt fu-H tied tuit tli.il
it k;.ni' promi'i ri ni'« Stilt ii
til 1 |M ll iis.ll IlliMt r l"< Is tlll.l
lawns considerable.
i '< v, ( • I.I - I I.VI '.>• |.\ has
' .1 k< 'I ttl.lt t I:* |h • J J .
.IN I -U'tl (1.1) lit J I' I \ I, I II, Iftll III u(
silt'M J>1 .i> . I !■: I i.. .
Iri uriswi i I tin .i w.i ■ .ii
iioumi j Saturday mimunx I'j
Rev, Allium M>"i- th.it til.- i. i. . i
the First Christum i! ii< ii < .i. ti
morning .it to o(l<«k will toil tor
hall a minute Dunn* tin tilling
of tlx' l it it i*. asked that i .vi)
citiii'd engage in -nt praytt.
, { '' 'Nt.i;i..>s i
mi-hly l.«t.
l n • Mu '/<• I
, hitough over
HlC C'ltSMIft .1 Ml t" SW ||IJ> tl
Mil .lis hastily III leVci-c. Sunt/
..tin i matter* in Washingtot
rtl.iM In i ll i ll.lllgi .1,
A ii mark heard at Ihv i.hum
('lull Killing v a- ! oui '"<ii..
gressnien lud been attiwditln
-11 H t i> til Vint Mr -if.' " IIMhtl .III ul
mii Ii matti'i - i |- ii'.. ii^ tl >
would not hast' . ' ttii ii.-i h i in
to ai t her eiri -a.g It ai' mil
trout thr (iitlilii
\\ lii< ti i hum . us to it-ni.irk that
tOIW critu iam i t tti<
to wli.it wa- goin. on
ton was not o
liivn airiil lh«' uill ot Hi. | .|
would nut hav« t
forcibly, M< agn
kir hi <in« r« p- i 11 > !'..-iin •
before lit. publu >> till
business ul Mat ami nothing i|m
until tin- w,ir i won. Also la quit
Iceditig ti-< |.aji ami s|* tilling
much tun .. t ■ iii|'. r.ttivf liitl"
i.| lot til. r> p .I'll. ins *glV it:
| HI rely jM lltual "|i|«'kllloil.
Detente (fiianl In
\etion Slumn To
Lions Memliers
\d*anfages «>f Dmattiz tlimi
I'miiled Out; Tiatmng
Is Kvillained
While ttie l'!'1 sent enrollment i i
till' 1 ' X. 1 Dl'tCllse (iiutrii IS ' '
iTVii total of nu n hats passu!
ItHWiKii sonic tunning in that m
„aiii/iition manj to grt at ad-
ai.: i,;t . 11 i > ■ ^ .lit.. in..,' ii .
Iil« ('.ipt Jinini) ftri'Vtstft t• ••<t
i:< iiiixiv ut tin Hit'i kcnrtditi
l.iixi* Club I-1 ni.iv noon,
Hr< u*ti'i rt'tnarks wt-H' in 1 \
|iiai.aii..ii ''i n mot u' filttii 'l t oiiii
turn* a|{o and stiown at tlu- nu-i't
1114 t v \aion ku|i|i> rrruin, whi
•it ovfil the c o n p <t n > 'in
|..u nl<' .in Arini-tiif Hay. anrt
drill cviutioii-- on itn I04.1t tu'UI
Hit inlil.'it tii.it ttir timi|iany 11.1 -
'• 11 M'^alllll'il ':' 1 i'Sists liuM)
III ltd lul l' ol -nil >I-iVr I'll tin lit -t
v\tni ivhviiI \.iri 'ij- ninioD uIhiui
' | in iltorts to k«v|> down cnliftt
nwntf. Ont of thi >«• rumors w.t-j
ll.lt ol'.l" |(U J ' 1 I tin- Olfci'llll/.t
" tion >*a- t" 1. ..1 strikf iiti iki.
m. iii. in .vhulls uiitrut
On OH lUuiqui t Program Monday Sight
m
FfcHL
6UCKNER
It l-i ;K I 1 HAW IM\> •> , i
•* 11I >.ituiila> r 1 rtutv, thai pl.t
pa^arut i 1- what thr oltwr ft-llir.
is linna t ) put out 111 1 "I. to |in
■umii'lhiii); ow r That ■> >•>« ir-
thf ufii I'utliiij it t ut it is m.iii^
ttm.
tar
III tl,
sir.
W Hit'II hut „ u- to tt
f* that 1- Itn . -I i>i|hlici
I he American t 'ore tt In
l> -m nli 01 11.il(on -v i't< 1
lion on Monday.
1 s t.uls ol vtt. it. wlu n mill 111 > \
to do it liavt all a|i| artil lioi.i
tin., to tin.1 , Which lt"a\« s us t 1
retniml all froni .'11 in 11 to ito u
at till YMt A iii the I Ul t hitUM",
in llnvkeni'uli; t at iti sihoili
If I'.lltlt ' Also s ■ ?' H II 1.1 y IH't lilt'l 7
^ I'm.le Sam all">:> tt.. t ■ km.I
ami loving in i!.« **at ilays
\M.MA 11 11 Vim., ,> s that .It s. I
pili- tin f.ot s4i many ImynJ
0 lil\ •' .11 l • W *|1 11*1' ' ll
no fuluit' in ni-ikim; a married,
I'.n w -t. ; |> <1 out I e u. i not
1! 1 k 11 . - ■ ' [ 1.> r■ v\ : 11 1 >< full. .
nut "Mrii Imi .nisi it k >0 tar in-
l.u il lull it f- subject lo rail it
the k'oV'rrioi a- « ,i- the Nation ■!
(Suitll, who-., plaie It takes, hlni"
that urpnmiUun was mustered
into iiilerai Mi\ur. But they i in
ritiL ,. it.i n •' t in an emergency and now ttiai
VS.isnnv son 1. ammunition is to In- fiirnisl -
jl .j f,,„i ij.it 11 >i alonn withothei .'iiui|itnenl Ih
men «min vmII learn to hoot hy
i,!!), known o atiu.tl e\|*'rienee The body can
witti .Mr. Wil- t"' < 'llerl out ot til state, II
U 'I*. I'Utihi Itlt' li'sl ill the
1 inn il and InvM visits,
I Iu' |iro^t,im t'as in charge if
lli . loi A it.fi > who ut«• -1 a
spiritual awakeftinu as well as
material preparation*, for war in
At. ma \V . tii." iti luderi our ■
M'lVl'v into thinking We enn dwelt
u|win inaii'tial things alum'", In
said and We lieei) spiritual awak
eom^ to ttill 111 ...it destiny."
KupiHiman was mtrotluceil by
I.t K. I. Klliott is screening of
ttie films starteii. He said tile !>•
feiisi* (iu.itd meintum are ma le
experts In t-'irst Aid and men tak-
mu tt ' work can -avc pi 111 .•ally
all ol ttie thirteen Weeks milllai y
training ot 1 li« irmv eanips
I,.nils Oub meml*'is Well' titl-
ed to Vfilunteei to have their li|i*id
l>| «t in tin- liK'at i^niup nov bt*-
inv. fortm d and 1 It Maxwell
railed attention to tht" ttleetinj; of
oil men I;. re Mond iv eveninK.
President Jess I'lpktn ptvsitl. d
ai the meeting and quests included
Clyde K>,| ami liill Unlets,
Spi aker gu- t .it the big uanquct here Monday night to di«-
cus"> oil problem* .vill be H. B. Feht, Artlmorc, Oklahoma, exe-
cutive vice president of the 1. P. A, A., antl C. E. Bucknrr, Tulta.
em'.utive manager of the 1. P. A. A. Mr. and Mrs. Buckncr have
been guest* in the Paul Pitlcr home t ic past few days.
m sinkss i n<;i;i) to iiK
\t bh; oil mkktiw;
liusini . men in' Breekeniidu' an itnu.il to attend the meeting
of i :| tt)'ti it tl. Y M A Montl.'iy evening at 7 o'clih'k W'he t
mat't- of important" not only i i ti ■ oil tnilu>trj but to the com-
munity US .1 whole Will tl' discussed.
\ let I el front Joe Wi imt of K.stland, ptesidetii ol the West-
Central Texas uil &: tj is Asm* it-
tion. who vtill preside it the meet-
itiK- states that Harold Peltl,
six'.tk' i ot the evening has I f ctlt-
I.. tr tutnrd from Washmuton I
w Inn l:e will I lave lo say will be of
titttiost imimilanee .\lr_ Felil i-
iriiilnir with recent order* of Ih ■
ind'isir; ts-,i.d at Washington
p. i-t « iti him w ill Ih> C, I'
Missions School
To Open Sum lav
For Fivi* Davs
ti
iisa exei
t. I*. A
a round
held in
1 'Hi k
Uli'T
Ihi" addles
sum W .11 t
asked tit.it iepresentatiw
tin ir ic ". present I iki
I. " al i on.mitleemen in
i I at ii a,tn ills are I' H
111
liadio Stars To
\| |H ar Monda\
utive man-
A, and after
table discti*
which It is
oil and
partem
chat-Re
I'lt/er
J. lie i s J.,rk 1 Hoberl. and
J I . Sanileier. Jr,
Iteservaiionr. for the dinner 'it
SI | . r plate ,ire lieim; taken at the
Ih ei kenrid. a t 'hamlH'i of t'om-
• I., in- and I I!. Maxwell asks
Hint all exporting lo attend maki
their reset v at ii ms hy noon so that
the numU't ot plates to older may
Ih known
Ml Kohl ex.•■utive vice presi-
dent ol tin 1 P. A. A who- home
Is at Adrnole Oklahoma while ill
Washin::t««n fitiendeil a numl« r ■!
conferences nl th«
111-ni at; -m n s, and
several committees
much information i
^ulati his,
Business men ot
pei tally ttiv lied I.
Church s.'hools ot Missions vvii
stall m the t'usi i.apiist
Sunday eveninii in the reuular
training union hour and continut1
Aid To MacArthur
Out ^ ashin«;toii
K\|H rt Shows
\meritan-Kilipinn I'urcis
Haiti (Mf Knem> In
IncreuAinu Attacks
W.VSlllNtUON, Kel. 11 I"
Japanese and .Aiueiitiin loins in
liii'.'.ui duelled wntt heavry in Wi-
ll rv . no eii^a^etl in "au.ui ".sive
mfanny Skirmishes." during uv
| a .i .. ii.. ,i - it;,, war tlepariinent
lepurtttl today.
"The t nemy vas active in Ii •
air on all pari- of our trout. A
w.ii deparlin ni comnnitiit|Ut atl-
aid.
."so change m ptisition o| tin
lia. s was ti ixirted, however and
ihe coniinuniiiur- sa d that in s, m
st 11.oils i i to,- i ataaii t■ init "ene-
my troups are entrciieliing theil
posit ions."
Jap..tie-e batteries on the cavne
shore ul .Vlanl.i Bay again luett
oil Ilie haroor defen.«es--Forl Mills
on Cortegidor Islund, and Foils
I >rum Ilught s and b lank on --'tiiiil-
ler Im;ihiIs No mat n il tlamag
was inflicted, the department
sUltl
Ke|.oils of lite increa.ini; Jap -
ncse at livily coincided wait as-
sertions hy military exp.Tts iliat
tile only way ol feinloicing M ie-
Artliur would lie with a larg
'iaval convoy Iroin Havaii,
I'ltej admitted Iliat such a pro.
et-( w ould itiv olvi the i;-k ot a
major naval battle With the Japa-
nese mil doubted that the I'nii. d
Nation high eiirnmantl was pre.
pared to take su- h a chance -ii
this time.
i lie situation was further ag-
ravated hy Ihe threat ot the
k loss ol Singapore and th-
po-sihility of a Japanese thrust
soon"at the last inipirtant I'Utch
Indies naval base as Soerahaja
church I "n J,n:'
They san! that the loss of eithei
ol tmth Singapore would l.e a
U. s. Fortresses In Action
n'u>«
(qu.ck
ikjssl
uuis
a memlter of
s a nil can Rive
on rules and re-
the city are es-
l«' pie- tit.
num.
WHAI' m.it
I
iii
\n entertainment featuring Ml.'-
W iilkei oi l In*i < 1 fill Bill
, , I b.ir.d will presented at tin- high
Ik a s.gnitti not , , i .
■ 'I auditoi nun on Mondav
.tatement was found m )(| 7 Ah b )h(, No()h Wi
middle Of an ait it le the Mher da) ,, ( A VV|„ f,.Htule
11 he
Quality Network t'ltmetb
ns' llonry t>al Ihe girl with the
| golden vimi Hank lltlggliis, out.
-l.uitiinK guilitrisl and liass Inltlle
man C a ito I Hubbard, formerly
with W l^r t. > Dnmcl, it ml Su/a
heUe gal front tht "sticks,
I'lii admission fur i lulttten mi
Seniors Preparing
For (traduution
on Ihe stopping ot construction ol f r ^
the NKA In,, troni I' uni King ,, x ^ , ^ N(,w„|k
tkN'i to (..irlantl
Rep. IV h Po.ii.''' .f W ico wast
Hrguing in congtr-* in favor ol th
line. Wi • iii.iti I'o.n;' assettei
that powt r also would In need'-.
fo another dii'fnse prtii* el in llii
area Init lit p. I- ..ddis ol Pennsyl
vat.ia siopiNtl htm Hun. explainknR,W|„ udulK 2Hl
R'Uhi r.' • t.ix im-lude.H
•Seniol>
from lire
in M..v w
ruaiv 13.
Card,
mat tor as
preference
fullire tti
s< ntor at
tlay m.
F.ach n
di elded
vvantH.
planning to graduati
kenritlge High School
i. made known, 1 'li-
all.ng lor such Inlot"-
the Mentor's r-ligious
and Ins plans lor ihe
e filled out hv i ai ll
,i -1h iait 1 meeting Fri-i
iiing in the auditorium .
tilt hi oi tie- senior class
what I>|«■ of diploma he
through Thursday evening. I louts ,n''Jur
will i.e irom ~ ('.I until W:.IO |t. m. •'I'ance
Four out-of-town teachers will.lm'n'
lead in the school. Thi > are Mrs. I
Cll.ll'les Cul|K'|i| er who will hive
Cliarge ol atlults. Mrs. Ctil|iepp. r |
is a returned missionary I rum
China Her husband is still in.
China and lu-hoved now to Ih' ir
tin hands ii the Japatv.se Miss I
W.lti.a Weeks will have charge ,f
till' young people. She is also a le
itniii.l missionary troni China.
Miss Cliarlotti Durham will Iv ni
charge ol the intermediates and
Miss Surah Ann Strickland will
have charge ol the Juniors All ot
tlr r. acheis an now from Fori
Wot til.
(fcneraticn Faces
Critical Hour
"We face tl, • most critical hour
that our generations have ever!
flu i'i|," was a slat "III. ill made hv
Ihe Ri v Victor Aubrey when he
spoke t" the students ol high
school Friday are. noon in gene-
rut assembly. "The team that is
the break- is the'
Wt nm-t buy tie-
mil hoi III- 111 ordei
Ik rt atly for the
world i risis_
' is a symbol ol vie-
can gain victory only
spirit ot th,. ever-
elliack to tile
of reinforcing
alii
Ma
■tidy s|.m
i'At thiir's
piep.il i d lor
mu thai wins
fens* stamps
that we will
breaks in the
"The Ctoss
tory and w
through the
living • iotl '
W Doyle
introtluii'd II
tlraves, princii
Auli'iv
al.
|k«t IW fi.i soul' thing that slit'ill
i^l givt Ann i ■ in- i l 'li t t' . I
ing. the Iile i thai sunn thing really
it iM'ing done iii out war work W«
reft t In ae article men: nut issue
tif Colliei s m winch is sit t<>itti
thiil drft-nsc ritmparls have In .a
ett« ted along the Pacific coast in
u manner giganti<
TIDt'CHT For The Moment
If mankind had wished tor
w hi! i right Km v might have
hatl it long ago. William Ha/litt.
SKKN or lleattl Bill Rogers say-
ing co-o|H't at ion is Ivtiig re-
(I'tvetl in the matter ot the public
notifying th** iiettru company im-
mediately of any street light l*'ing
-out . l.iHiks like llie oil men arc
* going to hold a regular love feitst
hen* Mttnilay night ("isco lor
felling a hall game Friday nignt
betit'ise for norne reason Ihe team
Ciuld not play the Bmkaroos ...
tudents gelling ready to put out
(Centinwcd On I*a9« 4)
STl DKM S lll<; DKKKNSK All)
to the Iftt' t tri
lis 'Jtfl IflXtl th** IVuUii ol KtilWil-
tuifi at thi- hiish Th<*>l dt'lcriM.*
I in r.i m n the *rhno|s of Mrct'k-
t'lu ii^f hn* gtx a l> irnprov «l
sirwr ih«' first ol IN? year. The
M'lliHiU hilVt Ikl'M
for tlelrtiv I*tu m-coimI trock
coming (mill i>.i^.is to toiler? p. |>-
i r v^,tn lorn led al i ae High SclKWl
liefmre the drivers could get to
ille oilier schools.
Forty American Red Cross First
Aid I looks have arrived for Sen.
mi and Junioi High Miss Roth
Wisdom will teach Ihe girls who
! are interested in first aid anil care
of the sick.
I A group of high sclttml Imys ate
.taking fire lighting lessons regu-
| larly al the fire station under
Chief I.ushy.
i A knitting class in Red Cross
ni'. till1; rcgu'arly
tion of Mi> Julius
Knitting i- al*
under ttie din
Phel|ts.
Two thousands, five bundled,
and nine dollar, land fifteen
cetiisi represent. the amount oi
• It fense stamps and Itonds pur-
ctiasi <| by 111" te.icliers and Stud-
ents iii tireckenridge High ScIi h>1
since the beginning ol school.
I bis sum w is totaled on Friday
alter a IllVeV taken through till'
home i not us on Thursday. Thur-
day is the regular day for the
students to liuv stumps at school.
They are sold through home rooms
llii:h school is almost 11ni percent
in th,. purchase ui these "tokens
ol patriotism. Princi|Ntl W Doy-
le Graves expressed the opinion
thai .veil over twice thlrs amount
will Is- .thought before school is
i out in May.
IWKIV
F.itfhteen Students
Show T. B. Sitfiis
< inly a small |ierventage ol Ihe
high schiHil srmii nts tuln'rculin
ti is tead |iositivc, since 1m stutl-
etits ol the entire
wire so classitieil
Relief was felt
read negative, hut
the students w tio
weie mad awuje
tion Titos,, who*e
five can now go
oi.in i nil receive
tion
Ih \V S I'.irks read the
stilts of the patch test.
Ft. Wcrth Pastor
To Preach Here
student
Friday.
in that most
verv glad that
■-bowed positite
ol their condi-
tests Were p's.-
to their physi-
niedlcal atirn-
Dalor Resigns
%
Ouints Doctor
Tt iRON T' i Feb, 11 Ij R Di
Allan Boy Dal of , soft spoker, il
ver haired country tliK'tor who
burst into Wot Id pio.innenie whi n
tie brought ih I a ntie Quintepl"ts
into the worltl and kept them a-
Jivt, rrstyned today a- Ihe quints
official physician.
Premier Mitchell Hepburn ot
Ontario announced be received
ih. resignation. a,.d would bring
it iH'fore Ihe Ontmro legislature
as soon as he i> able to gel sonic
statement iroin the Qttlnt.s father,
' lliva Dionne
Serious Threat To
Iiritain Is Seen
I.t iNDt )N Feb 11 IP S •!•-
ions threat lo the eafiint t of Prime
Minister Winston Chniehill mount-
ed today when I >rnier War S -
retary l."she Hois'-Bebsha de-
clared (li rany has challenged
Britain s tradititirial - a |M wer and
I ei il is closing around the Kmpiro
Sp iking at Keyham in I levon-
|Mirt, 1 loie-Bev ham described the
i scape of the (terman IX'Hle fleet
through the Dover St i ait as "most
significant event of the var" be
can ,• "we know now that out own
coastal waters are not inviolable
and our tradition il sea|Kiwer is in-
cisively challenged.
Russ Mobilize For
Industrial Work
One Large1 Ship
Hit In Macassar
Area Battle
Alilw.itiKec Scigeant (iiven
First Service (Toss Of
Present War
WASI UNCtTl IN, F.li 11 UP
rwelvi army flying loiin •.SSI'S «t' •
lacked enemy 'hipping in the Ma. •
Assnr area, hitting "one larg.
'tin the war department sa I
late today.
i u.'ii'ibi'ts also started a
large fire on the laud in Ihe area.
Thi communitjiie said tesiilts i,i
ilie attack "were not completely
ascertained," All American plum -
retiti'iieiI safely. An army spokes,
man s.utl the alt; • k vvas near tl. •
porl oi MiicA'sar at 'lie souther.i
lip ol t'eleln s island ill Nether-
lands Hast Indies, This . south i
ihe area where t'nited Natio.i
planes attack d a laige Japane-e
convoy last moiilh.
I'll.' communi'iue also announce |
award i I a distinguished servii "
cross to Sgi, Leroy C. Andersu.i.
elect e fron Milvvailkr. "lor ex-
Iraorthnary heroism in action" 'in
the Bataan peninsula.
An army spokesman aid Ande. -
son Is the first electee III lie I-
warded the DSC in lliis war.
The i omunii|l|e said ol Ander-
son :
"<>n Feb .'t a counter at lack ' I
one > ! our units, to re-e tablisa
it- line mi the Bataan peninsula,
was held up by heavy machine
gun fir • Sergeant Anderson. a
command ol a small ..roup o
tanks in the lo.eru, eagnly ie-,
qui sled P't'tni slot! lo use Ihe unit
against enemy's machine gun nests
This | lernilssiou was granted,
vvhi'i."i|K'n. under heavy fire. An-,
let-soli made Jiel'sonal reconnilis-
sano well in front of our lines, lie
ie!in lied safely and moved tanks
lilt • ii_;!i rough and tliflieuit te,-
rain against hostile resistance.
vVilh skill and dctertnilialion he
desltoyed enemy gens end crews.
Fighting his way thru thick tun
gli■■- I,. In. iteil lltore hostile gtia-
and destroveil them. After his own
tank had h ■ n put out m i omini -
sii.n hy enemy fin. Sergi iint vn-
dei on a id cii'W left the lank and
•oniinued to 11 lit with nltes an.
hand grenades. By llus gall in
action Sergeant Aaderson and lie
n en enabled our infantry to ad-
vat.-e and regain lo t pisitons. li
Aiis sligi ly wounded in the en-
eouiitcr."
Pre he of Hum ing
Of Normandie On
WASHINCJTi >N Feb 11 U.R
Acting under orders from seere j
taiy of Navy Frank Knox, ii|
court of int|Uir> has bci n eon- |
veiled iii ItlV'esI 'gi'le cause o| fir
vhich wreckit) s;i.Ot*l-ton IS
l.afa.'tte, formerly the French
Liner Nornianth •, in New York
Feb, !•, the Navy announced to-
day.
Threat To Salween j
Area Is Checked
RANI KM )N Feb. II 'U.P Jap-:
am attack- wet',. rc|Kil'li'il sto;i-
pi 1 with heavy casualties on the
Salween River front^|da.. fol.j
lowui ; arrival o| "strong" Allied j
aerial reinforccincnts and move, i
ment of fresh Chinesi troops int i
the northern fiL'hiing front. i
Anchor# .-{weigh
o
••••it •
Foigetting that he's no longer
a naval petty officer but an
Aviation C.i:Iet in the Army
Air Corps, William L. Uh'<-
of Baltimore. Md„ hoists hi*
anchor aboard before tikinr;
off in a trainer at Shernn i.
Texas' Perrin Field where h'
is undergoing nine weeks bas-
ic training toward his air
Cops wings and a commis-
sion as 2nd lieutenant.
Legion Birthday
Program Drawn
Ninety Reservations Now
Made For Fell. 2.'ird.
More Kv pec tea
Plans have Ueti coinpletetl for
it.- annual lieorge Washington
Bu tin I: i> ba ni|i let of the Berntce
Coli - post on the evening ol Fel
: i.'iry -Mid . I. K. Kirklantl sa.'.l
Sal unlay and already !H reserva-
tions have lieen made. About T > i
more reservation- are expected
and 'lies,, are asked to make them
at or., e.
The program lust off the press |
diows Blake Johnson chairman.
hiv icaiion vvill be by Roht. I.
Howeis IItuiiiraol ' mention aiul
.iv ii- will In mail by Post Com-
manded ki lly Farrar and a sp-i la I
pi .otic program of music mule,
r a. • ci iotl ol J. C. Burkett.
VfUlress of the evening will In
• >y lion, Clyde lirissom of the
( mil ol civil ap|M'ids, Ka-iland
ihe speaker to Ik- introduced bv
I'm, J. Dean. Benediction will lie'
ie Hev A. J Morgan.
Committees on the banquet in (
elude arangements, I, E, Kirk-1
land. Bob f ivvens, Sid Bower
Program, Blake ohnson. Ben;
I 'ean, Carl Ferguson. C. J, < I'Coa
in t . Di curat ions Mrs John Payne
Mis. Fiank S|vncer Mrs. B'
Poole, Mrs. Ben Dean. Mrs, Kelly
Fnrrar. Mrs S. T Coker,
Jimmy Brewster and Mrs.
Feller.
British Holding
Japs From Heart
Of Singapore ( il\
.VlacArthur's Mc:i I5c«iit
Tti He Titrcaf Against
Spreading .laps
By Joe Alex M in is
I'niled Press Forei: n Kditor
Japan launched a costly aeri 'I
i and paratroop invasion attack a
the iug Dutch island of Sum it; i
day while British impt rials r. .
IK-atedly counter-attacked ihe eu-
•aiy iti defense in Singapore.
The t'lilted Nations aimed lor.'es
hr.-iii'd and r. miorced in prepai-a-
liun I> f the enemy plncher diT.f
from Malaya and Borneo against
their supreme hetdqitai'lei-s oil
'Java, were de • tilled in an official
(-..mmuniquc as taking a Iteav
toll of the invading air troops and
lighting strongly iii the I'alem-
hang sector.
Dozens of Japanese par.'ichut; <l'
'•.ere killed bv ihe Dutch as th 'y
sought to land near the Patent-
bang oil center. A war eonitntini-
que said that I'alcmhang was not
immediately Ihiealened
British impei' ils and prestiai
.ably other t'nited Nations Invei .
recently had l« -n re | Mill etl rcn-
fonang the Ji'vii defenses.
More than ltm Japanes.' Iran -
port planes accompanied by 'I'll1-
ets vv. re said by the Dutch to ha e
been used in tile invasion of S'l-
">->tra land "i; at three points i-.o!
f;it' from Palembang, which is on
Ihe southeast • orner of the island
j Haiti w ithin easy striking •dista ,
of Java, onlv Ll*l miles to the ' a I.
Singapore Still Stands
This indicated a for"'' of several
thousand paratroops if nil of I ■
planes carried th "ir eap-teity lo I
' of probably I'D men with c|iii;i
ment. Details ol the yet ion were
, lacking.
The enemy obviotnly took lit •
position that Iv must conlinin 11.
all out gamble for a speedy vi"-
! lory which was siif.essful :n
Malaya or face disaster.
In this connection, the Briti !i
Imperials still resisting lvf-u
Singapore, the Dull h fighting 'I •
i astern arm o' the eticmv tiincet >
(Continued On Page 4i
Air Battle
i
On In ISurina Vrea
IJ.VNt •< •< 'N Burma. I-'eb. II'1 it>
British I ti it m rials, siipputtd I.
American and RAF air squadr -is
were reported fighting stubborn-
ly tonight against a .lapatio
drive that broke across Ihe Sa'
Ween liver defetis s al two | m ii, 11 -
iti tin Pa-An sector and thru-.! n
lie duet lion o' Thatoti
C hinese Announce
Yankees In Java
Mis,
C. B
WHATHER
Continued clotidy scattered r,tin-
full.
!! IN POULTRY MEETING
Mt St.*i W. Feb,
governineni decree
for mobilization ot
lioiheil inal ' and
11 ll*. \
lotlay prov ided
the entile able
female urban
Ft
Ihe
The Rev. Roy Summers of
Worth will fil| th,' pulpit at
First Baptist church Sunday even-
ing. il was announced here Sat-
i ttrday morning.
population o| the Soviet l!tiion for
.1 -ent al vv.ar industry work.
Court Overrules
! Plea of Privilege
Plea of privilege in the case of
| Joe tigdeti vs. I Hodman t l it'
I was ruled on Saturtlay by Judge
Bryan Atchison who overruled
s|M'citically the pit a ol Rudett Oil
Atlas com|«iny of Tyler for a
change of venue. Not tee of ap]ieal
was given.
Forty-lour member-, of the I
Harp rsvillt F i ning School were
pre eiit Friday rut;ht lor the pui-
(Ki-e ol studying poultry diseases
Demonstrations in poatmortomi
| and blood testing were illustrated.
The next meeting will he held
Tuesday night, February 17 at
! Iliiipersvillc al H:3n The subii'Ci!
for discussion will In> on culling
Those present were;
Albeit Cientry. Paul RoIhtIs,}
M II Keith. Mrs Paul McClenny.
Mis J. W stine, Mrs. May Tuck-
er. Mrs. Ben Whiicsidc, Mr M. |
A Scarlett, Mrs W. J Booth Jr,.i
Mrs. W. K. Atlams, Mrs. A. W
Miller. Mrs, J. A. Lauderdale,
Mrs. H. L. Tliackerson, Mildred
i Thackerson, II. L Tliackerson, J. J
\. McClenny, Ben Whiteside. M.
A Scaii'it, I . S. Johnson, Bill
Tuck< r, Fmma Thackerson.
And I i S Childs. Mrs D. S
Childs, Aline Childs, Wanda
riii!d<, ('liarles Johnson, Mrs. vl
II Keith Jr. Atlolph Mueller, J
W St me, A. A Potter. Mrs. W.
<1 Gentry, Mrs. A. A. Poller,
Marie Johnson. Rubye Johnson,
Mis, Fate Johnson, Jo Ann (•en-
try, Mrs, Alliert Gentry, Mrs.
Cecil Brown. Mrs. J. W. John-
son.
Mimeographed sheets of in-
sti ut Moils on Ihe various diseases
carried some description of the
disease ami causes treatment found
to lie most successful.
CI ;t 'N< 1K1N(' Feb. II 'I
lOUirial Chinese broadcast n-
•oi .lcfl ai San f i .uicisi o hv 1 ni'" I
Pressi A comnientaior sivak-
ng in Knglish said the Chiti' •
liopl "are happy tonight al ih"
nt v.s that Amerier.n exiieditionar>
t'orri's have arrived in Java,"
iThere has been no iinnouii'' •-
ni ut ol the arrival o| an \meii
can expeiiitlonatv t'oi*." in Java.)
ne^inners First
Aid ('lass Slated
The beginneis l-'irst Aid Cla
will meet al the Y.MCA for org.i'i-
i/atlon and first ,s. s don Tuesday
evening al the "Y" at X p. in. at
which I ii iii ■ ri gist rat ions for II.
class will lie ncecph'd and meeting
time and hours arinngetl.
Text books may he ohiaincd al
ihe ChainU'i of Commerce, The
lesson will caver the lirsl two
cha| lers ot Ihe text.
ludire Plays Doctor
In Decisive Way
CiilCACiO, Feb. 1 I'U.R Judge
Julius Miner today detained the
afipeiil of brilliant David Reese
Steffy III, IK. for si ientific treat-
ment of his mania lor attacking
women and sentenced Ihe hand-
some liluh school alh'cte to life
,n the siafe ;enil nt'niv.
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