The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 61, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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John Gray, Lamar College
Director,AddressesSchool
Executive Banquet Wed.
The Hawaiian Bomber Command on the Alert
John Gray, of Beaumont, di-
rector of LamarCollegc, gave an
interesting address on "Educa-
tion for War — and Education for
Peace" at the Orange city jjnd
county school executives banquet
held Wednesday night at the
high school with 07 members and
Visitors attending.
Dr. Martin Bernficld of the Or-
ange city - county health unit
speaking bureau, alsoiipoke to
the group, outlining the proposed
heaTth program for local schools.
A number of patriotic songs
were given during the evening by
the Orange High Glee club under
thc direction of W. E. I.aForgo,
choral music instructor.
L. O. Phillips, president, was
in charge of a short business meet-
ing during which the" stigar ri
tioning question was discussed.
Invite A Soldier
For Supper
Saturday Night
Dial 2262
USO CLUB
Right-of-W,ay
Obtained For
Street Paving
Full title to a small strip of
right of way at" th6 intersection of
Navy Street and Green Avenue
was obtained by Mayor Abe So-
kolski and City Attorney James
NelT Wednesday. The right of
way was used for completion of
plans to pave some fifteen to
jwenty blocks in the vicinity of
"the ship yard peninsula on the
east ends of Main and Front
Streets, also on Mill Street.
At a special meeting o( the city
commission late Tuesday, J. C.,
Pittnam, „ public relation* repre-
sentative of the Consolidated Steel
Corporation, Ltd., shipbuilding
division, appeared to urge imme-
diate action In order that the
paving contract awarded to1 the
Austin Road company might be
executed immediately.
The necessary right of way was
obtained without condemnation
proceedings from the piopcrty
owner and the person holding a
lease on the same.
City School
Superintendent's
Office Moved r " r
V ■ .. '••• Y'.f :
Officii of the city school^ super-
intendent J. W. Edgar has been
moved from its former location in
the Holland building anMher
space on the second floor in the
same building in a room formerly
occupied by the lute Hollis M. Rl-
nard.
The space, which Mr. Edgar had
shared with the school tax collec-
tion, office, has been occupied by
the Defense Training school office,
thus giving more space to cach
group.
LET'S DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT!
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AIR IlAlD WARDENS have a
most important place in the com-
munity; set - uj) at this time due
to the fact that' heavy responsi-
bilities rest upon their shoulders
in the matter of securing willing
and capable workers to carry out
the practice that is to be m es-
sential in the future. The iesi-
dents of every section in the city
should stand ready to co-operate
with the air raid wardens who
have been selected with the great-
est possible care.
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Invasion Fleet
MINESWEEPER!Was Enroute
o Australia
MARTIN DIES
COMMITTEE
IS RENEWED
GETTING THINGS DONE
must be included in routine of
cach day's program, especially in
Orange where there is so much
to be done- Mayor Abe Sokolski
(Mid, his coworkers are to be com-
mended for the work done yes-
terday in securing title to a small
and yet very essential strip of
land on Green avenue and Navy
street to make possible execution
of an important paving contract.
It is quite possible that many
more problems will be encoun-
tered almost daily as the row de-
velopment program progresses.
Tl e Hawaiian Bomber Command is geared to a peak of watehfulnoss antt preparedness an authorities
make sure there shall be no r<g)itition of the Pearl Harbor attack. Top, thwfce of Uncle Sam's huge 'aerial
defenders speed th/ough the skies seeking the enemy before he comus within striking distance. Bottom,
men of the ordnance crew carefully load one of the llyin^ fortresses within assorted selection of bombs
for its patrol. Bomb being carried is of the 3(MKpound type. (Central I'reet)
High School
Seniors Will
Dance Tonight
Orange High school seniors un-
der the sponsorship of Mrs, James
Ncffi'Will dance In the USO club
social room tonight from 8 to 10|ciul
o'clock with music furnished by
Frank Hubert, and his orchestra.
Gem of Thought
The golden rule in life is mod-
eration in all things.—Terence.
USO CLUB
MY, March 11—
^3-. Social Room o|)cn for adults, •
a. m. to 6 p. m.
High - School group dance, 7:30
to 9:30 p. m.. Social Room. (Group
' tn be ipceifitd.T7#"!^ '
FRIDAY, March 1J—
Social Room games (or adults, 9
to 11 p. m.
SATURDAY, March 14—
Social Room games (or Pre-
High school age group, 9 a. m. to
13 noon. -vivXi
Social Room games (or adults,
13 noon to 4 p. m. '8P
' USO sponsored dance for sol-
diers, Camp Podflyu., 8:10 p. m.
to 12 midnight. Social Room. .
AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL is on
the wane in Orange as well as in
all other sections as tiics are
gradually worn out. This will
naturally bring about great chan-
ges in the daily routine of affairs
in the course of a few weeks.
Gradually the people are doing
more walking while scores resort
to the use of bicyclcs.
mean time it Will no doubt bo
found necessary to make some
rather stringent regulations with
reference ta bicycle traffic.
Advancement Of ScoutingjTICKETS FOR
Discussed At Supper
Advancement of scouting in Ch-
ange county was the chief topic
of discussion when the scottT lea ti-
ers of the city met at Sunsfct
G rove Coniitry. cluI> for a supper
meeting, with Morgan Richards,
district commissioner in charge of
the program-
John Kane, scout executive, and
Seeks Divorce
American Legion
And Auxiliary
To Meet Tonight
A record crowd is expected to-
night for the joint meeting of the
Lloyd Grubbs post of the Amer-
ican Legion and Auxiliary to be
held at the Navy addition admin-
istration building at 7:30 o'clock.
Ed Short, post commander, will
preside and a special invitt tion is
extended to all ex - service men
now located here.
This is planned to be one of the
largest meetings of ex - service
men held here in months. A so-
wlll be enjoyed following
the business session and refresh-
ments will be served.
Delegates to the second district
Legion convention to be held in
Woodville March 20, will be
named at the regular meeting,
the commander announced.
Earl McCfure of the regional of-
fice in Dpllus made interesting
talks and gave matiy ijsj^gc.sUoiis..
• Those registering'; during the
evening were: J-, II- Dav;dv Char-
les' Howard, J. L. Christian, Mr.
l!,e!and Mrs. Morgan Richard.), Mr.
and Mrs. Alverson Franks, A. H.
Prince Jr., John Carlson, John R.
Kane, Karl' M.. MeClurCj Joe Bo-
gel, Liirry Mauley, Mr. aiid Mrs.
11. J. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs-- l.onn-
ard Routledge, i^rs.''Co|${- „I\i.'TH*'
ley, Mr. jtnd Mis. Gilbert 'Molt,
Mary Kllen Tilley, F. P. McNn-
mafri, Jr., Charles Aisenault, F
W. Hustmyre, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Hay, Marvom Hirehliffe, C. G.
Kellis, A. X McKenzie, and Mr:
and Mrs. Leonard Lundgrr n.
Rev. Corkern To
Be Toastmaster
At Meet Tonight
Rey. W. A, Corkerh, pastor of
the Fit^l Baptist church, will be
toastmaster at the mobiliatalioii
banquet for the men of the
church hi be held in the church i
basement at Jl fetlock loni.vht. j
■ :(^ev. O. F. Dingier, pastor ol j
thePtjCalvary Baptist church fit i
Beaumont. will be the 1'iitjcipal i
speaker. > i 1
A program -of rfiusic to include!
a skit directed by J. K. Conn, of j
Orarige, will be given.
Superintendent
Gives Library
Math Textbooki
The urgent need for malhemat
les textbooks at the Orange Pub
He Library has been taken care o
by th6 County Supcrintendc'nt, J.
F. Hammers.
Fifteen 5th grade arithmetic,
firteen flth grade and fifteen 7th
grade mathematics texts were
placed on the shelves today and
may be borrowed by legitimate
ttiiMUMi.' /.C'.
Other b<M<ks, some of the new-
est (Ictlon and non - fiction, are
also available (or readers as wcll„
Since springs/house - cleaning is
upon us once again, the Library
will be very glad lo receive any
gifts of books from anyone who
wiabaa to give
Kita Hayworth, sbov#, .glainorfius
motion picture actress, lts« 'filed
suit to divorce Ed Juilson, iKittom
plmto, oil man. Suit was tiled In
Hollywood. Constant separation
due to their varied careers result -
ed in their estrangement, Miss
Hayworth said.
Weather
East Testis: Showers at)d JocM
thunderstorms in east portion to*
night and in northeast portion
this afternoon: < little temperature
change. Moderate to fresh winds
on Hie coast.
Services For
Perry Infant .
Set For Today
'■ Funeral services for the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F T.
Perry who died at their home tn
Orange early this morning,';
were to be hejd at 3 p. nv: from
the residence, burial Uking place
in the Jctt cemctery under direc-
tion of thij Wheeler funeral home,
Bcsid«>s parents, survivors are:
«inc sister, Chrlstino; four broth'
Phillip ^Ray Pwor. iJWenjle officers found another
Mr ana MHI* .wwlU rQftj _>1 tibty fiw nriftfKft.
EtU Hilliard. all of Oranfife. 1 prisoners.
ON SALE TODAY
Tickets went on sale tcilay for
the USO club dance to l>c spon-
sored by the Orange Pilot club
next Tuesday night front !l to I
o'clock at ii St. Patrick's! day af-
fair. Admission will !. _• fifty-
Jive cents including tax and tick-
«|ti fnay lie secured from any
member of the club
The dance has been planned
with the idea of helping old-
limcrs aiid neweomeis to tiecome
flcquaintefl and a large crowd is
indicated. di
Music will he furnijlij/.d by
George Po«lar and Ills orchestra
City Schools
To Be Dismissed
On Friday
All city schools will lie dismiss-
ed Friday in order that jeacheni
may attend the meeting of the
East Texas division of the state
Teachers Association to be held in
Beaumont this week-end, J. W.
Edgar, city school superintendent,
announced today.
2 White Men
Apprehended
Taking Tire
—Two~whtte—two - wei e appre-
hended by the sheriff and police
department forces Wednesday
night ill the act of Meatin^ n wheel
and tire olT an autwfioli^le ■ left
slttnding at the- curb"
The car had been jacked up
tmti the wheel removed v. hen it
was alleged that the ntefi were
diwovered. •
Launching of the U S. inntor-
minesweeper will take
place af 4:3(1 this afternoon at the
Weaver ship yard with the tiM<al
ceremonies. /
Mrs. E I! Perry, wife efM'om-
inander E. B. Perry, supervisor of
U. S navy shipbuilding ic Texas,
will christen* the vessel.
This will mark the fifth motor
mincswee|ier to go into th.j V"ter
from the Weaver ship yard ways.
It is expected that launchings
will continue at the rate of about
one a week
five.mine -
course of construction have been
launched and placed in thv; finish-
ing stage.
Defense Homes
Sewer Connections
Are Completed
Mayor Abo Sokolski wired the
Home Defense housing division In
Washington that effective today,
sewer connection with the new
addition of 149 dwellings fwv North
Sixteenth street, were complete.
A delay of several months in
opening of the houses for occu-
pancy by families of those con-
nected ^jth local defense indus-
tries, was. occasioned by the fact
that connct'Upns with a new cx-
tcpsion of the sewer system were
not available
Up to noon today, Washington
authorities had not notified loctii
caretakers of the houses to opeii
them to tenants, It was said that
more applications for houses than
the number available, were -on
file'."' * .• ■*/
•In many instances, those who
have made applications ftw houses
in Ihe new addition, have released
dwellings which they occupied
heretofore and other tenants have
put up deposits for the places.
| Washington, Mafrh 12. <AP)
until the remaining The Dies committee hay been re-
sweepers now in the |nuwed for nine months and has
started on investigation of Span-
ish Falangist (fascist) activities'In
South America.
The house voted 331 to.48 yes-
terday to extend' the committee's
life from March Sf1 to i.ext Jan-
uary 3, and Chairman Martin
Dies (D-Tex) announced that he
would ask for $3(10,000 for Its ex-
penses.
Tile Falangist investigation had
been considered by the committee
since a member, Rep. Thomas (R-
NJ), made a personal study of
the situation and submitted his
information to the committee.
This information, committee
sources disclosed, showed a well-
organized movement among influ-
ential families in Latin - Ameri-
can countries and In Puerto Rico
for restoration of Spanish su
prcmacy
Whether committee investiga
(long actually have left for Puer
to Rico or elsewhere was kept se-
cret, but a committee source said
'the investigation actually Is un-
der way, not in an office in Wash-
ington, but at a place where first-
hand leads may bo obtained.".
Dies himself said the .V,'100,000
appropriations request — largest
since Uic committee on un - Amer-
ican activities was created In 193(1
~ was necessarily to continue In-
vestigations already undertaken
or contemplated.
Father Of
Mrs. Walter Ward
Dies Wednesday
Mrp, Walter Ward, a teacher of
the Anderson school, received
word Wednesday night that her
father, W. Thomason, had drop-
ped dead at his home in Hunts-
Mrs. Ward left immediately for
lluntsvillc to attend the funeral
expected lo be held Thursday or
Friday,
Orange School
Trustee Election
Set For April 4
Orange IndependeiH school Dis-
trict trustee election will be held
gaturday, April 4, it was an-
nounced today by J, W. Edgar,
city school superintendent.
The terms of B. A. Gunn and
M K. Thomen are expiring and
all persons who desire to file as
candidates, must do so at least five
days prior to the election day.
Trustees will be elected for a
period of three years. No filing
have been listed to-date.
Federal Man
Confers With
Defense Guards
Navy Expands
Program To
Obtam Officers
New Orleans, March 12, • lit
an, effort to secure additional Ju-
nior officers, the Nuvy today ex-
panded its program to make ju-
niors atid seniors «>f accredited
Hon - technical Colleges eligible
for appointment a.^ ensijiis in the
Naval Reserve, it was announcced
by Eighth Naval District Head-
quarters. |
Ift the past, only j.tuilenIs at-
tending technical colleges were
eligible for probotlonory com-
missions. Now, for 'example, se-
niors who are candidates for a de-
gree In business administration or
commerce will be iWommended
for appointment as ensign:!. Quail
fied applicants will
gioned immediately an
ed to active duty
lion. (
The program applies ityieclflcal-
ly to the following;' r.
I- For jutdorti and V'tuors ma-
joring In aeronautics, fceology,
and electrical engineering special-
izing in high frequency radio ftloc-
tornlcs to lie ussigend to aviation
duty.
2 For mfijbvs in ardiiU'cture
to be assigned to civil engineering
duties. ■ " ■— —t~—
be (ommis-
d not order-'
! tl"i| grail ua-
SIIOES LACKING
UNSETTLING
f'apt, James M. ftoaeh, in leave
of absence from the <New Mexico
Slate Police, Is spending a Jew
Houston. Tex (AP) I edeial 7 r®TO"« Uve of the
Judge T M. Kennerly y«^ler<lay ^'/'or"tor,f*' He Is con-
directed acquittal of a miin! ^ nium >er oC Corn-
charged with failure to inixjuce niL. *. ■ ' r"X8 Defense
elective registratiwi card. u^aros
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Omaha, (AP) An u^Tlcer nf
the Colorado Industrial itthol de-
li ver**! a lad to juvenile authori-
ties here, hut took the boy's shoes
back with him He explained they
A newly discovered oil field
will insure Venezuela's position as
the world's third largest petro-
leum producer, says the Depart-
ment of Commerce.
.—1111
IjBws of Ctiba make It illeeal to
refUm to accept United States
currency /or payments of all kind,
says the Department of Com-
merce. 1 ' # V- ■ v'5' f %
Attorneys interpreted the ruling
moan that officers have no au
thPJCjty to stop a man on u public
llreet and demand to see his card.
In directing a verdict lor Ray
Harhuck. 30, Judge Kennerly said
"all the evidence against, him
consists of statements mride to of-
ficers after' an illegal arrest in
that a police officer stopped him
on a public street and demanded
that he identify himself."
War factories in, Switzerland are
curtailing operations because of
Mko Jvar's adverse effect orj busi-
ness, according to the Department
of Coouoerce. ',
m
Mr. and Mrs fi T. LeBIuie, UOJl
Decatur, announce the blrtfr of im
eight pound bBby boy at the But-
trant Clinic Wednesday night,
at 7 o'clock. The new arrival has
been named Mark Lee. Mrs. Lc-
Blanc was the (orowr HIm Mary
Albert# Carter. M " i
3,- For maj^irs In electrical, me.
chanical, diescl, civil and chemi-
cal engineering, apd physics and
radio electronics, for assignment
to the.engineering corps.
4. For majors in mechanical,
electrical. chemical, industrial
and radio engineering' Tor 'assign-
ment in the ordnance section. This
class also includes majors in phys-
ics with a background of mathe-
matics including differential equa-
tions.
„ 5. For majors in business ad?
ministration or commcrc- for as-
signment as deck officers in spe-
cialist capacities.
All applicants should commu-
nicate with the nearest Na-.al Re-
cruiting Station,\i
MUSIC
By Roger I). Greene
Associated Press War Mi tor
Heavy U, S. Army bombers were
credited today with crippling at
least part of a Jupan^nic invasion
armada sailing down the coast of
New Guinea toward Australia,
while in Tokyo, Jupun's Premier
Oen. Htdek I Tojo boasted that A
I led seu trnwer had been crushed
in the far Pacific.
A British broadcast quoted im-
perial Tokyo headquarters us
acknowledging that three Japan-
ese ships had been sunk or
beached and six others damaged,
including a cruiser, in landing op-
erations on Australian - mandated
New Guinea.
The Tokyo communique said
the cruiser, two destroyers and
three other ships were damaged,
slightly.
"The main fleet of the United
States «nd Britain has already
disappeared from the surface of
the Pacific," Tojo asserted, iti a
speech celebrating the conquest of
the Dutch East Indies. ,
Iti Washington, the army re-
ported that eight big United Slates
bombers dealt a staggering blow to
Japanese ships Tuesday in New
Guinea waters, droppiiig It; tons of
bombs which left two. vessels
Sinking, four in Humes end ««-,
other stranded on the beach. The
American , forces returned intact.
This was' apparently! the same
attack which a Royal Australian
Air 'Forcla communique described
as having been carried out by
"oar planes."
Other ships of a strong enemy
convoy were reported moving
down the New Guinea c«a#i.
' Art Australian government
spokesman declared th<; assault
wis "only thg beginning" of Al-
lied counter - blows to snag Ja-
pan's threatened- invasion of the
west Australian mainland.
However 12 Japanese bombers
raided Port Moresby, ths capital
and major port, 6n tfu? south
coast only .'J00 miles from Aus-
tralia's Cape York, arid ""'caused
slight damage yesterday. There
was an unverified report that a
strong eneroy convoy was head-
ing for Port Moresby. ^ J
Unless the air, naval ood land
strength of Allied forests assem-
bled Jn Australia is materially
grent|j:..thnn was emplojwd in
battle of Java, any mt^fV Japan-
ese army'striking there, or,avert
upon the Australian eoa*.t, wwttld
have ii goml chance of establishing
another beachhead hi " l«! series
executed southward from l.iuon.
In addition to the foet defeiul-
ers «>f Java Wirt
from two to four lo one. PrerSleri
Peter Gerbraudy of the Nethei -
hmds government in exile dis-
closed in London last night that
the American and Dutch f!eet as-
signed to Kant Indies water;: was
jess than "otfe V ffitrd of Hie tu'/e
•if the Japanese naval delfiehment
headed by 14 cruisers T- which
protected the Invasion convoys
The premier said the Dutch
would carry on guerrilla warfare
in the Pacific In prepifratlpn for
a large - scale offensive in 1943.
A somber sidelight 'of War came
in an announcement of Prime
MinisU r John Curtin that Aus-
tralia was sending foodstuffs for
all,the 750,000 people of Japnn-
ese - occupied" Singapore in an eT-
fort to Insure proper fading of
Australian prisoners.
Proper feeding of prisoner) I
the captors' responsibility under
international law. Long *<
presumably wjl| divert ships and
seamen from the Australian war
front. But the Japanese get
long on a rlcc-and-fish standard
and that complicates thi- prison
camp problem.
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Austin, Tex. (AP) — When
Johnny goes off to the army, the
mothers of World War II wHi,see Orange Investment Co- a.
The mothers have formed com-
to assist the junior cham-
ber of commerce in arranging
farewell parties for army In-
ductew.
II Ai'igliii''fe
Front and
other considerationgr
Lula S. White etaL.
Maler, 7 1-2 aerei of
Anthony Har
other £on#idei
Court House
and
City Hall Briefs
I Fllingf at the office of the Or
ange County clerlt Wednesday In,-
eluded:
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