Del Rio News Herald from Del Rio, Texas • Page 1

Rio NEWS-HERALD WEATHER Little temperature change this nflrnxxm. Slightly warmer tonlghl. and Tliursday forenoon TEXAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 27, 1943 NUMBER RMANS GLOOMY OVER RED FRONT 1MANCE ITALY Nutf Rearguards Puled Back To Mountain Line ALLMD HEADQUARTERS, AI- gtan, OH. AlUed three to tix mllw have taken more below the TMcno HfteV in Italy. has subsided German rearguards Wck into the massive line guarding Rome.

disclosed. weYfkre intensified with at Green airfields and ene- suppUea and In Ita- ly. Ml AJr SUPREME COURT DENSS THOMAS PETTTTON Oct. 27 The State Court today denied the petitkM Of R. J.

Thomas, president of the VnttM Automobile workers and him remanded to the custody of Travis County sheriff to aerti his contempt judgement of ttne nnd three days In was cited for violating order prohJWtlnf bun membership in a Thomea U. S. SUB NEW YORK HEIRESS MURDERED IS LOST tabor Mtm law. In Mi appeal on habeas corpus proeeedme, Thomas attacked the of thin provision. was cited for contempt alter he eaaoe to Texas front Detroit and adMrceaed a labor railyy at Pwlly.

Urge All Christmas Gifts for Folks At IrTMails in Month of November THREE-POWER CONFERENCE 'SUCCESSFUL' Seeking cooperation of the pub- By EDDY G1LMOKE MOSCOW. Oct. 3B Home Nursing Claw Starts November 4 A in home nursing will be started 4 with Miss Margaret AHtokt county health nurse, as instructor The eteea is to meet In the Home There was definite assurance gates to the three-power conference met this cold, damp day in a growing atmosphere of cooperation which all quarters predicted would i lo complete understanding Britain, the United States and Russia. lie In meeting a serious problem i more serious this year than ever i before the Post Office Department is urging all Christmas gifts be I mailed' in November. Postmaster Ray Ross Wednesday had recent Postal Bulletin urging early mailing as follows: "We have handled the Christmas par-j eels for our Army forces We now face the tremendous task Cottage twice a week, each immn to be held from to p.m.

Mlse AfceM also plans an afternoon dew'in home nursing for anyone unable to attend the night clams Anyone interested in either the night class or the afternoon class la urged to call Mrs. R. C. Courtney, Red Croat home nursing chairmen, at Rural M-r-4 of Miu AJboU I7i. ACCIMMT VICTIM OIKS OM, fr Sterttu, S3, of 800- four west Haana Wihway Patrolman aterena driving a loaded A dump WWw WWP to a col- from all circles that Secretary of State Cordell Hull.

Arelgn Secretary Anthony -Eden and Foreign Commissar MokHov had dedicated themselves to the assumption that thc conference already is a success and Uiat its fruits will be hailed as such. One also gets the impression from talks with persons who are sitting in on the that the results of the they deal with matters email and going to have an Important effect on the peace of the poet-war world, Mototov sat down again at Bperidonovka Palace at Butter In the day the drafttnf met In Joint and made twnf continued to that they could not what ORDER SUSPECT PICKED UP IN DOUBLE MURDER LITTLEFIELD. Oct. 27 Sam Hutson disclosed to- of receiving, transporting and de- day he had issued a pickup order livering on time the vast volume i for one suspect in the slaying of i of Christmas mail for our. people; Dr.

and Mrs. Roy Hunt. ttTTiome. There Is only one solu- Their bound and bloodied bodies lion to that problem: Christmas( were four.d on a bed in their home Presumed To Be In Pacific Area Against Japs WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 The submarine Riuiner has been lost, the Navy announced today.

The submarine presumably was operating in the Pacific area where submerslbles have been taking a heavy toll of Japanese shipping. The loss brought to 14 the number of lost since the war started. I A submarine the size of the Runner carries a crew of approximately 65. It was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Joseph H. Bourland of New York, listed as missing.

WESLE? SPEAKS TO ROTARY CLUB Employment of Mexican laborers In the United States to relieve the manpower shortage was discussed before the Rotary Club at noon Wednesday in the Roswell Hotel by Wesley E. Stiles of the United States Immigration Service. Stiles said 60.000 laborers from Mexico are now employed in this country. He explained that the lab- crers are processed in Mexico City before they come to this country (or work, He said they are checked as to ability, physical fitness health and their fingerprints are taken before they are sent to the United States to work. The club voted to have the In- ternational Institute of Under- nounced Wednesday to avoid con- in an effort to meet Val Verde HINT OF IMPENDING DEFEATS Nazis Attempt To Stiffen Public For Catastrophe LONDON.

Oct. 27 i Soviet troops storming the outskirts of Kh" Rog the German command today took the gloomiest tone toward the Russian front since Stallnyrad in an apparent, eifort to jjtif'en the public and the army alike for the impendiii': military catastrophe. By their own radio accounts, the Nazis are being pounded back from I the Melitopol area all the way up to the region west of Sniul- I insk. Mrs. Patricia Burton Lonergan, 22-year-old heiress, was found slain in a New York apartment.

Her husband Wayne Lonergan, wus returned to New York Iroin Toronto. Canada for questioning. Telephoto). POSTPONE GIZAPOPPIN, HILARIOUS ARMY SHOW, UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY TO AVOID FOOTBALL TILT CONFLICT ANOTHER SCRAP IRON DRIVE OPENS NOV. 1 Another scrap iron drive will open in Val Verde County Nov.

1 to continue through Nov. 8. Joe Galbraith. salvage committee member, announced Wednesday. The collection will be handled through the schools.

Anyone who has scrap iron to contribute to the is urged to give it to school children or take it to the nearest school and dump it on the school grounds. The plans for the scrap iron drive have been worked out by Drury Wood, superintendent of the Del Rio Independent School District, and Gilberto Cerda, superintendent of the San Felipe Independent "School District. Oul- braUh Postiwnement of the Army's extravaganza, Gizapoppin, was an- drivt- in Val Verde County, all proceeds to be turned over to the drive gifts generally must be mailed in November. "There can be no assurance, in view of the unavoidable haudl- caps of war. that gifts and cards mailed In the weeks immediately proceeding Christmas will be de- hert yesterday.

Sheriff Hutson, however, threw no light o.i the clue being followed in West Texas' murder Meanwhile citizens of Littlefield standing again next spring. Guests at the club at noon Wed- ncsday were Lieutenants Clipping! er, Bracey, Lewis. Millican and Richardson, all from Laughlin Ai-my Air Field. Dr. Speak To Presbyterians Dr.

Brooks I. Dickey of San Antonio will speak in the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 8 p.m.. Rev. Charles W. Solomon, pastor of the church, announced.

Dr. Dickey will speak on "The i flict with thc football game be- tween the Del Rio Wildcats and the Cotulla Cowboys Thursday i evening. The show, slated for will be presented next Tuesday I ever.ing in che auditorium of the i Del Rio High School. The Army show, staged by the Special Services Offices of Laugh- I lin Army Air Field and featuring much of the talent from the per- sonnel of the field, received with hilarity by a packed audience i at the field when it wns first given. Tuesday's show will be for the benefit of the United War Chest County's goal of $12,000.

LAST RITES HELL FOR T. B. GOBBLE IN CARTA VALLEY PLANK IN WTCC PLATFORM DEALS WITHHIWAYS Without Last rites for Thomas Bcnjam- for the capture of the killer or 1 The Rev. Mr. Solomon issued an, kil'ers.

Hutson said the amount: imitation to all to hear Dr. Dick- would be $10,000 by tonight. i ey. I was Umt ftoflnUe newt BMy to at end rS llvered on time. Such matter musti 1 ad co trlb tc to a reward Home Mission Emergency." not impede thc movement of war materials and personnel and military mail.

"Transportation facilities are heavily burdened. The number of railway cars and airplanes available far handling Christmas mall Is far below that of former years. Facilities simply are 1 not available to transport and deliver, in the last three weeks before Christmas, the tremendous quantities of mail Hallowe'en Carnival Given By North Heights PTA Saturday Planned For Children's Safety To Confer In Washington Again planning a safe but en- Uiat we heretofore have moved tertlllnlng place for ohudren to In, that period. "More than 30 thousand postal nave gone into the armed They have largely replaced with loss experienced personnel In the part, we nave called In more than temporary to help iu jrttn the holiday Qreauiuwberf of these are Inline and war indurtrtea, year we must women end high antf alrli.fho cannot high In celebrate Hallowe'en, the North Heights Parent-Teacher Association will offer the annual carnival Saturday evening beginning at 6 o'clock at the North Heights School. Supper is lo be served from p.m.

to p.m. Serving will stop at pjn. for a program that has been prepared but will be resumed when the program is over 9 p.m. Those iu charge pointed out, that this year's carnival Is being given under dlffteulUea, since only through contributions of rationed articles hu been possible to plan BHuiy phases of the affair. One of the features of the carol' vei thU year will be play, with der the direction ol Mrs W.

In mriiitVm to' Ine wfcowete D. H. Clayton, hamburgers; R. D. Hodge and Mrs.

A. chairman of the kitchen and R. C. Smith is chairman of the house, lights and grounds. Mrs.

R. C. Smith and Mrs. Abb Turk are in charge of the coffee; Mrs. Mrs Lewis Klein, sandwiches; Mrs.

Ed Shell and Mrs. H. N. Ramsey, the cake walk; Mrs. Van Adams, chili; Mrs.

Flcyd Jeffers, Mrs. A. Barnett, Mrs. W. H.

Hayes, Mm. E. 8. Palmer and Mrs- Bmll stark, popcorn balls. Cold drinks will be in charge of Miss Beetle House, Mrs.

Bryan Kelly, Mrs, Thomas M. Johnson, Mrs. J. A. Pennlngton and Mrs, Taylor; fish pond, Mrs.

V. O. Baker, Mrs. R. Smith and Mrs.

Andy country store, Mr. and B. MaUme, Mr, and ferl Davenport, Mra. Henry 'lobby, Mra. Urn to be i ejMTIf FORT WORTH, Oct.

27 Governor Coke R. Stevenson said today he had accepted an invitation of "high government officials" to go to Washington for a discussion of certain phases of thc war program in Texas. He declined to reveal the names of the government officials. Speculation was the national administration, somewhat at odds with Texas Democratic organizations. might be seeking a means to establish a more cordial relationship.

wear on rubber. men iv ms uni th come together to hold their West Texas; Chamber of Commerce referendum meetings, the regions'1 in Gobble, 66. were held Tuesday chamber sflid todav A proxlmntc ly 100 local sessions have been held through this midweek since Hi th i5t OI at which thc WTCC's 11-plank referendum platform ha.s been debated and submitted lo vote. The decentralized meetings aiv taking the the duration the traditional general convention. The experiment, in second year, again is proving an unqualified success, WTCC President M.

Ulmer. "This de- business all of his moeratic procedure," said Ulmer. "i.s a heartening omen in this turn; of extreme danger from without to the democratic way of life. Under our plan the affiliates rwvu the privilege option of sanctioning or rejectine any or all of the policies planks recommended Local Stores To Close For Armistice Day Local stores will, be closed Nov. in observance of Armistice Day.

John Rowland chairman of the -retail merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce, announced the holiday to be observed Uvalde, officiated and burial was made in the Carta Valley cemetery under the direction of the I Doran Funeral Home. Gobble died Monday afternoon of a heart attack at his ranch in the Carta Valley country. He had resided in the Carts Valley country for 33 years, mov- there in 1910. He had been in the ranchin life. He married Miss Susie Riggs in i 1909.

I Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Susie Gobble, three sons and throe grandchildren. The sons include I William T. Gobble, a flight inslruc- tor for the Army at Coleman; i James S. Gobble of Carta Valley ard Earl Ross Gobble, a chemist at a.i ordnance phait at Dumas, Tex.

The grandcliildren are Carolyn Sue Gobble. Tom Brady Gobble and Michael Ross Gobble. Pal! bearers included Ernest Vargu, Tlel Bishop, Cody Wardlaw, Paul Rosenow, York Newman, Joe Hutto, Joel Williams and N. E. Varga.

LATE NEWS Nov. Univei Texas COLD WEATHElt DALLAS, Oct. 87 ing weather btvaded Nertb Texaa (er the fir this Other parts the alae rrcerded the lewevt Mill rar4a Ireeptay otker pwrto ef ttw MUM IV IfUllMW by the organization's committees, and their vote will determine our course." One of the planks, No. 9, relates to highways and is getting very spirited from the local groups w4th the for and against vote close. Presented by Vice-Chairman Wendell Mayes of Brown wood for the WTCC Postwar Economy Commission, it asserts that with return of peace vast road-building projects will be inaugurated to take up slack.

Cited la the fact that a petition now before Congress, from the American Association of State Highway Official calls for a national postwar coiuntuctlon program to cost $3,000,000,000 of federal aid funds, to administered by the state highway departments, The mittee says: "In the event wen, a program nhouVd ta JUKI in Paft Del Rio Info.