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HOME EDITION The Vernon aily ecord WEATHER West cloudiness tomorrow; change- in temperature. VOL. XX, NO. 78 (A-P) Means Associated Press TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 1915 (A-P) Means Associated Frees PRICE CENTS SOVIET ARMY RAPIDLY APPROACHING RERUN Germans Claim Red Juggernaut Is Now 39 Miles From City Prison Camp in Philippines Raided by Yanks--513 Freed MEN WHO MADE DEATH MARCH RESCUED BY DARING RANGERS IN SURPRISE ASSAULT ON CAMP General MacArthur's Headquarters, Luzon, Jan. 31.

(De laved) of Bataan, Corregidor and Singapore- 513 of snatched from under the flaming muz- zles of Japanese guns last night in an exploit of unmatched daring. I Washington, Feb, 1 Pro- Some 46o picked men of the Sixth Ranger Battalion and spects of a speedier end of the Filipino Guerrillas made a commando raid 25 miles behind Japanese lines to empty a prison camp and partially fulfill quick shift of troops from Europe one of the Philippines objectives closest to Gen. Douglas; to the Pacific once Germany is I defeated. I Under this system, which QUICK SHIFT 10 PACIFIC IS PLANNED Speedier End to War With Japan Seen as Result of New Strategy -Defeat of Germany Still Is First. Washington, Feb.

Siegfried Line Strangely Silent As Yanks Advance Mac heart. They took Japanese guards by surprise and rescued 486 Americans, 23 British, thrqe Netherlander? and one ill that were left in the prison camp in Nueva Ecija Province of Eastern Luzon. Many more hundreds of more able-bodied war prisoners had been sent to work camps in Japan. Hundreds of others had died. All but tw0 of the men were brought out alive by the 121 men of the Sixth Ranger Battalion who stormed into the prison stockade under command of Lt.

Col. Henry Mucci of Bridgeport. Conn. Their enfeebled hearts flickered out when they were in sight of American lines. The Rangers attacked with such merciless precision that not one of the Japanese stockade guards was left alive or able to resist.

And they attacked with such a care that not one of the prisoners was scratched. Enjoy Sweet Freedom. malnutrition, disease and three- year-old wounds that they could not walk when they were cut loose from Japanese bondage. The rescue cost the lives of 27 Rangers and Filipinos in a guerrilla unit led by Maj. Robert Lapham of Davenport, Iowa, who fought off a savage tank-led Japanese attack along the escape corridor.

The raiders killed 523 Japanese than one for every prisoner knocked out 12 enemy tanks. The commando force, made up of the 121 Rangers and 286 Filipinos in the guerrilla unit, reached the prison camp without detection. aught by Surprise. Their swift, fierce attack caught the guards completely by surprise, The Japanese struck back violently and persistently as the rescue column headed back toward the Sixth Ranger camp and freedom for the valiant men who husky Rangers or riding in bao carts. Nearly-100 were so weak from Churchill Makes Plans for Reich Spokesman Says Prime Minister Will Carry Proposal to Big Three Meet.

London, Feb. 1. Minister Churchill is taking to the Big Three conference a plan for a four-power government for post-war control of the German Rhineland and Ruhr, an unimpeachable source said today. The plan is understood to call for separation of the Rhineland and Ruhr from Germany and placing them under economic and political control of Great Britain, Russia, the United States and France. The same source also said British, Russian and United States representatives have signed an of to be presented to the Germans when they capitulate.

This was signed by U. S. Ambassador John G. nant, Sir William Strang, British Undersecretary of State, and Fyodor Gusev, Soviet Ambassador to Britain. The document, formulated by leaders of the European Advisory Commission, is so secret only a few high officials know its contents.

It lays down specific terms to which Germany must conform. The source said the Big Three also would discuss zones of oecu- Within a matter of minutes all had been at the mercy of Japanese had been released and were on guards for nearly three years, their 25-mile journey to freedom, The heavy, disproportionate walking, carrier on backs of Japanese losses were inflicted in battering down these tank-led attacks. The commando raid, ordered on short notice when Intelligence reports disclosed the whereabouts of the camp, was such a success that General MacArthur decorated every man in the force. The lean and rugged captives received the homage of thousands of American soldiers now fighting to redeem the islands for which the veterans fought so valiantlj and hopelessly. The youthful GPs formed an impromptu honor guard, flanking a military highway down which the rescue party passed after it returned to American lines.

It was the last of many marches for the rescued which began with The brutal "Death March of Happiness Predominates. The freed men showed their happiness, despite their sores and ulcers, wasted bodies and ragged clothes. Some looked helplessly up from litters. Others were proudly erect. There were old men with grey hair and dazed, sunken eyes.

Some were surprisingly young and almost at their normal weight. Others were limp from beri-beri. Their sentiment was expressed by Capt. James B. Prippe, Los Angeles, former provost marshal on Corregidor.

He said; thrill of seeing those green clad Rangers storm into the prison camp last night will never quite leave Lt. Cecil H. Hay, Hou: ton, Texas, who was with the 31st Infantry on Bataan, said: "I never forgot Texas and I let any of the other boys forget Hay was too interested in food at the moment to explain how he kept Doughboys Within Sight of of Heavy Artillery Amazes Americans Believed Retreating. Paris, Fob, 1. The American First.

Army advanced plain sight of the strangely silent Siegfried line on a broad front today amid growing indications that the Germans had withdrawn farther back, Overnight advances, generally reached four miles deeper into Germany. Village after village fell. Patrols entered the fringes of the Siegfried line in the Monschau sector, where a whole three-mile section was captured earlier in the week. Third Army infantrymen seized four more German towns. An eerie silence covered the big Nazi guns in the lines, but American artillery of both the First and Third -Army laid a bar- The plan will add to ar cost, rage on the fortifications along a was described by high sources, troops in Europe will leave the bulk oi heir equipment, on the continent and then re-arm in the Pacific with equipment piled up there from this country.

This could mean a savings oi months in throwing the full weight of American forces against the Japanese, The campaign against them already lias described by War Secretary Stimson as ahead of schedule. London. Feb. Russians with their tanks and infantry have smashed to the banks of the Oder northwest of Kustrin at a point miles or less from Berlin, the German high command announced today, It was possible that the Russians were even closer than 39 miles, for the German communique did not give the exact location of the penetration to the The Oder swings to within 28 miles of Berlin northwest of Kustrin. Hut northwest of Kustrin il is 3il miles from the capital, and it seemed more likeh that a point in the Kustrin vi- was meant.

required a continuation oi a high rate of production and postpone the day of reconversion. On the other hand, it was point ed out. that it would mean the savings of perhaps thousands of lives that might otherwise be lost in a prolonged campaign. While it was not disclosed what equipment would be left behind, trucks construction equipment and perishable goods presumably would be included. All.

of these could be used in the rehabilitation of France, Italy, Belgium and Holland. Most of the airplanes still in operation condition, especially heavy bombers, undoubtedly would be flown to Pacific bases. Cato Rites Are Held Thursday Pioneer Resident Dies in Local Hospital Tuesday Night After Short Illness. 40-mile sector opposie Belgium and Luxembourg, heaviest enemy resistance was limited strictly to small arms and accurate mortar screening, Troops frankly were amazed at the complete lack of artillery and, in most cases, the reluctance to stand and fight. The First Army alone captured 1,332 prisoners in the 21 hours to midnight, its largest haul since Jan, 3, That was a com -1 mentary on German morale.

absence of strong German reaction suggested the possibility that the Germans have jerked everything farther A-P Correspondent E. D. Ball reported from the First Army sector. The German cross-Rhine holdings north and south of Strasbourg also began to collapse, reflecting a weakening ef the enemy along the whole western front. Allied planes spotted heavy German rail movements eastward from Karlsruhe and Mannheim and through Hcilbronn, indicating a further thinning of German defenses.

Roads north of Wissem- buorg, above the U. 7th Army front, were jammed. The Colmar pocket was steadily being reduced from north and south, Colmar itself (46,000) was r.ut Hanked and American and Frcneh roops were close the Colmar-Breisaeh road leading to the ony permanent. Rhine Regents Await Senate Action Names of Six Men Sent to Floor After Committee Recommendations Made. poi on it do not Dudley Dal! Last rites for Mrs, J.

11, Cato 67, who died Tuesday in a local hospital follow ing a short were held Thursday afternoon at the First Baptist Church with Dr. S. James, pastor, standing in the Strasbourg sector, and with Rev. T. Daniel, pastor i street fighting progressed in of the Lockett Baptist Church, Cernay; Wittelsheim fell.

Gamb- assisting. Interment, under the and Bettenhofen, north of rection of the Underwood Funeral Strasbourg, were captured and Home was in East View Memorial the Allies moved to within two Park. i miles of the river. Mrs. Cato Is survived by three- daughters, four sons, four sisters three brothers, thirteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

She was born at Keller, Texas, on Aug. 19, 18TT. and moved with her parents to Wilbarger County in 1892. On Jan. 31, 1895, she married J.

H. Cato of Vernon, Mr. Cato died here in 1940. Haskell Couple Burn to Death pation. President Roosevelt was understood to have proposed last August that American troops oe- cupy Northwest Germany and maintain only a token force in Austria.

But now it reported the President favors having an equal share with Russia and Britain in occupying Austria, Chillicothe Sergeant Is Awarded Air Medal Technical Sgt, Elvin C. Stevens, of Chillicothe, Texas, with the 20th Bomber Command in India, has been awarded the Air Medal for outstanding and meritorious achievement. The Chillicothe flyer has been making flights over the Himalayan Hump and was cited for that! type of mine sweepers is about and other Superfortress minions, i 120, and of an LST, 64. Three United States Ships Reported Lost in Philippines Washington, Feb, 1. gss of two mine sweepers and a tank landing ship from enemy action in the Philippines was announced to day by the Navy.

The mine sweepers were the Hovey and the Palmer, converted World War I destroyers, and the landing ship the LST 759. There was no indication of extent of casualties, but the Navy said all next of kin had been notified. Normal complement of that Tax Payments Show Decline Poll tax payments for 1944 in Wilbarger County showed a mark ed decrease over last year, according to figures released at the County Tax A sse sor-Col lector office today, Last year between 4,700 and 5,000 people payed for the privi lege of voting in this, county. For 1944, there were 3,145 people who paid poll taxes. County and City property tax figures for last year will be released in the near future according to officials.

Haskell, Feb, 1. (Jpi C. Robertson died in a hospital here today onlj a time wife succumbed to burns received last night in a fire which destroyed the Robertson home during a family reunion. Nine were burned, three of them critically, when poured into a stove, exploded and spread through the farm home, Still in a critical condition in a. Haskell hospital was a daughter, Mrs, I a v.

i. Oakley. Also hospitalized here were the Oakley baby, one-rnon 1 h-old Theresa and a Robert son Feb. 1 for the Boa id of the University Te mousiy recommended by the commit! ernor's nominations, today a ed final action by the Sena a whole, The committee yesterday the names oi the six men Senate floor after hearing a en witnesses including Senate action e. expected before week, Those approved, were: K.

Woodward, David M. Warren of Panhandle, Dr. O. Terrell of Fort Worth, Ed B. Tucker of E.

Kirkpatrick of Brownwood, Dr, W. If. Scherer of Houston, Several oi the witnesses before the committee made publie statements outlining their position and opinions with reference to the Cnivn ity situation. Marlin Sandlin of Houston, who appeared as a representative of the executive council of the Association of. the University, said he told the committee his opinion of what qualification of the legents should be, This, he said, bad been expr.

-sod by the Ex-Student, Dallas Scarborough oi Abilene, said that in bis opinion the power trusts Were to run the State and ha the ree.enK should run the Uimet tty a-, the majority of Texans wished. Claude Carter of said that my opinion Woodward, Warren and Terrell have demonstrated their lack of qualifications to serve as regen Dr. Terrell, that in any activities that he was engaged, he wished tei feel that the I no ersi of Texas would benefit both schedasi.ieajly and otherwi.se. regents who come from the Daniel, and Stevenson regimes have been negative as far as then interest the of the I eralv is concerned," Angus G. Wynn of Dalla- said, have been too fighting Rainey he added HM ,1 VMEs ROOSI I Col.

tfHl Mrs. r.h.mw change ir in The liner its of I a hi was held in the hlettgo und North Western terminal one hour and seven to permit them to make connections from ivhintfton, Paducah Youth Center Started City Takes First Steps in Organizing Vernon People Speak, lie e.istorn edge of I one of the chief ri German apdal, he swdt Soviet punt the fim heart of the Reie Aae th raj of 70-mile uhm ma infant ry Berlin's ant Marsha es waves Mr a quid reatest de qu eh Ut coti But at the center of his spearhead in the 40- mi le wide Frankfurt salient between the idei, and the Warthe, the German high command said it had hurled in its reserves to halt the invading columns which already had broken through a shield 23 miles eaM oi Frankfurt, Mfafed ihundt not yet a they said. Along th from Koni sia, to Bu of ha 111 ti entire I pest. capiti thi Un: the high iilng ho from that capita front Prus- unganan ported he Russ Gern tut on ut fall an rorees ot Men ar leading ga nizatiot is. ieHfly too yanizing clubs a Ot Paduc, the first.

Te en-Towj ir day night, and Mrs era of the Youth in Vernon, were peakers of lie non couple had Padti-ah by lead the city to outlhu pn. hing sudi a ret Shipman outlined adopted by the Vernon ion and pom tod out uu. repre-entitig other enthusiast- steps in or- for that av Wedttcs- leai erne! pn ncip mg The Ve invited to citizens oi procedure in Red fleet plane raked the I At Budapest, the bt -sieged Moscow a dispatches said Nazi man risen "pu tin a up a pi isont 101 Kir led one in the despei res ist ance, said the ma capita 1 beryl use German Bu-siati communique. but civdiaris believed the airmen's red oi then flares Were artillery I lashes. prompted many of ti defenders Offa aaliy.

Moscow placeti the ho lay down their a rms The closest Soviet approx sili to Ber- Russians claimed X) prisoners hn at S3 miles, but at a Associated were aken Tuesday, -CSS dispatch from There as no Sov mention tually confirmed the German Of Bl esilili md the of a much advance. I siati sector, where iarshal Ivan It as about a city S. bird, Ukra anian Army of 75 ,1 Min on the west side of the has been operating, 1 er 17 miles south of Kustrin, bad been made in the pi einnutar, undertaking'. The Vernon Youth Center was. the first its kind to be established in this part of the state Since it ion mai adjoining have followed suit, Mi it, Wood, of Paducah elected temporary chan man oi Uk organization, niters present at tin meeting inchided Daw sol mayor of Paducah Mary week, superintendent of 11 Proctor, minister Paducah 1 hmejj of ('hnst that the renna us had grouped their strongest fortifications along the line of the to protect communient ions betw een Berlin and Breslau in With his mgs spread out on he plans a 70-mile front, Zhukov was pre oti'sntza- paring fot a mighty battle along that the Oder which might break German resistance and let the Red Army flood into Berlin.

The Germans were reported dynamiting, shelling and bombing the Ored in a Bantic effort to I break Up natural tee bridges. West Front Stripped Deferred Action On Wallace Asked Barkley Wants George Bill Passed Before Appointment Is Brought to Vote. Tie 11 quoted prisoners as saying large of Reed, had been the German an trace stripped from the Co- Odessa Appeals to CAB For Extended Air Route ai i ch on is, if the Gwendolyn Coui agent; hartes! the Paducah I all, ESA offici Mrs, S. A. 1 iV Mrs, H.

borne demons 11 ation ine Davis, editor of tal; Mrs. Jack JKbeil, lesson, Mrs, G. N. 1 rs. Hn.

a I tmap, Mrs iru.rw.nond 00 Killed in Train Disaster Wa.diha jeasty Le told a la ferenee to Henry VV tion defei divest, the of its ''Ms Sena tor aachu set Closed Bs rkh Sena bill is nice I eh 1 C-T' Ma. Binkley. Kentucky, Kor.atoriat ile action on cabinet nomina- until Congress can nrneree Depax ime nr, h. Democrat, s- rging from told id he de red menf kept O': tl I i rr un' me (it'orge Sham, and Mrs Rogt Wilkinson. Mavor Reed war, ernhu-ia tic and moved that plans Freight rashes Into Rear of Passenger in Old Mexico, faking Lives of Pilgrims.

rh be carried out no Fort Worth, F. l'f American to the Civil Aeronautics Board of itsj case for extension of a route to Houston and for a stop al Mid- iarid was to continue today wjt.hj cross examina t.ion of a company vice A ilhem trom. iii'irom and C. W. coin pan secret ary, ed timony 4 -sterday beloie es- arinner Thomas Wrenrt in Robertson son, of to ible delay.

It was decided at lia meeting to secure a suitable I building for the project at once Represent a tivi of leading civic 4 clubs rejx'irted cvcfry organization if: the city would back the project i to the linnt. Mexico City, eb, el -Abou 100 persons- were killed and 7 (injured in he wreck of a specia i train of pilgrims at 12,47 a I today near .100 mile I norfh of htre. here nine coaches of pii Negro Baby Burns 1 0 Death Here COUPLE ARRESTED One man and women were pick ed up Wednesday night by the City Tuesday when he was sud- Ed Eiter Still in Grave Condition Thursday The condition of Ed Eiter, who is recovering from an emergency appendix operation in a New York hospital, is still grave, according to word received here by ployes of the store Thursday, Mr. Eiter, manager of the local Pe kin -T im her lake store, was on a buying mission in New York grirns. All the off the track quickly in flame The National announced the pi ty list, said a ed into train, which left m.

yesterday. The pilgrims Juan De Lo; A go as Calient es miles nor Invest were to alt cai's were -wep three Railwavs. uiitr! seliminary casual eight trasn era so of the pilgrims te re at 5:00 Wiili if, vote v. Sena sibili which cour sie VV Ms seemed after ti but no passet me. md sipted suie, by enator Dem nr ah Georgia, would the a.

encie an indep mdent loa tratioi the whole wa discussed ut no peeted to betaken. di ount( onici trt vote hsted said enough members to vote for Wallace George bill is before lead him to 1 the nomination even- ght he conffrn ssS. Walsh oppo- Da and ot 300 Sr of Ut local authorities and charged with vagrancy. They were fined S25 and costs and released Thursday morning. stricken and rushed to a hospital.

His wife, Mrs. Dorothy Liter, left Vernon Wednesday to tre 1 eh its route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston, and for a stop on h-; Fort Angele- route at Midland, Jacob described Midland as oil capitai of West Tex.i.,” He said a stop there would also Odessa and that the population growth of Midland and, .1 Odessa in the last few years had daughter of f. J. Keys, was burned as she ray on a bed in the apartment. Two other children were led to safety by Mrs.

Smith, who found them standing in the door of the a part- 1 a religious ft and been pne.nommM. VISIT HERE Lt. and Mr Charles wood are visiting their parents Mrs, Norwood and Mrs, Clara Lutz while Lieutenant Norwood is en route to Seattle, Wash, where he has been trans be at the bedside of her husband, ierred from Fon Benning, Ga. A Negro child burned to death in a fire that de- fl ri val lor tie virgin stroyed the servant quarters of. a relief traai with doctors garage apart merit at tiie C'lii ford supplies was sent from here and ohh residence in the 3500 block jtnost oi the injured already have been taken to San Juan Del Rio, Wilbarger Street nete today 2 Bides wreck, here p.

m. there are hospital facilities, Caza- The Utile girh Lilhe Belle, the wreck oe- only a hamlet tally Wallace believed th block him ing cartai taken up. 'I to move ti the first oi now ever, had the votes to before the legislation, is planned therefore -ten it ion be ter of business. March of Dimes Extended Another 15 Days in Texas Dallas. Feb .1.

The March of 1 -ar- led ion.a! 15 da vs, George Waverly Br chairman of the Texas State said yesterday. auriouneed he had been notified by President Basil eetions of the WOOD MI MEET TOMt.TH Ve: non Woodmen of the Worid will meet tonight'at 8 at the VV. VV, hall to confer he nor that in large merit. Mrs, Smith discovered 1 protective degree on qualified country the raising of lunds for blaze when she to the candidates. Officers of the lodge the foundation of infantile back of her ana oh- urge all candidates and degree 1 paralysis had been handicapped served smoke pouring irom the teams to be present for the cere by storms and abnormal weather, apartment, mvny.

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