Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 10

PAGE TEN Tune in on KRBC THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Wednesday Morning, May 17, 19 COUNTY'S MAY QUOTA OF GRADE 1 TIRES EXHAUSTED Applications for grade one tires Information we have now, the Improvement will be gradual; however, we cannot forecast tho date when tires will be available for every and coupon holder," hive piled up In the Taylor county War Price and Rationing office during the last few weeks so that the regular May quota of 589 grade one tires Is already exhausted and the board has an estimated 1,000 unfilled applications still on hand, W. H. Ely, announced Tuesday. The board was In session until late Tuesday approving the last of the applications under the quota. Only possible remedy will be to ulc for a supplemental quota, although there is no proof It will be ration spokesman said.

Taylor county is not unique since unfilled applications for grade ones (Buck) Elklns, instructor at Bruce Commencement for Norton School Set For Monday Night NORTON, May E. are piling up In every ration board in the 49-countvPort Worth dls Field, Ballinger, will deliver the trlct. Director J. H. announced.

Kullgen has According to reports received in Fort Worth, and gasoline coupon holders throughout the district have been deluging the boards with requests for grade one tires as a result of announcement from SVash- Inglon that synthetic tires would be available for all. "While the tire situation is improving daily." the director said, "our quota for this "district has been increased only about 20 percent for May. Worn the Canteen for Air Base Negroes to Be Opened Mrs. Dan Stitch, chairman ol the Red Cross Canteen at the Abilene Array Air base, announced yester day that a canteen be opened Wednesday night at 8:30 p. m.

at the Municipal airport for negro members oi detachment from the air base. Refreshments and a whist parti- will feature tiie opening night program and It is planned to have refreshments and various games and entertainment for the men each week. Games will be in charge of Sgt. William D. Emerson and enter- Colonel Green Wins Bronze Star Award In i letter to his wife, LI.

Col. J. N. (Pete) Green, colorful member of the 36th division now flghl- i ing in Italy, reported that he had been awarded the Bronze Star, newest American award for heroic or meritorious achievement against the enemy. It was Colonel Green who coined a slogan at Salerno beach that has become widespread.

According to stories written from the Italian front, several other artillery officers suggested to Green that It mislil be wise to move the artillery pieces back to new positions on the beach- Baptist Ask Religious Liberty By Condition of Collaboration ATLANTA, May IS-ffl-A committee of the Southern Convention recommended Baptist a NAVAL FLIER DIES Lt. (jg) Claude F. Brewstor, was killed in a plane crash commencement address to the 1914 1 Sunday a the Abilene Norton high school senior class on Army Air base, will be buried tainment will be handled by Pfc. Homer L. Moody.

WUmer Slmms, Red Cross chairman of Taylor county, Mrs. Edith Staples, executive secretary', Mrs. Morgan Jones, chairman volunteer workers, Mrs. Dan Stitch. Canteen Corp chairman, Mrs.

R. H. Thoma- Eon, vice chairman, and Mrs. Russell Kirby, supply chairman, will be among the special guests attending. Mrs.

In addition to her duties at the Air base will supervise the work at the airport canteen. May 22. Baccalareate sermon will be by the Rev. G. C.

Bowman, pastor ol the Norton Methodist church, Sunday night. May 21, at the high school gymnasium, also the scene of exercises. Lewis Mozelle Hensley is valedictorian of this year's class and Johnnie Jane Ash is the class salu- talorian. Other members of the class are: Motile Landers, Wilma Faye Mitchell, Johanna Cowan, Geraldine McDoran, Doris Mary Allen, Dorothy Lee, Dorothalene Richards, Ruby Jean Lancaster, Travis Daniel, Bobby Jack Priddy, Warren Coltharp, Wayland Martin and Weldon Lee Henry. Roby Mayor io Head 5th War Loan Drive ROTAN, May IB-- (Splj--W.

W. Morton, Roby mayor and manager of the Sweetwater Production Credit office in Roby. has been named Fisher county chairman lor the Fifth War Loan drive. Guy Patterson, local banker, has been chairman of the first tour war loan drives. Fisher county's quota for the Fifth War Loan drive has been set at $305.000, of which $135,000 Is to be Series bonds.

The county's assessment In the last war loan drive was $365,000, and Fisher county was first in this area to meet its quota. Assessed quotas in all other drives have been oversubscribed. rtcwAi nonets NOW IN fvt Delpha Cooper Rites Are Held in Haskell Funeral for Delpha Cooper, 22 who died Monday, was held at 3 pjn. Tuesday at the Haskell Firs Baptist church. Burial was in Has kell.

Miss cooper is survived by he parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cooper Haskell; three brothers, Lt.

Willia B. Cooper, AAF in Louisiana, anc Thurmond T. and J. p. Cooper Jr Haskell, and two sisters, Mrs.

Elsl Lee Soliock, Mississippi, and Mrs Margie Hollard ol South Carolina. HEBE'S WHERE BOCKS ON THE BED MEAN A 600D NIGHTS SLEEP CRUSHED rock, as ballast on the roadbed of a railway, means smoother operation' of trains and better sleeping for passengers who travel at night. And a properly ballasted track means more efficient movement of today's heavy trains of war materiel. Prior to the war, Wabash spread new mountains of 581 miles of traci.Today^his roadbed improvement is helping us hold upourenJ in America's transportation for victory. i.

S. BUCHANAK A AGENT WABASH RAILROAD, DALLAS Strike Vote Asked FORT WORTH, May 16--W) -Petition for a strike vote at Con splidated Vultee Aircraft corpora tion's plant here was filed loda with the National Labor Relation board by the International Asso elation oi Machinists District Lodg No. 776. CHINESE DRIVE- (Continued from Page ONE) recaptured another town on th vital Peiping-Hankow railway. American planes ranged wide over the north and central Pacifi They unloaded 240 tons of bombs en Jaluit atoll, an important enerr base in the Marshalls.

A lone Na search plane blasted Shnmushu, the Kuriles, last Sunday night. In the Southwest Pacific pin point targets in the badly battere Wakdc-Sarmi sector of Dutch Ne Guinea felt the weight of 200 ton of Ameriqan aerial bombs Monda Damage was believed heavy. consecutive visitations on many days American planes ha dumped more than 100 tow of plosives on the area northwest of American-held Ho lar.dia. An aerial dogfight over the Schoufen islands, 260 miles west of Holtandia, resulted in the shooting down of five out of Japanese interceptors. Other American raiders blast additional Japanese positions In! New Guinea and also hi I in New Britain and the Carolines.

i (he Caps community to ay. Lieutenant Brcivsfcr was home for a surprise sit with his parents, Mr. and rs. Geurge W. Brcwster, hen he was killed only a few iles from his home.

Funeral ill be at 4 p.m. af the Caps aptisl church. (Parish Stuns pliofo). head. The colonel refused.

We'll stay where we are and when our ammunition Is gene we'll fight with raminerstaffs!" he shout- id. The cry caught on and the Nazi attack was soon repulsed. Colonel Green is the son of the late R. D. Green.

His wife and two children, Nancy. 13, and Janis, 10, live at 1350 Highland. that religious liberty be made "a condition of international collabor- itlon." Drawn by a Joint committee on public relations of both the Northern and Southern Baptist Conventions, the report was to be presented during the three day SSth session of the Southern Convention which started today. It also recommended that the committee be empowered to 'form a program of action and to cooperate with all clcs that seek the complete religious liberty throughout the world." In the annual convention sermon, John H. Buchanan, pastor of ovice Graduation xercises Thursday NOVICE, May 16--Dr.

Z. T. Huff, an of Howard Payne college, rownwood. will be the principal eaker at commencement exercises this year's senior high school ass Thursday night of this week, program will be held in the hool auditorium. Baccalaureate services were held ur.day at the Baptist church with Rev.

Floyd Johnson, Coleman aptist pastor, as the speaker. Valedictorian of ihis year's class Joyce Davis, and Frank Sartor salutatorian. Other members of le class are: Bobbye Bush, Glenn amett, Kenneth Hudson. Gerald- Moore, Jessie Lee Mclntosh. ewin Pope, Ronold Lee Ray, Ewel oberts.

Weldon Smith, Lenora tracener and Milton Terrell. Honor students of the ward school re Mattie Mae valedictor- and Nell Allen and Bonnie Mae athmell, tied for hon- s. Abilenian Cited For Air Medal Lt. Oran M. Richardson, 24, copilot of a B-n stationed in England, and his crew have been cited for the Air Medal, has written his mother, Mrs.

M. P. Richardson, 2H5 Anson road. He described some of his raids to worthy agen- reallzation of PUBLIC RECORDS Area Men Volunteer or Naval Reserve Charles Woodrow- Hansen of Stamford, John William Griffith of Lamesa, Oliver Dee Thompson and Valter vencil Strickland of Lamesa, md Bernard Forest Hess, Leo 3eorge Neitzler and Johnny Ray 3 rice, all of Kcrmleigh, volunteered or the Naval reserve Tuesday, Chief Tom O. Gaston, In charge of he local recruiting- station, announced.

They were sent to Lubbock for ormal enlistment. Following a hort leave, they will be sent to a Naval training station. MARRIAGE LICENSES Kenneth W. Mann of Kenning. Minn ind Elizabeth Klnf of Bethany, Mo.

R. W. Heldt and Ida Mae Junek, both of Abilene. Warren Hacfc of Beecher. Ill and Mary Pauline AdcocV of Anson.

A. J. Keane and Zelma Tarrant, both of Abilene. Onls Helms of Cisco and Irene Bar ten of Svveehvaler. Ltppe K.

Hicks of Loomfs. and Dorolhy M. Franlc of Kansas City, Mo. Jttehard Huber and Ruby Mays both of Dayton, Ohio. fills Williams and Mrs.

Annie Myen negroes, both of Abilene. riLiD r.v.4;D OISIKICT cotrr Mllburn.S. Joixe Preitdinr Gladys Sifford vs. 0. L.

Sllford sutt for divorce. FILED IN lOITH DISTRICT COURT Owen Thomji. Judre Jestir.e Hayden vs. Raymond Hayden suit for divorce. Rosa Bentley vs.

C. E. Bentley, su for divoice. Carrie Caldwell Thomas E. Catd well, suit for divorce.

Soulhslde Baptist church, BlrmlnK- iam, called for a "pattern of ooperrttlon' with all nations, rath- ihan creation of a "super-state" nd asked that the right of re- Igious' freedom be "legally enforc- on a world wide basis. Former Governor Pat Neff of Texas, president of the convention, declared "our nation should not build a wall ol Isolation around lt- and Issue to the world a ncu- rallty proclamation. Thou shall ove thy neighbor as thyself Is applicable to nations as well as to man." Reports on racial problems were scheduled from two other committees, with the committee on negro ministerial education a i 'subversive groups are finding In the negro a fertile soil lor their destructive isms too often Because of the lack of trained ihrlstian leadership." Memoria' Highway Request to Board Stale highway commission at public hearings today will consider a request to designate highway 35 Abilene to the gulf coast as a memorial highway. The proposal will he to name the artery Memorial highway 36 in honor of the 36th division, Texas National Guard unit now in federal service ocerseas. Negro Takes Bride ol 47 Bridegrooms-to-be so young they come armed with written parental consent are no novelty to Vivian Kryar, Taylor county clerk.

But one application for a marriage license yesterday left Miss Fryar and her clerks blinking. Ellis Williams, Abilene negro, de elded to take upon himself his second bride. He made that decision at the ripe old age of 17. His bride, Mrs. Annie Myers, Is 41.

was the second license the pair has obtained, Miss Fryan said. One was Issued them over a year ago, hul the engaged couple discovered the bride-to-be's divorce from her first husband was not final. By the time all was legal, the first license had been tost. Williams, who is old as any applicant ever to come before- Miss Fryar, admitted when asked to sign the papers he was "so nervous I don't know whether I can write. 1 The couple then proceeded to the home of Justice of Peace W.

A. Ward who presented them with their flrsl wedding present, a free marriage. Learn Reason Prisoner' Silent HOUSTON--(UP)--Deputy 'fs were excited here when an nonymous telephone call sent them urrylng to the outskirts ol Houson to capture an escaped German prisoner. Q' The tipster had Indicated that tht nan couldn't speak ft bit of English. some prisoners had recently from Fort Sunmer, New Mexico, the deputies thought, they iad a catch.

.1. When they arrived, they fourra hat the man couldn't speak Eng-' Ish as the mysterious telephones stated. He also couldn't speak German, Japanese, Italian or any other anguage. In fact, he couldn't speak He was dead drunk. Woodland Burned PALL RIVER, May --A sweeping forest fire which de stroyed more than 4.000 acres woodland since Sunday was trough under control late this afternoo by 1,200 fire fighters, Including sol tilers, sailors and state guardsmen.

ORAN RICHARDSON his mother, saying they got back one time with 100 holes In their ship. Immediately after vUiting his mother late in. March he went overseas. Graduate of Abilene high school and Hardin-Simmcns university, Lieutenant Richardson received his commission at the Army Air force school at Lawrenceville, and operational training at Sioux City, Iowa. Prior to entering service In June, 1943, he was an aircraft worker at Burbank, Calif.

Abilene Officer Is Killed on Right After first reporting him as missing in action, the War department announced Monday that Second Lt. Charles A. Whittington, co-pilot on a B-24, tiled Feb. 8'ln an accident on a flight between Brazil and Africa. He was the r.ephetv of Mrs.

P. P. Johnson, 1311 N. 13th, and cousin of Odell Johnson, Abilene high school science teacher. Lieutenant Whittington was the son of Walter Whittington of Wichita Falls and came to live in Abilene with his aunt and uncle In 1934 following the death of his mother.

He was graduated from Abilene high schoo and enlisted in the Army Feb. 27 1941, and was staff sergeant when appointed an aviation cadet in the AAF. He was commissioned Brooks field in November. Stephenson Wounded at Anzio A lelter from the War department notified Mr. and Mrs.

J. Me- Alister Stevenson, Lylle Lake, that hey would be kept informed as to the condition of their son, Cpl. Fred Stevenson, from time to time. Corporal Stevenson, member the field arillery, was wounded in action at tha Amio beachhead, Italy, April 21, and has been in the Mediterranean war theater since iast September. Mrs.

landon Hill ind baby daughter, Judy Kay; her father-in- law, P. H. Hill and her twin sister, Mrs. Vester M. Shultz of Dallas, left Abilene yesterday morning for Long Beach and San Francisco.

At the latter city they expect in a few weeks to greet Capt. Landon Hill, who is being returned to the states after 22 months In the South Pacific. The captain is a son of Mr. Hill. Mrs.

Shultz 1 husband, Lt. Col. Shultz, commands an artillery battalion in the South Pacific. In Long Beach the party will visit Mr. and Mrs.

Uoyd Hill and family, P. H. Hill and Mrs. P. H.

Hill who has been witft her sons there several months. P. H. Hill planned to return here In about a month. Mrs.

Landon Hill and Mrs. Shultz are the former Maxine and Geraldine McCaleb, graduates, as is Captain HiU, of Abilene Christian college. Mrs. Forest S. Hill has relumed from Providence.

R. where sh has been residing with her husbanc who is In the Seabees. He has been transferred to Port Huenema Nava base, Calif. Mrs. Hill will make he home with her sister, Mrs.

Tommi Spar and her daughter, 2109 Bel mont boulevard. Mrs. Spaw's hus band Is with the South Pacific. in th SAN ANTONIO, Mly 16 -(API--Maj. Gen.

Fred L. Walker, commanding officer of (he 36th Division in Italy, has suggested a Letter to Maj. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead of San Antonio, that selection of a site for the memorial to the division be postponed until after the war.

Other requests from West Texas delegations will be for a highway from Big Spring to Snyder, Colorado City through Spade lo Steil- ng county and for a farm road north and south of Merkel. Jury Picked Elmer Reed, assistant U. 6. prohibition officer from Lubbock, wai Abilene Tuesday on business. WASHINGTON, May Still wading through a snarl of side Issues and Intra-defense quarrels, a federal district court finally got together a Jury today to try 29 persons accused of conspiring with the Nazis against American democracy.

Cpl. Presley Powell is home on 13-day furlough from Kelly Field, San Antonio, visiting his sisters Mrs. Troy Stricklin and Mrs. H. B.

Hargrove. He will also visit In Spur with his mother, Mrs. J. U. Powell.

Corporal Powell Is a former McMurry student Midjand Plans Golf Tourney June 16-18 MIDLAND, May golf tournament, open to all amateurs, will be staged June 16, and 18 at the Midland Country Club. War bonds and stamps will te presented as prizes to the medal- ist, winners, runner-up, consola- tlonlst in. each flight. U. S.

Golf Association rules will govern. Qualifying rounds will be played between June 10 and 16. A long driving contest and a barbecue are on the program for June 16. Match play will start In all flights Jurie 17 and semi-finals and finals will be staged June 18, L. G.

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George Palalsky, OPTOMITR1ST With Officei ot LESTER JEWELERS 134 PINE Five boys enlisted in the Tuesday. They were Robert Glenn Beal, Elmer Curtis Cox, Brownwood, Edward Franklin Bastian, Roscoe. Charles Edward Summers, Roscoe. Donald Bruce Dukes, Rising Star. If sraj Incorrectly slattd in The Reporter-News Sunday in the news story entitled Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church to Join Drive to raise S500.COO for Service Centers, that the writing center pictured is the property of the local church.

The writing center is ti part of the local Lutheran Service center sponsored and operated by both branches of the Lutheran church, the National Lutheran Council and the Missouri Synod. The Rev. Leon Zumniak, representing the National Lutheran Council, and the Rev. Ernst Werfelmann. representing the Missouri Synod, are service pastors of the local center.

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