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FIRST IN WEST TEXAS SUNDAY VOL. D. 135. "WITHOUT, OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH VOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT A TEXAS NIWSWU 'ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2. IMI-TORTY PAGES IN THREE SECTIONS PRICE FIVE Reds Call Reserves jo Rostov By The Associated Press Russia threw great masses of reserves iiito the 19-week-old struggle against Adolpf Hitler's invasion armies last night.as the Germans Momentarily threatened to capture the key city of gateway to the Caucasus oil fields, and the munitions center of Tula 100 miles south of Moscow.

A bulletin from Hitler's head- fiarters said nazi troops had cross- SB the Donets river at several points presumably in a wide flanking sweep to engulf Rostov-on-Don, and that German and Rumanian troops were advancing into the Crimea peninsula in pcrsuit of retreating forces. German military spokesmen declared emphatically that Russia's winter snows--the factor that spelled disaster for; Napoleon on his drive to Moscow in 1812-would mean no halt In the campaign. is prepared "to the last detail" for cold weather combat, they said, and this seemed borne out by recent reports of nazi orders requisitioning winter blankets, heavy coats and boots in the Ger- conquered countries. Already the Germans said, supply trains moving east are carrying millions of winter garjnents and devices enabling Hitler's military Juggernaut to operate in freezing ifmperatures. front-line dispatches said the German central front armies under Gen.

Pcdor Ton Bock were massin? huge forces for a violent new offensive against Moscow and that "heavier lighting will begin the near future." The soviet commander on central front, Gen. Gregory K. Zhukov. was reported speeding fresh troops from Russia's vast manpower reservoirs and traininf, bases in Siberia to meet the German as- Training Center Building Job 59 Percent Done Building of the medical replacement training center at. Camp Barkeley is 59 percent complete according to reports to the con structing quartermaster by U.

S. DESTROYER REUBEN JAMES TORPEDOED. SUNK Germany 'Attacked' in Incidents Involving Destroyers HitlerSays tois Admit ihooting by toeir Subs SCENE OF TORPEDO ATTACK ON DESTROYER--The approximate location where the U. S. S.

Reuben James, an old destroyer carrying about 120 men, was sunk by a torpedo while convoying shipping west of Iceland. (NE Tclephoto) Abilene Youth Once Ensign on Reuben James Control of Wages Omitted From Bill tructing Quartermaster oy "contractor. A. J. Rife Construction company, Dallas.

In spite of frequent rains and resulting delays in construction, the contractor expects to complete the S3.182.850 project by Dec. 15, as completion date at the outset. First of the two regimental areas of the replacement center is 17 percent complete, the second area 33 percent, according to reports of the contractor. utilities for the training center including gas, water, lights, sewer and roads, are reported 59 percent finished. FULL CREWS AT WORK Fullcrews were at work yester- May and will be on the job again Today in the replacement center.

Only carpenters and painters will be Idle. Overtime pay for those working yesterday and today has been authorized by the construct; ing quartermaster, Maj. John W. Yarbrough Reinhardt, Austin. yesterday turned over as completed 1 the last four of nine chapels built by this firm.

Five chapels had read ybecn accepted by the jtructing quartermaster and the Wamp commander. The other tour chapels will be released to the 45th division Monday. The United States.destroyer Reuben James, sent to the Atlantic ocean floor Friday by a torpedo presumed to have been fired by a nazi submarine, had an Abilene boy as one of its officers on its first long cruise, in 1921, it was recalled here Saturday. He was Ensign Eugene F. Burkett.

son of the late Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Burkett.

an officer on its maiden cruise to England. Spain and the Mediterranean. A Midland high school. graduate. Burkett was a member of the class of 1916 at Hardin-Simnions university, and was appointed to the U.

S. Naval academy by Congressman W. R. Smith, Colorado City. He was a member of the 1920 class at the naval academy." Annapolis.

After a year aboard the Reuben James, Ensign Burkett, later promoted to a naval lieutenancy, was assigned to the naval air corps. He was two years at Pensacola. and two years an instructor at the San Diego. base. He was an officer on the U.

S. navy expeditionary flights to Alaska, and the routes then mapped are still used between San Francisco and Juneui. He was killed on training flight in January. 1930. and is buried at Arlington National cemetery.

On May 31, 1930. the U. S. geographic board named an Alaskan mountain peak Mt. Burkett In his memory.

O. S. Burkett. 534 Cedar, a brother, has a photograph of the Reuben James hanging on a wall of his auditor office in the Alexander building, where it has hung for 10 years. was one who recalled the early voyages of the destroyer In the first vear of its launching, two decades a torpedo hit sent it to the bottom, while on convoy duty.

WASHINGTON, Nov. louse banking committee approved a commodity price control bill tonight after refusing to include wages and voting to prohibit ceil- ngs on farm commodities lower han some of the highest agricul- ural prices in history. Chairman Steagall (D-Ala) said he committee vote on the bill was 8 to 5. With the farm bloc in full con- rol. the committee accepted a for- mula'for farm price ceilings which government experts said would permit food prices to rise as much as 20 percent above the 110 percent of jarity level contained in the ad- ninistration's original bill.

The members struck out of the measure a system of licensing which sponsors had said was necessary to enforce any price control program. The committee met for more than HASKELL TAX OFFICERS NAMED IN INDICTMENTS (See trand jury report Page 4) grand Jury report to the court read Flood Refugees Dumber Thousand FORT SMITH, Nov. 1-- --Approximately 1.000 flood refugees from western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma congregated here 4 pnight and more were being rought in. hourly as the Arkansas spiled a mddy torrent over more than 16.000 acres of rich farm! is. crews operating boats over the inundated area were experiencing no serious difficulty In winging in families which had been trapped mi high points.

Officials said there was no fear of any loss of life. Collapse of a span in Crawford county levee near "aroldlon, 10 miles cast, of here, swelled the refugee list ''and lc strayed valuable spinach and grain crops. '1 Japanese Business Curbs Stringent VANCOUVER, B. Nov. I--(Ca- nndltm Pnwirt-r- P.

D. Brown, an American business man rctimilnn In Texas with his Japanese wife and i children after 25 years In Ja- (old Interviewers aboard the Japanese liner Hlknwa Marti loday It, was virtually Impossible lor foreigner do builneu. Sea-Going Whatzit Completes Journey CHARLESTON, S. Nov. --One of the queerest looking vessels afloat arrived at the Charleson navy yard tonight--the Sea Otter.

2nd, an underslung. broken- back naval freighter built to evade submarine menace. The freighter, whose construction 3roke all established rules of shipbuilding, came here from Port Arthur, Texas, and the trip was her first test trial in the open sea. She was built at Orange. Tex.

From the base here the ship will be put through a series of trial runs to iron out any flaws which might appear. Commander Hamilton V. Bryan said the ship "behaved marvelously, even when we ran into some rough weather." "We had a little lubrication trouble, but nothing else." he. added District BPW Meet Set at Big Spring District Five conference of the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs Is to be held at Settles hotel in Big Spring Nov. 15-16.

Mrs. Kate Cas- seaux. district publicity chairman announced yesterday. Speakers will Include Dr. Maltie Lloyd Woolen, second vice-president of the Texas federation; Mrs.

loma Jones, district director Anderson, district program coordination chairman, and Helen Maddux Crocker, slate program coordination chairman. Ducks Just Coast KANSAS CITY, Nov. flock of 500 diKks went for a coaster ride on the Missouri river yesterday. K. Wells, bridge tender, reported the ducks alighted on Hit water, drifted with the current foi about a mile, then flew back 'to their startinR point, and rcpcatet thf performance, not, Avert! times durini the day.

seven hours today before taking action on the bill. Steagall. telling newspapermen of the decisions, said: "I don't think the bill as proposed or tbe one we adopted will control inflation completely but I hope that It will provide satisfactory control. 1 Steagall proposed to wages, offering an amendment which would have permitted wage increases only when they would not contribute to inflation and when they were necessary to maintain ft worker's standard of living. Tills suggestion was turned down 16 to 7.

By a vote of 12 to 11, the com mittee stipulated that farm price ceilings, could not be set below the highest of these three levels: 110 percent of parity, the average price from 1919 to 1929, the prevailing level last Oct. 1. HASKRLL, Nov. 1--(SpD--Co. Clerk Roy Ratliff and K.

H. Thornton, former deputy in the tax asses- jor-collector's office, were named misdemeanor indictments returned by the 39th district court grand jury here Friday. Ten indictments were returned against a i charging him with "paying deputies less than amount reported. 1 Thornton was accused in two indictments of "faMure to charge up fees and report money." He was a deputy in the office of the late Mike B. Watson, tax assessor-collector until this year.

Ratliff is serving his second term is county clerk. The two men made bond of $250 on returnable Monday, Nov. 3, county court. The indictments were returned after the grand jury had been in session 11 days and made a complete investigation of all elective officers in the county. "To make it perfectly clear," the "each office holder of Haskell coun ty and each of the deputies employed in each of said offices were in vestigated by the grand jury." H.

W. Buckner was grand jurj foreman. Other members were A W. McBeath, J. A.

Clark, J. Nanny, M. Allen Davis, W. A. Cameron, R.

S. Edwards, W. C. Pippcn R. L.

Burton. A. T. Fouts, Jess Leonard and B. C.

Cooner. Chinese Troops Enter Chengchow CHUNGKING, China, Nov. 1-(UP)--A military spokesman said today that Chinese troops were entering the city of Chengchow after withdrawal of Japanese forces. The Japanese were said to be withdrawing by three routes from the scene of fierce recent fighting --via the old Yellow river ferry, the new ferry and toward Peiping. The Weather ir.

H. OK COMMKUrK HI'IIKAH Arlll.K.Nr: unit vlrlnlly: Kiilr ATmrT Mnnriny purity rlnwly. KAST TKXAS: wtrmrr Snn- Uj; imrlly rlnnriy. firnllr In Haskell Youth Crash Victim HASKELL, Nov. 1--(RFM) Fuller al is to be held at the church Christ here at 3:30 Sunday after noon for Lewis Boyd Hamilton, 24 killed in an automobile acciden four miles east of Grand Prairi on the Fort Worth Dallas highwa Saturday morning.

The Rev. Joel Grimes. Baptis pastor at Avoca, will conduct th service, assisted by Ottie Johnson church of Christ minister froi Rule. will be in Willox cemetery here under direction Kihnei- funeral home of Stamford Hamilion was born in Haske county a 22. 1917.

and had live most of his life in this area. was employed as a mechanic the North American Aviation plai at Grand Prairie, and had prev onsly been employed with the Lo Foote flying service at Stamford He is survived by his mothe Mrs. L. M. Hamilton of Dalla former Haskell resident, tw brothers, J.

M. and J. W. Hamiltoi both of Haskell. and five sister Mrs.

L. D. Wilson of Abilene. Mi- Roy Hints of Avoca, Mrs. L.

Williams of Beiijamlne. Rus sell Ralney of Wclnert, Mrs. 'E. Coats of Knox City. rHy oHthf A nri Mommy.

Warmer. OKLAHOMA; f'nlr nnrf rn SmHA Monday purity ily portion. rlTtNil.v' Sti nntinnrrt mostly A.M. a .11 5 in ntt 4H US HOUR Hllh ftflri to 1nM 10 1ft 71 11 S7 nn M) fl 8,1 4A I I 4A Ntwn MlrtnlitM 44 p.m. nfstrMnj- 11 nlihl mnrnlm limlKht Groceries Delivered LONDON, Nov.

thousand torn of canned goof mostly from the United States, be ready for -sale Nov. 17 under modified rationing plan, the foo ministry announced tonight. Justice Sworn in AUSTIN, NOV. 1-- Ami friends in the mistere. chamber i the court of Texas, Pe Brewstcr of Temple, former pres dent of the Texas bar, toda wa.

sworn In a member of th tribunal's commission of ABILENE TROOPS AT BOWIE EXPECTING CALL TO CALIFORNIA, FOREIGN SERVICE BERLIN, Nov. 1--W)--The Gerlan government formally declared oday that the United States "at- acked Germany" in incidents in- nvolving the American destroyers treer and Kearny. The official statement was issued rom Adolf Hitler's headquarters to ounter President Roosevelt's as- ertion that Germany started the hooting. (The tri-power pact binds Japan come to the aid of Germany in ase of "attack" on Germany by ny power not engaged in the Eu- opean war.) For the first time It was admitted that was German submarines which had fired torpedoes at the Kearny, which the Navy department in Washington has announced was ripped open but not sunk with a loss of 11 lives and If) injured on the night of Oct. 16-17 southwest of Iceland.

(Previously German spokesmen lad sought to cast doubt on the iavy's announcement of the torpe- loing of the Kearny. indicating heir belief it. was a trumped up tory to boost the President's neu rality act revisions through con- (The navy department's version Oct. 20 said the Kearny went to the id of another convoy which was inder attack and dropped deptn iombs. Three torpedoes were fired, he navy said, and the third struck he Kearny.l U-BOAT ATTACKED.FIRST The German- statement said the Cearny was protecting one convoy when it received a call for help rom another which was engaged battle with German naval forces.

The Kearny then attacked i Gcr man U-boat witli depth charges, the tatement said, before the U-boats acted in their own defense. This report, the statement said, i as based both on published state nents of the United States navy and eports of German U-boat comman ders. In the Greer incident, the- statement continued, the United States destroyer pursued for several hours close military cooperation with English patrol forces," a German submarine and in the pursuit the submarine was attacked by several depth bombs while it was under.wa- er. "Only after this attack did the ierman U-boat use its weapons. The destroyer continued its pursuit with depth bombs a number of lours." The navy department's account said that the Greer.

shot at by tor- icdoes but not hit on Oct. 4, was nfonned of the submarine's posi- by a British plane which then dropped charges in the U-boat's vicinity and flew away. While the destroyer was following the submarine, the latter turned and its torpedoes). Another statement, also released from Hitler's headquarters, assailed as "forgeries of the clumsiest, grossest type" the map and document referred to by President Roosevelt in his navy day speech. The statement made no mention of the U.

S. destroyer Rueben James, a third U. S. destroyer which the Navy department has announced was sunk Oct. 31 with only 44 of its 120 officers and men so far reported saved.

Abilene members of Battery I3ist Field Artillery regiment of the 36th infantry division, home on-weekend passes, say they have been advised that the Second battalion of the regiment soon is to change stations. Battery part of the Second battalion which has been stationed at Camp Bowie since early in January, Reports brought home by various members of the battery are to tht effect that the battalion will entrain within the next 10 days for the West coast, probably San Francisco. The boys also are of the opinion that the battalion of about 550 officers and men will sail shortly thereafter for some foreign port, Battery was mobilized one year ago, along with other units of 36th. At that time it was commanded, by Capt. Thomas E.

Williams, now a major. Present commander of the battery Is Capt, Thomas A. Dodson, a lieutenant at the time in Induction. 'We Art the Finish-NATION'S REPLY GIVEN BY KNOX WASHINGTON, Nov. relations entered phase of greater tension tonight with a charge from Adolf Hitler that American destroyers had engaged in aggression and a declaration from Secretary of the Navy Knox that 'we are in this fight to the finish." Knox's assertion was.made in an address to a marine corps audience Jap Situation More Nov.

2-- declaration that she had been "attacked" by the United States In the Atlantic is expected to Intensify the crisis In the Pacific ir-. view, of Japan's critical attitude towards Americans. Under terms of the Rome-Berin-Tokyo pact the signatories ars pledged to go to one another's aid in event of attack from a power not then engaged in the European war. Last December former Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuka said it was discretionary with the axis partners to decide whether another was Jie object of aggression. The increasingly critical attitude of the Japanese press and official statements regarding the alleged of Japan are indications that the Tokyo government is less likely now to take an impartial view should Germany ask her to Invoke the tri-partite agreement.

Japan's suspicions of Washington's motives, therefore, become doubly significant and today's positive action by Germany may very well spread the war to both the Pacific and Atlantic, informed observers said. British Making New Ammunition LONDON, Nov. I--iVPi--Britain disclosed tonight that she was manufacturing a "new and highly secret" ammunition for the battle of the Atlantic, formula for which presumably has been passed on to the United States as arc other British military secrets. Disclosure that the new ammunition is being used by some British warships on convoy escort duty was made in a ministry of supply announcement telling a commonplace story of 20 Welsh factory hands who worked through the night to get out a rush order of the new for a truck load. Eagle Squadron's Tops for Results LONDON.

Nov. American Eagle -squadron shot down more German airplanes in October than any other RAP fighter squadron, the air ministry news service stated tonight. These American volunteer pilots destroyed nine of the 81 German planes credited to the.fighter command for I he 1 inonlh, slalrmrm said. Pilot Officer O. W.

McCoplln 26, of Buffalo, N. accounted for five of the nine German machines destroyed by the Eajtlw In October bringing his total to tin. at while nil subordinates at the Navy department hopefully awaited word from the North Atlantic increasing the list of known survivors of the torpedoed destroyed Reuben James. Forty-four enlisted men had been rescued out of the personnel roster of about 120. The fact that these survivors were safe, and that the destroyer had been torpedoed and sunk while on convoy duty Was all the information which the department had.

HOPE FOR RESCUES Some hopefully assumed that ships of the convoy had effected rescues which they had not yet reported, and would not report until they made port. The practice has been to use the radio as little as possible, lest the ship's position be divulged to lurking submarines. Official comment on the extraordinary statement issued from Hitler's headquarters in Russia was limited to the remark by a State department spokesman, in response to questions, that German propaganda seemed to be trying to deny the right of self-defense to those countries in danger of attack. This official referred reporters to President Roosevelt's address of last Monday for a statement of this country's attitude as to who was the aggressor in clashes in the North Atlantic between American destroyers and nazi war craft. In that said: "We have wished to avoid shooting.

But the shooting has started. And history has recorded who fired the first shot. In the long run, however, all that will matter is who fired the last shot." Mackenzie King, Roosevelt Confer HYDE PARK. N. Nov.

the stone and stucco walls of a Hudson Valley mansion. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King of Canada discussed today the mutual problems of neighbor nations whose parallel national policies are dedicated to the defeat of nazism. ACC EXES TOLD DRIVE UNDER WAY 10 CLEAR SCHOOL DEBT President Don H.

Morris anr nounccd at the Abilene Christian; college homecoming chapel a day morning that campaign already is underway to retire the institution's $50.000 indebtedness. Half of the sum. or $25.000. is to be raised outside Abilene, and that drive is now in progress. The other 525,000 will be secured in an Abilene campaign to be staged beginning Dec.

1. News of the finance uniter- laklnr shared the homecoming spotlight with election of exes officers, headed by Paul Southern of Abilene as president, and announcement of a plan In employ in executive secretary of the Kx-Slmlrnts xtion. The executive committee of the Ex-Students atsociation, the board of trustees and three men named yesterday by the exes committee will select Ihc executive secretary He will work among the 9.000 ACC ex-students for support of the college. Bob Manly, Prank Etter and Fred McKlmic, all of Abilene, were named to act with the executive committee and the board in choosing the secretary. New officers of the exes in ad- to Southern ore Clu'sley McDonald.

Colorado City school teacher and 1340 graduate, vice president; and J. B. Collins of Bis Spring and Sterling Parker ol Abilene members of the executive committee. Collins was reelected while Parker, a former exes president, is a newcomer to the group Holdovers on the committee are Wendell Bedichek of Abilene. Oti Garner of Quanah, and J.

C. Brown of Lnbbock. Southern, the new prexy. is min- ister'of the North Side church of Christ here and is associate professor of Bible and English on the faculty of eleven former Christian colleges met at the home of President and Mrs. Don H.

Morris Friday night, with more than 30 in attendance. Dr. G. C. Morlan.

of the ACC faculty, is president, with Jewel Watson, of ACC, secretary and Clnud Covey, Quinlan. vice president. Colleges, represented i Thorp Spring Christian college; Clcbarro Christian college. Clc- burne; Cordcll Christian college, Cordcll, Sabinal Christian college, Sabinal; Potter Bible college. Bowling preen, Western Bible and Literary college, Odessa, Qimtcr Bible college, Gtinter: Southwestern Christian college, Dcnton; Texas Christian college, Terrell; Lingleville Christian college, Mnglevlllc, and Harper college.

Harper, Kans. This association of ex-stuilMils of former Christian colleges will meet again at the time of the annual Bibln lectureships, in February. Midland Host Monday for WICC Parley MIDLAND, For. Mabor- preparations were completed xday for the fall of the West chamber of commerce which meets Monday to map action vital to the welfare of vast region. More than 1,000 persons will including 200 delegates and.

700 public affairs committeemen from 138 towns. A major problem for the work committee will be consideration of ways to tighten the lines of the chamber's fight for lower freight levies which it contends are unreasonably higher in Texas than in the east and north. Other declarations will be eon- cerned with defense. Waco appeared.to be the-leading early contender for the next con- city which will be selected Tuesday. Reelection of J.

Thomas Davis of Stephenville as president was regarded likely. The work committee headed by J. D. Hamlin of Parwell begins sessions at 3 p. m.

Monday and will clear declarations and resolu- ton to the house of delegates which will be in session all day Tuesday. Convention speakers will includs Jerry Sadler, member of the Texas railroad commission; plifford B. Jones, president of Texas Technological college at Lubbock, and T. Semmes Walmsley. acting deputy director of the office of civilian defense in Washington.

Sadler, speaking in "tin public and transporation charges," Tuesday will declare that elimination of rate discrimination and giving all sections equality is as important in national defense as any other factor. The organiEaton will launch an inter-community defense and preservation contest among Its affiliated towns with names of entries to be announced at the convention. Abilen'e Delegates To Meet Announced At least eight men from Abilene will go to Midland Monday and Tuesday to attend the business sessions of the West Texas chamber of commerce convention there, Ed Slaughter, trade extension department director of the Abilene chamber of commerce said last night. The group which has volunteered 'to go includes C. M.

Caldwell, Malcolm Meek, R. W. Haynie. Price Campbell, Merle Gruver, Elbcrt Hall, Joe Humphrey, and Comer Clay. Humphrey will be a speaker for the program, and Clay will escort Abilene's entry In the My Home Town speaking contest.

A quartet from Abilene Christian college is also scheduled to sing on the convention program. Radio Announcer, Three Others Hurt MILFORD. Nov. Vcs R. Box.

Dallas radio announcer, and three other men were injured seriously today in a head-on automobile crash two miles south of here. The Injured beside Box wore William Nichols. 18. of Gainsvllle, a. Baylor university student and football player; Lee Williams, 32, of Austin, and Albert Love Austin.

Texan Plugged for Envoy to Mexico AUSTtN. Nov. l--UI'i-- State Sen. H. L.

Winficld, whose friends are' seeking Ills appointment as U. S. ambassador to Mexico, succeeding Joscphus Daniels, resigned, today conferred with Gov. Coke Stevenson. Texos Editor Dead ATLANTA, Nov.

1--OT)-J. W. Harrell, 60, editor and publisher for the last 27 years of the Citizen- Journal, Atlanta's only newspaper, died early tonight after iudden heart attack..