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a THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE 67 BRYAN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1943 (By Associated Press) NUMBER 141 SIXTH TAKES ANOTHER BASE FOR JAP- -BLASTING Frankfurt Given War's Most Crushing Blow AIRSTRIP ARAWE IS AT IN 2,000 TONS OF DEATH RAINED DOWN BY RAF AmericanBombersAgain Attack Bremen U-Boat Base STEP UP AIR WAR Allies Report Loss Of 90 Planes In All Operations LONDON, Dee. 21 (A) Hundreds of RAF bombers rave Frankfurt the most crushing blow: of the war last night, raining down 2.000 tons of incendiaries and explosives. In the past 21 hours the RAF has attacked Mannheim-Ludwingshafen and. Mosquitos have stabbed at western Germany and Bel210m: American bombers struck the Bremen German U. boat base.

indicating the air offensive against Germany, tract touched new intensity. Allies lost more than 90 planes in all operations Bombers winged across the coast towards France in daylight today. Bryan Motor Co. Men Training To Rebuild Engines Chas Cade, owner of the Bryan Motor Company, states that three of the firm's mechanies of the enzine re-manufacturing department are in Houston this week studying the latest. methods and equipment for the re manufacture of Ford engines.

Carl. Kuhnle, Buddy Ems. hoff and Herbert. Rosenbaum are the men. This firm is one of nine authorized by the Ford Motor Company to re-manufacture Ford 'engines in the southern half of Texas.

(All engines carry tag showing More than six hundred Ford enzines have been re-manufactured during the past two years, and the firm in now adding additional equipment and machinery to up the production to more than 50 per month, to take care of the demand in about ten counties adjoining Brazos. Owners of Ford cars, trucks and.tractors are finding the Ford engine exchange plan. satisfactory. from demand. A Ford owner drives 1 in and exchanges his old engine for a re-manufactured one at a great saving in.

time and money. As a rule in four hours he back on the road. Naval Trainees At A-M To Have Yule Programs, For the holiday season the Nacal Training Schools at College Station have planned a series of entertainments for the Sailors and Marines stationed On Thursday night an all station Christmas dance featuring the music of the Naval Training School orchestra will be neld at Shisa Hall. Guests have been invited from neighboring towns to attend this dance. A Christmag party for all the men has been planned.

for Friday night at Duncan Hall: Local talent acts and music will be used. To enhance the Christmas idea there will be singing of Christmas carols, and other holiday music. A special menu has been arranged for Christmas and there will be no lack of turkey and all the trimming: REDS' BALTIC ARMY DRIVING UPON VITEBSK 15-Mile Gain Is Made On Nevel-Vitebsk Railway ACTIVE IN NORTH Nazis At Leningrad And At Kirovograd Menaced LONDON, Dee. 21 (A) -The Russian Baltic army plunged dowr the Nevel-Vitebsk railway within 20 miles of Vitebsk, Reuters reported today from. Moscow.

This represented an advance of 15 miles. In Northern Russia, successes threaten to disrupt the entire Nazi defense system, south of Leningrad. The Russians ale exerting strong pressure on. Kirovograd in an apparent drive to isolate that industrial center. LONDON, Dee.

21 (AP Russia's winter-trained First Baltic army captured 70 more villages and hamlets Monday in an offensive nearing the old Polish and Latvian frontiers, and Moscow announced early Tuesday that 'the enemy is retreating, abandoning a great quantity of arms and ammunition." Developing their big push from south of Nevel. just above the White Russian border, the Russians were believed to be withboth Poland and in 55 miles of Latvia in multiple thrusts toward the rail strongholds of Polotsk and Vitebsk. In less than a week the Russians have recaptured nearly 1.000 I square miles of territory the mans had been holding and forti-1 fying for more than two years, ineluding 570 localities, and have killed or captured nearly 24,000 enemy troops. Senate Adjourns; Resolution Goes To Lower House WASHINGTON, Dee. 21 CAP, The senate adjourned at 12:47 this afternoon, closing the 78th session of congress for that chamber.

The adjournment resolution went to the house which still was disposing of eleventh, hour basiness. OIL. PRORATION HEARING AUSTIN. Dec. 21 (P)- Beauford Jester, chairman of the state railroad commission, has announeed the next statewide oil proration hearing would be held here Wednesday, Jan.

19 JAPS MAKE WITH MONKEY BUSINESS ON MAKIN- Coast Guardsman grins he inspects one of a number of dummy guns set up by the Japs on Makin Island to represent Coast: Artillery guns. Coast Guardsman John S. Trembowicz, Fireman First Class of Philadelphia, grins as he leans on one of the guns made from cocoanut trees by the Japs. NO RAIL STOP IS BEST GIFT, SLANT OF FDR HOPES EXECUTIVES AND MEN TO WORK OUT SOME WAGE HIKES WASHINGTON. Dec.

21 President Roosevelt asserted today that the assurance there would not be a transportation stoppage would be the best Christmas present the American people could get, and expressed the hope that railway executives and employees would wort out a formula providing for some wage increases, He said discussions were under way for a system giving rail employees time and one-lalf for overUme. Leaders of the five railroad brotherhoods returned to the White House, early this afternoon to discuss with the President his proposal to supplement the previcus four. cents per hour award with an additional four cents in the form on overtime compensation. BOLIVIA WILL KEEP PLEDGES GIVEN TO U.S. NEW REGIME IS FIRMLY SEATED AND GUARDS TIN LAPAZ.

BOLIVIA. Dee. 21 4 -Troops guarded Bolivia's tin ore mines today as the nationalist junta, which yesterday overthrew the government, announced it was firmly entrenched and discounted rumors that a counter-revolution had begun, The new government pledged to live up to Bolivia's commitments to the United Nations. Estensoro, leader of the coup, said the Atlantic Charter and other obligations of Bolivia would be respected and maintained. CHINESE CLEAR JAPS FROM LAKE TUNGTING CHUNGKING.

Dee. 21. (A)- The Chinese have smashed forward in the central China rice bowl, capturing four main Japanese bases. Headquarters announced the vietory had effectively cleared the northern banks of Lake Tungting. ANOTHER GIFT IS MADE TO RENTAL BOOK FUND Santa Claus visited the Rental Book shelf in Carnegie.

Library today. leaving a gift of $5.00. The anonymous gift? makes the total in the revolying fund now $761.00, just $239 short of the goal of $1000 set. by the Bryan-College Business and Professional Women's Club. It is the hope of the Library committee that this amount will be reached before the New Year dawns, GAIN IS MADE BY 5TH; TAKES MT.

SPINUCCIO EIGHTH ARMY IMPROVES ITS POSITIONS IN FRONT OF ORTONA ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Dec. 21 (P--The Fifth Army lunged forward miles in a snow storm to capture 2600- foot. Mount Spinuccio, while United States heavy bombers attacked Sofia and Athens airfields. The Eighth Army pushed ahead toward Tollo, improving positions near Ortona, Radio Operators At Naval School Are Graduated: Graduating exercises for Company 32 of the Radio Operators school at the Naval Training Schools at College were held at Guion Hall, Monday morning. The graduation program, which was broadcast over station WT.

AW. featured an address by Dean Gibb Gilchrist, of the Texas A. M. Engineering Department. Short talks by Lt.

Cmdr. Jean A. Lambert, Commanding Officer, Lt. L. S.

Brigham, Officer-In-Charge of the school, and selections by the Naval Training School orchestra were also presented. Honor students, both from the Navy and Marine Corps received special recognition and advancement in rating. MARRIAGE LICENSES W. M. Mabry and Ellen B.

Ky- Drive For United War Chest Is Extended To Bryan Field Today; $6,524 Needed To Make Quota Tuesday morning a group of popular young women of Bryan to Bryan Army Air Field to solicit funds for the Brazos courty quota in the United War Chest. Plans also have been made for soliciting the residence district, in HANDS OF US No Japanese Activity In Air Reported By MacArthur ROUT JAPS ON HUON Aussies Take Artillery, Tanks Over River In Pursuit ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea, Dee. 21 -The American Sixth army has taken the Arawe airstrip, addng another base from which to aunch air war on the Japanese. MacArthur's, communique, ailing to mention any Japanese verial activity, underscored Allied ir power. On the Huon Peninsula, Australians routed the enemy south of the Maswawang river, and forded tanks and artillery across the stream in pursuit of the Nipponese.

Allied bombers dropped 414 tons of bombs on Cape Gloucester. JAPS FLEEING ON SOUTH END BOUGAINVILLE SEEK TO CONCENTRATE ALL FORCES IN THE NORTH, KNOX OPINES WASHINGTON, Dee. 21 (A) Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox reported the Japanese are a apparently. fleeing from the southern part of Bougainville, in an effort to concentrate forces further north on the island. None of the enemy's once strong airfields in Bougainville are usable now, he said.

American bombers have downed 19. Japanese planes and probably destroyed nine more in 71 missions. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTH PACIFIC. 21 (P)- Indications that the Japanese are beginning to pull out of the heavily defended southern part of Bougainvlle island: were disclosed todav by a spokesman for Admiral William F. Halsey.

Admiral Halsey's spokesman said much. foot traffic has been spotted from the air moving along the east const trails, the only coast up which the Japanese could move land. and there has been a marked increase in barge traffic headed north. SENATOR CONNALLY'S SON PROMOTED TO MAJOR Headquartets, Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command, Randolph Field, Texas, Dee, 21- Following his recent appointment as assistant staff judge advocate of the Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command, Major Ben Connally, son of Senator Tom Connally, Marlin, has been promot-1 ed from the rank of captain, it has been announced at the Randolph Field headquarters of the Command. TEXAS EMBASSY- Col.

L. Sanders (left) and Col. James G. Hall (right) beam with pride over the "Texas Embassy" -quarters of the commanding officer of a U. S.

aerial reconnais. sance unit in England. Col. Hall, of Fort Worth, present chief of the Army Air Corps Reconnaisance Branch at Washington, outfitted the "Embassy." Col. Sanders succeeded him as commanding officer of the unit and is present "master" of the "Embassy." Full Christmas Week Program Arranged For Service Men By USO And Local Men And Women For several weeks, committees of local women and men have heen planning Christmas for the ice men Bryan is privileged to nave in its midst.

With their own boys gone off to, war, local people have felt they wanted to provide all the festivities that go I with the season for those who wear the uniform of their country. This planning has been done through the major conimittees of local people, set up by the USO The club rooms, next to the postoffice, have been beautifully deeorated and now present a festive and home-like atmosphere, Gifts are wrapped are sung and. all who come are urged to make USO their Christmas headquarters. A staff of hostesses is on hand at all times to be "Mom" to boys away from home. USO Club Service Turing Christmas week coffee and homemade Christmas cakes and candies are being served at the USO rooms each afternoon from lace cloth laid table, near beautiful Christmas tree.

On Christmas afternoon a soldiercivilian party will be given in the club rooms and anyone interested in extending a bit of Christmas cheer to the boys who are many miles from home, some for the first time, is urged to join the fun. Another feature which has been (Continued on page 6) $75,000 Is Given From Rogers Scholarship Fund Texas A. M. College will. benefit in the sum of $75.000 from the according Will Rogers to dispatches scholarship from funds, Washington to the effect that this appropriation would wind un the affairs of the Will Rogers Memorial Commission, of which Jesse Jones is treasurer.

This bequest increased the scholarship funds, to $450,000, giving $150,000 state universities in the three. states in which the late humorist and philosopher had made his home. The Univeristy of Texas is to receive $75,000, the University of. California $150,000, and the University of Oklahoma $150.000. It is understood that only the interest from the fund will available for scholarships to handicapped students attending the schools named in the bequest.

No information regarding this bequest had been received at the College Tuesday. It is expected, however, that the Board of Directors, expected to meet Jan: 9. will be advised and that the bequest will be accepted and machinery set up for. its operation. Aggieland's Premier Stockman Will Lead In Rehabilitation In Devastated Europe COLLEGE STATION, Dee.

21 D. W. Williams, recognized as one of the foremost. livestock authorities in Texas and for 20 years head of the Animal Husbandry Department of the Texas A. and M.

College, has been granted a leave of absence by the Board of Directors to accept a. call from the Army where Williams will be a major in the Specialists Reserve Corps with his duties involving the rehabilitation of livestock and agriculture in the devastated coun-1 tries of Europe. He will report at Camp Custer, on Dee. 26. So far as is known here, Major Williams is the first specialist to be called into the service on account of his knowledge of and experience in livestock production.

Knows Pre- War Europe Major Williams not only has a (Continued on page 4) ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea, Dee. 21 Men from Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger's Sixth army are in possession of Arawe air strip, six miles east of Cape Merkus, New 3ritain. While Americans were pressing ahead in the Arawe area where they gained their first foothold in invasion Dec.

15, the Australians on the Huon peninsula, New Guine8, were using the bayonet to send the Japanese scampering across the Masawang river. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communique Monday told of these vietories achieved Sunday, and also of 414-ton bomb blasting of Japanese aerial and supply points on Cape: Gloucester, on the western tip of New Britain, by scores of Allied planes on the same day. New Light Meter Is Perfected By Bryan-Known Man A patent has been granted Dr. Hiram F.

Thut of Charleston, for a bimetallic light meter, it has been learned here by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Howell. Mrs. Thut is their daughter and will be remembered here as the former Miss Elizabeth Howell.

Dr. That, member of the Teachers college faculty Charleston, has been working on this light meter for several years, His research was largely completed. two years ago while he was doing some special work at Cornell university, At that time the Frieze Co. of Baltimore, a division of the Bendix. Aviation Corporation of America, was so impressed with the possibilities of the device that it contracted with Dr.

Thut for its manufacture after the patent was secured, and advanced some of the funds necessaty for completion of the patent. It is spoken of as rather a simpie device to be used for determining and registering, automatically, the volume of light in any given area over a period of twenty-four hours. Through its use the amount of light can be determined aceurately, thus permitting adjustment of light volume as required for specific purposes, such as horticulture, laboratory or school ad other room lighting. Indeed, it is stated that its use offers useful service in many fields. Brother Of Bryan Woman Passes In Liberty Hospital Mrs.

Henry Watson and Mrs. Ethel Skelton received a message yesterday telling them of the death of their brother, Wesley Youngblood, 57, of Pasadena, who died at a hospital in Liberty, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at Pasadena Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jessie Welch Youngblood, three daughters, Mrs.

Frank Smith, Mrs. David Platt, and Miss Mary Lou Youngblood, all of Pasadena; and three sons, Ira Youngblood and Roy Youngblood of Pasadena, and Jesse Youngblood, in the U. S. Navy. He is also survived by, two brothers, Ben Youngblood College Station and George Youngblood of Kerrville, and two sisters, Mrs.

Watson and Mrs. Skelton. THE WEATHER East Texas Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Cooler in north portion; lowest temperatures 24 to 28 degrees. West Texas- -Partly cloudy; cooler in Panhandle and Plains tonight and Wednesday.

Near freezing in Pecos Valley, German Admiral, Von Reuter, Dies Of Stroke Today the hope that the quota of $18,095 will be in hand by the dawn of Christmas Day. The latest report shows 570.66 in the fund, which lacks 96,521.44 and which it is hoped to (Continued on Page 6) LONDON. Dec. 21 (P) -The German DNB agency said that Vice Admiral Ludwig von Reuter died today of heart disease. D.

W. WILLIAMS.