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VOL. XXIX. NO. 145.
SAFULPA HERALD, SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1944.
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HUGE RALLY HERE TOMORROW NIGHT
paign,
keep-
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\LI.IES TAKE
KEY AIR STRIP
IN FAST liME
REFUGEES ARE EVACUATED FROM POPE’S PALACE
i w« Marines Score Quickest
Victory Of Pacific
War; Engebi Island Is
Conquered.
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GERMANS ARE
FALLING BACK
AT BEACHHEAD
Reported Killed
By Richard W. Johnston
United Press War Correspondent
--- "representing the Combined Allied Press
SI \K ABOARD EXPIDITIONARY
ORCE FLAGSHIP OFF ENIWETOK
►—The (BOLL. Fb. 21. <U.R>—- United States
that Br#irine8' attacking under cover of a
19 (ne#VBStatin8 naval and aerial bombard- i
nu.re .tont, today conquered Engebi island.
TV air strip of Eniwetok atoll, in six
» m >rs and five minutes.
L M t?The quickest victory of the Pacific
ar over a defended Japanese bastion
«ne less than 20 hours after the
nrrival of the task force and only 19
»ys after the opening of the Marshall
„ lands offensive at Kwajalein. Con-
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Minty
it ads
est of Engebi followed by less than
, hours the smashing carrier-based
‘ ha<L “Jd against Truk, in the Caroline is-
100 r°^Jds, just 60 miles to the west,
early oo£ol John T walker's 22nd marines
$102,192,9jy.pt ashore in the wake of a naval
anbardment and dive-bomber batter-
- hy 'tsltg in which more than 1.000 tons of
plosives were concentrated on the
y triangular Island. Its Japanese
endenrs were wiped out; marine
_ s were light.
Fix 'Em’The assault followed occupation of
TIV small flanking islands yesterday
* ithout the loss of a single life The
Covers fcirk against this westernmost Mar-
Work glls base. 300 miles beyond Wawa-
15 E. i ryn. was unchallenged from sea or
fictory on Engebi secured the north-
tip of Eniwetok atoll and freed
for assault on islands miles to
f| south end of the atoll,
flie swift, Inexpensive success was
ade possible by complete immunity
m air attacks as a result of the
teasing carrier-based thrusts of the
$t week against Eniwetok. Pnape
d Wake and by the attack against
«k, Japan’s "Pearl Harbor” on Feb.
THE POPE'S summer palace, Castel Gandolfo, is being evacuated by Italians who had taken refuge at
the estate which is near Rome. The Allies have charged that German troops'arc occupying the
grounds and the buildings and that it is therefore subject to attack. (International)
Admiral Nimitz Has Personal
Score To Settle With Japanese
Truk Through
t went ashore with Brig Gen.
tomas E. Watson of Washington, D.
commanding both the marine and
*y forces, and watched his marines
icp across a leveled desolation which
a an island city a month ago—Ja-
Phillips Jury
Is Selected
In Okla. City
Editor's Note—Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz, the man behind the gun
blasting the Japanese in the Cen-
tral Pacific, is described in the fol-
lowing dispatch, the first of a series
on America's Pacific quarter-back—
the commanders who are calling the
signals which Japan is finding so
puzzling.
By Boyd Lewis
United Press Staff Correspondent
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb 21. (LP>—
Selection of a jury to try former
Gov. Leon C. Phillips on a parole jn smashing blows against
0 s most vital mld-Paciflc staging saje conSpiracy charge began in dls- the Japanese in the Pacific.
There's a glint of personal vengeance
in the blue eyes of Admiral Chester W
Nimitz as he deploys the United States
m and a powerful air base
fcom beach to beach. Engebi was
*ene of incredible destruction equal-
g and even surpassing the devasta-
n on Kwajalein. Not a single build-
; was left standing and even the
•If to ns of buildings were hammer-
flown
/ast sheliholes, uprooted defenses
1 burning fuel dumps were inter-
red with waste areas strewn knee-
>p in paim fronds The Island look-
*s though it had been overrun by
jlant mower which sheared off the
4 of the palms a few feet from the
(Und
Yir tremendous preliminary bom-
4ment from 6 a m. to the zero
trlct court here today.
Phillips—the first former Oklahoma
He has a personal score to settle as
well as a score for his country. When
Nimitz was a slim, flaxen-haired youth
Nazis Retreat In Face
Of Frightful Land,
Sea B: mbardment In
Bloody Battle.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Naples.
Feb 21. (U.PJ—The second battle of the
Anzlo beachhead appeared to have
ended in bloody defeat for the German
14th today as American and British
armored forces recap ured almost half
of a 4.000-yard salient won by th"
Nazis at tremendous cost In their
three-day offensive south of Aprilia
Stunned and shaken by the ferocity
of the Aided counter-blow and the
frightful land, sea and air bombard-
ment hurled against ttrm. the Ger-
mans were surrendering by the hun-
dreds to the advancing American and
British troops
Scores of other Germans were shot
dow n by thetr own gunners when they
turn1 d to flee
(A German high command communi-
que said an Allied battle group had
been encircled south of Aprilia. but
made no further claims of success In
that area “heavy, fluctuating fight-
ing" continues on the beachhead, ihe
Nazi communique said.il
Whil the bulk of the nine Oerman
divisions engaged, six on the Aprilia
front and three around Clsterna. wa-
ged a grim, fighting retreat and coun-
ter-attacked desperately at several
points, front reports indicated their
big push had been broken
The exhausted Germans broke under
the attack Hundreds were killed as
they turned to flee while hundreds
of others surrendered.
German mortar crews and machine
gunners turned their fire on their own
troops in a frantic effort to halt the
retreat, United Press War Correspond-
ent Reynolds Packard reported in an
eyewitness dispatch.
Latest front reports indicated the
Allied counter-drive still was slicing
into the Nazi salient, with swarms of
planes bombing and machine-gunning
the enemy front and real lines.
“Our effort was greatly assisted by
the magnificent support given by Al-
lied naval units, Allied air formations
and both British and American artil-
MARINE HERO
TO SPEAK AT
HUGE RALLY
Lt. Jim Lucas To Speak
At Gigantic Rally;
Parade To Form At
7 o’Clock
OPERA SINGER Lina Cavalleri, 68,
was killed in an Allied bombing
raid on Florence, Italy, according
to an Axis broadcast from Rome.
Once married to Robert Wlnthrop
Chanler, a grandson of John
Jacob Astor whom she divorced in
1912, she hail appeared in opera
New York, Chicago, Moscow
and Paris.
(International)
chief executive to face a felony charge ]ust QUt of Annapoiis he was assign-
—went on trial on an accusation J_rl ..rhina station” His first
that he received $500 of the $6,000
payoff in the Dr. J. W. Eisimtnger
parole case.
Both state and defense attorneys
predicted at outset of the hearing
that all of today and perhaps most
of Tuesday would be required to se-
lect 12 jurymen who had not reached
ed to the “China station,
command—"and what a beauty I
thought she was,' he said years later
—was the U. S. S Panay, a shallow-
draft tub built to keep river pirates
from interfering with American ship-
ping.
A jingoistic Japanese airman bom-
bed the Panay to the bottom of the
conclusions about the case previously. Yangtze river on Dec 12. 1937 Ntm-
The bulky former governor, a fa- itz by that time was a captain and
miliar figure at the counsel table assistant chief of ihe bureau of na-
durlng both the conspiracy trials of day In 1941.
rftAEN jr killed ii'nnv Jananese and knocked ' his close friend, former pardon and | On another December day in 1941.
r I** tt killed many Japanese and Knocked officer Robert R Fitzaerald swarms of Japanese alrplan s blasted
. nearly all of their weapons, par- Tthe pride of Am.rtca's Pacific fleet
r
Jlarly those defending the beaches | showed no sign of emotion as Dis- anchorage in Pearl Harbor and
Tom the moment of the arrival of trict JudRe A P Van Meter called f t flls personai vendetta in
(task force under Rear Adm. Harry the court into session. * ...
11, of Oakland. Cal., who commanded In the courtroom were Fitzgerald,
F forces at Tarawa, the Japanese Mrs Phillips and the Phillips' daugh-
til islands of this atoll have been i ter and son-in-law.
ijrited to a murderous air and naval
nage,
1>r admiral graphically pointed out
' approach toward the home ground
the Japanese empire as we neared
atoll with the comment that "we
After the first 12 veniremen were
called Into the Jury box. county at-
torney George Mlskovsky briefly ex-
plained the charge against the for-
mer governor. Then he asked the
12 men if any of them were preju-
» we are making progress because 1 dice(i and unable to “make fair and
find that radio Tokyo comes in!
Oli clearer than Han Francisco.'1
IOONERS TO ACTIVE DUTY
VASHINGTON, Feb 21. (U.R)—'The
rjdepartment today announced tem-
gry promotions for 10 Oklahomans.
■Ointment of two state officers and
Uriel three men to active duty,
■actions included;
Ibm major to lieutenant-colonel:
toward Henry Hart of Wetumka.
turn flrt lieutenant to captain:
firry Pinkston. Ac. (1714 W. Okla.
i of Enid.
irk Truman Longmore. Ad of Okla-
nn City.
Urn Albert Ourley, Ch. (1333 N.
Mita >, Tulsa.
tom second lieutenant to first lleu-
■nt
unbiased jurors.” Elmer Graybili Jr.
was the first to disqualify himself,
saying he had already formed an
opinion.
Then began the tedious process of
l the white flame of hatred that swept
every American tnan of the sea
Ten days after the Japanese attack,
President Roosevelt relieved Admiral
Husband F Klmmel of the Pacific
fleet in command and sent Nimitz out
from his disk job in the navy depart-
ment to liquidate the disaster Nim-
itz went to a command which had
suffered crushing losses.
"Where is the Pacific?" was the
question Americans asked in those
days. It was not until a year later
that the public was told how much
of It had been bombed into wreckage
in Pearl Harbor. To that question
examination of individual veniremen. < Nimitz replied only “Hoomana Wa Nui."
The state and defense have five per-
emptory challenges each.
Chief defense counsel J. B Dudley
appeared for opening of the trial
but still shewed signs of hls recent
battle with pneumonia. He had ear-
lier Indicated a postponement might
be sought.
However. Phillips insisted on
Hawaiian for "be patient." His real
answer would conic with victories.
America's new Pacific commander
had been chosen well. He had be n
born of pioneer stock in Fredericks-
burg, Tex , on Feb 23. 1885. Freder-
icksburg was a German-Amerlcan set-
tlement which Nimitz' grandfather.
a jCapt. Charles H Nimitz. had helped
found in the middle of the 19th cen-
As Naval Base
Alter Bombing
By Sandor 8. Klein
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb 21. (IP)—Truk, lery," a headquarters communique said
Japans "Pearl Harbor.” Is through as In announcing the successful counter-
a naval base. thrust.
This was the opinion of naval au- "Si veral hundred prisoners were cap-
thorities teday after appraising re- tured and the enemy suffered very
suits of the U. S Pacific fleet’s hLs- heavy casualty lists"
toric twe-day air attack on that en- ot least on6 Nazl I‘eK™en w“
derstood to have lost 60 per cent of
its fighting strength—a casualty list
of possibly 1.800 men killed, wounded
or captured.
Both British and American warships
joined in the naval bombardment that
helped smash the enemy drive, shell-
ing the Aprilia sector and the German
supply center at Farmia. Heavy cas-
ualties were inflicted on the enemy in
the Formia bombardment last Friday
On the main fifth army front, French
troops repulsed a strong German raid
against their lines in the hills north-
east of Casslno
British eighth army patrols were
active on the Adriatic coastal sector,
despite continued bad weather, and
inflicted casualties on the enemy, the
(Continued on Puge Six)
Cruelties Are
Revealed in
Court Record
emy bastion—a base once thought to
be so powerfully defended as to be
unapproachable.
Adm Raymond S. Spruance's high-
ly mobile, hard-hitting aircraft car-
rier task forces, which sank 19 and
perhaps as many as 26 enemy ves-
sels in addition to destroying 201
planes, have demonstrated that Truk
is now unsafe for basing a major
fleet.
The Japanese evidently were of the
same opinion. Heavy fleet units, in-
cluding aircraft carriers, which were
detected at Truk a little over two
weeks ago. were not there when Spru-
ance’s airmen struck
With the remaining islands in the
(Continued on Page Twoi
CHAPLAIN IS ARRAIGNED FOR
WHITE SLAVERY CHARGES TODAY
Bv Frederick C. Othman
know what we'll call it, except that
tury He combined the solid virtues on the ground that a tederal grand sortment of Beverly
Babcock today postponed indefinitely
the trial of Fitzgerald on a separate
(Irvin Lee Easley, Ac. of Berlin,
Arnold Martin. Ac. of Elk City,
I jty Barton Brown, Ac. of Hulbert,
■ toy Womastek, Ce. of Prague, James. . .
■ t Roberson. Ac. of Snomac. and parolp conspiracy charge
■ rtv O'Neal Walker. Ac of Weather- i Both Phillips and Fitzgerald had
__ ■tod I 136611 scheduled to go on trial today,
W ■••Pointed to second lieutenant: but the county attorney's office re-
ft ■ •rcedes J. Simon, Ahc. and Llora quested the posptoneinent because of
• » Ills Pfaff, Anc. both of Oklahoma, the conflict.
■ § I In the separate charge,' Fitzgerald
J
prompt start of hls trial, following1
mally March 7 by Judge Van Meter Httd the y s mmtary ucademy not
A Jury assessed a fine of $500 and been over-crowded at the time, it
court costs as Its punishment. probably would be “General" Nimitz
Meanwhile. District Judge Lucius
(Continued on Page Suet
Weather
U^, 1U Mta‘c&ew’"eloped with Chaplain
HOLLYWOOD, Feb 21 (U.R>—Charlie laJ., June at about the tlme Mls8
Chaplain, who is about to become the Barry was telling how Chaplin had
father of a child he admits proudly, called her "hunchy," told her he loved
was scheduled to appear in federal her, and promised to marry her. Miss
court today for arraignment on white Barry collapsed wh' n she learned that
slavery and conspiracy barges insti- her successor in the Chaplin dra-
gated by a red-haired girl who still malic school had married him
claims he also is the father of her The grand Jury charged Chaplin with
infant daughter. two counts of violating the Mann act.
Chaplin's bride, the sloe-eyed 18- accusing him of taking MLss Barry
year-old Oona O'Neill, announced that i to New York for immoral purposes
she wouid beconv a mother In August, in 1942. and returning her to Holly-
as Chaplin's attorneys rehearsed for! wood three weeks later Th*- Jury
the last time their requests that federal | also voted two more counts against
Judge J F O’Connor quash the case i Chaplin, two of his pals and an as-
‘ ~ Hills officials,
from Miss
The latter
counts grew out of Miss Barry's
arrest as a vagrant and the subsequent
“bum's rush" out of town which she
said she received from a Judge and
si veral police.
The defendants include Tim Durant.
paternity charges
"I am terribly, terribly happy.” said
Miss O'Neill, in telling about the new
member of the Chaplin family. "I
OKLAHOMA Light rain or drizzle 1 hope this news will stop a lot of those
ered to actlve duty: .1 Is accused of -accepting $250 from 6ast and extreme south portions silly rumors that are going around"
hj James Harold,Parker^ Me and Mrs Bess P Vernon. Dallas. Texas Mostly cloudy with little ghange in | The daughter of Playwright Eugene
Col. Harvey Columbus Hkrdegree, for a 15-day leave of absence and a temperature today Tonight* Aid Tues- O'Nplll did not specifiy what rumors,
both of Muskogee and First Lt. .later parole for Archie Horn, a ftne- daV mostly cloudy with ..light ram She said. If her child is*a boy. sfee
comic and six other co-defendants.
The new Mrs. Chaplain told of her
forthcoming motherhood less than a
week after her white-haired husband
had undergone a blood cat which in-
dicated he could not p -slbly be the
father of Joan Barry s four-month-old ; Hollywood man-about-town Robert
daughter Blood test or not. Miss | Arden. Austrian refugee who used to
Barry has made no move to drop her broadcast views on the international
situation to advertise a credit dentist
«.
Logan TracWtoll, Me of Ok* j?me bank robber recently arreted in -6“t and central portions, no de-, wi*uld name It “Le%
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Police Judge Chari's Oriffln. who or-
iginally sentenced Miss Barry to Jail
and later changed his mind; Polite
Capt. W W. White, who allegedly put
her on a train for New York; Police
Lieut. Claude ,Marple. who booked her
us a vagrant, and Polle Mulron Jennie
B Reno. |vho insists Miss Barry never
was forded to recline in the nude in
UUUio m fU atlie
e recently trrtUCQ Mtl t»nu t-vimai pill I IUIU>, IIU ur* ^ Iinuit ii it sveix-xw. w I. *•*
ill investigation. | tided lit J^mperdiure. If it is a girl,'.she uddgd, "I don't; Beverly Hill, model
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SPRINGFIELD. Mo . Peb. 21 OP)
—Records from a five-day closed
hearing on numerous charges of
brutal treatment of inmates of the
U. 8. medical center for federal pris-
oners here revealed today that both
a Catholic and a Protestant chaplain
testified they believed the prisoners
had been subjected to cruel treat-
ment.
The records of the hearings were
made public today by the five-man
board of inquiry which conducted the
hearing Each of the Investigators will
submit a personal report to Attor-
ney General Francis Biddle with rec-
ommendations for further action.
The two chaplains. Father Leo W.
Nugent and the Rev Hubert L. Dun-
can with the prison psychiatrist, Dr
Hulsey Cason, supported the charges
of mistreatment which were denied
by all other members of the prison
hospital staff.
A digest of the testimony showed
that 13 prisoners testified they were
beaten. *
Complaints of mtstratment includ-
ed:
1. Kicking of prisoners or “stomp-
ing" on them after tney were
knocked down.
2 Slapping or pushing inmates with
open hands or fists.
3 Choking Inmates with arm or
towel
4 Whipping with a wet towel.
5 Confinement without clothes or
bedding In "strip cells' devoid of all
furnishings.
The two chaplains and psychiatrist
said they had not personally wit-
nessed any mistreatment, but. were
firmly convinced that it had oc-
curred.
Most of the complaints were against
thp $1,680-a-year attendants In the
I hospital and not against the $2,040-
a-year trained guards furnished by
, the department of Justice The at-
tendants admitted they had some-
| times used force to subdue unruly
Inmates, but denied any brutality.
They were not. they said, trained
in methods of self-defense as were
the guards.
In addition to the 13 prisoners who
said they were beaten, 10 more said
they saw others beaten without any
provocation
Two others said they saw injuries
indicating brutal treatment of anoth-
er inmate. .
Two testified that they heard of
others being beaten.
The five-man board investigating
the charges of brutality was com-
! posed of James V Bennett, director
of thp federal bureau of prisons. Dr
l Lawrence Kolb, chief of the mental
I hygiene division of the U. S. public
health service, whose agencies Joint-
ly administer the medical center.
V. 8. Dlst Judge George H Moore,
John Bell, reporter on the St Louis
Post Dispatch, and Julius M Klein
of the St. Louts Star-Times The
latter two were invited by Biddle to
participate in the hearing as dis-
interested parties
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Buy. sell, rent,, or trade by . usfhg
effective Dally Ueaald went ade
Sapulpa's Americanism week pro-
gram. which started here on Feb 12.
will come to a climatic conclusion
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock with a huge
patriotic rally at the Washington school
auditorium. .
Officials are anticipating one of the
largest crowds to gather In this city
to turn out for the program which
is to feature Lt. Jim Lucas, marine
hero of the battl, of Taruwa. accord-
ing to Otis Humes, chairman of the
speakers committee
Lucas well known in newspaper cir-
cles throughout the state whl e he
was associa ed with the Tulsa Tribune,
distinguished himself in the Solomon
islands and is referred to as the
spokesman for the U. S. marines.
Preceding th rally at 7 o clock a
parade will form at the corner of
Poplar and Lee streets to march
through the main streets of the down-
town district. Representatives of »4
local organized groups are cooperating
In the parade which will feature the
precise-stepping band unit from Camp
Sapulpa high school's colorful march-
ing band will also highlight the P*-
rade Men and women In the armed
forces will be honored in the parade
with their names Inscribed on plack-
ards, carried by children represent-
ing the various schools of the city
N. E. Midi*11 is parade chirman. He
is assisted by Clarence DteiZ.
Following the main speaker at the
rally at Washington school, a specla
bond sale will be held with a special
gift presentation of a war bond to
the mother who has the greatest num-
ber of sons or daughters in the armed
forces A bond auction will also be
an interesting event.
Approximately 20 war bonds will be
auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Lon Jackson is the bond committee
chairman.
Also spotlighted on the program will
be a special Indian dance performed
by a representative group and present-
ed under the direction of Billy Brown,
Euchee chief.
Rev diaries Hill Is chairman of
the program committee for the rally.
Flashlight pictures of the affair will
be taken for use in the special news-
paper edition which Is to be mailed
to Sapulpa ns in the armed service.
Sapulpa's student a cappella choir
will also appear.
Following the rally, a dance will be
held for service men and women in
the Sapulpa Service Center. The Camp
Gruber orchestra group will provide
music. Mrs Ethel Childress will of-
ficiate at ihe dance.
The Americanism Week program,
which Is sponsored annually by the
Sapulpa Elks lodge, has been led this
year by Glenn O. Young, general chair-
man.
LOOPER IS NEW
SANITARIAN FOR
CREEK COUNTY
Pat Looper, Olencoe, Okla . has been
approved a* sanitarian for Creek coun-
ty. Jt was announced today by Dr.
Phillip Joseph, director of the county
health dipariment
Looper replaces G E Tharp, whose
resignation became effective last Jan-
uary He will assume hls new duties
on March 20.
The new sanitarian, who is superin-
tend! nt of schools at Glencoe, will
move his wife and four children to
Sapulpa early next month, he stated.
SERVICES ARE HELD
FOR J. W HILDERBRAND
Funeral services were held at the
Landnth funeral home chapel today
for John W Hilderbrund. 68 re-
tired oil field worker, who died Sat-
urday afternoon at his home south-
west of Sapulpa.
Rev. Everett Robert* officiated.
Burial was made in the Mounds
cemetery.
He is survived by ills wife, Mrs.
Lena Hilderbrand, and a son. Wal-
lace, of Richer; two brothers. Wal-
lace. of Stella, and Joseph, of Wash-
ington state. A sister, Mrs June
Countryman, of Ptcher, also survives.
BULLETIN
Offices in the county courthouse
and city hall will be dosed all day
tom rrow in observance of Washing-
tons birthday, and in cooperation
with Sapulpa's Americanism week
aitjjlt)', It was announced today.
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