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menting the two now in operation at
Douglass highschool. The three new
and
lion of proposed St. Lawrence
seaway
funds toward completion
provement of the Atlantic coast's in-
accept. His models would be used in
and M. college.
, comparative safety.
600 Killed, 1,000 Injured
In British Raid on Paris
Ruin Spread
On Factories
Airport Lease
Signed as Snag
Is Ironed Out
Opening Set
For Thursdav
State Pelted
By Snow, Rain
Class for Aircraft
Mechanics to Start:
Building Is Read)
Two Big Jap
Ships Sunk
In Philippines
Many smaller vessels were damaged.
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Air Attacks Credited
Freezing Weather Due
By Early Thursday
Army Takes Full
Control: Interests Of
City Arc Protected
j known as "Ace" O'Hare
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British Win Libyan
Planes Drop Leaflets
Explaining Target Is
‘Our Common Enemy’
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addresses of population in each ot the
city's 48 elementary school districts
Dutch had
000 troops.
anesc invasion fleet
Previous report e said the
an army of 100.000 to 200
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Factory Area, Vichy Says
' tral highschool's sheet metal class
scheduled to move next.
Curtis also said plans are being
made for three additional vocational
training classes for Negroes supple-
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morning. M L. Curtis, director,
said Wednesday.
Two classes in aircraft engine me-
chanics which have been in operation
at the old Irvine school will begin
their training in the three-story build-
ing, officially leased for the purpose
less than a month ago
Workmen were cleaning the build-
ing Wednesday readying it for the ap-
proximately 37 students in the two
classes
Eventual purpose of the school is to
train 20000 aircraft workers for cm-
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to purchase supplies and equipment
for the school was going through regu-
lar channels in Washington, Curtis
said.
Additional classes will be moved into
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 4
—I-A thousand WPA workers on
a grounds project at the United States
Isla Grande naval base struck Wed-
Ragement in World war 1. and the
new record is believed to be a high
tally for the world.
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Preparations Pushed
For Sugar Rationing
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Cold showers with some fast-melting
snow moved into the central part of
the state on strong north winds Wed-
BUEMA— Japanese tombing attacks announced at least 442 persons
renewed on Sittang river front. in- killed. more than 1,000 injured
dicating new enemy drives on Ran- and between 200 and 250 houses
goon and Mandalay but Britisn re- . 0. • •
port their advance lines are giving destroyed on the basis of pre-
Japanese ■ rough treatment to slow minary information from the
Intracoast Waterway
W ar Route Backed
and he is being held pending location
of his owner.
a blast from shipboard caught him
only 100 yards off deck and he broke
into pieces in the air. Two American
planes fell in the melee, but the pilot
of one was rescued.
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and widened sufficiently to allow
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The exact date of O’Hare's exploit
has not been announced, but the gen-
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sive against all Nazi industry VICHY, Unoccupied France,
thisspring (This page and March 4.—(A_The death
Page 11 Map and pictures also toll of a Royal Air force raid
on the industrial sururbs of
take a counter-offensive in the far Pa-
cific battle theater,
Bandoeng Raided Again
Bandoeng was raided again Wed-
nesday by 25 Japanese planes, Aneta
news agency reported Dutch anti-
aircraft guns opened heavy fire and
tighter planes went into action. Bomb
explosions could be heard mostly in
the direction of the Bandoeng airport.
Smoke puffed up from the direction
of the field but disappeared within 10
minutes, indicating the fire had been
extinguished quickly
Japanese planes also were reported
hangars as in the past under their
lease contracts with the city "until
other facilities can be provided."
Expansion Work to Start
Norton Standeven, attorney repre-
senting the army's district engineer-
ing office in Tulsa, was to take the
lease, together with incidental reso-
lutions and rights of entry, to Tulsa
Wednesday afternoon.
Army engineers are expected to be
ready in a few days to begin actual
construction of the first units of the
proposed $1,400,000 expansion pro-
gram which will duplicate the pres-
ent air base facilities and double the
size of the field.
W’oman, Friend 'Quack'
Picked Up by Police
Police early Wednesday booked
Helen Eilmore, 48 years old, 1500 block
South Harvey avenue. on complaint of
drunkenness. Her male companion re-
fused to give his name other than
"Quack."
At least 12 towns In the suburban
belt around Paris were blasted during
a two-hour attack, the announcement
said, although the most concentrated
bombing apparently was directed at
the factory regions of Boulogne-Sur -
Seine and Billancourt.
The Vichy communique stressed the
fact that details still were lacking
from several communities.
It was reported unofficially that
one air raid shelter where 180 persons
had taken refuge and which appar-
ently sustained a direct hit still had
not been uncovered.
Day of Mourning Decreed
First reports from Boulogne-Sur-
Seme and Billancourt alone listed 400
dead, 1,000 wounded and between 150
and 200 houses destroyed.
The toll from other bombed areas
was given as follows:
Clamart—Two dead, five wounded,
12 houses destroyed.
Issy Les Moulineaux—17 dead. 20
houses destroyed.
Ville Julf—Four dead, eight wound-
ed, 15 houses destroyed.
Mount Rouge—One dead.
Neuilly—Three wounded by flying
glass.
Vesinet— A gas plant hit.
Pecq—Fifteen dead, 21 wounded.
Sevres—Three dead.
Marshal Petain. kept informed of
the attack even while successive wuves
of British planes were bombing, de-
clared that the victims' funeral day
would be declared a day of national
mourning.
Darlan is on Spot
A statement issued by Petain's of-
fice declared:
' The bloody attack of the night of
March 3-4, striking only at the civil-
ian population, will arouse general in-
dignation and take on the character
of a national catastrophe,"
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♦ Dutch quarters in London said that
only about 50 000 allied troops, among
them ' a few thousand American and
British" were fightin. at least 85,000
Japanese and that ti e United Nations
nasal force had suffered a crippling
blow" in attempting to halt the Jap-
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CAIRO, March 4.—(— A British
column has "successfully engaged"
German forces south of Tmiml in the
Libyan battle gone, a headquarters
communique announced Wednesday.
It said the R A F. supported the
British advance forces action and re-
Drive Across Burma
LONDON, March 4 — (P— Sharp al-
lied aerial attacks have slowed the
Japanese drive across Burma, a mil-
itary commentator declared Wednes-
day He said the Japanese were being
held virtually at a standstill.
There were no reports here of any
change in the front lines of the bat-
tle for Burma, and the commentator
said the invaders still had not pushed
westward across the Sittang river.
The forward forces of the Japanese,
he said, have been retarded by the
rough handling they have received
day after day from the British and
American volunteer fliers.
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Lieut. Edward II. O'Hare
War Today
in Brief
FRANCE- Gigantic British air
raid on Paris industrial plants
producing war goods for Nazis
kills 600, injures more than
1.000. indignant Vichy reports.
London says it may be end of
"kid glove” handling of Vichy
and promises vast air often-
Oklahoma City Times
(Evening Edition of The Oall> Oklahoman ) Entered at the Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Postoftice as second class mail matter under the act of March 8. 1879
Paid Circulation Greater Than Any Other Evening; Newspaper Published in Oklahoma
American. British and Australian sol-
diers. to combat the enemy • s aborne
attack.
Allied Meet Is Slashed
, THE roads we need so badly to
- tie Edmond, Bethany. Choc- nesday. and Harry Wahlgren predicted
taw and Harrah into our hub their spread eastward by nightfall
. will be here and wholly useful1 18 Atsho wvers fell at Waynoka and
. long after «, war is over, we S necompndnasdaghmpreingraann
hope. The cargo assembly plant It Oklahoma City starting abcut 10
LONDON, March 4 — (P) —Several
ported that artillery fire had forced hundred United States trobps arrived
the withdrawal of several axis out- In London Wednesday from northern
■ posts and patrols, | Ireland.
intracoastal waterway
VOL. LIL NO. 246.
thousands" of
‘ repeatedly, will be enlarged some
, more. The communities in the
mid-west that are ready to go
' along with the government will
reap their rewards, and what is
more, the people who live in
them will have the satisfaction
of being an important factor in
accomplishing the greatest task
the American people ever have
been called upon to perform
This is a time to plan big things
and the quibbler about costs is
He is a mallard drake. They were
picked up in the lobby of a hotel in
the unit block West Grand avenue.
Miss Fllmore was unable to tell police
Ingalls Record Bested
Available records indicate that
O Hare s record of six enemy planes
in a single encounter bests the record
of David I. Ingalls, who accounted
for five enemy planes in a single en-
ruins, and shortly after noon
was placed semi-officially at
600 with more bodies con-
stantly being recovered.
Earlier, a communique had
officials of FWA indicates the city's
application will be considered favor-
ably only after the war department
request for exclusive use of Will Rog-
ers field is filed with them.
"I'm satisfied with the lease as
executed," said Joe C Campbell, ward
three councilman, who previously op-
posed the lease "unless it specifically
protects all the city's interests, and
doesn't throw additional burdens of
cost on us in the future."
"We have to keep faith with the
people who voted the bonds used to
acquire this land, but this lease does
protect us,” Campbell said. "We're at
BOSTON, March 4.—(P)— Utiliza-
air program has been expanded and 32 early Thursday.
The central and eastern sections
have the best chance to receive show-
ers. Coldest points in the state during
the night were Gage and Elk City
with 38 degrees.
PI.FASF TURN TO
PAOS 2 COLUMN 1
A bulletin from N E I headquarters air force on Japanese installa-
manainiggdomenendadaratsomecpodtzn tions and shipping in Subic bay.
as a result of numerical superiority north of Bataan, the war de-
"especially in the air" partment announced Wednes-
The extent of the Japanese gains day.
pecified. Large fires were started on the
wine there still appeared to be no • ks of Olongapo, former United
radical change in the situation, the States naval station in Subic bav. and
Signs, were ominous. on Grande Island. a communique re-
1 he principal iscorched earth) de- ported. Heavy explosions among
struytinn in Java has now been carried enemy stores followed the fires
out the Dutch command said. One ship of 10,000 tons and an-
These sources declared Japanese other of 8,000 tons were destroyed
submarine victories had reduced Dutch " •
naval strength to such an extent that
the allies no longer were able to under-
First classes in Oklahoma
City’s new vocational training
school. 916-918 North Broadway,
will get under way Thursday
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A -Am erican, Dutch British and Pari- Tuesday night mounted
" "" steadily Wednesday.^ rescue
workers dug through the
Tiny 1. S. Air Force
Scores Heavily in
Surprise Attack
rationing board.
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St. Louis Lumber Fire
During the first World war a num Hits D)efense Prniepte
who shot down five enemy planes was 1 U 1 1 °JeC IS
called an ace. So unofficially at least ST. LOUIS, March 4 — ()— A spec-, -uugioa aaginuIUUi an uuce
, from now on "Butch” O'Hare will be tacular fire attracting 15,000 onlook- | classes will be in sheet metal
acknowledge enemy control of sea
approaches afte rheavy naval losses
on both sides: Japanese bomb Ban-
doeng airport and mid-Java area
(This page. Eye witness story.
Page 3.)
Three-Year-Old Civet
Policeman a Lecture
' But the twinkle in the eyes of Mrs.
soma.An0 Hare.sindicated she i»s. camp to take care of 1,100 men to be
I a IYanoud let escape without assigned here about March 15 for
I Then. . . . work at the Oklahoma City Air depot.
I the rsoswasianother proud woman- commanded by Col. William R Turn-
■ me niers wife—at Keokuk. Iowa. bull
Whereoshenisvisiting relatives, but Fund Plea to Be Pushed
■ " H m heroism scared her Finai erforts of the city to obtain
almost out of her wits. release of the $450,000 federal works
"Neus Was a Relief" agency grant to match city funds in
.The bride of last September was developing the new municipal airport
| listening to the radio when she heard near Bethany will be based on the
her husbands name mentioned. Her army's request for exclusive use of
heart sank. She knew she was going Will Rogers field, said H. E. Bailey,
to receive news of his death. and she city manager.
tuned up to cry. Correspondence from Washington
nOrderlysugar.rationing was a
nearer, renlity Wednesday, as school lar Douglas plane plant
.pr epared > to send 10 the Meantime an application for a
.. - . ng board names and "blanket" priority number with which
LOCAL—Colder Wednesday night
with occasional light rains. Minimum
temperature betwee 24 and 32 dezrees,
STATE—Seattered light showers in
extreme east portion and colder Wed-
nesday nizht. Shippers should pre pare
for a temperature anse of 22 to 32 de-
rees in north and weat portions Thurs-
day morning.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
‘He Should Have Gotten Them, Too,’ She Says
After () Hare Becomes Ace in Single Day
ST. LOUIS. March 4.—The nation's collective hat was off
Wednesday to Lieut. Edward H O’Hare, naval flier who turned in
aeiial wars greatest feat by .’hooting down six enemy planes in
one encounter, but he appeared headed for trouble with his proud
but critical mother here. p
"I understand,” she complained, 'that he let two of them
get away. He should have gotten them."
NTIL the war is won,
• there is going to be only
one kind of new business in
any community, and that is
war business.
ITHEREFORE the city that
wants to do its part in the
war effort, the city that wishes
to move forward instead of mov-
ing backward, will go the limit
in developing war industries.
That is why there should be an
almost unanimous vote for a
bond issue of $2,250,000 in Okla-
homa city and county for the
land for the Douglas cargo plane
assembly plant and 36 miles of
roads serving the county’s mili-
tary establishments.
aircraft carrier, was west of the Gil-
bert Islands In the equatorial Pacific.
Ack-Aek Gets 10 More
Two waves of Japanese heavy bomb-
ers. 18 In all, roared to the attack.
O'Hare destroyed six of them, and his
mates on shipboard accounted for an-
other 10 by anti-aircraft fire, while
the beset carrier by split second
changes of course avoided a rain of u - w.. -------
bombs directed at her 1 11 E Wrinkle, superintendent of
one crippled Japanese plane at- schools, said. Wednesday, all, reports
tempted to crash into the carrier, out from the distriets wiilbe In Thursday
" and then will be submitted to the the new school gradually, with Ceni
Nazi-occupied French capital.
Many of the wounded died on op-
erating tables in hurriedly improvised
hospitals where all available physi-
cians in Paris were mobilized for the
emergency.
New Air Alarm Sounds
One report said that of about 1,000
wounded in the Boulogne-Sur-Seine
and Billancourt suburbs some 300 were
feared to be dying.
A new air raid alarm sounded in
Paris Wednesday at 12:30 p. m. but
no bombing was reported. The new
alarm came as rescue workers con-
tinued to dig in the ruins for victims
of Tuesday night’s raid.
About 100 of the dead were placed
in an improvised morgue in the Bou-
logne city hall
All the municipal services of Paris
were mobilized to restore lights, gas
and water to the damaged areas.
Leaflets Explain Purpose
Along with the bombs, the R A. F
dropped leaflets addressed to the Paris
population saying they had come to
bomb factories manufacturing arms
for "our common enemy" and would
return now that they knew where to
strike.
Lease of Will Rogers field
to the United States for a 45-
year term at SI a year was
completed Wednesday by
Mayor Hefner and Col. Earl
j H. DeFord, air base com-
mander, with unanimous sup-
| port of the city council.
Under the lease “all the city’s
: rights, both present and future,
are fully protected." Hefner said
Airlines Will Remain
The actual signing followed a tele-
j phone poll of each council member.
The lease resulted from a war de-
i partment request for exclusive use of
the facilities "and all surrounding
land owned by the city" which was
; acquired from proceeds of the defense
bond issue voted last year.
Commercial air transports operated
‘ by Braniff Airways, Inc., and Amer-
ican Airlines will continue to use the
runways, terminal facilities and
the field's famous wind tunnel. Me-
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He entered the naval academy at
Annapolis and was graduated in 1937 m ...
He took his flight training at Pen- Former Citv Anto
sacola, Fla., and San Diego, Calif. ’ I—V
He wasn t so bashful then and was
known to his fellows as "Butch."
Five years ago in St. Louis he met
Rita Worster, whose parents live at
Rock Island, Ill. She was a nurse.
Last September O'Hare and the nurse
Admiral Jean Darlan, vice-premier
of the Vichy government, who was in
Paris at the time of the raid, visited
the blasted areas during the morn-
ing Dispatches from Paris said he
assigned two ot his principal aides to
spend the night touring the hospitals
KANSAS CITY, March 4-(P— ----*
Mother blushed and the cop pretended EDITOR'S NOTE- Readers should
he didn't hear when 3-year-old Sonny bear in mind that the Germans are
whispered; ■ Tell him to shut up and putting every conceivable pressure
go.away from herel j l upon Vichy France to force full
A ticket for running a red light was French collaboration with the axis
imminent. including full use of the French fleet
rm L when the • youngster wriggled and Madagascar, the Important Island
free from.mother's hand muzzle and off the east coast of Africa from
shouted: Get out of here and mind which submarines could control the
your own business!" Lieut. Barney Indian ocean. Therefore it would be
Mahoney threw up his hands. logical for VIchv France to exaggerate
. "L.sive up. You can 110 ahead the casualties of the British raids, to
.ad: I minimize the damage to military ob-
Allies Lose Sea, Air Control
in Indies Fight, Writer Told
B WILLIAM H. STONEMAN
/Chicaro Daily News Foreign Serv, •
LONDON, March 4.—With -Taj an in absolute con-
trol of the seas, virtually in control of the air and de-
ploying land forces far superior in numbers to the
small defending army, the allied position on Java is
desperate, with defeat only a matter of time, it was
indicated by Dutch circles in London Wednesday noon.
It was revealed, Incidentally, that the three Jap inva-
sion forces which landed near Seram:, Indramaju and Rem-
ban? last week were escorted by the main Japanese fleet
and that while the operation was proceeding, Japan itself
was virtually denuded of her main naval defense forces
It was declared that the dashing allied cruiser attack
against this "vastly superior Japanese mu al force" was suc-
cessful in itself, but that, on their way home the cruiser1:
encountered a Japanese submarine line which accounted
for two Dutch six-inch-gun cruisers.
“The loss of these two six-inch cruiser- means another
crippling blow to allied sea power in the far east," said one
source. “I think it ought to be brought home to all readers
of the press in the free world that Jap command of the sea
in the southwestern Pacific has never been so strongly held
as now.
“All reinforcements in bulk which can reach Java must
be transported bv sea and command of all the surroundin:
seas rests in enemy hands as well as the airdromes in the
surrounding islands which might have been used for the
strengthening of the defenders’ fighting force.”
EIGHTEEN PAGES— 500 N. BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 1942
installations, we believe. But if maximum of 42 degrees before dipping
' the program only were useful for into. the. thirties before noon. Precipi-
five wars and if it took those tation at 111 was .04 of an inch.
1ve years, ana ll It took those Freezing weather is expected bv
, five years to win this war, not a early Thursday, In Woodward, it was
soul here ever will regret his do- getting colder but skies promised no
• ing everything asked to make our rain, although it is needed in that sec-
participation complete. Less than tion. ,
one fourth of the billions appro- arterh oon wam eraturrebene Tpesdy
' priated by congress for the war and the mercury fell to only 42 Pearly
• effort have been expended. The Wednesday, It should be between 24
and 1m-
William Morris, 52-year-old former
automobile salesman and resident of
..... .......... Oklahoma City for many years, died
were married at Phoenix, Ariz. Tuesday night at Jackson rest home
O'Hare received his commission as where he had been ill for many
a flying officer in January, 1942, when months.
he already was in action against, the Survivors include his son, Billy Gene
enemy. He was separated from nis Morris, In military service: a daugh-
wife the day of the Jap sneak attack 1 r, Jacqueline: three brothers. Char-
in’ Morris, Los Angeles: Claud Morris
in Texas, and J Y. Morris; five sis-
ters. Miss Betty Morris, and Mrs. Jes-
sie Shaw in Washington: Mrs. Thel-
ma Gadkins, Little Rock, Ark : Mrs.
Mary Johnston and Mrs. Julia Reeves,
and one sister-in-law, Mrs Hallie
Morris, 304 Northwest Sixth street
Services will be at 2 p m Thursdav
in the Capitol Hill funeral home
Burial will be in Tuttle
war now, and I'm sure the voters
would want to give the army every- DI..N G.RAAI
thing they've got that's necessary to 1 id I It 3( 11(H) I
win this war "
NEITHER the date of the bond
issue election nor the actual
amount to be voted upon has
been fixed. The amount asked
will be the amount needed. The
election date cannot be too soon,
because those roads are to serve
a plant that will employ 25,000
men. If that Douglas plant were
to be ready to go before the
roads were ready to serve the
workers, the inefficiency of the
men, due to the nuisances of
transportation, would reduce in-
dividual efficiency and slow
dow output in tragic fashion.
We will never let it be said that
Oklahoma City's end of the war
program was slowed down be-
cause of our unwillingness to
spend the money to get ready to
handle our share of the load.
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NOT many will put the slide
- ’ rule of business on this deal,
because the item of costs is un-
important when a nation has a
life or death job to do. But look
at it coldly, from a banker’s desk,
if you please. Within the area
enclosed by Grand boulevard
there is approximately $300,000,-
000 worth of property. That isn’t
the assessor’s figure, but any
loan agency in town will support
that estimate. Oklahoma City's
bonded debt is $15,641,000. Okla-
homa county’s bonded debt is
$1,672,835.
• likely to be left to his slide rule,1 nesday for increased pay. They also
because the axis is not going to 1 listed grievances against a foreman,
wait while we havgle — W M H Paul Edwards, WPA chief, ar-
, wait "me wt naggie.-w. M. H. ranged a conference later Wednesday
rrI w) >1 with representatives of the strikers.
50.000 Stubborn Defenders Resist 85.000
Japs; I nited Nations Fleet Suffers Heavily
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Japan’s invasion hordes scored new gains against outnumbered
American, British and Dutch troops in the critical 4-day-old bat-
tle of Java Wednesday, and the danger was so acute that N. E I
headquarters announced the major part of a scorched earth de-
fense policy had already been carried out
Once again, a tragic story of allied numerical inferiority in
planes, ships and men—emerged from the struggle for this last
United Nations stronghold in the Indies.
W PA Workers Strike
At Puerto Rico Base
motor launches of 100 tons each
Modeh IT anted bv trinv land, intracoastal waterway as a
"MIX „ anna uy .irrny means ot answering the east coast
STILLWATER, March 4 — (P) — submarine menace was recommended
Keith McClure, 17 years old, who Wednesday by Frank S. Davis, man-
builds model airplanes as a hobby, was ager ot the maritime association of
ofefred a job doing it for the army I the chamber of commerce
air corps Wednesday. | Davis suggested that the intracoast-
McClure said he had the offer from I al waterway now used chiefly by pleas-
Langley field. Va , under considers-1 ure craft operating between the north-
tion and had not decided wheaher to ‘ - —
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First unit will consist of a tent
WASHINGTON, March 4.-(P
—Two enemy ships and several
smaller vessels were destroyed
in a sudden surprise attack by
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s small
BiSYBoNiis
‘"The real news,” she said, "was a
( relief. I hope he does it again"
This man whose flaming guns wrote
his name among the immortals will
be 28 years old a week from Friday
He was born on Friday the 13. in
March, 1914. He is the son of Ed-
vard J. O’Hare, nationally known
horse and dog track operator, who
was mysteriously assassinated on a
Chicago boulevard in 1939
He attended Western Military acad-
emy at Alton, Ill., where his class-
mates considered him bashful and
called him "Nero," but he Made a
good record on the football field, par-
ticipated in school dramatics and was
an honor student.
Friends Call Him "Butch"
, * * *
ADD the proposed $2,250,000 to
' M the outstanding city and
, county total of $17,313,000 and
you get $19,563,000. After the
' city’s war industry future is as-
, sured, you shoulder a total debt
of less than $20,000,000. That
* over all figure is 6.6 percent of
. the value of the property within
our city alone. Now to adjust the
big figures to a size you are ac-
• customed to, figure your own net
worth as related to the debts you
are carrying, or have carried. If
< It isn’t the best money this town
and county ever has invested,
you never have borrowed or in-
■ vested a dollar. A smart com-
. munity, like a smart business
man, has to know when to spend
money to make money. This is
our time.
down offensive. (This page.)
PHILIPPINES—Forces of Gen. Doug-
lus MacArthur destroy two big
Japanese ships and other smaller
vessels in surprise air attack against
enemy in Subic bay. (This page.I
EUSSIA—Red army pushes westward
against German fourth line of de-
fense on northeastern front; also
drive toward Dnelver river in
Ukraine south of Kharkov. (Page
11.1
Nat Barrow's third story on
the hunt tor German U-boat
packs, page 9.)
* * *
ers swept through part of the vast, electricity.
Hill-Behan lumber yard Tuesday —+
night causing damage estimated at Aggie Student Plane
$300.00(1. The blaze was visible 10
Clash With Foe Patrols mlhre“Murths or the company’s
business was on orders for local de-
fense projects. The fire started in the
company garage and machine shop
but the cause was not determined.
A. E. F. Rearlies London
How II Feels to Be Mollier of No. 1 Ace
This is Mrs. Selma O’Hare of St. Louis, mother ot Lieu!. Ed-
ward H. O'Hare, No. 1 ace of the first and second World wars,
who downed six Jap planes in a single encounter. How does it
seem to be his mother? Well, look at that smile. (Wirephoto.)
Son Don ns Six Planes, Mother
Mad9 Because Other Tiro Flee
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