The Cushing Daily Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 380, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 17, 1944 Page: 1 of 16
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o WEATHER
1 OKLAHOMA—Fair tonight and
- Sunday somewhat warmer to-
g tight except In extreme south-
tied lowest temperatmes 33 to
i 35 'over most of state warmer
I Sunday
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Arnericans Seize San Jose
Site Of Vital Airfield
on Mindora Coastal Area
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Leyte Philippines Sun
' day Dec 17—(UP)—America1I invasion troops advanc
' ing inland seven to nine miles On a broad front captured
the town of San Jose Saturday in a powerful push from
' three bridgeheads against negligible Japanese opposition
O Celt Douglas MacArthur announced today
San Jose site of an air field lies four miles inland
from the American beachhead area on the southwest
coastal region of Mindoro It is situated at a railroad junc-
tion along the Magbando river north of Mangarin bay
------4 There was no indication in Gen
iMacArther's Sunday communique
AIR vIAR RI whether the San Jose airfield was
icantured along with the city
I San Jose fell quickly to the vet
!ran American infantrymen as
is PACIFIC Is I transports centinued to pour men
and emulies' ashore under enemy
lair attack
The Jatianese claimed "fierce"
coNTINuous figliting was under way but the
:Sun( lay MacArthur communique
reported blirkly that ervmy or
Day And Night Attacks position to the American landings!
0 aw s "negligible"
Being Made On Objec-t Enemy Distracted
I The enemy was violently dis-
lives For First Time itracted from the Mindoro opera-
U 0S PACIFIC ""
limo tiMis by a tremendous day-and-
netht attack by U S carrier
n Ileadquarters Pearl Ilarbor planes
liP Dee 1 6----(UP)— U S car' - lAdiniral Chester W- Nitnitz'
day (ITT ander-in-chict of the U S
rier planes attacking that AamnenrIocancencd iarrri
carrier nterrup- Harbor t
ler fleet lPar
Pearl
ind night without i
- I ion for the first time in the men destroyed or dimaged a total
Pacific var destroyed or of 373 Japanese planes in three
day and night attacks over the
0 damaged 17 Japanese ships Philippines in support of the
am! 373 Japanese planes at
Luzon island in their three-
day assault in support of the
Mindoro invasion A d m
0 Chester NV Nimitz announc-
ti ed today
The Luzon of lonsiVe pri-
marily!tlesigried to seal off
the' Maliaa hay bastion -and
safeguard G t n Douglas
MacArthur's landin'v- on
Mindoro island to th? south 1
was developing into one of
the great naval nir vietE)r-
- 0
EA Japanese eamm-nique said
troops were fighting -approylinaiciy"
one cliq I al of Amel-
eons which landed in the vicin-
lly of San Josf! 'largest town in
Southwestern Minc:arot I
0 (Other Japanese broadcasts said
- that "Violent''ged and air battles
Acre raging Ani- the 8i Sea
against the invaslow'flotilla anJ
that Ama:ican planes were con
tinning to attack the Manila area
k ph -in waves"1
There had been no oppdsit!En
as the first assault troops went
ci swiftly ashore at 7:30 a m
day from the 150- 4-lip convLy 1
commandcid by Rear Adm At thur I
D Stiuble Chief al Staff of Nav- 1
al operations during the land-
ings in Normcndy on the other
side of the world
But Japanese planes had at-
tacked the convoy for twa days
bcfoie the landings: they attack
(Tarn to rare 2 Column 3)
V
0
one silter and other relatives
prevent the cutting of pities and
cedars for Christmas trees? We
utuars zor tnnsLmas trees? we
understand a number of Cush
ing-area farmers particularly
along the Cimarron have ben
IP bothered by Christmas tree
thefts It is likely the law
would be 8 pnpular one
110
ppmes in support or the
one silter and other relatives 1311- A 13--!!
-Pally
Mindoro invasion Two attacks RAF Lancaster bombers es-
lasted from Wednesday through corted by fighters hit the Indus-
Friday and on the first day two trial and rail center of Siegen 45
'Japanese vessels were sunk aril miles east Of Cologne behind the 1
15 others left burning or damag-
oft U S First and Ninth army Rhine !
edr) ga Alab ualu LIIIILII tAlloy
nr runny-
nbland fronts Siegen a town of 37-
h
The magnitude of the attack f contains iron and steel works
"'" "u"t':legell a lave"
Was evidenced by the continued
savamy and assault and tha r2al ab4e iS the Junction of three
avaacry and assault and Or and also is the Junction of three
s' !
dwindling Japanese resistance '
kranch railways
' The bad weather held opera
Planes from carriers -operating bad
frcm Britain to a limited
1 under Adm 'William F H y's 'scale
Third Fleet ranged ' the entire The 15tli air force flying from
lenth of Luzon raking fields and Italy attacked Bruit In Sudeten
' - 1 vilvissy titta ally Alvwc wa o a su tao a 1
!(ourt of Justice of the Peace O C
as the first assault troops went
opposin gthe new Mindoro Wien- t
swiftly ashore at 7:30 a m Fri- Attending the 12th annual two 1
!sive—included two enemy ships !
day band clinic in Stillwater !Wple hip of Stillwater on a charge
day from the 150- ihip coney 'sunk and 15 others left burning or ' Thursday and Friday were eight i Of violation of rules of the roa d and
commanded by Rear Adm At thur damaged in the first day of the I fined a total of $1995 Ten persons
D Stnible Chief at Staff of Nay- Cushing bandsmen The clinic was
I three-day aerial blitz 1vere involved in the accident and
al operations during the land- held on tse Oklahoma A and M
Six destroyers or destroyer es- :Coll I all were injured in varying degrees
corts were blasted in the attack
ing8 in Normcndy on the other ege campus
hide of the world Highlighting the clinic was the Mrs Schell suffered the worst in-
But Japanese planes had at-
all being listed as damaged band concert held Friday night Juries one eyelid being two-thirds :
tacked the convoy for two days The attacks Dec 15 by the ear!- '
In the field house where two coin- She k represented in court
gone e as
rier planes destroyed 11 Jap plan-
Mole the landings: they attlek-es and damaged 48 more boosting ! posit e bands were formed and ' by her father
9 (Tarn to Pare 2 Column 3)
V
the total destroyed in 72 hours to
' played competitively
' Donnell Cushing bandsmen who attend-
Files Suit
235 and the total damaged to John Donnell driver of a ear
1 ed the clinic with Cushing High
Rites Held for 1138 t
Relatively few planes were seen
School band Director OrlandBut- which collided with a Missouri-
!
ler were Bill Roberts ' Orville IKansas-Texas bus in Highway 33
the third clay apparently indicat-
' Weaver Keith Claybaker Don west of Cushing October 201h was
di Mrs Stambach I the overall mark where they were lha' that JaP leases were nearing
— Hough Richard Campbell John dismissed from the local hospital
Incapable of °Nei ing serious op-
:
- Nichols Bob Coffee and Donald this veek and went to Stillwater
Services Held Friday At !
position and unable to stage in Puff
Ar— IDonnell's father-in-law and moth-1
(Turn to Page 2 Col 2) er-in-law Mr and Mrs George s
Assembly Of Cod Church v--
License Tags Go ! Harris of Luther were both killed !
Bur Indiana Man D
ial Made Here On Sale Thursday :as a result of the collision John
onnell received a severe fracture I
'
11 Funeral services for Mrs Min- “ ' Automobile license plates will of the right hip and of the left fore
flip M Stamback age 52 yew s makes Bond On go ott sale here ThursclaY De-
— arm Four occupants of the bus re-:
Wit0 died suddenly here We( Ms-I Liquor retnupr z in at tile meat tag i coved minor inmrion
iageney The deadline for tag I
day morning following a heart Possession a Donnell and the administrator
1100
attack were held loridy after- i w es is Vebruary 1st 1945 I
foe the estate of the deceased Mr
11 t 2 terinvk rut thn Aknznmhhi I
14rren Ilia Ort1111n4d: drilid 1)1)1117eltrici tag'
agent urgos all earl
clay morning following a heart 1""'"1—'4 - — --- 7 — agency ne UCLIC1111116 tor Ut i pontiell and the administrator
attlwk azvvo Prifigu a rtar- - — 111 pitrehluies is Vebruary 1st 19451
noon at 2 oeleek ot the Assembiziltill'17iay---'ty bit in' still:out me ttag agent urgos tut car — ----- — -----
of 00C1 church purchase the tag early and Mrs tPorge Harris both' filed
'
pi or !witlagteritixic(tonauttilnigarge of transport-
(t)()vnae1?ciid° the last minute rush suits this week asking money judg-
itevertnd C A Melt
had charge of the rites The ica-ect liquor was re-
Drivers were also urged to get merit for damages The suits filed
Ladies Trio composed 11 Mrs - °s r late Thinsday after he
1 drivers licenses immediately to' through Leon J York and Swank
i t d II la $250 sh Land A per
Sylvia Cobb 011ifl Osbnrile and 11t t A r ecrin 1I Iron s1" avoid retal-illo the drivers lest land Swank ask $108130 for per-
----- — — --"-"" '"' -- iposten a xz)u 11Sn lo Jillr b rt i': e ' -t avoid retaVilt 130 for per-
la
' I ' C bi 0 i 0nn
671 via () ) " e N I Ile and !swill' bond of $500 inti the drivers test 1
nd Swank
been l' I which will be necessary utter i sonat injuri it sk $108 es for Donnell and $10-1
Miss Dovi tint Fay Bor-brake b
ry I
1 y County Judge Paul J Myrick 1 janua 1945
sang three selections An EinotY following a hearing WednesdaY1 wrongful death In the in-1
le Mansion" "Whine Could I Go?' ! License plates will be 'a differ-168° ft"
lite Harris estole
Illaw" !Nit color for 1945 The tags are I SIDI"' 4'r
1
' ' I Hall was arrested by
anti "Heaven Is Nearer Since t 1 en Tuesday night n 1black with orange
ea ro m e-- letters st Greiner Still t'heeking
Miter It There" Pallbearers bb4bwuy 33 when lie was Loind ' As la
year one tag will be issued each I Highway Patrohnim Murphy said
were: C C Cannon John
lin poNession of 51 quarts of tax- car and will be used On the back
today that he gave information re-
i Thorne Call Neal A C Harman vaul moue
Of the car
I
garding the Donnell crash to the 1
1 and Earl Anderson I He was artaigned Wednesday' V
county
1 ' A& Mrs Stamback who was a atternoon before Myrick at which County attorney shortly after the !
11 w membil of the AssemblY or God Medics I
ounty Med n oecurrence Ills report was that Ulf' I
1 time ate $500 personal bond was 1 C
bus was traveling at a high rale of L church came to Cushing with her iFet Hall pleaded not guilty to I Meeting Elect New
J husband from Davenrialt last 1 -— — --— "11 11
Win -11ritVell 18 Nearer billfe Tday ' " Greiner Still Checking
night
Miter It 'There" Fallbearcrsibwhy
patrolmen ues
33 when lie was lJu o
nd'
'black with orange letters As last
year tag will be Issued each i
i III Imay Patrolman Murphy said
of 51 quarts of tax
!
were: C C Cannon John g
lin spoNesslon - ear and will be used On the back i
'Ihorne Call Neal A C Harman vaiti moor today that he gave information re-
of the car
and Earl Anderson I He was arlaigned Wednesday' V garding the Donnell crash to the!
' a Mrs Stamback who was a aLa on nn before Myrick at which! I-1 county attorney shortly after the
w membcr of the Assembl time t r e il or God E011 personal bond was i County Medics In occurrence Ills report was that Ulf' 1
l
church came to Cushing with her i t pac uilty to t
II 11 1 led not g I
c a Meeting Elect New i bus was travding at a high rale of
husband from Davenpot t last 'the charge and his case will be ‘ f t i speed and that Donne! had violatedi
April She was born at Clarks- I heard at nrict term of counIY utticers For 1945 I a rule of the road hy entering a
vale Arkansas She reqided with ' court trz Ls being tepresented - highway without stopping at a stop:
her family at 322 West Maple
rn Jenkins
a street b F --t F local at- At a meting of the Payne sign
i y s
orricy !County Medical Society held
— Etuviving relatives are her bus- V 1Thursday night in Stillwater with i K D Greiner county attorney
band J W Stamback: four' 'said today that his cheek of the uc- i
a dinner served at a local cale
daughters one son one igioterj
' $70 150 Sold o d In I
fl- wstAetrIlysorst htteAlrtmre mut mtdAf lets 1 vidttlif end nnt imlitn In thot thrw J
silter and other relatives —
io Bonds At Premier lot new officers was sufficient evidence to file char-
Burial under direction f the I (In ni the hfclutt INtselirol rtft4— I ne the he
H A Davis funeral directors was Tabulation Shows ' I eers from the post at Stillwater ed that he was not aware of Don-
IP made In Fairlawn cemetery i
i ilce a
lead a discussion on current mod- I ell's being released from the hog
lc Final tabulations on the total problems and treatment I pital and that he had postponed his
I Did You See number of Series "E" bonds sold The officers chosen for the corn- i
1 at the Bond Ptemier and Aue- ing year arc Dr Haskell Smith uneNtigation until Donnell was re
I
eased Greiner states that he ex-
Con her Irorsd
e "ay night reveal- Stillwater president Dr H C
— ir I
ed th figfe to be $70150 The i Manning vice-president and Dr pects to question Donnell this week
0 A state paper ref ommending Auction where premiums were ' Louis E SI ti Stillwater I
1 u s I vet tome and decid e whether or not to file
CUSHING DAILY CIT
Euterod aa Becotel Claes blatter blay 4 126 at the Pastoffica at CusIiiig thla Vuder Act of March Dna—Valls lexaoat 8gturd8"
miNmmommENm
!JOIST DAILY LARGEST CIRCULATION BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CITY AND TULSA
PRICE 5 CENTS CUSHING OKLAHOMA SUNDAY DECEMBER 171911
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BOMBERS
ATTACK OH
RAIL TARGETS
Campaign Is On To Knock
Out German Communica-
tions To Western Front
i 10NDON Dec 16-1UP)—American
and British bombers at-
tacked rail targets near Stuttgart
and Cologne today in a campaign
to knoclo out German communi-
caion lines to the western front
while Italian-based planes roared
Over the Alps to attack ani oil
center In the Sudetenland and
nsebrutk at the head of the
Brenenr pass
More than 100 U S ilth air
force Hying Fortresscse estvrted
by 100 Mustang fighters: one of
the smallest forces sent 'out from
Britain in eeL:s hit rail -yards in
the suburb of Kornwesthelin five
miles north of Stuttgart where
lines bralteli off the "Karlshuhe
corner of Germany"
Attack cn Front
Attacking tiOlne 65 miles east of
the U S 7th army front on the
Rhine the fertresses struck in
weather so bad that only one
formation was able to bomb vis
1
Honest Man Was
A Santa Claus
To Purse Loser
DETROIT Dec 16—tUP1
—Charles Dickman 58 who
never celebrated Christmas
wa3 in peculiar position to-
day—Mrs Ida Stover consid-
ers him her Santa Clams and
he miglt well consider her
his Santa
Dickman is a small meek
roan with iron-grey hair and
weak heart which keeps him
from working regularly And
therefore his income is none
too certain But it still was rir
temptation to him when he
found a woman' s handbag in
the snow yesterday and count-
ed $58C0 in bills inside it
He had read newspaper ac-
milts of how Mrs Stover lost
the money as she took it to the
bank after selling her house
Dickman had a friend drive
him to Mrs Stovers home -
"Is this what you lost?" he
asked
Mrs Stover happily clutch-
ed the purse then she laughed
then she cried
"You're a real Santa Claus"
she told him
L kkrs n was embarrassed
"I'd rather stay pcor than keep
sumeone elses money" he
protested
Mrs Stover tock 10 fifty-dollar
bills firm the roll
"Merry Christmas!" she said
to Dickman handing him the
money
This WEEK -1
it III bllaetC11- ! 1 v Ilvm lit CILII 7
insfallations and devastating th e land m' astitLeacoateaG
13eilhulan oil plants I au 13' " '''
adjacent waters The only maJor It also hammered an undisclosed !
sney counter-toreat was offered
ABM t at Innsbruck on the vita1 I Mrs Schen'
m Fined Don-
Dec 15 when the Jai Fet lghkBmAsit pass route through the" 4 — l " -ls ' Company
the ' 4
planes to attack e' PS forte but all Alps to the Italian front The 1 rieli Suing taus 1-ompany
eight were shot down before 15thls heavies attacked through '
reaching their targets a thick overcast McCreary Fined $1925
The Luzon air offensive is uni- The attack on Kornwestlichn -
que in the emphasis of carrier complemented one a week age cull Case- resulting from traffic acci-
night attacks which have not been ! o switch yards of Ur) ertorke—
dents in the Cuhing area In recent
attempted before an extensive 'helm just south of Stuttgart Ger- I --
scale -'11 - l'i " e ' ''MPrr military traffic has been monthcquic 1ip for their day in
Today's communique said that 'moving through Korwestheim eyouttin S4111waterdtv ing the past
"repeated night attacks 1 wore -Allyn tnpitaP 2 (Immo 2 b
t r week '
launched from our carriers Dec' 1 ------ V
13 14 and 15" Cushing Bandsmen Mrs Odessa Sehenm driver of a
The toll of Japanese ships—all ' rer inwived in a crash here early
of whieb are vitally needed if the Attend Clinic in November was arraigned in the
enemy has any hope of seriously i
7th Captures Ancient Gate City
'''''' '" ''''' '""" n't" $70 150 Sold In la dinner served at a local cafe I 14110 Imlay t Mit 11S cam( ot the uc- anti quietly at rest
daughters one son one Itisiier 1 tha nrincinal tnednesm was einetinn trident did not indicate that there'
c1 ! One of the Navy Medical oftl- ges against the bus driver He slat
'
Davis funeral directors was Tabulation bhows ' I Woman Awarded
In Fairlawn cemetery i
l i lead a discussion on current Med- I eirs being released from the hog
Final tabulations on the total i ical problems and treatment I Oat and that he had postponed his The Purple Heart
number of Series "E" bonds sold The officers chosen for the corn- i :
Did You See investigation until Donnell WII8 re Fvt Iven F Thompson who
! at the Bond Ptemier and Auc- Ing year are: Dr Haskell Smith
I leased Greiner states that he ex-
j tion he
re Monday night reveal- ' Stillwater president Dr H C was wounded in action On Nov-
—
IN ed th flea to be $70150 The 1
' Manning vice-president and Dr i peets to question Donnell this week ember 25 in Fiance has bean
I
state paper rei ommending Auction where premiums were !Louis E Silverthorne Stillwater and decide whether or not to file awarded the Purple Heart ae-
a law with sharp teeth to sold for bond suiretiptions net- I secretary It was voted to suspend I charges cording to word recived by his
-
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ted $52575 in bond sales finial the rules of the association and Walter Caant McCreary who was' wife
MO in bonds was sold at the elect Dr Orville Davis leaving involved In a ear accident last Aug- son Route 2 Pvt
boxoffice at the Dunkin theatre within the next month for the ust about 121i miles from Cushing Mrs Wanda Hickg Thom 1-
iThompscn is serving In the Thitd
where the event was !with An
additmal 417125 in bonds were
shown - at the entrance of the
thcatre which entitled patrons
to n ShOW
-
lust t 1zt m Limning
Army anou miles tro
to full membership The- :Armyand is at pi:esent -recover-
Ireeeived injuries which now result i
retiring officers were: Dr H C from his wound at a hospi-
Manning president Dr Haskell in "4 walking v11-h erutchels He ty1 rsomewhere in France he
Smith vice-president and Dr WAS fined $1925 on a charge of wrote his wife in a letter which
John Mnrtin seeretary reckless diving l she received Friday
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GERMANY i4ot'0:13
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z lischweiter stobeta
: Nt'fie
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Wersolete
Retro! I
Chet Acothen4 AP'
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BELCIUM
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Wenkirchen 0ik l ej 1
br ! -i6atk
LIM I
Hammer Through Rhineland
PeNctetivc map shows rcuie of Yanks hammering way thla
Rhineland Captu le et Gurzettich one-half mile from Duren ton)-
: Weirs fruntal siege of that city Kcstirnich is taken in drive from
Sinurrrath (NEA TELEPHOTO)
IS i nur rrath (NEA TELEP110'
LOCALCASES:-:i OnThe Bloody Fields of Battle
'COE R ThereAie ThoiJWhdlive Clean
Thr knowing is another dispatch front Virgil Pinkies vice
pr(dfnj v nd general Europesn manager of the United Pres
who 1( cently left his Londe n headquarters to tour the western
front rpm
!lava! t al 11111SORICK On um vital I Mrs encit e ineu &Jog- -
- By VIRGIL Y
pass route throu PiNKLE
l'-11n-rael' gh theo 0 - - - -- - - : i
r alps an front The i neuing Bus Company -
i to the Italian Suing A FRONTLINE evacuation hospital 10 mpes inside Germanv
15th's heavies attacked through
a thick overpast
Inr age elio n i Case'
McCreary Fined $1925 Dec 16--tUPi--This story didn't rate mention in the corn-
- ml The l e aetol ut eccki 0 re a week K v o mrniques because no impor r
i-ant hill was stormed not a tow
r e 0 m
was captured no enemy column was anihilated no battle was
1 o switch yards :of Urterturke- resulting from traffic acci-
helm Just south of Stuttgart Ger- I won
dents in the Cushing area in recent
1113rT thilitary traffic has been nionth6!catne up for their day in It's Just a simple testimonial to the tenderness of an American
t 'moving threfigh Konvestheim
wee't1 §kiliWater du mg the past -soldier 'Who tried to erase from his memory the picture of what
! i -elven tnpage 2 ennimn ab
k
' ! ----- V : - sudden violent death did for his best friend
i: Cushing Bandsmen Mrs Odessa &ileum driver of a A medical captain at this adar'nd hospitol told me the story
rex inolved in a crash ere ear
here
with the' stipulation that all names would be left out
!I Attend Clinic lin November was arraigned in the
"You will understand uhy" he said
t
Attending the 12th annual two i wetalwiltIple of Justice of the Peace O C The story began three years ago when a medical staff ser
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' I day band clinic in Stillwater' 1 of Stillwatep on a charge
violation of rules of he road and geant and an infantry sergeant both 23 came into an armored
lot t
7 Thursday and Friday were eight infantry regiment
f
!! Cushing bandsmen The clinic was fined a total of $1995 Ten persons I
held on tse Oklahoma A and M i were involved in the accident and Tluough French Morocco Sicily Normandy northern France
' College campus 1 all were injured in varying degrees Belgium Holland and Germany they had been inseparable
' ! Highlighting the clinic was the Mrs Schell suffered the worst in- They took their passes together drank beer together went to
band concert held Friday night Juries one eyelid being two-thirds : the same bull sessions shared parcels from home showed each
in the field house where two coin- gone She (vas represented in court i
posite bands were formed and by her father
t other pictures of their mothers' sweethearts and 'that little
I
'i 'Played competitively D
onnell Files Suit - French gal in Oran" -
I
- Cushing bandsmen who attend- " In Combat they sort of looked out for one another The medic
nnell
D
John o
ed the clinic with Cushing High Jo driver of a car inquired from cther boys in the company where his
!School band Director OrlandBut- which collided with a Missouri-
Orville
ler were Bill Roberts ' ! frieras-s uad had one into action And the sergeant always
Kansas-Texas bus in Highway 33 q g g t y
!
' Weaver Keith Claybakee Don l west of Cushing Octaber 201h was made certain that the medic approached the wounded by way
I
Hough Richard Campbell John dismissed from the local hospital of the best "covered" routes
Nichols Bob Coffee and Donald this week and went to Stillwater
In a mopping-tin operation in Merienhausen: Germany on
I Duff Donnell's father-in-law and moth- I
r- l
or-in-law Mr and Mrs George! December 1 the sergeant's squad which had been following some
1License Tags Go i Harris of Luther were both killed ! tanks was part of a group that took shelter in a brick building to
:as a result of the C011iSiOrh John ! avoid heavy shelling and mortar fire
On Sale Thursday Donnell received a severe fracture I THEN A terrific explosion blew out the side of a booby-trapped
I Automobile license plates will of the right hip and of the left fore- house The tar k platoon commander radioed immediately
I go On sale here Thursday De- ann Four occupants of the bus re- f
for medics
i r ember 21st at the local tag coved minor in pit a f!“ 8
agency
' t
1 The deadline for tag ll and the administrator Despite heavy cOlititillOti3 mortar and art e o
illery fire the town
!purchlUiC8 is February Ist ' 1945 Donne
- I the medical sergeant and half a dozen stretcher bearers went
foi the estate of the deceased Mr
but the tag agent urgos all ear forward They licevered from the debris the bodies of six dead
'owners to purchase the tag early and Mrs George Harris both' filed
to avoid the last minute rush suits this week asking money Judg-! and brought!' back 15 wounded
Drivers were also urged to get ment for damages The soils filed From the wounded the medical smeant learned that the other
!drivers licenses immediately to through Leon J York and Swank ! igrant bad been 8 mong those who had entered the buildirl
avoid Intel-hit the drivers test II and Swank ask $108130 for per-!
I which will be necessary after r Still hopeful he pleaded with his captain for permission to go
I sone( injuries for Donnell and $10-
back alone to
I January 1 1945 1 search
wrongful at
dh in the in-!
'
1 License plates will be ' a differ- I 680 for ' Hes beyond help" the captain told him
'mit color for 1945 The tags EIst once of the Ilarris estate
! "1 know' the medic replied "but I want to make sure"
!black with orange letters As last l Greiner Still Checking I
year one tag will be Issued each I Iligimay Patrolman Murphy said il Hours later lie found the broken body of his friend tinder a pile
nd will be used on the back today that he gave information re-
of the car of nibble 20 yards away With the aid of another soldier he ten-
ear a---1 gaining the Donnell crash to thud derly brought the body back to an empty room at the shell-
countylii(detolrililesyresikworrttlyyasartn 1111: ripped house that served as an aid station
!County Medics In -
I Meeting Elect New tb'aumrta traveling at a high rale o
ts il
I ' There he wiped awl the blood set the broken bones and dress-
ed the dead sergeant in One of his own clean uniforms He even
Officers For 1945 speed and that Donne) had violated
la rule of the road by entering a embed and brushed his hair
' highway without stopping at a stop ' Theo he Picked up a field telePhoile
At a meeting of the Payne slim "There's a dead scicher at the dispensary" he told the captain
I
County Medical Society held -
1Thursday night in Stillwater with t K 11 Greiner
i
county 'attorney I "He always lived clean I always want to remember him peaceful
la dinner served at a local cafetiold lodtlY that his check of the cc- and quietly at rest"
' the principal business was election I cident did not indicate that there -
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Husband of City
SDNELZEI
CAR TO BE
REILIREED
Lewis Hankins' Signs Af-
fidavit Of Guilt Appre-
hended In Van Buren
Ark
Ciitmocinz irwrf I 1111 a eeks 41-
fort at1 trips to three $tales to
posseiiiin !OA St ithon MAO
mobile Cart Selenetziil ari clue to
1 retuun kir early today Ivith his
11941 Olikmobile whieh waS taken
i here NeVern)er 15 Ientity Sheriff
ILee Stiles returned to Cushing late
!Sat evening from Wichita
alls Texas awl Alkus Oklahoma
and said that Schmeizel had re-
Igainer Possession at the automobile
i He also had a signed statement
from Hankins in bleb he admit-
1 led taking the automobile
Facing charges from three differ-
nntsourees is Lewis Hankins age
26 vim took theenr Crom Sehmel-
i gel as a probable buyer and failed
t) return It He gave hi s name to
-FrismPizel Benny McFadden
charged in Payne Manly
with lareeny by fraud: in Altus it
taitomobile theft and in all nos-
oibitity a federal charge ‘ill be
filed agains: him for transporting
the car over a stale line
Charged In Altus
In Altus where Hankins is being
held he is alleged to have stolen
!another automobile from Santa Fe
New Mxea brought the car to
Altus where he sold end then
stole it again from the Altus buyer
1 He was apprehended in Van
I Buren Arkansas where he had gone
to buy an Arkansas license plate
In the tag office in that city a
ivied( who had seen the police bul-
letin on the stolen car recognized
:the motor number and notified Van
Btiren niiiire who in turn not
us officers
Hankins was arrested there b!)
Lei Stiles and he t Altus sheriff
iteeellinalned !he'll 101
: Van Buren ‘s here he idenlifiel
!Hankins and it was learned there
that Ifankins had sold Schmelzers
leer to liVichita Falls dealer The
dealer trid 8Iso seld the can When
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: Residence Sold To
Mr and Mrs Roberts
Mr and Mrs Harold Roberts
have purchased a six room house
located at 705 South Cleveland
:street The property was formerly
owned by J A Gearhart Mr and
Mrs Roberts who formerly resid-
ed at 401 North Kingshighway
will make the properly their home
and plan to move there as soon as
!possible
Part of Stores !Indian 110111 the NW' M
!Agency were each MINI
To Remain Open 'given six month Jail sell
Evenings All Week eharge of grand haven
'mil of the theft of an a
A few of the department stares tire tube rind v heel The
In the city will remain open un-!arul vk heel belonged to
til 9 o'clock beginning Mon:11Y dt WI by Max James a
the
evening until Christmas a chcck- Cteliing 1 by
i car disappeared here tilt
levealed here Saturday
Practically all of the stores in- November and later
eluding variety supply storesI in the AK) block East Cht
furniture and some thers
phniwith the spare tire tube 1
o
missing t
to start staying open until 113 tho eitie of
o'clock until Chrmtmas about 3'litith 011 1orgo3 I 11(
the middle of the week it Is 1141S Suspend d an paymi
undelFtnort
Indian Youths
Sentenced In
! District Court
1 Charles Smith Cushing Sae and
I rox Indian and John Morgan Iowa
!Indian 110111 I he Pawnee Indian
!Agency were each fined WU and
'given Nix month Jail sentences on
a hail' of wand larceny growing
!otil of the theft of an automobile
'tire tube find V heel The tire tube
!and vklieel belonged to the ear
tduiVrn by Max James and owned
by the Cwhing Refining Co The
i
(lit' disappeared here the night of
November E3 and later vas found
in the 2(0 block East Cherry street
with the 3pare tire tube and wheel
missing 19 tho caw of the second
youth John or1a3 the sentem
VS suspend d on payment of the
TilE ROAD TO BERLIN
The nearest distances to Devlin
teem advanced Allied lines today:
Western Front-296 miles tfrom
point southeast of Nijmegen Un-
changed Eastern Frotit--313 miles (from
Warsaw Unchanged)
Italy-518 miles (from point
north of Ravenna Cain of four
miles in week)
WOO alan
flails Drive Back Into
Belgium Below Aachen
Bring In flew Reserves
PARIS Sunday Dec 17—(1:1))-11 S Seventh army
troops catured the historic Bavarian gate city of Wissem-
bourg Saturday end crossed the reich frontier at a third
ipoint but the Germans launching a series of diversionary
Icounter-attacks to the north drive back into Belgium at a
t point 30 miles below Aachen
The German command also hurled (Tack reserves in-
! eluding a panzer division from another front against Lt
Gen Alexander M Patch's Seventh army spearheads
wide hhad invaded Bavaria to a depth of two miles in
!their crossings of the frontier between Wissembourg and
the Phine on a 12-mile front
Breasting stiff fire from the Sieg-
fied line the Seventh army rap-
tured the French border town of
Loolerbortrg nine nilles east of
Karlshruhe denying the hard-
iiresed enemy a potential Rhine
: valley anchor at that point
The battle on the Rhenish plain
before the great imiustrial centers
(Jr Mannheim and Ludwigshafen ap-
parently had not yet been fully
)iiiPti bfqatiSP Patch's spearheads!
were operating under security
wraps on the grounds they had not
yet engaged major German defense
forets
In the northern Rhiaeland the
new Aineriean 781h division only
months out of the United Sta-
tes and the veteran Second division
jointly blasted another First tinny
breach in !the Siegfriet lino 12
milev below the original Aaachen
gap
Reset On
BSt't un bath the upper and low-
er Rhine and with the Third army
'pounding relentlessly against the
ISitar river section of the Siegfried
'line German tanks and infantry
lashed out in a rash of small-scale
'attacks against the long-dormant
hinge between the First and Third
19rmy fronts'
1These thrusts extended along a
75-mile front from Ditrenlo below
i TON Enemy forces:crossed back
:into Belgium at Peterskirehe lo
!miles south of Belgian St Vith ant
150 miles hi-low Aachen where the
!American line had extended just
Lc‘t r the German frontier near its
invergence with the Belgian and
inhourg borders
'I his represented a First army
!setback of thout two miles from
the farthest advanced position of
'last autumn although modifica-
!lions of the line may have been
made since then
The First Army's second division
after a four-day assault captured
the strategic crossroads of Wahler-
!shied five miles southeast of Mon-
sehau on the lower flank of the
!main Rhineland front gaining a
!wide vantage point over the Col-
logne ! The Seventh army's 79th division
carriel out the third crossing of
the Rhine palatinate or western
ti3va :-:nz uf rtiontIbtt n a ittidl e Saetheea be-
lben-
lu d one and one-half miles to the
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V
Crew Starts
Work On Treating
Shell Line
Work has already begun on
treating a 20 inch line belonging
the Shell Pipeline Corp and
:Uniting front the station here
to !th Th:ee Sands Oil Field
true Tonkawa The line which
was lard in 1922 and 1923 is be-
'Jig token Up and parts of the
ipe treated and other bid parts
!re bring replaced with good
Pipe
Work on the double line is
'siting at 71pre Sands and
when the crew of 150 workmen
on the projtct reach the station
heic they will work back to the
starting point on the other line
The stuk is bring done by
the Smith Constructing Company
with main offices at Fort Worth
Axes They have at up officer's
in Stillwater
I Did You Hear
MarMM
NUMBER 380
el
IIICift praise of the entertain-
mcnt vain ef Donkey Bas-
kfball? The PTA team btat
the fligh School team by it
kcore of 18 to 7 Imming that
farm boys are a little bettfT
WI th tionktys than Juts 'run
cl the !Lill Ilikh &hod boys
Lacking at the biAised mat
1C-ittcred 111)Pearance of a few
I laytrP ictt Hi Dean Davis
Billy EJ1i-tt and 'Don Onstott
takni the Question —Didn't
the donkeys win"
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