The Cushing Daily Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 163, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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(EDITOTJAL)
Regional II 6 kw11
t WHEN TILE FOOD STAMP PLAN was established in
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Cushing two case workers one for the eastern part
Contest
? of the county which includes Cushing and Yale and one
Howard Harris continued to tra- skk for the western portion includingrerkins and Stillwater
cities
vet the road to victory today win- and other ctes were named '
I fling first place in the regional -0 The caseload of clients in this county is at present
oratory contest sponsored by the 1 --0
Ameritan Legion at Pueblo Colo- ' date as follows:
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rado N
1 381 Cushing and Yale
Harris began his climb with first ""
place in the American Legion's V '' -1 6
' -4- 213 Balance of county
county contest and continued to i'''''"''7 5:::--(: ' 4
- In spite of this apportionment of the clients the case
ir win the ttistrict sectional and t ::' ':'Ir 1":"Z '
state contests He competed today ''' - - 't-- '- - Vvorker for this portion of the county Mrs Lola Cook
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with winners from five mid west -:: ' ' I2' '----1:1r-' - has had the amount of time she Is permitted to spend in
ern states ': : - - l --0'' i
Jack Yancy Harris' high school i' ' ' ' ' '''' '"'''' ' ' Cushing and Yale constantly cut About ten days ago
1)4 - - --:i f she was being permitted to spend o tw (lays a w3ek
k
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debate coach accompanied him wcrking in Cuhsing and one day in Yale Now she has
penses for both Harris and Yancey
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on the trip to Colorado All ex-
f been notified that she can spend only one (lay working
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were paid by the local American 0 " : L‘' ' -P ''' : in Cushing and one in Yale That means that she will
Legion who has contest sponsored Harris : :
have to move to Stillwater to live in order to save tires
in the
W Harris whd three years of o is a high school sen- "4' '''? ? ' i
IT MEANS also that the relief clients of this territory
tor has ha de-
bate competition and has entered - t '- : 7 I are to get very little service The Food Stomp plan
oi'atory competition for two years is new and different and actually requires considerable
He has an enviable record of first ' -i
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and second place winnings in state ' explanation in order that the clients may use it success-
' ng forced to
and sectional contests : -3 i 4
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- "Is War Inevitable?" is the sub- I ' '
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fully The Chamber of Commerce s be
Ject of Harris' oration which he I :--k t- 4 ' !k give mud time to explaining this stamp plan to the
composed using as a background
the progress of the Monroe Doc- $ ': - :-" 1-:sk:wiij clients The Chamber of Commerce office has only two
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trine and goals for world peace ' - 7 : - ::: ) ' : 3 ' persons in it and is at present over-crowded with work
Harris will enter the national -!1- s4-' ' ' '' They are glad to de what they can to supplement the
0 contest which will probably be' ((- ---:- '' - :: 1
held in Indianapolis Indiana' ''"':'' ''-''' ' a ti' 7' ' l' services of the caseworker but they certainly cannot
later in the spring ' ê'- : - ' ' 1 iill -k' ii ' - -
V I &''- ":i-'-' ' ------ 11 - take over the job
I4‘-4411 ' ''''"' - ' Minh rilrri MiiSQ(tnnt rtrnit1i i s T I
kwk4i'a4 ' - - - : County Commissioners especially Jud Deering and
Lee Kirk have done what they could to secure more ser-
H earing Opens Howard Harris
vice for this section of the county but the decision as to
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where the casewairkers spend their time is in the hands
Today on Bus Charge Citys of John Leigh county relief administrator and Bert
McDonald of the state health departmenL
Service Fight 'Ilan After To them therefore we address the question--why
when Cushing and Yale have nearly two-thds of the
caseloaCshould only one case-worker be permitted
S J Berton Protests' R'- A u to Illreck to
spend only one day each week in each town?
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Grant Pierce Cushing service
Through Custivr
I Ltation operator escaped ser-before 1 High Waters 31
omen rti a y
lous i nj u r y shortly
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OKLAHOMA CITY April -1 noon today when the car in Am
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SUP) —Stillwater's campaign to 1 which hg was driving overturned lenace !
get a bus company to alter its I on Highway 33 six miles cast of State
"main line" s e r v i c e to pass' the city He lives at 510 N Ccn-T h P
gegister
through Stillwater flared anew I tral isomingo Faces rob-
before the corporation commission Pie7 t7‘ai:reosntedithi) aftgr lem Summer Weather Re- et L11—
k or tho rcanitni trwinv
at the capitol today Inoon by Highway Patrolman Muse
Ralph G Archer secretary- Adams and taken to the county
manager of the Stillwater cliam-11ail at Stillwater Police said they
ber of commerce testified and did not know Just what charges
' presented pictures showing con- I would be filed 1 wasned out a bridge supporting ! TiI"
! ' 1said --
e'sTcleIV Roe
o '' Av'es''' I t 4 "
" princiml gas main of the city
ditions which he described as 1 The machine left the highway ! t
of Tishomingo today breaking the I in
today he is seriously consider-
' "terrible" at shuttle bus stations 1 twice and then swerved back to
1 main and cutting Off gas supply ! ff hnt v
g the voluntary registration
' which connect Stillvvater with the' the middle of the pavement and
main routes of Missouri Kansas
and Oklahoma bus company to
the north and to the south
overturned coming to a stop with
the top of the vehicle resting on
the highway Pierce was pulled
from the ear by two Drumright
i r
Because of the large number : property and both churches are l I I The German communique to-
LONDON April 10 —1 WASHINGTON April 10!day said 56 Russian armored cars
i "This picture" testified Archer from the car by two Drum-right 1 ilics from their homes
of women who might be ex- now practically without indebt-
garage employees who had been Although weatherman Harry
I "shows li thi t
the main bus and the pected to come forward and en- edness 1 (UP)—Japanuse dive bomb- were destroyed and 26 immobVzi
traveng in er ruck about 200 W t d i
ahlgren forecas an en to rains ' --(UP)--American forces
yrs have sunk the 10830 ' still fighting in the Philio-
w shuttle standing in the rain under ioll the president said such a l In a brief talk last night given ec in fighting on the Kerch pcn-
yards behind the Pierce machine !floods at Tishomingo and Guth-
b a filling station canopy registration presented large me- at a Fiesta dinner at the school i 0 T1 1 linsula I
i n ill I Is all t I a t ctimer pines exacted pitrtiat re-1 Reports indicated that the Rus-
The seriousness of Pierce's in I rie added to spring storm devaSta-
The filling station manager chanical problems Pev Schafees revalled that most
Juries could not be learned He lion which first hit the state
If it is finally decided to hold ne rMYS ill the mtval-itir at vengo for the loss of Bataan sum t i nks are rushed into battle
I uf his life as a pastor had been
picked up a rock and threatened 1' walked out of the local hospital Sunday
India's coasts where by sinking a Japanese cruis-
!spent in Cushing as he came here off :whenever the German panzer
i to chase me away while I was tak-iafter about a 30-minute interval 1 Excessive rain and flood condi- such a registration for Women
'
ing this picture Wednesday thenl before being examined T h e ' tions went into their fifth day the president expected
'd that it thin two yers after his grad- British planes striving to er st1 '
ppot new enem
units appear said that Germans were
i aas 600
he threatened to break my cam- accident occurred at 11 o'clock The sheriff's office at Tisho- would come at a date later than ilition fr om St Thm a
os n- ' Semi :
("I'm 4 s aval super - ting landings on the iland 1
0: killed and a panzer unit thrown On the Kalinin front
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era " i this morning l-lngosaid 700 families there were April 27 when men from 45 to ill'Y in Denver in 1923 He stated apan n
a:so that 1Ahen he retires he hopes lority are striking heavy Cebu the war department bark in the Soviet capture of one
Archer also exhibited picturesi The two Drumright mechanics aithout gas Repair crews had not 64 will register
to t come back here to die His con- ' ' I habded )Iace -
kins corner shuttle stations He Buie told the Daily Ci
of rest room facilities at the Per- I Albert Priehett and Raymond :yEt arrived to repair the damage Mr Roosevelt said there had lilc‘t s it NUIS announced to announced today Fighting ' 'I' ' 1 I
i gregation here is expressing deep dlv More than 80110 civilian pris-
ri He Pierce appea
said they were inadequate t lien that Sheriff Charlie Gilliam lliam said been some consideration of call- an 'Laza n has ceased
rraret at his loss but they VITIV ' 1 0 Liners We re liberated when the
re d unconscious when i cia t the Washita had not left its ing for vohmtar y r egistr stain 1 iTininded by him that these aro On y -1 hours earlier the I But the nearly 370on Red army crushed the 5I9th
char ed that during rainy days e en pel hi 0
A t they r im m from the wreck- bvnks but the extreme pressure of Women on the same Mot hat r
oar times and that one mustl I I I
l
id nura It ad ad nut led the:American-Filipino I o r c c s German Infantry regiment kill-
' passengers were forced to climb age They placed him in their had cut through the bridge and the older men register hot that 1
Joel' and captured
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between gaseline pumps to change truck and brouplit him to the hos- severed the gas main The gas the volume of people who would 'm where they ar e called to serve iii of the eight-inch gun ' tra 1 P I' II -1 ed 1'5"
greatest need I ! prnm a aan a ap
I to ores of inhabited points on the
buses nital '1' hey sa id they went into — ii ic thn phi nf thp Stand- I ti-1— -1 Ihe - ' '
t Bus company attorneys and the hospital to tell attendants they
1 towns on the present route in- had "an emergency case and a
' IS eluding Cushing contested any docor was needed"
l
:' effort to alter existing schedules ''But before we got back to the
1 The route that goes from Okla- truck the man had crowled out
homa City through Cushing to and was walking into the hospi-
' Tulsa lets passengers off at Per- tat' they said
kins corner where they catch a' H i g h w a y Patrolman Moss
1 shuttle bus to Stillwater nine Adams said the Pierce machine
4 Elk miles to the north first left the south side of the
fl The route between Tulsa and highway and travelled about 64
1 Enid lets passengers off at Bills yards befo-e corning back onto
i corner where they catch a shut- the pavement The automobile
tie to Stillwater 12 miles to the then swerved 34 yards across the
1 south highway and went off the north
- a Archer exhibited pictures show- side It bounced off an enbank-
i r ing facilities at Ellis corner ment on the north and rode the
iHe testified there was no bus dirt for 60 yards before coming
1 back onto the highway and over-
station at Bills corner and that
during inclement weather passen- turning
gers were forced to wait in the The top part of the machine
: Dynamite cafe was crushed in and the right side
r
4 Al He presented pictures of the badly damaged Pierce was driv-
ing
interior of the Dynamite cafe and east when the accident occur-
''- said that only 13 persons could sit red He was tire only occupant of
down at one time the car
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"Stillwater has a population of
5 10097 also about 6000 students Joseph H Marshburn professor
of English at the University of
1 and a number of defense and
in naval reserve instruction courses" Oklationia is governor of district
Archer said "People coining to!3-A of Lions International which
- Stillwater by bus roust stand in i is composed Of 53 Lions clubs in-
t
mud puddles wait outside in the!cluding the club at Cushing
'- cold and undergo great incon-1 ------ —
4 veniences to catch shuttle buses"
is S J Berton Cushing city at- Did I tilt Set'?
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torney represented the munici-
1 panty of Cushing at the hearing TIIE HEAVY fog that rolled
i and protested re-routing of the ''' up from the Cimarron
1 bus that goes through that city and made traffic difficult
Corporation commissioners hop- along Highway la? Mrs T
i
ed to hear all of the testimony In ' J Hughes was one who was
the case by
tonight out around seven o'clock—
Albert Prichett and Raymond :ct arrived to repair the damage
Buie told the Daily Citizen that Sheriff Charlie Gilliam said
Pierce appeared unconscious when I that the Washita had not left its
they removed him from the wreck- bunks but the extreme pressure
age They placed him in their
truck and brouelit him to the hos- had cut through the bridge and
severed the gas main The gas
nital They said they went into
min is the property of the Stand-
the hospital to tell attendants they
ard Gas Co which supplies 'Fish-
had "an emergency case and a omingo with fuel
docor was needed" In Cushing today under a bright
''But before we got back to the sunshine the mercury reached 67
truck the man had crowled out for the days high reading Earlier
and WM walking into the hospi- it touched 35 degrees for the 16w
tal" they said There were no prospects of more
H i g h w a y Patrolman Mose ruin
Adams said the Pierce machine V
first left the south side of the — 1 it g
i 1 niir ilunliu y 01 14 nal op
S c nu the foul th aircraft carrier !
TIM liellIWS a 92-year-old ves- ' l I 3 1 I
Frank Shields !Nana of IOC 1 - !giGot v14 Cie (isittu4 oy a re- 'units coopmted iti crushing the
port from Lieut Gen Jona— 419th infantry which was cut olf
Hotel Cushing for the past Near is
mink about 10 miles off Ceylon
lost by the British in the war was '
luaving Cushing to accept the 1 from the remainder Of the Cser-
pace of manager of Bishop's Cafe'
nol far from the bombed naval i
than Al Wainwright
man forces and prevented from
in Oklahoma City This is MP of
bo ol Trincomalee Ile Pdvied that all COMMI1111- receiving reinforcNnents accord-
the largest cafes in the state WI! li ' v ' cations between Bataan and 1 ina to the dispatches
Mrs Shields and their son he di panese claims that additional cerregidor the Hand tortres On the northwestern front an
v ill report in Oklahoma City L !11tisli cruisers had been sunk off i wham hig guns are still thund- 1
hhtihttrci nthre IA itS atLacked by
then swerved 34 yards across the Of Sehuk-dr Death (Turn to Page 3 Column 5) Monday to assume his new dulies1-irincomalee were said by the ering defiance to the Japanese !Ftlissian guerrillas who killed 1100
b
admirtity to o "quite untrue"
highway and went off the north hod been cut off for nearly 21 'Germans after which they fought
side It bounced off an enbank- Mr Outnumbered by Japan's war- hum riff' vnother force killing 300 etki
ships in the bay of Bengal the apna
ment on the north and rode th" and Mrs J R "It is mit" the coin- capluring 41 In t
!h is same action
- ceived a telegram today telling I
Hemmer
dirt for 60 yards before coming re- 17 N A - Dormitory
Dormitory Will Become
them of the death of- their broth-1 iliirrigteisli we
vi onirae ri
md fnoamedd oltesr eil nv
' munique added "that fight- I they blew up 135 Bunkers a con-
back onto the highway and over- er-in-law John T Schukar at I In t lin the peninsula has eeas- trete river bridge and one food
turning - -111” Ortinr“in HP IS WPII I n ift i I I In MI 1 !he expanding battle for India ed
r)iwrol
I irs CI I tile SWUM NI(II! 01 tilfl
highway and travelled about 64 1 Mr and MrsAlemmer
Yards 1314(re coming back onto TAN
Yards trfo-e corning back onto big guns ar still thund iianb de pa e l A a s ta
T-e prootein or manpower mobiliza- 1 Mrs Shields and their son he ti itNe claims Lila aumuomil cerregidor the land tortres
I i w e n(RLltel
the pavement The autoobile ee ne ti V n O Bi rish cruisers had been sunk off riest
on hich has not yet been I v ill report iklahoma City
Inn 11tittrIftsti 'IA relo otr1“ t Cl I J Utdxsits
W ir e Te lling
(Turn to PROP 'A roilinin c) Mcmrinv tr Ilk: now rintioz lrineomalee were said by the Print giorinneo los MP imnunPuo 1-
m C1) ttellitTsamt l(r1):I an
eldt r
er-in-law JOnn I oulluaui I al -
Fort Collins Colorado He is well I l the expanding battle for India ! I"' "" "" ' I" ''''' —" ""' ' I — 1 ul"
The top part of the machine known in the Cushing area hav- o ern Home t
For Trainees A communique issued at Colom- l ed " l(itdrip
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s crushed in and the right side I)) Ceylon said that he British ! The communique reported that !
o- hardware storc
!air solindrons — f: li la ndhAsad tile (Ileum with hordes of troops Clvt
The top part of the machine I h communique issueo at colom-
irioaern no in tar iraineesb The communique reported that! V
was crushed in and the right sidel Ceylon said that the British'
ing once owned a hardware store i ' with hordes of troops
badly damaged Pierce was driv- air squadrons — &Li land-based 't'lle cliemli
at Avery and served for years released by the fall of Bataan for
ing eaFt MIMI the accident occur - '1ThInes—had scoreci near misses on ' )
Clyde McLaughlin
there as organist at the Lutheran THE NYA trainees who are to l itory will stand as a modern i fighting elsewhere apparently Is Color h earer
red He was tire only occupant of ant perhaps damaged a Japanese i i
Church arrive here shortly to en- :tructure even to venetian he bay of was landing troops in Cebu one 1- 1 r e
r V roll in the radio training center i blinds at the lava? windows aircraft carrier in the
!of the Philippine islands in a ti or Scout I aad
the ca
v ' Bagal and hed knocked out 18
1)1 are m- ' Turning out Venetian blinds is cmling southeast of
Joseph H Mashburn professor Nurses I layed not planning a life of do
I It was estimated by informed luzoni It is between Panay
esticity- but their three-storY ' just one of the many phases of " 3anese Planes
hain ext
of English at the University of T it In -1- I and" Clyde McLaughlin Boy Scout
panty of Cushing at the nearing THE HEAVY fog that rolled
Find protested re-routing of the up from the Cimarron
aim that goes through that city and made traffic difficult
Corporation commissioners hop- along Highway la? Mrs T
Pd to hear all of the testimony in J Hughes was one who was
the case by tonight out around seven o'clock—
At least 15 witnesses were to early enough to-greet such a
t estify '
DAILY
CITIZEN
L1VEST DAILY LARGEST CIRCULATION BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CITY AND TULSA :
PRICE 5 CENTS
&Oared ao ateond Clamp Matter May 4 ten at the Poeta? le St Caphing Okla Under Aet of March II Synept Saturday j -
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CUSHING OKLAHOMA FRIDAY APRIL 10 1942 a (up) SILL LEASED WIRE SERVICE I
What's Fair About This?
turns To Cushing 1WILI 1 tly
The rain-swelled Washita river WASHINGTON April 10— —President Roosevelt said
washed out a bridge supporting ! i
the princimi gas main of the city ! !UP
ro approximately 2000 persons Of WORM' between the ages of
18 to 65 as part of the nations Flooding Cottonwood creek at human
Guthrie forced more ower mobilization e than 30 fam- i
Of Sehuk-dr Death (Turn to Page 3 Column 5) Monday' to-assume his new dulieS1 lrineomalee were said by the
ittitnir:ity to bn "quite untrue" Outnumbered by Japans war-
yA
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Mr and Mrs J R Hemmer re- 1 N ships in the bay of Bengal the
ceived a telegram today telling 1 Lritish were 'forced to rely
them of the death of- their broth-1 Dormitory Will Become largely on la se
nd-bad planes in
rT a n i stlitot ill 1
- Y kniu Lilt II WI C-NIU1) JUNI Air in Llit igtittly vuvv vL ti
e
as estimated by informed -1At11 it IN PLY Ut'll rditny IIIIII I I II '''
! It w '
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Heroic Role In home with 12 large rooms and work being done by the Nation- ! ' ' ' - Mindnao a
quarters that at least 7) Japanese : from the Rotary troop 15 was se-
as many smaller ones will offer al Youth Administration I A fleet Of liVe warships and 10 lected to be color bearer for the
Bataan Struggle complete housing facilities and i Approximately 17 youths un- ' planes had been destroyed on the
r
tran
sports is off that Island" the Parade held ill mithrthill with
aura to Page 3 Column 5)
!war department said "Otir tor-
all modern conveniences der the direction of Construe- the Boy Scout exhibition here
UNITED N A T I 0 N S HEAD- Already work is moving along non Engineer Cecil Taylor are -- — --pedo boats attacked the enetny April 25 awl '26
QUARTERS Australia April 10 at a rapid pace to revamp the I clearing the spacious rooms of vessels sinking a Japanese cruis-1 An honor g it a r d was chosen
— (UPI —AineriCan nurses sttiek Harding school building and school desks old lockers end at
Did I ou Hear cr from other Cushiniz troops includ-
with the defenders of Bataan turn it into a dormitory to the same time st a rting repair il Cebu is a mall narrow Island Mg: Jinlinie Watkins from troop
peninsula "without ever flinch- house I00 youths supervlsots work Although the work has 1 THA'r THIS was "senior !about 400 tunes south of Bataan 13 JUMPS Anthis from Troop 10
trig" refugees Iron) the Philip- and other NYA administrative been going on but four days the I day" at Cushing High 1 The entrapment of thousands ' Billy Cantrell I r o ni Troop 12
pines disclosed today heads Carl Staas NYA en- visitor finds the picture already I School? All seniors so clesir- of American and Filipino tr000s1Dcwey French from Troop II and
"The girls on Bataan and Cor- ginee estimates the work will changed No longer dos it look ing were privileged to go to on Bataan has temporarily milli- la scout yet to be selected from
regidor have shown wonderful be completed within the next like a school with the exception- Oklahoma City and visit the fled the power of mobile artillery Troop 27
spirit" one officer of the mail- kiii( weeks of blackboards on the walls business college and the Ok- 1 ad n mortars on Corr T
egidor to he' boys were chosen by out
zation said "There wasn't a sin- Fifteen wit c o n at r u c t e d lahonia city 'university Very fight back against enemy forces masters from each troop at a
gio one who had flinched when I WHEN THEfinlshing touches Maple dining tables made by f"w took advantage of the on the southern tip of the penin- !meeting held in the Methodist
Islt t t are Anally avilletttlie cion4r (Tura to vaue 4 wham 2) !'Iliug:e today i t urn to page 4 column D 1 chtu'eh basement lust night
clam sariu 0 p
DZORII °
Mr Roosevelt said there had
been some consideration of call-
ing for voluntary registration
of women on the same day that
the older men register but that
the volume of people who would
present themselves at registra-
tion boards that day made this
impractical
If the plan for the women
goes through a later date will
be act the chief executive re-
peated lie declined to say what
would be done with women so
reg istered
Cominenting on the overall
problem of manpower mobiliza-
tion which has not yet been
(Turn to Page 3 Column 5)
THE NYA trainees who are to
arrive here shortly to en-
roll in the radio training center
are not planning a life of domesticity-
but their three-story
home with 12 large rooms and
as many smaller ones will offer
complete housing facilities and
all modern conveniences
Already work is moving along
at a rapid pace to revamp the
Harding school building and
turn it into a dormitory to
house 100 youths supervisors
and other NYA administrative
heads Carl Staas NYA en-
gineer estimates the work will
be completed within the next
B ix weeks
itory will stand as a modern
ructure even to venetian
blinds at the LIN? windows
Ttirning out venetian blinds is
just one of the many phases of
work being done by the Nation-
al Youth Administration
Approximately 17 youths un-
der the direction Of Construc-
tion Engineer Cecil Taylor are
clearing the simcious rooms of
Fchool desks old lockers and at
the same time starting repair
work Although the work has
been going on but four days the
visitor finds the picture already
changed No longer does it look
like a school with the exception-
of blackboards on the walls
Fifteen well c o n at rueted
Maple dining tables made by
aura to vage 4 connun 2)
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About 3500 Brought
Out Under Darkness
parochial school here has been Loss (it Ship Jap Cruiser
builded and put in operation The
'church has also acquired other
j:!?N110 N April I O
:property and both churches a7
71' WASHINGTON April 10
now practically without indebt-
'' ' ' 0-40 41 WASHINGTON April 10—(UP)—T he navy announced today that tnost of an
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k - estimated 3500 Bluejackets and Marines who participated in the defense of Bataan
have been evacuated to Corregidor fortress
The evacuation carried out under cover of darkness was ordered by Lieut Gen
4 M
'!JA-4 'Jonathan M Wainwright "when it became evident that it was no longer possible
: 'adi-- to hold the peninsula in the face of overwhelming enemy odds"
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Three naval vessels and an old floating drydock wch were used in defense of
- - ' - ' vital points controlling Manila bay were ordered destroyed to prevent their capture
I -
' intact by the enemy
Toe same communique also reported that a U S submarine operating in the Cele-
bes Sea sank a large heavily armed Japanese vessel—either an auxiliary cruiser or
it z-41' :'t s- a large tender
The U S 1!essels ordered destroyed were the sumbar-
Fattier IL J Schafer ine tender Canopus the minesweeper Bittern and the tug:
City Priest To Napa The drydock named the Dewey was capable (A
d V
'ocking cruisers and large auxiliaries
azis Send
Oklahoma City No Word From Bataan in 21 Hours
The navy did not give the exact (late of the evacuation ore an s
o rs f sailo and marines from Bataan It was recalled that
Church April 19 Itwo days ago Wainwright had reported that Bluejackets!
i ! and Marines were manning shore the Bataa shore installations
F
ather Herman J Schaf- which frustrated several Japaneg landing attempts behind n 0 C 1011
ers t o Oklahoma City th? U S--Fillipino lines on the peninsula 1
m u or are o r 1 o
esd
Successor is Father F W Today's army communique said there had bn ee nti
Bt
: ctmun:cation between Bataan and Correg u s i n Russians g M F w
es Moscow oh a Ae Tells 1 As of
idor for 2
Beckerlee ' hours
The Reverend Father Heiman! The navy sa id that approximately 1500 marines—
Forces
J Schafers for the past -PV(11- I officers and men—were in tl-w: original force that went Loss
and St Paul Catholic c h ti r c h! to Enemy
tern years pestor of the St Peter p
ataan after the navy personnel was evacuated trom a—
here and the St Hary's church at vite and Olongapo The number of Bluejackets was
Diuma le
mt is avuuz Cushing to revealed but it was understood they totalled about - ' IANDLER
accept I he pastorate of the Sac- i The navy said that during January and Febru -- 'April 10--(UM—
red Heart church at Capital Hill' ing resetve tanks
Oklidunna arisCityh tie will report to I Were Fighting At Side of Army -every front but
ip are using fresh
his fleW p April 19 —
IANDLER
DI umright is leaving Cushing to revealed but it was understood they totalled about 'April 10---(UP)--
accept the pastorate of the sac-
The navy said that during January and Febru -- ing resetve tanks
red Heart church at Capital Hill
-every front but
Oklahoma City tie will report to ' r
1 N c r e Fighting At Side of Army ip are using fresh
his new parish April 19 - 1and have killed
Father Schafers in accepting n y i a It
li marine frep fnrtioneil as a part of :35114) Geto and liberated 8000
a a
itii new appvinttlent Will serve i -
beach defenses of Alitriveles on the southern tip of Bataan10v' T Pll'sonerS Press climPatches'
a parish of between 450 and 500 as 11 today
'amities in Capitol Hill and the and Corregidor m a nning guns' and Tanks of Czech Polish and operating in coopera-1
lefense arca of the new air demi tion with the army In the third week of FeCiruary the French manufacture as well as
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In cont last with the C u s h i n g ilaVal balallion was shifted from Marveles to man the those from German factories are
-iarisli of 80 families and the
being used and many came from
Drumright one
of 40 families it ' lietic h defenses for Fort Hughes -
- — 1 the plts as recently as February
Han readily be seen that Rev Up to that time the naval battallion had been assi ui
gned !the dispatches added
I Schafers has been called to a to the defense of a sector on the Bataan front ! The newspaper lzvestia said
I tilliCh wider field Of service
h tanks captured by the Russians
Te month of March found the fourth marine regiment
1 The new priest Who will replace! and being repaired for use
i Father Scha fers h e r e is to he a ta nava
i the l batallion an integral part Of the beach ztnd
against the axis included some
' Father F Iv Bet kertee of Our harbor defenses and they continuNI to fight at the side from Skoda Krupp Mercedes
' Lady Cathedral in Oklahoma City of the army units until Wainwright oredered them to and Packard plants Origin of
' who has been an assistant priest
inoVe to COrregidor the American - made Packards
I I here for the past seven years
I School Is Budded
Irk I Ask to ff I was not stated however
Mk IP MI was not stated however
I
In the s e v e n t e e n years in ' B 7
h ffer II S Blasts I Reports indicated that both'
I winch Rev &haters has served
rit
II s Su sloes are preparing for big tank
the Cushing and Drumright par—
o 'Ibattles and that Germany is push-
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ilies the St Peter and St Paul's 1 ing production in the occupied
parochial school here has been ' countries to the utmost The num
builded and put in operation The oss Of Snlp Jap Cruiser bet of tanks being used is in-
: church h N
as ao acquired other I crea sing daily
: property and both churches arc - i The German communique to-
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hims it WHS announced to announced y ced tod -'1' ighting
to come back here to die His con-
iLiregation here is expressing &pp More than 8000 civilian pris-
inhabited place
l rearet at his loss but they were '"Il lm Bataan has ceased otters were liberated when the
reminded by him that these aro Only 21 hours ca rlier the I But the nearly
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‘‘ ar times and that Ma' IllMtH admiralty m
had ttd itted the ' American-Filipino I 0''"?!())1 s1 Red army crushed the 519th
German infantry regiment kill-
I the i ' 1 1 II NI 15o0 men and captured
iiio Whele they are called to serve los 4 ) tie (lg Fit h
i Ihe greatest need talit trcippeot ttaan a ap-
ta ores of inhabited points on the
------V----- CI'll kers Dorsetsh ire and "waved to be doomed either l sat
central front dispatches l
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Shield's To lanage 1Cornwalk also su nk by Jap' to death or capture Faint The prisoners were held at tyro
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i Alf ied )(lints Russian
!ttnese planes in the Bay of hopes that some of t hem """ I '
niS110Ifs In O C nenwd I could be evacuated to Corre- I sources said
1 Titnks infantry tint' airforce
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