a a 10 Lubbock, Texas, Wednesday, November 11, 1942 Dial 4343 For The Avalanche-Journal Offices PAGE FOUR--THE MORNING AVALANCHE Predicts Concentration Of U-Boats Against Supply Routes To Africa Knox Market Reports The Nation Over Spotlight YORK, Nov. 10 closing and net change of the fifteen most active stocks today: Net Sales Close Change and Sou 24.400 Int Tel and Tel 20,100 612 Comwith Am Cable and Rad 19,000 Radio Corp 13,700 Graham Paige 13,200 Columbia and El 11,200 1 US South Rubber PAC 10,400 9.000 1618 Am Rad and Std 8,900 Gen Elec 8.200 291 18 Central 7,500 Stand Brands 7,500 Stand 7,500 Steel 5012 US Pan Am Airways 6,900 RR 6,600 81; Erie Stock List. In 100's High Lax Close Am Can 6 50 Am and 16 13018 Ani Woolen 04 433 2718 Anaconda AT and SF 45 46 45 4533 Barnsdal! Oil 14 1112 1114 Chrysler 55 673 Consol Oil 23 7 Cont Motors 31 Wright 62 El 83 30 293; 2938 Freeport Sulph 37 Gen Motors 45XD .431 4253 Gen Greyhound 35 1414 1412 Houston Oil 418 16 54 34 Int Harvester Mid-Cont Pet 15 133 MKT 26 Packard 28 Pan-Am Airmass 67 321 Panhandle and.R Penney Phillips Pet 34 137 Pure oil 15 Plymouth oil Radio 127 Sears 30XD Shell Union oil 166 Vac 39 91 Socony So Pac 104 17 so NJ 37 4418 Stone and Web 28 Tex Pac 6 223; 3113 Tex Co 21 3833 3818 381 Tex Gull Prod 2 Tex Gulf Sulph 3738 Tex Pac and 8 Tide Wat A Oil 12 Rubber 90 24 US US Steel 73 WU Tel 6 28 NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (P) Sales Wall Street MOST STOCKS RETREAT NEW YORK, 10 there VAS no letdown In the good war news, stocks generally retreated today with many market leaders losing fractions to a point or more. Commitments were lightened here and there in preparation for tomorrow's holiday when principal exchanges Till recess.
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks Tas off .3 of a point at 40.6. fers of 772,220 shares compared with 207.643 yesterday which the largest turnover of the Fear to date. The market still was relatively broad. of 833 individual issues traded, 399 were down, 215 up and 219 unchanged. Despite the drift in most sections of the list.
Chrysler, U. Rubber and Columbia Gas manazed. to edge into DIE high ground for 1942. Cotton NEW ORLEANS REPORT NEW ORLEANS. NoT.
10 (P) Cotton futures declined here today under hedge selling and pre-holiday long liquidation. market closed steady unchanged cents 2 bale lover. Open High Lon Close Dec. 18.83 18.84 18.18 18.84 Jan. 18.87B_.- 18.68B March 16.95 18.95 13.88 18.94 May 19.05 19.05 18.99 19.03 July 19.12 19.12 19.05 19.09B Oct.
19.21 19.21 19.16 19.193 NEW YORK REPORT NEW YORK. Nov. 10 (P) Pre-holiday ilquidation and hedge selling reduced cotton futures prices to net losses of 45 cents bale today. Trade and mill buying helped cushion the decline and caused a pirtial recovery from earlier losses of as much as To bale. Operations throughout the session were confined mostly to trade interests.
Outside participation Ras lacking those traders watching war news Africa and Solomon island. fronts awaiting further developments on domestic price stabilization program. Open High Low Last Dec. 18.63 18.64 18.56 Jen. 18.67N March 18.74 18.74 18.67 18.74 May.
18.84 18.85 18.77 16.82 July 18.91 18,97 12.81 18.87 'Oct. 19.02 19.02 18.98 18.98N Middling spot 20.32 off 2. N--Nominal. AVERAGE PRICE NEW ORLEANS. 10 The average price of middling 15-16ths-inch cotton today at ten designated southern spot markets was unchanged at 19.41 cents pound: average for the past 30 days 19.34; middling average 18.52.
Stapp's Rites Set For This Afternoon Funeral services for Elmer (Buddy) Stapp, 24. former Lubbock resident, will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Four Square Gospel church, Rev. Floyd Dawson, pastor, officiating. Stapp, who has been living at Cypress, and working in the Long Beach plant of Douglas Aircraft Corporation, was killed at the aircraft plant Friday when a piece of a stamping machine flew off and punctured his heart. The body arrived in Lubbock at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Sanders Funeral home will diCUB burial in Lubbock cemetery. Palloearers will be Everett Fertsch, Jake Leingang. Kelley Copeland, Pic. Tyler, Cpl. J.
Kuechenmeister, and. either Pic. Glenn West or Sgt. J. Thielges of Lubbock Army Flying school.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edna Mae Stapp; one son, Douglas DeWayne Stapp. 13 months; mother, Mrs. Idabelle Boley 911 Sanders street; four brothers, Lester and Bobby Stapp of bock, Jack Stapp of Booker, Douglas Stapp of Los Angeles, four sisters, Mrs. Allie Felty Orosi, Mrs.
Mabel Thomas Borger, Mrs. Vera Lowrimore of Abilene and Mrs. Fern Stevens of Lubbock. Mrs. Stapp is the daughter a Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Beeson of be- Avenue BODY FOUND IN OIL PORT ARTHUR, Nov. 10 (U.P.) James F. Mathis, 46. Texaco finery employe for 19 years, found dead today in a lubrication still at the refinery.
He had an- missing three hours when fellow Rus- employes found his hat, spectacles and flashlight on the still catwalk. His body was flcating in the to taken into consultation before thing was done whatever. plans had been completed, he before Churchill made his our to Moscow to confer with been Stalin, Dangers Around Long Haul Cited there probably would be' "a lot of. fighting there for a long time" so that the front would not cease to be an active one with the defeat of German Marshal Rommel and the remnants of his army. About Rommel, Knox cautioned specifically: "Don't put it down yet as a completely accomplished fact that Rommel is defeated." He said the Germans were "capable of a lot of skill" and there was even now a possibility of their reinforcing their African force but that as far as he could tell the whole 'campaign WAS going well Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov.
10. Secretary of Navy Knox that the Germans would concentrate their submarine, strength against American lines to north Africa in an effort to break down the flow of supplies to our advancing forces there. While declaring that the north African campaign is "going well," Knox said wanted to give "one out the difficulties perils that word of that is to point attend the supply of this effort in north Africa." Praises Navy He said it was a certainty the Nazis would concentrates, U-boats against, the them from the north with- AtJantic areas to do so, and that every supply ship or convoy. would have to reach Africa through subs." oceans the secretary told his press conference, would give the Navy "heavy additional Knox was high in of the Navy's handling of the initial north African operation, calling it "as superb a piece of seamanship as I have ever He specifically praised Rear Admiral H. K.
Hewitt, the United States naval commander, saying Hewitt was "entitled to a lot of credit" for taking so many shipsKnox declined to the number -through seas. rested Says Rommel Not Out Yet The secretary said the north African operation in his opnion was "in the nature of a second front" and, that depending on what counter action the Germans took, FDR's Warning (Continued from Page One) press had not received. In response to a question, he discussed chronologically and at length some of the planning and preparation details for the African campaign. Inception Last December The inception of it, he said goes back to. about two weeks after Pearl Harbor to the time when he invited Prime Minister Churchill of Britain and members of his staff to Washington.
It was time, he said, for joint planning between the two Allied nations having the greatest sources, and the desirability of offensive was discussed. Various offensives were considered, he lated, especially a large frontal attack across the English channel. That was studied in the light obtaining sufficient munitions, cluding planes, to make it a cess, the need for training men, and the necessity of providing adequate shipping. The more it was considered, Mr. Roosevelt asserted, the it became apparent that physical limitations would make it impossible to conduct such an operation with success in 1942.
Agreed On Move In June Therefore, he went on, at end of May or the beginning June when he asked Churchill come to this country again, issue was presented of whether there should be a very large offensive around middle 1943 or one on smaller made in 1942, at a place the problems of manufacturing. training and transportation not be so great. 1 By the end of June, he there was general agreement an African offensive. Last some of the details were when key American officials to They were George C. Marshall, chief of of the Army; Admiral Ernest King, commander-in-chief of Navy; Presidential Secretary Stephen Early; Harry L.
American chairman of the American munitions assignment and Brigadier Walter B. Smith, secretary of British American combined of staff. Date Selected In August By the end of July, Mr. velt continued, certain mentals of the A African such as points of attack. the bers of men involved, and quantities of shipping and tiori required, were all ined.
About the or a bit he remarked, people were ning to talk about a second whereas actually one had determined on. He said he Churchill had had to sit quietly and lake this talk smile, or perhaps on the chin, cause he said, outsiders were ing these demands without edee of military plans. end of August. the executive, the said. attack the in north had been selected.
was asked how the nouncement by himself and sia's Foreign Commissar that they had reached an standing on the problems ed in a second-front fitted the picture. "Custom Built" Mr. Roosevelt said he the press could assume principal fighting Allies had Americans Head Toward Tripoli (Continued from Page One) power Morocco, on the above Casablanca, evidently isolated and evacuated by the commander, Gen. Auguste Hence of it hours appeared. United that in States al would be in effective conof all French north Africa, for eastern Algeria and Tu- Anterican contingents evidently well on their way to Libya, through Tunis or around it, although the report of the Bey's acquiescence was received with reserve here, lest it be mereattempt to justify the moveof Axis troops into Tunisia.
Time and time again today, radio insisted that "all is in eastern and central Aland Tunisia. Sonde broadhowever, reported fighting Blida, 25 miles inland from Algiers. Deep in the desert from conquered Algiers, American columns reported striking southeast a straight line toward Axis Tripoli, intending to by-pass the defenses of Tunisia and deal finally with the German-Italian enemy in Africa. The chief Vichy forces. Admiralb Jean Darlan, definitely a prisoner of GenDwight D.
Eisenhower at Algiers. receiving. in the words Allied spokesman, "all the consideration due his rank." Old Marshal Petain, stubbornrepeating his orders for resistance, took over the disorganized melancholy defense of French north Africa that is left Vichy elements. There, were rumors that Germany loaned him Field Marshal Erwin Witzleben, one-time attacker the Maginot line, and that German marshal had reached north Africa to act as Vichy commander. Allied headquarters counts of the fall of Oran said American forces, with tanks.
artillery and mortars, had begun infiltrate the outskirts at m. in a general attack. They were covered with 12th U. S. Air Force under mand of James Doolittle, hero of the Tokyo by British warships and naval craft.
It was a pincers movement columns from east and west. By 7:30 a. western was about three miles from heart of the city; just west of naval station Mers El Kebir. the same hour the eastern was seven miles from the of Oran and driving in rapidly. One column from this force was detached to move aircraft bases either in Tunisia or on Italian soil.
ward and deal with a French Fighting was reported eastward to Orleansville, halt way to Algiers. Another American armored force south of the city was on the alert against counter-action by Vichy reinforcements: The main columns- closed in swiftly in brief but furious fighting, and by afternoon the city had fallen, with American occupation of the hill and fort of Santa Cruz, dominating the bay. Firing ceased about 3 p. m. The 12th air force moved into all four of the air fields around the city.
A La Senia, the last field to be taken, was captured by an armored force after two days of fighting. From Algiers, by the shortest route to Libya, an American force was reported in Vichy accounts to be driving on Bou Saada, 120 miles southeast Algiers and about 400 miles from the Tripolitan border of western Libya. There still was no confirmation of reported American incursions on the coast of eastern Algeria and Tunisia. and in London it was believed the plan for getting in the rear of Marshal Rommel's beaten armies was to by-pass the Tunisian coastal sector. outflanking.
the northern Vichy defenses and avoiding the. full assault. of Axis Axis Conference (Continued From Page One) Mother Of Earth Flier Who Raided Tokyo Given DFC To climax the graduation ex-? ercises of Class 42-J at the LubArmy Flying school Tuesday morning, Col. Thomas L. Gilbert, commanding officer, pinned the Distinguished Flying Cross on Mrs.
Robert P. Hite of Earth whose son, Robert L. Hite. participated in the April bombing of Tokyo. Col.
Gilbert also presented wings to Mrs. William N. Phillippe of Lubbock and San Antonio whose husband, Cadet William N. Phillippe, was killed in an airplane crash last week. Victory Essential To Peace "Victory is essential to peace, peace essential to preservation of civilization, and both must be attained, although the cost be high," said Dr.
Jack M. Lewis, pastor of the First Presbyterian church Lubbock, and principal speaker at the services held in the transient hangar at this advanced twinengine bomber training school. "You will be ordered to destroy, but it is a destruction. that precedes construction," he told the newly-commissioned flying officers of High the Air Rating Forcesen With this class of graduating fliers was Carl S. Low, an aviation student who was held over from 42-I because a furlough prevented him from graduating and who was appointed a flight officer with a warrant officer rating, the first appointment, given a flight such, school.
He is from Farrell, Pa. The Air Forces band, under rection of Warrant Officer George of P. Attridge, presented a concert before the program began, then played march for the class to enter. After the invocation by Lt. Arthur W.
Patton, Catholic chaplain; Capt. Russell DeW. Shively, all school secretary, administered to the oath of office to the new officers. Yingling Honor Student Col. Gilbert welcomed the visitors and guests to the ceremonies, then congratulated the fliers on completion of their course.
After the commencement address by Dr. Lewis, Lt. Col. Howard. D.
Kenzic, director of training, presented the wings and diploma to Lt. Ernest Victor Yingling, honor student, whose academic grade of 98.66 is the highest ever made at this advanced twin-engine bomber training school. He is from Wichita. Kas. sented to the Major John Wings and diplomas, were preS.
Lorr, commandant of student officers and aviation cadets; Capt. Gordon J. Mott, director of ground training; Lt. Robert L. Spear, operations officer for training group one; and Lt.
Neil C. Bauer, operations officer for training group two. To close the program the class sang Corps song and the band played the National Anthem. As a final salute to the class, members of class 42-K flew in for- Armed Services (Continued From Page One), management-labor policy committee had earlier issued a report favoring voluntary, instead compulsory, system factories of and obtaining farms. and there were indications that men the administration was in agreement.
The commission recommended: 1. That. authority and responsibility for formulating an overall program in which military and production needs would be coordinated, should be given to the of staff of the Army and Navy, the lend-lease administrator, and chairmen of the War Production board and manpower Enlistment Stoppage, 2. An immediate stop to voluntary enlistments, the selective service system to be placed under the WMC, and authorized to make special draft. calls, at the Army and Navy's direction, for men with special skills.
That military civilian training programs in non-military educational institutions be coordinated under. the. WMC. 4. That WMC's employment service be.
made the primary clearance agency for the recruiting and employment of workers, with the administration and operation of WMC made stronger by congressional approval of additional funds and the removal of "impediments." W. F. Stark Claimed By Death Tuesday News Briefs Mrs. James L. Pickin of 3111 Twentieth street reported 1 someone had entered her house Monday night, slept in one of the beds and left, apparently without toking anything.
Today being Armistice day, Lubbock Rotarians previously have announced there will be no Wednesday luncheon meeting. The club had voted some weeks ago that if Lubbock should observe the day by a general closing of places of business date the would luncheon be meeting for that canceled. Henry Wallace, Lorenzo, was sought Tuesday night to receive an emergency message. Believed to have gone deer hunting in the Capitan Mountains wanted near, Roswell, N. nicate either with Ellis McCauley, Lorenzo, or the Lubbock General Hospital.
Ed Edwards, Lorenzo, asked Lubbock police to broadcast to New Mexica police. Wallace was said to be 39, 5 feet, inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, having black hair. C. R. Williams, Route No.
1, Meadow, reported a 14-year-old boy as probably on his way to I New. Mexico. He said that the boy had disappeared from school Tuesday. The boy was described as 14 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 95 pounds, having brown hair and eyes, wearing new tan cowboy boots made by Olson of Henrietta, Texas. Allied Naval Moves (Continued From Page One) pected to step up their activity, of and in "Vashington Secretary the Navy warned that Germany would doubtless throw.
all the power of its undersea into a great effort to prevent the shipment of supplies to United States. forces in 570 U- Boats Are Hit But from the Allied side came a bi' of encouraging news regardjing the war against submarines. A. V. Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, reported in the of Commons that to date 570 German undersea vessels are known to have been sunk, damaged or captured.
The report that another great Allied armada, perhaps comparable in size to the aggregation of ships which took the American expeditionary force to Africa, is assembling at Gibraltar was broadcast by the Vichy radio, and also mentioned in some dispatches from Spain. There has been no verification of this from any Allied quarters. (Optimists Hear Rean Students At A NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (P) STOCKS---Easy; profit-taking stems rally in peace stocks. BONDS Soft; low -priced rails in supply.
COTTON Lower; preholiday liquidation and hedging. CHICAGO: WHEAT--Closed 1-8 lower to 1-4 higher in dull trading. -Declined 1-8 to 3-8 on HOGS 10 cents lower; heaviershipments. CATTLE--Dull; steady to weak; choice yearling steers $17.25. KANSAS CITY REPORT KANSAS CITY, Nov.
10 Hogs 3,000. Slow, steady to 13.15 10 higher than butchers; good to choice 170 lbs. Monday's average; top on choice heavy and up 13.55-65: sow's steady to 10 lower, mostly 13.35 and 13.40, few 13.50. Cattle 6,500 calves salable and total Beef steers, yearlings and heifers 700. fairly active.
steady to 15 higher 25 higher: spots 25 up; cows uneven, steady to most upturn on better grades; bulls end vealers fully steady; stockers, and feeders firm; choice 965-lb. yearlings 16.25: choice light steers 16.00 and 16.60; choice heifers 15.25: several loads good heifers 13.00-14.50: medium and good grades fed steers 13.00-15.00: Colorados 12.00: cutter 10 grades CONS 7.75-9.75: most 6.00-7.50; good sausage bulls canners around 11.50-60; good to cholce vealers other feeders 13.00-50;° few choice stock 12.50-14.00; choice 642-Ib. feeders 13.75: steer calves 14.50. sharply Sheep higher. Good to choice trucked in 4,800.
No earls sales. Asking native lambs held above 14.25. FORT WORTH REPORT FORT WORTH, (P) Slaughter classes of cattle and calves fully steady to strong. Stocker cattle and calves steady. Feeder steers and yearlings strong, some prices up 25c or more.
Hogs mostly 25c-30c below Monday's levels with top 13.75. Sheep and lambs active and steady to strong on all offerings, Medium to choice steers and yearlings from 11.00-14.25, Including package choice steer yearlings 14.25; package good fed heifers at 13.25; and tro loads plain qualitied steer yearlings 11.00. Common and canner steers and yearlings 7.50-10.50. Good beef CONS 9.25-10.25: common to medium butcher cows 1.50-8.75: canners and cutters 4.00-7.50. Good fat calves 11.25-12.25, with few choice calves higher.
Common to medium butcher calves from 8.25-11.25. Cull sorts 6.50-8.00. Good stocker steer calres up to 12.50 Kith few choice calves higher. Stocker calves up to Common medium stocker calves 8.00-11.00. Common and good of stocker steers and rearlings 8.50-11.50 with few choice light weight steer yearlings up to 12.00.
Afost good and choice butcher hogs above 180 pounds 13.75. Medium and good lots 13.50-60 on packer secc*nt. Good 150- 175 lb. averages 13.15-60. Packing SOTS were 25c lower at 13.00-25.
Stocker pigs 12.75 down. Sheep. good fat lambs 12.50-13.00: yearlings 11.50-12.00: slaughter ewes 5.00-65; feeder lambs 12.00 dora. Produce. CHICAGO POULTRY CHICAGO, Nov.
10 UP) Poultry. live. 35 trucks: firm; hens. over 5 lbs. 22.
5 and down Jeghorn hens otber prices unchanged. RANSAS CITY REPORT KANSAS CITY, Nor. 10 (P) -(USDA) Poultry and produce unchanged. CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS CHICAGO, Nov. 10 (P) A Butter, receipts firm: prices aS quoted by the Chicago Price Current are unchanged.
Eggs, receipts firm; prices unchanged. Armistice Program (Continued from Page One) sharp, said G. H. Nelson a Cab commissioner. The Cabs will swing into line immediately after the KoF Scout delegation.
Bands to Play Dr. Clifford B. Jones. Tech president. is to preside at the: First Baptist church.
Speakers will include Cols. Thomas L. Gilbert and Norman B. Olsen, commanding officers, respectively, of LAFS and SPAFS, and Durwood Bradley, city attorney. The LAFS band will play.
A special section be reserved for Gold Star Mothers in both the last and the present war. Special features of the service will include a one-minute pause at 11 a. to commemorate the instant when the Armistice actually became effective at 11 o'clock. Nov. 11.
1918. Another will be the distribution either of service flags or of address cards to parents and wives of men now in the armed forces. Flags Haven't Arrived These flags were shioned from New York Nov. 3, but have not arrived. It they arrive, they will be distributed.
If not, they will be mailed upon arrival to those requesting and cligible for them. A stag chowline in the Legion commanding officer of the 139th battalion of the Texas Defense Guard, the parade marshal. The line of march will be south on Texas to Main, east to Avenue south to Broadway, west to Avenue disband for, and services north to starting Main to at 10:45 o'clock in First Baptist church. parade reviewing stand will be at Broadway and Avenue L. In the parade will be bands from Lubbock and South Plains Army Flying schools, Texas Tech, Tach R.O.T.C..
Senior. Junior and Dunbar negro high The procession also will include units from the two flying schools. Tech R.O.T.C. units, Defense Guard companies from Lubbock, Slaton, Plainview, Levelland. Brownfield and Crosbyton, and delegations from the legion, V.F.W., their auxiliaries, the Red Cross, "Boy and Girl Scouts, Gold Star Mothers, Spanish War Vetcrans, U.D.C.
and other patriotic and service organizations. Some of these representatives will march at and some will be in decorated cars. A number of decorated floats will be in the parade. diCUB SCOUTS IN PARADE Today's parade will sec froup marchers. never before included in 1 Lubbock Armistice Day tion.
The troup will represent the P. Cab Scouts. Joungsters between 0 and 12. All Cabs, in uniform if possible, are asked to report on Ninth street, east of Texas avenue, at 9:30 2. CHICAGO REPOFT Nov.
10 I.P) A marked deCHICAGO, crease in activity. some of which could be attributed to usual pre-holiday the only feature of 'the grain market today. Pricen generally were minor fractions under yesterday's close during most of the session, with rye displaying the most weakness, but traders took only casual interest in the market in vier of the fact that there will be no trading tomorrow, Armistice day. A waiting attitude prevalled, particularly in regard to the price ceiling on wheat flour. Some traders felt the commodity credit corporation might be forced to permit farmers to redeem wheat from the government loan and sell it on the open market.
Wheat closed 13 lower to higher, cember May corn 3a5 lower, December oats declined rye was off and there was no trading in soybeans. FORT WORTH REPORT FORT WORTH, NoY. 10 Wheat No. 1 hard winter, Barley No. nom Sorghums No.
2 sellor milo per 100 1bs. nom 1.21-23: No. 2 white kafir nom 1.17-19. Corn, shelled. No.
3 white 1.15-16; No. yellow Oats No, 2 red 61-62. Official Marriage Licenses Jack C. Thorne, 21, of Oklahoma City and Lubbock Army Flying school, and Miss Winnie Udell Darden, 21, of Lubbock. William Henry Ry herd, 22.
of Dona, Texas, and Lubbock Army Flying school, and Miss Cleora Maxine Sprawls, 19, of Bakersfield. Calif. B. M. Debnam.
62, of Lubbock and Mrs. Willie Dykes, 61, of Crowell. Harvey C. Johnson, 27, and Mrs. bell Alston, 31, both of Crosbyton.
John E. Chancellor, 34, and Miss Ione Linch, 26, both of Lubbock. Pfc. John Law. 35, of Canton.
and Miss Ruth Mannan, 25, of Dallas. James Walton, 19, and Miss Eva Mae Bruton, 16, both ol Lubbock. Daniel A. Blair, Judge Presiding S. P.
Morrow against Mrs. Dora Law. and others, suit to determine title. yers COUNTY COURT G. C.
Pardue, Judge Presiding National Cash Register company against Lubbek Courts 99TH DISTRICT COURT E. L. Pitts, Judge Presiding State of Texas against Jake Hill and others, suit for Injunction. 12ND DISTRICT COURT R. B.
Grinstaff, suit on Deeds Warranty Emlea B. Smith to Leo Sanchez. lot 19 ol block 36 of Roberts and McWhorter addition to Lubbock for $150. S. C.
Arnett, to W. G. McMillan, tract 23 in Bobalet Heights addition to fur S. C. Arnett, to Lester L.
Rice, tract 17 in Bobalet Heights adlition to Lubbock for $700. J. B. Pate and wife to Fred L. Minssen and wife, west one-hal! of the southeast one-fourth of section 7.
block of Lubbock for $1700. R. F. St. John to lot 8 block 66.
of the Overton addition to Lub-' bock fo: $3750. J. J. Vineyard and wife to O. Q.
Kelly, 125.5 acres of land of section 39, block 2 of Lubbock county and 15.8 acres land of Survey 39, block C-1 of Lubbock county for $3000. George W. Lewis and wile, to Frank Martinez, lot. 2 In block the Tech Gardens addition to Lubbock for $350. O.
T. Gaston and wife to Leonard Fristoe. and wife. lot 14 of the Marstield subdivision of block 12 Lubbock $350. john E.
Norman and rile to O. T. Gaston, lot 14 of the Mayfield subdivision block 12 of Lubbock for $200. (Correction). Rationing Delay (Continued' from Page One) cles scheduled to expire on Nov.
22, will remain valid until Dec. 1. On that date they will be replaced by the new books. For commercial vehicles, local war price and rationing boards will reduce by 20 per cent the gallonage allowed by the Office of Defense Transportation for the 40 day period from Nov. 22 to Dec.
31, because of the shortening of the time within that period they are to be rationed. The or transport, rations to trucks are to be granted by the local boards to holders of ODT certificates of war necessity as soon as the rationing forms are available. Registration Delayed OPA belatedly made official announcement also that it had authorized regional OPA administrators to delay school house reg-. istration for the basic passenger car rations from Nov. 12-14 inclusive, to Nov.
18-20, where necessary. OPA has asked the regional however. to proceed on schedule with the registration in all areas where books have been receiveams ponement on the, rationing, holders Effect of postin the presently unrationed area will be to give them a gasoline bonus of slightly more than one coupon's worth. No ration coupons will be removed from the books to allow for the change in dates. Petersburg Man Is Claimed By Death W.
R. Tisdel, 64, of Petersburg died at 6:15 Tuesday afternoon in Plainview sanitarium, which he entered Nov. 6 for treatment of a stomach ailment. Survivors besides his wife include four sons, C. H.
of Lubbock, W. R. of Amarillo, Raymond of Trona, and M. E. of Petersburg: four daughters, Mrs.
Bess Dupree of McGregor, Mrs. Ethel Hooper of Brenham, Mrs. Floyd Eaves and Mrs. J. R.
Decordova, of Petersburg. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon in Petersburg Church of Christ. with Rev. Charles W. Watkins of Lubbock officiating.
"Buy A WAR Bond TODAY!" home during the noon hour will be followed by the LAFS-SPAFS football game in Tech stadium at 2:30 p. m. Classes at Texas Technolozical college will not be dismissed for Armistice day. The Reserve Officers Training corps units, including the R.O.T.C. band, and the college Matador band will be dismissed from classes from 9 to 12 o'clock this morning to participate in the Armistice observance.
French coast was Vichy Nogues. matter armies trol save nisia. were either some ly an ment Vichy's calm" geria casts. at A program was presented by students from George R. group school at the Lubbock Opticlub luncheon Tuesday in Lubbock hotel.
Presentation of the program part of the school's observance. American, sang Education "The week. Marine Hymn," "The "Anchors Caissons Go Rolling "There's Along," Trail," "Keen the a Long Home Fires Burning" and "Praise Lord and Pass the Ammunition." Skit Is Presented Frank Burton was master ceremonies for the school's and program. Thornhill presented a skit, "What Wanda B. American Education Week Means R.
Bean School." Teachin George charge were Misses Minbel ers Johnson Dimple Watson. Piano accompaniment for songs was presented by Miss Watson. Students participating were Wanda Anderson, Ava Merle Mahone, Bobbie Bryant, Billie Bryant, Pattty Cordonier, Jean Johnson, Dorothy West, bara Ann. Ingram, Arlen Harris, Bobby Stark, Robert Wilgus, Charles Stahl, Richard Summers, Bennie. Denton, Frank Burton, Arlen Weaver, Billy Robinson, Donna Lou Ellis, Jeanine BurlePeggy Hicks, LaJuanah son, Boydston, Martha Stroud, Shirley Blevins, Wanda B.
Smith, Thornhill, Iris Jeffcoat, LaJuanah Dean, Euwayne Williams, Lowrey, Huckaby, Wylie, Zirthola St. Clair, Atkins, James Wilson and Darwood. Program Committee club's program committee for the day was made up of H. H. Lanford and E.
R. Dr. R. S. Underwood, Dr.
president of the club, presided. A. Young presented membership material to Licut. L. L.
J. new member. Luncheon guests included E. Leach, charter member and president of the Wichita, Optimist club, and Mrs. They are here Wichita ing their Maior W.
H. Grand Jury Returns Seven Indictments A 72nd judicial district grand jury reported seven bills of indictment at 4:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon to Judge Daniel A. Blair. The 12 men, Wesley Read being foreman, were impaneled Monday, Judge Blair convened his seven November term of court. "Privileged names," those defendants -who either are in jail or under bond, who were named in the indictments: Oscar Freeman, assault with intent to murder; Paul Brown, theft over $50; Ruby Dixon, mur'der; Sallie Mae Jackson, robbery.
and Forrest Tanner, theft and embezzlement. The grand jury was dismmised subject to call at any time in the term. Restrictions Lifted From Youths' Draft WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (P) The House passed and sent to the Senate today compromise legislation lowering the draft age from 20 to 18 years, after adopting a conference report removing a Senate requirement that teen-age draftees be given at least a year of training before being sent into combat. The compromise, worked out earlier in the day' by a SenateHouse conference committee, will be acted on by the Senate when it reconvenes Thursday, and its quick approval by that body was forecast by congressional leaders.
As passed by the House, the compromise bill retained a provision for the deferment of essen-. tial farm workers and for exemp tion from the draft of men wha have passed their 45th birthday, unless they consent to induction. Slaton Man To Speak On VFW Radio Series Briggs Robertson, manager, Slaton chamber of commerce, speak on "The Building of a New World" over radio station KFYO at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. This will be the twenty-fourth address in a series on "Speak Up, Democracy," inaugurated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The same address will be delivered simultaneously over 479 radio stations throughout the nation.
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that quarter "to a large degree." Reports from the continent said the crippled battleship Bart, smoking from fires set by Ameri- can air bombs, was still holding out, and firing its guns occasionally. American vessels were ranging up and down the coast, and succeeded in wiping out small French craft trying to hamper landings. Harbor. Blockaded The harbor of Casablanca, it was reported, is effectively blockaded, precluding any possibility of assistance reaching the city by sea. The German radio reported that a submarine torpedoed a British battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class.
It was ed that the vessel was. destroyed, but the German announcement said a heavy. explosion on the ves'sel was observed. A Vichy report that. four Allied warships and 'six transports had been sunk was denied here as being "completely false." Vichy also said that American reconnaissance planes flew over Toulon, apparently trying to ascertain how much of the French fleet based there has left port.
The French said the planes veered off when anti-aircraft artillery fire became intense. of Vichy. While apparently taken by surprise, the Axis was not without strong Mediterranean resources to resist the Allied An unconfirmed Stockholm report said Fascist naval units and soldiers already were in Tunis. The remains of the French fleet still were at large from Toulon and Darlan, its one time master, gave no sign that it would join him in Allied custody. Mussolini's main air bases in Sicily were battered but still intact and the fleet he has been keeping at home is supposed to have seven battleships at its disposal, depending on how many have been rebuilt since the war's start.
Where Hitler once turned here, there and everywhere to run roughshod over everybody he now, however, was maneuvering. temporarily least against enemies hedging in three sides of his empire instead of two. Disarmed and -fed France, which supposedly was immobilized with the armistice of 1940, now offers open ports to Allied invaders from the south. The temper of the people is such that Vichy acknowledged arrests were necessary in many towns. Hitler.
might be cooking up a olan to occupy the rest of France in.an effort to meet this new Allied challenge in the Mediterranean. W. F. 80, 1924' Sixth street. died at his early Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Stark came here from Yesto, N. M. He had lived in Lubbock for about 17 years. Arrangements for the funeral are pending at the Rix Funeral home.
Mr. Stark is survived by his widow: three sons. William J. Stark. Fort O'Conner.
Texas: Earl Stark. Ottawa. Frank M. Stark, Inglewood, three daughters, M. Stark.
Pajacios, Texas: Mrs. Aubrey Bush, Oakdale, Miss 'Dolly Stark, Downey, and four grandchildren. Col. Hugh Tullock Mayberry, stationed at Camp Hood, Temple, was promoted to brigadier general yesterday when his nomination to that rank was confirmed by the Senate. PROMOTION CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, Nov.
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Survivors have landed at a United States east coast port. U.S. SHIP TORPEDOED WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (P)- CASH.
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