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Victoria Advocate (Newspaper) - September 17, 1940, Victoria, Texas Afternoon edition Over 9000 readers the Victoria advocate Texas second oldest existing newspaper established 1846-- the weather partly Cloudy tonight and wednesday. Additional weather news at Potulin of this Page. Vol. 43�?no. 95victoria, Texas tuesday afternoon september 17, 1940. Geo. H. French gales scatter invasion Fleet Hish kit rumanian Leader defies the Axis e nation mourns Bankhead Effort to be made to Stop Italy March to Suez canal. For in Rome. Sept 17 British troop were reported t night to in. Entrenching around men a Madruh 7u Miles East of Sidi Bai Rani. In an Effort to Stem marshal Rudolfo drive toward the supt c anal. Italian uouice1 reported that More than 100.000&Quot by dish troops were Quot digging in Quot near the Egypt i in de Ert town Sidi Barron Woi reported occupied by the fax Rit Liming today it was believed Here that general sir Archibald a veil. Commanding the British Fortes would make i find real stand against the italian nosh at Marta Madruh Sti earning Over desert tableland Savaran routes and main , italian forces totalling hell Over 500,000 men were said authoritatively Here tonight to be headed for Distant Alexandria from at Leas three do potions. The opening of the Quot desert Blitzkrieg ii the fir use of italian Quot desert sled a As Vanguard column pushed Aero the Sand dispatches from Benghazi de j Silt he the a As Maetile gun nest mounted on a Chassis Only a foot a Oft t1 e ground with four puncture proof Bai loan tired wheel two machine gunners lie Flat on a Cir faces on the sending i r d in All direction As Ute it ii traction peed Over the Sands at. R or of 50 Miles an hour. While rumanian resentment against the Axis flared High Julius mania above thrice Premier of Rumania Abd powerful Transylvania Leader notified both Hitler and Mussolini directly that Rumania would Quot never accept Quot forced cession of Transylvania territory to Hungary. Poll tuxes no longer Gin be paid by mail it if interest to the tax payers of Vic Tonia county will in the id that this Yeai Violet to being a City of More then 10,000 population each end every vote t will be required t person Tex. To pay appear his or her in poll hitch hiker Here in route to a. Amp a. Amel Lea s no i Hitchhiker end a College bred one at that a a Brief visitor in tire City today in route to a a m College to in Lime his studies after a record breaking three week trip of 9000 Miles in the United states. Mexico and Canada. The tall tanned 24-year-old youth who will be a senior student Al a a m this year is Keyes Carton of Cuero last summer he attracted nation wide attention with his 51,000 mile of travel via the thumb route and the method he in Loyed in doing no Carson it seems has reduced the Noble Art of hitchhiking to a science. Dressed in his Natty military uniform and equipped with a reflector system for night travel and w Ith a sheaf of signed statements releasing the Delver of any liability Iii Rase of an Accident during the past three weeks he toured 35 states and two foreign countries for a total of 9000 Miles arson sped on his thumb from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon in five Days a first plan to invade Alaska was abandoned in route but he did manage to dip into Canada twice and on each occasion took time out enough to de see Hitchhiker Page 2 the Law read As follow Quot Art. 2902 in ail ase when tin tax payer reside in City if ten thousand inhabitant in Mere the tax must be paid in person by the taxpayer entitled to the receipt. If a person residing it a City j of ten thousand inhabitants who is subject to Pav a pol tax intr by to leave the precinct of i residence before the first Day of a. October with the intention not to i return until after the first Day of the following february and Doe not return be re that time he i shall be entitled to vote if possessing All other Legal qualifies Pons by paying his poll tax of obtaining i certificate of exemption through in agent authorized by him in writing which shall Tate truly his intention to depart from the precinct the expected Peri d of his absence and every a fact necessary to enable the tax counter to fill the Blanks Iii his receipt. Such author try in fact. A must to sworn to by the Ciu i re a and certified to by some of a a it or authorized to administer with it shall lie deposited will to a tax collector and kept in i office Quot the it Illy Ethel e above Law is the a May pay the poll t and Vive versa i article i. Section siltation of Texas Epson to the tile husband i wife sided in the con of pi1 of i own talk a round table discussion of victorians problem will he presented Are the local radio station it 0 30 of clock ton Iglus by six or Suen business men the chamber of Commerce has announced a a a Henry Force Daniels grandson of or and mrs. A. A my Nee. Of Memphis tenn., and a june graduate of West Point i a great grandson of the Lute Quincy Davidson. Sr., one of tiie Pio Miu int earlier Nettler. Of Victoria it linty or. Mckee writes. Daniels and Billy me Elroy of this City were associated in work on one of tin West Point publications or Elroy is to graduate in two More j ear. A a a Quot god bless America Quot that a the Impre Iun you will get if you happen to Stop by the show window it a. And s. Levy inc., and look it the display arranged for Constitution week. You la be reminded that you shall be happier perhaps than you Are because of to ing an american. Tax payer will please take into consideration that w Ith the growth of the City the tax a Nestor and col Lee to is compelled by jaw to demand that Ach tax payer appear in person except in the eases Stak d above to pay i Tux. Poll taxes cannot r Aid by mail. Mil be the Law plan ides a Fine of not less than one Hundred or More than one thou and dollars and removal from office for any tax col Lee tot who Doe not comply with the letter it the Law concerning poll taxes. Duck i a it a huge egg Marston Mills. Mass an egg twice the usual size has been Laid by a Duck owned by George p. Hadley. It has a Central Cream Ference of 9 3-4 inches and a circumference around the ends of la 1-4 inches a the advocate a congratulates or. And mrs e j. Gerdes on the birth of Kenni Gerdts a tin girl at the de tar memorial Hospital this morning at 10 2 1 of Cloe the Young lady weighed seven pounds and eight ounce. At London German spokesman hints by guns May be shelling London soon. Tip rated pro a Berlin sept. 17.�? a German spokesman tonight hinted Bhat German Long Range Cannon May be shelling London from emplacements on the French and belgian coast nearly 90 Miles away. The spokesman said it was Quot highly possible Quot that such a bombardment had started but declined to amplify his statement to All further inquiries he said Quot ask the gentlemen in if such a bombardment actually is underway the German Cannon have greater Range than any Ever previously built during the we orld War Long distance German Cannon helped Paris from distances up to about 75 Miles that new Cannon if they exist would have to fire nearly 15 Miles farther than from the nearest coastal Points to the London metropolitan Aiea. The German spokesman s statement was made in response to an inquiry from a Tor respondent i a Garding the alleged finding of Putter tiles Iii London. The source of these rep hts a not indicated. Despite bad weather the German air Force was described Here As continuing the Battle of London unlike previous Rainy Days it was said Here masses of German plane attacked London on a scale Juas Large As that employed on Day of Good flying conditions the official dub new Agency ported tonight that seven of the to Royal air Force flying Field around London have been struck so frequently by German bombs As to by now completely useless. Quot these dub said Quot have been so extensively damaged that it i unlikely they can be used again in the near repeated German raids were compelling the British anti air Craft gun to fire enormous shells dub cd. A the raiders however Are not affected by the wasteful use of munitions hut thrust through the bail age and bomb the designated target a the Agency said. Vacancies Here in National guards Quot Many Victoria boys have asked us if there were openings in the National guard a a Captain Paul f. Conli commander of company quote Quot 111th engineers local National Guiod unit states there Are vacancies now in the guards Cash Conti states but Many to is who wish to spend their year of training with a local unit and with men whom they know Are going to begin a it rapidly take up these vacancies. It in t always a lot of Funk it go if you Are sent to All parts of the i in led Stales with an entirely new in up of men. Being in for one year with a group of Fellows from Home is going to be a lot More fun than off with All new fare that is the line of thought of Many Victoria men who Are within the leaches of the const upturn la local guard officers do not expect a great Deal of difficulty for this reason in maintaining their regular strength. This is True in Ace of the fact that Many of the present members ars married and will not choose to leave their families. They have the privilege of getting out As Long As they Are la Low the rank of Captain. Tonight at 7 15 Dick Ham of Vic will interview a group of men from the local National guard and listeners will have an Opportunity to hear the personal a pinions of boys who Are now members of the unit. College courses urged for police Salt Lake City u t a h the Utah association of civil service commissioners believes that colleges and universities in the state should offer training courses i for policemen and firemen. Their basis for this conclusion is that such Public servants receive larger salaries than teachers. And teachers they Point out i certainly get plenty of attention from the state institutions of higher education. 5mees e card Friday Wharton tigers Corning to Victoria Friday to open season. Commands naval bases in Alaska report a Early baseball Days in Victoria recalled in talk a Early baseball Days in Victoria Quot was the subject of an interesting talk presented by judge j. T Linebaugh at today a regular rotary club luncheon at the Man Hattan cafe. J. Gervais and or. W. W. Sale had charge of the program. Or Linebaugh recalled the Onsi game or witnessed upon his arrival in Victoria in 1901. Quot Ernest Krause and the late Lazor rout were the pitchers Quot he said. He also told of the other Early Day players including George Bauer the late George Wilden and Many others. The hectic Days of the old Southwest Texas league also Wen mentioned by the speaker As he spoke of Johnny Adams Larry Gilbert Knopp Pete onion and others. Visitor today included w i Boone of Corpus Christi Russell Corder and p. L. Armour of port Lavaca and James and c. C. Roo of this City. Architect is Here with tentative plat of municipal Park r. Lull Hugman of san Antonio landscape Engineer employ j cd by the City to draw up a plat of the proposed municipal recreation Park was in the cite today conferring with City officials and members of the Park committee f the chamber of Commerce. Or. Hugman has drawn up a j preliminary plat of the spacious Park grounds and this morning re. Quested various suggestions along j lines of improvements etc., before a final plat is made. Town marshal is robbed of his gun cd cmm.,1 Westport ind., sept 7. Two men robbed the town marshal of ins revolver policeman hat size to 1-2 and badge. The state police radio ordered a a Arch to recapture the dignity of the Law. Their number reduced to seven this season because of the Transfer of the Beeville trojans into the North zone of District 16-a a but still playing in East and West zones As in 1939, the football elevens of District 38-a swing into action on All fronts this week end. Only five of the seven teams saw action last week. And As is usually the Case the toughest games Are carded for the cast zone where the 1939 regional Champion Victoria sangaree., the Edna cowboys and the Cuero gobblers hold Forth. Victoria opens its Home season at Patti welder stadium with the Wharton eleven w hich won its District last fall. Edna travels up to Rosenberg and the gobblers entertain the Gonzales apaches at the new Cuero stadium. The Yorktown wildcats which h won the w est zone title last year Only to lose to Victoria in the District playoff opens its season with a game w Ith the Pettus oilers at Home the wildcats were Idle last week. The Floresville tigers entertain the Runge yellow jackets Nixon plays at Kenedy and Pleasanton tangles the badgers at Karnes City. The Kames City Pleasanton game is carded for thursday night. Impressive triumphs were scored by Edna Kenedy and Floresville last week As the District 38 teams swung into action. Perhaps the most outstanding was the 39 to 0 Victory gained by coach j. H. Kings Kenedy Lions at the expense of Walter Germer s Refugio bobcats. Edna had Little difficulty in disposing of the Palacios Sharks by a count of 19 to 0 and Cuero gave the District its Only defeat for the week by going Down before Vernon Bellville and Yoakum a Bull j dogs. 20 to 0. Victoria had its hands full gaining a 12 to 0 decision Over j. D. Moore s heavy Al Campo Ricebird. The Floresville tigers trimmed Pleasanton 28 to 7, in the other District game. Fliers say storm get in its irk German invasion Fleet is a scattered in English Channel. Winds Are furious observation planes seek to locate new disposition of Fleet. Capt. Ralph Chandler Parker above recently appointed commander of the newly created 13th naval District in Alaska Heads one of Uncle same a most important outposts. He will have charge of the area where the Navy is building a $7,900,000 Chain of air bases at Sitka Unalaska and Kodiak. Funeral services at Corpus Christi for Roy Johnson funeral services were held in Corpus Christi this afternoon at 4 of clock for a Captain Quot Roy Johnson 48. Of port Lavaca victim of a gasoline tank explosion aboard his shrimp boat. A dutch a Early last week. Or. Johnson died in the Victoria Hospital monday morning at to o clock seven Days after he received fatal Burns in the explosion. Said to have been caused when a Battery Cable became shorted and ignited gasoline es-1 end London. Sept. 17 providential gales such As those which dispersed and Sank the Spanish acacia have scattered a German invasion Fleet in the English Channel. British reconnaissance fliers reported today. The air ministry reported that it observation planer were seek ing new locations of the German surface Craft which inst had been sighted in a exposed places along the invasion coast. The blow to the invasion Fleet was reported after widespread bombing of Ixia done a elite West end had revealed damage to Berkeley Square. Pie Dilly Mayfair Park Lane Bond Street Bur Lington Arcade Oxford Street and other glittering regions of Smai t shops and costly Homes. Winds Over the narrow Channel Waters were so furious said the a ministry that German Small Craft hastily scurried for cover the new disposition of the Fie was being ferreted out quickly by observation planes. Possibly because of the a to weather the Royal air fore coastal command reported that. None of the a Many Large convoys Quot of merchant ships escorted today were molested either by air planer or submarines. Today was the Lith Day of the intensive German assault on London. Parts of the shattered West tree were so piled with Caping from a leak in the tank debris that they might have been the Accident occurred As or lined with wrecked tenements and Johnson was preparing to take his j factories instead of smart shop reserved tickets for opening game placed on Sale draft Jar to Sec service again reserved seat tickets for Vic trial a opening football game of the season the game Here Friday night with Wharton will go on Sale at the Manhattan cafe wednesday morning athletic Council officials have announced. The two Center Section of the big steel stands will be reserved and fans w to want Good seats for the opener Are urged to Purchase them in Advance an overflow crowd is anticipated for the first game. The admission prices Are the same As in Tho past 50 cents Tor adults and 25 cents for students u to do not hold student season tickets. Persons who desire to Purchase grandstand seats for every Home game May do so at the superintendents office at the Junior High so Hod. Several remaining Box is at also May be secured Here. Boat out of the port Lavaca Harbor on a shrimping trip. Services were held from the Cage Mills Chapel in Corpus Christi and interment was in the Aberdeen cemetery near that City. The body was conveyed Overland by Ryan and son. Roy Walter Johnson was born a Foi in Milam county on december 15. 1891, the son of h. Johnson and Nina Petty Johnson natives of Corpus Christi. He was a Boatman by Trade and widely known up and Down the Texas coast. Surviving to mourn his passing besides his parents and wife Are two sons Alpin and Doyle Johnson of port Lavaca one daughter mrs. Thelma Ferrell of Corpus Christi six Brothers o. M., l. R., James e., h. E., jr., and Mark w. Johnson All of Corpus Christi and Jessie Johnson of dripping Springs and four is Ter. Mrs Roy Lynch mrs. Lula Duncan mrs. Arthur pall and mrs. Erma Savoy All of Corpus Christi. And residences of Britain a wealth lest and social elite. Some West end stores whose names around the world Are byword of luxury were partly in completely closed due to bomb damage other their plate Glas windows shattered were a open business As the badly damaged area we located for the most part Between pie Dilly circus London Broadway and 42nd Street a in Hyde Park and North of St James my Green Park where Buckingham Palace and St. James Palace Are located. It is one of the richest areas in the world. Pie Dilly is a famous Shoppe re tree so is Home of Fine tailors Hie Haberdashery is Park Lane running in under a gins. Historic Glass Tor the draft a number which when the men called to Active casing in Phi lad Ipar used in the last its Bottom is line hosed ser let a ult Tell t. Iii us that Thia s Independence Hall rests the world War to select doughboy with capsules each containing i blindfolded draw determined the uniformed guide above Hist Ain Jar Fidiaj St Ello ii. \ a it at conscription. Registration of aliens continues registration of aliens living in this county continues at a brisk Pace with approximately 303 listed to Date local postal officials in charge of registrations announced. Of this number listed approximately 170 have been fingerprinted and registered. There still remains a Large portion however to be listed and registered As it has been estimated that Between 800 and 1200 aliens reside in this county. Excuse Odd fist Sale Nantucket mass. In announcing a Sale a shopkeeper Here placed signs in his windows that read a due to unsettled conditions in Europe beyond our control we Are sacrificing our entire Churchill Calls on britishers to keep vigilance by Frederick kill i ii it ii 1�?~mn Huff it Orr in pm a Iii ent London sept 17. Prime minister Winston Churchill today called upon tile British people to Edge of Hgt de a of famous hotels despite the h pulled up to thi charged wealthy and taxicabs circulated. Air Laid alarms continued despite apparent diminish the threat of invasion. A Bond Street and fashion Tab Lisments along one the location apartment of limousines urls and diet Turners. Busses Tod. ugly maintain c against the German inv that Britain instant v i continued asian but strength the weather Channel was St Gale howled the Straits the most be said since last Wint was topped with w the surf pounded h beaches and rattled windows of Seaside buildings fog a mile or so Gila till cd dec the English a Southw r the narrow Ere it War the water Ute Caps and a \ 11v on he doors and Homes and limited visibility to although the Sun if Wen a nor ing while a crushing inroads by my made on a the enemy Smous superiority of number. Quot a we May await the decision of tin air Battle with sober but into easing Confidence Quot tin prime minister said while admitting about 10,000 civilian casualties including 2,Ojo dead As a result of German bombings in the first two weeks til september. A serious injury has been done to Adolf Hitler ship and Barge. O be titrated for invasion of great Britain and Ireland a Churchill said while Quot our own strength develop steadily by land sea and above Allrn the in the House of lords Viscount Caldecote dominions Secretary raid that Britain ultimately would have air superiority Over Germany. Quot we shall very shortly by iese Churchill Page 2 broke through the Clouds occasionally and the wind was veering toward the Northwest orders snowshoes for Alaska troops Liv touted or Norw a me a troop in Alaska Are going to get some streamlined footwear for wet i a porting goods firm Here which furnished snowshoes for rear Admiral Richard a Byrd and his men on two expeditions in let received a government order for 2,000 Modem snowshoes 48 Inch Long and Only to inches wide the weather Texas partly Cloudy Toms and wednesday. Temperature munds High 94 this morning Low 72

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