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Evening star., 1944-01-04
Citizens Group Asks Probe
OF 0CD Units Continuance

The Metropolis View Citizens AS:
soclation last night called on the
Federation of Citizens Associations
to investigate the necessity of con-
tinuing the Civilian War Services
and Civilian Defense Volunteer OF.
nee, In view of the fact that the
Civilian Protective Services have
been placed on an inactive basis.
Several members said they con.
sldered the protective services oil
more, Importance than the social
services.
The association also voted to re-
quest the District Salvage Commit
tee promote adequate publicity prior
to the paper collections the citizens
associations are sponsoring. This can
be done, L. L. Ratlifi suggested
through newspaper, radio, and
poster advertisements in local
stores"
The motion directed, too, that the
Salvage Committee exert more
promptness in the tin can collec-
tions.
Following early adjournment OF
the meeting, which was held in
Civilian Defense Headquarters, zoe
Rhode Island avenue NV, refresh
ments were served in the apartment
OF Mrs. Franklin G. Sartwell, presi-
dent of the association.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Eight Democrats Seek
Governor Nomination
In Louisiana Race
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 4.-Eight
candidates waging vigorous cam.
paigns are bidding for the Demo.
cratic nomination January 1s in the
widest-open gubernatorial primary
Tor Louisiana since before the late
Huey Long rose to power.
This show of individualism. which
some call an indication of waning
big stick" organization politics.
places before the voters a group of
candidates from varied stations. all
independents or claiming a free
hand.
In view Of the large number OF
candidates and split-faction cam
palgning, most signs point to the
decision in a run-of primary Feb
ruary 20.
Senator Long died in 1895 and
Gov. Sam Jones, who retires in
May, overthrew the old Long politi-
cal machine in 1910 with his State
reform" program.
In the decade before 1910 the WE'LL
defined Long and anti-Long fac
tons, locked in bitter conflict. usu-
ally dominated the field on the issue
OF Long dictatorship"
Since 1910, however, a spread OF
independent political influence has
become apparent in the State. *
The candidates generally have
expressed favor for the State civil
service system, inaugurated under
the Jones administration, and all
have Endorsed aid for the returning
serviceman.
The eight gubernatorial candi-
dates are:
Sam S. Caldwell, Mayor of Shreve.
port; State Senator Ernest Glenn.
ents OF Oberlin, James H. Davis of
Shreveport, State public service
commissioner; Lee Lanier, publisher
OF the Amite News-Digest: State
Senator Dudley j. Leblanc of Abbe-
vile, Lewis L. Morgan, Covington
attorney; James H. Morrison of
Hammond, 9th district Representa-
tive in Congress, and Vincent Nose
ley OF Opelousas, farmer and scholar.
Mr.. Morrison at IS years is the
youngest candidate of the group and
Mr.. Morgan at rs the oldest. Mr..
Leblanc, Mr.. Morrison and Mr..
Moseley have made the race before.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Soldiers Help Stockyards
Handle Heavy Hoq Run
nv .bn pr.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-The services
of ITS soldiers from nearby Fort
Sheridan were enlisted yesterday to
help stock yard workers handle a
heavy volume of hogs at the Chicago
yards.
While other Midwest packing GEN.
tiers also reported heavy runs, hog
receipts at the worlds biggest yards
hit 10-year high Of $4,000, much
too big for the meat packing facil-
tiles to handle.
Farmers in the corn belt un-
loaded 241,000 head at the main
livestock terminals and at the end
OF the market thousands remained
unsold, including 1900 at Chicago
The receipts at the centers were
the largest single days volume since
January S, 1925, when 277,000 hogs
arrived. The Chicago run was the
highest since January 8, 1884.
Farmers were urged to withhold
shipments until the glutted situation
at the centers cleared,
Evening star., 1944-01-04

Europe or elsewhere, this new device
has been accompanied by other
effective aids and developments.
Fighter planes equipped with
extra long-range disposable fuel
tanks, he said, now give our bomb
ers continuous coverage to and
from targets formerly out of fighter
range.
Less spectacular but equally as
effective as aids to bombing over
Europe, in the Pacific and in ferry
ing over great stretches, he stressed,
is the operation of the world wide
weather forecasting service. Per-
sonnel working on the Air Weather
Service has increased 5000 per cent,
he disclosed, and the uncertain gap
between climatic studies and short
range weather predictions has been
closed.
The extent to which the Arnold
report stresses air power and credits
that arm of the service with making
possible this margin of victory" no
doubt will be reflected in a renewal
Of demands in and out of Congress
for creation of a separate air force
ut is they the airmen who are
fighting this war" the report said.
"Offense is the essence of air
power" the report declared in con-
tending that this principle was
amply demonstrated" by the use
Of land-based planes cooperating
with the Navy SHOWS" Of the Coral
Sea and Midway. These actions,
Gen. Marshall said previously
marked the high tide of Japanese
aggression.
Initiative Seized.
Then the single handed victory of
1t. Gen. George C. Kenney's air
force in destroying the enemy troop
convoy in the Bismarck Sea, prompt
ed Gen. Arnold to summarize:
Thus the 5th Air Force, operating
In conjunction with our amphibious,
naval and land forces in and around
the Solomons and New Guinea
had seized the initiative In the
Southwest Pacific. For the first
time in that theater we were able to
strike at times and places of our
own choosing.
The primary objective Of Allied
forces in the Southwest Pacific is
to advance our own network OF air
bases into the Japanese perimeter.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
|Enormiiy Of Disaster
To U. 5. Planes on
Dec. !, 1941, Barred
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Here Is the previously undisclosee
magnitude Of the disaster that al
but wiped out our air force in the
Pacific when the Japanese struck:
We had a total of 526 planes OF
all types deployed on the morning
of December 7, 194l, to meet posi-
BILE attacks on the Hawaiian and
Philippine Islands.
within q few hours that number
was reduced to 176."
The quotes are those OF Gen. H. H
Arnold, reporting on the Pacific war
in summary Of the operation of
his Army Air Force Command.
Plans, But Not Planes.
Gen. Arnold said that December
7 found the Army Air Forces
equipped with plans, but not with
planes. - Our combat strength
(for the whole Nation) was little
better than a corporals guard of
some 5000 planes; of these only
LIST were actually suited to combat
service"
The work of the japanese at the
Army's Hickam and Wheeler Fields
in Hawaii was fully as thorough as
at Pearl Harbor," Gen. Arnold COM
mented bitterly, referring to the de-
struction the enemy wrought on our
Pacific Fleet in the big Hawaiian
naval base.
They smashed our airdromes
caught most of our planes on the
ground. and left us without any
hope Of continuing oar reinforce
ment OF the Philippine air arm via
Hawaii" he said. "On the Island
OF Luzon they disposed of two-thirds
OF our strength before we could
recover from the surprise attack
and rebuild our air defenses."
Air Alert on Luzon.
But here Gen. Arnold disclosed
another and associated factor in
the attack. He reported:
"On Luzon, it must be said, we
had maintained an air alert since
November IS.
Even so, Gen. Macarthur re-
ported that at the end of the first
day OF war there were only II heavy
bombers and approximately 70
fighters left out of a force of IS
Bits, 30 medium and 8 light
bombers, 220 fighters and % other
airplanes. In the days that follow
ed, IA Of the Bits managed to get
to Australia, but the fighters were
destroyed one after the other.
Our last two worn-out P-40s
sank a couple Of japanese ships
with 500-pound bombs that hao
been hitched to the wings. This
was the origin of our fighte,
bombers."
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Worlds Largest Sky Forces
Manned by ,385 900

OF a military airp1ane Is short and
involves ditlcult problem OF con-
slant replacements.
Il can now reveal" he said, that
in one Of our theaters, the typical
Flying Fortress is at present in ope-
ration 231 days, before 1t is lost in
combat or damaged mechanically
in routine flights so that it is torn
down and used TO rebuild other
Bits, and the crew assigned to
another plane.
21-Mission Average.
During this average life period,
in addition to the numerous practice.
training, test, supply, administration
and ferrying flights, the average
Bit will fly 81 combat missions
in this extreme theater. This is
true today but may not be tomorrow,
for war changes constantly"
Gen. Arnold revealed for the
first time that it was in November,
1888, that he called on aviation
manufacturers and asked them to
plan "for unprecedented expansion"
He could guarantee them no funds,
nor could he offer them contracts,
he explained. In response to a
plea to double and triple" their
plants, the industry began making
heavy outlays for expansion.
Without aggressive action, the
Air Force would have been unable
to put its expansion plans into
being" he added.
That early initiative laid the
ground work for the 154 heavy
bombers on hand at home and over
seas at the time of the Pearl Harbor
attack, some of which were used to
reinforce our depleted air forces.
American engineers and produc-
ton personnel are mot only build
ing airplanes with performance and
destructive power equal or better
than those Of any in the world"
Gen. Arnold added, but they also
are breaking one record for pro-
duction after another as the months
go by"
Our aircraft workers, men and
women alike, have done what Adolf
Hitler was sure that an unregi-
mented people could not do-out-
think. outWork and outbuild his
robots"
Evening star., 1944-01-04

Gen. Arnold CoIIsStruggIe forAn Contro
Major Turning Point in European War

But pefore this campaign could
roll into its present gear the threat
to Port Moresby had to be removed.
This was accomplished In the
Papuan offensive through Buna and
Coma"
In that latter campaign, Gen.
Arnold disclosed the number of
troops borne and supplied by air as
$500 brought from Australia to
Moresby, and 5000 from Moresby
over the high Owen Stanley Noun
tains to the air strip near Buna.
Wounded, also, were evacuated by
air.
Evacuation Of Wounded.
Aerial evacuation OF the wounded,
he pointed out, has reached a vast
scale in all theaters. In the Medi-
terrean from the start of the
TuniSian to the close of the Sicilian
campaign, more than $4,000 sick
and wounded were transported g.
100000 miles by air. "Only one
patient died-one in 25,0O0," he said.
Gen. Arnold dispelled any idea
that Japan would fold" as did the
Italian Fascists, under threat of
invasion, even though, he declared.
"baffled Japs do not fight we'll"
That was by way of celebrating
on his earlier warning that the
bombing Of Japan, though certain
to come eventually, would be
neither easy nor soon.
Potentially, China remains our
most effective base for aerial opera
tions against Japan" he contended,
one reason for another assertion
that I'VE are providing a life line
to keep China in the fight"
Challenge Of Supplies.
Present difficulties in supplying
our growing air force in that coun-
try Is the greatest single challenge
and obstacle to the bombing of
japanese shipping and industry, he
contended. Supplies shipped TO-
600 miles over water and land, he
cautioned, must be flown over the
hump of the Himalayans between
Assam and RUNNING, the most
hazardous terrain in the world"
Peaks of 1900 and $4,000 feet are
no place to land or crash in" he
added.
While the road to Toxic may be
long and hard, Gen. Arnold in
dicated, neither Japanese Ship
ping nor Japanese industry will
survive the bombing in store for
them"
Gen. Arnold analyized at length
the North African and Mediterrean
campaigns, terming the landings at
Salerno another turning point" In
the war.
In the whole Mediterrean theater
combined American and British air
forces destroyed SSH Axis planes
In the air and ground, probably
destroyed 75o and damaged 1908.
The total destroyed included 400
German planes. Meanwhile, he said.
the Malta. Middle East and 9th
United States Air Force accounted
for at least another $500 enemy
aircraft.
Likewise, the Mediterrean was
made Mare Nostrum indeed" he
stressed, by destruction and damage
from the air Of 373,7O0 tons of
enemy shipping.
1t was the North African cam
palgn, as the report discusses in
1ull, that afforded the first large,
scale proving ground for co-ordi-
mated air support of ground forces
Evening star., 1944-01-04

rTOM SeVeuL0 RANKING uaC1ON u
military aviation the United State
has jumped to first place, Gen. Il
H. Arnold declared today in claim
ing for his command the world
largest air force, manned by al
army of 2,385 900 officers and men
and still growing"
Revealing for the first time tina
the authorized goal set for tn
Army Air Forces two years ago ha.
been reached. he also made tn,
initial disclosure that 10000 mer
are now undergoing daily training
in the air. These and other re.
velations were made in a report or
air operations since the Pear Har-
Dor attack.
This winged striking force, which
now commands and challenges all
supremacy on every fighting front
Gen. Arnold said, rose from the
wreckage Of score of American
airfields in the Pacific area and
after the defamation of our over
seas aerial squadrons.
Actual Number Withheld.
Gen. Arnold withheld the actual
number Of Army planes in opera
ton, for reasons Of military security
But he emphasized that some con-
ception Of the size Of the Army Air
Forces may be gained from the re-
cent statement by Robert A. Lovett
Assistant Secretary of War for Air
that over one-half of the Army's
entire production in 1914 will be air.
craft and its equipment"
Another idea of the magnitude of
American production was indicated
by figures placing 26,90O planes as
the number exported to our Allies
through lease-lend, including 1000
planes sent to Russia.
Discussing the tremendous expan-
sion in production, he noted that in
November, 1943, approximately $500
planes were produced in the United
States, as compared with 2,972 In
January, 1912, and 5,ol3 in January
1943.
While the number of military air.
craft assembly and manufacturing
plants remains the same now as in
1912, the report disclosed substan-
tial increase in personnel at all
plants this month. It is q gauge oi
things to come. During the next
l8 months, he reported a schedule
calling for manufacture of las, ,O0C
planes, yet he warned that no all
force has all the planes it needs. As
production gains are made, he
pointed out. the planes to come of
the assembly lines will be "increas-
ingly heavier and more elaborately
equipped than those now in opera
| ton"
Output by Weight Doubled.
THE weight of airplanes beine
produced now is twice as great as il
was year ago." he added. In the
next 18 months the weight is sched.
uled to exceed that of all other type.
of planes produced in the first veal
and half Of the war. There mus
be no lag in production"
Gen. Arnold naturally did not dis
close what new types of giant bomb
ers are in store for the enemy, bu
he intimated rather broadly tina
our largest at present, the recent,
disclosed B-29, will be followed b,
others larger and superior in flr,
power.
He recalled his statement of ;
year ago that the Bit and B-2
were perhaps the last of the smal
bombers - that new superbomber
with widely increased speed, flr
power, bomb loads, range and ma
neuverability were on the way"
For example" he added, 9Th
B-29 will see action in 1914" Ger
Arnold declared the working lif,
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Michigan Park Group
louds YuIe Party LeodeI

Mrs. A. L. Wills of the Michigan
Park Citizens Association was COM
mended at meeting OF the organi-
zation last night for her work as
chairman of Christmas party for
patients at the Home for Conval-
escent Children, Eighteenth and
Bunker Hill NE.
The association, which sponsored
the party, collected donations from
merchants Of the Michigan Park
and Brookland area to purchase the
Christmas gifts for the children.
Harry j. McNerney, president,
presided at the meeting in the
Bunker Hill School.
Evening star., 1944-01-04

OuiUeO . { q Z e S
Army Forces in
China, ur m a
and India under
1t. Gen. Joseph
w. Stilwell, it
was announced
last night from
New Delhi. He
is the frs t
d e p u y COM
nander In that
area.
A native of
oxford, Miss, .,
Gen. S VI t a n
W as graduated
from Vast Point
Evening star., 1944-01-04
S831, 900 Farm Debt
Cancelled by Alberta
5 the Associated Press

ES the Associated Press.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. A.
Cancellation of debts totaling $751; =
600 incurred by 10000 Alberta farm
ers with the Alberta government
between 1881 and 1885 was an
nounced by Premier E. C. Manning
last night.
The farmers, through conditions
beyond their control, had been
forced to apply for government as
sistance, mainly in the form of seed
and feed advances, Mr.. Manning
said.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
New Tanker Lifeboot
Cun Cross Flaming Oil
By the Associated Press.

o3 tiIe ASsUClHteu PfeSS.
LONDON, Jan. 4.-Construction
OF wooden lifeboat which does not
catch fire even when passing through
4o-foot flames fed by burning oil was
announced here yesterday
An asbestos hood sprayed by 30
gallons of water a minute covers the
BOAT, the British Information Serv-
ices said. The craft is intended es-
peclally for use by crews of tor
pedoed tankers.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Wayne King Named Aide
In Army Publicity Office
3y the Associatad prsss

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. Mai. Wayne
King, former band leader, has been
named deputy direcor of the public
relations Office in the Army 9Th
Service Command, it was announced
yesterday.
Maj. King formerly was aide de
camp to Maj. Gen. H. s. Aurand,
commanding general of the 9Th
Service Command.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Maj. Gen. Dan Sultan,
Former D. T.. Official,
Named 5tiIwe!! Deputy

Maj. Gen. Dan Isom Sultan,
So, former District Engineer Com
missioner, has been appointed
deputy commander in chief of
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

GEORGE LANGFoRD, MN NC,
left Tuesday to join his ship at San
Diego after spending 80 days leave
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
c. Langford and family. He has
served 26 months overseas. His
brother, Gordon Langford, MN &c,
is serving in the South Pacific,
ROBERT CoCKRILL, S VIC (Fc)
and Mrs, Cockrill, nee Johnnie
Jean Dixon, left Wednesday for
San Diego after spending five days
leave here visiting their respective
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cock
rill and Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Dixon.
Cockrill graduated last Friday
from 16 weeks at a fire control
school and will report to Camp Ell
lott for further duty. Robert is
a CUHS graduate class of AZ and
Mrs. Cockrill is CUHS graduate
class of '49. Both have made their
home here for many years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

and in accordance with Section
2044 of the 1923 revised code of
Arizona to recover the storage and
repair charges.
JAMES M. BEDINGFIELD.
First pub. Sept. %, 1914.
Last pub. Sept. 30, 1914.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22
NOTICE OF SALE OF CAR
FOR STORAGE

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Red Bedingfield, Eloy,
Arizona, will sell at public auction
at his place of business in Eloy,
This sale is made pursuant to
Arizona. for storage and repair
charges amounting to $500, one
Chevrolet truck, Engine No.
M5O65443, Illinois License B-23-652,
1912.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends for
their expressions of sympathy and
our special thanks to Sheriff Her
ron and his staff for their kindness
during our recent bereavement.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul r.
Dindinger and family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22
Coolidge Locals

Mrs. E. A. Sturgeon returned
thursday from Chandler where she
rent ten days with her parents,
fr and Mrs. c. P. Sloan, due to
he illness of her mother. The
goans are former Coolidge resi-
ents.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22
.ss. ,,s,, ssssAs o. AGRICULTURAL teososes
a. et,ssrstsI o. .ssevtrvst


glance this chart prepared by the Department of Agr
culture will show how the prices of farm commodities in this
rose Just about the first World Warun they began
off early 93 Land values in this however, have
continued follow the naonary pattern of the last
that led economic disaster during the wenties and
early thes AS part of the economic stabiza-
farmers asked their into
safe like War Bonds instead of buying land at excessive
prices.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

q Mr.. and Mrs. F. p. Jameson re-
ceived a visit Sunday from his
brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
C. Jameson, of Tucson.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

REAL ESTATE LOANS-5% Long
Term Loans on Improved Farm
Property. S. C. l. D. or Pump
Water. See c.. M. Betterton, 791
Center St.. Casa Grande. Tel.
3S6-J3. 12mar3tp tic
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22
Want Ads

WANTED - Meat and vegetable
anning-custom or cash. Also
plain sewing and quilting. Mrs.
Edge. Valley Farms, Arizona.
s22-2tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22
Editors Note Book
Continued from Page u

source of new concepts or freedom,
principal weapon in the never
ending battle against ignorance and
ill-will to increase the esteem in
which the great enterprise of pub
lie education is held among our
people is task of tremendous re-
sonsibility and honor. While we
work at little everyday jobs in edu-
cation, let us always remain con-
scious and proud of that great and
exciting meaning of education.
Right now, soldiers and battle he
roics seem important. They are
only as important as they were al
ways-important because they are
necessary consequences of badly
educated human groups. The cru
cial and transcendent task is better
education of those groups. Perhaps
this sounds commonplace to you.
To me, about to see very soon nv
seventh major engagement, it is
the one belief which stirs nv blood
more than bugles.
MAJOR
HAROLD R. BENJAMIN.
United States Army Air
Forces. Now on military
leave of absence from his
position as dean of the
School of Education, Uni
versity of Maryland.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

LOST-Saturday between Coolidge
and Winkleman or vicinity, tire
from Webster milk truck, 700
20, mounted on green wheel, Re
ward. Phone 1924. s22-1tp
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

FOR SALE - One electric gas
mangle. Price $50. Will buy
100 fryers weekly. See Lettering
on Saturdays. s22-1tc
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

sils removed Monday at Florence
hospital. She is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.Wolaver, and
is now doing fine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

O Mrs. B. d. Hopkins of Phoenix
is here visiting her mother, Mrs.
c. f. Nichols. Mrs. Hopkins will
remain for two or three weeks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

. Mrs. ]. w. Beauchamp, Sr., re-
turned recently from California
whese she visited relatives and
also Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Hamilton
former Coolidge residents, at Vista.
She was gone three weeks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

o Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Jackson and
Mr.. and Mrs Clifford Cope were
in Phoenix on business Saturday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

proceeded him by a few months.
Their son, Maurice Martin, man
aged the ranch during their abb
sence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

Q Elmer McCleery of Kirkland,
Ariz., is here visiting his brother,
Mr.. and Mrs. McCleery and family.
His stay will be indefinite.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

FOR SALE-One Universal vac
uum cleaner with all attach
ments. Price $40. Phone 215.
s22-nc
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

Q Over the weekend Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Blackwood received a visit
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

O Miss Ruby Wolaver had her ton
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

Miss Reba MCGEE has replaced
Hiss Frances Buryle as secretary
and bookkeeper at the office of
Valley Farms. Miss Buryle re-
signed to return to her home in the
east. Miss McGee is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. McGee.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-09-22

from their daughter and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Stringer,
from the east. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Bennett and daughter,
Charolett, were also their guests
Sunday.
Q H. H. Martin has returned to
make his home on his ranch near
La Palma after spending almost
five years in the east. Mrs. Martin