Illinois Valley News, Thursday, March 6, 1941
Page Six
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"Overhead the flock was growing.”
THE STORY SO FAR: Intelllgenes
Officer Brnnlnf Kisrned In Mexico City
that 200.000 foreign troops under Van
Haaaek were poiaed aloni the Rio
Grande tor an Invaalon of Ute United
Staten. He aucceeded In Kalnins the
confidence of Fincke and Bravot, two
enemy officer*, before returning to
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CHAPTER VIII
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INSTALLMENT EIGHT
Washington. FlagwIU, acting chief of
Military Intolllgence, told him that forces
wera also reported massing In the Medi
terranean and the Far East. Benning
continued to pose as an enemy agent
when Fincke later appeared In the cap
ital. Without warning, four southern cit
ies were attacked from the air. Wash-
«*••••
put an officer of lesser mettle in a
dizzy whirl.
Inventory disclosed that the Sec
ond Division had escaped the sud
den storm with loss of forty-odd car
go trucks, seventeen men, five offi
cers, and two pieces of artillery.
Having given the Second its orders
to assemble and march on Kirk.
I Brill set about his final tactical
I plans.
From time to time Brill and his
staff were interrupted by reports
of air disasters over New Orleans,
Galveston, and Houston. Total losses
there aggregated twelve hundred.
General Bril] directed his senior
aide to get General Hague at Wash
ington on the long-distance. The
hour was nearing three o'clock when
the Chief of Staff of the Army
reported ready to talk.
"My best judgment is to pull out
of here," Brill said, after he had re
ported latest developments in Tex
as. "We're too thin to make a fight
for San Antonio, but we can do some
good delaying back of the Colorado
and Brazos while you get troops
enough into the Fort Worth country
to make a stand.”
The Hague voice responded with
quiet firmness, “You'll proceed at
once against the enemy, Brill, and
make a stand in front of San An
tonio with your Second Division.”
Brill groaned. "But Hague, are
you sure you understand the whole
situation down here? It's simply in
viting a lot of nasty losses to no
purpose. I haven't force enough
to—”
“Let's not debate the matter,”
General Hague interrupted stoutly.
"Is that clear, Brill?"
"Perfectly, sir.” There was nei
ther remonstrance nor equivocation
in the area commander's voice now.
In a calm voice Brill repeated the
Hague decision to his staff. He of
fered no comment. Without speak
ing, the staff went to work on its
new plan.
Circling to the south. Brill found
the due-south road to Kirk, which
was under military traffic control,
and sped to the vHlage, where he
found Genera) Mole, division com
mander. Mole was a thin bit of
military hickory now nearing retire
ment age.
General Mole received his superi
or's battle orders with a monosylla
ble of acquiescence, as if to hoard
his jaded energies, and promptly set
to work with his staff. The division
staff was familiar with the country
and made prompt plans for organi
zation of a defensive position. Or
ders were ready within half an hour,
and since there was no enemy im
mediately in prospect, the regiments
proceeded to their positions in their
cargo trucks.
General Bril) stood In the growing
dawn gravely watching the Second
pass out to its battle lines. A force
of 10.837 enlisted men and two war
rant officers, led by 546 officers.
Captain Franklin Boll, In com
mand of two outpost companies of
the 11th United States Infantry in
the vicinity of Laredo, had patrols
along the Rio Grande watching for
the first Van Hassek wave. Word
had flashed through of the bombing
of San Antonio and Boll knew that
the land invasion must be shaping
itself already for a vital blow at
Texas when daylight came.
Colonel Denn had spent a fretful
night, well knowing the tight pinch
in which he might And his regiment
at dawn. His regiment was at peace
strength, rifle companies running as
low as seventy, total strength 1,132
officers and men. No artillery sup
port had been sent him from Fort
Sam Houston, his only supporting
weapons were the 37-millimeter and
small mortars of his weapons com
panies. His ammunition supply was
less than one day of Are.
Such a thing as interdicting sus
pected points of enemy river cross
ing was out of the question. He had
given Boll, in outpost, eight machine
guns and some light mortars.
Lightning flashed in the distance.
A shrill screech came plowing
through the night. High explosives
crashed in to turn night into bed
lam. Fragments found a victim who
fell witii a howl of pain. The crew
of a machine gun was dropped. Men
acattered, lay flat on their faces,
helpless against this hurricane of
destruction that howled down upon
them across the Rio Grande.
All existence was now engulfed
by ti>e seething uproar of artillery
Boll saw that the regiment was
claiming the fullest force of Van
Hassek's rage.
Half an hour and Boll's casualties
were twenty. Patrols had been sight
ed, an increasing number of skulk
ers were reported closing in. Boll
saw that his position was becoming
untenable.
He started his men slowly to the
rear, with two squads covering his
withdrawal. The enemy, suspicious
of a possible trap in the night, fol
lowed cautiously. From this Boll
guessed that only the first scatter
ing bridgehead troops were in ac
tion. But, having guessed that the
Americans were without benefit of
artillery, the Van Hassek officers
now would use the main bridge and
move across the Rio Grande in
force.
Boll had covered less than two
hundred yards when a runner ar
rived from Colonel Denn.
"The colonel says get back as fast
as you can!" the messenger pant
ed. "Regiment Is pulling out right
away for the Nueces."
Half an hour later, Boll panted
into the regimental position. Cap
tain March, assistant plans and
training officer, came hurrying up
from a vacated regimental position
"Regiment pulled out twenty min
utes ago," March reported to Boll
"You're to follow at once as rear
As Captain Boll sprang into his
guard Trucks are ready behind this station wagon with his lieutenants,
hill. Colonel Denn left you some and sped to the head of his truck
baldollers of extra ammunition, but column to set the pace, his eye
we ought to get back of the Nueces caught the flash of light that turned
before we light. Second Division is the waning night into day some
taking position somewhere back miles ahead of him.
there. Hurry your men along. Cap
"Step on her!” he barked at his
tain!"
driver. "They'll spot us tn a min
By jamming his men seventeen to ,
ute—and we're still in artillery
the truck. Boll got his command on
range.”
wheels. Two trucks went to the
Boll sat with hands gripping his
wounded, one to his three remain
ing machine guns
He studied the knees while he observed the bursts
luminous dial of his watch, an anx Luckily they were striking to the
ious scowl on his face as his convoy right and doing no damage. But
made ready to pull out. The hour shortly the firing ceased, the air ob
server roared by again with a flare,
was a little past three o'clock.
and rushed off to radio correction to
A plane shot overhead, traveling
the distant gunners.
high and fast Its shrilling motors
He saw that there was the first
sent a chill down the captam's spine
touch of gray in the air, dawn only
"It'U be just too bad for us if
we're not at the Nueces by day a matter of minutes. It would be a
miracle If he reached the Nueces
light’’ he muttered to Captain
March. "And with light dua in half with half of his men and trucks.
As the night thinned out. he caught
an hour. I'm afraid we just can t
make itl"
Major General Brill, area com
mander, kept bis head through tan
<^<so/Ae s
/eifn/Zissew/
gled hours whoso crises might have
NEXT WEEK
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Beginner Didn't ant
Possibility to Be U asted
Inclon was heavily bombed and tha
President killed In the assault. National
forces were ordered mobilized, but the
army was ill prepared to repulse the
well trained and equipped enemy col
umns which were about to advance
aiainst them.
Now continue with the story.
ITO BE COXTIM EDI
The rain rains mostly upon the
just. The unjust keep borrowing
his umbrella.
In the Name of Safety
"What’s making you so angry?”
"Nothing much. I cut myself
with a safety razor, burned my
self with a safety match, and
nearly got run over while reading
a safety-first notice.”
Quite Obvious
'Isn't that a new frock you’ve on?1
^
'Yes; I got it for a ridiculoui figure.
'Oh, I can tee that!”
Grounds for Suspicions
“I’ve searched high and low for
the furniture cream recipe your
mother gave me—”
"Here!” said her husband, put
ting down his spoon, "where did
you get the recipe for this soup?”
INDIGESTION
may affect the Heart
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the distant hum of this new men
ace.
Boll broke out the glass win
dows of his station wagon with the
butt of his automatic. He thrust
his head out and peered into the
sky. Planes were circling overhead
like so many mad wasps waiting the
instant of better visibility. There
was not long to wait. As night shed
its last veil, the war falcons swoopea
one at a time to pluck the little
caravan to bits with their talons of
steel.
Men in the trucks opened fire with
their rifles. But the attacking planes
flew with the speed of the wind. They
dashed low, pumping bullets from
hot machine guns, releasing their
fragmentation bombs, and in a twin
kling were gone. Then back they
came, one at a time at irregular
intervals, to plaster the road with
their fury.
Overhead the flock was growing.
Fourteen planes, he estimated. Two
squadrons, force enough to tear him
to pieces bit by bit unless miracles
of good fortune and bad marksman
ship attended him along the red
course to the Nueces. Inevitably,
dropping down time after time with
out other hindrance than the ran
dom fire of his riflemen, the air
men would take their relentless toll.
A truck went out, the third one
back from Boll.
It cracked up
across the road under impact of a
bomb. The driver slumped dead
in his seat. Men piled out and be
gan scattering out of the storm. Boll
stopped his car, ran back to straight
en out the snarl.
Three planes zoomed down his col
umn, knifing the road. He saw two
of his men fall. He gave instruc
tions to a sergeanb'and two corpo
rals. They were to pass word down
the column.
Hereafter
stricken
trucks were to be shoved to the
sjde of the road, survivors and
wounded distributed to other trucks
as they passed along. All were to
act promptly on their own initiative
Boll ran back to his station wagon,
leaped in. The car was vibrating
with the gentle motion of idling mo
tors.
A shout went up from the men
in Boll's truck. A plane crashed
out of the sky and whanged into
the gray earth. It burst instantly
into flames.
Boll's riflemen had
claimed another bird in this unequal
clash. But the next instant brought
red retaliation. Another truck nosed
off the road in a crush of wounded
men and dead. Boll saw the sur
vivors act promptly to extricate
themselves, gather up the maimed
and flag down succeeding vehicles.
The village of Encinal flashed by.
Boll shook his head and swore bit
terly. Encinal told him that he had
little more than started on his long,
desperate run. Next would come
Artesia Wells, which would be little
more than halfway to the Nueces.
He looked at his watch and saw
the hour was short of six o'clock. He
groaned and passed a tormented
hand across his face. Misgivings
struck him of making it through.
His mind made a nasty calculation.
At their rate ot kill, those vultures
would tear his column to pieces Be
fore he could run under the dubious
cover ahead.
Decision snapped in his mind as
he saw a new flight swarming into
the fight. The birdmen were travel
ing high, but heading straight into
the conflict.
More than twenty more planes he
guessed in the daze of tragic dis
covery. His eye raced over the ter
rain. There were mesquite, juniper
thickets, some rugged dwarf pine.
Scattered, hia men would have
refuge until Van Hassek's column*
wheeled up.
He roared an order to stop the
truck and leaped to the ground The
unwounded men with him he in
structed to keep up their rifle fire.
Standing beside the road he signaled
a halt, motioned the command to de
truck
Objecting
Mother—Baby’s crying because
he's getting his first teeth.
Little Mary—What’s the mat
ter? Doesn't he want them?
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and appealing about a yoke
dress like this that will make you
look as fresh and bright as a little
girl all dressed up in a new
starched frock! It’s very becom
ing and youthifying to misses and
women alike. Yet design No. 8876
offers you the makings of a very
comfortable home style, with
waistline that you can comfortably
The driving instructor was
teaching the awkward fellow to
drive a car.
"Put out your left hand to sig
nal that you are about to move
off. Then with your left foot step
in the clutch. With your right
hand put the gearshift into first.
Gradually ease up on the clutch,
the while stepping gently on the
accelerator with your right foot.
"When the car has gathered
speed, again step in the clutch,
shifting with the right hand to sec
ond. Then with the left foot slowly
let out the clutch, accelerating
with the right foot. Then repeat
to shift to high speed. Keep your
eyes on the road ahead all of the
time.”
There was a long pause; the
pupil appeared to be thinking.
"Well, what are you waiting
for?” asked the instructor finally.
"There’s nothing useful I could
do with my nose, is there?” in
quired the beginner.
Ou trapped In the stomach or gullet may act like a
hair-trigger on the heart At the first sign ot distress
■mart men and women depend on Bell ana Tablet« to
Mt *as free No laxative but made of the faatest-
acting medicines known for acid indigestion. Jf the
FI BBT DOSE doesn’t prove Bell-ans better, return
bottle to us and receive DOUBLE Money Back. 25c.
In Ignorance
Nothing is so firmly believed a*
what we least know.—Montaigne.
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Creomulslon relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creotnulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
ASK
ANOTHER
As Our Works Are
Everyone is the son of his own
works.—Cervantes.
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The Quettions
1. What is the only state in the
Union which is bounded by one
state alone?
2. Which of the following is a
natural magnet—Capstone, thun
derstone or lodestone?
3. What are known as cardinal
winds?
4. When was the boundary be
tween the United States and Can
ada finally determined?
5. What are the odors of the
principal gases that are used in
war?
6. How many shillings are there
in a British pound?
7. How small can diamonds be
cut?
8. Who said: "I know of no
method to secure the repeal of
bad or obnoxious laws so effective
as their stringent execution"?
The A newer »
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects
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LICE
apple blossoms.
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6. Twenty.
7. Some diamond cutters have JUST A
become so expert in cutting very DASH 11
small diamonds for mass settings
that they produce regular 58-facet
stones so small that as many as
800 weigh only one carat.
Art of Hoping
8. Ulysses S. Grant (inaugural
Patience is the art of hoping.—
address March 4, 1869).
Vauvenargues,
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FiMay W arn of Disordered Kidney Action. Don't Neglect lt!j
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life - with its
hurry
Symptoms of
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disturbed kidney
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persistent head-
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diaxineas, getting
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swelling.
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jp nights,
swelling,
whatnot, keeps doctors busy,
puffiness under the eyes—
hospitals crowded. The after
a feeling of nervous anxiety
THE REASON DOAN’S
effects are disturbing to
and loss ot strength and
the kidneys and oftentimes
ABE FAMOUS
energy. Other signs of kid
people suffer without know
ney or bladder disturbance
All over the country
ing that disordered kidney
sometimes
are burning,
grateful people tell
action may cause the
scanty or too frequent urina
others: “/Axin’» hare
trouble.
tion.
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After colds, fever and
In such cases ft Is better
mend them to you.**
similar ills there is an in
to rely on a medicine that
That is why we say,
crease of body impurities
has won world-wide ap
Aak your neighbor I
the kidneys must filter from
proval than on something
the blood. If the kidneys
loss favorably known. Use
are overtaxed and fail to remove excess |______
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add and other harmful waste, there is friends for more than forty years. Be sure
poisoning of the whole system.
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_ get
~ Doan" 9. Sold at all drug stores.
1. Maine.
2. Lodestone.
3. Winds blowing from due
north, east, south or west.
4. The boundary between the
United States and Canada was not
completely determined until 1925,
or 142 years after our country
signed the treaty with England.
5. As nearly as can be described,
Two Tragedies
i <* desire, , the
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to get
it. And
mustard gas smells like garlic;
There are two tragedies in life the latter is the greaterTragedy.—
lewisite like geraniums; phosgene —one is not to get your heart's | Oscar Wilde.
DOAN’S PILLS
THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNING CAMELS GIVES YOU
EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR
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AND
ITS
SWELL TO GET THAT
EXTRA MILDNESS
IN A SMOKE AS TASTY
AS A CAMEL. THERE’S
LESS
NICOTINE
than the average of the 4 other
targett-telling cigarettes tested —lew than
any of them —according to in ..rendent
scientific tests of the smoke itself.
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SMOKE’S
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