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JACK, FIRST OF FLYING FITZGERALDS
ABROAD, COMMANDS DELHI TRANSPORT
<6 First Officer Jack Fitzgerald,
one of the well-known "Six Fly-
ing Fitzgeralds, and son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Fitzgerald of
Sweetwater, is the first of the
#family to see foreign service.
As a pilot on the American
' Airlines for several years, he be-
came a part of the airlines ov-
erseas operations when Uncle
4 Jiam inaugurated services of the
"ompany. Officer Fitzgerald is
commanding an air transport on
a route including South Amer-
ica, Africa and India points, the
terminus of the route being New
~>JDelhi. The company transports
Everything for Uncle Sam from
a paper of pins to an army, and
its planes go anywhere when
needed.
His brother, Beall Fitzgerald,
is superintendent of the South-
ern Diviison of tlie American
Airlines, with headquarters in
Fort Worth.
Other brothers include (.'apt.
Bob Fitzgerald of the U. 6. Ar-
my, flight operations officer of
®Love Field; Cant- Walter Fitz-
gerald of the Braniff airlines on
the Dallas-Chicago run; Capt.
Glenn Fitzgerald on the Trans-
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•Eight Properties
Sold Include Two
Jlolan Ranches
Eight transactions involving
two ranches and 6 parcels of
Sweetwater residential proper-
ties, filed with County Clerk
L. W. Scott, yesterday total $49,-
♦210 in a brisk trading period that
has shown a definite upswing
for several weeks.
Largest of the transfers was
the sale of the .lames Lewallen
ranch to W. L. Murphey of Tay-
wior county for a consideration of
$22,000. The plot lies part in No-
lan and Taylor counties and
comprises 880 ycres. The Nolan
county plot of 720 acres is soutji-
east of Divide. There are 100
lucres in Taylor.
Another sizeable transfer was
the sale of the George W. Hamna
ranch to R. H. Jordan of Black-
well, former Nolan county com-
, missioner. The land comprises
•1106 acres in block 1 of the H.
and T. C. survey 252 and 250.
The consideration was $20,000.
It borders Coke county.
Other deeds: .1. F. Uendrix et
ux to Mrs F. L. Hendrix, $1050,
iTlot 7 in block 0 of the Bradford
addition: Donilla Wade to Roy K.
Andrus $3250, lots 11, 12 in block
11 of the Bradford addition; J.
I?. McEntyre to E. E. Alexan-
iT-er, $14,000, south two thirds of
w|ot 3 in block 15 of the Eastern
addition; City of Sweetwater to
E. D. Hagar, $10. cemetery lot;
Walter Taylor tp B. C. Stinson
$200, lot 5 in block 16, Southside
..addition. Frank Berry to Minnie
•Brashear. $700, lot 12, block 3, S.
A. Cole addition.
Where To Go
% Available places to go for
the weekend for the Aven-
ger trainees and service
men are:
SATURDAY
Swimming pool: from 7:30
a. m. to 11:45 a. m.; from
2 p. m. till 11 .pm.
Tennis courts at park,
! high school, junior high and
south side park; daylight to
dark.
Picnic site at city park:
' all times. Roque courts at
the park.
Lake Sweetwater (swim-
ming. fishing, picnicking,
golfing, hiking): all day and
evening.
7:30 to 10 p. m. Saturday
night, weekly open house at
Presbyterian church. Lawn
and indoor games, refresh-
ments.
4^ USO: 8 a: m. to 12 p. m.
Dance, Saturday night from
8 to 12.
Theatres running 2 p. 111.
to 10:15 p. in.
KIJNDAV:
. Churches 1 Hospitality
* Day 1. See church schedule
for time in Sunday's Sweet-
water Reporter.
UCO: 8 a. in. to 10 p. 111.
Coffee hour at USO, 10 a.
111.
Theatres running 2 p. ni
to 10 p. 111.
Swimming pool: 2 p. 111.
in 11 p. 111.
Tennis courts: dawn io
dark.
* Picnic sites at park and
lake: anytime.
Sixty-five private cabin
owners along the rim of
Lake Sweetwater welcome
the girls to visit and play
41 at their grounds. Many
have standing Invitations,
and some owners have made
It known that the girls are
welcome for a "drop in"
^ call.
continental Western Airlines,
flying from Kansas City to
New York; and Raymond Fitz-
gerald of the air force reserve,
attending Texas Tech, Lubbock,
while awaiting call.
JACK FITZGERALD
ROOSEVELT
URGES ITALY
TO RISE UP
WASHINGTON. June H
(UP) — Citing the fate of Pan-
telleria, President Roosevelt to-
day called anew on the Italian
people to overthrow their fas-
cist dictators and get. out of the
wa r.
Talking to his p: ess conferen-
ce shortly after beir.g advised by
Gen. Dwight. D. Eisenhower "of
Pantelleria's surrender, Mr.
Roosevelt said the people of
Italy could feci assured that on-
ce their fascist overlords are out
of the way, the people will be
given a free' choice of a new
government.
His remarks were an open
renevva' of the invitations voic-
ed frequently by himself and
Prime Minister Winston Chur-
chill for the Italian people to
overthrow the "Mussolini regime
and place themselves on the
mercies of ttie allies.
The fall of Pantelleria, Mr.
Roosevelt told reporters, pro-
vided an opportune moment to
speak to the people of Italy
through newspapers and radio.
Allied Chiefs
Saw Big
ALLIED HEADQUART-
ERS. N'ortli Africa, June II
(UP) Gen. Dvigiit D. Eis-
enhower and Admiral Sir
Andrew Browne Cunning-
ham, commander-in-chief in
the Mediterranean, witness-
ed Tuesday's naval bombard-
ment of Pantelleria from the
bridge of the British cruis-
er that led the attack clos-
est io the island's coastal
batteries.
Shells from the shore bat-
teries fell within 300 yards
of the cruiser from which
Eisenhower and Cunning-
ham were witnessing the
bomb urdmefit.
The cruiser, which led the
naval forces participating,
went in closer to ihe batter-
ies than other shins to test
their effectiveness.
House Pusses Stvingcnt Lctbov Bill great fort's
Would Sanction
Jail Term For
Lewis In Strike
WASHINGTON, June 11 —
(UP) — The house today adopt-
ed a drastic anti-strike bill
which, if enacted, would make
it legally possible to send John
L. Lewis to jail in event of an-
other coal strike. •
It approved the senate-house
conference agreement on legis-
lation aimed primarily at the
coal dispute but broad enough
to prevent or delay strikes in
all war plants.
The vote was announced as
21!) to 129.
The action places the bill in
position for final congressional
action in the senate late today
or early next week. Its enact-
ment. however, depends on pre-
sidential approval. Opponents of
the bill hope that Mr. Roo&o
velt will veto it.
The measure would back up
specific authority President
Roosevelt's action in seizing the
coal mines. Any one who en-
courages or aids a strike in a
government-seized mine or war
plant would be liable to a $5,000
fine or one year's imprisonment
or both. This is the provision
that could be applied to Lewis
and other coal strike leaders.
READY FOR 'KILL,'
ALLIES WARN AXIS
NOT TO USE GAS
WASHINGTON, June II
(UP) — The United Nations are
getting set for the kill. And they
are serving notice on the axis
that if Germany wants to play
rough, we will close in on her
relentlessly with gas or any
other weapon she chooses to
unleash.
That is the meaning of the
twin statements just issued hv
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill.
Confidential reports received
from Germany indicate a rapid-
ly deteriorating position. The
transport situation is partciul-
arly had. German morale would
seem to be perilously close to
going up in smoke due to the
vertical pressure exerted by in-
cessant air raids.
Thougli the German Wehrma-
cht is s'i11 dangerously power-
ful. it is clear that the German
nation is cracking under the
strain. The great German ar-
my is in a desperate position
and can null out only by some
swift, unexpected and decisive
blow from which our forces can-
not quickly recover.
There is still one great weap-
on left, in the German arsenal.
011 which our military men are
keeping a wary eye—gas.
The airplane has given the
chemical weapon a power it nev-
er had before. If the Germans
possess the air power to dissem-
inate gas, they can very well at-
tempt a blow to set us back
on our heels. The blow would
be aimed not against Russia,
hut England, and then would be
turned against the Muscovites.
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Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER -*■ Tempera-
lures: high yesterday, 93; low
this morning, 09: high today. S3;
slightly increasing cloudiness: in-
creasing vyinds; somewhat unset-
tled.
WEST TEXAS—Little change
in temperature; widely scattered
thunder showers this afternoon
and tonight.
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BUENOS AIRES, June 11
(UP)—The Axis was cut off
from all legal secret communi-
cation from the western hemis-
phere today as result of Argen-
tina's ban on all radio code mes-
sages to foreign countries.
The ban, a direct diplomatic
slap at the Ajfis, was announced
last night only a few hours af-
ter Germany and Italy had recog-
nized the new Argentine revolu-
tionary government under Pre-
sident «Gen. LPedro Ramirez.
Heretofore, diplomats have
I declare that the entries made herein are a true and complete statement as of the data indicated, pursuant to the Intern*1
Revenue Code and the regulations issued under authority thereof.
Data 194 uho-i (Signature) — — ——-
The personal exemption for withholding is <ut amount of wages on which no tax is withheld. The
exemption is larger for married parsons living together and for heads of families than for single persona
who are not heads of families or married persons not living together and not heads of families. If a hug-
fend and wife living together both receive wages, they may divide the exemption equally, or one may take
all and the other none, as they agree. An additional exemption for certain dependents is allowable to the
person furnishing the chief support of sueh dependents.
An Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate shall be filled in by the employee and furnished
immediately to each employer. In ease of a change in marital or dependency status, a new exemption cer-
tificate shall be filled in and furnished to the employer not lster than 10 days after such change occurs.
Upon commencement or change of employment, an exemption certificate shall be furnished the new
enployer on or before the date of such employment
If no exemption certificate is ftled by the employee with the employer, no withholding exemption is
allowable
Severn penalties are Imposed for wUlfuKjr supplying false or fraudulent Information or for willful
hilar* to supply Information which would reduce tbe withholding exemptiuu.
BUENOS AIKKK, June
II — (UP) — The United
S tatep has recognized the
new Argentine government
headed by President Gen.
Pedro Ramirez, it was offi-
cially announced tot'oy. The
Iiondon foreign office an-
nounced today also that
Great Britain recognizes
the new government.
surrender
By United Press
Reduced to impotence by near-
ly three weeks of aerial bomb-
ardment, the Italian island fort-
ress of Pantelleria surrendered
to the allies today, tbe first case
in history of an objective so
formidable being knocked out
by aii power
The capitulation <.r the Med-
iterranean Island inspired Pre-
sident Roosevelt to call again on
the Italian people to overthrow
the fascist dictators and get out
of the war.
In London the surrender was
hailed as demonstrating the ov-
erwhelming superiority of allied
air power in the Mediterranean
and confirming the belief that
the morale of the axis forces in
that area has deteriorated.
Pantelleria's surrender gave
the allies a new springboard to
tvicily and the continent. As
soon' as the Italian garrison
raised the white flag, allied
ground forces began the occupa-
tion of the island.
The capitulation of the ax-
is fortress in the Sicilian
(• rrows marked the first
stride by the allies across
the Mediterranean toward
Adolf Hitlers European
fortress. Less than 75 mil-
es beyond lies Sicily, which
juts up against the Italian
mainland.
Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower's
North African headquarters an-
nounced the surrender of Pan-
telleria in a special communique
A'hich said the :i2-square-mile
been permitted to send 100 words
in code daily by radio to their
home governments and even this j axjs bastion was being" occupied
limitation, imposed last Decern- j by allied forces.
ber. provoked vigorous protests: After twice ignoring allied
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HERE'S HOW "PAY-AS-YOU-GO" TAX EXEM PTION WORKS—Reproduced here is the form
which, under the new "pay-as-you-go" income t ax law, all employes will have to fill out in or-
der to obtain exemptions according to family s tatus when their employers start withholding a
portion of their salaries on the tax collection a t source plan. The side of the form shown above
lists five permissible exemption claims. The ob verse side shown below, interprets the new law
for the tax paying employed. The president signed the bill yesterday.
Scouts Qoing To Cotton War
air POWER
i from Germany and Italy.
The measure does not affect
messages passing between Ar-
gentina and the United States
and Britain, since there are cab-
le links to both countries.
The Argentine ioivign ofuce
announced that its action was
taken in compliance with resolu-
tion No. 40 of the anti-Axis ac-
invitations to eive up the hope-
less holdout, the Italian garri-
son yielded under the weight of
perhaps the most intensive-air
siege of such duration i'.i his-
tory. backed up 'by the guns of
allied wais.vjvv • v
The allied landing on the is-
land was covered and supported
cords reached at the
by strong naval forces, both des-
Pan Am-1 trovers and cruisers, which had
j erican conference at Rio De i bombarded Pantelleria during
I Janeiro. The accords also recom-1 the last week.
| mended severance of diplomatic j There was
relations with the Axis and all
slight
j western hemisphere countries
except Argentina have complied.
'SLIDE RULE'
USED AGAINST
PANTELLERIA
U. S. ADVANCED AIR RASE,
North Africa. June 11 —(UP) —
Allied airplanes following a
scientific assault plan "prepar-
ed by slide rule" forced the un-
precedented capitulation of the
Axis fortress of Pantelleria to-
day almost by aerial power
alone.
"The job was planned with
meticulous care by a large and
competent staff." explained Brig.
Gen. Lauris Norstad of Minnea-
polis. "It was a scientific job,
prepared by slide rule."
Thus after 20 days of attack
and Ki days of intensive aerial
offensive, supplemented by six
British naval bombardments,
the Italian "Gibraltar" showed
See SLIDE RULE Page 4
'General' S. F. Gaskin to-
day was rallying his array
of Scouts to go out on Nolan
county ranches tomorrow
morning and take a wallop
at the enemy.
Cotton farmers ' ave been
unable to get enough cotton
choppers and the boys will
turn their hands to the job
in a time of need.
"Bring your lunches and
hoes." Gaskin said this
morning,, "and be at the
Municipal building at 7* to-
morrow morning, if you are
not working at a regular job,
and want to earn money."
Amount of pay was not
made known, but Gaskin
said the boys would be paid
adefuately by the cotton far-
mers, who face loss of part
of their crop unless the cot-
ton chopping is done.
The U. S. Employment
service has requested the
Scouts to go into action af-
ter an appeal from the cot-
ton growers had been re-
ceived. The labor shortage
may prove serious unless at
least 00 workers can lie ob-
See SCOUTS Page 5
CONQUERED
ISLAND FORT
ADVANCED U. S. AIR BASE,
North Africa. June 11—(UP)—
The Axis garrison on bomb-torn
Pantelleria island ran uo a white
flag and placed a white cross of
surrender on the- airfield today
in an unprecedented capitulation
brought about almost solely by
aerial power.
Experts said it was the first
time in history that a surrender
had been forced so conclusively
by aerial fleets which "had poun-
ded the island by the thousands
for 20 days.
The British navy shelled the
Italian fortress island six times,
but the vast part of the attack
was carried on by American and
See AIR POWER Page 4
resistance
from the Italians as allied
ground forces began landing
from assault craft at noon today,
apparently due to failure of
some of the defense forces to
receive the order to surrender.
AH objectives, however, were
reached by our forces at 12:22
p. m.
Ralph Howard. National
Broadcasting Company _ corres-
pondent. said Pantelleria was
in allied hands exactly 22 min-
utes after the landing party
went ashore.
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TODAY'S
WAR
MOVES
Full'Scale Activities For USO Recommended
Sweetwater's USO club will be
re-established and operations
wlil continue "on the original
basis" if the recommendations of
R B. Uixson, field recreation
representative of the Federal Se-
curity Agency, are accepted by
regional headquarters at San An-
tonio.
Dixson spent two days in
Sweetwater last week checking
the local USO operation and vis-
iting Sweetwater people who
have assisted with its program.
Fourteen men and women join-
ed him in a snecial meeting at
the Board of City Development
offices Friday of last week
when Pixson pointed out that
the national organization was
contemplating "a change" in
-weetwater Dixson did not say
definitely, however, just what
"a change" would mean.
Mrs. John Perry, Mrs. K. M.
Camp. Mrs. A. A. Eberle, Mrs.
Milo K. Roth, and Mrs. Earl
Bunkley, all of whom have been
verjy ciose tp the program and
all of whom are maintaining reg
ular schedules as hostesses, tes-
tified in this meeting and urged
Dixson to recommend the UStYs
continued operation. Miss Helen
Hayes, supervisor of women,
and Henry E. Kriegel, operator
at Avenger Field, expressel
hone that these facilities would
not he denied the gir's at the
field.
The Rev. Clifford Williams,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, suggested that the flying
girl cadets at Avenger Field are
more attractive to soldiers than
beer which was available when
the USO club was first opened.
Charles Pax ton. Boh
Cooke, .1. M. Irfiwrenee and
i'. P. Johnson Insisted that
there Is Rreator need for
organized recreation now
than ever before, and argu-
ed rot. only for continued op-
eration of the UHO but, also
for an expanded «nd revital-
ised program to be ad minis-
tevefl by a capable a 4 e*- .
periencetl director on a full-
time basis.
Antonio were under the impres-
sion that soldier traffic at
Sweetwater had diminished on
account of the change at Aven-
ger Field. Dixson was convinced
that cadet traffic from the air-
base at Big Spring, T.ve. Stam-
ford and San Antonio is increas-
ing. and that attendance from
Camp Barkeley soldiers is grea-
ter than it was before the girl
cadets came to Sweetwater.
Furthermore, it was disclosed
at this meeting at the BCD, that
trains are running late and that
troops in transit are having to
spend longer hours in Sweet-
water while waiting for con-
nections
Milo K. Roth. BCD manager,
has a copy of Dixson's recom-
mendation to Harry J. Enigh. re-
gional USO officer at San An-
tonio, in which Dixson wrote:
"Since the opening of the club
at Sweetwater the community
See ACTIVITIES Page 7
1
This is the rocky coast of Lampedusa, Italian island in the Mediter-
ranean where allied forces were reported to have made an attack.
Photo illustrates difliculty of landing here.
BOBBY NICHOLSON, aviation
machinist's mate. 2-U, who
flew home from Alaska for a
visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. R. Nicholson, sr. He
is leaving today to return to
Dutch Harbor, where he is sta-
tioned. Hobby has served for
Ki months in the Aleutians
having flown with crews over
the enemy bases on the step-
ping stone islands toward Ja-
pan. He is asking for transfer
to an aircraft carrier.
Bob Burns Party,
Without Comedian,
Visits Sweetwater
Bob Burns of the films and t
popular radio comedian, who j
came to Texas to entertain the
tank destroyer battalions at
Camp Hood, Killeen, Thursday j
night, who was expected to pass
through Sweetwater this morn
ing returning to the West Coast,
quit his party of seven in Fort
Worth to visit Hicks Field, and
be a guest of the fliers today.
Burns will leave Fort Worth
tonight for Holly wood. His part>
was traveling via special coach
on the west bound Santa Fe that
arrived here at 11:15 a m
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WARNED ABOUT TIMBERS
EUGENE. Ore.. June 11—(UP)
—Guardians of western forests
were warned by a U. S. army
officer today that the Japanese
may attempt to fire valuable
stands of west coast timber
through release of free balloons
bearing incendiary bofnbs.
(Res. I s. Pat. Office)
By Louis F. Keemle
UP War Analyst
Allied occupation of Pantel-
leria has an importance beyond
that of a mere local victory. It.
sets a pattern for attack in tbe
central Mediterranean and
points the way to complete vic-
tory in that sea.
In turn, it bears directly on
operations in Europe, on the
Russian front and later in the
Orient.
The reduction of Pantelleria
was accomplished by superior
air and naval force with insigni-
ficant loss to the attackers. The
tiny 1 ut strongly-defended is-
land was used as a guinea pig
to try out allied strength as a
prelude to the assault on Sardin-
ia and Sicily.
See WAR MOVES Page 2
ATTENTION VICTORY
GARDEN OWNERS! DO YOU
HAVE AN OVER SUPPLY
OF PRODUCE?
The Reporter has had calls
from patrons who would like
to buy and even pick all kinds
of produce from gardens. If you
have a garden that is dieing
from the lack of picking, run an
ad in the Reporter Want Ads
|and you will have call after call
i for your vegetables.
In this day and time, we must
share what we have. If you
bave more than ycu can use, let
others have it who have not had
the time nor space to raise a
garden.
The REPORTER WANT ADS
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