The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1945 Page: 1 of 12
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THE CLARKSVILLE TIMES FRIDAY, MARCH 16,1945
NEA NEWS
FEATURES
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Big Commercial
Truck Program
-Certain If
Weather Clears
Progress is being achieved in the
Red Cross war fund drive in Red
River county, but at least $5,000
more wes needed Wednsedav to
complete the quota, according to J
T. Jolley, chairman of the Red
River county chapter, in Clarksville
a few hundred dollars will have to j
be raised to meet the goal, but a 1
number of contacts have not been
made and when all canvassing is i
completed it is expected thal the ,
city will have its quota with some
to spare. 1
Several communities in the conn-
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^ Jlpfavorable weather, whic h has
Mrentlv interfered with general
Mg*** operations in Red River | ty m not start the drive until this
Ocounty in recent weeks, is now wcek and were not in position to
JOlaylng the spring commercial rep0rt results Wednesday. Some of
testable program plans for which the larger towns are over or just
formulated in mid February. about complete. Bogata was re.
°* }oca* fanners are in- portejj over Tuesday, being, along
twested In this year’s plans for in- with Fulbright, the first larger
Jjreftfiod production oi beans, pep-s,; communities to finish the drive,
^tomatoes, potatoes and other crops. | ^ number of small districts are
Jit the county agent'? office, which j making good headway and wiII
the clearing house for much that nil rpnnpct.c hut cnmo nf thpcp
is being undertaken. It was an-
nounced Tuesday that widespread
^ •'Interest was being manifested,
with numerous farmers ready to
sign production contracts and ob-
tain seeds. Many have called at
the office for information
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B-29'S HEAD FOR TARGET AREA—Marianas-based B-29's high
head for targets on the Japanese homeland. Bombardiers often mu
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Clarksville Will Attempt Re
Reputation as Mosquito Free
Town Lost in 1944
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| Tuesday, March 27. was selected
; as city-wide clean up day in
, Clarksville’s 27th Annual Mosquito
Control Program at a mass meeting
j held in the city hall Wednesday
afternoon. At the meeting, attend-
! ed by representatives from Clarks-
, ville chdc clubs, business houses.
I schools, and organisation, commlt-
i tees were named and plans were
1 formulated for the systematic eradl-
! cation of mosquito breeding places
j so that Clarksville’s reputation as
► a city without a mosquito may be
I restored In 1945.
the clouds in the substratosphere.
) bomb through weather such a., this
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Stokely Enters This
Territory.
Stokely Foods, Inc., one of the
country’s leading packers, has en-
tered Red River county for the
first time this year M. P Tomber-
tain, a representative of the com-
pany. with headquarters at Pitts-
burg, arrived in’Clarksville Monday
•nd will spend' several weeks here
contracting for beans and peas to
be delivered at Clarksville at har-
vest time under guaranteed prices.
He will be at McCulloch Grocer
Company on Saturdays. Detrils cf
the Stokely offer to farmers ap-
pears in an advertisement in to-
day's Times.
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Year For Truck Crops
Permits.
be* Wf ycSMTor truck
- growing and maketing in Red River
county if the weather permits.
- While conditions heve been mostly
Unfavorable thus far. a change for
.the better may be at hand, it is
istlll time for an extensive program
to be carried out with hundreds of ;
■farmers participating Never before |
has there been such an opportunity j
. to grow these crops with greater as- '
surance of a ready market at very
attractive prices. Many business j
men and farmers believe Red River |
county’s future as in agricultural
is to be determined by the success
Of the current development phases
of commercial truck growing.
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Labor. Being Recruited.
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meet all requests, but some of these
may not be ready to report in full!
before next week. The general
situation is encouraging. Jolley i
stated, and he urges that every !
job until quotas have been met. j
community organization stay on the '
Early completion of the campaign j
is requested.
Yanks Cut Superlfghway
East of Rhine Thursday
More Than 20,000
Japs Have Died
On Iwo Island
B. B. Black, executive committee
chairman, called for the coopera-
tion of every citizen in the drive
and pointed out that Clarksville’s
normal population of approximate-
ly 4,000 has now risen to approxi-
mately 6,000, a fact that will neces-
sitate the education of new citi-
zens concerning the pp ’am and
■will call for added efi^.i, on the
part of citizens who have helped
in the past programs.
Dr. Nowlin Watson, city health
of fleer, emphasized the importance
of eradicating the source of ma-
Japs Cremated
500 Own Wounded
In Manila Feb. 8
laria. the mosquito, and
that an experimental
be started outside the
town to determine the ef
new drug, DDT, in
tool.
The big problems In
campaign are manp
trucks, both of which ai
ly scarce. Chairman
these problem* «
however, with the cooperation *
the citizenry. Cheatham 'IIRI
(See MASS MEETING, Page POUI
War Weariness
After V-E Day
Feared for U. S.
Have You Given
Your Part To
The Red Cross
Goose Creek, Texas—The Red
Cross announced receipt of a
J100 contribution from Lieut.
Jcrroll E. Sanders
Sanders, an Army fighter
pilot, is now a prisoner of war
in Germany.
His mother, who handed a
check from her son to Red
Cress officials, said the flying
officer had written that “I
wouldn't be here and wouldn’t
be able to make this contribu-
tion if it handn’t been for the
Red Cross."
Sanders was shot down over
France last year on his 24th
mission.
$50,000 Salary
Cut To $309.36
Next Summer May
End War With
Germany
With the U. S. Ninth Army in
Germany. (/P)—Many Allied military
men now believe the European war
“tvill end early next summer, rather
than next fall, efter a gradual de-
Last Few Miles
To Berlin Will
Be Hardest
Moscow. — The Germans have j
converted the area between the |
Oder river and Berlin into a con-1
tinuous fortress and-those lqst few
miles of the Rtu Army’s fpad to
While official reports placed
spearheads of the American
First Army within a half mile
of the Cologne - Frankfurt
raoerhighwav. east of the
Rhine bridgehead. Brussels
radio Thursday said the road
had been cut. Subsequent re-
ports from Allied headquarters
were expected , to confirm* this
before the close of the day.
While First Army units were
in the vicinity of the vital six-
lane military road. Third Army
forces were crossing the Moselle
river west of Coblenz in consid-
erable strength and were re-
ported to have established a
bridgehead three miles deep
and nine miles wide.
struction of the enemy's remaining the German capital will be thfe nfost
forces. | bloody of the long march (from
This opinion appears to be shared , Stalingrad. Soviet front tjispatehesj
by German civilians interviewed i reonri. -r/ »yr*W
behind the Allied lines. The idea The 38-mile direct road to Berlin
of a sudden wholesale collapse, as from the west bank of the Oder
a result of recent Nazi disasters, is 1 opposite newly-captured Kuestrin Paris, (Thursday). (/P) —infantry
generally discounted. However, mil- ■ is a solid maze of concrete block-land armor of the United States
itary men do not expect a repeti- j houses, pillboxes, dragon’s teeth and First Army expanded the Remagen-
tion of the violent warfare and endless lines of anti-tank and anti- I Erpel bridgehead Thursday to with-
stubborn defenses that character- ] infantry obstacles. | in a mile and a quarter of the
They are fronted by a special I Frankfurt - Cologne superhighway,
water system for flooding their ap-j and other American forces extend-
proaches. One Soviet photograph I ed the flgjiting along the far-flung
showed that the Germans at some | western front.
points already had flooded a vast, In the bridgehead, now MBs miles
area of the flat lands leading toj long and 5'4 miles deep, Lt. Gen.
Berlin. I Courtney H. Hodges’ Doughboys
The army newspaper. Red Star. punched north, south and east for
ized west front fighting in Novem-
ber. December and January,
j There has been a definite change
j in the mental attitude of German
j troops, consistently demonstrated
by the character of their resist-
| ance during the Allied drive to—-
j and across—the Rhine. German
morale has deteriorated, but seem- 1 warned of the difficulties ahead, i gains of up to a mile through the
Count* rAgi»« ~Taykn\ said Tpes- 1 Petroleum Company.
Si day'that I ' "
New, York, —(/P>t-Frank Phillips,
chairnjan of the board ’ of Phillips
has slashed
tfveTlabor J rctauiti n g * pro - ‘j his own salary to *1 a year from
B^Cram '-recently instituted tn this | *50.000. because of heavy fax de-
MBjffc was progressing. , Some fifty , duct ions.
, men have already * been- signed up1 In J message to stockholders in
for work this spring and summer ! the March issue cf Philnews, the
and more are in prospect. A ma-
: JOrtW ot these ote.cpjored. The pool
workers thus being created will
readiness rfqr. meeting cmer-
i as they arise on local farms.
a Deserters
Switzerland
company's house organ, Phillips
said that he did not see why the
company should "pay out $50,000 a
year and benefit me by
$30936” ' . .• ••
i The -newspaper Izvestfa, pointing
1 out that the order of the day issued
; by Premier Josef Stalin announc-
i ing the capture of Kuestrin was
his 30flfth, said: "We don't know
L“™' which number will proclaim the fall
They are quite happy but as stalin said there
Zurich. Switzerland. — The news-
Arbeiter Zeltung. published
Swiss town of Schaffhausen
German border, reported
woods and villages of
3W
m
with Oerman deserters
front
of these deserters — even
-were quoted by the
declaring they “have had
[ will give themselves up”
"at the first oppor-
i said chaos was spread-
lout Germany, where
ingly not to the point where Nazi
soldiers are ready to give up the
fight entirely.
Rather, as one American who
was in the thick of the recent of-
fensive put it, they appear to be
quite willing to fight as Gong as
there is not to much tfatiger of
getting killed.
“They aren't ready to give up
without a fight, but once we by-
pass or reach their positions thev
are perfectly willing to give up,'
only! he said
j to surrender with ’honor’. ...ty, js d t beiieve the Red Army
Shrinks^ S?^tnt^tf!dJ!S'!£POt heU Until "*^^111 execute this task in'the near-
shrinkage was due to high federal them, they appear content to be. est fu*-ure» **
income taxes and state levies. His taken prisoner.” i Photographs in the Soviet press
He contrasted this to the fierce showed emplacements of heavy So-
November fighting along the Roer ^ arUnery on the east bank of
and the bulge battles, where the Oder, ready to open the final
many Germans fought to the last pusb -J *“■■■■
or else tried desperately to get \ ■_.y._
ayrav .to fight again. , ALL-NEGRO JURY TRIES
Almost every American officer. CASE JN ALABAMA
believes thst the Allied armies wllli
have to fight all the way across! Birmingham, Ala.. <#) —For the
Germany before ending major, first time an all-Negro Jury is try-
merman resistance. As long as ing a case in Jefferson County cir-
there is a free area with Nazis or
SS men in control, the soldiers in
lt probably will fight, they* say.
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“A mortally wounded beast is, lugged hills that border the Rhine,
especially dangerous,” it said. "The -{ Reinforcements and supplies con-
ashes of burned Soviet cities beat tinued to pour into the Atnerican-
agalBet our heart* The ghoul* of I held area east of the river -over
tortured, murdered Soviet people j the great Ludendorff bridge and
accompany us. We bring to the ap- | the pontoon structure erected by
proaches of Berlin a sacred wrath j United States engineers,
and fi^y hatred of the enem; " “
U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters. Manila. (AA — A spokesman for | Washington. (AA —Surprised
Guam. Thursday. WPi—The Ameri- Gen Doubibs MacArthur's head- cheered though they are by
can flag was raised over Iwo J*ma; quarters reported the discovery of unexpected crossing of the
island—within 750 miles of Tokyo— evidence that the Japanese military ! American military leaders j
Wednesday, signifying tactical con- jn Manila blew up a building in preaching the end of the
quest of its bloody eight square whicb there were approximately 500 Europe with an attitude of
miles although Japanese still are of thelr WWBM|e<j aiMj then hension.
resisting to the death. More than used vast quanuties of gasoline to . For weeks they have been
20,000 Nipponese already have died furt,ber burn and attempt to de- j ing for some way to get
there. ■ j strov all evidence. | truths across to the American
The Navy communique Thursday.| The incident, the spokesman; pie: 1;
reporting 200 to 400-yard gains fur- salf| occurred peb g in the mined | “There will be relatively fear
ther compressing the Nipponese to- Philippine Women’s College Build- charges, how many remains
ward the sea at the northernmost |nB | determined. There win be
end. announced the flag-raising on “There Is a growing volume of, furloughs for men en route
the 24th day of the invasion but evidence.” he said, “that death by ■ Europe to the Pacific, but
made no claim that the island had burning is a typical practice of the , again the number is uncertain.
*■*“ -“**—*- J j Japanese military. (for untold hundreds of ”
“Horror of the cremation-murder there will be the swiftest
! of civilians is augumented bv the \ direct transfer from the
| killing of their own military j fields of Germany to the
! wounded when evacuation becomes proaches to Japan.
, impossible. This had been previous- i In general, lt is planned as
! W noted in Japanese abandoned .possible to give a;
! field hospital in the New Guinea troops a few weeks ai
! campaigns.” I they go after Japan. >,
I A Japanese diary found in Ma-< The dread of the military
I nila told how the author pnrtici- Hes In their assumption
kind of war weariness ■
after the first outburst of Joy
victory in Europe. It probably
take half a year to get those
lions of men from Europe
Pacific with adequate aril
supplies. There may be a
relative quiet—although
menders will prevent that p
can—in which people may beg
clamor for the return of- troo|
the United States.
In this would lie -Japan* gre
hope of moderating the effort
been entirely secured.
World’s Biggest
Bomb Package _
Pounds Germany
. . _ ___«<• pated in burning in the Intramuros
London. Thursday. — <AA -The
Tt
bu
, eacn, cappeu » — tn February
the Reich Wednesday by more than j__y‘_
earth-shaking debut of the world’s
assess*, assiits -sa«*
Filipino described as guerillas.
The document referred to the
pay on top of this other income,
he said, was subject to federal and
state taxes which leave him only
$306.36 ffom his salary as board
chairman. The cut became effective
Feb. I.
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ATTRACTIVE CHANGES AT
W. A. DOBSON SALESROOM
The front of the W. A. Dobson
and western Germany are. salesroom has been greatly enlarg-
ed by removal of a driveway on the
west end and the removal of an-
other driveway near the center of
the building, which throws the en-
tire front of the structure into one
large apace, with the wholesale de-
partment occupying the west end
with the retail sales section ad-
joining the wholesales department
on the east.' These changes make
CAR ACCIDENTS KILL 27
time there are un- the building one of the most at-
i signs of approaching
’ lieutenant Who
Arbelter Zeltung as
war but mur-
the Americans
business."
tractive in thia section of the stste.
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G. M. DIVISION DELIVER.
Jiiatiu wiiv/ U. UlVlOIVn DLLI
after deserting 560,MOTH AUTOMATIC
'was quoted by the
Detroit, — <JP> —General Motors
Corporation has announced that
the 500,000th M-3 sub-machine gun
made by the Guide Lamp Division
of the Corporation at Anderson. DECLINE IN M«CURTAIN
fod.. Ma been turned over to thelrOTATO CROP FORECAST
IN United States Ordnance Depart-
AT ' tout. -
The M-3 has bean in service in
Club, a | every theater of war since Guide
first placed lt In mass pro-
Austin, Texas, — While there was
one more highway motor car acci-
dent in January than there was in
the same month in 1944, the
number of persons were killed and
three fewer injured in January,
IMS.
Twenty-seven persons were kll
in Texas during both the January*,
while the accidents this year totaled
forty-eight as compared with forty-
seven in 1944. Persons Injured to-
taled twenty-four month before last
and twenty in January of 1944
■'Trapp,..-.
cult court.
When the first Spanish Explor-
ers sailed into Manila Bay. they
found a native town on the south
bank of the Pasig river.
All Nazis 16-62
Called to Service
London. JJP)—Faced with mount-
ing reserves in the west and east,
Germany has ordered every male in
the Reich between the ages of 16
and 62 to register with military au-
thorities " for active defense of the
nation" under penalty of being
punished as deserters.
The decree, broadcast by DNB
hinted that the utmost confusion
prevailed in the Reich. The order
had the multiple purpose of scrap-
ing the manpower barrel, rounding
up deserters and calling lmck sol-
diers lost from their Units.
Tb enforce compliance with the
decree, which applied-even to Nazi
party "political leaders ’ and sub-
leaders,” It was provided that
"pension payments and ration
books would be distributed only to
those who can prove their proper
registration.”
5000 Allied planes which ripped
• and blasted Germany with every-
! thing from .50 caliber machinegun
slugs to the new super-bomb tall
I as a two-story house,
i A rail viaducC at Bielefeld. 38
! miles east of |*uenster. was the]
; target for the RAP’s newest “Town
! Buster.” the world’s biggest pack-
age of explosive, which was used
for the first time by four-engined
Lancasters specially adapted for
the purpose. ^
SEVEN USO ENTERTAINERS
BILLED IN CRASH
Clothing Needed
By Belgians
the
New York. — Reporting of
“desperate*' need of clothing, shoes her defeat, of
and bedding for war-ravaged En-, mice.
ropeans. officials of the United Na- ; The enemy lri the Pacific
tional Clothing Collection for War Asia remains in a military
Relief disclosed that 30.000.000 in- ' erful position. American
habitants of liberated countries at
present are “statistically naked,”
A service bulletin issued by the
campaign leaders cited such in-
stances as a Belgian family of
seven which has but one usable
transport plane.
Names of victims have not been J ]
announced pending formal notifl- ] J
cation of the next of kin. No de-]
tails on the location or circum-J
stances of the crash were lmmedl-,
ately available.
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SURPLUS NAVY COATS
TO RETAIL FOR *26.25
leaders have been hai
home for months. What
had trouble telling Is tbi
American will have to pay
tory.
The first payment will be
ued fighting by the
Washington. — Seven USO en-
tertainers were killed overseas on
i March 3 in the crash of an Army j Yn°turo V^th“se“xe.s
and all sizes." Only one member, of, struggling toward
the family at a time, the current rope. Next, but of
possessor of the shirt, is able to tance, will be the ,______
leave the hotel in which they live,: tabling war production
i it said. | any below present levels.
The bulletin highlighted prepare-1
rations for a nationwide drive for
serviceable clothing starting April 1.
Chairman Henry J. Kaiser termed
the task of collecting 150,000,000
pounds of clothing during the
days of April a "fantastic
but he expressed "confidence that
generosity
Liberated
J5 Prisoners
MMn
1^1
Washington, (/Pi—The Office of
, Price Administration has fixed a
j retail ceiling price of *26.25 each for traditional American
13.000 men’s new sheepskin lined would meet the goal.
coats’declared surplus by the Navy. -V-
The coats will be sold by the, JUVENILE LAWBREAKERS
Treasury Procurement Division INCREASE, FJLI. SAYS
through It* New 'York and Boston 1 ------ — i
regional offices. | Washington, — IIP)—The Federal
-V-- j Bureau of investigation reported a enlisted men and 227
GILT-EDGED REFERRAL sharp increase in juvenile delin- ' newspaper said.
- quency, particularly among girls.! Orou
Lynchburg. Va. </P—Officials of a ] Arrests of girls during 1*44 lncreas- Odessa
M'l M I M III I I
Moscow — The
said that 3413
and French war
’ by the Red Army fw
; prison camps, sailed
last week.
In the group were
the law was 18 i
1944 than in 19<
m cent greater
» 1
Black Sea port report*
Americans. 2006 Brito
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SECT DESTROYER
French soldiers and ch
- Many prisoners were
R8ERVES HISTORY
Oflag 64. cf Posen, and
, mhMtn Umi _ in_r»nT
Idabel, Okie. — A.
mus. county agent,
1945 pots to crop 1 ,
county wM be about 60 per cant of
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