Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 199, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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Working for the Interests of Mt. Pleasant, the center of the Milk Industry of Northeast Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Volume XXIII
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Wednesday Evening, October 29, 1941
Number 199
W. T. Sims Speaks
B.&P.W. Club Holds
She’s Got a Date
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To Kiwanians On
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Bus in Which 15 Perso is Died After Gas Blast
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To Be Made By Navy
On Sub Sinkings
Admit Rain, Snow
and Slush Slowing
Down Operations
Congress Ready
For Legislation
To Stop Strikes
May Prevail on
Turkey to Permit
Passage of Troops
Heavy Raids Make
It Impossible For
Civilians to Stay
Kiwanis-Rotary
Golf Tourney to
Be Next Tuesday
According to a special report
from W. H. Lee, agent for the
Bureau of the Census, Depart-
W. T. Sims, supervisor of the
local office of the Farm Secur-
Maximum
Minimum ..
Temp. 6:30
Wind from
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1,907 Bales All-
Ginned Here On
October 18th
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred McMinn
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cobb
left Wednesday morning for a
visit with relatives in Mississippi,
Alabama and Kentucky. Thflfy
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Florida claims to produce more
kinds of commercial crops than
any other state in the Union.
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L. J. Scott of Corpus Christi
is visiting Mrs. W. O. Scott while
recovering fnom an operation.
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KEEP ’EM FLYING, U.S.A
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I Mrs. Lonnie Williams, this week, will be gone for a week or more.
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Lewis and Taylor British Prepare to J RAF Forces French
Confer in Secret Open More Routes 'To Evacuate Many
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Of Russian Capital On Labor Problems To Assist Russians Of Bombed Sectors
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Mrs. Arch Tedford of Sulphur
Springs is visiting her daughter.
‘Food For Freedom’
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Annual Banquet to
Honor Employers
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Judge Harvey of
Linden is Speaker
Special Program
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come to put a halt to delays
caused by unnecessary striker.
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Cotton Report Is
Long pointed fingernails orig-
inated in 700 B. C., when a
wealthy Chinese gentleman let
his nails grow long to prove that
he did not have to work.
It was reliably reported Wed-
nesday that Great Britain is pre-
paring to open new
routes into southern Russia, and
is putting pressure on Turkey to
allow the passage of troops and
supplies through hfer territory
from Gaghdad and other points
in Iraq and Iran.
By construction a short rail-
way line in Turkish territory an
almost direct route would be
available for transport purposes
in this area, while others could be
brought in from India. The Brit-
ish have a large force in the
Gifford Pinchot, former gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania, once was a
pioneer forester at George Van-
derbilt’s show place, Baltimore
Estate, near Asheville, N. C.
victory, Propaganda B........ -.
Goebbels has warned the Ger- I still falls below the
mans they must expect I.‘_i
fighting in Rus ia throughout the
winter. The Reds have been de-
feated, Goebbels said, but it will
be necessary for hard fighting
to keep the peace throughout the
Soviet.
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Secretary of the Navy Knox
announced Wednesday that the
Navy Department will probably
follow the British plan of keep-
ing secret the sinking of Nazi
submarines so the Germans
would not know what became of
them. If any subs are destroyed
by American ships, no announce-
ment will be made of the fact,
unless it appears best for the en-
tire fleet, Knox said.
It was stated that the destroy-
er Kearny was hit by a torpedo ,
while assisting a merchant ”, es-
sel being attacked by i* German
submarine, and in so doing was
itself hit and eleven lives were
lost as a result.
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Movie oomph girl Rita Hayworth is
fitted for a new gown in New York
as she prepared for her date with
four service men, each representing
a branch of the nation’s armed
forces, who escorted her on a sight-
seeing tour of city. Lucky fellows!
This is th charred skeleton of a Montgomery-Birmingham bus which was swept by flames when it
struck a bridge railing near Clanton, Ala., causing a gasoline explosion and the death of 15 persons.
Seven others were hospitalized. Parrish Aultman, the driver, was one of those who died as a result
of the fire.
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A “casualty” is floated across an English river on an improvised raft as I the stretcher is lashed. —...— . _.-
the Rojal Army Medical Corps engages in maneuvers in the south- government’s failure to abandon maneuvers and launch a western
eastern command area. Buoyancy is given by empty oil cans to which | front offensive to divert Nazi pressure on Russia.
Wednesday on qhe (subject of
“Food for Freedom,” a move-
ment started by the United States
Department of Agriculture, and
one in which the FSA is taking
an active part. •<
According to Mr. Sims, the
USDA is urging an increase in
Titus County of the production
of foods that will be vital to na-
tional defense. Some of the items
are as follows:
| An increase of 10 per cent in
1 milk productions, or from over
; 22 million pound:? to over 24 mil-
‘ lien pounds of milk in 1942.
| Twenty-five percent increase
I in egg and poultry production,
■ or from over 500,000 dozen eggs
I (market figure) to oven 550,OOQ
dozen.
An increase of 17 per cent ins
! marketing beef and veal.
One hundred per cent increase
in the production of peanuts for
oil.
During a business meeting of
the club it was announced that
the golf tournament between the I
Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs would
be held next Tuesday afternoon
and it is to end with a barbecue
,w‘£"" “es e"h e,ub “Hear State Service
Two new members, W. T. |
Sims and Bob Palmer, were vot- |
ed into the club and a commit-
tee composed of B. C. Pierce, Ot-
tis Milstead and W. E. Baze was
named to prepare a ballot for
the forthcoming election of offi-
cers. ”
Mt. Pleasant weather conditions for the
previous 24 hours, taken at 6:30 this mor’
in? by Charles Coker, local weather ok>
server, are as follows*
The British press is increasingly critical of thd
ity Administration spoke to mem- ,
bers of the Kiwanis Club at noon ,
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Continued bombardment of
French territory by the Royal
transport i Air Force has caused the evac-
uation of nearly.xll civilians from
industrial centers and port cities,
reports Wednesday indicate. In
the region of Lille practically
every Frenchman has moved out,
it is said, because of British at-
tacks on the factories. All of the
ports across the Channel from
England have been deserted ex-
cept for a small proportion of
the normal population for the
same reason, it is reported, and
very few Frenchmen are now em-
Near East, which could give the ployed in German war industries
Russians much assistance if the ’ in northern France.
Nazis should be able to begin I On Tuesday night, in spite of
In the meanwhile, Congress is i a drive in the direction of the high gales, the RAF carried out
> on Industrial cen-
ters in southern Germany and
in occupied France, and under
the same conditions resumed
daylight operations Wednesday,
concentrating on Calais, Bou-
logne and LeHavre.
The Luftwaffe made isolated
attacks on the British Isles, but
London said they did little dam-
age.
G. Brown, University ef i ward school to a number of vet- P- Wallace, Mr.
' erans from other towns to hear Lewis Allen.
■ a discussion on matters pertain- I
ing to compensation, conducted !
; by DeWitt T. Kirby of Waco,
national service officer for the
■ D.A.V.
The session was opened with
an invocation by Rev. B. A. Wat-
son, after which Mr. Kirby took
charge of the meeting and ex-
plained new legislation affecting
the status of the veterans, and
how their widows and orphans
may receive benefits from the
government. Mr. Kirby also an-,
swered questions asked by those
present in connection with their
individual cases.
I Others taking part on the pro-
gram were Ed R. Fenton of Dal-
i las, state American Legion ser-
vice officer; L. R. Morrison of
Arp, national executive commit-
teeman of the D.A.V.; George
P. Clark and Webb Simms of
the Tyler post. Visitors were also
here from Daingerfield and Lin-
den.
Mr. Fenton and Mr. Kirby
spent Wednesday in Mt. Pleas-
ant to confer with local veterans
regarding their claims.
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JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL
SWEETHEART WILL BE
CROWNED ON THURSDAY
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TUCSON, Ariz.—Discovery of
a germ which threatens extinc-
tion of a giant cacti in southern
Arizona has been announced by
Dr. J.
Arizona pathologist. Brown said
he had succeeded in discovering
the type of disease affecting the
saguaro and had found at least
one insect carrier.
At the suggestion of President
Roosevelt, Myron C. Taylor, rep-
resenting |he tsteel companies,
held a secret conference Wednes-
day afternoon with John L. Lewis
in Washington in an effort to
solve the coal strike problem in
which 53,000 miners in pits own-
ed by the steel companies are
involved.
Lewis ordered the strike last
week, not to secure higher wage?,
but to force the demand for the
employment of CIO unionists
only, and production of fuel has
been stopped since Saturday. Ef-
forts of the OPM to effect a
conciliation have been overruled
by Lewis.
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preparing to introduce legislation , Caucasus, but the transportation ■ heavy raids
fense industries, and the Presi-
dent has intimated he is ready
to act promptly in the taking
over of the mines if Lewis con-
tinues his policy of defiance to
the government.
| There ate also a number of
other strikes in various portions
I of the country which are im-
peding production of war ma-
terials, and many members of
It was announced Wednesday
that the junion high football
sweetheart will be crowned
Thursday afternoon during the
between halves iperiod in the
game between the Cubs and the
Texarkana Juniors. The game is
scheduled to be played here, be-
ginning at 3:45 o’clock.
According to Coach Williams,
the selection of a football sweet-
heart has not yet been completed,
but the contest will end at noon
tomorrow, at which time the
winner will be announced.
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TIMES classifieds PAY!
FACTOGRAPBS
The term “Blighty” for fig-
land originated with British sol-
diers in the Indian service. In.
an Indian vernacular, Bilayati
stands for Europe. It is a cor-
ruption of the pure Urdo word
Wilayat.
The Bu iness and Professional
Women’s Club held its annual
banquet at the American Cafe
Tuesday night honoring their
employers, and the attendance
i numbered almost fifty.
Special Halloween decorations
were arranged for the tables, and
an elaborate menu was served
for the occasion.
The following
rendered:
Song, “God Bless America.”
Invocation — Mrs. Maybelle
Pope.
Introduction of guests.
Dinner music — Mrs.
Irvin.
Welcome to guests—Mrs. Alline
Keathley.
Response—T. C. Walker.
“What is the B. & P. W.?”—
Mrs. Arlene Russell. —
Cornet solo—David Bnogoitti.
“Strengthen Democracy in Our
Town”—Judge Hicks Harvey of
Linden.
Those attending the affair were
as follows:
Messrs. Norman Goodwin, Mor.
ris White, R. F. Lindsay, T. C.
Walker, Theron Jones, Eugene
Lilienstern, David Brogoitti,
i Judge Harvey; Mmes. Clyde
Black, Vivian Williford, I^^u?-
Caldwell, S. H. Spurger,
Ford, Hays Johnson, Estelle Irv-
in, Alma McGee, Jessie Willson;
, __ , | Misses Lois Couch, Beuna Page,
flffirpr at MoPTllKf !L°rene Wright, Mattie Marie
VlliVVI ai niCCUllg Fleta Roach, Susie Brat»-
_____ [ham; Rev. and Mrs. Geo. C.
■Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gen-
Visitors Attend jly- Mr: a"d °
~ . tt i j x Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Park, Mr.
feeSSlOn Held at [and Mrs. Traylor Russell, Mr.
West Ward School an<^ Mrs. Norris Pope, Mr. and
. Mrs. H. C. Keathley, Mr. and
Members of the local post of Mrs. Rufus Meadows, Mr. and
Disabled American Veterans were Mrs. Frank Henderson, Mr. and
hosts Tuesday night at the west Mrs. Dick Presley, MV. and Mrs.
deep into the Crimea. The
pds will soon be driven from |
le peninsula, it is claimed, as |
le Luftwaffe is poised for the |
fiestruction of all shipping try-
ling to evacuate Ru sian soldiers.
Berlin reports Rostov, at the
mouth of the Dor River, is be-
ing mined by the Russians, who
are preparing for the evacua-
tion of the city, and the future
objective is said to be the cap-
ture of oil fields to the south,
but not in the Caucasus.
German submarines were cred,
ited by Berlin with the sinking ,
of fourteen ships totalling 40,-
000 tons as a result of attacks on
a corvoy moving from Gibraltar
in the direction of the British
Isles.
In spite of all the claims of ment of Commerce, the 1941 crop
Minister of cotton ginned in Titus County
~ L.™ iho half-way
hard imark as compared with the cur-
rent period last year.
Mr>. Lee’s report shows a total
of 1,907 bales ginned prior to
October 18th, this year, while
last year, at the same time, the
figure was fixed at 5,599.
The exces ive rainfall, com-
bined with the effects of a heavy
infestation of insects, is blamed
for the sharp decrease in pro-
duction during 1941.
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Sergeant and Mrs. B. Fred
Stephens of Salinas, Calif., are
visiting the former's sister, Mrs.
Monnie Hess, and Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Kidwell this week.
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Disabled Veterans1
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No Announcements
Fierce new drives by the Ger-
mans for the capture of Mos-
cow were announced Wednesday
by both government;, the Nazis
claiming to have successfully
broken through the Red lines,
while the latter say their coun-
ter attacks have driven the Ger-
^Zins back. The new offensives
zexe launched to the northwest,
west and southwest of the Soviet
capital.
Berlin admits rain, snow and
slush are slowing down the
momentum of the attacks, but
insist they are making definite
progress for the encirclement of
Moscow’. The Reds announce that
although the Nazis are throw-
ing in new reinforcements, they
have not gained an inch in recent
weeks, and the government
claims Moscow will never be
captured.
In the south, where real win-
ter has not yet arrived, the
Nazis appear to have a little ad-
vantage, and have announced the
capture of more territory. The
entire Donets Basin will soon be
in German hands, Berlin claims,
and a break-through has been
announced on the Perekop is-
thmus, with panzer units driv-
ini
which will prohibit strikes in de- problem appears to have the Al-
lies baffled at present.
President Inonu has warned
the Turks of an approaching
holacaust, and it is believed he
referred to pressure by both the
Allies and the Reich far taking
sides with them in the present
war. The end of Turkish neu-
trality appears to be nearing,
and the world is wondering on
p which aide Inonu will finally be
Congress believe the time has i aligned.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 199, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 1941, newspaper, October 29, 1941; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1366645/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.