Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 89, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Working for the Interests of Mt. Pleasant, the Center of the Milk Industry of North east Texas,
Volume XXIV
Number 89
Axis Carriers Drive
Sixty Miles Past
Egyptian Border
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Courts on Monday
Daingerfield Plant
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Aiding Chinese in
Emergency Call For
Battles With Japs
Sweater Knitting
In War Conference
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TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
attacks
To Pittsburg For
Match on Sunday
The Weather
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Congress Leaders
Told of Decisions
Czech Village For
Hiding Assassins
British Abandon
Coastal Positions
For Better Defense
Von Bock Not Able
To Break Through
Defenses of Soviet
General Eisenhour
Already in London
To Assume Duties
Yarn Has Arrived
And Local Workers
Asked to Cooperate
Encouraged Over
Plans For Defeat
Of Axis Nations
Picnic Lunch Will
Follow The Various
Stunts and Events
W. O. Irvin Meets
Local People Here
To Give Details
Fighting Planes
Are Converted Into
Bombers By A.V.G.
A representative of the Dallas
branch of the Office of Price
Administration, a Mr. Cook, was
in Mt. Pleasant Thursday morn-
ing for the purpose of outlining
plans to be followed by the lo-
cal ration board in its future
operations here.
Recently two additional mem-
bers were appointed to the Titus
County ration board, bringing the
personnel of that office to seven
instead of five. Plans are now
made to divide them into two
panels of three men each, with a
general chairman. One of these
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tottit us Progressive Sou conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Thursday Evening, June 25, 1942
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN ARMY READY TO FIGHT IF ENEMY CROSSES BORDER
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K report from Budapest, Hun-
ffry, Thursday said another town
vn Czecho-Slovakia had been raz-
ed by the Nazis for harboring the
assassins of Reinhardt Heydrich,
Gestapo leader, killed in Prague
recently.
The entire village was burn-
ed to the ground and all the
men were killed, while the wom-
en and children were removed
to Germany, according to the
report.
Last week Berlin reported the
Water Carnival to iMore Information
Be Heid at El Morro Given to Public on
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face the triumphant Axis forces. Units of the Anglo-Egyptian de-
same manner.
At the present time all details
concerning the new setup have
I not been worked out. They will
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Local golfers have an in-
vitation to the Pittsburg course
Sunday afternoon for a tour-
nament with the players of
that city, and the invitation
: has been accepted by Presi-
dent J. A. Petty for the Mt.
Pleasant players.
In order to conserve tires, it
is suggested that players ar-
range to go in groups, although
it is only 13 miles from here,
to the Pi'tsburg course.
This will be the first tour-
nament arranged for this year,
-"d arrangements will be made
for a return match here for
the Pittshurgers.
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Rev. L. E. Lamb, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, stated
Thursday that the vacation Bible
school, that has been going cn
for sometime, will come to a
close Friday evening, and that
closing exercises will be held in
the church auditorium at 8:00
o'clock.
The school, Mr. Lamb said, has
been under the direction1 of
Frank Stinscn and has had an
average daily attendance of 160.
with boys and girls between the
ages of 4 and 15 enrolled.
The entire public is invited to
attend the program Friday night.
It will consist of demonstrations
□f the work dene by the various
departments, and arrangements
have been made for a display of
the hand work that has been
created during the school.
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Anti-aircraft gun, upper left; camel patrol, upper right; sighting field gun, lower left; motorized scouts, lower right
Egyptian troops, which hitherto have not fougnt in the desert war- f___------ / ./ ‘ ...... ___
fare in North Africa, may enter action for the first time if Field fer.se forces are pictured above on the desert. Added to the menace
Marshal Er win Rommel’s German and Italian divisions succeeded in of the Axis panzer divisions is the threat of a large force of Ger-
storming across the Egyptian border, where British troops now man paratroops, reported ready for an attack from Crete.
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Commander Named“““ “
For U.S. European 'Baptist Vacation
Operations Theatre Bible School Will
Russian Situation 'Additions To Ration Board Red Cross Receives
Temporarily Eased
As Red Lines Hold
Mt. Pleasant weather condi-
ions for the previous 24 l ours
•'■ken at 6:30 this morning by
Charles Coker, local weather ob-
erver, are as follows:
The third annual Boy Scout
water carnival will be held at
El Morro Courts, two miles
southwest of Mt. Pleasant, Mon-
day afternoon, June 29th, start-
ing at 2:30 o’clock. Content
events will begin at 4:00 p.m.
This year, as before, there will
be two classes of entries in the
contests. The junior class will
consist of Scouts who are 12,
13 and 14 years old. The senior
class will include Scouts who
have reached their 15th birth-
day. The events that both class-
es will compete in include:
Straight front dive, jack knife
dive, clown dive, swan dive, sur-
face diving, one and a half dive,
100 yard free style swimming, 50
yard back stroke, 50 yard breast
stroke and a four-man relay race.
After the events, a demonstra-
tion in the latest mehods of life
saving will be given by Scouts
who took part in the recently
completed water safety school.
Each Scout will bring a picnic
lunch to be eaten after the con-
tests and demonstrations are com-
plete. Following supper, ribbens
will be awarded to the winners
in each of the events in both jun-
ior and senior classes. The win-
ning Troop will receive (their
choice of a Troop flag or a
Troop first aid kit.
Titus County Troops that will
■ take part in the water carnival
include Troop 201, Mt. Pleasant.
George Watts and Sam Gadol,
Scout leaders. Troop 206, Win-
field, A. T. Temple, Scoutmas-
ter. Troop 207, Cookville, B. A.
Hardaway, Scoutmaster. Troop
205. Talco, B. E. Dunagan, Troop
committee chairman.
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W. O. Irvin Sr. of Dainger-
field, one of the directors of the
Lone Star Steel Company, met
a delegation of Mt. Pleasant bus-
iness people at the Chamber of
Commerce offices Wednesday af-
ternoon to give further informa- 1
tion on the big blast furnace to
be constructed in Morris County.
Mr. Irvin said Donald M. Nel-
son, chairman cf the War Pro-
duction Board gave approval for
building the big plant over the
opposition of the big steel in-
terests of the East, and had in-
dicated he would also authorize
he construction of the steel mill
later, at a cost of approximately
$20,000,000.
According to Mr. Irvin, the
blast furnace will be built nine
miles southeast of Daingerfield
in a sparsely settled part of Mor-
ris County, at the edge of Cy-
press bottoms. Highways are to
be built from Daingerfield,
Hughes Springs and Avinger, and
a railway is to be extended to
the site of the plant. These out-
lets will permit the shipping of
the finished product as well as
bringing in needed materials. A
Cotton Belt surveying crew has
been checking a route the past
week, Mr. Irvin said.
Mr. Irvin’s main purpose in
calling Wednesday’s meeting was
to explain the financial setup,
which must be completed be-
fore construction begins. Prac-
tically all of the stock has been
pledged, and no trouble is ex-
pected in getting the necessary
money for the big project, and
after the required amount is in.
the bank, representatives of the
company will go to Washington
to secure the federal allocation,
after which construction will
start immediately. He said not
more than three weeks will be
required to get operations under
way.
Building the blast furnace at
Daingerfield will draw 20,000 ad-
ditional people to this area, Mr.
Irvin said, which will create a
big housing problem, but little
relief can be expected until the
company gets ready for opera-
tions, when the Federal Housing
Administration will give approv-
al for a defense housing area,
which will include practically all
of the towns near the plant, ac-
cording to Mr. Irvin. He added
that nothing can be done in re-
gard to housing until the con-
struction order is given.
It was also revea’.ed that a
survey shows ‘bore are two and
a half times as much iron ore
available in the area than was
reported in the original applica-
tion for the project.
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Golfers Invited
A report from Chungking on
Thursday announced that mem-
bers of the American Volunteer
Group cf fighting pilots are giv-
ing valuable assistance to the
Chinese in their battles with the
invaders and have been instru-
mental in some of the Jap de-
feats this week.
American fighting planes have
tten converted into bombers
with excellent lesults and in ac-
tion have caused much damage.
In an attack on Hankow, the
Americans’ sank three enemy
craft in the Yangtze Rixer and
badly damaged a gunboat. Sev-
eral enemy planes were brought
down in this section and also in
other air battles.
Japanese advances have been
checked in some places, and the
Chinese now hold sixty miles of
the vital railway line in the
East, having wrested ten miles
from enemy control Thursday.
But. the Japs were nearing the
last big air field in Chekiang
Province, intent on removing the
threat of bombing attacks on
their homeland. "
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Nazis Raze Second
The War Department announc-
ed Thursday the appointment of
Major General Dwight Eisen-
hour as commander of American
forces in the European Theatre
of Operations, and said he had
already arrived in London to
take over his duties.
General Eisenhour is a native
of Tyler, Texas, and is an ex-
pert on mechanized warfare, and
therefore it is assumed he will
begin preparations for an in-
vasion cf Europe in cooperation
with British forces. This rumor
is further strengthened by the
fact he is not to have control of
air operations exceot in connec-
tion with his own forces, and his
duties will be more than direct-
ing bombing operations.
Before leaving for England.
Eisenhour conferred with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Min-
ister Churchill and from this it
may be judged a second front is
soon to be opened against the
Axis.
Mrs. J. W. Spruill of Winfield
was taken to Baylor Hospital,!
Dallas, Wednesday where - she
will undergo treatment. She was
accompanied by her sons, Harry
and Earl, and by Floyd Thomas.
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It is estimated that the six to
six and one-half million farms
of the United States used about
five and one-half billion board
feet of lumber in 1940, or about
900 feet a farm.
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Axis forces under Marshal
Rommel had penetrated sixty
miles inside the Egyptian border
Thursday, after carrying out a
flanking movement of General
Ritchie’s Eighth Army, forcing
the British to withdraw from
from Fort Capuzzo, Halfiya Pass
and Sidi Omar. This left all of
Libya in the hands of the Ger-
mans and Italians, and the Brit-
ish were back where they were
two years ago a*, the end of
Marchal Graziani’s eastward
drive—their position at that time
being Sidi Birani.
Rommel appeared to have
much stronger force making the
drive than had been expected,
and as the British were demor-
alized over the capture of To-
bruk, there was nothing else for
them but to retire for defensive
action.
American and RAF planes
blas'ed at Bengazi, principal sup-
ply port for the Axis in Libya,
causing some damage.
Both Cairo and London issued
communiques to the effect that
reinforcements are being sent to
the British and confidence was
expressed the Nazis would not be
able to advance far in the direc-
tion of the Suez Canal.
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killers of Heydrich had been
executed two hours after the
deadline set for their capture or
the execution of many hostages,
and the British theory that this
was a face-saving move appears
to have been substantiated, as
destruction cf another town would
not have been necessary if the
assassins had been found.
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Mrs. Wilson Jones and daugh-
ter, Betty Jean, are visiting
friends in Marlin.
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situation.
Churchill was said to have told
the delegation some encouraging
facts about the Middle East cam-
i paign and also abolt the fight-
ing in Russia.
The Pacific War Council also
met Thursday afternoon for a
discussion of problems in the
Orient, but no report had been
given on the meeting.
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Miss Im.a Dean Beason is vis-
iting in Washington, D. C., and
Beltsville, Maryland.
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ticularly sugar. It is also plan-
ned for one panel to govern price
ceilings and the other to take
care of public relations work;
that is, to advance information
to the general public.
The new outline also asks for
two clerks and a chief clerk for
the ration office. When this is
in force all applicants for any
type of rationed article will ap-
ply in person to the chief clerk,
who will direct them to the prop-
er office clerk, who will assist
with the applications. No appli-
cations will be accepted by the
panels will, in the future, con-[members of the board. Com-
sider applications for tires, tubes, plaints will be handled in the
new au'omobiles, etc., and the
other will deal with foods, par-f
According to an announce-
ment made Thursday morning
by the local committee on Red
Cross production, Titus County
has been assessed a quota of 128
knitted garments that are to be
completed by August 15th.
The present call for work, the
committee pointed out, is an
emergency and the yarn has al-
ready been received. It is at the
sewing room in the Cotton Belt
general office and every person
here who knows how to knit is
asked to call either on Saturday
or Wednesday, between the
hours of 2:30 and 5:00 o’clock,
to receive the* material and in-
structions for making the gar-
ments.
The quota calls for 64 turtle-
deck sweaters and 64 wrestlets,
for use in Red Cross work
foreign fields.
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Congressional leaders were
called to the White House Thurs-
day to hear from President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill on plans of strategy for
winning the war, and when they
left they told reporters they were
greatly encouraged over the pros-
pects of the future. They said the
situation could be regarded as
highly satisfactory and that de-
velopments would so>a show the
results of the conferences. No
details were given, as the sub-
jects discussed wer> military sec-
rets.
It was stated, however, that
i Senator Tom Connally of Texas,
chairman of the foreign rela-
tions committee, had asked Mr.
Churchill just why two million
trained men had been kept idle
on the British Isles while other
areas were threatened with oc-
cupation by the Axis. Churchill
was said to have explained the
reason to Connally in a way that
said to have clarified the
The situation in Russia appear-
ed Thursday to have been at least
emporarily relieved by the stub-
born defenses of the Red farces
under Marshal Timoshenko. The
German offensive under the di-
rection of Marshal Von Bock,
which has been going on for four
days, had been able to advance
only short distances in the Khar-
kov sector, and Red lines all
the way to the Sea of Azov were
holding firmly without any
breaks.
The German drive on Sevasto-
pol had also slowed down, but
the defenders of the raval base
are still outnumbered and can-
not hope to hold out indefinitely
against the tremendous odds.
Even if the city falls, the Reds
have succeeded in delaying Hit-
ler's timetable for conquest of
the Caucasus.
It was reported from Moscow
that considerable reinforcements
had reached Sevastopol and oth-
er troops had been landed at
Yalta and other points in the
Crimea for attacks o.n the Nazi
flanks. The Russian Black Sea
fleet is continuing to shell Ger-
man land bases.
Guerrillas in White Russia at-
tacked a German staff car Wed-
nesday and killed a number of
Nazi officers, including a Gen-
eral.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 89, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1942, newspaper, June 25, 1942; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1366744/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.