Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 4, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Attack on Monday For Agriculture
In Secret Session
Indicates Action
to the Scrap Drive
Japanese Bringing
In New Guinea War
Plum,
Sorry* Mr. Henderson
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Believed Plans For
Second Front May
Have Been Reason
Funeral Services
Are Held Tuesday
Afternoon at 2:30
Officers Elected
At Regular Meet
Monday Evening
County Agent Tells
How Program of A.
& M. College Helps
There was a good attendance
at the Rotary Club Tuesday, with
a number of invited guests pres-
Geo. W. Anderson
Passes Away on
Train to Memphis
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OLD CUSTOM
Red lanterns from the chim-
neys of farmhouses and cottages
in Italian Switzerland as a gen-
eral reminder to all to pray for
peace. The lanterns are display-
ed whenever war rages between
Christian countries.
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According to Indian legend the
Finger Lakes in New York are
the imprint left by the hand of
(‘.he Great Spirit.
having a copy of the rules at
hand, stood his ground. Hender-
son taxied back to his office and
later sent Leigh an autographed
House of Commons Mrs. Shad Raines Dewey Gandy Laid
Called By Death To Rest Monticello
on Monday Evening Cemetery Monday
Deceased Passes
Away Sunday in a
Dallas Hospital
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Funeral services were held at
Moni.icello church at 2:30 o’clock
Monday afternoon for Dewey
id.ee Administrator Leon Hem.v.-
son has found one man he’s
double sure will enforce his gaso-
line rationing edict in the east.
He is John Leigh, filling station,
attendant in Washington. Hen-
derson ran out of gas. He ap-
proached Leigh's station, asking
for a gallon in a can. "Can’t do
it,” said Leigh, for "regulations
say gas has to be served in the
car tank.” Henderson pleaded
with Leigh, Informing him the
regulations, which he himself had
helped formulate, provided for
Practically all of Mt. Pleasant
was shocked and saddened Mon-
day night when word reached
here of the death of George W. ent to hear J. W. McCown* ex-
Anderson, of this city, employee
of the St. Louis and Southwest-
ern Railway. Mr. Anderson was
enrcuite to Memphis, Tennessee,
and succumbed to a sudden heart
attack while on the train. His
death occurred near Texarkana
at about 10:00 o’clock.
Deceased was 47 years of age
and was supervisor of water treat-
ment and fuel oil for the Cotton
Belt. He had been with the com-
pany for more than twenty-five
years and was held in highest
esteem by everyone who knew
him. He was a veteran of the last i leased to the farmers, and
World War and had lived in Mt.
Pleasant for the past six years,
moving to this city from Tyler.
Surviving Mr. Anderson are
his wife and two daughters, Mrs.
Lurline Anderson Graves of Dal-
las and Mrs. Maxine Anderson
Ward of Odessa. Other survivors
include his mother, Mrs. Katie
Laird; three sisters, Mrs. Ollie
Ryman, Mrs. Arthur Ryman and
Mrs. Ed Ryman of Wadsworth,
Texas, and three brothers, Rob-
ert L. Anderson of New Orleans
and Marion and Alford Ander-
son of Wadsworth.
Funeral services will be held
at the Methodut Church at 2:30
o’clock Wednesday afternoon,
under the direction of the pastor,
Rev. B. A. Watson, after which
the body will be laid to rest in
the Masonic cemetery. Pallbear-
ers will be Mr, Anderson’s busi-
ness associates during past years.
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American Legion to
Donate Mementoes,
The British House of Commons
.was convened in secret session
Tuesday, and there was a ru-
mor out of London to the ef-
fect that plans for a secret ses-
sion may have been discussed,
although the meeting was a short
one.
Af.erwards, Commons voted to
give the United States military
authorities jurisdiction ever pun-
ishment of American soldiers ac-
cused of law violations in Great
Britain. This is considered a
great concession by the British,
as they have heretofore insisted
that their own law must be ap-
plied in their country, no matter
what offer se has been commit-
ted. The House of Lords had
previously passed this measure,
at the request of the American
government.
i It was revealed Tuesday that
last week a British soldier- was
killed in a brawl with American
soldiers, which precipitated the
action.
Mrs. Shad Rains, resident of
the Cookville community for
many years, passed away at a
hospital in Dallas Monday even-
ing from the effects of an ill-
ness that had extended over a
period of several years.
Mrs. Rains was about 40 years
of age and was held in high es-
teem by her many frier ds, who
are grieved to hear of her pass-
ing. She is survived by her hus-
band and one son, Calvin, of
Cookville.
Funeral services were held at
Cookville er 2:00 o’clock Tues-
day and interment was in the
nearby cemetery.
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Reinforcements
of the Kokoda airfield, and are
being held to their old positions . number more attacks on Japa-
by American and Aust ralian pa- ' nese installations at Lae and Sal-
(trols, who are said to have solved amaua.
An order was passed at a reg-
ular meeting of the American
Legion, held at the Legion Hall
Monday evening, for the donation
of World War No. 1 mementoes
to the local scrap drive. The con-
~ | tribution will include the old
! field gun stationed on the south-
, east corner of the square, several
heavy projectiles, and one or twe
dismantled machine guns. In all,
he donations will amount to sev-
eral hundreds of pounds of steel,
needed so badly in the present
war effort.
Monday night was also the date
for the annual election of offi-
cers. with the following named:
David Merzbacher, Post Com-
mander.
B. C. Pierce, First Vice Com-
mander.
G. G. Crawford, Second Vice
Commander.
W. D. Culver, Post Adjutant.
W. E. McClintock, Finance Of-
ficer.
Flovd Thomas, Service Officer.
L. E. Lamb, Chaplain.
Vance Plum, Sergeanrt-at-
Arms.
Prior to the election of officers,
a committee was present frem the
local company of the Texas De-
fense Guard and a report ’ that
jrganization’s activities w giv-
m hv Lt. William A. Ford Vr.
The Legion then 'pledged its com-
n’.e*° -ooperation with the guard j such emergencies. But Leigh, not
in al’ its activities, including the
mustering cf new members.
later sent i*eign an auiograpneu
The first Australian wool was . copy of the regulations which
taken to England in 1803. | u reading above.
plain the duties of a County
Agent and tell of the programs
to benefit agriculture.
Mr. McCown said many peo-
ple have the idea that the theo-
ries advanced by County Agents
are all right for college students,
but will not work on the farm.
He pointed out, however, that
all the programs have been thor-
oughly tested in experiments con-
ducted at A. & M. College and.
the twenty experiment stations
over the State. Results are al-
ways proven before they are re-
prac-
tically every kind of condition
has been considered.
The speaker had pictures show-
ing how corn yield in Titus
County has been increased
through planting hybrid seed,, but
warned such seed must be grown,
in Texas to get (the best results.
He also pointed out that farm-
ers are going to have trouble next
year in getting proper kinds of
fertilizers, as nitrates will be
scarce because they are being
used to produce explosives for
our armed forces. In order to
get needed nitrogen into the
soil, the farmer will have to
plant hairy vetch, cornfield peas
and various kinds of legumes^
which are reallv more valuable
than commercial fertilizer toe
Titus County land.
Visitors present at the meet-
ing were W. G. Gibson of the-
Mt. Vernon club, W. M. Driggers,
John A. Cook, Alton Bradley,
Ed Enochs, Rev. L. E. Lamb, W.
E. McClintock and J. Hok Lewis.
J. A. Wilkinson and Dan Latimer
were also present and were in-
troduced as new members.
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Mrs. J. M. Godwin, accom-
Ipanied by her grandson, Milton
(Redfearn. have gene to San An-
I gelo to visit her son, Sgt. D. R.
I Godwin, who is being transfer-
red soon from Goodfellow Field
t the ferry command of the Air
Corps. - i, ■ • - ij
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Payable gold was discovered
in New South Wales, Australia,
in 1851.
Monday afternoon for
Gandy, resident of that commun-
ity, who passed away in a Dal-
las hospital oh Sunday from the
effects of a long illness. The
services were under the direction
of Rev. Eugene McClune. and in-
terment was in the Monticello
cemetery.
Mr. Gandy had1 lived nearly all
of his life hear Monticello and
was highly respected by every-
one who knew him. His survivors,
besides his wife and family, in-
clude his parents, one brother
and four sisters, including Mrs.
Bill Byrd of this city.
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EROSION MOVED IT
The sandy knoll in North Caro-
lina where the Wright brothers
made their first successful air-
plane flight, Kill Devil Hill, has
moved a quarter of a mile
through wind erosion since the
flight in 1903.
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Mrs. Jevel Warren of Dallas
General MacArthur reported■ returned to her home Tuesday
Tuesday that the Japanese are after a visit of two weeks with
bringing seaborne reinforcements . h« “^r- Mrs. Cynthia Whitus,
to their garrisons at Buna and and her sister, Mrs. Olga Red-;
Qona, ostensibly to continue their , '
campaign against Port Moresby. | their infiltration tactics which
The invaders are being contin- i were so successful in Malaya and
ually harrassed in the vicinity Burma.
American 'planes have made a
TELLS JUDGE HOW COME TWO WIVES, TWO BABIES
His double marital life exposed when both wives gave birth to infants within a few hours in the same
hospital, Robert Pruitt, 23, left above, appears in Chicago felony court to explain why he has two
Wives, Alice, center^ and Helen, right. Pruitt was bound over to the grand Jury on a bigamy charge,
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iut Halted on Don
Fearing Invasion
Aroff Case Witness
The Weather
Town Occupied By
Japanese Forces
Soviet in Mortal
Danger, According
to Moscow Papers
American Airmen
Cooperating With
Infantry in Drive
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.Cloudy
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Chinese Surround
Maximum
Minimum
Temp. 6:30
Wind from
Sky
Are Afraid People
Might Aid Allies
For Second Front
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Representatives of several gov-
ernments in exile in London an-
nounced Tuesday thai; fear of
the opening cf a second front in
Europe has caused the Nazis to
deport as many as three million
people from their homes in the
occupied zones to points within
Germany, Poland and Czecho
Slovakia.
Many of these people are men
of military age, it .was stat ed,
and they are being moved from
the western part of Europe so
they will not be able to give help
to the Allies in the event they
att empt to. invade Hitler’s con-
quered territory.
Premier Mussolini called a con-
Mt. Pleasant weather condi-
tions for the previous 24 hours,
taken at 6:30 this morning by
Charles Coker, local weather ob-
server, are as follows:
rey are meeting terrific resis-
nce from the Don and Kuban
issacks, but are making some
ogress in fierce fighting.
Soviet forces are holding out
liantly along the Den River in
e Tsimliansk sector, breaking
> all attempts of tthe Nazis to
oss the river.
Moscow reported the danger of
breakthrough toward the Volga
the Stalingrad area and has
■tin forestalled, although there
still heavy action around Klet-
aya, non'.hweet of this impor-
nt steel city. An - important
•ight has been taken from the
vaders, it was claimed, and a
rge fence surrounded. In this
ctor the Italians lost 6,000 killed
Monday's baF.le. it was stated'.
The overall picture of the
mpaign appears to be improv-
g for the Rede, and the invad-
s are evidently being slowed
wn to a considerable extent.
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AF AND LUFTWAFFE
RE PRACTICALLY IDLE
I AIR ACTIVITIES
Chungking on Tuesday report-
ed ithe Chinese have surrounded
the important city of Lingchwan,
which has been in possession of
the Japanese for some time, and
are preparing to storm the walled
town.
American airmen are cooperat-
ing with the Chinese ground
forces, and this is the firs’ time
' the infantry has had sufficient
| air support in actions since the
”' Japs began occupation of the
; country four years ago. A 550-
pound bomb made a direct hit
on the Jap headquarters in Ling-
wan. at'nnr<pT><r (‘o a report from
General Stilwell. * *
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Production Falls
Russian forces are holding the
jrman advances everywhere ex-
pt in the Caucasus south of
>stov, according to repon's from
>th opposing forces, but they
ive been forced to withdraw
ill farther in the Sal k area in
e sonthem zone of hostilities,
rd Moscow newspapers insist
e Soviet is s ill in mortal dan-
j unless this drive can be
jpped at once.
The Nazis' are making a de-
rmined effort to reach the Mai-
>p oil fields in the northern
rt of the Caucasus, driving
uthward in a two-pronged
ncer movement, one being near
risk and the oher at Kush-
evka, a hundred miles west, ference of his high Italian gen-
erals Monday night and gave
them a pep talk on how to deal
with the patriots of Yugoslavia,
who are badly mauling the occu-
pying Italians in Bosnia and
Slovenia.
Donald Nelson, head of the War
Production Bard, annou-ced
Tuesday that production in some
lines i? lagging and (threatens to
disrupt the war schedules. Only
ten per cert of the expected vol-
ume has been reached in some
instances, it was stated.
I On the other side of the pic-
I ture, the schedules of some pro-
* ducersi for the year has been
j practically reached already, Nei-
lsen said.
I Plans are being made iwhere-
Iby materials in the plants ahead
of schedule may be diverted to
I those which are behind in their
production.
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There are to roads on Tulagi,
■peacetime capital of i*he Solo-
mon islands. Traffic is by boat
or afoot.
Neither the Royal Air Force
»r the Luftwaffe carried out
y aerial activities of conse-
ence the first part of this week,
d both were practically idle'
tesday. I
There were a faw scattered
ids over occupied territory in
ance and the Law Countries,
d a few German planes made
tacks on Britain.
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The “invasion coast” of Europe,
om northernmost Norway to ,
e^pJl.i.0 border, (e 3.W mile., Qf f jjj ]|]any
According to WPB
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I Three Million Are
Deported By Nazis
Popular Railroad
Man Succumbs to
Number 122
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Farm Experiments
Cause Betterment
olume XXIV
iermans Continue
Jains in Caucasus
Working for the Interests of Mt. Pleasant, the Center of the Milk Industry of North ^ast Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Tuesday Evening, August 4, 1942
Army Officers Lose Lives in New Jersey Crash ,
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A
surprise witness in the general
>urt-martial of Lieut. Comdr,
aurice N. Aroff, former assist-
director of the Navy procure-
ent office in San Francisco, is
atricia Bouehard, above, Stan-
•rd i/dverslty co-ed, who told
ie court-martial that she once
da rd Aroff suggest to a newly-
immissioned Navy officer that he
pet me some cuff links.” Aroff
accused of misconduct In run-
ng his office. It is charged
•off ^“corruptly” asked and re-
ved a $950 automobile as a
for "facilitating” the enllst-
ent of Screen Player Tony Mar-
tin aa a specialist.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 4, 1942, newspaper, August 4, 1942; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1366781/m1/1/?q=Rains+County+History: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.