Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 140, Ed. 1 Monday, August 30, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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Working fur the Interest, of Mt. Pleasant, the Center of the Milk Industry of Nortbeatt T«ras, with it» Progressive Soil Conservation and DiverMfiod Terming Program
Volume XXV
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Monday Evening, August 30,1943
Number 140
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Three tons cf steel are U’ed in
Southern Italy is
Still Under Heavy
Fires Still Raging
In Copenhagen Port
After Sunday Fight
Saturday Night is
Quietest For Long
Time, Say Officers
Indicates All of
Southern Ukraine
Will Be Abandoned
Americans Capture
Another Solomons
Island Near Vila
Opposition Grows
to Domination of
Country By Nazis
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Martial Law When
Nazis Take Over
No Arrests Made
of Any Kind, With
No Disturbances
Training Course
For Scoutmasters
Will Be Discussed
the
the
Algiers Broadcast
Warns Invasion
Pacific they know the commancl-
cr-ln-chief of all Allied forces in
that area Is in.
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GRADUATES MONDAY FROM
ARMY AIR GUNNERY SCHOOL
Maximum .
Minimum v
Temp. 6:38
Wind from
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MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
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FAMILY REUNION HELD
SUNDAY AT HOME OF
MR. AND MRS. T. A. LEE
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Tires with cuts, leaks, breaks
and bruises need quick first aid
to prevent permanent damage.
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Tires are not wholly preserved
by permanent storage; they need
flexing of sidewalls.
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AMONG Hollywood actresses do-
ing their bit with personal ap-
pearances at service camps is
Ruth Hussey, who deserted the
stage in 1937 for a screen career.
Miss Hussey, in private life the
wife of Lieut. Robert Longenccker
of the U. S. Army, is a college-
trained daughter of an old New
England family. (International)
Rioting Reported
By Russian Forces Salamaua, Forcing All Over Bulgaria
After King’s Death Allied Air Attacks
in this section for a long time,
due to the widespread employ-
ment brought about by the war.
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The Allies were forced to re-
treat a short distance from the
rounding areas, Salerno, Taran-
to and other places.
A broadcast from Algiers
Monday told the Italian people
the invasion of their country is
and are wanting to get out of , imminent, following reports that
the war. But with Army offi- .
Mt. Pleasant weather condi-
tions for the previous 24 hours
taken at 6:30 this morning by
harles Coker, local weather ob
•orver, are as follows:
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Objectives in Southern Italy
were still under violent attacks
al-
though practically every trans-
portation line has been already
disrupted by the bombardments.
Orte, forty miles north of
Rome, was given its first bomb-
ing Sunday night, with the rail-
way installations being the prin-
cipal targets. Raids were also invasion through the little
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Officers Notified
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tralian troops were preparing to I f;r
regain their former ]
This is the first time the enemy
wes able to throw back any of
our forces since the New Guinea
campaign began.
Allied planes blasted the Han-
sa Bay area, from which the
Japanese were getting supplies
’ for Salamaua, and sank 66 bar-
ages. They also destroyed twen- cers all pro-Nazi there appears!
little chance of this unless there I
is a general revolution.
The Nazis are said to be rush-
ing troops into Bulgaria to as-
sist in maintaining order until
someone can take full control
of the situation and keep the
officials Axis-minded.
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President Back in
beth, of Jasper; Mrs. E.
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daughter, Eloise, Mrs. T.
Sgt. Claudis D. Payne, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Payne,
Route 2. graduated Monday from
the Army Air Force flexible
gunnery school at Fort Myers,
Fla., qualifying as a member of
a bomber crew.
Sgt. Payne has been in the
ThoughtPreparing
To Break in Homel
When Discovered
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Aviation engine mechanics in i
the Navy are flailed Aviation |
jir-z.-: M'tes, third, second,!
er first class.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cross,
John Morrett and Roy Merrett
spent Sunday in Longview.
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MOST DIFFICULT MILITARY OPERATION generally is regarded to be
an amphibious assault. If you want to know how American fighting
men look when they reach the crucial stage of such an attack,
study the photo above. It was taken as the first wave of U. S.
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was reported; but were finally
held, and American and Aus-
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Saturday night was the quiet-
est for muny weeks, according
to local officers, who said not a
single arrest was made and
there were no disturbances of
any kind. Usually, there are a
few drunks and the colored pop-
ulation coming to town often
start a fight, but this time ev-
erything was very serene.
Officers were called to find
a Negro who was hired in Glade-
water for cotton picking near
Sulphur Bluff, and when the
man who employed him had
bought his supper he disappear-
ed. Sheriff Redfearn found him
in about five minutes and made
him go with the man who hired
him and who had advanced him
$10.
The extremely hot weather
was attributed by some as one
of the reasons for no incident!
Saturday night. (Jotton picking
is under way and anyone who
was in the field Saturday was
ready for bed. The official tem-
perature was 103 degrees, the
same as Friday, but it felt much
hotter Saturday, especially at
night, as there was no breeze.
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Meeting of Scout
WHEN o. ven. Lot..,..
MacArthur’s staff ace his hat on
the bookcase in the anteroom of
I his office somewhere in the South j
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troops crept ashore on Rendova island in the Solomons. Every man
is alert and tense, but beyond that, each maintains a different pose
as he waits for the Japs to open fire and listens for enemy move-
ments. Official U S. Navy photo. (International Suunilphuto)
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B ock and Ralph Smith, and Mr.
Mrs. Dean Lee and chil-
dren.
The hostesses, Mrs. R. E. Lee.
Mrs. Conley, Mrs. Arnold and
Mrs. Tokey are daughters of the
’•>*e Mr. end Mrs. Henry Murthy,
-'nneer residents of Titus Ccun-
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Berlin reported Monday morn-
ing that Taganrog, advanced.
base in Southern Russia, had Salamaua airdrome, according to
been evacuated according to a 1a report from General MacAr-
new German- plan to shorten j Ihur’s headquarters Monday. The
battle lines. The withdrawal was Japanese staged strong counter
carried out deliberately, it was attacks to make slight gains, it
said, after all military installa-
tions and everything of value in
the city of 70,000 had been de-
stroyed.
The Russians have another
story of the evacuation of Tag-
anrog. Marshal Stalin in an- or-
der of the day to the Soviet
forces, said Taganrog was cap-
tured aftem a terrible battle in-
which the Nazis were soundly
defeated.
Regardless of the causes, the
occupation of Taganrog by the
Russians is a distinct victory for
them as the city had been held
by the Germans for the past
two years and although the
Reds had been able to recover
Rostov, thirty miles away, twice
they were never heretofore able
to crack the Nazi defenses at
Taganrog.
Observers are of the opinion
the Russians ordered withdraw-
al from this area because of t*>e
Soviet threat in their drive*
westward from Kharkov, which
were beginning to isolate all of
the coast of the Sea of Azov, on
which Taganrog is situated. Rus-
sian forces moving southward
from Voroshilovgrad were men-
acing th.e Nazi flanks in that
area, and with extremely long
supply lines it was hard for the
Huns to maintain defenses east
cf the Crimean peninsula.
It is now indicated the Ger-
mans will begin a gradual
withdrawal of all forces east of
the Dnieper River under heavy
pressure from the Reds.
~The large German force in
the Caucasus will be entirely
cut off from’ the rest of th®
Nazis in the event the Reds are
able to a sain occupy Crimea,
•which thm4 will 'rrrh'biy do un-
less the Germans show surpris-
ing strength.
Soviet forces are also mak-
ing substantial gains in the
Poltava and Bryansk sectors.
ty barges at Lae.
Washington- announced Mon-
day that Arundel Island had
been occupied by the Americana
without any opposition from the
Japanese. Arundel is only a mile
from Vila, big Jap base on Ko-
lumbangara Island, where
Americans can bombard
place with heavy artillery.
Kolumbangara is now virtual-
ly isolated, due to the occupa-
tion of Arundel and Vel-a La-
vella, on either side of the Jap-
anese base.
Under Secretary of War Pat-
terson, who is in the Pacific,
stated Monday that the Allies
will be able to stage a big of-
fensive against the Japanese soon
in the Pacific areas. Great prep-
arations are already being made
for the campaign, he stated,
which will include ell services.
At the launching of the new
airejaft carrier Hornet at New-
port News Monday, Navy Sec-
retary Knox stated the plane
attack launched from the old
Hornet on Tokyo is but a small
sample of bigger ones to come.
He said our carrier force has
been greatly increased recently
and soon will be able to c use
the Japs a great deal of misery.
T'-e launching occurred nn the
thirtieth anniversary of the be-
ginning of the naval sir force.
Conversion of Few Georgia’s
''-nd himtinv cardhp's h'-ron
more than thirty years ego.
Dr. Kenneth Taylor, district
chairman of the Titus County
Boy Scout organization- has call-
ed a meeting of Scout leaders
for tonight at 8:00 o’clock at the
offices of the C. L. Duncan In-
surance Agency.
Several important matters are
to be discussed, including a
training course for the Scout-
masters of the county and for the
committeemen, additional or-
ganization and camp for the
various troeps.
Because of several polio cases
in this section, the Scouts have
heeded the advise of doctors and
during the past year. In fact, | have not tried to have their reg-
crime has been at a minimum (uiar summer camps. It is hoped
that arrangements can be made
for holding a camp in the fall.
All phases of the Scouting
program in Mt. Pleasant will be
discussed st tonight’s meeting, in-
cluding cubbing and air Scout-
ing, and all persons representing
any of these units are invited to
be present.
What is thought to have been
preparations for a burglary -was
frustrated about 1:00 o’clock
Monday morning when a prow-
ler was discovered peeping into
the windows .of the Cheney home
on West Sixth Street.
Sheriff Redfearn -ufas called
and he drove to the residence as
quickly as possible, but found
no one, -the would-be burglar
probably having heard the tele-
phone csfl and disappeared.
There was only one person seen.
Mt. Pleasant has been prac-
tically free of house burglaries
for a long time, and there have
■been only a few instances where
stores have been broken into
Reports from Stockholm Mon-
day said fires were still raging
in the port of Copenhagen fol-
lowing the battle Sunday in
which the Danes resisted the
Nazis in taking over their fleet.
The Danes succeeded in scut-
tling 45 of their naval vessels,
while nine were able to escape
to Sweden.
A fierce battle took place at
the navy yard as the Gelmans
tried to -prevent the Danes from
destroying their fleet units. All
of the ammunition was also
blown up by the Danes. There
j was also considerable fighting
I between opposing troo-ps in the
city.
All of Denmark was placed
under martial law by the Nazis,
with threats of dire reprisals for
violation of German decrees.
King Christian was interned
in Borgenfri Castle just outside
Copenhagen and other Danish of-
ficials -were arrested. Some of
the Cabinet members, however,
were believed to have reached
Sweden, where they hope to set
up -an exile government free from
Nazi domination.
The Germans were sending in
huge forces of men. tanks and
armored equipment to maintain
order in Denmark, which was
considered their model for oc-
cupied -terptitory, as they ha<|
j previously been more lenient
with the Danes than with other
--- I conquered 'people.
.. _ _. ,..1 j ,jhe crjsis developed when the
Country imminent 1 Danish government rejected a
Nazi ultimatum that saboteurs
be tried by German military
courts which had the power to
enforce the death penalty, which
had been abolished by Denmark
many years ago.
Some military observers are
of the opinion the present situa-
tion was provoked by the Ger-
mans in the belief the Allies
were preparing to launch their
. . ■ coun-
made on Naples and the sur- soon They knew the Danes
were ready to assist the Allies,
because there had been so much
sabotage of war industries re-
cently.
A family reunion was held in
the home of Mr. -and Mrs. T. A.
Lee in the County Line commun-
ity Sunday. During the noon
hour a delicious dinner was ser-
ved buffet style.
Those present for the occas-
ion were Mrs. J. W. Lokey, Paris,
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lee and
'rrand.’on of Mt. IV'ernon, Mil.
and Mrs. Otho Cooley
grandson of Pittsburg, Mrs. Le-
roy Arnold and daughter.^Mari- Army for sixteen months, and
is also a graduate of a mechanic’s
school.
President Roosevelt returned
Monday to his duties in Wash-
ington following his absence at
the Quebec conference with
Prime Minister Churchill. He
is said to have spend some time
resting before getting back on
the job.
Monday he called meetings
with Secretary Hull and Chinese
, Foreign Minister T. V. Soong
for discussions of war problems
in the Orient.
Secretary Hull denounced crit-
ics of the State Department -who
said he hated the Russians and
that he wanted to see the Soviet
bird white by the war with Ger- !
many.
Mrs. M">e Masters spent the
wenlerd in Da’lss. She was ec-
-orT-,nr1!od h-mn hy Mrs. R. H. making one of our heavy bomb-
Balley, of Slaton. « |<rs.
Miss Jeanette Chapman, pop-
ular young daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Chapman, and Pfc.
William R. Hess -of Pittsburg
were quietly married Sunday at
Quitman.
Immediately following the
ceremony, they left for a short
wedding trip to Louisiana. The
groom is stationed at Grenada,
Miss.
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Rioting was reported all over
Bulgaria Monday as a result of
the death of King Boris Satur- by Allied planes Monday,
day and the consequent disrup-
tion of government.
There is much speculation as
to who will get control over the
new government, and it is prob-
able there will be a big scramble
.------„ power by the various fac-
positions.' tions. Premier Philov is doing
his utmost to retain his power
over the various officials to
maintain pro-Nazi contr I over
the nation.
Most of the population of Bul-
garia, however, is pro-Russian
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Germany is sending large forces
'into the country.
There are still persistent ru-
mors to the effect an Italian
delegation is in Portugal to dis-
cuss peace terms with the Brit-
ish, but there is no confirmation
of any cf these reports.
The Italians are said to
aroused over reports that Count
Ciano and family have been al-
lowed to escape and have gone
to Germany. A Berlin report
said Ciano, who is Mussolini’s
son-in-law, had evaded his
guards in some mysterious man-
ner and had slipped through
Brenner Pass. He was said Sun-
day to be on his way from Inns-
bruck to Munich, traveling by
automobile.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 140, Ed. 1 Monday, August 30, 1943, newspaper, August 30, 1943; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1366960/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.