Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 295, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1944 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
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Thursday Evening, February 24,1944
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Number 295
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President’s Veto
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Reported Thursday in Direction Pskov Germany Thursday Dies in California
Americans Defeat
Japanese on Four
Separate Fronts
Another Important
Railway Crossing
Taken From Nazis
Believed Gotha and
Schweinfurt Are
Main Objectives
Body Expected to
Arrive Saturday
For Burial Here
Barkley Reelected
Senate Leader By
Unanimous Vote
Drive to Continue
By Organization
for Another Supply
Inductions Several
Already Accepted
Due March 9 and 11
No Details Given
In Message From
War Department
Died Wednesday at
Home of Daughter.
Mrs. J. M. Melton,
Information Will
Be Necessary For
Department’s Use
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at Kavieng again, but Kavieng had been sunk by our
no confirmation from
As a result of their campaign
for waste paper, the local Boy
Scouts organization shipped a full
carload icf this material Thurs-
day morning. The weight of the
paper was 41,300 pounds, and the
Scouts expect to receive $250 or
more for the shipment. The mon-
ey will be used to promote the
activities of the boys during the
coming year, including camps.
The boys had gathered about
eight thousand pounds more of
waste paper, but it had not been
properly packed and there was
not time to tie all of it in bun-
dles before the demurrage pe-
riod for the car expired, so this
was left for another shipment,
probably by truck.
Titus County people are urged
to continue to save their paper,
as the campaign of the Scouts
will be carried ahead in the fu-
ture, since pap>er is now a vital
war material.
A complete check had n'ot been
made Thursday on the results
of the financial drive for Scout-
ing activities, but the workers
met excellent response in contact-
ing individuals for support of
the organization.
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Large Number Men is Killed in Action
To Tyler Thursday in Italy January 22
For Examinations
Pacific !
Another large contingent of Ti-
tus County men left Thursday
morning for Tyler to take final
physical examinations for mili-
tary service. The number f men
making the trip cannot be re-
vealed at this time, but it ap-
proximates the previous call.
Under the new selective ser-
vice program, the men who pass
will not be called into service
for some time, as plans mow call
for having a reserve on hand to
meet future calls and it may be
several weeks before this group
is inducted.
On March 9 a group will leave
Mt. Pleasant for Camp Wolters
to enter the Army and on the
11th others will be sent to Tyler
for Navy duty. Between 30 and
40 men will be taken into both
branches of service icn these two
dates.
Another call will be made on
March 13th, but it is not known
how many men will be affected.
Names of those accepted can-
not be made public until after
reports are returned to the local
board following ihduction.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Wright
accompanied their son, Leon, to
Dallas Wednesday for a medical
check-up. Leon shows some im-
provement.
IA/ITH the Marlhall islands being co-
* * ordinated rapidly into a major air-
naval base far U. $. forces, the next
stepping-stones to Tokyo will soon be
attacked. North of the Marshalls, the
Wake, Marcus and Bonin islands are
logical targets for invasion. To the west
of the Marshalls, Ponape, Truk and
Guam will undoubtedly figure impor-
tantly in the imminent drives on Tokyo.
Wednesday, when he denounced
the President’s message in his
veto of the tax measure and
called on Congress to pass the
bill over Mr. Roosevelt’s legal
protest.
The Senate is expected to fol-
low the lead of the House Fri-
day and also reject the tax veto.
Senator Barkley tendered his
resignation as majority leader in
a closed session of Democratic
Senators Thursday morning, but
was unanimously reelected and
later said he would continue to
serve in the same capacity.
Washington. However, it was re-
vealed that three more enemy
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few days.
Russian forces are also fan-
ning out from Krivoi Rog, Dnie-
er Bend city captured this week,
and had retaken a number of
towns and villages. Thp Reds are
now pushing toward Nikolaev,
near the mouth of the Bug River
The Bug is the last natural de-
fense system in the Lower
Ukraine, and the Reds have by-
passed it in many places.
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Mrs. J. S. Priest is visiting her
son. Robert D. Darnell cf Albu-
querque, New Mex., who will
graduate Feb. 27 from the Naval
Engineer Officers' School. He
will be assigned to active duty
immediately. Before returning
Mrs. Priest will visit her elder
son in Barsto, Calif.
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Mrs. Gus Pittman and Mrs.
H. L. Hess Sr. returned Wednes-
day from a visit of a few days
in Dallas.
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Thursday’s reports on the
fighting in the Pacific recorded
fcur separate victories by the
Americans against the Japanese,
probably the most optimistic
news of the entire war.
Two big bases in the Mariana
Islands, Saipan and Tinian, were
attacked Tuesday by the same
task force which gave Truk such
a drubbing the week before, but
the dispatches from Admiral
Nimitz’ headquarters gave no de-
tails except that several hundred
carrier-based planes had struck
at the tw bases, only 1,300 miles
from Tokyo. They are about 700
miles north of Truk and near
the American island of Guam,
now held by the (Japanese. No
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Emmett E. Schmid, former res-
ident of Mt. Pleasant, passed
away at San Francisco, Calif.,
Thursday night of last week, and
the body is expected to arrive
in Mt. Pleasant Saturday for
burial.
Time of the services has not
yet been set, because transpor-
tation is uncertain and the body
may not get here when expect-
ed. Short services will be held
at the Thomas Funeral Chapel
and Rev. L. E. Lamb of Nacog-
doches, former Baptist pastor
here, is expected to be in charge.
Mr. Schmid was about 50
years of age and was father of
Lieut. Eldon Schmid and Sgt.
Ells Schmid, both of whom are
Japanese prisoners in Burma. He
is also survived by his mother,
Mrs. J. G. Schmid of Kansas
City, Mo., two brothers and four
sisters. He made his home in
Mt. Pleasant for several years
until about 1927.
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Berlin reported Thursday that
great air battles were being
fought over Western and Central
Germany during Allied attacks
in daylight, and it was indicat-
ed that Gotha and Schweinfurt,
war production centers, were the
main objectives of the big Am-
• were no
details from London on the op-
erations.
Allied air forces struck heav-
ily also on an airfield in Holland
and in
Northern
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A telegram was received here
Wednesday night announcing the
death in action of Lieut. W. H
Bish'cip, husband of the former
Miss Betty Thomas, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thomas of
this city.
No details were received ex-
cept that Lieut. Bishop was kill-
ed on January 22, somewhere on
the Italian front, but Mrs. Bishop
was told that a letter would fol-
low telling how his death oc-
curred. Lieut. Bishop was a flyer
in the American Air Force and
had several combat missions to
his credit. He had previously
been awarded the Purple Heart
for his services at the front.
Mrs. Bishop left Wednesday
night for Bogota to be with her
husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Bishop.
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The House of Representatives
on Thursday overrode Presi-
dent Roosevelt’s veto of the cur-
rent tax bill by over three tc
one, showing the temper of Con-
gress in domestic matters. The
veto was 299 to 95 for a sting-
ing defeat of the Administration,
the worst in eleven years.
House action is believed to
have ben stimulated by
areceh of Senator Alben
On-kiov. majority leader,
Funeral services were held at
Bryan’s Mill, Cass County,
Thursday afternoon at 4:00
o’clock for Mrs. Dollie Harrison,
who passed away Wednesday
morning at 10:05 o’clock at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M.
Melton, of this city, following an
illness cf several weeks.
The body was conveyed to
Bryan’s Mill by an undertaker
from Naples, her former home.
Deceased was 63 years of age,
and besides Mrs. Melton, is sur-
vived by five'daughters and four
sons. She also leaves a number
of grandchildren.
Marshal Stalin announced
Thursday that Soviet troops had
captured Dno, important railway
crossing west of Staraya Russa,
after driving the Nazis out of
the town after hard fighting. Ber- |
iin announced evacuation »f Dno .
>nly a few hours previously.
This victory'puts the Russians I erjc5n bembers. There
only 64 miles from Pskov, gate-
vay to the Baltic States, with
two other columns also pushing
toward this most important Ger-
man base in the north part of
part 'of Russia. One of these arm-
es was only 25 miles away and
he other was 44 miles distant.
Stalin also announced the tak-
ing of Bogachev in White Russia,
- 'ast base held by the Ger-
details CouM be given at the mans on the east side of the
time on the success of the attack, i Dnieper River. A Red offensive |
as it was necessary to maintain j has been in progress here and |
silence until the vessels returned | in the Zhito.uk «.« I., the P~-|about half reaching the London
'area, where considerable damage
-as inflicted, with numerous
casualties. Four bombers were
hot down. London had an alert
'hursday, the first in daylight
since last summer.
Results of the attack on Steyer,
Austria, by bombers based in
'taly were reported as 32 Nazi
.lanes shot down to the loss of
;ix by the Americans.
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T. A. Worton returned Wed-
nesday from an extended visit
with his children in Dallas,
'taly and Waxahachie.
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Soft soap was used for clean-
ing early Americans, same as it
is now.
The Weather
Farm plan sheets will be sign-
ed up in 1944 as in previous
years, and it is very important
that every farm operator sign
these plan sheets, since this will
give the Department of Agri-
culture an estimate as to what
crops and what acreage of these
crops will be planted in 1944.
This is necessary in erder that
they might know how to plan
the distribution of these crops
for civilian consumption, for
feeding cur soldiers and also the
Allies.
It will also be important that
the producers sign these plan
sheets for their own information,
as the reclassification of all ag-
ricultural workers is now being
made for Selective Service. A
farmer who signs his farm plan
sheet will be given a copy
showing 1943 production and 1944
intended production.
Also shewn on the plan sheet
will be the number head of
horses and mules, cattle and
calves, hogs, chickens and tur-
keys. This will enable the pro-
ducer to determine the number
of war units he will have in
1944.
At the time the farm plan
sheets are signed the 1944 pro-
gram will be explained bo the
producers and help will be given
them as to how to receive th«
maximum payment on their
farms.
Things the producer should
know before he signs his farm
plan sheet are: Know h'ow many
horses and mules (including
colts) he has, the number of cat-
tle and calves, sows and heifers
kept for milking, hens and pul-
lets kept for laying, hogs and
pigs, and the number of chick--
ens and turkeys raised. He
should alsio know how many
acres of the following crops he
intends to plant in 1944; cotton,
peanuts, sweet potatoes, Irish po-
tatoes, corn, sorghum, cowpeas,
and commercial >vegetables. Also,
if the producer has not turned
in the number bales of cotton or
the number bushels of peanuts
raised in 1943, he should have
tnis information at the time he
signs his farm plan sheet.
The time and date for signing
these farm plan sheets will ap-
pear in the paper at a later date.
A news letter will also be mail-
ed each farm operator, telling
him when and where to go.
Every farm operator will b®
given a copy of the farm plan-
sheet on the back of which is a
place for him to enter the soil-
building practices which he car-
ries out during the year. Then
at the time of checking perform-
ance on his farm he will have s
record of all of the soil-buildinp
practices carried out by him
This will then be transferred t<
the work sheet for that farm.
Those producers who are work
ing a farm for the first time i:
1944 should contact the landlor
and secure the information lis*
ed above if they do net alread
have it, so that their farm pla
sheets can be complete for 194
The new requirement of si:
teen war units for producers e>
gaged in agriculture will nece
sltate a great deal of plannii
for any and all producers, sin
it means sixteen war units f
each individual producer on t
farm.
Any operator or landlord w
needs additional farm labor
his farm should register with t
county agent, requesting in wi
ing this labor.
The AAA program for 1944
• voluntary program. No one
required bo sign the plan sh<
Bee PLAN SHEETS, Page
various sections of
France throughout
Thursday, and British mosquito
planes attacked a number of tar-
gets in Western Germany Wed-
nesday night.
The Nazis continued their
bombings of England Wednesday
night and it was reported that 175
as it *as necessary to maintain aas, m | planes crossed the Channel, with
silence until the vessels returned in the Zhitonmr area for the pastl^ ^ hnif rpaphjnff thp Tj0nt]on
to safer waters. There was spec-
ulation a to whether the big
Japanese warships seen at Truk
had gone to the Marianas before
cur big attack.
Admiral Nimitz also reported
that American ground forces had
captured ‘Parry Island, last of
the Eniwetok atoll held by the
Japs. This gives the Americans
almost complete Control over the
Marshalls, although several of
the atolls to the east are still
in enemy hands, but they have
been out-flanked.
A report from General Mac-
Arthur’s heedquarters told of the
joining of the American forces
from Cape Gloucester and those
from Arawa, giving them con-
trol of the western part of New
Britain. In the two months re-
quired to cover the fifty miles
originally separating the two
forces, over 7,000 Japanese were
killed. The big Japanese base on
Rabaul was again raided for the
twentieth successive day.
Tokyo reported that American
naval forces, including three
destroyers, had shelled the Japa- supply vessels on their way to
nese base
there was
U. S. LcJTROYER BURNS wiped out
entire Jap convoy of four ships
oft the Marshall islands the day
of the American invasion of the
greup. it has been disclosed. The
Burns is a destroyer of the
Fletcher class ana similar to the
destroyer pictured above. The
Burns shelled and sank a tanker,
medium cargo vessel and two
smaller craft. (International)
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 295, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1944, newspaper, February 24, 1944; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1367126/m1/1/?q=divorce: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.