Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 270, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 25, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Volume XXIII
Number 270
British and Axis
SAYS U. S. CAN GROW OWN RUBBER
CANADA HOLDS JAP FISHING BOATS
Tomato Contracts
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Defenses at Kholm
By Dutch Bombers
Axis; Others Will
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Engaged in Fierce
Battle For Libya
Meeting Tuesday
Night to Revive
Recreation Council
Reports Are Given
On Red Cross Work
Conference at Rio
Fails in Effort to
Form United Front
Tank Engagement
Along Sirte Gulf
May Be Decisive
Break Through For
65-Mile Advance
On Northern Front
Little Change Has
Developed in Lines
In Past Few Days
Plans Will Be Made
For Continuation
Work in Schools
Use Secret Bases
In Jungles to Hit
Three More Ships
Trial To Start
In Two Cases
Charging Rape
Sewing Quotas
Are Announced
By Mrs. Moore
Government Will
Use Large Part
Of Crop Grown
Jap Naval Vessels
Shell MacArthur’s
Positions in Hills
Dutch airmen reported another
big victory over Japanese naval
units Saturday, claiming direct
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Peru Breaks With
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MEDAL IS UNCLAIMED
In a filing cabinet at Marine
■Corps Headquarters rests an un-
claimed Medal of Honor award-
ed to Private Michael Owens, It
was awarded for heroism at Ko-
rea in 1871.
The War Department on Satur-
day announced that fresh Japa-
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summoned for appearance in Dis-
trict Court at 9:00 o’clock Mon-
day morning. The purpose of the
venire is for the selection of a
jury to try one of two companion
cases against Carrol and J. S.
Hackler, charging rape. The state
will announce ready in either of
the two cases and the first one
tried will be for the defense at-
torneys to decide, Judge Williams
said.
Court was adjourned for the
Russians Succeed Singapore Defense
In Cutting German Is Facing Hardest
Test of Conflict
More Jap Vessels
Have Been Smashed
Special Venire in
Companion Cases
Due For Monday
ing the case
way. The Australians want more ' John Cates c
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ties by all of the 1
American Republics. Argentine
was the only nation which was
not ready to take this step as a
result of the declaration of war
on the United States by Japan,
Germany and Italy. The Argen-
tine Foreign F‘‘ ‘
agreed, however, in principal to forces around Leningrad,
the resolution, with the under-
standing that Axis diplomats and
, agents would be ordered to leave
’ his country at a later date,
"to AH of the nations branded the
A big tank and plane battle
along the Gulf of Sirte, north of
Agedabia, which may prove to
be the decisive engagement for
possession of Libya, was report-
ed in progress Saturday after-
noon, with the result still
doubt.
On Thursday, under cover of
a heavy sandstorm, General Rom-
mel struck eastward across the
marshlands around El Agheila
and succeeded in recapturing
Agedabia Friday. The Axis for-
ces then continued their drive
northward along the shores of
the Gulf in the direction of Ben-
gazi, but as the weather improv-
ed, they were met by the British
in large force.
Rommel is said to have thrown
at least half of his mechanized
equipment into the eastward
thrust, while the Empire force®
also assembled heavy armored
units to meet the threat. The en-
gagement in progress Saturday
may prove the decisive factor in
the fight for control of North Af-
rica.
During Friday night, the RAF
heavily bombed Tripoli and the
Axis supply lines between there
and El Aghelia, while German
ahd Italian planes carried out
strong raids on Malta all through
Saturday.
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to those of the Japs.
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NOW IT’S A K. O. FOR TOKYO, planes and tanks.
BOAT LIKE THIS BAGGED JAP SHIP IN PHILIPPINES
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Working for the Interests of Mt. Pleasant, the center of the Milk Industry ,f Northeast Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Mount Pleasant. Texas. Sunday Morning, January 25, 1942
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SIXTEENTH
Yugoslavia was the 16th politi-
cal unit in Furooe to yield some
part of its territory or a measure
to
of its national sovereignty
Germany in World War H.
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The 'ancient Egyptians
Greeks fashioned sandals from
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Dr. T. Harper Goodspeed and “rabbit brush’*
Rubber for use in manufacturing tires, girdles and gloves can be
produced In large quantities from a common desert shrub, “rabbit
brush,’’ that grows on the alkaline deserts at the west, according to
Dr. T. Harper Goodspeed of the University of California. The plant,
a cousin of Mexican guayule, from which rubber is produced, was
discovered half a century ago.
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SPIDER FEET
A spider’s feet are clawed, but
it cannot obtain a foothold on a
smooth, upright surface. How-
ever, by rising on its front legs,
a spider can back un a wine glass
by attaching rungs of silk to the
glass as it goes.
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DEER LIKE BAIT
MUNSING, Mich. — Michigan
Conservation department deer
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It was this type of high speed United States navy torpedo boat which hurtled Into a Philippine bay
under heavy fire of shore batteries and machine guns, torpedoed and sank a 5,000-ton Japanese vessel
and then escaped. Lieut John D. Bulkeley, .left commanded the torpedo boat
A meeting of tomato grower®
of Titus County was held at the
local court house Saturday for
the purpose of outlining plans
for the coming season.
The most important matter dis-
cussed at the session indicated
that the United States govern-
ment is contracting with canners
for enormous amounts of this
commodity, and the canners, in
turn, are contracting with the
farmers for the required amount
of acreage to be planted.
According to information given
this paper by County Agent Jas
W. McCown, a representative was
present Saturday from the Cas®
County Canning Company flf
Atlanta. This representative, a
Mr. bovey, offered- a guaranteed,
price of $17.50 per ton, or 87 1-2
cents per hundred pounds.
The contracts called for the
tomatoes to be delivered at At-
lanta, but Mr. Covey stated that
arrangements would be made for
a local loading point.
Contracts will also be offered
on fresh green beans, the Coun-
ty Agent said-. A flat price of
$50.00 per ton, or 2 1-2 cents per
pound was offered.
Last year a large crop of to-
matoes was grown in this coun-
ty, but because of an unstable
market and a very low price,
many of the farmers were dis-
couraged over the future pros-
pects of the commodity. This
year, however, the matter will be
different and a Standing price
will be allowed all who sign, the
contracts. —. - — .
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LATE LETTER DELIVERY
In 1918 Corp. Joseph Rendinell
of the U. S. Marines wrote Miss
. ... , Mae Delaney from France. The
leather with tools not ... .
tho-e used by the hand shoe- Delaney had been Mrs. Rendinell
maker today. for jg yearg
falling back in the direction of
Rzhev and Vyazma, being closely j
pursued by the Reds. The Rus-
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Axis as aggressors in the West- the southward toward Smolensk, .*^rive again®^ Moulmein, while bombing
ern Hemisnherp ihorn. I to « was reported American and I part of t
selves to stand together political-
ly and economically until C
war is over, pledged themselves
not to resume relations with the
Axis once they are severed ex-
cept by joint action, and called
cn all of the nations to break
such relations.
Ten American countries were
already at war with the Axis
when the conference began, four
have now broken diplomatic re-
lations, Brazil and Uruguay an-
nounce they will act at once,
leaving only five countries which
have not officially aligned them-
selves against foreign aggres-
sion.
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Tied up until they can be leased or sold to Canadian fishermen,
fishing craft owned by Japanese on Canada's west coast are pic-
tured, top photo, at Steveston on Vancouver island. They were
rounded up by the Canadian navy within a few hours after Canada
went to war against Japan. A naval officer is shown, lower photo,
questioning owner of one of the boats.
tw-c-way attack, when large
the i forces of Germans will be trap-
— ped in the rear.
Sir Stafford Cripps, who has
returned to London- after resign-
ing as Ambassador to Russia, told
a press conference that Russia
must inevitably fight Japan for
the settlement of their differen-
ces. If the Allies give the Reds
sufficient help, they will be able
to defeat Hitler next fall and
winter, and then the Soviet will
certainly join the Allies in fight-
ing the Japs.
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W. A. Phillips and Jesse New-
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taggers are having trouble. They San Antonio, whe,> they accnm-
ha«e to move’ their trans alnWt panied Holland- Walker for en-
daily because deer come back listment in the Army air corn®
again to be caught. One was 1 -_v
trapped 50 times in three months. See It THROUGH In Forty Two!
The defenses of Singapore were
facing their hardest test since the
invasion cf Malaya by the Japs,
and although the situation was
very grave, there appeared to be
little relative change in the po-
sition of the battle lines, which
are still more than sixty miles ,, =
north of the naval base. | hits had been made with heavy
The British were holding their bembs on a destroyer, a trans-
positions cn the west side of the ' Port and a big passenger liner,
■peninsula, and there was little '' the latter being capsized by the
activity reported on the east side. ! force of an explosion. The action
Australian artillery struck hard occurred in the Strait of Ma-
at advancing Japanese
afternoon after one of the most
active weeks in several years.
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stop and render aid were heard, ^rs. Grady Goolsby at the Mid-
dong with one murder case, one way. school. These two units are
,rscn case and other smaller ac- t - -
.ions. Verdicts were reached in ,pajarnas. Seventeen men’s
all except one of these, that be-
i3 of the State versus
of Talco, charged with
failure to stop and render aid.
very high.
It was also announced $■
Washington that Associ»+“ Jus-
tice Roberts of the Supreme
Court had been in conference
with President Roosevelt to re-
port the findings of a committee
which he headed to ascertain the
damage done at Pearl Harbor by
the surprise Japanese attack on
December 7th, and to fix respon-
sibility for lack of defense of
Hawaii on that occasion. Full
publicity will be given the re-
port in a short while, it was
stated.
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32 enemy planes over Rangoon bachelors up to 45 have been or-
in two days. American planes I dered into army service, and a
proved to be definitely superior general mobilization for defense
of the Commonwealth is under
Mrs. George C. Moore, chair-
man of Red Cross war produc-
tion knitting in Titus County, re-
ported Saturday on the work be-
ing done by her committee.
According to Mrs. Moore, ma-
terial has been placed with in-
dividuals for the knitting of 150
sweaters. She has already receiv-
ed some of the finished garments .
and states they shew excellent (nese troops had succeeded
work. Knitters are asked to re- taking some ground from unr
turn unused yarns when gar- American and Filipino defender®
ments are brought in. ]on the Batan peninsula, but part
A report was also made Satur- t^e territory was recaptured
day by Mrs. Laura Beall, chair- (by counter attacks.
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stated that sewing units have coast were assisting the land
been set up with Miss Sara Rob- forces by shelling the defense
positions in the hills, and for the
first time the American losses
were reported to be unusually
heavy. Casualties among the in-
vaders were also larger than
previously.
The Jap strategy appears te
be to turn General MasArthuria
eft flank, but his soldiers con-
tinue their stubborn resistance
.nd their morale is said to be
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A meeting will be held at 7:00
o’clock Tuesday night in the
-study hall of the Junior High
School for the purpose of making
plans for a revival of the rec-
reation work among the children
of the local schools, and to study
methods of attracting interest in
the project.
Mrs. Carra B. Lehman cf Mar-
shall, district supervisor, and
Mrs. Velma McWhorter, local
project supervisor, will be pres-
ent and give an explanation of
the possibilities of the Mt. Pleas-
ant project, which provides play-
ground sunervislornfor th- rch<-'<->1 '
students during the spring and
summer morrths.
If it is decided to continue
the recreation program, ’hew
members of the Weal Recreation
Council will be fiflected.
J. H. McGuire will be chairman
of Tuesday night’s meeting, to
which everybody interested in
the children of the schools is
invited.
The Russians scored another
big triumph over the Germans
Saturday when they broke
through for a gain cf 65 miles
to capture the key city of Kholm,
only 125 miles from the Latvian
frontier. The length of the front
over which the Reds made their
advances was said to be 130
miles, and includes a railway,
line running from Rzhev to
Velikiye Luki.
The newest advance was made
first Pan-Ameri- under cover of a blinding snow-
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relations with the Axis powers the Nazis completely by surprise.
Peru was the first Pan-Ameri- under cover of a blinding snow-
can nation to declare a break in storm and is said to have taken
relations with the Axis powers j the Nazis completely by surprise.
Saturday, following failure to (Two thousand towns and villages
pass a resolution demanding were recaptured in the engage-
unanimous severance of political | ment, in which 17,000 Germans
twenty-one' were reported to have been
: killed.
Russian forces are now west of
Smolensk, once Hitler’s field be(?n previ<5Usly trapped by the pore.
j invaders, succeeded in breaking I Australia issued another call
put of the encirclement and re-j for help Saturday, after it was
I joined the main forces. j announced the invaders had tak-
Air attacks on
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remainder of the week Friday man of ped Cross sewing, who j Japanese naval units along
several
charging failure to jnson at tbe ]00ai school and with
, heard, | Mrs. Grady Goolsby at
to complete 31 pairs of children’s
! hos-
pital pajamas will be made by
other workers in Mt. Pleasant.
Already the following garments
have been shipped from the local
Red Cross chapter:
Eleven convalescent robes, 33
receiving blankets, 7 children’s
caps, one child’s jacket, 10 baby
bands, 2 children’s dresses, 18
diapers, 19 sweaters and 11 knit
nufflers.
District Judge Sam Williams
troops cassar, and the flyers operating announced Saturday that a spec-
trying to force their way south- from their secret bases in the ial venire of sixty men has been
ward along the main highway in jungles of Borneo.
the center, breaking up the at- I This important waterway ap-
tacks of the invaders and caus- I pears to be the special object of
|ing much damage to tanks, arm- jthe Japs in their plans for cut-
ored vehicles and trucks. (ting off reinforcements and sup-
| An australian unit which h?d ’plies for the defense of Singa-
once
headquarters, 230 miles of Mos-
cow, and they are in position not
Minic+^r finaiiv oni^ t0 ^az*‘s oa t,lt- i joined the main forces. , announced the invaders had tak-
Mrnl^r finally.Scuth but also to .solate their on SingaporeJen possessi<3n of Rabaul> tbe first
I77iT17'7t,7 „„-which have been daily occurren-I time in history that Australian
In the center, the Nazis are i , . , . , I. .. , . . .. .
ces, had almost entirely ceased , territory had fallen to an enemy.
Saturday. It is expected that New Guinea
Stiffened British resistance al-j will soon be occupied by the
so caused the Japs to halt their Japs, bringing them close to
[ range of the northern
and | part of the continent.
All married men under 35 and
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 270, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 25, 1942, newspaper, January 25, 1942; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1373561/m1/1/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.