Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 14, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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Schools Purchase
RAF Blasts Italian
Error in Article
$4,09620 in Bonds
and Stamps Lately
the
GERMANS CONTRIBUTE MORE SCRAP TO ALLIED CAUSE'
About Receipt of
Bond Allocation
Total Since Started
at Beginning Term
Reaches $67,887.30
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NOW IT’S A K. O. FOR TOKYO.
ONLY A SMALL SECTION in northeastern Tunisia remains in Axis hands now of all the great empire
Italy once controlled in Africa. With .he Allies advancing through Sousse and Kairouan, as indicated
on the above map, the Axis armies are facing their last desperate battle for survival against the com-
bined powerful forces of the United States, Great Britain and France. (International)
NavalBaseTuesday
Night in Hard Raid
The Royal Air Force changed
its tactics somewhat Tuesday
night and instead of attacking
objectives in Germany and cc-
The banjo was invented a lit-
tle more than a hundred years
ago and is strictly an American
instrument.
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Hundred Miles For
Attacking Spezzia
An error was made in yes-
terday’s Daily Times in the
article referring to Mrs. Alma
Coker receiving a telegram
announcing the Southwestern
Life Insurance Company had
authorized the purchase of
$25,000 worth of war bonds to
be credited to Titus County’s
quota.
Mrs. Coker received the
message Monday afternoon in-
stead of Tuesday, as was pub-
lished. She had made the re-
quest the previous week, and
was notified as soon es the
company officials could meet
and make the necessary de-
cision. This large sum being
allocated 'to Titus County cer-
tainly helps in filling our
quota, and should be apprec-
iated by everybody.
cupied territory, winged its way I
across the Alps to carry out a '
heavy raid on the Italian naval
base at Spezzia, fifty miles
southeast of Genoa, The trip
was about eight hundred miles |
and back, one of the longest dis- [
tances the bombers have ever
made. This was the third bomb-
ing to which the naval base has-
been subjected by the British.
Wednesday morning the Brit-
ish struck at dawn at various'
objectives in the northwestern i
part of Germany, but no details
were given as to the location cr
results.
American planes made day-
light forays on Brest, Caen and
St. Omer Wednqsdfay, concen-
trating on railway yards.
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AMERICA, RIGHT OR WRONG
CONSIDERABLE SCRAP METAL Is contributed by the Germans to the Allies as three Mark III tanks lie
battered and flaming, above, on a Tunisian battlefield. They and two others, not shown in this photo,
were smashed by a British Eighth Army anti-tank regiment near the Marctli Line. (International)
B. C. Pierce, superintendent of
the local school system, report-
1 ed Wednesday that since March
8th teachers and pupils of the
five schools of the city have
purchased $4,096.20 worth of
w’ar bonds and stamps.
The total purchases by
schools now amounts to $67,887.30
since the beginning of the school
term last September, which is
a very creditable record.
Purchases are divided among
the various schools as follows:
High School, $19,741.45.
Junior High, $9,209.55.
East Ward, $22,157.80.
West Ward, $15,478.50.
Colored School, $1,300.00.
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Mrs. Ed Luton of Laredd,
formerly Miss Frances Clark, has
been commissioned a Lieutenant
in the WAAC at the officers’ can-
didate school at Fort Des Moines,
Iowa, and is stationed at Fort
Oglethorp, Ga. She is a niece of
A. H. O’Tyson.
OPA Delays Setting
Meat Retail Prices
For Another Month
American airmen attacked and
probably sunk a Japanese cargo
ship of 10,000 tons in Hansa Bay
on the New Guinea coast, ac-
cording to dispatches received
Wednesday. Two smaller vessels
were said to have been badly |
damaged in the same action. This
indicates the enemy does not'
yet have command of the air, as ,
some observers have hinted re-
cently.
General MacArthur and Sec-
retary Knox are at a divergence
over the strength of the Japa-
nese in the South Pacific, and
the former has said it is only
through combined land and air
forces that we can hope to win '
from the Orientals. Sea power
cannot get the job done, he
states, while Knox insisted we
can meet anything the Japs have
to offer on the sea, and that they
do not have sufficient strength
to carry cut an invasion of Aus-
tralia,
There is no doubt Japan has
increased her air forces in the
Solomons and New Guinea areas,
as they are sending large squad-
rons now when they make an
attack on American positions.
They sent such a force to at-
tack Milne Bay Wednesday, but
it was beaten off with heavy
losses.
General Sato told the Japanese
people Wednesday that plans,
have been completed for an air
bombardment of the American
mainland, and that German, Ital-
ian and Nipponese air forces will
collaborate in this undertaking,
which will- take place soon.
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G. L. BROGOITTI’S FATHER
DIES AT SULPHUR SPRINGS
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Brogoitti
and children went to Sulphur
Springs Tuesday afternoon in re-
sponse to a message announcing
the death of the former’s father,
which occurred about 4:00
o’clock.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 Wednesday afternoon. T. C.
Walker, Earl M. Lide, J. H. Mc-
Gyire and L. A. Kendrick at-
tended from here.
The Office of Price Adminis-
tration announced Wednesday
that the setting of retail prices
on beef, veal, lamb and mutton,
which were to go in effect on
Thursday, has been postponed
for another month and will not
be set until May 17th.
The recent order of President
Roosevelt calling for action to
halt inflation was said to be re-
sponsible for holding up the pro-
gram, as it is thought some prices
may be radically, lowered.
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EMPLOYEES OF MARSHALL
STORES ENTERTAINED AT
GILMER TUESDAY EVENING
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The Marshall’s Stores of Mt.
Pleasant and Gilmer entertain-
ed their employees and families
with a chicten barbecue at Twin
Lakes at Gilmer, Tuesday even-
ing. A bountiful supper was ser-
ved on tables out in the open.
Those attending from Mt.
Pleasant were: Mr. and Mt|s.
Frank Marshall and sons, Jackie
and Frank, Mr. and Mrs. Gw
Frossard, Sam B. Hays, Mrs.
Russ Hays, Miss Mary Louise
Hays, Mrs. Thelma King, Mrs.
Faye Hodnett, and Miss Lillie
Pearl May.
For Fifth Six Weeks
Purposes Available
Again for Farmers
Red-
and Mrs. J. D. Stewart.
Students Make 90
or Better in Grades
and E. Deportment
Must Be Purchased
In Carload Lots to
Insure Deliveries
As the Kiwanis Club is spon-
soring a campaign for increas-
ed church attendance, especially
for Easter Sunday, this was the
subject for two talks made to
the club at its meeting Wednes-
day.
L. W. Cass spoke from a lay-
man’s viewpoint, explaining there
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High School Honor
Roll is Announced
Mt. Pleasant, Texas.
Pharis said directors had em-
ployed a New York investment
firm to make a complete exami-
nation and report on the advis-
ability of the purchase, which
would raise problems of financ-
ing and would involve entering
i a new business.
The local refinery has been
under control of the Southport
Petroleum Company of Delaware
for about a year, having been
purchased from the Lucey, Byrd-
Frost interests.
Should the deal be made, i:
will arouse speculation as to
whether or not the new owners
will continue operations as at
present cr would also engage in
the manu|acture of synthetic
rubber from the oil of the Talco
field.
County Agent Jas. W. McCown
announced Wednesday that Ti-
tus County farmers can agair .
purchase government-loan when* •
for feeding purposes if they will :
■pool their orders and buy in
lots of one or more carloads.
This wheat can be delivered at
Mt. Pleasant for about $1.04 per ■
bushel, or $1.74 per hundred, ac- ’
cording to Mr. McCown.
Two carloads have * already-
been ordered by Sam Willson
of the local AAA office, and they
are expected to arrive in the next
few days. The wheat he has ar-
ranged for can be placed with
anyone needing it for feeding
purposes, and these needing it-:
should see Mr. Willson and make
arrangements.
Mr. McCown stresses that any
group of farmers can cooperate,
select their own purchasing
agent and handle their own deals
in securing wheat for feed.
A meeting will be held at the
court he use in the district court
room Saturday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock for all farmers interested
in making wheat purchases.
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Major P. R. Redfearn and
family spent a few hours in Mt.
Pleasant Monday with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Red-
fearn, enroute t; Freeport, where
he is stationed, from Fort, Mon-
roe, Va., where he has been tak-
ing some special training.
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went to | Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dunni-
Houston Wednesday to visit her ’ gan and baby of Amarillo are
daughter, Mrs. E. E. Patterson. I visiting the lattei*s parents, Mr.
for three weeks.
A dispatch from New York
said Tuesday nlight that Carl
Pharis, president of the Pharis
Tire and Rubber Company cf
Newark, Ohio, had sent notices
to stockholders saying the com-
pany is considering the purchase
of oil refining and asphalt prop-
erty and equipment of the South-
port Petroleum Corporation at( are some 200,000 congregations
of various denominations in the
United States and that a recent
survey showed less than twenty
per cent of the total population
cf the country regularly attend
services. Mr. Cass pointed out
that pastors do not have time
to canvass a community per-
sonally and urge attendance, so
it is the duty of the laymen to
create this interest. The Ki-
wanis campaign is a big step to
get people to attend church, he
said.
L. L. Gieger, minister of the
Church of Christ, spoke on the
preacher’s viewpoint, saying that
one of God’s commandments is
for human beings to assemble
together and worship Him. He
quoted scriptural references
showing that six days of each
week are set aside for man to
work for himself, and one
should be devoted to worship.
After the talks, eaeh member
was given a supply of cards to
be handed cut to the public, urg-
ing church attendance.
J. O. Milstead and J. H. Mc-
Guire were selected as dele-
gates to attend the Kiwanis In-
ternational convention in Chicago
the latter part of June.
Earl M. Lide was a visitor.
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Wheat For Feeding
The following from out of
town attended the funeral- ser-
vices for Tramel Allen at Green
Hill Tuesday afternoon:
Mr. and Mrs. Garland
fearn of Perryton, Private Otto
Allen of Camp Howze, Gaines-
ville, Mrs. Otto Allen of Ar-
lington, Selvin Allen of Amaril-
low, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Allen
and Mrs. Rersie Hale of Texar-
kana, Monroe Allen and F.->d
Allen of Linden, Rev. and Mrs.
T. D. McCrary of Gilmer.
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Mrs. Sam B. Hays
The Honor Roll for the high
school was announced Wednes-
day for the students making 90
or better in all their grades and
E in deportment. Those attain-
ing the Honor Roll are as fol-
lows:
David Brogoitti, Lloyd Clark,
Billy Bob Eakins, Charles Glass,
Mickey Haggard, Don Johnson,
Sam Johnson, Quince Keeney,
Charles Lide, Kenneth Mason,
Charles Robinson, Bobbie Rog-
ers, Jimmy Wallace, Dan Will-
son.
Ida Lynn Allen, Beatrice Black,
Mary Ann Blackstone, Mary Lou
Bridges, Monita Chaney, Thel-
ma Mae Clark, Frances Coley,
Dorothy Copeland, Doris Ann
Daughtry, Charlene Dennis,
Jeanette Embrey, Betty Gerhard,
Joan Gilpin, Nelda Glass, John-
nie Goolsby, Virginia Graham,
Virginia Grissom, Wandalene
Hartley, Nell Huffman, Bert
Marie Laden, Margaret Lgnc,
Elizabeth Lee, Mary Nell Lee,
Bobbie McGuire, Joan Mason,
Geneva Mills, Bernice Parham,
Christine Parham, Ernestine
Ponder, Mary Edna Reed, Mary
Louise Rolf, Julia Ben Stroman
Betty Jo Tigert.
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ATTEND FUNERAL SERVICES
TRAMEL ALLEN ON TUESDAY
Rubber Company is
Planning Entering
New Kind Business
Club is Sponsoring
Big Congregations
For-Easter Sunday
Japanese Not Yet
In Command of Air
In Pacific Areas
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at Kiwanis Meeting
American Airmen
Probably Sink Big
Ship in Hansa Bay
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Church Attendance
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Wednesday Evening, April 14, 1943
CLOSE IN ON AXIS FOR FINAL TUNISIAN BATTLE
Deal is Reported
For Purchase Local Subject of Talks
Refinery Interests
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Attacks on Sicily
No. 5 for Him
Allies Destroy 84
Planes For Axis in
WAR is becoming an old story to
Corp. John L. Whitton, 65, above,
for whom this one is the fifth. He
Is stationed at Camp Stoneham,
California, and has three children
in service, two boys overseas and
a daughter In the Army Nurse
Corps. This is an Army Signal
Corps photo. {International)
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Large Part of Force
Can Be Evacuated
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Axis hopes for evacuating any
large part of their forces in Tu-
nisia were given a heavy blow
Wednesday, when it was report-
ed that American and British
bombers had destroyed seventy-
three planes on the ground in
two attacks on airports in Sicily.
Eleven- others were also destroy-
ed ih- other actions. It was said
that most of the planes that were
put out of business were large
transport craft, some with six
engines. They have been used
lately for sending supplies to
• Tunisia and also for removing
air force technicians. There ap-
peared to be little need for these
plane experts in Tunisia, as the
Axis now controls only three air-
fields.
The Allies were tightening
their, lines by continuing to drive
Rommel’s forces into still small-
er areas, with the British Eighth
Army moving toward along the
coast, the French pushing up
from the center and the Ameri-
cans driving along further west.
There was still no conformation
of Monday’s report that En-fida-
ville had been occupied by the
British.
There was some evidence Wed-
nesday that Rommel is taking up
positions in the hills north of
/ Enfidaville in an effort to de
lay the Allied drive for a time
at least, and that his rear guard
is fighting stubbornly.
The British First Army con-
‘ tinued its steady forward move-
ment at the northern end of the
front in the Medjez el Bab area.
Allied planes are almost un-
opposed in the air and are caus-
ing tremendous damage to re-
treating Axis columns and- also
to the three remaining airports,
while they are striking almost
continuously at Bizer.te and Tu-
nis.
London reported Wednesday
that largen-umbers of Italians
have succeeded in rSicily
and Sardinia by toerting r
using small boats to carry them
across the narrow waters. Mar-
shal Rommel was said to haw
flown to Italy Tuesday for a
conference with Axis leaders,
but had returned to Tunisian-
theatre Wednesday.
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Flying at 250 miles per hour,
a four-motored bomber con-
sumes 350 gallons of gasoline ev-
ery hour.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 14, 1943, newspaper, April 14, 1943; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1373762/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.