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Working for the Interests of Mt. Pleasant, the Center of the Milk Industry of North east Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Monday Evening, August 7, 1944
Volume XXVI
Number 12
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Italian Patriots
In Florence Start
Battling Germans
Next Objective of
Allies in Burma
Task Force Which
Hits Bonin Islands
Breaks Up Convoy
Talk to Leaders of
Deserts to Russians
Out of Conflict
Ended on Monday
Envoy Quits Nazis
Reich for Support
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Local Housewives Three Messages
Urged to Make Use Received Monday
Smaller Potatoes From Geo. Hollam
Another Source of
Oil For Reich is
Captured in Poland
Nazis Are Shelling
South Part of City
Declared as Open
Claims Bombs Fell
Harmlessly Into
Waters of Harbor
Dry WeatherCauses
Larger Crop Little
Ones Than Usual
Two Cards and On
Letter Come Fror
Jap Prison Camp
Eleven Ships Are
Sunk and Several
More are Damaged
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smaller potatoes will tend
increase consumer uspplies
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Transport Strike
at Philadelphia is
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Mrs. J. C. Dickie of Tyler is
a guest of her sister, Mr.s Dan
Witt, this week.
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To Do Installing
ACCORDING to authoritative Vati-
can sources, Baron Ernst von Wei-
zaeker, German Ambassador to the
Vatican, has repudiated the Nazi
cause and informed the Holy See
that he will no longer represent the
present German government The
Baron was one of the key men in
the German diplomatic service for
many years. (International)
Homer M. Price, well known
East Texas publisher, died at
his home in Marshall Monday
morning at the age of 84 years.
Mr. Price retired from active
work a number of years ago, but
continued to write a column for
the Marshall newspaper until re-
cently. He was one of the best
writers in the newspaper busi-
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Bulgaria was reported Mon-
day to have offered proposals to
the Allies for getting out of the
war.
The Bulgars were said to have
agreed to withdraw all forces
from Greece and Yugoslavia if
permitted to retain her 1939
boundaries and would not fire
on Allied planes flying over the
country if their objectives are
not Bulgarian.
Ankara believes an early
agreement will be reached be-
tween Bulgaria and the Allies.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Bass have
received information from their
son, Cpl. George Bass, who has
been stationed in England for
over a year, has been transfer-
red to duty in France.
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Mr. and Mrs. Buck Wilkinson
and daughter, Miss Annie Merle,
returned Sunday to their home
in New Iberia, La., after spending
two weeks here with relatives.
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Wallace Huckeba, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Huckeba of Mt.
Vernon, who is in the Navy,
spent the weekend with his aunt,
Mrs. L. F. Bass.
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Mrs. J. O. Lawson went to
Dallas Sunday for a short visit.
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AS NAZI TROOPS WITHDRAW from Florence and the Gothic Line appears in imminent danger of crumbling,
Allied military leaders speculatively eye the Po River Valley on their maps. The valley, say military ob-
servers, should present an ideal battleground for the more heavily equipped Allied forces. Tanks and
armored columns can maneuver with facility in this rolling country and many of the most insurmount-
able problems presented by the present mountainous battlefront will be dispensed with. The taking of rail
centers like Milan and Mantua would throttle Nazi supplies now being transported to the front through
these cities. Capture of Milan would also put an end to the manufacture of tanks, military cars, and other
equipment under construction there, and open the way for drives on Genoa and Turin, two key points which
complete tLe Nazi-held triangle. Large arrows depict possible direction of Allied drives (hit
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New Hampshire is the only
New England state to observe
Fast Day, first proclaimed in
1681 when the governor of the
province was dying and ordered
a day of public fasting and
prayer in view of “sundry tokens
of divine displeasure.” The date
is the last Thursday in April.
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Bright dyes, bead incrusta-
tions, and, later, metal plaques,
sewed on to garments were the
only cloth adornment known for
many centuries. Weaving , a de-
sign into cloth did not appear
until about 1500 B. C.
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There are at least two stars
whose diameters measure in ex-
cess of 93,000.000 miles.
The Weather
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From dispatches concerning
action in Burma, it was believed
Monday that the next Allied
objective will be Bhamo, south
of Myitkyina, which will be
necessary to take in order to open
the new road into China.
The Chinese were exploiting
their victory in the capture of
Tengchung by moving eastward
for a junction with General Stil-
well’s forces.
British forces have captured
the Japanese base of Tamu in
the western part of Burma, af-
ter driving across the Indian bor-
der.
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German resistance to the Sov-
iet advance was reported Mon-
day to be stiffening, especially
in the north, where the Reds are
trying to break into East Prussia,
and it was stated officially that
the report that this province of
the Reich had been entered Sat-
urday was said to have been a
mistake. However, the Reds are
only five to 35 miles from the
frontier and are massing for a
campaign across the Nieman
River in the direction of Tilsit
and Memel.
Hard fighting was said to still
be in progress before the ap-
proaches to Warsa' /, with the
Pole guerrillas holding a num-
ber of strong points in the city.
They point out, however, that
they cannot hold out much lon-
ger unless they receive ammuni-
tion and supplies.
Russian troops are making
steady progress in the southern
part of Poland, and were contin-
•uing their drive in the the di-
rection of Krakow, where they
are about 75 miles from the Ger-
man province of Silesia.
Marshal Stalin announced Sun-
day night that Drohobycez, im-
portant oil center of Poland in
the foothills of the Carpathian
Mountains had fallen to Soviet
troops and that the entire oil
field has been wrested from the
Nazis. This leaves Hitler with
only one big field available—
that at Ploesti.
An Allied air force of bombers
and fighters struck at an air-
craft factory near-Gdynia, in the
Polish Corridor, Sunday and then
flew on to bases in Russia with-
out the loss of a single plane.
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HOMER M. PRICE, NOTED
PUBLISHER, DIES MONDAY
THE BERLIN RADIO has announced
that Gen. George C. Lindemann,
commander of all the German
armies in the Baltics, “has gone
over to the Russians.” Some 300,-
000 of Lindemann's men were re-
cently trapped by the Russian drive
to the Baltic Sea. (International) .
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VENEZIA
Tokyo Says Davao! Legion to Install
Visited Sunday by Officers Tuesday
American Planes Night in Ceremony
Nazi leaders were called on by
Adolf Hitler Sunday to follow
him blindly and with the utmost
confidence to break up the at-
tacks by the enemies of the
Reich by maintaining the home
front on a complete war basis.
He said the attempt on his life
recently was made by a small
group, but one very important
because of its influence. The
Junkers have been trying to
sabotage his government for the
past eleven years, he said.
Hitler said he would never
surrender, but would go down
fighting as head of the Nazis.
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In lumbering, the term “head
rig” includes a kicker, a carriage,
a nigger, a turner, a band saw,
or circular saw, feed works and
a saw blade. It is the machinery
for reducing a log into timbers,
cants, or boards. This may be a
band mill, a circular saw, or a
Swedish gang saw.
Mt. Pleasant weather cond>
tions for the previous 24 hours
taken at 6:30 this morning b?
Charles Coker, local weather ob-
server, are as follows:
Alexander has told
the Italians the Allies are not
going to attack Florence and
there is no reason why the city
should be made a battleground.
On the Adriatic coast, the
Poles made some progress north
of' Ancona in the direction of
Rimini, eastern end of the Gothic
Line, but only light patrol ac-
tion and artillery exchanges were
reported from the Pisa sector.
A force of about 500 bombers
based in Italy struck German
factories in Austria Monday,
while on Sunday they blasted
the Ploesti oil fields again and
also hit Bucharest. Other units
hit the French naval base of
Toulon.
Americans Driving Germans Stiffen
On 1-00 Mile Front Resistance in East
In Direction Paris But Reds Gaining
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Allies Now Occupy i
One-Tenth of Area I
of French Nation
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Local housewives are being
asked by the War Food Admin-
istration to use more small sized
potatoes during future weeks in-
stead of larger sizes.
According to F. W. Under-
wood, acting district representa-
tive, WFA’s office of distribu-
tion, Dallas, abnormally dry
weather in some producing areas
has resulted in a larger than us-
usla crop of small size potatoes
which will deteriorate rapidly
because of the heat unless used
immediately.
He explained that use now of
to
of
larger sizes, help facilitate mili-
tary procurement, reduce total
cost of the crop to consumers and
conserve valuable perishable
supplies.
Equally as nutritious as lar-
ger ones, small potatoes now are
available at reasonable prices,
generally at floor levels, while
larger sizes are selling at or
near ceiling prices.
Increased use of smaller sized
potatoes while they are plenti-
ful is a patriotic job each house-
wife can perform to help utilize
the wartime supply of food, Un-
derwood said.
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Bhamo is Believed
TYROL >. X AUSTRIA
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JULIAN Gr-J-T'
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District Commander Howard
DeShong of Paris will be pres-
ent at the meeting of the Am-
erican Legion Tuesday night for
the purpose of installing new
officer for the coming year’s
work, with Dave Merzbacher as
Post Commander.
Following the installation cere-
monies iced watermelons will be
served to the members and their
families present, and Comman-
der Kendrick urges as many as
possible to be present for the
occasion.
The local post is making plans
for some important work during
the next twelve months, includ-
ing securing many new mem-
bers from the service men now
being discharged. Plans are be-
ing worked out for the enlarge-
ment of the hut in the north end
of town just as soon as building
materials can be procured, and
new recreation facilities are to
be added as ckylhtiss wqi
be added as quickly as possible.
A new pool table has been al-
ready secured and is being used
by the membership.
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Bulgaria Proposes
Terms for Getting
American mechanized forces
were reported Monday to be
driving in the direction of Paris
on a 100-mile front, had captur-
ed the town of Domfrom, east of
Rennes and were threatening the
big transportation center of Le
Mans, about 140 miles southwest
of the capital. Our forces are
now nearer Paris than they
were to Brest a week ago, and
are making rapid advances east-
ward.
Swiss reports said the Nazis
have already begun the evacua-
tion of administrative offices
from Paris to Germany and have
ordered the Laval government
moved from Vichy to Vittel in
Northeast France. Marshal Pe-
tain is to be forcibly taken to
Germany, it was stated.
In Brittany, the Americans
have control of practically all of
the big peninsula, but there was
hard fighting in the streets of
Brest, the Nazis were resisting
fiercely at St. Malo, but are com-
pletely surrounded, and the gar-
rison at Lorient has offered to
surrender. Our troops were clos-
ing in on both St. Nazaire and
Nantes. Several important towns
have been captured, and the
campaign has resolved into a
mopping up of scattered enemy
forces.
In the center, the British have
again taken Vire from the Nazis
and are making gains in the
Caen sector, the northern hinge
of the German defenses. In this
area, however, the Nazis are us-
ing four panzer divisions for
counter attacks and are offer-
ing the most stubborn resistance
of the entire campaign so as to
protect their flying bomb bases
to the north.
The Allies now control one-
tenth of the entire area of
France and at the present rate
of progress are expected to gain
much more territory soon, as the
enemy defenses appear to have
been completely disorganized.
In the past few days 13,310
Nazi prosiners have been taken
and their dead amount to over
3,400.
Allied air forces were continu-
ing their heavy bombardment of
positions to the rear of the lines
and big bombers on Monday
struck at the Bordeaux, Amiens
and Paris areas, hitting aircraft
plants and railway centers.
Hamburg, Kiel and Berlin
were hit Sunday and the RAF
hit points in North France Sun-
day night.
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A report from Tokyo Monday
morning said that two American
planes flew over Davao, port
city of Mindanao in the Philip-
pines, Sunday and dropped three
bombs, all of which fell harm-
lessly into the waters of the har-
bor.
Although there has been no
confirmation of this report, our
big bombers could easily have
come from Sansapor, recently
captured from the Japs on New
Guinea, and the operation could
have been much larger than
Tokyo claimed. General Mac-
Arthur reports consolidation of
our forces at Sansapor, most
westerly point in our hands on
New Guinea. Our other cam-
paigns on the big island have
also been successful, he stated.
The Americans gained two
more miles on their Guam front,
and now have the Japs herded
into an area only five miles deep
on the northern end of the is-
land. Thousands of civilians are
said to have given up and have
left the Japanese lines for in-
ternment.
Admiral Ni 'itz revealed Mon-
day that in the action off the
Bonin Islands, 600 miles South
of Tokyo, last Friday the Am-
erican task force made further
inroads in the dwindling num-
ber of Japanese ships by break-
ing up a convoy and sinking
eleven ships, including five de-
stroyers. Several other vessels,
including a light cruiser, were
damaged.
The American vessels went
inshore far enough to shell one
town, which was entirely de-
stroyed, it was stated, and the
only losses we sustained were
sixteen planes and nineteen fly-
ers.
Tokyo had previously report-
ed the campaign of the task force,
but claimed our warships were
driven off and there were many
planes brought down.
There is speculation among
military experts as to whether or
not occupation of the Bonin and
Volcano Islands, so near Japan
proper, will be attempted soon
or if the Americans will turn
their attention to the Philippines
first.
It was reported from Allied
headquarters in Rome Monday
that Italian patriots have begun
battling the Germans inside
the city of Florence, and that
even children are taking part.
German artillery from hills
overlooking the city was shell-
ing its south part, although Ber-
lin had declared Florence an
open city.
General
The transportation strike which
had interferred with production
of war materials for practically
a week, came to an end early
Monday, as all operators return-
ed to duty and the trains and
buses resumed regular schedules.
End of the strike came quick-
ly after the Army commander
had issued an ultimatum to the
men who walked out that they
would be blacklisted from any
work until after the war.
Four of the leaders of the
strike have been arrested and
suspended from their jobs.
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Mrs. T. P. Riddle, Mrs. Edwin
Riddle and baby and Mrs. Viv-
ian Willeford returned Sunday
from Erwin, Tennessee, where
they met Seaman 3c Edwin Rid-
dle for a short visit. Seaman Rid-
dle is stationed at Norfolk, Va.
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Milk cows on the farms of the
United States are valued at
$2,684,129,000.
Mayor and Mrs. John Hollar
received two cards and a lett<
Monday morning from their so
Lieut. George Holland, who
interned at Zentsuji prison cam
on Shikoku Island, which
south of the principal island <
the empire.
One card writtec by Lieu
Holland was dated October ;
1943, the letter December, 194:
while another card was undate
but had evidently been writte
later than the others.
The first card merely state
he was at Zentsuji, was in av
erage health and was anxiou
about the welfare of his familj
and friends.
The second card stated that hi
had received a letter dated Maj
3, 1943, asking for more and Ion
ger letters and wishing his broth-
er, John and wife many happy
returns.
The letter, which was nearly a
full page, said he was anxiously
awaiting word from home, and
that he was being allowed to
write more than heretofore. He \
said he had learned that Eldon
and Ellis Schmid were all right,
but that they were not a Zent-
supi. Jack Clinton, Navy Ensign,
formerly of Mt. Vernon, was
there, he stated, and he asked
about a number of relatives and
friends. Lieut Holland also ask-
ed for another package to be
sent him, to include woolen socks,
winter underwear, woolen stock-
ing cap, sweater, tobacco, choco-
late, cheese, and if possible a
fruit cake.
That Lieut. Holland is being
well treated is evidenced by the
fact that he is allowed the use
of a typewriter for his com-
munications with his parents and
others. The camp where he is
interned is said to be one of the
best in Japan.
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Max Hill left Monday for Dal-
las for Navy service. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron
Hill and took his final examina-
tion last Thursday.
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