Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 260, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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Mount Pleasant, Texas,Friday Evening, January 19,1945
Number 260
Volume XXVI
Working for the Interests of Mt Pleasant, the Center af the Milk Industry of Northeast Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Local Scout Troop
Meeting of Scout
WHERE MANY DIED IN CHICAGO HOTEL FIRE
Allies Gain, Lose
Russians Capture
Guests at Kiwanis
Leaders Held For
Ground in Battles
Club Meet Friday
Planning Activities
on Western Front
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gain* in some sectors, lose ground s
•aid to ,
»
sweeping
the club is to cooperate with the ‘ boys in the near future
Advance in Luzon
helprc
Has Been Held I p
Targets on Honshu Casualties in Four
th
Se
II
the date and place to be an-
nounced later
in Daylight Friday Weeks of Fighting
As
of the
be
W «
to
st and Losses on Western
One of Ne
Biggest Jap Plane Front Announced
tali
its
ted the Eagle Scout bo
By War Secretary
Factories Is Hit
h
He
Department annr
of
schiossberg.
Plan*
fi
East Prussia further
eg
Clubs Underwrite
pes
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Hospital Service
Th
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ed the aircraf plant in
Jan
For Men At Maxey
id
ring
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to
Amer
had
t
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Hopewell Baptist
Rosa
that
of
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Association Meet
Amec
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To Ordain Deacon
can
but bombers of the Briti
alt
Fhone im your news Itema
Kremlin
ng t
a dozen table forks. So
hold only three
RESCUE BOAT ATTACKED AS IT AlDS, STRICKEN 1ST
RATION CALENDAR
fore March 1 New red
of their
pl
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The Weather
Book 4 stamp 34,
Sugar
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of two and a half
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of heart
attacks which he suffered Th
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AH HAMOS ABOARD THIS RESCUE BOAT prepare for a "follow-up" attack from Japanese bombers as
th
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Phone us your news Ttems.
(Irrternetionel Soundphoto)
1
4
was held for the purpose of out-
lining plans of activities for the
greatly
Tokyo
r to aid the crew at the burning LST, background, a victim of the Nip aircraft off Min-
Flames leap from the vehicles and equipment on the decks of the bombed landing ship.
(F S HALIENSTERN IN
SERIOUS CONDITION AS
RESULT HF ART ATTACKS
which may already have fallen
The Reds were also in the area
Stimson
Marshal
subur b
attack,
clear,
plainly
The g
wasn't i
The monthly workers’ meeting
of the Hopewell Baptist Associa-
tion will be held at the Lone Star
Church on Tuesday, January 30,
pounds will Im
must last three
The
Arthur
Anniversary of
Organization To
Be celebrated Soon
Situation Becomes
Grave In Alsace
As Germans Attack
Big
not
pr
to
well in
east has
have
1 the
River
rk a
fort
uts enabled the j on.
The
now
44
— 35
37
NW
Cloudy
l m in.
ths instead
enth Army *
Up three tow
Patch’s troops
apital Be
nitted that
the I destroyed or In
jney area
5 n Ameri
that
about
said
30 isone
eport
Battle for Rosario
Decisive Because
Controls Highway
The Wa
ed Friday
Book 4
ugh FA
Executive of Lone
I Star Council is
Program Speaker
greatly dis-
cess of the
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aircraft fire w
fective More
the superfortr
the raid.
point
Next
vali-
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rutin
held
a Kobe
Ftiday’s
L Colley
Lezg and
Maximum
Minimum
Temp 6:30
Wind from
Sky -__-
Rainfall
AUTHORITIES CONTINUE their investigation into th* tragie hotel fir* ta Chicage which claimed mor*
than a dozen uvea and injured many others. Th* Sr* consumed Um Ave-story General Clark hotel in
the heart of Chicago a bustness district. Photos above show remen ghting the blaze and carrying
out one of th* bodlea (Inter net ion tl Sour^phototl
I Berlin reported that *
0-cz
tresses
I
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north of Strasbouvg and it was
reported there were indications
that Marshal Von Rundstedt had
n the Taylor i
norning in seri
result ofase
*r aid*
Germaps
s light and inef-
an a hundred at
ses took part in
claimed
The Germans
. Curbed over the
To Border Silesia
westward toward the Reich. as
the city had been bypassed pre-
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a4
probably in this
im your news items
Tn-
m ag
For Clearing Flank
the target for
rom’silesla. Which arked mhel Supers Attack New 55,421 American
advance ncarest bie t hin They l *
hool
Haskell Johnson, Scout cor-
2,
held by Ameri
bore the brunt
with the British
relief late in the
synthetic gasoline sup
Other g
Allan Wb
About twenty-five members of
Scout Troop No. 203 were guests
of the Kiwanis Club at its meet-
said they were
d and lacked th*
the enemy
i in an order rd
were said to be 265 miles from
the German capital at this point
However, Marshal Stalin warned
the Soviet people that it is still
Hospital Fri- Charles Coker, local weather ob-
ne rondition server, are as followe:
values now in effect
series of stamps will h
dated Jan 28
Processed Foods — 1
in others and are
near St. Vith.
The Third Army
being held I
Krakow an
see th* results
blue stamps XS thr
and A2 through G2 n
OPA says none will I
dated before March
point values for fruit
as vegetables now I
how good,
be invali-
i l. New
ts aspell
a large fo
•truck from
British losses, but they were so
to be very light, as the Nai
I the occasion, and spoke on the local field executive, were in
relations between the troops and charge of the meeting, which
Next series of stamps will he
validated Feb 1
2 Half of Quota for
nd Red Cross Activity
3 Insured This Way
NT hoslovakia.
d that the
awing from
f that coun.
i wf wwi its effici
lu bb
* pr
e
of the attacks
coming to thei
campaign
Poland Campaign
Continues Gains;
Budapest Cleared
------ b
The great Russian offensive in '
Poland continued Friday with
substantial advance* in every .
ction of a raft to save hi
r and that of a companion
that an Raglr Scout
i it easier for one
er officer*' training
of this t
tal Mac A
t the French south
The situation in
becoming increas-
ccording to reports
rters in Paris
valid Feb 1
This is an ofhcial V. 8. Navy photo,
paper napkins, 50 paper cups, in an all-day session, with ordin-
two large pottery vases. as well 1 ation services for deacons to take
Moscow confirmed the Lublin ■
report of two days ago that Kra-
kow had been captured by the
ing Friday This
weekend camps.
I The fa
ed to g
o Osaka was
this operation
ver both areas
All of t
id to Im
Report* on activities on the
western front Friday indicated
that the Allie* were making
viously. It
in which it I plosions and fires were
good turn." the Mt.
Scouts and Cuba are to
•alien!
In Alsace, the Germ
reinforced their troops
west side of the Rhi
Meats, Fats, Etc Book four
red stamps Q5 through XS
now good No termination
dates have been set or A says
none will be invalidated be-
give an afternoon's work on th*
Masonic cemetery at a Um* to
be decided later it will be an-
nounced some time in advance
so that other persons interested
in the appearance of the ceme-
tery can be on hand to assist the
boy* Other troop* are urged to
plan some "good turn" for their
communities
picture, but the
also doing well
to be only thirteen miles from
East Prussia, moving against that
province from the south in a
drive aimed at Koenigsberg. its
Budapest and Lake Balaton and
relieve the garrison inside the
city has been frustrated, it was
lines between
tmaster and help him plan ,
if of th* quota of Titus Coun-
for the Red Cross camp and
spital activities at Camp Max
for disabled soldiers The Ro-
ry Club on Tuesday agreed to
lance a fourth of this fund, and
e Kiwanis Club will do the
taken and
• anre* ag
of Strasb
this area
British troop* in the north'
have continued their forward |
movements into the Reich from |
the panhandle sertion of Hol-'
land and had gained an addi- '
tional two miles in spite of mud-
dy ground and continued bad
weather ,
These actions gave the bright'
There were no accounts of Al
lied sir activity during Friday
Iministered in an effort to bring
vout his recovery
Marshal Ata I in
break Russi
good for five pounds, is the
only sugar coupon still valid
Termination date has not been
set A new stamp for five
General
t to wipe
g* into
Illi fonr fill
tr ansportat
shifted hH offensive
that theatre and hat
another big campaign
Russian offensive in Poland, as
' the cool mine* in the southwest
I part of that country and those in <
■ Silesia are the principal sources .
attacked ii
the supers
lore than a
and as the weather
the bombardier s i
th* direction of Cze
and Berlin admitte
all the eastern end w
it of German men
the people * army
Russian advance in-
—---- Mt Pleasant weather condi
Lilienstern, president of Horn for the previous 24 hour,
ranty Bond State Bank taken st 6 20 this morning by
of the Hungarian capital I
ver German attempt to
Ger
col-
the
“ per |
night. Oxygen
i Rev H M Secord of Talco,
j chairman of th* Titus County
। committee, announces that the
I soldiers’ needs far this month
dared
No estmat
special meetings, and programs
' were also discussed
A presentation was made show-
ing how a Scoutmaster may plan
his weekly program by using
Biterature furnished them by the
organisation and a short time was
spent in discussing the forms of
signalling, and another demon-
stration will be given at th* Feb
ruary meeting All Scoutmasters
present received copies of the
I 1945 troop program notebook and
a Scout calendar, given by the
First National Bank
** in the Marianas in daylight at
a new target on Honshu, biggest
Japanese island
According to both Washington
Mid Tokyo, the big bombers pick-
have launched a strong attack
which carried American forces
across the Seure River in several
places into Germany and brought
them into Siegfried Line defens-
es. They were Mid to be within
six miles of the strongly forti-
fled city of Trier, and it is be-
lieved Gen Patton ha* launched
his offensive against Coblenz,
Rhine River city 75 mile* away
Substantial gain* were reported
to have been scored
Celebration of anniversary
Russians, who we
more than 1
unsuccessful CI
German divis
van First Army was
i drive on St Vith
enemy resistance
Mod any further ad
American casualtie
weeks of fighting on I
front amounted to S5,4
ing to an announcem
Friday by War Serre
Shoe* - Book X airplane
etamne 1 2 and X valid indefi
nitely.
dlasoline — 14-A coupons
Mid everywhere for 4 gal
VI each through March 21
1F C-S B -6 and C-6 coupons
Pgood everywhere for five gal-
I lons each
Try our went ads
Mr* I F. Gaffer, accompanied
by Mr* B L Andrews and Mr*
C. “ Andrews ol Ciarksvilie, at-
tended a tea which was held
Thursday at The American Tx
gion Hall in Kilgore in honor of
Mrs Elmer Daffer.
Its sponsor. He said that the
I duty of the troop committee of
it was revealed that when the
Russians entered Warsaw, the
citv was completely deserted the
Germans having driven all civi-
lians out and transported most of
them tn Germany for slave labor
southeast of Krakow,
was stated the Reds
gain< of 28 miles or
front This drive wi
' Soviet forces had reached the
' border of Silesia at one point
previously ad
ingly grave
from headq
a long way to Berlin a
much hard fighting must
done to beat the Naris
in the most northerly
of the front, the Reds wi
farce struck at unidentified tar-
get* near Hannover and Brun*
wick during Thursday night
ough our casualtie
avies of any similar
| the they wi
yers WreTe
d to their
* Japanese
week. February 8 to 14. was dis-
cussed, and it was agreed that
every troop would participate in
special church services on th*
11 th The two local troops and
the Cubs will attend one of the
churches selected by the Minis-
terial Alliance,
A county-wide parents’ night
Court of honor, with all troops
! participating to receive awards
' and advancement, was decided
area that the Reds have reached
Gei man territory
Lads, big Polish induotrial cen-
ter. 70 miles southwest of War-
saw was under direct attack by
the Russians, with hard fighting
I taking place inside the city. I
far lac and the town at Pam e
, thirteen miles from Tartar, t
been captured It is 27 miles I fi
nd from the Lingayen Gulf | t
» American unit* have driv- .M
Von Kun
the various activities of the troop
He gave a few figures on Scout-
ing in the Lone Star area, which
| ha* 177 troops in the thirteen
| counties. There sr* sixteen Cub
I packs and th* total number of
Scouts and workers is 4,562
Mr Fuller also gave some in-
stances where Scout training has
I which is sponsored by the club.
Frank Fuller of Pari*, Scout
executive for the Lone Star
Council, was guest speaker for
the t
would give
control of S
trying
bub
, and their farces are already I
ering from a shortage at
he day issued Friday, also an-
ounced a new Russian campaign
by this new offensive
A report from Moscow Friday
staled that the Nari* have been
driven entirely from the eastern
side of Budapest, with only a
small fore* left on the west bank
of the Danube More than 20,000
prisoners were taken by the Reds
who entered the
One was when
nearly so large as those
by the Nazis, according
The first of a series of round-
table meeting- for Scout leaders
was held Thursday night at th
Chamber of Commerce offices,
with five troop* of the county be-
ing represented. C, C. Ehemann,
Scout commissioner for Titus
County, and Allan H Wheeler,
ling th* J
4 Rosario
in th* factory area after the
hmm tv* were dropped The Kobe
plant is Mid to be one of the
writ and biggest in use by the
Japanese and it is believed th*
(k "
by the directors of the
Club Friday insured
as toilet articles, shaving ma- place in connection The follow-
terial, placing cards and other . mg program has been arranged
j articles which may be used as J 10:00 a. m Devotional —Elder
prizes for th* bingo games at Johnnie Bell
- the hospital Many of these have 10:30 "How a Church Should
previously been furnished by the Select Deaons"—Elder H L Me
Army, but they have been dis Nish
continued and the Red Cross has1 11 00 "My Church and I" -
been called on to secure them Elder J. B Pruitt
Anyone desiring to make dona ' Lunch at noon
firms to this fund is asked to 1 -70 p m Ordination service
leave their article* or money con- , for one deacon, with speakers to
tributions at the Reader’sbe selected Everybody is invit-
I Shoppe, where they will be turn- cd to attend.
I cd over to Rev Record _y_L
unning in the
it is necessar
to clear this i
flanking move
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