Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1943 Page: 5 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER AUGUST 5, 1943
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CITIZENS STATE BANK OF BASTROP
"A FRIENDLY BANK"
Safety Deposit Boxes Available
United States Depositary
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Tour Deposits Up To $S,000 Insured In This Bank
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ALLIES USE NEW
MONEY IN SICILY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—Anglo-
American military currency made its
bow* in the Allied occupations in
Europe.
A joint Treasury-War Department
* announcement told the story Monday
A/ W how Great Britain and the United
^ " States decided on a distinctive, vari-
colored money to be carried into en-
emy lands. It told, too, of the secrecy
that cloaked every step in its pro-
duction and of the first seven-ton
shipment flown from Washington to
Sicily in two huge transport planes,
ments said spoke a lira language
ments said spoke a lira language
that will he understood by eveiy Si-
cilian trader and consumer, presum-
ably will be followed by issues speak-
ing the franc, reichsmark and other
money languages now familiar to
BINDER TWINE
SUPPLY
An adequate supply of binder twine
is available for this year's harvest ol
grain crops, the WPB Binder Twine
Sub-Committee has reported. This
ample supply has been made possible
through the blending of cotton with
ihenequen to produce a new twine
which has proved satisfactory.
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the millions under the Nazi heel.
Differing from previous invasion
moneys, the new Allied military cur
rency is entirely distinctive, and,
with an eye to future operations, a
basic design was arranged so that it
might be adapted to the needs of
troops in further assaults upon Hit-
ler's European fortress merely by
overprinting the proper currency de.
signation and name of country on
the basic stock.
The Italian issue is intended to
replace previous invasion mono y* —
American forces in North Africa
used regular United States currency
with a distinctive gold seal and the
British used a military pound.
The currency is in two sizes. For
the Italian series the smaller size--
about half that of American notes—.
was printed in denominations of one.
two, five and ten lire. A wheat field
scene in brown appears on the face,
with the denomination printed in the
center. Blue, lavendar, green and
black borders identify the respective
denominations.
The larger size, comparable to
American currency, was used for
notes of 50, 100. 500 and 1,000-lire
denomination with borders and de-
sign in blue, lavendar, green and
black respectively, against a pale-
blue background.
The words Allied military curren-
cy and issued in Italy appear on all
notes, while on the reverse side the
'four freedoms'—freedom of speech,
freedom of religion, freedom from
want and freedom from fear—carry
the message of the Atlantic Charter
to the liberated lands.
The announcement said that most
of the «tory must remain untold
until after the war, but these details
were given:
Actual planning of the job began
some four months ago ait a highly
secret series of conferences between
high American and British officials.
No inkling of the project ever was
put in writing, no word of it spoken
over a telephone and no discussion
carried outside the conference room
Designs were completed under si-
milar conditions of secrecy.
Basic printing began early in June struction.
with presses kept in 'operation twen-
ty-four hours a day.
j Hut transportation was not avail-
able untl Monday, July 19. when two
, planes carrying seven tons of the
, money took off. They arrived in Si-
, cily the following Thursday. Other
I shipments of both currency and spe-
■ cial postage stamps have followed.
The Treasury made no announce-
ment of the exchange rate, but dis-
patches from Allied Headquarters in
, North Africa said the rate had been
! set. at 100 lire to the dolla" and 400
lire to the British pound. The money
already is being used in payment of
all Allied troops on Italian soil and
780 MILE AN HOUR
SPEED IN DIVE BY
P-38 REVEALED
LONDON—Aviation experts are
studying the possibilities unfolded by
the feat of an American test pilot
who shattered all world lecords when
he succeeded in diving a P-38 Lightn-
ing plane 25,000 feet, or nearly five
miles, and achieved a speed of more
than 780 miles an hour—approxi-
mately the speed of sound.
For his achievement the flier, Lt.
Col. Cass S. Hough, of Plymouth,
Mich., technical director of the Eigh-
th Fighter Command of the United
States Army Air Forces, was given
the Distinguished Flying Cross by
Brig. Gen. Frank O. D. Hunter, com-
mander of American fighter planes
in the European theatre. Hough's
citation sad the award was made for
npcoial etllflinnivnl 111 4<1iiOc^ciiOvui
flight research."
Hough's dive is heflieved to 'be
the longest in aviation history. It
was made in ISeptember, 1942 when
he took his P-38 up to 43,000 feet
and power dived for 25,000 feet be-
fore leveling off at 18,000 feet. Five
months later, in February, 1943, he
•Went up to 39,000 feet in a P-41
Thunderbolt and power dived to 18,-
000 feet. Both feats were performed
in England, and were undertaken
voluntarily in quest of scientific in-
formation for the aid of lighter pil-
ots.
Hough, vice-president of the Daicy
Air Rifle Manufacturing Company,
is a graduate of the University of
Michigan. He is married and has two
children.
(The highest speed previously of-
ficially recorded in a power dive was
approximately 725 miles an hour.
The Republic Aviation Corporation
at Farmingdale, L. I., announced last
December that two army fliers had
achieved this speed.)
GAS COUPON
CHANGES FOR TRIPS
Motorists can use their "A" ration
books for trips into, or out of, the
lE'astern gasoline shortage area, ac-
cording to rules recently announced
by OPA. Since July 21, Eastern, mo.
torists have been usring "A-6" cou-
pons, while those outside the East
have been using "A-7's". To overcome
these difficulties in travel "across
the border" a new amendment to the
Gasoline Rationing Regulations per-
mit "A'* ration holders to exchange
any of their valid "A" Coupons for
other coupons that may be used in
the area in which they expect to
travel. Exchange.* may be made and
further information secured at the
War Price and Rationing Board.
INCRiASESHOE
SUPPLY
To increase the supply of children's
and infant's shoes, and men's work
shoes, WPB recently amended order
I bit (ruuli'i V.UI t vU Jivnui LB
percent increase in the output of
shoes for boys, misses, children, and
infants. Production of men's work
shoes may be incerased bj 15 percent
and men's safety shoes b\ 25 percent.
The dorer will permit increased pro-
duction of shoes at price evels where
there is greater consumer demand.
ARMY PHOTO
SERVICE GROWS
The Army's radio photo serriee,
which made it possible for the puh~
lie to see newspaper pictures of the
assault on Sicily on the same day
that the invasion was launched, will
be augmented in the immediate future
by the same type of transmission
from the South Pacific theater, tW
War Department has announced.
Personnel of the U. S. Army Signal
Corps, with their equipment, are now
in Australia, finishing preparation#
for the new service.
NOTICE
TO CUSTOMERS
MILK PRICES
Effective August 15th
Gallon 50^
Quart 14f
CECIL LONG
Austin LAUnDRY
EANING CO
DIAL 3566 • If tamitif VaiAutf • DIAL 3566
1514 .AVACA STREET
WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER
If BASTROP
WEDNESDAYS
STORAGE FOR
POTATOES
Arrangements have been completed
to provide additional storage facili-
ties for handling the late crop^ of
1943 Irish potatoes, the War Food
Administration has announced. WPB
has approved the allocation of mat-
erials for the construction of storage
facilities sufficient to take care of 15
million bushels of potatoes. Farmers
should apply to their County Wat
Board's for approval to begin con-
FOR FAST SERVICE
Bring your
LAUNDRY AND DRY
CLEANING
to
JOSEPH'S ARMY SHOF
ir Bonds* St amp*
♦but 1 don't have .?•• People who have less time than
are buying stamps it I don't have the money ?' People who
earn less than you are buying War Bonds—with 10 percwit
of their pay—and ! "but I have enough?" You can't—
until enough War H and Stamps have been bought to rraHh
the Axis!
LION MiC
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1943, newspaper, August 5, 1943; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236918/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.