Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 102, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 25, 1943 Page: 1 of 16
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DRIVE MANY MILES'
American Unit Strikes Fast
And Hard On Tunisian Front
• ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
North Africa, April 24—(UP)—
Thousands of American troops
in a secret, lightning shift to the
north Tunisian front have struck
^ix miles into the Axis defense
*nes in a general Allied offens-
ive that rolled the enemy back
as much as seven miles toward
the beaches of Tunis.
Aided by another record-break-
jng allied aerial assault, the
^British first army, the Ameri-
can 2d Corps and (he Corps
France D-Afrique slugged their
way with infantry and tanks in-
to the Axis western.flank while
the Eighth army fo.ught off des-
perate counter-attacks on the
coastal road to Bou Fiche.
The Germans, despite a
furious pounding by 1,500
Allied sorties that virtually
drove the liiftwnffe from the
skies, fought desperately on
every front, against tile mass-
ed allied weight and casual-
ties were reported heavy on
both sides.
The Americans went into ac-
tion on the road from Sedjen-
ane to Mateur, 20 miles South-
west of Bizerte, after tens of
thousands of men and thousands
of vehicles had been moved from
the southern front near Maknas-
sy with speed and secrecy that
drew warm praise from Gen. Sir
Harold Alexander, who coordi-
nated their operations with the
British First Army attack
"The senior British officers
have the fullest admiration for
the excellent staff work and
particularly for the speed and
secrecy with which the move?
was carried out by the 2d Corps,"
Alexander said in a statement
issued from his headquarters.
The American attack began at
dawn on Friday in the hills
north of Mateur road with Dje-
Lel Marata and Djebel Ainchou-
na, five miles to the south, as
ibe first objectives. The Ger-
mans tried to trap the Ameri-
cans. They apparently believed
the Yanks were green troops.
All of them failed. The Ameri-
cans captured three hills - in
veteran fashion.
Front dispatches said the 2d
Corps was becoming crafty, and
battle-hardened. In this opera-
tion they were given powerful
support by American bombers
which raided enemy positions,
See AMERICANS Page 7
West Texas' Leading City
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More Than 15,00(1 Readers
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46th Year
Sweetwater, Texas, Sunday, April 25, 1943
Number 102
County Meeting Its Second War Loan
Quota With Paxton Gaining In Con test Praising The Risen Saviour
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THROUGH NAZI
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IN BIG PUSH
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march appro-
southwest of
Voices Raised In City Today
Gloom Settling
Over Germany
' By United Press
The gloom is deep and the
humor grim in wartime Ger-
many, the OWI reported to
day- • , v,
A Describing an article by
the Swedish magazine Vec-
ko-Journalen on Nazi Ger-
many, OWI said it contain-
ed such statements as:
"The German people are-
f n't feeling the spring, since
™ they no longer have any
hope."
And such jokes as:
"What is the shortest
joke?" one Berliner asks.
— "We will win," is the pay-
™ off line.
Y
PRINCE RETURNING
50 STAND MONDAY
AT FRAUD TRIAL
Charles A. Prince, partner in
e Plosser and Prince Air
school at Avenger field, testi
fied in his own defense Friday
and Saturday at the govern-
ment's conspiracy to defraud
case involving construction of
Avenger field. His turn on the
stand included several hours at
a night session of the federal
court Friday night.
He will resume testimony giv-
ing when court is reconvened
%onday.
Prince denied allegations of
Victor J. Nelson, sub-contractor,
to the effect that invoices ren-
dered to the government were
padded, and that excess amounts
V'ere for commissions, or "kick-
backs" for Prince and Plosser.
Nelson, one of three Los An-
geles men who pleaded guilty,
and who has testified to earn
lenienov charged on the stand
*st week that at one time the
two school operators had re-
manded Slot),0io "commission."
• Prince under questioning oC
his own attorney. Dan
former governor, said he was
■Pbt in California in March, when
the $100,000 demand was as-
See AVENGERS Page 2
v —
As the race for Victory Commander goes into its last week
the war bond drive seems certain to reach its goal in Nolan county,
Grover A. Swaim, county chairman, said Saturday afternoon.
Voting reached its peak Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and
the official count did not disclose a distinct trend when tabulated
by George Thompson, Leon Butler, Henry Rogers, jr., and Guy
E. Morris. There is a huge flood of votes still outside the ballot
boxes, a fact that became apparent
were made between the dollar
volume of votes tabulated and
the dollar volume of bonds ac-
tually sold.
Standings: Paxton, 23,900
new, total 75,000; Roberts
11,700 new, total til,300; Pon-
der. 2,500 and 51,100; Ed-
. n -Jids, 4,:l(WI ;ind :W.500; Mar-
shall, 9,000 and 22,700; Fool,
t,300 and 5.000; and MrCall
too and 2,400.
Saturday when comparisons
The committee
es local citizens
ballots- for their
dates early this
earnestly urg-
to cast their
favorite candi-
week in order
to prevent a jam at the last
ment. The voting Muxes will be
picked up 3 p. m. Friday.
Entertainment features begin-
ning at eight Saturday evening
and preceding crowning of Av-
enger Field's Victory Comman-
der include: the high school cho-
rus choir under the direction of
Miss Marie Hill, the high school
hand, and two violin numbers
played by William Bobrick. The
high school orchestra will play
processional and recessional.
Bertram Simon, USO director,
announced Saturday that he
has bonked Tiffany's orchestra,
the 17-piece dance aggregation
from Camp Barkeley, for the
grand ball after the coronation.
The party will be moved from
the municipal building to the
I'SO about 9:30, and the public
is invited to attend both affairs
free of charge.
v
Larger Victory
Gardeners. May
Get More Gas
IN ALASKA WATERS —
Claude Wilson, construction
foreman lor the I'. S. Navy,
is now stationed on Cold Bay
Island, Alaska. Prior to his'
service with the Navy, he was
:i sales representative for
Sweetwater Sash and Door
Company. He is son <tl' Mr.
and Mrs. Jess Wilson of
Sweetwater and writes that he
is honii sick for a real West
Texas sandstorm.
Mrs. Coleman Faces
Another Injunction
Case Early In May
The third week of the
spring term of 32nd district
^ court has been designated
* criminal week, with the
docket yet to be set, as the
second week begins Monday
with Judge A. S. Mauzey,
presiding.
^ The first week beginning
^Monday, April 19, brought a
series of seven divorce de-
cree hearings, an injunc-
tion charging Mrs. Oma
Coleman with violation of
court orders growing out of
the alleged sale of intox-
icating liquor, and a report
of the grand jury after a
day and half session in
which two indictments were
^returned charging cattle
theft and burglary.
Another case in which
Mrs. Coleman is charged
with violating an iniunrtton
will be heard early Hi May.
WASHINGTON, April 2-1 —
MtP) Victory gardeners —
Moody, those cultivating 1,500 square
feet or more — will get extra
gasoline rations this summer if
they can show need for extra
mileage, the OPA announced to-
day.
OPA has amended its regula-
tions to provide up to 300 miles
miles for victory garden trav-
,el. At 15 miles per gallon, that
would give the city "farmer"
some 20 extra gallons during
the gardening season.
The special victory garden
ration, issued through the "B"
coupons, is a result of agricul-
ture department and office of
civilian defense demands. Those
agencies advised that many city
residents were ready and will-
ing but unable to take over
the care of gardens in outlying
districts because they couidn't
get to them.
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Barkeley Tragedy
Caused By Bright
Lights Of 2 Jeeps
CAMP
April 24
blinding
proacing
BARKELEY
— (UP) -
lights of two
jeeps caused
Tex.,
The
ap-
the
TOO MUCH HI TTER?
AUSTIN, Tex., April 24—(UP)
—With country butter piling up
he cause of the points required
from ration books for its purch-
ase, the Austin chamber of com-
merce today released a file of
it:: correspondence, starting
April 10 in an unsuccessful ef-
fort to get farm butter put on
the market point free.
deaths of two soldiers and
injury of 13 others, Pvt.
Thomas Beatty of Los An-
geles told Camp Barkeley
military authorities today.
Beatty was the driver of
the car which plowed into
a column of marching
troops near View, Texas,
early yesterday, killing Pvt.
John II. Garreffa, 34, South
Ford, Colo., and Pvt. Clif-
ford W. Anderson, 30, of
Larimore, N. D. Pvt. Rob-
ert H. Loomis, 25, of St.
Paul, Minn., was most ser-
iously injured.
Beatty saicl he topped a
rise in the toad find swer-
ved to avoid bitting the
jeeps, crashing into the
marching men.
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,IAI* EASTER EGGS
PATERSON. N. J.. April 24—
(UP)—Mrs. Elizabeth Sharpley.
state American Legion Auxiliary
chaplain, disclosed today—near-
ly a year and a half after Pearl
Harbor—that a Peterson worn-
n an, the mother of a U. S. army
tiler, found "made in Japan" la-
bels on celluloid Easter eggs
bought for a grandchild.
4,006 WALK GUT
TO ENFORCE 10
PCT. BOND RULE
LIMA, O., April 24 —(UP)
—A work stoppage spread
through all departments of
the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Co. plant
today until 4,000 employes
had walked: out. reportedly
over the company's failure
to dismiss a few employes
who have declined to sub-
scribe 10 per cent of their
earnings to war bonds.
Herbold said that the un-
ion apparently was not in-
formed in advance of the
walkout. They had not pre-
sented any formal demands,
Herbold said.
Company officials said
there was an agreement
with the union that any em-
ploye not. devoting 10 per
cent of his -earnings to war
bonds would be dismissed.
Island Seizure
Plugs Hole In
U. S. Defenses
WASHINGTON, April 24 —I
(UP)—The United States, by es-1
tablishing a base on Funafuti
in the Ellice Islands, has plug- j
ged the biggest hole in its j
chain of defense positions along
the supply line to the south Pa-!
cifie.
(A United Press dispatch from j
Pearl Harbor commenting on j
the occupation of Funafuti said, !
perhaps significantly: "Ameri-I
can forces working quietly in i
the Pacific have accomplished i
much during the past year, not ;
all of which can publicly be j
recorded until it is definitely
known that the enemy is aware |
of it. However, it can be said !
that some of these develop-
ments may be a real surprise in ;
the future.")
Experts pointed out today j
that had the Japanese remained |
in control of the Ellice group
and developed bases there they
could have threatened the Sa-
moan Islands to the Southeast,:
See ISLAND Page 7
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New Food Stamps
In Book 2 Good
WASHINGTON, April 24 —1
AUP)—1Today is the first day for ;
using blue G, H, and J stamps j
for buying canned and proces-1
sed foods, the office of price ad ;
ministration reminded housewi-
ves today.
OPA also issued these re-
minder to housekeepers shopp-
ing with war ration book two.
Blue stamps D, E, F, which
have been in use since March
2.r, continue good through April
30.
Blue G. H, and J stamps may
be used through the end of
May.
All red stamps, lettered A
through 1) are now good for buy-
ing meat, cheese, butter and
other fats and oils, as well as
canned fish. They expire April
30. Red E stamps become valid
tomorrow.
WIS ORDERS
MINERS NOT
TO QUIT JOBS
By I'nited Press
The War Labor Board, after .
meeting in Washington with > where
ordered the | I'-^ter season was held all
wick. Novena Prayer
Today — On Easter Sunday
throughout the - Nation voices j
will be raised to proclaim in j
song and story the triumph of
the Risen Lord and Savior. In i
Sweetwater churches specially)
significant decorations, robed ;
choirs and organ music will peal j
forth commemoration of the Re-,
surrection, the second day after j
Good Friday.
Good Friday was marked with |
Mass of the Pre-sanctified at the j
Holy Family Catholic church,
an observance of the i
MOSQUITOES
FACE BLITZ
THIS WEEK
pest Sweet-
without, is
soft coal operators
United Mine Workers today to
continue "the uninterrupted
production of coal" until settle-
ment of their deadlock over a
new wage-hour conflict.
First response was from
Springfield. 111., where state
UMW President Ray Edmund I
son notified coal operators that ;
23,000 UMW workers will stop j
work at midnight April 30. Oth- ]
er walkouts are threatened ov-j
I er the nation.
UMW representatives refits- j
| ed to attend a WLB meeting:
I John L. Lewis, UMW president, |
j remained in New York ani re- |
| fused to talk to reporters.
At Washington Presid-
ent Roosevelt, in his capa-
city as commander-in-chief
of the army and navy, ord-
ered all picketing of the
Celai ese Corp. of America
Plant at Newark, N. .).. *o
cease and all workers on
strike lo return to work at
once.
The corporation has a con-
tract with a CIO union, if the
strikers do not go back to work,
the White House said, it will
"take steps to protect the in-
terests of the nation at war." a
possible implication that troops
will take over tine plant. Lewis
refused to comment on the pre-
sident's telegram.
About 1,500 members of the
MW quit work today in the
mines of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Co. in the
vicinity of Birmingham, Ala.
Judge Hord Recalls
Historic Taft-Diaz
Meeting In Mexico
Judge H. C. Hord, pioneer
Sweetwater attorney, in re-
calling the surprise visit
last week of President Fran
klin I). Roosevelt and Pre-
sident Avila Camacho on
Mexican soil, recalls the last
visit of two presidents of
Mexico and the United Sta-
tes in 1009 at El Paso when
President Taft and Presi-
dent Diaz, clasped hands
across the international line.
Standing on the Inter-
national Bridge, Hord saw
the two presidents, smiling
and standing in the center
of the Rio Grande bridge to
hold a conference. Neither
stepped on foreign soil.
Both presidents were
heavily guarded and many
j bands and military organi-
zations presented a colorful
scene. A pass had to be se-
cured to attend the drama-
tic meeting.
This meeting marked the
last time the two heads of
United l-Hates and Mexico
has held a personal confer-
ence until last week's his-
tory-making "event.
.... — .. jv.?KX.WKI
1 arid this morning low mass wilt
be spoken at 7:30 a. m., and high
mass at 11 a. m.
A contata: "The Crucifixion" j
(Stainer) was presented Friday i
ev ening at the auditorium of the]
Presbyterian church with Lar-j
ry Hubbard, director: Mrs. We?- j
don Patterson, organist, and T?us-
,- ell Bennitt, Rigdon Edwards j
and Hubbard, soloists. Easter;
Anthems will be heard this mor- j
r.ing at the regular church wor-
ship, with the Rev. Clifford Wil- j
lianis bringing a message.
The First Baptist church at:
the morning hour will retire a j
chiusch debt of long standing
and in the evening the choir
will sing: "The Glorious Gali-•
lean" a contata, - directed byj
Mrs. H. W. Melntyre. Emma Joy-!
ner is pianist. The Hardin-Sim-!
mons service band will present i
a program at 6:45 p. m., at the !
See VOICES Page 7
Bonds A-.'enqlng
Flier Executions
WASHINGTON. April 24 —
(UP) — Americans are aveng-
ing the Japanese execution of
I'nited States aviators who
bombed Tokyo, reports to the
treasury from all over the na-
tion indicated today.
States and cities advised trea-
sury officials they were staging
"revenge days" and "bomb Tok-
yo days" in speeding bond buy-
ing in the second war loan
drive. One federal reserve dist-
rict reported raising 20 per cent
of its total quota the day after
President Roosevelt announced
Jatjan's barbarous act.
The mosquito
water folje coul<
making !tc; appearance at'u'une,
garbage tans amt hi *s-tagn;Jnt
water, and now is the time to
start the summer campaign to
rid the community of the dis-
ease carriers, John Sparks Bell,
citv-county sanitarian, has an-
nounced.
Many of the obnoxious mos-
quitoes, annoying near shrub-
bery and in gardens, lay eggs
in dry depressions that have be-
come dampened. It. does not re-
ciuire a great amount of water
to breed thousands of the pests.
Each spring pools are oiled
by the city, and warnings are
issued by,the sanitarian, but old
cisterns, cans, garbage and dam-
pened trash brings a new in-
flux. This year people are asked
to clean out these sports.
Malaria, yellow fever and oth-
er disease could result from
raised right here in
JTIO
Sw
iquuoes
?et water.
d Bell.
Bj I'nited I'ress
Americans were in the thick
j of the Tunisia fighting late
Saturday after advancing many
miles against stubbornly resist-
! ing Axis troops to join the Brit-
! i~ h in ramming the enemy
back into the Tunisian erjffin
corner toward the sea coast
The Americans of the Second
jr. S. Army Corps threw back
i a Nazi counter-attack and ad
: v a need while the British First
I Army was on the
i ximately 30 miles
Tunis.
Field Marshal Erwin Rom-
tnei s troops were caught in a
v i.-e with its biggest pinch due
at Tunis. The Americans were
; moving from the northwest, the
i British First Army from the
southwest and the Eighth ar-
my up the coast from the south.
German counter-attacks cost
' them tanks and men east of
Medjez-El-Bab, where allied for-
ces neki their positions. A Ger-
! man high command communi-
que labeled the allied onslaught
I the "expected great attack" and
' admitted they were locked in
! defensive battles.
Allied aircraft hit enemy
ground positions with a non-stop
; attack.
' 31 ME'S SHOT DOWN
! CAIRO, April 24 — (UP) —
Revised figures today showed
i that allied fighter planes on
j Thursday shot down 31 giant
. ME-323 air transports over the
| Gulf of Tunis instead of 21, as
previously reported. The trans
' ports, with a capacv of about
■ 1-10 soldiers each, were carrying
; gasoline and troops to Tunis-
1 ia.
II) SHIPS KNOCKED OUT
LONDON, April 24 — (UP)—
; An admiralty communique said
tonight that British submarin-
! es in the Mediterranean had
destroyed or damaged' 10 more
enemy supply ships, including
an armed merchant cruiser and
a medium sized tanker, both of
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Wounded Hawaiian
Wants To Do Second
Hitch And Registers
DALLAS. Texas. April 24
—(UP)— When 22-vearold'
William Kahae walked into
a Dallas draft board office
and announced that he wan-
ted *o register for selec-
tive service, officials want-
ed to know where he had
been all this time.
Fighting the Japs in the
Solomons, was the reply.
Kahae, a native of Wailu-
ku, Maui, served with the
Hawaiian National Guard
and had been sent to the
United States to recover
from wounds received in
the Solomons.
Just released from a hos-
pital — and honorably dis-
charged from the army be-
caue of physical disability—
he was compelled bv law to
register l'or selective ser-
vice.
RED CROSS WOMEN COMPLETE
APRIL QUOTA OE BANDAGES
By Francille Chamberlain
Despite poor attendance on j
Friday morning. Surgical Dress-i
ings workers were able to write !
rp the 30,000 April quota ,
ay afternoon. This means a :
vacation for chairmen,
•isors. packers and volun
:eers. The new 39,000 quota was
shipped early this month, it is a
rjuota for May and '
fini
Frii
short
supei
:>n
Unreoorted Pacific
Successes Will Be
Startling When Told
By United Press
Allied communities today re-
ported land, sea and air actions
against Japanese bases as Aus-
tralia Army Minister F. M. Forbe
warned that the enemy facilities
built for 2,000 planes in the is-
land arc menacing Australia.
Forbe, returning from a tour
of western Australia, said stra-
tegic plans were baseel on the
assumption that sooner or later
the Japanese will try to invade
Australia and that troops in the
western end of the nation were
set to meet the attempt.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
communique reported the pro-
bable sinking of an SOOO-ton Jap-
anese freighter off Kavieng. New
It eland, and said ground forces
last week wiped out 20 Japanese
holding an outpost.
Dispatches from the Pacific
hinted that allied successes,
when revealed, will be "surpris-
ing"
I two-n
| June.
Home
I Chambei
j tary, ha:
past we
{ for vetet
j Three lc
I full. Tw
Service, Mrs. L. F.
lain, executive secrc-
: handled 31 cases this
>k. These included six
ans of World War Two.
ans were paid back in
. investigations for the
War Department on dependency
were completed. Others consis-
ted of inquiry, agricultural dis-
charge information, dependen-
cy allowances, emergency fur-
loughs and furlough extensions.
Home service, which is the
link between parents, relatives
an ! friends with servicemen
the world over, is located on
the second floor of the Texas
Bank Building.
The Sewing room was
open Friday afternoon for
; lterii g. button sewing, and
1>i-« -.Mim. parking. No new
materials for War Relief
giiiments are expected Mrs.
W. <>. Davis, product ion
chairman, reports: and the
rooms will continue to he
open for the type of work
mentioned each Kriday af-
ternoon until storeroom
shelves are cleared. There
remains -til I.Vl kits which
lack playing cards before
shipm ent.
The Duo Foursome club con-
tribute i eight dollars through
Mrs. M. C Lofton, Friday, for
the Kit Fund. The Rebekah Lod-
ge group finished one quilt,
Tuesday, and has placed in the
frames one made by Mrs. M. C.
Cain and her daughter. Each
block forms a Red Cross. Re-
bekalis working this week were
limes E. F Lohman, J. M.
Simms. N. P. Tuttle. H. Hollev,
all day Tuesday, and A. C.
Smith and O. O. Hollingsworth,
Tuesday afternoon.
County Homemaking teachers
have turned in work from their
classes
this week. Mrs. Walter
George, Divide, returned 18
blouses Mr- /a lor is Osborne.
Roscoe. returned 10 rompers
and five blouses. The county
Council Home Demonstration
clubs returned five blouses.
As the romper and blouse
project nears completion, Mrs.
Davis feels special mention
should be made of Mrs. H. A.
Sherrill for making buttonhol
es in nearly all of these gar-
ment-; this past week in 30 gar-
mots. Mrs. Zack Taylor return-
el one romper.
Workers at the room Friday
ware Mrs. A. S. Mauzey, Mrs.
Tom Cruteher, Mrs. B. W. Mc-
Keo, Mrs. Zack Taylor, Mrs. R.
E. Olin. H. P. Harkins, G. T.
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