Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 131, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 30, 1943 Page: 3 of 16
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DEFY BAD
WEATHER
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
North Africa, May 2!) —(UP) —
Big American bombers, defying
unfavorable weather, blasted
'9 the harbor, oil refinery an<J
three ships at the big Italian
port of Leghorn and dumped 80
tons of high explosives on Fog-
gia airdrome in record daylight.
® thrusts that carried 200 miles
north of Rome.
Communiques said almost 100
Flying Fortresses madb the at-
tack Friday on Leghorn, third
™ largest Italian port, in their
deepest bomber flight into Italy
while another -10 Liberator bom-
bers attackel Foggia in two wa-
ves.
$ "Great rii mage" was done
by the Flying Fortresses at
Leghorn, which is one of the
largest and most important oil
fields in Italy, a submarine base
and naval center, a communique
% from allied lieqjplquarters said.
Smoke columns rose so high
over the wrecked oil refinery
that they could he seen by
crewmen when the Fortresses
were 100 miles from Leghorn,
%en route home after shooting
down one of 10 Axis fighters
that attacked them. No Ameri-
can planes were lost on the
flight.
I "Leghorn was an inferno
of smoke und ten minutes
later we could not have seen
anything on the ground,"
said ("apt. Robert Pollard of
Las Vegas, X. M.
® The crewmen reported num-
erous hits on the railroad yards
and sheds and oil tanks in what
they described as the most suc-
cessful long distance raid —
-about 1,000 miles round trip —
^.yet made in this theater.
Other American planes renew-
ed the attacks on four Axis air-
fields in Sicily and gave Pantel-
Jeria Island its usual daily plas-
tering, while U. S. Liberators
"from the Middle East Command
attacked Foggia airdrome in
southern Italy.
In Sicily, U. S. medium bomb-
ers and fighter bombers, at-
tacked airfields at Sciacca, Cas-
•telvertrano, Milo and Horizzo,
shooting down 15 German and
Italian fighter planes. The bom-
bers accounted for 11 of them,
boosting the ten day total of
— enemy planes destroyed to .°>0S,
™ The rouiid-the-clock battering
of Italy'.; southern outposts and
key points on the mainland has
been stepped up as steadily as
weather permitted.
_ Augusta rail station an,I oil
™ installations in southeast Sicily
were hammered by KAF bomb-
ers Thursday night.
Lightnings fought off about
15 Messerschmitt 100's on one
f alcl an<' then, carrying bombs,
"slashed ;it ('a: elvertrano,
where ihcv hit a Messerburg
six-engined transport plane.
Mitchell bombers and Lightn-
ings beat off heavy fighter op-
«position over Horizzo airfield,
shooting down four in a series
of flog pights.
——
Miss Ruby Kitchens lias re-
turned to Dallas after visiting
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Beam and sister,
Mrs. Berniee Bennett, who is re-
covering from an illness. Mrs.
Kitchens is employed with the
Southwestern Greyhound Bus
lines.
* ♦ *
\lr. ami .Mrs. William Lit')*
have as their houseguest his
brother, 1't'c. Alfred S. Lieb of
the II. army air force. He
is here on a furlough and will
leave Sunday for his base at
Bryan. He has been in the air
force since last October being
inducted in Lubbock.
* * *
Members of the Progressive
12 club will meet at 3 p. m.
Tuesday with Mrs. K H. Britton
at her home, 70n West Fifth St.
* * *
Martha Jane Tubli, a student
of Texas University, who has
been visiting in South Texas,
will arrive June <; for a brief
visit with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. .1. H. Tubb. She plans to
return to Austin jo continue her
studies this summer.
* * *
Miss Frances I,ou Dcsn, dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. C. LS
Deen will receive her degree
Monday at Texas Tech, Lub-
bock. ller parents and sister,
Tommie, expect to attend the
graduation exercises.
* * *
Raymond Fitzgerald, sou of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fitzgerald
and a mid-year graduate of
high school, is home from Texas
Tech, where he was a last year
semester student. He has enlist
ed in the air force and is await-
ing call to duty as one of the
six "Flying Fitzgeralds." All of
his brothers are active in avia-
tion,
* * *
Billy Wayne Marsh, May
graduate of Sweetwater high
school left last week for trie
summer session of Texas A and
M college.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Lane MrtViIl and
son, Byron, left Friday for their
home in Kansas City, Mo., after
visiting their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. C. McCall and Mr. and
Mrs. .1, ('. Harris. Mrs. McCall
remained here for a month and
her husband joined her here a
week ago He is employed with
the Santa Fe railroad.
lit. Charles Maty car, mid-year
graduate of Texas A and M col-
lege, who went directly into of-
ficer candidate school at Aber-
deen Proving Grounds, Mary
land, recently was commission-
ed and tas been assigned to Ab-
erdeen. When in Sweetwater he
lived with his sister, Mrs. J. W.
Pepper and family.
* # *
.Icrry (ioff, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Goff, and Toppy
Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Lee, will enter Texas Tech.
Lubbock, for the summer sem-
ester Both were graduated last
week from high school.
* * +
'1'oiu Pax toil, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Paxton has enter-
ed Texas A and M college for
the summer. He received his
diploma from Sweetwater high
school with the May class. His
sister, Mary, will receive her de-
gree this week at Texas State
College for Women and will re-
turn to Sweetwater for the va-
cation period.
* * *
Mrs. Viola Clayton returned
Saturday to her home in Clay-
ton, Okla., after visiting here
with her brother and family,
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wilkinson.
She came here to attend funeral
for her nephew, Pvt. Char-
les Ray Wilkinson, who died
while in service with the U S,
Marines.
* * ♦
Mrs. J. ft. Fra/Jfi' of Big
Spring is spending several days
in Sweetwater with friends. She
lived here before moving to
Bigf Spring where she is a tea-
cher in the schools.
* * *
New patients ut the Sweetwa
ter hospital include Mrs. M. C.
Carpenter, Lorair.e, medical;
Carolyn Watson, Sylvester, me-
dical; Larry Spruill, major sur-
gery; Elizabeth Ann Hudgins
and John Roland Cox, tonsillec-
tomies. Mrs. J. W. Utley, min-
or, was dismissed and Martha
Ann Lollar, major surgery, was
removed home.
* * *
Cpl. and Mrs. H. C.' Ivy of
College Station spent last week
on a furlough here. He is serv-
ing in the air corps, attending
school at A & M and come here
to attend the high school grada
ation of his brother, Jean Ivy.
* * *
Mr. ami Mrs. Phil McCleary
have returned to Norman, Okla-
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As much as you do!
•He's seen the sturdy,
good • looking shoes for
children that Penney has.
If he can't have any, he
doesn't want you to!
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home, where they are employed
with the U. S. Navy, after a
visit here with his mother, Mrs.
J. D. Whitworth on Pine St.
* * ♦
Carl Brand Kngland, who in
attending Texas Christian Uni-
versity at Fort Worth, this week
is transferring to Southern
Methodist University for the
summer session. He will make
his home with an aunt, Mrs.
Richard Goodson and Mr. Goo I-
son. He is son of Mrs. Ela Rag
land.
* * *
Staff Sgt. .lames K. Greer
who is an instructor in a radio
school at Souix Falls, S. D„ is
home on furlough. He came
here to attend funeral service
for his father, James Greer, re-
tired T and P employe, whose
funeral was held Thursday.
- * *
Modell Kayl>u I'll of Big Spring
is visiting in Sweetwater with
her grandmother, Mrs. J. H.
Justice.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Sparky Fiberle
and baby son have returned to
College Station where he is at-
tending A and M college after
a visit here with his mother,
Mrs. A. A. Eberle, and her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Gard
tier.
♦ *
Bettye Brown, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Brown, a
first year student of Incarnate
Word, San Antonio, will be
home this week for the sum-
mer vacation.
* *
Mr. and Mrs. Thurmaii Morri-
son left Friday for Abilene to
spend the weekend with his
mother, Mrs. B. Morrison.
♦ + f
Lois Monk aid Esther Jane
Garrett, students of North Tex-
as State Teachers colleg \ Den
ton. are home for the summer
visiting their parents. Lois is
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. L.
Monk anil Esther Jane, a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Gar-
ret t.
* * *
After visiting in Greenville
in the home of her grandpar-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith,
Tida Camp, student of North
Texas State Teachers college,
Denton, will return bome
here for the summer with her |
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Camp.
# * *
Ann Tipton, student of Mc-
Mutry college, Abilene, arrived i
Friday to spend the summer va- i
cation with her parents,"Mr. and J
Mrs. I W. Tipton.
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A beautiful, sugarless wedding cake fives an added touch to the
vtrtime weddiiur.
Five Fliers Die
In Midland Crash
MIDLAND, Tex, May —
(L'P) — The death of five fliara
in the crash of a bomber 40
miles north of the Midland ar-
my air field was announced to-
day by the post public relations
office.
The plane crashed and burned
yesterday while on a routine
' training flight. All five of the
| crewmen were attached to the
Midland bombardier school.
The dead, as announced by
i the public relations office, were:
Capt. Samuel S. Revis of
Midland, survived by his wife,
Mrs. Orinne Rrvis.
Flight Officer Samuel W. Tho-
mas son of Mrs. Maude B. Tho
: mas. Post, Tex.
Flight Officer Robert L~Wii-
lianis. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Lee Williams. Paragould, Ark.
Pvt. Donald T. Beaulieu, 22,
son of Mr and Mrs. Carl A.
Beaulieu, St. Cloud. Minn.
Pvt.. Wayne Maki. 21. son cf
Mrs. Emma Mlik,. Iron wood,
I Mich.
e were willing and able
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 131, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 30, 1943, newspaper, May 30, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282560/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.