Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 139, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 8, 1943 Page: 2 of 6
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LONDON, June 8 — (UP) —
Prime Minister Churchill, in
one of the most supremely confi-
dent speeches of his career, told
a wildly-chewing commons to-
day that the fillies are determin-
ed to launch "amphibious oper-
ations of peculiar complexity
and hazard on a large scale."
Hardly had Churchill conclud-
ed his 37-minute speech than
the Rome radio broadcast an an-
nouncement that British invas-
ion forces had attempted a land-
ing on the Italian stepping stone
island of Lampedusa, roughly
midway between the east coast
of Tunisia and Malta. The com.
munique claimed however, that
the attempt was repulsed with
the sinking of some naval bar-
ges.
Subseqmently a German com-
munique reported that some al-
lied troops had landed, but as-
serted that the Italian garrison
"annihilated" them.
The prime minister assert-
ed that the "mellow light of
victory" already had begun
to play on the allies and
blasted any hopes that eith-
er Italy or Germany might,
have of negotiating a peace
with a sarcastic reference to
"those guilty of trumpeting
the glories of war at. the be-
ginning."
He cryptically -eferred to op-
erations "now impending" in
the European theater as being
coordinated with those from
North Africa, thus pointing out
the possibility that the Axis
will face attacks on its Europ-
ean citadel from the north anrl
west as well as from the south.
The plans completed during
last week's conferences in Nor-
th Africa between himself. U.
S. chief of Staff Gen. George C.
Marshall, British chief of staff
Gen. Sir Alan Brooke and other
top allied commanders call for
the application upon the enemy
of "force in its most intense and
violent form," Churchill said.
He said he could give no guar-
antee "any more than 1 have in
the past as to what will hap-
pen" in the impending opera-
tions, but redtlcriblkl allied
prospects as "bright and solid."
Highlights of his 4,000-word
speech included:
1. Britain, her dominions, the
United States and Russia are
determined that "nothing will
turn us from our endeavor and
intention to accomplish the corn-
Mutual congratulations were in order when Dr. James Y. C. Yen of
Chungking and Professor Albert Einstein were awarded citations at
New York's Carnegie Hall for eminence in their respective fields
of achievement.
plete destruction of our foes
by bombing from the air in ad-
dition to all other means."
2. The air war will grow in
weight and severity.
3. Complete agreement has
been reached by the United Sta-
tes and Britain on the "forward
steps" to be. taken.
4. May was the best month in
the battle of the Atlantic since
the United States entered' the
war with U-boat destruction ex-
ceeding U-boat construction and
allied shipping losses dropping
to less than one for every three
tons built.
The plans drafted in North
Africa, he said, can best be des-
cribed as directed to the applica-
tion upon the enemy of ••force
in its most intense and violent
form."
"It would not be for me to
attempt to give even in outline
an account of the decisions
which were reached," he said.
"The commanders are men in
the full tide of successful experi-
ment. They are proud of the
troops they lead and are resolute
on the plans they have made."
Churchill said that it was evi-
dent that "amphibious operat-
ions of peculiar complexity and
hazard on a large scale are ap-
proaching."
"1 can give no guarantee any
more than 1 have in the past
I as to what will happen," he
I said.
"1 have good hopes that nei-
\ ther the parliament nor the Uni-
| ted States congress will find
I themselves ill-served by their
forces, whether in the British
Isles or on African shores."
Wherever he travelled among
the allied armies, Churchill
said, he gained the impression
that they are most anxious to
engage the enemy "again at the
earliest moment."
Churchill declared he rrefer-
red no., to use the phrase 'bril-
liant prospects" to describe alli-
ed hopes at this stage.
"I would prefer to substitute
the words, 'bright and s*)lid
prospects lie before us'." he said.
"1 think that would he more ap-
propriate and becoming in such
anxious days."
Churchill placed enemy
losses in Tunisia at nearly
34)0,000, more than half of
them Germans. The total in-
cluded 248,0110 prisoners and
."50,000 killed, he said.
■ Of 37,000 prisoners taken by
the second U. S. corps, he said,
33.000 were German.
The British Eighth army suf-
fered 11,500 casualties from the
time it crossed the Libyan fron-
tier into Tunisia until the fin-
al conquest, lit? said, while the
first army suffered 23,500 casual-
ties.
The killed, wounded and miss-
ing of both armies during the
Tunisian campaign totalled
about 37,000 men, he said.
Only 638 persons escaped of
the axis forces which surrend-
ered in Tunisia, he revealed.
"Stalingrad and Tunisia were
the greatest military disasters
that ever befell Germany," he
said. "There is no doubt from
the statements of the captured
generals that Hitler expected
the Tunisian army would hold
out. at least until August.
"The suddenness of Mie Ger-
man collapse in Tunisia must be
regarded as significant and in a
sense, characteristic of German
psychology after Jena and after
the last war. but no undue ex-
^.x YES, IT'S POLITE
^ TO "EAT AND RUN"
, and, it's really very thoughtful of you
—in a diner
HTZSIMMONS
KEEPS BUNS
IN THE MCE
NEW YORK, June 8—(UP)—
The Brooklyn Dodgers limped
home from the West today with
a pitching staff that was tatter-
ed and torn and with their re-
cent National league lead rest-
ing in St. Louis, entrusted to
Billy Southworth and Compa-
ny, perhaps for days to come.
Winding up the tour of the
hinterlands last night in Pitts-
burgh, the Dodgers had to call on
42-year-old fat Freddy Fitzsim-
mons to get an even break on
the western swing. And Freddy
had a close call at that. Until the
eighth inning the Brooks were
on the short end of a 1-0 count.
Then Arky Vaughan singled,
Dixie Walker sent him to third
with another and Dolph Camilli
laid down a slow roller to Elbie
Fletcher at first, Vaughan scor-
ing on the play. From there the
Brooks went on to score a total
of four runs, taking the game.
4-1.
The Pirates got their lone run
when Frankie Gustine, leadoff
man, slashed a triple In the
first inning and scored on a pass-
ed ball.
Today the t'ardinals and
Dodgers were tied for first
place in the won and lost
columns. But old man per-
centage points gave the nod
to the Redbirds.
Certainly it wasn't the record
of the Dodger pitching staff that
kept the fast-stepping Pirates
from inflicting further punish-
ment to the slipping Brooks. In
fifteen games the Dodger
moundsmen had given up 143
hits, 87 bases on balls and 90
runs, more than 80 of them
earned. Fitzsimmons, 216th vic-
tory was all the more remark-
able in view of this.
Fitzsimmons delivered to Dee
Moore, who was substituting for
first-stringer, Mickej* Owen, out
of the lineup because of busi-
ness in connection with his farm.
More experienced difficulty hold-
ing Freddy's knuckleball and
fast-breaking curves, for the fat
fellow was plenty hot in this
second victory of the season for
him. In the fourth BobbV Bra-
gan had to go behind the plate
because one of Fitzsimmons
knucklers had injured Moore's
hand.
Manager Leo Durocher was an-
other absentee. He was in Si.
Louis, visiting his wife who is
ill.
The game marked the end of
the season's first complete in-
tersectional series. When play
resumes Wednesday, Brooklyn
tangles with Boston and Phila-
I delphia invades New York.
In the American league, Chi-
cago plays at Detroit, St.. Louis
at Cleveland and Washington at
I Boston.
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Parade
Have you had to stand in line
for dining car service? If so,
we're truly sorry. If not, we're
truly surprised!—for Santa Fe
is handling more than twice
as many passengers as in
1941, and with the same equip-
ment! No more diners can
be built during the war.
Five settings are frequently
necessary today — two used
to do. Dining car employes
are working extra hard, do-
ing the very best they can.
Your own good spirit is
sincerely appreciated—espe-
cially if you're making it a
point these days to release
your seat as soon as you've fin-
ished eating.
We know how restful it
is to enjoy a smoke and
newspaper instead of
jumping right up. But, with
hungry people waiting,
including military folks, it's
definitely polite now to "eat
and run."
• Heavily crowded trains frequently make it physi-
cally impossible to serve everyone in Dining Cars.
Many travelers are bringing box lunches and fruit
along to avoid delayed meals.
Our friendly suggestion for short trip travelers is
that they dine before boarding traihs or after arrival
at destination.
SANTA FE SYSTEM LINES
SMVINO THE SOUTHWEST FOR IS YEARS
f 324 a
YESTERDAY'S STAR — Fat
Freddy Fitzsimmons, ancient
Brooklyn hurler who tossed a
seven hitter at Pittsburgh to
keep the Dodgers at the heels
| of the St. Louis Cardinals with
I a 1-1 victory.
O'Daniel Gunntog
For Officials To
'Save The Nation'
WASHINGTON, June 8 —
| , up) _ Sen. W. Lee O'Daniel
today culled for a "big house
! cleaning of elected officials" as
the only way to "save our na-
! i.ion, if it can be saved at this
I late date."
The Texas senator's plea
j came when he made public a let-
I tor he wrote 22 Texas chicken
raisers in which
office of price
poultry policy.
Labeling their
greatest, chicken
time," the former flour-sales-
man-governor pledged a contin-
uing fight on the Washington
"czars and bureaucrats."
O'Daniel complained tdat
knj t chicken ceiling price:
to stop production because
shortage of chicken
HOOStSp.
v^eeeM apound
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ELECTRICS
WIN THREE
CONTESTS
The Texas Electric volleyball
team took a firmer bold on lead-
ership in the Sweetwater Busi-
nessmen's league last night by
vanquishing the less experienc-
ed Presbyterian sextet in three
games, '-?!-f>, 21-1 and 21-4.
The Jaycees who had fared vi-
cariously hitherto fought out one
win out of three games with the
Air Scouts.
The Presbyterians' ezrorts to
stop the loop leaders proved in-
teresting to a number of fans
that gathered along the sidelines
of the Firemen's court. The pas-
tor of the church, Clifford Wil-
liams, was at a church session
at the 8 hour when the game
was scheduled. The contest was
delayed until after the Air Scout-
Jaycee games to enable the min-
ister to play.
He brought the church offic-
ers with him, and some of them,
Ed Neinast and Arnold Dressier
got so interested they jumped
into the fray. But even the dea-
cons couldn't dim the Electric I
display. Another church digni-1
tary, Ed Mays, sr., watched his
two sons Ed and Fisher in de-
feat, but withstood the urge to |
participate.
Big Boy Hammond and Hulen I
See ELECTRICS Page
he scored the
administration
work as "the
plague of all
feet
pectations should be placed
thereon.
"\Vre are prepared to win this
war by hard fighting and if
necessary, by hard fighting
alone."
Churchill said the British and
American armies, as well as the
French army, now have become
"a most powerful and finely
tempered weapon."
"They have full confidence in
themselves, in the high com-
mand and in the general war
direction," he said.
Operations "now impending"
in the European theater, Chur-
chill said, "have been fitted in-
to their proper place in the
general war."
•' •• • *
A pair of pretty legs have won
Kathleen Harris a title, a crown
and a $500 war bond. She will
represent New York in "pret-
tiest legs" contest.
ALLIED LAND
FIGHTERS IK
RAID ON JAPS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Australia, June 8 —(UP) —Jun-
gle-wise allied infantry are in
action against Japanese defend-
ers of the Salamaua-Mubo area
along the northeast New Guin-
ea coast 140 miles above Buna, a
communique revealed today
in the first mention of ground
action in that, area for some
weeks.
Douglas Boston attack bomb-
ers made 53 strafing passes over
Japanese positions on Green's
hill a few miles north of Mubo
Monday, it was disclosed, and
the communique stated the at-
tacks were "in direct support of
our ground troops."
The attacks lasted a half-hour,
a headquarters spokesman said.
He did not give details of ground
troop movements, but at last re-
ports from that area the allies
held positions at Bobdubi, less
than five miles south of the
enemy base at Salamaua, across
the supply trail inland to Mubo.
Both sides have exchan-
ged air blows in that area
during the past weeks, allied
airmen delivering heavy
raids on the Lac airdrome.
20 miles north of Salamaua,
and the Japanese countering
with attacks on allied posi-
tions at Wan, :t."> miles south-
east of Salamaua, and Bull-
dog, !15 miles further inland.
The spokesman said bad wea-
ther continued to hamper air
operations in the Southwest Pa-
cific area generally, but allied
fliers made four other raids
on Japanese-held New Guinea
areas.
Liberators and Flying Fortres-
ses bombed the town area at
Wewak, but were unable to ob-
serve results because of clouds.
They 1 ombed aridrome dispersal
areas, a jey.y and an adjacent
village in the Madang area,
starting fires, and started a big
fire near the north runway of
the enemy airdrome at Lae.
Bryan Grant Wins
State Tennis Title
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 8
—(UP) — Bryan Grant, many
times a tennis champion in civil
life, had a new title today, even
though he had to mix in his
sports with army duties in order
to get it.
In the final round of the Tex-
as State Tennis Tournament at
the San Antonio country club
he defeated George Ball, El Paso
star, to win the state champion-
ship. The score was (i-2, 0-4, 4-0,
7-!i. (1-2, showing how Grant had
to rally to take the match after
Hall had evened it and looked
for a time like the probable win-
ner.
The women's title was annex-
ed by Shelby Frizzell of Austin,
who won over Ethel Norton of
San Antonio, (i-2. fi-2.
In the girls' class Elizabeth
FOby of Houston won over Pat-
ty Nixon of San Antonio, 0-3,
(! 1. The junior girls' title went
to Ruby Matejka of Brownsvil-
le, who defeated Margaret Hby
of Houston, 2-(i, (1-1, 8-(i.
The Junior Boys' champion-
shin was won by Ed Ray of
Tail, who defeated Ed Braswell
of Sail Antonio, 1-G, 7-5, 6-4, G-2.
By Jack Caddy
BOSTON, June 8—(UP)—The
dog racing center of the Western
hemisphere is in suburban Re-
vere, the resort town eight miles
north of Boston which was nam-
ed for galloping Paul Revere,
the most famous horseman our
country has known.
Greyhound racing at Revere's
wonderland track offers the stiff-
est sort of competition to sum-
mer attractions in the Boston
bailiwick during the 100 days
of the meeting. The track does
not announce its annual figures
for the crowd and mutuels, but
its press agent, George Heustis,
Informs newspapermen that they
have not yet approached those
of New England's most affluent
horse track. Suffolk Downs.
"Wonderland handled only
about $19,000,000 in bets dur-
ing its 1942 meeting," Heus-
tis said., "We averaged less
than $200,000 a day. Suffolk
Downs must have averaged
about 8350,000 a day (luring
its two-month run."
He adds: "Of course, this year
because of the unusually large
amount of money in circulation
—the handle will be much great-
er. But even without the war
as a stimulant dog racing ulti-
mately will prove more popular
in this section than horse rac-
ing. Its popularity has increas-
ed each year since wonderland
and its 80-acre plant \vei;e es-
tablished in 1025."
There are about 50 other dog
tracks in the United States but
Wonderland is the biggest. How-
ever. Heustis emphasizes that
Wonderland even in wartime is
small potatoes compared to the
big tracks in London, England,
where 22 dbg tracks in the
metropolitan area already have
handled a total of $90,000,000
this year. One of those tracks—
at White City—can accommodate
00,000 people, whereas Revere's
Wonderland can accommodate
only 27,000.
There arc ten races each night
at Wonderiand, with the Grey-
hounds chasing the electric rab-
bit around the oval without vio-
lating dimout regulations. To
provide proper fields for these
nightly programs at least 500
dogs are constantly in the Won-
derland kennels.
They are the most valuable
flogs in the world, according to
Heustis. Take the four year old
"Never Roll," for example. His
owner, H. V. Diamond of St.
Petersburg, Fla., has been offer-
ed §20,000 for him. But Diamond
rejected the offer, knowing that
Never Roll will earn more than
$60,000 before retiring.
Yes, they really put on the
dog at Revere although the re-
sort was named for America's
most famous horseman.
LEADING HIIT6RS
Sport Talk
By Ij. P. Chamberlain
The Presbyterians failed to out
the circuit of power that has
boosted the Texas Electrics to
volleyball league leadership 101
night, and the Air Scouts were
grounded by the revivified Jay-
cees—almost.
Hot sparks from the po\ra-
comnany players, most point™-
ly from Wee Levi and Whizzer
Kirgan, stopped Presbyterians,
who lost 3 games in a row. An
altered lineup failed to benefit
the losing aggregation, wba
played all of the half-score pw-
missible.
The Jaycees took the middle
game in the other set-to, but
lapsed to lose the remainiag
pair of games. ^
Haven't heard any more
aliout. the Avenger girls en-
tering competition over the
High school obstacle course.
Bet they'd make It. fougtlQ
for the Scouts if tiiey had
a mind to.
Nothing mbre either on the
sawed off shotguns Superinten-
ent Ross Covey is said to have
either wanted or ordered to 4b-
fend his forthcoming watermel-
on patch. He insists that the
honor system is effective' even
though school is not in session.
That rain was a humdirigqg,
eh. Victory Gardeners?* Just
when the curl came into the
chard, the cucumbers were wilt-
ing and the tomatoes showed
signs of pain, along comes over
half an inch of h-two o-four a'^jl
the V. G. perks up. When we
entertain the girls from Aveng-
will
hoe
er Field Sunday the board
groan with products of the
and spade.
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and
By I'n it ed l'ress
American League
Al>.
11.
Pet.
Dahlgren, Phi la.
13
51
.367
Musial, St. Uouis
102
57
.352
Walker. St. L ouis
138
-18
.348
Herman. Brooklyn
104
55
.335
MeCormick, Cinci.
If iO
54
.325
American League
Stephens, fit. Louis
103
38
.309
Hockett, Cleveland
137
47
.343
Lindell, New York
13!)
44
.317
Wakefield, Detroit
174
55
.310
Cullenbine, Cleve.
111
35
.315
I'lan to have a girl flier
your home for Sunday,
we'll guarantee they'll prove in-
teresting. They've been places,
and will go places, and are wor-
th knowing folks. f
Wee Willie Pep
Meets Bsrfoio
To Title Tonight
BOSTON. June 8 — (UP' —
'UP) — A double-barrelled pug-
ilistic gamble will be staged
night at Braves field when Wee
Willie Pep makes his first de-
fense of the featherweight crown
again Boston's Sal Bartolo for a
guarantee of $.30,000.
This S30,000 guarantee enahf
ed the Boston promoters, John
O'Brien and Eddie .Mack, to
wrest the l,5-round attraction
from Promoter Mike Jacobs of
New York. Rut the guarantee al-
so threatens the Boston prom%
lers with a financial loss unless
the bout lives up to expectations
at the gate.
5HU.t:i7 l\ rONTItACTS m
AUSTIN, Tex., June 8—( UP)
— Texas construction contract
awards during May totaled $30,-
580,437 as compared to $18,310,-
321 for April, the Texas contrac-
tor. Trades Magazine, announc-
ed todav.
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