Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 149, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 20, 1943 Page: 8 of 16
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BEAUMONT, Tex.. June 19 —
(UP) — Two possible cases of
arson had been established to-
day as two courts of inquiry
continuid thsir investigation in-
to racial rioting Wednesday in
■which one white man and one
negro were k.lled.
Meawhile, negroes of this
Gulf coast shipbuilding town
contemplated a quiet observance
of "Juneteenth" — Emancipation
Day for Texas negroes—as au-
thorities took extra precautions
to prevent any recurrence of
trouble.
All forms of celebration have
•been prohibited under martial
law which has been in effect sin-
ce Wednesday night.
Except for 1,600 Suite Guards-
men patrolling the city, Beau-
mont appeared normal.
Two courts of inquiry, direct-
ed by Lt. Col. Royal S. Phillips,
continued their investigations
through most of last night.
Phillips said two possible ar-
son cases, several assault cases
and numerous cases of carrying
concealed weapon had been es-
tablished. He said, however, the
courts had not established any
cases of murder.
More than 145 cases had been
disposed of and late last night
some 90 cases remained to be
investigated by the board.
B-26—Marauder
MARTIN MEDIUM BOMBER
Fast, heavily armed, twin-
engined bomber used in Battle
of Midway against enemy sur-
face vessels and in Aleutian
Islands and over Tunisia.
120-Hour County
Canning School
Gob Approval
Approval of a 120-hour coun-
ty-wide canning school receiv-
ed Saturday from the state vo-
cational agricutlure department,
co-sponsors with the county
commissioners on the program,
was made public bv Judge Del-
as Reeves. The project will op-
en Monday.
The plan will permit conser-
vation of fresh fruits and vege-
tables, now at their peak in this
area at the canning site being
set up in the welfare building on
Oak Street.
Work has been in progress for
three days in getting tables and
adequate equipment installed for
actual operations, the judge said.
Mm, Marie Shook Purvis,
lionicinaking instructor at
Sweetwater high school, lias
been named director of the
school.
Food-minded people who have
Victory gardens to conserve, or
those who have fruit, are in-
vited to the canning center
where each may use the coun-
ty's equipment in canning and
processing foods without charge.
"This is definitely a big push
on the home front," said the
judge. He and his commission-
ers, R. L. Witt, L. T. Whitting-
ton, Odos Moore and J. M. Craig,
through cooperation with Mrs.
Elsie Gilkerson, county demon-
stration agent, and M. B. Tem-
pleton, county agent-elect, have
been working on the plan for
several weeks, snaring the ex-
pense with the federal govern-
ment.
The center will be open five
days a week for eight hours.
When the 120-hour center is ov-
er, the court expects to ask for
its continuance until every; !WO*
man is able to have a part in
the program.
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wear here and there, in flat-
tering styles.
Playsuits and slack-
sepnrates for hot
weather fun, in
adorable f a s h-
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Young, young fashions for nil size5,
that ore wise to the ways of your
flattery seeking, fun-making clays!
7 hey have a knack for looking right
and iheir easy-to-wash assets en-
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Slack suits and sport loving
shorts that have everything!
Wearable fashions—for play and
work—marvelous for Victory
gardening, too!
PRODUCTION
NOT UP TO
SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON, June 19 —
(UP) — Under Secretary of
War Robert 1'. Patterson said
today that war production has
fallen behind schedule, land
warned the nation that it must
buckle down to the job of pro-
ducing war materials or the op-
portunity to exploit recent mili-
tary successes will be lost.
"The war department is con-
cerned over the army production
situation.'* he sail.
"Production in >lav of ma-
terial lor (lie ground forces
supply proginni, wliidi was
scheduled to rise two per
cent from $1,3^1,1100,000 in
April to $1,582,000,000, in
May, actually (lei'lined three
and one-half per cent, to 81,-
404,000,000."
The war production board on-
ly yesterday bad disclosed that
this country produced 7,200 air-
planes in May for a new mon-
thly record.
Patterson commented that
"only aircraft production was en-
couraging."
"With the exception of air-
craft, and radio equipment for
the ground forces, deliveries of
every single group of army sup-
ply items were either below May
schedules or below April to-
tals," he said.
He said the failure in produc-
tion meant troops and training
bad to be deprived of equipment
to supply troops overseas. If
the situation continues, even
overseas troops will sutler short-
ages, lie added.
"The army has the men and
transportation," Patterson said,
"industry has*the men and ma-
terials. Management and labor
must deliver the supplies on
schedule and as planned, or the
opportunity to exploit recent
military successes will be lo/t.
"This is the most critical
period in military supply. 'Too
little and too late now' will cost
hundreds of thousands ol lives
tomorrow.
"I would attribute the let-d< vvn
in May to over-confidence inspir-
ed to baseless rumors of vast
quantities of army supplies be-
ing stored up here in America,
far beyond our abilities to trans-
port overseas, and to the mis-
taken belief on the part of many
that materials in great quanti-
ties will shortly become avail-
able for the reconversion of ma-
n-.v war facilities to the produc-
tion of less essential civilian
items."
Patterson said there were
other reasons. He mentioned the
effect of the midwest floods and
the strike situation. However, he
said eliminatoin of either of
those two factors would not
have changed the adverse show-
ing.
39 AIRPLANES
DESTROYED, 8
OF OURS LOST
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
North Africa, June 1!) — (UP> —
Large forces of bombers, migh-
tier than those which ' blasted
Fantelleria into surrender, loos-
ed torrents of explosive and
fire bombs on Sicily and Sar-
dinia yesterday in a sudden in-
tensification of the allies pre-
invasion in the Mediterranean, it
was revealed today.
A United Press dispatch from
an advance airdrome said for
mation after formation of heavy,
medium and fighter bombers
swept across the Mediterranean
to keen the two stepping stone
islands under a constant rain
of bombs.
The raiders ran into
swarms of (rerman and It-
alian fighters and fierce aer-
11 iloKliuhts ensued. Wlien
I lie day ended, however, 30
enemy fijrhters liad been
shot down and only eight
allied pluses were lost, a
communique reported:
(The intensified aerial offen-
sive followed a warning from
allied headquarters in North Af-
rica, broadcast by radio Algiers,
that British and American plan-
es will bomb Italian war indus-
tries and communications "with
as much thoroughness and as
systematically as they hammer-
ed harbor and naval routes dur-
ing the African campaign."
(Almost simultaneously, Italy
placed its southern provinces
along a 700-mile stretch of cpast-
line under martial law and ord-
ered the evacuation of civilians
from Naples, Sardinia and Sic-
ily)-
(RAF bombers based in Bri-
tain were idle last night.)
At least, three ships were sunk
or damaged and docks, railway
yards, airfields and other stra-
tegic objectives were blasted in
a thunderous assault following
two days of routine daylight pa-
trols by the northwest African
air forces.
,\ strong force of Klyinst
Fortresses paced the of-
fensive with -1 raid on Mes-
sina, ferry line terminus at
the north eastern tip of Sic-
ily. Many hits were observ-
ed on the ferry terminus, the
power station and in the
railway yards.
Lockheed Lightning fighter-
bombers bombed and strafed the
Milo airfield just east of the
West Sicilian port of Trapani.
Strong formations of Martin
Marauders loosed a heavy attack
on docks and shipping at Olbia
in Sardinia and set fire to three
vessels, while Mitchell medium-
bombers raided docks and rail-
way yards at Golfo Aranci, also
in Sardinia. Lightnings escorted
bombers on both raids.
Curtiss Warhawks bombed
communications in southern
Sardinia.
OUR MEN AND WOMEN*
IN SERVICE
Pat Pendergrass
Going To West
Point July 1st
Twenty-year-old Billy P. Pen-
dergrass. Sweetwater, Texas, an
aviation cadet training at the
Bainbridge, Ga , Army Air Field,
saw one of his life's ambitions
come true, when he received his
appointment to the United States
Military Academy. Pendergrass,
who is a former aircraft riveter,
had waited for this moment for
three years. Capt. Richard H.
May, Battle Creek, Mich., com-
mandant of cadets, presented
him with his appointment. He re-
ports to West Point. July 1, and
will continue his flying there.
Pat is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Pendergvass.
ROWLETT IN ST. MYITIS
Pvt. Mollis Rowlett, son of
Mrs. B. H. Rowlett,, Route A,
Sweetwater is a newly-arrived
soldier at Jefferson Barracks.
This historic military post, on
the Mississippi river a few miles!
south of St. Louis, is a replace-!
men) training'center for the Ar-
my Air Forces Technical Train-
ing Command.
He was employed as a mach- j
inist by Consolidated Aircraft
corporation. He attended the]
Sweetwater High school.
Phil Sparkman, former sales
representative for the Western j
Windmill Co. who recently vol-
unteered to the troop carrier
command, has received a promo-
tion in rank to a staff sergeant.
He advanced from a privte to
his present rank in seven and
half months. Sgt. Sparkman was
transferred last week, from Aus-
tin to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
to await assignment overseas.
IVY IIV CHEYENNE
Glenn H. Ivy of Company "D"
Kith regiment, is now station^
with the quartermaster replace-
ment training center at Fort
Francis E. Warren at Cheyenne
Wyo. He is expecting to be there
for five weeks in basic and eight
weeks in other training. He le%
Sweetwater about two weeks
ago.
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FLAMES
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to his work at Brooks Packing
Company only recently. "It
would not have been so bad," he
said, "but I have been without
work for a year."
Not only did all of their po^
sessions burn, but their ration
books wore lost.
The house was i wned by Dr.
A. W. Canfil.
Fi 'omen battled the I laze and
kept it from' spreading to %
nearby house, occupied by the
.1. II Peacock family. The roof
to his residence was badly scor-
ched, but no appreciable damage
was done.
Dr. Canfil was said to hav^
had only partial insurance on
the place.
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MARINE < WI'TAIN
Capt. C. S. Bovles, jr., a former
Sweetwater newpsaperman. and
son of C. S. Bovles, sr.. received
his promotion ni rank as of May
31. lie is serving with t lie U. S.
j Marines and has been transfer-
red from Kansas City
New River. N. C.
Capt. Boyles only
completed gruelling tests over
obstacles and was one of 11 in
a class of 70 to complete the
training. His family has return-
ed to Marshall after he was trans
ferred.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 149, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 20, 1943, newspaper, June 20, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282578/m1/8/?q=+date%3A1941-1945&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.