Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 278, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1944 Page: 4 of 8
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IWO JIMA
Volcano Inland*
When American' bombers . at
,,tacW little Iwo Jima in the Voi
canoes, they are attacking one
of Japan's most troublesome out
popts.
Iwo Jima—in spite of its smai
. size—has been a constant threat
to American positions in Saipan.
This small island harbors Jap
anese airfields and installation;
from which enem.v planes ma*
take off to raid Saipan.
Iwo Jima is important for sti.
another reason—it is only 75C
miles from Tokyo, and could be
come an effective base for mon
American raids on the Japanese
mainland.
Though Iwo Jima has new:
been very important in the new
before, it always has been of in
terest to the traveler studying
the strong phenomenon of tlv
Pacific.
Its ugly, bulging shape pro!
" ably is the result of many eartn
quakes ar.d earth tremors—
preva ent in this part of th<
world.
From the southwestern tip t'
the far northeastern coastline o
Iwo Jima, is only a distance o-
some five miles.
But small as it is. it is the lu:
gest of the three Volcano
lands.
Off the northern shore of tht
island, smoke and sulphur ha\'c
been known to leap from tht
sea.
This strange phenomenon o-
nature is caused by an underse;
volcano that churns up mud am
ashes, and sulphur.
In this weird region, mam
strange things have happened.
Islands appear and disappeai
as though by some magic whirr
of the sea.
In 1904. an island rose neai
Iwo Jima that was just tw<
and one-half miles in circumfer
ence.
But it didn't join the Volcan
group to slay. Within two year-
it had gone back to its resting
place—deep in the Pacific Ocean
Iwo Jima itself is a rocky, bar
ren place.
The many sulphur fumes tha
fill the air have given it the
name of Sulphur Island.
Rain water is the only source
of drinking water on the island
but in spite of its desolate, ai
most ugly characteristics. Iw.
Jima had a population of almost
a thousand before war began.
Along the southern tip oi
the island, an extinct volcan,,
cone rises toward the sky.
Steep cliffs sweep down t.
the reefs and the ledges alone
the shore, where great waves
crash against the tiny island.
Sailors always have visited
Iwo Jima to see its weird, oth-
er-world strangeness. And the
have composed songs to drama-
tize its eerie atmosphere.
Before war began, regular
steamer trips ran to Iwo Jima
almost every month, carrying
curious travelers.
Small fishing boats kept the
island in touch with others in
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Twelve real estate transfers
jvere filed recently in the office
u L. W. Scott, county clerk.
Consideration was 88,602.
Then include Edwin A. Dann
T: "k Greene, lots 3 and north
it- hali of lot t, block 11, City
■>" Sweetwater: ken F. Roberts to
Claude H. Holley, West 100 feet
' Inf.'block 97. City of Sweet-
"oter < J. Forgerson to B. P.
Campbell, South 20 feet of West
' f' fee* of Jot 2. and North -r>0
'°et of West 140 feet of lot 3,
kvk ">0. Citv of Sweetwater:
"1. Pruit to Ruth M. Pruit, North
nc h?lf of section 1 -10. block 1-A
4 and T C: T. M. Dobbins to
"laudc Robertson, lot G, and
Torth one half of lot 5, block 38,
'ioseoe
P. C. McCall to Mrs. Laura
"avit lot 10, 11. 13. 13, 14, 1."
17, 18, black 38. Bradford ad-
"•tion: J. F. Mashburn to I.. M.
"i tin. lots 1. 2. 3. I. 9. 10. 11. 12.
lock H .3. Snell Park addition to
w«.et"':iter: F. J. Woodward to
■ uss Zinke. 84 acres out of
•outheast of section 02. block 23.;
>vas and Pacific: J. P. Whorton j
-i Pprcila M. Williams, lots 1. 2. |
'.. I. 5. 6. black 14. carlile addition j
•o Rosroe: Eleanor Marks to H. j
'.. Neal. lot 4. block 45, South:
>nd West addition Roscoe: Telith j
Taylor to Mrs. Florence Roque-
fort-. lot 11, block 1. J. E. Wood j
•ubdivision of Sweetwater.
v
Mrs. Xeal Pritcliard and Mrs.
Bert Wulfjen of Colorado City I
were here shopping Wednesday.
* * *
Billy Xi'blett, son of Mr. antl
Mrs. Parks Neblett of Dal-
as. has arrived to visit with Mr.
tnd Mrs. W. B. Crenshaw and
vith Mrs. S. R. Neblett until af-
er the Christmas holidays.
* * *
Dismissals from the Sweetwat-
i- hospital Tuesday and Wed-
nesday include Mrs. R .F. Tag-
ert. major surgery, W. D. Lips-
■omfc. medical, and Mrs. Maggie
lore, minor suraerv.
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Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Reed
\re the parents of a son born
a 10:30 a. m. yesterday at the
Sweetwater hospital. The father
s employed with Harp's Consoli-
lated Cab company.
the group.
But larger ships have dift'i-
■ulty anchoring along the rockv
shores of Iwo Jima. Only along
the northwestern and southeast-
ern sides of the island can a
large ship anchor.
Even in these few spots, a
reaeherous wind makes it dan-
gerous.
Japan took I Wo Jima into its
flock of Pacific Islands in 1891.
and sometimes it has been group-
ed—with its companion Volcano
Islands—with the larger Bonin
group that flunks the Japanese
mainland.
Xow. the eerie little island.
I that has played such an insig-
! nificant role before, has become
an important target for big Am-
I srican Superfortress bombers —
| blasting Japanese outposts in the
I Pacific.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 278, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1944, newspaper, December 14, 1944; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth283095/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.