Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 255, Ed. 1 Monday, May 25, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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Sweetwater Reporter
DEDICATED TO SERVICE “West Texas' Leading Newspaper” BUY IT IN SWEETWATER
45TH YEAR
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1942
NUMBER 255
*Japs And Italians
Claim They Sank
Jwo IL S. Warships
Loss Of Battleship Off
Brazil ('oast Still
iH Not Confirmed
By United Press
Japan renewed its fishing for
news of American naval dispo-
sitions in the Southwest Pacific
today while the Italian propa-
ganda machine sought substan-
tiation with winch to convince
South America and Fiance that
£an Italian submarine bad real-
ly sunk the American battleship
Maryland off the Brazilian coast,
as the Italian higli command
claimed.
The Argentine marine depart-
.Jment announced yesterday that
its freighter Rio Iguazu had
picked up 53 survivors in two
life boats from an unnamed ship
destroyed off the Brazilian coast
The announcement did not say
whether the sunken ship was a
warship or a merchantman and
diil not. name the nationality of
either the ship or survivors.
A few hours later, the
Rome radio was broadcast-
p in Spanish and French that
an Argentine freighfer had
picked up “55 survivors of
the Maryland." It <|tiolrd an
alleged Ituicnos Aires dis-
patch which was mil used ill
W its English language ‘news"
broadcast. Anil a Buenos
Aires newspaper interpreted
the annoiineeiiieiit as indi-
cating tile survivors came
from die Maryland.
4 See JAPS Page I
Seaman Charges
* Jap Atrocities
SAN ANTONIO, Tex,, May 25j
— (IIP)—The navy today check-
ed a weird story of .1 ipnnese
atrocities as related by Samuel!
Otis Bogan, 2ti. a second class
machinists' mate.
Chief Petty Officer J. It. Bras-;
se of the local naval recruiting
station s icl an attempt was be-
ing made to verify Logan's
4 story.
Logan told reporters he was
on leave from a west coastt
naval hospital, where he had i
been sent after seeing action in
the Pacific.
While serving on an American
gunboat in Chinese water* l.o-'
gan said, he was captured with 1
other crew member when a j
Japanese vessel took over the
gunboat Dec. 8.
■0 He said the Japanese com-
mander ordered the American
sailors to hoist the Japanese,
flag over the craft, but that
they refused.
The seaman’s feet bore scars ;
# which he said resulted from his I
being forced by .Japanese sold-
iers to walk barefoot over bro-;
ken glass.
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0 Mexican Vessels
Will Be Convoyed
^ MEXICO CITY, May 25—(UP)
Mexico Aroused To War Pitch By Sub Sinkings
Roosevelt Cuts WPA iSto oS8
AndHintsW or k Army
Thousands of Mexicans throng the public square in Monterrey, Mexico as the survivors and
bodies of victims of the sinking of the Mexican tanker "I’oli-'ro del Idano" liy an Axis sub-
marine arrive from Florida where they were landed after the attaek. Passed by I lie Office of
Censorship, Washington, I*. < .,—Stevens—. t.NEA Telephoto).
-Navy Minister Heribertn .lara
has announced that Mexican ves-
sels hereafter will be convoyed.
Hie government newspaper El
National said today.
— It was believed that such con
® voving implies t'nited States na-
val aid due to the limited
strength of the Mexican navy.
The permanent commission
(standing committee) of con-
gress, which was due to meet
S this afternoon to receive Pre-
sident Manuel Avila Camacho’s
request for a special session of
congress to declare war on the
Axis, was expected to call on
congress to open the session at
<1 10:30 a. m. Thursday.
Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER Tempera
0 lures: High yesterday. 74: low
today lit); at 11:30 a in. today,
7(1 Slightly cloudy, high in-
creasing winds, and nut much
change in temperature.
WEST TEXAS — Slightly
O warmer this afternoon, mild
tonight. -
EAST TEXAS—Little temper-
ature change tonight.
3 Sweetwater
Bataan Fighters
Listed "Missing’
Otto Whittington, James
Bovd And Averill Smith
Parents Are Notified
Three Sweetwater families
Monday morning received offic-
ial word from the war depart-
ment notifying them that their
sons, serving in Philippine Is-
lands at the time <>(' the final
surrender, were "missing in ac-
tion."
Mr. and Mrs. Otto W. Whit- j
tington, parents of Corp. Otto
\Y. Whittington, 21, have been j
expecting word since the fall of
C’orregidor, concerning their
son. Hi was serving with the
31st Infantry when his last let-
ter, written in December, was!
received in Sweetwater in Jan-
uary. Corp. Whittington reach !
ed the Philippines Nov. lull and j
was based at Nichols Field prior
to the fall of Manila.
Private Averill li. Smith, who I
was last heard from Nov., 12.!
10-11, was serving in Luzon pro-
vince with Battery I). 200th i
Coast, Artillery, Ft. Stotsenburg.:
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I
Jud Smith.
James P. Boyd, son of Mrs. i
Ethel Boyd, who lives sout li of
town, and who received official
word Monday of her son’s being
listed as missing, sailed Sept. ft.
toil for the islands. He was sen -.
ing with the 17th ordnance di-
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Air School Water
Main Project Now
Hall Completed
About half the work in ex-
tending the city’s water main to
the municipal airport had been
completed this morning city of-
j ficials said, and a major part
I of the work had been done on
putting down the six-inch line
I across the airport to the site of
I the British flying school being
: established there,
j A 10-inch line, extending the
'city main from a poin^ west of
j the Culf Refinery, is being laid
1 under a WPA-city sponsors'll
project. About Nfi men arc being
used on the main part of the
job.
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Stale Licensing
[Officer Replaced
Angus Davis, formerly of San
Angelo, has been transferred to
Sweetwater to take over as head
| of the license department of the j
| department of public safety.
John Little, who has hs'en in :
; charge of the department, is ;
I being transferred to Snyder.
Mrs. Davis, with two children,
plans to move here next week.
Thief And Forger
Get Prison Terms
Two mi'll, entering pleas of
guilty, were given two-year pen-
itentiary senteiid v. 'ii' and ‘ "■
was given iwo years, suspended,
in district court this morning
as Judge A. S. Mauzey dispos-
ed of the criminal docket.
A jury had been summoned.
New Opportunity
For Men lit to 19
Turn to page six of the
Sweetwater Reporter and
all about the new opportu-
nity for men now under
the draft age. Uncle Sam is
looking for younger men to
join the Air Force, Cavalry,
Coast Artillery, Engineers
Field Artillery. Infantry or
Signal corps. A new Army
ruling makes it possible for
young men of these ages to
enlist at once and pick out
any of the eight combat
branches in which they wish
to serve. After the age of
20 they will no longer have
this opportunity. Turn to
the back page of the Report-
er now and gel complete
details.
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Week-End Rain
Bi^ Crop Help
For This Area
Rains over the week-end per-
ceptibly brightened the outlook
for abundant crops this fall.
While the total rainfall in the
immediate Sweetwater vicinity
is still under the amount neces-
sary for a bumper harvest. .03
i of an inch fell Saturday nigh',
bringing tile total for tlie month
to 1.51 inches and the total for
the year to 3Ji2 inches.
Although dry weather has re-
tarded the growth of some
i crops, the unusually cool wea-
ther has hampered cotton
growth, in some vicinities, such
as Blackwell and Maryneai. some
crop damage was reported last
week from excessive rain and
bail It still is not too late to
plant a majority of crops grown
hire, however, and with nor-
mal conditions tile harvest
I should lie about average.
Infantry Unit
Meets Tonight
Regular meeting of the Sweet-
water infantry unit will in*
held at 7:30 p. in. tonight in
the armory at 207 Kim street.
Capt. John Darnell said this
morning
Non commissioned officers will
hold at meeting at 7 p. m.
hut was not used.
(hU'ly Cooper Wilson of Abi-
lene wa- sentenced to serve two
veins nt tile penitent tin ,y nil a
burglary charge. Trafford Mon-
zingo, also of Abilene, was giv-
en tin' same sentence, but sun
i pended, on a similar charge.
Tom Little was sentenced to
serve two years on a forgery
charge.
Wilson and Monzingo were
arrested by city police on the
morning of April li after a
chase that started near the east
city limits and ended at Sweet-
[ water creek. Officers charged
[they had broken into a drive-in
j cafe on Broadway.
Confer On New
Test Well In
Trent District
Tex Harvey, Dallas independ-
ent oil operator and head of the
Tex Harvey Oil Co., was confer-
ring in Sweetwater today with
J. H. Beall, jr.. preliminary to
starting a new oil test in the
Trent area.
A rotary rig is being moved
in by Rhodes Drilling Co., Abi-
lene which has the contract for
tlie 52(H) foot test to te known
as the Tex Harvey Oil Co. No.
I ('. W. Tipton, location being
(Hit) feel from tlie west and !)!H)
feet from the north line of the
southwest quarter of section 43-
19 T and P survey.
This will he the second well
drilled by Harvey in this area.
The other a dry hole being drill-
ed more, than a year ago. In the
meantime a test some distance
south was drilled by John Far-
rell, Fort Worth, which although
it had some show was abandon-
ed.
In order to secure permission
to drill this second Harvey well,
it was necessary to plug the
first Tipton test, which has lieen
cutting capers by going dead and
later flowing oil, two or three
times much to the puzzlement
of the oil fraternity. The Gal-
loway company, Wichita Falls,
has just completed the job of
plugging the well.
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Rains Send Water
Over Spillway At
Lake Trammel I
Water was running over the
spillway at Lake Trammell to-
iday for the first time this year
I after rains along Sweetwater
creek watershed brought the
lake to the highest point in
i several months.
About six inches of water was
i running over the spillway this
I morning The overflow start-
ed early Sunday morning after
Saturday night’s rain.
Organized Labor
Migration Might
n o
Prove Necessarv
Recruitment For Vital
War Industries Urged
In Special Message
WASHINGTON, May 25 —
(UP)—-President Roosevelt, cut-
ting his budget estimated for
the Works Projects Administra-
tion from $4(15,000,000 to $282,-
707.000 advised congress today
ihal “organized migration’’ may
be necessary to meet labor
shortages in war industries.
He said in a special message
that the nation’s war effort is
drawing workers from, “every
available source,” thereby reduc-
ing the need for a work relief
program.
His revised WPA request for
the 1043 fiscal year, which be-
gins July 1, was submitted in a
special message to congress.
“Tu meet labor shortages the
recruitment of workers from
every available source will be
required and possibly even or-
ganized migration in some in-
stances,' the president said,
I'lie rt'I’A program for the
next fiscal year, he added,
must he held “to one of work
relief for employable per-
sons who, hy reason of rir-
cn in stances, cannot obtain
Sec PRESIDENT Page 4
Germans Claim
3 Russian Armies
Bviug Destroyed
(The following was not
filed by a United Press cor-
respondent hut is an enemy
broadcast recorded outside
enemy territory).
BERLIN, May 25 — (UP) —
(German broadcast recorded by
United Press in New York) —
! German dive-bombers are de-
i stroying the bulk of three Rus-
sian armies, includink strong
! tank columns, which have been
j encircled south of Kharkov,
German military quarters re-j
! ported today.
! "All attempts of the enemy
| to break out of the pocket have
(failed with heavy losses to the
j enemy,” a high command com-
munique said.
(Other axis reports claimed
that approximately 400,000 Hu*
sian troops were caught in the!
encirclement on the Russian
southern flank, presumably in
tlie Izyum-Barvenkovo sector of
heavy fighting.)
Probing Air Crash
Costing Six Lives
HOLTON, Me., May 25 —
(UP)—Military authorities today
investigated the crash of an
arnry twin-motored transport
plane which killed six fliers in-
cluding Lieut. Col. Louis Gim-;
bel, a relative of New York and j
Philadelphia department stare
executives.
The fogbound plane dived in-
to a woodland bog about 20
miles northwest of here yester-
day and a detail of soldiers from (
Houlton air base later found tne j
bodies and the wreckage strewn
over a 200-square yard area ;
Soldiers said the plane did not
burn.
The war department said that !
others killed in the crash were j
Lieut. Col. C. A. Wright: First
Lieut. J. D. Franciscus, First
Lieut Herback, Second I.ieut
E R Wilkinson and Sgt. Fred
erick Taylor.
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British Educator
Coming To Texas
AUSTIN. Tex.. Mav 25— (CP) j
—Dr. Evan Davies. British edu-
cator who is studying war train )
ing in American schools and
colleges, will he in Austin Tues- i
day and Wednesday for confer- [
ences with the state department
of education, tlie University of i
Texas and Austin school offi- (
cials. it was announced here to-
day.
Dr. Davies is in Houston to
day inspecting war training fa-
cilities He will go to Dallas af
ter his visit in Austin.
Tighter Control
On Ores Planned
WASHINGTON, May 25—
(UP) — Shortages in war-
needed metals have become
so serious that the war pro-
duction board soon will
revise its allocation and pri-
ority system to direct their
flow from the mines to the
finished products, it was
learned today.
An order, to be issued
within a week or 10 days,
will establish the most dras-
tic controls ever set up
over metals in this country.
The present system lias
been too loose, some offi-
cials said, and WPB surveys
have disclosed leakages to
non-essential uses as the me-
tals went from plant to plant
The proposed “end use”
Classification will make it
possible for WPB officials to
identify each shipment of
materials until it finally has
become part of a tank, ship,
plane, gun or essential civ-
ilian product.
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Snyder Included
On Governor’s
Week Itinerarv
AUSTIN. Tex.. May 25—(UP)
—Gov. Coke R. Stevenson today
fixed June li) as (he probable
date for his proposed visit to
Mexico.
Stevenson said previous en-
gagements and duties will pre-
vent him going to Mexico ear-
lier than that.
The Texss governor went to
Corsicana to attend commence-
ment exercises at the state or-
phan home. He will lie in San
Antonio on Wednesday for the
meeting of the Texas Bankers'
association.
Governor's dates scheduled
for next week include:
June 1—Hardin-Simmons com-
mencement, Abilene, morning:
Snyder, afternoon; Texas Tech
commencement, Lubbock, night.
June 3—Sheep and Goat rais-
er* convention, Kerrvilie.
June 5......Old Fiddlers conven-
tion, Athens.
June (i—-Old Settlers' jubilee.
Bandera.
Pack No. 3 Cubs
Receive Awards
Cubs of pack No. 3 met at
the Lewis school Friday to re-
ceive awards and display their
work in a gardening program.
Rodney Goff was awarded
first pi'ize on his miniature vic-
tory garden, Harry Taft won sec-
ond prize for a bird house.
Awards for nine. 10 and li year
old boys went to:
Van Bauoom. Navy scrap-
book: Jimmie Grounds a "Keep!
’Em Flying” scrapbook: and I
Tommie Jo Gill for a bird I
house.
Honorable mention in handi- i
craft went to Jackie Bibh. Eldon
Browning, ant*. Billy Meyer. The i
attendance pennant was awarded
to den No. 2 of which Mrs J.
W. Bibb is den mother and the
handicraft pennant went to den!
No. 3 of wjjich Mi's John Dar-
nell is den mother.
Following were cub awards j
presented by John Darnell, cub-1
master. Bobcats. Harry Taft, i
Joseph Wallace. Tommie Jo |
Gill, Charles Cathey, and Char-
les Mathews.
Wolves, Elmer Patton, Jo
iBoy I.ani-v Jimmie Grounds, and
Van Bauoom. Billy Nichols re-
ceived a service star for one
year’s service as u cub group
leader.
Jimmie Ronemus lead group
singing. Mrs Harvey Meyer
lead a round table discussion
on cubbing in which IkhIi cubs
and parents participated
Governor Hits
Gasoline Curb
AUSTIN, Tex.. May 25— (UP)
—Gov Coke R Stevenson to-
day telegraphed to U S Senators
Tom Connallv and W. Lee Lee
O’Daniel and to House Speak-
er Sam Rayburn that Texas
sentiment is against gasoline ra-
tioning in any form.
-TODAYS
WAR
.MOVES
(Iteg. U. S. Pat. Off ire)
' As the battle lines shift back
and forth in the Ukraine on the
14th day of the fighting in the
Kharkov region it is becoming
apparent that the main German
offensive towards the Caucasus
oil fields did not start with the
drive in (he Kerch peninsula.
In fact. Marshal Timoshenko
may have succeeded in seriously
delaying the general offensive.
The Germans have overwhelm-
ed the Kerch peninsula and are
in a position to attempt an in-
vasion of the Caucasus across
j the narrow strait.
Bui lo atlcliqil In invade
tin- Caucasus from tin- < ri-
iiii-a only would I ■ militari-
ly unsound. Tlie Munition
calls for a parallel drive
from the norlli through Ros-
tov to prevent tlie Russians
from liirning southward
against the Kerch invaders.
When (he Germans attacked
! in the Kerch peninsula on May
[8, Timoshenko evidently ex-
pected the northern drive to
start at any time. Consequent-
ly, as a diversion, he opened his
Kharkov offensive four days
later. It is impossible yet to tell \
how completely he has succeed-
ed in his aim because the ac-
tion still is undecided
The German claim that the j
bulk of three Russian armies
have been pocketed and encircl-
ed may be taken with reserve.
Timoshenko throughout ha*
shown too much tactical skill'
not to fall back if there was any
danger of such encirclement.
Battle Of Words
Exhausts Rotary
Preventing Ballot
The program of tlie
Sweetwater Rotary club to-
day, revolved around the
question of changing the
meeting time from noonday
to evening. The argument in
favor of the change was
handled bv Leland Glas*.
while H M Walker, and
Melvin Manroe stood fust for
the retention of the noon-
day period.
Many verbal blow* were
struck as the discussion be-
came increasingly heated,
the argument of each side
being punctuated with der-
ogatory personal references
and much extraneaous and
irrevelant verbosity.
When it seemed that phy-
sical conflict was almost in-
evitable and that the argu-
ment would have to lie ter-
minated in the alley. Luth-
er Watson, acting a- chair-
man -'tt pped into the breach
to avoid bloodshed.
Although each of the parti
cipant* in the momentous
debate seemed sure of hi*
ground, the general memb-
ership of the club wa* left
in a bewildered state at the
close, it is possible the out-
come will tie decided at
some future date.
Thief Admits He
Murdered Woman
NEW YORK. May 25—UT-
—Eli Shonbrun, small time
crook, dramatically confessed
from the witness stand in gener-
al sessions court today that he
and his uncle. Murray Hirschl,
had murdered Mrs Susie Flora
Reich, wealthy Polish refugee,
for the diamond ring she wore.
Kharkov Sector
Axis Tank Forces Seen
Making Likely Gains
From Southern Points
By Joe Alex Morris
(Tliieil Press Foreign Editor
Russia and Germany spent
men and machines at a tremen-
dous rate in the still undecided
i battle of Kharkov today, with
! the Red army edging closer to
its goal and the Axis claiming
the encirclement and methodi-
cal destruction of three Soviet
i armies.
Dispatcher from both Moscow
and Berlin, supplemented by a
military spokesman in London,
indicated that a great see-saw
engagement was 'till in pro-
gress after 14 days of intense
; mechanized warfare and that
both s'le* were -lightly groggy
jhut still slugging
A realistic study of the dis-
patches from opposing capitals
made it clear that the Germans
were striking hack powerfully
on the Red army'- southern
flank, but Nazi-inspired reports
that 100.000 Russians had been
trapped and were being blasted
to piece* by dive-bombers were
subject to extreme doubt.
The Soviet communique spoke
of offensive battle- continuing
before Kharkov where the Red
army was reported to have cap-
tured another railroad junction
and several towns, while smash-
ing admittedly violent enemy
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32 Known Dead
In Pennsylvania
Flood District
HONES!)ALE. Pa.. May 25 —
(UP) —■ The toll in eastern
Pennsylvania's devast ting flood
rose to 32 known dead today as.
public agencies sought to care
foi thousands of homeless and
prevent spread of disease in
the affected seven-county area.
Officials feared that the num-
ber of dead would increase
I when waters of a half-dozen
rain-swollen imr- -r- receded giv-
ing up bodie, nf missing vic-
1 tints.
HonesiUile and Hawley, in
Wayne county, were the most
seriously affected ho roughs but
(he swirling waters did much
damage to property and took
lives in Berk*. Luzerne, Lack-
j awanna, Lancaster. Carbon and
Schuvlkili counties.
Expressive of devastation ill
Honesdaie was a gasoline service
station and n automobile per-
ched crazily on the bank of the
Lackawaxen river today. No one
knew where they came from.
Debris stood in gigantic heaps
in this city's str> d* as WPA
workmen began the task of res-
toring order. Only three of 15
home* were left standing on
Delaware street, the hardest hit
section of the borough.
Texas Children
Survive Sinking
MORGAN" (TTY La.. May 25
—(UPt it will take more than
German submarine* to break up
the Downs family of San An-
tonio. Tex.
Raymond F. Downs, his wife.
11-year-old Betty Lucille Downs
and Raymond Down* jr . S, were
on a U S ship which, the na-
vy announced la*t Saturday,
was torpedoed Mav 1 i) with tlie
loss of it; lives in the worst ship-
ping disaster in the Gulf of Mex-
ico.
After the ship sank in three
minute*. Mr* Downs grabbed
a board and drifted for approxi-
mated! 14 hours Her husband
! and children were picked up by
I another boat and brought here,
it was not until 24 hours after
the attack the family was re-
united here.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 255, Ed. 1 Monday, May 25, 1942, newspaper, May 25, 1942; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709779/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.