Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1943 Page: 6 of 6
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Giant liberator
Knocks Down 3
Of 6 Attackers
Torrential Rains Slow
MacArthur’s Men In
Sanananda Region
GHNT. MacARTHUR’S HEAD-
QUARTERS, Australia, Jan. 14
—(UP) — Allied planes of all
types from giant bombers to
fighters, comDletely dominant,
have raked a 300-mile stretch of
the north New Guinea coast
with bombs, machine guns and
cannon in five punishing raids,
it was announced today.
B-17 Flying Fortresses, B-25
ned and cannonaded the air-
drome, harbor installations, big
supply depots and landing bar-
ges.
It was indicated that the Lae
and other raids were carried out
completely without enemy figh-
ter plane interference.
However, a giant B-24 Lib-
Town Topics Tersely Told
BOEING B-17E
"FLYING FORTRESS”
Mitchell medium bombers and
NORTH AMERICAN B-25
long range Australian Beaufigh-
ters, with a strong escore of
crack P-3S lightnings, made a
LOCKHEED F-38
“LIGHTNING”
series of co-ordinated attacks on
the great Japanese base at Lae
on the Huon gulf.
They bombed, machine gun-
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CONSOLIDATED B-24C
“LIBERATOR”
erator bomber, on recon-
naissance off Gasmata on
the south New Britain Is-
land coast of Lae, was at-
tacked by six fighters. It
shot down two for certain
an djramaged a third so
badly it was believed to
have crashed. The Libera-
tor emerged undamaged.
Big B-24 Liberator bombers
attacked the building area at
Finsch Harbor, around the cor-
ner of the gulf from Lae, and
the airdrome and Japanese oc-
cupied town buildings at Mad-
ang, 175 miles up the coast.
The Havoc attack bombers
bombed and gunned enemy po-
sitions at Sanananda Point last
Japanese stronghold in Papuan
New Guinea.
Gen. Douglas MacArtliur’.;
communique reported that tor-
rential rains had turned the
Sanananda Point area into a
quagmire slowing the Amcrican-
Australian attack. The Japanese
were now entirely enveloped
on the land side and their annih-
ilation seemed a matter of days.
Joins Husband,
Ensign Bridges
Mrs. Charles Bridges has re-
signed her position as physi-
cal education instructor of
Sweetwater high and left th:s
week for Tucson, Ariz., to join
her husband, Ensign Bridges of
the U. S. Navy.
Fnsign Bridges came to Sweet-
water last week on a furlough
after sea duty and after receiv-
ing his commission. He is be-
ing assigned to the University
of Arizona for additional cour-
ses with the Navy. He was grad-
uated from Texas A and M
college.
Mrs. J. H. Bishop bus return-
ed from a visit in Clyde with
her sister, Mrs. Tom Crenshaw.
She was away for four days.
* * *
Mrs. H. J. Schultz, of Herm-
leigh was a business visitor in
town Wednesday.
* * *
Lois McDonald of Abilene
was an overnight visitor here
Tuesday with Alene Penn. She
formerly lived here.
* * *
Harold Fomby of Colorado
City visited here Tuesday
night with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Fomby.
* * *
Mrs. L. M. Carlton her son
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Newt
Carlton were here Tuesday af-
ternoon from Busby attending
to business interests.
* * *
New patients at tlit* Sweetwa-
ter Mineral Wells Sanatorium
are Tom Kiker, Dallas: J. T.
Whitfield. Rotan; Sam Hagger-
ton of Loraine and Mrs. Jack Al-
len and Thelma Anz of Rotan.
* * *
Dismissed after treatment at
the Sweetwater Mineral Wells
Sanatorium are J. J. Moore of
Stanton: Mrs. Carl Burk of Roby
and Mrs. Melton Burk of Mc-
Caulley.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. It. t‘o\
Mrs. ,7. D. Dulaney are enter-
taining as their house guest,
Miss Belie Parker of New York
Citv. Miss Parker is a sister
of Mrs. Cox aud Mrs. Dulaney.
* * *
Bill Boyles, employer of the
U. S. Gypsum Co., 10 years, re-
signed recently to assume a
government position in Waco.
He is in the Bluebonnet Ordn-
ance plant.
Hoyt Shelton of Divide visit-1 Judge A. S. Mtiuzey of the
ad Wednesday at the county 32nd judicial qourt granted a
superintendent's office. divorce Wednesday in the suit
* * * I of ike E. McKelvey vs. Sue Me-
Tommy Lou Yoakum visited Kelvey.
friends in Abilee Sunday.
Tires Allotted
By Rationers
During January the Nolan
County War Price and Ration-
ing board, headed by Marshall
Ibor. chairman, has-allowed the
following tubes and tires on tire
ration program.
One tube each was allocated
to C. N. Dodd, Ben Noel Egger,
Judson Morhan Modroll, John
Q. Kissner. Roy Golden Sping-
ci. W. H. Bennett, Olen O. Hol-
lingsworth, Wallace E. Brown,
A. H. McElmurray, Jess Lam-
bert, 11. E. Hestand. Mike Cas-
sis. Willis II. Perry, A. D. No-
ble, John M. Holder, Albert E.
Mauzey and L. C. Norwood, Joe
E. Lowery and Raymond Ftill-
wood were allowed 2 tubes
each.
Victim Of Crash
Taken To Dallas
For Treatment
ane F. E. McAnear, Hamilton
R. Gray, medical; and W. T.
Bishop, minor. Dismissals are
Robert Brookshire and Mrs.
Frank Smith, medical.
* * *
W. L. lllakney, district mana-
ger of the Telephone company
in Abilene, was in Sweetwater
on business Monday.
* * *
COLONIAL-
(Continued from page 1)
ed for the authority to write a
letter in protest against this
move. On motion from the floor
and unanimously carried this
was granted.
Guests included officials from
the Colonial Poultry Farms,
who are in Sweetwater holding
their annual directors’ meeting.
They were R. A. Padgett, pre-
, sident; Wallace P. Gibbs, vice-
Pnssenger car tires went to I president; Ralph Terrall. secre-
D. M. Powell, Jess Lambert, i tary: Eden C. Booth, treasurer.
Curtis E. Horton and Mrs. R. F. j Roy Mathews, presided.
Burwick, one each. Grade 2. -v-
tires: L. R. Cross. A. H. McEl- »»#*ubv
murray, Robert E. Lee. Carpen- MO MvNET---
ter Ensminger, \\. 17. Foust.j (Continued from page 1)
one each; Ernest Clyde Worn-, „Vom. praise or protest is
Mrs. Frank Smith who was
critically injured in an automo-
bile wreck on the highway five
miles from Colorado City in
New patients in the hospital December was removed from
the Sweetwater hospital and
has gone to Dallas for medical
treatment.
She received broken verte-
brae in her neck and a fractur-
ed thigh in the wreck that cost
the life of her husband Dec. 15.
FRENCH-
(Continued from page 1)
rica continued to hammer at
the defensive positions of the
German Afrika Korps in Tripol-
itania.
A navy communique issued
at Washington disclosed that
torpedo boats had scored two
hits on one Japanese destroyer,
a single hit on another, and two
possible hits on a third in the
Solomons area on the night of
Jan. 10. The extent of the dam-
age to the enemy ships was not
reported. A force of medium
bombers, supported by fighter
planes, bombed Japanese instal-
latoins at Rekata Bay on Jan-
uary 13.
The Russians were preparing
for a drive through the Kuban
Valiev.
TANSIL’S
WOMEN’S APPAREL
#
ack. 3; J. P. Abler and Joe E-j concluded.
Loweiy, two eJch. i Total obligations and require-
—_——v j merits: $59,699.76; amount donat-
FARMERS- ed by state which they received
(Continued from page 17 amount paid by the county,,
near Lake Trammell, Hylton from gas tax, $44,364.21 and
and Champion. i amount paid by the county, $5,-
The grain sorghum acreage | 335.55.
was increased from 55,000 acres! Itemized: Special highway
to 83,500 acres. This includes | bond of the 14-4-1923 issue,
oats, barley, milo maize, Sudan amount $600,000; amount redr-
sweet sorghum and corn. ! ed $225,000: outstanding $345,-
Livestock goal set for the; 000; per cent paid by state $91-
Regular meeting of the High- county: Cattle, 17.730 same as j .05 state share. $38,218.00 find
land Heights Methodist fellow- last rear’s quota: cows and hoif- county share, $3,756.76.
ship supper will be he'd at ers, kept for milk. 3,982, four Nolan county road bond >f....................................
7:30 p. m. tonight in the base- i per cent increase; sheep and i the 0-10-1917 issue; amount $100.-! u-p,cre site will begin training
ment of the church. All memh- j lambs, 115.322. same as last 000; amount retired, $80,000; a>. a WAAC.
ers and visitors are urged to j year; hen- and pullets kept for j outstanding $20,000; per cent Miss Bennett has been employ-
be present. 128,121 nine per cent (Continued from page 1) |(,i jn government defense work
* ’ increase; sows for farrow in paid by tate, $88.06; states share Lor several months at Long
Fete Tyrone. Divide mcrch- spring. 816. a 21 per cent in- ■ $3,898.84: county -share $501.16. , Beach, Calif., prior to her en-
ant, was a ’business visitor here crease: sow ■ for farrow in the. Road district No. J; of the |lstment in the WAAC's.
Wednesday afternoon. fall, 827. a 15 per cent increase; 2*11-1911 issue; amount $100,- Miss pelha Adele Meador, 203
chickens raised, 200,660. an in- 000; retired $33,500. outstanding Orange street, enrolled this
BOYS
IN THE
SERVICE
Coin" To Florida
WAAC Schools
Maudie Fay Bennett, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett, vis-
ited here this week briefly, en
route to Daytona Beach, Fla.,
These May Be The Last
For the duration. We have just received
24 Lovely Satin Comforters, colors
—Sunset Rose
—Winter Rose
—Monte Blue
—King Blue
Size 72x84
Special Price
$12.95
You may use our weekly or monthly
lay-away plan if you like.
ON THE AIR WITH
.*xox
I
1210 Kilocycles
FRIDAY’S PROGRAM
—Sunrise Jamboree
7:43—Wake up and Dive
7:.")—Morning News Flushes
8:<:l>—Top of the Morning
8:15—Sj mpiionlr Moods
8:30—Morning De.vottonal
8:4,7—Shall We Waltz
0.110—Monroe Orehestra
‘do—Music in the Air
!!;:!((—Side Glances
0:43—From A to / In Novelty
News ol the Day
10:03—Listen, You'll lake It
It ::l(l—Snyder Program
It :lo—Just He ii\
and took prisoners
Storm troops In Stalingrad
City, where die Ru-sian attack
now assumed important and por-
tentous ,'ize, captured 27 gun
emplacements and pill boxc^
and beat track counter-attacks
while night raiding Red Army
planes swept down on an air-
drome outside the city to de-
stroy five grounded planes and
shoot down -even fighters whicj|
tried to intercept them.
These successes on three
fronts were reported in a noon
communique which showed Rus-
sian troops attacking feroclous-
.)<>(> Jordan of Blackwell at- crease of In per cent; turkeys $66,500; per cent paid by state, weekend in the Women’. Army j || dim—Life Fan lie Beautiful
JUST RECEIVED! /
tended to business in Sweetwa- raised, 5,721. a l.» per cent in-1 st.b.59; state share, $2,247.37, . Auxiliary Coil's, at the Lu li-
ter Wednesday. crease. county share, $1,077.03. ! hock Army recruiting station, j
I She will join other women i
| of the South Plains to form the j
Westernettes Platoon. They will)
go to Daytona Beach or Des
Moines for training. Each will
take over a soldier’s job, so that I
he can be released for combat I
duty.
EMBROIDERED
CHAMBRAY
119
Here's a fresh crop of cotton
chambrays to pick from —
ihe fabric hit of the year!
Sanforized shrunk — and 36
inches wide—in embroidered
and eyelet styles.
Sgt. Floyd Wilson is in Sweet- j
j water visiting his wife, while on
i furlough and awaiting assign-
| ment to duty. He has complct- j
led Course M-16, department of
! air training at Fort Sill, Okla. I
I Sgt. Wilson was a member of [
Co. F., TDG, before going into j
I th * army
CHINESE-
(Continued from page 1)
The communique said British !
i.fighter planes machine-gunned j
1 anti-aircraft positions at Akyab i
! airdrome and damaged sniail I
craft in the Mayu river area. -
One plane was reported mi-s-
ing.
the yard
SCHOOL--
(Continued from page I',
i Mrs. Sam Murin, substitute
i teacher in Lewis school, was
made a full time instructor; Mrs.
I .Milo Roth has assumed the po-
sition of Latin teacher In New-
! man high school, succeeding
IDU—Vincent I opr/
11:30—,lc\ ’l licatre Time
11:13—Hymns You Love
12:00—Headline News
12:10—Parade of Hits
12:13—Song- of Freedom
12:30—Something to Crow
About
1:00—Colonial Time
1:15—W. F. Lee'Gospel
Sen ice
1:10—Reflections in Rhythm
2:00—All Request Hour
SHiO—UP News
3:13—Here Comes the hand
3:30—Waltz Rives On
3:43—Aloha Rand
1:00—Church in the Wildwoo I
1:15—For Dancers Only
1:3C—Vocal Varieties
—Jesse Crawford at the
( otisole
5:00—.Modern Melodies
5:15—Rhythm Club
5:13—Junior < of <'
C:0i__Slimier I nice Hour
C:l5—IT* News
ti:3l)—Pinto Pete
Coin— Spoils Round up
7:1.3—Allen Until Symphony
7.30—Organ Reveries
7:13—l iicle Sam
8:00—la t's Dance
0:00—Goodnight
ly and without pause.
BOARD-
(Continued from page 1)
volvit.g increased union dues
miglil well have been post-
poned. . A
Lulesl reports from Penn-
sylvania said only around
3,000 miners had acceded
|i Ihr hoard's request Halt
they go hack to work.
Arnold 13,000 were report- w
ed still on strike.
TEXAS
TODAY
i
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RUSSIANS-
(Continued from page 1)
The fighting became so severe
! overnight that Russian tanks
all
to work at Avenger Field; Lola the way thiough to the Get-
Mae Sib< 11s formi rlj of Ooldth n 111 « y1 11 of,the
vvaite, was elected as eoinmcr- < aoeaius front aud seized a
eiul teacher, relieving Mary Lou j concent ration camp uheie hu--
Ashburn, resigned. ! 'ia” civilians and army men
Mrs. Bolton Head, who resigned ! end lommy gunners broke
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>( M*i4c ...from
Hotlywcod's florenone Cardens!
with
Gale STOIM
Robt. mWtRT
IF.D FID RITO
and his band
^ ' £ •*'
“When Winter Comes”
“Hedda Hopper”
t oiniiig Fi i, and Sat.
qL'-vi-.s-vWMl
By Stoffel
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WHITE
VIOLET
NEW BLUE
ROSE-PINK
PETAL PINK
LEATHER TAN
SUMMER GREEN
GOLDENROD YELLOW
To serve you best...
WE MUST SERVE THE NATION FIRST
The increased enrollment at
limelio Carranza Mexican school,
necessitating the third teacher,
1 he board elected .Mrs. Gerald
Williams to handle the overflow
students. There are about 80
were held prisoner.
Tin Red Star dispatches re-
ported that the Germans not
only were attempting to cling
to defense points but that at
some places in tire Caucasus
enrolled'in (he grades with they even were counter-attack-;
Long distance telephone cails art
helping move things faster these days
in scores of army camps and muni-
tions factories. And long distance
telephone lines are crowded.
We know you’re glad to help us
dear the way for vital war calls by
making as few calls as possible, by
being brief, and by avoiding the long
circuits to faraway cities particularly
oetween 7 and 9 p.m. After all, war
is everyone's Number One job.
But don't think we have forgotten
that your calls are important, too.
We’re as anxious as ever to serve
you when you need us. If we ask for
your co-opcration, it’s because we
know that to serve you best, we
must serve the nation first.
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
I Mrs. C. L. Monk and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Stanfield on the faculty.
Present were A. G. Lee, presi-
dent, who was in charge, Dan
Shields, vice president; John W.
Pepper, Dalton Moore, Marshall
Pior, Walter Baucuni, C. S
Perkins, and R. S. Covey, city
school superintendent.
--v-
TRIBUTE-
(Continued from page 1)
stetrics; 23 babies were born at
the hospital; 33 surgical patients
handled (eluding 9 out. patients.
Total admittances during the
month reached 141.
Since enlargement of the hos-
pital there are 45 beds available,
including the Mexican and Neg-
ro wards in the basement.
Present were Thompson, R. M.
Simmons, Luther Watson, C. E.
Mays, jr.. Harry Bondies, Miss
Cooze, Mrs. Ernest Johnson,
hospital office secretary, and R.
C Hoppe, city manager
ing in defense of railroad sta-
tion.-. highway junctions and
river harrier.-.
spt cial dispalchi ■ 1 da
day and night Russian aerial
offensive against Krasnodar,
150 miles south of Rostov in
the Black Si, area, in prepara-
tion for the drive northward
:rom the Caucasus and through
the Kuban Valley.
In (heir overnight attacks,
the Russian tanks and Tom-
inv gunners smashed savage
German resistance to strike
deep into the enemy rear
and eaoture the Caurasus
eoncentralion </imp where
herded prisoners joyfully
awaited them.
in another swift night attack
on ttie lower Don, Russian shock
troops tore through the German
defense line and fanning out j
behind the enemy main posi-
tions, captured a number of vil-
lages, wiped many German
troops captured war materials
TOM \ 7
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with
;l@rence
R!£E
JOHN ESAL
“Trouble Spot of East”
"Night Shift”
A
Coming Fri. and Sat.
Johnny Mack Brown
In
’Tenting Tonight
“On Old Camp
Grounds"
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1943, newspaper, January 14, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth710095/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.