Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1943 Page: 1 of 6
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AXIS CHILLED BY ALLIED MOVE TOWARD 016 DRIVE
X^ity'Nolan Pact Ends Welfare Row
*joint Contract
Restores Child
^Aid Activities
Closer Cooperation Seen
As Result Of Public
Expressions In Area
The Nolan County Commis-
sioners’ Court and ihe City of
Sweetwater this morning reach-
*.cd an agreement concerning the
^continuation of the two welfare
agencies—the Sweetwater - No-
lan County Child Welfare board
and the Sweet water-.Volan Coun-
ty Welfare association, in a
ajoint contract wherein a board
”will be established, with repre-
sentative members of the two
bodies contruling the city-county
welfare problems.
The announcement was made
lathis morning at the county
“Sec WELFARE Page .‘1
City’s Officials
•Express Accord
In Welfare 'Peace’
Resolution Signed By
Mayor States Facts
On Arrangements
A A resolulk n of accord, regard-
w ing maintenance of the Sweet*
water-Nolan county child wel-
fare unit and the Sweetvvater-
Nolan County Welfare associa-
tion has been passed b.v the city
- commission and signed by the
* mayor. ,f. M. Lawrence.
The full text follows:
Since the work of both the
Sweetwater Nolan County Child
Welfare I 'nit and the Sweetwat-
r-r-Nolan County Welfare associ-
# ntion covers the entire county;
and since the state statutes place
responsibility of caring for
needy with the county govern-
ment, wo do not believe that
the city commission can take
• ‘ ".her of.,ibus'■ agencj.v- ov^r, -*• ,
alt.tCv Cl" . . it f dtiri i
When, upon request of the
See CITY Page 3
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SWEETWATER. TEXAS, FRIDAY. JANUARY 15. 1915
NUMBER 22
Fortresses Kindle Fires At Two P orts
Report of Violent British Subs sink
ft. — ♦ Three Axis Ships
Contact at I unis In Darin? Attack
C-7
From Nervousness
By Cniteil I’res-
The A.\i-t became inoreasuigly
One Shells Coasl Of
Italy Wrecking Bridge
And Power Lines
ALLIED HE \DQUARTJRJRS.
1 North Africa, .fan. 15 —(UP)
! —American Flying Fortresses
$9,001 Fire Loss
At Brooks Plant
Perils Citv Rate
t *
Removal Of Hazards In
Rest Of Y ear Urged By
For gay And Rogers
Reported damage of 89,001 in
the conflagration at the Brooks
packing plant mid-day on J&h- I munique announced today.
tn.TVUU tOlt . f-r "OF- . . .f, ,r.py
sibility that the United Nation-; were about to art ir r of- ' >-S 1 . ‘*‘i . 1
fensive in North Africa and th< increased tempo of allied -en i * '‘ a‘ ! ’” " in‘ 1
and air activity tended .to confirm that important d. vclnpmonts, ^“SedlSnean
were impending. ... . area in apparent preparation tot
Axis sources repor'-d that violent f'ghimg air sidy had .iurtedjan jmminent drive by (Jen. Sir
37 miles from Tunis and said that at tlu> other end of Dr African; j->(,rnard Montgomery's Eighth
battle Jine 150,000 troops of the British Eighth Arm., ’.‘.ore propar* British army for Tripoli and
ing to attack the Afrika Korps. -—/
BOEING B-17E
“FLYING FORTRESS”
scored numerous hits and set-
large fires among harbor in-
stallations at the Axis’ vital
cart Tunisian supply and rein-
forcement ports of Sousse and
Sfax yesterday, an allied com-
S has limught this year's fire
i loss considerably above the to-
| tal loss of H)I2 — $6,017, it was
'I In- Germans sent up a group
of Me«serschmitt 100 fighters
against <i formation of American
Radio Paris, under German con-
trol, said the allies had suffer-
ed 2 000 men killed and had lost
20 tanks in the Tunisian fight-
ing.
The only answer to these re-
ports from allied sources was
the explosion of bombs against
Axis bases and the crash of tor-
pedoes into Axis shipping.
British submarines in thej
Mediterranean destroyed three
enemy supply ships and a small j
naval vessel ami probably sank
three other supply ships.
American Flying Fortresses I
at lacked the Axis reinforce- Ornr," ‘ - 1 troop* reeled rank
ment bases of Sfax and Sousse on the nort (
in eastern Tunisia and left large ; and n r-i-"i! 11ont> today, their
fires burning ' infantrv routed and their tanks
” The Axis defense of North Af- flashed after vain attempt to
rica was complicated by the t'.alt Red army offensive^ m sav-
Hitlcrs Shock
Troops And Tanks
Smashed B\
Heavy Losses To Enemy
Reported From Drives
On Three Fronts
MOSCOW, Jan. 15~(UP) —
I revealed today by the Sweetwa- j -!S Lightnigs escorting Fort-
I ter fire department
Both Fire Chief Ace Forgay
and Assistant Chief Lloyd Rog-
er.-: joined in urging extreme |
Sec FIRE LOSS Page t
fact that the Russians continu-
ed to apply strong pre- uro.
Three Air Scouts
Win Trip For Best
Model Airplanes
Hi
SWEETWATER RESIDENTS, well versed on the brilliant
saga of American aerial history written in Chinese am! general
Pacific skies b.v Brig. Gen. I lain- L. < In iinanlt, will take a
little personal pride in si eing, from this photograph, that the
Flying Tiger chief is getting belated official recognition.
I,)..(ten. .lose|ih Stilwell, pins the Distinguished Service Me-
ilal Oil I hennanll's uniform. The famous air chief is a In-other
of \v. S. ( Iiennaiill of Sweelwater, who also is serving in
the army.
Three winners in mode! plane
| building among members of Av-
' enger Squadron No. 2, Air
i Scouts, and four others showing
; marked proficiency in that and
I other Scout activities last night
! were rewarded by being named
I as a demonstration group for a
i trip to Big Spring Jan. 22. At
| that time the local Air Scouts
s-Liii y o' arc boys and girls, , tained to remain on display to | will have a part in the program
Here is a chance, to earn some, the office of the Sweetwater j of the annual Buffalo Trail
easy cash money and at the ; Reporter. jfecout council assembly.
TODAYS
WAR
MOVES
age counter-attacks.
On all three fronts the Rus-.
sians continued their advance j
during the night, the noon com-'
munique reported.
They captured several inhab-
ited points on both the Cauca-
sus and Don front-, it said, and :
on the central front west of,
Moscow captured i series of
defense points, took 350 prison-
ers and captured war spoils.
Intensifying their non-stop i
offensive in the streets of Stal-
See HITLER Page -1
Reporter Starts
Airplane Contest
re- -ses raiding Sfax. One Mes-
serschmitt was shot down. Re-
peated raids had damaged both
ports.
'I win-engined B-26 Martin
v COMMUNIQUE
FROM AFRICA
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15
(UP)—Text of War Department
communique, No. 296:
North Africa:
1, There is no change in the
ground situation.
2. Flying Fortresses (B-17'si
attacked the enemy supply ports
w of Sousse and Sfax. At both
places targets oil the quays were
hit and fires were left burning.
Escorting Lightnings (P-38's)
shot down one Me-109.
_ 3. Objectives at Mahares, 20
» miles southwest of Sfax, were
attacked by Marauders (B-26. i.
4. Sweeps and patrols were
carried out by our fighters in
forward areas. Spitfires destroy-
ed one enemy fighter.
5. in these operations four of
our aircraft were lost, but one
pilot, is safe,
6. Additional reports show
that another enemy fighter was
, destroyed by Spitfire--.
sam» time indulge in an enter-
; tair.ing and worthwhile hobby.
Get busy now hoys and girls
and start clipping the
W.
Jessie Ray Ponton,
| Shultz, jr„ and V. H. Morgan,
nc" jr., are the three winning the
This contest is open to all boys , items and the pictures of the | mip with their plane models.1
and girls between the ages of i planes that appear in the stories geci! Tarver, John'Berry. Pat '
8 to 1-1 years of age, inclusive,
beginning right now.
All you have to do to enter
is start cutting out the stories
j,n the Sweetwater Reporter
that contain pictures of the var-
ious types of airplanes used by
our armed forces. Y ou have no
doubt seen ihose pictures of
planes already appearing in the
Reporter.
Paste them in a home-made
scrap book of some sort each
days as they appear, and turn
them in to the Sweetwater IF
porter by the fifth day of each
month following. They will then
he judged by a competent jury
that will make the cash award-
For the neatest and most com-
plete' scrapbook, the Sweetwat-
er Reporter will give a cash
prize of $5.00, two other awards
of $2.50 each will be given a
second and third prizes. All of
the scrap books that do not win
prizes will bo returned. The
winning scrapbooks will be re
MARTIN B-2CA
“MARAUDER”
bombers simultaneously at-
tacked the Mahares area, 20
miles southwest of Sfax,
scoring kits on a road and
. . a railway.
ami paste them in your scrap- ] Pendergrass and Ralph Smith; Allied fighter patrols swept
look Remember the scrapbook j were named to go along as rep-j pv‘er the forward areas of Tun-
hould l)o homemade as none j re.sontativc s of the four respec-! jsja an(j a Spitfire reported
"lhers wil1 qualify for prizes j tive flights in the squadron. destruction of a .Messerschmitt
Size of scrapbook should lie 9; The seven were chosen at a
inches wide by 12 inches long, meeting of squadron in the lto-: ( ^
Depending on the interest tary rooms of the USD build-:
shown, this contest will be run ; ing at 7:30 Thursday night. Chas. I
evei-y month and at the end of ai . Burke, squadron command-j
the year there will be a grand tr< presided. Johnnie Tucker, as-j
in ize for the girl or boy thal sistant commander, judged the I
has made the most points dur-1 models exhibited,
ing the; year; j Tomorrow night at 9 p. m.
The contest starts now and | the air scouts will stage their
hooks for January must he in | fji)St dance, with -10 invited
| guests attending as chaperons
| representing civic clubs and or-
- ganizations. Boys and guests
| who do not dance will find
; games, including 12 and bridge,
j dominoes and others provided
j at the Made hotel,
j A kangaroo court for trying
I its own members for real or
fancied violations will be a fen- ____
j ture of the evening. Identity of
j the judge will ho unknown up
j to the time of trial.
Dy Louis F. Keemle
I I’ War Analyst
Developments in Africa indi-
cate that the British are gett-
ing ready to herd Marshal Er-
win Rommel's forces into Tun-
isia as a preliminary to the ul- j
tlmate battle in which the Axis I rp • |) *
will be driven out of Africa. ||) | (III IS 1X021011
There appears little chance (
that Rommel can be prevented
from withdrawing from Tripo’
itania in fairly good order. The
British have no way of cutting i
off his line of retreat along the ;
coast and the Fighting Frenc.n j
force which has advanced nor-
Germans G'-uni
Bi? \ I lied Toll
Smashing Air Offensite
Softening Strategic
Axis Strongholds
, T , LONDON, Jan. 15 —(LIU wiiji ani i isn rvin-v^c
"'mi,1^ m ,1,L: an;1 nnt ’ The allies struck hard by air WESTERN BURMA Jan.
Tunisia, it was revealed today.
While the allied air forces for
the second day attacked Axis
targets all the way from the
Wadi Zemzem line to Tunisia,
the admiralty here announced
See BRITISH Page 4
Forger \\ orking
c n
Racket In ( lieeks
In This District
The state police today has
Issued a general alarm to a
number of Texas towns, in-
cluding Sweetwater and
Rotan on operations of a
forger reported to have
cashed at least 30 bad
checks, totaling $1,806, over
a large part of Texas.
Chief of Police J. A.
Bland, said this morning
that no forged checks had
reached his office, but that
the department would keep
a close watch for the forg-
er’s alleged operations.
Places listed in order of
operations include Marble
Falls, Mason. Lampasas.
Georgetown, Burnet, Taho-
ka, Floresville, San Marcos.
Blanco, Stanton. Midland,
Stamford, Hamlin, Little-
field, Quanah, Floy da da,
fayton, Spur, Sweetwater,
Rotan and Anson.
Jaju Bcirinnin®
To Furl Prt *mii <*
Of Vllied Drives
WITH BRITISH FORCES IN
the Reporter office by Feb. 5.
Many Grade )
Tire Permits
•u-*-
SUPERMARINE “SPITFIRE”
109. From all these operations
four allied aircraft were miss-
ing. but one pilot was saved.
The communique said there
had been no change in the
ground situation.
Supplementary reports "how-
far below In the desert and not.
strong enough to constitute a
real menace.
See WAR MOVES Page -1
She's Working
To Avenge Sons
Vnd Her Husband
ST LOUIS, M.-.. Jan. 15 —
(UP) — Mrs. Edith Baker, 42, j
wearing overalls and working
the graveyard shift from mid-
night until dawn in an aircraft :
plant, said today she was doing
it because it was “the only way
and sea today at enemy bases. (\-p)—(Delayed)—The Japanese
and supply lines in the Mediter- albeginning to feel the pres-
ranean area, and axis sources: „ur<? on theii far-flung cattle
said violent land fighting had
broken out only 27 miles from
the big German stronghold of
Tunis.
The German-controlled Paris
radio said the land fighting
flared up at Pont Du Fahs. .7
miles southwest of Tunis, and
See GERMANS Page 2
Oil ‘Hush-Hush’
Policy Scored
lines. Field Mm dial Sir Archi-
bald P. Wave!!, allied command-
er-in-chief in India, -.aid today
on his first visit to the front
■ Hnce his pr
ltd.
omotion
from gener-
Discusdnf
t receli1
: allied suc-
co-'C- in th
t South
west Pacific,
Wavell -aid
. ’1 dor
t't doubt the
Japs are ft
•A’lir,T a
draught. It
! puzzle- me
tie of then
when •'
P lnnos.”
,e ee so lit-
$6*015 Airport Injury Action
^Before Jury Starting Monday
First jury panel for the sev- that he had a hand injury with
en-week January term of 32nd fractured fingers,
judicial court has been called
for service Monday.
N" Tiie civic case set for hearing
is that of Tom M Holliday vs.
the Employer’s Liability Assur-
ance Corp. Ltd., seeking com-
pensation for injuries sustain-
-4 ed Sept. 4. 1911. The suit is for
$6,015.
Tiie suit sets out that the
plaintiff was injured or. the air- j
port project while employed 1
Bcinjr Issued
Among the Grade 3 tires and
recaps issued this month by
the Nolan County War Price
and Rationing board and Mar-
shall Pior, chairman, included
the following:
Grade 3 tires made of redeem-
ed rubber: Judson Modrell, B. F.
Rooks. John (j. Kissner, Nolan
Hendricks. R. W. Durham, YV.
See TIRES Page I
Nazis’ Sub Base
(jets Heavy Blow
Six More Give
Old Records
Holliday is seeking "SI5 per
week for 101 weeks to be paid
in a lump sunt less a six per
cent per annum discount plus
a six per cent per annum in-
tere.'.t on all prist due and matur-
ed payments and less the num-
ber of weeks of compensation j. n. Bartlett, Route 1, is the
insurance and a judgment of all latest contributor to the old rec-
ensts of such equitable relief ord pile that is to he turned in-
that plaintiff may be entitled 1 to new records for men in active
to. : war service. Bartlett brought 32
A. J. Smith of Smith and records into the Reporter office.
Smith, Anson, is attorney for Also to benefits service men
London. Jan. 15 — (UP)
Royal Air Force Ixunbers struck !
Lorient, important German sub- j
marine base on the French At- j
lantie coast, last night in the |
first heavy raid of 1943, the air [
ministry said today.
Two planes were reported i
missing.
The raid was made at a time
when the submarine menace
held the front pages of the
British press as Germany's
greatest threat in the war.
In the past, heavy raids on
I Lorient may have coincided
j with intelligence reports that
! submarine pens were filled, or
to
CURTISS M0
“TOMAHAWK”
i ed that P-40 Tomahawk fighters
I accounted for two enemy bomb-
I ers shot down Wednesday and
• that thev also destroyed an enc-
1 my.fighter. One P-40 unit re-
( ported six victories in the pas',
six days.
TULSA, Ok la., Jan. 15 —(UP)
to avenge, the loss” of her hus- —Editorial demands that the
band and two sons. government abandon in hush-
“It is (he thing my husband : hush” policy concerning petro
would want me to do,” she said. ieum'- place in war emanated
"i want to gel behind the ma- fiom this oil capital Ri-
ch ine and complete the job my world this week-
men folk started to do.” Tulsa's Oil & Gas Journal.| ed British tre-.p-
Mrs. Laker - two sons were Tulsa’s authoritative tradt with commanding
killed in battles with the Japa- azine. asked editorially: “Why
nose. Robert. .1 marine, lo.-t his I all the secrecy about oil?”
life in the Philippines and Bur- The journal referred specifical-
dell, a naval aviation machin-'ly to what it called the lack
ist, died in the. battle of the; of frankness in handling dis-
Coral Sea. Her husband. Charles cits ions of petroleum shortages,
Baker, a railroad engineer and 1 production of aviation gasoline
a veteran of the first World: and synthetic rubber., and cer
War. enlisted in the naval Sea- tain phases of oil transporta
See WORKING Page 2 tion.
Dressed in KhakL Wavell was
: i<vompant'd In Lt Gen N. M.
S Irwin, c“’nman<ler of British
forces in eastern India.
They arrived this morning in
Royal Ah Frna- plane escort
ed ,b'\ Hurricane fighters.
He’visited several villages
which British troops had retak-
en from tiie Japanese, inspect-
and talked
ficers.
Waved told reporter- that the
Burma camnaien i-: being fought
on the most diffkult terrain in
the world.
Willkie Deplores
Rise (M ‘Hols
with Bell and Braden construe _
tion firm Holliday is claimin'' Hie plamtiff: Greshan and King in the drive Hoy DeBusk. local
permanent disabilities from an "f Abilene are representing cold drink vender has donated
while he was •***, , «“'«™ 5TSS? i hi e?',heV'heal- aLv „w,
couple-up in preparing to move suramomo tot jury sei\iu.
some heavy machinery.” He said *’ Harkins, R. B. late. II
that he sustained a fractured D°gcr-. sr., C. A. ( la.vton,
right arm and six davs before Louis Ijartgraves, A. I). Smitli-
------------------L_-------! O. L. Apple, H. A. Tatisil, H. 1.
Weather Forecast
service:1 hi 34. Man' Lou Uovett. 24: Mrs. I keep the 1 boats away from an
■ | o ! important allied convoy, but the
‘ ‘ i target last night was believed
Ci ester Bearden,
P. Dobbins 12.
-v—
Wooldridge, F. Van Sickle, John
Perry. L. M. Penn (deceased).
W. L Reynolds, Leo Nunn, I.
C. Mutts, John Raison, A. S. '
Kendrick, John W. Patterson.
L. B. Allen, jr., R. H. Rogge. !
Sweetwater.
L. G. Anthony, Gus Zinke.
Alvin Smith, R. H. Marth, It. H.
mild temperature this after- Whorton, H. 11 Leonard, K. K. j
J C noon: considerably colder with Wither-poon, Rosme: O R. Art-
snowfall and strong winds late man. John Bardwell. J. It. Pay
tonight in Panhandle and south tie, Nolan: Raymond Lambert,
plains; elsewhere about as cold , .1. C. Morrow, Homer Oliver and
tonight as last night. ] Ford Phillips, Route 1.
'C
By United Press
EAST TEXAS — Warmer
this afternoon and tonight with
fresh to strong winds over nor-
th portion and moderate to
fresh over south portion.
WEST TEXAS — Continued
Harrassed Nazis
Given ‘Pep’ Talk
Bj United Press
Berlin radio, broadcasting
a pep talk to the Gernnin
arniit s regarding the -itiia-
tii r on the Stalingrad front,
said today:
"When the German sold-
iers sees no sense in hold-
ing on, lie must remember:
the fuehrer knows best."
i to have been Lorient itself as
j well as nearby objectives.
Rill Would Hike
State Pensions
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 15-(Ul’)
! —When the Texas legislature
i resumes work Monday after a
week-end recess, it will have
ready for its consideration two
| bills carrying out suggestions in
1 the governor's message to leg-
I islators. ,
j See BILL Page 1
Americans Gel
2 Focke-Wtilfs
By United Press
An American air force com-
munique reported an offensive
sweep yesterday over occupied
France and Belgium by low-fly-
ing planes of the fighter com-
Sce AMERICAN Page 5
‘Texan’ Planes
Being Produced
v
AUSTIN, Tex. Jan. 15 -
(UP)—Gov. Coke R. Stev-
enson had notice today that
the name “Texan” has been
given to a new series of
combat training airplanes
made by North American
Aviation, Inc.
In a telegram to the Tex-
as governor, company pres-
ident J. H. Kindolberger
said: “This name is in rec-
ognition of our Texas plants
manned by Texatus who are
building the Texan and
other types with a speed
and efficiency which does
credit to their great herit-
ngo.”
3 Barke ley Men
Injured In Crash
Three service men were in-
jured. two seriously at 2 a. m..
today 10 miles east of town on j
the S curve near the highway
t'.nderpas'. All three are station-
ed at Camp Barkeley and were
on furlough. No passers by no
: iced the wreckage and it wa-
r.ot until 9 a. m.. they were
brought to the local hospital.
The injured are: PIC Lon Keel
cy and Pvt. Roger R. Hampton.,
both of whom are suffering from i
serious brain injuries and po-
- hle neck fractures: . nd Pvt
Sidney J. Orange, who escaped:
with a sprained ieg and abra-
sions. ,
The trio, on leave until Mon-
day, were driving west on high-
way 80 near the underpass;
curve when their 1937 model se-
dan swerved into the shoulder
and careened into a roadside
ditch, throwing two of the oc-;
cupants far into the field and
pinning the other in the wreck-
age. The machine had turned!
over several times, hut righted
itself in the field, beyond the
highway fence lt was dome!
isheri.
'.'he decrease in highway traf-
fic was believed to have been
the reason the men suffered
See SOLDIERS Page 2
Man Who Slew
1 \\ omt‘ii Sought
TULSA. Okie,., Jan. 15 -
ijT.'Pl~-A killer who prepared
his own breakfast after blur!
geoning two women to death
in their bed wTas the object of
an extensive search in north
east Oklahoma.
The victims were Mrs. .Tack
Green, 31. and her mother, Mrs.
Clara Luzzla Norris, 50.
Authorities held three sus-
pects. one of w hom was a neg-
ro.
The killer apparently enter-
See SLAYER Page.4
DURHAM X C. Jan. 15 —
(UP) — Wendell L Willkie
Thursday night deplored “a
trend recently toward what is
railed ‘leadership’ — but what
is really nothing more than the
idolization if individual men.”
Willkie, speaking at Duke
University, pointed out that
Benito Mussolini took the title
of II Ditce in Italy and Adolf
Hitler became Der Fuehrer in
Germany. The trend, he said,
had gone on in countries now
fighting totalitarian!-m.
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