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‘Germans Stung By Bombings And Hint Qas Might Be Used
*RAF Blasts Reich
9th Straight Night
LONDON, March 5—(UP)—The relentless allied bombardment
of Europe continued today with the fighting in Tunisia and Russia
^ entering a new phase.
For the ninth successive night the Royal Air Force battered
Germany itself, following up another hard-hitting American Flying
Fortress daylight attack on objectives at Hamm and Rotterdam.
A possible indication that the unprecedented air offensive
is really beginning to hurt was seen in a Stockholm report
W miniinD :i Mu'/i Kiint^miin as hinting reprisals with new wea-
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Sweetwater, Texas, Friday, March 5, 1943
Number 60
quoting a Nazi spokesman
pons >— possibly gas.
Repeated RAF reports of lay-
ing mines along the Nazi coast
were regarded as important in
40 view of the German dependence
on coastal shipping for supply-
ing many points in western Eu-
rope because of I he gradual de-
terioration of the rail transport
system. —
0 There were indications in
North Africa that Marshal Er-
win Rommel may he opening an-
other test attack in northern
Tunisia, where Nazi concentra-
tions in the area of lJeja and
* Medjcz-EI-ilab again are on
9 the move.
Formation of the new Finnish
government finally was com-
pleted. Should the Russians suc-
ceed in clearing the Nazis from
^ the Baltics, it was believed the
Finns might make a new peace
attempt.
Texans Dominate In New Cadet Class
Allied Fliers Sink
4 Ships And Pound
German Positions
t Mrs. Beilis Takes
* Red Cross Canteen
Chairmanship
Mrs. G. M. Bettis, president of
the City Council, parent-teacher
association lias been appointed
as Red Cross Canteen chair-
man.
Site has named as assisting
0 committee members, Mrs. M. K.
-TODAYS-
WAR
MOVES
By Louis F. Kecmle
lTI* War Analyst
Concentration of the German
fleet in the Trondheim area of
northern Norway is attracting
the interest of British naval of-
ficials, who are watching close-
ly for any sign that it intends
to put to sea us a unit and give
battle.
Some move by Germany to
partly offset, the shattering pro-
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invasion offensive of the Brit-
ish and American air forces
would not come as a surprise
to London.
Sweetwater people from
concerts, sports, club meet-
ings and home dinners have
known for a long time that
Avenger cadets and officer
personnel make up a versa-
tile group; but it rriniins for
Cadet, Leslie Cantebury and
Ll. Mil (lerron, command-
ant of cadets, through the
cadet’s article, following, to
give real insight Into the
characteristics of America's
young fliers coining to
Sweetwater.
Canterbury, Illinois L.
trained in Journalism, and
an upperclassman at the
field, will write again for the
people of this area through
the Reporter; and Lt. tier-
mil has arranged to hand
the publicity l.uton to an-
other cadet following Can-
terbury.
Austin Solons Coy
About Tax Affairs
AUSTIN, ox.. March* 5 — pro-mite lax suits with a pro-
l-.il . , ; . , .. i . ,1 ...-.I, i,t L. ' i L*
HUB)--The 48th Texas legisla-
ture was in a fair Way today to
go down in history as a non-tax
session.
At a house tax committee
hearing last night, members vo-
ted against eight, tax bills. Four
others were sent to sub-com-
mittees and four were set for
hearing next Tuesday night.
An unfavorable committee re-
port i sconsidered almost tanta-
mount to a death sentence for
SIRS. ti. M. B KIT 18
Stevenson, Mrs. Kenneth Camp
and Mrs. Walter Anderson.
Classes will begin next Mon
-day at the USD club and will
•be completed in 20 hours with
class periods from l to 5 p. in.
each day. Roberta Martin will
instruct classes. Persons inter-
ested in enrolling call Mrs. Lict-
»tis. It is not, necessary to have
•completed the nutrition class to
be eligible.
Weather Forecast
- SWEETWATER — Tempera-
•lures: High yesterday, 07: low
this morning, It; at 1 p. m. to-
day 40. Slightly cloudy and un-
settled and somewhat colder.
WEST TEXAS: Continued cold
£ in Panhandle and South Plains.
Colder east of (lie Pecos River
and Pecos Valley. Little change
in temperature elsewhere to-
night. Occasional snow in Pan-
handle ami South Plains this af-
0 ternoon and tonight.
Continued protection of live-
stock in South Plains. Panhan-
dle and cast of Pecos river. Fresh
to strong winds over the Pan-
handle.
The aerial offensive is
beginning to hint. To what
extent it. is hampering Ger-
many’s submarine campaign
on which she counted so
heavily, the British have no
wi.iy of knowing, hut. the
concentration of bombing
on submarine centers must
he having some effect.
The Germans arc reported to
have appealed to the Pope to
call for a hall in the bombing
of cities but if they did, it has
so far had no result. Now a
German spokesman is quoted as
making dark threats of repris-
als against England on a fright-
ful scale, mentioning “new wea-
pons.” Presumably lie meant
poison gas.
A naval venture is hot un-
likely. Stockholm reports that
Admiral Karl Doenitz, grand
commander, lias replaced ten
of liis admirals with younger
men who believe with Hitler
that the navy should go out and
fight, regardless of cost.
Chewing Gum Can't
Go In Soldier Kits,
War Chiefs Decree
Some time ago a commu-
nication was received by
Mrs. W. G. Davis advising
her to leave out of the new
allotment of l(JO kit bags all
chewing gum. The required
packages were on the store-
room shelves and Mrs. Davis
queried the St. Louis office
as to whether this ruling
would apply to already pur-
chased gum.
In answering the St.
Louis office stated that this
was a War Department ord-
er and no gum was to be
placed in the kits. The com-
pany would refund money
already 'paid in exchange for
gum. Mints, lifesavers or
hard candies may be sent
instead.
It seems that the wads of
gum on decks and divers
places, as well as discarded
papers floating in the wake
of the ships created a pro-
blem and a hazard.
Floating papers were
blamed in some sources for
giving the enemy a trail by
which they might follow or
place American ships.
By Aviation Cailrt • anierhury a hill.
Texas is more heavily repre- Sen I to subcommittees were
sented than any other state in bills to tax domino tallies; to
the new class of 4.3-H cadets at exempt water haulers from
Avenger Field. It is truly a state gasoline tax and requiring
versatile class with many men ; county and district attorneys to
from many different
hibition against counties mak-
ing lax collection contracts.
Opposing the delinquent tux
collection bill were County Jud-
REDS WIN 53
MORE TOWNS
BELOW RZHEV
LONDON, March 5—(UP)—Allied forces reported victories at
Doth ends of the Tunisian front today, British tanks and troops
hurling the German out of Sed Jenane in the north while the
French seized Midcs and pushed into Nefta in the south.
A Nazi unit forced its way into Sed Jenane, road junction 12
miles south of Cape Serrat, only to be driven out in brisk street
fighting. As the French troops pushed along the edge of the Chott
Djerid in lower Tunisia, the British Eighth Army probed at
the Mareth bine in preparation for a full-scale assault.
Allied planes pounded cease-,--~
Bv Henry Shapiro
MOSCOW, IVarch -r — (UP) —
Soviet tanks anc" infantry raced
through 03 more towns and
ges Gilbert Smith of Anson, R. on througn a,
M. r.eath of Henderson, S. J. villages south and southwest of
Caiilavet of Orange, and Coun-
ty Commissioner Tom Montgom-
ery of Shaipruck.
Azhev today, crushing all oppo-
sition In a fast-breaking drive
on tile big German bask: at Smo-
JSssffssassft1 «—»
a chiropractic board
from” the medical examining
lessly at Axis positions in Tun-
isia. Striking at the communi-
cation linos from the north tiiey
sank four ship.- and damaged
| others.
The Red army, capitalizing on
I the capture of Rzhev. was driv-
ing swiftly westward. The oc-
cupation of 03 more towns and
villages west and southwest of
the stronghold 130 miles north-
west of Moscow was reported,
along with gains in all key sec-
tors of the 900-mile front.
The Germans reported heavy
Weaver Springs
Dry By One Vole
Weaver Springs, lying ori
tiie easterly border of No-
lan county, votes its five eli-
gible citizens in every coun-
ty-wide election without
fail.
Last Saturday those five
polled 2 votes for the legal
sale of beer and three
against. Frank Demere, elec-
tion judge, said today.
board was ready for senate con-
sideration after final passage in
the house yesterday afternoon
by a vote of 62 ayes to 57 noes.
It had been engrossed by a mar-
gin of one vote in an earlier
house vote.
occupa-
tions as well as states.
There are cadets from the
midwest as well as a few from
both the Eastern seaboard and
the West coast.
This class could easily lie
a complete operating unit in
itself. Not only docs it eon-
Scc CADET CLASS Page 6
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Believe It Cr Not, Ye Sweetwater Folk,
Bui Woman Student Pilots Are In City
178 Suffocated
In British Air
Raid Tragedy
I;ONDON. Mareli 5—(UP)
Lack nf band rails may have
been partly to blame for the
suffocation of 173 persons on a
19-step stairway and the 20-
squurc-foot landing below lead-
ing to a London air raid shelter
Wednesday niglil during a Ger-
man air raid, preliminary re-
ports indicated today.
Soon after Horne Secretary-
Home Security Minister Her-
bert Morrison began hi.- inves-
tigation of the tragedy, work-
men began drilling holts in Hie
concrete step.- and landing for
erection of railings before the
shelter is used again.
distinct where on the offensive, pound-1 Soviet attacks in the area of
' ed forward on- key- sectors all i-staraya Russaf, key fcfrtress be-j
along a 900-mile stretch of the low Lake Ilmen, indicating that;
Soviet front from (Lake Ilmen, Marsha! Semyon Timoshenko i
to the northwest Cautcasur was hitting hard in that area.
Great, quantities of war ma-; _v__
terial and many prisoners were |
many prisoners were- captured j
captured.
“Many counter - attacks
repulsed with heavy losses
for the Germans,’’ thle bulle-
tin said. One unit vi as cre-
dited with advancing one to
six miles along a. broad
front in 12 hours.
The latest successes follow-
ed close on the heels of the cap-1
ture yesterday of Olei lino, along
with Manchalavo, eight miles j By United Press
west of Rzhev, and t.hertelino,! The freeze this week that
Now it can he told.
The big “military secret" that
all of Sweetwater and most of
Nolan county lias kept hurtling
in its breast for the last three , ......
weeks, was out today following I blighted
flic official release of the news
by Maj. Gen. Barton K. Yount,
commanding general of the Ar-
RAIN OR COLD
COMING BACK
THIS EVENING
MARTHUR
GOING BACK
TO BATAAN
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.,
March 5 — (UP) — Gen. Doug-
las MacArthur today promised
the citizens of New Mexico who-
se brothers, sons, husbands and
sweethearts fought on Bataan
that “If I live I shall return to
vittor. yarleux .town . save thua,”
my Air Forces Flying Training
Command, in Fort Worth.
The secret, oil yes, there are
women student pilots being
trained out at Avenger Field. Tn
fact they have been out there give the Russians a tremendous
I for about three weeks, but it J advantage in massing troops
removing the last Ge tea'll toe- - --------- i . s ,
hold" on a 300-mile sttretch of the Red river to below Austin, "I knew them well and loved
the Moseo-Riga railroad harried ranchers and stockmen them greatly,” the genera! said
The segment of tins' railroad, and left a trail of destruction in a letter to the Bataan relief
in i »-v Due. ion honfl-> Firm r txo _ '
German salient before Moscow I north and cemial Texas is com pines and wrest the islands
for a distance of 150 miles, and mg back tonight for a return awav. from the Japanese who
its restoration to service will| ermaeement. i took them a vear ago
was almost worth your life to
See WAFS Page 6
and supplies for blows at Smo-
lensk
‘Farming Must Go
* On Wartime Basis’
WASHINGTON.- March b
(UP)_The time lias come to con-
“vert agriculture to the same war
production basis as industry or
face hunger at home and un-
necessary casualties at the bat-
tiefront.
Talk about labor shortages,
* food riots and starvation must
be supplanted with action be-
cause too little lias been done
and it is getting late.
Those are the warnings in
a special report of nianpow-
• er being studied today by
the senate military affairs
connniitee.
Col. Lewis Sanders of the Se-
jf<$7e Ser&e B’di’wu
(lie report and raised the dan
ger signals before llte committee
while Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard was telling
another committee that there is
little prospect of American farm-
ers raising even as much food-
stuff in 1943 as in 1912.
Wickard admits that regard-
less of how much food is raised
this year it will not be enough
for all civilian, military and
it lid-lease demands.
Sanders believes Unit if the
United States uses its head as
well as its muscle, all food pro-
duction goals can lie met—and
with fewer farm workers than
Sixty persons rescued alive
from the fearful crush were
under treatment at huspi-
18 Is.. Among tiie survivors
was the middle-aged woman
who was tin- innocent cause
of (lie tragedy.
DR. ROBERT G. LEE. Mem
phis. Menu., Pastor Bellevue
Baptist * lunch, who delivers
the first of three messages
over Tiie Baptist Hour net-
work Sunday morning. Mar,
Till af 7:30 a. in. (CWT.)
Burdened with a baby and a
bundle,.she tripped and fell near
the foot of tiie stairway leading
to the subway, after tiie air rail!
alert had sounded. Her fall
tripped an elderly man behind
her.
“Those mining in from the
street," the home security min-
istry said, "could not see exact-
ly what Imd taken and contin-
ued tl*i press down tile steps so
that within a minute there were
hundreds of people crushed to-
gether and lying atop one anoth-
er covering the landing and low-
er steps.”
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New Dale Received
On Tractor Gas
hi 13iS.
Marshall 1’ior, chairman of
the ration board, received atldi-
tional information on gasoline
for tractor use. Tractors may be
issiud supplies of gasoline for
six months instead of the reg-
ular three-month period, lie has
been advised from Hie OPA
board.
Plot' also is urging all hold-
ers of B, C, and D mileage cuu
poll books to make application
for renewals from 15 to 30 days
prior to expiration. Forms may
he- secured at tire inspection
stations. Ail A holders must
have tires inspected by March
31. Pior stated.
Coupon 1 in A book expires
March 21 and the No. 5 coupon
will ho valid on March 22.
GUARDSMEN TO MEET
Members of Co. F, TDG will
hold regular meeting tonight at
7:80, Captain John Darnell said
Important Red
Cross Meeting
Tomorrow At 3
Pre-Aviation
Cadet System
Announced
Texas Chaplain
Ducked All But
One Bullet
WASHINGTON. March 5 —
WASHINGTON, March 5 —
(UP) — Armed with nothing
(UP)—The war department has! more than a Bible and a hymn
announced a new program of | book. Army Chaplain.- duck Jap-
pre-aviation cauet training in anese bullets and bombs on the
in -in effort to South Pacific front- just as corn-
air I bat
engagement.
The weather man says the ' More than 2.000 New Mexico
slight rise In temperature early national guardsmen Sought in
today will be short lived. (he losing Bataan campaign and
Livestock warnigns have been at least 340 have been reported
posted for the north portion of prisoners of the Japanese.
east Texas and for the south
plains, Panhandle region and
east of the Pecos river in West
Texas,.
A hard freeze with rain or
snow is predicted for the ex-
treme north portion of East Tex-
as. Rain is forecast for the soutii
portion.
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"Never does a day go by
that I do not pray that God
will give me strength to
redeem those who still sur-
vive.” said General MucArth-
ur's letter to Chairman V.
H. Spenley of the relief or-
gani/ution.
oldiers do, and they find
Biddle Requested
Allred Be Judge
training centers, and selection of I
tiie school to be used will de-!
pend upon negotiations between I
An important meeting of the I air 1 opcesentatives and
. , the various school officials.
Nolan County Red Cross chap I Tllose eligib]l, for pre-aviation |
ter at 3 tomorrow in tile Rotary 1 cadet college training under the
room at the USD will enable j program include the present
annual War Fund leaders to ’ backlog of air corps enlisted re-
draft final plans for putting the j serves; qualified 17-year-olds,
drive over the $12,IKK) quota. All j who would be called for active
city and county fund leaders, duty on reach the age of 18 1-2.
and all others interested in the qualified enlisted man. qualified
selected college.
speed up lhc t‘’aillIJJ8 "f ““ ja lieartv welcome from the sold-
crevv oflR-cM’s a lowe the peG ; on the figllting fronts as
rentage of failu os duimg f£lng ^ ^ jn anrf ou{ of fox h()l.
naming. d. f ‘ , es and trenches talking religion!
M-he department approved and about the folks back home. ! Francis Biddle told a senate j
iJcolSand“uMtM This Information w„* re- I diciarv subcommittee todav th
leased today by the war de
'More than a dozen Sweetwa-
ter area men were on the Ba-
taan Peninsula, along with
many from other cities of West
Texas.)
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WASHINGTON, March 5 —
(UP) — Attorney General
partmeiit in conjunction
with a report made by a
wounded Texas chaplain,
Lennie S. Dubberly. a Me-
thodist front Prosper (Col-
lins County), Texas.
liciary subcommittee today that
there is “no foundation whatev-
er" for the report that James
A’. Allred was nominated
Dies Strikes Back
Al ’Termite' Foes
WASHINGTON. March 5 —
(UP)—Chairman Martin Dies,
for _D-, Ti jw of the liuu-e .ccmiaiit-
the fifth U S. circuit court of ! ue on unAmerican activities last
, night denounced what he termed
appeals m President Roosevelt a well-organized campaign of
drive are asked to attend the |
session by Dr. A. Braun, county !
chapter chairman.
More voluntary donations I
have been turned into the drive
leaders. Clayton Williams for;
the city and Carl Anderson for i
tiie county: with prospect.
bright for raising tile quota.
Reports of tiie drive leaders
tomorrow are expected to give
bearing oil progress in both city
and county, before the inten-
sive canvass scheduled for next
week.
See AVIATION Page 2
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Cooper Purchases
Large Farm Tract
West Of Roscoe
a well-organized campaigr
, , , because of a political “promise abu-e, misrepresentation and
Chaplain Dubberly. who bare- .^j,, threats . . to create hatred,
against me and the committee.
lv mentioned the wound he re-
ceived in action on the Buna
Biddle said Allred, who resig
. , , , , . , He said in a (CBS) radio ad-
front in New Guinea, said the , ned as a l . S. district judge j that “ideological termites'*
men on the battle lines are ]as( year to oppose Sen W. Lee i resent the committee’s "thorough
much more religious than might o’Daniel m in, Texas senator- mid fearless job” in disclosing
be supposed. ''They've told me ^ '" 11' ' ' un^merican activities and now
they pray very often, lie add- . ^ ' , ’ have resorted to “scurrilous” at-
ed. "especialy In tiie thick of; his (Biddles) leeommendation. fat.gs (0 “undermine the founda-
Legion To Attend
Local Sweetwater
Episcopal Church
Arrangement- are being com-
pleted for attendance of veter-
ans in McDonald Post. 109. Am-
erican Legion, in a body at St.
Stephen's Episcopal church, 506
Locust street. March it.
The pastor, H. H. Black, also
is pastor of a church in Colora-
do City; and lias been a fre-
quent speaker at Legion meet-
ing hero and throughout tiie
state, as departmental chaplain
for Ti.*~
the fight." “All things considered. 1 fell Con of Democracy” and turn citi-
A Jap bullet found its mark him to be the best man avail zens of foreign stock and ra-
j on tiie chaplain in fighting the able for the appointment,” Bid cial minority igainst the com-
| day after Christmas but Dub j die said. ; mittee.
j berly says “I’m more proud I---——— --—-------————--—-
In a deal consummated Wed j than ever that I’m a chaplain in 1
liesday, J. B. Cooper, promin- | the United States array.”
ent Roscoe stock farmer became
owner of 1,183.88 acres of farm
land west of Roscoe. The consid-
eration was $16,608.
The land purchased from J
M. Stripling was located: 267.8
acres and 43.24 acres in the S.
half sec. 32 in blk. 23 of T and
P survey; and 233.56 acres of N.
half of sec. 41 in blk. 23 of 1.
and P Survey.
\nother deed filed Wednes-
day with L. W. Scott, county
clerk, of considerable acreage
was that of Tom G. Edwards to
C. L. Knierim, the south half
section 203 in blk 64 of the H.
and T. C. survey. No considera-
tion was given.
C. EX Sims sold to Charles T.
EYy for $200 part of lot 2 and
3 in block 31 of the Eastern ad-
Weeping Greer Garson Crowned Queen
Of Actresses For 'Mrs. Miniver' Role
Signing Champion
4nc/ Moryneol Men , hqllyWOOD, March 5—(UP) ' table in the Ambassador's hotel's
In Farm Program I—A weeping Greer Garson, tri- Cocoanut Grove.
Eiglitv farmers of the Divide umphant on her fourth try. The film itself was judged
communitv signed farm mobili walked off early today w ith the best of 1942 William Wyler, now
iauon sheets Thursday on the motion picture academy’s imita with the American Air Force in
1943 war crop plan and inven- tion-gold statuette symbolic of Europe, received the prize for
tones of manpower were made her rise to first place among Hoi directing it, while Teresa
by Demp Kearney, county ad- lywood’s movie actresses. Wright, who played in support
ministrative officer of the Triple ! “I feel—yes. I feel just like of Miss Garson. took the best
A and his office person, assist Alice In Wonderland.” sobbed secondary actress plum. The
ed by community committee- the red-haired Irish star as last photographer and the writers
men.' | year’s academy winner. Joan oi “Mrs. Miniver” also won
Kearney and staff, assisted by I Fontaine, handed her the covet awards.
C L. McLeod. J. H. T. Johnson _-d statuette, made this year of Only non-Miniver prize win-
Robert L. Bankhead and Otho I Mastic and painted gold-colored nets among the top-notchers
Hartgraves, today are in Mary- Miss Garson won the prize were James Cagney, named best
neal and Champion signing war while 1300 movie makers hump- actor for his work in “Yankee
sheets. ?d elbows in their applause for Doodle Dandy.” and Van Heflin,
The final registration of farm her role in "Mrs. Miniver,” a who got the statue as best sup-
dition and $1,800 part of lot 2 j ers will be held Monday ail day picture which won most of the porting actor for his role in
"z, tiie 1 ut tin, Iriole .X cilice. jOt.ie.* v --—, - ..—---j s-»i Lie J-..
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