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'Qrand Champion Calf Brings $367
•Roscoe Boy Paid
$367 By Bank And
•Cotton Oil Firm
Barton’s Top Lamb and
Simpson Barrow Get
• Good Prices
Oscar Hackfeld’s grand cham-
pion calf was sold for 35 cents
a pound Tuesday afternoon at
• the auction that brought to a
close the annual Boys’ Midwest
Livestock show.
Hackfeld, Roscoe, received
$367.50 for the 1050-pouud grants
a champion Hereford steer, best in
• the show. Purchase was jointly
by the Texas Bank and Trust
Co. and the Sweetwater Cotton
Oil Co.
The grand champion lamb,
£ shown by Elton Barton of Di-
w vide, sold for 30 cents per pound
and was purchased by Levy Bro-
thers.
See ROSCOE BOY Page 0
“Unity In ’The Community”
‘Election Of 10
School Trustees
r Coming April 4
Wednesday was the last day
on which candidates could file
petitions with the county judge
^ for district school trusteeships.
• Ten places in Nix districts are
open for the election to be held
April I, although in most cases
present candidates are up for re-
election. In the other seven dis-
£ tricts elections will not he held,
™ but encumbents will hold their
places for the next term. ’
A. .1. Hunter, precinct No. 1,
A. H. McElmurray, precinct No.
2, and J. T. Harmon, precinct
_ No. -1. have filed for county
• trustees. The trustee for precinct
No. 3. have filed for county trus-
tees. The trustee for precinct
No. 3 and the trustee at large
are not up for re-election this
_ year.
• ' W. D. Foust is unopposed for
trusteeship of Bittercreek dis-
trict No. 1.
R. O. Holland and D. Rotan
Sweetwater Reporter
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1942
NUMBER 223
Japan’s Forces On Wake And Marcus
Islands Crushed By American Bombs
Malta Holding
I r>
Despite Heavy
Revival Of Civic
Spirit Noted In
‘Unity’ Campaign
Merchants Putting On
Best ‘Bib and Tucker’
At Stores Tomorrow
Sweetwater was experiencing
a revival of community spirit
this week following on the hubs
of the announcement by many
civic leaders that “Unity in the
Community’' was tne founda-
tion of any city’s growth and
prt tgress.
The concrete evidence of what
unity of purpose among the
various merchants and business-
men of the community means
will he seen in Thursday’s is-
sue of the Sweetwater Reporter.
The stores are putting on their
best bih and tucker and adver-
tising to the people of this trad/
area, the choicest of their wares.
“By most of the merchants
cooperating, we hope to
show our friends and neigh-
bors, that Sweetwater stores
are second to none in their
ability to serve witli either
goods or value,” said a mem-
ber of the committee, ar-
ranging the city-wide mer-
chandising demonstration.
By Joe ,fames Cuter
Copyright, 1942, By United Press
ABOARD A U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE PACIFIC,
March -1—(Delayed)—(UP)—The United States Navy knocked at
Japan’s front door today when planes from this aircraft carrier
dumped 12 ton-- of high explosives on installations at Marcus
Island, 000 miles southeast of Tokyo.
Eight days previously, it now can be revealed, a l' 8. naval
force delivered a crushing blow at installations on Wake Island,
which ihe Japanese had captured from heroic American Marine !
defenders.
Naval authorities believed the two raids shattered, for some i
time at least, links in Japan's chain of fortified island bases ex-
tending southeasterly from Tokyo to the Marshall islands. Nip-
pon’s eastern outposts.
Today’s raid gave Tokyo and Yokohama their first taste
of blackout jitters and was expected to divert a portion of
Japanese material and manpower from other \ ital areas in
Ihe Southwest Pacific.
American losses were one plane in each attack.
A hard-hitting combination of cruisers, destroyers and bomb-
Warships And Bombers Deal
Heavy Losses While Chinese
Hold Enemy In Fierce Battle
Axis Bombing
r
Blocks Hitler Ships
Taking Supplies To
Marshal Rommel
By Joe Alex Morris
United Press Foreign Editor
American warships have dump-
ed high explosives on Japanese
island bases only 1,000 miles
from Tokyo in preparation for
an eventual United Nations of-
fensive in the Southwest Pacific.
Two naval blows by United
States forces and a furious bat-
tle between Chinese and Japa-
nese in central Burma were dis-
closed today in allied communi-
quies.
A British communique at New!
Delhi disclosed also that the i
Japanese had occupied the And-\
! daman islands, ISO miles south of j
Burma in the Bay of Bengal and
on the approaches of India. The
islands had not been defendable
since the fall of Malaya and
British troops and civilians had ;
been evacuated.
The American navy in surprise
attacks on Japan’s Marcus Is-!
land and on Japanese-occupied
Wake Island smashed enemy ;
installations, sank two patrol
boats and knocked out three
large seaplanes.
The attacks were by "task”
units of the United States fleet
which obviously hoped for an
Japanese war-
‘Tap-Tap* Inside
Ship Saves 32
By Frank Tremaine
HONOLULU. March 25—
(UP)—A navy launch was
passing the capsized hulk of
the battleship Oklahoma in
Pearl Harbor Dec. 7 when
some aboard heard a "tap . .
tap . . tap" coining from
inside.
The launch raced back to
the navy yard through the
shrapnel that was hailing
down from the sky.
A cutting crew of navy
yard civilian workers, un-
der an ensign, climbed into
the hull anri started a 38-
See SAVES 32 Page f>
TODAY'S
WAR
-MOVES
Robert Lee Dam
May Mean Town
Will Be Moved
VALETTA. Malta. March 25.
(UP)—This rocky island, is up-1 encounter with
setting Hitler’s timetable for the, ships.
Axis African campaign. ; On the ................... .....
Malta, onjv 58 miles from Si-1'he Japanese were pushing ll,,ivj.li..„ r,„,
cily. is virtually astride the i northward through the Toungoo; h1 |( l” lru
Axis "life line" from Italv to area toward Mandalay and were t tional dam site-, near
Africa. So long as it stands as an j engaged in a heavy battle with j wottd necessitate the moving of j correctlv
Burma battle front.
ROBERT LEE — iGpl.i —
Plans fv, a Slo.Vld.TST soil
erosion and irrigation control
(Keg. U. S. Pat. Office)
By Louis F. Keemle
Of the United War Desk
The tone of Japanese utter-
ances has changed sharply from,
the boastful confidence of the
earlier days of thp war, when
Japan was sweeping down on
Singapore anti the Dutch East
Indies with spectacular success.
Then it was asserted that Jap-
an would dictate the terms o£
peace in the White House.
A curious note of caution is
discernible in the remarks of the
Japanese navy's spokesman,
Oapt. Hideo Hiraide, written in
the ultra-nationalist newspaper
Yomiuri and broadcast by the
German radio. Also rm the Ger-
man radio was heard a broad-
cast hv a Japanese journalist,
who suggested that Japan’s ob-
jectives oi conquest had been
“approximately attained.” His
implication seemed to be that
J i n should consolidate her
gains and not attempt to go fur-
op- the:'.
here Hiraide. if his remarks were
early Tuesday morning, Feb. 24 (Feh. 23 on the U. S side of the m,V\ work from here Thou- After suffering losses at the Ca-ted seven and half miles west, an(l outlying *
! sands of tons of Axis material I hands of the Chinese-who had j of lhe city. from^lrtraft^Carriers! prelum-
destined for North Africa, have. no an support—south of I oun-: Should Robert Lee. a Coke , , ,________,......
’s en sunk. Thousands of enemy
tops have been lost.
We fully realize.” said
other merchant, “that in
an-
the
have filed for Ihe two places | vve may have fallen into
open in Divide, district 5. ! ,|le habit of 'taking our friends
R. D. Nabei's and L. H. Mont- ancj customers for granted. That
gomery, encumbents, are oppos- most certainly hasn’t been our
ed for places in Blackwell. riis- intention. That is why we are
trict 0, by Elmer Turner anti, s|lons0ring this revival of com-
A. D. Noble • 1 n
In Hylton, district 7, John
Hipp and S. .1. Doggett, asking
re-election, tire opposed by W. F.
Kinsey and Clarence Hamilton.
E. M. Bruce and John Bar-
rett are up for re-election in
Highland, district No. 8.
In Ada, district 11. J- C. Strn-
man, encumbent, is opposed by
A. H. Hutchins. ‘
E N. Cummings and II. I-■
dateline).
In addition to levelling Japanese military installations, the
U. S. forces destroyed three big four-engine seaplane bomber'
sank three naval auxiliary vessels, and captured a few prison
At Marcus island the following Japanese installation/ _,t. i
destroyed or damaged: Airfield and accessory establishments, han-!
gars, fuel depot, gasoline storage, oil tanks, water tower, machine I
shops, military barracks, settlement on-south shore, radio station. '
antiaircraft and'shore batteries of light and heavy machine guns.
Wake island was converted into a “no-man’s land” of the mid
Pacific and marked a thousand-mile advance of the American
frontier to the west. Destruction of its military establishments
removed, at least temporarily, a spearhead for direct Japanese ;
aerial action against Midway or even Hawaii
“Our colors once again have flown over this island, rich
in traditions of liberty through the gallant stand of that
hardy hand oi .Marines who defended it early in the war," a
high-ranking navy officer said. “And they shall return again
and again, if necessary. We have given the Japanese good
cause to remember Wake and I’earl Harbor, and we shall
remind them again, many times."
Both raids found Japanese forces, on partial alert.
See JAPANESE FORCES Page (i
Day by day the fight to
hold this rocky base goes on.
Tills week a great British
onvoy fought through to
. alette. Twice Italian naval
units attacked. The second
time one of Italy's few battle-
ships was hit by a British
torpedo. Only oi>|(' British
merchantman was lost and
the Axis failed again to pre-
vent delivery of important
supplies.
Since Dec. 10, the luftwaffe |
has lost 74 planes, including 431
bombers, over Malta. Thirty
have been hit so badly they pro-j
bably never got home, and at i
least 05 more have been dam-1
aged.
goo, the Japanese by-passed the I colmty town. be in the path of
town and captured an airdrome ^ qqo residents would . pH m the mutes Uues out,
to the north, where they were j h t h„ NTavor ,>eP. gained in tne mute uoe.. uui.
counter-attacked by the Chinese !
under command of Gen. Joseph
StTheUeounter-attack was at j vmaenvay tor more man t wo H(, ,hl.. w-mp/uv ,
,jr ,r;;r sl™ ss- o ’"rw -J
stronger Japanese drives were
in progress from the south and
ticularly significant because he
Work anri surveys have been cite,| transportation difficulties,
underway for more than uvo H,, wittingly pr uuwitting-
appreheti-
tours and examination of soil. ijon ove)- heavy damage already
Field forces completed their : c|one p\ United Nation- subma-
uie‘'communique said ThTsitua-! findings early this year. I fines and bomber- to Japanese
tinn was "serious “ R- M. Simmons, general man- .hipping.
tion was -enou... ager Qf ^ SwT>etwatp]. Cottnn -i, ,lit> |„ The Community-
Oil Co. is a director of the Up- j
per Colorado River authority. I •!—.-]nPfCm l.UtS
the hotly appointed by the gov L.IIHI1H1 lv.
ernor to study water conserve- ' > *
tion on this river. Simmons re- It rvfH r lilllt lOH
cently attended a meeting <>f 1 1,1 '* *
the group held in Austin. DETROIT. March 25—(UP) —
It wa- said in Washington Charles A. Lindbergh has been
that Commissioner John C. Page 1 employed by the Ford Motor
The main United Nations
strength for counter-blows
still was being centered in
Australia, where Prime Min-
ister John Curtin to!# par-
liament that "swift and reso-
lute action” would bp taken'
under the supreme command
of Gen. Douglas Mae Arthur.
Australia and India must be
of course, and casualties,
See MALTA Page 4
mtinitv spirit. We think that a
good place to start “Unity in
the Community” is with the)
merchants.” “There arc many |
things that can be accomplished j
for the good of Sweetwater col-,
lectively that cannot be done j
through individual effort " an-j
other said in conclusion. WASHINGTON, March 25 —.—-- * -----------—
So beginning Friday. ‘ new ,vPi—Japan's big army in tile * - . 1 i I IT* 1VT tpr
sairrrr'-rsx Mac-Vrtlmr Anti His New AM
There has been damage here," held at all costs, Curtin empha- included the West Texas pro- company in the engineering de-
hut
More Japs Sent To Bataan
-......... ...... the surround uulli
*Rayburn are seeking 1 '■ " community. Petty different' well as "new tvpe" bombers, the
in -Blackand.
• Districts not to hold elections
this year are Cottonwood, Plum
Creek, Weaver Springs, Brown-
fee, White Flat and Stamper.
“Unity In The Community"
• Hu"e Salaries
Paid Ordnance
• Firm Officials
WASHINGTON. March 25 —
(UP)—Executives of 15 naval
ordnance construction concerns
received salaries during the first
^ years of the defense program
that were as much as 1.331 per
cent higher than earnings in
1934, the house naval affairs
committee was told today.
Chief Counsel Edmund H. To-
m land advised the committee to-
day that his staff had completed
a survey of salary rises of ord-
nance contractors who had sup-
plied information in response to
questionnaires. But. he added,
a many companies either made no
™ attempt to give the information
requested or failed to state if
bonuses were na id to exrc"*ii-«s.
“Unity In The Community”
• Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Tempera-1
tures: High yesterday, 77: low !
todav, 59: at 1:30 p. m. today, 70
Continued cloudy, very much j
£ unsettled, high winds, and pos-
sible showers.
WEST TEXAS—Colder thi
afternoon, considerably colder j
tonight, windy.
• EAST TEXAS—Showers and 1
thunderstorms this afternoon
and in East portion tonight: cool-
er west portion tonight except
considerably colder extreme
northwest portion; fresh to
9 strong winds.
es will lie set aside and all oner VVar department reported today
gies will lie devoted to extend- ils t|u, .lapfncse continued ovi-
ing the influence of Sweet\\at ()eni preparation for a big of-
er as ono of the loading trading fgpsivo.
Mil
centers of West Texas.
“|r nfty In The Com mu ait
AVG Destroys 40
Planes, Aee Killed
CHUNGKING, March 25
— (UP)—The wreckage of
at least 40 aircraft littered
the Thai air)tort of Chieng-
ma today, warning the
.IF panose that America’s
volunteer pilots, the "frying
Tigers” of the Orient, will
match any bid for command
of Burma’s skies.
Attacking suddenly and
without warning, the Am-
erican flirts dropped from
•the skits at dawn Tuesday
and riddled grounded ene-
nv> planes and personnel.
It was the American
Volunteer group’s reply to
Japan's new aerial offen
sive over south centiul Bur-
ma. but. the attack proved
costly.
The- lone American cas-
ualty was Squadron Lead-
er .lack Newkirk of Srars-
dalc. N. V., whose daring
won citations from Brilain
,ind China. He had destroy-
ed 25 Japanese planes, and
was one rt t'oi. Claire Chcn-
■u i it it's flying slurs.
New kirk - plane apparent-
l was hit by a stray hul-
lo: from Japanese ground
defeq-es and crashed near
the Chiengmai airdrome.
In their first dive the Am-
ericans set fire to seven
Japanese planes, probably
killing their pilots. Later 33
others were machine gunn-
ed.
The department’s communi-1
que said (hat squadrons of Nip-
ponese bombers blasted at U.
S. forts in Manila Bay and
on tlte Bataan peninsula battle
lines for the second consecutive
day. Enemy ground activity also
was maintained.
The "continued enemy ground
activity in Bataan indicates the
| arrival of Japanese reinforce-
1 ments," the communique said.
| Twenty-seven enemy bombers
and a few smaller planes car-
ried out the latest attacks against
. the American fortifications in
Manila Bay, presumably includ-
ing heavliy-assaulted Corregidor
fortress, as well as the Bataan
! front lines and rear-line instal-
lations.
Tlie latest attack followed a
large-scale aerial assault on Cor-
i regidor and the Bataan lines
: yesterday by 54 Japanese bomb-
ers of a type never seen on any
other warfront, three of which
were shot down.
The Japanese commander-
in-ehief in the Philippines,
Lieut. Gen. Tnmoyuki Varan-
sliita, already is reported to
have about 21)11,(ton troops
against Gen. Jonathan .M.
Wain weight's Amet iean-Fili-
pino army of around 2t(,otM).
Today ’s communique reported i
“successful local skirmishes," i
| presumably in the nature of
guerilla attacks by Amerioan-
Filipino detachments near Di- i
gos on the island of Mindanao,
! southernmost of tlte Philippine
j islands.
Military experts, regarding
the Japanese land and air at-
j tacks as the start of Yamashita’s
long-anticipated big offensive,
| said the Japanese apparently
j were striking to crush Wain-
wright’s forces before the start
I of the rainy season next month
sized, predicting an axis attempt ject. in a .roster of irrigation a*id parrment or it.- giant Willow
to knock Russia out of the war j multi-purpose projects for which Run Bomber plant. Ford person-
have been
this summer.
Dispatches from the fighting
front showed:
LONDON — Prime Minister
Churchill disclosed that British
naval squadron damaged and
routed Italian squadron of six
cruisers, a flotilla of destroyers
and a battleship in protecting
convoy’ to Malta.
"Unity In The Community"
H. Bennet
investigations have been com- nel director Harry
pitted. announced today.
Rep. Charles South of Cole- "Unity In The Community
man. brother of Mrs. O. P. May
of Sweetwater, sponsor of the
project, said the contemplated
construction of a Colorado Riv-
er reservoir, probably would he
a long range, post-war construc-
tion program.
Unity In The Community"
Nolan Tire Quota {\]ot-e Magazines
Mav Be Increased For Camp Needed
While Nolan county has not
vet received its quota of tires |
to he sold under the rationing j
program in April, a wire dis-
patch from Washington indicat-
ed Wednesday the total may be
above that of the March quota, i
Approximately 470,000 recap-1
ped tires for passenger cars and
motorcycles may he allocated for
distribution and truck tire quo-
tas have been raised. These tir|s.
however, are eligible only in cer-
tain classifications.
A hrgo quantity "f mag-
azines hax’e been contribu-
ted by Sweetwater people
through the Reporter for
soldiers at Camp Rarkeley
and still more can i>e used.
The newspaper has been
collecting the reading ma-
terial for the boys. and
thanks all who have con-
tributed so far. Call 678 if
you have available magaz-
ines.
TO SPEAK IN ABILENE
ABILENE. Tex.. March 25 —
(VP i—Gov. Coke R. Stevenson
will have a busier-than-usual
dav June 1
Dr W R White, president
of Hardin-Simmons university,
ann tim ed today that the state’s
chief executive will address
commencement exercises here
the morning of June 1. That
night he will be in Lubbock to
addr. ess the graduating class at.
Tt xas Technological college.
“Unity In The Community”
M \4 GROW HEMP
AUSTIN Tex.. March 25 —
i VP (—The Texas attorney gen-
eral' department has ruled
that hemp, from which the nar-
cotic marijuana is derived, may
be go wr in Texas if strictly
regulated under license from
the state department of public
safet v.
Hundreds Endorse
‘All-Out’ Petitions
Several hundred serious-min-, petition, cid one observer: Thi-
,Jh1 Sweewtbter cAtizenp held i is , crusade that is swooping
igned the petitions decently
placed in se\-eral downtown lo-
cations by the Oscar McDonald
post of the American Legion,
according to ’a checkup this
morning. The petition which
has a preamble aimed at the I -
mitations imposed by the forty
hour week in war industries,
will lie ciidilated a few days
longer and then copies will be
the count.: y and Sweewater
should have a part in it."
Some merchants, reported spo-
(.1151. FOR GENERAL
HOUSEWORK LOI AT ED
I'll 1501 i.H ( 1.ASSIITEB AP
\ local Sweetwater lady
placed an ad in the Report-
er tor three day- advertis-
ing i"i a girl to help with
the housework and care for
bn small child. She didn’t,
want to lie bothered with
the phone ringing every
minute and therefore had
all replies 'en to a box at
’he Reporte: Many calls
< ame to the Reporter the
radic efforts apparently on
the
first din-
the ad wa' insert-
pan of some misinformed mem
ed and
many replies are
hers of labor unions, to try
and
now a\Vc
iting the advertiser.
-ut the “heat" on them
for
______
navins a petition in their pi:
Wanted
Gli t help keep
of business
house
and care for child.
"It is regrettable that t
hey
Box Of
10. Cere of Sweet-
should take this point of vi
ew.
water
Reporter.
said one merchant, "and i>
an
—------——-
indication of the ver\ -pirit
the
If you
xvant to advertise
On. Douglas Mac Arthur (center) No. I United Nations hero,
rpcrivvs thr plaudit- of in admiring throng "somewhere in
Australia" where hr now directs the Pacific steal 'gy against
the Japanese, in the lower picture, one of the first radio-
photos sent dirt-el from .Melbourne to the Unit -d States, a
eoliiniii of AEE troops marches through a city street attraot-
ing the elose attention of the Australian couple in the fore-
ground. (NKA Radiophoto).
Tom Connally and W
O'Daniel and congressman
Russell.
Many expressions of approval
were hoard of the Legion's ef-
forts in the behalf of patriotic
i w’nr effoi t. from those who sig-
ned tjhe petition. "We hove .explained the pun -e of He t.
: been waiting for the American tition. he found agreement with
'Legion or some other civic or-1 its purposes and 'hi- union
i ganization. to foster such a member signed it him-elf
Lee
Sam petition is aimed at. I for
refuse to he intimidated
this un American manner
stand, that 1 am convince
my own mind, is right
Another -aid that when
for
ffin
car or help and
repiie- to come
at the Rp|Wter
drd Fits and
ad You ran pay
when von pick
Cl. \ SSI FI ED DEPT.
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