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Timpson Daily Times
VOLUME 43
TIMPSON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1944
NO. 47
SBJIINHZIS HUPTED
BTII. 5. MO FRENCH
TROOPS III RDM
HSEES POCKET
Paris, Nov. 23. (UP)—
tightened a pincers on an esti-
American and French forces
mated 50,000 Germans trap-
ped between the Upper Rhine
and the Vohges today and
threatened the border fortress
of Strasbourg at the north end
of the fast shrinking pocket.
Mobile units of the United
States Third and Seventh Ar-
mies joined in the Sarrebourg
area, sealing another four-mile
pocket and enveloping an un-
determined number of Nasi
laggards in the flight from
northeastern France.
The trihammer blows of Lt-
Gen. Jacob L. Dovers’ Sixth
Army group and Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton’s Third Army
had caved in the entire Ger-
man front angling across
France, and Supreme Head-
quarters reports said about one
tenth of all the enemy’s fight-
ing strength on the western
front was trapped between the
U. S. Seventh and 'French First
Annies south of Strasbourg.
The trap was sprung on
the mauled German 19th ■>~ny
when Lt. Gen. Alexand- M.
Patseh’s shock troops crashed
through the Saveme Pass in
the Vosges and raced down
.-the eastern slopes toward
Strasbourg directly threatened
by the Allied landslide to-
wards the Upper Rhine. ’
Tattered remnants of the
Nazi 19th Army were strung
out in disorderly flight through
the valley as much as 7S miles
to the south, where holdout
units fought a lost case in Bel-
fort despite the fact that they
already were ieft far behind
by Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tas-
sign y’s units spearing to the
gates of Colmar.
To the northwest, the Sev-
enth and Third Armies welded
their flanks firmly with the
junction in the region of cap-
tured Sarrebourg, cutting off
more German units who were
too slow to escape the flood
tide of Allied striking power.
Patton’s Third Army center
surged forward two and half
mile, reaching St. Jean Rdhr-
bach, 15 miles southwest of
Saarbrucken. His left fing
hammered out another mile
advance over German soil to
Kesslingen, four miles beyond
the border in the corner of the
Reich adjacent to Luxem-
bourg.
Three other Allied armies—
the American First and Ninth
and the British Second—were
grinding down the German de-
fense system-west of Cologne
in a concerted onslaught com-
pared in front dispatches with
the heaviest fighting in the
first World War.
MKtilGMIS lUf GOUTROL
OF BRIDGE
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LI DESTMIED
Allied Headquarters, Philip-
pines, Nov. 24. (UP)—Troops
of the 32nd U. S. infantry divi-
sion, threatening to roll up the
entire Yamashita line guard-
ing Japanese holdings in
northwestern Leyte, have cap-
tured Limon and rolled 800
yards beyond to the Leyte riv-
er, inflicting terrific losses on
veteran Japanese troops, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur announc-
ed today.
MacArthur’s communique
said that the veteran Japanese
First division had been “prac-
tically destroyed” by the
weight of the American gun-
fire and superior infantry fire-
power which has kept ham-
mering the Japanese through
days of tropical rainfall. A
headquarters spokesman did > 9,347 missing and
not elaborate on the “terrific oners of war.
losses” which MacArthur’s
communique said had been in-
flicted upon the enemy, nor did
he provide information on the
fate of an estimated 3,500 Ja-
panese trapped in the Limon
The Americans now control
bridge toward Ormoc—19
Try a cup of cofie* at Shop’s
Eat-A-Bite and you’ll coi
hack for another.
COMBAT
CASUALTIES
NOW TOTAL
528,795
Retains Fr
* Washington, Nov. 23. (LT;
—U. S. combat casualties o''
World War II now total 628,-
795, including 117,453 deed.
Army and Navy casualty im-
ports revealed today.
Secretary of War Henry L.!
Stimson announced that Amyl
casualties through No. 7 total-j
ed 454,180, including 88,245
killed, 254.283 wounded, 56,-
442 missing and 55,210 prison-
ers.
Navy. Marine and Coast
Guard casualties through Nov.
22 total 74,616 including 29,-
208 killed, 31,574 wounded,
4,486 pria-
Oveneas War Loan Quota $112,545;
- Committees Announced, Start Drive
in Timpson, Monday, Nov. 27
in Timpson. He is a graduate
of Timpson High School, after
which he spent one year in Lot
Angeles, Calif. Diesel Engi-
neering school, and from there
he entered the Houston ship
yard as an electric welder
where he spent his time prior
' to joining the U. S. Merchant
Marines.
SWEET POTATOES
WANTED
Will be in die market for
Sweet Potatoes for two
weeks. Mike Victory.
PLATE LUNCH 50c.
SENATE CAFE.
miles beyond advanced Ameri-
can units—over the Leyte riv-
er, one of the natural defenses
in their path, the. spokesman
said. •
~ Limon was the northern an-
chor of the Yamachita line,
nnd the bulk of enemy casual-
ties have been suffered in an
effort to hold it After taking
the town, American forces
drove at least 800 yards south.
Other elements on the Ormoc
road made overall advances of
about 1,000. yards, a spokes-
man said.
While the Americans pre-
pared there to continue their
smash southwards through the
corridor to Ormoc, troops in
rear areas were-cleaning out
scattered Japanese parties
near Pinamopoan and Capoo-
can, northeast and east of Li-
mon respectively, along the
shores of Carigara bay.
Reviewing the operations
which have led up to the cap-
ture of Limon and the break-
through of the mountainous
portions of the Yamashita line,
not a continuous line but a
staggered series of defenses,
MacArthur said the enemy
“had attempted to mount a
large-scale counter-offensive
and failed. He has been com-
pelled by our aggressive tac-
tics to a piecemeal and ineffec-
tual commitment of his forces.
“Attrition through purely
local fighting threw him on the
defensive. He has now lost a
critical defensive line in the
mountainous defile, with open,
rolling terrain further south in
the Ormoc corridor. The whole
Yamachita line is in danger of
being rolled up.”
A succession of ridges, easier
than the mountainous terrain i
they bad been fighting through
now confronted the American
troops at the northern end of
the Ormoc corridor, but H was
noted that the terrain on eith-
er side of the road to Ormoc is
swampy and offers a potential
block to rapid progress.
Meanwhile, the Japanese
troops on Leyte’s West coast
continued their lefforts to land
despite the aetivit yof Ameri-
can air and light naval units. I
Stimson reported that 120,-
887 of the Army wounded had
returned to duty.
The overall Army figure of
454,180 was an increase of
16,824 casualties in all classifi-
cations in a ten day period.
Stimson reported two week§
ago that Army casualties
through Oct. 28 totaled 437,-
356.
! Christmas Packages For
i Soldiers in Hospitals
j T. L. Brown, commander of
! the local post of the American
Oneil Humphries Legion, announces that Christ-
Oneil Humphries, son of Mr. mas packages will be received
and Mrs. Tom Humphries of for distribution to members of
Beaumont, arrived home No- our armed forces who have
vember 11th, from overseas to been returned to U. S. hospi-
enjoy a 30-day furlough after tals. Willie Barnes, Noble
which he will return to hi9 Amos and Rex Brinson were
post. Oneil joined the Mer- named on the committee,
chant Marines in 1943, and Packages must be in hand not
sailed December 24, 1943. He later than Dec. 22, Mr. Brown
reports some interesting visits states.
to points in England, Belfast, —'•-
Manchester, South Hampton, In Time For Cake
Scotland, Liverpool and the Leetonia, O. (UP)—Just as
beachhead of Normandy, Mrs. John Kiliany was icing a
France. He stated he did not
shave from the time he left
the states until he arrived in
Beaumont November 11th.
(The above picture was made
daring that time.)
Oneil was born and reared
cake to celebrate the 21st
birthday of her sailor son, Jos-
eph Kiliany, who was over-
seas, in walked Joseph through
his ship had docked at an At-
lantic port .the previous day.
In response to call of E. H.
Hebert, chairman for this com-
missioners precinct, a commit-
tee meeting was held Wednes-
day afternoon in Timpson to
make plana for bond sales in
the Sixth War Loan. Mr.
Hebert announced that the
quota for this precinct is $112,-
546, maturity value.
It waa decided to begin the
bond drive in this school dis-
trict, Monday, Nor. 27, to con-
tinue through Wednesday—by
which time it is the purpose of
workers to bavs given every-
one in the district an opportu-
nity to purchase boada in the
present drive. Committees in
the adjoining communities will
make plans and set the time
for their respective appeals
The quota for Timpson In-
dependent School District has
been aet at $90,000; the re-
mainder of the precinct quota
has bean assigned to communi-
ties in this precinct.
Contact ' committees for
Timpson:
Large . contributors— Mack
Taylor, J. D. Hairston, E. H.
Hebert H. L. Rogers, chair-
man.
Timpson, north—Mack Tay-
the kitchen door, explaining lor, Mrs. Mack Tayior, Rev. P.
Back up the Boys! buy another bond
IN THE 6th WAR LOAN)
It’s not ovor, over there not fay a long sheet
Uncle Sam can count on the fitting men to keep an fixating—and ha mute ha able In count
oa yon to hoe, on bmckint thorn, by buying extra War Bonds in the Sixth War Loan
Drive, now oo.
SEE WHAT Till E1TIA $1M Mil WILL M:
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It will prtrido • asst •
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It will dwv ov ijhtiM mm that ym era wi
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A*E YOU?
WAS—
Tlf HTTII RUT 5TITMIII
Texas
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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I. Burns,: J. W. Kristen sen D.
A-.McClung, Roy Dent; Mrs.
Ira Jackson, chairman; Robin
Hooper, co-chairman.
Timpsorv. south—Mrs. 8. R. .L J
PermenUi , Mrs. W.-C. Crump," !
Mrs. Troy Whiteside, Mrs. H. 1
C. McDaniel, S. T. Smith, j
Rushing Manning; E. E.
Phelps chairman; Ed Taylor, !
co-chairman.
Rural helpers—Rex Brinson,
S. R. Fermenter, J. D, Hairs-
ton. . ' j
Community quotas and com- j
mittees announced:
Blair, $1,500—Mrs. S. Kel-
ley, Mrs. Arthur Thornton.
Weaver, $2,250-^M. C. Mil-
ler, Mrs. E. J. Broussard.
Wilda, $1,000—Mrs. T. P.
Whiteside, John Mims.
Wedgeworth, $L500—Clem
Eakin, Hugh Milford.
Rose Hill, $1,500—J. A. Bo-
gue, B. M. Shipp.
Beun'a Vista, #4,000—S. J. j
Rhodes, Dan Rhodes, R. L. j
Shepherd.
Huber, *3,000—Mrs. Thelma
McCauley,' Vesper Hughes.
Stockman, *3,000—Horace
Francis, Mias Anne Rhodes.
Silas, *3,000—Sam Crump,
Travis Billingsley, Mrs. Grover
Crump.
Shady Grave, *2,000—G. T.
Childs, Marcus Powers.
Mr. Hebert expresses appre-
ciation for attendance and fine
spirit of cooperation by com-
mittee members.
Colored
Timjjson, $2,000 — Lena
Hooper; John Alexander,
north;'Oran Johnson, Robert
Young, south.
Huber—Chester Bell, Asia
Jones
[ Weaver — Wade Collins,
Geo. Roberts, Fay Bradley.
Nettie Ridge—M. M. Martin,
R P. Roberts.
j Beuna Vista—Geo. Davis,
; Hubbard Richards, Bob Driver.
! New Hope—Steve McLe-
! more, Ernest McLendon,
j Antioch—Hazel Maxie, M.
jT. Roberts.
1 Blair—Bob Solomon, Zephyr
, Lee Samples.
I Silas—Frankie Lee Moody,
' Alford King.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 230, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1944, newspaper, November 24, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765076/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.