The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 172, Ed. 1 Monday, July 20, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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Consolidated with Daily
Gazette July 28, 1924.
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The Oldest Business
Establishment in
Hopkins County.
VOL. 44—NO. 172.
0. 172. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1942. ^ BUY WAR BONDS and STAMPS memmek abbuuaieu rimap ■
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ritish Improve Positions In Desert Germans Gain
Toward Rostov
,000 AXIS PRISONERS
CAPTURED BY ALLIES
(By Associated Pry—)
Cairo, July 20.—The capture of four thousand Axis
risoners during the past week was announced by the
ritish today as the Army of the Nile tightened its grjp
n newly won positions west of El Alamein and the RAF
wept through swirling dust storms to deliver fresh blows
against the enemy.
At least six tanks were destroyed by British bombers
n the southern sector and many enemy aircraft were
mashed by a heavy bombing attack on a German air-
drome in the west battle area, the communique said.
Five enemy aircraft, attempting to land during a
paid, were reported shot down by British fighters.
OIL TRUCK CRASHES
INTO WAGON ON
COOPER HIGHWAY
(By Associated Pres*
Cairo, Egypt, July 20.— Brit-
ish advances in all three of the
(lain battle arcus along the forty-
nile front of the western desert.
Inhere the fate of Egypt hangs in
balance of shifting give-and-
a fighting, w*re reported Sun-
At the same time the imperial
Toops. commanded by Gen. Sir
laudc Auchinleck, threw back
xis counterattacks “by tanks and
nfantry in the center of the bat-
lefield some seventy-five miles
est of Alexandria.
The scale of fighting was great-
r diminished from the terrific
iction which raged across the
ear-churned sands last week, but
•he imperials, Australians, South
Africans and Indians took sdvant-
of the comparative lull to Im-
rove their hard-won positions.
I11 the northern sector, along
(Continued on page six)
NEGRO DROWNS IN
PASTURE POOL
HERE SATURDAY
Roscoe Carr, 28-year-old Ne-
gro. drowned Saturday afternoon
about 5 o'clock in a pool in the
Joe Ed Buford pasture located
two milts south of town on High-
way 11. The negro was swimming
with another negro, Carl Sha*>
man, who summoned help from
Sulphur Springs.
The negro dived Into the pool
in ubout eight feet of water and
failed to come to the top. His
body was recovered by Justice of
ttfo Peace Ben Smith.
The negro, a former resident of
Sulphur Springs, had been work-
ing in a defense plant at Mar-
shall. t
Officers investigated a car ac-
cident which occurred on the
Cooper highway Friday night
when an oil truck crashed into a
wagon. The wagon was complete-
ly demolished and the team ran
away. A negro riding in the wa-
gon received slight injuries and
was treated at Longino Hospital.
The oil truck, driven by Ray
Renfro of Gilmer, was owned by
F. O. Penn of Gilmer. The front
of the truck was badly damaged
but the driver was uninjured.
WELDON M'LARRY
IS PROMOTED TO
MAJOR IN ARMY
Chamber Of Commerce
Meeting Slated July 28
llulv
Im.'W
.rangements are fastly shnp-
up for the annual Hopkins
jnty Chamber of Commerce
eting to be held Tuesday night,
28th. This year’s entertain-
nt is being held in the form of
old-fashioned Hopkins County
which will be served in the
utiful City Park in Sulphur
ings.
tn outstanding speaker will be
sented, along with a number
other special entertainment
tures. ALso, at the meeting the
vly elected officers of th"
amber of Commerce will be in-
llcd. The President's
cup,
awarded to the committee chair-
man selected as doing the most
outstanding work for the past
year, will be presented at the
meeting.
Prominent civic leaders through-
out Hopkins County have been
given a special invitation to at-
tend the meeting, at which time
they will be given recognition for
activities in different phases of
community work.
Weber Fouts, chairman of the
Public Relations Committee, an-
nounces that a breakfast will he
held Tuesday morning to launch
the sale of tickets to the event.
Blind Help in War Effort
Weldon McLarr.v, son of Mr
and Mrs. C. B. McLarry of Sul-
phur Springs, has been promoted
from captain to a major in the
V. S. Army. He is an instructor at
the Officer's Training School at
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
Major McLarry has just com-
pleted a nine-weeks training
course at the General Command
School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan-
awa, .and tlwup«>motian cahw aft-
er completion of the course.
He was horn and reared in
Sulphur Springs and was gradu-
ated from the Sulphur Springs
High School. He has been in the
Army for the past six years.
PENNFLOOD
DEATH LIST
REACHES 11
(By Associated Pressi
Ridgway, Pa., July
lent flash floods rollin(f”through
north central Pennsylvania and
New York today took^af. least 11
lives and damaged or destroyed
hundreds of homes, business es-
tablishments and industrial plants.
Flood waters swirled from up-
per tributaries of the Susquehan-
na, Clarion and Allegheny rivers.
(By Associate* Ft***)
Ridgway, Pa., July 20.— At
least nine persons lost their lives
in a flash flood which devastated
towns and villages, made hun-
dreds of persons homeless and
caused untold property damage to
a wide area in North Central
Pennsylvania Sunday.
Homes, business buildings and
bridges were wrecked. Some war-
rushed factories were heavily
damaged. Communities were iso-
lated, and the Red Cross and oth-
er relief agencies went into action
to fight disease hazards and take
care of the homeless.
U.S. ARMY BOMBER
CRASHES NEAR
TUCSON AIR FIELD
(Bn SuorulM S'lMl
Tucson, Ariz., July 20.—An
Army bomber crashed early today
near the Davis-Monthan airfield,
carrying its crew of eight to u
flaming death. -,
HOUSTON EDITOR
KILLED BY GAR
(hy Associated Pressl
Houston, July 20.— H. Lee
Mills, 53, editor of the Houston
Post, died in a hospital here early
today u few hours after being
struck by an automobile.
GEN. J. WATT PAGE
LISTS CRITICAL
WAR OCCUPATIONS MASONIC LODGE
ELECTED OFFICERS
Stressing the urgent need in
our war program for skilled man-
power behind as well as on the
battle lines. General J. Watt
Page, State Selective Service Di-
rector, has advised local draft:
boards of twenty-four “critical
occupations” in scientific and
specialized fields to guide them
in the classification n those pro-
fessor?. g
These occupations are listed as
chemists, economists, engineers—
aeronautical, automotive, chemi-
cal, civil, electrical, heating, ven-
tilating, refrigerating, and aiv
conditioning; marine, technical,
mining and metallurgical (includ-
ing mineral technologists), radio,
safety, and transportation—air,
highway, railroad, water; geophy-
sicists, industrial managers, math-
ematicians, meteorologists, naval
architects, personnel administra-
tors, physicists (including astron-
omers) psychologists and statisti-
cians.
The national headquarters
pointed out that all of these crit-
ical occupations require highly
specialized periods of training of
two years or more; that all these
occupations are needed in activi-
ties according to the national
roster of scientific and specialis-
ed personnel, which are necessary
to war production and essential to
support of the nation’s war effort,
and that there are serious short-
ages of persons, “trained, qual:-
fied or skilled” to engage in them.
FOR NEW YEAR
Russians Preparing**
To Make New Stand
South Of Millerovo
The following officers have
been elected hy Sulphur Springs
Chapter No. 83 R.A.M. and Sul-
phur Springs Council No. 41 R.
and S. Masters to nerve for the
ensuing Masonic year:
Chapter.
Pi. R. Meadows, 11. F.; R. P.
Sanders, E. K.; T. K. Williams,
E. S.; R. C. McKinney, treasurer;
E. V. Wright, secretary; W. E.
Kitts, C. of H.; W. Z. Kitts,
R. A. C.;H. O. Day, 3V; C. II.
McCorkle, 2V; Joe Tom Wood,
IstV, and H. Richers, Guard.
Council.
B. R. Meadows, Tim; R. D.
.Sanders, Ridnt; T. K. Williams,
IPCW; W. B. Kitts, C. of G.; W.
Z. Kitts, Steward; R. C. McKin-
Treasurer; E. V. Wright,
(By Associated Press) *
Moscow, July 20.—The Red Army fell back toward
Rostov in a gigantic, wasting battle of the Don Steepes to-
day as the Germans rushed up superior numbers of men
and tanks in an impressive bid for Rostov.
Tbe Russians are assembling all available forces in
orderly retreat for a stand somewhere along the 40-
an
mile stretch from Voroshilovgrad to the battleground
south of Millerovo.'
Meanwhile, the Russians reported significant new
successes around Voronezh, where reports indicated the
Germans had been driven hack from the city’s environs
on all sides.
(Continued on page six)
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Recorder, and 11.
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Richers, Senti-
WARTIME REVENUE
BILL PASSES HOUSE
LOUISIANA HOUSE
MEMBERS CONSIDER
SHIEYAR3 CLOSING
i
HOUSE ASKS 90
PER CENT EXCESS
PROFITS TAX
(By Associates Free*
Washington, July 20.— Rcpre-
Ilerbert, of Alabama,
(By Associate* Pres*
Washington, July 20.— The
House passed and sent to the Sen-
ate a $6,143,900,000 wartime
venue bill today after a floor
fight resulted in levying of a 90
percent excek* profits tax and
combined normal and surtax of
45 percent on corporations.
U. S. BOMBERS BLAST
JAP BASE AT CANTON
sentativ.
called Louisiana- members of Con-
gress to a closed meeting today
for discussion of closing the Hig-
gins Corporation shipyard at New
Orleans.
Herbert said the group would
consider the possibility of appeal
(Bn Asnoctaind Prnnn)
Washington, July 20.— Th?
House Ways arid Means Commit-
tee decided today to recommend
to the House a 90 percent excess
profits tax and a 40 percent com-
bined normal and surtax on cor-
porations.
The committee took no action
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Weather
ing to President Roosevelt to ob- on the question of post-war cred-
tain reconsideration of Maritime I its for corporations based on their
Commission order. 'excess profits taxes.
East Texas— Thundershowers
and cooler in northwest portion
tonight. Thundershowers in south-
east portion this afternoon.
West Texas—Continued warm
except cooler In the Panhandle
and South Plains. Scattered thun-
dershowers.
MERCHANT VESSEL
SUNK OFF SOUTH
AMERICAN COAST
(Bv Associated Pressi
Washington, July 20.— The
Navy announced today a medium
sized United States merchant ves-
sel had been torpedoed off the
northern coast of South America.
Survivors were landed at East
Const ports.
(By Associated Prsss
Chungking, China, July -‘20.—
United States bombers blasted a
Japanese aiffietd at Canton Sat-
urday, planting bombs among 50
or 60 planes on the ground and
leaving six great fires blazing a
communique said today.
In a second attack, Americans
bombed Linchwan, Japanese base
in Kiangsi Province. All planes
returned from both raids.
The communique said Japanese
headquarters were attacked with
"excellent results.”
RAF BOMBS NAZI
POWER PLANTS AND
SHIPPING VESSELS
Jap Bombs Burst On Dutch Harbor
up
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(hy /tssoaated Press]
Chungking, China, July 20. -
A smashing comeback against the
major Japanese drives in Che- ,
kiang and Kiangsi provinces was cuP‘°d areas
(By Associate* Preaa:
Londot*. July 20.—Four-engin-
ed bombers raided northwest Ger-
many last night, including subma-
rine yards at Vegesack, the Air
Ministry announced today. Three
bombers were reported missing.
(Continued on page six)
BRITISH WARSHIPS
BOMBARD MATRUH
DECURES NO
RUBBER SHORTAGE
(Bn A norland ffMt)
Washington, July 20.-
The sensitive, highly skilled fingers of the blind have also enter-
1 the war of production against the Axis, as this picture of two
ind employees of North American Aviation illustrates. Thomas
tone and Misr Louise Scott, are employed on the "burr bench”‘in
ie big aircraft factory. Their job is to smooth off the rough edges
f holes drilled in metal parts. (NBA Photo).
Elliott
E. Simpson, independent rubber
dealer and counsel for a House
subcommittee investigating the
rubber situation, asserted in a
statement Sunday that “there real*
ly is no rubber shortage,"
“It is merely mythical," said
Simpson, whose opinions on the
rubber situation Often have been
In sharp conflict with those gov-
ernment officials.
(By Associated Frsss
London, July 20.—British light
warships bombarded Matruh, Axis
advanced Egyptian tea base, Fri-
day and Saturduy, the Admiralty
announced today.
The British said they suffered
no casualties or damage in either
engagement.
War expenditures by the Gov-
ernment will total approximately
$47 billion thle year, the Depart-
ment of Commerce reports.
THREE DESTROYERS
LAUNCHED SUNDAY
(By Associated Press)
London, July 20.— Boston
bombers attacked German objec-
tives in the Lille and Bethune oc
Sunday afternoon
while squadrons uf British Spit- j
fires and Hurricanes dived on I
German warships off the Breton j
coast, hitting the bridge of one
armed vessel and bombing a new-
type of enemy minesweeper.
Two Bostons and one fighter
were missing from the sweep in
which power stations at Chocques
and Mazingarbe were also hit, au-
thoritative sources said. A Ger-
man fighter was destroyed.
The British bombed the power
station from a height of only fif-
ty feet, and the walls and main
buildings collapsed, the Air Minis'
try said.
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MOB I
111
2 KILLED IN
ORDNANCE BLAST
IN VIRGINIA
(By Associated Pram,
Kearny, N.J., July 20.— Three
destroycri slipped down the ways
of the Federal Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company within thirty
minutes Sunday to form another
link in the Navy's defense againr-t
enemy submarines.
,,V
(By Associates Proas
Clifton Forge, Va., July 20.—
Two men were killed and several
injured early today in an explosion
in a unit of the Virginia Ordnance
Works at Glen Wilton, near here.
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Scarcity of lumber in Europe
lias developed new interest in the
problem of reducing wood waste,
according to the Department of
Commerce.
These are the first pictures of the Jap attack on Dutch Harbor. In the top photo Jap bombs fall
harmlessly in the bay as the raiders unsuccessfully attempt to silence machine gun fire. Below, rums
of a station ship, SS Northwestern, still tied to her pier, lies in smokthg ruins after Japanese bomba
put her out of commission. These pictures were passed by the Navy Department, Bureau of Public
Relations, Washington, L>. C. (Official U. 8. Navy Photos from NEA Telephoto).
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Bagwell, Eric. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 172, Ed. 1 Monday, July 20, 1942, newspaper, July 20, 1942; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth827658/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.