The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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UME 24—NO. 43
00051 CREEK. TEXAS.
Made
ritish
liralty
cf New Poit
b Move to Speed
[front Program
Aug. s <UJ?> — A new
imltv post was created
L H that Admiral Sir Dudley v
1 chief of naval staff and
lord, could spend more
duties “connected with
4 operations.-
1 Lord of ihe Admiralty A.
Moder announced to the
, of commons that .Admiral
juries Kennedy-Purvis had
Inamed deputy first sea lord
,d would be able “to de-
i maximum time to duties
4 with plans and opera-
JTiid also deal with all large
I in connection with the
ent of the fighting of-
of the fleet as regards
jsnd material." . ..
. mid that Kennedy-Purvis
(like over Pound's admin-
ive duties, including super-.
, the naval staff.
Jiudy-Purvis commanded the
Iwuber squadron in the Med-
ian from 1936 to 1938 tnd
l ifter serving as president of
[Greenwich naval college and
nt of the Royal navy
was sent in 1940 as
in-chlef of the British
: in American and West In-
l waters. He was recently re-
id from an active command
6 unnamed foreign station.
Tcommons members eagerly
* Shifts Made, Page 2)
■
Strike
i tujo CliiiiiilviPi
i AaIj jiiippiiiy
^Outbreak in Desert
, Aug. 5 d’.pi—Allied heavy
planes, which probably
United States army air
i Consolidateds, have scored
t hit and near-misses cal-
o cause serious damage,
i attack on three big enemy
i in the eastern Med-
• .is '
if m
Aussies Bar India Drafts Freedom
Japs From ’
Port Moresby
——
Britain to Have Week to Reach Decision
po*‘,n !Vort'' Ow^lna are a rroup of Australian
*™iy officers os they witched it, m. mnv i *.a
right, they are; Ueut CcHTt. I^^LjJ^n r K
Brigadier A. B. Williams, and Lieut GnL W M
are studying maps of the locality to better understand the laumu I
|j; sisale training exercises taking place In the Carollnaa. |
: :¥. ,
Slavs Win Major Battle
1400 Enemy Slain, 1000 Captured
LONDON, Aug. 5. tt'fij—Gen,
7r»v h^llLmilrli«**I!atri0t Un8ka' lhe comn'unlque said,
army has killed 1400 Axis trows, leaving 40bo killed or. wounded on
wounded 800 and captured 1000, -.the battlefield, and losing seven
Germans, Bulgarians tanks and three anti-tank gups
Including
and Croats in a major battle in
the Bosnian area of west-central
Jugoslavia, advices said today.
Bulgarian troops were compell-
ed to retire from the sector, and
heavy fighting i» continuing be-
tween the Jugoslav patriots and
the other Axis troops, it was
said., ■
News of the latest success of
the patriot army came in a for-
mal communique from Gen; Mik-
hailovitch’s headquarters in Jugo-
slavia and was released today by
the Jugoslav government in exile
here.’
A radio Moscow report heard
in London quoted a communique
from Yugoslav guerrilla head-
quarters announcing that the
guerrilla troop* forced a retreat
of Italians whd Suinclici/ a sirWig
attack in the Kasatskie Gorythe
series, supported by planes, tanks
and artillery. The Italians re-
to the guerrilla army,
* It reported that after captur-
ing the towns of Prosor and
Gqrni Vakue in Bosnia, in the
Vfbas river’ area, the patriot
guerrillas were continuing their
prtjgesa nothward along the rlv-
erftoward the important railroad
toVna of. Jalce and Travnlk, 180
■ mges wB~ ' '
Australians Are Astride
Gap Over Mountains to
Allied New Guinea Base
AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE,
Aug. 8. <IU!I-Australian infantry-
jfefjjm tonight arc astride the nar-
. raw gap-that cuts through the
Owen Stanley mountain range in
New Guinea, barring the way to
- Japanese patrols working toward
; Port .'Moresby from Buna-Gona
area., ■ y /¥
Beiow the pass, on the far side
of the range, «ber - Australians
» are engaging Japanese patrols
around Kokoda, and while the
enemy la using excellent infiltra-
tion tactics, they are finding the
ralians just as adept
at Jungle warfare'. ,
Yesterday a small party of
Aussies surprised a large Jap-
anese patrol advancing through
the dense jungle. Immediately
nCHDAY, India, Aug. 8. iUJ>)_
Nattonailst leaders intend to give
the British Indian government a
otie-wecfcr’dWmutum demanding
immediate Independence with IK
alternative of 9 civil disobedience
campaign, well Informed sources
saM today. f
A member of the working com-
ma#** dr executive of the Na-
tionalist All-India Congress said
that the ultimatum would be sent
to British authorities by Mohan-
das K. Gandhi, ajtttim&wMnt at
the movent** g |§t| V; .
Altm-native Ffoft ,
Tie ultimatum would be ad-
dreied to the Marquess of Lto-
Viceroy of India, It was
WM i , i , u .
K would.five him one week in
whidheto hand India over to the
nationalists and would outline an
native‘ plan under which na-
lists would try to get India's
>,000 people behind a civil
lienee campaign despite
the .threat to India, China and
the entire United Nations war cf-
time and manner of a civil dis-
obedience movement. ' T£-
“It will be the usual saluting
before fencing," she said.
"Complete unanimity prevails
among members of the committee
regarding a decision. Had the
United Nations or Britain re-
HfaMM to con.; rets appeal the
ait nation would bo different.
“We would have gone alt out
for the war effort. Bot now w*
have no alternative but to go
our \yay. We can not fight for
the dcicnae of a country which
Is not oura yet and whose free-
dom is not In right.* ’
New Resolution
Congress circle* intimated that
a new pnd more comprehensive
resolution was being prepared
dha resolution demanding Inde-
pendence. ' , . M
It was understood that Gandhi
would consult committee leaders
this afternoon, to advise them in
high secrecy of the details of a
proposed disobedience campaign
intended to embarrass Britain I’ijuti
and its defense of India.
Dnii,imc* PuM(ration . _* sUn lines in
Gandhi, spiritual leader of tbw, •» *" pHort 10
nationalist movement,
harlai Nehru, mosi
In Area I
MOSCOW, Aug. 8 il
iLhmd
member of the working commit*
tee of the AH-Indla Congress,, is-
sued angry statements here de-
<See Gandhi Drafts, Page f) *
dor of tlie, >» »
Raiders Blast Ruhr
I Smashing forward
of as many as 180
a Soviet defense wl
eluded only a few if
the Germans-forced
withdrawals in
sectorf
and around '
Don
Nazi War Industries Attacked gSf’fiS^nt
Earlier, the Russian
base without a man lost - V
That skirmish I# typical of ev-
ery surprise encounter between
west of Belgrade.
they attacked with tommy guns fort, informants said.
—~~2 =====
the Australians returned to their Gafrihi had proposed to “nego-
wlth Japan" in event that
attained independence.
Jewess ?.l, "ry‘l *“ Sir1'“S “-o«Ws
■fc. pk. » rsr :r *-?.........
issg
Saronjini Naidu, member
working committee and
woman nationalist, con-
firmed to the United Press that
LONDON. Slug. « (r.Rt -Royal Air
Force heavy' bombing planes, re-
suming their offensive on Ger-
man/s war industry, attacked the
Ruhr during the night.
ghtar phufog’ attached cam
roads and other
Lovett Funeral Submarine Threat sts:
To Be Held Today Reported Ughter
ter targets in Ger- Essen, seat of
nT'by^thc air min-
' , *
srtong force of planes dropped big
bombs, including sonw block bus-
ter*, on carefully selected target*
ill the Ruhr, heart of Germany’s
war industry, and probably on
the gigantic Krupp
Intent oh getting the British
munlque had
withdrawal in the
tor about 70 miles
Stalingrad *•* art
army’s greatest ;
The latest Get
the Bielayaglina
Ing a 47-mile So
to the north of the I
threatened the
the Soviet
: wan on a
small scale, considering" the tre- bomb#
tnendout weight ||
attacks in their
fensive,
80
plane* swept over the
hi would tell the viceroy the It was believed, however, that a later with empty bomb racks.
/■X,1'
a ‘hits were*cored on troop
|«PI^ barges fo an atfock on
STStl Smith Rites
To Be Tomoifow
hoe of the
i and the
Funeral Services will be held
yesterday hi the north- camP-Alvin' who died « 7:35 p.m.
r ntra! .motors of the in Hermann hosPiUl'
I Alamein inai. Houston.
t a move mieht he' made Rev. E. R. Couch, paalor of the
' either the BHtiah Eighth Baptist church of Baytown,
Zisxfjs: Si i
Paul U. Lee Funeral Home. Bur-
‘ ' rfiH tTI, „ ial will be in Cedarcreat cemetery
A , K ,Uj„£Hly) with Paul U. Lee .n charge.
; *• ‘Mi—Funeral Surviving Mro. Smith are her
nf "' ,3' husband. Jease Allen Smith, Al-
E$.“UX"'
“h after
at. 12:30 p.m. yesterday in the
United States marine hospital at
Galveston.
. Funeral .services will be held at
7 p.m, today at the Paul U. Lee
Funeralv Home, with Rev. J. I. F.
Tharp, pastor of the Central Bap-
tist church, Pclly, officiating. Bur-
rial will be in Hill of rest cemel
submarines no longer regard
American coast as a soft WM
and may have been forced to seek
other waters in which to prey on
Allied commerce, official British
sources said ttidiy
■ Increased defenses and adoption
PS Ci
of some British English channel thU^morning and .
deVaMfllion tf- > I
uansis
hU
m SZS
I
anced and
areas over
coaat ships ■
craWe danger «e
Lovett Funeral, f*lige Z)
advertising will be affected drab- g^-xckool
WMMM.;
tie«Hy,H
All Pacific
ball game*
said they
a 30-day
Bataan.
Iot«(t
--
day fimi*
Mrs. L. & Tamburella an
and Mrs.
flew
ice-
and
in
the
the U. S. army announc-
- ■ • -gunning was' car-
y<
&riva mSI
been overcome and
are coming forward
numbers."
Oregon and California,
land as far as MO mile*. The
dimout will be effective for the .
IJB
iwUlbeJ.W.
■ BUY WAR bonds a
Payday fin,Is l
. - with a Jot of busl-
hand ' • • Ditto LeRoy
Emmett Shumway
K some keys that got
Grover House, C. R. Fox
toSuSl'broi1imia9 F0RT wcrth.
for a domfnn ,im. Funeral Services
««Kinney trrinero^L'.h^ klnB* W-year-old resident of the
sn rs/ffiS:
{fATS"
SAN FRANCISO, Aug. 5. «I.P>—
The bright lights of the Pacific
coast from the Canadian border
- to Mexico will, be dimmed Aug.
.....................sfss-r ~“ijsasH
Tuck post of the Veterans of creased scale of submarine at- the western defense command
(See Lovett Funeral, Page 2) tacks, antj Fourth army, announced to-
StLK ^ „„w„,r
seek other waters," an authorized must b3 extinguished or dimmed
Tn ThTl»WeU that date in a coastal strip
^tsku"ss t?i™dta '"^h
i has
'ensive craft
ling duration of the war.
DcWitt's order was
3SSSSM ......
!" .vK-wwi-<w w .i :;s,
a lifi-boat bfcfor,. ht'll.X
1 The dimout is intended parti-
* Tf1 America^wswls verysimpie
By United Pres. 2ns.karate from
CHICAGO, Aug. 8.—The CIO BMse submarines. Present limit- J^r#b_a.g!_,f.n,d ,^ke th?m
, presumably United Automobile Workers on- cd dimming has. mot proved ef- available for collection,
bases in northern i0«i resolved unanimously today fec«ve* ' , '' ,,, „,An°ih!' P?'nt 2'adeli* th®t th«
. m miles away, have to abandon it* sacrifice of pro- "R is necessary," said DeWitt, War Production Board im issued
increasingly active around mluni pay for Saturday, Sunday ‘"ml lhe PaUer« ** betl*r bal- a Priority order freezing tin cans
where the United States *,,d holiday, wkm wefc
•er the major. portion of mitmi pay Js rriinqukhed by ail
Allied defenses from the other union* within SO day*.
, -IP
In the interval remaining
Aug. 20,
*
umi
r, Aug. 8 aiD-
havc carried out a *
1 purge of German i
rt fifth columnists I
former capital of tl
ST.
ov^rHlH
land yesterday!
machine .gunned a
the northwestern
’"'TSS.SK.r^l s!SV
rly today a
■■Mom
itheast-
hox ds if afraid
to be
were
J forget to ,if"f Otis drowned
iWk« l . uo somc mailing -.uh*
Jg&SF. tWmwSZ thc home'
othir orphans
!■■■■■■ was
’second actual asaault on In-
"-JZSrm SJS:
of the island far re-
from Reyjavik, several
the
hen Nazi I
atthci
south and north.
those seized In
‘ a 1
Sin,,.
•£ *355“*'
ipaUties, t,0tieed for anti*Soviet ;
aetwers p jcub«fkinf comr
state security,’ was q
Pravda as saying that I
» M .» 1"“^'.^.
Texas Houston and ing the winter
They are both owned by contact with
| enae Plant corporation, a revolutionary gang*.
government agefey, and are being With the help t ......
crated by a Ims Angeles con- columnists, it was
•n specializing in combining tin man* ho
(He.* Pointers Issued, Page 3) of Lenin
........
, Week
1 hi with
fair's Stoc
ShenoartTf'^d,m“"
no, all” , . . The Sun
* t0 assign one of iU
awpihg up with Walt
satsStt
' the island
i Reyjatffo,- M
djrj ^ J
WASHINGTON, Aug. (L-Ueiit,
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief _
the army air forces, told a sen
s. nrrrstis
gined plane production now
being ^devoted to transport craft.
come more transport planes, but
-Sr
t O'Daniel Is Still Silent on Plans for Race
1' (By United Press) ’’ 1‘ ' ’"'government and the American serious-minded Texans to
James V. Allred, second mpn in people.
ills
iap Base
with AIRJ
said the amp would wri- Speaking at Abilene. Allred SS£S?*bI
nyriad m,it»
tlwfodWal
Courtesy CiUzcn. National B^ik and Truri Company VEW ORLEANS, Aug. 5,-Cong.
A'Hcd Stores ........
American Radiator ..-
Anaconda Coppfr ....
American T. and T.
Barnsdall ............
Chrysler Motors .......
Cities &wk»';
Commercial Solvent
Consolidated Aircraft
Consolidated Oil .....
Nash Keivinator ...Vy...';
National Driry
Norih American Aviation
Ohio Oil ...............
Packard Motors......
Phillips Petroleum
Pure Oil ........— «.•
Sooony Vacuum
Sperry' Cdrp......... .....
Standard Oil of Indiana
Standard Oil of N J......
Sun Oil ri.i.. — -
Texas Corp ...............
Texas Gulf Sulphur ......*
T-P Coal and Oil
Unifed Aircraft
United Gorp .............
United Gaa ...............
US Steel ..........
Western Union............
White Motor*
Wilson Co .....
■ Pipeline ..........
Steel ...........
ior a minimum price oi emu
per pound basi*> middling, for ail
American-grown cotton for the
duration of the war."
e-3iftHrs
deliberate judgment must replace
(Her Rim-Off, Page 2)
ket” *tcri operator*, bet that
they cannot be n
cauw they might
MB'*
be mgde public, *‘b*-
. A—A gen-
Ughttng
Cmnty
pect "*
sugar
ration books
: up here,
of leases of
pcated in
ovwiooked on
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1942, newspaper, August 5, 1942; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1101039/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.