Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 158, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 15, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Working for the Interests of Mt. Pleasant, the Center of the Milk Industry of Northeast Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Volume XXIV
Number 158
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Tuesday Evening, September 15, 1942
Golf Association
Mechanical Course Interest Increases
Recruiting Office
Efforts to Smash
For Adults To Be
Stalingrad Lines
RAF Monday Night To Discuss Plans
County Volunteers Offered at Night
HERE9S YOUR CHANCE TO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY
Now Has Five Sons
In Army and Navy
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Mt. Pleasant Man
in Deep Test in
West Talco Area ;
Reds Still Holding
Defenses Although
Are Hard Pressed
Entire Family of
James L. Kay Has
Enlisted in Fight
Reminder to Nazis
LuftwaffeDefeated
Just 2 Years Ago
Hear Statement of
Finances and Get
Ready For Future
Majority Taken in
Specialist Work
With the Forces
Certificates To
Be Issued Those
Attend Regularly
Smackover Lime
Reported 1,000 ft.
Above Expectation
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Effects Commando Heavily Raided By Met Monday Night Gives List Week’s
Attack on Tobruk
Attain Objectives
and Retire Without
Any Heavy Losses
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Believed in Future
More Purchases ttf
Be Made in County
Mt. Pleasant weather condi-
ions for the previous 24 hours,
taken at 6:30 this morning by
harles Coker, local weather ob-
server, are as follows:
Germans Redouble London Announces I Wilhelmshaven is
paid for.
Each member present was ask-
ed to make an effort to secure
tew members, who may take the
place of those who have moved
without any payment except a Spiva, Leonard D. Vaught, Wal-
month’s dues.
A committee was appointed to
investigate possibility of securing
one of the CCC camp buildings
to be placed on the City’s prop-
erty adjacent to the golf course. Lucy E. Rundles.
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ter C. Wright, Burton L. Graf,
Joe Temple, Edward L. Clark,
Lloyd Graf Jr., Lloyd Temple.
Hulen Reynolds, Edgar J. Knight,
James C. Hart, Lewis A. Beard,
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A. G. Daniel, chairman of the
Titus County committee for the
sale of war bonds, reports the
purchases during the month of
August fell short of the quota
assigned to the County. How-
ever, it must be remembered
both July and August are gen-
erally not gcod business months
- and it is expected there will be
a substantial increase in purchas-
es during the fall and winter.
The amount assigned to Titus
County for August was $43,5dO,
but the purchases amounted to
only $30,743.50, leaving a deficit
of $12,756,50 not subscribed for
this cause.
Our September quota has beem-
reduced to $38,500, and there is
a possibility this amount will be
■ecured, as purchases so far in-
dicate an improvement for this
month.
Mr. Daniel announces that all
employees of companies having
general offices in other places
get credit with the local organi-
zations for their salary dedije-
tion to be converted into bonds.
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Corp. William D. White of Stln-
on Field, San Antonio, arrived
Sunday for a short visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas
White.
ago Tuesday the
force suffered its
of the war, when
were shot
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RECRUITING AND INDUCTION SERVICE
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Air chiefs of both Britain and
America promise to give the Axit
even heavier punishment in the
future than in the past.
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ROTARY CLUB
There was only a small atten-
dance at the Rotary Club meet-
ing Tuesday, due possibly to the
v knowledge the Times editor had
charge of the program and would
probably make a talk. He did,
speaking cn the evolution of the
printing industry r.nd the part
Amerio^n newspapers ere taking
. in the war effort.
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• JUie feature motion picture films
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from the United State*
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SIGNAL CORPS —Here, in the “nerve center of the Army,’
handling the high-speed communications equipment of modem war,
there’s a big opportunity for men with mechanical talents and training.
Licensed radio operators, experienced radio repairmen, telephone and
telegraph men—and other able mechanics—will find a thrill in working
with the amazing new secret devices of the Signal Corps. Pre-service
training is furnished free — with pay — to those who require it.
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It was reported from Moscow
Tuesday that the German forces
are redoubling their efforts to
occupy Stalingrad, but their
gains have been confined to only
a few hundred yards by the stub-
born defense of the Russian sol-
diers. Waves of planes, some-
times as many as five hundred,
are bombing the city, but civil-
ians are still getting supplies to
the defenders of the industrial
city.
Artillery, barricades and tank
traps are causing tremendous
casualties to the attacking Nazis,
and thousands of men have been
killed in the frontal assaults.
Considerable reinforcements
arrived at Stalingrad Tuesday to
bolster th® Red resistance, and
Moscow reported they reached
the area in the nick of time to
prevent further German advan-
ces. The Berlin claim that the
Nazis had captured the main rail-
way station of the city was de-
nied by the Soviet dispatches.
Many military observers are
of the opinion the battle for Stal-
ingrad is entering its final phase,
and the fall of the city is immi-
nent.
The Russians are also being
threatened in the eastern Cau-
casus, with the Nazis having ef-
fected new crossings of the Terek
River and are making progress
in the direction of the Grozny
oil fields.
A Red offensive is continuing
northwest of Moscow but the
main theatre of operations in still
in the south.
A representative group of the
membership of the Golf Associa-
tion held a meeting at the city
hall Monday night for the pur-
pose of hearing a statement of
the financial condition by the
president, J. A. Petty, and make
plans for the future.
It was revealed that in spite
of losing a number of members
to the armed services and ma-
chinery troubles, the indebted-
ness has not increased and the
new fairway mower has been
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT—Guns and ammunition
are decisive weapons in war, and it takes skilled manpower to keep them
shooting fast and straight. Men with experience as automobile, truck and
tractor meahanics, armorers, machinists and skilled men of other trades
are urgently needed by the Ordnance Department. Technical training
in .ordnance work is not a requirement.
There may be another family
in Titus County that has a bet-
ter record fcr entering the fight
for the defeat of the Axis pow-
ers than James L. Kay of this
city, but if there is, we haven’t
heard of it.
With the enlistment of Oran
Lee Kay last Saturday, all five
of Mr. Kay’s sons are now in the
armed forces of the United
States, ready for the defense of
their country.
The boys are located at pres-
ent as follows:
Ivan is in the army at Camp
Edwardo, Mass., Alton is station-
ed in an Army camp in Alaska,
Oran Lee was sent from Mt.
Pleasant t° Camp Wolters and
Beryl and Roy arc both in the
Navy aviation training station at
Cape May, New Jersey.
There are few families in the
country having all of its young
male members in the fighting
forces, and the Kay boys may
be counted on to give their best
services for their country.
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The Royal Air Force sent a
strong reminder to the Nazis of
the defeat of the Luftwaffe just
two years ago when over three
hundred bombers attacked Wil-
helmshaven Monday night, in-
flicting tremendous damage on
I the North Sea port and subma-
rine base. Huge fires were start-
ed in the dock area of Wilhelms-
raid. Heavy damage was inflicted haven in this 68th raid. Only
on
British returned from their mis-
sion without heavy losses.
Cairo reported the naval units
had returned intact to their base
at Alexandria Tuesday.
American bombers carried out
another daylight attack on the
Germans at Suda Bay, Crete,
Monday, and all planes returned.
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KEEP ’EM FLYING, AMERICA I Air Force.
B. C. Pierce, high school sup-
erintendent. stated Tuesday that
a night school with courses in
general mechanics will be offer-
ed local people this year, through
the cooperation of the Federal
Government. The class will be
opened to all adults who can at-
tend.
In explaining the value of the
course, Mr. Pierce said that cer-
tificates would be issued to all
persons who attend regularly. In
view of the great demand for men
with mechanical training, both in
the armed forces and in defense
plants, these certificates can be
used as recommendations to ac-
company applications for this
type of work.
The mechanics course, Mr.
Pierce said, will last for a period
of ten weeks and interested par-
ties should contact him or Henry
W. Stillwell Jr., who is local
supervisor.
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AIEN OF I ft ANO 10— Even though you have had no me-
chanical experience, the Army offers you a special opportunity—the right
to choose your own combat branch: Air Force, Armored Force, Cavalry,
Coast Artillery, Corps of Engineers, Field Artillery, Infantry or Signal
Corps. Or you can qualify as Aviation Cadet. Under 20 you can choose.
After 20, tills is no longer possible, except for certain skilled specialists.
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London announced Tuesday
the effects of the sudden raid
on Tobruk Sunday night, which
the Italians claimed had met with
disaster.
It was reported the naval units
and American and British planes
covered the attack of the land-
ing parties, which came as a
complete surprise to the Axis
defenders, and that all objec-
tives had been attained in the
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MH1S opportunity to get in now and go places in the Air Forces,
Signal Corps or Ordnance Department is open to any skilled special-
ist between the ages of 18 and 44, inclusive, who is physically fit and
does not now occupy a key position in a vital war industry. According
to ability, promotions to higher grades and increases in pay may be
expected. • You’ve told yourself you’d be ready .whenever your ,
country needs you. That time is now/ Drop in and talk it over at your
nearest Army Recruiting and Induction Station today.
Sergeant Oran W. Fraser, in
charge of the army’s local re-
cruiting office in the basement of
the court house, made announce-
ment Tuesday morning of the list
of Titus County men who were
accepted last week as army vol-
unteers, most of
given specialist
Many of the men were accepted
for probable duty at the Green-
ville Air base. They include:
Charles H. Dalton, Clifton O.
Barrow, Earl Barrow, J. S. Tay-
lor Wright, Marlon Blackwell,
Wylie H. Lunsford, Thurman
Gage, Charles D. Hollingsworth,
Morris L. Black, Albert Cook, Jim
H. Gill, Oran L. Kay, Jesse E.
Skilled Men
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According to a late dispatch
from the Talco area, interest has-
suddenly turned in favor of a
deep test on the north side of th*
field, where the J. D. White and
Grady Vaughan, No. 1 W. H.
Jackson has unexpectedly topped
the Smackover lime series.
According to information pub-
licized late Monday, the well,
which is located in the Hopkina
survey in the edge of Franklint
County, picked up the Smack-
over between 8,110 and 8,115
feet, approximately 1,000 feet
above the depth where it was ex-
pected.
Total depth of well is said to-
be 8,120 feet, where a core has
been cut for geological informa-
tion. Sample analyses are being
awaited before the lime is def-
initely identified, but there seems,
to be little doubt, despite the
surprise variation in log com-
parisons.
The elevation of the Jackson,
test is announced as 354 feet and.
in getting the lime at the present
depth, the well is figured to have
cut across a fault, going from
the Cotton Valley series directly
into the Smackover. The main
fault was cut at a depthe near 7,-
900 feet, reports indicate.
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Bond Sales During
August Fall Short
of Quota Assigned
military installations and the two British planes failed to re-
turn,
Russian planes also were ac-
tive Monday ■ night, striking at
widely scattered areas in eastern
Europe.
Two years
German air
worst defeat
185 combat planes
down over England by the Royal
AIR FORCES—We’re building the biggest, mightiest Air Force
on earth. Thousands of skilled mechanics arc needed to keep those great
planes flying and fighting. Men with experience as aircraft mechanics,
automobile mechanics, radio mechanics, armorers, sheet metal workers,
welders and in other allied fields are needed immediately. Aviation has
a splendid future and there’s no finer training for it than in the Army
Air Forces.
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