Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 202, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Working for the Interests of Ml. Pleasant, the Center of the Milk Industry of Northeast Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Volume XXIV
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Thursday Evening, November 5, 1942
Number 202
Soldiers Take Mt.
Vernon Man’s Car
and Make Getaway
Officer Personnel
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Representative of
Are Double Those
Home at Progress
October Last Year
at
“Praise the Lord—”
BUT HE’S ALMOST ILLEGAL
The Weather
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REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR'
All Nazi Attacks
and Gaining Ground
OPA Explains How
Gas to Be Rationed
Army Contingent
Now Located Here
Thursday Noon at
Pittsburg Hospital
Kindness of Giving
Ride is Repaid By
Theft of Pickup
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Nine Communities
Are Designated for
Holding Election
Dies Suddenly, But
Had Been in Poor
HealthManyWeeks
Meeting Held Here
Thursday Morning
to Tell How Done
Air Depot Group is
Demolishing CCC
Camp Structures
Passes Away After
Long Illness and
Burial at Lone Star
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Believed Rommel’s
Being Decimated
in Northern Africa
tacks are
were a 1-
Germans Weaken
On Every Front as
Reds Get Stronger
Maximum
Minimum
Temp. 6:30
Wind from
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Rainfall
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British Eighth Army Drives
Axis Forces to Bad Defeat
CHANUTE FIELD, Ill. — An
army crane with a , magnet at
its end has picked up 300,000
pounds of scrap, mainly iron and
tin-plated food cans, from a
dump area, for the salvage drive.
The army expects to get 10,000.000
pounds of iron from the dump.
Commissioners’ Precinct 6 and 8
boundary at Benton, Ernest Ben-
son in charge.
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Mt. Pleasant weather condi-
ions for the previous 24 hours,
taken at 6:30 this morning by
harles Coker, local weather ob-
server, are «■. follows:
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Opl. Norris Pope returned
Thursday to Camp Shelby. Miss.,
ifter spending a few days here
with his family.
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Use Your Scraps to beat the Japs
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The British Eighth Army
Thursday was continuing its
lentless offensive against
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MARLIN, Texas.—This ration-
ing business brings nothing but
grief to Jack Brothers.
Jack is head of Marlin’s sugar
rationing 'panel and had to deny
the application of friend Brown
Bratton, who needed extra sugar
for his soda fountain.
Now Bratton heads the Marlin
gasoline rationing panel — and
Brothers may need gasoline.
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HE WAS UP TO NO EVIL,
BUT LOOKS BELIED HIM
Pvt.
well c.____. f
spent Sunday with the former s
arents. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Black-
well.
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These high-ranking American and British Army, Navy and Air
Force officers gather each week in Washington to confer on Allied
war strategy. They are, left to right, around the table: Hon.
R. D. Coleridge of Great Gritain; Rear Admiral W. R. Patterson
(representing Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, former com-
mander of the British Mediterranean fleet); Field Marshal Sir
John Dill, former British Army chief of staff; Brig. Gen. Vivian
Dykes, secretary to the British conferees; Lieut. Gen. G. N. Mac-
” ’ ’ assistant chief of the Imperial British general staff;
Farmers to Elect (Mrs. M. L. Redfearn Cotton Ginnings
VAACommitteemen ’ Dies Thursday at
Friday, Nov. 13th
CLARKSVILLE, Texas. — So
there’s a great meat shortage?
Just give enough time to J. D.
Alexander’s sow.
Mrs. Pig farrowed, 17 little pigs
in October last year. Raised
them all. Then repeated in April.
Now she has 18 more—a total
of 52 in one year.
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PROVES SALVAGE MINE
Frank Welch, representing the
Office of Price Administration,
was here Thursday morning to
acquaint the public with the facts
concerning rationing of gasoline
for the conservation of rubber.
All Titus County schools were
represented at the meeting ex-
cept two, while Franklin and
Morris County rationing officials
were also present. Registration
for gasoline books will take place
at the various schools on either
Thursday, Friday or Saturday of
next week.
Mr. Welch explained that ra-
tioning of gasoline is a war meas-
ure intended to limit car mile-
age to conserve rubber and keep
automobiles in use longer than
if they are uncontrolled. It is
necessary to keep passenger cars
in service as long as possible,
otherwise there would be ia com-
plete breakdown of our trans-
portation system, which would be
a disaster to the country. The
present supply of tires can be
made to last through next year
by rationing, he said, but the
reserves must be used for mili-
tary purposes and production of
synthetic rubber will not be of
substantial proportions until 1944.
Mr. Welch explained to the
meeting that forms for “A” book
applications will be furnished in
sufficient quantities that every
rar owner can get the basic al-
lowance of gas, and then those
who need more may apply for
supplementary cards. The appli-
cation must be accompanied by
a certificate of title to the car
and a certificate to the effect the
owner possesses no mere than
five tires. He must also sign a
statement agreeing to drive no
’aster than 35 miles per hour.
All tires must be inspected at a
-’esignated OPA station before
December 31, and those with only
A bocks must have their tires
inspected once every four months.
Others must be inspected e’try
wo months.
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Air Marshal D. S. C. Evill, senior air officer of the British Royal
Air Force in command during the BMtle of Britain; Lieut, Col. T.
W. Hammond, Jr., U. S. A.; Lieut. Gen. T. J. McNary, assistant
chief of staff, U. S. A.; Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff,
U. S. A.; Brig. Gen. J. R. Deane, secretary to the American con-
ferees; Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of staff to President
Roosevelt; Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-ln-chlef of the
United States fleet, and Vice Admiral S. J. Horn, U. S. N., vice
chief of naval operations. (Central Press Phonephoto)
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Lieut, Howell ForKy, 34, above, of
Haddonfield, N. J., has been re-
vealed as the Navy chaplain who.
in the turmoil of the attack on
Pearl Harbor, gave expression to
the phrase that inspired the song,
“Praise the Lord and Pass the
Ammunition.” Earlier, Chaplain
William Maguire, who had been
credited with the phrase, denied
that it was he who said it,
Mrs. Ida Stroman Redfearn
i passed away suddenly at her
I home in the Progress community
about 11:00 o’clock Thursday
morning, but her death was not
unexpected, as she had been in
poor health for many weeks. She
had suffered from the effects of
attacks of pneumonia and was
unable to recover from its rav-
ages.
Deceased was about 68 years of
age, and had spent all of her
life in Titus County. She is sur-
vived by her husband, M. L. Red-
fearn, five sons and four daugh-
ters. Her sons are Clyde, Allen
and Alfred Redfearn of this coun-
ty, Hayden Redfearn of Okla-
homa City and Raymond Red-
fearn, who is in active service on
convoy duty with the U. S. Navy,
and whose whereabouts are un-
known. Her daughters are Mrs.
H. L. McNish, Mrs. Lizzie Coch-
ran, Mrs. C. Y. Blodgett and
Miss Eva Redfearn, all of Titus
County. She also leaves several
grandchildren and numerous oth-
er relatives, besides many friend
all over the county to mourn he
loss.
Funeral services had not beer
arranged at press time, awaiting
communication with relatives.
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THIS SOW IS SOLVING
CLARKSVILLE’S MEAT
SHORTAGE PROBLEM
British Chiefs Who Map Allied War Strategy
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on
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the
Axis forces in Egypt, and the
reports on the battle are no
longer of the conservative tone
of the past, but London is jubi-
lantly claiming a decisive vic-
tory.
Marshal Rommel’s forces were
in full retreat and in some in-
stances the withdrawal took the
form of a rout. The British were
pressing their gains, throwing in
large forces of tanks, infantry .
and artillery, which were being
supported by hundreds of air-
planes.
Cairo reported the Axis had
already lost more than 260 tanks,
270 field guns, over 600 planes,
50,000 tons of shipping and sup-
plies and approximately 40,00ft
men killed, wounded or captur—
ed. Among the killed was Gen-
eral Von Stumme, Rommel’s-
second in command, and General
Ritter Von Thoma, tank expert,
was taken prisoner.
There was still a large force
of Germans trapped in the coast-
al region of the north, while the
Nazis were leaving many Ital-
ians to be taken prisoner in the
south, where the British have
broken through at the edge of the
Qatarra depression.
Both Berlin and Rome acknow-
ledge withdrawals, but try to
smooth over the situation by say-
ing the Axis will have easier ter-
ritory to defend further west.
They admit their losses are heavy.
Ankara reports Hitler is send-
ing three or four divisions of
German troops from the Russian
front to relieve the Afrika Korps
and several trainloads of sol-
diers were seen passing through
Greece. However, Allied planes
are active over the Mediterran-
ean, striking at all Axis shipping,
and the Nazis will have a hard
time reaching Libya.
There can now be no doubt
General Montgomery has won a
real victory over Rommel, and
he has ordered his men to give
the enemy not a minute of rest,
but push cn and destroy the en-
tire Axis army, which is said
to be the only objective of the
campaign, as the territory is con-
sidered of little value.
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LOOKS LIKE LONG WALK FOR
MARLIN SUGAR RATIONER
According to Harris A. Green,
secretary Titus County ACA, j
community committee elections
will be held by the farmers Fri-
day afternoon, November 13th,
beginning at 2:00 o’clock for the
■purpose cf choosing next year’s
AAA committeemen.
Delegates to the county con-
vention and alternate committee-
men will als0 be elected at these
meetings. On the following morn-
ing, the nine delegates chosen in
the elections will select the coun-
ty Committee, which will head
next year’s AAA program.
“Wc have a tough battle to
fight on our farms next year
and we need our best leaders on
AAA committees to help out,” the
secretary says. “Although Coun-
ty USDA War Boards have done
an excellent job of charting the
country’s wartime agricultural
course, they need assistance from
other county leaders, and in all
probability some of the increas-
ing responsibility will be shifted
to community AAA committee-
men,” he added.
The communities will hold
their elections at the following
places, and’ the man in charge
of the meeting is also listed be-
low:
Ripley, Talco, Maple Springs
and Wilkinson will meet at
Maple Springs, Charlie W. Bla-
lock, in charge.
Stonewall, Marshall Springs,
West New Hope and Forest
Grove at Marshtll Springs, Louis
A. Justiss in charge.
Green Hill, Oak Grove and
Midway at Green Hill, Ad S.
Rogers in charge.
Cooper’s Chapel, Argo and Lib-
erty Hill at Argo, Joe S. Horn
in charge.
Old Union, Union Hill and
Chapel Hill at Chapel Hill, Tom
A. Bell in charge.
Cypress, Hickory mu, Ed-
wards’ Chapel and Cason at Hick-
ory Hill, Arch L. Smith in charge.
Nevill’s Chapel, Mt. Pleasant,
Panther’s Chapel and Farmer’s
Academy west to Commissioner’s
Precinct One boundary at Dis-
trict Court room, Fred Mercer in
charge.
Winfield, Benton, Monticello
and Farmer’s Academy east to
Number of Bales on (
October 18 Set at
3,916 For County j
Cotton ginnings have already
doubled those of last year, ac-
cording to a report made public
by W. H. Lee, special agent for
the Bureau of the Census, Thurs-
day.
Prior to October 18, there had
been 3,916 bales ginned in Titus
County, compared with only 1,-
907 for the corresponding period
last fall. This is a difference of
2,009, or 102 bales more than
double last season’s crop. Indi-
cations are that over six thou-
sand bales will be ginned this
year, as there is still considerable
cotton in the fields, especially in
the lowlands.
Farmers are also receiving a
little better price than they did
for their 1941 crop, while seed
prices have shown advances, too.
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Pvt. Ralph T. Blackwell and
Pvt. Phil Blackwell Jr., who are
stationed at Tarrant Field, Fort
Worth, have been visiting their
wives and relatives here.
X. Carson, Mt. Vernon busi-
ness man, lost his pickup Wed-
nesday night and his son was
robbed of all the money he had
bpcause of his desire to be
be courteous to two soldiers. Mr.
Carson was returning to his
home six miles south of Mt. Ver-
non, when he offered a ride to
the soldiers who were walking
along the highway.
Wnen he reached his home, the
soldiers told Mr. Carson they
were cut of cigarettes and ask-
ed him to let his son drive them
to nearby Purley to purchase
a supply. He consented and af-
ter the purchases had been made
and they’ were nearing Mr. Car-
son’s home, the soldiers stopped
the driver, made him turn over
all his money to them and then
drove away with the car in the
direction of Mt. Vernon.
The soldiers said they had
been visiting in Tyler, but it
is not known if they went back |
in that direction or drove some
other way’ after reaching Mt. I
Vernon. No trace had been found
of them Thursday afternoon.
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* Russians Repulse
EMPORIA, Kan.—Everything
looked suspicious, all right. The
stranger sat in his parked car
while Police Chief Charles O’-
Brien’s men sized him up.
Finally they hauled him in.
He had papers to prove he was
a visiting detective trying to trait ,
an evil doer.
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Dispatches from Moscow Thurs-
day claim that the Russians are
not only holding their positions
against all German attacks on
every front of the great cam-
paign’ against the Soviet, but are
taking the initiative everywhere
and gaining ground for them-
selves.
The Nazi drive south of Nal-
chik has been definitely halted,
it was claimed, end enemy tank
concentrations have been dispell-
ed with heavy losses. Red counter
> attacks have driven the Nazis
back in some places.
At Stalingrad, the German at-
3 rot of the power they
few weeks ago, and they
have netted no gains at all.
Soviet forces are pushing back
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Mrs. Jadie Dorris Dale parsed
away at the Martin hospital at
Pittsburg at noon Thursday from
the effects of a lengthy illness,
although she had been danger-
ously sick only since Sunday.
Some years ago she underwent
an operation for a spinal trouble
at (Dallas, but never fully recov-
ered, and a hemorrhage in the
■oinal column was attributed as
the cause of her death.
Deceased was a native of Ti-
tus County, but at the time of
her death resided just over the
line in Morris County. She was
37 years of age.
Surviving are her husband.
Ercel C. Dale, and two daughters,
Miss Lonia Rose Dale and Miss
Odena Dale, the latter of Blythe-
ville, Ark. She also leaves a
mother, Mrs. Cattie Temples of
of this county, three brothers
and a sister. They are Pat Tem-
ples of Mt. Pleasant, Gladys
Temples of Valliant. Okla., Bert
Temples of Texarkana and Mrs.
R F. Matthews of New Ibeia, La.
Funeral services will be held
at the Lone Star Baptist Church
’■’’iday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock,
■ir.der the direction of Rev. Ben
Anderson’, pastor of the Metho-
dist Church at Omaha.
In erder to acquaint the pub-
lic with those in command of
the Army group stationed here
we publish below the names of
the personnel in charge of the
operations of dismantling the
CCC camp, which was abandon-
ed last summer after having
been in operation for about seven
years.
Lieut. Robert L. Howell is com-
manding Squadron K, Sixth Sta-
tion Complement of the Twelfth
Air Depot Group, and about two
hundred men are engaged in the
task of removing the buildings
for use at Duncan Field. Other
officers are Lieut. H. P. Wheel-
er, medical officer; Lieut. Ralph
F. Snow, and Lieut. J. W. Mc-
Wermott, convoy commanders;
Lieut. W. F. Silvay, maintenance
commander. Others are Master
Sergeant F. L. Packard, First
Sergeant H. Weber, Staff Sgt.
Glazier, advance noncom; Staff
Sgt. Spuditti, lead noncom; Sgt.
C. Vander Veen, trial noncom;
Sgt. Taylor, motor sergeant and
assistant convey commander; Sgt.
Edward M. Buris and Sgt. Char-
les Nadrowski, mechanics; Sgt.
L. C. Adkins, Sgt. D. P. Floyer,
Sgt. Grematkosski, Sgt. Von E.
Barrett, Sgt. Pete Anderson, Sgt.
John Kinehole.
There are about two hundred
men stationed here on this de-
tail, which is not only for the
purpose of removing the build-
ings, but to give them training
in other duties, such as moving
their equipment efficiently, set-
ting up new camps and getting
other military training.
Mrs. E. C. Dale Dies
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—The rubber
situation may bring old dobbin
back, but—
If you lead, ride or drive a
horse on any of Columbia’s streets
you’re breaking a law.
City Attorney A. D. Sapping-
ton, preparing to revise city or-
dinances, also learned it is un-
lawful to wash a herse on a city
street or to hitch him to a fire
plug or lamp post.
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.. and Mrs. Marlon Black-
of Majors Field, Greenville,
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in vital sectors of
the city and have more man-
euverability, it was stated, while
northwest cf the city Marshal
Timoshenko’s offensive continues
to bite deeper into German lines.
The Reds were reported to be
wiping cut numbers of Nazi in-
fantry units and have captured
two more strategic heights.
German planes have made two
attempts to bombard the ' Arctic
port of Murmansk, but failed to
reach their objectives.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 202, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1942, newspaper, November 5, 1942; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1366866/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.