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Working for the Interests of Mt. Pleatant, the Center of the Milk InOtutrg of Northeast Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and Diversified Farming Program
Volume XXV
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Monday Evening, September 13, 1943
Number 152
AIR BASES IN ITALY WOULD MAKE BOMBING EASIER
SMILES DESPITE SHOT-UP PLANE
Salerno and Naples
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Cookville People
Singers Hold Fine
Russians Outflank Mussolini Rescued
From Allies, Says
Folks’Day Sunday
Nazi Propaganda
By Takig Airfield
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Stamps From New
Ration Books Are
Now Valid for Use
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MentionsLocalMan
the Talco pipeline company.
i he Weather
Only
for
Nazis at Bryansk
and Nearing City
Again Blasted By
American Planes
By Taking Airfield
Grip on Salamaua
Heavy Fighting is
Taking Place Near
Family Reunion
On Sunday Honors
“Uncle Billy” Poag
' Key Central Front
Base Threatened
By Red Movement
Eighteen Bombers
in Raid According
to Tokyo Reports
ConflictingReports
as to Location of
Leader of Fascists
New Guinea Bases
of Japanese Are
Probably Doomed
Rapid Progress is
Made by Allies in
South Part Italy
Convention Draws
Big Attendance at
Semi-AnnualEvent
Annual Event Will
Be Celebrated as
Usual This Year
Number Relatives
Congratulate Him
on 74th Birthday
Brown Stamp “A”
Can Be Used For
Meat Purchases
ALLIED BOMBING OF GERMANY could be intensified more than even the present pace if air bases in
northern or central Italy become available to the British and American bombers. This map shows the
radii from such bases to vital German production centers compared with the distances from bases in
the British Isles, from which bombers have been raiding German cities. (International)
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where Mussolini was
the action took place.
A Madrid dispatch reported
the former Italian dictator had
been imprisoner at La Madde-
lena Island, north of Sardinia,
and that the rescue was effect-
He was said to be a
sick man, both physically
spiritually, and observers
wondering what the Nazis want
with him, since he has lost his
power over the Italians.
Madrid also said the Germans
are moving over a million men
from the Russian front to cope
with the Allied threat in Italy,
the Balkans and France. It was
^Iso reported that many pro-
Axis Frenchmen are quietly get-
ting out of France in fear of
reprisals by the people when
the Allies begin operations in
that country.
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The Mt. Pleasant chapter of
the Order of the Eastern Star
will hold its regular meeting at
the Masonic Hall tonight and all
members are urged to be pres-
ent.—Mrs. Bert Ray, W.M.
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Mrs. Erskine Ray of Los An-
geles arrived Saturday for a
short visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Blankenship.
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Miss Frieda Wright of Dallas
spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Car-
ruth.
To the People
of this Community:
PRAYERS AND BONDS!
Today is the first Sunday of
the Third War Loan campaign.
You’ll offer a prayer for the safe-
ty of your boy at the front. The
front may mean Germany or
New Guinea.
Your boy will
do the same
on the battle-
field.
Funny, how
he worries
about you.
I think
was
1 on the other
foot Perhaps It is, but there Is
one sure way for him to find out.
What sacrifices are yon making
for him? Are you working hard-
er? Are yon taking that war
money and macing a wnr weap-
on out of it? The Third War
Loan gives you the chance to do
something extra for him. He
knows what good weapons—plen-
ty of them— n ean to his safety
for which you prayed today.
Every additional War Bond
means additional weapons.
THE EDITOR
v!t. Pleasant weather cot.d.
lions for the previous 24 neui
taker, at 6:30 this morning 1.
.buries Coker, local weather of
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Berlin made a big fanfare in
announcing Sunday night that
Mussolini had been rescued from
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.head of a Fascist government in
■Italy, under Nazi protection.
The report said shock troops
and parachutists landed near II
Duce’s prison, broke up the
guarding forces and took him
to North Italy. It was not said
or when
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ENLIST IN NAVAL SERVICE
Loyd Russell Clark, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Clark Route 2,
and Eorrest M. Hall Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest M. Hall
of Talco, have enlisted in the
U. S. Navy as apprentice sea-
men.
Clark has been employed by _______________
the local refinery and^ Hall A gOn wag born Sept. 6th to
"*■Mr. and Mrs. Grady Harris Jr.,
in a Marshall hospital. Mrs.
Harris is the former Miss Chris-
tine Latson.
Relatives of W. C. Poag, ef-
fectionately known to a large
circle of friends as “Uncle Bil-
ly,” held a family reunion at
his home cn East Twelfth Street
Sunday, with open house being
held at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Beulah Adams, from
3:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon.
All of Mr. Poag’ children were
present for the occasion, as fol-
lows: Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Ped
Calvert of this city, and Mrs.
H. G. Bass of Houston, together
with six grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren. Mr. Poag
has four grandsons in the armed
services—Roy Adams and Clay-
ton Joag Jr., in the South Pa-
cific and two others still in this
country.
An elaborate picnic dinner
was served at noon, furnished
by the relatives attending, and
a number of friends called in
the afternoon to pay their re-
spects and wish him many more
happy birthdays. He also receiv-
ed many niee birthday gifts.
Visitors from out of town in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Morris end daughter of Tyler,
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Michel and
children of Gladewater and Mr.
and Mrs. John Brown and son of
Talco.
establishing
for move-
Big American bombers have
again blasted the Japanese Ku-
rile Islands, a report from Tok-
yo said Monday morning, hut
there was no confirmation from
American sources.
The Tokyo report, also Riven
out in Berlin. stated eightsen
big bombers took part in the
■operations, and that nine of them
were shot down hy Japanese
defenses. It was admitted, how-
The victims of the explosion
at the refinery Saturday, W. T.
Ballard Jr. and Ernest Hawkins
(col.), were reported
to be showing seme
ment in their conditions.
Because of bruises caused
when small particles of mater-
ials caused by the blast struck
them, they were given tetanus
antitoxin Sunday afternoon,
which caused them to run fev-
ers and disturbed their nervous
systems, but they were getting
over the effects cf the drug Mon-
day. Both were badly burned,
but it is believed they will soon
be on the way to recovery if
nothing unforseen happens.
ever, that two transports were
hit in a harbor and set on fire.
Little damage was inflicted on
shore installations, according to
the enemy report. Only one
Japanese plane was lost, it was
said.
If the raid did occur, it was
the third in the post two months,
and probably originated at At-
tu Island, in the Aleutians, 800
miles from Paramushiru, the
Jap naval base in the islands, j
which was the probable objec- i
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Cookville citizens are prepar-
ing for another big celebration
next Sunday in honor of the
elderly people of Titus County.
This is an annual event which
has been held every fall for
many years, and always attracts
a big attendance, because the
old settlers are given recogni-
tion for their contributions to
building up this section.
A committee is working on a
program for the day which is
certain to be an interesting one,
with a number of people taking
part. Special addresses and. mu-
sic will be featured in the morn-
ing, and group singing of old-
time songs will take place in
the afternoon.
Other Cookville citizens are
raising money to defray the ex-
penses of the day, as the old-
timers are to be royally enter-
tained.
In the past, former residents
have attended the celebration in
large numbers, but because of
wartime conditions not so
many are expected to be pres-
ent this year.
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Special Story of
New Guinea Battle
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A special newspaper story of
the fighting a tLae, carried in
some of the big newspapers,
mentions Sgt. C. S. Dodson Jr.,
former Mt. Pleasant man, call-
ing him one of the heroes of the
fighting at Bloody Ridge.
One of “Kink’s” requent ex-
ploits is said to station him-
self in an area where new troops
are coming into the battle, and
when one of them gets frighten-
ed and starts to run for cover,
i Dodson makes a flying tackle
and then sits on him until the
sir raid or other action is over.
Sgt. Dodson has peen in the
South Pacific war theatre
many months.
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Miss Imogene Reed left
day for Bellon where she
attend Mary Hardin-Baylor.
The semi-annual Titus Coun-
ty Singing Convention was held
Saturday night and Sunday at
the Monticello Baptist Church,
and a good attendance was
present, especially for the Sun-
day morning session.
Most of the crowd present was
from Titus County, but there
were also a number of visitors
from nearby sections, and all
who attended reported a very
enjoyable occasion.
Claude Stroman was in charge
of the program, which included
a number of special selections as
well as group singing. Several
visitors also took .part in the
program.
The people of the Monticello
community prepared a big din-
ner, which was served picnic
style- on the church grounds at
noon, with all the visitors be-
ing accompanied bountifully.
This was said to be one of
the most successful conventions
held in recent years.
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SHOT-UP TAIL and punctured tire of his Corsair fighter plane didn't
prevent Marine Lieut. Donald Balch of Youngstown, O., reaching his
South Pacific base safely after a fight with the Japs. The lieutenant
is pictured above after he had brought his plane into a pancake land-
ing. Official U. S. Marine Corps photo. (International Soundphoto)
A Moscow report Monday |
stated Soviet forces had out-
flanked Bryansk on both north
and south and that the city is
already under artillery fire from
a distance of only ten miles.
The Reds opened a sudden of-
fensive in the Bryansk area Sun-
day and scored a big advance in
pincer movement to capture
this important key base on the
central front.
Capture of Bryansk would
open the way for a new drive
from the south on Smolensk,
mest important Nazi base in all
Russia.
Gains of six to eighteen miles
were also reported on the front
west of Kharkov, where the Rus-
sians are now almost within
striking distance of Kiev, cap-
ital of the Ukraine.
In the south, the Reds have
made spectacular advances west
of Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov
and are pushing steadily in the
direction of Melitopol, on the
railway leading from Dniepro-
petrovsk to the Crimean Penin-
sula. When this railroad is cap-
tured, there will be no way for
the Nazis to supply their Cri-
mean force and that at Novoros-
sisk, in the Caucasus. They are
said to be facing one of
greatest military disasters
history if they do not evacuate
from these areas soon.
The Reds are capturing many
prisoner's and large quantities
of war materials in their drives,
slid the German casualties are
said to have been enormous.
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EASTERN STAR NOTICE
The Allies have tightened their
lines around the two Japanese
bases of Salamaua and Lae, New
Guinea, with the capture Sun-
day of the important airfield
near the former city.
Australian troops captured the
airfield after swimming the
Francisco River nearby and then
drove the Japanese from their
positions in a surprise attack.
They are now only two miles
from the small town, which is
on a narrow peninsula, and has
practically no defenses. The air-
field was the principal Allied ob-
jective in this area.
Lae, eighteen miles to the
north, is also being put under
heavy Allied pressure, with sub-
stantial advances being made
on all sides of this base, and its
fall is said to be only a matter
of time.
There were said to be 20,000
Japanese troops in the Lae-Sala-
maua sector when the Allied
campaign started, but many of
them have already been killed
and the remainder cannot hold
out much longer.
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Sgt. Howard Leftwich, who is
stationed at Moses Dake, Wash.,
arrived Monday morning for a
furlough.
The new food rationing books,
which were distributed over a
month ago, can now be used for
food purchaes, although Book
Two is still valid for some ar-
ticles.
The brown A stamps in the
new book are valid for the pur-
chases of meat and other pro-
ducts in this category through
October 2. Red X, Y and Z
stamps will also continue good
until that date.
Stamps lettered B in the new
ration book will be good be-
ginning next Sunday end on
the 26th, C coupons will become
valid.
It is believed that all Titua
County people have received
their new rationing books, but
if they haven’t they will have
to contact the local board to
work out their problem.
In a short while the new books
will have to be used for all sorts
of purchases, as the old ones
have just about ran out.
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American forces in the Saler-
no and Naples area were said
Monday to have encountered
stubborn resistance from the
Germans and fighting on a fier-
ces scale than took place in
North Africa or Sicily was in
progress. Both armies were re-
ceiving substantial reinforce-
ments and a bitter struggle was
developing in the hilly section
of the western coast of Italy.
Positions have changed hands
several times it was reported.
The American force, however,
was making some progress from
Salerno northward, while our
troops were also fanning out to
the south for the purpose of
capturing an important railway
junction. They already have one
of the lines under direct artillery
fire.
Another object in the Salerno
area is a big airfield from which
German troops and supplies
could be bombed, but they have
not as yet been able to reach
the place.
In the southern part of Italy,
the Nazis apparently have de-
cided to withdraw to join their
forces further north, as the Brit-
ish have been
progress. They
occupied all of
Italian boot in
Crotone and also have control
of the heel and practically all
of the southern coast of Italy. On
the Adriatic side of the penin-
sula, they have taken Brindisi
an unconfirmed report said they
had also taken Bari. The naval
bases of Taranto and Brindisi
were found unharmed when
the British occupied them, and
the British fleet is now using
them.
The Allies are said to be mak-
ing numerous landings at
ious places on southern Italian
coasts and are
strong bridgeheads
ments against the Nazis.
Several airfields have
occupied by Allied forces, from
which heavy operations can be
directed against the enemy, and
they are being converted to our
use rapidly. Many air battles
were reported over the weekend,
indicating the Nazis have in-
creased their plane strength to
meet the Allied threat.
In northern Italy, more clash-
es between German end Ital-
ian troops have occurred, and
a big battle was said to be in
progress for possession of Turin.
The Italians are said to be figg-
ing the Nazis more fiercely than
they did the Allies in other war
theatres.
More Italian fleet units join-
ed the Allies during the week-
end, and Algiers reported there
were 35 big warships' in the
harbor of Valetta. There were
indications the British are al-
ready moving some of their
heavier naval craft out of the
Mediterranean and ere sending
them to the Indian Ocean in
preparation for the expected
campaign against Burma, due
sometime in a few months.
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