Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 241, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941 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 XXIli
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Thursday Evening, December 18, 1941
Number 241
FILIPINO FIGHTERS IN GALLANT DEFENSE OF ISLANDS
Registration For
Scout Court of
Defense Activities
Honor Conducted
Gets Many Signers
Wednesday Night
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Texan in Command German Retreat Is
Of Pacific Fleet
Destroyed By Fire
Army, Navy and Air Corps
town, was burned
A short time before the blaze
and as they
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School Building
At Edwards’Chapel
Forces Under Way;
British in Pursuit
Portugal to Study
Action Regarding
Timor Occupation
Shakeup Is Made
For Navy, Army
Because of Japs
Invaders Pushed
Back 150 Miles to
West of Moscow
Defense Shattered,
Rommel’s Troops
Trying to Escape
Blaze Breaks Out
At 6:00 o’Clock
Tuesday Evening
Singapore Threat
Is Increased When
British Retreat
Good Program is
Presented At
The Court House
surpassed only by
lead and zinc.
Everybody Should
Have Part in War
Operations Here
ing, a Hammond electric organ,
water-proofing of both buildings
and the recent redecorating of the
main church building. Total phy-
EUGENE BROOKS REPORTE
SAFE ON MIDWAY ISLAND
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Full Retreat Axis
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iEMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
Maximum ______________62
Minimum___________51
Temp. 6:30 ____±._______54
Wind from _________________SE
Sky---------------Partly Cloudy
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The Winfield backetball team
defeated the Mt. Vernon team
in a very interesting tilt at Mt.
Vernon Tuesday night by a score
of 27 to 21. The game was said
to be full of thrills.
Winfield is to play the Utica,
Oklahoma, team at Winfield Fri-
day and Saturday nights of this
Public is Invited
To Attend Yule
Concert 11:80
Greatest Period of
Growth Developed
By Rev. L. E. Lamb
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The Portuguese Assembly has
been called for a session Friday
by the Premier, and it is believed
the move was made for a study
of probable action as a remit of
the occupation of the island of
Timor by the Dutch and Aus-
tralians.
Half of Timor is a Portuguese
colony, and Portugal has shown | week,
leanings in the direction of Japan
.ately.
everything
and all
John A. Brooks received o
ficial information Thursday mon
ing of the safety of his son, E’
gene, who is a member of tl
Marine garrison of Midway 1
land, which put up one of tl
most heroic stands ever record"
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A Christmas dramatic cantata,
“The Carol of Bethlehem," will
be presented at the Baptii t
(Church in place of the regu-
lar services Sunday night.
Those who will take part in
the cantata are as follows:
Ethelyn Lee, Mary
i Cooper, Dorothy Wilson,
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every sector. uuccuug u<- uciu u.ieie uid.
Three German divisions were , nigh.t. He had tested out a string
said to have been smashed in .of electric lights on a Christmas
uei, unu j and as they apparently
killed in . functioned properly he left the
house for a business trip to town.
When he returned the flames
had destroyed the structure.
The loss of the school house
was partially covered by in-
surance, patrons announced Tues-
day.
Rev. L. E. Lamb, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, has com-
pleted five years of service in
Mt. Pleasant. Sunday morning,
he will begin, his sixth year with
tine local church.
During these five years, the
First Baptist Church has ex-
perienced the greatest period of
growth in its history. There have
been 659 additions with 229 of
these coming on profession of
faith for baptism. The present
membership is nearly 900. Dur-
ing these years the church build-
ings have been greatly enlarged
and improved. Among the physi-
cal improvements are, a new pas-
pa, .
c?SHopping m
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B. M. Sandli^Lvent to El ]
rado, Ark., Thursday for a si
visit with relatives.
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KEEP ’EM FT.YING, U.i
Annual High Schoo! Baptist Pastor to
Christmas Program’Begin Sixth Year
Takes Place Friday WithChurchSunday
program
the school
idly mopping up of small groups
•emains for the British, according
o the communique.
The battle moved thirty miles
to the west in one day’s activi-
ties, it was said.
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From the standpoint of ton-
nage produced and used, • the
amount of aluminum mined is
iron, copper,
The Russian drive againrt the
was gaining momentum
> to
The British Middle East com-
nand at Cairo on Thursday an-
nounced the Axis forces in Libya
have been completely routed and
are in full retreat to the west
trying to reach Derna. However,
Empire motorized units have
executed a flanking movement
and have cut off all escape to the
west.
One month after it was inaug-
urated, the campaign is said to _______ _____
lave ueadhed its final stage, and [have occupied
Japanese two-man submarines of this type managed to sneak into
Pearl Harbor during the surprise attack on that American strong-
hold, it has been revealed. Because of their limited range it is
believed the subs were carried to Hawaii by larger craft.
Gaining Speed As
In War Operations Russians Hit Hard
HERE’S JAPANESE TWO-MAN SUB
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A Boy Scout Court of Honor
was held in the District Court
rcom Wednesday night with fif-
teen Scouts receiving advance
ments in rank.
Walker,
i fense of the island.
Mrs. D. M Witt has receiv
a letter from her nephew, Thoi
as Wilson, announcing his safe
after the attack on Pearl H;
bor.
A letter from J. R. Culver a
ports he is in San, Francis
awaiting transportation to t
Pacific front. At present, he
engaged in assisting in round:
up Japanese aliens in the ar
but expects to see active serv
with an anti-aircraft unit.
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fice late Wednesday afternoon
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E. C. Brice, principal, an-
nounced Thursday that the Mt.
Pleasant high school will hold
its annual Christmas
Friday morning in
auditorium.
The high school band will fur-
nish the mu de, and students will
present Christmas readings.
The program is as follows:
“Ma ih of the Three Kings,"
and “It Came Upon a Midnight
Clear"—Band.
Reading, “And a Little Child
Shall Lead Them”—Alice Ruth
Rogers.
“The Fir:t Noel,” “While Shep-
nerds Watched Their Flocks”- an education buUd.
oana.
Poem, “Because of Thy Great
Bounty, Lord,” by Grace
Crowell—Dorothy Wilson.
Audience singing, with band gi7a7 improvemwits coating "about ’ bX American troops in the d
$25,000 have been made.
During these years the church
budget has been greatly increas-
ed and the annual gift? to mis-
sions and benevolence have more
than doubled. Chester Hart has
served as pastor’s assistant for
more than a year. He has full
[charge of the music and Training
and chairs will be |Unjon and assists in other phases
of the church work.
Rev. Lamb states that there
will be no special service Sun-
day morning. His subject will
be, “Five Years, but One Mes-
sage.” A sacred dramatic can-
tata will be presented at the
evening hour.
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WINFIEI.D CAGFRS DEFEAT
MT. VERNON TUESDAY NIGHT
Mt. PloaRRnt wputhpr conll'-ionn for thl
torevhfy* 24 hours, taken at 6 :30 this morn*
InK Iry .Qliailea Coker, local weather ob
lerver, are aa follows»
Jean
John
Paul Porter, Jack Harrison, El-
mer Daffer, Martha Hamilton,
Imogene Reed, Mrs. Walter
Thiele, Mrs. Horris Morris. Mat-
tie Marie Diffie, Mike Dalton,
Tommie Jo Vinson, Syble Gar-
rett, Viola Harrison', Marjorie
Nell Cox, Tommy Stone, Robert
Lee Lamb. Sue Gilpin, Norma
Meers, Mary Louise Hays, Jim-
my Austin, Galen Steeg, Patsy
Adams, Dorothy Jean Payne,
Marjorie Meadows, Martha Lou
; Mooes.
day that the strong naval and air
base of Penang Inland had prob-
ably fallen to the Japanese, as
no communication had been made
with the defenders for 24 hours.
Because of heacy Jap move-
ments south from Thailand, the
British have been forced to evac-
uate all of the Kedar Province
of Malaya, retiring 115 miles to
the routh along the west coast.
This action increases the threat
to Singapore, Britain’s most im-
portant naval aid air base in the
South Pacific.
Women and children are being ,
evacuated from Calcutta, India, as
it is- feared the Japs will soon
direct a campaign on this great
city on the Bay of Bengal.
The garrison of Hong Kong is
holding cut strangly against all
Japanese attacks, and the Japs
have been unable to gain a foot- i
hold on the island, although they
now occupy all of Kowloon. De-
termination to hold out at -all :
costs has been expressed by the
British.
The Chinese drive on the main-
land, calculated to relieve the
siege of Hong Kong, was report-
ed from Chungking to be pro-
gressing rapidly, and the Japs
have been forced to turn away
from the British to meet the on-
coming Chine'e.
Dutch and Australian forces
I the Portuguese
half of the island of Timor, at
the tip of the East Indies, to pre- i
vent its capture by the Japs. :
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The growing plastics industry ,
needs cotton fabrics. Timing 1
gears, electrical machinery parts '
and mechanical specialties. as 1
well as many varieties of lami-
nated products, are made by the <
use of synthetic resins on cotton 1
abric bases
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riffle
day night by the War and Navy
Departments.
Lieut.-Gen. W. C. Short, Major
Gen. F. L. Martin and Rear Ad-
miral H. E. Kimmel were re-
lieved of their positions and
were replaced by Lieut. Gen.
D. C. Emmons, Brig. Gen. C. L.
Tinker and Rear Admiral C W.
Nimitz.
The changes were made be-
cause an investigating board to
determine if there was negli-
gence in defense of the Hawaiian
Islands that permitted the Japs
to create their damage on the
naval, army and air force bases.
The Departments said they did
not want men in dharge of opera-
tions while they were being in-
vestigated.
Many are wondering, however,
why there should be an investi-
gation. of these in command in
Hawaii, when their superiors in
Washington had no advance in-
formation of the treacherous at-
tack, when they had many more
sources from which to be warned j
of Japanese action. If the State
Department was taken, by sur-
prise, while peace negotiations
were going on, ten thousands of
miles away could not be expected
to know the Japs were prepar-
ing for a surprise blow.
Admiral Nimitz, who previous-
ly was head of the Bureau of
Navigation for the Navy, is a
native of Fredericksburg, Texas,
and is said to be a master naval
strategist. He will be given the
rank of Admiral, and will have
command of all American naval ’
forces in the Pacific.
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FOR BALE—Two setter females,
excellently trained. Four years
old. See Howard Body. 18-3d
According to Rev. B. A. Wat-
son, County Defense Chairman,
the registration Wednesday for l
various activities for Titus Coun-
ty re ulted in over 250 signa-
tures.
The -office will be kept open
to .registrants for some time yet,
ard everybody is urged to call
and sign a blank, as there
something for all to do. It is not
nece isary to agree to join the
defense guard, the air raid ser-
vice and sudh organizations, but
if you have a car or some article
which could be used for defense
of the county, you should regis-
ter.
Such activity at this time may .
appeal:' to 'be unnecessary, as
there is little chance just now
that Axis forces could reach Mt.
Pleasant, but in the event of
t'ne occupation of Mexico, which
is not improbable, the situation
could change quickly and unless
precautions are taken we would
have no organization to off;et
the damage which could be in-
flicted.
Of course, lots of people are
busy now because of the holi-
days, and think thpy do not
have enou^tf HMfcrtd register, but
this war threatens
Americans hold dear,
should be willing to do some-
thing for the defeat of Japan,
Germany and Italy.
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Penang is Isolated
By Japanese From
Malay Peninula
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—From March of Time's "Battlefields of the Pacific"
Fighting side by side with American troops from continental United States the Philippines’ native
soldiery lias fought uiagnlficlently against Japanese forces attempting to invade the islands. Pic
tured above is a detachment of Filipino soldiers marching under the American flag.
T. C. Walker, advancement
chairman, was in charge cf the
following program: Scout oath,
led by Jeff Harvey: Allegiance
to Flag, led by James Barrett;
son, “God Bless America,” led
! by Huey Keeney; talk, “Boy
Scouts Place in National De-
fense,” by Claude Riney, district
chairman of Boy Scouts in Titus
County; awarding of badges by
Sccutmaiters George^ Watts,
David Williams, and parents of
the boys; Scout quiz led by Al-
lan Wheeler.
Short talks were made by
Scout Commissioner C. C. Ehe-
mann and Rev. B. A. Watson,
stressing the importance of the {
paper drive now in progress. Two
Scouts, George Watts Jr., and
Wesley Wilson, were assigned to g
serve as orderlie to the personnel
of the National Defense: office.
They are to report Saturday
morning at 9:00 a.m.
The following boyis received *
advancement: Tenderfoot, Tom-
my Walker and Fred Daniel of ;
Troop 201 and Haskell Smith of
Troop 203. Second Class, Bishop
Clements, Hoyt Campy>ell and.
Jeff Harvey of Troop 203. First
Class, Billy Joe Moore of Troop
203. Star, L. W. Owens of Troop
201. Merit badges, Willard Queen
of Troop 203 received badges in
leather work, hiking, black-
smithing, leathercraft, pottery,
salesmanship, surveying, angling,
and landscape gardening; L. W.
Owens of Troop 201 received
badge in woodwork; Jefi Harvey
I of Troop 203 received a badge in
swimming.
One of the outstanding pres
entationis of the evening was the
awarding of Den Chief Warrant"
. and slhonlder cords tn Claude
I Riney Jr., and R. C. Owens Jr
,^i These Scouts of Troop 201 mee
and work with Cub Dens eacl
week in addition to their regula
iuties as Boy Scouts.
accompaniment: “Joy to the
World.” “Silent Night,” “Hark!
The Herald Angels Sing,” “Come
All Ye Faithful.”
The program will close with
the “Star-Spangled Banner,” as
the flags are brought cut and
saluted in a patriotic gesture.
The public is cordially invited
to attend,
provided for all those who come.
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As a result of the disaster at
Pearl Harbor and Honolulu, a! Nazis was gaining
big shakeup took place in the i Thursday according to reports 1 disclosed the fact the Edwards’
ii-.d .Mr Cc“3 com-] coming from the Soviet capital, 'Chapel sphcol building, nine miles
mands i» the Pacific Wednes- ’ and the retreat of Hitler’s forces j southeast of town, was burned
has already freed territory near- Ito the ground Tuesday evening,
ly 150 miles we:t of Moscow. (According to residents from that
The Reds are now within only | community, the fire broke out
fifteen miles of Orel, south of .about 6:00 o’clock.
Moscow, and the drive is said to ! A short time before the blaze
be aimed for the recapture of j was first noticed Herman Crider,
Khaiikov, principal industrial ccn- principal of the school, had been
ter of the Donets Basin, where I to the building and had com-
Iheavy fighting is reported onjpleted decorations for a P.-T.A.
|every sector. ’meeting to be held there that
I 'rnree uerman aivisions were 1 .
said io have been smashed in -1
the campaign around Orel, and (tree,
■ten thousand Nazis were 1---------
action at Kalinin, now in> the
hands of the Reds. Heavy fight-
ing is also said to be in progress
at Mozhaisk, west of Moscow.
In spite of German dive bomb-
ing activities, Russian ships are
unloading large quantities of
troops and material at Sevasto-
pol, and tfhe pressure on this
naval base is said to be greatly
lessened by the removal of Nazi
forces to bolster the defenses
along the Black Sea. In the
.Ukraine, German, Italian and
.Roumanian forces were reported
i to be fighting each other, their
morale having deteriorated great-
ly recently.
The Reds are also breaking out
of the Leningrad siege.
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CHRISTMAS CANTATA
WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 241, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941, newspaper, December 18, 1941; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1373532/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.