Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1942 Page: 3 of 8
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HAST HOP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942
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A WEEK OF WAR |
Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief
of the Army Air Forces, said Ameri-
can airplanes generally are superior
to those of the enemy. He said thut j
in the Pacific theater since the war,
started 1,110 Army planes have bat -
tled with 1,459 Japanese aircraft and
have shot down 190 with loss of only i
104. These figures do not include'
plane- destroyed on the ground, those |
shot down by anti-aircraft fire, Navy j
and Marine Corps action, or the work
el' the American Volunteer Forces iti
China.
Gen. Arnold said the goal of a 2,
000,000-man air force with 185,000
fighting planes would he met. lie
s-aid the recruitment and training of
pilots, bombardiers and navigators is
progressing perfectly. There is, how-
ever, a growing demand for gun.
r.ers, various enlisted technicians, ra-
dio operators and glider pilots. Gen.
Arnold said American planes are ai-
ming in Britain every day in pre-
paration for the aerial offensive
against Germany in union wirh the
R.A.F.
Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Commander of U. S. Army Forces in
the European theater, said in Lon-
don that training of U. S. unit- there
must be intensive in all its phases.
"This is true," he s:iid, "first, be-
cause the time is short; second, be.
cause the problems we have demand
the ultimate in trained personnel;
and, third, because our men must be
t'. ughened an(| hardened physically
to stand the most rigorous opera-
tions."
The War Front
In the first offensive action by
United Nations forces in the South-
west Pacific, U. S, Marines effected
landings and then consolidated their
positions in the Tulaui Area of tht
Solomon Islands. At the same time
U. S. Army and Allied shore based
aircraft from Australia continuous
ly attacked "Japanese air bases and
ship concentrations in enemy held
harbors," in support of the invasion
Commander in Chief of the U. S.
Meet Kinjr reported early in the bat-
tle that the U. S. appeared to have
had at least one cruiser sunk and
two cruisers, two destroyers and °nc
transport damaged, while a large
number of enemy planes were de-
stroyed and enemy surface units were
put out ox action. He said the typt>
of operation being undertaken in the
Solomons i> one of the most difficult
in warfare.
The Navy raised the toll of Japan
cse ships sunk or damaged in the
Aleutians to at least '22 by adding n
destroyer to those hit in the surprise
attacks <>f August 8-9 on Ki-ka Har-
bor. U. S. Headquarters in the Eu-
ropean theater reported Army Air
Force fighters participated with the
R.A.F. in 1 sorties off the coast o'
England in -18 hours ending August
I'i. Air Forces heavy bombers based
in India and China continued de-tnic
tive raids against the Japanese. The
Navy announced the sinking of even
I'nitec! Nations merchantmen by
enemy submarines, the lowes- weeklv
number of such sinkings announced
in the past 16 weeks.
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DIVISION'S BOND
Division are holding special meetings
to explain the pay reservation plaa
_______ _ _ to the men, and we expect a conaid-
DR1YE RESULTS IN jump *n sai,-'s m,ju
EXCELLENT START
More than 28 percent of the 95th
Infantry Division's personnel signed I
up for the regular purchase of War
i Bonds under the new Army pay re-
servation plan during the first week
of the division's bond campaign, Lt.
Col. Fred K. Gailliard, bond office', I
at Camp Swift, has reported.
f ! Highest percentage of pay reser.
i vations for any group in the Division
week when all men have ben reach-
ed."
Under the plan, officers and enlisted
men may set aside a part of their
monthly pay for the automatic pur-
chase "f bonds. "In so doing they
; help their government in time of
need, and they also help themselves
by saving a part of their army in.
j come for use when they leave the
Pay reservations totaling
KN9.28 were listed by unit bond of-
ficers, compiling their figures on the
basis of sales through last Saturday
; night.
| "We are very cheerful over early
reports," Colonel Gailliard said. "Bond
i office..- in the various units of the
was reported by officers of the Di-
vision staff, 02 1-2 percent of whom
are now participating. Runner-up i*
the 95th Reconnaissance Troop wita
til) percent participation.
BUY WAR BONDS & STAMPS
GENERAL KRUEGER VISITS CAMP — Camp S.vill received its first visit from Lt. Gen. Walter
Krueger on Thursday. Here are pictured, left tu right, Maj. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle, 9r>th Division
commander; Col. L. A. Kurtz, Camp Swift commander, and General Krueger, snapped by Camp
Photographer C. Lkmark in General Twaddle's olfice.
four pounds more meat per person be-
tween now arvd June 1!M.'5 than the
average per capita consumption from
July 1941 through July 1940. The
Agriculture Department estimated
the number of cattle on feed for mar.
ket in the cornbelt states on August
1 had dropped 19 peicent from the
cc mparable figure a year ago, ap-
parently because imposition .;f ceil-
ing- on beef prices caused feeders to
deviate from their plans as reported
in Apiil this year.
Secretary Wickard said the corn
supply is being used faster than corn
is being produced, and next year,
"Unless we feed more wheat than
usual." over 200 million more bushels
of corn will be used than is being
raised thi year. There are still large
; lock-, however, in the national gran-
ary, he said.
BE PREPARED
Cpi. Paul Griffo, an infantryman
in a Texas division, was setting up an
observation post and directing the
emplacement of a mortar, when an
aged South Carolina farmer diffi-
r ,
dontly shuffled up to him.
"Say, son," drawled the farmer,
"how do you wo k the.t there thing?"
'What do you want to know for?"
asked Corporal Griffo suspiciously?
"Waal," replied the Id man, "you
never know when the draft will catch
up to us 65-year olds, and I just
want to be prepared."
roads, effective September 15, from
hauling refrigerator and box cars
carrying civilian freight unless the,*
are loaded to capacity.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Bonnie Crimes, Pastor
All usual services will he held with
the pastor in the pulpit.
Morning service at 11 a. m.
Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.
B.T.U. at 7:15.
Evening service at 8:30.
There will be a fellowship service
at the close of the evening services.
Everybody welcome.
FINDS NAME FOR IT
MOOR FIELD, Tex—Pfc. Lonnie
W. Williams, 504th School Squadron,
says he's been getting so much sletfp j
lately he's contracting an ailment j
he diagnoses a> "bunk fatigue."
New Camp Swift Stationery and i
picture post cards of local scenes at
ELK INS 5-10.25 Cent STORE
I. L. WILBARGER
& COMPANY
Phone 58
LUMBER AND BUILDING
MATERIALS
BASTROP, TEXAS
Stabilization of Wages
The National War Labor Board
granted an increase of 7 1-2 cents an
hour to 61,000 workei: in 40 New
England and 11 southern textile mills.
The Board denied any Wage increase,
however, to 32,00y employees in 1 1 >
plants of the Aluminum Company of
America and 900 workers in the Buf-
'a! •, New Yo k, plant of the Ameri-
can Magnesium Company because
these workers "had received overgo
hourly rate increases sufficient tn
compensate for the 15 percent rise
in the cost of living which had oc-
curred between January 1. 19-11, ar 1
.May 1942." The Navy, acting under
ode!.- from Pr-siden: Roosevelt,
took over the strike-bound plant of
The General Cable Company, in Bay-
enne, New Jersey. The strike occur-
red at the plant, working exclusively
j >>:< production of war materials, n
I ter ;he NWLB had refused a reque-t
fo a general wage increase.
Rationing
The Armed Forces
Sugar ration stamp Number 8 will
be Rood for five pounds of sugar in
the ten-week period beginning Au-
gust 2.'1 and ending October .11, the
Office of Price Administration an.]'1" "' "Vl l,,v *1' '"-v
nounced. While not changing the ba-'tho si*mal Corps and the Ordnance
sic ration of one-half pound per per-' Deoartment. All applicants must be
son per week, it will enable consun. nialt> U> S- citizt>ns between the age.
The Army announced an intensive
recruiting campaign to enlist 100,.
o. 0 skilled mechanics and technicians
I for service in the Army Air Force-
N
needed for War
"What's it good for?'*
"Guns, tanks, and maybe
part of a plane"
ers to make purchase in larger units
and facilitate the disposal of 5, 10 and
25-pound packages.
Price Administrator Henderson
and Petroleum Coordinator Ickes an.
nounced jointly that fuel oil rationing
< n the East Coast may be unavoii«
able next winter. All Eastern mo-
torists were told by the OPA to dis.
play their gasoline ration stickers
immediately, because "It is illegal for
any service station attendant to sell
gasoline to a vehicle unless the stick-
er corresponding to the type of boon
is conspicuously displayed on the
car." The rationing regulations for
new passengrtr automobiles were
amended to make members of the
U. S. Armed Forces eligible to pur-
chase new cars upon proof that a
car is needed for transportation be-
tween residence and post of duty or
on official military business where
no military vehicle is available.
Farm Prices
Livestock price ceilings would re
quire very complicated controls of
marketing conditions, even to in-
speetion at individual farms, Agri-
culture Secretary Wickard said. Sue;,
ceilings would benefit small packers,
he stated, but would not increase sup-
plies. If it becomes necessary, how
ever,-the Department of Agriculture
will assist in working out n ceiling
program, he said. Mr. Wickard re-
ported the available meat supply, af
cf 18 and 44. inclusive, and all must
obtain clearance fiom their Selective:
Service Boards. The War Depart- j
ment said it will train dogs as sen- j
tries, messengers, pack dogs, air- '
plane spotters and for other purposes.;
Dogs For Defense, Inc., a private oi. j
ranization, will continue to act a>
the Army's procurement agency and i
the dogs will be trained nt the Qua:-1
termaster Remount Depot at Front
Royal, Virginia. The Department an-
nounced a reorganization of its var. I
ious public relations units to elimin- \
ate the issuing of conflicting state- j
ments.
The Office of Civilian Defense will |
help re-niit full time personnel for
the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve
for beach patrol and coastal lookout
duty. The Navy said it will appoint
retailers in designated trading areas I
to help carry out its plan for con-
trolling the sale of ready-made uni. !
forms to officers or chief petty Oi. |
ficers, beginning October 15,
Transportation
Mail deliveries and pick-ups face
curtailment in many localities be-
cause of lack of men and the nee I
to conserve trucks and tires, the Post
Office Department announced. De-
finite curtailment plans were an.
nounced for Washington, D. C.. an I
Detroit. The Office of Defense Trans-
In the barnyards and gullies
of farms and in the basements
and attics of homes is a lot of
Junk which is doing no good
where it is, but which is needed
at once to help smash the
Japs and Nazis.
Scrap iron and steel, for example.
Even in peacetime, scrap provided
about 50% of the raw material for steel.
It may be rusty, old "scrap" to you,
but it is actually refined steel — with
most impurities removed, and can be
quickly melted with new metal in the
form of pig iron to produce highest
quality steel for our war machines.
The production of steel has gone
up, up, UP, until today America is
turning out as much steel as all the rest
of the world combined. But unless at
least 6,000,000 additional tons of scrap
steel is uncovered promptly, the full
rate of production cannot be attained
or increased; the necessary tanks, guns
and ships cannot be produced.
The rubber situation is also critical.
In spite of the recent rubber drive,
there is a continuing need for large
quantities of scrap rubber. Also for other
waste materials and metals like brass,
copper, zinc, lead and tin.
The Junk which you collect is bought
by industry from scrap dealers at estab-
lished, government-controlled prices.
Will you help?
First—collect all of your waste ma-
terial and pile it up.
Then—sell it to a Junk dealer, give
it to a charity, take it yourself to the
nearest collection point, or get in touch
with your Local Salvage Committee.
If you live on a farm, consult your
County War Board or your farm imple
ment dealer.
Throw YOUR scrap into the fight!
portatwn said local transport sys-
tems throughout the country will face
ter deduction of Lend-Lease and mili-1 the heaviest load in hisory by mili-
tary requirements, would furnish September. The ODT prohibited rail
This menage approved by Conservation Division
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
This advertisement paid for by the American Industries Salvage Committee
(representing and with funds provided by groups of leading industrial concerns).
LOCAL SALVAGE COMMITTEE
BASTROP Phone 19
JUNK MAKES
FIGHTING WEAPONS
Onr old disc
will provide
scrap steel
needed for 210
s em i - a u t o •
m a t i c light
carbines.
One old plow will help make
one hundred 75 mm ntmra
piercing projectiler
One useless ol<'
tire provides ar.
much rubber
«* is used in 12
gus masks.
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One old shovel will help
make 4 hand grenade*
MATERIALS NEEDED
Scrap iron and steal.
Other metals of all kinds.
Old rubber.
Rags, Manila rope, burlap bags.
Waste Cooking Fats — When you grt
• pound or more, strain into a large tin can and
sell to your meat dealer.
NEEDED ONLY IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES:
Waste paper and tin cans -wanted only in certain
areas, ns announced locally. NOT NEEDED
tat this time,. Kaxor blades—glass.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1942, newspaper, August 20, 1942; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236868/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.