Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1943 Page: 2 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, MAY 6. IU4.I
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Observe It
the Sweetly
Thoughtful Way
with a gift from our large
selection of boxed handker-
chiefs. hose, lingerie, pyrex
ware, glass ware, and many
other suggestions!
WIDE SELECTIONS OF MOTHER S DAY CARDS
ELKINS 5 - 10 & 25c STORE
Headquarters for School Supplies
"WE HAVE EVERYTHING"
Bastrop, Texas CECIL LONG, Mgr. Phone 320
A WEEK OF WAR x
RECTOR CHALMERS MOVED TO
SCOTT HELD
Allied forces in Tunisia have taken
most of the important hills protect-
ing the way into the coastal plain a-
round Tunis in a full-scale offensive
that has brought the British about
20 miles from Tunis. The British
Eighth Army has advanced from the
s< uth against stiff resistance, as the
Americans have come within 'Jj
miles nf Bizerte. Thousands of land
mines planted by the retreating Ger-
mans were cleared by United States
forces as they captured Sidi \*ir
The battle line which stretched
I from Djeliel Dardyss "n the nortn.
'where the Americans took three hill .
, trie Djebel Mdeker in the south,
I rapidly contracting as tin- Axis arm-
t ies retreated under the heavy infnn
try and tank attacks <>f Americi
British, and French tropv Altho
! there are no signs of collapse
j enemy ha.- been forced to make
draw a Is from his most heavily
ified positions, and th« Allies
| kept up destructive air r;i:d.
I troop c ncentnitions and ammunit:• >ri
I dumps behind the enemy's line. In
a spectacular battle, Allied ait era?;
, intercepted a convoy of 20 huge Mer-
seburg-323 transports each capable
tal of 'J.rilH put out of action. Lisse
at set were alse great. It wa- re
ported that a single United Nations
submarine flotilla had sunk Hi Axis
ships in the Mediterranean since Nov
Scott Field,
t. r ("hairnet s,
\Y. Chalmers
at this Army
III.. April 28 l'ft. Rec-
oil of Mr. and Mrs. O.
<>f Bastrop has arrived
Air Force • Technical
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men an(| shot down
BASTROP COUNTY CEDAR CREEK NEWS
BOYS RECEIVE
COMMENDATIONS
Tfoust n. Texas. May •'{ For liis
part in helping destiny s '\ - enemy
•aircraft while serving as the mem-
*ier of an armed guard crew on a
merchant vessel, Robert Emm.'tt Mc-
carty. seaman, first class, if 915
Antelope Street, Corpus Chris* i, Vex-
as, has been officially commended by
the Navy Department.
"A rcpoH of the ccurrence.' the
commendation reads, "indicate* t'-at
f ir a perird of several days, 'tv ny
"bombers, torpedo planes and submar-
ines launched prolonged and sustain-
ed attack t'pon the convoy to which
your <h'p • as attached.
"Through.-ut th >se days when the
men were continuously at their bat-
Ue stations, the Armed Guard crew
valiantly fought off recurrent
of planes v hich viciously blasted the
eonvt y with bombs and torpsdoes.
Durinc these attacks the gunrvrs of
•your sh'p, despite the withering fire
of low-flying planes, unflinchingly
remained at their stations and in<*t
the enemy raiders with a merciless
■bail of fire. Again an 1 again the
planes returned to 'he attack and
each time the Armed Guard crew sent
up a terrific barrage of expert :n d
•curate counter fire Before your
*hip finally f ught her way clear of
this relentless and persistent bom
bard merit, seven hostile craft had
1 e<-n * nt to th«-ir destruction r the
lea by her blazing guns."
McCarty i- the on of Claude Jos-
eph McCarty < e Bastrop, Texas.
Mui-'ori, Texa1-, May For re
warning ;it hi- ba;tle -tati n with
a tier di rega-d for hi- own afety
during forty-seven attack'- in nine-
teen day- on hi- ship, Louis Syoboda.
signalman third ^~, of route No. 1,
Sniithville, Texas, ha- been official-
ly commended, the Navy ruin uriced
today.
Svoboda was a member of the
Armed Guard crew aboard the mer-
chant ship when it was attacked by
an extraordinary number of submar-
ines In the North Atlantic.
"The gun crew displayed the great-
est alertness arid fortitude, the com-
mendation reads, "remaining at bat
tie station twelve hour- at a 'irrie
Again, when in an Allied port, tin
Armed Guard ciew manned their
trun on forty-*-veri occasions during
nineteen days and repelled Gorman
aerial attacks twenty-one times, foi -
ing well aimed bomb to mi- their
ship and materially agisting in the
dent rue 11 n of at least ttnee dive
bombers. Even when high explosive
projectiles stowed on neat by Inimb-
ves e! threatened their imminent
death, the Navy gun crew refused to
Abandon their posts of duty and on
of carrying 120
J all of them.
Genera) Eisenhower's headquar-
ters reported that Axis |os .«>. it, Tu i
, ista fr m January 1 to April 1 "> in
eluded: fVi.OOn kille<l. wounded or cap
j tured; 250 tanks, .'t.iwro vehicles, and
125 guns destroyed or capture*'; I,
j 7.V4 planes destroyed, 278 probably
' destroyed, and 58fl damaged a to
CEDAR CREEK, May I Mr and
Mrs. Roy McC. nnell <if Bay town spen
the week-end in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A Martin.
Mrs. H. C. Smith, has returned
home after a two wee kit visit in Los
Angeles, California.
Riley Alexander spent the pa«a
Sunday in San Antonio with hi.- wife.
Mrs. Alexanders' many friends will
be happy to know he is doing as well
as could be expected following a ma-
jor operation.
Pvt. Vouna Martin is homo from
Camp Benning. Georgia, having been
given an honorable discharge, due to
ill health.
F, W. Woolsey, president f the
Austin Mutual Life Insurance c< m-
panv was a business visitor in C dar
Creek Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Deflay Martin of
Bastrop, Mr. and Mr-. Bill Matherly
anil children, and VFv Charlie (ila-s
of Austin, were dinner guests Sun-
day in the home "f Mr. and Mr J.
A Martin,
N. R. Jenkins of Austin was a bus
iness visitor in < edar Creek Tuesday.
Cpl. Jack Spence returned to Camp
MacGill, Fla. Sunday after a 10 day
furlough.
Mr. and M- 1/ nnie Yoast were
business visitor* in Bastrop Monday.
(•no other occasion disregarded burn-
ing gasoline and exploding ammun-
ition in order to extinguish a d « k
fire in the midst of an air attack."
Because of the skill. endurance
and constant vigilance of her armed
guard crew, he shin wa ihli t • e m
plete an extremely dangorou;- voyage
without damage. Svoboda enlisted
in the Navy February 1, JIM 2, at
Houston.
MILK FOR SALE
Gallon 4'!^
Quart 12t
Whipping Cream
Fresh yard Eggs
CALL CECIL LONG
No Deliveries
In the I'acific
Canadian airmen joined Americans
in raids >>n Kiska. stronv outpo-t of
the Japanese, which was bombed 1 12
times in April Tin largi t of the I'.l
lice Islands. Funafuti, hn been oe
cupied by United Slate f rces It is
about 160 miles -411th of the Gilbert
group where the Japanese have heavy
fortification Dati of the occupation
wa not revealed although it wa. an
n< .inced that the Marines had taken
the island without r. .istaiu.
Chungking declared that the Jit)
Hn«se have u-ed p> i- on gas against
( hinese troops in one -ector, and tha
the Japanese had advam oil a fai a-
Vukiakwen in -outheatei! Shansi.
Other Developments
'Hie Polish cabinet, meeting in l.«>n
don, drafted a reply to Russia which
was couched in moderate anguagt
and left the way clear for the British
and Americans t attempt to restore
normal relations between the Soviets
and the Polish government in exile
Russia suspended diplomats tela
tions with Premier Sikoi -ki'- govern
merit over a German propaganda -lory
that the Re«U had exei uted lO.OtHi
Polish < fficers
Saboteur- ar> aetivi in F it >|h
Norwegian patriot* hl >v* up four hip*
and a lighthouse in * *lo Harbor It
Training C mmaad Pos-, where he
will receive an intensive c >urse in
adio operating and mechanics to fit
him for duty as a member of a fight-
ing bomber crew.
During his training period here,
Pfc. Chalmers will be tested by ex-
perts as t aptitudes for special types
of work, and when hi- course is fin-
ished he ill be sent t more advanc-
ed training centers which are part
of tin- va t network of Technical
Training Command |scliools. I pon
graduation be will be well tpiulified
f r duty a an expert radio operator
or technician whenever his services
ar. rei|tiired by the \rmy Air Faroes
s. ot I eld • a ted -IX miles from
Bellev If, I . in the 'looking Cla
r.iuntry." immortalized by Charles
Di< ken? !• rmei U a t .uning ground
for a via 101 - in U old Wat I, it is now
dev. ted exclusively to the production
of radio operators and mechanics.
lr you haven't Rotten around
to buying .1 Second War Loan
Itond stop and think what It
would mean to vou if our sol-
diers hadn't cotten round to
thr flfchl.
wa reported that an attempt had
been madi n the Iif< if the N'ati gov
i'tn< 1 ■ f W k i and th;.t there bad
been .1 w;i\' of atta k on Nazi sol
diers in Greece
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TO THE BOYS IN THE SER-
VICE AND TO THE C1VI-
LIAN WAR WORKERS . . .
AND THE MEN AND WOM-
EN ON THE HOME FRONT!
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MayLf (Ins is t lie first Mother s Day you ho.'- spent 0w.1v from home V -11 you 1 .111 Let
your Mother s thinking of you I'roliaLly "lie s writing you t Iriie? < h' i 1- full of new
and smile provoking thoughts, even though het ryrs well with t'.ir while .he wnt •< \nd
she's proLafily serving ^ ol ,1 little s uriething to -a> how pr oiirl she is tL.it yon I • 'on/ to
her!
DON'T FORGET HER ON SUNDAY!
First National Bank
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1943, newspaper, May 6, 1943; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236905/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.