Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1943 Page: 4 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1P43
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Remember Pearl Harbor
Thursday, Arril 29, 11>43— United
States Liberator bum born practically
demolished Bari Airport, 50 miles
north of the Italian naval ba-e of
Taranto . . . This attack was follow-
ed by one of the Biitish plain .- that
left fires burning east of the airdrome
on Bari . . . The French forces i?:
North Africt have driven to within
34 miles of Tunis . , . Tht. British
First and Kighth and ;he American
troops are making steady :ain> in
BASTROP ADVERTISER
— Published Every Thursday —
Entered as second class matter at
the Post Office at Bastrop, Texas,
under Act of March 3, 1879.
R E STANDI FE R PUBLISHER
AMY S STANDI FE R EDITOR
Mother's Day
A day when every person In
this great country should re-
member Mother in one way or
another. We have prepared for
your aid at this time a splendid
array of remembrances that
will please her greatly.
R. P. Perkins
Dry Goods Store
north Africa . . . Allied bombers)
ranging far and wide in the Pacific
area have blasted Jupanese -hips ami
the entire wireless station at Gas-
mata. New Britain was destroyed . .
American fliers were repotted t° have
•hot down 10 out ->f 40 Japanese
planes making a raid over Kunming
Capital of Yunnan Province in soirtli-
western China. Allied fliers joined
by Canadian fliers raided Japanese
p< sitions on Kiska in the Aleutians
. . . Far Eastern correspondents re-
poit that Japan is demanding lndo.
China give them ncti' e help . . . The
Polish government in exile has ap-
pealed for the release of all fight-
ing Polish males now on Soviet soil.
Friday, April 30, 1943—President
Roo-evelt returned from his trip over
camps and plants in 20 states found
home front factories and the armed
forces have hit their stride. He was
also convinced that the youth of the
land >hou!d spare a year for military
training after the war is over . . .
The Germans are stiffening in their
resistance all al<ing the Tunisian
i front . . . The president of the United
States warned John L. Lewis striking
I coal miners that they must all be Iwick
i at work by 10 a .m. Saturday if not
he will use all the power he has to
keep the mines running ... It was
revealed by Chiang Kai-Shek of
China that Japanese troops had slau-
ghtered evety man, woman and child
' in the areas of China where the
American bomber- ha,| landed that
bombed Tokyo . . . United States
flier> bombed Attu and Tarawa Is-
land . . . Russian planes raided Koen
igsberg in East Prussia causing ex-
plosions and fires . . . The German
High Command announced th> Ru-
Man- had launched a lain* -ah duve
Ion the Kuban bridgehead in th. Cau-
casus . . , Goebbels told th< German
people tha: they could not lose the
war.
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In 32-os. quarts
12-ot. regular
bottUf, or on
drougHtl
Saturday, May 1. 1943 Allied
roops edged forward on both wings
f the Tunisiar front ... In the Med.
iez-ei-Bab area the Fi-t Army un-
der the c mmand of Li. Gen. And-
erson fought off powerful Nazi coun-
ter attacks . . . The American force
are fighting a heavy engagement
with the Axis forces southwest of
Mateiir . . . The United States has
recalled it.- con ul general from Ma-
tinique . . . Turkey released 16 U S.
airmen wh'> had been interned since
June 12, 1942 . . . Gen. Heinrichs.
Finnish chief of staff has replaced
Field Marshall Mannerheim a- C m-
mander in chief of the Finnish forces
it w as reported . . . A Japanese at my
spokesman hinted that Japan was
preparing to invade Australia . .
A French radio in Africa broadca-*
t., France that Pierre I .aval had been
wounded a- he was returning from his
recent conference with Hitler . .
Russia announced the capture of
era! key p sitions from the Axis
>■< - in the Cauca us . , . The Ku
newspaper Izv.--.tia stated that
summer campaign will decide th<
c me of th war.
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f or-
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the
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SUNDAY, May 2.
forces in their first larg(
onet attack of the Tunisian
against the Axis captured
A mi
gic hills . .
•heir deadlii
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aic* hay-
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Allied air men struck
bh.-w at Axt« shipping
fcAlVJSrOt HOUSTON SMDlftlU, l« U'ml'.- Tiui
SOUTHERN
DISTRIBUTING CO.
4lh & Trinity Sis. Austin, Texas
Notice to
PATRONS
SUMMER WATER RATES
1st 3000 gal ro $1 50 per
month. excess rfi 20< per
1000 gal.
Rate v/ill apply on hills
mailed May 31, June 30,
July 31 and August >1.
CITY of BASTROP
:s DKP MM MEN'I
in the Mediterranean . . . The Navy
reported a Coast Guard cutter sank
a German U-boat and captured a
crew of ,'<3 men off the Carolina coast
several months ago ... A force o!
U. S. Liberator bombers left the Jap-
anese base at Kieta in the north wes-
tern Solomon Islands ablaze the
Navy reported . . British and Axis
big guns exchanged fire across the
English Channel . , . Liberators of
the 10th U. S. Air force dropped 20
tons of bombs on Rangt* n Docks . |
Ametican planes by day and the R.
A.F. by night gave the German city
of Essen a May Day bombing . . .
The R A.F. attacked seveial targets
in Western Germany . . . Germany
reported that the Red Army had be.
gun its summer offensive south of
Orel and southeast of Leningrad . .
The Germans have pushed a spear-
head acr ss the Donets River in the
Ukraine south of Izyum.
Monday. May 3, 194.1 American
and French troops have pushed closer
to Mateur and Bixerte through razor
back hills so steep that the advanced
troops had to be dropped supplies
from nlanes . . . The German radio
reported a large convoy off Gibral-
tor . . . Two new Allied Air attacks
on Kiska in the Aleutians . . . U. S.
bombers based < n Solomon bombed
Munda . , . A 5000 ton Japanese ship t
was left sinking off Dutch New
Guinea . . , American heavy bombers
raided the Getman submarine base at
St. Nazaire ran into heavy weather
and stern opposition lost 7 planes . .
Armed saboteurs caused haven in a
Danish factory near Copenhagen . .
From all indications Hitler ha- scrap
ed the Uittom of hi?- man power ba*
rel . . The Russian offensive t run
Will be your remembrance of her on
SUNDAY. MAY 9TI1
Contact our Store for Appropriate
Suggestions.
the Germans out of the Western Cau-
casus has bccomi a welter of hl>s>dy
combat . . . On the Kalivin fn nt
northwe-t of Mom-'iw the Russians
wiped out a company of German*
<ion: Clean; Cold; Covered
Cover fre--h meat lo s- •> \S ip> -
with damp cloth ju-t before cooking
If ground, *t re iri extra c«>o| pla-e
and cook soon.
HINTS ON PRESERVING FOOD
One slice of bread m- Ids, one car
r<«i shrivels multiply that by the
Nation's :'.4 million homes. Fight f h|
waste on the home front
The three C. for n.eat c n-irvn-
Fish and other ra food, vp-• 11 in
a few hours at r > «m temperature
C«« k at once, er "*rap in wax paper
to keep odor fr Pi other fo d. ar I
store wry cold
N O W
at KERR'S
A Complete Line Of
MOTHER'S DAY
CARDS
The New Store of 5000 Gifts
KERR'S
On Bastrop's Main Street
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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/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.