Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 288, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 5, 1942 Page: 1 of 16
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Nation In Most Dangerous Era In Its History - - Roosevelt
Fourth
Assembly Lines
Running Through
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Holiday Stressed
'Not To Hold Back One
Blow' Given As Theme
For Celebration . ?
WASHINGTON, July I—(UP)
—President Roosevelt said today
the nation was celebrating its
Independence Day "not in the
fireworks of make-believe but in
the death-dtealing reality of
tanks and planes and guns and
ships."
Declaring that never had the.
anniversary "come in limes so
dangerous to everything for
which it stands," the chiex ex-
ecutive added:
"The tough, grim men who
fight for freetlom in this dark
hour take heart in its message
—the assurance of the hight to
liberty under Gad—for all peo-
ples and races and groups and
nations, everywhere in the
world."
In a solemn statement on the
166th anniversary of the sign-
ing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, the president stress-
ed the obligations of civilians as
well as fighting men.
The men and women on the
home front, he said, celebrate
the day "by running without in-
terruption the assembly lines
which turn out these weapons
to be shipped to all the embat-
tled points of the globe."
"Not to waste one hour,
to stop one shut, not to
hold back one blow—that is
the way," thj- president
said, "to mark our national
holiday in this year of 10-12."
Across West Executive ave-
nut from the White House, Sec-
retary of State Cordell Hull si-
multaneously issued a message
of hope and inspiration to the
nation.
"The spirit of liBerty and
freedom which Inspired preced-
ing generations to found and
build up to their present high
state of development our free
institutions," he said, "is the
spirit that will win the war."
The president in his state-
ment noted that freedom-lovers
all over the world were strug-
gling to defeat "tyrannies un-
equalled in human history."
"On the desert sands in Afri-
ca, along the thousands of miles
of battle lines in Russia, in war-
torn China and all over the sev-
6ee ASSEMBLY LINE Page 8
A. E. (Chubby) IU,.\ N CE'I T.
who h;.s been stationed at th*s-
Iroyi'r base ul San Diego In
the I". S. Navy, h;s complet-
ed eight weeky of training and
has received his intlng of
petty officer third class in the
ordnance division. "Chubby"
lias heen on the Pacific coast
for five months since enlist,
ing in Itallas anil being sent
to Kttni Diego. He aiso has
been iikhIc a fleet fire con-
tridiuan and a qualified radio
operator. lie is >on of Mr.
and Mrs. (I. I(. Itlancctt of
Sweet wBtcr.
Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Tempera-
tures: Low yesterday, 67: at
11:30 a. m. yesterday, 80. Slight-
ly scattered clouds, fair, and
slightly warmer.
By Clilted Press
WEST TEXAS -Scattered
late afternoon showers and
thunderstorms from south plains
southward and from Pecos val-
ley westward today; little change
in temperature this afternoon
and tonight.
EAST TEXAS Little tem-
perature change tonight: occa-
sional Ihttndershowers in south
portk.ii today uud tonight,
Chennault
Fighters In
Says Enemy Has
Run From AVG
For Two Months
Challenges Jap
Battle As He
Fliers
Takes
To Meet U.S.Celebrate
O ver New Job Attacking
West Texas' Leading City W More Than 15,000 Readers
Sweetwater Reporter
'Flying Tigers' Become
■2M Pursuit Group
In American Corps
CHUNGKING, July 1 —
(UP)—Five Japanese Zero
fightpr planes were shot
down in a dawn air battle
today over Hengyan, in Hu-
nan province, when they at-
tempted lo reply with a di-
rect attack lo the formation
of a new United States air
force command in China.
DEDICATED TO SERVICE
'West Texas' Leading Newspaper"
BUY IT IN SWEETWATER
45TH YEAR
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1942
NUMBER 288
CHUNGKING, July 4 —(UP)
— Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chen-
nault, assuming the command of
the United States air forces in
China, issued an open challen-
ge to the Japanese air force to-
day to meet his planes in bat-
tle.
He said that for two months
the Japanese plane fleet had
been running from the Ameri-
can. Volunteer Group, which to-
day became the 23d pursuit
group of the United States army
air corps .
The .Japanese radio had threa-
tened that on July 5 they would
blast the new United States air
corps out of China.
"WeM give them a cheery
welcome.' Clunnauit said.
"We only hope we will soon
get the chance to meet them.
But they won't come with-
in 2(10 miles of our base and
we have been able to con-
tact them only twice, since
June 1."
The AVG became the 23d pur-
suit group without ceremony.
Col. Robert L. Scott, Macon, Ga.,
See ENEMY Page 8
Theatre Staff
Winners In War
Bond Contest
Management and employes of
the Texas and Ritz theatres in
Sweetwater have sold 815,727 in
War bonds and stamps to win
first place in a contest among
110 theatres in Texas, Oklahoma
and Arkansas.
The $45,727 sales also gave
Nolan's total a creditable boost
in the all-out movement under
way in America to back the men
in service with dollars. The
sum of S277 was in stamps.
The announcement by Hen-
ry M. Rogers, followed receipt
of congratulations to him and
his staff here from Robb and
Rowley United, Inc., the firm
operating the 110 competing the-
atres, including the two affiliat-
ed theatres in Sweetwater. Robb
and Rowley are awarding priz-
es to winners in the form of
War bonds and stamps.
The great showing made by
the local organization was aid-
ed considerably by several large
bond sales, including one to
Mrs. J. H. Doscher for the Dos-
eher estate.
This nation-wide drive among
Sec THEATRES Page 2
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Sweetwater 4th
Featured By Air
Demonstrations
Numerous Planes Give
City Realizing Of
Growing War Power
Sweetwater's Fourth of July
celebration was scneuuled fully
modern last night, with its citi-
zens holding a dedicatory ser-
vice in Mustang bowl for Aven-
ger field, the British flying
school in operation at the air-1
port here.
The only part of the program j
designed to smack of the west j
the flag parade which, with mar- j
tial music by the Mustang band,,
was to get the program under-j
way. Flags of all the United Na- j
tions, borne by riders on horse-!
back, were to be carried around i
the field and then handed toj
a group of uniformed Boy Scouts j
I to be carried to the center of!
the field and formed into a large !
i V'
Harley Sadler, veteran show- j
i man, was master of ceremonies.1
One of the outstanding fea-1
I tures billed on the entertainment i
program was the appearance of]
See SWEETWATER, Page 8
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Air Corps Enters
War With Attack
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CAIRO, July 4—(I P)—The battle of Egypt roared through
its fourth day on the desert wast's west of El Alamein today
with siiglit indication that the Axis forces were relaxing their
grip and that armored positions were turning slightly in
favor of the British, front line reports said.
By Joe Alex Morris
United Press Foreign Editor
American "Havoc" bombers entered the European war for
the first time this Fourth of July when they joined the RA I' in
pressing home attacks on Nazi targets in occupied Europe despite
heavy anti-aircraft fire.
Six American army planes of the Douglas: A-20-A type, carry-
ing 3 men each, took part in a low-level daylight sweep over Hol-
land, Belgium and northern France, setting fires and doing much
damage to enemy airdromes at — '
British Fighting
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On Desert Front
To Win Initiati ve
Enemy Bombs Suez
Area Without Causing
Much Damage
! CAIRO. Egypt. July 4 —
(UP) — British armed forces
fought to wrest the initiative
j from the axis on the El Alamein
i sector of the Egyptian desert
U.S. Bombers Roar
Into Egypt Battle
ts Planning
Leade
Metal Campaign
Sweetwater industrial leaders
met in the Board of City De-
velopment offices yesterday af-
ternoon to discuss means of mak-
ing a thorough and rapid col-
lection of all available scrap
•net 1 in the city.
T P. Johnson, chairman of
the BCD salvage committee told
proup that the War Produc-
l-oard soon will start mail-
ing cut letters of instructions
'o the nation's industries, out-
lining the need for all scrap
metal. In the letters, he said,
will he cards on which records
of all shipments of scrap met.
al should be kept.
He urged that each man pre-
sent make a comprehensive
survey of his place of business
to determine whether there is
any scrap metal at all that
c uld be turned over to the war
J effort.
By Edward W. IXattie
LONDON. July 4 — (UPl *—
The United States : rmy air corps
entered the air war in the
Western European theatre on
thi- Independence Day morning
with a raid on German-occupied
territory.
United States army headquar-
ters, in its first communique of
the war, announced that six
United State-; rmy air corps By Richard I). McMillan
crews, in a joint operation uith (Copyright, HH-. by I P)
Royal. Air Force light bombers,] WITH A BRITISH ARMOR-
attacked various targets. j ed CAR PATROL IN THE
The United States planes. | FR0NT lines, Egypt, July 3
Douglas A-20-A twin motored j _(UPl_Guiint.rs of lhe German
light bombers swept with Roy- Afrika Korps are fobbing shells
al Air force light bombers o\- jnt0 ^le (|ust bowl beyond the
er the Dover Strait and made rullu(. raill.oad station of Li
their first raid at d: ring low Alamein
'eve'„ , , , American-made Douglas Bos-
Two planes, will, erews ^ „ h, bombers are roal.ing
of three nun each, are i|ss- over our heads in greater streng-
ing Irani the raid which th thfln eve,. I(ef()ret with tigln.
was made in lull daylight e[. pl,)tection
ever one of the most power- A fevv minutes after they pass
fully defended areas oi the we c.(]| h(>m. ()u, ,))ast of thoi,,
world. , ' bombs, striking into the enemy
Big United States ( onsoliJn- columns wllich are crowding the
ed bomber rilanes had spread) rDa(ls and eame, tracks to the
devasfc tion through the Ruman- i wesl „ushlng up for the decl-
ian oil fields in their first op- j sjvt, battle.
erations in Southeastern Bur- ' T)lis activity has been
ope. United States air corps
Douglas lisht bombers were in
BRITISH BEAT BACK NAZIS IN EGYPT—In top plioto a British soldier crouches as a
bomb explodes close to a suppiy convoy during Konimel's campaign that took Tobruk and
Mersa Matriih in June. Below, comrades treat a British ambulance driver who escaped alive
from his hla/Jng vehicle, background, after Nazi attack on a desert convoy. (I'hoto passed by
U. S. censor and British censor, arrived in New York from Cairo. (NE.V Telephotos).
US0 Community
V
Entertainment
Well Attended
The first community entertain-
ment Friday evening at the
Sweetwater USO club, 212 East
Third street, brought out a rec-
; ord attendance with more Brit- j
I ish airmen taking part than at j
I any previous social.
The occasion was to teach the
lads from England about square
dancing, the Virginia Reel and
i othei old fashioned dance tunes.
; The dances are similar to the
! folk dances of England.
| L. H. Saulson. district direc-
tor for the USO, commended the
spirit of the citizens as well as
action in the blazing Egyptian
campaign. In China the old Am-
erican Volunteer Griuo be-
came today the 23d Pursuit I
Group of the Armv Air Corps. |
In India, United States planes j
had bombed .Tananese targ
going
on since yesterday when the
British imperial army in a de-
termined counter-attack frustrat-
ed one big German thrust. But
its success naturally was not
conclusive and the grave threat
to the Nile has not been re-
moved.
We could see tanks burning,
on the sky line.
The British forces showed per- j
feet synchronization. Tanks, in-
fantry, artillery and airplan'es
! moved together like parts of a ;
| machine. The attack moved fast.
i One section of our force bit \
into the front tip of the Ger-;
I man 90th light division which |
j was lying along the southwest-;
ern edge of the Alamein peri- j
| meter 60 miles from Alexandria. |
j Another section swept directly i «-■
on a field headquarters of the; of Dr fic- fireworks and miscellaneous
German command. !,,? i, irRn Mr Sd accidenti and being. dTmv!ie(1
Other sections swept in from -- '. « *- . • 'today. Saturdaj* and Sunday.
the soutji on the enemy flank.
A big task force of tanks cut
in behind a German tank force,
turned back due eastward and |
compelled the enemy to with
..n|.l /.nt«nM%MnNt I *'** — *■
Hardin,
D. Dixon and Mr. and Mrs. Earl
the Dutch towns of Hamstede,
Alkmaar and Valenkburg, and
attacking German ships off the
coast. Two American ships were
lost.
On other fronts, the Axis strug-
gle to close a giant pincers
through Russia and Egypt on j
the Near East resulted in some j
of the heaviest battles of the |
war.
In Russia, the Germans claim-
ed to have broken through the ]
Kurk-Kharkov front toward the |
Don river, 130 miles Eftvay, but |
Moscow dispatches said that
great battles, attacks and coun- j
ter-attacks were still raging af- j
ter some enemy gains.
Dispatches indicated large
losses in men, tanks, guns and
planes on both sides along a
150-mile front where the Axis
had massed for an attempt to
break through toward Rostov
and the Caucasus which would
flank the main Red army in the
Ukraine. If the Berlin claims
are substantiated, it would ap-
pear that the first break through j but
had been achieved but Russian I geg
reports from the front empha-!
sized that desperate fighting was j
still in progress.
On the Egyptian front, there
still was no decision.
The American bomber raid
was chiefly for morale purpos-
es, designed to observe the1
Fourth of July by impressing |
on the enemy, the anti-Nazi j
forces of Europe and the Am-
erican people the importance of j
United States air power in the
coming all out struggle.
Millions Go On
With War Work
During Fourth
r
Millions spent Saturday—the ;
, first wartime July -i in 24 years
I —toiling in war industries so
I Americans may again celebrate j
the anniversary of their inde-
pendence in peace.
Hundreds of thousands of Am-
I erican soldiers, sailors and ma- i
rities faced the enemies of de-
mocracy on all continents, and
they, too unrelaxing their guard, j
i observed Independence Day.
But for other millions of Am-
j erican civilians July 4 meant a
| weekend holiday, restricted by
i the shortage of rubber, and. on
the eastern seaboard, gasoline j
| rationing.
j The national safety council in j
| Chicago said that in one way
the gasoline shortage was a j
blessing—that probably 25 to 30
per cent fewer celebrants would
be killed in accidents. But the
council estimated that 350 would '
die over the nation from traf-
40
front today after breaking
enemy attacks, capturing
guns and hundreds of prisoners
in slashing, aerial-led counter-
attacks.
Both sides were throwing
more and more airplanes into
the desert warfare in an effort
to break up the enemy's for-
mations and advance spearheaas,
the battle still
BRITISH Page
Hundreds 01 Nazi
Prisoners Taken
On Alamein Line
Allied Airmen Also Bag
24 Enemy Planes In
One Day's Fights
CAIRO, July 4—(UPi—British
troops have captured hundreds
of prisoners and 10 guns in
counter-attacks against the Axis
forces on the Alamein line and
the allied air force, in operations
on a scale Unprecedented in the
Middle East, has shot down 24
enemy planes in a single day,
it was announced today.
The ground forces put many
tanks out of action in a series
of strong attacks and the air
force destroyed four German
planes aground in heavy attacks
on enemy landing grounds,
camps and roads, bringing their
24 hour bag to 28. That total
did not include a German plane
shot down ovc-r Malta.
The Axis forces, beaten
back Thursday by the big-
See HUNDREDS Page 8
Avenger Field
Student Pilot
Cut About Face
One team composed of Dr. a^lucllin
and Mrs. Albert Brann. Mr. and I t°day, Saturday and
Mrs. J. E. Schooler, Mr. and Mu.) pjve hundred were kil
H. W Broughton, Mr. and Mrs.1
Jack Harris danced the "Peep
set," with Dr. Brann calling: an-
other team composed of Mr. and
. . . ...... i Mrs. Jack Fomby, Mr. and Mrs.
draw to avoid entrapment Tonl Hardin, Mr. and Mrs. D.1
The specific purpose of
the
In the Australian zone, Ameri- Kui|-<ii* i hximiMil
can army planes were fightiiiK| VI IUIHK III
May lie Furl her
imperial attack was to cut off H'arber, danced
the enemys tail by pushing be-! a.,.i
hind him to the coast, a rever-
sal of the tactics the Germans
had used against Tobruk and
Matruh, and deprive him of sup-
plies.
v
in of-
bej'de the Australians
fense and defense.
Thus in four continents —
all hut the two Americ-s them-
selves — United States army
air corns planes were In battle
action before the first seven
months of American participa-
tion in the war had passed.
They were fighting submar-
ines in the At! ntic. they had
met. the Japanese all over the
vast Pacific.
See AIR CORPS Page 'i
ncreasei
Soon
Sugar rationing, one of the
bugaboos of World War one
and invoked as a war measure
several months ago when the |
first war rationing books were j
issued, may bo relaxed to id-
low
See
Nolan count v
SUGAR Page
users to
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•I'OOI) PROSPECTS GOOD'
COLLEGE STATIOIN, Tex.,
j July 4—(UP)—Secretary of ag-
I riculture dlaude VYickard told
Aggies at a m ss meeting last
night that the government is
working to solve labor and ma-
chinery shortages which may
hamper the nation's food pro-
duction, and added that present
food prospects are good.
Two Little Sis-
ters" and "Split the Ring."
Mrs. A. A. Eberle and Tom
Michaels furnished music.
Thursday evening the 137th I
Field Artillery band from Camp
Barkeley played for dancing.
The same band also was heard
at the Mustang Bowl playing
for the 259th Infantry maneu-
vers Saturday night.
Through courtesy of KXOX
and Russell Bennitt, classical
musical selections were heard
and a series of games also prov-
ed interesting during Friday ev-
ening.
The week's activities at the
USO club were closed with a |
formal dance Saturday evening j
following dedication of Avenger
field at the Mustang bowl.
killed on the
1941 July 4 weekend.
Army and civilian defense of-
ficials warned that the enemy
might choose the holiday to
strike—it frequently does when
it thinks precautions are relax-
ed.
v
June 5th Stands
As Hottest Da\
A. G. Smith, s
Avenger field, wi
the Sweetwater
yesterday for ti
juries he receiv
Eccident.
Smith, who n
forehead and fat
in the advanced
Details of tht
not available I
school officii' Is
tuc
nta
ent
but
in'
tine
atu
at
iate
nt
they
ident
June 5. 1942 with 108. \
the hottest day in Sweetv
er since August 12, lbatt, |
when the temperature reach-
ed 109. The highest tem- | be
perature in the 25 years that coi
M. C. Manroe has been wea- j ee;
ther observer in Sweetwat- j p.
er was on June 29, 1928. j W
Moxliam to Vtlend
Ro\ Scout Court
/hi
when the heat w
grees.
Other days
broke records tt
1934 and June "
had 108 and 104
111
that aln
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