Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 267, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 25, 1942 Page: 8 of 16
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SWEETWATER REPORTER. SWEETWATER, TEXAS
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2.6 . 1942
Finns Grumbling Over Axis Failure To Take Stalingrad
Germans Keeping
Close Watch For
Possible Revolt
More Stringent Curl)
On Press Imposed
By Hitler
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 24 — (UP)
—German setbacks at Stalin-
grad and their failure to take
Leningrad before winter have
aroused widespread disappoint-
ment and grumbling in Finland,
reports from Helsinki said to-
day.
One of the outstanding exam-
ples of the increasing Finnish
chill toward the Germans was
an editioriai former Foreign
Mnister Juho Eljas Erkko pub-
lished in his newspaper, Helsin-
kin Sanomat. He emphasized
the importance of Finland's in-
dependence, its "most prized
possession" and said it must not
be traded for the "protection of
a tenant's position."
Sensing Finnish restiveness,
the Germans kept close watch
on "oppositional or treacherous
elements', and imposed an even
more stringent censorship on the
Finnish press.
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RUSSIANS
(Continued from page I)
the Germans was unrelenting,
thesa dispatches said, and his
men were attacking night and
day over Steppes boggy with
the slush of a recent snow.
The Soviet noon communique
reported that his men had driv-
en into a German fortified zone.
The defenders of Stalin,
grail itself hurled back tie-
perate new attacks against a
vital factory in the north-
western part of the city and
ran German losses up to at
least 1,400 men killed and 15
tanks in 24 hours. Guards-
men, in it raid, killed 200
more Germans and burned
or disabled five tanks.
In northwestern Stalingrad,
the Russians have not budged
from positions they were hold-
ing iive days ago.
Timoshenko's drive steadily
gained momentum, and seemed
he soon might realize his plan
of slicing through the German
left flank and trapping the Na-
zis at Stalingrad between his ar-
my and the defenders, fighting
with their backs to the Volga
within the city.
Driving into the German for-
tified zone, his men killed 250
Germans, and on a neighboring
sector, killed 400 Rumanians at-
temping to counter-attack and
shot down eight planes
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AMERICANS
(Continued from page U
First, Gen. Douglas Mac Arth-
ur's Australia headquarters re-
vealed that army Flying Fort-
resses sank a cruiser, a destroy-
er and two other ships and
"badly damaged" six others at
Rabaul, some (540 miles to the
northwest. The devastating raid
possibly shattered an enemy in-
vasion armada assembling to
join the Solomon* battle.
Second, the navy disclosed
that the Japanese have occupied
Russell island, about 30 miles
northwest of Guadalcanal.
Third development was the
shelling of the U. S. base on Es-
piritu Santo Island in the New
Hebrides — the second attack
in a week—by an enemy ship
believed to be a submarine.
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HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 21—
(UP)—'"It's a rip-roaring,
fighting family that tve are,
with 15 sons in arms and
ill,- old man himself a vet-
eran of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war.."
That's the way P. C. Sims,
71-year-old retired master
mechanic, put it tonight
when he explained that his
15 sons were in the armed
forces of the United States
and "they'll win this cock-
eyed war, sure as anything."
"And not only are they in
the armed forces, but there
isn't j: single one of them
that was drafted," Sims said.
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MUSTANGS
(Continued from page 2)
netted six yards, and the punt
was taken by Leeper in his 34.
Turner made 4. Tucker was
hurt but stayed in. Leeper lost.
4 and Turner kicked smack in-
to the line, but he recovered
on his own 15.
He kicked to Howell who re-
turned the ball 10 yards to
Sweetwater's 43. He fdmbled on
the next play and Mays recover-
ed. Turner made 2 and 2. Tur-
ner 10 and first down to Abi-
lene's 10. 'Pass failed, and the
second try was intercepted on
Abilene's 25. A line play failed,
and the Eagles staged a thrill-
ing pass play that barely failed.
It was a 42-yard heave.
The next long pass was
intercepted by Fitzgerald...
Turner made 13 on a wide
end. run. Turner passed to
.lack Swaim for t> yards.
Turner next pass failed.
Another long heave was in-
tercepted by Howell in his own
11. A swarm of Mustang players
went into the game from the
bench.
Howell lost 8 back to his own
3, and kicked out hastily. Leep-
er returned the kick 5 yards to
Abilene's 37. Turner left the
game.
Leeper to Owen pass for 11
yards made a first down. His
next pass went out of bounds.
Another failed. Hedrick made 0.
but the Mustangs were penaliz-
ed for off side. Hedrick passed
to Brown for nine yards and
failed on its twin
ball went over.
Bhrditt ran 12 for a first
down. Three plays failed to
gain and Abilene punted to
the Mustang 27. Hedrick made
1 and the game ended.
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FIGHTER
(Continued from page 1)
that I'. S. air squadrons were
iu the I bilk of llie battle and
American tank units were
operating with the armored
squadrons of the Eighth Ar-
my.
Battle reports revealed that
the terrific air preparation by
British, American and allied
squadrons had virtually driven
the luftwaffe from the sky. Their
bases and landing grounds had
been plastered for nearly 10 days
by day and night bombing at-
tacks.
An American communique, is-
sued shortly after the offensive
started rolling, said that U. S.
fighter squadrons participated in
strafing and bombing attacks of
the forward Axis landing
grounds and carried out escort
missions for allied fighter-bomb-
ers in the initial phase of the
attack.
Allied air attacks have been
directed not only at enemy air
bases at. Dha, Fuqa, Sidi Ileneish
and Quotofiya but also at the
supoly ports of Mersa Matruth,
TobVuk, and Benghazi. Mean-
i while on the other end of these
lines, bombers have plastered
Navarino bay, Greece, Suda Bay,
Crete, Seaborne convoys. And
in the last two days RAF heavy
squadrons have blasted Genoa,
the north Italy supply port.
ALLIES
(Continuel from page 1)
strong hints that light desert
columns had slipped inside Rom-
mel's lines and may be streak-
ing for rear bases as far distant
as Benghazi and the Gulf of
Sirte.
Timing their blow to coin-
cide with the bis posh in j
Africa, the Royal Air Force
struck a.t northern Italy with
the hardest aerial blows of '
the war. The chief target
was Genoa the big northern
supply port through which
supplies and reinforcements
from Rommel are funneled.
Don! Think War Hasn't Invaded
Taxi Field, Too—Just Ask Harp
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Taxis of Sweetwater are now
observing several new war reg-
ulations, I. L. Harp, owner of
quickly. Try them today.
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The possibility that the Eigh-
the Army move may be a cur-
tain raiser for action in West
Africa was not lost on the Axis
and Vichy officials.
Admiral Jean Francois Dar-
land, chief of French armed for-
ces, met with France's north Af-
rican commanders at Rabat
where he arrived on a hasty in-
spection swing which has al-
ready taken him to Dakar. His
following. The I noxt stop is Casablanca on the
Moroccan coast. Premier Pierre
Laval held a series of con-
ferences with the chiefs of
French fighting forces in Vichy.
There was little specific in-
formation on the progress of the
initial phase of the land bat-
tles along the Alamein line. How-
ever, communiques revealed
that American and British planes
had virtually driven the lutf-
waffe out of the sky and were
providing a protective umbrella
under which the British were
hammering their way forward.
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(Continued from page 1)
ed Pye in command of the task
force.
Rear Admiral Arthur S Car-
pencitr, who has been second in
command under Lcary, will suc-
ceed him as commander of nav-
al forces in the Southwest. Pa-
cific.
Halsey, a native of Elizabeth,
N. J., who now claims Wash-
ington as his home won dis-
tinguished service medal in Feb-
ruary, 1942, for his service as
commander of a raiding force of
the Pacific fleet which attacked
the Marshall and Gilbert islands.
Halsey l>as been a Pacific
fleet task force commander
and headed several raids on
Japanese bases, including
til,' highly - successful foray
against the Marshall and
Gilbert islands last Janu-
ary. He was awarded Un-
distinguished service medal
for that raid.
He succeeds Vice Admiral
Robert Lee Ghormley, who has
been commander of the South
Pacific area since the command
was established last spring.
Ghorm ley's new duties were not
announced immediately. It was
Ghormley who launched the
first operations in the Solomons.
What effect the command
shake-up will have on the battle
of the Solomons could not be dis-
cerned immediately Ghormley
has been in charge of the entire
operation up to now, beginning
more than two months ago
wh?n marines invaded six is-
lands in the Guadalcanal area
and gained their first footholds.
Only open criticism of con-
duct ol' the Solomons campaign
was voiced a week ago by Rep
John H. Costello, D., Calif., a
member of the house military af-
fairs committee. He told the
house last Saturday that he
feared the navy had attempted
to make a "grand - stand play"
in the Solomons by waging the
campaign without consulting the
army or seeking its coopera-
tion.
American forces in the Solo-
mons now are apparently con-
centrated on Guadalcanal, site
of a strategically - vital airfield
first constructed by the Japa-
nese before the marine captur-
ed the island. The field subse-
quently was enlarged and im-
proved by our forces.
U. S. WOMEN
(Continued from page 1)
history books begin with the
American revolution.
"With such mutual lack of
knowledge, I don't think we
can get as close contact as
we should without becom-
ing very much more under-
standing about each other's
problems, hopes and aspira-
tions. If such understand-
ing comes, there are bound
to be close bonds since we
will have a common objec-
tive."
Mrs. Roosevelt wore a sim-
ple black dress with embroid-
ery at tlie neck and a pancake
hat with a gold pin< She was
accompanied by her secretary,
Malvina /Thompson, who flew
with her to England.
She appeared to be astonish-
ed at the number of men and
women reporters present. Al-
most every organization in Lon-
don was represented by at least
one correspondent.
Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby, direc-
tor of the American Women's
Auxiliary Army Corps, also was
present, at the conference. Mrs.
Culp crossed the Atlantic in the
same plane as Mrs. Roosevelt.
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Harp's Consolidated Cabs, atk
nounced today.
No longer can cabs carry pas-
sengers over 10 miles, nor can
they make commercial deliver-
ies. If there are several calls in
one section of town, only on*
car may be sent to accommo-
date them, unless there is more -
than < no car load. No taxi can
drive over 30 miles per hour.
"Despite these new restric-
tions," Harp said, "taxi traffic
has increased over 50 per cent'
of its last year's mark."
Week end business is often
loo large for the efficient oper-
ation of the company's seven
cabs. Harp advises that passeti
gers put in their call early or
Saturdays and Sundays to be
sure of prompt service at the
appointed time.
Tires and gasoline will be ra-
tioned to taxis via the Office
Defense Transportation rules.'
Every cab must have a certifi-
cate of war necessity in order
to obtain its allotment of gas.
The County War Board is now
making preparations for the ny
tionir.g to begin November 15.
Safe drivers are still to be
had, but Harp's firm has grad-
uated 12 men into the armed
forces since the beginning of the
year- i
y
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Dis-
vis!/
To the voters of Nolan Coun-
ty and the 24th Senatorial Dis
triet, I will speak to you ovi
KRBC Abilene, October 26th
and Nov. 2nd, also KXOX Sweet-
water, October 29th, all talks
to be given at 1:15 to 1:30 p. m.
afternoon. —
Friends after having raised r
family of six children, 1 know
home life. Having three in col-
lege and three ii) high school, I
know something of the school
problems. Having worked
public works in Texas, Oklaht™
ma, Kansas and North Dakota,
I know something of labor
problems. Having farmed on
Jrese shrne acres over 22 years,
I know agriculture. Having
bought and paid for this farm T
know Notes, Taxes, interest, in-
surance, contracts, leases, mort-
gages arid other buisness trans-
actions. 1 know the value of a
''ollu.\ 9
1 am treasurer of the Fisher
Co. Baptist Assn., also president
of the Assn. Brotherhood, I have
spoken in Austin, during the ses-
sions of the legislature on two
occasions. tf
If elected your senator 1 win
bo honest, economical and rep-
resent every interest, without
tear or favor. Long years of
hard work has placed me in a
posiri.in to make this race, an#
! efficiently fill the office If
j elected.
I >vill appreciate you speaking
j to your friends for me.
Thank you and best wlsnes
I for good government. „•
Charlie A. Jones.
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