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Oil Refinery Japs’ Target
As President Roosevelt spoke on the war effort o Japanese
submarine was lutsj firing ‘25 rounds from its deck gun into
the vicinity o) Goleta, Calif., its oil i,efiner.v atnl these wells,
pail of the world's larges! tideland oil field. ,\o damage lias
been reported. (\E.\ Teleplioto).
Sweetwater Reporter
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45TH YEAR
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1942
NUMBER 217
All-Out Jap Attack On Java
May Be Started Any Moment
Three Transports
Sunk By Air Bombs
1836 Texas War
Cited By Lions’
Speaker In City
Educator Says Region
Involved Big As
Now At War
R. .V Richardson, past Lions
| governor of district 2E, and
| Hardin • Simmons university
dean, compared the world crisis
I of today \yith the Texas revolu-
tion of fSMt; in an address „ qt
the Blue 'Bonnet roof Tuesday
night, fJtnets were Lions from
CALCUTTA, Feb. 25— (UP) --The allied air force destroyed
29 Japanese planes, probably shot down seven others, and sank two
Japanese boats near Moulmein in fierce fighting in Burma to-
day, the All-India radio said tonight.
By Joe Alex Morris
United Press foreign Editor
The battle for Burma neared a climax today and Japan’s all-
out attack upon Java was expected to be launched at any moment,
Only in the Philippines where Uen. Douglas MacArthur re-
ported" desultory fighting, had the momentum of Japan’s south-
west Pacific offensive slowed down.
United Nation’s forces defending Java scored another success
■'ll clubs ip .the zone and their i atIain-t the big invasion fleets plying southwest Pacific waters,
wives.
“Texans fought as large a ter-
ritory as the area of this great
war,” he explained. He told of
the spark that sent the revolt!
lion into action and said ‘'Mexi-
co was not ready for democra-
cy atnl was turned into a dicta-
torship. Like any dictator form
of government, that nation suf-
' feretl by merciless rule and paid
! for Sant uAnna’s blunders.”
i After Texans drove the Mexi-
: cans back across the river, he
said, they went back with no
worries to planting corn. This
was repeated several timps, be-
Sat. TEXAS WAR Page 6
Japanese Mass
170,000 Men For
Burma ‘Knockout’
30 In Tanker Crew
Escape Terrible
End In Lake Of Oil
sinkhig three more transports
near Macassar Straits.
But the Japanese air force
replied with blasting dive
bombing, level bombing and
machine gun strafing at-
tacks upon key Java points,
ami the allied high com-
mand indicated belief that
invasion tluusts may be
launched at any time.
The situation:
• JAVA: Japanese launch pre-j
invasion air attacks; three more i
Jap transports sunk by Unit-
ed Nations’ planes: American
fighters bag two more Jap planes
over Java.
BURMA: Powerful Japanese
forces attack British Sittang riv-
er lilies; new air raids on Kun-
i goon run Japanese losses in at-
I tacks on Burma capital to 322
England Moves
To Get Indians
Into War Effort
380,000,000 May Get
Improved Political
Status Soon
At the eleventh hour. England
has recognized the vital neces-
sity of getting India whole-heart-
edly into the war against the
Axis.
Signs are multiplying in Lon-
don that a real effort is being
made to solve the ancient prob-
lem of India’s political status.
FORT PIERCE. Fla.. Feb. 25 I lJ,anes destroyed, 43 probables I The effort is born necessity.
t apt. Barnet Hag* in - < Vs Japanese shell damage to a
si,-el perl inn of an < a vial, neat- Santa Barbara, California,
after the first enemy sin lls fell on the mainland of the United
■States in World Wit II. (NIv.V Telephoto).
Jeff Williams And Dr. W. V Sutton
To Sjinalv \l Biu Teachers" Meeting
The Oilliell did riel Unit No school cafeteria. A luncheon for
7. of the Texas State Teachers! foreign language teachers will
association, will hold ii fourth; be held in the private (lining
annual eonvention in Swtelvvat-! room ol the Alacie hotel at 12:30.
er March 0 and 7. The enliven The Oilbnlt district i. compris- j
lion will open with a general eil by 23 counties: Archer. Buy- j
session in the Sweetwater Mu-1 See TEACHERS Page 2
(UP)—The survivors of the
I torpedoed American tanker Cit-
ies Service Empire shuddered
j today when they envisioned
I their crew mates, burning and
| screaming in a lake of blazing
oil.
| The 8.103-ton Cities Service
I Empire was torpedoed three
j limes in the Atlantic ocean south
of Fort Pierce on Sunday. Sev-
! eii men were known dead, and
: four were missing and presum-
led dead. Thirty survived, and,
J of them, seven were in liospi-
i tals for treatment of burns and
j other injuries.
1 John Waslsh, 21, a wiper, of
j Soulii Boston, Mass., had to
| abandon ship twice. The first
Mime he left in a lifeboat. The
I oil burning on the seal set it
on fire and he had to go back.
The second time he got away on
a painter’s staging.
“1 was asleep when the tor-
pedoes hit us—three of them,”
lie said.
Texas New Auto
Quota Is 5.,422
and 12 damaged.
INDIO: Leslie Hore - Belisha. |
former war secretary, demands j
prompt British action to meet j
Gen. Cliiang Kai-Shek's urgent
request that Britain grant poli l
tical concessions which will |
bring India’s all-out participa-
tion in war.
RUSSIA: German loth army
encircled in Staraya Russia area,
slashing Soviet offensives bite
deeper into German lines.
BERLIN: Adolf Hitler indi
cates big German spring offen-
sive is being prepared in Cri-
mea and South Russia; claims
advent of Russian winter “sur-
prised” Nazis.
UNITED STATES WEST
COAST: U. S. anti-aircraft guns
open upon mystery aircraft
over Los Angeles area.
Japanese war planes struck
heavily7 at the harbor and air-
base of Batavia in apparent soft-
ening up preparations prepare-
See ALL OUT Page 0
nicipal auditorium at 8 o'clock j
Friday evening.
Highlight of the whole a,-etti-
lilage will be addle- e.- by f)t
Wills A Sutton -superintendent
of school,-;. Atlanta, tie. I)r. Sul
Ion i- well known among teach
ers and laymen alike, and i a
favorite at eonvention-.
Jeff Williams, attorney, hum-
mi.l and philo.-opher. from
Chieka ha. Oklahoma i to up
pear on Satut<(tty .
.Subject -'eelion will bold I da;
group meetings from 2:30 to I-tat
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Four Applicants
For Marine Corps
Leaders Return
From Fori Worth
Democrat Dinner
DALLAS Tex.. Feb. 25—(UP)
Want a new automobile? Un-I Four youths of Nolan cuun-
der the new rationing act Texas ty have made application to live
Clif Boswell, Nolan countv
lemoeratie chairman and A. G ■
I •<•«'. postmaster, returned Toes j
night after attending the.)
democratic meeting and
1:30 Saturday afternoon. Mar i. ! Washington birthday dinner at
Three sections w ill hold lunch- Fort Worth,
eons.on Saturday. March 7. The • Prominent among the speak-j
school executives group meets j ers at the Monday night ban-
at the Blue Bonnet, hotel at 12:301 quet held at the Texas hotel]
p. m.. where Dr. Sutton will j were Wright Patman. Texar-
speak for his third appearance j kana, congressman, and Col.
of the convention. The Art see-j Marion Blalock, national demo
lion, directed by Mrs. Grace --ratio committeeman. He is in
Faver of Sweetwater, will hold barge of all the fuel flow for
a luncheon at the Newman High j the army airplanes.
~~ —:— "j The program proceeded un-
Weatner Forocost MU the president's address, and
WEST TEXAS— Interthitteni jconiinn >1 afterward. Eugene
rain in Kl Paso area and Big C 1 ey. Washington, assistant to
Bend country this afternoon, the president, spoke immediate-
rain or drizzle in Del Kio-Eugle j ly after the president's mes
Pass area tonight, sage.
SWEETWATER - Tempera-1 there were 1013 in attend-
ance. including Nolan county s
representatives. State Comptrol-
ler George Sheppard, Austin,
and formerly of Sweetwater,
was present.
is allotted 5t22 new cars during
March, April and may the office
of price administration here said
j today. The Texas quota is a part
rof 480,000 1942 passenger cars
in tlie hands of dealers and dis-
■ trihutors.
: Oklahoma’s quota is 1447 and
! Louisiana’s 1403.
U. S. Marine corps at the local
office, with Miss Elsie Johnson
in charge1 of enlistments. Mi-s
Johnson has moved her office
across the hall in the court-
house.
Those - applying, are;-—Orvet
Newton Hillis, Marvin Ray Lee,
Murlyn Davis and Jeff Davis.
(A British government dr-
e is Ion regarding India's fu-
ture will be made shortly,
Lord Privy Seal Sir Stafford
Cripps said today in Lon-
don in Ids first speeeh as
leader of the house of com-
mons.)
India’s contribution to the war
tias been large, but it lias not
come from a united people. Brit-
ish efforts to get war aid from
India have only superficially
tapped the resources in manpow -
er and material of the sprawling
sub-continent of more than 380,-
000,000 inhabitants.
Singapore and now Burma
have made very real the Japa-
nese threat to India, coupled
with the potential threat of Hit-
ler from the west. England now
realizes—and she hopes not too
late—that the native population
of India must be sold on the
idea that they are fighting for
their own existence, not solely
for England. This was short-
sightedly neglected in the Ma-
laya peninsula and Burma, with
unfortunate results.
. The native populations
theiy were not even encou-
raged to resist the Japanese,
despite the danger signals
of their propaganda of “Asia
for the Asiatics.” Now that
Burma is as good as lost,
Leslie Hore-Belisha frankly
admitted the mistake in the
Hous," of Commons today
expressed the belief that
there still is time to retrieve
the situation in India.
British realization of the nee-
See ENGLAND Page 6
Armored Spearheads In
Flank Attacks On
British Defenders
MANDALAY, Burma, Feb. 25
—(UP)—Japanese forces strik-
ing at the Sittang river front
today were reported using strong
armored spearheads in flanking
attacks against the British de-
fenders of Rangoon.
The enemy forces had fresh
reinforcements and it was re
ported they were using 170,000
troops in ati effort to deal a
quick knockout blow to Rangoon
and Burma before the allied de-
fenders could be reinforced.
The British imperials were
forced to bandon a bridgehead
on the east bank of the river
after fierce hand to hand fight-
ing. As they fell back to the
See JAPANESE Page 2
Selling Of Farm
Products Under
Parity Opens Row
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 —
(UP)—A dispute over disposal
of government-owned surplus
farm communities at less than
parity price today delayed sen-
ate action on the 832.762,737,900
war appropriation bill, the larg-
est in history.
The first day’s battle of the
senate farm bloc to prevent the
commodity credit corporation
from selling its stocks below7 par-
ity failed to produce a show-
down.
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Local Aviators
In TDG To Meet
The Sweetwater unit of the
Texas Defense Guard, under di-
rection of Captain E. A. Park
er, will meet at 8 p. m. tonight
at the basement of the old high
school building for drill prac
tice.
John Darnell, drill sergeant,
will lead practice drills.
Captain Parker is inviting bu-
siness men and others interest-
ed to take part. A person does
not have to be a flier to join.
Last week Capt, Parker met
with the Colorado City group,
composed of 80 business and
professional men of the town.
279 Get Diplomas
At Big Air School
WICHITA FALLS. Tex., Feb.
25—(UP)—The first class of
graduates from the world’s lar-
gest air corps technical training
school were ready today to
"Keep Em Flying.”
The entire personnel of Shep-
pard Field turned out yesterday
for the-ceremonies as Col. E. C
Black, commander, handed dip-
lomas to 279 men.
*t:.-j/\ . \miy.Mi'
Shrapnel “Falls
Like Rain” Over
Los Angeles Area
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25—(UP)—The Fourth Army an-'
nounced today that the reported approach of unidentified
aircraft caused a blackout and precipitated “considerable an-
ti-aircraft firing” in the Los Angeles area early this morning.
No bombs were dropped and no planes were shot down, the
announcement said.
Hiy Arthur Whitney
UP Staff Correspondent
LOS ANGELES. Feb 25 —
(UP) — Long Beach police re-
ported that unidentified aircraft
flew over coastal Los Angeles
county early today while anti
aircraft searchlights and guns
were active, and the coast from
Santa Monica to San Diego was
blacked out.
The Long Beach police said
they saw planes in the cone of
army searchlight beams and
that after penetrating a few
miles inland from the ocean they
veered to the south and disap-
peared. They said they saw two
separate flights, or the same one
twice.
Inglewood police said they
saw two unidentified planes
in the searchlight beams >cs
anti-aircraft guns fired over
that southwest Los Angeles
suburb.
Anti-aircraft batteries along
the Pacific coast engaged in a
sustained barrage. and the
bursts of fire could be seen in | See SHRAPNEL Page 6
MacArthur’s Men
Go Out After Japs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 —
(UP)—Gen. Douglas MaeAiAh-
ur’s troops have struck back at
the Japanese forces in a series
of “uniformly successful" at-
tacks which broke three days of
calm on the Bataan jungle bat-
tlefront in the Philippines, a
war department communique
said today.
Over Java a squadron of
American P-4 pursuit planes
shot down two enemy planes, a
bomber and a fighter, and boot-
ed to 50 the number of Japanese
planes destroyed by the U. S.
army air force on the "Dutch
East Indies front since Jan. 1.
Four Japanese bombers and
two fighters were damaged in
the latest victory of the P-40
fighters, all of which returned
safely to their bases.
Today's war department com
German Alien
Hangs Himself
HENDERSON, Tex.. Feb.
25—CUP)—The body of Fritz
Henry Patzolt, a German
alien, was found hanging by
a rope from a rafter in the
garage of his home near
New London today.
Friends said that Patzolt
only recently had learned
that he was not ari Ameri-
can citizen. They said that,
he came to this country as
a boy in 1903, and for years
believed himself to be a cit-
izen.
His friends repeatedly
tried to cheer him. They
said and told him there
was no question of his loy-
alty to the United States.
But their efforts failed.
He had been employed by
the Humble Oil and Refin-
ing Co. since 1919 and was
a guager in the East Texas
field.
He leaves a wife and son
and daughter. The funeral
will be arranged at Green-
ville.
Farrar Bull Brings $410 At Hereford Sale
munique indicated that MacAr
thur, alert against any Japan-
ese surprise, had sent out pa-
trols through tlie Bataan brush
in an effort to ieam, the rea-,
son for the calm .’V', had des-
cended upon the front since
Sunday.
“There were sharp encount-
ers between our patrols and the
enemy all along the line in Ba-
taan,” the communique said, re-
ferring to MacArthur’s main
line of defenses stretching about
13 miles across Bataan penin-
sula. The victory of Bagao on
tlie China Sea to Pilar on Man-
ila Bay.
“Small elements of our troops
were uniformly successful in ag-
gressive local action,” it was sta-
ted.
That meant that MacArthur’s
little army, although outnumber-
ed at least 10 to one with rein-
forcementij_constantly pouring
into the Japanese lines, remain-
ed a compact, well-organized
force able to lash back at the
enemy’s lines.
Bradford Rites
Are Held Today
Funeral services were held
at 10 a. m. today at the Yates
chapel for Mrs. W. M. Bradford,
84. who died Tuesday at the
Dallas home of a daughter. She
was the widow of the late W. M.
Bradford, pioneer Sweetwater
lumberman.
Pallbearers were \V. E. Mor-
ton. Jim Butler, H B. Allen,
Walter Boothe. Dan Shields and
Joe Bowen.
Burial was made at the local
cemetery with Yates in charge.
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PRISONER OF JAPS
David M. Allen, gunner’s
mate 3d class, of R I- Box 32,
Midland. Texas, is listed as an-
other of the men taken prison-
er bv the Japanese in the cap-
ture of Guam, in a new official
report.
tores: high yesterday, 40; low-
today. 37; at 1:30 p. m. today
49. Slightly clearing and not
much change in temperature.
High winds.
Thirty-nine head of Herefords;
bred in the Sweetwater area, of-
fered for sale Tuesday at the
25tb annual sale of the Sweet-
water Hereford association,
brought an average of 8204. Top
sale price was 8410.
Bidding began at 1 p. in., at
the Fair Park pavilion wdth
Walter Boothe, president and
sales manager, and J. N. Dulan-
ey, secretary, in charge. Both
have been active in tlie associa-
tion since its existence.
A bull. Superior Blend 5th,
consigned by Gus Farrar, Aus-
tin and Muryneal. brought the
top sale price, and went to the
Spade ranch in Mitchell county.
The ranch was represented by
Otto Jones, manager and J. L.
Ellwood. Tlie men also bought
a long list of females for the
ranch.
Top price of 8350 was paid for
a female, Mabelle Domino 2d. a
Moused Bros., of Cambridge,
Nebr.. six-year-old cow. R. V.
Boyd of Carlsbad. N. M. was
buyer. J. S. Criswell, Graham,
paid 8300 for Bright Duchess.
39th. second top price in the
female class. J. F. Ross and
Son, Goodlett, were consignors.
Boo Mouscl 7tli. a bull
bred by Walter Boothe, and
topped the West Texas Here-
ford association 4-H club
show Monday in Ahilene,
brought 8300 with A. G. Bo-
hannon. Midland, buyer.
Among the leading buyers for
the day were Jay Humphrey,
Old Glory; Jimmy McManus, San
Angelo; John Gist. Odessa, and
McClintic Bros, of Midland.
The buyers, prices paid, ani-
mals and dates calved with con-
signors follow:
Bulls
A. G. Bohannon. Midland. $300.
Boo Mischief 7th. Dec. 10. 1940.
Walter L. Boothe, Sweetwater.
Jay Pumphrey, Old Glory,
8190. Boo Advance, April 7. 1939.
Boothe.
McClintic Bros.. Midland, 8175.
Prince Domino Return 24th.
April 16. 1941, J. N. Dulaney,
Sweetwater.
Tom Parker. Roby, $160, Prince
Domino Mischief 25th, March
10, 1041, Dulaney.
March 30, 1941, Turner Here-
ford farm. Sylvester.
McClintic. $150. Domino Re-
turn 2otli, Dec. 14. 1940, F. A
Youngblood. Lamesa.
McClintic, $200. Carlo- Domi-
no, July 7,' 1940, Youngblood.
Pumphrey, $200, extra bull of-
Spade Ranch. Colorado City,
$410. Superior Blend 5tli, Oct.
6. 1940. Gus Farrar, Maryneal.
Jimmy McManus. San Angelo,
$180. The Prince Domini 16th,
Dec. 1, 1940, D. F. Kerby & Son.
Roscoe.
S. C. Houston. Stanton. $250,
Advance Mischief 4th. Oct. 11, i fered by Boothe.
J940, Kerby. | McClinic, $140. extra bull con-
Tcim Donahue. Sweetwater,; signed by Boothe.
APARTMENT RENTED
IN ONE D\Y THRU
CLASSIFIED AD
Mrs. G. F. Boyd, 509 Elm
Ctrec* on a classified ad
in the Reporter for an apart-
ment and received results
the first day.
3 room furnished apart-
ment. Private batli Fri-
gidairt. close in, 509 Elm.
$140, Advance Mischief 10th.
March 14. 1941, Tarlton Willin-
ham. Hamlin.
J. D. Patterson. Peacock. $215.
Doctor Eight. May 17, 1941, J.
F. Ross & Son, Goodlett.
T. L. Carter. Sylvester. $235.
Superb Advance 7th, Feb. 10.
1941. Ross & Son.
Houston, $215, Prince Becker,
Females
Spade ranch. 8195, Petrolea
13th. May 2, 1937, Boothe.
John Gist, Odessa, S130. Pe-
trolea 19th. Oct. 17. 1940. Boothe, j
C. C. Branch. Jay ton. 8210.
Donna Agnes 28th. April 8. 1937. ■
Boothe.
Spade ranch. 8175, Gvendo-1
See FARRAR BULL Page 4
Mrs. Boyd stated when she
called at the Reporter office
that not only did she rent
the apartment the first day
but that she also liad many-
additional calls and could
have rented several more
apartments if she had them.
Place y our ad now1, let it
run th cough Sunday and
have it read FREE over
KXOX.
CLASSIFIED DEPT.
DIAL 678
downtown Los Angeles, appro-
ximately 15 miles away.
An air raid warden at Gard-
ena, 10 miles southwest of Los
Angeles, said the activity ap-
pea red to be concentrated on
what he described as a “big bag
that looked something like a
balloon.” He said he saw the
bag, tom to shreds by the gun-
fire. settle slowly to earth.
Authorities at Los Angeles
municipal airport told police
that “shrapnel fell like rain" in
that district. As far as police
could learn, no bombs were
dropped.
A shell, apparently fired from
an anti-aircraft gun. exploded in
the backyard of the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Landis in
the southwest part of the city.
The shell tore down telephone
and light wires, broke windows
in the Landis home, and caus-
ed minor damage to the house
and nearby structures.
Fifty pieces of shrapnel pep-
pered a bed in the Landis home
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