Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 255, Ed. 1 Monday, May 25, 1942 Page: 6 of 6
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Of Lone American
Downed Believed
By Parachutes
f IliaBOlJRNE, May 25—(UP)
strong force of allied heavy
L lumbers, persisting in a new
aerial offensive despite bad wea-
ther, destroyed or damaged 20
enemy planes yesterday in an
attack on the Vanukanau air-
drome, the biggest in the New
Britain invasion zone northeast
Of Australia, Gen. Douglas Mat-
Arthur announced today.
The allied planes broke
through heavy anti-aircraft gun
fire to reach the airdrome, near
Rabaul. They hit, with their
bombs, heavy Japanese bomb-
ing planes on the runways. Then
they dropped 20 bombs square-
ly in a group of 18 Japanese
planes, many of which burst in-
to flames.
Not a Japanese fighter plane
was encountered duing the
raid but one allied plane was
hit by anti-aircraft fire and was
last seen losing altitude. It was
believed that the crew para-
chuted.
In addition to attacking the
Japanese planes, the allied
planes attacked buildings and
left one ablaze. It was indicat-
ed that extensive damage was
done to runways.
It was learned that Austral-
ian planes engaged In a savage
25-minute aerial battle Saturday
night when they raided the
Japanese naval and air base at
Amboina island, in the Nether-
lands East Indies, 630 miles
northwest of the Australia main-
land.
The Australian planes flew
through heavy gunfire to bomb
four Japanese ships, ranging
from 1,000 to 8,000 tons. The
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Well Organized Allied Army Can Toss
Japs Out Of Burma, Stilwell
NEW DELHI, .India, May 2ft and British forces hi
-(UP)—Lieut. Gen, Joseph W.
StUwell, American commander
of Chinese forces in Burma, said [turn
today that a “properly organiz-
ed” United Nations force could
throw the Japanese out of Bur-
unqualified drubbing
Burma front, but expressed con-
fidence that the tide w<
would
Accompanied by four Ameri-
can officers stationed in India,
Stilwell arrived in New Delhi
late yesterday after a difficult
journey across Burmese and In-
dian mountain and jungle coun-
try.
"The Japs aren’t supermen,”
Stilwell declared. “If we go in
there with a properly organized
force we can throw them out.”
He admitted that the Chinese
The. Japanese, be said,
took Burma with a force of
only about 50,000 men, but
maintained numerical su-
periority throughout the
campaign. In addition, he
said, the enemy had com-
plete control of the air.
AVG Holds Western End
While Heavy Fighting
Continues At Kinhwa
"We have been blind through-
out this campaign,” Stilwell
said. “The Japanese have all the
components required of good
soldiers. They are tough, able to
live on meager rations and ready
to die. You can’t go up against
them with a rag-tag, bobtail col-
lection of troops and hope to
win.”
Texas War Bond
Quota Doubled
WASHINGTON. May 25—(UP)
—1The June quotas under which
states and territories are to buy
$80,000,000 worth of war sav-
ings bonds were announced to-
day by the treasury.
The treasury also reported an
increase of 24.4 per cent in bond
sales for the first 18 business
days of May over the same
period in April. May sales dur-
ing the period totaled $439,987,-
000 against $353,030,000 for the
same April days.
The .June war savings bond
quotas for Texas with month-
ly averages from July, 1941. to
January, 1942, first listed are
Texas 13,282,109, 20,002.200.
fire was so heavy damage could
not be observed.
Stilwell described his journey
from Burma as more monoton-
ous than exciting. From his Bur-
ma headquarters, the lean, tan-
ned general walked for 12 days
along jungle trails, spent two
days floating on a raft down the
Chindwin river and several days
bumping over primitive roads in
trucks. He entrained for New
Delhi from Intphal, in Assam
state.
Stilwell was met yesterday at
an American air base in north-
east India by the officers who
accompanied him lo New Delhi
—Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton,
commander of American air forc-
es in India; Maj. Gen. Raymond
A. Wheeler, American supply
chief in India; Col. Earl L. Naicl-
en of the United States army
air corps, and Brig. Gen. Grub-
er.
Stilwell also conferred brief-
ly at the air base with Gen. Sir
Archibald P. Wavell, British
commander in India.
The Stilwell party on the trek
to India numbered 104 persons,
including Americans, British,
Burmese. Chinese and Indians.
CHUNGKING, May 25--(UP)
—Outnumbered Chinese troops
battled today against a plane-
supported Japanese force of 100,-
000 men storming the outskirts
of strategic Kinhwa, capital of
coastal Chekiang province. Kin-
hwa is the immediate objective
of Japan’s southwestward offen-
sive below ^Shanghai.
The heaviest fighting in the
“Chinese incident” was occurr-
ing, with the Japanese attacking
recklessly to isolate China from
her allies and erase potential al-
lied bases for aerial raids on
Japan. The Chekiang front is
closest to Japan of any China
territory—four hours by bomb-
er to Tokyo and two hours to
Ihe Sasebo naval base.
Chinese military quarters ex-
pressed grave concern. Kinhwa
is a key defense outpost in south-
ern Chekiang and the eastern
gate of tile Chinese smuggling
route from Shankhai to Chung-
king. Converging from three
directions, Japanese columns
last were reported at the city's
gates. Both sides were suffer-
ing tremendous casualties.
But at the western end of the
the 1,500-mile Chinese front, in
southwestern Yunnan, allied
air and ground forces held the
initiative and Japanese positions
appeared imperiled.
A communique disclosed that
American Volunteer Pilots raid-
ed yesterday afternoon on the
west bank of the Salween river,
blasting Japanese troop concen-
trations and artillery positions
At a called meeting of Sweet-
water Post No. 2479, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the if. S., to be
held, tonight the local Post will
initiate with membership a
Sweetwater boy recently return-
ed from foreign service. Wil-
liam R. Montgomery, son of
| Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Montgomery
of Sweetwater is a member
It. S. Marine Corps, and at pres-
ent is on furlough visiting his
parents.
Plans will be completed by
the Post on this occasion for the
Annual Poppy Sale on Saturday
May 30 and for the annual Me-
morial Day program.
New officers to be installed for
the ensuing year are; John
Chaffin, Post Commander; J. W.
Pendergrass, senior vice com-
mander; Henry L. Hand, junior
vice commander; George W.
Byrd, chaplain; Waldo J. Hug-
gins, officer of the day, and Ern-
est D. Martii, quartermaster.
The new officers will be- install-
ed by John H. Owens past post
commander of Abilene Post No.
2012.
The meeting will open at 8
p. in. at the post elubrooms, 406
West Third street.
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CONGRATULATIONS
with "effective results
Chungking sources admitted
Mr. and Mrs. Crandall, route
A, are parents of a son bom at
2:45 a. in., Sunday at. the Sweet-
water hospital..
that small enemy groups man-
ning artillery posts still held out
along the Salween, some 50
miles above the Burmese front-
ier, but predicted their immin-
ent annihilation by encircling
Chinese.
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• • •
HERE’S A NEW OPPORTUNITY: CHOOSE
YOUR OWN BRANCH OF ARMY SERVICE!
If you’ve passed your 18tli birthday and aren’t
yet 20, here’s where you get a break! A new
Army ruling makes it possible for you to enlist
at once and pick out any one of the eight combat
branches in which you want to serve. After you’re
20 you’ll no longer have this choice.
You’re getting this special opportunity because
qualified men of your age are vitally needed now
in America’s fighting Army. You’ve got what it
takes. Your mental alertness and adaptability will
enable you to learn fast. You’re built to take the
bodily toughening of Army training and thrive
on it. And, above all, you have the enthusiasm,
the daring and love of adventure that is necessary
in the making of fine soldiers.
Decide now whether you’d like to join the Air
Force, Armored Force, Cavalry, Coast Artillery,
Engineers, Field Artillery, Infantry or Signal
Corps. Every branch will give you the finest me-
chanical equipment—thorough training—plenty
of action—and a great chance for advancement.
Whichever one you choose, you’ll enjoy the
comradeship of a splendid group of men. Amer-
ican soldiery today are the healthiest, best
equipped and best fed fighting men on earth.
Talk this over with your friends and with your
parents. Then get full details at the nearest Army
Recruiting and Induction Station. This is going
to be your country one of these days—and your
country needs you now!
MOSCOW, May 25 —(tJP) —
Driving ahead with renewed
vigor, Russian troops have stor-
med and captured an import-
of ant railroad junction and sever-
al towns and villages on Ihe
Kharkov lint tie front, special
dispatches front the front said
today.
War correspondents of Prav-
da, the official communist party
newspaper, described a blazing
front in which rival fleets of
planes almost darkened Ihe sky,
fighting and screaming down to
bomb and machine gun front
lines.
Reinforced Russian guard reg-
iments. led by tank-borne in-
fantry and automatic riflemen,
smashed Into counter-attacking
German massed tanks, broke the
enemy formations, and stormed
through machine gun and can-
non held strong points to win
and consolidate new positions,
'it was said.
The Germans threw in huge
masses of tanks and infantry
without avail in counter-attack
and defense.
On its 14th (lay tlie Rus-
sian offensive against the
great, industrial city of the
Ukraine had entered its see-
m'd phase, in which the
Russians intensified their at-
tacks on a wide front and
the Germans sharply step-
lied up their counter-offen-
sive on (heir left flank.
The Russians liquidated a
strongpoint which the Germans
had ke.pt supplied by plane and
’reinforced by numerous para-
chute troops and parachuted ba-
by tanks.
Russian artillery methodically
blew up the approaches to the
SEERSUCKER couldn’t he
cooler — couldn’t lie more
practical - couldn’t be lived
without in town or country
While the thermometer soars!
Seersucker suits as pictured
at right in wide red and
white or blue and white
' stripes.
$3.98
Don’t forget that we still
have a rack of new spring
merchandise on sale at Va the
original value.
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^ terrific fire-power of the Garand
rifle, combined with eleven other
modern weapons.
BOYS IN
THE SERVICE
Back From Rites
For Nephew, Flier
Killed In Action
m
Mrs. O. L. Choate returned to-
position and then the position day from Throckmorton, where
Want to learn to be a first-class
aviation mechanic in the stir Force?
itself. The Russian guardsmen
stormed it. ,
Red army troops, ,alitor at-
tacking continuously for 12
days, had consolidated their
wide, deep gains and had start-
ed again to advance.
The Germans failing to break
the Russian lines with their
own counter-drive in the Izyum-
Barkankov sector 70 miles south
of Kharkov, again resorted to
massed tank attacks and dis-
patches from the front said
their losses were enormous.
she went two weeks ago to ..t
tend memorial services for her
nephew, l.ieut. John Jackson
Keeler, jt\, 24 wiio was killed in
action, somewhere in Australia,
April 21.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs J. J. Heater sr..
ranchers of that area, and sev-
eral brothers, two serving in the
armed forces. Mills Kceter is
with the coast guard at New
ENDS VISIT HERE
Sgt. Charlie A. Pennell, jr.,
left today for Amarillo to visit
friends after spending the week-
end here will) his mother, Mrs. ^
Ella Runnel!. He is on leave
from Fort Brown and will re-
turn Thursday.
RETURN TO CAM I*
First Lieut, and Mrs. George
Brown returned to Camp Wol
ters Sunday after visiting here
with Mrs. Brown's mother, Mrs.
Ella Pennell. Lieut. Brown re-®
centl.v has been transferred from
Camp Wallace to Mineral Wells.
They will live at 710 Spring
street, Weatherford.
VISITS FROM CALIFORNIA
L- The hard hitting guns of the Field
* Artillery are motorized for swift
With the anti-aircraft guns of the
Coast Artillery you’ll be protecting
our homes, ground and air forces.
Haw’d you like to drive this fast, deadly,
armored half-track "tank killer”?
(Tlic following was not
lib (I by a Cl* correspondent,
lull is an enemy beoadvist
recorded outside enemy ter-
ritory.)
BERLIN, May 25 — (German
broadcast recorded by UP in
London) — The bulk of three
Soviet, armies, including strong
tank forces, have Iwiy encircl-
ed by German troops south of
Kharkov, the high command as-
serted today.
“All attempts to break oiit
failed with heavy losses to the
enemy,” a communique said.
-y.—---—
Orleans and Hilton Keeter is
j serving in the army at Beau-
mont.
Lieut. Keeter was graduate of
high school and Texas A and M ! Sgt. MarviTt Witt of March
(( liege Prior to his sailing Jan. Field. Calif., returned this week
I 29. for the far east, he received to Riverside after visiting in
l training in the army corps at. I Sweetwater with Mr. and Mrs.^
Entertain Rotary
At Kemper School At Fliers’ Meet
Like to build things? The fighting
Engineers are masters at that.
Are you a radio bug? Radio and
telephone comtnunication is the
special job of the Signal Corps.
You*II get a lot of action with the
fast-moving Cavalry — horse or
mechanized.
U. S. ARMY
lECIIITIIIt, 111 INIVCTIM SERVICE "VffP’fH fltlWj
MUNICIPAL BUILDING. SWEETWATER. TEXAS
Cadet C. S. Perkins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Perkins, 701
James Street, Sweetwater, was
host recently when cadets of
Kemper Military School who
were sons of Kotarians enter-
tained the Boonville, Mo., Ro-
ta ria ns.
For years it has been the cos-
tom for the Boonville Service
clulis to entertain Kemper
Love Field, Randolph and Kelly
Fields, receiving hiij wings and
commission Feb. 7. 1941.
ENLISTS IN NAVY
• Ernest George Copeland, 20,
route A. Sweetwater, has en-
listed‘in Class V-2 of the Naval
reserves. He was sent to Dal-
las for his entrance examina-
tions and will return home for
deferred duty.
Ivan Scott and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles li. Scott. The men are
cousins.
Roscoe Aviator
ROSCOK. May 25 — (Spl.)
Rhondo Whorton of Roscoe was
cue of 52 private pilots who at-
tended a business meeting of
the Texas Private Fliers asso-
ciation Sunday in Stamford.
The pilots discussed ways in
which their group can cooperate
in the national war effort.
ca- ceived. At the expiration of 12
dets who were sons of their months and in the absence of
members in other places. This j other information the war de-
year the cadets .turned the tables j partment is authorized to make
and invited the local men toja final determination,
dinner and a program at the j Recent legislation makes pro-
school.
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SWEETWATER-
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vision based at Fort Stotscnburg,
Manila, when his last letter
came in January. The letter was
written Oct. 18.
The letter said in part: "In the
last days before the surrender
of Bataan there were casualties
which were not reported to the
war department. Conceivably the
same is true of the surrender of
Corregidor. The Japanese gov-
ernment has indicated its inten-
tion of conforming to the terms
of the Geneva Convention with
respect to the interchange of in-
formation regarding prisoners of
war.
“At some fnlure (late this
government will receive
tliiMigh Geneva a list of
persons tvho have been tak-
en prisoners of war. Until
that time the war depart-
incut cannot give you posi-
tive information.'’
The department will consid-
er the persons serving in the
Philippines as “missing in ac-
tion" from the date of the sur-
render, May 7, until definite in-
formation to the contrary is re-
vision to continue the pay and
allowances of persons carried in
a "missing” status for a period
not to exceed 12 months; to con-
tinue, for the duration of the
war, the pay and allowances of
persons known to have lroon
captured by the enemy: to con-
tinue allotments made by miss
ing personnel for 12 months and
allotments made by persons
held by the enemy during the
time they are so held; to in-
crease allotments in force to
certain dependent- defined in
Public Law 190, 77th Congress.
The latter dependents gener-
ally include the legal wife, de-
pendent children under 21 and
dependent mother, or such de-
pendents designated in official
records.
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