Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 267, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 29, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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WEATHER
WEST TEXAS Quito warm again this
afternoon. Temperatures tonight about the
same as last night.
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Keep Your Eye On
War Bond Sales Thermometer
Vol. 16—No. 267
Associated Press
NEA Service
THE CAP. BO K BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
Borgcr, Texas, Tuesday, September 29 1942
(Six Pages Today)
Price Five Cents
Japanese Pounded Far And Wide As Allied Forces Take Initiative
Nazi Troops Penetrate Northern Stalingrad
Russian Troops Clear
Germans From Volg*
Bank, Attacking Flank
42 Enemy Planes
Shot Down And
Cruisers Fired
U. S. Flyers Pounce
On 25 bombers And
18 Zeroes In South
By JOHN H. WIGGINS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29
(AIM A determined Al-
lied offensive appeared def-
initely lindens ay in t he far-
filing Pacific war theater
today ctmsintf t he Japanese
invad -i to fall hack in New
Guinea and inflicting hea\ y
!(. on enemy | > 11»n <' and
troops m the Solomon and Aleu-
tian island *■
The unleashing <d Ailed air
and ground power on two oi th.o
tin ee stra'ogi< Pai d a I !"nt -
molded with announcement •■! a
eonTerence <d the l S. Navy and
air!nice high command .-orne
where at The attacks brought
destruction ol JR Japanese plane
in th( Soli.nions and A l> utian
and damage h> five dap- m h or
days ol raids.
Taking the < flensive ! < -r the
first time on New Guinea. Gen
eral Ma-Arthur's ground eo.
hammered hack .Japanese troop-
in the Owen Stanlev mountain
with an inlilt rating ann m itfiam-:-
mg attack about 32 mile*- u« Mi;
o! the important Allied 1 >.i: e ; t
Port Mon ’si )v
MacAnhur - Australian head-
quarters announced hist n rot the
attacking fe-rces were 'making
pr< igre.v- lor t he t n s t t:m< ■ - i !
the irn ailer • ianded at Gi n,, a!.
sion .Inis 'J1 and began pushing
through the heavy, eioeodiie- in-
fested jungles toward Port
Moresby. \dndi. it cnpbiM-d
cotild serve a: a springboard na-
an as.-auit rii Australia.
Meanwhile. Allied air forces
continued savage pounding < t the
.Tapani' e bast"- and supply i:ii‘s
in New Guinea These \ .er-:-' •
cut attacks, an army spokesman
observed. rna\ ha\ e s’oppi i ’>,■
invaders piogress by smashing
vital supply lines
The aerial assaults on Buna,
the enemy main 1 'hi -a.-L •• n
New (hoiiea base, c-t :un;.
clumps and huts abia/e Burge-
were destroy'd by home and
supply column *- Grafc-I Air« h • •mo
dispersal areas a destroy'd and
a transport ship were bombed ««I f
Runa on Bmiga in wile inland , n
t he Uort iter ti Soil <m< d - ! I uu
(Continued On Page SIX
Men's Rubber Boots And
Work Shoes To Be Listed
With Rationed Articles
Fathom This!
Geo; g< ttc W.iltei demoted: ate ;
ni ti be r and cellule; • la 1
shield, de.-igned to protect laec-t
keep women factory workci s'
isnr out of machinerv.
Lieut. Beniamin Paschal! 111 of
lXnton, Tex., receives distin-
guished living cross fioin Maj.-
Gcn Willis ll Hale, seventh air
four conimandc r, at Hnkarn
l-'i id, T tl . dui mg nan■ dei ->ra-
< f 711 lui Mill wav hci i-m.
Barkley Urges Quick Action
On Anti-Inflation Legislation
Iin-.-uiM- of th<> s.'i'iutis rulilicr shorta<rr. riTt il'w’ate
rationing' of iikmi's n.ibln*r hoots and rubber work shot's
has hern ordered by the ol'iiee of price administration to
insure necessary supplies of this footwear for nun work-
in if on jobs essential to the war effort or the public health
and safety. .J Cordon Burch, chairman of the lln'cliin ■■ n
< 'mm! \ War Price and Ka t i< 11 i 11 j ■ Muml announced tod; •
lliir li -aid this a'lien was taken at the direction of
t he War Product ion I! >ard.
KlTcct ivo at mididjrlH Sep-
tember 29, Purclt said the
< M A ord. red all sales and
shipments of six types of
men's rubber hoots and rub-,
her work sh< es frozen to
prevent, ;t buyers’ 'run ' on the
sticks now cn hand and also to
give dealers time? to take inven-
BRAZIL TO EXECUTE
LIVE "ENEMIES"
RK .» I )J: J .WKIKi ). Si1 |'d :’!* o'pi
-The Bra.’ ban army general dalf
rcr< ‘tmnended t' day licit fi\ »* per
..*n ■ \\ host' name-, a i>i e not di>-
t a.M'd be e\ecu!e<i for often t
Ihreatening the wc; 11 ity of tlie
stale.
All ret
III1!
Mrs. Smith Dies
In Ambulance On
Way To Hospital
balance
idita! tin
I! Sin
it Hole
a In
WASHING'!’! )\\ Sept. 29
. ( Al’t Denying : h a t
i’l csidets! idi ises elt 's call
fur anil-inflation legislation
by ()ciiihcr 1 was “a pistol
at the head ol congress,
I tt-nt!.jci at.ic Leader ilarkb '■
(K.\ i ui pcil imnieiltate ac-
tion in the Senate toda,\ "to
Sanford Teachers
Welcomed Back
By Kiwanis
Jlist if>
t cm."
Harki.
! hi
>yislal ivi
Mr K<
lers. \vl
nurnu! ad urei 1 "I ( he ral pined
Pp a w ciu iii e 11 qi.iired n * obtain
OPA inventory hums Irom their
ll . ,,! VV,!! | ‘fee md l\a* ••Hi fig
Bean! on either Thursday, Fri-
day or Saturday of this week.
The "freeze” period will end
on Monday, October 5. when
rationing to customers begins.
The Hutchinson County War
Price and Rationing Board will
be open to workers and com-
pany y archieing agents who
need certificates entitling them
to buy rationed footwear, Burch
said.
To got a cert i f irate Burch
eXpbune I. 1 he ;a»pileant mo l id!
Home
i igemei i
d the 1;
tini keep
md .).
Candidate Campaigns
For Other Nominee
Mrs Kssc.
red MV PlT
Were Ada
11* 'Iderrnan,
me Pate
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In- al Wai Pi a e
ai'd. 'Up e rati
Him m r b die
rd mg !■ a iliem.
•utiiliv e.
this iorm, an
afilmb the biet
. k he pel hr in-.
»■ niust specify
rig rubber tuol-
(ierm,
the n
The
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KEEP 'EM f LYING
Correspondent's Diary
Describes Sufferings
While Lost In Jungles
Rationing Board
To Meei Tomorrow
Copyright 194? by the
Associated Pre s
MELBOURNE, Austral:.* S
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Pn
the
The .-.tor
Ye: n Ha
rsi 32 diiv
German Raider
Kills Ten Pupils
And Two Teachers
Continued
PAGE SIX
On receiving this applica-
tion, Mr. Burch said. "the
be. rd will divide whether the
applicant is entitled to get a
certificate to buy anv type of
rationed fee*wear and it so the
board wii! authorize him to
acquire the hgntest weight and
shcitest tvpe that will ade
qu-.teiy serve his purpose.
Continued Oa Page SIX
Lelier Received
From War Prisoner
In Shanghai Camp
Phillips Lions Enjoy
Program Given By
Membership Chairman
Among gadgets di-.pb.yefl at the
N.mar.ml !n\ eiit-H - Council in
Washington w a diving mask
with pta-sure reducing valve and
eompi ■ -wed air tla-k that oper-
ates as an indi p< udent unit.
Glads • S. Am i models it.
Scrap Drive
Questions,
Answers
By The Associated Press
I'A’ery gc-nil American today
r.e-.'-js to understand why every
b;i of metal -crap i- needed to
v in tins w,.i every bit from tlio.se
lev, old key in his pocket to un-
used ear rad- being dug out of
the street
Header- n the united newspa-
per metal :-v;ap drive now in
pio.gri — 'h nr -t .state.- arc being
,i - :,(•'! many ip m tu 'in- I lure are
M'h ..I the lypteal ones, .'dong
Q. Why does the* war effort
require my few pounds, when
I see tons of scrap piled up in
junkyards?
A That nudul v->'i piled
up n; junkyards is being sorted
ai .' 'lit np pit ■; 'oratory to ship-
_i:i*il! ■ mh-cidt -tuiI to ban-
'V and it ha.> to i»o proeessod.
Q. Weil, v/hy all the rush,
with so much of it lying
around?
t ht - a j i mu. h a - ■ ■ - !d i leult
t-t pi-nt . m •• *• The mills
Q. Who get the money for
my scrap?
BERLIN (from Gorman broadcasts), Sept. 29. —
(AI*)—--The German hijfh command reported today that
Nazi troops penetrated the northern district of Stalingrad
"afti r embittered fighting" throughout yesterday.
The war bulletin said that the Germans continued to
repulse Russian diversion attacks from the north and that
Hungarian froccs made a succesful local attack along til*1
Dim front.
In the Caucasus, a Nazi advance was reported south
• :>f the Terek river after the
capture of “strongly forti-
fied and sfhbbornly defend-
ed Soviet positions in very
difficult wooded and moun-
tainous terrain.” The Black
port of Tuapse was
Churchill Voices
Disapproval Of
New Front Talk
Dislikes Speculation
On Time Or Place Of
Continental Attack
LONDON Sept. 29 --
(AID Prime Minister
Chin chill voiced emphatic
disapproval of speculation
on the time or place, of a
m aid l r< nt. as t he subject
cropped up in the House of
(Y.mrnons today and as the
BBC broadcast b> France than an
Am - : ofiVnsive v m the mak-
ing."
Churchill's remarks were pro-
vided In a question from (.'apt,
I \ ; - . pre-
laced by the assumption that The
✓
the United Nations is now ap-
proaching, '
A f 'arliam-.-nt me? n *r the fii •?
!:mc ■•!!''! Si.*! •
i q the Bnva army l>roadcast in j
French that, "today more than ev-;
e: before the posMbi htiiy aj
British and Allied landing on!
E; end) • mu -t be !■ a eseen ’ j
The message followed the pat-
tern of previous BBC broadcasts
to France. It told the French that
there would be no advance
warning of the day or point of
attack but that the offensive of
the Allied nations is in the mak-
ing.
MacDonald was anxious lest!
omcone with im-ide information I
mdiM reetly tip oft the enmy with;
to * yee talk In response to the
mcniMi't ■. request for a word of 1
eaubon. Uhuivhill said;
Welcomes Opportunity
"I v. olci'ine tins oijpurtunitv of i
agaiii emphasizing the umiesira-j
iiddy of pii!>!;i tatements or spec-
ulation a> t" the time and place;
•: UituM Albe.d offensive opera-
(Continued On Page SIX)
sea
bnmbed again and two Soviet
ship* damaged offshore, the com-
munique said.
The German said their airmen
ttiided the arctic port of Arch-
angc last night, starting exten-
sive fire; In operations cover-
ing the entue front. 54 enemy
planes were reported downed yes-
terday.
Scout Camporal
Set For Friday
MOSCOW, Sept. 29.™ T.—A
Russian offensive northwest of
Rzhev was reported today to
have cleared the Germans from
a bank of the upper Volga
while Soviet troops expanded
flanking attacks from the low-
er Volga to the Don bend in
an effort to relieve the embat-
tled garrison of Stalingrad.
A fresh German penetration
fn m the northwest added t'» the
gravity of Stalingrad's position.
N;i'i tanks pivoted and charged
within a worker’s settlement in
an effort tu hold the gains of a
1.) I o u d v a - - a ult y este r d a y.
'Throughout the city victory and
defeat were measured at times in
> a i ds.
While Russian street fighters
struggled to hold their own, Sov-
iet ii'ices northwest of Stalingrad
: iva:Tod somewhat and captur-
ed m veral hi ight.x in swift night
assaults, the noun communique
;u I It.reported more than three
companies ol Germans were wip-
ed iut and prisoners were taken.
Field dispatches indicated that
fighting flamed along a front of
rn'•re than 40 miles as Marshal
Semeon Timoshenkos shock
troops struck down against trie
Axis Hang across the Don-Volga
corridor. A Nazi-occupied strong-
hold and two villages were de-
clared recaptured.
It ;i > Staling! ad's 36th day of
iege.
Rzhev sector fortifications
winch the Germans were ll
months building have been bro-
ken to a considerable depth in a
U\ ■ ■ day-!.Id Red Army drive tak
mg up where the recent central
tr*>n! •■ifensive left off, the Rus-
sians said.
Soviet information bureau com
mumques announced the capture
a strategically important
he gh? — subsequently held
agamst live counterattacks - 2'
village^, munitions and prisoners
m the upper Volga basin north-
west o? Rz.hev itself 130 miles
Continued On Page SIX
Dunked Bobby
The diary ends abruptly Srp'
9. when the last entry telL
finding a path and the f;r■-
signs of human habitation
the first sign of hope after end
less hopeless days
Troopships No! Sunk,
British Announce
* Congratulations
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 267, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 29, 1942, newspaper, September 29, 1942; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth735669/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.