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impson Daily limes
VOLUME 43
TIMP80N, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1944
NO. 157
Americans Attack '
Outer Defense of
Paris and Drive Ahead
Supreme Headquarters, A.
E. F.. Aug. 11. (UP)—Ameri-
can armored forces stormed
eastward along an 80-mile
front within 46 miles of Paris
today and Gen. Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery declared in a
stirring order to hfa Allied
troops that the bulk of the
German armies in Northwest-
ern Europe face encirclement
and annihfliation.
Supreme Headquarters, A.
E. F., Aug. 11. (UP)—The out-
er defenses of Paris, barely 46
miles west of the capital, were
reported under attack by
American armored columns to-
day at Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bird-
ley's tanks and infantry fan-
ned out along an 80-mile
front in a multi-pronged drive
that also menaced Orleans
and the entire German rear in
Normandy.
Front reports said the fast
rolling Americans had driven
56 miles to almost 70 miles be-
yond the shattered Sarthe
River line last night and were
still smashing eastward today
against disorganized German
resistance.
An Allied radio transmitter
in France said forward ele-
ments were storming Chateau-
dun, 7Q miles southwest of
Paris, and the U. S. Army
newspaper Stars and Stripes
reported that another Yankee
eolnmn was nearing Chartres,
—46 miles from dji-Cipitilf—
The Americans at Chateau-
dun were only 28 miles north-
west of Orleans, whose cap-
ture would virtually Isolate
Paris from all of southwestern
France.
There was every indication
that Nazi communications
were falling to pieces under
the lightning American thrust,
and that the enemy comman-
ders themselves were uncer-
tain as to where the main at-
tack was pointed.
Allied headquarters spokes-
men, consequently, refused to
reveal the exact location of
the American spearheads.
They hinted broadly, how-
ever, that one wing of Brad-
ley’s striking force was wheel-
ing northward across the lines
of communication of the shat-
tered enemy divisions holding
ent and on the British front be-
out in the Mortain-Vire sali-
-low Caen.
American troops were dis-
closed £o have swung east and
northeast of Mayenne in an
apparent enveloping maneu-
ver that brought them within
27 miles of Mortain, where
the Germans had committed
four Panzer divisions to a
bloody and unsuccessful at-
tempt to split the Allied
forces in Normandy from the
Americans in Brittany.
The new spearhead also
was only 45 miles southwest of
Falaise, one of the main an-
chors of the German right
flank in Normandy.
Fire Bc.nbs Blast
Jap CHI Refinery* .
And Shipyard Base
Chungking, Ang. 11. (UP)
The latest assault on Japa-
nese power by great U. S. B-29
Superfortress bombers—a dou-
ble raid on Nagasaki in the
Nipponese homeland and Pal-
embang in the Dntch East
Indies—set raging; fires at
both targets and struck ai
SMS 11 Ilf SON
CHIMES TOMORROW
ANNOUNCES HINES EON
MU CHRISTMAS
PACKAGES OVERSEAS
Sgt. Edward W. Mahan Reported
Slightly Wounded in Action
Christian Church
(Pearce J. Bums, Pastor)
Bible school 10 a. m. Pres-
ton Billingsley, superintend-
ent.
Morning worship and com
m union 11 o’clock.
No night services.
The topic for Sunday morn-
ing: “The Christ
heavy blow at the enemy’s. Jud nt „
war potential, pilots1 reports'^ rf ^ series in
said today. • Christ Centered Crusade. Wo * "d Navy overseas forces is
Thousands of fire bombs j bave been f0ji0Wjng thel'^e same—September 15 to
were dropped on Nagasaki,'chrigt over the ha,9 o£ G,ui. I October 15. After October 15
shipbuilding and industrial lee we co|ae with jjjm ,0 id gift parcel may be mailed
city on Kyushu island, and on pjlate.g judgment. :J * soldier without the presen-
ce Pladjoe refinery at Palem- Bemember that the revival ’^tion of a _ written request
bang, source of 7 per cent of meeting begins next Wednes . irom him
“Save strong string and box
material and start to plan
shopping,” Postmaster Gener-
al Frank C. Walker advises
Americans in’ announcing the
rules for mailing of Christmas
gifts for Army and Navy per-
of Pilate’s' overseas.
This is the This year the Christmas
the mailing period for both Army
Japan’s high octane aviation
gasoline and 22 per cent of her
ful oil. Great leaping fires
were started by each B-29 at-
tack, pilots said. It was be-
lieved the fires and explosions
at Palembang did damage to
the Pladjoe refinery which
cannot be repaired in less than
a year.
The B-29'a which attacked
Palembang completed the
longest bombing mission ever
flown, a roundtrip of more
than 3,600 miles, from a new
secret base in the southeast
Asia command. The giant
bombers which struck Nagasa-
ki flew from bases in China.
(A communique issued in
Washington said three bomb-
ers were not accounted for
from the double mission, A
fourth raiu*f an emergency
landing at a forward base in
China.).
day night. We would like to
have everyone to lay aside ev-
erything for the opening night.
Bro. Thompson will be here
and may we give him a fine
crowd. We invite all that will
to come and help us in this
much needed work. Will you
offer a prayer for the salva-
tion of lost souls?
The pastor will close the
meeting at Oak Grove Sunday
night.
German Defenses
Between Waraaw
And Prussia Are
Goal of Soviets
Methodist Church
(J. L. Bryant. Pastor)
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Tracy Hayes, superintendent
First Baptist Church
Sunday school 9:45 a. m. J.
M. Cozort, superintendent
. _Training Union 7:30 p. m.
L. T. Legg, director.
NOTICE MASONS
Called commnntcauon of
Timpson Lodge, No. 4S7 A. f.
& A. M., Monday night 8:30
o’clock, for work in the E. A.
and F. C. degrees. Members
urged to be present ;so-joum-
ers invited.
S. J. Rhodes, W. M.
Buv
Bonds.
STILL MORE War
Churchill Arrives
In Italy, Following
Recent Trip to France
Allied troops in Italy. Instead,
he became ill with pneumonia
which delayed his return to
Britain for several weeks.
The fact that he was able to
make the present trip indi-
cates that he has recovered
Rome. Aug. 11. (UP)— fully from that illness.
Minister Churchill, making his , - ... . -
second appearance within a
week in a major European bat-
tle area, has arrived in Italy,
it was announced from Allied
Force headquarters tonight.
Only last Monday, the
prime minister was in France
with Allied commanders di-
recting the
The great demands upon
shipping and the need for giv-
ing preference to arms, muni-
tions, medicine and food is the
prime reason for the early
mailing date. Moreover, gift
parcels must travel great dis-
tances to reach Army and
Navy personnel who are locat-
ed at remote points, and fre-
quently the transfer of large
numbers to new stations neces-
sitates forwarding of the pack-
ages and additional time is re-
quired.
“The response that our peo-
ple made last year during the
overseas mailing period dem-
onstrated that they will co-op-
erate in any measure designed up
for the welfare of oar armed*
forces personnel,” Mr. Walk-
er said.
London, Ang. ll.(UP)—The
Russians resumed their all-out
offensive along the 600-mile
front today as Germans admit-
ted a breakthrough on the
southern end which put the
Red Army less than 17 miles
from the Czechoslavakian bor-
der, and another breach on
the northern flank where the
Baltic port of Riga apparently
was being rapidly surrounded.
Mrs. Eliza A. Oliver of
Timpson, has received a mes-
sage informing her that her
grandson. Sergeant Edward
W. Mahan was slightly wound-
ed in action in France on July
The message:
“Deeply regret to inform
yon. your grandson, Sergeant
Edward W. Mahan, was slight-
ly wounded in action in
France on twenty-seven July.
Progress reports win be for-
warded as received.”
Moscow, Aug. 11. (UP)—
The 1st Ukrmnian Army drove
a giant wedge across southern
Poland to within 18 miles or
less of Kielce today, threaten-
ing to split the German armies
in Poland and outflank War-
saw from the south.
Two other Red Annies—
the 1st and 2nd White Russian
—advanced up to 10 miles in
coordinated assaults designed woujd
to crumple the German de- s-h stories” to tell local
fenaes between Warsaw a«d|fWlermen. Th* Daily fc keep-
East Prussia and ultimately in_ pastor and Mrs. Bn
Po,ish!«t informed as to happening
back borne while they are
Enjoying Vocation
The Times is in receipt at
communication from Rev J.
L. Bryant, pastor of the local
Methodist church, ha which he
states that he and Mrs. Bryant
are enjoying their vacation in
Detroit, Mich They left
Timpson several days ago on
the trip and plan to return
home about Sept 1. The Rev.
Bryant stated that he has been
on several fishing trips and
that upon Us return home he
probably have some
capital from the north.
The Germans were putting
their bitterest defense of
the summer offensive and
front dispatches said the Nazi
It is not easy to con- Command had thrown caution
Nazi Resume Roblitz
of Southern England
London, Aug. 11. (UP)
—Bombs over southern Eng-
land broke the roblitz lull to-
day after the first quiet night
since July 14, while London
campaign through press reports quoted a cap-
Brittany toward Paris. (Lon- tured enemy research worker
don dispatches said that Chur- as saying the Nazi were pre-
chill’s actions had been unre- paring to pound England soon
ported since he attended an ing 10 to 20 tons of explosives. I
audience with King George with power bombs, each carry- ^yjcewomen.HposT office
centrate on Christmas- gifts in
the midst of warm weather
here at home but our people
recognize the need, aqd be-
cause they want the men and
women who are absent from
their homes to know that they
are not forgotten at Christmas
they took pains to assure
prompt delivery of Christmas
gifts.
‘T know that our people
will observe the overseas mail-
ing schedule once more this
year but I do wish to stress
this fact: More care must be
taken in wrapping and pack
ing parcels securely and ad-
dressing there clearly and cor-
rectly.
“It is not a pleasant thing to
visit a postal concentration
center and see the numbers of
Christmas parcels which will
never reach servicemen and
per.
last Tuesday after his return Taking advantage of heavy hlve orderj to
from Normandy.) Channel mist, which limited i
Churchill had not been oat visibility to less than 300
of Great Britain since his trips yards, some buzzbombs suc-
to the Cairo and Tehran con- ceeded in penetrating the
ferenees with President Roose- coastal defenses, causing
velt, Premier Marshal Josef damage and casualties in sev-
Stalin and Generalissimo Chi- era) areas,
ang Kai-shek last 'December, ■
except for two trips to France Chinch of Christ
since D-day. Gospel meeting continues.
It was his first visit to the Come out and hear the word
Italian war theatre. of God. Everybody welcome.
After the Tehran confer- Air-cooled room. Preaching by
ence he had intended to visit W. H. Nichols.
I. Bates Employed as' Superintendent
of Municipal Utilities City
of Timpson
L Bates has been employed
as superintendent of municipal
utilities for the city of Timp-
son, we were informed this
morning by Mayor J. W. Kris-
tensen. His work will include
the supervision .and manage-
ment of the municipal light,
and distribution system, water
and sewer system, Mr. Kris-' elsewhere.
tensen stated. He will enter
upon his duties in the next
several weeks, we are inform-
ed.
Mr. Bates is a former resi-
dent of Timpson, and served
as superintendent of utilities
here for a number of years,
prior to accepting a position
do ev-
erything they can to effect de-
livery of such gifts, because
we know how important they
are for the happiness of the
armed, forces. Too frequent-
ly, nothing can be done.
“I am sorry that anyone ever
mentioned that the size of a
shoe box is the approximate
limit for packages intended
for gift mailings overseas. Un-
happily many people became
convinced that a shoe box is
the best possible container.
We must be mindful that these
gifts must travel far, with
shipping space crowded. If
the gifts are to be protected in
transit they must be peeked in
boxes made of metal, wood,
solid fiberboard, or strong dou-
ble-faked corragnted fiber-
board, reinforced with strong
gummed tape or tied with
strong twine. If both tape
and strong twine are used,
so much the better. If the
outer wrapper is crushed—
end this is likely to happen—
the loss of contents may be
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to the winds ih hurling tank
reserves against Russian mo-
bile guns and anti- ,
Fairish Hayes Injured When
Horse Falls Through Bridge
County Clerk Fairish J.
Hayes sustained painful in-
juries Monday evening when
his horse fell through a bridge
over which he was riding. He
suffered severe bruises and a
badly sprajned knee. Mr.
Hayes will be confined to his
room for several days.—Cen-
ter Champion.
away on
their vacation.
WHAT IS THE
AMERICAN WAY
OF BANKING?
It’s the combined service of over 15,000
banks, some state-chartered, some Fed-
eral-chartered. It’s the initiative and
loyal effort of 280,000 men and women
working under our free-enterprise sys-
tem, striving to provide the best possible
service to their respective communities.
It’s the progressive management of these
15,000 banks, spurred by competition,
alert to community needs, eager to make
fair earnings for stockholders. It’s the
absence of centralized, deadening con-
trol. It’s the system that has made our
country great and, with your support,
will make it greater.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS
THE COTTfll BELT STITE Bill
W J
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Berlin Distance Trl
By United Pros
The shortest distances to__
Berlin from advanced Allied
lines today:
France—695 miles (uncon-
firmed). (Gain af 28 miles in
one week).
Russia—328 mites (un-
Italy—604 miles (a
ed fin- week).
WB! Meat Monday Night
The regular meeting of the
chamber of com mere* will be
held Monday night at 8:30 o’-
clock. Members and friends
are urged to attend.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 157, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 12, 1944, newspaper, August 12, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765762/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.