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Timpson Weekly Times
VOLUME 59
TIMPSON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1944
NO. 40
32 Members Reported
At Meeting of Local
Legion Post
A total membership of 32
was reported at a meeting
Tuesday night of the local post
of the American Legion, fol-
lowing a several weeks' mem-
bership drive. This splendid
showing was highly gratifying
to the personnel of the post. At
the time of making the report
it was farther stressed that all
ex-service men of previous or
the present was are eligible for
membership.
Attention was called to need
of a new flag for the poet;
Rex Brinson and H. A. Crans-
by. were named as committee
to consider the purchase.
The second Tuesday in each
month was set as regular meet-
ing date. T. L. Brown, post
commander, presided.
First Lieutenant William R.
Reported Musing in Action
CAMP AND HOSPITAL
NOTES
Mrs. Naylor advises that the
next regular meeting of the
camp and hospital service will
be held at Harmon General
Hospital, Longview, Wednes-
day, Oct. lltk, at 2 p. m. Ax
many as can are requested to
be present. At this meeting :30n
plans are to be formulated and!Todd of Timpson;
U. S. Infantry Blasts
Third Breach Through
The Siegfried Line
Allied Supreme Headquar-
ters, London. Oct. 4. (UP)—
U. S. infantrymen have blast-
ed a third breach through the
Siegfried line In a five-mile
advance nor the of Aachen and
are fanning out toward the
rich Rhine valley barely 30
miles away despite counter-at-
tacks by "Goliath" robot tanks
and fanatical enemy troops,
front reports said Tuesday.
At the same time a power-
ful two-way drive was initiat-
ed to clear Antwerp and ease
the supply problem for the
gathering drive through Ger-
many. RAF heavy bombers
blasted the dikes on the
Schelde Estuary island of Wal-
cKern, loosing a torrent of sea
water on German batteries
commanding the Antwerp
channel, and Canadian ground
troops cleaned out seven miles
of enemy positions north of the
city.
Desperately attempting to
prevent exploitation of the new
West Wall breakthrm vb, the
Germans laid down a t rtaln
of artillery, mortar and ^mail-
er arms fire against the Amer-
icans who were using flame-
throwers to barn out e
rear defenses. Tens of thou-
sands of impressed German
civilians were reported engag-
ed in emergency defense-dig-
ging ail the way back to the
Rhine. _
Tierce counter-attacks were
beaten off in the immediate
Aacheu .»uurea;.-- and at three
• points in the Hnertgen forest
to the south as the Germans The Polish command gave! London,' Oct. 3. (UP)—Re-
sought to divert Allied strength, the order to cease Are at 8 P-j liable sources in Cairo report-
m.. ending the German-Polish j e(j today that the Germans had
Todd
on the weather. And, ominous-
ly, a steady rain began falling
on the battle field late Tues-
day, shutting off air support,
although U. S. dive-bombers
had struck through the clouds
to land telling blows on enemy
defenses earlier in the dry.
Warsaw Battle
By Poles Ends
In Surrender
London, Oct. 3. (UP)—14.
Gei Tadeusz Komorowski,
commander in chief of the Po-
lish home army, announced to-
day'that his forces ce- ed re
sLstar.ce in Warsaw last night
after exhausting all their sup-
plies and ammunition.
The Polish command gave
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Todd of Timpson; Hit Wife
Employed in El Paso.
First Lieutenant William R.
Todd is reported missing in ac-
tion since Sept. 13, in France,
according to information re-
ceived. The lieutenant is the
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
his wife,
approved for the coming ho'.:-!^18- Addie B. Todd, and sis-
day season. iter, Miss Marie Todd, have po-
The hospital staffs at botfcjsitioiis in the school system at
Camp Fannin and Harmon e . . ^lso-
tend their appreciation Tor tile, Lieut- Todd is a graduate of
many fine cookies and cakex 1 'mpsor. High School, class of
that have been sent to these1332, and also attended Steph-
hospitals by individuals and.ea Austin State Teachers
different organizations from ‘ 8t Nacogdoches.
all over the county. Home-
made cakes and cookies are
requested in preference to
bought cookies, as they can
obtain all bought cakes and
cookies necessary.
Pocket size editions of books
are especially requested.
Pleage save all these you have
and send to either of these
places.
When organizations or indi-
viduals send anything to either
place enclose your name and
address in the packages. Also
fUrnish your county chairman,
Mrs. V. Naylor, list of arti-
cles that a monthly report can
be made and your county get
due credit.
Cairo Reports Nazi
Evacuate Grecian Neck
hi
rom the main break-through
area at Uebaeh nine miles
north of Aachen.
Allied Headquarters contin-
uing its extreme conservative
view of Hie new American
drive, requested that it he call-
ed an “attack" rather than an
"offensive” despite officially-
passed field dispatches calling
it'the latter.
The drive was developing
battle of Warsaw which began
early in August when the un-
derground army came out of
hiding and challenged the oc-
cupation forces in the streets
of the capital.
Komorowski’s communique
cleared up the contradictions
in reports of the situation in
Warsaw broadcast by the Ger-
man radio, Moscow advico-
a long a 60-mile front from just; and earlier communiques from
below Aachen to the Overloon.the headquarters of Komorow-
ski, who had been known as
General Bor.
"Warsaw has fallen after
exhausting all supplies and
ammunition on the 63rd day of
the struggle in the face of
overwhelming enemy superior-
ity,” Komorowski’s communi-
que said. “On Oct. 2 at 2000
hours (8 p. m.) orders ’ wt
given to cease fire.”
In the face of other reports
that the Polish forces in War
saw had surrendered to the
Germans, Kimorewski said
earlier that a "temporary
truce” had been arranged to
permit the evacuation of civil-
ians from the heart of the cap-
ital.
The Polish Press Agency,
organ of the Soviet-basked Po-
lish committee of National Lib
eration, charged in a statement
released in Moscow that Lt.
Gen. Tadeusz (Bor Kcmorow-
ski’s Polish home army had
decided to surrender after a
futile two month attempt to
seize and hold Warsaw.
area of Holland where Ameri-
can tanks swung into action
alongside the British Second
army. So far it has progress-
ed “very satisfactorily,” an
American field officer said.
Battling across the -border
from Holland, the Americans
had "definitely broken
through” the west wall at Ue-
bach, nine miles north of
Aachen, one mile inside the
German frontier and 34 miles
west of the great city of Co-
logne. Uebaeh and Hie big
medieval castle at Rim burg in
the frontier fell after being
pennded to rubble by Ameri-
can artillery and the dough-
boys drove on nearly a mile
east of Uebaeh, extending their
penetration to five miles.
It was the third major
breach of the Siegfried line,
others having been made sev-
eral weeks ago in the Stolberg
area east of Aachen and in
the Schnee Eiffel Heights near
Prum 33 miles farther south,
while its main defenses had
been reduced at several other
points.
Although the latest drive
apparently had found a thin
and vulnerable section of the
west wall at Uebaeh, military
quarters warned that continu-
ed success depended largely
FARMERS AND FEEDERS
Good, sound. Yellow Msns-
$2.25 per hundred. Get what
you need this week. They are
going up. Shelby Coin
Farmers Cooperative, next to
Frazier's Market. 3dlw
GORPORU. IRI1. SUM N“” .
REP0RIE3 HfatiMO W !U> 3pim “d Ar‘"“
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Free German Spokes-
man Says
Corporal Ira K. Simpson
was reported seriously wound-
ed Sept. 16, in France, accord-
ing to information received by
Mr. Simpson’s wife. It was
also stated that if any further
change will notify immediate-
ly, and that he was carried
back to hospital in England.
Corporal Simpson left for
overseas duty sometime in
July. Mrs. Simpson will be re-
membered as the former Miss
Maurine Sparks, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sparks.
training was received at the
following posts, including;
Fort McClellan, Alp., Camp
Gruber, Okla., and Fort Ben-
ning, Ga. He received his
commission as second lieuten-
ant, Oct. 12, 1942, and was
promoted to first lieutenant
March 31, 1943.
The lieutenant was previ-
ously wounded, according to
a letter dated'July 21, receiv-
ed by his wife, who was In
Timpson. In that letter
lieutenant stated that he re-
ceived a machine gun wound
in his right leg; he told Mrs.
Todd not to worry, because the
injury was not serious. At that
time he was in a U. S. army
hospital in England, it was
stated. '
23 River Craft
Are Destroyed
By US Airmen
Mrs. Rea Brinson Resigns
as Chief Clerk War Price
And Rationing Board
Mrs. Rex Brinson recently
resigned her position as Chief
Clerk for the Shelby County
War Price and Rationing
Board, effective October 2nd.
She is succeeded by Mrs. Marie
Tribble.
Mrs. Brinson has served in
this capacity for more than a
year, rendering efficient and
courteous service.
I,ondon, Oct. 3. (UP)—A
spokesman for the free Ger-
many national committee
charged in a Moscow broad-
cast today that Nazi officials
were fleeing Germany for
Spain and South America in
submarines.
"It is known that U-boata
are being ordered out on se-
cret special missions to Spain
and South America with single
passengers with remarkably
large baggage, ostensibly on
diplomatic or military mis-
sions,” the spokesman said in
a broadcast addressed to U-
boat crews.
“In reality, these persons
are nothing hut Nazi rats leav-
ing the sinking Hitler ship or
agents sent to prepare for the
flight of those fine gentlemen."
• The spokesman urged the
submarine crews to taka
aboard “these strange passen-
gers and their cargo” and then
set a course for an English or
French port
Miss Louise Eafcin Has
Position With War Price
and Rationing Board
Miss Louise Eakin of Timp-
son has accepted a position
with the Shelby County War
Price and Rationing Board at
Center. .The young lady en-
tered upon her duties Wednes-
day. Miss Ealtin is the daugh-
ter of Mr. ajid Mrs. Lem Eakin.
of Timpson. ~ I
evacuated all of the Pleopon-
nesas, the big southern penin-
sula comprising a quarter of
Greece, leaving only a rear
guard astride the narrow neck
linking it with the mainlnad.
A United Press dispatch
from Cairo reported the Nazi
withdrawal from the Pleopon-
nescs as other sources said
Greek patriots had seized con-
trol of most of southern
Greece and at least five of the
mein Aegean Islands.
The northwestern passage
to Athens. 40 miles distant,
was the only area of the lower
Greek province still garrison-
ed by the Germans, the dis-
patch said.
British broadcasts said com-
mandoes also had landed on
two other Greek islands unop-;
posed and radio Paris asserted 1
“strong Allied forces” had j
gone ashore in northwestern,
Crete, but none of these land-
ings was confirmed immediate-
ly-
Ailied military sources be-
lieved the Germans had
al-
ready had abandoned most ofj
Pleoponnesus, southernmost
part of Greece, with the possi-
ble exception of the ports of
Patra and Corinth.
Greek sources only yester-
day reported the liberation by
patriot forces of Lepanto on
the Gulf of Corinth and Gar-
gatisnoi on the west coast of
Pleoponnesus G&rgalianoi was Austin
said to have fallen after a 38 lege,
hoar battle.
Chungking, Oct. 3.' (UP)—
Hundreds of Japanese were
killed during 4-day round-the-
clock attacks by the 14th AAF
, on enemy troop movements,
river transports and bivouac
areas on the line of the Japa-
nese drive eastward across
China to Allied air bases, a
communique announced today.
Eleven enemy towns and
cities were bombed and the
114th. Flyers agsin attacked
■ White Cloud and Tienho air-
fields near Canton. Amoy Is-
land, on the China coast, 172
miles south of Foochow, where
the Japanese claimed today
have made successful landings,
also was bombed.
The communique said 23
river crafts and one stean
; were sunk and 156 vessels
were damaged. The river
booty included several ships
laden with Japanese troops,
the communique said.
The sustained attacks were
carried out from Sept. 30 to
Oct. 3. One American plane
missing.
Miss Lois Webb, taking the
opportunity afforded by a two
weeks’ vacation, is enjoying a
visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Webb, of Timpson.
Miss Webb has a position
chemist with the Longhorn j diseases caused by certain
Smeltering Co., at Texas City.;streptococci, such as septic
She has been with this com- sore throat, one form of heart
Mis* Doris Cruasp o*
Honor Roll, SFA College
Semester
Miss Doris Crump of this
city was among the large num-
ber of students appearing on
the honor roll of Stephen F.
State Teacher’s Col-
Nacogdoehes. second
summer semester.
Miss Crump is now a mem-
ber of the Timpson school
January 2,! faculty, having resigned her
January 19,; position as editor of The Pine
Georgia ratified the U. S.
Constitution on
1783; seceded
1861; and was formally re- Log, SFA student publication,
admitted to the Union July 15, The young lady ia a daughter
1870.
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Crump.
Company A, T. S G.
Wat Be Federally
Inspected
Company A. SSrd Bn., Tex-
as State Guard, of Timpson,
will undergo Federal inspec-
tion, Thursday night, Oct. 26,
according to notice received
by Gapt Thomas E. Taylor.
Three regular drill dates pre-
cede .the .inspection, and ft ia
the desire of Captain'Taylor
that all drill be well attended.
Thursday night ia regular drill
period.
Weapon
new weapon for fighting
pany about two years.
HOME-BAKED PIES
THE SENATE CAFE.
disease, erysipelas and rheu-
matic fever, may come from an
acti-enzyme substance in beef
sweetbreads and
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ANNOUNCEMENT TO OWNERS
OF UNITED STATES SAVINGS
BONDS OF SERIES A, B, C, D and E
This bank is pleased to announce that it has
been authorized by the United States Treasury
Department to pay any Savings Bond of Series
A, B, C, D or E, subject to that Department’s
regulations, whenever any such bond is pre-
sented for that purpose by an individual (nat-
ural person) whose name appears on the bond,
as an owner or co-owner and who furnishes
proper identification.
The Treasury Department and this bank sin-
cerely request that you do not redeem any bond
before its maturity date unless a real personal
emergency requires such action. However, if
circumstances require you to cash a bond this
bank will be pleased to serve you.
This Bank is Authorised to Pay U. S. Savings Bonds
TIE GOTTOI BELT STITE HIE
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1944, newspaper, October 6, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth812756/m1/1/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.