The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 196, Ed. 1 Monday, December 14, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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naolidated with Daily
azette July 28,1924.
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The Oldest Business
Establishment in
Hopkins .County.
44—NO. 196.
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1942
BUY WAR BONDS and STAMPS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ixis Driven FromElAgheila Line
eds And Nazis Deadlocked
dds In
bvor Of
ussians
(By Aitoeuui Prtttl
ow, Dec. 14. — Rus-
ffensives on the Stalin-
and Central fronts ap-
near a deadlock to-
?he Germans, unable
a sustained counter-
i rolling, were still
_ the Reds’ progress
'vicious and repeated
rattacks.
lervera, however, be-
deadlock will be
rlived. Deepening win-
expected to increase
invaders’ difficulties
than the Russians, giv-
he Soviets a chance to
new heavy blows be-
he Germans can extri-
he imperilled forces.
6 Nazis nowhere have
progress in efforts to
e their positions,
h comparatively mild
r and shallow snows
ermltted operation of
tanks.
test front-line reports
re that Russian artil-
'ia massed along newly-
lines, battering enemy
itrations in the Stalin-
area, while the Reds
lidate their poaitiona.
German forces are
rattacking in the Ve-
Luki region and face
ation. ^
(By ilwdwl Pry*y>
cow, Dec. 14.— Powerful,
epeated counterattack* by a
erable, force of Axl* toldien
tirued on par* four.)
FLYERSlOMB
JAPS IN CHINA
(Bi AbkkUlud )
American Force* in China,
>14.—Striking behind the
[of the Japanese offensive in
fan, American filers of the
air task force bombed and
enemy supply dumps and
barrack* at Tengyueh.
lendiarie* hit the former
|h Consulate now used by tin;
military, and seven
fire* were started in the
[west section of the town, one
airmen in the first wave
Editor Wanted Cannon For Junk
1R1
TIRA 4-H CLUB
GIRL MAKES FINE
RECORD FOR YEAR
Ralph Coghlan, chief of the St Louis Post-Dispatch editorial staff, was arraigned on a complaint
charging him and two others with grand larceny in an attempt to move a Mexican War cannon from
the State Capital lawn to a scrap metal heap. The cause of it all is the above cannon on the State
Capital lawn at Jefferson City, Mo. (NEA Telephoto). •
NAZI COLUMN SMASHED
BY ALLIED ARTILLERY
SUGAR STAMP 9
VOID AFTER MID-
NIGHT TUESDAY
jt_
Home users of sugar must pur-
chase their three-pound allotment
of sugar on Stamp No. 9 by mid-
night Tuesday, they were remind-
ed Monday by the local War Price
and Rationing Board.
Stamp No. 10 becomes effective
December 16 and will be good for
the purchase of three pounds of
sugar. This stamp is good until
January 31.
LT. TOMMY WOOD,
PACIFIC WAR VET,
HERE ON VISIT
Lieut. Tommy Wood, who has
Just returned from active combat
service with the Pacific Fleet, i*
here for several weeks furlough
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Wood.
PS MASSING ON
AMMAN BORDER
(By Fry*;
ungking, .Chin*, Dec. 14.-
isl Chinese saurces stated to-
that a million Japanese
now are concentrated on
anchurien-Siberian border,
nese fortifications report-
line the southern bank of the
• and Ussuri rivers, winch
part* of the boundary.
Chine** communique stated
Japanese force*, threwn hack
ieir winter dita in Yunnan
nee, have r*treated to the
jty of Pslehiaoho, where
ng continues.
,my troop* reportedly
considerable losses. /
Wert¥-
TIN GAN SALVAGE
TO BE RESUMED
HERE THIS WEEK
si Texas—LitUt
except sligjtifly
change to
Warmer jta
T«*s—Somewhat warm
afternoon in the Del Rio
Pale *re* end **»t 6t
Little chanDe tofci
Clear weather gave new life to
the tin can salvage program in
Sulphur Springs and Mayor W. Z.
Kitts has announced that can
pick-ups will be resumed.
The section of the city between
and including Main and Church
streets will be the site for tin can
collection Wednesday by the city
truck.
People in other sections of the
town Were asked not to put out
their tin cans. With only one
truck working on the can gather-
ing, only the designated area can
he covered. Cans put out on the
curb and left there are unsightly,
iccordlng to the mayor. "The oth-
or sections will be attended to M
soon as possible," he explained.
(By Atmtcftttd Pry*',
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa, Dec. 14.—American and
Britiah artillery "have broken up a
German motor column northeast
of Medjez-El-Bab, an announce-
ment said.
To the north, there was no ac-
tion in Allied lines except for ar-
tillery fire.
The French command, however,
reported the destruction of an
Axis troop train by French guer-
rillas between Sfax and Sousse.
while, with American air support,
French motorcyclist* captured an
entire Italian armored column
near Fair..
BROTHER OF CECIL
WARD IN DALLAS
. NEWS SUNOAY
Veteran Navy Doctor Earnest
Ward, mentioned in Monday’s
Dallas New* a* the man who sav-
ed a Dallas man's life in 1917, is
the oldest brother at Cecil Ward
of Sulphur / Springs, secretary-
manager of the Loan and Buildg-
ing Association.
Now a commander and chief
medical officer of the Naval Re-
serve Aviation Base at Hensley
Fie)d, Doctor Ward has seen 25
years of service in the U. S. Navy.
In that time he has visited out-
of-the-way spots all over the
world, some of which have become
prominent irt the news of the
present war.
The brief sketch of hi* service
history in the Dallas News Mon
day marked his 25th anniversary
in the serviep.
Brother Cecil Ward says, “Yes,
we don’t see much of him. He
moves around too much.”
—-'-.I.................
GEO. R. JOHNSON,
GUM6Y RESIDENT,
DIESIN DALLAS
George R. Johnson, native cit-
izen of Hopkins County, who was
born 61 years ago south of Cum-
by and had lived all of his life in
this county, passed away sudden-
ly Sunday in Dallas. Mr. Johnson
had recently undergone an opera-
tion in Dallas, but had apparently
recovered from same, having been
released from the hospital two
weeks ago. He was stricken sud-
denly Sunday with a heart attack
and succumbed before medical
aid could arrive.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Johnson was living with his moth-
er, Mrs. L. B. Childress, in Cum-
hy.
Survivors, in addition to his
mother, include three children,
Mrs. Dora Patterson of Green-
ville, Melvin Johnson of Green-
ville and Clyde Johnson, Brown-
field, Texas.
Funeral services were held Mon-
day afternoon at Miller Grove,
with interment following in the
cemetery there.
A 12-year-old Tira 4-H Club
girl has completed her 1942 pro-
gtam with such an unusual record
of accomplishment, it would be
difficult to equal by a much oldeh
girl. Mary Lou Wester, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wester, and
reftently elected vice president of
he* club, described her record in
th*. annual end-of-thc-ycar re-
ports.
Her 1942 demonstrations in-
cluded clothing and gardening.
In the clothing construction
and renovation project the young
lady made the following articles:
one purse, one belt, one apron,
onp cup towel, two pillowcases,
two tablecloths, two sheets, one
skirt, one pair gardening gloves.
Some of the articles Were made
from flour and sugar sacks yiea-
dy on hand, and did not involve
purchase of any new material.
Miss Wester remodeled one
play suit, one pair of slacks, three
blouses, six dresses and two skirts.
Throughout the year she work-
ed in the family garden and can-
ned the following produce from
it: 35 quarts berries, 60 quarts of
peaches, 60 quarts peas, 56 quarts
pickles and relishes, 30 quarts to-
matoes, 60 quarts pears, 7 quarts
beans and 40 quarts meat.
During the fall, Mary Lou pick-
ed cotton and bought defense
stamps with the money earned.
WM. A. ROBINSON
SUCCUMBS HERE
SUNDAY MORNING
William Andrew Robinson, age
67, passed away at his home on
Oak Avenue early Sunday morn-
ing, succumbing to paralysis with
which he was stricken in August.
The deceased was born in Wood
County and grew to manhood
there. His first wife preceded him
in death twelve years ago, in
Sweetwater. He was married to
Mrs. Lettie Price of Sulphur
Springs on November 3, 1940.
During his residence in Sulphur
Springs Mr. Robinson was very
active in the Methodist Church
and Sunday School, and had made
many friends here.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Robinson: his father, C. A. Rob-
inson of Quitman; five daughters,
four brothers, two sisters, seven
half-brothers, three half-sisters
and ten grandchildren.
Funeral services were h.eld Sun-
day afternoon at the Murray Fu-
neral Home “with the Rev. H. C.
Mood, pastor of the deceased, in
charge. A second service was held
in Sweetwater Monday afternoon,
and interment followed there.
Sweetwater is the old home place
of the Robinsons and the burial
place of Mr. Robinson’s first wife
and four children.
Rommel Refuses
To Make Stand
As Anticipated
----- ■■■-■ — " >: ; ' *
(By Atfociated Pre*») ,
Cairo, Dec. 14. — Britain’s Eighth Army has driven
Rommer.s African armies from the strongly-fortified El
Agheila line. The enemy forces are retreating westward
with the leading British elements relentlessly pursuing
Headquarters announced that the Eighth Army drove
straight at Rommel’s northern flank yesterday, putting
the enemy to flight at little cost.
An American fighter group played in important part
in the air activity which was on an unprecedented scale
as Allied fighter-bombers harassed the enemy in dawn-
to-dusk assaults on the Axis forces.
“Axis air activity was totally ineffective, said the
British communiye, "as Allied Sunday attacks made a rec-
ord number of sorties for fighter-bombers in any theatre
of the war, anywhere.’
Approximately S00 Allied
planes were used to stalk
the German vehicles of
“thin-skinned variety”. They
found their quarry, and be-
fore noon the line of Nazi
retreat was dotted with
flaming and burned - out
Nazi armor.
(London military quarters
expressed the belief that
Rorrtmel fell back without
RELIGIOUS SECT
FIGHT SATURDAY
AT WINNSBORO
(BnAuarimtti f™l
Winnsboro, Texas, Dec. 14.—
The Winnsboro city marshal's of-
fice said Saturday night that two
men, members of a religious sect,
were injured Saturday when fights
broke out as a small group of
members of the sect attempted to
distribute literature here.
Members of the sect entered
town after noon, started to dis-
tribute the literature, and some
resident* of Winnsboro moved to
stop the distribution, the mar-
shal’* office said. Fighting broke
out.
The two men injured were hos-
pitalized and other members of
the sect, described as living in
communities near Winnsboro, left
town after the fights were over,
the officer said. The situation
quieted down about 9 p.m.
U.S. FLYERS BOMB JAPS
ON NEW GEORGIA ISLE
FARMERS APPROVE
FEDERAL CONTROL |
OVER COTTON
(By Auodtui Pry—)
Washington, Dee. 14.— Cotton
growers in nineteen southern and
southwestern States appeared to-
day to have approved federal con-
trol over cotton marketing and
production for the ei«th succes-
sive year.
Incomplete but fairly conclus-
Iv# returns showsd 442,234 favor-
ing and 103,186 against The pro-
po»*l.
ADDIS ABABA
DECURES WAR ON
AXIS POWERS
(By Attocinltd Prtttl
London, Dec. 14.—The Ethiopi-
an Legation announced today it
had teen advised from Add's
A ha I ih that its government has
declared war on Germany, Italy
end Japan.
U.S. HAS SECRET
i AERIAL WEAPONS
Randolph FleW^exas^ Dec. 14.
General Henry H. Arnold, chief
of Army Air Foroes, disclosed
Sunday that “we have a secret
weapon or two up our .aerial
sleeves that will deal paralyzing
blows to our enemies."
Moreover, “entirely new battle-
wagon,' are on the way,” he re-
ported, and recalled that he al-
ready had said the present day
big bombers of the B-17 and B-24
type (the Flying Fortrossas and
Liberators) “were perhaps .the
last Of the ‘small’ bombers.
(By Att«SM Prtttl
Washington, Dec. 14.-
The
Navy announced today that Amer-
ican air forces in the South I’a-
ciifo are continuing their heavy
bombardment of the new Japa-
nese air base at Munda, on New
Guinea Island.
104 DEAD, 130 BURNED
IN NEWFOUNDLAND FIRE
STATE PRESS
C0N6RATUUTES
ECHO REPORTER
(State Press, in Dallas New*.)
Ace Correcpondent.
Editor Eric Bagwell of the Hop-
kins County Echo and Daily News-
Telegram did a novel and worth-
while thing last week. In front-
page position he saluted the ace
correspondent of the two newspa-
pers, Mrs. Herbert Avaritt of Sal-
tillo, who had just completed ten
years as reporter. ‘Ten years is a
long time,” wrote Editor Bagwell,
“and the 520 letters Mrs. Avaritt
has written have given the read-
ers of these two newspapers more
than enough pleasure and infor-
mation to compensate fop the
trouble and time it required to
gather and report the happenings
of the friendly little community
over on the eastern edge of Hop-
kins County." State Press joins
Brother Bagwell in extending
congratulations to Mr?. Avaritt.
St. John's, Newfoundland, Dec.
14.—A roaring fire spreading
with, incredible speed killed at
least 104 persons and injured 130
more at a barn dance at the
Knights of Columbus Hotel late
Saturday night in scenes of fren-
zy and panic like the Boston night
club holocaust two weeks before.
Dozens of persons were tram-
pled to death in a panicky rush to
escape and bodies were found pil-
ed near the exits just as in the
Cocoanut Grove blj^c, Boston,
which claimed nearly 500 lives.
As in the Boston disaster, many
of the victims among the 600
dancers were servicemen, includ-
ing some Americans, and a large
proportion were women.
Shrieking men and women
stampeded for the exits when the
fire started again shortly before
midnight after first being report-
ed under control.
BRITISH LOSE
DESTROYER PENYLAN
London, Dec. 14.—The Admi-
ralty has announced the loss of
the destroyer Penylan.
making a fight).
The position left by Rom-
mel is the most defensible
short oMYipoli. Strong Ger-
man and Italian' rearguard
action is expected by the Al-
lies until the Axis reaches
that port, though a stand
might possibly be made at
Misurata, an oasis position,
protected by salt -marshes,
some 800 miles from El
Agheila. 5
(By Ammattd Prut)
London, Dec. 14.—-Marshal Er-
win Rommel has been driven from
his position* at El Aghelia under
a smashing Britsih offensive a rtf!
is in headlong flight to the west,
it was announced early Monday
after a weekend in which, Ameri-
can fortress batabew unleashed
the heaviest aerial assault* of the
entire Tunisian campaign on the
Axis-held harbors of Bizerte, Tu-'
(Continued on page four)
ONE DAY MARKET
FOR CASTOR BEANS
HERE SATURDAY
A one-day market for castor
beans will be held in Sulphnr
Springs at the AAA office on Oak
Avenue Saturday, it has been an-
nounced.
Vernon Turley, of Sulphur
Springs, the sub-agent for South-
western Peanut Growers Associa-
tion, has been authorized to pur-'
chase castor beans from eligible
producers in this county. Forty-
six producers who obtained the
seed from the association are eli-
gible.
Standard market prices vary
with the grade of the beans from
$2.29 cwt to $4.29 cwt. .
(By Attortalrd Prut)
Allied Headquarters, Australia,
Dec. 14,i—'The besieged Japanese
defense positions in the Buna area
of New Guinea are being kept un-
der continuous artillery and mor-
tar fire, while Allied planes con-
tinue to blast them with bombs
and bullets, the Allied command
announced Monday.
Fifteen miles northwest of Buna
Allied patrols are mopping up
Japdnefe stragglers west of Gona,
which fell to Australian troops
last Wednesday, said the midday
communique from General Doug-
las MacArthur’s headquarters.
Torrential rains were reported
to be hindering operations.
Despite the weather, however,
American and Australian troops,
according to a headquarters
spokesman, made another slight
advance Sunday south of Sanan-
anda, which is five mile* up the
coast from Buna. Sananands and
Buna ire the last two Jap foot-
holds on that section of thecoest
Assembly Line Instead of Stage
iliiiflis
Five former show girls who have given up glamour for the duration shd are now helping build
giant B-24 Liberator bombers and C-87 ^transports at Consolidated Aircraft’s big plant in Taxas. Seat-
ed left to right, on one of the big planes they helped build are: Alice Feinberg, who’s been a featur-
ed dancer in big night clubs; Lulcille Gracey, featured dancer in rtusical comedy; Dorothy Giese,
singer with many big bands; Lois Parr, stage and r*dio aotress; and Ruth Rushing, former BUI Ros«.
chorus girt. (NEA Photo). %
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Bagwell, Eric. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 196, Ed. 1 Monday, December 14, 1942, newspaper, December 14, 1942; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth829488/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.