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Russians Sweep Nazis From Broad Front In Swift Advance
Three Divisions
Of Germans Wiped
t Out In Tula Area
Russians Take Offensive
„ In Crimea, Porcine
9
Breakthrough Of Seige
MOSCOW, Dec. 18—(UP) —
Soviet army reports today said
that Russian forces, accelerating
£ their advance from the Baltic
to the Sea of Azov, have recap-
tured hundreds more villages
and towns in a general advance
which has pushed Russian lines
almost 50 miles, at some points,
in the past 18 hours.
Russian forces drove forward
so rapidly that their advance
units now are threatening to
reoccupy suclj key points as j
Volhkov. south of Leningrad,
£ Moshaisk on the central Moscow i
front, and Orel south of Moscow. |
and important positions along
the Sea of Azov and in the Don-1
ots industrial region, the reports
said.
^ (A French radio report from
• Berne Switzerland, said that!
Russian troops are approaching
Kharkov, major industrial cen-
ter of the western Ukraine.)
The Red army offensive surg-
« ed forward in the Tula area
• south of Moscow today and war
dispatches reported that two
days of violent fighting had wip-
ed out three German divisions.
(Three divisions is about 15,-
_ 0(H) men.)
w Severe fighting on important
sectors from the Crimea in the
south to. the Finnish -fron; in
the north was reported :;s the
Russians pressed home their at-
tacks.
w South of the Tula sector, (hi
Red army recaptured the town
of Shchekino after a furion - '.tat-
tle in which the German 2!'tith
division was "completely des
troyed." according to a dispatch
| to Tass. tlu^officiaj Soviet i evvs
agency.
The agency said also that two
other enemy divisions "no long-
er exist" for practical purposes
and that a third was shattered
9 by the Russian drives.
Tin- liulk of (irniuiny's
( 'rimcan army already lias
lit-i'n withdrawn to stiffen
axis defenses around I lie
eoast city of Mariupol, III)
" miles west of Rostov, anil in
tlu Mills Itircr area near
Taganrog, the London Dnilj
Mail declared in a Stock-
holm dispatch <| noting
"semi-official Soviet sour-
i' res."
Soviet troops in the garrison
of Sevastopol at the south-
western tip of the Crimea were
said to be forcing a break-
m through of the German lines oi
siege while Russia's Black Sea
fleet brought up troop reinforce
mcnts, airplanes and munitions.
These simultaneous moves,
The Daily Mail said, would en-
l able the Russians to regal-1
superiority in the Crimea and
make the German positions at
Mariupol and Melitopol "in-
creasingly precarious."
1 Grandson Missing
On U.S.S. Arizona
Harold Hope, I9, grandson of
) W. R. Hope and nephew of Mrs.
George Outlaw, of Sweetwater,
and son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
\V. Hope of Borger,, has been
reported "missing" from U.S. 3
Arizona, bombed and sunk at
9 Pearl Harbor in a direct hit by
the Japanese Sunday. Dec. 7.
The youth had graduated from
Borger high school and attend-
ed Texas Tech for two years,
enlisting in thf U. S. Marines
^ in June. He had been stationed
at '-"an Diego, receiving orders
in September to sail to the far
east. He was a Marine guard.
The family received official
notice Tuesday from the govern
f ment announcing that, he was
"reported missing."
Young Hope has never lived
in Sweetwater, but his father
was raised here and he had
visited here often. Mr. and Mrs.
4 Arthur Hope left here in 1917
for Ranger and later the Borger
oil fields.
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Weather Forecast
4 WEST TEXAS — Decreasing
cloudiness Thursday afternoon.
Fair Thursday night, slightly
colder Pecos Valley area west-
ward and over Panhandle and
south Plains Thursday night.
9 EAST TEXAS — Partly clou-
dy in northwest, cloudy east
and south portions. Light rain
or drizzle in southwest, colder
north and west portions with
temperature near freezing in ex-
• treme northwest Thursday
night.
Americans Beat
Back Japanese
Philippine Thrusts
L"y Harold (.ii.ikI
11' Staff Correspondent
SINGAPORE, Dec. 18 — ( UP i
—British Imperial forces have
established a strong new del-
fense line in northeastern Ma-
laya, military reports said to-
day. and arc battling desperate-
ly in flooded rice fields to stem
a Japanese drive toward posi-
Hy FRANK HEWLETT
United Press Correspondent
MANILA, Dec. 19—(Friday)
— (UP)—American and Philip-
pine field forces drove back
.Japanese patrols and motorized
forces in the Vigan and Aparri
sectors and reports early today
indicated little success for Jap-
tions which would flank the. .,
secondary naval base at Penang. |a,,esc ,,anes *<*"«-ed «r op-
(-rations.
Japanese activity in the past
The new northwest defense j
positions were set up along the
fuala Krai line, reports from th<
north said.
(These positions, do not .show
on standard charts and London
was unable to locate them spe-
cificially.)
The line is being strongly held
by a force made up. for the
most part, of Indian troops.
Military sources expressed
confidence over the British pos-
itjion in northwestern Kedah
where the Japanese advance is
threatening the town of Butter-
worth. An advance to this point
would nut the Japanese in posi-
tion to launch a flanking attack
on the Island of Penang which
is just off shore.
Military commentators sn:d|
that the Japanese drive in the
northwest "lacks knockout
punch" and predicted that im
perial forces soon will deliver
a strong blow at the Japanese
In that area.
Fighting in the Kedah area
was said to be most difficult be-
cause of the water, jungles and
flooded rice fields which make I
trench building or any fixed de-1
fense lines impossible.
It was admitted that the Jap- I
2-1 hours, it was indicated, has
been confined almost entirely to
small-scale air operations.
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941
NUMBER I Mi
19-Year Draft
Limit Is Under
Attack In Senate
21-14 Bracket Will
Provide Plenty Of
Men Downey Declares
Battleship Burns. Sinks During Hawaiian Attack
By -loh n It. Heal
UP Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 —
(UP)—Sen. (Sheridan Downey,
Japanese planes attacked two J D., Calif., opened an attack in ;j
airfields in the Manila region the senate today against the_
shortly after midday but a sur-1 administration's proposal to'
vey by the Manila Tribune re-
ported little damage resulted.
The defenders of Luzon were
credited with inflicting "heavy
casualties" upon the Japanese
who were driven back many
miles. The exact distance of
the Japanese retreat was not
specified by Lieut. Gen. Doug-
las MacArthur, commanding of-
ficer of the U. S. far eastern for-
ces.
A new Japanese air attack on
the Manila area was carried out
shortly after noon today, caus-
ing a 40-minute air raid alarm.
The Japanese objective
was airfields in (he Manila
region, particularly frequent-
ly-attacked Nichols field and
Xanihlan field, a Philippine
ariny flying base. About IJ
Japanese planes participat-
ed. liittle damage was re-
ported.
Unofficial reports from the
broaden draft age limits to 19 l >
41, inclusive, asserting that any
sudden increase in the draft
army would bring in soldiers
who would "train with broom-
sticks and. sleep on the ground."'
Downey's objection was direct-
ed principally against the admin
ist ration request for lowering
the minimum age limit from 21
to 1!). He told the senate that
there are an estimated 1.600,000
men in the 21-44 age brackets
who would be available imme-
diately for military service.
He spoke during the second
day of senate debate on the ad-
ministration measure. The
house yesterday passed its own
bill for subjecting men of 21 to
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The U.8.S. Arizona oil fire and sinking in Pearl Harbor after raid h.v Japanese bombers
December 7th. (U. S. Army Sig Corps Photos from NHA Telephoto).
High Ranking Army Officers
Reported Missing In Plane
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 — ,
(UP) — Secretary of War Hen-
41. inclusive, for military ser , ,p) Secretary of War Hen- If 11 ¥1 1 m A
Tile 1.800,000 men now in the | <'v L. Stiinson announced today J (jOOutcllOWS 1\CS| I 10 ApjiCtll 01
army. Downey said, will not be that Maj. Gen. Herbert A. Dar-
fully equipped and officered u:< eiie, commanding general of the
1st arrnv air force. Mitcliel
a nose have delivered vigorous j
attacks in Kedah but it was .said i Luzon provinces for several
that "the British have ridden days have indicated that Ameri
through it."
"There is a tough time ahead,'
one source said, "but the Jap
ancse have not got the knock-
out punch we have got."
Pickup at 3 rd pgh DAMS
Dams and canal walls in the
vast rice fields, extending
along the narrow coastal belt to
the hilly jungle have been de-|
stroyed. The entire area is a
swamp.
Information here indicated
that the Empire forces had >\?- J
stroyed some dams and walls
and that others had been de- j
stroyed in exchanges of artil-
lery fire.
Advices reported that many
Japanese had drowned as
they tried to flounder
thi-oimh the flooded area bill |
it was pointed out that the
flooding also prevented the
K nip ire forces from forming , I
can-and Philippines troops were
successfully combatting the Jap-
anese landing parties in the Vi-
gan and Aparri sectors.
Not until today, however, were
the reports given official con-
firmation.
in the Vigan action a Japa-
nese patrol of unknown strength
was met by infantry forces
which chased it for miles, in-
See BATTLE Page 3
$525 Reached In
Red ( toss Appeal
With a quota of $1,000 set for
Nolan county's part in the 50
million dollar wartime (Red
Cross drive. Dr. Albert Brann,
I chapter president, reported ad-
til July 1 1012 and no one if?
autnoiuy believes that the !,-
600,000 men between 21 and 1-1
years of age can be used for at
least one year.
Most senators, however, with
held judgment pending the op-
portunity to study the printed
record of secret hearings at
which army officials gave their
reasons for wanting the age lim-
its extended. Lack of the print-
ed hearings yesterday was
what caused Sens. Robert A.
Taft, R., O., and Arthur H. Van
denberg, R., Mich., to request
postponement of the final vote
at. least until today.
The hearings revealed
that the army is thinking in
terms of more than 1,000,-
000 men in service.
Referring to the house repot
Ti-,S""r ''' "s( "n<' i j ditional donations Thursday of
I he Japanese are advancing! «.r., r(. J
along a 40-mile wide strip of '
country from Alar Star into
Wellesley province, opposite Pe- j
nang, and the town of Butter-
worth in the province is threat-!
$10 00
Field, New York, and a group of
high ranking army officers,
have been missing since Dec. 12
on a transcontinental flight.
The plane, according to titim-
son, was last reported at 7:55 p.
m. last Friday as about two
miles south of Palmdale, Calif.,
and a search has been institut-
ed.
Those on the big transport
included five other officers an 1
two enlisted men.
Stimson said the plane disap-
peared between Phoenix. Ariz.,
and Hamilton Field. Calif.,
while en route on an inspection
tour.
Those aboard, in addition to
Dargue. were Col. Charles W.
Bundy. war department general
Unfortunates; Quota Nearly Reached
refusing to lower the draft age staff, Washington, D. C\: Lieut,
from 21 to 1!) years on the Col. George W. dicker, war de-
ground that 4,000,000 men would I partment general staff. Wash- [
be available to the army without j ington: Maj. Hugh F. MeCaffery, |
it. Brig. Gen. Wade H. Haislip, j air corps. Mitchel Field. N. Y.;
| ened, dispatches said
| Japanese planes are dropping
over some villages leaflets which
I say:
"Join hands with us! Burn
out the white devil with a glor-
| ious victory of the torch!"
Reports from the front indi-
cated that the crisis point was
approaching in the entire bat-
tle of Malaya.
Hong Kong, rejecting a second
Japanese surrender ultimatum,
blasted enemy positions on the
mainland while Chinese forces
| hack at the Japanese rear from
west and north.
Thursday donors:
Manroe and Morris
Creative Art Club
Jack Geer
N. C. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. P. T.
Tom .1. Tidwell
B F Kidd
Mr. and Mrs. D. D Dixon 2.00
Anonymous 100
John Kinsey 1.00
L. W. Ross . 1.00
Leon Lamm 2.00
Mrs. Mae Keith Reagan
Mrs. Maude Ellison
Feather merchants f 3.00
J. A. Daniels ' 1,00
Lutheran church worker 3.00
Previously reported $471.5:)
assistant chief of staff for per
sonnel, testified before the sen-
ate military affairs committee:
"Four million men isn't an
army today. The Germans have
over 8,000.000 men under arms
today, and to limit the war de-
2.50 i partment in a .war where we
2.50 don't know where it is going to
5.00 reach, whether it is going .to
Quast 1.00 touch every part of the eoun-
10.00 try, to say 'you can only have
100 an army of 1,000.000 men,' I
Tola I
think is dangerous."
He added that "our air force
will be 1.000,000 men before we
are through."
3.00 I MI I*IK UN SINKING
.50 I MANILA. P. I.. Dec. 18—(UP)
— Approximately 200 persons
were killed when the inter-island
steamer Correigidor struck a
mine and sank in Manila Bay
yesterday, a.witness estimated
today.
$525.00
Axis Libyan
With Forces
Fronts Broken
In Full Flight
CAIRO, Dec. 18 — (UP) —
Axis forces in eastern Libya are
now in full retreat, British gen-
eral headquarters for the mid
die east said today.
The German and Italian
fronts have been broken, the
communique said in headquar-
ters' first use of the word "re-
treat" since the Libyan offen-
sive was started by British im
perials and allied forces last
month
"Alter five days of intensive
fightinfc. during which all of
the remaining German and Ital-
ian resources have been thrown
into battle to try to delay our
advance, the enemy's front ev-
erywhere has been broken."
headquarters said.
"Yesterday our troops relent-
lessly pursued the enemy In
spite of adverse weather condi
tions over a distance of nearly
30 miles.
"By evening the main body of
our infantry reached a general
line on the Tmimi-Mekili road."
Mckili is one of the most im-
portant road junctions in all
Libya. It controls north and
south and east anil west com-
munications at a point in the
desert south of Derna.
With the German and Ital-
ian forces in full retreat the
British, the imperials and their
allies were granting no respite,
pouring westward on the heels
of broken axis forces. The break-
through resembled a 1941 ver-
sion of the successful offensive
against the Italians by Gen. Sir
Archibald Wavell a year ago, a
military spokesman salcl
Capt. J. G. Leavitt. air corps,
March Field. Calif., whose home
is Spokane, Wash.: Staff Sgt.
Stephen Hoffman. March Field,
whose home is Charleroi, Pa.,
and Pvt. 1st Class Samuel J.
Vanhamm. jr., March Field,
whose home is North Twin
Fails. Ida.
Hraguc. ."k , is one of the
army's veteran iiii-iiicn. lie
is a West Point graduate
and has seen service in the
Philippines, Mexico, and the
World War.
The party, Stimson said, took
off from Phoenix last Friday
on a flight routed by way of
Blythe. Calif. It passed over
Blythe and at that time Dargue
asked that the route be changed
to permit him to fly by way of
Palmdale.
"Search for the missing trans-
port plane is proceeding in the
area between Palmdale and
Hamilton Field, just north of
San Francisco," Stimson said.
"The plane had passed safely
over the San Bernardino anJ
San Jacinto mountains between
Blythe and Palmdale -and ap-
parently was flying northwest
ward up the Ban Joaquin valley
to the San Francisco area."
Red Cross Rally
Called Saturday
A rousing rally on the
west side of the courthouse
square, with patriotic talks,
band and several other fea-
tures will bring to public
attention the Sweetwater
drive for its share of the
new Red Cross war fund
drive. It will be held Satur-
day afternoon at 2:30.
Towns throughout the
county this week are hav-
ing their meetings anil re-
ports so (jar have shown
that the metropolis of
Sweetwater will have to
look to its laurels.
Carl Anderson. Sweetwat-
er chairman, met with l>r.
Albeit K*ann and other key
men in the city and coun-
ty drive this morning and
mapped out definite plans
(if procedure.
Sweetwater Boys
Go To Air Corps
German armored strength was
shot to pieces, he said. In three
major pitched battles and doz-
ens of smaller engagements j
since the campaign started the
British apparently have gained Two Sweetwater youths left
hot only crushing superiority [ Wednesday evening on the Sun-
but a momentum which is car shine Special for El Paso where
rying them across the hump of (they will start training for the j
Libya toward Benghazi.
Aircraft Warning
Group W ill Meet
Seventeen key men in charge j
j of the 17 aircraft warning ser-j
j vice observation stations
throughout Nolan county have j
been called to the central ob- j
servation station, the Sweetwat- i
cr police quarters, for a meet- I
ing at 7:30 tonight by Chief of j
Police .1. A. Bland.
Respective duties of each man j
for his station, and further or- j
ganization of volunteers for as-
sistance in maintaining full time j
observation work, will be dis-1
j cussed at the meeting.
Aged Minister
Dies Thursday
Rev. Jesse J Burk. 83. died
i at the home of his daughter and
I son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Briley, 1000 Fowler street, about
10 a. m. Thursday.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 a. m. Friday at the First
Baptist church. Rev. J. M. Sibley
will officiate. Yates Funeral
Home is in charge.
Mr. Burk has been in ill
Sweetwater ha
lows and with a few more do- i
nations, every not-so-fortunate I
child and family will know the|
thrill of a cheerful Christmas j
this year. The quota is $750.
R. M. Simmons, chairman, i
and Charles Paxton. secretary-!
treasurer, of the Goodfellow com-1
mittee, announce the additional ]
donations Thursday morning:
United Cement. Lime &
Gypsum Workers Un-
ion. Local No. 82
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Glass
J. H. Doseher company
Armor's Drug stores
Business and Profession-
al Women
J. C. Penney company
Watson-Focht company
Safeway grocery
S. D. Saiecl
Beall. Beall & Yonge
Dabney Motor company
J. J. Erwin
Goodyear Service store
| Manroe and Morris
| Mathews Furniture Co.
I Morrison Supply Co.
j Texas Coca-Cola Bottling
company
| The Thompson agency
Sweetwater Local Mutu-
al Life Assn.
| Henry Marshall
| E. O. Bcllomy
Beverage Sales company
i Jack Geer
S Mays and Perkins
I A. L. Trowbridge
! Joe H. Boothe
! L. and L.
j Bullock Electric
Butler Abstract Co
H. C Wilkc
G. A. Beeman
I Mr. and Mrs. W E.
Wilkinson
Creative Art club
| Dr. C. II. Elliott
R C. Kagg
J. F Jones
A. S. Kendrick
Blanton McCord
Macie Hotel
Dr. Ben McCorkle
Dr. K. W. Mclntyre .
Mode O' Day-
Don Smith
Previously reported
Timor Seized In Move
To Keep Possible
Base Away From Enemy
By Sidney J. Williams
United Press < orrespondent
LONDON, Dec. 18—(UP) —
The Netherlands-Portuguese is-
land of Timor has been occupied,
by Netherlands and Australian
troops, the Netherlands East In-
dies information bureau an-
nounced today.
The island, at the east end of
the Netherlands East Indies, is
within easy striking distance
of northern Australia and New
Guinea.
The allied troops occupied Ti-
mor. including the Portuguese
part of the island yesterday.
The reaction of Portugal,
whose cabinet met urgently last
I night and which had emphasized
I the friendliness of its relation
with Japan, was awaited an-
| xiously in diplomatic quarters.
The occupation was ef-
fected because of the threat
that the Japaiv-se would
seize the island and make it
a base for submarines in an
attempt to cut comniunica-
| tions to Australia.
Netherlands quarters said Por-
tuguese authorities in the island
I had put their objections to the
i occupation on record but that
! landing and occupation had been
■ effected without resistance.
Netherlands informants said
; the occupation had been decided
i upon in view of a grave threat
by Japan, and that Portuguese
| sovereignty would not lie im-
I paired' m-t said the allied
many Goodfel- j troops would be withdrawn as
loon as possible.
War Department
Revises Report.
Rodriguez Alive
i
Ruperto B. Rodriquez, 27,
[the barber who enlisted in the
i Army air service from Sweet-
$35.001 water two years ago. and was
10.00 first reported killed in action at
10.00 j Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is alive.
20.00! FUrther than that, a wire
j from Adjutant General Adams,
10.00 i War Department. Washington,
10.00 j D. C., reveals that Ruperto was
10.00 i only slightly wounded. His bro-
W ASH INf.TON. Dec. 18—
(UP)—The war department
said today that Pvt. 1st.
( lass Kuperto It. Rodriguez,
previously reported killed
in action in Hawaii is alive
but suffering from minor
wounds. He is a brother of
Joe A. Rodriguez. Rotan,
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5.00 i
ithcr. Joe A. Rodriquez, who has
1.00 i been living alternately in Ro-
3.00 "tan and Del Rio this week re-
2.50 j ceived the message refuting an
2.50 earlier telegram announcing
2.50 I Ruperto's death.
2.50 j Both messages were from the
2.50 \ adjutant general at. Washing-
2.50 i ton.
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Total
(In London a military spokes-
man said that up to Dec. 15 Ger-
man and Italian prisoners heid
at Alexandria totaled 8.108. in-
cluding 70 German officers and
2,926 Germans of other rapk-.
237 Italian officers and 4.8H0
Italians of other ranks. The
spokesman said that Tuesday
Polish and Indian troops cap
tured about 1.000 Italian prison-
ers who were not included m
those figures.)
U. S. army air corps. They are I health for some time and since i
BUI Holston, 20. son of Mr. and failing a week ago was in a se-1
Mrs. N. D. Holston. and Troy nous condition
Daffern, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. v
Paul Daffern. Thev enlisted here !
Tuesday. PRKMIKK FOUND
After induction at El Paso | HONOLULU. T. H. Dec. 18
Enlistments W ill
Be Suspended
they expect to be transferred to
Biloxi. Miss., for actual train-
ing Troy formerly played foot-
ball with the Mustangs, gradu-
ating last year. Both attended
the Mustang-Indian game in El
Paso.
t
(UP)—Premier U. Saw of Bur-
ma, reported missing, was lo-
cated today at a Honolulu hotel.
Saw was stranded in Hawaii by
the outbreak of the war on his
return trip to Burma after a
tour of the United States.
The latter message reads:
"Reference to my telegram
of December ! . reporting
the death of your brother.
Private First I lass Ruper-
to B. Rodriguez, the secre-
tary of war is gratified to ad-
\ ise you that the command-
ing general of the Hawaiian
department now reports
that the soldier is alive, but.
slightly wounded."
The first message had stat^:
"The Secretary of War desir-
es me to express his deep regret
that your brother. Ruperto B.
Rodriguez, was killed in action
in defense of his country at
Hickatn field Territory of
Hawaii. December 7. No remains
can be transported to the Unit-
lei Stales until after termina-
|tion "f hostilities when the
| quartermaster general at Wash-
. ington. I) C.. will, if |w aslble,
land upon written request of the
next of kin. bring the remains
to the United States for final
18 — interment."
Henry, Friends here are relieved to
today j know that Ruperto has n>>t been
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$453.00
$058.50
WASHINGTON. Dec
(UP)—Secretary of Wat
L„ Stimson announced
that the army is suspending all j called upon to pay the supreme
further voluntary enlistments sacrifice. He lived here event
as "soon as the present rush of years, after attending San Felipe
patriotism subsides" and will i high school at Del Rii He was
get all further manpower, in-
cluding air corps personnel,
through selective service.
a star football and ha:; -ball
player there, and was graduat-
ed in 1934.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 168, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941, newspaper, December 18, 1941; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282460/m1/1/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.