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AJME XLVI.
MEXiA. TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 17. 1944.
NUMBER 11.
Drive On Delinquent County Taxes Voted Amidas
Anzio Explosion May
Prove Major Drive to
Match Cassino Battle
Berlin . . . 1944!
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAPLES, Mai'li 1(5.
(UP)—A savKgo bitllh' raxed through l.ho lihirkptnul ruins |
of Cassino- today and official report?; .said Allied ejitiict.
infantrymen and artillery were slowly eru. hinK :i i'/iiatieal
band of Gcnriun gunners who erept back last ni|,ht to de-
fend tlie bomb and shell-torn wreckage of their mountain
stronghold.
As the Ailierl armor closed in for the kill, fierce TiuhL- ;
ing exploded on the Anzio beachhead 40 miles to the north
where American shock troops lashed out hi a sudden at-
tack southeast of Aprilia.
The German beachhead lines swayed perilously under j
the fury of 'the American assault, and observers speculated ;
•that the Doughboys might have launched a major drive to
coincide with the big push at Cafcsino.
On both fronts, however, the Germans were 1 attling
desperately to prevent an Allied break-through that mi;:,he.
collapse their, defense structure in southern Italy and la.v '
open the invwmon roads to Rome.
Beaten into rubble yesterday by the greatest aerial and
artillery bombardment in history, Cassino remained a bat- j
tleground today and all reports indicated that the Germans
had rushed in strong reinforcements to delend its ruins to
German infantrymen anil inol'lar 1 Limine Gripsfoolm's Passengers to
crown swarmed back into the twist-
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Recommendations In south Germany Raid
Ut I axpayers
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Smuggled out of Germany these photos sh.;w Berlin as it loo!
bombing-; I i.v the U S A A J1' and the UAr'. I'oinb debri.< U pile.!
huildiiij.es, hare, tree-, and broken lamp posts remind lie:liners
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Destroyed Town
Site of Ferocious
Battle for Ruins
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I ed heaps that remained of the
ancient stone town and fought
J, back stoutly under a merciless
Block Entry Attempt of Nazi Agents line to Ukraine
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Ry JAMBS M KOI'KR
I'liiled Press War Coi respondent
AN ORSKUVATION POST <>-
VKRLOOK1NG CASSINO, March
1(i <U.R) The "battle of the rub- j
hish heap" is going on below me !
with a feroei y oiiljL partially \.
eonrealed by driftint1, iVlltwei11*'''
smoke.
A I,I,I I'd) HEADQl AR-
TKRS, Naples, March l(i. !'J.R)
—American pilots anil air ob-
servers agreed todaj that the
Allied lumbers did a thorough
job in clearing a path through
Cnv-inn for Hie 3th Army
ground forces.
- I-| - m.'-""!"!"' While, Axtell,
Tex., a former Ravlor I'niver-
sily ha ketball slar, said l.liat
' you couldn'i even (ell II was
town when the bombers were
fU.R) Olficixls of the KM, the
.1 KlfSI'lY CITY, N. March 10
X'afe Department and other gov-
I eminent agencies resumed their
| examination of repatriates-aboard
the Swedish diplomatic exchange
soncrs and the food became bet.tor.
O her repatriates said thai un-
relenting Allied air raids against
the Reich has lowered civilian mo-
rale and that the nation was reel-
ing under the attacks, but warned
means
Armies Sever
Right now we're sending a <
column of tnn'.s ilovvn highway .
six into the ruined city. Even up I a
here in the hills I hear the vicious finished."
rattle of machine guns from tin; i --
mass of smashed masonry that | nlj,, 0f shcllfire from the uri'ound-
used to be Cassino. The Germans I jnK bills and Lhe raking blasts of
are making a fight now for every th(, .^Lacking Allied armored
ruin just as they fought for every j f,,,-,-.
reports said that
uid assaUirt troops
liner Gripsholm today as 180 more ' that. Germany was by no
passengers whose questioning was ! near internal collapse.
completed prepared to leave the ! The ftJ'i Americans and Latin-
ship. ! Americans, many of -^'loni had
Approximately 1(H) passengers ; spent more /:in two years in Nazi
still were to undergo the exhau.i- prison camps, brought back stories
five-inquiry by government agen- I of discomfort, insufficient food
(i'-s seeking to block the possible and severity of Gestapo confine-
Hie air force
into rubbish
smash-
yes ter-
liouse before
cd the town
day.
The Germans know that once
we blow the stopper out of their
line to Cassino, our forces will
flow northward inward Rome and
a junction with the Aiv/.io beach-
head. They're making it tough.
The tanks are catching it from
German artillery as they waddle
toward the town.
The whole scene is marked by
battle. Above the town on Monte
Car. ino, infantry creeps up to-
ward tin- ruined monastery we
smashed when the Germans forti-
fied it. Tie re, too, the Germans
have imbedded themselves in the
masonry anil progress is slow.
Teachers Needed
far Illiterates
Allied
tanks and assautt troops were
forcing the Germans slowly out of
the town, with sappers working
frantically to clear away the
wreckage that blocked their path.
Heavy rains which began at !)
p. m. yesterday continued through
the night and added to the diffi-
culties of the attacking Allied
troops.
The Germans, apparently rein-
entry of enemy agents and indica-
tions were that the process would
take considerable time The Red
Cross, it was learned, has been in-
structed to remain on duty on the
GHoshohn's pier for three days.
Thirty-five wounded soldiers and
approximately 100 civilians, most
of them diplomats and others on
official business who were caught
in the German occupation of
franco were cleared from the ship
by last night.
One repatriate said that the
German attitude toward prisoners
of war changed from one of harsh-
ness, while the Na/.is were winning,
to euo of kindness after the tide
had turned.
Kiv.nei.i Vicovarl, young New
i.lent, but. no charges of atrocitics.
i I tnlike others who have returned
from internment in enemy prison
camps, the re pa riates surprised
welcomers at the pier with their
mnfter-of-fact attitudes.
Most of them admitted tlie.v had
; not, had a miserable time in the
camps, Sonfe possessed only lhe
! clothes they wore and many were
I without funds, while others suf-
[ fered from malnutrition. But all
J sccnitd cheerful.
I .ON HON, March 10. (U.R) So-
viet troops have broken across the
main Odcssa-Zhmerinka railroad
line, capturing the junction town
of Yapnyarka and cutting the vi-
tal supply line for the German
armies in the southern l.'kraine.
Ij'cmier .1 '-(■•' Stalin announced
the Red army breakthrough in a
special order of the da;, which
revealed that tanks and infantry-
men o) Gen. Ivan S. Konev's 2nd
Ukrainian army stormed and cap-
tured Vapriyarka yesterday.
The advance put Konev's flying
columns within 'J.1 miles of the
Rumr.nian frontier and the Dnies-
ter "liver, the iv-I. natural de-
fense line i | en to the fleeing Ger-
man forces.
Striking swiftly southwistward
to capitalize on their successful
crossing of she ling river, miles
eas of Yapnyarka, the Russians
were reported d'iving fhe battered
Nazi columns in headlong retreat
toward the Rumanian frontier.
V/ATIItNGTON, March 10. '(U.R)
- The War D-put tment today ap-
penle I for :',.5()0 to 5,000 men and
women cvilian teachers to replace
ini'i ary personnel as instructors
fi i >.IJitorate s Idicrs.
Wj)l Army has been using sol-
dier 'instructors to tench ill iter- j
ales, bill those men are now needed
fc )• active iV.itaiy assignment.
A,. ' "
Ins1 ruction to illiterate- is given I
.-peeiul training uiiils, I!)'of which j
have been established by the Army
Service Forces to installations
through'ut the country. Illiterates
are ins ructed in reading, writing
and arithmetic.
White and negro men and women
tcayhors are needed. There arc no
age limi s fur applicant. Standards
for acceptance will approximate
those established by teacher or-
ganization * nnrl school accrediting
associations in conimunitcn where
an applicant has been employed.
Instruction given is comparable
to that In the first four grades of
eh nismtury school, but teacher ap-
plicants need not have had exper-
ience in ptiinary instruction.
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forced by fresh units rushed into i York architect and volunteer am-
the battle dining the night, fought j Iwhinre driver, said that, when tie-
hai'k viciously with gunfire, hand , Allies Ir-gan winning more har-
| grenades and their "screaming , : :•«•!: -. were buiil to house the pi -
mecmies'"-—multi-barreled trench
mortars.
While the battle raged inside the |
.•uiiis of Cassino under clearing
ikies other Allied forces pushed
forward into the hills to the north- I
west, threatening to cut off the ,
Germans in the town.
Simultaneously, American in- ,
funfi'MYicn on the Anzio beach-
heal front were revealed to have |
launched a new attack southeast (
of Aprilia. Two enemy strong-
! poin's fell to the Americans yes-
| terday, but headquarters spokes-
men said the Nazis counter-attack-
ed savagely and that violent fight-
ling still wa; in progress this
morning.
on Finns by FDR
Negotiations Test
Kncmv Liploimu-y
March If,. (U.R)
Australia Praise
Heaped cn Yank
Celebrate Arviv-^
of Gen, Mac Arthur
Truk Struck by
Liberator Force
WASHINGTON, March 1«.
i'U.R)—Army Liberators attack-
ed Truk, Japanese naval base
in the Carolines, in a pre-dawn
rail on Wednesday, (he Navy
announred leday.
They Iximbed installations,
fuel dumps and amniunition
storBge toreas on (wo of the
islands in the Truk group—
Eten and' Dublon. Explosions
and fires resulted.
Despite heavy anH-aircraft
fire, only one of lhe big four-
cughied bombers was hit and
(he entire raiding force re-
turned to base.
CANT'KiytA March Hi (U.R)
vj M'ni t-r ,1- lin Curtin, in a
broadcast to the United States, s/iid
•••lev tha' he was pleased to join j
in cob-bretlntr 'he arrival of Gen. .
Deue'las Mac Art bur in Australia j
two years ago tomorrow.
In paying tribute to the Ameri
an General. Curtin pointed out
that Premier Marshal llideki Tojo |
'■nil t Id th Japanese Diet on
Mareh |"„ l!)|2, that A^j ralia
would suffer the fame fate as the
Netherlands East Indies unless sli >
aibn ilted to Japan.
"Ki-e days Int-r," Curlin said, |
• MiieArtluir eri"ed in Australia1
t'r-ni th" Philippines. In the two
years following, Austral lias not
submitted and we have not stif-
'V'cd the same unhappy fate as the
\,c berlands.
"The name of MaeArthur stand* i
even bl'jhcr today in Australia
than i did on that day two years
ago when his arrival provided sir h
t'-nic 'r, the !>'.">pi" wlv, whil" not
j WASHINGTON
Prcsisdont I'oosevelt today pit
I new pressure on Finland to with-
drew frem her "hateful partir-r-
lo" with Nazi Germany.
Mr. Roosevelt is ued a slale-
i mi ti1 v. icing the sincere "hop ■
j I inland will now take the oppor-
tunity to (!i <asso: rile herself from
. Germany."
Mr. Roosevelt's statemrtit, i'-
'•ii- I while Rus i-iivl'jiini-h neg'-
tint ions were still hanging fire,
said:
"It ha- always seeni'd odd to
me slid 'o the people of the IJnil.ec
States to find Finland a partnc
f .Vn*i Germane, fighting site by
Fi le with the sworn enemies of our
cvi'iz lion.
"The Finnish people now have a
chance to wi'h'traw from thi
hateful parinersliip. The longer
t In y stay at Germany's side the
mor" uriow and suffering is
hi Ulid to come to them.
"I think I can speak for all A-
mericans when 1 say that we sin-
cerely hope Finland will now take
the opportunity to disassociate her-
<eir from Germany."
afrt'.id of what, might be in stor1
frr them, were never'heless great-
ly • it-•<e"U'?ed t«v i1 "lid b" wlin 11
meant for Australia in the way of
lighting men and supplies from
America."
YVEATHKR
I'* I'niled I'rrs*
EAST TEXAS—(lonely, light
rain e\ccpl South portion,
roolrr exrept in ex'reme
N rthwesi and extreme South
liortiinis (his afternoon; Cool-
er En it unci South portions
tonight. Friday partly cloudy,
warmer in Nor(h portion.
conversion to
CaK> Is Prepared
initial Step to
Taken in April
W At IFNGT ON, March tl>. (U.R)
Wrr Production Board Chairman
1 Intnl.I M. Nelson, wan gave the
oi ler two year- ago that halted
mniiufactnr- of pa- .••ngi'r cars, is
" w prepaii .g for the eventual
eecuver.'ion of the automobile in-
i.isi I v.
II" is f rilling nil advisory com-
iitt.ee, composed of the lop of-
ieial in each e mpany that made
lassenger Cars before the war, to
oiisult, with WPf! officials on the
'ohanis the chanc'"oV( r 'o pe iee-
timo production will bring with it.
Pile first meeting will he next
month.
In announcing plans for the com-
mi'tee yesterday, Nelson cautioned
i!i his move should not bo inter-
preted in an indication that the
ovei nment is planning to allow
resumption of passenger car pro-
luetion at any specified time.
Meanwhile, a WPli spokesman
j denied reports that production of
i a limited number of automobiles
| would begin in the next six months.
The automobile industry, he
said, will probably be among the
| lust to feel the effects of cutbacks
j in munition*. He pointed out that
j mo-l of the industry is producing
j aircraft units, and that aircraft
, production would undoubtedly con-
tinue at its present peak long
after the collap.-e of Germany.
Committee Taken
l imit Wholesale
future Adjuftmcnt
on i i> iiufucnt Tax
Tiimieilinte steps to collect lhe
'elinipient taxes cuirer.lly carried
n the tax rolls of Limestone Coun-
ty will be taken, the Commission-
ers' Court, i f Limestone County
unanimously vol e l Monday at the
•egulai' March session of that
—)• i-tv [' > • ruing body Monday in
Groesbeck. Such over due taxes are
I variously estimated a- being be-
tween $750,000 and $1,000,000 at
present.
The forward It oking decision by
he court followed a unanimous
vote in favor of collecting such
| 'elitiou • iit taxes by the Taxpayers'
tomn.i'tee representing Liipe-
' stone ci izens. The 11-man steer-
| lug cemmittee heading that larger
Taxpayer Committee so reported
I to the court at Monday's meeting,
| adding it was generally believed
I "that a great majoity of such de-
| itiipient taxes can be paid now, if
ever."
I Su:-h necessary and legal steps
j as are necessary to their collection
j >\ i*1 be taken following the reepm-
j -Hernialions of this committee to
| that effecL, including letting a lax
contract to a firm to mi>ke such
| collections, through the courts or
i thcrwise. The Court further re-
| -tolved to call for sealed bids on
! such contract-.
Other important action taken by
j the County O >urt included a unan-
imous decision henceforth to make
fno adjustment of any delinquent
| tax—except in cases where the
j Court decides that an el ror was
j committed in the assessment of
I such tax—until the court has rc-
| ceived a recommendation from the
I Taxpayers' Committee or its duly
| ictiiig repretentative oil the mat-
| tor. Such prop sod adjustments
for other than error in assessment
! will he considered by the committee
j and 'ts recommendation in turn
made to the Court.
A similar unanimous vote of far
j reaching importance in the current
•oneortod campaign to improve the j
nunty's financial status was the i
lecision t,hat the County Clerk
•ihall henceforth supply each news-
paper in the county with a copy
f all the, meetings of the Com-
missioners' Court. This action was
line wi ll the recent point
February 2H
meeting that,
I'VOty lie- '
iy gnveril-
IContir.ue1 -in Page Three)
LONDON March 16. (UP)—American Doniber.; in
"very strong" force plunged deep into southern Germany
against, skimpy lighter opposition todny and drove home :t
many-pronged attack to round out what may have been
the Nazis' toughest 24 hours <n' the air war.
'I he Berlin radio said ' :iit« d Sla.es bombers atLieked
A ugsburg and Ulm, industrial and rransport renter., oi
youthwest Germany. Bombs fell in "densely populated resi-
dential aj eas" of both cities and caused eon.-.ideiaole • asu-
alties, the Nazis claimed.
The daylight broadside followed by a lew hour.- a tec-
rd aerial a'ssault by the Royal Air Force w hich red
than 3,300 tons of explosives across southwi - t Ger-
0
more
many and France during the
The employment of a '"very
strong" force of American houi-
bers—-the maximum term employed
as far by United .States authori
ties in this theatre—ill a follow-
through on the record RAF attack
indicated that Germany probably
was taking its worst aerial beat-
ing.
It was recalled tilat a "strong"
force on Jan. 'Jtl dumped more than
1,1-00 tons of explosives or, frank-
furl-, and today's armada was "very
strong."
The first bombers back ft o il
.South Germany said the thin fight-
er opposition was overwhelmed by
escorting Thunderbolts, Light-
nings, Mustangs and Spitfires,
giving the heavyweights another
holiday run.
United States Army Headquar-
ters said the aimaua of heavy
bombers which struck at South
Germany by daylight, was "very
strong," a description heretofore
applied only to itie nv.ximum mo-
bilization of warpianes in the heav-
iest attacks of the war.
Official r port., •.noicatod Ameri-
can and British force - had deliver-
ed their most ur.-tructive one-two
Duneh. The focal point of both
.r.iM ty assaults was Southern Ger-
many, the RAF having dropped
-'.OOO tons of bombs on the big air-
craft and transport center of Stutt-
gart alone.
night.
Americans Block
jap Counter Push
on Bougainville
Continuing" Battle
( ailed Largest
S nee M Linda Fight
AI.IJKI) 11FA1")QUA KTFiRS (X
SOUTHWKST l'ACIFIC, March
It! U.R) American troops have
smashed a heavy .1 ajtanese coun-
ter-attack against tlicir beachhead
invill:' Iriand and killed
0 enemy troops in
on t
more
hail
'ix days of f
fighting, Allic
vealed today.
id
cJose-qual
ridqliartcri
The battle
cated still
termed by
men. the "hi;
r-t mpuigr.."
■ re-
nd i
. which dispatc be:
' as continuing, won
headquarte is spokes-
rgest .since the Munda
Cbariring fanatically into the
mouths of American machine guns
and flame throwers, the .Japanestj
were mowed down by the h ndr -d i
and finally were forced to retreac.
leaving 1.17 5 cd their dead on the
battlefield.
:Tl
Uncounted scon - of other eni-my
in
American and Allied fighters
'great s rength" escorted the U. .S.
'"ontbers, the preliminary an-
nouiiei no ift said.
The official use of the vvoril-
"very s'r ng" "indicated the da.v-
iiglit attack inv!:trod more heavy
bombers than those in recent
"strong forces" which were known
.o number around 800.
troops were be
killed undec tl"
Amcrican shell]
bing.
Headquarters
t.lie Aoii'iic.ms
siti ins Mo'ncla'
p< rimcter of t!.
Pay beachheu
i, ved to have been
e almost incessant
in and aerial
spokesmen
; pa tided the
I alt.-r
fir,in-
said
their po-
nort.herrt
August;'
ating off
tine
Mrs. W
few day;
ntother
R. Adams is
s 111
who is
-pending a
with her
The fiei-est fighti
around Cairion Ridge, •
of the U. S. :57th hi
I .lino enemy soldiers
center
re troo;
mi killi
i r.d drove {
•d
ill.
but
t he
company of Japanese frt
st.
in
i drought out in ll
j -ouiitywide citizen
j full publicity given
ioti eoneerri'ig count i
merit is tone oi the major bulwarks'
if good, hones' admiinst ration of
county g vcrnmeiil.
I'recinc
I The I'oolidue prei in t will tee
use its -diale of tlie 1i I ni'in.'V
"r. in •(,!• regisfr:;'ions for f-t it
ing its Rea l and Itride'e !• tie I
; debt, so the Court voted wit.hoo;
dissent upon mo ion by i . R. S'-l
hrs, seconded b\ Rat V. leil. In
stead the Cooliike p.i" cinct's t■>
| tal money that is one four h e:
money paid the county for lic-n ■■
j plates (expecte I to amount to a-
1 otind $12,.Mi" for C udiiUi i " II
| be used to pay current e-.'pensi
legally chargeable (t^> Rrecin
Road and Iliidge Fund. Fn'-ni■•r
i ly ihat approxim it' t<!. .'nti c-no
| ing to each precinct from tld ;
source has been usi d to c- ii"- lb"
! ■ Idest outstandine obli"..i!i-n
j the precinct's t'.oad and IJrit."
fund.
Othe r p: ci in; t.^ in t.'ie r--<un \
turned down the original pro]-n:a!
; that all fn«r precine's use their
share of the car registration mon-
ey in the matter, so it wn- un
| derstood. After a .substitute mo-
| Hon limi ed the change to Pre-
cinct 2, the Court authorized th"
j county auditor henceforth to with
! bold Coolidge precinct's fourth of
• fees during 10-14
The Court also went on record
, as favoring « rid budget control
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m*nv grnn^ *re piriy^l tip Mlrort
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