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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1945)
Holding Stalingrad Was Turning Point By September 7, 1942, the im¬ mense and highly mechanized Ger¬ man army had forced the Russians back 1,100 miles from their borders. On the 13th began the siege of Stalin¬ grad, Russia’s great steel-producing city. Here the Russians determined to make their stand. With equal firmness, the Nazis decided to take the city, although sounder military judgment would have dictated by¬ passing it. As the months dragged on, the city became a symbol and a point of honor on both sides. Hitler gave orders to capture Stalingrad at any cost. Stalin told his troops to die in place rather than yield an inch. Slowly the Germans cleared the suburbs. Then the battle for the city itself opened. Attack and coun¬ terattack held the fighting to the outskirts day after day. Sometimes the Nazis would claim a small ad¬ vance. Then the Russians would an¬ nounce that they had repulsed the enemy. The slaughter was fright¬ ful, with neither side apparently car¬ ing what the cost in lives would final¬ ly be. Street Fighting Begins. Fighting in the streets started about the 17th, in the northwestern corner. Bitter hand-to-hand strug¬ gles held the Germans at the bor¬ i ders. Meanwhile bombing planes nd artillery were leveling the build- gs as the Nazis blasted at the stout defenders. All the civilian popula¬ tion had long since evacuated. There was an army in the city, and one without. On November 9 the Russians launched an offensive south of Stalin¬ grad and a smaller one north of the city. Gradually the prongs of these curled together, cutting the Nazi supply lines. Nevertheless, fighting of unprecedented ferocity continued within the city. Every weapon known was employed, from siege artillery to bayonets. Men struggled from building to building, month after month. The dead lay where they fell. There was little heed paid to wounded. It was sav¬ age beyond description. Nazis Feel Pinch. By the end of tj}e year the isolated Nazis were beginning to feel the pinch. The generals in the field ad¬ vised abandoning the siege, fearing a disaster. But Adolf Hitler, always mindful of prestige, sternly ordered that the city be taken. His “intui¬ tion” told him to tell his men to hold on, to continue fighting in bitter cold, without supplies, against an enemy who had no thought of yield¬ ing. January, 1943, saw the col¬ lapse of the German besiegers. Many thousands were dead. The remainder became penned up in & corner of the city, fighting merely for their lives. The Rus¬ sians attacked relentlessly from all sides. The battle turned to a slaughter. At last the Ger¬ mans realized the futility of their position and began surrendering, division by division. The last stubborn holdouts gave in on February 2. The Germans lost more than half a million men, killed, wounded or captured. The holding of Stalingrad marks the turning point in the Russian war. During the summer and autumn of¬ fensives of 1943, the Red army rolled the Nazis back nearly 600 miles. It was the beginning oltthe end for Germany. Stalin-Roosevelt President Roosevelt and Marshal Joseph Stalin meet at Teheran, Iran, where plans were laid for opening up new fronts. Stalin’s Presence Highlighted Strategy Meeting at Teheran At Teheran, Persia, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin held their first joint discussion at the turn of No¬ vember, 1943, at which the U. S. and British invasions of France and the trip-hammer Red summer offen¬ sive were envisaged. But if the immediate paramount question was the planning of the mil¬ itary conquest of Germany, the con¬ ferees agreement to cooperate in peace shaded the meeting. ", . . We shall seek the co¬ operation and active participa¬ tion of all nations, large and small, whose peoples . . . are dedicated ... to the elimination of tyranny and slavery . . .” the three leaders declared. “We will welcome them as they may choose to come into the world family of democratic nations.” Early Victory Holds Little Hope For Army Food Requirements ATLANTA, Ga., May 3—The possibility of early victory in Euiope holds liltle hope for re¬ duction for Army food require¬ ments in view of needs in the Pacific which will mount, Head¬ quarters, Fourth Service Com¬ mand stated today. Troops in the European the¬ ater on V-E Day must still be fed and as soldiers are deploy¬ ed to the Pacific or returned to the United States, the decrease in food amounts needed in Europe will be offset by in¬ creased requirements for the job of licking the Japs, it is pointed out. It will be possible to divert some of the combat rations, "K" and "10 in 1," but such diver¬ sions will not be sufficient quantity to meet the demands in areas other than Europe, the Army declares. As the great movement of troops to the Paci¬ fic starts, the Army must ac¬ quire working reserves in that area to supply the men as they arrive, which will call for larg¬ er quantities of combat rations. As British troops move into the Pacific they will draw heavily on resources of the British dominions, with the pro¬ bable result that food supplies now being procured in those areas by the Americans, will be greatly curtailed. As the American armies are deployed over the Pacific areas, trans¬ portation problems will in¬ crease as mileage is added to shipping routes. Of the total allocable food supplies in the United States, estimated crt 280 billion pounds, Army requirements are 12 per cent, second only to the com¬ bined needs of the United States civilians. Of the food procured by the Army, the Army itself uses 62.2 per cent, the remainder, figur¬ ed in percentages going to: Navy (exclusive of Navy pur¬ chases) 5.6: Allied troops, 4.2; Civilian employes overseas, 1.6; Liberated civilians in for¬ eign countries, 17.7; Prisoners of War in the United States and abroad, 8.4. Pfc. Donald E. Pringle Awarded Bronze Star For Heroic Action in Burma Pic. Donald E. Pringle has been awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action in Burma. He is the so'n-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Art E. Moore, of Lookout Mountain- The medal and ci¬ tation from the commanding general was sent to his wife, Mrs. Mildred Moore Pringle of Everett, Washington. The citation reads as follows: "Pfc. Donald E. Pringle, Sig¬ nal Corps, U. S. Army: For heroism in connection with military operations against the enemy during the seige of Bha- mo, Burma, on November 28, 1944. Private Pringle photographer was serv¬ ing as a combat with Chinese troops when their advance was delayed by ma¬ chine gun fire from an enemy dug out. At the risk of his life, he threw himself on top of the position, tossed a hand gre¬ nade inside and killed the ma¬ chine gunner. "The courage and devotion above and beyond the call of duty reflect great credit upon Private Pringle and exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the United States of America." MISS DALUE MORRISON, OF TRENTON, IS HONORED Continued From Page One tanooga, was elected secretary of the Chattanooga Chapter of the American Banking Institute last The American Banking Insti¬ tute is an association of employ¬ ees of the several banks of Chat¬ tanooga, arid the entire nation, who have formed an association for the study and advancement of their members; and the elec¬ tion of Miss Morrison to the secretaryship of this outstanding group of young hankers is a signal honor that she well de¬ serves and of which her friends are proud. County Times con¬ The Dade gratulates Miss Morrison upon the honor she has achieved, and which reflects credit upon her home town and county, and we wish her success in her duties she assumes as secretary of the Chattanooga Chapter of the A- merican Banking Institute. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 10. IMS. Russia’s ’43 Stand Was Major Factor In Final Victory In direct contrast to the Axis vic¬ tories at the start of 1941 and 1942, the opening of 1943 saw the Germans lose the battle of Stalingrad, defeat¬ ed at Tunis and Bizerte and a sleep¬ ing giant of American Industrial power slowiy but inevitably shaking off his shackles and rising to full production for war. Through most of ’42 the Russians had fallen back before the German drive. But then Stalin ordered his men to stand before Moscow and in a brilliant trap caught and extermi¬ nated whole German armies and sent the broken remainder reeling back on the northern front. Stalingrad, whose downfall had been promised innumerable times by Hitler, refused to fall. And sud¬ denly the Russians clamped a giant pincers around the besieging army and the Germans suffered the loss of another army corps and felt the powerful sweep of the Red army. Russians Smash Ahead. From the high water mark of Ger¬ man conquest in the fall of 1942, the Russians quickly reformed and won victory after smashing victory dur¬ ing 1943. The Russians stretched their colossal manpower along a 2,000- mile front and counterattacked whenever they found a German weakness. The Germans had planned to fight a war of their own choosing—to pick a spot and blast away at it until they broke through and then go on to clean up in the familiar blitzkrieg pattern. But now it was the Russians who could pick their spots. Instead of concentrating on one place, the Wehrmacht now had to watch doz¬ ens of fronts for the Soviets were apt to choose the most unlikely places for an attack, and once it was launched, nothing the Germans could do could stop it. The victim of blitzkrieg had learned his lessons well, and the teacher was now get¬ ting a demonstration of the old tech¬ nique—and with some added inno¬ vations. At the end of 1943, an offensive aimed at Germany and the German armies from the Russian front seemed more likely to succeed than anything set in motion from the Mediterranean up to that time. The western front was still to be heard from. Hitler’s armies had suffered thftir greatest defeats on the Russian front. * * • June 6, ’44, Marked Start of Invasion And End of Nazism While the Russians were blocking the Germans on the steppes and tun¬ dra and before their great cities, the Allies had invaded Italy following their victories in North Africa. Meanwhile, we were building feverishly for war. A united na¬ tion was bard at work, not only in training men to do the actual fighting, but also to build the guns, planes, tanks, ships and ammunition that would arm them and equip them In a man¬ ner which never before had been thought possible. Fantastic amounts of equipment poured forth from factories working night and day to avenge the Jap sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and to drive aggressor nations forever into hiding. Italy was knocked out of the war three months after the invasion of Sicily, while In the Pacific, Amer¬ icans had halted the Japs on Guadal¬ canal and then invaded the Gilbert islands, and had landed at Makin and Tarawa. Allied air power was now fully developed. Europe rocked with the blasts of two-ton bombs deliv¬ ered 24 hours a day by the Royal Air force and the Eighth air force of the U. S. Japan’s outlying pos¬ sessions were under the constant threat of Yank bombings and the homeland itself was the target of long-range bomber*, soon to be aug¬ mented by the giant Superfor¬ tresses. Invasion Across Channel. June 6, 1944, dawned in Europe and the first faint glow of light in the east found an Allied invasion army storming the beaches of Nor¬ mandy. Thousands of planes filled the sky and kept the Impotent Luftwaffe away from interfering with the thou¬ sands of landing craft and naval ves¬ sels which filled the English channel with men and supplies. Sheer Power Wins. Sheer power and weight of equip¬ ment drove the Germans out of France. Paris fell and the greatest celebration of the war was on, but the Yanks and their Allies paused only briefly to taste some of the sweet fruits of victory and then re¬ sumed their relentless pursuit of the fleeing Germans. Victory was in sight but the Ger¬ mans were not yet beaten and many hard-fought battles were in the fu¬ ture, but here at last was the cul¬ mination of those years of tyranny and oppression, when free men in Europe must bow to the Nazi lead¬ ers, and for which the world had waited so long. But nothing could stand against the Allied superiority in arms and men and so inevitably, Germany capitulated. Victory had been won. « F. D. R. Memorial Up To Those Closest ATLANTA, April 26 (GPS)— Gov- Ellis Amall has a way about him of always wanting to please those most vitally concerned, no matter what the project. And so it is with the proposal to establish a me¬ morial at Warm Springs for the late President Roosevelt. Suggestions by the hundreds are pouring into the governor's office urging him to take the lead in such a movement. Among the suggestions are: (1) Changing the name of Warm Springs to Roosevelt Springs; ((2) preservation of the Little White House at Warm Springs in it's present state as a nation shrine; (3) erection of at Warm Springs, and (4) es- a monument to Mr. Roosevelt tablishment of a state or na¬ tional park at Warm Springs in honor of Mr. Roosevelt. But in typical Arnal fashion, the governor said first he would get in touch with the Warm Springs foundation, Mrs. Roose¬ velt and close friends of the late President to determine what they regarded as the most fitting tribute to the great lead- WALLIN’ WILL PROBATED IN SOLEMN FORM Continued From Page One heirs of the deceased, it was necessary to probate the will in solemn form, which gave op¬ portunity to the dissenting heirs to present their claims to the court of Ordinary. After hearing evidence and arguments by at¬ torneys representing both sides Judge M. Carroll ordered that the will be probated in solemn form. Col. W. A. McClure, prominent attorney, of Chattanooga, rep¬ resented the dissenting heirs in the case. 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Surviving are one sister, Miss Mary Parker, with whom she made her home; two brothers, Charles F. Parker and E. M. Parker, all of Chattanooga. Funeral services were held at the National Funeral Home in Chattanooga, at 2:30 p. m., Tuesday, and her body was laid to rest in the family burial lot, beside her parents, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Rev. Bachman Hodge con¬ ducted burial rites. Pallbearers were Edward Allison, Harold Allison, Clare Jacoway, Payne Hale and Etler Bryan. Head River News By MRS. HUGH FORESTER Miss Elizabeth Forester spent last week-end with her parents, Mr. **** * and ***** Mrs. Hugh Forester, and , family, Miss Willie Johnson of Hape- ville, Ga., is spending a few days with her father, and other rela- tives. Carl Stalvey made a business trip to Chattanooga last Mon¬ day. Miss Hazel Schurch spent the week-end with home folks, Pvt. James Ross, who is sta- tioned in Rome, Ga., is visiting j j relatives Mr. and here, Mrs. James Schrock of McEven, Tenn., spent several days with Mrs. Schrock’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Forester and family last week. Janie Sue accompanied her sister to Mc¬ Even, to spend a few weeks. Mrs. R. L. Ross made a busi¬ ness trip to Valley Head, Ala., last Saturday. ! Little Joan Massey is visiting her grandfather, Mr. H. R. John¬ son and other relatives. Rising Fawn News Miss Marion Cureton of Chat¬ tanooga, was the the week-end guest of her father, W. W. Cure- ton, and aunt, Miss Bess Cure- ton. Mrs. George Slaughter, Sr., and daughter, Elizabeth, and Mrs. George Slaughter, Jr., of Chattanooga, were recent guests of Mrs. M. R. Wilson. Little Miss Frances Chambers is visiting her aunt at Jasper, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Williams spent the week-end with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hale. Mrs. Allie Allison of Chatta¬ nooga, spent Sunday with her sisters, Misses Lillie and Maude Willis. Miss Lucile Smith has return¬ ed from a short visit with rela¬ tives in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. George McMa¬ han announce the birth of a daughter, whom they have nam¬ ed Pauline, on May 2. Mr. J. B. Harrison, who is working in Birmingham, spent the week-end here with his family. Miss Flora Newman of Chatta¬ nooga, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Newman, Satur¬ day. Walter Wilson, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., spent the week-end here with his family. Mr. J. D. Gossett is ill at his home here. Mar j ora Minton has returned from a visit in Chattanooga. All Day Services Announcing an all day ser¬ vice at New Home Baptist Church 2nd Sunday in May (Mother's Day). Everybody very cordially in¬ vited to attend. There will be prizes for the oldest mother, the youngest mother, the moth¬ er of greatest number of child¬ ren present, and the mother of the greatest number of sons ii\ military service. We Please come. are expect¬ ing some very good preaching. and Bring someone with you a nice full lunch basket. Mrs. J. M. Jones. FOR SALE — Five-year-old Mare Mule; home grown, one owner. See T. B. WHEELER, Trenton, Ga, ^ War President Franklin D. Roosevelt, command¬ er-in-chief of U. S. armed forces, served in World War I as assistant secretary of Navy, having charge of European inspection and demobiliza¬ tion in Europe. Letter to The Editor Following is a letter received recently from Newell Scruggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scruggs, of Trenton. The letter is self explanatory: Paris, France, Fellows: April 26, 1945. Dera I don't think I could tell you just how much I enjoyed the tirst edition of your new caper, and that's one of the reasons 1 thought I would drop you a few lines to show you my appre¬ ciation. The AHC and folks at VUl all 111S1J.1C7 home of the usually UDUUJiy boys j | try write the news, but when we have j the paper every week, we find j that there are so much about.j of it; they can't think to write So believe me, it's really nice i to sij back and enjoy your ; J home town news. Have been stationed here in j Paris for several months, and before coming here, was just outside London. Have had lots of interesting and exciting ex- periences since I've been in the Armv, and have seen lots of beautiful places. We have a huge and beautiful hospital here in Paris and as most of them have had lots and lots of patients, my job here is to darw the food and see that all the Messes have enough food to ;eed the boys. fine, and Hope all of you are wish all my friends the best of luck; also, wish you lots of success with your new paper. Most all of us will be coming home some day and I am sure we all want to see The Times going strong. I'd better for this Guess stop time, and thanks again for do¬ ing a swell job at home—all of you. Yours Sincerely, S-Sgt. Dunbar N. Scruggs, Elmer Q. Stephens Returns From Pacific SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 10. —A veteran of the bitter fiqht- inq on Iwo Jima and of three major campaigns, Marine Pvt. First Class Elmer Quincy Stephens of Wildwood, has re¬ turned from the Pacific and is now on furlough- The 20-year-old Marine, of Wild¬ son of John H. Stephens of wood, was a group leader a rifle company. He served with the Third Marine Division on Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Guam, but thinks Iwo Jima was the most difficult of all. Stephens attended Dade High School in Trenton, and prior to enlisting July 23, 1942, was employed by the W. B. Burton Platinq Company, in Chattanooga.. brother, Staff Sergeant A Curtis Q. Stephens, is serving in the army. SGT. WILLIAM H. RYAN AWARDED BRONZE STAR Sgt. William H. Ryan has been awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action in France from Dec. 20 to Dec. 23. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ryan of Wildwood. Following is a text of the cita¬ tion: “William H. Ryan, 34084858, Sergeant, 398th Infantry Regi¬ ment; “For heroic achievement in action during the period Dec. 20, 1944, to Dec. 23, 1944, in the vicinity of Bichie, France, ad¬ vancing repeatedly across open terrian in the face of heavy hostile artillery mortars and small arms fire, Sgt. Ryan squad leader, courageously directed his machine gunners in the delivery of supporting fire from our rifle men, whose mission it was to establish and hold a position near a vital track junction. Aft¬ er aiding in securing this ob¬ jective, he participated in its successful defense, despite three days of intense enemy bombard¬ ment of the area.”
