The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1943 Page: 4 of 6
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ID6N, Aug. 21. <U.R)—The
nan Hi(h Command has fla=h-
Invasion alert to Axis garri-
i Irani Norway t3 the Balkans,
it wad reported tonight, amid in-
creasing speculation that Gen. Sir
Bernard Paget, who led the de-
feated Allied expeditionary force j
nut 'of Norway in 1940, has been I
chosen to head the invasion of i
Western Europe.
Axis broadcasters made no at- |
tempt to minimize the gravity or I
'imminence of the invasion thrsat,
and reports reaching United Na- i
tioYig governments in London said j
the German? had ordered their do- ,
Tense lines readied ' for any even-
tuality."
Swedish newspaper correspond-
ents in Rome and Berlin reported
that the Axis leaders believe the
Allies may attempt a landing on
the western mainland of Italy,
(south of Naples, as well as directly
gcross the British Channel into
France.
Battle for Kiska
Won in Fiffht for
Attu, Says Expert
ADAK, Alaska. Aug. 18. (UP.)
(Delayed)—The battle for Kiska
was won in the fight for Attu.
Vict- Admiral Thomas Cassian
kinkaid told the United Press to-
day.
T^ie quiet-spoken admiral, as
commander of the North Pacit'k
force, has had charge ci offensive-
operations at Attu and Kiska
Which returned 'lie Aleutians to
th'e American flag.
. He expressed himself as emi-
nently satisfied with the decision
of the enemy to surrender Kiska
arid flee, rntlvr than fight again |
with determined American nmnhi
bious forces under his cot.-imand i from thv steaming jungle? ol
"We obtained both objectives Giu.dnlct.nal. where many Japan-
arid have our entire fighting force •
Dismissal of Red
U S Ambassador
'300,000 Taxpayers in This District
! Due to File Tax Form September 15
T
AUSTIN, 20. (SPL)—Frank withholding tax does not auto
Scofield, Collector of Internal Re- matieally bake all persons current
I on DON Sunday Aug 2a <U.R) ^enue announced today that 850,- on their 1043 incomes. Generally
' Maxim M Litvinov who was <*00 copies of the Declaration of speaking, single p*sons earning
i credited with negotiating U. S.' Estimated Income for the Calen- ever $2700 a year or married per-
! recognition of the Soviet, regime dar Y-ar 1943 had been mailed out sons taming over $3500 a year;
i 10 years ago, has been relieved of to all taxpayers in the First Texas those with outside incomes, such
his duties as Russian ambassador. collection district. ai from dividends, interest, rents,
to .he United States after serving I It is estimated that 300,000 tax- prcfcsfiknal fees or business pro-
ftlmost 22 months in that post, payers in the dictrict will be re- fit ; and those classes not subject
Mosccw announced early today. 'quired under the Current Tax Pay- to wit.nhi lflir.gs, such as persons in
Tha-e was no immediate explan- iriertt Act uf 1913 to file the form, the armed forces, clergymen, do-
r.tien of the change, which came on or before September 15 and mestic servants and farm labor,
1 i-.r, a distinct shock in Allied and make payment of at l ast half will all 1>e required to file <le-
, quarters where Litvinov had been the amount of the balance of 1943 durations in order to place all
highly regarded as an exponent tax estimated to lie due at that taxpayers on an equal footing,
of close collaboration with the time. "If there is doubt in any one's
Untied States and Great Britain. While most taxpayers will not mind as to whether he or she will
The Russian announcement gave jjL. required to file the Declaration, have to tile a declaration," Col-
no hint as to whether he was be- Collector Sc; fi Id said, because lector Scofield said, "I suggest
j ins given another assignment. tp.Cy are paying their tax in full that they communicate with this
; If lie :s not giver, other duties, through the withholding deductions oflice at the earliest opportunity,
thLi-e was a disposition in some by their employers, ho urged anil we will be glad to help them."
1 quarters to regard the irtove as a ajj tuxpayers to read carefully the j Collector Scofield also asked
i -n Russian coolness toward instructions sheets which accom- employers to be prepared, if re-
j Anglo-American policy. Allied ()aMjei| f, nns to determine quested, to give their employees a
, circles were reported intensely .n-, whether thev are required to make preliminary statement of the with-
Cames th* Mcril
1 tercFted in having l.itvinov's posi-
. ti' ii clarified.
.1
Ten-month-oid baby cried as her mother, Mrs. Kvelyn Vandenbcrg
Micka, christened a destroyer esco rt named after husband and baby's
father, late Lt Edward Micka, w ho lost his life in a plane crash in
the Atlantic Oeean when the baby ".as just 8 days old. While the
baby never saw her father, she didl see the ship named for him . . .
Bow of the ship cuts across baby Barbara Lynn's head.
(NEA Telephoto)
I Hose Campaign Is ;«'• £
Not Ended, Stress
| Local Committee jCorsitana Fair
The shipment of 300 pounds of - J- Cpjffj
I silk and nylon hose for war ser-1 k-JVlZt-tiltat U IU
Start on Sept. 14
j a dcclavath n, so as to avoid penal- h; lding d:ductions for each payroll .
period, and the amount of Victory j
ray withheld in the first six |
months, to help them compute
their estimated total withholdings
for the year.
; ties for either failure to file or
ji'or making substantial under-es-
of 1943 income.
Many | rsons do not realize,
Collector Scofield said, that the
■ Japanese on Guadalcanal Reported to
vice does not mean that the local i
collection work will stop, accord-
ing to the local committee appoint-
ed by Mayor J. Sandford Smith to
handle that continuous campaign.
"The need for hose of silk, ny-
lon, mixtures of the two, or mix-
tures of either with rayon or cot-
ton will continue as long as war
does," pointed out Mrs. O. T. Cliris-
toffer, who with Mrs. Sparks Mc-
Kay and Mis. A. H. Berry, handles
that local salvage work
CAP Maneuver Is
Shifted to Site
Below Kerrville
Officials of the Corsicana Live- | Latest information received
stock and Agricultural Show an- concerning the coming state CAP
notince this week that 1500 copies Wing maneuver and bivouac plan-
of the most attractive catalogues ned for September is that
and pr; mium list the show has j the bivouac site has been changed
ever printed have gone into the j to Kerrville State Park, two miles
mails. Inquiries addressed to the I south of Kerrville. Tentative plans
Corsiscana Chamber of Commerce j released earlier were for this first
will bring- a catalogue to any in-j all-state get-together to be held
HUTCHINSON, Kans., Aug 21
(U.R)—A strange story has been
United States."
Ohlsson, Chief
Aviation Ma-
brought back to the United States i chinist's Mate who arrived here
recently from the South Pacific
action said he had never talked to |
any Jap prisoner himself, but that .
U*--
iritact and ready to go forward."
Kinkaid said. "We arc as many
weeks ahead of our offensive sche-
dule as it would have taken to
clear the enemy out of Kiska had
he had the nerve to stand and fight
"We have fighting forces well
trained, well equipped and on their
tops for combat."
The admiral was asked as to I he
route of escapc of those Japanese
who did g< t away.
"Submarines and barges," he re-
plied. "Remember they used sub-
marines to evacuate part of their
force fiom Guadalcanal, and as fo>-
barges they had a barge fleet of
up to 20 craft as 'ate as July 2''
arid by August 4 they were gone."
a ' i i. i i .. terested nerson at Inks Dam near Burnet.
; A revised set-up has been i „ ,
This year's, September 14-18, Both men and women members
fair will strictly be a Food for as well as CAP cadets will attend, j
Freed, m Exposition and every de- Major Harold D. Byrd, Wing corn-
ranged to limit collections for the
most part to tho3e stores selling
hose, according to the War Pre
1
isfi m
Five Pounds Set
as Limit on Each
Christmas Parcel
Rules Repeated
for Those Ready
for Shipping Date
Christmas packuges for members
j of the armed forces stationed out-
| side the United States may not.
| exceed five pounds in weight, ac-
| cording to infomation passed on by
j the post offices of this country.
I This limitation is because of the
! need to conserve shipping space
j for essential war materials.
Other details of 'lie instructions
' repeatedly given for the benefit of
| those new doing their Christmas
shopping for Army members,
1 whose packages must be mailed
between September 15 and Octo-
ber 15, include the important point
that parcels also must he limited
to net more than 15 inches in
length, or 36 inches in length and
girth combined.
Packag for members of the
Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines
may be mailed between September
15 and November 1. People are
asked to mail as early as possible,
sir.ee th? earlier the presents are
mailed in the permitted periods,
the better it will be.
Patrons are asked to mark
| "Christmas parcel" on each such
package. People at home «>•:• asked
net to send either food or cloth-
ing. since members of the armed
%
«
SEVEN OR EIGHT MILES is the
dally stint of the average mail-
man, according to statistics, but
Gloria Newell, mail girl at the
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
plant' )n Downey, Cal., has proved
-die outdoes her male competitors. ,,,
The pedometer strapped to #her 1force8 are vV(,|| applied with both,
•hapely leg showed she walks .. . , ,
„ .. i Not more than one parcel u
'i.7 miles a day. (international) 1 . ,
week during the mailing period
i may be sent to the same addressee
j by one sender.
Packages should be packed tight-
| ly in m tal, wood, fi'oerboard, or
Jap Commander
Rumored Killed
duction Board instructions sent out J partmcnt of Livestock, Dairy Cat- mander, has announced, explaining
when the Texas
)e had talked to a lot of men wl.O |
s Salvage Commit- j tie, Poultry, Swine, and Club Work that is necessary in order to ful-
local set-uns. ore-; has been enlarged. Tlu> premium ! till the actual purpose of the ma-
raw action in Guadalcanal
■ hev all told the same story.
ana
"One Marine," he said, "told r.ie | ,
tee absorbed local set-ups, pre
viovsly handled by clubs or other] list will total aproximately $2500
civic groups.
In the future
I and all indications point not only
hore depots will i to the largest but the best balanced
ese soldiers have died, still be-
lieving they had invaded Catal'i a
Island off the coast of California.
The story from the South Pa-
r ific has been told here by A. A.
Va:K'hn of Woodlake, Calif., an i
N. W. Ohlsson of Ashland, Wis.
Vaughn, Chief Aviation M.>
ir.ist's Alate, now stationed at
the Hutchinson Naval Air Sta-1 coast of America." „ ,
said he -vas on Guadalcanal The American, did not know llbrary; ^ thus broadening their families, and for the farmers I An Hal bivouac site on
whether the rank and file of the scope of collection centers, the t0 j,v into the barnyard and bring | Guadalupe River, long a vacation
lie had talked to .Tup prisoners who I
boasted that the United States
might get back the Philippines bl't
would never get back the west [
neuver; namely, to give training
under actual field conditions to the
men and women members of the
type in Texas Texa's Wing, -is well a« to permit
purpose of this inspection and review of the state
: lull, saic: iie
when he talked to Jap prisoners
be established at Penny's, Perry s, ] exposition of its
Scotts'. Duke and Ayres, La Mode, | this year. The
Sinclair's. Kendrick and Horn, Kar-1 show is for housewives to reach personnel by the National CAP
per and 'Phillips, Famous, Louis ] into th * pantry and bring the food Commander, Colonel Earle L
Altmi'
the
CHUNGKING, Aug. 24. (U.R) —
The Chinese Central News Agency
said today that Admiral Mineichi
Koga, successor to the late Ad-
miral Isoroku Yamamoto as com-
mander in chief of the Japanese
lleet, was kilkd last mont'* ■ ' pn
Allied bombing in the .
Pacific.
Quoting a Chinese military
source, Central said Koga died
aboard his flagship during an at-
tack by Allied planes in the New
Ireland-New Britain Island area
north of New Guinea.
corrugated cardboard boxes, wrap-
ped in strong paper and securely
! tied with twine. As the parcels are
subject to censorship, they should
be tied to permit ready inspection.
Sealed packages of candy, ci-
gars, tobacco, and toilet articles
may be included in the parcels
without affecting their parcel
. , I'ication.
Postage must be fully prepaid,
' and those parcels containing only
books will be acceptable at the
special rate of three cents a pound.
, Inscriptions such as "Merry
Christmas," "Do Not Open Until
Christmas," etc., may be written
man's, the Red Cross Room, and ; which they have preserved to feed \ Johnson,
library. By thus broadening their families, and for the farmers I An Icjaa
Yamamoto, the Japanese war 0n the covering of the parcel, but
the '
who admitted they originally had ] Jap armies were misinformed of , <'01","ltt^e'*,P(>s to «et more hop(! the livestock he has raised to help j mecca for Texans, has been select-
believed they were on Catalina la- their location by
land, of/ the coast of California. ' cers as a morale
"From all I heard," Vaughn stat-
ed, "a lot of the Jap prisoners
thought they were invading the
their own effi
as a result.
Keathleys Leave
Mexia to Accept
Better Positions
Advance Scouts
; Find Ghost Camp
feed th.' world.
lord who once boasted he would
dictate peace tonus in the White
House, was killed in the South
Pacific in an air combat, Tokyo
no stickers resembling
stamps may be used.
postage
] ed, and some 1500 members of the ■ rt!Vealed last May,
building measure j '"T "" I"'"""? """ ! The rodeo will be more spectacu-| 15 groups composing the Texas, The time ()f Ko„tl-g (|eath was
or whether they 'ecide.l for them- ' ^ iSj^hev «« '1,U' Un<l COl'"'fUl U"S y"H'' tha" | Winy' of this national orKa iz«Uon .given only as sometime in July in
selves that thev win invading oeiore tney arc , f0I.mt;i. years, featuring such out- , are expected to report Saturday
th- United States . Iurncd in' committee stressed ; stan(linff attrai.tilins as Sam Houh. j September 4, when the program
— in nskin" f01' a continuation of tQn stau, Teachcl.R. Co|leKe band, 1 will get underway.
ihe jecoocI work dene up to date n ' i w . / ™
Folded Tents donating worn-out hose. The ho.ie IJ Gray, the Mc-; All camp equipment, including
At any rate the Japs appear to t ale unraveled an,l the thread used, V"'S' "" '' n,u'ntlllr-v , tents, blankets, field kitchens.
an(l ' so that the shape they are in does '
Not So Good Ending
1 SPRINGFIELD, III., Aug. 2.'?.
(U.R)—He was thousands of miles
laud
By RUSSELL ANNABEL
have vanished as swiftly
| mysteriously :;s thoy arrived 14 1 m,i matter.
month ag '. I hi' bloodless victory | The nynimiiin shipment accepted
is the ... iieoii(|uesi Americans | by the Defense Supplies Corpora-
hove yet made in the Pacific war. | tion appointed by the government > invitt'(l to contact Manager R
: American officers and men ware | for that purpose is a htindr. d
j be
Any community or individual
interested in any type of home
talent entertainment at the Fair is
G.
Dillard, who makes all arrange-
ments.
mess kits, water tanks, Lister
bags, ambulances, and trucks, will
be provided by the U. S. Army
for three-day training program.
I Food will also be provided by the
Army Commissary, and the CAP
tbe Duke of York Islands, the old bombing squadron, but Maj. ( lif-
name for the New Ireland-New j ford Cole arranged far in advance
Britain group now generally in- i to provide his wife with notes of
eluded in the Bismarck archi- j congratulation and flowers on the
pelago, birth of their second child in _u
Allied planes and warships dur- | Springfield hospital.
ing July sank or damaged at least j The child, a girl, was born to
17 Japanese warships east of the j Mrs. Cole Aug. 13, and every day
New Britain area during attacks j a note and flowers arrived from
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■ginning to appreciate this as the j pcund case. This contains approxi-j men
■ i | ' "'fed Press Stafl Correspondent : disappointment of not meeting the matclv 1 PCX) pairs of silk or 2300 mjj j
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. KeatMey BAMBOO BAY. KISKA, Aug. j enemy was wearing cff. pairs of nylon. rhl 11)1)11)^^ \W&6IP
have resigned in order to accept (U.R)—(Delayed)—American ; During the first 48 hours after I "That means so far we have "*UUV
lositions at Raymondville. d')vn|.l]u| f'anafiian scouts entered the | the landings, the most common ex- sent away around 5000 pairs of
t
the Rio Grande Valley, friend -
jiere learned this week end as they
completed their plans to leave Mex-
fa Wednesday.
■ ' l£t iithidy, who came here frem
Mineral Wells, 'tm* been principal
'Well, don'v
"Brother, 1
this
still
building
, signal-
m
main Japanese garrison on Kiska j pressions were.
today and discovered that the j beat hell," ant
bombed and shell-torn encampment can't believe it,"
had been evacuated by the enemy. Build hoads
The penetratior. of the main en- j Today engineers are
. .mm ... ... '' campment followed the action of j roads over the Kiska hi!
v i j'O' ' "n I1 ' ! other coutin';- units which yester- men are putting up phone lines,
an r 0I' 1 lal t'"1" '* 11 : flay ent red the Gertrude Cove i tractors are hauling supplies and
• t ry at the high school for two ; . , . , ,
. vT: ' . , , , I garrison and had nothing but a equipment up from the beaches,
,-VWrs. Last year he also coached, „ , . ,
f* L ..... „ , , j, , „ ' ghost camp" on their hands.
tfie Junior High School football 1 ., .
team. He is a graduate of North i . " ,
ling. Gen. J. W , Barnett, San ' bombs and shells were exploding.
Francisco, deputy commander of i The last Jap activity over Kiska
the assault force, said no contact was on Aug. 9.
had been made with the enemy on •>-
the island. Observers said it was Farrar SjCCCSSOr Is
extremely doubtful now if any
considerable body of Japs could be 1 DV rlTin
j hose,"
out.
coordinated with Gen. Douglas i her husband.
will pay for it at Army cost by j MacArthur's Southern Pacific of-j But with the ninth note and
assessing each member present $3 Ifensive. The action in which Koga j bouquet came a telegram from the
for the seven meals to be served. I reportedly died may have occurred i War Department.
Mrs. Cliristoffer pointed*
Slaves Is Claim
Strip Tease-Art Case
I to Be Settled at Last
there.
Koga, 58, a member of a Sa- :
murai family, was eclipsed by I
Yamamoto's brilliance as a strato- • daughter was born,
jgist, but played a leading role in I'
I and command posts are being es-
tablished where only hours ago
State Teachers College at
'tlenton, where he received his B.
fe, degree in 1936, taking an M.
t?d.
if! Education in 1043 from the
University of Texas.
Mrs. Keathley. who has dr nc
both substitute and full time teach
ing here, is a graduate of S. M
HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 21 (U.R)—
Whether 18-year-old Betty Baker's
strip tease dance is "strictly art"—
as she claims—or "just u G-string
short of nudity"—as Sheriff N'eal
Polk charges—will be decided It-
morrow morning in the court room
of Justice of the Peace Ben Moor-
head.
Still determined to win her case,
the brunette Miss Baker and her
CAP members, who will number
around two dozen from here, ac-
cording to Lieutenant Louis H.
! Simpson, will need to take only
HONOLULU, Aug. 21. (U.R)—| their toilet kits and clothing.
A Filipino Who recently escaped | After the regular day's program j the seizure of Hong Kong and the
from his occupied 'homeland said I plenty of optional recreational Philippines. He was commander of
today that the Japanese have 'events will be scheduled, including ] the Japunese fleet in Chinese
forced the
labor at starvation
wages after stealing all the food . j,;|pre WnrnpH | taking over Yamamoto's position:
and money they could find. k i — —<>
"Everyone has to work, even the j Little Man Left Out ; Lieutenant Helen Hinchliffe,
small children, to earn a few
mouthfuls of their own food that j
Major Cole had been missing
since a raid on Wes ling. Germany,
Aug. 12 the <U.v before his
the Philippines population | swimming, boating, and fishing, i waters and later commandant of
into siavo labor at starvation — 'the Yokosuka Naval Station before
Retailers Warned
U. S. Army Nurse stationed at
HOUSTON. Tex., Aug. 24 (U.R)—j fort Sam Houston, is home for a
was stolen." he said. "It is work j Members of the Texas Retail Gro-j short visit with her parents, Mr.
or starve." jeers Asso.-.ntion prepare'1 to u-d and Mrs, C. E. Hinchliffe. She
The Filipino called himself Jose j their annua! convention today af- has been in service for almost a
De La Cruz, withholding his eor-
(T lurking among the fog-shrouded
ter hearing warning from Rep. year.
USED CARS
WANTED
We will pay cash for .\otir
Used Car.
I
Jack Driver
s^-
toh^re she received her A. B.. and crags.
(inn done graduate work at the Uni- Patrols have covered the greater
Versity of Texas. j part of the island, making a minute j
Originally from Frost, both have search of the bleak terrain. They
tfckeh an active part in civic w-rk even penetrated the weirdly-smok-
<luring their fix years in Mev'a. , ing regions of Kiska volcano.
Keathley Is a member of the Lions j Happening a Mystery
Hub, she belongs to the Woman's Where the enemy force went and
'riday Club, and both have been, how it slipped through the United
wetive teachers and choir members j States blockade is still a mystery
In the First Methodist Church.
Raymondville Mr. Keathley
Will teacli mathematics in the Jun-
« 16r High School, while he will serve
principal of the Junior High.
In announcing their plans to
e, they said they had enjoyed
tngi.i Mexia and regretted le%v-
T,'-['.'Ww their friends here, but felt it
but it was evident that the Kiska
Japs were unwilling to share the
fate of those Japs at Attu, where
hard-hitting American troops in 22
day wiped out the garrison almost
to the last, man.
The most likely theory at pre-
sent is that the Jap navy and air
^R. k , force admitted they were unable
| to '.heir advantage to accept the aif| of the Kiska
TOt better positions offered them | flirc. and consequent]y tho Jap
$U"
the South Texas town where
nre going.
Kffss Verna Hintz has as hei
Client, Miss Lunora Waynes, of
Houaton.
army craftily succeeded in moving
'the Kiska troops to sea in barges
under the cover of fog where a
rendezvous was made with sub-
marines mid surface craft..
HOUSTON. Tex., Aug. 24 (U.R) -
Appointment of James Clayton,
vice-preindent and comptroller cf
the Union National Bank of Hous-
ton, as treasurer of the United
War Chest of Texas was announc-
ed today by George A. Butler,
president and campaign manager.
Clayton will assume a post for-
merly occupied by R. M. Farrar,!
Houston industrialist and bankerl
who died last week. ;
defense attorney, Conrad E. Smith, ■ rect name to prevent enemy re-
v iterated today that the young j taliation on his family. One of the
dancer will "do her strip right in [ few who h(lVt, m!inaged to flee '
front of the judge and let him de- the jsitinds aince tht,y w(>re con.
cide if there's anything wrong he am|
with it."
a party were
Two Charged After
Bus Driver Stabbed
HOUSTON. Tex., Aug. ?.k (U.R;—
Two negroes, Eddie Bynum, 34,
and Ollie Smith, 10, were charged
with assault lo murder today ;n
connection with the alleged stab-
Miss De Zelle and
Pvt. Hager Are Wed
I tacked when he attempted to quiet
Mr. and Mrs. I-eon DeZelle, f * 1( disturbance on the bus. remftincd
Mexia. announce the marriage of h) # |lo,pjtal jn „ c).itical condi.
their daughter. Miss Kathleen De-
Zelle to Pvt. Ercel Hagtr of Frosa,
The wedding took place Thursday,
August 19.
Pvt. Hagcr will return to Camp. Miss Verna Florence Hint* and
Rucker, Air.., win re he is station- her guest, Miss Liinora Paynes, of
ed, and Mrs. linger will remain Houston, were Waco virltors Sat-
in Mexia for the present time, urday.
j bing Sunday of Stonewall Jack-
son, a bus driver.
Jackson, who "nil1! he was at-
tion. The incident was one of sev-
eral that have occurred on Houston
busses In recent Wee'ks.
picked up by an American vessel
from the fishing boat in which
they left Manila Bay .'i2 days be-
f< re. He hinted that the boat had
been under Japanese command and
then refused to say any more
which suggest d that the Filipinos
aboard had disposed of the Japan- I
ese at sea.
De La Cruz, whose English is
faltering but whose sincerity is
obvious, said thousands of Filipi-
nos are living for the day when
American troops appear on the
beaches to drive out the invader.
Expressing the hope that day
was not far off, he said "we'll
fight with you again as we did at
Bataan and Corregidor."
"You who have never lived
under Japanese rule don't know
how thankful you should be," he
added.
W. R. Poage of Waco that "only
big producers and processor's are
getting subsidies.
i "You little men," he added, "are.
getting nothing." .'
Poage. addressing association |
members last night, termed sub-
sidies a "ridiculous scheme" and 1
denied there hud been any notice- ^
able rollback in prices on food. i
He questioned the ability of
President Roosevelt's advisors and |
said the dav Hairy Hopkins left
tin Wh'te House "will be a bless-,
ing to the Americun people."
Rationing Board Will
Be Open from 9 to 4
This change became effective
Friday, August 20, and will con-
tinue until further notice.
The office hours of the Lime-
stone County Office of Price Ad-
ministration will lie from it to I
o'clock from now on, Miss Opal V.
Smith, rationing beard cleik has
announced.
At the present time we have fair-
ly good stocks of the following:
Light Barb Wire
Wire Stretchers
Lard Cans
. Posthole Diggers
Shovels, all kinds
Syrup Cans
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1943, newspaper, August 27, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292559/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.