The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1944 Page: 2 of 6
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fire wl.I"h rased through Clevo- 1 (,i(. ( >)( p
kind's huge union . stoekyatuls,;
causing dain&ffes estimated tent^- j ;
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, Official U. S. Maritime photo,
Stuart M. (Stu) Martin, erstwhile infloldor of St. Louis Cardinals
knd Chicago Cubs, gets old familiar feel of baseball equipment ia
l«creation room of USMSTS at Sheepshead Bay, N. V., where he ia
" training for engine department. *
Want Marg'nal
We'ls Continued
I : :i ' Mr. . Jim Willis ffom j ^ t'<
, .; . 1:, tlnir daV,'liter, Miss Sibyl j —
i\\ril!,. 11.' Dallas, spent the wjel: j ' .. , C\
! 1 ; with ihelr paren'M, Mr. and • U
I iVirs. .McDonald and Mr . Ix*na
1 Willie (
Mi-:-. Mary Cog'dcll is spending
some few days with her husband
in Hi--rrville. I '
Mis. Wakefield of Houston is " WASHINGTON, March 14 <U,R)
visiting' with her mother, Mrs. T'10 Office of Prifce Adndnistra-
iB'irie Wakefield '1ion this wl'elt will'recommend a
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Waller of $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 a ye«r
Granville were recent visitors with ***** provn-am to enc^w cq^-
| i 1iir>/i ni'mlnnl lull fvnill
• friends.
Mi ses Imogene and Beatrice
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Roosevelt Receives Silver Star
hxClQ Silk:
A warth Made to
R^ nonsihIf Men
WASHINGTON. March 14 (U.R)
The probable destruction of three
German sujjjtriar'*iies and the dam-
aging of a fburth by an escort car-
rier's,air'j<(lti:ifflron in engagements
last :Jun9 tmd October, were re-
veal <J > tiiday ^iy the Navy. .
Twepty-two members of the
squndvom^vW.flew into heavy fire j
l'ronr the Ufbpats to strike telling Q.t/vmS-o'
blows In^thfl battle of the Atlantic, ; V/COlllS
have been decorated cr commended I
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Fi'ankie, a little Italian boy vyho
elcthing visiting Naples with two
Wynkook of Philadelphia. Since
prove its language and manners in
NEA Telcphoto)
has adopted the fighting Ranger:; i: shown above, in remodeled G. I.
Red Cross workers, Gordon Jackson of Ft. Thomas, Ky., and Jane
Frankie became the Ranger's mascot, the whole unit has had to iin-
order to set the little orphan an example. (Red Cross Photo from
Paper Campaign
Set Up by Girl
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tinned production from slrlpp'er (1
' oil wells unable to operate undei<
ililULCCIlL' illlll WCUllltC , . *
,,, . , „ ' ... .. , , iiresent ceil'.ig prices, it was learn-
■ Palmer of Fort Worth returned J>() lcf(. ,
| last Thursday after having spent! Sumn>el, pik 0IA Fuol PrIca
| several days v.s.tlng with their 8ajd th„ im> undcp' for the r gallantry. The three "pro- M,-s.
mother, Mrs. W. A. Palmer. ! „tudy fop tWo n,wnllw> would I ,:lL1^ /tu'e score" ^tobcr | ed as
C.iarley Yelverton is attending fopmn|ly |)resent(;d to Stabilization '.""f [l,"ou^ 8CI•,|)s vul" at I Salvage cnmpalgn autlr.iized Mon-
the. Stock Show 111 Fort Worth uiruct(jr Fped M Vinson within :u " T\ . ?.e" .' U,S" ,, , ,... ! <lay n't-'ht ''.V the <•::?cutive council
thin week. | fow ,|avs. * .. U; ■ P®wlcr' 22" ■ of the City of Mexla Scout Asso-
Ensign Floyd Bounds of Tuscon
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W. S. Underwood was 11am-
is head of tli; Scout Paper
1 Director Fred M. Vinson within a
j few days.
1 Undir the program, present ceil-
^ Arizona, Mrs. Hoyd Bounds and , jn}4. pX.;cc., j'ur 0ji would not b'.i
i children ot Crandell are spending ; nj;ccl but operator.s of low-yield
stripper wills would have their
I several days in the home of their
! parent > Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bounds.
Rufus Peoples is attending the
I Stock Show in Fort Worth.
I't. (j.'v) Wilma S. Fowler,
l-'owler St., Phillips, Tex., | .-iation, whieh met in the home
•er/ed I,,:; second Di.tinguisl,"! | M]. am| M,.s Canian.
r lying C rosu. of tr.i.i >var lor an' ,, , ,
, plaining that the- program has been
underway for some lime, but wi'.li-
of
'x-
uUaek which probably ended tin
higher operating costs covered '1
receiving government premiunn
• based on percentages of the presr
career of another submarine. He !
Miss Mable Fowler spent the ; ent ceilings. Similar subsidies «!■>>
week end in Dallas and attended j ready are being paid producers oH
the . famuuii Black Mills Passion '( opper and ether vi al war materia
Play. j als.
Roddy Peoples is convalescing Pike raid the scale of percen-
after a few days of sicklies1 tages for premiums had not been1
Mrs. Jessie Miller is confined ; completed but thoy Would bo
to her bod with influenza. ; "somewhere 011 the liner." of tliosi
previously had won a Silver Still1 in
an attack in \v
i badly dantyjr.cf!.
on definite set-u;i, J.
G. Coman,
j president, announced that the
jccuneil vote auth^uaeii Mrs. Un-
jdcrwood to pr.ceed with whatever
I plans aie necessary to make the
: local drive a success.
1
! The 111 m y received from I ho
first load of paper collected will
I be equally divided among the four
: Girl Sc. ut troop' an:! the ( ub
HAMILTON, Bermuda, March packs, the council voted. Ilencc-
19 R^cued from
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PRAIUiiii GROVE
' n'?'l'0nC''PSr>1 "'a.f ')V ^lo11 14 (U.fi)—Nineteen officers and men forth, those to participate in such
j II Gavin, R, Pa—30 per cent ^ tt Unitod Stat(,s Navy ,,atI.o] division* of funds IV n, salvaged
. ceiling for strippers producing f.vi5 bom|)(?r whi(th wa3 for(;od dowll will be those who share in
W. 11. Byrd and little son from Ml,t 1 01 1" ' '''y> '0 P'1' t'ont a rou,j|1 st,a werL, rescued by a the work i f dividing the paper and
Marlin visited his parents, Mr. 'or H1X barrels; and 10 per cent for
and Mrs. W. L. Byrd and sisLer. .seven barrels.
i Miss Mary here Sunday. Vinson's approval of the uibsi-
Cpl. Paul Byrd ia home from ' dy program probably would ro a
| camp, visiting homefolks for a j long way toward meeting oil in •
j few days. | dustry demands for a direct rais-31
Preston Williams has returned °f :'5 cents a barrel in the ceiling
home from Dallas, where he un- price of crude oil for all types of
derwent an operation several, producers.
weeks ago.
Mrs. Fanny Morrow visited her
daughter, Mrs. Lawrcnee Ingram
Idea
; Industry Treaty
Et- Col. James Roosevelt (left), TJSMC, receives the Silver Star
(« 111 Lt. Gen. Dolus C. Emmoii-', Commanding General of the West-
•ronsc ''omniaiid, in San Francisc" ceremony. Th" avard was
j ii* gallantry in action at Makin atoll in the Gilbert'Islandat
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Strikes It Rich
Joe Saks i-^HO
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in Mexia last week.
Mrs. Maggie Prichard and soil
Maurice of Houston and son Pvt.
Roland Prichard of Oklahoma, j
veve visiting in the homes of Mrs. j
ind Mrs. Cleburn Prichard, Mr. i
• nil Mrs. Alvis Roark and other
relatives and friends last week.
Mrs. Earl Morgan visited her
hildreii in Houstotn last week,
returning home Monday.
Mrs. Roark of Houston is visit-
ing her children, Mr. and Mrs.
Alvie Roark and Mr. and Mrs.
Odis Roark.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hall were
here Sunday afternoon from Mexia
visiting homefolks.
Points Out Seven
of Labor's Lacks
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CElMk NEWS
Grandad Sludton has returned
onio after spending sevePal weeks
in Ft. Worth with his son and
dttughtirr^K-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Shelton.
Mrs. Dorothy Slaughter and
on, Gene, of Shiloli, are spending
this week with Mr. and Mrs. Leon-
ard McCoslin.
Joe Lynn Stevens, Hiram Mont-
gomery, Winston McCauley, Louis
and Clarence York spent Sunday
with Leslie McCoslin.
Those visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McCoslin
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie
Storey and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Dec York and boys, Mrs. Dorothy
Slaughter nnd son.
Sam Shelton of Fort Worth
spent Saturday night with Mr.
nnd Mrs. Leonard McCoslin.
BOSTON, March 14. (U.R)—Labor,
and management should form a
"non-aggression and mutual as
sistance" pact so that (both may'
stay in the government's good
grace-, President Eric A?"Jbh'nston^
of the Chamber of Commerca, ..of.
the United States, said Ja^t, night.!!
In a Founder's Day dinner ad-i
dress at Boston University^'Johils-}
on said that (he RoosowR Admin-j
j is'ration'
inc-ss from the "master bedroom to
Navy destroyer Friday after they
had floated 23't; hours in two life
rafts, Rear Admiral Ingram C. So-
aval Operating Base, announced
today.
There was no loss of life.
The men rescued included:
J. G. Hatihill, AMM 2/c, Sher-
man, Tex.
Ensign Cecil Hood, Fori Worth,
Tex.
The plane left Norfolk early
Thursday on a routine flight and 1
was one hour from Bermuda when i
engine trouble caused the forced |
landing. The bomber bejean settling
Immediately and sank within "0
minutes.
"Nineteen of us crowded into iwo '
rafts which were meant to hold
seven men each," Pilot Cowart
said. "We were so cramped that
occasionally we would go over-
baling it, i: was decided.
Receipt of a contribution tf v25
from the Non-Commissioned Of-
ficers' Club of the Mexia Prisoner
of War Camp was acknowledged
by the council, which expressed its
appreciation for the generom gift.
After Mrs. Lizzie Mae Freeman
had reported on the council's
finance the resignation of Mrs.
Barton Cox as vice-piesiden'. of the
council was accepted. A schedule
was also set up for Tuesday's and
Wednesday's scout training pro-
gram to be put on here by Miss
Lucille Douglass, field representa-
tive of the Girl Scouts of America.
Coffee and lemon tarts were
served by Mrs. Coman to the fol-
lowing council members and troop
leaders: Mrs. W. W. Mason, Mrs.
Jim Cannon, Mrs. Howard Wooton,
Miss Cathereene McGrail, Mis.
Harold
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board for a swim in cold water to
straighten out aching muscles."!^' Underwood, Mr.-'.
—— j Nussbaum, Mrs. f reeman, Mrs.
FARRAR I R. J. Harper, Mrs. John Arm-
, strong, and Miss Nanine Simmons.
The Rev. M. C. C'lutc filled his ■
Satur-
Finds Daughter Hurt
regular xiipoiiitnient here
Iready has. ordered bus-l day night and Sunday. "
Lloyd Chandler has returned to j AUSTIN, lex., March 1-1. kU.R)
the dog-house" and that labor fac- ! his.'Wot'k In Houston after spending j Police officer S. L. ( antwell ail-
ed the <ame fate in committing!.'^0 weeks here with his parents. ' swerc.l an emergency call to be
"seven deadly sins." These "sins," I Charley Burton is on the sick .' '-t a local hospital to which an
From the Captain':*. m<: :: kit, a i'i.:r:'i"";: nurse feeds Capt. John
Cooling, Sr. : Kr.'iici.' mi a jun gl> jiicrii: "somewhcii' in Burma."
Beth wi I ••• (.i:i■ a mnrli -:r■ I iv-t fij'i'ir. their war duties. (Pho-
to by Frank Cnni-i Hare for Wm P iclore'i'odl froin NEA Telcphoto)
Ail the rtmterial used in the de-
inrnstrnl ion, w'hich also included
iir'-uc ions in'handling and re-
nioviiv- mines and booby traps, waV.
supposed to lit' reh'lively harmlea'i:
The iron were members pf t)ift
floilnd Battaliopi commanded by
Lt. Col. Gerald D. Albrecht, Jack-
ion, Tonn., which was transferred
from Louisiana last month.
Explosion Draws
Probe af Deaths
he said, are:
list this week.
autonir.bilc accident victim was
1. Arbitrary refusals to accept' and Mfs. W. (. Thompson j being taken.
workers into union membership. !!Tld sons W('ri' > Mexia on busi- j From the ambulance was taken
2. Arbitrary crushing fines im- IK'SS Saturday afternoon. Cantwell's seven-year old daughter
Authority in Dallas
posed upon union members. 1
3. Failure to hold regular union 1
meetings or conventions for free i
and fair election of officers.
4. Failure to make public propel';
financial accounts.
5. Too many strikes.
0. Picket lirie violence.
7. Restraints <^n production.
ALTOsWlNGH
The farmers are wishing for
soino sunshine so they ci^p Dlaht
corn. Godfrey Jennings of Kossd;
jplanted several acres of Irish "po-
tatoes in this community last
week. Some fow have a bit of
garden planted.
This community was saddened
by the death of Mrs. Warren Al-
len of Marlin Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ennis Holmes at-
tended the Fat Stock Show in Ft.
Worth Monday.
Mr. and Mr . Cecil Dubois nnd
children of Fairoaks visited Mr.
nnd Mrs. Alva Wells Sunday.
Miss Jewell Bishop of Mexia
spent a few days with her parents
here lastj week.
Mr. Hoilir, lle<d end
ehiNWprt -of Houston, sjV'nt the
week cnd.lgfrft with their parents.
Mr. and^VjtH. Collie Rowan were
Moxia vi'SHitT'^' Saturday. j
|!«iio^srO.<' Litble and wife are.
siWJfcn* m/ftw days here with his I
parents. Ke isutationed ip Newark, |
N. J. i
Kenneth Reed of Huntsvillo spent
the week end here with his par-
ents. I
Mr. uud Mrs. W. S. Gibson were i
whose legs had been injured.
Bandage Room Is in
Need of Workers
Workers at the Surgical Dress-
ings Room are urgently needed
that branch of the Limestone Red
Cross work announced this week
end. A quota of dressings which
must be finished by the end of
March lacks considerable of being
done, and volunteer workers must
as-ist if the county's portion of
this work is to be completed on
time.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Mnndi I
'U.R) An Army Board of Inquiry
at ('; nip .J•)."<.';;!i I!. Robinson today
investigated the explosion yester-
day of a supposedly harmless land
mine which killed lt! i-'ul'l! and
injured M other:'., four of them
seriously.
Ton men were killed outi iglit by
the biast which occurred during a
demonstration of mine installa-
tions and two others died a short
time later.
Explorer Slips Away
STOCKHOLM, March 11 (U.R)—
Th" newspaper Ny.i Dadligt Al-
t' 'hernia reported in a Malmoe dis-
patch today that Peter Freuchen,
famous Danish Arctic explorer,
hud escaped to Sweden accompani-
id by his daughter.
DALLAS, Tex., March 14. fU.R)—
August Vollmer, nationally known
authority on police work, was in
Dallns today ready to start plans
for developing ,',e efficiency of | They formerly were of this place
i the local police force. Vollmer was Thoae attending the funeral from
police chief in Berkeley, Calif., for hort' w,'re Mr- anfl Mrs- Jay Pr<,s-
! 27 years until his retirement in ,on nn(l two children wiio left Sat-
jgog urilay morning for Big Sandy.
.... ,{. Mr. nnd Mrs. Willis Higgtm
1 Mrs. Maurice Robinson is spend- from Granado are visiting rela-,
ing several days in Marlin on busi- ! fives of this place, Kosse and ; have been in Fort Worth this week
ness. • vicinity this week end. [attending the Fat Stock Show
in Grocsfceck on business Monday.
Mr.:. Ruby Smith and daughter,'
Manila, of 'Harllngen, and Mrs.
Fred Ethridge of Crockett are
visiting in tho home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Taylor.
Fred Eubanks and Mano Mil's
USED CARS
WANTED
We will pay cash for your
Used Car.
Jack Driver
SERVICE
Although we arc definitely moro into rested in
contributing what we can in our feeble Way towartj
winning the war, we feel that one of the beat contri-
butions we can make is to render every assistance we
can in furnishing our friends and customers with as
many of those things thai c.re necessary in the home,
about the place or on the farm as we possibly can.
We work aonstantly at the job and you will likely be
Hurprissd ut( how many of these iteir.fi you can find
in our store. Come to see us.
1.1. RIDDLE & CO.
Mexia, Texas
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