The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1944 Page: 3 of 6
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ALLIED UKADQUARTKRS,
NAPLES. March IB. <U.R)~Allied
land and air forces launched a
tremendous offensive against the
German mountain stronghold of
(las ino today and leveled the
mile-s<|uare slonc village with
live hours of the heaviest aerial
hoinhing ever concentrated in so
small Jin area.
Mustering every plane in their
| Mediterranean arsenal from liny
Spi ,I'jres to giant Flying Kortres-
| 'mil Libera lorn, the Allied air-
I men sent 1,1(11) tons of bombs
crashing down on Ca-sino in a de-
luge unbroken from the first light
i of dawn unit] noon when the 5th
j Aimy's ground troops moved into
j the stattered enemy positions
which had held their advance in
Central Italy toward Home for
weeks.
Another 1,100 tons of high ex-
plosives and fragmentation bombs
were dumped on Nazi gunners
) crouching in foxholes and trenches
in the hills north and northeast of
( n sino.
The twin aerial blow, combining
' a weight of explosives not sur-
prised even in the heaviest of the
, mass raids on Berlin, was the
| opening phase of the "big push"
| by he Allied Fifth Army to crush
'lie Nazis' stubborn resi tance in
the mountains of Central Italy.
Observers said Cassino, the
local point of the German defenses,
was wiped from the eaTt-tnmrlcrr-
the air assault and the storiri of
shellfire from mu sed artillery
which followed it.
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First Colored
Soldier Reported
Dead in Alaska
Mexia tos'i what is believe;! to
be its hist' Negro 'soldier in the
current war,'so it was learned lo-
duy when Jimmi-- and Air,"la
! Stubhs, CM N rtli Ji'.nt a, n i "iveel
I w".r'd that 11:i• • r 125-yf.i■ -old on
bad ilied in Ala..ku enrli.T 111i ■
month.
The telegiam i.om M;ijor Gen-
J. A. Ulio, luljul-int gi>neral of the
i War Department, said: "The Sec-
retary of War ask:- that I assure
-you of his deep sympathy in the
loss of your son, Sergeant Jinimie
Lister S ubbs. Report received
1 '•tates that he died March 7 in
Adatc. Alaska. Letter follows."
: A native o. Alexia, their on
i was a l!l3G graduate of Dunbar
i high school, whi.-ie he lettered for
two years as a running back on
the I'urplc Drag n football team.
'From liiljii to I1M1 he assisted his
' father as jnnit< r at the M< <ia
! high school. II" was called into
i service D-ivmbi-r 20, KM!, was in-
ducted January 13. 1!M2, and was
l^e:.seas in November,
! t ransfen'
| 1943.
House Expected
to OK Vote Bill
by Mid-Afternoon
WASHINGTON, Mar h 15. (U.R>
llovifie passage of the Sella,
approved ompromise ifdtli'T vote
1:11 wax expected abou' mid-afUi
noon today, leuvliv? a jitv «id' u'.i.il
veto the last p , vil.le :;tuinlding
Idoek in its I'a'h.
The Senate passed 1!i• • bill !
a 17-::l vi U yesteiday mi I In
House was ex[ toted to give i .. i
even more ovel'W le. liniii , i ml..;- •
n" nt,
I' p. .Mm !■',. Rankin. D.. Mi
predicted it would pa: in Hie
Hoe:,' by a five to on niaj oi
and added:
"Mr. R-.esevelt nue.t i'-n it as
a veto would kill ell chances of
new soldier vote legislation. I'm
sure he will sign it."
I nl'i ri-v-d adrninist ral ion : our-
•'s :i! Pr-'.-'i lent RoasevoH. had
0'! yet decided whether to accept
lie na a aire.
', ?rmers Plowing
* rwhr Vegetables
WASHINGTON March 15. UPJ
Tru'dj farmers in Texas have
idowet! uii Cr thousands of acre-
f eabbug:, spinach, carrots and
beet;i fr:.m their l.-iggi st winter
■■ <. I aide '. i-ap in liistei y h-cau-
I of low marltcv pi i according
to reports reaching the War Fl ,
| AdminiHtration.
Producer* in Florida, California
and Arizona, where the high pro-
duct! in-low price situation also
prevails, have also destroyed ex-
tensive fi -!J cf their crops, it wu#
said, *
WFA gave no official tabulation
of the 1 y , but the Vegetable
Gjiiwci A: oi i uion r ports "thou-
un is of a> r.'h" have been plowed
and r, while other estimates run
a ! i, a as 25 ps r cent of some
•feapread destination has
in 'he Rio (iranda
thei )■ 1.1 '.i of Southern
i ■. u bowl for a large
he n iti m't fresh winter
and cabbage is the
r■ ij> affected. With pro-
'1 ( xr.a cabbage esti-
:> I,(j:.i i t ns'this year, or
gr. :.ter than in 19-13,
■ fallen 15 per cent be-
iiiig.
p: are 35 per cent
ear. i eon and carrot and
•n id rably be-
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every possible
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At upper left the photographer pictures "Surprise", a 580-pound Hereford steer exhibited by Miss M< rlyn Gail Kothmann, 1 ^-.Vear-
old 1-H Club girl fronj Mason County, Tex., which was adjudged grand champion of the l!Mt Fat Stock Show and Rodeo being held at
Fort Worth, Texas. Upper right ^hov.'s "Mystic" owned by R. L. W heeloek of Corsic-ana, Texas. The a-y r-old stud is being groomed
by Frank, llargrave, Ray Butler and Dub Johnson. Lower left pictures a steer to which Reserve Chain pi ,n honors were awarded. The
Hereford "Mischief" is owned by George Lee of Pecos County and was shown by Bryant Mills ( landing by steer's head). The 1J>11
show had beauty in, abundance as shown by photo in lower right. Left to right are: Jane Hayes, Princess Giacolett, Dora'ha Fcnean-
noli and Jo Anne Wick. These pretties may be found dancing at the Pioneer Palace Gaities after each rodeo peiformance. (NKA Photo)
LOM rSCAIKlE
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Mr. and Mrs. John Gibson en-
tertained a large number of rela-
tives and friends with a dinner
Sunday, honoring Mr. Gibson on
his 70th birthday am versary. II"
has lived for 51 years at his home
here, where he is closely associat-
ed with the Missionary Baptist
church and an active civic leader.
Those attending included Mr.
and Mrs. Claud Killingswortb and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Bunk Sims
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Presley
Gibson, the Rev. Bob Kvans, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Dockery, Mrs.
Jennie Broen, Mrs. W. Is*. Ilardi-
son, Mrs. Guy Sims, Mrs. Lurah
Sims, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rog-
ers.
CLASSIFIED ADS
PT. ENTEKi'KlSE Outline t-ans to Hold parjs Bluebeard
$10,000 Tournament \ .
Sought m Lyons
Joe Phillips of Mexia was a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGee's
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Vernon Evans
of Houston were week end guests
< f his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. 11.
Evans.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Wadle of
i Mexia were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 15 (U.R) I
—Art Statt, general manager of |
the Golden Valley Golf Club, to- ! LONDON, March 15. (U.R)—
day outlined pians for the annual | Paris surete and Gestapo agents
$10,090 Golden Valley Invitation I turned their search for a sadis'ie
Golf Tournament which will be held Parisian bluebeard why killed at
July (5 to !) tinder sanction < f the j lea't ,'10 persons—most of them
Professional Golfers' Association, j woman—to the Lyons area today
Albert Dy-on Sunday. Statt : aid the meet world be a ' following a report that his fright-
Mrs. Sam Beene of Mejfia visited j two-man, last ball match play if- ; ened wife had been found in a
her daughter, Mrs. Duwie Wright, | fair limited to the lop Hi players | hideout there.
Monday night. , Uf i ho country. i Dr. Marcel Pe!lot. the mad killer
Air. and Mrs. Guy Owens of-Cot-i Craig Wood of Memaronec k, N. | 0f t)K, ]juo Lusueur, left Paris
Ion Gin moved into our community , V., and Jimmy Demaret of Hons- j Several days ago with his wdfe and
last week. ion, Tex,, were the 10 l.'J winner
\V. H. Lungham of Mexia visited ; '
CHICKS--White Leedioms, Brown
Lephorns Reds, Rocks lie each.
Hatching trays, 120 eggs—$:i,00:
Waldrop's Hatchery, Teagtie.
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Annonmcemepits
'fhe >Icvia Weekly ilcrald
been atil horizcil L<> make
UiL* following pel it ical aii-
notiiKciin nth snbjnct to the
Dewncratic primaries:
Fi i Sheriff:
HERMAN ADAMS
For Count\ Treasurer:
BOII THETFORI)
For (.'ounty .ludne:
ilKNHV JACKSON
(Rc-Electinn 2nd Term)
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Do you want
^job like tliis?
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McGee Sunday
afternoen.
Miss Mildred Cox of Mexia and
tin: Rev. and Mrs. Edd Stites of
Hiilsboro were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Cate Sunday.)^ ,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McDaniel :
at, ended the graduation exerci-e of
Mr. McDaniel's nephew, Warren
Vang en, who received his commis-
si n and wings at the Altus Army
Flying School, Alius, Okla., Sun-
I day.
Mr. and Mrs. Verner Ga'lin are !
in Houston this week, where Mr.
Gatlin is under the treatment of ]
:t (h et r. i
Mrs. W. T. Cox, who has been
i visiting in K i t. Worth and Dallas,
.returned home Sunday.
! Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lee ai.u "lis- !
j Dot Carrol visited friends in Mexia i
Friday afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. llincnliffe
Mf'T (JlfiTK
Mr. and Mrs. liill Roberts and
children -pent Saturday at Thorn-
ton visiting with Mis. Roberts'
j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom How
.Mr. and Mrs. Will I'opej y spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Thomas.
(airland and Elton Cargiie visit-
ed the Shepperd boys Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bethel Willard
17-year-old son after police had
discovered his death house near
u:c Aiv de Triomphc and set an
unsuccessful trap for him there.
Crime Commi sioner Massey,
charged with the investigation,
left Paris f:r Lyon by automobile
to question Mine. I'etiot.
Dr. I'etiot is described as the
47-year-old former mayor of Vil-
laneuvesur-Yonne, a town 70 miles
southeast of Paris.
The Gernjan Transocean News
Agency reported thaL a detailed
exuminati n of the home-made
Gardenside
TOMATOES
No. 2 Vj
Red Stamp Items
15<
7 Blue Points Per Can
Gardenside Early June
PEAS;:.' 12
3 Blue Point3 Por Can
CriSCO Shertaninf
1-Lb.
Jar
244
Polnls
Per Jar...
Snowdrift
3-Lb.
Jar
674
Points
Pwr ]ar._
Shortening Spry
3-Lb.
Jar
69c
Poin"j
Per Jar..
Luncheon
12-Oz.
. Can
344
Points
Per Can.
Cherub Milk
A Small
JL Cans
94
Points
2 Cans..
4
Coiifornia
Crisp Heads
Give to the RED CROSS.
The Red Cross is at his
tide—and the Red Cross
is youl
Grocery Values
0^ Not Rationed
Morning Story
Oats
Mammy Lou
Meal
| visited in the home of Mr. and ; 'loath chamber, where the physi-I
Mis. Lee Cad dell Sunday night. !'i:in his victims injections of [
Mrs. T. A. Cargiie visited bur
si tor, Miss Barbara Rogers of
GroOsbeck Wednesday.'
Weldon Calhoun and family id'
j :.u Hill spent Sunday with Mr.
| and Mrs. Dick Roberts.
There will be church service and
| Sunday School next Sunday aftcr-
,c I iio. n and prayer meeting Wodnes-
.nd Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ilinch- L| hight.
filfe visited Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Hinchlilfe of Merlons Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. 1.. M. Mabe were
in Waco Saturday, where Mrs.
Mabe is taking treatment at a ,
hospital.
J. R. Carter, who has been visit- |
i'g his daughter, Mrs. C. II. Evans,
a strong poison which they thought |
was a narcotic, revealed that hu I
cunningly had installed an optical |
GALLON NEWS
Miss Anna Mary Humphries has
j returned home after staying in
j Mexia.
Mr. and Mrs. Tooko have return-
ed home afier staying in Houston
device in the wall.
While his victims writhed in j
oath a .ooies, I'e.iot sat calmly I
.t a writing desk in the next room
tnd watched their contortions
under the beams of two powerful
ights. Then, in the small chamber
iehind bolted, double oaken doors,
ie (ii sceted the bodies before de-
stroying them.
l'ai is newspapers quote by
I'reiieh radios said the slayer ap-
parently embarked on his criminal
cm err through dabbling in nar-
cotics.
Mrs. S. 1.. Collins oi Yorklown.
WANT A job where every
i hour you work is an hour that
helps win the war?
f Want' a jo!) that gives you a
chance to increase your skill,
or learn a new one? A job that
, gives you new experiences,
, new friends?
Then join the Women's Ar-
I my Corps and take over a vi-
, tal job in the Army.
For full details about the
WAC, apply at any U. S, Ar-
my Recruiting Station. Or
write: The Adjutant General,
4115 Munitions Bldg., Wash-
ington US. D, C. (Women in
essential war industry must
have release from their em-
ployer or the U. S. Employ-
ment Service.)
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I for some time, returned to his j with their daughter.
h. me in Goldthwaithe Saturday. Mies Opal Watson has returned !
Ray MeGce and W . A. Mayo to Houston where she is einploycd. who has been ill in a local hospital,
were in Groesbeck Tuesday on j Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Johnson of , has been removed to the. home of
business. | Texas City are line visiting their | her mother, Mrs. W. K. Manning.
Miss Lucy Bowman, Miss Ibhie i mother and father, Mr. nnd Mis.
Mae Hi r.enian, and Miss Wilelta Johnson.
Shell-ill of Mexia visited W. J. j Mrs. Jessie Wiliimis ha; re
Sherrill and daughter, Miss Helen lurned home r.fUr staying with
Sheri ill, Sunday. |"ll f1"1 r'1' - "l"1 M,h-
Mr. and Mrs. Dewie Wright of Goodrich, of Mexia.
visited Mr. and Mrs. i Mrs. M-ed I'ars .n was home fro,..
Houston vi.iting rclaiives last
week,
I Choi lie Carlton has gone to Dal-
las where he Is employed.
20-0*.
Pkg.
S-lb.
MM. _ •*. •• .*«•*• 6o«
Sunthin* Whok W «l
Wafers
1-Lb.
Pkg*
ToHef Soap
Toilvf Soap
Tollt# Soap
Lifebuoy Toil#*
Washing Powdar
24 0s
,c
itwuc'rwi
..IN THE BEAN
r*"? TOT™
Colorado
Red
lb. 10c
Celerv
Green Tesa
Trxas Juicy
Sunkisf
Lemons
Washington Winesap
APPLES
Lb- 1
Lettuce
Potatoes
Carrots ;:::r
Texas Seedless
• i. in i nc Dtnn _ g
/ WHEN TOU BUY
SEED POTATOES
SI A TE CERTIFIED
RE!) THU Ml'H
S i.'iu jK r 100 Lbs.
ST \TE CERTIFIED
WHITE ( OliBLER
per 100 Lbs.
S5ab Bacon
Airway ; Nob Hill kdwards !
Mellow Flavor | Luxury Blend Full Strength
l'c. 41^ 23^ ! at-
By the P sce
POUKD
Toil#* Soap
Palmolive 3 ■art 20 <
Folgers Coffees 3ic
Maxwell Housed 3Cc
Chase & Sanborn ni 31<
Freth Gulf
TratsS
Worthp.m
Dewie Wright Sunday.
I Mr. and Mrs. M. Thornton of
Vi'orthnm visited Mr. and Mrs.
| Ov.le .Johnson Sunday. i
| Mrs. Will Kcrzee, who has been ;
j visisting her daughter, Mrs. Amos |ho wt,pk (.mi v jlh t...j(,m|s am,
Holt of Dallas, returned homo ' relatives in Corsicnna.
j Sunday. : jjrs ].;i1)n;.i M-.-Iirnald is spend-
^ .i. a few days in llonston wi'.h
Mr. and Mrs. Newman Page and friends and relatives.
SNCKML 1
COUGHS!/
lo. bronchial irritations Duo to Cold:
Buckloy's Famous "CANADIOL"
Mixture Acts Like a Flash
Spend n few cent* Imliiy nt nnv Rnnil
" ' 1 'Irirj Mtoi'o f<ir n hoUIr of I
Jliss D.'ll.a Hancock Ii spending J'VNAIilcii. Mixture urlple nctlngi.
I I tike II c ouple nf mpK hi ln-fltime. Ke«j
it^ iriBla nt powerful effertlVB net Inn
Kpres i thru tln-nat. lienil nrul brnnohlnl
tiling. It starts nt once to loosen ii|<
t lit.-k, rlmklnpr plilcRin. noothe rnw
inembraiii'H nnd innke brpatliln^ easier.
MilTaran from those perolment, n «iy I
i family i>i-e nttendhiK the Fat Stock j Mi--s He'',v .l<i Br dy, i. stu-leiK
Show in Fort Worth. at Sonthv.-e 'p.-n University, spen'
Mrs. Jplin E. Bennett was a busi- Saturday here with her parent*
' ness visitor in Dallas Saturday, j Mr. and Mrs, Jim Brady.
...j
hrilaUnK conrrlis or hrnni-tn.il Irrlta- 1
l:ons line lo colrtB find Hncklc.v's brlng.4
nick -1 -I t ff.' i i - a i eli«r P-in't « * it- I
on Rni'kle.v CanaUlol today. Tou gaf i
ioliei',iri8taiitl>. , |
Tidwell Tin if; Company
(jlover Drug Store
lie
Green Beans Not Rationed Can
Catsup <{3 Poin' Bottle botife 15c
Shortening 4 lb. crt. 75c
Hershey's Cocoa ... \'i lb. box lCc
Honey Stralnad r- 25<
Prunes CaMo Pock 14^
Saadlati
RAISINS
ll« Pock
14<
Catle Pack
1-Lb.
Pkg.
PURE
LARD
4-Lb. 72,
13V It
Sea Foods Kot Rationed
Lb 49c
Catfish u. 55c
Oceeti
Whitins u.2 c
Dry Salt Jowls Ib. i5c|v"'u, 0
Shank
Sliced
Grade A
Hams
Bacon
Salt Bace;?
DlAni^C Sugar Cure d
M IVllBW'D and Smoked
Boiled Kasi
Beef Liver
lb. 29c!'.;:;
lints
Lb.
tb.
Lb.
Lb.
Sliicd Lb.
Sliced
Lb.
1
1
1
1
8
6
Baked Loaves
TYPE 3
— Pickle and
Piml«nto
— Moe** i'P'I
Chf-
—-Vca. -if
i f cintB per F'ound
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1944, newspaper, March 17, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292587/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.