The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. [45], Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1944 Page: 1 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 24 x 20 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
S XLVI. t MEXIA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 1944. number 42.
roadening Pincers Storming Metz
Red Winter Offensive
On Big Scale Imminent
§-; LONDON, Nov. 9. (UP)—Both Moscow and Berlin re-
t/ported today that a grand scale Red Army winter offensive
' against Germany is "imminent."
Soviet dispatches said the Russians had massed vast
.forces, with complete winter equipment, from the Arctic
to the Danube for the "final assault" on Adolf Hitler's in-
nergjfor tress.
I -''Nazi broadcasts dwelt on Russian preparations for a
full dress offensive and said it appeared "directly immi-
nent," with the first blows probably to be struck in East
Prussia.
Democrats Win 35 States ^ Fr n«e ^
Flares Into Action
Governor Dewey Concedes Election
I
T v
Hurricane Strikes
Ormoc War Zone
I Planes Continue
Air, Sea Fighting
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, IN
Philippines, Nov. I). <U.R)—Ameri-
can planes reported the destruc-
tion of 43 more'enemy aircraft ami
a 1,000-ton freighter in new blows
against Japan's dwindling air and
sea power in the Philippines today.
Direct hits also were scored on a
Japanese destroyer.
The air attacks were announced
as the climactic battle for Leyte
raged on into its fifth day in a
tropical hurricane in the hills bor-
dering the road running south to
the Japanese air and sea base of
Ormoc.'
. (A Tokyo broadcast, recorded by
FCC monitors said the battle on
Leyte was "the decisive battle for
our homeland," since capture of
the island would enable the Allies
to cut off the flow of strategic
raw materials from South Asia !
and provide bases for B-29 Super- ,
fortress raids throughout the em- I
plrc.)
The toll exacted by Gen. Douglas i
MacArthur's bombers and fighters
in their latest attacks raised ,10 |
at least 573 the number of Jap-
anese planes destroyed and 32 the !
number of ships sunk or damaged
by both land and carrier-based
nlrines in the Philippines during
the last five days.
Work to Clear Up
California Wreck
COLFAX, Calif., Nov. 0. (U.R)—
Train repair crews worked fever-
ishly with acetylene torches and
giant cranes today to clear away
the remaining wreckage of the
{Southern Pacific Challenger that
'4 ■ jumped the track early yesterday
* •' and p|unged into a gully three
:? r miles, west of here, killing nine
' ."' persons and injuring 83, {including
one' Texan.
t j The tracks were cleared and
"It westbound' traffic resumed at ID
*' p. m. last night, nearly 17 hours
after the first class, all coach
train was derailed in a curve.
One of the nine dead, a woman
about 21! years old, remained un-
. identified. All of the bodies were
I in the Colfax morgue, and the 39
r ^seriously injured were being treat-
ed at the Dewitt General Hospital
for army convalescents at Auburn,
Calif. Most of the 11 less seriously
injured were taken to hospitals in
ijtSacramerito and San Francisco.
'*• Federal Bureau of Investigation
%apents announced there was no in-
-■%leaticn of sabotage and Southern
officials continued investi-
f j\ gation to determine the 'cause of
{1 the accident that overturned eight
of the 15 coaches and ripped the
nide from one.
A single heavy oak tree held the
'remainder of the cars from plum-
meting into the gulley and rail-
road officials said it probably pre-
vented further casualties.
The body of the engineer was
found pinned between the engine
and the embankment. The fireman,
: Mike Hurley, leaped just boforo
train was derailed and escaped
V<,; with a broken arm.
In Moscow the Communist party
organ Pravda raid Rod armies
were poised in Rust Prussia, Po-
land, Hungary and Czechoslovakia
to strike the final blow and fulfill
Premier Josef Stalin's Bolshevik
revolution anniversary crder
"dispose of the Fascist b"ast in
his (/'.vn lair and hoist the flag of
victory over Berlin."
The newspaper quoted a vetc ran
Don Cossack horseman as. saying:
"The Germans boasted they
would d'uin the Hon River. Th-J
day is not distant when oi r cos-
sacks will water their horses in i
the Rhine."
Temperatures dropped on the
eastern fruit, Moscow reporte
and snowfall increased in many
Mrs. Dewey and Herbert Hr wnell, .Jr., chairman of the Republican
' i National Committee, smile as Gov-ernor Thomas E. Dewey, via radio,
battle areas as the first blasts of |
^ winter brought the traditional Red i
Army "fighting weather.'
There was every indication from j
both Moscow and Berlin that the
Red Army had used tits relative
lull to put its front lines in readi-
ness for the showdown campaign
in the east.
Gen. Ivan D. Chemiakhovsky'ri
3rd White Russian Army lias neon
posed along a 05-mile front from
| 15 to 20 miles inside Hast Prussia
1 for several weeks and a Berlin
I military spokesman said the Ger-
] mans h'i'l learned that he had pro-
, mi.-ed to renew his offensive in the
| "very next few days."
Smash Metz Area
to Aid Offensive
i concedes the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt. (NRA Telephoto)
Democrats Gain 242
House Seats So Far
Senate Major 4th
Term Problem
Extended Social
Security Coming
NEW YORK, Nov. L). (U.R)—
President Roosevelt's fourth term
problem No. 1 today lies in Com-
gress where despite Democratic
gains, he must maneuver to over-
come and to by-pass the Senate
I Isolationist minority which may
| wreck his p::st-\var foreign plans.
He will return to Washington
tomorrow from Hyde Park, but not
for long. Mr. Roosevelt doubtless
soon will be on his way to Paris to
accejit the De Gaulle government's
j invitation to visit the newly liber-
ated country and thence to the
: place where he, Prime Minister
|
Winston Churchill and Premier Jo-
sef Stalin are to meet. Their press- j
ing job is to pick up the tough |
questions the Dumbarton Oaks j
conferees put aside.
The fourth term mandate is ex- 1
j pected to revive the New Deal at I
I home—a phase of activity which i
| was lapsing as the war developed '
Washington Plans
Parade Friday
NEW YORK, Nov. U.R)—On
the b-isis of still incomplete re-
turns, Mr. Roosevelt carried 35
states with 11.' electoral votes
and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey 13
states with IIS electoral votes in
Tuesday's election
The president—heading toward
the first fourth term in this coun-
try's history—will return to the
White House tomorrow ano there
were indications that his return
to Washington would be the oc-
casion for a large demonstration
by the voteless people of the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
The president's train will pull
into Washington's Union Station
at 0:30 a. m. CWT on Friday and
he will leave his train about 30
minutes later.
•States which Mr. Roosevelt had
wen or in which lie is leaning and
the (leftoral votes of each:
Alabama 11, Arizona 4, Arkan-
' PARIS, Nov. 9. (UP)—Tin: American Third Army,
directly supported by more than 1800 warplanes, .stormed
the outer defenses of Metz today in a pincers drive on the
most powerful fortress in northeastern France and broad-
ened its new offensive on an 87-mile front.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's troops attacker! on a 50-
mile sector on both sides of Metz and upward of 1300
fighter-escorted heavy bombers smashed at the sprawling
Metz fortifications on which the infantry was closing l'rom
north, south and west.
Front dispatches and Supreme Headquarters sources
said virtually the entire battlefront angling across north-
eastern France was blazing up as Patton threw new divi-
sions into the expanding offensive aimed squarely at Ger-
many's rich Saar Basin.
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle threw one of the biggest
forces of Flying Fortresses, Liberators and Mustangs ever
used in a tactical operation into the biege ot Metz by land
and air. !
Unfavorable weather impeded
the Forts and Liberators dumping
thounsands of tons of bombs into
the ancient maze of Metz fortifi-
cations, but breaks in the clouds
enabled some of the bombardiers
to pinpoint the barricades in the
path of the Third Army.
At least three American divi- ,
Barrier in Third
Army Path Raided
NEW YORK. Nov. !) (U.R) -
Democrats will have a bigge."
Iloui'.' majority in the 7!ith Con
gross than they have; now, results
of Tuesday's election showed to-
day, and tlu re will be fewer Iso-
lationists in the House and Sen-
ate of the sranip r.f Sen. Gerald P.
Nye, R., N. D., and Rep. Hamil-
ton Fish, .tr., R„ N. Y.
Nye and Fish and several like-
minded eoilcagi.es were defeated
while a number of forthright non-
Isolationists w.m election.
The new Congress will have t>
clinch with problems of unprece-
dented nature and difficulty in
connection with preparing for
peace while war still is on. On the
Senate will fall the responsibility
for helping to shape the peace and
to ratify this eountiy's participa-
tion in a world security organiza-
tion.
sis !), California >25, Connecticut I sions were in action in the immc-
8,.Delaware 3, Florida 8, Georgia j diate area of Metz. At the same
12, Idaho I, Illinois 28, Kentucky time vigorous fighting flared up
ill, Louisiana 10, Maryland 8, along a - 50-mile stretch of the
and to encourage Mr. Roosevelt j Massachusetts 10, Minnesota 11, J front northward from the 37-mile
Washington 8, West Virginia 8.
States in the Dewey column;
Kansas 8, Maine 5, Michigan 1!',
Nebraska 0, North Dakota 1, |
Ohio 25, Seutli Dakota I, Ver-
mont
3.
LONDON, Nov. !) tli.R) -More
than 1.300 Flying Fortresses and
Liberators smashed at tactical tar-
gets in the Metz area of France
today in direct support of Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton's Third Army
offensive.
More than 500 Mustang fighter:'.
escorted the near record force of
heavy bembers thrown into a t ie
tical attack on the Metz foitifi.
cations, the biggest barrier in the j
path nf advancing United States 1
griund fon es.
Unfavorable weather hampered j
the American planes, bi t breaks i
in the clouds enabled some of the j CHICAGO, Nov. 0. (U.R)
bombardiers to pinpoint their tar- j American delegates to the Civil
gets by sight. | Aviation conference have drafted
Small Partners
;; Ask Air Equality
Latin Americans
Draft Proposals
,atin
to seek a way around the obstacle
of the Senate's treaty-making pow-
ers if it appeared that an isola-
tionist minority could prevent the
use of armed American military
power against aggressors without
prior Congressional consent.
On the home front the New
Deal social security program
apparently is to be extended
on a cradle-to-grave scope
which would bring into its
framework millions of agricul-
tural, domestic and other
work not now covered^ The
Administration will drive to
obtain the heretofore post-
poned scale-up of social secur-
ity taxes. Spending for jobs
is here to stay—at least for
another four years—along
with high taxes, although a
determined Congress may
force some corporation relief.
The Tennessee Valley develop-
ment is expected to become a
pattern for other watersheds;
a study of the Missouri River
already is well advanced.
A now political star has arisen
decided, the Democrats hud 'gained j withi" tho fourth ■tenn in sidnt;y t"i-y—must strengthen the coun-
28 scats, giviivr them a prospoe- "'"n,all> t'10 CIO leader who con- ] try for the completion of the
live total ef 212 if there are no!ccivc*1 th(> explosively successful
further party shifts in the in un- | fioorbell, ringing campaign by
Comfortable Majority
Although the Republicans huv.t
an uncertain chance of picking tp
an additional Senate rent., they
stand to lose 21 seatr in the House,
and in both chambers Democrats,
will iup e comfortable majorities.
Whether they will turn out to he
"Roosevelt majorities," or whetli- j
er Southern Democrats will team
with Republicans again-t the ad- J
ministration as they have on many i
occasions in the past, lenains to J
be seen. I'l the Senate a two-thirds j
majoi ity is necessary for treaty
rutificat ions.
The Senate will include at least J
50 Democrats, 37 Republicans and |
one Progressive. Close races for I
two other seats ir Pennsylvania j
anri Missouri await the count of
soldfr votes. In the old .Congress j
tile line ap was 58 Democrats, 37 !
Republicans, and one Progressive. J
in Cent 'six I nctrtain
With 10 House contests still tin-
BondQuotasGiven
for This County
Mexia Requested
to Buy $296,400
The county's overall bond quota
for the Sixth War Loan drive to
begin November 2G is $510,000,
David Murphy, county chairman,
announced today. The overall
quota is divided into two sub
quotas, as in previous drives, with
the county requested to sell 3185,-
000 in "E" bonds, and the remain-
der of the $510,000 in the other
type of government secutities of-
; fered.
Breakdown of these totals sho ws
attack. | Mcxia's overall quota $200,100; E
First dispatches did not report i quota. $101,000. Groesbeck's ovev-
Calorado 0, Indiana 13, I .wa 10, j thc RUCee8s of the dl.ivc north 0f I all quota S13S,fiOO; E quota $48,-
Metz, hut all indications were that J 000. Coolidge, Thornton, and
the envelopment maneuver was de- i Kosse's respective overall quotas,
. i veloping. The French press pub- ! $25,000 apiece; E quotas for each,
\\ isconsii^ 1~, \\>i.min„ hjgj,e(j rep01.ts that Metz was being 511,000 apiece.
Mississippi ! , Missouri 15, Mon- | line between Pont a Mousson and
tana I, Nevada 3, New Hump- | the Rhine-Marne canal, where Pat-
shire I, New Jersey 10, New ton's troops attacked yesterday.
Mexico I, New York 17, North j Battering across the rain-swol-
Carolina 11, Oklahoma 10, Oregon j ion Moselle River below Metz at
Pennsylvania 35, Rhode Island | dawn, one division seized Heminot,
I, South Carolina 8, Tennessee 12, | iq mj|,.s from the fortified strong-
Texas 2 j, Utah 4, Virginia 31,1 hold, in the first few hours of the
Papers Comment
on Polls' Outcome
outflanked on both the north and | T he same comnunity
cinct chairmen
and
pre-
..outh in a squeeze play that might i (,|n<'t cnnirmen as in thc last
! force the Nazis to pull out of their j (irive hav" 1,00,1 appointed, Murphy
j strongest anchor position short of "™°"nces, um| individual towns
! are laying plans for pushing the
i Germany.
J Supreme headquarters sources
\ regarded as the most notable fea-
UV ( nil,.(| press ! turc of Patton's offensive south-
Editorial comment on the elec- ' ««*st of Pont a Mousson the fact
tion today included the following: j th t in its first 36 hours it had
New York Times: "A result fo | encountered neither German armor
little sectional as this, and so nor counter attacks.
bond drive toward as early a cul-
mination as posrble. End of the
drive is December 10, a month
from its official kickoff two Mon-
day's from now. Bonds bought
from November 1 on will count on
each area's drive bond quota.
largely national—affirniec. by the
process of a free electiin in the
crisis of the greatest war in his-
Despite rain mixed with snow,
I'atton was throwing in some tanks ' k
to support his infantry and half
tracks.
Split Armistiee Kept
The Eighth Air Force bombers
] and fighters were in action after
I Royal Air Force heavy bombers,
accompanied by Spitfire and Mus-
tang fighters, hit targets in the
Ruhr.
Two bombers were Put in the
daylight blow, which followed a
lossless night attack by RAF Mos-
quitoes on the German communica-
tions and industrial center of Han-
nover.
settled races. Republicans' n"t less
ef 21 gave them un indicated total
■'' !'' 1. The incumbent Congress
has 211 Democrats, 212 Ui publi-
cans, fcin- miner pally members
and live vacancies.
In tile 125 contest" with con-
clusive results, the Dei .oerats won
im
WEATHER
Hy United Press
EAST ami WEST TEX-
-AH—fair this afternoon, to-
night and Friday. Not much
change in temperature.
Highway Gin Goes
Up in Fire Today
The Highway Gin, a branch of
the Muugvr Cotton and Oil Com-
pany, was totally destroyed by fire
Thursday morning about 2 o'clock
when fire of unknown origin con-
sumed the gin building. Building,
machinery, and contents were a
total loss, although other buildings
on the property were saved.
Thc inside of the gin was al-
ready ablaze when Herman How-
ard, a farmer living nearby, no-
ticed the glow and raised thc a-
lurm. A Mexia fire truck reported
to the fire to do what it could to
keep the fire losses down.
Owners of tho gin arc thc Con-
sumers Cotton Oil Company of
Dallas, who built the new structure
•n 1911 about 12 miles west
of Mexia on thc ntw Waco high-
way.
their formal proposal to give small 2'!8, the Republicans 185. the A-
nations equality in tile postwar met ran Labor pari.v < ne and the
international aviation organ,i/.a- i Progressive party one The oi x-
tion, it was learned today. }
The United Press learned the |
Latin Americans, with mandates ,
from their respective gavernmcnts,
will propose establishment of an
international aviation assembly
with equal voting power for all
members nnd an interim council of
15 members "freely elected by the
assembly."
Their plan, offered as an alter-
native proposal to the United
States' draft for a 15-member
council which apparently would lie
dominate! by America, Britain
and Russia, li es not specify the
makeup of the council.
In electing the council, however,
the assembly would seek to "give
adequate representation therein to
those countries that have at-
tained largest development in the
field of international ri\il aviation
and to various existing regional
areas."
There is no provision for weight-
ed voting, as in tho American pro-
posal under which tho U. S., Bri-
tish Commonwealth and Russia
would have two votes each, China,
France and Brazil one vote each,
and rotating members, with one
vote each. Ms follows; three from
Europe, two from thc western
hemisphere and one from Africa-
Asia.
come in two Kentucky districts
ili was unde-ided. ami 'i.e re-
sult in five districts in Missouri,
one in Pennsylvania, one in Cali-
fornia and one in Maryland will
int. be determined until the soldier
'ote is counted.
Soldiers Deride
Yet to In concluded were four
Hoiko tattles in California, at
'ea.it one of which will be decide I
V tile S'l'lier v'e; fiv'e in Mis-
'oni, three each in Wist Virginia
ted Kentucky, and one each in
"ennsylvmia and Maryland. Th«
Maryland nee, too, awaits the sol-
dier ballot cot nt.
(Continued on Pnge Six)
Nobel Winner Chosen
STOCKHOLM. Nov. !). (U.R)-
The Nobel prize committee an-
nounced today that ii:s 1044 award
for literature has been won by the
Danish author Johannes V. Jensen.
Football Piayer Dies
TULSA, Okla., Nov. 9. (U.R)—
Harold Stoops, 17, Central high
school football player, died in a
hospital here early today nft r a
brain operation necessitated by a
which 100,000 volunteer workers
got out the New Deal-Democratic
vote, Hillman is talking of a per-
manent PAC ■organization, an idea
which will give the opposition tho
shivers and cause all politicians
to ponder.
As Hillman went up, President
John L. Lewis of the United Mine
Workers went down. He backed the
wrong horse again this time and
bis miners seem to have repudiated
his leadership if Roosevelt returns
from the great coal producing
areas are any measure of what
happened.
I.inked with liillmaii's rise
was the demonstration in New
York that the Democrats and
Mr. Roosevelt must play ball
with the left wing, including
the Communists, to maintain
their ballot position in the na-
tion's most populous state,
the American Labor party,
substantially infiltrated by
Communists, polled 157,000
votes for thc President in New
York Tuesday. Thc Liberal
party, aji anti-Communist off-
shrot of thc ALP which was
set up in protest aguinst
Com mo domination of the
older group, rolled up 312.000
Roosevelt votes. Those tint
left wing organizations are the
balance of power in this state
—a fact which may materially
influence Mr. Roosevelt in the
next four years, urgentl)
pressing him to thc left.
There is a whirlwind of cabinet
speculation, including reports—
still unsubstantiated—that. Secre-
tary of labor Frances Perkins will
tasks that lie ahead."
New York Herald Tribune: "The
major moral of the election for Re-
publicans. . . is
lead, not follow.
world policies of
DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 9. (U.R)—
A 24-year-old Dallas woman was
lodged in the Dallas jail today
they must i after adimtting that she had mar-
. It was the ! ried six soldiers since 1939 with- j agreement reached by the
the president J out having divorced any of them. | Merchants' Association.
The Mexia post office and tho
county court house will be closed
Saturday in observance of Armis-
-tce Day, it was announced today.
Mexia merchants and offices are
closing Monday as a result of an
Retail
LIVESTOCK MEEDS
which turned the tide. . .after the The woman, Mrs. Jessie Frances ~~ *
fate of Hamilton Fish and Mason, alias Mrs. Betty Lillian Popular Vote Rising
Sen. Nye, what priced my form >f Wright, made her admission yes- NEW YORK, Nov. 9. (U.R)—The
i'o'.ei.ionisiv!" terday at an arraignment before popular vote for thc presidency as
New York Daily News: "We U. S. Commissioner John Davis compiled by the United Press at
.-at' get only ene const lation out! on charges of illegally receiving : 11:15 a. m. CWT today:
of President Franklin l>. Roose- government allotments from the Roosevelt 23,367,644
velt's fourth term sweep. . . last two of her husbands. Dewey 20,517,189.
Ro isevelt won decisively. . . If — — ,,
the contest had been a hairline
affair it would have been an aw-
ful strain on the .nerves. . .Wei!,
wduit cones next in the catalog
of calamities'' We suppose it v. ill
be N'ti" liaise beating Army
next Saturday."
Fort Worth Star-Telegram'
The American people's unwill-
ingness to make a changi in the
midst of war undoubtedly was
ihe dominant factor x x \ (and)
In view of this the vote given
President Roosevelt can only oe
interpreted as meaning that 'he
ma'oritv preferred him, because
of his greater experierce, or fear-
ed the effect of a change, upon
the war and peace, despite the
assrranees of Mi. Dewey.'
head injury received playing foot- j K,vc wa.v> presumably to some CIO
ball. leader.
Dallas Morning News: "It has
lieen said that the campaign
reached an emo'.ietitll intensity
and bitterness that wi.s unfor-
tunate, That is true. . . It has been
reported x x x that cur Allies
have been much n rturbed by the
name-calling and rhilialah-swmg-
ing x x x. We now have one of i he
greatest opportunities \ \ x to
impress the world wiUt the sound-
ness and practicability by prompt-
ly forgetting our animosities nnd
consolidating our effe rts in sup-
port of the will of the majority."
Carbolenium
Slock Dip
Peerless Worm Killer
Septicemia Vaccine
Black l.eir Vaccine
LeGear's Cow Prescription
Lee's tiizzard Caps. 100's
Lee's DriKuh for Lice ..
Branding Fluid
Dehorning Paint
Martin's Roost Paint
Lee's Louse Killer
Epsom Salts, .i Ih. hag
Sulphur, ii Ih. hag
Copperas, 5 lb. hag
Kreso Dip, gallon
Gal. SI.75
Gal. $1.39
25c & .">0c
Dose 7c
Dose tic
25c, 5Or & SI.00
SI.25
2 lbs. 15c
75c
50c
Gal. SI.25
(it. 80C
29c
25c
25c
SI.75
Thc Red Cross needs a pint of your blood!
Phone No. 5 for Appointment
Kendrick&Ho
.x
MEXIA , T6XA8
66ft
1
if
i
*
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. [45], Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1944, newspaper, November 10, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292621/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.