The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. [45], Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1944 Page: 2 of 6
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ittalion" Relieved
Carnival Called B -$'e Look over j
: Quite Successful ! Honshu Home Isle i
j, Between $750 and $800 was' By United Pre** '
cleurod in tho Hallowe'en Carnival j Tokyo said flint B-29 Super- j
this year, un l will be split equally | foHroiJcr. flew over {lie mil in
j between the W. M. White, Junior • Juprr.esc heme land of Honshu!
High PTA's, and the Band Parents'
organization, those conducting: the
carnival announced today. A few
: minor bills are still outstanding,
but G. W. Perking, carnivul trea-
surer, reports at lpust $750 clear
can b:> expected.
Culling the one-night activity
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one of the most successful in the
history of the annual school eurni- J*01ls1'"' 'mludmp lokyo-abDiit 1
n ivi rr i:vf .nnrt onr 1' • i - ■.! Rniit h.
today for ii'Orc tluin an hour, pre- 1
sumably )>• rccc.nnnn-.n'.ncc in '
preparation fof bombing attack ;|
en Tokyo and other k?y targets :
A German DNB dispatch .said j
tho giant plan:s Hew over Toky j.
itself at ncop.
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val, Mrs. IS. iVJ. Davis, Mrs. W. W.
Mason, and Mrs. Cedric Davis,
pro. ijent i of the three organiza-
tion.-, jointly sponsoring the show, j
expressed their special thanks to J
p. in. Tokyo time and "fled south-|
y.-ard" an hour Inter, a Japanese!
homo broadcast r.crdod liy 'FCC I
i monitors said.
lt was I he third time in a week
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-Lt. H. J. Higgin.s Jersey City, N. J.. left, one of the officers of the "Lost Battalion" which was
cut off for six days in the Belmont, France sector shakes hands with Lt. C. 0. Barry, Williamstown,
Pa., a member of the relief unit. Shells loaded with rations were fired to
(Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from NBA Telephoto)
the battalion members.
From Scratch
Pastors to Help
Hold Memorial
Thiee Mexia clergymen will par-
ticipate in the special memorial
observance to be held for the pub-
lic m the Mexia Prisoner of War
Camp theatre at 2:.'i0 Sunday af-
ternoon. The public program is
planned as a tribute to those in
this vicinity who have given their
lives in World War II, and to
honor tho families of these war
casualties.
Son of Mexiaite
Dies in Accident
Funeral arrangements arc pend-
ing for V. G. Hill, sen of Mrs.
Mary Hill of Mexii. and brother
of Mrs. rric McEiroy of Tyler,
formerly of Mexia, who was killed
on the Beaumont Highway near
Shclton late Monday in a head-
on collision bet ween a bus and a
ear. IVui- people were killed in the
resulting wreck.
Hill, whose home is 1016 Huldy,
Houston is survived by his wifd
mcnhanlr., customers, teachers,
parent:;, Rctariuns, Lions, and
other individuals and groups who
shared in the work of putting on
the earnival.
In addition to the regular cur-
I nival take, the Teen Age Canteen,
I which put on a minstrel in connec-
j lion with the carnival, held a
i minstrel show which cleared $135 ' jj(/n,.|)U tjnit (|u.
' that .will be applied to canteen ex-1
j penses
In a brief message to friends and ,
, ., , . ,, „ ana two erldren, V. C,. Hill. Jr., a
relatives gathered in the camp I
theatre, the Rev. Father Thomas
J. Prendergast, pastor of St.
Mary's Catholic Church, will chal-
i lcnge those present to "dedicate
| our lives to our God and our eoun-
i.tiy that the sacrifice of our Amer-
| ican youth shall not have been in
t> | vain."
j A prayer of invocation will be
'Aviation cadet John Miller; six- j delivered by the Rev. A. W. De-
fc°t-five, 180-pound Arizona bas- j Guirc p.1stHr of the Fil.st prcsby-
gjctballer, had never played foot- _ . ...
Uill when discovered in hand-to- | tcl'la-1 Church, with a prayer of
kftind combat classes, but learned i bencdicti: n by the Rev. E. S.
:.Indent at A. & M., and Jane, a
daughter. 11 is mother and four
brothers and sisters also s-urvive,
including Mrs. McEiroy. Mrs.
Helen Hill White of New York
City, Joe Hill of I'asadena, and
Lo.vce Hill, .serving overseas with
the Seabees.
HOUSTON,'TcxTNOV. 7 <U.P) -
G. T. Wisener, 29-ycar-ilu br.i
driver, faced four charges of neg-
ligent homicide today following
a head-on bus-auto crash on the
'^.ycklyr,enough to be Ottumwa, | Bledsoe,' pastor of the First Chris- Beaumont highway, a half mile
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Ta., Naval Air Station's firsf-strin
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- To Mediterranean;.
ti?.n (2iurch, closing the Memorial j v,est- °f Sheldon, lute yesterday
i in which four ni^n wcrs k'Jkd and
10 others were injiued.
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•l.t. Gen Joseph T McNarney.
Jjbove, Army deputy chief of
^tnff since March, 1942. is the
•tiew deputy supreme Allied
Jommarider in the Mediterra-
ican, under Gen Sir Henry
nfi'Taitland Wilson Succeeding
Gen, Jacob L. Devers, now
311 France, he will also be com-
kfnanding, ncneral over U'' S.
•forces in Mediterranean theater
I Service. • .
Also ipclucjed on the program
will be vocal and instrumental
I selections by Mexia soloists, as
J well as a personal message to eas-
I unities' L-iw.ds and relatives by
Colonel John L. Dunn, commanding
officer of the Prisoner of War
Camp. A camp color guai-d will
open the service with a military I
I presentation of colors, and con-
I elude the program by retiring the
| colors.
leyie Liberation
Roosevelt Carries
Mexia with Ease •
Mexia's three voting precincts
were due to cast well over 1000
votes, the voting trend indicated
today at 2 o'clock, with the scat-
tered showers that have peppered
Mexia off and 011 since the polls
opened this morning failing to
slow down the balloting process.
Roosevelt was carrying all three
boxes by the expected straight
Democrat majority customary in
Mexia and Limestone, with unof-
ficial reports at 2 showing a heavy
majoiity for the straight Demo-
cratic electoral ticket.
At the USO voting box, the
Democratic electoral ticket was
receiving 75.9'/, of the votes, Tex-
as Regulars 19'/<, and the Repub-
lican electors 5.1%.'195 votes had
been cast.
At the Mexia Grain Company j
box for west Mexia, the division
was running approximately 'M'/o
Democratic, 5'/<• Regulars, and 5'/S
Republicans, according to an unof-
j that the Japanese have r-.^u-.te:!
Superfortrpase/, '.ver th:: Kant)
area of Honshu. Nojlher tedav nor
on the previously reported flights
last Wednesday and fit inlay, how-
ever, did t!>p Japanese claim t)
have shot down any of the : i'-'nc
bombers.
Japapesp heme broadcasts hnvo
' been warning the inhabitants of 1
reconnaissance j
flights presage a large scale air1
offensive against Tokyo and in-1
dustrinl areas of the island.
Tokyo also reported thai It)
Superfortresses raided Iwo Is- j
land in the Volcano group Sun-1
day, while Allelic; n Liberator*;
attacked Haha and Chichi Inlands i
in the Bonins yesterday. The 1
Bor.ins lie (ilo miles southeast of
Tokyo, and the Vel ano group is
directly iotith of the Boivns.
The Superfortresses flew to'
Honshu and the Volcanoes from J v
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1 Signal Corps phote> from NEA)
At the- moment wai 1.- tui from what General Sherman said it was foi Sergt Stanley R Strurous.
a.- Murlene- Dietrich puekeis up for n kiss over the "stage door" of the makeshift thoatei where
slit performed loi his less luckj pals of the 35th Infantry Division's 134th Regiment
Bury Beene Child :Shce',roen_ £n),cst ns;
>:„,u,«,;,cou ,y, a , X .. . - , , DENVER, Colo.,' Nov. 1. (U.R)—"
id .lamSrlih" fcany Wednesday i Leading Sheepmen from seven'
air bases in the Mariaiats, Tokyo
said. Almost simultaneously, a
Japanese I.nperi
communiquf said lap
craft had attacked American ai;
bases in tho group at dawn today. Pimple family seivices for
Twentv or more planes were set1 Sandra Joyce, stillborn baby
afire an<l destroyed at Saipan, the datighter of Mr. and Mr.?. Clifton
[ irst Over Leyfei
states continued their meeting"
here today to protest the discon-
tinuance of the government's wool-
purchase program.
Bcene of Mexia, were held Wed- ''of"1 R- Jb'don of Morr"l, Neb.,
nesday mornng at 10:30 at the 1 president of the Colorado-Nebras-
Cotton Gin Cemetery. The Rev. E. j 'w Lamb Feeders' Association, ex-
E. Rollers conducted the services j plained that the government had
fortress raid'on Iwo'as evidence for the baby, who was born Tuea-j been giving tho industry support
communique said, and other dam-
age was inflicted on Tinian Air-
field.
Tokyo cited the 40-plane Super
that Japan must
guard hereafter."
be on "rigid
way afternoon in a local hospital. sinco they appealed to tho sheep
They are the parents of two other ! men to produce increased amounts
sens, Clifton, 4, and Hilly Jack, j of meat. Thiough this aid lambs
j 2. j could be carried over to the spring
j Mrs. Beene, the former Miss Ida ; of the following year and be mar-
, [Belle Lindsey, it: reported by Uie | keted with wool from the preceding
jJ-Jj tji-Q ' 'nniily as doing satisfactorily. Pa-j year 011 them, Jirdon said.
alllo 11ULI\ UUllUIIl | ternal grandpare its of the child j A specific announcement in re-
i are Mr. and .ilrs. Guy Leone of j yjard to the wobl purchase situa-
Smoke Shortage
ficial cstimute of the 142 votes By United Press ! AT.-vin ± u , -
. ■ , . , . ' ... , iv'oxia. . tlon ls expected to bu made from
cast up to 2 0 clock. , The e.gnrot shortage hit rock- j. j. j.j.i.Ho and Company had Washingt. n about Dec. 1
The City Auditorium box showed , bottom across the country today | chaise ; f arrangements. ru )t rLcd
72.3'a Democratic, 20% Texas Re- and United Press reporters in ma-1 ' -v
gulars, and 0.8% Republican in ! Jor cities found it virtually im- j Guilfl Buried
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it was
Wisener wac ivost st-rirusly ir-
jured. He was placed under hos-
pital police guard.
Those killed, all of Houston and
occupants of tne err. wore:
(. C. Burnham. 31.
J W. Manning, 40.
Fred Felix Ahuero, -14
V. G. Hill. 43.
Nineteen occupants of the bu.s,
including Wi -•one:-, were ''U"1""'1' j/u,.^ ual'ess The weather'tuins too flourishing and growing black Worth, Tex., Star Telegram, died
five of them seriously corgi: t'i J ruiny for outlying boxes to report. | mal'ket wa3 at lenpt >larll-v 1''-" in 1,11 a, my hosprtal lu','u today'
the electoral contest, with 336 possible to buy popular brand.. , ~ .
votes counted by 2 o'clock out of cr. in some cities, any ciganjta j,)Ii l.CHICtCrj' Gil l^eyte
j the 410 east. i «t all.
Complete Mexia returns will be A h'Ph executive of one of "The
ivailable Wednesday, with virtuul- ' '''ve
i ly complete Limestone returns as
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WITH Tllli FIRST CAVALRY
of eigarct manufactur- ; Division, Loyte, Oct. 29. (U.R)—
ers told the United Press that a Stanley E. Gunn, 31, of the Fort
be hospitalized.
PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 7. (U.R)
—The liberation of Leyte neared
its final phase today while Ameri-
can carrier planes, striking at the
ultimate American objective in the
Philippines, reported the destruc-
tion of 191 Japanese planes and
blasting of eight or more ships in
raids on the Manila area.
FwrJtere to Use
The formal opening of the Teen-
S-west Burma Push
Made toward Tiddim
SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD-
QUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, Nov.
7. (U.R)—British and Indian troops
of the 14th Army in Southwest
Burma have captured Kennedy
Peak and have pressed on to
sponsible. It starts with the job- the second war correspondent vic-
I hers who use to sell to sub-jobbor.s Itim of a Japanese aerial bomb ex-
l in a competitive field that kept ' plosion on Oct. 20 which killed
1 prices low, he said. Now, knowing ' Asahel Bush, 32, of the Associated
they can get almost any price j I'ics's.
Age Canteen at its new headquar
ters on East Commerce will b
held Sunday. November 19, with | within two miles of Fort White,
the public rnvted to attend ar I . jg miles southeast of Tiddim, a
inspect the canteen quarters. The communique said today.
preceding Wednesday. November' jn Arakan sector West Afri-
... , , '•r>' the Canteen will .open l'or ,,an tioops, moving down the Kalu-
A submarine chaser was sunk, 1 m«mi„,re rr, ,, B,.t-,,„!,,ir, t,, h„ n ' , ,, ,, ■ , .
, , ,, , - me nner: on a soiieuuio to oe an _ (j.in Va ley, are within four miles
a heavy cruiser probably sunk and nol,„ccd later. of Pu|ctWa.
a light cruiser, three destroyers ( Living room furniture is urgont-
and "several '—two or more—car- | ]y needed, the junior and senior
they ask, some jobbers art selling j Only Gunn's fighting spirit and
to night flubs and to saloons ail I | blood donations in large quanti- ,, '
direct to retailers, this executive j ties by his fellow correspondents
continued. 1 kept him, seriously wounded, alive
All manufacturers, wholesalers, for more than 72 hours. In the
OLEN SMITH
viSi'iS HERK
Olen Smith, carpenter's niuf.
third class, is, visit 11.g hole afle-
rpenuing H menth" in the Soutli
Pacific en board a cruiser and
pai'ticipating in seven major bat-
tles—Saipan, Tarawa, Ms:- halls:, 1
Gilbert:!, Carolines, Marianas, and
ihe Aleutians. He i3 tie h lis ban I
of the Coriv.er Miss D rothy Nell
C.il b, and they have one son, j
Lurry Den
Smith entered the Navy in
LI12. Mrs. Smith and '
loir bey will return wit!> him to '
San Francisco to spend 20 days !
there after thoir visit in Mex'a.
Quits FCC
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go ships damaged by aircraft of
the 3rd Fleet in or near Manila
Bay Saturday, Pacific Fleet Head-
quarters announced in a commun-
ique.
Tank-paced American invasion
forces on Leyte, 350 miles south
of Manila, were reported sweeping
aside light enemy opposition in
converging advances within 10
miles north and 11 miles south of
Ormoe. last Japanese stronghold
on the islands.
"Our advance toward Ormoc
1 continues unchecked, Gen. Douglas
' MacArthur reported in his daily
| communique from his headquarters
1 on Leyte.
The anticipated clash with the
main Japanese force north of Or-
moc failed to develop. The Japan-
ese were counter attacking only
feebly bef re resuming their re-
treat, but it was possible they have
Planes of the Eastern Air Com-
mand attacked enemy positions in
the Chindwin region yesterday.
Engine 'sheds at Bankok were at-
tacked heavily Saturday night, and
railway objectives were bombed in
Siam Sunday.
j LouisDecisions Crump
j> Sccond Appearance
BALTIMORE, Nov. 7. (U.R)—
niture ho is willing to donate is Sgt.. Joe Louis used the lightest
asked to get in touch with the | bombs in the rack last night, but
Rev. A. W. DeGuir . Renovation j demonstrated his old time preci-
and redeeoration of the SteinnieU -i n lor.g enough to win a decision
Building i? alicady underway in i over Charley Crump, Baltimore
anticipation of the reeular open- • Coastguardsman, in a three round
ing of the Canteen. ) exhibit bout in the jam-packed
~" ! Century Athletic Club.
K I A Congress Slated i Performing for the-second time
| an an "added feature" in a sche-
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 7. ,duled string of exhibition fights,
(U.R)—Of- -ers of the Texas Con-I the Brown Bomber hoarded his
officers of Mexia's newest youth
organization announced today in
an urgent plea for contributions
from the public. Tables, odd |
chairs, Initios, and any type of !
living room furniture are needed (
to furnish the rooms. A piano is I
also desired, cither on a gift 01
rented basis, .for ur-e in canteen
programs and singsongs.
Anyone having any unused fur-
anil retailors agreed that tlu
basic causes of the shortage were,
in order of importance: 30 to ijU
per cent of popular brands out-
put going to the uiinied forces;
large but unknown quantities go-
ing to occupied and liberated
countries: greatly increased ci-
The Texas Lone Star flag was
the first to be raised on Philip-
pine soil when American troops
returned to the islands. The
banner is- shown above being
hoisted on a palm tree, with Pfc.;
Juan Gonzales, of Taylor, Tex., •
member of the 1st Cavalry Di-j
visieu: standing oy to represent
bis state at t!ie ceremony! (Photo
by Tom Shafer, NEA-Acme War
Pi'.'turepool Photographer.)^
opinion of the ',08th Evacuation
Hospita' urgeon w!io attended
him, the immediate cause of death
was from an embolism.
Gunn's body was buried along-
side that of Bush in the U. S.
Army cemetery. Airforce Chap-
ROHKRT K. DeLONG
AT NASHVILLE
Lieutenant Robert Ellington De-
I.ong reported to Nashville Thurs-
day t./ await orders after having
been : Itimed at Reno, Nevada.
TEDDY PRICK ETT
VISITS HERE
I.ieutrnant Teddy I'rickott visit- l'itali San I*rani'i:;co,
EDDIE Mil !£S
VISITS HERE
To hnieal Sergeant ar.d Mrs.
Eddie Mi"i< and their daughter,
Yir?nnirt Lorise, are visiting his
^ej : . \Ir. and Mrs. J. T. Miers.
i'gt. Miovp' haft been evacuated
to the Letterman General ilos-
from the
., , . , .. , . , .lain Howard Johnson of Ft. Worth,
vilian demand; a slight reduction ,
in mnnufactr.ring output duo .jTcx., conducted s,mple serv.ces at-
the manpower shortage; uneven I t -n(l'"1 on musse ^ wai' col'reH"
distribution. j I'°ndentn.
Manufacturers Insisted that ci-1 Gunn ^. survived by his widow „Hlu
vilian quotas of the popular (two children, of F t. Worth, and , wdljams Field, ( handler, Arizona, 1 1' a I atienl at Harmon C-.
ed his aunt, Mrs. J. Fort Smith,
and other relatives on route from
CECIL BIGGS
OVER BELGIUM
Friends here have learned that
Lt. Cecil Biggs, missing since a
over Belgium September
21, was piloting a C-17 at the
Kress of Parents and Teachers be- | heavy artillery and gave Crump
prepared for a stand nearer Ormoc !*t,n ""'ivi"K ir> fort Worth todny ja few samples of his sharp punch-
to cover an evacuation attempt. for their 36th annl,al convention ■ in(t.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, in
1 announcing the ewrrior-based raid
which opens Wednesday.
Four thousund fans gave soldier
Joe a thundering ovation as he
vJames JLawrsnce fly, abovs,
^chairman of the Federal Com-
"Jmunicationsr Commission, lon|
a target «f bitter-.charges by
Mcome ^congressmen' ' and some
segments of the radio industry,'
' has resigned, effective Nov 18.:
He plans a return to private law
practice./^ r<
on the Manilu area, said prelimi- j. .f" „"Ter rotl"'nc;). ''ndn^' ^ clitnbed into the ring. The Champ
nary reports showed that "much ® ! we'Khed 212' iind "PPeared to be
damage" was tjpne in Manila har- { 0.uT°" 111 than the sleek machine
bor and at five airfields in the
vicinity.
Miss Lucille Hopper, who is ill he WHg at hjf, prewa,. peak<
1 at a local hospital, is reported ...
recuperating. Miss Danna Hancock and Misa
brands—10 to 70 per cent cf to-!'1'8 parents, who live in Austin,
.ai production—wire entering I 'tx-
trade channels. Jobbers and sub-'
iol bers said tliey were passing
Hieni along to retailers.. Yet a
trading Chicago retailer said I10
was getting only 25 per cent of ,
he lmdtcd stocks he got last. ; IK
''all. Chicago merchants were got- I
. , time. His wile, Mrs. Nan Munnnn;
ing one small shipment each i
vptj. j Biggs of Hiinsiville, luis been ad-
,v. | vised that l o wan (' in t he
CLEON BIIaDY ! landing of paratroopers in. Hol-
UACK IN ST \TFS land at the time he was' report'd
C'lee ii l'rady, carrn 'dor's ma-.e, missing.
third class, has notified his-v.ife
f lilt r.rvival in California after
••ojul letiiig 23 months' duty o-cr-
to Roswell, New Mexico, where he
will enter B-17 training.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dunn of Tea-
gue spent M .triay in Mexia.
South Pacific, v here he under-
went two sinus.alterations. He is
General ■
pit til at Longview , where he
will return Wednesday for fur-
ther treatment. Being back in the*
rtr.t;-. i:-: like. heave n, says the
Mr.tcr.nt. i«'• C'f'-H
,o'US. He will leave siiortly
'cave for a visit at home.
Mrs. T. H. Bunn of Waco re-
turned Tuesday after visiting her
()1| | son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and {
. Mrs. M. M. Jackson.
EVERETT EDGAR
VISITS HERE
T/4 Everett Edgar, brother of!
Dr. 6. C. Edgar, is vi-dtim? here
on 30-duy furlough after having |
been overseas for the must three |
years in th" European theatre of I
war, He in to report to Fnn An-
tonio for reassignment.
Mrs. Tommie Genovese has re- Mrs. G. C. Humphus is visiting Audrey Jean Wright are spending pvt. and Mrs. Ernest Hawkins
turned to her home in New York her daughters, Mrs. Ned Curtiss the week end with Miss Hancock's pf fort Riley, Knhsas, aie visit-
City after spending the past three | and Mrs. Doyle Satterwhite, in brother, Aviation Cadet Roland ing their family, Mr. and Mrs. E.
months in the Ollie Jones' home., Pearsall for several days. j Hancock, in Greenville. T. Hawkins.
USED CARS
WANTED
We njll pay cash fur your
Used Car.
Jack Driver
IJAnr WIRE
I /ELD KENCE
POST HOLE DICKERS
STAPLES ANT? NAILS
WALL PAPER
HOUSE PAINT
PIPE AND PIPE FITTINGS
CREAM SEPARATORS
MILK HOTTLES AM!) CAPS
MILK AND V. RE \M CANS
LANTERNS ANli GLOBES
J. I. RIDDLE & CO.
Mexia, Texas
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