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A Continental Trailways Bus en route from Amarillo to Dallas, Texas, crashed through a concrete guard
rail over the Pease River bridge, three miles west of Vernon, Texas, killing four passengers and injuring
47 others. The dry bed, which is some 20 feet below the bridge, had only a few inches-of water at scat-
tered points and this fact probably saved the lives of the rest of the passengers. Normally during the
rainy season the river is in flood stage. (NEA Telephoto)
Highlights In
Latin America
The Cuban Government has
officially denounced the Paris
Peace Conference as a violation
of the United Nations Declara-
tion of January 1st, 1942. All
signatories to that declaration
agreed not to conclude a separate
peace or armistice with the Axis.
It is authoritatively reported in
Rio de Janeiro that negotiations
have been completed for a 50-
million dollar loan to Brazil by
the import-export bank of the
United States.
Admiral of the Fleet William
Ilalsey has been decorated by the
Venezuelan Govrnmnt as a grand
officer of the Order of the Libera-
tor.
Cattle Prices Hit
All-Time U. S. High
CHICAGO, July 30 (UP)—Cat-
tle prices hit an all time U. S. high
at the Chicago stockyards today
when several loads of choice to
prime steers sold for $27.50.
This was 50 cents over the all-
time U. S. record set in Lancas-
ter, Pa., July 10, and equalled
here yesterday. The new record
price was paid for several loads
of top steers weighing 1175 to
1143 pounds.
The bulk of rattle receipts, how-
ever, were lower-priced grass-fed
steers which had an early range
of $14.50 to $13 at Chicago.
American Officers
I
Released by Soviet
Army After 26 Days
BERLIN, July 31. (UP)—Two
American officers released by the
Red Army during the night after
a_ 26-day disappearance in the So-
viet Zone said today they had
been held as hostages at Potsdam
by the Russians and charged with
being spies.
The two officers, Capt. Harold
Cobin of Newark, N. J. and Lieut.
George Wyatt of Oklahoma City,
told the story of their disappear-
ance to a press conference 12
hours after their release.
OIL FIELD LUMBER CO.
318 E. MAIN ST. PHONE 425
NEW STOCK WALLPAPEU, PAINTS. VARNISHES
AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Cobin and Wyatt were turned
over to the American Provost
Marshal shortly before midnight
in Russian Headquarters. They
had been missing since July 4.
Both were well shaved when re-
leased, but appeared tired and
disheveled.
Both officers appeared none
the worse for their ordeal and
talked freely to newsmen during
a 90-minute press conference.
An official announcement said
Maj. Gen. Frank A. Keating,
American Military Governor in
Berlin was investigating the en-
tire incident.
Well-informed American of-
fiicals said both Cobin and Wyatt
would face courts martial for
their unauthorized trip into the
Russian Zone.
The American officers raid So-
viet questioners disclosed that
they were being held because
"Russian officers" had been ar-
rested by U. S. Military Officials
on charges of espionage. (U. S.
officials seized two Russian of-
ficers June 14 and held them in
custody for 32 days before re-
leasing them.)
Strike-Bound Barber
Shops Have Support
AUSTIN, Tex.' Juiy 29. (UP)—
Five strike-bound barber shops
near the University of Texas re-
ceived support from the Austin's
Barbers' Association.
The shops have been boycotted
by students since last week be-
cause of ti e increase in the price
of haircuts from 65 cents to 75
cents.
V-2Rockettiws192
Miles in ionosphere
WHITE SANDS, N. M„ July 31.
(UP)—Ordnance Department ex-
perts and scientists today con-
tinued studies of data gained
when a German V-2 rocket
launched here was hurled 104
mile:-, into the inosphere to set
•jn all-time altitude record.
Launched shortly after noon
yesterday, .the 14-ton projectile
hurtled heavenward, with its
warh-. ad crammed, with scientif-
ic instruments to record and
measure pressure, atmosphere
temperatures, and cosmic rays.
After the flight officials in charge
iaid that more data was gained
in the flight than from any other
rocket test.
At the peak of its flight, the
warhead was exploded from the
body of the missile, and it fell
freely to earth intact, and with
all instruments aboard.
The body of the rocket landed
69 miles from the launching plat-
form.
Scientific information gained
in the lost, the ninth to take
j place on American soil, will be
| forwarded to Maj. Gen. Everett
I S. Hughes, Army Chief of Ord-
nance, Washington, for study.
The next, test will take place
at White Sands August 8.
Minority Vote Bloc
Provided By Negroes
In Primary Election
DALLAS,. Puly 31 (UP).—Ai.
effective minority vote bloc was
provided in last Saturday's pri-
mary election by Dallas negrc
Democrats in their first official
trip to the party polls, it was dis-
closed today.
C. 13. Bunklcy, chairman of the
Dallas county chapter of Texas
negro Democrats, said that an
estimated 4,000 negroes voted in
the nominating primary. Most of
the voters, Bunklcy said, cast
ballots for the slate backed by
his organization.
He said the organization was
"not interested in candidates be-
cause of any liberal views they
may have had, but only in good
government."
None of the candidates listed
on the neg.'o ticket had solicited
the support, Bunklcy said,
V-2 Rocket Test
CHARLIE SHREVE
SAYS
THANK YOU!
I am deeply grateful to the voters of Limestone
County who saw fit to give me a second term as Sheriff.
To those who opposed me, I have no ill feeling and will
serve them as their sheriff, treating all alike.
Will appreciate the cooperation of all the citi-
zens of Limestone County in helping me to make a good
sheriff.
Sincerely,
CHARLIE SHREVE
WHITE SANDS, N. M., July
30 . (UP)—Army ordnance ex-
perts were slated to try for
another altitude record at the
White Sands Proving Grounds
today with the launching of the
ninth V-2 rocket to be fired in
this country.
Officials at the proving
grounds said every precaution
would be taken to avoid a re-
currence of a premature explo-
sion of the rocket, which burst
n mid-air at the July 19 firing
m'.y 27 seconds after launching.
CIVIL CASES
Filed in the office of the Dis-
trict Clerk of Limestone County,
Texas, week ending July 27th,
194(1, as compiled from records of
LONE ST A li ABSTRACT COM-
PANY, INC., Groesbeck, Texas.
,T. S. McCarty et al vs. Wilburn
Kitchens et al.
Margaret Cole vs. I. D. Cole.
Exparte — Joe Ned Thomas.
Beatrice Redmond Shilling vs.
J, B. Shilling et al.
Walter Morris Gibbs vs. Irene
Pearl Gibbs.
■WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS-
Record Grain Crops Promise
Abundance of Feed and Bread;
Pearl Harbor Report Clears F.D.R.
' FU lensro bv Western Ntnvwpn Union
(EDITOR S NOTE: When opinion* are expressed In tlifwe column*, they are those ol
Wefctern Newspaper I'ninn's new* ttitul «tH and nol nccesn.irllv of IhU newnpiiper.l
The United Kingdom is enjoying one of its biggest buby booms In
years with the town uf Welling, England, possessing one of the most
impressive records. Mothers are shown wheeling prams to one of the
many child welfare clinic sub-stations set up to accommodate the
overflow. With no less than 14,000 births expected In Welling and sur-
rounding districts, the vicar has had to organize mass baptisms to
christen infants.
CROPS:
New Records
Realization of the department of
agriculture's forecast for n record-
breaking corn, crop of 3.4B7.f)7(i,000
bushels in 184(3 should help case the
serious feed shortage and encour-
age production of a substantial vol-
ume of meat through the coming
year.
With weather throughout most of
the corn belt described as favor-
able to id: al cr pcrfcct, the U8DA
crop reporting board increased its
July 1 production estimate by 140,-
330,000 bushels by the middle of the
month, with yields in Indiana and j Rear Adm. Husband Kirnmcl and
BUY YOUR
PEACHES
AT
E. E. LIGHTSEY
FRUIT FARM
At Point Enterprise
They are selected and of
the very best quality. This
orchard is protected from
insects and disease by an
HOO-pound power spray.
For clean peaches that
give you more quarts in
your canning, get them at
the
E. E. Liqhtsey Fruit
Farm
One Mile South Pt. Enter'
prise—Telephone 9007F-3
South Dakota boosted four bushels
an acre; Illinois, Michigan and Min-
nesota, three bushels; Ohio, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska,
two bushels; and Kentucky, one
bushel. A record yield of .'iK.l bush-
els to the acre was predicted.
Favorable weather also led the
crop reporting board to forecast a
record-setting harvest of 1,1.'J2.07.3,-
000 btiShcls of vt'heat, up 41,088,000
bushels from the July 1 estimate.,
High production would afford _ome
domestic users uf substantial stocks
of the bread grain while also en-
abling this country to meet contin-
ued heavy shipments overseas.
Although the estimated spring
wheat crop . of 200,010,000 bushels
would fall below last year's, a
bumper winter Wheat harvest of
865.46S,000 bushels promises to
"tore than make up the deficit.
RAILROADS:
llate Hearings
Interstate Commerce commission
hearings on the railroads' requests
for a permanent 25 per cent in-
crease in freight rates opened in
Chicago, with the carriers asserting
that the additional revenue was
needed to offset increases in costs
totaling two billion dollars yearly.
Because of exceptions, the rate
boosts sought would approximate
only 18 per cent, carriers said. In-
creases less than 25 per cent arc
being asked for cotton, citrus and
other fresh fruits, iron ore, coal,
stone, gravel ar.d sand, vegetable
oils, cane and beet sugar, cemcnt,
brick and lirno and other items.
Declaring that the 25 per cent in-
crease would have a disastrous ef-
fect upon many individual indus-
tries, National Industrial Traffic
league, representing 800,000 ship-
pers, opposed the boost, favoring
continuation of the present emer-
gency hike of 6 per ccnt.
EYE GLASSES:
Charge Kiekbacks
Charging that 5,000 eye doctors
have been receiving rebates running
into many millions of dollars each
year on the sale of spectacles to
patients, the department of justice
filed two suits in federal district
I court in Chicago to stop the prac-
tice.
One suit named the Bausch and
j Lomb Optical company of Roches-
ter, N. Y., its wholesale affiliates
and 30 doctors, picked as represent-
ative of the oculists obtaining the
kickback. The other suit involved
the American Optical company and
22 doctors. Between them, the two
manufacturing concerns control
about 80 per cent of prescription
dispensaries for ophthalmic goods.
The defendants were accused of
fixing prices and violating the Sher-
man anti-trust act through the com-
panies' practices of rebating ap-
POLLUTION:
Declaring that a very small mi-
nority of the world's population has
the assurance of safe, clean drink-
ing water, Dr. Thomas Parran, sur-
geon general of the U. S. public
health service, has stated that even
in Amcrica probably one-half of the
population drinks water of question-
able purity. He urged passage of
the Mansfield bill directing programi
for the elimination or rcductiM at
pollution.
Mexican Monument To FDR
Building Co-Op
proximately half of the total cost
Df patient's spectacles to the ocu-
lists The two suits listed kick-
backs of $585,22(1 during 1944 and
1945, with some doctors allegedly
receiving as much us $40,000 a year
in rebates. 0
PEARL HARBOR:
Fix Blame
Climaxing 70 days of public hear-
ings and recording of more than
10 million words of testimony at a
cost of $75,000, a majority of the
congressional committee investigat-
ing the Pearl Harbor naval disaster
placed primary responsibility upon
Maj. Gen. Walter Short and ab-
solved the late President Roosevelt
anc! his cabinet officers from blame.
Headed by Senator Barkloy (Dcm.,
Ky.), the majority of six Democrats
and two Republicans concluded:
1. While not guilty of derelic-
tion of duty, Kimmcl and Short
erred in thi ir judgment.
2. President Roosevelt and his
followers made every cITort to
avert war consistent with
American boner and ultimate
responsibility for the conflict
rests with Japan.
3. Nothing in the records
showed that Mr. Roosevelt or
any other Washington official
possessed information pointing
toward an attack on Pearl Har-
I bor.
Senators Ferguson (Rep., Mich.)
and Brewster (Rep., Maine) issued
I a vigorous minority report holding
I President Roosevelt, Secretary of
j War Stimson, Secretary of the Naw
' Knox, Chief of Staff Marshall, Na-
, val Chief Stark and Assistant Chief
of War Plans Gcrow to blame for-
I failure to prepare Pearl Harbor
against attack. Kimmcl and Short
were charged with laxity in per-
forming their duties at the base.
Declaring that Mr. Roosevelt had
concluded by November 25, 1941,that
war with Japan was inevitable, and
received intcrcopud Nipponese cod-
ed messages pointing to the immi-
oence of an attack, the minority
said he should have seen to the
application of an all-out alert before
December 7
ATOM CONTROL:
Argue Army Hole
To house and senate conferccs
went the jub of ironing out differ-
ences between the two chambers
0Her granting the army -an influen-
tial voice in legislation setting up
an atomic control commission to
guide nuclear development in the
U. S.
Although the senate muflled army
influence, the house provided that
at least one, but nol more than two,
army men shall be members of the
board and another military man
must head the division dealing with
the service's use of fissionable ma-
terial. Further, the house author-
ized the army to manufacture the
atom bomb.
Aside from the differences over
army participation in control plans,
both houses were in agreement on
establishment of a five-man com-
mission, with power to obtain all
fissionable material; distribute such
material for research and develop-
ment to such groups and individu-
als as it shall select; purchase ma-
terial outside the U. S., and issue
licenses for production of atomic
energy. To be appointed by the
President, the commission mem-
bers would need senate approval.
PALESTINE: *
Explosive Issue
Moderate Jewish advocates for a
national Jewish home in Palestine
viewed the bpmbing of the King Da-
vid hotel in Jerusalem with appre-
hension lest the outrage remit in a
stiffening of the already compro-
mised British attitude on the touchy
Issue.
While Zionist groups throughout
the world have pressed for recog-
nition of the Holy Land as a Jewish
state, and Jewish groups within
the country itself have been active
in the cause, the British have pro-
ceeded slowly for fear of offending
the dominant Arab population of
Palestine and the Near Fast. Be-
cause the British command strate-
gic trade routes and oil fields in
this region, it is to their interest
to remain on friendly terms with
the 33,000,000 Arabs residing there-
abouts.
Bombing cf the King David hotel,
with ft heavy loss of life, was the
most violent of all radical Jewish
outbreaks following Britain's hedg-
ing on an Anglo-American commis-
sion's proposal for permitting Urn-
iffcd Jewish immigration in the Holy
Land and affording Jews equal
rights with the Arabs.
BOLIVIA:
New Regime'
Installation of a regime in Bolivia
more to the liking of the democra-
cies loomed following the violent
unseating of President Villarroel's
government after a hectic week of
rebellion during which the army's
swing over to the revolutionaries
decided the issue.
U. S. relations 'with Villarroel
were distant and cool, largely be-
cause capture of secret documents
in Germany associated the presi-
dent and his chief followers with a
plan to set up Naziism in Latin
America. With students and labor
leaders leading the uprising, the in-
creased cost of living, currcncy in-
flation, poor working conditions and
suppression of civil liberties were
cited as causcs of the outbreak.
On a continent noted for its im-
passioned politics, Villarrcel suf-
fered rough treatment at the hands
of a howling mob. Shot as he. re-
sisted apprehension, his body was
tossed to the crowd from a balcony
and hung to a lamppost. Thrown
onto an army tank, it then was
paraded through the streets of the
Bolivian capital of La Paz.
In the News ...
Veteran of Guadalcanal, Gitnm, Pe-
leliu and Suipun cunipaigns in the Pa-
cific, 20-year-old llcnry ]. Donigun of
lloston was denied a /lermii hi curry a
gun needed in liis inli as nn armored
cur guard. '/'/if In ir specifically suites
thai no one under 21 may receive a
rnrni it.
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Mnny hare linen I he thrills experi-
enced hy lien. Dicight Eisenhower-
supreme commander oj Allied military
for ees in Europe during II or III II" nr II
A
The nation's first co-operatively
twned redevelopment project is un-
derway in Now York City where
nearly COO families have made
Jown pay ::.. ..is on apartment-units
of a $7,000.0^0 housing project.
Under the New York urban re-
development ejimpanies law, pub-
lic assistance is provided in the
form of tax exemptions and mu-
nicipal acquisition of building sitca
through power of eminent domain.
MEXICO CITY, July 31. (UP)
—Tho Franklin D. Roosevelt
Good Neighbor Monument Com-
mittee today received six models
and plans for the monument to
be constructed at Monterrey,
where Presidents Aviln Camn-
cho and Roosevelt met in 1943.
'Ike' Enjoys Big Day
—but a lien he lunded a famed ICiscon-
sin miishellunitn (mushy J on a fishing
trip near Minocqua. II is., he exclaimed:
"I'll necer forget this day ns long as I
live."
• • •
Tuo months trio, alter Aunt l.izzie
Pevers of Sapiilpa, Olthl., celebrated
her ll'itli l/iitliday anniversary with-
out maUing her usual statement that "I
ain't never going to die," she leas found
dead on the floor near her bed. Horn
in Home, Ga., in IH1I, Mrs. Deters was
brought out II i f ii child in a prairie
schooner. She outlived nine husbands.
CHINA:
Warns V. S.
Emerging from long scmi-rctirc-
rr.cnt, Mine. Stm Yut-scn, widow of
China's famed revolutionary leader
who headed the overthrow of the
Manchu dynasty In 1911, warned the
U. S. against being drawn into a
conflict with Russia in '.he Far East
for benefit of Chinese reaction-
aries.
Calling upon the U. S. to with-
draw support from Chiang Kai-
shek's Nationalist forces, now en-
gaged in civil war with the Com-
munists, Mme. Sun declared: "The
American people . . . must be told
that the presence of U. S. armed
forces on Chinese soil Is not
strcngthcni.ig peace and order. . .
Mme. Sun's statement came even
as Nationalists and Communists ex-
changed shots in the central sea-
coast area around Shanghai. With
the Reds continuing tl.eir battle for
a greater voice in unified govern-
ment and virtual control of tho
northern part of tho country, they
charged that the Nationalists were
employing 400,000 troopo In an ef-
fort to subdue them in the latest
fighting. The Nationalists claimed
to have buried 20,000 Communists
a?tcr a bloody battle along the
Yangtze river.
If you store frozen meat with-
out wrapping it in paper, a light
film of lard will protect it from
drying.
the Mexin Weekly Herald hat
been autonrbed to maTte the fol«
•iwlrg political announcement*
.ubiect to the Democratic pri-
maries.
THE
Tor Congress—6th District-:
OLIN E. (Tiger) TEAGUE
TOM TYSON
Classified Ads
WANTED—100,000 RATS TO
kill with Dr. Ray's Rat Killer.
Money hack guarantee backed
with $10,000.00 bond.
Sold By
Tidwell Drug Co.
FARMERS—Inquire about our
milking machines and farm wa-
ter system. Let your milk checks
pay for your enjoyment of these
work savers. Where?
WHITE AUTO STORE
FOR SALE — Batteries for all
types of Farm Radios—also Hear-
iiiK-nid batteries. Don's Radio
Sales and Service, 210 IT. Rail-
road St. 22-tf
WANTED — Will buy any
quantity black-eyed peas, fully
matured, yellow, 20'! dried, no
naps. Bring to the public scales,
Groesbeck, Texas, beginning
Monday, July 8, L. C. Cartmill.
12-2t
'That is Our Business", yes we
make it our Business to furnish
you with the best possible price
for your poultry and eggs. Now
back in business on South Belk-
nap St. Cecil Bowden. 15-2(itp
FOR SALE — Hereford Bulls,
from Burleson Johns Double
Standard Registered Cows. Price
575.00. P. B. Cate, Phone 41W,
JOG E. Rusk St. ' lG-3tp
f^OK SALE — Billington School
Building, to highest bidder.
.'uUi' Auction at the Billington
ehool house August 10, 1940,
l0:'-0 a. rn. Location about 4 miles
North of Wi tt and ti1^ miles East
jf V.lell. Right reserved to re-
ject ill bids. Axtell School Bo^id,
Axtell, Texas.
Mexia Boy Scouts
To Have Outing in New
Mexico Mountains
Scouts John Peters and John
Jpeneer, Mexia, will attend the
Philmont Scout Ranch tour in
August, District Chairman Ilar-
'.!cl Nusj-.bnum announced today,
leaving Wjico on the morning of
Auguyt LMh. Philmont Scout
Ranch is located high in the
Rocky Mountains in New Mexi-
co, and the Scouts will have two
weeks of horseback riding and
hiking in mountains ranging a^
high as 12 000 feet. Twenty-four
Senior Scouts will go from the
Heart of Texas Council.
Bobby Ilineiiiiffe, olso of
Mexia, will attend a special Sen-
ior Scout expedition in August,
attending the wilderness camp in
the Cafson National Forest south
of Taos, New Mexico. Only *
eight Senior Scouts and two
Leaders will make tho trip, blaz-
ing the trail for future Senior
Trips into the Rocky Mountains.
Scouts Jesse McElroy and Jim-
my Meredith of Coolidge will al-
so attend the Carson National
Forest expedition, making a to-
tal of five Limestone County
Senior Scouts selected for the
two Senior camping trips.
Truman Okays Toll Bridge
WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP)—
President Truman tod.'iy signed
legislation authorizing Gus A.
Guerra to construct and operate
a toll bridge across the Rio
Grande River near Rio Grande
City, Texas.
DALLAS, Tex., July 31. (UP)
—One of the biggest war assets
corporation properties in the
southwest will go on the block
when bids are asked Aug. 30 at
Houston on the magnesium plant
at Velasco, Texas,
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