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VOLUME LXV.
MEXIA. TEXAS. FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1043.
NUMBER
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Government Plans To Fine Coal Workers $2,650,000
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Another Walkout May
Result Prom Dollar A
Day Penalty On Striker
WASHINGTON, June 10. (UP)—Coal Administrator
Harold L. Ickea today slapped a $2,250,000 fine on the
United Mine Workers for last week's strike, and union oi-
ficials promptly warned that his action might cau-ie an-
other walkout a week from Monday.
One UMW spokesman here accused Ickes of fcmmit-
tin;? "a gigantic burglary" and 'from the coal fields came
threats of another strike if the fines are cbllected.
lchcs assessed the fine—$1 a day per striking miner
for each of the live working days on which no coal was I
produced last week—under the expired 1041-43 wage-hour
contract between miners and bituminous operators which
the War Labor Board had ordered extended until a new
' contract is signed.
| The 80,000 anthracite minors
I were exempt becni'se their con-
\ tract does not contain a penalty
; clause. The UMW's 450.000 soft
! coal miners, however, are affect-
I ed.
! In announcing the imposition of \
j fin"s against the strikc-rs, Ickes
I said the sums would be deducted j
j from each miner's pay envelope
i ind th" total thus collected dis-
I tributed to charity.
J H? said he proceeded on the
theory that the government has
been operating th<\ mines since
M | 1 under an extension of the
old "contract, which carries a pro- 1
vision fining members for strikes
in violation of the agreement.
Clues Sought for
Cause of Teague
Woman's Murder
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Mrs. YV. M. Upshaw
Shot by Childhood
Friend in Dallas •!
DALLAS, Tex., June 10. (U.R)—
Associates of the two (50-year-old \
women, friends of a lifetime, !
Crop damage was high. Mayor j sought, some clue today to the t
O. W. C'tmbie of Hawkins esti- j cause of a murder and suicide \
nr.ted damage would amount to which ended both women's lives
tens of thousands of dollars. Thou- ! as they parted at the end of a
.•amis of acres of farm land wew j nnnth-long vi=it.
East Texas Oil
Field Flooded as
Sabine River Up
Oil Production
Is Suspended as
200 Leave Homes
GLADEWATER, Tex.. June 10
(U R)— Hundreds of oil wells were
flooded (Hid rceiTr. were f <rc!«' o
suspend yir> ulf-on of vi. il tr :d ?
fl t"d;'.y as Uv babine re. •. •• « -
flowed ils banks and poured into
^he big East Texas oil field.
An estimated 200 persons were
forced to vacate their homes, re-
moving furniture and few personal
efftcts. "
At 10 ft. m. the Sabine had top-
pel 40 feet at Gladeweter, exceed-
ing Inst year's record crest. The
waters were still rising, averaging
one-tenth of a foot hourly. A peak
of 41 feet was expected late to-
duv.
The river had rscedwl slightly
15 miles upstream at the Hawkins
community, but cloudbursts at
Greenville were, expected to bring
another rise shortly.
Mexia Is Awarded
Red Star Rating
for ISivic: Work
36 Texas Towns
Similarly Named
by Government
Mexia is one of the thirty- - i>:
Texas towns awarded the U. S
Department of Commerce "Red
Star Community" rating for bet-
tcr-than-average locnl community
betterment activities, is was an
ncunced today.
Award was made by the Ideal
Company of Waco sponsor of an
ideal home town betterment pro
ject throughout the Southwest..
Forty-one cities and towns in this
area wsre so commended, including
one in Oklahoma and, fr.ur in Lou
isiana.
This "Red Star" rating is n-
warded by the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce of th
U. S. Department of Commerce it.
recognition of outstanding local
community service activities.
Texas towns awarded were Aus- <
tin, Beaumont, Houston, Lufkin, i
Tyler. Waco, Ronton m, Brenham. I
Brownwocd, Bryan, Cooper, Corgi- |
cana, Daingerfield, Gilmer, Glade- |
water, Henderson, Jacksonville, j
Jefferson, Kaufman, Kilgore, i
Longview, Marshall, Mart, MeKin-
ney, Mineral Wells, Nacogdoch s, \
Nayasota, Palestine, Paris, Port
Arthur, Quitman, Rusk, Texas
City, Taylor, and Trinity.
City officials had no information
they cculd add to the announce-
ment of this award.
Zoot Suit Brawl
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Special agents and Military 1V>'jce nrrost sol lier after brawl v.i!.:
zoot suiter in new outbreak betwc n I.es Angeles zoot gangsters and
servicemen.
C'F.A T(lei)hota)
under water.
Damage" in the City of Glade-
vnti r was believed to be relatively
.Ijwht. Oil machinery equipment was
'damaged, it was understood, but j
no other damaging effects of the ,
fl' od had. been reported.
Mont of several thousand head (
of cattle were moved from the j
j iver lowlands in time to save them,.
stitkmen said.
jf Tfte new Gladewat.er-Tyler high- I
vjy'was blocked by flood waters!
■fat; traffic continued over a de-
Police said that Mrs. Nora Bar-
ton, 64-year-old Little Rock, Ark.,
woman, shot and killed her girl-
horid friend. Mrs. W. M. Upshaw.
60, of Teague, Tex., as the lat-
ter started to entel an elevator
on the sixth floor of a downtown
hotel.
Mrs. Barton, former wife of Col.
T. iH. Barton, president of the
Lion Oil Co., of El Dorado. Ark.,
then turned the gun on herself,
officers said, inflicting two.scalp
tour route. U. S. highway 80 re- {wounds and one in the abdomen
msined impassable between Glade-
wafer and Dallas.
j Not Guilty Verdict
. * Returned in Forgery
fer!
She died early today in a hospital,
but not before she had been for-
mally charged with the ltlurder of
Mrs. Upshaw.
Mrs. Barton's only comment, of-
ficers said, was, "I'm in ill health."
Friends of the two women said
E. Roberts, formerly of .. _ ... . , ,
T. in- County, was found not | M'*. Barton had been visiting
guilty in the 87th District Court
n-
r-
court at Centerville Tuesday on
a chmjge of frrgery. _ ,
Mrs Roberts had been on trial
in T> inity .County before the case
Wfl q I rnnsferred to Leori Countv
in 1042. She was charged with
j vtiina not" for $685 and selling
t i'i the First National Bank,
Trinity. She and her husband were
• nr r of the Groveton Motor
- < ojnpany in Groveton. Texas.
WAP Aviation Cadets
Killed Parachuting
DALLAS, Tex., June 10 <U.R) —
A vi it ion Cadet Edward C. Mann,
in, of Laredo, a fbrnier University
nf V" .is strident, parachuted from
inning plane early t.odny six
(ionth of Dallas.
• plane crashed and burned.
xtatUmeiLat the Waco
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Air Training Base.
lish Agree to Fight to the
Headline. To. the end of
lany and Japan.
Mrs. Upshaw in her home at Tea-
i gue for the past month and that
the women came to Dallas togeth-
er last Thursday.
Mrs. Upshaw had her suitcass
packed and was waiting at the
elevator door when she was shot.
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Serious Ffood Crest
Rolls into Missouri
KANSAS CITY, tylo., June 10.
(U.R)—The most serious flood crest
of the year along the lower Miss-
ouri River rolled from tributaries
into the swollen stream from
southern Nebraska through cen-
tral Missouri today.
Howard H. Martin, river fore-
caster in the Kansas City weather
bureau office, after a morning
spent in studying river stages and
precipitation data irT the sodden
northwestern cerner of Missouri
and northeastern Kansas, said he
believed the flood would surpass
the crest of two weeks ago in the
eastern half of the state.
48 Indictments
Are Returned in
Coolidge Robbery
77th Grand Jury
Returns Sixteen
Indictments Apiece
Forty-eight, indictments were
returned Wednesday afternoon by
the 77th District Court Grand Jury
gainst the three men accused of
aving conducted wholesale rob-
bery at Coolidge and Hubbard last
Wednesday, June 2.
Walter LeMay, 3.*, of Dallas
ind C. M. M rshon, .12, both es-
caped from Retrieve Prison Camp
on April 18, along with thirteen
ther prisoners captured prior to
their apprehension in Dallas Satur-
lay, were indicted along with Steve
Roberts of Nevada. Sixteen indict-
ments wfie returned against each
of the trio, whose daring midnight
raid on Coolidge and Hubbard
,downtown stores is assumed to
have netted them considerable
money and dope which was found
missing after their' foray.
Twelve burglarly indictments,
three for theft over $50 and one
for robbery wiih firearms were re-
turned agaiiut each of the three.
Judge Fountain Kirby set $1,000
bend apiece for each of the first
fifteen indictments, but is holding
them without bnil on the last count.
According to Assistant County
Attorney Norton Fox, of Groes'
beck, the three are being held in
a Dallas jail, but will be transfer-
red to this county in time for next
week's expected trial.
Foreman of the jury which re-
turned the 48 indictments was
Wyatt Jtaytor of Mexia, J. L. Wat-
son of Greosbcck was jury secre-
tary.
LeMay and Mer.'hr.n were cap-
tured Saturday in Dallas following
a dramatic manhunt in which air-
planes and policemen on horseback
and in automobiles paiticipated.
They offered no resistance at the
time of their capture, when the
autcmibile in which they were
trying to escape skidded and ca-
reened into a vacant lot.
How To Apply IA
War Prisoners Now
(This new* story has been approved by the War De-
partment Bureau of Public Relations, Washington, D. C.'.
DALLAS, June 10. (Spl)— Prisoner of war labor fot
agricultural work is being marie available in districts neat
internment camps, Lt. Col. Daniel B. Byni, Chief of the
Aliens and Prisoners of War Branch of the Eighth Sen ic<
Command, said today.
This labor will be used only in those sections where
free labor is scarce, and in no cases will it be allowed tc
compete with free labor, he said.
Application for prisoner of war labor, is made to intern-
ment camp commanders, who are authorised to negotiate
contracts on behalf of the War Department, .subject to ap-
proval of the commanding general of the Eighth Service
Command, Major General Richard Donovan.
Pri oners in camps under the . - -
Amazons Join in
Zoot-Suii Warfare
in Los Angele
Bridge Burns in
Train Wreck Near
Jewett at Noon
Prccious Oil Goes
Up in Smoke after
Rear-End Co dicil
A train wreck between a freight
end an oil tanker freight ocmmd
on the Durlington-Roek Island rail-
road just before neon today bclov
| levett, nc-nr the community of
| C-.r.cer:! io I. -on V may. The wr>ck
| resulted from a rear-end colli.'i o
i "-i "n'in'.r to or<- r< port, and the oii
linker cav.glit fire.
I A bridge wns destroyed in the
I rmtltins fire, which was reported
j Nj have injured yeveral trainmen.
| The K rilT <i I.-.on County re-j
j >. vtrd several fjinlnilances < f in - j
j 'tired left for hospital treatment, j
j but a ch.ek of hospitals in thin I
j r?; i n crrlv this afternoon failed (
to locate them.
j The streamlined Rocket was rout- I
I ed throegh Me:;ia at, noon today |
by the FenlinrrLon-Rock h land, for- j
uv rly koowii as the Trinity atid |
Brar.os Valley line.
; Visitors Invitecl I
to Tonight's CAP
Meeting at Field j
First Aid and
Miliary Topics
Being Studied
Withholding Tax Will
Start July 1; Part Of
Tax Liability Forgiven
WASHINGTON, 'June 10. (UF)—President Rooa-velt
today signed the pav-ys-you-go income tax bill providing".
; I'or a 20 pel- cent, withholding tax to start July 1 raid for-
giving 75 to 100 per cent of a year's ta:: liability >'or all,
I persons.
The bill is a compromise worked out by Congress after
i nearly live months of heated wrangling over v: i "1 :or-
I giveness proposals, including the highly-controversial Jiumlj
pl. n which was thrice rejected by the Hotue oy very nar-
1 row margins.
The nev law applies its forgiveness feature* to liability;
either 1942 or 1948, whichever is smaller, in order
Allied Landing on
Panteileria Said
Imminent Today
Servicr Command hearcjuarters in !
Dallas now are engaged in work of |
several kinds, including clearing of
reservior land in Oklahoma, build-
ing roads, building drainagj ditch- |
ci, tor niosquito cofitrol, and clear-
ing military reservations and
tarms c.f brush and timber,
The (ieneva convention on the |
*.i oal ment "f prisoners provide-j
that their labor may be Used for i
purely non-military purposes, and
that th.' type of work done may
not be dangerous or degrading. !
This leaves many fields in which j
they can be employed, with their j
labor helping t, bear the cost of!
their upkeep.
Farmers applying fer prisoner
labor must antkip.it their wants,
as contracts calling for a certain
number of prisoners tor a specified
number of days must be signed and
approved in advance. i\i fewer
:s
Paehueo Girls
Reintorce Their
Hoodlum Swa'ns
i
I l.O,-, A-Vfirt,F,.'!, .lone 10. (U.R)
j f'aebneo uirls. female countt-r-
j parte of the i:o d -i.i'oil hoodluma
j who have battled uniformed s.r-
I vice -men .in street' rioting fer six
nights, slashed nnd beat, a young
| woman early today.
! Betty Morgan, 2'2-year-old wait-
i res ., told policc that as she left
| her home f ,r breakfast thr.e girls
A divided course cf study is the
•iresp et for tonlgh',^ Civil Air
Patrol meeting, scheduled for 8
'clock pf the Mexia Municipal
Virpott. Members who belonged
irior to the present recruiting
atrip:: i'.vn will continue their recent,
duly of first aid, according to
Lieutenant Ralph Jones, executive
officer of Squadron 8110-2.
The approximately twenty now
members w ho, have recently .joined
' his live-wire civil defense organi-
sation will take up the study of
military courtesy and discipline,
ind close order drill.
.Anyone either interested in this
ype of patriotic service, or any-
ine possibly considering joining
i invited to attend toni-flit's two-
our meeting ar a visitor to look
11. Jones stressed.
Anyone with a knowledge of fir«'
id or nrt'jr hoh'^* of p -ssible mili-
ary use is asked to come out ao:l
investigate what this group Ins
►o. offer, he went on to say. Nine-
teen more men art needed as nit in
hers- without delay.
jor ... , — -
avoid undue benefits to persons whose income ha - d< : r> ;-eel
sharply, lt also contains various other anti-windfall pro-
visions.
Clearing Station
| for Prisoners of
War Is Described
German Soldiers
Processed Before
Sent Elsewhere
' ANGEL ISLAND WAR PR1-
i SONEKS CAMP, Calif.. jUne 10.
(U.R) —German soldiers captured in
North Africa have found a tem-
porary "home" here in San Fran-
cisco Bay half way around the
world frrm Bi;::rt'> and El Ala-
mein, and they like it—the envir-
onment, ths food and the fair
treatment.
j This is a clearing station where
they are "processed'' tor a time
before being transferred to per-
manent camps scattered tbrmgoil'i
the country.
Today there were a normnl num-
ber of "transients" encamped.
These included a group of sailors
and front line, first clas> men
! captured in the final victory of
North Africa.
During the early spring months
some of the prisoners arrived at
foggy San Francisco Bay wearing
desert short pants direct from the
' >-ands of Egypt. They had t,i:c de-
nominatM. common to soldiers the
! world ever—pin-up girls. •
When they arrival, the Germans
didn't expect mistreatment because
tho British and Au^tiaihms had
told them the American* would
give them a sijuare deal, A:id now
they have found reason to know
that it is tru-.
LONDON, June 10. (U.R)--Wave
after wave of A Hi*-d bombers lu a.i
ed new destruction on smoking,
blockaded Panteileria yesterday
in an offensive to smash it into
unconditional surrender and Bri-
. !?h observers said today that an
Allied landins was imminent, if
not under v ay.
In Algiers, however, the Echo <ie
Alger in a front page story pre-
dicted that Panteileria would be
reduced soen by blockade, presum -
ably without the necessity of a
landing. The newspaper said that
the offensive against southern Eu-
rope already had begun with the
Allied demand for the surrender
f Panteileria.
A Home broadcast acknowledged
that the Allies also were encirc-
ling I.ampcdusa, second largest of
the Italian stepping stone island <
in the Sicilian narrows. British
naval forcet landed a reconnais-
sance party on Lampedusa, i'O
miles southeast of Panttlleria,
Sunday night and all but. two of
the party returned safely.
Today's communique from Al-
lied headquarters in North Africa,
tclline- of the latest attacks on
Panteileria, made it clear thai:
the Italian garrison still had made
no reply to the Allied demand fur
itieor.'!iti,iinal surrender of the 82-
square-mile island roughly mid-
way between Tunisia and Sicily.
Former Resident
ofTehuacanaD
in Jacksonville
lesia
wearing knee-length coats pounced
than 15 piisoners are assigned to | rp -n her, knocked her down, kick-
-liy civ- job. a > use of prisoners \ d her In the elieat and cut her
in smaller grnups. would n:«-s i- | fftft with a dulled razor. She was
tnt<> too many guard details. A j f'Or.-n to n hospital.
of IS prijftiers Calls for! Th;- Navy Shore.Patrol mean-
group
ihree guards.
U"=e of piisoners by large-scale
employers of farm labor releases
free labor and transient workers to
th: smaller farm=, which could not , t'-n Park,
use prisoners in sufficient numbers Monti hello,
to justify the guard.
while announced extension of the
out- f-bounds area, previously lim-
ited to I,3S Angeles city, to the
suburban communities of Ilunting-
(Continued on Pay
Three)
Miss Cox Undergoes
Ma'or Operation
Maywond, Lynwood,
Bell, IJcll Gardens,
iith Gate and C impton.
The ord r was an effort to halt
violence involving hoodlunts, large-
; ly Mexicans, and soldiers, sailors,
\ and Marines. Fighting, held in
' check by strengthened police pa-
j trols in the city, had moved into
nearby towns.
In San Diego 4(H) sailors and
marines searched the downtown
Mb IJi'u Cox, dauijitn- of Mr:'.
T< in L. Con, underwent a major
duration at a lictil horpital earl,'
Thrr.-dav nnf h reported doing area for ioot-fuitcrs before they
well Mirs Cox is an instructor ir. were dispersed by Shore Patrol-
the Odessa Public Schpol System, men.
Funeral services will be held at
three o'clock Friday afternoon
from the Riddle Chapel for t^lydc
L. Rankin, 50, who died at noon
today in Jacksonville after several
days' illness,
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. It. Rankin, pioneer residents
of Tehuacana. His mother di'd
Anvil 5 at th° acre of 81.
The Rev. Milt.nli Slnvden of ihe
Tehuacana Methodist Church will
conduct, thf funeral services and
burial will take place at the Mexia
Cemetery.
Survivors include four sisters:
Mrs. M. C. Dublin of Jacksonville,
Mrs. W. E. Phipps ot Russelvillc,
Ark., Mrs, N. L. Stales of Hender-
son. Mrs. Katie Lee Reynolds of
Kilgore; and one brother, Frank
Rankin of Texas City.
Argentina Accepted
MADRID. June 10. fU.R>— Spain
today recognized the new govern-
ment of Argentina.
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