The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1943 Page: 3 of 6
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FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1943.
THE MEXIA WEEKLY HERALD
PACK TIIREl.
CHANGED POINT VALUES FROM OPA'S
HANDY POINT CHART FOR* PROCESSED FOODS
Point Values of Popular Sizes, Effective June 6,1943
USE *
BLUE STAMPS
K L M
CANNEB AND BOTTLED
WEIGHT - j
CONTAINER SIZE
Orer 10 it.
Inc1 14 o/.
No. 1 Pl'.nrc
No. 211 Cyl.
yuiTS (Include Pickled, Spiced or brandied):
Cherries, all other (exclude Maraschini type)
VEGETABLE JUICES:
Tomato Juice and Vegetable Juice combinations containint 70 percent
or more Tomato Juice
FROZEN
CONTAINER
SIZE -
Corn-on cob (1 point per ear)
10 V 12 p.
14 or 16 o/
I
0v«f H if.
Inci. 1 lb. 2 01.
Out I ib. 1 u.
Incl. 1 Ib. 1 u.
0i« 1 Ib. 1 u.
Incl. 1 Ib.
No. 303
•Ho. 1 Till
One Pint
Ni.I
He. JVi
OIK Qvwl
ii
14
19
♦2
3
3
Oil 1 lb. It ii.
Inc). 1 It.
41 U.
(H«. J Cyl)
26
Applying for Pressure Cookers in
Advance Required by USDA Board
The allocation of material for the manufacture of 150,-
000 pressure cookers for sale during the coming canning j
season will not answer the demand for this rationed item
over the country at large, according to Claude B. Garland,
Sr., chairman of the Limestone County USDA Wat Board.
In view of this unfortunate fact, — • -
the setting up of an advisory c<;m- | | f YIi l3 riAITlJl
Mexia Ne?rO Now ^reagedShirtaOutas
mm ® Z — Part of Army Uniform
Serving on Sands
of North Africa
A
iXi
r,
•cm
11*
This chart only lists point values
for the most popular sizes. See
the official chart at your grocer's
for other sizes and their point
values
Frw changes have been made in the June point values of processed foods over those in effect in May.
All cherries other than maraschino and red sour cherries have been given point values as shown on
chart (red sour cherries remain the same as May). Vegetable Juices have gone down in value' i.nd
canned corn on the cob is stabilized «t one point per car.
Toggle Rope Bridge
IS
U. S. Marine Corp* Phno
Quickly strung across otherwise impassable gulches and streams,
this bridge is included among the important equipment carried
ashore by U. S. Marine Raiders. The three Leathernecks are master*
lng its mysteries at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Marriage of
Miss Wooton Is
Announced Here
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wooton
■
Lieutenant from New Hope Wins Air
Medal for Bombardier Duty in Pacific
"Tell grandfather I've collated that souvenir for him,"
Second Lieutenant Cecil N. Liles wrote home recently to
his family.
Before ho left for Australia last September to swing
into action as a 'bombardier in a Flying Fortress, the 23-
year-old Limestone county flyer had been instructed by- his
84-year-old grandfather, J. M. Frazier, to bring him back a
Jap's eyebrow as a souvenir. Evidently Lieutenant Liles
must have come to close grips with the enemy in the South-
west Pacific since then, although his letters have not am-
plified this tantalizing hint of action seen.
i The extent of that action he thus
jokingly referred to may be de-
duced from the personal letter his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. I.iles
of New Hope, have just received
from Lieutenant General George C.
Kenney, comanding officer of the
fifth Air Force.
"Recently your son was decor-
ated with the air medal," he wrote
" the Limestone farm coupls, "in re- announce the marriaare of their
cognition of his courageous, fear- daughter, Miss Joanna Fay Woo-
less service. . . Your son was de- ton, to Spivey Gordon Melton,
corated fcr meritorious achieve- first rlass petty officcr and in-
went while participating in aerial st.ructnr in aerial gunnery of the
.Tights in the Southwest Pacific 'J- S. Navy.
■ area from October 7, to December
81, 1942."
He goes on to explain in some
detail how Liles torik part in more
than twenty-five operational flight
T&rskms over territory continually
patrcUed by enemy fighter air-
craft. 'Jiese opt rations included
attacks against enemy installa- AUSTIN ,Tex., June (U.R> —
tions, shipping, and supply bases, claim of Mrs. Clara May Downey
all of which aided considerably, t0 a half interest in 76.52 acres of
according to Kenney, in the recent j iand under mineral lease in Harris
successes in this war theater. j County was sustained today by
Tlu only specific actions his par- the Supreme Court.
cnts know h? has participated in j Court records showed that Mrs.
include service as a bombardier on [ Downey's late husband deeded the
a Flying Fortress which scored a land to Mrs. Grace Keller, who
direct hit on a ship in Raboul Har- ' leased the tract to Humble Oil
jbor, off New Britain. He also par- j and Refining Co.
I ticipated in March on the headline ! Mrs. Downey asserted she did
raid which sank a 22-ship convoy | not make 14 personal appearance
attempting to reinforce Japancses ! before a notary public when the
garrisons sonuwhere in the New 1 ,,PCfl executed, and therefore,
Guinea area, where he has served ! thp (,ppd was no,_ bind,nK;
since February cf this year.
They also know that he has been
in*a hospital for twenty days with
malaria picked up during his New
Guinea, sarvice. ___
Liles is a graduate of the Fair- 1 AUSTIN, Tex., June .•> (U.R)
rakes high school and received Heav>' rain" ovcr the Colorado
his bachelors degree from Sam river watershed were shown today
Houston State Teachers College, In reports to headquarters of Low-
Huntsville, in 1941. He volunteered ! «1' Cfl, rndo Rlv«- Authority here
for service in the Air Corps while: . .
, .1 . i Bitftfest rain was 8.04 inches at
ho was a senior and was called in ' , . , .... «0 .
HI.j . . .. I Mason yesterday within 18 hours.
r m'"'1' 1M1. He received his 0thpr point„ rapr>rtinff nlor„ thnn
wmus as a l-ombardier in Midland J two ,ncho„ ,.R,n for thp day wero.
in July. ID12 after previous train- Pontotoc> „ix in(.h(.s. ,lmm.s Riv.
i.u> in San Antonio and Cinmrron, cr Ranch) fivc ,nche#. Doa(l| a.8i
Oklahoma. H fore being shipped to |nche|j Southwest Sutton County,
Australia he was stationed at ( 3 j0 jnchCs; Brady, 2.70 inches;
Columbia, South Carolina, for a j Mountain Home, 2.89 inches;
short time. j Boerne, 2.85 inches.
Wife's Failure to
See Notary Breaks
Deed on Oil Land
Committees Are
Appointed during
C of C Meeting
i Appointment of committees to
i head the many-angled activities
I of the Mexia Chamber of Com-
| merco during the coming year was
the major business of Tuesday
' morning's Board of Directors meet-
ing.
According to Harold Nussbaum.
who was elected to succeed himself
; as president during the '48-'44
term, a decision .vas also reached
| to hold the annual meeting of th.
organization in the immediate fu-
ture. The exact date will be set
by the program committee. The
traditional barbecue that has been
a feature of the meeting will be
omitted this year because of the
stress of wartime conditions, Nuss-
hatim said.
Named en committees for th"
coming y?ar are the following di-
rector?. the first of whom will
"Ff n? ehnirman °f his respec-
tive group:
V~TO!'Y: Ben 5- Smith, C.
A. Chambers, Dr. Marion Brown.
J. I. Kiddle, M VV. Andevsoii, K.
L. Dilltii'd, V W. Barnrtt. H. F.
.M ;!(•«.
WAR ACTIVITIES: J. '1. Co-
man, ft. E. Blair, W. W. Mason,
H. F. Mace, Mrs. J. E. Urschcl,
Mrs. J. K. Hughes.
RETAIL MERCHANTS: M. u
Tidwell, Gene Sinclair, J. 1. Rid-
dle. C. ft. Noles, .1. G. Phillips,
J. M. F.Ver, Herman Hitt, W. M.
Eubank."., Jr.
AGRICULTURAL — Soil Con-
servation and Rural Relations: —
M. W. Anderson, ('. A. Chambers,
David Murphy, C. A. Nussbaum,
Ed Singleton, W. E. I.asseter.
INDUSTRIAL: R. L. Pillard.
D. S. Caldwell, C. A. Chambers,
A. A. Johnston, C. R. Noles, Mrs.
P. L. Walkup.
DAIRY: Dr. C. P. McK^nzie,
I Elijah Black. J. W. Elliott, John-
nie Ilutt.o. Robert Steinman.
ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC-
ITY: Miss Nanine Simmons, G. E.
Blair. Frank L. Williams, F. VV.
Welch, Jake Stubbs.
TAX CONTROL: W. W. Har-
nett, D. S. Caldwell. W. M. Eu-
banks. Jr., T. G. Hamilton, John
E. Hints-.. Dr. W. Duke Pittman, J.
Sandford Smith.
I LIVESTOCK: Rufus Peeples, C.
R. Bnehus, Wyatt Hayter, C. W.
j Kronen, Jr.. O. E. Williams.
MEMBERSHIP & FINANCE:
i G. E. Blair, Barton C^x, Val Horn,
■ F. P. Huchingson, C. W. Kennon,
j Jr., H. H, Pendleton, M. L. Tid-
well.
' tONVENV-ON: Frank L. Wil-
t linms, Jack Driver, E. T. Lucus,
Phil Earner, Jr.
COTTON AND CHEMURGY:
[ C. A. Chambers, J. G. Coman. U.
J. Harper, C. R. Noles, H. H. Pen-
dleton.
ROADS: J. I. Riddle. VV. VV.
Bnmett, D. S. Caldwell. C. A.
Chambers. R. L. Dillard, Pat Ward.
AIRPORT: L. II. Simpson. Bar-
ton Cox. J. R. Jones, H. F. Mace,
Blake Smith, Jr.
mittee has been recommend.d to I
act with representatives of other !
government agencies in offering
recommendations on applications
for pressure cookers. This will
give farm rationing committees
the advantage of the findings of a
previcus committee in finally de-
ciding on the merits of pressure
cooker applications.
Sincc all applications will have
to be reviewed by the two com-
mittees beioie purcnasing certi-
ficates can he issued, all who need
pressure cookers are therefore
warned to make application a
reasonable time before they need
the rot ker.
This type of application is made
with the Farm Rationing Commit-
tee located in the AAA office at
Groesbeck.
Pipeline Gets
WPB Approval
Corporal Dave E. Hardin,
of Mexia. is one of the nigro boys
trooping for Uncle Sam in Tunisia,
according to a dispatch relayed
from Africa sincc the fall of that
country.
"All
WASHINGTON, I). C„ June 5—
(U.R)—Construction of a 883-mile,
16-inch pipeline from Sundown,
Tex., to Drumright, Ojkla., lias
been approved by the War Pro-
duction Board. The pipeline will
have an initial capacity of 51,000
barrels of crude oil daily.
The line will be built and operat-
| ed by the Stanolind Pipeline Co.
: The company has indicated it pro-
! hably will dispense the bulk of th"
I daily delivery to its Whitting, Iml.,
refinery, through the present
Stanolind Pipeline System which
| runs from South Texas to Whit-
i tiny via Drumwright.
the French people ask us j
if we are Joe Louis' brother," i
Hardin told the Associated Press
reporter who visited an engineer- j
ing corps in which he is serving.
"We just tell them 'sure'."
DALLAS, Ttx., June I) (U.R)
Creased shirts are out as a ivgu-
j lation part of the army uniform.
A War Department dlroctlvo
! to the Eighth Service Command
2:{'< said:
"The wearing of shirts the fronts
or backs of which I uve been
specially creased is forbidden."
This does not eliminate the well-
known "barracks hag" press known
for its horizontal lines and tri-
angular patterns.
The move was made to spse I
work of military and civilian laun-
dries.
Ilis group t reported to have
been under* fire at the front and
on mine removing duty to clear
a path for the recent successful
advance. At the time when his
detachment was interviewed, they
were helping clear a small port !
choked with sunken Axis boats. ;
Typical :>ihtr work performed by ]
Hardin and his companions has |
rnnged from repairing forts to
hi.ildinir detention camps, from
we.rkin': for ordnance to driving
supplies to the front.
J. G. Cc.i.an Will
Head Lions Club
I NEW YORK, June 8 (U.R) -Jar.
I Va'tin, author ol "Out of -the
| Night," has been .-.laced in 1-A in
| the draft, his publishers, Alliance
I Book Corp., said today.
| Valtin was paroled by govern-
I ment authorities last week from
Ellis Island where he had been
country. He applied for enlistment
in the Army last August, and w;i •
given clearance papers as "friend-
ly inemy alien" at that time.
Solons' Action on
Tax Bill Unlikely
WASHINGTON, June ! . (U.R)—
Early Congressional considrratic.il
of the largest tax hill in history
appeared unlikely today despite | held for illegal entry into this
President Roosevelt's announce- j
ment that he will send new revenue ,
producing proposa.' to Congress
be fere the summer recess, tcna-
tively fixed for July 4.
Members of the House Ways and
Means Committee, which will ,
handle the program first, said
there is little likelihood that the
general tax bill will be taken up
before early fall.
Committee nienvrs ' rtiM that j
Ways and Mcam ("luiiman Rob-.:
rrt L. D'lighten, I).. N. C., I.:is I
insisted that hearing on Trea-
sury proposals ti - raising more
money he delayed
Navy Receives
Thanks for Aid
in Water Problem
Tie and the other soldiers in this
ii";.:ri company agree that Tunisia
isn't so I even if it %>nsn't have
the jungle animals they had ex-
pected tr. find, but they are uni-
foriiMy anxious to get home again.
Inability to understand the nat-
ive.' talk, In k of boogie woogie,
and eg;.-:* costing ten cents apiecs
wi re sonic of t'.'.e reasons Uncle
Sam's colored fighters good natur-
edly offered as their main com-
plaints about th.*ir present loca-
tion.
J. G. Coman was elected presi-
dent of the Mexia Lions Club to-
day for the incoming year, replac-
ing A. A. Johnston, who has serv
ed for the V)'.2-Y.\ tei in. Elected
' to hold office with him was J. B.
| Cannon, first vice president; El-
' drrd Neel, second vice president:
and Don Quilltn, thir l vice pr. -i
dent.
T. C. Montgomery was solicit d
to serve secret.ary-tr usurer rot'
the earning year, while Tony Free
man will serve a«t tail twister i -
charge of collecting fines. New-
man Paee is new lion tamer, and
in that capacity will serve as a
one-man reception committee at
all Lion gatherings,
New directors elected include
Howard Mace and I). F. Smith,
who will Rerv'e with A. A. .Johnston,
retiring president. Don Caldwell
is retiring director.
DALLAS, Tex, June H (U.R)
Delegate* to th" annual conven-
tion of the Texat Dist.ri t Coun-
cil cf the Assemblies; of God, in
session here from today through
Fridtv", ure scheduled to take ac-
tion dtirin! the convention on a
proposal that th" council purchane
the property li>rp erly occupied
by Trinity 'Jniversity ut Wax a ha-
ehie, it was learned today.
Rev. F. D. Davis <,f Ft. Worth,
District Superintendent ef tha
council, said that some action on
the proposal might be forthcom-
ing lat" tomorrow.
The property, if b.'Ught, would
he made headquarters for the dis-
trict, ii'.w local (I at Ft
and would eiit.M'l niovinj
Council's Bib)" sc'iool, I
and li'isiiiei ■; eidli ■ ■
W<
Worth t
District
G d ,:i
ing a h
One |
R""t!«-d i
l .r,,::o!) u
on the i
Mrs.
I. liv. s
end.
Wi'v.
a v. ed
cervl I;
fail it i
With
June, t
th" c!d
tie.
• I. p.
in T< a;
• aire;
i-- lis.
•ep it
th,
ving of tha
high school
f rom Ft.
. The Texas
\ -etr.bly of
■ i a offer-
j "icjluni.
..k trees are
• ,vrodu :e the
t-ar required
• vis i,'ed rc-
the week
ive
pound
that
• i man—you
But you can
aery garden.
f coffee for
rejoicing on
Heavy Rains
Colorado River
Total of 291,000
Prisoners Taken
LONDON, June 9. (U.R)—Allied
forces took a total of 291,000 Axis
prisoners during the fighting in
Tunivia, an authoritative source
revealed today.
It was explained that, the figure
of 248,000 given by Prime Minister
Winston Churchill in his speech,
referred to prisoners taken after
May 5, when the main attack
opened.
Before that, however, 43,000
prisoners were taken in actions at
Wadi El Akarit, the Mareth Line
and elsewhere.
With Churchill's estimated 50,-
000 Axis dead, total Axis casualties
for the Tunisian operations would
amount to 341,000.
DUNCANVILLE, Tex., June
(U.R) -With hot weather making
cold water much in dcnirnd, th-
people of Duncanvill gave thanks
to the Navy today 'for getting
them the precious liquid.
For two weeks this community
has been without a city water sup-
ply, since fire destroyed the pump
house. Water f, r essential uses
was supplied by true!:s and bar-
rels, hut it had to be carried ipto
the house in '..-tickets or pans -'.nd
most, of the f'Iks frankly did not
like this lack of service.
The Navy, however, Came to th'
rescue.
A pump was lent the t.ov.u by the
Naval Air Station at Grand Prair-
ie end it will serve until new e-
quipmcnt can be installed, so thai
water now flows again from fau-
cets.
State Comptroller
Requests Opinion
Pension Payment
AUSTIN, T; x., June 5. HJ.R)—
State Comptroller George Shep-
pard today directed that an opinion
be requested from the Attorney
General on when increased Con-
federate pension payments become
payable. j,
The increase from $25 to $50 a I
month for the few surviving vet- |
erans and from $2."> to a
month for widows was authorized ;
in nn act of the recent Legislature, J
which at the same time reduced j
the State Confederate pension tax j
from seven cents to two cents on :
$100 property' valuation.
The act takes effcct Aug. 10, ;
but the question to be decided is
whether it affects August pension ;
payments or September payments,
or, whether the August payment
shall be based one third on the
eld rate and two thirds on the in-
creased rate. ,
When the act was passed there
were veterans and 2,205 widows !
of veterans of the Confederate I
pensions rolls which are distinct i
from old age assistance rolls. j
Another act of the recent Leg- j
islature reduced from 10 to nine
years the time a widow must have |
been married to a veteran before |
his death to make her eligible for I
pension. It was thought fewer than !
60 would be added to the rolls by i
this change.
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7fon*-dlcdwtmL (p/wduoL
Green Beans
New Potatoes 5
Fresh Corn 6
Tomatoes
Texas
S!ieer5
Wh,te \ Sunl<istOrans"2s
\ Sunkist Lemons
J Lettuce I
ONIONS
3 Lb,19^
California
! Iceberg
Larrots fret
Csrliforria
h Crisp
Bun.
White or Yellow
SQUASH
Lb. §4
a
Look for the
GREEN MARKERS
They're your go ahead signal for
non-rationed buying.
Crackers-"-
Crisp Sodas
2-Lb.
Box
Table Salter" 3 lCe
Egg Noodles Gooeh't Pkg. 13<
SS Julia Leo Wright's I'/l-lb.
DI C CI II Enriched Sliced Loaf
Flour Guaranteed 12 Bag 55^
25c
15*
9t
114
8$
154
Kitchen Craft
FLOUR
■Miliiti
RECIPES
latiMneMra
f \ H
0 *
pv • Duchess
Uressingsai«d
Dressi
Durkee's
ing Solad
U A I French's
Mustard i
Prepared
Shredded Wheat n b.c.
Macaroni Skinn«r't
Old Dutch Cleotser
Bleach White
Pf.
Jar
6-0*.
Jar
Re,.
Pkg.
7-Ox.
Pkg.
SUGAR
5-Lb. Cag
uso Stamp
No. 13
2 Reg.
Cans
Magic .
' 3-Gal. a
Bot. I y
nt,
Ivory Soarv p!«
Palmolive soap'
44/100°e.
M ed.
Bar
Z Re<3
J Bars
Safawaif. Quality
MEATS
r> Smoked
bail sage
Sliced Bacon
Liver Loaf
n | II Assorted
Daked Loaves xindS
Ub. 29 t i Lb.5
lb. 43 T k-r"lb.8
ib 29c tlb 4
ry 0+ a Points CT
oi f Vo: Lb O
Freshly Ground
Hamburger
Lb. 29 s
Lb.
Lb.
I.b.
18^vrti;5
25^
Pure Lard Wsrteni
Jowl Squares Smoked
Graded — GENUINE LAMS - inspected
Lamb Chops cut. u>. 414 -Tib 7
Lamb Patties ib 334 p-i"i!b6
Points
P«r l.b
Genuine
Leg 0' lamb
Lo. 38
RED POINT VALUES
Siserub
« Tall Cans
Shortening sX'
Shortening Brand
H I P | Snow Cup
Ked Salmon
3-Lb.
Jar
| Scckryj
Mb.
Crtn.
No.
Ca:<
63c
194 K
304 pi
204 ;
1 74p-
BLUE POINT VALUES
Gerber S S?raVinFced.dChop,d 3 Coni 214
Otilpwond
YifcmH* Aa'dru
Margarine
/-I Kraff's
N-nCCSC Pimienfo Cream
Lb.
5-Os.
Glass
i a.
Petite
! Bartlett Halves
Pears!
A e « Rio Rito
Apricots pi..
r* e I Standard
opinach 9«oiitv
Sweet Peas * ""
3-nuk.
Ground when purchased to give
you mere GOOD cupt per pound.
EDWARDS ;>? 244
AIRWAY 2 41<
CeHeo Stamp No. 24 Good Now
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