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MEXIA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JAN M, 1044.
NUMBER 2.
Demobilization To Follow Nazi Fall
American Loss Set at
595 Men, $15,000,000
Worth of Allied Planes Me Die in Texas Panhandle
100 Billion U.S. Budget A sked De™billzati™as Four Le?islali,t
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LONDON, Jan. IS. (UP)—The mighty American air J
armada which battled its way to within 90 miles of Berlin i
at a cost of 04 planes Tuesday was reported today to have
struck a shattering blow to "Nazi anti-in ttsion preparations
by smashing three oi' Germany's most important aircraft
plants.
Despite the near-record loss of 59 four-engined bom-
bers and live fighters worth nearly $15,000,000 and carry- j
ing 595 men, the 8th Air Force won a "major mlitary suc-
cess" at a casualty ratio "not unduly high," U. S. Army
('.\ Headquarters announced late iasi night;. The missing planes
were estimated at about 5 per cent of the striking iorce of
from 1,200 to 1,400 planes.
French Moroccans
•Join Cassino Fight
with Flank Move
Americans Attack
Center of Line
and Take Cervaro
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, .Tun. 1 :> (U.R) Kronen
pollus and knife-wielding Moroc-
cans swims into the bloody battle
for Cassino today, slashing deep
into the northern flank of 1 he G"i-
mati mountain line in :i surprise
with an
thrust timed to coincide
American frontal attack on that I
nrHtlinir enemy fortress. ]
American Tith Army troops at-
tuckinp; th. eerti r of the enemy
life were disclosed officially to
have captured ('ervero, a key (i I
man outpost four miles sonliteast ;
of Cassino, i't uiie p. m. yesterday.
;Sweepi"K on down iitc Home road j
* In Am'ri.ans mopped up Ger- 1
mtin luli noriiiiu on either side of
''ervuro ami moved into position
for a ■! irect .assault. on Cassia... .
German fighter assembly plants
ut O.scher.slcbon, Halbcrstudt and
Brunswick, all HI to 110 miles (
southwest of Botlin, were "des- j
trcyed or decisively damaged," the i
announcement said, r.nd other j-
i sources implied that the plants The snow
I could not bo restored to produc- i cattlemen
| lien for months, perhaps until af-
i tcr the Allies open a second front
i in western Kuropo.
• The wrecking of the three plants
| which turn out Germany's Messer-
■ schmitt, Focke-Vx oil anj .(linkers
j fighters, will deprive the Germans
j of hundieds of planes on which
! tiny had been counting to help
I repel Allied bombing fleets that
i will precede and support the in-
I varion armies.
I This potential less o( aircraft
Soon as Germany Programs Asked
Non-WarSpending Whipped Assured of Solons Today
Jumped Billion in
Proposed Budget
Roosevelt Warns
U„ S. Cannot Plan
on Nazi Fall in '44
Veterans Benefits
Major Proposal
in 1945 Budget
scene pictured at the ri -rht in Aniarillo, Tex., is very pretty but the sccne at the 1 'It mak :
wish the snow had fallen elsewhere. Fr. cuing weather an i ii.'.li •••.nwiirift^ i--ed the i
of the cattle pictured as they wei
the cold in the Texan Panhandle.
to i jvii and rep iris indie u- mnnv <•
-■ died be a use r
i \ KA i < I. photo !
Outer Edsre of White £u
S
A.
FDR Says Present
f?i•! Inadequate
for War Program
WASHINGTON", Jan. 1:, 'U.R'
milled to Congress ariothei $100,-
President Roosevelt today sub-
I 000.000,000 warthm hudr'"t, when
he >nH would .".we'd the "ation's
otal war spending program since
time, 1!'10 to $.'W7.0.)U,000,OW •
r- than n third of a trilli ei
lollars.
T' diiv's budget was for the fis-
"1 v-'nr 1 !•!."> which l"'uin:- on Jul..'
' n." vi and end.-; en .Tuik , 1 ill."
Appros.iniatel'y ?>!)0.000,000,000
f eyper 'i*. tiros planned foi fiscal
"ijo will be for war purposes.
Mr. Roos.v It made no prom is"
■ f a:'!y vi• • 11>: y. lie ■varntd that
V'J S
CttL k\
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v. *JS.
m
7
■t. woo In h"
•bin" but <"
II f|" ills w
' " as n vir
unsafe '•
rmt inued
.*11 into '
ore h
Mil
plan on any-
Hostilities on
ext year. But
■et
in
•use
miles of the ad-
far overshadowed the destruction
of "more than 100" German figh-
ters in the titanic three-hour air
battle which maiked the Ameri-
cans' penetration of t'ue outer
ring of Berlin's atrial c!cf'< nscs.
The first aerial reconnaissan.'"
phi teyrapbs of the devastated
plants revel led the following:
Obscherleben, which turned out
almost half of Gcrinan^s Fock •-
Wn'fs; main machine shop, com-
ponent e 'i'cting shop i.nd assco-
li'C
| Th< president dealt at same ienst'i
. ^ wit h post-war problems and pre-
ces erac-Hed toe outer defenses of Germany s j pnrj tiors f..r peace
ol'ieii: ive today and joined another Soviet | «nCmobili r.ion." he pointed out
>U the enemy into a Pripet marshes trap. i "in.trin^ long before hostilitie- end.
MOSCOW, J«m. Ki. (UP)—He.I Army l"o
White Russian siri.nghold of Mozyr in a oew
j column to the southwest in relentlessly driv
(The (German high command reported t
| fensive against the (ierman I; ridge head aero
apparently coordinated with the .Soviet attacks .".long the. Ukrainian front to the north-
! west. The Nazis said the Germans were engaged in heavy fighting with "advancing"
i Soviet forces west of Sarny
iat the Red Army had opened a violent of-
is the Lower Dnieper from Nikopol, a drive
bly
shops
final
in flame;
I'll in plaat
•!< anil al.io i
nov. within tin .....
, , . 'did final assembly \vor!<
vuneed elements. . •
I produced its own wing.-, tails ami
fuselages.
' Brunswick, which built a large
| proportion "t MesserpchmtU
! Ji.'.liters every buiMing except one
i probably destroye i. One corner of
I building which escaped total de--
Simultaneously, Frendi inoun
tni i iroups and a unit of Ameri-
can infantrymen smashed into toe
•'.ilwoi'k of Germnr defenses a-
valid Ai'iuafondatu, seven miles
north and east cf Cassino in a
flanking attack aimed at cutting
the Colli-A'.ina mpply road over
which enemy sunpjies and r<on-
lorc".iients had been lie vihg up to
'the front.
truetion wrecked
llalberstadt which produced .1lin-
kers IKSs equipped 'with radio-
controlled glide bombs and Junkers
88s with rotftut projectors:
least two large W"ikshops and t
smaller buildings received niany
lircct hits.
Si e f r a hospital to treat in-
,4 fantile |iaralvsis victims has been
purchased by the Protective and
Benevolent Order of Klks of Texas,
' A. II. Henderson, head of the
Mexia 1 dgc, announced this week.
Gonzales lias been chosen for this
new institution, since investiga-
C' lion found the cura'ive waters
' there six degrees hotter than the
better known Warm Springs,
.Georgia, hospital.
Money for the hospital is bein^c j
raised by papular subscription
with the campaign headed by the
State Hiks Association, which i-
also contributing heavily. Public
assistance is being sought, how-
ever, iua.-much as the hospital
■will be opy< I victims of this
disease, n^ardless of fraternal or
other affiliation.
Pointing out that the Mexia
lodge is the smallest in the United
S ates, Henderson issued an appeal
today ifor assistance from friends
.. of the lodge in filling the Mexia
j,, i|U'.ta by the appointed deadline of
February I. The drive is being
made to coincide with the annual
January collection of funds for
Infantile paralysis victims held in
Connection wi.h the President's
u, birthday.
If"liderson announces that is
exulted ruler of Mexia lodge num-
hofi. J44.1), he has appointed the
following committee to solicit
funds,for this purpose in Mexia:
,Miss Cathereene McGrail, Mrs.
*1.vim 'Adams, Mr «'. C. W. Kennon,
i . M .. If. Himtptojl, Mrs.. -I. B.
u iell, Mrs. \'al Horn, lind Mrs.
Local Church
Worker Dies Here
Wednesday Night
Snow i aiis over
Much of "fexas in
Freexin^ Weather
20 to 24 Again
Predicted Here
By l.'ni'ed I'rcss
Winter seemed reluctant to loos- i
en its grip in much of Texas to- j
day as snow, sleet, freezing rain j
and just rain were reported fall- !
ing in the prc-dawn hours follow- <
ing a dreary, wintry day that j
hieugh various shades of "white ]
winter" to the north portion of
the state yesterday
Snow was reported falling at J
G:.'J() o'clock this morning at scat- '
tercd poin s throughout the middle
sivti a of the state, ranging from
"heavy" in the Sail Angelo region,
where similar ccmlitions existed j
yesterday, to "light" at Port Worth
and Waco'.
Sleet was falling in Ens'. Texas
ut Tyle", while freezing rain was i
reported in the Austin and San i
Antonio areas. Light rains were
reported alon;.:' the Texas coast as
far s nth as Iirownsville.
There seemed little prospect for
inipr.ivenieiit in these conditions
during the day, as the weather bu-
reau's early moiuing forecasts .
called for mostly cloudy and eon- J
tinuod cold weather over East '
Texas with rain in the suuth and
con'ral p rtions except snow or
freezing rain in the central por-
tion with 20 to 21 degree weather,
and partly cloudy and continued |
cold foi West Texas, except dourly I
and snow fluiries east of the Pecos
Ilivcr.
and Nnvcgrad volyn.ski.)
Gen. K"<n?tantm K Uukt ssovsky. <
lnpiio'ator cf the Sixth German1
Army at Stalingrad and the Red
Army's a'J .'st foi tifications-bus'er j
tipped an 18-mile gap in the de-
fenses n rth. northeast, cast and
south east of Mczyr. last German
hasticn in Southern White Hus-
sia, during the first '24 hours of
liirhting end engulfed moj; than!
'!0 localities in a 10-mile advance. |
While Rokossovsky pressed his |
crashing advance, Gen. Nilolaf F. 1
Vdtutin sent vam/uards of his l«t1
Ukrainian Am y 17 miles up ih>
Rqvno-Wilna 'ailway from the I
captured junction of Se.riiv to seiz |
Dumbrovitsa, only 10 miles, :.outli- )
east of Pin.sk and 1.10 mil's youth- !
west of the White Fan sian forces. I
The jaws of this new pincers j
Japan Accused of
Delaying Return
of U. S. Prisoners
Fail to Expedite
Shipment of Relief
Suppl es to Japan
lowly
malls
less 1 lipet
marshes, where hea"',v
J. M, lillw.
v
,Funeral arrangen.ents for Mrs.
II. T. Walters were being com-
pleted today following her death
at a local hospital cariy Wednes-
day night, after only a few days'
illness. Services will lie held ail
the Calvary Baptist Church Fri- |
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, with |
llev. J. J. Slone nad l!i v. Robert
Dobson conduct'.ng the funcr-
il.
.Mrs,. Walters is the wife of Rev.
II. T. Walteis, pastor of the t'-edar
Puptist Church, both eeing well
known for their Christian work
throughout this siction. They have
lived in Mexia for only a few
vears, but liavj become well-known
here in that time lor their active
participation in worthwhile church
and civic activities. She was !''>
at the time of her death, which
followed a sicue of ptr umoria.
Suiviving her ale her husband,! —
two daughters, I)orl|i, 1< , and David Murphy has been elected
Edith .Jewell, her father, H. president of the City National
Burial will take place in the (jan|( for ihe- coming year, share-
sisters, including Charlie Plum- J holders announced following the
mer t>f Ft. Worth, Clyde I'lumin." | annUH| m(.,,ting held January II.
of Danburv, Orun l'hnumer gcrvlnic wi'li hi in will be Emilo | ter area since
Grn-sbeck. Ruben Plummer of j Xnssbaum, active vice-president: | there Dec. 20.
Danluiry; John D. Plumnicr of j y I>,.S(.ni,(.,K. honorary vice-
Kii kapoo; Mrs. Clara 1-cslie i |m,sident; 0. E. Carter, cashier;
Houston, and Mrs. Malisie Ml'*. Mis, Kmh onv,,,., u^j.^anl cash-
°f Kickapoo. ; j,,,.. olive Fae Naughcr, buok-
Burila will take place in the I keeper; end Miss Maxine N'uss-
Mexia City Ctmeieiy, with J. 1 j baum, clerk.
Riddh and Company in charge of I Directors elecP d include Henry
t!i« funer.'il iftu iiv'r.viit r, • T'ull- t1' ill" r p.oi.l Murphi . I'mi'r
lie:.rets * ilt 1m Jcnculls from the . 'l '".no. \\ . r.u'tii'H. C. I,.
Cedar and Calvary Baptist church. I a:U .Mrt. Leigh on Juilu.
eipiinirent is uoeless nad the for
mans will be at the mercy of Cas-
sacks and guerillas.
Arawe Not Taken
hy Japs, Official
Report Announces
WASHINGTON', .Jan. 1,'J. '(U.R)—
The United S ates today accused
Japan of delaying repatriation of
10,000 captured Americans in di-
| rect violation of her announced
| intention to abide by the Geneva
' Convention on treatment of war
were squeezing the Gel- prisoners.
iat i the soggy, almost, road- j In a long hy report on steps
taken by this government to secure
ihe reiitrn of the C. S. nationals,
the State Department also accused
the Japanese of failing to carry
out their agreement to expedite
shipment of relief supplies to the
interned Americans.
The announcement said that re-
patria ion of persons captured by
the Japanese in the Philippines
was an especially difficult problem
because of Tokyo's stand that
Americans captured on American
territory were in a different status
than those taken prisoner in .Japan,
Manchuria, Hong Kong or other
aon-American areas.
Local Bank Heads
Chosen for Year
ADVANI ::i) AIMED HEAD-
OU'VP.TKRS, NFW GUINEA, Jan.
t:t, IU.RI -Aiawa is firmly in Allied
hands, an official spokesman said
'oday in denying a Tokyo radio
"laim tha' the Japanese had re-
captured the key base in south-
west New Britain.
The Tokyo report that "advanc-
ing Japanese ground forces have
recaptured the enemy base a! Ara-
we. New Britain" was described
officially as inaccurate propa-
ganda.
Across the tip of southeastern
New Britain, U. S. Marines sup-
ported hy heavy bombers beat off
Kvo Japanese attacks in the Cape
Glouces er area, killing 300 enemy
troops, and Allied air and naval
units sank or damaged 4H Japan-
ese barges, many loaded with
troops.
Headquarters spokesmen said
that 2,400 Japanese bodies had
been counted in the Cape Glouces-
tlie Maiines landed
American dead and
wounded totaled "around 100" a
margin of six Japanese killed for
every marine wounded or killed,
the spokesman said.
A Guadalcanal it was announc-
ed that Solomons based planes at-
'irking the Japanese base at Rh-
b'i'jl. Prit>ln. hj.J , I!' 0 \v,!
l.| f "t ' Japan":-!' plant: from
Dee. 12, lyiil to Jan. I).
"Only after months of negotii
tions," the Depaitment said, "did
the Japanese government finally
indicate that i: would return to the
United States a small number of
civilians from the Philppitie Is-
lands."
The State Department recalled
hat although Japan was not a
signatory of the 11)21) Geneva Con-
vention on tlu' treatment of prison-
ers cf war and civilian internees,
ihe had nevertheless proclaimed
her intention to abide by its terms
after Pearl Harbor on u reciprocal
basis.
The official statement charged
(Continued On Page Two)
HOUSTON, Tex.. Jan. 111. (U.R) -
Cold winds and driving rain today
caused a spectacular increase in |
the bedding requirements of Hel'- j
mann Park zoo.
Zoo keeper Thomas .1. Baylor j
had the animals huddled under |
three tons of rice straw, compared ,
with the usual two tons satisfac-
' *crv cJijving' tin- \\ inUT
I'.'od requirements went up, to<\
! but no. lis sharply.
• *
I \
J hone that this total war program
will nevei be fully obligated. Con.
gr*ss.j„nal approval of the c-'.i-
mated new anpronriations and
contract auihoiizatiens will be ne-
cessary. however. 1" pnmit on,
military le;;ders ami our procure-
ment agencies the flexibility they
.nuM have in plnmiing and exo-
n* .ng t oe job ahead."
H. re is how mi.ior i'< "is of ,h'
I'M" and 1<M1 bmlgets ccinpar":
First fiirun is for 1') 1.", the lat-
ter for 1941.
Total expenditures - $!Ti,7i)i1,-
000.000--$n&,27(5,000,000.
Net reciipts- Sl'.Jfi'J.OOO.OO.')' •
$ 11.i80,100.000
Defirit—$50,000,000,000 - ?5K.-
000,000,000
Non-wnr extiemlitun $0,004,-
00,^,000--1,801,000,000.
Interest or public debt—$3,750,-
OOO.OOU Si',1:50,000 000.
The president directly challen-
ged Congress on thiee counts:
I. H said ti e $2 275;fi0(),000
tar bill now pending it; the Se11.1t"
was not stiff enough to support
♦he eeoiic :,j stabilization pro-
gram.
2. He said Congress sin uld have
permitted the doubling of old age
and survivor b. nefit tax.% as selie-
du'ed on Jan, 1.
f'e said he was disturbed be-
cause Congress was seriously con-
sidering amending the reri.'gotia-
tion of war ce.it racts act in such
form as to restrict ils operation "if
•lot destroy its i ff. (it vein ss."
(Continued On Page Two)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. .U.R)—
' President Roosevelt assured Con-
1 gress today that collapse of Ger-
| many will lead to prompt large
scale dem .bilization of this coun-
ty's vast war-geared economy
1 even before Japan is licked.
But, he warned that we cannot
I plan for Germany's collapse this
'\ear. He said he was planning the
| nation's finances on the assume
I tion that the whole war would
| continue throughout the fiscal
| year 1945 un'il June ;J0 of that
year.
! "If hostilities end on one major
front, before they end on other
fronts," the President said in his
annual budget message to Con-
I gress, "large scale demobilization
i adjustments will be possible and
necessary while we s! ill arc fight-
: ing a major war.
"In our military planning, in
f ur production planning and in our
financial planning we cannot rely
with safety on hopes of early vic-
: tory. If the war should continue
'011 all fronts throughout the fiscal
year 1!)15 or longer, we shall be
prepared."
Outlining major fea.ures of a
drnit.I ilization program, he said:
"Our ebeetjive must be a perma-
nently high level ..f national in-
come and a correspondingly high
standard of living."
(Continued on Page Two;
Ruins Peepies io
Help Hold Horse
in March
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. (U.F.) -
President. Koo.'-rvclt in hi budget
mpssagt* today jisked C'>n^ros.s to
enact four legislative programs
covering veteran
tension of the
system's coverage
tional debt limit
new taxes.
On the negative
benefits, ex-
<cial Security
aising the na-
imposing
and
not to
I Social S.
' out rate
j employer
jrity level
f one per c
and employe
n enia.-
,Mr. Roose-
I Congress
freezing the
at its pres-
ent each on
and not to
eulating the
enact legislati
war contracts renegotiation law.
Mr. Roosevelt outlined his legis-
lative proposals thus:
1. Veterans benefit..-- "last July
I recommended to the Congress a
minimum program to assist service
men and m rvicewomen. . . This
included mustering ut ]>ay suf-
ficient to provide for a reasonable
period after discharge. I also urg-
ed an educational and training
program. ... I am confident that
the ( engross will take early ac-
tion along these lini ."
2. Social Security program,
ckselv allied with veterans' bene-
fits —the permarien
. . . of unemploym
and retirement bent
reinforced and ext
many gi ups now t
tio'n. . . The old-age
insurance system si
amended to give tin:
, ed forces credit for
their military service
J. Debt limit the
mated the public debt
000.000,000 by .June
will soon be necessary
legislati n authorizing
increase in the debt lini
framework
ut insurance
fits must be
•tided. •>. . to
enied protcc-
and survivors
the
r,e ai
■ I'l.jrrt "(5T
budget esti-
will be $258,-
J0, 1015. "It
y to request
further
rom the
Rufus I!. Peepies of Tehuacana,
for many years superintendent of
student judging contests at the
Southwestern Exposition and Fat
Stock Shew, will be assistant su-
perintendent of the horse show at
the exposition in Fort Worth,
March 10-19.
Superintendent of the horse
show will be li. W. Williams of
College Stiiti n. who recently was
.".ranted leave from hi.- position
as head of animal husbandry at
Texas A. & M Calieee to 1 eenni"
a major in the Army Specialists
Corps.
Peepies. a stock farmer, has been
interested in hoi so and mule en-
tries at the Firth Worth show for
several years.
With cash premiums of more
than $30,000 posted, exclusive of
the horse and rodeo (which will
be announced later). Davis de-
present le
•1. Taxe
the Congi
tional rev
:1 of
10,000.000,0000.
i— "1 must urge upon
ess the need for adui-
enue beyond that
ti.a
,000,00(1) pi'ovid
, pending be foi
lso recommend
i tu reduce the
millions of
e tl
xpa
the bill
Senate,
in plifica-
s of the
by
d
for
ai linpairnie
the Treasui
suit
equity :
clared tl
for the
held in
Cfeliseur
moved t
N rt h
the We-
most of
are ittid-
plan.
Th,
his
t rom
ikynrd
Nort
at- pla
'lownlibaKenPiish
i,a; I Heads South to
Vita! Akyab Goal
NEW DELHI, Jan. I'l (U.R) A
Ri'itish home coiniti.-s r—.'inien:.
"f A dm. 1 "nl Louis Mountbat ten's
1 Ith \rm\ has driven ivto open
country ;outhca:t nfcniitured Mo-
"mrdaw tin the We.-tcrn t'.'- st of
Ilnrnm and is nu^hine: down the
Mnv.i IVnii sula toward .Akyab, 5'
miles to the south, a Southeas'
Asia C'.niiintnii;iie s-.id todae.
Tile Iliitish >'cj, rars of "-1 win-
ter's futile Rurma < anipaign, wh > .
established themsehes astiide th •
strategic Mnungdaw-1lul31 buyi'X
highway yesUrik y. \vere r« p .rt.• I
wiping out crei: y pockets «<f re-
sistance near the village of Kati\ •
indan.
Tile Pritish offen.-ive, aimed at
rca'diing Akyab befort the star!
cf th? rainy sens, n, cnptnie'd Ma
lingdaw, "C miles 'O'ltl ef in
main Pencal I'm ua fionticr, a"
ter weeks of hand-to-hand .iuii:•' •
fighting.
The \frioMii ,-ccrciai'ji bird Ku 1..-.
snakes to dealli.
ose ma
Preventive a
for
U-
id
Colds
- a ^exall
'i reatment
Hot Witter Hot ties
.Mi.'11 Solution
Il'ib—,
29c
cotin'rr irritant
A Caps, with
Rex-Mentho
and inhalcnt
Uoxitll Vitamin
2000 lTSP units
I'lcnamins—tho complete vitamin with
> ith iron ami liver
KcxaU's Aqueous Nose Drops
relieves minor congestion
Nya! l.itxaco relieves'discomfort
accontpan> ing the common cold
Aspiroil relie\-es headaches and
inuscttlai aches
i ismarex counteracts excess acidit \
ind gastric disturbance
ioc
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1944, newspaper, January 14, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292579/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.