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CLEBURNE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1940
Cleburne Times-Review
Hitler Silent As Terms
Of Armistice Are Read
Mrs. Smith Rites
Are Held Today
Preamble Demands
Assurance France
Will Quit Fighting
Industrial enterprise,
and the agricultural
of Johnson Count;.
Mattress Making
Shows Increase
Largest Number of
Complaints Heard
Fox Hunters Will
Have Barbecue
Bring Out Cooler,
It’s Summertime
Of Cleburne
development
Most Drastic Bill
On Training Ever
Before Congress
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Books have been placed at var-
ious points in the city, such as
the bunks, and are also available
at the Chamber of. Commerce.
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the preaching
' * conference will be
B. Bdmlaston is
An
of ei
inion In
the gun
Qlenn
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was
our
Italy To Aid In
Occupation of *
French Soil
Refugees’ Needs
Increase Daily;
Six Dollars Given
er.
in raids over Germany.
Othel Knowles
Dies Thursday
At Home Here
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than that' to sev-
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Joe Reed Will
Be Buried Today
distribution of
air Catalogues
lets Under Way
Rains Eight of
Last Nine Days
With the shower which began
J this afternoon shortly before 3
I p. m . Cleburne has received rain
I 'or eight of the last nine days.
I rhursday wan the first day since
■June 13, that it has failed to rain
■n Clrtrurne or in this section of
■ he bounty
■ By press time a fraction of an
■noh had fallen, but a report of
lihe eiacl mnoujIt WHs not made
■ The weatherman predicted pos-
sible thundershowers such as this
■afternoon for tonight Also warni-
■j>r weather was predicted
II Temperature bn the first day of
llum ’r was pointing toward the
imunr -d before the shower be-
jjran. At 1 p. m., W S. Ownsby,
jfcfficlal weather reporter, stated
Ilhat the mercury had hit 93 de-
Irrees The low for the night was
KNOX EXPLAINS HIS
ACCEPTANCE OF POST
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Clark,
W. 8„
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List of the members of the com-
dttees who will be in charge of
le various events and activities
hich will present the fair is
Iven Schedule of judging is also
le 75
AIR LADY—Ohio's "first lady
of aviation," Mary Sheriff. 20,
first girl to wings after
completing Civilian Aeronau-
tical Authority course. She's
sophomore at Kent State Col-
lege. Her homo is in Sharon,
Pennsylvania.
MRS. J. B. RICHARDSON
HAS APPENDECTOMY
that he was not fa-
. his home country as
years had elapsed since
IB Denmark but
agreed with the remarks made by
Joiner
Reuben Wanaley. former World
War veteran and member of the
National Guard, declared that we
are up against the most serious
Weekly check of the ni
01 mattresses which have
Because he was sleeping on the
side of the road with his auto-
mobile only partially off the high-
way. a man was in the county
Jail this morning to serve out a
*1730 fine. He was fined in Jus-
tice court in Grandview.
Mrs. Rosa Boyd
Dies Today In
Dallas Hospital
Mrs Rosa Boyd, 64. died at 10
a m today in St Paul's Hospital
in Dallas, where she had been
critically ill for several months,
according to word received here
Bom In Murfreesboro. Ark.,
July 31, 1876. she came to Texas
in 1890 and had lived In Cle-
burne most of .the time since
1913 She was an active member
.of the Order of the Eastern Star.
ter of Grandview,
grandchildren.
their knees before ..
he said, because by barter only
can Germany feed her people, as
they have no money.
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Rules and regulations under
hlcli the fair will operate this
sar are outlined so that theie
tn "be no doubt as to manner
i which the events will be car-
Condition of Mrs J. B. Richard-
son. of*619 West Heard street, is
reported to be improved today al-
though she was in a grave condi-
tion last night following an emer-
gency appendectomy aA 4te- CIO- -
bume Sanitarium
Mrs Richardson is the mother of
Ralph and Ruel Richardson of
Cleburne, Mrs. Verne Dillon Of .
South Texas, Mrs. Walt Woerner
and Mrs Felix Deaton of Dallas
and Robert John Richardson of
Oklahoma City, all of whom are
^attending their mother.
ROADSIDE SLEEPER
WINDS UP IN JAIL
Fox hunters and special guests
ot Uu> club and persons who have
114.
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CHICAGO. June 20 (UJO—Col-
onel Frank Knox announced today
that he had accepted nomination
as secretary of navy because "the
President has said that I can
help him,"---- -
"National defense Is not a par-
tisan question.” Knox said "It
should have the united support
of the people regardless of party
Congress in the past few weeks
has acted with substantial unan-
imity on every national defense
proposal - , .
"The administration of the navyi
department is in no sense politi-
cal The navy knows no party.
At a time of tremendous naval
expansion, it la vital that Its man-
agement shall be wholly non-
polltlcal The President lias ask-
ed me to serve as secretary of the
navy on that basis and on that
basis I have accepted."
i /outline of the wrious types
dchlblts which win be placed,
the divisions of the exhibits,
named so that a farmer or
diant might be certain as to
h category his entry will be
ROME, June 21. (U.P>—The Rome
radio said tonight that if France
agrees to the German armistice
plans, R«ly will co-operate' with
Germany in a military occupation
of France. The radio indicated
that military occupation is one of
the German armistice prerequisites.
that the French navy
would not be bound by Germany’s termls, but that it was
continuing to operate as it has since the outbreak of the
war under British orders.
Italy was drafting its own armistice terms for France
and there were suggestions that Pierre Idtval might be the
French emissary to Italy.
>ss
in'. I
the opin-
no,« de-
but said
that we must have adequate de-
fense so that they will .be afraid
Control of the seas by
England w.U bring Germany to
next spring.
Largest registration in several
years was listed during the three
days the oounty equalisation board
waa in session. Two hundred and
twenty-two persons registered
The complaintants appeared be-
fore the board to have their taxes
adjusted. i
Senate Committee
Prepares To Hear
Military Program
Funeral services for Joe W
Reed, 69, who died Thursday at
his home in Rio Vista, were held
at 1 o'clock thia afternoon at the
Rio Vista Methodist Church, with
Rev, Jones, pastor, officiating.
Interment was in Irene. In the
Salem Cemetery, udder the direc-
tion of Holloway At Sons of
Grandview ’ T.
Survivors are the wife; three
sons, Jim, Will and Jack Reed,
all of Shallowater; three daugh-
ters, Mrs Edna Ourry of Frost;
__________ -t--j Beulah Teevyhouse of Frost
made by the centers In Johnson and Mrs Loverta McNabb of Rio
Vista; two brothers, Glenn Reertl Austin,
of Frost and E B Reed of
Coolidge; one sister, Mrs ’Hood
Merrell ,of Shallowater; 16 grand-
children and two great-grand-
children.
what happens.“
speaking from
th# standpoint of a minister ktat-
ed that if thoughts are thad tn
the ultimate end one man will
rule the world, then we are Iky-
ing down our defenses to begin
with. He declared that he
ready and willing to defend
nation against*domination of dic-
tators
Lion Haskell Lassiter of Electra sure that their business
waa a guest of the club:*^. up.
"CHARGE IT TO TAX BILL"
WILMINGTON, Del. (UJO — A
local taxpayer would like t® use
the Northern District tex office as
a lending agency. * This was re-
vealed when Collector Charles M.
Banks disclosed Uiat a resident
had asked him for a loan of >1
with the stipulation that “you can
just add it on to my tax bill."
WEATHER
East Texas- -Partly cloudy to-
night end Saturday.
West Texas—High and Interme-
diate cloudiness with scattered
thundershowers early tonight and
Saturday afternoon Warmer Sat-
urday ;
WAJttUWmiN. June 20 OJ.fb—
lA demand for a joint congress-
ional investigation into the cir-
kiunutences of' Hany H Wood-
rag's resignation aa secretary of
[war was made by Rep Frank
Carlson today as the Senate mlli-
Mry affairs committee called for
nubile hearings on the namlna-
Mon of Henry L Stimson as his
nmn.-X_Kinui RapUbllean,
REV. FELDER TO
APEAK IN VENUS
Bupt. I*, L Folder will prehch
at the Verius Methodist church at
Ute eleven o'clock hour Sunday
June 23rd. Immediately follow-
ing the preaching services the
third quarterly
held. Rev B. _.
pastor of the church.
Lions Express .Opinions on Conflict
In Europe at Open Forum Today
will
tery.
Pallbearers
E Sqptt, F.
McPherson,
and T J. Flake
Survivors are three sons. C. W.
Boyd of Baxter Springs. Kans ;
E. Roy Boyd of Dallas, and Rob-
ert Boyd of Walnut Springs;
three daughters. Mrs. S. H
Johnson of El Paso; Mrs Ray
Hickok of Walnut Springs, and
Miss Pearl Boyd of Albuquerque,
N. M.; one brother, Robert Car-
seven
noW had mofe! the character of a military occupation than
a battle.
French units still resisting in Alsace-Loraine, were be-
ing mopped up and German troops were pushing south-
ward across France with virtually no opposition. The
German high command claimed the sinking of a 10,000
ton transport and a 4,000 ton auxiliary cruiser by bomb-
ing planes and said submarines had claimed four British
merchant ships, including an 11,000 ton Royal Mail steam-
Six British planes were said to have been shot down
Ten persons were said to have
been killed and many wounded in a British raid on Dus-
seldorf Wednesday night.
• Meanwhile, reports continued
situation of all times and stat-
ed. "I want to see Congress de-
clare war today My uniform Is
ready and tny friends are getting
thetrs ready because we will be
going soon " Fight with England
now or fight alone later, he said,
and work night and day prepar-
ing war materials Our fleet and
the British fleet can stop the to-
talitarian nations, he said
Judge O. B.> McPherson, an-
other World War veteran .stated
that he had a bitter feeling for
the statesmen who had bungled
the situation After the last war
ttie United States refused to keep
armed and assume their respon-
sibilities, he said, laying most of
the blarite to State Senator Borah,
who he declared should have
died 20 yean sooner. Send planes,
supplies but not men and arm
Oounty under the government
sponsorship by Miss Macona Cox,
home demonstration agent, today
Allowed that 38S had been made
This is only .anall portion of
the applications which have been
approved The AAA office has
approved 1.566 applications There
are still anroxlmately 300 which
have not yet been takas Into
consideration for approver^
Saturday is the deadline for
applications Miss Cox reminded
applwante that they are .to. bring
four people to the center with
them to aid In making the mat-
tress.
War and its relation to the
United States was the topic of
an open forum at today's regular
Lions' luncheon. 4
Irwin Ward, program chairman,
called on members of the club
for their opinions, selecting those
who had in some way been con-
nected with the last war or had
followed the developments in
Europe.
Jack Joiner, possibly wlUi a
better insight on the happenings
in England because of his recent
visit to his home country, de-
scribed a * qountry that had not-
ably been short bt leaders and a
people wild, refused to sacrifice
in order to build up adequate de-
fenses, pay war debts and thus
place themselves In a secure po-
sition Joiner declared that he
was today less proud of his English
decent, than ever before' English
’1 people have indulged tn pleasures,
and great-
By FREDERICK OESCHSNER
(An Eyewitness)
- COMPIEGNE FOREST. (via
German Field Telephone to Ber-
lin). June 21. (U.R>—Adolf Hitler
today gave France his terms of
armistice on the spot where Ger-
many signed an end to the World
War in 1911.
I stood in an old dining car of
the Wagons-Litf company where
the World War armistice was sign-
ed and watched the German
chancellor hand to French dele-
gates the terms by which he
would heal a 22-year-old ache to
.w. V..V V> u>c wmii ouu, German pride
and was a member of the First Optslde the sun -was bright and
the pleasant forests were quiet and
at peace War seemed far away.
The scene was solemn In the
stuffy French railway dining car
which France has preserved for
22 years as a memorial to her
triumph over Germany In 1918.
OChel I<ee Knowles. 27. son
the late M5*. and Mrs. W.
Knowles, died at his home.
East Henderson Street, last night
at 10 o'clock
The body will be carrier! over-
land by Dillon At Sons Fpneral
Home to Terrell where services
will be held Saturday morning.
Interment will be in the Shiloh
Cemetery irv Kaufman County
Survivors are the wife, six bro-
thers, Percy Knowles, Noble
Knowles, Ernest Knowles, Billy
Knowles and Truett Knowles, all
of Cleburne, and an uncle, J. T
Tubbs. Cleburne
With needs increasing dally, the
Red Cross In Europe again appeals
to the American citizenship to do-
nate to the local Red Cross '
ters so that hungry children
be fed.
The onslaught of Hitler's invad-
ing horde has driven thousands
of men. women and children from
thetr homes, forcing them to
leave food and clothing behind
For this reason the Red Cross
needs money to purchase supplies
and bandages for the wounded
Contributions were light tn Cle-
burne today, but the officials
said 'fiat they appreciated every
gift that was made and urged
that those who have not given,
do so immediately.
The (6 contributions today boost-
ed the total to 11.607 40
Contributions today ard t
Balance brought forward 41,601 40
Mr and Mrs W 8.
Ownsby t.-;
Mrs W E. Gray
Allene Gray ;.
Jewell Gray
Mrs I. R. Carper. Route 3
Total
national
last through
Christian Church. ,
The body will be brought from
Dallas ■ to the church Saturday
morning where It will lie In state
until the services at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. Dr H. E
Stcdc .Will... OlIlcl&JC_Jnjf n nc n t
NAZIS ENCIRCLE ARC—Radio picture from Berlin, petted by
German cantor, thowt Nazi troopt marching patt Arc de
Triomphe, built by Napoleon. Note they do'not patt under arch.
It that privilege reterved for Hitler? — --------------
France, but reports from both sides indicated that it
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CORPORATION COURT
A Rian was fined *11) in oor,por-
ntion i court this morning on a
cligrge of being intoxicated. He
was arrested by the city officers.
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the
fans," the cool refreshing drinks,
and any and all other gadgets
which will lower the temperature
Yes. Old Man Summer lias ar-
rived for his annual visit as to-
day begins the official opening of
summer
To date. Cleburne has been lucky
In that the temperature has only
teen over the 100 degree mark
one time. Usually the mercury
stopped in the 90's and more often
in .the 80‘s. But those will be
winter temperatures compered to
what is ahead. x
Last summer the temperature?
went to 110 degrees before It stop-
ped and on several occasions
reached 106. " *
Ak -conditioning salesmen are
expecting a boon to their business
and the electric fan salesmen are
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LOCAL WEATHER: Parity
cloudy tonight and Saturday with
high cloudineM Wanner Satar-
day. Powiible showers.
1 Distribution of the Jqhnson
'■County Fair and Rodeo- catalogues
nhaa gotten under way.
I Several hundred of the books
■have been printed for distribution
rlto fanners, merchants, fair fans
land visitors who are interested in
Bttw premium list and fair, infor-
BjjbUon. This year "the event will
Mbave a rodeo, special attractions.''
Hear nival and exhibits and prom-
■taeo to outshine the successful
■lair of last fall.
I The dates for the fair are Sept.
■s will be R. A. Kelly.
D. George. O.
Homer Williams
(By United Press)
Adolf Hitler today healed the wounds of German pride
left by the World War armistice of 1918 by handing to
D the emissaries of a vanquished France the terms which
H he will permit her to lay down the burden of the war.
In the same dining car, in the same forest of Com-
i piegne where Ferdinand Foch told German representatives
II in November, 1918, that his armistice terms were uncon-
II ditional surrender, Adolf Hitler reversed "history against
r the French.
, While a German band played Germany’s song of tri-
umph, the national anthem, Colonel General Wilhelm
Il Keitel, Hitler’s chief of staff, read aloud the preamble to
I the terms which Der Fuehrer had just presented.
[ The preamble declared that:
I 1. Germany must have assurances that France can-
I not resume hostilities.
I 2. Germany must receive from France all assurances
enabling the Reich to continue to w;ar against Great Brit-
II *'n*
3. Preliminaries must be laid down for a peace under
’ jvhicli Gxirmany will be iuHy.'compensated for "wrong?"
committed against her “by force.”
The quiet woodland of Compiegne was crowded with
old merriories as the emissaries assembled. It was here
that Marshal Foch proud spokesman of a victorious
France met the German staff in 1918 and bruskly asked:
"Gentlemen, what is the object of your visit?”
As word was waited from Compiegne the war went on
WASHINGTON, . June 20. (U.R>—
The Senate military affairs com-
mittee prepared today to consid-
er the most drastic compulsory
military training bill ever offered
Congress as President Roosevelt’s
universal government service pro-
gram for youths' hit its first con-
gressional snag ■'.‘IKS
The Senate bill, introduced by
Senator Edward R. Hurke, D.,
Neb , who recently was defeated
for re-election in the Nebraska
primary, would require registration
of an estimated 40.000.000 Anen
between the ages of 18 and 65
for some form of military service
or defense duty. »
The measures major provisions
are:
Compulsory registration of all
male citizens between 18 and 65
with exemptions only for mem-
bers of the regular armed servic-
es and reserves
Eight months of military train-
ing for men between 21 and 45.
Training for home defense of
those between 18 and 21 and
those between 45 and 65.
donated to the club for the bar-
becue tonight will enjoy Ute din-
ner, nine miles east of Cleburne,
and a dbg show. ;
Pee Wee Jones announced today
that the bench show will be one
of the feature attractions of Uie
barbecue for the club, guests and
those who have contributed'..
MARRIAGE LK'ENSKS
A- C. Chanev and Lola M. An-
derson, both 0f Ctobume, were la-
sted * marriage license yesterday
by the. oounty clerk's office.
Charles qien Bwiney and Mildred
Horn, both of Fort Worth, received
a license today. '
introduced a, resolution in tha
House calling for investigation
following published reports in
which Woodring was quoted as
Raying recently that he expected
to be forced out of office because
he opposed stripping this nation’s
defense forces to aid the allies
-Public hearings on Stimson's
nomination were called at the in-
sistence of Republican members
of the committee
It was believed that the 8en-
atee naval affairs committee also
would order public hearings on
Knox’s nomination when it meets
tomorrow.
The action on both nominations
thus would be deferred until the
Republican national convention
which will last through next
week.
living in luxury, he said, working
only 30 to 40 hours weekly while
Germany worked so or more hours
■This situation did not creep up
u.mwares. he continued, as they
lived in an atmosphere of war,
but the man in the street was
grossly mislead by the war min-
istry and entirety ignorant of the
lack of detense Describing his
visit to churches, he said that ,.
there were more empty pews than Penn Jackson rammed hte op-
full ones and declared in doa-
ing, "The country that forgeto
God is doomed ’’
Alfred Madsen, of Danish de-
cent. stated
miliar with
several
he had been to
Funeral services for Mrs ■ Eliza
Smith, 78. former resident of tills
city, who died Wednesday evening
at Miller View, were held at 2
o'clock this afternoon at Dillon
Ar Sons Funeral Chapel, with Rev.
J. W Bruner, pastor of the
Henderson Street Baptist Church,
officiating. . Interment was
Cleburne Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Oscar
Roy Barron. Arlie Sebring. W
smith, Jess Barnett, and L.
L. Higgins.
Survivors are six sons. Pkt of
ClebUfnS. J» Of AQsltn. John of
Bill of Dickens. Charley
of Brady and J. W Williams of
Miller View; one son-in-law. R.
E. McMahon of Cleburne; a num-
ber of grandchildren
grandchildren. •
supplies but not man and
to the teeth so that we can
pell any invasion on this conti-
nent, he concluded
W. E. Boger was of
ion that Germany han
signs on this country
Let’s Look at ,
the Record.. <
BY JIM DAN HI!J,. Ph D
resident Supcrioi state Teach-
■s College. Superior. Win . auth-
■ of "Texas Navy’* and "8ea Dogs
f lh«' BKlles " --------------
memories—for both the Germans
and L'rench.
Hitler stood silently before the-
French delegates as Colonel Gen-
eral Wilhelm Keitel read them the
prearrtble to the conditions of ar-
mistice.
When the Fuehrer brought up
his arm In stiff salute, the French
commissioners stood at military
attention.
The victorious German leader
walked quickly from the railroad
car, redolent with its memories of
that other armistice, reached on a
gray November day of 1918—mem-
ories made more poignant by the
armistice preamble read by Keitel.
.Is the Fuehrer left the car, a
German military band struck up
Deutchland, Uber, Alles—the mar-
shall song to whose strains Ger-
many marched to war ip 1914. and
then the Horst Wessel song -the
fighting song to a Nazi comrade
with which the German armies
ROME. June 21. (U.B — Heavy
damage in air raids to the British
Mediterranean base of- Malta and
the French North African base at
Bizerta was claimed today in
Italy's 10th war communique The
raids last night caused many fires,
the communique said.
Operations continued on the
eastern frontier of Libya. Italy's
North African colony, the com-
munique said, and while land ac-
tivities were limited to "a small
tactical field" it was claimed that
Italian airplanes had destroyed 10
Allied planes and 40 British tanks.
The communique claimed that
Italian planes had raided the
British Air base at Mersa Matru
in Egypt and it said enemy planes
raided the Italian base at Javello
last night, causing little damage.
It was claimed that anti-aircraft
guns shot down two British planes.
One Allied plane, it was said,
raided Imperia on the Italian Riv-
iera but only one bomb was drop-
ped and in open country, causing
no damage and no casualties.
Italian planes ■ continued close
reconnaissance of all enemy naval
bases in the Mediterranean, at>
cording, to the high command.
FORT W.ORTB
LIVESTOCK
Cattle 1.100; calves 600. steady?,
yearlings 5.00-975; fa* cows 4.50-
6 50; cutters 3 00-4.38; calves 4.50-
9.25.
Hogs 800, mostly 15 higher; bulk
good butchers 5.45-5.56; mixed
grades 4.75-5.40; Booking aowb
4.25-4.50; sheep 2p00. steady;
spring lambs 7.00-8.00.
I Will Germany or England get
■he French fleet? Hie oldest law
M war tot To the victor belong
[he spoils That gives It to Oer-
Unany But the record shows that
io spoil of war la harder to col-
tot. than a fleet of battleships
Most spoils of war fall readily
nto the victor's hands What
lefeated weary soldier wants to
• bothered with a cannon when
he bugle's blow ceases firing,
nd in accordarfS with the terms
t tha armistice he and his eom-
ades turn their eyes homeward?
f any horses have survived the
haos of defeat, count - on the
Barest, artillerymen to cut their
races and ride them home leav-
ing thb guiu mid ammunition for
nemy salvage prews
Yes indeed, they may Instinct-
arty and vindictively bash the
annon's 1 wheel and qutor the
Ighte before they leave. Vit do-
ig mi>ch more L
ral tons of <:•>
(Turn To
' CLEBURNE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1940
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initler’s Terms Are Handed FrenchDelegates
Investigation Into
-(Woodring Resigning
Demanded In Senate
Dig out the water cooler.
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Ferguson, Joe. Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 221, Ed. 1 Friday, June 21, 1940, newspaper, June 21, 1940; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1293389/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Johnson County Historical Collective.