The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. [36], Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1944 Page: 4 of 6
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iFmrhoW* |„ Truck Collision
I NEW VGRK, Sent. 5. Jklfc-'ihe !
I Aiuci'knn. was hack, to
normal' tada/—tUe New York
| YtuikiKU wwr* in first okc«.
C'llitlHU.-lilV ■ (UC uphill Cwht. fcb"
Ynnks took the tafe
from the St. Louis Btowut by
winning yesterday's double bUl i
with tw<> shutout vkto*.'«a ww,'|uoon collision occurred, suffered only slight bt'uises and
the t hlludrl Ma Athlottjss l(*"®tbody lacerations, as did another occupant ot' the car, hia
M(t U-t i wnlliu the Browne split &jster> Mrs. R0ss Foley of Pasadena. The soldier was .'irst
witl. tkc t LtvvUJiii i-ubaas, i-i> treated at the Christoi't'er-Rdirar hnamtal and then r«>lpfl.M >rl
and 5-1.
Happy plans for a furlough were shattered today for •
Pfc. Riley O. Johnson of Jewett when a bumblebee i'lew in-
to the car lie was driving home from Camp Bowie at Brown-
wood, causing a htaclon collision with an oncoming truck
that resulted in the death of his sweetheart, Miss Mary !
Elsie Ellis of Donio.
Johnson, who was on his way home'when the fatal
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Two Allied columns pound at western wall of Germany, with one reported across the border at
Strasbourg and battling en German soil. Simultaneously the Russians sweep in north of Warsaw to
flank that Polish capital and threa ten the German homeland with a military squeeze play of giant pro-
portions. (NEA map)
Passing Fancy
ME.OWA'Y
It was fcht first thus slt-ee May
(1 that the- Browu.-t were out of
| first place,, 'fhsy no*.- trail the
Yunks by a half same- and the
American League pciiiiiiut- race is .
as wide opvn as the Grand Can-
yon. The Detroit Tigers are two
waives out of first aitu the Boston
licit .Sox, three games.
Two Yankee rookies sparked the
Yankees into the league leader-
ship and into what may be the
ivurld series, the MuCarthy men
were lion'.- too well off in the
j; 1 pitching department—so the ex-
perts, thought—with their star
hm-krs carrying the load up to
yesterday. But with five games in
three days, manager Joe McCarthy
had no choice but to use his rook-
ies yesterday. And Walt Dubiol
and Mel Queen came through with
brilliant five hit performances.
The Browns had a relapce in tin.*
first game, Cleveland scoring four
of their six markers in a dis-
astrous fifth inning. In the second
game, the Browns hit their stride,
a two-run homer in the first inn-
ing by Vernon Stephens starting
them off.
treated at the Christoffer-Edgar hospital and then released i
at 2 o'clock to the Mexia Prisoner of War Camp hospital, J
where he will undergo treatment. Mrs. Foley will remain 1
at the local hospital until she in able to go home.
The three were coming towaul ■> !
Mexia from Brownwood shortly t]TV itf *F' ||9 !
after noon when, according to il> t/litLifli £ Oil Jl 3lllS
Johnson's shaken account, a be; t-jj !L O J !
flew into the car. All three slappe I M-CCOfCl I
at the insect in an attempt to gu\ ; !
it. out, and when John;; m, who By United Press j
war driving, lookeu back at the Hay traffic was reported',
road, he was right on an onccmin , ^]1(J ]iC:ivi^:-t of any holiday sine.; |
truck already too close lor him /uneven';! entry into the vac, but j
to avoid striking it. Miss Ellis' j.,,.U:,.ts today indicated that the'
Only 18, Stanley Hlller Jr, of Berkeley, Calif., proudly sits at the
controls of his newly invented helicopter as he demonstrated the
new ship.ONovelty of tHe planed which has attracted atyjntion of
the Army Navy and the National Bureau of Aeronautics officials,
is in the construction of its contra-rotating blades, which give
ship both lift and forward motion.
When 01 Joe |
post he runs j
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Mr. an.l Mrs. D. D
und Mi4t Winnie ICennadv have
been visiting their son, Newman,
land family on the Tcague road.
Mrs. W. M. Lindsey was pleas-
antly surprised on her 8'lrd birth-
day l:,v her daughter and grand-
daughter. Mrj. E M. Boyd of
i LJ1.1111 j a, Mrs, B. ti. Elliott of |
Gaini sville, Mr. and Mrs. FI. F. j
Hester, another dai ght'-r of Bel-
tcn. Mr. and Mrs. J. k. Plunkett |
and sen o) !•'!. Worth, Mi.-.s Ber- '
neice Lindsey of McGregor, two
more griuiddanghte:'.:, Mr. and
j Seek Slugger Causing
riiomton! Death of Dallas aMn
received the worst injuries ir, the (jalti, t• 11 ..'as le;s than the 250
resulting impact, dyirg shortly National Safety Counsll i-aii pre
afterward. 1 (ji-. tuii for the throe-day period
Her family was immediately j ending ii!St night at midnight .
notified and was expected to A United Press r.ur/oy showed i
'Mich M« xia from Donie at mid- : ikat ;r,2 persons were killed in j A hearing concerning the suit
afternoon to claim the body, which :v.eidents, :;l uciv drowneJ and 17 !fil-d this week end against County
is being held at the Riddle Fun- ; jjc,j j„ other miihaps. j Democratic Executive Committee
eral Chapel J California led the fatality ti:;t i Chairman Ben liawla and County |
The wreck took placo on the ! vo;; j'ontli:. -'0 of thein as a 1 Clerk John Kidd has been set by
new Waco highway twenty miles ! r£.;.u]fc „f traffic accidents. New Judge l„x Smith of the 87th Dis-
wost of Mexia, and only nine yrl j vsecond with It! and trict Ce.urt fo September M.
miles beyond the site of another North Carolina was third with 15. The sv.it, the second resulting
fatal accident which earlier Tuck- , Kataliiies reported from other so fm' from 'Limestone county's
day morning cost the lives of four .tales included Indiana, l.'i; Texas tangled Democratic primary in
Labor Day vacationers en their .(nd Wisconsin, II each; Pennsyl- July, was tiled by Carl Cannon
way back to Waco from Mexia.
Curse Victim?
Two Earthquakes
Shake Count
B^ United Press
vr.nia, 12', Michigr.n, nine; Con- i,n,l f'- W. Shepnerd in behalf c.f
n: iieut. eighty Cr.lorado, six; Mis- I Sellers, present county eonm.is-
. . uri, five; and Mississippi, and j sioner J;
Weft Virginia, four each.
As v;m alienists returned to the
in Ceol'dge, w he led the
ticket in the first primary and is
thereby claiming the Democratic
ho.i.c and othe- travellers took ; nomiualiou for re-nh ••tion as coin-
: dvantagi if the 'ast summ6r lioli- | iniisiuner. 11<1 iir.ses hi' claim on
day in !;)!■], railroad eo npanies j thst Uie e'leeutive eom-
ar.d Li.:- lines reperled businoss mittee had not provided prior to
wo eaitlu;uukos reseibera: eil | ,u.,ae.> ., . ]1L.aVy Uh un pre-war that first primary that a mapority
' vote was in
claims that
Tehuscitna Wili Open I provide that i), such a contingen-
Frid W 'c^'' :l '--k,rality 's "efficient to
* _ ' I name the nominee for an office
H„1V5.,, , Public School Sellers asks in his petition that
brutal The second passed virtually un- j cpr*> ',s ; Veal' * "day jjatt|s be ordered by the court to ,
u va- ' noticed except for scientific ,'iir j September 8, with the registration ify him as nominee, and that •
•of pupils scheduled to start at 9 Kidd be ordered to nrint his name j
Mrs.
another daughter of Mexia, all
spent the day. h'lie was the re-
cipient of mai.v lovely gifts and
casus. Several friends called dur-
ing the day.
Mrs. 1!. G. Purcell and daugh-
ters, Peggy and N'o\dlla Jane and
Miss Johnnie K.-th Lewis have
visited Mrs. O. W. Miller at the
Lake.
DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 5 '.'J.P)~
Armed with detailed descriptions
of their quarry. Dallas officers ,
pressed their search today for a
mar who I eat to death Frederick through Eastern, Midwestern au.l J Lai'.., I)a;, s
P. Davis, 5'«, then robbed him while Southern States and Southern I
a witness watched last night. Canada early today, the iirst ra'
Davis, a boxing Instructor from tling windows, bieaking water
Encx City, was visiting in Dallas, mains and doing some seaitere'l
Witnesses, one of wnom reported proiierty deinage.
a detailed account of the
beating which occurred in
cant lot in the downtown area and comings
■ssnry to win, and
e::as election laws
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kick from al
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brain. Youl
paired audi
to mtnipif
and legs,
driver afte.
3. Sewell and family, th(J othel, Nvho deacribed a man The Rev. Joseph J. Lynch, Seis-
seen in Davis' company only a few mologist at lordham b'niver. ity,
minutes before he was reported suiit the lii'st tremor—hieli ie
slain, were not identified by Chief said was severe -occ. rred at 12:- 1
of Detectives Will Fritz who inter- (EW1). The second was reconh'-i
runted his vacation to take per- nl -1:52:.17 a. in.
sonal charge of the case. Hundreds of sleepers in Hie New
The beating followed an argil- England .States,, sew oric, New
nient, police wire told by the man Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
who watched the straggle, and the , West Viieinia and w.st to < hi-
o'clock, according to the announce- j „|) the ticket in the November |
meal made today by Miss Mabel j election as Democratic nominee j
Fowler, superintendent. A teach- ! for commissioner.
er's meeting ha- been called for > In the runoff primary in Aug- |
Thursday, September 7 at 4 o'-i list, his opponent, J. R. Dilaney, j
clock.
This year's faculty will include i of 123 to "l'\ W. W. Mason of (
""rs. John Pearson, Miss John f,Mexia and 11. L. Bradley of Groes- |
Mo:d.v, and Mi'. - Fowler. j beck are representing Dulaney.
The lunch room is expfceted* tc
Weird overtones of the occult
followed the recent death in
Mlant.\ "a., of Mrs. Mary Bea
Rivers Brown, above, comely
2a-vear-old artists' model. Her
■nother, Mrs. Guy Rivers, Sr.,
i offered to anyone who wanted
it the ancient Egyptian vase the
girl holds in photo above, saying
that while she hesitated to bo-
piece that a curse had been put
on the pottery' by some long-
attacker nu. back after Davis fell ' «'go were routed from their b d<;.0pen ts early
contracts with
,\th Lose 60% Ploesti Oil
i Mrs, Kasco, mother of Mrs. t|1£, jri-ound and ripped open the h.v the initial shock. Father Lynch j the War Food Admini tration can i
j I ink A. bates, fell and broke her | victim's pockets. A oHUVdil in said the quake was centered 210 j ije completed and necessary pre- ')
dead Nile monarch, she "just
j led with an unofficial vote total j didn't want it around." Shortly
"if i'Jf? "1 r w \\' M.,trvn nf ' before her death, the model vis-
ited Lawson Generalr Hospital,
j Atlanta', \vlth a chcer-up group
and received the vase from a
convalescent soldier who had
t: '
■ hip and is now in a local hospital. |
Pvt. W. iJ. Ailisor, spent the
(week end with his wife and daugh-
I ter, Donna Rue. Also visiting in
the Lindsey heme were Pvt. Col- i
lier and Barnes of Carthage, Mo.,
and Curtis of Los Angeles, Calif.
I AH are stationed at Camp Hood.
| Miss .Janelk Weaver of Teague
! was another visitor.
which friends said Davis had been | "n'es northwest, i f New Yrrk
j LONDON, Sept. 5. (U.R)—The
City j lijni :ary arrangements completed, j capture of the Ploesti oil fields in
carrying at least $15 was missing. ! >" central New Yoik State. [ Mrs. Tcm Bennett is to be the ! Romania by the Russians has de-
The other witness told officers Dr. L. Dorl Loet, seismologist at [ iu,lch r;om 0pel.utol. again this 1'tived Axis Europe of about fill
that he had seen Davis and a tall J Hurvnrd University'!) observatory
man standing in front of a cafe 'n Harvard, Mass., described the
! per cent of its refined oil products.
While the wells appear to have
Submarine Periscope Tows Pilot to Safety
in Pacific Action Stranger Than Fiction
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACI- ; mannc got a good look at Brandt
FKjJ-Se'pt. ! U.R)—En: ign Donaal ••lr,.i:.?g!in>r helidessly in the water.
Channel Gets Dock
I HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 5. (U.R)—
A new 15,000-ton dry dock and a
I new turning basin will be under
| construction shortly on the Hous-
j ton ship channel, it was announced
in Washington yesterday by Con-
gressman Albert Thomas,
served in North Africa.
Captain ;\nd Mrs. O. W. Stead
and Mrs. J. G. Burkhardt left
Tuesday for Lexington, VS., to
make their heme a!Ter living in
Mexia for several months while
Captain Shad was stationed at
near the scene of the slaying and tremors as "quite a severe quake" . 162nd Launching Due J,JOen on|y slightly damaged, the
that he h"aril the tniler man mut- ani' predicted that others would > HOUSTON, Tex,, Sent. 5 i(U.R)—| refineries were subject to pro- j ' Pllsono1 ° *v,u c.anp.
ter, "I'm going to beat that guy follow—perhaps in days and very T)u, ,(;2,h] i..iu1u.j,jnp. ror i;u. Todd- j longed and concentrated Allied , jv[rs Gladys Buckholt of Wichita
to death," and watched him start f'^ahiv within a five-year period. [[,)Ustoll ships arris was scheduled - bombings and the rapidity of their | pa]is is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo,
~ for noon today. The ; hip, a 10,500- restoration depends to a great de- ; Evans.
ton Liberty freighter, is the sec- gree on the Allieii need for them,' | Mrs. Kenneth Green of Lake
end of eight >'iq s scheduled for which at the moment does not ap- ! Charles, La., is visiting her par-
fter Davis. Ten minutes later he Whih no serious damage app-.tr-
heard of the killing and found that ; vnll>' resulted from the two dis-
the victim was Davis.
I tinet tremors in the New England
r
Training
Squadri
line. Th
■with tlJ
f . -rl
Lt. Th.l
Franklil
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Jay Pal
at Not |
Moore
C.tl.Brandt. Cincinnati; 0.. piiot of He k -ei the
ub just far enough Tl\e hu«'c dr>' dui:k <"'4 lll¥. ««*•
basin t—cons trueti on of
M«Wh«tSVL9^ t<ijuiiip HSlire't-r the" water so thitf the top of tuiWlng
12,"00 feet whiie making a laid via the pel scope remained out. Branc't w'" he started within two
enemy installations In the PaeiC ., however, was not suie whether it weeks, will cost between $1,000,-
saved his life by holding onto th
periscope of a submerged U. >S.
submarine which towed him two
miles to safety, a .dplnye.1 Marin
Corps dispatch reported I.day.
Parachuting safeiy only t-vo
miles off a Jan-he! I island. Brandt
saw the submarine ap|.reach him
ia a hail of enemy shells fr in shor.
batteries. Just hefoie submerging
his vessel, the skiver of the s.nb-
ve a Japanese or an American 000 11,1,1 $4,500,000, the Congress-
. ubmarine and did not cooperate ima 11 said.
iie, ediatel.x with this new rescue j The new channel facilities will
technique, rhe vessel made three ' accomm-.ulate the largest ship
passes until the pilot in desperation I capable of moving up the ship
• aught on to the periscope. | channel, Thomas said, adding that
'.Vith Brandt holding tight, the i the project w ill be completed with-
: ubmarine went out. to sea until it j in four or five months.
was out of range of enemy vessels. \ —
• 'area, tracked plaster in homes
ForestGlade Cemetery and buildings a few broken win-
Association Formed ! *£
~~~~ | file shock lusted approximately
W. N. Enbanks will senre for,,. wcom|8 nlu| ar,|)arentlv fcl-
the coming year as mcsident of , ,mvo(1 n fun,t jn t,H. s)u,.
work supervisor of the newly or-'face whk.h lm,, ,Cana(la thru
gamzed F regt^61«« e Pf"^]LU.,^w.^ , la.,.l Stutes, t-croas,
Assoejiaton, *"Was announctof lof Voi,k ;m(| ii<to ^ S(UJth .
|piiy."oSranization of the new asso- j .x)u, f|ua)u ,vas U)(. firji1 |V|. th, |
elation was held at,-the Rastern States since Dec. 21, 1010.
Glade School, with H. L. Brice act- j whe„ a Kl)cck rocked New England j
mg as temporary chairman and.j un(, SouUlel.„ Canada. That one!
, presiding over the election of of- j wag cen1ered llt Ossipee, N. II.
'!,t month of fii
pear to be great.
cuts, Mr. and Mrs. Robert l'ohl.
Finally after an hour of towing,
the sub surfaced and took Brandt
aboard.
TEHUACANA
I home in Frederick, Okla.
Bobby Wright spent the week
end in Dawson visiting Mr. and
Miss Una Beth Wilson of Mun- jyjrf. Billie Roberts.
get spent the week end with Miss | Ml.g T L Crenshaw of Waco
Betty Cogdcll. j spent Friday in Tehuacana *at-
Mrs. John Pearson and children, tem|jng to business.
Lady Leoma and John Russell, ^IUlOUnCe PmC ESSBy
visited Mrs. Lady Kate Meddars
ir. Denton over the week end.
Mrs. Alice Fowler is spending
two weeks in Austin visiting her
daughter and family.
Misif Carrie Jane Whaley has
recovered from her recent ill-{
ness and has returned to her
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 5. (U.R)—
War bond prizes were to be award-
ed here today by Gov. Coke R.
Stevenson to three winners in the
Daughters of the Republic of Tex-
as high school essay contest on
"Why Texas Should Observe Its
Centennial of Statehood."
In class AA winner was Joe
Grigg, Ball high school, Galves-'
So'dier Makes Race
KERENS, Tex., Sept. 5. (U.R)—
Lt. Col. James E. Taylor, Kerens
publisher and a former Navarro
county state representative, will be
an "absentt" candidate for the
post of state senator from the
sixth district, friends said here
today.
Those friends said they would
place Taylor's name on the Novem-
ber ballot when the unexpired
term of the late Sen. Clay Cotten
of Palestine will be filled. Taylor
now is serving with the 30th Di-
vision in France.
Mrs. L. D. Wright was oleeti'.l ;
Death Trails Words
secretary and treasurer.
Plans have already been launch-
ed to perfect the organization, HOUSTON, Tex.. Sept. 5. (U.R)
reuse interest in its work and ere- . —The death of Miss Helen Pace,
ate a permanent fund for main- 19, found shot to death in the bod-
taining and beautifying the came- room of her landlord and his wife,
tery. was ruled suicide in a coroner's
— verdict today.
Police said the yobng woman
shot herself as the result of an
argument last night with dancing
companions.
Robert Armbrustor, 33, in whose
home Miss Pace lived, said the
woman entered his room clad in a
black nightgown, took bis revolver
'from a dresser drawer and shot
herself through the right temple.
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U It's fine livestock, if it's Texas'
•est outstanding farm exhibits,
U it's unusual educational exhibits
that you are looking for. If it's i ton; class A, Doris Hoelscher,
fan and pleasure an the Midway ! Wharton; and class B, Eunice Ki-
aad In the Rodeo arena, then do nard, Reagan, Tex. Twenty other
not pass up the Corsicana Live- | winners of war bonds in the con-
atack Show, September 12-16, 1944.1 test will be announced aoon.
Bandits Rob Cafe
TEXARKANA, Tex., Sept. 5.
(U.R)—Two "walking" bandits,
armed with pistols, held up a
re-taurant on the Arkansas side of
Texarkana today, ordered the cash-
ier not to move, and took $350
from the cash register.
After the robbery, the men
walked nonchalantly away. Wh"n
last seen they were headed in the
direction of the Texas state line.
City, county, and. state officials
have begun a search for the ban-'
dits.
Mrs, Laura Rasco is confined
to a local hospital with a broken
leg from a fall Sunday in the
hon.e of her daughter, Mrs. Pink
Bates.
Jack Deis of Orange visited his
mother, Mrs. Lois Deis, over the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hitt of Cor-
sicana visited MVs. W. B. Potts
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Carpenter and i Monday.
children of Garesvllle visited Mr. j Eugene Henderson returned from
and Mrs. David Fowler over the ' Roswcll, N. M., after visiting his
week end. < sister, Mrs. Howard Conner.
Pioneer Flight Made
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 5. (U.R)—
First scheduled flight of Braniff
Airways' new route between Aus-
tin nnd Hou'ton was to be made
today, and officials on the trip j
will be honored nt a luncheon'|
which Gov. Coke R. Stevenson will
attend here.
M$. and Mrs. Stnnsel Bryan, j
and children, Dcanna and Dorothy
Kay, of Waco visited relatives
over the week end. i
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
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"Did you .hear that Tom is going to be
inducted into the Army next week, Judge?"
"Yes, Frank told me this morning down
at the barber shop. Our town's got a lot of
men in the service now, Jim. In fact, all
towns hatfe. I was just reading in the paper
where there are more than 10,000,000 men
away from their homes in the armed forces.
And, from all reports, they're doing a grand
job bringing victory closer every day.
"We folks at home have a mighty big
obligation to those 10,000,000 fighting men.
We've got to produce the food to keep them
well fed. We've got to keep them supplied
with the ammunition and equipment they
need to finish their job. We've got to help
the Government pay for all these supplies
our men need by buying more and more
War Bonds. We'll have another big chance
to do that by helping to nut the next War
Loan drive over the top, Jim.
"And, in addition, we must be sure that,
while they're away and can't express their
opinions, we don't go voting on and deciding
any things that will displease them when
they come back."
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