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herald
FRIDAY, JAN.
riew of Lingayen Gulf
.....LIE 1'ltATHER S 2/c
HOME ON LEAVE
Willie I'rather, S i!c, is home
on leave from San Diego, Calif.,
viki•:iirkt his wife und daughter,
Phyllis, uml his parents, Mr. and
Mi's. Ed I'r.uher. He entered the
Navy October 'i'l, und lias com-
pleted his hoot '.•air.inir. He wilt
report for duty .January lb.
E. I- KINKKA1 > BACK
ON LEAVE
K. L. K'nkeaii. Chief Motor
Machinist's Mate of tlie U. S.
Maiitime Service, is home 011 leave
after beinj.* in tr.e South Pacific
for the post three and a half
months. He will report for duty
vO the West const January 21.
the deck. Hif an ordnance outfit cited for it« a member of thy guard dctu 'h- Ii.ro of cover. He wan confcl
"Yes, we heard," ho answered, j skill in making repairs. "We fix [ ment at the Mexia Prisoner of beset by almost insurnioui
"brt that ain't no way for a fight- anything" was the motto of his | War Camp. problems in his effort* to
in' man to die—luyin' on the deck." ordnance heavy maintenance) tank 1
■ - .
KflM
THOMAS A. TOMPiviNS
ON \\ \\ HOME
Staff Serjreant Thcmr.s A. Tomp-
kins if the Infantiy is' leported
by the public relations office of
ihe l i '/hth Service Command us
due to arrive at l'N.it Sam Hous-
ton on approxinVi tcly January t!
pri'r t'< e.nuinvr on home on ro-
tation fiirlou..r!i. Hi has been in
the European theater of operation;
overseas for 21 months, and is
the fen'of Mr. ,and Mrs. T3uek
llincs, Hi lite I, Box "02.
•on puny which served with credit JOHN W. PARKER
in Bilt'.an.v, received three eolii- IN FRANCE
inentb.tions for its w rk in the ] frst Sergeant Jclin W. Parker
'Inked States and overseas, jiutl of M'xia, hc-band of Mrs Mo-
id preparing vehicles for tlie t zelle Flicker of Mexia, is one of
.line <J invasion ef Brittany. |ihe ,'Wth Division outfit in East-
Their French headquartcir ha t rn France which has written back
been a sulphuric acid plant whicli [ prtiNing the Chris .ma ; pack;
the Germans had inii.ed and booby- | service which brought candj,
trapped, nnd while theie, the unit ' cook:.s,
v/ehled two metal French Iwth-
luhs togethir for a water tank.
Oddest ri'qu'-st which they have
received was to insl.ill a cigarette
; I'ghter and as-htray in the persou-
| :,l .icop used bv General 1'uttou.
is
;• fts to the forii'jr
National Cuard membeis from
here- in ciiie time for the holidays. Si. Maiino ' orps.
the wounded over the jnvKMl
coral rock and up a precipitous
cliff >o the rear. Ho, with tfi#
others, in the group, ccmplet.'l
this difficult tusk after fivo. hours ,4
of ha/ai'dous and painstaking la-
bor His gallant and courageous
conduct wai- i'. keeping with the
highest traditions of the United
Hates Naval Service." ;
The citation was signed by H.«.
M. Smith, Lieutenant rJoneral,
Their lis' of repairs so fur varies
from tanks and self-propelled 10~>
mm. guns <o wrist watches.
Aerial reconnaissance photo made before the war shows the town of San Fernando, on the northern
approaches of the Lingayen Gulf in Luzon, I'hilippins Islands. (U. S. Navy ph to from NEA Telephoto)
1 of the Mexia hie-h
PFC., Mrs. ELTON 1)AV : entering service he was employed
HERE ON Fl RI.OCOH , by the F & S Weldini' Works at
Pfc. and Mrs. < harles Elton Corpus Christi.
Day are here on a 15-daj fur
chool, befote overseas for 15 months. He landed ; BECOMES CAPTAIN
France on D-Day. ! Fin-1 Lieutenant Chester Slaugii-
Tanner attended school at Burk-
burnett. volunteering for service
Joujih visitin-.r their parents, Mr
and Mrs. Pob Fortson of Shiloli,
and Mrs. Pearl Day. Pfc. Day is a
cadet invtm 'tor at the Waco
Army Air Field.
.IAMES B. MIERS
VISITS FAMILY
Janes B. Miuv,
til)W.,RI) W. Kl YAVA
IN ENGLAND
Pfc. Edward W. Kuyava of tno
Signal Service Corps, previously
stationed in Ft. Monmouth, New
Jersey, has notified his sister, Mr.:.
J. B. Mali, Jr., 310 North Canton,
I hat he has arrived safely in Eng-
land.
He is 'he son of Mr. and Mr.;.
K. M. K, ytiva, Route
.1 W (i. ADKINS. JR.,
RECEIVES UiVIS
Pfc. Jay G. Aokins, Jr.. son of
Mr and Mrs. .la;. G. Adkins, Sr.
80'5 Fast 1'. les' ine, :. reported Ly
the IIa:'Hngen Armv Ail Fvld
as havin received his wings as :u;
aerial .'cunner i'i January.
EX-SHI 1.0111 TE Ill'RT
NEAR SIEGFRIED LINE
electrician's ! A U. S. ARMY GENERAL HOS-
mate, firs I class, of the U. S. Navy j PITAL, England—After joining
Is home' visiting his parents, Mr. his unit as St. La, Pvt. James H.
and Mrs. J. T. Miers. He is on j Young, 29, of Kilgore (son of Mr.
, lcavi from the South Pacific at-
1 tor 25 months of sea duty, and
has participated in I major ea-
gagements, including that of Ley-
i Jo in the Philippines. His ship
! was recommended for the Presi-
dential group citation during the
| initial invasion of Saipan.
I Since he left here, Miers ha!
ter has been promoted ot captain,
land is new serving with the Ninth
I Army in Belgium, according to
I word received by his wife and
family. He is the son of Mrs. J. L.
I McCoslin. .
and Mrs. G. M.
fought almost
Young of Shiloh)
to the Siegfried
ROY WILLIS IN
ENGL\ND
I.t. Roy Willis has
parents Mr. and Mrs.
CALVIN EITHER CARROLL
IIl.'RT IN FRANCE
Private Calvin Luther Carroll,
son of Mr. and Mrs. 11. 1"* Carroll, j
:JI)J South Sherman, was injured CI!ARI ES M. ALDERMAN
while fiHtinJi" with ii tank destroy- , PROMOTED
er division in France between No-j Pic. (harles M \lderman, sou
vemher 17 and December IK, and j of Mrs. Chiirlei- .wde.rman, 0(0
he is n w in a hospital in England, 1 I'.aat ' ommer.'e, has In en pro-
he has written home. .The exact | -noted to the gruile t f corporal
nature of his injury or the details jlor his woik with the Aii Supply
concerning the action in which he j Division, the pal,lie relations post
received it are not known. !"f il" overseas base of the An
Service Command in Italy .an
nouiiees. Overseas since August,
101h'.'fore enlist iia in the Air
! Forces at Fort Oglethorpe,
j Gecrgia, in Dec.mher I 1)42, no
; was employed in the office of In-
vestment Ranking Firm, Cumber-
land Securities Conioration e:
, Nashville. Tennessee.
Corps
He
1940, and
July.
went into service in August,
has been overseas since |
LOREN CARROLL
IN PACIFIC
Corporal Loren Carroll is now
serving as a radioman in the Air
in a troop carrier squadron
FELIX JACKSON VISITS
EN ROUTE TO MISSISSIPPI
Lt. Fe'ix Jackson lei I. Suturda.'
after visiting his family en route
from Foil Woith Army Air Fie'd
t" Bilexi. Mississippi, when;
he 's to spend several nays in his
course of study of Ii-.'!2 flying'.
I). W. MONTCOV I'jivY
HOME ON VISIT
Lt. D. W. Montgomery ef Camp
Erwin, Calif., visited his parei.;s,
Mr. and Mrs. T. (!. Montgomery,
tliir, week en route to Oklahoma
City before returning to ids base.
line before he was knocked out of I '1's a!'l ,va' ,n
serving in the Air Corps.
notified his
A. J. Will's,
England. He is
action by shrapnel as he lay "in a I
foxhole, lie has been awarded the '
Purple Heart at a U. S. Army
general hospital in England where
he is recovering from his wounds.
"We left St. Lo riding trucks,"
in New Guinea, where he has been ,
since October. He went into service j
July 4, 194!?, completed work at !
Scott Field, Illinois, where he was j
an expert in code work, and was
stationed at Bergstrom Field, Aus- !
tin, before leaving the States.
j crossed the equatoi 24 times and i pvt> Young S!li(1> ..anJ after 1,each.
I the International Date Line IC i inff „ town in ,Rplfriunl began
I marching for the German border."
I After tanks had demolished an
i iron barrier across the road at the
border, the infantry unit tnovfcd
I G ARL AND E. COPEI.AN0
i ON VISIT
Private Garb in' E. Copt land of I
i Camp Welters is here visiting hi
mother, Mrs. Lillian Copeland.
times in a 150,000-mile progress
! through Pacific and Asiatic wa-
ters. Aftir his have, he will re-
port for duty on Hit West Coast.
I .
M.FRED SPMGilTS
1)1 E !.". S ! ATE.-
ISA VC I. PRAYTOR
Promoted
Corporal Isaac
ef M
.'Joiite
int.' Germany.
I "We advanced two days without i Copeland. his mother, h;
BILLY It \Y COPELAND
I R VNSFKRREI)
Cadet Billy Ray Copeland has
beei: traisfentd from Goodfellow
Field, San Angelo, to RandTMpb
I'ield. ^an Antonio, Mrs. Lillian
been
Mlto
J'
Mfcd
::rvit -j i i
't'," oast
*ii -:;a. .
eel il'o-'.s
vit e i ■! !
to ,:rrive
Fori Sir.
will vis!,.
Miss Lie
home a!
rep
if I'i.e
a tier
r u
t'l.' s<
'••. i'- ts, who
the army
27 months in
•d by the pr.i lio
thi Fighth Ser-
I:ii!tii'tci*f as du •
January l.i a.
a. Af.tr Hint h"
the fmnier
htry, at their
Travis.
•if dr. and Mrs.
to -K-",
S'.'t.
liior:; th
tioned in
Air forte.
; i;i:ncij
< hristm
L. 1'iaytor, s< !•
and Mrs. T. f^. lYaytor
. Mi .Nia, has been promote!
rant.
Pray tor has been overseas
han viN'oin months, sta-
England v i! h tin lOiirl
igo; n
family has
\;j dinner
fifth p.rade Johnnie
Henry
p,'i. e.
1 iarht;*, tf Point Enter-
JESSIE B. WILLIAMS
GETS' BRONZE ST \J<
' Pfc. J, . :e 0. Willi;
Route I. P v 1.1|. M
awarded lie i •/.
for tecciienally i
cIlieMnur.t a' sae:
Technician
G. Wright, so' f Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Wright of Point Enterprise,
has v ii'ten his family of a 9 p. m.
to 2 a. in. eight course Christmas
eve dinner he and some of his
frien If* enjoyed with a
fsmily in the town wh<
biih'te.i at the tim
n, win", an I appji
ome of the iten)
F
ins,
Fran' <• -is !
in;v with tl
vision in t!
operation
nrivv ftu i
i nianj
lid
a iv i
1'0
ui lias neon
Star utc'ial
■itoiious
e enemy i i
lie is sen-
try 1'ii
ater of
in the
raduate
were
thi k
were
intr
pi:-no
el 1 d
n ■
wh
In fat
in tin
been
A ::
appii
W is
ivrote t .'
i'in Wild I
tintl that,
■itve heir
at cit'"e
ie ever it
music by the hon-e
uxhlcr.
a!s i tol l f the hi
"" hi • out fit hr.d ut
brill wis i
lh"<urkey, boiled
from home for
t. wl o is ,v\ ith a
.■ot p ; t : U"k aviati
t he hail discovi
• is also in
tiiev have
rench
they
Deer,
cider
served dur-
h included
7-yeur-
cf/rs
Mw/s wtwtk \
UPTON!;
,:X*S
i' \:
'■ l'< !
hut
! bra
•a I
1 Christ-
antl the
' • o " il - fl
mm. and
dinner,
quarter-
n outfit,
icovered Mel-
his regiment,
icen together
based i i England witll-
one hie.wing of it.
.'Fl! iS
S
Tanner, I rothcr of
lei-en of '. e'.i.ae'ana,
nn armored engin-
wori.ire; v.'ith mints
encourtering anything but scat-
lered Jerry patrols which surren-
dered easily," Pvt. Y'oung said.
Encountering a pillbox on.the
third cay, the Yanks dispersed a-
long a road and fired three ba-
zooka shells into the fortification.
Immediately a white flag was
sh wn and 20 Gertsans walked out
of the pillhax. There were two
more pilbbxes 100 yards further
or. the ex-Limestone man said, and
fire flom them pinned his group
down until emkness fell.
The following night the Amer-
icans moved forwarl again, and
were attacking another fortifica-
tion when Germ.i artillery gat
their rei go.
"I jumped in an abaii loned Jerry
fovhrle." said Pet. Young, "and
\ as hugging the ground whan the
:;;;!osioii of a shell falling close
cave I m\ hole in and 1 was hit in
he le1: by fr.-.ginents. Medical aid
i! in only a few moments
giving me first aid car-
thi battalion aid sta-
not; fiel.
L. I). HOLMES
IN FRANCE
Staff Sergeant L.
notified i.is parents,
L. L. Holmtof
France ! aim Comic;
JAMES FRANKLIN BALLEW
COMMISSIONED
I James Franklin Ballew. grand
I son of Mrs. W. M. Lintlsev and
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ballew
of Frost, was graduated recently
j from the Neva* Air Training"
! Base, Cor| us Christi, and was
' commissioned as an ensign in the
j U. S. Naval Rc«orvc, according
| to the post public relations an
class flies car-
based planes.
Alderman
supply clerk
School, and
ierson Fie
overseas, lb
duct initial
in his service
par'it ipation ii
psivn.
His wife is making
during his absence at
Mil: Road, Nash-ille,
was trai led as a
it Chillicolhe Supply
vas rtationed at l':u-
I urt.il transferred
vvoais the good coli-
antl one bronze star
rib! on signifying
the Italian cani-
her home
POO Sutton
Tenn.
JOHN JAMES HAVNIE
NOW OVERSEAS
Sgt, John Junes llaj nie of the
76th Division Bantl ol the S!<i
troops has notified his mother in
Cisco of. his arrival overseas. He
is a graduate of Mexia high school
and made bis home with Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Mi.ddox .'.hen in
Mexia.
notincenii nt. His
rier based or lam
I). Iltdme
Mr. aild
i has
M r-i.
his arrival in
t:OI,/HFI'S LF WE
ON Fl'in.Ol ( IIS
11 aviiig M'.aeay from the Mes a
Prisoner < f War Camp on tur-
!: me '.vre Frivr.tc Wayne
f!-"ins «.f \'nnlh'lia, Michigan,
t" Earl Kilkelly of Lcuisvilte,
I-he. Pfc. Josipii A. Connors
cvnrk, N. J. and Corporal
ii iWiigni r •> '.otii, ('■ 11i-
lousn
L. Hi
Pi i'vr
Kent
i f N
I JAMES E. ALLEN
AWARDED BAIXiE
The cemman linn officer of .he
Second Infantiy Division has a
wauled the combat infantryman's
badge "for superior pi rfonna .. •:
>f ilutv in combat in France ar.d
Germany" to Pfc. James E Alien,
"2, of Mexia
He is the son ef Mrs. Etier
Formiiii, Route I, and has lien
in the service I ir tl .ice years. IJe-
fore that, lie was employed by
! Clifford Sl.uighte: ef Kosse.
JONES C. ROMAIN
IN FRANCE
never thought thiy could j
so many Christnisa present.: |
-mall boxts," said i'^c ,
I'omiiin Mexia, who i-
ivilh tlie 'I'it h "Ti xa.i"
in East rn France, in a
received iront the pui-
lit' relations office of Ins outfit
Pfc. Romair has been overseas
20 month.-, and i.- the 1,011 of Mr.-.
C. Rumatn, Rob rts, Mexia
j cram
I in such
Jones (
serving
I )ivision
mint
JOHN F hii.SHER
on fl lil.OFGH
Cuiporal lol-n !•'. lliish"r of tin;
Mexia P'iseoei of War Camp !
Tue-day to spend a :iO-ilay for-
lough visiting his wife, who lives
at l/)l I E ,'iit;y Hill Avenue
antl his mother, Mi* Margaret
Hilshcr, 400! Gibbons Avenue
iialtimore. Mil. , j Intel
maurice robinson
on furlough
Sgt. Maurice Robinson of Waco
is heme' on furlough. .
BILLY POLLARD
!N ENGLAND
Lt Billy Pollard of the Army
Air Corps lias notified his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pollard,
of his saf" arrival in England.
joe m. west
arrives OVEUS">as
Pvt. -Joe M. West ha notified
his wife ot his arrival in the
Netherlands E.nt I.iides. West is
now serving with the ingrivrs.
lie entered the service in 10l.i.
sgt. rolnad d. a^ COCK
receives bronze st Ml
Sen:", am, Roland M. Ayce..!;.
United Stales Marine Corps it",
scrv". of Mexia and nephew i f
Douglas Gogdcil, recoivid t's i- i
lowing citations: "I or heroic a-
chievtnient in action against i i-
emy forces on Saipan, Alalia..i,
WAYNE COLLINSWOKTH
TO RETURN
Yeonu'ii First Class Wayr.e
CoPinsworlh returns Suniiuy with
his wife to Seattle, Washington,
nfler spending a thirty-day leu'e
here with relatives, ("ollinsworth
has completed 17 months in the
Isoulli Pacific with a Flotilla Five
^tal'f Ce'mmaisl, and lias partici-
patrd in '< major engagtsments. Ho
.vas afloat sceral hours in the
Pacific arm nil the Solomons Is-
lands after the destroyer he vr.;
aboard was sunk by the Japs in
the fall of 191".
Before entering the Nivy ill
November, IP 12, he was assistant
traffic manager of a motor freight'
::ne in Dallas, and took his biuic.
(raining at Grand Prairie Naval
Training station.
J. A. MIAZGA
RETURNS
Col. J. A. M'uzga returned Sat-
urtlay to tin- .Mexia Prisoner of
War Camp alter spending a 21-
dny furlough in Philadelphia,
Penin, with relatives.
I
Islaniis. from,
inn. On ii lull
I ioke through the
sistan and sudd
15 June to !l July
luly, his i omi as
i he final enemy iv
niv itin.e und.'.
e.ttry .1 oa fef
promoted
fori
NO'. m \ N
r
BIG
t. ( i.e
r: i\
m
t
I'K IN.SON
C VITI.E
i no; "nan At
1 M'.s Henry
i ioatcd in cv
utile "inct tl
is's, :iiva
t home a
p
Air
! I
i
IP
i'i ■
red th.
• il, .
Atkins
i > ma.i
the Gillie'
ion, so ii en
■ a ( ; l ris tin
sll
I
ie
•omti'J on of Si end Liculcueim
y J. (bite:,, 2 '-year .'Id Sin
Force fighter pil, t, to First
s been announced
Cpl. Il'lsher is a niembtr of liic | filad
I local guard I'elacl.nier.t, and is I from
i leat'er of the camp dance or- ' vices
liestra. I time,
I were
■ tenant ha
I'V his fighter
.. ! Husband of tl
r i nolle Cl" mean
s ■ son of Mi . ant
Vi I2W Aveni.e
itation in
• foimer
of M.
England.
Miss -I ■-
•xia. and
n
in i
amp
Wol-
| r: 11,
Kilgo
s' i", i
of i
I iirli
'Ml. Hi
r !■",(
and
in t it
: t
ti
A br
it he
rmi
ball It
he has satie I
rollected feu.'
Pacific l'ibbrn
in the Gilberts,
inea. and Mi.'i-
>C.. ! e.i knockiliL'
"ukyo than
nasiing as
'AC
i:rr
to
• i. at
I p \N!v DARWIN ( ON:
IN MISSISSIPPI
. i i
in Gorman
ii Feb
!>i si "vice
•earv. ho
for
has
I
OIL FIELD LUMBER CO.
318 I" Main St. Phone 425
NEW STOCK WAIJ,I AI FK, PAINTS, VARNISHES
AND BUILDING MATERIALS.
far.ii-
thr«' •
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it I "i n \
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lUncetiK, i
public
from
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unit
Train
ippi.
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rc
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| where hi
K'appa I
j'.ini t riu;
Before
catltt in
Oates
mei ei
Foot i
Movia j:
A i'i in.
Mrs. E
\llsti
radii
l tl 'go,
was a
' and I
1 Society
out Tin
\ llfllst,
nil"
mor
M. Oates,
he is a
to. attended
V< estniinst' r
Texas. Tech,
her of kappa
ct/ oleum I'"'i-
sieni rild P hkrr.m \n
on furioicii
Pfc. Siegfried P. Hcrrman
Tucsrlav to begin a 21-day
lough, which 'ie will spei.d
his parents. Mr
Hon man 80M W
Nov. York Citv.
fie-.
w i' !i
aid Mrs. Joiin
■st 180th St roe".
Pfc. ilemimn is
e ano acci.rate i
rifle and mash in
biddei, i;avip and
Within a short
one man was kille
wounded.
living ill exposed
! for aid. Serge:
ft one officer and
* , men, vol'inteeri"
'!l the face of <hi.
lreate ties'
r
neiny en-
■ gun fire
rock ci e
period of
I and ni.ii!
pop
mt
of tilt hute
itious pltadir
\yt oe1':, fvifi
six other enljste'
to go forward u
una bating fire e
S' casuall te.i. Whil
perfoiming this mission he wa
much of the time without advau
AT FIRST
SIGN OF A
.)
666
USE
Cold Preparations as directed
ih.L't
M.lippine
vtis reported
apalit so. a.id
under att u'k
ran n
" ti e AAF a-i a
t!' (2. Lieutenant
was empl' yetl ;is ii ctnn-
1 pilot, flying' for ilit' Lou
Flving Service, Grain:
1 be iiulf i)i 1 f ompany.
n, end 'ho Mecia Flyia ;
C nnnisfi. net! in June,
i e
,t.
nn
eain
of a
•ini
fraii
ri
1 i
CFOIIUF \ OCL
i .1: \ v i
•
c 'IT
■ fl M
i 5 .''-da
it. the
slop.
< MOND\Y
■.11 an I Mrs
hlny f r ci '
. ft "l')V
Mexia
. Ve
(rOOl
a. lie is
I'i iyoner
e Vou-I
to speed
station d
of War
I . '■•• at
despite I
d- ■ i 0 o
nraohiiii
a flaming co
Hie rra, the
i nly ci mil pie
tin" who vv'i
indeed in sic!
i' cent action
■ refused to
lap bombing
were firing,
arning to fall to the
I lie .mucking piano's
l!H ', at M
rorvetl as instructi t
June, 1PM.
He was recoil I 'v
Air Metlal for merit,
mt in while «"rvir
Texas, ho
there until
awa'tled t'ie
i ii as achieve-
■ iit n P ■ ■ > 1
Niustang pilot mi th ,r,"'th Figliior
i irocp over Gt rmanv
occ.tpif il ct unti ies.
aid Gcvmati•
■ in fire. When the plane,
coiri't, trailed off invo
machine gun had
fig'.avs around it.
ot,ly wt .inded was
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hit ions office ft r the I ill ropes 11
Thoi'ter of Oporaiions as n emhi r
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TO e.HiGureti HOUR ~T iUST NOVJtPS
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aid the Marine call to flop to
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"When this war is all over, Judge, there will
be some mighty interesting books written
about it. Expect we'll learn a lot of things
we didn't know before."
"Yes, Fred, when the record is finally
written we'll realize what a gigantic
operation this war really was and how
important to final victory many factors
really were." ,
"Take, for example, just one industry.
Few people realize the importance of the
great work done by the beverage distillers
dui mg the war. A high government official
callcd it'an almost unparalleled example ol
the overnight conversion of an entire indus-
try from peace to war.' He also said not m
many months ago, while speaking about syn-
thetic rubber, 'It is fair to regard the rubber
manufactured to date as being almost solely
the product of the beverage distilling intius-
try. That^ the type of thing I have in mind
... the way great American industries at
home cooperated to help our brave fighting
men abroad."
"I see what you mean, Judge...a com-
plete history of American teamwork."
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IOIIN 11. SI'FVKNS
IS CITFD
S. t .L liii D. Stevens, son of
Mr. and Mrs. It. R. Stevens of
I 1,1 \ia, .Anl i Tank Colli) any, l-l.'ird
lofam-v Refill flit ,luis been cited
! for oxeeptiona'ly meritorious con-
duct frooi P to in December 1911
:n Itaiv. Fbe citation states that
! '■"•recant Stovtli::, one of r. partv
i assigned the task of evacuatins
.the t!t ad and wounded from Ironr,
I'm* positions, assisted in carry-
in".' them i i lit lei s across rujrired.
: >t|• iif m- tor'ain to metlical
i id stations, t'ht ir routes wore
lenderftl most difficult by the
toid, rainy weather and the coii-
. tai.t threat of •iirect mortal' and
machine fun f ro; but for an en-
tiro week these couraifeouS men
promptly and efficiently per-
formed their duties, never con-
la'deiim,' tic extreme personal
diiiV"!' imolvt'd. I'y resrardinu
the security of tbeiv comrades as
more important than their own
cafeiy, thev v ere instrumental ill
-cvii <>• the lives n many wountled
soldiers. l|(i entered the service
from Mexia.
•Lt. Sarah F. Lee of the Wacs of
St. Louis, Mo., visited Mr. and
Mrs. O. C, Vowoll en route froin
Austin tn her post Wesnesday.
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1945, newspaper, January 12, 1945; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292630/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.