The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1945 Page: 4 of 6
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Rescued from Rhine Bridge
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Rescue of a First Array engineer trapped when the Remagen bridge across the Rhine River collaps- i
«*d. The medics liave just pulled hi in fiom the Rhine River waters (foreground) and placed him on the j
litter. The twisted girders seen are till that remains of the center .sp an. (Signal Corps Radiotelephoto
from NEA Telephoto)
after Cpl. W. D. Allison Saturday J
and returned Sunday moaning ac-
| companied by W. L. Lindsey and
j sun, W. L., J*\
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Plunkett
! and family of Fort Worth spent
Sunday in the home of here par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lindsey.
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Taxi Driver]
of Six Murders
LITTLE MOCK. Ark.. March
17 (U.R)—Jam* W. Hall laugh-
ingly led officer* Saturday
night to the deserted country
H| ot where he said he choked
and beat his wife to death....
"on a dark night" last August.
LITTLE ROCKK, Ark., March
17 <U.R)—James W. Hall, 24-year-
old taxi driver, confessed murderer
of six persons, strutted "like a
pruud turkey gobbler" before oth-
er prisoners in the Little Rock jail
tonight.
State Police and city and county
officers meanwhile studied details
of his confession to the series of
hitchhike murders and attempted
to decide in which of four counties
[ they would charge him with first
dtgree murder..
"He's back there in the jail
laughing about the killings," Chief
of Detectives 0. N. Martin said.
"He thinks he is a very smart man.
He struts around like a turkey
gobbler."
The 5-10 10-inch Hall was an
inveterate reader of detective story
magazines, Martin said. He parti- |
cularly liked stories of murder
cases. '
Hall had two businesses, besides J
running a taxicab, Martin said, one
| was that of killing for a thrill and
j for such money as he could take off
| his victims. The other was the op- j
! erations of a date bureau for ser- I
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pan of Vital Supply Funnel Collapses
CEJ>aK NEWS
The Rev. E. E. Rogers visited in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dee
York Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Rivers and
Mis. Charles Buzbee visited rela-
tives in Hills!,oro last week.
Sgt. Carlton Rivers has returned
Sunday at Calvert with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hudson, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Alford and their
two daughters from Prairie View
' were Sunday visitors in the home
of Mr. and) Mrs. L. A. Alford.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Miller and
I s;,ns from Reagan were dinner
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
from oversea:' and is home visiting | Luther \\ illiams Sunday,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Miss Julia Lee Kay spent the
Pjvt,j.s | week end near Marlin in the home
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McCislin j of Mr. and Mrs. Wilsoil Collins-
spent Sunday with his parents, j worth.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McCoslin of i M''- Mrs. Arthur McCarvei,
Pereonville, an; al.••••.. attended j Mis. Buddy Smith, and sons spent
church services there. ! Sunday in
Mr. ami Mrs. Dee Y irk spent Ml's' Eddy
Sunday afterno< with Mr. and '
L'l'S. i
i
md Mr. Curtis spent
vice men.
The "tip" on which officers work-
ed their way to him was provided
by another taxi driver who had
sensed significance between the
absence of Hall from the city on
| dnyr when people were reported
' murdered.
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Repairs are proceeding at top sp ecd on the big Ludcndorff railway bridge at Remagen, which collapsed Saturday afternoon, and front
correspondents said its temporary loss was not expected to slow First Army drive. Engineers have at,'least one and" probably several
more pontoon bridges across the Rhine near Remagen. This photo was taken in Remagen before the span collapsed. Note shell crating
near the bridge. (NEA Telephoto)
'of Remembrance
the home of Mr. and
Burns at Mustang.
Mrs. Will 1:1
Mi'. Bonni1
Thursday if'
Dease.
Louis and
MO)WA'V
mio'j
Clarence York spent
Sunday afternoon with Bonny Spil-
lers.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Ysrk and boys
spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
Abb Richardson of Mexia.
ALTOSPKiMiS
Several of
planted corn,
was awful wc
Theo Kay
Gladys R><\
Sunday vi
Mr. and Mv'.
Rev. Li.ng '
Mrs. Euni< !
ters were dir
Kennedy l".v
Mr. and "Mr
tad
Will K
J. A. Capt. and Mrs. R. G. Purcell, ac-
companied by Miss Winnie Ken-
nedy, spent one day in Waco last
week on business.
Mrs. John Gamble is greatly
improved, but Mrs. D. D. Thornton
is not. She is staying in town at
her daughter's. Mr. Thornton also
has a light case of flu.
Mrs. W. D. Allison and children
an:l .Miss Winnie Kennedy visited
in Teague last week.
We extend our sympathy to
Homer Lonssic on the death of- his
daughter, Mrs. aunt, Annie Anderson of Altus.
1'.iirfivld, were Okla. They brofight her here for
n the home of burial and Violet Dryer and Ruby
Jefferies, nieces of Dallas, and
Mamie E. Chaney of Denisen, a
sister v.ere guests in the Lonzie
home.
Mrs. W. I). Allison and W. L.
-pent Lindsey, Jr., went to Camp Hood
farmers
ver, the
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Sunday.
. O. G. K
have
.•ound
Mrs.
Mexia,
1 two daugh-
s in the J. C.
::ir
die'
TEHUACANA
Mrs. Johnson Wakefield spent
the week end with her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Lovie Wakefield.
Mrs. Guy Yelverton and Mrs.
Bill Dawson were in Waco Friday.
Mrs. J. U. Black and Mrs. Jack
Dossier were in Dallas with rela-
tives the first of the week.
Mrs. W. L. Skains ot' Mart is
visiting Mrs. Sawyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Fort of
Houston are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Yelverton.
Mis. Dick Thornton and children
have returned home after an ex-
tended visit with her parents, th
Rev. and Mrs. Shivers of Lewis-
ville.
Lawrence Bounds of the Ma-
rines, stationed in Maryland, is
home on a ten-day leave.
Mrs. Crane of Houston was a
week end guest in the Brown Sla.v-
; den home.
Mrs. Mary Cogdell spent Sunday
in Prairie Hill with Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Scott.
Jack Floyd and Paul Stroud at-
i tended the Fat Stock Show in Ft.
i Worth during the week.
Louie Brown, student of SHSTC,
Huntsville, spent Sunday with his
wife.
Square Miles
Burned by B-29's
Champions at the Chute
i
GUAM, SUNDAY, March 18—
(U.!;) Record fleets of B-21) Super-
fo: Is burned out at Mist 28.ys!
square miles of Tokyo, Nagoya,
Osaka and Kobe during the past
week's obliteration assaults a-
| gainst Japan's war industries, it
; was announced today, and unoffi- ;
cial reports showed that the des- j
| truction may amount to 30 square
j miles.
i The 1st Bomber Command rc-
I ported today that reconnaissance |
the adjutant general of the army, j photographs showed two square
V\ ord had come in March letter j nljius definitely burned out in Kobe j
from Henry L. Stimson, secretary ; yesterday in a record 2,500-ton i
of war, of the award. His letter j fj,.e bomb raid. But other reports j
•stated "You will shortly receive j 8ttid that 12 square miles of Kobe!
the Purple Heart medal, which has t were in ashes or burning. !
been posthumously awarded by | It was disclosed today that 7.80
direction of the President to your ' square miles had been burned out
| Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Cox, Sr., 711
! South McKinney, Saturday receiv-
ed the Purple Heart modal post-
humously awarded their son, Pvt.
John V. Cox, Jr., who died in ac-
tion in Belgium January 7, 11)45,
with the 513th Parachute Infantry
Regime)*, 17th Airborne Division. |
The medal, which was founded
by General George Washington,
was sent by Brigadier General
Roland Walsh upon authority of
si<I in
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS.
"When you think of the sacrifices our fight-
ing men are making in this war, it's hard to
figure out how we'll ever repay them, isn't
it. Judge?"
"Yes, it really is, Tom. There are only
certain things we can do. Such as...write
them cheerful letters often. Send them
favorite gifts from time to time. Work
harder than ever to provide them with
everything they need to finish their job
quickly. Buy more and more War Bonds...
especially during the current drive... to
pay for the ammunition and fighting equip-
ment they must have."
"All that still seems kind of small com-
pared with what they're doing for us, Judge."
"True, but it's about all we older folks
back home can do, Tom. Except one more
thing. And that is to be sure our fighting men
come home to the same kind of country they
left behind. The kind of country their letters
tell us they want. Nothing changed that
they don't want changed while they're away
and unable to express their wishes."
son, Private John V. Cox, Jr., In-
fantry. It is sent as a tangible ex-
pression of the country's gratitude
for his gallantry and devotion.
It is sent to you, as well, with
I my deepest personal sympathy for
| your bereavement. The loss of a
i loved one is beyond man's repair-
ing, and the medal is of slight
'value; not so, however, the mes-
sage it carries. We are all com-
! rades in arms in this battle for
j our country, and those who have
j gone are not, and never will be,
| forgotten by those of us who re-
' main. I hope you will accept the
medal in evidence of such remem-
brance."
j I)uke Itches to Go
Traveling Again
! MIAMI, Fla„ March 17. (U.R)—
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor
plan to visit New York and Can-
ada, and later Europe, when the
former king of Great Britain
leaves the governorship of the Ba-
; hamas, the Miami Herald said to-
i day in a Nassau dispatch.
"Both Che Duchess and I love to
, travel," Windsor was quoted as
saying. "This is the longest time
11 have ever spent in one place since
' I was very young."
The former king said his resig-
nation before the scheduled end of
his term was prompted by the need
for attending to private business
interests in this country and Can-
ada. When foreign travel again is
possible, The Herald quoted Wind-
sor, he and the Duchess will go to
Europe and possibly to England.
They leave Nassau early In May.
Horn Hill Saturday
The F. K. Lytle deep test ten
miles southwest of Mexia at Horn
Hill spudded in Saturday prepara-
tory to setting 200 feet of 10%
Inch surface pipe, C. W. Killough
announces.
This test, Killough Number 1.
on the John L. Richardson place in
the M. N. Miller survey, will go
j in Osaka Wednesday—an addition
1 of nearly three square miles to the
area reported wiped out earlier..
' A headquarters spokesman
pointed out that the photographs j
of the Kobe damage were "ineon- (
elusive." Much of the 12 square |
miles of Kobe reported burning j
earlier was covered with smoke I
and a large area therefore could
not be photographed. But the 21st
Bomber Command refused to offi-
cially claim more damage than the ;
photos actually showed,
i As thousands of-mechanics pre-
pared the giant bombers of Maj.
Gen. Curtis K. Lemay's Marianas-
j based B-29's*for yet bigger blows,
' a medium fleet of Superforts of
| Brig. Gen. Roger M*. Ramey's 20th
> Bomber Command battered the big
JapiyieSje. (Ujpply base of Rangoon,
Burma; today.
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These five cowboys are the 1945
Show hel l at Kcit Worth. Texas,
right, Royce Sewalt, King, steer
Roberts. Strong City, Kan., wild
ing, and Homer Pettigrew, Grady,
rodeo champions of the Southwes tern Exposition ar.d Fat Stock
They were awarded titles at the final rodeo performance. Left to
wrestling; Gerald Roberts. Phoenix, Ariz., saddle bronc riding; Ken
bull i i ling; Hud Lindernian, Red Lodge, Mont, bareback bronc rid-
N. M., ealf roping. The Roberts cowboys are brothers. Ken Roberts
Mexia Soldier Thinks!
It Won't Be Long Now
"Everything still OK," writes
Pfc. Guy Smith, Jr., to his parents
from Prisoner of War Camp Sta-
•lag 9-B near Bad Orb, Germany,
about 50 miles east of Frankfurt
and 75 miles south of Kassel.
j "Am well and feeling swell. Also
praying you will not worry. Have
faith and my faith will see me
home safely in a short time. See
that Sam and Keever know I'm
here. Don't worry about sending
too many packages." His card is
dated January 17, a month from
the time he was taken a prisoner.
His parents understand that this
is a permanent camp for noncoms
and privates.
Court Awards $15,000
FORT WORTH, Tex., March 17.
(U.R)—A 17th District Court jury j
today awarded $15,000 damages to •
Martin W. Fouche after hearing
a ease in which Fouche sued the
Lone Star Gas Co. for injuries |
when he collided with a company
truck on an overpass near the
city's edge in December, 1943.
Fouche alleged his car collided
and Pettigrew won the same titles here a year ago. (NEA Telephoto)
£ Jl VI IlAnJ ter. Mrs. Icy Mary of Houston
visited in the home of Mr. Easter-
ling's sister, Mrs. J. A. Burleson,
I one day lust week.
Mrs. Sadie Rogers and Mrs. W,
IWO JIMA, March 20 (U.R) — men were.fighting uphill. The Jap- | I?. Brock visited Mrs. Brock's sis-
as Price for Yasik Airplane Base
The battle of Iwo Jima had gone anese were looking down their
past its third week. It was getting | throats every step of the way.
toward dusk and a group of Ma- j It took 2G days to kill the Jap-
rines
Tkit aiMitinmnt tptmttltd ty of AleoMic HmrtIntluitiiu, Im,
down to 6500 feet, and is the sec-
, ond made iji that area of the Travis with a gas company truck and
' Peak formation. In June he com-, while he was attempting to free
I pleted a 5360 foot test on the D. | himself and his injured wife, an-
., I Oliver tract to (he south of the other car struck him, breaking both
; (new location. (his legs.
who had been in the front
lines almost continuously were a-
bout through work for the day.
They had fought all day for the
ground they held, but as the sun
started to go down they saw more
work still ahead of them. Ahead
were lots more Japs in pillboxes
and caves. The Marines looked at
theni for a minute as though try-
ing to decide whether to keep go-
ing. Finally one tired man said:
"To hell with 'em; We'll kill 'em
tomorrow."
That's the way it was here. One
day was just like the next one.
They were nil spent killing Japan-
ese in slow, bloody fighting.
The Japanese knew to the last
yard exactly where we were going
to land because there are only two
places on Iwo where you can make
a landing. There i.s only a south-
eastern beach and a western beach
-a total of about 3,500 yards of
landing space.
Here's how the enemy worked it.
He set up his artillery positions
so that he did not even have to
know where the Marines were.
anese, and there wasn't any other
way to get rid of them. Few of
them surrendered, and it may be a
ter, Mrs. Dave DeBrock of Groes-
i beck last Thursday.
Mrs. J. J. Sims, Mm. J. R. Sims
and son, Jinimie Dale, visited Mrs.
J. 1'. Webb last Tuesday.
Mr. an 1 Mrs. R. R. Rand of
long time before we know exactly j Mexia visitors here one day
how many of the enemy died on
this tiny island. There are lots ly-
ing dead in the eaves that our gre-
nades sealed up on the slopes of
Mt. Suribachi. Altogether there
probably are about 21,000 dead
Japs on this island.
Our own casualties are 19,938—
4,189 dead, 411 missing in action
and 15,308 wounded. It's a high
price, hut there was no other way
to do it. We had to have Iwo Jima
as an air base for fighter planes
and a place where Superfortresses
could make emergency landings on
the long run from the Marinas to
the Japanese homeland.
•KRSONVIiJ.K
JJev. W. W. Comer filled his
regular appointments here Satur-
day night, Sunday and Sunday
night.
D. C. Easterllng of Mexia was
There were thousands of such ar-1 visiting in this community one day
tillery posts. They could make last week.
mortar shells walk up and down the | Mr. and Mrs. Horace Easterling
beach at will. Most of the time our 1 of Hardy Ranch and their daugh-
last week.
Mrs. L. C. Hardison of Fairoaks
attended church here last Saturday
night;.
Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Dillard, son,
Joe Alford, and daughter, Hazel,
1 visited Mrs. Dillard's father, J. A.
I Weaver, also her sister, Mrs. Artie
j Dugan, in the Red Hill community
Sunday. He returned home with
them for a short visit.
Mrs. R. W. Dillard and Mrs.
Minnie Webb visited in Groesbeck
Thursday. ,•
Charlie Cobb and son of Laven-
der spent the right with Mr. and
Mrs. A bwine Sunday night.
Master Bobbie Rogers spent the
night Saturday in the home of Mr.
and Mis. O. K. Sims of Last
Prairie.
Mr. and Mrs. Tucker of Dallas
visited Mr. and Mrs. Arvel Easter-
ling Sunday
Bob Wood, a Baylor student, Is
spending the week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
Wood.
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1945, newspaper, March 23, 1945; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292640/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.