The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. [37], Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1945 Page: 3 of 6
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Wainwright—Before and After
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FROSA
Brother of Mexia Has Good Chance
Resident is Dead to Survive Shot
Jjj> Mr. and Mrs. Richard Willis of
Houston spent the week end with
the letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
8. J. Hincs. He returned hoipe
Sunduy and Mrs. Willis will re-
main for a few days.
Pvt. Jerry Atiams of San An-
tonio is spending: u i2-day furlough
here with his wife and children.
Mrs. Henry Fisher of- Mcnahans
is spending this week with her sis-
ter, Mrs. R. C. Stone.
Mr. Roy Baker of San Angelo
and Aubrey Baker of Waco spent
Monday with their sister, Mrs.
S. J. Hincs.
Mrs. Carrie Lansford of Little
Rock, Arkansas, is visiting friends
and relatives here this week.
Corporal • and Mrs. Wilburne
Blue cf Arkansas aio here on a
Visit en route to Seatth. Washing-
ion, where Corp iilue will lie sta-
tioned.
Mi s. Hulen Gai nt left Tuesday
for Lonsview, where she will join
her husband.
Clyde Cobb of Ko:<se was visit-
ing here over the week end.
.AKRAR
Rev. (!. M. Clute filled his reg-
ular appointnn nt here Saturday
night and Sunday with good at-
tendance. The church unanimous-
ly called Bro. Clute for its pastor
for the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. L. Dill spent;
Sunday in the home of Mr. an I
Mrs. Marvin Th mas at Fairoaks.
Mr. and Mrs. Corlie Chandler
and children from Dallas spent
last week here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Chandler. Mr.
and Mrs. Chandler returned home
with them to spend a few days.
Mrs. Alta lViirso from Houston
is visiting her parents here this
Week.
Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Holmes
visited relative in Mexia Monday.
Fate Bishop and daughter, Wy
nelle, ar.' vi-iting i lativcs i'i
Waxahaeliie 1 ''is week.
Frank Wells an! family from
Navarro spent Sunday here with
hi i brother, Alva \V Us.
Mr. am,l Mrs. Mavk Eliis ai"
spending a few days vi h relative.*
in Mexia thiweek.
Johnnie Little and son- Dean,
from Fairoaks had dinner Monday
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. II.
Chandler.
Rev. and Mrs. K. L. Craig have
as their guests Mr. and Mrs. W.
K. Betts of Clovis, New M'.xicn,
and Mrs. C. A. Hurton of Clnren-
d n.
Nat Kcndrick, brother of W. B.
Kondrick of Mexia, die I in Duncan,
Oklahoma, Thursday morning af-
ter several months' illness. Ho had
relumed a number of weeks ago
from Baylor Hospital, Dallas,
vh'or.i he had been undergoing
'roatment for c.everal weeks.
Kendriek had been engage ! with
mother brother, Ed Kendriek, in
he lumber I u?inos in Duncan for
nany y.vurs. He is survived by his
vife and a marrie I daughter, and
.'our brothers -W. I!, of Mexia, I'M
of Duncan, Coleman of Waco, and
u four.h brother.
The funeral was expected to be
held sometime Fi i !ay in Duncan,
j W. H. Kendriek and Mr. and Mis.
Val Horn, who left Thuisday noon
TOKYO, Sept. 11. tU.R) (Jon.
Hideki Tojo, former premier who
launched Japan into war against,
the United States with the Pearl
Harbor sneak attack, blasted a
gapinrr wound below his heart in
a suicide attempt today, but hours
later an American doct r said he
had a (;o ,d chance to live.
As blood spurted i'r<m a .bullet
wound ch'Hr through his body Tojo
a . urnrd r sp iitslbility for the Pa-
cific war in what he obviously re-
garded as his'lying statement. On-
ly niinvtcu b /ore he hail shot him-
self in the ft much with a !- eal-
| ib<■ )• odd automatic pistol.
lie hims'. If at I'lil a. :n.
when American military police d -
j mundtd entrance to his home in
■T-burban Tokyo to arrest him as
| as premier July 18, 1941 following
1 conquest of Saipan in the Mari-
anas.
One of Mac Arthur's reason* f<;r
ordering To jo's arrest was a ft ar
he might be assassinated or com-
mit hara-kiri before 'he could be
brought to justice as a war crim-
inal.
Subsequent arrests were ex-
petted to go light down through
the Japanese military structure
from the imperial general staff to
privates wh > as prison guards
tortured American and other Al-
lied prisoners.
Mr. and Mrs. J. ( . Bank-, of
Teague spent M .nday morning in
Mexia on business.
Mi
New Bal
A baby son, Phillip Crafton,
born to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy Mor
gan Wednesday, September 5, ir
a hospital In Arlington.
The coupl'- have one other son,
Johnny, age 1. Mrs. Morgan has
been making her home in Mexia
with her rnothtr-in-law, Mrs. W. K.
Mcr.an. Morgan is stationed a1,
A Villon, Calif., with the Merchan
Kuiaci.
-Ir — —• • - —
Mr;. R. L. Muyes of Corsieons
v. iiinv in the'h me' of her son
: >id du. ght' ' -in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
M. M. .!:•••!• on. 3m
Handful of Aleutian Planes Blsil
into Keeping Tenth of i'l >w- n
for Oklah ma, at . expected back j Japan's No. 1 war criminal.
Saturday. •
. I
The Kendriek (Y.mily came ot\> I
inally from Thornton.
Anuricitn doctors said the bul-
^ let n:.." Ii;iv• nicked the lower edge
' if the h.s rt ln.it that it would not
Jumps into O.mpaigrn
'I have been with my men from the start and if captured I %ni share their lot," was General Wain-
wright's answer to a Jap surrender bid. Photo at left shows the hero of Rataan as he looked when ho
was assigned to the Philippines. Photo at right shows General Wai nwright today, after hi.s
fi m a Jap prison camp.
Bethel New?
ALTO SPRINGS
; Mrs. Maurice Rslangcr.and chil-
i dren cf Groesbcck and Mrs. Alva
! Koark and son visited in the home
of Otis Rourk Sunday evening.
I Mr. and Mrs. Kurnest Pittman
| of Corsicana spent the day with
| Mrs. M. K. Liles last Friday,
j Clarence Morrow and family of
1 Danberry have spent a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Morrow.
Dock Liles and family spent a
week with his mother, Mrs. M. F,.
Liles.
Pvt. Franklin Davis, who is at
the McCloskoy hospital at Temple,
is spending a .10-day leave with
relatives, lie was wounded in Ger-
many in June and still has cne
arm and one kg in a cast. Frank-
ii.i was at Jess Liles Sunday. Those
that visited him were Clifford
Dailey and family of Valley Mills,
Carl Herring and family, John
5'lummer nt..i Pvt. Edwin Plum-
met", Mr. and Mrs. (Jill Winning-
lutr.1, Mrs. M- nrot.' Morrow, and
Mrs. Willie Copeland.
TEHIj ACANA
The Tehuacana Public School
opened M nday, September 10
with a good enrollment.
Mrs. Grace Larson was elected
primary teacher to Veplace Mrs.
John Pearson, who had resigned
to accept u position in Coolidge.
Mrs. John Moody and Miss Mabel
Fowler complete the faculty.
Pioneer
Farmer Is Dead
Cotton picking has opened hero
in full swing.
Pvt. Robert Sharp left for Cal- _____
ifornia Monday morning after, FunL,,.:l| sc|.vi,..s for Robert Lee
spending a ten-day furlough with ; K|„.05on> 7.,.yt.,ir.0|(| resident of
his wife and son here. I RiK Hill, will he held Tuesday af-
ALf.iTIN, To:;., Sept. II. (U.R)--
'Parachuting pr: feasor Walter
j Scott Mc.Nfutt, pr. si lent of Jef-
( I'erson College. Jeffe. : .tn, has sent J
| letti rs to Austin outlining hi.s pro- j
• po>i-d cumpuigir for governor of j
I To':av. . i
J McNuit r«n one for governor |
release j jf Arkansas, paiachuting from an j
j iirplane to make spofches. IL' run |
I for state school superintendent in j
I'exas and received 1131,3(17 votes '
n the Democratic primary of 1944. |
V sen us. if the lining were not
punctured.
Tojir received one unit of blood
plasma a: 0:27 p. ni. (-1:27 a. m.
"\'T) end a rhot cf morphine 18
Kdnutes later.
wi,- r moved from his homo I
in an Aincrl-.vn un.bulanc: at
p. I 0 a. <~WT.)
Only four hours earlier, Gen. |
Do', glu.s Mac Arthur, in ving I
v.-i I'll;, to mash Japanese militnr- t
i'in, had ordered his arrest as the!"'
start of
ane-,i- war criminals.
his arrest as
general roundu-p of Jap-'
1 ITH A A F HEADQUARTERS
Aleutians, Sept. 11. iU.R) A bar. ',
ful of Aleutian-based Americi!
planes—t\so army bombing squat!
rons and a small force of navj
wing planes—ti'd i',' approxi-
mately one te:ith of the Japanes-
air force from August, 1043, t<
the war's end, it was disclosed of-
ficially today.
Revealing American aeiia'
strength in thu Aleutians, on 1 oi
! the war's t.tp secrets, I I ill AAi'
, noadquai'ters disclosed that siir/i
| the conclusion of thf Attu m
j Kiska campaigns, the Japano-'i
■ wore bluffed into deploying one
tenth of their air strength for fen; j
massed raids from Aleutian
! bases.
Actually, all but t'he United j
States 10-lth Heavy Bombardment 1
'lied Taps
Far North
les an brur, ever-
svvartns of enemy
: enemy ar.ti-air-
Ireds of miles of
The 77,i- Medium Bomber Squad-
- •> was identifio i as the squadron
hi', h •; w out of !>on-f.erret Aleu-
'.■■n be- 'H, lt,<-«it-d, surprised and
tui Ij: • i; a Japanese car-
r , foil : t.tacking Dutch
fc< r i a Jure 3-4, 11)43.
off in Jarfiu.iers with
i r.cks which gfive their
fi/ ir inches clear-
t at,
pro
irpei
t
Mrs.
Dinah
L. 'i
:i ml
Gt.nter and children,!
i LI' C «• j
jou, r turned to their j
home in (Hytrin after spendiiv.fi .
several days with Mrs. J. M. Tin- j ToJt
\ J-apaii'1 ->e newsman said Tojo's
;,if - j", 'L;iu w previously i i^qua .ion. the i itn, Alodium Boiuli
urged him that hara-kiri was
dy honorable course left
l'vl
non.
Buddy Smith of
were week end i
I
Mr. and Mrs.
, Wichita Falls
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. McCarver.
Mrs. O. G. Kelley was
Calvert last Monday to
side of her brother.
Eugene Ethridge is on the sick
list.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Alford, their
two daughters. Miss Evelyn from
Waco, and Ruth, and grandson, t
1
Bobby, spent Sunday at Old Union i
enjoying a bountiful ft-as'.. It w.. '
ternoon at 4 o'clock at the Big Hill
Methodist. Church, with the Rev.
F. K. Suddath, pastor of the Groes-
bcck First Methodist Church, con-
called to j,|Lu-tinji' the services. Burial will be
the bed-.-n tju, j„. jim cemetery, not far
from the e nrmunity in which
•d the bullet into the
1 '-'t he!< v. his heart where the
i •■I; k- r normally is plunged in the
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Page, and j .raditional suicid; by disembowel-
Mrs. N'ewnian Page, Jr.. and son. inent.
Jackie, spent Sunday in Hillshoi'oj Tojo had been living the life of
with relat'vos. I ;i retired farmer since hib deposal
er Squadron and navy bomb: i s of
Fleet Air Wing Four, were with-
drawn from the Aleutian theater
after mid-1943. This small aerial
task force maintained a threat of
an aerial "pincers." with attacks
on Japan's Kurile Islands.
For two years th? planes oper-
ated in spite of winds that often
Th attf..-
the airmen c
main source
fish traffic.
.1 matting of
•d runways, the 77th
i . t le : one heavy
damaged other
force units.
i'uei ium bombers sank
-N. trnnxports and
■ •!>. .bly sank seven
■maged 30.
v te so effective
rippled .no of Japan's
; of food—the Kurile
in
/ith
11 '3C1
12
the 7Tth Squadron,
op rational strength of
:.T-. was "wiped out" four
bomb'
in the two
ik-nod.
1 Vi!proson lias live I for 153 years. j
| ii.1 whs born October 15, 18'iO, i
j ;n Calif: i%ia. the son of Robert;
| Lee Ei'.ro: on of Alabama and Mary i
''. IIoskiriMTn Eproson of Culi-
orniii. He came to Texas as a boy,
•.nJ farmed un'.i; recent years.
Death came
':,30 nt the 1
.°Jlll|!\V
ome of
evening
a daughter,
i". i'dgi.r Davis, with whom
his home recent-
given in lienor of J. D. Henderson,
who has just returned home from
tlv.' European theatre. There were
one hun ired an I thirty adults and j |.p, n m, |<j|)
lots of children. Everyone enjoyed j|y
the ('ay. . Si:r'. i zing him are six childi
Mis. Laura Davis from Blue J Erne< and Rob.rc ISpr-son of-Big \
Ri.'gc is spending a few days ' J hju. Ablni Lpro,on of F rt Worth,
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will rsju,v!an K(irosoii of the U. S. Army,
(Mis. Edgar Davis an[l Mrs. il.r-
Mrs. Luth: r Williams spent last ; ,nan j>.,j-c r 0f p.-y jjjii.
Wednesday in the homo of Mr. and | j , Kiddle Funeral II ere has
Mrs. George Llyons of Mustang. , th.. r.
of funeral arrangements.
itAlKIlJ VIEW
1 Cpl. Don Fox, who is now sta-
|i|;
Ximmmi
FRIDAY
PAUL M?'NI
in
"Counter-Attack"
Spor'.K . . . News
SATUHDAY
"The Woman in
Gresn"
starring
BASH RATIirONI'J
NKiBL BRUCE
Cartoon . . . Serial
SUN. - MON. - TI ES.
GREER GARSON
(aiE(;ORY I'ECK
in
"The Valley of
Decision"
Carton;. . , . News
tinned at Muskogee, Okla., visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. 11.
Fox, last week.
Mrs. C'rysteli ( ai r II left Thurs-
day for Fort Worth, whore she
will enter the Baptist Seminary
FRIDAY £: SATURDAY
AIJ.EN LANE
b "Trail of Kit
Car?«n"
Cartcn . . . Serial
SUNDAY & MONDAY
JACK HAl.EY
HARRIETT HIl.L'ARD
MARY BETH HUGHES
in
"Take Tt Rig"
Cartoon . . . News
The lunch room will open next
week under the same regulations
that were obstrved lest year. Mrs.
•1. O. Hlr.ck has been elected to
operate the lunch room this year.
Miss Cliarlse Ann Moody of
, Coolidge is spending a few days school.
jwit.li Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Yelverton. Mrs. J. A. Alford was called to
Mrs. Boyd No.diiam of Houston thi' bedside of her mother, Mrs.
!: posit the week end with her par- Long, lest Wednesday.
(■it... Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Mc- Mr. and Mrs. Glon Jackson and
j Donald. 1 daughter, Gale, of Houston spent
Mr, and Mrs. Leonard Lig: n of last week with their mother, Mrs.
' Red Oak spent the week end with Betty Easley. Barnett returned
| her parents, Mr. and Mrs Rob homo with them after an extended
| Krskine. ' visit with bis grandmother.
' Mrs. R-Fields is spending this j FiYn'ios Alston visit: d relatives
j v.T'k with Mrs, Vernon Flowers I in Mexia last week end.
in Kilgore. I Mi.^s Edna Winn ot Houst n i<
^ - j home for several weeks.
* A LKOiS i > liiVVS i Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Alston : n I
- , I children visited relatives in Olotha
i Mrs. R. H. R bbins returned-i Sunday.
hon o Wednesday from Dallas, |
where she bus an operation in : LOST
Gaston hospital. j — —
Cecil Phillips is very ill. ■ Mrs. E. M. Fullen and little ...<n,
Mr. an.I Mrs. Wiley Cpmpton | Junior, have returned from North
wild family visited relatives in ' Carolina, who: v she has be n
Waci and Marlin Sunday.
Mrs. Florence Eddins, Mrs. tinned there.
Gcodrieh,. Mrs. Eva Robbins, and ! Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sims am
Mrs. Jewel Morris of Mexia visit- ; dr;lighter l ave move I back nere
| from I.an do.
Mr. and Mrs. J* L. Sims visited
Air. and Mrs. Jake Thompson of
iM(>:ia Sunday.
(J'licf Petty Officer and Mrs.
Claim Deliberate
PW S^ifecalvon
S.\>; FRANCISCO, Sept. 7. iU.fi)
—The Japanese deliberately suf-
focated hundreds of American pri-
soners by crowding them into
Nd's of stdps in such numbers it
w::s ecr'.ain they tvould get no air,
B ig. Gen. William Broughor
charged today.
One of eight Ameri.an generals
f, re.'d to capitulate with Gen.
Jonathan M. Wainwrigbt on Ba-
taan, Broughcr s ' . "our men
Ruffocnto l by the hundreds in Nip
ships and 1 ni sure the Nips
wantfd them to.
"Tb'ist -and starvation wer
forent. Deaths arc slower
more agonixing. Suffocation
xpd -I; death."
Hr ughev brought l ack with him
a valuable diamond and p.aid ring
he had carried in his tobacco
>nueh ('uring his imprisonment. If"
gave the ring to his wife, who
nine from her home in Decatur,
111., to meet his Wednesday.
Wwtto Sat L w
I I*
Fresh Ifciian
PRUNES
Colorado
Elberta
Coicrado
PEARS
Bushel Basket \ Per Pound
2-Du. iub
Per Pound
3 £9
PEACHES
Bushel Basket
Per Pound
Ccuinhiq, Suppling
r . Fruit fl-Oz.
vCTiO Pectin Bot.
C I I Fruit 3-Ox.
JUre JCl Foctin Pkg.
•! I Kerr Regular Dot.
rruit Jars Square 9ts.
I I • I Kerr or Atlai
Jcir LJCS Regular Do*.
!•«. Kerr or Call
Jot V.c«PS Regular Dot.
Jcr Rubbers Regular Dos.
VyiwikaL UcdusiA,
Hed Potatoes
Seedless Grapes
Thompson's
California
•Lbs.
Lb.
ed Airs. K. H. Bobbins Friday.
RUPTURED.?
11*1 qrsaUr
SuiiUluiisnta o cau « you at* ay o«l- \1T0:1 u>>.f an.I little sol, Mall
117 *ho oropoi auppor' and cointorlr At*
Vwu on« o. !ho « unfortunates who oa „f Ccirpus (-hristi visited her
pationlU :riid all jyc oi Iruuoa ontv to
Hnd Ulllt oi ae -oliol. lallinij lot the glib pn:Pitts, Air. Utlil Mrs. \\ . I.. Allen,
•all ordoi ads. oi the so-called ou. o; town ... . t
ixparts spending tre.lv voui lint and this week. !
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sims and Mrs. j
F. M. Fullen visited Mr. and Mrs.
Joan English of Dew last Wed-
nesday.
Miss Anna Belli Sims sp.nt the
week end iu Mexia with Jennie Loo
s.
Mr. air
visited Mr. an
money only lo i
Jbllluilonmenl?
O.lsn sue
search in re-
mote sections
| ot Ike work
tor relie. only lo
tin* a beltei serv-
ice exists in out
own community.
Ei.-ner ^'illinq one sympathetic under- .
starling : jmbintd through .ncny years el Koger
experience are at you! Disposal. We iea- 11..
visiting her husband, whj is sta-jXv/O Stl'.'UVS A I'C BlU'k
DAI.I.AS. Tex., Sept. II. (U.R)
'he era of tw:i straws in a choco-
ite soda has re.unied now that
he wsr is avi r. and the public
•i'i !:to longer tol rate pushing
•\ind by s". '-spo>pl lirif.l
Iv ch r tol' rymb'.'rs t.f the Fai-
ns Retail Furniture Merchaift.
\ssoeiation.
"From now o'' the retailor must
V prepared to give g >od service
F he wi'.tits customers Lo return,"
Vheeler ass rted.
II' :d.:'o pre iicteel the early to-
ut o of ninny stall pro-war «or-
ii'e-i -s wi' els' h 11 wiping and tic--
'iverj of small packages.
Beef Sirloin
Grade A
STEAK
nlc Per Pound
Eeef Short
1 Point
Grade
Veal Shoulder
Roast
Fresh Small
CatfesSi
Gulf 1 rout F,r«"h
Steak B"t Roun''
&rade A (6 Points) Lb.
Grade A
[} , Beet Shoulder
KOa$! (2 Points)
Texas Lemons
f" Colorado
V.Orn Golden Bantam
S omatoes Firm Sliccrs
Lb.
9c
Ears
5c
Lb.
16c
Yellow Onions
Texas Yarns
Cabbage
Green
Solid Maads
SkopL at $jajjsLwaj^. and $jcwsl — cXow (pmaza. fcvsjmj cw.i^
Preserves
Tak-A-Tait*
Preserved Flgt
Blackberries
Sweet Peas
Tomato Juice
Prunes Sunrlpe
Mayfair
Chuck
Full
Sunny
Dawn
Extra Large
32-Oi.
No. 2
IS
No. 2
Can
18-Oi
Cans
D , Beef Primo Pih
Koast 7-ln. Cut A 14
Hamburger «5^.?,r.°,und
I Veal Sirloin
OteaK Grade A (3 Points)
Busy Baker Crad&rs
Snidcr's Tomato
Catsup
Monctu Chili
Sauce
Allen Cut Green
Beans
Sunshine Graham
Crackers
Julia Lec Wriqht't
Bread
14-Oi.
Bet,
12*Ot.
Bot.
No. 2
Con
Mb.
Airway Fresh Roasted
Coffee
2 Mb
Pkqs.
Edwards Rich, Robutt
Coffee
Admiration
Coffee
Canterbury
Tea
Mb.
Jar
Mb.
Jar
VMb
Pkq.
41«
274
34c
23c
cherub ma
Fresh Tailing
6
Tall
Cans
S.tcII
Ccns
25<
23*
Pabstette Plain
CHEESE
lure the lamoui line ol Non Skid Spot Pad
Tiu ae> A'doir.ic: Support**. Claatt*
Hociery. Sbouldw iiiacu, ela.
I
Mrs. Clcnn Hardison I Ml's- Sinmn Adams, Mrs. Mur-
Mrs. ,lim Mnve of ! ''lu" Kiivhvh, Miss Alice Knuf-
ToiivrtK; Rutidiiy.
Kendriek & Horn
Drug Co.
jinun, Mi«s Bernice Tiuiliprlak".
_ > Mi Ruse Williams, nnd Mis-
Mr. and Mrs. Pen D. Juckson of'.loyre Willinms are spending the
llcHUiiiont are the guests of Miss week end ill pullas as quests ot
Anne Stevens nver't.he week end. t Mrs. I,enn VVaenpr
6-Os.
K^chen Crctt
FSour
3-Minute
Oats
48-C*
(2 Points per *kg. I
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