The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. [37], Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1945 Page: 4 of 6
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Full effect of repeated U. S. saturation bombing* of Tokyo is shown for the first time in tb's closeup picture flown from Tokyo
direct to Washington. The emperor's palace, above,*formerly a lavish estate, now is rcduc ..in a few buildings housing th6 im-
perial household. Picture was made by a Navy photographer from a low-flying Third fleet carrier plane.
Truman Bows Out of Way of Expected Mud
Slinging in Congressional Investigation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. (U.R)— approval of Mr. Truman. One of
President Truman is stepping th significant questions to be
nimbly awitfr' today from the show- answered by the investigation is
er of political mud expected to what hit T-xas-born Adm. James
splatter when Congress begins its Otto Richardson, one-time eom-
investixation of f\arl Harbor. ' inander of the U. S. fleet, who was
The investigation was approved ! relieved prematurely before Pearl
in the Senate yesterday with the Harbor for reasons never disclos-
War Workers: Cupid and the Stot
president's endorsement. It will be
agreed to in the House next week.
There will probably be a joint
cahimittee of five numbers from
each' house.
Questioned at his press confer-
ence yesterday afternoon, Mr. Tru-
man quickly aligne i himself with
the rest of the public by saying lie
knew nothing about the Pearl Har-
bor disaster except what he rjails
in the newspapers.
In -..thor words, this isn't his
baby and if it ciies someone else
will have to take it. He said he j
ha 1 agreed with democratic con-
gressional leaders that there
shaul.l be an investigation to get I
the whole truth and nothing but j
the truth.
Congress, he said, would have
the right t;> all testimony avail-
able. That means that the White
House will n-'.t intervene to prevent
Navy or Army officers from testi-
fying on grounds that national
security might be jeopardized.
Reports to Air. Truman were
that Congrrrss was in an ugly mood
on the subject of Pearl Harbor.
There have been charges that the
Roost'veU administration concealed
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information not only for national
security purposes but to prevent
publication of embarrassing facts.
As nearly as he can, the presi-
dent seems to have bowed himself
out on the grounds that he wasn't
'running the government when the
I nibs dropped. The inquiry should
be on within a fortnight with the
top question a matter of the late
President Roosevelt's responsi-
bility, if any. for unjjreparedness
in Hawaii on Dec. 7. 1941.
Congressional inquiry was
sured yesterday when Senate Ma-
jority Leader Alben W. Barkley,
D„ Ky., moved that a joint House-
Senate committee be created to do
the job. He said he acted with the
cd.
Mr. Truman, Barkley and Dem-
ocratic House leaders are making
the best of a bad bargain by tak-
ing the investigation initiative.
They would have been licked on
the floor of either house if they
had opposed investigation results
to which Republicans already wert
committed with Democratic sup-
port.
Must Maintain
ry Pressure
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ABOARD ADM. HALSEY'S
FLAGSHIP, KLOKOSUKA, Sept.
(U.R)—The American people must
be prepared to maintain the clos-
est military pressure against Ja-
pan for years and perhaps gen-
orations to avoid wars in the Pa-
cific, Rear Arm. Robert B. Car-
ney said today.
Carney, chief of staff to Arm.
William F. Halsey, commander of
the Third Fleet, also believes j
there is no indication that Japan j
is undergoing or contemplating j
any spiritual reform, he told me |
today. j
"The terriers have got to stay (
at the rathole—since we didn't1
kill the rat," Carney said. ^
"We must have military pres-1
sure close at hand and continually j
exerted. These people thilik in |
terms of their grandchildren. And 1
so must we."
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America's population increased more than 8,000,000
during the five years ended July 1. This almost
tqualcd the increase of 8,894,000 for tha 10 years
! ended July, 1940.
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In the three and a hulf years ended
July 1, 1945, marriages totaled
5,477,000.
In the same period, there were
10,569,000 births, more than
double the 5,137,000 deaths.
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July, 1943, saw nation's peak o( employment, with
nearly 55,000,000 people working. In five years be-
tween 1940 and 1945, female employment increased
more than 7,000,000.
Record increases in population, births, marriages and employment
during the wr.r years arc shown itr official U. S. Department of
Commerce estimates to Inst, July 1 as illustrated in the sketches
•bove. The 5,137,000 deaths reported during the period do not
include war casualties
' He indicated that "maintenance}
of military pressure" should take ! |"y, , £n
I the form either of garrisoning the | JL 14X11
! Japanese mainland with Allied
,eraii!
USED CARS
WANTED
I forces for an extended period or I
lf" j a tight air and sea encirclement. •
I Asked to comment on the "New j
j Democracy" now being hailed by j
the Japanese press Carney said: 1
"The people who are going |
through this new process are ex-
actly the same people who were
guilty of atrocities during the last
_ four years. There is no reason to
j think that under the game circum-
j stances they wouldn't do it again.
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We ivill pay cash for your
Used Car.
Jack Driver
Fourth of Officers
to Become Meters
p Underground Surrender
Sabotage Plotters
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Find Dynamite in
Candy Factory
FRANKFURT, Sept. 7. (U.R>—
American Army intelligence a-
gents, working with lightning
spot !, today completed tha crack- ;
ing of a German underground j
sabotage ring even before it had :
| a chance to destroy one American j
t installation.
J Quick-witted members of the j
! counter-intelligence, helped by a I
llS year old German blonde who)
j talked too much for her lover's
I cod, have eaptuiel 1,200 pounds
>f dynamite and amsted 'over 40
aboteurs including tho rimrlea. er.
The blonde and her girl friend
j ,ver • first picked up by the CIC
for routine questbnin.c. Frie,ht.'ii-
1 ed, th y revealed the fact that a
J notorious Gestapo, after filling
' Cologne, was working as a bakei:
j ill Weimar an:i planning with
I other Germans to disrupt Ameri-
can communications and transpor-
•ii i n.
The CIC already has its observ-
ers watching the baker, who ap-
pear..: outwardly as a mild-man-
ner 1 man busy at his work. i
H-t was eo-ordinator of the un- ;
der ' i ound organi::ati.:n and !:< pt
a flow of letters with coded in-
structions moving from village to |
fi M > <>> A
>>vnm a
village.
The CIC reported that all the
Germans involved in the sabotage
nidi had been members of the Nazi
intelligence corps. Their instruc-
tions were to wait until a good
moment present! i its-If an I th:>n
to destroy Am— ican Ins'.allaHons
simultaneously over a vast area.
Ir one incident, American agents
sav. i prominent German choco-
late manufacturer handing a fel-
low German a stird; of dynamite.
They walked inside the candy fac-
t. rv an I found it cramme I with
The original Japanese surrender
Thielen of the War bepartmrnc
to right are: Gen. George C. Mar
<|d uv.teni it'll were brought to Washington by Col. Bernard
Gem - ;■ rf s'.i'iwn being ex aminetl by President Truman. Left
;} - i Ti" ■ • i: and Fie cf Admiral Ernest J. King". The
president is pointing to the signa tui
■ yramite c ps and explosives. s WoiH O* •' *TJ
All those who have been arrest-
ed face the death peiialfc> under
military, if they are convicted,
Fln-.ta-cr Tiirohit'i. (NKA Tele]hoto)
Finale |: ti'ain of the
final battle against
naval physician said to-
Mrsi. I.aura McElroy of Dallas
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Gctrge Perkins.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 7. --
KU.W-Yio;: Admirr.l John S. Mc-
Cain, who di ' 1 leas than 24 hours
after returning to thin country
from sum •vdev ceremonies in the
Pacifi", up.- w "i out from the
Japan, a
<'ay.
McCain, peppery, 61 year old
commander of famed Task Force
.'!8, died sudednly of a heart at-
tack last night at his home in
nearby Coronado.
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Heiaember?
led V-J Pay
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; Three Suspects Held
! MORTON, Tex., Sept. 7. (U.R)—
, Three men are under arrest in
Carlsbad, N. M., suspected of be-
ing the robbers who held up the
Morton First State Bank Wednes-
day and escaped with $17,500 in
cash.
5 CANNING SEASON IS HERE I
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Start now by preserving your Victory Garden vege-
tables and fruits. We have in our Hardware Depart-
ment all your canning needs so be sure to visit us and
see our complete stock of canning supplies.
Kerr Mason Fruit Jars
Qts.....85c Doz; Pis 75c Doz.
Jelly Glasses (half pint) .. 50c Doz.
Jar Lids 25c Doz.
Jar Funnels 20c
Jar Rubbers 2 Dozen 15c
Jar Lifters 15C
No. 2 Plain Cans (24 in Case) 85c Case
No. 2 Enamel Cans (24 in Case) 95c Case
No. 3 Plain Cans (24 in Case) .$1.20 Case
J. I. RIDDLE & COMPANY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. (U.R)--
Congress appeared virtually cer-
tain today to let the draft continue
at. least until the pr<"-ent Select h c
Service act expires next May 16
, By thai time, many members
! feel, measures taken to spur vcl
' untary enlistments will have I in
| to make themselves ft 1; and it will
the possible to estimate whether
enlistments alone will fill oc. jpit-
tion needs.
Meanwhile the War Departni
announced a new point di.-'chare' ■
system ft commissioned office:
in the Army which will tvake ome
200.000 nf its 800,000 cf. i" eli-
gible for immediate discharge.
The "critical" .- or -, computed
on the same basis as -cim'c -. l'i,r en-
listed men, are: colonel.;, lieutenant
colonels and majors, 100; captains
and 1st and 2nd lieutenant-, 85;
warrant and flight officers, f;0;
nurses, 05; Wac officoi-< (all
grades), <11; physical therapists
and dietitians, 41.
The Army said tho critical scire
would be pr gressively lower© I
and that, approximately 000,000
officers would be released for all
reasons by next July.
Priority to Industry
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. (U.R)—
Joseph D. Keenan, War Production
Board vice chairman, i; today
that industrial const ruction mu^
be given top priority in (he i>econ-
version drive.
, Mrs. R. J. Thompson and . on .
Bobby Jeff and T mmy, have re-
turned to Dallas after visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tucker.
R?v!in Victory
Parnde Marches
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MERLIN, Sept. 7 (U.R)—The Al-
ii sta r d a Y-.T Victory parade
ef i a rd infantry and armor to-
' v with Gen. George S. Patton
■ el Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov
in the ! ( viewing stand.
It marked the first time that1
American, Soviet, British and |
Fn. ncli tro ps have marched to-I
". "ther in a parade.
Tanks, armored cars, artillery )
I infantry of the four nations |
i : ceded from the Brandenburg
vest through the Tiergarten
<nd along the Charlottenburg
t.'liau -e, where (he reviewing stand
had been built.
Patton, representing Gen'.
Dwiglit I'. Eisenhower, wore rid-
irie; boots, breeches, white gloves
til. hi:- famous shellacksd helmet,
" ldc.h glistened in the sun. He car-
ried n baton .
Zhukov. commander cf the So-
ioccupation troops, was dressed
in a natty blue tivnic with his chest
overed with medals. He shook
lar, with Patton and they chat-
led as they stood together in the
itare-bedecked stand.
The parade represented a belat-
1 celt brat ion of V-J Day and was
held under an almost cloudless
l<y. There was a touch of autumn
in the air.
Each nation provided about 1,-
000 infantry troops. The Russians
led off the parade, followed in or-
der by the Frnch, British and
Amricans. Then came about 50
armored vehicles from each of the
four countries.
Mrs. Joe Fclz returned Friday
after visiting her mother, Mrs. W.'
W. Jones, in Gainesville.
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XT WAS a long tune ago, you were just a
youngster, when you watched your first
Southern Pacifie train go by. Remember?
Remember the lonely Hound of the
whistle way off in the distance, the first
exciting glimpse of the cow-catchcr round-
I
ing the bend, the engineer's friendly wave
and then the endless chain al cars that
clackety-clacked gradually off toward the
distant horizon?
Actuully you eame no closer to the train
than the width of the broad fields. Yet
across all that distance you felt the kin-
dling spark of friendliness that folks across
the line feel for the "S.P."
It's the sort of friendliness you feel in
Southern Pacific ticket offices when the
agent says, "Mighty sorry we can't get you
these reservations at present, but keep in
touch with us, we may be able to take care
of you later." It's the norl of friendliness
yon feel when S. P. conductors on crowded
trains interrupt their exacting work to try
iu many small ways to make the trip more
comfortable for those who must travel.
Though war traffic is taxing every fa*
cility today, we arc still trying to give ouf
essential travelers the kind of friendly
service that will make them look forward
to the day when they can travel again leis*
urely, idcamirably on the Southern Pacific.
P
The friendly Southern Pacific
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. [37], Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1945, newspaper, September 14, 1945; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292665/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.