The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1937 Page: 4 of 6
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PACE FOUR
aaraifea.
—r
THE mjA WEEKLY HERALD
Office with the News Publifthing Company
Entered at the postoffice at Mexia, Texas, as second
Wass mail maltoi uutltir net o) .Uareh 3, 1879.
sr.-
Familv Doctor
T. M Rest. V. S. Pat. Off
Boil Cioihing, Bathe, Apply Sulphur Powders
to Clean Lice from the Body
&
*
\\ hen Ifci1 begin to live ground [
the body, particularly in the seams J
of underclothing,., they are-difficult
to ji'inoyt'v In an ordinary search,
they arc rmt likely to be found 011
the skin.but ther concealed in tjie 1
clothing and occasionally in the I
hairy regions. They get on the skin j
only when hungry.
Sometimes their presence can be I
detected by the fact that the hairy !
In ridding the body of these
parasites, it is necessary to boil all
the cluihing or to steam it to ster-
ilization in high pressure steam
sterilizers. The organisms on the
body must be removed as well by
giving hot soap baths and applying
dusting powders containing sul-
phur.
Lice which live in the lower a-
reas of the abdomen are seldom
region* are contaminated by the i seen on children. They bite deeply
eggs or nit:; of the body louse. Oh j and almost invariably produce lit-
other occasions, punctur wounds ;'tle spots of blood and inflamma-
which they produce are found on I tion.
the skin surrounded
bloody area.
by a slight
Just as soon as the parasite be-
gins to bite, itching occum Then
the areas are covered with scabs
and crusts and there is also the
possibility of secondary infection
from scratching.
Where the lice have been long in:
habitants of the skin, discolora
tions may eventually occur. In fact,
nmong'the inhabitants of flophous-
es, the presence "Of these organisms
.. is so frequent that they occasional-
ly attack in such- numbers as "to.
; -produce serious disorder* of the
skin, called "Vagabond's disease:""
Thief danker of such infestation
is possibly at the developemht' of
abscesses and boils which when
.. . greatly'infected may even produce
death. Body lice-usually bite a-
^'round the neck, shouldert and But-
tocks. — '
Sometimes their biting is asso-
ciated with the appearance of dis-
colorations of the skin, believed to
be due to the fact that the poison-
ous saliva of the parasite breaks
up red coloring matter of the blood
and leaves it under the skin.
For the treatment of this type of
FRIDAY DATE
FOR AIR MAIL
SURVEY HERE
Hundreds of persons from this |
section are expected to be at the j
airport next Friday when an ait
mail survey plane will land here
to pick up a pouch made up in
Mexia.
Phil Karner urged all persons
i i Mexia to be present for the
binding of the plane. He pointed
out those who have no transpor-
tation can find a ride to the air-
port at the Mexia Chamber of
Commerce.
Meanwhile a special cachet to
appear on all letters dispatched
from here by air mail Friday has
been recejved.
Over 75 yetters have been re-
ceived out of the state to be mail-
ed Friday and stamped with the
cachet, Karner said.
Karner will receive a telegram
Friday stating exactly what time
the big airplane will land and
the postmaster has urged every
one to be ready to go to the air-
port immediately upon arrival of
the wire dispatch.
In the event the plane should
happen to be grounded because
THE MEXIA WEEKLY UBRAtD
; Dozen Members UAW
Arrested in Dearborn
DKARUOKN, Mich., Dec. 8 (U.R)
Dearborn police today arrested a
iloren members of the United Au-
tomobile Workers Union who sou-
ght to distribute union literature at
the entrance to the Ford plant in
definance of a safety council rul-
ing.
FOG CAUSE OF
ARMY AIRSHIP
HITTING HOUSE
Final Cotton Estimate
up Half Million Bales
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 7, (U.R)
—John M. Chapman resigned to-
day as promoter and manager of
the six-day bicycle races in Mad-
ison Square garden, a position
he has held for the last 25 years
Harry Mendel, press agent for
the races succeeds Chapman.
infestation, it is customary to use of inclement weather, Karner
1 said it probably would arrive here
the following day, or just aB soon
as possible.
strong ointments containing toxic
"drugs which the physician pre-
scribes. Sometimes the drugs used
irritate the skin. They are, how-
ever, necessary first to destroy the
parasites. The irritations may then
be overcome by the use of sooth-
ing ointments.
LONGVIEW, Dec.~8 <U.R)—Long -
view's underprivileged children will
need look unkept no longer. Four
union barbers report at 4 p. m.
each Wednesday at the Salvation
Army' hut to trim the hair of the
needy juveniles.
John Lewis Is
Blamed for 50
Strike Deaths
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. S (U.P.)
-■-John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America
and head of the Committee for In-
dustrial "Organization, today was
blamed in federal court for a
bloody "union feud which in five
yt--.irs took 50 lives in Illinois coal
fields.
"Lewis was the begging and is
tfse present cause of the trouble,"
raid Awthur^M.. Fitzgerald, chief de-
fense tounsel in*, the. trial-or 36 men
accused of "terrorism" and bomb:
.. ings during the conflict.
When Welly K. Hopkins, chief
of the spverjnjijent staff,, remarked,
it was a "rathor broad statement,"
FitzgerAld 'Answered:
"It is a broad statement and it
■will be .proved.."
Fitzgerald' made his charge a-
prainst the 0. chieftain during
arguments as he sought to bring
Lewis' name Into the trial :by in-
sisting it'was necessary to present'
the background of the five-year
_ struggle, which resulted
in the indictments.
The defendants are members or
former members of the Progressive
Miners of America — formed in ,
1932 in revolt against Lewis and ;
the* U. M. W. A. The testimony of }
Claude Pearcy, present secretary-
tm>rsurer and first P. M. A. presi-
dent brought on the charge a-
gainst Lewis.
World's Champ
Steer Brings
$2.35 a Pound
Those having letters to be dis-
patched by air mail Friday citn
mail them Thursday and they will
be held over for the special mail-
ing. Otherwise they will be dis-
patched as usual.
Many firms and individuals here
signified their in-
INTERNATIONAL AMPHI- j
TREATRE, Chicago, Dec. 8, — j
(UP)—The champion steer of the ]
world sold for the lowest price in '
four years Thursday but prices
for the kind of beef which reaches
the acreage family table went
up.
"Ashbourne Orange," adjudged
the finest beef animal of the 38th
annual International Livestock
Exposition, commanded $2.25 a
pound in auction today compared
with the ?.'! a pound paid for the
last three years. At that
price he is destined to. be served
on a special occasion at. Chicago'?
Palmer House.
have already
tentions of mailing a ^large num-
ber of letters Friday And Karner
Wednesday urged all persons to
send their letters by air mail
Friday in order that Mexia can
make as good a showing as pos-
sible.
Rare Surgery
Planned Save
Life Negress
MATIOMAI
Fri. - Sat.
"This Way
Please"
starring
BUDDY ROGERS
BETtY GRABLE
Midnight Show
Sat. also Sun. - Mon.
Second
Honeymoon'
starring
Loretta Young
Tyronne Power
TUES. - WED.
It's Love I'm
After"
starring
Leslie Howard
Bette Davis
AUSTIN, Dec. 8. (U.PJ— The i
Spencer Albright family's quiet ■
: evening at homo became a sud- ■
j den disaster last night when an
army airplane fell from the sky
crashed in the rear of their house
and killed their two year old son.
The pilot a'so died instantly
He was Capt. F. A. Avellno of
the Mexican army, who was tak-
ing an advanced flying course at
the U. S. army schoiH at Kelly
Field, San Antonio. Ec was fil-
ing in a fog and saw the house
just in time to turn off the ig-
nition switch of his motor there-
by doubtlessly preventing a fire
and worst disaster. The wreck-
age was saturated witii gasoline.
The dead child was Leonard H.
I Albright. His elder brother Spen-
I cer was sleeping in the same
room but he crawled from the
debris with only a head wound
which was not serious. In his
hand he still clutched the mar-
ble that he carried to bed with
him.
Spencer Albright Sr .is a tutor
in government at the University
of Texas. He, his wife and a
guest,. Edward Peeler, were sit-
ting in parlor at 8:20 p. in. There
was a rending crash of metal
and timber as the plane shirred
out a rear section of the 0. J-
Herrington home next door, then
the shuddering impact of the
collision with the Albright home
All-Time Record
Is Set by This
Year's Estimate
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, (U.PJ—
The department of agriculture in
its final cotton report for 1937
today estimated this year's crop
at 18,746,000 bales. An all time
record and 503,000 bales above a
month ago.
Ginning to December 1 were
reported as 16,178,042 bales, com-
pared with 13,164,096
November 1.
The report estimated the yield
of lint cotton per acre as 264.6
pounds, also an all time high com-
pared with an estimate of 258.8
pounds on November 1.
—„—■. —
Mrs. Blanton
Says Bones Are
Those Husband
vsm
FRIDAY, DECEMBER JO. 1SST
Whittaker Is
Heard by Many
Monday Night
THURS. ONLY
Tit for a King"
starring
JOE E. BROWN
WASHINGTON, Dee. 3—(UP)
-^A 16 year old Negro boy and a
13-year-old Negro girl lay in a
hospital today awaiting a rare
operation which will transform
them for five weeks into a freak
of the medical world—"Siamese
Twins."
The little drama began sev-
eral weeks ago when Clara How-
ard, of Edenton, N. C., was brou-
ght here suffering from burns
fancy received when her dress was ig-
nited by flames of an open fire
Both of her arms,were pinioned
to her sides by scar tissue and
^ Carload lots of cattle, repve-! her chin appeared glued to her
senting more nearly the kind of j neck.
meat the average family buys ! Under the care of Dr. Robert
average
increased in price.
The grand champion carload
of Aberdeen-Angus steers brou-
E. Moran, a plastic surgeon, her
left arm has been freed and it is
expected that her right arm will
ght 35 cents a pound compared be freed before the forthcoming
-With 28 cents a year ago; the I operation. The operation is be-
champion lot of Hcrefords wfent
up from 19 cents a year ago to 20
cents this year, and the .top lot of
shorthorns sold for 18 cents this
year, compared to 14 cents in
1936.
Mutton followed the same trend
but pork generally went lower.
The grand champion carload lot
of sheep sold for 35 cents a pound
compared with 30>/4 i;ents a year
ago but better prices for the loss
choice made the average on 18
Pearcy was thefirst defense wit- i carloads 2'/j cents a pound above
ness and. told of the establishment 1936. Today's carlot sheep aver-
of P. M. A. aftej; .Lewis signed an. aged 13% cents a pound com-
"emergenoy" contract which, Pear- j pared to 11 cents a year ago.
cy said, "was .not approved by the j •— 1
— 2 Hunters Who
15 Teague Players
Are Given Letters
TEAGUE, Dec. 3, (Spl)—Fif-
teen members: .of -the 1937 Teag-
Were Lost Are
Sought Monday
ue high school football team ware BEAUMONT, Dec. fi, (U.R)—
awarded letters by the athletic Three U. S. army planes and a
"committee of the school, accord- j private plane took off here to-
Ing to Coach Bryan Schley, In day to search for two duck hun-
addition to - the fifteen griddeiwj tors who were reported lost in
a manager's letter was also giv-. Jefferson county marshlands,
on to Herbert Ross. fThe missing hunters are M, M
Captain Max Scott, Co-captain Cook, 55, of Dallas and Frank
Sid Terry, H. P. Kirchner, Char- Thomason, 27, employe of a Beau-
les Adams, Edgar Bowers, Billy j mont sporting goodstore.
Elliott, Wertah Seely, Hardy Mar- Cook became separated from
tin, Tolbert Keaton, Benny May, son H. C. Cook while they were j
Ergil Bickerstaff, Ralph Man- . hunting Saturday on the coastal i
ning, Earl Kirchner, Coleman
Persons, and David Clark were
those receiving the coveted aw-
ards. . -. ~\v
l'ng made necessary by the fact
that the girl was so horribly
seared that it is Impossible to fol-
low the customary procedure and
transfer skin from thigh or calf
or other parts of the body.
Moran decided to use the
"tube pedicle" method of skin
giafting. The first necessity was
to f>4 a donor with the same
blood grouping as the burned
girl. The blood of her distant
cousin whom she never had met,
John M. Bonner, was selected. J
Surgeons then slit an 18-inch |
strip of flesh down his body
from the armpit to the hip.
In a few weeks the flesh will be
separated from his body, except at
the armpit and the hip and roll-
ed into a "tube." John will be
joined to Clara when It is certain
that blood circulation through the
tube of flesh is adequate. The
tissue cut from the young negro's
body then will be grafted onto the
girl's body.
Surgeons said that John pro-
bably would recover quickly after
the pair are cut apart by sur-
geons but will always bear a
deep scar. The girl, however, will
have to remain in the hospital
for man weeks pending comple-
tion of the skin grafting job.
Plane 3 Hours
Too Late Find
FRI. - SAT.
"Raw Timber'
starring
TOM KEENE
Sunday Only
"Adventurous
Blonde"
starring
GLENDA FARREL
MON. - TUES.
"Good Earth"
starring
PAUL MUNI
Louise Rainer
WED. - THURS.
"Talent Scout"
starring
DONALD WOODS
v «r v *r
TTT-
marshland.
Joe Gusemtfn and Hugh Slo-: _. .. __
cum of Beaumont reported to of- H Unter
ficers today that Tho,.i «on
had
Irregular .price movement pre-
vailed in quiet curb stock deal-
ings today. Industrials advanced
slightly. Oils firm, utilities were
little changed.
.. failed to return to their boat.
•J. D. Foster, Willie Adams and
Blake Smith, Jr., attended the S.
M. U.-Rice football game in Dallas
Saturday.
Poultry Wanted
Wr pay highest cash prices for Chickens and Turkeys
ALSO BUY PECANS
Mexia Poultry & Egg Co.
MEXIA. TEXAS
W
BEAUMONT, Dec. 8, (U.R)—An
inquest showed today that .air-
planes and land parties were
three hours too late in reaching
the marsh bog near Big Hill
where M. N. Cook,'52, Dallas civ-
I il engineer had been lost for 80
hours.
Cook, missing since he and his:
! son separated while hunting in i
| the desolate coastland last Sat-1
j urday was found dead yesterday |
; by an army flier of Shreveport [
! who circled the spot for two hours i
' in his plane until ground search- I
I crs arrived.
A
MERICAIi
Theater
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Tex Ritter
"Riders of the
Rockies"
Serial and Comedies
SUNDAY • MONDAY
"We're on the Jury"
with
Victor Moore
Helen Broderick
News and Comedies
TUESDAY
"The Plot Thickens"
with
James Gleason
Plus Shorts
WEI). - THURS.
George O'Brien
—in—
"Windjammer"
also Short Subjects
Hopkins Child
Hang Stocking
in White House
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, (U.R)—
-A motherless little girl will hang
her stocking from a white house
mantle on Christmas eve and next
morning will romp about and
shout in the hilarious celebrat-
ion which annually transforms
President Roosevelt's quiet bed-
room into a noisy nursery.
She is WPA administrator Har-
ry L. ? Hopkins' five-year-old
daughter, Diana, who has been
the house guest of James Roose-
velt's little daughter, Sara, since
Mrs. Hopkins' recent death.
This and other plans for the
White' House Christmas were re-
vealed today by Mrs. Roosevelt's
holiday schedule begins on Dec.
18 When she goes to New York to
help decorate a Christmas tree of
the women's trade union league.
She will attend the usual Christ-
mas party at the Roosevelt Es-
tate in Hyde Park, N. Y., on Dec.
19 and on the following day will
I attend the women's trade union
j league celebration in New York.
The president's mother, Mrs.
Jaineg Roosevelt, his son John..
I his half-sister-in-law, Mrs. J. R.
Roosevelt, and her brother, Hall
Robsevelt, are expected for the
holidays. Franklin, Jr., and his
bride, the former Ethel Du Pont
will divide their allegiance be-
tween the White House and the
palatial Du Pont estate in Dela-
ware.
6 Day Service
on FSA Checks
Loan applications from this
country are approved by the reg-
ional office and checks delivered
j to' the local office in a record
tinle of 6 days, on the average,
according to Ccal Johnson, county
rural supervisor, ljarm Security
Administration. The supervisor re-
ports that this is having a very
marked psychological effect on
the interest borrowers are taking
in making plans this year." With
sufch service from the regional of-
fice, borrowers realize they will
receive the nony in time to fol-
low out plans they make. This is
in marked contrast to the situ-
ation last year, when, as the re-
sult of changing procedure and
ofcher handicaps, loan dockets
wjfuld take from three weeks to
two months to clear.
The local supervisors are con-
fident that a much better oppor-
tunity of rehabilitating themsel-
vifc will be given borrowers this
year, due to this speed in passing
on loans, and due to the fact
that farm and homo plans are be-
ing made well in advance of plant-
ing time. When the last farm and
home plan has been made and
the loan approved, this county
will have approximately 175 fam-
ilies on the program. Of these
families 50 will be new in the
program this year.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 3 (U.R)
—Governor Frank F. Merriam to-
day forecast University of Ala-
bama's sco>% in its Rose Bowl foot-
ball battle with University of Cal-
ifornia New Year's Day. Pointing
to a model Alabama auto license
[ plate hanging in his office, Mcrri-
■ am said: "I guess Gov. Bibb Graves
I meajit that to be Alabainn's score."
| The plate was numbered 000-000.
Music lovers of Mexia and
aurrounding towns were afforded
a rare opportunity Monday even-
ing when they had the pleasure
of heaing 'a concet given by
James M. Whittaker tenor, at
the City Auditorium. This noted
artist was presented by the
Christian Endeavor of the First
Presbyterian church.
Mr. Whittaker, who has ap-
peared with the Metropolitan Op-
era company and on Town Hnll
programs, is nationally known
for his display of a voice of sing-
ular ease and expressive tone
quality. Last evening he sang ex-
acting numbers with a compre-
hension of their demands—phras-
ing, fluently and nobility of tone
meeting these adequately. A na-
RAYMONDVILLE, Dec. 8, (U.R)
—John Blanton's mother and the
rheriff argued today over iden-
tity of a skeleton found in the
brush on the great King ranch
; and temperature ran high again
bales in in thc feud between farmers and
cowboys over fenced in land and
free hunting rights.
John Blanton and his farmer
Luther have been missing since
November 18, 1036 when the.V
supposedly crawlcd through a fence
to hunt on the forbidden land oI
the large King ranch.
A Mexican hunter found thf
skeleton on a 250,acre tract Sun
day 11 miles souhtwest of the
ranch. The bones had been char-
ged by a brush fire and little
was left of them but Mrs. Luth-|
cr Blanton said they were the
remains of her son beyond n
doubt and Sheriff Howard Cragg
of Willacy county said they pos-
tively were not.
Navy Mass Flight
Canal Zone Begins
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 8, <U.R)-The
navy's non-stop mass flight from
San Diego to the canal zone be-
gan today.
The first plane off was that of
squadron commander ieut. Com-
mander Bradford E. Grow. In
quick succession 16 other bombers
took off. There were 25 officers
and 73 enlisted men in the person-
nel for the 2,057 mile flight.
tive of Cincinnati, he showed his'Q Estate Check
foreign training m respect to ad-
mirable diction in French and on \t ay WaSningtOll
Spanish classics and Italian folk-
songs. ;v : ALEANY, N. Y. Dec. 8, (U.R)
With Mrs. Sam B. Werner, of —One of the largest checks ever'
Mexia, the accompanist, Mr. received at the Internal revenue,
Whittaker presented the follow- office here was on its way to
ing recital of songs: Washington today.
O Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave it was for slightly more than
Me? (Handel); Parlez Moi d'Ar-
mour (Jean Lenior); The Asra
(Rubenstein); J'ai Pleure en Reve
(George Hue); Las Monanitas
(M. Ponce); Amor (Lecuona);
Tu Ya No Soplas (Barcelata);
Passing By (Purcell); The Blind
Ploughman (Clarke). ^
$10,000,000 and represented fed-
eral inheritance tax on the estate
of the late Col. E. H. R. Green
- +
The lowest temperature at the
North Pole is 60 degrees below ze-
ro, Fahrenheit.
DOG UPSETS TRAFFIC
CLEVELAND (U.R) — A little
dog started across a boulevard
crowded with downtown—ound traf
fic. Brakes squealed and fenders
rattled as hurrying motorists tried j
to avoid hitting the dog The dog I
trotted safely across but caused
$200 damage to three colliding au- |
tomobiles and head cuts to a wo-
man passenger.
LUMBER
SHINGLES. TIMBERS,
HOUSE BILLS
High quality, close j ricen. Quick track or
rail delivery. Mall or wire list of items.
We guarantee the grade and count.
New Way Lumber Co.
HOUSTON. TEXAS
Chevroiet and Ford
Parts /
at Mail Ord er Pries
Batteries UP from $3.95
MEXIA BATTERY & TIRE CO
W UNSTOP DUZZIT
Ford & Shelton
Cleaning & Pressing
Prices
Reduced
Bring all of your clothes to us for
the Best Work' Appreciative Service
and Low Prices.
LET ME
m I
Next Time, Try Us
Phone 41 East Main St.
i
II:
Lowest Prices
Best Work
Courteous Service
If you don't
believe it, try men
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