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THE MEXIA WEEKLY HERALD
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 193# "
—
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the way your cows go for this New
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on it—and the way they milk on
it. Get some this week!
SPECIAL SOW AND PIG FEED
INSTEAD of grain alone feed
Purina bow and Pig Checkers
•long with your grain to get big-
ger litters, make plenty of sow's
milk for suckling pigs and put
extra pigs in the liner at weaning
time. Stop in and get some of this
special feed for your sows and
pigs.
County Expenses Amount to $14,393.6$
in Month of June, Cannon Reports
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Paris & Commerce Sts.
Phone 32
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Kingfish's Aide
Asks Probe of
Assassination
DETROIT, July 19, (U.PJ—Ger-
ald L. K. Smith, a lieutenant of
the late Huey P. Long, charged
last night that solution of pur-
ported corruption in the Louisi-
ana State government lay in ex-
posing "the conspiracy behind
Long's assassination."
Smith, now in Detroit as chair-
man of the committee of 1,000,-
000, said that evidences of cor-
ruption uncovered thus far in
Louisiana were "only peanuts"
and that a complete investigation
would "make the teapot dome
scandal look like a cold cup of
coffee."
Smith, who was with Long when
he was slain, charged that "the
recently indicted individuals in
Louisiana were part and par-
cel of the New Deal machine.
"All corruption that will be
revealed as the invsetigation of
these personalities and these
scandals develops will prove to
have taken place after the Louis-
iana organization was taken over
bodily by the New Deal."
Smith said that "the one ques
ti^r. which must be answered is
this: Why, when Long was as-
sassinated at the Zenith of his
power in the Senate where he was
a potent enemy of the New Deal,
was there no investigation on
the part of the United States gov
ernment as to the conspiracy be-
hind the assassination?"
He called upon Attorney Gen
eral Frank Murphy to make "a
complete and thorough" investi-
gatoon of the Louisiana case "as
it ties into Louisiana, Baton
Rouge, New Orleans, Washington
and the White House."
Miss Verna Flroence Hint/, is
spending this week visiting with
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
R. W. Hintz at their ranch near
Houston.
Want to Buy
Hatching Eggs
from Heavy Bred Hens
COMPLETE LINE OF RED CHAIN FEED
CityPoultry&FeedCo.
109 South Paris Street
Mexia, Texas
Now an Improved
MOCCO
For years we have manufactured a superior
Mixed Feed made of Cottonseed Meal and Hulls
with Salt, mixing it with machinery our own
design and giving a superior mixture. We have
now added Oyster Shell to this mixture, to con-
form to recommendations of experts on feeds.
There is no increase in price.
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE!
It is not MOCCO unless made by
Munger Cotton Oil Co.
Limestone county expenses dur-
ing the month of June amounted
to $14,393.68, according to a re-
port Wednesday by County Judge
Carl Cannon. The expenditures for
the month did not include the sal-
aries payable out of the general
fund, because there have been no
changes in the salaries.
Heaviest expense of the month
was in precinct four, where
$3191.43 was spent.
Cannon's report follows:
General Fund
West Publishing Company, book,
$5.00; Hightower Laundry, jury
room laundry, $1.50. Sam Adkins,
6 days, Jury of view, $18.00; Stan-
ley Parker, 6 days, jury of View,
$18.00; E. L. Connally, 6 days,
jury of View, $18.00; O. P. Rob-
ertson, board for county prisoners,
$6.25; The Dorsey Company, sta-
tionery and supplies, $35.13; Bur-
roughs Adding Machine Co., rib-
bons, $14.40 ;Goldstein Migel Co.,
sewing room supplies, $176.84;
Groesbeck Journal, index cards, W.
P. A. project, $4.50; City Drug Co.,
medical supplies, charity, $4.99;
Cayton Drug, medical supplies,
civrf /ty, 31.80; Wolverton Dnug
Co., medical supplies, $7.55; Hada-
way Groceries, groceries, charity,
$5.00; Felz Bros., groceries, char-
ity, $2.50; Texas-New Mexico Util-
ities, lights at court house and
jail, $135.66; City of Groesbeck,
water at court house and jail,
$75.30; Dr. R. E. Crome^ps, lunacy
case, $5.00; Dr. L. E. Alford, pro-
fessional services, charity, $10.00
and lunacy case, $5.00; Dr.'H. F.
Connally, professional services,
charity, $12.50; Dr. J. J. Anderson,
professional services, charity, $3;
Humble Motor Co., court house re-
pairs, $2.50; Mag. Pet. Co., 8 lbs.
C. W. for water pump, $1.96; J. C.
Pelham, jail repairs, $6.00; Royal
Typewriter Co., one machine, Dis-
trict Clerk, $115.90; Lee's jail sup-
plies, $14.23; Wilford Sanders,
court house supplies, $1.30; A. J
Jennings, court house supplies,
$3.20; Bruce Campbell & Son,
court house upkeep, $14.25; Brow-
der & Henderson, court house sup-
plies, $1.00; W. E. Swinscoe Type-
writer Co., repairs, $7.50; E. I. Du-
Pont De Nemous & Co., ammonia,
$15.08; Mexia Commercial Print-
ing Co., supplies, $11.50; Sharrock
Bros., court house repairs, $1.50;
H. E. Hewitt, court house upkeep,
$12.65; Bud O'Hara, plumbing,
$8.70; Wilmer Burney, court house
repairs, $19.30 ; Berry Barnett,
court house supplies, $30.00; Gulf
Oil Corp., spray, $1.63; Roy Kir-
ton, two inquests, $10.00; J. A.
Wright, hauling, $10.00; 7 Justices
of the Peace, birth and death list,
$27.00; S. W. Bell Telephone Co.,
welfare phone account, $6.25; Gulf
States Telephone Company, ac-
counts for June, $13.65; returning
Marvin Smith from Federal Peni-
tentiary, $200.00, one half to be
repaid by the State of Texas.
Total June Expenditures, $1107.22
Salaries payable out of the Gen-
eral Fund are not reported for the
reason that no salary has been
changed since same was last pub-
lished in this paper.
General Salary Fund
A. D. Kennedy, gx-oceries at jail,
$122.65; W. S. Walter, groceries at
jail, $159.22; G. E. Ezell, gas and
oil, county car, $29.22; Ruby Law-
ley, June expense account, $7.20;
L. S. Simmons, expense for June,
$64.10; W. A. Hand, guard at Re-
union Grounds, $18.00; L. L.Geren,
expense acc't for June, $45.89;
W. A. Browder, expense for June,
$16.40; Steve Unfried, expense for
June, $20.50; Humble Motor Co.,
parts and repairs, county car,
$25.95; J. C. Cayton, summoning
veniremen and expense, $18.00;
Gulf States Telephone Co., phone
accounts, $60.40;
Total June Expenditures, $464.88
Salaries payable out of the Gen-
eral Salary Fund are not reported
for the reason that no salary has
been changed since same was last
published in this paper.
Shoe Repairing
for men, women and
children
All Soles Stitched
O. K. Shoe Shop
Wiley Flint, Prop.
114 S. Sherman St.
STARTED CHICKS
Closing out our stock. Two to
five weeks old $6.50 to $11.00
per 100.
WALDROP'S HATCHERY
Teague, Texas
FOR SALE OR TRADE—for
good Teague property, nice 6-
room house, practically new, on
North Red River street. Garage,
small barn lot and good karden.
$600.00 cash and balance month-
ly. Want 4 to 10 acres close to
Teague on highway. Phone C. F.
Sumrow at Miss Alta Hedley's,
Teague, or write C. F. Sumrow
at Teague.
Koad & Bridge General Fund
B. F. McCoslin, trial fees, $2.50;
D. B. Yarborough, 25 auto regis-
trations, $6.25; J. C. Cayton, fees,
$25.40; G. R. Engledow, trial fees,
$40.00; Roy Kirton, trial fees,
$80.00; M. L. Hill, trial fees, $7.50;
Total June Expenditures, $161.65
Expense of I'recinct No. 1
Lee Brady, payment on pickup,
$47,75; Extra Labor, $86.00; Tex-
as-New Mexico Utilities O*., lights
$2.80; J. C. Pelham, hose, $0.50;
American Supply Co., parts, $12.02
Harper Garage, parts and repair,
$12.28; I|jre Ftitroakle, repairs,
$26.72; H. C. Padgett, lumber,
$153.43; Labor, $485.64; Thornton
Lumber Co., lumber and nails,
$73.22; Barnett Machinery Co.,
parts, $17.01; j'. L. Humbert, re-
pairs, $3.94; Magnolia Pet. Co.,
gas & oil, $7.99; W. M. Eubanks,
hardware, $7.56; Servis Equipment
Co., parts, $19.55; Browning Ferris
Co., parts, $23.74; Texas Co., gas
and oil, $347.10;
Total Expense (June), $1328.95
Expense of Precinct No. 2
Dens Oil Co., grease, $68.85;
Peeples Telephone Co., telephone
account, $4.05; E. W. Trotter, ex-
pense account, $37.50; Palestine
Reproduction Co., 4 blue prints,
$0.75; June Labor, $484.00; Berry
Barnett, nails, $30.60; Pat Ward
lumber, $414.26; Joe W. Hancock,
gas and oil, $92.73; Mag. Pet. Co.,
gas and oil, $293.68; Barnett Ma-
chinery Co., parts, $119.30; Beard
and Stone Elet. Co., repairs, $2.85;
Alamo Boiler Machinery Co., parts
$8.00; Miller and Hants, parts and
repairs, $98.45; Southwestern Pet.
Co., grease, $26.85; J. I. Robbins
and Son, blacksmithing, $33.25;
Int. and discount, $156.05;
Total Expense (June), 1871.17
Expense of I'recinct No. 3
City Drug Store, water keg,
$0.65; C. S. Ferguson, gas and oil,
$16.56; W. H. Franklin Lumber
Co., lumber, $486.11; Buffalo Hard
wood Co., oak lumber, $542.63; H.
C. Carter, blacksmithing, $2.00;
Elmer Pollock, parts and repairs,
$67.25; Miscellaneous bills paid by
Wess Popejoy, $23.59; Labor,
$659.00; Gulf Oil Refining Co., gas
and oil, $698.14; A. J. Jennings,
hardware, $14.90; J. J. Clonts,
gravel, $122 40; American Supply
Co., dynamite, $9.25; Dens Oil Co.,
grease, $16.20; Wilford Sanders
Hardware, $10.25; Berry Barnett,
nails, $27.20; Barnett Machinery
Co., parts, $94.54; C. H. Powell,
lumber, $49.00; Pat Ward lumber,
$255.42; J. C. Pelham, repairs,
$6.75; Mag. Pet. Co., gas aid oil,
$10.23;
Total June Expenses, $3191.43
Expense of I'recinct No. 4
Labor, $630.00; Sam Lightsey,
mowing, $14.00; Sam Prayter,
mowing, $9.00; W. M. Sterling,
Mowing, $18.00; L. A. Hawkins,
lumber, $140.76; Oil Field Lumber
Co., lumber, $150.62; Farrar Lum-
ber Co., lumber, $29.32; Southwes
tern Pet. Co., grease, $99.15; Dens
Oil Co., grease, $67.20; Pure Oil
Servis Station, gas and oil, parts
and repairs, $33.80; Fort Worth
Tank and Culvert Co., culverts,
$104.20; Robinson & Gregory,
blacksmithing, $87.65; Browning
Ferris Co., parts, $36.58; Ingram
Electric Shop, repairs, $18.15; Jack
Driver, repairs, $1.35; A. & W
Sales Co., parts and repairs, $15.21
R. B. George Co., parts, $3.35;
Servis Equipment Co., parts, $6.75
Lewis Patent Co., parts, $4.60;
Mexia Battery & Tire Co., parts,
$1.30; H. L. Kidd, parts, $1.69;
Cotton's Service Station, parts &
repairs, $4.85; Clay Hudson, re-
pairs, $7.50; Contractors Supply
Co., parts, $7.44; American Supply
Co., parts, $3.95; Texas Utilities
Co., $1.50; City of Mexia, water ac-
count, $1.25; W. M. Eubanks, hard
ware, $39.75; Berry Barnett nails,
$3.40; Gen. Motors Co., payment on
truck, $52.82; Texas Co., gas and
oil, $430.80; S. W. Bell Telephone
Co., phone account, $7.90; Sinclair
Refg. Co., oil, $10.82; Tex. Pacific
Coal & Oil Co., gas account,
$228.47;
Total $2271.13
I^ess Terracing, J. R. Vanwinkle,
$50.00; Guy H. Beene, $46.00; Bor-
den's $50.00; W. Hilliard, $30.00
Total Terracing $176.00
Total June Expenses .... $2095.13
Permanent Improvement Fund
The following represents the to-
tal expenditure for the purchase of
right of way for Highway No, 164
which extends from Groesbeck ten
miles east. This right of way was
purchased for twice the amount
for which the property was render-
ed for taxes, plus one and three-
fourths cent per foot for a fence.
J. S. Lansford, $84.11; J. J. Wil
son, $53.74; F. A. Adair, $9.32; H.
N. Lauderdale, $98.05; E. J. Pol
lock, $74.59; Richard Pierce,
$225.57; E. G. Dossey, $48.75; H
O. Lauderdale, $26.66; D. C. Good-
rich, $28.78; A. L. Robertson, $156.
47; Mary Robertson, $17.98; J. F.
Jackson. $110.41; Mrs. Mattie
Brooks, $117.43; Mrs. E. H. Burle-
son, $227.37; J. L. Kennedy, $17.64;
Mrs. D. F. Henry, $63.33; Morris
Hanna, $154.53; R. Pierce et al,
$102.86; M. L. Bronaugh, $78.00;
H. P. Drought & Co., $73.38; P. F.
Ferguson, $85.66; Mary Robert-
son, $13.77; W. L. Allison, $14.21;
P. G. Henry, $38.36; I. H. Webb,
$111.24; J. J. Wilson, $36.66; Etna
Life Insurance Co., $49.20; Mrs. E.
H. Burleson, $5.88; J. H. Jackson,
fee, $325,000; S. A. McBay, $268.50
Mrs. J, I. Jackson, $225.00; Nuss-
baum & Scharff, $1001.00; M. S.
Thetford, $200.00; Mrs. Nora Kee-
ton, $10.00; Sam E. Bryant, $10.00
P. P. Brown, $10.00;
Total $4172.25
I have given you above a com-
plete statement of all the expendi-
tures of Limestone County for the
month of June, 1939. This ib given
you for your criticism and advice
and I want the taxpayers to feel
free to talk with me or any mem-
ber of the Commissioners court at
any time about any expenditure
and we welcome advice in regard
to the financial condition of the
county.
Regular session of the Commis-
siners is the second Monday in
each month and the court extends
an invitation to all the tax payers
to meet with us in the county
court room on every meeting day.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carl Cannon, County Judge
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SPECIAL PRICES
Dr. Joe B. Williama
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—COR8ICANA—
(I* Mfila Ollki Innr lllufcr)
FDR Laughs
Away Winchell's
3rd Term Yarn
WASHINGTON, July 19. (U.R)—
President Roosevelt today laugh-
ingly side-stepped another oppor-
tunity to tell the nation whether he
will seek a third term.
He did it at his bi-wekly press
conference when a reporter in-
quired about the authenticity of a
newspaper dispatch by Walter
Winchell, New York newspaper
columnist, quoting a "reliable
source" to the effect that Mr.
Roosevelt had said to a friend that
he would seek re-election in 1910,
and preferred Paul V. McNutt, fed-
eral security administratr, as his
running mate. ,
Laughs At Rumor
He threw back his head and,
smiling, asked whether this could
be termed just another newspaper
story, a phrase he uses often in de-
nying dispatches written by Wash-
ington correspondents. A reporter
shouted "no!" to the president's
question. Another correspondent
suggested that it might be called a
"night club story."
After a moment's pause, he said
the Winchell dispatch was in the
same category as the one printed
today in the Washington column,
"Merry-Go-Round" written by
Drew Pearson and Robert Allen,
It portrayed the chief executive as
flying into a rage when the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee vot-
ed to defer action in his neutrality
program and how he was reported
quieted by Catdinal Mundelein,
who was with him at the time.
Criticized Column
He also criticized a column by
Arthur Krock, chief of the Wash-
ington Bureau of tTie New York
Times. A dispatch printed in to-
day's Washington Times-Herald
under the signature of William K.
Hutchinson, chief of the Washing-
ton Bureau of international News
Service, he said must be classed as
another newspaper story. It at-
tributed to Capitol politicians re-
ports that McNutt had been com-
missioned to sell the New Deal to
the country for a third term.
Another attempt to draw the
president into a discussion of the
political problem created by Mc-
Nutt's acceptance of the federal
post, at a time when friends are
actively pushing his candidacy
for the 1940 Democratic presiden-
tial nomination, also failed.
Asked o fMcNutt would be al-
lowed to keep speaking engage-
ments which he had made before
he was appointed to the security
post, the president referred his
questioner to McNutt.
Then he dismissed an inquiry
whether he would speak before the
National Convention of Young
Democrats in Pittsburgh, Pa., next
month with the statement that he
had no plans of any kind.
Leaf worms Are
Threatening
County Crops
Cotton leafworms are beginning
to appear in injurious numbers in
the coastal counties and in several
central Texas counties along the
Brazo's River, F. L. Thomas, chief
of the division of entomology of
the Texas agricultural experiment
station at College Station, said
Wednesday.
Limestone county led 10 coun-
ties in average weevil infestation.
The average weevil infestation in
Limestone was 20 per cent. Other
counties were Collin, 2 per cent;
Dallas, 3 per cent; Ellisr 10 per
cent; Fannin, 4; Grayson 14, John-
son 5, Kaufman 5, Lamar 7 and
Rockwall 0.
Boll weevils have'not recovered
from the setback as a result of the
hot dry weather conditions ten
days ago, and flea hoppers show
little change in general, Thomas
said.
"Most of the records taken last
week on the insect situation were
from counties of the northern half
of the state where examinations
had not previously been made,"
Thomas said. "Seventy-four fields
in 10 counties were examined by
state, federal and other cooperat-
ing entomologists. No boll weevils
were fund in 15 of the fields; only
in eight was the infestation caus-
ing damage."
The average number of flea hop-
pers per $10 terminals follows:
Collin 13, Dallas 27, Ellis 22, Fan-
nin 30, Grayson 20, Johnson 16,
Kaufman 38, Lamar 18, McLen-
Inan 44, and Rockwall 8.
In Crosby, Dickens and Lubbock
counties of northwest Texas, flea
hoppers occurred in small num-
bers in seven of eight fields exam-
ined. One field in Crosby county
had 29 flea hoppers per 100 term-
inals.
Cotton bollworms are not yet
threatening in North Texas, but
soon may be expected in cotton
fields that are rich in fertility or
where overflows have occurred,
Thomas said. In South Central
Texas injury has appeared in a
few scattered river bottom fields.
Duke of Kent Has
A Narrow Escape
ABERDEEN, Scotland, July 17.
JU.R)—The Duke of Kent, younger
brother of King George, had a nar-
row escape today when a wheel of
the airplane in which he was a pas
st*rvr bogged down in soft ground
and swung the machine arouud
during a takeoff from Dyce air-
drome for London.
After the mishap the Duke pro-
ceeded to London by train.
Spectators cheered when the
Duke, governor-general designate
for Australia, stepped unconcern-
edly from the plane, lit a cigaret
and strolled to the airdrome head-
quarters.
Downey for
President
Club Formed
Mann Rules
Firestone
May Be Taxed
AUSTIN, Texas]"July 19, (U.R)
—Attorney General Gerald C.
Mann today advised State Comp-
troller George Sheppard that
Firestone Tire and Rubber Com-
pany of Akron, Ohio, is liabh f r
chain store taxes on places ti
business operating under what is
known as the Firestone budget
plan.
The company now pays taxes
on 47 stores which it operates
directly. The comptroller's office
was unable to say how many
more would be added by the
ruling. If the number passes 60
the stores will be liable for taxes
of |700 a yean
Crew Member
Sees Producer
A member of the drilling crew
on the Mrs. Joe Peeples wildcat
test eight miles west of Mexia, a
mile south of the Waco-Mexia high
way, told the Mexia Daily News
Wednesday afternoon that he be-
lieved the well would produce 50
barrels a day when operations
were completed. He also said that
S. J. TayloV, drilling contractor,
and W. H. Foster geologist, shared
this same opinion.
However, conflicting rumors
continued to circulate regarding
the test. It was reported by usu-
ally reliable circles that the well
was making salt water; others re-
ported that everything looked "fa-
vorable," although there was no
change from Tuesday.
The crew member said a sand
pump was being used Wednesday
to pump out sand that had caved
in the well. He said almost 40 feet
of the well had caved in. "We had
been knowing there was a danger
of it caving in for several days,"
he said. He explained that the well
had a number of feet of open hole
where the casing had not been set.
It was also reported Wednesday
that another location had been sta-
ked on the Peeples tract by Taylor
and Foster.
Meanwhile, it was reported that
Albert Baggett of Kilgore, one of
the interested parties in the test
on the Jake Thompson tract, had
relet the contract for the teat, and
that drilling would start within
the next several days.
President Prays
There Will Be
No Crisis Abroad
WASHINGTON, July 19, (U.R)
—The White House said today
that President Roosevelt "will
pray as nevtfr before that there
will be no new cirsis in Europe
before Congress meets again in
January to consider neutrality
legislation."
White House Secretary Steph-
en Early made no secret of Mr.
Roosevelt's disappointment and
anxiety at the edcision reached
by Senate Democratic and Re-
publican leaders last night to de-
lay neutrality action until the
next session.
Sweet Potato
Dehydration
Plant Proposed
LONGVIEW, Tex., July 19
(U.R)—Elmer Torn, agriculture
director of the East Texas Cham
ber, outlined plans today for a
sweet potato dehydration plant
proposed by the Chamber's Che-
murgie -division.
Torn said that such a plant
would cost from $15000 to $25000
and would be able to dehydrate
15 to 20 tons of sweet potatoes
daily.
About 55 per cent by weight
of water and water soliibles
would be removed by a press,
modeled after one perfected by
Gilbert C Wilson, North Texas
State 1 tachers college chent ti gic
ir.stuictor.
In a Jrving process, another
15 per rat water recdution would
be accomplished.
The dt'* yd rated product would
last frum 15 to 18 monl!.« with
out dete* .c ration and wo.ih' help
East Toa« farmers supply the
Laurel, Miss., startch plant with
raw materials the year round,
Torn F.id
The Chamber is seeking spon-
sors for such a plant to be built
in the East Texas yam produc-
ing aera.
SAN F.RANCISCO, July 19, .
(U.R)—Organization of a "Sher-
idan Downey for president" club
was announced today by George
Peak, head of a local publicity
firm.
The announcement followed a
statement by Dr. Francis E.
Townsend that "it will take a gla-
mour boy to be elected president
in 1940, and Sheridan Downey is
a glamour boy."
Peak said he believed piAkage
pension groups would give Sena-
tor Downey support enough to
enable him to capture the Cali-*
fornia delegation to the Demo-
cratic National convention.
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Anti-Trust,
Patent Law
Changes Asked
WASHINGTON, July 17. (U.R)-.
The National Monopoly investigat-
ing committee today recommended
strengthening of anti-trust and
patent laws to curb a tendency to-
ward the concentration of control
of the American economic system y
in the hands of a few men.
In a preliminary report the com-<
mittee, which has been studying
the nation's economic structure for i
almost a year, said it is plain that
"resources required for economic!
endeavor are becoming increasing-'
ly difficult for the ordinary enter-
prises to obtain."
Concentration of economic pow-(
er and weath, the report said, is
"accompanied by increasing unem-
ployment and narrowing markets."
Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, D.,
Wyo., chairman of the committee,
said that the inquiry had not been
carried far enough to warrant ex-
tensive specific legislative recom-
mendation.
i ,
Miss Olive Dalton, a student
at T. S. C. W., from Mercedes,
Texas, is visiting Miss Elizabeth
Hinchliffe.
Unions Protest
Bar Shutdowns
JUAREZ, Mex., July 19, (U.R)
—Labor union officials ordered
a city wide demonstration today
in protest to an order by Gov.
Gustavo Talamantes of the state
closing more than 200 bars in
this border city across the Rio
Grande from El Paso, Texas.
' Fifty seven organized units of
the C. T. M. and the C. R. O. M.,
powerful Mexican labor associ-
ations, were scheduled to parade
today. All business houses in the
city, except drug stores and res-
taurahts were closed.
CLEANING.
BLOCKING
Don't throw your hat
away just because it has
become soiled. Let us
clean and reblock it lik"
new!
i
Trade-i
in
Your old suit on a New
Tailor Made Suit. See
our new samples.
R. L. Maddox
Cleaners and
Hatters
500 E. Commerce St.
Phone 670
Haney Signed to
St. Louis Contract
ST. LOUIS,, July 19.<U.R)—Presi-
dent Donald L. Barnes today set-
tled the managerial troubles of the
St. Louis Browns for another year
by signing Fred Haney to continue
as pilot of the club through 1940
at an increased salary.
Although terms of the contract
were not disclised Haney's new
salary was reported to be $10,000.
Barnes also announced a bonus
plan for players. He explained that
if the club finishes in sixth place
the players will divide $10,000
among themselves. If the club
winds up in fifth place the players
will split $15,000, and if the
Browns find themselves in fourth
position at the close of the season
there will be $20,000 to divide.
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Buy Genuine
Chevrolet Parts
You KNOW they are good!
MEXIA MOTOR CAR COMPANY
MAIN AND SHERMAN STREETS
Is Here!
To you people who live in the 1
districts ... we will appreciate * our
Cleaning and Pressing Business . . .
Drop by with your clothes and you
will be treated right.
NEED A NEW SUIT?
Let us order you a C-O-O-L one that
FITS. See our samples.
Jim Brady
208 N. Sherman St.
Phone 78
Kir--.
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1939, newspaper, July 21, 1939; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299616/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.