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FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 194k.
THE MEXIA WEEKLY HERALD
PACF. FIVE
Mexiaite Answers
Call of Denton
Presbyterians
Emergency Pipeline
Extended to Indiana
WASHINGTON, Sept. H
Shi. Frederick Van Nuys, D., Ind.,
said yesterday thut the War Emer-
gency Pipeline Corp. would extend
'a branch of the Texas-Illinois pipe-
I line, now under construction, to a
I terminal point at Mt. Vernon, Ind.
The Mt. Vernon terminal would be
i accessible to a barge landing facil-
ity for further movement, Van
Nuys said.
The Rev. Joseph Copelnnd, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Copeland of
Mexin, has accepted a call from
the First Presbyterian Church,
Denton, Texas, friends learned to1
day. For the past three years he
has been pnstov of the First Pres-
byterian Church at Frederick,
Oklahoma.
W e 11-k n o w r. here, Copeland
graduated from the Mexia high
school in 1933. He received his B;
A. from Trinity in 193t>, and his
B. D. degree from the Presbyter-
ian Theological Seminary in Chi-
cago, Illinois, in 1939. Since then
he has taken an active ijart in Ok-
lahoma youth work.
11-Year-Old Divorce
Set Aside for Wife
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 9 (U.R)—
An 11-year-old divorce decree,
which had been obtained without
the knowledge of the wife, was set
aside today by District Judge Ken-
neth McCalia so the 69-year-old
woman might become legal heir to
a $1,900 estate.
The woman told the judge that
she had been married to a Russian
sailor in 1909 and that he had tried
to divorce her early in 1931. She
contested the suit and the decree
was denied, she testified.
The woman said .that unknown
to her, the sailor then obtained by
citation by publication a divorce
from her later on that year, but
had continued to live with her un-
til 1940. It was after that when
she learned of the divorce and an
est te thut he had left.
Inrs. Barnett Cannon and Mrs.
T. E. Buck werj Waco visiters
Wednesday.
Walter Kline Boyd, Jr., Charles
Booker, Edwin Knttcn, Jr., and
Larry McCiannon weie visitors at
Texas A. and M. College Wednes-
day.
KELLY PERFECT
Double Blade
AXE
True Tempered Steel
4-uound
$3.25
Black Waxey
DOUBLE BLADE
$2.75
EUREKA
Single Blade
$1.75
Atkins and Disslon
Cross Cut Saws
5 •/, Ft.
Double Cut Teeth
$5.40 to $6.50
J. I. RIDDLE
&
MEXIA, TEXAS
Senate Finance
Group Considers
$6^4 Exemption
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (U.R)—
The Senate Finance Committee to-
day is considering a proposal to
merge the tentatively upproved 5
per cent "victory" tax on income
into the regular income tax struc-
ture by lowering personal exemp-
tions to $375 a year for single per-
sons, $750 for married persons and
$125 for dependents.
Final decision between the "vic-
tory" tax as a separate levy, im-
posed on top of all other taxes now
in the new tax bill, and absorption
of it into present normal and sur-
taxes may be made today.
The "victory" tax—to be with-
held by employers on all earnings
over $12 a week—was tentatively
adopted by the committee yester-
day, 13 to 6, and committed the
<group for the present to a tax bill
designed to increase federal re-
ceipts more than $9,000,000,000 a
year without recourse.
The "victory" tax, raising $3,
050,000,000 a year, would apply to
tthe gross income of individuals
after an exemption of $024.
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HORN HILL
September 9
Miss Frances Heflin has return-
ed to her home after a few weeks
visit in Sweetwater, Texas.
Little Aria Mae Chavers visited
her grandmother, Mrs. D. C. Cha-
vers Wednesday.
Mrs. Orrace Thompson visited
I Mrs. Jim and Mrs. George Thomp-
son Thursday.
Mrs. C. R. Wakefield has re-
turned home after a few days visit
jwith her husband, C. R. Wakefield,
, in Waco.
j Johnnie Lee and Wendell Wake-
I field have returned home after
visiting relatives in Mexia.
Miss Erma B?a Ainsworth is vis-
iting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Cy
Ainsworth and Mrs. John Shel-
ton.
George Bruce Brooks of this
place and Miss Pauline Moore were
married Friday night. We wish
for them a long and happy married
life. He will leave for the U. S.
Army soon.
Tommy and Gearold Beavers of
Groesheck visited their grand-
mother, Mrs. D. C. Chavers, a few
days last week.
Miss Janell Fortenberry spent
Thursday night with Mrs. A. A.
DeVore.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Maynard
spent Friday with their children,
Mr. and Mrs. Dick LeNoir.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Day visited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rufe
Runnels Sunday.
Charlie Chavers of Los Angeles
visited in the home of Mrs. Robert
Chavers and daughter, Arita Mae.
We are sorry to report that J. O.
Black is ill. We hope for him a
speedy recovery.
Miss Jewel Mobley spent Sun-
day with Mrs. D. C. Chavers.
Mr. a,nd Mrs. J. W. Ragland
visited Sunday with Mrs. C. B.
j Fortenberry.
Mr.'and Mrs. Mayton Ward vis-
ited her mother, Mrs. D. C. Cha-
vers Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Shipp took
Sunday dinner with Mr. Jessie and
Miss Hattie Heflin.
Mrs. Donna Earl Cockrum and
her sister visited relatives in our
community.
Bruce Shipp has gone to Mexia
where he is employed.
Mrs. Guy Andrews was called to
the bedside of her father, Mr. Tom
Freeman of Winters, Texas, who
is seriously ill.
Nina Ruth and Lela Andrews
have returned home after visit-
ing relatives in South Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Gearald Johnston
and Mr. and Mrs. George Brooks
visited out of our community Sun-
day.
'Sonny Brown
Entertains at
Lions Meeting
Members of Mexin Lions Club,
at their weekly luncheon Tuesday
heard a highly ont.-r Laming pro-
gram of original songs sung: and
;played by Marion M. (Sonny)
1 Brown, Jr.
The youthful composer present-
ed a selected list of seven of his
more than 50 original composi-
tions. Included in the program
was "1875 Overture," voted the
host number by member* of the
club. The copyright for the song
jwas given to the Treasury Depart-
| ment by Brown at the request of
■ Secretary of the Treasury Henry
j Morganthau, following a recent
radio program, and the song will
be used to help boost the sale of
War Bonds.
Thomas Chatham, Jr., appearing
en the program with Brown Tues-
day, sang two of the numbers, "I
Hear America Singing'," and
"Come, Love (Rose)." Other num-
ber:: were "Way Out in the West,'
"Moonstone," "Ellen," "Send. Your
Soldier Boy a Line," and "Jeze-
bel."
T. L. Crenshaw, dean of West-
minster College at Tehuacana, was
introduced as a new moniber o±
the club He made a brief talk,
reminding thnt the college session
would begin Sept. 14.
The program was «n charge of
Dor Quillen. Lion President A. A.
Johnston presided over the meet-
ing. A number of guests were pre-
sent.
Wings of Progress Rest in the Jungle
Pasture Methods
Observed by 65
Limestone Men
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A big airliner frames an African scene in a picture gymbolic of the progress of aviation under tf e im-
pact of war. Representing the past is a crude thatched hut on a new Pan-American Airway;! lield
in Liberia. (Passed by censor.) > i Ji.. *
B & M RADIO
SERVICE
At reasonable prices on all
makes . . tubes und parts
Next to Barker Furniture
202 E. Main, Mexia, Texas
'Use V-Mail' Says
Admiral Nimitz to
People at Home
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9 ttl.fi)—
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Pacific
fleet, has issued an appeal to fam-
ilies of service personnel to use
the new, fast V-mail system for
correspondence from the mainland
to forces afloat and afield.
Mainlanders corresponding with
men cfloat or afield may obtain
their V-mail blanks from any post
office. Full instructions appear
on each form. Letters are sent to
j the nearest V-mail center for for-
warding by air to the soldier, sail-
i or or marine concerned. Again,
j days are saved; and valuable air-
plane space is conserved for vital
war goods.
It was urged that service users
of V-mail request their correspon-
dents to take advantage of this fast
system. V-mail now goes to per-
sonnel on duty in Australia—and
in intermediate island bases.
Pacific fleet V-mail authorities
I ointed out that speed, privacy and
economy should make use of this
microfilm service attractive to thi
armed forces.
Whereas regular airmail from
the Hawjiian area to Pacific coast
points often takes many days, V-
mail to these same cities averages
only four days. V-mail for E st
coast points takes six days from
the time of posting to arrival at
its addressed destination.
In the fleet, mail clerks have
been supplied with special V-mai!
forms. Letters written on these
blanks and posted for censorship
are not read again until they reach
the addressees.
Hawaiian area V-mail is photo-
graphed on 10-millimeter microfilm
spools in Honolulu. These rolls,
two of which contain as many let-
ters as an ordinary mailpouch, go
to the mainland by the first avail-
able air" transportation. They rate
highest priority; they go immedi-
ately.
By fast mail train, completed
V-mail is then sped to recipients,
who get 4-by-5 Vi inch enlargements
of the tiny negativj in official en-
velopes—without charge.
Gerald Mann Denies
Rumor He Will Quit
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 9 (U.R) —
Atty. Gen. Gerald C. Mann said to-
day he had no plan to resign after
the November General Election in
which he is the Democratic nomi-
nee for another tern as Attorney
General.
''Like any other man, I've dis-
cussed the possibility of going into
service, but thnt is as far as it has
gone," Mann said.
His statement followed published
report that he would resign after
election and ask Gov. Coke R.
Stevenson to appoint Grover Sell-
ers'. Sellers now is First Assistant
Attorney General.
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The yucca moth was the first
known creature to make a plant,
the flowering yucca, dependent
upon it.
Storm Destroys Home,
Injures Woman Here
Max Schmeling to
Retire from Ring
Strong winds, accompanying a
deluge of rain, early this morning
destroyed the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Thad Jolyison on the Taylor
lease about four miles north of
Mexia. Mrs. Johnson suffered
painful bruises and shock. She wa-
rushed to a local hospital, where
she was resting well this after-
noon. Her condition is not believed
serious.
Johnson, and the baby were
saved from injury by the mattress
uppn which they slept. The mat-
tress was blown ivcr them, pro-
tecting them from th^ i'lying da-
bris.
The house, a small nil field
house, was completely demolished
and debris was scattered over a
wide area.
In Mexia, the wind was strong,
but no serious damage was re-
ported from tile s,torm. Surround-
ing crops probably suffered con-
siderable damage, and creeks arid
streams went out of banks.
Miss Josie Newman, local
weather observer, said a total of
three inches of rain fell between
7 a. m. Monday and 7 a. m. Tues-
day in Mexia. Sunday's rainfall to-
talled .53 inches.
It was not known whether the
Johnson home was destroyed by
a small twister, or was blown down
by the force of the > unusually
strong winds,
John Reese, farmer near Tehua-
cana, said a negro house on his
pi ce was destroyed in this morn-
ing's storm, hut none of the six ir -
gro occupants were injured, Reese
said the storm was a small twist-
er.
A large barn on the Ed llr:>-
naugh farm also w is reported dam-
aged.
BERLIN, Sept. 9 —(German
broadcast recorded by United
Press in New York)—Max Schmel-
ing, former world's heavyweight
; boxing champion and still Euro-
pean champion, is to retire from
! the ring because of wounds re-
ceived in action, his manager Max
Hurricane Twins
Give Credit Due
VICTORIA, Tex., Sept. 9 (U.R)—
I Red Cross workers returning from
Matagorda, scene of a destructive
| hurricane several days ago, told
this story:
Maggie Clay, a Matagorda coun-
ty negro, was about to become a
mother.
i Women of Matagorda county's
Red Cross Canteen Corps hurriedly
, found transportation for her tj the
j Bay City hospital.
She bore twins and named them
i Canteen and Canteena.
Mexiaite's Nephew
Machon told Transocean news \ Dies of Wounds
| agency.
t
Schmeling, a German army par-
achutist, was wounded during the
i Crete campaign, and at the same
time caught a tropical disease.
; Schmeling von the world title
I in the United States in 1930 when
lack Shark-y was disqualified for
hitting low. He lost it to Sharkey
again two yeavs later.
ROD COTTON CHOSEN
FOR SPECIAL COURSE
Pvt. Rod Ell Cotton, 407 West
! Bowie, Mexia, has been enrolled in
j a special course of instruction at
j-the Signal Corps school at Camp
j Murphy, Florida, it was announced
I today. He was selected for this
specialized training on the basis of
the showing made in aptitude tests.
i The Rev. C. N. Morton received
' word Friday of the death of his
■ nephew, Jack Morgan, with the U.
IS. Navy. He died from wounds
| received in action somewhere in
j the southwest Pacific. He is sur-
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Morgan, and three brothers,
all of DeLeon, Texas.
Morgan joined the Navy in 1939
I and received his baptism of fire at
i P^arl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Since then he had been in several
engagements.
In Turkish schools, otiquet is
now a compulsory course.
Approximately 100 cities in the
United States have populations
larger than that of the entire state
of Nevada.
"Stick to tried and tested grass-
es," advised P. R. Lancaster,
pasture expert of the A. & M. Ex-
tension Service in ar. all day meet-
ing held recently at Greeabeck
with 65 farmers and livestock men
in attendant*- "Bermuda is the
best base grass for permanent
pasture in this part of Texas."
Following his introductory lee-
run- on pasture improvement,
three model pastures were visit**!
by the group as an illustration of
what could be done by following
such advice.
At the 75 acre pasture of J. E.
Jones, near Odds, a vivid demon-
stration was given of how Jones
has converted an overflow creek
bottom grown up in brush ami
briars into a paying proposition.
"An eyesore," the ownt r called it,
"and not worth a cent."
Cleared of tiinocr and brush,
mowed, and finally sodded with
Bermuda, this same bottom is now
covered with a mat of six-inch
grass that annually for the last
three years has earned 28 brood
cows, 28 calves, and more then 1(W
j sheep. According eo Jones, $2500
a year has been the minimum in-
] come from the sale of these ani-
| ma Is.
! In the Forrest Glade coinmuni-
I ty, the group compared two pas-
tures of upland, sandy feeil of
;fair fertility. One, a pasture which
! bad never been mowed, was cov-
ered with weeds that haci choked
out virtually all the grasses. Op-
posed to this was the nearby
pasture of Walter Andeison, of
Mexia, chosen as an illustration
(of hov weed control not only es-
tablishes grasses, but increases the
carrying capacity of a pasture.
I The Anderson pasture has been
' converted in four years from a
tank farm circled with fir'.- guards
and spluttered with rocks into a
I splendid example of what patience
und t\vie<-a-year mowing can do to
unpromising land. This treatment
has produced a weed-free pasture
cow-red with a four-inch turf of
| I'ermutla mixed with occasional
j native grasses. Although Aruter-
f-on lias tried numerous grass
seeds, his experience has convinced
'him that this combination is best.
This 50 acie pasture with its 28
good grade Hereford ows, 22
calves, a herd bull, and 21 black-
faced sheep wen particular praise
from the visiters.
The last stop of the day was
at .1. W. Elliott'" place, near the
Reunion OroUii<"s, where lie stress-
ed his personal conviction of the
value o.' -rood pasturage in the
production of livestock and dairy
products. Sine - he is a registered
Jersey cattle breeder and owner
r.f one of the best herds of regis-
tered cattle in this part of Texas,
his opinion carried significant
farmers.
M eed control rjrnin
I ed as the means usei
non-produethf* land i
able posture .irj;le-de
within the short spi
[years. During this, tim
experimented with i
grasses and (lovers bei
muda that now prodv
his pasturage, but
proven unsatisfactory
part.
these hi
Government May
Purchase 'Extra'
Tires and Autos
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 —(U.R)
!—The special rubber committee
headed by Bernard M. Paruch .vill
recommend to President Rouse-
vent government purchase of "ex-
tra" tires and automobiles, a -1F>-
mile-an-hour national speed limit
and expension of the synthetic
rubber program, it was learned
authoritatively tonight.
The committee, appointed by Mr.
Roosevelt Aug 6 to survey the
entire rubber situation, is putting
the finishing touches on its report
and expects to deliver it lo the
White House soon, it was said.
The report will not, it was "un-
derstood, recommend nation-wide
rationing of gasoline as a rubber
conservation measure. Instead, it
will piopose these curbs on private
use of automobiles, designed to
forestall the necessity of such* a
r.tep:
limit of "5 miles, an hour.
2. Limit each .automobile to
five tires.
3. Limit each family to one au-%
tomobile.
4. Provide for government pur-
chase, at a fair price, of all tires
and all automobiles above the fixed
limits.
Hunting Season
Not Open Here
until Sept. 16
The dove hunting season does
I not open in Limestone county until
j Sept. 1(1, State Highway Patrol-
| man J. R. Kemp warned Saturday.
I "Many people are violating the
law by hnnting deve in this county
j now." Kemp said, "and are subject
I to penalties of the law." He said
j there has been some misunder-
| standing about opening of the sea-
son, but warned local hunters not
to hunt before Sept. 10 if they
did not want to pay the stiff fine.
Limestone county is in the
Southern Zone, where the reason is
from Sept. 10 to Oit 27, inclusive.
The Northern Zone opened Sept. 1,
but Ellis county is the nearest spot
to Mipau in thct zone.
Tomatoes and lemons are ber-
ries.
C-C Members Ur£ed
to Turn in Pledges
G. E. Blair? chairman -of the
membership committee of the
Mexia Chamber of Commerce, to-
day appealed to merchants and
citizens who have not yet filled out
their membership pledges to do so
at once and return them to the
Chamber of Commerce secretary.
"We need to know immediately
how many members we will Imv
this year aril how much they will
contribute," Iilair said. "We will
appreciate it if those who have
not filled out their pledge card-,
will do so right away and turn
them in."
England has nearly 1001' motion
picture theaters.
FOR fJOOI) VISION
SEE US
1 i
n
We are not only sure of fitting
jrour eyes correctly, but also confi-
dent of your satisfaction with the
appearance of the glasses.
Dr. Joe B. Williams
OPTOMETRIST
Home Office lltiVj West 0th Ave
Corsicana, Texas
Nussbaum Building in Mexia
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Important Notice
So many of our skil'led service men are now members of
the armed forces or are employed in war industries that
we find at imperative to organize our many service calls in
advance of the usual fall rush.
WE ESPECIALLY SOLICIT AND URGE CUSTOMERS WHO '
HAVE HAD THEIR GAS SERVICE DISCONNECTED FOR
THE SUMMER TO APPLY FOR RECONNECTION NOW 1
Your cooperation will avoid delay and inconvenience and
permit real conservation of rubber, which all realize is of
special importance at this time. We will appreciate your
cooperation and personal assistance by taking good care of
your gas appliances while so much of our combined effort iH
being required for the serious business of winning the war.
LONE STAR
CommunityHgNaturalGas Co.
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