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The McGregor Mirror
AND HERALD-OBSERVER
VOLUME FIFTY-SIX
McGREGOR MIRROR, McGREGOR, TEXAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1945
NUMBER 39
To Work Or To Jail,
Take Your Choice,
Says Con. Wheat
With Uncle Sam needing
every man, woman and child in
this great United States of ours,
to put over the big job ahead of
winning the war, all available
help on the home front is urged
to get into essential jobs.
This week. Constable Billie
Wheat called at the Mirror of-
fice and stated that he had in-
structions to jail any and all
able-bodied workmen in the city
who might be classed as loafers.
He adds, too, that he will rigidly
enforce this move, and we be-
lieve he means just what he says-
So now, its go to work or go to
jail.
Popular Play House
to Have New Marque
AYorkmen this week have be-
gun the remodeling of the mar-
que of the Ritz Theatre. The
old front Avas torn away and is
being replaced Avith a neAv one,
similar fin structure. However,
the neAv marque carries more
than forty lights and Avhen they
are turned on at nights Avill be
to McGregor’s South Main Street
what the great “AAdiite way” is j
to any metropolitan city.
Manager McGinley is aleit to
any movement that adds to the
appearance, not only of his ovra
building, but all McGregor. /
A. P. Cherry Heads
Dime Drive Here
With more events scheduled
than ever before in the history
of the March of Dimes,, the an-
nual fund-raising appeal of the
National Foundation for Infan-
tile Paralysis has been launched.
The appeal Avill be climaxed by
hundreds of birthday parties and
other celebrations on President
Roosevelt’s bfrthady, January
30, and will conclude on Jan. 31.
Throughout the United States
in every county, city and village,
organizations and individuals are
working in interest of this worth
while cause.
Mb Gregor is working in con-
junction with the county on this
drive, Avith Mr. A. P. Cherry in
charge in McGregor, and Mr. H.
G. Stanley of National Gypsum
Company Avorking with the Ord-
nance Plant. These gentlemen
will appreciate a liberal dona-
tion from each and every indivi-
dual of the city and those em-
ployed by Bluebonnet.
Bottles, properly labeled, are
conventiently placed throughout
the business houses and you are
urged to drop in your donation.
In due time the money Avill be
collected and sent to headquart-
ers in Waco. One-lialf of the
amount raised in McLennan
county remains to be used
locally toAvarcl fighting this ter-
rible disease and the balance to
be forAvarded to general head-
quarters at Warm Springs, Ga.
Bank Personnel
Remains The Same
At the annual meeting of
stockholders of The First Nation-
al Bank held last Aveek in the of-
fices of the bank, all officers
and directors were re-elected to
serve the institution for another
year, as folloAvs: AY. Guy Drap-
er, president; G. AV. England,
active vice-president; John D.
Mann, vice-president; R. .D Me-
Entire, cashier; Wm. Zacharias, j
assistant cashier; J. A. Naler, j
assistant cashier-
Directors: A. C. Amsler, R. A.
Bailey, AAr. Guy Draper, G. AY.
England, C. A. Morris, John D.
Mann, G .W. Lee, Jr;
The First National Bank has
served this community since its
inception in 1889 and is noAV en-
joying the largest volume of
business in its history. ‘'As Ave
have begun our activities for the
neAv year,” stated Active-Vice-
president England, “our institu-
tion is Avell prepared to meet the
legitimate requirements of the
people of this community. More-
over, Ave are committed to the
responsibility of serving our
government to the fullest capac-
ity in encouraging our patrons
and depositors in the purchase of
Avar bonds and stamps; and in
every other serAuce Avh|jjch our
civilian population can render
To this end our institution is
committed to do its full share in
this responsibility. ’ ’
The Belgian Bulge
Safely Contained
President Requests
War-End Talk Curb
Washington.—President Roose-
velt has requested all Govern-
ment officials—military and civ-
ilian—to refrain from predicting
early termination of the Avar lest
such speculation curtail war pro-
duction.
In response to inquiries, the
White House January 11, made
public a letter dated December
st, last, AAThich the President
,ent to the heads of executive
lepartments and independent
agencies as follows:
“At- a most critical time, when
production of essential supplies
vifal to the Avar effort must be
kept at a high level, speculative
public statements by responsible
military and civilian public offi-
cials at home and abroad indicat-
ing an early termination of the
war tend to curtail production
df essential war materials.
“It is highly necessary that his
condition be remedied and to this
end all Government officials are
directed to refrain from such
public statements.”
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CIGARS
Based on the sale of Internal
Revenue stamps the production
<of cigars showed an increase in
November for the first time
since December 1942.
The Older She Gets
The Better She Gets
It is said that after a coav be-
comes ten or tAvelve years old
she ceases to be of much value
other than for beef. However,
this does not prove true with a
Durham oAvned by Henry AVes-
terfield of Rfd. 2, Crawford.
Mr. Westerfield called at Mir-
ror office Monday of this week
to set up the date on his paper
for another year. While here he
told of a Durham cow he owned,
giving birth to triplets the past
Aveek. Two of the calves lived
and seem to be normal in every
Avay. The other died soon after
birth.
Mr. Westerfield stated that he
had been in the cattle business
for many years, and while tAvins
were a rare case, this was his
first time to hear of a cow giving
birth to triplets. The coav is ten
years old.
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Wednesday’s Rain
Measured 3 Inches
Young Farmers
Are Called Up
Notices were being sent out
Tuesday by draft board four
(McGregor in four) to farmers
and farm laborers under 26 years
of age, ordering them to Dallas
for pre-induction physical exam-
ination. This does not mean that
the young farmers Avill be draft-
ed but Avill simply show Avhether
or not they are in physical con-
dition to be taken. They will
have at least 21 days before they
are called, maybe they won’t
ever be called. It depends chief-
ly on whether board four gets a
call for more men than it can
furnish from other categories.
New Big License
Plates For Autos
Ordered This Year
The surprise offensive launch-
ed by Gen. Rundstedt in the ar-
clennes sector, held by a thin line
of Americans, has been checked
and the Allied armies have suc-
ceeded in tliAvarting the enemy
drive.
As Gen. Bradley points out the
Allies took “calculated risks-”
That is they used,available sol-
diers to push the attack against
the enemy, north and south of
the sector attacked. It Avas done
with full knoAvledge that a, Ger-
man counter-attack Avas possible
but Avith complete confidence
that such a move would be stop-
ped before great damage Avas
done.
Calls U. S. Policy Wise
The American general makes
it plain that, in his opinion, de-
spite the Nazi attack, the policy
Avas AAuse because, otherAvise, Ave
“Avould still be fighting Avest of
Paris.” He says it is Avhat got
us to the German border.
German losses, it is reasonable
to assume, have exceeded that of
the Allies and have certainly
been greater than possible if the
foe had elected to fight on his
fortified line. Gen. Bradley
seems to think that the German
loss, in men and material, may
affect the enemy’s ability to re-
sist on the Avestern front.
The American general admits
that the timing apd the strength
of the blow launched by von
Rundstedt Avas “someAvhat of a
surprise.” He pays tribute to
the fighting Americans who held
against great odds, saying it
makes one of the grandest stor-
ies in the history of Avarfare. He
adds that, the speed of the three
armies, in shifting divisions to
meet the attack, upset German
calculations.
Montgomery Praises
“Team Work”
The testimony of Gen Bradley
should be reassuring to the peo-
ple of the nation, some of Avhom,
at least, were a bit terrified
when the German drive got un-
derway. He Avas in command of
the army group attacked and, in
the developing operations. Avas in
charge of soldiers operating on
the southern flank of the Ger-
man bulge.
When the Nazis drove through
our lines it Avas necessary to
place the command of all soldiers
north of the salient in Gen. Ber-
nard Montgomery- The change
Avas no reflection upon any com-
mander and no demotion. It Avas
enforced by physical facts. The
German drive had separated the
American commander from con-
tact with units of his command
north of the area involved.
Gen. Montgomery has also giv-
en his A'ieAvs upon the battle of
the Belgian bulge. Admitting
that von Rundstedt obtained a
tactical surprise he denies that
the intiative passed from the Al-
lies and declares that the enemy
Avas unable to score maximum re
suits because of the good fight-
ing qualities of the American
soldier and the “good team Avork
of the Allies.”
The veteran British leader
hero of many North African en-
counters, says that the Americans
iwho held out in three places, de-
nying the enemy the use of cen-
ters of road communications,
prevented the success of the Ger-
man offensive. He explains how
be moAred to throw British fight-
ing men into action without dis-
turbing the Americans and is un-
able to see from the map AAdiere
von Rundstedt has achieved a
“great deal.”
Course of Battle Reassuring
Altogether, the course of the
campaign, since December 16th,
ought to be reassuring to the
people of the Allied countries.
The enemy attempted to upset
the entire course of the Avar in
the Avest by breaking through to
inflict terrific and crippling loss-
es upon isolated segments of the
armies under Gen Eisenhower.
The attempt failed, even to
size such inviting bases as Na-
mur and Liege, much less greater
centers further in the rear. While
the pressure of our soldiers a-
gainst the Siegfried line has
been relieved the relative losses
suffered by the contending forc-
es leaves the Germans in no bet-
ter shape than they Avere before
the battle began. The bit of ter-
This - That
— AND THE —
Oilier
‘‘BY |G U M
(Continued on Page Six)
At 10 o’clock Thursday morn-
ing the rain guage in McGregor
measured three inches. The rain
fell Wednesday and Wednesday
night. It was already too Avet,
and this rain did not help any.
Y-Mail Use Urged
By Army and Navy
The army and navy are asking
all civilians to make greater use
of V-mail in Avriting to service
men this year as a direct help in
-conserving critically needed
transport space and as a means
to providing fighting men with
more frequent and faster com-
munication from home. Great
^tress is placed by military offi-
cials on the value to soldiers and
sailors of frequent letters, which
is more possible by the use of
V-mail. The fact that there are
more men OAmrseas disallows of
the consistent sending of regular
mail by airplane and this type
of mail is frequently held up for
lack of space, the military au-
thorities say. The V-mail film-
ing process assures correspond-
ents of privacy of contents, mili-
tary postal officials point out.
New license plates for MfcLen-
nan county automobiles are ex-
pected by the county tax office
next month and issuance Avill be-
gin late in February-
It Avill be the first time since
1942 for car oAvners to get neAv
large size plates.
The 1945 license plates Avill be
in a new color scheme, black nu-
merals on a gold background and
car OAvners will get only one
plate. The single tag for 1945
Avill be placed on the rear of the
car.
The neAv tags also will feature
a neiv number system, two con-
trol letters folloAved by four nu-
merals. The old plates used up
| to six numerals and letters only
on tags over one million.
The 1945 plates Avill be 10-incli-
es long, three inches shorter than
the old 1942 tags which they re-
place.
Tax office deputies said the li-
cense fees Avill be the same as in
former years. Car license fees
must be paid by April 1st.
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Some Americans are all for the
Avar provided the army doesn’t
need them and the regulations
miss them.
YOU’D
HARDLY
recognize
YOUR OLD
DANK, SOY
We still look much the same as we dhi when you
went away. But actually we have chan&d. We’ve
geared ourselves to help win the war V selling
war bonds > to your family and
friends, handling ration coupons,
safeguarding the new withhold-
ing taxes, financing war produc-
tion. We’re doing our best to
back you up and keep things
going smoothly here at home.
Member 0f the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Only a few ■ days remain for
you to get that poll tax—Jan-
uary 31st is the dead line There
perhaps Avill be some voting go-
ing on during this year, and you
most certainly) want to have a
part; so be prepared. You may
pay your poll tax at the Naler’s
Insurance office in McGregor.
Some men a|e just born lucky
—take Jiggs Harris, of Harris
Grocery, for instance. Since his
very attractive and energetic
Avife has taken over the front end
of the business, he never has to
Avorry, as she really does a bang-
up job of “dishing out the groc-
eries” in a most congenial man-
ner, and keeping the stock in a
neat display; Avhile he, looks af-
ter the fresh meat department at
the rear of the store-
#
All McGregor is proud of their
neighboring city, Waco, in the
splendid response to Commenta-
tor’s appeal this Aveek for $500
in cash needed for Mrs. Sammie
Rankin, blind and beloved direct-
or of work for the blind in Waco
and community, who lost her
seeing-eye dog by poison. The
amountwas over-subscribed with-
in a few hours, so Mrs. Rankin
may secure a like dog and con-
tinue with hep Avork.
* * *
If you are an average Ameri-
can your income lias jumped
from $511 to $1,031 during the
past five years, an increase of
101.08 per cent. It stands today
52 per cent more than during the
boom” days of 1929, according
t0 the Federation of Tax Admin-
istrators in Chicago. . . The
statement proves true in McGre-
gor judging from the recent bank
statement Avhen individual de-
posits have jumped from a half
million dollars to over two mil-
lion dollars.
* # #
The following story was taken
from the Mart Herald which was-
told by the postmaster of that
city, Avho claims to have received
the folloAving letter from a local
resident some months ago when
federal car-use stamps were in
demand: “Dear Mailman: At-
tached is a check for $5 for
which you will kindly get me a
stamp to make our flivver a legal
means of transportation for the
purpose of going to the ration
board for a permit to get gas to
have our machine inspected so
we may visit the ration board to
get authority to buy a neAv tire
so that our car may be in 'suitable
condition to go pay our with-
holding tax.”
One morning recently Harry
Jones came doAvn to breakfast
Avith a bundle of clothing under
his arm and a thoughtful expres-
sion on his face. “Sarah, dear,”
lie said Jo his Avife, “here are a
lot of socks and shirts that
ohght to do some poor fellow a
lot of good. I’m going to give
them to some charity organiza-
tion.” . • . Sarah looked the gar-
ments over, and said, “Gracious,
you can’t send that stuff out like
that. Why, there are lots of but-
tons missing from the shirts and
the socks need darning. I’ll have
to fix them up.” ... A few days
later Sarah said, “Well dear, the
old clothes are ready now. You
can give them away.” . . . Harry
looked the stuff over. “My,
my,” he marveled, “all the but-
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