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Vernon Lemens
Is Re-Elected
State Senator
Senate To Limit
Speeches on Draft
Olin Culberson,
H. S. Lattimore
Lead in County
Mrs. Logan, Rio
Vista, Succumbs
Mrs. Matthews
Dies Saturday
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Half Applications
For Parity Mailed
To College Station
Prosecutors Will
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Next Month
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MARRIAGE licrnreb
The county clerk', office tamed
[ this week-end marriage ieetiMa to
I O C. Carper and Core B. Lav-
----- James Fisher Austin and
■iii. in. ——, Jewell Nash and O. M.
Matrey and Gladys Altai.
Square
I Anson Cone, district supervisor
dt surplus commodities dtatrlbu
tion and Mlse (Gladys R Hmlth
district school lunch project su-
pervtaor, will be in chahre of the
meeting In the county courtroom
Monday tl 1 p n ,
School officials who ere tntereat-
«d tn eatebltehlnx a achool lunch
project at their Mhoote are Invited
to hear the dtecuMton.
Cone Will dlwiM. the dtatrlbti-
M<m of oonmodltlee and Mlm
Bmlth the nitration of the lunch
projwita
kn Pritchard «< F
Lteltln* friend, and I
aid ahlrte duriiw^ut '
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and Noel jumped the
INCOMPLETE RETURNS
TkXAS KUK-nON BCRKAt COPYRIGHT. 1M6
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SPOONS
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LONDON. Aug M (U.Pi-Oerman
planea reaumed their blitzkrieg on
England today with the moat aav>
age raids of the war and although
they struck twice at London, caua-
108 tiro long air raid alarms, they
failed to penetrate the dty'a main
defenses
Civilians suffered heavy material
damage, especially at Ramsgate
where nine saloons, whole raws ot
houses, a gas works and the mn-
nlcipal offices were demolished. It
wan estimated that more than 700
German planes crossed more than
300 miles of coastline Reliable es-
timates were that at least 30 Ger-
man planes had been shot down.
The air ministry and ministry of
home security in an official report
covering events up to late after-
noon said that 13 German planes
had been shot down but other re-
ports. especially from the coastal
area, said that the count would
mount higher later.
Fires raged in Ramsgate and
bomb, crashed into Dover, which
also was subjected to two periods
of blasting fire from long range
emplaced on the
he Germans ap-
empUng to reach
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Olin Culberson and James P
Alexander will be the Democratic
nominees, which la tantamount to
election, for railroad commissioner
and chief justice of the Supreme
Court, according to figures re-
ceived by the Cleburne Times-
Review last night
The unofficial report gave Cul-
berson 52 S per cent of the votes
cast for railroad commissioner
Pierce Brooks trailed Oulbenon in
returns all day Saturday
Alexander lead H 8 lattlmore
for the chief justice post with 52 3
• per cent of the votes cast for the
■BMH’
These figures Included report
from nearly every county tn the
state, a mall portton of them be-
ing complete
Barty returns gave Alexander
>11.133 votes and Lattimore 309.-
1M.
Floyd Wbatennan. near vinus
was In the county jail Saturday
on a charge of aggravated assault
It was alleged In a charge filed
in county court Saturday that he
had struck' Jewel Wbeterman tn
the face and on the body on Aug
31.
—Photo by B.vta
and escorts were
______Thi. Is the second
year the festival has.bee* heM
and the queen is elected by
popular vote. Miss Reaves Is
shown in her royal robes.
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JI.HN6 SHF. TBQK HM
IG.-4EW AMD MISHER
TO THE TREES,
i,.yoblD THE FWtR OP
< cuffs TO AD HIM
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1 the pistol dub was organ-
• beard quite a Mt eg talk
Um eaoeilent scores the
rs were making Houston
t bnuight fti a dead bird one
at he claimed pc toot on
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t Renter, Alvarado route 3,
in the first bale at cotton
r gtn tn Alvarado Wednesday
klvarado tncrchants made W
hnium and presented it to
the two-gay fete, Archie Bailey,
king of the festival, placed the
crown on MIm Reaves' head ta
the coronatloa ceremonies
which were witnessed by nearly
3.0M people. A court of 13
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calves 28. nominal: for the
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Civilians Suffer
Heavy Damage as
700 Planes Dive
GLEN ROAR. Aug 24 (Spl )—
Somervell county has a new sheriff
and commissioner for precinct one
Grace Williams was elected sheriff
and L. O. Gresham commissioner
Williams defeated Q w Riddle
for sheriff by a rote of 506 to
468 The bounty treasurer's office
remained the same with W A.
Draper defeating Mrs Beulah Fag-
ala M3 to 413. Oreaham won 441
to IM over Q W Dye.
^phcijjqM-ing tamiM 7X> 8 (x>
Bi YEAR. NO. 275
xceiient roirea
> to the men who want to
ff Johnson Oounly taiant
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Cleburne. Box 3 ....
Cleburne. Box 3
Cleburne, Box 4
Rio Vista. Box 8 ...
Camp Creek, Box 6 .
Bono. Box 7 .......
WAHHINQTDN. Aug »4 <U.RK-
The Senate agreed unanimously
today to limit apeechra on the
mm*K6 admendment to the oon-
•srpilkm MU to 18 minute, for
•aoh speaker. The amendment
would limit the number of draftees
to BOW,000.
The first limitation In It day.
of debate on the Mil was obtained
by Senate Democratic Leader Al-
tart W Barkley, who earlier failed
to get an agreement for a ftnal
Vote on the amendment at 2 p.
tn. Monday
Barkley, in an earnest plea for
aooateratlon of Senate consider-
ation of the draft legislation, ex-
pressed dtaappolntmer'. at finding
In a private aurvay that he would
be unable to obtain a limitation erett. .
of debate on the Burke Wad- Manna
worth MU itaalf.
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CreaaoD. Box 0
God ley Box 10
Joaljua, Box u
Burleson, Box 13 ...
Wan. Box is
Ulllaii, Box 14
Lone Star, Box 18
Venus. Box IB
Grandview Box 17 .
Grandview, Box 48
Barnesville Box 18
Alvarado, Box 30 .
Alvarado. Box 31
Highland, Box »
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Cleburne, Box 45 .
Cleburne. Box 36 .
ClebUrns. Box 37 .
Cleburne. Box 28
Cleburne. Box 28
^Ihlnk that no more need be
’ the excellent use to
| tola money was turned
Lrt Angie
It With Flower. " U toe
I motto, but when friends
■into the country and gather
■quel at thisttag .unnowwre
I few blades ot Johnson grass
Resent them to a friend who
■sen 111 we hare our doubts
■ the nhs of toe motto
TO a case wectirred recently.
■ victim of the presentation
m-nest Norman who underwent '
TOillectomy Friday The bou-
■vaa furnished by Lota Coie-
TOnd Mro Clarence Crawford.
Mrs Martha Sue Matthew., 82.
died at 13:30 p m. Saturday at
the home of her son. J. H Mat-
thews. Cleburne, route 1, just a
few miles south of town.
Funeral services will be
tola afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Hand Flat Baptist church, with
Rev Audle Braxiel officiating. In-
terment will be in the Watts
Chapel cemetery, With Dillon and
Sons Funeral home in charge.
Pallbearers will ta the follow-
ing grandsons Jesse, J. C. and.
Oarl Matthews, tamer Johnson,
Vester Donoho and Wesley Mc-
FUdden
Survivors an* three sons. J. H.
Matthews. Cleburne, route 1. J. R.
Matthews. Cleburne and Jack Mat-
thew. of Dallas; three daughters.
Mrs J A Donoho. Grandview, Mrs.
John Johnson. Cleburne, and Mrs.
R D McFadden, Dallas; 33 grand-
children.
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Grandview', second annual Oom
Festival drew to a close Saturday
night with a street dance and
fiddlers contest The city, decor-
ated with oom and com stalks
was crowded as approximately 2,000
people witnessed the climax of the
fete
Two events ivere In the
during the day as winners In the
18 divisions of the com exhibit
and parade were announced this
afternoon
The parade was the principal en-
... ... tertalnment during the morning
Funeral home in with finals and decorated automo-
Mlps from other cities Joining those
of Grandview. .
Miss Bobble Jean Reaves, queen
of the fmtlvaL Who was crowned
Friday night, rode on the first
float and preaided over the activ-
ities during the day She was also
ruler over the dance
The Grandview and Itasca bands
held the spotlight between the pa-
rade and the contest awards Both
band, played brief concerts
Bill Cooper won first place in
the amateur contest Friday after-
noon and Betty Jean Fowler was
second and tiny Kula Marie Wil-
lett third. The Winners performed
for tlie court after the coronation
Miss Reaves, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Floyd Reaves, was
crowned by Archie Bailey, king of
the festival, following toe court
processional. Member. <rf the
court were nominees for the title
of Com Queen.
Mayor A B. Crouch opened the
festival Friday afternoon With a
patriotic nddrem
Dick Hair was the herald and
Dickie Nave Was crown bearer.
Duchesse, and escorts were:
Helen Baalism and John MolUrov
Wynelle White and Ned Parker.
KUen Lute and Julian Bdward
Miijorie Stewart and Joe Brown
Doris Hale and Raymond Grouch
Mary NeU Davis and Marvin Hop-
per, Marchet* Winn and Joe Wil-
kerson Margie. Mar Hall sod J.
T Chapman. AnnelJ HughgT and
Charles Boyd. Patate Huth Bearer
and Arthur pool Rfouire Anthony
and Bdwih Rhone and Katocrtne
Bearer ugi H D. Tbctartt.
Mtae Bebbte lean Reave* love-
ly daughter of Mr. and Mrw
Floyd Reavee, was crowned
Quee* of the Grandview Com
Festival Friday night. The
high school senior ruled over
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hiow we iiave "-------
■ah whom we’-------
fa the lads and give them
[lor then money led them
[pistol and him a rifle
■ 'FaHk Cleburne route 3,
I away from the 4-H club
bment last week with a first
linedal for hta score with
Irtfle. The medal was given
[ National Rifle Aasoctatton
| competed with more than
hndred boys for the medal
■me Out on top.
I wonder what the score.
Ibe between the piatol shoot-
fa tills rifle marksman Our
[would jjr that he could give
an a More for their tooot-
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if fin, Brawner Are Winners
—- 4 .n.to 1 11 ‘
Savage Raids by
Germans Made
Twice on London
M Scent
■wished that we had been
■l for talent Friday night
■ard two singers who really
[■put out the vocals
« Cooper aang "Woodpeok-
nBerenade" and Betty
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were winners in the annual
■ amateur Contest which was
•■iday afternoon
■> those youngster, climbed
■ the platform and began
I «. we don't think there was
. I d made by the Marly three
wi pcopte there Thr kid.
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W. B. 81ms. asstetant administra-
tor for tiie ACP. announced Sat-
urday that over half of the cot-
ton parity applications had b-.wn
mailed to College Station. Pay-
ment on tiie applications is ex-
pected to begin about Sept 1.
aims said that his office had
mailed 1.366 applications to Col-
lege mation More than 2.500
farms are eligible to come under
the parity program
The AAA office has been ad-
vised by the state office that cot-
ton parity payment applications
should be rushed to the state ot- ..
ftoe.
A complete check up in the coun-
ty office shows that 200 farms In
the county have more cotton than
their allotments and that over 100
other farms have not liad any kind ■
of a report on them. No farm Is
eligible to receive cotton parity
Davtnenta or to receive a white
marketing card unless the farm is
within Ita cotton altotment.
The A. A. A. office again urges
every one who <*m>. “>/«»»»•
this parity payment to ptow up
the eiw- coiton at once and then
to report it to the AXA office,
This is several public notices cm
thia part of tbe program and It is
poped that farmers will cooperate
in getting toetr farms to compli-
ance so that applications for pay-
ment may be sent i*.
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Jim RagMialr bought the first
bale of 1940 cotton brought to Cle-
burne Baturday afternoon for 31
cento per pound
A. T Thomas brought in the
first bale and received premium
Of 8100 in addition to the auction
price which the bale brought
Rag-tale bought the bate for the
Cleburne Hardware Company
Ttagadato started the bidding at
90 oenta and Shirley Clark bid
B>H o*”1* "ld «“•’> Ragsdale
bought It for 31 oenta
This U the find time In many
rears that a bate of cotton has
sold for less than M cents
It was announced by Will acott
at the auction that in 1941 only
a bate of 600 pounds will be re-
cognised as toe first bale ^Fhat to
Itoer or both «'»> Uie fannar*
id7etw.ro 0,11(1 UM,‘ IX*l<'r 01 'hu'
tee that ?hei’tm'I" TJ1 .........
thto weighed 3M
pounds.
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Case Will Go To Grand Jury Monday
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QUEEN OF GRANDVIEW CORN FESTIVAL
A T (Truman) Griffin. Vernon
Lemen.s and Herbert F. Brawner
are elected
Griffin came from behind in the
votingrfrto take the county clerk's
race from J Frank Clark. Jr.,
who was running for , third
terni
Lemens carried four of the five
counties in the district to be re-,
elected state senator from this dis-
trict He defeated Leland M.
Johnson, both of Ellis County.
Herbert Brawner lead the race
for representative from the begin-
ning and defeated E. E. Hunter
for the place. -I', ,<
Returns were virtimlly complete
at midnight last night with only .
two boxes unreported Barnesville '
and Camp Creek are the bakes
which have not been heard from.
There are about 50 votes in the
two boxes together and will not
change the election results.
In the county clerk's race Grif-
fin received 2.369 votes and lark
received 2.241 Cleburne boxes egme
In early which gave Clark a lead,
but large boxes in the north
of the county swung the ballot the
other way and Griffin came out
the victor.
Brawner won the representative
I . race by nearly M9 votes. The
MvH nrw hMtolrotor Trocdwrol •*»*»< i-»
Hunter had 3.083 cast in his fa-
L vor.
| Three of the five counties tn
I the state senator race were com-
I plete last night.
I veil and Hill Count
plete Johnson apd Ellis were in-
complete in Hood Oounty Lem-
ens lead Johnson 1,133 to 986, tn
Somervell Johnson lead the race
with 530 to Lemens' 437. In Hill
County Lemens received 4.188 to
3157 for Johnson. Incomplete re-
turns from Johnson Oounty gave
Lemens 2610 to Johnson's 2.057
In Ellis County Lemens received
4.436 and Johnson 3JTO6.
A total of 10.164 votes were cost
fat Lemens and 8.287 for Jbhnsnn
Olin Culberson carried the
county for railroad commissioner
by a vote of 2.474 to 2.089 for
Pierce Brooks.
H s. Lattimore lead James Al-
exander for chief Justice of the
Supreme Court by a vote of 2,642
to 1367.
Sotnervell Willi
Have New Sheriff
tar Muston of the City ooun-
- - ‘sasajsx'as.'st
T S Moon Mid Batar-
council had only r(mtln^
h" MM,
.11 be taken up at the next
r session
»y aabqclation sJaZi"!?"
MM-l Tl KHHAY
Johnron Ownta Poultry As.
6 will meet TueMay night
clock '»t the fgagtar, Mlll!
announced Bahirday The
Jon will discus, fair
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vw Double Strength.
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before too *fand iwJh
The genera) knowledge of the
case and (lie nimors of mob vio-
lence If the case were held in this
county are believed to have influ- a
enced the decision of toe district ”
Judge here. Officers, questioned
ntxnit the case, stated that tody
lisd heard numerous rumors about
mob violence '
They further declared that If the
case had been held in Cleburne.
Harris would have been protected ■
as much as possible from any such
attempt
Mob violence is reduced to a
minimum in Fort Worth, it was
pointed 'oul ar the district eourt .
room is connected to the Jail by >;S
a ramp This would make it al- !
rnoet Impossible to attack the ?■’I
Negro enroute to the courtroom or ft,J
Ja» • ' ' ■ '?qMB
Mrs Allen was attacked at her .'JB
home near Grandview shortly after ■
noon on Aug 8 She was rushed
to a hospital in Fort Worth after
she was found unconscious in
the bedroom of her hone
Harris was arrested about three
hours after the crime is believed ?
to have been committed. He was
taken to Fort Worth where he told
officers that he committed the at-
tack.
He was ret urni
County that night
Turner a signe^-fl
he was taken
and later transferred
where he is being held
Sentiment was still running high
In Grandview Saturday, but the
Corn Festival was said to have
quieted the talk considerable.
R K. Phillipa is erttically ill at
the home of hte daughter Mrs.
Winnie Kaonard. 769 North Main
Street Mr. PhilUpe wws not ex-
pected to live through Friday night,
but late Saturday evening was re-
ported to TO sTOhUy UMMwred- I
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■sing It himself, Senter spent
’’toney buying new cotton sacks
e who picked the cotton
Bnabled him to bring in the
■Me to Alvarado
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teful tor bvery canaM-^tobout
nmItoii rof ronrorovtB^MMiBifl
■hewn me daring thtoi
he drain, memento af|
Udi year vate and ta-|
myself to ever give ntyffi
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Funeral rorvices for Mrs Mary
E. Logan. 82. who died Baturday
morning at her home m Rio Vista,
will be conducted at 3 o'clock this
afternoon at the Rio Vista Meth-
odist church, with Rev Jones,
pastor of the Blum Methodist
church, officiating Interment win
be in the Derden cemetery, with
Crosier-Pearson 1 —----‘. ---—
charge of the arrangements
' Mrs Logan wae a retident of
Hill oounty for 62 years, making
her home in Blum
Pallbearers will be James Wise-
man. Jim Gathings Seth Pyeatt,
Waiter Walling. Charles Baskett
arid C. C. Gist
Survivors are one son. H. H.
Logan of Cleburne; two daughters.
Mrs Oarl Basket! of Rio Vista
and Mre. H. W. Russell of Dallas;
nine grandchild ren and 6 gfrat
grandchildren w
cotton ticking for mattress mak-
ing arrived In Cleburne Saturday
and will be distributed this week
Tills will re-open the mattress
centers which have been closed for
the past several weeks
TO. B Simk, waslstant adminis-
trator of the ACP announced that
his office had received 4.800 yards,
of ticking and that this material
would thake 480 mattresses Cot-
ton lux been available for the
maUreroes which are made by low
Income rural families
Case of Tommie Harris. 18-year-
old Negro, will go before the Tar- jfJ
rant County grand jury Monday
morning 1
The grand jury will receive evi-
dence from District Attorney Gean
Turner and Assistant District At-
torney Hendricks Brown and Stew-
art Hellman asking for a murder ftgH
Indictment against Harris ,Aa|
He has been charged before Jus- ;■
lice George Ingle of Grandview — -J
with the murder of Mrs. Horton .?■
Allen. Grandview housewife and ex-
pectant mother.
Mrs Allen was criminally as- .ft>TO
saulted and beaten over the head ftfl
Aug 8 She died Aug 10 in a a
Fort Worth hospital of head injur- 3
les and a stab wound in to* ft'£ la
chest
District Judge Willis McGreBTO?«
of Tarrant County will preside ■'
over the case In the
Harris is indicted. Judge Me- ft'
Gregor will appoint an attorney to
defend him
Should an indictment be return-
ed against him. the trial will begin
on Sept 16. it was indicated here
today . . " '
Tarrant County District Attar- ,
ney Marvin Brown and District
Attorney Turner will act as the
prosecuting attorney*.
District Judge O. B. McPherson
ruled late Friday afternoon that
the trial would be held in Fort
Worth. The decision was made
after Tarrant and Johnson Ooun-
ty officials visited the acene of the
the crime and discussed the various
aspects of the pase. , ,.
WitneteM- wffi be t|Mi to Fort
« toe Gan
Robertson and Noel Irwin
imped the gun on the cow-
Wia. Uat year «very man
. blasting fire
German artillery
iNMljS^^nra"_____f
■ ’ -'" - thetr high explosive and incendiary
bomba on coastal towns when they
encountered barrages of • anti-
aircraft fire and waves of bitterly
fighting British spitfires which
forced many dogfights
when they appeared at the
Hub luncheon garbed in the
. riggin'
t won't be long before you
seeing more and more of
outid town Therefore you
Hter be getting ready to
rar stuff m a flaming red
B ad Mgh-hreled boots They
’°n P°t»“lar than
a ptenio.
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Ferguson, Joe. Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. [35], No. 275, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 25, 1940, newspaper, August 25, 1940; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1309250/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Johnson County Historical Collective.