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5 „ Si June 14, 1946.
Dear Readers:
Last Thursday evening we at-
tended a regular monthly meet-
ing of the Limestone County
^Baptist Association at Shiloh.
ic first thing on the program
at these meetings is a great big
meal, arid that is what we had
last Thursday, which was so ably
Berved by the following women
of that fine community: Mrs.
. Willie Speight, Mrs. J. P. Hick-
1 man, Mrs. J. B. East, Mrs. Troy
West, Mrs. Ada Eubanks, Mrs.
Drew Sawyer and Mrs. Cecil Mc-
Donald .It's not very often we
have the opportunity of attend-
ing these meetings, but as this
one was scheduled for Shiloh,
we made a Special effort to at-
tend. You know, once I lived in
this community and I will always
like to go1 there. Many of the
older people I knew have passed
on in death or have moved away,
but there are many who still
live there I know.
;
Before you get another Herald,
the Big Rodeo at the livestock
show grounds will be under way.
' You remember next Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock is the hour
for the parade of the year. If
you have a horse and would like
to ride" in this parade, just see
the Chairman, O/./.ie Edwards,
' and he will tell you the details,
and if you just want to sit and
watch the parade go by, just
walk around town and see the in-
terest merchants have manifest
in this show by display of cow-
boy regalia, and the signs on
show windows. It's very good
for all of us to relax and have
fun once in a while.
The Mexia Weekly Herald
A FARM NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF AG RICULTURE FOR THE RICH BI-STONE EMPIRE
VOlXlME XLVIII.
MEXIA. TEXAS, FRIDAY, June 14, 1946
NUMBER 24
Parade to Open Mexia Rodeo
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DEL FEHSENFELD Markets U^klU Qk™ ' Expert Roping and Riding Promised J
DEL FEHSENFELD
OPENS BAPTIST
REVIVAL TONIGHT
Markets
COTTON
DALLAS, JUne 13 (UP).—Ap-
proximate prices of cotton in the
Dallas market as reported today
to the Agricultural Marketing
Service for basic middling lots on
brokers tables and F.O.F. Dallas
trade territory, flat; basis calcu-
lated on the closing of 29.46 on
October contracts, New York:
■ Middling—
Staple
Basis
Price
13-16
345 off
26.00
7-8
1H5 off
27.60
29-32
105 off
28.40
15-16
20 off
29.2r>
31-32
10 off
29.35
1 inch
05 on
29.50
1 1-32
30 on
29.75
1 1-16
85 on
30.30
Strict middling 25-65 higher.
Strict low
middling
180-295
lower.
, This year, according to news-
paper reports, marks the third
year in a row that wheat produc-
tion will pass the billion bushel
crop. From the reports a few
weeks ago it looked as though we
yvould not have many hot bis-
cuits for the next year, but
everything seems to be working
out all right for this part of the
food shortage in the United
States. However, it would be bet-
ter for us to divide what we have
Del Fehsenfeld
Evangelist Del Fehsenfeld re-
turns to Mexia to lead a City-
Wide Baptist Revival.
The long planned revival spon-
sored by the Baptists of Mexia,
and surrounding area, wil get
LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH, Tex., June 13.
(UP)-(USDA)— Livestock:
Cattle 2,100, calves 700. Better
grades fairly active, about stead-
y, others slow, steady to week.
Slaughter steers and yearlings
scarce, few lots medium and
^Biggest Army Mobile Show
On Earth' to be in Mexia
During June 20th. Rodeo
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Expert Roping and Riding Promised
For Three Big Nights Starting June 20th !
The Mexia Rodeo, the first large scale project put on by
jthe Mexia Junior Chamber of Commerce, promises to be one
j of the biggest and best wild steer and bronc riding shows ever
, put on in this section.
The show will open with a big parade Thursday afternoon
at 4:00 o'clock on the downtown streets of Mexia. The first
rodeo performance will be the night of the 20th and there will
also be shows on the nights of the 21st and 22nd at the Live-
stock Fair Grounds, west of Mexia.
— . One of the big attractions
j coming here durirg the rodeo
will be the largest U. S. Army
Mobile units ever assembled.
This is the same army exhibition
i that appeared at tHe Ft. Worth
| Livestock Show, except several
new units have been added since
that time. The Army Unit will be
in Mexia on June 20th and take
under way tonight, June 19th at ! good 13.50-16.50. Good cows in
8:00 p. m. Services are flight supply at 12.50-14.00, corn-
planned for 10:00 a. m. and
SENATOR BANKHEAD
JKOL'ltTH AliMY CAIiAVAN
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The "Biggest Army Mobile to radar, the exhibits include 12
FINAL EFFORTS
BEING MADE IN
MARITIME STRIKE
Murray Confers
With Officials
WASHINGTON, June 13. (UP)
—CIO President Philip Murray,
his personal prestige at stake, to-
I day joined government peace-
makers in final, critical efforts
J to avert a nationwide shipping
I strike scheduled for midnight to-
I
8:00 p. m. each day, except Satur-
day and Sunday. On 'Saturday of
Ss: j FUNERAL SERVICES TO
Sausage bulls 8.50-11.50, few '
each week an evening service j beef bulls 12.00-13.50. Good and
will be held at 8:00 p. m. On each
Sunday, Sunday school will be
held in the respective churches
at 9:45 a m. followed by morn-
ing service at 11:00 a. m. On each
Sunday evening the co-operating
churches will assemble under the
big tent on Bowie Street, south
with the nations less fortunate. I °f the City Auditorium.
If we have and divide not, I am j Committees have btfen appoint-
afrai dthat the next wheat crop I ed by the cooperating churches
will not be so good. Things don't | to plan and promote all the work
just happen, there's a reason for [of the Revival.
a]l this. 1 General chairman for the mect-
ling is Rev. Win. H. James, pastor
Up until Tuesday morning of 1 °f the Calvary Baptist church.
this week, Jacksonville, Texas, |
had already shipped 461 cars of | ai'c:
Other committees and members
tomatoes this season. That, my
good readers, is a lot of tomatoes.
The price, as far as I have been
able to find out, has not been
under 5 cents a pound.
!■
We arc proud to see the price
of cotton advancing- eventhough
. wo do not plant cotton ourselves,
but maybe it will repay the farm-
-er who docs plant it a fair return
for his efforts. The farmer who
depends upon the seasons and
risks the insects, really has faith.
Then when he gels his crop
gathered and brings it to market,
the price goes down, that is e-
nough to discourage anyone. I
can remember not many years
ago, the price of cotton was six
cents a pound.... $30 would buy
a bale. I saw a lot of cotton come
to Mexia then.
I was out in the Point Enter-
prise community Saturday after-
noon. That progressive commun-
ity is really building up. 1 will
have to make my trips out there
more'often to keep in touch with
the building. A young couple
will not go far wrong in locating
around Point Enterprise, if they
would like to raise strawberries,
. peaches, plums, grapes or any-
thing to eat... and another fea-
^ '.lire to this, if you want to sell
lA.,ny of the things mentioned a-
bovc, you have an all-weather
' road to Mexia, where there is a
ready market for your product.
Prayer and Enlistment — Mrs.
W. G. Price and Rev. E. E.
Rogers.
Usher — Mr. Ralph Kennedy,
chairman. W. II. Spurgeon and
L. B. Farrow, Northside.
Grounds and Equipment—Mr.
V. C. Wood, chairman Mr. Wayne
Hensley, Mr. Fred Hcndcrsorf and
Mr. It. II. Brazeal, Northside.
Finance — Rev. E. E. Rogers,
chairman, Mr. W. L. Sewell and
Mrs. O. F. Fisher.
Hospitality—J. J. Taylor, chair-
man, Mrs. E. E. Rogers, North-
side, Mrs. Henry Fleming and
Mrs. J. M. Henderson.
Publicity—Mrs. Fred Hender-
son, chairman, Mrs. Dick Shaw,
Mr. B. F. MeCoslin, Northside,
and Mr. Welch L. Sewell.
Johnnie Joe Smith
Census — Mr. H. U. Taylor,
chairman, Mr. L. B. Farrow, Miss
Mary Glenn Redell, Miss Johnnie
Joe? Smith.
Transportation — Mrs. S. A.
Woodfin and Mr. Blake Kennedy.
Tojo's Trial Opens
With Review of Jap
* ' History
This is all for this week, and
I will be back again next week
chattering away about some-
thing.
Yours very truly,
W. L. Sewell
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FIHST U. S. SAINT
VATICAN CITY, June 13, (UP)
—Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
was approved for sanctification
today by ;10 Cardinals who cast
their votes in a solemn ceremony
at the Consistorial hall.
Pope Pius XII announced after
the service that canonization cere-
monies for-the first United Stales
Saint would be held at St. Peter's
Basilica July 7.
choice slaughter calves 15.00- i
16.50, common and medium 11.00
-14.50, culls mostly 8.50-10.00.
Medium and good stocker calves
and yearlings 13.50-15.50, few
calves to 16.00.
Hogs: 100. Steady. Top 14.65,
sows 13.90, stocker pigs 14.75.
Sheep: 20,000. Moderately ac-
tive, generally steady. Good
spring lambs 14.00-75, medium
and good 12.00-13.50, cull and
common 10.00-11.50. No good and
choice shorn lambs offered. Med-
ium and good shorn lambs 11:00- !
12.50, cull and common 9:00-
10.50. Good and choice shorn !
aged sheep 8-8.50, medium a- I
round 7.00-7.50, cull and common I
5.75-6.75.
BE HELD FRIDAY
GRAINS
FOR TWORTH, Tex., June 13.
(UP)-(USDA) — Estimated grain
receipts at Fort Worth Thursday
included 177 cars of wheat, 2
cars of corn, and 15 cars of oats.
Prices reported to USDA's
Production and Marketing Ad-
ministration were unchanged at
ceiling.
No. 1 hard wheat, with ordin-
ary protein content, was quoted
at $1.93-2.03 per bushel, bulk, in
carlots, with al charges paid to
Fort Worth or Galveston. The
No. 2. grads, weighing 59 pounds
to the bushel, was quoted at
$1.92-2.02, while the 58 pound
weight brought $1.91-2.01.
Sorghums realized $2.75-3.01
per hundred weight, for milo and
kafir, including al lpcrmissible
markups.
No. 3 red oats brought 91-1.00
a bushel in Fort Worth and Gal-
veston.
Byrnes Leaves For
Paris Conference
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UP)
Carrying President Truman's
Secretary of State
TOKYO, June 13 (UP) — The
prosecution opened its case today ; ''est wishes,
against former Prime Minister Hi- James F. Byrnes and his advisers
deki Tojo and 25 other leading 1 for Paris today to make an-
>.y;; ■:
to display its many exhibits in
Mexia, during the Mexia Rodeo
on June 20, 21, 22 according to
word received today from Head-
quarters, 4th Army, San Antonio,
Texas.
Housed in a caravan of 35
Army vans and other vehicles,
painted in as gaudy hues as ever
decorated a carnival wagon "hit-
which have proven to be the best
in the world, a radio controlled
aircraft target, Herman Gocring's
ear driven by Pfc George Love
who helped capture it, anti-air-
craft equipment including a radar
set, an 800,000,000 candle power
search light whose rays will
! pierce the skies over our city,
I DO and 40 mm AAA guns and the
ting the saw dust trail," the Army | multiple mount M55, The famous
exhibit hits been prepared at 4th weasel which transports person-
Army Headquarters to fulfill re-1hel <)r cargo over land, water,
! quests for Army displays at fairs | swamp or snow, a JB-2 bomb, a
i and exposit ions throiichoiH 1 lie. I 155 mm Long Tom which can
WASHINGTON, June 13
(UP).—A spokesman for the
International Longshoremen's
Association (AFL) told a con-
gressional committee today
that if the CIO seamen go on
strike the members of his
AFL union "will not pass
picket lines."
John R. Owens, secretary-
treasurer of the ILA which
claims 80.000 members, testi-
fied before a house labor sub-
committee investigating cur-
rent maritime labor disputes.
part in the opening parade.
The Jaycees conducted a build -
1 ing campaign earlier in the year
and have additional bleachers con-
structed to accomodate a much
: larger crowd at the Fair Grounds
Rodeo Arena.
Approximately $1000 has been
raised for prize money for the
various events. Jack Maris, chair-
man of the Rodeo Committee,
pointed out that some of the best
riders and ropers of the country
will be in attendance at the meet.
School Board
Elects J. L. Hearne
Assessor-Collector
Sen. John H. Bankhead
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UP).
—The body of Senator John 11.
Bankhead, D., Ala., leaves here by
train late today for Jasper, Ala.,
where funeral services will be
conducted tomorrow.
A 12-member Senate delegation
will accompany the body.
Bankhead, who was 73, died at
4:10 p. m., EST., yesterday at the
Bcthesda, Md., naval hospital of
"cerebral thrombosis complicated
by penumonia." He was taken to
the hospital May 24 after he .suf-
fered two heart attacks while at-
tending a Senate banking com-
mittee hearing on legislation to
extend OPA. The Senate was de-
bating the bill when he died.
Japanese war criminal suspects
with a lengthy review of Japan-
ese government history and a de-
fense of its diplomatic branch.
Associate Prosecutor Brigadier
Henry Grappah Nolan, of Canada,
delivered a 20,000 word explana-
tion of the Japanese government
and constitution. The scope of his
address extended from the found-
ing of the Japanese Empire in
060 B .C. to the present day.
Today's session was the first in
10 days and followed a Jong scries
of unsuccessful defense moves to
quash the indictments and other-
wise delay the trials. The prose-
cution estimated it will take two
months or so to present evidence
against one-time Premier Tojo
and three former premiers.
other effort to draft peace treaties
Emphasizing the importance he j
attaches to the meeting, Mr. Tru-I
man accompanied Byrnes to the
National Airport to see him off
and wish him good luek. Sens.
Tom Connally, D., Tex., and Ar-
thur H. Vandenberg, R„ Mich.,
who again will advise Byrnes at
Paris, rode to the airport with
the president and Byrnes.
Judiciary Committee
01 House Declines
High Court Inquiry
'Custer's Last Stand'
Makes Its Last Stand
EL PASO, June 13, (UP) — An
original painting of "Custer's Last
Stand," valued at $35,000, was
destroyed today as fire swept the
Officer's club «t Fort Bliss.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UP)
The House Judiciary Commit'.'
today agreed ini'i.rmally :!iut
there is n> basis now or a r--.ni- ,
mittee investigation of the feud j
between Supreme Court Justices
Robert II. .Jackson and Hugo L.
Black
Chairman Hatton W. Stunners,
D., Tex., said alter a two-hour
closed meeting tl i' i^ rommittei
had beferj it nikhir excopi
Jackson'* cable,
Sine ■ th
tion
impea'ivne'u proceedings, he
said, "there is no basis for action."
expositions throughout the
4th Army area this summer and
fall, including Texas, Oklahoma.
New Mexico, Louisiana and Ar-
kansas.
Bringing the latest in Army ma-
terial from the recoilless rifle
BRITISH LOAN
APPROVED BY
HOUSE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UP)
—The House Banking Committee
; today approved the $3,750,000,000
British loan. The vote was 20 to 5.
Administration leaders had of-
| I'ered the loan as a measure to in-
j urease U. S. foreign trade and to
) bolster Great Britain against com-
I munism.
House Democratic Whip John J.
i Sparkkman said the Senate-ap-
j proved measure probably will
j reach the House floor by the week
after next. He expected the House
to pass it by a comfortable mar-
I gin.
The measure has encountered
little serious opposition since tin
committee began hearings May 14,
I five months and one week after
British and American representa-
tives signed the loan agreement
ni Washington.
U. S. ARMY OFFICER
INVOLVED IN DEFENSE
OF CHETNIK LEADER
BELGRADE, June 13, (UP) —
Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch testi-
fied today that Col. Robert Mc-
Dowell, U. S. Liaison Officer, de-
manded of the Germans in Yugo-
slavia in September, 1944, that
they surrender their arms to
Mikhailoviteh's Chelniks.
Mikhailovitch said at his trea-
son trial that McDowell met with
him and a Nazi staff representa-
tive at Chetnik headquarters for
three-quarters of an hour.
Mikhailovitch earlier told the
hurl a 90 lb. projectile 17 miles,
a 105 mm howitzer which inflict-
ed more damage on the enemy
than any other artillery weapon.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)
Mrs. J. B. Malhis Dies
Wednesday in Mexia
Mrs. J. B. Malhis
at the family resic
Sherman St., Weill
passed away
( nee, 409 N.
lesday night,
after an illness of about 2 weeks.
She was born Dec. 25. 1860. in
Georgia, and moved v\ ith her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Suttle,
to Tchuacana in 1874.
She was married July 1877 to
James B. Mathis and lived at
Tehuaeana until 1919, at which
time she moved to Mexia. Mrs.
Mathis was preceded in death by
her husband on April 5, 1926.
She was a life long member of
the Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son,
Claude V. Mathis of Tehuaeana,
Murray and CIO counsel Lee
Pressman conferred with Assis-
tant Secretary of Labor John
Gibson and Capt. Granville Con-
way, head of the War Shipping
Administration. Later Frank J.
Taylor, spokesman for Atlantic
md Gulf Cosat Ship Owners
lined the discussion.
Meanwhile, about two score
representatives of the shipown-
ers and the six CIO unions and
one independent waited outside
Gibson's office.
It was believed Taylor was
called in to acquaint shipowners
v :.,i developments in the nego-
tiations which government offi-
cials have been conducting with
the unions.
The seven unions demand
shorter w-rking iiours and high-
er wages.
Government officials believed
the dispute would be settled to-
day or negotiations would col-
lapse and the strike go on.
A. II. Berry, President of the
Mexia Board of Education, an-
nounced today that Lawrence
Hearne has been elected as suc-
cessor to Walter Beaver, who re-
cently resigned his position as Tax
Assessor-Collector of the Mexia
Independent School District.
Mr. Berry stated that the duties
of that office will be assumed by
Hearne as soon as he receives his
release from his present position
with the local Draft Board. Bea-
ver has agreed to continue in the
Assessor-Collector office until
that lime.
a daughter,
of Ingomar,
Mrs. Myrta E. Price
niun en,
Perm. Eleven gland-
eight great grand
children, a brother, L. L. Suttle
of Mexia.
Services will lie held Friday
afternoon al 3 p. in., at the Corlev
Funeral Home with Rev. E. L.
Craig officiating, and interment
in the city cemetery.
Pallbearers will be E. B. Mos-
ley, Harry Forrest, Douglas Cog-
dell of Mexia, Henry Reynolds,
Winslow Flannigan, Reuben Flan-
nigan, Jim Willis and Will Need-
ham of Tehuaeana.
Corley Funeral Home will he
n charge oi arrangements.
FIRST BALE OF COTTON
HOUSTON, June 13, (UP) —
j Pry or Dillard, cotton grower from
| Harlingen, Tex., pocketed $1,500.-
j 30 today for a bale of cotton —
' the first of the 1946 crop.
Revival Opens at
Church Of Christ
The Gospel meeting, with bro-
ther Jimmy Wood of Eden, Tex.,
doing the preaching, began last
night at the Church of Christ lo-
cated at the corner of Bonham
and Milam Streets with a good
audience.
The speaker emphasized the
| point that to sanction and look
with favor on sin is to commit
sin. The subject to be considered
tonight is "Five Duties of Chris-
tianity," and Friday night. "A
Christian Like Paul."
A cordial invitation is extend-
ed to all to attend the services
I held each night at 7:45.
RIDE 'EM COWBOY!
Army P-SO's Set
New Speed Rccerd
MARCH FIELD, Calif., June
13, (UP) — A new one-day round
trip speed mark, as well as an
East-West flight record, was held
today by three jet-propelled P DO
,, , , fighter' planes, whose pilots
Yugoslav military court hearing ( bri,lkfasl(,ri in California, lunch-
the trial of himself and 23 co-
defendants that his forces on oc-
j casion were "obliged by circum-1
! stances" to engage in actions The jets set an unofficial East-
e committee's junViic- j which smacked of collaboration.! West speed record of 6 hours 4..
s lim'.el to legislation and ] He said his eoftimanders frequent minutes and a round-ti ip record.
ly were beyond his personal con-' never previously
trol. ! hours 22 minutes.
ed in Maryland and got home
time for dinner.
sought, ol 12
ATTEND THE
MEXIA
Rodeo
JUNE 20 - 21 - 22
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