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MEJtfA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940.
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Auto Accident
Claims Life of
A. C. Anderson
Mrs. Anderson Is
Seriously Hurt in
Crash Near Jarrell
Mrs. A. C. (Bert) Anderson of
Mexia was in a serious condition,
in a Georgetown hospital Thursday
from chest and head injuries suf-
fered Wednesday night in the au-
tomobile accident which claimed
the life of her husband.
Funeral gervices for Anderson,
killed in the car in which the couple
was riding when a passing auto-
mobile sideswiped it on Highway
81 north of Jarrell, were held
Tuesday afternoon at Tiague.
Mrs, Anderson's attending phy-
sicians described her condition as
critical, but expressed the belief
that she would recover.
Mrs. Anderson is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Foster,
1115 East Main street. Both she
and her husband were formerly
employed by the local power and
light company. Anderson is a bro-
ther of Tom Anderson, manager
©f the Teague utilities company.
Another brother, Boyd Anderson
of Fott Worth, also survives.
They Cheer for Wortham Bulldogs
Demos Asked to
Join Write-in
Against Bolter
WAXAHACHIE, Oct. 24, (U.R)—
County Judge C. C. Randie today
appealed to "real Democrats ev-
erywhere in Texas" to join his
write-in drive to defeat State Ag-
riculture Commissioner J. E. Mc-
Donald who announced lie would
vote for Wendell Willkie.
Randie, judge in Ellis, home
county of McDonald, called a state
meeting of Democrats for Friday
at Waco. There, he said, plans
would be made to back W. N. Oor-
ry, who lost to McDonald in the
July Democratic primary.
"One hundred and 88 thousand
Democrats endorsed Corry for ag-
riculture commissioner in the first
primary," Randie said, "and I ap-
peal to them and to those other
real Democrats in Texas to re-
pudiate McDonald for casting his
lot with the Republicans."
Corry, at Dallas, sajd he would
consent to being a write-in ^can-
didate against McDonald if en-
ough Democratic leaders support-
ed that option.
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Humble Is Awarded
Tuluol Contract
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. (U.R) -
The war department today award-
ed a contract'of $11,587,000 to the
Humble Oil and Refining Company
of Houston, Texas, for construction
of facilities to manufacture tuloul,
an important element for explos-
ives.
Football fans attending the Wor-
tham-Ben Hur game Friday night
at Wortham will see two of the
standout Class B teams of this
section in action, but the gridiron
classic won't be the only attrac-
tion. The pretty, prancing elisor
leaders above will provide the col-
or to the game.
The cheer leaders, wearing the
spangles of Wortham High school
and shown giving a loud, lusty yell
for the Bulldogs, are, left to right,
Miss Winifred Horn, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Fred W. Horn; Miss
Corene Turner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Turner* of the
Tehuacana Valley community, and
Miss Reba Adams, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Adams of Kir-
ven.
E-Tex Chamber
Favors Road Bond
Assumption Act
LONGVIEW, Texas, Oct. 24.
(Spl.)—Financial aid by the State
to Texas counties under the amend-
ed road bond assumption ' act *
1939 has been of great assistance
to lowll taxpayers, and the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce fa-
vors re-enactment of the bill by
the next legislature, but with three
amendments designed to make tax
relief for local county taxpayers
more definite and certain, Hubert
M. Harrison, vice president and
general manager of the East Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce, announ-
ced today. The recommendation is
part of the -10-point legislative
program adopted by East Texas
Chamber of Commerce directors.
The original road bond assump-
tion act granted aid by the State,
from proceeds of the gasoline tax,
to counties in retiring road bond
debt contracted to acquire and im-
prove roads later taken over by
the State as part of the State High-
way System. In 1939, the legisla-
ture extended this aid, granting
credits to the counties out of a
surplus in the gasoline tax fund,
and giving the counties the option
of using this additional money to
retire lateral road bonded debt, ot-
to build new lateral roads with it.
The two amendments i mposed by
the East Texas Chamber would
provide first the money must be
used to pay off current service
charges on county road debt and,
after the debt service charge is
paid, any remaining balance spent
by the counties for building or
maintaining lateral roads must be
spent under competent engineering
supervision, Harrisonvsaid.
Negroes Ready
to Aid Defense,
Rotarians Tod
Negro Conference
Leaders Present
Program Thursday
A. S. Jackson, financial secre-
tary of the African Methodist Epis-
copal (negro) church conference,
now in progress at the local A. M.
E. church, told Mexia Rotarians
Thursday noon that the "negro
youth of America stand ready to
march to the front to defend this
democracy and, if necessary, re-
purchase the freedom of this na-
tion at the price of bloodshed and
suffering."
upposmg
were a pi
An airplane is both strong and intricate. Minute
defects if neglected lead to irreparable disaster.
So it is with your body. To keep it at its highest
efficiency have /our physician examine you regularly.
Such disorders as gallstones and other painful illness
are prevented by timely detection of minor disorders.
Take care of yourself as airplane mechanics take
care of their craft. Have your "check-up" frequently.
MEXIA
pMONE
TEXAS
Three Roistered Iharmaci
Employes of News
Hear Negro Choir
The press stopped rolling,
the clinking of the linotype
machines was quieted and the
clatter of typewriters was
abated Thursday afternoon
while the Paul &jinn College
choral club of Waco sang a
negro spiritual gong at The
News office.
J. W. Yancy, president of
the college, led a group of 22
Paul Quinn studerits into The
News office and announced
that "because of the publicity
you are giving the East Tex-
as African Methodist Episcopal
conference (now in progress
at the A. M. E. church here)
we want to show o.ur appreci-
ation by singing a song."
Charles Henri Woode direct-
ed the mixed voices in the
song. Earlier in the day the
club sang at the church con-
ference.
Jackson, born and re*ired In
Waco, but who now is in Wash-
ington, 1). C., delivered a brief
address In connection with a mus-
ical program presented by the of-
ficial women's trio of the confer-
ence. Mesdames A. Z. Moody of
Waco, M. P. Hughes of Corpus
Ohristi and M. E. Going of Waxa-
hachie, accompanied by Jacquelin
Kuykendall Kinchion of Waco on
the piano, sang three negro spiri-
tual numbers.
In a business session before the
presentation of the program the
Rotary club made plans to enter-
tain the Mexia Black Cat foot-
ball tea mnext Thursday noon.
Bishop Sam R. Hay of Hous-
ton, pastor of the local Methodist
church 42 years ago, was the guest
of his long-time friend, A. H. Ber-
ry, at the meeting. Bisjion Hay de-
livered the invocation. John B. |
lent of thp Teagiie ,eigh> 4jound« nixing motorcy|
ry club; Frank twiddle of Los hVi Vi h#s Ark end are said
h's, sVffec W. ' innctt fastJrThancavalryJ
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Willkie Makes
A 'Full Dress
Reply' to FDR
Says Speech Like
Defense Program;
It Is Obsolete
By UNITED PRESS
The political campaign was
spurred into a gallop today by
President Roosevelt's first avowed
political speech, the oratory of
national Roosevelt youth day and
national no-third term day and A1
Smith's return to the platform in
his famous brown derby.
At noon today from his special
train at Harbor Creek, Pa., Wen-
dell Willkie made a "full dress
reply" to Mr. Roosevelt's charge
at Philadelphia last night that the
Republacans were using blitzkrieg
propaganda methods to "strike
terror in the hearts of our citi-
zens" with "false charges that
this administration wishes to lead
this country into waifc"
Speech Is "On Order"
Willkie said that President Roo-
sevelt's speech was "strikingly
similiar to the defense system—
either obsolete or on order."
"Mr. Roosevelt's speech was ob-
solete, the Ruplican nominee said,
because it "discussed the issues of
the 1932 campaign."
It was "on ordtr," he added, "be-
cause it promised you jobs and the
right to work."
FDR Speaks Later
At 4:45 p. m. (3.46, Mexia time)
Mr. Roosevelt speaks from Wash-
ington by radio to the New York
Herald-Tribune forum on current
problems on the non - political
theme "making America strong."
Tonight former President Her-
bert Hoover joins the campaign
with a speech at Columbus, Ohio.
General Hugh Johnson will deliver
an address at a Democrat s-for-
Willkie meeting at Cleveland.
Mr. Roosevelt's speeeh at. Phila-
delphia's Convention Hall was the
first in a series of five he will
make before the election Nov. 5
to "correct the misstatements" of
the campaign.
$52,781,000 Gr? £ed
Texas in Contracts
AUSTIN. Texas, Oct. 24. (U.R)—
National defense contracts award-
ed Texas concerns reached a total
of $52,781,000 on Oct. 1, Gov. W.
Lee O'Daniel announced today.
The total does not include the as
yet unannounced cost of 12 de-
stroyers to be built at Orange for
the U. S. Navy, but does include
$4,600,000 for building yards and
docks at Orange.
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Auxiliary Elects
Duke and Duchess
Marianna Chandler, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Chandler, and
Jack Booker, son of Mrs. J. Frank-
lin Booker, were elected duchess
and duke, respectively, of the A-
merican I.egion Auxiliary for the
Mexia Public School system's Hal-
lowe'en coronation ceremony.
The Auxiliary elected the couple
Thursday afternoon at a called
meetirg for that purpose. Mrs. J.
B. Cantrell, president, presided at
the meeting.
The organization voted to bear
a portion of the expense for a new
United States flag for the High
School band.
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R. A. M. Will Meet
Here Friday Night
Mexia Chapter No. 131 R. A.
M. meets Friday night, at 7;.'i0
o'clock at Masonic hall. All mem-
bers are urged to be present, W.
H. Cook announced, as there is
businesa.-of importance to be dis-
cussed.
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Son Born to
Mr., Mrs. Archer
Who's Yehudi? He's a Pop—Twice
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Spain And Franc
May Be Brought
Into Axis Orbit
Fuehrer Seeks
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World famed violinist Yehudi Men uhin, just returned from a concert
tour of Australia, poses with his two children for their first picture.
Krov, left, was born in Australia over a year ago and Zamira was
born in San Francisco three mont hs ago. Menuhin is now in Califor-'
nia.
Nazis Resume
Night Attacks
LONDON, Oct. 24, (U.PJ-Lon-
don's anti-aircraft batteries roar-
ed into action tonight as German
planes started their night attacks
after a fairly quiet day.
The anti-aircraft barrage start-
ed about dusk, shortly after the
evening's air raid alarm had
sounded.
Day attack,* on Britain were
limited to a few isolated raids by
single planes. London had two air
raid alarms, but damage was
slight.
Some bombs fell in Somerset and
Hampshire.
Dallas Traffic
Record Broken
Punchboards
Ordered Out
Of Limestone
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 21, (U.R)
—Dallas' record-breaking city
safety campaign ended today when
Edwin Luckey, 42, died several
hours after a two-car collision at
a street intersection.
I.uckey's death was the first
traffic fatality in Dallas 'in 115
days .
Dallas, a city of 293,000, had
passed the precious national niun- | business establishments."
icipal traffic safety record nine
days ago.
Luckey and Howard Plumblee,
21, were injured at 2 a. m. One
of the city's lending brain spec-
ialists was called to attempt to
save the victim, who suffered
brain concussion and hemorrhages,
but he died shortly after noon.
Follow in? grand .jury Instruc-
tions to "clo-e down pool halls and
destroy all punchboards" in Lime-
stone county, County Attorney I,.
Ii. (ieren said Thursday that
I punchboard operators had been
j given until Saturday night to
| "take such devices out of their
Mr. and Mr*. Fred Archer have
announced the arr Miction,
son born Tuesday, ,res are solid
k t l hospital. Tto follow spec-
Guardsmen May
Hold Civil Jobs,
Court Holds
AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 24 (U.R)
The Texas Supreme Court today
upheld the right of Texas National
Guard officers to continue to hold
civil office when on active mili-
tary duty.
A petititn of Major Orville Car-
penter for a mandamus requiring
State Comptroller George Shep-
pard to issue him a pay warrant
for a period when he was on «c-
tive military duty was granted.
Carpenter is executive director
of the State Unemployment Com-
pensation commission at a salary
of $7,000 a year.
He had been refused pay after
Sept. lit when he began active mil-
itary duty as member of the State
staff corps National Guards in
preparing the draft.
His case was made a test for
all National Guard officers through
friend of the court brief filed with
the court and the opinion written
by Associate Justice John Sharp
gave a ruling that .will cover oth-
ers."
Emergency Oil
Proration Meet
May Be Called
AUSTIN, Texas7~Oct. 24, (U.R)—
A decision on whether an emer-
gency oil proration hearing shall
be called in Texas was deferred
today until next week.
Commissioner Ernest O. Thomp-
son prepared and signed an order
last night for concellation of spe-
cial orders excusing oil fields from
shutdowft days and calling an em-
ergency state-wide hearing for
Nov. 2. Two signatures are nec-
essary to make an ordtv effective.
Commissioner Jerry Sadler said
today •he did not think an emergen-
cy exists that requires immediate
I Open pool halls, he said, must
also, lie "shut down" b.v that time,
he said
Two weeks ago the grand jury
instructed Geren and Sheriff l,u-
ther Simmons to lake such action
and they repeated their demands
earlier in the week when they sat
in session at (iroesbeck, (Jeren ex-
plained.
A pool hall to be operated
legally must be in the form of a
club with membership cards issued
and dues paid to those patronizing
the establisment, it was pointed
out.
Penalty for operation of an open
pool hall is not less than $25 or
more than $100, or not less than j
one month in jail or more than a
year. The statutes also provide a
stiff penalty for punchboard op-
eration.
RAF Vice Air
Marshal Killed
LONDON, Oct. 24. (U.R) — Vice
Air Marshall C. H. B. Blount was
burned to death when his plane
crashed in a take-off, it was an-
nounced today.
The plane hit a tree and burned.
Blount had commanded the royal
air force division in service with
the British expeditionary force in
France and had been regarded as
one of the ablest air fighters in the
country.
1 liS,V\,Sadler said he had conferred
BOO aM Commission Chairman
herewith t* a 11
Mother Sacrifices
Life to Save Child
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. (U.R) —
Mrs. Consuelo Bartholomay, 25,
sacrificed her life to save that of
her 4-year-old son, August.
When she saw her child toddle
into the street into the path of a
truck, she leaped in front of the
truck and pushed him out of its
path.
The fender struck the baby a
glancing blow and broke his leg.
Mrs. Bartholomay was thrown 25
feet and killed.
Postcards Are Too
Public, Boys Learn
W. 0. Ridge Dies
at LaSalle Home
Services Are Held
Thursday for 70-
. Year-Old Pioneer
W. O. RidgJ, 70, died at his
home in the La Salle community
Wednesday noon. Mr. Ridge was a
long-time resident of Limestone'
county.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock
at the FuuUicnb . <y cemetery at
Groesbeck with the Rev. l'eter Da
Young, pastor of the First Bap-
tist church of GroesbeC't. offictat-
u j:. Interment was in the t'aul-
kti'berry Cemeterv with I. I. Rid-
d!e and company in charge of he
funeral arrangements.
Surviving Mr. Ridge are his
wife, two sons, .1. W. Ridge of the
LaSalle community and Luther
Ridge of the Box Church com-
munity f and his brother, Kd Ridge,
of Box Church.
Britain Rains
Bombs on Oslo
STROEMSTAD, Sweden, Oct.
24. (U.R)—British Royal Air Force
bombers were believed to have
bombed Oslo, capital of German-
occupied Norway, today.
Explosions were heard at 9:30
a. ni. at this Swedish-Norwegian
frontier town. They came from the
direction of Oslo and it was be-
lieved that the city was being
bombed by the R. A. F.
HUDSON
New Bases for
Drive on Isles
Russo-Jap Pact
Seen Probable,
Dispatch Claims
BERLIN, Oct. 24 <U.R)— Adoll
Hitler's 'lightning diplomatic of-
fensive today swiftly consolidated
the axis line-up in eastern and
western Europe as a prelude to
mustering any new strength for
war against the British Empire.
Defeated France swung toward
cooperation when Premier Marshal
Petain was reliably reported to
have gone from Vichy to Paris,
presumably to discuss with Hitler
a final peace arrangement which
would give the Nazis new bases of
facilities for blows against Brit-
ain.
Spain May Join Axis
Spain, under General Francisco
franco, with whom Hitler confer-
red yesterday, indicated intention
to join more firmly than ever with
the axis war effort, and military
sources speculated on a Nazi blow
presumably from Spanish bases
against the British fortress of Gi-
braltar and the British navy in tha
Mediterranean.
Soviet Russia, indicating lack of
opposition to the German military
move into Rumania, permitted dis-
patches to pass through the Mos-
cow censorship predicting an early
non-aggression pact with Japan as
a result of negotiations to be open-
ed by the new Japanese ambassa-
dor.
French News Withheld
Strict military censorship that
extended even to unoccupied
France kept a cloak of secrecy a-
round the ultimate axis objective
in regard to France, which has
^vigorously and ofricially gone on
record as determined not to enter
«ai or to permit use of French
warships.
But the departure of Petain for
Paris following upon conferences
between Hitler and French Vice
Premier Laval would indicate that
the Vichy government at least was
responding to Hitler's invitation to
discuss arrangements for a per-
menent peace and collaboration
with Germany in post-war Europe.
Axis Seeks New Bases
Greatest interest centered on
whether Germany or Italy would
get new bases, especially in the
French African colonies, for the
climactic drive they had promised
against the British navy in the
Mediterranean. Hitler's talk with
J Franco, in addition to Axis press
| comment, indicated that arrange-
ments were being made for Spain
to get a share in the spoils and
thus such Mediterranean bases as
Bizerte or south Atlantic ports as
Dakar might be made more avail-
able for use by the axis powers in
attacking British warships and
merchant vessels.
THINGS
RED.
W I S E I, Y DEFER-
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 24
UP.)—Two jailed youths decided
today that postcards are too public.
They gave a card addressed to
an "outside" friend to a prisoner
released Tuesday. The prisoners'
ielatis«< saw the card f,
h r monster."
I _JI;rid pe "r, who wa«
| "made" by "the eerie broadcast of
Procrastination is a much ma-
ligned word. It may at times be
the tiiief of time. But it may also
be the height of wisdom. When
you are very angry and excited
and „want to go immediately and
have it out with somebody—wait
till tomorrow; think it over, cool
off. and maybe you won't proceed
to intensify a quarrel. When you
write a sharp, critical or unkind
letter—leave it till tomorrow on
your desk and maybe it won't be
mail«L When you get mad at the
editor and feel inclined to rush
(flown and bless him out and cancel
your subscription, wait till to-
morrow. When you want to resign
your job or fire an employes, wait
till tomorrow and things may be
adjusted. When with jittery nerves,
you facp a difficult job, stop and
rest awhile and get a grip on
Petain, ( anada, Changes Name
PETAIN, B. C. <U.R)-K om now
on, the name of Petain is Odium.
Decision to change the name came
after Marshal Henri Petain was
instrumental in capitulating
Fiance to the Nazi. Odltjm, a
British Columbian, is officer com-
manding the Canadian Second Di-
vision,
We|
only expIfiTOtTon I've got is
people just must have b en think-
rg nbo'.i' H'Mow.'rn. I didn't fig-
ure on that."
I Be sorry for the one who hates
you.
The hater is never happy.
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Vesuvius Breaks
into Eruption
NAPLES, Oct. 19, (U.R)-Mount
Vesuvius broke into violent erup-
tion today, pouring forth a cas-
cade of stone* and lava.
Torrents of lava, almost 25 feet
broad, flooded Matrona read below
the top of the crater.
The sulphur crater at nearby
Tozzuoli started to erupt too, sat-
urating the entire district with
sulphur fumes.
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