The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1941 Page: 1 of 16
sixteen pages : ill. ; page 24 x 18 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
.1
n
1
J
y
7-
PTTTI, KARNER GENERAL rNSURANDE
"1
ALL THE BI-STONE NEWS
FOR ALL OF
THE BI-STONE PEOPLE
VOL. XLIII.
The Mexia Weekly
mJ
erald
PUBLISHED IN—BY—AND FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE RICH BI-STONE EMPIRE
MEXIA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1941
More Soldiers Encamped
Red Forces Are Pecos River Overflows Banks
On Offensive
At Leningrad
Russians Say
15,000 Nazi
Troops Routed
Py UNITED PRESS
Red army forces, spaiked by
tanks and armored trains, were re-
ported on the offensive against
Gei man besiegers of Leningrad to-
day.
Meager reports from Berlin and
Moscow indicated heavy fighting
on n fluid front in the Ukraine.
Both belligerent capitals agreed
that severe battles were still In
progress around Leningrad, now
under direct attack for a month,
with the Russians taking the init-
iative. .Sweeping forward across
the Neva river, the Red army forc-
es routed 15,000 Nazi troops, ac-
cording to preliminary reports, but
Berlin said that the enemy had been
timed back after suffering heavy
casualties.
On the Ukraine front, where the
Germans had unofficially reported
progress towavd the threatened
Donets basin, a Nazi news agency
dispatch said that the Russians
had vainly attempted to recross
the Dnieper river on a sector held
by Hungarians. Previous German
dispatches had indicated that the
Russians did not hold any of the
Dnieper bank, so that the report
indicated a partial recovery by the
forces of Marshal Semyon Budenny.
The Germans said, however, that
one Nazi division on the southern
front has slashed far %'ioad and
seized a good-sized Russian town
two weeks ago, capturing 2,141
prisoners. The town was not ident-
ified.
London militaiy observers said
that the Germans were making
some progress in their offensive
against the Ciirpea, having push-
ed about half-way down the narrow
lE-mile-long isthmus leading to the
peninsula..
In Moscow, the British-American
representatives completed • their
talks on war aid with the Russian
leaders and said that material for
the Red army would move quickly
in order to maintain the eastern
front this winter.
*' Both W. Averell Harriman and
Lord Beavcrbrook expressed groat
satisfaction with the results of the
conferences.
' 3$ 4
i •
a
mm.
. # >..
A worker can be seen on the left floating up to a Pecos, Texas, tour ist camp on a raft after the flood-
gorged Pecos river broke its banks, flooding part of the town and thousands of acreB of growing
crops. (NEA Tulephoto)
Would-Be
Kidnaper Fails,
Commits Suicide
NO SPECIAL
TRAIN FRIDAY
There will NOT be a special
football train to Bryan Fridr.y, the
Chamber of Commelfi-wnd today.
*
Earnestness is enthusiasm tem-
pered by reason.
*
Cave Mosquitoes Hunted
MANCHESTER, Vt. 0J.R)—Mem-
bers of the New England Spe-
lunkers' Grotto—cave explorers to
you—apparently don't think there
are enough mosquities in the
world. At the behest of the U. S.
National Museum the Spelunkera
explored Skinner's Cave on Mt.
Equinox in scarch of new speci-
mens of cave mosquitoes.
Attempts to
Kidnap Former
Gov. of Georgia
LAKELAND, Ga., Oct. 2^ (U.R)—
The would-be kidnaper of E. D.
Rivers, former governor of Geor-
gia, who killed himself when his
plan failed, was revealed today to
have been a self-appointed "aveng-
er of the people" who planned to
collect a ransom.
In his automobile trailer, in
which he shot himself after Rivers
had fought off his attack, police
found three German-English dic-
tionaries and what seemed to be a
code book. Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation agents were called in to
examine it.
He left two letters. One demon-
strated that he had planned to kid-
nap Rivers for ransom, leaving
Mrs. Rivers and anyone else who
had been in the house, bound, gag-
ged and drugged. The other indicat-
ed that he was a political crank
and had planned to "avenge the
people" for what he fancied were
the political misdeeds of Rivera
and other political leaders. Rivers
was threatened with torture anu
death.
The man was identified as Hor-
ace W. Bikle of Danbury Lane, Bon
Avon, Pittsburgh, Pa. The attack
occurred at Rivers' home last night.
* ■—
Gov. Stevenson
Returns from
Washington Trip
DALLAS, Oct. 2 (U.R) — Gov.
Coke Stevenson, returning from
a Washington conference with
President Roosevelt, stepped from
a train at Dallas today amid much
fanfare. In jovial spirits, Steven-
son sa\d home defense was the
principal topic he discussed with
the President.
OROTHY
RAY
^!n 3 cleansing creams
RIOULAIt$2 VALUE
IOO EACH
LIMITED TIME
Specialized for YOUR skin-type
For dry j£/ -DRY-SKIN CLEANSER (Cream 683)
— Cleansing plus lubrication. After use, skin
feels smoother, looks sweetly, softly clean.
For medium-dry skin—SALON COLO CREAM —
Bland and pure. Softens, freshens as it cleanses.
Perfect for a young complexion.
For normal or oily skin—LIQUEFYING CLEANS-
ING CREAM—Light, thorough. Removes clog-
ging dt'rt. Leaves skin crystal-clcan.
1500 Workers
Leave Jobs at
Mobile Shipyards
By United Press
The CIO shipbuilding worker's
union said Wednesday night that
1,500 workers had left jobs at two
Mobile, Ala., yards of the Alabama
Drydock and Shipbuilding Com-
pany, disrupting government de-
fense orders.
Company spokesmen said "only
80, maybe 100; men were out and
denied a serious work delay. But
the union said at least half of the
yards, 3,600 workers were con-
ducting a work-stoppage which
"isn't a strike" in protest against
failure to obtain wage gains.
Operations on the S. S. De Or-
leans, converting it into a Navy
transport, were halted, the union
announced.
Two wildcat strikes which crip-
pled operations at three Detroit
automobile plants employing 33,-
000 workers ended when the
United Automobile Workers (CIO)
authorized dismissal of strike
leaders and ordered other holdouts
to resume production.
The strike broke out Monday
at the Briggs Body Company's
Plymouth department and the
Dodge division of the Chrysler
Cooperation, involving about 400
employees at each pliant, but caus-
ing a shutdown affecting 17,000
other workers.
The Briggs strike caused Chry-
sler's Plymouth plant to shut down
for lack of equipment, dislocating
another 15,000 men, On order of
the UAW, the Dodge plant em-
ployes resumed work Wednesday
morning ,and later in the day the
union agreed to discharge leaders
of the Briggs strike, permitting
resumption of work there and at
the Plymouth unit.
The walkouts orginally protes-
ter! alleged slowdowns and dis-
criminatory dismissals of employ-
es.
At Sandusky, O., construction of
the government's plumbrook or-
dnance plant was delayed by a
strike of 175 AFL clerical work-
ers, forcing another 325 laborers
into Idleness. The office employes
demanded wage gains and adjust-
ment of other grievances. They
were joined in the walkout by
truck drivers and structural work-
ers.
The plant was scheduled to be
producing high explosives by Nov.
15, but War Department officials
indicated there would be a delay.
Federal labor conciliators en-
deavored, meanwhile, to terminate
a strike of 300 CIO electrical
workers at the Dayton, O., plant
of the Sinionds Worden White
Manufacturing Co., and another
involving CIO automobile work-
ers at the Midland Steel Products
plant at Cleveland.
Kendrick & Horn Drug Cc
Football Pep
Rally to Be
Staged Tonight
A "Beat Bryan" football pep
rnlly will be held in downtown Mex-
ia tonight, beginning at 7:30. The
bard will bo on hand and the yell
leader* will be attired in their new
uniforms. A large crowd of stu-
dents nr.d ''it.izons are expected to
attend the rally
Soldier, Hit
by Truck, in
Serious Condition
Was Former
Student of
Robt. L. Maddox
Pvt.' Durward I. Boyd, of the
131st Field Artillery Band, 36th
division, was struck by a civilian
truck at the corner of Bonham
and Milam streets in Mexia Wed-
nesday afternoon, was reported
Thursday to have a fractured
skull, and is in a critical condition.
Pvt. Boyd was examined at the
111th Medical corps field hospital
at Tehuacana Wednesday after-
noon, and was immediately trans-
feired to a hospital in Waco,
where his condition is reported
grave.
It is not known whether Boyd
was on duty at the street inter-
section at the time of the accident.
Lieut. V. G. Clark, who is in
charge of the traffic handling in
Mexia, said Pvt. Boyd was not
in his traffic duty force.
The civilian truck, which did not
stop after hitting the soldier, has
been described to army officers,
and the description probably has
been turned over to the state high-
way patrol, Lieut. Clark said.
The injured soldier is a former
band student of Mexia" s band di-
rector Robert L. • Maddox, it was
learned today. Pvt. Boyd was a
; member of the Cisco high school
band in 1935, when Maddox was
director there. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyd of Cis-
co, and his family is well known
to Mr. and Mrs. Maddox and to
Supt. and Mrs. Frank L. Williams,
who also taught in Cisco. Mrs.
Williams formerly taught the in-
jured man's brother and sister,
and the families were neighbors in
Cisco.
Pvt. Boyd graduated from Tex-
as Tech in June, 1940, Mrs. Mad-
dox told the News today. He was
band director at Brownfleld when
he was called into service under
the' selective service act last fall.
•>
Cardwell Is
Reappointed
Airport Manager
At a meeting Wednesday of the
Airport Committee, of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, R. J. Cardwell
was appointed manager of the
Mexia Airport for another year.
Since Mr. Cardwell became
manager last September, the air-
port has become known to flyers
as one of the finest small town
airports In Texas. It is now desig-
nated on all the Civil Aeronautics
Navigation Maps, and as a con-
sequence, visitors arrive from all
parts of the U. S. A. In the past
months, there have been pilots
from Oklahoma, Washington, and
Maracarbo, Vcnzuelo.
Mr. Cardwell operates a Civil
Aeronautics Approved Flying
School, and since he has been in
charge, there have been 16 private
licenses, 6 commercial, and 5 in-
structors ratings earned by pilots
! on the airport.
At the present time, there are
12 pilots working toward their
private licenses, 1 their commer-
and 3 are working toward
i' filling.
"Dads Club" Meet
to Be Held Tonight
All persons interested in
forming a "Dads Club" in
Mexia are urged to be present
at the organization meeting to
be held in the Legion room of
the city hall building Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock.
Much interest hus been
shown in the proposed club,
and a good attendance is ex-
pected at the meeting.
Firing Squads
Execute Total
of 130 Czechs
Deaths Do
Not Halt
Opposition
Firing squads boosted the total
of executions in Czecho-Slovakia
to about 130 today as Great Bri-
tain and the Soviet Union sought
to intensify opposition to Axis
rule in Italy and occupied Europe.
The toll of dead due to execu-
tions and punitive measures in
Nazi-held areas was mounting in-
to the hundreds, apparently with-
out diminishing oppositionist ac-
tivities. It was reported that Lon-
don and Moscow believed a special
effort should be made to organize
resistance to the Germans in Italy.
Thousands of arrests and re-
pressive measures that included
execution of political and military
leaders in the Czech protectorate
indicated growing threats to the
Nazis in the Balkans. There also
were two more executions of
Frenchmen for "espionage" and
Paul Colette, French youth who
shot Pierre Laval and Marcel
Deat, was sentenced to death.
An Italian newspaper reported
from Sofia thut a "few dozen ban-
dits" were attempting to terror-
ize the population of the Greek
Macedonian town of Drama. These
guerillas were dispersed by Bul-
garian army detachments which
suffered "insignificant" losses the
dispatch said.
Reports reaching Czech refugee
sources in London said that many
more persons had been arrested in
former Czechoslovakia than the
several hundred announced by
Berlin. The gestapo was said to
be "hunting Czechs in the most
remote villages" while "thous-
and of people have left their homes
to wander in the streets or hide in
the hills."
An appalling number of suicides
was reported.
>f
Connally Calls
for Change of
Neutrality Act
Condemns Nazi
Attacks on
U. S. Vessels
CHICAGO, Oct. 2 (U.R)—Chair-
man Tom Connally of the Senate
Foreign Relations committee, to-
day called for modification of the
neutrality act to permit arming of
U. S. merchant vessels and their
use even in the waters of nations
at war in conformance with "our
historic and traditional" doctrine
of freedom of the seas.
Addressing the annual conven-
tion of American Bankers Assoc-
iation, the senate leader condemned
"defiant and truculent" German at-
tacks upon U. S. vessels and urged
that this nation's ships be utilized
for "lawful missions to the ports of
nations at war."
Mexia-Bryan
Football Tickets
Are on Sale
WHAT DO YOU LIKE
IN THE HERALD?
WHAT DO VOU DISLIKE?
DROP US A CARD SO WE
MAY BETTER/'EASE YOU, j
Sally Rand to Wed Bronco Buster
'
«
■U
••••••• •
i ; V>.-< ■ *
Sr.llv Rand, who has danced fan-clad in theaters and night clubs
from coant to coast, revealed that she will marry Thurkel (Turk)
Greenough, 36-year-old Montana broncho bus!.it, "sometime around the
first )f the year". The nappy couple are shown having a bite to eat.
(NEA Telephoto)
Lieut. Brown
Gives Rotarians
cr Talk
Miss Coates
and Misses
Black Sing
It was announced to-day that the
tickets to the Mexia-Bryan game
have been placed on sale at all lo-
cal drugstore^. It was pointed out
that adult tickets were fifty-five
cents (fifty cents plus five cents
tax) while student tickets would
sell for twenty-five cents, three
cents of that amount being tax.
There will be no student tickets
.ild at the gate in Biyun.
The Mexia Rotary club was en-
tertained Thursday noon with re-
citations, musical numbers and a
talk on the Louisiana army maneu-
vers. Louis Simposn was in charge
of the program for the day.
Miss Kiels of Teague was pre-
sented in two humorous recita-
tions. Miss Coates and two Misses
Black, Sally and Noma of Teague,
gave the club several vocal selec-
tions. Their last number was an
original Rotary composition, sung
to the music of "Taps to Reveille."
Lieut. Urown of the Quarter-
master corps of the 36th Division,
who has just returned from the
Louisiana army games, gave the
club a talk .on the problems con-
fronting his department in such a
large scale maneuver. The mem-
bers were highly interested in
having a first hand account of the
activities and asked the Lieuten-
ant many questions concerning the
games. Lieut. Brwon is a nephew
of Mrs. W. R. A'ams of Mexia.
Mrs. L. H. Simpson was a visi-
tor at noon luncheon and the visit-
ing Rotarians were: J. D. David-
son, Jr., end Rev. John O. Scott
of Teague. Dick Boyd was an-
nounced as a new member of the
club.
Limestone Baptist
Ass'n. to Meet
with Local Church
113th Cavalry
Camps Tonight
at State Park
• 80-Mile Longr
Truck Column
Arriving Today
The first tracks of the 80-mile
long moving column of the 113th
Cavalry reached Mexia early
Thursday afternoon and headed
south to Fort Parker State Park,
six miles south of Mexia, where
the approximately 1600 men will
be encamped overnight.
The 113th, a horse-mechanized
unit of the Iowa National Guard,
has been on war maneuvers in
Louisiana for the past several
weeks, and is enroute to Camp
Bowie, at Brownwood. The move-
ment column includes much equip-
ment and many heavy trucks, in-
cluding some horse transports.
The unit, will camp at the state
park tonight, and will move out
early Friday for Brownwood.
Many Noted
Speakers Are
on Program
Parachutist Is
Still Stranded
on Devils Tower
DEVILS TOWER, Wyo. Oct. 2
(U.R) — Charles Hopkins, who par-
ticipated in the evacuation of Dun-
kirk, was trying without and no-
table success today to evacuate
himself from the 865-foot peak
of Devils Tower.
A wintry wind whipped around
the craggy cornices of the natural
granite shaft that is a National
Monument and Hopkins was hud-
dled at the top where he landed
yesterday by parachute as a pub-
licity stunt.
He had some food and a rope,
dropped by airplane, but the wind
was so strong that he dared not
use the rope in an attempt to
descend the almost perpendicular
sides of the tower. Hopkins for-
merly lived at San Antonio.
Dodgers Win
Second World
Series Game
Final plans have been made
for the 49th session of the Lime-
stone Baptist Association, to be
held with the Calvary Baptist
church in Mexia, Monday night
and ail day Tuesday, October 6
and 7. •
Dr. J. W. Bruncr of Dallas, en-
dowment secretary of Texas Bap-
tist educational institutions, known
throughout the Southern Baptist
Convention for his ability as a
platform speaker, will deliver the
opening address, dealing with the
co-oferative program of Southern
Baptists.
Dr. J. B. Tidwell, head of the
Bible department of Baylor Uni-
versity. Wiaco, three times presi-
dent of the Texas Baptist Conven-
tion, will preach the annual ser-
mon on the subject of the "Secur-
ity of the Believer."
Dr. J. M. Dawson, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Waco, writ-
er of books, religious book re-
viewer for the Dallas Morning
News, renowned throughout the
nation among theologians for his
analytical mind, will speak to the
convention on a subject of his
own choice.
Dr. Hal Buckner, of Dallas, gen-
eral manager of Buckner Orphans
Home, noted for his work among
orphan children, one time mission-
ary to China, will speak in the in-
terest of Buckner Orphans Home.
Lawrence Payne, superintendent
of Hillcrest Memorial Hospital
Wiaco, formerly with the Baylor
University Hospital. Dallas, rec-
ognized as an authority in hospital
management, will speak in the in-
terest of hospitals.
A special one hour program of
the work of the Woman's Mission-
ary Union of Limestone county,
will be presented under the direc-
tion of Mrs. W. R. Hammond, of
Kosse, president. It is expected the
financial report will show the as-
sociation clear of debt.
Three Men
Arrested in
Murder Probe
The Brooklyn Dodgers today
evened up the World Series by (
taking the second game from the
| New York Yankees by a score of \
Wo-2. The series now stands oil- j
| tame each
'
LEXINGTON, Ky. Oct. 2 (U.fc--
The arrest of three men today gave
police their first possible suspects
in five futile days of investigating
the fatal shooting of Marion Miley.
top ranking golfer, and her mother.
Mrs. Fred Milej .
Each suspect denied emphatically
any connection with the slayings In
the Lexington country club early
Sunday.
Death lust night of Mrs. Miley,
50, only a lew hours after her 2i-
vear-old daughter was buried, rob-
bed pil • of their best potential
=otirw of information on the case.
36th Division
Has Good Time
Here Wednesday
Breaks Camp
at Tehuacana
Early Thursday
Mexia was host Wednesday nig'ifs.
to several thousands of khaki-clad
soldiers of the 36th division who
were in a joyous mood over their
return to Texas after several hard
weeks of war games in Louisiana.
Local drug stores, cafes, barber
shcjis and other places of business
did a thriving business as the sold-
iers poured into town from their
over-night campsite at Tehuacana,
seven miles west, of Mexia. The
boys swarmed long distance tele-
phone booths and the telegraph of-
fice, anxious to send messages to
relatives.
Sandwich counters wore lined
with hungary soldiers, apparently
enjoying the change of diet after
weeks of army "mess." The down-
town streets and sidewalks were
filled with milling men, all of whom
seemed to be in good spirits and
having a good time.
The local police department,
which cooperated with the Military
Police, reported this morning that
there was little trouble last night.
One soldier was injured in a tussle,
but was back with his company this
afternoon "looking fer the guy"
who hit him.
The soldiers started breaking"
camp early Thursday morning and
moving out from Tehuacana to
Camp Bowie at Brownwood. Be-
fore nightfall, the campsite will
have been vacated, and the column
will have arrived at Brownwood.
The empty trucks will pass
through Mexia Saturday on their
way to Louisiana to pick up the
remainder of the division.
Sunday, the second section will
pass through Mexia and will spend
the night at Tehuacana.
Nazis Reported
UsingGliders
over Red Sea
MOSCOW, Oct. 2. (U.R) — Rus-
sian naval planes have shot down
10 German airplanes and three
gliders over the Black Sea, the
high command reported today, re-
vealing Germany's first use of
glider since the invasion of Crete.
The Germans dumped troops,
weapons and supplies onto Crete
in gliders and drove the British
Imperial troops from the island
after a few days' fighting. Their
use in the Black Sen battle might
indicate an attempt to invade the
Crimes.
Today's copr.iunique gave no
details except that a unit of the
Russian Black Sen fleet air arm
"downed 10 enemy planes and
thne gliders."
The Russian radio reported that
1 sncw hsd been falling in the Uk-
raine for more than 21 hours, giv-
ing the southern end of the battle
line its first taste 0^ winter. A
light Mil • of snow covered Mos-
< w eerlii r this m • k .' id it has
. been re o ; ..I times fi is
i the north—"* front.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Stewart, A. M. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1941, newspaper, October 3, 1941; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299728/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.