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Editorial Page of Mexia Weekly Herald
Mexia, Texas.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5, 1941.
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A. M. (Gus) STEWART, Managing Editor
^Entered Postofficj it Mc \ia, Texas
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|P Vichy's Marionettes
*■*" In all the history of France there is no
sadder or more sinister chapter than what
is going on in Vichy. The government of
unoccupied France has gone back on every-
thing France stood for in the opinion and
regard of the civilized world.
She has stricken "Liberty, Equality,
Fraternity" from her shield and substituted
words that smack strongly of Nazi ideology.
She has gathered around her every schem-
ing reactionary politician in the defeated
country. Included in this number are the
men who sat in the Parliament and sneered
at the republic, the back-stabbers who be-
longed to the hooded Cagoulards, the rich
men's sons who indulged in the hoodlum
methods of the Camelots du Roi, of which
they were the mainstay both in finance and
tnembership.
By F,. H. HUDSON
Facing the Fad
( DUTY IS A GATE TO PKAOE
AND POWER.
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The Petain government's every decree
and every move have been parrot copies of
He ii *he enactments of the Hitler gang in Ger-
Metho i many. This has been done not only because
and wa„f inclination, • but also because of a child-
fr belief that by so doing, by acting as
willing marionettes pulled by Nazi strings,
t.hey can curry favor with Hitler and win
easier peace terms when the German tyrant
get around to that subject.
One of the papers of Paris said as
much:
"French unity has more to expect from
the .generosity of the victor than from a
boastful British propaganda now on its last
legs."
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That is undoubtedly the hope of the
Lavals and the Flandins. It is a small hope,
but it is a hope that has led the Petain
government to lend itself as a willing in-
strument to Hitler's war plans. But it is al-
so a hopa that in all probability is destined
U^be Wolly disappointed.
Hitler has shown himself to be a man
utterly void of generosity to a beaten foe.
He has also shown himself to be a man who
I does not care a rap for his spoken or writ-
Jten word. Promises are made and pacts are
signed only to be broken when it suits him.
If Petain and his cronies have any real
illusions about Hitler, they might spend a
profitable half hour reading once more his
i".Mein Kampf," particularly that passage in
r hich he says one of the Reich's prime jobs
1 to "crush forever" Germany's "eternal
fcnemy": France.
That passage spells French doom if
Hitler is not defeated. From that passage
not one grain of hope can be extracted.
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Duty well done is the highest
good you can do to yourself, your
neighbor or your God.
Duty is co-exter.sive with youi
neighbor's need and your own
ability.
Loyalty to what you believe to
be duty glorifies each day and
brings you to its end with peace.
Neglect of duty leaves a marred
day and a troubled conscience.
Everyone is obligated to do what
appears to be hi# duty.
Your duty is what you would
advise your beat friend to do in
liki: circumstances.
Do not ask, "Will it pay?"
Do not ask, "Is it easy?"
Ask, "It is my duty?'-'
And do it decisively.
FLOATING POPULATION AS
USELESS AS A FLOATING RIB.
| Many of our millions of unem-
ployed are designated in director-
ies and census reports as "floating
population."
They are well named.
Most of them never did any
work and do not want to work.
Derelicts, they drift from place
to place.
They have regular migrations,
rorth, south, east and west.
Drifting from place to place
they clutter up the free soup lines,
the relief agencies and the Sal-
vation Army barracks.
They frequent back doors seek-
ing a hand out of gas to the next
town.
They line the highways, thumb-
ing rides to new pastures.
Biingltig nothing to their stop-
ping places, thuy leave nothing
when they go.
Th6 large floating population
of our nation during past years
has been a danger.
We need an anchored citizen-
ship.
Home ownership must be made
easier for the people.
Family life must take rootage
and must be encouraged by the
state.
Lowering taxes and interest
will help to this end.
Our relief agencies help to some
extent but are so abused and mis-
managed that they will have to
be revised or abolished.
Enlistment of our men in the
army will relieve the situation to
some extent.
But when our army is dis-
| charged from service, we shall
face this danger of floating pop-
ulation as never before.
We should think and prepare
| to handle this problem today.
THE SEARCH FOR BEAUTY.
Last yenr the women and girls
of tha nation spent five hundred
million for cosmetics in their quest
for beauty.
Most of this huge sum was
pure wast3.
Aid given by beauty lotions and
cosmetics is at best temporary.
And after their use, the last
state of the user may be worse
than the first.
Wrinkled sduls make lined (aces.
Hard hearts make harsh lines.
There is a hotter beauty remedy
than any lotion ever invented by
man.
It begins on the ins;de and
works out.
Ic is inexpensive.
It. is available to everybody.
Every pleasing thought you
have, every expression of love,
eveiy kindly feeling, every act of
generosity, softens the hard lines,
and smoothes tho wrinkles of the
day.
This beauty that works out from
within is finer and more.paiman-
ent than may be had in any beauty
shop.
MODERN MEDICINE IN WEV-
EN LEAGUE BOOTS.
Many of us tuku modutn mediJ
cine and its blessings for granted.
The doctor i < iwWiys with us
An army rifle weighs 8.69 pounds, but; and wt accept him as a matter
after you've been carrying one all day the ot eour8C- ,
decimal point drops out. ! Faw/wIif* ho\/n"ch wl'l"
i once of meoicine and th«s physician
and chemist reseurch man have
The fact that Joe Louis passed ail his J jo,,, for Ul.
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Army Enlisted
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Become Pilots
qpF- Doughboy's Clean Life
*r~ The post property officer at Fort Dix
in New Jersey, where a large number of
Uncle Sam's selectees are being trained for
1he Army, Is getting writer's cramp. Half
his time is consumed in scribbling requisi-
tions for soap.
Not only did he recently ask for 25,000
|f rakes of face soap, but also for 135,000 tab-
lets of laundry soap, 10 tons of dishwash-
Jiig, powder, and 13,200 pounds of soap grit
tor cleaning pots and pans.
■jjjr It's pretty evident that when the Army
Jrfits through with them, all those lads are
jfeoing to make excellent husbands. They
J will be able to launder a handkerchief and
! polish a pan with the best of them.
? That's national preparedness, that is.
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American typewriters are used in
1 *■ Egypt. They can have ours if it doesn't
* learn to spell.
Teacher says college students get intox-
i fcated at dances. How can you tell an in-
toxicated person at a modern dance:
er acourgers ave being overcame.
Our medical men are. still hunt-
ing down other scourges and
promise greater blessings to men.
Many hevoes are working in
slums and in jungles, in ho.'pilals
and laboratories, hunting down the
beasts that pray on human life.
Many of these workers have
smril financial toward*.
Some there are whose i. imes
we will nwer know.
Some are giving health and life
itself.
All honor to this band of healers
who go night and day, rain and
shirie to ease the pains and leiigth-
en the clays of our liver.
UNBREAKABLE GLASS.
Unbreakable glass was a fine
discovery and a great boon to au-
tomobiiists.
It has saved many lives.
It gives vision ar.d at the same
time safety.
It is constructed so that it lets
in light ar.d yet it is strong enough
to resist shock.
It may shatter hut. will not
break.
I wish we might invent some
sort of unbreakable glass i'or tiic
windshields and windows of life.
So many lives are crippled and
lost from defective vision and
from the wrecks of life's nighway.
The windows of our lives should
let in light and give us clear vision
And they should be strong
enough to resist the shocks of the
road and unbreakable in the col-
lis!ons of life.
I think that Faith, Hope and
Love may enter into to construc-
tion of such windows of life.
Dedication of Carnival Is
New Building Is Held Despite
Well Attended Cold Weather
Lieut. Tom L. Cox, Jr.,
Goes to Philippines
Lieut. Tom L. Cox, Jr., of Mexia,
who graduated Friday front th'i
United States Army air school
at Kelly Field, Texas, and receiv-
ed his 'wings' and commission, has
been assigned to active duty in the
Philippine Islands, it was learned
Declaring that the rehabilita-
tion of Christianity in Europe af-
ter the war will be largely through
the efforts of those martyrs who
are now subjected to abuse and
imprisonment by dictators, Bishop
Ivan Lee Holt brought an inspir-
ing message to the congregation
of the First Methodist church Sun-
day morning at the dedication of
the new Children's Building.
Bishop Holt told of the effects
of the suppression of religion in
European countries, end emphas-
ized the importance of the proper
Christian training of the children
and youth of our nation.
At. the conclusion of the brief
sermon in the church, the congre-
gation repaired to the new Child-
ren's Building, where Bishop Holt
officiated at the simple, but im-
pressive dedicatory service.
Mrs. George L. Peyton, who do-
nated the building to the church
in memory of her late husband,
made the formal presentation of
the building, "to be dedicated to
the service of God in the Christ-
ian nurture and training of child-
hood and youth."
Other than Bishop Holt, the Rev.
R. O. Sory o fCorsicana, district
superintendent; and the Rev.
Charles O. Shugort, pastor, took
part in the services.
A large congregation filled the
auditorium of the church to hear
Bishop Holt's message. Following
the close of the dedication ser-
vice, hundreds of people inspected
the beautiful new Children's
Building.
here Saturday.
Lieut. Cox is one of 16 members
of the graduating class who have
been assigned to Philippine duty.
Cold weather Friday night put a
damper on attendance at the an-
nual Mexia Public Schools Hal-
lowe'en Carnival, but most of the
attractions were held as scheduled
and a fair size crowd braved the
chilly norther to join in the fes
tivities.
Commerce street was roped off
from Railroad to McKinney
streets, and the various conces-
sions stinds were set Up on the
pavement. The ducking stool, one
of the feature attractions, was
called off because of the weather.
C. W. Killough, Jr.
Is 1st Lieutenant
Lieut. C. W. Killough, Jr., ar-
rived in Mexia Saturday from
Camp Wolters, Texas, on furlough.
He has just been promoted to the
rank of 1st Lieutenant in the
United States Army.
Lieut. Killough witi be trans-
ferred from Camp Wolters im-
mediately, but has not yet been
notified of his new assignment.
Texas W.P.A.
Workers Get
Wage Increases
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 1 (U.R)
—Wage? were increasad today
for 50,000 workers on WPA proj-
ects' in Texas, H. P. Drought,
state administrator, announced
here. The raise is expected to
increase the November WPA
pavrolls $248,000.
TODAY'S THOUGHTS
By A. M. (Gus) STEWAR'l
Some of the young enlisted men
of the Army of the United States
who formerly watched with envy
as pilots o fthe Air Corps flew the
sleek ships of the modern air
force overhead, or who scurried In-
to the underbrush when an attack
plane zoomed at them in maneuv-
ers, may now shed their ground
anchork and do the flying and
zooming themselves, Sergeant
Marvin A. Strickland of Corsicana,
U. S. Army recruiting officer, said
today.
The Army's rapidly increasing
plane power offers opportunity for
enlisted men to become pilots, ho
pointed out, and for those ground-
lings who dreamed of winging
through space at the controls of
some of the best military airplanes
in the world, opportunity is knock-
ing.
"Their ship is coming in," Ser-
geant Strickland put it, "Only it's
not the story book ship Inden with
wealth and fortune — it's an air-
plane, ready to speed them into the
future as swiftly as'man can trav-
el."
Enlisted men who are high school
graduates, who are single, be-
tween 18 and 22 years old and in
good physical condition, may be-
come Aviation Students, he said.
In addition, the applicant agrees
to serve for three years as an en-
listed pilot if he successfully com-
pletes his pilot training. At the
conclusion of his training he re-
ceives the rank of Staff Sergeant
Pilot, and takes his place as an
important part of the swiftly
growing Air force of the United
States.
"It looks pretty, good to me,"
Sergeant Strickland said, "Here's
a chance to get off the ground and
to aid the country by helping
yourself. No man can regret learn-
ing to fly, for the future of avia-
tion is as_ big as the future of
the country."
This is one time when we can recom-
mend that you be a "yes" man. Don't say
no to the Red Cross.
.SA t* frmy physical tests must be recorded as the A hurdred yc.an ago the artr-
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, ag« life length wax 35 year.*. To-
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1 The Nazis must find the news fr'om j of 62,
, . , . , . „ ... In the pait century many pow-
,subjugated countries especially revolting. I of duiPt|| hl|ve been C0n(|UCrwl.
The proposed OPM ban on automobile
bnghtwork may puzzle some of our read-
Vfs a little. Perhaps we ought to explain
Small pox has lart its terror.
Typhoid may be prevented and
is on it* last legs.
Tuberculous ir being rapidly ra-
the move is not m
ic.kspflt drive'
mt as an encouragement, duccd.
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Tom L. Cox, Jr.
Graduates from
Kelly Field
KELLY FIELD, Texas, Oct. 31.
(Spl)—Tom L. Cox, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Cox of Mexia
was among the 250 Aviation Ca-
dets and one student officer who
were graduated from the Army's
oldest flying school, Kelly Field,
this morning at 8:30 o'clock. The
graduates will be assigned to dut-
ies in tactical units as military
pilots or as instructors, depending
upon their qualifications.
Principal speaker i address the
graduates was Major General
Frank P. Lshm, Commandant of
the Gulf Coast Air Corps Train-
ing Center, who holds the distinc-
tion of being the Army's first pil-
ot. Also on the speaker's platform
were Brigadier General Hubert H.
Harmon, Chief of Staff of the
Training Center; Colonel W. B.
Wright, Jr., of Savannah, Georgia,
whose son, 1st Lieut. W. B. Wright
III, is the lone West Pointer a-
mong the graduates; Lt. Colonel
Harvey Prosser, the Commandant
of Kelly Field, and Major James
K. Doolittle, famed speed pilot,
who pinned "wings" on the breast
of his son, "Jimmy" Doolittle, Jr.
Of the men to graduate and re-
ceive commissions as 2nd Lieuten-
ants in the Air Corps, 49, or one
fifth of the class, came from Il-
linois, while Ohio and Iowa fur-
nished 23 men each, to tie for sec-
ond place. Texas, the host state,
had 13 graduates.
Hardly a day passes without announce-
ment of a fatal airplane crash somewhere
in the United States. Sometimes the news
is of the wreck of a civilian plane; often it
is an army or navy plane. On the surface it
would seem that this nation's air program
is resulting in a debacle of death and des-
truction of expensive planes.
But let's consider the other side of the
matter, too. We must remember that never
before in history have there been so many
people in the air. Never before have there
been so many young men learning to fly.
Never before have there been so many air-
plane factories turning out so many planes
every day.
America is taking to the air. Aviation!
is coming into its own, not only in a mili-*
tary way, but in private and commercial
use. Look around you, and you'll be sur -
prised how many airplane pilots are among
your friends and acquaintances today. How
many did you know five years ago?
Yes, there are a lot of plane wrecks.
And there will be a lot "more. The more ~
planes that take to the air, the more acci-
dents there will be. It is natural and inevi-
table. When there were only a few thous-
ands of automobiles in the United States
there were few highway crashes. The acci-
dents increased as the automobile*' in-
creased—and at the same ratio.
So it is with aviation. Statisticians will
tell you that today, in spite of the many air-
plane crashes, the rate of fata'.ities per
flying mile has not increased. Don't lose
faith in the future of aviation.
The community was shocked and griev-
ed Sunday morning to learn of the death of
Luther Cox, one of the progressive farmers
of Central Texas. Agriculture can not well
afford to lose leaders of the calibre of Mr.
Cox. He was the visionary, practical kind
of man who never grew too old to study the
problems of his profession and profit from
what he learned.
Farming, and orchard culture, were
never boring jobs to Luther Cox. He did not
accept crop failures with a shrug, and a
"nothing-can-be-done-about - it" philosophy.
If his crop failed, he wanted to know why.
And he set to work to correct the situation.
He was typical of the far-sighted, progres-
sive type of farmer upon whom the future
of agriculture's prosperity depends.
Dorothy Thompson has a blistering
condemnation of Lindbergh in the current
issue of "Look" magazine, and it probably
will reverberate considerably before it is
forgotten. Briefly, she charges that Lind-
bergh's aim is to be the feuhrer of America,
and she explains his puzzling actions to
substantiate her charges.
Miss Thompson is noted for not pulling
her punches, and she has been remarkably
accurate in her predictions of European de-
velopments at a time when the rest of the
world was heaping coals of vituperation up-
on her unbowed head as a "warmonger."
We don't know whether there is any
truth in her view of Lindbergh, but it gi%'es
you something to think about.
Three Calls Are
Now Pending for
Local Draft Area
Three calls affecting the local
draft board area are now pending,
it was announced today by Law-
rence Hearne, selective service of-
ficial at Mexia.
Two negroes will be called into
service on November 10th. They
are Billy Gary Birden of Delia
and Erwin Tatum of Mexia.
Three white men, whose names
have not yet been announced by
the draft board, will be Inducted
into service on November 18th.
One white will be called on Dee-
ember 1st. He will be the first man
here to be inducted under the re-
cently modified selective service
regulations. He already has been
examined by an army board of
examiners at Houston, and was
accepted. Other draftees who will
be called up before December 1st,
will be examined at the induction
station, and if. they prhs, they will
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Cheers for Cucuji!
It's a nuisance for many of us. Every
month we get one of those pesky bills for
electric current. Almost makes a fellow
want to move down to the balmy shores of
Mexico facing the big gulf. For we are re-
liably informed that electric light bills are
totally unknown down there. All the lucky
folks have to do is go out in their garden
and capture a handful of cucuji.
Never heard of them?
Well, they are a sort of greenish-black
beetle that produces n phosphorescent light.
Put half a dozen of them in a little bamboo
cage and they will give as much light as a
115-watt electric bulb.
Ho, hum, lets turn out the cucuji bee-
tles and go to sleep.
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Pie Counter Rush in Reverse
All those people falling out of political
p um trees these days are not being pushed.
No indeed. Some of them are jumping in-
tentionally. No less an authority on th.. sub-
ject than the International City Managers'
Association reveals that many municipal*-
ties face a serious problem in the scramble
"obs yCS f°r beUer 8&larit'd ,lefense
In contrast to that good old 100 per
un to' T n P0HtiCal CUstom of ^ hing
n *he P" c"unter' 3Uch stored cities
hL M r ^ CUy' Mo ' Dur-
ham, N C., report the defense industries
are raiding their city halls with salary of.
ftrs as much as three times greater than
the municipal checks.
This may be tough on the cities but it
may also relieve unemployment among ward
heelers, sidewalk statesmen and pre"
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