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MEXIA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1912.
Gov. Stevenson to Speak Here Friday
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Japs Take Town
of Lashio With
Heavy Offensive
CHUNGKING, April 30 (U.PJ —
A Japanese mass offensive led by
tanks and airplanes and supported
by heavy artillery bombardment
captured the key Burma communi-
'' cations town of Lashio on Wednes-
day, a Chinese communique said
today.
The communique said that the
battle was continuing, however, in
the vicinity of Lashio, 80 miles
from the Chinese border, end that
both sides had suffered heavy cas-
ual in the fighting.
The capture of Lashio cut off
the Allied supply route to China
and threatened to encircle the
Chinese and British forces on the
central Burma front, but a military
spokesman said that the enemy
spjarheads were being counter-at-
tacked and might be encircled be-
cause of their extended communi-
cation lines.
A dozen Japanese tanks were
destroyed in the Lashio battle.
An authoritative statement is-
sued here said that the battle
demonstrated the need for concen-
tration of British, American end
Chinese fighting power in the Paci-
fic thc^tec.#'id, JkOr recognition of
the strength of the Japanese, who
advanced 150 miles in seven days.
The statement cited effective
fifth column tactics by the Japan-
ese, accurate bombing at a high
level by enemy planes with a sight
comparable tothe .American bomb-
sight, and of
mechanized units and airplanes.
Levee Breaks
Save Trinidad
From Disaster
Trinity Falling
After Record
Breaking Crest
DALLAS, April 30. (U.R)—Levee
breaks upstream today saved Trin-
idad from a possible disastrous
overflow by the Trinity river.
The weather bureau reported
that a record crest of 4S.1 feet had
had reached Trinidad and that the
river had begun to fall.
An eight-foot crest rise which
passed Dallas last week-end added
only a few inches at Trinidad be-
cause while thfc 'cfefet' wds moving
downstream, levees gave way in
the vicinities of 'Rossdr', Ennis, and
Kaufman, flooding valuable farm
lands.
The Trinity at Dallas had fallen
only slightly,' however, and was
just below 36 feet, because of ad-
ditional rams.' Until Thursday
morning, the rainfall for April at
Dallas was 12.24 inches, a total ex-
ceeded only once In 28 years. That
time was in March, 1922, when
13.4 inches of rain fell. But more
showers were predicted for Dallas
during the ,d?y..
The Red river, into which a cloud-
burst at Qtfatidh poured, continued
high. The Shreveport weather sta-
tion reported a crest of 30.5 feet
due there on Monday.
The Brazos, running its flood
through Central Texas, was fall-
ing from Rainbow to Richmond.
But a slow rise was due, said the
Houston weather bureau, with
some flooding on the Brazos' low-
er course.
The Trinity at Long Lake, where
a tremendous crest of 51.6 feet
passed yestreday, was due to fall
slowly. The Trinity crest will pas*
Midway on Saturday and River-
side next Tuesday, coming to a
stand at Liberty. The Neches and
Sabine will change little, said the
Houston office.
High U. S. Air
Corps Officer
Killed in Crash
Briar. Gen. George
Is Cited for
Posthumous Medal
WASHINGTON, April 30 (U.R)—
The War Department has posthu-
mously awarded the distinguished
service medal to Brig. Gen. Harold
H. George, 48 year old air officer
who was killed in an air accident
in Australia.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MacAR-
THUR'S HEADQUARTERS. Aus-
tralia, April 30 (U.R) — Gen. Doug-
lap MacArthur today announced
tha( Brig. Gen. Harold H. George,
United States Army Air Corps,
and Melville Jacoby, correspondent
for Time and Life magazines, had
been killed in an air accident.
George, a native of New York,
lived in Los Angeles. He went
through the Philippines campaign
as MacArthur's air officer, and
came with MacArthur to Austra-
lia.
George was horn in New York
state in 1892. He served as a Ser-
geant in Co. E, 3d Infantry. New
York Nationnl "Guard; before "the
last war and durirg the first few
months of it, when he became a
First Lieutenant in the air force,
then called the Aviation Section of
the Signal Corps. After the war he
entered the regular army. He held
the distinguished service cross for
heroism in action.
Jacoby was a veteran war cor-
respondent* in the Far East.
George is survived by his wife.
Vera C. George, who was believed
here to be living in Mt. Clements,
Mich.
Gen. MacArthur in announcing
the accident, said he regarded Gen.
George as one of the outstanding
air officers of the world.
Jacoby, he said, could have ser-
ved as a model for a war corres-
pondent at the front.
Twister Levels Most of West Texas Town
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Texas Defense Guardsmen assist townsmen fn clearing debris from the business district of Crow-
ell, Texas, after the town was hit liy a tornado that took 11 lives and leveled most of the structures
in the entire community. In the lower picture a townsman views, wrecked homes through gaping
walls of a downtown filling stat ion. (NEA Telephotos)
Two Candidates
Defeat Churchill
War Government
Both New Men
in Commons Want
Second Front
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America's great Drug Store value-giving event—the famous
Rexall original One Cent Sale!
Our store shelves are heaped with tremendous One Cent Sale
bargains. It is all first quality, full-size packages—tested and
approved by the United Drug Company's department of Re-
search ' control. Be surp to be here early for the best values.
KENDRICK & HORN DRUG CO.
May 1 and 2
LONDON, April 30 —(U.R)—De-
mands for a second European
front in 1942 and closer coopera-
tion with the Soviet Union arose
today from two victorious cand-
idates who defeated Prime Minis-
ter Winston Churchill's war gov-
ernment in by-elections for seats'
in Commons.
W. J. B r o w n, independent
elected in the Rugby district,
characterized his election as "a
command for the opening of a sec-
ond front and victory this year."
"My election is a call to the
government, to settle political dif-
ferences with Russia and achieve
all unity of strategy," Brown de-
clared.
G. L. Reakes, independent and
former labor party man, denied
that this election was a defeat for'
Churchill, although he polled 12,-
596 votes in the Wallasey district
to 6,548 for the government candi-
date, John Penningtton.
"It is a victory for Churchill,
end our enemies now Riiow that
Wallasey wants a vigorous pros-
ecution of the war with a fight
to the finish," Reakes said.
The results were a political sen-
sation, after a previous govern-
ment by-election defeat, and con-
servative party chieftains were
concerned. Part of their concern
stemmed from the fact labor party
men are demanding an end of the
political truce with the govern-
ment conservative party.
Enemy Destroyers
Attacked by RAF
Raiding Bombers
LONDON, April 30 (U.R)-Brit-
ish bombers, carrying out three big
daylight sweeps over the trench
invasion coast, today attacked
three enemy destroyers escorting
merchant ships off the Brittany
coast and bad'y damaged one of
them, the air ministry announced
tonight.
The sweeps were a continuance
of around the clock raids that now
are in their eighth consecutive
day. Last nieht the big Gnomc-
Rhome motor works near Paris
was battered.
Besides damaging one of the
Nation's Traffic
Death Toll Declines
CHICAGO, April 30 (U.R) -The
National Safety Council reported
today that the nation's traffic
death toll had fallen four per cent
during the first quarter (yf 1942
despite increased travel resulting
from "war boom transportation"
and "last-fling driving."
Fatalities totaled 7,930 during
the first thret months of 1942 com-
pared with SJ60 last year, the
council said;
Crowe!! Begins
Difficult Task
of Rebuilding
—i
CROWELL, Texas, April 30. (U.R)'
—The long, tedious and heart-
breaking task of rebuilding their
town was begun today by residents
of this West Texas city.
Crowoll virtually was "wiped off
the mar" Tuesday night, by a tor-
nado that struck with savage in-
tensity, killi-g nine persons, in-
juring more than 100 and causing
properly damage of more than
$1,000,000.
There were 1500 homeless per-
sons in the town, but they spent the
night safely. They were provided
with food, water, given warm
clothing and temporary shelter.
Observers estimated the wind
damaged or demolished at least 80
per cent of the residential and bus-
iness buildings in this town of
2,100.
Medical supplies poured into the
town yesterday and last night from
many pcints, and typhoid serum
was administered to many of the
residents.
The United States Army provid.
ed sleeping tents and ell remaining
public buildings were thrown open
to the homeless. Every remaining
home in town wait jammed with re-
fugees.
destroyers, the bombers raked the
other two with cannon fire. The
British pilots said they met with
no enemy fighter opposition.
Around 3,000 fighter planes and
1,000 bombers, including many
American-built aircraft, have tak-
en part since April 22 yi the most
sustained big-scale RAF' offensive
of the war at a low cost of only
about 100 airplanes.
Vichy dispatches said that Ger-
man reports from Paris told of 52
killed and 150 wounded in last
night's moonlight attack on the
Gnome-Rhone works at nearby
Gennevilliers.
The Goodrich rubber factories
and the Gnome-Rhone works, both
hying used by the Germans fo>:
war production, were heavily
pounded for the second time ns
British bombers swept low over
Paris in bright moonlight and in
defiance of intense anti-aircraft
fire.
Extensive damage and big fires
were reported by the RAF pilots
following the Paris attack.
Then, at dawn, British war
planes resumed their steady hour
by hour r;vids in spring-like weath-
er, flying in large numbers over
the Dover Straits to France.
Light Control to
Be Compulsory
WASHINGTON, April 30. (U.R)-
Control of lighting along the At-
lantic aeacosst on a voluntary ba-
sis has failed and military authori-
ties will have to enforce dim-out
regulations, Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson said at a press
conference today.
"It is imperative to control
lighting on the seaccast to prevent
the silhouetting of ships leading
to their destruction," the Secretary
said.
He cited a first-person account
'rem a witnes of a sinking off the
| Fkrida coast, The eyewitness ssid
| tNe glare of lights from the vie-
| inity of Saint Augustine bed defin-
itely helped the enemy detect and
[sink the ship.
Arrangements Complete for
Huge Rally At State Park f
More Than 100
Planes Expected
At Celebration
If the weather is favorable,
more than 100 airplanes are ex-
pected to converge on the Mexia
municipal airport Friday to take
part in the greatest air show ever
seen in Limestone county.
Among the planes will be those
of private fliers, Texas Defense
Guard air corps planes, and sev-
eral Civil Air Patrol planes.
The aircraft will begin arriving
from all parts of East and Central
Texas early Friday morning. The
pilots will be ent?rtained with a
luncheon at the local airport at
noon, and at 3:15 p. m. the entire
group of planes will take off for a
mass flight over Fort Parker
State Park, where a gigantic pa-
triotic rally will be in progress and
Governor Coke Stevenson will
have just completed the principal
address.
Squadron 15, Texas Defense
Guard air corps, will be officially
inspected Friday morning and will
be inducted into the statewide or-
ganization. The squadron is made
up of three flights of planes from
Mexia, Austin and Temple. Flight
A, Mexia, is commanded by Capt.
Ralph Jones. Flight B, Austin, is
commanded by Capt. G. ('. Cross.
Flight C, Temple, is commanded
by Qapt. J. W. Rily. Capt. Jones is
acting squadron commander.
Major Roberts of the Adjutant
General'* office, Austin; is- ex-
pected to make the inspection' at
the airport here at 10 a. m. Fri-
day. " " ' ' " ^_
St II Strrm Govern^" \ okW
Stevenson will make an inspection
of the squadron at the airport.
Acrobatic flying will be staged
by visiting stunt fliers during the
day.
Invitations have been sent to all
members of the Texas Private
Fliers Association, and to other
private fliers. Many replies have
been received, and the largest
number of planes ever to assemble
at Mexia's airport is expected to
be here Friday.
At 3:15 p. m. the planes of TDG
Squadron 15 will take off in
formation, and, followed by the
private planes, will make a mas3
flight over Lake Springfield and
Fort Parker State Park.
Twenty Feared
Lost in Sinking
of Two Vessels
Clipper Plane
Brings Survivors
Back to Shore
NEW YORK, April 30 (U.R) —
Thirty-five survivors of two mer-
chant vessels torpedoeij by enemy
submarines in the Atlantic were
brought to New York by Pan
American clitper plane and said
today the sinkings probably took
20 lives.
Nine survivors, including seven
members of the American Field
Service, voluntary ambulance
drivers' organization, were from a
Swedish ship and 26 from a vessel
of American registry.
Jacob Vollrath, 10, of Sheboy-
gan, Wis., a field service driver,
said the attack on the Swedish
ship occurred at 5:30 p. m. on April
20 and a lifeboat containing 26
survivors drifted for 17 hours be-
fore a merchant ship picked them
up and took them to Bermuda. The
submarine commander, speaking
English, asked them the name and
onrage of their ship, Vollrath
aid, and promised to radio their
•losition, but there was no evidence
hat he had done so.
PROGRAM FOR
FRIDAY, MAY 1
6 a. m. — Fishing Rodeo, begin-
ning at daylight and ending at 6
p. m. at Lake Springfield.
All day school holiday with in-
dividual school basket picnics at
the park.
10 a. m. — Inspection of Squad-
ron 15, Texas Defense Guard Air
Corps at Mexia airport.
11:30 a. m. — Gov. Coke Steven-
son arrives at Mexia airport for in-
spection of TDG Air Corps. Black
Cat Band meets Governor at air-
port.
12 noon — Service club Inncheon
at Country Club honoring Gover- j
nor Stevenson. Visiting airmen's
luncheon at airport.
1:45 p. m. — Band concert at
state park pavilion by Mexia. Tea-
gue and Groesbeck high school
hands.
2:25 p. m. — Honor cscort for
Governor by Grccsbeck Defense ; ll;30 a. m. and noon. He will pvo-
Guard company, and inspection of J ceed immediately to the city air-
Thousands Are
Expected to
Attend Rally
Governor Coke R. Stevenson wil
speak to an expected crowd oi
sevenal thousands of Limestoni
and Freestone eounty people, in-
cluding hundreds of school child-
ren, at 2:30 p. m. Friday. The
Governor, principal speaker at thf
gigantic patriotic rally, will speal
from the pavilion of the club
house at Fort Parker State Park.
Governor Stevenson will arrive
in Mexia by automobile between
Weather will not halt the
patriotic rally Friday, Hugh
Pendleton, general chairman,
has announced. If rain pre-
vents the out-door speaking at.
the State Park Friday after-
neon, the speaking will be held
in the Mexia city auditorium.
\pril Oil Output
>%ure Continues
AUSTIN, April 80 (U.R) —The
X3s Railroad Commission today
.•dered its April oil production
:ogram continued through the
irst ten days of May.
London!"April 30. (U.R)--Radio
..ri«, German controlled, reported
>day that Admiral William L.
.Leahy, United States ambassador
to Vichy France, had arrived at
Lisbon by train on his way home.
company by Governor.
2:30 p. m. — Patriotic rally.
Principal address by Gov. Steven-
son.
3:30 p. m. — Mass formation
airplane flight over Fort Parker
State Park.
4 p. m. — Fly casting exhibition.
Many Stores to ]
Close Friday Noon
Many Mexia business hous- J
es including all banks, will i
close at noon Friday to permit
employees and managers to at-
tend the patriotic rally at Fort j
Parker State Park and hear
«■ of - Governor 'C«k*
Stevenson.
Groesbeck stores also will
take a half-holiday.
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Allied Bombers
Destroy Twenty
Jap War Planes
Enemv Base at
Lae Heavily
Attacked Again
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD-
QUARTERS, Australia, April 30
—(U.R)—United States and Aus-
tralian bombing planes have des-
troyed or damaged seriously 20
grounded Japanese war planes in
their second heavy attack in 24
hours on the enemy base at Lae,
on the north New Guinea coast.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announc-
ed today.
Smaller but none the less pun-
ishing attacks were made on 'he
great Japanese base at Koepang,
in Timor Island off the northwest
Australian coast, and Sumalaki in
the Netherlands East Indies, M.ic-
Arthur said in his communique.
Japanese planes made three sav-
age attacks yesterday on the al-
lied airdromes at Port, Moresby,
on the south New Guinea coast,
but thanks to the steadily in-
creasing effectiveness of American
fighter planes and allied guns,
they did only trifling damage.
The guns of Corregidor, island
fortress in Manila Bay, silenced
three Japanese batteries and des-
troyed a truck column in their
continuing duel with Japanese
guns, MacArthur said.
He reported, however, that the
Japanese made u new landing from
troop transports at Parang, Min-
danao Island.
Smith-Vinson
Bill Is Killed
by Committee
WASHINGTON, April 30 - (U.R)
—The house naval affairs commit-
tee today in effect killed the
Smith-Vinson bill to control pro-
fits, place new curbs on labor, and
extend the basic work week from
40 to 48 hours.
Apparently heeding President
Roosevelt's request to congress to
avoid action on labor legislation
at this time, the committee voted
13 to 12 to lay aside the disputed
measure. It clinched the action by
voting Hfto 9 to tabic any attempt
at reconsideration.
port, where, as Commander-in-
Chief of the Texas Defense Guard,
he will inspect air crops squadron
15 and greet other pilets. The Mex-
ia Black Cat Band will be at the
airport from 11:30 a. m. until noon
to provide music for the official
welcoming of the Governor.
From the airport, Governor
Stevenson will go to the Mexia
Country Club, where he will be
guest of honor at an all-service
club lunchton at noon.
High school bands of Mexia,
Teague and Groesbeck will begin a
concert at the pavilion at Fort
Parker State Park at 1:45 p. m„
playing alternately until the Gov-
ernoJ'V. awivirl t about 2:25 f>.
Governor Stevenson will be es-
corted to the speaking stand by
Groesbeck's Company C, Texas De.
fense Guard. The three bands will
flay en masse the "Eyes of Tex-
as" as the Governor and his escort
arrive at the pavilion.
The patriotic rally will get
underway at 2:30 p. til., with Ray-
mond Dillard of Mexia, acting as
Master of Ceremonies. The recep-
tion committee will be seated on
the pavilion with the Governor and
sever.i 1 other distinguished guests.
The Governor will he introduced
by S ate Senator Kyle Vick of
Waco. §§;.
Following Governor Stevenson's
patriotic address, the bands will
join in playing the national anther,
to conclude the program.
New Tire Rations
to Be Tightened
*
WASHINGTON, April 30 0JR>-
Price administrator Leon Hender
son ruled today that after May 1
motor vehicles in essential services
will be denied new tires if recapted
ones will serve the purpose.
The action was taken in view of
what the OPA described as the
"severe rubber shortage."
Henderson explained, however,
that in the case of vehicles operat-
ed in hazardous services, where the
safety factor is a consideriticn.
local rniioning boards may issu
new tire certificates.
Freighter Gun
Crew Scores Hit
On Enemy Sub
WASHINGTON, April 30. (U.R)
—The gun crew of n small Amer-
ican freighter, which encountered
two submarines in the Atlantic
within a period of 54 hours, at-
tacked both of them and registered
a direct hit on one of the subs with
a single shell at a range of nearly
a mile, the Navy announced today.
The hit on the submarine wa
scored in an afternoon attack. It
was followed by • heavy explosion
and a great upheaval of water.
Ship personnel said a slick of hea-
vy black oil appeared on the sur-
face where the submarine had been.
The Navy said the action oc-
curred "several days ago," Name
of the ship was withheld.
KUIBYSHEV, April 30. (U.R)—
Celebration of May Day was can-
celled by official government order
today, and all worktr.i were in-
structed to work as usual toir.cr-
war n&H eri is
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