The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1947 Page: 2 of 8
eight 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:
,
h
h
tl
n
\
h
C
11
\>
J
"V
d
e
fc
r
F
P
THE MEXIA (TEXAS) WEEKLY HERALD
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1947
Conservation Notes
Mr. David J. Hinchliffe, whose
form is in the Dead Man Branch
Conservation Group, planted ap-
proximately 25 acres of Willa-
mette, common and hairy vetch.
The vetch was planted in the
bed following corn drilled in
cotton stalk land and planted on
land flat broke, in some cases
the vetches were mixed and
planted under the same condi-
tions and in two other cases the
hairy and common were planted
by itself. In all cases the Willa-
mette and common vetch were
killed. The hairy vetch withstood
the freeze.
Mr. W. E. Wells, district co-
operator in the Dead Man Branch
Conservation Group sloped and
shaped 1200 feet of old terrace
outlets waterway this week that
had washed into a deep gully.
He is sodding the channel with
bermuda grass to prevent fur-
ther erosion.
Mr. K. M. Cralle, whose farm is
in the Roger-Seawright Conserva-
tion Group near Lavender is
sloping and shaping approximate-
ly 5350 feet of waterway. He in-
tends to sod the waterway to ber-
muda and delay terracing until
a permanent sod is well establish-
ed.
Mr. R. E. Hinchliffe and W. E.
Wells whose farm are in the Dead
Man Branch Conservation Group
constructed farm ponds this
week.
Farm pond sites were located
on Mr. W. A. Ainsworth farm
in the Little Brazos Conserva-
tion Group and Mr. Ozie Johnson
farm in the Point Enterprise Con-
servation Group.
Soil Conservation Service per-
sonnel assisting the Limestone-
Falls Soil Conservation District
ran terrace line for construction
on L. M. Mabe and E. Holt farms
in the Pt. Enterprise Conserva-
tion Group, R. S. Krumnow farm
in Elm Ridge Conservation
Group, Sam McDonald farm in
the Ben Hur Conservation Group.
Mr. Brown Clonts, whose farm
is in the Ben Hur Conservation
Group constructed 2.1 miles of
terraces this week. Mr. R. O.
Climer, whose farm is in the
West Ben Hur Conservation
Group constructed 0.7 miles of
terraces.
Six-Year-Old Feed
From Silo Comes in
Handy to Farmer
COLLEGE STATION, Mar. 13
(Spl) — W. D. Baker, McLennan
County farmer of Windsor, was
the object of a few good-natur-
ed jeers from his neighbors for
keeping a trench silo filled and
undisturbed for six years. That
was before the heavy freeze in
January.
McLennan County Agricultural
Agent J. C. Patterson reports that
Baker filled the silo with feed
back in 1941, and got a lot of
"hurrahs" from friends for leav-
ing it undisturbed for so long.
But when the mercury dived
down below the freezing point in
January, big acreages of winter
pasture crops were killed. Oats
on which Baker had been carry-
ing over his herd of shorthorn
cattle were wiped out, but Coun-
ty Agent Patterson says he
"merely opened the trench ttv*
Jjcgan feeding the six year A
silage." Baker tells Patterson
that age seems to have improved
the quality of the feed, and the
cattle are still doing well, with-
out missing the oats. Another
score for silos and silage.
' The county agent says Baker
is planning feed crops now to
refill his silo, and thinks maybe
some of the jeering neighbors are
too.
The Production and Marketing
Administration is urging farm-
ers to include more forage
crops in their plans for 1947
PHONOGRAPH
RECORDS
Classical — Hillbilly
Popular
RADIO REPAIRS
ON ALL MAKES
PRICKETT BATTERY
STATION
Ico Mexia
Texas
Early Purchase of
'47 Poults Advised
COLLEGE STATION, March 12
—Texas poultry misers who de-
lay "until the last minute" or-
dering their 1947 poults are likely
to find hatcherymen unable to
fill their orders.
That warning is given by Ted
Martin, Extension poultry hus-
bandman of Texas A. and M.
College. Martin says Texas hatch-
erymen are reporting that early
poults are moving very slowly,
and that when the late rush to
buy poults comes along, the
hatcheries may not have enough
birds on hand to supply all needs.
Even though growers do not
want poults until April, Martin
advises them to get the poults on
order now to give hatcherymen
a chance to know what their
needs will be, so that orders can
be filled when the time romes.
Growers have iound it pays to
be prepared for the poults before
they arrive, Martin says. Clean-
ing the brooders, putting heating
and watering equipment in order
are a few of the jobs that will
help the grower be prepared for
his poults when they arrive.
The need also exists for produ-
cers to get their baby chick or-
ders in now if they have not made
arrangements already. Unlike
poults, chicks are moving fast
and some hatcheries are already
reported sold out. Commenting
on the quality of Texas bab$
chicks, Martin says that hatcher-
ies in this state are now produc-
ing as good quality baby chicks
as can be found anywhere. "There
is absolutely no need for farmers
to order chicks from out of state
hatcheries," he says, "when they
can get just as good birds close
to home."
A lot of producers are now
asking themselves a lot of ques-
tions on the poultry situation,
Martin says. Many of them have
become cautious about whether
or not they should expand or re-
duce operations. Cooperating
with representatives of the poul-
try industry, Martin has prepar-
ed what he terms "some basic
facts for poultry producers," and
these statistics are now available
to any producer who will write
to the Texas A. and M. College
Extension Service, College Sta-
tion, Texas, and ask for them.
The statistics give information
such as how much feed is requir-
ed to produce a broiler, a dozen
eggs, or a 20-pound turkey; how
many eggs and how much poul-
tiy meat are in storage in the
state; and other information that
should help producers figure
how many chickens and turkeys
they want to raise this year.
These statistics on poultry
were gathered for the purpose of
helping the grower size up the
chicken and turkey situation,
Martin says ,and can be of help
to him in casting an eye to the
future in the poultry industry.
— o
Texas Boasts New
Butterfat Champ
COLLEGE STATION, Mar. 12
(Spl) — Texas has a new butter-
fat champion — Welcome Volun-
teer Sable, five-year old Jersey
cow ftwned by J. Chester Elliff
of Tulia.
J. W. Davis, Extension dairy-
man of Texas A. and M. College,
has been informed by the Ameri-
can Jersey Cattle Club that the
Jersey set a new state record ih
butterfat production when she
produced 18,998 pounds of milk
and 1,144 pounds of butterfat
in 365 days, on a three-time-per-
day milking basis.
Welcome Volunteer Sable'g
performance topped the 1,077
pound butterfat record made in
1945 by her half sister, Welcome
Volunteer Tiff, also owned by
Elliff, a former FFA boy. Both
Sable and Tiff were sired by the
champion bull Welcome Volun-
teer, then owned by Elliff, who
sold the sire last year to a Mas-
sachusetts dairy farm.
Sable is now third all time
highest butterfat producer of the
Jersey breed, according to Dairy-
man Davis.
Choosy in Its Warning
Rattlesnakes arc not such
sporting gentlemen as one is led
to believe. They do not give
a warning rattle before striking
at a victim on which they intend
to make a meal. It's only, enemies
capable of injuring thd rattler
who arc warned.
Lubbock County
Extension Work
Survey Completed
COLLEGE STATION, March
13—A survey of Extension work
in Lubbock County has been
completed by 15 members of the
Texas A. and M. College Exten-
sion Service headquarters staff.
The Extension Service repre-
sentatives visited in the homes of
350 Lubbock County farmers to
get information concerning the
value of Texas Extension work
in aiding rural people in farming
and home making, and to deter-
mine how Extension methods can
be improved.
Miss Kate Adele Hill, Exten-
sion district agent and chairman
of the evaluation committee,
states that the 15 interviewers
were received "very graciously"
in the Lubbock County farm
homes, and that results and con-
clusions on the survey would be
announced soon.
The survey was the first of its
kind conducted in Texas, and the
results are expected to reveal
facts that will be valuable in im-
proving Texas Extension work,
Miss Hill says.
Cooperating in conducting the
study were former Lubbock
County Agricultural Agent Jason
Gordon and County Home De-
monstration Agent Clara Pratt.
In charge of the survey, along
with Miss Hill, was Dr. E. J.
Niederfrank, Division of Field
Studies and Training, U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture Exten-
sion Service, Washington, D. C.
Extension workers who inter-
viewed the farm people were
Floyd Lynch, J, L. Matthews, W.
N. Williamson, R. G. Burwell, C.
H. Bates, B. O. Spivey, John Mc-
Haney, M. C. Jaynes, John Bert-
rand, Maurine Hearn, Gladys
Martin, Lorene Stevens, Mrs.
Eloise Johnson and Mrs. Florence
Low.
Shiloh 4-H Club
Girls Have Meet
The Shiloh 4-H Girls Club met
at school March 6, 1947 with the
president, Joyce Ann Tooke, pre-
siding. The roll was called and
minutes read by the secretary,
Patricia Ann Lucas. In the busi-
ness meeting, Mrs. Mangold, the
home agent, explained to us the
offer of garden seeds and plants
to 4-H girls or other rural girls
who wants to grow garden and
learn care for it and have fresh
vegetables to eat and can.
In the ten minutes recreation
a new game was learned.
The meeting was turned over to
Mrs. Mangold who discussed
clothing designs for different
types and the selection of simple
patterns for dresses that the girls
could make to take part in the
county dress revue this summer
in which the first place winner
will get a trip to the Round Up
at A. and M. College. Otuer gar-
ments were suggested and shown
for the beginners who do not
make dresses.
Jester Endorses
Teacher Pay Bill
Local Man Gives..
Plant Care Tips
By JIMMY~HINCHLIFFE
Do your trees need spraying?
If you are planning on Dormant
or Winter spraying your trees it
should be completed within thi
next eight days. Dormant anc
Winter spraying help control the
following diseases: Curculio;
Brown Rot; Leaf Curl: Scab and
San Jose Scale; Oil-Emulsion is
the best spray to use to control
these diseases. Usually 3 per cent
strength is recommended, It
should be mixed with water ac
cording to directions on the pack
age. If Oil-Emulsion isn't avail
able, you can substitute with dr:
lime sulphur at the rate of 1*
pounds to 100 gallons of wate
or six gallons of liquid lime sul
phur to 100 gallons of water
Badly diseased limbs, dead limbs
and limbs that rub should be re
moved before spraying. Othe
limbs in your fruit trees shoult
also be removed so that prope
air and sunlight can circulati
through the tree — Prune youi
plum and peach trees so that al
fruit can be reached from a stef.
ladder.
Flower Garden.
The following suggestions maj
help you solve some of youi
problems in your flower garder
this spring. Such flowers as
cannas, oleanders, and poinsettia,
that have been killed by th<
freeze should be pruned back tc
the ground. This will enable new
shoots to start from the roots
The dead stalks from youi
shasta daisies and chrysanthe-
mums should be removed so thai
better stems and larger flower!
can make for the coming season
All plants in the Iris family
should be taken out of the ground
and the bulbs broken up arid
transplanted. This will enable
you to have more and better
flowers.
All arborvitae should be prun-
ed and shaped now so that new
growth may cover up the naked-
ness caused by bag-worms dur-
ing the past summer. This is also
a good season to prune and shape
all other evergreen plants.
Now is a good time to apply
barn yard manure to flower beds,
shrubs, and lawns, as the sap is
coming up and the plants Will
take up this food value. It will
also give organic matter to the
soil. In flower beds this manure
should be spaded up with the
other soil in order to give food
as it is needed. Do not spade
too deep around your shrubs
as you will harm the feeder roots
which form near the surface of
the ground. In putting fertilizer
on your lawn let the water dis-
solve it. The water will carry the
food value down to the roots.
AUSTIN, March 10 (UP) —
Gov. Beauford H. Jester today en-
dorsed the teacher's pay bill by
Sen, James E. Taylor of Kerens
as "the best before the Legisla-
ture."
Jester said a number of jchool
teachers who had studied it over
the week-end seem to be satisfied
with the Taylor bill. "It will ap-
parently require an appropria-
tion of more than the $10,000,000
(M) I had suggested but even if
it takes more, if it provides the
best formula, it will be a step
forward."
Jester added that with other
expenditures held down tftc
greater amount would be avail-
able for tne teacher pay increase
without new taxation. On other
school legislation he said he
thought a county unit system
"looks like a sound approach."
Asked about the proposed horse
race parimutuel betting bill, Jes-
ter said his policy is not to give
an opinion on legislation he has
not suggested to the Legislature
until it reaches him in bill form
for approval or veto.
. o—
The first carrier jet tight
piano was the twin jet Fj
Phantom.
Two New Members
Appointed to
Extension Staff
COLLEGE STATION, Mar. 13
—Appointments of two district
agents to the headquarters staff
of the Texas A. and M. College
Extension Service have been an-
nounced.
Mrs. Rosella R. Cook, Fannin
County home demonstration
agent, will join the Extension
staff as district agent on or be-
fore April 1, states Maurine
Hearn, Extension vice director
for women and state home dem-
onstration agent. Mrs. Cook, a
native of Missouri, graduated
from Texas Technological Col-
lege in 1937, and served as coun-
ty home demonstration agent of
San Augustine and Cherokee
Counties before transferring to
her present position in Fannin
County.
Appointment of W. H. Jones,
former Grayson County agri-
cultural agent, as district agent
was made by J. D. Prewit, Ex-
tension vice director and state
agent. Jones began his new Ex-
tension duties March 1. Born in
Granbury, Hood County, he is a
graduate of Texas A. and M.
College. Before entering Exten-
ion work in 1934 as Delta Coun-
ty agricultural agent, Jones
taught vocational agriculture at
Pilot Point, Texas, and was em-
ployed as a land appraiser for
a Houston bank. From Delta
County he was transferred to
Gregg County as acting agri-
cultural agent, and was, since
1945 county agent of Grayson
'>CoWnty unti' h's Prpsent aP"
\«jO%<^ent became effective.
ffi\ Extension dis-
jk and Jones
•WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Good Neighbors Draw Closer;
Probe Grain Markets as Wheat
Rises Under Relief Demands
• Released by Wentern Newspaper Union .
(EDITOR'S NOTE: When a pi n iot 3 nre expressed in these column*, thev nre those of
Western Newspaper Union's news annlysts unU not necessarily of this newspaper.)
On ground at La Guarilia airport in New York after nonstop hop
froni Honolulu in P-82 in 13 hours and 33 minutes, Lt. Col. Robert
Thacker of El Centro, Calif, (loft) and 1st Lt. John M. Aid of Inglewood,
Calif, (right) receive warm embraces from wives. The flight set a
fighter plane record.
SOUTH OF BORDER:
Fete Truman
. Cannon saluted, bands played and
flags flew as President Truman vis-
ited Mexico City on a good neighbor
mission.
Neighborliness was the theme of
speeches by both Mr. Truman and
Pres. Miguel Alcman of the Central
American republic at a sumptuous
banquet and reception.
The U. S. stanGs by the policy of
non-intervention in inter-American
affairs and the guarantee that each
nation be allowed freedom for its
own development, Mr. Truman said.
However, he warned that the U. S.
could not remain indifferent to to-
talitarian tendencies in any country.
President Aleman took advantage
of the occasion to throw out the
welcome mat to American inves-
tors, tourists and students. Disre-
garding native prejudice against for-
eign capital because of previous ex-
ploitative practices, Aleman said
U. S, investors would receive favor-
able consideration in helping indus-
trialize the country if they abided
by Mexican law.
FAMINE:
Germany's Needs
With Germany the charge of the
Allies after her smashing defeat,
479 million dollars will be required
to support the western occupation
zones up to Juno 30, 1948, former
Pres. Herbert Hoover reported
after a comprehensive famine study
in the reich. Of the 475 million,
Britain; would pay 192 million.
Painting a ghastly picture of a
homeless, hungry, overcrowded and
morally slack Germany, Hoover
called for restoration of the reich's
HERBERT IIOOVER
Food for the Vanquished
small Industries- and export trade
to bring order out of economic
chaos.'Testifying before the house
foreign'affairs Committee, ho latter
reiterated his belief that relief re-
cipients should be obligated to re-
pay contributions cither to the
donor oV to a United Nations famine
commission:
Before July X alone, Hoover said,
Germany will need 2,505,000 tons of
cereals; 720,000 tons of other food,
and quantities of fertilizer, seeds
and petroleum products. Children
oVer six and aged persons should
receive special attention in repair-
ing diet deficiencies, he added.
Check Wheat Rise
As wheat skyrocketed under
heavy government purchases for
foreign relief and continued domes-
tic demand, the department of agri-
culture investigated all open ac-
counts in futures, especially May de-
liveries.
Government shipments have aver-
aged 50 million bushels monthly
since December, President Truman
revealed, with the goal of 400 mil-
lion bushels by June*<3ue t > be met
by April. Even so, this country
will continue substantial overseas
deliveries during May and Juno to
win the "battle of foods," Mr. Tru-
man said.
Heavy government buying in the
wheat markets has been reflected in
the rising volume of trade in recent
weeks, the highest since 1911. With
wheat up around $2.50 a bushel, oth-
er grains have remained strong.
Cash rye passed $3.40 a bushel to
establish an all - time record at
Minneapolis, and flax-secu also set a
new mark in rising above $8.21.
Lobbyists Crowd Capital
As if their own business tiers
not enough, harassed congress-
men find themselves heset uith
no less than 544 lobbyists, swing-
ing the anvil for some special in-
terests.
Of the total, 239 speak lor in-
dustry, 121 for labor organiza-
tions, 20 lor agriculture, 20 for
vets, 11 lor religions interests
and 8 lor education, Filly-five
represent liberal groups and sev-
en fall into miscellaneous classi-
fications.
Among the more interesting,
there are:
Ernest I., Wilkinson, who
watches the interests of the Kla-
math Indian si Af. Louise Gross,
who is against all prohibition
bills and un-American activities;
Carol King, who represents the
American Committee for the Pro-
tection of the foreign Born; and
John Dickinson Hell, spokesman
for the True Order PM A for
UTU (Perfect Mutual Aid for
Unveiling the Universe for pru-
dent moderate Americans, etc.).
Salaries range from $65,000 a
year for I'urcell L. Smith of the
National Association of Electrical
Manufacturers to "whatever h
can get" lor Thomas Edward Me-
Cirath of the Taxpayers of the
United Stales of America,
DRAFT:
Asks Lapse
President Truman got another,
jump on the Republican majority in
congress by asking that the selce-
tive service law be permitted to
lapse March 31.
Cognizant of popular antipathy
for peacetime military scrvico in
the U. S., the Republicans promised
to block efforts for a renewal of
draft legislation. As it is, a fight
loomed over the armed forces' re-
quest for a compulsory military
training bill requiring 18 to 20 year
olds to serve at least six months in
service camps and then enlist in the
reserve or regular army or navy.
Prospects for a hi h level of en-
listments prompted his request for
discontinuance of the draft, Mr.
Truman said. The army will need
360,000 replacements by June, 1948,
to maintain authorized strcngtii of
1,970,000 and the navy will need
150,000 for a total of 571,000. Should
recruitments fail to meet# demands,
the President paid he would seek re-
enactment of the draft.
Meanwhile, the army ordered tho
discharge of all of its remaining
100,000 inductees by June 30. Tho
navy has been gradually paring Its
strength and will release an addi-
tional 26,000 men.
BASEBALL:
Managor Eddlo Dyer stepped In
as mediator extraordinary to com-
pose salary differences between
slugging Stan Muslal (at left) and
the St. Louis Cardinals and avert a
possible showdown on the right of a
baseball club to tie up a player's
services.
Batting champlofi of the National
league In 1940 with a .365 average
Muslal was said to have signed for
over $25,500 to bccome the highest
paid St, iouis player In history. i
RUSSIA:
1 ISeiv War Chief
With Premier Stalin's resignation
as minister of the armed forces, the
No. 1 military job In Russia went to'
Marshal Nikolai Alexandrovitch
Bulganin, another of the small but >
powerful Communist ruling clique. j
| Under a reorganization last year,
the Russian army, air force, navy !
I nnd reserve were unified under the ;
newly created post of the minister |
Df the armed forccs. In the di-cree j
announcing Bulgnnln's appoint-;
mcnt, the four services were de-
partmentalized under a vice-minis-,
ter |or each.
Indicative of Bulganin's high rank
In the party, he is chairman of tho
jtate bank of the U.S.S.R. and a
member of the party's ccntral com-
mittee. Dining the defense of
Moscow, he served on the military
council.
Despite his relinquishment of di-
rect control over the Russian armed
forccs, Stalin remained top man in
the Soviet. Besides his premiership,
he continued cs. a member of the
presidium, general secretary of the
central committee of the Cortimu-
nlst party and chief of its supervis-
ing organization, and head of the
policy-making poIHburo.
PORTAL:
Ban Suits
Continuing to set the pace for the
Republican congress, the house
passed a bill outlawing portal pay
suits Ly a 315 to 53 vote. To be act-
cd upon i.sxt by the senate, the house
bill provides:
—A ban on federal court consid-
eration of portal pay not considered
compensable at tho time performed.
—A one year statute of limitations
on portal pay under the wage-hour
law or laws relating to government
contracts.
—Dismissal of an employer's lia-
bility for portal pry during the peri-
od when the wage-hour administra-
tion had provided no ruling on the
question of travel time or work prep-
aration.
.The bill also sought to cover em-
ployers against future damages aris-
ing from new interpretations of tho
wage-hour act by freeing them of
liabilities for violations committed
in good faith.
House action came at a time when
portal claims totaled 6 billion dol-
lars. Validity o* many of these
claims was shaken by Federal Judge
Plcard's decision that substantial
time would have to be spent travel-
ing or preparing for work before an
employee could collect. In many in-
dustries, such time was computed
to be from 20 to 25 minutes.
CHINA:
New Premier
T. V. Soong was out and Chiang
Kai-shek was in as China's premier
as the powerful Generalissimo took
over direct control of the National-
i s t government
in the face of ris-
ing complaints
against inflation
and preparations
for all-out war
against the Com-
munists.
Soong had been
under fire for the
demoralizing de-
preciation of the
Chiang Kai-shek Chinese d o 1 1 ar
and tho alleged
corner speculators had obtained on
the gold being used to bolster the
sagging currency. One of the rich-
est men in the country, Soong is a
| brother-in-law of Chiang and for-
! mor premier Kung, who reportedly
headed the group buying up the
gold.
i Chiang ordered all Communists
out of Nationalist dominated terri-
tory as his forces maneuvered for
a decisive clash with the Reds in
the north and in Manchuria. With
hopes for a working agreement with
tho Communists virtually gone,
Chiang was faced-with the need of
smashing their military power to
bring about the unification required
to build a prosperous Chinese
economy.
TAX:
Refunds Mount
Uncle Sam refunded over 3 billion
dollars in taxes to corporations and
individuals during the 1940 fiscal
year ending last Juno, the internal
revenue bureau reported. Holly-
wood celebrities, major politicians
and big business men were on the
list, but the liun's share went to
corporations.
Aluminum Company of America
headed the list with 47 million dol-
lars refunded in excess profit and
income taxes. Others included:
Southern Pacific, $17,192,947 in ex-
cess profits and $1,200,514 in income
taxes; Pennsylvania railroad, $9,.
869,097 and $2,359,563; Cramp Ship,
building company, $9,534,411 and
$241,351; Du Pont, $6,279,434; Stand-
ard Oil Company of Indiana, $0,705,.
433; Reynolds Metals company,
$4,811,655; Dow Chemical company,
$4,024,057, and Boeing Aircraft'
$2,984,434.
DIET:
Recent limited experiments con-
ducted under direction of the quar-
termaster corps have indicated that
unless a man consumes a minimum
of 1,000 calories a day, lt is impos-
sible for him to retain the proteins
essential for nourishment of his
body tissues. The army ration pro-
vides a minimum of 3,600 calories.
These studies and associated re-
search have further indicated that
diety deficient in calorie* cause n
pronounced fall in the basal meta-
bolic rate.
Confidence Vote
Given Britain's
Labor Government
LONDON* Mar-h 13 (UP)
Britain's Labor Government, buf-
feted by three days of bitter de-
bate on ita economic policies,
emerged victorious today from
one of its hardest flghtu in tho
House of Commons.
Commons gave the government
a strictly party line vote of con-
fidence of 371 to 204 yesterday.
It was tho second time in the
government's 20-month history
liiat more than 200 opposition
votes have been 'east, however.
The vote of confidence was
preceded by the defeat of opposi-
tion leader Winston Churchill's
pica for a vote of "no confidence."
That motion was defeated by 374
to 108.
The Labor Party holds 394 seats
in the House and the Conserva-
tives headed by Churchill hove
107. Twelve Liberal Party mem-
bers abstained from voting on
both motions.
The double "division" came at
the end of a clay of acrimonious
debate highlighted by Churchill's
castigation of the government
with his best invective and :it. the
top of his oratorical form.
Prime Minister Clement Attleo
j answered for his government
I hat the nation's troubles can
j be blamed on "a question of
j shortages \ that makes controls
necessary."
"In time of shortage, if you
are to prevent the strong from
getting everything and the weak
getting nothing, you have to
have controls," Attlee sa/d.
Snyder Opens Fight
Against lax Cuts
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (UP)
— Secretory of Treasury John
W. .Snyder today formally open-
ed the administration's fight
against Republican plans for in-
come tax reductions at a heat-
ed session of the House Ways and
Means committee.
Snyder reaffirmed in strong
terms the administration's op-
position to a 20 per cent income
tax cut favored by many Re-
publican fiscal leaders.
The administration's position
was contained in a prepared
statement by Snyder which lie
road to the committee after 15
minutes of acrimonious debate
j among members over the way in
j which its affairs have been hand
' led.
Democratic members charged
chairman Harold Knutson, R.,
Minn., with "steam-roller toc-
i ties."
In the face of strong Republi-
can demands for a 20 per cent
I reduction, Snyder said that for
the time being any government
| surplus should be used to reduce
the national debt. When a tax
i cut does become feasible, he said,
I it rhouid be mainly for the bene-
! lit of low income groups
Rile Hayworlh Calls
Off Marriage With
Genius Orson Welles
HOLLYWOOD? March 13 (UP)
—Rita Hayworth, explaining the
end of her three-year marriage
to Orson Welles, Hollywood's
famous union of beauty and
brains, said today she couldn't
stand genius 24 hours a day.
"We have agreed to discon-
tinue our marriage," she said. "I
just can't take his genius any
j more."
Actor -writer -director -radio
commentator -movie producer -
politician -eoluminist Welles said
they agreed to no such thing.
"We are separated, but only
geographically," he said. "Rita
is in Palm Springs and I'm here
working and wishing I were in
Palm Springs."
The glamorous dancing star's
statement left little room for
doubt that the tempestuous mar-
riage was off for the second time.
"I am deeply sorry, but this
time it is for good," she said. ^
"This is more than a temporary
disagreement." I
will serve have not been
nounced.
an-
IT PAYS TO READ
CLASSIFIED AUS
nltv J
I:
Sally ./Waters
has been estimated that
thArc nre 14,130,000,000,000,000
tor# of salt
abiftj#' v/00,1
ed
the seas, with
.tons being add-
lually.
Feet Have Grown
Women have, on the average,
larger feet than their mothers
| and grandmothers. Size 2Vfe,
I which was fairly common 40
years ago, is not stocked now, the
I average size today being 5.
o ——- <
| Hardy Floworn
Flowers bloom outdoor!, the
! year round at a latitude G50\niles
north of New York, in the Sfccilly
I Inlands, off England's south]
1 crn corner.
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.
Sewell, W. L. The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1947, newspaper, March 14, 1947; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299839/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.