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The McGregor Mirror.
AND HERALD-OBSERVER
VOLUME FIFTY-TWO
McGregor, texas, Friday august 30, 1940
NUMBER 23
It Is Difficult To Determine What Is The j Alien Registration
Actual Condition Of The War In Europe
It is very difficult to get any
convincing idea as to the prob-
able outcome of the present
struggle, although everyone
realizes that the British, after the
collapse of France, faced a tre-
mendous and difficult ordeal.
The military and naval experts
of many countries cannot see
anything ahead but a German
victory. They are impresed with
the strength of the German mili-
tary machine, with Hitler’s amaz-
ing ability to overcome obstacles
and with the vulnerable position
of the strength of the German
military machine, earth.
In some quarters in this coun-
try the assumption is that Brit-
ain alone cannot hope to win the
war and that, consequently, Ame-
rican defense plans should be
frankly based upon the basis of a
British defeat.
We have no way of testing the
credability of the various opin-
ions. No one expected the French
army to suffer such a disastrous
catastrophe and even after Pre-
mier Reynard’s frantic appeal to
President Roosevelt few persons
were prepared for the abysmal
surrender of the French nation.
It may be that in the present
situation the same error of judg-
ment is being made in this coun-
try by tlrose who are impressed
with the delay of Hitler to launch
his widely advertised invasion of
the British Isles. It may be that
when the blow comes the world
will once again be astounded and
amazed at the brilliance of the
performance of the German mili-
tary, naval and air machine.
The aerial pounding of Great
Britain, which started in earnest-
two weeks ago, only to die down
for a few days was impressive
but conflicting claims of the war-
ring capitals obscured the facts
from America. Newspaper cor-
respondents in Great Britain have
insisted that the British claims
are reasonably correct and have
repeatedly denied reports from
Berlin as to the damage done.
It is not to be imagined that
thousands of planes can fly over
a country, dropping heavy bombs,
without some property being
damaged and some lives snuffed
out. Certainly, this has happen-
ed in Great Britain but the cor-
respondents, who say they have
been able to make investigations,
insist that the aerial blitzkrieg
has not accomplished the purpose
of Germany.
It is said, for example, that
English plants for the produc-
tion of war materials have not
been damaged extensively and
that there is reason to think that
British fliers have done greater
damage to German plants. The
ports that handle the shipping of
England, it is asserted, have not
been put out of business and the
point is made that after severe
pounding the German attack
ranged further inland. The
morale of the British people, it is
reported, has not been shattered.
The British, on their part, seem
to continue confident that they
will manage to win a long war.
This strikes us as worthy of no-
tice, because it is not to the inter-
est of Britain, at this time, to en-
courage the belief in the United
States that Great Britain can
win.
When the British optimism
flared the American people were
being told that the transfer of
fifty over-age destroyers was
vital to British success. The ob-
vious strategy for British propa-
ganda, regardless of actual con-
ditions, would indicate a play to
convince the Americans that up-
on their promp assistance de-
manded the fate of the Battle for
England.
London attempted no such course.
It asserted that the aerial blitz-
krieg was failing, that British
Begun Tuesday
air fortees were planning coun-
ter attacks upon Germany and
that, in a year or two, a great of-
fensive would be launched
against the enemy. This is not the
talk of a people who are anxious
to persuade a great, and sym-
pathetic, neutral to send them as-
sistance On the basis of its own
defense.
In other theaters -of the war the
Italians have made a notable gain
over the British in Somaliland,
where the British have been
forced to yield to the invaders.
The situation in this area was al-
most impossible. for the British
when the French abandoned the
struggle, permitting Italy to con-
centrate all resources against the
British.
In the course of the next few
weeks we may see ’other efforts
on the part of Italy to advance
her gains in the Mediterranean
area. These will be interesting,
especially if the advances move to
the point of seriously interfering
with British shipping through the
Red Sea into the Mediterranean
itself.—By Hugo S. Sims.
Heavy Voting In
Run-off Primary
Mitchell Enters
Fifth Year As
McGregor Coach
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COACH MITCHELL
Coach Lloyd Mitchell who was
signed to a three year contract
early in the spring will enter up-
on his fifth year as football coach
and teacher in the McGregor
High School this fall.
Coming here from Franklin
High School Mitchell immediate-
ly started a building program in|
football which culminated with
the development of the fine
teams which won the regional
title two years in a row.
It is too early to judge how
well Mitchell and the Bulldogs
will fare in conference play this
fall, but his past record would
seem to indicate that he will get
nut of his material just about all
there is in it. -
Mitchell writes in from Plain-
view where he has gone with Kit-
trell and Bradshaw for the all-
star game that football practice
will begin on Monday morning,
September 2, at 7:30 o’clock. All
candidates for the McGregor
High School Bulldogs team are
expected to report for the first
workout.
Coach Mitchell enters .upon his
new year with the wholehearted
support of the school and the
community.
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MISS DOROTHY SUE MOTE
HONORS HOUSE GUEST
Washington,—The Government
completed major preparations
Monday for what officials said
would be a quiet, business-like
roll call of aliens.
The huge task of registering
and fingerprinting approximate-
ly 3,600,000 noncitizens will be-
gin without special ceremony
Tuesday in 7,300 postoffices.
Trained postal employees will be
awaiting visits from ailiens who
have been the object of an inten-
sive educational campaign since
the registration bill was signed
by President Roosevelt June 28.
Earl G. Harrison, who left a
Philadelphia law practice to dir-
ect the registration, announced
the setup was “completely
ready” in all major cities, but
that some smaller places had not
yet received fingerprinting equip-
ment.
He added at a press conference
that the Justice Department of
which the immigration and natu-
ralization service is now a unit,
had not planned any “stunts” to
attract attention to the registra-
tion and was not making any
special check *of first day compli-
ance. In fact, Harrison said, the
department was hoping aliens
would jam postoffices the first
day.
Fifteen questions will be asked
adults, covering personal identi-
fication, time and manner of en-
try into this country, occupation,
criminal and military records and
geiieral activities.
One 1 question concerns affili-
ation with any organizations de-
voted to furthering the interests
of a foreign government.
The final day of registeration
for aliens now here is Dec. 26.
Normal registration hours will
be 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
First and second class postof-
fices and postoffices in county
seats will continue permanently
as points of alieii registration,
but they are expected to have
little of such work to do after the
initial four months because, be-
ginning Tuesday, every alien
seeking admission must be reg-
istered and fingerprinted abroad
before a visa may be issued to
him. Such persons need not re-
register after arrival.
Generally speaking, all non-
Registration Dates For Fall School Term
Set in McGregor - September 5 and 6
In the run-off election held last
Saturday, 245 votes were polled
in McGregor as follows: Railroad
Commissioner-Pierce Brooks 118;
Olin Culberson, 127. Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court—H. S.
Lattimore 16; James P. Alexan-
der, 228. For Criminal District
Attorney Stansell Bryan, Unop-
posed, received 239 votes.
Both Alexander and Culberson
carried this box for their respec-
tive places, as well as throughout
the state. Unofficial count gave
Culberson 459,061; Brooks 411,-
656.
Alexander polled 438,893, Latt-
imore 399,050.
Texas voted in greater numbers
in the second Democratic primary
PASSED B( THE SENATE
Washington,—The peacetime
draft bill, subjecting the Nation’s
young manhood to compulsory
military training, was approved
by the Senate Wednesday night
at the end of prolonged contro-
versy. j
A smashing vote of 58 to 31 j
sent the measure to the House.
There the Military Committee
already was deep in dispute over
a similar bill.
One of the last amendments
adopted by the Senate on a 69 to
16-vote would empower the Gov-
than pre-balloting estimates had i ernmenq to take over manufae
predicted.
turing plants when necessary for
defense purposes.
In broad outline, the Senate’s
measure requires all male citizens
between 21 and 30 inclusive to
register for the draft, some 12,-
000,000 in all. All these would be-
come liable to one year of train-
ing, to be spent at any point in
the Western Hemisphere.
By declaring an emergency to
exist, Congress could hold them
in service for a longer period.
In addition, all between 18 and
35 might volunteer for a one-
year “hitch,” as the Army men
call it, of training and service.
Electric service bills of McGre- ]\T0 ^nore than 900,000 draftees
gor residential and commercial [ might be in the service for train-
Of 13 seeking return to the
capitol chamber, only six found
favor with the voters. The seven
who dropped out, three in the
first primary and four in the
second, were:
Doss Hardin, Waco; W. B.
Collie, Eastland; Gordon Burns,
Huntsville; J. Manley Head,
Stephenville; Albert Stone,
Bryan; Morris Roberts, Pettus,
and Will D. Pace, Tyler.
ELECTRIC LIGHT BILLS
WILL SHOW AN INCREASE
customers will be increased
sliglitly, effective with the next
bills received, according to T. S.
Yv7yche, District Manager, Texas
Power & Light Company.
The Federal energy tax has
heretofore been set at 3 per cent
and all of this has been absorbed
by the Company. The 1-3 of 1 per
cent increase .is for defense pur-
poses and will be added to the
billions of residential and com-
mercial customers in accordance
with established rate schedules.
This Federal tax affects resi-
dential and commercial customers
with bills exceeding $1.50 per
month, but does not affect sales
to governmental agencies or in-
dustrial concerns inasmuch as the
tax does not apply to customers
in those classes.
ing at one time.
Although the bill apparently
will not become law for a fort-
night, at least, advocates said the
War Department had long been
ready with specific plans for pot-
ting the measure in operation.
The details of these prepara-
tions were reported to the Senate
Wednesday night, a few hours be-
fore the vote, by Senator Minton,
Democrat of Indiana, who said
he had them from an officer of
the general staff.
Fifteen days after the measure
becomes law is to be registration
and 40 days later the first of the
conscripts are to be in the train-
ing camps, according to Minton’s
outline.
Members of the senior and
. junior classes of McGregor High
I School will report to the high
1 school building at nine o’clock on
Thursday morning, September 5
for advance registeration. Sopho-
mores and freshmen will report
for registration on the following
day, Friday, September 6, at nine
o’clock.
j High School students are urg-
j ently requested to observe the
call for registration prior to the
opening day of school which has.
been set for Monday, September
9 th.
Books will be issued on the
above listed registration dates,
and class work will start on Mon-
day at eight o’clock. An early
schedule will be followed through
classes beginning at eight in the
morning and closing for the day
the month of September with
at 1:45 p. m. This plan lias been
followed through the years in
the McGregor schools.
School busses will run the reg-
ular routes on each of the early
days set aside for registeration
for high school pupils. Grammar
school chidren will not report to
school before Monday, Sept. 9th.
The faculty of the McGregor
Schools remain the same in both
the high school and grammar
scool with the exception of
Gladys Crossland, recently, re-
signed.
Enrollment in the McGregor
Schools is expected to be about
the same in number as last school
year when some six hundred
white children were registered.
All applicants for enrollment
in the McGregor Schools must
have been vaccinated for small-
pox previous to registration day.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE
HEADQUARTERS OPENED
citizens except those under 14
must appear in person for regis-
tration. However, postal officials
will arrange to visit bedfast or
incompetent aliens at their homes
or in institutions and in some in-
stances will visit places having a
large concentration of the aliens,
such as mining camps.
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JOHN C. REYNOLDS
PROMINENT MOODY MAN
DIED IN CALIFORNIA
MRS. R. D. McENTIRE IS
LUNCHEON CLUB HOSTESS
Miss Dorothy Sue Mote enter-
tained in honor of her house
guest, Miss Mary Jane Whitcomb
of Mexia, with a dinner a'nd slum-
ber party at her home last Mon-
day night. The following enjoy-
ed the courtesy: Misses Mary
Jane Whitcomb, Maxine Wilson
of East Port, La., Elizabeth Ams-
ler, Joyce Anderson and Yvonne
Anderson of McGregor; Lois Cox
and Minnie Mae Piper of Lorena
and the hostess.
Funeral services for John C.
Reynolds, 72, president of the
First National Bank at Moody,
who died in Long Beach, Cali.,
where he was spending his vaca-
tion, early Wednesday, are pend-
ing arrival of the body in Moody
for burial.
Mr. Reynolds was born in
Moody and had lived there all his
life. He had been connected with
the First National Bank for 42
years, serving as president the
last 32 years.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Ford Bingham of Lubbock
and Mrs. Michael MarYosip of
Temple; two half-sisters, Mrs. C.
O. Jones and Mrs. Jennie Cates
of Moody;, two half-brothers,
Will Neely of Dallas and Robert
Neely of San Angelo; several
grandchilden who reside in Cali-
fornia.
Renew Your Subscription Today 1
Mr. and Mrs. Tom D. Bailey of
Corsicana arrived in McGregor
Tuesday for a visit in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bailey and
Mrs. ,F. O. Connally.
Members of the Luncheon Club
were guests of Mrs. R. D. Mc-
Entire this week. Mrs. Holley
Haynes and Mrs. Marshall Crouch
were winners at bridge, and a de-
licious luncheon was enjoyed by
the three tables of players.
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County Supervisors
Soil Conservation
Election Saturday
Notice is hereby given that on
the 31st day of August, next
Saturday, an election will be
held for the purpose of electing
three supervisors of the McLen-
nan Soil Conservation District in
the State of Texas.
All persons who hold equit
able title to any land lying with-
in the boundaries of the said dis-
trict, who live within the district,
and are otherwise qualified
voters, under the general elec-
tion laws of Texas, are eligible to
vote; only such persons are eli-
gible to vote. Eligible voters will
cast their ballots at the box in
the justice precinct in which they
reside.
For McGregor district, which
comprises Justice precinct No. 5,
the election will be held in Cham-
ber of Commerce office. Polls
open at 7 a. m. F. M. Lyon will
act as presiding judge, with E. R.
Luedtke and O. C. Webb, clerks.
PYTHIAN SISTERS MEET
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
The regular meeting of the
Pythian Sisters will be held next
Tuesday night, September 3rd at
8:00 p. m. members are urged to
be present.—Reporter.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lee, Jr.
were in Dallas Tuesday buying
fall merchandise for the Lee
Hardware Company.
Austin,—Texas state headquar-
ters for the Democratic national
campaign committee were open-
ed here Monday under the direc-
tion of Myron G. Blalock, nation-
al committeeman.
The first official act of the
state group was appointment of
H. A. Wore, chairman of the
board of the American National
Bank at Austin, as treasurer. He
has served in a similar capacity
for every national campaign in
Texas since Wilson’s administra-
tion.
The state headquarters commit-
tee also includes National Com-
mitteewoman Clara Driscoll and
E. B. Germany, State Democra-
tic Excutive Committee Chair-
man.
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