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McGregor mirror, McGregor, Texas
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1944
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WAR ATROCITY IN
BELGIUM
The rapid advance of Allied
troops across Belgium and into
Holland undoubtedly prevented
the Germans from carrying out
plans to devastate the areas that
surrendered. Moreover, the ne-
cessity of attempting to save
their hides prevented the Nazis
from wreaking vengeance upon
the French and Belgian people.
Occasional stories now come
through, however, that indicate
what might have happened. Ha-
rold Denny, New York Times
correspondent with the American
First Army, says that the Ger-
mans “are leaving ugly memor-
ies behind them.” Tie says that
“atrocity stories should be ac-
cepted with great caution” be-
cause on no subject is one likely
to find more inaccuracies.
With this introduction, Denny
reports the massacre of fourteen
men, ranging in age from 72 to
17, in the village of Plomoin. He
.■saw the bodies and talkked to
a
surviving inhabitants, so that
there is no doubt about the hid-
eous crime.
Plomion is a farming commu-
nity of 800 inhabitants and also
about 120 houses. In addition to
the men slain, nearly forty of
the /houses were burned by a
German force of about sixty
young SS men who had for some
time been quartered there.
According to the storjq some-
one fired a shot into the truck
as the Germans Avere moving out
and the Nazis, “enraged, leaped
from the truck and rounded up
fourteen men at random, pick-
ing up nine more on the street,
the Germans dragged the men
into a meadow and shot them
down withautomatic weapons.”
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OLD JOBS
Selective Service officials are
determined to interpret literally
the law guaranteeing old jobs to
veterans who appllv within forty
days of discharge. They consider
that the fighting men, who left
their jobs to go to Avar, are en-
titled to special consideration,
and have a “super-priority” on
their jobs.
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Man About Town:
Eric Johnston, Chamber of Com-
merce chief, has been cracked down
by his superiors over the Russian
boosts. They feel he was too pro.
As of today, no postwar trade agree-
ments between U. S. industry and
Russia hav£ been set up. One of
the biggest shipping deals, hoAvever,
is being readied without their help.
. . . Paul McNutt’s, receptionist at
the WPB has become the hottest
model on the Conover list. She is
Ann Bell. . . . The newsprint short-
age may be over by mid-December.
Wood pulp is waiting for shipment
from Scandinavian ports. . . . Pals
of Steve Early hear that his sinus
agony (caused by Washington's cli-
mate) may force him to quit against
his wishes.
Paulette Goddard and her groom,
Buz Meredith, have asked the FBI
to probe the poison-pen writers who
have landed divorce rumors in va-
rious columns. . . . The reason the
planned new mag Pageant has been
held up is that it planned to ape
Coronet and then decided not to.
After spending a mint, too. . . .
Overheard at the White House:
“Clare Luce is the Aimee Semple
McPherson of the Stork Club.” . . .
John Edgar Hoover was so ill re-
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CITATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To: Jennie Mae Edenger greeting:
You are commanded to appear and
answer the plaintiff’s petition at or
before 10 o ’clock a. m. of, the first
Monday after the expiration of 42
days from the date of issuance of this
Citation, the same being Monday, the
16tli day of October, A. D. 1944, at
or before 10 o’clock a. m., before the
Honorable 19th Judicial District
Court of McLennan County, at the
Court House in Wacq, Texas. Said
plaintiff’s petition was filed on the
15tli day of August, 1944. The file
number of said suit being No. 36836.
The names of the parties in said suit
are: Howard A. Edenger, as Plaintiff,
and Jennie Mae Edenger. as De-
fendant. The nature of said suit be-
ing substantially as follows, to-wit:
Being a suit for divorce on the
grounds of cruel treatment.
Issued this the 1st day of Septem
her, 1944. Given under my hand and
seal of said Court, at office in Waco.
Texas, this the 1st day of September
A. D. 1944. R. Y. McCLAIN, Clerk
(Seal) District Court,
24 McLennan County, Texas.
Stranger Helps a Woman Spy
And Traps Her Superior
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The French spy, Lucieto, offered timely help.
TF YOU were taking vital war
plans to your superior and your
automobile inconveniently broke
down, what would you do? Probably
accept the first offer of transporta-
tion, and continue on your way. But,
if the breakdown is too unexpected,
and the offer of help too convenient,
look out, for here’s what happened
in the first World war:
A clever, elusive espionage agent
of Germany, Major von Trauth, was
only a name to the French intelli-
gence service. But they wanted Von
Trauth badly so their ace agent,
Charles Lucieto, was assigned to the
case. All he had in the way of in-
formation was that Von Trauth was
in neutral Switzerland, and that the
wily and beautiful woman, Irma
Straub, was in contact with him.
Lucieto followed Irma to that hot-
bed of intrigue and espionage, Ge-
neva. There he became a gouty, in-
terned French officer, Commandant
Luneau, and arranged matters so
that Irma would conveniently find
an envelope of apparently important
documents. This, he knew, would
send her racing to her mysterious
chief, and Lucieto planned to be
with her when she did.
Most people, including Lucieto,
knew that sugar mixed with gaso-
line will cripple the best of automo-
bile engines. Therefore Irma start-
ed out in a doctored automobile.
Lucieto following in his Mercedes.
As he had expected, in a few miles
he came upon the frantic Irma
standing beside her disabled car.
Already late for her appointment
with her chief, anxiety blinded her
to the fact that “Luneau’s” arrival
was too opportune. Accepting his
offer of transportation, she had him
drive her to a small pastry shop in
Berne. There she accepted his offer
to wait for her.
Lucieto promptly called the Swiss
police. They raided the shop, but
Irma had flown. However, the po-
lice did pick up one prisoner, Hans
Windeau, an aged professor of lan-
guages, Swiss born of German par-
ents. His passport, showing consid-
erable travel, was in perfect order,
as were his other papers. Too per-
fect order. Lucieto was suspicious,1
and searched further.
A collection of Windeau’s snap-
shots included one of an unidenti-
fied man and—Irma Straub! Point-
ing to it, Lucieto accused:
“You know Irma Staub!”
“Irma Staub?” Windeau ex-
claimed. “I always heard her called
the Countess de Louvain!”
Lucieto tensed. That was it!
“Ah,” he shouted. “Only in Ba-
varia is she known by that name.
Then you must be Major von
Trauth, intelligence officer for
Prince Ruppert of Bavaria, the man
I have chased all over Europe.”
Which he was!
Distrust mysterious accidents,
and overhelpful strangers.
“Going My Way” will gross 8 mil-
lion. Producer Leo McCarey will
get about two million dollars for his
bit. . . . Sec’y of War Stimson is
mending now. He went to the Adi-
rondacks recently where a nurse re-
mained in attendance. . . . Jesse
Jones, whose condition worried pals,
is better.
Notes of a Newspaper Man:
Damon Runyon and a New York
newspaper apparently disagree on
the hobby of some Americans who
enjoy telling quips on well-knowns.
. . . Mr. Runyon, in his column,
complained: “It is always bad taste
for "people to sit around and make
odious remarks about any national
leaders of respectability and integ-
rity.” . . . The same morning a
respectable New York newspaper
featured a report (in a box) quoting
a Washington columnist. . . . The
story dealt with the argument: “Who
Was the Strongest President?” . . .
One arguer. said Lincoln—because he
split rails. Another said Washington
—because he tossed a dollar across
the Potomac. But FDR was de-
clared the strongest. “He threw the
U. S. Treasury across both oceans! ”
Now that is a pretty good gag. But
it is also -pretty stale, too. ... It
was used often during the second
campaign of Woodrow Wilson in the
war debt issue. . . . The quips and
barbs about Mrs. Roosevelt are still
being swapped by anti-4th Termers,
and the President is often the butt of
devastating jokes. ... We do not
recall hearing that they complained.
. . . Mr. Runyon probably will ad-
mit that it isn’t so bad to tell a joke
as it is to elect one.
Governor Dewey isn’t immune
from the jokesmiths these days. . . .
The current quip has him suffering
from fierce insomnia which “keeps
him up all night pacing up and
down under his bed!” . . . The New
Dealers go into spasms over that
one. But it was funnier 20 years
ago when A1 Jolson told it after an
overnight trip from Boston. . . . “I
didn’t sleep a wink,” he groaned.
“One of Singer’s Midgets drank
some coffee and paced up and down
his upper berth!”
Col. Carlos Romulo, who helped
MacArthur and Quezon escape to
Australia, didn’t know that persons
addressing Congress must not do so
in uniform. He has been in his army
uniform for years. ... An hour be-
fore he spoke in the House the other
day Romulo was informed that he
must wear civvies for the event.
. . . His staff hastily borrowed ci-
vilian apparel. ... On the way to
the Capitol he realized he was wear-
ing his army sox. ... He paled.
. . . “I am wearing the wrong
sox!” he exclaimed. “Oh my good-
ness, wot’ll I do?” . . . His Girl
Friday solved matters right there
on the Capitol steps. ... He wore
her bobby sox!
A New Yorker just back from
Argentina alleges that the majority
of the people there are not anti- !
U. S. or pro-Nazi. . . . Most of the j
people, said our informant, do not j
even take the government leaders I
seriously and openly quip: “If I
thought my son would ever grow up I
to be President of Argentina, I’d j
have sent him to school!”
Norman Littell, of the Dept, of
Justice, and Will Clayton, Jesse
Jones’ man, regret that feuds cannot
be carried beyond the grave. . .
The Demmy Nat’l Comm, is func-
tioning as smoothly a$ a ward at Dr.
Freud’s. . . . Churchill has cooled
on the King of Greece, but has
warmed on the King of Italy. .
White House attaches are blaming
each other for the recent WilJkie
boner. . . . General O’Dwyer be-
comes a civilian about October and
will start campaigning for the May-
oralty.
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