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The McGregor Mirror
AND HERALD-OBSERVER
VOLUME FIFTY-SIX
McGregor mirror, McGregor, texas Friday, April 13, 1945
NUMBER 51
erman Armies in West
re Collapsing
The steady disintegration of
the German army in western
Europe is proceeding unabated.
The front has been disorganized
' and reports from the scene of
battle make it impossible to es-
tablish any fixed continuous
line.
The average reader is undoubt-
edly confused by the dispatches
that tell of developments but the
great- progress that has been
made in the last three or four
weeks is apparent to those who
make it a practice to compare
war maps.
Just a month ago, or a few
days more, the American Ninth
and Firt armies made their his-
toric breakthrough between Juel-
ich and Dueren, twenty-odd miles
from the Rhine. The British and
Canadians, to the North, and*
the Third army, to the South,
moved forward and the quick
march to the Rhine began.
Where We Were In March
As March began the Third
army had just occupied Trier, in
the Mozelle valley, the Seventh
army was fighting around Bitche
and Hugenau on the southern
fringe of the Saar and the Ruhr
was still behind the river barrier
of the Rhine. In a month the
great river has been crossed, the
Saar has been captured, the Ruhr
encircled and the power drive
continued underway into the
heart of Germany.
will go down in history as out-
standing in the annals of the war.
Now, in the critical and decisive
days the Nazis must yearn for
their scattered divisions, left to
hold isolated ports on the sea-
soast and in far-away places, like
Norway.
The dismemberment of the
German army in the west results
from inferior numbers but, also
from what must be considered
poor leadership. The long range
strategy of the Nazis under the
threat of Angelo-American and
Russian offensives, was not what
might have been expected from
astute military leaders. This
was more serious as stresses and
strains developed under battle
conditions and segments of the
army were cut up in detail.
Okinawa Real Turning Point
The war in the Pacific reached
a new stage with the invasion of
Okinawa, an island sixty miles
long and up to eighteen in width.
This strategic site, less than 400
miles from southern Japan, con-
trols the approaches to Japan
from China and Formosa. It is
large enough to serve as a base
for very large operations.
Okinawa can easily serve as
the advance base for an invasion
of China or of Japan. It will
accommodate numerous airfields
and offers excellent anchorages
for a large fleet. The southern
part oi. the island has rolling
------ ■ - - | fields and flat places that are
.The German army, tie objec- g'^q^te for large scale military
live of Allied strategy, has ^a^';uses. As a fully developed base
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en a terrific beating, both west
and east of the Rhine. It has
not been able to make an effec-
tive ^counter-attack anywhere
along the front. The forward
movement o f Allied forces
swings northward to the great
ports of Bremen and Hamburg,
around the Ruhr and into Ger-
many. It is entirely unchecked
at this writing but events may
move so fast that this will be out
of date by the time it is read.
Against the optimism that the
daily communique develops we
must remember Gen. Eisenhower
opinion that the problem of sup-
ply will slow down our progress
and that the Gemans may be
able to set up a defensive line.
This will be nothing more than
a temporary affair, its duration
depending upon the time neces-
sary to regroup Allied troops
and accumulate supplies for an-
other advance.
Russians Strike Through Austria
The Russians qn the Eastern
front, have smashed into Austria
and are driving toward the
southern approaches of Germany.
Soviet forces are also closer to
the ■ Italian front than the Brit-
ish and American armies are to
Berlin. Whether there will be a
junction in Italy is uncertain but
ftpfftegists 'look for a union be-
tween the Allies somewhere in-
side Germany.
This may not come immediate-
ly. The destruction of German
armies in the West must be com-
pleted before a major campaign
can be undertaken-to cut the
Reich in half. However, nobody
really knows the true state of
affairs inside Germany or the
plans of the Allied High Com-
t, mand. In short, there is- no way
to determine how far the Allied
drive will go without a halt.
The war against the Germans
has reached the stage where any-
thing can be expected, including
the disappearance of a fighting
front in the west. The strategy
of the Allies has succeeded bril-
liantly, scoring triumphs that
Little Interest Shown
In the School Trustee
Election Saturday
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According to F. M. Lyon, who
presided over the school trustee
election last Saturday, only 786
votes were polled, out of a possi-
ble 1800 voters in the McGregor
Independent School District.
Only two names appeared on
the ballot with two to elect, they
were G. AY. Searcy, who received
116 votes, and Willie Witte, with
111 votes. Lothar Krause, whose
name was not on the ticket and
was not a candidate, received 66
votes; his name being written in.
0. T. McGinley, already a school
board member, received two
votes.
Both Searcy and Witte were
running for re-election, and will
be sworn into their new duties
at the first meeting of the board,
probably within the coming-
week, at which time new officers
of the board will be elected for
the ensuing year.
Register For Your
Canning Sugar at
C, of C. Office
it will confront the Japanese
with a threat to several vital
areas.
The campaign in Okinawa may
be long, or it may be short, but
in the end there is no hope for
the Japanese on the island. They
are cut off from reinforcements
and supplies. The sea routes are
in our hands and whatever men
and munitions are necessary for
the job will be poured in without
difficulty. The campaign illus-
trates the decisive effect of sea
control because without the ef-
ective blockade there would be
nothing to prevent the Japs from
sending in thousands of troops
and keep the fight going.
Progress Elsewhere
Meanwhile, almost overlooked
in this country is the steady pro-
gress of British forces in Buraia,
where the Japanese have suffer-
ed extremely heavy losses. The
mop-up of the Philippines will
take time but there is steady en-
largement of our position in the
islands and the possibility of a
juncture with. British forces in
the Dutch East Indies.
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Civilians at War
The s-overnment needs and
Senior Class Play Set
Thursday, April 19
Now that casting has been
completed for “College Daze,”
the new 3-act comedy hit by John
Rand, which the Senior Class of
McGregor is presenting here on
Thursday night, April 19th, re-
hersals are taking place under
the direction of Lola Laughlin.
Prominent in the large cast,
which will enact this comedy, are
Neta Jean Stone,, Leo Neff,
George Gable, and other mem-
bers, include: Irwin Muegge,
Wanda Clanton, Marsh Crouch,
Billy Meador, Neta Harris, Eva
Lee Harding, James Ray How-
ard, Dorothy King and Marion
Donaldson.
According to the Senior Class,
“College Daze” has been a smash
success everywhere it has been
presented, and they look for it
to duplicate its popularity here,
as well. Tickets will be on sale
at 20c and 35e, at the door of
the McGregor grammar school
gym, the night of the presenta-
tion, Thursday, April 19th.
There will be no regular regis-
tration for canning sugar held in
McGregor this year, however, all
persons desiring to register for
this sugar, can do so, by calling
at the Chamber of Commerce of-
fice, where blanks will be found.
The blanks are there now, and
you may register anytime dur-
ing1 the remainer of this Aveek,or
next week. Later a local com-
mittee will check the blanks and
then, they are to be forwarded
to the ration board in Waco.
An adult of each family group
is required to make the request
for canning sugar and to sign
the application form.
For each application for can-
ning sugar, a 13 stamp out . of
book four, must accompany the
blank sent in requesting this
special sugar. The earlier you
register for the sugar the earlier
you will receive same, hoAvever,
you have from now until October
to register.
What Can You Spare
That They Can Wear?
Tire jDealers Prices
Are to be Checked
Nation-Wide Survey
Clothes Pms Made
In McGregor Now
A few weeks ago when E. C.
Yeager and John Westerfield
opened a grocery store in Mc-
Gregor, among the very scarce
items called for daily, and which
there were none of, were clothes
pins. This gave Mr. Yeager an
idea. Being a man that knows
a little about everything and
haying had years experience in
making first one kind of a ma-
chine and then another, hit upon
the idea that with a few pieces of
pipe properly assembled, he
could make a very satisfactory
clothes pin out of wire. And that
is exactly what he did.
A wire, about twelve inches
long, is twisted at each end, mak-
ing a clamp, with a loop in the
center for easy handling. The
clamp ends goes over the gar-
ments on the line, and there you
have a rigid clothes pin, which
does the work, and yet is a very
simple invention that will save
housewives many worries.
Mr. Yeager stated that he had
sold dozens of the. clothes pins
and everyone seeing them, is a
buyer.
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asks its( citizens in this 175th
week of the war to:
1. Put the idle used clothing,
shoes and bedding in your clos-
ets to work for war victims
abroad, by taking them to the
collection depot nearest your
home.
2. Help relieve today’s nurs-
ing crisis, if you are an inactive
trained nurse, by returning to
your profession on a full or part-
time basis.
3. Help keep military supplies
moving to the front by filling one
of the 5400 jobs in 100 heavy
truck manufacturing plants
where workers are urgently
needed.
Renew for The Mirror today!
Street Markers
Being Installed
It Avon’t be long now until
when a person is being directed
to where some one lives, he will
say, go west on Third to Adams
and you will find the house
in the 300 block. Sounds real
city like, doesn’t it?
Workmen have been busy this
week placing the markers at all
inter-secting streets, and should
complete the work within the
next few days. At fin early date
property owners will receive a
card from the city, giving the
number of houses, and vacant
lots. You are to buy your own
numbers and put them up.
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MAJOR WHEN IN McGREGOR
LT. COLONEL IN EUROPE
Word received here by friends
of Paul Van Tuyl, stated that he
had been advanced from the rank
of Major to that of Lt. .Colonel.
Col. Van Tuyl will be remem-
bered as the commanding officer
of the Bluebonnet Ordnance
Plant during its construction,
and was in command for a while
after the plant began operation.
He is now stationed in Europe.
Volunteer assistants of local
War Price and Rationing Boards
will v visit tire and tire repairing
firms during the period from
April 15 to 30 o check dealers
prices for tire and services and
inspect their records and postings
in a nation-wide compliance sur-
vey for the OPA, it says.
The volunteer price panel as-
sistants will check to aee that the
seller’s ceiling prices are posted
in his shop, that he is giving
sales slips to each purchaser, and
that he is keeping records of
each sale as required by the reg-
ulation. They will also check
the prices he charged on the last
few sales of specific items, from
his records. Ceiling prices for
new and used tires and tubes, re-
capping, repairing, reliners, patc-
hes .and boots are specifically-
listed in the regulation. Finally,
they will ask if he makes any
extra charges for extra services
and how he determines such
charges.
Dealers who are found in vio-
lation of any of these require-
ments will be asked to come in
for a complance conference with
the price panel of their local
board. Those who are selling
above ceiling price will be asked
to make refunds to buyers who
paid excessive amounts and may
face treble damage actions. Ac-
tion by the survey is based on re-
vised maximum price regulation
which fixes ceiling on tires, tub-
es and certain services, and the
provision of maximum price
regulation 165 covering “extra”
service charges.
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MORE RAIN
This hjas been another week
of about every kind of weather
that is in the almanac. ‘ It has
been cloudy, it has been clear,
it has threatened rain practically
every day, and it has rained.
(The precipation on Wednesday
I was .36 inches, 1.46 for month.
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In the Avar-torn countries rav-
aged by Nazi borders, 125 mil-
lion people—30 million of them
children—are in desperate need
of clothing—your clothing—your
spare clothing—to shield them
against death from exposure,
from disease and misery. Every
garment helps.
The United National Clothing
Collection for overse&s Avar re-
lief, through April 1st to 30th,
is urging eA^eiwone, everywhere
to haAm a part in this clothing
collection. > The Rotary Club is
sponsoring the drive in McGre-
gor, with ReA'i Edward E. Laux,
as chairman. He is announcing
the places beloAv Avhere you may
leave your spare clothes, and
from these places, the clothes are
to be collected and started on
their way:
First Baptist cliutrch, College
Avenue Baptist church, Method-
ist church, Lutheran church, First
Christian church, Church of
Christ, Community House at B.
B. A., McGregor Schools, Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Please take your used clothing
to one of these places at once in
order that the drive may go for-
Avarcl without delay.
FIRE DESTROYS
FARM HOME
Early last Friday morning, the
farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Clem
Sanders Avas completely destroy-
ed by fire and none of the con-
tents were saved. Mir. Sanders
had made a fire in the stove be-
fore going out to milk and pre-
sumably left an oil can too near
the stove. This exploded from
the heat causing the flames to
spread rapidly and the fire was
out of control before the local
fire department could arrive.
Mrs. Sanders and little daugh-
ter escaped without injury, but
Mr. Sanders was burned on the
face and arms in trying to sal-
vage some of the household ef-
fects. The Sanders lives around
five miles northeast of the city.
A small amount of insurance was
carried.
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Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fire Department
To Sponsor Rodeo
The regular monthly meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce was
held Wednesday night with Joe
Burks, presiding. Some twenty
members Avere present and the
routine of business Avas attended
to. The organization, again this
year, Avill sponsor the cub scout
movement in McGregor, and
Blake Shotwell Avas reappointed
Cub Master. ShotAvell has indeed
done a splendid Avork Avith the
younger boys of the city, and his
troop iioav numbers forty-two.
For the past seAmral years the
organization has been sponsoring
McGregor’s rodeo, however, this
year, the firse department asks
permission to take the rodeo
over and promises that Their or-
ganization Avill get behind it' and
pull off a real show. Any money
derived from the shoAv Avill be in-
\Tested in fire equipment for the
city. The tentative dates are to
be set for sometime in July.
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Ed Weiss has been in Marlin
the past tAvo weeks taking treat-
ment, and w'rnorts from there
sat condi-
tion, back
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