The Mexia Weekly Herald from Mexia, Texas • Page 5

PHIL KARNfcR. GENERAL INSURANCE The Mexia Weekly Herald VOL. 43. MEXIA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1939 PBB TEAR IN ADVANCE s. rRegister Cars, Police Warn AUSTIN, Texas, Nov.

2. (Spl.) car owners, in many in- itahces, neglect to register their vehicles with proper motor numbers there may be questions raised JK- to ownership, state police officials warned today. 'The problem rose after several applications for certificates of title contained identical motor numbers were discovered to be parts and frame numbers. Ralph L. Chief of the Certificate of Title Section, which administers the new tst motor vehicle act, said he learned from registration receipts lhat, in one 2f.

automobiles of the same make have been registered under the same motor number. Investigations revealed that the owners have registered their cars with the wrong numbers. "In another case," Buell said, "an automobile has been registered three times under that many different numbers. Because of the fact that the motor of a vehicle is its principal identifying mark, there may be confusion in the event of a test of ownership." Motor numbers are the major clues in searches for stolen cars as thieves often remove license plates in an effort to escape detection the police said. Under the certificate of title law definite proof of ownership is established before state police issue titles.

Verge Of War, Says Cutter Continues Search For G. B. I Student Yawns in Class, Hurts Jaw v. i AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. ttJ.PJ-- Miss Ruth Huetz, 19, petite University of Texas co-ed from Waco, had cause to rub her jaw ruefully today.

She yawned so hard in Dr. E. W. Doty's early-morning class on "Music that she dislocated her jaw. Said Ruth: "It wasn't the class.

I went to a midnight show last night" ForestGlade Wins Art Prize The Forest Glade school won first place in the State Fair of Texas art c.ontests, it was revealed by Howard Lunday, principal. The school second place in choral sing- 'Students winning were Marguerite Henson, first in wood carving; Joline Stewart, first in charcoal drawing; Wayne Armstrong, second in charcoal drawing; Kathleen Thomas, second in carving; Imogene Gregory, third i in charcoal drawing, and Proctor Burnett, third in wood carving. The exhibits were pieces made in regular class work in the Forest Glade art department, which is directed by Miss LaVilla Nicholas. Heavy Air Raid Shelters Urged Inadequacy to Be Shown by Bombings Engineers Claim LONDON, Nov. 2.

air raids precaution coordination committee warned today that a strong on British indus- -trial areas "almost- certainly' would "reveal the terrible inadequacy" of protective measures. The committee, an official body, issued a statement which quote! a coinrnittee-ofratchitects, survejr- sj doctors and scientists who believed that J'the first big air reveal the terrible inadequacy not only of steps so far taken but also of the whole official air raid shelter scheme." The experts recommended a program for building heavy air raid shelters capable of "resisting splinters and falling debris. They also urged speeding up of work by using labor temporarily unemployed as a result of wartime dislocation of industry. STEELE IMPROVES Billie Jack Steele, who underwent an appendectomy at a local hospital Tuesday, is reported proving nicely. Billie Jack, son of Mrs.

L. L. Steele, is a freshman, student at Texas A. and M. Canada Reports Ship Is Found Later Messages to Freighter Unanswered, However WASHINGTON, Nov.

2. The coast guard announced today that it was continuing search for the British Freighter Coulmore, reported attacked in the North Atlantic until it is definitely certain that the ship is safe as reported by a Canadian radio station at Camperdown, Nova Scotia. Coast Guard headquarters here earlier had announced that the Camperdown station advised the Cutter Bibb that it had contracted the Coulmore at 2:30 a. m. (EST.) The Coast Guard decided to carry on the search, however, because the Canadian station added that it had received no replies from later direct messages to, the Coulmore.

The Bibb, which was in charge of the coast guard hunt, advised at mid-morning that it was returning to Halifax because it had a sailor aboard. sick Nazis Shell French Town Tiny Baby Fights for asjRites for One at Galveston Are Conducted By UNITED PRESS A tiny baby weighing just one pound and nine ounces fought to live today in its shoe box crib on a farm south of Lewis villa while at Galveston funeral arrangements were made for an even smaller lost the fight. The two day old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. M.

A. Adams was given a 50-50 chance for life. Normal except for size, the infant was kept in a shoe box lined with cotton, and heated with an electric light bulb. She was being fed with topper. an eye- But meanwhile at Galveston the efforts of medical science to save a born boy failed.

William Harrell who weighed only 16" ounces in an incubator." He was born" at five and one- half months, six weeks before the seven months "safe period." For five days doctors had applied every resource at their command to keep the tiny child alive. He had been fed a 1 rich oxygen mixture and a modified milk formula, but the baby died because his crying and body movements exhausted 'his strength. SUrBtSPKUL VAWK NYAL TWO FOR ONE SALE Four Big Days Nov. 1-2-3-4 Remember that the best values are sold first, so be at our store to take advantage of the GREATEST REXALL SALE EVER TO BE HELD! GET YOUR FREE REXALL NYAL CIRCULARS MEXIA PHONE TEXAS 666 -'PARIS, Nov. 2, (U.R)—German artillery, which previously shelled a French village on Western front, has shelled a French town for the first time since the war today.

German batteries and four-inch and six-inch guns opened a blast yesterday on the town of Forbach, capital of the administrative district for that area. The people of the town had been evacuated long ago. 75,000 Qualified by Red Cross DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 2. (U.R)— More than 15,000 persons in Texas 'were qualified during the last fiscal year to deal with accident emer gencies, the Red Cross reported today.

In Woman, Hurt in Crash Fatal to 2, Will Live Smashup Occurs Wednesday p. m. in Freestone County TEAGUE, Texas, Nov. 2. (Spl) physicians said here today that Mrs.

T. Murray, 39, of Dallas, injured in an automobile truck collision late Wednesday afternoon 15 miles south of Fairfield in which her husband and another Dallasite were killed, would recover. Mrs. Murray suffered a broken arm and hip and back injuries in the crash. T.

H. Littlepage, 53, and Mr. Murray, 40, were killed. The Dallas group were on their way home from a business trip to Houston. The two machines crashed into each other five miles north of Buffalo.

Constable W. H. Robinson said in Fairfield that he understood the truck driver was not injured. Mr. Littlepage was a district manager of a glass company.

A native of Fort Worth, he had lived in Dallas about 20 years. Mr. Murray, who was reared in Dallas, recently had moved back to the city from Denver, Colo. He was a salesman. The bodies of the two men were returned to Dallas from Fairfield.

Surviving Mr. Murray are his wife; a son, Burner Murray, and a brother, Edward Murray, all of Dallas. Mr. Littlepage leaves his wife, a son, T. H.

Littlepage, both of Dallas; his mother, Mrs. Maggie Littlepage of Fort Worth; three brothers, Dr. Henry Littlepage and Charley Littlepage of Ft. Worth, and a third brother, who is a ship officer now somewhere at sea, and a sister, Mrs. H.

A. Pate, who lives in South Texas. 'No, TKousancl Times No 7 The arms embargo repeal fight opens in the House. Hamilton Fish N. leader of House anti-repeal bloc, and John M.

vorys (Rep, Ohio) plan their strategy for the fight against repeat an annual report from St. Louis made public here the Red Gross said that its services in public health, safety and welfare have been substantially increased in Texas as a result of a membership of 177,049 persons in 234 chapters. Through a statewide campaign, 2,608 men and women learned how, through life saving instruction, to make rescues and revive victims. The Red Cross disclosed that 148 highway first aid stations are in operation in Texas, or in process of early completion, and 138 Red Cross mobile first aid units were operated during the fiscal year in police patrol cars and in commercial trucks. William Baxter, midwestern area manager of the National Red Cross, stated in the release that the strength of the Red Cross in Texas directly dependent upon the gup- Dort which the public gives the organization during the annual roll call, Nov.

11-30, and upon volunteer service. States Divided on Thanksgiving Half to Celebrate on Nov. 23, Others Set Regular Date By UNITED PRESS Half the 48 states will observe Thanksgiving Day on Nov. 23, as proclaimed by President Roosevelt, and half will observe the traditional date a week late on the last Thursday of tha month. A survey showed that: governors of 23 states said they would follow the president's proclamation; governors of 23 states said they would proclaim Nov.

30 as Thanksgiving Day; and two governors said their Texas and observe both dates. The division did not follow political lines closely. The survey showed the states divided as follows: Nov. Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. Nov.

30 Arizona, Killough Appointed to Reserve Corps 1. The War Department announces the following aplicants from Texas have been accepted for appointment in the- Officers Reserve Corps: Allen Taylor Barnum, Fort Bliss; Thomas Alton Bennat, Fort Worth; Irvin Sanford Birnbaum, San Antonio; Madison Aaron Furr, Carthage; Edward Alricks Hamilton, Jasper; Gordon Coleman Hill, Cleveland; Arthur Hinson, Fort Worth; Howard Max Itz, San Antonio; Clinton W. Killough, Mexia. Leon Charles Kopecky, San Antonio; Graham Stafford Mallet, Beaumont; Sanford Paul Mandell, Amarillo; John Henry Sanders, Waskom, and Wooten Taylor, Taylor. Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Neveda, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin and the six New England Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Thanks giving originated more than 300 years ago.

Colorado will observe both dates because of a conflict between Republican Governor and a statute quoted by a Democratic attorney general. Gov. Ralph L. Carr proclaimed Nov. 30.

Attorney General Byron Rogers, however, ruled that a 1933 state law reading, "either the president or the governor" made it mandatory that Colorado also observe the date chosen by Mr. Roosevelt. Carnival Here Realizes $735 $600 Due After Various Expenses Paid, Report Show Supt. Frank L. Williams sai Thursday that gross receipts from the public schools' Hallowe'e Carnival amounted to $735.

He ex pressed the hope that the fou sponsor organizations, the thre school P. T. A. organizations an the Band-Parents Club, would rea! ize $600 after expenses were paie The carnival last year cleare over $700. This year's decrease was du largely, Williams pointed out, the fact that the school races fo coronation representatives nette only $115, nearly $85 below las year's figure, and that the chilly weather sent most of the cele brants home early.

"The returns are entirely grati fying, however," the superintendent said. Proceeds of the ducking stoo fell below last year's total; thi coronation receipts topped last November's affair, and the midway the same, Williams said. Thanksgiving Services Set Mexia churches will hold their union Thanksgiving services Wednesday night, Nov. 29 at the First Christian church, it was announced Thursday by the ministerial association; The Rev. Robert L.

Dobson, pastor of the First Baptist church, will preach the sermon. The ministerial association is making plans for a large crowd to attend the services. The Rev. R. C.

Edwards, vice president and pastor of the First Methodist church, said. The ministerial association will meet Nov. 14 to elect a president to succeed the Rev. E. D.

Dunlap, former pastor of the First Baptist church who assumed the pastorship of a Fort Worth church. Rail Executives Discuss Freight Differentials Late Flashes CHICAGO, Nov. 2. (U.R)—Opie Read, a member of the great school of American humorists that included Mark Twain, Josh Billings and Eugene Field a half century ago, died today at 86. LONDON, Nov.

2, (U.R)—For- eign Secretary Viscount Halifax in a statement on British war aims in the House of Lords today said that Britain's first purpose is to defeat the German government. HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 2. (U.R) services were held today for Charles E. Gilbert, 84, former newspaper publisher who played an important role in the "free grass war" between cattlemen farmers in West Texas in the 1880's.

Gilbert had been- confined bed for the past six months as results of a fall in which his lip was fractured. Pneumonia caused his death. I DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 1. Executives of 20 railroads affected by the Texas Railroad Commission's order eliminating West Texas freight rate differentials met here today to decide whether to oppose it in the courts.

The commission recently ordered the lines serving less populous West Texas areas to discontinue the differentials, which were approximately 15 per cent of rates existing elsewhere. Henry N. Roberts, chairman of the executive committee of the Texas-Lousiana freight bureau, said that the group intends to reach a decision today. If any statement is made after the meeting, Roberts said, it probably will be an announcement that the railroad will submit to the order. Silence will mean that a court fight is in prospect.

Baylorite to Talk Tonight Address of Professor Is Free to the Public Mrs. Pummill 111, Has Heart Attack CURFEW FOR PIGEONS TOLEDO. daytime curfew for pigeons has been suggested in a proposed city ordinance. The law would provide that pig- eans must be confined to the premises of the owner between 7 a. m.

and 7 p. a $10 fine for violation of the regulation. Mrs. J. L.

Pummill, wife of the pastor of the Church of Christ, is confined in a Harlingen, Texas, hospital after a heart attack earlier in the week, it was learned in Mexia Wednesday. The Reverend and Mrs. Pummill were returning Monday from a short trip to the Valley when Mrs. Pummill became ill. A heart specialist who treated her after the attack said she must remain in bed at Harlingen for three-weeks.

She was reported some better Wednesday. Talks Too Much, She Clips Tongue SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. (U.R) telling a friend "I talk too much," Mrs. Leona Hudock, 35, nurse, today cut out her tongue with a pair of scissors.

Dr. Edward Glasdell, who treated her at San Francisco Hospital, said Mrs. Hudock would recover but her speech would be impaired. Red Predicts Ship Sabotage Russian-U. S.

War Will Also Bring Strikes, Group Told WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, (U.R)— William McQuistion who says he nee was a Communist party eader, told the Dies committee oday that strikes and sabotage board American ships would reak out immediately should war evelop between the United States nd Soviet Russia. McQuistion, a husky seaman ailed to the witness stand from le District of Columbia jail here he is waiting to be ques- oned for New Orleans police abut the slaying- of a union offic- 1 last September, testified that believed American seamem ould repudiate Communist inspired strikes but added: "One man can sink a ship." He reiterated his charge that the national maritime union is dominated by Communists. He had attributed his arrest to what he said was a "frame-up" by the union to discredit his testimony and the work of the committee. The slain union official, Phillip Carey, was an officer of the Union.

Dr. J. D. Bragg, of history at Baylor University, will discuss "War Propaganda" tonight at 7:45 o'clock at the City Auditorium. The address is being sponsored by the Woman's Friday club and is free to the public.

Dr. Bragg, a close student of international affairs, is well- known in Mexia. He has been a guest of civic clubs here on several occasions. Miss Ilene Westmoreland, president, will introduce the speaker. Mrs.

Raymond L. Dillard and Miss Cathereene McGrail arrang ed the program. Dr. Bragg holds his Ph. D.

from the University of Texas and hi M. A. from Baylor. He was for merly dean of men at Baylor, has been teaching in the histor; department for the past 10 years Embargo Repeal Isn't Dangerous, Texan Argues House Ready for Important Vote on Neutrality Late Flash The House today approved Arms Embargo Act by vote of 242 to 181, a majority of 62 votes. met had previously been approved by the Senate, 64 to 30.

Nov. 2, (U.B Rayburn, the administration floor leader, today told the House just before it was scheduled for the important vote on retaining the arms embargo that the "United States is verge of war, nor is it anywhere near war." Rayburn, Texas, sought to refute opposition arguments that repeal of the arms embargo wag a step towards war, or that it was a dangerous action to change rules in the middle of the "the game" being the European war. "I believe that 99 per that every patriotic citizen is determined to help keep this country out of war," the stocky Texan said as debate on the vital embargo issue sped toward a showdown vote scheduled for mid- afternoon. question has been raised of changing some rules during the game," Rayburn said. game? We have no part in the game -that is being played in Europe today." He declared that every country in the world had been put on notice" that changes-- were coming in the law when president first asked Congress to enact new neutrality legigla- Mrs.

Peyton Is Red Cross Chief Mrs. Will Peyton Thursday was named Mexia roll call chairman for the Red Corss membership drive due to get underway Nov, 11, Harold Nussbaum, county roll call chairman, announced. Mrs. Peyton began making plans Thursday for the drive. Nussbaum urged Mexia citizens to give more than a dollar if possible this year.

"The Red Cross needs more money now that the European war is underway," Nusbsaum said. "Mexia doesn't have a community chest drive and the only charity work in the city outside of individual contributions is done by the civic and church organzations." The drive will continue through Nov. 30. A. R.

Henderson of Groesbeck is county chairman. TO LICENSE PEDDLERS FORT WORTH, Oct. 30. (U.R)—Fort Worth is expected to join many other Texas cities in adoption of a peddlers' license ordinance. The ordinance is designed to prevent "racketeering" on housewives.

It's Too Close to Lunch, Says FDR When Sadler Offers Him Snuff Dip WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, (U.R)— Domestic and political repercussions from the European war liave eclipsed the presidential aspirations of Vice President John Garner, Jerry Sadler, Texas railroad commissioner, said today. "Garner, you might say, is the first American casualty of the European war," Sadler said. "I'm not backing Garner for president )ut I am in favor of a third term him as vice president." Sadler said he favors a third erm for Mr. Roosevelt also.

Sadler conferred for 15 min- utes with President Roosevelt, but said the only thing they discussed was oil. "I pulled out my snuff bpx and offered him a pinch of snuff," Sadler said. "The president said it was too close to dinner time and refused." Sadler reiterated to reporters his opposition to Garner. "I ain't for Garner, and I still ain't for Garner," Sadler said. "I would support him if he were the party's nominee, but I would do my damnedest to prevent him from becoming nominee." Democracies Will Triumph, Dr.

Albert Says Dr. Allen D. Albert, Chicago sociologist and former president of Rotary International, told Mexiaites Wednesday night that the United States, Russia and tha British Empire controlled the raw materials of the world. "Russia and the United States can, by controlling these materials, stop or start war," the veteran sociologist and journalist said. Dr.

Albert asserted that nickel was the -most vital metal in warfare and that the only source was in Ontario, Canada. The United States, he said, has the biggest interest in the nickel mine, but, of course, Britain can control it. The speaker predicted that President Roosevelt will keep the United States out of the war. 'If the United States enters the war, it will be when Adolf Hitler wants her to enter," he declared. In a private interview with the Vlexia Daily News the speaker said 'the Democracies will be victor- ous over the totalitarian trend if governments because God is his heaven and all is right with he world." There is not a man among he told a private gather- ng, "but who would walk out nto the street and give up his life if he knew that by so doing he ould restore peace on earth.

But od does not make things so asy." Dr. John A. Morrison, who will iscuss "Present Developments in ioviet Russia" will be the next Institute of International Understanding speaker next Tuesday night. Pensions to Remain Same AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 2, (U.R)— No further reduction in old-age pension payments is expected to be necessary this winter, Director Adam Johnson said today.

The $6 reduc'io ordered for October will have to be continued force, it was estimated, but increasing state revenue will take care of the increasing roll, so that the average $8.24 payments can continue. November's payments to be mad? about Ney, Jg,.