The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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AND THB BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
VOLUME LV—NUMBER 7
CALDWELL, TEXAS* THURSDAY, MAY SO, 1940
PRICE $1J0 A YEAR—KCENTCA
Tith the war raging in Europe
un-American activities quickly
ing throughout the United
ites we read much about the
column." By now moat of
know who the "fifth column" is,
what most of us don't know is
'are the first, second, third and
columns.
• • • •
pite the third term wrangle
the war in Europe, the biggest
that A. C. Pape, an employee
[this newspaper, saw Sunday was
illetin from St. Francis In-
ry in Brenham.
, It read:
t'JÉorn at 10 a.m. a son, eight
ii, to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pape.
Her and baby doing nicely."
heir first child, the baby was
¡imed Allan Craig.
• • • •
AD
rANTED: Men
millions of men are Wanted At
! ONCE in a big new field
SW TREMENDOUS, i
RILLING, GREAT
j you've ever been a figure in the
Chamber of horrors
if you've ever escaped from a
IB, | psychiatric ward
P if you thrill at the thought
of throwing poison
wells, have heavenly visions
of people, by the thousands,
dying in flames
ARE THE VERY MAN WE
PANT
we mean business and our busi-
ness is YOU
WANTED: A race of
brand-new men
Middle-Europe
skill needed
ambition required
no brains wanted and no
character allowed
[E A PERMANENT JOB IN
IE COMING PROFESSION
DEATH.
above was taken from Ken-
Fearing's recently published
of verse, entitled Dead
toning.
• • • •
About Town: Tandy Kennedy,
over the AAA office, having
¿appendix removed at Scott A
Hospitals Temple, Sunday
. . Ditto for Miaa Henrietta
She's convalescing at
Hoepital, Brenham.
Harvey Bowers, son of Judge
Mva. Hays Bowers, receiving
high school diploma from Allen
Tuesday night. . . Rev
Mrs. W. O. Wright, who oc-
the Baptist parsonage here
years, driving over from
tto see old friends. .
White, son of Rev. and
C. M. White, graduating from
Hill Junior College at Mars
III, North Carolina. For the past
he has been business manager
the college annual, and has held
Iter important offices. . . Wood-
Werthiagton, son of Mr. and
I. Irvin Worthington, amoag the
receiving bachelors de-
Im Southwest Texas State
Callage Tuesday night.
Blaha. who recently took
sr the management of the City
lilor Shop, keeping an eye open
r new business. . . . Henry Smith
Chriesman, writing me a letter
which he outlined several ways
"how to put the governor's race
a higher plane." . . . Robert
kweda, selling tickets for the
|al<ff|ell-Anderson baseball game
he played here at Fair Park
inday at 3 p.m.; the price is 16
nd 25 cents. Caldwell dropped
iir opening game to Burton last
inday, 7 to 0.
Texas Political Calendar For
Next Few Months Is Announced
CONTEST WINNER
George Gaas, 16, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Gaas of the Har-
mony community will bo among
the 43 school children of the
state who will be taken on a
Z.OOO-milc tour of Texas by The
Dallas Morning News and the
Texas Almanac, starting June 10.
George was a winner of the
Know Texas Content sponsored
by The News and the Almanac.
He is an eighth grade papil at
the Harmony school, liken to
study geography, and thinks he
would like to become a history
teacher. He is moat interested in
seeing Texas' historical shrines
and the mountain scenery en the
contest tear.
I1CKIE SAYS—
DOtlTlBTMe TOOL W
J'M A *PRQPAGAMDA "
Pbdlar, VPRomore
arrrs* unosRsmnom^
OF TH'NEWSPAPER GAMP/
WfJtff worn "FRIENDS, V
MAtrrWUIVBE
M OURUt -
Rev. Flachmeier
To Leave Here
Lutheran Pastor Accepts
Call to New Wedem Church
Rev. H. T. Flachmeier, pastor of
Elizabeth Lutheran church here and
St. John's Lutheran church nt Dean-
ville for the past six years, has
accepted a ca!l from St. John's
Lutheran church of the New
Wedem community near Brenham,
it was announced this week. His
resignation wns reluctantly accept'
ed here at a special meeting of his
church members Mondny night nnd
nt Dean ville the preceding evening.
Rev. Flschmeier will assume his
new pastoría! duties July 1, he
said.
In explnining his desire to accept
the call to the New Wedem church,
Rev. Flachmeier said it was not be-
cause he had lost his affection for
his church here and nt Dennville,
or because he did not enjoy living
here, but only becnuse of the great-
er opportunities offered him in the
new field. He stated thnt this is the
fourth opportunity which wns of-
fered him to enter a new field with
promises of finnncinl gsin, but the
respect and good-will of his people
here and st Deanville hnve each
time previously caused him to de-
cline and remain in Cnldwell.
Rev. Fluchraeier came here from
Sinton in September, 1934. His suc-
cessor remains to be chosen.
FSA Offers Ray Of
Hope to Farmers
A ray of hope for «mull farmers
who are staggering under debts
greater than ther nbility to pny
was sent out when Carr Smith
Farm Security Administration su-
pervisor, announced that the Bur-
leson county farm debt adjustment
committee will meet here Tuesday
June 4, at 10 a.m. in the courthouse
Members of the county farm debt
adjustment committee will be
present at this meeting to help
debt-burdened farmers work out
agreements with their creditors.
Mr. Smith said that the commit
tee has found creditors willing in
most instances to grant extensions
of time, re-amortixations, and even
scale-downs in principal and inter-
est to hard-pressed farmers whea
an orderly repayment schedule has
been worked out. In many cases
the Farm Security Administration
has made loans to farmers in help-
ing them to farm more profitably
and pay their debts.
He Invited any farmer to attend
the meeting whose debt structure
is greater than he can bear.
State Supt To Speak
To School Trustees
State Superintendent L. A.
Woods of Austin will address the
county trustees here Friday, June
7, at 10 a. m., in the county court
room, announces County Superin-
tendent J. Malvin Hare. Mr. Hare
urges all trustees to be present and
extends an invitation to the public
to attend the meeting.
Many Events of Voter-In-
terest WiU Take Placo In
The Field of Politics Dvrinf
The Remainder of 1940
The 44 events that will take
place in the field of politics during
the next few months as far aa
Texas voters are concerned are
shown in this political calendar:
June 3—Last day candidates for
state office, and certain candidates
for district and state offices in dis-
tricts containing more than one
county, may file candidacy with
executive committee for place on
ballot.
June 10—State executive com-
mittee meets to select stat? con-
vention site; and to certify to coun-
ty chairmen names of candidates
for places on ballot.
June 16—Last day for county and
precinct candidates, and district
candidates in districts composed of
one county, to file.
June 17—County executive com-
mittee determines by lot order of
names on the ballot, and prepares
estimate of election expense.
June 22—Last day for candidates
to pay ballot assessments.
June 24 — Primary committee
makes up official ballot.
June 27-July 1—Period for first
campaign expense reports.
July 7—Absentee voting begins.
July 16-19—Second campaign ex-
pense reports. State and district
reports filed with Secretary of
8tate; county candidates with coun-
ty clerk.
July 22—Last day for voters in
city of over 10,000, who have moved
to new voting box, to appear be-
fore tax assessor-collector for cor-
rected certificate; or for voter who
moved to new county or new pre-
cinct, to present his certificate in
order to have his name added to list
in precinct of his new residence.
July 24—Last day for absentee
voting.
July 24- -Last day for presiding
judges of elections to obtain list of
voters for use in first primary.
July 26—County clerk sends ab-
sentee votes to presiding judges of
precincts.
July 27—First primary.
July 27—Precinct conventions to
name delegates to eounty conven-
tions. Chairmen of county and pre-
cinct committees chosen.
Aug. 3—County executive com-
mittee canvasses returns.
Aug. 4—Absentee voting begins
for second primary.
Aug. 6— Final day for third ex-
pense reports in first primary.
Aug. 10—State executive com-
mittee meets in Austin to canvass
primary returns and certify to
county chairmen names for ballot
in run-off primary.
Aug. 12-16—Period for second
primary first expense reports.
Aug. 21—Last day for absentee
(Turn to No. 1, column 8, laat page*
C.H.S.BandTo
Spend 4 Days
In Galveston
Caldwell Musician* Will
Play Daily Concerts As
Guests of The Island City's
Beach Association
At the invitation of the Galves-
ton Beach Association, the Caldwell
high school band will be guests of
the island city Monday through
Thursday of next week, during
which time it will play daily con-
certs from a platform on the I teach
in front of the Buccaneer Hotel.
The fifty-five musicians will
leave here at six o'clock Monday
morning and will return Thursday
night, making the trip in the twd
school busses, Director James E.
King, Jr., said.
The Caldwell band is one of 12
South-Central Texas musical or-
ganizations to be invited to Gal-
veston this summer as guests of
the Beach Association. Each band
will remain in the pleasure resort
four days out of a designated week.
The Caldwell band will open the 12-
week schedule and will be followed
by the Mexia high school band. The
purpose of the concerts is to pro-
vide entertainment for the thou-
sands of vacationists who invade
Galveston during the summer
months, the Beach Association
pointed out.
Parents of several of the Cald-
well musicians will accompany the
band to Galveston, Mr. King said.
. o——
Weekly Concerts
By School Band
To Begin Saturday
Caldwell's Famous Musical
Organization To Present
First of Twelve Programs
The first of a series of twelve
weekly band concerts by the Cald
well high school band under the
direction of J. E. King, Jr., will
be Saturday night, the conductor
said today. The mu.-¡cal progran
will be staged on the tandatand on
the courthouse squire here, and the
list of this week's rumbera consista
of "March Heroic," Victor Herbert's
Favorites," "Vanished Army,"
march; "Diane Overture," "Donkey
Serenade," "Star Dust," "Scatter-
brain," "Perpetual Motion," novel-
ty; "Victory and Fame," concert
march.
Similar concert.-: nave been held
during the past several summers,
and the entertainments have at-
tracted large crowds tTom all parts
of this section. The public is cordi-
ally invited to sttend.
Nazi Infantrymen Practice New Tactics
m
Oermaa Infantrymen, especially tralaed la par achate Jamplag, dem-
ónstrate hew they leap frem giant transport planes. The invaders (rem
the sky carried light machine gaas which eaa be pat late actlea Immedi-
ately. "Fifth ealumn" tactics saeh aa these have beea employed by the
iavading Germans ea a widespread scale.
War Relief Fund
Grows Slowly;
Is Only $32.00
Red Cross Appeals For
Contributions To Help Care
For Thousands of Refugees
Contributions now totaling 032.00
have been received by the Burleson
County Bed Cross Chapter in their
drive for funds to help care for
the thousands of refugees who are
in dire need of food, clothing,
shelter and medical supplies in war
infested Europe, acconding to G.
A. Smith, chairman. The American
Red Cross is attempting to raise
ten million dollars and this coun-
ty's share of the goal is |640.
Contributions may be left with
Mr. Smith at the News office.
The fund stands as follows;
Previously reported $16.B0
1.60
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
FIGURES DONT LIE, YOU KNOW,
SO YOU FIGURE OUT THIS ONE
Here's one of the latest gags to make the rounds. They're
passing it around on little typewritten slips.
Mussolini
Born 1883
Came into power 1922
No. of yrs. in power 18
Age 67
3880
Stalin
Hitler
Roosevelt
1879
1889
1882
1924
1933
1933
16
7
7
61
51
58
3880
3880
3880
Note: The total in each case in 3880. Divide this by 2 and you
get—1940.
Stanley Pertl
Mrs. G. E. James
John Krenek
Miss Blanche Heslep
Mrs. Adine Heslep „
Anonymous
John E. Stefka
W. H. Hundley
Pete Sefcik
C. W. Holik
George Sefcik
John Sefcik
August Telg
Dr. B. J. Savage
Total $32.00
An urgent appeal for immediate
contributions to alleviate the suf-
ferings of the refugees was re-
ceived this week by Smith from
Norman Davis, National president
of the Red Cross. The telegram is
as follows:
"With several million men locked
in mortal combat on French and
Belgium soil, the relief needs of
Belgium-French peoples are reach-
ing staggering proportions. Al-
ready five million pitiful refugees
are clogging every road into c:n-
tra France trying to escape bomb-
ing and strafing from airplanes.
Our representatives in Frabce re-
port thousand* dying by roadsides
of wounds, fright and hunger.
American Red Cross must rush re-
lief of every kind if these innocent
people are to be saved; we are ex-
pediting millions in money and
supplies, hut we need more and
bigger contributions to carry on,
Memorial Service
To War Veterans
To Be Held Tonight
Tribute to World War veterans
and also to those who followed the
Confederate flag will be paid to-
night (Thursday), at 8 o'clock, in
the annual memorial service of the
Woman's Auxiliary of Deutsch
Houston Post, No. 461, American
Legion. The service will be held aft
the- First Methodist church
Poppy Sale Nets
Money To Benefit Disabled
Soldiers of World War
The members of the American
Legion Auxiliary, who again this
year had charge of the annual Pop-
py sale, were pleased with the re-
sults.
Ssturday the little red poppies
were sold for the benefit of the,
disabled soldiers of the World War
and the ready response to the sale
showed these patriotic women
plainly that the cause they worked
to benefit is one dear to the hearts
of American men and women.
The amount of cash derived from
the sale amounted to $42.40, and
the Auxiliary takes this method of
expressing their thanks to those
who bought poppies, and to the
following Boy Scouts who made the
sales: J. Warren Skrabanek, Curtis
Homeyer, John Boyd, Jimmie
Marks, Bobby Womble, Wayne
Thomas, Bennie Sullivan, Garland
Weichert, Bobby Beseda and Wal-
ter Nanny. Garland Weichert sold
the most poppies, 101.
County's Firsl
Mattress Unit
Is Opened Here
Free Distribution of
dint to IiOw Intern
Families To Begin at OHmv
Community Contora
The first unit of the
program in Burleson county, a part
of the Texas Mattress Program, gel
under way here last Wednesday at
the Armory, announces Misa las-
belle Foulds, county home demon-
stration agent. Miss Foulds also
announced that the Burleaon ap-
plications for free mattresaafc, avail-
sble only to farm families with aa
annual income of less than
totals 1812. Of this amount,
applications have been approved^
she said.
• • •• 'XEQrBm
The first completed
went to the Walter Duowall
Supervisors of the Caldwell But-
tress unit are Mrs. H. D. Woods
and Mrs. Antone Englemann.
Miss Foulds said 88 balsa of
cotton and 8,880 yards of tfcldag,
enough material for 880 nisttrsiees,
have been received here. Mace
material is expactad to arrive with-
in the next few days.
The second mattress making unit
In the county was set-up for ne-
groes in this area at the negro
school here Monday.
Another unit was started at
Hix school building Wsdnssday.
Other units are expected to «ves at
Chriesman, Cook's Point,
Snook, Deanville and
Chapel next week, Miss Foulds
said.
o
(Turn to No. 6, column 2, last page)
Lt. Broaddus, Back From U. S. Army Officers'
Training School, Addresses Jaycees Monday
Addressing members of the Cald-
well and Burleson County Junior
Chamber of Commerce Monday
night, First Lieutenant M. F.
Broaddus, commander of the local
N|tional Guard unit, declared Eng-
land and France face "a serious
situation" at the hands of Germany
because of the military tactics they
are employing in the war. "Of
course," he said, "the old adage—
where there's life, there's hope, is
true, but many drastic changes will
have to be made soon in the French
and English armies if they expect
to halt Hitler."
Lt. Broaddus returned here Sun-
day from Fort Benning, Georgia,
where he spent fourteen weeks in
an officer's training school with 378
other Regular Army and National
Guard officers from all parts of the
United States and her possessions.
He was one of eight Texas Nation-
al Guard officers selected to attend
the training school.
Hill-billy music by Bennie Hess
and his string band preceded
Broaddus' talk before the jaycees.
la bis talk, Lt. Broaddus briefly
outlined the vest defense program
in which the United States is en-
gaged today. He listed the number
of rifles, anti-aircraft guns, tanks
and other weapons that are now at
the disposal of the U. S. Army,
and then c«ted the increase in equip-
ment that will be made possible by
the new defense program. "At this
time we must admit that we aro
not prepared for war, nor do I be-
lieve the United States will enter
the European conflict," he said,
"but within the near future our
army, navy and air corps will be
so enlarged and well equipped that
it is not likely that any foreign
country will try to invade the Unit-
ed States."
Broaddus told about the many re-
cent improvements that have been
made in the U. S. Army and illus-
trated his talk with pictures of
"streamlined, modern weapons" be-
ing used in maneuvers in this coun-
try at this time.
He pointed out that ninety per
cent of the officers attending the
training school in Georgia, many
of whom served in World War No.
1, admitted that they were not in
favor of fighting in Europe again.
However, he said, all agreed they
would cross the Atlantic again if
the United States is threatened
with invasion. "If war is forced on
us, we want to stop the enemy be-
fore they touch our soil,' 'he re-
marked.
After completing his work at the
training school, Broaddus wu as-
signed to the 4th Corps Regular
Army Maneuvers In the hills
northeast of of Benning. He was
appointed a battallion supply offi-
cer, and it was his duty to super-
vise the feeding of more than 1100
men three times a day. "The gov-
ernment allowed supply officers 41
cents a day to feed each man tak-
ing part in the maneuvers, and wc
fed them well," he said.
Because of his oustanding grades
at the training school and the work
he completed before going to
Georgia, Lt. Broaddus will receive
his captain's commission in the
Texas National Guard within the
next two weeks.
Services Held
For Aged Lady
Mrs. Elisabeth Bird, 78,
Succumbs Monday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Elizabeth Haddox Bird, 78, a resi-
dent of Burleson county for more
than sixty years who died of a heart
attack here Monday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Theo-
dore Ryan, were held at 11 a. m.
Wednesday morning at the Harvey-
Schiller Funeral Home with Rev.
A. S. Broaddus officiating. Burial
was made in Masonic c^n^etery.
The deceased, wife of the late
John G. Bird, was born in Louisiana,
moving to the Harmony community
when in her 'teens. She made hci
home in Harmony until about 18
months ago when she moved to
Caldwell. She had been a member of
the Harmony Baptist church ever
since she moved to this county.
She is survived by five daughters,
Mrs. Theodore Ryan, Mrs. Anderson
Young, and Mrs. Frank Wilcox of
Caldwell, Mrs. Howard Tuttle of
Somervillc and Mrs. Hprland Mc-
Leod of Angleton; three sons, Nath-
an and Jim Bird of Caldwell and
Earl Bird of Ft Worth; twenty-
three grand children and nineteen
grcst-grand children.
W. C. Mills, Jr., To
Graduate From Rice
W. C. Mills, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Mills of Caldwell, is
a candidate for a B. A. degree to
be conferred at the June 3 com
mencement exercises of Rice In-
stitute, Houston. The senior class
consists of 225 members, and ths
exercises wilt be held at 9 a.m. on
the chemistry courts of Rice In
stitute. Mr. Mills will enter the
Galveston Medical School next Fallí
where he will study surgery.
H. D. NOTES
By I8ABBLLB FOULDS
Home Demonstration Agent
for Barlsee* Ceanty
Long Life for Mattri—sa
A long life for mattresses fa
possible providing they are given
proper care during thsir youth as
fdl as their later years.
This fact has been pointed out
by Mrs. Bernice Clayton, specialist
in home improvement for the Taaaa
A. and M. College Extension Serv-
ice, who says she hopes the thou-
sands of mattreases to bo male in
Texas within the next few wsaka
will live to a ripe old age. In addi-
tion to the usual manufactura of
cotton mattresses in the state, hun-
dreds are being made daily is com-
munity centers under the govern-
ment's program for supplying mat-
tress making materials to low-in-
come farm families. •
First of all, after the mattress
has been completed it should be
sunned and beaten every day for
approximately two weeks before it
is ever used. Mrs. Claytor says, al-
so, the mattress should be turned
over frequently and beaten thor-
oughly on both sides.
Regulsr care of a mattress after
it is once in use should be sunned
and beaten once a week and often
from side to side and end to en.
A table 83" by 61" is a useful pitea
of equipment for sunning Mid
beating mattresses.
Other practices recommended
for adding to the life of a mattress
sre the use of a spring cover, a
(Turn to No. 4, column 3, last page)
Msrriage License
K. Mynar and
Alma
Edward
Havemann.
Alvin E. Sebesta and Ruth Boett-
cher.
Bob Warren and Lydia Ann Due-
wall.
Henry Brown and Nelene Hewett
Land Matters
Frank G. Sefcik to Milton Win-
ters. Lease on 8-4 aere B. A. Port-
er survey on Highway 81, known as
Under Pass Package atore and Nite
Spot, up to Dec. SI, 1955, at $20
per month.
Pat Ivors and wife to Milton
Winters; lease on said 3-4 acres
mentioned above up to Dae. SI,
1945, at $10 per month, and Mil of
sale to the business and Package
8tore on said 8-4 acre.
J. H. Womble of Bryan to Cald-
well National Bank; note of $907
against Pete and John Scarmardo,
and lien on 22 1-2 acres Curtis
league on Highway 21 just west of
Braios River.
A. B. Cole and wife, Corins, to
Woodson Lumber Co., mechanic's
lien on 1 acre of land at Tunis, la
secure net* for $148.84, payable is
installments of $15 saeh.
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