The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
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greatest end best
advertising service
oí Burleson County.
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AND THE BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
VOLUME LV—NUMBER 45
CALDWELL. TEXAS. THURSDAY, MAY 8. 1941
"PHE Other day a publication in
North Texas advertised for a
linotype operator who was accur-
ate, fast and sober. Within twenty-
four hours came this letter from
West Texas:
"You want an operator who is
accurate? Ethylidene nitrocellu-
lose and the Fordham line-up flow
from my fingers like Niagara
Falls. I can set an Ethiopian re-
treat. a Polish proclamation and
a Boston concert without missing
*a single accent ami can sum up a
New Deal appropriation without
dropping a single zero. The last
error I made was in setting up
Woodrow Wilson's inaugural ad-
dress.
"You want an op rator who is
fast? Then get two machines well
oiled and ready to go, lor when I
get started I don't like to have to
wait until the machine cools olf.
You'll need two boys pouring in
lead and three making off the type.
"You want an operator who is
sober? Then you don't mant me."
• • • •
rjOLLMNIST Boyce House digs
up this joke which is old
but always good:
A young man from the city
was sent to take an inventory
of a farm, lie hadn't had any
experience in this type of work,
"*but he managed to make a list
of all the chattels and stock un-
til he came to an animal which
he wan unable to identify — a
goat.
So he phoned his boss and
said, "What do you call this
thing that's around here with a
rough ¿oat that's worn out in
apota, a beard, and a long, sad
face"?
"That, you fool." replied the
boaa, "is the farmer."
• • • •
J^EWS Item:
St. Joe, Ark. A young man
here, asking a father for his
daughter's hand in marriage, was
asked what his financial prospects
were. He enthusiastically declared
that the FHA would buy a farm
for him. AAA would pay him to
work only part of it. WPA would
give his wife work in the sewing
room and himself some winter
%r«rk on the roads, and the Sur-
plus Commodities Corporation
would furnish food, the Extension
Service would arrange for mat-
tresses and beddirg, and Federal
Agencies would supply doctors and
hospital needs if necessary. H<-
said no young couple ever faced
the future with brighter prospects.
• * • •
"|T AH ( «mes Hack to Me
Now." sang the polerat a*
the wind shifted.
• • • •
"JJELP Your wife" says Cood
Housekeeping magazine. . . .
"When she mops up the floor, mop
HP the floor with her."
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^EXAS Legislators have passed
the omnibus tax measure that
is expected to raise more
than 22 million dollars annually
in new revenue, with more than
half allotted to the old age pension
fund, and the balance to get the
general fund out of the red and
make effective other phases of the
social security program, including
teacher retirement, blind assist-
ance, children's aid. The state
highway fund will also come in for
a share. If you've been wondering
•just how this revenue will be pro-
vided, according to the bill, here's
the dope on the new taxes and the
n«w rates on old taxes:
Oil production— 4 1-8 cents and
4 1-8 per cent a barrel compared
with present 2 .1-4 cents and 2 3-4
per ccnt estimated revenue $23,-
586,000; present revenue $15,000.-
000.
Natural gas production—5.2 per
cent of value compared with 3 per
cent; $1,400,000 and $700,000.
Sulphur production — $1.727 a
ton compared with $1.03; $2,814,-
725 and $2,279,219.
Telephone companies-—Increased
Mtea ranging from 1.5 to 2.275
per cent of gross receipts; $693,600
Md $600,000.
Public utilities—Increased rates
tanging from .44 per cent to 1.5125
per cent of grots receipts; $1,029,-
000 and $875,000.
Sales of motor vehicles—1 per
cent $3,000,000. A new tax.
Liquor $I.2H a gallon compared
with 96c; $5,226,908 and $3,926,-
908.
Corporation franchises—$1 per
$1,000 capital stock compared with
f 00 and 90 cents; $4,072,530 and
PRICE f 1.50 A YEAR—5 CENTS A COPY
Auto Sales, New
And Used, Taxed
1 Per Cent Now
One of the eeveral levies includ-
ed in the omnibus tax bill recently
enacted by the Texas legislature
wax a 1 per cent sales tax on au-
tomobiles, the office of County
Tax Assessor-Collector J. A. Fuchs
has announced.
The law provides that all auto-
mobiles sold after the first of May
arc* subject to the tax and includes
both new and used cars.
Defense Bond
Sales Get Off
To Slow Start
Post Office and Two Hanks
Report Only $4,875 Worth
Sold Here Since Issue
Opened Last Week
Total sales of national defense
savings Ixinds in Caldwell through
Wednesday was only $4,875, it was
revealed afU-r a check of sales at
the post office and both banks.
In addition, Postmaster Kocurek
reported a few sales have been
made of the defense stamps which
are to be traded in for bonds when
sufficient amounts have been saved
by depositors.
The bonds and stamps went on
-ale here and throughout the na-
tion last Thursday. Ed Dement
bought the first bond. It was for
$1000. A 12-year-old boy. Billy
I.indsey, purchased the first de-
fense stamp.
The post office reported bonds
sales totaling $2500; the First
State Bank. $1250, and the Cald-
well National Bank, $1125.
The defense stamps are in de-
nominations of 10c, 25c, 50c, $1
and $5, and these may be pasted
into albums until the books are
filled, when they may be traded
for the defense savings bonds of
the maturity value of $26, $50, $100
(See Bond Sales, col. 4. last page)
All Registrants
To Soon Receive
Questionnaires
Immediate Action To He
Taken To Obtain Man-
Power Inventory
Officials of the Burleson County
Draft Board, located in Somerville,
have been notified by Selective
Headquarters that all question-
naires an- to be mailed out to the
registrants immediately. This is
being done for the purpose of ob-
taining inventory of the potential
man-power available. officials
pointed out and does not mean thBt
this board's quota for the current
year is raised.
Headquarters instructions are
that those men who are potential
Cías? 1-A men, after analysis of
their questionnaire, l>e held in a
group as "Possible 1-A Men" pend-
ing further calls. These men are
not to be examined physically un-
til such time as further calls de-
mand this additional man-power.
Registrants should bear in mind
(See Registrants, col. 3, last page)
More Registrants
Get Questionnaires
tjuestionnaires will be mailed to
Burleson County registrants at the
rate of approximately 100 a week
until all have been sent out, J. W.
Woods, draft board clerk, has an-
nounced. Those who will receive
their questionnaires before the
end of this week are listed below.
681 Tom Willie Jones
682 John T. Malone
683 Milton Lewis
684 John Julius Sebes ta
68R Collin Maurice Stanley
686 Edmond Dee Krittof
687 Willie R. Smith
688 William Taft Copelyn
689 Ignacio D. Ramon
690 Robert Lee Vavra
691 John William Willard
692 Juan Moretes Martines
693 Edward Frank Peceña
694 George Maldanado Oroxco
695 Jose Caballero Reyes
(See Explosions, column 2, last p.) (See Questionnaires, col. 3, page 2)
Battleship, Submarine Strengthen U. S. Navy
, U. S. NAVY
Built Building
15 Battleships 17
6 Aircraft Carriers 12
«sfflüSS 37 Cruisers 48
159 Destroyers 166
104 Submarines 81
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Rapid expansion of the United States army is being matched by the navy as it continues to speed
new ships to completion. In addition to small auxiliary vessels constantly joining the fleet, two powerful
fighting ships will he commissioned on May 15 when the 35,000-ton superdreadnaught Washington
(right) and the 253-foot submarine Mackerel (left) are placed into service. The Washington will join her
sister ship, the North Carolina, which was commifeiioned last month, while four other similar battle-
ships will be launched within a year.
C. H. S. Musicians
To Enter National
Contests At Waco
Two Ensembles and Four
Soloists Will Compete
For Honors
Two ensembles and four soloists
will represent the Caldwell high
school band in the Region 6 nation-
al band contests in Waco this
week-end, according to Director
James E. King Jr.
Th.- Waco contests, to be held
Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
will attract hundreds of musicians
from Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Texas, King said.
The entire Caldwell high school
band, due to the record it made at
th ■ recent regional meet, is eligi-
ble to compete in the national
contests, King stated, but limited
finances will only enable the en-
sembles and soloists to make th.-
trip.
he ensembles are—
Brass sextette: Jennings Mc-
Lean. trumpet; Curtis Homeyer,
trumpet; John Veiss. bass; Jimmie
Marks, French born; Glenn Schil-
ler. trombone; Buddy Cobb, bari-
tone.
Clarinet quartet: Jimmie Gray,
Princess Moore, Jerry Polansky
anil Bobby Womble.
Soloists include Adine Womble.
twiriing; Jimmie Marks. French
horn; Jennings McLean, cornet;
and Julius Skrivanek, bass.
August Gafke,
Dies At Deanville
Came Here From
Europe In 1893
August Gafke, 80-year-old Dean-
ville resident, died at his home Sat-
urday evening. Funeral services,
under the direction of Harvey-
Schiller, were held from his late
residence Monday afternoon at one
o'clock, with Rev. E. C. Poehlmann
of Caldwell officiating. Burial was
in Deanville Lutheran cemetery.
Mr. Gafke was born April 2,
1861, in Si'hhusen-in-dcr-Altmark.
Germany. At the age of fourbeen
he was confirmed in the Lutheran
faith. He married Miss Augusta
Paste in Germany, and eight years
later, in 1893, he and his wife im-
migrated to Amcriea, settling in
Caldwell. They later moved to
Mound Prairie and Lyons. He had
been a resident of Deanville 25
years.
The deceased is survived by his
widow; four daughters, Mrs. Mar-
tha Fahnert, Mrs. Ella KoUilau
and Mrs. Augusta Arcutt of San
Antonio and Mrs. Maggie Rotula
of Beaumont; one son, Henry
Oafke of Deanville; twenty-one
grandchildren and eighteen great-
grand-children.
Industry Pays Highest Wages
The Texas petroleum industry
pays the highest wages of any in-
dustry in the State.
Vacancies In CCC
Exist For Several
Burleson White Men
Young white men in Burleson
county who want to enlist in the
CCC are requested to apply at the
relief office in the basement of the
courthouse here on Wednesday
mornings.
Applicants should be between
17 and 23 years of age, unemployed
and in need of employment. Form-
er members of the CCC who have
been honorably discharged and are
otherwise eligible, and have been
out of the camp for the preceding
three months may be selected for
enrollment, Mrs. Annie Massey,
county ease worker, said.
Rites Conducted
Wednesday For
Mrs. Windhausen
Highly Respected Caldwell
Lady Succumbs On
Seventieth Kirthday
At dawn, Tuesday morning,
May (J, on her seventieth birthday,
Mrs. ("has. Windhausen, one of
the pioneer settlers of Caldwell,
passed away at her home, after a
lingering illne-s of several months.
She was born in Hanover. Ger-
many, and came to Caldwell as a
bride of the late Chas. Windhaus-
en. who was engaged in a progres-
sive mercantile business here for
many years. To this union one
child, Mrs. J. A. Fuchs of this
city, was born.
Mrs. Windhausen was a mem-
ber of St. Mary's Catholic church,
and as early as 1893, when there
was no church of her faith in this
city. Holy Mass was held in her
home. Her Christian life was al-
ways a consistent one; she was de-
pendable at home and among her
ho. t of friends.
For years, until ill health pre-
vented, she was organist at the
Catholic church, always in her
place and busy about the Master's
work.
The deceased's sweet, hospita-
(See Rites Conducted, col. 3, p. 2)
Farmers Market
(Prices subject to change)
Cotton Seed, a ton $25
Cottonseed Meal, a sack $1.90
Cottonseed Meal, a ton $35
Hulls, a ton $12
Hogs, a pound 5 4 c-7c
Hides, a pound 9e
Eggs, a dosjen lflc
Butter, a pound ... 40c in trade
Hens, a pound 13c-15c
Bakers, a pound 8c-10c
Fryers, a pound 14c-16c
Roosters, a pound 6c
Turkeys. No. 2 5c
Toms, a pound 8c
Turkeys, No. I hens 10c
Old Toms flc
Butvorfat, No. 1 25c
Six Registrants
Out of 713 Make
Appeals to Board
Burleson County's Record
Jibes With That Of
State Generally
Seven hundred and thirteen of
the 1951 selective service regist-
rants in Burleson county have been
classified, according to J. W.
Woods, draft board clerk. Of this
number 55 have been inductod into
th? service of the United tates
Army.
Of the men classified, 74 have
been rated as 1-A; 25 as 1-D; 395
a< 111-A, and the remainder in all
>ther classifications.
In the process of classification
there have been six white men who
have made appeals. Two of these
were given deferment of six months
and the other four were retained
in Class 1-A.
The record of the Burleson coun-
ty board, so far as appeals from
classifications is concerned, jibes
with that of the state generally.
According to Gen. J. Watt Page,
state director of selective service,
only 527 appeals have been made
ou of 272,005 registrants classified
as of April 1, and only on - request
for adjudication of decision had
been submitted to the President,
up to that date.
Caldwell Ends
Baseball Play
Hornets Finish Last In
Four-Team League
Playing their last game of the
eason Tuesday in the northern
division of the Houston Post high
school baseball league, the Cald-
well Hornets lost to Erenham, 8 to
0.
Somerville. for the second con-
cutive year, copped the number
one place in the northern division
and will play the winner of the
southern division of the Post
league for the championship title.
Hearne finished second, Bren
ham third, and Caldwell, fourth,
in the northern division. Caldwell
played ten league games and lost
all of them.
(¿iddings To Be Inducted
Into Scientific Society
J. Louis Giddings Jr. will be in
ducted into the University of
Arizona chapter of Sigma Xi,
honorary scientific society, at ini
tiation ceremonies in Tuscon Fri-
day, his parents here learned to-
day.
Giddings is one of three who will
be given full membership in the
scientific society. His special field
is anthropology. His alma mater
is the University of Alaska.
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Average Oil Tax Per Barrel
All the oil produced in Texas
now pays an average tax of 9.28
cents per barrel.
Burleson County Wins State Swine
Contest Second Consecutive Year
Award Announced Today
By Extension Service;
Prise Based on Work Done
By 102 4-H Boys In 1940
For the second consecutive year
Burleson County has won first
place in swine work, it was an-
nounced by E. M. Regenbrecht,
animal husbandman of the Exten-
Spring Term Of
District Court
To Open Mon.
Heavy Civil, Divorce And
Criminal Docket Awaits
Disposal; Men Summoned
For Grand Jury Service
A heavy civil, divorce and crim-
inal docket will await disposal
when the spring term of Burleson
County district court opens Mon-
day morning at Caldwell. Twenty-
seven civil, 74 old and 22 new di-
vorce cases, and 36 criminal cases
are scheduled. Grand jurors have
been summoned to receive the
charge from Judge Tate and be-
gin their work of investigating
law violations in Burleson county.
While the grand jury is in ses-
sion, the usual procedure of hear-
ing non-jury civil cases will be
followed. It is not known at this
time when the first panel of petit
jurors will be required to appear.
Those summoned to appear for
grand jury service are D. L. Al-
ford Sr., Henry Blaha, Otto Bau-
mann, Cecil Porter, C. E. Cromar-
tie, Jerry Slovacek, W. W. Wat-
son, Charlie Parks, Marvin Mur-
ray, W. B. Heine, J. L. Lightsey,
Marvin Porter, J. V. Sefcik, J. M.
Kocurek, Charlie Hardt and Peter
Wouniack, colored.
Besides investigating all law
(See Court, column 4, last page)
1941 AAA Farm
Earnings May
Be Estimated
Parity Payments On Vari-
ous Crops Have Been
Announced Here
With the recent determination of
1941 parity payment rates, Burle-
son county farmers can now esti-
mate the amount they can earn
through full participation in the
1941 AAA farm program, accord-
ing to T. R. Kennedy, secretary of
the AAA committee.
Parity payments, pased on -he
normal yields o:. allotted acreages,
will be made at the rate of 1.38
cents per pound on cotton, 10 cents
per bushel on wheat, and 32.4 cents
per barrel on rice, the AAA official
said. Farmers who participate in
the 1941 AAA program and plant
within their farm acreage allot-
ments of thesfe crops are eligible
to receive payments at these rates,
he declared.
In addition to parity payments,
cooperaing farmers will receive
(See AAA Earnings, col. 5, last p.)
COURT HOUSE REVO
Marriage License
Charlie Sandle and Odis Mae
Polk.
Land Matters
Mrs. Pearl Watson Stamps and
husband to Harmon Gerland and
wife. 30 3-8 acres of the W. W
Watson et near Deanville; $900.
Joe L. Kocurek to Mrs. Pearl
Stamps and husband; release of
lien on 30 3-8 acres, S. M. Williams
league.
Federal Land Bank to Florida
Jones; release of lien on 106.9
acres Cole survey in bottom.
Frank Drgac to S. P. J. S. T.
Lodge; transfer of lien on 106.9
acres now owned by Henry Jaku-
bik and wife.
R. F. Wuenscher and wife to
Martin Knesek. 8.9 acres and lots
1 to 6 in Blk. 10 in Lyons; $800.
Simpson Qro. Co. to C. J. Jancik
(See Court House, col, 6, last p.)
sion Service, during a radio pro-
gram Thursday morning. Th* «en-
test which is conducted each year
by the T*xas Swine Breeders' As-
sociation is open to all counties la
the state. This is the first time say
county has won this high distinc-
tion two consecutive years. A di-
ver plaque with the name of the
county engraved is the price. To
ga'.n permanent possession of it,
Burleson County must win it two
more years.
The award was based on the
work of 102 4-H boys who were
enrolled in swine work in 1940 un-
der the direction of M. G. Perkins,
county agent. These boya raised
over 100,000 pounds of pork in the
form of live hogs.
The winning of this contest will
mean valuable publicity to the
Registered Hog Association and
the county. Much free advertising
for the county has already been
obtained through exhibiting at
state shows. In 1940, 4-H boys ex-
hibited hogs at five shows: the
Southwest Texas Boys' Fat Stock
Show in San Antonio, Houston
Fat Stock Show, State Fair In
Pallas, the local county fair, and
the Registered Hog Association
(See Swine Contest, col. 3, last p.)
Edgar S. Shephard, 63
Dies of Heart Attack
Wednesday Morning:
Funeral services for Edgar
Stark Shephard, 63 years, 11
months and 27 days old, will be
held today (Thursday) at 3 p.m.
at the Liberty Baptist church with
Rev. C. M. White of CaldweU of-
ficiating. Burial will be made in
the church cemetery under the di-
rection of Harvey-Schiller.
Mr. Shephard, a native of the
Midway community, died suddenly
at his home in that district about
8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning
of a heart attack.
He is survived by his widow;
seven daughters, Mrs. Mable Pat-
terson of Tahoka, Mrs. Bessie
Smith of Buckeye, Mrs. Mary
Dunaway of Pasedena, Mrs. Pearl
Graham of Navasota, Mrs. Lela
Tonn of Caldwell and Miss Ruby
Shephard and Miss Louela Shep-
hard of Midway; five sons, Jud
Shephard of Victoria, Henry Shep-
hard of Navasota, J. B. Shephard,
Carl Shephard and Bryan Shep-
hard of Midway; three sisters,
Mrs. Mary Mullins of Milano,
Mrs. Katie Woolverton of Milano
and Mrs. Lovie Perkins of Ganse;
eight grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
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All Present Notaries
To Be Re-Appointed
By Secretary of State
According to County Clerk John
J. Toupal, all Notaries Public will
be automatically reappointed by
the office of the Secretary of State
for the term beginning Jone 1,
1941. and expiring June 1, 1943.
"There will be no necessity," he
said, "for an existing notary to
write to the county clerk's or
secretary of state's office request-
ing that he be reappointed. Each
should receive his notice of ap-
pointment on or about May 15, to-
gether with the bond, which may
be properly executed and returned
to the county clerk's ofTice by Jnne
1."
Persons who are not notaries at
the present time who desire to be
appointed should write to the coun-
ty clerk's office and give their
correct name and address, he said.
A recent law passed by the Texas
legislature requires a notary pub-
lic to either print or stamp his *
name below the signature on
notarial acknowledgments, Toupal
pointed out.
There are about sixty notaries
oublic in Burleson county.
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Broaddus Named laatractar
CAMP BOWIE—Captain M. F.
Broaddus of Caldwell is among the
30 officers of the 36th Division
who have been named as instruct-
ors for training additional offic-
ers, non-commissioner officers and
enlisted men in umpire methods
to be used later in maneuvers in
which the division will take port.
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North Texas Oil Wells Small
More than HO per cent of all oil
wells in North Texas are
pumpers.
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