The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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By GEORGE C. FALL
CHARLIB OR8AK and family
ware culling topa ike oilier day
and Mr*. Oraak was confrontad
by a huge, diamond back rattle
anake, no old that kc van black.
Ska almost stepped on the rep-
tile. The anake waa coiled and
reaembled a larre. circular hunk
of anake fleah. ««bout the she of
waah tub. He measured aome-
thing over four and a half feet
in length and waa aaid to be the
aite of your leg.
•
THERE ARE many rattier near
Orsak's place in the Harmony
Community, near Brushy Creek.
They have killed a number of these
fellows over a period of time. They
killed this one with a shot gun, Mrs.
Orsak standing watch at a goodly
distance away while her husband
went after the gun.
•
AROI'T TEN Years K" Char-
lie Orsak was working near his
home, diKging post holes, when
he ran across a copperhead. As
he reached to put the post in
place the copperhead snapped
him on the finKcr. He attempted
to shake the snake loose but he
held on light l> and it was neces-
sary for Charlie to pull the snake
off. lie was quite ill from the
bite but suffered no permanent
i!' effects. In some cuses the bite
of a copperhead or a rattler
leaves one paralyzed and in some
cases blindness results.
•
MRS. AN NIK Massey received
wild irom her son, Stuff Sergeant
Marvin L. Mas-ey, this week that
he is being moved to Cai.ip Pilche
iii Maryland, where he will attend
Officers' Training School. He is in
the Intelligence Department and
is specializing in Sabotuge.
•
PRIVATE FIRST ( lass Jesse
Holmes has arrived in Australia,
according to a letter received by
his mother. Mrs. Mary Holmes.
He is a teletype operator and
writes to his mother as follows:
"We arrived safely after an
uneventful trip across the ocean
and we are now camped some-
where in Australia. Due to strict
censorship it will be impossible
to tell you just where I am at
any time during my stay in Aus-
tralia. I am in the best of health
and think I am going to like it
here fine.
"In my next letter I will tell
you about the Australian money,
traffic, kangaroos, koala bears
and some of the customs of the
people.
"The Australians treat us with
th"* utmost kindness and are the
most hospitable people in the
world."
*
"THE EMPTY ROOM"
That is the caption of an adver-
tisement one of the most inspir-
ing advertisements we have ever
seen. The illustration shows a mid-
dle-aged man. standing alone and
looking into a Iwiy's bedroom. The
text has him saying:
"This is my boy's room.
"This in where he slept.
"This is where he dreamed a
child's dreams.
"This is where he saw a man's
visions.
"Here, in this empty room, are
• faded pictures of teammates and
heroes . . . books scribbled over
with notes and exclnmations . . .
the gloves and spike shoes we hung
tip for good before he went to war
. . . the silver cup he won at Sea
Mright . . . bright pennants . . .
and all the careless memoranda,
the echoes of his days.
"If fathers could only pour their
hate through the hot barrels of
smoking guns and write the rec-
ords of their grief with bayonet
steel!
"They said I was too old to fight,
though I'm only 50.
"But, if I'm tool old to fight and
drop a stick of bombs, I'm not too
old to lay my money on the line
for War Savings Stamps and
Monda!
"Maybe I am too stiff and slow
to fly. hut I've got control enough
♦to keep my car speed under 40 . . .
no they can keep their fighting
planes above 400!
"And if I can't march 30 miles
a day with a full pack, I can walk
two miles to work and back to help
save gas and rubber!
"No, I'm not bitter any more be-
cause I won't win this war behind
a gun or on a ship or in the sky.
"I've come around to thinking
that here at home we've got the
job of passing the ammunition
along, of sacrificing little things,
of giving up and going without, of
looking ahead to 'less' instead of
'more.' Somebody's got to do the
necessary, undramatic things . . .
mid I guess that's what older men
are for."
To the I'nitcil States Rubber
gt ompany, which sponsors this ad-
vertisement. and to the ;• rtist and
the writer who prepared it, namely,
< ampbell Ewahi Co., advertising
agents, our thanks. Through the
Caldwell £fetws
t
WATCH
AND TUB BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 2
CALDWELL. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1942
PRICE 91 JO A YEAR—5 CENTS
Nation Starts
Collection Of
Scrap Met&ls
Industries of America
Finance Gigantic
Advertising Campaign
Pushes Pappy Into Run-Off
(See Town Topics, col. I. last page)
Nation-wide advertising is being
used with daily and weekly news-
papers, the farm press, trade pa-
pers, magazines and radio to stim-
ulate the flow of scrap metals into
war production. The industries of
America are financing the $2,000,-
000 advertising campaign and the
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
of the War Production Board is as-
sisting in the concentrated drive
for scrap material.
"This campaign," said John L.
Dellinger, regional conservation
manager, "was undertaken by a
group of the nation's leading in-
dustries, in cooperation with the
Conservation Division of the WPB
jr.il i> closely integrated with the
WPB's new national salvage pro
(See NATION, col. 5, last ¡>age)
Novosad Is
Elected To
School Job
J. M. Hare Defeated As
County Superintendent;
Jacob Puchs Re-Elected
Out of the five races that were
run in the county election last
Saturday, two of the offices will see
new faces in the person of newly
elected officials next January, when
Raymond R. Novosad, elected Coun-
ty Superintendent of Schools, will
take over his duties from J. Malvin
Hare, and Ivouis Blazek relieves W.
H. (iiesenschlag as Commissioner
of Precinct No. 2.
The other three races saw the
incumbents remain in harness. J.
J. Haddox defeated Mike Connolly
for Justice of the Peace and ("has
Houston defeated Jesse Strong for
constable. Jacob A. Fuchs, County
Tax Assessor and Collector, re-
tained his office for another term,
piling up a total of 1§69 votes to
¡183 for his opponent, Jack W. Port-
•r, a margin of slightly under 2
to 1. County Attorney W. M. Hil-
lirtrd, District Clerk Fred Ellw,
County Judge Hays Bowers, Coun-
ty Treasurer Mr . Flossie Philp,
County Clerk John Toupal, Com-
missioner C. W. Holik and other
commissioners did not have any
ipposition and were re-elected by
heavy votes.
Raymond Novosad defeated the
incumbent, J. M. Hare, by .147
votes, Hare polling 1260 and No-
vosad recording 1603.
— MIT DKfrKNMK ItOXtt*
Squirrel Season
To Close July 31
Squirrel season in Burleson
County ends with the month of
July and remains closed for two
months, according to Paul W. Bo-
gusch, local game warden. Bogusch
said that he had received several
inquiries of late concerning the
closed season on squirrels, and
pointed out that July .11 to Oct. I
is the two-month period in which
no squirrel hunting is allowed.
JAMES V. ALLRED
Thumbnail biography of James V. Allred, whose race
against W. Lee O'Daniel upset the Junior Senator's campaign
slogan, "There Ain't Gonna He No Run-off".
BORN—Howie, Texas, March 29, 1899, one of seven chil-
dren of Renne Allred, a rural mail carrier, and Mrs. Allred.
YOUTH—Shined shoes, sold newspapers, ran errands
and did janitor work to pay for schooling. Graduated from
Howie high school with honors in 1917. In September of that
year entered Rice Institute at Houston, working at filling
station. At end of first semester, took stenographic job with
h~ United States customs scrvict
m th- border at El Paso.
WAR SERVICE — Resigned
haft-exempt job to enlist in the
United States Ncvy as an apprent-
ice seaman. Honorably discharged
Feb. 19. 1919.
RECORD IN WICHITA FALLS
—Stenographer in law firm until
September, 1920. when he entered
Cumberland University at Leban-
on, Tenn.. where he got L. L. B.
degree in June, 1921. Returned to
Wichita Falls to enter law prac-
tice. Appointed district attorney in
April. 1923, re-elected in 1924. Ran
against Claude Pollard for Attor-
ney General in 1926, receiving 356,-
030 votes, only 4,946 less than his
opponent.
STATE OFFICE—Defeated R.
L. Bobbitt, incumbent, for office
of Attorney General in 1930. Re-
New Numbers
Easy To Get
Says Officer
Social Security Official Here
Explains Procedure When
Card Is Lost
"Some workers are unde: the
mistaken impression that when a
social security account number card
is lost, a duplicate may be ob-
tained by writing a letter or send-
ing a telegram to the Social Se-
curity Board field office from which
the number was secured," said R.
D. Patterson, assistant manager of
the Social Security Board, who was
in Caldwell Wednesday.
He explained that if a worker
wishes a duplicate account number.
Form SS-5, which may be secured
from a post, office or a Social Se-
curity Board office, should be com-
pleted exactly n>' the original ap-
plication with an additional state-
ment that a duplicate number is
desired.
Patterson's statement was made
(See Pushes, column 4, last page)
Candidates To Turn In
Third Expense Acc't.
(See Numbers, col. >, last page)
Candidates who ran for offices
in the county are requested to file
heir third expense account not
later than ten days after the Pri-
•nary, July 25, which will be Tucs-
iuy, August 4.
Thrift Wardrobe
Of Cotton Sacks
To Be Exhibited
Mrs. Irene N. Aby, home econ-
omist, will show her thrift ward-
robe of clothes from every occasion
made from cotton sacks like most
rf you have at home.
Mrs. Aby will also give a dem
onstration on variations and short
•uts in biscuit making.
The demonstration will be at
2:00 p.m. in the county court room
Monday, August 3. Every house
wife is invited to attend this meet-
ing.
— urr dkkkmhk HM.vn* —
. Lee Forced
Into Run-Off
With Allred
Stevenson Walks Off With
(iovernor's Race; James
Almost Has Majority
W. Lee O'Daniel, for the first
time in his short but sky-rocketing
|> litical career, has been forced in-
to a run-off by none other than
Jimmy Allred, former Texas Gov-
i nor and Federal Judge, who quit
i ten thousand dollar a year, life-
time job, to f,et at the business of
beating the Junior Senator from
fexas. Latest election reports is-
sued by the Texas Election Bureau
gave O'Daniel 470,817; Allred 311,-
55K and Moody 177,019; Floyd E.
Ryan 12,516 in the first primary
computation.
The bureau estimated O'Daniel's
percentage of the 971,210 votes at
18.42. Allred's 32.05 and Moody's
18.22.
Governor Coke Stevenson was
re-elected by about 8 to 1 over Hal
Collins, Superintendent of Public
Instruction L. A. Woods was an
easy winner over Tergerson, Jesse
lames, who piled up 49 percent of
all the votes, lacked a majority
Voting In Burleson County Ti
With General Run of Voting b State
W. Lee O'Daniel Leads In the County With
Jimmy Allred Second and Dan Moody Trailing
Voters in Burlesqn County were just about like the
erage voter over the State, as was indicated by their
in last Saturday's Democratic Primary, when they caa
lot with first one and then another of the 53 candidates
were running on the State ticket.
Most of the candidates who were leaders over the
state, were high men in this county.
In the race for United States Senator W. Lee O'l
polled 1414 votes, Allred 1164 and Dan Moody 263. Out of
twenty-two boxes O'Daniel
thirteen, and Jimmy Allred
In Run-Off
State Senator Harold Beck of
Texarkana, who served as pres-
ident pro tem of the Texas Sen-
ate during the last special ses-
sion. enters the second primary
for Lieutenant Governor with J.
Lee Smith as his opponent. Beck
trailed Smith in Burleson County
election last Saturday.
Run-Off August 22
The second primary or run-off
in the selection of Democratic Par-
ty candidates will take place Sat-
(See FORCED, col. 4, last page) urday. August 22.
Official County Election Returns by Boxes
Court House
Tax
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liilley's Store . 197 210 199
Porter's Chapel 32 27, 26
Cook's Point
New Tabor .
Harmony . .
Pitts Bridge
Tunis . . . .
41 1Í7|
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119
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4¡ 29 21
11 61 48
Fraimville . .
Chriesman . . .
Lyons
Birch
Merle ....
Deanvilie . .
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Foster's Store
Koppc's Store
Somerville . .
Snook ....
Black Jack . .
Prairiedale . .
Providence . .
TOTAL...
45; 18 30
66 75
44 119
0 53
19 84
230
206
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THIS IS HOW THE STATE RACE WENT IN BURLESON COUNTY
Court House . .
Gilley's Store . .
Porter's Chapel
Cook's Point .
New Tabor . . .
Harmony ....
Pitts Bridge . .
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Chriesman . . .
Lyons
Birch
Merle
Deanvilie ....
Clay
Foster's Store .
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seven. Moody led in one box
tied one.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson
far ahead of his closest rival,
Collins, leading the contender
nearly 3 to 1. Collins received
votes and Stevenson 2025. Stev
son carried every box in the coi
with the exception of Black Jd
which voted 28 to 7 in favor of
Mineral Wells manufacturer.
Jesse James polled a big maja
ty in the county, grabbing ne
ill the votes in his race for
Treasurer. Hatcher and Smith
ceived a little over a hundred vc
(See VOTING, col. 3, last pa
Mrs. Dowell
Passes Away
At Residence
Funeral Services Held
Thursday and Interim
At Mineóla
Mrs. Golda Nettie Dowell,
August 24, 1881, at Mineóla
Wood County, and resident of 1
well since 1916, passed away at1
home here Tuesday afternoon
4:45 o'clock, after a long and
ful illness which lasted for
than four months.
In the early part of April Ml
Dowell became ill and ws
to Kings Daughters Hospital
Temple, where it was learned
she was in a serious condition
little hope was held out for
recovery. She was returned
Caldwell and her condition
ly became worse as the weeks
on until the end came Tuesday.
Prior to the time of her sicl
in April Mrs. Dowell had been
the best of health, apparently.
Mrs. Dowell was married to
L. Dowell in Mineóla on Decern!
28, 1899. To the union were
one daughter, Mrs. V.'V. Bit
of Mineóla, two sons, Horace
and Latham B, both of Caldv
and all living.
Mrs. Dowell was a member
the First Baptist Church of
well.
Funeral services, which were
charge of Phillips and Luckey, w«
held from the residence Thur
morning at ten o'clock, with Re«
A. E. Harrison, pastor of the Fit
Baptist Church at Kerens, offici«t|
ing. The Rev. Mr. Harrison is
former pastor of the First Baptia
Church of this city.
The deceased was then remoi
overland to Mineóla, where she
laid to rest in the Sand Sprir
Cemetery. An additional short servJ
ice was held at Mineóla with Rev|
R. E. Strcctman in charge.
Besides her husband, C.
Dowell, her daughter, Mrs. V. Vj
Blalock and her two sons, Horac
and Latham, the deceased is sur-j
(See Mrs. Dowell, col. 6, tast page)
Brinkman Boy Is
Mechanics Graduate
SHEPPARD FIELD-Pvt. Rus-I
sie Brinkman, son of Mr. and Mrs 1
(¡us Brinkman, of Deanvilie wasl
graduated recently from an inten-l
Hive course in aviation mechanics!
here. Sheppard Field, near Wichital
Falls, is oneof the many Army AirI
Forces Technical Training Com-|
mand schools which trains thel
ground crews to "Keep 'Km Fly-J
ing."
— BI T nimiK •
Absentee Voting In
Second Primary Soon
Absentee voting iti the second!
primary will begin on August 3, it
was announced by the County]
Clerk's office this week. The I
sen tee voting will extend until I
midnight August 18, three' dajrel
prior to the <| te of the run-off]
election.
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Smith, G. A. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1942, newspaper, July 31, 1942; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175513/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.