The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 285, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 7, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
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Announcement of the assemb-
ling of the nucleus ci-ew of the U.
S. S. Tuscarora which is now
nearlng completion at the yard of
the Levingston Shipbuilding com-
pany at Orange, was made here
Priday afternoon by Commander
E. B. Perry, USN, supervisor of
shipbuilding for all Texas.
The vessel will be given her ac-
eepWfice trials and ' delivered to
the navy in Orange, Commander
Perry announced-
After acceptance, the vessel will
be placed in full commission un-
der the command of Chief Boats-
wain O. F. Kahle, U. S. N., after
which she will depart upon her
mission for the navy.
This if one of the several ves-
sels constructed for the U. S. gov-
ernment at the Livingston Ship-
building yard where commercial
crafts of various designs have been
built tor various parts of the
world;
LAMAR LOBBY
BY JEANETTE HEARD
Thanksgiving holidays over, the
dccju are cleared for action, and
that is the word for it as term pa-
pers fall due on December 19, a-
long with book reports and quiz-
zes. Viewing the full program a-
hcad .the student is going to
breathe a sigh of relief when that
day is past. ,
The studes had a big let-down
when they were Informed that
Mirabeau B. Lamar Day would
not mean a holiday but merely a
Chapel program in honor of the
patron saint of Lamar college.
Rev. Joe Z Tower wHf address the
assemblage.. '
Beginning next Thursday, there
will be a chapel - assembly pro-
gram eyery other week. Student
talent will be used and speaker*
from outside will appear from
time to time- The chorus is al-
ready preparing to sing for one
Of these.
There will be a contest in the
spring, Director Gray announced,
for the best alma mater song. We
already have one, but need one
that is suitable to slug at football
games and out-of-doors.
The police department has a
Very difficult job on its-hands
trying to keep the parking); prob-
lem solved. All students are sup-
posed to park at a 97-degree an-
gle and the subject has been
broached so many times about
parking over lines and at wrong
angles that some are going to
start using protractors.
The physics class has been en-
joying fruits of modern education
by having difficult phases shown
to them in moving pictures.
Director Gray announced an
all - time high in the registration
at Lamar. The day and night
schools, the national defense and
vocational schools combined have
an enrollment of 1,625. The new
buildings are gradually being
readied for occupancy. Several
classes are being held in them
now.
The Curtain club is beginning
work on Its next production, "Our
Town" by Thornton Wilder
The Press club heard Mr. Wood-
head, news correspondent of the
Houston Chronicle and printer
speak Wednesday on applied jour-
nalism. He explained the techni-
calities of newspaper work, crit-
icized the past issue of the Red-
bird and answered the Pressians
questions.
CAMPUSOLOGY:
Mary Dean B. went to Hot
Springs ' for Thanksgiving and
brought back a handsome souve-
nir- V
Ethclaura Hare, Darlene Hall
and this reporter discussing the
evils of term papers due.
Marietta ThOrnhill doing early
Christmas shopping.
BOTH ARMIES
CLAIM GAINS
AT MOSCOW
By the Associated Press
Fighting on the Moscow front,
raging amid temperatures 31 de-
grees below zero, Fahrenheit,
swirled'to a new peak of violence
today as Adolf Hitler's invasion
armies claimed the capture of
seven towns while the Russians
were reported tc have broken
through German lines in the Ka-
linin sector, 90 miles northwest
of Moscow-
A German military spokesman
said Nazi troops hac taken Moz-
haisk, 57 miles west of the capi-
tal, and Klin, 50 miles northwest.
Nazi front - line dispatches also
reported new gains in a side-
sweeping movement cast of Orel
and Kursk, midway between the
Moscow front and .the Soviet
drive in thi Ukraine, declaring
that: five towns had been captured
in an arc 60 miles east of Orel.
The towns were listed as Maid-
Arkhangelsk, between Orel and
Kursk, 230 miies south of Moscow#
Llvny, Novosil, Mtsensk and
Chern, near Orel.
A Rguters (British news' agen-
cy) dispatch said the Russian
counter - offensive in the Kalinin
sector Wq/s continuing and that
the Red army had inflicted a
heavy blow on two German infan-
try divisions, about 30,000 picn,
and captured an important point.
Dispatches to the Soviet news-
paper Pravda said the battle
south of Moscow was increasing
in ferocity, with the Germans at-
tacking constantly north of Tula,
100 milesMjelow the capital, and
cutting the Tula - Moscow high-
way at several points.
THESE TROOPS OF ABCD POWERS READY IF WAR COMES TO FAR EAST
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INGAPORE
Newspapers Given
Choice In Poll To
News Media Pre
Business Section
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Decorated For
Yule Holidays
Decoration of the business sec-
tion <>/ Orange for
ays / on
i At
the-
the Christ)
most eia
■iHttnus
iborate
(e*ii) 'the history of the city,
[WsNrtarted by an out/of town
'oncerh-Thursday night- .
The Initial work clone was that
of putting 1h> strings of evergreen
balsam swung^ptfet' Fifth from
Division to Gn?£ti. avenue, and on
Main, Front and Division streets.
Members/ of the^Gulf States
Utilities company crews spoilt two
stringing wires ofk
days stringing wires
which
decoctions, including !ights> >vill
be/Suspeijded.
/This work, is being pushed un-
der supervision of ty. A- McNeill,
general manager of the Orange
Chamber of Commerce-
LETTERS TO
SANTA CLAUS
The Orange Leader will publish
letters to Santa Claus in the order
[h which they are received. Be-
low are the letters received to
date:
The following letters to Santa
Claus are from the first-grade
students of the Prairie View
school: . i ■ ,
'"opine anti-aircraft gunners or JJ. 8. army, upper left; Dutch plane* and ships in Dutch Indies, upper right, and British guns at
: , < Singapore, lower right.
Dear Santa: I have, been very
good. Will you please bring me
a doll and bathrobe and aJiouse.
Mary Jo Cherry.
Dear Santa: I have been very
good- Will you please bring be
a doll, desk, ball and boots. Col-
Iis Jean.
Dear Santa: T have been / very
good. Will you please bring me a
doll. Elizabeth.
Dear Santa: I have been very
good- Will you please bring me a
doll, boots,and tricycle. J. R-
Dupuis- ; I
GeneTalbert,
Scout Executive,
Leaves For Army
Gene Talbert, field scout exec-
utive- for the Orange district, is
scheduled to leave this week-end
for the U. S- Army as a draftee
from Port Arthur, according to
information received by Boy,
Scout officials here.
John Cain, scout official from
Port Arthur will carry on the
work temporarily until a perma-
nent arragnement can b emade, it
was understood here.
Dear Santa: I hflve becii very
good. Will you please bring me
a doll," desk and chair, bicycle,
wagon, bathrobe, house-shoes,
drum and tricycle- Geneva.
Dear Santa: I haVc been vcrv
good. Will you please? bring me
a desk and drum. Kathryn Faye.
PLACED IN
SERVICER
Last night, at one minute past
midnight. Orange telephone users
began using the new dial system-
"The change to the new system
went through without a hitch," J.
H. Bailey, manager of the South-
western Bell Telephone company,
said. "Due Ao careful advance
planning the cutover was accom-
plished in a few seconds, and
with no interruption ■ in service.
Actually, only 30 seconds elapsed
from the time the old system .went
out of service until the new dial
system came to life."
As the zero hour approached
last night a crew of telephone
Workmen took their places at the;announced Saturday - by B. A.
switchboard in the old telephone jGunn, chairman Of the program
office. Other workmen were on icommittcc.
duty in the new dial telephone! t
building atW02 Elm street. | ; TO WASHINGTON
At the stroke of midnight the ^ 1
vfc<y
Will you please bring me fl
I have b^en
Dear Santa:
good
drum. Johnnie Verhon
Dear Santa: I have been very
good. Will you please bring me
a doll, houSe shoes, and bathrobe.
Carol Jean;
'The court of Great Britain is
tailed the Court of St James, be-
cause the Palace of St. James was
formerly a royal residence.
Dear Santa:- I have been very
good. Will you please bring me
a doll, a desk and a chair. Mart
tha.
CITY BRIEFS
ROTARY PROGRAM
C. H. Meeks will be in charge
of the program for the regular
meeting of the Rotary club Tues-
day, 12:15 o'clock noon, at the
Holland Ijotel dining room,.it was
DTHigHtower
Moves To New
Office Building
ran
NOBLE GRAND
OF IRIS LODGE
One Injured
In Car Crash
Friday Night
t . One woman sustained minor in-
juries Friday !*nlght when a City
Transit Co. bps driven by Edward
Elton Hamilton was 'In collision
with u Chevrolet sedan driven by
Marlin L. Watson at the intersec-
tion of Third and Knox streets in
the Mav^ addition, Morris Hollo*-
well, state highway patrolman
Who investigated the accident,
stated Saturday.
The bus was-traveling west on
Kno* and the cur was going north
on Third when the accident oc-
curred. Both vehicles wore dam-
aged-. \
Dr, W,' B- High|owci-, dental
surgeon, has moved into-his new-
ly completed office building at 7011
Main street, a strikingly beauti-
ful wooden, cottage stylo, build-
ing finished in white with brown] 'Frud Kesner was elected noble
shingle trim- y grand 'at a regular meeting of
Fastio.ous.y furnished und carc-j jl is todge No. 208, I. O. O. F.,
fully arranged for the convenience; Kriduy niKht wht.„ olhcr elective
and c'omfort of his patents, theLfflCtfs were elected as follows;
floor plan makes use of everyJ ftuju#
Prairie View
Names Land UseN
Committee
Dear Santa: I have been very
good. Will you please bring me mer Gilbert,
some boots, a bathrobe, drum.
and a desk and chair Dorothy
Ann Durham.
signal was given to "cut". Work-
men at the old switchboard pop-
ped strings disconnecting about
1900 telephones from the manual
switchboard. At the same instant
workmen in the new building
quickly removed blocks from line
relays of the new system — and
Orange's new dial telephone sys-
tem was ready for service. -• ,
, In charge of the conversion Wag |
vVv G. McKnight, of Houston,
Texhs. Telephone workmen at
the old switchboard at the time
of the change were: C. A.
Gernand, in charge, assisted by
R- J. Lucas, C: R. Bradley, O. B-
Hargraves and H.\C. Prcjean.
Workmen at the pew equip-
ment to usher dial telephone ser-
vice to Orange were A. T. Mc-
Queen, in charge, assisted by K.
E. Farman, L. C. Guillot, G. W.
McGray, E. L, Steigeur and Pal-
ter Beaty, president of the
Oranfee public school board, left
here Saturday for Washington. D.
C. in connection with priorities on
materials for construction -of the
new junior - senior high school
building C. H Paige of Austin,
architect, will join Mr. Beaty for
the trip.
Court House
and
City Hall Briefs
(or rccord Friday at the
county clerk,
executed by
to
1 in
Dear Santa: I have been very
good. Will you please bring me
boots, drum and an army truck-
Johnnie Mudd.
of the
Dear Santa: I have been very
good. Will you please bring trie
a wagon- Leo. "
Christmas Tree
Committee Will
Meet Mon. Night
Henij Clay and William Jen-
nings Bryan, each representing a
major political party, ran three
times unsuccessfully for the presi-
dency of the Unitejj States.
W. D.
inch of space to provide a large
waiting room, spacious central of-
fice, two operating rooms, en-
trance hali, a recovery room, la-
boratory, dark room and storage
room. g
The wtnlx and ceiling arc white
plaster finish shectrock and the
floor is covered with wine-red in-
laid linoleum. The waiting room
Is furnished in maple with bright i
chintz drapes. Ceiling ventilation,
natural gas, heat arid fluorescent ;5ewer Extension
lighting are some of the features j it* l
of the new bunding.. Work Under way
Dr,. High tower, who has, prac- I *
ticod in Orange for. several years,
moVed from offices in the Lucas
building.
The Prairie View Community
club county land use planning
committee personnel has been an-
nounced as follows: Martin Ar-
dolrt, chairman; Stanley Smith,
„ . ,Mrs. D. V. Werth. Mrs. Ed Breaux
Webh, vice noble giand, Hnfj jj, y Braeuer. the last two
Weatherford, secretary; nurncd being designated to repro
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Uelddn
Editor, Texas Surveys of
Opinion
Austin, Dec, fl. — Radio'today
appeals to Texan* practically, as
;nbch as does the printed ppge. a
iMtowlde ftudy py Texas Surveys %
'of Publii Opinion shows. Btit a
majority still prefer reading mat-
ter, especially the newspaper, a«
a'chief component of their lcis-
ure hours. Moreover, it Is in tbe
things tlie.v read, ratheV than In
uhat tftey boar over the radio,
ifmfir majority believe the grest-
i-jt enort is Being made to con-
vince them of advantages of dc-
mocroiy.
Trii survey was undertaken as
an eflort to analyze the use and
effect of radio and print as they
bccoite more an(l more significant
in the background uf the war, If
the present conflict is a revolu-
tion of ideas, as o e often heass.
il^w increasingly Important to
examine the chief means of dis-
seminating information that bi*
licences labile opinion.
, Statistical^ this is what the I
canvassing produced from a sain- '
pling of the entire, state, so coo-
tic lied that every element of the . ■
population, was reprarintd- The q ' „
tutstions were asked: X. < • - ^
(. "When you have some time
to spare, do you prefer to read
to listen to the radio?" Read.
per cent. Listen to ,the radio, 43
per cent Neither, 3 per Cent. Un-
decided, 4 per cent.
2, "What type of reading ma-
terial dp you like best: books,
magazines, or newspapers?"
Books, tfl per cent. Magazine**
27 per cent. Newspapers, 43 p«*
cent. All or any two, 11 per.
cent. Undecided, S. per cent.'
3." "WhrfriThnve you found the
greatest effort to convince you
(hat democracy Is the besl kind of
government, in the things you
■ cad or In what you hear on the
radio?" Reading, SI per cent.
Radio, 38 per cent. Undecided, 11
per cent
Reading or radio - listening
preference is not tbe same among
still types of peoples, breakdown
of the results will show. Those In
the higher Income levels, and
then those who are in the average
brackets, tyrn to rending matter
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Charles Harris, treasurer; 1 "m jspnt the club in the county
Lowe, elected for three year term' p|0nning committee.
as trustee; Charles Cottle, elected | .
delegate to the grand lodge with j r
Hugh Hyers,' alternate.
Alvin Keown, retiring noble I
grand, who recently moved t' j
baisetta, presided over the mcot-j
ing Friday night. !
LET'S DO
SOMETHINC
ABOUT IT!
Commissioner's
Court
The Orange county commission-
ers' court will rnect ' in regular. ...v t
session Monday. 10 a. m , at the ,,nfj 0f Cherry street.
Three of the power machines of
P €. Sorensen Co., Inc., in charge
of the sewer extension line con-
tract were on. the job Saturday
with the fourth one en mute here
to be put to work, it was reported
Forces of Theo Jensen Co., Inc.,
sewage disposal plant contractor,
were engaged in preliminaries to
construction of the plant at the
court house, County Judge Frank
Hustmyre announced Saturday,
The Shetland Islands, off the
north coast of Ireland, are famous
for their ponies-
The Sorensen and Jensen com-
pany contracts total approximate-
ly SI 44,000.
WHO'LL BE TO BLAME NOW
when the party does not answer
the dial telephone calk? Not the
operator — probably the trouble
is the caller may have dialed the
wrong number or perhaps the par-
ty Is npt at home, or docs not an-
ticipate that It Is an important
call and does not answer. The
next item on the program will be
for the dialer to check the num-
bers, hang up the receiver, and
try again- Then,' It may be that
there Is nothing more than can be
done,about it. At any rate II
won't be the, operator's fault!
Bumper Crop of 1941 Accidents
Go Slightly Wacky With Times
D \
Weather
WILL THE POT BOIL?
Iff
>
. Sid J. Caillavet, chairman of the
Orange Community Christmas tree
campaign, stated Saturday that
prospects for enlistment of co-
I have been very'0P«rBti0n ot oI ,U wmlk*
HwL JLof life for the effort, were looming.
By Paul Jones
National Safety Council
With all the criticism accldcnti
are getting these days, you would
think they would behave them-
selves. But they keep right on
brazenly happening, and even go
out of their way to get attention
by cutting crazy didoes.
Sometimes these freak mishaps
are tragic. Sometimes they're not-
But add theqn all up and you have
Dear Santa
good- Will you please bring me
a doll, a ball and some dishes. Lb-
ria Elizabeth.
He said that there would be a
large list of deserving 'children
. - eligible to receive the Christmas
Dear Santa: I have been very|gl/Ut lh>t wlH ^ distributed from
good. Will you please bring me ^ tree to be staged on Stark park
East Texas: Fair, slightly cold-
cr in southeast portion, frost in
interior or extreme east portion-
Moderate northerly winds on the
coast.
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the ground tis the instructor did
a neat pit of flying to l^jhd gently.
In these days when there's a
tax-on most* everything,. even a
child can get the idea. So when
Dr. David K. Ostler of Hfchficld.
Utah, treated a four-year old boy
who had swallowed a penny
young patient man coughed up|
only the penny, but the tax About twenty members of tht
jell — a one-mill Utah token. Winlrec Community club attend-
, T. Hill, a steeplejack; fell I DO ecj the regular mueting held Fri-
fcet from a steeple atop a rjBy night at tbe sithool for a dls-
Winfree Club
Discusses "Food
tG For Freedom"
a doll and boots. Lona Jean.
Dear Santa: I have been very
—' ""II you please bring me
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on Tueaday night, December 23.
r. The various committees will
Monday night at
at 7:30 o'clock.
down kerplunk on the
'"H o
the proverbial Political Pot to
i which reference is here made a:
the time approaches close to the'"
new year, 1U42, that will wiinesv
a re-stlrring of the political pot
to see who rises to tlie top with s
majority of the votes. It must be
now remembered that there is a
possibility of a blg/up-tum in po-
litical customs of'this county in
view of huge voting list that
no doubt will be faced by a large
group of 1042 candidates, Be , if
remembered now that only those
who pay poll taxes or are other-
wise exempted will be prlvllegec
to vote- '/ \
a bumper crop in 1041 to proVajjchurch in Ellsworth, Wi ., and'cuhsion of the "Food f<jr Freedom"
that aceidtota have■ " ~||- - ~ *" ' '
spirit of the times by going slight-
ly wacky. To-wlt:
Student Pilot Victor Woodrick
of Benton Harbor, Mich., figured
the jig wm up when he waa
bounced out of his training plane
as It hit an air pocket 900 feet a
bove East St. Louis, til. He was
amazed and gratified to come
.. ran inHH—nimroa ^ ^
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heels into the fabric «rtd
on for dear life, be
morfc than do the poor- Farmers
constitute the only group tabu-
lated who prefer the radio in lar-
gor numbers. People who live In
medium site cities are about c-
fiually divided-
Farmers appear to be the In-st
backers of the newspapers itgainst
books and magazlhes. It Is the
large middle claw (poor-plus and
average incomea) that buys tlie
magazines In tHe greatest num-
bers. As to books, there Is a def-
inite' increase' In popularity as th«-
income'rises.
Interviewers asked the respon-
dents in the poll to express -the
reasons they prefer the radio, or
reading as a pastime. Curiously
enough, people on either side of-
ten give the same argument^
"I like the radio because* it
explains things bettor; it gives me
bit of everything, news, sports,
entertainment." - - •*.
"I like to read because I can
get What I want out of a paper or
magazine. The radio just has too
much other stuff I don't care for."
"It is easier to listen to the
radio than to read."
"I am more attentive when I
read, and I get more out of lb"
It is surprising how many peo-
ple declare they would rather
turn to their radio sets because
their eyesight bothers them when
theV read. Among housewives,
the radio Is popular because "I
can sit and knit while listening to
"music or some other program at
the same tliM," or "I can do my
housework and hear the radio
too." <"1
Xr
iaqded on a cemcnt walk To the, program "with J. D, Marshall,
amusement of Dr. A R. Aanes ipresident, presiding.
and Wil/ord Cormnn, the town! ; :
undertaker, who drove up from] Tbe county land use planning
opposite directions Just as Bill!committee for the club was an-
il. the sturdy steeplejack got up nounced as follows: Mrs, \F. B.
Shannon, Dov^ Young, Mra. J. D
Marshall and George Harvey, the
latter two being designated to rep-
resent the committee on tbe
county - wide land use planning
body
started to wrflk away. A
thorough examination m a hospi-
tal wealed nothing more serious
than a aore thumb. The fall was
broken when Hill struck a projec-
tion 10 feet below the perch, an-
other M feet farther down and it
ckey- slanting rout over a bajwrnent
— to starway. •
AN APPRECIABLE SHOW In
decoration of the streets of the
business section of the city for the
Christmas holidays will be cred-
itable to the Orange Chamber of
Commerce this year. This organ-
ization under direction of its gen-
eral manager, W. A. McNeill, Will
to it that there is nothing left
undone on the overhead decora-
tion of the streets, while the Or-
ange Volunteer Fire department
will take carl of the shnMf and
various other business places. Or-
ange folks and visitors will feel
The next regular club meeting proud of the appearances of this
will be held January 0 at the City during the Christmas holl-
Gem of Thought
The greatest ornament of an il<
tustrious life Is modesty and hu-
mlllly, which go a great way in
the character even of the most
exalted princes. — Napoleon.
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