The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1943 Page: 1 of 6
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The Denison Press
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1*43
VOLUME XV—NO. 2<i
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Texans Spearhead Way To Arawe
Denison Hopes For No R. R. Strike
ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
BY THE EDITOR
Freak Hunters for \News
Recently a
story got on the
K wires tjbat Gov.
Stevenson
of
Texas might be
the r u n n ing
mate with Roose-
velt in 1944. The
reporter who
semt out the
; story worked a
trick question
which had for its purpose more
the desire to get something on
the wires than, to send a factual
story out to tjhe public.
The direct question was put
to the governor if he should be
nominated for Vice-President by1
the Democratic Party in 1944, as
the running imate of President
Roosevelt, would he accept. Of
course, the governor replied he
would accept, either Roosevelt,
or "whoever else might be on
the ticket"
He added, also that he had no
ambitions in that direction, but
as a regular party man, would
"serve in whatever capacity, with
whoever else might be on the
ticket."
Simmering it all down to the
trick question, it would be about
as sensible for the reporter to
have asked the governor if he
loved his mother or if he wished
to go to Heaven when he died.
That would have made about as
bright a story as the one sent
out by the would be astute re-
porter who was more anxious
for what he called a scoop than
he was to put the governor in
the right sort of light.
The governor has made a
great man at the head of Texas'
affairs and he says also that
he has certain freedom of action
in Texas to which he is accus-
tomed and he would lose that in
Washington. He is not liable to
be caught in a position wlure he
will lose that freedom.
Our Crow to Eat
That man who lives and does
not make a mistake is more
scarce than the man, for whom
Diogones was looking. Of course
a wooden Indian never makes a
mistake, but who wants to be a
sign for a cigar stand?
All of which is to say that we
ate our crow this week and the
story is under a news heading in
another part of the Press col-
umns. In some manner our brain
in writing tShe story last week
mixed the two-state compact to
handle the recreational feature
of the Denison dam with the
power commission. The fat got
into the fire when we had our
Secrtary-Manager of the Cham-
ber of Commerce officiating as
an agent to mill out the electric
pow,er. That stirred Bill up
and rightly so. ,He got all over
our alabaster neck and wanted to
know whereinell we got the
story. After reading it again,
we think he had some reason to
complain, but maybe n,ot enough
threaten a heart attack or
raise Mb blood pressure unduly.
We had no idea of embarassing
the secretary, the Chamber of
Commerce or anybody else. Of
course, we knew battel as to the
separate functioning of the two
bodies, the power administration
and the compact commission, but
it was one of those things that
comes tlo an editor who is tn-ing
to do the work that before the
war started was doi>e by our two
sons, our city edltor^and our ad-
vertising man. So," we guess
that's •'whereinell" the article
came from.
U. S. Paper money of all de-
nominations measures six and
one-quarter inches in length.
Entire City
Would Feel,
*
One States
"Denison would be han hH
should the proposed strike of
railroad wortcers be oarr.c-d
through," declared a well known
railroad man who has Hvod here
for more than a quarter of a
century, as he recalled how Le-
fore when the strike was more
local than universal, the city
was hard hit, not the least of
whom were the strikers tham-
K elves. "We have never quite
recovered from that, and the
Lord only knows what would
happen to us should this strike
now threatened materialize on
Dec. 30 as now announced," he
added.
However, the same gentleman
stated that as he understood the
recent strike vote, it was .some-
thing that was more a form than
anything else, as it was required
of them in their constitution and
by-laws to conduct such a vote.
He stated also that in his opin-
ion there would be no strike as
the men were more patriotic than
to lay down their jobs as serv-
ants of the public, especially in
times of war. He indicated that
in his opinion, a settlement would
be made before any strike could
be called.
A total of 350,000 union mem-j
hers are involves in the present
move to strike unless their raise
demand is met. Less than three
per cent) voted to not strike.
Heads of the five brotherhoods
involved declare that th,a move
"is a strike against inflation for
the privileged few and deflation
for the many." However, it is
declared he e, that no matter
whether "privileged few" or the
"many," all here will feel the
strike in a drastic manner as
Denison lives and has its being
on the railroad industry.
Say* (Good to Come Out
The brotherhoods asked pay
raises of 30 per cienti in proceed-
ings which began last January,
and object to an emergency
board's .award of* increases of 4
cents an houv nndet the "Little
Steel" formula, which permits
raises only up to 15 per cent
above the Jan. 1, 1941, level. The
15 non-operatimr unions also have
taken a strike ballot, but are
awaiting final congressional ac-
tion on a resolution which would
give them a raise of 8 cents an
hour—the same amount vetoed
by Stabilization Director Vinson
after it was recommend.ed last
May by an emergency board.
Declaring they were "thor-
oughly aware" of a strikes's "im-
mediate effects," the brother-
hood presidents contended "in
the lonftf run" such action "will(
redound both to the military
success of the war and the pres-
ent and postwar welfare of the
common people of this Nation."
V
Kildeau (Named Director On
State National Bank Staff
A. E. K'ldeau, manager of the
southwest division of the Kraft
Cheese company, was named a
director of the State National
Bank, it is announced this week.
He will succeed S. R. Bishop,
who died recently.
Mr. Kildeau, formerly sales
manager of the organization, was
placed as mnra*s?r when A. J.
Riddle, for several years mana-
ger, was transferred to tfhe Chi-
cago office last year.
V
Junior Red Cross Will
Furnish IMen Napkin*
Announcement . is made by
Mrs. Frank Fay county director
of the (l«aysoj^ County Junior
Red Cross that the organization
has been requested to furnish
additional napkins for Christmas
to be used at hospitals where
service men are stationed. The
napkins will he mad,e by the
elementary and high schools In
the county where Red Cross or-
ganizations are maintained.
Recreational Privileges
Denison Lake Will Be
Fully Protected, Stated
Scrap
What at first was thought to
offer a material obstacle in the
way of the best interest of the
Denison dam for recreaitional
purposes, and which called for a
special meeting of the recrea
tional committee, Monday, turned
out to be more fears than facts,
according to a statement made
here Monday afternoon by Col.
R. R. Neyland, who came up
from Dallas. Col. Neyland is a
division army engineer and went
into the matter with representa-
tives of the Chamber of Com-
merce and the recreational
group.
The fear tfiat had arisen here
McKinney Joins the
Maiitime Ser««
R. L. McKinney, Jr., Denison
young business man, and active
in civic affairs, has left for a
period of training at St. Peters-
burg, Fla., in preparation for
service in the Maritime branch of
the U. S. forces. He will be in
the merchant marines. He came
to Denison in 1936 from Little
Rock and has been operating an
insurance business and was con-
nected with the Munson Realty
company. Mrs. McKinney will
conduct the insurance business in
the absence of her husband. The
couple has one son, R. L. III.
and reside at 1601 W. Hull.
,V~
RandellLakeDam
Completed,Ready
For Emergencies
The final touch on the recon-
ditioned Randell lake dam, which
was washed out two years ago
by heavy rains, will be made this
week and the announcement is
made that the structure will be
ready for whatever comes in the
way of rises in the future. The
job under City Engineer A. L.
Cordell has required eleven
months to do it, who announces
that he has every reason to be-
lieve that it will meet every
test of the future.
A weak spot in, the original
dam shortly after ibelng complet-
ed which had developed under
the strain of a heavy rain, re-
sulted in the forced openings of
the floodgates and tihe losing of
enough water to supply the city
for a year.
Immediately the city took up
the matter of reconditioning the
dam and it is stated now that
the work is such as to with-
stand any further dangers from
such sources.
The work of reconstructing
the dam was done under the
direction of consulting Engineer
O. N. Floyd of Dallas, a man
known for his ability in that
line.
The new dam when filled with
water, will give the city a ca-
pacity of water double that of
the old supply.
was that the policy of leasing the
land in the daan area which
would be covered with water
later on mipjht interfere with
both the recreational rights and
the matter of having the lake
supplied with fish by the state
and possibly other angles.
Col. Neyland went into the
lease form that is being used to
permit farmers to use the land
for grazing purposes and pointed
out chat every precaution has
been taken to protect the public,
including hunters and fishermen
in their rights and privileges at
the lake, and declared that the
leases were not indefinite or;
continuous, but ran for one year
without option.
It is the sense of the citizens
generally that no profiteering or
undue advantage should be per-
mitted along the borders of the
lake, nor any contracts or leases
gone into which shall in any
manner prevent the lake from
functioning to its fullest intent,
namely for pleasureable activi-
ties, recreational and hunting
and fishing and boating.
Col. Neyland indicated that
rather than any steps being
taken that would deny the peo-j
pie those rights and privileges,
the whole idea was to see that |
such recreational advantages
were maintained to the fullest
and that no hardship would
come to any one.
MetalKne" 0f
Campaign 1$ For
h Full Sway S"W< JaPs
J Headquarters in New Guinea,
The county-wide drive for Dec. 17—'With Texas fighters in
scrap metal being conducted by large numbers spearheading the
a company of U. S. Soldiers us- way into Arawe in New Guinea
ing a total of 140 trucks is and pushing the advance line to
something new in the history of' consolidation points ten miles
gathering' scrap metal. It is the( back, the death knell was sound-
largest number of soldiers to bejed to the Japs in the Southwest
used in such effort, only a Pacific today.
platoon being used generally,j T(.xas troops bore the Lone
and also the largest number or St«r flag alongside that of the
trucks ever sent into the county Stars and Stripes and the offen-
or a similar jab. . gjve was declared by Gen. Mac-
A conference attended by rep-, Arthur to Ue the greatest and
rescntatives from over the most successful of the campaign.
T°rJL7n r hl\ j • Sherman The United States Sixth Army
"W° siniDlv* h 6 th stormed the shores of the penin-
W|8 simply have to gather „„i„ n • « i
ki* j • j1 su'a at 7:30 a. m. under cover
eveiy bit of steel and iron and' „<• *v,„ , . , , ,
.-1,.,. m„f„. , ' .of one of the greatest bombard-
find " derlir i" '* P08^lb,e to nients of history in which more
find declared one of the men than 3,500 tons of explosives
rannlianti to„make advance arJ droppd by the big batleships and
*j * stated that the airplane bomardment, which was
urgent need for equipping the quickiv effective ii
boys with fighting material at! jap defenders.
the front was the reason for all!
t0 turn in every bit of schipj -V-
they had.
overcoming
XXI Club to Present
Gift* to Service Men
Departing from their annual
custom of exchanging gifts with
each other, the members of the
XXI club will this year present
their gifts to service men who
happen to be passing through
Denison at th? Union station.
The date of the shower for the
men la net for Christmas Eve.
Wrapped gifts will be taken to
the canteen operated at the
Union Station and the gifts will
be handed out to men passing
through on that date.
__V.
Louisiana is th,? only state in
the Union divided into parishes
Instead of counties.
Says Confusion
Shown In Draft
Program Of U.S.
Along with several other cities
over the country this week,
Denison, through George S.
Knaur of the local draft board,
charges that confusion reigns
in the matter of laying out the
policy by which draft boards I
should work,' and calls for some-
thing to be done about it in |
Washington. , While complaining j
of the matt|Sr, 'Mr. Knaur stated)
he did it as a private citizen andj
not as a member of the local j
board.
Mr. Knaur memorializes Sena-
tors Connally and O'Daniel and
Congressman Sam Rayburn andj
charges that repetition of the!
rules under which the board isj
now working characterized re-|
cent legislation on the matter I
and says it all tends to confu-
sion. Mr. Knaur states that
Congress is spending time and the j
people's money in passing a lawi
on the matter which has been inj
effect for som? months and
which the local board has been
using as its rule of con<\ict.
Mr. Knaur says "we have been
trying to run our board accord-
ing to the selective service law
and not the law as doled out to
us by the director."
Indicating the confusion aboutj
the matter, Mr. Knaur in his,
memorial letter stated also "th*]
people never know from one
minute until the next just how it
will work, all on account of pub-
licity that never materializes
into action."
(Mr. Knaur challenged the idea
that the need for men in the
service is as great as is repre-
sented, saying "from the infor-
mation I have gathered I have
about concluded that we do not
need men in the numbers we are
taking them. We do not get a
fair deal from our headquarters
—or, we feel that we do not.
Wp cannot find out how many
men we have in the service, for
the reports sent hack to us are
inaccurate."
In offering the proof of the
above statement, Mr. Knaur
cited the fact that "we have two
The trucks are covering every; Mpn]ef«n FitffltprC
mail route in the county and "CIUM/il 1 1^1)1^15
farmers and citizens generally If) 1
arc asked to place their scrap 111 K&IIKS tlCnilcinS
metal at their mail boxes or at. j
the front of their homes and the! n 1 _ „
trucks will call for it. U £ C J a Y t I OUgfl
Handling Large Pieces
Where the pieccs of scrap arei While little word is coming
too large for the family to han-j directly to Denison relatives of
dl|8 easily, if word will be leftj lighting men known to be
any scrap captain, newspaper, w'th the 3fith division in Italy,
county or city official, the;*nou*h coming through to in-
trucks arc equipped to handle! f°rrn them they are seeing action
such and load Stand get it to and a,so that Germans are
the freight train to haul. [looking on the Texas fighters as
The metal is not being sold to|hl',nfr Plpnt>' tou*h and wiW and
a middle man but is being!a *act°r to be feared.
shipped directly to the factory 11 a s,0'.v sent by th,? INS
into shape
j this week a German prisoner
; captured in the 5th Army sector
where it is turned
for making needed war equip-,. . ...
ment, it is explained. is quoted as saying his officer
Every house in every town and; [o]d, the,nl M?re int° the
everv home on all rural routes | ,at^e that .]*** "*ere ,£acln*
will be covered by the 140 trucks! and ,w,'d me" f,0,m Jexas-
and particle* from the smallest J'1^. ^ ^ <raft an<1 the art
to the largest in metal is desired,! ' • , > ,
. . . , .i •_ 1 The prisoner is declared to
Army men stated while making , r , . ., , . ,.
. , . have given details of extraordi-
arrangements for the drive. I ,. ... , ..... . .,
, . . ; nary fighting abilities of the
The permanent chxirroan . • , «,
, " .. . . . ,, .troops from the Lone Star
named some time back to 'head . .
.. . .. . State. The victory thev bad at
the scrap camoiiiKus in the city is, „ . ... ,:
„ " 1 Salerno which was achieved in
Fred Harvey. ,, . - ...
/ y the fac,e of every obstacle, m-
' eluding rain and mud is declared
to have spread confidence not
only among the Americans them-
a «• *** « | selves but gave Texans a terrify-
Austin 10 Secure iin* reputation among Germans
on the opposite line.
Denison Group In
Hiway Northwesti
Denison parties, interested in rt
pushing the state highway fro n
Pottsboro to Gordonville to con- Pnlaf inn TTn
nect with the proposed bridgei MmUMllIwIl * v
across Red River at Willis, Ok!a.,
were in Austin this week to up- l"WvI Vri. LFdlll
pear with others in the matter Inadvertantl an a .ticle in
before the Texas State highway I presg of ]ast ^ identified
, . . .., th,? two-state compact whidh has
With tha closing of toe to do with strictly the recrea-
Preston bridge and its dis.m.nt-us#j of thp Denjgon ^
hug the highway 91 connecting ^ th>t of thp ftdmini„
Denison w,th Oklahoma north tration of flie da'm, and in th,
left without a bridge and ha<J our chamber of Com_
move recently started here *>V rc9 Secretary Manager W. O.
the Denison Chamber of Com- Harwell a„ one' of tlle pai.ties
merce to secure the new route is), htin th(9 powe,. t0 be ad.
,n endavor to handle the rewj minjHtered fron, the dam.
. , J As a matter of fact there is
The proposed new stretch of I connection whateVer between
state road would handle the arca| ^ ^ the
power com-
northwe.st of the city to a betterl iM,0|j and to that d^reo the
advantage from a traffic stand-; artjcle was -n f|Tor
point and it is believed the com-1
mission will hear the petition to Mr. Harwell sat in on a meet-
grant the stretch of new road, ing discussing strictly the recrea-
1 ■ -—*— — | tional feature and as such repre
companies of national guards-; sented the Denison Chamber of
men in the service. They did not Commerce.
have to register, nor did those) The compart commission which
who enlisted early. We have ajj,ad at <j,e meeting Douglas G.
credit of about R0 men for those; Wright,, head of the Southwest
two companies, and we have Power Administration, did not
bjeen trying to get the additional1
credits.
"In September, we received a
report that we had 2,079 hien in
the service from our district,
which has about 26,000 or 27,000
population. At that rate, our
armed services would have had
more than 10.000,000 men. We
function that gentleman in the
capacity of the power, but onlv
as he was related to the compact
and the compact commission on
recreational use of the lake.
The Press gladly makes the
correction and can onlv defend
ourselves by the fact where we
onpe had five others to help us
are kept in the dark about t00jjn getting out the paper, the war
many things. Darkness breeds! has reduced us to one and that
suspicion, mosquitoes, and snakes, we should gum up something
They are all had." i some time is to he expected.
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