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The Denison
REPRESENTATIVE OP THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1943
VOLUME XV—NO. 27
'Strike Worst Blow Imaginable'-FDR
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along the* jTwo Million PoundsInScrap Campaign
news beat
BY THE EDITOR
The Worst Casualties
We were told
last Jnne to pre-
pare in this
country f o r at
least one million
casualties and to
hat end have
t
Grateful
To People
Says Capt,
Gathering scran mct-il ovar the
Denison Expects
To Have Annual
Ball For Crippled
(county at the rate of
| better than 100,000
rea"'daily, the 142
army
* ing large num
bers of hospitals and almost each
week bids are let for enlarging
them in this part of the country.
The Ashburn hospital, for in-
stance, down at McKinney, 42
miles from here, covers almost a
hundred acres of that black land
with its scores of buildings. It
is declared to be one of the best
of its kind.
Already our boys by the hun-
dreds are beginning to stream
back from the front lines wound-
ed, some of them walking, others
on stretchers. Some of them are
known to their relatives to be
wounded, others are making light
of it, and saly they are all right
and writing that they will soon be
home and for the loved ones not
to worry .
Those boys are wounded for
our sakes. They went into bat-
tle and became expendable be-
cause they were fighting for us
and the joys of home, the liber-
ties of religion and the rights
vouchsafed us under our constitu-
tion.
They are tragic casualties of a
war forced on us by ' a crazy
fool who thought he could whip
a world and ibring all human be-
ings under his yoke of bondage.
But there are worse casualties.
And they are right herie at our
home and walk among us every
day. They are the dodgers. They
are the ones in civies who arouse
to the depths of the souls of
our boys when they come back
home resentment at their staying
around warm firesides and
keeping out of duty through
some way or another. Unfortu-
nately there are still some here
who belong to that class. It may
not at present come home to
them what it all is about, but
the time will come in the not far
distant future when they will
answer. When the boys point a
finger at them and ask where
they were when the enemy at
Guadalcanal, or Salerno, or Ara-
we was stormed iby Texas boys,
it will be time for hanging of
hends and being scorned for not
doing one's duty.
"They that sav(e their life
shall lose it,"* said the Christ who
is giving us this Christmas. He
also added tihat "they who will
lose their life shall save it."
Mothers and fathers today who
have sons buried in foreign soil,
or lying in hospitals wounded, or
at the front lines that the free-
dom and fulness of life handed
down from the cross of Christ
might live on, have every reason
to be proud aa they look acoss
the table and see the vacant
chair. It is only vacant in a
Relative sense. In the full sense
of the word it is filled with un-
selfishness. It typifies a soul is
big enough to be willing to iden-
tify himself with the unselfish-
ness of tihc Christ of Christmas.
It is filled with a spirit which
has manifested itself willing to
die if need -be to keep the fires
of home burning, send the loy
ous tidings of re".cous freedom
and salvation through the Christ
of Christmas and keep the bells
of Joy ringing in the hearts of
a world that otherwise would be
draped in crepe and the trees of
the field, instead of clapping
their hands, would be sobbing
the requiem of a world on its
way to the depths of despair
So, the hospitals, while taking
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plenty of
utilization
dy. We h a v je by a company of men
een cons rue - divided into four groups, are ex-
pected to run the total up to
more tjhan two million pounds,
reports turned into the Press by
Capt. Kenneth P. McQuaid.
Although the advance publicity
has not reached the city as yet,
Loui? Boarey, who' has acted as
chairman each year for several
a little' years in connection with the
pounds President's Birthday ball for
trucks | clip pled children, he is | confi-
dently expecting such printed
matter soon.
The affair is slated as always
for Jan. 30 and has been given
a big patronage here each yean
Also in connection with the ball
,, . is the "March of Dimes" which
Monday the soldiers gathered haa been a feature in pa,s{njj
119,500, Saturday the take was
reported at. 99,200.' Other days
left for the drive of fifteen days
are expected to yield as much or
more.
money for the unfortunate
cripped ones among children.
Each year Mr. Boarey has
handled the campaign in a man-
ner which has always mean*^ the
maximum benefit for ?he chil-
dren.
The mile of dimes will be
especially pushed this year, ac-
cording to announcement irom
national headquarters.
V
Anderson to File Jan
LeRoy Anderson
In Representative
Race.GraysonCo.
Threat Is
Still Over
Nation Head
Washington, Dec. 23 With
the threat of a strike still hang-
ing over the Nation, and with
effo -ts to settle the matter get-
ting very little encouragement,
President Roosevelt stated Wed-
nesday that "a railway strike
would bo the worst blow imagina-
ble against the war effort."
"I want, on behalf of flhe
company of U. S. soldiers who
are gathering the scrap in Gray-
son county, to personally thank
the people of this county for the
magnificent and gracious manner
in which the people generally
have received the men. T?ie boys ^ a ,
all say that they have been 11*1 V lCtlfTl fJl
treated royally by the citizen*, m . f v . f T
and have given the finest of sup- AlltO LI1GS iJCIfC
port in backing up the campaign
to gather the scrap," declared Lt.
Kenneth B. McQuaid on a visit
to the Press Saturday.
Tuesday Night
Pound unconscious lying in the
middle of the street in the GOO
Lt. McQuaid stated that many | b,ock East Main> Migs Elaine
farm homes were being thrown! oorjs j0Ci ancj an emp]0ye 0f
open at meal time to the boySjthe Denigon Pouitry and Egg
and the boys were urged to dine
concern, died shortly after in a
with them, "lit is making a, jocaj hospital. She was on her
fine impression on the boys and
they will never fo
clared the officer.
• « | way to her home in the 800 bl ck
e~ Main when she was struck by a
car.
Police today were holding A.
Lewis, colored, 915 North Fan-
nin, who admitted driving a t uck
found parked near the scene and
which police believe hit Miss Joe.
Lewis denied that tlhe truck hit
the girl, telling police that he and
his companion saw her lying in
the intersection and stopped near
the middle of the next block.
Kiwanians Will
Push Campaign
Americanism
The Kiwanis clubs of America
are planning soon to carry on a
national newspaper campaign on
"Keep America Ameri-an." Sie-
cial advertisements are to be
underwritten by business men in
places where such organisations
are maintained, it fs announced
from headquarters. The slogan
has been in use for miny months
and is featured all the time in
each club.
It is understood that an
effort is to be made soon to re-
vive tfr e idea of having a Ki-
wanjs club in Denison. S">me
time back silch an effort was
made and more than twenty in-
dicated their willingness to en-
ter the organization. Known for
its high type of work and exten-
sive activities of an altruistic
nature, the club is rapidly
A total of 250 employees of' spreading over the entire coun-
the Denison Cotton Mill will gentry. , ,
a full week's layoff with pay I Some Denison business and
during Christmas week, it
He also added that he wished
to thank the people on behalf of
•'Maj. Gen. Richard Donovan,
Dallas, and Capt. E. T. Flint,
who are interested in the drive.
Lt. McQuaid stated that the
backing the people gave the drive
was unprecedented and the first
day they gathered between Deni-
son and Sherman a total of
104.,800 pounds, and on the next
day of the drive a total of 121,-
800 pounds. Friday a total of
134,600 pounds was gathered.
The full company of soldiers
with their 140 trucks have been
split up into four platoons and
quartered over the county to
cover it 'thoroughly.
Persons leaving notes at their1
mail boxes to give instructions as
to how to get the scrap are
asked not to place the note in-
side the mail box, but on the
outside of it. Soldiers will not
reach into the box t get notes,
he stated.
Also the request is made for
people-to have patience after
placing their scrap at the front
if the trucks do not come at
once for the load, but they will
be there some time before the
drive is up.
V, —
Workers Cotton
Mill Get Layoff
WithFullSalary
Announcement was made this
I week by the editor and pub-
lisher rf the Press, LeRoy M.
Anderson, that he will again
make the race for Representative
of Grryson county, District 4 4
plane I. Mr. Anderson made the Disclosure of the new threat
race two years ago, announcing of a railroad walkout came shortly
only s'x weeks before the pri- after President Roosevelt 1'ad told
mary election. He came out his news conference that a rail-
with 42.2 per cent of the votes'way strike would be the worst
of the people of Grayson, and blow imn'rinn-Mc against the war
made it against an opponent effort. The Pre id-> it revealed
Announcement
LeRoy M. Anderson, publisher
of the Denison Press, who se-
cured 42.2 per cent of Jhe
popular vote two years ago
against an opponent running
for his second term, that he
will file Jan. 1st as a candi-
date for the same office that
of Representative of Grayson
County, District 44, place 1.
Huge Part Dam
Power Machine
Reach Denison
What is declared to be the
world's largest similar piece of
machinery arrived in Denison
this week and is being placed at
the power sector of the $54,-
000,000 Denison dam.
running for his second term.
(Mr. Anderson comes from an
ancestry of men active in state
affairs, a great grandfather,
Kenneth Louis Anderson, being a
vice-president of the Texas Re-
public at the time the Declara-
tion of Independence of the State
was made. Also a great uncle,
Thomas Barnett, was a Repre-
sentative and signer of that docu-
ment. A brother, Preston L.
Anderson, was for fourteen
years representative from Rexar
county, resigning when he was
named police and Fire Commis-
sioner of the city of San An-
tonio.
that he has urged a compromise
proposal for averting a strike of
the five operating brotherhoods.
His plan would allow them four
cents an hoti ■ in overtime jn addi-
tion to four cents awarded by an
emergency railway panel.
The machinery, one of the
runner castings which will gener-
ate power by the passing of
water through its fah-like parts,
measures about 17 feet in diam-
eter and had to be shipped in a
circuitous route to its destina-
tion here to avoid tunnels and
other obstacles which would not
permit its coming through.
The piece of machinery trav-
eled only by day and on slow
trains to. insure safe arrival.
It will be taken over by the j pansion
C. F. Lytle company at the dam-
site and placed in position for
power.
The huge piece weighs 157,600
pounds and was made by the S.
Morgan Smith company, of York,
Pa.
Mr. Anderson will announce
his position on current matters
which he believes may come up
at the next session of the Leg-
islature at early date. His gen-
eral idea of law making is that
the people need less legislation
since the fatter the statute book.
the more the indication of na"i_ , #
tional decay, while the best gov-| pQUfth DriVC 1 O
erned people are the least gov-i
It is believed here in Denison#
by many that the strike will be
averted in some manner, as the
railway employees generally here
are known to ,i>e loyal to the war
effort and would not throw any-
thing in the way of it. All of
them are supporting in every way
the war program and are gener-
ally back of every good thing for
the advancement of the best in-
terest of tshe community. They
have their money invested here
and their sons and daughters are
in the war at the front in large
numbers.
.V
H. Etter Heads
Sell War Bonds
"We have not as yet received
erned kind.
He will advocate a stream-lin-
ing of the legislature, no added, . . ._ .
. , , V* . * word as to what our quota in the
taxes, local self-government from! . " , , . . . ,
r fourth war bond sale is to be,
top to bottom, conservation of
state's resources for the Texas of
tomorrow, full protection of jobs
as far as possible for the re-
turning l'oys; industry expanded
in the state; restoration of prof-
it incentive that production, ex-
and employment may
was
announced this week by the
management. The layoff started
last Saturday and will end with
Monday. The layoff was made
necessary because of extensive
emergency repairs needed.
The whole plant was affected
iby the shutdown because of re-
pairs necessary in main power
units. Machinery, like the human
body, it is declared, requires
rest and since the plant has been
operating from 50 to 60 hours
per week for the period of the
war, the need for repairs was
Denison business
professional men have their
membership in the Sherman
club and if one Is organized here
will place it with the Denison
group.
V —
Okla. Farmer
Has Accidental
DeathFromGun
Durant, Ok.—Lee Mott, well
known 64-year-old farmer, was
killed instantiy by the accidental
discharge of a shot-gun at his
home, four miles west of Durant
late Friday, Bryan county offi-
cials determined after an inves-
tigation Friday night.
Mr. Mott was struck just he-
low the ribs in the left si<te hy
the load from a .410 shotgun
and the load ranged upward
striking him in the heart, an ex-
amination showed.
Shortly before dusk Friday
night Mr. Mott left the house to
At birth, an elephant
from 160 to 200 pounds
weighs
hastened by the long period of
operation.
The mill is turning out textile
goods for the armed forces of
the country and the entire out
nut Is being required.
enjoy their fullest scope, educa-
tional advantages for all alike
with more expanding of the
trained hand of the youth of to-
day, comprehensive development
of the rural life and fullest aid
to farmers in every possible
manner; cooperation to the full-
est with the federal government
in securing the rights of the
aged ones in receiving their pen-
sions and taking the same from
the field of a political football,
as well as full cooperation with
the Federal government in seeing
that our returning soldiers, sail-
ors, Marines, and Seabees und
all others in the service in this
but we are anticipating that it
shall be raised as usual. We
may not have as large a quota
handed us as we have had on ac-
count of considerable of our
payroll sources being cut off be-
cause of completed work on war
projects. but whatever the
amount is we shall wefk to the
end to realize it."
This was the statement of
Henry Etter, cashier of the
Citizens National bank Wednes-
day. Mr. Etter has been named
by the central committee of the
county to head t'he fourth bond
sale event which is to officially
<Jpen Jan. 18.
Denison had for its third drive
a quota of $1,300,000 and it
was over-subscribed.
V
Six Additional
Denison Boys In
war secure the fullest possible.
measure of compensation on be-j
ing mustered out as well as edu- §£f*Y'icC OI NaVV
cational advantages broken into
on entering the service. His
position on labor will be the
same as in the campaign of
1942.
His platform will be announced
in full at a later date. Mr. An-
derson will accept speaking
dates in communities in the
county desiring to hear him in
break ice on a farm pond, mem- pers0nt announced this week,
bers of the family said. He car-
ried his small shotgun with him
on the chance he might see a
rabbit.
When he did not return as ex-
pected, tyis son, LeRoy. went to
search for him and found his
body about 400 yards from the
house where apparenty the acci-
dent had occurred on his return
from the pond.
V
North Texas Debaters Win
Top Honori at Meeting
Denton, Texas.—Winning first
place in two out of the three
divisions entered. North Texas
debaters were awarded top hon-
ors at the annual Mid-South De-
bate Tournament held last week-
end at Ouchita College, Arka
delphia, Ark.
In the 8enior Women's Divi
sion Miss Ruth Nell Whitaker,
Tulsa, Okla., and Miss Hilda
Haynes, Athens, ranked highest,
while Tom Benge, Dallas, and
Horaee Mahan, Fort Worth,
placed first in the Junior Men's
Division.
Six Denison hoys are among
a list of seventen-year old young
men entering the navy within the
past week, according to a report
issued from the Sherman recruit-
ing office. They are Miron Lee
Waymire, 524 Raker; Jack Demp-
sey Harold Swindle, route 3; Nel-
son Lee Anderson 330 E. Shep-
ard; James Elza (Miller, 507 Cof-
fin; William Brooks Sanders, 600
W. Munson, anl Earle Wayne
Penson, 1008 W. Crawford.
Others enlisting are Andrew
Wesley Harp, Frisco; Jack Wil-
iam Camp, Sherman; Eu<r-ne Au-
brey Russell, Sherman; One For-
est Thornton. Sherman; Porter
Sanders, Sherman; Raymond
Wert* 'McKinney, Sherman; Cecil
Edgar Mauk. Eldorado. Ark., and
Elmer Ellis Williams, fJherman.
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