The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1944 Page: 4 of 10
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Friday, July 21, 1944
The Paducah Post
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TREATNG VENEREAL
DISEASES
The State Health Department's
efforts to control venereal
disease in Texas is showing high-
ly gratifying results in the num-
ber of cases found, and cured
in the quarantine and rapid
•treatment centers.
In a report this week, Dr.
Geo. W. Cox, State Health Of-
LIFE’S Little TROUBLES
CAN’T SLEEP
No need to lie in bed—toss—
worry and fret because CON-
STIPATION or GAS PRES-
SURE won’t let you sleep. Be
sensible—get up—take a dash of
ADLER-I-KA
as directed, to relieve the pressure
of large intestines on nerves and
organs of the digestive tract. Ad-
lerika assists old food wastes and
gas through a comfortable bowel
movement so that bowels return
to normal size and the discomforts
of pressure stop. Before you know
it, you are asleep. Morning finds
you feeling clean—refreshed and
ready for a good day’s work or fun.
Get Adleriha from your druggUt today-
Bigham Drug & Isbell Drug
ficer, disclosed that approximate-
ly 2000 infectious cases of
gonorrhea and syphilis have been
treated and dismissed as cured
in the rapid treatment centers
now in operation. Located at
San Antonio, Corpus Christi,
Mineral Wells, and El Paso, these
hospitals have a combined cap-
acity of 250 beds. It is expected
that a fifth center will open at
Waco about the middle of June,
providing beds for 100 additional
patients.
“At the present time,” Dr.
Cox said, “there are nearly 300
patients in these four hospitals
and the treatment now used will
effectively cure the ) average
venereal disease patient.”
The staff of trained investiga-
tors who trace contacts and locate
the sources of infection have
been concentrating their efforts
in military areas with excellent
results. All contacts found to be
infectious and who refuse to take
treatment from their family
physician are placed in quaran-
tine and treated until cured.
U. S. Trains Latin Americans
More than 850 young men
from Latin America have been
brought to the United States
for practical training in factories,
offices and farms to learn
techniques and processes which
they can introduce in their own
countries later on, the Office of
the Coordinator of Inter-Ameri-
can Affairs reports. They are
working in more than 6i0 fields
and stay here from one to two
years.
Sell it through Post Want-Ads
CLOTHES
HAVE NINE
LIVES, TOO
Thorough, expert cleaning, whenever needed, makes
clothes wear better and longer- Give your clothes
NINE LIVES
by having them cleaned and pressed systematically at
Linder’s. If they need any alterations we can do that,
too.
LET US SERVE YOU
LINDER’S CLEANERS
It’S not likely that a shifty, fast-talking gent will ever -
sidle up to you with such an offer.
Bootleggers and Black Markets exist only where
there are shortages—and a chance to make big profits
by breaking ceiling prices.
There are no Black Markets in electricity, nor are
there any shortages.
And far from pushing against price ceilings, the
price of electricity has stayed right down on the floor.
In fact, over the last 15 years, the average price to the
average family has been cut just about in half. Of
course, you probably have more electric appliances
and use more electricity today than you did then—
but you’re getting twice as much for your money!
Your thanks for such a big bargain belong largely
to your friends and neighbors who work with this
company. They’re doing a better job every year.
Hear "Report to the Nation," outstanding news program of thm week,
•very Wednesday evening, 9:30, C.W.T., Columbia Broadcasting System.
WestTexas Utilities
Company
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Voracious Reading Yank
Fools His Tent-Mates
Laugh of the week is on two sol-
diers of Camp Polk, La.—Private-
Bill Cooper and Ed Cohen. When
the pair was transferred for the
summer from barracks to tents, they
held a conference, decided their tent
would be more cozy if at least one
of their bunkmates received regular
packages of food from home. Best
way they could think of to find just
the man to fill the bill in this re-
spect was to watch the package list
put up every day outside the mail
room. For several days they studied
the list, finally settled on one Pri-
vate Sam Dunbar, who, they noted,
received packages every day with-
out fail. He looked like a bonanza.
So they broached to Dunbar the
idea of moving in with them. Dun-
bar became convinced, made neces-
sary arrangements to transfer his
quarters. Cohen and Cooper, jubi-
lant, could hardly wait for the boxes
and packages to roll in. The first
morning Dunbar produced a newly
arrived package, and proceeded to
unwrap it as his buddies stood wait-
ing expectantly. The bundles, far
from what they expected, contained
hardly a crumb of food, only maga-
zines and newspapers from home.
Dunbar, it turns out, is a voracious
reader!
Hemline No Headache
When Cotton Is Worn
Hot weather never kept a jitter-
bug from dancing, but this summer
dancing can be done in gowns so
cool as to be almost air-conditioned.
Cotton party frocks were never
lovelier, sheerer, or more becom-
ing. From fairy-like flower prints of
faintest hue to vivid tropical col-
ors, cottons give a girl demureness
or dash, depending upon the effect
she wants.
Besides being cool, a cotton party
dress gives its wearer a carefree
mind. If the hemline gathers soil
from the floor, or if perspiration fil-
ters into the underarm section, the
dress requires only a good launder-
ing to make it clean and fresh again.
No worry lest a dirty hemline put
a floor-length dress out of commis-
sion, for with washable cotton a little
soap and water provides the rem-
edy.
There is another thrifty angle to
many cotton gowns. If made sim-
ply, with modest neckline and cap
sleeves, the cotton gown can be cut
to street length and worn as an
afternoon dress when its life as a
party dress is over. Materia] cut
from the skirt may be used to
make an extra blouse or a short
jacket.
Heh, Mei-Mei!
This is a message to Mei-Mei at
the Brookfield zoo, to the giant panda
recently acquired by the New York
zoo, and to giant pandas every-
where. Your ancestry, and that of
your sister, the late lamented Su-
Lin*, has been traced back 20,000,000
years to an extinct creature named
Cynarctoides. This was announced
at the Field Museum of Natural His-
tory by Paul McGrew of the pale-
ontological division.
Mr. McGrew is the discoverer of
the first and only known specimens
of this fossil ancestor of the modern
giant panda. By his discovery Mr.
McGrew indicates that, although the
present natural homes of giant pan-
das are in China and Tibet, they
really belong to an old American
family. The patriarchal Cynarcto-
ides lived in western Nebraska in
an age when no human beings ex-
isted to look and marvel at giant
pandas—in fact many millions of
years, before the first man appeared
anywhere in the world.
No Official National Flowers
It is surprising to learn that there
are no really official national flow-
ers. Richard J. Hayden, superin-
tendent of parks and boulevards in
Boston, Mass., who has long been
interested in this subject, states that
certain flowers are generally asso-
ciated with various nations but that
none of them are recognized by gov-
ernment action.
Popular polls, competitions and
motions adopted by organizations
have placed these flowers on the
ballot. Many of them, the Scotch
thistle, the shamrock of Ireland, are
merely traditions. In this class be-
longs the tulip of the Netherlands.
As for the United States, Hayden
relates that two flowers have, at
different times, been recognized by
groups of interested persons. One is-
the arbutus (Epigaea repens), the
other goldenrod (Solidago). Neither
is elected through legislative decree.
Railroad Tales
One wild winter’s day near Liver-
dun, on the Great Northern railway
of France, a passenger train came
to a stop. The engine had run
into a flock of rooks so busy picking
up scraps thrown out from the Stras-
burg express that they paid no at-
tention to the oncoming train, and
were crushed in such numbers that
the wheels skidded and the whole
train pulled up.
In Canada, a west-bound express
had pulled out of Screiber, Ontario,
and run for some miles when a
brakeman in the rear saw the driv-
er hanging out over the side of the
cab. Thinking he was ill, he braked
the train and stopped it. On investi-
gation he found the driver uncon-
scious and the fireman dead. A rock
falling from an overhanging cliff had
dropped exactly into the engine cab.
IGtVtWJTSte
WiBTHE
• jIsstATsaCTwn!
By Boyce House
Our town was never lacking
in amusements.
For instance, a handcuff artist
put on exhibition on the court-
houselawn. He called for volun-
teers in the crowd to step forward
and fasten him tightly with chains,
locking them with padlocks. After
twisting and writhing, he succeed-
ed-— in three* or four minutes
freeing himself. Then he passed
the hat for collection.
There would be a visiting lec-
turer who spoke at the church,
telling of his trip to the Holy
Land, illustrating the lecture with
lantern sliders.
The carnival was of course a
scene of dazzlement. Even after
a boy’s supply of nickles had run
out and there was no more riding
on the merry-go-round or the
ferris wheel, there was the free
show in front of the Museum of
World Curiosities—th Oriental
dancer who was a nrincess; and
the mind-reader, who was also
a princess: and the snake-charm-
er, who oddly enough was a prin-
ces®, too. These only appeared on
the platform however—the only
one who performed, free, was
the fire-eater, though the wild
man, captured in the jungles of
Africa, would shake his chain
and growl.
One of the most thrilling events
was the ballon ascension, the
aerialist—in bright costume—sit-
ting! on a trapeze under the bal-
loon, which rapidly rose hundreds
of feet in the air. Then he pulled
the rip cord and the balloon be-
gan to deflate. The daredevil
plunged dizzily toward until his
parachute unfolded, then he float-
ed down.
On one such occasion, a group
of negroes was busy picking cot-
ton when a parachute jumper
fluttered to a landing in their
midst. They fled in terroi’—all
except Uncle Remus, who was a
preacher and he courageously re-
mained—also he had rheumatism
and couldn’t run. The old darkey
gazed at the acrobat in his bright
tights and then said, “Good mawn-
in’. Lord Jesus, and how is yore
Pappy gittin’ along?”
The hopes of the overwhelming
majority of the people of Texas
that loan sharks can be driven
out of the State were given im-
petus when a jury recently re-
turned a verdict, the effect of
which was to uphold the new anti-
usury injunction law and to find
a flock of these saboteurs of the
war effort guilty thereunder.
PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Austin, Texas, July 19—“In-
fantile paralysis can be expected to
occur more frequently during the
next three months,” declared Dr.
Geo. W. Cox, State Health Of-
ficer. “This disease is always
more frequent during the hot
months.
The germ responsible for in-
fantile paralysis is so small that
it escapes detection with the most
powerful microscopes. The first
symptoms are usually vomiting,
headache, fever, stiffness of the
neck, pain in the legs, irritability
and drowiness. Complete recovery
may follow such illness; but in
more severe cases, the germ pene-
trates the nervous system, result-
ing in paralysis of nerves controll-
ing one, or more, groups of
muscles. Some remarkable recov-
eries have been noted.
“Flies, or other insects, while
under suspicion, have not been
demonstrated to play a part in
the spread of this disease. Infec-
tion spreads from person to per-
son with the droplets attending
coughing and sneezing. Children
and grown people that are healthy
may be carriers of the germ. When
present in epidemic form, about
one child in each hundred is apt
to suffer an attack.
Early recognition and diagnosis
are essential. The use of immune
serum may be a factor in prevent-
ing paralysis. A period of com-
plete rest is essential for muscles
that are affected. If parents note
any symptoms of illness in their
children, the family doctor should
be consulted at once.”
HILTER’S U. S. INVASION
PLANS ARE EXPOSED
Hitler in 1940 already had pre-
pared detailed plans for invasion
of the United States, “after he
brought England to her knees,”
J. Carlton Ward Jr., president
of the Fairchild! Engine and Air-
craft Corporation, told a senate
military subcommittee Monday.
Ward testified he was shown
the plan “by diplomatic sources”
while in Paris before France fell,
that he reported to this govern-
ment and found, the state depart-
ment already had complete in-
formation on Hitler’s plan.
The manufacturer was head of
a mission in France at the time
advising on aircraft production.
“After he brought England to
her knees,” Ward testified, “Hit-
ler planned to attack the United
States through Mexico with tanks
and other armored equipment
that we did not have.”
The plan, he told newspaper-
men later, was to make a feint
through Newfoundland, and then
invade the United States through
Mexico. He said Hitler not only
olanned military invasion “but
he had a complete plan for
economic domination of the
world.”
COTTON HARVESTING
MACHINERY EXHIBIT
An exhibit of cotton harvest-
ing machinery will be one of the
features of the fifth annual meet-
ing of the Cotton Research Con-
gress to be hel,d at the Baker
Hotel in Dallas, July 13 and 14,
according to L. E. Parsons, head
of the department of textile en-
gineering at Texas Technological
College.
The meeting is under the di-
rection of the Statewide Cotton
Committee of Texas. In addition
to Parsons, Miss Lucille Finley,
research assistant, Loyd Jackson,
assistant professor, and C. J.
Rook, research assistant, will re-
present Texas Tech at the meet-
ing.
Texas Tech will have an ex-
hibit of the work being done in
the textile engineering depart-'
ment.
A girl who knows all the an-
swers learned them from going
around with fellows who ask all
the questions.
Personality: That quality which,
enables you to cash a check in a
strange town without acting
guilty. ' ;
A diplomat is a man who can.
convince his wife that she looks
stout in a fur coat.
YOUR
MAYTAG
That old May-tag Washing Machine must last you
for the duration of the war. There’ll be no new ones.
We
REPAIR
them. If yours is not running right, bring it in and let
us put it in good order. We are your AUTHORIZED
Maytag service people.
See us for any Appliances that you may need.
Also Servel Electrolux Service
GARNER APPLIANCE CO.
DEE W. PAULK, Mgr.
Pepsi-Cola Company, Long Island City, N. Y.
Franchised Bottler: ( Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., Childress, Texas
To The Voters of Cottle County
Just a few lines in behalf of my candidacy for the office of Sheriff,
Tax Assessor and Collector. First, may I thank you for the past favors
you have shown me, and say that I have tried to show my appreciation by
giving you the very best service I could render.
As your Tax Assessor, I have tried to be fair in the valuation of your
property, knowing that the higher your property was assessed, the more
money I would make out of it—-also, the higher your property is assess-
ed, the higher your tax will be. I do not get a salary for assessing and
collecting your tax. These are paid by a commission on the value and the
amount of tax collected. Conscious of these facts, I have tried to be
just as fair as if I were getting a salary out of them.
As your Sheriff, I have done my best at all times to maintain law
and order. I have tried to be fair with every one in executing the
duties of my office, and at the same time, I have tried to show partial-
ity to no one. I have also tried to keep deputies that are clean, sober,
energetic, polite and courteous to the public.
My books have been audited every year and have always been found
correct and complete in every detail. I am proud to say that Cottle Coun-
ty and the State of Texas have received every penny that was due them.
I’m going to make two predictions. First, I’m predicting the war will
end soon, I hope and pray I’m right in this. My second prediction is that
when the war is over, we will have the worst crime wave that has ever
swept the Nation. I hope I am wrong in this prediction, but if I am
right, I feel that I am in a better position to cope with the situation
than I would be if I had not had the experience I have had.
Thanking you in advance for your vote and your influence in behalf
of my candidacy, I am
Yours very truly,
A. A. PAYNE
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