The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 188, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 1941 Page: 4 of 8
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W. L. PENDERGRAFT, E*w, ,*i '
ROBERT MATHERNE, Busmens Manner
Published each weekday afternoon, by Peoples Pri^Hm
Company, 119 W. Peiftt Street, Goose Creek, Texas.
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<4 Congress March h, l #97.
A Bible Thought For “Today
YOU CAST FIND HIM WITH A TELE
SCOPE, BE STILE AND LISTEN WITHIN:
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall
Dee God......Matt. 5:6..
Congress Faces An Emergency
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THE DAILY SUN-GOOSE CREEK, TEXAS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY i, jM^gRpAY, FEBRUARY
Daily Sun SUN SLANTS
By W. L Pendergraft
said that
upon those
GERMANS IN MEXICO
l J ITLER IN HIS speech Thursday
* * he dees not force himself up
who do not want him.
Of course, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Den-
mark, Norway, Holland, ,and a few other na-
tions might refute thut argument if they
had a Chance. ,
But even nearer home there are indications
that a country on this side of the ocean
ma^ haye an opportunity before long to call
times succeeds in killing a bill that the ma-
jority would like to see passed.
With this condition existing, the legislature
relies upon its mass judgment and "does the
best it can to please the people and this may
be the best method after all.
* him a liar.
There are a number of bills before .he
present legislature that are certain to produce
the conditions discussed here.-.
One of these is a bill to legalize betting on
horse races. ! believe, a majority of the
From -Mexico cornea word {hat .he number. - , people of Texas ore against the measure and
of Germans arriving there- has multiplied I. am,convinced horse race betting is ietri-
ferf weeks. Nazi agents mental to the best Interest of f-" • 1 ~
rapidly in the past few? weeks. Nazi agents
in that country have multiplied ,40 per cent
within a short time, some observers declare.
AH signs point-to an eariv attempt
by Germany to subdue Great Britain
with the long-threatened all-out inva-
sion attempt.
Purpose of the lease-lend bill now
SST 33T u. « S'* w ~ ““
Our country ought not ..overlook, the pres-
Purpose of these Germans, it is safe to bet,
docs not promise any happiness for Mexico.
u is believed their purpose may be to stir
up strifewhen Hftl-.-r launches his attack
upjjn England. By dcing this they hope to
divert the attention in some part at least
from aiding Britain.
A Mexican Nazi party has sprung up and
is reported, to be giving military training to
its members. The German agents are telling
Mexico that the United States' defense pro-
gram is aimed at that country. It is a
foolish statement without basis,shut German
propoganda- theory Is that anybody will ba-
' " ■ | iHMgtaKenough.
mental to the best interest of the state,
financially, morally and otherwise. But I
couldn't prove it- at least not the satis
faction ol, the proponents. |>
The bill which would abolish small inde-
pendent ' school districts, make the office of
state superintendent appointive and bring
about many other changes in our school sys-
tem Is another example.
Still another is the bill which is certain to
be introduced to create centralized control
of water sources; and another is the price -
fixing bill, held unconstitutional last year but
back again in new form.
No man can keep track of all the bills con-
sidered and still earn a living at a useful occu-
pation. And'it may be a good thing.
‘
:
Murder Makes A Hero
By ELLIOTT
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
•IJIT’S JOHNNY WING!” I cried
over my shoulder to Cary and
old Jabez who was following.
i didn’t wait for them to un-
bolt the door, but did it myself.
When I opened it the wind hurled
it open, almost sweeping me from
my feet. Johnny was fairly
blown into the hall. I wondered
then, arid I wonder now, how the
boy ever kept his feet in such
a gale, Jabez and Cary strug-
gled to close the .door, I turned
The boy ia starved” r
an undertone. "Go *
for a moment more”* 091
Janet nodded n.I
She forced her face ft*
smile and crossed the 1
side.
“Good morning, j0
said. "Eat all y0„
talk afterward.” nt g* \
BW ' Johnny after «I
S-’P, which finished tf
set down the cup and ,
. f -T mustn’t,-Miss
urn attention to Johnny. earnestly. “I wmiis-” ,
He was a wretched looking ob- en at all but-J h‘>
ject. The .old suit he wore was at all since yesterday'
drenched with rain, his,head was Long shudders shooir 17
bars and he was shivering vio- frame, His ■ self-control *
lently, with cold, I thought. 0Us in a boy of his *<>» *1
^ '“Can I see Miss Janet, please?" slipping away, ge’W4l|
His voice shook, and I became “It’s—it’s—1 know wh* J
aware that all the water on his Kaye—” The last word*
face wasn’t rain. His eyes were animal-like" yelp. He hi, j
“ • ........his head self at Janet, clutch^ H
safcZirr*
and rolled down hi* cheek.
Funny he didn't ask for Kaye, *«* ‘"‘;""i't<d sent*^
uss rj stvzt %>£■
house in the village when search- #*®*y. Who knew what 1
ing- for her. My heart leaped with '^kht^be going through^
anythlnglR^
strong representations to the Mexican gqv-
,inslstihg that, thcy„,check. " '
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that he will do all within-his power
to live up to his promise to win the
war before American arms can throw
the balance against him.
tions.
rl’LSE FEELING
THE LEGISLATURE would like
___ Is the conviction
that’ believing men and the events of their
WHILE THE LEGISLATURE would like ih the ^ h“nd °f *"
to enact the sort of legislation that When death takes a loved one, that is
. would serve the best interests of the state and when we have to remember r“ ......
■MnwssriB s»SSST-“ ESSSsf
“|8ial9rMfiWB6w*^i"PPWpwPB|S
* ing terror which accounted for _ Janet did not. hesitate:
’' tears. I knew he loved Kaye vm about ifr
By Shepard Barclay
aid immediately. ..... -There, are 'hundreds of bills introduced at • and the We have^tp hf
bills
». ms Er
:^ye,fferelwUiite oftheir contents’and^if snX^out when
gress with the bill—it has _ . „
extremely well compared to usual pro-
cedure. But now is considering a |_____________________________
matter Upon which the fate of our 11a- ail papers could print them in full the pub-
tion may rest, which may involve the He would not read them.
fe'jwusss rHSSsS-H
confronted with an emergency that group would to an anathema to another, ttfu-
time is right now. • ■ 'all'a'-blU has its'group of enthusiastic barters.
the lungs cease to breathe
Bind the heart to beat. Jesus
- Christ is eternal, and the
life that He came to redeem
is eternal. -
BEMEMBER THIS LINEUP
> A CARD combination which oc-
curs very frequently is misunder-
stood by a tremendous proportion
every word hi spoke, every look "Yeurre cbtj andwctanu,
he gave" when she was near. He JW, and I don’t blame J
probably felt that he knew Janet ‘wi ng this way, but If you
better than the rest of us, and ‘'ln;vtl?ln« ;ibm‘t Miss Kaye J
it was to her he had come for no‘ “elPtog her by crying.” |
news of his adored one. But I uj"er ,w®rdsi- so softly J
mmm. sis= is
It is very, hard for us when our loved ones
leave us, tn realize that they have gone to a
beautiful destiny to which we would commit
WfVS Ul jtBt aii'the isolationists “ “ *d°W
autiful destiny
them glldlydf our hearts were not so lacking lead it, unless you find tluynm
That is the situation in which you
hold three or four cards headed
by the ace - or king, opposite a
trebleton containing the other top
honor, one of the hands also hav-
ing the 10 and the other the 9.
Thebe is no way to take three im-
mediate tricks with this if you
looA it iinlAna vah flnri thA> miACh
led the spade 7, not caring which
defender won It. Hie had stripped
the hand of spades and diamonds
and left a trump to each hand. So,
If either of those two suits got
returned, he could ruff In one hand
end-discard a losing club from the
sion settled over his
tures. He shook his
cidcdiy.
boyish fea-
i head de-
T must wee her.” He clenched
his hands into grimy fists, took
in faith and spiritual discernment. The sor-
rows of life are never easy to take. , The
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and the enemies of our country have
been chilmir.g. - v,
Our purpose in aiding Britain is part-
ana jack doubleton in one defend-
er's hand. If you make the oppo-
nents lead it, however, you will.
get three tricks whenever the
other. a step, nearer me.
Seeing that, West, who won the "It’s about Miss Kaye," he
trick, abstained from leading whispered.
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those suits and had nothing else I stepped forward and laid my
but a club. His 3 brought forth hand against his tear-stained,
u»t, it did.
"On Weeneck island, Jo)
Are you sure?" .law;, J
trembled, but her gentle t
not change.
“I’m sure. My father did]
His sobs almost strangled 1
1 was sure I knew now wb,
boy was in such a state. ’
had told me that be* iift
rsp&e&tsss irr s%s- 27,r, ^7 SSI
stood as a wihninv "tehace over didn’t dare refuse, his remiest -it “ ■
victory. If we are going to accomplish
that purpose our . aid must arrive in
Under The Dome At Austin
time to accomplish this purposes
The house rules committee by unani-
*110 86
Wu,
+ Q83
|KQ3
f AJ8 4
♦ K7 4
4> K 9 6
75T
stood as a winning tenace over
West’s club Q, assuring the con-
tract.
* *
ms lace was use icc.
didn't dan refuse his request ;it
might really be of importance
to learn what he had to say. I
7 ■
Bill Wing were t
stole far Kaye's kid.napmg, I
boy must , have gone tlirou^ j
•peccable suffering Wore I
♦ A’9 2
:?.v
LA4_*J7 5S,
mous con.sent has given right-of-way
to the aid bill fur di-bate Monday.
The sentti ton mittee still is holdintt
AUSTEN, Feb. 1. (I'.Hi—Regional chambers Of
commerce are taking lively interest in the ses-
otrtH- A# aI7-fir fl’iivm,
By Gordon K.Sheor«r
The "scientific” bill with a formula for com-
puting wheel and axle stresses already had
been introduced and set for hearing in the
- senate committee on highways and motor
traffic for Feb. 17.
S“i!7 »««»»*><■>'-
$7 64 . > .-^,-
f KQ73
■ ♦ a q# :
+ A104
(Dealer: EastvNorth-South vul-
nerable.): V;
East South West North
Pass 1* Pass 3$
Pass 4 NT Pass 5 $
Pass 5*
It was a good thing for this de-
Tour Week-End Lesson
. Suppose you sat to,the third
hand position, with the hand. giV:
en below,, and thought you Heard
your partner and your right-hand
opponent pass. Suppose you then
^•Grt sLEsI ordered He eave “nai5y ibrou«hl
Get Janet, lordere^ ^gavb t0 Purpie Beecheg,
me a queer look, but started for
the (Stairs^ ‘ I Horned (back to
Johnny.
“Come to the fire; you're froz-
en."
decided that South’must have a 'Tm too wet; I’d ruin your
big hand, and you consequently ru**-" ®vf" that moment his
made a third-hand psychic bid of consideration impressed me. Who
X-Diamond to try to impede the ever his father might be. the
wdamble opponents. Suppose l!ttlc boy was « little gentleman,
you were then informed that your “Never mind ‘h« r 1 ««id-
“Sit down, Johnny, and :t2
all about it." Janet's voice ('
piteously. That quaver teem
galvanize Johnny into ami
He Hook bit head, rejei
himself from hor -encircling j
and poured out his Story. 1
"I often go cut there to fl
shells and things,” he said. 11
there when father put he I
Mmit ill I II I L shacks down|
man- ^ater. He swore he’d kill:
Jt WOUld bo lm, if the soitoh- COUld "(toiler T’commerce has ^hor surprise from the governor this
~4»nrflte he^nffg and bagtiHli-laetf m Uic ' n„ v .... could never have made his con-
tate bond nStodTV , Iun ' ' 1 “ l"‘ 1 x 1 tract W«t led the spade-MUte-
_proximately_Jl7,000,000 more of
result made an insufficient bid,,
which under the rules must be
made suflleient. What bid- would
you then make, and why?
. 09754
A , . . , . _
as soothingiy as I could
age "You won’t hurt anything r'biabrM i « wiuldrt’
and I, had just left. A fire was - j-Ij a___.si m,
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3‘S^"S£.'"21l3,u!S “*m
r3S*,%5 ‘
Five Years Ago
in the Tri-Cities
The three regional chambers of commerce
are united In favor of tb« - re-orgaabation
bill, according to Rep. Joe- C. Humphreys of
Abilene, bill author. "One of *thq. Strongest
tax-payers' lobbies in Texas history has spon-
taneously gotten together to put this over/;
Humphreys announced,
bulletin to-South.'
iiWAW»b mVitViKrvi'c ■
•Naturally the association welcomed the gqv-
ernor When he ajipeared and heard his talk .
With Intorwfc,
This year the association extended him an
invitation to attend its Austin session. The
governor did not come. - ■-
Crossword Puzzle
HI- IRHH^ -vwwm.....zm— ww-g-m-—----- -fTHnar*
ments, and I saw a tiny bit of Even in his wud
color creep back into his face. remmb(!. ^
SI
Texas
(Frbm The Daily Sun of February 2, 1986)
N-.P-- of Few Texas legislators have as colorful a
Commerce ^ members praises the governor's background as Woodrow W. Bean, 23, a dis-
Chani.ber of
... ..... ie governor’s
message advocating reo-rganizarion, but said
Upon a decision of the board of trustees
tor the Crosby independent school district to-
i'-r-
, 1
tant relative of the late Judge Roy Bean,
business men in South Texas were “shocked Langtry’s “Caw West of the Pecos.”
and .dismayed’’ at the governor's second mes- Young Bean was born on a ranch near
sage for. additional revenues. The bulletin Sifirra mane* 100 miles west of Langtry.
5
ACROSS
1. Couch
5. Part of a
Hutch
9. Baking
chamber
'J&&AL
6. -Remuner-
ated
7. Kill ' .
’ 8. Slave
10. Fel t sorry
fnr
mm
W. E. WiiUams,. 56, former Goose"
awrvtrs nsrzr • - s"'
N. b! Culver, president, and other officers Some speculation was caused in Austin
4 the Baytown fire department were in- whether the East Texas Chamber’s drive
Sip ■
to Ionia 19. Manila
14. Apprehends hemp
against enlarging the road bortd assumption ___I- ft__
act to take in 1940 bonds might not spoil any \9F|QD DQQ
Easy Knowledge
“frozen
f ‘
of the _ .....
stalled Saturday night.
More than 1300,000 had been paid into the chance of united regional chamber of corn-
treasuries of East Harris county tax collect- merce support of legislation.
Z -
.»—*JLaT sns
In .order to speed filing of applications of Then the bulletin points out that 22 of the
local former service men for their bonus 1940. road Hond issues were voted in West
money, Robert R. Tuck post, Veterans of Texas, 12 in South Texas, and th-c other two
. Foreign Wars, will begin filling out blanks in Cameron. and Na^I edimUcs.' Just why
at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Community building these two were not grouped with South Texas -
at Baytown. was not announced. The bulletin says .also Words of Wisdom
town. The arreSts w^ madTby Cortstebto U of thc mctor vehic!es and 3 7 of tbe hi8h* it-Tyron Edwards.
Roy Epperson. ^
I • " ■ commissioners’ association recently
Editorial Views ;
One-Minute Test
1. Who wrote “Moby Dick”?
, 2. Who described architecture
music”?
5. How do you opeR the past tense of-the
poker term “ante”?
Committees of the county judges and
commissioner's’ association recentlj
ng the date of bond o!_____ _ ___ _ _____
t by “p- pleasant surprises
ion of one cent of .the state gasoline however, guard against
As Other Editors See It tSWS
state schools and state highway construction
Grandpappy Jenkins, after vainly trying to ***>«"* could be reduced,
get the kids up for school, thinks it should
he called thc slowly rising generation. Col Ray Lceman of San Antonio, executive
vice-president of thc South Texas Chamber
It’s a small world, but those Italian soldiers of Commerce, usually in Austin when the
Albania and Africa must feel a million Texas legislature tackles the tax problem,
<k*{rom home'______________.....• v .:
n World war No. 1
: would Christmas be without the fir in Wrn
s, mistletoe and poinsettia, asks an edi- officer. This week he was ...
U. And. oh yes, Dad to pay the Mil*. mlliutry duty at Fort SHI, Okla.
your birthday is today, you wilt enjoy
felicity during the next year, also
and success. You should,
..gainst extravagance and
avoid giving offense to elderly relatives The
child bom today will evince remarkable ar-
tistic, musical and mechanical abilities,
achiving recognition and success. He or she
may experience trouble, however, through
property and Investments.
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16. Color
: 17. Watches
. secretly .
19. Donkey
22, Music note
23 Beards of
rye
27. Marked
" with bands
29. Young
herring
30. Before
(naut,)
31. A'ptop
32. To Wax
33. To boil
34. Region
*76.' Femi'hine
pronoun
37 Capital of
Delaware
40. Spawn of
fish
43. Diluted
47. Eying
49. Price of trans
portation
50. Abase
51. Wicked
52. Observed
53. Genuine
20. More
secure
21. Breathe
1, noisily
24. Ire
25. Wall recess
26. Guide
28. Fear
.31. Perplex
33. Wild
38. Possesses
teM
41. Curved
molding
42. German
river
44. Ta)kirra-
tionally
45. Silkworm
46. Small vale
He looked up at me, gratitude
in his eyes,. *
"Thank you, Miss Nancy. I was'
awfully eoid, Shudders shook
him as he spoke. I spoke to Ja-
bez, who had followed us to the
door.
“Gef some hot chocolate as
quick as you can/’ I said. Then,
to Johnny as Mrs. Carl's words
flashed into my mind, "Have you
had any breakfast?"
a^*Jiretmaed de- couldn’t understam.
cidediy; "Bring something to eat, stopped leaned shiveria*
too. Bread and butter, cold meat,
whatever the
iliytrivu
had tried to drill into te a
“In this storm they’ll te *f'
•way! Shell he drowned." -
sobs choked him.
“I’ll get the men from
1***." Cary started for d» I
His voice quivered; his fare 1
firs -
• . “There’s a wreck on -W
Shoal; they've all gone
VMImtajr'i tent
48. Masculto#
, name .
Hints.on Etiquette
Don’t dress
fashionable,
oome you t
of being w<
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cook has handy.
Or,” as Jabez sUrted away, "some
hot soup would be good. Bring
them all, if you can.”
I dfdn’t say any more of John-
ny. I didn't want to frighten him
away by foolish questions,
It -wasn’t a moment when Jabez,
followed by Alice, carrying a
tray, returned. I gave one glance
at what they had brought. A pit-
ches of steaming soup, bread and
butter and a large bouillon cup
were there. I seized thfe pitcher,
poured out a cup of the rich
broth and held it out to John-
ny. -
"Drink this,” I commanded.
His eyes brightened at sight of
the food, and I knew by the way
he gulped down the soup and
wolfed into the bread and butter
I spread for hii
the door. Mrs. Gould’s f
t6ne cut across my toot-.--,
"Cary! You will Saw 1
(To Be Continued)
,|(er-0arner
ites Occur
fere Friday
£ Baker of Baytown and
1 (jgmer, son of Rev. and
S,Sm Garner of Lake Lu-
wrrrsrs
Side's parents, with
Rev. E.
swollen almost out of his head self at Janet, clutches"!? 1
and as I looked at him a great with both hands and hnwf
tear squeezed itself over his lid sobs which' racked' him fronj1
Egar^rs
■fie bride, who was attended- by
■“mother, wore a frock of
W -ie3 and a corsage of v
irt roses and delphinium, c.
W. McKallp attended Mr. p
P^rved from the lace laid
li table to Mr. and Mrs. si
BE .Clarence Miller, sister j,
brother Of the bride- M
lasing a brief wedding trip *
lain Antonio the couple will ^
Ijltome at 215 Virginia street H
1 Baytown.
|r. Garner ‘Is*, cloyed in the ^
lent department of the. ai
n plant of the Humble Oil
Refining Company. jt
. gr Compliments
fs.S. Bolmanskie
i miscellaneous shower honor- w<
l Sam Bolmanskie was —
jjeet home when Mrs. Over-
l Thursday at tbe^D. D. Ov- r
A and Mrs. J. H. Escoubas V
r«Wesses. Daffodil!.- and %,
to wen. used: throughout the , V
I and formed the center dec- r
te tot the refmbment U- £
i. 0. 0. Dorris poured cof-
Dsinty heart-haped sand-
, salted nuts, mint^ and
i were served from the
ito 35 guests.
jrte4- prizes were won . by
• J q Ka-pi-r imi Mrs E E
were received from a
who did not attend.
M. CXINVENTKKN
last Harris County Sing-
pBteition will asset tomor-
“k the Highlands Baptist
The George Mooney
from' Houston will be
m The.hours are from 2 ian
i f'm' . - - ' A
has been arranged, >
.....l«rs are asked to
lild
'Dinkum Aussies’ b
Pet Australian iWj
American
Melbourne; Australia, !
iKR)—The English -.an*u*F‘
been enriched here to ®
manent 'incorporatron of w.
pression "dinkum Aussu* j
is the. orame now W® J
ideal type of Australian
be found in all grades of
For the Australian W
ary Force, a group
HON
The Conven
One Stop Ter
VeSoLtbei
costs v.. ~
r were sinW
• am
Aussies” and <
for th? war.
(Before *•“1
FRAN
State R«.r» u
Governor O'Daniel i
surprise the Text
was with apropos*
an increased load
■gas ttrt
limit from 7,000 to lAOOo'i
Then the legislature ca,
______. „,e :__________
_ _____ lent r
. can go ahead with its very ’
about a “scienUfic” load errin
accident she said;
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