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THE MATHIS NEWS
VOL. XXVI.
MATHIS, TEXAS, MAY 30. 1941
NO. 22
SNAPSHOTS
Economic enslavement may
be ahead of us, to be sure: but
it is not dependent upon Hit-
ler’s defeat or victory half as
much as it is our own perverted
ideas of prosperity and indus-
trial welfare. We can and will
hold our own with the world,
it is going to hurt while we are
but it is going to hurt while we
are at it.
There is food for thought in
the fact that the 49 millionth
Ford car has been rolled down
the ways. This represents
close to 4 billion dollars in sale
values, if we say each car av-
erages $600 in sale price. That
stands for a lot of labor, much
material—even beyond the
comprehension of most of us,
and a lot else.
Wouldn’t it be fine if we
could and would snap out of
all this artificial stuff? Ar-
tificial labor, artificial farm
profits, artificial prices, in fact,
actificial prosperity surround-
ing us. All this pump-priming
is surely artificial prosperity.
But this condition looms larg-
er and larger on ahead.
blush for labor, while at 1/he
same time marvelling at the
impotency of government.
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Can it be that we have in the
United States a very large class
of citizens who will take advan-
tage of national necessities,
well knowing that little can be
done without them, and will
hold up the nation, directly and
indirectly, in its defense pro-
gram? A band of armed in-
surrectionists shooting down
our soldiers would be more re-
spectable.
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There are still many farm-
ers who do not realize the im-
mense value of field peas or
beans in fertilizing the land.
Broadcast peas on any of our
old sandhills, turn them under
shallow, and plow them under
when pods are forming or simp
ly let theih die on the land,
and watch that land produce
the next year!
--ss--
Next to the abomination of
labor defiance of decency is
the thing if shouting insincere-
ly against almost every policy
of the national administration.
A man ought to be able to dif-
fer with our President on many
points, and yet to uphold him
in his main foreign policies.
He’s the only head we have,
folks.
We have been watching—
theoretically—those thi ngs
they call vitamins. Gradually
we have been converted to the
general facts that are known
about the little things, whatev-
er they are. The matter grows
on us; and now \Ye think there
are immense possibilities open-
ing up to us along this line.
Success to the scientists who
are exploring the vitamin
world!
Looking on down the line
there can be no doubt that fu-
ture economic conditions here
and elsewhere are to be deter-
mined by wholesome, honest,
peaceful competition. There
is no use bristling up and
growling if England can make,
ship to us, sell, and profit by
itj a pocket knife that we can’t
sell for the same money.
---ss-
French leaders plainly have
been led up to the trough and
told to drink; and they have
drunk. What can poor France
do but whatever Hitler says?
Of course, it looks silly to hear
poor old Petain tell the people
that their future welfare lies
along Hitler’s lines; but doubt-
less all the prosperity there is
for them does lie just there.
Should England sign a peace
pact agreeing to lie off if Hit-
ler will lie off of England?
England’s dream of destroying
Hitler and Hitlerism from the
earth is gone utterly, so what
more can she expect to attain
than her former status quo?
Having failed when Germany
was comparatively small and
weak, how can she hope to
succeed now?
SCOUT CfOURT OF HONOR
HELD MONDAY NIGHT
BACCALAUREATE SER-
VICES HELD SUNDAY
The Boy Scout Court ofi Sermon Delivered by
Honor was held Monday night! ^
at the school auditorium. The * __
opening ceremony was the . , ■ , • • '
color presentation by Harvey | ^cca.au a “ " ^
Robinson and Mack Lewis.' toz the graduating class pi the
Bill McAdams, Gulf Coast
One of the political changes
of note is the declaration of
independence by Iceland of
freedom from the Nazi-domin-
ated Denmark. Iceland’s
dependence upon the Danes
has lasted for 600 years; and
she has a very uncertain future
as she launches her little
barque upon the stormy pol-
itical seas of the time.
Council scout executive, gave
the invocation.
Earl Steelhammer became the
troop’s first Eagle Scout. B.C.
Banks made the recognition | sermon was
talk in which he paid tribute New Times,’
to Earl’s mother and father.
J. D. Wilson presented second
class badges to Donnell Bal-
lard and Leslie Baugh. Wilson
is troop committeeman. S. F.
Coffin, assistant scoutmaster,
presented a first class badvge to
Mack Lewis. Star badges were
presented to James Allen
Howse and Dee Wilson by Bill
Adams.
W. F. Barnes, scoutmaster,
presided at the court of Honor
and presented merit badges to
the following scouts: Donnell
Ballard, five merit badges;
Leslie Baugh, one; Mack
Lewis, nine; Dee wilson, 18;
James Allen Howse, 10; Earl
Steelhammer, 16.
local high school was deliver
ed Sunday night in the school
auditorium by Sam Ribble,
minister of the Mathis Church
of Christ. The topic of tht
Old Lessons for
a Biblical talk
stressing the necessity for
“courage, honor and righteous-
ness’’ today.
Also appearing on the pro-
gram were Rev. James Drehsr
Crane of Austin and the Rev.
S. E. Harry, pastor of the Math
is Baptist Church. Mrs. Mar-
garet Murnme, Mrs. Chas. Beck
endorff, and a group of junior
class girls gave a musical pro-
gram.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Coltrin
and family of Sinton were Sun-
day visitors in the Geo. W. Col-
trin home.
With The
Legislature
MATHIS H. D. CLUB MEETS
WITH MRS. G. B. OWEN
The Mathis H. D. Club met
Most of you good folks at ]a:-d aitei noon at the
home have been too busy scrap- ^5*me 9{' Pwen W1^b
ing the mud off of your shoes j ps/ 1 ed Steelhammer as co-
and keeping the chickens from - keste^s.. -he program was on
drowning to pay much atten-; !•18 topm, Interesting Places
tion to your lawmakers, no jm Texas _ with members tak-
doubt. Perhaps that is just as | m* Part mA a round tabJe dlf
well, so far as the lawmakers eussion. Among the interest-
go, for none of them can do P)ac®s discussed were the
things you want done without Bend, San Antonio, Casa
the other fellow scraping them.
You see, by the time the
session is ended the dear peo-
ple back home wear the mem-
bers ragged with their tele-
grams and letters. Now if these
were harmonious it would be
all right; but when a fellow
gets a hundred telegrams tel-
ling him to pass a law to close
the season on squirrels in Hog
Blanca, Llano County and Go-
liad.
Mrs. Geo. Ramsower, club
president ( was named as dele-
gate to the A&M Short Course
in July. Mrs. J. R. Honea
read the constitution and by-
laws of the club. The meeting
time was changed to 3 o’clock
for the duration of the summer.
A call meeting was announc-
European War Summary
Recent days have witnessed j Germany is pushing its “war
no great change in the war of the Atlantic” strongly, ships
status anywhere. Although and subs working hard to sink
there has been vigorous fight- j all possible shipping destined
ing on some fronts, not much!for England. Just what sue-
change has come unless it is in j cess the Germans are having
the Aegean sea region; and : cannot be known, for reports
conflicts in reports make it j of neither side are dependable.
The President has notified
the country that next year he
will recognize the old date,
the last Thursday in November,
as Thanksgiving Day; and he
notes the failure of the people 1 pje ports, so that England will
have difficulty In landing car-
hard to know just what is go-
ing on there.
England:—
England seems to be holding
her own nythe great Channel
campaign. There is something
of a lull in the fierceness ot
this fighting, though no actual
cessation of activities appears.
England has sufffered much at
its seaports both on the Irish
sea and the North Sea, as yreTl
as at channel ports. It seems
to be the enemy’s aim to crip
generally to approve and prac-
tice the new date, which was
adopted on the urge of busi-
ness interest, to make it one
week longer to the Christmas
trading season.
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It is an eye-opener to most
of us to learn that our Amer-
ican embassy in London uses
350 employes—clerks, book-
keepers, typists, stenographers
and the likej That is perhaps
three times as many employes
as are used in the state comp-
troller’s department in Austin.
It must be a big business, sure-
ly.
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On the pages of history are
many dark blots. When the
story of organized labor shall
be fully written, there will be
dark blots in the record where j ough folks to eat
The District of Columbia has
a population of 10,870 per
square mile, it being small, and
Washington being there.
Rhode Island is the highest
state in the Union, with 672.2
persons per square mile. Tex-
as has 44.2, and Nevada only
1 person to the square mile.
Looks like we should have em-
ail we can
the defense labor part is fully j produce;
brought out. One can but j them.
but we don’t have
It*® Patriotic
No matter whether we get into the war or not, the
thing for us all to do is to stay on the job and make a go
of our business. %
Thefe is a lot of patriotism in just sticking to the
work at hand. Make it successful, productive, helpful.
We are prepared to aid in such a program as far as pos-
sible. The same principle applies to us that applies to
you. We must work together.
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THE
FIRST STATE BANK
MATHIS, TEXAS
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
goes before bombers can have
a chance at them.
England suffered the loss at
sea of its great ship, the Hood,
betw.een Iceland and Green-
land, at the hands of a German
fleet which apparently was
sent to break up convoys of
merchant vessels bound for
England. This is her greatest
single naval loss of the war.
A shot from the Bismarck, Ger-
many’s crack warship, hit the
magazine of the Hood and caus
ed an explosion within that
sent the ship to the bottom.
Loss of life was very great,
perhaps 1,200 men going down
with the ship. England is
waging a fairly successful de-
fensive war in Egypt, opposing
progress of German and Ital-
ian forces into Egypt. In
Ethiopia, remaining bands of
Italian soldiers are fighting des
perately, while the main body
has surrendered to the British.
Germany:—
German forces have been at-
tacking the island of Crete, an
important British stronghold in
the eastern Mediterranean.
For the first time in warfare,
parachute troops and soldiers
and equipment carried by glid-
ers landed successfully on the
island and gained a foothold,
but the Germans lost heavily
and later many Germans were
destroyed in an attempt to
transport them by light ships
from the shores of Greece. The
British fleet sank the trans-
ports and perhaps 6,000 Ger-
mans were drowned. At this
writing it is reported that Ger-
many has landed light tanks
in Crete, and that most bitter
fighting is going on there. It
is conceded that Crete is a vi-
tally important stronghold in
the entire eastern Mediterran-
ean section. Germany is push-
ing forces into and across Syria
to Iraq, where the British are
getting the better of the rev-
olutionary Iraqui, who are Ax-
is adherents. Whether or not
the oil lines from Iraq to the
coast have been cut is un-
known, but the rush of oil from
this country to the Suez reg-
ion would suggest that at least
the cutting of the lines is im-
minent.
and then he gets another hun
ared ordering him not to do
any such fool thing; and when
these folks all vote, and their
kin folks all vote, it is enough
to make a mere man a mental
and physical wreck.
Nov/ you think that is over-
drawn. Well, you just ask your
representative to open his
heart to you, next time you
meet him. These men all want
to do the right thing; but it is
just as well not to deluge them
with telegrams. A good big
petition, such as was sent up
from Mathis about lake fish-
ing, is all right; it doesn’t mat-
ter if it does cause the repre-
sentative to lose sleep, it will do
good in the long run. He can
make up sleep later.
Looks like sine die adjour-
ment June 3. Maybe so, maybe
not. Conference committees
are still struggling to reduce
state expenses to fit the tax in-
come in sight; but it now seems
while new money will have
completely at the mercy ofj been raised, our growing state
Hitler. France’s leaders tried | requires cash to keep going,
to bluff Hitler and to assert a j and we will not eliminate our
degree of independence under i treasury deficit right away
the armistice; but Hitler j under present conditions,
seems to have proceeded quiet- j Of course, there are plenty
ly to show them that their life-' of verbal clashes and red hot
line lies in the path of German j squabbles over very little, on
progress. So French leaders j both sides of the hall. The
are pleading with their own ; aforesaid telegrams and letters
people and with the world that I have set the nerves of many
they are actually looking; new members on edge, you
Hollow county for three years, 1 ®d Wednesday, May
France : —
The Vichy government of
France is apparently in a hard
place. Completely vanquish-
ed by Hitler, France is working
under an armistice, a tempor-
ary peace agreement, and is
28, at the home of Mrs. Ruth
French for the purpose of
planning an exhibit of cos-
tume jewelry and accessories
to be displayed at the Home
Demonstration Club recrea-
tion encampment to be held on
Lake Mathis, June 12 and 13.
The next regular meeting will
be Friday, June 13, at the
home of Mrs. Simon Fleisch-
mann.
The refreshment table was
decorated with a centerpiece
of garden flowers. White
Jamestown lilies were used on
the buffet. Miss Billy Spinks
of Llano served the salad
course and Mrs. Steelhammer
poured tea.
There were 18 members pres
ent. Mrs. J. Del Buono was re-
ceived as a new member. Vis-
itors were Miss Spinks and
Mrs. S. A. Reed of Llano.
92 SUBSCRIBERS SECURED
FOR FROZEN FOOD
LOCKERS
through Hitler’s appeasement
to a brighter and better
France. Obviously, it is simp-
ly a case of being forced to
grant Hitler use of French
ports and passage of troops
and supplies over French ter-
ritory, as the only means oi
present existence, nominally,
as a nation. Hitler is grinding
France and ail other occupied
lands under his feet, and the
people are suffering in order to
see. The old members are not
so easily disturbed. You have
heard a lot of thunder without
much damage from lightning?
Well, if thunder ever hurt any-
one we should all be dead up
here.
The regular routine is going
on. Many local bills that may
get passed, many general bills
that are dead and don’t know
it, and some vitally important
measures in conference. As
hand over much that they pro-'stated before, this legislature
duce and sorely need to Hitler has been hardworking and
to support German armies. 1 sensible, on the whole. Much
At Hitler’s bidding and
doubtless with his capital,
France is building a railroad to
Dakar, some 1,500 miles down
the African coast, and the
closest point to South America.
This road will give Hitler amp- dither
le transportation facilities pasSecl
credit belongs to Chairman W.
O. Reed and his committeemen
of the House appropriation
committee for the excellent
progress made.
The Governor got into a
when the legislature
a bill over his veto,
when he gets ready to take ov- which bill appropriated a com-
er France’s African colonies, i paratively small amount for
soon- | enforcement of liquor laws at
The United States:— land near the military camps.
This country is trying to | He is the only one wtio knows
speed up production of planes ! why he vetoed the bill, thus ap-
and tanks, ships, guns, and j f^enlly giving approval
munitions of war. Labor
troubles delay production
Members of the Young
Farmers of America, who'-aye.
working to secure food lockers
for Mathis, have secured 92
subscribers of the needed 200,
according to Charles Brown,
president of the group. Sub-
scribers are askedJco rent a
locker for one year at about one
dollar per month for the first
year the project is in operation.
Folks, if you want this locker
for Mathis it will be necessary
for 108 more families to sign
up to rent a locker for one
year.
This Newspaper will be sent
anywhere in the United States
for only $1.50 per year. Send,
a copy to some far-away friend
or relative. He will enjoy
reading it immensely.
greatly, and the government
seems powerless to prevent
these delays by strikes and
walkouts. Sentiment in Am-
erica is much divided as to
whether or not we should
plunge further into this war.
We have come now to where
entry into the carnage of the
old world is almost inevitable;
and when and if we do so our
task will be impossible if we
carry out the expressed inten-
tions of the administration, to
destroy Hitlerism and save
democracy, which is already
dead in Europe and fast pass-
ing away in this country. Per-
haps the President will have
elucidated his program and in-
tentions by the time this is
read. All power, practically,
is centered in one man, not in
Congress, where democracy
placed it. Avoidance of act-
ual entry into the war by our-
selves will be based more up-
on lack of naval and military
forces than upon other consid-
erations, no doubt.
violations of liquor regulations
at camp; but anyhow when the
passage over his veto came
along, and he got a deluge of
letters from mothers and others
of decent minds all over the
state, he came out in big style
and declared for prohibition of
all liquor sales anywhere near
camps and in big cities. He
tried to set himself right with
many who will vote in the sen-
atoral election; and, of course,
he will succeed.
Most of the legislators are
stewed up over the war situa-
tion. If it were left to the law-
makers someone else would
have licked Hitler long ago!
Not that they are at all rec-
reant in duty or lacking in
courage; but they are merely
human, like all of us, and I
nearly said like the mice who
wanted some other mouse to
bell the cat. Nevertheless,
some of these fine young men
will be training as soldiers one
of these days, and I’m for them
100 per cent.
If you want to see things
move up in legislative sessions,
just let some representative or
senator introduce a game or
fish bill. I’m in favor of re-
tiring Harvey Shell when the
time comes—not now, for he is
needed—and making him a
sort of representative-emeritus
without pay; if that won’t
work, then something else to
let him know we appreciate his
sufferings for us in the matter
of Corpus Christi lake fishing
and shooting. He had to draft
John Lyle, of Corpus Christi, to
get under the load with him, in
fact, to put His brand on the
dynamic legislation. It was
all well done; and the best of
all was their retirement from
the field of battle, still aive.
Their aims were all good; and
“not failure, but low aim, is
crime,” someone said. But
those boys found they had
grabbed a hot potato when
they began to monkey with
those fishing bills!—G. W. C.
DAWSON SAYS
Nice three room home
$1000.00. One four room,
seven lots, good out buildings
$1250.00. Small three room
home, furnished, only $650.
Nice four-room house, 2 lots,
well located, only $1,250.
600 acres good land $50.00.
160 acres, close in, $65.00,
80 acres, well located, $55.
00. 275 acres, real bargain,
$50.00. Other good buys.
For life, auto, fire and
other insurance, see me.
Also for that good Philco
radio and batteries.
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Coltrin, George W. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1941, newspaper, May 30, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1038707/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.