Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1944 Page: 2 of 6
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ZAVALA COUNTY SENTINEL, CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS
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ZAVALA COUHTY SENTINEL
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
I. H. HARDY, Owmt, Editor tad
Publisher
EMered as Socond-Claas Matter at
Iks Post Office at Crystal City, Texas,
nter the Act of March 8, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
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Legal Notices and Classified Adver-
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word for each additional insertion.
Crystal City, Texas, July 7, 1944
JUNE TEMPERATURES
ABOUT NORMAL
Temperatures during June aver-
aged 84 4 degrees which is about nor-
mal according to the 14-year record
at the Winter Garden Experiment
Station. There was a short cool pe-
riod following the rain on June 6
and another following a light show-
er on June 29. There was an unusual-
ly hot period from June 19 to 26. The
highest temperature was 100 on June
24 and the lowest 65 on June 6. The
warmest day was June 20 and the
coolest June 6.
Rainfall was 2.32 inches nearly all
accounted for by a heavy rainstorm
on June 6. There were only 2 rainy
days and crops were suffering from
lack of moisture by the end of the
month.
Evaporation amounted to 6.50 inch-
es which was below normal. Relative
humidity averaged 68.2% which was
above normal and contributed to the
general feeling of discomfort at
times.
Wind was considerably below the
14 year average for June with an av-
erage of 2.6 miles per hour for the
month. However, this was higher
than June, 1943.
Sunshine was slightly above nor-
mal with 16 clear and 14 partly
cloudy days. Cloudy weather oc-
curred during the first few days of
the month, but sunshine was intense
during the period from June 10-17.
June, 1944
Max.
Min.
1
90
71
2
89
72
3
93
70
4
91
77
5
94
77
6
90
65
7
88
71
8
91
72
9
93
74
10
92
75
11
94
76
12
94
76
13
94
76
14
94
75
15
94
74
16
96
72
17
94
73
18
96
74
19
97
75
20
98
77
21
98
74
22
98
74
23
98
76
24
100
76
25
98
74
26
99
73
27
98
73
28
96
74
29
95
70
30
88
72
Amt. In.
2.27
0.05
--WGD -
ELIMINATE KREEDING
PLACES FOR HOUSEFLY
Millions of flies help to cause the
illness and death of thousands of
children and adults each year in the
United States. Hundreds of these
casualties may be in the State of
Texas this year if residents fail in
their responsibility for developing
the best possible sanitation measures
in the area where they reside. Ty-
phoid fever, summer complaint, and j
other intestinal diseases can be ]
traced to the common housefly as the
carrier of infection.
Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health Of-
ficer, speaking in this connection
recently said, “Be sure that your
windows and doors are tightly
screened so that stray flies are kept
away from food, drink, and utensils
used in the preparation of food.
Make sure, if you live in rural dis-
tricts, that outside privy vaults are
tightly covered so as not to permit
the entrance of flies. Infections from
this source can be picked up and
spread to human beings through con-
tact with food, drink, and utensils.
Keep all garbage covered until col-
lected or buried. Eliminate all breed-
ing places for flies and you will be
helping your community in its work
of controlling communicable diseas-
es and preventing unnecessary ill-
ness."
Dr. Cox said that the State Health
Department would furnish upon re-
quest a pamphlet outlining safe and
practical methods recommended for
use in fly control.
-WGD
—Now is a mighty good time to re-
new your subscription.
SAMPLE BALLOT
I am a Democrat and pledge myself to support the
ncminee of this primary.
For Governor:
Coke R. Stevenson of Kimble County
Martin Jones of Nacogdoches County
W. J. Minton of Grayson County
Alex M. Fergurson of Grayson County
Minnie Fisher Cunningham of Walker County
Gene S. Porter of McLennan County
Edward L. Carey of Harris County
Herbert E. Mills of Galveston County
William F. Grimes of Harris County
For Lieutenant Governor:
Lee Satterwhite of Travis County
Mat Davis of Upshur County
William David Turner of McLennan County
John Lee Smith of Throckmorton County
For Attorney General:
Grover Sellers of Hopkins County
Jesse E. Martin of Tarrant County
Fred Erisman of Gregg County
For Associate Justice of Supreme Court:
Richard Critz of Williamson County
Tom Smiley of Karnes County
James B. Hubbard of Nueces County
Gordon Simpson of Smith County
Charles T. Rowland of Tarrant County
For Judge of Court of Criminal Appeals:
E. L. Hawkins of Ellis County
Joseph D. Dickson of Baylor County
For Railroad Commissioner:
Beauford H. Jester of Navarro County
For Comptroller of Public Accounts:
Geo. H. Sheppard of Nolan County
Clifford E. Butler of Harris County
Harold K. Shelton of Harris County
For Treasurer:
Jesse James of Travis County
For Commissioner of General Land Office:
Bascom Giles of Travis County
For Superintendent of Public Instruction:
L. A. Woods of McLennan County
Earl Rogers of Hays County
Walter Scott McNutt of Marion County
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
J. E. McDonald of Ellis County
Edgar E. Hunter of Harris County
Virgil E. Arnold of Harris County
For Congressman, 15th Congressional District:
Milton H. West
For Representative, 77th District:
Mrs. Florence Fenley
For Associate Justice 4tb Supreme Judicial District:
W. O. Murray
For District Judge, 38th Judicial District:
K. K. Woodley
For District Attorney, 38th Judicial District:
R. J. Noonan
For District Clerk:
J. M. Evans
For County Judge:
R. S. Crawford
For County Attorney:
G. C. Jackson
For County Clerk:
Don Vestal Moore
For County Tax Assessor-Collector:
H. C. White
For County Treasurer:
W. G. Barton
For Sheriff:
W. E. Pond
E. Anglin
For County Commissioner, Precinct No 1:
John Maddux
W. A. Reeves
E. B. Ross
For County Commissioner Precinct No. 2:
Roy Y. Davidson
For County Commissioner Precinct No. 3:
A. F. Rutledge
J. R. Barker
Cor County Commissioner Precinct No. 4:
H. R. Reynolds
Alton D. Walker
For Justice of the Peace Precinct No. 3:
E. B. Taylor
For Justice of the Peace Precinct No. 4:
T. W. Alexander
For Constable Precinct No. 3;
R. R. Chastain
For Constable Precinct No. 4:
W. E. Lemmons
For Public Weigher, Precinct No. 4:
John Krai
For Chairman Democratic Executive Committee:
For Precinct Chairman:
TEXAS BY A TEXAN
Used Cars Under Price Control
Beginning July 10, all used pas-
senger cars come under price control,
the Office of Price Administration
has directed. All sellers—individual
owners as well as dealers—come un-
der the program. Ceilings will vary
by model, body type and make and
will cover about 6,000 models manu-
factured from 1937 through 1942.
There will be an “as is” and a war-
ranty” price for each model and
body type. Ceilings will drop at the
rate of four per cent of the "as is”
l price every six months. Permissible
additions to ceiling prices are pro
vided for extra equipment. Separate
prices are given for each of three
geographical regions. When a sale
has been completed, the buyer and
seller must fill out a transfer certifi
cate and turn this in to the buyer’s
local War Price and Rationing Board.
Nearly four million motor vehicles
went out of use in the United States
in 1942 and 1943 and have not been
replaced, the Federal Works Agency
reports.
WGD
Cpl. Wm. D. Hodges feels that the
world in general and his buddies in
particular are not fully informed as
to the part Texas is playing in the
present war, to say nothing of the
merits of the Lone Star State. So
with apologies to Mark Twain, the
Burlington Liars Club and Baron
Munchausen we offer you a few of
his facts on Texas to cemplete your
education.
“Texas occupies all of the North
American continent except a small
part set aside for the United States,
Canada and Mexico. Texas is bound-
ed on the north by 25 or 30 states,
on the east by all of the oceans ex-
cept the Pacific, on the south by the
Gulf of Mexico and South America
and on the west by the Pacific Ocean
and Asia.
“Texas is so big that people in
Brownsville call people in Dallas,
Yankees, and the citizens of El Paso
speak of the residents of Texarkana
as being “effete Easterners.” It is
farther from El Paso to Texarkana
than it is from Chicago to New York,
and Texarkana is closer to Milwau-
kee by airline than it is to El Paso.
The United States with Texas left
out would look like a three-legged
Boston terrier.
‘The chief occupation of the peo-
ple is to try to keep from making all
the money in the world, and at that
the wealth of Texas increased 539
percent from 1900-27. At one time
Texas was so wild that not even the
law of gravitation was obeyed, and
the chief pursuit of the Texas people
was Indians, but now it is crop rec-
ords and oil production. It is so
healthful in Texas that in Eastland
a horned frog lived 30 years sealed
in a corner-stone without food, air or
water.
“The word Texas is of Indian ori-
gin and means “friends” and the
Texas people are that way yet unless
you take a slam at their state.
“If your front gate is not at least
18 miles from your front door, you
do not belong to society as consti-
tuted in Texas. Down on the King
Ranch, front gate is 150 miles from
the ranch house and the owner is
thinking of moving farther back.
Other Texas landlords have whole
mountain ranges on their ranches,
and one Texas farmer has 40 miles
of navigable river on his farm.
"If all the people of the United
States were to move to Texas it still
would be no more densely populated
than is Massachusetts. Texas has
land enough to supply every person
on earth with a tract 20 by 200 feet,
and have enough left over for all the
arnties in the world to march around
five abreast.
“To move the Texas corn crop
would take a string of box ''ars long-
er than the distance between New
York and San Francisco. If the 1,500-
000 tons of sulphur mined in Texas
annually were in the hands of his
Satanic Majesty, they would solve his
Nazi problem. If all the cotton grown
in Texas were baled and built into
a stairway it would reach to the
Pearly Gates. If the 378,233,017 bar-
rels of oil produced in Texas in 1934
were made into gasoline it would run
a certain car through eternity If all
the hogs in Texas were one hog, he
could dig another Panama Canal in
three roots and one grunt. If all the
Texas steers were one steer, he could
stand with his front feet in the Gulf
of Mexico, his hind feet in Hudson
Bay, punch holes in the moon with
his horns and with his tail brush the
mists off the Aurora Borealis.”
Boy, will this burn up the Califor-
nia Chamber of Commerce?
This article was sent to Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Carr by their son, Pvt.
Cecil Carr and is being passed
around to boys in the army from oth-
er states.
-WGD-
TOWN AND FARM IN WARTIME
Reminders
MEATS, FATS: Red stamps A8
through Z8, good indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS: Blue
stamps A8 through Z8, and A5 good
indefinitely.
SUGAR:-Sugar stamps 30, 31 and
32, each good for five pounds indef
initely. Sugar stamp 40, good for five
pounds of canning sugar through
February, next year.
GASOLINE: A-12 coupons, good
through September 21.
SHOES: Airplane stamps 1 and 2,
good indefinitely.
Prices on Low Cost Clothing
Retail prices on new low cost cloth-
ing items that meet specifications of
WPB, as announced by the Office of
Price Administration, will be: Cotton
house dresses, $1.49; women’s cotton
slips, 65 cents; men’s printed, solid
color and white shirts, $1.39; and
men’s shorts, 39 cents. WPB is allo-
cating the fabrics for clothing items
to be produced and distributed dur-
ing July, August and September.
Disabled Veterans To Get Training
Disabled veterans of the present
war may apply for job counseling
and vocational training and rehabili-
THREE TO GO
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—Photo oourteax New York Drtm I nth loir
A three-piece outfit to give maxi-
mum service on vaeatlon is this
Dude cotton ensemble of pink with
navy stitching; halter-topped
shorts, button-on skirt and bolero.
Sturdy denim playclothes are an-
other choice, the all-ln-one-plece
"shortall” and separate shirts and
shorts for real country roughing
and at pin money prices.
Cotton dirndls for beach and vil-
lage, and strapped, semi-backless
dresses for getting the most sun
anywhere outdoors are other vaca-
tion ideas.
tation at centers to be established at
colleges and universities throughout
the country, according to the Veter-
ans Administration and the Ofice of
War Mobilization. The Veterans Ad-
ministration will provide, free of
charge to eligible disabled veterans,
transportation to centers, meals,
comfortable quarters, medical ser-
vice, aptitude tests to determine vet-
erans abilities, interests and occupa-
tions in which they could be success-
ful, and professional advice on voca-
tional training. The first of the pro-
posed centers will be opened at the
College of the City of New York.
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^That’s the way I like to see them," said Gen.
MacArthur when he saw the rows of dead Japs
in the Admiralty Islands. In this war—the
costliest, crudest war of all time—
our boys must fight with savage
fury Kill or be killed! And on how
well each plays his part depends the
lives of many of his buddies.
Here on the home front, too, just
cheering the attack on isn't enough
That’s why there’s a Fifth War Bond drive on
now, a drive in which youjre needed to support the
men on the fighting fronts who arc facing the I
most treacherous forces Americans
have ever met in combat We on the
home front han't let them down—and
we won’t So resolve now to at least
double your Bond buying in the 5th
War Loan drive This is the time to
do better than your best.
-Typewriter Ribbons, Sentinel office I
8ad Me Mact/-BUY MORE THAN BEFORE
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