Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1944 Page: 2 of 6
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ZAVALA COUNTV SENTINEL, CRYSTAL CITY, TEXA8 MAY 5, 1944
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ZAVALA COUNTY SENTINEL
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
HARDY, Owner,
Publisher
Editor end
Entered u Second-Clue Metier at
the Poet Office at Cryetal City, Teiu,
uder the Act of March 8, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
One Year In Advance----$1.50
Bis Monthe ------------- 75
Three Monthe----------- .60
Display Adv. per col. inch — .30
Legal Notices and Classified Adver-
tising 2c word for 1st insertion, lc
word for each additional insertion.
Crystal City. Texas, May 5. 1944
blessing in this area as we were sure
dry. The crops will get a good start
and we feel sure the rains will con-
tinue now since the drought seems
to be broken over Texas.
-WGD-
“NOBODY KNOWS WHAT
A BOY IS WORTH”
Nobody knows what a boy is
worth;
A boy at his work or play,
A boy who whistles around
place,
Or laughs in an artless way.
the
FSA Activity
War Production Goal for agricul-
ture is 5 percent greater than the
1943 goal. This is to be accomplished
with 3 percent less labor on the
farms than at this same time last
year. Most of the workers lost to the
labor force were young men who
were skilled in the operation of farm
machinery and in the care of live-
stock and most of those who replaced
them lacked this skill and stamina.
The replacements have been mostly
older men, women and children.
What does this mean? All of us
must plan better—work longer hours
and conserve all of the food and
fiber possible so that each farm
will be self sustaining in so far as is
at all possible. Plant gardens of suf-
ficient size and not only supply the
table with fresh vegetables of all
kinds the year round, but to also give
a surplus to be canned on the farm
for out of season use. This same
thing applies to hogs. No farmer
should ever have to buy bacon, ham
or lard. If you don’ know how to
cure it, see us. we can assist you.
9%
Poultry and eggs are too cheap.
Feed is too high just now. Neverthe-
less keep your flocks going. Prices
are always low this time of the year.
They will improve. Eggs are a neces-
sity. Our armed forces and those of
our allies consume almost unbelieve-
able quantities of dried eggs. Let’s
not let them down even if we just
break even on them at the end of
the year. Our boys are not fighting
this war for the money they can
make out of it.
• •
BUY your concentrates in ton lots
that will be one way to cut down
expenses.
Farm machinery is hard to buy
and expensive. We must all do
everything in our power to keep our
machinery running for the duration.
• •
Schedule Repair Work Through Yr.
Although this is not the usual time
of the year to concentrate on ropair-
Nobody knows ^what a boy is
worth;
And the world must wait to see,
For every man in an honored
place
Is a boy that used to be.
Nobody knows what a boy is
worth;
A boy with his face aglow.
For hid in his heart there are
secrets deep
Not even the wisest know.
Nobody know what a boy is
worth;
A boy with his barefoot feet.
So have a smile and a kindly word
For every boy you meet.
-WGD-
WHERE BLOWS THE WIND?
by Ruth Taylor
Some time ago there was a very
striking cartoon in the London Daily
Herald which was reprinted in the
New York Times. It showed two
Nazi soldiers on the way back to
Germany, each bearing a big bag of
loot. Behind them is a ruined city
whose flaming buildings blaze
against the sky. With fear in his
eyes, one soldier is crying to the oth-
er, “But the wind’s in ’this’ direc-
tion!”
Where blows the wind? The holo-
caust started as a small blaze. Japan
moved into Manchuria. We shrugged
our shoulders and said that the fire
was on the other side of the world.
Italy attacked Ethiopia and we said,
“Isn t it too bad?” The Nazis began
their persecution of the Jews—and
we shed crocodile tears and said,
“We can do nothing—we don’t inter-
fere with the internal affairs of any
nation." Then Hitler’s legions start-
ed their relentless march over Eu-
rope and we said: “It does seem as
though Europe could clean itr own
house.”
We should have known better—we
who have had experi^ice with for-
est fires, who know that a dropped
match or a carelessly thrown ciga-
rette can bring devastation to acres
of timberland, engulfing farms and
villages as it spreads.
Where blows the wind? Ask those
who first bombed civilians—ask
them as they stand in their ruined
cities with their dead around them,
ing farm machinery, the War Food ^ started all this? The German
Administration points out the neces-j People can suffer and complain, but
sity of utilizing repair services when-1 l,lc-v *lafl surrendered their bodies
ever available.
FOOT WEAR FOR 1944
MEN’S MOCCASIN
STYLE OXFORDS
Johnsonians!
Roomy Walled (
Toe Last
Good-looking shoes that
go everywhere. Smooth
kip leather uppers with
dapper stitch-trim. In
Army Russet color only.
Sizes 6 to 10.
HARRINGTONS . .
FOR SMALL HOYS
WOMEN’S FAMOUS
MODERN STRIDES
Comfortable
Dress Style
$2.98
Shoes that go ’round and
’round . . because they’re &
practical as well as pret-
ty on your feet. Hand-
flexed for sumptuous
softness. Black kid; gyp-
sy tie style. Sizes 4 to 8.
WOMEN’S SOFT, SER-
VICEABLE OXFORD
Full-Cut
Bluchers
$2.98
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Active young feet get al-
most motherly attention
in these well-built ox-
fords ! Smooth elk-tanned
leather. Army Russet
color. Sizes 2Vz to 6.
LITTLE MAJESTY
SHOES FOR BABY
Smooth White
Kid Leather 1
Expertly designed for
the proper development
of tiny feet. Scientific
wedge-shape leather
sole; velvet finished. In
white only. Sizes 5Mt to 8.
lit
Gleaming An-
tique Brown
$2.98
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A required shoe style in
every feminine wardrobe
. . . because they’re hand-
some AND healthy. Sup-
ple leather tops; rubber
wedge heel. 4 to 8.
MISSES’ WAR-
WALKING OXFORDS
mi
Plain Toe
Bluchers
$2.29
1
These shoes pamper war-
busy feet . . . with soft
elk-tanned leather tops
and sturdy shock-absorb-
ing soles. In black only.
Sizes 8V4 to 3.
PULLEN’S
life! The wind blows in their direc-
tion—may it sweep clean that free
men with naught to fear, men of
good will to all, may stand strong
again and work to rebuild—not thq
old hatreds, but the new world •£
peace for all.
-WGD--
Motorists Keep Tire Records
Tire inspecition records must still
be presented to ration boards when-
ever application is made for gaso-
line or tire rations, the Office of
Price Administration said in explain-
ing the need or saving the tire record
form. The tire record must be kept
and souls, even before the war be- with the automobile and transferred
Farmers last year reported that San> a"d they are now powerless to
control their destiny. Where blows
the wind!
It is right to be merciful—but not
l ight to be maudlin. Twice in a gen-
eration have these fires been lighted.
We were not blameless in that we
might have used an ounce of preven-
tion but did not—but neither were
we the ones who started the fire.
The wind is blowing—the fires are
blazing—and racing with the speed
of demons back toward those who
started the blaze. They that sow the
wind shall reap the whirlwind.
It is a breakfire—that protection
known to the pioneers. Many of our
ministers have told us we must not
farmers who needed parts or service I1 rnu^a*° 'acl‘cs (,f the enemy. We
for pressure water systems had 1,11 ’’ no* ^ut we ar* turning the wind
trouble. More than 17 out of a hun- jt,f wrath in his direction, keeping the
died had trouble getting the parts j *ie ^lom ^ur own homes. Surely our
or service needed for corn binders.
shortages of repair parts and servic-
es interfered considerably with farm
production. That was brought out in
results of a nationwide survey con-
ducted by Bureau of the Census for
the Office of Civilian Requirements
of War Production Board and the
War Food Administration. The sur-
vey also indicated that one of the
chief worries of farmers in regard j
to 1944 operations was repair of ma-
chinery. Last year nearly 39 percent
of the farmers who needed parts or
service for corn pickers did not get
the parts or service; more than 55
percent had trouble.
Thirty-seven out of a hundred
In between were the troubles report-
ed on stationary gas engines, trucks,
electric motors, tractors, windmills,
combines, drills, corn planters, mow-
ing machines, grain and rice bind-
ers, and plows.
War food officials believe the re-
pair parts situation will be good, al-
though there may be delays when
parts arc not ordered far enough
ahead of/the time they are needed.
However, they are less optimistic
about repair services. Rural area
will have fewer competent mechan-
ics this year than last. Their servic-
es will be much in demand, and
farmers should schedule their repair
work as far in advance as possible.
The public sale at Ray Reid farm j s
at La Pryor on Monday was well at-
tended despite the rain and mud.
The livestock was in good shape and
sold exceptionally well.
• •
S. M. Crutchfield, Associatte FSA
Supervisor in charge of F O., visited
the local office this week, checking
on the F O borrowers.
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Supervisor Pulliam is taking some
few days annual leave this week.
own people are as entitled to pro-
tection as those who exulted in the
bombing of Coventry?
Not cruelty but justice! Not ven-
geance but the immutable laws of
with the car if sold. Operators of
trucks, buses, taxicabs and other
types of commercial motor vehicles
are still required to have ’heir tires
inspected periodically, although pas-
senger car tire inspections arc no
longer required.
-WGD--
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere ap-
preciation for the many acts of kind-
ness and words of sympathy during
the past several years and recent ill-
ness and death of our husband and
father, Enos C. Crawford; also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
MRS. HENRIETTA CRAWFORD
AND CHILDREN.
-WGD-
There ought to be a law against
people who write about the weather
in Colorado.
-WGD-
When the heart speaks, however
simple the words, its language is al-
ways acceptible to those who have
hearts.—Mary Baker Eddy.
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Remember the early years of pre-
war Axis conquest? Wasn't it then
that Berlin, Rome and Tokyo had
a monopoly on making munitions,
and pelted them at their weaker
neighbors without much opposi-
tion? As seen from a distance,
ach bomb burst like a rose, they
'aid and artillerv barrages resem-
bled beautiful bouquets that
added glamour to the grim busi-
ness of ruthless destruction! One
wonders how they feel about it
now that the tide of battle has
turned; now that they are on the
receiving end of bigger and bet-
ter bouquets. American munitions
makers are seeing to it that, for
every "rose" they strew, they're
getting about ten "orchids" in
return; orchids that bloom both
day and night with that exotic fra-
grance so peculiar to total defeat!
Dependable
The recent
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rains
have been a
J. A. HOPE Jr.
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