Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1944 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 33
CRYSTAL CITY, ZAVALA COUNTY, TEXAS, AUGUST 11, 1944
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County Agents
Column
JACK ADAMS
Most farmers who keep livestock
realize the importance of good fall
and winter pasture. It is the cheap-
est feed we can have due largely to
the man hours difference in letting
the livestock harvest it rather than
put a lot of labor into cutting, haul-
ing it in, grinding and feeding. Of
course, cattle need a certain amount
of dry hay, but a good pasture is es-
sential.
Most all the farmers in the county
who milk a few cows provide good
pasture for them, but this is merely
to emphasize the added importance
due to the shortage of protein feeds,
forages and minerals.
Pasture furnishes the majority of
the water, protein, minerals, and
vitamins needed by livestock. Plant
sufficient acreage to supply your
number of livestock.
Insect Pests
The tomato, eggplant, and pepper
growers are troubled a great deal
again this year by the blister beetle.
Several farmers have reported heavy
damage to their tomato plants. Egg-
plant seems to be the beetles favorite
dish. The Winter Garden Experiment
Station reports good control by dust-
ing.
The recommended dust is cryolite
and sulphur mixed equal parts and
dusted heavy enough to get a good
cover. Usually it will take twenty to
thirty pounds per acre to do this. Sul-
phur should not be used on cucurbits
or vine crops, but talc should be sub-
stituted in the mixture.
ROTARY
The Rotary program chairman ex-
pected Sgt. Juan Martinez to be a
guest of the Club Monday and
through a series of questions hoped
Rotarians might learn something of
the contest in which Sgt. Martinez
was wounded and will be out of com-
bat for some time.
Sgt. Martinez was not present, but
Miss Sarah Neale Ready, a guest
of her father, E. L. Ready, and Lt.
Graham Rodgers, guest of Sterling
H. Fly, provided a most excellent
program.
Miss Ready is a Red Cross worker
in Brooks General Hospital in San
Antonio. She is in the information
division and has to do with getting
dat^ concerning the soldier’s family,
his compensation allotments, etc.,
also makes loans to soldiers when
necessary, helps arrange repayments
and any other special or general in-
formation wanted or needed by the
soldier. She went into some detail of
the Red Cross work in connection
with the hospital and convalescing
soldiers, to the delight and interest
of Rotarians.
In answer to a question, Lt. Rod-
gers explained about the various
bombs now in use by the armed forc-
es, particularly in conection with the
training program. He also ♦old of the
bomb sights and their uses He didn’t
give away any secrets, of course, but
discussed some of the finer points
and Rotarians felt a little close to
the things that play such havoc with
the enemy. We got a better idea of
the split second in timing.
-WfJD-
State Raises Tax
Rate; Co. Lowers It
Lt. Captain E. Jones
Reported Missing
News was received here Wednes-
day, Aug. 9, that Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Jones of San Antonio were notified
Wednesday morning by the U. S.
War Department that their son, Lt.
Captain Emory Jones was reported
missing since July 25th somewhere
in Austria. No further word has been
received.
Crystal City friends sympathize
with the Jones family and hope the
next news will be that Lt. Jones is
safe and will be able to return home
in September of this year as he had
planned.
Below is a brief story of Lt.
Jones’ war record received last week
end from Commander-in-Chief Med-
iterranean Allied Air Forces Italy.
SECOND LT. JONES HAS
FLOWN 25 COMBAT SORTIES
15th AAF IN ITALY — Second
Lieutenant Captain E. Jones, 21, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Jones, 4023
S. Flores St., San Antonio, Texas, co-
pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber, has
flown 25 combat sorties over enemy
territory in the Mediterranean the-
ater.
Arriving overseas last January, Lt.
Jones has participated in bombing
attacks throughout Germany, Aus-
tria, Hungary, Rumania, Yugoslavia,
France and northern Italy. He was
recently awarded the Air Medial
“for meritorious achievement in
aerial flight while participating in
sustained operational activities
against the enemy,” and more recent-
ly he received his second bronze
cluster.
-WGD-
TOWN AND FARM IN WARTIME
Reminders
MEATS, FATS: Red stamps A8
through Z8, A5 and C5 good indef-
initely.
PROCESSED FOODS: Blue stamps
A8 through Z8 and A5 through F5
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.
Potato Prices Up 90 Cents
To compensate for a substantial
reduction in yield due to drouth
OPA has increased maximum prices
of potatoes at the shipping point
during August 90 cents a hundred
pounds in 16 states—including re-
tail cost of potatoes grown in these
states, about one cent a pound. The
increase was granted for potatoes
produced in Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Is-
land, Connecticut, New York, Penn-
sylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, West
Virginia. Deleware, Maryland, Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
--WGD-
Weather Report
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
E. M. HOLDSWORTH, Observer
July, 1944
Average Temp . 89.2
Absolute Max. Temp (26th.) 111.7
Avg. Max. Temp-------------------- 103.3
Absolute Min. Temp. (2nd.) _ 68.9
Avg. Min. Temp...... ............ 75.1
Frosts ___________ 0
Days Freezing _____________________ 0
Days T. Pcpn. -------------—....... 1
Days .01 Pcpn. ---------— -------- 0
Fogs ------- 0
Amt. Pcpn. ........... 0
Total Pcpn. since Jan. 1 ______ 13.10
Days Thunderstorms ___________ 0
Hailstorms _____________________ 0
Days Clear_____ 25
Days Partly Cloudy.......... 6
Days Cloudy___________ 0
Prevailing Wind__________SE
Northers-------------j.------------- 0
Average Wind Velocity-------- 7
Max. Wind Vel. (10th)______ 15
Thur., Aug. 3, to Wed., Aug. 9, 1944
Min.
Max.
Pcpn.
Thur.
77.3
107.1
Fri. 1
76.5
104.9
Bat.
78.2
104.7
. 0.04
Sun.
75.9
102.7
T
Mon.
77.1
105.0
Tues.
75.4
102.7
Wed.
74.7
103.0
Total
0.04
Average Temperature: 90.4
The State tax rate for 1944 has
been set at 55 cents on the $100 valu-
ation, which is 8 cents higher than
last year. At the same time the coun-
ty tax rate for this year is $1 20 on
the $100 valuation as compared with
$1.27 last year. The combined rate
therefore is $1.75 for 1944 as com-
pared with $1.74 last year.
In addition to the above, of course,
is the school tax of $1.00 on the $100
valuation. However, the taxpayer
with a homestead, which is exempt-
ed from state taxes, should pay a
little less taxes this year.
The county tax rate of $1.20 this
year includes the 5c tax just recently
voted for county health work. After
adding this 5c tax, the county rate
could still be lowered 7c on the $100
valuation from last year, because of
a surplus collected the past year for
interest on highway bonds which the
county expected to have to pay in
default of the State refunds; however
the State met its obligation and the
county was saved this amount.
-WGD-
CPL. WILLARD LUNZ, ARMORER
FOR PLANE THAT BRINGS
DOWN A FOCKE-WULF 190
This week the Sentinel received
from an Eighth AAF Fighter Station,
in England, a picture on which is
Cpl. Willard G. Lunz of this city. He
is one of the ground crew of a fighter
pilot Snd the article received reads
as follows:
“Second Lt. John E. McKee, fight-
er pilot from Riverside, Calif., and
his ground crew have a reason for
grinning in the picture. Lieutenant
McKee had just returned to England
after shooting down a Focke-Wulf
and probably destroying a Messerr-
schmitt 109.
"On the picture are Sgt. Ray L.
Larke, Akron, O., assistant crew
chief; Cpl. Willard G. Lunz, Crystal
City, Texas., armorer; Lieut. McKee
and Technical Sgt. John N. Roma,
Ridgefield Park, N. J., crew chief.
“Sergeant Larke is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Larke, 1344 Bellows
Street, Akron, O., while Corporal
Lunz is the son of Mrs. Anna Wass-
man, Crystal City. Sergeant Roma’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roma,
live at 216 Preston Street, Ridgefield
Park, N. J.
“Roma and Larke keep the plane
in flying trim for aerial battle, while
Lunz makes sure the guns and am-
munition will be ready when they’re
needed. *’
“Lieutenant McKee and his crew
are in the Eighth Fightef Command
group headed by Col. George T.
Crowell of Chicage, 111. The group
made the first American combat
flight over Berlin.”
---WGD
Debts are the only things which
expand when contracted.
Lt. Jones, a graduate of Crystal
City high school, and former student
at Texas A. & M. College, was em-
ployed as a clerk at the Zavalla
County Bank in Crystal City, before
entering the army.
He received his appointment to the
primary flying school at Twenty-
Nine Palms, Calif., in June, 1942. He
graduated from the advanced flight
school at Yuma, Ariz., with his pilot’s
wings and the commission of second
lieutenant on Oct. 1, 1943.
“I shall never forget the flak and
fighters they threw at us on my first
mission to Regensburg. Our flak
suits and helmets really served their
purpose that day,” remarked the co-
pilot of many heavy attacks on
Regesnburg, Plotesti, Steyr Munich,
and many other enemy strong points
in this theater of operations.
-WGD---
FRIENDS HONOR WOUNDED
SOLDIER WITH BANQUET
Sgt. Juan Sanchez Martinez,
wounded on Los Negros Island in the
Pacific on March 17th and at home
on 30-day leave, was honor guest at
a banquet at Montemayor Cafe, Fri-
day evening, given by several of his
friends. The invited guests also in-
cluded several American friends..
The tables were arranged in a "V”
shape and Sgt. Martinez seated at the
point of the V. His mother, Mrs.
Manuel Vacco, was seated at his left
and the step-father, Manuel Vacco,
at his right. Abie Guerra was master
of ceremonies. After being intro-
duced with a few timely remarks by
Mr. Guerra, Sgt. Martinez was asked
to say a few words. He stood to speak
but after a few words he sat down
with the remark: “I don’t think I
have anything of particular inter-
est to say."
It is understood he was wounded
in hand to hand combat with the Japs
in hand hand combat with the Japs
and those present were gasping to
hear him tell about it, yet he did
not care to talk about it.
After the meal several talks were
made, the main speaker being Rev.
Aldape, pastor of the Mexican Bap-
tist Church. The message was in
Spanish and not understood by some,
but Supt. S. H. Fly who followed him
said it was one of the best talks he
ever heard. Judge R. S. Crawford
also spoke.
The entire program was well ar-
ranged and those in charge are to be
commended for the fine cooperative
spirit manifested.
-WGD-
Some phrases are worn thin from
people’s trying to get them in edge-
wise. ,
-WGD-3
One good way to get rid of a lot
of troubles is to fire your ambition
and discharge your duties
Zavala Co. Exceeds
Fifth War Loan
Drive By $38,773
During the Fifth War Loan Drive,
Zavala County raised more money
than during any war loan drive, ac-
cording to Ci eston H. Funk, regional
director, in a letter dated July 31st
to Acting County Chairman James R.
Pipes.
Total sales through July 28th show
$176,748 for Zavala County, which is
$46,748 above the quota. Following
is the letter from Mr. Funk to James
R. Pipes:
"Due to your leadership and hard
work Zavala County has again ex-
ceeded its War Loan quota. Total
sales through July 28th show $176,-
748 for your county This is the largest
amount of money ever raised by your
county during any War Loan Drive.
“Please let this letter express to
you my appreciation for your very
fine work as Chairman for the 5th
War Loan for Zavala County while
Mr. Sterling Fly was away from your
city.”
A later report received from State
Headquarters in Dallas, dated Au-
gust 8th. is as follows:
“The Fifth War Loan sales tabula-
tion has been completed by the Fed-
eral Reserve Bank. Since it will re-
quire several days for us to prepare
for distribution to you the usual
sales report showing all issues by
counties, we thought you would like
to know immediately your final of-
ficial figures on Series E and Over-
All. These figures for your county
are shown on the bottom of this let-
ter.
“We hope this tabulation is correct.
It is final. It may be difficult for you
to accurately reconcile it with your
unofficial tabulation due to outside
credits in some cases and reports
whirl) failed to arrive by July 31st in
others.
“We are all mighty proud of the
good record Texas made in this
drive. For the State, total Series E
sales were $138,326,118.75, or 110.7
percent of our quota of 125 million
and Over-All sales were $612,621,-
690.25, or 132 percent of the quota
of 464 million.
Zavala County, Series E, $87,256.25
and Over-All, $188,773.75.
-WGD--
MORE SPARS ARE NEEDED
TO FILL JOBS ASHORE
Serve ashore as he fights afloat.
More women are needed to fill the
jobs a^hqr^,ipft vacant by the Coast
Guardsman who are now serving at
sea on troop transports, patrolling
the coast by air and water and man-
ning beach head landing barges.
To the girl who meets its require-
ments, the Coast Guard offers fifty
different types of work—fifty dif-
ferent ways to serve.
All enlisted SPARS go through a
six week period of indoctrination at
the Biltmore Hotel, Palm Beach,
Florida, at the completion of which
they may enter one of six different
special schools or be assigned for im-
mediate duty.
The Coast Guard has recently
opened a school at Columbia Uni-
versity College of Pharmacy for the
training of Pharmacists’ Mates. For
assignment to this school, the SPAR
must have had at least two years of
High School, clerical experience, and
an interest in medicine, first aid and
related fields.
At William St Mary College, Vir-
ginia, courses in Naval History,
American History, Mental Hygiene,
official correspondence, choral con-
ducting and instructions on the Ham-
mond organ train SPARS as Chaj>-
lains’ Assistants Musicians, recrea-
tional leaders, and drama majors are
considered for the limited openings
in this field.
Radio Technicians, concerned with
maintenance and repair of radios
and radio stations, are trained in an
intensive twenty-week course at At-
lantic City, New Jersey.
SPARS may remain right at Palm
Beach for specialized schooling. Two
excellent business courses of fifteen
weeks each are offered 'here. One
Yeoman school, Is a highly concen-
trated course leading to stenographic
and secretarial positions at Coast
Guard Bases. The other is the Store-
keepers’ School which places em-
phasis on accounting and on all phas-
es of Pay and Supply and practice in
(Continued on page 2)
ARNOLD FREED, NEPHEW OF
S. C. FREED, WRITES OF RUSSIA
The letter below from Arnold
Freed to his parents, Mr and Mrs.
Ely Freed, will be of interest to
friends and readers of the Sentinel.
His description of conditions in Rus-
sia and the reaction of the Russian
people is of pertinent interest to all
Americans at this time.
Arnold’s parents have visited the
Freeds here several times during the
past 15 years. The Uncle “Elia” men-
tioned in the letter is the youngest
brother of Sol Freed’s father and re-
sided in Minsk, White Russia, the last
heard from him. Here is Arnold’s let-
ter, dated July 11th, 1944:
“Yesterday aftetrnoon, I returned
from my trip to Russia. Naturally.
I did not get to see Uncle Elia or any
of his family. Although on the way
in we did fly very near his home
town, our bases were nowhere near
there. I wish I could have known
more about the family so I could
have asked about them.
I knew about a half dozen words of
Russian when I got there, but it did
not take very long to learn more. Af-
ter nine days I could speak enough to
hold a simple conversation. Some of
the people spoke German and I did
not have much trouble.
“It is impossible to know what “all
out" means until you have been to
the Soviet Union. EVERYTHING
goes to the front. You can not buy
anything. The people get enough to
eat, but their clothes are very poor.
It is a common sight to see a girl
walking barefoot and carrying herj
shoes so as not to wear them out.
“Our food was good. For the most
part it was G. I. chow. Our quarters |
were comfortable, although we did
rot have “hot and cold running!
showers.”
“All the people were very friendly. |
In many places the American fliers
were met by bands. The people came
out singing and dancing "md many
Americans were kissed by the en-
thusiastic people,
“The most amazing thing about the
people was their complete honesty.
They would not steal anything. Even
though they were very anxious to
buy many of the things we had, they
would not buy anything that was G.
I. Not only wouldn’t they buy it,
but they would not take it as a gift, j
The soldiers and officers are very
military and very well trained. How-
ever, even though they are serious
thinking people, they have, as a
whole a keen enjoyment of life and i
a good sense of humor.
“I lode in a truck with a Russian sol- ]
dier as driver. I said a few Russian j
words I knew and sang part of a Rus- j
sian song. This convinced him that 11
could speak Russian well. He thought
I was kidding when I told him just
how little I knew. When I asked him
to wait while I got off the truck to
get something, he said ‘Nye Parye-
mayu.’ He understood well enough,
but he was kidding me. When I got
off the truck, he drov'e away. He
was only teasing, though, for when
I came back he was waiting Then,
without my asking, he drove me to
someone's house and got some vodka
which he gave to me.
“I made several other Russian
friends and with certain exceptions
(censored) I enjoyed the trip im-
mensely. Our crew did not fly back
with the other planes, but came back
by another route. We saw a good bit
of the world, including manv historic
spots and cities in the Middle East
and North Africa
“As of now, I have 26 missions. I
thought I would have finished up be-
fore now, but really I do hot mind.
The trip was worth a million dollars.
I wish I could be with you and tell
you about it in detail.
“I hope you are all well. I told
you in the letter before I left that
I would not be able to write you for
a while. I hope this did not cause you
any concern.
“I am well, in perfect health, with*
out a scratch, and with a pretty nice
suntan from my stay in Africa.
“Please write. I will answer more
frequently now."
Mr. Freed explained:
"Arnold, who is my nephew, grad-
uated from the Hondo Training
School last December. During his
training at Hondo he was a frequent
week-end visitor with us at Crystal
City and made many friends and ac-
quaintances during these visits here.
"Since writing the above letter he
has been promoted to the rank of
First Lieutenant. He has previously
been awarded the Air Medal with
three Oak Leaf Clusters and the
NQ 16
Committee Gets
Fine Reception at
Highway Hearing
Judge R S. Crawford reported to
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
about the committee hearing before
the State Highway Department on
Monday, July 31st
The committee went before the
Highway Commission in behalf of a
proposed highway from the Winter
Garden area to Corpus Chi isti That
part of this highway yet to be con-
structed is from Catarina in Dimmit
County via Freer to San Diego in
Duval County. The committee was
composed of 14 men, being two from
Corpus Christi, two from Alice, one
each from Duval, La Salle and Real
Counties, three from Dimmit County
and two each from Zavala and Uval-
de Counties.
Judge Crawford said the commit-
tee got a fine reception from the
Highway Commission. They were
asked lots of questions, apparently in
an effort to get the true facts relative
to the proposed highway. One mem-
ber of the Commission is said to have
taken a rather pessimistic view to
highway construction in general, but
said highways will be built on their
merits as funds are available
The committee got no direct com-
mitments except that the connect-
ing link on Highway 83 above Leak-
ey from Highway 41 to Junction will
be completed The committee feels
encouraged, however, and further
efforts will be made to get the high-
way to Corpus Christi. lt is under-
stood that Del Rio and even as far
away as San Angelo, the people want
this direct highway to deep water
port.
The committee also asked for the
rebuilding of the bridge over Turkey
Creek on the Carrizo Springs high-
way.
--WGD-
MR. BRUNER SUFFERS
BROKEN KNEE CAP
S. A. Bruner, cashier at the local
station of the Missouri Pacific Lines,
suffered a bursted knee cap about ten
days ago and has been in the Crystal
Hospital since.
Mr. Bruner was checking freight
in the car and says when he started
to turn around he caught his foot in
something that caused him to fall,
putting his whole weight on the knee
and the result is a badly broken
kneecap.
--WGD-
IN APPRECIATION
We deeply appreciate every kind-
ness shown us in our recent bereave-
ment. It is a wonderful thing to have
friends.
LT G L RODGERS
STERLING H FLY and family
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. CAMPBELL.
-WGD--
Farm Inflationary Signs
Elements that might contribute to
inflation continue to be seen at the
end of the second quarter of this year
as compared to the end of the same
period last year, according to data
made available by the Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Economics. Demand de-
posits in County Banks, consisting
largely of checking accounts, were
up 20 per cent—an increase partly
accounted for by large deposits of
Government funds. Thcs" checking
accounts would be inflationary if
used to bid up the price of land and
scarce goo is. Another inflationary
sign is that average per acre value
of Farm Real Estate as of July 1
was up 15 per cent over a year ago.
For the quarter, cash receipts from
Farm marketings were up six per
cent over a year ago. For the quar-
ter, cash receipts from Farm market-
ings were up six per cent over a year
ago and prices paid by Farmers for
the things they buy—including in-
terest and taxes—were up five per
cent. The only non-ihflationary fac-
tor, more than offset by increased
receipts from Farm marketings, wm
a decline? of one per cent in prices
received by farmers.
Distinguished Flying Cross.
"On July 26th he advised his par-
ents that he has completed 30 com-
bat flying missions and has volun-
teered for five additional missions;
after the completion of theae he will
be eligible for a furlough to this
country, during which time R is
hoped he will again visit Crystal
City."
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