Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1940 Page: 2 of 12
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FRIDAY. JANUARY *9, 1940
HOCKLEY COUNTY HERALD
Chemurgy Urged as Solution of
Farm Problems in U. S.
Industrial utilization of crops from imported from abroad, such as wood
farm and forest as a more direct so-
lution of the agricultural problem
than those attempted in the past was
advanced at the initials session of a
three-day conference of a special
farm chemurgic subcommittee of the
House of Representatives here Mon-
day. It was shown that perhaps 50,-
000,000 acres of land retired from
production in the last seven years
could be returned to profitable rais-
ing of raw materials for paper mills,
atarch plants, plastics and vegetable
oil processing mills all over the na-
tion, giving farmers new sources of
cash income and opening new mar-
kets.
pulp and paper, vegetable oils and
starches and resins and insecticides
which can be grown in commercial
quantities in various parts of the
country.
Dean Anthony paid tribute to Hen-
ry Ford for his pioneering efforts to
use the soybean as plastic material
for his automobiles. Later during the
session experts of Chrysler Corpora-
tion told of recent tests of plastics
made from cellulose which had great-
er strength than steel in actual resis-
tance to impact. That this will open
the door probably for untold quanti-
ties of cellulose from pine, oak, beach
From The Herald Files
, 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK •
Political announcements—
L. P. Williams announced for re-
election as Sheriff and Tax Collector
Thomas I. Robinson is candidate
for county Tax Assessor.
J. H. Pettit candidate for re-elec-
tion as county Commissioner in Pre-
cinct 3.
Lee Crownover is candidate for
county Commissioner in Precinct 4
Judge D. E. Magee a candidate for
re-election to office of County Judge.
Dick Matthews candidate for pub-
lic weigher.
1 Year Ago This Week
Half Million Deal announced in
the Hockley County Oil Field.
The purchase of a lease covered
approximately 1,593 acres in Slaugh-
ter oil field by the Stanolind Oil
Company from Mrs. Alex Slaughtf
No Extensions
To Be Given on
Signing Contracts
and spruce forests goes without say- j
Congressman Roy O. Woodruff of Tlle J°wa d^le?ation at once ask" involving an expenditure of $500,-
Mlchigan, as chairman of the special, ed h°w about the)r rapld *rowth °} 000 00
committee, outlined the aims of the: PfPularasraw material for such, J5 Ycarg Ago This Weck
[ Levelland Needs—
A new court house
ed how about their rapid growth o!
popular as raw material for such
inquiry, which, thoughjRepublican in plastic material and were told that
character, is destined to bring to the Practically any wood would do if
surface some facts which have in the P10P«rly treated.
Depression r.orces Research
past remained buried.
Endorsed by Wolverine
Unqualified endorsement of the
chemurgic movement was given by
Dean Ernest L. Anthony of the Uni-
versity of Michigan’s agricu It u r a !
school and experiment station. The
dean saw every reason why the re-
searchers of the nation, both in gov-
ernment institutions as well as in pri-
vate industry, should be given every
support to find enlarged outlets for
farm products which now are largely
Lubbock
Sanitarium & Clinic
Medical, Surgical, and
Diagnostic
General Surgery
Dr. J. T. Krueger
Dr. J. H. Stiles
Dr. Henrie E. Mast
Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat
Dr. J. X- Hutchinson
Dr. Ben B. Hutchinson
—Drf-Br-Mr-Biake-
Infants & Children
Dr. M. C. Overton
Dr. Arthur Jenkins
General Medicine
Dr. J. P. Lattimore
Dr. H. C. Maxwell
Dr. G. s. Smith
Obstetrics
Dr. O. R. Hand
Internal Medicine
Dr. R. H. McCarty
X-Ray & Laboratory
_Dr. James D. Wilson
" Resident
Dr. Wayne Raeser
The depression has forced a new
kind of research on the part of indus-
tries 1q JxoJd old ancL to capture .ne w
markets which were once pre-empted
by meats, principally steel. All this
is changing rapidly, the committee
was shown. Dean Anthony answered
directly to a question that he is not
in favor of any agricultural program
which was based on a doctrine of
creating scarcity in order to force up
prices. He showed how the soybean
at first would not grow in Michigan
f but—today grows far—up—into—the
j northern part of that State, all
! cause of selection of adapted strains
and fixing of desirable characteris-
tics to suit local needs. He sees a
great possibility in developing new
Hotel, Electric
lights and water works, church build-
ings, cotton gins, bank, laundry, and
rural routes out of Levelland.
1940 Food Budgets
Should Be Checked
Final date for signing applications
for 1939 cotton and wheat price ad-
justment payments Is January 31.
1940, the state Agricultural Con-
servation Association committee has
announced.
At the same time, the committee
named May 31, 1940 as the deadline
eo apply for 1939 agricultural pro-
gram payments.
No extension of the deadlines will
be made, the committee declared,
and all payment applications must
be filed in the county offices by the
dates set.
More than 200.000 applications for
conservation payments have already
been certified, B. F. Vance, assistant
state AAA administrator, reported,
with the state office handling ap-
proximately 5,000 applications daily.
The total certified to date is $33,613,-
207, Vance said. Parity payments in
wheat, cotton and rice are almost
completed with $27,574,670 having
been certified, he said.
C. E. Hunt
Superintendent
J. II. Felton
Business Mgr.
X-RAY AND RADIUM
PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY
SCHOOL OF NURSING
industries based on the protein of
alfalfa, also its carotene as source of
Vitamin A. He sees a great future
for these two crops.
George W. Priest, research chemist
for Woburn Industries of Harrison.
N. J,, told of the steady progress
made with developing largely in Te:t- j
l which yield high cellulose content, j
rapid drying oil and insecticide in j
the form of ricin. The lower Rio ;
Grande Valley experiments and those
in the lower Trinity Bay region are
the most promising till now and are
likely to lead to the establishing of a
new processing industry in South
Texas which will make possible
American ccmpetition with Chinese |
tung oil, now no longer flowing into j
this country and creating great dis-
' tress among manufacturers of paints,
varnishes and lacquers because of
Japanese restrictions placed upon ex
ports.
Texas Work Described
A, G. H. Reimold, president of Wo-
burn Industries, told in detail cf the
company’s plans to replace not only
imported tung oil but perhaps $80,-
Not all good resolutions are made
on* the first of January, so Louise
Bryant, specialist in-home manage-
ment for the A. and M. College Ex-
tension Service, is urging Texas ru-
ral women to check up on their 1940
; fond hnrigets during the first, few ;
be~ 1 weeks in 1940.
"Start by keeping a record of the
weight and cost of the food you buy.
Then check your record against the
weekly market lists in a bulletin pub-
lished by the Federal Bureau of
Home Economics, 'Diets to Fit the
Family Income.’ Copies of this bulle- j
tin are free upon request to .the De- |
partment of Agriculture," Miss Bry- j
ant suggests.
The market lists in this bulletin 1
can be used by families of any size j
Qnrf they are also planned at four
different cost levels.
Women interested in food budgets .
... .Up .talate 1939, reciprocal trade t
agreements had benefited American j
farmers by an increase of exports j
over imports equivalent t.n crops otl
an estimated 5,000,000 acres. I
CASE
Remember the CASE is the only trac-
tor where new improvements are inter-
changeable.
PLYMOUTH
DEALERS — SALES AND SERVICE
See and Drive the New Plymonth
On Display at Our Store
GUETERSLOH BROS.
Implement & Motor Co.
YOUR CASE IMPLEMENT DEALER
CHAMPLIN OILS
Phone 257 Two blocks North of Davis Grocery
Levelland
YOUR KITCHEN
TASKS WITH
BETTER LIGHT
Proper light is as "modern" as the newest kitchen
equipment. "Modem" kitchens mean that they save
time and work...and give you more leisure hours. So
does proper light! You'll thrill at the way your kitchen
tasks melt away in a pleasantly lighted kitchen.
Expensive? No! Both the Hemcolite and Ihe Re-
newalite are very moderately priced and come ccm-<
plete with a bulb. Both units are as easily installed
as a lamp bulb. ,
HEMCOLITE... $1.75
RENEWALITE... $1.95
Ask any employee for a free two-day trial of any—or as
many—of these new units. For the convenience of our
customers all fixtures may be purchased for as little as
50c down and one dollar per month
Texas-New Mexico Id Company
will welcome news from the U. S.
Bureau cf Agricultural Economics
that the nation's table will have an
ample supply of most foods for 1940.
the specialist adds. Egg supplies are
expected to be ample, and quantities
of dairy products are expected to be
adequate. Fresh winter vegetables
are plentiful and there is a good sup-
ply of canned vegetables m storage.
Likewise, fresh fruits are abundant,
with the usual bountiful^supplies of
oranges and grapefruit coming to
market. Fruit in dried or canned form
is also plentiful.
Increased production of pork has
raised the meat supply in the Unit -
ed States higher than it has been fot
several years. There is plenty ol
wheat, too, both for domestic and
possible export needs, the forecast
reveals.
000,000 worth of imported cellulose
fibers. It was brought out that there
was much opposition to the chepi-
urgic program because it interfered
to some extent with the reciprocal
trade agreements by which succh rap-
id drying oils are admitted recipro-
cally. Reimold announced that his
company's campaign in South Texas
j this year was responsible for an in-
dicated shipment from there to their
Harrison <N. J.i plant of thirty tons |
of castor beans between Feb. 1 and |
March 1. which would help greatly
to overcome the shortage on account
of the Japanese-Chinese war. He pre-
dicted a great future for a Texas
industry when the whole plant is
finally successfully processed.
American Corn Products Labors- 1
tory. New York, gave detailed reports
of the annual industrial utilization
of 70.600.000 bushels of domestic corn
developed under direction of Dr.
Morris Sayre and his staff of fifty
scientists. Dr. Sayre said the four
regional federal research laboratories
will be very helpful to private indus-
try by developing much fundamental
information, which industries have
not time or men to develop. He saw
a great day ahead for a united at-
tack on chemurgic crops cf a wide
variety, all of which would open new
doors to farmers and bring employ-
ment to an increasing number of in-
dustries in cities as well as some
located in rural areas.
Interest in Paper Mill
Tire writer was called on to present
the picture of chemurgic progress in
Texas and had to answer frequent
questions as to the vastness of opera-
tions and possible developments here.
Keen interest was shown in the na-
tion’s .first pme newsprint mill at
Lufkttr.- also in the dehydration ex-
periments of Gilbert C. Wilson at
Denton's North Texas State Teachers
College which will make possible a
yam starch plant that can operate
twelve months a year.
Several Congressmen had visited j
Texas in recent years and were cog-
| | nizant of the great possibilities- in
the development of chemurgic in-
dustries u.sm't its cotton, yams,-hides. •
wool, mohair, pine, oak aricF cedar
pulp combined with sulphur, lime. :
sale add such other vast assets as \
cheap gas and petroleum as well as
proximity to the ‘ water transporta-
tion at the Gulf ports. Several said j
they would visit this great State cf I
Texas at their first opportunity and-
see what is happening.
ante of the 1940 Chevrolet
has brought in the finest stock
of used cars in all histor
Your
CHEVROLET DEALER
IS NOW FEATURING THE
GREATEST USED CAR
AND TRUCK VALUES
OF THE YEAR!
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FIVE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD
BUY YOUR USED CAR FROM YOUR
CHEVROLET DEALER!
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| the finest selection of used
cars and the be*t value*.
O You ran buy your used car
JL from your Chevrolet dealer
with confidence.
Q Your Chevrolet dealer em-
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A h»w«t (><>«*!Me price* aim-
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C Your Chevrolet dealer standa
J firmly behind every used car
he wella.
Chevrolet Dealer* are Haadqunrteri
tor USED TRUCK Value* I
Look for your Chevrolet
dealer’s used car; listings in the
classified pages of this paper1
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MOORE CHEVROLET
East Houston Street r w MOOKE Proprietor LEVELLAND, TEXAS
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Weimhold, Forrest. Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1940, newspaper, January 19, 1940; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153649/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.