The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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COTULLA, LA SALLE COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY, I)E( EMBER 25, 1 '.2
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The deadline for issuing War Ration
Book One has been extended to Jan- j
uary 15, 1943. Adverse weather
conditions in some parts of the Region, j
excessive work load on Local Boards,
and desire to be of utmost service I
prompt this decision.
Such was the information received j
this week from the Regional office :
in San Antonio, at the La Salle
County Ration Board.
It is pointed out that late regis- '
rants include largely the people who
eat most of their meals out and who
have had no need for Ration Book
One, so long as its only use was buy- I
ing sugar and coffee.
However, possession of this Ration '
Book will now be necessary to obtain *
War Ration Book Two at a futher
date. Since Book Two mav be used ■
to ration any comodity, OI’A urges |
everyone who has not already done I
so to register promptly for Book One j
to insure getting Book Two, which ‘
is expected to be issued sometime in
January.
Display Only One Slicker
Some persons have secured supple.,
mental gas rations, either in the form j
of B or C Book, in addition to their j
Basic A books.
Car owners should display only one j
stamp on their windshield, and that
stamp must be the highest. In i
other words, persons who have re- ;
ceived B books, should display only |
the B sticker and those with C ;
Books, only the C Sticker. • In such
instances, the A sticker should be
removed.
Persons with only A books, should,
of course, display the A sticker.
There are still some cars which
PFC. Geo. S. Dorough, Camp Ed- have failed to display any sticker
wards, Mass. Filling stations are required, under
Ensign Edward Talbott, Washing- tht‘ regulations, to issue no gasoline
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. e are happy to salute
ro, of the fighting U.
anil Mr... Avnulfo Alc-
■tt. Sabitio volunteered
i on May 1. P.t 12.
vital month.? of train-
ing at San Di g >. ha was lent ov< r.
sin . and Jn f. ‘.her only recently re-
c-• • i*. ! notice 1 rom the War Depart-
ment that he had landed at his des-
tination safely.
We extend heartiest good wishes to
thi-a another La Salle County boy in
the Marines.
Communiques About Boys We Know—
We gratefully acknowledge feceini
of Christmas Cards from ihe following
boys:
PFC Patrick F. Kelly, Camp McCoy
Wis.
PFC. W in. A. Tittle, Hawaiian Is-
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lyC. James
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R. McNabb, New Or-
Pilot Officer J. Elton Merriman,
Vulcan, Alberta, (Canada)
Staff Sgt. J. A. Downing, Camn
White, Ore.
Thanks, fellows; we are happy to
pass this greeting on for you, to your
many friends here.
R. W. Miller Jr. who worked as a
nearby neighbor to us for some time,
is now at Randolph Field, after vol-
unteering i cently.
I to a car owner, unless a sticker is
: prominently displayed on his wind-
shield.
Coupons Not Good In Advance
In the basic A books, only the
: Coupon No. 3 is good at this time.
It is a violation of the law to sell
gasoline using any of the other
coupons.
Whether it is sugar, coffee, or
gasoline, only stamps that are cur-
rently valid, can be accepted. It is
a direct violation of the law to sell
FOLKS—Not in the sense of custom only, but
with genuine appreciation, we extend to you
our best wishes.
Because we know the need is greater than ever
this year-the need to spread cheer, to remem-
ber those in our armed forces, this Christmas
means so much more.
ELEIIEK CIS
SOW METAL _
COLLECTED CEDE
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. .'rial i >nt: -
of Commerce in a one day^drive,
j colle-cted something like 100,000
pounds of scrap metals. At that
| time, The Record state that it was
a fine effort, but that with the right
kind of systematic drive, a million
i pounds or more could be found in thi
! County.
Later, the Schools conducted a
; several weeks campaign, which netted
more than 200,000 pound* more. Thia
| was ..Iso a fine effort, and or.e which
th • school children and
deserved praise,
the need for scrap iron 1
n~ matter; and we are
>w that several WPB
stematically working toe
uring the next 2 or 3
h they plan to devote to
this county,our section should be
fairly well cleaned of scrap metals.
We checked up yesterday ami
found our estimate of several months
ago—a million pounds—was really
i “small fry”. Here is why we are
happy to be able to say that:
Already, seven car loads of scrap
metals have been shipped from Co-’
tulla. In addition, four more car-
loads are ready and awaiting ship-
ment, according to John Gulley who
! is purchasing the scrap here.
These carloads are averaging a-
bout 70,000 pounds, ami for the
■eleven car*, this totals to. approxi-
mately 770,000 pounds. \
! In addition to this, a laoge amount
• of iron has been coll -cted by the WPB
■ trucks, and piled separately across
i the tracks. Already, this amounts
to many thousands of pounds, not
, included in the above figures.
Many old and wrecked cars are
being brought in; and according to
Mr. Gulley, the last carload of iron
shipped out included 56 old car motors.
j brought to
officals w
However
! is a contir.
, glad to k
I trucks are
j county,
i months wh
Claim Adjuster Praises
Local Fire Department
Bol by Lucchelli, of Gardendale, any of these commodities on stamps
r. w stationed in Mississippi, was a that will be valid later,
visitor here during the week. Already, a number of complaints
Paddy Lann, stationed in Califor-
nia, is here on a Christmas furlough
v :h his family and friends.
We are happy to begin sending Lt.
C. R. Landrum The Record. Although
he is unable to say just where he is,
we learn that he is holding a very
r sj.oiisible position, and we know he
have been received concerning thi?
practice; and to avoid serious diffi-
culties, it will be well worthwhile for
merchants to keep in mind this im-
portant feature of the rationing pro.
gram.
Tires Are Still Rationed
| There has been some ntis-appre-
is doing it well. her.sion to the effect that now that
Confidential To Ihe Boys In Service gasoline rationing has started, every.
Fellows, we are really missing you one can secure tires,
you this Christmas, and we know yon This, unfortunately is not the case
are missing us. And though in some j Tires are still being rationed, and
Ramon Garza Killed
In Automobile Accident
A claim adjuster, representing one
of the largest Adjusting Companies,
was in Cotulla this week handling
several claims for the Manly Insu-
rance Agency.
While here, he inspected the house
of George Ellis, recently damaged
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he was very high in prai
Cotulla Fire Department.
He said the signs showed that the
fire had made real headway, and ha
thought the boys had shown real fira
fighting ability in being able to
bring the blaze under control without
a total loss of the house.
He asked many questions about
j Cotulla’s fire equipment, and about
. the firemen themselves. He sai 1
Home For Christmas Breaks School Windows uotuiia w:i- certainly to ? conma-
__ j _ v_ ; tulatcd for having this kind of pro-
tection, and that very few cities of
size are as fortunate. „ ■
All of which leads us to say again,
that we are all very grateful to our
We warmly join in wishing each of you a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a VICTORIOUS NEW YEAR
THE COTULLA RECORD
Soldier Dies Enroute Someone Maliciously
Pvt. Jack Le Masters, husband of j Someone maliciously or otherwise .
the former Miss Dovey Irene Jen- ! did considerable damage at the High- 1 1 e
r.ings, passed away suddenly thin j school Monday night.
intances, you may be many thousands the Lqcal Board even now, receives ! —v—
of miles away, you are very close in a very small number of tires each Ramon Garza, age 28, was instantij
our hearts and thoughts. A ou may t month—a number which, incidental* i killed near Charlotte last Saturday
be assured that the prayers and wis- : ]y, j? far short of the actual needs, night, when the car in which he was
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please accept this as an expression
of love and good will, made ever more
meaningful at this Christmas Season,
from your many true and lawful
, friends of La Salle County.
on the revised forms (the old forms
can no longer be accepted), and the
Board must issue the certificates for
tire purchase as heretofore.
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(cut out) Africa
November 18, 1942 >
|*ear Folks:
■Well here I am in Africa, (cut out) •
fc-ca. (Cut out) is a town of a-
6000 pop. Mostly Arabs and
Iti | p are French, and some
Ftt |8. I talked to two Spain-
ft other day and they were as
ft was to be able to understand
4S , i t- i , i started under the
ft Arab and French are too .. .
ft me.
! t tell you about the trip or
..^got here, but if you read in
paper about troops reaching (cut
\ Africa it was my outfit. The
here is warm and 1 imagine
ythimr could be grown here, though
have not seen any one working a-
tnd here yet. Nearly all houses
built of concrete. They use
L]s for about everything. They
LT. CLARENCE MANLY AGAIN
PUBLISHES NEWSPAPER
The impact of the oncoming
broke Garza’s neck.
Five other Mexicans in the cat
were also injured, and from reports
some of them are in a serious condi.
lion.
Garza, whose home was in Cotulla.
was in the employe of Leroy Hines
of Hines, Texas, and had driven into
Charlotte Saturday night with a car
1 his wife.
Mrs. Masters was advised of the
sudden death Sunday Morning by the
War Department. The death occur,
ed somewhere in Alabama.
She states that her husband was
stationed in North Carolina and had
phoned her only a few nights before.
Someone had thrown rocks through
the windows. 15 were broken on the
West side and 1 on the East side.
This is a shameful destruction of
property; and the guilty person, if
found, should certainly be made to
pay for it.
Kerr stated that 'every effort ;s
tulla.
' iiomuw iiikiii wun a cat-,
load of other men., and it was on theii advising that he was leaving fer Co- j being made to find out, if possible.
one'oMhr^bliAc™ ofSe S|W8.y h°n!e '^ ^ accident occured | tulla to spend the holidays.
According to Mr. Hines. Garza wai | N*0 detai,s have bcen niade availa.
fine
the names W-those responsible.
(Continued on back page)
Record, who entered Uncle Sam’s
forces last February is back again at
his first love—newspaper work.
Last week we received copies of
the “HOOD PANTHER”, Camp Hood s
newspaper, which has just been
direction of Lt.
Manly.
We throughly enjoyed reading its |
pages, and feel sure it will be of much
importance to the boys in service
at this Camp Hood.
Incidentally, news dispatches re-
veal that Camp Hood has recently
bcen enlarged to 185,000 acres, which |
undoubtedly, is one of the largest
’ army camps in the nation today.
I In this new and worthwhile under-
I taking, we wish our Publisher Asso.
a fine young man and one of th
best hands he ever had to work fo? ;
him. “Garza has been working for m 1
clo«r- on to six years, and durtmg that |
time 1 have always found him honest
courteous, sober and he could always j
he depended on to carry out any duty
£osigned to him”, he said.
The remains were removed to Co-
tulla and services were held from the
Catholic Church at 4 o'clock Mondaf
evening with Rev. M. M- Reis conduct,
ing same.
ble to the family as yet. At the
request of the wife, the War Depart,
ment is sending the body here for
burial.
SLOW DRIZZLE RAIN FALLS
A slow drizzle rain, amounting
close to one half inch fell over this
i section first of the week.
LOST—Diamond Platinum Bracelet,
date and friend the very best of luck. Reward—Mrs. T. H. Poole.
DECEMBER BOND SALES
Quota $11,700
Sold to date $11,402
We Must Sell $298
Don’t Forget War Bonds and Stamps
When You Make New Year Resolutions
' STUDENTS HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
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Among the Cotulla students home
I for the holidays are:
From Texas University, Misses
j Ophelia Poole, Eloise Wildenthal.
Marjo Davis, Rosemary Reynolds and
John Wildenthal. Jr.. Ray Keck, Jr.,
and Water Manly, Jr.
Texas A & M, Gus Ralph Hoff.
James Keith, Harry Lewis Davis,
George Roberts. Dan Kinsel.Jr., Augus
tus Dobie and Morris Kalvort.
Schreiner Institute, Roy Randall
Keck. -,
A & I College, Miss Julia Keithlrf.
San Marcos Teachers College, Mfss
Wilma Whigham and Roy Tate-
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SERVICE STATIONS /
CLOSlJ XMAS DAY
We understand that (all filling ata-
tions will he closed all day Christmas,
Persons needing gasoline and other
service should keep this in mind, and
tend to this on th* day before.
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The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1942, newspaper, December 25, 1942; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1162916/m1/1/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.