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until you are restless, jumpy and
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Nervine the next time you pass a
drug store. Keep it handy. You
never know when you or soma
member of your family will need it.
|_Rew E, H. Marahall and Gr A. |
in Bowie’ori business Mon-1 o A, report, fromrth'c, office o^f the
A. Wallace, gave the latest official ,
of farm I lass agricultural
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Miss Vinnie Dee Michie of Mon-
tague, home demonstration agent,
was a Bowie visitor one afternoon
during the week-end.
Coca-Cola, — ice-cold in familiar
red coolers, — is around the corner from .
anywhere. Simply because millions wel-
come the pause that refreshes with ice-cold ~
Coca-Cola. Th^y like the clean, pleas-
ing taste of’ this drink familiar to all.
. And they like, too, the refreshed feeling
that follows its tingling goodness.
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Chicago meeting in njid-July. t live rural work
Non-partisan observers of the
current scene insist that one out-
standing weakness of the pre-
Rev. A. J. Quinn, pastor of the
Bowie First Baptist Church, de-
livered a sermon Sunday after-
noon during the Memorial serv-
ices at the Sunset Cemetery. He
filled the place of Rev. Ross A.
Smith of Alvord, who couldn’t be
present at the time.
Here's seed tested io
grow successfully in av-
erage soil. Buy it and
earn more dollars o n
your crops! »
i week-end sxjWar Affects U.S. j-
Farm Exports
At Your Drug Store;
Small Bottle il't
large Bottle $1.00
.Or. Mita N.rvto. is ata made la Kite.
recent Tablet from.
Patients admitted to the hos-
pital during the week: John Ladd,
Nina Lou Barnwell, Mrs. J. D.
Farmer, Mrs. W. C. Benson, Mrs.
T. H. Clarke, Margaret Williams,
and Claudine Stem.
Births: .A daughter, Florence •
Lou, to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Atkins,
and a daughter, Anita Lou, to
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Cleveland.
Patients dismissed from the
hospital during the week: Mrs,
Ellis Butler and infant daughter,
Betty Jane, Mrs. John Angove
and infant daughter, Nancy Jane,
and Miss Margaret Williams.
Convalescent patients are Mrs.
J. H. Coyle, Mrs. Kate Russ, W.
D. Oliver and C. A. Farmer:
After June 1st you will find me aV
The R?
Ike Parks Style Shop
and.
Tailor Shop
Will appreciate serving you at my own place
of business
Phone 281
national taxes and expenditures
for defense purposes are inevit-
able, has made rather good use of
the war situation as an argument
in favor of his modest taxation
program for the State. Some
rather crude efforts have been
' made by some other candidates.
Sadler, starting with a hill-billy
band designed to get all the votes
that O’Daniel got last time, has
floundered miserably. The public
hasn't reacted very favorably to
a political program with a silly
singer and a booming bull-fiddle
on the radio, immediately follow-
ing news bulletins telling of the
death and destruction of thous-
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Europe’s beleagured countries.
Lee O' Makes Em III
O’Daniel’s effort to capitalize
the war situation has- been the
crudest and most nauseating of
all. His Saturday night program
was a sickening hodge-podge of
patriotic songs and music, in jazz
time by hill-billy music, inter-
spersed with "emotional” pathos
by the Governor, and a desperate
effort to tie onto the coat-tails of
President Roosevelt by extrava-
■a
ga/tt -praise and-declarations Of~
patriotism.
The Fergusons, too, has sought
to share in the Roosevelt popu-
larity, but they are old and feebl
and reading prepared . _
speeches before a microphone,
they are no longer the fiery Fer-
gusons of old, who “poured it on”
opponents. ,
Thompson’s indecision about
running, his withdrawal to enter
a congressional race,, and then his
plans to re-enter, have all con-
fused his supporters, and Weak-
ened his original- position as the
strongest potential opponent of
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effectively shut off
German-controlled territory.
European countries
badly upset by war.
Imports of Great Britain and
France are under complete gov-
ernment control. They have
pooled theib buying operations , . - , ---------
and are not bidding against each pork „n) t‘le United States and
other on the world makets. Dip- IGreat Britain normally takas 71
lomafic strategy, economic neces- P^r cent of our cured- pork ex-
sity, and economic warfare govern P^rts. Neutrals are taking more
buying operations. Great Britain of ou[ Pork anci lard but not
has purchased the Australian and enough more to make up for the
New Zealand wool clips, has Sr- decline in purchases by the belli-
I ranged to take the entire Austral- Serents.
ian surplus of dried and canned j Tobacco—Great Britain has
fruits, has assured Canada an ac- I ceased buying our tobacco and
ceptable price for increased im- temporarily, at least, has shut off
one-third- of our total export mar-
ket for tobacco.
Fruit—Both Britain and France
have barred imports of apples and
pears from this country. Exports
of other fruits have also declined.
turning To sum up: Although war has
stimulated exports of industrial
products, and this gives support
to the domestic demand for farm
products, war has shut off a large
part of our exdqrt market for
farm products. '
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j BUSINESS
£ By Julian < apers Jr.
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(Any opinion expressed in this
column is the opinion of the writ-
er, and does -not necessarily re-
flect the policy of The News or
its editor).
Washington, May 29.—Decorat-
ing graves of soldiers and sailors
in national and private cemeteries
this week coupled with oratory
appropriate for the occasion takes
on a grim, significance. More
publie-interest will be manifes ted
m the little parades of uniformed
veterans because of the ominous
clouds drifting from events
abroad. Many national lawmak-
ers are taking the stump during
the holiday with deep apprecia-
tion that their words will be
weighed as indicative of senti-
ment in the Nation’s Capital. With
the political season hearing its
height it is asking the impossible
to expect our officerseekers to
completely divorce preparedness
from its political anchorage.
Reports from -overseas show
that only actual enemy invasion
stirred the French and British
loose from political .ties which
hamstrung the war effort-result-
ing in’ virtual dictatorship.
Whether this country will be
handicapped by these permissi-
ble functions of an operating de-
y~nnrmry rprnning tn .hft sppn It
is however, generally agreed that
the Presidential campaign and the
fall elections have a retarding ef-
fect On policy-making despite the
best patriotic motives of the hqur.
"The prevailing comment here and
reflected in other Idealities is to
the effect that a large slice of the dictatorship over there is aimed
political barricades to prepared- -------1!— j J-
ness measures ■ could be side-
tracked by a simple declaration
by Mr. Roosevelt on the third
term. Supporters of the Presi-
dent’s reticence > on the subject
insist that such an announcement
at this time .would strip him of'
the_pfestibe necessary to shape
defense policies during crucial
days.
The international situation finds
the Republican crusaders behind
the eight-ball by the nature of
things as matters of national, de-
fense are paramount. They can-
not_affOrd -to appear. as obstruc-
tionists in- a crisis nor can they
afford to surrender their prero-
gatives as an aggressive minority
feeble Party which might lead to a one-
'■radib' Party Coalition government. Their-
’ prominent candidates, who are
seeking the Presidency, are han-
dicapped by circumstances or po-
litical fates which kept -them out
of Federal offices dealing with
foreign affairs. Yet it is believed
in many quarters that Mr. Roose-
velt's retirement- from office
-would have a pronounced leveling
influence on all candidates, which
they confidentially assume the
elimination of the Democrats fore,
most personality would . effec-
tuate: .
The ranking dopesters in both
major party camps do not anti-
cipate any final commitment
from F. D. R. until the early bal-
lots at. the Democratic' national
convention make clear ..to the
world that the nominatio.rf is in
the bag without the asking. The
theory is that by dictating the
choice of Democratic standard- 11IlB „ ult. U11U,.I.
bearers -and refusing the laurel, standing on the part of the lower
wreath, the President retains the • ■
tad ieat advantages during then-e^
maindef of his term and eveh be-
yond. which Would not attach to
a quiet- withdrawal prior to the
By Mrs. R. E. Cox
Beneficial rains the last a
days are greatly appreciated by I where he has been residing for
tarmor. in th.c ^ni.nn ' lhe past year.
A play entitled “Aunt Samanthy
Rules the Roost” will be rendered
at "the Lone Star School building
Friday night, May 31. The public
is invited to attend. Mrs. A. F.
Tinney is director of the play,
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ports of cured pork, has made
heavy bulk purchases of Egyp-
tian cotton, and is negotiating
dmiliar purchases of Brazilian and
other cottons.
For farm products. Great Brit-
ajn and France are t
wherever possible to countries
where they can obtain these com-
modities in exchange for their
own goods or buy them with
sterling or on credit. They also
are attempting to buy up farm
campaign in Texas’ history is
rapidly approaching the stage for ands of soliders and civilians in
definite action, without any ac- ”------. . . .
tion to speak of, and with public
interest still apparently blacked
out entirely by world-shaking
event in Europe,
Real contenders in the Gover-
nor’s race include Lee O'Daniel,
the incumbent, who, while he has
admittedly lost much strength
wince his record-breaking no-
runoff victory two. years" ago, is
still regarded by best observers
here as an odds-on favorife to
high ,—man,—Next jn-4tae
Harry Hines, Highway Commis-
sioner, who at this stage js prob-
able easily Second man; the Fer-
gusons doubtless would place
third at this time, with only a
shadow of the strength they have
Shown in some past years; Jerry
Sadler, the railroad commissioner,
and Albert Derden, anti-sales tax
legislator, probably rank in that
order. Ernest O. Thompson, rail-
road commissioner, while not yet
an announced candidate, is uni-.
versally expected to get in by;
June 3, the closing date. His race !
two years ago, and his ability as
a campaigner, will probably drop O'Damcl. ... awvsvcs vtiiB
htat into a spot- immediately be- ground quickly after he gets in,
hind Hines at the start, and of and if he does, he may be O'Dan-
Course, with seven weeks to go, iel’s runoff opponent, if there is
the relative position of any of a runoff? Meanwhile. Hines ap-
the candidates may undergo re- pears to have the edge on that
voluntionary changes. The chief favored spot at present writing.
guestion now is whether the com- In the other state races, the
Dined strength of the other candi- situation is even more terrible
dates will prove sufficient to force from the standpoint of the "out”
CFDaniel into a runoff, and the I candidates trying to get in. There
prevailing opinion of pdliticallisabsolutelynoevidenceofpub-
obaervers now is that this Is quite lie interest, and traditional cam-
a likely prospect. If Hines or paign methods are proving futile.
Tnompson, or even Mrs. Ferguson | particularly with the lack of cartt;
should get into a runoff with paign funds which is a universal
ODaniel, and the war situation handicap of all the candidates,
becomes less black, at^red-hot ___ p-,
campaign may yet develop, be-
fore a governor is chosen.
Campaigns Are Pitiful
The campaigning this year hasTTahlily. spent Sunday in Dallas,
K 'te?* PffWul- With the complete],
" disinterest of the *public. candi- sister?
havenVbceri able’ to’get , - .
ly attended meetings have been I dav during the .....
held anywhere. Most candidates spending a few, days visiting rela-1
have resorted to radio for cover- tives in Wichita Falls: I
age, and, virtually all of them,]
,_^nbout state issues to which the r„ ,. “ ” „.
public will respond, have tried Stephens of the Sunset vicinity
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lu ojs ’ W4V Mil UUO1I lt?BB J VI (JI I- | - - - r - - — •. a a a«
day afternoon. ’^eCw ’nry 6r AKVicultiirnl, Henry
the public’s chief interest, has E. E. McConnell. Sr„ H. B. Hill report on the exports
Hines, and Robert Swaim were in Be.v nrodiwta »> i».<
by pointing out that tremendous oh business Monday afternoon’
paredness movement is turning
the war planning over to Cabinet
officers rather than to invite di-
rect co-operation from industrial
specialists, whokiave been trained
for such" work in peace-t.imd and
many -with experience in the
World War. The allegation is
made, with some.plausibility, that
the inner circle -of the New Deal,
who' have been Mr. Roosevelt’s
closest advisors 'on economic and
social policy, are demanding the
war preparedness assignments
and blockading recruiting of busi-
ness leaders in, the emergency.
Experienced industrial executives
are skeptical about accepting bids
for high posts if the same econo-
mic planners who have attempted
business regimentation by gov-
ernment for seven years are their
overlords. It is all topsy-turvy as
the Army and Navy frantically
seek outside help only to be stale-
mated by policial factors.
Labor experts .have reported
directly to thej.White House on the
plight of English’ and French war
factories caught in the cross-fire
- of. social legislation. ■■ Army data
shows that mgss _prodiJBtt0h ma-
chinery imported from America*
to speed munitions production
has been warehoused rather than
utilized by reason of British
trades unions’ opposition to la-
bor-saving equipment. Th? new
at prevention of strikes and de-
lays in production of defense ma-
terial. In this country the few
aircraft plants are overwhelmed
with the task of turning out
planes in sufficient quantities. It
is expected that these manufac-
turers will farm out parts and
sub-assemblies to smaller ma-
chine shops and change the par-
ent factories into assembly units
to increase production.-' Legisla-
tors seeking plants in their dis-
tricts are harassing military men
who must be polite to obtain ap-
propriations.
The Farm Security Administra-
tion is endeavoring to enlist more
active state co-operationrin halt-
ing unnecessary rural migration.
Administrator W. W: Alexander
told a Senate committee a few
days ago that the problem of
needy farm families was acute.
The Federal government has ad-
opted various^ measures to keep
j them down on the farm, but not
all methods have been effective.
In many instances the states have
turned the whole matter over to
the Federal authorities for Settle-
ment, while the central govern-
ment believes state and local co-
operation is essential to serve
pvety Region. The F. S. A. insists
that a rehabilitation program
should be expanded to reach at
least the 500,000 needy families
which already have sought such
aid. The Federal agency is at-
tempting to stimulate tenant pur-
chases of farms, but they insist
ihat the states have fallen down
on_ the question of meeting the
farm tenancy. One of the stumb-
ling blocks is the lack of under-
mcoifie classes as to improved
agricultural practices which will
make inarm life attractive. The
F. S, A. is now working out a plan
for tbe ilevelopment of construc-
11.- 1 j- for -those -who
Cannot be absorbed in purely
agricultural nursuits, which of-
fers a wide field Of possibilities,
products Which might otherwise •
Igo to Germany?
For example, they have, con-
tracted for the Turkish and Greek
tobacco and dried fruits that for-
nterly went to Germany.- - ]
During the first four months of
the war we have exported more
industrial , products that in the
same four months of 1938, but
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in Bowie Products as affected by-thg.war in i though the volume of Agricultural
moon’ ’ I Europe. exports has been held up by the
—-------I Agriculture on the whole Is not;!««« shipments oi...cotton.—Tha—
| profiting from the war. 'Exports vobrmc of'-practically- alt other
I of farm products are not increas- agricultural exports has declined
ing and are not likely to increase s‘ncc war •• ■
' in the near future. Large groups Here is the outlook for the im-
of producers of important export portant export crops:
crops have been shut off from. Cotton—Allied belligerents and
normal world markets, 'neutral European countries have
Certain fundamental factors in | been stocking up on our cotton,
the situation stand out: I With the help of the export sub-
First, Great Britain and France i ?idyr .sn,es ,of «>tton for export
ate reserving their dollar pur-7ln 1hl® fnqrKetmg year now total
chasing .power in this country to more thamsix million bales, com-
buy airplanes and other armam- , actual .exports of 3^
ents which they cannot get else- miWn bales last year. However,
where. I very, little cotton is now being
Second, the Allied blockade has exp(^’'
. — exnorts to Wheat Very little United
^....<A..-vvI>uvovu wuiivir States wheat is being sold abroad.
Third, our trade with neutral i P°mes‘>c Prices have risen sharp-
hoc been iIy Since September and are now
jfar_ above world prices, mainly
betause of drought and prospects
I for a short crop.
i Pork Products—Great Britain
By Fern Eyas
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Byas had as
their guests Sunday, Mrs. Lawson
Worley, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Rhyne of Bowie, and Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Byas of Fort Worth.
Francis Belew spent Friday
night with Fern Byas of Bowie.
Mary Jo Tinney, Dorothy Tage
and Jo Jeanette Lewis spent Sun-
day afternoon in Sunset.
Those visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tjnney Sun-
day were: J. C. Tinney of Spur,
Texas, W. W. Tinney of Abilene,
Texas, W. A. Tinney of Haslet,
Texas, Julia Low and Wilma
Tinney of Twitty, Texas, and Miss
Jessie'Milton of Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Roberts and
childran visited Mr., mid Mps. M.
C. Roberta of Montague, Sunday.
Mrs. Claude Adkins' and son,
Bobby Jean of Montague, and Mr.
and Mfs. W. H. Green of this com-
munity visited Mr. and Mrs. O.
W.- Adkins, Sunday.
Dorothy Williams of the Rock
Hill community spent Several
days with Virginia Belew this
week.
Jack Tinney of ‘Ferris, Texas,
spent the week-end with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tinney.
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Weaver over
the week-end were Floyd Weaver,
Miss Ruth Johnson and Mr. and
Mrs. Durrel Sheppard of Postoak.
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
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desperately to “hop Up” their, were
radio talks some .WaY'lb "capture day i
public interest. The war, being
been the7 obvious tie-up.
L. Worley Spnday were: Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Bartlett and son,
Billy, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Clark,
and Mrs. Dick Clark of Bowie.
Raymond Worley returned
home Friday from California
farmers in this section. Crops
were suffering very badly before
the rainfall. Grain is going to be
very poor in this section due to
the lack of moisture. All other
crops are progressing nicely at
the present.
Rev. Clyde Shults and family
of Mauntainair, New Mexico, were
visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Tiff Covington and family
part of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houston of
Bowie were also visitors in the
Covington home Sfinday.
Those visiting in the home of
W. E. Cox Sunday were: Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cox of Markley, Tex-
as, Miss LaRue Cox of Wichita
Falls, Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Cox of
Jacksboro, Luke Smith of Jacks-
boro, J. W. Cox of Markley and
Wanda Stgrpes of Buffalo Springs.
J. W. Cox of Markley, who has
been visiting in the homes of his
sons. R. E. and W. E. Cox, of
Buffalo Springs, returned to his
home Sunday.
Mrs. Otis McClung is visiting
her parents? Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Brock.
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