The La Coste Ledger (La Coste, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1945 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LACOSTE LEDGER. LACOSTE, TEXAS
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lives normally and has no concep-
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areas not previously reached:
wood, etc,, improved Latin-Ameri-
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gaining insight into their pro-
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tion of the horrors of war. Com-
muniques from Washington on the
price of toilet paper or some other
trivial item fill countless columns
in the press. Social security plan-
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James F. Gomes, ■ Seaman First
Class, is spending a twenty-seven-
day leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Isidro Gomes of Castro-
ville. He has been overseas for
the past eleven months.
Mrs. Weldon Polzin spent the
past week in Gonzalas.
Mr.
family
guests
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Judge and Mrs. Clark from
Johnson City spent the holidays
in the W. I. Davis home.
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the West Coast last week and
Mrs. Biediger is making her home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robt. Rihn of Castroville for the
present. Coxswain Biediger is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Biedi-
ger of here.
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“the people were interested and
more than glad to take advantage
of it.”
It is evident that there is no
scarcity of leaders in the Medina
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DITTLINGERS
Poultry and Dairy Feed
Poultry and Life Stock Vaccines
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Use of V-Mail . . .
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freedom, is almost totally lacking.
As the war moves on, country
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methods which substantially lower
the cost of building wire lines, to
SNKEWYORK.
feyling that the message lacks the
privacy’ of an ordinary letter.
Navy, departed Tuesday after
spending a twenty-one day leave
with relatives and friends in La-
Coste. He had spent over twenty
months in the Pacific and China
area, but says he likes Navy life
fine. He is reporting back to the
same ship and will go after the
Japs again soon.
existing lines. Telephone in-
dustry research in the last severul
years has successfully developed,
new construetion materials and
Lytle News
Mrs. E. M. Bush, Correspondent
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Europe if money and supplies ever
were to get as far out of balance
in the United States as they have
peacetime prices, to protect them
from the insecurity of competition.
They should remember that the
more they ask of government, the
less freedom they will have.. If
government ends by owning most
of industry and employing most of
the people as well as regulating
the lives of the remainder, free-
dom will become a mockery. As
Robert S. Henry, eminent writer
and historian, observes:
,'r “The right of nonconformity is
ultimately the most important of
human rights, but I doubt if it
can long exist independently of
the right of private property.
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letters for which men overseas are
eager. V-mail forms permit a
handwritten message of from 200
to 300 words, a typewritten one of
SOO Ito 700 words, !
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short letters mean more to morale
thug infrequent letters containing
out-of-date news or observations.
Morale officers say that the im-
portance of mail at virtually every
mail call cannot be overempha-
sized. No service man ever miss-
es mail call, they point out, and
men prefer to be able to step for-
ward at every call for a short let-
ter, father than go through the
motions only to receive longer let-
ters at longer intervals.
.With respect to the complaint
. N emergency; years in which many
. • began to believe that the useful-
ness of the railroads was past.
Consequently, there has been no
failure in distribution of supplies,
military or civilian, anywhere
within the range of the American
railroads. ‘ ,
The country has had living
proof of the value of strong rail-
roads. When the issue • is raised
of how much the railroads are to
be paid for their services, the
■ facts should be weighed carefully.
The future of the nation is at
stake. 1 , "...
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people has helped to hold the line
against inflation. The railroads
FUTURE OF NATION AT '
STAKE
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News accounts toll of the strug-
gle to pour supplies into, nations
suffering from the ravages of in-
flation—Belgium, Greece, France,
a minute; They are checked only
for correct addresses and en-
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ism and would have the govern-
ment take over basic industries,
and those who believe in the
superiority of privately owned
enterprise, has led to rash pro-
mises’. Many on both sides ap-
parently believe that the crux of
the issue is a full stomach, with
the result that a material value
has been put on freedom. Each
side has striven to outpromise the
other until it has become rank
heresy to suggest that there may
at times be lean going in the
future.
able to control inflation because
we have been, able to produce both
“guns and butter.” ‘
Every industry that has had a
matter at the postoffice in La-
Coste, Texas, under the act of
Congress of March 1870.
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The astounding thing about the•
hoie front is the fact that except
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Lieutenant Roblee A. Perrault
this week informed his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Perrault of
near LaCoste that he > has arrived
safely somewhere in England.
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Smiles are far more attractive
than frowns, and they take less
muscular effort.
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advertisers will be laying their
signs flat on the ground, which is
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shots, newspaper' clippings,, car-
toons, etc. What V-mail does of-
fer, however, is the chance to send
shorts, newsy and very frequent
This is a ‘misconception. V-mail, this community and all. the people
" like all other mail to be sent out
of the country, is submitted, to
to Seaman First Class according
to information lately received. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Posch formerly’of Castroville, now
of San Diego, Texas.
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In ning. "full” employment and dizzy
talk , of a .contented postwar world,
with all the worries assumed’ by a
benevolent government, arise from
the American scene like a, haze
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She La€oste Leoger
Established August 1, 1815
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Ledger Building, LaCoste, Texas
JOHN C. BIEDIGER
Editor and Publisher
Catherine A. Christilles,, Ass’t.-Ed.
Co-Editors
Mrs. Q. H. Ahr-and Janie Salzman
2 Entered as second-class mail
R. J. Mangold
Grain Dealer M1,n
Try praising yoqr wife,, eyen if, A
it does frighten her at first. 1
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A captain in the navy, meeting
a friend as he landed at Ports-
mouth, boasted that he had left
his whole ship’s company ‘the •hap-
piest fellows in the world. “How.
so?” asked his friend. “Why, I
have just flogged seventeen, and
they are happy it is over; and all
the rest are happy they have es-
caped." " . "e . ,
censorship. Letters feed- through
V-mail processing too fast for
reading. Letters are Opened auto-
matically at the rate of 300 letters
long as they worked together ‘as
a group. For example, one man
said, "There ate many needs in
are anxious to do something about
them." Another reporter said.
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Private Emil Tschirhart left
last Thursday evening for Fort
Lewis, Washington, after visiting
his wife and son in San Antonio
oppression and
small cliques 1
be anyway. I
WILL FREEDOM SURVIVE.
VICTORY?
Another year of war Has drawn
to a close. Volumes of rhetoric
will be written about the awful
destruction of the pst. twelve
months. Puny efforts will be
made to describe the suffering of
the men of the armed forces, who
face death day after day, year
after year, far from home and
loved ones. Actually, there are
no words that can adequately sum
up 1944, the most critical year in
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GOOD NEWS FOR FARMERS
No one appreciates the tele-
phone more than farmers. There-
fore, the report that thousands of
independent telephone ■companies
have, joined with, the Bell system
in the creation of a joint commit-,
tee of telephone men to work on
extending- and improying farm
telephone service, comes as' good
news indeed to rural sectegs.
Spokesmen for- the committee
said:
"As soon as war demands are
reduced, we propose to resume and
expand our research effort and,
along with it, the intensive pro-
gram- for- extending farm service
which was being carried on be-
fore the outbreak of hostilities. '
’ “Over one-half million miles I of
telephone pole lines serving rural
areas have already been built so
that more than two-thirds of all
greater things. It also implied
They have hauled guns and the
butter of civilian goods in quanti-
' ties that defy the imagination, and
at a price that is anything but in-
flationary—^lightly less than a
' cent a ton-mile on the average.
They have been able to do what
they have as a result of years of
preparation for just such an
Mrs. John C. Biediger, Jr.,
arrived here early- Tuesday morn-
ing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
where her husband, Coxswain
and little daughter, Carol, of .
Lytie.
The Award of the Bronze Star
Medal has been made to Captain
John A. Kenagy for meritorious
achievement in connection with
military operations against the
enemy from October 20 to October
31, 1944. Home address: Jane.
Kenagy, wife, Lytle, Texas. Cap;,
tain Kenagy is now serving ' on
Leyte in the Philippines, e He is
the son of Mr. anil Mrs. J. A.
Kepagy of Von Ormy.
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Private Osborn Koch from Fort
Riley, Kansas City, Kansas, is
spending a furlough with his wife
and two children at Sabinal and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
John C. Biediger, Jr. had been ficers, chaplains and. others who
-fetened. He was transferred to listen to GI troubles suggest that
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joriginal, merale officers under- I
line the fact that it is the message 1
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of it. The photographing method, come opposition and obstacles so
too, has misled the public into
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Supt. and Mrs. Carnes and
Helen spent part of the holidays
visiting in San Marcos.c
w... — ment, and others to socialization
Sent with fre- of the family through recreation,
education,; and improvement in
general. . The term "we” used by
Admittedly, Army and Navy
postal officials point out, V-mail
does not allow for the long . .
rambling letter, enclosing snap-can school, a rural electrification
After all, the man who owns' „ ... . ...
nothing, and has no hope of own- Pvt Tschirhart is the son of Mrs.
ing anything for himself, is under
a terrible handicap in expressing
that the processed V-mail letter This Was another way of express-
lacksthe personal touch of the
rural families in the United States
can be served from existing lines.
. Since 1935, more than 500,006 ad-
i ditional families in pural areas
have become telephone Subscribers
; Fean ipcreaseof per cent. One
of the major objectives is to con-
i tinue, this upward trend by mak-
ing the Service over existing lines
: increasingly valuable and attract
। tive. This the Industry intends to
do to the limit of its ability.
ning is a crazy mixture of indivi-
ful in giving service to the farm- dual initiative and bureaucratic
paternalism.. The conflict between
those who believe in state social-
as leaders. However, they are
planning group were among the ;
projects described. ,
These projects, represent com-
munities in action-~jneeting needs.
Some: of the needs related to
health, some to’ home improve-
Koch here. Pvt. Koch has been
in the service fos approximately
eight months.
Technical Sergeant and Mrs.
Leon J. Frey and daughter, Mar-
celline, have been visiting rela-
tives and friends in San Antonio,
Somerset, and Dunlay during his
twenty-one-day furlough. TSgt,
Frey suffered a leg injury in
North Africa on March 21, 1942,
and has spent the past twenty-one
months in the hospital. - On
January 9 he will report to Santa
Monica, California, for reassign-
ment. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Frey of Dunlay,-
"A second majorcobjective is tp
extend service at reasonable cost ....... , .
to families not novreahed' by 'for. the families of service men, it
in other nations. We haveibeen addition, workwas started by the 1
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practical system of transmitting. I
telephone conversations over 1
electric power lines . . . . Before 1 . . . -,r— y—.
part in’getting the “butter” to the this work was. interrupted by the thought on the subject of personl
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system of this kind could be pro-
duced. ,, after country sees the spectre of
"The telephone companies also
plan to study the possible applica- . „ —
tion of microwave radio systems darker- over the world. The Unit-
to rural telephone service tand to
make use of this and any other trend,
new methods which will be help- i
leaders described briefly that one
project in their home town which
was considered successful and
which was sponsored by the com-
munity as a whole.
The Midnight Ramblers’ music
seemed to be an appropriate over-
ture since these young people’s
oremstra is sponsored by the citi-
zens of Yancey. It is with pride
that these young people are sent
out to serve various groups. The
chicken dinner, likewise, symbol-
ized a type of community-wide co-
operation in Devine. The women
of Devine, particularly the P.-T.A.
and the Chamber 6f Commerce,
made it possible for this large
group to be served with a delicious
chicken dinner.
Following the ehtertainment,
Mr. Jack Tilley, the presiding
chairman, called the. roll of the
towns represented to tell very
briefly some project which had
been successfully planned and pro-
moted by their citizens. After -
one or two reports it was evident
that each ’project would be differ-
ent and quite characteristic of i
that particular community. A
victory garden, an immunzatibn
program, a community recreatior
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daughter and Miss Mary Nell
center, a garbage collection pro- Gray of San Antonio visited their
gram for a rural community, a
cuntywide boy and girl scout
program, craft classes in clay,
Anierican history. luumus uapucu, guyelamenu w
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eoww2
matic cameras goes at the rate of
1500 letters an hour. Flown over-
'seas' on a reel, the microfilm is
printed at the rate of 2,000 letters
an hour. The letters are folded
automatically, inserted in en-
velopes, sealed and delivered.
If care is taken in the original
writing, V-mail will be readable in
final form, postal officers point
out. Instructions printed on each
form—“Use typewriter, dark ink
or dark pencil. Faint or small
writing is not suitable for photo-
graphing”-—should be followed for
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SS Uruguay with 4700 troops aboard. Chief Officer Pardoc dropped
, into the pitch black flooded depths of his vessel and yanked trapped
and injured men from certain death.’Disregarding all danger, he
directed the construction of a temporary bulkhead that enabled the .
ship to make port. Chief Officer Pardoc wars a Merchant Marine
Distinguished Service Medal for his bravery. Buy War Bonds to back
the men who ferry our troops to battlefronts, p. y. ikmdusDeperiwene
Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Hughes
spent the week-ehd. at Hinds with
Mr.' and MrS. Bill Hinds. .
t Apresses ana en- V alley. Perhaps the majority of
Mierofilming on auto- the people attending the confer-
ence did not think, of themselves
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the majority of the reporters
indicated group planning and
working. Noticeably' absent was
any effort to give credit to indivi-
duals, but rather to groups of
people working diligently and with
a spirit of purpose and judgment
to accomplish those things that
would make their communities a
better place in which to live.
Another interesting phrase
caught in the reports were the
words “we hope,” or “we aim to.”
parents Christmas day.
Mrs. Anna McDonald .of San ■■
Marcos is visitng in the homes of s ,
her sons Miltan and Van Me-
Donald.
Mrs Ondh Garrison spent the
past two weeks in Dallas with her -/
daughter-in-law, Mrs. H. D. John- .-a
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untrammeled individuality. He
is without a place for his foot to
stand upon, in opposition to the
conforming forces of the col-
lectivist state.”
Our people could lose everything
of material value, as the price of
victory in this war and still have
a bright future. '. However, let too
much government destroy the
freedom and hope of the individual
to build again and there is no
future. The right of Ownership is
more important than ownership it-
self. 6- ig 44 "
and son, Bennett, of San Antonio m- s
spent the weekeendin Lytle, with yEe rue
their patents.
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Mr-and Mrs L. C. Gray has aS .1
guests during the holidays Lt. and e
Mrs. O. M. Gray from Dallas. Mns
best results. No enclosures are
permitted in V-mail letters.
Forms coming into processing
points with enclosures aie re-seal-
ed and sent as ordinary mail.
Red Cross workers, morale of-
civilian correspondents Avoid writ-
ing “dangling” letters to men
verseas—letters, for example,
telling of an illness in the family
without giving reports on , pro-
gress toward recovery. In send-
ing V-mail letters in sequence,
they point out, especial care
should be taken by the correspon-
dent to see that page 1 doesn’t
announce Striking news that is ex-
plained on the second form. V-
mail letters may not arrive in
sequence and the service man or
woman may be kept In a state of
suspense dangerous to his morale.
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The way of the transgressor is
hard on his associates. ‛
are a dramatic, instance of this.
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Swapping yarns with a couple
of wholesale men recently, we
heard how one of them found him-
self in a cab in a strange city,
late at night, without a cent in his
pockets. Naturally, somebody
asked what he did.
"Stop at the next cigar store,
so I can get some matches,” I told
the driver. “I’ve dropped a five
dollar bill somewhere in this cab.”
As the yarn went on, the driver
stopped, and the wholesaler got
out and entered the store.
“What did he say when you
came out?” someone wanted to
know.
“When I came out," grinned the
narrator, “the cab was gone."
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Community Planned Projects
Moro than one hundred visiting
conference members dined at the
Devine Homemaking rooms at the
Tri-County Conference on Nov-
ember 14. Fourteen community
1; 1 and others. It is said that an in-
| crease in supplies' will relieve a
iglut of money,' Here in our own
country the people are told that
Ii war production has so cut into
civilian production that' consumer
4: competition for the remaining
—8“ goods would soon send prices out
fi, of sight but for stringent Federal
control.
-n % ca 4 As a matter of’faet, our Federal
|; : government j could no more control
r prices than the countries of
leaders in the strictest sense be-
cause they indicate that they can
assume responsibility, take,
iniative, and stimulate others to
cooperate in helping with pro-
grams that benefit the community.
Mrs..Meredith Bright P
Lytle, Texas . se .’
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on a twenty-one day furlough.
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Coach and Mrs, H.K. Harris of
San Antonio, Mrs. Alfred Gray of" - 2.4
Gregory and Mrs. J. C. Creager • T'F
Mr. and Mm. W, E, Sorrells of 3, ■ 1
Corpus Christi visited Mi, and
Mrs. W. O. Strickling during the P,
holidays. ,
\ Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Robertson
and two-sons were guests of Mr.
and Mrs, W C.Riey the past
week.
POKKOWLEOGE
sible for days at a time. As air-
mail sacks pile up, they may be
rerouted by boat. On the other
hand, V-mail, carrying the highest
air priority, will be dispatched by
plane the moment the weather
breaks. Even with a gap of 10
days, the V-mail in such a case
will arrive before the letter
stamped air-mail but carried by
ship. .0. ue.
The space economy of V-mail is (
unquestionably the major reason
for its use. A single reel of V-
mail containing 1,800 letters fits
into a three and one-quarter inch
square shipping carton weighing
about seven ounces. Eighteen
hundred letters on ordinary sta-
tionery weight 45 pounds.
Roth Army and Navy ask that
civilians use V-mail for four out
of five letters and save air-mail
for the occasionally necessary
long letter or one requiring en-
closure,
Since June 1942, when V-mail
service . was opened by the War
Department in cooperation with
the Post Office Department, more
than 937,000,000 letters have been
sent via the microfilm service. In
addition, V-mail is used to trans-
mit many official Army and Navy
Department orders, instructions
and other documents.
The Army maintains 15 major
V-mail processing plants . outside,
the United States. A large central
installation to replace smaller
temporary plants is now under
construction in France.
K / Other States.............. a year
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I Any erroneous reflection upon
N ’ tRe character, standing or repu-
r tation of any person, firm or cor-
r ' poration, which may appear in the
he columns of this newspaper will
J - be gladly corrected upon being
| brought to the attention of the
I publisher.
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and little daughter. Carol. . -
Dinner guests in the E. M. Bush
home Christmas day were Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. .Welle, Coach and Mrs. ' ove ,
IL K. Harris and Billy of San An-
tonio, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Milton . jn
Bush of Woodsboro, and Mrs. pi "23
O. M. Gray of Dallas, Mr. and
'Mrs. Ed M. Wells, Mr, and Mrs,
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