The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 205, Ed. 2 Friday, January 15, 1943 Page: 9 of 14
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Friday Evening, January 16, 1943
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
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HERMAN THE CAT GETS CARL
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hale choral lit-
sparkling piano
drama; vitality
have everything
to their audi-
Causes Loss
Of a Million
HOUSTON, Jan. 15 —(UP)— A
Osastrous downtown fire was
brought under control today after
gutting the Phoenix Furniture com-
pany's four-story building and the
three-story Hall Style shop build-
ing, damaging 10 other buildings
and shops and threatening for a
While an entire block.
Damage tentatively was esti-
mated at 01,000.000.
“It was the worst fire since 1924
when just across the street a tire
destroyed half a block,” said Fire
Chief Homer Lyles, who personally
directed the battle against the
roaring flames that at times shot
200 feet into the air, t.
The fire started before midnight
when three explosions in the furni-
Fire
ture store shook the area. In a
matter of seconds the Inside of the
iurniture store was a mass of
flames and they soon spread to
other establishments adjoining the
building.
Only two firemen were injured,
both slightly.
“The fire department listed the
following damaged buildings and
business establishments:
Phoenix Furniture store and four-
story building, total loss; Hall
Style shop and three-story build-
ing. total loss: Fannin building, oc-
Tupied by Prince theater, damaged
severely by fire and water: Wilson
hotel, fire and water damage; Joy
theater, water damage; Foxx bunld-
Ing, heavy fire and water damage;
' Troy company building, fire and
grater damage to merchandise
stocked inside.
Also damaged slightly were a
drug store, another men's clothing
shop, a cafe, a news stand and an
ice cream establishment.
Hundreds of sailors, coast guards-
Then and soldiers helped the hund-
reds of firemen fight the flames.
Thousands of persons jammed
against the police barricades to
watch the spectacle.
It was the second disastrous fire
here in two days. A fire which broke
cout in a two-story, frame apart-
ment building shortly before mid-
night Wednesday destroyed the
structure and killed six persons.
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TO PENSACOLA—John Mat-
thews (Matt) Blanton, lieu-
tenant in the United States
Naval reserve, leaves Satur-
day for Pensacola, Fla., Naval
Air Station where he will re-
port to the air gunnery in-
structors school. The Abilene
attorney, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas L. Blanton Sr., of Al-
bany, was sworn into the
Navy at Dallas Dec. 17.
Coleman Board
Re-Classifies Men*
COLEMAN, Jan. 15.—(SpD—The
Coleman County Selective Service
board this week re-classified the
folowing Coleman Countains:
Joe Burroughs, 1-A.
Ruby R. Ensey, 3-B.
Sammy Arnold, 2-B. — --— -
Wilton B Farmer, 1-A, Rem.
Chester M. Galloway, 1-C.
Wayne D. Daniels, 1-A.
Ardis W Caldwell, 1-A.
Benjamin H. West, 1-A.
Raymond C. Machen, 2-C.
J. W. Hare, 1-A.
W. D. Williams, 2-B.
Billie J. Dickson, 2-B.
Colorado Defense
Guard is Uniformed
COLORADO CITY," Jan . 15—
(Spl)—The Texas Defense guard
unit of -Colorado City is now com-
pletely equipped with winter cloth-
ing. according to announcement of
Capt. Louis Latham local TDG
commanding officer. Clothing for
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 —(P)
The Justice department's anti-trust
suit against the Associated Press is
construed by Representative Shafer
(R-Mich) as a move by "bureau-
crate'' to “break up the free as-
sociation of editors of a free
press”
Calling for “investigation and
punishment" of what he termed
“the great misdeed of attacking our
free press,” Shafer inserted in the
congressional record yesterday a
statement characterizing the suit
as "an attempt against-the life of
our entire body politic."—---
Shafer, a former newspaperman,
contended the purpose of the suit
was to obtain an Associated Press
I membership for a publisher whom
he identified only as "a person of
tremendous wealth,” who was "in-
duced to take some of his millions
and start a so-called newspaper
x x x dedicated to the theory that
the bureaucrats could do no wrong.”
“The bureaucrats would obtain tar
HOLDS SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE FROM BALTIMORE POST OFFICE
Approximately 82 percent of ths; of age Most policies are “ paid BALTIMORE. Jan. 15—P—Her-ficate?-1 ,
military personnel of Camp Barke--through authorized pay deductions, man the cat. officially designated an No, said Onief Boatswain A M
ley have policies with National relieving policy holders of the5
_ , Pel ... 4bother of making monthly, quarter-
Service Life Insurance, their pol-ly or annual premium payments.
icies averaging slightly more than
$6,057, according to Capt Andrew
Bettwy, camp insurance officer.
Policy holders may designate
wife, husband, parent, brother
expert mouser, today had something
no other cat in Baltimore and prob-
ably in a heap of other places,
had.
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That was okay with Wiggles-
worth, and it was good enough for
Commander Abel. Herman got the
card.
Talbott, in charge of the Coast
Guard pier.
DOG.
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National Service Life Insurance
is available to all officers, warrant
officers, enlisted men and nurses
of the army, also of all other
branches of the nation's armed
forces. This insurance is available
in amounts ranging from $1,000 to
$10,000. » ,
Those in the service less than 120
days may purchase policies with-
out physical examinations. Medical
exams are required of all applicants
who have been in the service long-
er than 120 days.
RATES ARE LOW
Rates for this form of Insurance
are much lower than other forms
of insurance, the rates ranging
from 64 cents per month per 11000
sister as beneficiary but cannot
Herman was issued a U. 8 Coast
Could Herman have his father!
and mother come in’ A’ swear to
the place of his birth?
this publisher, by force of govern-
ment, that which the publisher
could, not with his record, obtain for
himself, something which would
dress up and disguise and thus 3
perfume the bureaucracy-dictate* 1
stories and neadlines," he added.
"They would obtain for this pub- 1■
lisher membership in the Associated 1
Press.” 1
Shafer asserted that the Associa- 1
led Press members did “just exactly I
what the American people could !
depend upon them to do.” 1
"They voted, with marvelous ac- A
cord.” he said, “that the sycophant I
‘publisher’ could play in his own!
back-yard with his customary play- 1
mates, but that the Associated!
press wanted none of him.” ■
Shafer. described the govern- I
ment’s filing of the anti-trust suit I
as “a gun held against the ribs of 1
every editor and every writer in 1
America, whether he operates in a
vast city or a humble township." 1
to $2.60 per month per $2,000. The
minimum rate is for 16, 17 and 18-
year-old policy holders and the
maximum rate la for those 60 years
designate an estate as benificiary.
Benefits will be paid on Install-
ments of 120 or 240 months, de-
pending upon the age of the bene-
ficiary at the time benefits become
payable
Benefits of National Service Life
Insurance are tax exempt, cannot
be claimed by creditors of the pol-
icy holder or beneficiary, and can-
not be seized or attached for any
reason
Policy holders -may convert
National Service Life Insurance
policies after one year into reg-
ular life or forms of insurance. ,
As in World War I, the policies
do not contain provisions for pay-
ment of temporary or permanent
total disability benefits, except for
waiver of premiums.
Captain Bettwy has conducted an
educational campaign at Berkeley
the company and for the super-
numeraries was purchased through
the cooperation of Mitchell county
and Colorado City official action.
The county bought shirts, trousers,
and caps: the city furnished blous-
es (jackets) for the guard uniforma.
Packages
Any Flavor
Food Stamp Cases
Drop; Office to Be
Liquidated March 1
Cases served by the Taylor coun-
ty food stamp issuing office dropped
from a November, 1940, peak of 1305
to 440 in December records of Mrs.
Velda Laney, admiinstrator, show-
td.
The office has been ordered 11-
quidated effective March 1, and
food stamp activities will cease at
that time.
Serving cases certified to it by
the city-county welfare office, head-
ded by Mrs. Benno Schmidt, the food
stamp office issued stamps to 30,829
families in its two and a half years
of operation. Orange stamps sold
totaled $378,301 and blue stamps
issued totaled $269,606.50 worth.
a Certified to the office in July,
1940, first month of operation, were
1070 cases. At present only 565 fam-
. lies are eligible to participate and
more than a hundred of them are
. not doing so.
* The case load has never come
completely up to the number of elf-
gibles, but for a 22-month period
beginning August, 1940, more than
a thousand families participated in
the program.
tions President to
Talk Here Tuesday
a It was announced at the Thursday
Lion’s club meeting that Edward H.
Paine, president of the Lions Inter-
national, will be the speaker Tues-
day night for the club's annual
ladies night program.
On Thursdays program were Maj.
John Alvis, commanding officer of
• the 10th battalion of the Texas De-
fense Guard, Capt. Jess Warren and
Capt. Roscoe Blankenship.
ZITH EVER!
PACKAGE!
fine. High Quality
Table ware!
, '-.J THEY’RE LOVELY! AND )
\ €1 *• THRIFTY, Toor 2 1
5 THEY’RE AT your
0 ORocen's—wowr J
NAct today! Get smart, beautifully patterned table-
ware—perfect for making up a set you'll be proud
to own—at an amazing bargain! Also-get the
extra, healthful advantages of Mother's Oats! Re-
member, whole-grain oatmeal leads all cereals ia
body-building Proteins! It's triple-rich* in "anti-
fatigue" Vitamin Bt—for growth, energy!
* proportion to Calorise
MOTHER S OATS
Truly, America’s SUPER Break
od
500
OArs
“t.
x
GREAT NORTHERN
Beans 221
KUNER FULL VALUE WHOLE
Beets
OUR VALUE
Corn
RED a WHITE SIFTED
Peas
NO. 2
CAN
NO 2
CAN
NO 2
CAN
. GEE, HONEY
A HOT CEREAL WOULD
REALLY HIT THE SPOT,
BUT I CAN’T WAIT
’TILL YOU
COOK IT.
a YOU DON'T HAVE TO 1
F WAIT I INSTANT RALSTON
NEEDS NO COOKING.
JUST STIR INTO BOILING 4
WATER. IT'S WHOLE WHEAT.
RICH IN ENERGY... EXTRA ,
RICH IN VITAMIN B- AND
( IT TASTES LIKE A
MILLION
Instant Ralston
if you prefer to cook your own. 2
\ ask for RALSTON THOLE MEAT CEREAL. 40-year-old faverite. 4
Cooks in S minutes.
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Guard identification card by the
captain of the port's office. It gives .........
him the right to be on the water-1 and admitted it was a tough one. u so
front, where he hunta mice and The regulations were studied, butSi:
rats. . _* they said something about cats. Th
He is the mascot at the pier Hermans activities were gone s to
which is the base for Coast Guard over. It seems he answers dinner PrOpe
patrol craft operatons about the call, not-by buglesor bell, but when 1
harbor and in Chesapeake, bay a paper bag is shaken. He eats his re
Ensign Albert Wigglesworth, who
has charge of the identification de-
partment under Port Commander
C. H. Abel, brought up the usual
questions .when Herman's keepers
applied for the identification card.
Did Herman have a birth certi-
No. again
Commander Abel was consulted.
•S NATURAL FOOD
since being named camp Insurance
officer in December. In this cam-
paign officers and enlisted men
have been urged to keep in effect
policies they held before entering
the service, especially those policies
without war clauses.
cream from a tablespoon. He per- •
mits himself to be netted and is 1
considered as sort of a good luck ; !
charm, or goodwill ambassador 1 ,
"Ambassador! That's it," said! '
Talbot. "He’s an ambassador of 1
goodwill. He's a diplomat.”
“So?” asked w tgglesworth 1
"So he gets diplomatic immun- -
ceatr
B-
arly. They’
our dog the
BAR B XUB
START TODAY
TEST Plleum Jelly This Way s.fukeer’.
Spread Morolinebetween thumband IRAEERC
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DELICIOUS FLAVORS
Nutritious and delicious! Flav-R-Jell is the most
versatile of desserts. It is a good mixer! Fresh or
canned fruit make it a "fruit-jell” or serve it
plain. Seven delicious flavors to choose from.
RED A WHITE
Corn Flakes
Rich in food value—Crisp and Delicious
2 11 oz. Boxes 17:
WINNER -
MACARONI
2 lb. Box 15:
I "Ac SKINNER'S RAISIN
Bran 2>-25
1
1
18
- MEATS
Guaranteed to Please
CIRCLE $
Picnics Ib. 33
FRESH PORK
Chops- n. 33
DEXTER BREAKFAST
11L
‘Red a White *
Chocolate
Malted
MILK
1 4 29c
Pecans 41b. 59
PENICK GOLDEN .
I 1 LADY GODIVA FINE CI
Sausage 1.35 AD
I IAKOKED — 7 DURT
1 m • mm RED a WHITE LAUNDA
Rings >25- Soap
I I FRUH CALF
Brains . 19
I I BLUE a WHITE , < —
Oleo 123
Syrup 52oz.Jug 42
OMPLEXION
AUNDRY
Bar 5c
6 Giant Bars 29c
Washo" - 23
ST
FRUITS & VEGETABL
FANCY DELICIOUS OR WINESAP (Large Size)
Apples Doz. 49
FANCY DELICIOUS OR WINESAP (Medium Size)
Apples Doz. 39
TEXAS JUICY'
Oranges Doz. 29
TEXAS JUICY z
Grapefruit 3-10
CRISP
Lettuce Giant Head 1 5c
FRESH 2
Carrots
LITTLE JOE
YAMS
Bunch
lb.
OUR VALUE \
Cocoa 2 23-
RED S WHITE
COFFEE I." 33
With Ration Stamp Ne. 28
CALIFORNIA—60-70
Prunes 2 s. 27
7
RID & WHITE
Tomato
Juice
• 14 Oz. AE
3 Cans 25c
TTAs
Bearden Grocery
2032 South 14th
4. N Day
time Jeanette St.
R. J. Day
1911 Grape st. .
Earnest Feed Store
1687 South 6th St.
Reonomy Grocery
2801 South 7th St.
Glover’s Food Store
•It Bafterent
Rabbard Grocery
028 South 11th
RED & WHITE FOOD STORES IN ABILENE DISTRICT
Leach Sreters
Rogers Food Store
3102 South 1th 1
Per
Nelson Food Store
898 Grand Awt.
Penel Street Food Store
440 Peach st.
1 rape
Riebaran” Grocery
1878 Butternut
DENTON
R. A. Paden
BAIRD
Brashear Grocery
BRADSHAW
Amdra Mercantile Co
BUFFALO GAP
C. F. Mendrix .
I /CLYDE
"hek Mrrek
RI LA
F. L. Smith
GOLDSBORO
V. R. Barnes
LAWN
Lawless Dept. Store
MERKEL
West Company
NOODLE,
Werring 4 Thempsen -
PUMPHREY
The Pumphrey 8
TRENT
A. W. Woods
TISCOLA
V aughn Grocery
Petred oroeery
WILEY
Kirkpatrick Gre,
WILMETH
.A. N. Moreland • Some
WINGATE
a. D. Dunn a Som
WINTERS
Charlie Graham
Lamar • Matthews
T. E. MeAden
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