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THE ALTO HERALD
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WEIMAR, EDITOR AND OWNER
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR
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THE ALTO HERALD. ALTO. TEXAS, JUNE 25, 1942.
NO. 7.
[notion He!d
irried Prior
Up On Men
To Dec. 8
SSC.00 SALARY
FOR SOLDIERS
STARTED JUNE 1.
Registration Next Tuesday
t-.ary postponement f in-'
K of ccrtain classes of married.
married before Dec. 8.'
ordered Tuesday by Gen. ;
t : statu director af Sctec-
t .cco.ding to infKtr.
§ ' ..fiiciats of Cherokee
D:'. tt Board 1 Wednesday ^
't : rary postponement wiil
^ . .r; .iing of orders for ir.-
,f a number of men who al-
received instructions to
) induction, local officiais
indicated that the post-
-reared because et im-
^ .Nation in C digress relat-
ed men and because of
h receipt cf new scicc-
Lc regulations.
pkte text of General Page's
t '..ows:
mptndir.g legislation con-
^tr; t .. take place immediattiy
.jing receipt of new regula-
t i: acting pursuant to Section
11 the Selective Service reg-
. you are directed to tern-
postpone Induction of all
who married prior to Dec.
.vided, they have wives or
or wives and children with
{ . ;.int tin a bona fide fan.-
Btljnship in their homes."
is ft beard officials askea
[ wh.om this concerns con-
L.. iocal beards personally if
e further information.
A!R FORCE TRAI\!\G
CENTER MAJOR
CONGRATULATES MOTHER
Mrs. Loi) Hfitcamb
ts tn receipt of
EDMIXGS SHOOTS
h-EGROES AT
]\G SUNDAY N!GHT
^iff Clint Eddings of Nacog-
county, and former City Mar-
Aito. had to shoot two negro
hooters at Cushtng Sunday
According to information reach-
.'..ts attempting to stop the
[ame when two of the negroes
) at him with knives and ht
Kd thura to hait. and when they
r.ir.g he shot both of them,
i w serious they were hurt has
ta teamed.
MEDD!NGS
IC ff. son of Mrs. Ollie Goff
^ r.swiek. and Miss Mildred
. d tugiiter of Mr. and Mrs.
^ notary of Shiloh, were mar-
ia " evening. The ceremot y
l! : rrrted bv Justice of the
I. Hay. at his home.
F Ltonard. son of Mr. and
f 'n:t:-d of Aito. and Mis*
^ C;<rr, daughter of Mrs. Bud
! Ah t were married Monday
^ f. 30 by the Rev. J. G. Mason,
m: <;er. The ceremony was
<)t the home of the Rev
HEED—JOHNSON
^ ight at 10 o'clock at the
parsonage, occurred the
- i Miss Mary Frances Reed
R !. rl M. Johnson, the Rev.
t pastor of the Alto
Church, performing the
^ ' were John Harold Hen-
- blisses Peggie Sue Todd
' ' Dcrrett.
l is the daughter of Mr.
[ S. Reed of the Cold
unity, and is a popular
'he younger set of Alto
^he attended the Alto
i nd was a Junior in
' 1 the past year.
[ . ' - the son of Mr. and
' ""f the Cold Spring*
graduated from Alto
! th the class of 1940,
i - year attended Dut-
J ; Coliege it Austin.
young couple are re-
Mutations and best
A ' many friends, who
every happiness as
^ ' trough life together.
- , they are making
"h the bride's parents.
' etties of more than
f -- '.an each.
a very compiiTxrt.ry tetter frm
Major Generai H. R. Harmon, Com-
mander of the Guif Coast Air Frrce
Training Center at Rir.thiph Mci^r,
c.ncerring her son. Frank Hoicomb,
who p-.ssed both the physicat nd
mental examinations as ai Aviation
Cadet, and is now stationed at R tn-
doiph Fiti^.
Writing Mrs. Holcamb, General
Harmon savs: "The duties of art army
pilot cail for a high degree rf mental
and physical alertness, sour.d judge-
ment ar.d an inherent aptitude tor
tiying. ^len w .a make '.'d material
for training as piiats are rare. The
ctassification br-ard believes your bay
is one of them.
"If he shows the progress we eon-
fidentiv expect of him, he wiii in an
probability win his wir.gs as a quali-
fied piiot. Considering the rgid re-
quirements for this training, you i-.ave
every re tso-i to bs pr ud of your boy
trday. I congr.,tu!ate you and him.'
Air Patrol Meet
Held Sunday At
Jacksonville
A meeting of the East Texas wing
cf the Civil Air Patroi was held a:
Jacksonviiie Municipal A.rport Sun-
day. members frc.r. throughaut this
sectian being present, says the Jack-
sonvilie Progress.
Explanation of a recent call fa:
active duty by the CAP from the
Government was given by Gus White-
man of Alto, East Texas command?!.
How the individual are to be chosen,
their duties and other details were
outlined by Mr. Whiteman.
These attending from other points
were Ed Ross and T. C. Price of Cen-
ter, Thomas W. Baker. F. 1. Tucker,
G. B. Waiiamaker, Parish Paimet
and A. J. Street of Nacagdoches,
Eiizabeth Ashfrrd, Leo Pagitt and
Byrd Merreii of Paiestine; Ruth EUen
Daiiy of Gr.apeiand. a member of tne
Paiestine wing: and Gus Whiteman
of Aito. AH of the visitors came by
piane.
According to geoiogists. mast of
West Texas was a sh How continental
sea 250.000.000 years ago, and in a!<.
cient iand which tasy term Lianot'ia
extended f r into the region Aaw oc-
cupied by the Guif of Mtx.co.
FORMER ALTO BOY
ARR!YED SAFELY OYERSEAS
The President signed legislatioh
grrnt ng pay increases to members of
the Atmed Forces retroactive June 1,
with a minimum base pay of $50 a
month—the first general pay increags
in 20 years. Congress also completea
cti <n on a bill to provide financial
aid t 'r dependents of men in the four
iowest gr-dts of the Armed Forces
a d authorizing deferment of married
men with legitimate hame ties. The
' Senate passed and sent to the House
i a bit! to provide men who entered the
Armed Forces since passage of the
Selective Service Act with $5,000 in-
;'j"a^ce in evert of injury or disease
contracted while cn active duty.
135 Cars ! omatoes
Shipped From
A!to Up To Date
- —
There has been 135 cars of toma-
jt os shipped out of Alto over the
; Crtton Belt from this year's crop, ac-
; cording to the records of J. D. Evans,
tocal agent of the Cotton Belt. The
dea! has been rather lively for the
past two d3ys and shippers are di-
vided on them individual opinion as
to just how much l:nger they will
operate.
One shipper stated to the Herald
yesterday morning that this week
"wouid wind up" the deal, while an-
other made an entirely different
statement and said that he expected
to ship ail next week.
There is no doubt but that the bulk
f the Alto crop has already beeh
I brought in, but allowances are being
) made for tomatoes from other points
i where shipments are light and some
) of this crop is coming here for load-
ing. Trinity county tomatoes have
been largely shipped from Alto this
year, and other points like Grape-
iand. where oniy one shed is operated
wiil send tomatoes here when that
one shed closes for the lack of quan-
tity to ship. East Houston county has
also been shipping through Aito, and
a large part of the Nacogdoches
county crop has been coming in here
from Cushing. Sacul. Mt. Enterprise,
and other points. With these distant
points coming in, there :s a pos-
sibility that the season may be pro-
longed through next week, provided
the quality holds good and the price
high enough to justify these tomatoes
being brought from a distance.
Many Alto farmers who are
through with the green deal, are
carrying their ripe tomatoes to the
canneries at Rusk, where they have
been guaranteed not less than $17 pet
ton for their acceptable ripe toma-
toes.
New German food comes in powder
form, and no doubt the British hope it
explodes where it wilt do the most
good.
Texas has a maximum length of
801 miies from the southern tip near
Brownsville to the northwestern cor-
ner of the Panhandle.
Rubber Drive
Ati^ces For 18 -20 Year 0!d Boys
"They're even bringing in those
littie rubber balls." Thus was a state-
ment made by Oliie Campbell, Gulf
Station Operator, who is using his
station as a rubber concentration
print. Aito people, both town and
rural, are cleaning their premises of
rubber and bringing it in. Altogether
more than 25.000 pounds has. been
centralized here.
Tires, of course, are the principal
items, but everything imaginable
made of rubber is showing up. Ac-
cording to A. H. Jeter. Sinclair con-
centrator, "we've got everything so
far, but baby teething rings, and we
expect to get some of those before
next Wednesday when the drive
ccmes to a close."
No orders to ship rubber have yet
come from W. R. Boyd. Jr., chairman
of the petroleum industry war council
at Washington. Mr. Boyd is the ex-
ecutive chairman of the present na-
tionwide salvage rubber campaign.
Latest advices are that there are
two points in New York, Nat E.
Bersen, 551 Fifth Ave., and H. L.
Muehistein & Co., 122 East 42nd St.
I One in Chicago, Lowenthal Co. 188
West Randolph St., and one in Akron,
Ohio, A. Schulman, Inc., where this
rubber is to be shipped, but those
who arc concentrating rubber are ad-
vised to "hold everything" until they
get advices from Chairman Boyd as to
when and where to ship. This infor-
mation will likely come through the
head offices of the major oil com-
panies to their individual district
dealers in the different parts of the
country.
In the meantime, the citizenship is
urged to continue their search about
their premises and get all the rubber
together possible between now and
next Wednesday, when the drive will
come to a close.
Pians are under way to r-n s'.er
approximately 220,000 young Tixarts
between the ages of eighteen a.tt'.
twenty, inclusive, on June 30, Ger.erai
J Watt Page. State Selective Service
Director, announced today.
All men who were born on or after
i January 1, 1922, and on or before
jJune 30, 1924, must register between
< 7 a. m. and 9 p. m., cn Tuesday. June
30, General Page warned, and they
must be careful to give their correct
addresses where official communica-
tions wili reach them without delay.
He said:
"This Fifth Registration will com-
plete the inventory of the' Nation's
I potential manpower, although, under
] current policy, men under twenty
are not subject to induction for com-
bat duty.
"Local boards will officially desig-
nate places of registration in their
particuiar areas. White anyane wha
is unavoidably away from his home
on June 30 miv register at the regis-
tration place most convenient on that
day, all registrants are urged to make
every effort to register w ith their own
local boards to avoid possible con-
fusion in the future. Any person who
must register away from home is
warned to specify his home address
so that his registration card may be
forwareied promptly to his own local
board.
"A registrant who has more than
one place of residence may choose
which one he wants recorded as his
place of residence, and in making
the choice he designates the local
board which wilt always have juris-
diction over him."
'Keep Shirt On
When Hearing
War Reports'
Trivate Cecil E Boyd. Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecit E. Boyd of
Camden. Ark., have been notified by
the War Department of then sons
safe arriva) overseas. Cecii . en
listed in September 1941, grafted
his course at Scott Fieid. '
April, was transferred to Hendt.cks
Field. Sebring. Florida, iater to hew
Orieans Air Base where he receaea
assignment for foreign service. He s
with a pursuit group as radto opetat
and mechanic. The above mentioned
is the grandson and nephew, re pM
tiveiy, of Mr. and Mrs. W J. Latham
and Miss Mamte Latham of this ctty.
Navy Cruisers are buiit in two
classes, light and heavy, the latter
displacing about 10,000 tons. Our
navy has about an equai number
of iight and heavy- Cruisers, the
10,000 ton Cruiser costing approxi-
mately $20,000,000. Many Cruisers
are under construction and many
more are needed.
Aiired Witt Speak
!n Aito Next
Saturday At 4:30
Hon. James V. Ailred, former
Governor of Texas, will speak here
next Saturday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock. A large crowd is expected
here, as the speaking has been wideiy
advertised in this end of Cherokee
county.
Mr. Alired is an orator of ability,
and his talks always brings forth an
attentive audience. Whether his au-
dience is in sympathy with his view
are not, they always enjoy hearing
him, as he is a forceful speaker,
chooses his words carefully, and says
just exactiy what he thinks.
In this campaign, he has stressed
very strongiy at points where he has
spoken that he is intensely interested
in winning this war, and the effort of
every citizen of Texas, should be to-
ward that one end.
He stated in his opening addrests
that he was 100 per cent behind the
administration in the war program,
and at this time, unity above all
things, should be the watchword ot
both houses of Congress.
Mr. Ailred has many personal
friends in Aito who wiil be glad to
have him come here again to speak.
ALTO BOY STATfONED
AT OKLAHOMA C!TY
To pay for these speedy and pow-
erful ships with their heavy guns
and armament we must buy War
Bonds. Citizens of a iarge town or
a given community, working tn uni-
ty could buy one of these shtps for
the Navy if they put at least ten
percent of their income in War
Bonds every pay day.
L7. frforwry DffarHataf
Oklahoma City, Okla., June 22.—
Private William E. Hunt, formerly ot
Aito, Texas, is one of the soldiers
stationed here at the Oklahoma City
Air Depot.
Private Hunt is assigned to a supply
squadron for general duty. His par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hunt, resides
at Route I, Alto.
Before entering the army twa
months ago, Private Hunt was em-
ployed as field representative by the
Petroleum Engineer Pub. Co. He
was on duty at Sheppard Field, Texas,
before reporting to this depot.
According to paleontologists, horses
one foot high, camels the size of jack
rabbits and rhinoceroses the size of
dogs inhabited Texas 50,000,000 years
ago.
Austin, June 22.—Keep your shirt
on!
That's the suggestion of Dr. A. L.
Chapman, director of the University
of Texas' bureau for research in edu-
cation by radio, when he's talking
about listening to radio in war time.
No. 7 in Dr. Chapman's list of
seven precautions to be followed
when listening to war reports by
radio is:
"Don't perform any sudden act as
a result of what you hear on a radto
newscast. After listening, don't rush
out looking for all the Japanese you
can find to murder. You might not
have heard all that was said. Keep
your shirt on!"
In a bulletin on "Listening to Radio
in War Time," which is circulated by
the radio branch of the War Depart-
ment's Bureau of Public Relations,
Dr. Chapman offers the following
suggestions:
1. Listen to every word. . . Whereas
it is possible to re-read printed mat-
ter, the radio news program is heard
but once. . . When reading, persons
skip over words, this is even more
likely when listening to war news in
a *oom where there are other dis-
tractions. . . The words "not" or
'possibly' may alter the meaning of
an entire sentence cf or a whole
newscast.
2. Don't become hysterical. What
tray seem bad rews at the moment,
when viewed from a distance may not
be quite so bad as it sounded on first
hearing.
3. Check the radio news with news-
paper accounts of the same news
item. . . Intonations, pauses, changes
in tempo and other speech techniques
used by newscasters sometimes affect
the meaning of news stories to such
an extent that a reading of the news-
paper accounts gives a different inter-
pretation to the news item.
4. Note the source of the news. A
report of an official United States
Army communique, read* verbatim, is
quite different from a report from
"usually reliable sources."
5. Don't report radio war news as
facts. . . Because an account of some
event is heard on a newscast does not
necessarily make it a fact. Even
though the original listener heard the
account perfectly when It is reported
to succeeding individuals, it becomes
colored by the interpretations of the
various recounters of the report.
b. Regard opinion and conjecture
as such. . . This caution is especially
applicable to news commentators who
frequently express their opinions
relative to the future progress of the
war.
Floyd English of Port Arthur spent
last week-end here with relatives.
He was accompanied home Sunday
afternoon by Mrs. English and Little
Miss Carol Ann Holmes, who spent
the past week with Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Poore.
Fiesh-eating dinosaurs, 45 feet
long, and plant-eating dinosaurs
weighing many tons roamed over
Texas 100,000,000 years ago.
Deeds and Instruments
Filed
Deed—Sidney Reed, et ux. to Ar-
nold Reed. 63 acres in Brooks Wil-
liams League.
Timber Deed—E. B. Parks, et ux.
to Rube Sessions. 150 and 88.5 acres
in Jos. T. Cook League. 33 1-3 acres
in Davis Survey and 45.3 acres in
Alfred M. Linnard Survey.
Deed—Federal Land Bank, Hous-
ton, to H. G. Singietary. 70 acres on
Z. Gibbs League. (1-2 of 1-8 royalty
reserved).
Deed—Lida Land Henderson, et al.
to Novella Ross Hamilton. 100' x 518'
in J. M. Mora Grant.
Deed—T. J. Wilcox to T. A. Kelly.
About 157' x 111' in J. M. Mora Grant
in N. W. Alto.
Deed—Mrs. Ima W.atters, et al. to
Chas. L. Miller. 320' x 404' in J. M.
Mora Grant in N. W. Alto.
Deed—T. A. Keliy to Chas. L.
Miller. 50' x 150' in J. M. Mora Grant
about 157' x 111' in J. M. Mora Grant
N. W. Alto.
Deed—Miller Dial to Chas. L.
Miiler. Lots 24 to 39, inclusive, Blk.
10. Ahearn Park Addition to Alto;
Lots 1 to 14, inclusive, Blk. 7, Ahearn
Park Addition to Aito; and part ot
Watters St. in Ahearn Park.
BE NE!GHBORLY AND
SAYE RUBBER SAYS
USDA BOARD HEAD
Asking your neighbors if they need
anything in town or want to ride in
with you is more than just neighbor-
liness these days—it's good sense and
a good way to save wear and tear on
tires.
That's why the Cherokee County
USDA War Board is urging farmers
!n the county to work out neighbor-
hood plans far making the best pos-
sible use of transportation facilities.
As H. W. Walker, board chairman
points out, agricultural products must
get to market if they're gaing to be
soid and if the American people are
going to eat, and tires are going to be
mighty hard—maybe impossible—tf
get when the ones now on hand are
gone.
"Arrange with one or more neigh-
bors to exchange trips," the board
advises farmers. "Do all your regular
hauling, so far as possible, on that
basis. Form a little group on your
road to do this in a systematic way.
Pool your loads."
As a further tire-saving step, the
USDA War Board advises against
going into town "empty."
"If you have an errand in town,
call up your neighbors and take
everybody on the road who needs to
go that day—then let them do the
same by you," Mr. Walker continued.
"Make similar arrangements for small
partloads of produce. Don't make a
trip alone with just a bushel of pota-
toes or a sack of grain, nor to get one
or two small items of supplies.
Double up. Cooperate with your
neighbors."
Farm hauling is not subject to re-
striction under the Office of Defense
Transportation order, Mr. Walker
points out, but farmers are expected
to comply with the spirit of the order
by making .as few trips as possible.
The population of Texas increased
94.5 per cent between 1870 and 1880.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1942, newspaper, June 25, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215037/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.