The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1940 Page: 3 of 12
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The Mineola Monitor, Mineola, Texas, Thursday, March 7,1940.
Paj^e Three
Location For
Yam Plant Is
Under Study
The board of directors of the
East Texas Sweet Potato De-
hydration Pilot Plant associa-
tion that met in Longview last
week to discuss establishment
of a commercial plant has sev-
eral possible locations under
advisement.
Gi'bert C. Wilson, farm in-
dustrial chemist of North Texas
State Teachers College at Den-
ton, estimated the initial cost
of a plant would run about I
$10,000 or $12,000. It was Wil-
son who developed the process
and built the pilot plant which
was pioneered by the associa-
tion at Denton.
The association already has
raised approximately $1,800 for
research work. Some addition-
al funds must be raised to com-
plete the work, according to
directors of the association.
A commercial model of the
press developed by Wilson is
now under construction.
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Ex-Mineolan Is
Honored at Austin
High Spots on Record-Breaking Run
Austin. — Robert Northcutt
.has recently been elected to
membership in the Silver Spur,
an honorary service fraternity
at the University of Texas.
New members must- have shown
qualities of campus leadership
and scholarship.
New members of Silver Spur
are expected to help with prep-
arations for Round-Up, annual
University home-coming, April
4, 5, 6, ana 7.
Northcutt formerly resided in
Mineola.
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Texas Safety
Council Visits
Here This Week
Politics, Now
DR. A. S. McARTHUR
OSTEOPATHIS AND
GENERAL PRACTICE
Offices
HENRY HOTEL
Phone 76
Night Phon-e 247
Signs of the times in a motor age—these highway markers tell the story of a
two-year, 100,000-mile truck test run recently completed by Chevrolet. In
Canada, Mexico and every state of the Union, the truck operated on all types
of highways and under every conceivable weather hazard, setting a new world
mark for sustained and certified automotive operation, under the sanction and
official observation of the American Automobile Association. The unit carried
a 4,590-pound "payload." An average of 15.1 miles per gallon of fuel was main-
tained throughout the 100,000 miles, at an average operating speed of 33.07
miles per hour. Oil mileage was correspondingly high—1,072 miles per quart.
Ine Reason for | Pension Postage Costs
Unemployment Exceed $3,500 a Month
Government IOU's to a great
extent have taken the place
of securities representing dol-
lars actually at work in wealth-
producing, employment-provid-
ing enterprises.
Out of each dollar now de-
posited in American banks,
political agencies have borrow-
ed and spent 30 cents, as
against 10 cents a decade ago.
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Mrs. C. S. Merritt is visiting
relatives in Houston this week.
Austin.—More than $3,500
is spent each month for pos-
tage with which to mail Tex-
as old age pensioners their
checks.
Mailing of 119,748 checks in
mid-March will cost $3,592 in
stamps, plus, of course, the
cost of the pensions—$1,125,500.
half from federal state revenues
and half from the state.
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If you drink, don't drive
If you drive, don't drink
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Every 25 seconds
of every day.
Somebody buys
anew Chevrolet I
The 1940 Chevrolet giyes higher qual-
ity at low cost! • • • Low Prices . • •
Low Operating Costs • • • Low Upkeep.
No other motor car
can match its all-
round dollar value
WATTS MOTOR COMPANY
Members of the Texas Safe-
ty Council visited here in the
interest of statewide safety.
Those in the party included
Pierce Brooks, president of the
Council: Capt. Chas. Lindsay,
who is in charge of the traffic
department, and others.
"There are more lives lost
on the highways and streets
than there were soldiers killed
duiing the World War," stated
Mr. Brooks. "We must think,
talk and act Safety in our every
walk of life if we expect to
reduce the alarming number of
accidents and fatalities in our
state. We have th'e largest
otate in the entire Union, let's
make it the safest state, and
this can be done if the Civic
clubs and other organizations
as well as the citizens will join
hands in this movement."
The Texas Safety Council,
a non-profit organization for
which there is no membership
charge, has kept field forces
busy all over the state dur-
inb the past year organizing
local units of safety. They re-
port a gratifying response
everywhere, local leaders seem-
ingly waiting for someone to
show them how to organize
uch units. Junior patrols and
bicycle clubs have been form-
ed in many of the smaller
owns, as well as in the larger
cities, as a result of this work
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75,000 Texas Farms
Without Milk Cows
CO-OP MEETING
More than 400 members of
! the Winnsboro Co-operative As-
sociation and their families en-
joyed an all-day meeting with
dinner on the grounds at the
Winnsboro city park Wednes-
day.
ARD TABLE SALE
New 1940 SAMSON De Luxe
INCLUDING 2-NIW
DOUBLE DUTY
Tables
The "Big Train" of the Washington
Senators, Walter Johnson is pic-
tured as he announced his candida-
cy for Congress from Germantown,
Md. The old speedball merchant
has had two years of training in
local politics, the only Republican
in his county to be elected in 1938.
County Paralytic
Sufferers to Get
Transportation
Phone 1
Mineola, Texas
College Station, March 7.—
In spite of the importance of
milk in the diet, there are still
75.000 farms in Texas with no
milk cows. This means there
are approximately 350,000 farm
people without a source of milk
because farm people buy very
little milk or milk products.
W. V. Maddox, dairy manu-
facturing specialist for the Ex-
tension Service of Texas A&M
College, says milk production
in Texas was 513.000,000 gal-
lons for 1939. Approximately
45 per cent of the total milk
production was sold to manu-
facturing plants, while 55 per
cent was consumed on the farm
or sold directly by the produc-
er as fluid milk or farm but-
ter.
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SMITH COUNTY DRY
Smith County remained dry
in last Saturday's light wines
and malt referendum. The mar-
gin of victory for the drys was
302 votes. The city of Tyler
voted wet, but the dry senti-
ment in the outlying districts
of the county was strong enough
to overcome the Tyler wet
lead.
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YAM SPEAKER
Approximately 150 farmers of
the Van area heard O. C. Hay-
worth, state sweet potato in-
spector, discuss conirol of yam
diseases in an interesting pro-
gram recently in the high school
auditorium at Van.
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New Coastal Boat.
More efficient patrolling of
the Laguna Madre and Baffin
Bay will be possible since the
state game department recent-
ly put into operation a new
25-foot sedan type patrol boat.
The boat has an eight-foot
beam and a 15-inch draft and
will exceed a speed of 25 miles
an hour. It is the fastest boat
the game department has in
operation in coastal waters.
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To remove rust stains from a
lineoleum floor, try rubbing j
gently with steel wool or scrap-
ing gently with a razor blade.
Afterward give the spot or
spots some new gloss with a
little paste floor wax.
Wood County persons suffer-
ing from infantile paralysis will
be given free transportation to
hospitals in Dallas by the Tex-
as & Pacific Railroad and the
Sunshine Bus Lines, Drew Lud-
lum, chairman of the county
foundation, announced this
week. Mr. Ludlum has just re-
ceived notice from both trans-
portation companies that free
passage would be branted to
such patients.
The Wood County Paralysis
Foundation, now affiliated with
the National Foundation, is in
position to give complete treat-
ment free of charge to local
patients, Mr. Ludlam said.
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PIE SUPPER
A pie supper will be held Fri-
day night at 7:30 at the New
Hope school for the benefit of
the singing class. The public
is invited.
o
A very large bomber can car-
ry a load of 4,400 pounds more
than 1,100 miles at a maximum
speed of 300 miles per hour.
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Mineola Fwepresentative
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1940, newspaper, March 7, 1940; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298955/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.