The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Sixty-Fourth Year—Number 22.
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, Thursday, August 29, 1940.
Eight Pages Today
Senate Passes
Draft Bill By
t 58 to 31 Count
Sheppard, Connolly
Vote in Favor of
Measure
How Nazis are Expected to Invade Britain Mineola Stores
To Close For
Labor Day
The long-discussed draft bill,
calling young men in the United
States between the ages of 21
and 31 for one year of military
training, passed the Senate
Wednesday night.
The vote was 58 to 31. Both
Texas senators, Tom Connally
and Morris Sheppard, voted for
the measure.
One of the last amendments
adopted by the Senate on a 69
16 vote would empower the
Government to take over manu-
facturing plants when neces- j
sary for defense purposes.
In broad outline, the Senate's
measure requires all male citi-
zens between 21 and 31 to reg-
ister for the draft, some 12,-
000,000 in all. All these would
become liable for one year of
training, to be spent at any
point in the Western Hemis-
phere.
By declaring an emergency
to exist, Congress could hold
them in service for a longer
period.
In addition, all between 18
and 35 might volunteer for a
one-year "hitch," as the Army
men call it, of training and
service. No more than 900.000
draftees might be in the ser-
vice for training at one time.
Service Plans Ready.
Although the bill apparently
will not become law for a fort-
night at least, advocates said
the War Department had long
been ready with specific plans
for putting the measure in op-
eration.
The details of these prepara-
tions were reported to the Sen-
ate Wednesday night, a few
hours before the vote, by Sen-
ator Minton, Democrat, of In-
diana, who said he had them
from an officer of the general
staff.
Fifteen days after the meas-
ure becomes law is to be regis-
tration and forty days later
the first of the conscripts are
to be in the training camps,
according to Minton's outline.
Short Circuit
Kills Brother
Of Mineola Man
J. L. Baucum, 41, chief en-
gineer for the Southwestern
Jas & Electric Company at
lenderson, and brother of D.
?. Baucum of Mineola, was
bund dead under the house of
k friend Tuesday night at about
t30, victim of a short circuit.
|is arms and body were se-
Wy burned by the 110-volt
rent with which he came
(contact with while lying
fhis stomach in close quar-
under the house. Appar-
he was unable to release
the wire and was gradually
burned to death.
He had gone under the house
to get potatoes which had been
stored there and was using an
extension cord for lighu. He
was electrocuted when he at-
tempted to insert a bulb in the
short-circuited socket. Nobody
was at home at the time of the
accident and his body was
found several hours ai'er he
had died.
.Survivors are his mother who
gides in Atlanta, Texas., and
brother, D. C. Baucum, of
?ola.
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fprovements are being made
week on the Sinclair Ser-
vice** Station of Tom Bryant,
located at the corner of West
Broad and Line Streets. Im-
provements have also been made
"on "vir. Bryant's station at the
iiitlG^ection of Johnson and
Pacific, north of town.
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This map shows the course military strategists believe the Nazis will follow in their attempted conquest of
Britain. Mass attacks on the south and southeast coast (see bomb bursts) are regarded as a feint, since land-
ing of a force sufficient to march on London would be almost impossible on that rocky coast. From the
North Sea ports in Nazi-held Holland and Belgium, however, the road to Britain's Midlands offers flat
territory much more accessible to an invading force. From there the Nazis, once entrenched, could march
on London, perhaps split the island in two.
Town to Observe One
Of Four Annual
Holidays
Culberson, Alexander,
And Chadick Winners
W. T. Black New
County Judge
I
County Vote Falls 463
Short of First
Primary
Olin E. Culberson of Edna
defeated Pierce Brooks of Dal-
las for railroad commissioner
in the Aug. 24 run-off with less
than a million votes cast
throughout the state. The lat-
est report given out by the
Texas Election Bureau, repres-
ented in Wood County by the
Monitor, gave Culberson 458,061
votes and Brooks 410,656.
*******
OFFICIAL RETURNS
Official election returns for
Wood County, tabulated by
boxes, may be found on page
six of this issue.
*******
Judge James P. Alexander of
Waco was elected chief justice
of the Texas Supreme Court
over Hal S. Lattimore of Fort
Worth. Alexander received 438,-
898 votes against 399,050 for
Lattimore. The election bureau
said that less than 20,000 votes
were uncounted when this re-
port was made.
Vote in Wood County, only
463 short of the first primary
total, was considered compara-
tively heavy for a short bal-
lot. The biggest vote, 5,262, was
cast in the race for county at-
torney. The first primary total
was 5,725.
The biggest vote given a can-
didate in Wood County went
to T. C. Chadick who defeated
Will D. Pace for state senator.
Chadick's total was 4,062. Pace
received 1,173.
The closest race was that for
representative. W. J. Bailey,
incumbent, eked out a 29-vote
victory over Miss Elizabeth
Suiter of Winnsboro. His total
was 2,627 against her 2,598.
Connally McKay of Winns-
boro was elected county attor-
ney, defeating Harry Jones of
Mineola, and W. T. Black jr.
of Quitman defeated W. D.
Williams of Quitman, former
resident of Mineola, for county
judge.
J. C. Russell was elected jus-
tice of the peace of Precinct
Two, winning a close battle
from E. M. Burkett.
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T. A. Collins and J. B. Cow-
art were business visitors in Fort
Worth Wednesday.
Post, Auxiliary
To Install New
Officers Monday
New officers for the 1940-41
year will be installed by the
Luckett Cochran Post of the
American Legion and the Le-
gion Auxiliary in special in-
stallation services here Mon-
day night.
Vice-State Commander Bill
Goins of Gladewater will in-
stall new post officers in a
ceremony scheduled to begin
at 8 o'clock at the legion hall.
Mrs. Kate Watkins, past state
vice-president of the American
Legion Auxiliary and sister of
Congressman Wright Patman,
will officiate at the installation
of the auxiliary officers.
Following the installation a
program will be given honoring
the charter members of the
Luckett Cochran Post, organ-
ized twenty years ago. The
tribute to these original mem-
bers will be paid by Willis G.
Jernigan, past state chaplain.
At the conclusion of the pro-
gram refreshments will be
served by the auviliary.
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SERIOUSLY ILL
Sam White, brother of Jake
White of Mineola, is seriously
ill at his home in the Myrtle
Springs community.
Jaycees Elect
Harry M. Jones
New President
New president of the Min-
eola Junior Chamber of Com-
merce is Harry M. Jones, mem-
ber of the law firm of Jones
& Jones. He was elected Mon-
day night to succeed J. S.
Smith, who served the first
half of 1940.
Ray Watts was elected first
vice-president and Carl Bruner
second vice-president. Wilson
Aaron succeeds Bruner as sec-
retary-treasurer.
New directors are L. L. Chad-
wick, J. B. Rhoades, and L. L.
Crumley. Retiring directors are
Jim Robinson, John L. Cobbs,
and Bob Carraway. Holdover
directors are Ed Allen, George
Cherryhomes, and E. F. Brooks.
Following a custom set here
several years ago, Mineola
business houses will remain
closed for business Monday,
Sept. 2, Labor Day.
Local merchants urge resi-
dents of this trade territory to
do their shopping for Monday
on Friday and Saturday.
Labor Day is one of four
holidays observed annually by
the closing of business houses
here. The others are July 4,
Thanksgiving Day, and Christ-
mas.
Merchants announcing their
stores will be closed are Fair
Dry Goods, W. L. Thompson,
The Leader, Neill's Style Shop,
Otho Motor Company, Safeway
Grocery, United Gas Co., Dev-
enport Variety Store, Tom
Carroll's Bargain Store, Usry's
Service Cleaners, J. H. Sharp
& Son, Puckett Cleaners, Mil-
ler's Man Shop, B. L. Chappell,
A & P Food Store, Southwest-
ern Gas & Electric Co., Van's
Radio Shop, Warren's Variety
Store, Castloo Furniture Store,
Perry Bros., Inc., Arnold Clean-
I ers, Western Auto Associate
i Store, W. D. Kitchens Hard-
i ware, First National Bank, Braz-
elton Lumber Company, and
The Monitor and Record, Mc-
| Gee's Food Store.
Mineola Schools
To Begin Sept. 9
EVANGELIST
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REV. W. CLYDE SMITH
*******
W. Clyde Smith
To Preach Two-
Weeks Revival
Stress Put On
Vocational Work
Six Comicted
In County Court
On Two Charges
1940 Cotton Loan
Based On 8.51 Cents
This year's cotton loan, based
on 15-16-inch middling, at 8.51
cents per pound, 56 per cent of
the parity price of cotton on
June 15, carries a schedule of
location, grade, and staple dif-
ferentials, W. B. Dickson, local
buyer, announces.
Under the location differ-
entials, the Department of Ag-
riculture has compiled a sche-
dule of basic loan rates for
practically all counties and cities
in the cotton belt. Texas
ranges from 9.80 cents at the
ports of Galveston and Hous-
ton to a low of 9.16 cents in
El Paso County.
Wood County game law vio-
lations brought fines of $75.20
and 60-day jail sentences to
three persons in county court
this week.
Three liquor cases were tried
before court was adjourned
Tuesday afternoon, subject to
call.
Eldon White, Lewis Coker,
and "Big Un" Diamond were
convicted on charges of tak-
ing fish by use of poison buck-
eye, receiving fines of $75.20
and sixty days in jail. D. H.
Gibson was fined $100 and costs
on liqour possession charges.
Marshall Milliorns was also fin-
ed $100 and costs for posses-
sion of non tax-paid liquor,
and Carl Craig was fined $150
and costs on a similar charge.
Judge Ben Cathey dismiss-
ed the case against John M.
Martin, charged with hot check
law violation. The State was
represented by County Attor-
ney T. C. Chadick and Assist-
ant Ned Collier.
East Texans Expressing Increased
Interest in County Budget Bearings
The Rev. W. Clyde Smith, mis-
sionary evangelist of the Wood
County Baptist Association, will
begin a two-weeks revival meet-
ing here Monday night, Sept. 1
2. The services will be held I
on the Jennings Lot on South
Johnson Street.
The meeting will be conclud-
ed Sunday night, Sept. 15. An
invitation is extended to the
public to worship in these open-
air services.
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Mineola To Be
Considered In
Defense Plans
The advantages Mineola offers
as a location for a munitions
plant as a site for the manu-
facture of other preparedness
equipment has been laid be-
fore the War Department by
the Mineola Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
A reply from Robert P. Pat-
terson, assistant secretary of
war, stated: •" . . . You may
be assured that the merits of
this area will be given full con-
sideration in the studies which
are now under way with re-
spect to location for any new
munitions plans under the War
Department defense program."
Lufkin, Aug. 29.—(Special)
Taxpayers of East Texas coun-
ties are taking an unpreced-
ented interest in their county
budget hearings this year, as
a result of the educational cam-
paign which has been carried
on throughout the year by the
tax department of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce,
according to S. W. Henderson,
Jr., Lufkin, chairman of the
East Texas Chamber's tax com-
mittee.
'•Reports from all over the
region indicate that local tax-
payers' committees are on the
job in most counties, vigilantly
checking the budgets at the
public hearings, and pressing
their claims for governmental
economy," said Henderson. "The
county officials are cooperating
splendidly in this program, and
when the hearings are all com-
pleted by the middle of Sep-
tember the people are going
to be surprised at the prog-
ress which has been made in
East Texas to promote effi-
ciency in local government and
reduce tax rates.
"We are urging county offi-
cials, in making up their 1940-
41 budgets, to use the windfall
money which is coming to most
counties from the County Road
Bond Assumption Act, to re-
fund their bonded and other
road debt first, instead of plac-
ing it in their county road and
bridge funds for maintenance
expenditure, which brings no
permanent benefit and no tax
relief to the taxpayers. Many
county officials are heeding this
suggestion, and we already have
received many reports of sub-
stantial tax reductions this year
in East Texas counties which
have already held their budget
hearings, or agreed upon the
main items in the budget in
preliminary conferences with
the local taxpayers' committees
of the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce. We are striving to
exceed our record of last year,
when twenty-four East Texas
counties reduced their county
tax rates, and indications now
are that we shall achieve this
goal."
So far, according to Hender-
son, only one East Texas Coun-
ty which has officially adopted
a tax rate for 1940 has increas-
ed the levy over 1939, while
several have held the rate at
the 1939 figure, and some have
made substantial reductions for
the new year. Wood County
is the lone county with an
increased rate.
Budget hearings have al-
ready been held in Angelina,
Bowie, Camp, Cass, Fannin,
(See BUDGET, Page 8)
Jail Catches
Drunken Drivers
Over Week-End
Jot Lee was placed in the
county jail Saturday night and
charged with driving while in-
toxicated.
Lee was arrested by City Mar-
shal Will Ray after his truck
had hit and damaged several
parked cars in the business
section on South Johnson
Street.
Several Negros were jailed
Sunday afternoon on charges
of recklessness and drunken'
driving at Quitman. Their car
rammed into the side of another
car at the southeast corner of,
the court house square.
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3 Aliens Apply
For Registration:
Three unnaturalized, residents
of this community applied at
the postoffice Tuesday for reg-
istration under the new U. S.
Alien Registration Law which
went into effect Tuesday.
The three were all Mexicans,
Assistant i 0iimaster L.A.Woods
said.
High School Students
To Register On
6th, 7th
Monday, Sept. 9, is the official
date set by the Board of Edu-
cation for the opening of the
fifty-eighth annual session of
the Mineola Public Schools
Supt. B. A. Copass, in announc-
ing the opening, declares that
the fifty-eighth opening should
be the biggest in the school's
long and successful history. A
larger course of study, more
new equipment, an equal num-
ber of students, new band uni-
form, and a brand new football
team in new dress will be some
of the features of the 1940-41
school year.
For the first time, as has
been previously announced, Vo-
cational Agriculture will be Of-
fered. Also, the third year's
work in Vocational Homemak-
ing will be taught for the first
time in several years. These
two courses, along with a well
equipped and excellently taught
commercial department, will
give the local school a fine voca-
tional course of study compar-
able to that in cities much
larger than Mineola.
Advance Registration.
As has been the practice for
the past number of years, high
school students will be asked
to register for class work on.
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6
and 7, before school officially
begins on Monday. Seniors are
asked to come Friday morning
beginning at 9 o'clock. Juniors
will register Saturday morning
and Freshmen Saturday after-
noon. Out-of-town students
who can are urged to take ad-
vantage of this advance regis-
tration if possible. The school
buses will not operate until
Monday morning. The bus
routes will be essentially the
same as last year with the ex-
ception of a run south of
Hainesville and a. run through
the Macedonia district.
Students in the East Ward
school, as well as colored stu-
dents, will not be expected ta
report until Moncay morning.
Faculty Announced.
The faculties of all schools
are now complete. In addition
to Mr. Hall, the vocational ag-
ricultural teacher, two new
teachers will work in the high
school. These are Miss Nadine
Bizzell, who will teach eighth
and ninth grade English, and
Miss Pearl Sego, who will teach
mathematics. Other high school
teachers include W. H. Prim,
principal, Texas History and
plane geometry; Paul Snow,
athletic coach, American his-
tory, and health; Carroll Rob-
nett, assistant coach and com-
mercial work; Mrs. B. A. Co-
pass, tenth and eleventh grade
English; Mrs. L. B. Willis, world
history and government; Miss
Doris Williams, vocational home-
making; Mrs. Fairie Jennings,
Latin and Spanish; Robert Is-
(See SCHOOLS, Page 8)
Wind and Rain
Strike East Texas
A forty-mile-an-hour wind
which swept over most of East
Texas Tuesday night damaged
shrubs and crops in this sec-
tion. The wind was accompan-
ied by rain and in scattered
sections hail which washed out
roads and several small bridges.
The storm was accompanied
by one of the heaviest electri-
cal displays in this section this
year.
A similar storm struck East
Texas on exactly the same
night, Aug. 27, last year.
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1940, newspaper, August 29, 1940; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299005/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.