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Mineola, Texas, Thursday, November 12, 1942
Editorial Page
MAKE EVERY-J^AY DAY
BOND DAY
JOIN THE PAY-ROLL SAVINGS PLAN
Birthday
America's oldest body of fighting men ob-
served a birthday Tuesday at war with the
enemy. That day, November 10, was the
167th anniversary of the establishment of the
United States Marine Corps. The enemy
probably enjoyed very little the manner and
method of the Leatherneck's celebration of
their day.
It was on that day in 1775 that the Amer-
ican colonies authorized the organization of
two battalions of Marines. Even before the
Declaration of Independence had been writ-
ten the Marines laid the foundation for their
present reputation as the greatest attack
force on earth.
Since that time Marines have fought the
-world around. Tliey have served gloriously
in all our wars and in countless expeditions
necessary for the protection and upholding
of oyr national lights.
Marines served during the great seafights
of the Revolutionary War, wiped out every
trace of Barbary Pirates "on the shores of
Tripoli," fought widely in the War of 1812
and stormed "the Halls of Montezuma" in
the war with Mexico in 1846. The Leather-
necks played a big part in the Spanish-
American War.
It was during World War I that the Mar-
ines reached the heights of their glory as
"Devil Dogs." Their work at Belleau Woods
and Chateau Thierry started the retreat that
brought victory to the Allies.
Now in the present struggle, such names
and places as Pearl Harbor, Wake, Guam,
Midway and the Solomons will never be for-
gotten. Long live the Marines!
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On The Spot
In a two-fisted address that probably made
his audience shake in their shoes, Admiral
Moreel, chief of the Navy's Bureau of Yards
and Docks, put the American workmen and
labor leaders on the spot at the convention
of the American Federation of Labor a few
days ago.
Very forcefully, Admiral Moreel told the
workers that "you cannot have your cake
and eat it too. You exist by virtue of the
fact that this is a democratic country and,
-therefore, you have ,to protect and preserve
democratic institutions. When, the country
is in peril, as it is today, all rules must be
relaxed or waived completely. It is just as
sensible for you fellows to take the position
that a brick cason cannot, in time of emer-
gency, help out with the placing of a steel
beam as it is for a Marine to take the
position that, because he is trained as a ma-
chine gunner, he cannot use a rifle or unload
a landing boat. What a hell of a war this
would be if such rules were applied to the
boys on the front lines.
"... no one can live without labor, but
they certainly can live without labor unions.
They are living without them in Germany
and in Italy, and in Japan . . and they will
dam well live without them here if all of
you don't get in there and pitch."
The Admiral spoke the sentiments of thou-
sands of Americans. They are written in the
blood of thousands fof soldiers, sailors and
airmen who have died because they didn't
hav^ what they needed, as the result of
strikes and slowdowns. American labor had
better wake up.
Americam Ideals
Cne of the leading public opinion polls
recently disclosed the startling information
that only 41 per cent of the American people
are definitely opposed to Socialism. Thirty-
eight per cent definitely favored some form
of collectivism and 34 per cent were not even
sufficiently interested to express an ouinion
These are the same people whose boys are
fighting a bloody global war to defeat So-
cialism, or as we know it, Nazism and Fas-
cism. They are the same people taking part
in civilian defense and working ift war in-
dustries.
Such a confusion of ideals is hard to un-
derstand.
Very concisely and brutally the Saturday
Evening Post recently summed up the sit-
uation as follows: "For centuries, technol-
logical advance has made the individual less
and less capable of organizing and directing
his own work. Hence, someone else must di-
rect it. The only two agencies that can do
this are (1) the private enterprisers, using
free labor, and (2) the government, using
Hitler's type of labor. We choose between
freedom and state control. Those who say
that the people can collectively direct their
own industrial efforts are either liars or
fools."
One rock of truth to which we can cling
amid so many political and economic issues
is economic freedom. The freedom to develop
our abilities, and use them to retain for our-
selves and our families a fair share of the
returns. When this freedom is destroyed,
democracy goes with it. We should never
allow this faith in freedom to be destroyed
for any ism save Americanism.
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Published Every Thursday In Mineola, Wood County, Texas, by the
WOOD COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. R. H. CARRAWAY, Managing Editor
Entered at the postofTice at Mineola, Texas, as second class mail matter under the
Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
Anv erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person,
ij{ or corP°rati°n which may appear in the columns of this newspaper will be
gladly corrected upon being brought to the attention of the publisher.
$1.50
One Year (In Wood and Smith Counties)
THE MONITOR'S 1942 PROGRAM OF IMPROVEMENT FOR MINEOLA AND WOOD
COUNTY:
1. A Modern Airport. 6. Defeat of the Axis.
2. Municipal Park and Playground. 7. Street Lights in Residential Section.
3. County Government on Cash Basis. 8. Greater Farm Diversification.
4. National Guard Armory, Defense Unit. 9. No New Taxes During the War.
5. Sweet Potato Curing Plant. 10. A Complete Farmer's Market.
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01.10,1942 MARKS THE
67^ YEAR THAT U 9.
NES HAVE PROTECTED
ry!
OUR CDUNTCYS INTERESTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.LEATHER
NECKS HAVE PLAYED IM
PORTANT PARIS IN EVERY ^ .
MR THE UNITED STATES
HAS BEEN IN SINCE 1775.
Ample Rations
There are some Americans who fear they
may not get enough meat under rationing,
although most have discovered that the vol-
untary plan of two and one-half pounds per
person will provide sufficient meat. For
those who are doubtful the Office of War
Information offers a very useful compari-
son of our ration with other warring nations.
We get 40 ounces a week, the British 31
ounces, the German 121/2 ounces, the Russian
8.8 ounces and the Italians 5 to 8 ounces.
In countries under subjection to Hitler the
meat ration is even smaller. La Belle France
for instance, gets 6.3 to 8.8 ounces a week
and the Belgians 4.9 ounces. The Dutch are
supposed to get 10.6 ounces and the Nor-
weigans 7.1 ounces but they are considered
lucky to get a third or half of their weekly
allowance. The Greeks get no regular dis-
tribution of meat, they have to go without
unless they can buy it on the black market.
To make it worse, the European rations
apply to all kinds of available meats, while
we are free' to buy all .the fish, poultry, livers
hearts, kidneys, sweetbread, scrapple and
souse that is available. It may be hard on
some of our heavy meat-eaters, but it in-
volves no great sacrifice. It gives all of us
the necessary meat for good henlth and
strength, in fact doctors say many wiU be
better off for eating less meat.
OUR BEST PURE, SHINY TIN MEDAL for the best and catch-
iest advertising sign we have seen lately goes to Mock Variety
Store. Mr. Mock will soon be Lieut. Mock of the United States
Navy and the sign out in front reads: "Closing Out 'Sail'". That's
putting the wind in the sail, sez we!
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THE MEN OF THE AMERICAN LEGION reported quite a haul
Wednesday while out observing Armistice Day by gathering up
badly needed scrap metals. Included in the metal was an old
German machine gun, a large artillery shell and other relics of
the last time "over there." It won't be long until that stuff will
be back over there and when it does- the nazicrowd will again be
yelling "calf rope" or a reasonable facsimile of same in the sauer
kraut language.
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LOOKING BACK
h"he f les of the Monitor
November 10, 1932
"Democrats Sweep the Coun-
try" was the banner headline
ten years ago, heralding the
election of Franklin D. Roose-
velt as resident and John N.
Garner as Vice President. Ma
Ferguson defeated Orville Bul-
lington for Governor of Texas,
although the Republican candi-
date pressed her very close.
The Yellow Jackets were de-
feated by the Henderson Lions
6 to 0. Armistice Day they will
play the speedy Pittsburg Pi-
rates on the local field.
Dr. J. F. Carter, pastor of the
First Methodist Church for the
past two years, has been re-
turned here for the coming
year.
Mrs. T. A. Collins was awar-
ded a silver goblet for being
runner-up in flight C in the
fall tournament of the " East
Texas Ladies Golf Tourney sta-
ged at Lufkin.
A new lunch room has been
opened in the Carl Little Tex-
aco Service Station.
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The 15-story People's Nation-
al Bank Building in Tyler was
dedicated last week.
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Julius F. Marler, 29, a native
of Mineola, died at his home
east of Mineola.
L. L. Chadwick of Longview,
has been transferred to the lo-
cal office of the Southwestern
Gas & Electric Co.
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OPINION I
MINEOLA REVERSED ITS ANNUAL CUSTOM of staying open
on Armistice Day this year. Heretofore the day had tradition-
ally been observed with a parade, salute to the dead heroes of
World War I, speeches, crowning of the Queen and an all round
good program. This year, with so much of the meaning erased
because we are at war with the same crowd, the Legion decided
to celebrate in a way that would do the most good this partic-
ular year. The business houses of Mineola were nearly all closed
Wednesday for the firs^t time since the celebrations were started
nearly a quarter of a century ago.
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SMILES HAVE BEEN THE ORDER of the day throughout this
community during the past week, and we presume throughout the
entire nation and every member of the United Nations. The
Yanks have landed for what is called the first step in opening
up a second front. This pillar predicted early in the summer
that a second front would be opened by Uncle Sam before the
first frost and sure enough he came through and saved our rep-
utation as a heh-heh prognosticator.. The first frost was Tuesday
night.
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EXTENSION OF GASOLINE RATIONING also brought some
smiles, but they were wondering smiles, until the situation was
thoroughly explained.
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THE MARINES' HYMN, one of the .most famous service songs
in the world, takes its tune from an old French opera called
"Genevieve de Brabrant." The official words to the Hymn are:
From the Halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We fight our country's battles
On the land as on the sea
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
Of United States Marine.
Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun;
In the Snows of far-off northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes,
You will find us always on the job—
The United States Marines.
Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve;
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve;
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.
The Rise of the Masses
Dr.' Homer P. Rainey, presi-
dent of the University of Texas,
in a recent speech to Dallas
pastors presented a vital truth
upon which depends the sur-
vival of democracy. It was that
the masses must be trained if
free government and a free so-
ciety are to endure.
Thus far, according to Dr.
Rainey's analysis, our schools,
churches and other institutions
dedicated to human advance-
ment^ have failed in part. The
masses, meaning the people,
have "been made literate, but
still are short of the enlighten-
ment and wisdom that are pre-
requisites to sound government.
Given the ballot under the di-
rect primary system, the people
in too many instances have
elected to office demagogues
rather than statesmen, vote-
getters rather than courageous,
able men. Lacking enlighten-
ment, the people, in pressure
minorities, have forced medio-
cre government to grant prefer-
ment to groups. The view has
been that government should
support the people rather than
the opposite.
Before the masses may be led
to accept unworthy candidates '
and false doctrines, a state of
ignorance had to prevail, like-
wise a lack of definite convic-
tion of right and wrong. For
this breakdown of morality in
the last two or three decares,
religious institutions mush
share with the schools some of
^he blame.
Jose Ortega y Gasset, the
Spanish scholar, in his "Revolt
of the Masses," presents ably
the danger to which Dr. Rainey
pointed out in Dallas. In the
swift rise to power of the mass-
es before the people were en-
lightened and stabilized by clear
moral code, there has been a
leveling off downward in the di-
rection of mediocrity. Because
of the masses, the Hitlers hav£
been possible.
The cause of democracy can
not endure, and with it human
progress, if our basic institu-
tions and leaders do not recog-
nize their failures and short-
comings. This vital message to
the American people was clear-
ly presented by Dr. Rainey, and
upon its acceptance by educa-
tional, religious and other lead-
ers, there depends the survival
of the American way of life.—
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.
Pjrty-Hour Week
It is difficult to understand
the resident's uncompromising
opposition to alteration of the
forty hour week provision of
the labor law, in view of the
growing urgency of the man-
power problem. It is true, as
the resident states, that long
hours can be worked, are being
worked in some instances, un- *
der the present law, but this
does not answer the two criti-
cisms that are now most fre-
quently made: first, that, as
the man power supply fails still
further behind demand and in-
creased overtime is resorted to,
there will be a geometrical as
celeration of costs of war ma-
chines due to rising wage av-
erages based on overtime above
a forty-hour week; and, sec-
ond, that production of civilian
goods is being held down by the
inability of some industries to
pay overtime bonuses because
of the norrowed margin be-
tween costs of materials and
price ceilings.
«The President is right in stat-
ing that excessive overtime low-
ers production but he nullifies
his own argument when he
states that the present average
work week is only forty-seven to
forty-eight hours. Every pro-
nouncement of the experts has
put the point of highest gross
efficiency of the average work-
er in the average job at a much
longer working week. We can
not fight this war efficiently on
a work week averaging only 48
hours. We cannot fight infla-
tion and pay the excessive over-
time that must be aid if a war
time working week is reached
on a forty hour week basis. In
Great Britian, Russia, Germ&nJ
Japan and other warring na-
tions they (women largely) are
working sixty, seventy and even
eighty hours a week.
The president ought to pro-
pose to Congress that the work
week basis (for the duration)
be increased to forty eight
hourrs with proportional pay
increase and that overtime be
paid beyond that limit. It
would permit lengthening of the
working week in war industries
to fifty five or sixty hours with-
out the inflationary pressure
that otherwise will be exerted.
It will permit many essential
civilian goods industries, not-
ably food industries, to increase
production from forty to forty-
eight hours without more tharn^fc
proportional labor cost increase,^^^
whereas they are now forced ?
to remain on a forty hour week
due to inability to pay over-
time bonuses and operate with-
in the narrow margin between^^
materials costs and price ceil-^^
ings.—Dallas News.
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EDITORIAL SIDELIGHTS
it now appears that when
Hitler and Hirohito sawed the
world in half the thing was
done with mirrors as usual—
Longview Journal.
Jacques Redway, 94, noted
geographer dies. In that length
of time he should have got
around quite a bit— Longview
News.
Money won't win the war.
Neither can it be won withfiRt
the things to fight with whichN
money provides.—Wall Street
Journal.
Emil Ludwig says Hitler plans
refuge in Switzerland. The
ghost of Trotsky should tell
him that's where alpenstocks
come from.-\—Longview News.
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1942, newspaper, November 12, 1942; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299153/m1/2/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.