The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 197, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1941 Page: 1 of 10
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ORANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUG! 1ST 22, 1941
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New Tax Bill Affects Everyday Activities
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for Orange
by March, 1942
For the first time
years, residents of
in many
this section
a, population of 25.000
of data wm (uive ^ opportunity tonight
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by'the Orange Chamber
and made ready for
answering numerous in-
that are being receivedby
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The forecast was based upon
what wavfotgarded a* the most
^or^n^d°froml°Ua m«t <retT
•Me sources.
Compilations on conditions as
«■• July 1 of this year showed a
total of 3,600 employed at ship-
building and other industries -of
the city. The total monthly pay-
roll up to that time was shown
to be $499,000.00 V
The July I, 1941, record as
compiled by the Orange Chamber
of Commerce shows a total of
2800 houses as against approxi-
mately 1400 available 10 months
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Building permits Issued since
September 1 of 1940 up to July
1 of this year totaled *7,858,000.00,
however $5,000,000.00 of this a-
mount Included the U. S. Navy
shipyard which is nearing com-
pletion at this time. In the five
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million dollar yard twelve 2100
tOO.U. S. degtroyes aire to be built
within the next four or five years
to coat $97,200,000,000. Another
old established^ privately owned
shipyard ia aald to have govern-
ment contracts for approximately
$4,250,000. 5tiU another private-
owned shipyard has goven-
ni boat 'building contracts in
sum of $8,340,000.00 which
tiw total amount' of ship-
building to $105,000,000.00 With
more in the offing.
The data compiled by the
Chamber of Commerce lists a-
mong other improvements taking
place in the past year the build-
ing of 600 U, S. navy houses at a
cost of $1,500,000.00; 200 housing,
units by the U- 8. H. A. at,* coat
ti $887,000.00; 150 hORt^s by the
Defense Homes corporation at a
cost of $800,000 00, and privately
built home* and apartment# rep-
resenting a total of $101350 00 -
During the past tWo years the
ilty of Orange has spent approx-
^>$330,000.00 it ; building
lea of paved streets and
150,000.00 • for. an up-to-date
system, According to the
Chamber of Gomnfcn* report.
.-Other items listed *s of July 1,
1941 are: telephones, 1747; gas
meters, 1527{ electric meters,
2230; water meters, 2097. .
1 Bank deposits for the two banks
was given at $9,784,387.00 of July
1, 1941. '■■"■•i'..:"
Research at National Bureau of
Standards, Department of Com-
merce, has more than doubled the
life of currency paper.
ALL OUT AID
FOR
DEFENSE
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ef Orange . . . The sad-
den Inflis at fsmllle* item all
.fetalis ef the V. SH fee wham
we hava had to uUte room in
Orange, has n*w created an
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''1*4 need for rsnasa, a pert-
He. that ean be ti'mm
to attend a real old time fiddlers
contest *.vlth lots of contestants
and special music features as the
first of a series of special events
program being directed by the
recreation Personnel of W. P. A.
under the sponsorship of the O.
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The program, which is entirely
free to the public, will be held at
Stark Park and will r;>en at 7:30
o'clock.
Three cash prizes will be a-
warded to the fiddlers adjudged
to be the best, first prize being
$5; second' prize being $3 and
third prize being $2-
Among instruments to bo play-
ed at the fiddler's contest tonight
will be a violin made by J. M.
Waldrop of Orangefield, and a
guitar made by Alopzo Nelson of
Orange. Both instruments are
on display in Abe's store win-
dow.
At least 8 fiddlers from Orange-
field arc planning to take part
in the contest tonight and two
more names were received this
morning, nnt frnm Beanmnnt, tn
swell the total to 18. More are
expected to be on hand tonight
who have not taken the trouble
to Bend in a formal entry assuring
• fine variety program.
The contestants will be present-
from the Stark park stage and
public is invited to come ear-
ly to be sure of a good place on
the freshly mowed grounds of
the park which will accommo-
date several thousand persons-
FOUR CRASHES
HnWOUTH
A white youth from Stark, La.
was being held in the county jail
here Friday under charges of
driving while intoxicated and hit
and run driving after collisions
with four cars on Sixteenth street
failed to halt him Thursday af-
ternoon. Another youth, occupy-
ing the car with him. was held on
Charges of drunkness.
No Licenses To
Be Issued Drivers
Next Wednesday
No driver's licenses will be is-
sued at the courthouse here on
Wednesday morning next week it
was announced here Thursday by
Sergeant Ross Dickey, state high-
way patrolman from Beaumont.
This weekly, appointment filled
by patrolmen b. W. Hicks and J.
W. Blackwell, will be omitted this
week because of work on the an-
nual reports, Sergeant Dickey
said.
The next driver's licenses will
be Issued here on Wednesday
September 3 from 9 to 12 o'clock
noon from the first floor assembly
room at the courthouse.
A total of one hundred and six-
ty new highway patrolmen will
be added to the Texas force on
November 1 according to Sergeant
Dickey who explained that these
sw recruits will begjn special
training on September 1. With
the enlarged force, a, better ser-
vice- 'will be possible, he aald.
; Obcrammergau, BAvaria, is in-
ternationally known because ev-
ery tenth year the ■" inhabitants
perform the Passion Play, dealing
with the last day# in the life of
j:1"'"j .v
and ceils here Thursday 00' "B
charge of aggravated assault- An-
other white man is being held in
the county Jail on charges of driv-
ing while intoxicated
Real estate transfers filed for
record on Thursday at the officc
of the Orange county clerk In-
cluded:
H. J. L. Stark to M. G. Inman,
a parcel of land in the Nathan
Cordrey Headright survey. $1
and other considerations.
Orange Lumber Yard to J. C
Berwick, lot 11 Of block 3-J of
Hart and Sholars sub-division
$550.
J. G. Berwick to Frank B. Rach
etux, lot 11 block 3-J of Hart and
Sholars Subdivision. $3600.
A marriage licenses was issued
Thursday afternoon at the office
of the Orange county clerk to
Thaddus E- Kelley and Miss Stel-
la DeBurge of Kinder, La.
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By the Associated Press * ^ "
Russian troops were reported
chocking German siege columns
storming toward Leningrad today
as thousands of the city's civilian*; I
volunteered for service in an
Opolehenic" or people's army. <
Dispatches from Moscow said'
Leningrad, the old czarist
tal, was now a "formidable mil
tary camp" and- that after to
days of bitter fighting on the out**:, i
of Leningrad's
In addition to drastically increasing the government levy on Incomes,
the new federal tax bill call* upon Mr. Averafce Citizen to help financc
national defense through taxes on everyday luxuries and recreations, aa
shown here. All movie tickets. ln*ludlng those to afternoon perform-
ances, will be taxed, and there will be a levy on all 25-cent ptono tolls.
Bowlirur alloys, phonograph records# liquor and cars also urn taxed.
EXAMINATIONS
Building permits issued at the
city hall during the past week in-
cluded the following:
Fred Lenhard, 1210 John street,
erect barn, $50.
W. F. Dommert, 906 Sholars,
repair home $250.
Dr. E. W. Bacon, 1707 Tenth
street, add room $100.
M- McNamara, 906 Border, re-
pair house $50.
W. W. Hicks, Twelfth and Sho-
lars, erect 5 room house, $200.
Joe Mark, 704 Border St. re-
pairs, $75, , J
W. L. Cox, 707 Orange Ave. re-
pairs, $250. v
Mrs. L. Hernandez, 905 South
College, erect house $610.
Frank Gengo, Eleventh and
Sholars St. Repairs, $40- v
Paul Cormier, 210 Market St.,'
repair garage, $19.
Mrs. C. W. Mac Farlane, 710
Front St., f50.
C. A. Pevcto, Orange Ave,
to railroad. $50.
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MNG
ORDINANCE
BECOMES LAW
At a meeting of the Orange city
commission Thursday night, the
city zoning ordinance was passed
to it's final reading and was de-
clared to be a- law subject to pub-
lication. The ordinance conforms
to that laid out by a zoning com-
mittee headed by Howard Peter-
son and given extensive publicity
over a period of about 80 days.
Various sections of the city
have been irestricted to certain
types Of aotivitiea. It Was under-
stood that important building per-
mits have been Held up pending
passing of the ordinance.
Ine merit system council lor
the Texas State department of
Public Welfare has announced
competitive examinations to be
held Octobcr 25, 1941 at places to
be designated on application
blanks, according to information
received here Friday from Joseph
U. Yarborough, administration
supervisor in Austin.
Applicants must file an official
application blank, properly filled
out, in the office of the supervi-
sor of the Merit. System, 808 Tri-
bune building, Austin not later
than September 18 to be eligible
to take the examination.
Application blanks may be ob-
tained by writing to the Merit
Systeih officc in Austin.
Examination will be held for
the following positions: Area su-
pervisor, class 1, $175 salary; Ar-
ea supervisor class 11, ,$150 sal-
ary; assistant area supervisor,
$150; field worker, $150 salary
and state field representative,
$200 entrance salary.!
An applicant must have been a
resident of Texas for four con-
secutive years to be eligible to
take the examinations.
Mayor Inaugurates
City-Wide Grass
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First Baptists
To Have "New
Members" Night
Among the various groups that
have been recognized at the even-
ing services at the First Baptist
church this summer none are
more important than those who
are to be honored guests and be
shown special recognition next
Sunday night, according to the
pastor, W. A, Corkern,
The evening is to be known as
"New Members" night. Those
who have Joined the church slnde
the middle of 1940, about the time
of the coming of the added pop-
ulation, up to and including those
who will Join this coming Sun-
day morning are to be recogniz-
ed. This honored grolip will be
seated in the center section of
the auditorium where the big
pedestal fans keep the air swirl-
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All the new members who read
these lines are to be reminded of
the date and place: Sunday night,
August 27 7:46 o'clock at First
Baptist Church. You are urged
to come and bring a prospective
new member or visitor.
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^Isior
Trie Guert ttatote
Due to the fact that lighting fa-
cilities at the Maurtcevllle high
school wm nnt iif nrdlf ttiin
Week. * meeting of the Orange,
scheduled for Wednesday night
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A campaign of cutting weed*
and grass and otherwise cleaning
up every
~4paeMn4**—ot^-grou
within the city of Orange, has
been inaugurated at the instance
Of Mayor Abe Sokolskl, who
stated Friday that the work, tuu
alr#iHv Hmm mtmrtlmik . Mnt/tr liriv
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an mowing machines are to be
used in clearing the scores of va-
cant plots of ground in order that
the general acema will eonfonb
to that of streets, sidewalks, curbs,
with new and imprt
throughout the ctty c in
Welfare Group
Will Meet At
Bundles Unit
Thanks Orange
For Cooperation
Mrs- Alan Cameron chairman!
of the Bundles for Britain,' exr
pressed appreciation of the orgdn- j
ization for the splendid coopera-
tion given the group in the show-
ing of the Bengal Guards Dram
nnd Bugle Corps honoring the ais.
Dies in KAF Crash
ganization during the past week
The organization as a whole ex- ;
tends thanks to all those who
contributed in any way to the
success of the event, Mrs. Cam-
eron said.
LIONS HEAR
CONSOLIDATED
SUPERVISOR
Earl Richmond, protection su-
pervisor for the Consolidated
Steel Corporation Ltd. Shipbuild-
ing division, was the principal
speaker on Thursday night for
the regular meeting of the Orange
Lions club held in the Mess hall.
Also appearing on the program
were Dllly Hunter of Beaumont,
giving an explanation of changes
in the football rules, and the Jnew
Tiger coach, Brooks Conover, who
acknowledged his > introduction
with a brief JRatcment.
About sixty dub members at-
tended the session which was
presided over by vice president,
Tom Williams, acting in the ab-
sence of president George Craft
who is out of the city.
Capt P. P. Lee. Jr.
Capt P. F. Lee, Jr., of Frederick,
Md., was one of the twelve Ameri-
cans kilted when • British ferry
plane.crashed taking off from Greet
Britain for the U. 8. Twenty-two
died in the crash, second ferry plans
crack-up In i week.
AIRCRAFT
OBSERVERS TO
MEET TONIGHT
MUNITIN PLANT
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PATROL AND
PAPER MILL
LEAD
IIS PREDICTS
the Germans
have made no slgnflicant
progress.
All through the night, a „
bulletin said, Red army troops*;*;
battled in late summer rain-J
storms to check the main Nazk '
drives around Novgorod, t§*|
miles south of Leningrad,
Klngisepp, 70 miles to
southwest.
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Soviet-li
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From the north, other German-
Finnish forces were knifing down*
the Karelian Isthmus, onl* """ 1
miles away. **' '• "VT vjg]
Amid this critical hour in
62-day old struggle, new thr
of war appeared on tint.:
opening in the oil
Iran (Persia). London dispsA
Indicated that Great Britain
ready to send troops int
Scoring ,pairs of runs In each of
the final three innings, the fourth
placc Patrol team defeated the
first place Dr. Peppers 6 to 4 last
night In the opening game of the
city championship playoff series
while Paper Mill overpowered a
hustling 'A. B. C. team 4 to 2 to
keep pace with the hard hitting
guards.
! These two winners will meet
| Monday night and the victor in
i Monday's encounter is expected
i to capture the title.
Location of a government mu-
nition plant in this district was
predicted Friday by U- S. Rep.
Martin Dies In a telephone con-
versation from his Jasper county
lodge where ho is spending sev-
erer days. Such a plant would
Utilize some form of wood pulp
according to Dies who said he had
no comment on the probable lo-
cation other than to suggested that
it would possibly be somewhere
In the piney woods section.
Regarding the war situation
Mr. Dies said that the people in
his opinion had better begin to
prepare themselves for tremen-
dous sacrifices, which would in-
volve doing away with many lux-
uries, in view of tho high taxes
that will be incurred under the.
present tax bill. That taxes both
direct and indirect amounting to
50 per cent of the income of peo-
ple would be the ultimate hap-
pening was predicted by Mr.
Dies.
The predictions of Mr. Dies
wore based upon the nation's for-
eign policies commitment, which
he said had received approval of
the people-
That Oerniany will eventually
take Russia was predicted by Mrj
Dies Who said that as a whole, he
was looking to the worst, insteud
of falling Into the attitude of be-
ing too optimistic, a* to the cost
of being able to defeat the Nazis-
Mr. Dies said that members oi
his committee were In the field
working full forte at this time
and that plans had been made for
the holding of public hearings to
last from two to three months-
Mr. Dies said it would probably
be a few days before he would re
turn to Orange With his family.
country unless Rlza Khan
levi's government complies wit
a British • Russian demand - fqf I
the ousting of 8,000 Germans! ™ -r|
Authoritative Quarters ill Lort-
non announced, at noon that
operations h«v«r begun,'
was apparent they felt that
ish patience was reaching its
it. British and Russian
were reported , poifeed on
frontier, ready to march, f
All volunteer observers for the j
Air Craft warning service post 10, Tonight the Lions meet Gulf
Quentln 84 at the courthouKo. are :States Utilities in the only re-
called to meet for a school of In-jmaining game of the regular sea
structlon ort Friday night 7:30 son schedule and the utility,team
the commissioner's
at the courthouse
o'clock in
courtroom
building. .
The popt observers Include Val-
ton Laodrum, chief observer, and
twenty volunetert.
CITY BRIEFS
Barnett Wall, a native young
man of Oraqge, after four years
of service In the U. S. army, is
back et -the home of hhMBOthe*
was postponed until Monday
night September I to be held at
OM
nou
tne
Oran«efkid ifctead. it was
nounced Friday by K W.
Mrs. H. Davison. Jn Plnehurst
addition.; Wall spent a g"<"lly
portion of the four years in mili-
tary service m the Philippine Is-
lands and in San Francisco. Cali-
fornia. WalT gave it as his.opin-
ion that tha military forccs in the
Philippine Islands woultf: give a
good account of themselves in
the everif of war in that pari of
the world, feiM|.W
In South Africa, open country
is also scheduled to ttpen its play,
off series against the Consoli-
dated. "
Steele hurled for the Peppers
last night antV allowed only 5 hits
but these were bunched in the
late innings. After two scorelcSs
innings the Peppers counted a
run in the third, a lead that held
up until the fifth when the Pa-
trol counted twice. . Each team
scored two in the sixth but the
Patrol gang pushed over two
Wore in the 7th and a Pepper
Rally was sU-^pcdLAftiu: a single
tally had been scored to end the
game. ^ ■;
York pitching for Patrol W-
lowed 8 hits.
^JMpar-Mlll p<-ckad4#ay at Bar-
ber counting, single runs in the
ffiW' and second innings but A.
B. C. tied the g*m!'"
fourth.
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Famous Baritone
To Sihg Tonight
Edgar C. Hundy, concert barl
tone stationed at Beaumont mu-
nicipal airport with the 107th ob
servatioh squadron who ftew to
Chicago last week to appear on
th«f same program wtth the Ben-
gal Guards at the Chicagoland
Music Festival, will inaugurate a
series of bi-weekly broadcasts
over " KFDM tonight at 8;15
o'clock.
The programs will continue on
Tuesday and* Friday flight*
long as the Kqfiadron is statl
In Beaumont, radio officials of
KFDM stated. *
Bundy has sung in grand opera
with Lily Pont and h#been so-
loist for the Nation*! and Colum-
BTa~ Bfrwdcastintf
is also jt music critic for
and Miamia papers.
School bond issue elections
scheduled in two Bchool districts
In Orange county Saturday for
new school buildings. i'
Tho Bridge City Consolidated
school district will vote at the
Prairie View school house on a
$44,000 bond issue and the West
Orange Independent school dis-
trict wili/ vote at the Wert Orange
school op a $2,000 issue.
Polls will be open during!;*eg~
ulaUori hours at both
Total of $105,175
In Defense Bonds
Sold In Orange
A total of $105,175 in
Bonds, scries E have been soli
Orange today, according to
unes tabulated here Thu
The bonds are on sale ; nt ■ .
Post office and both Oran^a ba^lkg
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Weather
East Texas: Partly cloudy ia
south; Saturday partly cloudy, lo-
cal thunder-shower* in northeast
portion. Gentle to
mostly southerly winds
coast.
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Genu of Tjioug
Complete unity of aim I#
traditional condition «"
and sincere friendship.
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ed for 80 5 percent of world mIk
tor viih ImTJEi liroduction ^Bi^j940.
the Department of Commerce
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Quigley, J. B. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 197, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1941, newspaper, August 22, 1941; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth308190/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.