The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 70, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 17, 1941 Page: 4 of 4
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WED., 88PT. 17th. 1941
Nona Let Barnes was a visitor
in Ada, Okln., Tuesday.
J. K. Jones returned Tuesdu
to Kerrville after his summer
vacation spent in Denison
■with his parents, Mr. and Mrs
31 K. Jones.
William T. Scully, i 23 VV
Bond, who underwent an opera
lion at a Dallas hospital Satur
da;^ is reported recovering rap
idly. Mrs. Scully returned t
Densicn Tuesday. Mr. Smlly i.
wroployeu' fcy the Kraft Cheesi
company as salesman.
vat# in the first Texas infantry in'ing anting of merchant ships/and ten who they are, let us refresh }sinners to terrace their land
1899. He was commissioned cap- other similar steps now barred by your memory: Many Ann McMil- J'red Rennets, assistant adminis-
tain in the first Texas field artil- the act.
Ian, Jimmie Robinson, Betty Ann trative officer of the AAA in
lory in June, 1916 and in 1917,; 'i. Discuss reports that a Ger- Massenburg, Lola Clyde Fitzgerald, Texas, has announced,
• ®f n 1 1 A tfi #,4 ■ M M A la a <■ ^ S 1. J" P ^ 1 1 I I , I , .a a' fP — - - ■ ■ 1.1 A. 1 ■ ■ I % I
while acting chief of staff for the
organization of the Texas diivsion
(later the 30th), he was placed in
charge of organization of the sec-
ond Texas field artillery.
He was then promoted to colon ?1
-in command of the li^lst field ar-
tillery, which post he held for the
duration of the world war. He
served overseas until the 131st was
disbanded in April, 1919.
Wade Chief of Staff. I
When the war ended he was
R R I F F S
r I link in an otherwise I strong
chain against not only some o.
the infections and influences
that imipair health or destroy
life in middle-aped and older
groups 'hut against a number o.
the communicable childhood dis
etses, in which latter clas
diphtheria is an ejgimple,''
states Dr. Geo. W. Cox, Siat
Health Officer.
"Toxoid immunization is
available in Texas practically t
;<ll children, either through the
family physician or at clinics
arranged by physicians for
ihose who are unable to pay j
the usual fee for this service. ...
J "While the number of Texas f,cId art,ller>' bri*ade'
— — j children who have the benefit
A 9 pounds, 11 1-2 ounce boy of this protection is large, avi
Teamed Robert Fount, was bori ( dently there are many who, be
Tuesday 'morning to, Mr. and ; cause of parental misconception
Mrs. W. R. Womack at Durant or unconcern, have not been
intde invulnerable to an attack
cf diphtheria through this
s mple and pracitc'al procedure.
' Perhaps the decided drop
svo\vn in the diphtheria illntsse
man raider might bo operating in j Tommy Foster and Beverly Ficko| This phase of the AAA pro
the Sq.uth Pacific in the vicinity • • • The new egg drying plant of gram designed to assist cooperat-
of the Panama Canal. | the Denison Poultry and Egg com- jng fanners in carrying ou;
3. Amplify his disclosure in ' Pany will have a capacity of l,000j ruiote soil building practices, al
I hursday s speech of an American, crates of egg daily and will he^ ready makes it possible for them
outpost in Labrador.
Parries AH Questions,
thenv
Austrian
ready for operation within two) t{ ^tain phoHphate, .......
j The financial trend as winter peas and vetch durin the
planting season and' the costs
of materials are being deducted
from their A A1 A payments.
J^milar arrangements may be
He parried all questions bearing revealed in a column of new male
on actual implementation of the attire: 'larger checks are favored
shoot-on-sight orders, insisting his by college dressers" ... A boys'
speech must be permitted to speak drum and bugle corps, planned to
f0rJtelf\, v . |a| least equal the splendor of the ^ jn those counties which
- «<= was Meanwhile, as the nation's naval f?lr,s unit is a new idea that Char-j . . th torraoinir Drocram
made chief of staff of the 30th di-Jand air forces prepared to carry 'ey Grimes, DHS band director,! nenm,|s ext>laitied
vision, Texas national guard, and out the momentous orders of their llas been toying around with and, e!i ' ^ AA'A cOftrnmittees in
commander in chief, the navy de- which he hopes to put into effect] °..n ,
partment announced it now is em- before many football games are, ent"demand for the terracing pro-
barked on a gigantic program for passed
assisted in reorganization of the
present division.
He was commissioned brigadier
general in December, 1923 and was legation of the greatest array of,
placed in command of the 61st | fighting ships under one flag the
He
gram, will l<vt fcids on a 100-
ftot basis toi contractors who
If you're really interested in , . . . .. „
was world has ever seen. It said it has what a mosquito looks like as he, Wl11 be p y ,'," ,®
the terraces are completed, the
awarded the meritorious service contracted for every vessel author- attempts to take a bite out of a
medal from the state of Texas for 'ze<l by law under a $7,234,262,- man's arm, take a gander at page! AAA official sa'o-
Mrs. Womack is the former Miss
Lucille Furlow, daughter o
Robert L. Furlow, city fireman
Mr. Womack is principal of th
Pleasant Hill school near Du-
rant. The boy was named af
ter his grandfathers, Mr. Fur
low of Denison and Fount Worn-
?ck of Durant.
e
Health's Weakest
Link Is Lack Of
Cooperation, Say
; ?nd cieath rates during the las
I tl o ty—five years has developed
a: unwarranted sense of securits
\ r n the part of too trusting
i parents. Nevertheless, what
| ever the cause, the fact remain '
that diphtheria manages to con
tinut'i a steady massacre! of
voung liven, with ample weapon'
to prevent it; and these to b
} ad only for tho asking."
distinguished service in the nation-178 program—2,831 ships,
al guard.
He was made major general on
September 19, 1 936 and appointed
to command of the 36th division,
Texas national guard.
He aided in organization of the
American Legion and from 1931 to
1933 was president of the National
four of Tuesday's Press . . . CJon-l
Since the exipanding conscrva
Hard Week's
Work Mapped For he „y, lh, ncxt imporl,„t
TeXaS A.l*£jies event in his life will be when he
gratulations to Carl Flanery, Sr.,| t:on materials and services pro-
on reaching his thirtieth milestone1 t'Tam throughout the nation ma>
of service years with th« Katy
railroad. Already a city commis-
Guard association of
States.
the United
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 17—
' The axiom, 'Vou can lead n
horse to water but you can not
make him drink,' perhaps lias no
incre striking parallel in huinai
conduct! than man's indifference
or refusal to use the protecti'V
methods and preventive pro
cedures that medical science ha'
cevelopecl durin? the last forty
jears. Indeed, the lack of per
36th—
(Continued From Pair? One)
AXIS
(Continued from page one)
bombs on Cairo. Despite the num-
ber of casualties, property damage I
was described by the Egyptian min-
ister of interior as slight.
Antiaircraft Cum Blaze.
Antiaircraft guns blazed st the'
attackers and raid alarms were'
sounded in several provinces.
The raid came at the beginning1
of what is expected to be a period I
of renewed vigorous warfare ini
announces his retirement—but not
soon . . . Wonder what action, if
lesult irf difficulties in securing
necessary seeds and supplies,
terracing is 'being ad'dd to help
i.ii mers make the maximum use
cf the AAA's ROi.-building assist-
j nce. Future A A1 A payments
COLLEGE STATION, Sept. 17 any, will be taken at the Katy Em- no doubt will be contingent
—vAfter seeing the Texas Ag- ployes' Hospital association board) upon carrying out more soil-
es in game action last Satur- members meeting at Dallas toward! building prncticies, Rennels 'aid.
Oi y when Whites defeated Ma- all these resignations of Katy phy-j. Under this program, farmers
loon 21-2, Coach Homer Norto- . sicians here? And we still can-Dmay use 70 per e°nt of their
sifted out the ream of notes he j not understand why Denison is not', fnrm payments for terrac
took while the game was beiin- more of a focal point for having 11.^^;
(|>'ayed and mapped out a hard the meeting than at Dallas. Thanks, j ' ' —
weeks work for his charges. " a loti to all tho^e folks on their j ^ —®
All angles of the play were ranv ^'n<l remarks on the Press' editor-, 'Vrtll K.HOW
compared to mid - ,ial stand the other day on the re«-r
purchasers under contract of
sale. The intereat received un-
ctr these contract* ia placed in
th? Available School Fund; and
the principal, when paid, is plac-
ed in the Peinianent Schooi
Fund, Commissioner Giles ex-
plains.
Worth Defending — Colonel
Paul Wakefield sounds th;
thoughtful word in these days
wi.en Americans are so interest-
j ed in home defense: "The foun-
dation of Texas has not been
hewn from a single stone. I!
is composed of many blocks,
I amfully laid up and put togeth-
er, and cemented by the tears
aiud blood of the nation. The
dictates of one's ibreast is -i
more permanent rule of contVuc
\lian the influence of tyrants."
Q. Please list for me the six
flags under which Texas has
served? *
!A. France, Spain, Mexico,
Republic of Texas, Southern Con-
federacy and United States.
Top of Texas—The highest
point in Texas is the top oi
Guadalupe Peak, 8,751 feet, in
Culberson county. This pe?.k
rises a mile above its base.
Q. Was General U. S. Grant.
• ver in Service in Texas?
A. Yes. In 1816 General
Grant, then a lieutenant at
Corpus,^Chiisti, was greatly im-
pressed with , Texas. In his
"Memoirs" he tells of a very in-
teresting overland trip, which he
made from Coipus Christi to
' 'od \\fhen
<eason form but
ttv customary first gaftne stand
i rds. Surprise was the ihow
mir made by th° centers wher
the team was thoutrht tn h
weakest. Bill R'iWev, ,--oua'
I;
were ahead o'' | ig"at,ion of Dr' Lonp< 0n beha f
of the Press bn,ss, LeRoy M.
j .^nderson, just want to say, we
| appreciate those comments.
in Texas and practiced law in San
Antonio, where he served as city
attorney and judge for the 73.-d, the North African theatre a3 vhe'man !lncl oril>' nian wtib i.ny ex
judicial district. i heat of the western desert nears periei'ce at t.ne job, showed ex
Before the world war he was ac-j its seasonal end. Only Monday the1 "Ptionally well with his offense
tive in the Texas National Guard,| British command here announced work> intercepted two passes
entering the organization as a pri-jthat two axis armored columns had| alld broke up another on de
struck thirty-five mile.
Healthy Chicks!
into Egypt^ icnse. S'am Hajikin, held ou
Quartermaster
Does Washing For
303,000 Soldiers
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MI and then were forced back to the l- t year, ran second string to
Libyan border in the first axis of-J Sibley and gave indication that*
j fensive move in Libya for n-any
jj weeks. (The Italians also an-
* nounced the thrust, but said noth-
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British.)
retreat reported by the
NAVY-
(Continued from page one
Knox had revealed Monday that
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Poultry Remedies
SOLVING THE WORM PROBLEM
WITH GIZZARD CAPSULES
lie will see considerable serviee
l! is year.
Leonard Holder and A. J.
Mercer, both out for their first
year of varsity football, showei
i little weakness at times of
lYnsively but on the defense
both looked promising. In a
flinch Weld'on Maples, junior
college transfer from Decatur
"the American navy will provide Baptists last year, can be pres
protection as adequate as we can! sc'' 'nfo1 service He worked at
make jt for ships of every flag trat job all last season ai an
carrying lend-lease supplies be-' Ineligible but was shifted back
tween the American continent and| to iguard, his legular position
the water adjacent to Iceland." j ■•his year.
'Maritime experts had said con- Standout of 1 all the lin«<men
voys would provide the most ade-j was Martin Ruby, the burly boy
irom Waco, .who should coast in
for an All Conference berth this
year. In Saturday's gam1
Fcr'iviniage he was constantly
harassing the passers and ♦wie;
oke through to block kicks
quate protection.
Mr. Roosevelt said the military'
if\ Speech Covers Situation
It'.'- t|irclc, ucoiromiciil,
F; sy to give, the gizzarc
adopted by thousands
;t costs less than one cent
'•leans better chickens
safe, effective,
capsule has been
poultry raisers,
per chick. It
and more eggs.
j and naval situation will determine
g I whether announcement will bo
S made of any additional sinkings of!
H American-owned vessels or clashes
S between American naval vessels
g and other craft.
Zi
3 As for his shoot-on-sight instruc-
§ | tions to the navy, Mr. Roosevelt | _
FVERYDAY—
Ci^ontinued from page one>
. Who) does the wash?,
Someibodv has to launder the
uniforms of the 303,000 soldier-!
of the ThiH 'Army on1 mar.euv-
ers in Louisiana and the Quar
terma.;ter Corp Area is handling
the job.
At Camp She'by, Miis., 200
Vinles outside the maneuvers
!.rea, the clothes of the soldiers
t.re laundered in two units, each
cwable of turning out laundrv
•, or
■Put
war games, so the soldiers wash
averages only about ihre •
pounds, enabling the units to
complete the washing job for
entire Third Army each *veek
Working continuously for more
t'lim 65 >ears a housewife
c ne in a town of 40,000 coul j
have six sets of clean clothes if
these units, 'which run 24
1 ours a day during maneuvers
moved' in to do the washing for
ihe town.
couldn't do the job. Every - j
The Quartermaster Corps col -
lects the bundles of wash in the
field and transports them to
A soldier re-
TEXAS
San Antonio- "3« Antonio
then waj about equally divider A
between Mexicans and AmwrwV
cans" Grant observed. The
i-tatdment continues: "From
there to Austin there was not h
jingle residence except at N«vr
UraunfelS' From Austin to
Corpus Christ there was only a
i.mall settlement at' Bastrop. . .
hut after leaving that there
were no settlements extept the
h^me of one man with a female
. ervant at {he old toiwn" of Goli-
ad. , .
Q. What is Texas' annual rain-
fall?
A. Minimum average is less
than 10 inches at El Paso;
maximum average is more than,
'VO inches along the Sabine Rftver
:n Eiast Texas.
iARRETS
Hens, 4 lbs up
Hens, under 4 lbs. ...
Old roosters
Turkeys, young hens
Turkeys, young torn*
Turkeys, old hens ....
Turkeys, old toms
Turkeys, No. 2
Infertile egn (white)
Mixed eggs (candled) 25-
Guineas, each 1... 26c
Butter, best grades 30c
Cotton
Strict middling 16.65c
Grain
Corn, white (red cob) o5c
Wheat. No. 1 fl.01
Com, yellow 50e
A. reader of this newspaper
can get the answer to any ques
tion of fact albout Texas by
writing A. Garland Adair, Cura-
te r of Patriotic Exhibits, Texa
Memorial 'Museum, Austin, Tex-
as.
Memorable Passage—"A pa-
triot -finds more difficulty in
protecting his country in times
of peace while the people are
slumbering in the cradles of
harmony than in defending it in
time of war when they are
shocked by battles' carnage into
1 fe and action." James Steph
enl Hogg.
Q. What is the principal dif-
ference between the sources of
money for the Available^ Schooi
60,000 soldiers each week t Fun<} and t>le permanent School
nen isn't uned during the j fund?
A. .Bascom Giles, Commission-
er of the General Land Office,
answers this question. At th.'
p'fsent time albout 15,0"00,00)
pel es of school land are held bv
R. W. PINKSTON
Superintendent
National Lilt and Accident
Insurance fo.
Ordinary and Industrial Insurance
P.O. Bos 335 D*mhid, Tex.
Smart' New
ALL WOOL
Campus Clad
MEN'S SUITS
K said the language of his speech last toe hold. Heretofore, it has been| Camp Shelby.
g Thursday nitrht covered the situa- the habit of fans to leave for the j ceives his clean clothes just 72
R.tion adequately. He declined to I game at 6 o'clock, sometimes soon-j hours after he has sent them
J f elaborate on the speech, thus still er, in order to cet i^ood seats- | dirty.
KINGSTON
I
leaving unanswered the precise
I geographical boundaries of Ameri-
can defense waters.
Won't Discuss Neutrality-
I The President also refused to:
1. Answer inquiries regarding
whether he favored revision or re-' sidered a part of the athletic de-
peal of the neutrality act, includ- partment. In case you've forgot-
er, in order to get good seats-
Named last year for the first I
time in local history on a scholas-'
tic basis, pep leaders for the Yel-
low Jackets will participate in all
athletic activities and will be con-
T erraceLandNow
Pay Later, AAA
Farmers Urged
J. E. MEADOK. DDS.
First Door North Security Bldg.
110 N. BURNETT
Fire Insurance
We write in old fine companies
that pay all losses promptly.
Res. Phone 22
Lacey's Ins. Agency
jHibdon's Watch Shop
For Better Watch Repairing
428 W. Mut St. DcnUon, Tex.
$
17
75
# USE OURLAYAWAY
Styipq "hat announce tomorrow 3 j
i
fashion, fabrics that promise en- j
durance—you get both for only
$17.75!
Ilardi finish, as well as soft. \
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colorful fabric to choose froiul !
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"COLLEGE STATION, Sept. 17
—Terrace your land now and
pay later when you get your A
| '/• A paymejjt in the new device
| Texas farmers will haivie avail-
| rble nndcr the farm program in
>1042.
With the program plaeinc
still greater empliasis on soil-
• ld-inpr practices in, 11942. ter-
racing hai been addled to the
Ciinservatioii materials and ser-
vees program to enable more
Check That Cold
DAROI,
CAPSULES
Aids in relieving discomfort
due to simple colds. Also one
TRIAL SIZE
Bottle Aqua-Drin
Relieves discomfort due to
nasal congestion resulting
from simple colds.
40c
WE DELIVER
L01-MAC
PHARMACY
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Y-e-a JACKETS!
STINC 'EM !!
We're Hoof in' For You
To Win!
OPEN THE NEW STADIUM WITH VICTORY!
High School Athletic Council
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