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The Denison
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1943WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY IN 1934
VOLUME 14—NO. 27
Patton Forcing Rommel Death Trap
Green Light Given To Denison Dam Lifeline Smashed,
Enemy Forces In
Power May Be Had
At Denison Dam By
December This Year
It became known here this
week through a message from
Washington from Maj. Gen. Eu
gene Reybold that electric power
at the Denison dam may be
available by December of this
year. That is a month earlier
than was predicted recently by
Col. W. W. Wanamalkcr in his
address before the annual meet-
ing of the Denison Chamber of
Commerce.
The announcement is made that
the power which will be availa-
ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
BY THE EDITOR
Speaking of Hard Timet
Hard times is an elusive and
indefinite term—one of those
things that is relative. When what
we call an old-timer telllfe of how
they used to get a pair of pants
for $1 and a sack of flour foj;
60 cents, we cast one eye at an
angle and say "that was back in
'89," and think they had a hard
time then.
But when ; you consider all
things maybe they lived just
about as good as we do now, if
not a little better.
The trouble is we think there
are so many things that we can't
do without. And they are things
our fathers never heard of. We
have permitted luxuries to rise to
the level of necessities in our
thinking, and as we think in our
hearts so we make demands in
this day of biscuit-tufted couches,
and patent ice making machine?
in our kitchens.
But what //ou'ld you think if
you did farm work for $10 per
month, set out fruit trees half
a day for 25 cents? Or shelled
corn all day for 50 cents, and
received the sum of 25c for haul-
ing a load of wood?
Why, of course, we would hol-
ler they axe making slaves of us
and that our standard of living
was being neglected.
But what of the standard of
living back in 1895 when some
among us recall) the citings to be
true? Were they going hungry
and half clothed and illy housed?
What do you think? Wefl, they
could go to a grocery store and
get a side of meat for four cents
a pound. A sack of meal cost
25 cents, and a sack of flour
sold for 60 cents. You could get
enough steak for 15 cents to feed
a family of six, and eggs sold for
6 cents a dozen. A good pair of
shoes could ibe bought for $1 and
a suit of clothes for $6.75. If
the man drank his liquor he could
go to a grocery or drug store
(they handled it by the barrel
then) and get a gallon of the
very best for $1.25. If a man
got drunk in those days they
shunned him like a pest and
drunkards were as scarce as Re-
publicans in Georgia. And yet
nearly all homes had it by the
demijohn.
Cotton sold for 5 and 6 cents
and they , thought if ever the
time came when they could get
10 cents they would never ask
for any more. Workers started
talking about 8 hours for work,
8 for pKay and 8 for "sleep and
said they would be content if
they got it.
Well, we have had both—and
more—and are we satisfied? You
can answer that one.
Yes, people went to church
too. The old-fashioned camp meet-
ing was held every year and peo-
ple laid their crops by and went
and stayed the whole time. They
shouted at intervals and the old
straw was considerably mussed up
and the near-by baptismal' poo1
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Irate Gardeners Out
To Protect Against
All Kinds Of Pests
ble through completion of the
dam is needed to servire war in-
dustries in the states of Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkan-
sas. Such service can take care
of all war industries within a
radius of lOOr miles of Denison,
it is explained.
The Denison project is one of
four federal flood control pro-
jects in which funds will) be spent
for construction work during the
coming fiscal period, Gen,. Rey-
bold stated. All others have been
suspended to conserve materials! named, together with the person-
and manpower for essential war nel folloWs:
industries. Park development—H.- G. Web-
Gen. Reybold also disclosed that ster, chairman, LeRoy M. Ander-
C. C. Names
Important
Committees,'43
Members of four major com-
mittees have been, announced by
F. O. Babcock, president of the
Denison Chamber of Commerce
following a regular meeting of the
board of directors. The four
Denison, -dam will have a total
of $10,000,000 allocated for
work during the fiscal year
starting July 1. This is virtually
enough to complete the job and
install equipment in the giant
project. A balance of only $262,-
000 will be necessary to complete
every phase of the work after
the ten million is spent, the ap-
propriations committee was ap-
prised.
Just what disposition is to !.a
made of the proposal of the
Texas Power and Light company
to purchase all power create ! aS
the dam and service it to custo
mers through already erected
flines at a rate fair to all, is not
as yet known. Recently President
John W. Carpenter of the T. P.
& L. made such a proposition,
the contract to run from the
time power is available and ope-
| son, Dennis Bible, M. B. Bryant,
j P- W. Burtis Jr., Millard Cope.
I. W. Davis, Harry Glidden, B. V
Hammond Jr., F. H. Kohfeldt,
J. H. Little, B. McDaniel, K. J.
Mills, M. B. Morgan, Verne Mur
ray, Pal Noe„ J. C. Purvis, Clar-
ence Scott, B. B. Simms, Charles
Snyder, W. L. Steakley, Ross W.
Stoddard, John Tierney, C. J. Us-
sery, Leon J. Womack and H. B.
Perryman.
Civic—H. B. Perryman, chair-
man, Carl Akins, R. K. Ames,
S. A. Briater, J. V. Conatser, Dr.
Don Freeman, C. R Hubbard,
Walter Jennings, Otto Juhl, W. J.
Kellough, C. B. Middleton, George
O. Morgan, Miss Eloise Munson
and J. H. Parrish.
Agricultural—W. L. Ashburn,
chairman, Paul Ashburn, B. W.
Baldwin, Jack Barker, S. R. Bish-
op, Ben Burget, Henry Etter, Dr
rate during the duration and for E L Hailey, George F. Homer,
a "reasonable period thereafter."
Meanwhile Speaker of the
House, Sam Rayburn is expecting
soon to place before Congress
legislation prepared for the crea-
tion of an agency to operate the
dam and distribute its power.
E. L. Hopkins, Dr. D. K. Jamison,
Oscar J. Kollert, Howard McCar-
ley, R. L. McKinney Jr., George
O. Peterson, J. M. Roddy and
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New Program
Air Candidates
Perrin Field
How Grayson county's 17-year-
old youths, expecting to be called
under selective service within a
year or less, can assure their fu-
ture in the Army Air Forces as
flying officers was described here
Thursday by Lieut-Col. Bob
Arnold, commanding officer of
this basic flying school.
"A 17-year-old may choose
aviation cadet training now, take
his physical examination and men-
tal aptitude tests at Perrin Field,
and be ready for aviation cadet
training when he reaches his
eighteenth birthday and therefore
is subject to draft under the se-
lective service system," Colonel
Arnold explained.
In fact, he said, the offer is
even better than that, for a 17-
year-year-old may select the
month, any time up to six month'
past his eighteenth birthday, when
he prefers being called to train-
ing.
Men 17 years old may come to
Perrin F^eld, he said, for their
examinations now, and he urged
them to waste no time in making
application, for "it is evident that
this program will he attractive to
thousands of young men who are
waiting only for their eighteenth
birthdays before tHey enter serv-
ice. The program is nationwide,
and the quotas may be reached in
a short time."
Seventeen-year-olds interested
should contact First Lieutenant
Dewey D. Bardwell, post secretary
at Perrin Field, the colonel said.
Correspondence is unnecessary,
he added. Men who believe them-
selves physically fit should come
to Perrin Field, asking at the
?&te for Lieutenant Bardwell.
They should bring a letter of ap-
proval from their parents, three
otters of recommendation and a
irth certificate. If they are thus
repared, they can take their
Doyle Williams.
Industrial—W,
chairman, J. R.
Dobson, Henry
(Hibbard, A, G.
Unless parties who own dogs,
chickens and cats keep up their
pets and poultry, there may a
few casualties in that realm
produced by irate gardeners who
are trying to do something to an-
swer the call for Victory Gar-
dens, it became known here this
week.
Until the green started show-
ing in the gardens there was not
much said but now may be heard
the chorus of wails against the
gardens being destroyed or con-
siderably set back by the pets
indicated. But now that the ad-
vent of spring also brings in pro-
truding vegetation in Victory
Gardens, there is also arising the
ire in the gardeners.
Although warning was sounded
three weeks back through the
Press and notices were issued by
the police, the dogs and chick-
ens and cats are still on the
loose and the gardens are show-
ing the result of these day or
night visits.
The fact that such intruders
may be slain by the gardeners
loomed this week as the gardens
are being tramped down or
scratched up. So, it is warned, if
your pet does not show up some
good morning, or the chickens
do not "come home to roost"
just start looking around neat-
some of the many Victory Gar-
dens and the lost may be found.
Police say it would be a hard
thing to stick some one who pro-
tected his garden in such fash-
ion, and warn all parties if they
value their pets they had best
show it by protecting them
against depredations.
Precarious Straits
Red Cross
Budget Is
Over Top
"With several parties to hear
from, the Denison Red Cross War
fund is over the $10,500 quota
Thursday afternoon by a margin
of $1,191.82 and the hope is it
will reach at least enough to
bring it to $2,000 over. The
needs are so great over the world
and the demands so many, that
we should given all we can at
this time regardless of whether
the quota indicated for us has
bejen reached," declared Ralph
Geisenhoner, county treasurer,
Thursday.
All money should be turned in
at the earliest possiblte moment so
it may ibe checked and made
ready for thje final report which
must be in by the first of April.
H.
Clymer, C. C.
Etter, W. S.
McRae, W. Mar-
sico, B. A. Mitchell, Ralph
Porter, William J. Ry'.ec, Tom
Scales and W. J. Smith.
,y
Dv.
New Physician for Lytle Co.
Following the death of
Ernest H." Hamilton, who was
company physician for the C. F-
Lytle company contractors on the
Denison dam, it is announce' by
the company that Dr. E. H. Roaz
has been named. Dr. Boa1* is
from Childless and Memphis
where he has practiced for the
past quarter of a century. Living
quarters for the company physi-
cian are provided at the plant
hospital.
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Lion President Here Soon
The president of Lions Interna-
tional, Edward H. Paine, . whose
home is in Michigan City, Ind.,
will visit the Denison Lion or-
ganization Friday night, April' 2,
and a special meeting will be held
for the event at Hotel Denison.;
The club will dispense of it* regu-
lar meeting which is on Wednes-
day noon and carry it forward to
Friday night. Mr. Paine is on a
tour of the southwest in interest
of Lionism.
V
James Heads B. P. O. E. Again
At a regular meeting ®f the
Elks club Wednesday night, the
present incumbent, E L. James,
exalted ruler, was named to suc-
ceed himself. Other members of
the staff of officers are C. J.
Corcoran, esteemed leading
knight; W. M. Lindsey, esteemed
lecturing knight; fl. L. Wilis,
secretary; Ralph Geisenhoner,
treasurer; Frank R. Bryan, tiler;
Robert M. Sherburn, trustee.
R. M. Fowlfer was named es-
teemed loyal knight.
mental and physical tests in two
days and be set for aviation cadet
training when they reach draft
age.
Completion of an aviation cadet
course means graduation as a
flight officer or a second lieuten-
ant-Colonel Arnold said.
Howell Fatal Injury to Workman
Fatal injuries were sustained
Tuesday by Henry D. Latham, a
workman engaged as an appren-
tice mechanic at the Guy F. At-
kinson Co., shop on the Denison
dam project. He was working
underneath a car which had
been jacked up and left standing
on supporters when another ma-
chine being moved into the shop
struck the car on which Latham
was working, knocking it off tie
blocks. The weight fell on Lath-
am and crushed him badly. He
died soon after in a Sherman
hospital.
Surviving are his widow, a son,
Clifton, three daughters, Mrs.
Mattie Enzy, Mrs. Jettie Ste-
phens, Lovington, and Mrs.
Vera Jean Henson, Duncan,
Okla. Brothers are Frank, George
and Wesley, and sisters are Mrs.
Minnie Titbjon, ,Wichita Falls,
Mrs. Cassie Neeld, Cartwright,
Okla., and Mrs. Mary Brown,
Pinto, Okla.
Interment was at Dixie, with
Short-Murray directing.
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Denison Debaters In Mo. '
Two Denison high school debat-
ers, Billy Earl Campbell! and Ed-
gar Lee Ball, who have been win-
ning honors this year, are this
week in Lexington, Mo., where
they have gone in response to an
invitation to meet with outstand-
ing debating teams from over the
country.
The invitation was sent the
Denison boys by L. B. Wikoff,
secretary-treasurer of the Went-
worth Academy. A te«m has rep-
resented Denison at that institu-
tion for several years.
V
Spillman Named Lion Director
Leo Spillman, manager of
Lingo-Leeper company, was
named on the staff of Lion direc
tors this week to flil the vacancy
made by M. D. Richards leaving
the city. Mr. Richards, who has
managed the local Kress store for
four years, was transferred to
Amaiillo.
V —
Mrs. Merty Thompson of Mc-
Kinney is visiting Mrs. Hattie
Waters at 919 W. Murry St.
Denison put the 1943 Red Cross
War fund across in fine style
and the contributions were still
coming in Saturday night, the
campaign to raise the city's quota
of $10,500 having been, complet-
ed in less than 20 days thus es-
tablishing an all-time record for,
the city's contribution to this
worthy cause. Saturday the fund
was over-subscribed $200 and
offerings were still coming in.
Of the amount raised 28 per cent
remains in Denison for Red
Cross aid and the remainder goes
to national headquarters.
The manner in which the cam
paign has been conducted and led
by Oliver R. Hayes, Rev. J. E.
Spivey, and assisted by the vari-
ous workers under them, is a
matter of which the city is just-
ly proud and their efforts are
deserving of highest praise.
In reaching the quota first
among the larger centers of the
county Denison is living up to its
record of the past. Monday both
Mr. Hayes and Rev. Spivey gave
public expression of the apprecia-
tion of the manner in which the
program was backed by the work-
ers and supported by the people
in general.
Judge Tom Suggs, Grayson war
fund chairman, extended his con-
gratulations for the fine manner
in which Denison responded and
stated "I am proud of the record
Ddnison made and want full
credit to go to those who have
worked untiringly to make the
campaign a success."
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Father Jennings III
Charles Jennings, 94-year-old
father of the Jennings brothers
here, all of whom are engaged in
the furniture business, was re-
ported seriously ill Wednesday at
the home of a son, Frank, 102?
W. Bond. He will he 95 next
April. He at one time drove his
herds over the ground now occu-
pied by Denison.
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Johnson New Merchants' Head
At a regular meeting of the
members of the Denison Retail
Merchants association this week,
Adolph Johnson, first vice-presi-
dent was named president, taking
the place of Chas. Harris, re-
signed. M. K. Jones was stepped
up to first vice-president, and
E. J. Lilley was named second
vice-pnesident. Mr. Harris gave as
his reason for resigning the
pressing of business duties.
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IT'S (A BOY
Born to Mr. and Mrs LeRoy
M. Anderson, Jr., at Durant,'
Okla., Sunday morning at 3:40, a
boy weighing 6 lbs. and 8 o*.
and a perfect likeness of Its
father. Mother doing fine, baby
likewise and has been named
Louis Robert Anderson, after an
uncle and a grandfather.
Allied Headquarters, North Af-
rica, March 25.—The last mount-
ain! barrier which gives full com-
mand of the Rommel lifclino was
removed by American troops on
Thursday and a cordon h is bf-e.i
thrown around the en eta/. Tha
Axis coastal line is only twenty-
eight miles away.
In fan-like shape, the forces of
Lt. Gen. Geo. S. Patton spread
out on both sides of the highway
a few miles short of Mezzounn,
where airfields have alreadv been
pounded to pieces by the 155-mil-
imeter rifles of the Americans.
The British Eighth Army is at
grips with the Axis forces 75
miles to the southwest in an ap-
parent stalemate after earlie- pen-
etrationhs made by the English had
been wiped out.
A third prong is carrying out
successful offensive operations
and is being driven in Rommel's
positions.
Patton personally congratulated
his men for beating off two strong
Axis counter attacks.
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VICTORY BAND CONCERT
BRINGS TOTAL OF $728
Announcement was made fol-
lowing the Victory Band concert
given by the high school band
Friday night at the school audi-
torium, that a total of $728 was
raised. The fund was realized
through the medium of each per-
son being admitted by present-
ing at the door a 215 cent war
[stamp or a )>ond.
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Miss Heimburger Honored
Miss Clara ^Heimburger was
honored recently at a tea at the
home of the sponsor of Alpha
Chi, honorary society for out-
standing scholarship at Texad
State College for Women. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Heimburger, 1210 W.
Woodard street.
Members of Alpha Chi are se-
lected by their scholastic rating
in upperclassmen work. Miss
Heimburger is a junior student
and is majoring in clothing and
textiles. .
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New Location Rationing Board
A new location for the Denison
ration board is annpunced and of-
fices will be on the first floor of
the Security building where the
Blue Boh.net cafe has been op-
erating. The board had its quar-
ters on the second floor of the
same building and the new stand
will be greater convenience to the
public.
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Attending Circle Meet
Headed by Mrs. S. P. Wlllard,
several Denison people are at-
tending the state convention of
Woodmen Circle in Dallas this
week. Sessions are being held
at the Adolphus and will close
today
Attending with Mrs. Willard
are her secretary, Mrs. Dorothy
Hayes Lowe, Mrs. Nellie Cox,
Mrs. Massye Cappelle, Mrs.
Nora Coonrod, Mrs. Margaret
Vandergriff, Mrs. Kathleen Gan-
ter, state auditor, and Mrs.
Alice Walker, state historian.
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WAAC MARTENS
COMPLETES TRAINING
Ela M. Martens, route 3, Deni-
son, has completed her basic
training at the First Women's
Army Auxiliary, Corps Training
center at the army administrative
itchool at F-ast Texas State
Teachers College. Commerce and
will receive additional training in
a specialized school. After that
she will take -over an important
behind-the-line army job to re-
lease a soWier for combat duty.
V <
An Appendectomy
Word was received Saturday
night by Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy M.
Anderson, 926 W. Sears, iK*t a
daughter. Mrs. J. A. Braswcit,
who recently moved to Pa'hart,
underwent an operation for ap-
pendicitis at Dalhart *i\ti r<:n>\
She is recovering nice'y.
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