Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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K Eds. Hugh Davis
Cited for Bravery
■ in Naval Battle
Dr. Junes A. Brown, a lieuten-
ant commander In the navy aboard
the cruiser Astoria when she was
sunk near Guadalcanal Island ear
ly in August, praised a former
Claude boy, Hugh Davis, for ex
treme bravery under fire of the
eaemy.
In a talk with Dr. Brown, he
told of the horrlablc experiences
while doctoring wounded and dying
men on the vessal before it sank,
and of the horrows of men Jumping
into shark Infested waters near the
Guadalcanal Island.
Dr. Brown also stated "that En-
sign Hugh Davis went through a
raging inferno of oil below deck and
rescued several men. Everybody
thought the task was Impossible, but
Ensign Davis did it."
No further details of the battle
could be learned, however Hugh is
at present on the U8S Nautilus,
one of our largest submarines.
Mr. Davis was born and reared
at Claude, where he graduated from
the Claude High School In 1930.
Since that time he attended college
at Austin followed by several years
work in Houston, then he entered
the navy where he was receiving
training when the war broke out.
His mother, Mrs. Snow Davis, now
lives at Muleshoe, Texas. #
(Clattto
"The Oldest and Best Read County
Seat Weekly in the Panhandle"
VOLUME 52.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 1942.
NUMBER 9.
MILLER-WATKINS
At 7:00 o'clock, Monday evening,
Oct. 12, 1942, Miss Marie Watklns.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M.
Watklns of Ashtola, Texas, became
the bride of Cpl. Vernon Miller, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller of
Goodnight, Texas.
The *simple ceremony was per-
formed in the parsonage of the
Methodist church of Claude, with
Rev. Michael officiating.
The bride was attractively dress-
ed in a dark brown suit, with brown
and gold accessories.
Mrs. Miller is a graduate of the
Goodnight High School and attend-
ed the Clarendon Junior College.
She is at the present employed by
the Armstrong County ACA office
and will continue her work there
for awhile. Cpl. Miller attended
Goodnight High School and is now
In the Signal Corps, being station-
ed at Drew Field, Florida. #
LOCAL RED CROSS
The rural women are making a
very substantual progress in helping
ataln the garment quotas each
month. Due to the tire situation,
these ladies over the county can-
^ not go to the red cross room on
regular work days, but they solve
the problem by having a represen-
tative from their individual com-
munities take out loads of cut ina-
V terlals and pass out among them
doing the sewing in their own
home. The Wayside women have
recently returned a number of wool
shirts and bath robs, ready for
^ shipment and taken out other gar-
ments to work on. The Goodnight
women have pieced and quilted
two quilts and a number of hospi
tal robs. They have taken a whole
I bolt of material for hospital gowns
and will do the cutting as well as
the sewing Goodnight has also
turned In some nice knitted gar-
ments.
The women at Llano have made
eighteen soldier comfort kits.
The chairman wishes to ship
eighty of these kits this month, so
she urges anyone who wishes to
help with them to ca'.l for the ma-
terial as soon as |>osslble. Mrs.
Arch Watson has made a number
to be used as patterns.
Tom Henry Miller has completed
two more wool sweaters, «
County Receives
Heavy Rains
Last Week
For the past several weeks the
Panhandle of Texas and other
places including Armstrong county,
have received rains, more rains and
still MORE RAINS. This editor
Gver-lcokcd to publish this fact for
the benefit of our subscribers who
live in other parts of the Good
Old USA.
For several weeks many farmers
have not been able to cut and bind
their feed while the feed crops of
lh:s year have been abundent for
all farmers. Many cars and pick-
ups have been 'stuck' while trying
to get to Claude for groceries and
to bring In milk, butter, eggs and
other stuff they have for the mar-
ket here. Fields are too muddy to
get into to do work of any kind.
While some were praying fo'
rain, we presume that there are
others who are praying for the
rain to stop Just now. Following
each big rain we looked for cold
weather to set in; but so far the
rains came but no freezing weather
followed. With the permission of
the weather man, we can stand 30
or 40 days of sunshine and while
this is on we will be able to save
thousands of dollars worth of feed.
With this feed, farmers will be able
to take proper care of the cow, the
sow and the hen, that CASH CROP
that properly feeds and clothes the
farmers and at the same time, pays
off past due accounts and at last
but by no means least, pay off
back taxes, present taxes and allows
them to lay by money for future
taxes, which is going to hit most
of us like "a thousand of brick"
before this war is over.
TWO SISTERS OVER 100
Perhaps the only two living mem-
bers in one family who have pass
ed the century mark are Mrs. Lucy-
Thompson, 103, Marlbel, N. C., and
Mrs. Delia Parker, 101, New Bern,
N. C. They are sisters and colored
The oldest is blind and unable to
leave her home, but the younger is
still active and in good health. #
Americans couldn't take going
hungry very well for they have
been used to biting off more than
they could chew lor years! #
Will Rogers'
Humorous Story
By WILL ROGERS
r ITTLE Joey was at home rocking
the cradle of hi ten mouthi
M brother. In the same room *u
Mrs. Jones who had come to visit
V hia maw. Joey'f mother had chosed
this very moment to run out into
the kitchen to aee the grocoryman
•bout the vittlea. All of a sudden
the baby began to cry aomthiog
**•$0^," aald Mra. Jonea, "Yould
better run out and get your mother.
I think the baby ia aick. or needs
to he chanted."
"New." said little Joey, "when he
Brat came here I tried to have him
changed fer a bicycle. But mama
wouldn't de it"
RATIONING
Price Administrator Henderson an-
nounced a five-step Government
plan to keep every passenger car
"rolling for essential mileage" thru-
out the war: (1) Rationing of used
tires and recaps, and new tires now
In stock, to provide as far as pos-
sible the minimum essential mile-
age to each of the nation's passen-
ger cars; <2> actual control of eacli
car's mileage through the rationing
of gasoline to prevent unnecessary
driving and to hold the national
average down to 5,000 miles per car
per year; (3) compulsory periodic
Inspection of all tires to guard a-
galnst abuse and to prevent wear
beyond the point where they can
be recapped; (4) denial of gasoline
and of tire replacement to cars
whose drivers persistently violate
the nattona 35-mile-an-hour speed
limit; (5i capacity use, through car
sharing, of every car on every trip
so far as possible.
Fuel oil comsumers in the 30 states
affected by oil rationing will be able
to obtain their ration application
forms from their dealers soon after
October 13 and should fill them out
as soon as possible and mail or de-
liver them to local war price and
rationing boards, OPA said. Fuel
oil ration coupons for private dwel-
lings will b" worth 10 gallons each
for the first heating period—October
and November—the OPA announced
Coupon sheets for the entire five
periods of the heating season will
be Issued shortly, OPA said, but
only those for the firs! period will
be assigned a definite gallonage
value in order to "assure flexibility"
hi fuel oil allotments. #
CIVILIAN SUPPLY
The War Production Board cut
the production of 11 ash light batter-
ies 50 percent and other types of
dry cell batteries 10 percent from
last year's levels. The Board an-
nounced that on construction using
non-metallic materials and equip-
ment to Insulate buildings so that
uel can be saved may be undertak-
en without specific authorization.
The order will not apply to con-
struction begun prior to January 1.
1943. No heavy forged hand tools
such as bars, hammers, picks, tongs
etc., which do not conform to the
size, type, grade finish, weight and
quality established by WPB, may tf
produced except on approval of the
Board, 'llie WPB ruled that plastic
tubes are not acceptable as turn-
ins for new tubes of toothpaste and
ihaving cream, and cut the per-
centage of tin which may be used
in toothpaste tubes and shaving
cream tubes tt
Russians Carry Out 'Scorched Earth' Policy
m
Two German soldiers dash madly lor safety as a terrific blast set
an oil dump afire behind their lines. Russians "hj remain. .I behind t
make sure that the "scorched earth" policy was effectively carried ni
blew up ihe oil wells at Krasnodar, ev n after the Ccrma'is had maw
in. This piiolo, which reached here via London, came l'r:im a:> e::.:r,
source.
Maximum Prices Save Residence
and Rent Control from Fire by
Now Underway Checking Now
The OPA reported October 11 that
it Is extending the Government
rent-control program to embrace
practically the entire urban popula-
tion of the country, and' orders re-
ducing and stabilizing rents on
November 1 for all living quarters
of 97 more defense-rental areas are
being Issued immediately. The or-
ders bring under Federal control
the residential rents in every large
city in the country with the excep-
tion of New York City. Rents are
being cut back to the levels prevail-
ing last March 1 in all the areas
except one—Orlando, Florida where
the maximum rent date is being
moved back to October 1, 1941. |
Price Administrator Henderson an-;
nounced a new alternative pricing
formula, effective October 15, for
the following groups of food pro-1
ducts: breakfast cereals, canned l
fish, coffee, sugar, cooking and
salad oils, cannel vegetables, dried
fruit, lard rice hydrogeneted shor-
tenings and other shortenings. The
action which will result in "slightly
higher prices" for consumers, was
taken to relieve pressure on whole-
salers and retailers caught between
March quotations under the general
regulation and the amounts they
must pay producers. Mr. Henderson
said the groups of food affected re-1
present about 15 percent of all1
food purchased in the nation's 575,-
000 food stores. Mr. Henderson said
American Housewives should check
the prices of food brought under'
price control last week by making
a list of the prices paid from Sep-
Etvause the purchase of some
types of new stoves is now limited
by government order, Marvin Hall
State Fire Insurance Commissioner,
declares it is more important than
ever to carefully check stove*
and heating equipment before they
are placed in use for the winter
Otherwise you might lose your
residence from FfRI;. Carelessness
and hurried installation of stoves
at the beginning of fall may causc
loss of y.?ur home. It Is more im-
portant than ever for us to see
that our heating equipment is
in good condition and will not
cau.se a destructive fire.
Carefully check chimneys and
Hues, for holes through which
sparks may escape, especially in
the attic and at the roof line;
clean thoroughly to prevent flue
fire:;. Examine stoves and old pipes
for rust holes and loose joints.
Set stoves and furnaces a safe
distance from combustible walls and
ccilings or protect with shields
of asbestos, metal over asbestos
or metal separated from combusti-
ble surface by air space.
If metal pipes pass through
walls or ceilings protect the wood-
work with a ventilated thimble.
Use metal mats under stoves, v
We thought we wotdd get bicycles
and they make them hard to get,
so we may be riding on scooters,
yet. #
tember 28 to October 2 for the var-
ious items of the same quantity and
quality. #
Chinese to Fight Under 'Vinegar Joe"
Church of Christ
Gospel Meeting
Continues Here
Church History Friday Evening
The Gospel Meeting at the church
of Christ will continue until Sun-
day night, Oct. 25th. The gospel of
Christ just as revealed in the New
Testament has been the basis for
each lesson.
On Friday night the lesson will
be a lecture on "Church History".
Everyone should know the history
of the church, the decline during
the "dark ages", the origin of many
modern religious practices and the
gradual return to the restoration of
New Testament Christianity.
Saturday evening: "What Must I
Do To Be Saved?"
Sunday morning: "I Go Fishing"
Sunday evening: "Safety First"
Everyone will receive a hearty
welcome. #
L1ENT. DEVERE B. WALKER
Atlanta, Oct. 23, Devere B. Walker
25, of Claude, Texas, has been
commissioned a second lieutenant in
the Marine Corps, it was announc-
ed here today.
Lieutenant Walker, who has been
serving with the Marine Corps
for nine mounths, was on duty
with the Fleet Marine Force as
a corporal at the time of his ap-
pointment. He is the son of Mrs.
Selma Walker, of Claude, Texas, it
Hayfever Mermaid
THE 18-19 YEAR-OLDERS GO
TO SOON.
With the selective service age
limits certain to be lowered to
inculde men of the 18-19 year-old
bracket, the United States Navy
is launching a concerted campaign
to acquaint the youth of today, as
well as the parents of these boys
with the advantages the Navy
has to offer, Lieut. L.H. Ridout Jr.,
officer in charge of the Dallas
Naval recruiting station, has an-
nounced. #
APPLES AGAIN FEATURED
VICTORY FOOD
Fresh apples will again be fea-
tured as a Victory Food Special,
October 22 through 31, by all local
food outlets, Mr. Dan L. Boyd,
Area Supervisor, said, tt
WAR TAXES
The Senate passed and sent to
conference with the House the 1942
War Revenue Bill which the Trea-
sury estimated will yield $9 billion
in new revenue annually. Of this
total, approximately $1,706 million
would be refundable because the
bill provides an extra 5 percent "vic-
tory tax" on all individual incomes
above $12 a week—part of which
would be refunded as a credit on
other taxes a year later or as a
post-war refund. The New Bill will
make 42 to 44 million persons sub-
ject to Federal taxes, compared
with 28 million at present, and will
biing total Federal revenue up to
$26 billion a year #
While getting relief from her
sneezes via the gulf breezes near
Calveston, Texas, pretty blond
Jean Merrick, a hayfever sufferer
from Milwaukee, Wis., chanced up-
on the ingenious device of making
a bathing suit from a batch of
cotton handkerchiefs she took
along.
A complete gasoline refinery Is
to be shipped to Russia under the
lend-lease program. The refinery is
to be selected from among those in
operation in Texas oil fields, one
especially adapted to the production
of high octane gas to be used as
fuel in war planes. #
Into the scrap metal pile at Hart-
ford, Conn., went the 5-ton bronze
statue. 18 feet tall, tliat stood for
P5 years on top of the Connecticut
Statehouse. After the hurricane of
1938. Governor Hurley ordered it
taken down and it was stored in
the basement. Ironically enough,
the statue was "Made hi Germany"
and It's going back. it
The Claude woman who Insists j
on dragging the family skelton cut!
of the closet usually hides some of'
the bones. #
A Chinese expeditionary force in Burma, which escaped to India by
weeks of travel through the Jangle and tropical swamps, without food
supplies or medical attention, Is being re-formed and made ready for the
fight under "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell. General Stllwell Is shown (center)
observing the elect at Chinese gunners using geld pieces (applied by the
United Main.
RENT-SAVING AMENDMENT
ON NOVEMBER 3 BALLOT
An economy measure for Texas
to stop the state's paying out over
$100,000 a year for office rent in
Austin, will be before the voters
In the Nov. 3 general election, it
was pointed out in a joint state-
ment of Sen. George Moffett of
Chilllcothe and Rep. Herbert F.
Brawnier of Joshua.
Adoption of a constitutional
amendment to apply the present
rent payments to construction of a
state office building, and perma-
nently ending this huge outlay for
rent, will achieve this purpose, the
legislators declared.
Sen. Moffett and Rep. Brawnier
are co-authors of the amendment
which appears on the general elec-
tion ballot as amendment No. 5.
They pointed out that both the
house and the senate gave it vir-
tually unanimous approval, in sub-
mitting it for a vote of the people.
The proposed state office build-
ing will not be started, they stress-
ed, until after the war, when build-
ing materials are available without
interfering with the war effort.
The amendment permits the state
to pay for the building entirely out
of money it is now spending for
rent. Further, It makes the short-
term bond issue to finance the
building eligible for Investment of
the state permanent school fund,
which means that the state would
pay Itself all the interest on the
bond Issue. The measure is favored
by the state educational authorities
who have charge of safely Invest-
ing the permanent school fund. #
Three Minute Sermon
By Rev. Kenneth S. Wuest,
Member of Faculty
The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago
HOW TO HAVE
VICTORY OVER SIN
Text: "Sin shall not have domin-
ion over you: for ye are not under
the law, but under grace."- Romans
6:14. The promise in this text
is to the Christian; that is to the
person who has received the Lord
Jesus as his personal Saviour
from sin that Saviour who died
on the Cross for him and whose
precious blood cleansed him from
sin.
The unsaved person has a nature
that gives him the desire to sin.
Should some good influence.-; caus
him to try to live a life hi which
sin is not so evident, and he trier
to get victory over certain sins,
he finds himself powerless to dc
so, for his evil nature forces him
to keep on sinning.
But in case of a Christain, God
broke the power of the sinful
nature when He saved him The
sinful nature has no more control
over him, except that control
which the believer allows it tc
have. God does not take away
the evil nature, but He does break
its power. God also gives that
believer a new nature, the devine
nature, which gives him both the
desire and the power to obey Him
(11 Pet. 1:4)
What should the believer do
if there is a sin in his life, or
when he Is confronted with
temptation? Paul says, "Reckon ye
also yourselves to be dead indeed
unto sin" (Rom. 6:11). He means
by that that the believer should
count upon the fact that since
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HQPumiMfHifaL
Hitch Hiker: "Did you havf
much rain out here?"
Carlyle Goodger: "Yes but my
neighbor over there had more."
Hitch Hiker: "How could that be,
just across the fence?"
Carlyle: "He has more land."
Mrs. Vernon Miller: "Now that
we are married, you'll give me a
ring, won't you Vernon?"
Vernon: "Certainly, what's your
phone number?"
Jerks: "What's the Idea of the
crutches? Auto crash?"
Jinks: "I got hit by a flying
fortress at a basement bargain
sale!"
Youthful Bride: "I sure have got
my husband where he eats out of
my hand."
Older Bride: "Saves a lot of
dishwashing, doesn't it?"
COSTLY PAROLE
As ar. example of evil resulting
from the parole system, J. Edgar
Hoover offers the case of one Adolf
Hitler. As an Austrian paperhanger
twenty years ago he was convicted
"of violent and treasonable demon-
strations against his government,"
and imprisoned in Munich. Against
the advice of the Bavarian police
director he was paroled. How many
millions of lives and billions of
dollars in war wastage could have
been saved had Hitler been kept
in jail! #
ITcroes of Miilwav
Teacher: "Durwood, this is the
third time I've caught you looking
at Larry's paper."
Durwood Averytt: "I know It, but
he dcesn't write very plain."
Tom O'Daniel (rervously) "Fat,
I-er, I think you're wanted on the
phone."
Fat Hood: "You think? What
makes you say, I think?"
Tom: "Well, whoever it was at
the other end said 'Is that you,
you old idiot?"
Mise Washington was sporting a
colorful shirt.
"How many yards do it take to
make a shirt lak dat one?" twitted
a friend.
"Yards," echoed Mose. "Say, Ah
got me two shirts like dis outen
one yard las' night."
Luther Lowery: "Gee, doctor, I'm
glad that's over, it was my first
operation and I was nearly scared
to death."
Youthful Surgeon: "Yes, I know
just how you feel. It's my first
one too."
Young father: In your sermon
this morning you spoke about a
baby being a new wave on the
ocear. of life."
Minister: "That's right."
Young father: "Don't you think
a fresh squall would have been
nearer the truth?"
Herby: "Who owned the smallest
radio in the world?"
Wcldon: "I give up Who did?"
Herby: "Paul Revere—he broad-
cast from one plug".
R, y Whelchel: "A naturalist says
in this book that fish have no
means r.f communication."
B Waggoner: That must be why
they never respond when I drop
them a line."
"Now look. Blaine," said the
lieutenant to Walker Blaine, which
was on maneuvers, "you and Jones
started digging at the same time.
How come his pile of dirt half
again as big as yours?"
"Well, sir," replied Walker, "he's
digging a bigger fox-hole than I
am."
"Are you sure your husband
really goes hunting on those hunt-
ing trips he's always taking?" Mrs.
M. L, Hughlett asked.
"Oh, yes; absolutely," replied Mrs
Cleta Conrad.
"But he so rarely brings any
game home."
"That's what makes me certain
that he really goes."
"How much are these chickens?"
"They are $110 apiece."
"Did you raise them yourself?"
"Yes, they were 85 cents last
week. 1 had to raise them."
Frank DeHart: I wish I could
be a great doctor T'd like to be a
bone specialist."
Mary Ann Walker: "You've got a
good head for it."
Salesman: "Here's a nice feature
in this suit—a change pocket with
a zipper to prevent losses."
John Jasper: "Haven't you one
with a combination lock? Zippers
mean nothing to my wife."
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Dallas 3. Bergeron and his broth-
er, Frederick Paul, who were re
cently awarded Distinguished Flying
Crosses for their part In the battle
of Midway. The two boys, who hail
from Freeport, Texas, were riled
for having "participated in bomb-
ing and strafing of fleeing enemy
light forces as gunners of scout-
planes which obtained bomb hits on
a Jap ship." The brothers were
tee orated, with 34 other offlcers and
men. at a mass ceremony aboard a
•hip at Pearl Harbor.
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