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VOLUME 46.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FBI., MARCH 8, 193!i.
NUMBER 27.
Here's Praise to
Our Panhandle
Sandstorms
By JOHN L McCARTY
Editor, The Dalhart Taxen
Hall to our sandstorms!
The beauty that was Greece, the
glory that was Rome, the undying
honor that was due those immor-
tal heroes at the Alamo, and the
sleeping loveliness of an English
hillside in autumn are as noth-
ing compered with the genuine
Panhandle dust storm. Those
names and scenes that conjure up
some of the most magnificent
thoughts of the ages fade Into
oblivion when compared with our
superb and matchless sandstorms.
We pay tribute to this awe-inspir-
ing storm which in its sinuous
path across the mirage-infested
plains makes the native shieks of
the Sahara fall to their knees in
admiration and utter solemn praise
to Allah.
Yesterday as the sun, a gallant
sorrel steed, was winging its way
into the roseate tints of the golden
west, one of those magnificent
spectacles of nature bounded upon
Dalhart out of the Northwest. It
was Inspiring, as the giant gray
sand clouds surged and boiled for-
ward across the plains, leaving
the more slowly advancing purple
wall of dust behind. As the sun
shone on the sand swirling and
racing over the prairies, it glis-
tened like the armors of knights
of old who In phalanxes valiantly
charged the enemy.
People stood gaping in wonder
and astonishment as the great
bulging cloud rolled onward and
swelled upward toward the heav-
ens. The sun. scarce three feet
above the horizon, was wallowing
in a sickly pool of green and yel-
low clouds, mixed with the purple
tints of the advancing storm. It
was soon swallowed up by a great
tidal wave, a huge screen of dust
that pulled the folds of night's
fearful curtains about a small
world at the mercy of nature.
Then for hours the dust of many
states fell like heavy snow upon
the town, one soft, ebony chalk
sheet after another settling un-
til it seeped through every crevice
and settled into every tiny crack.
No home or store was free from
its feathery vapor. Like the fog of
London, it penetrated into every-
thing. The Panhandle sandstorm,
lipver given its due and fitting
recognition in song or literature or
py silver tongued orators, vvas |
complete master of everything, it J
wr.s majestic In its dignity, and j
strength. It was as beautiful in its
approach. Its technique of com-
pletely mastering the situation left i
nothing to the imagination. No
man. fowl or bea.it could escape
its fell influence, nor avoid feeling
Its inherent and potent power.
Even the fish in the Rita Blanca
Jake felt the weight of impending
sulfocation and rose to the sur-
face to churn the silt it deposited
on that wonderful body of water.
Let us pay a tribute to our
sandstorms. Since we have them,
let us recognize their true worth,
their real beauty and the dramatic
power they exert as a force of na-
ture. Let us proclaim with clarion
bugle blasts heard round the world
that we have here in the Panhan-
dle a spectacle of nature that rolls
more majestic than the mighty
Niagara, that sweeps onward with
a power far greater than the
Father of waters and for its awful
splendor, its terrible manifestation
(Continued On Page Two)
Armstrong Go's.
Birthday—Fri.
March 8,1935
The Royal Road To Romance
Friday, March 8th, Armstrong
County will be 45 years old. Al-
though this county was created
August 21st, 1870 it was not organ-
ized until March 8th, 1890.
In the legislative act creating
the county the name Armstrong!
was given to it in honor of "The!
Armstrong Family." It is not
known which Armstrong family!
was meant. There are several Arm-;
strongs who have been prominent
in Texas History. Among these
were James and Cavilt Armstrong
of the Constitutional Convention
of 1845. Other Armstrongs were
James U. Armstrong of the Sec-
cession Convention and Brig. Gen.
Frank C. Armstrong of the Con-
federate Army.
The area of Armstrong County,
as given in the act creating It. Is
870 square miles, but more recent
measurements put its area at 903
square miles. Its population ac-
cording to the 1930 census, is
3 329.—'Sixth Grade T°xas History
Class—John Wisdom. Teacher.)
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TUCKER-BltOWN
Mr. Charles C. Brown and Miss
Mae Tucker motored over to Pan-
handle and were quietly married
Thursday of last week, Rev. W i t
MeClung, Jr., pastor of the First'
Baptist Church, officiating.
Mr. Brown is general manager
of the road construction work be-
tween here and Conway, and has
lived at Claude for several months,
Mrs. Brown Is the daughter of
Mrs Lena Tucker and was reared
to womanhood at Claude. Their
many friends are offering con-
gratulations and join this paper
in wishing for them many days of
peace, happiness and prosperity.
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New Picture
THE EOITOR'S JOB
Janet Gaynor has no aversion Most anyone can be an Editor
to doing a bit of housework oc- j All you've got to do is sit at a
rationally — hut don't mention desk 12 months in the year and
j washing dishes to her! edit such stuff as this-
| For a long sequence in her cur- ..Mre. Bascom McGowan of Cedar
rent Fox Film vehicle, which comer, cji . ,,, „ ^eaai
to the Gem Theatre on Friday and la 'wc an n t ! TT "S"
(Saturday, "Servant's Entrance,' j CUt herseU m the
the tiny star stood at a big sink -A n]lschievious lnd of Q
I and launched imposing piles 01 threw a wuynvme
dirty plates, cutlery and glassware I s , lv inTp ?," ^ * L"
while her co-star. Lew Avres. sat r? .*?*^ Tuesday."
at an adjoining table and passed roof"f £"?h°Ur ,cll'nbed on the
area: t ic comment; f™' " . h; ."°lruse ltt,st week' '<**-
That the dishes were really « on pS,'^
'hi property men°ha^'spent V busy ingWJJ^ ^rj B™dyk WaS PSC0Urt-
' " ?H r bcror^nd in proper,v
SSL'SL'ZSIS ss irg'srs™,s
tic before the camera ^,®rady ^VRrttl times on
A , , inp public square.'
And to rnnlro it worse, they pro- • i u ,
needed with fiendish industry to, crpp'k- u/< * !, 'f' ' . Snoopers
' m":ir the newly-wn hod one-, a&ain Prichv vhen u , / Cat
flier eaeh iak« Moreover, Di- fhe varemla" ^ hlm on
sec:or Frank Lloyd insisted on a '
ford many -take- before the vari- u. ' ' 1 harnessing
I otts scenes in the sequence were 'V"r ay- was kicked
•ernpleted, which made the task ' ' e c°In"crib
I no easier. 1 lHo! Ho!
College: Studying Wild Life"
' r.n.7 I,"bar s Immortal Songs
Ketained In Film Version of
"THE MERRY WIDOW
Songs that will never die and
| Studying it? We
originated it.
thought they
'Ho! Ho!
Mis Charles Bagwell (in crowd-
i that have delighted the world for otJ bl|q' ,t0 hpr friend)—"I wish
'years, becoming ever increasingly
popular, are to come for the first
time to the talking screen with I
Ernst Lubitsch's massive produc-1
tion of "The Merry Widow," which
UNION SERVICE FRIDAY
In keeping with the proclama-
tion issued by Oov. Allred, setting
aside Friday, the eight, as a day
of fasting and prayer throughout
the State, thee will be a union
service at the High School Audi-
torium in Claude, beginning at
3:00 o'clock, Friday afternoon.
Everyone is especially invited to
attend this service, and observe
the Day as designated, as it is
for the Spiritual Moral, and Fin-
ancial recovery ot our Country,
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Canned Hominy
Cheapest Food
Says Supervisor"
The President
is Right, Our
is Rirfat
Result of the Supreme Court
decision, against the Gold Stand-
ard, was a temporary boom in the
stock market, which immediately
subsided. Grade A bond; rose, held
the advance.
Observations on t!ie decision,
whether favorable or unfavorable
j seemed to be that the Cnii:-t had
simply followed the law. Most
J editorial comment regretted that
the decision had been by so nar-
row a margin—in effect, one man
j had the power to make or break
! the policy of an Administration It
i is an interesting fact that this
Hughes, was once a Re-
Qur Boy Scouts
kins Better
Armstrong Co,
Federation to
Progress Now Meet March
of Troop 17. R. S/ A. as-
in the basement of the
Church, Friday night at
m.
Seout.
scmbled
Bapti !
7:30 p
Those attending were: Jr
'■if'ant Scoutmaster Lee liyrd, As-
ts'.ant Scoutmaster Mr. Howell,
and Scout. Billy Mobley, Joe Wat-
son, Bill McWhirter, Henry C.
jRoan and Cub Scout, Jack Mc-
The next regular meeting of the
Armstrong County Federation will
jbe held next Saturday, March 9th.
iat 2:30 o'clock, in the usual meet-
Whirter.
j Other
scouts were attending a
camp at Camp Wm. Warner at
the time of this meeting.
Tests were passed by Bill Mc-
Whirter. Ins'ruction in knot tying
was followed by being dismissed
candidate for the Pre-1 with the Scout Benediction, led
When Supreme Court, by Lee Byrd. -Reporter
is
a-
! Tap Pance "Mike"
CHICAGO • • • Sally O'Brien
(kbove), radio tap dancer, went
into her act yvith something new
(his week- A miniature michro-
rie wan suspended from her
to catch the detail titers of
ber Up-dar.cing.
Canned Hominy is a cheap nut-
ritions food. A 100 lbs. of corn
makes from 240 to 250 No. 2 cans
of Hominy. That makes the Homi-
ny minus the can cost less than
lc per can. The Relief furnishes
the cans for n per cent of the
Hominy. The producer gets from
Sift to 9H No. 2 cans of homing as
his part after the Relief takes Its
toll. The Producer may have as
few number of pounds canned as
he wishes.
Some prefer the white corn for
Hominy while others say the yel-
low corn makes a richer product.
Those who have had the Hominy
canned have been buying the
corn. A number of people who
have eaten the hominy say it
tastes like the old time lye Hominy
their mothers made. And it is
Our Government Bulletin says:
"Purplish products indicate a con-
dition of acid and pigment react-
ing with tin; not harmful if the
flavor and odor is good ". There-
fore, if you find a can black look-
ing when opened do not be alarm-
ed as it js harmless.
The Canning Kitchen will prob-
j ably be open for several weeks
; Supervisor.
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FOI'lt KILLED IN CAR
ACCIDENT
SHAMROCK. March 0 One en-
tire family and the head of an-
other f> ur persons In all -are
dead, victims of a traffic crash
last night near Alanreed.
Three others were injured se-
riously.
| The dead: Ralph Inman, 24
Mrs Ralph Inman, 18 Norma Jo
Inman, 2. their daughter. Ralph
E. Daly, 43. Mrs. Inman's father.
The injured: Mrs. Ralph Daly.
Mrs. J B. Springer. Miss Jakie
Cude.
All lived here.
The car in which all seven were
riding and a truck, driven by a
farmer, a Mr. Walker of near
Con way. collided two miles west
of Alanreed. The car was east-
bound: the truck, west, 011 High-
way No. 06.
The truck bed. extending over
the highway, tore the top from the
car.
man, Mr,
publican
sidency.
re taken, the Chief Ju ,ttcc
last, so that whan Mr.
Hughes' turn came the Court was
evenly divided and he had the
power to throw the balance either
way. Alio interesting is the fact
that the biting minority opinion
was read by Mr. McRcynolds, a
Democrat who served under Wil-
son as Attorney-General.
I sident wants the scale to be lower,
| so that workers will keep an eye
I out for private jobs will not be
i satisfied to work indefinitely for
| the government. Senator Glass
i l'ought on behalf of the Adminis-
tration to stop Congress from put-
| ting in the undesired provision,
but failed. Senator Glass then
As- ( inn place, the County Court room
I beck of Judge Mathew's office,
| The Baby Show which will be held
j on this same date, need not con-
| flict with this meeting, for there
j will still be plenty of time after-
words to see the babies and the
| awarding of the prizes.
j The Federation program
| follows:
Sub ject: Historical Texas,
! Leader—Worthy,
I Entertainment Sub-debs.
Histohette of Te.wv -Fairv
Round Table Discussion Is
as more Inteiestlng Today
Yesterday?
Club Song,
Collect
Remember the attendance
test Reporter,
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r \Pl K VI ST I!! PAI1) FOR
IF Ki AD
ew.
Tex-
thin
con-
thejsaid that the President would veto
the bill.
The Presidentv much-anticipat-
ed NRA message has gone to
Congress. If its recommendations
are followed, there will be less
After the Supreme Court,
Washington gaze focuses on Con-
gress. which Is exhibiting an un-
looked-for Independence. Before
the session started, most observers
forecast that the Pre: ident would
have a harder time getting what
he wants than he did last session.
But 110 one thought that opposi-
tion to his wishes would be as
strong as it is. At. this writing, the
work-relief bill is not yet passed
and it probably will not become
law for some weeks, as Congress
has done something the Pre ident
is strongly opposed to—made it! were completely abrogated when
obligatory to pay public works the NRA was first born, must be
employes wages as high as, those 1 put into force again. This obviously
paid by private industry. The Pre-j stems from the growing consumer '
Continued Bottom Next Colunui revolt agaict nine prices
Modern
to inflict
i subscriber
| paper, however
i take an c, arc
government control over industrial decision que
management, li"; bureaucratic re- paper, the suls i
glmentation of industry. Hours I f"1' payment
and wages provisions will be eon- j110,1 price if the
tinned but jail terms for NRA j1 :'om "1P l1"''1
offenders will be dropped. Price-
fixing will be modified or ellmlnat- Misses
ed—the President said significantly j 1 >o>. t by
that the anti-trust laws, which 1W. T. S
publishers do not wish
their publication upon
who do not desire the
should and mi -
•wiling to a recent
d by
Saturday
the Harrell ranc
Bennett home.
a Louisiana
iber is respon-
of the subxcrlp-
paper is taken
jffice.
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Esther Lou Bandy and
Bennett, students of the
T. r at Canyon, sv-cnt
and Sunday visiting at
and the W. P
opens Monday at the Gem Thea-
tre. No musical romance has ever
achieved the same worldwide pop-
ularity as "The Merry Widow's It
has been played in every country
and every language.
FAMILIAR STRAINS
The strains of the "Morn
Widow Waltz" are as familiar and
as loved today in Moscow as in
Buenos Aires, in New York as in
Peking. Mo light opera in history
has so perfectly and permanently
gripped the public.
All the famous songs of the
Franz Lobar masterpiece are to be
heard in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer':
presentation, co-starring Maurice
Chevalier and Janette MarDonald.
A Logical Gov-
ernment Under-
taking for AH
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WANT APS \ WOKl>
Cherry Pie Champion
One-Horse Open Sleigh
(UK AGO
National
In hi: address to Congress 0:1
! reposed public works for the cur-
rent year, the President laid down
certain broad principles on which
he wished the program to be
based. Among them were: That
projects be determined on the ba:i
•f the air.-un' of direct labor they
would provide: that the higher
v„ sible percentage of the money
spent g1 into pay envelopes; that
the wo.k produce thine;, that would
be of defini • public usefulness;
that projects be of a type that
would not compete with private
endeavor.
Few public works projects could
better fit those principle than
grade-crossing elimination The
great bulk of every dollar spent
would go to labor, both on the Job
and in heavy industries—paint
cement, steel etc providing neces-
sary supplies. No private bu•'no-
would be harmed And the pubis
would not only receive the boom I
of stimulated purchasing power
but would bo benefited in another
vastly important field- -safety.
Thousands of people have been I
killed at grade cro ines; each
year bring its heavy toll. Only
a : mnll proportion of the thou- I
-•ends of existing crossing arc ade-1
quantely protected Past campaigns
to eliminate crossings have pro-
duced some results—but lack of
funds has brou .lit . uch work al-
most to a stop
No work is more in the publis |
Interest than grade-crossings el-
imination and its eost should be
borne entirely by the public in-
stead of the railroads bocau
everyone in the country woul
the benefit.
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STOP: LOOK' LISTEN
good-looking man would give
me his seat."
Six men rose.
-<Ho! Ho!
Oscar Grumke to Imogone Col-
ins v bo he is bouncing on his
knee: "Do you like riding on my
knee?"
Imogenc: "Not much. You see,
I on^s had a ride 011 a real don-
key."
(Ho! Ho!
BOX SUPPER and OLD TIME
FIDDLERS CONTEST Friday,
March 8th, at High School Audi-
torium.
(Ho! Ho!)
1). Carroll—"You certainly have
acute appendicitis."
Doris Aldridge—"Oh. doctor, you
flatter me!"
(Ho! Ho!)
A1 Slay "I can't for the life of
me see what keeps the girls from
freezing these cold days."
Bob Taylor: "Maybe you ain't
intended to see, Al."
(Ho! Ho!)
Toot. Caldwell: "My wife and I
re such inseparable companions."
Jack Hudson: "My wife never
lets mo out of her sight, either."
(Ho! Ho!)
Irby Brummett: "Hey come back
■re! P< iter wants to see you."
Bob Campbell: "Did he ask for
me personally?"
Irby: "No; ho said he'd like to
e the fellow who could loaf eight
hours a day and get paid for it."
(Ho! Ho!)
Mrs W. E. Spill man: "Why
ti've losL your arm, haven't you?"
R C Benton: "Well, I'il be
iarnod if I haven't!"
-(Ho! Ho!)
Vivi n Moore: Where do you
come from?"
Mrs Lawrance Bylor "South
Dakota."
Vivian: "Why, you don't talk
like a southerner"
(Ho! Ho')
M N Carter—How do you ac-
count for the phenomenon of dew?
Flo\ Hood The earth revolves
on its axi< every twenty-four hours
and in consequence of the tre-
mendoic pace, it perspires freely."
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A Want Ail Brings Results
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Couldn't Stand Riches
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w-hrpsks
IIYD's PAEK, N. V. . . . Preside);) R csevelt got away from official
\Va •inn. '.on c;.iv r a shovt tv>" '.'ay i. st at li... heme here. The
rmow c.vireii hilis '• (.Kent-i!, so in a mu-hor.-e open *'• igh he went
for an old ii i>n ride with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mis. John ttoetuger.
iherry pie haling championship
1 nes to lnet Tudiiim (aU've), of
Marshall, Minn. Miss, Todnem was
•tate champion before competing
here against other >tate winners
lor national honors. The winning
pie is to go to President Roosevelt.
Three-in-one. A groat night of
fun coming this week. An OLD
FIDDLERS contest Just like you
like it' Then "Dutch" Montoll in
person is to give some demonstra-
tions as to how to rat a pie. Pol-
lowing this he will auction boxes
to the highest bidder
For this night you will be
admitted to the High School Audi-
torium for 15c. To see -'Dutch'' oat
the pie will be worth more than
anybodies 15c. He says "my favorite
pie is peaches, so bettor have one
of them for me."
School pupils 10c All others 15c
Any lady with a box will be
admitted free.
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NEW YORK ... Frank Gseges,
f>7. (above), a tired "sandwich
man" who found stocks worth
545,000 on Wall Street a few weeks
at" and was rewarded with a job
ar.d uifts, has broken under the
st ain of rich food and money in
the pocket. He is now in the
psychopathic ward of a hospital
here as a result of delusions of
grandeur.
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