Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
At the right of your name
addressed on this paper
you will find the date
your subscription expires
to The Claude News. You
should always keep this
date a year In advance!
Subscriptions to The News
only $1.60 In this trade
territory and $2.50 outside.
Better Farms
and
Better Farmers
Every Home
of
Armstrotif County
"The Oldest and Best Read County
Seat Weekly in the Panhandle"
MR. BUSINESS MAN
FIVE per cent of your
gross income should be set
aside for newspaper ad-
vertising every year. Try
it in THE CLAUDE NEWS
and watch your business
grow by leaps and bounds.
Call 97 today and our ad-
vertising man will help
you figure your advertising.
VOLUME 52.
"Located in the Heart of the Panhandle"
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 1941.
"On the Rim of the Palo Duro Canyon"
NUMBER 22.
Domino and "42"
Tournament to be
Held Thurs, Jan 30
CELEBRATION OF PRESIDENT'S
BIRTHDAY IN COMMUNITY
HOME THURS. EVENING
Who are the champion domino
and forty-two players in Armstrong
County? Maybe you are one of them.
Plans for the celebration of the
President's Birthday In this co' .ity
will be in the "form of a domino
and forty-two tournament to be
held In the Community Home next
Thursday, Jan. 30th. Select your
cwn partner and olay with him
(or her) the whole evening. Pro-
gression will be In couples.
The cost of admission will be 25e
for each person. Pie (10c) and
coffee (5c) will be served. The
money goes to the infantile paraly-
sis fund. Fifty per cent of the
money is kept in this county, and
the other fifty per cent is sent to
the National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis. Let's all do our
bit to help fight this dreaded dis-
ease. Come to th? party Thursday
night; give a dime and wear a but-
ton—that may help the youngster
around your corner.
JOHN T. MORRIS,
County. Chairman.
BASKETBALL GOODNIGHT
Two basket ball games, one girls
and one boys, with Alanreed High
School teams, will be played in the
Goodnight gym on Friday, Jan.
24th at 7:30 o'clock. Admission will
be 10c-25e. Everyone's presence will
be appreciated.
Home Via Axis
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vhen the Axis itok ovc, an':;-: !i-
Mew Yurk from Lisbcn. TV !ile.
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m E':rl;n.
FORD, HEARST & HIGHER
WAGES
Remember when Henry Ford es-
tablished a minimum wage of $5.00
per day for his employees—and was
denounced by business men on all
sides, who declared that the coun-
try would be ruined by such reck-
lessness? He lias done more to ele-
vate the scale of wages and the
standard of living for the working
people than any other man; and
now he is condemned by the very
ones he befriended, for not per-
mitting the unions to run his busi-
ness; they should give him a flock
of medals instead. William Randolph
Hearst is another who has wasted
time and money fighting for the
betterment of the common people
. . . Shame on such hypocrisy.
- IN MEMORY -
I like a man like Mi. Best.
A man both brave and strong.
One that always stood the test
Against things that were wrong.
I like a man. like this my friend
That all his days did labor,
His aim was ever to the end
To be a better neighbor.
His body sleeps, his dteds still live
As beacon lights to guide us,
Strength and courage to us will give
As waves of life betide lis.
—Written by a Friend
Washington Digest
to Have Test Run
in Claude News
If you will look on the Inst page
of this week's Claude New ; you will
see a new feature called "Washing-
ton Digest" which we are giving a
test run of about a month and a
half. If we do not have any com-
ments or interest in this feature
we will be compelled to discontinue
this feature after that time.
After reading it over for a week
or so droj) The Claude News a card
or the next time you see the editor
give him your views of the feature.
If you enjoy reading it and would
like to see it continued we will be
more than glad to do so.
The reason we are making this
test run is due to the fact that the
feature costs quite a bit of money
and if our readers are not interested
enough in reading it and comment-
ing on the same we do not wish
to continue it. Please let us know
what you think about it after a
week or so's run. A postcard will
do, if you care to write.
Something Must
be Done About
Auto Accidents
"After a year or two if Improving
traffic safety record for Texas, 1940
has climbed back uphill with its
lists of dead and maimed on th;
highways of Texas.
"As a result, Texjas is facing more
than ever before t^e major problem
of doing something about the ma-
terial reduction of this tremendous
toll of life being exacted by motor
vehicles daily.
"The basic need is obstensibly a
strong legislative program which will
give the officers cf the state some
better tools with which to control
traffic accidents.
"Such powerful organizations as
the Texas Federation of Women's
clubs and the Texas Congress of
Parents and Teachers have made
this program a first order of busi-
ness for the coming year.
"Other groups, headed by the
Texas Srtfety association which has
taken the leadership, are aligning
themselves with the campaign to
I make possible better laws and strong
I enforcement of them.
It stands to reason, of course,
] that if anything is to be done in
Ti xas to stop traffic deaths, the
state legislature is going to have
to increase the size of the highway
patrol, unfortunately reduced dur-
ing the last legislature. Texas is
paying the penalty for that now.
"There is no substitute for ade-
quate policing of the highways.
There is no substitute as a deter-
rent for the uniformed officer on
the highways.
"Texas has 200 highway patrol-
men. patrolling highways whose dis-
tance equals the distance around
the world. Enforcement is required
night and day. That means two
shifts. That means 50 pairs of of-
ficers working at one time . . but
part of them must have days off,
vacations, time out for illness. So
we have less than 50 patrolling
units at work at one time in this
tremendously large state. They can't
be expected to do the job.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Services: Wednesday, 7:30
Sunday: 7:30
We invite everyone to attend our
services where you will receive a
hearty welcome. The old-time pns-
pel in song and sermon - Harry
Bally, Pastor.
ARMSTRONG CO. STUDENTS
Denton, Jan. 24—Three Armstrong
County students at the North Texas
State Teacher's College are major-
ing in home economics, secondary
education, and physical education.
Bud Howe, son of Mrs. J. M.
Howe of Claud-, is a junior student,
a physical education major, a mem-
ber of the Geezle fraternity, and
has been on the varsity football
squad at NTSTC.
Miss Jo Frances Worley, daughter
cf Mr. and Mrs. E. O Worley, of
Claude, is a junior home economics
major, a momber of the Mary Ar-
dens, literary society for girls, of
the Kaghlir Sorority, the Ellen H.
Richards Society, a Inme economics
major's club, and of the College
Players. She was selected as a
"Who's Who" student on the cam-
pus this year and last year was a
college favorit \
Doyle Walker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B D. Walker of Claude, is a
senior secondary education major
and a two-yrar letterman on the
NTSTC football team. This year
he was voted a member of the Lone
Star Conference team. He is a
member cf The Geezle fraternity,
cf Alpha Chi. national honorary
society, and was selected a "Who's
Who" student this year.
HEART SEWF.D UP. LIVES
At Jamaica. L. I., Richard Guerin.
9, has proved that a wound in the
heart is not necessarily fatal. Last
month he fell on a pair of scissors
which pierced his chest and made
an inch-long hole in his heart. The
boy's father picked him up and ran
with him to a hospital three blocks
away where surgeons closed the
wound in his heart with three
stitches. The boy is on the road U
recovery now with a heart "as good
as new," the doctors say.
I GROUNDHOG DAY
Along comes "Groundhog Day"
and many of us are wondering if
he'll sec his shadow on February 2
Of course with such modern meth-
ods of weather predicting, you may
not be of the old-fashioned school
who give any thought to the ground
hog theory. In fact, we can't tell
an inquiring Claude reader just
where this groundhog business really
originated. We know that the be-
lief goes that if lie comes out and
sees his shadow, he returns to his
hole for another six weeks of win-
ter weather. Ii the day is dark and
the groundhog fails to see his sha-
dow, you are supposed to get out
the seed packets, do a bit of spad-
ing in the flower beds, dust off the
screens, for according to groundhog
predictions, winter is over. Do as
you like at your house, we are wait-
irg awhile over at our place!
EILEEN McCALL
Canyon. Jan. 24—Eileen McCall
of Claude, a freshman at West
Texas State College, was a member
of the cast which presented a one-
act play at a meeting of the Dra-
matics Club recently. The play was
entitled "Eddie Meets tile Family."
SERMONETTE
You and I cannot do business
with God without a rededication of
self and substance. We look around
in our land and see a great spiri-
tual need . . . What our land needs
is a revival, but it must be a church
revival. A revival happens to the
church of God only when it begins
with the church. We must have a
revival applicable to the spiritual
life rather than the national life.
The message of the revival must
be spoken through the church. The
crying need of the world is for a
revival . . .
Till: UNDER NOURISHED
The under nourished and those
who care to pay 10c for lunch at
Clauds Public Schools, are being
looked after in a very satisfactory
way by competent help. The editor
believes this is a most worthy cause
and our pupils, many of them, who
really needed this assistance, are to
benefit by this very wise move by
federal authorities.
Solemnity of inauguration proce-
dure was difficult to maintain when
Neal 2, saw his father, Neal Pick-
ett. being sworn in as mayor of
Houston, Texas. The youngster not
only shouted "There's my Daddy,"
but struggled in his mother's arm
to reach his father.
EUGENE WORLEY
GENE WORLEY TO WORK ON
FOUR LEADING COMMITTEES
FIRST YEAR IN CONGRESS
Washington, Jan 24—The Demo-
cratic Committee on Committees to-
day announced the appointment of
Congressman Eugene Worley to
membership cn four leading com-
mittees of the House. They are:
Committee cn Irrigation and Re-
clamation;
Committee cn Labor;
Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures;
Committee on Election of Presi-
dent, Vice President and Represen-
tatives in Congress.
Announcement of the action by
the powerful committee on Com-
mittees was made by Congressman
Robert Doughton of North Carolina,
chairman.
Of the four appointments given
Congressman Worley. one of them
—Irrigation and Reclamation—deals
constantly with legislation vitally
affecting his district, the 18th of
Texas; while the other three han-
dle legislation more national in
scope.
The Committee on Irrigation and
Reclamation is concerned with soil
depletion, erosion and similar agri-
cultural problems and membership
on it is one of the most sought ap-
pointments in congress particularly
by Congressmen representing dis-
tricts where the needs of farmers
are paramount.
By virtue of his seat on the Com-
mittee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures, Congressman Worley may!
succeed to an active role in one of
the biggest controversies on the
Washington scene—the Eccles plan j
to strip President Roosevelt of his
emergency powers over money. This
pian, drafted by Marrlner S. Eccles,
chairman of the Federal Reserve
Board, would vest these powers in
the Federal Reserve Bank system,
and has been referred to the Com-
mittee on Coinage by Speaker Sam
Rayburn.
Austin—Probably one of the hot-
test pieces of news this past week
in Austin was the pronouncement
of Governor O'Daniel against lobby-
ists and State boards. Everyone ex-
pected the governor to recommend
changes in the many boards and
separate state funds but no one,
especially the powerful lobby group,
(Continued On Page Two)
Insisting that he has received an
offer from the Nazis on which Hit-
ler would make peace, William
Rhodes Davis, international oil op-
erator, has asked Congress to in-
vestigate his startling announce-
ment and all circumstances con-
nected with it.
President Awards Collier Aviation Trophy
151
President Roosevelt awarded the Collier trophy, principal aviation
award of the year, to 15 representatives of commercial airlines far the
<afety record achieved last year. Three physicians were also honored for
developing an oxygen mask. They are t. to R.. standing (front). Dr. W.
Boothby and Dr. W. Lovelace II. of the Mayo Foundation, and Capt. H.
Armstrong •( the army medical corps, Wright field, Vijtn, Ohio.
Zeke Sez . , .
By Nusent I'zeniel Brown
Gets 5 Years
Depthro Gets
Big Ovation in
Oklahoma City
By Sid McCubbins
A few nights ago it was my pri-
vilege to have Toots Caldwell, Geo.
Hathorn and Rev. Bill Clark in my
home, giving a demonstration of
their amazing invention, DEPTHRO
before a group of Oklahoma City
business and professional men. The
showing was so enthusiastically re-
ceived that I thought perhaps the
folks back home would like t)
know about it. We were particular
to invite only those whom we knew
to be more or less interested in
cameras and pictures and we must
add that except for limited space,
we could have had many more.
To say that our guests were thrill-
ed Is putting it mildly. If you have
ever visited Carlsbad Caverns and
have noticed the "oh! ah! remark-
able, wonderful and beautiful" ejac-
ulations that go up from the crowd,
you will have some idea as to the
reaction of our group to each new
picture which was flashed upon the
screen.
George Hathorn made some very
interesting comments about the pic-
tures, and the conditions under
which they were taken, but it is
doubtful if those present caught
much of what he said because they
were so absorbed in what they were
seeing. The pictures spoke for them-
selves. Conversation was superfluous.
After the showing many questions
were asked and answered. Answered
to the satisfaction of our camera
fans too. When people have lived,
eaten, slept and dreamed over a
thing, as these fellows have over
DEPTHRO, they would know all
the answers.
One order was placed for a com-
plete DEPTHRO outfit and others
expressed their desire to possess
one. All who came were emphatic
in their statements that they would
not have missed what they had
seen for anything. In fact, to our
knowledge three of the group can-
celled previous engagements to see
what was described to them as
color pictures, projected in third
dimension."
The following day a private show-
ing was given to a friend of our
who operates THE swanky camera
shop in Oklahoma City. We dropped
around the same afternoon to get
his reaction. It was this: "Those
boys have really got something—
they really have."
I am predicting that people are
going to hear a great deal about
this development in picture perfec-
tion which has come out of Claude.
It is already the topic of much con-
versation in camera circles and in
camera magazines. In my opinion,
the boys who have developed DEP-
THRO have excellent chances of
crashing the big time. When they
do, much will be written and said J
about years of dogged determina-
tion and tireless effort around an
idea. About stumbling blocks, dis-
couragement and disappointments
and about sacrifices too. Because
this whole thing has been done on
little more than spare time and
meager finance, largely their own
savings, plus a few dollars picked
up here and there from friends and
well wishers.
So as one old Claude boy to
some others! I am happy to have
had the experience of arranging an
early demonstration of DEPTHRO
in my home. You are invited to
come back any time preferably
when you can stay longer, because
I think I am safe in promising a
full house for as many evenings as
you can give for additional show-
ings. Furthermore. I think you are
a lot nearer to success than you
realize.
If you drive don't DRINK!!
Flies 620 M. u. H.
mm
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Lieut. A. C. MjOonough, reserve
officer, pictured iu Atlanta, Ga., aft-
>r reportedly diving an Aircobra
,'iursuit plane G20 miles per hour in
army test at Buffalo, N. V.
Federal Land
Bank Again in
Hands of Farmer
*s
For the seconrt ttme since its or-
ganization in 1917, Texas' largest
bank. The Federal Land Bank of
Houston, is owned entirely by the
farmers and ranchmen of Texas
According to advice received from
Sterling C. Evans, President of the
bank, all Government-owned stock
has been retired and all of the capi-
tal stock of this cooperative credit
institution is in the hands of those
who use its facilities.
Originally capitalized by Congress,
The Federal Land Bank of Houston
was established in 1917 to provide
farmers and ranchers in Texas with
a source of long-term, amortized,
low-cost farm mortgage loans made
through national farm loan as-
sociations. Wise management of the
cooperative credit system coupled
with members' favorable repayment
record made it possible to retire the
capital stock invested in The Fed-
eral Land Bank of Houston by the
Federal Treasury, it was explained.
This marks the second time that
national farm loan associations have
owned all of the capital stock of
The Federal Land Bank of Houston.
The first time was in 1923. To en-
able the bank to meet emergency
refinancing demands in 1932. the
capital stock of the bank was in-
creased by treasury subscriptions.
A growing appreciation on the
part of farmers of the advantages
offered by Land Bank loans is in-
dicated by the fact that the volume
of Land Bank loans closed increas-
ed nearly two and a half million
dollars in 1940 over 1939. and the
volume of Commissioner loans in-
creased almost two million dollars.
At the end of December, there were
outstanding $189.289645 in Land
Bank loans and $45,095,902 in Com-
missioner loans, or a total of $234 -
385,547 in land mortgage loans to
Texas farmers and ranchers.
WAR REFERENDUM BILL IN
On the first day of the new ses-
sion of Congress Representative
Ludlow, Democrat, of Indiana, re-
introduced his war referendum pro-
posal as the first joint resolution
of the Seventy-seventh Congress.
It would submit to the electorate
a proposed constitutional amend-
ment to prohibit the use of United
States troops in foreign wars with-
out a vote of the people.
HQ Pj/NKIN/NIDE^
Bob Hardin: "I'm going to sock
that plolet. He almost killed me
again today."
Mrs. Bob (soothinglyj: "But, dar-
ling—you really ought to give him
another chance."
Joe Sparks: "What say we get
our wives together and have a bt;
time?"
Peg Doyle: "O. K. by me, Joe.
Where'11 we leave 'em' '
Jno. Wisdom: "Coy, can you tell
the class what a circle Is in your
own words so that everybody can
understand It?"
Coy Calvert: "A circle- Well It's
a round line, without any kinks in
it, and it is joined at the ends so
that you can't find where it started"
Visitor: "And what do you think
of the modern girls, Uncle Eli?"
Uncle Eli: "Well, to be truthful,
I gave up thinking about girls nigh
on two years ago. You see, I'm
nearly 100 years old.
Alva Henderson: "You know, I
feel like I'd like to punch that hard-
boiled top sergeant in the nose
again."
"Again?"
Alva: "Yeah, I felt like It yes-
terday."
L. D. Wiegman: "Hey, wait! What
ya doing with that knife?"
' Mrs, L D (learning to drive):
"Why—er—I'll swear that you told
me to cut the throttle!"
At the club one night a doctor,
an architect and a politician were
discussing the question of which of
their professions was the most an-
cient. At length each strove to clinch
the honor for his profession with
these points:
Doctor: "Eve was made from
Adam's rib. That surely Involved a
surgical job."
Architect: "Yes. but before that
order was brought out of chaos.
That was an architect's Job."
Politician: "But how about that
chaos? Didn't anyone make it?"
"Now, my son," said Chas. W.
Stewart, "tell me why I punished
you."
Wallace: "That's it; first you
pound the life out of me, and now
you don't know why you did it."
"The flight of time is probably
hastened by the spur of the mo-
ment."
Army Dooctor: "Weak eyes, eh?
How many lines can you read on
that chart?"
Bryan Waggoner "What chart?"
O'Brien: "So youse wint to the
weddin' at Monahan's last night?
An' who wuz the best man?"
O'Toole: "Best man?'Oi don't know-
There wuz not even wan fight."
Cannibal Prince: "Am I late for
dinner, Dad?"
Cannibal King: "Yes son, every-
body's eaten"
A. B. Crawford went to Amarillo
Tuesday, returning with a new 10 >u
foot windmill and tower, sold to
Scott Layeock. Everybody knows
Scott.
Detective's 'Hunch* Recover? Babv
Howard C. Hopson, left, with U. S
marshal aa he left the federal court
In New York, after being sentenced
to five years In the federal peniten-
tiary aa the convicted looter of hh
MB ton-dollar utilities empire.
/
Mr. and Mra. George Stnhba of Atlantic City, N. J., are plctare*
here with their two-month-old hahy, George Jr.. who was recovered by a
ietectlve's "hunch" a short time after he was kldaaped. The child wat
foand la aa apartment occapled by a young Negro womaa who kaa oat)
from a
Marney Wiegman: "How do you
get your radio-controlled plane to
stunt?"
Tom Waggoner. Jr : "Easy! I just
tune it in on a jitterbug radio
station."
"The stenographer we require,"
ran the ad, "must be fast, absolu-
tely accurate, and must have human
intelligence If you are not a crack-
er-jack, don't bother as." One of
the answerers wrote that she noted
their requirements, and went on:
"Your advertisement appeals to
me strongly—stronger than prepared
mustard—as I have searched Europe,
Airope and Boboken in quest of
someone who could use my talents
to advantage When it comes to
this chtnmuslc proposition, I have
never found man, woman or dicta-
phone who could get to first base
with me, either fancy or catch-as-
catch-can I write shorthand so fast
that I have a specially prepared
penril with a platinum ixiint and a
water-cooling attachment, not pad
made of asbestos, ruled with sul-
phuric acid and stitched with catgut
jl run with my cutout open at all
speeds, and am. in fact a guarante-
ed. double hydraulic welded, drop-
forged lightning on a perfect
frame, ground to one-thousandth
of an Inch
"If you would avail yourself af
the opportunity of a lifetime, wire
me, but unless you are fully prepar-
ed to pay the tariff for such service,
don't bother me as I am so nervous
I can't stand still long enough to
have my dresses fitted "
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