Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1941 Page: 1 of 12
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Gave O'Daniel 171; Johnson 115;
Mann 64; Dies 22; Morris 3
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Curat; Return*:
In Armstrong: County last Sat-
urday Gov. O'Daniel received 86
votes over his nearest opponent,
Lyndon Johnson, In the race for
United States Senator from Tseas.
The votes as cast were as follows:
O'DANIEL: Falrview 15; Claude
02; Lakevlew 23; Palo Duro 2;
Goodnight 13; Llano 5; Wayside
12; Washburn 9; Dawklns 0; and
Total 171.
JOHNSOM: Fairvlcw 3; Claude
C>5; Lakevtew 8; Palo Duro *1;
Goodnight 17; Llano B; Wayside 6;
Washburn 7; Dawklns 0; Total 115.
MANN: Falrview 0; Claude 26;
Lakevlew 3; Palo Duro 1; Good-
night 10; Llano 1; Wayside 5;
Washburn 6; Dawklns 6; Total 64.
DIES: Falrview 1; Claude 6;
Lakevlew 2; Palo Duro 0; Good-
night 4; Llano 3; Wayside 2; Wash-
burn 4; Dawklns 0; Total 22.
MORRIS: Claude 3.
NEWSOME: Washburn 1.
None of the other candidate
scored In this county as far ns
■."e know today.
Comparison:
%) In the July Primary there were
1,198 votes cast in this county to
only 376 in Saturday's election.
This was about one-third of the
votes of the county, which ac-
counts for O'Daniel's small lead
due to the fact that he received
786 votes last July. This condition
probably existed all over Texas
and also accounts for his present
small lead of 1,095 over Johnson.
Figuring on the basis of the July
Primary, O'Daniel should have beat
his opponent in this county by 200
votes when counting one-third of
the votes he received then and
one-third of the votes of his near-
est opponent in the Governor's
race as compared with Saturday's
race.
State Returns:
Late returns Wednesday showed
O'Daniel holding 1.095 lead over
Johnson and indications seemed to
be that he would gain as days
past. Unofficial state returns show-
ed the following results:
O'Daniel 175,368
Johnson 174.273.
Mann 140,853
Dies 80,601.
Others not listed.
For two days Johnson was gen-
erally conceded victory as he roll-
ed along with a lead of from 4,000
to 8,000 ballots out the Texas Elec-
tion Bureau said only a miracle
could pull O'Daniel through.
Johnson carried the major cities
of the state but the O'Daniel vote
from the rural areas changed the
trend.
Johnson's margin dwindled to 77
Monday night and the first, report
from the election bureau Wednes-
day told the story of~ the most
amazing finish in Texas political
annals.
O'Daniel's lead grew throughout
Tussday and the election bureau's
final tabulation at 4:30 p, m., with
returns from all the state's 254
count'es complete, gav2 the sever
not a margin of 1,095 votes. The
bureau had tabulated 571,095 votes
Wednesday of this week.
The result will not be official
until a canvass is made July 14 b}
the state election boar.1 composed
of the sovemor, Jttorn'.'v g<neial
aid secretary of state
Twenty-four men opposed O'Dan-
iel in the race for the Senate The
big four—O'Daniel, Johnson, Mann
and Dies—endorsed national de-
fense measures and the need for
adequate old-age pension.!.
The Claude News:
Last week the Claude News set
its political reputation on the an-
nouncement that O'Daniel would
be our next Senator from Texas
nr.d during the first of the week
many felt the Editor had made
a serious mistake in attempting
to forecast the political future of
the Texas Senate Race, however,
Thursday morning showed that we
were not mistaken and Wc feel
that in the official returns July 14,
If any changes arc made, will give
O'Daniel still a few more votes.
Now that the race is over, and
things have settled down to normal
again, we wonder what O'Daniel
will do in Washington. Will he
win the confidence of the common
people of the United States as he
did Texas and eventually seek even
higher laurels or will his political
career end here. We believe, if he
does us he says he will, go on the
networks and talk to the people
about their government, that you
might • look for some more sur-
prises in the future from O'Daniel
and his hill-billies. #
(Elattiic
'The Oldest and Best Read County
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Seat Weekly in the Panhandle"
VOLUME 52.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1941.
NUMBER 45.
Honored
Three Minute Sermon
Ry, Rev. M. A. Darroch, Director of
Christian Workers Bureau
The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago
FOLLOWING CHRIST
Nine times in the record of His
earthly ministry our Lord used the
command, "Follow me!" In these
nine Instances there arc three dif-
ferent meanings.
A rich young ruler came to Jesus
one day, and asked how he might
have eternal life. The Lord replied,
"If thou wouldst be perfect, go and
sell what thou hast, and give to the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure
(Continued on Last Pace)
FARMERS HELPED
The Commodity Credit Act has
been extended five years t.> June
30, 1946. In the Bill passed by Con-
gress, this corporation is now charg-
ed with the duty of making loans
of not less than 85 percent of parity
price on the five basic agricultural
commodities. In the Bill, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture is charged
with the duty to support an 85
percent parity pricc on all other
products grown on the farm, in
addition t'.< the five o.isu connn.''li-
lies. This latter amer.ament wi I
be very 1 elpful to producers ol dairv
poultry, hog and producers of var-
ious other commodities on the farm.
(Continued on Last Page)
WPA Labor to be
Slashed in Half in
This District
Amarillo, June 24:—WPA project
employment will be reduced from
2,442 to 1,589 workers in the 26
counties comprising the Amarillo
WPA District, it was announced to-
day by District Manager A. A.
Meredith.
The sharp curtailment in WPA
employment is in line with Na-
tional Wr\ retrenchment, State
Work Projects Administrator H. P.
Drought advised district managers,
in announcing the statewide em-
ployment cut.
WPA employment is being reduc-
ed nationally to 1,000.000 workers
and in Texas from 73.310 to 56,500
workers. WPA certified National
Defense projects will be continued
at full strength, necessitating great-
er reductions on other types of
WPA projects, Meredith was ad-
vised.
Because the reduced WPA em-
ployment makes it impossible to
employ workers in localities where
projects are scattered and the cast
of supervision is relatively high,
work will he concentrated in areas
where the relief load is heaviest,
district tnangaers were advised. It
may be necessary to discontinue
WPA activities, at least temporarily,
in certain counties in order to re-
duce supervisory costs, Drought told
district managers. #
National Association of Retail
Grocers announced a plan for im-
mediately employing thousands of
women as grocery store clerks.
Those who know how to cook and
plan meals will be favored, st
Largest Transport of Its Kind
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T:e world's largest twin-motored airliner, the aew 3< ymipr Car-
Itss-Wrlght IrMpwt plane. The ptaie, dtslgaad far army troop tram-
port, arrived la New York alter a aoa atop light from St. Lirti. M eaa
accommodate 40 aaMUera. Craiatag at M per eeat at Ml apeei It
Brig. Gen. Robert Elchelberger
West Point head, presents Iropliy U
''adet William G, Gilils, of Cameron
Texas, for rendering (lie most valu
ible service to athletics
H. V. Smith Died
from Operation
Wednesday
H. V. Smith died Wednesday
morning at 10:30 in a Shamrock
Hospital from complications of an
appendicitis operation. He had been
iU only a few days.
He Is survived by his wife and
three children, Joyce, Dale and
Carolyn. Mr Smith Is the brother-
in-law of Mrs. Guydcll Woodburn
and Vernon Sublett of Claude.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived at
Claude tot several months when
he and Mass Farmer operated the
Claude Bowling Alley. During that
lime he made many friends here
who were shocked to hear of his
sudden death. He was friendly and
well liked by all who knew him.
Funeral services were conducted
in Shamrock Thursday at 2:30 and
enterment was m&de in the Sham-
rock cemetery. #
CONOCO TO BE ADVERTISED
IN THE CLAUDE NEWS
Continental Oil Company starts
this week one of the largest news-
paper campaigns in its history to
introduce the Company's newest
product, Conoco Nth Motor Oil.
According to Will A. Morgan, ad-
vertising manager, newspapers thru-
oot the most of the United States,
including The Claude News, will'
receive the major portion of Con-i
tlnental's advertising budget to pre-
sent Conoco Nth Motor Oil to the |
public. More than a million dollars
will be spent by the company in
newspapers alone during I he next
six months.
Continental's claim;: for its nev,
oil include low motor wear, Oil-
Plating. more miles between quarts,
and a dee ded improvement in the
reduction of lacquer and sludge,
accomplished by the d.'Ftcvery in
Continental laboratories of a news
synthetic, Thialkene Inhibitor.
Proof of these claims was dra-
matically illustrated by a daring
destruction test carried out in
Death Valley, where the hottest
temix'iatures in the United States
have registered. Five identical stock
cars, each lubricated with five quarts
of a different well-known motor
oil, and a sixth car, identical with
the others and filled with five
quarts of Conoco Nth, were all
run over a course in Death Valley
until each of the six engines was
wrecked. The test was run under
the impartial supervision of Prof.
H. M. Jacklui, who during the
academic year is Professor of Auto-
motive Engineering at Purdue Uni-
versity. z
NEW RADIO PROGRAM OF
INTEREST TO FARM PEOPLE
ANNOUNCED
To assist in the nation-wide cam-
paign against malnutrition which
exists in all parts of the United
States, as brought out by President
Roosevelt's National Nutrition Con
ference in Washington, a new
weekly radio program has been
announced, ac^rding to notice re-
ceived by Leon C. Ranson, Coun-
ty Agent, this week.
The new program, called "Listen
America" goes on each Friday
evening at 10:30 p m„ Eastern
Daylight Saving Time. (8:30 our
time) over the Red net work of
the National Broadcasting Com-
pany. The program will present
such celebrities as Vice-President
Henry A. Wulie.ce, Helen Hayes.
Mayer Fiorella II. L. Gi'aie.ia, Brig
fien Lewis B. Hetshey, Fredrlc
March. Nelson Rockefeller. Jr., and
Hher national figures, and stars
if radio, stage and screen.
The programs will work hand In
hand with the Extension Service
program of "Better Nutrition for
for National Defense" and should
be of interest to the people of
Armstrong County. #
Grasshopper Bait
Station to be Open
on Mondays
The grass'.,-jpper bait mixing sta-
tion in Claude will be open on
I.;onday of each week, announces
Leon C. Ranson, County Agent. The
bait will be distributed to any far-
mer In Ar.nstrong County who Is
Intel ested in using it to control
jr.ishoppers The bait material is
furnished uy ihe Governnic.it and
the only charge to the tanner n
to pay the test of oper.'.tmi* the
mixing station. which is vevv small
IJiu.ron stale? In order t'.iat the
cost of oo'rai ne the station may
l.e kept at a minimum, the one-
day-a-weelt schedule will be main-
tained until the demand for bait
becomes greater. It will be distri-
buted more often if the need a-
rlses, the Agent stated, ami re-
quested that fanners keep thi; new
arrangement in mind, and cooperate
wdh hint in holding the est o'
operating the inlxlni ;,taucr. to the
n mimuni.
Foine pa' t.~ of the .?,iunty espec-
ially the western half, have re-
pented heavy Infestations rf grass-
hoppers, a,id some h.i ■ been scat-
tering bait along fence rows and
terrace lines to confine the hoppers
to these areas. The Agent thinks
these practices will be helpful in
holding the damage to young row
crops to a minimum, as well as
reducing the hatch this fall. The
heppers will deposit eggs that will
hatch this fall in time to do con-
siderable damage to wheat and
farmers can well spend some time
In controlling them now. #
LOOK AHEAD, LAKOIt
The labor picture is much brigh-
ter calls a headline and this is an
aspirin tablet to Claude thinkers
who felt the picture was too dark
for American-made comfort.
Ihe fact that there are two sides
to every story makes us certain,
even without the advice of those
in the midst uf it. that labor has
rights and demands that must be
met In order to provide harmony.
The side of capital must have an
audlenco as well. L'.ut durinf the
discussion of * strikes on defense
jobs, the public in general seems to
be more willing to judge against
labor than for it. We are thinking
In terms of our own si::ii I gunss.
rerhap.s if the labor pictun is
Ijri'.'hUit means that there are
hopes for us, that w can get bi.sy
and produce to capacity for the
maintainence of peace at home.
Let labor troubles be solved by
mediation and be solved squarely,
but don't let labor troubles draw
us into a fate worse than wages
and hours discord, a fate that
would make labor trouble look a bit
childish—Hitler trouble is a worse
death. #
Zeke Sez . . .
By Nugent Izckicl Brown
Austin (Speciall—Texas has anew
junior United States senator -one
W. Lee O'Daniel.
O'Daniel will make a good sena-
tor and he takes the place vacateei
by the oldest man in the Senate
—the late Andrew Jackson Hous-
ton who died last week In a Balti-
more hospital following an opera-
tion. Col. Houston had been in
Washington only a few weeks fol-
lowing his appointment to the job
by Gov. O'Daniel. He was 87 last
week.
The election last Saturday was
a surprise to many people but the
biggest shock of the campaign was
the enormous spending of money
to get a man elected to office. It
will be many moons before the last
of this half-million dollar campaign
will be heard from. There will be
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We Are for
More Trees in
City of Claude
So closely related to man in Its
characteristics as it can sleep,
breathe, grow, perspire, eat, digest
food and have family characteris-
tics as does man. That structure
known as a tree, that growth that
should be fostered and cherished
as almost Important to life as man
himself.
A tree should be replaced when
removed. The tree which bears
fruit for man's enjoyment and
health should be nurtured and shel-
tered. The tree that offers shade
for man's rest and pleasure should
be doctored and blessed for its
beauty and protection. The sub-
ject of the tree and its place in our
life conies up seldom enough in our
civic projects to enrich our town.
We speak of many ways of polish-
ing off the welcome mat on the
front door step of Claude, but fail
to figure that one way folks re-
member a place is because of lovely
trees lining streets. They remark
cf the shade, the fruit orchards, of
wooded tracts that are parks and
recreation grounds. Let us remem-
ber the place of the tree here at
home. #
OUt TOWN
Those of us who reside in the
smaller towns become sentimental
regarding the land right now. We
think in terms of returns from
our labor expended on the soil, be
the tract large or small, for now
Is tin; harvest time around Claude.
We relish the thought that the
streets are lined from end to end
with homes of folks we have known
for many years, where stand
Churches that have given its spiri-
tual aid through the lean years,
comes our children as they swing
along, the housewife's next and
friendly greeting as she shakes the
dust mop on the porch. Here is
tlte home of our doctors and tea-
di 'rs, the chair who has been sell-
ing us shoes for years and our
groceryman who knows our likes
and allergies. We call folks by their
first name for we have known them
by no other since we grew up to-
gether.
There is the song of the city and
we wouldn't want to do without it,
but the sweetest words are spoken
of the small towns like ours, our
village The passing of winter and
spring, the beauty of the harvest
season is more surely recognized in
the smaller towns. This Is Claude,
where we protper in spirit. We are
daily mere awr re of the glory of I
life here and go about our living
and our planting as though nothing
would disrupt 'this peace. To await
the fruits of labor is the right
answer of an orderly and tranquil
life. "What my home town means
to me" is to pass along the way
with a greeting to our friends, to
watch our neighbor's garden grow,
to think our thoughts mid the shel-
ter of comfortable homes, to shoul-
der the dally burdens that crops
and weather ask us to bear—we
still are going right ahead! #
III: I) MAKE MODEL FATHER
To help pay his way thru City
College, New York, Harold Pro-
shansky, 20, and unmarried, got
taking care of babies while their
mothers were away. He became
expert at it, applying practical
psychology to baby-tending and
following graduation is keeping
right on at the job. hiring several
assistants. He declares pacing the
floor with a baby Is absolutely un-
necessary. s
We are aging in Claude when
we live to see Deann'a Durbin mar-
lied and Mi.key Rooney keeping
company, «
Leads Free French
&
Gen. Georges Catroux, former
jovernor of Damascus, who, accord-
ing to reports from Cairo, Egypt,
ed Free French forces in invasion ol
Syria from Palestine.
INation's Civilian Defense Chief
Mayor Florcllo H. LaGuardia of New York city, who has been appoint
ed by President Roosevelt to head Ihe office of civilian defense, la
shown here as he received his commission from the Chief EmciIIn Im
WaakiagWa.
Short Course for
Farm People
Announced
The Farmers Short Course will
be held at the A. and M. College
during the week of July 13, It was
announced this week by Leon C.
Ranson. County Agent. According
to the announcement received by
Ranson, the first three days, July
13, 14 and 15, are for farm men
and women, and the last two days,
July 17 and 18, are for 4-H Club
Boys and Girls. Wednesday, July
16, will be taken up with confer-
ences for County Agricultural and
Home Demonstration Agents.
The cost of the Short Course to
Adults Is $2.25 for room and night
entertainment for four nights, and
$2 70 for nine meals in the College
mess hall. Cost to 4-H Club Boys
and Girls is $1.75 for room and
night entertainment for three nites,
and $1.80 for six meals. Round
Trip railroad fares from Claude
can be purchased by adults for
$9.10 and by boys and girls under
l(i years of age for $4.80.
A program of special interest to
all farm people has been arranged
It will include speakers of national
renown in agricultural work, de-1
monstrations on all phases of farm
life by specialists of the college, and
night entertainment. "It is hoped
that as many as can will attend
from Armstrong County," Ranson
said. Those who expect to attend
should contact the Agent and make
advance reservations and receive
more detailed information. #
DEATH TO RATS
Communities have clean-up cam-
paigns during the spring and sum-
mer, certain cities have put on a
campaign against vice, others a-
gainst dirty politics, some like
Claude work campaigning for civic
projects for the building up of the
town. But have we ever had a
campaign against rats? He is a
deadly enemy and through his ef-
forts there Is disease and great
loss of food and property. Perhaps
we have not considered the menace
great enough to extinguish it and
might not have thought of it ser-
iously but for a London bombing
which brought the matter to our
attention. In London, where its
hiding places were destroyed, the
rats sought new shelters and add-
ed fresh horror to a desperate sit-
uation. So afraid was London of
disease that she Is undertaking a
campaign against the rat. Already
seme cities in our country are
making a fight against him and a
word at this time might be of
sense right here in our home
town. #
AVERTED AIR MISHAP
Flying from Denver to Barksdale
Field. I,a„ three Army men. Maj
R W. Holdemes, Capt. E R. Plum-
mer and Sergt R. 1) Bowman ran
into a rainstorm at night making
further progress dangerous. When
over Paris, Texas, they decided to
land but there was no lighted field
They circled over the town and
began dropping flares At his home
the airport manager sawone of the
flares come down. Rushing to thr
airport which has no landing lights,
he began blinking the building
lights to attract the fliers' atten-
tion. Meanwhile other citizens, see-
ing the flares and hearing the roar
of the plane, realized its predica-
ment. Within a few minutes, 100
motorists were in the field, encircl
ing it with their lights, outlmin
the landing run on which the plane
came down safely, no doubt avert-
ing another air tragedy. *
July 4, 1941.
Mr. Headquarters
U. S. Army
Dear Mr. Headquarters:
My husband was Induced into
the service long months ago and I
ain't received no pay from him
since he was gone. Please send me
my elopement as I have a four
months old baby and he Is my only
support and I knead him every day
to buy food and keep us inclosed.
My husband is in charge of a
spitoon. Do I get more than I am
going to get? Please send me a
letter and tell me if my husband
made application for a wife and
child and please send me a wife
form which I want.
I have already written Mr. Roose-
velt and got no answer and If I
don't hear from you I will write
Uncle Sam about you and him.
Yours lovingly,
Mrs. Eugene Wood
P. S. My husband says he sets
in the YWCA every night with the
organ playing in his uniform. I
think you can find him there.
Ingredients: One natural born
fool, a few shots of liquor, one
high-powered motor car.
Directions: Soak the fool m the
liquor; placc in car and let go.
After due time remove fool from
wreckage, place in black satin-lined
box 6x2 and garnish with flowers.
Sonny Corirad, playing with his
dog one day, discovered some ticks
on the dog's back.
"Mother, d'you know Pal has
some lice erlsples on him?" he
asked.
A woman, visiting an insane
asylum, brought with her a bunch
of bananas, and she handed several
of them to one screwball. He im-
mediately proceedeel to eat the
bananas, peel and all.
The kind lady was startled.
"My goodness," she cried. "Don't
you peel the banana before you
at it?"
"Why should I?" smiled the nut.
"I know what's inside!"
Dr. Carroll (after examination):
"I must tell you frankly, I don't
like the looks of your wife."
Will McCluie (sarcastically) 'Oh,
yeah! Well, If you ask me I'd say
she's a darn sight better lookm'
than yourn."
Liza: "Dat no count Mose told
me last night Ah lookde positively
ethereal in de moonlight."
Mandy: "What do he mean?"
Liza: "All dunno. but I don slap-
ped his face so as to be on de
safe side."
Mrs. I. S. Henderson: "Who gave
the bride away a: the wedding
when C. O. Kight married?"
Dorothy Thomas: "Her brother,
Roy. When C O. said T do,' Roy
yelled: Hurray. Sis. you've got
him at last'."
Claudell Wofford: "I'll bet you're
on the football team."
Sidney Wooldridge: "Yeah, I do
all the aerial work."
"What is that?" .
"I blow up the footballs."
Three Days
Yesterday—
Like mintage spent, is past recall;
Its echo dimmed beyond Time's
wall;
Tomorrow—
Is never promised earthly man,
Nor does it often fit a plan;
Today-
Is gold that covers hl'l and dell,
And rich are they who use it well.
More Power to U. S.
The man wlio tells a woman that
his wife doesn't understand him
usually knows she understands him
far too well! «
Two new destroyers, the U. S. 8.
Fitch and the U. S. S. Forrest, wert
launched within a few minutes ol
each other at Boston navy yard. Im-
mediately after the launching, keels
for two new ships were laid on the
ways just vacated. The Fitch, shown
above, was sponsored by Mrs. II.
Walter Thomas of Salt Lake City.
I'tah, and was named in memory 11
her grand-ancle, commander Leruy
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