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THE ONE WAY TO BEAT HITLER . . .
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By RICHARD O. BOYER
Richard 0. Boyer started work as
•ti new paper reporter at the age of
eighteen on the St. Louis Post Dis-
patch, and for the past fifteen years
he lias been working on newspapers
in various parts of the country.
Anion;; the assignments cove red by
Irm have been Mexican poMt'c;
gang fends in tiinols; th3 B.ac!:
legion in Detroit; the Ohio floods
raid the Ilauptintim '.rial His vivid
ropcitf.gr in ihe New Yorker 1.
widely known. He joined the Friday
Magazne (from which this article
is taken) early in its career as an
associate editor. Last year he left
lor Europe to be PM's foreign coi-
respt ndent there. He is now back
in the UpHed States, writing a
weekly column for U. S. Week.
While in Europe. Boyer saw life
under Hitler at first hand In Ger-
many, Prance, Spain and other
countries. The major conclusions he
drew from this on-the-spot obser-
vation are now reported by him hi
the Friday magazine.
It is the summer of 1941, and we
are moving towards a great decision
in the United States. Are we going
to war? Let us consider it well:
each of us has only one life to give
for democracy.
The people of Europe have been
pt war for two years. After two
eais of incrcdible suffering and
sacrifices there is no place for a
free man in western Europe now
cave in prison cr in hiding. The
war that was started "to stop Hit-
ler" has made Hitler master of
Europe, and already seem.', to be
forcing a kind of Hltlerlsm on Bri-
lain and America.
Are we talking about a war that
Is already lest? No! I am speaking
about a war that has not yet
begun!
I know that Hitler can be beaten.
More than that, I know that the
Fascism which created him and
keeps him in power can be licked.
There are one hundred million men
and women In Europe who hate
Fascism with an undying hatred.
They are the betrayed men and
women of Oermany, Prance, Spain,
Czechoslovakia and all the other
defeated democracies. They are Bri-
tain's potential allies if Britain ever
gets down to the real fight against
Fascism.
But this war has not yet begun.
Our leaders won't permit it!
After two years of uninterrupted
Axis victories, the leaders of the
democracies are still afraid of the
only weapon that can lick Hitler.
That weapon Is democracy.
Thoughout the world the com-
mercial press pictures the German
people as proud victors. The Ger-
man people are not victors. They
are the original victims of Fascism.
They were the first to go under in
the Great Betrayal.
TEN YEARS OK HYPOCRISY
AND BETRAYAL
The Ten Years:
This war has been going on, not
for two years, but for ten. The first
gun of World War II was fired in
the far-off fields of Manchuria
when on September 18. 1931. Japan
invaded that defenseless country.
From the moment that shot was
fired until the last sweating Anzac
boarded a transport to leave con-
tinental Greece, we have seen noth-
ing bill hypocrisy and betrayal from
the leaders of the Democracies.
They profess to be fighting Hiller
and Fascism. Well, is this the re-
cord they have to show for it?
Are these ten long years from Man-
churia to Greece, from Appease-
ment to Appeasement, and from
and from Dunkirk to Dunkirk, are
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VOLUME 52.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1941.
NUMBER 42.
MISS LOUISE COBB
Tornado Hits
Clarendon Early
Monday Morning
The toll of a tornado that clim-
axed a night of violent thunder
storms by bound ill;, across the Pan-
handle from Littlefield northeast io
Woodward Okla.. remained at four
Thursday, as the work of clearing
debris went forward in the stricken
communities.
Although the twister dipped into
or near at least eight towns, the
mcst extensive damage was suffer-
ed by Kress, Clarendon and Wood-
ward. The total property loss Is
expected to be near the million-
Baptist Revival
to Close Here on
Sunday Evening
The revival services at the First]
Baptist Church will continue thru-
out this week, closing with the ser-
vices Sunday night at 8:30 o'clock.
Rev. Williams of Georgetown will
remain for the closing sendees.
Special .services will be held Fri-
day (today) for the older people.|
The sermon subject will be "Light
at Eventide." A cordial welcome is
extended to all of the older people
of the community to be in those
services. No morning services will
be held Saturday, but the regular i
J
J20fi££. -
GERALD C. MANN
MANN TO SPEAK HERE
Attorney General Jerry Mann,
candidate for United States Sena-
tor will speak on the streets of
Claude June 18, at 3:45 p. m. in the
interest of his candidacy for office.
Tills information was given your
editor Saturday by one of Mr.
Mann's advertising advance men.
Wednesday night Mr. Mann will
speak in Amarillo. tf
dollar mark, with Clarendon re- services will be held Saturday even-
porting the heaviest damage.
The dead are Mr:;. R. E. Dronnan
of Clarendon, wife of the dean of
Clarendon College; I). P. Singleton
ing at 8:30.
A banner attendance in Sunday
School is urged for Sunday morn-
ing. Morning worship will be at
70-year-old Kress resident, and two ,11 o'clock. The closing service will
negroes from the Spade community be Sunday evening at 8:30.
near Littlefield, Allan Green and | Loyalty on the part of the Christ-
Sarah Davis. j i'tns to those closing services is
The tornado was the climax of' urged, and much earnest prayer will |
a series of storms that raged over be the one essential element to the
the Panhandle for several hours be-
ginning about midnight. Cloud-
bursts, punctuated in places by hail,
pounded down over the wheatlands
of the South Plains, and the east-
ern Panhandle, flattening the grain
in many sections. Near Canadian,
200 feet ol' Sarta Fo track was
final success of this seric. of meet-
ings.—Committee. 9
SIIOIiERT-ROUISON
Miss Dorothy Shobert of Cuya-|
hoga Falls, Ohio and Mr. James.
Robison of Akron, Ohio, were united
as in marriage Saturday, May 31, 1941,
washed out and three spans of the at 7:00 „ m. at the North Hill
Red Deer Creek I.ridge near the; Methodist Church in Akron. Rev
ty collapsed I lie Canadian-Miami sivard, Methodist minister, offieiat-j
RAY BURTON
COBB-BURTON
A marriage that was of consider
able of inter '-.t to Armstrong and
other Panhandle counties, was that
of our very popular Shorilf, Mr. Ray
Burton of Claude and Mis Louise
Cobb of the Lakeview community.
The marriage was solemnized in
region received from one and a
half to three inches. Down in the
Lcckney are-' five and a half inches
of rain fell, blocking traffic on the
Fcrt Worth and Denver.
The tornado that raced diagonal-
ly across the Panhandle followed a
time-table schedule. Apparently or-
iginating alonv, the New Mexico
line ii. struck first near Littlefield,
then next about 4 o'clock, at Kress,
where it leveled three homes in
the South part of town before pro-
ceeding on to Silverton, where it
dipped down to rip the office build-
ing from the Silverton Co-Op ele-
vator and uprooted a few trees.
Then about 5 o'clock, it, roared into
the parsonage of the Baptist Church Clarendon, gouging its path through
al 1105 Jackson St., in Amarillo. ,hp southwest part of the city. It
Friday, June 7th, at 7 p. in The
Rev. W. L. Williamson officiated.
Mrs. Burton Is the daughter of
Mrs. George Cobb and was born
and reared in the Lakeview com-
munity. She is a graduate of the
Claude High School. For the past
two and half years she has been
employed In a department store m
Amarillo.
Mr. Burton, a graduate of the
(lipped down near Mobeetie, appar-
ently doing little damage, then was
heard from next when it struck
Woodward, Okla., doing $100,000
damage. There, the huge Kimball
Milling Company's huge elevator
was toppled, roofs were ripped from
homes and warehouses, a church
was leveled, and scores of trees
blown down. There were no cas-
ualties at Woodward. #
ed in a beautiful single ring cere
mony.
Mrs. Robison is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Shobert of
Cuyahoga Falls. She is a graduate I
of the Cuyahoga Falls High School,
and attended Akron University. She
Is a member of the Gamma Beta
Sorority.
Mr. Robison, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. D. Robison of Claude, gratuated
from the Claude High School in
1934 and received his B. S. degree
from Texas A. & M. College in
1938. For the past three years he
has been connected with the Good-
year Tire and Rubber Company of
Akron.
Mr. and Mrs. Robison, after
spending a weeks vacation in Claude
visiting friends and relatives, will
be at home in Akron.
Their many friends of Claude
join the news force in extending
them hearty congratulations and
best wishes for a happy married
life as they set sail over life's tem-
pestuou sea. a
Goodnight High School, has been
a resident of this c. unty ever s ue? LUTTRELL-IIECK
he was 13 years of age. He and tils j Mr Frank Reek and Miss Nova
brother-in-law. Boss Cobb, are own- j r „c Luttrell. both of Claude, were
en of the Magnolia Wholesale A married Friday, May 30. 1941 at
Retail gas and oil stations here ...q;) p m in the Claude Baptist
in Claude. ; parsonage. Rev. Jeff Moore, pastor.
After a short honeymoon they are: officiating.
at home to their many friends in They weie accompanied to the
the h me ci his mother in we t j parscnnp.e ty a number of friends
Claude, where iliey will live f°i" | and well wishers.
the present. I Mr. Heck is employed with the
Hearty congratulations and bnsi j Tex„ . ou company of Claude. Mrs.
wishes are sincerely offered by the r j employed at Novella's Beau
many friend" end the Claude New;
l*rre. May happiness contentment
and prosperity '.(l:ow t!i m a th j
set sail over life's tempest eons '
r,f matrimony. ~
C'ATI.ITT-IirNTlR
Mr. John Henry Hunter, of Clar-
endon. Texas; and Miss Laura B.
Catlett, of Pantipa, Texas; were
united in marriage on Saturday
afternoon at the Methodist Parson-
age, Claude. Texas. J. F. Michael
performed the ceremony. There are
line young people and we antici-
pate for them a happy married
life as well as a successful career. *
We have reached that time ol
year when most folks in Claude
have forgotten their New Year'H
resolutions. #
British women unable to leave
their factory jobs to shop are begin-
ning to complain that "proxy shop-
pers," who have been doing their
shopping for them, don't know a
bargain when they see cnc. #
Drops Dead
ty Shop, where she has been em-
; Icyed with her sister the past
two or three years.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Reck were
born and reared at Claude and
both graduated from the Claude
High School. After taking a corse
in beauty culture, Mrs. Reck joined
her sister at Novella's Beauty Par-
lor here.
Alter a short honeymoon trip
these very popular young people are
at home to their many friends at
the Rice rooming house In Claude, a
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH
Sermon subject for Sunday morn-
ing: "A Doing Religion." There will
be no preaching at the Methodist
church on Sunday evening. Attend
the Baptist revival. J. F. Michael.
Pastor. #
Rep. M. Edelstein (D.) of New
fork city who dropped dead on floor
>( house corridor after leaping to hi!
ect to answer statement made b>
Rep. John Rankin of Mississippi thai
-international Jewry" was creating
Vfflculties in Ibe money market.
Attention armers
cf the County
The provisions of the new drivers
license law reeenth enacted ' the
Legislature require that: "Every
driver ol' a motor vehicle used for
transportation of prnperty, includ-
ing delivery purpo.i . must liuvc a
commercial operator license.
The Attorney General of Tc;:e.
has ruled the above to include Far-
mers hauling and delivering with
farm tags.
These new license: cannot be se-
cured from the sheriff or his as-
sistants. They must lie secured from
the Highway Polic and the appli-
cant must pass written examination.
The first Monday in each month
between 8:30 and 9:30 a. m. the
highway patrolmen ore at this of-
fice for that, speai ic purpose; or
they may be obtained from the De-
partment o! Public Safety's off it •
in the Court House at. Amarillo any
time of the day on Thursdays and
Saturdays.
This of lice has nothing whatever
to do with the administering or en-
forcement of this law. Tiiis is pub-
lished in an effort to be of service
to those affected.
We have a limited number of the
questions and the correct answers
that will be asked when applying
for the conimer ial operators license
—RAY BURTON, Sheriff of Arm-
strong County tt its
ALMA LEE PAFFORD
Miss Alma Lec Pafford, Box 133.
Claude, who received the Degree of
Master of Science hi Education,
was among approximately 1600 men
and women receiving degrees from
the University of Southern Califor-
nia in the fifty-eighth annual Com-
mencement Day exercise: held in
the Las Angeles Coliseum at 2:30
p. m. Saturday. June 7.
The graduating class included
students from forty-two states, in
addition to Hawaii, Alaska, District
of Columbia, Panama. Honduras.
Puerto Rico New Zeland, Canada.
Ecuador. Japan. Philippine Islands,
Thailand, Chile and Mexico, r
FIRST GRADE IIAS TRAIN
RIDE AND PICNIC
Wednesday. May 28th. the first
grade was escorted to the south
bound train by the room mothers
and Miss Hood who accompanied
them on their ride. Upon arriv ing
in Clarendon the train was met by
other room mothers who took the
children to the city park where a
delightful picnic lunch was served.
After having a grand time, the
children were taken home in cais. #
OPEN FOR ALL
One of our County Commission-
err. authorizes the News Man to
say: Contrary to the belief of some
people, the meeting of the Arm
strong Commt .doner's Court is open
to all tax payers who may want to
meet with said commissioner, at
all meetings, a
FOR RENT Modern five room
house, close in See Ray Burton or
Mrs. W. E Spilman. #
EXI'ENSIVI WAR WEAPON
A United States battleship of the
j class of the Bismarck, sunk l;> the
British last week, would cost in cx-
1 ce.ss ol $50,000,000. Naval authorities
j roughly estimate the cost of build-
ing a U. S battleship at $1,500 a
ton. For a 35.000-ton vessel, the Bis-
marck's supposed class, this would
be $52 500 000. If a British report,
that the Bismarck was in reality a
50.000 ton vessal. Is true, its cost in
the U. S. would have been $75,000-
000 At either figur- it was an ex-
pensive war \-capon a) send to I'.-e
bottom of the Atlantic. #
Armstrong Co.
Federation to
Meet Saturday
The County Federation will meet
at the Community Home next Sat-
urday afternoon at 2:30 o'cIock. All
members and interested parties are
urged to be present. A short pro-
gram will also be given. #
Three Minute Sermon
By Dr. Henry Ostrom, Member
of Extension Staff
The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago
RICH OR POOR?
Text: "Thou sayest, I . . . have
need of nothing." Revelation 3:17.
The picture before us Is of the
failing earthly church of Laodicea.
It is shown as boasting that it was
succeeding, until it came to the
climax of its elevated claim in these
words—"need of nothing," and then
the truth was set forth that It was
"wretched, and miserable, and poor
and blind, and naked." Surely if
wretched it needed befriending; if
miserable it needed consoling; if
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U you drive don't DRINK! I
Senatorial Race
Now in Ful! Blast
With 29 Men Out
Absentee balloting in the elec-
tion. will open June 9 and close
three days before the June 28th
vote in Senatorial race.
Ihe ballot shows 25 Democrats,
two Republicans, an Independent
nd a Communist as follows:
Democrats: Joseph C. Bean, Dr.
John R. Brinkley, E A. Calvin, Ar-
lon Barton "Cyclone" Davis, Mar-
tin Dies. Guy B Fisher, W. E.
Giililand, A. E. Hardin, Commo-
dore ilazil Muse Hatfield, Robert
Grammer Head, O. F. Heath, Sr.,
Bubba Hicks, Lyndon B. Johnson.
W \V. K'ng Gerald C. Mann, Sam
Morris Stral G. Newsome, Jr., W.
I.ec O'Daniel, Floyd E. Ryan, Wai-
ter A. Schulz. C. L. Summerville,
Joseph (Joe) Thompson, Edwin
Waller III. W C. Welch and John
C. Williams.
Republicans: Politic Elvins and
Enoch Fletcher. W. R. Jones is
listed as an Independent, and Hom-
er Broocks as a Communist, a
ATWELL-VINEYARD
Miss Kathryn Marie Atwel' be-
came the bride of John Ray Vine-
jard of White Deer in a pretty
morning servi e performed last Sun-
day. June 1. 1941. at nine o'clock
in the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Atwell, in
Ballinger, Texas.
Tall white baskets of pink double
larkspurs and queen anne's lace
were placed at each side of large
double windows in the living room
lor the improvised altar. Chaplain
Richie Davis of Camp Bowie read
the impressive single ring service.
Miss Iola Clayton was at the
piano for the nuptial music. She
played the accompaniment for Mrs.
W. O. Wallace, who sang Carrie
Jacobs-Bond's "I Love You, Truly,"
and tile Wedding March from Wag-
ner's Lohengrin.
Miss Agnes Morton of Hamlin,
was bridesmaid and Allen Sticker
of White Deer was best man.
The bride, who was given in mar-
riage by her brother, Walter Atwell
of Mineral Wells, wore a tailored
frock of navy sheer with white trim.
Her accessories were white and
navy and her arm bouquet was of
white gladioluses and sweet peas.
Mrs. Vineyard Is a graduate of
the Ballingcr High School and ol
Texas Technological College at Lub-
teek. She taught at Spring Hill
for three years and taught last year
at White Deer.
Mr. Vineyard received his B. S.
degree at West Texas State Teach-
ers' College at Canyon and his M.
A. at Greeley, Colorado.
Following a short wedding trip,
the couple will return to White
Deer, where Mr. Vineyard will as-
sume his duties as elementary
school principal.
Out-of-town guests were the
groom's mother. Mrs. J. W. Vine-
5 aid of Claude Miss Evelyn May-
fieid of White Deer. Mr. and Mrs
Walter Atwell of Mineral Wells,
and Mr. and Mrs Charles Atwell
ol Rotan. #
SECOND GRADE PICNIC
The Second Grade was taken to
the Hi race Mann park in Amarillo
bv Hr. Alfred Reck in his school
I: . being accompanied by Miss
Cverton and sonic of the room
mctlier«.
A fine pienlc lunch was served
and after much playing ti e child-
ren were bvc,'ght home happy but
;.ired if
NEW RESIDENCE COMPLETED
Mr. and Mr Boss Cob'o are ready
to move into their new five-room
residence, just completed, four
blocks north of the Claude School
building. The arrangements inside
are quite handy and Mrs. Cobb Is
a very happy woman on entering
their new home in Claude, tt
WASHINGTON
WAR, DEFENSE AND STRIKES
The people of the United States
have never experienced a more
serious and more apprehensive time
than they are experiencing now due
to world conditions and domestic
problems involving national pre-
paredness. The resources of the Na-
tion are being mobilized for Na-
tional Defense. The greatest disap-
pointment in our preparedness pro-
gram Is the strikes in defense in-
dustries. These strikes must and
will be stopped. It is true that in
the South the people for months
have been demanding that these
strikes be stopped, but the President
has been waiting, it is thought, un-
til sentiment crystallized in other
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Wins Revere Award
Mrs. Thos. T. Waggoner: "Well,
how was the picture, Thomas?"
Thos. T., Jr.: "Terrible. I had all
I could do to sit thru it the second
time."
High-powered Attorney: "Before
I take your case I want to know if
you are guilty or not."
Ed Watson: "Holy smoke, do you
think I'd be fool enough to try to
employ the mast expensive lawyer
in town If I were innocent."
Mrs. Alton McClure: "Do you
think this Is a proper moral refined
play?"
Alton: "It must be. The ticket
seller told me it wasn't doing any
business to speak of and that the
audiences have been very small."
Mrs. James Robison (vacationing
at the beach): "Never in my life
have I seen such indecent bathing
suits and girls flirting In such out-
rageous manner."
James: "Yes dear, and the climate
isr t bad either."
Dicky Moore (hopelessly lost) "I
sure wish I knew where we are."
Jimmy McFarland: "I know where
we are, all light, but I don't know
where any place else is."
Margaret Sewell: "Well, George
proposed to me last night."
Ruby Lauderdale: "He did? Do-
sen't he do it beautifully!"
Mrs. Joe Sparks <after lightning
had struck a tree under which Joe had
sought shelter i: How close did it
come to you. Joe?"
Joe (still trembling): "f-I d-d-
dunno, but m-my pipe wasn't 1-lit
before."
Mrs. Bob Gray: "Autice, didn't I
tell you always to count 50 when
you are angry before you do any-
thing to Brother and here you've
got him shut up in the closet?"
Autice: "Yes. Mamma and I'm
counting too. but I want to be sure
I know where he is when I get
to 50."
Eugene P!:!Ii p-;. 23, ol Fort Worth.
Texas, who heads list of winners ii
the Revere award for best cantriba
lions made by workers at the bene!;
> America's defense plans. He w;>.
t warded first prize IS?.COO I for I
r Ttio.i cf a system lor tae Win*
V '':VZ of ni p'a irr.
H. C. Pafford: "If I stand on my
head all the blood will flow into it,
won't it?"
Louise: "Yes, dad."
H. C "Then ho*v is it that it
doesn't rush to my feet when I am
standing on them.'
Louise "I gu; .; it's because your
feet aren't empty."
Mrs. Frank Rec • Sometimes you
seem so manly and at other times
absurdly effeminate. Why is that?"
Frank: "That's heredity. You see
half my ancestors were men and
the other half women."
Erthel Hardin (teaching Sunday
School i "Dorothy Jean, what are
you doing now—learning something,
I hope."
Dorothy Jean Thomas: "No mam
I was just sitting here listening to
you."
Mrs. Merle Nelson: "What kind
of animals did the people of the
Stone Age tame?"
Merle: "Musta been wild ones."
I Drill Sergeant: "Com-pa-nee at-
| ten-shun! Com-pa-nee, life your left
leg and hold it straight in front
I of you."
I By mistake one member held up
] his right leg. bringing it side by
jside with his neighbor's left leg.
Drill Sergeant: "And who's the
| galoot over there holding up both
legs."
Naval Recruit "Captain, what
shall I do if I get seasick?"
Captain; "Don't worry about that.
You'll do it " ~
L. S. Seizes Nazi Sailor?
In another direct anti-Nail move, government agents rounded up more
than 1W stranded Nasi seamen far shipment to American "eonrentra-
tion camp ur camps." This sanndpholo shows some of those seised board-
ing a cntler at New Yark, en rente to EUls Island far detention.
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