Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1942 Page: 2 of 4
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XV1RT FRIDAY
In this Trade Territory, jNr.._$!J0
'... He that seeketh flndeth,
and to him that knocketh It shail
be opened." Matt. 7:8b. *
THERE IS TALK of our Govern-
ment having to DRAFT men lor
the Munition Factories, as we are
having a shortage of the experts
In these lines. If we do draft men
for munition work, they will get
what other soldiers get—#12.50 a
week—while the regular employee
by his side draws down $10 a week
SIX TIMES AS* MUCH AS THE
DRAFTEE. Conslstancy thou art
a Jewel, but where 1 syour Jewel? #
DICK COOKE, who wrote the
first column of last week's Claren-
don News, knocked a home run in
every paragraph. He spoke of Hitler
who was busted and disguested and
couldn't be trusted, fought a war
and whipped 13 nations without a
danged DIME, which proves that
money does not win wars. It takes
soldiers, amunition, food and cloth-
ing to run wars and Hitler—who
had no money or credit from other
nations—proved the fallcy of mon-
ey winning wars. #
YES, we can set a ceiling over
farm products, but when very little
is produced, the old setter of
prices—SUPPLY and DEMAND—
will come in and raise the price
of all food and clothing regardless
of what that ceiling may be. Peo-
ple will not produce anything at
a price which means a loss to them,
or the cost of production being
more than the selling price. When
millions are taking out of the line
of production of food and clothing
because they get $8 to $10 daily in
munition factories, this means less
and less to eat and wear for sold-
iers, munition workers and those
who stay on the farm and work.
A hungry man will go a long ways
to get something to eat, which
means he will bust any ceiling
placed between him and food which
sustains life. #
n i womb m
pact location of war plant hi
your community to boort your
warns Aldro
Jenkt, acting director of the Uni
vanity of Ttxaa Bureau of Munici-
pal Research
Whatever a war plant and the
resulting influx at population may
do for municipal commercial enter
prises, it Is a burden on local gov-
ernments because of the fact that
most such industrial plants are
largely tax-exempt, Jenks declared
"Most new war construction was
managed with funds lent by the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
tion," Jenks pointed out. "As an
arm of the federal government, the
RFC and any Industrial plants in
which the RFC holds a controlling
interest are exempt from all local
taxes except those on the land and
the building—not the machinery nor
other assets of the plant."
At the same time, the local gov
ernment is called upon to extend
all its services for the benefit of
new residents — water and sewer
lines, police and fire departments
Jenks said. The only remedy for
this situation must come through
Congressional action, since the RFC
is tax-exempt by. federal law. #
Nights are growing longer over
Europe and an ever-increasing air
armada is poised to drive home to
Germany the horrible nightmare of
blitzkrieg launched by Adolf Hitler
three years ago. Thousands of Bri-
tish and American bombers are
being readied for the nightly raids
on the Reich. The long-range Fly-
ing Fortresses now in service with
the Allied Air Force based in Bri-
tain are turning in remarkable per-
formances. Their bomb-sights en-
able the crews to hit targets from
astounding heights, #
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
Gov. Coke Stenvenson has for-
mally proclaimed October 4 to 10 as
"Fire Prevention week" in Texas.
Citing the urgent necessity for
preventing fires during time of war,
Gov. Stenvenson said, " •'** the
production of materials essential to]
the prosecution of the war by our
nation is taxing the capacity of
industrial plants, and curtailment of
production because of fire becomes
a menace to our own safety
The Governor called upon Texas
citizens and various local organiza-
tions to emphasize the danger of
lire and to encourage fire preven-
tion. #
TIIE WAR FRONT
MacArthur's Australian Headquar-
ters reported Allied Forces have
kept the Japanese thrust toward
Port Moresby bottled In the tower'
ing Owen Stanley Mountains while
Allied aircraft swept the seas sur-
rounding the Island, bombing enemy
supply ships. Gen. MacArthur an-
nounced September 14 that United
Nations bombers attacked three Ja-
panese cargo ships, apparently
bound for New Guinea, and Am-
erican Flying Fortresses bombed a
Japanese cruiser off the Southeast
coast of New Britain Earlier, the
Fortresses hit two enemy destroyers
in the same urea. Japanese boul-
ters continued *o attack 11. S
t elites in the Solomons and the
enemy has "reinforced and sup-
plied" Japanese troops in the in-
terior of Guadalcanal whfre U. S
Marines are engaged in mopping up
operations, the Navy reported. The
Navy said that 20 more Japanese
planes have been shot down in
three heavy bombing attacks—bring-
ing to at least 143 the number of
Jap planes officially reported shot
down since operations began on
August 7th.
U. S. Army Headquarters in Lon-
don reported American Flying For-
tresses and Medium Bombers suc-
cessfully bombed the Schiedam
Shipyards at Rotterdam, railway
yards at Utrecht, an airframe fac-
tory and the St. Omer Airdrome in
Nazi-occupied Francp. Damage to
intercepting enemy planes included
17 fighters destroyed, 25 more pro-
bably destroyed and 25 damaged
Two fortresses were listed as miss-
ing, the first American losses In 12
straight attacks on Nazi territory
in Europe. The Navy announced the
sinking of eight more United Na-
tionsmerchant vessels by enemy
submarines, a
LABOR SUPPLY
WPB Chairman Nelson ordered a
48-hour work-week established in
lumber camps and sawmills in the
Pacific Northwest because log in-
ventories are the lowest in five
years. To relieve growing labor shor-
tages, War Manpower Chairman
McNutt ordered that workers in the
lumber and nont'errous metal in-
dustries in Arizona, Colorado, Ida-
ho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Cal-
ifornia, Nevada, Oregon, Washing-
ton. New Mexico, and Texas, may
not seek jobs elsewhere without ob-
taining "Certificates of Separation"
from the U. S. Employment Service,
and no employer in the critical
area shall employ such a worker
if lie has no certificate. The in-
dustries affected employ approxi-
mately 200,000 workers. #
win fight en with era
th and oourage if we give effective
aid." *
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SUBSIDIARY SOLO
Albuquerque, N. M„ Sept. 22 -Ap-
plication of the Santa Fe Trail
Transportation Company, subsidiary
of the Santa Fe Railway, for auth-
ority to purchase the Rio Grande
Truck Lines was taken under sub-
mission by Examiner John S Hi?-
gins of the Interstate Commerce
Commission here. The proposed
purchase would include properties
and operating right between Denver
and El Paso, Socorro and Magda-
lena, Hot. Springs and Engel. and
Caballo and Silver City at a sum
approximating $225,000. according to
testimony The truck lines are op-
erated by R. G. Spitzer, of Albu
querque. #
WAR PRODUCTION
War Production Chairman Nelson
asked war workers to stop taking
an extra day off and to refrain
from "quickie" strikes over minor
grievances because such absences
slow production. He said the na-
tion's production record is not near-
ly good enough. The President by
Executive Order prohibited pay-
ment of "penalty double-time" pay
for work on Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays, but permitted pay
ment of double-time for the seven-
th consecutive day's work and of
time-and-a-half for all overtime
work after 40 hours a week. Under
Secretary of War Patterson said
U S. plane production in August
was greater than that of Germany.
Iotly and Japan combined and tank
production, already at an impres-
sive high, will be twice as great in
December. #
Want Ads only 3c a word;
Page 3c a word. #
VALUE OF PEANUT HAY
Texas will have a lot of peanut
hay this fall if there is good wea-
ther when it is harvested.
Good peanut hay, without nuts,
is worth ten per cent less than
average quality alfalfa, soybean and
cowpea hay, says E. R. Eudaly,
dairyman for the Texas A. and M
College Extension Service. It is
worth one forth more than sorghum
cane hay, and Johnson and sudan
grass hay. provided the two latter
were cut at or before seeding time
If these were cut after formation
of seed, peanut hay would be worth
one third more. Peanut hay is
worth nearly twice as much as
grain sorghum bundles without
heads, and one fourth more than
average quality prairie hay. it
WAR STRATEGY
The White House announced that
during July Army Chief of Staff
Marshall, Chief of Naval Operation
King and Special Adviser to the
President, Hopkins, conferred with
high British officials in London and
at these conferences certain vital
military decisions directed toward
taking the offensive were made
The President, in a radio address,
said the power of Germany must
be broken on the continent of Eur-
ope and "preparations are being
made here and in Britain toward
this purpose" Under Secretary of
War Patterson, speaking in Muske-
gon, Michigan, said that more than
600,000 men in the Armed Forces
are overseas and this force "will be
doubled and doubled and doubled
to the limit of our manpower." W.
Averell Harriman. special Lend-
Lease minister to London, said the
Russians "are determined to fight
to the finish . . . alone with their
IS STAT* SOCIALISM
THE GOAL?
In a letter to the New York
Timet, Illaha M. Friedman, one of
the country's most distinguished
economists, had this to say about
the effect of new 'tax policies on
the public utilities of the country:
"If the companies cannot finance
they must borrow from the gov
ernment, Thus the government may
have to take them over. Bankrup-
tcy, by government tax policy, of
privately-owned utilities, will result
in government-owned utilities. These
pay no Federal income taxes. Their
consumers are thus subsidized by
the rest of the country. How long
can we shrink the number of tax-
paying utilities? How far can we
reduce the sources of taxation? How
long can we permit such legalized
dodging of Federal taxes?
"What other industry Is pushed
Into government ownership by ex-
cessive taxes? Is not this govern-
ment policy for public ownership
similar to the methods used by the
financial pirates of the Nineties?
These would cut or pass a dividend
to depress a company's stock, and
then buy up stock sold In distress
and resume dividends . . . When
the government, by taxation, forces
a utility into government owner-
ship, are not the methods similar?
That it is the government Itself
that resorts to such practices makes
them no less unethical."
In short, what the proposed tax
bill would produce is state social-
ism through ruinous taxation. There
never was a better example of the
truism that the power to tax is the
power to destroy. The utility in-
dustry is obviously a very different
sort of Industry than those which
are booming with war orders. For
the most part, utilities nave suffer-
ed, not gained, from the war. Be-
ing stringently regulated by both
the states and the Federal govern-
ment. their profits are lielj to low
levels at any time. To subject them
to the same kind of "excess pro-
fits" taxes which are applied to
businesses which are legally per-
mitted to earn gigantic profits, is
manifestly ridiculous.
The people will do the paying if
taxation forces socialization of *,he
utilities. They will pay in higher
taxes, because all taxpayers will
have to help make up for the loss
of the gigantic revenue now paid
by utilities in normal course of
business. They will pay in poorer
utility service, because never in the
history of the world has a politi-
cally-managed business been as rf
ficient as a privately-managed bus-
iness. And they will pay in loss of
liberty. Never forget that if the
government can socialize one man's
business by destructive taxation. It
can socialize every man's business, f
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styles, button fronts. Pleated and gored
skirts. Styles for every figure. Don't miss
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Green, Brown, Blue. Sizes 12 to 20, 38
to 44.
NAVY ENLISTMENTS
Latest figures show that nearly
2.S00 Navy enlistments have been
handled at the main station in
Dallas, and Lieutenant Ridout
pointed out that a whirlwind cam-
paign during the final days of
September will bring in the re
cruits necessary to round out the
month's quota of 3.600 men.
To date, total figures for the
month include one recruit from
Armstrong County, where the Sep-
tember quota is three.
Every man recruited during the
two-week "Lexington Volunteer"
campaign, prompted by the launch-
ing Sept. 20 of a new aircraft ear-
lier bearing that name, will re-
ceive certificates which they may
keep as mementoes. Lieutenant
Rideout explained that 10,000 more
bluejackets than are ordinarily en-
listed nationally during the two-
week period are anticipated. #
WARNING: ERGOT POISONING
COLLEGE STATION. Sept. 25 A
threat to the livestock industry this
fall is ergot poisoning which already
has brought lpsses to Panhandle
ranchers.
Ergot is a fungus disease which
often affects the heads of many
native grasses, rye, and other small
grains during wet seasons. Dr.
H. Schmidt of the Experiment
Station Division of Veterinary
Science explains that the fungus
not only causes abortion but also
may cause sloughing of the hoofs,
horns, ears, and tail.
Dr. Schmidt, together with other
veterinary authorities and path-
ologists from Texas and Oklahoma,
recently made a range inspection
trip In the Panhandle. They found
that Canada wild rye, Virginia rye,
and Western wheat grass in the
vicinity of Canadian are heavily in
fested with the fungus disease
lergot). The fungus was also found
as for south as Gray County.
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BONOi
CR. ANTHONY CO.
STAMPS
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sity" in order to obtain gasoline
tires or parts after November 15.
The regulation covers almost 5,000,-
000 non-military trucks, 150.000
buses, 50,000 taxicabs and all am-
bulances and hearses. Applications
for certificates, as well as other
pertinent information, will bo mail-
ed about September 23 to all per-
sons who registered last December
31 as owners of motor vehicles a-
vailable for public rental. #
TRANSPORTATION
Office of Defense Transportation
Director Eastman announced "no
special train or bus service, includ-
ing charter bus service, to football
games or other sports events will
be permitted. At the same time I
am directing that steps be taken
by my office to prevent the over-
crowding of regular trains serving
areas in which such events are to
be held." The Interstate Commerce
Commission ruled that for the dur-
ation all railroad carriers may dis-
regard any present regulations gov-
erning length of trains when ne-
cessary to assure prompt movement
of freight or passengers.
The ODT ordered all operators
of commercial rubber borne ve-
hicles except motorcycle# to carry
own resources if need be. But they and show a "Certificate of Necee-
MOTORISTS ASKED TO
CONSERVE RUBBER
All motorists in the non-rationed
areas of the country were asked by
Price Administrator Henderson to
observe the same rules in using
their cars that are enforced In the
rationed Eastern area, as a means
of conserving rubber tires until a
national gasoline rationing plan
can be put Into (ffect. He said it
will be several weeks before coupon
ration books can be printed to carry
out the nation-wide gas rationing
recommended by the Daruch Rub-
ber Committee. Unless the nation's
27,000,000 motorists cut their driv-
ing "to the bone," Mr. Henderson
said, "we're likely to coast '•iglit
Into Hitler's lap."
The White House issued a chart
prepared by the Society of Auto-
motive Engineers showing that the
normal life of a tire is doubled
when the average driving speed is
reduced from 40 to 20 miles an
hour, or from 50 to 30 miles an
hour. The President said he thought
the chart should be brought to the
attention of the country as a per-
suasive argument for slow driving
The Baruch Rubber Committee
recommended that motorists be cur-
tailed to a general average of 5,000
miles a year. The committee also
recommended a national speed limit
of 35 miles an hour and compul-
sory periodic tire inspection Com-
plete reorganization of Government
agencies concerned with the rubber
program and appointment of a
rubber administrator with full rer.-
! ponsibility for conservation and
' synthetic production programs were
also recommended. Additional rub-
ber must be released to fully main-
tain essential civilian driving, re-
claiming operations must be step-
ped up, and to increase synthetic
production, the Committee recom-
mended immediate expansion of
plant capacity for Buna-s, Buta-
diene, Neoprenc, and Alcohol, and
elimination of any further substi-
tution in plans for synthetic pro-
duction. The President told his
press conference virtually all of
the Committee's recommendations
except gasoline rationing will be
put into effect immAc"i. tely. #
Ktamcnt of The Ownership, Man-
agement, etc., Required by the Acts
of Congress of August 24. 1912
and March 3, 1933
Of The Claude News published
weekly at Claude. Texas for October
1942.
State of Texas ss:
County of Armstrong
Before me, a Notry Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared Thomas T.
Waggoner, who, having been duly
sworn according to law, deposes
and says that he is the Editor-
Owner of the Claude News and
that the following is, to the best of
his knowledge and belief, a true
statement of the ownership, man-
agement, etc. of the aforesaid pub-
lication for the date shown in the
above caption, required by the Act
of August 24, 1912, as amended by
the Act of March 3. 1933, embodied
in section 537. Postal Laws and Re-
gulations, to wit:
1. That the names and addresses
of. the publisher, editor, managing
editor and business managers are:
Publisher Cecil O. Waggoner, Claude
Texas; Editor. Managing Editor and
Business Managers, Thomas 1.
Waggoner. Claude. Texas.
2 That the owner Is: Thomas T.
Waggoner, Claude. Texas.
3. That the known bondholders.
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