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A Community Service
for Armstrong County
& Its Trade Territory
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In the Interest of the
Farming & Ranching
Growth of this Section
"The Oldest and Best Read County
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Seat Weekly in the Panhandle"
VOLUME 54
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 13, 1945
NUMBER 32.
News About Our
Boys In The
Service
• Cpl. Cecil Waggoner, who has
been In North Africa for six weeks,
writes the Editor and family a
8-page letter describing his trip
over, the many people he got ac-
quainted with, on the ship also
how they are serving him In
North Africa. Cecil did not like
the trip as well as he cxpected
But as he drew K.P. duty and
was quite busy for a day or two.
He wrote a letter to his brother,
Bryan, In North Italy. Bryan sent
It on to his brother, Syt. Noel
Waggoner, at Lubbock, In four
days. Cecil's address Is: Cpi. Cecil
O. Waggoner, 38345261), AAV Basl!
Unit, Apo. 703 Cr. PM. New York,
N. Y.
Lieut. Col. Richard L. McKee Is
the supply executive for I he Unit-
ed States Third Army who was
responsible for moving the troops
t-cross the Rhine River in record
time. The '.olonol was graduated
from West Point, in 1934, and be-
fore the war was associated with
his now commanding general,
Lieut Gen. "George S. Patton, in
training armored units at Port
Kncx, Ky.
• Sgt. Ben P. Williams came in
Tuesday to attend the funeral of
his Grandfather, Mr. J. H. Grimes.
Ben has been a prisoner of war
under the Jap; for 3 years and
did their dirty work for them,
handling ammunition, driving a
truck, etc. He carries the star of
a Philippine Liberator, the Defence
star, Asiatic star, Pacific Theatre,
and the Bronz star. Mr. Williams
Is well decorated as lo a soldier,
having spent 3'i years under Jap
control. His friends are glad to
see him home again.
• G. A. MAHLER Jr., a pilot on
a bomber somewhere in England
and flies over Germany, writes
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mahler,
at Claude, that he Is okay at this
time. He lias been a flyer in Eng-
land. over Get many, for many
months. The way the Germans
are running now, some predict
that this war with Germany, will
be over in 13 days. Hopa thai
Is the truth r.nd that our boys
who have been over seas so
long may come home.
SGT. JAMES I. CARTER
With the First Cavalry Division
on Luzon—Staff Sergeant James I.
Carter of Goodnight. Texap, has
been awarded a Bronz? Oak-Leaf
Cluster, in addition to the Bronze
Star Medal he already holds, by
Erigadler General Hugh Hoffman,
commanding genera: of the First
Cavalry Division.
The award was made for merit-
orious achievement in connection
with military operation1 against
the enemy in the Philippines.
Sergeant Caiter is the son of
Mrs. Martha Carter, Box 1 73.
Goodnight.
riNDS MOTHER IN KEICII
The 94th Infantry was ordered
to halt in the town of Osbach,
Germany. Pfc. Helmut Beilen-
bacher, of Wllklnsburg, Pa., who
had be£h riding with an antiair-
craft unit, climbed out of the
(Continued bottom next column)
The Army
Answers Your
War Problems
Q. I received a dependency dis-
charge from the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps before it became
the Women's Army Corps. Am I
eligible for benefits under the G.
I Bill of Rights?
A. The Veterans Administration,
which administers the G. I. Bill
of Rights, says that discharged
members of the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps are not eligible
for such benefits.
Q. I rftarried a soldier six months
ago and haven't got my family
allowance yet? What can I do?
A. Write your husband and ask
him to apply for a family allow-
ance for you. If he does not make
the replication, you may do ro
yourself. Secure a form lrom (he
nearest Army Installation or write
for one to iiie War Department,
Office oi Dependency Benefit.
Newark, New Jersey. Thj lorm.
when completed, should oe sent
to the office in Newark, togeuie;
with a certified copy of youi
marriage record.
Q. Can court action oe institued
which will change the beneficiary
of a soldier's National Service
Life Insurance?
A. No. Court action cannot af-
fect the designated beneficiary of
National Service Life Insurance ns
shown on the original or amended
application of the insured service
man and approved by the veterans
Administration.
Q I am a discharged soldier.
I lost some of the decorations
I got while in the service. Is
there any way I can get dupli-
cates?
A. You may apply for duplicate
decorations by writing to the Dec-
orations and Awards Sub-Branch
Adjutant General's Office. 72-74
Wall Street. New York City.
truck, made his way toward a
familiar house.
As he swung the door open h
saw two persons were in the room
—.'in elderly woman washing tils
dishes, a rrna reading a book.
"Mamma — Hans!" the Yank
soldier exclaimed, for they were
his mother and his brother. He
had received no word from them
since the outbreak of the war.
Bcllentacher was born in 0-;bach.
UP THREE TO FOI'R STARS
The Army of the United States
will have the greatest galaxy of
four-star officers on active duty
in its hiftory, following the Sen-
ate's confirmation of President
Roosevelt's recent nomination of
nine lieutenant-generals for pro-
motion to the temporary rank of
full general. Those natr.id aiv
Joseph T. McNarney, deputy su-
preme Allied commander, Mediter-
ranean theater; Om.r N Bradley,
commander, Twelfth Army Group
Europe; Carl Spaaiz, commander,
U. S. Strategic Air Porte, Europe;
George C. Kenny, commander, Par
East Air Forces; Mark W. Clark,
commander, 15th Army Orcup,
Italy; Walter Krueger, command-
er, Sixth Army, Philippines; Bre-
hoti Somervell, commander, Anny
Service Forces; Jacob L. Dever..
commander, Sixth Army Group,
(Continued bottom next column)
Marvin Jones
Food Admnst.
Asks Our Help
.mora: marvin .ione*
Food Administ'. tor Marv in
Jone; says "Food is just irsential
as guns, tanks and planes. Home
gardeners produces 40 percent of
fresh vegetables grown in thi
countiy last year. Jones .-ays. For
22 years Marvin Jones was Con-
gressman from tills 18 Cnngt'en-
;!onal Dist. After this, Pres. Roo-
sevelt honored him as a high offi-
cial Judge. Following this Marvin
was honored as Food Adminis-
trator of the U. S. A. A position
which i.s most essential in win-
ning this war. Judge Jones pleads
with our people to assist, him In
his wor!: of maintaining a balanc-
ed food lor everybody. This is
in contrast with many Bureau-
crats who demand that you do so
and so or go to the pen for in
ycai.; and pay a fine of $20,-
000. Mr. Jones U a prince of a
goid fellow, an-l will get more
co-operation by asking your assis-
tant than Bureaucrats who use
foiee, unconstitutional demands.
SPRING PLOWING
Europe; Thomas T. Handy, deputy
chief of staff to General Mar-
shall.
THE TEXAN'S SHARE IN THE
WAR
When a Texar. far from home
meets another Texan, they start
a Texas booster organization—and
then it grows.
The "Texans in England" club,
foimed a .vear ago by a handful
of Lone Siar soldiers, has grown
now to ' Texans in the ETO", and
recently had a meeting in Paris
with Brig. Gen. Pleas B. Rogers
oi Austin as speaker.
Charter numbers haii from 110
Texas towns and, typical ol Texas
I democracy, a plain GI outranks
commissioned officers of the asso-
ciation.
E'Sgt. Joy C. Stiller of Dallas
is president; Lt. Col. Aubrey A.
Wilson, Gladeater, vice-president:
Lt. C. C. Homeyer, Paris, Texas,
secretary; Capt. Marvin G. Bow-
den, Burnet, committee chairman.
At the Paris meeting, the club
raised 20,000 francs—$400 to you—
to aid in the support an'' educa-
tion of a French orphan.
1ST/SOT. LACY R. TURNER, A
CLAUDE HE M i l) BOV, WRITES
HIS !>A1>.\
Here is a letter received recently
by J. R. (Jimt Turner, fonnerly
of Claude and who now lives at
2022 South Editii Street, Albuquer-
que, N. Mex., from his eldest
son, 1st. Sit. Lacy R. Turner,
who was reared in Claude and
graduated from Claude High School
in tlie y*r 1!>29.
Dear Dad a at! All:
Was surely glad to leorn every-
thing is going so nicely with you
The day after I wrote some of
the restrictions were lifted and I
can now tell yon I am on one of
the Marianas Islands; you can
locate them somewhat south and
east of the Phillipir.es. You need
not worry about me. It is rumor-
ed there are a few Japs or> a
remote corner of the island but
as far as I am concerned wc will
have no contacts This place Is
really tloode;' with cocoanuts and
I am really crazy about Ihe juice
of half-ripened ones. Drink five
or six per day. They fall ana
waste. Quite a few banana groves
here u'so. but not so Plentiful. I
have found many small ones, bu*
none ready to pluck as yet. Cot-
ton grows on a rambling S'.rt of
rosebush; it is wood. The leaves
and the boll are the same. One
of tlie boys round two huge,
pumpkins and we had pumpkin
pic. Two familiar things are, the
rutliss weed and brown candle
bug. There 's a gray dove here
very similar t> our turtle or
(Continued bottom next column)
Mrs. Cameron,
Pioneer, Passed
fo Her Reward
MRS. J. P. CAMERON
Mrs. J. P. Cameron of Strat-
ford, Texp.s but who was a resi-
dent of Armf-trcng County for
many years, died in North West
Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas
April 4th. She ha d been in deli-
cate: health for some time and
suffered a fnll On March 30th,
breaking her hip. The shock was
too much for her in her weaken-
ed condition.
Funeral service was held in the
Methodist Church aL Startford,
conducted by the paster, Rev. Ro-
senberg and interment was made
there.
The large congregation of friends
and the profusion -f lovely flow-
ers were testimonial of the es-
teem in which she ,vas held.
Surviving besides her husband
aie three sons: Charles L.l James
J, of Stratford and H. Ray, of
Temple, Oklahoma. Als five grand
children, one sister. Mrs. L. H.
Allison, of Leveliand. Texas, and
three brothers, Guy, of Corpus
Christi. Te::as, I. S„ 'if Claude and
A. I... of Temple. Oklahoma.
Attending the funeral from this
vicinity were Mr. and Mrs. I. S.
Henderson, Mr. unci Mrs. R. L.
Henderson, M Sgt. and Mrs. Bu-
forc! M. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs.
j C. L. Goad, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Goodin, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Powell.
RATION REMINDERS
Meals, Eats—Red stamps
Date Void
T5, U5, V5 W5, X5, April 28
Y5, Zij, A2, B2. C2 D2 June 2
E2, F2, G?. H2. J2 June 30
K2, II' M2, N2, P2, July 31
Processed Eoods—Blue stamps
C2, D2, E2, F2, G2, April 28
H2, J2, K2. L2, M2, June 2
N2. P2, Q2, R2, S2 June 30
12, U2, V2, W2 X2 July 31
Sugar Stamp 33 June 2
No new stamp will be validated
until May 1.
Shoes—Airplane stamp* Nos. 1,
2 and 3 in book 3 continue valid
indefinately.
Our Young Lady
Of Twenty Five
Years Ago
llu above i the picture of a
,e.!utilul voting lady who lived at
Jlaude a quarter of a century
igo. The way her permanent is
arranged certifies to tlie fact
hat permanents now-a-days is
quite different lo those ladies
used 25 year ago. After you have
••cad this article, phone the editor
af once. The very first person
phening :js the name of the beau-
tiful young lady will receive the
Claude News one year free. Only
one can gel this prize, first come
first served. Relatives excluded.
Audible sound waves have wave-
lengths of from half an inch to
sixty feet, according to the Sono-
tone research laboratories.
A Claude man says the biggest
trouble between capital and labor
is that too many of us try to
get the capita! without the labor.
mourning dove, but heavier like
a pigeon. In fact is called a fruit
pigeon. Glad about Salty. Did 1
mention Mr. Sears died over a
month ago. T enjoy your letter.-,—
i.acv
1st Lt. and M'.'s, I,oyd L. Turner,
another son. of Muroc, California,
visited his father and other rela-
tives in Albuquerque recently. Loyd
lias been stationed for ths past
five months at Muroc Army Air
Field, where he i.s a public rela-
tions officer.
JAPS AFTER GEO. TWEED
December 10th, 1341, George R
Tweed, RM ic., U.S.N., was asleep
! in his bunk oi the United States'
Island oi Guam. Suddenly bedlam
broke loose, al' ..larms were sound-
ed, and thp Japs were there.
Tweed and his buddy took to the
brush, and the other survivors,
some wounded. The Japs were af-
ter them like a pack of blood-
thirsty dogs, and soon the flee-
ing Navy men were forced to
separate for safety's sake. After
tortuous days of hiding in the
brush. Tweed found friendly na-
j tives. One after another gave him
shelter and food, but always he
was forced to move on. The Japs
were inexorable in their search.
Tweed was convinced the Ameri-
cans would return to Guam, and
he was also convinced he was
going to be alive to meet them.
Another thing, tne natives bePv-
ed in him and as long as ho
lived, they were sure the Ameri-
cans would come back to liberate
them from the hated enemy.
Tweed did a lot of good for A-
merica when he was there, too
In one village lie managed to ge*
hold of a battered typewriter, re-
paired an old radio, and turned
out secret copies of what he call-
ed "The Guam Eagle, unofficial
representative of the Office ~f
War Information". These meager
copies were passed from hand to
hand, then destroyed, and helped
bolster the sorely tried morale r f
the natives
Finally Tweed reached a settle-
ment far in the north oi the is-
land. There he was shown a cave
high in a cliff, where, tne native
^aid, no one could iind him. and
there for long years he hid. The
native smuggled him food and
supplies and he existed. Then
came the day. June Uth. 1944.
when he saw American planes
flying over Guam. Soon after he
spotted an American destroyer, ard
with th" aid of a pocket mirror,
was able to flash signals attract-
In:; their attention, and so ended
the incredible sage of "Robinson
Crusoe, U. 3. N."
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Charlie Harris, veteran news-
paperman of Fort Worth, who
wears a cap and writes articles on
a 25- year old portable type-
writer, used to work on a news-
paper in St. Louis and there he-
picked up several stories about the
immortal Eugene Field, author of
"Little Boy Blue."
Field, like some newspaper re-
porters before and since, was slow
pay. He bought a hat from Hart,
the Hatter, and when repeated
bills brought no response, the
creditor at last wrote a footnote
on the statement, "I hope you will
pay this." Field returned the bill
after scrawling this line, "Hope
on, dear Hart, hope on." i
Many a Field fan would be will-1
ing to pay several times the price [
of that hat just to get the note,
if It is still in existence.
The incident ciuls to mind the
American who wrote to Rudyard
Kipling, "I understand you arc'
the highest-paid writer in the^
world and that you receive $1 a
wold. Enclosed is $'; please send
me a word." Kipling complied with
the one word, "Thanks."
That note, too, would bring a
fancy price today.
On the subject of pay for lit-
erary productions, your columnist
in one afternoon pounded out an
article on the Ranger oil boom
and sold it to the Saturday Even-
ing Post for $750. Later computa-
tion showed the pay was at the
rate of $1.56 a minute, on the
basis of the time it took to write
the article, which—appropriately
enough—was entitled "It Was Fun
While It Lasted. '
Mark Twain was riding on a
crowded street car one day in
Paris and, when the car slopped
suddenly, the American author
stepped on a frenchman's foot.
Ihe Frenchman felt inmself of-
fended and he said, "Sir, consider
vourself slapped in the face and
challenged to a duel" Twain re-
plied, "Sir, consider yourself shot
three times through the heart."
Did you know that Abraham
:,irteoln, when a young man, was
•hallenged to a duel? As the.
hallenged party, l.e had the right
o choose the weapons, which he
lie!. Abf said, "I choose Irish f
potatoes at 100 yards." This caused'
a laugh and there was nc duel.
Three Minute Sermon
By Rev. Harold L. Lunclqulst, D.D..
Member of Faculty
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
CHRIST'S NEW COMMAND-
MENT
Text: "A new commandment I
give unto you, That ye love one
another; as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another '—
John 13:34
.The new commandment of love
which Christ gave was not new
; in the sense of the first being
known, but new in its applica-
tion. This commandment was giv-
en before the Ten Commandments
(see Lev. 19:18). But only since
Christ came have men known to
love in truth.
Since God is Love (I John 4:8),
He desires man's perfect love to-
ward Him. Because the essence of
His being is love, He loves us, and
enables us to love Him.
There is more here than a
commandment or the performing
of a duty. There is the recog-
nition of a controlling principle of
all life. The greatest power in all
the world Is love. And let us not
forget that all true love should
rest upon fellowship with God. It
has no real foundation if it does
not.
Everything ?bout our relation-
ship to Goi expresses itself in
our living. No spirtiual truth i.s
simply to be admired; it is to be
put to work In the affairs of
life. Love for God means love
for our neighbor. If we dc not
love our neighbor (and that means
our fellow-man -Luke 10:25-42.
how then doer the love of God
abide in our hearts?
The old commandment of love
becomes a new one because Christ
shows that the measure of that
love i." to be His great love fo' j
us. How did Christ love us? With
a perfect, unselfish and thought-
ful devotion, which so deeply de-
sired the very most ana best for
us that He was willing to lay
down His hjlv life as oiu Saviour
from sin
The thing which marked the i
early church with glorious dis-1
tinction was that in a world that
hated, these early Christians loved
one another, and in a world tnat
killed and destroyed, they were
oven willing to die for their
brethren.
Love is not an impulsive, erratic
movement of man's nature which
tries to rnak" up for neglect and
unkindness by occasional displays
of generosity and thoughtfulness.
No, love walks tr.e straight ami
steady way of obedience to God's
commandments. And thi.< brings
ioy into our lives—the real ar.d
perfect joy of Christ.
Love draws no limiting 'ine be-
yond which it will not go. We
shall not question His guidance
nor blush to own His name, even
though the testimony may mean
our death. This we shall do for
Christ's sake, and for the sake of
a suffering humanity.
Our Joke Column
"Did you ever stop to think,
my leive," said Troy Vance, gaz-
ing at his plate of Chicken Sala.t
"that the things we love most
In this life i>e the things that
never agree with us?"
"Will you be so kirn:," said his
wife, "as to tell me whether you
are speaking of the salad or me,
sir?"
Louise Blakeney was extremely
restless.
"Mother," she sar,, "I feel ner-
vious."
"Nervlous!" exclaimed her mo-
ther, in mock alarm 'What ii
nervous?"
"Why, it's being in a huny
all over," the child replied.
Hemy C. Roan Jr. was explain-
ing ju-jitsu o a triend
' It's les' a mean, lowdown kind
o' 'rasslin' vou might knew a
Jap'd think 'ic When you gits !'
close-in fightli.' you ex ten'-: the
glad hand of fellowship t' the
enemy and .vhilesi yo' is shak'.n'
har.'s, yo' s,trains his ankle, ro
ne can't run whitest yo' breaks
his neck."
Loren McLaren, who was every -
thing a GI wouddn't pray for,
was out working one day when a
sniper's bullet just missed him.
He paid little attention but when
another whizzed by and then an-
other, he detailed a couple of men
to get the enemy marksman.
The boys crawled away and pres-
ently came up with a Boche who,
as they caught him, held up his
hands and begged for mercy.
"Notta chance, bud," one of the
Yanks growled. • Whatcha askin'
for mercy for—when ya missed
our sergeant three times!"
His wife was a WAVE and he
waved to a WAC,
The WAC wa* in front but his
WAVE was in back.
Instead of a wave from the WAC
it is said
What he got was a whack .from
the WAVE he had wed.
Patriotic enthusiasm is manifest-
ed when the soldiers march through
the streets, but sometimes it cools
oif when it comes time to pay
the income tax.
The picture of George Washing-
ton appears on the one dollar
bills, but unlike George, money
does not always tell the truth
when it talks.
H. P. Davison of J. P. Morgan
& Co. once gave the place where
he began life as Bridgeport.
"But." said an acquaintance, "I
thought you were born in Engle-
wexid."
"Yes," said Davison, "but I met
my wife in Bridgeport."
Returning on a visit to his
birthplace Kinsman, Oh'o, Clar-
ence Darrow, the noted criminal
lawyer, met a doctor friend.
"If you had listened to me,"
said the friend, "you, too, would
be a doctor."
"Why what's the matter with
being a lawyer?"
"I don't say that ali lawyers
are crooks," said the doctor, "but
even you will have to admit that
your profession doesn't exactly
make angels of men."
"No," replied Darrow, "you doc-
tors have the better of us there."
HAPPINESS
Happiness is that peculiar sensa-
tion which you acquire when you
are -too busy to be miserable-
Wall Street Journal.
Being told they shoald spend
more time studying works of art.
the women are often seen gaz-
ing into their mirrors
' ',vu mk:
/(<
m
Maria Montez, "Queen of Technicolor," 1* teen at her exotic boat
in Universal'! "Cobra Woman," in which her dancing charms a
king cobra sit up and take notice Her wiles art effective with the
men in the story, too, hut especially with Jon Hall, her co-atar.
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