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A Community Service
for Armstrong County
& Its Trade Territory
In the Interest of the
Farming & Ranching
Growth of this Section
"The Oldest and Best Read County
a
Seat Weekly in the Panhandle"
VOLUME 54
CLAVDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS JUNE 8. 1945.
NUMBER 40.
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Tunis. Tunisia North Africa,
Monday, April 10, 1945
Dear Polks:
In this vast region stretching
from Bogort's Casablonca to Tunis
you find one of the most peculiar
melting pots in the world. It is
filled with the refugees, spies,
soldiers and inen of every nation-
ality and creed known. Here you
find your vallies and peaks of
human character. Here you run
into degraded mortals seeking to
sell you the soul of some lost
youth or the character and hones-
ty of a poor man and his wife
having their new born child
christened in a beautiful old cha-
cate cathedilal Its .vhere you
run into shabby, smelly, .street
latrines and beautiful vills, shab-
by street urchans and nuns. You
find the Kasbahs and Maderlas,
the rich and the poor and the
ancient ruin of the hopes of for-
mer civilizations.
It is interesting to watch these
people. Even though you want to
feel superior, you can only feel
more fortunate. You haven't been
himed in by want and poverty
as they have, nor has civilization
offered them the opportunities
that has been ours to enjoy—
proof enough In itself that free-
dom in a democracy is more de-
sirable than any other form of
government today regardless of
how efficient thay may be.
Each little farm is arranged so
that it is virtually a fourtress
within Itself—proof that no one
trusts his neighbor. In the aver-
age of these farm dwellings you
find the houses, stables, and barns
all grouped together and a high
fence connecting each: thus the
whole thing can be locked a-
galnst Intruders at night. (Most
of them are stone.)
Little or no farm machinery is
seen only donkeys and horses that
sometimes look as though they
had been handed down for several
generations. A usual sight along
the highway is a high two-wheel
cartT stacked with farm produce,
pulled by a little donkey or rag-
ged horse and an old arab either
walking or riding, going to mar-
ket. The carts also looks like
heirlooms. Their principal crop
seems to be carrots from the
carloads I have seen pass. How-
ever, almost any crop will grow
in this section and since it is all
harvested by hand it is usually
sold to local markets without a
chance for bargaining, resulting
in low prices for the farmer,
though most of the farms are
probably run by landowners. I
don't think Panhandle farmers
would be very happy here.
Tre Arabs it seems do most
of the manual labor. It has been
said that If it were not fcr them
these people would starve to
death. He isn't as colorful as you
might imagine but really dainty
looking due to the circumstances
under which he lives, and lie
doesn't seem to want to change.
Seldom do you see an Arab
that isn't shabily dressed, dirty,
and seemingly content with his
lot in life. You see them in all
kinds of dress from robes 10 O.
I trousers aud hats ranging from
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Officers Of
Training School
Elected
BAPTIST TRAINING UNION
The Baptist Training Union e-
lected new officers for the sum-
mer months. The following offi-
cers were elected: President—Imo-
gene Bagwell, Vice President-
Rhonda Whelche!, Sec. and Tres.
—Mayella, Kendall, Bible Leader
—Mrs. Carl Neely.
Two group captains were elect-
ed and The Training Union and
prospective members *vere divided
into two groups. Each group will
have charge of the program ev-
ery other Sunday night The aim
of each group is to get more
members than the other. The one
winning will be given a social.
Group No. 1—Thesolone Gilly;
Captain. Howard McClure. Weldon
McClure, Rhonda Whelchel, Ben-
nye Ruth Hundley, Wallace Ste-
wart, Deen Hill, Johnnye Lou
Bagwell, Nancy Wilson, Dick Motile
Leland Holderman, Jlmniie Mc-
Parland, Rowland Triplet t, Betty
Jane Caldwell, Ela Mae Hundley,
Bobby Joe Simpson.
Group No. 2—Annie Marie Lu-
ther; Captain, Mayella Kendall,
John Luther, Imogene Bagwell,
Gene Tyler, Sharon Longbine. Wil-
lie Mae Lutrell, Martha Wilson,
Donald Luke Bar.vel!, Billy Robin-
son, Joe Mearl Nelson, Junior
Hundley, Wanell Church, Llla
Ruth Renfro, Donald Schmidt,
Juanita Simpson, Norma Davis
All young people are invited
to couie and enjoy the fellowship
and fun of all the socials
Remember training union every
Sunday night.
BUY BONDS
turblns to fezzes. His women are
hooded and vailed if they are
married, and the old men enjoy
looking at the ladies that are
not so attired. A little unfair—
that!
It's surprising to set sometimes
the Arab women wear very mod-
ern dresses under tlieir robes—that
is, the better class that can af-
ford them.
The native Tunisian is not
French In the least. He's a mix-
ture of Portugeese and' Spanish;
a blend that produces some very
beautiful women—I am told.
The races run from Jewish to
English, and you find Spanish, T-
talians, Germans, Arabs French,
and any other nationality you
can tliilik of, but their melting
pot is altogether different fro.n
that that is in the United States.
Eacli little sect is ruled over ! iy
someone that In turn is ruled over
by someone and the political pic-
ture becomes so jumbled that I
would hate to run for constable
over aere.
The situation is so complex that
I wonder how it really works
There are so many interesting
loyalties and royalties to pay that
a man must go mad keeping up
with them, and on top of that
live different armies have passed
this way. They leit their mark
too.
I visited Carthage today which
reminded me that in its time It
was the highest of civilizations.
In that day people killed each
other to gain possession. I wasn't
moved very much by <t. Jus* an-
other civilization shot to "L" ay
man. Perhaps a fanciful thought
Cnntionueri On Page Two
Learns Fast By Neher
The Army
Answers Your
War Problems
Q. My husband was u first
lieutenant in the Officers Reserve
Corps when he entered the ser-
vice, He is now a major overseas.
Since his promotions have been
in the Army of The United States
instead of in the reserve, what
rank will l:e hold when he is
released from active duty and re-
sumes is place in the reserve?
A. The War Dpartmnt has an-
nounced that all qualified officers
holding commissions in the Army
of the United States wll'. be of-
fered the highest temporary rank
held while on active duty should
they Join the Officers Reserve
Corps when they are released.
Q. Has there been any change
in the age limit for joining the
Women's Army Corps?
A. Yes. The maximum age for
enlistment in the Women's Army
Corps used to be 50. It is now
38. The minimum age remains
at 20.
Q. Would you please list the
decorations for which soldiers are
given fWe discharge credits under
.lie point demobilization plan?
A. Five points are given for
the flist and five for each addi-
tional award of the following for
service performed since Septem-
ber 16. 1940: Me^'al of Honor, Dis-
tinguished Service Cross. Legion
of Merit, Silver Star, Disting-
uished Flying Cross, Soldier's Me-
dal, Bronze Star, Air Medal, Pur-
ple Heart and Bronze Service
Stars for battle participation.
Navy decoraitons awarded to sol-
diers and certain decorations from
foreign countries also count.
Q. Can a bank refuse to loan
money under the G. I. Bill of
Rights?
A. Many misunderstandings have
arisen over this point of tile G.
I. Bill of Rights. The bank can
refuse to loan money under the
provisions of this bill. If money
is loaned under the O. I. Bill of
Rights, the government participates
to this extent: It will guarantee
to the bank payment of one-half
the loan, to two thousand dollars,
if ^he veteran should not make
his loan payments. The govern-
ment also pays the interest for
one year for the portion of the
loan it guarantees. The loans are
made by the bank and not by
the government.
Auto Wreck
East Of
Amarillo
Mrs. Pauline Crabbs and 5 chil-
dren returning home from Am-
arillo Tuesday with a big water
mellon, 100 pounds of ice and
other things ran into a telephone
pole near the Densmore (Dutch-
man) place on highway thl'i side
of Amarillo and rcoted the tele-
phone poll up. The lie rod on her
car broke and there was noth-
ing she could do because the
front wheels are as likely to go
one place as another. She sus-
tained a broken arm and the
small boy received a broken leg
and other bruises. They were tak-
en immediately to an Amarillo
hospital.
TOWNSEND ANNUAL PICNIC
Amarillo, Townsend Club will
have their annual Picnic Sunday
June 10th, in the west end of
Elwood Park, Dinner at 1 o'clock.
The picnic is especially for all
Townsendites and their friends,
who would like to hear the na-
tional speaker the Hon. Glen Wil-
son of Austin, who will speak at
2:30 o'clock, he has just returned
from the big regional Townsend
convention, and will bring first
hand information. Everybody is in-
vited to come and bring a basket
and remember the date.—By F. W.
Zimmerman. President of the club.
If nothing else, the old codger
was an experier.cjd jury man who
had sat in on many trials. Seek-
ing to glean some useful infor-
mation an attorney asked him,
"Who influences you the most—
the lawyers, the judge or the
witnesses?"
Tile old man pondered for a mo-
ment belore replying At last he
drawled: "Well, I'll tel yc. I'm a
plain ana reasoning man, and I
ain't infuenced by anything the
lawyers say, nor by what the wit-
nesses say—no, nor bv what the
jiK'.°e says. I Just look at the
man in the dock and I asks my-
self, 'If he ain't done nothing
wrong, why's he here?' So brings
'em all in guilty."
I Am An Ameri-
can And Pledge
My Support
The familiar custcm of setting
aside certain special occasions to
remenvoer such as annual cherry,
potato, apple, sweet, baby and
book days anc! weeks, may be
traditional and according to many
not sensible, but when we set
aside by official proclamation "I
Am An American Day", the good
is evidenced in the title alone.
The fact that we ^ake the priv-
ilege of citizenship complacently,
as our heritage and not with a
price on its head, is the general
custom. Many of the inherited
privileges we have found under
attack by oui enemies and we
are forced to p'.Ace a price on
our freedom as citizens of this
country, since we need to fight
and die for it! Strange how hu-
man natu'e takes for granted
food, clothing, shelter, friends
and health until they are attack-
ed. We seem to have to listen
every so often to the voices cf
those who have lost this, in order
to appreciate what we possess.
Above all things we prize our
freedom of citizenship, for without
it what good from the rest?
The native-born American be-
longs to a long line of Ameri-
cans, who proudly held the iron-
tier against tyranny. What is the
feeling of the foreign-born who
has become an American through
oaths of allegience? He has as
deep, if not deeper, sense of this
privilege for his attainment was
through renouncing layalty to an-
other land and a decision to join
the enviable throng ol Americans.
We pass the coming of voting-
age in Claude as just a part ol
ordinary routine, being natural
and a heritage. To be born an
American l- a ritual unto itself.
To become one oy pledging alle-
giance through the rites of ne-
cessary procedure is an honor. To
those who take it all so calmly
and with such a matter-of-fact
manner, we ask a question. Who
would you rather be than an Am-
erican?
Three Minute Sermon
3y Dr. Max I. Reich, Director of
Jewish Missions Course, Moody
B ole Institute, Chicafi
THE BFAl'TY OF T1U. LORD
Man, when originally created,
must have been ueautiful, because
he was made in God's image. But
sin marred that image, it robbed
man of his primeval beauty, de-
faced and degraced the loveliness
which marked him in th" time of
his original innocence and brand-
ed him for Judgment
Nevertheless, God in His infinite
mercy longed to restore man to
Our Joke Column
The first morning after the
honeymoon, Aubrey Warren got up
early, went down to the ki'chen
and brought his wife iier break-
fast in bed. Naturally, she was
delighted Then her husbat.d spoke
"Have you noticed just what I
have done?"
Mary Ella Waggoner—"Of course,
dear; every single detail," she an-
swered.
"Good; that's how I want my
breakfast served every morning af-
ter this."
Enoch Henderson—"Look, honey,
what's the idea of serving this
his lost estate—and God found
way. My friend, God will always j alrPlane chicken?
find a way if you will trust Him.! Airplane chicken? What s that?
This time God's way was to in- Enoch-"All wings and machin-
carnate His beauty and perfect-;ery and no tn('at'
ion in His beloved Son becomc > ~ .
man, and to offer salvation1 Blonde: Sorry, soldier, but I
though His vicarious sacrifice. | never go out with perfect strangers.
If this were the end of the
story, how simple salvation would
have been, but the enemy of God
and man interferred Even to this
day Satan "hath blinded their
eyes, and hardened their heart;
that, they riiculd not see with
their eyes, nor understand with
their heart, and be converted"
(John 12:40:.
Spurgeon lies said, "It is.
strange thirg that men should i
believe and yet not believe" Con- j
tradietory, but true. Thousands ad--j
mlt the deity of our Lord; they j
believe Christ died for their sins;
that only through Christ can sal-
vation be obtained; that eternal
life depends upon accepting Him
Here they stop. Thev fail to take
that final step of making Christ
their personal Savior. This is the
sin cf indifference. "They see r.o
beauty in Him tha> they should
desire Him" (Isa. 53:2). It keeps
men out of heaven.
But when salvation becomes a
Boyd Stewart: Don't worry about
that babe, I ain't perfect
Blushing prettily, Willie Mae
Luttrell handed the telegraph
clerk a message to a soldier, con-
taining only the word, "Yes.1
"You can send ten words for
the same price," suggested the
clerk.
a| "I know," she replied, "but don't
you think I d look too eager if I
said 'Yes' ten times?'-"
In a city hit by the housing
shrotage, a man implored a land-
lord for a room. "Have you any
children?" the landlord asked.
"No," answered the would-be
tenant.
"Any dogs?"
"No."
"Anyother pets—a canary or par-
rot, perhaps?"
"No," said the man. "but I've
got a fountain pen that scratches
i a little."
personal experience and sins arej '
put under the blood, Christ be-1 Rev. E- ^ Cook encountering
comes a tiling of infinite lieauty I many a meal which needed sea-
and matchless glory. That beauty soiling, alway carried a bottk of
which penitential faith beholds in Tabasco sauce with him. At one
Him is - ut upon the one who de-1 meal a hillbilly eyed it curiously,
lights in it. Vou cannot s'eadilyj then requested -om^ and poured
look upon Him and remain tm- jhberaly over a of bsef-
affected. You are transformed into I which he boted. 1 here was a
the same image from glory
glory. You become like Christ.
I
US./MODERNS
I'M QUITTING .AFTER
THIS HAND I'VE SOT
ENOUGH TO BUY A
WAR BONDl!
N
-VW'VOU BETTER BUY ONE TOP.'.'
Farmers Grain & Implement Co.
The economic phenomena which
are called "inflation" and defla-
tion" express, in exactly opposite
directions, the results of certain
changes in purchasing power and
prices. Taking a description of in-
flation as an example. It is possi-
ble to understand dellation by re-
versing the conditions. An infla-
tion iss ordinarily manifested in
two stages. The first stage is an
increase in the volume of credit,
the second stage is an advance in
prices. Credit rather than paper
currency is the important factor
in this country because so large
a part, of the purchasing power
consists of bank deposit credits.
In the current situation, the
first stage of the wartime inflation
has already occurred. This is the
inflation of bank credit, evidenced
by the rise of bank deposits and
of Federal, Reserve notes Bank
.predit inflation has been produced
by the sales of government bills,
notes, and bonds to the banks.
Despite the increasing taxation and
the bond purchases by non-batik
investors, the banks have had to
participate substantially in the suc-
cessive war loans.
The second stage of the in-
flationary process, which is the
advance of prices, has been held
in check by a system of price,
wage, and ration controls. Without
these controls the trend of prices
during the present war would no
doubt have been similar, or even
in excess ol the trend during
the first World War. It is said
that the controls must be ex-
tended beyond the war period in
order to prevent, then, a skyrock-
eting of prices during the recon-
\ersion period. Whether this will
be needed, and whether it would
be effective, will largely depend
upon the behavior of the people,
and their attitude will be influenc-
ed in considerable degree by a
correct understanding of the fects.
Now that- they are beginning to
sense the inflation dangei, it is
time to provide a realistic view ol
the outlook togetl.ei with some
counsel as to the best way of
minimizing the danger.
It has been a long time since
we have heard the title "gold-
digger" used. Perhaps it is due
to a shortage of crops, also.
I V e wuold be able to talk more
• comprehensively on the war, here
• in Claude, if we cculcl Just pro-
nounce the names of places.
Government
Ownership Kills
Freedom
Those who boost government
ownership in this country include
in their bag of tricks t.h argu-
ment that it is a crime for pri-|
vate electric utilities to spend
money defending themselves a-
gainst destruction at the hands of
socialists. Actually if the utilities
did not spend money in this man-
ner, they would be guilty of a
grave breach of faith with the
hundeds of thousands of persons
whose savings, invested in utility
securities, have made the modern
electric light and power industry
possible.
The electric industry is strin-
gently regulated and hea\lly tax-
ed. Its profits are ccntrolled by
state and Federal authority. The
money it spends to present the
case of private industry is pitifully
small compared to the stakes In-
volved. Moreover, such expendi-
tures in general niu't conn out of
earnings after taxes are paid.
The same people who cry out
against the pennies the electric
industry spends in behali of pri-
vate ownership, are silent when
it comes to the dollars of the
workingwan's money that labor
unions pou' out for political and
promotional purposes. The unions
are monopolistic big business. But
unlike other businesses they are
totally unregulated and untaxed.
It is impossible to get a job in
any major industry without Join-
ing a union. The worker pays the
dues and assessments demanded of
him—or else. He does not know
how his money is spent, beyond
what the union bjsses wish to tell
him.
HA riON REMINDERS
Meits, Fats—Red stamps
Date Void
T5, U5, V5. W5, X5, April 28
Y5, Zf>, A2, B2, C2, D2 June 2
E2. F2, G2. H2. J2 . June 30
K2, L2, M2, N2, P2. . July 31
Processed F'oods—Blue stamps
C2, D2. E2, FB, G2, April 28
H2, J2, K2. L2. M2. June 2
N2, P2, y2, U2. S2 June 30
T2, U2. V2, W2, X2. July 31
Sugar Stamp 35 June 2
No new stamp will be validated
until May 1.
Shoes—Airplane stamps Nos. 1
2 and 3 in book 3 continue valid
indefinately.
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The women who have a car
pool should see to it that they
carry at least one man—for
changing tires when necessary.
Texas needs leadership.
As these lines are written, the
legislature is dragging along in
its fifth month. It wasn't many J
years ago that the lawmakers
did their work in 60 days and
went home. But the pescnt ses-
sion was 132 days old before the
first major appropriation bill had
been passed.
Four different times, this legis-
lature has passed a bill raising
the salaries of Tarrnn County of-
ficials—and every time there was
some "joker ' atic. so now a fifth
attempt is being made. Members'
admit they voted .'or the first
and second versions of the bill
without reading it; and apparent-
ly even after blundeis, they didn't
read the third or even the fourth
one carefully enough.
Another bill, signed by the Lieu-
tenant Governor and other of-
ficials, reached the Governor's
desk—and then it was discuver-
ed (according to press dispatches)
that the bill had not been passed,
at all.
High officials in Austin are
fond of talking about the short-
comings and inefficiency of Wash-
ington. Well, if Washington had
been as incompetent as Austin
has been, there would not yet be
a single American service man
who nad set sail—instead, mil-
lions have been transported over-
seas and Europe has been invaded
and liberated.
Texas neads leadership'
Can you remember when men
used to wear celluloid collars?
And the "one-man top" of the
Mode! T? It took two men and a
boy to raise it and. by the time
the top was in place, everybody
was soaked anu the tain was
over.
A Lincoln story
Soon after Honest Abe became
President, he was visiting a fed-
eral prison and a grizzled in-
mate said, "Mr. President, you an,!
I have been in every federal pen-
itentuary in the country." Lin-
coln pretested, "But this Is the
first one I was ever in." The
prisoner replied, "Well, I've been
in all the others."
liOSPEl, MEETINGS
The meetings each evening at
the church of Christ are being
well attended.
The plain and simple gospel of
Christ is all, that we have to
offer. We believe it will save
men's souls Nothing else can do
to! pause. Suddenly the hillbilly made
a grab tor the water pitcher.
Finally lie spoke: "Well, sir.
you're the irst minister I ever
met who cm l ied u sample of hell
right with him."
The recently-inducted private
was seen around the camp, pick-
ing up a paper, reading it and
throwing it down, picking up ano-
ther paper, reading it and throw-
it. Sunday, June 10 there will be|ing it away. This he c'id over
dinner at the church building, and and over until his superior.*, de-
afternoon services. j cided, "Here's a case for our psy-
Everyone is invited to attend chologist.'
these services, and siudv with us "He's .n bad shape, cominent-
the Divine P an as it is revealed ec* 'he doctor after days of ob-
in God's word.—Fred Conner, E-' servation. "Better give him hii
vangelist discharge paper."
— i After due process, the private
Says Mrs. Joe Stephenson \ was mustered out He took one
"Maybe the reason modern girls look at his discharge papers and
are not given to crying, is be- then—with tiic first intelligent ex-
cause they don't want to spoil pression since his induction—e::-
their make-up " | claimed: "That's is—that's it!!"
"The Human Bridge 9
U. S. Infantry Schcol Photo
This is the infantry way of fori inp a crossing wliero liartv d wire bars
the way. This will be demonstrated in the "Here's \ our Infantry" presenta-
tion of doughboy tactics when more than a score of unit. tour the nation
during the Mighty Seventh War Loan drive. Lying en the v i'e is Pf, . Wal-
lace M. Russell. Pittsburgh. Pa. In the background is S/Sgt Ralph F. II mi-
llion, Auburn, Maine, and Pfc. James II. Mull. Grand Rapids. Mich. The
equipment demonstrated in these shows is but a small part of that needed
for war. Your heavier purchases of War Bonds in the Mighty Seventh will
the continuous supply of weapons necessary to earn en t!i« f>l,t.nr.
From I/. 3. Titimtt
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