Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1947 Page: 10 of 14
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Texas
BITTEN BY RABID FOXES
Fifty persons in Sabine, Newton and
Jasper counties were treated for rabies
last month as the result of being bitten
by rabid foxes. A widespread exter-
mination campaign has been started to
wipe out the animals.
TEXAS CHICKENS AT SOUTH POLE
When Comd. Finn Ronne set sail re-
cently from Beaumont for an 18-month
scientific expedition to the South Pole,
he took along five White Leghorn hens
and a rooster owned by Irving L. Bush,
of Waco. Bush is wondering whether
they will lay eggs at the South Pole.
SAFETY CONFERENCE
The eighth Annual Texas Safety
Conference will be held in Fort Worth
on May 1 and 2. Hundreds of delegates
will hear talks and see field demon-
strations of the most modern improve-
ments in traffic safety.
EAST TEXAS PRESS TO MEET
The North and Blast Texas Press As-
sociation will hold its annual meeting
in Tyler, Smith county, on May 23 and
24. The Tyler Courier-Times, Troup
Banner, Mineola Monitor, Wood Coun-
ty Democrat and Lindale News will be
convention hosts.
AGE MEANS NOTHING TO HIM
Margarito Castillo, an Indian who
lives near Creedmorc, Travis county,
and claims to be 118 years of age, still
does a full day's work on his son's farm.
He says "only the Lord knows" why he
has lived to such an advanced age, but
be believes living well, working hard
and going to church has helped him.
SOME PARKS SELF-SUPPORTING
Eighteen of the 38 State-owned parks
are capable of self-support through
receipts, State Auditor C. H. Cavness,
said. Others are still in various stages
of development and require financial
aid. Cavness thinks a standard system
of concession contracts would soon
make all parks self-sustaining.
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INDUSTRIAL MAGAZINE FEAT-
URES 'TEXAS
The Ford Times, magazine of the
Ford Motor Co., Detroit, featured Texas
in its March issue. Roving editor Bur-
gess Scott retold much of Texas lore
of the past and also said about the
future: "People outside Texas are gen-
erally agreed that the State is growing
faster commercially and industrially
than any State in the South and South-
west."
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FIDDLERS REUNION PLANNED
The Texas Fiddlers Association is ex-
pecting at least 30,000 persons at the
1947 Old Fiddlers' Reunion, to be held
in Athens on May 30. Elaborate plans
for the reunion are being made. Gov.
Beauford Jester has accepted an invita-
tion to be present.
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SOLE 1835 PENSIONER REMAINS
One pensioner remains from the
struggle of Texas to gain her independ-
ence from Mexico. She is Mrs. Susan
R. Freeman, of Elkhart, Anderson
county, widow of the man who guard-
ed the baggage wagon train at battle
of San Jacinto. Mrs. Freeman, now
88. married Thomas Freeman when
she was 28 and he was 60. He died in
1869. but she never remarried and so is
still eligible for the pension.
CORSICANA JUNIOR COLLEGE
ACCREDITED
The Navarro Junior College, of Cor-
sicana. has been accorded complete ap-
proved accrediting from the Texas
State Department of Education, Ray L.
Waller, president, has announced. The
college was established last fall.
IMPROVEMENT AT TEXOMA
The Texoma Boat and Duck Com-
pany, of Denison, has announced com-
pletion of negotiations for a $60,000 en-
largement program on Lake Texoma,
which will move the company to a new
site. One of the original concession
operators, the Texoma company will
move from Rocky Point cove to Grand-
pappy point, both in Grayson county,
and will greatly enlarge its recreation
facilities.
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF TEXAS
CONGRESSMEN
The Congressional Directory, which
contains autobiographical sketches of
every Congressman, proves that Texas
legislators in Washington are 20 per
cent more loquacious this year than
they were last. The twenty-three Tex-
as Congressmen use 281 lines of type
in the directory this year as contrasted
with 235 lines last. Shortest Texan
autobiography was that of Milton West,
of Brownsville, Cameron county. His
entry was merely: "Milton West. Demo-
crat, of Brownsville, Texas." Congress-
men write their own life histories.
RAW SILK PRODUCTION PLANNED
Large scale silk production is being
planned at La Villa. Hidalgo county,
and 20,000 mulberry trees are being
planted on an 85-acre tract. A nursery
to take care of half a million more
trees is also being laid out, and con-
tracts have been let for $65,000 worth
of machinery to unwind the cocoons.
NEED FOR TRAINING ENGINEERS
Dr. Umphrey Lee, president of South-
ern Methodist University, recently told
a Dallas group that there is great need
for adequate facilities in Texas for
training engineers to lead the industrial
development of the Southwest. Dr. Lee
said the South was the poorest equip-
ped section of America in technical
libraries before the war and that the
increase in the number of students has
made that deficiency even more acute.
UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS
Unemployment in Texas, despite pre-
dictions to the contrary, has dropped
far below the 1946 level, according to
figures of the Texas Unemployment
Compensation Commission. There were
only 232.120 Tcxans without jobs in
January, while a year ago the figure
was 302,500.
HIDALGO CO. FIGHTS RABIES
Hidalgo county commissioners have
ordered a county-wide campaign
against rabies in an effort to curb a
series of outbreaks of the disease. The
campaign calls for all dog owners to
have their pets vaccinated, with a
county-wide roundup of stray animals
following the deadline for vaccination.
NEW CROPS LISTED
Gilbert C. Wilson, secretary-treasur-
er of the Texas Chemurgic Council,
says that new crops which recently
have been found to prosper in North-
east Texas include sweet potatoes,
blackeyed peas, pimiento peppers and
sage "These crops will give the area
a much healthier agricultural econ-
omy," he added.
ENGLISH VISITOR INSPECTS
R. Olaf Hambro, chairman of Ham-
bro's Bank, Ltd., London, England, has
just finished a tour of Texas "to see
what England can buy from Texas."
Hambro said the English arc definitely
interested in increasing their trade re-
lations with the Lone Star State. He
conferred with Governor Jester, who
gave him a detailed picture of the re-
sources of t.he State and their possi-
bilities in foreign markets.
CATCHES EAGLE WITH RARE
HANDS
Ector J. Stockton, of Otischalk. How-
ard county, recently caught an eagle
with his bare hands. Stockton, an oil
worker, saw the bird near a highway.
He stopped his auto and sneaked upon
it but it took off just as Stockton lung-
ed forward and grabbed its tail. After
a battle Stockton subdued the eagle
with a stick. The wingspread measur-
ed six feet four inches.
WORK ON HOUSTON-GALVESTON
HIGHWAY PROGRESSES RAPIDLY
Construction is well under way on
several sections of the new six-lane
superhighway between Houston and
Gaiveston. Three years or more will be
required for completion of the entire
project at a cost of $33,175,000, but
some important sections will be open
by the end of 1948, it was said.
TEXAS FRUIT
TO ROYALTY
Ten boxes of
fancy Texas cit-
rus fruit were re-
cently sent to the
British Royal
Familyfrom
Harlingep, Cam-
eron county. The
boxes were in-
cluded in a 50,-
000-box cargo
which left
Brownsville by
ship for the Brit-
ish Isles. .It was
the last shipment
to England this
year.
CAMP WOL-
TERS BUILD-
INGS BOUGHT
A representa-
tive group of
Mineral Wells,
Palo Pinto coun-
ty, citizens have
successfully end-
ed negotiation
whereby they
will be able to
buy all the build-
ing's at nearby
Camp Wolters.
The camp site will be used for indus-
trial purposes and 3,000 housing units
will be offered to veterans on a rental
basis.
CHEMURGIC IIEADQl ARTERS
Texas Chemurgic Council directors
have voted unanimously to place its
headquarters in Dallas with an operat-
ing budget of $50,000 a year. The
program for the first twelve months'
activity of the society calls for educat-
ing communities to avoid farm waste
and to use waste for commercial pur-
poses.
NEW M ESQ CITE USES SOUGHT
Several chemists at Texas A. and M.
College are working to find new uses
for mesquitc wood. There are 50.000,-
000 acres in Texas covered by mesquite
and the ever-present bush is estimated
to be costing the Lone Star ranchers
more than $40,000 a year in lost pas-
ture gazing. The chemists think that
pulp, paper, plastics and gum can be
derived from the wood.
"PITTSBURGH OF SOUTHWEST"
HAILED
East Texas will become the "Pitts-
burgh of the Southwest," according to
Representative Wright Patman, of Tex-
arkana. Bowie county, following pur-
chase of government-owned blast fur-
naces and coke at Daingerfield, Morris
county, by the Lone Star Steel Co.
Price was $750,000 and more than 800
persons will be employed. The proper-
ties cost the government $24,000,000.
NEW OUTBREAK OF FOREST FIRES
A new outbreak of forest fires in
Southeast Texas was reported late in
March, and the Texas Forest Service
said it did not have enough men to fight
them. J. O. Burnside. fire control chief
of the Texas Forest Service, reported
from Lufkin, Angelina county, that the
woodlands were drying out after re-
cent rains and that if dry weather con-
tinued there would be more fires. The
newest fires ran the total of forest land
burned so far this year to more than
78,000 acres, with about 1,100 fires re-
ported.
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ADVOCATING A PRESIDENCY FOR JAPAN—Healthy sign of rehabilitation in
Japan since Emperor Hirohito denounced himself as a god is this demonstration
by Nipponese who feel their country should be democratically governed by an
elected president.
ORANGE BLOSSOMS GUIDE FLYER
SAFELY HOME
Here is the latest tall tale coming out
of the Rio Grande Valley: Charles W.
McMillon, manager of an aerial service
at Edinburg, says he owes his life to
his nose and the Valley orange blos-
soms "I was flying from Eagle Pass to
Edinburg the other night," he related,
"when I became lost. Somewhere over
Roma I smelled the aroma of the Val-
ley's orange blossoms. From there on
I came in on my nose and the smell."
SAWMILL CENSUS UNDER WAY
Sawmill operations in 21 counties of
Southeast Texas are being enumerated
this month by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus. Facts on the 1946 production of
hardwood and softwood timber, cross-
ties and shingles, as well as stocks of
lumber on hand, will be brought to
light by the census. For the first time.
questions will be asked regarding the
source of the logs sawed, by counties,
which will furnish important statistics
on the sawlog drain. Counties being
covered in the canvass are Harris, Gal-
veston, Brazoria, Fort Bend. Matagor-
da, Wharton, Colorado. Austin, Wash-
ington, Waller, Montgomery, Lavaca,
Jackson, Calhoun, Grimes, Milam, Rob-
ertson, Brazos, Lee, Burleson and
Fayette.
HIGHWAY 199 MAY BE IMPROVED
Hubert Lee, grain dealer of Paducah,
Cottle county, has been named chair-
man of a group that plans to close gaps
in the highway system serving the area
from Seymour, Baylor county, to Dim-
mitt, Castro county. The road would
serve 2,000,000 Panhandle acres and
Lee is preparing a report for the State
Highway Commission.
LATIN-AMERICAN PORT OPENED
Col. Jabier Gonzalez, chief of civil
aviation in Mexico, officially unlocked
the doors to the Love Field, Dallas, in-
ternational customs buildings in dedi-
cation ceremonies for opening the port
of entry to Latin-American countries.
Col. Gonzalez acted as special repre-
sentative of President Miguel Aleman
of Mexico.
SAN JACINTO FESTIVAL TO
HONOR EARLY TEXANS
The 52nd renewal of San Antonio's
colorful Fiesta de San Antonio, dedi-
cated to the men who won Texas her
independence from Mexico, will begin
April 21 and continue for a full week.
Officials said the celebration will be
the most elaborate since the fiesta was
first held in 1891. All of San Antonio
—home of the famous Alamo where
Texas defenders died to the last man
holding off a Mexican army—will dress
in cowboy, frontier or Mexican cos-
tumes for the fiesta. Old trail drivers
and the remaining few Texas pioneers
will participate.
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BUSINESS
PROBLEMS URGED
Public education in the problems
faced by business is badly needed to-
day, E. C. Burris, executive vice presi-
dent of the Texas Manufacturers Asso-
ciation, declared in a recent address in
Bay City. The nature of the nation's
economy for generations to come now
depends upon the future of business, he
said, and the people must be brought to
understand the problems of business.
DRINKS
CENTENNIAL
TOAST
T. J. (Uncle
Tom i Coyne, re-
tired railroad en-
gineer, celebrat-
ed his 100th
birthday at Cle-
burne, Johnson
county, by drink-
ing champagne
with friends
from all over the
nation. Born in
Ireland, he mi-
grated to this
country when he
was 23 years old
and spent 50
years in the rail-
road b u s i n ess.
He was on the
third ship ever to
go through the
Suez Canal and
has travelled all
over the world.
OAK TREE
LANDOWNER
The his t o r i c
Oak Tree in
Houston, where
the earliest Har-
ris county settler used to find shade
from the Texas sun, has the distinction
of owning its own plot of land. The J S.
Cullinan estate bought the land and
gave it to the tree forever so that it
cannot be cut down as long as it lives.
The document also stipulates that the
branches be allowed to grow in their
natural way.
MRS. GEORGE T. JESTER NAMED
TEXAS MOTHER OF 1947
Mrs. George T. Jester, of Corsicana,
Navarro county, mother of Gov. Beau-
ford Jester, has been named Texas
Mother of 1947. The award was made
by the Texas American Mothers' Com-
mittee. Mrs. Jester is not only the
mother of a governor; she is also the
widow of a lieutenant governor. Her
husband filled that office in Texas back
before the turn of the century.
MEMORIAL TO 3f,TH PLANNED
Plans for a 36th Division memorial
to be erected at the site of the Salerno
landings are being drawn by architec-
tural students of the University of
Texas and Texas A. & M. The memorial
will commemorate the landing of the
first American division on the Euro-
pean Continent in World War II. Win-
ners of the contest between the two
student groups will be announced at
the annual Longhorn-Cadcts' football
game next Thanksgiving.
FHA OFFICE BUSIEST IN 13 STATES
The Dallas District Federal Housing
Authority office in February received
1,033 applications for housing loans,
the largest volume handled by any of-
fice in the 13-st.ate region. Most of the
loans were for new construction of
houses for sale or rent to veterans.
MINIATURE CHURCH
COMPLETED
A miniature Colonial-style church,
made of woods from all over the world!
is being used as a receptacle for pledgp
cards in the Central Presbyterian
Church in Paris, Lamar county. Serv-
icemen from Paris sent the wood from
stations overseas, and J. Y. Jeter, of
Paris Junior College, drew the plans
and built the model.
DIDN'T BELIEVE "NO SMOKING"
SIGN
A Dallas man, brought up in city
court for violating an ordinance pro-
hibiting smoking in an inflammable
area, such as warehouses or gasoline
dumps, told the judge he wasn't really
guilty. "Why not?" the judge asked.
"The sign didn't say 'positively no
smoking'," the man replied. He was
fined $5.
TEXAS GOODS START BOSTON
RIOT
The Filene Store, of Boston, Mass., re-
cently offered for sale the goods which
were slightly damaged in the Christ-
mas fire of Neiman-Marcus store, Dal-
las. When the $1 400.000 worth of
merchandise was put on sale, 15,000
women stormed the store, broke one
plate glass door and tore off another.
Fourteen Boston policemen were un-
able to hold the women shoppers.
REFINERY FLOATED TO TEXAS
A refinery unit built in Jersey City,
N. J., and destined for Baytown, Har-
ris county, Texas, proved too bulky to
be shipped by rail or ship. So the man-
ufacturers made it watertight and had
it towed by the inland route from New
Jersey to Texas. The route led through
the barge canal, past Rome, N. Y., to
Buffalo, through Lakes Erie. Huron
and Michigan into the niinois river and
thence into the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers, finally arriving safely here and
tied up in the Intracoastal Canal.
ROAD PAVING PROGRAM SET
At the completion of the present
three-year building program. Texas
will have 35,000 miles of paved roads
linked together, State Highway Com-
missioner Fred Wemple, Jr., of Mid-
land, announced recently. Wemple said
that 26 years ago the State had only
6,000 miles of paved highways, com-
pared with the present total of 24,000
miles. He added that 10,000 miles of
highways were paved in the last dec-
ade. Forty per cent of present expendi-
tures are going to the farm-to-market
program.
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BORGER COMES OF AGE
The city of Borger, once known as
the naughtiest town in Texas, celebrat-
ed its twenty-first birthday recently.
The settlement was originally made in
the early twenties when the oil boom
began but it did not become a city un-
til 1927. At one time, at the height of
the boom, the city had 65.000 people, of
whom, it was said, only 15,000 had
legitimate jobs. The rest were all
rumored to be adventurers.
TEXAS HELD AS INTERNATIONAL
MODEL
Judge ,J. C. Hutcheson, Jr., of Hous-
ton, recently told the Sons and Daugh-
ters of the Texas Revolution that the
action of Texas in joining the Union
after her successful war with Mexico
should bo an example to the rest of the
world. "Just as Texas joined the Union,
so is it necessary for all nations to join
hands and prevent any further at-
tempts to destroy each other," Judge
Hutcheson said.
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