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NEWS of Our Men
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THE ALBANY NIW1 MAI
SERVED SHACKELFORD
COUNTY SINCE tilt
Volume No. Sixty-one
"The Oldest Journalistic Venture West of the Brazos"
Albany, Texas, Thursday, February 1, 1945
Number SfotftMfc
CPU FRED DOUGLAS
HOME FROM ITALY
Cpl. Frederick Douglas, who
spent MO month* in the Mediteran
en 11 theatre with the Army Air
Forces, arrived in the States last
Thursday, landing in Connecticut.
He immediately called his parent.-,
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Douglas.
They met Fred in Cisco Wednes-
day afternoon and brought him to
Albany to spend his 30-day fur-
lough.
Corporal Douglas entered ahe
Army Jan. 1, 1912, when a senior
in Texas University. He made the
African invasion, and went from
worth Africa to Sardinia, and I
from Sardinia his Group went to
Corsica, where it spent most of
the time. Recently the outfit was
moved to Italy.
Corporal Douglas, who was in
the Intelligence section, reported
he enjoyed his work very much,
and praised the British intelligence
officers. His unit has two Ameri-
can group citations, one French
group citation, and is eligible to
wear four major campaign stars
and the group is to get one for
the French invasion, making five.
Corporal Douglas has a brother,
Lt. Jack Douglas, with an anti-air-
craft unit in France.
Two Local Men
Missins in Action
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SGT. TOM GREEN
RETURNS FROM FRANCE
Sgt. Tom Green arrived in the
States Wednesday from France,
and immediately called his parents, I
Mr. and Mrs W. H. Green. He ex-
pects to he home in a few days to
spend a furlough.
Sergeant Green was probably
the first Shackelford county man
to arrived in the Kuropean Thea-
tre of Operations. He arrived in
England June 1, 1!M2, remaining
there with the famous 'Jth Air
Forces until the ! th was transfer-
red to France in October, 1!>44.
FLIES HOME IN
HOSPITAL PLANE
Lt. Norman Hatcher
Reported Missing
B 25 PILOT MISSING OVER
PHILIPPINES SINCE DEC. 26
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hatcher re
reived a telegram from the War
Department Monday morning re-
porting their son, Lt. Norman
Hatcher, was mi-sing in action
over the Philippines since Decem-
ber 26.
Lieutenant Hatcher has been in I
1 the Pacific area since last summer, i
when he went to the western New
Guinea area in a reconnaisance
group, anil flew his bomber lor
months in the softening up of the
Philippines. A letter received by
his parents, written on the same
day he was reported missing, in-
formed them he was stationed in
tile Philippines.
A graduate ot Albany high
school and John Tarleton college,
he entered the army as :i cadet in
1!M3, and received his wings at
La Junta, Colo., January 7th, la t
year, and trained at Columbia, V
('., before going oversea-.
Lieutenant Hatcher's great host
of friends are joining hi- parents
in hoping they soon hear he landed
safe on some one of the 7,000
Philippine islands.
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Roy Rodriguez
Died Tuesday
Lee Roy Rodriguez, .">! , well
known Shackelford county ranch-
man, died of a heart attack at • >
o'clock Tuesday morning in the
Graham Sanitarium at Cisco In
failing health since Christina-, Mr.
Rodriguez was carried to Ci-eo
Monday morning for treatment.
Funeral a- held at the First
Christian church Wednc-day aftel ■
noon at H o'clock, conducted by
Rev. J. A. Owen, pastor of the
Matthew Memorial Pre-hyterian
church, a -ted by Rev. J. 1!.
I homp on, Methodist pa tor.
Burial wa- made in the Albany
cemetery under direction of J. L.
Castleberry, funeral director.
Roy Rodriguez was born at Kn
ni- January 10, lXXIi. He came
to Shackelford county in 1 s;i:l
with his parents, Mr. and Mi . J.
Rodriguez, and hi- grandfather,
I'ncle I'.oh Rodriguez.
JANUARY GOES
• •••••••
OUT WITH
♦ « «•••
FRIGID BLAST
A very mild January ended with
wintry blasts Wednesday morn-
ing, when thermometers in Al-
bany dipped to IX degrees. This
w I the coldest day of the month.
Highe-t temperature reading for
the month was on the 1 1th when
7,"> degree- was registered, and on
the '2«ith the temperature reached
67 degrees.
Mi . W Reynolds, recorder
for Albany, reported this morning
that rainfall in January totaled
1.0 I inch. Moisture the past week
was only .01 of an inch.
Pioneer Moran
Man Dies
$596 Raised Here in
March of Dimes
LT. NORM A \ HATCIIKI
Lt. Harold Law
Missing in Action
Lt. Harold Law, on of Mr and
Mrs. Arthur Law, i- missing in
action in France since January 7,
according to a message received
here Monday afternoon from the
War Department. Lieutenant Law,
arriving in France the lirst part ot
December with his infantry divis-
ion, was sent to the front almo-t
immediately, his unit being in
combat in France.
Cpl. B. A. Ballard, who ! with Lieutenant Law is the fourth \!
an evacuation group in the Medi bany boy to attend I'exa V & M
cal Corps, arrived in the States j college to be reported a ca.-ualty
Saturday night fiont neat Pari.-, j in the pa.-t -everal week Lt .lack
Lt IIARol.l) I \\\
Behling was reporting mi- n.r la-t
w eek and I .t < 'lyde Si uteville w a
wounded, the largi hone n lr
left leg being broken. He i in a
hospital in France. Sgt. Ru ■ ■11
11 ammack w a the t i t ot 1' ■
France, and arrived in Albany
Tuesday to visit Mr Balland Hid
their 1 M month-old son, Richard
Alton, whom he had not seen.
Corporal Ballard, who has been
overseas 'JO months, evacuates
wounded from Europe by plane, i ui-otip to he wounded. \l
and cattle to the State- on a plane men ale ill the mlaiit \
loaded with wounded men. He Lieutenant law wa taki ••
w ill return to England aftci i t-irn,\ w ith -ome I ,"00 I
. pending ten days with hi family 1 v & Mar. i -I, I
Corporal and Mr.-. Ballard and | w|„.n , junior tinli'' He 1
little -on went to Olney Wedne- c, ,i. I , . t
day to \ i it In pai • ni M 'iid
Mr . C M I! .Hard
' Thornton Smith Kirkpatrick,
lie .pent hi- life in the ranching r,s, pioneer resident of Moran, and
business, working for many years I jn the barber busines- there since
for the Matthews ranch, and later ijiOO, died at hi- home in Moran
operating his own ranch. | Sunday. He had been in declining
He wa.- married to Maurine I health for several month , md had
Smalley January 7. 1023. i just returned from a hospital
Mr. Rodriguez wa. a Christian | where he had received treatment,
gentleman, re-pected by everyone Death wa - attributed to heait dis-
who knew him, and took an inter
e -• in church and civic affair.-. He
had been a member of the Albany
Method, t church most of hi- life.
Surviving ire hi- wife; two
daughter-. Alexene Rodriguez,
head teacher of a Federal nursery
-chool connected with the public
-chool at Port Arthur, and Mary
Kva Rodriguez of Albany ; two
son . .1 F. Rodriguez, \M 2 c, who
- with the navy in the Pacific, and
Charles Rodriguez, of Albany . j
Pallbearer were Hugh Kzell,
Charley Arendt, Dee Leech, Watt
Matthew-. Herman Wilhelm and
Gene Pickard of Throckmorton
and l!oh Padgett and C M Knox
of Breckenridgi-.
Attending the funeral from out
of town were Ml. and Mr < M.
Knox, Mr. and Mr- .1 W Good
child, Ed Powers, Hob Padgett,
.loella Bell, Ann Sander , Mr M
K Bush, M I Daniel, ai d Omar
i! ilmore, of I'.rockotiridge: Mr and
Ml (ietie P ckard. Mr and Mr
\\ i. I! ."lard. Mr I' i II iM.erl.
Mi - Billy Mori oi . Mr Tom
Mo i on, Mi and Mi I i auk
St r ibl iug, Mr i n d Mr '' 1 h in
Mi 11111 Mr Hern
M S11 e 11 on
T. S. K rk pat rick wa- born July
la. 1 s7(. and came to Moran with
hi parents in INK I. He was the
oldest business man ill Moran from
standpoint of service, and had been
a civic leadei for many years,
-erving -everal terms on the Moran
city council lb wa- a regular at-
tendant on -ervices of the l'ir.-t
Bapti.-t church at Moran.
Funeral was held Monday after-
noon at '1:00 o clock a' the home,
conducted by Rev. Stiau-- \tkin
-on and Elder Cole Jackson, and
burial wa made in the Moran
i emctery.
Surviving are hi- wife and two
daughter , Mr Murle Mancil of
Big Spring and Mr .lame- I'ar
ri-h of Moran Three grand-on-
al.-o survive.
Soil Conservation
Office In New
Quarters
The offices of the Lower Clear
Fork of the Brazos River Soil Con-
servation District were moved re-
cently from the third floor of the
court house to the Hill Estate
building next to the depot. I he
building was beautifully refinished
with hardwood floors, paint, new-
wall paper, and partitions. Veni-
tian blinds for the large plate
gla.-s windows complete the very
attractive new quarters for this
office that was established some
two years ago with headquarters
in Albany.
Mrs. Katherine Ba-s, clerk, is the
first employee met as visitors en-
ter the office. To the left is a
door leading to the supervisors'
! room, w ith its desks where plans
i for the conservation program are
made, facing a large wall map ot
j ihe three-county district where
"battle lines" of the conservation
battle are drawn in colois. Var-
ious area- in the three counties,
Shackelford, Stephens and Calla-
han, are shown in colon, denoting
I the areas w here soil conservation
program - have been set up by land
| owners. If you know the legends,
1 you will note at a glance the pro-
| jifess being made in each area and
the type of conservation being
practiced.
On the south wall of the super-
visor-' room are large range charts
how ng water runoff and erosion j county to be tised
figure- for well sodded range land I (>f infantile paralysis.
MORE COMMUNITIES TO
BE HEARD PROM
Shackelford county people
contributed $596.83 up till thlR
morning to the fund to fight In-
fantile paralysis, raised in com-
memoration of President Rooa^
velt's birthday. This report In-
cluded donations made to date lit
Albany, Berryhill and Hastings.
Moran, Post Oak and Rockhlll rao
to be heard from, and their con-
tributions, as well as other contri-
butions from Albany people, will
swell the total.
Contributions made for tho
March of Dimes at the Aztec dup-
ing the week-end amounted
$ 1 ">0.07. The schools of the coun-
ty cooperated 100 percent in this
drive, and a more complete report
will be made when all contribu-
tions are in.
Mrs. G. C. BurraRe, chairmav
for the West Side, reports $70.IS
raised at Berryhill and $6.40 St
Hastings. The committee there
is: K. W. Carlson, Leo McKeever
and C. L. Raughton. Mr. Wallace,
principal at Hastings, assisted in
that community.
Last year more than $1,200 wai
raised in the March of Dimes cam-
paign in the county, and the coun-
ty chairman, A. M. Howsley, is
anxious that this year's total reach
the 10 11 figure. Those who have-
n't had an opportunity to contrib-
ute can give their money to anjr
committee member. L. F. Hook-
er is vice-chairman, and Joe A.
Clarke is treasurer for the cam-
paiK"- ,, , .
Half of the money collected
goes to the Warm Springs Nation-
al Foundation and half remains lit
for victim*
belli'. Mi .1
Si i !1 on, Mr
Murphy, ot I
id Mi
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into
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Grover S. Camp-
bell Dies In
Mexico
Mi
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Mr
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prominent
. dir.I i\
:il 11 Mex
of OVt'l
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for -?><•
and for over-grazed land. On the
i wall also i- an aerial photo chart of
the Joe 11. Matthews ranch, show-
. ing characteristics of the land, and
In its side i- a conservation plan-
ning chart of the ranch.
On the on111 wall of the room
aie chart of farm land, showing
benefit- of soil conservation prac-
tices
Kverett I .lone .-. who i- in
charge of tile -oil conservation
program, report- he i- ready tor
\i itor at hi new i|Uarter-, since
new furniture and file have been
,, ei\ed, and a full taff i- expect-
ed n i fe v day In the main
loom I i ■ i e are ile-k- for all em-
ployee
Work ii
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COMRAT F.NGINEKR ( I IS
CERTIFICATE OI MFRI1
ihen a junior .-Hide
ed :.t t 'amp I!, am ecard. I
Robei t . Ca!' f., and in the
ri t iirned to \ ,V M i 1
I 'JO. I !l ; I, lie elit' l ell of'
didate chool at I ort Be a >
and received h com*>ii
M.
in ■ I i 11
Haul
peed11 \ reported
Mfc** '5
Albany People
Asked, to Plant
Trees and Shrubs
St*
Mi. .lone
ot M ieck(
Herman
\ llo, who
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nrniire,
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W. S. \V.l!ia,. y is
Prisons • oi V ar
Mauldins Receive
Son's Purple Heart
Mr. and Mr.-. Roy Mauldin re-
ceived the Purple Heart medal
Sunday that was awarded their
-on. Glenn Howard Mauldin, avia-
tion machinist 3rd class, who lost
his life in the Philippine campaijen
in October. Notice of his death
wa- received by Mr. and Mr*.
Mauldin Nov. 12th.
o—
Sister of Mr*.
J. S. McComb Dies
Vi ,| S. McComh received a
nie age that her -ister, Mrs. Min-
I ,. Mcl.eroy, died in Houston
I i, day, January '10, and burial
will be made in Dallas.
Mi . Mi I ei oy made her home
M , 'let 'omb in Albany be-
.,. i„, d. She i- surviv-
ed hy ' r. e <|a a elite • three^ of
w hem live in 1 'alias, one in Wash-
• ii n llou-ton.
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Announce Revival to
Rijt, n March 4th
now f with
id
Kir:
Three Men Leave
For Army, Navy
IIP ! W I I
he annual
; I: pti-t
be 'in Sill
\ al of the
h 11 re; III Albany
■ I a \ inoi ning, Man h
Mn
Services Sunday at
Christian Church
S Sti l I V \N l . FASTK
Ml and Mi Clarence later
have received a certificate of merit
from theii on, SSgt. Fvan I1
Faster, which wa- awarded him by
his commanding officer. Sergeant
Faster, membei of a combat en-
gineering unit, i.- construction
foreman of hi- utrt The com
pnny made the Normandy inva
ion last June, and ha- been in ac-
tion since, now being on thr front
lines. The citation read-:
"Kuropean Theatre of Opera
tions, I S. Army
"This Certificate ot Merit i
awarded to S Sgt Fvan l l a ter
ti recognition of con.ipicuou.sly
merltorkm and outstanding per
forrnance of military dim
"Citation outstanding -eri
(Continued on page S)
APO CHECKERS
FIND 81 ITEMS
^ 4 9 • • • •
BELOW CEILING
('hecker foi the •1' ' e, of I'i
\dtnini-trat ion . ■•nnleted
lore- ill Mbany and Moran la 1
Thur day, and the r tindiiif wei i
very satisfactory "t the ".nil
item- checked, only two ite't wen
found to he above the coiling, and
the-e were iinno'd ately corrected
by the merchant. Fighty on
items were found to be priced in
dor the i oiling, * bich i v ery co
mendable
The urvey, ordered by tll'A,
wii. inndo between January III and
25 by members of the board and
aide who vo'unteored to help
These periodical check are way
the Of A ha of keeping tab of tin-
way rationini and price control
working, and thu far a firm grip
hu- boon kept oi price
HI- — ....
Mi and Mr 11 f Crutchfield
i are -ponding tin *oek in Palla
ledi
Ml I:
Thi
>rd
Mb
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In Vll.a i
be of t ■ f.rei ke'i' ! ■. National
C a a 1111 i a 11111 . 1' ■ N;r 1
a> Guard wa 'd . I • 10
He trained w l " ■ '• th l'i\i on.
and landed at Salei no with the Di
i ail ,ii the in\ i ion of Italy and
«,-i proe ote.i lo platoon -orgealit
in the Italian < t-np 'ign He vi a
wounded n Italy, reeeived th«
Purple Ileal • Medal, t •• liron e
Star with Oak I ■ it ' ■ '' ' H ■
,1 a loader of a heavy weauon
j platoon of the 1-l^nd Infant'y.
RATION OFFICF TO RF
C I OSF.D f IRST OF MONTH
The lor 1 \\ ar Price and Ration
ing office will b«* clo-od on the
fir t day el each month " order
for the clerk to take can of their
dutii or the tir-t 'I ho public i
urged to rcinoinbei t' clo ng •>
they won't be a ' > in|e<i e
office' Io " • T
the OP V
he
Jeport
that
l or
Oil i
a lit
Mi
portr
ch ber -•'
ford Feb S
Jno. F S
appro, iat "c
given II till
al
He
Ktny « o
c ooperat
ade by t
a doctor
• la-t we'
a po rb
' o.pitl.'
arko, ma
meeting
b\
d Maud
and
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from O
k look11
,.. t
ing T
•lame
Fran'.
John
Dunn
Monday
ers Wei
left hi
Moa-toi
Tak
I at
Mc
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Hail
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taken b
cdiateh
Navv. 1. :
i. The
• Vi my
Fort
v ing
oth-
and
Sam
t-1'. will be
tian church
1111>|-1 aig and
,00 a m and '■
M. Kay ol Palla
age Membei
pre ent, and \
ej'\ CO at the
Sunday at both
evening hour.-,
:M) p. in. Rev.
a will bring the
are urged to
or are wel-
, .id i. continue through Sun-
Man' is Kov. George I.
Hoili'e i' Co1 belt. okla., will do
• pri ichinc Jo onie Mi l.aiigh-
id*'nt in Hardin Simmon*
I i,ivet ty and choir director of
the lo al . btirch. will load the sink-
ing.
Th announcement wa made
today by the pastor. Rev. H. M.
Weldon. He also announces that
the next Workers' Conference of
i ii,. ('isco ; oeiation will meet at
the Fir t I'.apti-t church in Cisco
February ('■
and Abilene ■
edw a i. evpre
for the i
■ recent cattle
stai
o
1 tall
fi
I hy
hai
t i o n
mil i
J
I'Xpl
Shi
be
ke'
-tart
Vlbany people, and ho o*nres-"d
h - hone that the arm
'orrl county ale w II
' d again.
o
Mr arid Mi - V .1 Hall and
J • e ' ' I M ' Ke --at 11 r
i day to ittond the funeral ot O.i.tr
t'yport. who died Fnday liny
returned hon v *> ot \n '!II
' when' they >Saturd ■ "
w
rela
foi
li:i
Morr
Marin
Morn
J. Tr.
I K.
Jamo
Ca
Fll
Mr
New
IV* Induction I \*m
•ok • b'voii local inert wore
i | >a' . I'm nri ndui't on
al examination, and will
at least 'JI day before induc-
I ho a accepted for :> or i
\ erv ice were
ollin-worth.
I verett MiTr '. re
I ' iyd I.onglej
J Fit.
a\ is Tho'na
Maker
V, Mart n
William- ' ook
' honald I tooth
o
il I Kid ■ |of* ruosday
irloan I.a . to \ i at her
r I'orot \ R ' '• ■■
SI AY ON JOBS
The lo. al Selei
Hoard a k - the Now
! that men ipiitting i
;he\ were diferrod
fying the
to l|Ult. I
I la • ed
■tiie Service j
to announce
job for which
thout noti-1 County
SIGN PLFDGES TO AID IN
MANPOWER EMPLOYMENT
Judge G. R. Kin*, local
board of tlier intertion \ ( omtrunity Mobilization chairniall.
,d immediat
aito 1 A
:'K bo re
APPOINTED WEIGHER
The cor mi inner ' court ha ap-
pointed I "in Shoffit publit weigh
ot i tn o precinct No 1 There
w i no candidate for thi place in
p., or. la-t -unitner. neco
tat ing the ippoint'i'ent Mr Shof-
• t ' i en ed i - * • ighed ' "dor ap
po 'itmoiit evoral year
O-
I. i Stewart of Sweetwater
wa a gi.e-t of V|r VS 1' New.'
i'.l- ; the week end.
,1 th
ropor'- two adrlitional pledge xiicn-
| er to cooperate in the criticaF
n anpowor shortage. These are A.
I. Illack Grocery and Model Clean-
ers.
Tin move wa- -tarted early i"
January to keep local employer*
from hiring men from essential
war industry in violation of th*
War Manpower Employment Stab-
lization program.
I The concerted effort throughout
the nation aa- re ulted in thou<-
,nd of * ar w orker who had
,juit war job , ;oing bark to their
k*nr *urk
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