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THE ALBANY NEWS
Albany, Texas, Thursday, Novmb# j
8Albany Nrma
Published Eriry Thursday
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If, JfeCAlHY AND JOHN H. McQAWGHEY
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The Albany News
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THANKSGIVING IS BKING OBSKHVKI) all
over the world today. American doughboys on New
Guinea, Marines in the Solomon?, Air Force crews
in India and China—-and all arms in North Africa,
Italy, Sicily, Kgypt, Iran, the British Isle and Ice
land; from the Aleutians through Alaska mil Can
•da, and to the end of the air lanes in Panama ami
South America Ann rican soldiers are eating turUey
today. On am) under the seas of the globe, Anieii-
can sailors arc enjoying their Thanksgiving dinner.
We are told by the powers that tie that our hov
are getting turkey with all the trimmings wherever
they might be today, and we sincerely hope this is
true. Nothing can make the boys feel they are real
ly American like the observation of our national
American Thanksgiving.
And not only do we enjoy a bountiful meal at
home today, but we give thanks to God for multiple
blessing*; for plenty even in time of war and -tic- ,
for the safety of our homes and loved ones, for
strong young men who are defending our homeland.
The prayer of the American people today is that
these boys soon accomplish their mission and aiv
returned safely to their homes.
We have much for which to be thankful today
we anticipate great victories, freedom from strife
and an enduring peace by Thanksgiving, 1044.
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS are closed
today in Albany, and this it indeed a quiet little
city as our citisen* go about their butinett of
observing Thanksgiving.
EVERY FEW YFARS our birthday has a habit
of arriving on Thanksgiving Day. This was the year
it hit again. We've gotten to the age where we
don't think too much of birthdays anymore.
FROM WALDRON FIELD, near Corpus
Ckristi, we received the following dandy little
tribute to Bill Nail, former Albany man who
joined the Navy early in the war to get in the
fight. We are reproducing the letter just as it
wet written by the boys at the field, where
Bill it an Aviation Machinist Mate:
November 20, 1943.
Editor, Albany News,
Dear Sir:
We have a habit of trailing home town
papers. We notice a lot in your paper about
Ll. Holwrt E. Nail. Did you ever hear of olr
Pappy Nail? He «ay* he it l.t Nail * brother.
If you didn't a few of ill here are goinq to tell
you. Pappy b* had us in hi* charge for over a
year now. He is getting *ent out to the man!
and to ips. If there ever was a going old dog,
it' Pappy. He has never asked for any favor*
Mid He takes what they put out right along with
tKe rest of us. He has kept many of u* out of
HlO and from getting our head* c*ve<l in
Ho will stand our watches and <1 a anvtbmr in
that world for a favor.
We read where his brother I ieulenant ii
good al writing and putting on show*, l**j>pv
can put on shows and skitx urn! write things
that are better than aay USO shew we over
saw. He worked up a felk dance fee Mr. Ford
that Mr. Ford said left him apeechleea. He haa
frieada and bin folk all ever the place. Ho
kaewt mere people.
We hwew his brother is a geed guy because
Peppy says so. But we went to tell you Pappy
is ene of the best, too. If you print this, we
rould get eny man on Waldron Field to tign
iS—but Pappy doet not like publicity and there
will be tome head butting and tome knuckle
cracking, to we don't intend to tign it, except,
The Boys At Waldron Field.
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ONE" MONTH TILL CHRISTMAS- from today.
'I his in one year no one needs to remind you to do
your shopping early. If you wait even until the
middle of December, chances are you won't find
anything you want.
The post office department is urging the public
this year to mail Christmas greeting cards early
mail them in November. Each year Christmas is.a
burden to post office clerks, in city and town alike.
This year, with inexperienced help in every post
office, the department asks everyone's cooperation.
Mail your Christmas cards early, and mail your
Christmas packages early. Just put on them: "I)o
not open until Christmas."
Incidentally, the Albany News is selling a lot of
Christmas cards this year-—the earliest we have
ever sold them in quantity. This proves that our
people are cooperating in mailing early.
THIS LITTLE STORY, written by Dr J. T.
Upchurch at Dallas, who with Mrs. Upchurch
operates the Berachah Junior Kingdom, came
to our desk this week, and we are passing it
on to our readers:
"The other day Mr*. Upchurch and I stood
beside a rain-washed, wind-swept, unkept grave
in the back side of a Dallas cemetery. On the
little marker at the heat! of this neglected
grave wa* inscribed three words—"The Tor-
gotten Girl."
"As we stood by that lone grave, we realized
there are multiplied thousands of forgotten
girls in America—girl* who are forgotten by
their fathers and mothers; forgotten by the
church, the school, by society, and by social
agencies; forgotten by the state and federal
governments.
The most pitiful of all these forgotten girl*
are those who have been robbed and spoiled by
thieves and left on the Jericho road to die. No
girl feels more keenly the effect of being for-
gotten than the girl who has lost her virtue and
has become an outcast. She feels her shame
and knows she has forfeited her claim on her
former associate*. Because of this fact, these
girls seek to be forgotten and endeavor to find
a hiding place from their disgrace. The very
loneliness of their lives drives them to despera-
tion and many of them kill themselves Shall
we too forget them, or will we let them know
somebody remembers, somebody <*sres?
"Berachah * doors havk been open many year*
to these forgotten girls and hundreds of them
have been restored to happy useful live*. Your
moral and financial support is needed a* never
beifore. Will you continue to help keep the
Berachah Door of Hope open to these forgotten
girls?
"Address all communications to, Berachah,
Box 4038, Dallas 8, Texas."
Timely
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Religious
Thanksgiving Day is here again.
It should not be a gala day of fes-
tive indulgence but a day of prayer
and meditation. Thanksgiving Day
J originated in a time of hardship
anil sulfeiing. In lt!07 the settlets
! at Jamestown hail gone through a
year of privation, danger and sor-
! row. Many of their number had
died during the first year of disea.se
and hunger but when chief I'ow-
hatun came to their rescue with
grain and wild gume they called
for a day of thanksgiving to God
: for His blessings.
We could easily magnify our
hardships and our sorrows today
but to one who would count his
I GIVE YOU
By BOYCE HOUSE
Mark Twain, in the judgment of
your columnist, was the greatest of
American writers. While of course
he was not a Texan, there is the
spirit of the Southwest sweeping
hie'-s"ngs. ' this' should be a~joyful trough his pages, and his humor
Thanksgiving. True, th<- world is |,s of the hyperbolic quality
I in dire distress; war has brought our section.
sorrow to every corner of civillza- There was the time that he was
tion; and victory will not come employed to dig a railroad tunnel
without more heartaches and tears, through a mountain and he enjoy-
NF.W AM) KKS'KWAI. SI 'HSCKII'TIONS thi
week include.
W. H. F onnan, Cisco.
A ( . Dement, \P0 San Francisco.
FOOTBALL SF.ASON i* fading thi* week in
the Southwestern ( onference, but the *tate high
school eliminations will go on for a lew week*
yet.
Last Saturday Rue cinched third plate in the
conference by beating ICIJ 1 .<-6. SMU drop-
ped a close game to Texas Tech, 6-7.
The big game of the *ea*on *ill be played
this afternoon fit Kyle I ield, Colleqr Station,
when the Aggies from A. & M meet the Texas
Steers in their annual Turkey Day cl.tssu
Winner of this game *il! be Southwestern
Conference champion.
In the s< hoofboy c ontests Amarillo, Vernon,
San Angelo, Ilret kenridgc and a few more fast
team* aie on top, but half of them will ! #• elim-
inated this week end
( I his information is for our overseas sol-
diers and sailors who like to keep up with foot
hall at home. )
America Can Be
Thankful for Health
AUSTIN, Thi- first Th nk-gi\
ing day in America wa proclaimed
for the purpose of eKpre^irig
thanks for tiie colonic' -turdy
health that had allowed then to
survive the hardships arid expo-
are of the first rigorou year in
America. Dr. Geo. W. fox, state
health officer, is appealing to ev
«y eitiren of Texas to give seriou
thought to the preservation of h
roil i
iiow
ii* ii health and that of hi
niunity in the national cri-i.-
existing.
"W - can cert a, i V b. thankful
1 hat <iui health level 11a t r ■ , , m d
high de pite till a- i iti. ' and de
pta v at ion of nai," I >i Cm ad.
"'(in people have retained tie i
health to a remai kable dewier i rid
even undei wai rondit on I > \.t
ha iami i ii Hell to -how a del i n< n
'I aterna I a nil ml a lit death "
Dr. Cox fated that within tin
lit-t fift) year-, health department
have been estahii,-lied throughout
t he • nurd I V fin f lie DUl'po e of pre
veil' ' .1 i: i ■ a i W 11 e 1! a ■ a
11 ivil ii- have beet hampered by thi
t-k
iff i
|e
11 a 11
ed
i i v ed
gram
pel io
per-n
t han
to be
This cupola - capped
tower on the state cap-
itol at Lincoln looks
out opon one of our
important grain and
livestock utates. Its
founder* came from the
corner* of the world
and built * great com-
mon wealth
Cornhuslcer's Pride
in M «'JM
V' _ ■* .
1 -III .''ll '
.. I In K'.iropr too r '1:i- 1
""" Czci ho> lovakia, B« lgt
urn, Holland, France,
N o i w ;i y and other
couritrie* were itrivin*
lor better, more peace-
ful day* and then Aa -
tria apiwned Adolf
Hitler
"% nn't v a i
Lord"" , d a
to an old Abei
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fleet,
il of thi I'u-
Hut we in America have great
cause for rejoicing. No invading
horde has overrun our land. No
screaming bombs have blasted our
homes. No firing squad has thun-
ed the work so much that, after he
had dug through the mountain, he
just kept on and dug two miles of
tunnel through the air!
And he told about a steamboat,
lereil its volley of death at inno of very light draft, that was sail-
rent victims. Our children have
not died for want of food and
-belter. We arc a favored land,
but we -hould not glory in these
lib sings. Rather should we ded;
cute our live anew on freedom's
altar with faith and thank-giving.
We present the following, no! a-
great poetry, but as an humble
Thanksgiving prayer:
We thank Thee I.ord for hill and
grove,
For star decked skies above.
For fleecy cloud of -ilvery sheen
O'er fields of velvet green.
We thank Thee fill the waving
grain,
For golden sunshine, and rain:
For row- of shock- bv farmer- laid
l.ike soldier on parade.
We thank Thee l.ord for home o
dear,
Foi neighbor- ever near;
For friends, both near and fa;
away
Who warm our hearts today.
We thank Thee for our native land,
For freedom'- stern demand;
For right to live and w ot ship Thee
In peace, forever free.
We thank Thee foi Thyself, dear
Lord,
For Th> eternal word;
For place to erve within Thy iold
i and glare to make u whole,
i May we on this Thanksgiving IJav
t 'ommit to Thee out vvay ;
That we in faith our hearts may
ing up the river in the darkness
and when dawn came, it was three
miles inland, having sailed through
the dew which naturally evap-
orated when the sun came up and
the boat wa- left stranded on the
prairie!
I've always liked his description
of a voyage on which the weather
wa so cold that the captain's shad-
ow froze to the deck and members
of the crew had to chop the shad-
ow loose with axes!
Mark I wain noi only wrote
humorous!) he talked the same !
way. When a member of a hotel
lobby group told a particularly in-
riedible yarn, Mark turned to a j
friend and -aid, "You believe half
of that and I will believe the other
half."
He lived next door to Mrs. Har-
riet lleechet Stowe, author of "L'n-
rle Tom's Cabin," and liked to
look over the novelist's fine library.
One day, the doorbell rang and
when Mrs. Stowe went to the door,
a servant from the Twain home
handed her a note and a package.
The note read :
"Dear Mrs. Stowe: This morn-
ing I visited your library and my
wife is shocked at my rudeness in
failing to wear a necktie. There-
VICTORY'S SONS
MUTI IN Ottabor of I HI, a« Amwfcaa
I Bad fore*, mmM* «d « aircraft
I Heartier wHh aa Maori of defrayer*.
I liailad out fa attack Japaaaie poiHieat
■Ami Santa Crux lilaad*. Near Ilia tolaadi
r^ay raii into hatvy lira from Jtp eruhart
and daitroyoM, at wall a bombing and
itrafin9 from Hi air.
Ratponsibility lor luecau ol the miwioB
vat largely ia the handi of Cept. Chattel
P. Cadi, eommender of Hie deitroyer
•qwedroa. He unheaitatingly raced W awlft
bat aaarmorad ItHa ihlpa a boat, holding
Mia heavier Jap betHeihipt away from Hie
carrier, and doing what damage ha could
with hit comparatively Ight gum. For aa
hoar and a half ha kept up the combat.
Meanwhile planet from the carrier ware
•hooting down the Jep planet.
"Far bpKant tactic, and devotion lo
duty" Copt. Cecil hat boon ewarded the
^iavy Crott. He cfeeedy holdi the Victory
Jdadel aad the American Defonte Service*
1
lore 1 am sending you a necktie.
I'lease keep it an hour—which Was
about the length of my visit and
then return it to me."
At the end of the fifth round,
the heavyweight staggered to his
corner in it dazed and batterer' con-
dition.
His manager approached him
and whispered in his ear: "Say,
Slugger, I've got a swell idea. Next
time he hits you, hit him hack."
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Quick Change
Small Hetty was all eyes at the
fashionable church wedding.
"Did the lady change her mind?"
she whispered to her mother.
"Why, no, what makes vou think
so1.'"
" 'Cause she went up the aisle
with one man and came back with
another."
t *f Mentha. Mulaloo. la BrlaiitN
>UM« mutur* cmu ana i
wnbnnM. MeaUw-MultlM
rtdlcnta Into nnta kalptae
. phlegm which hripe «Mt
I tour doctor Mmlho-HalaMn'
OU M en th* label. You aniit h*
a MefAo-Huliion or moner returned.
' aoiM today, (do and 11.0* iIm
reading Uoalore Everyw1
give
\ nd Iiva
of
ll Vt
orvice
fl-
it y Cum !
"I tIiiiik your row mii-t have
gotten into your tobarm field. Mi.
, .!ol I I I a d 1 lie nt v bov
"V\ hat make yon think o, n:>
ail' a ked the fatIWT.
"Weil,' i ep1 ied the boy, "I -aw
t!:< a all undei a biir tree, rhewinu'
i awa> !"
0
'I he highe-t i t v .ii l hi «orld i
I'ha i i, i bet, w ith an alt ' ude of
I I.(100 feel,
o
\i rui'djiig to law, it take at
Ira tIn ee to n.ake i i .Ot
ient I and . iievel t i ■
i gre.a' improvenn'iit in tin
i . ■ e 11 e i a I health ha ii alt
\lining (lie other benefits ill
froti the publit health pro
the tart that tlui ng th
] the life -pari ot* tin avr-rage
n ha been iurn , ed mote
la year.
lie State of Tex i ha nmrh
thankf nl for in the -teadil>
inrrea-ing iritere t and roofxra
tion being how ti, in matter pi a
laming to sanitation and control
of ronniiunirable dlsea e aid
r>r < ox "He pon-ihility for the
iucce and advancement of tin
public health program lie- not wit'
the health department primal H
but ^ ith the people who -uppri't
ind en. miragi tin i ii ■ 11, utiitv ef
f oil (nit fort h and v. no appl v 1
t heir own individual live t e
knowledge whn-h th'-v ha-i aeipiir
ed."
MATTRF.SS FACTORY
Now ave my Matt re I'.a
tin v in Mbatiy, arid w ill giw
you the be-t of workmaH-hm
and ei vire. Feather mattrcs-e
a penalty.
I ,oi at ed bloi k ra -1 of old \
i x.i iidrr ice house.
J. S IHJNLAP
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Quintuplets Use
Mustero/e For
Chest Colds!
To Promptly Relieve Coughing
and Make Breathing Easier
Wl frievtr 1 \w I Quint ur.li'f n r trh
r I«i t ijt-ir throat t amj h.i.'kt
ifri'r<fM]ut*]y r<jhwith Mu tcroli*
u nrfxiin'l rnii'li* * n'cmlly to \ r ifripf.'y
ri-fx \f rou^hin^;. throat arifi iv
ifhirnf flu Mt rcij w\fA to cold <
Mufi'T'ili' «' ?ually hflfir t.r *al, • jj ) . nI
cofii'iMti fj jn tiif upjht brom'hiiil trad,
fiM !• arjfJ i)irout.
M iiMtd,r' !i y, i ijrh W"fj Ji rful r« Ku)H
I< i • * what ho mmn> Iari«l
'r ' M a vunhrn fnuhlrr /"/'aw'
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> MJ can he • ,-<• 11 'm ju l Mbout thr*
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IN :{ STHI \<.1 Ms. i M I
for « i i "fit ari'J f.-- .(•)< v •
tt fi'Jr r tkin; IU*v'ii!ar for 'irainary c;m. i i
uad I 'ru '.'trong for tftubburu ru
"COLD" FACTS ^ ^
In
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Tin outheni tip of .South
America i. farther outh than the
out hern tip of Vfr ru. '
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HI TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS
I
ME0DT: Say, Lady, are you posted with the latest facts about how to keep
an electric refrigerator smiling?
LADY: Why, of course not; whoever heard of keeping a refrigerator smil-
ing? Its purpose is to conserve vitamins, and it was built to last many
years.
KEDDY: Exactly, but now—it's different. The war makes it impossible to
prcdict when you can buy a new one. so it's important that you take good
care of what you've got.
LADY: And how's the best way to do that ?
KEDDY: Defrost it regularly.
Cool food before putting it in the refrigerator.
Have motor cheeked regularly.
Ii yours has open type of mechanism oil moving parts of motor every
si* months.
Treat it with "kid gloves." It must last for the rhiration.
Westlexas Utilities
Company
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