The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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The Shackelford County Leader
Old Vol. 31, No. 16—New Vol. 5, No. 1
Albany, Texas, Jan. 14, 1943
Plenty of Food Can
Aid Ammunition,
¥ arm Folks T old
About 35 persons representing
farm families of Shackelford coun-
ty, and several Albany citizens in-
terested in the production of food
for winning the war, met at the
court house Wednesday morning in
response to a call made by the AAA
committee, the county War Board
and Victory council, for the purpose
of mobilizing forces for the .year's
work.
Bertram Elliott, chairman of the
war board, presided for the meet-
ing and Mr. Kingsbury of Coleman
discussed the importance of filling
out the farm plan work sheets in
order to receive the greatest co-
operation from other agencies and
to be able to produce the most food
at the least cost.
Stressing the fact the county
must feed a great portion of the
countries of the world, the speaker
said that the production of food
was even more important than the
manufacture of an excessive
amount of ammunition because the
war can be won only if we feed the
allies and enable them to stay on
the battle front.
Other speakers at the meeting j
were the Shackelford county agent, j
W. C. Vines, C. E. Hill, vocational
agriculture teacher in the Albany
high school, and W. G. Webb, sec-
retary of the Albany National
Farm Loan Association
Means of aiding
Shallow Tests Due
Deeper Drilling
Two shallow dry holes were
marked on the Shackelford county
oilman's map this week with the
north Shackelford wildcat of H. R.
McKee et al No. 1, W. P. Tucker
on northwest side of T.E.&L. sur-
vey 553. Failing to get any favor-
able showings down to 925 feet,
through the usual shallow series
sands, they are considering carry-
ing to 1050 feet in effort to pick up
a sand that showed some oil at 1,-
000 foot level when drilled on the
Dillingham farm about 16 years
ago. Contractor J. XV. Keyes is
waiting on orders.
On west side of the 18,000 acres
Cook ranch, Roeser & Pendleton,
Inc.-Conoco A-3, Cook estate failed
to get sand in east offset to Heltzel
& Kleiner No. 1, Dawson & Conway
discovery in new 1427 foot sand
pool, and the hole is dry and plug-
ged in center of west line section
146, N.T.R.R.
The speed with which offsets
have been drilled in Shackelford
county is staggering, due to Feder-
al spacing regulations, the average
offset period is from 6 to 12 months
in many areas. The Dawson &
Conway discovery was drilled near-
ly a year ago and the east offsets
are now being drilled.
Shallow oilmen say they can
move off and leave a shalllow oil
field on the present 40 acre spacing
rules, which applies to deep and
tirst Enlistee f rom
Shackelford County
Accepted in W A AC's
Mrs. Lloyd Lietz, the first recruit
in the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps from Shackelford county,
was sworn in as an Auxiliary at the
Dallas recruiting center last Tues-
day. She is at home now and
awaiting her call into active serv-
ice, which is due within the next
three weeks.
Mrs. Lietz's two sons, Lloyd Jr.
and Dickie, are expecting to be
drafted into the Army sometime
next month. Lloyd Jr. is a senior
in Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio,
and Dickie is a junior in A. & M.
College.
Mrs. Lietz's many friends are
proud of her patriotic spirit and
feel that she will not only make a
good soldier, but will be an inspira-
tion to other young women of the
county to dc their part in the war.
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At Pearl Harbor \ Annual A verage of
1 Albany Rainfall Is
Up After Wet Years
Last year was another unusually
wet year, according to the U. S.
government report kept here by
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Reynolds. The
total rainfall during the past two
years has raised the average annu-
al fall nearly two and three quarter
inches. Last year's precipitation
was 30.96 inches, hardly two-thirds
of the previous year's all-time rec-
ord of 47.01.
Average annual rainfall previous
to the last two years was 24.27, and
the present average is 26.93. The
Subscription, Per Year, $1.00
CC Members Devote
All A ttention to
Plans for Victory
Lee Suther of the Lubbock Fly-
ing school was a guest of the Al-
bany chamber of commerce at the
weekly luncheon meeting Tuesday.
He reported that he is well pleased
with his work there, which is in the
supply division and is very pleasant
work. Another visitor at the lunch-
eon was Don Woods of Dallas, with
the Westinghouse Electric com-
pany, and a guest of E. L. Jackson,
local manager for the West Texas
Utilities company.
W. C. Vines, county agent, an-
new year has brought only .18 inch. nounced a meeting of committee
What Is Income Tax?
farm families Jshallow operatora alike' Local °Pe"
were discussed and several of those I rators have done the ™ximum
.. .. . -1 conserving vital steel materiials
attending the meeting expressed
,, , . „ and supplies and as a result drilling-
laeas regarding the employment of 6
a home demonstration agent for the
county. The work was discontinued
last October when the commission-
ers court voted to discontinue their
appropriation for a portion of the
agent's salary. A resolution was
adopted to ask the court to employ
" another" agentr«. 'manner*——1
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TIRE INSPECTION
DATE SET BACK
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. -The
Office of Price Administration
modified today its periodic tire in-
spection pogram by postponing the
January 31 deadline for the first in-
spection, and providing for less fre-
quent examinations.
The action was taken. OPA said,
to minimize public inconvenience
and smooth out occasional work
peaks for the inspectors.
A stagger system was put into
effect so that there will be three
different deadlines for the first in-
spection.
Under the revised program, all
holders of basic gasoline ration A
coupons will have until the end of
March for their first tire inspec-
tion, and subsequent inspections
will be once in each six months, in-
stead of the former requirement of
once every four months.
Motorists with B or C supple-
mentary books or bulk coupons for
feets will be required to get their
first inspections by the end of Feb-
ruary. After that, inspections for
B bookholders will be once in every
four months, and for C bookholders
sund bulk coupon holders once every
three months.
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ABILENE PHYSICIAN
WINS PROMOTION
Dr. C. E. Adams, well known
Abilene physician who had many
patrons in Albany before his entry
into the war two years ago, has re-
cently been promoted to the rank
of lieutenant colonel his many
friends here will be glad to learn.
He is stationed at Camp Atter-
bury, Pa., where he has served as
first in command of a medical bat-
talion, and since, has organized
successively, the 35th and 39th
evacuation hospitals.
ANXIETY DOMINO,
FAMOUS BULL DEAD
News has been received here of
the death recently, of Anxiety
has gone to the lowest levels in his-
tory of past 20 years.
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Albany Property
Changes Ownership,
Heveral c'.afrges in ownership of
re.3£tent.i"J" property have been re-
ported within the past week with
only two of the deals closed, and
several others expected to be com-
pleted within another week.
Judge and Mrs. G. B. King moved
last Saturday into the George Cal-
lahan house across the street from
the Methodist church, which they
puchased last week fom the owner.
Judge King is the incoming county
judge who will succeed Judge W.
W. Blanton who resigned to enlist
in the army. The Kings have not
yet sold their former home in the
south part of town.
Mr. and Mrs. V„ B. Cotton be-
came the owners of the beautiful
rock veneer home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Bullock, former hardware
dealers here. The house is situated
in the Hill Top addition and is one
of the best homes in that part of
town. It has been occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Walter K. Wood the past
two years. The Bullocks now live
at Merkel where they are engaged
in the hardware business.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood are moving
into the A. M. Howsley home, and
will occupy the place while the
Howsleys live in Austin temporari-
ly, remaining there during the ses-
sion of the Texas Legislature. They
are due to leave this week-end.
FORM OF RETURN
Persons subject to the Federal
income tax must report their in-
come to the Government on forms,
or blaViks, prescribed by regula-
tions. These forms are obtainablc-
from any Collector of Internal Rev-
enue, and generally from any bank.
Special forms are designated for
corporations, for partnerships, lor
trusts and fiduciaries, and for non-
resident aliens. Farmers vvho keep
no books of account on the accrual
method must; attach a special
sched-'i*-. their return (Form
! 104^)'. For individuals, two forms
| aiii used, depending upon the
j Amount and source of income to be
reported.
Form 1040. This form is intend-
ed for general use of individuals
who are citizens of the United
States, or residents in this country,
whether citizens or not. It con-
tains spaces to show the amount of
income from various sources, de-
ductions allowable, exemptions and
credits, and computation of tax li-
ability. As most of the items re-
quire some explanation in order to
be allowable, the form also contains
appropriate schedules to show in
more detail how the income or the
deductions ae determined.
Form 1040A. This is a simplified
report, which may, at the option of
the taxpayer who makes his return
on the cash basis, be filed instead
of form 1040 by citizens and resi-
dents whose gross income was $3,-
000 or less during 1942, provided
all this income consists wholly of
one or more of the following: sal-
ary, wages, dividends, interest, or
annuities. In using this form it is
necessary only to enter the amount
of gross income as shown, deduct
the credit allowable for dependents,
j and insert the appropriate amount
i of tax in accordance with one's
personal exemption status, as
shown on the table on the reverse
of the form. This form has no en-
tries for deductions allowable, since
the taxes indicated in the tatjlle on
the back of the form are computed
after taking into account what
have been considered average de-
ductions for persons of this income
class.
A taxpayer should, therefore,
consider carefully which form
would be appropriate for his pur-
poses. Whichever form is employ-
ed, al! the information called for in
Second Clafcs Petty Officer
Russell Harris has arrived at
Pearl Harbor, his parents have
learned In a message received
this week. He enlisted just one
year ago, January 19, and has
been in foreign waters on numer-
ous occasions, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. Harris, believe, al-
though he never told them defi-
nitely what ports he has visited,
lie is in the submarine division
and only recently left the West
Coast for foreign duty.
In U. S. Navy
and the moisture fell on January 5,
with the recording given on the fol-
lowing day.
members of various war produc-
tion groups of the county, and urg-
ed all who are interested in produc-
Rainfall by months last year: ; tion of food of any sort, to attend
January, .08; February, .34; March,) the meeting at the court house
.49; April, 7.20; May, 3.14; June, I Wednesday morning. Others speak-
2.13; July, .35; August, 3.41; Sep-
tember, 6.08; October, 5.41; No-
vember, .42; December, 1.9}.
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W A AC Officer Seeks
Recruits in Albany
Lieut. Jessie M. Anthony, Wom-
an's Auxiliary Army corps recruit-
ing officer, spoke to a group of in-j sPonsoi-ed
ing briefly, of the importance of
organization for greater food pro-
duction in the county were John F.
j Sedwick, bank president and chair-
j man of the county war bond sales
committee, and C. E. Hill, voca-
tional agriculture teacher in the
Albany high school, and dairyman
of Albany.
The monthly Victory concert
by the public schools,
was announced for next Thursday,
ian educational building last Fri- j January 21, and John F. Sedwick,
day morning regarding life in the i k°nci sales chairman, asked for
army for women. Plans of the gov- greater cooperation in boosting the
ernment to recruit 150,000 women
to replace soldiers behind desks so
that the men can go to the front, is
the purpose of the campaign, Lieu-
tenant Anthony said.
Mrs. Lloyd Lietz was presented
as the first recruit from this coun-
ty for the WAAC. Miss Ollie E.
Clarke, manager of the chamber of I
commerce, presided for the meet- j
ing. Miss Clarke is also authorized j
recruiting agent for the county ana
is anxious to contact any woman
between ages of 21 and 45, who is
interested in rendering service
through the Woman's Auxiliary
Army corps.
Lewis Todd, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Todd, 1ias recently
returned to duties on the Pacific
coast after a month's visit with
home folks. Although only 20
years of age, Lewis has complet-
ed two years of service in the U.
S. Navy. He is in the quarter-
master corps and lias been ope-
rating on a destroyer In the Pa-
cific war /.one during the past
year.
MARTYNE BLACK WILL
RECEIVE BS DEGREE
AUSTIN.—First of heir kind, 232
University of Texas students will
attendance at the concert. Ad-
mission is by ticket which is ob-
tained with the purchase of any
amount of war stamps or bonds,
and may be secured at the bank,
post office or school. It was an-
nounced that the Albany Service
club is working toward securing
better attendance for next week's
concert.
Manager Ollie Clarke reported
on a proposal sent out by the Los
Angeles chamber regarding a plan
of installment buying wherein the
purchaser starts paying on merch-
andise to be delivered in post war
times after factories have resumed
their delivery of peace time merch-
andise. Much comment was offer-
ed by members present, with very
little favorable opinion concerning
the plan.
An invitation was read from the
receive degrees at the end of this Abilene chamber of commerce for
month in the first mid-term gradu-
ation the University has ever had.
Although no formal announce-
ment ceremonies will be held, the
graduates will receive their degrees
upon completion of this semester.
In previous years, students com-
all who desire to attend their annu-
al banquet on Friday night, Janu-
ary 22. Thos planning to go were
asked to report to Manager Clarke
at once. Stanley W. Foran of Dal-
las is to be the guest speaker.
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Domino, the $5,000 herd bull sold - W. A. Buf kin who has bee/i mak
by he late W. J. Dodaon, to Jack
Frost of the White Hat ranch in
Nolan county two years ago. The
animal was the highest price bull
ever sold in this county.
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VISITING HOME FOLKS
Richmond Mitchell who is in the
army, is here this week visiting
with home folks.
in case there are openings for Nav-
al service existing.
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LN MISSISSIPPI
Mrs W. W. Lipscomb left last
Saturday for Coldwater, Miss., for
a visit with her parents, Rev. and
Mi-s. B. F. Whitten. Her father
has been quite ill and Mrs. Lips-
comb expects to spend another
week at his bedside.
FROM EAST TEXAS
RECRUITING TRIPS
TO BE DISCONTINUED
Effective Thursday, January 14,
recruiting trips in the Abilene ter-
ritory will be discontinued. All ap-
plications must be made at the
Navy recruiting station, post office
building, Abilene, Texas, or through j the spaces should be inserted so far
the llocal Selective Service Board,! as applicable to the taxpayer, in
order to avoid the. expense to the
Government, and the possible in-
convenience to the taxpayer, of
subsequent check and injury.
With each return form is a set of
accompanying instructions, and
these instructions should be care-
fully read by the taxpayer before
making his return.
Returns for the calendar year
1942 must be filed not later than
March 15, 1943. They may be filed
by mailing to the Collector of In-
ternal Revenue of Uie appropriate
district in which is located the legal
residence or principal place of bus-
iness of the taxpayer. If the return
is filed by mailing, it should be
posted In ample time to reach the
Collector's office on or iJefore
March 15, 1943. Returns received
later than the due date are subject
to a penalty variable according to
the lateness in filing.
Ing his home in Kauffman coufity
the past year, is here for a visit in
the home of his daughter, Mrs. H.
B. Robberson, and family.
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PARENTS OF DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Reese are
the parents of a baby daughter, Jo
Ann, born January 7, at 11:20 p. m.
She weighed 8% pounds.
Red Cross Honor
Roll for Week
Monday was another big day at
the Red Coss work room when the
top record attendance was again
registered. Eighteen women par-
ticipated in the work on that day,
the same number that had worked
one day last week.
Last Friday's registration was:
Mmes. J. L. Douglas, J. W. Crites,
Jack Meredith, T. A. Deats, Wayne
Wylie, J. Carter King Sr., W. Gra-
ham Webb Jr.
January 11: Mmes. W. L. Hatch-
er, Elliott, Jim Nail, F. M. Booker,
Walter Wood, Jack Meredith, Roy
Matthews, Richard Dyess, C. G
Yeager, D. C. McCord, J. Carter
King Sr.; J. Taylor, J. J. Mayes, J.
L. Douglas, Lorena Pistole, Lola
Burleson, G. P. Crutchfield, Nelson
Palm.
January- 12: Mmes. Lola Burle-
son, R. L. Gavit, Chas. Halford, R.
C. Daniell, Jack Meredith, Mark
Stewart, C. Walraven.
January 13: Mmes. B. E. Richie,
C. G. Yeager, W. J. Dodson, Baker
Matthews, H. P. Key, L. F. Hooker,
J. L. Douglas, C. Walraven, Lola
Burleson, Talmadge Palmer.
January 14: Mmes. John F. Sed-
wick, C. Walraven, J. Carter King
Sr., Jack Meredith, J. J.
R. Hubbard, B. H. Ezell, W. B
Matthews, H. M. Weldon.
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VISIT IN GORMAN
Recent visitors ih Gorman witl,
their sister, Mrs. Charles Clark,
were Mrs. D. C. Brazell and Mrs.
Mertie Wilson. . They were accom-
panied by Mrs. J. H. Reynolds who
stopped in Eastland for a visit with
Mrs. A. H. Thurman, former Al-
resident.
pleting degree requirements in Jan-; BROWNWOOD
uary waited until the June com-j Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Moberley were
mencement to have their degrees in Brownwood the first of the week
conferred. The mid-term granting
of degrees grew out of the Univers-
ity's wartime speed-up program.
Applicants for degrees include
transacting business and visiting
in the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Brooke Early, and Mr. Early.
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Martyne Black, of Albany, Bachelor ATTENDS PARTS SCHOOL
of Science in Home Economics. \ C. R. Pannell spent several days
Miss Black is the only daughter of in Fort Worth th efirst of the week
Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Black.
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RECEIVES GIFT WATCH
Judge W. W. Blanton was dis-
playing a handsome watch around
the court house this week following
a session of commissioners court
Monday. The watch was a gift
from county officials and Albany
city officials. He was city attorn-
ey before assuming the office of
county judge two years ago. Judge
Blanton was among the group of
men inducted into the army this
week and will leave for the training
camp within the next ten days.
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METHODIST CHURCH
J. B. Thompson, Pastor
bai^y i
Sunday School—9:45 a. m. A
class for you.
Morning worship—-11 a. m. Ser-
mon, "Life's Dominant Desire."
Sing-Song and sermon service—
7:30 p. m. A service of song and
sermon for all ages. Subject,
"What Are You Worth."
A hearty welcome is extended to
one and all to worship with us.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Matthews
and Watt Matthews left Abilene
Wednesday after attending the
Matthews-Jones wedding there on
'Tuesday evening, for Denver, Colo.,
attend the American National
ivestock association.
attending a Chevrolet parts school
as a representative of the Russ-
Webb Motor company. He reports
that most of the three days and
nights were spent in study of the
various government regulations
pertaining to the operation, and up-
keep of automobiles, and he gained
much information which will be
valuable to the patrons of his com-
,pany.
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What If at* B uq, 'With
WAR BONDS
The Garand semi-automatic rifle,
which is the standard issue today
for the U. S. army, is superior to
the old Springfield rifle in many re-
spects. We literally need millions
of these fast shooting powerful rifles
to equip our army. They cost $85
each and are being manufactured at
the rate of cne a minute. They fire
sixty 29-calibre shells a minute.
Every one of the 40,000,000 em-|
ployed persons in America could
easily buy one of these rifles for th*|
I army. Not that we need that many,'
| but the reserve could go into shells;
! and other much needed supplies!.1
Buy more and more War Bonds and;
i top the quota in your county by to-!
vesting at least ten percent of yourf
income every pay day.
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