The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 23, 1943 Page: 19
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Green Trees of Christmas
TflUN a few days Christmas
trees will be set up in many
American
homes Some of these
trees will be lighted up even before
Christmas Eve ushers in one of our
most deeply religious holidavs which
this year more than ever before has an
especial meaning to all of us
Wc doubt if the world ever will be so
chaotic and troubled that the lights of
a little Christmas tree will suffer a complete
dimout To nearly all of us the
everlasting green of these trees a green
that has defied the cold of winter is in
some respects a true symbol of the everlasting
spiritual meaning of Christmas
throughout the entire world
Influence of the Life of
Jesus
For nearly 2000 years the
Influence of the life of Jesus
which was all too brief
has had its telling effect upon
millions of lives This
great nation was founded upon
His teaching equality
freedom of worship love and
service In his brief min
ed in America Celebrating
the birth of the
Prince of Peace is an
epochal time for parent
to tell their children
some of the adventures
of this Prince of Peace
who was born in Bethlehem
the land of
Juda He spent hi <
vouth in Nazareth and
there learned the car
enters trade under
His r father Joseph
istry He represented no
dogma He left but one great rule for
fiction and that the Golden Rule He
ent about doing good He was no re
specter of persons He knew the hu
man heart
Of all days of the year Christmas
the Birthday of Jesus should be the
happiest Back to that humble stable
our thoughts should go
To children most of all Christmas
must forever represent the supreme day
of happiness for they are the hope of
the world a far better world than we
have ever known let us hope and pray
The spiritual forces of the world are
7iow put to the test challenged as never
before Can we keep Christianity
alive as a vital living thing in reshaping
the world and in bringing to the enslaved
no matter where located the
blessings of freedom and that most
hoped for freedom freedom from all
fear The story of the manger must
remain as an inspiration to ever appease
the hunger of the human heart
The Holy Land
Some members of the American arm
d forces will spend Christmas in the
Holy Land Small detachments including
flyers have been stationed in
Palestine It is a mixture of old and
new the land where Christ was born at
Bethlehem where Solomon ruled at
Jerusalem and Tyre and Sidon were
once vast busy ports Today at Haifa
principal port and terminus of an oil
pipe line from Iraq great refineries
turn out fuel for ships and planes
Palestine a British mandate since
World War I lives mostly by agriculture
and stock raising Much of its
orange and lemon crops its 200000
tons of grain and 2500 tons of olive oil
a year go to feed United Nations soldiers
and sailors So have some of its
livestock sheep cattle and goats Its
camels have helped a bit with transport
There are some 960000 Mohamme
dans 471000 Jews and 125000 Chris
linns among Palestines 15158000 populationWhile working as a
carpenter among the village folks He
was kind and helpful to them and taught
them to love and help one another
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The stores have low price editions of
the Life of Christ written for children
If you do not have one of these books
in your home buy one as a Christmas
gift for your child or for some one elses
child No life had moue of adventure
than the life of Christ From the beginning
it reads like a great drama only
to end in the profoundest and saddest
of human tragedies
If this is to be a childrens Christmas
lets join them in making it merry
Dad and mom may be poor not able to
buy a lot of gifts for their children but
they can give them love and kindness
which are more precious than material
hits They can put away cares for the
New Superbomber
The final test of the
Armys new superbomber
the B29 is not now far
distant Gen H II Arnold
commanding the Army Air
Forces said in confirming
recent reports that the
Armys most powerful aircraft
are on their way
In nonspecific terms General
Arnold described the
new bomber as a heavily
armored and armed plane which can fly
extremely high and will have a substantially
greater range than the Flying
Fortresses and Liberators but he
made it clear that production of these
two types would continue to be increased
steadily
The general said that the B29 was
as far ahead of the B24 and 1317 as
they were beyond prewar bombers
First experimental models of the B29
were built at Seattle where engineering
of the design was accomplished by the
staff of the Boeing Company originator
of the B17 and the new typo was
evolved in secrecy during the past several
years in close cooperation with the
Army Air Forces and its material commandThe new bomber will be powered with
Wright engines and will use Hamilton
standard propellers
This battleship of the air is armored
heavily with multiple gun and power
turrets It can fly at very high altitudesAuto Deaths Twice U S Losses In War
Motor vehicle accidents are still a
greater menace to human life than war
the National Safety Council said in releasing
a survey on national automobile
fatalities for nine months of 194
Since Pearl Harbor the survey shows
21940 Americans have been killed in
duv and share the jos and happv anticipations
of their loed ones I his is
the real Christmas spirit and without
it a family is doomed to a dull and listless
holiday
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If you aimed at making a million this
year and missed you might as well call
it off for the Old Year is packing up
and soon will be checking out I didnt
aim to make a million 1 tried to be
modest and figured 1 could get along on
one or two thousand this year But
there isnt a chance 1 am not in the
red but so near it I can still see red
when the red lights are turned off and
the green lights are turned on However
1 am due to get a break in 1944 I
have taken up a correspondence course
in Earning and Saving which the
author claims will make S2 drop into
your pocket where only
one dropped before
The Old Year was full
of fumbles and strikeouts
yet was a lifesaver
for America It
marked a turning point
in the war The darkest
days arc behind
Victory lies ahead if w
keep up the pressure on
the home front and on
the battle front A letdown
or a complacent
attitude that the war is
won would be fatal Buy war bonds
and stamps for Christmas gifts
o
The Treasury Department reports
that more than 30000000 2 bills are
in circulation Where are they I seldom
see a 2 bill All the bills I see
are the 1 kind and I cant keep them
long enough to tell whether they have
George Washingtons picture or Cordell
Hulls The government also revealed
there were 2200 10000 bills in circulation
Thats real news to those of us
who have never seen a 10000 bill Before
the sweet chariot swings low I
should like one last lingering look at a
10000 bill
I have just returned from a trip to
the North Passed through the great
corn belt and industrial States Corn
belt farmers are fairly well up with
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battle ami Oolt O other not including
prisoners hae been wounded or are
missing while 40000 have been killed
in motor accidents and 1000000 others
have been injured
This should shame every loyal
American said New 11 Bearborn executive
vicepresident of the Safety
Council A country that is fighting
for its life simply cant afford to squander
its manpower at such a rate
The fact that we are needlessly killing
off twice a many people in traffic
alone as are dying on the battlefield in
defense of their country constitutes an
indictment of homefront Americans
Iteinrd Coin Crop
The second largest corn crop on record
in the United Stales 3080000000
bushels was forecast by the Department
of Agriculture on the basis of
conditions on November 1
While the predicted 1941 crop would
be 90000000 bushels leas than last
years record production it would exceed
the average yield for the ten years
of 1992 to 1941 by 7r0000000 bushels
Approximately 94000000 acres of corn
are expected to be harvested this oar
compared with 89484000 a > ear ago
The report credited the high production
primarily to better fanning practices
and technical impro omenta
Indicated production of Texas corn
crop for 19415 is 85088000 bushels In
1942 it was 78501000 bushels
Air Loss Low Stiinson Says
Out of all the thousands of British
and American planes that have participated
in attacks on Europe and combats
over the Continent the average loss
has been confined to less than 5 percent
Henry L Stiinson Secretary of
War revealed recently
In another disclosure Mr Stiinson
said that in an attack by 501 American
planes on northern France on October
24 not a single one of our craft was lost
He declared also I hat since October 5
Gen Douglas MacArtlnir had reported
715 Japanese planes destroyed in south
and southwest Pacific areas and 125
others prahahly destroyed all against
an American loss of only fortythree
While losses have occasionally been
proportionately high in individual attacks
the overall losses of British and
American planes in operations over the
Continent have averaged less than 5 percent
This figure represents the average
United States loss in bombers and
fighters in all sorties since the beginning
of operations of the Fighth Air
Force in July 1942 British losses it
is understood also do not exceed this
same figure Secretary Stiinson said
Grass Hoof Reverie
1 JOB GAMY
Winnshoro Texas
itiipyrluht 1313 hy the Southwest M EKinif Col
is going to be more of a chil
THIS Christmas it seems 1 at
least shall welcome the change
Heretofore we grownups have about taken
over Christmas and made it to fit
our own selfish ends We give each oth
r expensive gifts and give the children
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few cheap toys We attend gay parties
and leave the children at home with
grandma and grandpa But the war is
changing our thinking This year we
want to make the children happy at
Christmastime
Turning of our thoughts more to the
children during Christmas is a wholesome
trend Furthermore it has spiritual
significance A spiritual awakening
has been long need
thiii wmK lalior shortage I
aw lew cat He and hogs on farms which
indicate rnot of them had been marketed
A good steak is as hard to find
in the IJast as in the West or the South
Some eating places use cottage cheese
as a substitute for butter Mettles
menus feature fish and fowl
o
While business is booming in towns
and cities as never before throughout
the land some persons take it all as a
matter of course Many men who draw
fat salaries in defense plants spend this
money riotously not even buying war
bonds or stamps Whatsoever a man
soweth that shall he also reap Some
big crops of wild oats are being sown
and as usual the harvest will be truly
plenteous
e
Hog killin weather the last week in
November produced sonic mighty fine
eats such as sparerijis backbone and
sausage Always i stirring event on
the farm hogkilliu time had more
significance this year because of point
rationing To a hungry man no aroma
can compare to sissige sizzlin in the
pan Wife says I alwass come to the
breakfast table smiling when she
serves sausage The perfect American
break fan on a cold morning has beer
described as follows
Honesttogoodncss country sausage
eggs hot buckwheats maple or ribbon
cane syrup coffee
o
Some of our hillbilly bands that make
mountain music at Christmastime will
be missing this year Many of the band
boys have marched off to war No
musicians have contributed more free
music to the world than the hometown
bands They headed all parades and all
civic programs As a onegallus youngster
I can remember following our
hometown band down the street Christmas
Eve winding up at the schoolings
where the women folks had put presents
on a Christmas tree for every kid
in town Before signing off for ID4 J
i want to pay a lasting tribute to all hillbilly
bands wherever they may be
Their music to me has been an inspiration
and an unforgettable delight
o
Merry Chri8tma Merry Chrisimau
Merry Christmas
PAGE 3
Accord Acclaimed by Moscow Press
The Soviet press hailed the Moscow
conference s success ns insuring the
speedier defeat of Adolf Hitler and welcomed
the AngloSovietAineriennChi
nese postwar collaboration declaration
with the enthusiastic comment that
the great democratic powers comrades
in arms today tomorrow will bo
come comrades in the struggle for the
security of all penceloving nations
Secretary of State Cordell Hull returning
from the Moscow conference
where he played a leading role in Inying
the foundations for a durable pence and
enhancing the effectiveness of the Allied
military coalition made this state
nientWe
We agreed upon a broad basic program
of international co operation Tke
program contemplates the hastening of
victory oxer the Axis powers nlso u p
preservation of pence ami the promotion
of human welfare in the postwar
world
1 believe that our country and other
penceloving countries have a vnst opportunity
In profit by the program of
policies outlined by the Moscow conference
1 have supreme faith that they
will aail themselves of that opportunityRubber Prospects for 1944
Rubber requirements of the United
States will be practically met by the
synthetic rubber production program
by the end of next year but a tight situation
will exist in the meantime Col
Bradley Dewey Rubber Director told a
Senate Agriculture subcommittee
Colonel Dewey who was William M
Jeffers deputy and who succeeded him
when Mr Jeffers resigned recently said
that 194J1 requirements would cause
drawing about 200000 tons out of the
eountrvs current stockpile of 500000
tons of natural rubber bringing the reserve
down to slightly below what the
Baruch committee held to be an essential
minimum reserve
Requirement lor ncNt year he estimated
at 950000 tons which he said
would be about 50000 tons above the
years supply available from synthetic
and Western Hemisphere natural rubber
sources
The country faces a rubber situation
with not much margin but one which
can be met if the users of tiros will exercise
ordinary precautions Colonel
Dowey said
What Soldiers tint
A soldier or a sailor eats about one
and a half times as much as a civilian
the War Food Administration says lie
reduces civilian supplies only by the
differences between what he ale hh a
civilian and what he eats now Hie difference
between 5 pounds a day compared
with P pounds in civil life The
average weekly diet for a man in training
includes fi 15 pounds of meat 7
eggs 3m pounds of fresh milk I t
pounds of evaporated milk ice cream
once a week at least I pound of butter
margarine and other fats 4f pounds
of bread cereal and other grains f >
pounds of potatoes 5 pounds of fresh
panned vegetables 4 pounds of tomatoes
and citrus fruit 2 pounds of other
fruit For men quartered in this country
the Army and Navy require at least
a threemonth reserve supply for men
abroad a ninemonth supply
Safe Winter Driving
Winter motoring always more hazardous
than that of other seasons demands
special precautions this year
There is extra congestion in the neighborhood
of industrial plants military
posts and construction project The
shareyourcar practice not yet nearly
as well established as il should be in
the interest of rub
ber conservation
brings added re
s p o i s ibilities because
of heavier
average loading of
passenger cars The
diinout both in
cities and rural
areas increases the
danger of night accidentsThe War Department
and the International
Association
of Chiefs of
Police have joined
in prescribing im
pie but often neglected
rules for winter
driving baer
upon studies made
by the f National
Safely C o ii mi l
These i n < I u d e
checkup of brake
use of chains on
snowy or icy road
which cuts stopping
distance om
50 per cent and
m i i t o n ance of
windshield wipers
defrosters and
headlights But
By A STAFF EDITOR
Hdprrlth ltd Sj 1S VOihf t Mn ln O
more than an other one thing it is the
attitude of the driver and the pedes
trian that counts Impatientc
less ctfort to sine at nun i
otitis or minutes mav cost a Iif >
a crippling injury
a mrc
fi w soc
> 1 isc
The Time Has Conic to Attack
Adtmrnl Chester W Nmut commander
in chief of the Pacific fleet in
his nntiotiw nle mini address Arrmsticr
night not onl wannd Japan thnt new
and powerful otfeim blows an i < ming
but virtualU told the enenu win re
Ue pim io e to strike
Hin time has mine to attaik lie
Ailiiuiil declared < ui northern tlmk
111 the Melltiiin hreil secured In
lie Ninth and Nuithu it Pat it w mt > n
Hllled tl tacks htle p ti tl the lupci in a
precitihun H > sitioii In other areas tie
hns been relatively unmolested but
henceforth we propose to give him no
rest
Nippon ktums thst there are only two
other areas the Central Pacific
island bases and the Inpnncse homeland
Hence it should tie r > nr to he
enemy thnt the Pncitu command pn >
poses to strike first a Jap island defenses
guanling Jnjui propei Admiral
Nimitz mnde it clear thit the next b > w
will not be a hitAmi run rad such in
the Nnvy has carried < > ut m recent attacks
on Wake Inland and other inland
strongholds For he emphmizod thnt
the Jap hns dug himself m Wo m ist
land and dig him out
Admirnl Nimilss is a hardbitten oh I
seadog who usually believes m lotting
the guns of his fleet talk for him The
very boldness of his words cnrrici the
implication to the enemy thnt wo are
now strong enough in the Pacific to
carry out our plans and thnt the Na v
will ask nothing better than for the Jap
fleet to attempt to slop us
His lighting words corroborate he
previous statements of ien MacAriluu
and Admiral llalsey that the operulion
now under way in the Pacific are mop
than islandhopping campaigns I he
time has come to attack and Admiral
Nimit words are assurance that the
attack will be pressed home against he
heart of Japan
Lowest Death Rate Recorded for U S
The lowest death rale ever recorded
for the United States was reported recently
by the Bureau of the Census the
figure being 104 per 1000 population
for 1042 against I0fi in 1941
Fatalities In motoi accidents dropped
from HO wv 100000 in 1941 to 212 last
year and the death rate for pneumonia
ami influenza fell to 157 from 030
However in the fact of the general
overall decline in the death rate an increase
was recorded in the rate for certain
causes of death such as heart di
ease which rose from 2902 in 1941 to
2952 per 100000 in 1942 cancer and
other mahgnanl tumors from 1202 to
1221 and intracranial lesions of vascu
liir origin from HOI o 90 2 Most > i
the increase occurred in the disensei
haracleristie of old age
Of the other principal causes of death
the nephritis rate dropped from 751 to
72I tuberculosis from 445 to 12J
with only fractional changes in the
death rale from premature birth and
diabetes mehtus
Machine TreePlanting
Tree seedlings have been succevsfull
transplant d by machine near Muskegon
Mici The machine used win
originally designed to set out coler
soedlings It was slightly modified to
accommodate the differently shaped
and rooted young trees During tIn
past season nearly a million and a
quarter pine seedlings were set out b
the new method at an overall cost of
to8 cents a thousand Each machine
is operated by a crew of three one man
and two women
Folks in Uniform
AfaAeZtif f
Seven bombers
three
zeros one sparrow sir
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The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 23, 1943, newspaper, December 23, 1943; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42729/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.